Hey, peeps! This is Fallen with DSC:A, now called The Yokuai Prince-Book 1: Rebirth. Sorry it took so long, ugh, med school, work, 1,500 mile international family problems and my phone disconnected, but I FINALLY found my muse back. Funnily, I found her when I was listening to Cantata Mortis-God in Fire from Dissidia 012 [duodecim] Final Fantasy, so I'm back in action, baby! After reading it, I found a slew of mistakes and and I decided to take the story it down to correct them and to change the storyline a little..-

Sakuretsu: "a little..."? You changed all of it! Now, Naru isn't human and he calls me "Kaa-san"!

Fallen: So...?

Sakuretsu: "So...?" You overpowered him! And, not that I don't mind, but why you changed our relationship?

Fallen: I have several reasons for that and they will come later in the story, for now he MAY be a little overpowered , but compared to what he will face, it's nothing.

Tenkai: So Nii-sama will struggle later on?

Fallen: Yeah! There's no point if the hero, or anti-hero in this case, be overpowered in the whole story, it would ruin it! There are times where he must hit rock bottom before he can rise again. Also, I'll cut down the romance until later on and that's not all...

Tenkai and Sakuretsu: THERE'S MORE?

Fallen: Of course! I got a whole shitload of ideas for this, A Destiny Rewritten and a new story coming on. For some, I got to thank my brother. Anyway, here it is... The Yokuai Prince-Book 1: Rebirth!

UPDATE: In case you noticed, I merged chapters 1 and 2 for DSC:A and made major changes to the story. You may also notice Naruto's different look and attitude but it will be more explained later on. And, as a easter egg, I snuck some Final Fantasy treats, see if you can point them out! Like I said, sorry it so long but I'm back and here to stay! And stay tuned for the second chapter of A Destiny Rewritten and a new original series "Being Human" (so stole the line from SyFy... Hehehe...) in the following weeks. Without further adeu, let's start...

The Yokuai Prince-Book 1: Rebirth
Chapter 1: Death and Rebirth

Outer Forest Line

2.1 miles from Konohagakure no Sato

June 25th

06:30 A.M.

As dawn rolled into Konohagakure, two figures could be seen walking to the city gates; a white haired man, with red lines on his face and a metal hi'tae with the kanji for "oil" in a ridiculous kabuki costume and a smaller, hooded one in a black traveler's cloak. Underneath the cloak, he had an all-black outfit consisting of a sleeveless zip-up turtleneck, loose-fitting black cargo pants with several pockets, black clawed leather gloves and steel-toed, knee-high boots all under a black leather trench coat with the right sleeve off, leaving his arm bare. The coat had a large red trimmed, black pauldron in the left shoulder. He was carrying a black and blood red 6-foot katana strapped to his left forearm, pointing backwards and a beautiful silver-white 4-foot katana with gray-blue designs attached to his belt and a small, furry bundle in his right shoulder. As they neared the village, the hooded figure gritted his teeth as bitter memories flooded his mind, memories of when he was a small child, of the beatings, the jeers, the hateful glares and words he suffered, especially the one that made him into what he was today.

Flashback

Main Town Plaza, Konohagakure no Sato

October 10

8 years ago

A 5 year old boy was lying in a pool of his own blood, victim of a crowd of angry villagers and drunken shinobi armed with knives, sticks, rocks even kunai, shuriken and rusted katanas. The boy tried to stand up but a drunken chunin pinned him down with a foot to his chest.

The boy looked up; "Why? I haven't done anything bad!" he asked, with tears in his whiskered face. Some of the villagers scoffed, others laughed and the rest glared at him with hatred in their eyes.

"Because, you stole our families and for that you deserve to die, you vile demon!" the chunin answered with a kunai poised to his heart. "Yeah!" the civilians and the rest of the shinobi present, agreed.

Meanwhile...

A white-haired man walked out of bathhouse, giggling perversely, until he saw a crowd shouting something akin to death threats at someone. With his curiosity aroused, he decided to check it out. Walking towards the group, he could hear yells along the lines of "Die, you demon!"

His curiosity turned to anger, as killing intent began to leak out. It maxed out when he heard "Go back where you came, Kyūbi!"

He suddenly tore himself to the middle of the crowd and what he saw shocked and infuriated him beyond anything possible: his godson Uzumaki Naruto being pinned down in the chest by a foot and surrounded by his own blood and a shinobi readying himself to kill him. He quickly pushed over the shinobi over him and cradled the boy in his arms.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked fearfully, afraid the he would do something to him like the villagers. "My name is Jiraya. Don't worry; everything will be fine, I promise. " he smiled warmly at Naruto, hoping to ease him. He then turned to glare at the villagers and mentally wondered if Minato was seeing the treatment his son was getting.

