"Why do they always come after me? What did I ever do to them?" wondered Naruto as he ran away from the mob that was chasing him. He had just been kicked out of the orphanage and was wondering the streets when a mob of people appeared and started to chase them. They kept calling him a demon and wanted revenge for him killing their family and friends, but he was only five and couldn't remember ever killing anybody.
"Get back here demon brat," yelled a man with a bat. Naruto just kept running, but soon found himself cornered because he made a wrong turn into an alley.
"Time to make you pay demon and finish what the fourth started," yelled the man leading the mob before they all started to beat Naruto. Naruto just screamed in pain as he was beat all over and he felt many of his bones break under the intense beating. Soon he stopped feeling any pain and opened his eyes to find himself in a dark place with sewer water everywhere. He noticed a bright red light coming from deep within the place and headed towards it. Naruto found himself staring into a huge cage with a large seal keeping the red light from getting out. He didn't get to explore it further before a booming voice interrupted him.
"I see my jailor has finally come to visit," said a voice coming into view. Naruto just watched as a tall muscular man with long red hair came into view staring at Naruto.
"Who are you?" asked Naruto.
"I am the demon that the fourth sealed inside of you," said the man.
"What are you talking about?" asked Naruto confused.
"Five years ago, the legendary Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked Konoha," said the man before Naruto interrupted him.
"Yeah, but the old man told me the fourth gave his life and killed the demon," said Naruto remembering his favorite story. The fourth was his idol and he hoped one day to be just like the man.
"Wrong the fourth wasn't able to kill the demon, so he was forced to seal it inside a child. You are that child he chose to seal it in and I am the Kyuubi," said the man. Naruto just stared at the man in disbelief before tears started to run down his face. It all made sense now, the people beat him because he was nothing but a demon.
"Boy, you will not cry in my presence," said Kyuubi angrily.
"What do you care," sniffed Naruto as he wiped his eyes.
"You are not a demon, you are merely a container nothing more, nothing less," said Kyuubi.
"So I'm not a demon," said Naruto hopefully.
"Isn't that what I just said," replied Kyuubi.
"Yes," said Naruto a bit happier hearing that news.
"Good, now I brought you here to make a deal with you," said Kyuubi catching Naruto's attention.
"Deal?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, you see I refuse to be stuck in this cage any longer so one of two things can happen. You accept my offer and we work together or you refuse and I force you to work with me," said Kyuubi.
"What is it you are planning to do to me?" asked Naruto scared.
"Fine, I will explain to you what I have planned before I give you the choice to decide. This seal is designed to drain my energy slowly and give it to you, which is why you have abnormally high stamina and chakra for a boy your age," said Kyuubi.
"Oh, but you didn't tell me what you are planning," said Naruto with a smile.
"You're smarter then you look, but you're right I didn't tell you what I was planning. What I am planning on doing is merging us together now so that instead of you just draining me over the years, I will just merge with you now," said Kyuubi.
"What will happen to me when we merge?" asked Naruto worried.
"Essentially, you'll become more powerful and gain my demonic energy and gain some new abilities, but you won't get any of my tails. I will be able to feel what you feel, see what you see, and all that crap, which is good for me because I refuse to be trapped in a cage any longer," replied Kyuubi.
"Ok, I guess I have to agree because you said you would do it anyway," said Naruto.
"Good, rip off half of that seal and I will do the rest," said Kyuubi. Naruto just nodded his head before going over to the seal and tearing it in half. He didn't get to ask the Kyuubi what he was supposed to do next, before he was hit by a powerful energy and he could feel it changing him.
Outside with the mob
The mob had been beating Naruto for a good ten minutes now and were about to finish the boy off, but a powerful blast of red chakra that sent them all running away in fear. If anyone had been watching the seen, they would have seen Naruto being changed by the chakra. His hair started to grow longer, his nails became more claw-like, and he gained more muscle mass. The transformation only took about thirty seconds, the red chakra disappeared completely, and Naruto woke up. Naruto woke up, found out the mob was gone, and best of all he seemed to be in perfect health.
"I want you to get out of the village boy, and don't even think about telling that old man what happened to you," said a voice in Naruto's head.,"
"Kyuubi?" asked Naruto.
"Yes it is me, but don't speak out loud, just speak in your mind," said Kyuubi.
'Sorry, but why can't I tell the old man?' asked Naruto not wanting to lie to the only person who cared for him.
"You are now a half-demon, and whether you like it or not the old man will have to keep a closer eye on you if he finds it out. Besides, you are already hated enough for something you didn't do and if words get out you actually have become part demon then you will truly be hunted by the villagers," said Kyuubi.
