Meeting the Demon
Hey guys!Back again, I saw this morning I already have a few followers and favorites for this story, you guys really don't know how much it means to me to see that already. But anyways, there's going to be a one year time skip in this chapter to Naruto's 7th birthday, which if you read the previous chapter you know what that means. Last chapter was roughly 2,500 once everything was done. I'll make this one longer I promise you, since this chapter will mainly consist of his first few years of training, along with a few events in Konoha that will have a bigger impact later on with certain characters. On with the Story!
One Year Later, ANBU Training Facility. October 10th
The last year had been a long and tedious one, but Naruto did not regret it. He loved every second he trained, the first few months had been extremely difficult, but with the conditioning of his body he slowly got use to it, didn't mean it wasn't a pain however.
He had also grown closer to his mentor, who's named he had finally learned. In the early morning hours, and throughout his training day, he was cold and strict, giving the child no leniency or breaks unless he absolutely could do no more. But after that was all done, and they were having dinner and studying the Shinobi arts through books and scrolls, he was much kinder. He had come to see his young protégé as a younger brother of sorts; however he did not let this be known to any but himself.
Naruto had changed much over the year, he was now about 5'1 and at an appropriate weight for a child his age, even if it was pure lean muscle at this point. But today, today was Naruto's 7th birthday. 'And the first birthday I'm not left at death's door…' These thoughts left as quickly as they came, that life was behind him now.
He had made a few friends in the ANBU program, mostly other trainees such as himself. However one stood out from the rest he had met, Katsumi. She had no last name, and if she did she kept it to herself. She was possibly the closest friend he had here. She was only a year older then himself, standing at 5'1 with a thin physique having gone through the same training as himself, just toned down quite a bit. She had crimson hair that she tended to keep in a tight ponytail; try as she might it always came down and shaded her dark indigo eyes. She wore the standard ANBU armor, with a small tanto strapped to her waist above her kunai pouch.
The two of them we're both in Naruto's room at the moment, sitting at the small 3 person coffee table against the wall awaiting for Daiuske to arrive.
"So how has your training been coming along Naruto-kun?" she spoke in a soft tone, as she always had.
"Meh, Daiuske-sensei has had me work on my tai-justu for now, but he's been letting me use my shadow clones so it's helping it come along faster. I'm just glad I mastered my chakra control." He spoke tiredly, he was worn out. Katsumi expected this; Daiuske's training methods were ruthless, but effective.
"I agree, chakra control was harder to master then I figured it would be. But it was worth it, it won't be long now before they begin training is in elemental combat." Naruto nodded in agreement to this, he was eager to see what elements he had. They continued to speak about training and a few other things for about 10 minutes before the man they we're waiting for finally arrived.
Daiuske walked into the room and took a glance at them before sitting down and removing the clasp to his mask and showing his face to the pair. He had the eyes of an experienced Shinobi, who had seen death and destruction in all its terrible forms. They were a piercing green, his spiky black hair framing his angular face. A faded but visible scar that went from the middle of his cheek over his mouth that stopped on his chin, much like the one that went down Naruto's eye.
"Sorry I took so long, I had to pick something up for you" as he said this he held up a long box rapped in blue paper. The two trainees eyed the box curiously until Naruto spoke up "What is it sensei?" only to be bonked on the head by the same man he was speaking too. "It's a present, find out for yourself" Naruto grumbled under his breath but said nothing else as unwrapped his new gift and opened the wooden box underneath.
"Whoa..." Was all he could say, he was at a loss of words at the object in his hands. It was a blade about the length of grown man's leg, the hilt it's self was a burnt orange; there was no guard from the hilt to the obsidian black blade. With the sheath the same color as the blade it's self. "Wow Sensei..this is beautiful..thank you" he spoke happily, or as happily as an almost emotionally dead child could speak.
His mentor merely nodded his head "You've deserved it, it's a chakra conductor as well, so you can use chakra to strengthen and sharpen the blade." As he spoke his thoughts wandered to the deed that had to be done. He spared a side glace to the girl sitting next to his student. 'She might as well hear this also, something tells me these two are going to do great things together..'
