A/N: So this is my first fanfic, and that's about it there. I'll try to keep updates to about a three week schedule, (working on story at fictionpress) but seeing as how I have the next seven chapters planned out already (yeah, I've been working on this awhile now) chapter 2 might come up faster.

sigh although I enjoy it, writing can be so exhausting. Anyways, I haven't decided on pairings yet, but I can say that I'll be open to suggestions (just not yaoi, sorry folks). Pairings will be decided out bout mid-chunin exams, so I have about between nine-ten chapters to make final decisions. Main reason being is b/c not all original characters (that are available for pairings) aren't going to be introduced until the chunin exams. That's about it. Least I can provide is names and that's it. So… without further ado…

Adrian Jeriah

Arata Daisuke

Suoh Hideaki

Cari Amaya

And last but not least…

Sabaku no Setsuko (adopted not blood related.)

Okay, that's about it except…to please read and review, I except constructive criticism, but please, no flames.

Konoha's Demons

Chapter One

The body of a five year old boy lay in one of the dark alleys of Konoha. His body was beaten and swollen; his blood soaked his golden blonde hair and the ground he lay on. A crowd stood before the boy; they weren't here to help him though, they were there to harm him and if they weren't caught, they'd kill him. The boy's name was Naruto and today was his birthday. The tenth of October coincidentally was also the anniversary of the day that the Yondaime defeated the Great Kyuubi no Kitsune.

Naruto never really knew what the real reason was behind the villagers' hate; he just assumed it was because of the mentioned coincidence. He assumed it was their way to let out all their hatred towards the Demon Fox that killed their families and almost destroyed the village. Jeez, you'd think that after five years, people would get over a nine-tailed demon fox ravaging their village and killing innocents for no apparent reason.

"Time to die Demon," yelled a chunin. His sword was raised and was already in full swing until it was stopped by another blade. The chunin saw the hooded, masked figure before him and began to shake in fear. Naruto's savior was an ANBU captain with a wolf mask. After that, four more ANBU along with the third Hokage, Sarutobi, appeared. The wolf-masked ANBU then went to go check on Naruto.

"Is he okay," asked Sarutobi.

"He's in critical condition Hokage-sama. If we wait any longer, he will die of blood loss," the ANBU said.

"Alright," Sarutobi said. Naruto's savior rushed him to the hospital to be treated for his wounds. Naruto looked up to the man who saved him. His blood running down his face, Naruto managed a small smile towards him.

"Thank you," Naruto quietly said before falling unconscious. The ANBU looked down at Naruto, but then turned his attention to the task at hand: getting Naruto to safety.

Meanwhile Sarutboi turned to the other ANBU, "Arrest everyone for questioning."

"Hai, Hokage-sama," the ANBU replied. Many villagers in the crowd panicked and began to flee the scene to avoid being caught. More ANBU appeared blocking off most of the citizens' escape routes.

As all the commotion went on, Izumo appeared next to the Hokage and whispered something into his ear.

"Hmm…I think we should discuss this on the way to the hospital," Sarutobi replied.

"Hai, Hokage-sama," said Izumo. The both of them then disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

When Naruto woke, he had no idea where he was. Wasn't he supposed to be taken to the hospital? Did the ANBU that had saved so many times before betray him? These were just some of the questions running through his mind. He found himself to be in some kind of dark sewer. The floor was wet with shallow water that he assumed to have come from the dripping pipes around him.

Naruto felt drawn to walk down the sewer. It was like something was pulling him, pulling him towards one of the rooms in this sewer. He finally entered one of the rooms. Before him, there was a giant cage door that was closed. There was a talisman on it that read "Seal." As Naruto walked closer a voiced called out to him.

"Hey Kid," the voice said. It seemed to be coming from the door.

"Come closer…"

Naruto fearfully did as he was told. He approached the door, and as soon as he got close a giant claw slammed against the cage almost hitting Naruto.

"So I can rip out your innards and use them to paint this room with your blood!"

