Prison and Promise

Naruto doesn't elong to me

Hello all, new writer here please be kind. This is my first attempt at a Naruto Story. Naruto will be Godlike in this. Don't like don't read. No flamers please.

First things first, I will be adding things from other series or novels that are just too cool not to add, one such thing is in this chapter and the next but I will credit it to where it's from.

Main paring is NaruHina for two reasons, 1. It's canon now, deal with it. 2. I always liked Hinata, when she turned badass in Shippuden and fought off pain I was having a fanboy moment and cried when it looked like she died.

I can be convinced however to add 2 more women to be paired with him so long as arguments are solid and they will not interfere with the basic plot I have

Well then let's begin shall we?

Hiruzen sighed heavily as he walked down the hall leading to the most well guarded prison in the entirety of the Land of Fire, if he thought about it, then he would consider this the most secure facility in the entirety of the Elemental Nations. 50 jounin, and 100 chunin had been removed from the active duty roster so they could be assigned to this facility and make sure there would be no success or even a hint of possibility that there would be escape. Added to the fact there was only one entrance which he had just went through, with a solid three feet of steel acting as a door. Said door was housed inside the ANBU headquarters behind seals only he and Jiraiya could open without worry.

I really should double everything Hiruzen sighed again through the nose

Carefully stepping onto the lift with the chunin in charge of it, the Sandaime with his five ANBU guards began their descent together in the lift. Not a word was spoken amongst the five men, but even so, Hiruzen could see in the chunins eyes a sense of discomfort that grew as they were descended.

With a small cough he brought attention to himself. "Satoshi-kun..."

The chunin started at the cough but straightened himself to reply. "Hai Hokage-sama?"

"You seem distraught. Care to give a reason?"

Satoshi made an audible gulp as his face showed his nervousness, He looked over the side of the lift and judged they had only gone about half of the quarter mile drop before turning to his superior to answer. "I-I really don't like being near him. No one does. It's a daily thing of drawing straws to see who'll even feed him. there's nothing odd that happens to suggest he'll attack, he's too well secured, but it's what we can't secure that makes everyone jumpy."

That got a raised eyebrow. "What could possibly unnerve everyone? Last I checked we had even gone so far as to covered and bind everything save for his ears and mouth!"

Satoshi nodded. "That's the thing sir, it's his mouth, or rather his smile..."

"Smile?"

"You'll see for yourself soon enough Hokage-sama. We're here."

Indeed the lift soon came to a stop ledge of a rocky cliff, with the eigth sigh since he decided to come here Hiruzen stepped off the lift with his guards. Together they traveled along the cliffs edge until they reached the bridge.

"I will go alone from here on, no arguments, he at least has some respect for me still despite my failures. You being there will only serve to agitate him."

The ANBU shuffled, clearly not liking this decision, the neko masked ANBU nodded slowly to show they understood.

Nodding back Hiruzen egan to walk across thebridge, idly noting that the wood boards were rather squeaky. Proably to let him know someone's coming, wouldn't want him to get jumpy.

As his eyes adjusted to the gloom he finally saw his destination, a small spire of rock that rest in the middle of a deep pit with walls hidden in the gloom to truly give the sense that the entire world was made of about forty square feet of rock in the rough shape of a circle,and a bridge.

A twinge of regret, sadness, and a small bit of fear crossed Hiruzens face when he saw the one and only Prisoner here, who had been here for almost seven years now.

"Hello Naruto-kun.."

A single ear twitched to show he'd been heard.

"That you Jiji? Been awhile, paperwork still trying to bury you?"

A wry smile graced Hiruzens face at that, at least the boy, no, young mans sense of humor had not suffered too much. It allowed him to see there was still some sanity in his unwanted prisoner.

"Not since you told me the way your father was able to do it without going insane, it's allowed me some freedoms, I've even been able to get myself into the best fighting shape I could despite my age."

Naruto slowly lifted his head to face Hiruzen, his bangs covering the blindfold covered in dozens of seals that were meant to blind all senses but hearing and taste, but Hiruzen cared little for that, as he saw what Stoshi meant now.