"Oh hey, I got you something to Naruto-kun!" he turned his head towards her, obviously surprised. He had never received a present, let alone two. She gave him a small smile as she pulled out a small jewelry box from her pocket handing it to him to open.
Naruto took of the top and looked at the gift he had received, it was a necklace. The chain it's self was silver, with a small kunai pendant hanging off it. "I know it's not as cool as Daiuske-sempai's gift but-"She was cut off by a smiling Naruto, it made her gasp, not once had she ever seen him smile in such a way. "Are you kidding? I love it! Thanks Katsumi-Chan!" he quickly put it around his neck, and tucked it into his shirt for safe keeping.
Daiuske decided it was time. "Naruto, I need to speak with you about something. This information is highly classified; however, I will let Katsumi hear it considering how close you too are." The pair nodded, classified information was not something to be taken lightly.
"Know, I'm sure you both know the story of the Kyuubi. How in its attack on Konohagakure it was defeated and killed by the Yondaime Hokage, correct?" They nodded once again, curious as to where this was going. "That story is utter bullshit, it was created so that the younger generation would not know the truth on what happened that night, and so that neither would You Naruto."
Naruto looked at Katsumi first, then back to Daiuske in confusion. "What do you mean Sensei? What's so bad about me knowing?" Daiuske sighed, he hated this. "The fox was defeated yes, that is true. But the manner in how it was defeated is totally different. The Yondaime was a powerful Shinobi, but even he could not bring down the beast. So he sealed it, and he sealed it into you, Naruto" He watched as shock and terror spread across the face of the children as the full impact of his words hit them. "W-w-what?" Naruto asked in shock, how could something as powerful as a Biju be inside of him all these year's without him knowing? "Think back Naruto, to all the night's when you were beaten, the hateful glares, and the harsh whispers. Did you ever stop to think 'Why do they treat me this way?' Well that is your answer." It was silent for a moment, as Naruto's mind fully understood and accepted the facts. He turned his head towards Katsumi with fear; would she too give him the hateful glares? Would he lose his first true friend to something he had no control over?
His sapphire eyes met her indigo, and instead of the hate he had expected, he saw only worry, and care. For him "Do you hate me now, Katsumi?" she stared into his eyes for a moment before she answered in her soft tones "No, of course not Naruto-kun. How could I hate you for something you had no choice in? You're my friend, and no demon is going to change that." She gave me a reassuring smile that calmed his nerves as he returned it.
He turned back to Daiuske "But why am I learning this just now? Shouldn't I have when I was younger?"
"Hokage-sama feared for your mental health, and believed that learning this information at the wrong moment might push you over the edge and do something..drastic." Naruto understood his logic, but did not like it. However he kept his personal opinions to himself.
"You will attempt to contact the beast tomorrow; we will mix mastering its chakra along with your Shinobi training so that you will be a powerful asset to the village. But you'll have this day off to come to terms with everything." And with that he wished Naruto a happy birthday and a goodbye to Katsumi before walking out the door.
"Wow.." Was really Naruto's only response to the situation as he laid his head against the wall behind him, he could already feel the headache coming along. Katsumi looked at him with worry, how could you help with something like that? "Do you want me to leave, Naruto-kun?" he shook his head in a negative. "No..That's just a lot of information to take in, though when you think about it there's a lot of things that point it out" she nodded her head in agreement as they sat there in silence for a few hours.
Interesting birthday indeed
Konohagakure 11:30 P.M.
Itachi Uchiha was called many things, Genius, Powerful, Ruthless..
He stared out into the blackness that was the Uchiha compound, not a light was on throughout the entire district, His aunts, uncles, cousins, all sleeping soundly in their beds. Believing none could harm them in the walls of their village, or with the power of their eyes. But they were wrong, oh how they were wrong.
The Mangekyou Sharingan spun lazily in his eyes, he remember how he gained these. Holding his best friends head in the river until the struggling finally stopped, and he gained the ultimate power of the Uchiha clan.
They were a mere shell of their former glory; the Uchiha of old would be sickened by these weaklings that shared their name. And they were corrupt; doing any and all they could for money and influence. These people we're not his family, they we're mindless beast. And they would be struck down as such.
