Next chapter, I wrote this down on paper just yesterday which was the ninth just in case I don't get this posted tonight.


Awakening

Chapter Two

Konoha

Naruto opened his eyes, groaning softly as a biting pain shot through his forehead. He slowly sat up, rubbing his temples, trying to get rid of the headache.

Despite the headache, his thoughts were crystal clear and surprisingly analytical. He had never been much for running through details, but now felt different. He felt as though he was thinking on a whole other level than before.

He looked around the room, which happened to be the room he had been given when he first arrived here, noticing things he might have never seen. He could tell that there were some differences to the room. The most obvious ones being the bars across the one window in the room. It was as if someone wanted to keep something out of the room...or someone in.

The door looked as though it was sturdier than he remembered. In an instant he realized that the door was bolted shut to keep him from leaving. He shook his head and sighed.

"Guess I can't blame them" he said softly as he remembered what had happened the day before. It made him think about the device that allowed him to look into his ancestor's memories. This device must have had some strange problem that did something to him. He looked at his hand, remembering the bubbling red energy that had flowed around his body.

'What power was that?' he thought, trying to make sense of it all. He could remember the incredible strength he felt as the energy had trickled out of his pores like a thick liquid. He even remembered that it had burned slightly, as if he had a slight sunburn. All of that power had just come from some part deep inside of himself.

Then he remembered the giant fox he had seen and his eyes widened. What if the fox had something to do with it? What if it was some sort of program failure in the system. His ideas were already falling apart the second after he thought them.

The creature had spoken to him about his ancestor's as if it had known them personally. He guessed that it wasn't impossible, he had been inside the machine. It was possible that the fox had been somehow linked to the body he had been in. His mind began to race at the implications of this.

This would mean that his grandfather had been right all along. Everything he had said would be true.

This would mean that his ancestor Naruto had really controlled the power of a demon. He shook his head realizing that this would mean that the fox he had met was the demon that had been inside of his ancestor!

These realizations were not good for his already painful head. He felt the cold stab of pain as his headache increased. That was when he felt the twitch in the back of his head, as if something had broken free before it snapped back into place. Naruto could almost imagine it sounding like the twang of a guitar string snapping after being wound too tight.

Then the booming voice from before returned. He could hear it in his head but feel a presence in the room with him.

"There, that is better" it said chuckling "You do not know how hard it is to climb up through billions of memories to reach up and take my place at the fore of your mind"

Naruto shook his head, his blond hair shaking with the movement "I thought I had gotten away from you when I woke up" he said softly as an image began to form in the corner of the room. It was a man sized fox with nine flowing tails twitching behind it. It's lips were spread in a demonic grin.

"Boy," it said "You will never get rid of me, the second you opened that can of worms that is your ancestor's memories, I became part of you. I am now completely part of your body" it laughed "You opened the gates of your mind, not knowing what you would find, now I am here" it began to stalk toward him, it's nine beautiful tails swaying behind it, as if caught in the pull of a gentle current.

It stared at him for a second "With my return, the other eight will follow suit"

Naruto felt his face go cold as he stared at the demon "There are eight more fox demons like you?" he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

The demon snickered "No, each of us is a demon, but each has a different animal form with a certain number of tails representing the level of power" it grinned "And before you ask, no, they will not be all living inside of you. There are eight other people that will receive my siblings' powers, just as you have received mine"

The blond haired boy blinked, slowly beginning to make sense of this new information "SO" he said slowly "I have the power of the most powerful demon in existence at my control and there will be eight more powerful demons to come" he shook his head "How did anyone hold you all?" he asked "Wasn't there downfalls to all this incredible power?"

"There are always problems to power" the fox said looking at him "Shukaku the one tailed demon was insane after being forced into so many people's bodies with such a poor seal, the poor creature drove it's holder insane as well" it shook it's head "The seal was so bad that if that person were to fall asleep, Shukaku was able to take over their body and reign terror"

The fox began to tap it's nails on the floor and, though the ethereal nails passed through the floor, Naruto could swear that he could hear the tapping sound.

