-In the Past-

Fire. The smell of burning flesh. The sound of mortal screams... And the sensation of blood running along his claws and staining his orange fur. It was a familiar feeling for the Kyuubi no Yoko, the most powerful of the tailed beasts. He had wrecked another lowley village after being freed from his flesh prison. After the destruction had reached its peak, he reared his head and let ojt a terrifying roar which echoed and rustled the trees in the surrounding forest.

"You're quite loud, aren't you?" A voice would cut through. The Kyuubi then suddenly crouched and looked down, teeth bared, looking for whoever said this ... To find a human.

The human, in terms of appearance, wasn't entirely unusual. Pale skin, black hair, red eyes... Mortal beings would consider his features, handsome. His clothes matched these colors, long and flowing in the wind and fire which the Fox produced bg destroying the village.

The Biju looked at the newcomer, his head tilted.

"Who dares speak to me...?" He lets out, a menacing growl which could send the bravest of men to run, cowering in fear... But not this man. And it threw the tailed beast off.

"Well... The Fox can talk. This place really is interesting..." The young man mused to himself, stroking his chin with an amused smile as he stared at the Demon Fox... Only to irk the being.

"Answer me human!" The Kyuubi roared with knife-like teeth bared. The roar made the man's robes and hair flutter, seemingly producing its own wind, before dying down. The human smiled...

"My name... Doesn't matter. But you may call me... The YiLing Patriarch." The man would say, his voice low... And ominous...

Well, for the demon fox...

"What is this... YiLing?"


Present Day

After Sakura left the hospital room, Naruto's frown deepened, and he turned to look at the village out through the window. His eyes were soft, the beautiful , cerulean pupils shifting from building to building... Memorizinf each detail. It made him sigh...

His attention returned to the room when he felt his ear twitch at the sound of the door opening. He turned his head to see the two people he looked up to the most. Jiraiya and Tsunade of the Sannin, both wearing the softest of smiles on their faces.

"Hey kid... Glad to see you're alright." The white-haired perv would say, smiling at him. Naruto didn't respond, simply giving him a forced smile and a nod of acknowledgement. Tsunade, on the other hand, went to his side and began examining him, seeing if any wounds opened up. Seeing he was fine, she let out a sigh of relief.

"You're healing af a remarkable rate... If everything goes smoothly you should make a swift recovery... But don't scare us like that again, brat." She states, starting professionally before ending on a lighter note. A genuine smile came to Naruto's face at the small jab, before it went back to its frown.

"Sasuke..." He says, which prompts botj of their smiles to turn to frowns as well, before letting out sighs.

"Naruto, you couldn't have predicted what would happen to Sasuke's Chakra Coils... The Seal of the Curse Mark hid the fail safe remarkably well... That bastard Orochimaru really wanted him." Jiraiya said, seemingly glaring at the wall now, saying his former teammate's name with a certain venom which could put said teammate to shame. Tsunade nodded in agreement, befote she felt a tight grip on her wrist.

"Can anything be done?" Naruto would ask, looking straight ahead at a wall. Tsunade would sigh...

"To be honest, there isn't much that can be done. I've already set up a program for him to regain some physical strength so he can at least become self-sufficient... I'm afraid, I can't help him." As the Godaime Hokage spoke, she felt his grip on her arm tighten with every word she says...

Naruto was internally freaking out... No, this couldn't have been the first time this happened. There must have been a way, he turned to meet the Slug Sannin's eyes.

"Then bring me every single Medical document you, or the village owns... I know Sasuke betrayed the village, and I know that it is your duty to protect the village and punish deserters, like him... But hes my friend. Please..." Naruto would say, tears threatening to spill from his own eyes as he pleaded to Tsunade. And it scared the two Sennin in the room... Never before have they thought Naruto could be like this... And so with pursed lips.

Tsunade agreed.


Hey guys! Reading through the first few comments I believe there was a misunderstanding, which is on my part. I was trying to say that the series, while it is intended to be BL/Yaoi, and there isn't any explicitly Yaoi moments, thus making it friendly for the Straight-ship viewer... At least in the anime and the Live-action version.

(I, myself, ship Wei Ying and Wen Qing *wink wink*)

But make no mistake, *fluorishes jian* , because this story isn't going to be a Yaoi fic. I intend for the pairing to be very, much , straight... And speaking of Straight. Ill be taking pairing suggestions!

Consideration

- Kurotsuchi (Personal Favorite, but idk how I'd implement it atm)

- Shizuka

- Ino

(Keep in mind, I'm not going to be shipping Naruto with boys, or people from the Mo Dao Zu Shi universe. This is the Naruto Universe. And the only reason why the YiLing Patriarch showed up, was because he died in his Universe for 16 years before he was summoned back).

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Mo Dao Zu Shi. Because if I did, I would have kept Wen Qing alive, and i would have made the series Straight.

Love,

Nitro (my new name)