Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, some of his magic that is based on his jutsu, or some of the saga's. I only own what Naruto does in the story that makes a different impact. Maybe some extract OC's.

The First Key

Six years has passed since the day he began his journey to become a mage. Throughout his training he proved himself to be able to learn fairly quickly, which his parents were ecstatic about, because of this Naruto learned a variety of sealing spells from his mother; along with the sealing spells she also taught him the family magic, Chain Magic. As the name says, Chain magic allows the user to summon a limit of 2 chains per hand. Naruto also tried to learn a special one hit knockout spell from his father, he also gave Naruto a lost magic, which was one of his favorites, Shadow Clone Magic. The spell allowed him to reproduce as many physical copies of himself. Naruto loved and appreciated all the techniques he learned, although he preferred the Chain and Clone Magic because of his ability to create unique combination with the two. While he was able to use those two types of magic to a greater extent than the sealing magic, which he only use to seal away objects or slow movement, he was still miles away from the level's his parents could use them for.

From the time Naruto turned 10 he discovered the joy of pranks. Since then he began to go to the village whenever he was bored to pull a harmless prank or help some villagers to get a little bit of money.

It was a dark cold night and Naruto was sleeping in his bed, dreaming in his own world. Suddenly all of the animals began to make a lot of noise. The birds began to fly away from the southern entrance and the dogs began to bark while running down the road in the same direction the birds were moving. The noise woke most of the people, making them wonder what was happening when they stepped out of there home. An ear splitting roar screeched through the air it sounds like it came from Hell itself. The cool night air turned boiling hot as a foul stench of death filled the streets. Naruto sat up in his bed, panting. He was terrified by the sound but his curiosity got the better of him and he turned toward the window.

Outside his window was a 75 foot tall, blood red fox with 9 tails whipping around in the sky like snakes. Eyes that were a Bright red with fire dancing within the sclera. Black smoke exhaled out of the being's giant mouth, it illuminated the dark of the night with a blood red glow that killed the plant's life everywhere around it. It could only be described as a Demon. The Fox's head turned straight towards Naruto's house and Naruto felt like it was looking directly at him. He had to move fast before it destroyed the village he loved and before his parents came to get him. In seconds he opened the window and grabbed the ledge before dropping to the ground and landing in a forwards roll and began to run to intercept the fox.

The fox was far away, but it didn't matter since the beast moved quickly toward the house, making it easy for Naruto to cross paths with it. The wind was whistling through Naruto's ears as he ran. Naruto was the fastest kid in his generation; people claimed he had two hearts and 4 lungs. Naruto once was capable of sprinting for 5 hours straight before Naruto's feet began to sting with pain and he fell over unconscious. It was a good memory for him. The soles of his feet became warmer with every step he took. Naruto didn't let it bug him that much, for he was far to focused on the demon and trying to work out a plan to kill it.

A few minutes later and Naruto was ready to fight. Once the Fox recognized that Naruto was in its path, it curled its lips. It made a weird growling sound as it spit out two magical energy bombs toward the blond haired boy. Naruto not knowing what the demons attack can do fired one of his Chains to the left attaching itself to a tree and pulling Naruto out of harm's way. The balls of energy made a humming sound through the air as they reached the ground that caused Naruto's head to vibrate. Needing to stop something like that to happen again he tried to aim another chain towards the Fox's gaping maw. It easily latched on one of the Fox's Giant fang and Naruto driven with the will to protect, dived through the air holding onto the chain and began to swing around the demon's mouth, closing it off. He was growing dizzy with the momentum and the stench that protruded from the beasts Mouth. With only a few yards left on the chain, Naruto shifted his weight to the left and softly landed on the demon's head. With that done he had some form of control over the demon.

It didn't like Naruto on top of its head or the chain around its mouth, so the demon began to shake its head trying to throw Naruto off. Naruto held on to dear life trying to control the demon, but no matter how hard he pulled it didn't do anything except make him more tired and the Fox was just too strong. Naruto's plan failed at that moment when the fox began to force its mouth open. With ease, it broke the chains around his mouth and sent a beam of black energy into the sky, filling the air with its cry of murderous joy. Naruto lost his balance once the fox broke he's chain and leaned far back to howl at the moon. He began to slide down the fox's back, being splashed with blood, the fox being covered in the blood of all his victims, disgusted Naruto and making him feel queasy.