That night, the streets of the Uchiha clan ran red with blood, the slaughtered littered their homes, and the head of the clan, Fugaku Uchiha was crucified on the front gates of the compound, his head nowhere to be seen.
This was the night that changed the leaf village and Sasuke Uchiha forever.
ANBU Training Facility, Next Day.
Naruto sat in the middle of a stone room in a meditating position; seals lined the walls, to keep anything from going wrong as attempted to contact Kyuubi.
Suddenly, Naruto felt a tug in the back of his head, as if something was trying to pull him in, he let it.
Mindscape Sewers
Naruto's ears caught the sound of dripping water as he opened his eyes and took a look around him. 'A sewer? Why am I in a sewer of all places?' He heard a low rumble from one of the dark passages to the front and back of where he was standing. 'What the hell was that?' He stared into the blackness cautiously and waited for something to come out at him, but no attack came, just another rumble. He slowly took a few steps forward, noting that what was ahead got brighter and behind him got darker. 'So it's only lit up in the area I'm standing in? What is this place?'
Thoughts like this filled is his mind as he continued onward towards the noise, eventually he came upon the last thing he expected. A cage, a enormous, possibly hundreds of feet high. 'This can only be one place..' He dispelled any of nervous emotions as he called out in a flat voice "Where are you Kyuubi?"
A form appeared before him, but instead of a giant fox as he expected, it was a woman. Who appeared to be in her early 20's with fiery red hair that cascaded down her back, and entrancing crimson eyes. He could see her canine's as she smirked at him, as well as the nine long flowing tails behind her. She had a voluptuous body, perfect curves in the right places. A long crimson kimono closed with a black slash was all that she wore as she stood before him in all her glory.
"So, the warden finally pays a visit to his prisoner hmm?" She spoke in soft seductive voice, yet it played no effect on Naruto as he looked into the demon's eyes.
He decided it be best to be straight and to the point, fox we're the tricksters of nature and he did not want to played into something else "I come to ask for your power, Kyuubi. My life suffered because of you, I think it's only fair you compensate me for my troubles."
She smirked, she liked this human already. "Yes kit, I am well aware of that" She stretched her arm between the bars; Naruto was standing just close enough for her to touch him. She poked him in the middle of the forehead with two fingers. He blinked once in confusion before collapsing to the ground screaming in pain, the skin on his body slowly dissolved until there was nothing but muscle underneath, before being instantly replaced by fresh skin, which hardened like steel before softening again. A ring of mixed chakra of all 5 major elements was around him. Fire, Wind, Water, Lightning, Earth. Kyuubi watched in fascination at the fruits of her labor. After a few moments the chakra died down and Naruto laid on the ground panting heavily.
"What..what the hell did you to me?" He asked through clenched teeth, trying not to groan in pain.
"I gave you the power you asked for kit, a Bloodline if you will, that you can pass on. Your skin is now much more durable than the average humans, only the sharpest blades could hope to cut and stab you. And the best part, I gave you the elements, not the mere chakra elements Shinobi use, I gave you complete of nature raw elements. As long with heightened senses, however this bloodline makes you so intact with nature it makes you animalistic to some extent, most notably canines and..Certain things you'll learn when you're older."
He stared at her in shock as he learned this, she did all of this? "..Thank you"
She smiled at that, but it was not noticed. "You can also use your elements in the blade of yours"
He looked down at the blade and the possibilities with all the elements at his disposal flashed through his head. 'This is going to help a lot a lot in the future' he looked back up to the Kyuubi only see a bright flash of light
ANBU Facility.
Naruto blinked as his eyes open and he found himself chained to the floor with the ANBU with swords drawn ready to kill. "Stand down man, it's him. Release the chains!" The three men sheathed their weapons and each quickly performed the bird sign cause the chains to withdraw into the ground.
Daiuske stood above Naruto and offered him a hand, which was gladly accepted. "You began screaming and bursting chakra, we couldn't take the risk of Kyuubi escaping." Naruto stood up and shook his head groggily.
"She gave some kind of power..but good Kami it hurt like a hell.." this caught Daiuske attention.
