Naruto:
Deal with the Devil:
Chapter 3:
Requiem For The Lost
To all my fans I deeply apologize for the four month delay. You can blame several things: me, writers block, World of Warcraft, Evangelion, and bunch of other shit. Also I'm currently writing a Godzilla/Evangelion crossover and soon as I get chapter 1 written and posted for it in the next month I'm going to dive into writing chapter 4. But enough of my ranting…On with the show.
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"So you're Uchiha Madara huh?" Kurama said with a look that showed that he wasn't impressed. "Some how I expected you to be…different." He added.
Madara laughed and said, "Indeed. Well let's just say the years haven't been too kind to me."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kurama asked with a glare.
"You're the smart one you should be able to figure it out." Madara said.
"Why did you slaughter your own clan?" Kurama demanded.
"You would like to know that wouldn't you?" Madara mocked. "Actually you should be thanking me; with the Uchiha gone you won't have to worry about anyone controlling you now." He then paused and said," But you're different aren't you. Hashirama's Mokuton and Biju suppressing abilities came from you didn't they?"
Just as Madara said that giant roots shot out from the ground and tried to impale him. He managed to back flip out of the way and then jumped up onto one of the buildings.
Underneath his cloak Madara smirked and said, "I guess that would be a yes then. As much as I would have liked this little encounter to continue there are other things I have to attend too." He then disappeared with a flash.
Kurama narrowed his eyes and then vanished with a silver flash.
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Uchiha Itachi sat in Kyu's study thinking about the last few hours and the deeds he had committed in the name of his village. He looked at the floor as the thoughts of him, with the help of his "teacher" Madara
he slaughtered his entire clan save for his little brother. He was supposed to kill them all but he could never hurt Sasuke. His clan was tainted but Sasuke was still pure. If anyone could bring true honor to the Uchiha clan it would be Sasuke. As he mused over these thoughts he didn't notice the door open.
Kyu walked into the room and took a seat across from him and asked, "Can I get you anything?"
"No." Itachi replied stoically.
"Is it done?" She asked.
"Yes. They're all dead, save for Sasuke and Madara." Itachi replied. He then looked up from his feet and asked, "What are my orders Kyu-sama?"
"Go to the rendezvous point and meet up with Madara and keep an eye on him for me. Also if possible I want you to infiltrate the criminal organization "Akatsuki" and spy on them for me. If you can do this, I will make sure you never lose your light." She said.
Itachi nodded and said, "All right. What about Sasuke?" he asked.
"I'll make sure he'll be taken care of." She said.
"Thank you. When you think he's ready give him this." He then handed her a letter.
"You have my word." She said. He nodded and then vanished with a poof.
But just as Itachi was gone, Kurama and Jaeger rushed into the study.
"Ane-chan, the Uchiha clan has been massacred!" Jaeger said.
Kyu walked over to her reading desk and opened one of the drawers and pulled out a cigar. She put it to her lips and lit it with a match. She took a drag on it and blew out the smoke.
"You two better sit down." She said. The two nodded and sat down in the chairs. Kyu turned around and sat on her desk and said, "It turns of that elders of Konoha have been weary of the Uchiha for quite some time now so they placed a spy among them, Uchiha Itachi. Earlier today he reported that the Uchiha had planned to commit a coup d'état, so the village elders ordered him to kill them all."
"Madara was with him." Kurama said.
"What!" Jaeger cried.
"I know. You see Itachi has been working for me for the last three years. He's been informing me of his activities and now I sent him to go spy on Akatsuki for us." Kyu said.
"I see." Kurama said. "So what now?" He asked.
"I imagine there will be an emergency council meeting called any time now, where they will probably declare him an S-class criminal. But we have more pressing matters to attend to." She said.
"Naruto's training I assume?" Kurama asked.
Kyu smirked and said, "Exactly. Naruto starts going to the Academy in two months but let's be reasonable they're not going to teach him crap, which leaves us with that job."
"What do you wish us to teach him?" Kurama asked.
"From my research on the Shiki Fujin and my knowledge of how my chakra works, I'm going to bet that Naruto will have horrible chakra control. So Kurama that you department." She said.
Kurama nodded and replied, "Sounds good."
"Jaeger, I want you to teach him the basics of yokai kenjutsu but mainly focusing on Form V. Also start him on a basic strength and conditioning program." She added.
"Gotcha. But what will you be doing?" Jaeger asked.
"When he's ready I'll start training on how to access my charka as well start to develop his own yokai charka." She said. "Any questions?" she asked.
"Actually I do. There have several individuals who I would like to instruct in Kenjutsu besides Naruto if that's ok with you." He asked.
"Do what you wish." She said. She then paused and asked, "Is everything clear?"
"Crystal," Jaeger replied and Kurama nodded. They then got up from their chairs and left the room.
Kyu got up from the desk and walked over to her chair, sat down and leaned back in her chair. She took a drag from her cigar and blew out the smoke. She then reached into one of the desk drawers and bulled out a grey cylinder.
Kyu looked at the device in her hands and when she applied a little bit of chakra a crimson red blade shot out of the hilt.
"It's been a while old friend." She said to her chakra saber as she waved it around. She then stopped the flow of chakra to the blade and the crimson red blade immediately faded away from existence.
"You know you never cease to surprise me Kyu-chan." Said a voice.
Kyu looked up from her saber and saw a human with brown hair, wearing khaki pants, a blue turtle neck sweater and a brown trench coat. She smirked and said, "Now what brings you here Inari-sama?"
Inari took a seat in one the chairs and said, "Oh you know, just doing the whole checking up on you mortals' thing that Kami makes us do." He then snapped his finger and a lit cigarette appeared between his lips. "How's Naruto-kun doing?" he asked.
"He's doing fine." She replied.
Inari shook his head and said, "Good. Can't wait to meet the kid, he's going to be the stuff of legends when he gets older."
Kyu closed her eyes, smiled and said, "That's my Naru-chan. "She then opened her eyes and her face took on a serious look and asked, "Did the Shinigami agree to my offer?"