'Ok,' said Naruto even thought he didn't like but he knew that the villagers would only hate him more.
"
Break
'Ok, I am outside of the village,' thought Naruto as he continued to go deep into the forest. After ten minutes of running, Kyuubi finally told Naruto to stop and sit down.
"Now listen carefully because I am only going to explain it to you once got it?" said Kyuubi causing Naruto to nod his head in reply.
"Now since we have merged together your body has changed including your ability to use chakra and such. When we merged I decided to give you demonic chakra as your main source of chakra instead of your pathetic human chakra. What this means is that you won't be able to perform many jutsu except for the mere basics, but in exchange you get something much more powerful," said Kyuubi.
'If I can't use jutsu how will I be able to become a ninja,' thought Naruto sadly.
"Boy, I have given you a way to become much more powerful then any human could hope to be. Besides, I did say you would be able to use the basic jutsu and who knows there might be some other techniques out there you might be able to master, but that will have to wait until later. Another thing besides losing most of your human chakra, is that now that you're part demon, you're mind is much more advanced then any human, which means you can learn at a very rapid pace," said Kyuubi.
'Awesome,' thought Naruto. He was happy to hear that because adults were always calling him stupid and dumb and now he could prove them wrong.
'It seems you have inherited the abilities of a one of my ancestors,' said Kyuubi surprised.
'Really, what is it? I hope it is something cool,' thought Naruto excited.
"
2 Years Later
Naruto was now 7-years-old and he had learned much from Kyuubi in the past two years. He could now easily access his demonic chakra without alerting the whole village and he was able to use his human chakra to some degree. The main thing he trained was his mind and stealth. Kyuubi believed that using one mind was the single greatest weapon that a person could use in a battle. That being said, he forced Naruto to steal books on shinobi tactics and even made Naruto learn shogi so that they could play in his mindscape to test Naruto's strategy skills.
For stealth, Naruto was forced to learn how to mask his presence completely so that he could travel around undetected. Right now, he was able to sneak by Chuunin level ninja, but he still couldn't get by any jounin level ninja without being caught. To increase his ability at escaping when he was caught, Kyuubi had him train with weights on all the time to increase his speed. Naruto was a half-demon so his muscles were much more developed then any human his age or that of those a few years older then him so he was able to push his body further then any normal kid his age. Right now, Naruto was wearing 50 pounds on each limp and he was at high genin level speed.
Kyuubi still hadn't taught Naruto any of his special demonic abilities, but he promised to start to teach him this year. The most interesting that happened to him in the past two years was when the Sandaime confronted him one day after he was training on controlling his demonic chakra.
Flashback
"Hello Naruto-kun, interesting training exercise you have there," said the Sandaime as he walked into the clearing surprising Naruto.
"Old man, when did you get here and how much did you see?" asked Naruto worried.
"I have watched you for a few days now Naruto-kun," said the Sandaime taking a puff from his pipe.
"I guess I have some explaining to do," said Naruto sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yes you do," said the Sandaime. Naruto then went to explain to the Sandaime what happened to him a year ago and how he was no longer fully human. When he finished his story, he just waited to hear what the old man had to say.
"That is an interesting story, I don't like how you made a deal with Kyuubi, but I understand you very little choice in the matter," said the Sandaime.
"You won't tell anyone will you, I mean the villagers hate me enough as it is," said Naruto worried.
"I won't tell anybody your secret, but you will have to be extra careful because if word to get out, I don't think I will be able to stop the council from issuing you execution," said the Sandaime grimly.
"I promise to be extra careful," said Naruto with a smile.
"Good, I must be going now, but I will be keeping an eye on you," said the Sandaime before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
'You see, I knew we could trust the old man Kyuubi-sama,' thought Naruto with a smile.
'
End Flashback'It is time for you to learn of your demonic abilities and how to use them,' said Kyuubi as Naruto arrived at his usual training spot.
'Yeah, finally something new,' thought Naruto excited.
'Quiet down and listen to what I have to say. Now, after checking over to make sure that I was mistaken about the abilities you inherited and you have inherited my ancestors trait over plants,' said Kyuubi.
'Plants?' thought Naruto unimpressed.
'Do not underestimate this talent,' growled Kyuubi before he implanted memories of how plants could be used in and out of battle. Naruto was amazed at how deadly and helpful could be depending on how they were used. He apologized to Kyuubi right away and eagerly waited for Kyuubi to start teaching him.
