Author Note: Not to sure where this one came from... Oh well, when life gives you lemons, make lemon pie... yeah I know it was bad.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto he wouldn't have an IQ of -300.
Chapter One: New Demon
Six years after the defeat of the Kyuubi no Kitsune...
Naruna was running away from yet another mob of villagers crying for her blood. 'Ugh... how could I be so stupid, today's my birthday. Its always the worst on my birthday, stupid, stupid, stupid...' Naruna ran in a panic trying to find a way to escape from the villagers that seemed hellbent on killing her. And wouldn't you know it the one time she actually needs that luck that the god's could, and probably were, jealous of, it failed 'Ohno...' she gulped audibly turning around to face her attackers 'dead end.'
"Well, well, well, what do we have here, finally gave up on running you hell spawn" one of the villagers spat out.
"W-w-what do you m-mean?" She asked every time, but no one ever gave her a straight answer, it was just a stalling tactic till an anbu hopefully found her. While they didn't personally like the girl she did have most of their sympathies, the injuries she sometimes got would have made even Ibiki cringe.
"Like you don't know you little demon bitch!" he yelled as he backhanded her.
Various cheers from the crowd spurred him and others that could get close enough to hit her to do so. One finally took a knife and, rolling her over so she would see, plunged it into her chest much to her horror. As fate would have it the Anbu decided to show up right then and they proceeded to kill, okay slaughter, everyone that was in the mob. One of the Anbu broke off early on and checked Naruna, he did not like what he saw. The knife had hit some important arteries, even with her ridiculous healing speed it would be a miracle if she lived... speaking of healing abilities...
In Naruna's mindscape...
"Ow my..." she was rubbing her hand over the spot where the wound should have been and looked at it confusedly "not 'Ow' ?"
She heard a big snort of amusement nearby that startled her, but at the same time it sounded sad and a little forced. Looking around for the source of the noise she took in her surroundings. She was in a sewer that looked like it was slowly crumbling. There was water, or something like it, that went up to her ankles she noted as she stood still scanning. Looking behind her she saw that it was the only wall that wasn't a wall... it was a cage. On the cage was a piece of paper with the kanji for the word seal. However she didn't really notice that compared to the giant, red, slitted eyes that were watching her. Needless to say she freaked and promptly ran the other way... straight into a wall. This earned her another snort of amusment from the creature.
"What?" she asked rubbing her head and glaring at him.
"Just not how I expected you to react" the creature responded truthfully.
"I'm less than half, half, the size of you eye!" she exclaimed pointing at her own eye for further emphasis.
"Hmph, fair enough kit" the creature replied before baring its teeth to see her reaction.
She just glared at him already guessing that he either couldn't get out of the cage or didn't want to hurt her, maybe both. After a few moments of silence she asked the million-dollar question "...So who are you?"
"I was afraid you'd never ask." the creature replied playfully "I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" he exclaimed proudly.
Naruna wasn't sure whether to be awe-struck, fear induced, or collapse in fit of giggles at his introduction. She decided to go with the one she got the least of and started laughing like a maniac.
"What was it something I said?" He had actually meant to make her laugh, although he wasn't exactly good with kids... unless you counted killing them.
After Naruna calmed down she asked the next obvious question "Where are we?"
"We are inside you" she gave him a puzzled look. "Rather we're inside your mind, a mind-scape so to speak."
"Okay" she said getting the gist of it "then why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be dead?"
"No, the real truth is your Yondaime wasn't able to kill me, but he was able to seal me, inside a new-born baby." Narunarose her eyebrows and pointed at herself questioningly. He nodded in confirmation.
"Wow... I have the most powerful demon sealed... wait is that why the villagers..."
The Kyuubi's eyes grew saddened, almost... guilty? Naruna couldn't tell that well. "Yes I am the cause, but they are at fault for not being able to see past their own hate and grief to see that you are, merely a child that did nothing wrong."
Naruna stayed quiet for quite some time digesting everything before asking her next question "So what now? I mean I just got stabbed and now I know why I'm hated, so what now?"
"Rebirth for myself and the choice between death and life for yourself."
"What do you mean?"
The Kyuubi sighed before resting his head in his paws "I am a being of pure chakra and thus will never truly die, it just takes a long while for me to be reborn because of how powerful I am. However you can and most likely will die unless something is done as my healing powers will not save you in time. The question is 'Do you want to go back?'."
Naruna looked down into the water thoughtfully for many minutes before nodding her head "Yeah I want to go back."
