Here it is, Chapter one of Reawaken. The Sequel to My Kit, My Naruto.
This is a story collabortation between me (Leila84) and Lady Luv of the East (the original author of My Kit, My Naruto). Check out her stories they're awesome. :D
Characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The story and plot lines of this particular FF, however belong to Lady Luv and I.
Kyuubi watched as Naruto ran around the ruins of Konoha, the home of his past. He smiled as Naruto sniffed at the buildings and looked around curiously at the decrepit mountain that held the worn faces of the past Hokages'.
"Father, look what I found!" Naruto smiled, holding up a necklace with a green gem to his Father. Kyuubi took it gently, memories of the necklace flashed through his mind. Memories of how his kit had gained it when he was so close to death, how he had never taken it off and of when he attacked that ninja that had taken it from him. He watched his kit run off again to look for more things, leaving Kyuubi to his thoughts.
'Odd,' He thought. 'I don't remember him losing it that day.' He pocketed the artifact and walked further into the village looking at the vegetation that grew along the buildings, Hokage Tower now nothing more than an array of dense multi-colored vegetation.
'These people lost much to die away so quickly. This vegetation had to have taken at least fifty years to over run the entire village.' He paused when he heard a crunching sound under his foot. Looking down, he lifted his foot and saw a frame, the picture inside faded with age. He picked it up gently to get a better look, it was a picture of Kakashi and Naruto smiling happily. Moments later the picture crumbled, unaccustomed to the air after being sealed in the frame for so long.
'At least he had someone that had made him happy.' Kyuubi sighed. 'It's just a shame he never had the chance to experience and enjoy it to its fullest.'
Naruto looked at the greening buildings, staring intently at the bugs on the leaves. Suddenly he heard a rustling sound behind him coming from a large field of grass that was twice his height.
"Who's there?" He called, standing up to run to or call his Father. The grass rustled again. "Answer me!" He growled. His growl turned into a squeak as a silver blur pounced on him. He made a keening noise in the back of his throat, alerting his father quickly.
Kyuubi ran towards the direction of his son's cry. Seeing a silver-gray dog on top of his son, he growled and flung the beast away from him. He stood in front of Naruto, blocking him from any possible attack. "It's okay, Kit." He growled reassuringly. He looked up towards the beast that had dare to attack his son, jaw nearly dropping at the uncanny resemblance the dog had to Kakashi. The shaggy fur was angled oddly, and hung over one of his mismatched eyes. "Who are you and why did you attack my son?" He growled out.
"Kyuubi? It has been a long time, hasn't it?" The dog took a few steps forward. "I did not attack Naruto. I caught his scent and wanted to make sure it was him. When I saw him, I got a little over excited."
"Kakashi. . . so it is you. I must say I am surprised to see you alive and so. . . different after all these years." Kyuubi said, stepping back.
"As was I when I woke up. We all were actually." He said as dozens of other animals walked out of the tall brush, surrounding them. A pink cat strutted up to Kakashi and sat beside him.
"Sakura." Kyuubi said blandly. He held no love for the girl. She was after all one of the reasons his kit had nearly died.
A buck stepped out and laid several feet away from Kakashi. "Shikamaru." Kyuubi nodded in acknowledgment. A lavender ferret ran out of the woods towards Naruto, who scooped her up into his arms, grinning. The ferret blushed profusely but didn't leave his arms. 'Hinata.' Kyuubi thought. Another ferret jumped out and was followed by an entire group of ferrets. 'Neji and the Hyuuga Clan.'
A pack of large wolves sat at the edge of the clearing. The wolf in front had two red fang like marks underneath his eyes. 'Kiba and the Inuzuka Clan.'
A beautiful green and yellow parrot with pale blue eyes, wearing wrappings around it's legs and a purple cloth around its neck sat down on Shikamaru's antlers as a group of bears with swirls on their cheeks sat on the other side, one closer to the buck than the rest. 'Ino, Chouji and the Akimichi's.'
Kyuubi looked around at the other animals. Two squirrels with orange leggings and large bushy eye brows, 'Gai and Lee.' A monkey with a cigarette hanging from it's lips, 'Asuma.' A purple anaconda with a dango stick hung in it's mouth, 'Anko.' A black panther with red eyes and bandages on one arm and the opposite leg, 'Kurenai.' A hawk with what appeared to be buns on it's head, swooped down and then landed, 'Ten Ten.'
A lioness with a purple diamond on it's forehead and a jacket with the kanji for sucker on the back along with a mouse riding between the large cats ears with what looked like a miniature kimono on and a giant toad wearing a headband with the kanji for oil on it's forehead, came through the brush and walked up to Kyuubi and Naruto. 'Tsunade, Shizune and Jiraiya.'