"I didn't know the other hosts as they were lost before we could meet them" it said humming softly "But the demon's themselves were in good shape the last time I saw them" it shrugged.

"Though I did know the eight tails, and it and it's host had worked out a way to coexist, though there was that terrible rhyming thing the host did when he talked" Naruto thought it was just his imagination, but he could have sworn that the fox had just shivered.

The blue eyed boy swallowed to clear his throat and asked the question that he really didn't want to know the answer to "So..what was the adverse effect your power had on your hosts"

The fox turned it's large eyes to the boy and eyed him for a couple of seconds before answering "Kushina never showed any negative problems when I was sealed into her" it grinned "Though she did have a fiery temper, but I believe that to be a family trait"

"Then I was sealed into your namesake and he used my power far more than his mother" the fox shrugged "That changed the stakes as he was prone to emotional out bursts as well as being under incredible stress, I am quite surprised he didn't end up like Shukaku's host"

The great demon sighed as if it was exhausted "At first there were no negative side effects, but as he began to use higher levels of my power and activating more tails, it began to burn away his skin, destroying the body as it changed into my own."

"As it happened, he slowly lost sense of himself as his animal side began to take over" it grinned "of course, I used this to my advantage to try and get him to release me, for if his mind died before I was free, I would have been trapped in the monster of my own body, unable to do control it for the rest of eternity"

It saw that Naruto was beginning to look a little sick and shook it's head "But today, there is no seal, I am directly part of your body, you will have all of the strength, speed, power, and stamina without any of the negative effects" it grinned "your ancestor changed the rules when he removed us from his world"

The demon suddenly became serious again "But my power is not easy to handle and learning to control it will be very difficult Naruto" it said as it seemed to spear Naruto to the wall with a glare. Naruto had the faint feeling of being sized up for someone's dinner.

Then it shrugged "I must say though, you did quite well in repairing your friend's eyes, though it was mostly an automatic reaction, like a child playing with a toy, not knowing how it works, but having a faint idea of what it does"

"Because of your inexperience with my power, you didn't just repair her eyes, you unlocked a power that hasn't been seen in this world for a very very long time" it grinned "You released her family bloodline"

Naruto had been watching the fox with interest as he spoke and he started when it mentioned a bloodline "You mean I gave her what the Hyuuga's were famous for? That ability to see through anything and in a complete three hundred and sixty degree angle?"

The fox grinned "The White Eyes, The Byakugan" it said "They used their eyes to utilize their style of martial arts called the Jyuuken or Gentle Fist technique, allowing them to strike key points on a person's body to disable or kill their opponent"

"Normally she would have to be trained from birth to use it well, but because of her genes and my power, the knowledge will slowly be unlocked from her mind. Muscle memory though, will have to be trained and honed, same with you"

One of it's tails pointed at the boy "Your training will begin tonight, for now, you may want to talk to the person coming to your door" with that, the demonic fox vanished without a trace.

Naruto heard the dead bolts slide back from the other side of the door. One of them caught and he heard a muffled curse before the door clicked and slowly opened. A young man stepped in wearing a nice cut suit, though his suit was odd. It was black and covered in little red clouds. The collar was higher than natural and brought attention to the man's face.

He had coal black eyes with two thin lines moving from his eyes and away from the bridge of his nose. His short black hair was cropped down the middle, showing off his widows peak. When he stepped closer to him, Naruto noticed that the man was taller than him by only a few inches.

The man then smiled, showing a kindness that, at first glance, hadn't been noticeable. Naruto would have guessed that he was the sullen type.

