Summary: A five year old Naruto is stabbed through the gut and left for dead in the forest. Will he survive?
Disclaimer: I could say that I owned Naruto, but If I did, I'd be lying.
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Kyuubi's Legacy
Chapter One: Return to Konoha
Two figures made their way toward the gates of Konoha.
One, the shorter of the two, wore a black hooded cloak, open, exposing an orange shirt with a black fox head outlined on the front. The hood of the cloak was up, shadowing over the top of the person's face. On the back of the black cloak was the Konohagakure leaf in gold. The boy wore black shorts, black sandals, and a suriken holster on his right leg. Hanging around the person's neck was a necklace comprised of the fangs and claws of foxes.
The taller was wearing a hood-less cloak with a high color. The cloak was not open, so you could not see what he was wearing. He wore no shoes on his bare feet. The person wore a red bandana around his head. He had messy, shoulder length silver hair with orange highlights and bright, pupil-less emerald eyes.
"Daichi-sensei?" asked the smaller of the two figures.
"Hmm?"
"Do you think that they'll accept me?"
The taller of the two grinned.
"'Course they will! And if they don't…. Then beat their asses until they do!" the taller, known as Daichi, said happily.
The shorter laughed.
"That's good advice."
"'Course it is! All of my advice is good!" Daichi said.
"Yeah right, " muttered the smaller.
"Grrrrr…." Daichi growled.
"Uh oh…" and with that, the smaller ran ahead, now being chased by his own sensei, toward the gates of the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
The chase pursued until both people arrived at Konoha's gate.
A guard stood there—a jounin wearing a Konoha hitai ate.
"Whajja want?" the man asked.
"We wish to see Sandaime Hokage," the shorter spoke.
"Sorry, nope. Today's a celebration, no one allowed in…" the guard said.
"Celebration of what?" Daichi asked.
"Celebration of Yondaime defeating the Kyuubi," the guard said, arrogantly.
"Yeah right…" both boys muttered under their breath.
"What was that?" The guard asked.
"Nothing, nothing," Daichi said, waving his hands in front of his body.
"Heh," the jounin said, "Also, about five years ago, a kid, the Kyuubi container was killed, kinda a celebration amongst most villagers here, though Hokage doesn't like to talk about it much.." the guard half whispered.
'Almost forgot today was my birthday..' the shorter figure thought.
'Hey, today, ten years ago, I was supposedly killed… Just as bad.' retorted Daichi in the boy's mind.
The two, Daichi and the boy, known as Naruto, had developed a telepathic connection through five years of training, and were able to read each other's minds, partly because, at one time, Daichi, the former Kyuubi, had been sealed inside Naruto, and partly because they shared the same red, demonic chakra.
"Look, we just need to see Hokage-sama, nothing else.. It'll only take a few minutes." Daichi insisted.
"Yeah, won't take to long, we only wish to deliver a message," Naruto lied.
"Grr…Fine, but only to deliver the message…" the guard muttered, allowing the two to enter the gates of Konoha.
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Sarutobi was in the middle of doing paperwork when he heard a knock at the door.
"What is it?" he asked, rubbing his temples.
"There are two people here to see you, Hokage-sama," a voice came.
Sarutobi sighed.
"Send them in!"
Sarutobi dreaded this day every year. It was the anniversary of the death of one of Konoha's greatest nin, but also, the death of that nin's own son, a child who held great potential murdered in cold blood, and this death had been celebrated.
Two people entered Saruobi's office, Daichi and Naruto, of course, Sarutobi had no way of knowing this.
"What is it you want… Please hurry, I have things to do…"
"That's no way to treat quests, Old Man!" yelled the smaller of the two people, Naruto.
This outburst earned a slap upside the head from Daichi.
"That's no way to treat you elders!" Daichi snapped.
"Grr…" Naruto bowed, "Sorry, Old Man-sama…"
Daichi hit Naruto again.
"Grr…Hokage-sama…" Naruto muttered.
"Please, state your names and business," Sarutobi said.
"Ahhh…. Yes. My name is Daichi and this is my student. He wishes to become a ninja. I have no need to, but I would like to become a resident of Konohagakure, so I can continue to watch over my student, as I have for his whole life. He's an orphan you know," Daichi said.
"I don't see why not…" Sarutobi muttered, "But he will have to be entered in the Ninja Academy."
Daichi nodded.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama, that will do fine," Daichi said.
"Yes…" Sarutobi said, wanting to get the pair out as soon as possible, "And your student's name?"
"My name…" Naruto said, slowly, lowly, "is… Naruto.. Uzumaki Naruto…"
Sarutobi's eyes widened, and he gasped.
"Impossible! Uzumaki Naruto died years ago… Uzumaki Naruto was murdered in exactly five years ago…" Sarutobi said, sadness filling his voice.
"Heh. You really think I would die that easily?" Naruto crossed his arms and shook his head, "No one wanted to investigate the 'murder' of the 'Kyuubi Brat'." he used finger quotes to emphasize his point.
Naruto pulled his hood from his head, revealing his blonde, red streaked hair, cerulean eyes and golden fox ears.
"I am Uzumaki Naruto, believe it!"
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That was chapter one…hope ya' like it.
arrg! Sorry for the extreme shortness, I promise the next one will be longer.
Please review, I worked a whole 30 minutes on this chapter…
Hehe… First story I haven't had writers block on this early in the story.
Anyway, please review.
Next time:
Naruto: Academy! Let's Prank Iruka!
Daichi: Finally, I can be a fox again!
Naruto: Way to draw attention!
Risuko: Anyway, see ya' next time!