Naruto avoided the lashing tails of the demon as he crashed to the ground. Naruto quickly made a hand sign for his Shadow Clone Magic and created a lot of clones out of his shadow. The mass of clones circled the demon and began to use Chain magic to pin it. The demon was ecstatic of how many little things it got to kill now. The original Naruto was exhausted from using that high amount of magic. If he chooses the wrong spell to use, he could run out of energy and lose his life. He was shaking, out of the adrenaline pumping through his veins and his fear beating on his head. But he knew it wasn't the time to rest, he got up and began to put his makeshift plan into action.

Many of the clones lashed on to the fox's tails, trying to pin them down so that they don't cause any damage and dispel the clones. A few were hit when trying to tame them and got dispelled. The rest of them quickly fired off more chains over his back, trying to hold down the might beast. But it was strong enough to lift up those clones off the ground a few feet, making them scream with terror. The original Naruto took this as his advantage and ran strait under the fox's belly. He began to make seals on the fox's legs, not worried about the size or where they were placed. The only thing bugging him was that the fox's underbelly was drenched in blood, so it was virtually raining blood down there. Again, Naruto tried his best to ignore this gruesome feeling and continued to finish the seal. Once he finished his seals he ran toward the demon's front side so he could activate it.

Once he was out, he saw his parents running strait towards him. Naruto did not pay attention to them. He turned on his heels and clasped his hands together. With a strong voice he shouted, "Disarm." An orange magic circle formed under Naruto's feet and the fox's feet. One second later, the seals turned into black lines which spread across the fox's legs and dug into his skin. The lines then began to suffocate the major arteries in the legs and forcing the demon to fall down. The fox began to curl back he's lips, about to fire off another barrage of energy bombs. But the clones that were in the air started to cover the fox's mouth and hold down its head with their chains again. The fox began to thrash violently, but all of the clones together were strong enough to hold down the demon. The original Naruto smiled with a confident voice. "Let's finish this!"

Kushina was about to pull her son and punish him for leaving out like that, but was stop by a gentle touch to her wrist. She turned around to see Minato with a calm expression that said this. Don't Interfere. She respected Minato's judgment, and just watched her son pull off something that was unbelievable to hear.

Naruto placed both hands over each other, leaving enough space for a basketball to fit in. Then he focused the rest of his magical aura into the gap between his hands, making it rotate. You could see the yellow aura beginning to swirl in his hands. He then added power, which caused the small fragments of the earth rise and scatter all across the area. And last, he contained it all. The air began to return to its normal routine, and the earth stopped spitting out little pebbles. Inside the gap between Naruto's hands was a yellow sphere of pure energy, swirling in a fierce and destructive pattern. This was the secret spell that was taught to him by his father. Naruto smiled as he yelled out a battle roar and rushed straight toward the fox's forehead.

He rushed towards the beast in a straight line as it stared at him with hate filled eyes. With the same strong, confident voice, he shouted, "Rasengan!" The sphere made contact with the demon's eye and it destroyed it. The fox tried to let out a painful cry into the air, but the chain muzzle only allowed him to growl and whine with fear.

Naruto turned to his parents and jumped off of the fox's noise. Naruto was covered with cool sweet and burning blood, his shirt was stuck to his chest and his orange sweat was now a camouflage fusion of orange and red. He was shaking to the bone and yet he looked at his parents with calm and wide eyes. They were surprised that Naruto was still capable of standing.

Minato was far beyond shocked. When he saw his one and only son take down the greatest demon of Zeref's creations, there are no words that can describe what he was feeling right now. Not even he and his entire family of Dreyar could hold down this beast like the way Naruto has, not even make such a scar on this furball of hatred. Minato was called a genius when he was Naruto's age, but looking at Naruto now made him feel like an amateur back then. He gave Naruto a gigantic grin just beaming with pride.

Kushina looked at her son with eyes larger then saucers. She knew that Kyuubi was an unstoppable force since she and her family tried to subdue it once. They succeed in sealing away the demon into a giant pot. But rumors said that he was released days ago by an unknown dark guild. Once the demon was summoned, it destroyed all of the members who freed him and began to head toward Konoha for revenge against Kushina's family. Kushina was the one who made the final seal on to the pot. It wasn't at its fullest power for its magic was bouncing all over, yet it can manipulate it still and seemed to be able to think instead of relying on its instincts.