That smile would haunt his dreams for a few months.

The only thing seemingly wrong was that the canines were a bit large, making them look like fangs, but Hiruzen physically flinched at seeing that smile. The pure madness, the hatred, the pure bloodlust that smile showed would make anyone shiver.

The people here are getting a raise, and maybe a vacation.

Allowing himself to pull away from that horrible smile he took in the rest of the now fifteen year old old boy in front of him.

Two months prior to imprisonment, the seal holding Kyuubi within Naruto had been damaged by a foolish Jounin who had some minor sealing knowledge and decided to join in the monthl 'fox hunt' centering around the poor boy. The seal had been altered to allow more of the Kyuubi's vile chakra through and causing damage to the boy, mind and body. His mind had been badly damaged by the backlash, and to the best of Jiraiya, Inoichi, and his own knowledge after seeing the results, they could only guess that the demon had forseen death coming from the damage and had forced a merging with his host, ensuring they both lived in some way.

The immediate thing that had caugh everyone's attention were the two fox ears on Naruto's hair, which had turned blood red, along with the nine equally red tails firmly attached to his tailbone. upon inspection by the Hyuuga clan head, they found out the ears were strangly real with blood flowing through them like they had been there since birth. The tails though had instead been pure chakra! Again the best guess they had for it was that the tails were made from excess chakra taking a 'normal' form.

It had not helped his popularity at all with the village in large, with Shinobi all being wary and never taking their eye off him when he happened to be near, and the civilians calling for his death saying that they needed to be rid of him before The fox could fully retake hos form again.

Hiruzen had to take Naruto aside once he'd awoken to explain everything in great detail, from the sealing to just who had done it. The boy had a minor meltdown at learning his own father had damned him to a veritable hell, but had calmed himself after a minor rampage in training ground 44.

The animals had apparently dubbed him as 'King of all Beasts' soon after, to their amusment.

Stranger though, the Hyuuga Heiress had not shyed away from Naruto at all, instead she had become a confidant even closer than Hiruzen had been to the boy. When asked privately why he had been surprised at the answer.

Flashback: Hinata's explanation

"I owe him my life Hokage-sama."

Hiruzen could only blink at the short answer. Taking a puff from his pipe he tried for a longer answer. "Please explain Hinata-chan, I was not made aware that Naruto had done such a service to you."

Hinata nodded, pausing to collect her thoughts. "during the night of my kidnapping the cloud ninja had stopped to rest after a few minutes of exiting the walls. I had come too at the moment andhad unknowingly activated my Byakugan from the stress. I could see out of the bag holding me the ninja looking around as if he'd heard something. I began to focus and saw Naruto creeping up on him. I was surprised and to my shame let a squeak out trying to warn him away. This only served to draw the cloud nin's attention to him, and it was a viscious beating. The cloud nin had a temper and was ticked he'd been worked up over a child. The time spent doing this had given my father the time to catch up and deal with the kidnapper. Father then carried us back, delivering Naruto-kun to the hospital and taking me to a Hyuuga doctor he trusted."

Hiruzen frowned. "Why wasn't I made aware of Naruto's involvement?"

Hinata sighed. "I had been curious myself. Father replied saying 'the poor boy has enough attention as it is. if he gets involved we'd have to hear more rabid mutterings from the fools than we already do.' I can see why now."

Flashback end

The time Hinata and Naruto had spent together had been encouraged by her father, as he'd talked with Naruto and found him safe enough despite his appearance. with Hiashi's acceptance the two had quickly grown close enough that Hiruzen could almost hear wedding bells when he watched them through his crystal ball, smiling at the happiness Naruto had found in one person.

The civilians had grown restless over two months though, and became little more than animals frothing at the mouth seeing the young couple together, cries about her being tainted by the demon (rumors helped along by the Hyuuga elders who never cared for Hinata and were displeased in her relationship) had brought together the civilians who'd stayed away from Naruto out of fear and allowed a minor bit of peace, into a mob twice as large as any before, several ninja ( all who were either executed or severely demoted after) had even joined, and corner the young couple in the park.

