Hello Naruto fans! For those of you who know me, it has been a month now since I have finish The Black Jay and The White Raccoon and I'm back with an all new story. And for a lot of you who don't know me, I'm NiteOwl18 and I am here with a new Naruto fan-fic story. Before I speak to this topic, let me tell you something about me in a short version. I have sign up on this website two years ago due to my boredness and I'm a fan of a lot of shows on Cartoon Network that I can't name, but I am a fan of Naruto: Shippuden. Even thought I am reading the manga in my phone, I have missed out a lot in the show a year ago, but now I have catch up and is currently watching the new episodes. It's getting awesome! I have view a couple of Naruto stories on my laptop. I haven't read them, but I have been favoriting them. The only Naruto fan-fic I am reading right now are new chapters of Fox of Amber, a crossover of the anime and Steven Universe. This story is amazing, by the way. During my two year period of being in this website, I have now gotten seven published, and one in on hold. At first, I didn't want to make a Naruto fan-fic since there were over a billion. However, I have thought of this idea after watching the t.v. series of The Flash. My eighth story, The Fox, takes place in the modern version of Naruto, such as High School and all. The first chapter is from the beginning of The Flash series. I still don't know how this is gonna turn out, but I have this idea of where Naruto's friends and senseis have the same powers in the Naruto series, not to mention the villains. I have made the first five chapters during the summer, plus the sixth chapter as well. I'm still working on the seventh chapter. Starting this September in every Friday, I will publish each chapter. I may not have time writing more chapters on this or my other story cause I'm in college, which mean I'll be very busting with my art classes. So, without further ado, please welcome my seventh story, The Fox.

The Fox.

Chapter One: The Night That Changes Everything.

On a clear orderly sunny day in the town of Uzushio, a young four year old blonde boy with three whisker markings on each cheeks was running for his life. Behind him were three boys who were the same age as him despite their height being a few inches taller than the blonde. The one that was being chased is named Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze.

"Don't let him get away!" Shouted one of the bullies.

Naruto kept running and running until the overweight boy caught him by the collar of his shirt and threw him on the ground. This allow the boys to beat up the poor blonde. Naruto didn't fight back; he wanted to, but he didn't.

Meanwhile, in the Namikaze residence, Kushina Uzumaki was washing dishes in the kitchen all alone in the house as she was humming a lovely tune. She was twenty eight years old. She had a slender, but feminine build figure, fair skin, violet eyes, and fiery red hair that fell to her weight length with strands that framed both sides of her face. She wears a high collared, sleeveless blouse under a long, loose-fitting dress. The whole dress was underneath by a green apron.

Her humming and washing the dishes interrupted her when the sound of a door opens, follow by the sound of her son.

"Mom, I'm home."

Hearing the voice of her four year old son, Kushina walks out from the kitchen and smiled warmly "Naruto, I didn't know you'll be home this early."

Before she could say more, she stare in shock of her son, Naruto. The four year old blonde boy was wearing a navy green T-shirt that had an orange swirl on the front and a pair of shorts. He also wears a small green goggles with the name 'Naruto' on top of them. The goggles was located on his forehead. The small kid had bruises on his face, including a black eye in one of his cerulean eyes and small purple bruise on his left whiskered check. His T-shirt was mostly ripped and his small shorts was a mess, covered with dirt and his own blood.

Kushina crouched to her son's height and quickly cried as she was about to have a heart attack "Oh, my kami. Naruto, not again!"

Naruto looked at her with his blue eyes, replying "Mom, its okay."

"No, its not! Why do you always let those boys hit you?!"

"I don't know. I wanted to fight back, but I couldn't. I try running away, but they always caught me."

Kushina lay out a big sigh before saying "Good lord. Come on, Naruto. Let's get you all cleaned up." She lifted his son with her two hands and carried him to the bathroom. She was always this protective to Naruto and vowed to hurt anyone who dares messes with her son. She throws a fit against the parents of the bullies who hurt Naruto and threatened to kick their asses or worse. However, her husband, Minato, always keeping her gently claim whenever she's in her killing state. This sort of thing happens to Naruto everyday. When Naruto gets bullied by the other boys or anyone, Minato was always there for his son and give him some advice to help him. Usually, the advice sometimes work or not.

