Oni Hogosha

Disclaimer: Naruto is a product of Masashi Kishimoto, so I don't own him.
Legend: "": quote, "italic": thought, italic: new Japanese word (check glossary), underline: techniques.

Chapter 1: Revelation trough a dream

In the land of the fire country, where leaves danced at the slightest movement of the winds, laid the hidden village of Konoha. In was a night of a full moon and the villagers were sleeping soundly. It had been three months, since Konoha was forced into a war they did not wish, a war against Otogakure. Orochimaru, a former Konoha traitor, founded the village of Oto on purpose to destroy Konoha. He managed to mount a surprise attack on the village during the chuunin selection exam with the help of Sunagakure. His plan left Konoha partially destroyed and caused the loss of many leaf shinobis not to mention the loss of Sandaime. However, Konoha survived the ordeal and Suna realized they had been used, thus they joined Konoha in the war, which also cost the loss of their Kazekage in the hands of Orochimaru. Konoha finally seemed on track, after the return of Tsunade, who became Godaime and took power last month.

However, last week proved that the enemy was still there as the last member of the Uchiha clan had betrayed his own village, to seek power in the hands of Orochimaru for his own ambition. The rescue mission attempted by Tsunade to retrieve the possessed Uchiha Sasuke was not only a failure but almost cost the lives of the four genins and their newly promoted chuunin leader. They had to fight five of Orochimaru's personal bodyguards along with Uchiha Sasuke himself, which they managed somewhat, with the help of an additional genin and three more genins from Suna. They were now safe, but the scare of the battle still remained inside of Uzumaki Naruto who considered Uchiha Sasuke as his best friend and even brother.

After the betrayal and the failure to keep his promise to Haruno Sakura, he fell back into his own darkness, with troublesome nights. A night, like tonight where he finds himself in a strange dream.


As he woke up, Naruto finds himself in the dark dampen corridors, where his curse rests, as he walks towards it, he hears the fox's evil laughs.

"So, you finally came back, your torments must have convinced you, to see me… Tell me, how could you dare to sacrifice yourself for such a pathetic loser, who doesn't care about his own good…" asked Kyuubi.

Naruto knew Kyuubi was right, if it wasn't for the fox's chikara he would have probably been dead by now, and even if Sasuke had intentions to kill him he still did not want to believe it, his face was filled with sorrow and hopelessness.

"You are just like your father… that guy would sacrifice himself for every single villagers he sees… but at least he knew to tell the difference between good and evil, a fool who values revenge more then his own happiness doesn't deserve friends like you" said the great fox, while looking straight at the boy.

Naruto was about to defend Sasuke, but the last words of Youkai, got his disturbed. "You… you know my father?" was all he could mutter.

"Of course I do, that bastard Arashi is living in heavens with Shinku Kikyo, while I am stuck here with their pup. If it were not for them, I wouldn't even be participating in this boring adventure. You should have heard of your father by now, he was the one who technically trapped me into you…" grunted the youkai.

"What?" interrupted Naruto, as he understood nothing of what Kyuubi just told him.

The fox looked at the boy and stated, "Yes, your father is the one you know as Yondaime, Uzumaki Arashi is his real name, and your mother is a Shinku, who are the guardians of youkais. They watch over the Onimakai realm where I come from. Funny isn't? These humans consider you as a demon while your clan is guardians of demons in the youkai realm, if they only knew how much superior you were to them".

Naruto was in turmoil, here he is talking to the demon that almost destroyed the village he calls home and branded him as a demon telling him he is some lord of demons.

"So you mean that I am not human? If I am not, then why am I left here, why was I abandoned? Why?", he asked the demon frantically.

"Well let's see, the Shinku live and watch over the third sky, which is the Onimakai, so that technically makes you half-human", replied the fox beast.

He noticed Naruto falling more into despair, it was understandable; all his life the boy had suffered from solitude being treated as a demon.

"Look, I know it is hard to swallow what I just said, but you got to pick up yourself, you have a very hard life in front of you, and a even harder destiny. You should stop acting dumb and start realizing your potential, if not the gifts that you received from your parents will be for nothing", said calmly the Fox.

Naruto looked at him viciously, "Gift? What gift? You? You are a curse; if it weren't for you at least people would treat me like a human… why? Why did they do this to me, I don't want this all I want is a normal life, where I would have people acknowledge my existence, is that to much ask?" screamed the blond boy.

"I know I seem like the problem but I am not, people took you the wrong way, you are the protector of this village, the prize of this village for having the courage to stand up to even a demon as powerful as me. It is true, your father could have elaborated more, but if the village knew who you were, your life would have been a living hell…" replied Kyuubi. He paused for a second, realizing the utter silence of the boy. "They would have treated you like a deity and that would have offended the gods, not only that people would revere you and others will try to capture you, you already noticed this didn't you? Did you forget that there are fools who are trying to capture you so they can get me? It is utterly funny, but they believe that you are me, but you are not, but you won't be able to change their twisted minds. Trust me, it is better to be not known then to be used for things people can achieve by themselves. You would be the wish maker of everyone, for every second of your life", said Kyuubi.

Naruto sat for an hour, he knew what Kyuubi was telling was true; he himself didn't want to be treated as a god. However, the task his parents set upon him was a path of suffering, but it was also a path of hope, hope that people will like him because of how he would act, not because he is a half human and half-guardian. He will follow the path, but in order to do that he needed to toughen up, since the times for pranks over. Resolute of his decision he looked at Kyuubi.

