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Opening A/N: Hey, this is Uzumaki Shurochka, sending you the first chapter of your Number 2 most requested fanfic from me (according to the poll on my profile, anyway), #6 - Kitsune's Natural Eyes. This chapter was finished 7-6-09, 1:00 AM. I was going to wait to release it until chapter 4 of #2 - Banished with a Bloodline got put up, but I decided to not make you wait when this story, with no chapters up, surpassed #2, with 3 chapters up, in the poll on my profile. Enjoy.

Kami's Palace

In the middle of the 'office' in which Kami sat, a bit behind the chair opposite her at her desk, was a pool. The vast majority of the time, this pool was filled with seemingly regular water, yet this pool was responsible for helping restore balance to the once chaotic world of the ningen.

Once, before the days of the Six Paths Sage, there were countless kekkei genkai and countless clans covering the world. The kekkei genkai would randomly mix and produce unexpected, frequently negative side effects. This had been due to many of the lesser divine and demonic beings granting their followers kekkei genkai - in order to bolster their own following - without considering all possible effects.

They had been doing so to circumvent the rule. The rule that forbid any divine or demonic being from forcing their views or codes upon unwilling beings via threats or force. This rule 'guaranteed' the people of the ningen world a measure of free will. In order to circumvent that, they had been offering gifts to any who would willingly follow their way, since there were no rules against persuasion by friendlier approaches.

In the end, Kami had realized that the ningen world was going to annihilate itself in short order. To prevent this, Kami, along with twelve other higher beings sealed all kekkei genkai in the world, and then - to restore order - each one of them had gifted a single individual with a kekkei genkai of their own design. Kami herself handed down the Rin'neggan to the man who would become known as the Six Paths Sage. To guarantee stability in all future kekkei genkai, Kami had created the Well of Empowerment and rewritten some of the laws of the universe.

Basically, before the lesser beings had simply filtered some of their own energy through special crystals that determined what the general type of kekkei genkai was while focusing on what the details of it would be and then push that energy into the body of the new kekkei genkai wielder. This was fine in the short term, but it relied on the energy - and a tiny piece of the soul - of the being who gave it to remain stable. Whenever kekkei genkai would mix, instability would erupt as the pieces of souls inside the children would be in constant conflict to decide who was supreme.

The Well of Empowerment was an ethereal being Kami created to resolve this conflict. She created it so it's sole purpose was to maintain the stability of the gift it was placed with, and a piece of it's soul would replace a piece of the giver's, so even when kekkei genkai mixed, the instability problems of before wouldn't occur again. The original 13 true kekkei genkai each were handed down 1/13th of it's soul with the well itself being the anchor for the core of the soul itself - the spirit - and the beings who did this expected they'd never be giving another kekkei genkai again. The special crystals used in helping make the kekkei genkai were collected and locked away in a vault in Kami's palace, to prevent any lesser beings from starting the problems all over again.

Then something unexpected happened. A large chunk of the Well's soul returned.

When the thirteen beings gathered to question it upon this, they learned something astounding - the soul of the humans were learning to stabilize the gifts themselves, subconsciously. Since it was no longer needed to stabilize the gifts, pieces of the soul of the Well would return over time. The 13 realized that this meant that every so often a new kekkei genkai could possibly be given to the ningen world. The group of them then agreed - after much discussion - that each time a large enough piece of the Well's soul came back to the Well, they would rotate the privilege of handing down a new gift, either directly or via their subordinates. Kami set the Well up so the water would glow with an aqua colored light whenever this happened every twenty to forty years.

Like it was glowing right now.

Looking at the glow, Kami smiled. 'I've been waiting for this day. It's my turn to bestow a gift upon my chosen family again. I already have them picked out, too.'

As Kami held her hand out while passing the Well, the glowing piece of its soul jumped from the water and into her hand. Continuing in her walk, Kami heads towards the top floor of her palace, towards the vaults.

