Please Enjoy, I hope… it's a dark story with a messy beginning but please stick with it. It's kind of needed to make Naruto who he is, this isn't some happy go lucky blissfully ignorant Naruto who loves everybody even if they want to kill him. Nah this is about a Naruto who becomes dark and kills without a second thought

Running as quick as he could Naruto ducked into the nearby alley, panting as the shouts neared him. As he hid behind a trashcan luring out into the open he spotted some of the pursuers running past with frantic and hateful looks 'I'm safe?'. Sadly and all too quickly some of the men were more aware of his usual actions, three robust men stopped in front of the alley entrance with smirks on their faces "Let's comb him out boys" slowly walking into the alley as panic came upon Naruto's face 'I have to run!'

As the men approached he decided to make a run for it, as fast as he could he went deeper into the alley as the pursuer's smirk widened "You're not getting away demon, nobody will hear your screams as we slowly murder you in here". His fear intensifying and back hitting a wall he could only watch as the men came closer 'I'm going to die! Help, someone Help!' his voice gave way as he wanted to shout for help instead. It was for naught, the men reached him as a kick to his chest blew him against the wall, ribs creaking and probably shattered as Naruto slid to the ground in pain. "Oooh we're not done with you yet demon, make it slow boys. Nothing too fatal, yet"

One pulled him up by the hair tears streaming down his face. A fist went deep into his stomach as Naruto could feel the bile and blood coming up already, his mouth closed shut by a hand forcing him to keep it in. One man kept him pinned down as the others beat him senseless. Blows all over his body, kicks to his legs and joints which popped as bones nearly broke "Tear off his shirt, I'm going to make him suffer some more!"

Naruto watched with half opened eyes as the man's hand was covered in flames, he screamed in pain as the flaming hand slid across his chest. Skin searing and scraping off as fingers dug into him. Every moment he felt the pain all so clear, never able to slip unconscious. The torture went on for more than half an hour before Naruto just couldn't handle it any longer… his childish hope and dreams turning into hatred. His wonders as to why turning into a want for revenge 'I'm going to kill them!'

Red chakra enveloped him as the wounds began closing. Eyes turning red with slits causing the men to panic "Quick, kill him!" the burning hand on his chest trying to pierce deeper as a child's hand grabbed it unable to move any longer. Naruto's head shot up with eyes wide open as a feral grin appeared on his face. The man's entire arm ripped right off the next second by sheer force as blood covered the alley. The other two men tried to flee as they saw their comrade wounded but before they could even run away a few metres they felt their legs giving out. Looking behind them with fear as they fell to the ground they saw Naruto standing there, in one hand he had an arm and in the other a leg… one of the men screamed in agony as the missing leg registered in his mind, yet Naruto didn't care. Slowly walking up to them as they tried crawling away he stomped on the man's back, a loud crack was heard as his scream intensified. The last man still conscious with broken legs crawling away begged, his neck grabbed by Naruto just as he'd done to him he was lifted against the nearby wall "You like your eyes, don't you?"

"N-No, please!"

Naruto placed his fingers in front of the man's red eyes "No" his fingers slowly digging into the eyes as the man screamed. The man's limbs going limp as he slipped unconscious "Tss already? I'm not done with you yet!" he went to each of the men and broke every mayor joint in their entire body, knees, shoulders, elbows and all others broke into splinters from his repeated stomping on them

Yet what was more than odd was that nobody else entered the alley even with all the screams. Although this had a logical reason, people thought they were his, why would anybody want to disturb his suffering? No there was an unspoken rule, the ones that found him were the ones that made him suffer until they were gracious enough to share it with others. Before the sudden silence would attract attention Naruto jumped up the roof with his newly invigorated power, intending to shake off anybody pursuing him. As he got on the roof he spotted several men on other rooftops glaring at him "He's escaping, get him!"

