Hey! This is my first fan fiction I hope you enjoy it. This is my first time so please don't be so mean. Oh yeah my grammars not the best. Hehehehehe. I've always enjoyed long fics, 100,000 words plus. Those are good. But what can I say? In an effort to improve my grammar and write something creative, I turned my attentions here. I copyright all my ideas! Oh yea I can't do Japanese to english. For example I can't do something like KATON: insert Japanese here in English, so I'll do it in english I.E FIRE STYLE: GRAND FLAMIN' BALLS JUTSU. Or for things that are basic like chidori/rasengan I'll do that. Maybe if you send me a link to a translator?
FOR MATURE READERS
DEMON SPEAKING
'Thoughts'
PEOPLE BE TALKING
Oh yeah, I don't own NarutoTM
The Reaper has Blue eyes: Prologue
He was so happy. Happier than he had been in a long, long time. The old man finally had time to take him outside for his birthday! He had every reason to be happy, but deep down he knew he was giving the old man trouble. For some great, unknown reason the citizens and ninjas of Konoha hated him with enough passion that their glares would make his skin burn and peal if it was possible. However, before any harm was caused the people glaring at him would suddenly become victims of an intense headache. For many weeks doctors were baffled on the topic.
That is until some 'good', 'upstanding' villager would claim that he saw the 'vile demon' lurking in the shadows. Not to say that the part about lurking in the shadows was true. However, this caused his life to be more hectic.
Why would people call him a demon? Why would people abuse him? The answer was simple; he was none other than Naruto Uzumaki, the infamous demon container of Konoha! Naruto was a young eight year old boy who had bright blond hair and three whisker marks on both sides of his face. He was currently wearing a orange shirt with a white jacket on with his signature swirl on the back and a pair of black pants.
"Thank you old man!" said Naruto as he happily slurped his ramen. Over the eight years he was alive he grew an addiction to the salty snack. The young boy and the Hokage were currently at Naruto's favorite ramen stand, Ichiraku Ramen, dining on miso ramen.
"No problem Naruto," the old man replied as he watched Naruto suck the noodles into his mouth with an amused expression. Sarutobi sighed in his mind. This was the least he could do for Naruto, especially on his birthday. Sarutobi was deep in thought, when suddenly Naruto's nose started jetting out ramen broth. The old man started laughing as Naruto got up still sputtering with the broth trailing down his nose.
"You better not tell anyone else about this old man!" Naruto shouted. Sarutobi, finally done with laughing gave Naruto an appraising look before saying ", Oh? And why would I do that Naruto?"
Naruto got up, patting off invisible dust specks and proudly declared ", Because I'm gonna kick your ass old man and become Hokage!"
"Well Naruto how can you be Hokage if you're on the ground?" Sarutobi chuckled. Naruto got up and went back to eating his ramen before saying ", Don't you worry about that old man. Don't you worry about it."
In a dark place, a young girl started happily laughing at the boy's expense.
"I still don't see how you think you'll manage to beat me Naruto," Sarutobi replied. Naruto gained a mischievous grin and said ", I know all about you and those books, old man!"
Sarutobi gulped, and nervously said while pulling on the hem of his Hokage robe's ", Let's not be hasty, right Naruto?"
Naruto continued slurping his ramen, content with beating the old man while wearing his foxy grin on his face. He was quite pleased by the turn of events on his birthday. So far no one had given him any of those death glares or called him a demon.
He decided to start a conversation with Teuchi ", Hey Teuchi-san where's Ayame-neechan?" Naruto wondered while still slurping his ramen.
"I gave her the day off, so she could spend some time with her friends during the festival," Teuchi said as he continued to check the ramen. Sarutobi got up motion for Naruto to come with him.
Naruto gave the Hokage a frown ", Hey old man why are we leave? I was just finishing up my twentieth bowl of ramen!" Sarutobi gave another chuckle at the young boy's brashness.
"Well Naruto we could either go get you your birthday gift or we can spend the rest of my budget on ramen." Sarutobi said. Behind the Ichiraku counter Teuchi gave Naruto a thumbs up, while Sarutobi just scowled.
"Hehehe sorry Teuchi-san, but I'm gonna go get my present!" Naruto jumped up and started running after the old man. By the time Naruto has caught up with Sarutobi he was smiling. Not one of those horrible fake smiles he often gave, but a true genuine smile. Sadly, little did Naruto know that this was going to be his last smile in a long time.
"So Naruto what do you want for your Birthday?" Sarutobi inquired, while taking long puffs from his pipe.
"Well old man I would like a set of training kunai, a set of training, a pair of headphones, a bag of flour, and some hot sauce." Naruto happily said.
Sarutobi nodded at the first two requests, but headphones, a bag of flour, and hot sauce? That did not sound good to him. Sarutobi quickly gave Naruto a questioning glance, expecting an answer.
Naruto quickly responded, not wanting to lose his opportunity to receive birthday gifts ", I want the headphones because I enjoy music, but the bag of flour and the hot sauce for pranks." Naruto grinned, nervously waiting for the old man to respond.
Sarutobi was deep in thought, some may have thought more about the flour and hot sauce, but Sarutobi was more interested in the headphones. He did not know that Naruto loved music. Little did people know, but Naruto loved anything had a beat to it. It could be the drips of rain against his apartment's roof during a heavy storm, or the sound of a bird singing a beautiful melody. Now some may wonder how Naruto developed his love of music. Music was the only thing that truly soothed Naruto when the nights were dark and unforgiving.
Naruto was an enigma; while it was human nature to fear silence he embraced it. It was only natural for a supposed demon to enjoy silence since it went in hand with darkness. Sarutobi referenced Naruto's love of music in the back of his mind as the continued their walk. He noticed that the villagers were eyeing him and Naruto, but thought nothing of it.
The villagers seethed, how dare that demon corrupt their beloved Hokage! The villagers continued watching, careful not to show any sign of hate on their faces. How dare it possess the gall to show its face on the night of the Kyuubi festival to mock them all and the yondaime's sacrifice. Soon the villagers started whispering into each other's ears, planning the Demon Brat's demise. They all came to a decision rather quickly to meet up again in three hours while gaining more members for their plan and arming themselves for tonight's activities.
