The Nine-Tailed Guardian
Chapter 2: Welcome to Spira
AN: I'm sorry this took so long, my mom's computer has gone berserk, and after several failed attempts at this chapter, I've decided to just start over on my dad's.
In this, pretty much the only change from the canon is that Naruto was told about his parents from the beginning, and, obviously, he has access to some of his father's jutsu scrolls.
Hunter 152: yes, there will be freakage. read on.
Trinity the Kitsune Kunoichi: I'm trying to not saturate the story with too many Naruto characters. there will be Kakashi, Hinata, Orochimaru, and maybe Sakura. As to how they get there, i've got everyone figured out except Orochimaru, any feedback on that particular problem shall be appreciated. also, i will do my best to have
the characters act as they would in the show, with the exception of Naruto and Hinata, Naruto being a little more sensitive woman-wise, and Hinata braver, but still a little shy.
Xander: It may be a little odd, but that makes it unique. Besides, being accurate to the canon, until now, Naruto has pretty much ignored the Kyuubi unless he needed power. At least I won't make him godlike. XD
^^: Sorry, no voting on the harem thing. That, i shall decide on my own. Also, this isn't supposed to be a comedy story (there will be humor, don't get me wrong), and Kyuubi will only be mildly "possessive" of him unless he uses four tails or more. XD
Please, everyone, keep the reviews coming! I deeply enjoy knowing that my art (for that is how i choose to think of this) is appreciated. Please note: any serious and/or unwarranted flaming will be completely ignored, so don't bother.
Italics are for thoughts, anything else is just emphasis.
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" AAAAAAAAH!!!!" Naruto backpedaled towards the bars, trying not to trip over his jaw. The woman awoke, twitching slightly, and turned around to see a seriously weirded-out Naruto. Immediately, she morphed into her larger, more intimidating fox form, but it was too late, the damage was done. Sighing resignedly, she resumed her human form.
"Y-You're a woman?"
Kyuubi groaned. "Kit, what the fuck are you doing here? Are you so dim that you don't understand the meaning of the word 'privacy'?"
"This is my body! Anyway, why didn't you tell me you were a woman?"
"Dumbass. I didn't tell you because it's none of your business. Why do you care, anyway? You pretty much ignore me all the time anyway."
At this, the Kyuubi looked genuinely hurt, but she managed to hide it before Naruto noticed. "Why are you here, anyway? You don't seem to be in mortal danger, although if you keep annoying me, I could fix that."
"Well, I think I finally managed to use the Hiraishin! the only problem is, I have no idea where we ended up..."
"What, you think I have some kind of magic map or something? Without the use of your eyes, I have even less of a clue as to where we are than you do."
"Haven't you traveled the entire world? You are immortal, right?"
"First off, kit, let me set something straight. I was immortal, before that jerk sealed me inside of you. Now, when you die, I die. Second, how old do you think I am? Answer carefully."
"Well... the legends about you say that you're thousands of years old..."
"Wrong. Those legends refer to my mother. I am only 17." At this, Naruto's mind couldn't take any more, and he passed out. Kyuubi sighed. "We'll have to talk about this later..."
1/2 Hour Later
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Naruto awoke, and sat up to find a girl, about the same age as him, sitting in a nearby chair, staring at him. Her eyes sparkled with with curiosity, one ocean blue like his own, the other a deep emerald green. For a moment, they just sat there staring at each other, until Naruto broke the
silence. "Hey, could you tell me where I am?"
"You're in my house. Are you new here? I don't remember seeing you in the village before, so I didn't know where to take you when you passed out. What were you doing in here anyway?"
"That's surprising. I'm the number-one strongest ninja in Konoha! I've lived here all my life. As to what I was doing here, I was kinda hoping you could tell me." The girl looked at him oddly.
"What's Konoha? I think you must be confused. You're on the Isle of Besaid, my home. What do you mean you were hoping I could tell you? How would I know? You're a lousy liar, and probably a thief, to boot." At this, she started to look angry, and Naruto raised his hands in a "surrender" gesture.
"I swear, I'm not lying to you! I was honestly hoping you could tell me, unless..." He looked at her sharply "Do you have any odd-looking knife, with three points?" (A/N: for a picture, go to the Naruto wikia and search for the "Flying Thunder God Technique")
"How did you know? I found one on my bed right before you... appeared."
"That explains it... tell me, have you ever heard of the Hiraishin?" She shook her head, and he continued. "It was a jutsu used by... a famous man in my village. It instantly transports me to wherever there is the proper seal, like one of these." Ignoring her quizzical look, he pulled out
a tri-kunai, pointing to the seal on the handle.
She sat there for a moment, before asking, "What's a jutsu?"
