"": Spoken

'': Thoughts

"": Spirits

Summary: What if the sealing had gone as planned? What if Uzumaki Naruto was the sole keeper of the dead king Biju's chakra and had the memories of a long dead Kyuubi. What if this said boy was still treated as if he were the dead Kyuubi reborn, would he still be Konoha's Angel?

Disclaimer: For all those who want to know I don't own Naruto or any other anime/manga series for that matter, but that doesn't stop me from writing.

Death of A Demon, Birth of A…

Previously…

Pain erupted through the boy's body as he let out a bloodcurdling scream that rang throughout all of Konoha, but even then it didn't drown out the gravel voice's words in his head, "Who has summoned me?" and with that, Naruto blacked out.

Chapter 4: Unchained…

The flock of birds scattering from his right confirmed Naruto's position and Iruka hoped that he got to the boy in time to stop anyone from exacting revenge against the 'Kyuubi vessel'. Upon his arrival, Iruka let out a sigh when he found out that he was able to beat everyone to the boy, but as he approached Naruto, his shinobi sense was going off.

Dodging the hail of kunai from behind, Iruka spun around before catching the fuuma shuriken that was about to cleave his head. Gripping the four bladed shuriken harder, Iruka looked at the smiling face of his assailant. 'Just Mizuki…,' Iruka thought before something clicked. The Hokage wanted Naruto back alive and judging by his actions; Mizuki was about to bypass that order.

Watching his fellow partner stand over the demon child protectively, Mizuki had to bite back a laugh at the irony. "You, the child orphaned by the Kyuubi, are going to protect the very thing that took away what meant most to you… That's rich!!!" Mizuki cried while laughing. Iruka just ignored the man while steeling himself for a fight. 'He's not going to kill Naruto, not until I can apologize to him,' Iruka thought as he watched his assistant teacher calm down from his laughter.

"Hmmm… I guess you aren't going to step aside so I guess I'll just have to move you," Mizuki said before dashing toward Iruka, his fuuma shuriken spinning like a buzzsaw. Letting in a calming breath, Iruka readied himself before dashing forward with his fuuma shuriken spinning.

Inside Naruto…

'It hurts all over,' Naruto thought and to his surprise; his thoughts echoed across the sewer-like room he found himself in. Getting up off of the dank ground, Naruto looked forward and saw the biggest vault he had ever seen. The intricate stone lock had several red and blue pipes coming in and out of it.

Letting his eyes fall from the top to bottom, Naruto saw a small opening, like a keyhole for the vault. Around the circular hole were words written in kanji.

'Here lies the power to damn the world. Scourge all those who live under the torments of Makai and let the world feel the judgment of all those who seek to destroy it. However, here also lies the power of a savior, one at that will purge the world of all evil and protect those from the impending genocide. Come those who dare to unlock this power and control your destiny,' and with that Naruto stopped reading the kanji spiraling around the dark hole.

Fear, an emotion Naruto hadn't felt in years, covered the boy and clouded his judgment. This power was more than likely the Kyuubi's and the rumbling behind the grand tomb walls only helped confirm that thought. 'Is this my potential jiji? To either save all those I love, or damn them?' Naruto thought to himself before plunging his arm into the unknown depths of the keyhole.

The words spiraling around the hole began to glow crimson before turning into an abyssal black. The grand tomb door began to unlock itself around Naruto's imprisoned left arm. After much movement, the great stone wall slid into the corners of the sewer-like room leaving Naruto's arm unharmed but that was the least of his worries.

Instead of rubbing his sore arm, Naruto's attention was captured by the black chakra that was coming out of the once sealed room like a low lying fog. Behind the veil of darkness came a ghost pale arm covered in kanji, the same type of kanji that was on the door. Instantly, years of dreams came flooding back into Naruto's mind. Staring at the being that stepped out of the darkness, Naruto was only able to whisper, "Shinigami…,"

This being, the Shinigami, was the beast locked within Naruto. It alone controlled the borders between life and death and commanded inhabitants on both sides. Now it was looking Naruto in the eye and telling him.

"Human, come and see if you are strong enough to take the power Yondaime left you during his last moments," the Shinigami said before moving towards Naruto. Dodging the swipe from the ghost-like hands of the Shinigami, Naruto instantly flared up his Junshuu Chakra and tried to land a Kenchoken strike with it, but what seemed like a direct hit turned out to be just a minor distraction for the death god.

'Okay let's try this,' Naruto thought before activating his Charka Shokkou. Wrapping the energies around his fist, Naruto dashed at the monster and with a loud war cry, launched his fist into the Shinigami.

Instead of blowing back the monster like Naruto thought, the Chakra Shokkou: Dageki would have, the death lord simply look down on the boy whose arm was now stuck inside of him. Returning the favor, the Shinigami pushed his arm through the boy's chest and thus infected his chakra system.

