Naruto: The Demon Within by Shiro Hashiba
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I do own the original characters that appear in this story. Hope you enjoy the fic.
Chapter 1
A Different Seal
"Hold it off and wait for the Yondaime!"
The night was filled with the screams of Konoha ninja as they fought a great threat to their village. This threat was a giant fox demon with nine tails, the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi roared as its nine tails thrashed about, destroying everything within their reach. As its tails continued to thrashed about, the Kyuubi made its way toward Konoha
Another Konoha ninja yelled "Don't let it get close to the village." The Konoha ninja continued to fight against the Kyuubi but were losing badly. The Kyuubi had already killed many ninja as it continued toward the village. The Konoha ninja kept doing everything in their power to keep the Kyuubi at bay but nothing worked.
Just then, a giant frog appeared on the battlefield and everyone knew who it was. "The Yondaime Hokage is here!" yelled a Konoha ninja as he and the other ninja cheered. Standing on the giant frog was the Yondaime Hokage, a young man with blonde hair, wearing a jounin vest with a white coat over it, black pants, and blue sandals. He looked at the Kyuubi with one of his students kneeling behind him. The student, a young silver haired man with his left eye covered, wearing an Anbu vest, black pants, blue sandals, and a sword on this back, was trying to convince his teacher to reconsider what he was planning on doing. "Please, don't do this, Sensei" the man said as he looked at his teacher. The Yondaime continued to look at the Kyuubi while saying" Kakashi, you and I both know there is no other way to defeat this creature."
Kakashi looked down as a tear started to fall from his right eye while saying,"I know there is no other way, Sensei but…" The Yondaime looked back at Kakashi with a sympathetic look on his face as he said" I know, you and I both have lost people close to us and you don't want to lose another." Kakashi looked up at his teacher as the Yondaime continued what he was saying "But I am the Hokage and it is my duty to protect the people of this village even if it costs me my life." Kakashi looked back down as more tears started to fall from his face. Just then, another Anbu member appeared next to Kakashi and said" Hokage-sama, the preparations are complete."
The Yondaime nodded and said, "Thank you, now go back to the Sandaime." The Anbu nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke. The Yondaime looked back at Kakashi and asked" Has he been found yet?" Kakashi wiped the tears from his face as he said" No, he has not been found yet but the Anbu Black Ops are still searching." The Yondaime looked down as he said" I see". "Kakashi, would you do me one last favor" the Yondaime asked as he looked back toward the village. Kakashi looked up at the Yondaime with a serious look on his face as he said" I would do anything you ask of me, Sensei."
"No matter what happens, I would like you to be a part of Naruto's life" the Yondaime said as he looked at Kakashi again. Kakashi nodded as he said" I will be part of Naruto's life as you wish, Sensei." Smiling at his student, the Yondaime said" It is time, Kakashi." Kakashi stood up and started to walk away as the Yondaime said" And thank you for everything, Kakashi." Kakashi looked back and nodded at his teacher as he disappeared in a puff of smoke while saying" Goodbye, Minato-sensei."
The Yondaime looked at the area where Kakashi stood and at the village as he said" Goodbye, Kakashi, Rin, everyone, and you too, Naruto." As he turned to look once again at the Kyuubi, the Yondaime looked up at the sky while saying" I'll be with you soon, Shodaime, Nidaime, and Obito." The Yondaime started to perform hand signs as he said" This will be our last battle together, Gamabunta." The giant frog, Gamabunta smoked his pipe and puffed out some smoke as he said" I know, Yondaime." The Yondaime finished the hand signs and yelled" THIS IS IT".
"All right" Gamabunta yelled as he jumped toward the Kyuubi. Seeing Gamabunta coming toward it, the Kyuubi snarled and tried to get out of the way. But he was a little too late as Gamabunta had a firm grip on him. As the Kyuubi tried to break loose, Gamabunta looked up at the Yondaime and said" It's now or never, Yondaime." Nodding, the Yondaime ran and jumped onto the Kyuubi's head and said" This ends now, Monster."
"I don't think so, human" came a voice from out of no where. The Yondaime looked around while asking" Who said that?" "I did" said the same voice. The Yondaime looked down at the Kyuubi and said" It's you." The Kyuubi smirked as he said" Yes, human, it is I, Kyuubi, speaking to you." "Your actions are noble but futile" Kyuubi continued to say. The Yondaime continued to look down at Kyuubi while asking" What do you mean?"
Kyuubi looked up at the Yondaime and said "You plan to seal me into a human and think the villagers will see my container as a hero but they won't. They'll see him as me and try to kill him in order to kill me" Kyuubi started to laugh when the Yondaime smirked and said" You're right." Kyuubi stopped laughing and looked at the Yondaime as he continued to say" They probably will see him as you and try to kill him but I know he will live." "How, how do you know he will live" asked the Kyuubi with a bit of curiosity. The Yondaime smiled as he said" I know he'll live because he's my son."
The Kyuubi's eyes widened as he yelled" You fool, you'd risk your son's life by sealing me inside of him for people that might kill him." The Yondaime nodded and said" I would." "You must think I'll keep him safe from people since I'll die if he dies" said Kyuubi in an angry tone. "The thought did occur to me" the Yondaime said as he once again made some hand signs. The Kyuubi smirked as he said" Well, I won't because there is no way in hell I'll protect a brat especially your brat."
Blue chakra started to cover the Yondaime as he finished his hand signs while saying" You have no choice." As red chakra started to cover him, the Kyuubi snarled while asking" What?" The Yondaime slammed his hands onto the Kyuubi's head and yelled" THIS ENDS NOW." The Kyuubi roared in pain as he felt himself dying while yelling" HUMAN." The Yondaime and Kyuubi increased the amount of chakra they were releasing until the two chakras caused an explosion.
Meanwhile, at the place where the Sandaime, several Anbu, and a baby Naruto were, the ground started to shake as one of the Anbu asked" What is happening?" The Sandaime looked at the ceiling of the room they were in and said" Two huge chakras have collided with each other." Just then, everyone in the room, except Naruto saw a huge amount of red chakra coming toward them. The Sandaime and the Anbu moved out of the way as the chakra rushed past them and into Naruto. The Sandaime walked over to Naruto and gasped at what he saw. The chakra finished entering Naruto's body and a seal was formed but the seal that was formed was not the seal of the Shiki Fujin.
The Sandaime had recalled what the Yondaime had told him about the Shiki Fujin seal. The Shiki Fujin seal was supposed to have a spiral in the middle with symbols surrounding it. But this seal was in the form of a star with a circle surrounding it and symbols on the outside corners of the star and the center of the star. "What has happened, Hokage-sama" one of the Anbu asked as he looked at the Sandaime. The Sandaime shook his head as he said" I don't know." He picked up Naruto and held him close as he said" Assemble the council at once". "Yes, sir" said the Anbu members as they disappeared in puffs of smoke.
The Sandaime walked out of the room and into the village. Most of the village had been destroyed and there were people everywhere crying or helping others. As the Sandaime walked to the Hokage heads, he looked around for any signs of the Yondaime or the Kyuubi but saw nothing. He stopped where he was and looked at the Yondaime's head on the mountain while asking" What has happened, Minato"?
Author Note: There's chapter one.