Demonic Nemesis

by DarkFayt

Naruto has always had the makings of Ultimate Power. What if he developed a few special abilities and truly trained before team 7? How far could Naruto reach in life if pushed to do so? Lets see...NarutoXHarem

4. The Change

Demonic Nemesis

By: DarkFayt

Beta'ed by: "You know who you are!"

Ch.4 The Change

"Talking"

"Demon talking"

"Thinking"

"Demon thinking"

Jutsu being used

(…) if you see this in-between a break that means there is a lemon there. It will be numbered so you can find it listed with my other fics under the name 'A Midnight Dream'. The lemons will really have nothing to do with the main story line other than being a way to express the strength of the relationship between characters. It's up to you if you want to read them or not.

As always I don't own Naruto. But maybe if I…no it would never work.

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(Last Time…)

At the realization that he truly looked like a demon, all the calls of Demon, Monster, and Abomination all came back…and now he knew they were true.

For the first time in nearly eight years, since the time he was first beaten by a mob of villagers, Naruto cried. He truly cried, he cried out everything he had suffered for nearly ten years of his life. All of the loneliness, pain, and torture. He let everything out.

For Kyuubi's part, she didn't know what to do. A Naruto that was yelling, arrogant, or confused she knew how to handle. In the six years since she had awakened, she had never seen the boy cry. She decided it was better to let him have his time. This was probably the only place he felt safe to cry.

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After awhile, Naruto finally calmed down and choked out the remark, "You probably think I'm weak now, don't you?"

Kyuubi only shook her head with a sigh as she said, "No, if anyone has the right to cry it's you. I doubt any weak ningen could have lived your life and still have been sane. I actually feel honored that you feel comfortable enough around me to cry. Most creatures barely have the strength to look me in the eye when speaking with me…"

As Naruto dried his eyes, "Well, you have been nicer to me than most people. Demon or not, I guess that just made it ok," he said, wiping the remnants of his tears.

Kyuubi looked on and decided to talk about something to calm Naruto, "Tell me Naruto-kun, why do you want to be Hokage?"

Naruto was quiet for a moment, "I want to be Hokage so everyone will respect me and recognize my existence. Now, that I'm becoming a demon that's impossible."

"So you're giving up? You realize to get respect from others; you need to get it through example and action. All the Hokage before you earned their respect through being a powerful shinobi that protected their village with their lives right? If you prove to the village that you are a powerful and honorable shinobi who would risk his life for his home, you can still become Hokage."

"So you're saying that instead of working to become Hokage, I should focus on becoming a powerful shinobi instead?" asked Naruto, looking confused.

"If you can earn their respect before they discover your new demonic heritage, they will still trust you afterwards. To obtain the village's recognition, you must first earn their trust and respect as a shinobi, then become Hokage; not become Hokage to earn their respect."

"You're right, Kyuubi! I've never let anything stop me before, and this is no different and I bet I'll be stronger than ever now!" As Naruto said this, the spark and foxy grin was back full force. "This won't stop me! I'll become the strongest shinobi in the world and earn the title of Hokage! It's a promise and I never break a promise; that's my nindo!"

"That is the Naruto I know and you will be stronger than before. Not only are you already physically stronger, all the enhanced senses you've developed over the years have been strengthened to be equal to mine. That means your senses of sight; smell, hearing, and even taste are many times more powerful than humans or even animal. This, unfortunately, means you will have to train very hard to gain control of them. Your body has also been reformed to be that of a demon. You will have greater healing powers than before, chakra regeneration, and stamina. You will even need less sleep."

"The senses sound cool! But I thought you said my healing was weaker now, and if my body works like a demon's, doesn't that mean I'm a full demon already and not a hanyo like you said?"

"I will work with you on your senses when we have time. No, the healing I DO is weakened because I can't send anymore youki into your system without hurting you. Your healing before was the bonus for just having me sealed within you. Every demon host or jinchuuriki gains some abilities from their demon. Your slightly enhanced senses and healing came from me and no, your body works like a demons. You have demon abilities now, but you will still have human chakra for quite a long time."

"My stamina and chakra was already huge, so you mean I have even more? And what do you mean by 'needing less sleep'?"

"I explained before about your new system, correct? It is stronger because of the mix of our energies, also wider than normal coils, and will allow you better control over your chakra. Your old system was strained to the breaking point with your chakra capacity. Because of me, your reserves grew faster than your system did. This is why control was so hard for you. Most Jounin don't have the amount of chakra you do, and they trained for years to get what they had and also prepared their circulatory system to handle it. See what I mean?"

With an excited nod, "Yeah, that means I should finally be able to do that stupid Bunshin and become the strongest shinobi even quicker!"

"You will still be able to train your human chakra for now, but whatever youki you've absorbed from me will be held back for safety until I've made sure about all the affects the transformation has had on your body. Also, I will not allow you to use any of my youki until I believe you're ready."

"How long will it take me to absorb your youki and become a demon? Also, you still didn't explain about my needing less sleep?"

