Hey guys! This is my second attempt at a Naruto story!
In this one, meeting Kyuubi before the start of his third year at the Ninja Academy changed Naruto, only the people around him will be able to judge if meeting her was good or bad, and who's this Toku-Jo seemingly interested with our little hero?
Hope you like it!
Chapter 1: Beginning of a Legend
"Man! I'm beat! It's been a long day of pranking and running", exclaimed the small boy, no older than ten.
This boy was special, he was a demon-container, keeping the most powerful of the Bijuu's caged, albeit without his knowledge, at the moment at least.
Unbeknownst to him though, the Kyū-bi, the Nine-tailed Demon fox, has been watching him, judging his actions, and is royally pissed.
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After having a cup of Ramen for dinner, Naruto did his nightly rituals and went to bed, however as he felt the loving embrace of sleep, he opened his eyes to a dark sewer.
Standing, he felt around him, the place did not feel hostile, but that did not stop the feeling of dread as he walked through it, intent on finding out what was at the end of this tunnel.
Not long after, Naruto found himself in front of a great big cage, he couldn't stop himself as he exclaimed,
"WOAH! Where the hell am I?"
As soon as he spoke however a loud growl-y, feminine voice was heard behind the bars,
"KUKUKUKU! So this, is my little kit, my oh so powerful container" , then, great big red eyes formed behind the darkness,
"Come closer kit, Don't worry, I won't bite...that hard, KUKUKUKUKU",
As curiosity took over, Naruto obeyed the voice coming from the cage, as he did, torches around the room lit by themselves, and he found himself face to face with the demon, that he had only seen in picture books, the Kyū-bi no Kitsune.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!", Naruto screamed in fear,
"Shhhh! Not too loud Kit!", the Kyū-bi ordered, then continued, "Hello, little Naruto",
Naruto's eyes widened and asked, "W-who-How did you know my name?",
"I am the all knowing Kyū-bi no Kitsune!", She growled, "Just kidding, I know because I have been with you, for over 8 years, little Kit",
"What? NO!, the Yon-daime killed you!", he shouted in disbelief.
"WRONG! None of you mortals can kill me!, I am the IMORTAL and ALL POWERFUL Kyū-bi!", She roared, "He could not kill me!, so He did the next best thing! He and his wife sealed me", she paused for a while and a smirk formed on her lips and continued softly, "Into their Son".
"What!, that's not true! If it were, then that would make me, the son of the Yon-daime of Konoha!", He shouted, not wanting to believe that his all time favourite hero, would do such a thing.
"It is true Kit! I have nothing to gain in lying, Haven't you ever wondered, why those villagers glare at you all the time? Even those Shinobi, who are stupid and childish! Think my Kit! I am sealed inside you! You are the Yon-daime's child, The child of the man That is second on my list!", Kyū-bi, said, in her growling tone.
Naruto was crying now, for now he understood the glares, the bullying, and the hurtful words, Demon-brat!, Kyuubi's spawn!, all these years, he thought it was just because of his pranks, but now the real cause was standing in front of him. His father was the reason for this, the man that was supposed to be his guide in life together, with his mother, put this burden upon him.
Gave him what no child should have the responsibility for, keeping the Kyū-bi behind bars.
"Shhh! Little Naru, do not cry", The Kyū-bi cooed, as the liquid substance around him rose around his body, in a warm comforting feel.
"W-why? W-hy! Why would they do that to me?", the little boy asked as he stared into the fox' eyes.
She couldn't stand those tearful eyes of his, closing her own, she replied in what truth she knew, "To save the village little Naru", she paused and continued, "But Do not cry anymore child, your father may have been a great enemy, but I could stand you mother, she was my previous container, you know?".
With that Naruto dried his tears, he stood up and walked nearer the cage, Kyū-bi tried to come close as her snout touched the bars of the cage then Naruto asked,
"Could you, please tell me about her?" and Kyū-bi did, she told the little boy tales of her and his mother's adventures, she explained that his mother was almost just like him right now, a trouble-maker, talkative and couldn't not end her sentences without a 'Dattebane'.
As their talk turned to Naruto's studies Kyū-bi scolded him,
"Naru, you should try to do better at school, you want to be Hokage right?",
At this Naruto nodded, and said,
"Yes ma'am, but I just don't want people to not notice me, I want them to see me, to recognize me as me",
"That's not what you're doing Naru, sure you're showing them your trouble maker side, but that doesn't endear them to you, I'm not telling you to quit with the pranking, since, you and your mother got that from me, but please, try and concentrate in school, alright?"
