Forgotten Origins

Ch 1. Memories of the Demon

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It was a cold autumn night and a lonesome figure sat above the marvelous mountain of the Hokage's, particularly at the Yondaime's head. Gazing off into the darkness of the night, he was bound in misery. Recent memories concerning about the retrieval mission of a certain Uchiha avenger plague his mind. He failed miserably to save his eternal rival as well as one of his precious friends. Naruto's ideology hits rock bottom as he failed to compromise the promise that he made to his one and only love.

"Hmph." He pitifully chuckled at his own demise. "I'm so miserable…"

'My my, I thought that I would never see the day that the all so powerful Uzumaki Naruto, admit to himself that he's weak…' Taunted by the Kyuubi no Yoko deep within Naruto's subconscious mind. 'I guess there's always first for everything.'

Naruto's eyes flared. "Who do you think you are, you're only a killing obsessed demon!" The golden-haired shinobi retorted. He mediated for a couple of second then when he opened his eyes, the colossal cage of the infamous nine-tailed Bijuu was at his frontage. "You're the great Kyuubi for goodness sake! The enormous Yoko that led the downfall of Konoha, which even the Yondaime cannot defeat, you don't' know anything about losing everything that's precious to you!"

'WHO ARE YOU TO SPEAK PITIFUL HUMAN!! YOUR GRIEVANCE IS NOTHING COMAPRED TO MINE!!' The nine-tailed bijuu retorted with a monstrous voice. 'You didn't know the feeling of a leader that witnessed the destruction of his own country in front of his two eyes! You didn't know the feeling of being trapped into a pathetic body of a brat for fourteen years! YOUR DISPAIR IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE SUFFERING THAT I'VE ENDURED ALL THIS YEARS!'

Naruto recoiled from the cage that's binding the Kitsune deep in his subliminal mentality. "W-What do you mean?" He pried with no ill-intentions.

The Kyuubi no Yoko exhaled a blazing breath, skeptical if the boy is worthy enough to know the real truth behind his attack on Konoha years ago. However, after noticing the clarity in Naruto's eyes, he decided to tell everything to the orange-clad. He was his container after all.

'Listen very carefully.' Ordered by the nine-tailed kitsune. Naruto instantly stepped near the bars of the demons's cage then sat gracefully at the floor. 'Aeons ago, long before you humans roam this planet, we demons have already dominated the land. We have the power to control every existing elements within this world. From blazing fireballs down to sublimation of water components, we have mastered it all.'

Naruto nodded in understanding.

'One day, we decided to pass our knowledge on you tiny insignificant humans. We have guided every one of your ancestor on how to make fires, craftsmanship, writing, vocabulary speech and everything that is required in creating a civilization. Both of creatures lived peacefully for about three thousand years as humans worshipped us like gods and in return, we lend you our powers.'

The yellow haired teenage interjected, raising his hand. "Ummm sorry to interrupt. So you're saying that we get our ability to draw the elements because you lend us your power?"

The Kyuubi smirked. 'Not quite, each living organism has an ability to extort the elements. However, our body has grater aptitude to extract the elements compared to yours. Heck, early humans can only create tiny fireballs and a drip of water from their bodies, so we demons decided to act as an ignition so that you're drawling ability in which you now called 'chakra manipulation' would increased tenfold.'

Naruto nodded once again. "I see, so even now we still rely on you demons to ignite jutsu's?'

'Yes, that why every hidden villages are eager to capture a Yoko. Take for example the seal you used when you create a bunshin.' The powerful fox implied with an idle tone of voice.

"You mean the ram, serpent and tiger?"

'Correct, each seal represents a corresponsive Yoko. Unconsciously, you tapped from their powers and by mixing their different aura's, you can create a Jutsu. The more complex the hand seal is, the more you gather different aspects of aura. Bijuu's aura are scattered all over the planet so wherever you go you can form a Jutsu.'

"So if the Bijuu's became extinct then we cannot from any Jutsu's anymore am I right?' Naruto asked after gulping at the proposition of losing the ability to create techniques.

'Possibly, but I think you can still from any ninjutsu's or genjutsu's but not that strong when we're alive.' Kyuubi replied casually. 'Anyway, back to my folklore. Your ancestors was gracious that I have increased their chakra gauge by tenfold and so they created a village just for me, they named it Onigakure no Sato, the very first hidden village ever created around two thousand years ago. It was the most advanced and prosperous Shinobi Village back then. They practiced demon rituals so they can further out their abilities and worshipped me like a celestial being.'

Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief. "N-No way! You're the leader of the very first Shinobi village?" He shakily pointed a finger at the grinning Kitsune at the other side of the cage.

'Yeah, I was the most powerful Yoko so it's only natural for me to lead the village brat! You should be proud that the first 'Kage' was inside you.' Kyuubi boastfully replied. 'So I make the village prosperous for five hundred years. However, other villages became envious because of my power so they decided to start a war against Onigakure.'

"So what happens then?"

'As usual I kick their asses one by one until they planned to gang up on my Village.' Then at this moment Kyuubi's expression turned deadly. 'Human's that are living outside of my village began to fear my people so they planned to start a war against Onigakure no Sato. They seek the help of my fellow Yoko but seeing that their patrons have their loyalty on me, humans started to capture them forcefully.'

Naruto flinched, it was highly distinguishable that the kitsune is now ballistic so he remained quiet.