It was a massacre.

The first sign that they had royally screwed up was when one foolish person had thrown a rock, intending to hit Naruto, but missed hitting Hinata in the back of her head, knocking her unconscious. The silence that followed would be what many commonly refered to as 'the calm before the storm' as Naruto had slowly turned to look at Hinata's prone form

Seeing one of five people in the entire village who'd acknowledged him, who had become truly precious to him that he'd say he'd even loved her now laying there on the ground with blood dripping from her had caused something vital in Naurto's frail psyche to snap

The killing intent had blanketed the entire village. There had even been reports from his ninja in neighboring towns feeling it.

When Hiruzen arrived his more morbid humor had raised it's ugly head.

This park will never be clean again.

Bodies, whole or torn were everywhere, only a handful of survivors were found, most of them not surviving the night. Hiruzen faintly registered people fleeing the scene, but his eyes were glued to two lone figures in the center of the carinval of death, one laying, one kneeling over holding the one that was on the ground. When he approached, caution and intuition telling him to come from the front, he clearly saw Naruto biting into Hinata's neck, before releasing her and throwing his head back in a bloodcurdling roar. The bite mark shifted before the aged Kage's eyes into what he could only assume (later confirmed) as a mate mark.

Naruto had immediately passed out after, allowing him to bring them both to the hospital before being called into a council meeting where all but Hiashi, who remained silent throughout the meeting, put to vote that Naruto was simply too dangerous and would therefor have to be locked and sealed away. The clan heads, who had always sided against the civilians on any affair that concerned Naruto as they knew better and saw him as a hero, had unfortunately no counter arguments and reluctantly voted to imprison Naruto.

Strangely though, Danzo had also been silent throughout the proceedings.

When They first brought him here they had quickly found out about his strength, and quickly latched both arm to large rocks that hung over the edge of the platform they were on. Each chain drained chakra from Naruto's utterly insanely high reserves and traveled down to the rocks, where the weight seals would be supplied by the constant supply and slowly grow heavier over time, ensuring that the boy could never be able to lift either boulder even a bit.

Though at the same time his strength would make Tsunade's look like a newborns compared to a genin

His Tails, all nine had been fitted like his arms, chakra constantly being drained, leaving his reserves at bare minimum.

Though saying bare minimum is like a slap to the face, seeing that even now it feels like his chakra is double mine. I should call Jiraiya back and have him add more draining seals.

The final thing ensuring there was no escape for Naruto was the turtle shell-like contraption that encased his torso. Seals upon seals had been layed upon it to further drain his chakra away as well as several acupuncture needles to stab into nerve clusters, hindering his movements further.

(Yes the rocks and turtle shell thing is basically similar to Ti-Lungs from Kung Fu Panda, the prison scene is more or less how I pictured this place except for several alterations. There will be no feather to let him unlock it as there's not even a place for a key to be put)

A cough Returned Hiruzen to Naruto's face.

"We both know you're not here to socialize Jiji, why are you really here?"

Hiruzen rubbed a hand down his face tiredly.

"The Chunin exams will be beginning shortly."

Both ears flicked forward at this.

"Kurenai-san has nominated her team to enter."

The smile shrank slightly.

"Didn't they graduate only a few months ago? It seems rather early for this kind of thing for a rookie team."

"I can assure you her team is one of the most talented teams to be entered, I have little doubt they could possibly make chunin."

"Even despite those problems?"

Hiruzen sighed. Naruto had made only two real demands when imprisoned. one, monthly to bi-monthly reports on Hinata, more often if she became ill or something important occured like now. And two, all males who could possibly seek her out for romantic purposes were to be kept away from her.

Foxes were very protective of their mates.

