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A/N For how animals grow in this: When they're young they grow quicker than humans but as they get older it slows down and they age like humans. You'll also get ages for everyone in this chapter as it's backstory time! Enjoy!
"Papa are you okay?" Little Kyuubi asked rushing out the den when he heard the stranger leave.
"I'm fine, you heard him he didn't want to hurt us." Naruto reassured and picked up the little boy who came rushing into his open arms.
"People always want to hurt us." Kyuubi said and Naruto couldn't tell him no when they both knew it was true. Naruto looked down at the little boy in his arms that he had become a father to a year ago, he didn't know his vengeful actions would lead to him having such a precious person come out of it.
Kyuubi wasn't Naruto's real son, Naruto and Kyuubi had no idea who his parents were. A year ago at the tender age of 16 Naruto was all grown up, he had no choice as no one was going to protect him except himself. He was mad at everyone and everything, the only thing in his life that gave him purpose was revenge. Revenge for his mother and father who he had seen slaughtered by men that then had kidnapped him and sold him. He had been 2 'hunters' cargo for 4 years before they had sold him.
The first time Naruto killed a man he was 9 years old, he had been with a man named Orochimaru, the man who he had been sold to for a year before he killed him. While he slept Naruto sunk his fox teeth into his neck and left him to bleed out. From there is travelled from town to town hiding and training himself. When he was 15 he caught wind that 2 fox hunters had been travelling through an area near him and tracked them down to see whether it was the men that he once knew.
Naruto was feral at this point in his life, furious at everyone and his rage grew when he saw the 2 hunters who had ruined his life laughing around a fire in the woods. They were fat and dirty, 2 bear shifters Naruto would never forget. Looking at them he remembered all the times they had starved him, cut him, burned him and had abused him. Worse than that he remembered his mother begging for their lives while his father lay dead on the floor.
The next second his body had burned, he looked down at his body and saw his fur had changed from a completely golden coat to blood red and black, since then he had never had a golden coat, it was merged with red and black that he saw today. Everything was a red haze as he pounced on one of the men and ripped his throat out instantly. The second man took longer to kill, but in the end Naruto was prepared and fuelled by rage and a new unknown power. The man was gutted and left to die slowly from his wounds. Naruto watched the man take his last breath with an emotionless face before he heard a cry. His ears perked up and when he heard a second cry his heart broke, 'no' he had whispered to himself as he saw a young skinny red fox crying and scrapping his declawed paw at the cage bars.
"H-hey.." He had had an approached the small baby carefully. "It's okay the bad men are gone." He whispered and the small animal looked at Naruto who was now human, realised he was a fox like himself and felt safer. From there Naruto took him out of the cage and was stunned at how skinny the kit was, it reminded him of himself when he had been these men's prisoner. He promised himself he would shield this kit away from all the things in life he had to see.
"…Papa…" Kyuubi said looking at his fathers far off look in his eyes. Kyuubi hardly remembered that night himself, he remembered a giant fox with a red aura, many large tails that were bigger than it's body and red eyes attack and knew he didn't need to be afraid when the fearsome fox approached him and turned into the man he called Papa today. Kyuubi never asked why Naruto no longer looked like that when he transformed.
"Anyway Kyuubi, I should probably go get some lunch for us." Naruto smiled and put the boy down at the den entrance. Kyuubi looked unhappy at the thought of being left in the den again. "Hey, wanna come with? You can watch how a pro does it." Naruto said happily and Kyuubi nodded his head excitedly.
Itachi arrived home to see many of his family members watching him and whispering. As he approached his fathers office to tell him where he had been he heard his brother cry out, without thought he charged in and saw his father with a booted foot in Sasuke's face.
"-how much of a disappointment could you be, boy?" His father hollered at the young boy.
"Father that's enough!" Itachi shouted, his Sharingan spinning wildly at the sight of a member of his pack being abused by anyone, father or not. His father took his foot away from Sasuke's face and Sasuke scrambled to Itachi's side, wiping the dirt and tears from his face while using Itachi's body to shield himself. Itachi welcome it and pushed him further behind him. "You will not treat him like this. He is a member of this clan." Itachi stated angrily.
"The boy failed basic training, Itachi. Basic training." His father said clearly not regretful of his actions. "You shield the boy too much."
"If mother could see this she would regret the day she ever became your mate." Itachi said with venom knowing his mother was a tender spot for him. He had failed to protect her after she had given birth to Sasuke, and a hunter had killed her. While Sasuke was saved his father was too late to do anything for his mate.
"I am Alpha of this pack and I will treat-"
"Only because I allow you o be Alpha." Itachi growled. "But perhaps that was a mistake, would you rather I took over authority and have you banished." Itachi growled again, his ears firmly pressed to his head while his eyes burned with hate. His father said nothing, then he growled and turned to walk into a separate room. "Sasuke?" Itachi said softly and crouched to look at his brother. He was only 15, Itachi viewed him as a baby though, he knew that he kept him sheltered but he couldn't help but feel the strong instinct to protect.
"I didn't fail..." Sasuke whispered. "I got a C." He said and Itachi held down the need to crush his father.
"That's good, you passed." Itachi reassured.
"Dad said I failed, and that I have to do it again." Sasuke said.
"You should. Except this time I'll train you myself." Sasuke gasped and hugged his brother, thankful for his support. At 22 Itachi wasn't even sure if he remembered what basic training entitled but he was sure Sasuke needed confidence in his abilities and not more training anyway. He just needed someone to be on his team.
After Itachi finished talking with Sasuke and told him to wash up for dinner he came out of the study and saw many faces still looking at him, except this time their faces were smiling instead of the dread that he had seen walking in.
Review please
So Sasuke and Naruto are the same age huh? How will Itachi react when he finds out everything?