"Now the true test begins," was all Naruto heard before a burning pain shot through his body and all his senses went blank.

Topside…

'This should be over soon Naruto, I promise,' Iruka thought to himself after hearing Naruto whisper 'Shinigami' followed by loud moans of agony. The words death god never sat well with Iruka, especially since it had taken the Fourth from the village and sealed a monster inside a child and now that boy was whispering that in his sleep before moaning in pain was more than a bad omen for him.

Clashing fuuma shuriken with fuuma shuriken, Iruka knew that it was only a matter of time before he would defeat Mizuki. Jumping back from their deadly game of touch and go as Iruka began to spin his stolen shuriken again and rushed forward to meet Mizuki who was doing the same.

Slowing down slightly to avoid Mizuki's attempt to cut his head off, Iruka countered with a downward slash that nicked Mizuki's attacking arm. Following it up with a back leg sidekick, Iruka landed a bone shattering blow to Mizuki's stomach. Breathing in Iruka never took his eyes off of Mizuki before exhaling at charging forward faster then ever.

Mizuki wasn't stupid. He knew that once he lost his element of surprise that Iruka would soon outclass him. This was the reason why he was the assistant sensei and Iruka commanded above him, but where Mizuki lacked in skill; he made up in cunning. He knew that Naruto was defenseless and that Iruka would do just about anything in his power to keep the boy safe, so that's why Mizuki sent his fuuma shuriken speeding towards Naruto.

Everything went according to the criminal's plan as Iruka's attention was averted to protect Naruto, and Mizuki was able to temporarily escape his imminent death. Throwing his own fuuma shuriken, Iruka let out a sigh of relief when his connected with Mizuki's and caused it to swerve away from Naruto. Turning his gaze towards his assistant teacher, Iruka guessed that this was going to be an unarmed battle now.

With Naruto…

Naruto's Junshuu Chakra thrashed around wildly, trying to attack the undead creature that was causing its host excoriating pain, but like before, the chakra simply phased through the being leaving it unharmed. Feeling Kyuubi's trapped charka trying to soothe the mind numbing pain to no avail, Naruto found himself between consciousness and sweet slumber. Whatever this thing was, it was a sadist at heart, leaving Naruto in a constant stream of pain that wasn't enough to knock him out but just enough to keep each pain receptor howling repeatedly.

Pushing through his pain, Naruto flexed his midsection just enough so that he could look the Shinigami in the eyes. The cold black eyes met shinning blue and at that moment, the dead pale skin began to spread through Naruto like an infection. Feeling the welcomed cooling effect the dead chakra was giving; Naruto almost fell asleep but stopped when he felt something warm on his face. Rubbing his cheek, the boy couldn't find anything but the warm feeling continued to pool around his cheek, down his face and successfully distracted the boy from his pain long enough to think.

'I can't die here. I would let so many people down, so many people that need me to be there,' and with that images of his friends: Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Hinata, flashed through his head before countless others that had in one way or another pushed him to be the person he was today.

So Naruto gritted his teeth and began to fight the cold hand of death that was now just under his neck. Pushing the invading chakra inward, Naruto compressed it in his chest and after a few agonizing moments of holding the force there, he heard the Shinigami say, "You are worthy…"

And with that Naruto felt the burning pain stop and a wave of relief wash over him before he blacked out.

Topside…

Iruka found himself over Naruto, protecting the boy from the fuuma shuriken that would have surely killed him. Even though Iruka managed to save Naruto's life, he couldn't help but curse at himself when he realized that they were both doomed now. He was in no condition to continue fighting Mizuki, especially now that the said Chuunin had his favorite weapon back while Iruka was defenseless.

Thinking back, Iruka knew this moment was unavoidable as soon as Mizuki managed to get pass him and retrieve both of the fuuma shuriken while Iruka was dazed from the cheap shot he landed and being the underhanded bastard he was; he threw it at Naruto again, but this time Iruka didn't have one of his own to deflect it with so there was only one option left.

Now watching Mizuki close in on both of their prone and defenseless bodies, Iruka hoped Naruto would forgive him in the after life, but fate decided that he wouldn't have to wait until then. Naruto's eyes suddenly snapped open and in a flash he had stopped Mizuki's shuriken in his intensified Junshuu Chakra field.

Looking at the shuriken that seemingly stopped in mid air, Mizuki first suspected that Iruka had set him up, but from the look on his academy teacher's face he was as shocked as he was. It wasn't until Naruto said, "Don't… EVER ATTACK IRUKA-SENSEI AGAIN," did Mizuki snap out of his reverie.

Just one look into the boy's eyes and Mizuki knew that this wasn't the Naruto that gave a half effort in class, or was late to the graduation exam. This boy was the holder of the fiercest Biju chakra and by the look in his eyes he was his prey.