"The two of us are working it out. But trust me the kid will get to meet his father before he dies." He said.
"Thank you, you don't know how much it means to us." She said.
Inari raised an eyebrow and said, "Us?"
"Kushina and I. She wants to see her husband again, and I want to meet the human who managed to defeat me." She said.
"I see. So what do you and Kushina have planned for him when you see him again?" Inari asked with a perverted grin.
Kyu returned his perverted grin with her own and said, "Let's just say he'll never will forget what will happen to him."
Inari nodded and said, "Good." He then got up and said, "Well I'll be seeing ya." After he said that he vanished.
Kyu put away her chakra saber and then performed a series of hand signs. When she was done there was a poof of smoke.
When the smoke cleared a shadow clone appeared of Kyu was there minus her whisker marks, meaning she had granted Kushina a temporary body.
Kyu smiled and said, "Did you hear that Ku-hime? Soon we'll see Minato-kun again."
Kushina smiled and hopped into Kyu's lap. A perverted grin on her face appeared and she said, "I know! Just thinking about it makes me wet and horny."
Kyu wrapped her arms around Kushina and said, "Me too Ku-hime. But I know how we can fix it." But before Kyu could even say anything Kushina grabbed her and pressed her lips against hers kiss her passionately.
One thing led to another and clothes started flying off while the two did the nasty. Meanwhile in heaven we find Minato sitting in a lounge chair watching his favorite "TV Show".
When he saw the clothes fly, he jumped up and dashed to get his tissues and lotion. When he got back he sat in his chair and began to "sharpen" his "Kunai".
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The next day the village was in shock as to what had happened to the Uchiha clan. And as Kyu predicted there was indeed a council meeting to discuss what had happened. Normally Kyu wouldn't bother attending but since she was the head of the Namikaze-Uzumaki clan and she still was the Yondaime's wife.
Kyu sat in her chair next to Hiashi and Sarutobi, watching some of the various members discussing what to do about the renegade Itachi. Kyu did inwardly smirk about how quiet Homura, Koharu and Danzo were.
Sarutobi cleared his voice and the room became quiet and he said, "Itachi is to be names an S-class criminal. That's all we can do right now."
"What about Sasuke Hokage-sama?" asked one of the civilian council members.
Kyu looked over to who had asked about the boy. It was the newest member of the council, Haruno Kenji.
Haruno Kenji was the newest member of the council. He was elected by the people to replace Takeda when he retired. Kenji was the owner of several of Konoha's many restaurants. He had moved to Konoha a year before she had "attacked" Konoha with his wife Suki to raise a family.
"Yes what to do about Sasuke." Sarutobi said.
"If I may Hokage-sama?" Kyu asked.
The room was silent as Kyu began to speak, "It seems to me the best choice of action would be to place Sasuke into the War Orphans program. As we all know the Shodaime created this policy so that the children of Ninja who were KIA could live without worrying to pay for room and board. Now Sasuke is a special case because as the last Uchiha he now has access to the Uchiha clan funds when he reaches of age. But until then I propose we give the boy an apartment and a monthly allowance."
"I agree with Kushina-sama." Hiashi said.
"All in favor?" Sarutobi asked.
"Aye." The council said together in unison.
"Hokage-sama I happen to own one of the nicer apartment buildings in the village, I would be more than willing to give him a room," Kyu said.
"Thank you, Kushina. Unless there are any other things to be discussed, meeting adjourned." He said.
With the meeting over Kyu got up from her chair and proceeded to leave the council room. Once outside Hiashi asked, "Would you care to join me for some tea?"
Kyu nodded and said, "Sure why not."
The two left the Hokage Mansion and made their way through the masses of Konoha. After a while they arrived at the Hyuga Compound. Once there the two proceeded to Hiashi's private study.
Once there the two sat down and Hiashi called for a Branch member to bring them some tea.
"So how is Hinata coming along?" She asked.
Hiashi's shoulder slumped and said, "Not as well as I had hoped. Her Jyuken is subpar, she's terribly shy and she has little self confidence. She's just like her mother, to caring and to gentle to be a Hyuga."
"Well then it's fortunate that she won't be a Hyuga forever isnt it." Kyu said with a smirk.
Hiashi nodded and said, "Indeed." Soon there was knock on the door. "You may come in." he said. The door opened and in walked Hinata with the tea with Neji following right behind her.
"Here's the tea you asked for Otou-san." Hinata said quietly.
"Thank you Hinata." He said.
Hinata gave a slight bow to her father and then turned and said, "Good afternoon Kushina-san."
Kyu smiled and said, "Hello to you too Hinata-chan. Thank you for the tea."
"Your…welcome," Hinata said with a small smile. She then slightly blushed and asked, "How… is …Naruto-kun doing?
Kyu smiled again noticing the blush on the girl's cheeks. "Oh you know his usual shenanigans." She said.
"Hiashi-sama I've finished the task you assigned me." Neji said with a bow.
"Good. You may have the rest of the day off to do what you wish." Hiashi said.
"Thank you, Hiashi-sama." He said and turned around to leave.
"Wait a second Neji-kun." Kyu said.
"What is it Kushina-sama?" Neji asked.
"Jaeger is about to train Naruto in some kenjutsu. Now If I know my brother, he'll probably teach it to Kimimaro as well. Since you are "rivals" in a sense, I would hate to see him get an upper hand. So why don't you join them when they have their first training session. If it's all right with your uncle." She said.
Neji turned to his uncle who said, "As long as it does not interfere with your other duties."
Neji smiled and said, "Thank you Hiashi-sama and Kushina-sama." He then bowed to them both and left the room.
"Um…Kushina-san?" Hinata said.
"Yes dear?" Kyu asked.
"Umm…could….I learn…kenjutsu too?" she asked.
Kyu smiled and said, "Of course dear. But I have to go now. Thank you for the tea Hiashi."
Hiashi nodded and said, "Anytime."
Kyu then left the room and made her way to the corridors of the Hyuga Compound until she reached the gates. She then made her way to her compound.