Bloodline Genesis Crystal Storage Vault

Looking over the options of types of kekkei genkai, Kami considered what kinds the home village of the person she'd be giving this gift already had in it. They had two doujutsu - one with elemental affinity for fire and one with chakra enhancement - two nature affinities, a nearly extinct elemental affinity, two psi-type kekkei genkai, a body manipulation type, and a few chakra enhancements/manipulations. (1)

Looking it over, Kami decided to go a unique route, something never done before in the ningen world. A doujutsu with a nature affinity (a nature affinity, in this fic, is an affinity with a particular part of nature, usually a particular animal). Now she simply had to decide who to send to deliver the gift, seeing as the chaos that entering the ningen world personally would cause would be enormous.

Quickly remembering a high-ranked subordinate who hadn't been to the ningen world in a couple hundred years, due to her unique passive powers, Kami decided it was time her pet got a chance to at least look at the ningen world. Even if she wouldn't be able to visit there herself, she would at least be able to decide the details of the kekkei genkai and choose someone else to deliver it.

At the Gates of Heaven

Kami walked just outside the gates and looked to the left, spotting Juubi right away.

Juubi was in her human form, standing at 6'4" and wearing a golden robe with silver clouds travelling accross it. Her wolfish ears on top of her head and the ten wolf tails behind her were all a frost white, while her long straight hair was a jet black. She had blue eyes and dark toned skin, and she sat in front of the gates, gazing wistlessly out at the expanse beyond.

"Juubi-chan!" The ten-tailed wolf looked over at Kami at the sound of her voice. "I've got a special task for you." This got the Juubi's full attention, and a look of hopefulness from the wolfish woman. Kami held out the hand that had the bloodline genesis storage crystal with the piece of the Well's soul in it out to the Juubi, prompting a stunned look from the Juubi.

"Kami-sama... is that...?'

"Yep." Kami's eyes were in the upside down U's and her mouth was in a broad smile as she confirmed it. "This will be going to a soon-to-be-born boy named Namikaze Naruto, and I've decided to give you the privilege of deciding the details of his gift as well as how you'll be delivering it to him, seeing as you can't go down to do so yourself." Juubi began to look depressed at that reminder, so Kami was quick to say what she did next. "And since you'll be responsible for the gifting of a mortal in the near future, you'll be allowed to enter the Chamber of Perception in order to perceive the near future in his world as it deals with him. I know how much you want to see the ningen world, so I figured you would like this chance to do so."

Kami found herself in a powerful hug almost immediately, and it took her several minutes to get her 'pet' to calm down. Finally, a teary eyed Juubi pulled back some from Kami and accepted the crystal with a bow before taking off for the Chamber of Perception.

Chamber of Perception

Entering the Chamber, Juubi walked to the fountain in the middle of the room and sat in a large comfortable chair facing it. Then, looking into the flowing water, she focused her mind on the thoughts of 'Konoha' and 'near future'. At first, no images of any real interest moved through the water, but suddenly, the water shifted to a conversation taking place between a group of men in black cloaks adorned with red clouds.

"So we will enact the ritual tonight? Konoha will finally fall..." A pale man with long black hair and snake-like eyes was the one to speak those words, and they seemed to bring him great joy.

"Yes. Be sure to bring your portion of the sacrifices. We'll need at least nineteen hundred human sacrifices to pull off the ritual."

Juubi's eyes widened. 'What kind of ritual are they planning?'

"Why so many? It wasn't easy getting this many, even though we only took a few here and a few there and kept them over the years..." This was spoken by a figure whose head was completely engulfed in the shadows, hiding all identifiable features he had, though his voice was definitely that of a man.

Juubi's eyes narrowed at this. 'So they've been preparing to sacrifice almost two thousand people for years, eh?'

"One hundred sacrifices to break the barrier, nine hundred to summon the Kyuubi at its full power, and the last nine hundred to place it under our control for as long as it remains in the physical realm. A small price to pay for the ultimate weapon."