"Hai!", Naruto smiled and Kyū-bi, "I'll do my best, but er... Kyū-bi-sama, could you please teach me some things, that will help?",
"Yes, and if you I don't see you trying, I will give you such a migraine, are we clear?", Kyū-bi asked in her menancing voice.
"Hai!",
"Good boy!", as she had a chakra tendril pat Naruto on the head, "now, it's time for you to rest, I'll wake you up tomorrow for school, goodnight kit".
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Timeskip: 3 years later.
Today was the academy graduation day. They were going to find out which of them ranked above the rest, and who were to be their teammates.
In Iruka Umino's class room everyone was hyped, especially Haruno, Sakura and her 'rival for love 'Yamanaka, Ino', currently they were fighting on who gets to sit next to Uchiha Sasuke, the class genius,
"Ino-pig-chan! Move out of my way! I'm sitting beside Sasuke-kun!", Sakura shouted.
"In your dreams! And who are you calling 'pig', BILLBOARD BROW!", Ino shouted an octave louder,
Their bickering was the sight Naruto found as he entered the classroom, wearing his usual attire, after Kyū-bi-ka chan had him change from his orange jump suit, he was now wearing standard shinobi pants, sandals and mesh armor under a blue happi vest, with the sleeves ripped off, coz he felt like it, his Konoha insignia was tied at his waist crossing with his belt that had his pouch on it.
Walking past the bickering girls, he sat next to Sasuke, it was either beside the emo or beside Nara, Shikamaru, the laziest student in class, well Naruto didn't need to aggravate Iruka-sensei today, so he sat there.
A few minutes after sitting though he noticed that everyone was quiet and he had the feeling of people's eyes on him, so Naruto turned to his side to see the 'Sasuke-is-mine-duo' glaring at him.
"NARUTO!" Sakura started, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY SPOT?"
"Hn", was Naruto's only response, but Ino would never have him leave it at that,
"Grrr! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN NARUTO-BAKA?", Ino shouted, raising her voice to a much hgher notes than Sakura's.
'Man, everything is competition to these two, huh Ka-chan?", he thought.
"Hn...Don't worry about them my little kit, they're strength is average, not a threat, but don't aggravate them though", Kyū-bi answered through their link.
Returning to the physical world Naruto turned to Ino,
"Hn...don't push me Ino, you may be cute but I can still throw you out of the window, If I wanted", the blonde said and turned his attention back to the door, waiting for Iruka.
As soon as he does though, Sakura and her lengthy temper shot him a hateful glare as Ino pondered if she was going to thank Naruto for the compliment or just turn and sit with Shikamaru.
Sakura boiled as Naruto ignored her she send a chakra enhanced punch Naruto's way but it didn't connect as a hand now had a firm grip on her wrist.
"Ino, Sakura, you're getting annoying", Sasuke said, glaring at the two.
Today he thought he could tolerate them, since it would be the last day, but even Kami could not ignore them, so he had to take action.
Dejected, both fan-girls made their way to the always vacant seats, at the very top of the room.
"Arigatō, Sasuke", Naruto said, sparing his rival a glance,
"It wasn't for you, Jizen no saku, I was just getting annoyed", but nonetheless Sasuke smirked at his rival.
Naruto and Sasuke had always been rivals in class, ever since the start of third year, when the blonde seemed to have taken his studies seriously. Naruto was the only one that could beat Sasuke, in Tai-jutsu, with his so-called, Kitsune style, but mainly because of Naruto's amazing stamina. What made Naruto second to Sasuke however, Is that he could never beat the raven-haired kid in Gen-jutsu or in Nin-Jutsu.
Sasuke's signature jutsu, was the Uchiha clan's Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu, since Naruto's favourite jutsu, Futon: Pāmu senkai kiyanon only strengthened, Sasuke's jutsu. Not even Naruto's Suioton: Gurēto-sui bōru, could dampen Sasuke's fireball, because of the raven kid's mastery.
It wasn't all bad, though for when at rare time, during team-against-team training, and Sasuke was paired with Naruto, they could use this to their advantage creating a collaboration jutsu to incinerate the competition.
Yes, Naruto and Sasuke may be rivals, but they were friends as well. But rivalry came first to them of course.