"What do you think you're doing?" he asked with a barely controlled anger. No one dared to talk to the Gama Sennin.

"How dare you mistreat an innocent young boy for something he never did?" Jiraiya screamed, releasing an unholy amount of killing intent at the terrified crowd.

"B-utt, h-he deserves to d-die! He took the Yondaime away from us! He's a-" the offending shinobi was cut off as he was killed with a kunai to the throat; courtesy of several ANBU that landed surrounding the two in the middle.

"By order of the Sandaime Hokage, all of you are under arrest for attempted murder. Please come quietly or we will use force, if necessary." an ANBU with a dog's mask spoke.

An ANBU kunoichi with a cat's mask and lavender hair walked up to the sage and examined the boy. "He's in serious condition! We have to take him to the hospital or we'll lose him!" she spoke with urgency and panic in her voice. That caused all the masked shinobi to raise their KI alongside Jiraya's, terrifying the villagers and shinobi even more.

"To me, you are demons for doing this. If only you knew... He would be turning in his grave right now. You should be ashamed of yourselves" the Gama Sennin spoke with venom in his voice. Some villagers looked down in shame, knowing who he was talking about and what he wished for, others stubbornly glared. Another drunk shinobi lunged at the boy and he was cut short by having several kunais at his throat.

"We will not repeat ourselves again. Surrender or we'll use force." The inu-masked ANBU repeated in a monotone. That, combined with the KI of the other ANBU plus an already enraged Sennin made the both the civilians and shinobi surrender. At the same time, Naruto was taken to the hospital by the the lavender-haired kunoichi. As they were going, the boy suddenly passed out, which made them even more panicked.

Inside Naruto's head...

Naruto woke up then looked around and saw that he was in a sewer-like place. "Where am I?" he wondered. He then stood up and began walking around until he stopped in a ridiculously high gate with a single paper with a kanji for seal in it. As he walked towards it, a strong current of air and chakra threatened to blow him away. Two large eyes opened and a large mouth appeared. Naruto nearly squeaked in fear in seeing the being's razor-sharp teeth and demonic blood-red slitted eyes. He then heard a voice, as beckoning to him.

"Come closer, child." it said in a deep, booming yet obviously female tone. Naruto hesitated as if afraid. The being, sensing his fear, showed a sad smile.

"Please, don't be afraid of me. I will not harm you" it spoke softly. Naruto was still hesitating but he decided to walk towards the cage. As he stepped through the gate, he saw an enormous reddish-orange nine tailed fox staring back at him. The fox's red eyes held many emotions, but Naruto could see that they were saddened.

"You must be Naruto, right?" it asked, which Naruto slowly nodded. He had many emotions running through him, mostly curiosity and amazement. "You have probably heard of me or rather my bad reputation. My name is Atayomi Sakuretsu, but I'm better known as..."

"The Kyūbi no Yoko!" Naruto yelled in anger as he realized who he was talking to. Sakuretsu flinched at the hatred in his tone. "So, you're the reason my life has been a living hell!" he spoke with anger in his voice.

"Now I understand..." He started. "The beatings, the way the villagers and ninja treat me; You're the reason for it!" He, then turned to leave. But, before he could make it to the gate, the Kyūbi spoke.

"You're right. And I'm am deeply sorry. I did not wish to cause that tragedy five years ago." Sakuretsu said with a broken voice. Naruto turned to see the fox turn into a beautiful blood red-haired woman in a light set of armor designed for her otherworldly perfect body. He could see a faint long scar running down her left arm. He, then saw her face and noticed that she was crying.

Naruto scoffed, "I may be five but, do you really think I'll be fooled by that act?" he said. The female kitsune shook her head. " I am not acting, I am really sorry. For years, I seen all the suffering and pain given to you and in all the 1,200 years I lived, I never witnessed anything like it. We demons, especially kitsunes, would never hurt a child, especially one so young. That fateful night, I was under a powerful genjutsu, so strong in fact, that I could not break free, no matter how hard I tried..." She explained.

Naruto debated between listening to the kitsune or leaving. "Give me one good reason I should listen to you..." He demanded. Sakuretsu wiped her tears of her face.

"It was an hour before the attack. I was..."

Flashback

Atayomi Manor, Kitsune Empire, Makai

October 10

10:45 P.M.

Sakuretsu was returning to her home after a tiring day at the kitsune council. 'Now I see why Tou-sama hated this job! I swear, the only thing those idiots do is argue about useless things and to complain too much! 'Kyūbi-sama, this!' or 'Kyūbi-sama, that!' Argh! At least I'm going home. Maybe a nice, LONG, hot bath will help...' she thought before the stench of blood reached her nose. Her family's blood. She immediately headed over to her manor only to see the bodies of the guards and servants she had known for centuries . As she rushed past more bodies, a growing sense of dread took over her body. As she arrived to the main family room, what she met filled her with unending horror.