After much trouble the Sandaime managed to 'convince' the electronics store owner to hand over the pair of head phones. After leaving the electronics store, Naruto and the Hokage ran into the Hyuuga, Akimichi, Aburame, Yamanaka, and the Inuzuka clans. Naruto was happy that he got to play with other children his age. The children were currently playing a game of ninja tag with Naruto hiding while the rest of the children searched for him. However, the children did not know that Naruto was a master of stealth.
Many chunin had searched for the young boy when he had pulled his latest prank, but found that he simply vanished into air. Now many would think that the boy had some had an elite ninja teach him such a technique. While this was half the truth Naruto had learnt the technique after meeting a civilian boy that was considered an outcast.
One day while hanging out with his friend that he had dubbed Lizard (due to not knowing his real name sadly) a group of bullies came by looking for Lizard. Needless to say Naruto kept his mouth shut hoping that lizard would be ok, and told the bullies that Lizard had run the other way. Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground when he found Lizard still next to him. When Naruto asked how he pulled that trick off he replied ", Over the years I have become a master of stealth."
This made Naruto widen his eyes and he immediately asked his friend to teach him the art of stealth. Lizard happily agreed, and began teaching Naruto. Naruto quickly picked up on what his friend Lizard called just hiding, but Naruto decided that such a technique name was 'lame' so he renamed it to shadow melding. However, Lizard told Naruto to always keep in mind to hide in shadows is easy, but to hide in plain sight is a truly amazing feat."
Naruto thought it was strange though that Lizard could hide so well due to his large size and the way he stood out. Physically he had a hunched back (much like a lizard Naruto noted), pale white skin, and dark, curly hair. It saddened Naruto though when he found out Lizard was moving to some other ninja village.
Well back to the party, the young heirs of each clan found themselves exhausted. They looked for Naruto underneath every rock, every patch of dirt, and they even climbed up the trees to find him. Hell, they had had even tried using Akamaru's supreme nose to find Naruto, but it was all useless. Hinata even used the Byakugan as well. Exhausted, Kiba fell down and shouted ", Naruto come out! Were done looking! We give up!"
"Ha! I knew you couldn't find me! I'm the best there is at hiding!" Naruto happily exclaimed. The rest looked at Naruto with looks of awe and surprised faces as Naruto seemed to suddenly emerge right in between them. Kiba looked shocked that Naruto was always this close to him. Hinata looked at Naruto's smile, and a small blush emerged on her face. Neji still couldn't believe that someone had defeated the almighty Byakugan, no less Naruto.
Shikamaru muttered "Troublesome" while Chouji just sat down, and started eating a bag of barbeque flavored potato chips. Ino's eyes began twitching that she, the world's most beautiful and talented kunoichi, had failed to locate a boy right next to her.
In a dark place, a young girl was smiling widely at the boy's achievements.
On the far side of the area the young kids were playing the adults were drinking and eating. Hiashi started to initiate a conversation with the Hokage. "Hokage-sama you know you are taking a great risk by letting Uzumaki-san out on the night of the Kyuubi festival?"
"I have faith in this village Hiashi, that they will not attack Naruto on his birthday." Sarutobi said, taking a long draw of breath with his pipe still in hand.
"With all respect Hokage-sama I think that you place too much trust in the villagers. Not that I care about Uzumaki-san, I think this is an error of judgment on your part," Hiashi respectfully noted. Mean while the rest of the adults decided to join the conversation as well.
"Yea Hokage-sama, agree with Hiashi on this issue, it was a mistake to bring the child to this event," said Tsume Inuzuka. Not that Tsume was against Naruto she was just concerned for the young boy.
"Enough!" Sarutobi said with a slight grown on his face. "This party is to celebrate the defeat of the Kyuubi and to remember the Yondaime's sacrifice." Everyone mentally frowned at Sarutobi's misplaced trust in the villagers. They knew Sarutobi was not a fool; had he gone senile in his old age?
"Well back on to conversation…" said Choza, attempting to break the tension in the air. Luckily Inoichi noticed that the Uchiha were not present.
"Where is the Uchiha clan?" he questioned. Finally everyone noticed that their favorite group of brooders was not present. Sarutobi finished blowing on his pipe before answering.
"I had received news that the Uchiha clan would not be joining us this evening." Sarutobi remarked.
Back on the other side of the clearing the children were laughing and talking. Naruto had even managed to get Neji to chuckle after launching a stink bomb at Kiba and Akamaru.
"What the hell, Naruto?" shouted Kiba as he playfully punched Naruto. Hinata smiled meekly, while Shikamaru just said ", troublesome" and Chouji still munching on his chips.
Naruto was a very happy boy right now. This was the greatest day ever; the old man had bought him a ton of ramen, some new gear, and a set of headphones. He had even met some new friends as well. While Kiba was loud and brash, Naruto could tell he had an unwavering loyalty to those that were his friends, a rare trait to see in people.
He could tell that Hinata and Chouji were both good kind people that had gentle demeanors. Shikamaru and Ino though, all Shikamaru did was say 'troublesome', but Ino would fuss over this 'Sasuke Uchiha'.
Suddenly, he felt like something bad was going to happen to him soon. 'nah, nothing bad is going to happen to me. I haven't even done anything wrong….yet,' he giggled to himself, thinking of new pranks. However, Naruto still had that gut feeling and couldn't shake it off…
Two hours until operation: Fox trap
The villagers were arming themselves with anything they could get their hands on. They were equipped with good old pitch forks, knives, and heck even one guy had made a couple sake bombs.
"Tomo!" shouted one of the villagers "; stop fooling around with those sake bombs!" The one named Tomo grinned sheepishly and started poking his fingers together. The others rolled their eyes at him. When something went amiss you could always say Tomo did it.
The villagers were all gathered around a table thinking of possible variables that would hinder their progress when they executed their plan. They had to make sure that their plan had to succeed. Or die trying. They were all doing this for one goal, one reason. They wanted to avenge those lost when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha. The villagers were arrogant, but not stupid. One of them spoke up and made a good suggestion. The others all nodded their heads with agreement and satisfaction. They were going to go get some professional help.
