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This is a backseat story. Chapters will have random sizes and the update rate will be erratic. I hope you like it regardless. This chapter is pretty much a prologue. You will be able to tell if you want to keep reading it or not by next chapter.

"A Choice of Rage"

Pain was all Naruto felt. His friend, Sasuke Uchiha had betrayed him and attempted to kill him. By the feel and looks of things, he succeeded. In his moment of weakness, Naruto decided to spare Sasuke death, but he did not grant Naruto the same respite. This is the reason his hand now extends from where Naruto's heart is located.

As they fell to the ground, the transformations of their bodies faded away. Naruto's body limply rolled on the ground as Sasuke landed smoothly, the Mangekyo Sharingan failing to form in his eyes. Sasuke turned back to look at Naruto's dieing body. "I guess I was wrong. I never truly considered Naruto my friend." He snorted. "At least you are out of my way." He left the area without a single care.

In Naruto's mind.

Naruto stood in front of a massive gate that held the Kyūbi with in his body. The demon looked down at the blond with furious eyes. "BAKA, HOW COULD YOU SO FOOLISHLY THROW AWAY BOTH OUR LIVES? HAVE YOU NO SENSE?"

"IT IS MY LIFE AND I CAN SPEND IT HOW I WANT!" He looked down sadly. "I guess I won't be able to keep my promise to Sakura-chan."

Kyūbi closed his eyes in deep thought. "I never thought that I would ever even contemplate this option and here I am, seeing it as the only choice." The kitsune chuckled. "Gaki, you and I are left with just two choices."

He looked up at his prisoner with surprise. "Choices, what are they?"

Kyūbi's expression and voice became ones of complete seriousness. "My preferred choice would be that you allow me to take full control of your body to use how I desire. You of course will pass on to the afterlife. Unfortunately only you can decide whether or not this happens. I have no actual say in it."

"WELL NO WAY I AM GIVING YOU MY BODY JUST SO YOU CAN LIVE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT!"

The fox chuckled before returning to his serious self. "I figured as much which is why I am going with the second choice. It works like the first one but roles are reversed." The Kyūbi grew a sadistic smile. "I will ensure that the power of the Kyūbi no Yōkō will live on past my demise and you have no choice in the matter. SAYONARA!"

Waves of demonic chakra so thick that they looked like actual waves of read water flowed out of the Kyūbi's gate, hiding Naruto underneath. Soon, the demon began turning into red dust that quickly disappeared into nothingness. The chakra finally subsided, giving Naruto a chance to stand back up.

His relief did not last long as the sewer environment began turning to dust as well. Naruto began running back to the corridor in order to escape, but the dissolving of his mindscape was right behind him. He ran franticly through the halls. He turned a right, a left, and then another left. Just as he took another right, Naruto saw the area ahead of him dissolving, and froze in response. This single moment was enough time for what he was running from to catch up to him. In the next instant, Naruto found himself hanging off the edge of his mind's existence. It crumbled under his weight. As he fell, or floated, Naruto looked upon a disembodied and dissolving head of the demon. "I have just enough time to explain to you, the kitsune laws."

An unknown amount of time later.

Naruto bolted up from a horizontal position. Sweat dripped down his face as his head and eyes darted from side to side. This action allowed him to realize that he was inside Konoha Hospital. He stood up out of bed, and walked over to one of the mirrors. In its reflection, Naruto saw that his eyes were slit and red, the whisker marks were highly defined, his canines stuck out of his mouth, and his hair became a dull, dark orange. His hair also grew so it would hide everything behind the jaw-line. The last difference was that a pair of ears stuck out of the top of his head. They were orange-red in color, and looked more like a real foxes ears. Think Inuyasha's ears but a little bigger and pointier. "It wasn't a dream."

With his suspicion confirmed, the orange haired Naruto could feel further evidence to prove his transformation wrapped around him. Carefully, Naruto reached to his back with a clawed hand and put a large cut into the jumpsuit he was wearing. One by one, tails much like the Kyūbi's began to slip out of the cut until nine waved around behind Naruto. Each tail was the same color as his new ears, and half the length of the owner's body. The thickness of the tails was only about half of Naruto's forearms.

