THE DARK GATE

A NARUTO BASED FAN FIC

WRITTEN BY:

KYUBI-X

Chapter 8: The Awakening…

"Your healing way to slowly kit, and I have to be honest, it's starting to get on my nerves. Maybe I should give your body a little help to get it in gear?" The great Kyubi said looking at his container from behind his prison cell. Naruto eyed the great demon with careful eyes.

"How do I know that this isn't a ploy to take over my body?" Naruto asked cautiously, not wanting to lose Kyubi's help if his motives were as pure as a demon's could be.

"You may not be very smart kit, but you do have good common sense when you choose to use it. I promise you I am not trying to take over your body; I've tried it once and let me tell you, it hurts like hell. (A/N: The fight with Haku….) Let's just say that I'm getting bored with you not being able to move around properly cause its putting you out of shape, I still refuse to heal the wounds on your body, however, I have decided to heal your internal wounds so that you can get your energy and almost endless stamina back." Kyubi said swishing his tails to and fro.

"Your growing soft in your old age Kyubi, however I am not one to turn down this offer, but the question is, what do you want in return? I know that you aren't doing this for free." Naruto replied still watching the demon carefully.

"I want you to destroy me…" The Kyubi said watching the boy react with shock.

"What do you mean you want me to kill you!" Naruto asked awestruck.

"I've grown tired of living on this planet, and this cage sucks beyond anything you could possibly know. I have decided that I want to go down to hell where I truly belong. So that is what I want in exchange for my service. I want you to destroy me by destroying the seal. The answer to how to do so is hidden in your father's private library in one of the black scrolls in the far left corner."

"If I do this does it mean you will be gone forever? Will I loose all of your powers?" Naruto asked very cautiously.

"Psh, just because I am going to hell doesn't mean that I won't want a window to what is going on in the human realm. And that is what you are going to be, I'm going to implant a small bit of myself into your mind so that I can see everything you see, call it my extra entertainment if you will. As for my powers, I will grant you the power of my regeneration if you promise to let your body heal normally this time. Also, upon my departure your eyes will receive a very small what you humans would call bloodline power, as you know foxes can see in the dark perfectly because that is when they hunt, and that is going to be your eyes, power, you will be able to see in the dark just as well as you do when it is light out, but don't worry this won't effect your day time vision, it will only kick in when the sun goes down. And finally, I am going to bestow upon you what I like to call primal instincts. For example, while you are sleeping you will be able to know when someone is trying to sneak up on you, and all five of your senses will be slightly increased, not quite as powerful as mine, but more effective none than a human's none the less. And don't worry; your body won't change at all. And finally, I have one last gift for you, and let me tell you this one is the mother of all presents." With his rather long speech done, Kyubi stuck out his tail with a scroll wrapped up at the end of it.

Naruto gently took the scroll and opened it up. He read its contents and his eyes widened as he gasped. This is…this is a summoning scroll for all foxes, including yourself…." Naruto said looking up at the giant fox demon.

"Yes it is kit, now sign it with your blood and give it back. Then scram, I need to get to work on healing your internal organs and you need to study on how to send me to hell so I can finally have some fun again." Kyubi said smiling as best as a giant fox demon could.

"Just one more question before I go. Have you lost the will to live? I can't exactly understand why you won't to go to hell." Naruto asked.

"Kit, its like I said, this prison is boring, I need to be free, I need to roam and if going to hell is the only way to do it, I'll take it. Anyways, I'm sure that at one point you'll have to call upon me to aid you in battle, and that will be a lot of fun I can promise you that." Kyubi said hoping it would satisfy the boy so he could get to work.

Naruto smiled at the fox softly and thanked him for everything he was going to receive, and then he bowed and walked out leaving a smiling Kyubi behind.

(A/N: Hey I thought it made sense, so please don't flame me to death if you don't like the idea! Thank you)

When Naruto woke up he smiled feeling some of his energy coming back to him. He sat up and stood on his feet while stretching. He winced at the pain caused by all the cuts and gashes on his body but he smiled knowing it wouldn't last forever. With that he found a note on the nightstand, he picked it up and read the following.

Dear Naruto,

You slept the night away so here's what you missed. We got your outfits and we cleared a section of your closet to put the clothes in. Anyways, just call out for someone when you wake up and we will come get you, Tsunade-sama is stopping by today because she said she had one more special surprise for you. So yeah, just call for help when you're awake.

Yours truly,

Sakura

Naruto read the note twice and then got a wicked grin on his face, a plan forming in his mind. He went to the closet and picked out an outfit and stepped into the bathroom to take a shower. He glanced at the clock before he closed the door and saw that it read 8:00 A.M.

