A/N: This story is a totally new idea, that I'm almost positive has never been done before (if it has, let me know, I'd love to read it). The pairing at this stage is Naru/Anko, but I may add more women as the story progresses. This will be a very strong, Anko-like Naruto, so if that isn't your thing, you may want to skip this one. Everyone else, enjoy.

The Demon Son of Konoha

Naruto Uzumaki had been almost entirely alone for the entirety of his short existance. His only contact came in the form of taunts, beatings and various attempts on his life by the people of his home village.

This fateful night found him on the receiving end of his worst beating to date. It was October tenth, his birthday. He had overheard someone once saying that birthdays were a time of celebration and so he had decided that since today was his birthday, he would go to that little ramen stand he had seen near his apartment. He had already been literally thrown out of many other restaurants near his home, but he hoped this one was different. Especially since he hadnt seen the Hokage for over a week, which was why he hadnt eaten in the three days, since the food he had had run out.

Unfortunately, the newly four year old boy had barely made it ten steps from his apartment complex, when he was struck in the back of his head, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.

He began to cry softly, as he had learnt long ago that to make any kind of loud noise outside was a bad idea. Slowly, he got to his knees and turned to see a crowd of dozens of villagers with various improvised weapons approaching him quickly.

Naruto could do nothing but watch as they gathered around him, taunting and jeering him about things he didnt understand. One of the larger men, the leader apparently, stepped forward and grabbed the defenceless child by his collar and dragged him to a nearby alley.

Naruto didnt even bother trying to struggle, he had learned the hard way that resisting only made the eventual beating worse. So he did what he always did in these disturbingly frequent circumstances, he tried his best to block out the pain and pretend that he was somewhere else, somewhere where children weren't beaten for no reason or taunted and jeered everywhere they went, somewhere where he would have parents like all the other kids, parents that would hold him and comfort him and keep him safe and tell him that everything was going to be alright. But this place wasn't real, this wasn't the world that Naruto lived in, in the real world he was beaten, he was tormented constantly and certainly didnt have parents or anyone, in the real world, he was alone.

Normally the villagers would lose interest after beating the child for a while, it was hard to be angry at something that small when it did absolutely nothing to stop you, just sat there staring with a blank look on its face. But tonight, tonight was different. Tonight, where there was usually the gradual reduction in anger and violence, there was only more hate and as the slaughter continued it only grew and increased, as did the severity of their attacks.

Soon Naruto reached his limit of what he could block out and was forced to acknowledge the blows that continued to reign down on his already fragile form. Having come back, he soon gave them what they wanted, the thing that they desired more than anything else in that moment. He screamed. He showed them the pain that they were inflicting on him. He bared his soul in that scream. Letting out all of the pain and anguish that had plagued him in the years since he had last given them this satisfaction.

All at once, the assault stopped as the attackers relished in pride as the object of their hatred and violence finally validated their efforts by proving that the monster was not impervious to pain and suffering as many had speculated. And yet, for some of them this was not what they had expected, this was not the enraged roar of a demon lord. It was the muffled and pained cry of a small child that had suffered more than all of them combined. This wasnt the glorious victory they had expected. Far from it, this felt like their greatest defeat, their greatest shame. They were not heroes punishing a demon, they were villains assaulting an innocent child. And it tore these select few to shreds.

Finally the boy's cries died down as he lost his battle with consciousness and was finally taken from the pain.

As the lead attacker looked down at the limp body of the infant he and his accomplices had destroyed, he felt no shame, no regret, no sorrow, only hatred and anger and pride. Slowly he bent down and picked the body up, holding it tightly around the throat. He would finish it tonight. And tomorrow he would be proclaimed a hero, greater than even the Yondaime as he would succeed where the legendary Yellow Flash failed, he would kill the Kyuubi no Kitsune.

Before he could finish his task however, he felt his grip loosen and his body go limp, forcing him to release the child as he fell to the ground in a sagging heap. The boy however did not fall, instead he was caught by a pair of aged but powerful arms covered by loose white sleeves. The attacker looked up helplessly from his position from the ground as the child he had attempted to kill was cradled to the robed chest of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage of konoha.