When the man spoke, his voice was surprisingly soft and silky "Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze" he said looking at him "You really surprised us with your stunt yesterday, though it seemed to take a lot out of you. You slept for nearly ten hours"

This took the blond by surprise, he hadn't expected that he had slept for so long. He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled "I am really sorry about that, I don't even know exactly what happened"

The man nodded "Yes, we assumed as much" he said and held out his hand "I am sorry to be rude, let me introduce myself, I am Itachi Uchiha, it is nice to meet you"

Naruto gawked as he shook his hand. This was the Itachi Uchiha, the man who invented The Eye, a computerized contact lens which was designed to follow miniscule movements to give people earlier warnings in times of danger. The Eye could pick out dangerous faults in support structures before it collapsed.

It could be applied to many things such as police work, architect work, and even simple things such as brushing your teeth.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Uchiha, but may I ask, what is with the red clouds" Naruto asked, pointing to the man's suit. Naruto was very curious as to why anyone would wear clouds on their suit.

Itachi chuckled "Oh these?" he asked pointing at his lapel "When I first came here, it was to be in a special group and my little brother thought it required a special uniform. So he designed this" he grinned "The others liked it so much it was incorporated into our suits" (A/N Anyone ever read that little comic?))

"Because of the clouds, we called the group Akatsuki" the name rung something deep inside of him. It gave him a very bad feeling to hear the word. It struck him like a sack of bricks, sending him reeling. He smiled through the pain "Sounds like a very interesting group" he said nodding.

"Yes" he said "It was started by my grandfather before he lost his mind" there was a moment of silence before Itachi shrugged "Anyway, follow me, you must be hungry" he began to walk, the blond boy following him quickly.

AS they walked, Itachi began to speak about Akatsuki "It was designed to find the odd events in people's memories" he shrugged "Paranormal events, things like the seven wonders of the world," he looked at Naruto out of the corner of his eyes "Demons"

Naruto blinked, staring at Itachi for barely a minute before he shrugged "Everyone has demons, and even people have been called demons, my grandfather once told me about a man who was called the Demon of the Mist, it was an interesting story"

Itachi nodded "Sounds like your grandfather was a well learned man" he said as he pushed open a pair of doors. Behind these doors was a large cafeteria. The walls had several different types of 'buildings', with the wall being painted like the rest of the buildings. Above the painted buildings was the tops of trees. The doors which they had entered had been designed to look like giant wooden doors with the Kanji for fire written on them.

The man grinned and waved out his arms "Welcome to Konoha" he said smiling proudly "After my first trip into my ancestors memories, we designed the cafeteria to look just like the Village Hidden in the Leaves"

Naruto was in awe, he had never seen something this intricate before. At first glance, he couldn't have been sure that this place wasn't a real village.

Itachi smiled at his surprise "I am going to get us something to eat, what do you want?" he asked.

Naruto blinked "Miso Ramen" he said automatically. It wasn't until Itachi had left that he realized what he had asked for. It was strange because until now, he hadn't even liked Ramen that much. But now, he had a real desire for the food.

He felt a tap at his shoulder and turned, his eyes meeting beautiful light purple ones. He blinked surprised and happy to see Hinata "Hey Hinata, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"I just wanted to.." she seemed to stumble over her words "I wanted to thank you for what you did" she said softly and gestured toward her eyes, trying to emphasize her thankfulness.

"For your eyes? I didn't do anything" he blushed "That was just some strange energy flux"

She laughed "Really, that is your best explanation? An energy flux?" she shook her head "It was you and whatever you did to fix my eyes, no one has ever done something so grand for me"

He could see that tears were beginning to brim in her eyes. He hugged her to help her feel better and he felt her bury her head in his chest "I really can't thank you enough Naruto"

Gently he stroked her back before she stepped back from him, smiling this time. She looked past him and saw Itachi coming toward them "Oh, I hope he got me Cinnamon Buns" she said giggling "They are my weakness"

In fact, the man had gotten her what she wanted because he had seen their exchange. He found it quite cute and decided to keep quiet about it. As they ate, the talk moved to how they designed the cafeteria. It turned out that Hinata had a hand in creating it. In the comfort of her room, she had drawn up plans for the room.