Juubi dropped her jaw at this, and her complete lack of focus causes the images to cease to show in the water, as her mind tried to comprehend what she had just seen and heard. 'Kyuubi... Konoha... Naruto?'

Juubi realized how big of an impact this must have on the future of the receiver of the gift in her hands, so she quickly moved on to the future of Konoha to see what affects on the life of Naruto this would have. She saw the attack on Konoha, she saw Namikaze Minato's double sacrifice, and - most importantly to herself - she saw what Naruto's 'childhood' was like as a result of all of this. It wasn't a pretty picture, and she suddenly understood - Kami had chosen this mortal to receive the gift both to help him in his future... and as a kind of 'sorry I couldn't stop it.'

Hit with inspiration, Juubi realizes that the best person to deliver the gift for Naruto, is Kyuubi herself. Leaving to go to Kyuubi, Juubi decided to let Kyuubi decide the details of the kekkei genkai itself, both since it would give her something to do in that seal and because she would have an even better understanding of Naruto's needs for the bloodline.

An Hour Later

"-and that's what's going to happen. We can't directly interfere, but since you now know, you might be able to take one or two of those bastards down before you're forced to attack Konoha. Since you'll be sealed in the recipient of the gift, it makes sense for me to have you deliver it to Naruto."

Kyuubi could only nod at her friend in silent shock at what she had just been told. Seeing that she wasn't going to speak immediately, Juubi decided to continue with telling her the details of her task. "Seeing as how you'll get to know him far better than I could when you go to give it to him, I'll leave all the details of the gift itself up to you, 'kay?"

"Um... alright..." Kyuubi absentmindedly took the kekkei genkai genesis stone when Juubi offered it to her, still trying to wrap her mind around what exactly she had been told. A sudden tingle all over her body let her know that she had moments before she would get her shot at killing one of the people who were about to ruin and destroy countless lives. She quickly placed the stone inside a dimensional pocket that was attached to her person directly, knowing she'd be able to access it no matter how she was sealed.

Roughly Twelve Years Later

"...the reason everyone hates you... is because you are the Kyuubi!" Mizuki screamed at Naruto, completely ignoring Iruka's cries of 'Don't!' and 'It's forbidden!'

Naruto froze. His whole life, this was the reason. The reason he was treated as he was. All the hate, the glares, the whispered words and rough treatment. He earned them all. He was the Kyuubi.

"Die, Demon!" Naruto watched as Mizuki drew one of the huge shuriken off of his back and threw it right at him. He wanted to dodge, like he vaguely heard Iruka-sensei shouting for him to, but his body betrayed him, not responding to his commands. He watched as the shuriken, Iruka dashing towards him, and the whole world slowed down, wondering if this was what happened to everyone right before they died. When the shuriken was halfway to him, the world slowed to a complete stop, followed by everything around him fading into an inky black darkness.

When Naruto could see again, he found himself in a sewer tunnel, almost kneedeep in water. Looking around, he wondered 'Am I dead? Was the whole 'slowing to a stop' thing some kind of genjutsu that got me killed while I was stuck in it? And if so... is this hell, or just the road to it?' Shrugging as though it didn't matter, Naruto decided to walk the path before him. 'Not like there's anything else I can do around here...'

Following a seemingly random series of tunnels, Naruto eventually reaches a passageway filled with a blinding light. Running forwards, Naruto was practically blinded again as he ran through the wall of light only to find himself in a huge chamber with no better lighting than the previous halls. The main features of which was a huge cage, of which only one side was visible to him, and a piece of paper with the kanji for 'seal' written on it holding shut the only door for the cage.

As he approached the cage, Naruto noticed a large shadow moving towards the bars as he did. He stopped walking towards the bars, squinting to try and see what was behind them. A red glow began to form around the shadow, gradually growing brighter until Naruto could make out the full form of what he saw.

'The Kyuubi? But I thought I was-'

"You are not me, child."