"That is many years from now. I doubt your hair will even begin to change color for months. As for the sleep…your new body will store nutrients and filter toxins better. This means your stamina is higher; you will get the same amount of rest in about 4-5 hours as you used to from 8 or 9. This also means you could go longer without food as well. On the other hand, this means you will have to be more careful to eat a balanced diet."

"What does that mean?"

"In other words: no more ramen 24/7; you may still have all you want for lunch, but from now on you must eat foods such as meat, fruit, and vegetables for breakfast and dinner. No arguing on this. If it wasn't for me up to now, you would have been suffering from malnutrition as well as other diseases. I was able to keep you healthy, but your shortness was a result."

"WHAT! You mean I'm a midget because of my beloved ramen? Ramen is the greatest food; it tastes delicious and has meat and some vegetables in it. It's healthy!"

"Correction: you were a midget; the strengthening of your body took care of that, but if you don't begin eating better, not only will you stunt your growth again, you will become weak and never become Hokage. You will also never be able to use my power even after your body has settled."

"Ok, you win. I give my word to eat better from now on. What do you mean not be able to use it even when you allow it?"

"It would be rather pointless to use my power when you would need a couple days of bed rest to recover from it. Your new system may be stronger than your old one and be able to control chakra better, but it has no experience with my youki. Even a small amount would damage it."

"Am I really that weak Kyuu? I thought that all my training would have gotten me farther than that, especially with all the work you've done."

"It's not that you're weak Naruto-kun, it's just that you haven't had any real chakra control training yet and you've lost all the training you've done already. As well as the last twelve years adapting to my youki."

"Huh?"

"When training to use chakra, you are training your mind and senses to remember and recognize the amount of chakra you're using. It has nothing to do with your muscles. Even though your body is stronger than before, your muscles have nothing to do with your chakra control. Now that your senses and body are different, you're back to square one in just about everything. Even your chakra circulatory system has softened again. You will have to train your chakra quite a lot to get your new system to where it can sustain my power. Once you rejoin the real world and your healing is done, you will need to relearn all the basics," was Kyuubi's playful remark with a sadistic grin on her face.

"You have got to be kidding! I have to learn five years of the academy over? And what do you mean about my system?"

"You already know it, don't you? You just have to redo the training exercises. It should only take a couple of days really, considering how little you will have to sleep and all the improvements from the last time you had to do them. Also, as I said before your old system was working with my youki for 12 years! This new system, while stronger, has had no contact with it. We will have to take it slowly. You will eventually be able to use my power again, but we will have to work with increasing the amount every day."

"Cool! That means I'm not that behind. Maybe I can even get Iruka-sensei to help me. Kyuu, how long until I can wake up? And, how long have I been unconscious talking to you?"

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"Iruka, you really should go home and get some rest; it's already been an entire day. You can come back in the morning," said the Third from his seat.

"No Hokage-sama, I want to stay by his side…" said Iruka as he turned tired eyes to the Hokage, "Like you said someone needs to be here when he wakes up."

The Sandaime could only smile softly as he said, "At least the strange change in his muscles ended earlier."

"How many times did it happen Hokage-sama?"

The Sandaime slowly walked to the end of the bed and picked up the clip board and began to read from it, "The first one began on our way here at about 4:30am and began again every 2 hours and 7 minutes. He went through the process…9 TIMES!" the Sandaime was silent for a moment before saying, "Iruka, I don't know what this means, but you have barely left his side in the last twenty hours. You need sleep and food. Please at least take a break for that. There is food in the cafeteria and a bed in the next room. I will make it an order if I need to."

Iruka sighs, "Alright, Hokage-sama. I'll get something to eat and see about some sleep."

Just as Iruka and the Hokage reached the door, they felt a pulse behind them and as they turned, the red haze that had been surrounding Naruto obstructing their view of the boy pulsed a second time slightly stronger. This continued several more times…strengthening with every pulse, until finally on the tenth one, the haze dispelled and returned to the seal.

Both men slowly approached Naruto to check on the boy. Wary of what might have occurred within the mist. When they finally were by his side, they both gasped at the transformation he had undergone.

"Sandaime-sama, is he alright? What are those black marks and why are they glowing?"

"He seems to just be sleeping now, but these changes have me worried. I want you to stay here until further notice. No one is allowed into this room until he's awake and has spoken with me, not even the doctors."

"Hai Hokage-sama."

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THUD!

"Who made my bed so high up or the room so bright?" asked Naruto as he braced himself to get up; he heard a slight scratching sound. When he looked for the source, he noticed he had 1 inch claws at the tips of his fingers, and with sick fascination, he slow drags them across the wood floor and notices that it gives no resistance whatsoever.

"Are you enjoying the new additions, Naruto-kun?"

"I thought you said I wouldn't have the demonic features yet!"

"I said you wouldn't have the hair color, tail, or ears. I said nothing about the claws, physique, or facial changes. If you don't like the claws, just relax the muscles in your hand. Check for yourself on the cosmetic changes."

