A/N: Okay, this is my first attempt at writing anything on this site, so I cannot attest to the quality of what follows hereafter. I am also using mobile to write this for now, so errors are probably a bit more likely than if I used my PC. I will warn you to not expect any update schedule, as I am a bit of a... spur of the moment type of person. I'm not good at schedules at all. I do plan to make this a long story, though, as that is the kind of story I enjoy reading myself.

Anyway, about this story and the inspiration for it: I read a lot of fanfiction, and lately I've been on a binge for Naruko (female Naruto) stories. And for some reason, this particular binge (of many other binges I've done in the past) has inspired me to try my hand at writing my own version of a "Naruko is the daughter of the Kyūbi" fanfiction, since the idea is really intriguing to me. I may borrow some ideas I have read, but I'll try and make it as unique as possible and to not steal any OCs (I don't like too many OCs anyway, especially overpowered ones, and will usually introduce them for a very good reason).

I'm also not too confident at writing battle scenes yet, so certain battles (like the one in this chapter) may be somewhat abridged for now (I may or may not edit one in later, or just cover it in more detail in a flashback or something). This will mostly be battles that I don't have too much of a basis for (I feel like the day of the Kyūbi battle was not covered in much detail in the original series, anyway). For any original battles I come up with or battles that have a lot of basis to work on from the original series I'll write the whole fight properly.

Anyway, let's get to it. I don't own Naruto, or even this idea. The only thing I own is my particular version of this idea.

Chapter 1

October 10th, Night of the Kyūbi, Konoha outskirts:

'I told you this was a bad idea, Kushina. This is too much for your body to handle' the demon fox growled from within her mindscape.

'Oh shut up, I got this, Kurama. I'll make it through this, dattebane!' Kushina thought back, irritated. She was breathing roughly and in incredible pain, but she would do this, damn it!

'Birthing the child of a demon then unsealing the same demon from your body in such a short span of time is dangerous, even for you' Kurama growled in response, worried. She was one of the few humans who actually gave any effort to try and understand him. That's why she was trying to release him in the first place; he wasn't the evil monster everyone thought he was. In fact, he was rather protective of the people he cared about. Only a handful of humans really understood him. The Rikudō Sennin, although he was long since dead, was the first. Other than that, it was only Uzumaki Kushina, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato, and Jiraiya of the Sannin. Sure, a few other ninja would trust their judgement about him, but they didn't really know Kurama for themselves.

'You don't deserve to be caged like this, and childbirth is the best way to weaken the seal to safely remove you from me. If you were ripped out of me without a weakened seal, I would certainly die. At least I have a chance of survival this way' Kushina responded, exasperated with the worrying kitsune.

'A demon's birth is more stressful to the body than a human's birth, though. What about that Yondaime Hokage of yours, Minato?' Kurama suggested. This brought a bright red blush to Kushina's face at the suggestion, almost matching her hair.

'Sh-shut up! I would have done that if I had gotten together with him before we came up with this idea! I'm not making you wait longer to be free AND aborting your kit just to make this a little safer for me! She's my daughter too and I love her!' Kushina mentally yelled, angry at the Kyūbi for even implying the idea. Kurama sighed internally. The plan Kushina had decided upon was for Kurama to pour some of his demonic chakra into her womb during ovulation, causing her to become pregnant with his demonic child. At the time, Kushina was single and had thought she had no prospects. Just a couple months later, the Yondaime, Namikaze Minato, of all people, had asked her out! It was true that she had been interested in him for a while, but she had no idea he felt similarly about her!

Finally, the wail of a newborn was heard. The midwife, an ANBU woman selected by the Yondaime himself, handed the crying baby girl to Kushina, who laughed weakly. "Yeah this is definitely my baby girl, Naruko." The girl had fiery red hair and violet eyes. The only noticeable differences in appearance from her mother were the vulpine slits for pupils and the matching fox ears and tail in red fur. Kushina smiled down happily at her beautiful baby girl.

Suddenly, a masked man broke into the room, stabbing the ANBU woman in the neck with a kunai. She instantly dropped to the floor, bleeding from the lethal injury. He knocked the child out of Kushina's hands roughly to the floor where the infant lay disturbingly quiet.