Her mate, an eight tailed male fox, was decapitated and beside his body there were two three tailed young twins, severely burned and their throats slashed. Sakuretsu screamed before she ran to the male's body. "Getsu-kun, Yumi-chan, Aki-kun, what happened?" She cried only to see a figure she grew to hate.

"You bastard! Not only you killed my father for falling you, you killed my family too? I will destroy you, Uchiha Madara!" She screamed. The now recognized Uchiha only chuckled " Your father was weak, I merely removed him as a threat for falling in his task. I couldn't have him running around, telling everyone that I was alive, could I?" Madara reasoned.

"Besides, there is someone stronger than him I can control now..." he trailed off. Sakuretsu realized what he meant and growled hatefully at him."I will not be your puppet, bastard. You hear me? I WON'T! I don't care if you hate your village, but you will not use me as a tool. Not before I kill you!" she yelled before she lunged at him. She grabbed his throat and bared her sharp canines at him. The raven haired Uchiha laughed, which made Sakuretsu even more angrier. "Yes, get angrier, your hatred is intoxicating..." Madara purred.

Sakuretsu released an incredible amount of Killing Intent as she glared at his spinning Sharingan, realizing too late that it was his plan all along. She noticed with renewed horror that she could not longer control her body as it let go of Madara. The Uchiha laughed evilly as he walked out. "Come, my pet. We have a village to destroy..."

Present Time- Inside Naruto

"...as you can see, I saw the carnage left by a madman and I was prey of an merciless genjutsu which it was dispelled by the Yondaime's Dead Reaper Sealing jutsu. I was forced to watch as my mindless body tore apart those men and women without me having no means to stop it." Sakuretsu spoke while crying as images of her dead family flashed through her head.

Naruto saw that she was telling the truth and he was feeling horrible, especially for the way he spoke to her. She suffered far worse than him and he was fueling even more her sadness and guilt. He looked down in shame. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know and the way I talked to you, I added more to your burden. I forgive you, even if you want to ha.." he was cut off as the redhead hugged him tightly. "Thank you so much, Naru-chan, I would never hate you. Ever. It wasn't your fault, it was Madara's fault. He caused so much suffering, so much strife, he deserves to suffer for all the sins that he caused!" She spat the last part in hatred. She then let go of the child as she knelt by him.

"I know how much you suffered and I want to make it up to you. But first, there are some things I need to explain to you. Since you nearly died, the seal holding me speed up a process that was supposed to happen later on." She spoke. Naruto cocked his head in confusion. "What do you mean?" the blond asked.

" Well, this seal is designed to transfer and filter my demonic chakra to you and when the time comes, it will strip me of my corporeal form, leaving you with my chakra stores and abilities. To put it in layman's terms, as soon as you reach a certain age, I will be nothing more than a voice, leaving you will all my powers. But, there are other side effects. Your speed, strength, stamina and chakra capacity are now well above human levels and you also possess near-instant regeneration, which means that you can heal minor wounds in seconds and major ones in minutes or hours, depending on the severity. Lastly, due to this, you'll undergo a radical transformation from human to a yokuai kitsune. Of course, it will not happen right away but it will begin soon, so..."

"So I won't be human anymore..." Naruto stated with a saddened look on his face. Sakuretsu nodded gravely as she placed the child in her lap, rubbing circles in his back."They are right... I am a-' he was cut off when the kitsune gave him a angry look.

"Do Not Listen To Them! Just because you'll be a kitsune soon, it doesn't make you any less than human! Compared to you, they are the real monsters! You are an innocent child, an angel if I may dare say so. You never hurt anyone, you always had a smile in your face despite all the hatred and suffering you had and most of all, you forgave me, even when I am the cause of your suffering. You are more human than all of them combined. And remember, what makes you human is in here...-" she pointed in his chest, where his heart was. "As long as you have a heart that can feel and a soul, you will never be a monster." she finished with a motherly smile.

Naruto looked up with a wide-eyed look. "Really...?" he asked. The kitsune smiled sweetly as she nodded at him, which confirmed it. "Thank you, Kaa-san... " He hugged her. She was shocked at the endearing suffix, then she cried in his shoulder. 'I may have lost my family, but I won't lose you to Madara too, Naru-chan, I swear it on my life.' she thought with conviction.

The two separated after Sakuretsu noticed that Naruto was in the hospital. "Naru-chan, you need to wake up. Later on, we'll talk about your new abilities and if you wish, I can train you and grant you with a special summoning scroll that will allow me to be outside. But for now, you got to wake up, okay?" the redhead spoke. Naruto nodded at her before walking away. " Thank you so much, Kaa-san!" he waved before disappearing. "Bye, Naru-chan." she softly replied.

Konoha General Hospital, Shinobi Wing, Konohagakure no Sato

October 11

08:27 A.M.

