Naruto was a young kit, being only about a year old. Since the ones who signed the contract with the fox were either beginners or experts, he hadn't had the chance to step into this dimension and was curious. This was his first time in the ninja world and he was quite exited.
However, this excitement didn't last long. As he bent down to smell the ground, he heard a rustle to his left. A snake lashed out of the bush and tried to bite Naruto. He was able to doge, but a second snake came out of the other side of the clearing and managed to bite his back leg. Naruto had taken a defensive position, but the poison was already starting to take effect. As his world went black, he saw a human with pale skin and long black hair step into the clearing as well with another unconscious human.
BreakThe Yondaime was doing paperwork on their recent war with Rock. He finally thought that he had achieved peace in this village.
"Hokage-sama!"
He looked up at the chuunin who had burst into his office. He seemed slightly exhausted and disheveled. "What's wrong?"
The chuunin swallowed. "There is a giant demon fox headed towards this village and it's destroying everything in his its path!"
'What?' "Summon the council and the foxes. They may be able to provide us with some assistance."
The Leaf's meeting room was large and circular, so that it could hold any amount of people or, in this case, summoned creatures. The Leaf's council members, some who were missing to defend the village, sat on high pedestals set against the walls. This arrangement intimidated foreign ambassadors or people on trial. Right now, there were a group of high-level foxes in the center of the room. The Yondaime stood to speak.
"For some generations, a little while after this village was founded, the foxes and Konoha had signed a treaty to give aid whenever it was needed. Right now, there is a demon fox headed towards Konohagure. We request your aide to help bring this matter to a close."
Yondaime sat down and the foxes discussed among themselves for a few minutes. A single female fox stepped forward. "We cannot aide you in bringing the demon fox matter to a close."
The room erupted into chaos. Several members stood up angrily shouting curses and insults. The Yondaime silenced them all, but it took a few minutes. "Why exactly not?" He struggled to keep his own anger in check.
The female fox stood, unfazed. "Our recent war with some other summoned creatures has left us crippled. We cannot afford to help you right now."
This statement made the Yondaime even angrier. That 'war' was five years ago, and they had supplied help to them. "Fine then. Consider our treaty broken." He said coldly.
The other foxes bowed and, one by one, dispelled themselves. However, one of the foxes, the female fox who had spoken on the behalf of the others, stayed behind. She seemed hesitant to say something. "There is another reason that the foxes chose not to help you in this war."
The Yondaime was rather curious. "What is it?"
"Shame, mostly. That 'demon' is actually one of our kits." She hesitated once again. "More specifically, mine."
The room was silent for a few minutes, the council absorbed the new information. Then the room once again burst into surprise, from confusion to anger and back to chaos. It took longer for the Yondaime to silence the council. "How did this happen?"
"It was the work of Konoaha's greatest betrayer. He developed a new technique that infuses a living creature with evil chakra at the cost of a human life."
"Orochimaru, that bastard…" he muttered. "How will we be able to… neutralize the demon fox?" The Yondaime didn't want to upset the mother of the demon fox.
The female fox didn't seem to mind. "You cannot kill Naruto, my kit, by conventional methods. Even beforehe was infused with demonic chakra, he had shown himself to be one of the most potential kits of our clan."
"Then how will we stop it?"
"I know a way that requires the Hokage's special sealing technique. I will teach it to you under one condition; you let my son live."
Before any of the other council members could object, the Yondaime agreed. "I accept your conditions. Now come quick, we don't have much time." They left before the council members could stop him.
It took a whole week for the Hokage to learn the altered sealing technique. During that time many lives were lost and some damage was dealt to Konohagure. At the beginning of the eighth day of the Kyuubi attack, the Yondaime and the female fox, named Soari, as he found out, stepped out of his office. Sandaime was waiting outside, smoking a pipe. "So you're really going to go through with this."
"Yes . Please look after Naruto after I'm gone."
"Alright, I will see to it he is cared for." Both the Yondaime and Sasori bowed and left the building.Outside, they could see the battle between all of Hidden Leaf's shinobi and Naruto, the Kyuubi. The Yondaime and Sasori both nodded aat each other.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu!" The Yondaime summoned Gamabunta, and they boarded his back.
"So you're really going to do it." Gamabunta looked up at his two passangers. "And what is she doing there?"
"She is here to help seal the demon. You don't mind, do you boss?"
"Nah, it's okay. After all, we were allies during that war." He leaped forward. "Okay, I distract him while you prepare."
"So tell me how this works again."
" You do the regular sealing technique, but once Shinigami puts his hand through you, I will put a seal on his hand. Shinigami will take my soul, but using it as a container, he will draw out the evil chakra in Naruto. The sudden loss of chakra will be a shock to him and he will take any form, hopefully back into the summoned creature he was. But we can be sure the thing he turns into will be living."
In a few short minutes, they were within range to see the damage Naruto had caused. The Yondaime was amazed. Saori appeared unfazed, but muttered quietly "I will end your suffering soon, my kit..."
The Yondaime looked to his fox companion. "Are you ready to start?" Saori nodded . "Then let's start." He made hand seals and said "Shikifuujin" Shinigami appeared behind him. Right when he pushed his hand through the Yondaime, Saori uttered "Shirushi no Kitsune" Shinigami flashed a glance at Saori and an additional mark appeared on his hand. The god turned his hand around and grabbed at Saori's soul. She gave no fight. As she slumped down next to the Yondaime, she whispered "Soon...very soon..."
After grabbing her soul, Shinigami proceeded to reach towards Naruto. He grabbed him, but did not pull out his soul. Instead, the terriblered chakra began to collect into Saori's soul. After a while, the Yondaime began to buckle. Apparently, the chakra was too much for him and Saori. He feared that his efforts might not be enough. So he made one last hand seal and uttered "Uzumaki Fuukan" A spiral was slowly burned into the back of Naruto's back. This seal was made of the evil chakra itself, and would only appear if Naruto was in extreme danger.
Finally after a few hours, all the chakra that wasn't sealed into Naruto's back was absorbed by Saori's soul. Naruto roared, and in an explosion of smoke, his for was replaced by one of a small baby boy. The Yondaime allowed himself to fall, and Gamabunta caught him. After placing all three forms on the ground, he bowed his head and promptly returned to the dimension of summoned creatures.
Sarutobi rushed to the sight and saw the spiral seal on Naruto's back before it disappeared. But what surprised him even more was the fact that he was a human baby. Several shinobi appeared as well. Most of them wanted to kill 'it.' Sarutobi forbid it. "From now on, mention of this incident will be punishable by death." There were a few murmurs among the citizens of Konoha. "Also this child will be under the protection of me, and he will be treated fairly, like any other citizen of Konoha. He will be named Uzumaki Naruto."
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