RedMoon

Naruto Fanfiction

By Perfect Psionic Soldier

Seven Stars Sing

Seven Stars Shine

Upon The Endless Night

Shadow Will Bloom

From Darkness Of Heart

Through The Grace Of Light

The One True Sun Will Appear

Under The Sun

Above The Shadows

He Will Follow

He Shall Bask In The Light of Glory

Dredge Within The Cloak of Infamy

He Shall Walk Through

Day

Night

Sing His Praise

Upon Deaf Ears

He Shall Watch The Endless Skies

Track The Formless Clouds

Watch

Listen

For The Single Moment

In A Rain Of Pink Petals

Under A

Under The

RedMoon

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto but I do own the original creations in this fic.

-Chapter One-

Demon Saint of Demon Eye

The night sky faded as while the edges of dawn approached and everything began to bask under this night sky, all that which was under its embrace. The night did not discriminate those that it shrouded, only caressed with shadows and playfully touched with its cool evening breezes. Yet the sun would pierce through this veil, forcing all to reveal themselves under its brilliant light.

Soon people would begin their daily lives. He knew they would for it never changed. They would then begin to walk through their streets and continue to live their hopeful dreams as they streak through life. Moving across a great sky, streaking as a falling star, it was beautiful but always destined to end in a dramatic fashion.

A single figure stood atop a mountain. It was this large mountain that held the faces of the four previous leaders of Konoha Village. Their stern gazes looking over the leaf, their expression protective and proud. A fifth face was being currently carved in, though it didn't resemble the fifth yet, there was no doubt that it would do her honor. Or at least it had better lest they incur the fifth's wrath.

Looking down at this peaceful village, he thought back to his younger days. Days that were once filled with emotion had vanished, now those feelings were long past. This was once his one and only home. A place that he could have called his own, but here and now, it was simply another place to him. One that did know of his past but was ignorant to his true powers. Even his hatred of this land had dwindled to nothingness.

Yet the youthful figure seemed to sigh with the passing wind as he overlooked the ever-bustling village. He stood silently and wondered briefly at how many new stars began their bright fall into the breath of the world. How many would crumble before their time and how many have already vanished in the intangible flow of destiny. For all men were born with a purpose. It was simply up to them to fulfill it.

With a slight grin, he turned around lazily. The two bodies draped across his shoulder stirring slightly with his gentle movements. It always began like this. To every hidden village he had visited they would always come. It was rather heartwarming to know that they cared about their own people, but he stilled wished for variety.

"You might as well show yourselves." The figure stated in amusement. "I already sense all three… wait. Five of you."

A single person seemed to liquefy from the ground, mud spluttering upwards, forming a shape of a man before it began to solidify and became a shinobi. The clone's eyes bore hatred in his gaze as he seemingly looked down on the man before him.

"You taunt fate well by returning. Traitor." The mud clone stated coolly, smirking at some hidden joke as it slowly reached for a few kunai.

Yet before the clone could even react, the young man had crushed the clone with a swift and devastating axel kick. There was no chance as the mud clone was destroyed in the downward kick that crushed it into the ground, dispersing whatever chakra was sustaining it.

"I am not amused." The young man stated solemnly. "Either you pay attention or I make you listen. I ask for the attention of the Fifth Hokage. I suggest you comply, as I doubt any of you could defeat me here and now. Even with the handicap of these two shinobis."

"Uzumaki Naruto, you should have stayed away from this village!" one of the five called out in blind anger and carefully shifted his weight, preparing to fend off the traitor.

"Then. Make. Me. Leave." Naruto stated in calm rage as he focused his attention to the hidden speaker, revealing were the person was hiding. Then he pointedly looked at were the other four were hiding. It was foolish for them to believe they had any advantage over him.

Seeing as how they were discovered. The five people stepped out of their hiding locations. It seemed that the rumors of the former leaf genin were true. That he was above and far beyond what he once was. But he could not have been that strong. Unless the Kyubi had taken over, then it would have been a major problem.

"Surrender! You cannot defeat all of us!" another yelled. The yeller then froze as Naruto focused his gaze on the loud chunin. There was no warmth in that single gaze. He had no love for leaf shinobi at all. To him, they were merely annoyances that despised him and he returned the favor with equal if not greater force.

Grinning, Naruto quickly charged forward, the world slowing down before him as he moved. Flying into the face of the farthest standing person, Naruto began by slamming his head up into the person's chin before the man could properly react. The victim eye's glazed over as he flew a meter back before landing unconsciously with a thump.

Then twisting around to dodge a few thrown weapons while two others closed in, Naruto then simply stood in a relaxed as he simply lashed out with a an attack. He simply kicked the wind out of both opponents as soon as they reached him. It was rather sad that trained shinobi were so effortlessly struck. The two fell to their knees as a slight tear beaded one of their eyes. It was obvious that they were absolutely no challenge to the former genin.

