"I am the ninth oldest out of my brothers and sisters; I help rule over this part of the continent"
"Continent?"
"Yes..."
Kyuubi answered as they continued to walk through the small town
"This place is broken up to nine lands; Land of Blood, Land of Demons, Land of Flame, Land of Rivers, Land of Wind, Land of Ground, Land of Power, Land of Darkness, and the Land of Death. This land is known as The Land of Demons; thanks to my siblings and me living here, and since we rule this land and are demons it is only natural that it would be called so"
Naruto nodded as he took in both the sight and the information; who would believe that a place this peaceful is ruled by demons?
"What about the others? How did they get their names?"
"From the swords their rulers wield"
"Swords?"
Kyuubi chuckled at Naruto's childish confusion
"Yes; there are ten swords of Ruling, each with a different ability and power, they shaped the continent into its current condition. They are the The Sword of Bloodshed, The Sword of Healing, The Sword of Power, The Sword of Darkness, The Sword of Ruling, The Sword of Fire, The Sword of Air, The Sword of Earth, The Sword of Water, and The Sword of Of the Dead. You can figure out what sword went where"
Naruto nodded before stopping suddenly, Kyuubi stopped and glanced back at him; waiting.
"Wait. You said there's nine lands, right?"
"Correct"
"But you just named ten swords"
Kyuubi chuckled again as he hid his mouth behind the sleeve of the kimono he was wearing.
"Correct again. My, you were paying attention"
Naruto glared playfully as he walked up to Kyuubi and asked another question.
"Where's the tenth sword?"
"It is here; along with The Sword of Ruling. Come there is someone you need to meet"
Naruto looked up at the castle that casted the shadow he just walked into; it was huge! It was just like the castle that he saw with Jiraiya...the thought of the pervy sage made Naruto sad. Kyuubi looked back once he noticed the young boy's mood change; looking back he saw Naruto looking up at the castle with watery eyes and looking like he was about to cry.
"Kit, are you okay?"
"Yeah"
Kyuubi noticed the sad hint to his voice.
"You miss someone, don't you"
It wasn't a question, but Naruto nodded and answered anyways.
"Yeah...but's its fine; let's meet this person. Oh! You still haven't told me why you brought me here"
Naruto began as he ran up the stairs to meet Kyuubi who waited at the door for him; he opened the door and walked in.
"Or told me who your siblings are!"
Kyuubi chuckled as they walked down the hallway of the castle, Naruto looked around in awe; this place was amazing!
"You met Neko, Kame, Oushi and Uma, remember?"
"Yeah, so?"
Naruto arched and eyebrow; what was Kyuubi getting at?
"Well...Neko is the two tailed, Kame is the three tailed, Oushi is the seven tailed and Uma is the five tailed"
Naruto's eyes widened as he took everything in.
"So they can have a human form like you?"
Kyuubi chuckled again; funny how this small ninja can make Kyuubi laugh so much in a day.
"No, Naruto; we can change into the beast you humans see. This..."
He said as he mention to his form.
"Is what we really look like?"
"Cool! What about your other siblings?"
Another chuckle.
"Well there's Shukaku, but you already know him; and sorry to say but Garra isn't with him"
Naruto nodded sadly but said nothing.
"There's Saru the four tailed, Namekuji the six tailed, Orochi the eight tailed..."
Kyuubi stopped in front of set of doors with a slight smile on his face.
"Now Kit, remember when I said I was the ninth eldest?"
"Yeah..."
Kyuubi pushed open the doors and walked in with Naruto behind him.
"I want you to meet my older brother, Ju; the ten tailed demon Jubi"
Naruto looked at the shadowed figure sitting down, all he felt from him was raw power; glancing around he notice eight pairs of eyes watching him. He took a deep breath before jumping away from Kyuubi and pointing at him like the hyper idiot that everyone knows him as.
"What do you take me as? An idiot?! There's only nine demons and there's no way that they are your siblings...you stupid fluff ball!"
Everyone stared shocked as Kyuubi sighed in annoyance.
"Kyuubi, are you just going to let this idiot of a child yell at you like that?"
"What did you call me?"
Naruto yelled out, not knowing where the owner of the voice was.