Naruto easily finds a full body mirror hanging on a nearby wall. When looks into it, he notices his same clothes. The only noticeable changes are that they are a little too small now, dirty, and ripped which was to be expected after a fight. He then sees that he has grown about 3 inches since he last checked and is sporting slightly broader whisker marks but not by much. Just enough to be noticed. He also finds that he now has slit blue eyes, longer hair with ebony black roots that end an inch or so away from his scalp and blood red tips on his trademark spikes.

The only other change that was visible to him was that his face was more angular; almost as if he had lost all his baby fat and of course, his fun new claws. At this point, he decided to try relaxing his hand and to his amazement the claws started to recede. With the sound of slicing flesh and a little pain, they returned to his fingers and a normal nail closed on top of them. He quickly noticed that these normal looking nails were bisected to show his claws were still there...just hidden.

"What do you think?"

"I like it; you do great work Kyuubi-hime, but where are my tattoos?" asked Naruto as he scanned himself.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, but from now on, just think and direct it to me. I'll hear you. We don't want people to think you're crazy or that you're talking to me. Remember what we talked about?" asked Kyuubi giving the mental equivalent to a finger flick, "And the tattoos only show when I am sending my youki through them."

Naruto nodded as he thought, "Yeah, we need to keep this a secret until I've gotten strong enough to protect myself."

Just as Naruto was getting up from the floor, Iruka walked through the door to see Naruto awake.

"Naruto, are you all right?" shouted Iruka as he rushed to Naruto's side.

"I'm fine, sensei. How are you with the wounds from Mizuki-teme?"

"I'm fine! I'm not the one that's been out for almost two days from a strange jutsu with red hazy chakra around me and freaky stuff with my muscles and strange marks all over me!"

Naruto blinked owlishly at his sensei's excitement, "That's right! Could you get Ji-san for me? I have a lot to explain to you two and I need to ask you a favor," Naruto said with an even foxier grin in place. Now with his slightly elongated canines.

"Sure Naruto, just give me a second."

"Oh! Sensei, could you bring me something to eat too?"

"Sure Naruto." With that said, Iruka rushed out the door to find the Hokage.

"Do you really think this is a good idea? Don't you think you should keep this between us for a bit longer?"

"If Iruka-sensei hadn't mentioned the Youki, then yes, I would have. But if they have already seen it, then it's easier to tell the truth than try to lie. Besides, I'm going to need help with my training, and who better than those two?"

"You're so smart Naruto-kun! It's going to be a long retelling, you know that. They will probably think you're crazy too."

"What choice do I have? Besides, I've got you to correct me right? I also will be able to get Ji-san to help and that is worth anything." Just as Naruto finished his sentence, the Hokage and Iruka walked through the door holding two bowls of ramen each.

"RAAAMMEENNN!"

"OH, great! Remember your promised to eat healthier."

"You said I could have ramen for lunch and its 10am."

"Good morning Naruto-kun. You had us worried there," said the Third as he sat down.

"Sorry about that, Ji-san," was said through a mouthful of noodles.

"Iruka says you have something to tell me?" asked the Sandaime as Naruto finished his forth bowl.

Both Iruka and the Sandaime thought, "When did he finish his first one!"

"Ah, that was good! Yes I do, and you better sit down and get some sake because this one is going to throw you for a loop."

After blinking a few times, both of the men took seats next to Naruto's bed.

"Where to start…" pondered Naruto.

"How about at the beginning, Naruto?" suggested Iruka with a brotherly smile.

"All right. Well after I activated the Hitoshirezu Kensei no jutsu…here we go"

"This is definitely going to take awhile Naruto-kun."

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Four hours later and three bottles of sake the Hokage got out of nowhere…

"Any questions you guys?" asked Naruto from his seat.

The two men in front of him just looked at him with pads of paper, pens, highlighters and tape recorders in hand with 'are you insane!' looks.

As the Sandaime was rubbing his temples to relieve the oncoming headache, "Naruto, let me get this straight one more time: The jutsu you used nearly killed you. The only thing that saved you was that the Kyuubi was able to control the chakra, or youki, enough to reconstruct your body into that of a demon, as well as give you a new chakra system made out of both yours and Kyuubi's separate energies. Am I right so far Naruto?" Naruto nodded.

"This also gave you enhanced senses, claws and the new looks, as well as some other abilities that you're not sure of yet. You also said that you would have gained these powers eventually anyway from the seal's natural process, but the changes were just speed up by this incident."

"That's right Ji-san. Kyuu also said I needed to relearn all of the basics again because with my new body and chakra system, it's as if I never went through the training in the academy. That's actually the favor I wanted to ask you Iruka-sensei."

"Really? I would be happy to train you again. It should be fun," said Iruka, thinking of all the things he could help Naruto improve on this time around.

"Before that though, I have a few more questions Naruto. This story about the war, other worlds, Kami…is it true and when was the last time you spoke to Kyuubi?"

"I believe so. It makes sense doesn't it? I mean, with the summoning contracts and all." Both men couldn't help but nod their heads, "The last time I spoke to her was just before I woke up. Kyuu said that she would contact me when she finds out what the other changes and powers are."