Meanwhile Downstairs…

The girls were cooking up a large breakfast and they boys were helping by setting the table for the nine of them, plus three extra spots for Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi. They had just finished setting the table when they heard a scream and a plate drop. The rushed to the kitchen to find out what was going on, and if they were to look at the clock they would have seen it was 8:30 A.M.

They boys rushed in and saw the girls looking towards the main hall with shock in their eyes. They eyes wandered to the main hall and shock hit their systems at full speed for they saw what appeared to be Naruto standing there with a grin on his face. They say the Kohona headband however it was tied to his right arm which let his blonde hair fall freely showing just how long it really was (goes down to his eyes), but long gone was the orange jumpsuit which had been thrown away by the girls, in its place was a pair of snow camo pants with a skin tight black shirt and a skin tight black vest on overtop. Naruto's sandals were gone and had been replaced by black hiking boots.

There was only a second's hesitation before Naruto was trapped in Shikamaru's shadow jutsu and had three kunai's positioned at very dangerous spots on his body by Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino who were careful to keep their bodies away from the shadow. There was dead silence until the supposed Naruto spoke up saying, "Um, good morning?"

"Who are you and what did you do to Naruto?" Shikamaru asked with an unusually deadly tone to his normally bored voice. The other boys nodded in agreement pressing the kunai's harder against the vital areas to stress the point that he should start talking now.

"It's me, and if you want proof lift up my shirt and make me release some charka so that you can see the Kyubi's seal." Naruto said with a smile to his face enjoying every second of the pure chaos that was his friend's reactions to him.

Cautiously, Shikamaru lifted up his shirt which forced Naruto to do the same, he then released some charka which also made Naruto do the same, slowly yet surely, and the seal of the Kyubi became visible on his stomach that along with all the cuts and gashes on his body proved that it was indeed the one and only Naruto.

Shikamaru released the jutsu and stepped back however, Sasuke, Kiba, and Shino were far less willing to let him go. "You've got some explaining to do Naruto, and you better start now because we're not in the mood for games." Sasuke said with a cold voice.

And so Naruto explained the entire situation, along with the agreement with the Kyubi to send him to hell with the window of view in his own mind. Everyone sat down absorbing the information not bothering to notice that the food was burning while they listened. And so by the time that Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi entered into the house, they food was completely burnt and needless to say, Naruto was forced to retell his story to the adults who like the teens, were very on edge about the whole situation.

And so, after discovering that the food was uneatable, Tsunade lead the way towards a restaurant so they could eat. Tsunade made the teen's eat alone, while Jiraiya, Kakashi, and she sat at a table with Naruto who showed them the scroll and explained how to destroy the Kyubi and the seal forever. The adults listened and then Kakashi walked over to the teens table, left them some money, and told them to enjoy the rest of the day and that they would be summoned to Tsunade's office when they were finished with Naruto. The teens knew that asking questions would only get them in trouble so the paid the bill and left.

Kakashi, Tsunade, Jiriyia, and Naruto did the same but went to the Hokage manor to perform the jutsu. The teens decided to go back to the mansion and clean everything they hadn't gotten a chance too, and also clean up the mess left in the kitchen.

In the Hokage's Manor, Tsunade's bedroom.

They entered the room and began to do everything the scroll commanded, they took black coal and drew the kanji symbols necessary and drew a circle around it, placing Naruto in the center. The jutsu itself worked by calling upon the god of death to come, from there the Kyubi would take over Naruto's body momentarily and reveal is position from where he had been escaping the god's death for far to long, from there, Kyubi would tell the god of death to also remove the seal from Naruto and then the god of death would do the rest. The jutsu took three people to perform so Tsunade, Jiriyia, and Kakashi got into the necessary positions and began the hand seals.

The room became cold as ice and soon the ghostly image of the god of death became present in the room. "WHO SUMMONED ME HERE?" The god of death roared with anger as he looked between the three adults and finally upon the boy whose eyes were strangely glowing red.

"Hello death, long time no see huh? Let me get down to business, I've gotten tired of hiding from you so I decided it was time to go to hell, however I have one last request of you, remove the seal from the boy so that the village will know that I am truly gone and then I am yours, do you accept me offer?" The Kyubi asked with no fear in his voice.

The god of death thought it over and then agreed. Naruto regained control and said goodbye to Kyubi as the god of death slid his hand into Naruto's stomach. Naruto arched his back out let out a cry of pain as the god of death pulled out the Kyubi's soul from his body, with that task done; the god of death removed the seal and disappeared with the Kyubi straight to hell. When all was said and done, Naruto was lying in a heap on the floor, out cold once again.

