Naruto: the Fullmetal Fox Alchemist

Chapter 1: Alchemy's Quest

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"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain something of equal value must be given. That is alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange."

"Too bad for us Humans this is not the Law of the World."

-Naruto Uzumaki-Elric "The Fullmetal Fox Alchemist"

In the sewers, a young six-year-old, blond-haired, highly intelligent girl was running while clutching her right arm in pain. This girl had three whisker marks on each cheek, and had two different color eyes, one yellow and one blue. The girl had just escaped from a mob that tried to kill her. She was confused and angry while trying to figure out why they attack her as if she had done something wrong. The girl's name was Naruto Uzumaki, the most hated girl in Konoha and she finally stopped running to take a breather.

"Goddamn idiots, and where are the ANBU that are supposed to be watching over me? Old man said they were supposed to protect me." Naruto then grabbed onto the Kunai in her arm, pulled it out while giving a terrible scream. After pulling out the Kunai, she quietly talked to herself. "Those civilians and those two idiotic Chūnin just threw twenty Kunai at my head and only hit me once in my arm. Their aim is worse than a three year old." Naruto then examined the Kunai and notice it had some clear liquid on it. "Great, looks like its poison. It was probably meant to be an instant kill." Naruto, with her one arm, carefully wrapped up the Kunai with a torn cloth and put it in her pocket.

Naruto then got up with her one good arm on a lever on the wall. She pushed it and a secret door opened to an empty chamber. The chamber smelled like it has not been used for thousands of years. It was a multi-chamber room, obviously meant to be a safe house but was never finished. It was mostly empty with dust except one room that had several hundred dusty tattered books.

After looking around, Naruto began to smile sadly, "Well, happy birthday, looks like I found my new home. Good thing too, my apartment keeps on getting vandalizing."

Naruto then walked through the sewers until she reached a manhole she calculated to be next to the Hokage Tower. Naruto climbed out and dashed to the tower. In the tower was an old man in white robes, doing the last bit of paper work when he heard commotion outside.

"Hey brat, what are you doing here? It is after hours."

"Please, I need to see the old man." The old man then heard a thump.

"Good god, Lord Hokage!" A Chūnin with large burnt scar on his left check ran in burst in. "It is Naruto, she is badly hurt." In the Chūnin's arms is was a girl with a limp right arm.

"Raido, get my personal doctor here as soon as possible!" The Hokage was shocked, yet angry at Naruto's condition, especially the nasty wound in Naruto's right arm.

"Yes, lord Hokage." Radio left via body flicker to get the Hokage's personal doctor.

"Naru, are you okay?" the Hokage asked while she sat up in a couch in the office.

"Not really." Naruto handed the Hokage the Kunai that had stabbed her. "The Kunai is poisoned. There are close to twenty more thrown around the streets and I bet there is poison on them too. You know, the standards must have come down if I only get hit by one Kunai thrown by from two Chūnin and their civilian mob."

"This is the new poison stolen from Anko a week ago; she never got to test it out so I don't know what it does." Then the Hokage clicked onto what Naruto had said. "Wait, you said it was in the streets… so where the hell were my ANBU!"

"If they're under Dog's command, they probably just sat back and watched or even set this up. The mob was very well organized, too organized for two stupid Chūnin."

After Naruto's explanation, a busty elderly woman named Eboshi Shiori came in. She quickly ran to Naruto with a panicking expression. "Naru, what happened?"

"You know how it is, doc; idiots can't seem to leave me alone."

Eboshi then examined Naruto's arm and was saddened by what she saw. Rather than beat around the bush, Eboshi gave Naruto what she would wanted: the blunt truth. "Naruto, I am sorry… but your arm is too damage and I can't seem to get the poison out and even with… your special healing abilities, it won't stay within your arm for long. It would spread to the rest of your body. So I am afraid that I am going to have to knock you out… and… then amputate your arm."

"Are you sure?" the Hokage asked.

"Yes, even Lady Tsunade couldn't fix this," Eboshi answered the Hokage.

"I understand. I guess it is just my luck. Well at least Anko finds out she created a very effective poison," Naruto bitterly said before she went limp because of Eboshi using 'Force Sleep Jutsu'. She then began to cry as she formed chakra scalpels to cut Naruto's arm off on the floor since she was not sure if she could make it to the operating room in time. Sarutobi was staring in horror and planning to make sure everyone who was responsible was punished.

