Story: Konoha's Beautiful Red Beast…

Author: Soul Teller!

Disclaimer: No disclaimer...

Speech index: "Talking"
"Thinking/Mindscape/Flashback"
"Kyubi/Biju/Action"

Summary: Chased out of the village at the age of 5 a boy must survive in the wild as an animal but will he survive, and return as a human, or a monster?

Author's comment: (Sniffs...) BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! I never knew I was so loved!

(Straightens) but I am not! It's the story not me that's loved oh how cruel how cruel indeed this world! So unjust, so blind! I melt under it's watchful glare! Don't try to lie I know you people love my story more than you love me... the AUTHOR! (Glares, then shrugs) but hey whatever floats your boat.

Naruto: (Hides behind Anko) Scary...

Anko: Hey... Question...

Soul Teller: What?

Anko: Are me and Naruto gonna do it?

Soul Teller: yeah but it'll be a one-shot, two if people love it and want more, and kid you'll know what it is... soon enough... guarntee it...

Anyways! There's a few things I like to say, and since I find it to troublesome to say people's names the way they are I'm just gonna write them out. Though people who've been replying since I've started this will get... special notice... yeah...

nevets309: Thank you for the compliment on my story, and yes I'm being a little vauge on the Fourth's survival but I will explain it all later. Like I said if things work out well in my story then you can probably expect it soon. I'm going to explain a little bit in the next chapter, after that I'm gonna let you do the math, though it might not end up as you think. Oh, yeah Naruto is not on anybody's good side especially the Hyuga's except for Hinata. He probably won't be in this story.

Emron the Dragon King: Hah! You haven't been here all the way but most of the trip. Yes I kind of sorta had a bit of time on my hand and I used it to write the chapter when I could but it was spent toward other activites mostly. I try not to take all the time I need though, I try to get it done asap and make it sound good and logical and crap.

nightston131302: Hello newcomer! I personally like your choice, but hey I gotta go with majority and if there's one thing I noticed it's that everybody want's Temari and Tenten! While I said I could see him in a relationship with those people I'm not exactly all Gung-Ho about it. Anyway's hope you review later!

Senyor Fier Meshier: Can I just call ya' Senyor from now on? anyway glad you like the fic.

acrazychild4life: Hello! Good to see you read it...

IEatChicken: Well I've seen you some where before I think... Thanks for the comment.

Enough, with the replies you want the story no? Here it is! Also my Chapter's name's will be longer and not one worded.


Chapter 9
Graduation Part II (See?)

The Fourth Hokage sat there on top of his stone monument looking into the sun then he closed his eye's thinking about his recent chat with the Third Hokage, Sarutobi.

Flashback

The Fourth stood in the middle of a clearing in the forest panting, sweat pasting his body. 'Dammit! Nowhere even near complete!' he sighed, he knew that he was being watched by someone, or more accurately several someone's. "You can come on out now, I know your there," he said sounding tired. Kakashi leapt from a branch, holding an orange book, the Third walked forward from the bushes holding his pipe, and then Anko came hands on her hips. "Sensei? Your still trying to-" Kakashi began, "Of course! I got to get it done! Otherwise I will not be able to protect anybody! Who knows when the next giant demon comes!" He said then stopped. Sarutobi sighed, he turned blowing out a puff of smoke then said, "Come" and walked off into the bushes again. Kakashi sighed, "Sensei?" he said then he followed the old Hokage, and Anko followed him. The Fourth Hokage, stood there for a moment then sighed, and followed.

They all sat in a near empty resturant, meaning the only ones there were the nin's and the chef/owner however he was in the back weashing the dishes. The Fourth had a bowl of rice and curry his second favorite food, the Third had some tea with soup, Kakashi didn't have anything and Anko had 6 sticks of Dango. However noone had touched the food with the exception being the Fourth who had eaten most of the plate already. The Third took off his Hokage hat and sighed then he leaned forward staring at the Fourth. The Fourth just stared back, then he sighed "All right I'll tell you just don't give me that creepy ass look!" Sarutobi looked annoyed but lowered his face. "What happened that day? How are you still alive?" Sarutobi said. The Fourth sighed, he rubbed his spikey head, then he spoke.

"I'm not really sure what happened," he said "All I knew that I was dead one minute, then the next I was alive, it was strange," he wrinkled his brow thinking. "I can't remember what happened though, all I know is that I have this," he said he took off the vest he usually wore and pulled the shirt off and turned slightly. Glowing slightly were tattoos of what looked like blue wings, Sarutobi examined them his face expretionless, then Kakashi said "What's that sensei?" The Fourth looked at him dead-panned "You think I know?" Sarutobi examined the symbols then he leaned back and sighed. "I've seen those before but I do not know what they mean..." was all he said. Sarutobi then sat up leaning forward. He paused, "There is a certain village, known as 'The Hidden Village of Souls' I visited there once before in my younger days," The Fourth Hokage could picture a younger Third walking into an unknown village, "Quite an... Interesting place, anyway as I was going through the village, I noticed symbols, and not kanji, were written on walls, billboards, etc. Symbols slightly similar to yours," He said pointing, "Not in shape, but they glowed with that blue light even in daylight, Also the way that it's drawn..." Sarutobi paused.