"Who is yelling?"
The sudden deep voice made Naruto jump and shutter at the power that came with the voice. When no one answered the voice it spoke again.
"Kyuubi; I am glad that you are back and unharmed"
Kyuubi inclined slightly before he took a step closer to Naruto.
"Brother. Twelve years ago you sent us out to find that person; I have that person with me"
It was quite before voices started to talk at once.
"What?"
"Don't tell us it's that child?!"
"Kyuubi, have you lost your mind?"
"That's not funny"
"Yeah, keep the jokes to Uma's face"
"HEY!"
Everyone suddenly went quite, confused Naruto just happened to glance at the shadowed figure to see that their eyes were open and looking right at him; they had violet eyes with circles in them, for some reason Naruto couldn't get himself to look away. He jumped slightly when Kyuubi placed a hand on his shoulder.
"A child?"
Slowly the figure stood up and walking forward, Naruto could only stare frozen as the shadowed figure walked closer.
'It's okay, Kit. I'm right here'
Once the figure stepped into the light; Naruto saw that the figure was a man no later than thirty, he had long orange hair that was pulled back in a low ponytail, he was also dressed in black pants with a opened black shirt that showed toned abs for someone who's thirty, Naruto also noticed that even though the man was bare footed he didn't make a sound.
"Kyuubi, do explain why this child is here"
The man spoke without looking away from Naruto; who had to look up to keep the eye contact.
"This child is the person, we need. And better yet...he's an Uzumaki"
The man broke the eye contact and looked at Kyuubi, violet eyes watched him for any sign of lying; when they found none he looked back at Naruto before he knelt to Naruto's level.
"Tell me, child. What is your name?"
"Naruto Uzumaki!"
He yelled like he always did with the mask.
"My name is Ju, and what my younger brother told you is the truth; we are your 'Tailed Beasts' "
Keeping the mask up, nodded and looked through haft closed eyes.
"Uh huh, sure you are; I don't believe you"
"Kit, it's okay. Put it away, you don't need it anymore"
With a confused glance at Kyuubi, Ju looked back at Naruto who also looked at Kyuubi; his bright blue eyes asking thousands of questions all to which Kyuubi just nodded. Without looking at Ju, Naruto spoke.
"Why am I here? Who is this person, I'm supposed to be?"
Noticing the change, Ju stood back up and arched an eyebrow.
"You are to become our ruler"
Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at Kyuubi, who smiled at the confusion that was swimming in Naruto's eyes.
"W-what?"
He looked back at Ju, who nodded.
"We have been searching for a long time, Naruto"
"Searching for someone who puts others before themself"
"And does not care what happens to themself"
"And once we found that person"
"We were to bring them back here"
"They would become our ruler"
"And peace will finally come to our land"
Naruto looked around as Kyuubi's siblings jumped down or walked out from where they were hiding, he looked back at Kyuubi before asking lowly and in shock.
"But, fluff ball...how do you know I am this person?"
"Enough with the fluff ball!"
Naruto made a small chuckle before Kyuubi calmed down and spoke again.
"I knew you were the person when you tried to do whatever you could to bring Sasuke back, even though you liked Sakura and knew that you were going to get hurt and ignored in the end"
Ju watched as Naruto's whole body stiffened at the mention of this Sasuke person; when Naruto spoke it was filled with venom
"Sasuke...he actually tried to kill me. The look in his eyes...it was the same the villagers gave me...I though he was my friend"
Naruto had looked down when he spoke about the looking in Sasuke's eyes, he jumped and looked up when a hand was placed on his head, his eyes widened slightly when he saw it was Ju.
"Do not worry. You are far away from this person and this village that seem to hate you so"
Naruto looked around again at the demons that surrounded him, he knew somewhere in his mind him should be scared but he just felt happy and loved...and at home. Slowly he started to smile until he was smiling a very rare and natural smile; everyone slowly smiled after him.
"Welcome home"
Naruto looked at Ju and smiled wider as a tear ran down his whiskered cheek.
A/N: I'm sorry it took so long to update, I'm slowly getting over the Writers Block that's been following me around; so more updates are coming! BELIEVE IT!