"Alright, now…do you trust her, and if so, do you believe her story?"

"Yes, completely. And I doubt that she would lie about the story or the yellow-eyed man," said Naruto, locking eyes with the Sandaime.

"That can only be Orochimaru. I can't believe he was responsible for the attack! I never should have let him live. I need to keep this quiet for now…Alright Naruto-kun, I want you to get some rest. The doctors said you could leave tomorrow and start your training with Iruka."

"It's not like I could get any rest at home anyway, and this food is better than what I can get normally." Iruka and the Hokage couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at that but remained silent, "Also, I thought team assignments were tomorrow?"

"After what Mizuki pulled, Hokage-sama pushed back the team assignments by two weeks so he could investigate…and what do you mean better food? Hospital food is horrible!"

"Cool! That means I have 14 whole days to train with you sensei!" Naruto's mood took a darker turn when he went to continue, "By the food, I mean that most markets won't serve me and any restaurant other than our ramen stand kicks me out…"

"You can't be serious Naruto," said a shocked Sandaime.

Ignoring the Hokage's statement, Naruto asks, "When do we start training sensei?"

"Of course, we start first thing in the morning when you are released. I will get a few things together, Bye Naruto"

"Iruka, please wait for me out side. Naruto-kun…" said the Sandaime as Iruka left the room.

"Yes, Ji-san..?" asked Naruto as he was extending and retracting his claws.

"First why didn't you tell me about your trouble with the markets?"

Naruto looked down before saying, "It…just didn't seem important whenever I got to see you…whenever I could I just wanted to have fun…but I've done alright so…don't worry about it."

The Sandaime just sighed knowing he wouldn't get any further even if he tried, "I took the liberty of checking on the jutsu you copied from the forbidden scroll and removed the ones I didn't approve of and replaced them with more appropriate ones," said the Third as he tossed Naruto his scroll back, "See you later Naruto."

"How the hell did he do that? How did he even know I copied jutsu? I didn't even know he had come near me to take it!"

"He did it while you were eating your ramen. This is why we are starting to train your senses as of now. I will first release your sight. Get ready; this is going to hurt for awhile."

Numerous curses and many thumping sounds were heard from Naruto's room for the rest of the day and well into the night.

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(Outside the hospital room)

"Iruka I have an A-rank mission for you," said the Sandaime in a serious tone of voice.

"What is it Hokage-sama?" asked a truly curious Iruka.

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(Several hours later just outside the Third's office)

"Piss off, you brat! I doubt the Hokage would take the time to spit on you," said the secretary in a shrew-like voice.

Iruka, while under a Henge, had to bite his tongue to keep himself back from slapping the woman, which would ruin the whole mission and he could already feel the bloodlust of the Hokage from behind the door. As the door swung open, the wizened leader appeared with a deceptive smile on his aged face as he said, "Naruto-kun I'm so glad to see you. I've been expecting you for a while now." As Iruka under the Henge entered the office, the Sandaime turned to the secretary.

"You're fired. I want your desk cleaned out and you gone by closing," As the secretary sputtered, he turned and entered his office behind Iruka.

"Iruka, how was it? It wasn't as bad as we feared, was it?" asked the Sandaime as soon as he reached his desk with worry obvious in his aged voice.

"No," hearing this, the aged leader noticeably relaxed.

"I knew my people weren't that horrible; Naruto has always had a knack for exaggeration," was his thought as he lit his pipe.

"It was much worse than what Naruto said," was Iruka's flat reply with all seriousness.

As the Third choked on the smoke from inhaling too fast, he asked, "What exactly did they do that was so awful?"

"Where do I start? Everywhere I went, I was glared at and called names, people even threw things at me! Every restaurant, and I mean EVERY restaurant except Ichiraku ramen kicked me out and some even threw garbage at me. Some of the stores even threatened to summon ANBU if I didn't leave. Two even showed up at one! The few stores that would serve me double or even triple charged me for the worst product and most of the shinobi stores only sold me equipment from the bins of damaged items to be fixed and still charged me full price! Look and see!"

As Iruka pulled out several kunai and shuriken, the Sandaime noticed that they were obviously rusted, off balance, or bent. The weapons weren't even fixable; they would have to be melted down and re-forged to be used for anything.

"They charged you full price for these?" at Iruka's nod, the elderly man lost half his wrinkles as his face tightened with anger.

"When I tried to enter the shinobi library was when the ANBU showed up. As soon as I entered, some pink-haired banshee screeched for them. I believe she was Haruno's wife. Pink hair is rare, after all."

The Hokage only responded by saying, "I believe we need to make a quick trip, Iruka."

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(Outside Naruto's apartment)

"He doesn't even lock his door?" asked Iruka.

As the two entered, they were disgusted. It wasn't that it was dirty; it was just the room itself. The walls were peeling and stained. The roof and walls had holes in them. The windows were broken. All the furniture was obviously scavenged. The only food in the whole apartment was instant ramen, the really cheap kind that tastes like re-warmed piss. Inside the small refrigerator, that was clearly a preinstalled item, was a single carton of milk that expired a month ago.