Naruto and the Hokage decided to leave the party in order to go to the actual festival part of the celebration. Naruto jumped up and down in anticipation to play some of the games.
"Hey old man lets go to that one!" Naruto pointed towards a gold fish scooping stand. Luckily for Naruto the stand manager was no demon hater. The man was courteous and kind, Sarutobi deep inside was very thankful since he did not want to deal with another hater. Naruto eagerly picked up the fish scooper and went after the largest fish immediately. Naruto was in fact so excited that he thrusted his arm so violently in the water that some of the water spilled out of the tank.
The owner of the tank chuckled at Naruto's antics and waved away Naruto's constant flow of sorrys. Somehow, amongst all the confusion Naruto managed to capture a gold fish as well. The owner smiled brightly and gave Naruto a blue ball as a prize.
"Thank You!" Naruto said as he started bouncing the ball.
Sarutobi smiled at the owner and slipped him an extra tip. Naruto and Sarutobi both grinned as they walked away from the stand. As Naruto and Sarutobi walked away the stand owner's eyes flashed yellow; not a bright yellow or a darker yellow, but a sickly, pale yellow while he stared at the pair leaving.
Naruto loved playing with the bouncy rubber ball. In fact he even considered it 'untouchable', his way of saying that the said item could not be used in pranks. Sarutobi watched the young boy from behind; slowly moving, but still keeping up with Naruto. If a higher ranked shinobi were to take note of the Hokage's posture one would see a fatigue and exhaustion.
To tell the truth, Naruto has exhausted the Hokage with his infinite stamina. Not to say it was all Naruto's fault, but as the Hokage he had to work 24/7 365. Not to mention the bullshit that the council was suggesting and the trouble concerning the Uchiha clan.
The council was still a pain in the ass. He seriously needed to obtain enough votes to oust Homura, Koharu, and Danzou from the council. Every day he heard things like:
"We must execute the demon!" or "The demon must be detained with ANBU level security!" and "Sarutobi I demand that you capture that demon!" which usually followed with applause mostly coming from the civilian council.
And Danzou. Don't even get him started on him. The man was like a small child always asking for something he wanted. These days he had stopped supporting Naruto's death, but now kept asking to train him.
In his mind he mimicked Danzou ", let me train the boy" he says blah, blah, blah Sarutobi mused to himself in his head. He was getting way too old for this shit.
Then finally there was the Uchiha clan. He knew what the clan was up to and he did not like it one bit. Good thing he had a spy on the inside. Sarutobi was well prepared is the Uchiha acted out. He had his ANBU and his elite Jounin. However, there was one last method he did not want to resort to…. Sarutobi kept on thinking until Naruto's voice brought him out of his musing.
"Old Man! Old man! Earth to Old Man!" Naruto shouted. "Let's go over there!" Naruto pointed to the fun house. Once inside the funhouse Naruto kept jumping up and down in front of the mirrors. Naruto watched, fascinated by how his reflection was so tall and big. However, from behind Naruto a mirror opened. It revealed a gloved hand wielding a kunai; the-would-be assassin though was quickly intercepted by the Hokage. The assassin yelped as the Hokage broke his wrist, while Sarutobi was old that did not mean he did not still have it in him to break a couple bones.
"Unhand me Hokage-Sama!" The man said. Sarutobi just looked at the man with disdain and disgust on his face. The civilian's courageousness or stupidity made Sarutobi wonder if most, if not all, civilians were this stupid. Not many people were crazy enough to attack the young demon container while the Hokage was accompanying him. It was like something made them incredibly stupid when young Naruto was around.
"And why would I do that?" Sarutobi said, glaring at the man. The civilian gulped, trying to settle himself, before proclaiming "So, I can finish off what the Yondaime started and become a hero!"
"You think killing a defenseless child is a way to become a hero!" The Sandaime barked, furious at the entire affair with the civilian's pigheadedness, and slowing raising his killing intent level to alert the ANBU.
"The boy is the Kyuubi in disguise Hokage-sama! Do not let the demon deceive you any longer! Continued exposure to his malevolent chakra will lead to loss of hair and liver spots!" The civilian said while he continued listing all the hazards of being near the Naruto. The man continued blabbering, saying ", Not to mention random combustion!" The man suddenly stopped midway in his rant and studied the Hokage, eyeing him up and down with a raised eyebrow before a look of shock appeared on his face. "H-h-h hokage- sama the man stuttered. "The symptoms of prolonged exposure have already begun! You are losing hair, gaining liver spots, and-"
"Enough!" Sarutobi said to the man and punched him in the face, breaking his face in the process. Behind Sarutobi the two ANBU behind him were snickering and trying to cover their snickers, but failingly horribly. Sarutobi turned to both glaring daggers at the two.
Meanwhile, Naruto was watching the entire exchange from the end of the fun house hallway. He was secretly laughing inside that the guy that tried to attack him started insulting the Hokage. And to top it off the old man knocked the shit out of that guy. 'Serves him right. He should not have called me a demon…' Naruto thought to himself while wiping the tears from his eyes.
"I'm sorry Old man" Naruto sighed. "Every year on my birthday people always come to kill me." Naruto looked downward to his feet. Sarutobi
As Naruto and Sarutobi exited the fun house they noticed there were quite a few people still around even though it was late. Mentally noting to watch out for suspicious people, Naruto asked Sarutobi to get him home. Sarutobi solemnly nodded noticing Naruto's concern, but surprised at the boy's skill at environmental detection. Sarutobi looked down at his watch; Naruto's apartment was a little bit over an hour away. This left Sarutobi some good ol' Icha Icha time when he returned to the tower.
Naruto noticed a slight nose bleed and blush on Sarutobi's face "Hey Old man, get your mind out of the gutter!" Sarutobi looked slightly embarrassed, but quickly moved his head to the side to get rid of his nose bleed and regaining his composure.
"You say something Naruto?" Sarutobi asked with a smile with the remnants of a blush on his face. Naruto scowled at him "You don't fool me old man!" He proudly declared. Naruto and Sarutobi were now walking through the market district. Naruto looked around nervously the same people who were back by the carnival stands were still there one step behind him.
