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Naruto Meets Inuyasha

Author's Note : Hey there, got a few reviews so far and they've been… interesting. To respond to some of your recommendations and requests, I take everything you guys write under consideration. With that said, I kept Naruto human, called the new demon fox lord simply because he still contained the fox. He will have more element affinity than simply wind, but probably just the five original and those ones created by mixing the elements. I will expand his jutsu arsenal, but not so much that it seems like complete godmoding. As for weapons, I may decide to design a blade or two for him eventually, seeing as the dog demon siblings have blades of their own. As for the ladies that will join his new family, remember that at that point in time that he is supposed to have lived up his first human life, so most of the females of the Naruto cast are already dead. As most of them didn't kill anybody who used forbidden jutsus to prolong their life span (with the exception of Sakura, who killed Deidara, whose only real body part that belonged to him was his heart, and I personally hate her), none of them will be reincarnated to join Naruto. The only ones I have in mind so far to fall for Naruto so far are Kikyo, Sango and Kagome. I may add more as I go along, but I'm doubtful. And I don't intend to have every female that they come across to want to jump him. And for this fic, I want to keep things relatively canon, so Kyuubi will remain male and despise Naruto, since he's trapped for another human lifetime thanks to Naruto's good deeds in his past life. I'm saving female Kyuubi for my Naruto only fic, Konoha's Second Yellow Flash. With that said, here's chapter 2. Please continue to R & R, thanks!

Chapter 2 : Rebirth of Two Tragic Heroes

In the Forest Near where Urasue was Attempting to Revive Kikyo

(This took place in episode 14 in the anime, when Inuyasha and the others were trying to fight past the clay doll zombies.)

Slowly, Naruto opened his eyes. He woke up, noticing that he was lying in a womb-like hole that was made in a tree. He couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of himself just lying there in his 20-year-old body as if he was still an infant. Before he could muse in his thoughts however, he heard sounds of fighting, he began leaping towards the source of the noise.

He saw as two creatures that looked like demons, one of them carrying a young woman in a strange-looking short skirt and an old woman who appeared to be a priestess of sorts. The one carrying the women with dog ears in a red robe charged at the zombies and attacked with his claws, yelling "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"

The other demon, who reminded him of a mix between the damn fox in his belly with a different color of fur and a child, also called out his attack. "Foxfire!" It confirmed his suspicions, but his strength is nowhere near that of his tenant, barely charring the zombies. Meanwhile, the woman in strange clothing was using what appeared to be a bow, trying to break the clay zombies apart, having some effect.

Deciding to help them first, ask questions later, Naruto immediately called out one of the first water jutsus that he learned. "Suiton : Suiryuudan no Jutsu! (Water Element : Water Dragon Bullet)" The water bullet made immediate impact, bursting the clay zombies into nothingness in the middle of the group that Shippo was attacking.

The others were shocked as the sudden appearance of a mysterious newcomer. As our heroes were gawking at Naruto, he immediately yelled out, "Gawk later, fight now! Get back, big attack coming!"

While everybody had their own choice words for Naruto, they decided for the moment to listen to him, jumping back onto two of the tree branches while Naruto decided to use a more powerful attack to finish the clay zombies off. "Suiton : Daubakufu no Jutsu! (Water Element : Grand Waterfall)" Like the name of the attack sounded, a huge wave of water began to appear from behind the zombies, washing them away. The ones closest to the bridge the Inuyasha gang just passed were washed down the crevice, while the rest were turned down to nothing more than a surface of mud due to the amount and strength that the wave of water hit them.

Naruto smirked in satisfaction at dealing with his first opponents since he reawakened so quickly. Snapping themselves out of their stupor after witnessing such a powerful attack, Inuyasha and Shippo jumped back onto the ground, putting down the two women. Inuyasha took a fighting stance, glaring at Naruto and asked, "All right, who the hell are you? You look human, but I smell the scent of a demon coming from you. Why don't you reveal your true form?"

Naruto just met this group of demons and people, and already he's annoyed by the first one that spoke to him. He yelled back, "Boy that's gratitude for you! You've got a lot of nerve calling me a demon when you're the one carrying two women around while fighting a bunch of monsters. How do I know you're not going to hurt them? Besides, don't you have the manners to introduce yourself first before demanding my name?"

Inuyasha yelled back, "Manners? I'll show you manners you-" "Osuwari (Sit boy)!" With that, our hanyou hero crashed onto the ground. Naruto looked in amusement at Inuyasha on the ground in pain while the old priestess inched towards Naruto and asked, "Forgive his rudeness young one. I don't know about what he said about your scent, but I see nothing but innocence in your eyes, plus you gave us a hand with whatever you have done just now. Thank you. Have you happened to have come across an old woman with an urn anywhere nearby?"