When Naruto woke up, he realized that he was in an hospital bed. He was bandaged and had a couple of IV tubes in his arm. He looked around and saw two persons talking in the other side of the room. One he recognized as Jiraya from earlier and the other as Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage and his grandfather figure. They were talking about him.

"Jiraya, you know that Minato told you that he must be thirteen before you can train him, right?" the old Kage said in an exasperated tone.

"I know that, Sensei, but I can't stand around seeing my godson getting beat up by those ingrates! Besides, he'll learn nothing in the academy, and Danzou will try anything to take him to his Ne ANBU to become a weapon!" Jiraiya argued, then he sighed. "Besides, I want him to know about his parents." the Sennin softly spoke, causing Sarutobi to gasp.

"Jiraya! He is still too young to know yet-"

"Know what, Sarutobi-ojii-san?" Naruto spoke, surprising the two. They didn't expect the five-year old to be awake until tomorrow, or even listening to their conversation. 'He was awake this whole time?' Sarutobi thought as his former student walked up to the boy's bed and sat by him.

"Hey kiddo, how are you holding up?" Jiraya asked. " I'm fine" Naruto responded. Jiraya smiled before asking "How long have you been awake?"

"I just woke up." the blonde jinchuuriki answered. Sarutobi walked to the other side of the bed while looking at the blonde. "Is it true that you're my godfather?" Naruto asked Jiraiya , based on what he heard. "It's true, gaki." Jiraiya said before Naruto hugged him.

"Thank you for saving me..." he sniffed while the spiky white haired Sennin held him. "Naruto-kun, what happened while you were asleep? You had us worried there." Sarutobi asked. "I was speaking to Kaa-san, and she-"

"Kaa-san?" Jiraiya asked, dreading the answer. "Her name is Sakuretsu and she told me that she didn't attack the village on purpose." Naruto simply said. Jiraya and Sarutobi glanced at each other with worried looks." Was she..." The Sennin asked, before the blond shook his head. Immediately, Sarutobi pulled Naruto towards him." What do you mean 'she didn't attack on purpose'? Is she..."

"Yeah, Kaa-san told me that her family was killed by Uchiha Madara one hour before the attack and she was under a genjutsu. Also she told me that she wasn't in control of her body. Madara was." Naruto explained.

Shock could never describe what they were feeling now. "Uchiha Madara's still alive...?" Sarutobi muttered in horror. 'The same man that caused Kiri's deadly civil war and almost defeated the Shodai... How...?' they could only think as stories of his crimes and his almost-legendary lust for power flashed on their heads. Jiraya frowned in thought. "It makes sense now. Minato said that he could feel Madara's chakra in the Kyūbi's. He also told me that he saw the Sharingan in the demon's eyes as it attacked. " he reasoned. Sarurobi stared at the Sennin in suprise; If Madara was behind the attack five years ago then...

"You're right, we have to get Naruto-kun away from the village, at least for a while." Naruto then said "Who's Minato? You guys keep mentioning him as if he was an important person." his question caught them off guard. Jiraiya signed and pointed a face in the Hokage Monument.

"You see that face up there?" he said. Naruto nodded. "That's the Yondaime's face, why?" he said with a little bit of anger. The Sennin and the Hokage noticed the tone and signed. Sarutobi glanced at Jiraiya, who nodded. Jiraiya then spoke: " His name was Namikaze Minato and he was your father".

Naruto just stared for what it seen an eternity, then... "THE YONDAIME IS MY FATHER?" he screamed in shock. Sakuretsu nodded mentally. Now that she thought of it, the kit, she was thinking of him as her kit, was almost his double. "Minato would've been gloating by how much Naru-chan looks like him, then he would be smacked broadside in the head by Nee-chan. That would've been funny to watch..." Sakuretsu thought with an unaudible giggle.

Then Naruto asked numbly: "Why would he seal Kaa-san in me?" Jiraya spoke in a sad tone. "He had no choice, it was either let the village be destroyed or sealing her in you."

Sarutobi nodded sadly "There was also the fact that your real mother died giving birth to you. Minato-kun was broken beyond belief, that's why he did what he did. To at least, make sure you would live. He gave his life to save you from death." the Kage said.

Naruto could only cry as he listened. "Did they..." he asked. Jiraiya held him and said "Yes, they both loved you so much. I remember Kushina saying that you were beautiful, just like your father. Minato died saying that no matter what, he would always love you." Naruto started to get sleepy from so much crying. Jiraiya let him lie down in bed as the blond slept. "Well, that went well..." the Sannin said tirely.

Main Gate, Konohagakure no Sato Outer Walls

October 12

12:27 A.M.