Break

Naruto woke up in a damp and cold sewer, wondering why she was dreaming of a sewer. Naruto kept walking around until she reached huge gates through which golden eyes were staring at her. "Welcome, Naruto. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"I think I hit my head; I am hearing little voices in my head." Naruto said bluntly.

Then appeared a giant red and gold fur fox which barked at Naruto, "Who are you calling an insignificant mitigate, you pipsqueak?"

"I am not a microscopic pipsqueak you oversized fur coat," Naruto snapped without fear because she did not believe she was in danger. After all, this was her mind.

The fox was about to retort but stopped to catch itself. "Sorry, I wasn't always this big. In fact, I was short for my age and had a hot temper, something that you have apparently absorbed from my human part."

"Human part? Who are you?" Naruto asked as she realized it is not a dream.

"My name was Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. However, I then transform into a demon and became what you know as the Kyuubi no Kitsune." Ed then got a big smile, "But I prefer if you would call me Ed."

"The Kyuubi… aren't you suppose be dead and not in my head?"

"No, I was put in here by your father."

Naruto took a second to figure out how her father was. "My father is the fourth Hokage!" Naruto then pause for a moment in shock with her heart racing until she began to think about it. "Makes sense, since I look like him." Then after a few seconds of silence, Naruto asked, "So why did you attack Konoha?"

"Well kid, pull up a stump and I have a tale to tell you." A stump appeared and Naruto sat down as Ed told his tale, "It started when I was human and came here from another world. There were these people from a society known as the Thule Society and they planned to harm my home. To stop them I went to the gate that connected our worlds called The Gate of Truth and the Gate of Alchemy. I closed them to save my world. However, I later found out that closing the gates caused the energy to jump into me, giving me something that can be considered the ultimate punishment: immortality.

"A hundred years later, and brother… Al, who also came with me… died." There was moment of silence as Ed let a tear fall.

"Then the world entered what was called World War III. In my entire life, I had never seen so much destruction. In a year, most of the major cities were destroyed and nine hundred million were dead. To escape this war, possibly bring my brother back, and escape immortality, I reopened the gates using science instead of Alchemy. It worked. The gates reopened, and alchemy was introduced to the world. However, the energy changed me into a fox demon that froze my body for two years, and awakened Chakra within people.

"While my body was frozen, a madman used Alchemy and the principle of nuclear weaponry. This madman used something similar to fellow alchemist ability, Mustang, to create a fiery explosion with a snap of a finger. However, instead of producing fire, he set off nuclear explosions by splitting atoms left and right." Ed paused to allow Naruto's shock and fear to wear off.

"Eventually I regained control of my body and stop him. Unfortunately, the old civilizations before yours were destroyed and world had burned. After the incident, I collected or destroyed all records of Alchemy once I restore the planet.

"Several years later, humanity got back on their feet and I began to research on how to end my immortality for five hundred years without success. One day, a snake ninja took my research and I tracked him down to this village. I tried to talk to them, but your village Ninja attacked me with a few A-rank Jutsu and the like. It hurt, so I retaliated by mostly swiping them out of the way, sometimes killing them by mistake. Eventually, the fourth Hokage, your father, showed up and then imprisoned me in you."

After a moment of silence, the Kyuubi then said, "I am sorry, kid. It is my fault that you had to suffer in life and you have to pay for my sins."

Instead of getting angry, Naruto got up, ran through the bars, that were big enough to let her through, and hugged one of Ed's legs without an ounce of fear. "It is okay Ed, I forgive you."

"Humph. Kids," Kyuubi grunted with a shrugged with his shoulders.

"Now on the flip side, you said I assimilated some of your human aspects. Which of them are mine and which of them are yours?" Naruto asked.

"The ones you assimilated from me is your love of red and science, your increased intelligence, smart-ass attitude, and issues with height and needles," Kyuubi answered Naruto.

"So, what now?" Naruto asked.

"Well, talk to your Hokage, and tell that I am going to teach you how to replace your arm with a metal one called Automail and also teach you Alchemy. But first you need to wake up."