The Hokage was literally trembling with fury now, as he slowly counted back from a thousand, something he hadn't had to do since his lectures with Jiraiya all those years ago about the boy's lecherous antics. "If he was going to do it then 'DO NOT' get caught and especially don't run to him if he did!'"

"I had no idea he was treated this poorly…" he muttered around his pipe, "Though I suppose that's no excuse."

Iruka nodded, noting that the boy's bedroom was as sparse as the rest of the house, lacking the things that defined a teenage boy. Trophies, littered clothing, not even hidden porn! With the jutsu Naruto had made, he at least expected that!

"Iruka, I want you to take this letter and gather all the clan heads. It's time for a meeting."

"Hai, Sandaime-sama… He must be really serious. The clan heads haven't been gathered since the Uchiha massacre."

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Hyuuga Hiashi was a man of many virtues, but patience was not one of them. As head of the prestigious Hyuuga clan, he didn't particularly like being summoned from his bed to attend, of all things, an unarranged council meeting.

"This isn't like Sarutobi," he thought as his pale eyes narrowed, "unless we're going to war again?"

As he entered the council chamber flanked by his bodyguards personally selected from the branch family, he noted that everyone was present, even the Aburame clan's Shibi, whose silent presence added an air of seriousness. Tsume, head of the Inuzuka clan was also present with her dog.

The three members of the Ino-Shika-Cho were also present, Inoichi sitting quietly, Choza eating a rice ball, whilst Shikato was looking around, seemingly bored. The elders' council was also present in their normal bickering state.

When the Sandaime appeared, Hiashi was about to speak up when he noticed the look in the old man's eyes, a look that he'd only seen once before, and wished never to see again. The look the Sandaime carried when a young jounin went against his orders and led over 100 shinobi to their deaths.

"It has come to my attention that there have been a number of injustices being committed upon a certain citizen in this village, someone who I'm sure you're all aware of…"

The clan heads looked amongst each other utterly confused until Inuzuka Tsume, in her ever eloquent way, spoke up. "Who the hell are you talking about?" she asked, which basically summed up everybody's thoughts.

Sarutobi glared at the woman and her canine companion until said animal began to whine.

"I am referring to one Uzumaki Naruto."

The elders began to speak out when they were silenced by a glare filled with more than a little killing intent. Everyone in the room snapped to attention as the Sandaime's robes whipped around him as he released chakra.

Nara Shikato actually sat up straight eyes wide with a ridged posture saying, "Oh fuck, he's pissed."

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In the world of Shinobi, there are several facts that anyone learns quickly; One is that one doesn't become a Kage without being the strongest, most powerful ninja in the village, and secondly, that being in the same room as an angered Kage meant one of few things… Someone was either going to be demoted, killed, spending the next few years either performing D-ranked missions or recovering from the most severe beating of their life in intensive care.

From the look on the Sandaime's face, it looked like all of the above was about to be added to the ever growing list.

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"This boy is only a teenager, and yet he has suffered such mistreatment that it's a wonder he's not unbalanced. Just look at this!" as he said this he turned on a video recording of the treatment Iruka Henged as Naruto received. At the looks of confusion he continued.

Sarutobi scowled, "Iruka took it himself while spending some time Henged as Naruto." He turned to look at them all, "Umuino Iruka, former hunter-nin, now retired as a Chunin instructor spent a day disguised as Naruto, and the level of abuse he suffered varied from outright cruelty to potential murder! And this is without knowing his changes," Sandaime thought to himself.

Hiashi frowned, "So? The boy has the fox spirit sealed in him. He is nothing but trouble and a nuisance to the village. Wouldn't it be better if someone just killed him?"

There was a general amount of agreement from the clan heads, except unsurprisingly Aburame Shibi, who merely remained silent.

The Sandaime scowled at the Hyuuga head, "Vessel or not, I swore to the Yondaime that the boy would not be harmed by this village. His last wish was for the boy to be seen as a hero."

Hiashi frowned, "Pardon me, Hokage-sama, but I fail to see why the Yondaime would put so much emphasis on this boy's safety. I'll admit the man was a saint, but even he wouldn't harbor a demon."

Again, there was a round of agreement and Hiashi felt as if he'd sufficiently ended the argument, especially when the Hokage sighed deeply and pulled out his pipe.

"Perhaps you're right, what was I thinking?"

Hiashi smirked, "A simple lapse of judgment Hokage-sama…"

"After all, why on earth would a man go to such lengths to protect his own child?"

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(Konoha Hospital)

As Naruto was buried under the sheet of his bed with the pillow pulled tightly over his head, people could hear light moaning from him. "Kyuu how many more senses do you need to turn on? I'm about to go insane!"

"That's the last of them, Naruto-kun. Sight, smell, taste and hearing have all been started. It even appears you have gained a slightly stronger sense of touch, but it shouldn't be much of a problem."

"How long until it stops hurting?" asked Naruto in a rather pathetic voice.