"Funny chuunins. At your level cannot match my speed, or my skill. How about we all wait patiently for the fifth to get here, eh?" Naruto stated with a slight yawn. But he raised his eye left eyebrow as he looked to the closest boulders. "Or those other interesting people could join in. They seem to be more amusing then you."

With the final words hanging in the air, four masked ANBUs gracefully leapt from the top of the boulder and landed beside the other standing three chuunins.

"Why did you return? Fox Demon?" one of the masked ANBU questioned with contempt. With a sign, the eyebrow went down and Naruto couldn't but help feel annoyed. Did these hidden leaf ever say anything other then cliché lines? Honestly, a few original demands would have added a lot of variety in these meetings.

Gently placing the bodies onto the soft ground. After making sure they were all right Naruto slowly straightened out and with a malicious grin, began the action by lightly jogging towards the speaking ANBU.

He started slowly with the speaker. Simple jabs and a few kicks pocked his playing while the ANBU fought simply dodged and studied him. Then he began to quickly pick up the pace, his simple attacks gaining speed with every strike. Using nothing but basic taijustsu, Naruto began to overwhelm his opponent. A punch here, a kick there, it was all basic moves but their precision and speed were unmatched. It was all the ANBU could to simply defend.

Backing off quickly, the ANBU then began to attempt a few gen and nin jutsus, his hands flying in sets of seals, but they seemed to fall short as Naruto brushed them off or avoided them smoothly as he continued to slip past the ANBU's guard.

Then after a few short moves, the overbearing contempt of the speaker was blown away and replaced with pain and fear. It was over in a moment as suddenly the ANBU stuttered backwards. Clutching at broken bones and bruised flesh, the ANBU looked up at the frowning face of a demonic human and shivered in pure fear. This was not the expected outcome at all.

"Why? Because one of your leaf asked me to, that's why." Naruto stated as he began to turn around. "I brought them here out of amusement. Nothing more. And you don't amuse me at all. Don't force my hand with your inferior skills."

One of the other ANBU, the ANBU captain, said nothing as everything the young man did was recorded and stored away for later use. The fact that Naruto was overwhelmingly skilled was anything but solid proof that he had changed between his departure from the leaf and his current return. The chances of his merging with Kyubi as some rumors stated seem to have validity here.

To be able to defeat a ANBU using nothing but taijutsu and coming out unscathed and to do it so effortlessly meant that Naruto was at least a 'A' ranked missing-nin. That was the best-case scenario for the leaf and the worst was a another Orochimaru or Itachi. He proved what the rumors were stating, which also meant that many of the wilder stories and myths surrounding him might have some truth to them.

The ANBU captain then stepped forward and raised a hand, showing his position as the leader, forcing the other ANBU members to restrain themselves, as there was no further need for violence, yet. If Naruto had come with peaceful intentions, then there was no need to risk their lives. The obvious prowess of the missing-nin's skill was proof enough that it would be a waste of energy to attack him head on right now… but if Naruto proved to have harmful intentions, then their lives did not matter, only the good of the village held true. But the captain truly did contemplate on how much they could effectively do against such a man.

"Why have you returned? Uzumaki Naruto?" The captain asked respectfully, as the injured ANBU proved, disrespect seemed to be ill favored with the young man. The fact that he didn't want his bones broken also helped a bit.

Turning his head, Naruto looked to the ANBU captain for a few moments before he returned his gaze to the slow rising sun. He had a slight wistful look in his good eye as he stared at the dawning light.

"Uzumaki disappeared long ago… Only Naruto is left…" Naruto stated with a crooked grin as he slowly turned to face the captain. "I am a free, bound by nothing but my own whims and wishes." He finished as he fingered the leaf icon at his neck. "This collar is the proof that the only one who can tame me, is myself."

The captain said nothing as he simply nodded. Unsure of what to say in return, he instead simply acknowledged the youth's words. All he had to do now was discourage violence and maintain the peace. This man was to be treated with the utmost respect as nothing less would be accepted.

"The Fifth has been summoned. She should be here within a few moments." The captain stated aloud, notifying Naruto so that he would be prepared for the coming of the First Hokage's granddaughter. It wouldn't do for him to be surprised and be put into a bad mood. And the fifth was always very moody when it came to this particular man.

"If one of you is a medical ninja, then you should attend to those two over there. If you harm them…" Naruto finished with a frown, his message clear through his unspoken words. He didn't drag them all the way here to get them killed.

