Naruto: The Black Fox

Chapter 1: Birth of the Black Fox

Hi this is Titus1017 and this chapter and the rest of the story are showing how drastically I am changing the Naruto story, the characters are stronger enemies and heroes alike. I will be using canon and my own ideas but even the canon will be different in endings and some starts of missions. Thank you and enjoy. And I do not own Naruto only my Original Characters.

It was seven years ago that the Nine-Tailed Fox had attacked The Hidden Leaf Village. Its power was so immense that one swing of its tails could cause a tidal wave or crumble a mountain. It was on this day October 10th to be precise, that leaf lost many ninja and kunoichi including the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife The Red Death Kushina Uzumaki. Both were considered powerful, especially Minato who was hailed as the greatest of the Hokages and his wife who was considered as the strongest Kunoichi since Tsunade. Both were talented seal masters and ninja learning techniques from each other. This love of seals was what ultimately saved the Hidden Leaf Village from the fox but in doing so they condemned there son to a life of hate and despair. The battle would be recorded in history as a turning point for not only the Leaf but the elemental nations. This is now why we find ourselves here in the Hokages office with the Hokage Jiraiya the Toad Sage. He was elected by his Sensei and mentor, though it took quite a bit of begging (four years' worth) and compromising with Jiraiya who eventually accepted the title. It was at this point that Jiraiya instituted some severe changes in the village. The first was Hiruzen being made his advisor along with Jonin Commander Shikaku Nara. Secondly was the restructuring of the council making the civilian council almost a non-factor allowing them only to be involved in the decisions regarding schools, budgets, and housing to name a few. Then came the academy curriculum it was made to where in the first two years of the now 5 year tenure that anyone that joins at age 7 would be able to decide what skills and areas of ninja life they would like to pursue. That could Nin/taijutsu juggernauts to Medics and assassins or if there are true prodigies in the group they may pursue several skill sets. The academy also removed the graduation cap after two years meaning if deemed ready a child may leave the academy at age 9. The students of the academy also must make a kill before they leave the academy in order for them to not fall into shock at the sight of the first kill in a battle situation. They don't kill innocents only rapist and murderers deemed to qualify for the death penalty and then it is only civilian prisoners. You cannot expect your average genin hopeful to kill a high chunin mass murderer. Finally we meet our hero his name is Naruto Uzumaki now 7 years old and just adopted a year prior by his Godfather is preparing to enter the academy. It was because of him Jiraiya finally relented and accepted his position and gave up most of his researching. Naruto was at one time from age the age four to the age of six was homeless and malnourished up until Hiruzen and Kakashi who was then an ANBU captain going by wolf found him in an alley beaten and half dead on his birthday. That day was also the day they found out the orphanage had put him out for no reason. And it was that day Jiraiya who when he was told nearly had a fit of rage that would have made Orochimaru and Tsunade shake in fear. And that was when he took over for his old teacher. Back to Naruto the last year of his life has been the greatest. In one year with Jiraiya he learned how to read, write, do calligraphy, and channel chakra. And he also learned how to walk on trees and was working on water and he trained in basic taijutsu taught in the original academy curriculum. In his spare time he spent his days reading and playing with Kakashi Hatake, Shisui Uchiha, and Asuma Sarutobi. All three saw that Naruto had the potential to be the strongest ninja since the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and said man's rival Madara Uchiha. Though they never told him that, they would always praise him for his successes. It was thanks to this that we see Naruto standing at about 4ft 7" inches tall and about 85 pounds with blonde spiky hair and whisker marks on both cheeks and his dual eye color the left being blue and right being violet. He was wearing a black Anbu style jumpsuit with a blue stripe going down the shoulder to the ankle. He also wore black steel toed combat boots and black and blue sweat jacket. On his back were two wakizashi he had been training with for about two months under the watchful eye of Shisui who like the rest of Naruto's friends had to train him in secret. The reason that those three plus Gai on occasion were training him was because of his burden of holding the nine-tailed fox spirit inside of him something he does not even know about yet. And for his own sake they wanted him to be strong enough to defend himself from anything and anybody and lastly he needed to be able to keep up with the clan heirs of the village. So Naruto thinking about all the things that had transpired in the past year could only smile in happiness. Seeing people