Naruto found a few things both interesting and confusing as he woke. Firstly, and most notably, he wasnt in any pain, in fact he felt better than he had in a long time. This was shocking since even with his oddly rapid healing, he should be feeling the affects of a beating like the one he had recieved. Shrugging it off since it was a good thing, he focused on the second thing that he noticed, he had absolutely no idea where he was.

Usually when he woke from one of his 'encounters' with the villagers he would be either, where he passed out, in his bed, in the hospital or in the Hokage's office if he was lucky, cause that meant he got to eat and see the man he affectionatly referred to as 'jiji'.

But this was none of those places, it looked like a clearing in the middle of a really dense forest, like the ones he could see when he looked out the village gates sometimes.

"But if that's where I am, who brought me here? And why? If they wanted to kill me, why not do it in the village?" he said to himself, assuming whoever brought him here wasnt around at the moment since he couldnt see anyone.

"I assure you Naruto, I have absolutely no interest in seeing you dead. Quite the opposite in fact, I brought you here to start a process that will make it so you never have to fear for your life again."

Naruto quickly spun around to find the source of the voice and was shocked to see a gigantic, red fox with nine tails lying casually behind him.

Had Naruto been any other child on the planet, he probably would have screamed and fainted at the sight of the enormous creature. But for some reason he couldnt explain, he didnt feel threatened by the huge beast, rather he felt oddly at ease, as if the fox was a familiar source of comfort and protection, making him feel safe and warm, like he imagined a parent's embrace would feel.

"Wow... Uh cool tails." Naruto said dumbly, unsure of what his reaction should be.

The fox chuckled, causing a suprisingly strong burst of wind to hit Naruto, almost making him fall. "Of all the things I thought you could have said in this situation, I honestly didn't expect that, you trully are something Naruto." the fox said happily.

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Uh thanks? So who are you? And where are we?"

"Straight to business eh? Oh well. Simply put, I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune and we are currently inside of your mind."

For a few moments Naruto stared blankly at the self proclaimed demon fox, then shook his head and said, "The Kyuubi no Kitsune, as in the demon fox that attacked the village four years ago and was killed by the Yondaime Hokage? But how is that possible, you're supposed to be dead, and what do you mean 'we're in my mind' whats really going on here foxy?" Naruto said as forcefully as he could.

The fox quirked an eyebrow then let out a sigh. "Look Naruto, the story that you were told, isn't entirely true, in fact most of it is total crap."

Naruto plopped down unceremoniously and stared at the fox, "Well then tell me what really happened."

"Ok, but it might be a bit easier to explain in my other form." the fox said as he began to shrink rapidly and his fox features started morphing into more human ones. When he was finished, Naruto was sitting across from a normal looking blonde man.

Naruto couldnt help but feel as though he had seen the man before, but couldn't place where or when.

"You see Naruto, the Kyuubi no Kitsune was only one name I was known by, the other was in this form, as Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage."

Naruto's eyes widened to near comical levels and his jaw dropped completely open.

"But how, the Yondaime killed the Kyuubi, how could that be if you were the same thing?" Naruto asked when he finally regained enough of his composure to speak normally.

"Well that's a long story. You see, originally I was just the Kyuubi and for more than a thousand years, I was feared and revered as the most powerful of all the demons. But after a millenium of nothing but wandering aimlessly from one pointless battle to the next, I was sick of it. So, about thirty years ago, I decided to give up the demon life and try being a human for a while. I transformed into my human form and wandered around looking for somewhere I could call home. Eventually, I stumbled across Konoha and I fell in love with it straight away. It was so different to everything I knew. The people were happy and kind and polite to one another. They all lived together almost like one big family.

I decided that this was where I wanted to live, so I set up a meeting with Sarutobi-sama since he was the leader of the village. I had intended to try and pass myself off as a traveller looking to settle down, but somehow, he saw through my transformation and asked me who I really was.

I explained my story to him and he agreed to let me stay in the village. He even suggested that I become a ninja so that I could be put to good use. I agreed, but there was a problem, people would be suspicious if an incredibly powerful ninja no one had ever heard of, suddenly appeared and started fighting for the village. So we devised a solution, I was to transform into a child and attend the ninja academy, altering my appearance so it looked like I grew over time, that way when I became powerful people wouldn't be as suspicious. I was thrilled, since it not only gave me a chance to protect my new home eventually, but it would also let me experience the normal human life as I had so greatly desired for so long.

