Chapter 2: Back to the Beginning
AN: Ok people, you liked the first part and that's good. I'm really sorry that it has taken SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long for me to get this out but after the plot bunnies all committed suicide after I read some stuff in canon, this story is going to be a little different than I had expected. Now here is Chapter 2. I'm going to try and run through the original canon but it will be pretty different. Then I can go on to my original plot.
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
"Demon Speech"
"Demon Thoughts"
Scene Change
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I probably never will. I do own some of the plots and my OC Ryu. I'm not saying this for any more chapters so you can't sue me!!
Unknown Location, Forest outside Konoha
Kyuubi woke with a start peering around at the now decimated clearing where the seal had dropped the demons. The surrounding forest and ground that she sat on was completely burned in a perfect circle.
The first thing she noticed was that the soul stone still clutched in her fist was radiating demonic energy that could rival her own.
She smiled to herself, comforted that her love would have the power of at least a nine tailed demon. He was adapting well to the change, which she contributed to herself being tied to his soul for the past 25 years.
The second thing that she noticed was Ryu's shirt and trench coat lying in a pile on the edge of the clearing. Their owner was sitting Indian style on the ground nearby surrounded by a new seal and chanting quietly to himself.
Kyuubi stood up and walked over to the meditating form, but before she could get halfway to him, the seal flashed a blinding white.
It was so bright she had to cover her eyes and look away as she wondered what the hell the crazy ex-king had just done.
Ryu stood and turned toward Kyuubi flexing his left arm, which she saw was now covered in a strange marking that went from his left wrist, twisted around his arm and traveled over his chest to stop at his right shoulder. The mark was glowing red but as that stopped Kyuubi saw that it looked like a tattoo of a large European dragon.
Although the red of the tattoo had died down there were still thirteen glowing circles with the kanji for seal inside of them. There was also a strange demonic variation of the kanji for change on the dragon's forehead.
"What did you just do?" she asked him as put his shirt back on and picked up his trench coat.
"I am glad that you are awake, I was starting to get bored just waiting around. As for this," he said touching his chest, "It's a 13-point suppression seal combined with a transformation seal"
Her eyebrows draw together in confusion, "And what do you need that for, this isn't the 'Oh Shit…!' from earlier… or later… or what ever. Is it?"
"No, stupid. It's so people don't die of killing intent and chakra pressure just from standing near me. It also changes my demon chakra into the human version. I can unlock the seals whenever I need to.
"Oh…" Kyuubi simply said, "I guess that makes sense. Will you do it to me too?"
"You only need a 9-pointed seal, and I already did it." He said pointing to her right arm.
She looked down and saw the black fox with 9-tails twisting around her arm. The points were on the tips of the tails and the change symbol was on the foxes head.
"Thank you, Ryu. But, when are we any way?" She said pulling her gaze away from the seal to look at the man in black.
"That's what the 'Oh Shit!' was about. I was trying to take us back only 3 years, to just before the war started so we could storm the Akatsuki base and kill Orochimaru before he took Itachi's body. However, some of the blood on the monument touched the seal, extending it to a royally fucked up point. We ended up 13 years in the past."
All Kyuubi could do was blink. "Wait, are you telling me that my mate is a 12 year old, orange jumpsuit wearing, IDIOT!!"
Ryu stuck his little finger in his ear and tried to get it working again as he said, "Yeah, that pretty much covers it."
She went to hit him with one of her tails, but noticed they were gone, along with the rest of her fox features. Hey eyes had stayed blood red though.
Ryu was the same, down to his silver eyes which saddened as he stated, "And I can't take us on another trip for at least 20 years. Other wise you would end up ripped across at least fifty different time periods, which I hear is not comfortable."
"Any way, I think that the first thing to do would be to fix your darling Naru-kun." He said with a smirk. "Today is the day of the genin exam."
"I remember that day very well, he failed the exam and that crazy idiot Mizuki tried to use Naruto to get that forbidden scroll. It was the day he first learned about me." Kyuubi exclaimed excitedly as they both jumped off to find their ex-vessel.
Naruto's Hiding Spot, Forest of Konoha
Naruto sat on the cold grass in a large clearing just outside of Konoha, sweat pouring down his face as he glared angrily at the large scroll that lay on the ground in front of him.
"Stupid shadow clones, I finally got you. Now what else is there in here that's worth while…" the blonde boy mumbled to himself as he bent over the scroll once more.
However before he could continue on to the next technique a loud irritated voice sounded behind him.
"NARUTO!! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!?" Roared the scarred academy instructor.
"Hey Iruka-sensei, I didn't expect you to find me this fast. I only had time to learn one technique." The demon vessel exclaimed exuberantly. "And where is Mizuki-sensei, I thought that he would be here before you."