Naruto jumped at the deep boom of the voice, as the walls and floor seemed to vibrate from it. The water about his legs rippled away from the enormous kitsune inside the cage. The look on Naruto's face spoke of great surprise, a little shock, even. Slowly, a look of dawning comprehension began to move over his face, like clouds moving away from blocking the sun.

As the first hints of anger began to appear, however, Kyuubi was quick to stop simply observing him, recognizing where this was going. "I did not choose neither to be sealed in you nor for the people of your village to treat you as they have." Sensing his next thoughts, Kyuubi added, "and for the record, someone was controlling me at the time of the attack. There was nothing I could have done to stop that from happening."

Naruto's look at this last statement was one of anger, frustration, and confusion. He asked the first question to pop into his head, "What do you mean? Aren't you strongest of the biju? What could possibly make you do something you didn't want to?"

"First, I'm the second strongest of the biju, though the strongest never comes to this plane of existence anymore. As for what controlled me... a small group of ningen who call themselves the Akatsuki found out and used an ancient forbidden ritual that would allow them to temporarily summon and control any being lesser than the highest 13. It required the sacrifice of a thousand tortured innocents... I don't need to explain how vile these people are to do something like that, do I?" The stunned horror on the boy's face was all the answer the Kyuubi needed. "While all that is horrible and all, I do have some good news for you..."

"What?" The voice of the question was bordering on monotone, and Kyyubi knew why.

'It's probably all he can do to not break down and cry for those people. The idea of innocents sufferiing always tears him up inside.' "While it's true that Kami knew this was going to happen, she and the others of the 13 had agreed to make it a law of the universe that no higher being was to ever directly interfere with the free will of ningen. Since she couldn't interfere with them doing this, she decided to at least have me give you a kekkei genkai to make up for the pain and suffering my being sealed in you would cause." 'And she's hoping it'll help you take out those bastards who caused this anguish.'

"I-I have a kekkei genkai?" Naruto looked stunned, and a little happy, for a minute. Then his whole posture changed, his shoulder slumping, his head hanging, and he seemed to almost shrink in on himself. "A lot of good it will do me now that I'm dead..." He was interrupted from his depressing thoughts by the sound of chuckling.

"Silly ningen, what makes you think you are dead? When you die I'll get to go home, so me still being inside you means you're still alive." Seeing where his thoughts were leading, Kyuubi decided to beat the question to the punch. "The whole slowing down of time wasn't a genjutsu. I was speeding up your mind temporarily so you and I could have a discussion without Mizuki killing you in the middle of it. An unfortunate side effect was that only the nerves in your brain are affected, making you unable to move at all."

"So I'm still alive?" At the Kyuubi's nod, hope shone in Naruto's eyes. "That means I still have a chance to save Iruka-sensei! Let me out quick, I gotta save him and give Mizuki a beatdown!"

Kyuubi grinned at the fire and determination in those eyes. "Hold it a second there, kid. I still have to activate the first stage of your gift and tell you the basics of how to use it so you can save your sensei." Naruto pulled a look of sheepish excitement at this, making the Kyuubi grin wider.

Confusion momentarily entered Naruto's eyes before he asked, "First stage? As in there's more than one?"

"Yes, there is a total of six stages for one part of the gift, while the other part is a single stage that is both passive and permanent." Seeing Naruto looking lost again, she decided to expand on that. "The kekkei genkai is part doujutsu and part nature affinity. Nature affinity kekkei genkai are always passive and permanent and always only have a single stage. Your doujutsu, however, has six stages, five normal and one special. Also, the abilities your left and right eye gain at each stage are seperate, but since they gain stages simultaneously, we'll count it as five rather than ten."