Clutching his chest, Naruto saw Mizuki tense, expecting a blast from his Chakra Shokkou but what he got was something totally different. Instead of shooting chakra out of his pentacle, Naruto used his newest technique, Naiteki Kai, to unleash a surprising effect.

The boy's usual black and blue outfit shifted to a traditional all black kimono and hakama, but even with the change in clothes Naruto remained relatively the same until a hole appeared on his chest. The hole decorated with five silver nodes surrounding him laid directly behind his family's pentacle and the instant Naruto looked down at it, a black chain shot before wrapping around his arm and digging into the ground surrounded by black flames as it touched the ground.

More than just a bit unnerved by the demon boy's transformation, Mizuki regained some lost confidence when Naruto fell to one knee, clutching his arm as the chains kept digging into the ground. Readying a second fuuma shuriken, Mizuki began to spin the blade like earlier, before taunting Naruto.

"It seems the demon can't even control his own jutsu, and you thought that you could protect that idiot behind you when you can't even protect yourself," and with that Mizuki made a mad dash for Naruto; his blade buzzing behind him which was ready to sever the boy's head.

However, Naruto was not going to take this all lying down, on the contrary, he stood up with eyes blazing with fury before summoning from the depths of the earth, his sword. Not just any sword, but something inside of Naruto said that this was his blade and more special than anything on this world; it was azanpakuto.

Unsheathing his soul cutter, Naruto cut the blades right off of Mizuki's fuuma shuriken, before Naruto whipped his chains that were wrapped around his left arm at Mizuki trying to capture the traitor. After watching Mizuki dodge and his chains cut through a few trees, Naruto stopped before he leveled the whole section of the forest. He stuck his zanpakuto in the ground before making the seal for his other new jutsu.

"Taju Kage Bushin!!!" Naruto cried as dozens of clones, all dressed in black with matching zanpakuto, appeared in the area before grinning at Mizuki evilly. It was a long night for the soon to be ex-academy sensei.

Dawn…

Sarutobi couldn't help but laugh at Mizuki's predicament when the Anbu brought Naruto, Iruka, and the now lifeless Mizuki back. He had seen it all through his crystal ball, but the real life version was so much funnier. Drawing his stern face and relieving the Anbu of their duty, Sarutobi went through the motions on lecturing Naruto before getting the boy's input on what had happened.

Not taken back by the boy's ingenuity and forethought, Sarutobi only saw one flaw in Naruto's plan and that was…

"So Naruto-kun you may have successfully captured the criminal and saved the village scroll, but why did you have to read the scroll? I'm sure that wasn't needed for you to complete the mission," Sarutobi asked in a playful tone. Even though Naruto had done the village a good deed, he still needed to remind the boy that he wasn't totally off the hook. He had almost lost his life tampering with the scroll and now he might have tampered the seal beyond repair.

Looking like a deer in front of a Katon jutsu, Naruto quickly put on his smiling idiot mask before explaining his reasons to Sarutobi in hopes that it would help get him out of trouble.

"You see 'old man' Mizuki would have probably made a run for it as soon as he found out it was a trap, so I needed to make him believe that I really stole the scroll or he would have just left the village," Naruto said looking the old man in the eye with an idiotic smile on his face.

Without even listening to the blonde's explanation, Sarutobi could read, 'I read the scroll because I needed more jutsu,' all over the blonde's face. Shaking his head, Sarutobi let the blonde go with a smile and decided he would get to the bottom of what the jutsu had done to Naruto later.

'Now for my favorite pastime,' Sarutobi thought after he checked for the third time that Naruto and Iruka were out of the building and that he was clear to read his little orange book.

With Naruto and Iruka…

It was late and from the looks of it, Naruto would be taking another year of academy classes with Iruka. 'Oh well, it won't be too bad this time around especially without Mizuki-teme around and me being pissed at Iruka-sensei,' Naruto thought as Iruka guided him to the ramen stand. Looking at the Chuunin, Naruto nodded his head and dug in.

After about five bowls and a hole in Iruka's wallet the Chuunin turned to Naruto nervously and said, "Close your eyes." For Naruto that statement was double loaded, as he had grown up trusting only himself, few others, and the Sandaime, but after what Iruka had done for him tonight Naruto figured that it wouldn't hurt to let down his barriers again. So closing his eyes, Naruto heard some shuffling and after he heard, "Open your eyes," Naruto was in shock as Iruka handed him his Hiate.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow for team assignments," Iruka said smiling at the boy who had dropped his idiot mask and gave the man a true smile. Nodding, Naruto tied the Hiate tight before parting ways with Iruka.