Break

Naruto woke up on the couch in the Hokage's office. Naruto was feeling a little giddy and felt a little light on her right side. She felt around to feel she had no right arm. She remembered she had no arm and silently cried inside. At the Hokage's desk were the Hokage and Eboshi hard at work, sorting out the mess and dealing with the Chūnins' execution.

They stopped their work when Naruto called out in a small voice, "Old Man."

"Naru, are you okay," Hokage asked.

"As well as can be expected, considering everything that happened." Naruto looked away in shame before looking into the Hokage's eye. "Old Man, I need to know something. Why didn't you tell me about the Kyuubi?"

The Hokage was in shock only for a moment before he looked Naruto in the eye. "How do you known about the Kyuubi?"

Naruto then explained everything she had experienced in her mind and her conservation. The Hokage was enraged, for he recognized the snake ninja, but he then became thoughtful for a moment. Eboshi meanwhile took in all the information and asked, "Are you sure that he can teach you to replace your arm?"

"That is what he claims," Naruto said while sipping some tea with her left arm carefully, trying not to spill her tea on herself. "I feel I can trust him and he is sincere."

"Hmm, I think it is best we keep it low key at the moment and start your Ninja training earlier than planned if your arm can be restored." The Hokage stated.

"Yeah, can't let the civilian council know and try to cut me out of the program," Naruto sighed. "Oh, before I forget, I found a new safe place to stay since my apartment is not safe at the moment. I'd like two weeks to fix it up since no one been there for years."

"Sure, you can move to this place. I'll get some ANBU that are under Yūgao Yuki's command to gather your stuff later," The Hokage told Naruto who still looked uneasy.

Eboshi reassured Naruto, "Don't worry Naruto, Yūgao and her squad always helps you. In fact, Yūgao tried to adopt you with her boyfriend Hatake but the civilian council always stopped her." Naruto nodded her head as she remembered the purple hair ANBU who always helped her.

"Thanks old man, doc." Naruto then looked down. "Old man, Ed told me about my father but not my mother. So, can you tell me about her and where she is?"

"Your mom's name was Kushina Uzumaki, and she was killed the day you were born. It was indicated that it was Hidden Rock forces that killed her," Hokage answer Naruto with some skepticism.

"You think it was someone else?" Naruto asked the Hokage as she noticed the Hokage's tone.

"Yes, a rival of mine named Danzō. He used to run an ANBU operation called Root that is supposed to be dispended," The Hokage had explained.

Eboshi noticed Naruto's scowl and asked, "You've met him before?"

"No, but I did meet a few of his Root as they tried to recruit me by any means short of kidnapping. That included trying to gain favor or strong-arming me by causing a few small demon-hut riots that were big enough to be threat, but small enough to be stopped before they could do any damage," Naruto answered a now very red, a very angry Hokage with Eboshi following.

After the Hokage and Eboshi calmed down, the Hokage then asked something that been bothering him, "So Naruto, how is the Ed going to teach you?"

"I'm not sure," Naruto, answered the Hokage.

'Hey, kid,' Ed spoke to Naruto in his mind.

'Ed?' Naruto thought.

'No, it's the Easter Bunny. Yes, it's I! Tell your Hokage this.'

After an awkward silence, Naruto then told the Hokage, "Um, old man, Ed said he is going to implant specific knowledge into my head about Alchemy and Automail."

"How you know that he won't try to add anything to change you?" Hokage asked.

"He says I have already been influence mentally by him already. However, he promises as a Demon Lord that the only thing he will implant is knowledge on Alchemy, and Automail since I already have the intelligence for Alchemy. He also says that you can use a mind walker like the Yamanaka Clan to be sure."

"No, I don't think that is necessary; a Demon Lord promise is more trustworthy than a ninja's promise to not betray their comrades." The Hokage then got up and ordered Eboshi to get Naruto some food while he dealt with things.

The Hokage walked out of the room to call out three ANBU, "Rabbit, Ox, Captain Yūgao." Two male ANBU and a female purple-haired ANBU Captain appeared via body flicker. "Rabbit and Ox, I want you to go to Naruto's house to retrieve anything of value, even if it is damaged. I also want you to pick up some bedrolls for Naruto to sleep in and some food too. I want this all in two sealing scroll." Rabbit and Ox jumped off to Naruto's apartment. "Yūgao, I want you to go to the library and copy down any academy and Genin information on Ninja training and anything you think she may need." Yūgao left in a flash of light.