The Kyuubi smiled, he never blamed the kit for his imprisonment, in fact he pitied her, especially with how the villagers treated her. "Good, the only way I know how to save you is to turn you into a Hanyou, a half-demon."
"How are we going to do that?"
"I will use my chakra to create a demon seed. It will take almost all of it so it will take a very long time for me to be reborn, but I do not mind." he added hastily seeing her worried face "You do not deserve this fate kit." She nodded in understanding. "The demon seed will take on your personal traits and become unique, although it will likely end up being a fox considering I will be making it. Once you fully fuse with it after anywhere from a few years to a few decades you will become a full-fledged demon, maybe even a bijuu level one considering who's making it, lucky you." He said the last part with a smirk that made her giggle. Getting serious again he asked "Are you ready?"
"Hai" she said quietly but determinedly.
"Okay then step inside the bars." She did so showing no signs of fear. "Okay now just stand there and wait."
Waiting like he said she watched as he brought his tails in front of himself and started to concentrate his demonic chakra on one point. After several minutes, and Naruna realizing just how much chakra he had, a small red crystal began to form. After it fully formed the Kyuubi flopped to the ground visibly tired. "Whew, that took more out of me than I thought was possible." Looking at her he continued his instructions "Okay the last part is for you to absorb the crystal and then pump as much chakra into it as you can, by the time you wake up I will most likely be gone."
Taking the crystal in her hands she bowed to him "Thank you Kyuubi-sama."
"Stupid brat, this was just one of the ways for me to get out" he replied playfully.
Smiling and then taking a deep breath she went to place the crystal in the same place as the seal but then felt her subconscious raising her hand to the center of her sternum where the crystal phased through her cloths and into her skin. She immediately began to feel it start eating her chakra. It wasn't eating a lot, and to a degree she felt this was how much it was supposed to consume.
The Kyuubi closed his eyes and drifted off into darkness, not to be seen for many centuries to come. 'At least as a nine-tailed fox anyways' he mused. Either way it would be a while, maybe a decade, before he came back even as a one-tailed demon fox.
Hours later still within Naruna's mind-scape...
Naruna awoke with a start wondering where she was. There were trees, plants, small animals, bugs, 'big animals too aparently' she thought as a Gazelle lept past her. She wandered for a while before coming to a beautiful clearing that had flowers of all different kinds and colors blooming everywhere. But what drew her attention were eight, swaying, forest green tails that belonged to an equally green fox. This fox was far smaller than the Kyuubi, appearing to be about shoulder height with Jiji. 1.
"Hello little one" the fox greeted in a calming voice "I have been waiting for you to wake."
"H-hello" Naruna replied feeling awe-inspired by the beautiful vixen in front of her. "Umm... who are you?"
The vixen smiled and replied "I am you, or rather, I am your demon half and will remain with you as a separate entity until we finish merging and become a full demon."
"Won't that make you disappear?" Naruna asked only understanding the last part.
"No dear, I am essentially what you would have been had you been born a demon" she replied with an air of sagicity about her. "Now come here and ask me your remaining questions" she said spreading her tails slightly so Naruna could sit there.
Naruna sitting down started to fidget nervously.
"Be at peace little one" the vixen commanded soothingly wrapping Naruna in her tails comfortable. "Now ask."
"... You said we would merge but what if I don;t want you to disappear?" Naruna questioned worried for this new fox.
"If we do not fully merge you will remain a Hanyou forever" she replied calmly.
"That's okay, I don't want to see another being, demon or otherwise, die for me like that."
The vixen chuckled lightly "What the Kyuubi said was true, he will be reborn in time."
"Okay" Naruna replied disbelievingly "Soo, where are we?"
"We are still inside your mind little one. I just... redecorated" she finished with a smile.
Naruna giggled "Thanks, that sewer was kind of depressing."
"Agreed."
"What is your name?"
"You may call me Gaia."
"Gaia..." Naruna repeated somehow fascinated by the name.
"So on to us, I guess, what are our powers." Naruna continued.
"We control nature and life, well not so much control as encourage and direct life."
Naruna shot her a 'Say what now?' look.
The vixen chuckled "We can command plants and animals and can, in a sense, encourage them to grow. That last one is easier to show." No sooner had she said it than she put the tip of her tail on the ground than the grass and flowers started to grow at an amazing rate.
"Wow... its so beautiful." Naruna exclaimed happily.
"Yes" Gaia replied pulling her tail away "it is. And quite ironic to really."
"What do you mean?"
"The Kyuubi was always known, to humans anyways, as a force of death and destruction and we, a force of life, were born from him."
