Summary: What are the consequences of the Yondaime's deal with the devil? How will it turn out for poor Naruto and will he honour the power of semi-divine sacrifice. X-over with demigod
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Now without further adieu the next chapter:
(1 year later)
"I'm coming, what's the damn problem? You interrupted my research" Jiraiya moved towards the cave running on the small lake to get there.
A demonic roar could be heard as Jiraiya moved quicker, anxious to see what the problem, when he came across the sight of a, now much larger, Naruto. Naruto had grown considerably in the past year both physically and mentally, if Jiraiya had to guess he would say that Naruto had the mental age of a five year old rather than a one year old.
Naruto had grown to about the size of a leopard, although he was a lot heavier and more muscular. His spikes, teeth and claws had also grown very noticeably whereas before those features could be passed off as natural features, there was nothing natural about the 3 7 inch claws running down from his hand nor anything about the foot long jutting spikes coming out of his back nor his 4 inch incisors.
The reason as to why Naruto had called out for Jiraiya was very apparent as Jiraiya stumbled into him lying on the floor clutching his stomach and panting. "Not again! You ate barely two hours ago, I left you a deer you pig!" Naruto seemed to chuckle at that and Jiraiya winced, although Naruto had been trying hard to create sounds that even sounded similar to that of humans it was hard to cover up the demonic tone of voice and with it the natural association with the kyubi
"Kenji get in here and tell me why the hell he's called me out of my research, why the hell is he hungry now he shouldn't need a meal for another 2 hours" Jiraiya shouted at apparently nothing, when suddenly a small two-legged fox melted, for no other word could be used, out of Naruto's shadow.
The fox was standing upright with his hair curved into a blue spike. It was wearing red trainers but nothing else. "He's hungry again, the deer you left him drowned in the lake trying to escape..." He trailed off, knowing Jiraiya would understand. Naruto had been forbidden from swimming as they didn't want to risk killing off all forms of life in water by teaching Naruto how to swim. No, they would much rather wait for a few years and teach him how to walk on it instead, but for now water was off limits for Naruto.
Jiraiya quickly bit his thumb and unsealed a piece of paper which contained their remaining food, he gave Naruto his portion before starting to cook his own, Naruto undisturbed at the bloodiness of the raw meat ate his slice quietly giving small pieces to Kenji.
"Naruto I need to go get some supplies from the village will you be alright with Kenji" Jiraiya asked as he finished his meal. Upon hearing Naruto's soft roar of acceptance he disappeared with a whirl of leaves.
"Sucks that you won't be able do that anytime soon" Kenji complained to Naruto having just witnessed his favourite form of transportation. The indignant look Naruto gave him, made Kenji chuckle as he deciphered the meanings behind Naruto's roaring.
"Yeah Yeah I've heard it before you could crush me in your sleep. But why would you want to kill a innocent, sweet and all round-amazing fox like me "Kenji loved to rile Naruto being one of the few that could actually get away with it. Ever since his pack had found Naruto and Jiraiya, Kenji had stuck with Naruto choosing to help out the lonely beast.
He remembered seeing Jiraiya struggling with Naruto nearby their den and couldn't help but make his presence known. In fact all the foxes had agreed that they should approach the pair even the elders, which was strange as the elders hated anything even related to humanity.
The funny thing was Jiraiya didn't even blink when Kenji walked forward and introduced himself, only asking for help with dealing with Naruto.
Due to the large demonic being currently sealed in Naruto, Kenji could actually understand what he was saying and so had taken on the unofficial role as Naruto's translator and sidekick, but more importantly his babysitter for when Jiraiya had to leave the forest.
Jiraiya had by now made it to the grocers at Konoha and was just about to pay for their supplies when he bumped into a familiar face.
"Sensei! What are you doing here? Don't you have paperwork to defeat" he asked smirking
"Actually I came here to ask about how Naruto's doing" he answered with a puff of his old pipe, choking on it when Jiraiya showed him a picture of Naruto chasing after Kenji.
"My he certainly has grown large, any bigger and he could be mistaken for a creature from the forest of Death" remarked the Hokage. He hadn't heard from Jiraiya and the only confirmation he had received for his departure was a message from Tsunade, who also decided to leave, through her slug messengers.
"Yeah and if he does I'm going to be bankrupt. He's a non-stop eating machine and makes the Akamichi clan seem weak at the stomach. He's like Minato with ramen, but He has that obsession with all food!" Jiraiya complained to his old sensei, who started smiling in remembrance of the Yondaime's eating habits.
The Sandaime asked a question which had been bothering him from the start of this mess "Do you ever think he'll be able hide his form?" Jiraiya's mood quickly went down. He had tried teaching Naruto to mould Chakra but had very little success and had been spooked out by the experience.
Rather than the blue human chakra that most people had, Naruto had black chakra. Not even the red chakra of Kyubi's. No instead he had the black chakra that Jiraiya had only seen once, coming from an omnipotent being- the shinimagi. Luckily there had barely been any chakra; Jiraiya didn't think he could handle the aura Naruto had brought along with that chakra.