The carrot-top walked to the bed and took a seat. "So I am a Kyūbi hanyou now?" His voice was also transformed by becoming deeper. Naruto sifted through his thoughts. "Not only do I look different but I think differently too." Naruto's fist clenched hard enough for his new nails to dig into his hand and draw his blood. "Damn fox. He didn't even give me a choice in the matter."

A sound approaching the door of his room made the hanyou's ear twitch. Five seconds passed before the door started to open. Through the opening came Kakashi Hatake, Naruto's sensei. He had near vertical silver hair, a Konoha headband covering his right eye, and a mask covering his face. Everything from the neck down was clothed in the normal jonin outfit. He closed the door then looked down with a forlorn expression. "I never thought this could happen. Because of my compliance, Sasuke got away and this happened to you. Gomen Naruto."

Naruto suddenly felt rage build up from within him. Instead of yelling like he would have normally, the new Naruto opted for a light amount of killer intent and a deeper voice. "This is your fault. You taught the teme the jutsu that nearly killed me. Because of that, the damn fox had to do this to me. Now I am the demon the villagers always thought I was."

Kakashi looked up at Naruto with fear and surprise in his eyes. He quickly overcame these feelings and reassumed his forlorn look. "There is something else I need to tell you as well."

Naruto's glare flamed with full force. "What is it?"

"When I got you back to the village, your body had already finished transforming. It was not long before the council caught wind. Under the pretense that it was for the safety of the village, they revealed your secret to all who don't already know. Everyone knows about it."

Naruto snorted. "I don't care, just leave me alone."

Kakashi sighed then left. With his new ears, Naruto could hear the man talking to someone. "I don't think you should see him. Naruto didn't look like he is in the mood to see anyone. I think it would be best that both of you have time to think."

"I don't care. I want to talk to him." It was a familiar female voice to Naruto. He turned away from the door as soon as it began to open. "So it's true, you are the Kyūbi. You have all that power." Naruto just sat there, with his tails being his only moving parts. "You wanted to let Sasuke-kun go. It should have been easy to make him come back. Your broke your promise to me. I guess you are a demon." The hanyou remained unresponsive. "ANSWER ME!"

In the next instant, Sakura punched Naruto in the back of the head as she always has. He turned around just in time to see her stomping out of the room. He felt another wave of rage rush through his body. One of his tails struck out and shattered the window. "It is obvious that this village has no love for me so I don't have love for it. I have no reason to stay." He looked out the window with an expression of complete rage and conviction. "No one will get in my way."

Out sided of Naruto's sensory perception, a pair of ANBU watched as he jumped out of the room and towards the village's north gate. "We have to tell Tsunade-sama." They disappeared in a swirl of smoke and reappeared in front of the hospital main office. They opened the door. "Tsunade-sama, Naruto has left his room and is heading towards the north gate."

"NANI?" The ANBU flinched back. "This is the last thing I need happening. It is bad enough to lose the Uchiha, but we can't lose Naruto, not to mention if Akatsuki got their hands on him." She got up from behind her desk and stomped out the door and towards the main lobby. "I need to find someone to go after him. Kakashi must have already left on his mission, my trackers are either taking a needed reprieve or are out after Sasuke. DAMIT, I need some trackers."

As if answering her prayers, two of the members of team 8 entered the room. Her approach stopped them in their tracks. The one wearing a grey coat looked up at her serious expression from behind his small glasses. "What is the problem Tsunade-sama?"

Tsunade released an exasperated sigh. "I am sure that the both of you are here to see Kiba. I also know that you just came back from a mission Shino-san. Regardless, I have to send the both of you on an urgent mission."

The younger female, with short ink blue hair and pale lavender eyes gasped. "A m-mission."

The Hokage nodded with a somber expression. "Hai." She became serious again. "I am sure both of you heard about the truth behind Naruto." Tsunade took quick notice of Shino's emotionless nod, but gave Hinata a motherly look when she saw Hinata turn her head towards the ground with tear beads in the corner of her eyes. "This will be hard for her. In a fit of rage, Naruto left the village. It is your mission to bring him back."