While the atmosphere was still clam Naruto felt rather threatened by his stalkers. Sarutobi on the other hand decided to do a quick chakra exercise which involved expelling chakra from every tenketsu point on one's body to create a map to navigate through the area, like a sonar. He took in a deep puff from his pipe. Today's flavor was cherry!
Sadly, Sarutobi's enjoyment was interrupted as an ANBU member body flickered in front of him. "Boar with urgent news Hokage-sama!" relayed the ANBU. Sarutobi furrowed his brows; he hoped it was something important. "The Uchiha Clan has been massacred!" Sarutobi looked unsurprised; almost as if he suspected he knew it all along. His pensive moment was ruined as the ANBU asked for orders. "Surround the village perimeter and gather all the ANBU, I will be coming with you." Sarutobi ordered.
The old man turned to Naruto saying "I'm truly sorry Naruto, but it seems that a grave emergency has come up that requires my utmost attention." Sarutobi sighed body flickered away with the rest of his entourage.
The atmosphere suddenly went from happy and cheerful to cold and angry. Naruto felt multiple sets of eyes on him. Hateful eyes. And with only the experience of resisting those cold stares Naruto increased his pace hoping to escape the hostile environment. Before he could go though, a drunken villager stopped him midway.
"Eh d-d-demon whut you think you doin' in my house?" The inebriated man spoke. Naruto looked left and right before backing away slowly; what the hell was the drunk talking about, he thought to himself. The villager swung his hand while shaking his other hand that held his sake up and down. "Ima teach you a lesson on breaking and entering demon!" the man slurred. "If I wasn't so tipssy riight now I would get you wit meh sake bottle" Naruto continued stepping backwards with a frown marred on his face. 'Man this guy is an asshole. I better get out of here fast, but I'll have some fun with him first'
"Hey! You can't get me you meanie! I'm way too fast for you!" The drunk studied Naruto before smashing his sake bottle against a nearby table. Naruto swallowed ", I don't think you would hit me right drunkie?"
"Noooo I'm goonnaa get you boy!" The man waddled over to Naruto. The drunk had a sheen of sweat covering his skin making it seem like it possessed a shine. His eyes were somewhat glazed and cross eyed. He charged and drew back his arm. The man's aim was true, he struck…. the ground next to Naruto… ten feet away from he was standing.
"Oi, demon shtop moving so much. I shwear if there weren't smore than one of jyou I wouldj gut you like a phlantss." The man stumbled looking for Naruto. At this point the passing terror that had gripped the young boy was long replaced with laughter and mirth. "Wow drunkie if you can't even hit an eight year old kid I bet you can't even aim straight when you go to the bathroom." Naruto chuckled.
"Weell yeah? Lets tesht that then demon!" The observers watching the event could only stare in horror as the drunken man attempted to relieve himself on the young boy. That is the other young boy that was standing behind the drunken man. The observer's faces were both disgusted and bewildered. Disgusted because the man had actually relieved himself on a child and bewildered because somehow between the time the man was facing Naruto and unzipping his fly, he somehow ended up facing in another direction. To make matters worse the man realized he missed his target and violently spun around to correct his mistake.
By now many people that were observing the event had left sickened or found a nearby garbage can. However, when the man spun around he managed to hit three additional people, but still missed Naruto. Needless to say the victims of the drunk's shower technique beat the shit out of the man. The next morning the man would find himself beaten and bruised, with most of the damage concentrated on his groin area. He would also be asking himself 'What the hell did I do last night?'
Naruto used this time to stealthily escape from the carnage while containing his laughter. 'wow these guys are retards.'
One hour until operation: Fox trap
The civilians were all headed to the all shinobi bar. They had thought that 'Hey! I bet ninjas hate the Kyuubi too!' Luckily they had been right when one of the bolder civilians went up to a drunken ninja and asked her if she hated the Demon. The villagers could only assume that the man hated the demon because he said ", Fuck that Shit!" The villagers could only assume that the drunken ninja thought the demon was shit.
Armed with this knowledge the civilians headed towards the bar with the bolder ones in front and the scared ones in the back. They had chosen this bar because it was popular amongst demon hating shinobi. As soon as the villagers stepped into the bar it became silent with all eyes watching them.
"Ahem!" the leader said to clear the remaining chatter in the silent environment. "Hello ninja of Konoha, I come here to ask for your help to complete a task." This got most of the ninja's attention; seriously a large mob all behind one man to do a job? This must be good.
"What is this job, civilian?" At this question the leader's mouth curled into a sinister smile.
"Well today is October 10th, surely some 'festivities' are in order?" The demon haters each gained a wicked smile. Of course they picked up the hint.
"Sure, where are the 'festivities' taking place?" The civilians behind the leader were grinning from ear to ear. They had successfully gained some professional help to fulfill their collective dream; to see the Demon die.
This time the leader answered more seriously. "The event will take place one hour from now. We shall ambush the demon when he is two blocks away from his lair." The only action that was visibly seen were the looks of unrestrained blood lust and eyes that glinted manically.
Naruto was walking calmly through the middle of the street. Cruel eyes bore into his small frame sending heated glares and unrepressed killing intent. However, Naruto was not phased at all; he was by far too use to the stares to affect him anymore and the civilians attempt at scaring him shitless was pitiful. He had experienced more killing intent from a run in with the infamous Tora the cat. During that encounter blood was spilled. To this day Naruto still had faint scar marks on his arm from the clawed beast.
Naruto responded to by sending a weak, but still strong enough wave of killing intent to scare the civilians shitless. To his pleasure many of the civilians ran off screaming 'The Demon raped my mind! I've been mentally violated!' The weaker minded civilians just fell down while simultaneously foaming from the mouth.
Naruto just chuckled to himself before continuing walking down the street. However, he still had that pulling feeling at the back of his head. Nothing bad would come tonight right? He relaxed himself by fingering the necklace he wore around his neck. The necklace was a gift from his friend Anko-chan. The necklace had purple and black beads on it and had a snake pendant on it. Naruto fondly remembered his encounters with the snake mistress.
