Title: Fairy tales and Bruises
Summery: Two babies were born when the Kyuubi attacked the village. Minato made a quick decision and split the Kyuubi in half and sealed it within his children. Neither Kushina nor Minato survived that night. The Third Hokage had tried to help the twins, but the council had beat him to the children and outvoted him on what to do with them. The Thrid Hokage was banned from doing anything with them. (I'm not good at summaries, but it's something at least right?)
Pairings: none really nor with any paticular characters in mind. Suggestions are welcome, though a fair warning that I am not used to romance.
Notes: So this will be a mix of a lot of things. First this is going to be an AU story. A little background to help you understand this story: Naruto was born with a twin, and the Hokage has no power over either of them, but the council does. It will be just a bit darker as well and the villagers reactions will be more extreme than Cannon. This is going to be a civilian Naruto and OC (not a pairing) as background lore is also slightly different. The Bijuus are all smarter as they have been around for centuries and have had plenty of time to figure out things and make mistakes. Some are still insane, though. Naruto's twin is also someone who had died and been reborn.
I will try to upload a new chapter every weekend, but Please bare with me as this is my fist story. Constructive criticism is welcomed. I would really apreciant it if you could tell me what needs work and if my Characters are leaning towards Mary Sue/ Gary Stue. I really do not want to make a boring over powered character and am honestly trying not to, same thing with my plots and story all together. Sorry for the long note, enjoy the story.
~Prelude~
She was five in this world, and she already felt numb to almost everything, or rather everyone. She had been out on the street since she could walk, being kicked out of the orphanage before she even knew what it was. Everything was fuzzy before she was two years of age. After being kicked out though, she never had anyone to help her more than absolutley nessassary, though not by her choice but the villager's. Even that was uncommon, and she had many scars to prove that no one really cared for her nor seemed to want to help her within her supposed home. It hurt more than anything, and It scared her that it was slowly not mattering to her anymore. She remembered having a loving family and a home that was styled different than all the ones she was looking at in the village. Before waking up here that is. She can not remember dying, or anything that has to do with crossing over into this world, but she remembered so much before it all happened. Growing up, having three younger siblings, becoming an artist and writer against her father's wishes, watching so many movies and making a few ideas that she thought could become one, and so much more. It was amazing there, where she had a home.
She was apparently a demon within the village, with the village acting as her cage. She wanted to leave, but where would she go? What would happen once she got out of the one she was in? She hardly knew anything about this world, and if the rest of it was as cruel as this village then she did not want to trade one demon for another. She recognized some of the villages aspects from the show her one of her sisters was obsessed with, but that was it. Most
of the details escaped her as it was never her cup of tea. Her name was Azumi, but it seemed that only one person knew or used it: an old man at a ramen stand. She had met him a few months ago, when she had been running as fast as she could away from a few angry drunks. She had ducked into what she thought was an okay place, and it had been his stand. The drunks had passed by, being too inhibited to realize where she had gone to. The old man had looked at her with suprise before calling her over to him to sit down. She had been hesitant, thinking that it could be another trying to hurt her. It took a few minutes of him coaxing her to him before she fully resigned herself to sitting where he had indicated. He had fed her and told her that his place always welcomed her. Azumi had cried hard and hugged him for what felt like ages after that, promising to herself that she would not spoil this affection and would never be rude to him.
It had been one of those moments where when she thought about it later on her eyes would water and widen, and she would actually feel something in her chest. It was warm and fuzzy and something that she knew she felt before coming to this world, but did not recognize it now after a few years of being under the hate of so many. That alone almost make her break down, but she didn't. She just let tears fall and a few shaky breaths before going about her day in a haze. He had been the first person in so long that had reached out a hand and ruffled her hair in affection. The last time was before she was in this world.
Azumi smiled slightly as she watched the sun raising from the Hokage mountain. She was on the first hokage's head, not really wanting to touch any of the others. It was early morning and so beautiful, and she was almost speechless at the calming smell in the air. She loved things like this, where the world was quiet and there was no hate surrounding her. It was moments where life was wonderful and not tampered with what she always felt near humans. Every other animal seemed fine with her, but humans. She did not really feel like going to see anyone today. She could see the old ramen man tomorrow.
Azumi stayed there under the morning sky and just breathed. She closed her violet eyes and put her hands behind her head as she payed down. She felt relaxed in that moment. All the wariness that had seeped into her skinny and malnourished body was forgotten for that moment as she slowly fell asleep. It was a slightly breezy summer day, and the villagers had not found her in two days. It was something to be celebrated.
