Berserker Chapter 2, a naruto fanfic

Berserker

A/n: Sorry this took so long, I had it finished three days ago, but it never uploaded until today...

2, Revelation

I seriously have no idea what is going on...

Naruto sat crossed legged and crossed armed on the floor of his apartment. The lights were on as he and his... guest were facing each other. Naruto had a deep thinking look on his face as he lightly tapped his shoulders with his index fingers.

"So, let me get this straight..." He took it slowly, after all... he was still trying to figure out what was going on himself.

"You came here from a place called Isis, which I assume is the demon world?" He opened his right eye to look upon the red head. Satisfied after seeing her nod to his question he continued, "and you came here because you sensed this orb that I found releasing energy?"

After carefully eying the orb that was sitting right next to his body the demon cut in. "Yes, like I said it was a most alluring aura, something that I haven't felt since the great Kyuubi left us. The aura of the king." She flushed slightly as she realized he was staring at her with an annoyed face. "R-Right, sorry my lord, I'll be quiet."

"And like you said... Kyuubi was the king of demons, and he came here for unseen circumstances and attacked this village." He noted her firm nod and continued, "anyways, after you exited the portal one of your ... "friends" made. You immediately tailed me from the point where Kakashi and I took off for here."

Before she could speak again, Naruto continued. "And you waited outside my hospital room, just for me to leave, and then when I went away from everyone and talked to me to preserve your identity from people that didn't need to know."

"Yes! Exactly right!"

Her cheerfulness faded as she saw him looking at her with the same annoyed face. She blushed more heatedly this time and settled right back down, looking at the area of floor right in front of him. "S-Sorry sir."

"And about this orb... you tell me that it's the keystone that will open the gates of power surrounding the giant castle in the demon world and will grant me the authority of the king of demons." After her nod, he took a sigh and took a better look at the orb. "It is beautiful, and I'm unusually attracted to it, but I don't see how it's more than just a simple gem."

"Can't you feel it?"

Naruto was surprised that her tone was not cheerful, but rather serious. He tracked his eyes to her form and noted she was now on all fours crawling toward him. "The power that escapes from you is that of the king, can't you not feel the orb desperately trying to unite with you?"

She came closer and Naruto found himself crawling backwards. Her eyes were narrow and mature, not like the large childish eyes she had before. She brought her face right up to his and he froze, sweat forming on his forehead. "You've got potential with the former king inside of you, I can help you!"

She leaned back and sat right in front of him, an amused smile on her face. Dammit, why is my heart racing like this? She's not afraid to get close to me at all... It was strange, having someone that was definitely not afraid of him, or thought poorly of him. However, it was something that he didn't particularly want to keep around for long.

"Why, why do you want to help me?"

He noted with curiosity that her head dropped, and her spade tail dropped to the floor. Her energetic aura faded a bit, and even her shoulders drooped. Naruto was confused and reached out to hold her shoulder, until she spoke. "After Kyuubi got captured, there was a race for the throne, many of us servants died, until a miserable rouge captured the throne..."

Naruto could guess where it was going, but what she said caught his attention. "Wait, if I'm the one with the potential to become king, how come he got the position?"

"There is more than one candidate, you were not ready at the time needless to say, so another took your place. However, now you can... and if you can, you should!" Naruto looked at her tear filled eyes and sighed. She seemed pretty desperate, and she did offer to help.

"What's the guy doing?"

"He's using us, getting more power by sucking ours dry. That's his demonic power, he's nothing but a leech!" She spoke in a tone of extreme hatred, and her eyes watered even more. "It's not like a demon to be this emotional, but I do care what happens to our way of life, and if he's allowed to stay in power then we'll all perish, and our way of life will vanish, replaced by only him. And then, even he'll be empty." She finished with power, but almost broke down during the middle of the speech.

All in all, Naruto realized it was bad. He had his own problems too, Sasuke left him, Sakura would probably hate him. Who knows what other genin would despise him as well for letting Sasuke get away. The only ones that would undoubtedly like him still would be the ones he met in the chuunin exams, and of course Shikamaru, Kiba, Chouji, and... Did Hinata like Sasuke? He thought about it, and she didn't even seem to have payed attention to Sasuke at all, not like Sakura and Ino at least. And then there is that bug guy... who's his name again?

"Naruto-sama?" Naruto snapped out of his thinking and looked at the girl, face will flowing with curiosity. "You were staring out into space," she said with a blush. Naruto flushed as well and scratched his cheek while gracefully turning to look out the window. "What will you do though, Naruto-sama. I can't force you to do anything, but I've explained the best I could."

He looked at her pleading look and sighed. How could he just refuse to help someone in need? Not to mention she was... "But still, I don't even know your name, I don't think it's out of the question to tell me yours since you found out mine... how did you find out mine anyways?"

"Spying!" she replied energetically. "And my name is Kia, I don't have a last name so you can add whatever you want to it."

"No last name?"