Flash back
11 months back
The man's fist came down hard upon the small frame of the seven year old boy. Naruto screamed as the fist made impact with his skull, drawing blood. The blood flowed down Naruto's face drowning his vision in a sea of red. Naruto sobbed "Please stop! I didn't do anything!" The man ignored his pleas for mercy as he pulled his leg back and delivered a brutal kick to Naruto's arm. The kick had such an effect on his body that there was an audible snapping of bones. Naruto bit down on his lip to prevent himself from screaming, in doing so he drew his own blood. He would not let this man have the satisfaction of making him cry. The man delivered another brutal kick this time to his legs, making them snap and bend at a strange angle.
"Demon! I'll end you! You killed my family! I'll send you back to hell you piece of shit!" The man screeched before drawing a kitchen knife. The man plunged his knife into Naruto's shoulder, releasing a torrent of blood that splashed onto his hand. The man used his other relatively bloodless hand and wiped his sweat laced forehead. "This is it demon. This is the part where I send you back to hell" The man cackled as he brought the wicked blade back again.
Time seemed to slow as the blade descended upon Naruto. Defeated, Naruto closed his eyes in acceptance, waiting for the inevitable peace that death would offer him. Naruto waited for the blow to strike, his vision faltering. He waited for the sound of steel piercing flesh, but was rewarded with the sound of a scream; more specifically a male scream. Naruto barely opened his eyes to see a feminine figure standing over the body of the now dead man.
Four days later at the hospital…
Naruto awoke to the bright sun shining through the blinds of his hospital room. After further observing his surroundings he remembers that he was in horrible accident. He lifts his arm and pulls back his hospital gown to see if there is no wound. To his pleasure once again his amazing healing factor had left him scar less. Naruto looks around his room pleased to find that the old man had filled a vase full of flowers. He leans his head backwards so his head meets the pillow, and he enters a trance as he ignores his surroundings.
Naruto woke up to the sound of his door creaking, revealing the benevolent figure of the Hokage. Sarutobi smiles sadly at Naruto as he walks over to the chair placed next to his bed side. "How are you feeling Naruto?"
"To tell the truth, I feel really crappy old man" Naruto blankly stated while the old man just looked away ashamed that he could not protect the boy.
"For what it's worth, I am truly sorry Naruto. Please forgive this old man for his inability to protect you." Naruto squint his eyes at the wizened old man before smiling brightly.
"It's ok old man! No one is going to put me down. Ever!" Sarutobi chuckled at Naruto's good humor even after such a horrendous assault. Naruto suddenly closed his eyes and put his hand underneath his chin, occasionally rubbing his chin his index finger. "That's it! The lady who saved me! The purple haired, pineapple lady!" The Hokage sweat dropped at the young boy's description of the recently promoted special Jounin.
"Do you want to know where she is?" the old man asked. Naruto nodded his head feverishly while scratching a patch of skin that his uncomfortable hospital gown had caused. Sarutobi began to think about where the blood thirsty kunoichi could be. 'Hmmm It's about lunch time so she should be at that nice, little Dango shop, across the street from the Hokage tower. He gave his response to Naruto and before he knew it, the boy dashed right pass him. Sarutobi chuckled before signaling for the hidden ANBU to come out. "So you noticed as well?" he questioned."Yes, he will make a great ninja one day." The masked elite replied.
A little while later…
Now in his orange attire, Naruto dashed down the street while many citizens growled at him or subtly attempted to trip him. As a result, Naruto flashed a peace sign right back at them and skillfully avoided the feet in his way. He finally made it down to a small stand with a medium sized paper banner over it. The smell of fresh dango filled his nose. He walked into the stand and put on a big smile before sitting down to a woman devouring dango stick after dango stick. "May I sit down?" he asked to the woman. The women continued to stuff her face full of dango, Naruto stared at her, taking it as a yes.
The woman finished eating her dango before grabbing her cup of sake and gulping down a significant amount. She wiped her mouth before releasing a satisfied sigh.
"What do ya want kid?" Anko lazily said while motioning the nearby waiter for more Dango. Naruto looked down towards his feet, glancing at the indecently dressed woman with a furious blush on his face.
"I would like to say thank you," squeaked the little boy. Anko looked at him impassively before her attitude did a complete turnaround.
"You are soooo cute!" she shouted before she lunged toward the little blonde and gave him a crushing hug, pushing the boy into her bosom. Naruto on the other hand by now was as red as a tomato and slowly choking to death. Anko slightly loosened her grip and brought her mouth to his ear. "You're so cute I could just….. eat you!" She whispered and licked her lips.
"Anko, stop teasing the kid already!" the newly arrived seventeen year old chunin said. Naruto lifted his head from the crazy woman's chest and looked at the young woman. She was very attractive, Naruto could tell that much. She had long, curly dark hair; her skin seemed to be pale, but still rosy around her cheeks. She wore her chunin vest over her dress of bandages and red shirt. She wore little to none makeup, the only visible sign of beauty product was the layer of red lipstick on her.
"Awwww, but Kurenai, I was having so much fun with my little friend here!" The giggling woman said and put down Naruto. "So, how are you doing?" the viper said.
"I'm fine, we have another mission, I just wanted to tell you. I'll meet up with you tomorrow at the South gate." She said, sitting down with Naruto and Anko. At this moment, Naruto felt it would be fine to interject into the conversation.
"Thank you very much, Anko-san!" Naruto shouted, bowing down on his knees with his head on the ground. At this point, many people were staring at the two with curious or snickering expressions.
"Kid, get up. I was just doing what I do best." Anko quietly said, her eyes in another place.
"Alright Anko-chan!" Naruto shouted jubilantly.
"Anko-chan, huh brat?" Despite this, Anko could not help but to give a small smile herself.
This relationship slowly grew, with Anko rescuing Naruto every now and then, followed with some celebratory dango and sake(juice box for Naruto).
One day Naruto was just walking along, minding his own business, when he was pushed down. The man who pushed him caused him to gain a very large gash on his arm. Sadly, the man had no such luck to succeed in killing our young hero, and ended up ball less and battered, courtesy of Anko.
"Hey Naru-chan, what would I do if you keep getting hurt? You might not be as lucky next time, and could end up six feet under!" Anko proclaimed.
