Author Notes: I don't do, you don't sue (Naruto is not mine, although I want a nifty headband!)

This is my first fanfic, so don't kill me if it sucks.

Sorry if it's a bit boring, but I got to get the story rolling. I promise the other chapters will be more...interesting.

I would appreciate advice on the battle scenes. I, well, suck at them.

Italic: Thoughts or Flashbacks

Bold: Emphasis

It was the summer that never was. The innocence of many was lost on that day. Including one infant boy, just barely born. One boy whose mother died at birth and his father disowned him, probably because of the death of his lover, his wife. The boy was left on the porch of a building, and would have probably died if not had a ninja, by the name of Hatake Kakashi, who will take a major role in the story, take the newborn to an orphanage. And his name was Uzumaki Naruto.

The day after. The worst of the worst happened. IT struck, killing many in a heartbeat. On its nine tails were impaled bodies, ninjas that had given their lives to protect this village. Its howl had people frozen in fear, unable to move. Those unfortunate enough to be near it would be eaten, chewed by massive jaws, crushed by one whip of its nine tails, or impaled on them. It was the Kyuubi, the nine-tails, the demon of the south.

And only one could stop it. The "Yellow Flash", the Yondaime, the Fourth Hokage.

He was skilled. He grew up in the village of Konoha , and was the prodigy of the Leaf. With his manner, anyone could think that he was just another normal citizen with blonde hair and a fit body and a lot of gear ninja would carry…well you get the point. But throughout the ninja world, everyone knew that if they happened to see the Yellow Flash, they should happen to be away, far away.

He was the youngest Hokage, and the most celebrated. He became jounin at the age of 13, led his first genin team at 14. He had performed countless "A" Ranked missions, most which saved Konoha from certain destruction.

And when the Third Hokage nominated him for the position of the Fourth Hokage, he swore if he was picked, he would protect the village with his life.

He was the Fourth Hokage, and he would protect his village, the village that raised him, sheltered him, with his life. And today was the day to test him.

Yondaime yawned. Nothing ever happened after the treaties had been signed. To be honest, he missed the action.

Speak of the devil…

Suddenly a young genin rushed in. "Yondaime, there's a huge fox attacking the West Guard and some ninjas have already died!"(That was a bit of an understatement) The young genin had etched on his face the look of shock.

The Yondaime stood up, a bit (fine, really) shocked. "A huge fox! With nine tails, I'm guessing?"

The poor young genin just stood there and nodded mutely.

"Go to the orphanage and pick up the most energetic baby you see. Hurry!"

The genin, thinking, what the heck is happening around here, rushed off, not knowing that it would be the last time he would see the esteemed Yondaime alive.

Kyuubi…I just had to open my mouth.

When he reached there, half of the jounin had reached there and tried to fight Kyuubi. "It's impossible! Fall back!" yelled the ANBU captain, waving for his men to retreat. He saw the Hokage and asked, "What can I do?"

The Fourth said hastily," There is a genin at the orphanage. Bring him here with a baby and hurry!"

Understanding dawned upon the captain (Which was a bit of a shock to the Hokage because that darn jutsu was supposed to be locked away). "You don't mean to…"

"Just go!"

Yondaime had to stall, for the sake of his ninjas, for the sake of his village. He prepared himself to fight the Kyuubi himself, running against the tide of fleeing ninjas, attempting to set up a last defense around the city walls.

He did about 50 hand seals, ending with tiger. He would buy as much time as possible with all of his might. He yelled, "Fire Element, Explosion of Fire!"

The Kyuubi harmlessly absorbed the fire.

Damn, it has fire resistance. Got to try another element.

He dodged the tails rushing at him and performed hand seals.

"Water Element, Water Barrage!"

This time, he could see some damage. But he couldn't keep this up; he had to dodge nine tails and a ferocious head plus chakra that could manifest itself. He had to use the ability, and soon. But he had to wait for the captain.

Let's try this… He began to focus chakra into his palm of his hand and started spinning it.

"Rasengan!"

He buried his hand deep in the monster. And the monster began to howl, howls of pain. The Yondaime had injured it, but he was not out of range yet.

The demon retaliated with its nine tails, and Yondaime had just enough time to do one jutsu, "The Art of Substitution!"

Who knew that jutsu would save my life? Not that it matters if the captain gets here on time...

But he was tiring, quickly. He had to do the special jutsu.

Just then the ANBU captain showed up with the newborn baby.

"Here! Be careful!"

Yondaime grimaced. He wasn't going to have to be careful. It was way past that. It was time to use his special jutsu, a jutsu that would kill him and seal the demon of Kyuubi.

With his remaining charka, he summoned the Death Lord. And with that, Yondaime performed his last jutsu on this plane, this world.

"Demonic Soul Seal!"

Everyone tensed up, even the Kyuubi. What was happening? What was that apparition in the air? What was Yondaime doing? What was that blue light surrounding the sky? All were wondering, except the ANBU captain who was crying openly for the first time since he was 5.

Bye, everyone.

And the hand of the demon began to reach through the stomach of the user. It slowly approached Kyuubi and grasped it, and slowly pulled the essence of Kyuubi. Instead of sealing it in the demon's stomach however, as was usually done, and forced to undergo an eternity of pain and torture, Yondaime willed with the last of his strength the hand to the newborn and with the last of his energy placed the hand on the baby.

"Seal."

And with that, the demons, the lord and the wolf, disappeared and Yondaime hit the ground, dead.

With that, began the story of Uzumaki Naruto, the boy of the seal of four seasons.

It began with that summer, of death and sorrow, and of bitterness. Bitterness that the Fourth had to give his life to seal some demon. And it was in this Naruto boy. So the adults began to hate him, and even though the children did not know Naruto's true story, they followed suit.

In began with that summer, where the morning sun was red, and the Yondaime's dying wish was to see this boy grow up to be a great ninja, for he was cursed with the chains of oppression, and the chains of the demon, the demon of the Kyuubi.

But what would happen, as Kyuubi be continued to be shunned, through the vessel, Naruto? Would he find redemption, or would he let Kyuubi loose, free to wreak havoc upon the biased villagers of Kohana?

Thanks for reading, and please review. The story is not going to be this boring for long (well maybe because Kakashi is in it 0.0)

Chaosxemperor