Prologue
Mystical Blue Fire
Disclaimed
Author's Note: "Blame it on Love and Demons" is the original fic in a series, of sorts, where there's a companion fic, "Eye of the Storm," with the Ichibi, who got dragged along into the past unknowingly, and "Heart of the Matter," where Kurama returns fourteen years after vanishing to covertly visit the village and a certain blonde genin.
Summary: The 4th Great Shinobi War was the bloodiest era ever seen. The five Shinobi Nations are destroyed, leaving only the Rokudaime Hokage and a small camp of ninja to rebel. However, that all changes when Naruto discovers a way to travel back in time. He sends the least likely person to be trusted into the past, where the fate of the entire world rides on his shoulders. Will the Kyuubi no Kitsune protect the village his jinchuriki vowed to serve? And what if a certain blonde Namikaze takes an interest in him, in more ways than one. With the future depending on every small thing he does, he may just go crazy before recognizing Naruto's gift for what it is. A chance to have a life and see why he is so adamant in protecting his home.
Chapter 1: Kurama's thoughts on Naruto attempting to convince him to test out his new seal and take on a mission that will leave the whole world depending on him, unknowingly.
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May 14, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
Naruto finished his new seal today. It's truly an interesting creation, very complex. I suppose he surpassed his father after all, but I'll never tell him that. He's got a big enough head as it is. I know how it will work, and it actually sounds possible. If anyone can undermine the laws of time itself, it's him. What I don't understand is why me? No sane human would leave the fate of the world in MY hands, I mean really? I'm a vicious, flee-on-sight, killing machine. That is word for word from the Bingo Book too. People don't trust me, they avoid me. They hate me, they distrust me, they don't send me back in time to save everyone! Naruto's crazy. The stress has finally gotten to him because there's no way I'm doing it.
Anyway, besides that, we lost another three shinobi this morning. Raidou, Izumo, and Kotetsu. They were on a routine perimeter guard and didn't come back. I was assigned as part of the search team and we found their bodies halfway into Grass Country. Apparently, they'd been ambushed and they did a suicide combination that took them all out and an Oto squad. Tch, friends until the end. I swear I will get Madara back and Otogakure too. They will die.
-KK
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May 17, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
Hmph. Nice try. The blonde baka tried to manipulate me by assigning it as an SS-Class mission. Not going to work. I don't care what he says. I'm not doing it. Though getting the slip on that insufferable Uchiha does sound tempting…NO! Bad! I'm not going to do it. No matter what.
Yesterday was the anniversary of Asuma Sarutobi's death at the hands of Akatsuki. Shikamaru and I spent all day training hard, so that we won't have to see anyone we care about die again. It was a day of unnatural seriousness for the typically lazy shinobi. We don't really use ranks anymore, there's not much time for promotions when you're on the run. Kurenai's daughter, Hitomi, is one of the few reminders of what we're actually fighting for. With no real village, only underground bases we hijacked from ROOT with the help of Sai, we often lose sight of what's important. The wedding of Shizune and Genma a few months ago was a rare day off for celebration. It renewed hope, but it's waning fast. We need to end this soon.
-KK
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May 18, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
He just won't leave me alone! He gave me several reasons, but I think he's trying to trick me or something. I mean, yeah he'll be emotionally compromised if he goes back, he gets emotionally compromised if he sees a dead butterfly, but that doesn't mean I should be the one to go. And it's possible for two Naruto's to live in the same timeline, right? Without one vanishing? …I'll have to look that up. But I'm still not going.
We got news from Gaara. Apparently, there was a spy among the Suna survivors who sent a map of our private tunnels to Madara. They were attacked and only the Kazekage and about seven others managed to survive. It's just a matter of time until the Uchiha manages to hunt us down too. A few days, maybe. We're evacuating right now, but there's nowhere to go that's not marked on the map. We can cover our tracks and send out diversionary squads, but it won't last long. The end is nearing. Our defeat is nearly assured. How did it all come to this?
-KK
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May 21, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
No. N.O. I don't care what he says, does, or bribes me with. I won't do it. I don't care if he gets on his knees and begs. It's not going to happen.
We set up a temporary camp in an abandoned bunker right inside the border of Fire Country. It's kind of ironic that we ended up back here, nearing the end, but also poetic and…nostalgic. Never thought I'd hear myself say something like that. I'm not exactly the philosophical type, after all. Shikamaru, Ino, and Kiba, the lone survivors of the Rookie 9, (except Naruto), caught wind of Naruto's plot. They invited me to dinner in their tent, which was a bit fishy, then tried to pressure me into accepting. They're all crazy! They agreed they would be equally biased if they were sent back, so they tried to convince me to do it. No. That's all I had to say on the matter. After I stormed out, they apologized, but didn't take back what they said. Idiots, the lot of them! I'm no hero. What happened to the so-called Child of Prophecy? Wasn't he supposed to be the one to save everyone through some valiant act at the last minute? Or…maybe this is Naruto's last valiant act. Creating that seal. But then he's going to screw everything up by wasting it on me. Idiot.
-KK
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May 25, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
…Damn puppy eyes. I gave in. I caved. I'm going to regret this. I know it. Doomed. The world is doomed.
Naruto signed it off as an official mission stamped and sealed by the Rokudaime Hokage of Konohagakure in case I get caught. It's the only thing he's letting me carry on my person to 'the other side.' Just in case I end up in the middle of a hidden village, surrounded by ninja, (they'd be suspicious if I appeared out of thin air decked in weapon and combat gear), or in case something's faulty with the seal and it messes up whatever I would have carried. Don't wanna end up with a kunai melded into my skin or anything. He said it was unlikely, but he wasn't going to take any chances. That's reassuring.
-KK
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May 26, 6th Year of the 4th Shinobi War-
Goodbye fair journal, for I have no hope of surviving this. Parting is such a sweet sorrow…ahem. Naruto said he's aiming for the 3rd War, but he's not positive that's where I'll end up. Heh. I'm going from the 4th War to the 3rd War. It's war-hopping! Anyway, I only get one chance at this and he made me swear on the name of ramen I would save the world. Idiot. I can't wait to meet him as a brat. Revenge will be good… This is the last time I'll be able to write in you. Wish me luck.
-KK