Once inside she walked to her study and saw several scrolls on her desk. She rolled her eyes and sat down and began to read them. Most of them were reports on how the empire was doing. She then noticed a scroll from her mother, Ryoko.
She groaned thinking what her mother would want now, so she put the scroll aside and noticed a note underneath it. She picked it up and read it:
Dear Onee-san,
As you know it's that time of the year, so I won't be around for the next week. I'll see you when I get back.-Kurama
"That's right it's late June." She said out loud to herself.
"What about late June?" Jaeger asked from the door way.
Kyu looked up and saw her youngest brother and realized that Jaeger didn't know the significance of this week to Kurama.
"Sit down and I'll tell you." She said. Jaeger nodded and sat down and waited for his sister to speak. "About 150 years before you were born, Kurama sealed away his yokai powers and married a human woman and had a family." She added.
"Yeah yeah I already know that. The Senju clan is descended from him, your told me that yourself when I brought Kimimaro to the village." Jaeger said.
"To make a long story short Kurama's family was killed by bandits, Kurama was away on business for Father, his son Hashirama resented him for not being there for them and the two went the separate ways. Kurama returned back home heartbroken and Hashirama founded the Senju clan a couple of generations later a new Hashirama founded Konoha." She said.
"So I take it he goes to his wife's grave every year to remember her." He said.
"Exactly," Kyu replied.
Jaeger slumped in his chair and said, "I remember when Izayoi died, I was so depressed and Kurama tried to be there for me and I told him to fuck off. I was such a bastard. I wish there was something I could do."
"Unfortunately otouto there's nothing we can do. All we can do for Kurama is be there for him when he gets back." She said.
Jaeger nodded and got up from his chair, "Thanks for telling me this Ane-chan. But you'll have to excuse me because I have to go find my Makashi and Shien/Djem So scrolls."
"You might want to bring out your Soresu scrolls as well." She said.
"And why would I do that?" He asked.
"I told Hinata and Neji that you would teach them Kenjutsu. Both Neji and Kimimaro fight gracefully so Makashi is perfect for them, but Hinata isn't assertive and straightforward like Naruto is so Shien/Djem So wouldn't work for her. Soresu on the other hand would." She told him.
Jaeger smirked and said, "I guess you do deserve the title of Blademaster Ane-chan."
"You forget Baka it was I who came up with Djem So." She said.
"And you forget Ane-chan, that I invented Vaapad." He said with a look that said you're not the only one who can invent a sword style. "Well I better go get the scrolls out of my vault. Later." He added then headed for the door.
Jaeger left Kyu's study and walked down the second floor hall all the way to the west wing, were his room was. The West and East wings of the compound were designed differently from the main building to the point where they were similar to lofts. The top floor was cut in half and contained the main bedroom and bathroom with a balcony. The other half looked down on the living room where he had a couch some chairs, a poker and pool table, a book shelf and a fire place. Directly underneath the main bedroom was a storage room where Jaeger kept all his mementos, like his kenjutsu scrolls. Also on the first floor of the wing were two guest bedrooms, which shared a bathroom. Though one of the bedrooms was currently occupied by Kimimaro.
Jaeger opened the door to the wing and headed down the stairs to the storage room. Once inside he passed all his various mementos until he reached an old wooden chest. He placed his hand on the chest and sent a small wave of chakra through it.
The chest glowed grey for a second and then opened with a pop. Insides the chest were seven scrolls. He picked up the second, third, and the fifth scroll and then closed the chest. Once closed he turned around and left the storage room and head up the stairs to his room.
Inside his room, Jaeger walked over to his dresser and placed the scrolls inside. Afterword the scrolls were put away, Jaeger walked over to his walk in closet. Once inside he walked to the end of the closet and performed some hand signs.
A small opening in the wall appeared as Jaeger transformed into his true form. In his fox form Jaeger walked through the opening and into small room with the opening in the wall closing behind him. The small room was about five feet in height and about ten feet in width, and nine feet in depth. This was Jaeger's den.
A common part of Yoko yokai culture is that every fox has their own personal den, where they go find sanctuary, mate, or just to get away from it all. It is very common to once a while find a fox who after being around humans for quite some time to retreat to their private den.
Once inside his den, Jaeger lied down among the pillows and blankets inside and closed his eyes. As his mind began to slip away into blissful unconsciousness, his mind began to wonder what it would be like to have Konoha's most famous wayward kunoichi sleeping with him inside his den, with their tails intertwined.
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It had been five days since Kurama had left Konoha and he had finally arrived in the village of Yokomachi.
Yokomachi was a small farming town located in the south east part of the land of Fire. It was a quaint little town, with a few inns for travelers who were passing through, several restaurants, and so on.
The sun had set as Kurama walked down the main street. People were walking around heading to the local taverns, for a drink and so on. Kurama eventually made his way to a small decent looking inn called the Sliver Fox.
Kurama opened the door and walked into the inn. The lobby/bar was empty save for a woman with red hair who looked to be in her late twenties early thirties going over some papers behind the desk.
Kurama smiled and walked over to the desk and asked, "Financial troubles?"
The woman looked up and smiled and said, "Like clockwork. You arrive exactly the same time every year Nii-san." She then walked out from behind the desk and hugged Kurama. "It's good to see you again."
"It's good to see you too Ayame." Kurama said as he hugged the woman back.
As soon as the two broke their hug, Ayame asked, "I just made some tea, would you like some?"
Kurama nodded and said, "That would be great." Kurama then walked over to a table and sat down while Ayame walked over to the desk and pulled out a tea kettle and two cups. She walked over to the table and sat down across from Kurama and poured each of them a cup of tea.
Kurama took a sip from his cup and watched as Ayame pulled out a bottle of pills and popped a couple of pills in her mouth and then washed it down with some tea. Kurama raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's with the pills?"
Ayame's face turned melancholy and she said, "I figured you would ask that." She paused for a few moments and then said, "I'm dying Ni-san. I don't have much time left."
Kurama was silent for a while and said, "There's got to be something I can do."
