Ok well here is a new fanfic I stared about what Naruto could have been like if the kyubi was able to talk to him at an early age. I'm going to be changing some events, and after the next chapter, I'm going to break away from the canon events for a while. I'm not sure when I might update as I am working on three fanfics at once right now. So please bear with me.
Chapter One: The Child and the Demon
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The third Hokage stood over his heir.
"Make sure, they know, he's a hero…" The fourth sputtered. "At least, the demon, will protect him, he'll be, forced too." A small smile crossed the face of the dieing man. "Farwell, Uzumaki, Naruto." He spoke to his new born son, silently wishing him the best before he died.
The third Hokage closed Minato's eyes, and whispered a prayer for Minato's soul. Then walking over to the now crying child, he leaned down to pick him up, only to see a birth mark appear on his forehead.
The Kyubi raged against his cage, he yelled and screamed insults at the one who had put him here. He was humiliated, not only had a human defeated him, but he was now stuck in this child. He unleashed his chakra in every direction, but no matter how powerful it was, it wouldn't escape his cage. Eventually he realized in was useless. Then, he noticed he was not alone. Looking just out of his cage was a small baby.
"The boy's soul?" He immediately tried to attacked, but the bars stopped his claws just out of reach. "Damn it!" He yelled at the child, he continued to pound his claws against the bars, cursing all the while. Then he stopped, realizing it too was useless.
"If only I could get to you! If only I could kill your soul! Then I'd have control of this retched form!" He screamed, and as if in answer to the Kyubi's prayers, the boy floated closer. He laughed manically as his claw entered the child's head. Then he paused, the child was unaffected. His claw should have torn his soul to shreds, but instead it just passed through the child harmlessly. The Kyubi actually sulked.
"I can't even do that!" He started to turn around, withdrawing his claw form this baby's form.
Naruto had no idea what was going on. Having only just entered life, this furry giant was the first thing he'd seen. He didn't feel anything as the claw hit him, or retracted. So he reached out, and grabbed the end of the claw, with his small chubby hands.
Kyubi stopped. "This child can touch me?" He looked directly at the child, and noticed part of his claw was still in its head. The child's chakra flared, and suddenly let go. The kyubi finished withdrawing his claw, and watched in wonder as a scare appeared in between the child's eyes, a scare that outlined the tip of his claw. The child started to fade from the Kyubi's sight, returning to the outside world. But Kyubi could still feel him; still hear his cries, from both his mouth, and mind. He started to laugh.
"So you made a mental link with me?" He laughed. "Amusing! Very well, if you can do this now, even subconsciously, then you could become powerful. I will make you powerful, and together we will make our enemies tremble at the mere sight of us." His laughter filled the child's head, causing it to stop crying. "We shall become a new demon together!"
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Naruto walked around the fair, everyone was starring at him weirdly, but he knew why. 'They really do hate you don't they?' He mentally asked his roommate.
"I tried to kill them all! And I'd do it again if I weren't stuck with you!" The Kyubi screamed at him. No one else could here the Kyubi's voice but Naruto; he could even shut him off if he wanted. "I don't understand why we're here! Why aren't you running, or exercising, or practicing fighting? You shouldn't be acting so calm; you're weak enough as it is!" Naruto sighed. The Kyubi always had a very narrow view of things it didn't like. But the one thing it new, was that Naruto was weak, and if Naruto wanted to be his container, he needed to be stronger. Kyubi would often tell him of how strong he will become, how others will crawl before him begging for mercy. Unfortunately Naruto wanted to protect people, not kill them.
"It's not like I'm only here for fun." Naruto spoke out loud, not worried about people over hearing. "I want to see some of the justu."
"What use is justu? In all my life I only learn one justu, and that was when I was weak, and needed to escape from my enemies. Every other attack I just force my chakra at the victim, and watch as he's torn to shreds." He started laughing manically at the memories.
"But you lost." Naruto countered.
"What?!" It screamed.
"You constantly tell me how humans are inferior to you in every way, even the strongest ones. But you still lost to a human, you lost to his justu." Naruto mused, and then noticed a ninja breathing fire. "Awesome!" He said in wonder as he ran forward to watch.
"I lost to jutsu?" Kyubi interrupted Naruto's enjoyment. The six year old child sighed.
"Look at him." he pointed to the ninja. "He's turning his normal harmless energies in to a large flame. But I wonder what you would create? Given that your energies normally hurt people." The Kyubi actually thought about it.
"I see, so that's why I lost. Very well, we shall observe this jutsu, and you shall learn anything you can. If justu can make us more powerful, then I'll tolerate it."
Naruto smiled as he return to the ninja who was now making shaped with the flames. Then he noticed Naruto. He didn't do anything but stare at the child, in those same cold eyes everyone else did. Naruto sighed and started to walk away.
"Hey freak!" Naruto turn and saw one of the villagers. He recognized him; he was one that beat Naruto as often as he could. Naruto immediate started to run, he wasn't going to give him a chance to catch him. "He's escaping! Everyone after him!" Several others started to chase Naruto. He ran around one corner after the other, pushing himself past his normal limits, he eventually started to lose them. Then he finally stopped, gasping for breath, and sat down in an ally way.
"Looks like we got some training after all." The Kyubi laughed at Naruto
"Shut up!" Naruto looked around; he hadn't paid attention to were he was going. But judging from the building designs, he was near the Hyuuga clan's homes. Naruto got up to leave when he heard the screaming of a child. Suddenly three ninja bearing thunder country headband ran into one end of the ally, carrying a screaming child. Then ninja holding her clasped his hand over her mouth. Naruto walked in front of them, not realizing what he was doing. The closest ninja attacked.
