All right, the people have spoken now here is their response, the first of my Naruto crossover polls. And keep voting, every weekend I'll be busting out the next chapter of whichever story is in the lead. And, I'm just curious; no one wants to see an Ironman Naruto?
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Naruto: Fox Rider
It said that the Elemental Continent was built on legends. And that legends are a way of understanding things greater than ourselves. Forces that shape our lives. Events that defy explanation. Individuals whose lives soar to the heavens, or fall to earth. These are how legends are born…
Minato fell to one knee atop the head of Gamabuta. He had lashed out with everything he had against the legendary Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, but the beast refused to go down. But the Youngest Hokage in history would be damned if he was going to let this monster destroy the land he had sworn to protect.
"If you've got any ideas Gama, I'm open to them." Minato said, panting. "Gamabuta?" He looked down and saw that the boss toad was completely frozen. Looking around everything was frozen.
"Minato Nakamazi," said a voice behind the Forth Hokage, "I would like to make a proposition, and maybe even a favor." Minato spun around to come face to face with an old man with licked back white hair wearing a purple suit and coat holding a cane with a glass skull on top.
"And who are you?" Minato demanded, his grip on his kuni tightening.
"I am called Mephistopheles." The man said. "I'm what you might call a devil. And that crimson monstrosity that is about to destroy your precious village is my oldest son."
"The Nine-Tailed Fox is your son?" Minato asked skeptically.
"All of the tailed beasts are my children." Mephistopheles said and shook his head. "You try and do right by them and raise them well, but Kyubi was always stubborn, even as a Kit." He shook his head and sighed.
"You mentioned a deal?" Minato said.
"Right to business, I like that." Mephistopheles said. "Well, here is the thing Minato, if I may call you that," Minato nodded. "At this moment, your son, Naruto has been born. And I've seen the kid Minato, and I could swear by…him, that he looks just like you." Despite everything that was going and who he was talking to, Minato couldn't help but smile with pride. "However, I'm sorry to say that because of my son, he will not survive the night. His mother is already on her way to the next life."
"Kushina," Minato gasped.
"However, I can save her." Mephistopheles said. "However, because of the cosmic order that myself and my opposite agreed on at the beginning of Creation, such a feat would require…a tribute."
"A life for a life," Minato said. "Then I would gladly give my own for hers."
"True love," the Devil said in a voice that was a mixture of admiration and disgust. "Now, I also mentioned a favor,"
"That you did." Minato said and stood waiting.
"Well the thing is, my son had gotten a bit to full of himself, so I would like to seal him within a human, teach him some humility." Mephistopheles said. "However, to do such a feat would require a newborn child, and since the only one at the time is Naruto" he trailed off and let the request hang.
"You wish to seal your son within mine." Minato said.
"Yes I would." Mephistopheles said. "He would have many of my son's strength, rapid healing that would make him nearly immortal, virtually limitless chakra, but also, he would become a Rider, a bounty hunter who would punish the wicked and send those who escaped from Hell back to it."
"I see," Minato said. He held his chin, deep in thought. On the one hand, his son would end up working for this devil one day, quite possible damning his own soul to hell. On the other hand, if didn't accept the deal, the Nine Tailed Fox would destroy his village, his family, and all that he held precious. With a sigh he looked at Mephistopheles. "I accept your offer Mephistopheles, but I would like to watch over my son, even if it as nothing more than a spirit."
"Of course, I know better than anyone how a father can have a soft spot for their son." Mephistopheles said. "We have a deal Lord Hokage."
"That we do Mephistopheles." Minato said raising his hand.
"Call me Mephisto," the devil said raising his hand and shaking Minato's, "my friend." As they shook Minato felt all life leave his body and he collapsed on Gamabuta's head. Mephisto watched as Minato's spirit rose from his body. "Now for my end of the deal, and don't worry, your lover made a full recovery as soon as your spirit left your body." He turned to the fox and waved his hand.
F-Father, the fox stuttered as he gazed at the devil.
"You've become to arrogant for your own good Kyubi." Mephistopheles said, starring into his son's eyes. "With the Hokage's assistance, you will be taught humility as you are sealed within his own son."
What? The Nine-Tailed Demon roared. Father, you can not do this!
"Silence!" Mephisto snapped slamming his cane onto Gamabuta's head. "You are in no position to tell me what I can and can not do." He raised his hand and, has the Kyubi roared in rage and protest, he was slowly turned into a ball of red energy.
"Come my friend." Mephisto said, turning to Minato. "Let us go and see your son." In a flash, the two of them were in front of Kushina Uzumaki who was holding the crying form of her son Naruto.