Naruto's jaw dropped. "Whaaaat!? you're telling me you don't know what a jutsu is? You're kidding, right? I suppose next you'll tell me you don't know what chakra is?" Seeing her dumbfounded expression, he sighed deeply. "There are two types of chakra (A/N This is before Jiraiya's
death): Spiritual chakra, gained through experience and learning, and physical chakra, gained through training and exercise. when you mix them together, you can focus it using hand signs, and perform jutsu. There are three basic kinds of jutsu: Genjutsu, which uses chakra to create
illusions of the mind, Taijutsu, which uses chakra to enhance physical blows; punches, kicks, etc. Last is Ninjutsu, which is pretty much everything else. Here, I'll demonstrate." Naruto made a cross seal, and said "Shadowclone Jutsu!" With a puff of smoke, a perfect replica of naruto was standing right beside him. He glanced toward the chair the girl was sitting in, only to see that she had fainted. Jeez, I haven't even told her the really scary part yet.
Another 1/2 Hour Later
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Yuna awoke to find herself on her own bed, with a certain blonde- haired shinobi loooking at her worriedly. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, just a little... surprised, I guess..." As she said this, a voice called from outside the entryway. "Yuna! are you okay in there? You've been in there an awfully long time just for getting ready to go to the beach, ya?" Another voice, reminiscent of Sasuke, but female, joined the first one. "Is there a boy in there?"
"Well, yeah..." Immediately, the two speakers burst into the room looking very upset. (A/N If you don't already know what Lulu and Wakka look like, look it up on Wikipedia.) It didn't help that Yuna was on her bed, with Naruto leaning over her. The woman in the black dress glared at Naruto and said "If you've so much as touched her..." The man finished, "You won't be having any children, ya?" Yuna turned a bright crimson, and stammered "N-n-no Lulu, Wakka, it's nothing like that!"
"Exactly what is it, then?" The woman said, still glaring at Naruto. Sheepishly, he said "You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you..."
"Try me." Naruto groaned "Not again... Ah, well, I guess it can't be helped. First off, do you know what Chakra is?" Lulu's eyes widened in shock, while Wakka just stood there looking clueless. Naruto continued with his explanation, but when he demonstrated with his Shadowclone, Lulu rushed towards him and hugged him fiercely "I've found you!" She exclaimed, before realizing that Naruto was on the floor, unconscious. "Oops..." Then, noticing Yuna and Wakka's comined bewilderment, she turned to Wakka. "Do you remember that man that came here about eight years ago(A/N This is one year before the events of FFX), and ended up becoming a guardian to Braska?" Wakka thought about it for a moment, then nodded. "What about him?" "He used Chakra as well, don't you remember? His name was Kakashi and he was..." for a moment, Lulu's eyes lost their focus, as she stared into space with a very un-Lulu-like grin on her face. "Uh, Lulu? Hello? Explanation?"
"Oh, right. Anyway, unlike our guest here, he came willingly, to look for someone. Before he left, he described the person he was looking for, and he asked me to look after him if ever i found him; this is the one he was looking for, his student Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze!"
Guess how much later? Yup, 1/2 an hour.
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Naruto came to to find and extremely well-endowed black mage sitting beside him on a different bed from before, looking at him kindly. "Ah, Naruto. You're finally awake."
"Yeah... Wait a minute! How do you know my name!?"
"About ten years ago, a man washed up on the shore of Besaid. He had spiky silver hair, one black eye, and one red eye with three tomoe."
"Kakashi-sensei! Where is he!?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto, he's... dead." Naruto stared at her in shock, tears raining down his cheeks. "No... it can't be! Kakashi-sensei is one of the strongest shinobi I know!"
"I'm so sorry, Naruto, I know how you must feel... Before he died, he asked me to take care of you, should I ever find you. He also gave me some scrolls that he said belonged to your parents, and some letters from your village. If you want, you could stay with me..." Naruto nodded his head quietly, still overwhelmed by grief.
Then, something snapped. His ' whiskers' became more prominent, his eyes turned red, and a single tail made of an evil orange-red energy swished ominously behind him. A cloak of that same energy spread from his feet to cover his entire body. In a quiet voice that promised violence, he whispered, "Tell us, who killed him?" Lulu gaped for a few seconds before responding. "It's name is... Sin. It's a monster that terrorizes Spira continuously. The only way to gain relief from it is by a summoner performing a ritual called the Final Summoning. The creature summoned by this ritual is strong enough to beat Sin, but the summoner and his/her guardians almost always die. Once Sin is defeated, we have ten years of Calm before it comes back, and another summoner must go to defeat it."
When Lulu finished her explanation, she was relieved to see Naruto revert to his normal form, but she immediately rushed over to him as he collapsed on the bed, the burns on his skin fading rapidly, but still noticeable. Interesting... and a little scary. She left the room, deep in thought.
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A/N: well, there goes another one. Hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to update more often, but I don't have free access to an Internet-capable computer at home, so I cannot tell you when I'll put up the next one, but if all goes well, it should be soon.
