Chapter One

Naruto sighed as he arrived at the training grounds. His two team mates, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha were sitting under a tree half asleep no dought tired from waking so early in the morning. Sakura was a first generation shinobi from a lower civilian clan. Her mother Shiki Haruno was on the city council and was in charge of financing for the civilian districts of the village. She also had an intense hatred for him though he could never figure out why. Sasuke came from the once great Uchiha Clan and had been trained to be a shinobi from an early age. Though he went a little crazy after his clan had been killed, rumor was his elder brother Itachi the former Anbu captain had done it. Their instructor was Kakashi Hatake or Copy-Ninja Kakashi. Naruto refused to address him as sensei since Kakashi had yet to teach him anything, though he had a feeling he would blow him off and focus on training Sasuke.

Unlike the other teams that had to take a test, their teacher had informed them yesterday the council had ordered they pass regardless of the test. They were eager to get the Uchiha into the shinobi ranks as fast as possible it seemed. He didn't much care; it gave him more time to practice using this strange flame power he possessed. Just as he was about to sit down their teacher arrived in a puff of smoke, that crappy eye smile on his face. "I'm coming to let you know training is canceled for today, Gai and I have an S class mission" he voiced before teleporting away before Sakura could voice her outrage of being forced to get here three hours ago only for training to be canceled. Naruto sighed, stuffed his hands into his jacket pockets and began walking back into the village, leaving Sakura confused on why he didn't ask her out like he always did.

Naruto's apartment…

Shrugging off his jacket Naruto laid down in bed, determined to regain the sleep he lost this morning, not knowing that this would be the strangest dream he would ever have.

Dream Scene…

His eyes opened to find a red colored sky, sitting up he noticed he was in the middle of a battle field, various weapons sticking out of the ground all around him. Several feet away stood her, the flaming haired, blazing eyed woman he had seen in countless dreams. She had a smile on her face as she approached him, her black cloak swaying behind her. "Hello Naruto-kun, I'm so glad you can finally come here" she smiled as he stood up. "Who are you?" he asked as he stepped closer to her. "Didn't Sarutobi tell you? I'm Kushina Uzumaki, your mother" she spoke. At that moment several different feelings began to run through him, happiness, sadness, hate and betrayal. The old man always told him he never knew his parents, that he had been found abandoned after the Kyuubi attack years ago. Now here was his mother, standing right in front of him looking confused as to why he was getting upset.

"Sarutobi didn't tell you about me did he?" she asked getting a shocked look in return. "I'm not surprised. He always did hate me because I was different. He never trusted me because I gave up my humanity years ago" she explained. "You're not human?" Naruto gasped. "I'm partly human, mostly in appearance. I'm called a Flame Haze, a warrior charged with keeping the balance between the worlds" she began to explain.

The more she talked the most fascinated he became. His mother was a kickass warrior that put Shinobi to shame. She talked about her final battle as her contactor, Alastor, the Flame of the Heavens, Flame Haze. She had broken the seal on his vessel in order to slay a powerful Denizen called Silver. However as she fell off the cliff they were doing battle on she noticed Silver fade away showing it had been a fake the entire time. She had fallen into what was called the Endless Void, a place were noting was said to exist and when she came to a blonde haired man named Minato Namikaze was standing over her with a worried look on his face.

She never figured out why she ended up here in the elemental nations or how she has survived breaking the seal at all. She settled here in the Land of Fire and quickly fell to the charms of Minato and later on married him in secret. Sarutobi and the elders had been against her since day one, claiming she was just some outsider and she be locked away so they could learn all her secrets. The only elder that stood by her was Danzo since he too had seen the horrors of war and understood her giving up her humanity to protect something precious. After a few years Kushina became pregnant and on the day of Naruto's birth the Kyuubi attacked. The Nine tailed fox was not in fact a demon but a Crimson Lord of the Crimson World and only a Flame Haze of unmeasureable power could have defeated him.

Minato and Kushina came up with a plan. Minato would use the Reaper Death Seal he had developed to summon the Death God and offer his soul to seal the Kyuubi's power away into their son. At the same time Kushina would use a powerful Unrestrictive Spell to seal her power of existence into the seal to safeguard it and prevent the Kyuubi from manifesting itself. The dreams he had been having were Kushina fighting off the Kyuubi's influence in his mind, all this time she had been protecting him from being corrupted by the powerful Crimson Lord.

He was in tears and was quickly embraced by his mother. His cries of sorrow rang throughout the battle field as she held him close and patted his back. "Naruto-kun, I know what you have been through; Sarutobi is not going to allow you to grow strong enough to protect you or those precious to you. How would you like to become a Flame Haze like me?" she asked getting his sniffles to stop. "A Flame Haze? How you said you needed a contractor to become one" Naruto pointed out.

"And you have one right here"

The booming voice echoed through the field. Looking up Naruto gasped as a huge cage appeared in the sky. Kyuubi no Kitsune, the giant flaming Crimson Lord appeared inside of it, its eyes locked with his.

"You amuse me greatly Naruto Uzumaki. A simple human like you containing my vast power and not being destroyed in an instant has made me curious. Even more so how I have failed to corrupt you even after ten long years of confinement, it makes you very interesting"

The Kyuubi spoke. "Why should I trust you with my son, how do I know you won't just kill him and take over his body?" Kushina shouted.

"Foolish Flame Haze. You should know that once a Crimson Lord gives his world its law. Should I break my vow my Power of Existence will cease to be and I will fade away into nothingness. Besides I have never had a Flame Haze before and to make it the child of the Flaming Haired, Blazing Eyed hunter will make things very interesting in the Crimson World"

The fox smiled, showing off his gleaming teeth. "Let me do it mom, I need to get stronger and this maybe the only way to do it" Naruto voiced, his tone full of conviction. "Part of a child's life is making decisions and living with choices they make. If you do this I will support you and train you in your powers. But you will have to flee the village as soon as it the transformation ends, there is no telling what Sarutobi will do once he discovers you've learned on me and my true nature" Kushina explained.

"HAHAHAHAHA! WONDERFUL! Now prepare yourself Naruto Uzumaki. You don't know how painful it is to have your Existence set afire until it happens!"

Naruto's pain filled scream reached the ears of everyone in the village.

Terminology:

Flame Haze: A former human that has made a contract with a Crimson Lord to gain power. A Flame Haze's main job is to protect the balance of the world, which means destroying all Denizens that devour people to take away their Power of Existence. A person normally becomes a Flame Haze because they wish revenge on a being that has devoured or taken something away from them.

Power of Existence: primarily "how something gives an impact on its surroundings". It can be found on any object, be it living or non-living; it is also somewhat present on dead people or animals. This is because Power of Existence, like what its name implies, is the amount of existence something has in the world.

Crimson Lord: are Denizens whose power stands out among their peers, Lords represent themselves as magical objects called Vessels and they can manifest fully, but to do so requires tremendous amounts of Power of Existence and in turn, would be detrimental to the balance of the world.

Unrestricted Spell: is the general term used for powerful magic spells in which Power of Existence is consumed. Spells classified under this term can be used for any purpose, and sometimes requires time and/or an incantation for it to activate. To quote Merihim's remark about Power of Unrestraint: "...Power of Unrestraint brings forth impossibilities or makes the seemingly impossible possible"