"Well, the demons that have the intelligence to speak are few, so we don't need last names yet at least," she said with pride. Naruto raised an eyebrow as he looked at Kia. She seemed at least trustworthy, so why not take her up on her offer.

"You can train me well?"

Naruto watched the sly grin spread across Kia's face and Naruto blinked. "Even if I'm still a servant, I'm a high class of demon, not as high as Kyuubi mind you, but I'm more than a match for that other demon around here... Shukaku I think."

"Your a match for Gaara?" Naruto was expecting something stronger, after all, he had beaten Shukaku... sure there were implications that let him win, but regardless he had beaten the creature. "I was able to beat him you know..."

"Oh, I don't need to be stronger than you to teach you... that's where the former king comes in..." Naruto's eyes widened and he groaned. "Oh come on, after he hears what I have to tell him, he'll be cooperative, then he can help you become the new king too!"

"If you know that much, then why don't you want to just free Kyuubi?" Naruto was starting to get a fearful streak up his back. Her smile faded and was replaced by a frown as she was obviously thinking about it. "Don't tell me you didn't think about that..."

"No, that's not it." She stopped for a moment and looked to the side, sitting back on the ground fully. "Firstly, is that I'm not the kind of demon that would kill a human in cold blood just to get the king back. I do want him back, but I also realize the repercussions for it." Naruto felt more at ease at hearing he was talking to a demon with a conscious. "Also, that seal binds lord Kyuubi with you, meaning that if you die, he dies... and breaking the seal would kill you before Kyuubi was released... So I wouldn't get him back anyways."

"..." Naruto was quiet for a moment, and then smiled at Kia. "Alright, I trust you, make me the king." He watched the smile spread across her face and watched her come closer to him. Although I wish you could be a little more distant from me... Even if he said it though, he didn't really believe it.

When she was right in front of Naruto's face, Naruto felt her hands go to his temples and press in slightly. Her eyes closed and her energy spiked, and it felt like jounin level at least. Naruto breathed heavily as her energy started to move into him. It felt as if a foreign body was invading him, almost like Ino, except he could actually feel Kia moving into him, and becoming one with him. He blushed at the thought and saw his vision getting dark. Apparently what she had done was finished, and she was now pulling him into his mind, to visit an old friend...

"Naruto-sama?"

Naruto groaned as his eyes opened. His vision was blurry at first, but he found his head lying on Kia's lap with her looking down at him with a worried look on her face. He was a little fuzzy about what exactly happened, and could only muster up a question. "What happened?"

"We've gone into your mind, the strain was more than I thought, so we don't have much time." Naruto shook his head quickly and stood up slowly. She braced him as he stood up and they looked a head of him. "I can feel his presence all around this place, but I don't sense any malice with you in here."

"It's because I've talked to him before." Naruto could hear the gasp that came from Kia and explained. "Jiraiya taught me how to talk to him through a near death experience, and we've had a few on and off again conversations, but he's been helpful at least." Naruto walked forward, surprised that he walked with a slight limp, he looked back at Kia. "Why can't I walk right?"

"A part of the stress, you need to concentrate more to do much of anything except talking." Naruto sighed and kept walking forward, being a lot more careful. "Although I'm surprised that your even conscious, I was right about you." Naruto sighed as he tried to ignore the girl. Of course, because of it he missed the smile and blush forming on her face.

As soon as they felt the rush of demon chakra in front of them, and the giant gates of Kyuubi's cage in the distance, Kia felt at ease. Although, Naruto started to feel more tense as they approached, this time Kyuubi's presence felt a lot more hostile, and he didn't even know why.

"He seems to be more annoyed than usual," Naruto said out loud.

"It'll be alright," Kia said reassuringly.

Slowly, but surely the aura got stronger, and Kyuubi brought his large face up against the bars. This time, it seemed more like a fox and not like a huge monster like Naruto had last seen. The fox took a look at Naruto before shifting his gaze towards Kia. He looked down at her with a curious gaze before chuckling.

"A servant... here?" The fox was almost amused as he brought his head lower and closer to the edge of the cage, looking Kia straight in the eye. "How, unexpected..." Naruto could see that the demon was forming his own take on the situation, and probably had no knowledge of what had already been said between Kia and he.

"Lord Kyuubi," Kia squeaked. She bowed deeply and respectfully as she saw Kyuubi speaking of her. However, instead of waiting for an "arise" from Kyuubi she came back up and looked straight at the fox. "I come with urgent news, and it involves this boy."

Naruto looked between the two demons as they spoke, Kyuubi seemed appalled at first by her for some reason or another, probably because she didn't wait for him to speak again before talking. However, as soon as she mentioned him the Kyuubi's eyes glinted and widened. Maybe he didn't expect it or something, but I still don't like how this is going...

"And what could you possibly tell me that I don't already know?" Kyuubi grunted in an arrogant manner and propped his head up on his massive paws. "Don't tell me you came all the way down here to tell me that a new king has been chosen." Naruto could tell that Kyuubi was probably dead set on continuing to be king, and his tone was reassuring that thought.