"Don't worry, I'll never die!" Naruto shouted.
Anko developed a very large sweat drop behind her head before she interrupted a jumping Naruto. "Well as nice as that sounds, no one lives forever brat." The snake mistress thought before shivering at the thought of her old sensei. She gained a faraway look, staring into the space before her.
"Not gonna die, Not gonna die, Not gonna die, Not gonna die!" Naruto exclaimed as he paraded around Anko, causing her trench coat to billow back in forth because of the mini cyclone that was Naruto. Anko suddenly gripped Naruto's shoulder hard.
"Don't do that. It's annoying." Anko said with a hardened voice before switching to a softer one. "You promise?"
"Yes, I do Anko-chan!"
Anko smiled, Naruto had proven to her multiple times when she tried to sway him toward dango that he had an indomitable will. "Here, I want you to have this." She took off her necklace and looked at it briefly before taking his hand and pressing the necklace into his palm.
Operation: Fox trap!
Naruto walked down the dimly lit street with his bag swinging in his hands. He made sure not to make too much noise, so the civilians would not look outside and report him to the Uchihas. He turned around quickly; eyes narrowed searching for any possible movement. When content, he shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk. Little did he know, however, above the flickering street lights were deadly shinobi ready to spring and below civilians hunched over dumpsters.
Naruto walked around the corner before falling back, and landing on his ass.
"Oh I'm sorry!" Naruto quickly said, and picked up his bag and ran his hands over his pants hard to slap off the dust. He finally looked up and strained his eyes in the dim light to see who he had bumped into.
Naruto quickly paled before realizing who it was. In front of him stood a wall of angry and blood thirsty wall of civilians. 'SHIT', were the words that ran through his head before a dangerous silence consumed all other sounds.
"Beautiful night for a walk, isn't it demon?" The leader said before taking out a long stiletto and looking at it prospectively. "And while you walk unharmed…" he drifted on quietly. "OUR FAMILIES LAY DEAD AND UNFOUND!" he finished violently before swinging the stiletto at Naruto.
Naruto muttered a brief curse before ducking the blade and then turning on his heel, making a quick break by sliding underneath the open legs of the leader. He swiftly regained his bearings and dashed towards his hideout. 'Only three blocks away…' he thought.
"GET HIM!" the leader shouted, before the mass of civilians roared in approval and began chasing Naruto.
Naruto looked over his should expressing terror and relief as the civilians chased him. Terror because his small legs could not out run the adults, but relief because some of the physically frail civilians began to fall to the ground, exhausted from chasing him.
So that is why Naruto received a fist to the face in his moment of carelessness before fading out into unconsciousness.
The young girl ran into a pair of open arms, which assured her that everything would be fine.
Naruto woke up, his vision still blurry, but he shortly made out the figures in the darkness. Checking out his surroundings; he noticed that he was in a nearby alley way, due to his intimate knowledge of the village's structure.
He tried moving his arms, and to his surprise they were free. He immediately tried to move his arms and his feet, but only to meet waves upon waves of pain resonating throughout his body. He gasped before deeply exhaling, causing his small frame to heave up and down.
"So you noticed our nice, little adjustments haven't you, monster?" asked the shinobi.
Naruto looked the shinobi in the face, memorizing every detail about him if he ever made it out of the situation. "What have I ever done to you?" He half shouted, wincing as he made some more movements.
The civilians and shinobi surrounding him scowled and frowned at his useless attempt to defend his person. "Let me remind you then." The ninja took out a senbon before stabbing it into his shoulder.
Naruto's eyes widened at the pain, but he held his voice, refusing to scream or moan for their sick amusement.
"Well little demon, I'm not the only one who wants to have their pay back for destroying their love ones, so stay tight, right guys?" The man moved aside revealing the group of mean looking civilians and ninja.
"Stay back!" Naruto protested and raised his hand to hold them off, causing him a flash of white, hot pain. He pressed himself into the wall to his back, as if to make himself smaller, but It was inevitable.
Fist rained upon him and brutal kicks yielded soft whimpers. Naruto tried to scrunch into a little boy, but his arms and legs were held back by two ninjas.
Naruto watched in horror as a civilian doctor pulled out a wire speculum and drew it closer to his eyes. Naruto shut his eyes to stave off the cold device, but he opened the wide in pain as the two ninjas holding him added pressure to his body.
The civilian doctor smiled in unadulterated glee as he plucked out Naruto's right eye and put said eye into a jar of preservative liquid. He giggled like a child as he shook the jar up and down, never noticing the eye had gained a four pointed, slightly curved black whirl around it, leaving a ring of blue around his pupil.
On the other hand, Naruto wailed in pain and sadness as he felt his eye depart from his battered body. He glared with his one good eye as the rest of the civilians had their share of "fun".
His world went black as one of the ninjas delivered a hard chop to his neck and he went off into La la land.
Naruto awoke to a ninja waving smelling salts underneath his nose. He crinkled his nose in irritation to the strong ammoniac smell that awoke him. His eyes suddenly shot up in realization. Where was he? More importantly was what happen to him all real? He closed his left eye and opened his right. Only darkness; he wept bitterly for his lost, but bit back any noise he might have made.
However, he had more important things to worry about, like where the hell was he. Naruto slowly took in his surroundings. He noticed he was tied to chair; he tried to struggle with his bonds, but was interrupted by the sound of a smirking ninja.
"I wouldn't struggle if I were you!" The black haired civilian said, as he placed a mean looking blade to Naruto's throat. Naruto immediately tensed, upon further inspection he realized he was in a wide cave surrounded by many others.
"Let me g-!" He sputtered, black liquid coming out from his mouth. In shock, Naruto was hit by a wave of nausea as he coughed up more of the black guck. "Let me go!" He enunciated more clearly.
"I don't think so, besides you are the main event." The man maliciously chuckled. "Look around you!" The man motioned, illuminating the room with his lantern.
If Naruto could get any paler even from heavy blood loss, he would have as his eyes opened in shock as two shinobis began pouring kerosene all over the cave. Naruto was and stunned by the overwhelming revelations of what was going to happen to him.
Naruto suddenly started viciously thrashing causing the man holding the blade to his neck to slightly slash his throat. Naruto would have gladly chosen a swift death, then burn.