So even blind, Hinata was still able to create such beautiful images, just like her and Naruto told her so, causing her to blush and become a stuttering mess.

After they had eaten, Itachi offered to introduce Naruto to the other people who were part of the project like Naruto was, chosen because of their ancestors.

He agreed and they were off, Hinata coming with them explaining that only three of the others were in the main room. The others were sleeping off last weeks training session.

Naruto had learned that he would be taking place in physical exorcizes to keep his body fit and energized. Going into the memories of your ancestors could be a very draining experience. In fact, due to the sudden way he was forced out of the machine, he shouldn't have been moving around for another two weeks. It was an interesting way his body healed.

They arrived at a metal door and Hinata opened it. The door was so nicely oiled that it didn't even make a sound as it opened.

What was on the other side of the door surprised him in two ways. First, the room was pure white, like the room where the memory machines were, secondly there were two girls in the corner of the room, lips locked in a passionate kiss. ((A/N Be serious and honest, how many people already know who these two are before I give up their names below?))

Hinata and Naruto blushed, both because of the girls and the fact that the two had just made eye contact while thinking about kissing.

Itachi grinned and coughed into his hand "These two lovely ladies are Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka" he said waving to the two blushing girls as they looked at the new people in the room. Sakura had hot pink hair while Ino was a blond like Naruto himself.

Both girls were very attractive and both were wearing the normal white clothes that he had come to realize was normal attire around here, at least for those who actually went into their ancestor's memories, though these two girls had altered their clothes to show off more skin than was necessary and he assumed that it was for each other to adore.

The man looked around "Now where did he get off to? I know he was headed here" he looked at the two girls expectantly.

"Well..um..we wanted some time alone so he left to go do something, I don't know what though" Sakura blushed again, her face turning dark red.

Just then a boy with black hair pushed Naruto out of the way as he walked in. He leaned against the wall, rubbing his fingernails against his shirt "So we got a new brat?" he asked grinning at them. This boy was so laid back it was annoying, especially to Naruto.

Itachi sighed "Sorry Naruto, let me introduce my little brother, Sasuke Uchiha" said boy waved at the blond before looking at Hinata "Hey hotstuff" he grinned "Come to play with fire?" he asked.

Hinata noticed Naruto's hand clench into a fist and smiled before gently slipping her hand into his, spreading the fingers and locking their hands together "No thanks, I prefer Whirlpools" she giggled at Naruto, causing him to blush before grinning.

Sasuke's eye's narrowed at Naruto. How could this new kid get Hinata to fall for him when Sasuke himself had been trying for weeks to get with her. It pissed him off.

When the boy wasn't paying attention, Sasuke lunged at Naruto, throwing a punch.

"Lean back and raise your knee now!"the roar in his mind startled him into action. He leaned back, bringing up his knee, feeling it connect with Sasuke's stomach.

"Now ax kick"Naruto didn't even know what an ax kick, but his leg responded almost immediately, as if he had always known how to fight. His leg moved up and he struck Sasuke onto the floor.

Itachi moved quickly to check on his brother, making Naruto fear retaliation from the older man. But Itachi only nodded "There is no permanent damage, but he will be sore when he wakes up" he chuckled "I won't say he didn't deserve it"

Hinata was looking at Naruto in surprise and he blushed "I did it automatically, sorry"

"Sorry?" she laughed "I have been wanting to see him get put in his place, and just for that," she grinned and grabbed him by the front of the shirt, pulling him close "you get a really big gift" she kissed him deeply, sending stars shooting behind his eyes.

This was so much better than going to highschool, so much better. He then lost himself in her soft lips and kissed her back hotly.


So, how was that for a next chapter. I am doing well. I just posted a new Pokemorph chapter and now this. Maybe I will do my other stories as well. Tomorrow maybe, depends on how well the day goes. See you all. Read and Review and read again.