Nine Tailed Symbiosis

Chapter one

"Konoha's Hero, Kanoha's Pariah"

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." -Arnold Schwarzenegger

A child walks through the streets, each being made of dirt, as surrounding people glare at the child passing. This child is Naruto, an orphan. The area around him was poverty stricken, buildings lied in ruins, occasional piles of rubble spread through out the streets near damaged buildings. Random people sitting against buildings on the sides of the street. Some looking like the hadn't cleaned in days, whilst others looked similar to drunkards. Each of them giving their own version of a glare towards the seven year old boy. Those that didn't were unconscious, either from excessive amounts of alcohol or some other unknown cause.

The boy lived in this section of his home. Despite this particular section being a mess, he still loved it, because it was all he had. Seven years ago a mighty creature known as Kyuubi No Kitsune or, in English terms, The Nine Tailed Fox, attacked this place. The Village Hidden in the Leaves, or, in oriental terms, Konohagakure. The creature was one of the nine mighty bijuu's, chakra based creatures. It, for unknown reasons, assaulted the village, killing hundreds of civilians and ninja, before finally being subdued by the fourth hokage, Minato Namikaze. The previous holder of this beast was Kushina Uzumaki, wife of Minato Namikaze, a ex-jinchuuriki of Konoha. She had been giving birth when a mysterious ninja appeared. While Minato saved his only child, the man managed to break the seal, allowing the Kyuubi no Kitsune to roam free. His intentions were unknown, and no one has seen the man since. The nine tailed fox was sealed into two children by Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi the third hokage, and his disciples, Lady Tsunade, and Jaraiya of the three Legendary Sannin. The children were Naomi Namikaze, the fourth's daughter, and Naruto, a orphan. Naomi Namikaze received the Chakra of the fox, while the orphan received the life essence of the bijuu. The piece that contained the sentient mind.

He was currently on his way to the orphanage. A depressed look adorned his face. "Mrs. Kensae will be mad at me..." Naruto had been sent to a local shop, the orphanage had placed an order for 20 new sheets, but when Naruto arrived the clerk had already sold them. Mrs. Kensae, a widower, was always strict on Naruto, quick to punish him if he did some thing wrong. She had told him to go o the shop and pick up the sheets ordered by the matriarchs. He left his thoughts as he stopped quickly to avoid bumping in to a food cart. The civilian passing by sneaked a glare towards the young boy. He doesn't know why, after all, he doesn't even know any of them, just the matriarchs at the orphanage. The other orphans refuse to even communicate with him. He continued walking before he sighed, the thought going quickly, after all. He is just Naruto, a clan less orphan no body wants. "I wonder..." Naruto began inside his head. "Maybe if I become a ninja, become the greatest protector the village has ever seen! Maybe then they'll smile! I just have to wait one year!" He exited his thinking when he came upon the building. It was a vomit color green, the paint faded, and the door was a faded brown. Despite looking old, the building seemed to be with in health code standards. The widows were dusty, but if one were to look close to them they would see many rooms filled with children and their belongings. Naruto gulped, he was definitely not wanting to return empty handed, but what choice did he have? He grabbed the handle and turned...

Namikaze Compound

A throwing star spun through the air before impaling it's self on a wooden log sticking out of the ground. The throwing star, or shuriken for some, was thrown from across the grass field. It's thrower is the child prodigy, Naomi Namikaze. Daughter of Minato Namikaze, the fourth hokage, and Kushina Namikaze, heir to the Uzumaki Clan. She was the container of the nine tail fox's chakra. It's power granted her bonuses such as: regeneration and massive chakra reserves. She had blonde hair, grey eyes, and peach colored skin. Her outfit consisted of a black jacket with crimson shoulders and pants. They also possessed the Namikaze clan symbol, what appears to be a highly complicated lock, on the biceps of the wearer. Currently she was grinning, for this was the twenty-third throwing star that hit in the center of the wooden post. She turned around and saw her dad clapping and her mother smiling proudly.

"Good, good. It seems you're well off in projectiles, but now it's time to test out your other skills." Minato complimented her. She just responded with a ear to ear grin. She was enthusiastic, like a lot of people her age. "Alright Naomi. Most Namikaze are gifted when it comes to speed, so I want to test that." She nodded her head in confirmation. "I'll be timing you, so I want you to run to Kenji's Item Caravan near the gates okay?"

"Yeah!" She turned to bolt off, but Minato's hand snatched her collar, stopping her.

"Now hold on, I need to know you actually go there. Take these 300ryo and by me a telescope. He should have one." Minato stated, then taking a bag out with some money in it, gave her the bag and sent her on her way. As she ran through the gate and around the corner Minato gave a sigh. A ANBU black ops ninja flashed behind him. Minato turned and noticed Kushina was already next to them.

"Hokage, you wished to see me?" The ANBU spoke in a calm, monotone voice. Their face was covered with a white mask the had a dog's face painted on it., as well as a red triangle on the fore head and two wave like red markings on each cheek. They also appeared to have gravity defying white hair. Their attire consisted of the standard ANBU black ops equipment. A grey vest that consisted of a smooth surface over the torso and grey straps over the shoulders attaching to a similar back piece. Under their equipment was a long sleeve black silk shirt.

"Yes, but I'm afraid we don't have much time, so allow me to skip the formalities." Minato crossed his arms and adopted a more serious stance. The ANBU operative tensing, ready to do as the fourth hokage commanded. "Do you remember what I told you about Naomi and the other?" Minato questioned. The ANBU once again nodded their head again. "Then you know that this is a matter of urgency and an S-Class secret... The ANBU team that was assigned to watch over fox trail has gone missing. They were supposed to report over two days ago." By now Kushina had a questioning look on her face, the ANBU present was obviously getting anxious. "I need you to go and make sure nothing has happened to the child. I want this just between you and us, understand?" Minato gave the most intimidating face he could muster.