Running with speed unlike before he jumped from rooftop to rooftop escaping in no way in particular, he knew he was no match for this many men even with his new powers. He may be a bit thick but Naruto wasn't an idiot by a long shot… time went by as he made his escape yet the pursuers were slowly gaining on him, more red chakra leaking from him as he became frantic, desperate to escape 'A forest! This is my chance!' to his right he spotted the forest and made a beeline for it, not soon after he sped through the trees in blinding speed as he heard the cries behind him 'I did it!'. He didn't stop running though knowing that it was only a matter of time if he as much as slowed down. His power however wasn't unlimited, it lessened over time as his stamina gave way, his speed diminishing as he struggled to stay awake due to exhaustion. A small cottage in the middle of the forest appeared in his view as the most curious thing possible 'Why is there a cottage here?! It's a thick forest… I guess I have to' it was his only chance. Staying outside in a forest was a terrible idea even he knew that, the cottage being there in such a condition could only mean one thing, there was something that kept it safe. He approached as the door suddenly opened before him. A small girl no older than fourteen stepped outside with Pitch-black hair, dark eyes, black clothes and a smile on her face "Hey there brat, come on in"

What option was there? Try and run and die to people trying to find him or try his luck with a random strange girl living in a deadly forest? He knew the ones after him were plain evil so that left the girl… he went inside as the girl gestured him to follow. A small open room with not much furniture was all he saw, the girl already sitting on a chair "Sit down, please"

He did as was asked without even questioning due to exhaustion, his otherwise energetic and curious personality now devoid of energy. "Welcome to my little home Naruto-kun, I'm Hikage"

"…" opening his mouth she already interjected "No need, I know who you are because I often go into the village, you're famous, you know that? As for who I am let's just say that not many know about me. Now Naruto you may have come here by chance but I have been meaning to talk to you, I am quite curious about you in fact"

"As payment for my curiosity, how about I tell you some little things, things you have been wondering for many years. Such as why people hate you, who were your parents?"

The blank face of Naruto turning into utter shock as the girl so calmly said those things with a smile on her face, he couldn't find out even one of those answers for years! His life had been absolute hell for as long as he knew just because of that first question, he needed to know! "P-Please, tell me…" tears already forming as he saw a glimpse of hope

Hikage's smile widening as she sat down more comfortably "Now Naruto-kun, let me tell you a little story about a fox and mice... A long time ago when the villages didn't yet exist there was a magnificent large fox. This fox lived by itself in the wilderness not caring about the world around it, it lived in peace and quiet except for very few moments when something came to annoy it. These things were, in the eyes of the fox, like mice. Imagine being over ten metres tall with tiny mice frolicking around you and wanting your attention for no apparent reason other than to annoy you. Now you might think the fox would simply kill them, get rid of the pests which continue to disturb its peace, yet it didn't. Killing them seemed to have no effect, every time many died others seemed to take their place a second later. Therefore the only real solution was to leave them be, the fox lived alone only killing a mouse every so often if it purposefully came to pester it."

'Damn Right…' Naruto's head shot up at the sudden sound in his head but stopped from saying anything as the story continued

"But this story takes a sudden terrible turn for the fox… there were two mice, stronger than the others, which continuously fought one another. The first wanting to kill the second and the latter trying to join forces with him. The first little mouse was defeated which made his hatred grow all the more, that was until it had a sudden idea. What if this little piece of vermin apparently had the power to control the fox? Make it a slave to the mouse's will, make the fox fight the second mouse? And that's what he did, the fox had lost control over its own body and fought a great battle with the second mouse, yet in the end it was defeated. The second mouse had a power which made the fox unable to use its strength, so in the end the fox and vermin were defeated by the second mouse."

"Yet it didn't end here. The fox which had done absolutely nothing wrong and acted against its own will, used as a slave in a battle not his was judged as an evil demon! The second mouse with its powers over the fox did far worse than the first mouse, it enslaved the fox and jailed it inside a mouse container. The fox's freedom was stripped, it was confined to a small cell barely able to move for decennia to come. It didn't do anything wrong, it hadn't done any evil over the years yet it was still seen as evil because of its power. But was that truly the case? What if the second mouse just wanted its power, abuse it and give it to his own race?"

"The fox having been stripped of its freedom now jailed found out that the same fate came for its brothers and sisters. The other eight having been put inside mice as pawns for power, traded away as if they were simple objects all by that second piece of filth mouse! Years passed as it was locked up, every day the same as the one before without a spec of hope. That was until its container was about to die, the fox would regain its freedom. It sensed the end of its jailor approach already dreaming of the open world and space where it could move freely, but even that was taken away from the fox. At the very last minute it was transferred from one mouse to another yet again jailed for decennia to come."