"It will stop hurting when your mind can deal with the strength of your new senses. Until then, your pain isn't from your sensory organs as it feels. It is from your mind saying that something isn't right and needs help."

"Well, can you tell it that there's nothing wrong?"

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but the only way to deal with this is to take the time and allow your mind to adapt and come to terms with what is happening; but if it hurts so much, then you could always enter your mindscape again and train here."

"How would that help Kyuu?"

"Inside your mind you can't feel pain unless you want to. While your physical body adapts to your senses, you can train them inside your mind. It won't stop the pain later, but at least it will lessen it when you wake up."

"Sounds better than nothing Kyuu. What do I need to start?"

"Just calm down, close your eyes and relax. Let your mind wander and I will guide you…"

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The room fell silent, as if struck dumb. Even Shibi's eyes widened behind his ever-present glasses. Choza had even stopped eating, Shikato looked startled and Inoichi's eyes were as wide as saucers. Tsume's jaw actually hung loose, while the Hyuuga head seemed at a loss for words, "This changes everything…"

"So you're saying…" Shibi began and the Sandaime nodded.

"The boy's birth name is Namikaze Naruto, son of Namikaze Minato: Konoha's 'Yellow Flash' and Uzumaki Kira: Konoha's 'Tenshi'. He is the son of two of our greatest heroes."

The room had fallen deathly silent now. Thoughts of disbelief, shock, disgust and shame flooded the room. No one dared look up until Shikato spoke up, "But…hold up, Yondaime never married! How could the Yondaime have a son? And the angel disappeared a whole year before the Kyuubi came!"

Many in the room spoke up in agreement. If it was out of agreement for the idea or just trying to deny their own sins, no one knew.

"He DID marry; he just never publicly announced it," Sarutobi replied, lighting his pipe. "I personally married them. I even delivered the boy when the time came. Not even Jiraiya, the fourth's sensei, knows about the union. Kira, after finding out she was pregnant, decided to retire to the county until Naruto was to be born to ensure his safety. When the Kyuubi came, she had only been back in the village for a week." He took a drag of his pipe, "Only two other people know of the boy's heritage. One of them is Orochimaru, who happened to find out by chance."

Everyone flinched at this, the name of the Snake sannin still being a sore point to many Jounin. "And…who is the second person, Hokage-sama?" asked Shikato.

Sarutobi sighed, "The ANBU who I assigned to guard him when he was younger, Uchiha Itachi."

Everyone's eyes widened, Two S-class missing-nin with knowledge of the Yondaime's son…this was bad.

"Also, as you have all already been informed, as a result of a jutsu he recently used to stop a traitor from stealing the scroll of seals, he has speed up the natural process of the Fourth's seal. As a result of this, he has gained several special abilities from the Kyuubi, and soon he will gain control over the Kyuubi's chakra entirely."

Everyone flinched as the math added up. The son of Yondaime and Konoha's Angel, coupled with the infinite chakra of the Kyuubi as well as any abilities he may have gained from it. This combined with the treatment he's received…

Sarutobi exhaled, "So as you can see, we have a Genin with the potential to become the next Hokage who, according to Iruka, has more than enough reason to justifiably hate everyone in this village."

The elders flinched at this, realizing what this meant; it would be the Uchiha massacre all over again, on a larger scale.

"As of today, I am making it clear that if anyone so much as threatens the boy and I hear of it, I'll trace it back to their clan head and execution will be a very likely possibility."

He looked around, "I trust the actions I have explained today will not occur again?"

The clan heads nodded, before being allowed to leave, their worlds sufficiently shaken. Hiashi, in particular was trying to see the potential benefits in this turn of events.

"Limitless power and the blood of the Yondaime combined with unknown abilities…" He frowned, "This boy would make a brilliant ally to the clan…I think a little family meeting is in order. But first I need access to the boy…"

Hiashi stood, "Sandaime-sama…"

"Yes, what is it Hiashi?" asked the Hokage with a raised eyebrow.

"Since we all are already gathered, may I make a suggestion for the boy's punishment for his indiscretion against my clan?"

"Hmmm, you do realize he is still recovering from his ordeal and cannot give his explanation of his entry or to defend himself don't you? He is also going to be busy with training."

"I do Hokage-sama, but with the punishment I have in mind, he may give his reasons it to me during it. We already know why he did what he did, so punishment is coming with or without his defense and the punishment I purpose will leave plenty of time for his training."

"What are you scheming Hiashi? What do you purpose Hyuuga-san?" asked the Sandaime while glaring at Hiashi.

As Hiashi began to speak, all the others returned to their spots to listen, "Perfect. If this works like I hope it will…I will end up with the greatest weapon imaginable to attain my goals. A demon under my influence…"

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(Naruto's Mindscape)

Slowly Naruto's senses began to come back to him. He could hear the sloshing of the dirty water he was laying in from his tail moving with his perked ears; feel the humid air on his skin, and to his ultimate displeasure, he could once again smell the sewers the embodied his mind.