"Kushina," Minato said, reaching out and stroking her chin. The woman gasped and jumped as if she could feel his touch but not see him.
"I am sorry Minato, but she can only just barely since you, she can not see us." Mephisto said. Minato sighed and looked at his son. He did indeed look like his father, right down to the spiky blond hair.
"Let me do it Mephisto." Minato said. "Let me be the one to give my son this power and curse." Mephiso nodded and handed Kyubi over to him. Minato lowered the orb of energy and slowly pushed it into his son's stomach. "Forgive me Naruto, for doing this to you, and for leaving you without a father." As the sphere slid deeper into Naruto's body a three whisker like marks appeared on both sides of the boy's face. When it was done, a spiral seal appeared on his son's stomach. Kushina gasped at what had happened to her son, but, as if some unseen force, like a devil, was whispering in her ear, she knew that her son was now the container of the demon fox that had been attacking the village.
N:FR
Hizen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, sat down in the chair of the position he had not long ago retired from. He had hoped hat he would never have to hold this title again. Not just because of the never ending paper work, but because Minato had been a dear friend to him and he had hoped that the man would live long enough that he could choose his successor, instead of having his predecessor retake the position.
He sighed and he looked across his desk to Kushina Uzumaki, the lover of Minato Nakamize has she held her son Naruto. She had just finished telling Sarutobi what she knew of her son.
"Word about this is going to get out, these things always do." The Third said. "And there is a large part of me that will want your son dead."
"Over my dead body," Kushina snapped, holding her son tightly.
"Not as long as I'm Hokage." Sarutobi agreed. "I will make it a law that if anyone ever speaks of what Naruto is to anyone of his generation, they will be put to death, as will happen if they should try and kill the boy."
"Thank you Sarutobi." Kunashi said bowing to the man.
"Of course Kushina," Sarutobi said walking over to the woman and placing a hand on Naruto's head. "Minato was a dear friend, just as you are, and if you need anything at all, please feel free to ask me." Kunashi smiled and nodded, as tears began to form in her eyes.
"I just can't believe he's gone." She said crying softly. Sarutobi just placed a hand on her shoulders and let her cry. He knew what it was like to loose the one you loved, having lost his own wife several years ago. The best medicine for it was to just get all the crying done and out of the way in the beginning.
5 Years Later
Naruto stood in the street of Konoha, holding his mothers hand as the ambassador from Kumo rode through the streets. The boy wore a dark blue leather jacket and pants with black boots.
"Mom, if he's here, does this mean that there won't be any more fighting?" Naruto asked, looking up at his mother.
"Not necessarily Naruto." Kushina said kneeling down next to her son. "There will always be fighting in the world, but because of this, then maybe there will be a little less." Naruto smiled.
"When I become Hokage, I'm going to make it so that there's never any fighting." Naruto said with a smile. Several of the adults who were around them, or at least the ones that weren't shooting death glares at the boy and his mother, were shaking their heads and chuckling at the boy's innocence.
That night, Naruto had gone out for a walk. He liked walking around at night. Most people were asleep, people that would try to hurt him when his mother wasn't around. He felt comfortable in the dark, it gave him a since that he was being protection. Suddenly, Naruto froze in midstep. Looking around, he saw that he was standing next to the Hyuga compound. Feeling like his insides were on fire, Naruto dropped to his knees, pain erupting throughout his entire body. Throwing his head back he screamed in pain, but slowly, his screams seemed to change into laughter, the crazed laughter of a man possessed. His flesh slowly started to burn away along with his muscles and eyes. Before long, nothing was left of the boy but a flaming skeleton. The skeleton cracked its neck before it took off to the inside of the Hyuga compound.
The ambassador of Kumo ran with a smile on his face. The Hyuga child bound and gagged under his arm. He suddenly froze when he saw something appeared out of no where. It looked like a flaming skeleton dressed in leather.
"You, guilty." The thing said in a deep, raspy voice pointing a bony finger at the man. Unimpressed by the supposed genjutsu, the Kumo ninja pulled out a strange chain that had links made of shuriken and the ends were kuni daggers. The Kumo ninja lashed out with the chain, but the creature caught it easily. The man's eyes widened as flames seemed to flow through the chain until it burned the Kumo's arms causing him to drop the chain.
The demon, the Kumo ambassador clearly didn't think it was a genjutsu any more, wrapped the chain around it skeletal hand before it lunged forward and slammed it's fist into the man's face, the blades tearing at it, dropping him. The skeleton wrapped the chain around the Kumo ninja's neck twice and started to pull. He screamed as he felt the burning hot steal slice into his flesh.
