The turn of fate
AUTHORS NOTE: Hello there! To the people new to anime and Naruto welcome and to the seasoned veterans welcome back. Now I know that the original manga has ended but the thing with a long running manga is that there are numerous scenarios and what ifs. I know many have been explored countless times before but still I have tried to venture into the territory of alternate reality. This is my first attempt at a long running story and I hope you will enjoy it. Please R&R…suggestions and corrections are most welcome.
Blah….normal narration/ character talking
Blah….normal narration/ character thinking
Blah…. Kyubi/summon talking
Blah…. Kyubi/summon thinking
Chapter 1
The Meeting
The date was 10th October. Konohagakure, the village hidden in the leaves was in a festive mood. The people were enjoying the fare and the lights of the festival, all except for an 8 year old boy. The boy slinked in the shadows trying to almost meld in them so as to avoid the tragedy that usually befell him on this fateful day. He had experienced the worst terrors and beatings of his life for the past 5 years, before that he could hardly comprehend the negative feelings directed at him. He somehow pulled through all those to see another day. This blonde boy was Uzumaki Naruto, the container of the nine tailed demon fox, though he was oblivious of the fact. The fox demon was the factor responsible for his sufferings as well as the reason he had survived the toughest times of his life. It always healed the wounds boy received and at a fast rate too.
As the boy was crossing a particular alley trying to avoid attention he accidently crashed a garbage bin in his haste thus drawing the attention of a group of people. When their gaze fell on the boy they began to chase him to dish out the atrocities on the boy once they get their hands on him.
"Get him" one of them called out. As soon as the boy heard those words he ran for his life.
'Why on the earth am I targeted? What did I do?', the boy thought as he ran stumbling.
The group of men was slowly gaining on him. Seeing no other way the boy ran into the dark forest to ditch the group. Running blindly in the dark he suddenly lost his footing and fell. To his horror his fall did not stop as he went tumbling further and further. When his fall finally stopped he was disoriented and feeling dizzy. Thankfully he has escaped his torturers but he had no way out and was lost in the dark. Feeling relieved he slumped down against a tree and soon fell asleep. However he soon found himself in a completely unknown place. He took in his surroundings which looked like a sewer with water coming upto his ankles. He felt a draft of wind and moved in that direction. He came upon a sight which would have made even grown-ups shit their pants. From behind the bars of a huge cage humongous red eyes were staring at him intently.
"Come closer, a little more." a voice called out to him.
As he moved closer he was met with a large claw that just halted within an inch of his face. The boy fell on his butt from the sudden shock but slowly recovered and stood up shaking slightly.
"Who are you and where am I?" Naruto enquired hesitatingly.
"Don't you know me you little squirt?" the voice growled.
"Why would I know you? I am not familiar with any monsters" shouted Naruto
"Heh…..seems like I have to do a lot of work" sighed the voice. "Listen up and listen well, I don't like to repeat myself. Is that clear?" the voice rumbled.
Naruto nodded in affirmative. The cage lit up a bit to reveal a gigantic fox with nine tails swishing behind it.
"You are K..Kyubi." the blonde stuttered out.
"I see so you have heard of me. Yes I am Kyubi no Kitsune, the nine tailed demon fox. And to answer your earlier question we are inside your mind." The demon fox said casually.
"Why are you inside my mind?" the boy enquired again.
I will come to that in a moment. Now listen to me carefully kid because the things that I am about to tell you are very important. You can't tell these to anyone no matter what happens and whatever happens no one should realise that you know these secrets."
"First is that no one should know that we can talk with each other. This is a must for your own protection as well as for my convenience too. Is that clear?" Kyubi asked in a stern manner.
On seeing Naruto nod the fox continued.
"Now to answer your question why I am inside your mind, it is better if I show you." replied the fox and suddenly the boy's mind was filled with pictures as if he was watching a movie.
A man stood on the top of a giant toad. He was holding a small bundle in his hands. He made a seal before binding the fox within an area. There was a sudden flash when a shinigami appeared behind the man.
"Fuin:Shiki Fujin" cried out the man and suddenly the fox was trapped in an infant.
"That was….that…" the child was left speechless after seeing the scenes unable to make heads or tails of all the things shown to him.
"Yes that was Yondaime Hokage. He sacrificed his own life to seal me within you to protect the village. The fox sighed deeply as he continued.
"It is because of me that people hate you. I am sorry for that kid. I won't be surprised if you hated me for this. You are too young to be suffering like this" Kyubi looked at Naruto comprehensively.
"I don't know what to feel. It is too much." Naruto replied without an emotion.
"I know it is a lot to take in and to be honest a lot more awaits you. In time I will tell you all I can. But before that time I have a proposal for you. If you like I would like to train you to be a shinobi, to make you strong so that you can defend yourself. Take your time to consider this offer. When you are ready with an answer then come to me" said Kyubi.
"I want to be a shinobi. I want to be the strongest ninja in the village and become hokage so that everyone will acknowledge me and respect me" Naruto almost shouted out loud.
"If that's the case I would be more that willing to help you but you will have to follow my orders each one of them without any argument and I will also make a deal with you." Fox monotoned stoically.
"What?" asked the boy.
"I will reveal everything to you when I see that you have become strong enough to take it." replied Kyubi looking carefully into the boy's eyes. "Before you go I would like to give you something. Hold out your hand."
The boy held out his hand as a little amount of red chakra entered into his body.
"There you go. Now we can talk even when you are awake. You will just have to think about it and I will be able to hear you. Now go you seem to be waking up." And with that the fox dismissed the boy.