Ayame smiled and said, "There is. Kurama you've done so much for me in my short life. You saved me from the brothel, you bought me this Inn, and you've been the Father I always wanted Tayuya to have. I hate to ask for more, but will you take Tayuya back to Konoha with you and look after her for me?"
"Of course I'll take care of her. You don't even have to ask that." He said with a smile. "Speaking of Tayuya, does she know?" he added.
"She knows, and before you ask, she's not taking it well." She said.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Out in the forest in her usual spot." She replied.
"I'll go talk to her." He said. He then got up and walked out the door and headed off in the direction of Tayuya's usual spot.
In the middle of a clearing sitting on a rock we find a ten year old girl wearing brown shorts, a white a blue top with a hood, and a bandana in her pink hair playing her trusty flute. She has been playing her flute for some time now and failed to notice that someone had entered her domain.
"You get better each time I see you." Said a voice from behind her.
Upon hearing said voice, she stopped playing and turned around to see who what is. She nodded as a hello to the closest thing she had to a father. "Hey Kurama," She said in a detached voice.
Kurama frowned and walked and sat down next to her and said, "I know it's hard to grasp what's going on right now but you got to be strong."
"I know…but god damn it, but why does this stuff always have to happen to us! We've been through enough shit why does it have to keep piling on?" she cried out.
"Unfortunately it's those who are the kindest and purest who have the heaviest loads." He said.
"Give me a god damn example of a pure and kind person," Tayuya mocked.
"Well I would like to say I'm one of those people." Kurama said with a cheap grin. Tayuya gave him a look. She knew he had been through a lot and was probably the nicest person she knew but she wanted a better example.
Kurama nodded and said, "Well what about my nephew Naruto? Within the moments after his birth his entire world was shattered and turned upside down."
"Keh… you almost got me but you forgot one important detail. He doesn't know that he's a Jinchuuriki of the…correction all he has is a ton of chakra." She said.
"That is true. But even though it is public knowledge he is the biological son of their Yondaime, a lot of people see him as the Kyuubi reborn in human form. The people don't know what to think of him. Though in a twist of irony it's his mother who is the Kyuubi in human form ." He said.
"Then why don't you guys go public with the info and take the pressure of Naruto?" She asked.
"Because Onee-san isn't back to 100 strength yet. Sure it's been nine years since the attack and she's regained the majority of her strength but if she was attacked by a group of high ranking yokai or ninja she could be captured or killed." He said.
Tayuya nodded and said softly, "I might look fine on the outside but I'm scared Kurama. I don't know what I'll do when Mom dies."
"You'll survive and make a bright future for yourself. You're a strong person, just like your mother, I know everything will be all right." He said with a smile.
"You think so?" she asked.
"I know so." He replied. "Now common it's getting late." He told her. Tayuya nodded and the two headed off back to the Inn.
Back at the Inn, Ayame was currently sealing a chest into a scroll for Tayuya. Even though she wasn't a ninja, Kurama had showed her the art of sealing when she was younger and had gotten pretty good at it.
As soon as she sealed the chest away, and tied up the scroll. A tear fell from her eye, for she knew she would never get to see her little girl grow up. But as she went to dry her eyes, she felt a throbbing pain in her chest. She tried her best to reach over for her pills but alas it was too late. She fell to the ground with a thud with her hand grasping her heart. She was barely conscious as she heard her heart slow down and then with a final lub dub stopped. She was dead.
When Kurama and Tayuya entered the Inn they were greeted by the sight of Ayame's corpse sprawled on the floor. Kurama immediately rushed over to her and checked for a pulse, but he wasn't too surprised when he didn't find one. He closed his eyes and silently swore to whatever god who had cursed him with loosing another person he had cared deeply for. He then closed her eyes and pulled out a scroll and after drawing a quick storage seal he sealed her inside.
He then turned to Tayuya. She was frozen like a statue her eyes fixed on the place where her mother's body once was. Kurama walked over to her and bent down on his knees and hugged the girl.
"She's gone Tayuya." He whispered.
Tayuya stood there for a few minutes before the realization hit her that her mother had just died. But when it hit, it rocked her like a hurricane. Tears immediately began to fall from her eyes and she latched onto Kurama and cried out, "Mamma no. Comeback Mamma."
"She's in a better place now Tayuya. Always remember this: she will always be there for you watching over you. Though she's gone she always will be in your heart." He said softly as he held onto the girl.
After minutes of crying Tayuya cried herself to sleep. Kurama gently picked her up and took her to her bedroom upstairs. After tucking her he walked down the stairs and returned to see what Ayame had been doing before her death. He noticed two scrolls on the desk, one with his name and the other with Tayuya name on it.
He quickly undid the scroll and read to himself Ayame's last words to him:
Dear Kurama,
If you're reading this scroll I must be dead. First off don't blame yourself for this. The heart disease that did me in was a genetic curse I inherited from the man who you set me free from all those years ago. I might have lived a short life, but looking back at the choices I made, I have no regrets. I was blessed to have man like you in my life and I was blessed to have a daughter like Tayuya. Sealed into the scroll after this letter are all preparations to sell the Inn and so on.
In the scroll next to this one contains a chest I sealed inside for Tayuya. In the chest is all the money we have as well as some pictures of the two of us and some other mementos. Please give it to her when you think she is ready. I know you will do everything in your power to make sure Tayuya's has a good life. But I beg you don't lock her away. She needs to see the world, the good and the bad. I know she will grow up to be strong women. Far stronger than me. Also if she asks who her father is, tell her he was a soldier who died in war. I don't think she could live with herself knowing that she was conceived due to rape instead of love and the fact that her father is still out doing who knows what.
Now I have to say something I wished I said a long time ago. I love you Kurama. I love you with all my heart. You were my knight in shining armor who saved me from the evil dragon that was my father. There were so many times I wished I could have told you so many times before, but I knew deep down it would have never of worked. You still love the family you lost long ago, and I knew I could have never filled the spot in your heart that they vacated.
Tell Tayuya I love her and no matter what path she chooses I will always be proud of her.