enter the academy he marched in with a purpose, hearing how loud it was he had to pause in amazement he had never associated with normal kids and as such was very surprised at how they acted. But luckily for him he recognized the clan heirs and was friends with most of them. With 4 to be exact the first was Shikamaru Nara who he played with over the past year when his father meet with Jiraiya. Shikamaru was a lazy but nice boy with a pineapple hair style he was wearing a uniform similar to his dads nowadays. Then there was Kiba Inuzuka who was the heir to the Inuzuka clan he had spiky brown hair and feral features like slit eyes and pronounced canines. He was a kind boy who took friendship seriously believing in the pack mentality not unlike his clan. He wore grey shorts, white shirt, grey pants, and blue sandals. The third young man was actually a Kaguya named Torch; he was brought to the leaf about two years prior when his parents were killed in the attack on the Hidden Mist Village by his clan. He was carried by a merchant from the Leaf Village who was on business there. It was a blessing Torch was even found and then he lied about why he was alone in fear of being turned in. When he arrived he was relieved to find out he could stay with the man and his wife. As it turned out the man was not only a merchant but a retired Jonin ninja. It was he who trained him in the basics of the shinobi and it was found out later that the old man knew exactly what clan Torch belonged to. Now Torch was a bit different than most Kaguya as far as appearance went he was taller than average for his age, next he had blue hair instead brown, and his skin was a dark tan, his eyes were grey instead of onyx or brown, his teeth were like a shark and he was able to partially transform his body to that of a shark. It was this along with not being a pureblooded Kaguya that made him and his mother an outcast. But he did find love in his now stable home and when he met his first friend Naruto at the Ramen stand it was smooth sailing for him. He is loyal, kind, smart, and believes in friendship. They too have been friends for a year now. Finally was a boy named Shino Aburame, he was tall and was usually if not all the time very quiet. He wore a grey trench coat with T-shirt underneath with khaki pants with a black stripe going down the middle, to complete the look he wore black shades on his face and black combat boots. He met Naruto when he was being made fun of because he played with bugs at the park. Shino was the first kid to understand Naruto in the since of being different. Shino was also one of the few kids allowed by their parents to play with young Naruto. So with these friends Naruto had a foundation and some stability in his own age group. This group would be his undying supporters in his long time goal of being Hokage. We now find ourselves in the back row of the filled class room seeing Naruto seated with his friends he was smiling up until he saw a certain Uchiha and his fan girl entourage. You see Sasuke unlike his brother Itachi and cousin Shisui he was arrogant and felt entitled not unlike the majority of his clan. And much to Naruto's dismay he acted like a complete ass. You see he met Sasuke when they were 5 years old when he saw Sasuke playing with a toy he was with his mother who gave Naruto money for food and clothes to the Hokage for him though he did not know it. But what he did know was that when he would see her she was nice it that day was no different except she was with her son. So Naruto approaching asked could he play with him. But when Sasuke went to say ok, still looking down at his toy he looked up and said to leave him alone and kept calling him a demon. This of course got Sasuke a punishment of no toy and no dinner. Sasuke of course not used to being punished was from then on hell bent on holding a grudge against him, in fact Sasuke used to ask some clan members who worked in the police force to openly pin crimes on him in public. It lasted till Hiruzen got wind of it and had Itachi and Shisui look into the accusations. When they found out who was responsible both were surprised to see that it was Itachi's fathers second-in-command Rom Uchiha, who was a strong member of the clan right behind his father. When the two found out they immediately confronted Rom and quickly detained him. When asked why or who ordered these things done to Naruto he would not tell because he did it to make the boy pay for all the Uchiha he killed during the Nine-Tails attack all those years ago, of course this was kept from Naruto so he would not hate all Uchiha and it worked well, especially when Itachi and Shisui started going out their way to help the boy openly. But this outcome only made young Sasuke hate the boy even more, so much in fact that he began plotting Naruto's down fall. But we will see in the future if it is a success or an utter failure, now back to Naruto and the academy. In the academy Naruto sat with his friends ignoring the glares he received from the civilian kids, Sasuke, and his fan-girls. Sitting next to Torch who was glad Naruto decided to join the academy he then said to Naruto.

"Hey man glad you could join us here, how has master Jiraiya been treating you." He finished smiling.