"You little shit!" The civilian growled before placing his fist to Naruto's gut. While the punch wasn't anything spectacular in shinobi standards, it did the job in quieting Naruto.
"Please don't do this! I'll do anything you want!" Naruto rasped out.
"Anything?" The civilian said thoughtfully. "Ok, how bout you bring back all our deceased love ones?" The rest of the ninjas and civilians all yelled in agreement, all knowing such a feat was impossible.
Naruto bit down on his lip and let his head fall forward, shadowing his eyes. "I-I-I can't do that!" He shouted.
"Oh? That's too bad; we were going to let you go if you could!" The civilian said over his shoulder as he filed out of the cave.
"Please stop!" Naruto cried, tears shining brightly on his small, battered frame. And for a second some of the civilians and shinobi felt a sliver of guilt pang in their chest; some realized that Naruto was but only a child, but that meant that they were wrong…
The sympathetic members quickly stomped out any guilt from their bodies, for the truth of the matter was too great to bear.
"Good bye, Monster." The civilian said before he took out a match, lit it then threw it into the cave.
Naruto stared blankly into the backs of the civilians praying for them to combust into flames, hoping for some sort of last vengeance.
Naruto could only hope that someone would avenge him as he screamed harder while the flames eventually destroyed all he could see in a wave of heat.
"I'm… safe?" Naruto softly questioned to himself, as he breathed in heavily with his hands on the ground. His hands! He realized they were unscarred and smooth; he slowly reached up to his face and cried at the smooth skin. Carefully he bought his finger up to his right eye and to his great pleasure, he discovered it wasn't missing.
"Hahahahahaha!" Naruto whipped his head around to see a figure sitting on a dull, gray stone throne. The man appeared to be tall if the size of the throne was any indicator. He wore a voluminous gray robe(more like a blanket sheet Naruto noted); his skin a pale purple color. His fingernails were wickedly sharp and black in color, however, the most notable feature was his head, Naruto noticed.
Adorned on his head were two long horns that jutted from the sides of his head, red in color they made his visage even more fearsome. The figure in question had yellow pupils surrounded by black. His teeth razor sharp and his tongue extraordinarily long, oddly enough, holding what would have been a sheathed, guardless katana. All these features made him look like the picture of death incarnate, seeing as he actually was death.
Naruto's only reaction was to scream loudly and fall on his butt.
"Now that is no way to treat the being that saved you!" The man said mirthfully.
"Who are you?" Naruto demanded.
"Shouldn't you give out your own name before asking for others? Alas, I guess I shall indulge you, seeing as you are deceased and in my realm. Anywa-"
"Wait… I'm dead…?" Naruto sullenly said. "I'm dead! I'm gonna get those mother-!"
"Yes, I know. If you please be quiet now, I can explain your situation." Naruto seemingly deflated before holding his knees to his chest, looking utterly depressed. "You, Naruto, have a choice, seeing as some of my power is contained within you."
"What do you mean your power is in me?" Naruto questioned, sounding somewhat apathetic, but interested.
"Your father sealed the nine tailed fox into your body, preventing it from destroying your village." The man said, getting straight to the point.
"What?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Now, Now, let's not pretend that you didn't know that you were the container of such a dangerous being." The man admonished.
Naruto slightly quivered before releasing a long, shattered breath; something akin to a sob, yet knowing, as if finally understanding a great message.
"I always listened to what they said, even if I kept smiling all that time. I did some research and one thing lead to another… I really didn't want to believe what I found out, but it was all true" He said with a note of finality.
"My name is Naruto, sir" he finally said, still somewhat shaking.
"Good, good! I am the god of death! Reaper of souls, guardian of the void, and the lord of the lower depths!"
If a snow could pale, the color would be that of Naruto's young face. "W-what do you want from me?" Came his shaky and uncertain reply.
"Now that's no way to talk to a friend!" The Shinigami turned into the boy "Lizard" and the game stall owner.
"Whah?" Came Naruto's dazed response.
"Well, the way you're heading, you will be dead soon. So, I offer you an ultimatum of sorts." The death god said calmly, all whilst playing with his long, spiky hair. " Take it, Take my power; wield it, so that I may have presence once more!" The death god whispered, his tongue moving and shaking in random directions like a serpent.
Sitting there, Naruto thought over the offer, to live again? Another chance as the Death god's avatar? Naruto thought about his entire conversation with the death god, until a shattering revelation came to him.
'wait… the person who defeated the Kyuubi was Yondaime, but the Shinigami said my father..oh, oh God.. my.. my own father damned me!' Naruto realized the final pillars holding him, violently shattering by the excruciating truth.
The Shinigami watched eyes full of mirth. 'I should really observe humans more often, they're such an amusing group!' he mused to himself. "So? Your choice?" The Void lord patiently waiting for a response.
On the other hand Naruto was having a mental breakdown. All the values he saw sacred, the Sandaime's values, were all broken. His father had betrayed him. No one loved him, or would put themselves in harm's way for him. With no one who cared for him Naruto had nothing to lose.
"I accept" Came his broken, sullen voice, wiping tears from his eyes that threatened to break out.
While he seemed calm, the Shinigami was actually ecstatic, elated that he had obtained the child of prophecy before any of the other gods had. Being the god of death has its own perks, the dark presence thought to himself.
"Excellent, Excellent!" The Shinigami's voice boomed, echoing across the vast void. His tongue elongated and danced in front of Naruto before turning into stone and shattering. The 'Knife' , if it could be even called that, dropped in front of Naruto.
"Go on. Take it."The Shinigami hissed, urging the young boy in front of him, as he remained contently seated on his throne of stone.
Naruto picked up the sword sized knife. The knife-sword was sheathed in a black scabbard. Naruto pulled out the sword, surprised the blade itself was white in color; the blades guard was a simple circle with the hilt wrapped in black bandages with ethereal runes inscribed on the cloth. However, the most interesting detail were the glowing blue runes.
Naruto admired the blade with appreciation before thanking the god of death.
"What would you have me do Shinigami-sama?" Naruto said.
"I'll have you do whatever you want to do, Naruto-kun." The Shinigami delivered playfully.