"Actually sire, I am here to tell you that someone has already seized the throne."

The silence was enough to freeze time as the fox's eyes widened to their apex. A growl escaped from the demon's lips as the arteries in his eyes bulged. His anger was mounting and Naruto took a step back. Something was going to happen, and Naruto was fairly certain the creature was going to lash out at them. "Kia, get back... he's going to explode!"

"However, your container has come across the keystone. It chose him sire." Naruto watched in complete surprise as all of the creature's anger vanished in an instant. In fact, the Kyuubi let out a sigh of what seemed to be relief. Naruto's mouth dropped as he saw the sudden change in the Kyuubi's temperament and raised an eyebrow. "Of course, he'll need some guidance from the former lord..."

Naruto caught the Kyuubi's gaze as it swung from Kia. The look was not one of anger, or rage, but of respect. Which greatly confused Naruto. "Consider it done. I cannot let such potential go to waste, and I guess it is what's best for Isis now..." There was a tone of disappointment in the Kyuubi's voice, but there was a great deal of respect as well. "However, you know what this means..." The fox's gaze went back to Kia with that serious remark. "How do you plan on keeping him safe?"

"The only way I know how," Kia said with a flush. Kyuubi chuckled lightly and then began to hurl with laughter a few moments later. Naruto wasn't sure, but he felt like he would have yet another group of people that wanted him dead. "He's not exactly easy prey either, I'm sure he can help me take care of him," she finished with a wink.

"You mind telling me just what is happening?" They both glanced at Naruto and smirked, something Naruto was already weary of. "I can guess that I'll be getting training, but is there going to be someone else after my life? I think it's only fair that I know that much at least." Naruto crossed his arms and looked at the two with a frown.

"I suppose you do deserve an answer to that." The Kyuubi sighed as he got up off the floor, turning his attention completely towards Naruto. "When the time comes, your energy will begin to draw attention towards... certain people that do not want you to become king. Namely, everyone that the current one has under his wing. You'll be outnumbered by a huge factor... and you'll have to survive to achieve your goal."

Naruto swallowed nervously and shifted slightly. "Well, I guess I should thank you for telling me this..." Naruto let the last word roll of his tongue and then let his gaze wander down to the floor. It was an awful lot to take in at once, and what Kyuubi had enlightened him on was something that was not easy to take. After all, it wasn't enough with all the people that either wanted him, or wanted him dead, but now there would be another group after his life. Naruto took a deep breath and closed his eyes, even with all of this, it wasn't like he could just leave them to their fate.

"Alright, It's not like I'll decline or anything." Kia immediately smiled after Naruto accepted and Kyuubi lightly chuckled.

"Alright, Continue with your life for now, we'll be in touch." And before Naruto could say anything else, everything went white...

Naruto groaned as he opened his eyes. He was back in his room, and it was dark. Looking out the window, Naruto saw the stars shining brightly and sighed. Something tells me that whatever just happened was not just a dream. Getting up from his bed, Naruto stalked over to the mirror, and was surprised by a slip of paper sticking out of the frame. What's this?

Lightly pulling the slip of paper out of the mirror frame, Naruto lightly pulled the sides until it unfolded. After reading it, his mouth opened slightly and his eyebrow raised. October tenth, three years from now... you better train like hell.

Naruto looked around his room, as if looking for someone. Yet no matter where he turned, there was no one in the house but him. No sign of anyone else being let in, and above all, no smell of anyone except him. Why he would know that, he didn't even realize, but for now... he just wondered how the note had gotten to its destination.

A knock at the door woke Naruto from his stupor. He narrowed his eyes and walked to the door, hugging the wall and placed a hand on the doorknob. Looking down at it, and then back up, He pulled it slightly, opening the door just enough to see his visitor, which he let out a sigh of relief. "It's just you..."

"What do you mean "Just me"!" Jiraiya fumed as Naruto fully opened the door and looked him in the eye. "I'm here to tell you it's not a negotiation, we are leaving for our training trip NOW, and there is nothing you can do to avoid that!" Naruto thought about it for a moment, and then gripped the slip of paper tightly. "What's that?"

"How long will we be gone?"

"I was thinking about three years, why?"

Naruto thought about it and smirked as he looked at Jiraiya. "Alright, you know what... I'll go with you, but when we leave Konoha... I have to tell you something ... important." Naruto picked up a light pack he had next to the door and started to walk next to Jiraiya, who was still completely confused about Naruto's sudden change of heart.

A/n: I'm running blind here, this might feel a bit rushed, but I'm still learning at this stuff... I'm not a strong writer by heart after all... Anyways, I'm not going to time skip, because I'm making major changes to the trip... And I'm STILL looking for an editor/proofreader, the position is still open! (And if you want to put in your two cents about the name of the demon world, go ahead. I'm not completely satisfied with Isis, and I certainly don't want to just call it "demon world")