"Stop!" split a new voice from the darkness. The creature looked with the two flaming orbs that acted as its eyes and saw that the girl the Kumo nin had tried to kidnap. Please don't kill him." She begged the demon. The creature saw her innocence, her purity, and let the chain go slack. The Kumo Nin dropped unconscious, his wounds burned shut. Many of the Hyuga adults had run out and saw the flaming skeleton who looked back and took off, vaulting over the wall and disappearing.
"Hinata, are you all right?" Hishaian asked, kneeling down next to his daughter.
"Y-Yes Father," Hinata said. She looked back to where that strange demon had disappeared from.
N:FR
Naruto walked through the forests, still a flaming skeleton, making his way back home when he came across something, a young fox kit that had been wounded by a hunter. Naruto knelt down next to the kit and waved his hand over the creature. His flames licked the young fox's wounds and healed them. Slowly, the kit's entire body began to catch fire and grow. Before too long, the flaming skeleton of a fox with nine tails the size of a small horse stood before Naruto. Naruto stroked the fox's fire fur before he mounted it. Reigns of fire sparked into existence and slid into Naruto's hands. Giving them a crack, The Rider took of leaving behind a small trail of fire.
When Naruto finally reached his home, the Sun had begun to rise. The instant the light hit him, Naruto dropped to the ground as the flames faded away and his skin grew back, the same thing happening to the fox. As soon as he returned to normal, Naruto collapsed onto the bed, the fox curling up on his chest.
N:FR
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself in some kind of sewer. The water was coming half way up his shin and the only light seemed to be coming from the red light at the end of the tunnel. Slowly, Naruto walked towards it until he found himself in front of a set of bars.
Well, well, well, my jailor has finally paid me a visit, said a deep booming voice. Behind the bars, a large set of red, slit eyes and a large fanged smile looked out at Naruto. Naruto screamed and jumped back and landed, finding himself in the arms of a man who looked like an older version of himself.
"Shhh, its ok my son, I won't let anything happen to you."
"D-Dad?" Naruto asked, looking up at the man.
"That's right son, I'm here." Minato said, hugging the boy.
"Dad, where are we?" Naruto asked.
"We're inside your mind Naruto." Minato said. "I'm here to tell you everything." And so Minato began his tale of the fox, Mephisto, and of how Naruto was now the Rider.
"So, does this mean I'm going to become that flaming skeleton thing every night?" Naruto asked, afraid.
Don't worry about it Kit, from now on at night, your dad and I are going to teach you how to control your Rider powers. The Kyubi said.
"Why would you want to help me?' Naruto asked.
Because if you die Kit, then I die, and believe it or not, I'm not ready to go back to Hell just yet, the Kyubi explained. Besides, my father locked me in here in the hopes of teaching me a lesion, so I figure if I learn it then maybe I can get out of here and reunite with my brothers and sisters, I miss them.
"Naruto, I'm sorry to have placed his burden on you, and if you hate me, I would not hold it against you." Minato said.
"I could never hate you Dad." Naruto said. "I understand why you did what you did. So I'm going to make this curse my power and use it to fight against those who spill innocent blood, being a spirit of vengeance." Minato smiled and beamed at his son.
"Naruto, you have made me very proud." He said, hugging Naruto tightly. "We'll begin your Rider training tomorrow, and you might want to ask your mother to begin your ninja training." Minato placed a hand on Naruto's head and slowly, the whole world faded away.
N:FR
Naruto woke up to find the kit resting on his chest and the chain weapon lying off the side of his bed.
"Well, I guess if I'm going to be a Rider, you must be my ride." Naruto said stroking the kit's head. "Now what am I going to call you."
My name is Kurama. Said a voice in Naruto's head causing him to yelp and jumped back.
"Y-you can talk?" Naruto stuttered.
Only with you Master. Kurama said standing up and yawning.
"Um, ok, but please don't call me Master, just call me Naruto." Naruto said with a smile.
Very well, Kurama said with a nod.
"Naruto," Kushina said, starring at her son, "where did that fox come from…and why were you talking to it.
"Mom, we need to talk." Naruto said, looking up at his mother. He told Kushina everything that had happened to him the night before, from transforming into the Rider, to his conversation with his father and his "tenant." Kushina watched stunned at her son's explanation of events.
"So, you know everything your father did." Kushina said, looking at her son.