Naruto, hearing the nice old priestess' difference in tone, answered, "No obachan (granny), but I was just passing through these woods when I suddenly heard the sounds of you fighting with those monsters made of clay, and decided to help out since you seemed to be outnumbered. What's this about an old lady with an urn-tebayo? Does it have something to do with these things that I turned into mud?"

Kagome, amused with the strange way the newcomer in front of her spoke, answered, "That urn contained the ashes of Granny Kaede's sister. It's really important that we get it back, or something bad's going to happen! Can you help us?"

Inuyasha slowly got back up from Kagome's command and insulted Naruto, "Hah! Like we need another demon's help, especially one with such an ugly human disguise." Naruto started shouting back, indignant from the hanyou making fun of his looks as he continued. "And what is it with you muttering about those clay zombies having something to do with Kikyo's urn? You're just an idiot trying to sound cool. Forget about him. We can get back Kikyo's ashes from that old witch without his help, let's go."

Shippo wanted to get his two cents in after noticing Naruto's scent, "But, he has the smell of a fox. So he can't be that bad. Maybe he CAN help us Inuyasha!" Stopping his yelling at hearing Shippo's words, he said, "I don't care about what you smell on me, but since the two nice ladies asked me, I'll go with you to get the urn back! If what I was thinking of comes true, you're going to need my help, and Namikaze Naruto doesn't back down from helping anybody in trouble-tebayo. That's my nindo (ninja way)! Kaede-obachan, get on my back while dog boy over there leads the way." Having said that, he leaned down to let Kaede climb on, Inuyasha carried Kagome bridal style while muttering curses at their new ally (to him another demon trying to top him), and the five leapt off towards Urasue.

After hearing the commotion from the forest, Urasue grumbled and asked nobody in particular, "All right, who is it that dare interrupt my ritual?" She tried to grab the urn away from Kikyo's soulless body, but she refused to let go. As the gang was nearing where they were on another bridge, the witch flew away from Kikyo for a moment and noticed Kagome. She stared at Kagome in amazement and said out aloud to herself, "The resemblance is… uncanny! What luck! Now I can successfully resurrect Kikyo!"

She flew down and cut the end of this bridge, and the gang began to fall and tried to hang on for dear life. Naruto noticed that Urasue was flying right for Kagome, and immediately called for one of his signature techniques. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone)" Three clones of Naruto appeared, and Naruto used more chakra then he did earlier and began to use his wind affinity to lift everybody towards the end of the bridge after the clones each grabbed a person, focusing the most at getting himself at reaching Kagome. Kunai in hand, Naruto screamed "GET YOUR DIRTY HANDS OFF HER YOU UGLY OLD HAG!" as he threw it with his best aim. The kunai hit Urasue right at one of her hands as she loosened her grip on Kagome, dropping her right onto Naruto's arms, catching her just in time.

The rest of the gang was flabbergasted at how this stranger had not only rescued them once, but twice within minutes. Not only did he dispose of what would've delayed them for minutes within seconds, he also saved them from an ambush by lifting into the air no less. There was definitely more to this human that smelled like a demon than met the eyes. Inuyasha was fuming at how this 'demon' was holding onto Kagome. Only he was allowed to do that. Kagome was blushing at how safe she felt as Naruto came to her rescue right as their enemy was going to take her away.

Naruto and Urasue glared at each other for a moment. Urasue, for a moment, shivered in fear as she saw the killing intent coming from this human. Feeling that it was wiser to retreat for the moment, Urasue flew back towards where Kikyo's soulless body was.

After fighting to get off Naruto's clone, Inuyasha was about to give chase again when Naruto held up his hand and said "Wait!" Said hanyou was immediately yelling back, "What do you mean 'wait'? She's going to get away!" "No, I have a plan. We can't keep running like this if we don't know where she has the urn. You guys, come here." Calling over his clones, Naruto gave them new orders, and the clones immediately headed off in the direction Urasue was flying in from slightly different paths.

"All right then smart guy, so why did you send your copies off while we're standing here like idiots?" Inuyasha asked, a little smug. "Well wise ass, I did that because of a feature to my Kage Bunshin. When they dispel, anything they learn will come back to me." Kagome put one of her hands in a fist onto the other, a sign of making the connection as she said, "Oh I get it! So the moment one of them finds her and dispel himself-" "That's right, we'll know exactly where she is. We can conserve our energy while my clones do the rest," finished Naruto.

"It still doesn't add up. Even if they find her, how are we going to get there right away? We shouldn't be just standing here. Let's go!" retorted Inuyasha. "Quit jumping the kunai hot head. I already have that part covered," said Naruto as he pulled out a tri-pronged kunai. Inuyasha was about to saying something again when Naruto held up his hand and said, "Just shut up, hold onto me and I'll show you what I mean." Sensing the knowledge he needed coming, he said, "Let's go." He threw the kunai with chakra-enhanced strength, aimed in the direction that he knew was correct and the gang who held onto him suddenly disappeared in a flash of yellow.