Love now and forever,
Ayame
Kurama leaned back in the chair and wiped the tears from his eyes. Ayame's final confession was not surprising. He had always suspected she had an infatuation with him, but she was right, it could have never worked out between the two of them. Even though he had suspected it, it still hurt a lot to know that she did love him and he couldn't return it.
Kurama sat back up and pocketed the scroll that was addressed to Tayuya. He pulled out a blank scroll and began to write a letter to Kyu about the situation and to have a room prepared in the East Wing on the house for Tayuya. After finishing the letter he quickly preformed the Kuchiyose no Jutsu and summoned their family's personal courier fox.
"Deliver this immediately to my sister." Kurama said.
The fox took the scroll, put it into his delivery pouch around his neck and said, "At once your highness." He the poofed out of existence.
He then turned out all the lights and locked the door and headed up to his room. He checked back on Tayuya to make sure she was all right, and indeed she was sleeping soundly. He then went to his room and collapsed on the bed from the day's events. He closed his eyes and tried to get some sleep because he knew tomorrow was going to be a long day.
It was little after midday and Kurama and Tayuya stood in front of three graves. Two looked like they had been there for at least a hundred or so years, while the other grave had just been dug.
The two stood in silence as they remembered those who had been dear to them. Kurama during his silence went over what had happened earlier this morning.
He had woken up early and made breakfast for the two while a couple of shadow clones began packing up the belongings that they would be taking with them. Tayuya looked like the living dead when she came down for breakfast.
Breakfast was eaten in silence and afterword she went upstairs to pack her things. While she was doing that, the new owner a man in his late fifties showed up and per Ayame's instructions Kurama turned over the deed and the books of the inn's accounts too him. The rest of the day had been a blur of packing and saying goodbye.
Kurama looked over to see Tayuya looking over her mother's grave without a single tear in her eye. "It's ok to shed tears for those we've lost." Kurama said.
"I'm done crying." She said. She then pulled out a flute from her backpack that had belonged to her mother. It was made of sterling silver and had a fox carved onto it. "When Mama told me she was dying in my frustration and sadness I wrote this. I call it Requiem for the Lost," She said as she began to play.
The song was sad and melancholy. Probably the saddest thing Kurama had ever heard in the 450 plus years he had been alive. As the requiem continued memories of long ago flooded his mind. Memories of him coming home to find his wife and daughter dead. Memories of his son blaming him for their deaths and then disappearing. A single tear fell from his eye as he remembered those who he had lost.
When the song ended, Tayuya prayed silently for her mother and turned around and said, "Let's go." Kurama nodded and the two left the gravesite.
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Five days later the two arrived back in Konoha. As the two walked through the gates Kurama nodded to the two ninja on duty. They then headed off in the direction of the Nami-Uzu Compound. Once there Tayuya was amazed at just how big it was. The two entered the house to find Kyu standing in the foyer waiting for them.
"Welcome back Kurama. And welcome to Konoha and your new home Tayuya." Kyu said with a smile.
"Thanks," was Tayuya's reply.
"Well I need to go talk with the Hokage about Tayuya's citizenship papers. So I'll see you later." Kurama said as he headed back out the door and in the direction of the Hokage's mansion.
"Common I'll introduce you to the rest of the gang." Kyu said and beckoned for her to follow. Tayuya nodded and followed Kyu out into the backyard.
Outside they found Jaeger, Naruto, Kimimaro, Hinata and Neji training with bokens. Though the only out of the ordinary was that Neji and Kimimaro's boken had curved handles.
"All right kids that enough for today." Jaeger said. The four kids stopped what they were doing and circled around him. "Neji and Kimimaro great job today, you two are picking up Makashi faster than I did."
"Thank you Jaeger-sensei." Neji said with a quick bow.
"Thank you Otou-san," Was Kimimaro's reply.
"What about me Jaeger-ojisan? Naruto said as he jumped up and down.
Jaeger ruffled his nephew's hair and said with a smirk, "You got some work to do kiddo."
"Awe man." Was Naruto's reply as he tried to get his hair back into its normal position. This caused Neji and Kimimaro to snicker and Hinata to blush.
After her blush faded away Hinata asked, "Umm…what about me Jaeger-sensei?"
Jaeger smiled and said, "You're doing fine Hinata-chan. Soresu is a good form for you; you just got to keep practicing. You also need to work on your endurance a bit, but I imagine they'll get you in shape from the Academy in a few weeks."
"I can't wait for it to start. I'm going to show everyone that I'm going to be the next Hokage!" Naruto cheered.
"Ahem." Said Kyu from behind them. The group turned around to see Kyu and Tayuya waiting for them to notice they were there.
"Okaa-san!" Naruto yelled as he waved at his Mom.
Kyu chuckled at her son's reaction. "I want you to meet someone," she said. The five walked over to where they were standing and she said, "Everyone I want you to meet Tayuya. She's going to be living with us know, so I want you to treat her like you would anyone else in this family."
Tayuya waved at them and said, "Nice to meet you."
"Tayuya I want you to meet my youngest brother Jaeger, his adoptive son Kimimaro, my son Naruto and his friends Hinata and Neji. They're part of the Hyuga clan that live next door to us." She said.
"Welcome," Jaeger said with a smile.
"Greetings," Was Kimimaro's reply.
"Howdy! It's going to be fun having some new to hang out with," was of course said by Naruto.
"It's a pleasure," was spoken by Neji.
And finally in her shy and quite voice Hinata said, "Hello."
"Hinata-sama and I have to return home now. We'll see you on Thursday for our next lesson." Neji said. Then he and Hinata went inside and headed back to the Hyuga Compound.
"Naruto, Kimimaro go show Tayuya around Konoha," Kyu told her son and nephew.
"Gotcha common Onee-san let's go get some Ramen from Ichiraku's!" Naruto said as he grabbed both Kimimaro and Tayuya's hands and practically dragged them to the door.
"And remember to stay out of trouble!" She called after them but they were already gone.
"So it looks like our little family is growing." Jaeger said. "You know Kurama told me she was kind of a tomboy and stuff. She seemed pretty polite." He added.