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Hiashi ran in panic, Hinata had been kidnapped. With his Byakugan at full power, he ran everywhere, looking for any sign of his daughter. Then he found them. He continued to run towards them, even when he realized they had just killed another child. 'Damn it! They pay for this with their lives!'
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Naruto starred at the ninja, and gasped in pain. Blood fell from his mouth and chest. The girl starred at Naruto in horror, there was a kunai buried deep in his chest. Naruto looked at the girl in desperation, his vision going dark. 'Is this how I'm going to die? Is this my end?' He thought to himself. 'How am I supposed to protect people like this? How am I supposed to become strong like this?' The ninja pulled his kunai from Narutos body, and immediately he started falling. The girl watched struggling against her capture. Her capture watched the seen in amusement. "Let's go." He started, "we still have to escape and dissect this brat." Hinata managed to free her mouth, and screamed.
The scream pierced the air, barely reaching the ears, of a near death Naruto. Then he stopped in mid fall.
"Huh?" The ninja's turned around. "What is that?" Naruto's body erupted in red charka, the malice and bloodlust that came with it sent shivers down the others spine. Hinata watched Naruto in horror then fainted, from the intense feelings erupting from him.
Throughout the village, ninja stopped what they were doing. "This can't be happening!" The Hokage spoke in awe at the chakra he was now feeling. "Is his seal going to break?"
The ninja's watched as Narutos chest healed rapidly, the hole filling so that there wasn't even a scare. Then before they could react, Naruto launched. He smashed his knee into the head of the ninja carrying Hinata. His head smashed against the ally wall, shattering his skull. His lifeless body then fell to the ground, still holding the unconscious Hinata. Naruto turn for the others, hatred in his eyes. But they were ready. Each in a battle stance, weapons in hand, they prepared to fight. The one furthest from Naruto then died, blue chakra erupting from his chest. The last ninja turned to see Hiashi running at him, he through his kunai but they were easily dodged, Hiashi ended his life just as easily as the last.
Naruto watched, kyubi's charka now gone as Hiashi turn toward him. Naruto slumped against the wall next to the life he had ended, next to the sleeping Hinata. He starred stunned as the ninjas cracked skull, the reality of what he'd done hitting him hard. His eye's unfocused; his whole body shook in fear.
"I…I, I just… killed…." He stuttered in horror. Hiashi watch Naruto concerned. 'Only a moment before he was ready to kill all the enemy ninja, now he was having a break down?' He thought, and then he remembered a similar thing happening the first time he killed.
Hinata opened her eyes, and she saw the dead bodies around her. Then she saw her father standing in front of her in relief. The she saw the other child who should have been dead. She watched stunned as he shook one the spot, mumble about how he'd killed some one. She got up, and to her fathers amazement she headed to the boy. She placed her hand on the boy arm.
Naruto stopped shaking; he looked at Hinata's eyes, the eyes of the child he had saved. He smiled at her, and scratched his head reassuringly. Hiashi walk over and picked up his daughter. He turned to leave then stopped. Looking at Naruto who was starting to return to his depression he spoke.
"Thank you, for protecting my daughter. The Hyuuga clan owes you a great dept." he bowed to a stunned Naruto. No one had ever thanked Naruto for anything before. He watched as Hiashi walked away, then several Konoha ninja arrived, Hiashi quickly explained what happened. The ninja looking grave walk over and pick up Naruto. He didn't even try to resisted, as they brought him to the Hokage's office.
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Sandaime entered the room and looked at Naruto. He was no longer shaking, no longer in depression, but extremely confused. "I heard you were quite the hero today Naruto." He talked to the young child. Naruto looked up at the Hokage.
"He…he thanked me." He stuttered, still a little stunned.
"Of course he would thank you." The Hokage answered. "You saved his only daughters life." Sandaime place his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "I also thank you Naruto." Naruto's eyes widened. "Because you save the life of a precious person."
"Precious person?" He asked. Sandaime started walking over to the balcony, motioning for Naruto to follow. "Every villager is precious to me. It's my job to keep them safe; I would gladly give my life for anyone of them. Like you almost did." He waved his hand towards to village building outside.
Naruto looked at the large village, which in reality was larger than most cities, and wondered what it was like, to protect everyone.
"Old man?" he looked at the Hokage. "What was that power I used in the fight?" Sandaime frown for a moment, "you have a gift Naruto. You will to protect that girl activated that gift." He said simply.
"Idiot that was my power you used." The Kyubi answered at the same time. Naruto smiled at both answers. Then looking over the village, his smiled.
"I think I'm going to use that power to protect everyone." He looked at Sandaime, his face determined. "I'm going to become Hokage!" He cheered. The Hokage smiled at him and together they looked over the village that is Konoha.
'I'll take any lesson you give me. I order to gain strength enough to complete my dream!' Naruto silently thought to the kyubi.
"It's about damn time! Your weak, but I will make sure your stronger then everyone!"
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Ok well that the first chapter. Not my best by far but a necessary start in my eyes. The next chapter is a six year jump. And takes place on the first episode of the actual series. After that's over I'll break away from canon events.
Authors Notes on new justu, characters, and other fun stuff:
New kyubi history: in this story the kyubi actually stated of as a normal fox, after gaining chakra controls it created a technique to hid from enemies while it gained in strength and eventually become the demon lord it is today.
Change in Hinata's kidnapping: I changed Hinata kidnapping to when she was six instead of three. I did this because no matter how I tried, I couldn't imagine a three year old Naruto saving her as I planed. Even the six year one I made it a little far fetched but owe well.
Naruto and kyubi's link: Naruto and kyubi can communicate through the new scar I put on Naruto's head. Since Naruto is all alone he enjoys talking to the kyubi on various subjects. It's of course a miracle Naruto wasn't badly affected by kyubi's direct influence. He is still alone and strived to be recognized by the people around him.