"Very well, in fact when I graduate I can help pick my team, so fellas be prepared to join the ultimate 8 man team." He said whispering to his group of friends.

"That's impossible; there has never been an 8 man team." Said Shikamaru.

"That's right but we can make it happen and I already know who wants to lead it three people in fact one being Jiraiya the other being Shisui Uchiha and finally a friend of my Godfather Toba Gekkou father of Hayate Gekkou both world renowned swordsman. We will have to keep quiet about it though hence why I am whispering to the whole time. And it is a bonus being considered undesirable by the rest of the class so we are essentially alone. Now we should probably stop talking since the teacher just entered the class room." Naruto said seriously and up front were there new teachers. One Iruka Umino who had a very large scar across his face he also had brown hair styled similar to Shikamaru he wore the standard chunin uniform and leaf head band. Next to him was Aoba Yamashiro he looked to be related to the Aburame though he was not and he even wore the black shades goggle combo not unlike Shino. He finished his look by also wearing the standard Chunin uniform. Lastly was someone Naruto knew from when he was 5 years old he was tall and built like a bear. He was Jonin and head of the torture and interrogation department and one of Naruto's care takers when Hiruzen was Hokage, his name was Ibiki Morino a man feared all over the elemental nations as the mind breaker, they were the main teachers, the other teachers were specialist in each field of ninja study with a few well known ninja such Ko' Hyuga, Tsume Inuzuka Kiba's mother, Inoichi Yamanaka, Kurenai Yuhi, Hayate Gekkou, Genma Shiranui, legendary assassin only known as Red Bolt who was said to be trained by Jiraiya himself and only his gender is known and the red lightning bolt he leaves on his victims, and finally Anko Mitarashi and Kato Varr both being poison specialist and torture specialist and Kato being one of the best medical ninjas in the world. With this line up of teachers and some outside help from the ANBU black ops the students would either shine or be snuffed out. With a few introductions Ibiki being the Jonin Headmaster said.

"Now everyone you know who each other and that's good you know who we are now that is even better. But to survive till the end of this you will need each other and yourselves. The physical training will be brutal and mental strain great, but I promise you if you follow us for the duration you will have if nothing else skills to survive and at best the respect of the entire world. Now everyone outside today and until 3 years from now you will build stamina, strength, dexterity, and agility and many other physical attributes. And outside they went Naruto and his friends leading the pack, which surprised Sasuke who was expecting them to stay behind since they were considered outcast amongst the clan heirs, even the Kaguya who would one day rebuild his clan in the Leaf Village was considered an heir and to Sasuke he was the only one he considered a threat due to his clans reputation of being warriors. Little did Sasuke know was that a certain blonde would be the one to watch for. With Naruto and his friends they arrived to the training field to see several different types of body weights everything from leg weights to vest. Seeing everyone arrive to the field Ibiki and a grinning Genma and Ko' along with Aoba. Seeing everyone standing in rows Genma said.

"What we have in front of you are training weights, they are an older method of training but proven the most effective outside of resistance seals. They will develop your body, endurance, speed, and your overall physique. We will start with a total weight of 55 pounds. You will wear these at all times except when sleeping and bathing. You will start today and for the next six months following this training regime. It consists of 3 miles of running, 3 sets of 1,000 pushups, 3 sets of 1,000 jump ropes, followed by strength training and cardio. When the six months are up we will increase the weight by 50 pounds. Also with in this first six months we will see who is really cut out for being a ninja and not some wannabe now begin. And ran they did with Naruto, Torch, Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino leading. In the back was Shikamaru who was helping Choji Akimichi a portly young man built like a Sumo wrestler and like his family he ate a lot. But he was strong and kind though lacking in confidence. With him also in the back was an uppity civilian girl named Sakura Haruno who had pink hair. She was making fun of Choji by saying he was slow and fat, and that he would never be like her Sasuke. With her in the insults were Sasuke's other weak fan-girls. Only one young girl did not insult the boy but she was too scared and timid to defend him for fear of being turned on. Her name was Hinata Hyuga heiress to the Hyuga clan. She was a pretty young lady with dark blue almost black hair, and white eyes like all Hyuga. In the middle of the group of Ninjas was another fan-girl named Ino Yamanaka the daughter of Inoichi and heiress of her clan as well she had light blonde hair almost yellow and teal eyes. She was spoiled, arrogant, stuck up, and infatuated with Sasuke but had sense enough to know that he respected power since his mother was considered the strongest Kunoichi in the village since Tsunade Senju and Kushina Uzumaki. So unlike the rest of the girls she would not complain but endure the training. As the groups ran several people quit outright, while others continued on by the end of it all the 200 academy students were down to 150 and the teachers knew they would probably have about half of them by the end of the five years. With that being said Naruto and his friends knew they had a lot of work to do but also knew they could hack it. Naruto of course kept quiet about the extra weight seals he had on his body making his total weight 95 pounds it was unknown to him at the time but it was thanks to the nine-tailed fox that he was able to carry such heavy loads without a huge strain. In reality he could have carried more about 50 pounds more, but not wanting to seem too strong he kept all those things to himself knowing every ninja has secrets even from friends.