In the bathroom, Kushina turn on the hot water from the bath as Naruto took off his shirt. As he was undressing, his mother sweetly said "Don't worry, honey. Your father will be here very soon. I hope very soon. That man is always working so later."

Minato is always working late on his job. He works as a scientist in a military base. Sometimes, he comes home late at night. Kushina didn't understand why was her husband must work every late on his project. He use to talk about it to her right before Naruto was born, but not anymore. However, all in all, she still loves him with all her heart.

Later that night, Naruto was on his bed in his orange pajamas as his legs were underneath the bed covers. Right beside him was a small lamp being light up despite that the lights in his room is already on. He has a large bandage on his damage left cheek. He was holding a small orange walkman while he had headphones on his ears. The song he was listening to is Right here waiting by Richard Marx.

"You're still awake listening to that device of yours, son?"

Naruto took off his headphones and see his father standing at the doorway on his room. Minato Namikaze is a twenty-eight year old blonde with jaw-length bangs framing from each side of the face and bright blue eyes. The man is also wearing a blue T-shirt, blue jeans and blue sandals.

"I like it, dad. Mom give it to me last year." Smiled Naruto.

The young gentleman chuckled "I have no idea why your mother insisted on giving you this walkman since you're still just a baby."

"Hey, I'm not a baby, dattebayo!"

Minato laugh at bit by his son's verbal tic. When he first meet Kushina as a child, he couldn't help but laugh at his wife's verbal tic whenever she gets very excited. This, of course, resulted a few beatings from Kushina, but in the end, she warm up to him.

The blonde's father goes over to him and patted him on top of his son's golden hair. "I know, Naruto." He smiled. "So your mother told me that you got beat up again?"

"Yes." Naruto sadly admitted. "I try to ran from them, but they always capture me."

Minato sat on his son's bed and reply as he patted Naruto's golden hair "Well, you just have to run faster."

"For the rest of my life?"

"Yes, but no." Continued Minato. "You can run faster, but not for the rest of your life whenever someone threatens you or those who are precious to you. You have to start standing up against those boys who beat you."

"But dad, how do I do that?"

"You just have to believe in yourself, Naruto. Believe in yourself."

"I don't know if I can, dad."

"Then you just have to try harder."

"Jeez, thanks dad." Muttered sarcastically Naruto, making his own father chuckle in a sweat drop.

"Good lord, Minato, is that the best advice you can give to our son?" Asked a familiar voice.

Minato turn around, with Naruto looking, only to see Kushina standing on the doorway with her arms cross and a playful smirk on her face, making the husband chuckle again with nervousness, increasing the sweat drop on the back on his head.

"And what's this about you bringing up the subject of Naruto's walkman?" added Kushina as she entered the room, walking to her husband and son.

"Oh, you hear that? Well, sweetheart, I just don't think of you giving Naruto a walkman to listen music. I mean, our son is four years old. He still a baby."

Kushina pouted in the same way as her son "Hey, he's not a baby, dattebane!"

Naruto nodded his head in agreement. Suddenly, Kushina's eyes spark in stars before declaring "He's my adorable little fox!" She then started to cuddle the right side of Naruto's whiskered cheek in admiration, rubbing up and down.

Naruto cried as a small blush was feeling up "Come on, mom!"

"Oh, I just can't help it! Your whisker are so adorable I just want to rub them against them, dattebane!"

Minato laughed at the scene before pulling his wife out from her weird, but cute, obsession of rubbing Naruto's whiskers.

Kushina cleared her throat before replying to her husband "Anyway, Minato, I think that it'll be a good idea that for our son to hear some of the songs we use to listen back when we were young. In fact,..." A small grin was form from her face. "You use to love some of those songs that drove us a bit wild, dattebane."

Minato's cheeks started to form red from his wife's smile and the remembrance. Naruto stares at their parents with confusion before asking "What were the songs, mom and dad?"

"Uh,..." Stuttered Minato, still blushing. "I'll tell you about it when you're older, Naruto."

"Naruto, as much as I don't want to agree of what your father is saying about you running away from them and believing in yourself, I have one thing as a mother to her little fox: If you want to not get being beaten up again like last time, you'll just have to go faster. And by going faster, I mean, make sure to swing your fist very hard and prey those bullies have ended up outside of the city." Kushina grinned as she clenches a fist in excitement.

