Kyuubi
normal
"talking"
'thinking'
Don't own Naruto or Guild Wars
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Previously…
"Who are you?" The fox looked stunned at the question, but quickly regained his composure.
"Young mortal, I am known by some as Astaroth, and by others as Abaddon, but my true name is the great Kyuubi no Kitsune."
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"Kyuubi… Kyuubi… doesn't ring a bell." Jonathan said condescendingly.
"Understandable. The name Kyuubi has not been uttered by a mortal tongue in over ten thousand years. But you must have heard of the great Astaroth?" said Kyuubi.
"Yes, I have heard of Astaroth. One of the princes of Hell referred to in the Lemegeton*. But I have never heard of Abaddon. Who is he?" asked Jonathan.
Kyuubi seemed to lose himself in his memories for a moment. "Abaddon was my first true name." said Kyuubi, after regaining himself.
"How can you have more than one name?"
"Silence mortal, and let me speak. I was once the god of water and knowledge in a world parallel to this. The other gods that ruled in unison with me were corrupt, and I decided to remove them from their position of power. I almost succeeded, were in not for a traitor in my own camp." Kyuubi snarled, and Jonathan found the sight of him incredibly imposing.
"My so called counselor sold my secrets to the others in exchange for asylum after the war. Using the stolen knowledge, they were able to defeat me and my legions. I was bound into the deepest reaches of the underworld for eternity. That is, until a hapless demon accidentally stumbled upon my abode. I promised him power if he would recruit others on my behalf. At first he refused, but with a little… persuasion, he joined me. Within a century, my army was just as powerful as it had ever been. The only major problem was that I could not walk the mortal earth and destroy the other god's followers, and I could not risk my men to fight the combined forces of the other gods without me, so I had spies sent up to cause turmoil among the population."
"So, what happened? Did you fail?" asked Jonathan, now sitting on the floor of the enormous room.
"At first, things went splendidly. My men managed to cripple the major powers of the world, open up a portal from my Realm of Torment to the mortal plane, and better yet, the heir to the throne of one nation had stumbled upon secret records of my life and decided to become my avatar. However, all of my plans were completely foiled by the only mortal being that I have ever come to respect."
"Who was it?"
Kyuubi closed his eyes. "I do not remember this hero's name, nor if it was male or female. I do remember that it was an acolyte of the nature goddess. But nevertheless, the hero closed the portal to my Realm, brought stability to the human population, murdered my avatar, and even managed to defeat my true form in one-on-one combat. The hero was truly an amazing creature."
Kyuubi looked Jonathan straight in the eyes. "And that is where your world comes into the fray. When I was defeated, the five gods, my former brethren, decided that I was to be executed. But as an immortal, I cannot be killed, so they decided to shame me in the most demeaning way possible."
Kyuubi let loose a growl. "The bastards brought me before the Eternal One."
"The Eternal One?"
"The Eternal One is the creator of the Universe. He has power over every dimension and every being in existence."
"What did this 'Eternal One' do?"
"The Eternal One, in his 'infinite' wisdom, decided that instead of destroying me, he would punish me by stripping me of my rank. I retained some of my old power, but most of it was lost. As an added insult, I lost my godly name for one of a lowly demon."
"Kyuubi."
"Correct. When I learned of my verdict, I believed that I would become a lowly imp, but the Eternal One had other plans. He had sent eight of his heralds to this dimension to guard the mortals there from the unusually large demonic presence it has. They had, however, gone back on their word, and were hunting the population into oblivion. I was to travel there, in my new visage of a nine tailed fox, and defeat the others. The heralds were also immortal, so I created a plan to defeat them. If I would temporarily ally myself with the humans, I could give them an opportunity to seal the heralds into one of their new born babes."
"That is quite a good plan." said Jonathan.
"It was, and it worked. After my task was complete, I was visited by a messenger of the Eternal One. I was given a new task- to destroy the human military command center known as Konohagakure, the village that you have discovered."
"Konohagakure translates into… Village… hidden in the… Leaves?" Jonathan asked.
"Correct, mortal. You are more intelligent than you look." said Kyuubi, seemingly impressed.
"Well, I do love studying dead languages."
"You are a very odd mortal, young Uzumaki."
"Uzumaki?"
Kyuubi sighed. "All will be revealed in due time, boy. Now, Konoha was the only civilization that I had not allied myself with, so I had no alms about slaughtering them. The only problem was the village's leader, a man named Minato Namikaze. He was a very virtuous man, powerful for a mortal, and also your ancestor."