(Time skip 1 year)

It had been a year since Naruto and his crew now called by the instructors as the "Juggernauts" because of their physical development they for their age were very muscular and had very little baby fat. The group of young men had maintained the same attire except for Torch who started to sport a black version of his clans clothing and red sash going down across his chest. The boys including Sasuke lead the class with only Naruto, Torch, and Sasuke being undisputed as the strongest ninja in the academy. In fact the class itself respected all three boys, to the point people tried to emulate them. In the first six months it was easily seen that Naruto and his team and Sasuke would be candidates for early graduation the next year. Unknown to the people instructor or student was that the "Juggernauts" would stick out the academy the full five years in order to refine their skills. Now we find ourselves sitting at Naruto's place with his friends, in the time between entering and finishing his first year of the academy Naruto asked could he have his own place. Jiraiya of course agreed on the condition that Naruto continue his training with his secret tutors. With a solid promise Naruto now lived in a spacious condo. His friends were increasing their training outside of the academy as well with Torch learning how to wield his bones and water walking. Kiba was learning how to work with his new partner a dog named Akamaru he was small for a ninja hound puppy but had a big spirit; he was white with brown ears. Shino was now allowed to have his own hive of Kikaichu Beetles; he was also dabbling in wielding tonfa. Shikamaru had finally stopped being so lazy though he still lacked enthusiasm most of the time. He was considered the smartest student in the class as well as its brightest tactician. Now we find ourselves sitting at in Naruto's dining room with his best friends they not only grew closer as friends but also confidants. And in the 1 year of training together they shared most secretes amongst each other, and Naruto had a large one. It had been a month ago today that Naruto found out why he was ostracized by most of the villagers and who his parents were Jiraiya deeming him ready told him. When he found out he was surprisingly calm only crying a little bit, but he was overjoyed to know he had parents who cared for him so much that they died for him. And even though when he heard that his father had sealed the Nine-tails within him, he understood because he understood what being the Hokage entailed and why he had to do it. Now it was time for Naruto to tell his closest friends the very secret he was told about himself. So telling everyone to quiet down he said.

"Hey fellas I have something very important to say to you all. You are my closest friend's brothers in fact and I think you should know."

"Know what?" asked Torch.

"That I hold the Nine-tailed fox spirit, and that I am the son of the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze and the Red Death Kushina Uzumaki. Both died saving the village and sealing the fox inside of me. I guess it is why I am so physically adept and have such large chakra and stamina reserves. I also wish to tell you that I have been training in secret with some of the villages top Jonin and ANBU because of these very circumstances. If not for fate putting Jiraiya in my life I would be so far behind its crazy. I guess I was meant to replace my father as the strongest Ninja in the leaf village's history. But I cannot do that alone I need friends and allies, but if you guys decide not to stay friends with me I can understand." Naruto said still keeping eye contact.

"Well Naruto that is big news and I am not going to leave you as a friend now when you need me and I need you we are brothers plain and simple." Said Shikamaru "And one other thing I already knew who your father was I just did not want to say anything if I was wrong." Then there was Kiba who said.

"Naruto this is a pack and as much as I hate to admit it you are the Alpha. And a pack is a family and no one in a family judges another, especially when the circumstances are out of their control. So in short Naruto I may not like the Nine-Tails but you are not him and I see you as my brother as well, I am with you till the end." Kiba finished with Akamaru yipping. Then Torch spoke

"Yes Naruto I too do not care about what you hold. I myself know what it feels like to be different hell I can use my skeleton as a weapon it is quite a weird thing to see. So I understand your struggle." Torch finished, and then Shino spoke finally more surprised about Naruto's heritage than what he held inside of him. After hearing every ones piece he said.

