Naruto: Shushunin

Disclaimer: This will be a Wakfu X Naruto fanfiction. With that said, I hope you enjoy my literary contribution.

Chapter 0: Summoning

Konohagakure, the Hidden Village of Leaves located in the Land of Fire, is one of the major powers in a world where ninja act as hired mercenaries, law enforcers and even soldiers of war. Guided by its Will of Fire, the belief in which love is the true source of strength which will bring people together and overcome conflict, the village is among the most prosperous and peaceful of the hidden ninja villages. However nothing in the universe is perfect and Konohagakure is no exception to this rule…

An eleven-year old blond boy with sun-tanned skin, cerulean blue eyes and two pairs of three whisker-like birthmarks on his cheeks was grinning in almost manic glee as he completed his latest masterpiece, a homemade summoning contract seal. Having recently found a discarded book at the ninja academy which taught the basics of seals, including summoning contracts, Naruto was eager to make one. Not only do all the awesome ninja, including the Legendary Three and the Fourth Hokage, have summoning contracts of their own but Naruto will also be able to get himself a friend. For a boy who had been alone for as long as he could remember, treated as a pariah by almost everyone in the village with only a precious few exceptions, being able to have a friend alone would convince him to make a summoning contract. Besides, how hard can it be?

Wiping the sweat from his forehead with a bloodied hand, courtesy of using his own blood to make the seal as a replacement of a special kind of ink required to make seals, Naruto grinned at the odd seal he had created. While most seals are circular in shape, his was uniquely diamond-shaped with a broadsword-like cross in the middle. As to why the boy would make the seal that way, thereby opposing common sense when it comes to crafting seals, it was as simple as, "Because it looks awesome!"

Rubbing his hands together, Naruto's grin widened as he recalled the information he got from the admittedly outdated book. "Just write my name on the seal, place my bloody fingerprints onto it and finally add some chakra into it. Easy!" Quickly writing his name beside the seal followed by adding a bloody handprint beside the name, Naruto then took a deep breath and summoned as much chakra as he could, causing a blue glowing aura to radiate from him. Aiming at the centre of the summoning circle, the boy shouted, "Here, I go, dattebayo!"

Releasing that massive burst of chakra into the seal, Naruto was suddenly thrown back as the seal exploded in a flash of light followed by a thick cloud of acrid smoke. Groaning in pain due to the recent physical abuse his body went through, Naruto's eyes widened in amazement as the smoke cleared to reveal a small dagger with a black-coloured hilt, with white horn-like protrusions on the cross guard, a black cross-shape fuller on the double-sided blade and, most unusual, a circular rain guard which seems almost like a closed eye. Looking at the curious dagger, Naruto could not help but wonder what sort of weapon he had just summoned when a voice suddenly spoke from it, "Ugh… What in Rushu's fiery arse just happened? One moment I was watching over that damn Iop's final resting place and the next damn thing I know this happens…" The dagger's circular rain guard then opened to reveal an actual eye which then noticed the boy. Looking annoyed, the dagger rhetorically asked, "I don't suppose you have anything to do with this?"

Gaping at the dagger, Naruto's shock quickly changed into awe as he shouted, "Cool, a talking kunai!"

Insulted, the talking dagger protested, "Kunai? I may not know what kind of puny weapon that is but I'll have you know that I am Rubilax, four elemental Shushu of carnage and destruction!"

Confused, Naruto tilted his head and asked, "Shushu? What's that?"

It was Rubilax's turn to be confused as he asked, "You summoned me to be your possession, against my will no less, and yet you have no bloody idea what a Shushu is? Even Iops know what we are!"

Naruto may not know what an Iop is but even he understood that the Shushu was insulting his intellect, "Hey, I'm still new at making summoning contracts here!"

"Summoning contract? As in an animal summon? The only race I know that would probably do that is the Osamodas and you don't look anything like one. You don't even have horns or a tail much less blue skin and white hair."

Now thoroughly confused, Naruto asked, "Osamodas?"

"Wait, you don't know what an Osamodas is?"

Shaking his head, Naruto answered, "Nope, never heard of them."

"…Where exactly is this place?"

"You're in Konohagakure, the most awesome hidden ninja village in the elemental nations!"

Blinking, Rubilax asked, "Are you saying that this place isn't anywhere on the World of Twelve?"

Naruto wore an incredulous expression as he asked, "World of Twelve? But everyone here calls this world the Ninja World."