Suddenly a black blur leaped over the other animals and landed beside Kakashi. The black wolf looked over at Kyuubi, revealing one red eye and one black eye. The scent was unmistakable, "Sasuke." Kyuubi growled low in his throat and once again stepped in front of Naruto.
"Father?" Naruto stepped around and looked at Kyuubi. "Father, do you know these animals?" He asked looking at Hinata still in his arms.
Kyuubi smiled, "Indeed I do, my son. Why don't you go and play with the younger animals. Kakashi will look after you."
"I don't need a baby sitter, Father." He said looking over at the silver dog.
Kyuubi laughed. "Humor me, alright."
Naruto grinned, "Alright." He turned to walk away.
"Naruto." Naruto turned and faced his father. "Stay away from that black wolf." Kyuubi said motioning towards Sasuke.
Naruto nodded and turned to join the other animals.
Kyuubi sat down in front of Tsunade and Jiraiya. "What is this? I have never seen this type of magic before."
Tsunade sat down. "We aren't sure what magic this is. But more importantly, what brings you back to our lands after so long?"
"I wanted Naruto to visit the land of his origin." He said as he looked over at his son who was conversing with the other animals.
"He doesn't remember anything does he?" Jiraiya asked, sadness lacing his words.
Kyuubi shook his head. "No, he does not. I was able to give him a fresh start after leaving the village and returning to my den."
"So. . .this is just a visit? He isn't returning to stay?" Tsunade tried to mask the sob that rose in her throat.
"I'm sorry, but we weren't planning on staying." He said. He looked over at Sasuke who was edging closer to Naruto and growled low in warning.
"You don't trust the Uchiha." Tsunade stated. " A lot of us feel the same way. Especially when he returned on the night before we all woke up as animals."
"When did he return?"
"Three years after you left. He had claimed to have killed Orochimaru." Jiraiya said as he glared at the wolf who ignored everything around him, except Naruto. "Strange thing is, one of the first questions he asked after returning was where Naruto was."
Kyuubi punched the ground, creating a small crater. "He nearly kills my kit and then has the audacity to ask where he was?" Kyuubi looked over at Sasuke and nearly did a double take. Sasuke had looked at him after his outburst and Kyuubi thought for an instant that he had seen sadness in the Uchiha's eyes.
Kyuubi rubbed the bridge of his nose. "This magic. . .it seems familiar but I can not figure out why. I may be able to find out something about it. Perhaps even how to break it."
"How? We have searched everywhere for answers." Jiraiya said, hopeful.
"I'll have to talk to Kyuu no Bashi."
Tsunade looked at him curiously. "Who is that?"
"Kyuu no Bashi is the ninth mage of The Nine Mages."
"The Nine Mages?"
"The Nine Mages are the sentients of all that is magic. They correspond with the nine bijuu and have done so for over a millennium. They serve as the holders of all knowledge. The reason that you have never heard of them is because of man's greed and thirst for power. The mages have kept themselves hidden from man and consult only with their chosen bijuu on important matters." He paused, looked at their confused faces and sighed. "The day that I attacked the village was no coincidence. I had been informed that there was a man living here in your village that was wanting to break the balance of life and gain immortality for himself."
"Orochimaru." Jiraiya croaked.
Kyuubi nodded. "I had tried to hurry, as I had other matters to attend to. But your village saw me as a threat and attacked. I only tried to defend myself. Spreading out my chakra in search of the snake, I found that he had already fled and my venture had been for nothing. It was then that I was sealed into my kit." He looked at Naruto playing with the animals, and swished his tails.
Tsunade looked at his tails, "Kyuubi, why do you only have eight tails?"
Kyuubi smiled, "The price gladly paid for Naruto's rebirth." He nodded in Naruto's direction and they saw his single tail swinging happily. Kyuubi shook his head and sighed.
"What is it?" Jiraiya asked.
"The world is regressing. Ninja are few and demons are many. Time seems to be moving backwards to when demons ruled the lands. I've seen many signs. The Four Lords appear to be trying to come back into this realm."
"Four Lords? Who are they?" Tsunade looked up, breaking her gaze on the other animals.
"Long ago, before ninjas, there were four demon lords who ruled the lands. Wolves to the North, Kitsunes to the South, Dragons in the East and Dogs in the west. These Lords were the
first and most powerful demons of their time. They hold no love for humans and would take any chance to control your race. Their power is vast and dangerous, more so than even your five Kages' put together." Kyuubi said as he watched his kit wrestle with one of the bear cubs from the Akimichi clan, he smiled tenderly before he frowned, "And now I fear they are returning and there is nothing we can do to stop them."
I realize this chapter is kind of short, but they'll be getting longer as the story progresses.
I hope you all enjoy. We should have chapters two and three up very soon.
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