Iruka stumbled a bit at this statement, "Wait, your out here… training, and what do you mean Mizuki?"
"Mizuki-sensei told me that if I got this scroll and learned one technique before he found me I would be able to pass and become a ninja, BELIEVE IT!!" Naruto cheered like and idiot. Iruka could only sweat-drop at the statement before a slightly evil but still pathetic sound reached to chunin.
"Kukukukukukuku, that's right Naruto now give me the scroll." Said Mizuki as he appeared in a tree behind the two on the forest floor.
"Don't do it Naruto, Mizuki is trying to trick you into handing over the scroll so he can steal in and abandon the village." Iruka tried to convince the blonde.
"Don't listen to him Naruto; Iruka just doesn't want you to have the scroll for yourself. He is scared of you." Mizuki stated from his position in the tree, while adding a quick laugh reminiscent of a snake-obsessed fanny bandit we all know and want to eviscerate with a rusty spork.
"What… why would he be scared of me?" Naruto asked confusedly.
"Do you want to know why the village hates you so much? It's because…" Mizuki was cut off by Iruka's shout of "WAIT!"
"Don't try to cut me of Iruka, I don't care if it is a rule or not I am still going to tell him. Anyway Naruto, the reason everyone hates you is because you have the Nine-Tailed Fox everyone hates sealed inside you. You're the demon and I'm going to kill you and take the scroll and everyone will see me as a hero! Kukukukukukuku" And with that Mizuki reached to his back and pulled one of the two giant shuriken of and pulled his arm back ready to throw.
Naruto stared in shock as Mizuki wound up to throw and Iruka prepared to jump in front of Naruto if it was required. However, just as Mizuki went to throw the large metal star a gruesome SQUELCH filled the air followed shortly by a cry of agony.
The blonde and his teacher stared in shock at Mizuki who was now staring in shock at the stump of what was his arm, now served only to stain the tree as it dripped Mizuki's crimson life-blood.
Mizuki spun on his heel to see a black garbed man holding his severed forearm, which was still gripping that shuriken.
"What the hell, who are you" the new cripple managed to growl in between his sobs of pain.
The man didn't look up from the severed limb as he spoke to the gray haired chunin "Just your friendly forest assassin. And by the way you might want to get that looked at" He said while gesturing towards Mizuki's stump.
"This is madness" Mizuki growled out as he tried to back away, only to stop when he remembered that he was fifty feet off the ground in a tree.
The dark clothed man finally looked up at Mizuki. Brown eyes meeting slitted silver. "Madness…' The man said quietly '…THIS IS KONOHA!!" and full on kicked the gray haired ninja out of the tree and leaving him to plummet to the ground.
However, just as he reached the ground there was a massive flash and thunderous explosion as Mizuki was reduced to wet, gory chunks that littered the field. Neither of the two bystanders moved, they could only stare in shock as Mizuki's charred and severed head flew through the air and slammed into Iruka's head, sending him into blissful oblivion.
Naruto could only stare in shock as the obviously dangerous man landed on the ground after jumping out of the tree and started towards him.
Naruto eyed the sword at the mans waist as he started to back up slowly only to stop as he ran into someone.
He turned slowly only to meet the eyes of the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. The red slitted pupils seemed to draw him in as he felt himself seem to drift away.
He noticed her lips move before she shoved some kind of rock into his chest. The world was still for a moment before a terrible scream ripped from the throat of the boy as his body was suddenly exposed to unexplained agony before his head met the ground and he lost himself to unconsciousness.
Kyuubi sat on the grass next to the convulsing form of her lover and ex-vessel when she noticed the approach of her silver eyed companion.
"What the hell were you talking about before you kicked the traitor and how did you get him to explode?" She asked, her eyes not leaving the twitching form in front of her.
"Just referencing a movie that was made a few millennia ago, before the elemental countries were formed, and as for the exploding… I stuck an explosive tag to his chest with my foot when I kicked him."
At this she looked at him with confusion evident in her face. Ryuu caught the unasked question and simply said, "Because I wanted something to blow up."
He sighed before turning away, "Well I'm out of here, look me up if you need my help" and without her dismissal he vanished without a trace.
Kyuubi shook her head and lifted the now unmoving orange clad form in front of her and had only two thoughts before she shunshin'ed back to Naruto's apartment.
They happened to be "What the hell is up with him' and 'I really need to get Naru-kun some new cloths"
AN: Well, I am finally finished with chapter two, and it only took me…. A long time. Well I hope you enjoy it anyway and I intend to get chapter three out much sooner. However writing is not on the top of my list so don't expect any daily updates.
NEXT CHAPTER Naruto Awakens and Team 7 unites (kind of).
RogueCanadian Signing Out.