"Yeah Mom, and I'm happy I know, it makes me feel like a hole has been filled." He smiled. "Oh, and Dad said that while he and Kyubi work with on my Rider powers, he said you should start me with my ninja training."
"All right, but I should warn you son," Kushina said cracking her knuckles and making Naruto flinch with fear, "when it comes to ninja training, I can be one hard bitch." Naruto gulped and looked at Kurama.
No way am I getting involved in this. The fox said, springing up and running as fast as its little legs could carry it. Naruto slowly turned his eyes to his mother, fear clear and present on his face.
Three years later
Naruto and Kushina walked to the gates of the Ninja Academy, ignoring the glares that were being sent in their direction. Kushina knelt down and hugged her son.
"You be good now Naruto and no going flaming skeleton on anybody." She said; Naruto chuckled.
"I can only do that when I'm around evil mom." Naruto said, and I doubt that any of these teachers are as evil as you." Kushina chucked and released her son to let him run off to get to class. On the way there, he paused when he saw something, or to be more accurate, someone: a girl around his age with pale white eyes and shoulder length blue hair.
You know her don't you Naruto. Kurama said, jumping up onto his partner's shoulder.
I saved her life the first night I went Rider. Naruto replied. He looked at the girl, now that he managed to get a really good look at her, he couldn't help but think she looked kind of pretty. Hiding and waiting until she was alone, he took a deep breath and walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She jumped and gave a frightened squeak before turning around.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Naruto said quickly, holding his hands up. "I just, well, thought you were kind of cute and I wanted to say hi." He started to blush and the girl smiled at him.
"It's nice to meet you." She said with a small bow. "My name is Hinata Hyuga."
"Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said with a smile. Kurama jumped up onto Naruto's shoulder and gave a yip. "And this is Kurama." He held out his elbow which the young fox jumped onto and looked at Hinata. She took a step back, but when the kit cocked it's head to one side, she lost her resolve and stepped forward to reach out and stroke it's head.
I like this girl. Kurama said. Naruto chuckled.
You and me both partner. Naruto replied. "Come on Hinata, we don't want to be late for class." He offered his arm, and Hinata tentatively took it, Kurama also jumped off Naruto's shoulder and onto hers. With a small giggle, Hinata and Naruto walked into the class room. Unknown to them however, Hinata's father had been watching them with an uncharacteristic smile on his face.
"That is quite a son you have there Kushina." Hishian said turning to the woman. "Hinata hasn't been the same since her attack those years ago, but your boy broke through the shell she made for herself in a second."
"Naruto has that power, the power to bring out a person who's been locked away." Kushina said, standing next to the Hyuga lord.
"I pity those who are too stupid to see that he is a boy and not the demon that is sealed inside him." He said.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Hinata walked into the classroom and quickly found two open seats and sat down, Kurama jumped down and curled up on Naruto's desk. Not long after, their teacher Iruka Umino walked into the room and began the start of class. Naruto let his mind wander around and eventually it landed on his training.
During Naruto's ninja training he had learned his Mother's signature technique, the Shadow Clone Jutsu, with it, his training had increased, having many of his clones working on different exercises, some on his taijutsu, some on dispelling genjutsu, some on his ninjutsu, however, throughout his training, his old jacket had been ruined so, as a gift, Kushina had given him a new one, a black on with spikes along the shoulders along with a matching pair of gloves with spiked knuckles. He'd also found a set of weapons that worked for him, a pair of sais. He wasn't sure why, he just liked the feel of the weapons in his hands.
His Rider training with his father and Kyubi had been amazing. He had learned that when he had healed Kurama with his hellfire, it had made him his Ride, one that Kyubi had found appropriate since he had a fox sealed inside him. He had also learned that he could fuse his hellfire into the chain weapon he'd gotten from that Kumo nin and into his sais, making them hot enough to cut through just about anything and, after some practice, learned how to recall his sais after he'd thrown them and to be able to break his chain and send the shuriken chain links and recall them when he was finished. Kyubi said that since those weapons had been merged with his hell fire, they became a part of him body and soul.
When the lecture was over and Kurama brought Naruto back to earth by jumping on his head. Naruto smacked him off while he stood up and stretched. He looked down at Hinata and smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"So did I miss anything?" Naurto asked, yawning a little which caused Hinata to giggle.
"Not much, just how things are going to go in class." Hinata said. "It's lunch time right now."
"Ok, so, where do you want to go for lunch?" Naruto asked. "I mean if you have plans already,"
"No, I'd be happy to have lunch with you Naruto." Hinata said smiling widely.