"She's just being polite. I imagine once she feels at home here she'll show us who she really is." Kyu said with a smile. "And besides it will be nice having another girl in the house with all you guys living here." She added with a smirk.
"Hey what about Rin?" he asked. "She practically lives here too you know." He continued.
"True but she's usually busy with her job at the hospital so her presence isn't felt much." She said and then turned around and head back into the house. Jaeger nodded in agreement and followed his sister back inside.
Kurama opened the door and walked into Sarutobi's office and said, "Thanks for seeing my Hokage-sama.
Sarutobi chuckled and said, "No need for formalities, Hiruzen is fine." He then motioned for Kurama to have a seat. "So what can I do for you? Kyushina already filled out Tayuya's citizenship papers and Academy registration so I have no idea why you would want to chat?" he asked.
Kurama raised his eyebrow and asked with major skepticism, "Kyushina?"
Hiruzen chuckled again and said, "Well you see when your sister came to fill out Tayuya's paperwork she also changed her name from Kushina to Kyushina. She told me that Kushina and her have been discussing it for sometime because they wanted to scare the council and bunch of other stuff that I didn't really pay all that attention too. I mean it was only adding one letter to her name plus its means the same thing, both Ku and Kyu mean nine so I didn't think much of it."
Kurama chuckled and said, "I'll ask her about it later. Any who the reason I'm here today is I want be a service to the village."
"So do you wish to be a ninja?" Hiruzen asked as he began to fill his pipe with tobacco.
"Yes and no. I detest violence but if necessary I will use it. I wanted to join the Medical Corp." he said.
He nodded and replied and said, "So you're a doctor."
"Well over the years I've earned several doctorates, the one I'm most proud of is my degree in Psychology." Kurama said. Hiruzen nodded and lit his pipe. "You see after recent events I began to think that I could benefit our Ninjas by being someone they could talk too if they need it and especially those who have gone through traumatizing experiences." He added.
"Like Sasuke." Hiruzen said.
"Sasuke is a perfect example. If we don't do something about his mental state, I'm positively sure it will come back to haunt us." Kurama said.
"How so?" he asked.
"Well in my opinion Sasuke fits into my "Avenger" category." Kurama explained. He then paused and added, "Avenger's are typically people who have lost someone very close to them. In Sasuke's case his clan and another example would be my brother who lost his lover years ago. After a period of denial and other stages of loss they focus on avenging their lost one no matter the cost. This leads them down a very destructive path for them and those around them. They also see their revenge as their purpose for living and once they gained it they have no purpose left so they become hollow shells."
Hiruzen nodded and said, "Well Kurama I must say your idea has merit. For the moment I'll give you the go ahead, but at the next council meeting we'll put it up for a vote to see if we want to continue it."
Kurama said, "Sounds good. I'll start getting things ready, I should be able to start seeing patients by this Monday." He then paused and said, "Though I must admit I don't see why the council needs to approve of this."
"When Konoha was young the Hokage was all three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial because it was a Shinobi village. But as more civilians moved here the Shodaime decided to split up the powers so that no man would or could abuse it. Since then the Council has gained more power and in some situations can overrule the Hokage." He said.
Kurama nodded and said, "Senju family principle no one should have too much power."
Hiruzen was surprised that he knew that, "How did you know that?"
"Because I passed that idea onto my son who intern passed into onto his descendent Hashirama." Kurama said.
Hiruzen's jaw dropped as he went over what he had just heard. "So you were the founder of the Senju clan?" He asked.
Kurama nodded and said, "Over 350 years ago I sealed away my powers and married a human women. For a few years we lived in peace and we had two children. One day I was called back to help my father with a problem, while my son was off running an errand in a neighboring village. My wife and daughter were killed by bandits and my son blamed me for not protecting them and after that we became estranged."
"I'm deeply sorry to hear about that." He said.
Kurama nodded and said, "Well I'll be off then. Thank you for seeing me." He then left the room to let Hiruzen finish some paper work.
The weeks that followed were quite eventful for the Nami-Uzu family. After Tayuya had gotten settled she immediately fit right into the family and played the nagging older sister role to Naruto without a hitch.
Kurama on the other hand stuck gold with his counselor job. The village's ninja morale shot up and more revenue was brought in. Most of his patients were more than willing to vent out their problems to him and he was more than willing to give them advice. Though some patients like a recently orphaned boy were much harder to work with, though he kept trying in their weekly sessions. Kurama also hired an old friend of his named Geki to man the bar at the Fox's Den since he was working full time at his office, which was on the fifth floor of Konoha General Hospital.
But as the weeks came and went, one day was on the mind of all six members of the Nami-Uzu family: the day when the children would start going to the Academy.
It was a sunny morning in early September and Kimimaro and Tayuya were currently walking down the streets of Konoha on their way to the Academy. Kimimaro was wearing black shorts and a grey long sleeved shirt with blue ninja sandals. Tayuya on the other hand was wearing blue shorts, a maroon t-shirt and a backwards baseball cap with blue ninja sandals.
"I don't see why Naruto can't walk with us to the Academy?" Tayuya said.
"I heard that at the begging of class for first years the Hokage comes and gives a speech and such to the new students and their parents." Kimimaro replied.
"So what does that make us? I mean for heaven's sake were new students too!" she said.
"True, but you forgot were older than he is and were stronger than all the first years." Kimimaro said.
"Speaking of being stronger than others, shouldn't you already be a Genin or something?" she asked.
"It is true that I'm stronger than the majority of other students here, but Otou-san told me that you can get stronger if you compete with some, as opposed to by yourself." He said. Then he smirked and said, "Plus taking the title of Rookie of the Year from Neji is a bonus."
Tayuya laughed and said, "You're too much."
The two continued on their way to the Academy and when they got there they went up too room 215, which was currently being taught by one Sanada Akira.
"All right class. We have two new students to our class." Akira said to his class he then turned to Tayuya and Kimimaro and said, "Go ahead and introduce your selves."
"Kaguya Kimimaro, it's a pleasure." Kimimaro said.