"…Brat, give me one Rushu be damned good reason why I should let you wield me." Rubilax eye narrowed dangerously as he dared Naruto to answer.

Although not the brightest person around, Naruto understood that he had somehow crossed the line when he summoned the Shushu. While not above being selfish, the boy's inherently good nature overcame his desire to somehow weasel his way out of the uncomfortable situation as he admitted, "I… just wanted to summon something, anything."

Not satisfied by the boy's answer, Rubilax demanded, "For what?"

Looking as horribly dejected as he felt, the boy explained, "To show everyone that I can be an awesome ninja like my idol, the Fourth Hokage and… to have a friend…"

Peering at the boy for a seemingly long moment, Rubilax then sighed and said, "Alright. I MIGHT let you wield me but first, you must let me possess you."

"Possess me? Why?"

"Think of it as a test to see if you have what it takes to actually be my guardian. Or are you afraid that you don't have what it takes to wield me?"

Not one to ever back down from a challenge or break a promise, Naruto's face was one of conviction as he spoke, "No, I'm going to be the best Hokage this village has ever known and I will pass your test to prove it!" Grabbing into the hilt of the dagger, Naruto glared at the eye and said, "Believe it!"

Looking at the boy, Rubilax mused, "He's just as stubborn as that damn Iop and almost as dumb. This should be interesting…" Rubilax then felt something which seemed almost familiar to him as he asked, "Wait a minute, what the hell does that boy contain inside his stomach?" Rubilax's eye widened in shock as he though, "No way, he has a demon inside of him and he's not under its possession!" At that moment, Rubilax decided to investigate the apparently imprisoned demon inside the boy…

Scene Change

A giant nine-tailed fox demon, was slumbering within its prison when it suddenly felt an outside presence. Opening one crimson eye, the fox quickly became fully awake as it saw a stone-skinned, lava-veined and muscular humanoid demon with blank white eyes, horns on his head, a prominent lower jaw as well a pair of bony protrusions on his back. Glaring at the unknown intruder standing outside its prison, the demonic fox growled, "Who are you and what are you doing inside that brat?"

Crossing his arms, the humanoid demon replied, "I should be the one asking that question, furball."

The fox's eye twitched in annoyance as it growled, "I am Kurama, the Kyuubi no Youko and mightiest of the Bijuu and I demand an answer!"

The stone-skinned demon wore an expression of amusement as he quipped, "For a mighty demon, you sure look more like a kid's housebroken pet."

Slamming its clawed hands against the bars of its prison, the demon fox named Kurama howled, "You dare mock me?"

"I dare because I am Rubilax, four elemental Shushu of carnage and destruction and the only one that dared to challenge my own god, Rushu, alongside with my previous guardian and survive to tell the tale!"

Kumara wore a shocked expression as it asked, "What, you actually opposed your own father-god?"

The humanoid demon, which was Rubilax's true form, snorted as he replied, "What's so surprising about that? That damn fart-face was a complete jerk, to put if bloody mildly. He never showed me any appreciation even though I literally offered him a way to escape from my race's original home dimension to invade a new world ripe for destruction."

Although still shocked, Kurama was able to recompose itself as it spoke, "I see… That does not explain why you are inside the brat though."

Rubilax snorted derisively as he explained, "In Iop-comprehensible terms, that brat you're inside in summoned me away from my world, or cosmos even, into his. He accepted my challenge to become my guardian and now I am here, trying to possess him to see him as he really is. Of course, I never expected him to be already occupied."

Huffing indignantly, Kurama explained, "I did not exactly plan to be stuck inside a brat you know. That damned Fourth Hokage sealed me into him when he was a new-born!"

Surprised, Rubilax asked, "The boy's idol? Why?"

"Eleven years ago my previous vessel-prison, Uzumaki Kushina, was giving birth to the brat when a masked man who called himself Uchiha Madara forced me out of her and took control of me with his accursed Sharingan, a type of magic-eye if you will. I do not remember much but I was aware that the bastard forced me to attack the village, not that I wouldn't considering what they made be go through but I despise being someone's mindless puppet even more. By the time I was freed from that man's control, that bastard Hokage sealed me into the brat before I could destroy that damned village or escape from it!"

Frowning, Rubilax said, "I'm assuming that the boy knows nothing of you and is hated for having you inside of him."

"Like that's difficult to put together. That brat's life is so miserable because of those damned humans that I, a demon made of nothing but malicious chakra, ACTUALLY feel a shred of pity towards him!" Kurama spat.

