Hello everyone,

This is my first Naruto story (actually I had one before this but that is long gone) as a heads up not everything will be like it is in the Naruto series, but I will try my best to make most of the facts right.

A few notes to make:

1. Minato will be alive in this story also.

2. Kyuubi will be a female in a majority of the story, however Kyuubi can be either gender since it is a demon and not a human.

3. As a fair warning when I write I tend to use more dialogue than anything. I'm trying to work on it. If anyone out there is good at writing descriptions in between dialogue I would greatly appreciate any tips.

4. I will have more notes at the end of this chapter so if you manage to get there more questions will be answered.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters


Fire.

And screaming

It was surrounding him- suffocating him in the despair and death it carried. Endless and growing it covered the place he called home as it stole the people he considered his family. He had to stop it, no matter the cost.

"So what do you say Hokage? Hmm, what is your answer to my proposal?"

They stood on the outskirts of the village. The man had managed to bring the creature far enough away from others to complete his task. There was only one final step in his plan, but there was something stopping him.

Another option.

A deal with a demon.

He stared down at the bundle in his arms and he looked into the innocent eyes of the child. It was time to make a choice.

Flashback

"I see you have decided to show yourself Hokage. For a moment I had believed that you would remain hidden behind your title. It is not everyday you see a leader that fights his own battle." A feral grin appeared on the demons face as a dark chuckle filled the air.

"I'm here to finish this." The man on the giant toad stood there unmoving, his eyes showing no trace of fear.

"Of course, of course. I expected no less from you. Tell me Hokage, how do you plan to kill me?"

"I don't." The man shifted his arms and moved aside what appeared to be a blanket.

The demon sniffed and the smirk reappeared on its face.

"A baby? I have been informed of your use of intriguing weapons, but I must say an infant is definitely not what I was expecting. Are you going to throw it at me? If you want to kill me you are better off with something sharper."

"I told you I don't plan to kill you, but I will stop you."

Realization struck the demons eyes as he stared at the child.

"You plan to seal me."

The man's silence affirmed the statement.

"You realize with that seal comes your death."

"The lives of my people are more important than my own."

"Yet everyday your soldiers are sent to their death on missions meant to protect you."

The man said nothing.

"Do their lives mean nothing?"

"They are everything to me."

"And that thing you hold in your arms?" The demon's head slightly jerked in the direction of the child. "Is it not your own? Is its life worth less than that of the people?"

"Sometimes one must sacrifice for thousands."

The demon looked upon the child asleep in the man's arms. It was a strong one- he could smell it. If there would be human who could resist the darkness of the demons it was that child. Should the man manage to seal him the child should live. The demon wondered if the man knew that.

"You come here to die willingly, but the child has no choice in this. Are you prepared to die with its blood on your hands?"

"The seal requires only one life to be sacrificed and that will be mine, not the child's."

"It requires only one life to complete the seal yes, but I am no mere demon that child will not be able to contain all of my chakra and should I resist its death will be slow and painful."

For the first time since their meeting the man showed emotion on his face: fear.

The demon laughed once more.

"I see you were unaware of this fact, interesting." The demon held back a smirk as a plan unraveled in its mind.

"I have a proposition for you Hokage."

"I do not make deals with demons."

"Yet you willingly give up your kin to death incarnate. Do not look so shocked Hokage, it smells like you, I know it is your own."

The man looked at the bundle in his arms for a moment before glancing back at the demon.

"What do you want?"

This time the demon did not hold back its smirk. Its plan had been set into motion and the trap had been set.

"I will allow myself to be contained in the child."

Clearly the man was not expecting this. Emotions ran across his face one right after the other: surprise, confusion, and finally suspicion.

"How is that any different?"

"The seal was created with the idea that the thing to be contained would fight back- naturally. Therefore it requires more power and as a result a bigger sacrifice. Should I go willingly the sacrifice needed becomes considerable smaller."

"Why should I believe you? I have never heard of this before."

"Of course you haven't. Not many would willingly agree to be imprisoned."

"Then why are you?" The demon was pleased with himself. The human had fallen into his trap without even realizing it.

"I want to live. Should you seal me in the baby the child will die shortly afterwards and so will I. If I allow myself to merge with the child however, we become one rather than one contained in the another."

"There is more to this I know it. What more do you want?" The man still looked upon the demon with suspicion, but (and the demon noted this with delight) he still continued to listen to the creature.

"I believe in a fair trade. I will save your life in exchange for the continuation of mine. However, we must not forget that in this agreement there is one more life at stake." The demon shifted his gaze the child still sleeping in its father's arms.

"For saving his life in the process I expect compensation."

"And what is your price?"

"You are to deny the child as your own. At the end of all of this you will leave with your life, your title, and the knowledge that at thing is alive, but you must remove any relation to your child. It seems like a fair price considering the fact that you were willing to go so far as to kill it. All I'm asking you to do is deny it its knowledge of who its parents are."

The demon looked at the child before him. Blonde hair, blue eyes, and skin that only a newborn could have. The demon had to admit- compared to the other humans he had seen he could have done worse.

"So what do you say Hokage? Hmm, what is your answer to my proposal?"

End Flashback

It was time to make a choice.

"Deal"


So there you go- the first chapter to my new story.

Now I'm sure there will be some criticism out there, but please no flames, make it constructive. I trying to get back into writing to relieve stress not to add to it. Also I want to get better in my writing. I just started college and I see a lot of papers in my future.

I'm pretty sure there are some questions from reading that so I'll try to answer a few that would come up.

Why didn't kyuubi just kill the Hokage in the middle of talking (or vice versa)?

Well there will be a more detailed answer later in the story, but here is something. In regards to the Kyuubi- he has a plan. In his plan he needs to be alive and he needs the hokage to be alive. In regards to the Hokage- he may be a great shinobi but he is still human. I think if another option was presented to him to keep both his child and him alive (no matter how suspicious it may be) he would take it- and demons can be persuasive if needed.

Where are all the other ninja and villagers when this is going on?

For those of you who watched the series or read the manga (which I think should be all the people) remember when Naruto first summoned Gamabuta- that was when he first came in contact with the fox. The conversation in his head took a lot longer than the time it would take to reach the bottom of that cliff. It is like that. While the deal was being made time had slowed around them.

I'm sure there may be more questions- I'll answer all to the best of my ability.

I have a question for you all though: Do you think Naruto's mom should be alive in this story? Why?

Hope you guys stick around for the next chapter

Agony Born From Bliss