The first report had enraged Naruto to the point they had to add the turtle shell device to keep him from leaving. It had become apparent that A Hyuuga elder had placed a memory suppresant on Hinata to remove him from her thoughts. The sealing had been done improperly and caused her to become shy and withdrawn, further earning her disgusted glares from the elders. Jiraiya had studied the seal and promptly killed the elder responsible for the abomination, and said the only way to remove it would be a powerful enough trigger from her sealed memories. Hiashi had kept her training at her previous level, hoping the tough regime would trigger her confidence and possibly remove the seal. No such luck could be had though and the realization that Naruto himself could be the trigger crushed Hiashi's hopes for regaining his true daughter as he couldn't take her there, and Naruto would never be brought out from the prison.

This was issue one.

Issue two was one Inuzuka Kiba, who had quickly made Naruto's shit list as the dog themed boy would constantly pester Hinata despite various warnings from his mother. Thankfully a combined effort from Hiashi and Tsume inuzuka had kept Kiba from being able totry anything past asking her out.

Kuernai had respect from Naruto as she acted as surrogate mother to Hinata and had been one of the more constant deflectors of Kiba's advances. She'd been the reason he'd not been two angry at team placements after hearing Kiba and Hinata were together with Shino Aburame.

Hiruzen was still trying to figure out what fool had placed them together and almost potentially causing a veritable shitstorm.

"Yes. Kurenai has said that Hinata seems to have gained some level of confidence and has gotten strong enough to fight Kiba equally in Taijutsu, which she added has slowed down his asking for dates since he's found she's not as easy to push around and has focused back on his own training to get stronger than her again."

The smile was larger now, but seemed to show more happiness.

"Good for her, she's getting some of that fire back. What will the exams consist of?"

"The first exam is a written test to weed out cheaters as they try to steal answers from plants we have in there."

"Boring, she'll make it through. Next."

"The second part is a team vs. team battle over scrolls. They must have two different scrolls to advance to the center tower."

"My 'kingdom' huh? well they'll recognize my queen so they'll be safe from the wildlife."

Hiruzen silently agreed, the wildlife would probably attack any other team just to stay away from her. "If too many pass the second part we will have preliminaries, one on one battles to remove the weaker genin who got through by chance."

Naruto hummed in thought as his ears flicked around. "well she'll do fine should she fight anyone from her generation save for the teme and robot."

"Must you insist calling Sasuke and Sai that?"

The smile turned into a smirk. "Make me jiji."

Hiruzen rolled his eyes. His sarcasm is good though, I should get Inoichi or Ibiki down here to judge his stability at some point, it seems better as of late.

"Anyway the final part is a fighting tournament. Should she make it that far She'd have several fights depending on how well she does."

Naruto nodded in silence before the smile melted into a frown. Hiruzens eye twitched, why did that frown seem worse then that horrid smile?

"Jiji. I want your word, that my Hinata-chan will not, under any circumstances in the preliminaries or finals, fight her cousin."

"You fear he'd harm her because of what happened?"

A nod. "Yes, despite her recent growth in strength she's not as good as him, and I know he'd be out for her blood. So I will give you incentive, should they fight and he aims to kill her, I will not only know, but I will break free. No matter how many binds, seals and so on you place on me, I will tear them away, and destroy all in my path to find him and kill him. Am I understood, Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

"Yes I understand, Uzumaki Naruto."

"Good." The frown left and was replaced by the same grin again. "Next time you visit bring ramen from Nee-chan. I haven't had any since my last birthday."

Hiruzen gave out a dry chuckle. "Same old Naruto. It's nice to know you're still there despite everything."

"I'd still crave the food of the gods if I was batshit insane."

Hiruzen smiled as he turned to leave. "I'm sure you would."

"Better hurry back old man, I can hear your desk creaking from aaaallll that paperwork."

"Smartass."

The ride up was less tense than the ride down, Satoshi noticeably calming the further away from Naruto they got until they reach the top. After entering the ANBU headquarters and a quick Shunshin later Hiruzen began to have anime tears fall comically from his eyes as his desk indeed was creaking from the sheer amount of paperwork in it.

As his fingers crossed into his new favorite jutsu he couldn't help but say, "I'm too old for this shit. Shadow clone jutsu!"