'Now, I want you to focus on materializing a small seed in your hand using your demonic chakra,' said Kyuubi. Naruto just nodded his head before he focused on making a seed with his demonic energy. Surprisingly, to both Kyuubi and Naruto, he was able to materialize on small seed on his first try.
'Wow, I did it,' said Naruto amazed.
"Good job, now I want you to focus your demonic chakra into the seed and make it grow into a rose," said Kyuubi.
'Ok here goes nothing,' thought Naruto before channeling his demonic chakra into the seed. Once again, Naruto managed to have complete success on his first try and watched as the seed turned into a beautiful rose.
"
Two Years Later
Naruto was now 9-years-old and he was very powerful for someone at his age. Of course, he hid his talents well so that no one knew about his true abilities except for the Sandaime. The Sandaime even said he was a prodigy because of how fast he took things in and how strong he had become. He could now control his demonic chakra perfectly, which led to him be able to even be able to conceal himself from ANBU level ninja. His speed has increased dramatically too because he now had 200 pounds of weights on each limb. Kyuubi was actually impressed with all the progress he was making with Naruto, but he still wanted Naruto to become even more powerful. He wanted the world to fear his vessel so that is why Naruto was sitting in the Hokage's office at the moment.
"Hello Naruto-kun, what can I do for you?" asked the Sandaime.
"Well I was wondering if I could join your ninja ranks as a hunter-nin," asked Naruto. The Sandaime just raised an eyebrow at that and took a puff from his pipe before answering Naruto.
"I take it Kyuubi wants you to get some real life battle experience," replied the Sandaime.
"Yes, I mean I have snuck out of the village a few times to fight bandits and such, but Kyuubi said that wasn't enough," said Naruto. The Sandaime knew all about Naruto's sneaking out of the village because he had been getting reports that someone with the ability to control plants, has been helping nearby towns with their bandits problems. He didn't like that Naruto had killed at such a young age, but he couldn't stop him so he let it go and made sure that Naruto always came back safe.
"I see, well usually I wouldn't consider by saying you're too young and still in the academy, but then again I do know that you're average kid," said the Sandaime thoughtfully.
"Does that mean you'll let me become a hunter-nin?" asked Naruto hopefully. A hunter-nin isn't exactly what Naruto wanted to become, but over the years he had become much wiser and smarter. He realized that the chances of becoming Hokage were slim to none because of how the council and villagers felt about him, but that didn't mean he would give up trying. He would just try to become Hokage a different way, and becoming a hunter-nin was the perfect way to make a reputation for himself and get people to respect him. Hunter-nin, were trained to be more elite then even ANBU because they had to be able to put down all different levels of ninjas. They were also very respected, but the main reason he wanted to be a hunter-nin was that most hunter-nin identities were kept secret and only the Hokage would know his identity. It was the perfect way to gain respect through the ninja ranks without people trying to impede his way because they wouldn't know who he was to begin with. The killing part wasn't even a problem because Kyuubi had drilled him on that matter intensely because he refused to train a cry-baby.
"Naruto you are powerful enough to give any jounin a run for their money, but are you sure this is what you want to do?" asked the Sandaime.
"Yes," replied Naruto seriously.
"I will make you a hunter-nin and you will only take missions I assign you, but you will have to repay me in the future," said the Sandaime with a smirk.
"Deal," said Naruto happily.
"Good, you will start tomorrow. I will personally show you to the hunter-nin headquarters and show you how everything works," said the Sandaime before dismissing Naruto.
"
1 Year Later
Naruto had been a hunter-nin for the past year now and he was the best hunter-nin that Konoha had to offer. He had never failed to complete a mission and he was feared by many ninjas from all over because of his reputation. The reason he was feared was by missing-ninjas was not only that he never failed a mission, but also because he barely ever used any type of ninjutsu or genjutsu to take down his targets. The reason that he didn't use ninjutsu and genjutsu often was because his demon chakra was too chaotic to be used for human jutsu. There were a few jutsu that he had taken his time to master, but mostly he just used his demonic abilities and taijutsu skills to beat his opponents.
Of course, this was why he was currently on the run and from his own village nonetheless. Somehow, someone found out his true identity and told the council. They demanded that he be executed right away because he was considered to be too big of a threat, even though he was clearly loyal to Konoha. If it weren't for Danzou, the Sandaime might have been able to convince the council he wasn't a threat to Konoha's safety, but the leader of the Roots was easily able to manipulate the majority of the council to pass for his execution.
Flashback
"Naruto, I am sorry, but I have failed to stop the council from taking action. Tomorrow, they will send a team of ANBU to bring you in and then publicly execute you," said the Sandaime with a sad look on his face. Naruto knew the old man had tried his best and was thankful for that.
