I don't own Naruto, and reviews are appreciated.
Vocab list
Bijuu - the nine tailed demon beasts
Kyuubi no Kitsune - nine-tailed fox
Ichibi no Tanuki - one-tailed racoon dog, wikipedia has an article on tanuki
-chan - a Japanese suffix denoting familiarity and friendship
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Chapter 1
In which a story is started
Long ago when the world was young, the Bijuu roamed and ruled the earth. The world was in chaos, for each one hated the others. However, the greatest hatred was between the strongest, Kyuubi no Kitsune, and the weakest (weak being a relative term), Ichibi no Tanuki.
In those days they were forever fighting. Ichibi was clever and seemed to know all the secrets of the earth, but he never knew enough to take Kyuubi's throne. After all, Kyuubi was a clever trickster too.
"Ichibi," Kyuubi would ask, "why do you fight only me? Why waste your strength on futile fights?"
Ichibi would just grin, as if he knew something that no one else did, before he attacked.
Then one day Ichibi asked a question. "Kyu-chan, (Ichibi had a strange sense of humor) why do you never start fights with anyone?"
"Ichibi, I am the strongest Bijuu," Kyuubi replied (he was far too important to be bothered about Ichibi's odd nickname for him); "There are none above me to fight." (In those days demons didn't waste time picking fights with those weaker than them).
"Ahh, Kyu-chan," Ichibi smiled, "You have answered your own question. I will change things, Kyu-chan, and there is no real way of stopping me."
That was the first fight that Kyuubi had to work for his victory.