When Azumi had woken up, it was past midday. She had had more peaceful hours of sleep than she had in weeks, and she could feel the difference. She pushed her medium red hair out of her face and got up from her prior sleeping position and wiped off drool from her cheek. Without her knowledge, something within her woke up as well. It lifted its head and watched the world through her eyes.
In that moment, after waking up refreshed, Azumi decided that she needed shelter. She was tired of not have ping a place of her own to go back to, to sleep and relax, a place that no one knew of and could never find. The creature in her folded its ears back and lowered its head just a tad. Azumi stared out into the forest behind the Hokage mountain. It was not apart of the city, being outside the wall, and she thought that it was better than being inside the city. It was time she started to do something in this life, instead of wallowing and not knowing anything. First she would make a hidden house that no one could get to, then she would go from there.
The creature inside of her lifted its ears before making a quick decision. It was time it stopped doing nothing as well. It would speak with the girl later that night.
Azumi had found a small hole that she could get into just fine. She had spent the rest of the day gathering leaves and other soft things like moss to make a bed out of. It was very comfortable after her time on the streets to say the least. It was too dark to gather anything eatable by the time she was done with the bed, so she just went to her burrow and started to clean up rocks and other things and put them by the walls so she did not hurt herself later on.
When she finally fell asleep, she was pulled deep within her mind. Where the creature had summoned and waited for her. It was weird walking through her mind. It was a mansion that looked like it was from a story that she wished she was in. She passed a dark forest that held glowing creatures and other fantasy things she learned about in her other world, and a magical garden that she was definantly going to look at later. When she went into the mansion, she explored a little. All the stories she read and wrote were in a library in it, there were fish and other sea creatures floating or swimming around the halls, she had a few bedrooms that were like different worlds, she had a movie theatre that held all the movie she ever saw, there was an art room filled with blank canvases and tons of art supplies of all kinds, the attic was filled with things that had to do with astrology and was soon what she considered her 'Galaxy', and in the basement of the mansion was a giant room with a huge cage. When she walked closer to it, she saw a large red fox with what looked like four tails. She wondered why it was behind the iron bars that were sealed with what looked like paper.
"Hello?" She was not supprised that her voice was so soft, she never really used it that much. She wondered if the fox had heard her at all. It looked at her before lowering its head to her height, letter her see its deep crimson eyes. It was beautiful to her, and she wondered if it could speak at all. She wished it was like a Disney movie in that moment, where she could understand all the animals.
"Hello, kit." She jumped back at the voice, not expecting a reply. Her heart was pounding, but she was curious and happy that she could understand it. She wondered what gender it was. It had a deep voice, but it did not really sound female or male to her. It was something she could consider either. It was quiet for a moment as she thought and watched it.
"Who are you? Why are you here, anyway?" Her eyebrows furrowed a bit in concern. Was it trapped by someone and left to rot? She hoped not, and she hoped that it was not here for long before she had come.
"I am the Kyuubi." It waited for her response. All she did was move closer.
"But what is your name?" It seemed to pause a moment, considering something before it sighed.
"I looked through your memories before I brought you here." She frowned even more, in confusion and curiousity. "And I have been watching through your eyes since you were one." It looked at her before sighed again and lifting its head up. It looked away for a bit, as if remembering something, and then back down at her. "I guess that you need answers. I have mine, but you do not have yours. I think I owe you some, anyway." Azumi nodded before sitting down just outside of the cage. She would not ruin this chance to learn something that she did not already know before. "This will take a while, but I guess it must be done. I am what they call a chakra beast, or a Bijuu. There are nine in this world, and each has a certain amount of power. You can tell the power by how many tails there is, with one being the lowest and nine the highest. They are more powerful than any of you humans, however, no matter how low their power it.
"I myself was with nine tailed beast. I only have four tails, though, because I was split. My other five tails are in your brother." Azumi frowned at this, confused. She knew it meant in this life, but she could not help but think back to her younger brother in her old world. When did she have a brother in this one? "He was in the orphanage with you for a time, before you were kicked out so young. He was actually just kicked out last month. The only reason I even know this, is because my other half is in him. It is like I am in two places at once, with two minds that are not the same anymore and that are changing into two different people. I suspect that I will never become one again, and for that I am just a bit happy. For some reason I am calmer this way. It is like I am not so cramped up in one body, or like I had multiple personalities and now they all have their own body. Me and my other half both feel more normal being split up, and it is odd because we have only ever been one."