After spending the night in the hospital, Naruto was discharged without any problem. Also after telling Jiraya of Sakuretsu's offer of training and of his soon to be state, both the Kage and the Sennin were shocked to the core. But the kitsune assured them that he will still be the same person and that they spoke of the issue while Naruto was unconscious. As the shock wore off, they were saddened but there was nothing they could do about it. But Naruto cheered them up by saying that no matter what, that as long as he had a human heart and soul, he was going to stay the same. Upon hearing this, they smiled while easing a large pain in their hearts. Jiraya agreed at the offer, as it gave him a chance to help Naruto master his enormus chakra and as a chance to redeem himself. After telling Sarutobi and disscusing the type of training Naruto will get, the Kage walked with them towards the gates, ANBU in their tail. It was nighttime, past midnight, so the villagers wouldn't give them any problems.

"Remember, you two must return before the Genin Graduation exam. Also you must keep in touch." Sarutobi said.

"Alright." Jiraiya replied. Then, Sarutobi knelt by the five-year old. "Be safe, okay Naruto-kun?" he said. The blonde nodded before hugging him. "I'll miss you guys." he said, muffled by the Kage's robes. The ANBU and the Kage replied " We'll miss you too, Naruto-kun."

End Flashback

'Home, Sweet Fuckin' Home... Never thought I would be back here again. I rather be in Kiri or Kumo or even in Makai than here...' he thought acidly as the second spirit in his soul stirred.

"Is there something wrong, Kit?" Sakuretsu asked him with concern in her voice. She saw the memories and guilt weighted heavily in her heart. Naruto shook his head and sighed.

"It's nothing Kaa-san. I'm fine." he said, drawing the attention of the Sannin beside him.

"Are you sure? Because you are leaking some serious KI, even little Ama is scared." Jiraya pointed, referencing to the little bundle that turned out to be a 3-month old fox cub that was shaking in fear in his shoulder.

He sighed again and took the scared cub and cradled her in his arms. Ama or Amateratsu as he called the little kit looked at his cold gold eyes that peeked out of his dark red-tinted sunglasses as they warmed when she softly tried to nuzzle his face in hopes to soothe him. He smiled as he kissed her in the head.

"I'm so sorry, Ama-chan. It's that this place brings bad memories for me..." he explained. The kit licked his face before rubbing her nose against his in understanding. Jiraya smiled as the teen placed the kit back in his shoulder and said

"The Genin Finals are in a few hours, so if we are quick enou-" he was cut off by a scoff.

"If you hadn't gone to that bar and got yourself pissed drunk then kidnapped by rouge nin, we would've been here a day sooner." Naruto drawled.

"But, it wasn't my fault that they had hot ladies in there!" Jiraya whined.

"And not only that, I also had to rescue you. Doesn't that fill you with shame that you, one of the Densetsu no Sannin, had to be rescued by his apprentice, because if it doesn't, you better learn. Othewise, I won't rescue you again, Ero-Sennin!" The 13-year-old growled at the Sennin who looked embarrassed. Naruto could hear Retsu laughing her ass off inside his head.

"You'll never going to let him live that down, will you?" she said amid laughter.

"Nope! He deserves it. Besides, what if Tsu-baa-chan knew?" he said in a sadistic tone.

Jiraya froze as if he was dumped in ice cold water, while Sakuretsu laughed even harder. "She would beat the living crap out of him!" she said

"Yeah, I know. But if she knew I had to rescue the idiot..." he trailed off.

" He would get a lecture, then, get beaten... That's going to be fun to watch!" she chirped with a evil smile as Jiraya sulked heavily.

As they neared the Main Gate, the guards were bored. Kotetsu was chewing on a senbon and Izumo was reading a book, when he looked up and gasped.

"Hey isn't that..." The senbon-chewing Chunin dropped his jaw in pleasant shock.

"Yeah! Quick, tell Hokage-sama!" Izumo didn't had to be told twice as he rushed to the Hokage Tower, while the remaining guard ran to greet the trio. Naruto smirked as he spotted the guard.

"Long time no see, Kotetsu" he called out as the man laughed and hugged the teen. Naruto hugged back as a small tear rolled down his face.

"Damn, I missed you boy! Jiraya-sama, it's good to see you too." the guard said with a smile.

"Where's the old man?" Jiraya asked.

"Izumo went to get him; he'll be here in a few." The guard said.

Meanwhile, the Sandaime Hokage rushed to reach the Main Gate with ANBU hot in his tail. The were anxious to meet the duo as well as to escort him to the academy. When Hiruzen spotted the spiky haired blond, he almost had a heart attack. Naruto was basically the haunting splitting image of Minato, but he was pale, his hair was white blond and arranged in downward spikes that started from the right side of his head and he was missing his whisker marks, overall making him look inhumanly handsome. But the truly shocking thing was that as he removed his sunglasses, pure gold irises with cat-like pupils stared at the group. They slowed down as he inspected them with a fangy smile.