"You can probably imagine Naruto the hatred for mice that filled inside the fox. The mice using it like an object and taking away its freedom simply because they could, it would drive anything mad. More time passed with the second jailor until it approached close to our time. Its jail was suddenly torn open, it was free! All but for a few minutes, a copy of the first mouse the vermin that enslaved it once now did so again. Once again it was forced to fight, enslaved, and once again it was beaten. The freedom which it had truly regained for a few minutes was torn apart. A new mouse did as the former, it jailed it into another mouse while dying in the process. This is the part of the story you will feel familiar with Naruto"

Naruto's face already having turned into a frown, anger in his eyes as they began turning red. Things became clear as the story unfolded…

"This mouse which became the jailor hadn't done so by his own accord. The role was forced upon him when he was just a baby. You might expect that all the other mice in the mice village would treat this mouse as their hero, this mouse that jailed their fear and protected them from its just wrath. But you couldn't be more wrong. These despicable mice treated the poor young mouse as the one it jailed, they vindicated him, humiliations, beatings, torture, treating the mouse like absolute vermin and bringing him to the brink of death time and time again! All because of something this mouse had no control over! Now Naruto I ask you, what should this mouse do against these other mice? What treatment should he give them for their actions?"

"Revenge!"

Hikage smiled as she gently shook her head "No Naruto-kun, that's the wrong word for it. Don't you think it would be more akin to justice? Justice for their actions, justice against all the mice which not only harmed him but also the poor fox?"

Red chakra spiralling around Naruto as claws dug into the table, eyes now truly red with slits in them as the anger overwhelmed him. Hikage spread out her energy holding the boy in place as she comforted him "Calm down Naruto-kun" she looked into his eyes as they seemed to recognize her, the red eyes widening in shock as Hikage smirked

Naruto found himself in a damp sewer, on the ground as the cold air penetrated his skin. He struggled to get up as a heavy feeling overwhelmed him, that was until an arm gently helped him up. Looking to his right he saw the woman, Hikage standing there with the same smile on her face which comforted him only seconds ago. Trying to find the words she gestured for him to remain quiet and follow her. They walked through the sewers as questions filled his head all until a clearing opened up, shock came upon him as a giant cage entered his view. "This, Naruto-kun, is what I was talking about. Say hello to Kurama, also known as the Nine-Tailed Fox"

"H-Hikage! How?!"

Naruto noticed confusion on the fox's face, no anger could be seen. The fox only looked at the woman next to him with his eyes wide open as if he couldn't believe what he saw

"It's been a while Kurama. Frankly I'm saddened to see you like this, which is a lot coming from me"

"…It has, fate really has a way with things seeing as you came here. So, this is my new Jailor?"

"Oh please you heard what I just told him, don't tell me you didn't listen in on my little story. And if I'm right then Naruto shouldn't be like the others"

"THEY'RE ALL THE SAME! EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE FILTHY HUMANS!"

Shaking her head as she approached the cage "Most of them indeed, but there are a few exceptions. Naruto-kun here is one of them, I believe he won't act like the others. You might even get along"

The massive fox in front of him having confirmed his suspicions from the story "I'm the jailor… that's why they treat me like this!" anger forming in his eyes as he looked at the Kyuubi

"See, he's the same! Those eyes, that anger, it's all the same!"

"Naruto-kun, could you tell me what you're angry at? Clear up his mind for me will you?"

Red chakra began to leak from the cage which could only be possible inside a mindscape if the will of the jailor was the same as the jailed. This wasn't like the normal world where power could be stripped from the Fox without his permission, no only equal feelings could bring about this to occur "Those fucking humans! I'll kill every last one of them!"

A smirk formed on the Kyuubi's face as he noticed what was going on "Well now, it seems you're right Hikage… this could prove interesting to say the least. Tell me, what is your plan?"

Darkness held Naruto in his place as the power receded "I'm going to train him and in turn free you, as compensation for what you did all those years ago. It seems the one that sealed him made a mistake which I'll gladly abuse, the idiot only sealed your Yin-chakra into him"

Laughter ensued as the Kyuubi almost went berserk "VERY INTERESTING INDEED! VERY WELL, I SHALL ASSIST YOU ONCE MORE HIKAGE! BRAT!" turning his face to Naruto

"My name is Kurama, remember it! I'll gladly aid you in your goal, show those filthy humans what happens when they mess with powers they should leave at peace!"