"Whoa, slow down for a minute. You mean to tell me that my family's genealogy can be traced all the way back to that ancient city?"
"Yes, what is so hard to understand about that?"
"Nothing, it is just very illogical."
"How so, young one?"
"The chances of me finding the ancient city where my family was started are incredibly slim. In fact, this entire story is very unbelievable."
Kyuubi looked enraged. "So you take me for a liar, you pitiful worm?"
"No! Not at all!" Jonathan said. "I'm trying to say that this story is a little hard for me to wrap my mind around!" Though his demeanor was confident, he was actually terrified for his life, and the sight of this great demon was scarier than anything Hollywood could ever create. After composing himself, Jonathan asked another question.
"Why did you have to destroy them?" asked Jonathan.
"A powerful clan in their village had been meddling in the natural order of the world."
"I see. So go one, continue with your story! The suspense is killing me!" exclaimed Jonathan.
Kyuubi laughed. "I see my sadistic nature has somehow seeped into your psyche. My attack went well, with many of their shinobi-warriors who use their internal energy as weapons- fell before my feet. It would seem that Konohagakure was to fall, but it was not to be. You see, Konohagakure had just fought a war with two neighboring countries, Kumogakure and Iwagakure, who I had allied myself with. Konohagakure was larger and more powerful than both, and came out victorious. Along with an incredible amount of currency and food, Konoha demanded their secrets. Besides the schematics of both cities and ancient secrets from the prominent families, they gained the ability to seal demons into their own."
"Oh man, that really sucks." said Jonathan.
Kyuubi nodded. "Imagine my surprise when I see Namikaze initiating the secrets of the sealing techniques. Iwa and Kumo were smart, however, and had altered the instructions so that the caster would have to sacrifice themself for the sealing to work. I knew that it was impossible to resist the sealing, so I willingly submitted. He contained me inside of his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki."
"So that is what you meant when you called me Uzumaki?"
"Yes, mortal. Naruto grew up hated and spurned by the entire village, yet he somehow managed to maintain a positive attitude. I recall once on his sixth birthday, some drunken civilians somehow managed to kidnap him and crucify him in the town center. It took all of my ability to keep him from dying of blood loss. When he woke up, he simply put on a smile and asked to go home so he could play with his toys"
"My God, that's terrible! Nobody cared for him?"
"Very few, only his father's successor and a kindly old man and his daughter."
"Why did everyone treat him that way? Did they not know that he was the son of the man who had saved their village?" asked Jonathan, becoming increasingly disgusted by mankind.
Kyuubi stayed silent for a while before giving an explanation. "No, only three people knew who his father was. The village leader, Hiruzen Sarutobi would have, and he did his best to protect the boy, but nearly every ninja under his jurisdiction hated Naruto and believed that he was a demon. His father's teacher, Jiraiya, and the woman who was like a mother to him, Jiraiya's teammate Tsuande, both knew about his parentage, but they had to leave Konoha, Jiraiya to run Konoha's Espionage Division, and Tsunade for personal reasons."
"They say that demons are cruel." mumbled Jonathan under his breath.
Kyuubi made a noise that roughly sounded like a giggle. "Very true, kit, very true. You humans are very hypocritical."
"You're telling me! I'm one of them!"
Kyuubi let loose an incredibly long laugh. "I like you, kit! You're not like the other humans I've come in contact with!"
"I'm not like other humans, now am I? Whatever, please continue with you story."
"Fine, no need to rush. As I said before, Naruto was abused everywhere he went. His teachers gave him terrible marks on everything he did, even though he did all of them perfectly. He did graduate the Ninja Academy, however, and was placed on a team of three with one Sakura Haruno and one Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto was infatuated with Sakura and would do anything for her, but she-and all of the other girls in the academy- only had their eyes on Sasuke. She usually hit Naruto when he would try to talk to her, even though they were on the same team. Sasuke, however, was a completely different story. When he was young, he had suffered severe mental trauma when he witnessed his older brother slaughter his entire family. He was always snobbish to everyone and considered others below him. Naruto, however, with his happy-go-lucky nature, cracked the boy's outer shell, and the two became as close as brothers. But something went wrong."
"Doesn't it always?"