The ninja nodded, but was slightly curious of one fact. "I understand sir, but what of Naomi?" They were normally assigned to watch over and protect the girl in the event that any ninja were not so fond of her.

Minato put his hand up, reassuring the ninja. "Calm down, it's under control. I have the Sarutobi looking after her. Now go, we can't afford to waste anymore time."

"Yes. Hokage." Muttered the ninja. They then flashed away, in search of the young orphan, Naruto.

Minato listened to the dog masked ANBU ninja raced off, sounds of static with every leap they preformed. Minato turned to his wife, noticing her face displaying a worried look, he smiled at her. "Don't worry Kushina, Kakashi is more than capable than handling the situation. Have some faith." A smile etched it's way onto her face.

"I know, but I worry for the others. The boy possesses the demon's soul, what if it's a rival village trying to steal it? If they killed him then Naomi might loose the chakra and the Leaf be with out a jinchuuriki... We'd be vulnerable to an attack from one of the other great villages..." She sighed before looking into her husbands eyes.

"Don't worry Kushina, nothing will happen. Naomi will grow up to be a hero, and the boy will stay loyal to the village. I'm assigning him as a ninja so he can't legally leave... I don't like doing this thing, but it will ensure Konoha has a bright future." He smiled as her and they began to walk inside, in each other's arms, whilst waiting for their precious daughter to return.

Konohagakure Orphanage for the Lost

Naruto walked inside and was surprised to see blood on the floor. There was a hall way with stair case leading straight from it, to the left another door, and to his right a separate door. The stairs lead to the matriarch's quarters and the teenaged quarters. The teenagers on the right in a large room filled with beds, the matriarchs across in their own individual rooms. To his right was the door that lead to the common room. It's doorway missing the door to it. To his left was another doorway, but this time the door had blood splatters on it, and looked like it was kicked open. It was where the younger children slept. Down the hall was another set of doors. To the left lead to the kitchen, and the right being the dinning room. To his right he could see the T.V. was busted, the screen being smashed in. There was also a few turned over chairs that he could see from the door way.

He slowly stepped towards the children's dorms. Spotting a splatter of blood on the wooden flooring, he stepped lightly through the door frame. Before turning to look into the room. There were numerous beds flipped over and splatters if blood against the faded wall paper. His blue eyes widened as he spotted the body of a ninja slumped against the back wall, a kitchen knife embedded in their gut. A thick trail of drying blood trailing down to the corpse. Naruto's young, innocent, eyes filled with fear. He stepped back out of the room and slowly made his way towards the common room. He spotted the couch in the corner of the room flipped onto it's back. He noticed flies coming from behind it and fearfully took a step towards it. A rotten, iron like, smell tainting the air. He peaked over the edge of the couch and his eyes widened even more. "Ms. Tsunami..." Was a thought that passed through his head. She was one of the few matriarchs that was slightly lenient with him. Currently she was face down in a pool of blood. Deep gashes on her back. He gasped in horror. "What... what did this!" Naruto shouted with in his mind scape as he began to sweat from his fore head.

He turned to run outside, needing to get help, but he was met with a powerful kick to his young body. He was propelled through the common room into the kitchen room. He landed on the other side of the table. The assailant was quick, they had already picked him up and slammed him against the table. The young boy coughed up blood from internal injuries. As his vision began to clear he noticed his surroundings. Everything was splattered with blood, before he could notice more the assailant stabbed his hand, pinning it to the table. He, whilst squeezing his eyes closed from the excruciating pain, heard the attacker whisper into his ear. "It's over, monster... You life is about to come to an end and you will travel to hell and repent for all the lives you ruined, families you destroyed when you attacked our precious village... Now, die!" He finished with a shout. He quickly yanked the weapon out of the boy's hand; however, before he could bring it down it was stopped. It was followed by the sounds of grunting before he felt a large gust of wind and the sound of wood splintering before shattering.

He tried to open his eyes, trying to see what had happened, but the pain would not permit it. He stopped shaking when he felt a hand grip his shoulder and a calm voice question him. "Are you alright?" He was scared it might be another person like the last so he kept quiet. "It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you..." The voice seemed to calm him some more. He was going to respond when he heard the sounds of chains and a splash like sound followed with a slight crunch. He felt another breeze as the chain sounded once again. He was scared again and began shambling backwards, eyes still closed, and his hand gripped in the other. He eventually opened one eye, the pain having changed to more of a burn what it had been like before. In the distance, through a hole in a wall of the building he saw a white or silver figure and a black or dark grey figure fighting. He would see yellow and orange sparks as they clashed blades. The two began to move further away from the house when Naruto finally began to focus on other things. One, he was in the dinning room. Two, there was sticky stuff all over the table. Three, the dinning room was covered in blood and finally four. He looked at his surroundings in more detail. In each og the chairs sat one of the murdered people from the orphanage. Naruto felt his heart stop, his breathing cease, his eyes widen until they refused to widen any further, and all thought processes stop. He slowly raised his hands from the side and finally notice what the sticky substance was. It was the blood of the slaughter people of the orphanage...

A scream echoed through out the leaf that day. It reached to a local shop, to two ninjas clashing in a patch of forest. It traveled through the busy streets of the entire village, bewildering all who heard it. It even reached the walls where a young, blonde haired, gray eyed, girl was busy buying a telescope. None knew it belonged to the container of the monstrous nine tailed fox's life essence. No one knew it was the scream of a terrified orphan who just discovered they were sitting on a table saturated in blood. No one knew it was the scream of a traumatized, clan less child, named Naruto...