"Dog, Kakashi." A man with a dog mask and silver gravity-defying hair stepped out of the shadows. "Why did you form that mob to attack Naruto?"

"I didn't-" Kakashi never finished as the Hokage grabbed Kakashi and slammed him to the wall hard despite his old age. Kakashi's mask fell off and revealed a man with his left eye covered and he wore a mask.

"Don't take me for a fool, Kakashi," The Hokage threatened Kakashi as he tightened his grip with chakra to navigate the pain. "You were the one signed onto guard duty, you were spotted near Anko's apartment the day her poison disappeared, and like Naruto said, the mob was too organized for two of the stupidest Chūnin I've ever seen to lead. Therefore, all evidence suggests that you are the one responsible for Minato's daughter losing her arm."

"You lie, she is not sensei's daughter," Kakashi stated before the Hokage threw him, a full-grown man, like a rag doll across the hall while chakra was coursing through the Hokage's body to relieve pain and increase strength (note: think Yoda).

"Kakashi, your punishment is that you are stripped of your Black Ops ANBU rank and demoted to Special Jōnin for four years. After four years, you may rise to Jōnin rank but will never be an ANBU again."

"But Hokage-sama-" Kakashi protested.

"The only reason I don't fire you is because of my respect to your father and certain members of the council, so be grateful," Hokage snapped as Kakashi backed away from a Hokage who looked like flames were dancing around him.

"Ibiki," A scarred man appeared through the shadows upon the Hokage orders. "Interrogate Kakashi's former team to sniff out those who have been disloyal to me. Have Anko help you out as well and tell her they hurt Naruto with her poison. Any who took pleasure in hurting Naruto are to be stripped of their rank and discharge."

"Yes sir." Ibiki then left the room through the shadows.

The Hokage then sighed as he returned to watch Naruto eat her ramen to the last bit slowly rather that the quick slurp. "You need to eat healthier food," Eboshi pointed out.

"Find people who sell me non-rotten food, and I'll buy it from them," Naruto snapped. "Besides, it is good food."

"Sorry," Eboshi replied sheepishly. "So, how will you perform this alchemy to fix your arm?"

"Don't know, I need to be asleep for it to be downloaded into my mind," Naruto answered with a mouth full.

"I think you will do fine," Sarutobi commented.

"Hey, old man," Naruto gave him a messy notebook. "Here is a list of materials I need to build an arm. Can I get this stuff by the end of the week?"

"Okay, but why not all of this now?" The Hokage asked.

"Well, I figure that it takes time to get enough metal and I need to practice Alchemy first before I try it."

Then, the three ANBU appeared via body flicker with three scrolls. "Thank you, ANBU, you may go." The Hokage then gave the three scrolls to Naruto. She left to get some sleep and started her training the next day.

Break

In a dark room, a purple-haired woman, whose hair was tied like a pineapple and wearing little to no clothing was standing over the guilty party of Kakashi's team. "So, you steal from me and use my poison to hurt a little girl. Do you have any shame? I hope you enjoyed you sex life and your sanity, because after today, you will have neither if I have any say about it. Which unfortunately for you all, I do." Anko then grabbed a blade with glee and walked to a bunch of screaming ANBU.

Outside, Ibiki was talking to a man with brown hair. "I feel a little sorry for them. Are you sure those are the only traitors, Yamato?"

"Yes," the ANBU replied, "they are Kakashi's personal buddies and they are always happy when they are assigned to guard Naruto. She always gets hurt when they guard her and I've tried to reprimand them many times, only for Kakashi to claim that he has already reprimanded them himself and the civilian council closes the case."

"Well, the council can't save them today," Ibiki said as Anko destroyed their reproductive organs and drove them insane while they gave blood-curdling screams and begged for mercy even when Anko had finished with them. Looked like those ex-Shinobi would be heading to the funny farm instead of the streets where they could cause more harm to one little girl.

Break

It has been a nine days and Naruto was getting ready to restore her arm. She had drawn a huge circle on the floor and was getting ready for the pain that Ed said would come. 'Ready for me to use your girlfriend's invention?'

'Yep, I think Winery would be proud.'

Naruto then activated the circle and the process and things were going well until an energy-well started to appear and began to swallow Naruto.