Realizing that knowing more about the boy could get unpleasant to say the least, Rubilax said, "As interesting as this conversation is, I'm here to find out more about the boy and see if he is worthy of me." Turning his back to Kurama, Rubilax added, "I'll see you around, furball."

Kurama waved lazily at the retreating humanoid demon and said, "Later, boulder-face."

Scene Change

After what seemed to be a mere moment, Naruto suddenly regained consciousness and was soon staring at the dagger which somehow seemed exhausted as he asked, "Hey, you ok Rubi?"

Rubilax's lone eye twitched as he asked, "What did you just call me?"

Not understanding the Shushu's annoyance, Naruto replied, "Rubi, why?"

Rolling his eye, Rubilax sighed, "Great, my guardian for less than five seconds and already you're using that blasted nickname."

"Wait, you called me your guardian. Does that mean that you'll let me wield you?"

Looking at Naruto's hopeful face, Rubilax replied, "For now but know this, you have yet to earn my respect and until you do you will never be my true guardian."

Grinning, Naruto happily replied, "That's fine by me because one day I will earn the respect of everyone in the village by becoming their Hokage, believe it!"

"Right… but first you should stop being the dead-last of your class." Naruto was comically gaping at the dagger as Rubilax added, "What? You think I didn't know? I know everything about you now and while I admit you're no whiny brat, you're nowhere near ready to be a Hokage if you can't even pass as a genin."

Naruto sighed and slumped in mild depression as he admitted, "I know… I just wish I knew why my clones always seem to suck…"

Seeing the mildly depressed boy, Rubilax sighed as well before saying, "I may not know much about the ways of an assassin, but I know a lot about the ways of a knight."

Curious, Naruto asked, "A knight? What's that?" The boy could almost swear he saw the Shushu grin, despite being a single eye with no mouth, as Rubilax proceeded to tell him about a world which has knights, dragons, demons and even living gods…

Three months later…

Umino Iruka, a young man with brown hair tied into a spiky ponytail and a scar running across his nose, was busy calling out the names of students in attendance for the first day of the new school year in Konohagakure's ninja academy when he noticed something was off. It took him a few moments to realize why as he asked, "Where's Naruto?" While undisputedly a troublemaker who would skip boring classes, the boy would never deliberately skip school unless he was ill or committing a grand prank. Like the time he somehow managed to paint the walls of the Hyuuga clan house bright pink without getting detected until the last moment. Even the Third Hokage himself was at a loss on how the boy managed to pull off that kind of feat, especially considering the all-seeing eyes the Hyuuga clan is famous for.

Looking around, the students had no idea either and Iruka was about to mark the boy as absent when a flash of white, red and yellow appeared at the door which shouted, "Sorry I'm late!"

Turning his attention, Iruka felt his jaw drop as he almost failed to recognize Naruto who was normally dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit with a pair of goggles on his head. The boy was now dressed in a white sleeveless shirt which bore a strange red cross on both the front and the back, a pair of dark baggy trousers which reached to his ankles held in place by a leather belt with a cartoony skull-shaped buckle, a pair of brown sandals, a pair of fingerless gloves as well as a black bandana with a red spiral tied around his blond hair. Attached to the boy's belt were his kunai and shuriken pouches on one side while the other side had a dagger kept inside a red cloth sheath. However it was the fact that Naruto was no longer wearing his favourite colour, orange, which truly shocked the young man. Staring at the grinning boy, Iruka asked, "Naruto, is that really you or are you trying to pull a prank on me?"

Waving his hand dismissively, Naruto explained, "Nope. If I was you would be having bright-orange hair which defies the laws of gravity or have your skin painted blue and your hair painted white."

Iruka blinked for a moment as he wondered what Naruto could possibly mean by that only to hear loud cursing and swearing from outside the school. Looking out of the window, his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets as he stared at an indignant Hyuuga who had the most outrageously upright orange hair he had ever seen as well as an Inuzuka whose skin was dark-blue in colour while her hair was white as snow. What was even more shocking was that both individuals are the heads of their respective ninja clans! Gaping at the sight, Iruka then turned his attention to the grinning blond and asked, "You didn't…"

"Sure did!"

"…NARUTO!"

-Chapter Fin-

Note: Just to let you know, some of the parts are copied directly from another fanfiction of mine, Naruto: Xenonin. This is deliberate as Naruto summoned Rubilax under similar circumstances. Also, I'm deliberately leaving Kurama's gender ambiguous at the moment as I'm considering either making him a male or a female fox demon in this story.