'Humans started to become greedy for power. However, even if they acquire the power of their patrons they cannot even make a scratch on my people so they created a technique that would seal my village in the depths of the ocean for eternity!'

"N-No way, my ancestors did that?"

'Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday. At first I thought it was just an ordinary battle. I left Onigakure to destroy the opposing force but when I turned my gaze back to my village, it was suddenly wrapped in a powerful sphere that even with my colossal strength, I cannot even destroy. I noticed four humans shouting, Saikososhi: Shitenshu Natsuinken on the four corners of the land, then after an eerie silence, Onigakure started to crumble down into the depths of Ocean across the sea on Tea country and above Haha Island. I'm the only one who survived the attack and my people descended from the vast waters of the sea never to be found again. That's the last time I see my village and my people.' Told by a saddened Yoko.

Naruto lowered his head, he didn't know that the demon inside him had a heartbreaking past bottled up inside him. "I-I'm sorry…" The golden haired boy shamefully replied as he bit his lips. Compared to pain that he endured, Sasuke's loss is nothing… He dreadfully concluded.

'That's not the end of my story brat! I go into hiding after that incident to find a way to ascend my village and after two hundred years of researching, I found a way to do it. The four people that sealed my village became the Hokage of Fire country, Mizukage of Water country, Kazekage of Wind country and Raikage of Lightning country.' He continued. 'They constantly argued on who's going to keep the key in which led to the first great Shinobi war. All of them created their own Shinobi villages with the sole purpose of obtaining the scroll of Logaeth. '

"T-The scroll of Logaeth?" Naruto abruptly asked.

'Yeah, it's a manuscript created by a powerful Yoko named Logaeth. He was more powerful than me in terms of sealing techniques. That scroll holds vast information on reversing the effect of any sealing jutsu, including the four god seal that they used on Onigakure. The four villages continued to fight for supremacy for eighty years until Kohohagakure finally dominated the competition.'

"So Kohoha obtained the scroll of Loga—whacama' call it, right?" Naruto concluded, putting a thumb on his chin as he gestured on a thinking pose.

'Yeah, so I decided to attack the village and you know the rest of the story…' Kyuubi replied, not wanting to remember that he got sealed by a puny blond punk.

"You fight the Yondaime and got sealed inside me."

'Hmph, you didn't have to say it out loud.'

Naruto genuinely smiled. At first, he thought that the demon within him was only a sadist but when the fox revealed his amazing past, Naruto started to respect him as an honorable living being. And slowly buy surely, he felt that he was honored to be his container. (but he didn't dared to say it out loud of course)

"Hey, very first sadistic Kage, does the book still on Konoha?" He inquired with his million-dollar grin.

'Yeah, Konoha's Sandaime ordered a ban on talking about me right? Its not just because of you, its also because when no one would talk about the nine-tailed demon, they would soon forget about the origin of the Yoko and thus no one would dare to get the forbidden scroll. Why did you ask anyway brat?'

Naruto's grin widened even more. "Hmmm, no particular reason. I'll just steal the scroll…"

'Ohh ok—WHAAAATTT!! ARE YOU INSANE! NOT EVEN I, THE GREAT KYUUBI COULD STOLE THE SCROLL FOURTEEN YEAR AGO!'

"Are you forgetting that I'm the most unpredictable ninja in town? Don't worry I can pull this one off!" The orange-clad shinobi reassured with a thumbs up. "But under one condition."

'And what might that be?' Kyuubi's eyes narrowed, this meant business and probably his only chance after long years trapped in a cage.

"Teach me! You're the very first Kage right? So basically, you knew all of the techniques that most of ninja's are using right?"

'Yeah, in a way…'

"So then teach me! I'll help you restore your village and in return, you'll teach me everything you know!" Naruto wagered, crossing his arms together.

A grin was formed into the fox's mouth and no, it's not his usual 'i-wanna-kill-you' grin that he normally have.

'I like your attitude brat! Okay you have a deal. I'll teach you everything I know. Plus in addition, I'll even lend you ninety five percent of my chakra!'

"Deal!" Naruto happily said as he closed the pact. "So when do we start?"

'Weelll, lets start right about now.' Kyuubi muttered in an amused voice. 'You know how to use Kuchiyose no Jutsu right?'

"Yeah, Why?"

The enormous Yoko smirked looking down at the small figure of Naruto in his frontage. 'Be glad brat, only one person in history only knew this technique and I'm the only one who has the knowledge on how it works.' He said while materializing a huge black colored scroll that was akin to the one that Jiraiya used in making a contract with the frogs.

'I'll teach you the most powerful summoning technique in the world.'

"Really? cool! What does it summon?" Naruto exclaimed jumping around the concealed room in his inner mind.

'Oh nothing much, just the elite brethrens of fox.'

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To be continued.

Glosarry:

Onigakure no Sato – Hidden Demon Village

Konohagakure – Hidden leaf village

Hokage – Fire Shadow

Mizukage – Water Shadow

Raikage – Lightning Shadow

Kazekage – Wind Shadow

Saikososhi: Shitenshu Natsuinken – Supreme Element: Four God Seal Sphere

Kuchiyose no Jitsu – Summoning Technique

Author's note: So what do you think? Hope you like the first chapter. If you have any questions just write on the review. If you review maybe I'll update faster.