"You know, I felt your presence a long ways off." he then walked towards him and hugged the old Kage with tears flowing freely through his his face.

"I missed you so much, Jii-san." he cried softly. The Kage was also crying as were the masked nin, who regarded the young Jinchuuriki as one of their own kin.

As tears soon ran out, Hiruzen noticed the little kit that struggled to see him. He picked the kit up and held her in his arms as she looked at him curiously.

"Who is she, Naruto?" He asked as the kit licked him, earning some chuckles from the male ANBU and some "Aww, she's so cute!" from the women present.

"Her name is Amateratsu, and she is 3 months old." Then, his voice lowered to a cold whisper.

"I found her half-dead near her den where she used to live. They were being hunted and she was the only lucky one out of all of them. She was barely a week old." Ama whimpered as she knew that they were talking about that event and Naruto, having heard her, took her from the Kage's arm and held her tight.

"Why don't we go to your office and we'll explain everything." Naruto said as Ama settled down. The Kage and ANBU agreed and they all flickered to the office instantly.

Hokage Tower, Konohagakure no Sato

June 25th

07:15 A.M.

When they arrived at the ground floor and entered the gates, they quickly went to the Kage's office. As Hiruzen opened the door, they saw three other persons that turned around and two of them gasped. The third barely showed any emotion at all.

One of the persons there, a male with glasses, pointed at Naruto. "Who the hell is he and why does he looks like the Yondaime?" He exclaimed.

Another elder, this one a female, spoke: "Hiruzen, isn't that Uzumaki Naruto?" She spoke with a warmth in her voice, remembering what Sarutobi told her a day after he and the Gama Sennin left. She was catatonic when she she heard that Madara was alive and caused that horrible tragedy 13 years ago.

The elder who spoke first gasped, before glaring at the Sennin and storming off, possibly to the Civillian Council room. The third elder, who was wrapped from head to toe in bandages under a tunic, merely humph'ed before leaving. As he left, he glanced at the Sennin and gave a satisfied smirk at the blond.

Needless to say, the group couldn't help but to shudder at the last elder's action, specially Jiraya, who knew what it meant.

"Danzou knows that he is stronger that before; Now, he won't stop at anything to take Naruto away. We'll have to be careful, since he will try to convince the council into adding him to his Ne ANBU." The female elder known as Koharu spoke in a worried tone.

"I know, that's why he will be going to the Genin Finals. But, it's Homura that I'm worried about." Sarutobi sighed. "He will probably try to get the council to kill him first since, somehow, they know that Jiraya took away for 8 years." The traveling duo's reaction was mostly shell shocked and anger.

"HOW DID THEY KNOW!" Jiraya yelled and Naruto growled. "I don't know, I suspect that one of Danzou's Ne was present at the gates 8 years ago" Koharu offered.

"Then, when did you both find out, Jii-san, Koharu-obaa-sama?" Naruto asked. The elder turned to the yokuai with a sad smile.

"We barely found out a week ago. They made a very good act in keeping it secret for so long. I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun." She apologized. The teenaged yokuai groaned loudly.

"So, what do we do?" Naruto asked. Hiruzen turned to him; "Although, the paperwork isn't done yet, you still will able to go to take the examination. Jiraya will go with you as proof that you are authorized to attend. Alright?"

"Got it, Jii-san."

"Understood, Sensei."

The two, then left inmediatetly. The Kage, then turned to Inu, who stood at the ready. "Tell Iruka that Naruto and Jiraya are on the way."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." He acknowledged and shunshin'ed out of the office.

Shinobi Academy, Konohagakure no Sato

June 25th

07:30 A.M.

As soon as they arrived, a Chunin with a scar in his nose, was alerted that they were coming and waited outside to greet them. Naruto immediately recognized him. "Hey, Iruka-nii-san, long time no see..."

Umino Iruka smiled softly before giving a hug to the boy who he used to look after as an ANBU operative and who came to love as his own little brother.

"I missed you too, Naruto". After they separated, the blond took off his cloak and handed it to Jiraya. Then they headed to the third floor, amid stares and gossip. When they arrived at room 305, there was a few students, who turned to look at the trio.

"Well, here we are. Iruka, I trust that Naruto will participate in the exam?" The Sannin asked. "Don't worry, Jiraya-sama, he will be fine." The ANBU-turned-teacher answered. "Alright, later gaki. Don't show off, OK?" Jiraya warned him.

"Just leave, Ero-Sennin." That remark earned him an annoyed look from the Sannin and shocked gasps from the students. "I told you to not to call me that!"

Naruto just waved him off with a smirk. The white haired man left, headed obviously to the hot springs, mumbling something along the lines of "insolent brat" and "just like his mother".