With a slight nod, the ANBU captain gave a permissive nod of his head for the medic specialist to treat the wounded leaf chuunins. Haruno Sakura and Dieski Runmaru. He had seen their faces as Naruto set them down gently on the ground and instantly recognized who they were. That meant that their mission was either botched or completed since all ANBU were told to look out for them and for their pursuers.

"How has the village faired, in these few passing years?" Naruto questioned the captain as he sat down on the closest knee high rock. Turning his head so that he could look at the village, he idly wondered what had happened during his absence before looking back at the captain.

Blinking, the captain felt a slight chill as Naruto focused his demon eye on him. Though the blank, almost featureless right eye had no special properties… it was the way that Naruto carried himself and the way he focused his eye coupled with his almost unrivaled skills and strengths, gave way to the stories of the Demon Saint.

Stories of his almost impossible feats and unparalleled justsus circulated among the strong and weak. It was said that no one who displeased him lived without reason. The reasons why his man was still alive was obviously because of the fifth. This man still respected the fifth enough so that he would no kill any of the leaf, massive injuries however were a moot point.

Though there were many stories and rumors about this single man, three things remained constant. The first was that the man was undefeated, forever roaming free and unhindered as it was said that there was no being on this earth that could rival him. Though there were stories of the strongest of the missing nins searching him out.

The second was the collar that he wore at his neck. The nine symmetrical slashes through a famous hidden village emblem, which was stated would gleam ominously during a full moon represent the man's undaunted and feral spirit. It was said that this man would wipe out a village if they so much as touched his shadow during an afternoon sky…

The third thing was perhaps the most famous of the three facts. His Demon Eye that earned him the nickname of Demon Saint. He was considered a Saint because of his simplistic superiority in the fields of combat and assassination. His right eye, however, gave way to the Demon half of his name. With the almost pure white eyes, one could, if they took a good look, would fine a faintest touch of coloration.

What color it was, was currently unknown, it was rumored that the color would be like his left, eye, a clear lagoon blue… but no one was sure was quite sure since no one was foolish enough to stare at it long enough. After all, disrespect seemed to equal death with him. It was a problem that most likely stemmed from possibly the Kyubi, his child hood or a combination of both.

The Demon Eye itself was said to glow during heightened emotions and during the full moon. One said that during those moments, even those who saw it briefly would remember that eye until their dying day. It was stated that once you locked eyes with him, your life was forfeit to his designs. Your life or death was based on his whim and wishes… those who he wanted dead, did not live long…

The ANBU captain wasn't sure if the rumors were at all true, but he felt the force behind the young man's gaze, and it made him shiver. Behind his one good eye was an impenetrable wall that he doubted he could ever penetrate. The man's demon eye didn't help either, as it seemed to drill into his own gaze and seemingly suppress his own will.

Thinking on the eye, the captain reviewed the bits of the story behind it… it had happened during that single night… that night so long ago when Naruto was still but a simple genin who had incredible potential but was hated and despised by all the adults because of what had happened in the past. It was a past that sealed the fate of the child to a cold and hard life. It was a wonder that the boy didn't leave earlier.

He himself was there to witness what had happened during that… incident. That moment when everything changed for but a brief moment in time… when a young boy vanished and in from the ashes of that fallen youth arose the unsuppressed strength of a legend that haunted the leaf to this day.

Taking a deep soundless breath, the captain brushed away the thoughts of the past momentarily as the Fifth made her entrance. It was nothing dramatic or such. She simply walked up to the small gathering people and stopped, carefully taking in every detail in a blink of an eye.

Her escorts also stopped beside her.

The ANBU captain stared in slight awe and respect at those who stood beside the Fifth. After all, not everyone was able to see these great shinobi gathered to greet a man.

To her left were the Prideful Green Beast, Maito Gai and his eternal rival, Copy Cat Hotake Kakashi. To the Fifth's right was one of the legendary three, Jiraiya-sama and the Fifth's most trusted aid, Shizune. Behind the fifth were two people who were among current strongest elite chuunins, Hyuuga Neji and Uchia Sasuke.

Unsure of what to do next, the Anbu captain simply staid still until further orders from the Hokage were given, as undoubtedly, she had already known who he was. She was an amazing hokage like that, just like how the third was.

"Naruto!" the fifth practically shouted out loud. All those present tensed as they waited for the outcome. Tsunade then walked gravely over and gave the young man a bone-crushing hug, which ended in a rather profound and dramatically loud slap to the head. Her face demonic as she uttered her next few words… "Why. Didn't. You. Ever. Write."

Wincing under the deadly glare… Naruto couldn't help but smile. Even after what had happened during the past, even after that single incident… Naruto knew that he still had the Hokage on his side. She knew what had happened and had forgiven him, even apologized. But it was too late, that single night so long ago was irreversible. But her love and care didn't hurt at all. After all, she was the reason that he still hadn't killed a shinobi of leaf since then.