"What did she give you?" Naruto then went on to tell him the story of what happened. Needless to say Daiuske was shocked. Especially when Naruto held his palm out and a ball of flame appeared, sitting harmlessly in his hand, he then pulled his hand back and threw it forward cause the fireball to shoot out at the wall, and burning right through it.
"Holy Shit!" Were the exact words of both Daiuske and Naruto.
6 years later, Plain of Rice Country 12:50 P.M.
Two figures could be vaguely seen walking through the rice patties of a small village in Rice Country, One had spiky blonde hair that was hidden under his hood with just a few locks sticking out that framed his face and shadowed his eyes. Whisker marks on both his cheeks, his eyes a cold blue. He wore a black t-shirt underneath a black sleeveless hoodie that had a steel plate sewn in above his heart and other vital organs in his torso with black fingerless gloves that covered his wrist, loose black military cargo pants that were tapped at the heel inside his combat boots. A long blade about half his length with a burnt orange hilt, with a chain connecting a small fox pendent to the back of the hilt. He stood at about 5'5.
His companion had a bit more color to her outfit, but like her friend she also wore her hood over her head, with her crimson hair coming down on her shoulders. Her jacket was a dark blue, with blue fingerless gloves, loose Shinobi pants covered her legs, with bandages wrapped around from her knee down to her boots. And two tanto strapped to by her sides with deep blue hilts.
They did not miss the three Sound Shinobi stalking them through the fields, they had expected it. Katsumi flashed ANBU seals at Naruto 'Would you like to take them or I?' he studied the chakra signatures for a minute, A jounin and two chunnin he let her know of this 'I'll take the jounin, you get the other two' She nodded her head as she jumped into the fields to her left, him towards the right.
The three Shinobi stopped as their targets disappeared "Where the hell did they go?" One of the chunnin asked as he turned to his sensei, the shook his head "I don't know, stay alert. We wait for them to attack" the chunnin nodded as he turn to watch a corner, neither noticing the other chunnin was missing.
It was silent for a moment, even the bugs and wind were quite, two kunai came speeding towards the Shinobi's feet causing them to jump back at the same moment and crash into each other and tumble to the ground, Naruto and Katsumi did not let it go to waste as they came out on the two ninja. Naruto's blade poised to stab the jounin in the throat. It would not be as he came to his senses just in time and jerked to his side, taking the blade in shoulder instead, Naruto smirked as he hand crackled with lightning as he gripped his blade, sending the electricity into his body and instantly frying the jounin.
Katsumi kill had been easier, the chunnin still dazed never saw her draw her dual tanto's and slit his throat in a X shape. "Hm..they were a bit weak for chunnin and jounin don't you think Naruto-kun?" Her indigo eyes looking watching his face as he looked at the bodies.
"There sound Shinobi, mostly just weak missing-nin and mercenaries." He withdrew he blade from the corpse and put it back in its sheath. She nodded her head in agreement as he burned the bodies with a fire justu before turning back towards her. "Come on, it'll be a few more hours till we get there." And with that they were off into the night.
ANBU Facility 2:30 A.M.
Daiuske sat comfortable behind his table as he sipped on a bottle of sake, as he examined the pair before him. They had grown exponentially over the past 6 years, at a rate and to a level he could not believe it himself. And both still had another 5 years of training here in the facility, along with Kyuubi's ancient knowledge teaching Naruto skills and Justus which he would teach Katsumi. They were rarely separated, but they had excellent teamwork.
"Report" he spoke to the two before him.
Katsumi, as always, stepped up to give the mission details.
"We we're successfully able to infiltrate Orochimaru's base of operations in Rice Country, and extract extensive information regarding the Sound village, the curse mark, as well as some bits of info on the Akatsuki." She saluted then stood back next to Naruto who waited impassively for Daiuske to speak.
He nodded his head in approval. "Very good, this information is extremely valuable. Now, take a few days off, you'll need it." The two sighed but saluted and walked out.
They said there goodbye's in the hallway and as soon as Naruto reached his bed he was out cold. He had a feeling these next few days we're going to be a pain.
Hey guys! I have plans for Sasuke in the future, no not bashing but he may possibly be a major part, maybe not. Who knows? Review and thanks again!
