Author's Notes: The story is set in my made-up demon-filled world, so a lot of things are different from the Naruto-verse. It's also my excuse for not remembering all of the details from the manga. Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor all it's awesome characters.

Title: Merging Through Time

By: Silverceil

Anime/Manga: Naruto

Rating: T, but I might put it up to M (I'll warn you beforehand)

Pairing: Sasuke and Naruto

Summary: Demons and humans have been mingling for centuries now, so much that full-fledged individuals of either species were now rare. It thus comes to a surprise when Sasuke finds an injured fox demon outside Konoha's gates. Pairing: Sasuke/Naruto

P.S the summary was a little vague on what it meant by "fox demon", but you'll find out more as you read :)


Merging Through Time

By Silverceil

Chapter 1: Unexpected Visit

The Kyuubi was a demon known only through the lengthy tales told by ancient scrolls of the past. From the deep red-orange color of its pelt that burned with soft majestic flames to its nine graceful yet devastating tails, the massive fox demon was said to be a terrifyingly and enthralling sight to behold.

Often described as the strongest and most feared out of the nine titanic behemoths of legends, the Kyuubi seamed terror and respect from all with one simple look from its piercing crimson eyes. However, like many of the legendary tailed beasts, the Kyuubi disappeared after the worldwide war between humans and demons that occurred more than five centuries ago.

While the bloodshed brought along had eradicated more than one third of the world's population, the destruction eventually ended with the union of all the remaining human clans and demon species. With time, new countries and villages were formed and the world took its course once more.

Hence, after generations of merging, individuals who were purely demons or humans had become rare. While this enabled many positive interactions between the populations of the world, it also contributed to the disappearance of many traits from both species.

However, the most gravely affected were creatures such as the Kyuubi and the other tailed beasts who were born through a system similar to reincarnation. Seen as they had never been spotted again despite the continuation of various traditional practices, many believed that the human blood within the demon descendants had disabled their reappearance.

With the loss of their chiefs, tribes such as the foxes began to rely on a different system to chose their leaders and the position fell upon the one who distinguished itself as the most powerful. Unlike many heir-based clans, the vulpine were a relatively spread out species and had no main family, so a tournament would be held once a leader died or when a challenger appeared.


Jumping from branch to branch in the forests surrounding the village, Sasuke paused when he felt the tree wobble at the addition of his weight. He quirked an eyebrow at its weakness despite its size and glanced down, spotting a strange hole left in its trunk.

Carefully scaling down while keeping a stable chakra grip under his feet, the raven reached the ground and examined the hand-like hole that ripped through the surface of the wood. From the sheer size of it, he concluded that the person must have had abnormal strength, especially to have nearly taken out the whole tree with what seemed like an accidently brush by the position of the hand.

Looking closer into the shape of it, Sasuke frowned as he recognized the signs of sharp elongated nails, which eliminated many of the possible type of demons who might have caused it. He took a few more moments to scan his surroundings and feel for foreign chakra, but whoever had damaged the tree must have had a momentary lack of control, because he could not detect them.

Finally, he walked away from the large hole and leisurely rolled his shoulders before spreading his wings, letting the dark feathers flutter out of his back and into his peripheral vision. The wind had picked up a few hours into the night and Sasuke enjoyed the light breeze blowing against his wings. It had been a while since he flew, especially after the last mission he had been on. It hadn't been pleasant and remembering the incident, he dropped a hand to his ribs and slightly winced when he felt the flapping of his wings stretch at the sensitive skin.

However, he was on patrol and flying would be much easier than searching on the ground. Plus, he missed it. And so, with a little more effort than usual, Sasuke leaped into the air and soared into the sky. His black features gleamed blue under the moon's shine as his dark hair blended perfectly into the night. He felt the wind pick up again and softly brush against his skin, bringing a small smile to his lips.

As he rekindled with his love of flying, Sasuke scanned the forests floors below, looking for any signs of intrusion. There had been recent disappearances in Konoha that had the citizens quite frightened. Before the matter had grown in severity, it had started with a few shinobis never coming back from missions with their cases being mistaken for losses on the battlefield. However, with the kidnapping of a branch member of the Hyuuga family, general panic had ensued and security was tightened. Any suspicious people found within the vicinity that had no reasonable alibi was interrogated without mercy, for there was a highly popular suspicion that Orochimaru, a crazed scientist that had betrayed the village decades ago, was behind it all.