Naruto fell to his back in fear. He could now see a giant red fox behind the door. Its malicious grin and that insane look in its blood red eyes penetrated Naruto and almost left him speechless.

"W-who…are…you," Naruto managed to ask.

"You don't know who I am," the fox asked. His reply was Naruto slowly shaking his head. The fox shook his head in disappointment.

"I am The Great Kyuubi no Kitsune," Kyuubi announced.

Naruto began to compose himself, "W-wait, but the Yondaime killed you. So, why are you here? And where exactly is here anyways?"

"Are you that dense Fleshbag," Kyuubi asked. When he didn't receive an answer he sighed, "We are in your mind, Fleshbag. As for why I'm here, figure it out yourself. Now leave, I sense another Demon nearby and I'm tired of looking at your disgusting face!"

Kyuubi turned to leave and then emitted a pulse that threw Naruto out of his mindscape.

One day later, Naruto's eyes shot open. He quickly sat up and recognized his surroundings. He was in the hospital where he was supposed to be. Naruto lay back down; he looked to right side and saw to other people in the room with him. One was Anko Mitarashi, she sometimes seemed a bit crazy to Naruto, but she always looked out for him when she could. The other was boy he had never seen before. He was in the bed next to him sleeping.

"So you're awake," Anko said directing her attention towards Naruto.

"Yeah," Naruto said quietly.

"I don't need you to tell me, but what happened this time?"

"Just like every other birthday I've had Anko-chan," Naruto said sadly, "Anko-chan? What did I do that was so bad that everyone treats me like this; like I'm a monster or some sort of demon?" He looked up to meet Anko's gaze.

"Naruto-kun, you have done nothing wrong, and no matter what anyone tells you, you are no monster and most certainly you are no demon. Those villagers are just a bunch of moronic idiots who know nothing about you," Anko reassured Naruto.

"Thanks Anko-chan," Naruto said smiling,

"Yeah, any time gaki," Anko said happily, "What say we get some ramen and dango after we're done here?"

"Sure, but you're paying," Naruto smirked his trademark fox grin. "Anyways, I was kinda meaning to ask; what's his story," Naruto asked pointing to the boy next to him.

"I'm not really sure," Anko said, "Kotetsu brought him in and asked me to watch over him while he talks with Hokage-sama. The poor kid was in as bad of a condition as you were from what I heard."

Naruto stared at the boy who had light blonde hair. 'Someone was in as bad of a shape as me,' Naruto thought, 'What did he do to piss off the villagers so bad that they'd treat him as bad as me?'

Suddenly the boy shot up screaming from his bed. He held his head in pain. Naruto and Anko's attention was directed on the boy completely.

"Hey kid, it's okay. You're safe," Anko said trying to calm the boy down. She reached out to touch him. The boy's attention was directed towards her. Just then two nurses rushed into the room; the boy turned facing them, his light blue eyes were filled with fear and sadness. The nurses began running up to the boy to check on him and he did what came natural to him.

Quickly he clapped his hands together and silver gushed out from the floor surrounding the boy in a small protective dome in a matter of seconds. The nurses and Anko moved back away from the dome.

"How…" Anko began. She never finished her question she was too stunned. Never had anybody seen something like this, no one has even ever heard of something like the ability the boy pulled off. Crying could be heard coming from the silver dome.

"It…hurts so…much," the boy sobbed. The nurses at first didn't know what to do, but they decided that the best course of action was to try to convince the boy to open up or undo whatever it was he did.

"Why? Why…did she die," The boy asked himself. Everyone didn't know what to do. How could they? They don't know what he did, or even have the slightest clue what he was talking about. Sarutobi, Kotetsu and a familiar ANBU came walking in. Sarutobi glanced at the scene and then turned to Anko.

"Anko? What's going on," He asked.

"I have no idea Hokage-sama. One minute he was sleeping, the next he's up screaming in pain. I went to help him and then he clapped his hands and this silver dome took shape around him," Anko explained, "He's been cooped up in there since. Hokage-sama? Could you please tell what's going on?"