"I understand, I will leave the village right away, but first I must finish some business. I am going to take care of something for you, think of it my way of saying thanks for always believing in me," said Naruto before bowing to the old man and then disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
'The Sandaime should be learning about my gift right about now,' thought Naruto with a smirk as he continued to leap through the trees.
With the Sandaime
"Hokage-sama, we have urgent news," said an ANBU appearing in his office.
"Yes I know, Yoko has run away from the village," said the Sandaime tired. He had been getting reports all day about how Yoko (Naruto's secret identity) had escaped the grasp of Danzou's ANBU team and was now heading for the borders of the Land of Fire.
"No sir, it is about Danzou," said the ANBU catching the Sandaime's interest.
"What does Danzou want now?" asked the Sandaime.
"The ANBU team that he sent to take in Yoko returned to report to him that Yoko had escaped, but they found Danzou dead with some type of plant growing out of his body. It seems Yoko killed Danzou before he left the village," said the ANBU.
"I see, I will gather the council right away. You are dismissed," said the Sandaime to the ANBU. The ANBU just bowed before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. The Sandaime then stood up and stared into the clear blue sky with a large smile on his face.
'I take it this is you way of saying thanks to me, I must admit I do love the gift,' thought the Sandaime before he sent out some messenger bird to gather the council to tell them the good, um bad news.
Break
Naruto had finally made his way out of the Land of Fire and was now in the Land of Rain. He now didn't have to worry about a team of leaf ANBU following him at the moment because they wouldn't go into another village's territory without proper documentation. All he had to worry about was being found by any Rain nin, but he wasn't the best hunter-nin in the business for nothing and could easily hide his presence. There was another reason he came to the Land of Rain, but he would worry about that later.
'I still need to send the Sandaime a message to let him know that I am ok, before I continue with my mission,' thought Naruto as he traveled through the shadows in his fox form. He wasn't called Yoko for nothing, the first and last thing many of his targets saw was a fairly large silver fox before they died.
1 Week Later
Naruto had sent a message to the Sandaime a couple of days ago through use of a special messenger and had received a reply this morning. The Sandaime was happy to hear he got away safely and then gave him a detailed report on his new mission. Just because Naruto had been declared a missing-nin didn't mean he wasn't still loyal to the Sandaime and Konoha. He knew with Danzou gone, that he just had to lay low for a few years before the Sandaime could clear his name and get him back to Konoha. Until then, Naruto would be given special missions that couldn't be given normally because it would like treason and could start a war with other villages. Now that he was a missing-nin, he technically had no affiliation with any village and could commit acts that would otherwise start a war or be considered treason without any repercussions.
The first mission he was given was to find a boy around his age and recruit him to Konoha's side. The boy was special, because he the first of his clan to survive awakening his bloodline and was currently being trained to be a living weapon. The boy's bloodline was so powerful that many sought him and the boy was always fighting off threats on his life from enemies whom wish to possess him and use him for there ends. The Sandaime had received word that Orochimaru was sending his elite to capture the boy and Naruto was assigned to protect the boy at all costs. Therefore, now Naruto had snuck into Hidden Village of Rain and was heading towards the clan house. He headed straight for the clan house and was surprised to find no guards or anything else. When he got inside the compound, he saw many dead bodies and realized that some of the bodies were sound nin.
'Shit, they got here before me,' thought Naruto as he made his way through the compound. He didn't get too look long before he felt an evil chakra coming from the woods behind the compound and went to go check it out.
Elsewhere
"Give up shit head, you can't beat us," said a red haired girl as she stared down at the small boy that was there target. The boy looked to be about nine-years-old and was wearing a long black cloak. In his right hand, he held a katana that was about the same size as him, but he could wield with deadly efficiency. The thing that made him such a target was the third eye on the middle of his forehead. It was known as the Jagan eye because it was said that the user would be able to control the fires from the pits of hell with the use of the Jagan eye.
"I don't think he is listening to you Tayuya," said Jirobo. The sound four was the elite group of Orochimaru's assassins, but right now, this boy had forced them all to transform into their cursed seal's first form. This was amazing because most ninja they battled could barely handle one of the in their curse seal's first form, but this boy was able to hold off all four of them, five if you count Ukon and Sakon as two different people. It was because of that damn Jagan eye of his that was able to precisely keep up with all their movements and hold them off accordingly by their speed to attack. If the sound four had more teamwork skills they would have easily overcome the boy by now, but each member wanted the satisfaction of bring him in themselves that they fought separately.