Having not spotted any unusual sights, Sasuke slowed his pace and gently landed on a nearby branch before a light rustling sound reached his ears. He quickly whipped out a kunai and threw it in the direction of the disturbance, immediately hearing the resonating sound of metal against metal.

"Dude! You almost stabbed me!" Kiba yelled and hurried out from behind a tree trunk with Sasuke's kunai in his hand. "You knew it was me!" he then whined and got a smug smirk in return.

"Hn, missed," Sasuke grunted and caught his kunai when the other threw it back. He then stashed the weapon back into his pouch before jumping over to the dog demon's tree.

Kiba growled at the raven for a second, but stopped when he saw the other coming over. His long tail began wagging and his dark triangular ears perked up at the attention.

Sasuke refrained from rolling his eyes at the pleased expression on his patrol partner's face when Kiba's features suddenly turned serious. A second later, a massive amount of power pulsed through the trees and rattled the branches, unbalancing the two ninjas as they quickly strengthened their chakra holds.

Kiba immediately sniffed the air and stilled.

"I smell a coming of age," he whispered and Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

It was a common stage of a person's life to go through their first full-body transformation at the age of sixteen. Not all demons underwent the process due to the different changes human blood brought to different species, but it was nonetheless quite widespread. However, they were always supervised and no Konoha citizen came into the forests outside the village for their coming of age.

Suddenly, a second pulse of pure chakra swept through the trees and a few weaker ones cracked at the pressure and crashed into the ground. Sasuke quickly spread his wings and grabbed the dog demon before a nearby trunk fell into their previous spot and caused the other plant to break and drop along with it.

Deafening collisions sounded through the once quiet forest as the large trees collapsed onto the ground. Luckily enough, it was quite late at night and no citizens were out travelling along the roads below.

Hanging on for dear life to the raven's arm, Kiba held his breath when a third and more powerful blow hit the forest and rattled the land. He noted that it must have been strong enough to affect the village itself, which was quite a while away.

Meanwhile, Sasuke kept gliding through the air and slowly approaching the source of the energy outbursts. He wanted to identify the cause of the disruption in order to determine the amount of backup necessary to resolve the situation.

Just as they passed by rows of destroyed rumble, Kiba's sensitive nose picked up on a distinct scent and his tail twitched as he immediately recognized it.

"A fox!" he gasped in surprise and the raven paused.

"Only one?" Sasuke muttered in disbelief and at Kiba's frantic nod, his worries increased.

His first thought when the first power pulse had hit was to expect an attack, but the coming of age had thrown him off. Then his mind wandered to Orochimaru and the snake's sick experimentations, which was what he still suspected at the moment. And it seemed that the man had somehow managed to unleash not an army, but something much worse: a single experiment with the power of a natural disaster.

Beside him, he felt Kiba tighten his hold and tremble at the fourth destructive pulse that ravaged the land. Some time along the second or third burst, the wind had become wild and was now blowing through the trees with the force of a massive storm. Luckily, there was no rain to block his vision, but the raven was beginning to have a hard time keeping his flight steady.

"L-Let's head back," the dog pleaded with him and pulled on his sleeve. At that, Sasuke faltered in his moves and frowned.

On one hand, he wanted to see the overpowered fox that had most likely been stripped of his control by the crazed snake, but on the other, he knew that the best course of action was to quickly get help. And so, being the reasonable ANBU he was, Sasuke swiftly changed his course and head at top speed towards Hokage tower.

The two of them glided through the air, pushed forward by the blowing wind and the occasional power pulses that could even be felt up high in the sky. The village was still a while away, but it was at a precise moment when both ninjas glanced down at the ground that they spot a speck of red and that everything went wrong.

Out of nowhere, a disorienting burst of pure energy rammed into them. Everything blanked out and all they could feel was the calm rushing of the air against their skin and a sinking sensation that pulled them towards the ground. In their minds, it lasted for a while and they were suspended in nothingness before Sasuke suddenly felt something hard slam into his back.

He choked on air as he gasped at the pain rushing down his spine and quickly understood what had happened: they had just fallen three hundred feet from the sky. His wings had cushioned most of the fall, but the pain was so great that he was going numb all over, but was still much too aware of the superficial scrapes along his back.

He knew, in his mind, that he must have broken his wings, but as a demon, he was also aware that despite the gravity of the fall, he would be fine. After all, if there was one thing all shinobi could do, it was estimate how much they could take before they died.