"Yeah I guess that is ironic, in a nice way though."
"I believe it is time for you to wake little one, there are some outside waiting for you and who are very worried."
Naruna started to feel herself slip away "Wait how do I talk to you."
"Just think, I am always here."
The Sandaime was worried, very worried. The girl he loved as a granddaughter had been brought to the hospital with a fatal stab wound only for it to stop bleeding and start healing at a fast rate even for her, and that's saying a lot, along with a few physical changes to accompany it. He was broken out of his thoughts as the girl began to stir and her eyes fluttered open.
"Jiji?"
The old Hokage was relieved, it still sounded like her and she recognized him "Hello Naruna how are you feeling?"
"Ugh... I'm alright I think, my chest aches a little but otherwise I'm fine."
"Good, can you tell me what happened."
Naruna looked at him searchingly "I assume your talking about my visit to the demon in me."
Sarutobi winced at her tone, it was harsh and accusing. "I am sorry Naruna, I tried to protect you but I haven't been able to do a good job."
"Yeah no kidding." After a couple moments of silence she spoke again "Well I obviously met the red fuzzball." She said grinning, she never had been able to hold a grudge.
Sarutobi nearly laughed 'fuzzball, well that's Naruna for you.'
Her faced dropped into a sad smile "He wasn't so bad. I mean yeah he scared me at first, but not on purpose. And he... he saved me."
Sarutobi just sat quietly listening to her.
"He said the only way he could save my life was by turning me into a half-demon and that either way he would have been reborn eventually."
Sarutobi nodded. It did make sense, the Kyuubi was a being of pure chakra after all.
"So I asked him to make me one and he made a demon seed that he said would fuse with me and turn me into one at the expense of most of his chakra. He also said it would change itself to fit me, or something like that. Anyways, when I woke up inside my mind later on it looked like a big forest and there was life everywhere" Naruna said happily.
Saruutobi listened more intently, if that was possible, it sounded like something big was coming up.
"I walked around for a while before finding a field with a beautiful, eight-tailed fox that had the most amazing green colored fur."
Sarutobi blinked 'Oh well at least she''s talking nicely about this one.'
"Her name is Gaia and she can make plants grow and control animals and other cool stuff. She said she was a part of me, who I would have been if I was born a demon or something."
Sarutobi was slightly in awe, her new demon was one that created instead of destroyed. That in itself was interesting, but then again he shouldn't really be surprised considering what the young girl was like. Snapping himself out of his thoughts he addressed something about her that she had probably not noticed "Naruna have you had the chance to look in a mirror yet, although I assume you haven't."
She shook her head curious as to why he would ask.
Pulling out a mirror he had been holding in his robes he held it up to her face, which became priceless a second later.
Naruna stared at herself in the mirror. Her hair had thick stripes of forest green running through her shoulder-blade length hair from front to back with the other half of the stripes the usual blond. Her right eye was now a beautiful deep green that seemed to be alive while the other eye sparkled in its usual azure sun fashion. By far the most notable change was her green-fur covered fox ears on top of her head that ended with the tips and edges turning black. All of a sudden she registered a slight discomfort from her lower back and, shifting around, pulled out a tail that was similarly colored to her ears.
The Hokage seemed to jump a little as she pulled out the tail "Oh my, didn't see that before."
"Umm... I think this is normal? Well for a Hanyou anyways." Naruna said/asked looking for answers.
'Yes it is little one'
"Whoa, Gaia?" The Hokage blinked at her confused at her outburst. "Oh sorry, Gaia just answered my question and surprised me."
"Ah... well even if they aren't red I don't think you running around with ears and a tail will be good considering how the villagers would react."
'I agree with him Naruna, however when not in public I do not want you to keep them hidden. You should be proud to be a demon, but not to the point of endangering yourself.'
"Gaia agrees, she just says I shouldn't hide them when I'm alone."
"Very well in that case let me teach you a special high-level henge..."
1. If you need a comparison go watch episode five of Mushishi. The girl's hair is what I'm seeing for the color, while you're at it watch the entire series it is amazing.
Author Note: I honestly don't know where this came from *shrugs*.
Okay I want pairings, I'm planning on a KyuubiXGaia thing for much later otherwise I got nothing
Jutsus that would go with the plant theme would be apreciated.
Lastly many of you might be questioning "Why FemNaru?" Well look at her powers and tell me if they fit a guy or a girl better. And I like FemNaru anyways. Ironically enough my most popular, and in my opinion worst, story is my only male one.
Well see you guys later...