Sarutobi looked over to Naruto, "I suppose an explanation of some sorts is needed. Kotetsu and Izumo were performing guard duty at the main gate when they saw the boy's figure struggling to make it to the gate. Kotetsu went to investigate. When he was getting closer a shinobi wearing an unidentifiable hitai-ate went to kill the boy. Although we don't know why the boy was being hunted down, Kotetsu saved the boy's life in hopes of finding out. Unfortunately, the unknown shinobi retreated before reinforcements could help Kotetsu. If we had captured him we have found out more to shed light on this situation."

"What worries us is this," Kotetsu said pulling out a hitai-ate. It had radiation sign as its symbol on the metal.

"So another shinobi village has been formed," Anko asked.

"We can only hope. Worse would be that whatever village these shinobi come from has been set up and running in secrecy all this time. I think if the latter is true, there could be a possibility that the village is located within Fire country," Kotetsu stated.

"Such a weird symbol for a hitai-ate. Say Kotetsu, where did you get that," the ANBU asked.

"Oh, this? I found that kid holding onto it. I managed to get it out of his grasp when he fell unconscious from blood loss," said Kotetsu. Just then a large arm made of silver dashed outward from the silver dome towards Kotetsu. The Chunin was caught off guard and was being held by the silver hand. The boy had his right arm stretched out in the same manner as the silver arm.

"Give…it…back," The boy said angrily glaring at Kotetsu. Anger and hatred now filled his once saddened eyes. The boy then found a sword at his neck being held by the ANBU member.

"Put him down, boy. Don't make me do something I don't want to," the ANBU cautioned him. The boy let go of Kotetsu but stole the hitai-ate back from him.

"I have a name, you know," the boy said with a hint of malice.

"Oh? And what would that be," the ANBU asked somewhat amused as he sheathed his sword. He was still prepared to attack if need be though.

"My name is…Adrian," he said hesitantly, "Adrian Jeriah."

"Well Adrian, it may have been nicer to meet on better terms, but we need to you to answer some of our questions. Willing to help us out," Sarutobi asked.

Adrian grimaced. 'I think I know what they're going to ask, but seeing as what my circumstance is, it's either answer their stupid questions or die where I stand. Well actually sit, I'm not standing. Plus I don't think they'd kill me here, Not in front of another child, unless they plan on killing him too…that and it'd take a while to wash out my blood from these sheets,' Adrian thought. He came to a decision.

"Fine," Adrian said, "But as long as you promise not to kill me or throw me into some prison cell for the rest of my life."

'Kid's sharp,' Anko thought. 'After what he did to Kotetsu, I'd have him thrown in a cell for a good long time.'

"I, Sarutobi the Sandaime Hokage of the Leaf Village, promise you that no harm shall come to you. Now, we want to clarify some things for us. First of all, could you tell me where you come from?"

"I come from Igaku. I'm sure you know where that is. That's also where the shinobi that were hunting me come from too."

Sarutobi turned to the ANBU, "Go inform all Cunin, Jounin, and ANBU to attend an emergency meeting at nine p.m. tonight."

"Hai, Hokage-sama," replied the ANBU, he then poofed out of the room.

"Now Adrian, I don't mean to pry into your personal life, but what were your reasons for leaving Igaku?"

Adrian didn't respond. His eyes were wide. 'Should I tell them the whole truth, should I even tell them? What would they say? What would they think? Would they…' Adrian's thoughts were broken by Anko yelling at him to respond.

"Sorry…you see, last week my mother died on my birthday," Adrian said. Everyone was silent. They couldn't think of anything to say, especially after he continued. "My father came home drunk to give me my "present." He was going to beat me, but my mom stopped him, he was so drunk he took his blind rage out on her. He…killed her in front of me. He didn't realize what he did, but he turned his attention towards me…I killed him out of self-defense. My father was my village's hero. He created the bloodline limit that we all have. So I ran. I knew that if I stayed I'd get in trouble and probably be killed. They hunted me down for revenge, to make sure no one finds out about the village, to protect their bloodline limit, and…"

"And," Anko pressed. Naruto was speechless; he could see the loneliness in Adrian's eyes. He could hear his pain, and although their situations were different, he felt something tug at him crying, 'He's just like you!' Even if it wasn't exactly true.