Minato groaned as he face palmed "Oh, boy."

Naruto laughed at his mother's excitement "Okay, I will mom."

"That's my little fox." Smiled the mother as she place a small kiss on top of his son's golden hair.

Minato declared "Well, if no one has anything to say, I guess we should hit the hay."

Kushina took away Naruto's walkman and put them in a small drawer right beside the blonde. Minato turn off the lamp before he and his wife both headed out of the room.

Standing outside, Minato said to Naruto "Goodnight, Naruto."

Naruto smiled "Goodnight, mom. Goodnight, dad."

"Goodnight, Naruto. We love you." Added Kushina.

"I love you too, guys."

With that said, Kushina flip off the light switch and close the door behind her. Naruto closes his cerulean eyes before falling asleep.

Suddenly, a large noise was erupted, scaring the blonde to death, awaking him from his sleep. Naruto look at the scene from his window and saw that most of the houses from his neighborhood were either on fire or destroy. There were people running through the streets, yelling and screaming their heads off.

From his room, Naruto feels the entire house is shaking very violently. His stuffs were moving by themselves by the shake. Naruto was scare; he didn't know what he is suppose to do.

His thoughts of the earthquake was interrupted when he hear a woman's scream. From hearing that scream, Naruto quickly recognize that scream.

"Mom!"

Naruto jump out from his bed and leave the bedroom in a flash. He climb down the stairs and saw the source of the screaming in the living room. He stood there in shock of what he was seeing.

There, in the middle of the living room mat, stood Kushina Uzumaki. She was on her knees as there was a red-orange energy forming around her.

When Kushina saw her son, standing right in front of her eyes, she screamed "Naruto!"

"Mom!" Shouted Naruto.

"Naruto, you have to get away!"

"What's happening?!"

"Naruto, don't come any closer!"

Not wanting to listen to his mother, Naruto took a few steps to try to get closer to his mom. As he was about five feet from her, the red-orange energy have form into a blurred spirit of the outline of a man who was looking at its victim, from behind him form nine tails. The spirit's eyes glow dark eye at him before suddenly roar with all its might, making the young blonde scared.

Naruto was suddenly put away from the energy and was now face to face with his father, crying "Dad!"

Minato shouted as he put his hands on Naruto's shoulders "Naruto, you have to get out of here!"

"What about mom-!"

"Don't worry! I'll save her! You have to go and get as far away from here!"

Naruto had tears were forming from his eyes. "But dad-!"

"Run, Naruto! Run!"

"Look out!" Shouted Kushina.

Both of the Namikaze men look as the man with nine tails swinging its arm with greater force. The swing have created a huge wave, causing the two of them to fly across the room. Minato landed into a huge cabinet, knocking him out. Naruto lands against the wall with his back before dropping on the ground.

Naruto, with only a few strength left in him, manage to keep on seeing his trapped mother inside the red-orange hurricane. The four year old blond extended a small hand to her mother, trying to get her attention.

"Mom." Shouted Naruto. "Mom!"

Kushina didn't hear her son calling out to her; she was kept seeing of what she describe as impossible for her. She was trap and scare, not knowing what to do. She was afraid of what the man that was swimming around the energy with its nine tails right inside the hurricane. As soon as the man raise its hand up in the air and laying out another roar, indicating for what it about to do next, all Kushina did was lay out a final scream at the top of her lungs.

"MOM!" Shouted Naruto as he matches the scream of his mother's last scream...

This is the first chapter. It's not much and short, but on the next chapters, this is gonna be great and long. Not all of them, I think. I still haven't decided on that. Anyway, stay turn for new chapters every Friday this month. If you want to get to know me a bit, go to my profile. Also, view my stories and leave reviews on it. Make sure their positive ones. I mostly get reviews that are positive, but they say that I have grammar errors in all of my stories, but I am fixing my mistakes. So please leave positive reviews, not negative. If you have questions of my new story or have any thoughts of it, either sent me a message or leave it on your review. Note: if you decided to leave a message, I may or may not response back since I'll be too focus on my college work. Also, Fanfiction doesn't work on campus. Thank you all to those who have read this chapter and leave positive comments. See ya later. NiteOwl18 out!