"Namikaze-Uzumaki Tayuya, what's up?" Tayuya said with a nod.
"All right, now that's out of the way. There are a couple seats next to Neji-san. You can take those." Akira said.
The two nodded and walked up the stairs to sit the top row where Neji was sitting. When the two sat down Neji leaned over and whispered, "Why are you in this class? You should be with the third years."
Kimimaro leaned over to Neji and whispered back, "And miss the chance to upstage you? I don't think so." He then smirked and leaned back in his chair as their teacher went on about what they were going to learn this year.
In the Academy's Auditorium Umino Iruka was sweating bullets. In the stands in front of him were all the first years and their parents. Normally he would be excited for today but this year's class would be different.
This year he had the pleasure or displeasure, depends on how you look at it, of teaching probably the most prestigious class of the first years. First off there were several sons/daughters of clan heads, the Hyuga Heiress being one. Plus Councilman Haruno's daughter, then add the last Uchiha and you have a pretty big list of names. But to top it all off was Yondaime's son, who not only was the Heir to the Nami-Uzu but was also the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi!
But as soon as he thought this he felt someone pat him on the back. He then looked down to see the Sarutobi there with a smile on his face.
"I see a lot of potential in these young ones." Hiruzen said with a smile.
"I think so too Hokage-sama." Iruka said.
Hiruzen walked up to the podium and spoke into the microphone, "Welcome everyone to your first day at our Ninja Academy. It is an honor and a privilege to be a ninja and serve our village. And in a few years time you too will know this feeling. Until then study and train hard, make new friends and create bonds that will last for a lifetime."
After the speech he read out a list of who would be in which class. After saying that he dismissed the kids to go find their class rooms and that class would start in about ten minutes.
Most of the parents stayed behind to wish their kids good luck and so on, while those who were orphans headed directly to their class rooms. Naruto watched as most people headed cleared out of the auditorium.
He then looked to his Mom, who was sitting next him in the stands and said quietly, "Okaa-san I'm scared."
Kyu wrapped her arms around her son and said, "It's ok to be scared sweetie. You're taking a big step into a bigger world."
"But what if I screw up and fail?" Naruto asked.
Kyu smiled and said, "When you fall down, you pick yourself and keep going. It's ok to screw up and fail as long as we pick ourselves up and keep moving forward and never give up. As long as you never give in and give up and give it your best shot I will always be proud of you."
"What about Otou-san? Will he be proud of me?" Naruto asked.
Kyu then gave her son a hug and said, "He is always proud of you. Every day he watches you grow and get stronger. I know for a fact that right now he's watching us and smiling at us with that big goofy grin of his. He and I will always be proud of you Naruto."
Naruto hugged his Mom back and all the nervousness that once filled his being was now gone and in its place was an aura of confidence and determination. "I'm going to show everyone that I'm going to be the next Hokage!" he said.
"I know you will sweetie. I know you will." She then broke the hug and said, "Now hurry up and get to class."
Naruto nodded with his father's trademark grin and then headed off to class.
Kyu smiled as she watched her son run off. She then rubbed her eyes to eliminate the tears that were forming. "It's always hard to see them go," Said a voice from behind her.
Kyu turned around to see Hiruzen behind her. "Were you like this when Asuma and Ryoji became Academy Students?" she asked.
"Yes. It was hard especially back then when six year olds could become Ninja. Every child deserves a childhood full of no worries. But unfortunately for them to have a care free childhood we have to work hard and fight the strongest of enemies and do things we don't like doing." He said.
"I assume your referring to paperwork?" Kyu asked with a smirk.
"Of course, paper work is the bane of every leader, regardless of government." He said with a chuckle, "Which reminds me I have to go do some." He said with groan. He then walked off. Kyu followed suit and headed off to the Fox's Den to do her own paperwork.
Naruto sat in class and listened to his sensei go on and a bunch of stuff he didn't really care that much for. He looked around and noticed that a lot of the kids seemed to know each other. This didn't really surprise him all that much, considering Konoha's education system.
Most children went to public school to learn basic skills, like reading, writing, arithmetic and so on. But a lot of the upper class family's like the Hyugas and Nami-Uzus had private tutors that home schooled them. The reason for home schooling varied but in Naruto's case, it was because Kyu didn't trust the public school system with her son.
There were only two people he knew in the class. First was Hinata-chan, his oldest child friend and neighbor and then there was Uchiha Sasuke. He had only recently met Sasuke a couple of weeks ago when his Mom brought him over for dinner. He had seen him a few times after that but most of the time he was silent and distant. Naruto had asked his Mom why he was the way he was, and she told him that his entire family was killed. After learning this Naruto had tried to get Sasuke to come over and play but he never did always saying he had better things to do than play childish games.
Naruto inwardly sighed as he continued to listen to Iruka lecture on and on. "Why do I get the feeling this is going to be a long four years?" He thought to himself.
And Naruto was correct because it would be a long four years for him. His first year was pretty dull because all they did was some basic physical conditioning, and learn the history of the village. It was about half way through his first year that Naruto started playing pranks on his fellow classmates and teachers much to the ire of his classmates and Iruka. The only benefit from the first year was that he developed a friendship with Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji and he developed a little bit of a crush on one Haruno Sakura, much to the dismay of Sakura because she had a thing for Sakura and to his future fiancée Hinata because she had started to develop feelings for the blonde.
The second year wasn't much better. He continued pranking people in the school but he also had set his sights on the ninjas of Konoha as well as the Hokage. Though there were quite a few complaints from various people, most of the seasoned vets found it funny that Naruto, who was only ten at the time, managed to prank them. What was even funnier was the fact that Kyu and Jaeger encouraged him to do bigger pranks. They told him it was training him in stealth, endurance, and a few other things. Also during his second year is when they started actually mold chakra. Much to his dismay his control was terrible, but Kyu, Jaeger, and Kurama would always help him out after school. The only other highlight during second year at the Academy was that for his 10th Birthday he got a pet Fox, which he named Inari, after his favorite childhood stuffed animal.