Iruka pointed to some empty seats; "There are some chairs you can seat on, Naruto." The blond yokuai nodded as he sat in a chair beside a raven-haired teen, who by a glance, merely said; "Another weakling."

Naruto didn't look at him as he sat, placing his blades in the space between his legs as he leaned back and setting Ama in his chest as the kit yawned. Apparently the boy beside him didn't like to be ignored and turned to glare at him. Naruto glanced at him through his shades and twitched while Sakuretsu frowned immensely.

"Just our luck, an Uchiha! Can anything make it worse as it is?" she exclaimed, angrily.

Unfortunately, it did get worse. As Iruka left to the academy office, Naruto heard trampling sounds, as if there was people running. Then the door busted wide open and a panting rosette-haired girl entered first then a blonde one, then a whole group of them tried to cram in at the same time. The first one turned around with a smirk.

"Ha, I won, Ino-pig! I get to sit beside Sasuke-kun!" She gloated at the blond, who scowled at her.

"You cheated, Forehead, I was supposed to be first!" Yamanaka Ino argued. The pink-haired girl waved her off as she headed where Naruto sat.

The blond Jinchuriki shot an annoyed glare to the Empress. 'Thanks for jinxing it, Kaa-san.' he groaned. "Sorry, Kit. I didn't know that the Uchiha had fangirls after him" she apologized.

'Don't worry, Kaa-san, it's okay.' He comforted her.

The pinkette stood in front of his seat with an obvious fake smile. "Can you move it? I want to seat near Sasuke-kun." She asked too sweetly, in fact, Naruto detected a thin-veiled threat. He side-glanced her from the corner of his shades and ignored her.

The smile quickly wore off and was replaced by a fierce scowl. "I said, I wanted that seat. Move it or I'll-" He stared at her with a cold smirk.

"Or what? You'll push me off? Heh, as far as I know, I was here first. Besides, do you really think that you will survive your first mission with that pathetic chakra reserves or your fangirlism?" She scoffed, but he continued nonetheless.

"I've seen your type; they get teamed up to their 'idols' and when push comes to shove, they're always the first to die. Why?" Many fangirls actually wanted to know the answer. Others didn't pay attention.

"Because they depend too much on their "crushes" and forget about everything else: their training, their instincts and most importantly their common sense. They become so obsessed about their "idols" that they forget that they even have a life. That's what gets them killed. If I were you, I would start forgetting about useless fantasies of getting married or whatever runs in that one-tracked mind of yours and start concentrating in my career, otherwise, just quit while you still have a life yet. If any of you ever get into a team with me and still obsess about him, so help me Kami-sama you better get in shape or stay out of my way. I don't have time or the mood to babysit fangirls." He finished with a pointed scowl to the pinkette in front of him.

The entire room exploded with noise as Naruto let a sigh and leaned back in his chair, ignoring KI-infused death glares and threats from the Uchiha's fangirls. It got to the point that he scowled fiercely;

"ENOUGH! I'm fucking tired from traveling overnight to make it here on time, so I would appreciate it if you SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!" He growled icily while glaring at the pinkette in front of him while his eyes glowed red behind his shades and released an short but inhuman burst of KI that quickly shut the rabid girls. The now scared fangirls quickly sat in seats AWAY from the pissed blond as the kit in his chest quivered in fear. The yokuai sighed and looked at the kit sadly.

"I'm sorry, Ama-chan. I didn't mean to scare you too..." He apologized to the kit who nuzzled in his face. He rubbed the kit's back and softly lulled her to sleep. The pinkette sat down in the seat to his right, frightened by such power, even the Uchiha had to admit that he was scared. 'How did he make such horrendous KI and where did he get those swords?' He thought, while looking greedily at the two katanas between Naruto's legs.

The pinkette, in the other hand, pondered at his words and winced at how true they were. She only managed to pass the academy years by her smarts, her taijutsu was barely above average and the disturbing fact of 'Are my chakra reserves that LOW?' dominated her thoughts. She never really thought of increasing her reserves and realized for the first time that he may be right. "He's right... I would never survive my first mission..."

'What are you talking about! You can't let him change your mind!' Her inner persona screamed at her. She was a separate mind and thus, one side of her true personality.

'But...'

'Don't let him bring you down! He is jealous of Sasuke-kun and he wants us to think that we're weak! Let's have a taijutsu match against him and prove him that we can beat anyone, Shannaro!' That perked her up a lot. 'Alright! We'll prove to him that we aren't as weak as he thinks!' She thought as she stared at him with a confident smirk.

The door opened and a white-haired Chunin entered the room and he noticed that the classroom was oddly quiet. Iruka entered the room behind him and also noticed the same thing. "What's going on? Why's everyone so quiet?" The unnamed Chunin asked.