But the peace didn't last long. The fox had a power up and was able to break the chain around his mouth, sending out a supersonic roar toward Naruto and his parents. It sent Naruto tumbling toward his parent's feet. Both of his parents stepped in front of him, holding their ground against the demons foul roar. Once it stops the roar, the two looked back upon their son.

"We'll take over now Naruto." Minato said with his same calm voice.

Kushina looked at her husband with fear in her eyes. Minato matched her stare with the same eyes. They turned back to Kyuubi, seeing that the clones resealed the mouth again. They knew what they had to do.

Making a sign with their hands that Naruto did not recognize, a being with a ghostly figure faded into the area between Minato and Kushina. He wore a white robe with a knife in his mouth. He was wrinkly and skinny to the bone, along with horns sticking out of his head. He had long wild gray hair and all of his teeth were sharp. In both of his hands he held an orb of light that somehow connected to Naruto's parents. Naruto was confused by this new creature, but the fox recognized it immediately. It was the same creature that sealed it away into a pot. Kushina placed a seal on the pot for extra protection. Kyuubi began to thrash far fiercer then he ever had before, trying to break the chains so he doesn't meet the same fate again. Naruto had to create more clones for them to hold the beast down so his parents could finish what they were doing.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked with his voice shaking with fear. He had no idea what was going on. Kushina looked at her son with the sweetest smile she had ever made. His father did not turn his eye sight away from the demon. "Naruto, come here." He obeyed his father and walked 'through' the being. It was cold to touch, especially when his entire body walks through him. It made Naruto felt like he was in a freezer.

"Naruto, do you remember the story I would always tell you when you were young."

"Do you mean The Final Battle between The Black Mage and The Light Sage?" Minato shook his head "The other one."

"…The Prophet Child."

"That's right, the story that says that the world will be saved by a pure child who will eliminate the ultimate darkness and bring hope back to this world."

"But, what does that have to do with me?"

Minato turned to his son with a kind, calm expression. "Naruto, you are that child. I believe that it is you who will save this world." Naruto was speechless of the words his father just said. He didn't really believe that for a second. His father would usually joke to him about this kind of stuff, usually resulting to them playing good versus evil games. So, he turned to his mother to see if it's true. She showed the same expression, which was proof enough that Minato wasn't lying.

"But, how can I save the world. I mean I'm not a genius, I'm not strong, and I couldn't even fight that fox without having the urge to-" right there, Naruto upchucked whatever was left in his stomach, which turned out to be digesting ramen, "To do that."

"Naruto, you had taken down the strongest demon in the world and you kept him down on his knees long enough to place a scar on him." Minato went down to one knee and looked at his son with his kind face. "No one has that kind of power and still have some left to move. You have the power to be the savoir."

"But…I'm still shaking from fear. A mage is espoused to be strong and fearless, I don't have that." Naruto felt two warm hands gentle holding his shoulders. He turned his head to see his mom looking at him with her kind violet eyes.

"It's fine to be scared Naruto. It takes a strong man to emit his fears." Naruto looked even deeper into her eyes; he never felt so much love from anyone just by looking into their eyes. "It takes a stronger man to turn his fear into his strength." Naruto took all of his parent's words in. He didn't know why they were saying these things. They were acting like they were about to end their life for him.

Naruto felt another warm touch on his chest, the center of the palm on his heart. Naruto turned back to his original position to see his father, looking at him with the same stare he had with his mother. It filled Naruto's heart and mind with joy when he knew that his parents loved him more than anything else in the world. "We know that you will find the answer" he then moved his hand from Naruto's heart to his head, his palm on Naruto's forehead. "We believe in you."

Tears of love began to form under Naruto's eyes. They began to flow out of his eyes, creating a clear path between his eyes and his bottom jaw. It cleaned the blood, spit, and sweat off of Naruto's cheeks. Minato removed his hand and then began to talk with a more serious tone.

"Naruto, I'm telling you this because your mother and I both agree that giving you the fox's magic can protect you and make you stronger." Naruto tried his best to hold the tears back and looked at his father with his ears wide open. "Don't worry about the demon taking over you. I'll personal remove the soul and the mind from its magic, making it impossible for the fox to take over your body." Naruto nodded at this, so far the plan sound goods to him. Kyuubi however, did not agree.