It got lost in its thoughts before shaking itself and looking at her. "Anyway, that is besides the point. I was sealed within you and my other half was sealed within your twin at birth. I have to say, for how terrible your life is, your brother is far worse off. He has the more hot headed half sealed in him, the one that lets its chakra leak just a bit. That leak is what makes most humans in this village turn aggressive, thinking that the Kyuubi is escaping. I think that we should include him in your safety plans, or life plan." Azumi was staring, wide eyed, at it. She had a twin that was being treated like her? That was treated worse than her? She took a moment to think about this. She was an adult in a child's body. He was most likely just a child all together. She could handle what she was going through far better than he could. Her mind drifted to her own younger siblings, back in her old world. They were her life and light. They had been annoying, beautiful, wonderful, rude, precious, and so many things that only a sibling could fit. The fox continued on.
"I feel responsible for the both of you. I watched and saw what happened to you both in this village, all for holding me. If I had been smarter or if I had not been controlled that night, you would not have gone through this. You would have had a better life. You and your brother." It stared at her, eyes watery for a second before it dried up. "I am not a mindless, heartless beast. I am not something that is just in existence to destroy. I led many lives before being sealed. I am older than the oldest village, ninja or not. I am not only furious at what happened, at being sealed, at being mocked, at being used, and being tormented in this way. I am also lonely, afraid, apologetic, and disgusted." It stopped, looking pained for a moment. It closed its eyes and sighed. "And with that in mind, I wish to help you. I wish to help you survive and thrive." Its eyes opened to reveal a softer look that left Azumi with watery eyes and a clenching chest. "I am just a spirit and chakra. Not able to have any kits of my own, but I have had kits to look after before. I can help look after you and your brother this time. Please, let me help you, and please help me in return." Azumi looked at it, crying, shocked, speechless, and not knowing what to do. She let her body do what it wanted. She got up, walked past the bars, and burried her face in the foxes giant paw.
They sat there in silence, Azumi crying and the fox not looking at anything in paticular but deep in its own mind. After crying, Azumi spoke to the fox in a soft unused voice. "Do you have a name?"
"When I was whole, it was Kurama. A name my father gave me when I was first born." She looked up at the fox.
"Do you have a gender?"
"No. No Bijuu has a gender or sexual organs." Azumi looked up at it.
"Have you ever wanted to be called something than it?" The fox sighed and closed its eyes.
"I am a fox. I can shapeshift at will. I have been both and have been called so many different things over the years." It looked down at her, and she looked back up at it.
"Can you be a male for me? Can your other half be a female?" She looked at it, still holding tears in her eyes. "Can you held fill in the gap that my family left behind?" It looked at her, startled. It had just said it was going to look after her, but it did not think about her wanting a family as well with it. Maybe it was implied that it was okay with that. There was a moment, where it stared into her hurt and deep violet eyes, before its eyes softened.
"Only if you will let me. I can get my other half to go along with this as well." It was going to be one weird family, though, but it was a family at the very least. A family that could actually have love. She looked up into his eyes after wiping her own.
"Can I call you Kura? The other half can be Rama. That way you both still have the name your father gave you, in one form or another." He looked at her with soft eyes, and smile for the first time since she met him. It was a beautiful sight. Someone was smiling at her.
"You may." She smiled back up with a faint smile of her own. She then got outside of the gate and looked up at the paper keeping it together. Kura lifted her up, sensing that she wanted to be closer to it. She took a moment to look at it before ripping it clean off without any hesitation. There was a surge through her system before it settled down. Kura was free to roam her mind. The seal may be off in one way, but the God of Death had made that seal. It would not fully let the two Kyuubi be free fully, not matter that the paper was peeled away.
They spent the rest of the night talking and planning. Kura helped plan things that Azumi was not familiar with. She had told him that she did not intend to ever be a ninja, and she would let her brother decide on his own if he would or not. She wanted to continue in this world as an artist and writer, like she was in the last one. It was just her calling. This time, though, she was going to rewrite all the things she had seen and read and sell them as well as make her own books. It might inspire someone like it had inspired her, even though she knew she would never really take any credit for the books, just the money to make a living, it was worth it to get take the newer generation by storm and plant ideas in their head that they could be anything.
She had also made a hard decision over the next week as Kura added his knowledge to her library. She decided that she and her brother were going to change. They would become entirely new people, so that they could live in peace. She hated that she had decided to stay in the village that she was raised in, but she did not want to run away from her problems and completely ignore them. She was going to be strong and she was going to shove it in their face that she was alive and doing well. She and her brother could roam throughout the world, but she knew she was going to make a home in this village, and no one was going to tell her differently. She was also going to learn how to defend herself and her brother enough to hold off Anbu, not to kill them or over power them but to at least be safe from them. Who knows what kind of danger she would encounter if she stayed in this village.
All she needed to do now was get her brother and start working. It was time to get her ass in gear.