"Naruto like Shikamaru having an idea about your heritage I had an idea about you holding something. It was after I gained my hive in the beginning my Kikaichu sensed a great and oppressive chakra inside of you as well as a great and pure chakra and one unknown chakra almost unnatural holy even. It seemed to be balancing the other two, but I will explain what I felt in more detail after I say this. I am your friend and like the rest consider you my brother and if you need a helping hand in any goal justifiable I will assist you hands down." Shino finished actually smirking which surprised the others. Seeing this Naruto asked the crew to meet him in the living room when they got there they saw Naruto unseal 3 weapons. The first weapon had Kiba engraved on it, it was a pair of blue steel bracer wrist blades that had two types of blades, the first set of blades which were on the outer wrist were three curved blades, on the top were two sharp assassin blades it was made by a friend of Jiraiya. The next weapon was engraved Shikamaru, it was actually a spear that could extend or retract with tap of button it was black with a blue steel spear head on the end. Finally there was Shino which like everyone else saw his weapon with his named engraved on it. It was a pair of black Tonfa made with a special wood from the Forest of Death they were black with a silver and gold handles and Steel retractable spear heads at the tips the wood it was made from was said to be made by Hashirama Senju's wood style jutsu making it chakra conductive and strong as steel. Though Naruto had no proof of the chakra conductive portion, seeing every body's faces he said.

"Well fellas what do you think?"

"Very nice Naruto I love them the wrist blades will surely increase Akamaru and I's effectiveness." Said Kiba.

"I agree I will be able to attack and defend as well as cast longer and larger shadows. Thank you Naruto." Shikamaru said smiling giving Naruto a high five. Finally Shino who responded by saying,

"Yes Naruto this will increase my strength and allow for surprise in the future. Since most people think of and believe Aburame are long range fighters. This will surely turn the tide."

"You are welcome and Torch I asked Jiraiya about finding you some of your clan's jutsu and having a wardrobe of clothes that self-repair. So it will be a while, same goes for me I am having some swords made special for my birthday and some sets of armor design for when we graduate the academy to identify us as the Juggernauts. Now what should we do next watch a movie or train some it would be beneficial either way, the movie I have is actually a documentary on leading and controlling the battle field. So make a pick I do not care." He said waiting for a mask.