A teen with a hooded fur coat, slit eyes, triangular markings in his face and a dog in his head, identifying him as a Inuzuka, said "Because the fangirls were annoying this guy, who by the way, came accompanied by none other that Jiraya, the Gama Sennin himself, and it got to the point, that he screamed at them and let out some serious KI. You should have seen them, they went shit-faced!", he laughed while pointing at the sleeping blond and kit.

He looked at the teen in surprise. "He's the demon bastard! No wonder no one knew were he was for 8 years! And he's got the nerve to bring one of it's own kin in here!" He thought in anger.

Iruka noticed Mizuki's reaction and shook his head in sadness. The fangirls' reaction was different. Upon knowing that the boy that denied Haruno Sakura's "request" was trained by one of the Sennin, they were in disbelief. There was some whispers as "Why didn't Jiraya-sama train Sasuke-kun rather that this lowlife?" Others were unwilling to piss off even more the blond. After hearing that the newcomer came with a Sennin, Sakura wasn't as confident as before.

As for Sasuke, he was beyond angry and thought at the same lines as his fangirls. Iruka knew that he better start the exams right away lest risk another shouting match between the unruly girls and Naruto. "Aright, everyone! Why don't we start the final exams? Mizuki and I will pass around the written portion and-" he was cu off by the Uchiha.

"Iruka-sensei, why don't we add a taijutsu portion? I want to see what's he's got." Sasuke said, amid squeals from his fangirls and interested looks from the guys, as he looked at the sleeping blond yokuai with a smirk.

Mizuki was also interested and wanted to take the chance to ridiculize the teen before he got too far. "Yes, Iruka-sempai, let's add a taijutsu portion." The scarred Chunin nodded, "Alright, after the written portion, we"ll head outside for the taijutsu portion, OK?" he announced.

Naruto, who was a light sleeper, heard the whole thing. He let out a yawn as Iruka and Mizuki were passing the papers. He noticed that the white-haired Chunin was uncomfortable as he passed the paper to him. As soon as the last student received his exam, Iruka proceeded to explain the rules. When he finished, he started a 30-minute timer, and everyone began their examination. As he filled the test, he chuckled as Sakuretsu complained about the difficulty of the test, quoting that it was 'A lame-ass excuse for an graduation exam.'

When he finished, he realized that he was the first to finish and stood up to deliver the test back to Iruka. As he walked towards the desk with the two Chunin, he gathered a lot of surprised looks, as they expected Sakura or Nara Shikamaru to finish first. Iruka smiled at him as he began correcting the test, Mizuki in the other hand, scowled at the teen, who chose to ignore it.

"You finished under four minutes, not bad Naruto! Now, you may go back to sleep but don't disturb anyone, OK?" the scarred Chunin told him.

"Understood, Iruka-sensei." Naruto acknowledged.

As he climbed the steps back to his chair, he took notice of every student, and immediately recognized a few students that were actually clan members. He associated students' characteristics to certain clan types that Jiraya explained to him.

He saw a spiky haired teen wearing circular shades and a white coat and identified him as an Aburame, another one, this one an obese teen with swirls in his cheeks, as a Akimichi, the dozing one with his black hair tied in a spiky ponytail easily made him a Nara and the loudmouthed one with the dog in his head was the Inuzuka who talked earlier.

As for the girls, he knew the loud blonde that entered in front of the fangirl stampede and ID'ed as a Yamanaka and a lavender-eyed teen with blue hair, who he easily made out as a Hyuga. He noticed that she would look at him when she thought that he wasn't paying attention and when he looked back, she would turn away, blushing.

When he arrived at his seat, Ama, who was sleeping on the table, stirred as he cradled her and her amber eyes sat on his face. He let a small yawn as Sakura stood up and delievered her test. She wasn't the only one; others began to take theirs and before the 30 minutes were up, everyone was finished and Iruka was correcting test after test.

When he was done, the class headed out to the academy training fields. Once there, Iruka began to explain: "The point of this portion is to measure your level in taijutsu. As of a tournament match, it will have the same type of rules: the match will be taijutsu only, no ninjutsu allowed, and the match will be decided when an opponent is knocked out, disqualified, and when I call it. Since they are practice matches, you can't kill your opponent. Understood?"

He got a chorus of "Hai, Iruka-sensei!" in response. He smiled, "Good, we'll decide the matc-" he was cut off by Mizuki.

"Why don't Sasuke-kun and Haruno-san fight the d-I mean-the new kid. It will be interesting to see how he fights 2 against 1" Mizuki offered. The fangirls practically went crazy with cries of "Go, Sasuke-kun!" and "beat the faker!" The boys wanted to see this. Iruka looked at Naruto, who merely smirked at the challenge.

"Alright, let's do it! Uzumaki Naruto vs. Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura!"

Fallen: Here's the first chapter, so please review! And hold tight for A Destiny Rewritten chapter two, coming soon.