Still, it was good to know that someone out there still worried after him. Since that day it seemed as though he had gained an older sister, one who did truly care for him like family even though they weren't related by blood. The fact that she had adopted him didn't hurt either.

"I forgot." Naruto replied blandly, which earned him another smack to the head.

Tsunade glared at the youth before her for a few moments before her face melted into a helpless smile. "Whatever. I bet you don't forget to eat ramen every chance you get."

Being a brilliant shinobi and unparallel assassin, Naruto decided not to reply to her last comment.

With a happy and full smile, the fifth Hokage of Konoha Village, in a dramatic fashion thanked him for his assistance and offered him hospitality to stay and rest. Her real undertone however, suggested that if he declined then he would die a horribly painful and slow death as she ripped out their bones and shoved them in not so nice places.

Naruto of course, naturally accepted. Besides, he was getting hungry.

Turning around to Jiraiya, Tsunade went over and whispered a few short sentences into his hear. Nodding, Jiraiya then motioned for Gai and Kakashi to follow him and with that, they vanished back to the direction Naruto had come from.

Watching them leave, Naruto couldn't help but grin in amusement as he found himself guessing on whether they went to check for pursuers or to ensure the safety of Konoha Village or it could have been some sort of useless mission.

The Anbu and chuunins then were allowed to leave. Neji and Sasuke lingered for a few moments longer, their eyes brimming with slight anger and awe as they kept their gaze on their former comrade. But they had their own responsibilities and under the glare of the fifth, left.

With that, the meeting was dispersed as Naruto found himself once again carrying the two unconscious chuunins. Not that it really mattered to him if he carried them or not and with Tsunade, headed to the hospital to assure the survival of the two injured chuunins.

Entering a village that he had long since left, Naruto found it odd as his first step into the village brought him memories of older days and countless missions that required him to leave, yet… yet he always returned. Was this his curse? To always end up back here? Would he always be returning to this forsaken place?

Grinning, Naruto continued in prideful strides as he walked alongside the fifth Hokage, ignoring the pointless stares of the general populace as they continued to the hospital. Though he didn't like the people, the place itself was cheerful.

To Naruto, it felt as though he had finally come home after a long journey… he would have headed to his home… but memories of the past washed through him, crushing most of the joy under sorrow. With a small sigh Naruto let his grin evaporate.

With new eyes, Naruto once again looked at the village. It seemed dimmer and he found a growing dislike of the staring people. Many he realized, stared at him with open contempt. It seemed that he was still remembered. Then he had a brilliant idea.

Glaring back at those who dared look down on him, the people trembled and their gazes fell downwards, fear and self shame written across their faces. His smile returning, Naruto found that maybe Konoha wasn't such a bad place after all.

Even here, the legend of the Demon Saint had touched their minds. The single Demon Eye that he alone possessed told of who he was, and what he did to those he disliked. The fact that they knew who he was helped solidify the rumors into something more permanent.

With a glowing smile, Naruto found that he could confront the people with their gazes as he continued onwards. His eye was full of amusement as he gazed around, daring any to challenge his existence as they all once did, when he was younger… weaker… more trusting. The tables had turned since those days of yore.

All this Tsunade watched on with a sad expression adorning her face. She knew what was going on through his mind, or at least she hoped she did. He had changed since she saw him last. Vowing to herself, she would talk to him later about this if only for the safety of the village. As the Hokage and as an older sister, she had to know.

Walking ahead, head held high, an amused grin plastered across his face, Naruto felt content. He never knew that returning to the village could lift his spirits so easily.

Here and now, he existed and walking through the village and as he stood before the hospital, Naruto's smile widened as something within him glowed. Something serene.

Days of the past that he looked fondly upon suddenly surfaced with clarity. They were the brightest days in his life. Then once again, he felt as he did those many years ago.

He was home.

(" ) ( " ) ( ") Author's Corner! Chapter 01 is released!

Huzzah!

Well this was simply here to fill in gaps between stories as I like to add tidbits in the overall scheme of things. As you may or may not have guessed, there will hopefully be some, I repeat, some romance in this puppy as I test my skills in the area.

My skills of course will be poor but I hope it turns out well as I let Naruto loose onto the general female populace.

Chapter 02 is going to come out at some point but please remember, though these will most likely come out quicker then my mainstream fics, this isn't my main fic and as such, will contain pointless stupidity and such.

Got nothing else to write about. so.

Bie Bye!

Update: Fixed up the shoddy fight scene so its more up to par of what I usually write. More fillings within paragraphs and added more background to this story. Well, 2 down and 3 to go P Enjoy