"All right, come on I know this awesome Ramen shop in town." Naruto said taking her hand and leading her out of the school and into town. Together, they made their way to Itchraku Ramen the best Ramen stand in town.
"Hey Old Man, Ayame," Naruto called when he walked in, "ramen for two."
"For two?" Aname asked, coming from the back. "Well, well, well, looks like little Naruto went and got himself a girlfriend." Naruto and Hinata both blushed when Ayame said that and glanced at each other.
"She's not my girlfriend Ayame." Naruto said. "We just met today."
"And you're already treating her do lunch, my Naruto you sure work fast." Ayame said teasing.
"Ayame," Naruto said whining.
"All right, all right, what'll you have?" Ayame asked, done teasing Naruto and Hinata.
"I'll have chicken flavor." Naruto grumbled.
"I-I'll have miso please." Hinata said.
"All right, one chicken and one miso ramen for the happy couple." Ayame said with a smile causing the two of them to blush. When their ramen came, they ate in an awkward silence.
"So, what's your family like?" Naruto asked, breaking the silence.
"They're ok, but my father thinks I'm weak." Hinata said quietly. "It's not my fault; I've just been nervous since my attack."
"Yeah, I heard about that, something about a flaming skeleton." Naruto said. Hinata nodded vigorously.
"He was amazing, he was about to kill the person who tried to kill him, but stopped when I called out." Hinata said. "I'm not sure why."
"Maybe the request from such an innocent voice is all it takes to get a person to stop." Naruto said. Hinata blushed and smiled at him. They finished their meal, paid, and left. The almost didn't even realize they were walking back into the classroom holding hands. A few of the students were giggling slightly while a couple of the guys, Kiba Izumki in particularly were glaring at Naruto with envy. After school, the two made plans to get together that weekend in the park.
When Naruto walked over to his mom she was smiling at him.
"And just who were you talking to young man?" She asked.
"Her name's Hinata Hyuga." Naruto said. "And I think she's my best friend." Kushina smiled warmly at her son, overjoyed that he had made a friend
"Well, we'll have to set up a play date with her father." She said.
"Well, we kind of did already." Naruto said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "We kind of were hoping to get together in the park this weekend."
"Oh I'm so proud, my little baby boy has his first date." Kushina gushed, hugging her son tight.
"Mom, stop, you're embarrassing me." Naruto said turning red.
"I know sweetie." Kushina said smiling sweetly. "It's a mother's job." Naruto groaned as his mother took his hand and lead him away from the school. Naruto hung out at home, watching for the sun to go down. When it finally did he glanced over at Kurama.
"Ready to ride partner?" Naruto asked.
Do you hold the most power demon in the world inside you? Kurama retorted. The two of them jumped out of the window, bursting into flaming skeletons as they went down. Midway, Naruto slid onto Kurama and they hit the ground, creating a small creator.
"Let's ride." Naruto said in his raspy voice. With a snap of his reigns, Kurama took off, burning a trail through the village. Together they rode towards the Hokage Monument until Naruto felt a pull of great evil in the direction of the Uchiha compound. With a tug of the reigns, Naruto steered Kurama towards the direction of the evil. He leapt up over the wall until he found himself starring down what looked the entire male population of the Uchiha clan.
"So, the mysterious Fox Rider has appeared before us." Said the head of the Uchiha clan.
"Fox Rider, I like it." Naruto muttered with Kurama nodding as well. "I have senced great evil here." He said addressing the clan. "While you have not spilt any innocent blood, it is not too late. To decide against whatever you're planning."
"As touching as your concern is Rider, we have planed and all that we have done to take our rightful place as leaders of the Hidden Leaf Village, we can not stop now." Uchiha said. Naruto sighed and shook his bony flaming skull.
"Then I have no choice." He said, grabbing his chain and pulling it off him before charging it will hellfire. Cracking his neck, he charged into the crowd of Uchihas, swinging the chain and cutting through them like a hot knife through butter, the whole time feeling sorrow for those he killed. Kurama was also getting into the fight, clawing, biting, and impaling several Uchiha with his tails. When he was finished, only one left standing was the youngest one, ANBU agent Itachi Uchiha. "You," Naruto rasped pointing at Itachi, who flinched, "innocent." He turned, climbed onto Kurama's back and took off leaving Itachi to faint.
And I think I'll stop there. I think it's turning out pretty good. As for Naruto's sais, I'm thinking about making those Naruto's weapons while the chain is going to be Fox Rider's. Hope you all like the story. Keep voting if you want this chapter to be next.
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