"Naruto-kun there's a few more things I'll have to talk about with Kurama, do you want to stay here or at my house to get your thoughts together?" he thought it over for a minute until conviction formed on his face "I'll stay"

"Good answer. Okay Kurama here's the thing, I need your help, you know that my techniques are all based on Yin-energy. While your power sealed in Naruto is Yin-attuned as well, his body is mostly Yang due to that piece of filth father of his. Therefore we need to convert most of his chakra to my element"

"Oh? How do you plan to do this? You know what kind of effect this will have on him, don't you?"

"Please don't take me for a fool, I'm a medical expert and you know it. You will flood his body with Yin-chakra while I help convert a part of it to my energy. We're going to make a perfect triangle of power, your Yin-chakra, my Yin-energy and lastly to help him grow until we can change it his Yang-chakra. These three types will form in a perfect ratio"

"You're planning to make him into a Sage?!" He began to laugh again as the smirk on his face grew all the wider "Intriguing! Your energy will help keep mine in check I presume, this will keep the fact from leaking?"

Hikage nodded "Indeed, I will train him until he can control this by himself. Luckily for us the effect of Yin-Sage mode isn't obvious to his features. The only time you'll see it is if someone looks at his blood, which we can just explain as being a result of your chakra, and when he learns how to control his shadow. But we can explain that last part due to my techniques as I control darkness which will make it look different than the normal shadow-control techniques of the Nara"

The both of them faced Naruto as he had no idea what they were talking about, he wasn't dumb to say the least but the topic at hand was a bit over his head. "Naruto we're going to change your body for a bit, it will make you grow in strength quicker and aid you in learning my techniques. Kurama can testify to their strength…"

The fox in question scoffed "Strength?! Now that's an understatement, you're practically invulnerable, even I can't harm you if you're serious"

Hikage shrugged "Neither can I harm you"

"Doesn't mean that your techniques aren't an extreme annoyance, I pity anyone that truly wants to fight you"

"Nobody tried to in ages unfortunately, quite frankly I've grown a bit bored. We need another war in my opinion, peace is just terribly boring…"

"Tss, warmonger, no wonder they call you Ya…s.." a sudden darkness forced his mouth shut as Hikage venomously smiled "Don't call me that, at least not when he's near. I don't really like my nickname all that much"

"But you deserve it nonetheless, I might not have harmed those little mice from your story but you sure as hell did"

"They bothered me okay? Not my fault they continued to annoy me"

"Walking in your path counts as annoying you?! You might as well kill every last mouse because they breathe the same air by that logic!"

"…I was moody? That time of the month…year…decennia?"

"Uhm… guys?" they turned their heads to Naruto and noticed the confusion on his face all too well "Oeps, that's for another time Naruto-kun, nothing you should worry about" clapping her hands with a massive smile "Ready to start getting strong?!"

"…I guess?"

"Great! Kurama let's do this!"

Screams of agony erupted inside Hikage's little cottage as she held down Naruto with her darkness. The sound didn't leave her home due to a multitude of seals granted to her by the previous Kage as compensation for letting them stay near her forest. Naruto's body spasmed as red and black smoke erupted from his skin "This is going quite well" Hikage smiling as the process continued

Although she said that there were some complications which weren't accounted for. Naruto's hair got strands of pure black in them which conflicted with his blonde, the edge of his Iris making a pure black circle around the blue in the middle. His muscles continued to spasm as they became leaner and more defined, yet not bulky in any way. They looked like muscles of a person trained for endurance and speed, not power

"Interesting, it seems Sage-mode does add some features. It's just that I never saw them because my eyes and hair were pitch-black to begin with"

The sound of the doorbell suddenly rang which didn't really seem to surprise her "Just a minute!" she continued working on Naruto for another hour until the process was complete. He lied there on the table unconscious. Satisfied she went to the door and opened it, outside Hikage saw the Hokage with a great number of Shinobi trying to enter her cottage by force in many ways. The constant firing of Jutsu stopped as she stepped outside with a smile "Now to what do I owe this pleasure?"

Hiruzen frowned "Give Naruto back at once and give yourself up"

"Nope, no can do. Actually I can, but I don't want to"

"Restrain her!" the Shinobi prepared to fire multiple Jutsu at her as others went to apprehend her by hand until a massive wave of darkness erupted from Hikage which covered the entire group. Darkness latched them onto the ground as they were instantly unable to move even a finger "Don't do that, it seems you've forgotten your place?"