The Fourth pulled his shirt back on but didn't put on the vest, he just sat there, then he suddenly looked at Anko. "Got a knife?" he said, Anko pulled out Kunai knife from somewhere in her coat. He snatched it from her hands, "HEY!" Anko cried out reaching forward, "That's mine!" he smiled "Wait till I'm done!" he said and raised it to his head.

Flashback end!

The Fourth smiled slightly, then sighed, He reached and ran a hand over his now shortened and flattened hair, "I bet 4 months, then back to porcupine," He gave a snort, then vanished with the Body Flicker to who knows where.

---Konoha Academy---

Naruto was sitting straight up looking someone had taken a still hot poker and shoved it very, very, far up his ass. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder, he leapt upward and ended up with his head stuck in the ceiling. "Whoa..." was all that Kiba said, "Unwind a little, hey lazy bum!" He yelled over to Shikimaru, "Help me!" Shikimaru just gave a snore. Kiba, sighed then he ran toward Shikimaru and using his head as a spring leapt into the air grabbing Naruto's flailing legs. Kiba hung there, then there was a creaking sound then he and Naruto fell, taking some of the ceiling with them. "NARUTO! KIBA! SIT DOWN!!!" Iruka shouted, his face 5 times larger than normal. Naruto and Kiba zipped back into their seats.

Iruka muttered something about 'Hooligans' and 'Sugar freaks' then he cleared his throat. "Now! Today is the exam first there is the written exam then the practical, To pass the written exam you must have a score of 85 or higher! No execeptions!" he said glaring at all of them. Naruto broke out in sweats. Iruka called them up to take their papers. Once they were all seated Iruka looked at the clock. "And you will start... now!"

---1 hour later---

Iruka asked for them to hand back their papers which they did. Naruto was the last to hand back his paper, during the test he had suddenly switched to his anthro from out of nerves. His ears were flat, and his tail was puffy, usually meaning he was either nervous or angry, Iruka thought it was nerves, and not anger. He shuffled the papers, then stood up "When I call your name please follow me for the practical exam." He looked down at the list Hiroshima Yokuzu," A boy in the back got up and followed Iruka.

After several students had gone there were only nine left, Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Sasuke, Kiba, Naruto, Shikimaru, Chouji, and Shino. Shino sat in the back, his head facing the window, Hinata was nervously twiddling with her fingers, Kiba had his head down on the desk, Shikimaru was sleeping, Sakura and Ino were trying to beat the crap out of eachother, Sasuke was doing whatever the fuck his moody ass does, and Naruto was currently pacing around on all fours. His clawed hands leaving small marks on the floor. He sighed, then the door opened "Kiba Inuzuka," Kiba, smiled then said "This'll be a sinch!" he then left with a large grin on his face. Several mintues had passed, Sasuke was the next to go, then Shino, then Couji, then Shikimaru. Shikimaru said as he left, "Geeze how troublesome you and these women I wonder what'll happen." Iruka looked at Naruto "Try not to do anything... stupid?" Iruka said. Then he left. Naruto was confused, and sat there his head cocked to the side.

Sakura looked at the fox creature, at his muscles, his face which displayed child-like curiosity, his tail waving in the air. It was then that Sakura became a child again and tackled Naruto. "SO CUUUUUUTE!" She squealed, Naruto who was slightly glad at the attention was no listen upset at being tackled, he squirmed under her weight. "Off please.." he said simply, she just sqeauked and seem to tighten her grip, "Mine!" she stated childishly. "Um... Sakura-san c-could you p-please release, N-Naruto-kun?" Sakura glared at Hinata, then she hissed and pointed a finger at Hinata, "bitch!" she hissed, Hinata's face turned red, and Ino gasped. Naruto was confused, "What's that?" he asked. It was then that Iruka chose to come, he saw the scene and said "Sakura your next, let go of Naruto please?" he said. Sakura huffed, and pouted "Why?" she whined. "Cause if you don't I'll fail you..." that brought Sakura out of little girl land. She got up, flustered at what she had done, Iruka sighed then he looked at Naruto. "I thought I told you not to do anything stupid?" Iruka said then shook his head. Naruto slumped onto the floor, "What stupid...?" he whined, and seemed to shrink to chibi form.