Urasue flew back onto the ground, catching her breath while cursing the strange blonde man for getting in her way, when all of a sudden, the gang appeared behind her in a flash of yellow. Getting over the shock of what just happened, Inuyasha pulled out and transformed Tetsusaiga, in a battle stance ready to strike as he said, "All right old hag, enough games. Hand over the urn!"

Naruto, noticed the body of a young girl lying motionlessly holding an urn, thinking, 'that's not… oh no!" immediately yelled at the gang. "You guys stay back! Take out the hag dog demon! I'll grab the urn for you guys!"

While not yet grasping what was going on, the gang reluctantly agreed with their savior and stepped back as Inuyasha retorted back, "I wasn't going to do that without you telling me loser. But I suppose that's the smartest thing you've said all day! Hang onto that urn for me until I'm done with her, then you're mine!"

Her attention divided between Inuyasha and Naruto protecting Kikyo and the urn, Urasue was helpless as Inuyasha obliterated her in one strike. With the threat gone, the gang turned to Kikyo's soulless body and the urn she was gripping onto tightly. Inuyasha immediately tried to reach for his first love when he was shocked at first touch of her and fell back. He asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Naruto, more perceptive of the negative feelings thanks to his tenant, answered, "I'm sensing a lot of anger and sadness from her body and from within the urn. Did you do something to her before she died dog demon?"

Inuyasha retorted back, indignant, "Stop calling me a dog! The name's Inuyasha, and no. What happened was quite the opposite, (Refer to anime episode 1's flashback when Kikyo shot him and sealed him into the tree.)"

Kaede interrupted him in anger, "How dare you twist the truth with only telling part of the story Inuyasha! (Flashback to when Onigumo attacked Kikyo from behind in the form of Inuyasha, not knowing the truth about the deception.)"

Inuyasha was about to retort when Naruto cut him off. "ENOUGH! Whichever is the truth doesn't matter right now. The point is that what happened that day was what made her was angry at you. That's why you aren't able to touch her." Giving the area a once over, he continued. "It looks like the senile old goat was trying to bring her back to life, probably using Kagome's soul. That's why she was trying to grab her earlier. Reminds me of a dirty snake in the grass I used to know, trying to do something unnatural. What do you want to do now Kaede-obachan? She won't let go of it, even as a soulless shell."

Kaede shook her head in sadness as she answered, "This truly is a tragedy. With us unable to touch it, do we have no choice but to leave her here? Just the thought saddens me further." Inuyasha was about to retort about how there was no way he was leaving her, despite having no way to move her when Naruto interrupted with surprising words, "There is a way to bring her back, without taking anybody's whole soul."

The gang looked shocked with their mouths open while Inuyasha grabbed and shook Naruto, demanding an answer, "How? How can you bring her back? ANSWER ME!" After finally Inuyasha stopped shaking him, Naruto answered, "It's not too hard to do. All we have to do is combine one of the techniques I learned with part of the soul inside me."

The whole gang, including Inuyasha, was shocked at what Naruto seemed to be suggesting. Kagome, despite the short time they shared in this adventure, felt a strange pull to our favorite shinobi (ninja), and said as she began to shed tears, "NO! I won't let you die! You just saved us twice after you met us. You can't die yet!" She then ran up to Naruto and hugged him, surprising everyone.

Naruto immediately tried to comfort her, wiping the tears off her eyes. "Now come on, don't cry. I hate seeing pretty girls cry, especially when there's nothing to cry about. When I said the soul inside MY soul, I mean the soul of the damn fox in my stomach." At hearing that, Shippo exclaimed, "I knew it! I knew there was a reason I smelled fox from you!"

Kagome looked at Naruto in confusion and asked, "What does Shippo mean Naruto?"

With a sigh, Naruto began by asking, "Inuyasha, what do you know about the Kyuubi no Kitsune (Nine-Tailed Demon Fox)?"

Inuyasha, surprised at the strange choice of question, answered, "From what I've heard from legend, it's the lord of demons, a fox with nine tails of great power, even a swing of its tails can create tornados and tsunamis. It was said that it even defeated my father with simply one tail's power. He then disappeared one day, never to be heard from again."

Naruto said, "That sounds about right so far, but it's not the whole story. (This is from the memory rewritten by Shinigami as background for Naruto as the new demon lord) A priest of great power was able to seal the demon within a newborn baby, making him the new demon lord, as a human, hoping that he would grow up to use the power for good."

Kaede was shocked at the revelation as she interrupted, "And that child is you, young one. Truly remarkable."