'No, something wrong, deactivates the circle quickly!' Ed said frantically, but it was too late. Naruto could only watch as the light swallowed her whole.

Break

Meanwhile, the Hokage was worrying as a blinding white light from the heavens appeared and hit the ground. The energy was so huge that it was causing a panic. A storm appeared around the white light and red lighting was striking around the ground, oddly enough not causing damage.

"This storm is unnatural," the Hokage commented out loud.

"Sir, is the Kyuubi escaping?" Yugito asked.

"No, this is not the Kyuubi. It is something else," the Hokage answered.

"Do you know where Naru lives?" Eboshi asked.

"No, she is supposed to by the end of the week." The Hokage answered Eboshi.

"I hope she is all right." Eboshi stated and the Hokage silent hoped so too.

Break

Naruto found herself in front of a huge gate while in a place that infinitely white. The gate opened to reveal a swirl of energy surrounded by a dark creature. Naruto called out, "Hello, Ed? Are you here?"

"You know Ed?" a voice called out from the gates and startled Naruto.

"He is my friend, and has been teaching me alchemy," Naruto answered.

"Ha Ha, Ed got an apprentice; the world has come to an end. Well, let us take look at you." The voice was silent only for a moment. "Short, blond, obnoxious… My god, you are like a female version of Ed. You even look like him except with feminine features. I wonder if you are a descendent. Come closer, girl, and tell me your name."

Naruto stepped closer and yelled, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I will be great one day!"

"Naru, I am impressed by you and I am going to give you some gifts. I am sure you and the runt Ed will get a bang out them."

Multiple black tendrils lashed at her and she screamed at pain. They then let go of her and she panted. The Gates smugly said, "It's time to return to your world. Good luck Fullmetal Fox Alchemist. Oh, and please give a message from me. Tell Ed that Roy says hello and hopes you are doing well."

Break

Naruto woke up in the room she had started out in. She groaned as she got her body off the ground. She then put her hands on her head due to the throbbing headache when she noticed she had two hands. She looked at her right arm to see she had an Automail arm. In an excitement and adrenaline rush, she ignored the pain her head was producing and jumped around in excitement.

"I did it, I did it!"

"Think again, idiot," a blond two-tailed fox with red strike snapped at Naruto.

"Ed-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"Look what you did!" Ed yelled.

However, Naruto could not help it and started to laugh out loud. Ed did not take this too kindly. So Ed attacked Naruto.

"No, not face!" Then there was some ripping of clothing. "No, you pervert!" Naruto screamed as she threw Ed off.

Naruto clapped her hands and slammed them on the ground. The ground erupted and two rock hands grabbed Ed and held him in the air. Both Naruto and Ed were shocked but Ed quickly regained his senses to asked, "How the hell did you this?"

"I don't know, but it's cool," Naruto replied when she returned to her senses too. She clapped her hands to bring Ed back down and returned the ground to normal.

"You've seen the Gate of Truth," Ed stated.

"So that was the Gate. Interesting in a freaky kind of way," Naruto commented mostly to herself. "It said it would give me gifts, and I guess that this is what it meant. Oh, by the way, Roy said hi and hopes you are doing well."

"Roy… Roy Mustang said hello and asked how I'm... How? He is dead and a bastard!" Ed yelled in a panic.

"I don't know. When the gates opened, this voice talked to me and called you a runt." Naruto stopped due to Ed's rant about being called small. Naruto continued when Ed stopped. "Then he would give me some gifts we would get a bang out of and called me the 'Fullmetal Fox Alchemist.'"

Ed then looked over Naruto and saw Mustang's gloves on the ground and Naruto's left arm with tattoos along her arm. Ed then looked at Naruto to say, "Well, I think we are in trouble."

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Author Notes

1) Naruto has a yellow eye to show that she assimilates some of Ed intelligence and personality.

2) Radio Namiashi is a character from the Naruto Manga who was the Hokage's assistant and sectary. Most authors seem forget that he is a male secretary and replaced by Shizune when Tsunade took over.

3) This will be my first story in which Kakashi is a pathetic bad guy instead of Naruto's ally or just neutral. Kakashi does not believe Naruto is the Kyuubi but needs to die for the good of Konoha to make sure the Kyuubi dies. He also believes she is a bastard orphan because she was made a sacrifice.