"NO! NARUKO!" screamed Kushina in despair, but before she could go to help her child, the masked man had gathered chakra in his hand and slammed it onto Kurama's seal, roughly ripping the Kyūbi out of the distraught mother.

"You bastard! What do you think you're doing?!" the fox roared, enraged, turning his eyes on the intruder and preparing to attack. He only realized his mistake when he made eye contact with a Mangekyō Sharingan, but by then it was too late.

"What's wrong?!" Minato shouted as he burst into the small room with a team of ANBU. What he saw horrified him. Infant, limp and quiet on the floor. ANBU midwife, on the floor and bleeding from a fatal injury. Uzumaki Kushina, pale with lifeless eyes. Kurama, currently the size of a normal fox, but obviously under the influence of the Mangekyō Sharingan, about to transform to his full size. And a masked man laughing in triumph.

"Y-you! Who are you?!" Yells an ANBU guard angrily.

"I am Uchiha Madara. The Kyūbi is rightfully my pet, and with it I will finally destroy this damn village!" The man declares. Minato and the ANBU's eyes widen with shock at first, but then narrow in anger. "I won't let you!" Minato says and attacks, but he passes through the masked man as if he weren't even there.

"As if you have a choice in the matter. Now, I must be going, but I'll leave the Kyūbi here to kill you all!" the masked man says, and then vanishes in a strange distortion of the area around him.

"Damn it!" yells an ANBU as Kurama finishes growing to his full bijū size. They know that the coming battle will not be a pleasant one.

Aftermath of the battle

When Kurama finally broke out of the damn influence of the accursed Uchiha eye, he looked around himself in horror. Konoha was in shambles, buildings destroyed, dead and dying shinobi, and a fire blazing still in the town. He himself was injured badly, but he didn't care much about that at the moment. It is nothing his accelerated healing factor could not handle. He saw one of the few humans he considered a friend, Namikaze Minato, bleeding from a fatal wound to the heart, barely clinging onto life. The dying Yondaime was leaning on a tree close to a dead Kushina and his barely breathing kit. So his daughter is still alive, but not for long if he doesn't help her, fast!

He shapeshifted to his humanoid form, an ability that the kitsune race is famous for. He was a handsome man, despite his severe injuries. Reddish orange hair, 9 tails with silky fur of the same color, peircing eyes and dressed in a black and red kimono with the Kanji for 9 on the back in gold (九). He rushed to his daughter and saw that she was injured badly, too badly to recover on her own. Just as he reached her, Sarutobi Hiruzen reached them, having come as quickly as he realized something was wrong on the far side of the village.

"I'm sorry, Minato, Hiruzen. I never wanted this" Kurama said to his friends, not able to look either of them in the eye.

"It wasn't your fault, Kurama" the blonde man replied, his breathing ragged. "I didn't get there in time to stop it, I should be the one apologizing to you."

The older man shook his head sadly. He only wished he had been nearby. He truly understood how the other two men felt in wishing he could have done more to stop this tragedy.

Kurama started channeling his chakra into Naruko, knowing it would aid her healing factor and that it was the only way to save her. He was also aware that he was low enough on chakra that if he did this, then he himself wouldn't survive his wounds.

"Kurama! If you do that with the state you are in now-" Hiruzen shouted in worry for his kitsune friend, but Kurama cut him off with a glare and a growl. "I know. Stop worrying about me, Hiruzen, and look after my little kit. Naruko will need someone to look out for her."

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the resolve in the fox demon's eyes, but also the pleading, desperation of a parent wanting the best for their child. All he could do was stare back at Kurama and nod with a determined expression. "She's going to have a hard life, but I will do all I can for her." Sarutobi said.

Kurama smiled sadly. "I know" the fox said as he felt the last of his chakra flow into his daughter. Just before he lost consciousness for the final time in his long life, he saw his daughter open her eyes and look up at him in wonder.

Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes sadly, allowing a few tears to fall, as two of the men he respected the most, passed just a few minutes apart from each other. He picked up the young kitsune kit and carried her into the village with a shunshin.

A/N: That's chapter 1 down, for now. Starting straightaway on chapter 2!