And so, with great difficulty, Sasuke pulled himself up into a sitting position before pushing Kiba off of himself. The dog demon was slightly scratched up, but it was clear that he had taken most of the blow. The latter grunted as he rolled off the raven and onto the ground before his eyes quickly snapped open.

"W-What the…" he muttered and sat up, feeling a little dizzy as he held a hand up to his head.

Sasuke couldn't wait for him to orient himself, however. Now that the raven knew he would definitely have difficulty heading back fast enough, he needed the dog to do that for him.

"Kiba," Sasuke managed to utter through the pain that kept coming back in waves. "Go first."

His tone was hard and Kiba knew better than to argue with Sasuke, especially seen the raven's state. Without his usual retorts, the dog gave the other a quick nod and stood.

"You'll be close behind?" Kiba nonetheless inquired and when the raven gave him a weak smirk, he took it as a yes.

He then turned towards the direction of the village and got on all fours. Within seconds, his body grew in size as thick brown fur covered his skin. Large claws replaced his hands and his pupils shifted from deep onyx to gold. Before long, where a human-like ninja once stood was now a large dark-furred dog with intimidating canines poking out from his gums.

Unlike Kiba, Sasuke's raven demon genes, like all the other Uchihas, did not merge as well with their human sides as the Inuzuka. Hence, the Uchihas did not go through full body transformations during their coming of age ceremonies, but did have access to raven characteristics such as their powerful wings and claws.

Sasuke watched Kiba's change with a tinge of awe when the air suddenly changed and he felt a horrible chill run down his bruised spine. The area became unbearably warm and every part of him screamed for him to move and fly away. Too bad for him, his wings were not capable of it at the moment, but even his rational mind told him that running and listening to his instincts would be good if only he could move.

In front of him, Kiba growled and shrunk back towards him. The large dog stood before him, as if shielding him from the unknown danger, yet still he could see the slight tremble running through his friend's limbs. Kiba knew Sasuke wouldn't be able to fight well and was purposely staying behind.

The tense moment slowly passed, but the tension only grew higher as the suffocating heat kept rising in temperature. The warmth and humidity of the area soon began to distort their visions and choke them, but it could not hide the ephemeral crimson glow of two orbs shining through the darkness ahead.

With what seemed like an eternity of suspense in their minds, a tall form slowly emerged from the forest above. The first sight they caught was bright blond spikes falling in disarray on top of a handsome yet sickly pale face adorned with six vertical whisker marks. Had the moment been less dire, Sasuke might have appreciated the half-ripped attire the stranger wore that resembled a hospital gown with the addition of ill-fitting pants.

Four imposing red-orange tails gracefully swept from side to side, ominously gliding through the trunks of large trees without a single pause. All around the blond was emptiness from the destruction left behind from his powerful strikes and strangely enough, Sasuke had gotten used to the once deafening sounds of crashing vegetation that kept playing without any active listeners.

All around the fox were crimson flames that burned brightly with pure energy. His hands had already morphed into large claws and Sasuke noted that the man, like Kiba, was crouching low on all fours. Sharp canines protruded from his lips, along with soft growls that sounded threatening despite their small volume.

However, as Sasuke stared at the frightening yet enthralling sight before him, he could only feel an eerie calmness wash over him and numb the remaining reason he possessed. Time kept crawling forward, but close to no thoughts could run through his head other than the turmoil of emotions that clashed his mind into nothingness.

Suddenly, a low growl caught his attention and his eyes widened at the striking position Kiba had adopted. Sasuke immediately knew he had to stop him and quickly leaped forward with all his might to halt his friend despite the pain.

However, Kiba was faster and pounced before the raven could reach him or yell at him to stop. It was over before it began and with a simple sweep of one of his tails, the blond sent the dog flying through the woods and crashing far away into the darkness.


A/N: Suspense! *drumroll and other virtual percussions* :D

Naruto's Kyuubi form (as you might have guessed this was) is very different from the manga because the blond is the demon...and also because I don't really remember much of the manga (the perks of AR stories!).

If you want to suggest any canon changes or anything really, I'd love to hear from you. I'll make the alterations as long as they go with my plot and if it's not too troublesome (I'm a little like Shikamaru here…mostly because I have the whole outline written out and changing too much will give me a headache).

Other than that, your awesome feedbacks convert into motivation and fuel my ability to pump out new chapters for you. Hence, please review and tell me what you think! :)