"Not so fast!" Naruto and Shinigami snapped their heads in attention to the direction of the voice.
When the Shinigami saw the person in question his lips curled into a smirk, Naruto, though, felt his heart nearly pop out of his chest.
There in all his splendor, his glory was the The Yondaime Hokage, and more importantly Naruto's father, Namikaze Minato.
"You!" Naruto hissed at the Yondaime. Inside, Minato cringed at Naruto's tone.
"Look, Naruto, I entrusted the Kyuubi to my son, so he would never be defenseless against his enemies! Naruto, my son, I lov-"
"Did you know that your father could've just banished the Kyuubi back to hell?" The Death god smirked, causing Minato to pale. As if an arctic wind came, the void seemed to become even colder.
"Don't say such empty words, Yondaime-sama." Naruto coldly said.
"Naruto, please listen!" Minato said, as he advanced towards Naruto giving him a hug. Naruto froze as paralyzed from the contact. Minato himself felt Naruto stiffen and pulled him even closer. 'Oh my son, what have they done to you?'
"You have to understand! I did what I had to do to protect everyone as my job as Hokage!" Minato avidly defended his actions.
"Well isn't it the Hokage's duty to protect everyone?" Naruto said angrily, borderline shaking with rage.
"Naruto…" Minato looked conflicted "I had to sacrifice you for the greater cause.."
"Your son! Your flesh and blood!" Naruto shrieked emotionally into Minato's haori.
"I hope you understand what I did Naruto, please…" Minato begged.
"Oh I understand what you did Lord Hokage." Naruto said, suddenly cold and collected. "I forgive you for what you did as Hokage, however…"
'Here comes the grand finale!' The Shinigami thought gleefully to himself.
"I will never forgive you for what you have done as my father." And with those final words Naruto pulled out the sword and pierced his father's shade through the heart. Naruto watched passive as he twisted sword, causing Minato to cough blood, before sliding the blade out of Minato.
"N-n-naruto, I-I-I" Was all Minato could say before he 'died', still clinging onto Naruto's legs with his eyes glazed over. Naruto watched with fascination as Minato's body broke into numerous shards of light before disappearing.
"Now that this is out of the way, you can return to your world. When you awaken you will have my power, which I will instruct you how to use properly. Beware, though, your physical state in here differs from your state in the outside world." The Shinigami relayed.
Naruto stood there, his heart beating fast before he nodded his head, inwardly cringing at the vast pain to come. He gripped the sword in his hand tightly, thinking to himself.
"You need some of my power, now." The Shinigami flung his arm forward shooting a ray of miasmic yellow energy into Naruto. Naruto felt exhilarated as the energy coursed through his body, sending shivers down his spine.
"I hope to see you again, Naruto-kun! Hahahahahaha!" The Shinigami laughed before settling down. "Hmmmm, you need a new name. Naruto Uzumaki was the past. Let's see… I dub thee… Charybdis, my apprentice and heir!"
Naruto looked down to see his hands start to fade along with the rest of himself. 'I can do this, I'm Charybdis, the ultimate survivor.'
The Shinigami stretched comfortably in his stone throne. He felt satisfied that his goal had been accomplished before looking upwards at infinitely stretching 'sky'.
Above the godly being was a large cage, almost like that of a bird cage with only a simple seal to hold the great beast inside.
"Quite a show, wouldn't you agree?" The Shinigami gave a toothy grin. The great beast above him seemed to stretch inwards and outwards before taking on the form of a beautiful young woman with long blood red hair adorned with hair ornaments.
"If you hurt him at all, I swear upon my title as Empress, I shall utterly destroy you; Death god or not!" The fiery woman said, stroking the red headed girl on her lap, who had red eyes from crying.
"My, my, what a temper-know your place, Kyuubi!" The Death god seethed flaring his rather significant amount of power.
The woman now, revealed ask the great Kyuubi no Kitsune, stood her ground, eyes defiant against the god of death.
"Hehehehe" The Shinigami chuckled "I applaud your will, Kyuubi! For that I shall answer your question. I have no ill intent for the boy; I merely want to see where his path will take him now."
Kyuubi was shocked that the Death god knew her question before she even knew what it would be, a true testament to the omnipotence of the god below her.
"Ah, well it looks like it's time for me to disappear." The Death god hummed before slowly phasing out of the mindscape.
"Wait I have more questions!" The last thing Kyuubi saw though was the insane smile of the Shinigami cackling like mad man.
-Outside world-
The fire had died down, the residual heat imprinted onto the rocks created a burning sensation. From Naruto's right eye bandages seem to shoot out, like a group of particularly vicious snakes coming out of their secret mound to feast on a vole that had entered their domain. The bandages, exactly like the same that wrapped around the handle of sword, snaked around his body; covering it completely, except his right eye.
His sword materialized next to the steaming body, fitting comfortable in the boy's grip. The boy groaned as he opened his eye, looking into utter blackness, illuminated by the small fires that surrounded him.
He stood up, only to moan in pain as the movement of joints caused his burnt flesh to explode into hot needles. A lone tear slid down his face, he expected for more to come, but was surprised to find out he was incapable. As he staggered out of the cave, he vowed to never cry again, for tears represent innocence, and he was no innocent—not anymore. He held on the snake pendant, the necklace which it was attached to now ash.
The only things on his mind was surviving and finding shelter. 'No one will ever hurt me again!' He thought to himself. He limped into the forest, into the blackness of the all consuming night, leaving the cave and his old life.
Naruto Uzumaki is dead, long live Charybdis.
Wow, that was long, maybe too long for a prologue? Personally, I don't think Naruto was abused in canon, but for all purposes this is Fanon. I'm not sure when I'll update, but I hope that time comes around eventually. If you have any questions put them into your review and I'll try to answer them. Sorry if the writing style changes somewhat through this entire chapter. I started writing this maybe November of 2009. And well, I got incredibly lazy or school work took up my times! Well let's see how this fares, if not I might discontinue. Good note, though, over those long eight some months, I got the entire plot pretty much down. Sorry if this seems a little bit angsty!
Don't forget to R&R whatever that means. (I really don't know what this means.)
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