"Are you going to stand there and stare all day?" asked the boy as he glared at all of them. He didn't show it, but he was reaching his limit and it was all because of that damn seal on their neck or he would've killed them all by now. He was trained since he was five in all aspects of kenjutsu and fire manipulation. At the age of 7 he activated his bloodline and survived being the first of his clan to live through the activation of their feared bloodline. The Amekage used this opportunity to train the boy in all types of shinobi arts, but found the boy no longer had normal chakra and wouldn't ever be able to use jutsu. This caused the Amekage to get extremely upset because he never believed that the Jagan was purely a demonic bloodline, but it seemed it proved to be when all the boy had at his disposal was a large amount of demonic chakra. He was then trained highly in taijutsu, kenjutsu, and how to use his eyes to it's full potential. By the time he turned 9, he had over 500 assassination and kidnap attempts from outside and inside his own village. Now his small clan was slaughtered by these group of sound nin that came out of nowhere and he was the only one left of his clan.
He didn't get to think more on the matter because the five people he was facing all started to launch their attacks at him, but even though he could read their minds with his eye he didn't have the energy to dodge or counter it. It seemed he was going to be finished off, but then his eyes caught something and soon many plants that had suddenly started to grow out of the ground bound all of his opponents. He then picked up a blur heading towards him, but didn't get a chance to put up a defense before he was knocked out and carried off.
Break
"Ugh," groaned the boy as he sat up slowly.
"Glad to see you're awake, I was getting worried for a moment there," said Naruto looking over at the boy. The boy just looked at Naruto with narrowed eyes and started to slowly stand up, but found he was still quite weak from his last battle.
"Slow it down there, you have been out for a day, and you still haven't regained all your energy yet," said Naruto before tossing the boy some cooked rabbit.
"Here, take some you need to eat something to regain your energy," said Naruto before he returned to staring into the campfire.
"Who are you?" asked the boy still glaring at Naruto. He took a good look at Naruto and activated his Jagan for a slight second to try to read his mind, but what he saw with his eye surprised him. He saw that the boy like him was part demon, but his demonic energy was much larger then his own. The boy also noticed that Naruto seemed to have two separate minds, but he didn't understand how that was possible.
"You may call me Yoko and the reason I am here is to protect you," said Naruto.
"Hn, I don't need protection," said the boy with a sneer.
"Your Jagan eye is powerful, but you have yet to master it and until you do I will protect you because that is the mission I was assigned," said Yoko.
"What do you know about my Jagan eye?" asked the boy suspiciously.
"I know it gives you the power to find whatever you may be looking for, grants you telepathy, hypnosis, and even some clairvoyant abilities. It also gives you the ability to manipulate fire and when mastered control the dark flames from the demon world," said Yoko to the surprise of the boy. Yoko knew that because of Kyuubi he knew more about the boy's eye then anyone else including the boy.
"How do you know all this?" asked the boy curiously.
"Let's just say a little bird told me," said Yoko with a smirk.
"Hn," replied the boy before picking up the cooked rabbit and started to eat.
"So, what is your name boy?" asked Yoko.
"My name is Hiei, and don't call me a boy when you're only a year older then me," said the boy with a sneer.
"Nice too meet you Hiei, from now on I will be your teacher and partner," said Yoko with a smirk.
"I never agreed to either of those," said Hiei.
"No, but if you want me to teach you how to fully master your eye then you will need to stay with me. So you will become my partner or I will teach you nothing," said Yoko seriously.
"What makes you think I can't force it out of you or just learn on my own?" asked Hiei.
"You're welcome to try, but I think you'll take my offer. Think about it and give me an answer in the morning because I am going to bed," said Yoko before leaping into the trees to get some sleep. Hiei just watched him go before staring up into the night sky and thinking over his options.
Next Day
"You come to a decision?" asked Yoko as he jumped down and landed in front of Hiei.
"I will travel with you and become your partner, but you better not hold anything back when teaching me about my Jagan eye," threatened Hiei.
"Good, as a good act of faith here," said Yoko tossing Hiei a medium sized scroll. Hiei caught the scroll easily before he opened it and started to read it. He was surprised by what he read and gave Yoko a curious look.
"Once you master the fires of the mortal world, I will give you your next scroll," said Yoko before taking off into the trees with Hiei following him silently.
'Better the being hunted all the time,' thought Hiei.
Author's Note: Hiei looks just like he does in YYH so don't bug me about a physical description. Naruto looks the same as well, but he no longer has whiskers and his hair is goes down past his shoulders.