Shino just raised an eyebrow but Hinata became completely shocked. "No, he can't leave like that. What about his dreams, his promises. Is he going to throw them away just like that? Naruto-kun, has this changed that much?"

Hinata did not have the time to dwell on her thoughts as soon as Tsunade began giving the mission information. "Naruto is heading out of the north gate. It is possible that he is hostile. Regardless, we can't have him out there. There is an organization of powerful shinobi who are after him. I don't know what they want with him, but it can't be good. He has to stay with us. Any objections?"

Shino just shook his head. Hinata gave Tsunade a determined look. "We will b-bring him back T-Tsunade-sama."

"Good, now go." The young shinobi ran out of the hospital. "Naruto, please don't be the demon everyone thinks you are."

Back with Naruto.

He shifted through the memories within his orange head. He saw all the times Kakashi had ignored his pleas to train him, all of the times Sakura hit him for some of the most trivial things, every time a villager glared at him, all the times someone said that he would never succeed, and every service he did the village without even the slightest thanks. The hanyou could only see all of the bad things in his life, and that served as stronger fuel for his resolve. "I will never return to this village again."

He passed through the north gate without any hindrance. He hardly moved five feet on the path before turning right into the forest. Naruto felt no need to any effort into his escape. Despite this, Naruto was still running as fast as he did when he was chasing after Sasuke. "I am much stronger than before, so whoever Konoha sends after me, they won't succeed." He chuckled darkly. "It seems like they are already coming. I'll string them along for a bit, before I deal with them." Naruto picked up his speed to match his pursuers.

The pursuers.

"He is aware of our presence." For both, it was only natural that Shino take the leadership role. He had the most intellect and was the most composed under pressure. The chase continued for a few more minutes before he spoke again. "Naruto-san appears to be making no effort to escape us. He won't allow us to close the distance either."

Things were getting unnerving for Hinata. A couple of hours have passed since the chase began, and they have yet to close any distance. "Naruto-kun, what are you doing?" Her thoughts were cut off by a red tail sending Shino down to the forest floor. Hinata landed just to the left of where Naruto stood, his nine tails waving behind him rapidly.

Crouched from her landing, Hinata looked up at his face and wished she hadn't. He was giving her a side glance with a demonic smile. The Hyuga soon found herself back at full height and more. Her weight was now supported by Naruto's clawed hand and her neck. Before she even thought about resisting, the hanyou spun clockwise and tossed her towards Shino. The bug user managed to get up in time to break her fall.

Naruto looked down at the pair, a sneering expression on his demonic face. "So you are the ones the village sent after me. I have to say that I am surprised. I was expecting someone stronger. I guess that makes this all the more easy."

The hanyou disappeared from his perch on the tree to reappear on the ground a good fifteen yards away. Shino shivered from his presence, but it was nothing compared to the shear amount of trembling Hinata was doing. "No, this can't be him. Naruto-kun what happened to you." Tears formed in her eyes. "Have you really become a demon?"

Shino did not spend his time with thoughts. The Aburame held out his arms, signaling his insects to fly out of his sleeves. They rushed the approaching Naruto and encompassed him. This did nothing to slow him down. If anything, it made Naruto even more terrifying. Every part of his body was covered in a moving black surface. Despite being the cause, this affected Shino quite intensely.

Suddenly, the bug skin collapsed, as if Naruto suddenly disappeared. "It was a Shadow Clone."

Chilling laughter to Shino's right caused him to turn that direction. "That is correct Shino. I can still create Shadow Clones. Despite that, I won't need any of my jutsu to deal with either of you."

The carrot-top continued his agonizingly slow approach. Fear and adrenalin coursed through Shino's veins. He could feel his heart beating against his chest. Faster than any could react, a tail was piercing through his body. Hinata was horrified at the sight of her teammate being killed by the same person she has admired for so much of her life. This fear was short lived as Shino turned into a mass of bugs that began to attack Naruto. Naruto just closed his eyes, but when they opened, a huge amount of his chakra burst from his body sending anything close to him flying away, including Hinata.