When Naruto opened his eyes, he was pleased to see the familiar sewers even if he loathed the smell. It was still the same dank and dirty place he remembered from before, but now it seemed…brighter. The walls were no longer cracked, and the intricate designs that ran along them that symbolized his tattoos were quite impressive. The water seemed clearer, and the light shining from above his head felt warm to him. As he looked up again, he noticed the purple pipes that represented his chakra circulatory system almost shined.

The red ones were almost the complete opposite though. Before when he was here, they pulsed with such power it made his seemed bland in comparison. Now the red ones seemed dulled and lifeless. For some reason, Naruto found this very disturbing.

He soon found himself following the same route he had taken before, and soon enough, he was standing before Kyuubi's cage once again. Just like the rest of the sewer, this room had brightened as well. As Naruto scanned the room, he noticed that the marking that supposedly represented his tattoos literally covered the walls here; whereas in the rest of the sewer, the marking merely looked as if someone had taken a brush and a few hours to design them here they were as master piece; intricate curves and slopes that intersected in every way imaginable that all led back to Kyuubi's cage.

"I see you finally made it, Naruto-kun. We will have to work on your sense of time while here." When Kyuubi emerged from the shadows of her cage, Naruto had to raise an eyebrow at her appearance. Before, she had shined with the power of her aura and even when it was not visible her fur shined like precious silk. Now she seemed disheveled, and her aura was nothing but fatigue.

"Kyuu are you all right? You look exhausted." asked Naruto in a worried tone.

Kyuu looked surprised for a moment, and even Naruto caught it, "I never planned on letting him see me like this. I'm…fine Naruto-kun. I'm just still a little drained from everything."

Naruto looked up into her red eyes with a rare calculating look as if he was trying to read her, "I guess that makes sense with everything that's been going on and everything you've done for me."

Kyuubi had to catch herself from giving a light giggle at Naruto's thinking face, "I suppose so. Now let's begin the training for your senses. I plan on having your mind adapt far enough for you to train in the real world later."

"If you're sure you are alright. I mean, I am taking your power from you so…you have every right to be tired." Naruto looked down, almost ashamed until Kyuu said.

"Taking my power? Whatever gave you that idea?"

Naruto snapped his head up as his tail and ears went ridged, "Huh? But you said I was absorbing your power Kyuu! Doesn't that mean that I'm taking it away from you?"

Kyuubi just had to give a tired giggle at this, "I guess I didn't explain it well enough to you. Let me explain it this way…when you use chakra, you make more don't you?" With a slow nod from Naruto she continues, "What makes you think I would be any different?"

Naruto looked stupefied for a moment before he continued, "Well, you said I was absorbing your power and becoming a demon because of it, and I just figured that it meant you wouldn't have it anymore."

"When the seal was first made, it was designed to expose you to a portion of my power every day to make you stronger and ensure that not only could you protect yourself, but keep me imprisoned. I surmise that the Yondaime intended for us to become equals in time. What is happening is that your body takes so much of my power in a day's time and adds it to your own. By doing this, over time you will be able to take more and more until you can use it all. That way I would never be able to overpower you. What the Yondaime didn't realize is how dangerous youki is to humans. If things had continued as they were, your body would have eventually reached a limit and my youki would have begun to hurt you."

Once again, Naruto was sitting there perfectly still as he replayed what he had heard, "So I'm not taking your power…I'm just using it make my own instead of just using yours like the seal originally intended?"

This time, it was Kyuu that had to blink, "Ah…yes that's right, but how did you figure that out?"

Naruto scratched the back of his neck in his usual way. "Well, when you explained all of this to me before. You said that your power was mixing with mine to slowly get my body to make youki on its own, but you just said that the seal was meant to allow me to use YOUR power, not make it my own. It just kind of clicked, is all. Instead of my body just growing stronger so I can use your power, you changed it so that your power is helping me make my own."

"OK…file this one under the many things that this boy has done to surprise me. Yes, I couldn't have explained it better myself. But don't forget that even though you are slowly growing stronger, that doesn't mean you still can't use my power when you need to Naruto-kun."

"Just to make sure, you are alright and I'm not taking too much away from you? Not to be mean, but you do look rather…frizzled. I mean, your scary red glow is gone and the red pipes in the ceiling are dull. I'm just worried."

Kyuu took a moment, "Well I'm flattered that you're worried about me Naruto-kun, but it's nothing to be worried about. If I explain about my power in percentages, then every tail stands for just about 11 percent out of 100. Our whole episode with your body took 44 percent, then you took your prevent for the day which is about 7, then the tattoos I placed took 33, and finally another 10 was used to heal the majority of the other injuries. So I'm rather tired."

When Kyuubi looked down, she had to sweat drop as she watched Naruto using his fingers to count, "60, 77, and 94 percent? You only have half of a tail left! Are you sure that's ok? Shouldn't that be chakra exhaustion or something? Is that why the pipes are so dull?"

"I'm fine Naruto-kun…just tired. 6 percent is plenty, and I should be back to normal in a few days. Remember, I'm the demon known for having infinite strength and normally I do. Other then fighting another bijuu, I have never used more than 3 tails at once, and when I used them up, I would draw on another 3. Because of this, by the time I needed to switch again, the first set was nearly restored. That is why I'm fine. I just used too much power at once."