His chibi form was were he had gotten a plump round face, his hand shrunk, and he had unusually large feet. and his body shrunk too. All in all it made his already overly large cuteness, cuter. "EEEEEE!" Ino had tackled his tiny body, and was holding him up like a doll. "CUUUUUUUUUUTE! MINE!" Ino squeaked, "Um... I-Ino-s-san could you l-let go of Naruto-kun please." (Dammit doing the damn stutter is hard but I tell ya! it WILL STOP:( ) Ino glared at Hinata, "whore!" she hissed, Naruto didn't know much about that word dispite the fact he would use whenever he met Anko in a bad mood. He just remembered hearing Iruka and some of Iruka's friends calling her that when they visited. However he knew that it wasn't a nice thing to say, "Stop..." he said softly Ino looked at him confused. "B-But whyyyyyy?" Ino whined, Naruto instantly resized into his original form. "It's not nice... That word.." was all he said, he lifted a hand up to his chest over his heart. "It hurts here..." Ino pouted slightly, not used to this philosophy the boy was implying. "Hmph your boring," she said and turned away from him. Naruto just sat there confused, then he slumped onto the floor again. "Ino, your next," Iruka said. Ino got up and left.

Naruto stared at the girl who didn't even want to look at him, he stood up and walked to her. When he was close to her he tapped her shoulder, she sqeauked and looked at him. He saw her face become red as a tomato, he then leaned closer and her face became, if it's even possible, redder. "Does it hurt here...?" He asked placing a hand over his heart again. She blinked her crimson face becoming pale again. "I-I-I don't kn-know..." she muttered. Naruto frowned, his anthro features vanishing. Hinata looked at him, at his long blonde hair that nearly touched the floor, his blue eye's which were showed sadness, and something she couldn't describe. His whisker marks, his lips, lips that she wanted to touch... to feel... to kiss. "Hinata!" Iruka had arrived, "It's your turn..." he said, Hinata blushed, then she got up and rushed past Naruto saying "Sorry!" as she went past. Iruka looked at Naruto who shrugged, Iruka sighed and closed the door after Hinata went past him.

Naruto was sitting there all alone, he went to the fron of the now empty classroom, and curled into a ball. "I should... just rest for a little while..." he mumbled as he closed his eye's. "Rest... yeah... rest..." he mumbled as darkness took him into the sweet bliss and oblivion known as sleep.

Mindscape

A five year-old boy sat on a swing, his eye's were blank and lifeless, devoid of life. "Why do you cry...?" the voice that spoke was soft, but rough, cold, yet warm, all-knowing, yet questioning. It was this voice that had guided Naruto for 7 years, A voice that had silented after he came back. The boy turned his head to see what looked like a fox-man standing on it's hind leg's looking down at him. The fox-man in question, had dark red fur covering his face and main body, his tail's however an even darker red. The fox man looked at the boy with his glowing red eye's.

The boy looked at him, "I'm not crying..." he said flatly. "Then I am speaking to a shell..." The fox-man said, he turned to instantly see another. This boy was the same as the one before, however this boy was crying. He sat there, his messy blond hair stained with blood, dirt, spit, and tears. His hands stained with tears, his eye's red and puffy. "This is truly who you are? Then where's the second shell?" At that minute a teenager stepped forward from the darkness, he had a small smile on his face. The fox man's face split into a snarl, "And what the hell are you so happy for!?" He growled. The boy smiled at him, he looked genuiley happy, then he walked next to the crying and picked him. He kissed the crying one's head, who's cry's had turned into sniffles and hiccups. "Because I have friends... Because I have..." then everything became white.

Reality

"Ruto... Naruto!" Naruto opened his eye's to see Iruka looking down at him, then sun had nearly set. "The Exams!" Naruto cried, "Well... Officially... they're over..." Naruto's face dropped. "However!" Iruka said, "I'm sure the Third will make an exception," Naruto looked up at him, looking, as one might say, floored.

WHUMP!

Naruto had tackled Iruka and proceeded to nuzzle him. Iruka was currently dazed by the boy's suddeness. When he finally was aware of his surrondings Iruka pushed Naruto off. "Settle down, now here's the test. You need to successfully create at least one or two clones." Naruto's face fell, he shuffled slightly. "You don't want to do it?" Iruka said, Naruto shook his head rapidly. "All right when ever your ready," Iruka said as he stood up and dusted himself. Naruto stood there, he looked confident and eager. Naruto then stood his leg's shoulder width apart, his feet planted firmly on the ground. He closed his eye's and put his hand's into the ram sign. Chakra swirled around him, then he cried "SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!"


CLIFFY!!! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA

insane laughter continues...

Chokes...

WHY DID THE YONDAIME SHAVE HIS HAIR? DID NARUTO PASS OR FAIL! NEXT TIME!!!!

Ahem! Sorry about... I so Evil... And since I'm such a benevolent authour I'm going to tell you that I'm gonna skip the whole Naruto Zabuze incident. Also Next Two chapter's will be sub-stories... of what? YOU GUESS! Anyway I'm gonna start a one-shot request thing. If you want a certain story or pairing or whatever in a one-shot ask... and you shall recieve. Meaning pm me! This is not limited to Naruto, it goes to Starwars, Pikmin, Starfox, Kingdom Hearts, Bleach, FinalFantasy VII, VIII, X, X-2, XII, OnePiece, Xenosaga, Legend of Zelda. Blah, Blah... I'll be busy...

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