"How about both, since joining the academy my parents have removed my curfew." Said Shikamaru, surprising everyone since they all heard or knew of his mom and her violent nature when told no. Naruto was actually honest with Shikamaru one day saying if having a mom meant living in fear because of her mood swings he was glad he did not have one. Shikamaru did not even argue saying it was too troublesome to argue with the truth but he still loved her if for no other reason because she helped give him life. The next affirmative came from Shino who simply said he too no longer had a curfew. And then there was Torch and Kiba who said they never had one after joining the academy either. So with that they sat down and watched the movie and about two hours later they were outside training in the two years of training with Shisui, Kakashi, Asuma, and on occasion Guy he learned how to adapt to different styles of combat. Asuma used the "Monkey fist", Kakashi utilized the "Strong Fist", "white saber fist" of the Hatake, and the Uchiha "Interceptor fist", Shisui used his own variant of the Uchiha Interceptor dubbed the "Disappearing Fist". And finally there was Guy and his absolute mastery of the "Strong Fist". Naruto was learning from them all. But he mostly focused on learning the "Strong fist", "Monkey fist", and "white saber fist", due to them allowing you more freedom to add to them and make them your own. Shikamaru however went through his clans taijutsu library and found a style he just had to learn it was called the "Leaping Deer" it was an old style but extremely effective in disabling many opponents in conjunction with shadow manipulation. Then Torch who now knew how to summon his bones at will was learning how to use a hybrid style Kaguya taijutsu he developed from the little knowledge he gained while in the Mist Village it was the larch dance and camellia dance the only two attacks he knew. He was combining them with the style of "lightning fist" which was used by his adoptive father the great Bo Yao a world renowned lightning wielder said to rival the 3rd Raikage in sheer control and refinement of the element. That was until he was injured in a battle against the 3rd Tsuchikage Ohnoki of the scales' son Kitsuchi. The battle went down in history as a turning point because even though Bo lost he still managed to cripple the old Tsuchikages' son and kill one of top generals. But it cost him because he used on of his strongest jutsu that caused him to lose a hand and sight in one eye and almost destroyed his chakra network to the point he would be Jonin only in title and chakra levels to the degree of only a chunin. But he passed on the knowledge to his new son and it fit him like a glove in conjunction with his Bone Pulse. He was fast, strong, flexible, and his body had great durability. Up next was Kiba who used his deceased fathers taijutsu called the "Wolfs Might", it consisted of the use of great speed, agility, and strength. It was a style that was meant to attack and defend at the same time in conjunction with a canine partner. It also had to be used with a great sense of awareness meaning not only using your sense of smell and hearing but eye sight and touch. Finally, using a long discarded style by his now almost strictly long range fighting clan was Shino who was learning the style simply called the "Fire Ant style". It was made for the sole purpose of being able to fight opponents in greater numbers or larger than you. It required strength training and great timing and knowledge of the anatomy. Because ants can attack in groups of millions and if need be fight alone. But it still relied on the use of insects which from what he read should be ants if available if not beetles would suffice. But as of now he was still in the stages of mastering the Kata and the physical training. The boys had made great strides as a group and as individuals. They trained in the way similar to that of the ANBU in which you learned each other's habits and covered each other's weaknesses and strengths playing off of both. Naruto and Torch were probably the best-rounded of the group being to fight at most distances and adapt to most physical obstacles. Right now Naruto and Torch were fighting each other in Taijutsu with the weights still on as ordered by their teachers, but Naruto was having an easier time fighting at such heavy weights due to the Fox inside of him making his fight with the Kaguya a little easier since Torch was using bones in conjunction with his taijutsu making Naruto have to dodge quite a bit to avoid being caught by one of the wrist blades. It was a fight that lasted about 15 minutes. When Naruto would throw a punch Torch would counter and when Torch would use a kick Naruto would kick as well making offense a defense. It was a tight fight but eventually one would have to screw up and it happened in the form of Torch going for a right high kick to the face it was dodged by Naruto who jumped in the air flipping over twice and coming down for a third spin and delivered a wicked ax kick to the top of Torch's head effectively putting him on the ground. It was a beautiful move, and it made Torch concede the fight after a winded recovery. It surprised Torch that even with his bones near indestructible armor ability his head was still ringing. It was just baffling at how physically strong Naruto had gotten in two years. Seeing that he and Naruto's battle was completed they watched as Kiba and Akamaru worked on the fifth form of his father's 20 form style which involved sending chakra to the arms and legs while on all fours to allow for super dashes. This would allow the user to cover short distances while maintaining some form of control over their speed. It took time to develop the timing and chakra control necessary but Kiba knew it would pay off. Next were Shikamaru and Shino who were for lack of a better word rivals in intellect and physical prowess with one Shikamaru being smarter slightly and Shino physically more adept. It was a short battle compared to Naruto and Torch's but it was interesting to watch seeing Shikamaru leap in a deer like manner while still keeping control in the air falling down with his foot aimed for Shino and his Tonfa wielding left hand. It was nice move but unfortunately it did not pay of when Shino moved away all of a sudden causing Shikamaru to redirect himself while falling to avoid injury upon contact with the ground. It was just then that Shino moved in swinging his Tonfa down towards Shikamaru's shoulder trying to dislocate it but Shikamaru saw it and dodged reaching for his spear on his back and brought it forward to try and surprise Shino with his sudden use of the weapon. It would have worked had Shino not brought up said weapons in a defensive manner but this also pushed him against a tree behind him making his escape impossible seeing no way out Shino said

"I forfeit, you once again have used the battlefield to your advantage I feel stupid for not noticing that tree." He finished.

"Yeah well I was getting a bit nervous myself when you kept reading my moves I guess it was not wise to use a weapon I have very little knowledge on. While you know how to use your Tonfa's very effectively, so thanks for the match I learned a lot." He said finishing dusting himself with the night still young they continued training right up until 2:00 a.m. they then went back to Naruto's condo and crashed on the couch resting for the academy the next day.