Naruto gained a look somewhere between understanding and puzzlement. Quickly sifting through his thoughts, Kyuubi decided to simply answer only the questions that needed to be answered immediately. "All you'll need to know for now is how to use the technique in your left eye after I activate the first stage for you. That's what you'll need to save Iruka and yourself. I'll bring you back here to explain the rest the next time you go to sleep, okay?" Naruto nodded, shruging off his questions until later, since he had a sensei to save. "The technique of the first stage of your left eye is basically telekinesis. Although you lack the practice and control necessary to do anything spectacular with it right now, it should still be more than enough to throw projectiles off course. The giant shuriken flying towards you right now, for example. As for how you use this power, you'll need to push some chakra into your left eye and focus on- you know what? If you give me permission, I can briefly take control of your chakra and just show you how to do it when we're back out there. You'll be able to feel how your chakra moves to accomplish the technique and save both of us from the lecture I would have to spend a good deal of time giving you on how to do this. You learn faster by action and practice than by listening anyway."

Seeing not many other options, and not being too eager to listen to any lectures, Naruto conceded the point, despite not liking the idea of handing over control of any part of himself to anyone. "Alright. Let's do this."

The sewer around him faded away, and Naruto quickly found himself back in the outside world. Time seemed to begin once again as the mega shuriken began spinning and moving towards him again, Iruka's sprint towards him continuing as well. Naruto felt a comforting warmth pulsing from inside his abdomen, and while it felt like it touched his whole body, it especially could be felt in his eyes. He felt some of his chakra being pushed to and out his left eye, and while he couldn't see it he could still feel his chakra even after it moved several feet in front of his body. He felt it as it pushed the shuriken off course, passing ten feet to his left side and embedding into a tree somewhere behind him. Then his chakra came back to him, reentering through his left eye, although slightly less came back than he had felt leave.

Iruka and Mizuki both stood stunned, staring and gaping at what they had just seen. A perfect hit had turned into a wide miss for no apparent reason other than Naruto looking at it. Recovering first, Mizuki snorted, "Looks like the demon has begun to regain some of its power. Guess I'll have to take care of you personally, Kyuubi!" Mizuki drew a kunai into his hand and got into a fighting stance.

Iruka was the only one in the clearing to have noticed the change in Naruto's eyes - or at least the one on the same side as him, Naruto's right. He was still too stunned to say anytthing as Naruto replied to Mizuki, "Bring it! I'll repay every blow a hundred times over!"

"Try it, Demon!"

"TAIJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" With a ton of Naruto size puffs of smoke and many popping noises, Mizuki was surrounded by a bit more than 200 clones of Naruto. "LET'S GET HIM BOYS!"

Mizuki screams were heard all the way in the Hokage's office, where the Sandaime sat with a scroll in his lap. A scroll labeled 'For Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto'.

(1) = in the order they were indirectly referred to: Uchiha, Hyuuga, Aburame and Inuzuka, Senju (Mokuton), Yamanaka & Kuruma, Akimichi, Nara and others.

Closing A/N: What's up with the scroll? What other powers come from the new eyes? What form will the other part of Naruto's kekkei genkai take (the nature affinity part)? If the left eye has 'techniques' for each stage, what does the right eye have? How will Naruto's gifts effect his 'True Gennin Exam' and beyond? How will his former classmates/ new teammates react to this news about Naruto? And what the heck does the doujutsu look like anyway? To find out, wait for the next chapter of 'Kitsune's Natural Eyes'.

Whew. I hope you all enjoyed that. Felt kinda short to me, but the last thing I completed was chapter 3 of Banished with a Bloodline, so it would take a lot more writing to make this long enough to not feel short to me. Please R&R. Some things just for the record, I start all my stories with no idea regarding the pairings and work my way up from there, see where it goes. Odds of this turning into a harem fic - slim. Each story I write, the characters in it can be completely different people, both from the other stories I have them in and from canon Naruto. Lastly, no story I have planned right now (with the exception of #5) will intentionly have a crossover in it. If you dislike any of this, feel free to refuse to read any stories of mine you don't like, but don't waste either of our time by flaming me for it. Thank you, and have a good day (or night, as it may be).