Naruto nodded in agreement as he continued, "Yeah, but that's not all of it. From time on when I was 12, I began to be able to use the demon's power tail by tail, one more each year. Now that I'm 20, I can use up to 8 tails of the fox's power with me still in control."

Shippo then asked in interest, "So what would happen if you were to try to use the 9th tail's power, fox lord?"

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at what Shippo called him as he replied, "I somehow never seem to get used to being called that, but I guess you can if you want little guy. I haven't tried it in my current state, but shortly before I turned 15, when I was enraged into my fourth-tailed form, according to another priest who was watching over me as I learned to harness my power, that I lost all sense of rationality and attacked everything in sight, friend and foe alike. The area was in ruins. I imagine it's not something I want to repeat."

Kaede shuddered at the thought of such destruction and asked, "I'm glad to hear that you don't intend to, but how are you able to resurrect my sister's soul with part of a demon's soul?"

Naruto turned to the old priestess and answered with a serious face, "Well, my technique is somewhat different. You see, both the techniques that I know and the old ghoul that Inuyasha just killed was going to use have a similarity : one life for one life, one soul for one soul. In my technique's case, the one soul basically means the energy, or as I call it, chakra of one life, but seeing as how the demon fox's chakra reserves are so great, all I have to do is sacrifice one tail worth of it in order to restore her, body and soul. The problem is however that on top of that, it'll drain quite a bit of my own energy to do it, leaving me exhausted afterwards. Can I count on you to watch over me after I do this?"

The whole gang, even Inuyasha nodded in agreement. "I don't like owing you a favor, but if you can bring Kikyo back, I guess I can watch your sorry behind while you're passed out," said our favorite hanyou.

Naruto showed a small smile and said, "Thanks. Now step back a bit while I do this, it'll take a few minutes. You can watch, but whatever you do, don't step too close or the technique may suck you in." The gang moved back a safe distance, watching as our blonde hero began the process.

Inside Naruto's mind, Kyuubi continued making complaints of refusal that he has been ignoring. 'Damn you, you insolent human. How dare you sacrifice my great power to save a worthless woman?' said the fox. 'Take a tail of yours and stuff it. You're a prisoner in my mind while I'm alive. You don't have a choice in the matter. Consider this payback for making my last life so miserable.' 'Damn you, foolish mortal!' 'Oh shut up baka-kitsune (stupid fox).' With that, Naruto began making the necessary hand seals for a jutsu that he thought he would never use. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu : Edo Tensei : Kitsune! (Summoning : Reincarnation to the Impure World : Fox Style)"

The gang watched in amazement as they saw the Kyuubi's red chakra began to seep into Kikyo's body, with Naruto showing signs of weakening, struggle to maintain the technique, as he was using his body as a filter for the demonic chakra, in case the dead priestess' own holy power wasn't able to purify it completely. After about 30 minutes, the jutsu was complete, and Naruto was on the ground, panting as he was exhausted, fairly certain that his technique worked and hoped for the best.

The gang gasped at the sight of Naruto collapsing and ran over to help him, with the exception of Inuyasha, fawning over Kikyo's revitalized new body, uncertain rather the stranger's technique worked.

Kikyo slowly began to open her eyes, wondering where she was. At the sight of Inuyasha's face, she touched Inuyasha as current ran through to him from her body, causing Inuyasha to fall back in pain again. With a look at disgust, she spat out her next words, full of venom, "Inuyasha, how are you still alive? I sealed you!"

Inuyasha, while still wincing in pain from the shock, slowly got back up to his feet and answered, "Sorry to disappoint you. It took my about 50 years to get free, but I'm alive and kicking."

Kaede, with a look of surprise and joy, asked Kikyo, "Sister? Is that really you? Are you truly back with us?" Not recognizing her aged sibling until she spoke, Kikyo replied, "It seems to be the case. I feel somewhat different, but I am alive, flesh, blood and all. How and who in the world has done this?"

Naruto, still suffering from the chakra overload while using his body as a filter for such a dangerous jutsu, said slowly as he still panted, slowly getting back on his feet with the help of Kagome, with a look of concern and perhaps more, "That would be me. Sorry… if you didn't want to be alive again. But even as a soulless body… you still wouldn't let go of the urn of your ashes, so the only way I could think of to move you was to use my jutsu. Don't worry, I didn't… sacrifice any life to do it. Most of the work was done by me…" Barely finishing that sentence, Naruto collapsed head first into Kikyo's lap, his body burned out, leaving him not likely to wake for hours.

Kikyo couldn't help but blush at the position that her savior was in. She brushed his hair gently as she began to study his face that seemed to be full of innocence. "I see. It appears that my life now belongs to you then, my dear blonde hero." Despite the severity of what her statement had, she said it in a tone of gentleness and seemingly… longing?