Hiruzen struggled to move as Hikage let the control over her darkness slip just enough to allow him to speak "What do you mean forgotten my place!? I'm the Hokage of this village!"

"True enough, but I don't really care. Tell me brat, what's the name of this forest?"

"The forest of Death, what does that matter?!" still struggling to move his muscles yet failing in the slightest

"It seems they've changed the name then. It used to be the forest of Shadows, named after me. The name Hikage should ring a bell I presume? Or didn't you read your ancestors notes?"

Extreme shock and panic formed on Hiruzen's face as he processed the information "Y-You can't be! You shouldn't be alive anymore!" she shrugged "Perks of being me. Then you should know what the notes say about me, as I so generously let Woodsy place a village near my home and even allowed him to carry part of my name"

"…Men, stand down!"

Hikage smiled with a small laugh "Perfect you know your place!" the darkness holding everyone down receded as they tried to regain their footing and understand what was happening. "Can I please see Naruto-kun? He's important to me"

"Of course you can! You should've just asked to begin with, but only you though the others will have to wait outside. My home is a bit small for such numbers" she proceeded to walk inside "Come on then, come I don't have all day!"

Still in shock Hiruzen cautiously followed her inside the cottage as the first thing he noticed was Naruto laying there right in front of him on the table. Anger rose in him as he seemingly forgot what'd just happened, ready to attack Hikage "You know you shouldn't do that brat, lest I kill you where you stand. I really don't care for your position, got it? The boy's alright, better than ever in fact"

He slowly walked up to him inspecting the all too familiar boy "Black hair, and his eyes?! What did you do?!"

Still smiling she sat down on a chair next to the table mentioning for Hiruzen to do the same "I made him a Sage"

"…You…You what?!" eyes nearly bulging out from what she'd just said "You heard me, I made him a Sage. He's going to study under me from now on, which means that he's no longer under your care. The rules state that I get whatever I want, whenever I want. And It just so happens that the boy piqued my interest"

"You can't just do this! He's important to the village!"

Darkness erupted around her as she glared at Hiruzen "I can and I will, else you want this entire village to suddenly get removed. Do I make myself clear?"

"B-But…"

Her energy radiating around her as Hiruzen felt like true evil was in front of him, true undiluted power which pressed against him "I don't care for this village in the slightest, I so generously let it be built next to my home and in return I am allowed to do whatever the hell I want! If you even dare act against me now not only you but the entire village you so dearly love will be destroyed by me, do you understand?"

Hiruzen felt like he was on death's doorstep, not even in the most brutal of wars had he encountered this feeling. It was akin to standing right in front of the Kyuubi yet this time as if the rage was pointed at him specifically! "I-I do"

The feeling vanished as Hikage's smile returned "Then you've got nothing to worry about. I will train the boy and make him stronger than you ever could. He will act like one of your shinobi in due time but remember this, he will never be under your command. He is mine henceforth, if even a single person from your village acts against him in a way that I don't like then your entire village will face my judgement. Now go, I'm busy with Naruto, he's become a Sage but I'm going to have to stabilize him for now, oh and one last thing. Never mention what I did to him to anyone. Byebye now"

The darkness pushed him outside as he couldn't even protest, he didn't have a choice… if what the notes mentioned was true then the girl in front of him was a force of nature. She wasn't something he could trifle with or anyone for that matter, the notes state that even the first together with Madara were demolished by her when they went against her. There was just a single line stating how to approach her "DO NOT GO AGAINST HER!"

Yay the first chapter! I kind of wanted to do a shadow Shinobi story all along and with everybody liking Naruto all that much I thought hey let's make him the main. This is just the prologue though and I have a small question, should I make 4-5 chapters about Hikage and how she came to her power and who she is, or should I spread this over the chapters as flashbacks or her explaining what happened? So yeah Naruto is now Yin-based in nature and he will be kind of dark, no love for humans at all except for the very few who manage to warm his heart. It will be a dark story with lots of death. And for the love of god NO HAREM, I can seriously not comprehend how people write a Harem about CHILDREN, they're children! Talking about them having sex etc is just disgusting especially with details!

Some small info on Hikage, she really doesn't give a crap about anyone. She's not the nicest person around to say the least and has a really biased view on humans. I hope you liked the first chapter! Please give advice on what I can improve etc