The attack and death of the Forest Lord
It had started as any other day, but would end in sorrow. Kyuubi decided to go hunting for the first time in years. His mate Vyuubi, stirred slightly as he rose up. He smiled, remembering the day they gained their second tail. Not matter how many times his son, Kyuubi-chan begged him, he would never tell his son exactly what happened that night. Some things were better kept personal secrets.
Kyuubi left his den and took a short run to get his muscles back into shape. It had been years since he left his cave for more than 'the call of nature' and he was exhilarated to run again. But it was over an hour before he realized something was very, very wrong. He looked back in the direction of his den. A breeze from that direction brought something disturbing and evil to his nose.
Kyuubi ran as fast as he could back to his den, only to find out that he was too late! In the cave which he called a den was his mate and week-old kits, dead. He was stunned and shoke his head as if to wake himself from this nightmare. When he finally dared to look again, he saw the truth. His mate and kits were dead, slaughtered like animals.
He roared in pain, fury, and anger. Whomever did this would pay with his life. It was then that he noticed a glint nearby. He went over and found the one thing he least expected.
It was a piece of cloth with a strip of metal bearing a strange leaf. Kyuubi looked in surprise, he had never had any trouble with the village before so why now?! He bent down and sniffed the headband. His discovery puzzled and infuriated him further.
It was indeed what he had suspected. The headband belonged to the nearby village known as Konoha, more commonly known as the Hidden Leaf Village. But one thing still bothered him. The headband may have come from Konoha, but it bore a strong scent of snakes. There were few, if any serpents near his den so where did the scent come from?
It was then that he noticed that things became more unpleasant for the Nine-tailed Fox. He smelled smoke and it was way to close for his comfort. He looked at his den and saw that the bodies of his slain family were on fire! Whoever killed them apparently was still nearby and tried to hide the evidence.
Kyuubi immediately fanned out the flames with his tails. The bodies were blackened and had begun to reek of death and misery.
Kyuubi heard a sound nearby and assumed that the culprit was attempting to run back to the village. He chased the fiend back to the village. It was near sunset, and the shinobi of the Hidden Leaf were shocked that the Nine-tailed fox come this close to their village.
He roared in anger and pain when he lost the trail of the murderer. Fury and despair took over his better judgment and he attacked the village in anger. The shinobi were shocked at his roar but immediately went to defend their village from the enraged kitsune. Kyuubi no longer cared what happened to him; he only wanted revenge for his slain kin.
Many ninjas died that fateful day, and by the time the sun rose the next morning two great beings were dead. The Hokage had died trying to calm Kyuubi, and when he could not, he sealed the beast away inside a newborn child. That was the last anyone had heard from the Lord of the Forest until now.