"Your father told Sarutobi to keep your secret hidden, till you are ready to take his place, I would have talked to you earlier but the false ideas the villagers gave you of me, kept me from contacting you… we have a lot to learn, you not only have to master Uzumaki clans abilities but you also have to master your own Shinku abilities, we already lost a lot of time", said the Fox, as he began to talk again.

Naruto looked at himself, trying to figure out what his traits was.

"You won't find it like that, the Uzumakis didn't have anything like Hyuugas or Uchihas, they were the master of speed and chikara control, their ability was inside of them, they can manipulate their chikaras like spirals just by thought and their speed was like a flash, hence why you father got nicknamed Konoha Kiiroi Issen" replied the Fox.

"Just great, nothing to show off…" replied Naruto comically.

"Ha ha, yeah I guess, nothing until they fall in front of an Uzumaki, then they get impressed, but then are to late to report about it. But you do have a trait on your mother sides, those cute red eyes you show when you get desperate... those crimson eyes are the only way to distinct you from a normal human" laughed the Fox.

"Okay, now I am glad, no body knows who I am, god who wants to be treated by sick freak like Orochimaru", laughed Naruto.

"Well yeah, I guess that's a good point about this whole secret, but you ability is not to copy jutsus. It is more the ability to learn at a faster rate and the ability to control the foxes. You are the master of the foxes, this is specific to you only, since each Shinku is in charge of a different beast and since your mother was in charge of the foxes. May I ask what's so damn funny?" asked Kyuubi as he suddenly stopped when he noticed Naruto fall in the floor as he burst into laughter.

"This is to much, that must be the dumbest thing I heard, I suck at learning, please stop, you going to kill me with your jokes, learning faster ha ha ha ha" giggled Naruto.

Kyuubi was certain this kid was a fox now; only a fox would be able to laugh when it was time to be serious.

"Tell me then, how did you manage to learn kage bunshin or even rasengan so quickly then? Don't tell me a fairy came while you were a sleep and cast a wish spell on you right? Stop acting like a dumbass" mocked Kyuubi.

Naruto was silent; the explication Kyuubi gave would certainly explain why he learned those skills so fast.

"It's not the bloodlines fault if you don't learn them, it still depends of you, I you don't want to learn then even the bloodline can't help you. You really need some hard training… meet me tomorrow night at the waterfalls" yelled the youkai.

"Eh waterfalls what for?" replied the confused kid.

"I am going take you to Onimakai, there we can start your training. Unless you can find another place to summon me without waking up the whole neighborhood that is" said Kyuubi with a smirk.

Naruto looked at him with investigating eyes as he yelled, "You think I am a fool? That is your plan isn't it, you want me to summon you so you can free yourself to cause havoc again and destroy the village!"

Kyuubi felt really dumb, here he was trying to help this lad and this guy is still taking him as a treat.

"For the final time, I don't give a damn about your village, the only reason I attacked is because Kikyo asked me too, since it was written in the prophecy. If you don't believe me, ask Gamabunta, he's from Onimakai also like all the beasts' humans summon. Oh yeah, don't tell the others, they would not understand, sweet dreams" said the demon fox as Naruto felt being pulled back into reality.

He jumped up from his bed. "This must have been a horrible nightmare", thought Naruto as he got up.

"Oh yeah I forgot, the activation of your crimson eyes relies on your belief of who you are, if you believe you are Shinku, if you do only then will it activate itself, ciao" whispered the fox.

Naruto was stunned; it wasn't a dream after all. As he lay back in his bed, he was tormented by thoughts of what just happened. Was Kyuubi telling him the truth, or was he using him? It was only a few hours before sunrise, tried to sleep a bit, it seems his twisted life took another high turn, one, which he wasn't sure of.

End of Chapter 1


Please review! If there are any words you do not understand, check the glossary or check previous chapters for explications. Thanks for all the reviews. This chapter has been edited.

Character Introductions

Shinku Kikyo: Mother of Naruto, a Shinku who was the guardians of foxes. The wandering kitsune Oni Hogosha, who traveled from village to village, accompanied by her foxes. She was known to be a master of disguise, hiding her beauty only to those who had a pure heart. OC character.

Uzumaki Arashi/Yondaime/ Konoha Kiiroi Issen: The legendary Yellow flash of Konohagure. He became the fourth Hokage at the age of 22 and led the village into peace. Four years later, he died at the battle against the demon Kyuubi Kitsune. He is Naruto's father. Before dieing he sealed the demon inside his son and hoped that he would one day rise and take his role as the protector of Konoha. Semi-OC character.


Glossary

Oni Hogosha: Demon Guardians/Protectors

Onimakai: composed of 2 words "oni" and "makai" which means world of demon spirits.

Kitsune: Fox.

Shinku: The word means scarlet or crimson color. They are the people who are demon guardians. Legend says that they were once a tribe that lived on earth, but had managed to open a portal to Onimakai. For their talent the gods gave them the responsibilities to guard their demons and live there. In return they were given the powers beyond any humans and were declared as tenshi.

Sunagakure: hidden village of sand.

Otogakure: hidden village of sound.

Tenshi: Angels.

Youkai: Demon beast.