A few minutes later, Umino Iruka entered his classroom; he was a Chūnin, who volunteered to teach, in the academy, so that he could be able to pass the will of fire to the younger generation.
He looked at his students before, beginning analyzing them each.
There was his top three students: Uchiha Sasuke, the loner/genius; Yamanaka Ino, his top and loudest kunoichi; and finally, Uzumaki Naruto, his favourite student as well as the scourge of his class and pants.
Next was the brainiest of them: Haruno Sakura, book smart but naive, and had fan-girlish tendencies; Nara Shikamaru, the local Lazy Genius; and Aburame Shino, he was a mystery, rarely speaks, but still had good marks.
Last of his most notable list were: Hyuuga Hinata, one of the shyest girls in the class, who even with Naruto's coaxing did not come out of her shell, yet; Inuzuka Kiba, the loudest male student, but still quite talented; and last was Akimichi Choji, their own fat-boy.
Iruka pulled himself out of his doldrums and spoke,
"Ohayō kurasu, today is the day you get your class rankings, and later on you team assignments",
"I know, wherever you are sent, you will do me proud...", Naruto zoned out as Iruka gave his speech but returned when it came to the class rankings.
"First I shall announce the over-all top seven genins, they are:
"In seventh place: Hyuuga Hinata, sixth we have: Aburame Shino, Fifth: Haruno Sakura, fourth: Shikamaru Nara."
Iruka paused for breath and continued,
"Our third place goes to our topmost Kunoichi, Yamanaka Ino", a round of applause came and Ino stood and did a curtsy as she reached the front of the class.
"Second place which was decided by five points, goes to Uzumaki Naruto, with Uchiha Sasuke, taking Rookie of the year, Conratulations, guys!", Loud claps was given to the top three especially to Sasuke.
As they all quieted down Iruka started with the team placements,
Naruto zoned out once again chatting with Kyubi, but was kicked out of his chakra coils as Team seven was called,
"Team seven will consist of, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura—" "YEAH! HAHAHAHA! BEAT THAT INO PIG!", Sakura exclaimed and pointed gloatingly to an obviously jealous Ino.
"Thank you Sakura for your most tasteful comment", Iruka said loudly after the interruption,
"Now the last member of team seven is, Sai, he is a student from another class, as his classmates were odd in number, he was drafted to ours", explained the scarred Chunin.
"Next up is team 8, members will be, Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba, congratulations", a warm round of applause was given to teams 7 and eight.
Iruka cleared his throat and said, "Since team 9 from last year is still active, team ten will be, Shikamaru Nara, Akimichi Chouji and Yamanaka Ino", another warm round of applause.
Iruka closed his folder that held the team placements. Naruto was now getting worried, but thankfully he did not need to ask for the ever inquisitive Sakura asked for him.
"Sensei, how come Naruto-baka doesn't get a team?", she piped up.
"I was getting to that, well Naruto, you were requested specifically by one of our Tokubetsu Jonins, as his/her apprentice, congratulations Naruto", Naruto only smiled as Sasuke looked a little jealous and Sakura, had her 'that belongs to Sasuke look'.
The blonde wasn't disappointed when Sakura and the fan-girl brigade all exclaimed in protest, Sakura's the loudest.
Iruka grew a recognizable tick mark on his forehead as the protests grew louder until finally he couldn't take it anymore and he yelled for silence, which was immediately complied.
As everyone started filling out the room, Sasuke went up to Naruto,
"Hey, Jizen-saku, come with me", Sasuke ordered.
Naruto frowned at this but still complied and followed Sasuke as he leapt to the roof-tops.
After a while, Sasuke threw him a package and said,
"I'm jealous of you, you know?"
"Yeah, of course, even Sakura, saw the look you gave me", Naruto replied as he was trying to find out what was in the box Sasuke passed him.
"Hn...Now I have idiotic teammates to deal with, I only hope they don't get in my way", Sasuke mused.
"Don't think that, you never know when you might need them, after all, you will need help when you take on your brother", Naruto said as he was still fumbling with the box.
Sasuke took it from him, opened it and drew a rice ball and passed him one, they then ate in silence.
"Thanks for lunch Sasuke", as Naruto moved to the ledge, back turned to Sasuke he said, "Against a stronger opponent teamwork may mean the difference between life and death, got it?".
"Yeah, thanks Naruto, where are you going then?", Sasuke queried.