The Next Day…

The six hours between his 'late graduation' and class was the longest Naruto ever had to wait for something. In the few minutes he got of sleep between the time, he got more and more imagines from the land his body spirit knew, but his mind couldn't remember. It had picked up at a different spot this time, he was still in his extravagant crimson room but something was off this time. Looking to his side, Naruto saw the ninja who was trying to assassinate him last time he checked, but by the situation they were in Naruto concluded they were more than friendly now.

The woman, whose skin was like than of shining bronze, looked into his eyes with her own catlike golden eyes of hers. After a few whispers, Naruto's world blackened for a second and he found himself back in the same room, but the assassin was much different now. Her well kept jet-black hair was now in disarray, and her tight fitting black linen outfit was cast aside, forgotten at the bed side.

Looking at the now naked female who was crawling towards him with her catlike eyes focused solely on his; Naruto couldn't help but feel like he, or whoever he was now, was going to be her new chew toy. And as the red silk bed lining was about to fall from her breasts, Naruto's mind blackened again, but unlike the last time he didn't return to his dream but to the waking world.

Looking at his alarm clock, Naruto let out a breath before saying aloud, "Might as well take a shower now that I have some time," before making his way to the shower hoping that a cold shower would wipe some of the hot sweat and hentai thoughts away…

The nice, cold shower did the trick and Naruto didn't have even the slightest hentai thought in his mind. 'No…,' the boy thought, 'I just had to take an f-ing cold shower. I feel like an f-ing icicle now.' Rubbing some feeling back into his legs, Naruto moved to his arms, and after five full minutes of rubbing, Naruto looked down at his left arm that just didn't seem to warm up and saw something that scared him shitless.

Coiling up his arm were two chains tattoos, interlocking in an intricate pattern all the way up his arm before stopping at his shoulder where the two split where each were traveling to the middle of his chest where the chains had originally started from, one in the front and the other in the back.

The sensation much like the one he felt when the Shinigami was trying to kill him scared Naruto into a panic. 'How am I going to hide this!? Forget how am I going to hide this how and I going to survive if this thing tries to kill me again!?' Naruto thought in frenzy. It had taken him a full ten minutes for Naruto to calm down enough to rationalize his thoughts, 'It hasn't killed me yet so it must be dormant,' the boy began nodding in approval to his own theory, 'So if I just wrap it, it shouldn't activate unless…,' and that's when it hit Naruto. The chains only sprang to life when he used Naiteki Kai

'That must be the key to activating it, and if I stay away from using that jutsu, I should be fine,' Naruto thought as he wrapped his left arm in bandages, Naruto checked twice to make sure they wouldn't come loose before leaving for the academy.

On his arrival, Naruto ignored those who questioned 'Why was he here,' and just shut up the more persistent with a simple point at his Hiate. Looking up at the smug Uchiha who didn't look too thrilled that Naruto had passed, Naruto found that annoying the Uchiha was much more pleasurable now that he had the arrogant smirk off of his face.

Sitting down with Hinata, Shikamaru, and Chouji, Naruto watched Sakura and Ino fight for a spot by Sasuke with Sakura as the winner. Rolling his eyes when Ino stalked back to sit next to Chouji, Naruto proceeded to tell them a heavily edited version of how he passed and now he would be able to join a team with them to kick some enemy nin, and Uchiha, butt… That was until Iruka said.

"Team Seven: Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Naruto,"

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A/N Surprised? You wouldn't believe how many people said it would be Kyuubi but I decided to be unpredictable and do something I rarely see. I know I know, it's a Bleach crossover. For those who don't know of Bleach send me a message and I'll give you a few sites where you can read up on the awesome manga that gives my inner anime fan chills. As for the pairing deal, I decided against the traditional and overused Naru/Hina pairing and before anyone starts celebrating or planning a lynch mob, I want to say that they will still be friends. Best friends for that matter almost like Sakura and Naruto are in the manga. As for the lucky lady, she hasn't been revealed yet and when she is you'll know, but as of now you are free to guess who it is. Also as for the lovely Hyuuga Heiress, her knight in shining armor will have to get by an overprotective Shinigami-charged Naruto before even thinking of getting the smallest hug from her; I can't wait for that part. But enough of my foreshadowing, Read, Review, be merry and pass the time waiting for the next chapter by reading (and reviewing) Seeing Past or Stigma. Til Next Time

Black Saint

P.S. Here's the technique logue for the chapter.

Naiteki Kai: Inner Release

The effects very from person to person. For most it just releases all the hidden potential a person may and turn someone like Rock Lee into a jutsu wielding monster and give someone like Neji a small boast in power and speed. It all depends on how much potential a person still has locked away and for someone like Neji who has already unlocked most of it and just needs to manual build upon it, the effect will be much more sedated than on someone like Lee who has a sever handicap. As for Naruto the jutsu unlocks his Shinigami powers, which at the time he is afraid to use…

P.S. Chapter edited by Dragon and Sword Master