Kyuubi nodded. "Sasuke Uchiha was always obsessed with gaining more power to kill his older brother. He was an 'avenger' and would stop at nothing to gain his revenge. So when an outcast of Konoha's elite offered him the chance to gain all of his abilities, he readily took it. Sasuke fled Konoha for another village called Otogakure, nearly killing Naruto in the process. This sparked a war between Oto and Konoha, and after a grueling battle, Sasuke was captured and executed on grounds of treachery. Naruto and Sakura were the only people who cared enough to visit him in his cell. I still remember the moment when they vowed on Sasuke's grave that they would never stop in their hunt for Sasuke's seducer, a man named Orochimaru."
Kyuubi stopped for a moment and looked at Jonathan, who was still somewhat shaken at the sight of this giant fox talking to him. Realizing his discomfort, Kyuubi decided that he should take on a more calming form. "Are you comfortable with my form?" asked Kyuubi.
"Honestly, it's kind of frightening." replied Jonathan.
"I will take on my human form, then."
There was a flash of red, and Jonathan, for the second time in one day, had to cover his eyes to protect them. When he opened them up, he saw the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. There was no longer a giant red fox, but a beautiful girl about his age. Her silky red hair cascaded down to her mid-back, and her beautiful blood red eyes seemed to peer into his very soul. Her skin was the perfect shade of olive. She was wearing a pink kimono with different designs on them, and on the back of it was a large fox head.
She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "What?" she asked.
Poor Jonathan stood up, his mouth ajar. "You… you're a-"
"A woman, yes. Naruto had that same expression on his face when he found out."
"Wow, that was unexpected." Jonathan said with a little drool falling out of his mouth.
Kyuubi laughed. "Every time one of my hosts somehow manages to get in here and see this form, they say the same exact thing, though the spittle is a first."
Jonathan, realizing that he was drooling, quickly used his sleeve to wipe it off his beet red face. Looking at her, he remembered that there were still many questions that needed to be answered.
"So, do you have any idea why I'm here?" Jonathan asked.
"No."
"No?"
"Nope."
"No idea?"
"None whatsoever."
"So what the fuck is going on?"
Kyuubi's eyes suddenly widened. "I think we're going to find out soon enough."
"What do you me-" He was stopped mid sentence by a resounding boom and a flash of white light. "Alright, that has to stop!" he yelled as he crossed his arms over his eyes. When his senses returned, he was greeted by the sight of Kyuubi bowing to an old man with a long, flowing beard. His robes were the purest white imaginable, and the cane in his hands looked like it was made of light itself.
"Who are you?" asked Jonathan. The man simply smiled at Jonathan, and suddenly he felt at ease.
"Young man, what is your name?" the old man asked.
"Jonathan Michael Setzer." Jonathan said, almost reflexively.
The man's smile broadened. "A fine name for a fine boy. And to answer your question, I believe Kyuubi has knows."
The man looked at Kyuubi, and she immediately gave Jonathan an answer.
"The man standing before you is none other than the Creator Himself, the Eternal One."
Jonathan, upon realizing whose presence he was in, immediately fell to his face. "I am not worthy to be in your sight." He said.
The Eternal One rolled his eyes. "Oh, how I hate all of this pomp. Arise, both of you!" They both slowly rose from the ground.
"I know that both of you would like an explanation, and that is why I am here." he said.
"My Lord, what is so important that you would grace us with your presence and not send a messenger?" asked Kyuubi. She knew something was off when she felt his presence.
The Eternal One suddenly dropped his warm smile. "Do not ask. You know I always explain events in the end." said the godly figure, summoning a chair for himself to sit on. "Now, the reason why you are here, Jonathan, is because you" he pointed at Kyuubi "are going to do this man a service."
"What would you have me do, my Lord?"
"You are going to show him the events of this world's Axiom through the boy Naruto's memories."
Kyuubi visibly tensed at his command. "Why would you have me do that, sir?" said Kyuubi, obviously keeping her anger in check.
"Because if I am satisfied with you, I will not only release you from this bond, but shall restore your godhood." said the Eternal One, plastering the smile back on his face.
"I… I… I…" was all that Kyuubi could manage to say before passing out.
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AU: Hey, it's Ecomm again. I'm not very happy about this chap, I think it was a little… I don't know… weird. But I do have some good news! I have a four day weekend off from school starting Thursday, so I'm gonna update. Who knows, maybe I can add two more chapters. Whatever. Hey, I have a little piece of advice for anyone who likes hard rock and doesn't mind Christian music. Get Skillet's Comatose Comes Alive Tour live cd/dvd. I preordered it and got it in the mail a couple of days ago, and I watched it with my friend. Good God, it was awesome.
*The Lemegeton is more commonly known as the Lesser Key of Solomon. It's one of the most famous books on demonology.