With their task done, Tsunade checked to make sure that the seal and the Kyubi were gone and they were. Tsunade let out a sigh of relief and picked up the boy gently and placed him upon her bed to sleep. Little did she know that when Naruto woke up, an awakening of power would occur the like's of which could only be rivaled by the fourth himself. For as Naruto slept, his eyes received their new power and would glow the cerulean blue color at night, his senses became more sensitive, and his body grew the ability to regenerate at his will instead of the Kyubi's. And also the mind link between himself and Kyubi had been opened. This all occurred within a matter of hours and by 1:00 P.M, Naruto opened his eyes to an unfamiliar room.

His ninja intuition went to work as he quickly went to work with his new senses; he quietly sniffed the air only to smell the scent of Tsunade. He realized he was safe and opened his eyes once again to see Kakashi leaning against the closed door reading a dirty book. Naruto coughed once and Kakashi's head immediately rose to see his awakened student.

Naruto couldn't exactly tell, but he could have sworn that Kakashi was smiling with his eyes as he said, "Good afternoon Naruto, how was your nap?"

Naruto replied that it was great as he sat up and got out of the bed, stretching for the second time that day. He walked to the window and looked out only to see the entire village gathered around Tsunade as she was obviously talking to them. "Ready to go tell the village that the Kyubi is finally dead Naruto?" Kakashi asked smiling with his eyes once again at his student.

Together, Naruto and Kakashi walked outside and up on the podium where Tsunade was standing, as is to be expected, the villages let out boo's and hisses that made not only Tsunade mad, but also the eight teens standing in the back. Tsunade finally got the crowd settled down declaring that she had an important announcement about the Kyubi. Everyone instantly stopped talking and all eyes fell upon Naruto with curiosity in the eyes instead of hate for once. Tsunade gently budged Naruto urging him to speak and Naruto got the hint.

"Everyone, I am standing here today as the Kyubi's container to tell you that the Hokage along with two other Kohona ninja's finally sent the Kyubi where he belongs, to hell. And I am going to prove it by showing you that the seal that the fourth Hokage placed upon my stomach has disappeared, and for all of those who know about the seal itself, you know that it could only disappear when the Kyubi was gone."

For what seemed like an eternity there was dead silence. Then all of a sudden the crowd broke out into cheer's that the great demon was finally dead. As Naruto watched the scene unfold in front of his very eyes, he could swear the he could hear the Kyubi chuckling at how much fear he had caused which would cause the villages to so celebrate his death. After a while of letting them cheer, Tsunade quieted down the crowd to make an announcement of her own.

"Everyone, I know that this is an exciting time but I have one more announcement to make, I have here an official document of the leaf a birth certificate for Naruto, as it turns out, the Fourth Hokage was his father and as you know that mean's that he is naturally the next in line for the Hokage position. And that is why I need your vote now, will you accept the fourth's son, the boy who carried the burden of the great demon fox Kyubi and finally overcame him as candidate for the sixth Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaf?"

Once again there was dead silence for what seemed to be yet another eternity. Then slowly, one by one, the villagers began to clap until every member of the village was clapping and cheering for their new hero. Naruto just stood there in shock, now realizing that his dream of having the village recognize him had just come true, and that his dream of becoming Hokage had just taken a giant leap into happening. And so, it was only natural that Naruto would stare at Tsunade as she offered him what would become the jacket of the sixth Hokage, which was black in color and had the image of Kyubi on the back with the kanji for victory next to the demon's face.

The crowd fell silent as they watched to see if Naruto would accept the jacket. And then, slowly yet surely, Naruto reached out with shaky hands and took the jacket, he slowly put in on over his shoulders and turned to look at the crowd with tears in his eyes. Tsunade cleared her throat and said, "I hereby show you candidate for the position of the sixth Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto!"

Tsunade smiled as the crowd cheered and celebrated the two big events that happened this day. And so the village went out to celebrate as Naruto was lead back inside of the Hokage's manor, the other eight of the rookie nine close behind…

A/N: Yeah yeah yeah, you were expecting the scrolls to come into play this chapter, but keep your pants on, its coming in the next chapter, and yes, I know this chapter as a lot of information to digest, but don't worry, Naruto is still going to become the leader of the rogue ops team, well kinda, but don't worry that beginning of the scroll training and the answers you are seeking will come in the next chapter, have faith in me! I promise I won't let you down. So you know the drill READ AND REVIEW!