As time passed, I 'grew up', when I graduated from the academy, I was selected to be apprentice to Jiraiya of the sannin. With the combination of his training and my existing power, I quickly established myself as a powerful new ninja. Eventally life went on, I got promoted to jounin and took on a team, I even found a woman that I could love and share my secret with. After a while, I was named the Yondaime Hokage and my dear kushina fell pregnant with our first child, everything was perfect.

However, on what was supposed to be the happiest day of my life, the day my son was born, everything went to hell.

A masked ninja, I still dont know who, snuck into Kushina's hospital room while she was resting and I was out dealing with other business. He...' the man stopped as he tried to gain control of his emotions, 'he killed her while she slept. Stabbed her right through the heart, she never even woke up. I immediatly felt something was wrong and returned to the room, just in time to see the masked nin grab my precious son and leap out of the window, heading away from the village. Overflowing with emotions, I chased after him.

I caught up to him just outside the village walls and by that time, I was experiencing greater hatred and despair than I had ever felt. In the overwhelming flood of emotions, my control slipped and I lost my transformation, reverting back to my original form.

Having not seen what happened, the leaf-nin were undertandably panicked by the sudden appearance of a legendary demon and in their panic and fear, they began to attack me.

As I was too emotional for rational thought at the time, the only thing that occured to me was that the people I had fought and worked so hard for, were betraying me, that on top of the grief from losing Kushina and the anger and worry from seeing my son taken, I simply lost it.

I began attacking indiscriminately, killing everyone that I could get to, in the hopes of satisfying my anger and rescuing my son.

After some time with no sign of the kidnapper or my boy, I noticed someone standing on what looked like Gambunta, the head of the toad summons and a good friend of mine. Only it wasnt Bunta and standing on the fake Bunta's head, was someone who looked just like me, and he was holding my son.

The next thing I knew, there was this huge flash of light and the Shinigami appeared before me. He ripped my soul and chakra from my body and tried to devour me, but instead I struck a deal with him. Rather than eat me, he proposed to seal me into my son so that I could protect him and give him my great power. In return, I would promise to, through my son, kill certain people that had been breaking his rules. I agreed to the terms and it was done. I was sealed into my only son and that son...was you Naruto, I am your father."

Naruto was quiet for a long time after the man claiming to be his father had finished speaking. He just sat there staring at him, trying to take in all he had heard.

"If what you say is true, then you are my father, as well as being an infamous demon and the man who everyone had told me killed it. Not only that, but you have also apparently been sealed inside of me since I was born. Assuming that all this is true, why havent I heard about it before, and why does everyone think that the Yondaime is dead? And why the hell haven't you been protecting me like you said you would?"

The demon/Hokage/father looked at him sadly, "The reason you were never told the truth was, firstly, because only about three people alive today know what really happened and they decided that it would be best to wait until you were old enough to deal with the information. As far as everyone else knows, the Yondaime Hokage died when he sealed the Kyuubi into you, and nobody but the Hokage knows that you are my son. As for not protecting you, well I tried the best I could, I always healed your wounds quickly and dulled your pain receptors to avoid most of the pain, but I could only do so much with out contacting you and until tonight that was impossible. I'm so sorry that I couldnt help you as much as either of us would have liked son, but I promise that from this day on, I will do everything I can to make it up to you and ensure that you are never defenceless again."

"And how do you plan to do that?" Naruto asked skeptically.

"If you'll let me, I'm going to train you to utilise, not only your own dormant powers, but mine as well."

Naruto nodded, but was clearly still unsure of whether or not to believe what he had been told.

"Look Naruto, I know that you're going to have a hard time believing all of this, and frankly that's a good thing, because being too trusting can be very dangerous in this world. So I want you to talk to the Hokage once you wake up, he will confirm everything that I've told you."

"Ok...is there anything else?" Naruto asked awkwardly.