"NNNNNNOOOOOO!" Kyuubi shouted at the top of its lungs. Causing the chains to break around its mouth its voice was deep and rough, like sand paper rubbing on itself. He then released another supersonic roar, which was way more powerful then the first one. Its foul breath scarred the earth and almost blew Naruto away again. "There is no way in hell I'm going to die here!" With his sheer force, he forced his right arm to wake up while the seal was still on. He raised it far above his head, throwing the clones like they were little spiders. He brought down his claw strait towards Naruto. "If you die then I will live and lay waste to your family."

Naruto was complete filled with fear; his body would not obey his orders. Naruto couldn't even scream, he just stood there and watch as the massive claw sliced through the air heading toward him. The creature had a dark, evil laugh that thundered through the forest. The claw grew closer and closer to him; Naruto closed his eyes out of instinct. He waited for the blow that will end his life. It never came. Naruto slowly open his eyes to see something he never though he was going to see.

Right there in front of him, holding the demon's paw back was his parents. Both of them were impaled through the torso. Blood began to poor out of their mouth and down there chin. The tip of the nail was only inches away from Naruto's chest. His mother was facing him, her face full of pain. Minato was hanging on behind her; his arms were hanging on his side. This time, Naruto's eyes began to fill up with tears of fear and sadness. His tears streamed down his face, his noise began to get runny. His face turned into an enraged river removing all of the blood and spit on Naruto's cheek.

"Sorry you had to see us like this Naruto." Minato spluttered looking over Kushina's shoulder. Despite that blood running out of his mouth, he still had the same calm and cool look he always had. The family stared at each other for a while. Minato began to speak with a serious tone. "We're running out of time here Kushina. If you have any last words to Naruto, you should say them now."

Kushina looked at her son with a frown on her face and in her eyes. Naruto was so shocked he couldn't say anything, but he could still listen. "Naruto…" Naruto's tears began to slow down and his ears began to open. Swallowing her tears back, she began to speak. "Naruto don't be a fussy eater…eat a lot and grow up to be a strong man. Take a bath every day…Make sure you don't go to sleep too late…Make sure your friends are one that will put their life on the line for you…" Then she began to smile her special smile, one Naruto wish he could create every since he first say it. "Make sure you practice on your magic everyday…since you will be the savoir of this world..." Minato looked at his wife with a huge smile, his eyes sparkling with happiness. "Make sure that the Magic council doesn't get to your head…there are quite manipulative…And make sure to save as much money as you can… Don't drink any alcohol until you're 20 and when you do…don't overdo it…" She paused for the fox's nail twitched, which sent a spiral of pain through both of Naruto's parents. She kept talking even though her voice was shaking more. "As for women…well…I'm a woman…so I don't know what to say…I know you will notice a girl…and you would want her…to be by your side…so try not to pick a weird one…and find someone like your mom…And watch out for Gildarts Clive…he's a idiot."

Naruto tears began to fall once he saw his mom beginning to cry. "Naruto…you're going to…experience a lot of pain and suffering…So remember who you are…your goals…your dreams…and don't give up…no matter what." She then closed her eyes and her bottom lip began to tremble. "The only regret I have…is that I can't stay here…and watch you grow…to love you one more time." Right there, Naruto side step Kyuubi's nail and grabbed both of Kushina and Minato legs, crying his heart out to his parents. Kushina couldn't stop from crying and trying her best to embrace her son. "I'm sorry Minato…I took all of our time…" Minato just smiled and placed one of his arms around his son shoulders, and the other around his wife waste. Minato's touch sent a huge amount of warmth into anyone who embraces him. That was one of the reasons why Kushina loved him.

"It's fine," Minato turned to his son and placed a hand on top of Naruto's hair, gently petting it back. Naruto followed the movement and looked into his father's sparkly blue eyes. "Naruto…" his voice was a soft siren in a misty forest, leading Naruto to his home. With the coolest face that anyone could pull off in a nearby death state, he said with the same voice "Listen to your motor-mouth mother." Despite all of what's going on, Naruto couldn't resist smiling at him, releasing a little giggle. With that Minato's face became serious and he closed his eyes and let go of Naruto's hair. He embraced his true love for the last time.