"There's 30 minutes of lunch still, I intend to prank the masses", Naruto replied with a devlish smirk on his face.
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Thirty minutes later, a number of shop keepers that cheated Naruto with their prices, had their shop name replaced with obscene and disgusting names, 'the Lub-Turd' was the most innocent of which.
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As Sasuke was joining his classmates, he felt Naruto's chakra signature behind him, and said,
"Whatever you did, I'm not covering for you", and smirked.
"Hah, I didn't expect you to, could you hold this though?", said Naruto as he shoved a paint brush and can of orange paint to Sasuke's hands, and left him in the hallway.
"What the?", exclaimed Sasuke as he dropped the evidence, and ran back to the classroom, before anything was pinned on him.
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In the classroom, the you ninjas to be were trying to get a feel on their teammates and trying to find a common interest, as was Sasuke, which left Naruto alone looking out the window as he waited for his sensei.
Just then the door opened, revealing a tall, scarred man, a bit different from Iruka though, his scars were much more pronounced, and it was like some drunken fool carved his face from wood.
The man cleared his throat before speaking, gaining the class' silence. Everyone, including, Naruto and Sasuke were visibly intimidated.
The man broke the silence and said, "I am, Ibiki Morino, head of the ANBU T&I division, which one of you is Uzumaki, Naruto?".
Naruto gulped as he gathered his courage and answered, "I am sir!",
"Come with me", Ibiki said simply, but Naruto was still shaking inside, it didn't help when he heard Sakura mutter before he left the room,
"He's a goner".
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Naruto followed Ibiki across the vllage, until they come up to a large forest, completely sealed off with wire fences; it had a sinister look to it, like saying, once you enter you cannot come out.
Before Naruto could say anything Ibiki spoke up,
"You will wait here for Tokubetsu Jounin Mitarashi, are we clear, gennin Uzumaki?", he finished with a malevolent stare.
"H-h-hai sempai!", Naruto stammered, as he did he could have sworn he saw a smirk on the man's scarred face.
Naruto only had to wait for a few minutes before a seemingly annoyed young woman came to view, with a man, slightly older, chasing her, coming closer Naruto heard some of their almost concluded conversation.
"For the last time Hideyo I will not go out with you!", the young woman shouted.
"Come on Anko-chan, you know these games don't hinder me", 'Hideyo' insisted.
A tick mark appeared on Anko's forehead as she went through the hand signs, a smoke puff later, she was surrounded with snakes, of various shapes, and kinds.
"I know", Anko said as her face darkened, "I wonder, if these will",
Before she could order the snakes to chase after Hideyo, the man was already halfway back the way they came.
Naruto paled at the sight and prayed to kami that the lady was not the Toku-jo he was meeting.
Kami didn't hear him however as he saw her making for his position, resigning himself to his fate, Naruto sat and gathered his nerves.
As Anko stood before him, he wasn't that intimidated, she was only a little bit taller than his 4' 10" feet height and was really pretty. In fact if Naruto hadn't seen what she did earlier he would have made a pass at her.
She wore mesh armor under ninja tights around her chest area and tight shorts which reached an inch above her knees and a tranch coat which was buttoned up at the waist. Her konoha insignia was tied to her arm and she was holding a duelling kunai.
"Hey there Uzumaki, I'm Toku-jo Anko, pleased to meet yah!", she greeted and held a hand for Naruto to shake.
"Mitarashi-sempai I—", the blonde began but Anko stopped him,
"No, No Anko-san, sempai sama or whatever, alright? Call me Anko, just Anko. Got it, gaki?"
"Hai, Anko, gomen, I am Uzumaki Naruto, Iruka sensei said that you requested for me as an apprentice?", Naruto queried.
"Well, come walk with me, gaki", Naruto stood and walked with her closer to the Fenced forest.
"Here is what I'm gonna do, first, we're going to get to know each other, okay? Then we're going to find out what you're capable of, and third, for clarification, no, I am not going to apprentice you, to become my subordinate, I'm going to teach you to become my partner", she paused and let Naruto mull things over.
"Hai, Gotcha Anko", he said with a smile.
"Good now, come on, were going to walk around the village, tell me about yourself and I'll you some info about me, K?",
They walked around the village amidst the glares the villagers sent them, Anko for being Orochimaru's last living student, and Naruto for containing the Kyu-bi.
Chapter break-
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