"Sensei, you did read Tsunade's report didn't you?" on confirmation from the old man with a nod of his head he continued "then you know Naruto has barely any chakra, most of it being locked with that chakra combating the infection" Jiraiya said looking warily around the shop.
It wouldn't do for all the villagers to realise that the Kyubi had not in fact been killed. They had only just recovered from the havoc it had caused, thankfully it was quite minimal limited to Konoha's wall and Ninja forces with most of the deaths coming from stupid genin and inexperienced chunin who had been caught up in the moment.
"If I had to give you a time I would say he should be able to form a transformation under my guidance within 7 or 8 years at minimum" Jiraiya said disappointed that he couldn't help his student's son any further.
Suddenly Kenji appeared from out of Jiraiya's shadow. Despite the smile on his face, it was clear to see he had strained himself as his shoes were now tatted and torn whereas 3 hours before they were in pristine condition. "Uhhh Jiraiya-sama, I...I kind of lost Naruto" the fox said bowing his head in shame.
The Sandaime, who had never seen a talking fox, sought out Jiraiya for answers but when he looked back at Jiraiya he had already disappeared with a whirl of leaves. Annoyed at being left behind, the hokage turned to the fox only to realise with a start that it had also disappeared.
'Jiraiya better find Naruto before someone else does' thought the hokage looking around the shop, before he too left with a whirl of leaves.
The shoppers were amazed not only had Jiraiya returned but he had brought back the fox summon how awesome his power must be they thought. Not realising that the fox wasn't Jiraiya's aide but his younger companions.
'I can't believe how weak Konoha has become in a couple of years. They still haven't sensed me yet' the immortal thought moving through the quiet forest alone which wasn't surprising as his only desire in life was to cause as much death as possible for His God, Jaishin.
Stopping suddenly he started looking around having heard the snapping of twigs. A quick rustle left Hidan looking around in confusion as despite being an S-ranked Missing Nin he couldn't identify exactly where or who was around him.
"What the hell are you" Hidan asked Naruto having caught sight of him moving through the trees. Hidan was predictably shocked having never seen anything quite like Naruto without it being summoned or the like.
"You know what it doesn't even matter Jaishin-sama needs a new sacrifice and you will do" he told Naruto unaware that Naruto could understand him.
In the time that Hidan had token out his scythe, Naruto had let loose a demonic roar which was filled with Killer Intent aimed at Hidan, but he didn't even flinch having faith in his God.
"Yes you will be a good sacrifice for Jaishin-sama indeed" Hidan said taunting Naruto. Naruto having seen Hidan brush of his killer intent was scared. No normal person should be able to do that 'This guy is on another level. Jiraiya told me most chunin would be paralysed from my weak killer intent and that was at maximum. Better find Jiraiya' He turned to run but suddenly dropped to the forest floor dodging a huge scythe which now occupied his original position.
Realising that he wouldn't be able to run without being injured Naruto charged the man and went flying over his head as Hidan ducked. Now wielding his scythe, which had returned to him thanks to his wire; Hidan eyed Naruto up taking note of his sharp claws and spikes.
'They look painful; even if I am immortal I should avoid them...for now'. Hidan slashed at Naruto, who had once again charged him while the blonde was thinking. Naruto jumped over it and slashed at Hidan but was stunned as Hidan smashed the butt of the pole on his head.
Thankfully before Hidan could utilise the momentary relapse he was interrupted by fireball as Jiraiya dropped in from the tree tops. He had sprinted to find Naruto and was sure he wouldn't have found him had he not overheard the cocky immortal's taunting.
"Naruto, What the hell are you doing? You can't even form chakra yet and you're already taking on missing-nins. From now on you're going to be under strict 24 hour supervision" Jiraiya ranted at Naruto, ignoring the 'defeated' opponent.
Naruto however charged at Jiraiya pushing him down as a scythe just missed him.
"Keep your mind on your opponent and always make sure he's finished before turning your back" Hidan taunted.
Jiraiya picked himself up and quickly made the boar and tiger hand seals before: "Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld"
Hidan found himself being sucked in till he was neck deep in the swamp "Shit, uhh I don't suppose we could talk this out." Hidan really didn't want to be stuck in a swamp for the rest of eternity. It didn't seem pleasant.
"Who are you and what are you doing so close to Konoha?"Jiraiya questioned. There was a slight flicker and Jiraiya tensed 'how did he replace himself without using his hands.... Wait a minute that's a clone does he actually think I'll fall for that?'
Hidan unaware that Jiraiya knew he had escaped readied his scythe before throwing in circle so that not only was Jiraiya in the path but also Naruto. Whereas Jiraiya may have noticed the flicker of replacement Naruto, whose only experience with chakra or chakra techniques came from Jiraiya, didn't and that ultimately caused him get hit by the scythe.
As soon as Hidan saw that Naruto had been pierced he started to laugh "You're already doomed but you don't know it" he said before he licked his scythe, which had returned to him with a pull of the wire. He quickly made out a strange symbol on the floor before Jiraiya could stop him and stepped in.
The first indication that something had gone wrong with the ritual was the excruciating pain Hidan felt as he stepped in. Jiraiya having seen Hidan stumble and fall to the ground readied a rasengan in his right hand before running at the now down Hidan intent on finishing the fight.