Naruto took a step, having to let go of his mother's arms. He felt a lot of pain in his life, but none of them, even if all of those moments came together at once, could compare to the heart breaking feeling Naruto and Kushina were having when they separated. Naruto was trying his best not to run strait back to her, for if he does then he will only be getting in their way.

With a stern voice, he and his wife said "Reaper: Deal" at the same time. The Soul Reaper smirked at the two. It was his cue to do what he was sent here to do. He turned with an evil smile far bigger than usual. The Nine Tailed Demon Fox coward in fear once he saw that smile again, "No," He shouted with his mind since the clones resealed his mouth, making Naruto confused on how the demon can do that. "I can't go back! I can't die!" The fox tried to free itself, but the seals were enhanced on its arms and more chains covered it body. The fox was winning in fear as the reaper let out a giant screech out of it mouth. His knife fell to the floor. From its own chest, three arms with strange markings on it grew out and stretched toward the demon. It grabbed the fox and not wasting a second, pulled out what appeared to be 3 balls of energy.

One was complete black and you could hear the crying, moaning, and suffering from within the little thing, the other one was red as blood and it was releasing a supersonic roar every second. Naruto could swear that it was dripping blood like the fox's fur had been. The third one however seemed lifeless, there was no sound coming from the ball of light. It illuminating a yellow and orange light, making it look like a pure sun.

As the reaper's hands retreated from the fox, the fox itself began to die. His entire body went limb and the clones vanished for their job is complete. The fox made no move to kill, it's only movement was the last few twitching of its lips. Then its eye turned from a pure blood color, to a dark cloud gray. The demon's death aroma also seemed to vanish. Then a massive stream of wind came and turned the fox into dust, separating the creature and sending every part of its body to each corner of the earth. It was almost over. The reaper then brought the black orb and the blood orb next to his face. He then threw both of them into his mouth and without chewing swallowed them whole. The arms that held on to the two orbs vanish into the air while he turned around to see his dealers.

Kushina leaned toward her husband's lips as did he to her, and the two made a smooth, soft and passionate kiss. One that lasted a good few minutes, the reaper didn't want to ruin this beautiful sight. What can they say; he's a sucker for a tragedy. Once they separated, the two embraced each other one last time.

Death slowly raised his normal two arms and began to slowly eat Kushina's and Minato's soul. The two felt there life force being removed from their body, so slowly the laid down on the floor and embraced each other to the point where no human force can separate them. Soon enough, the spheres of light was gone from Death's hand, and Naruto's parents entered into internal sleep.

Naruto didn't know what mood he was completely in. He was happy that his parents died in each other arms, but sad that he was alone now. He was proud of his parents sacrifice, but was angry of placing such a heavy burden on him. All in all, he was crying once again, this time his nose was having its own set of tears. The sound he was making was ear piercing to all of the creatures around him. All but one, he stopped crying once a looming shadow crawled over him.

He looked up to see the reaper looking down at him with hollow black eyes. There was a full moon hanging right behind him, making him appear to have an even lighter appearance. This didn't make Naruto fell any better, especially the moon illuminating his ghostly figure. Naruto noticed that the reaper still had the sun like orb in its hand. With a detached voice, the reaper said "The deal is set." As quick as a viper's strike, it forced the sun orb into Naruto's chest.

Naruto never felt such physical pain before. It was like someone was drilling into his own chest with an iron rod just coming out of a stove. Twisting and turning all of his organs in the progress. It was exactly like the secret technique his father created. Naruto was screaming at the top of his lungs, never making that noise before. He even made noises he didn't even know was possibly. After a minute has passed, the pain suddenly stops and Death removed it's third hand from Naruto's chest.

Naruto felt a sudden burst of power. It was tearing his insides apart, trying it's best to get out. Unable to control it, he released a supersonic wave akin to that of the beast. Naruto fell to the ground, his vision going blurry. All he saw left was the reaper picking up his knife and fading into nothing. He turned to his parents, who appeared to be sleeping with smiles on his face. And for a second, Naruto believed it.

Well, here is chapter 2. I really made sure that I don't make to much mistakes. Especially when D4L7 helped me with my grammar and not make it a Mary Sue by accident. Some of you may think Naruto is to powerful, but trust me, he not. I'll explain some more in the next chapter.

Please review in a kind way.

Again, thank you D4L7 making this your first and last chapter in this story, I'll take your lesson to the heart.