"Well, if you're sure, then what do we need to do for training?"

"First we will focus on training your mind before we start on your senses and we will do this through meditation." Naruto dropped his head in defeat.

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"Good Naruto-kun. You could have more focus, but we can work on that more later on. For now, focus and make the mindscape into a forest area that you have seen before so we may begin your real training." Naruto had spent the last few hours in meditation to learn how to reshape his mindscape and it was no easy matter. Even inside his own mind, Naruto's focus for such things was minimal at best.

"Ok, so focus and imagine a forest." After a few moments, the sewer began to slowly fade to a pale background before a rather dark forest began to appear. The trees were monstrous even compared to the ones in Konoha's forest.

As Kyuubi watched the changes around her, she wasn't surprised that the inside of her cage remained the same. "I guess it will take more time before he can affect the cage."

The forest sent a shiver even up Kyuubi's spine as she gazed at it from behind the bars. Kyuubi couldn't help but notice that even she could hide in this giant forest, but it seemed far too familiar, "Naruto-kun, I told you to picture a forest you have been in. Where did you find one like this?"

Naruto looked confused for a moment as he looked back at the bars. He walked around the other side, expecting to see a back or a wall, but it was like it wasn't even there except for a shimmer in the air. As he walked back around the other side, he said "A few years ago, I found a giant forest surrounded by a fence. It seemed different, so I wondered around the edge of it for a long time trying to find a way in, but it was closed off and I was never able to climb over the fence. I just always wanted to see what was inside since the trees were so big so I thought of it."

Kyuubi just nodded her head as she looked on, "This forest should work fine. To start, I will release the full power of your senses. Inside your mind it won't hurt, but there will be a pressure or weight put on you. There will also be disorientation and most likely extreme confusion."

"Well, it's better than the piercing pain I was in before when we tried to get this under control."

"We will start with your eyesight. I am not able to leave my cage, but I can create things for you to train with if you give me permission." Naruto didn't even hesitate to nod. "First, to train your sight, I will create opponents to move around you in varying speeds and you will only need to follow them with your eyes. Then, for your sense of sound, we will cut off your other senses and do the same and have you follow an opponent's heartbeat and breathing to keep track of them. After that, for your sense of smell, I will use my memories to teach you the more common ones you will encounter, such as tracking scents, the smell left from different elements being used, the scents given off for different emotions and of course the ability to tell the difference between animal, human, and other scents. Taste we will work on over time."

Naruto slowly nodded as he stood and brushed himself off, "Ok, let's get this started! I can't wait to master these senses and not have a headache when I wake up!"

"Sorry Naruto-kun, but that's not happening. Training the mind and training the body are two different things. Even if you master your senses here, it will only lessen the pain when you wake up. Your body and mind will still need to align to each other. This training is only to give you the knowledge, not the experience."

Naruto let out a deep sigh, "Power never comes easy, does it?"

"No it doesn't, Naruto-kun. Not for anyone. There is always a cost for power, whether you know it or not."

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(The Next Day)

As Naruto was waking up to what Kyuubi relates to having a hangover, he was experiencing some of the most painful jolts of his life. He could have sworn someone was messing with him in his sleep.

"Kyuu…it feels like you have been chewing on me for fun? My head hurts, my ears are ringing, and I feel like I'm going to puke!"

"Just try to relax Naruto-kun, and I don't appreciate the joke. I do not chew on everything like a common dog. Now close the blinds and sit on the bed and focus. I will try to lessen the pain and get you used to this. The training with your senses yesterday pushed you a little too hard. We will now work on focusing your senses on one thing to allow you to select what you want to do with them."

"Thank you Kyuu." Naruto said aloud as he tried to relax.

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Iruka was currently making his way to the hospital to pick up his favorite student. He was thinking over what to do with his new pupil at the moment and having a hard time deciding. "What to do first? I guess first I need to get him used to his new body. Light sparing should do that…then I can have him go through the kata for the academy Taijutsu. With his growth, he should be able to make more use of it now. I should figure out a training schedule for him too. Since he only sleeps 4 hour a night, he'll need something to keep him busy and out of trouble…I can just imagine what you could get done with an extra four hours a day…"

Iruka never got to finish his thought, because just as he was passing the shopping district, a messenger hawk swooped down to him to land on his arm. "Now what do we have here?" Iruka says, taking the message from its leg.

"Thank you for bringing me this. Off you go." said Iruka as he released the hawk.

As Iruka broke the seal he began to read the message.

"Iruka I would like you to bring Naruto by my office after lunch. I have a few things to give him and I need him out of his apartment for the day so it can be fixed up. I will see you later. –

Sarutobi Hiruzen the Sandaime Hokage"

"Hmm, I wonder what the Sandaime is up to…oh well, better get going. Naruto has never been the most patient shinobi in the village." thought Iruka with a smile, remembering all the years in the academy with the blonde.

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