A kunai flew down at Naruto, but was deflected with a tail swipe. He gave the direction the kunai came from a quick glance, plus a demonic smile, before disappearing again. He reappeared just in front of Shino with a fist prepared. For Naruto, hardly any effort was put into the punch, but for Shino, it was a strong as any punch he has felt before, if not stronger.

The assault did not end with a punch though. As the Aburame was still moving through the air, he saw a red tail coming down on him. The blow was far stronger; sending him through two large branched before he hit the ground. Before Shino could even think of recovering, he found himself lifted up by five of Naruto's tails. One was around each limb while another was around his waist. He began punching in random spots with rhythmic timing. Each punch was no stronger than the initial one.

Hinata looked at the scene with horror filled eyes. The sound of fist meeting flesh reached her ears at half-second intervals. Her mind went blank with the stress. Not a single present event registered in her mind. This allowed her to remember what she said just two hours back. "We will b-bring him back T-Tsunade-sama." She stood up. Now it was her turn. Shino could go now further, meaning the mission was up to her. Hinata charged forward, Byakugan activated and a Jūken strike prepared.

Just as the attack was about to hit, Naruto's tails dropped Shino as he made a small leap back. Another tail wrapped around Hinata's arm tightly. The hanyou spun around in a full rotation, before releasing the Hyuga. The sound of pain she released when her back collided with a tree was music to his fox-like ears. "I guess it's your turn now."

Hinata pushed off the ground and stood up into a shaky Jūken position. "I have to bring Naruto-kun back, no matter what it takes." She dashed forward, poised to strike. This attack failed as it was deflected by one of Naruto's tails. This pattern followed for all of her following attacks as well. She then doubled over from a punch into her sternum.

Naruto lifted his arm up so that he held Hinata's weight up with just his fist. He held her for a few seconds before he saw another strike coming for his head. A tail caught it again and held it in place. After wrapping one more tail around the arm, Naruto swung Hinata over head so her back would hit the ground. This caused her to release another gasp of pain. "This is too easy, but I think it is time to end this."

Hinata could see Naruto scowling at her as she pushed herself back up. Just as she was about to attack again, she felt an intense stinging pain across her abdomen. Her Byakugan saw Naruto's clawed had extended with blood dripping off of it. She noticed the other hand prepared to jab into her.

Naruto sent his hand forward. His claws pierced trough the clothes and skin with ease. His fingers passed trough the middle of a pair of ribs, allowing his claws to puncture Hinata's lung. He then used a tail to trip her legs up, sending her to the ground. "Now that you are taken care of, I am going to deal with Shino."

As Naruto began to walk away, Hinata reached out and grasped his ankle. She also sent a burst of chakra when she did so. Noticing both, Naruto wrapped a tail around her neck and lifted her up into the air. The tail released her, allowing her to hover in the air. This did not last long as Naruto hit her with two punches. One hit her in the middle of the abdomen where the first cut was, and the other hit where Naruto pierced her lung.

Naruto scowled at her before turning back to his previous target. The hanyou was fully prepared to kill, and didn't plan on stopping for anything. That plan did not work out as he felt something impact and pierce trough the back of his shoulder. A tail pulled the object out a showed it's master that the object was a shuriken. He turned back and glared vehemently at Hinata, who was standing in a position that made it obvious that she was the one who threw the projectile. "S-st-stop."

Naruto has had enough. He dashed forward until he was at Hinata's left. With another dash, he had her pinned to a tree with his left forearm. Four of his tails made sure to immobilize her limbs. His right hand was prepared to pierce her the same way he did when he pierced her lung. The difference was, that he was aiming for her heart. "Why won't you just give up? You have no chance against me." He recognized that she was trying to speak. He realized his arm allowing her to do so.

Hinata coughed, drops of blood coming out. She spoke with constant interruptions caused by more coughing. "I said that … we would bring you ..back. I won't.. go back on my word. … That is…my nindo, … my." With one final cough, Hinata lost consciousness.

Naruto stared at her, his red, slit eyes wide in shock. His right hand hung at his side. Even his tails lost to gravity. "My ninja way."

I hope you liked it. I also hope that you check out the other stories on my profile, and not just my own. See you later.