His third year was much like his second year except a bit more intense. They did a lot more field exercises and physical training but they did actually start trying to perform Jutsus. At first they were pretty difficult for Naruto but with help from his family and friends he managed to stay up with class. Though it did not concern him all that much, this was also the year that Tayuya, Neji and Kimimaro graduated.
Though they tried to out due each other at every chance they got Kimimaro and Neji tied for the position of Rookie of the Year. When it was time to divide into teams Neji got placed on Team 2 with one Rock Lee and a girl name Ten-Ten under one the most infamous Jonin in Konoha, the powerful and eccentric Might Gai. In a bizarre twist of fate both Tayuya and Kimimaro ended up on the same team. Their third member of Team 1 was Akagi Ken, the son of one of the best Med Nin's in Konoha, though Ken had no desire to be a Med Nin due to his passion for blowing stuff up. But in a more bizarre twist of fate than Tayuya and Kimimaro ending up on the same team, Jaeger was pulled from his plethora of A or S class missions to be their Sensei.
The fourth and final year of the Academy was by the far the most eventful. They learned more basic jutsu like the Kawarimi, Henge and Bunshin. Henge was the only jutsu out of the three that came naturally to Naruto, and he had made a secret jutsu from it. He got the hang of Kawarimi after a while but the Bunshin was just impossible for Naruto to perform. No matter how much help and advice he got he just couldn't get it down. Though he knew he would have to find a way to do because the Bunshin was on the final graduation test. Though when June came around and there were only a few weeks before graduation, the Academy accidently burned down. The blame was immediately put on Naruto, but Sasuke came out admitted he was practicing one of his Katon Jutsu and accidently hit the gas line which led to the fire.
Needless to say the last few weeks of class were delayed as they rebuilt and reinforced the building. Class resumed mid September, but all the students were forced to do a massive history project over during the time they weren't in class. Naruto project was on the Third Ninja War and was entitled: How my Dad single handedly kicked Iwa's ass. Iruka was going to dock him some points due to the title but after reading a very well written paper and listening to a very convincing speech, he concede that the Naruto was just telling the truth: his Dad did single handily kick Iwa's ass.
But the break came and went. The days flew by and now there was only one day before Naruto's Graduation Exam.
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It was a little bit after Five AM and Naruto, who was not dressed in an orange jumpsuit, was dressed in orange slacks with a blue stripe and a long sleeved blue and white shirt with his blue and orange sweat shirt tied around his waist, stood atop a building in downtown Konoha looking out over the village with a devious smile on his face.
"In few hours I will go down in history as the greatest prankster that ever to lived." He said to himself. He then dashed off to the Hokage monument to pull off the greatest prank in history. Not knowing that it would set off a chain of events that would turn his entire world upside down and would send him down a path to greatness.
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EAN: Well folks what do you think of Tayuya joining the Namikaze-Uzumaki family? I figured since Jaeger had Kimimaro and Kyu had Naruto Kurama needed someone to be a Father too. Also since I'm lazy and typing Namikaze-Uzumaki is troublesome, in a lot of instances the slang term of Nami-Uzu will be used.
Also so what do you guys think of the "Kyushina" concept? I thought of it a while ago and found it funny. Since both Ku and Kyu mean 9 in Japanese I thought it would be funny for that to be Kyu's real name and Kyu being a nickname.
Also I want to state my concerns about where the manga is going. I'm now almost certain Sasuke is going to die. The thing with Sasuke is this: just when you think there's a chance of him making the right choice, he then goes and fucks it up. To be honest I was fine with him wanting to off the old geezers, they're time is up, move over and let the new generation take over, but know they still feel like they want to control everything. But if what the spoilers for chapter 416 are true and I'm pretty sure they are, Sasuke is going to go Two Face on Konoha minus the flipping of the coin. Also with so much shit going on it seems to me that were heading to what maybe the final story Arc of Part II. With Pein on his way, Sasuke soon to be on his way, it certainly seems that Konoha is going to need repairs in the near future. Also here's a little food for thought, from the Sannin to Kakashi's and now to Naruto's team, only one is alive. Tsunade for her generation and Kakashi for his, so it seems that only one person might survive this
upcoming battle. What if Sasuke kills Sakura and in a rage Naruto kills Sasuke? How will this affect Naruto's psyche? Will anything good besides eliminating NaruSasu and NaruSaku from the story?
Will there be a part III, I hope so. There are still so many questions that need to be answered most of them dealing with Naruto and the Kyuubi. I think as soon as Sasuke's shit is over I think it's time to focus on the main character being Naruto, dealing with his heritage, and finally becoming Hokage.
Now for the Good/Bad news. The Bad news is that the next chapter will be the last chapter of Deal with the Devil. Now before I start getting WTF, here's the good news: Naruto's journey is far from over.
I had originally intended for this story to be told in two parts: part one would be for the most part the cannon story up until the destruction of Akatsuki and then Naruto facing an Enemy that will change how he views himself, the human race, the yokai race, and what it means to be a leader of an Empire.
Part II would be set 250 or more years later and would focus on the aftermath of part I and his children would be the main characters: all nine of them. Although I will say this only eight of them are his biological children. One of them is his step-son through one of his three wives.
So what this means is that this story will be divided into three possibly four parts. Meaning DWD is only Part I and a prologue per say for this fanon Narutoverse.
The reason I decided this because I think the title really only applies to from when Naruto was born till when he learns the truth about his birth and his Moms. Also if you have any suggestions for the title of the second story feel free to send them to me.
Anyway I hope that you, my readers, enjoy this story and will read the sequels in my fanon Narutoverse. Also on a completely unrelated note, if any of my readers happen to be artists and if you find the time and energy to do it, I would like to see your drawings of the characters in my story. I would do them myself except for the fact that I can't draw to save my life.
Now for the final preview for Deal with the Devil: Naruto's life gets turned upside when he learns from Mizuki that he's the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. But how will he react when his Moms tell him what really happed on the night of his birth. And what happens when Kyu's mother Ryoko comes to visit? Find out this and more on the thrilling conclusion to Deal with the Devil.
Until next time, Ja Ne.