"And I'm not allowed to mention the last reason. That last part is the secret to how our bloodline got started, and that's all I can say."

"I see. Alright, but could you tell us about this bloodline limit," Sarutobi asked.

"It's complicated."

"Oh? Try us," Anko demanded.

"The first one that everyone has is called Alchemy. Basically, it is taking matter and using energy to turn that matter into something different. I know enough from what my mom crammed into my head from when I could first speak, but I think it's be too hard to be giving out Chemistry lessons and expecting you to fully understand. But that's it in a nutshell. Let me show you," Adrian volunteered. Adrian clapped his hands and pressed then against his silver that had blue sparks travel across changing it into the shape of a sword.

"I am gifted to have also the village's second bloodline limit, courtesy of my mother. It goes hand in hand with Alchemy and you've already seen it."

"The ability to manipulate silver," Sarutobi guessed.

"Correct. Although Silver Manipulation and Alchemy have no real weakness, they both drain a lot of chakra out of the user depending on what they make. The larger and more complicated the product is, the more energy is required. Since Chakra is not the type of energy required to perform Alchemy, we use Chakra and basically change it into the correct energy," Adrian explained. "That process is done when we clap our hands together to perform it. Usually a quick clap is all that's needed, but the longer we keep our hands together the larger the output in energy will be. I'm telling you this because I can only assume that you were going to ask me anyways, and that you plan on attacking Igaku to eliminate their threat to your village, yes?"

"My, aren't you perceptive," Sarutobi asked amusingly. 'Maybe just too perceptive,' he thought.

Naruto finally decided to speak up. Throughout the whole time, he pretended to understand what the boy was saying. "That's cool and all, but hey does that hitai-ate mean you're a ninja? I mean you sound smart enough to be one from your village."

"Uh…no," Adrian said, "It was my mother's."

"Oh…," Naruto fell silent. He should've already thought about that.

"By the way," Adrian said, "I've introduced myself; I think it would be only fair to know you all. That is, if I'm allowed to take up refuge here for the information I've provided."

Sarutobi looked at Adrian, "For now, yes. I'll have to talk to the council for you to stay permanently. As you know already, I'm the Sandaime Hokage. If you need anything, you can ask Kotetsu, Izumo, or Anko here. I'm sorry, but I have to leave, I have business that needs to be attended to. As of now, it was nice meeting you Adrian."

Kotetsu got up from the bed he was laying on, "I'm Kotetsu, not much else I really feel like telling right now. Just letting you know that I was the one who saved your life." Kotetsu then left grumbling about his lousy day, ungrateful children, and his reasons for not ever having children.

Anko rolled her eyes. Although the kid almost killed Kotetsu, she couldn't blame him, he had no idea where he was, how he got there, who these strangers were, he had just gone through hell, and some guy took his only possession that reminded him of his recently deceased mother. The kid could cook up a good excuse. She extended her hand to shake, "Anko Mitarashi's the name! Nice to meet ya, Brat." She got closer and whispered to him pointing at Naruto, "Just don't get mixed up with him, he's a trouble maker."

Naruto then extended his hand out to Adrian wearing his fox grin, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki! And I'm going to be the next Hokage!" Naruto also moved closer and whispered to Adrian pointing towards Anko, "And don't go near her, I'm telling you she's psychotic and dangerous."

Adrian sweatdropped. 'Things are going to turn out interesting, huh mom? I promise you, after the Leaf is done with that corrupted village Igaku, I'll resurrect our clan so he went be given to any irresponsible Alchemist. I'll make sure I use his power well, I promise,' Adrian thought to himself. The three of them talked, well Naruto actually did all the talking.

Well? How's about that? Huh? Anyways thanks for reading (I'm assuming you did if you're reading this.) And see you all later! Please R&R! Thank you!