"Yeah, please tell him that I'm not happy with how you have been treated and as soon as I figure out how, I'm gonna be having some harsh words with him."

Naruto nodded again and looked around the clearing. "Uh, how do I get out of here?"

"Oh, dont worry, I'll do it for you, you should be waking up soon anyway. Before you go Naruto, I just want you to know that your mother and I always loved you greatly and I'm trully sorry that I haven't been able to do much for you so far." he said sadly, hanging his head.

Naruto nodded solemnly, unsure of what he should feel or do in the situation so he decided to try and remain neutral until he spoke with the Hokage.

His body then began to fade and it felt as though he was being pulled off to somewhere else.


Sarutobi was not having a good night, in fact this would probably go down as one of the worst nights of his long life, still surpassed by the 'Kyuubi Incident' and a few rough times during wars, but still, it would be in the top ten, and it wasn't over yet.

He had been heading over to Naruto's house to celebrate the young boy's birthday and check up on him since he'd been especially busy this last week and hadnt been able to visit him like he normally would.

On his way to the apartment, he had heard a commotion and gone to investigate. What he found when he got to the source made him angrier and more disgusted than he had been since he discovered orochimaru's labs years ago.

He found Naruto, already bloody and bruised being choked by a random villager, whilst a crowd of literally dozens of people either watched or cheered for the demon child's demise. He had only barely managed to restrain himself and only knock the man out rather than kill him where he stood. Luckily, the child was still alive and with his healing, he would hopefully be ok within a few hours. He didn't want to think about what he would have done if the boy was dead. He shook his head to rid himself of such unhelpful thoughts for the moment.

Turning his eyes once more to the boy resting on the lounge in his office, he noticed that he was beginning to stir.

"Jiji?" the boy squeaked out weakly as he opened his eyes and tried to sit up.

Sarutobi helped the boy into a more comfortable position before returning to his chair next to the lounge. "That's right Naruto, how are you feeling?" he asked, clearly concerned.

Naruto groaned and held his head, "Like I was beaten to a pulp then choked, other than that I'm just peachy. Oh, unless you count the rather interesting dream I had while I was out." Naruto answered bitterly.

Sarutobi's eyes widened, not only at the possible implications of a 'dream' but also his tone, Naruto was never bitter or angry, he was always happy and laughing.

"Oh what kind of dream was it?" the Hokage asked trying to hide his concern with a fake happy tone.

It didn't work. "The kind of dream where a giant fox tells you that he's been sealed in you all your life and that before that, he was known as the Kyuubi no Kitsune and Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage, you know, that kind of dream."

The fake smile dropped instantly and was replaced with a sad expression, accentuated with an equally sad sigh. "I see. And I assume I can't convince you it was just a dream can I?" Naruto shook his head seriously.

The Hokage sighed again, "Why don't you tell me what he told you and I'll fill in any blanks and make sure that what he's told you is true." and so Naruto explained all that he had been told during his encounter with the demon turned Hokage turned prisoner. When he was finished, Sarutobi sighed again.

"I always did wonder what really happened that night. Naruto, I assure you everything that he has told you is true. Minato was also the Kyuubi and your father and he is currently sealed within you."

"I see...so I really do have a father huh? And he just happens to be both the greatest hero and villain this village has ever known. And the reason that I have been hated and scorned all this time was because he is sealed inside me. And now he wants to somehow train me so that I can use both my own and his power to kill some people who pissed off the shinigami, so I can honour a deal that I had no say in and to this date has brought me nothing but pain and suffering. Hmpf, real great birthday."

"Oh that reminds me, I was going to take you shopping as your birthday present tomorrow, we can pick up some things you'll need for your training while we're at it." the Hokage added with a warm smile.

Naruto returned the smile, "Sure jiji, I'd like that, for now though, can I sleep here? I'm exhausted and I dont wanna risk another trip outside tonight."

The Hokage nodded and gave another warm smile, "Of course Naruto, goodnight." and with that he turned off the lights and left. He had to deal with a certain silver haired, porn loving anbu that was supposed to have been guarding the boy.

Chapter End

A/N: There it is. I know it's short, but there are more chapters coming straight away, so don't worry about that, till then, let me know what you think.

Mr Chunk