The Heart of the Demon
Chapter 3
The Birth of the Demon
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters
Naruto got up just before six the next day and decided to completely ignore Kakashi's warning not to eat breakfast and instead eat a rather large breakfast consisting of some scrambled eggs some toast and a large grape fruit with some orange juice. She ate if fast and got ready so she could get to the training ground by seven though she was pretty sure that Kakashi probably wouldn't be there till sometime closer to ten but she could get some training in while she waited. She left her house in the less than desirable part of town to make her way to the training ground, she was sure Sasuke and probably Sakura were already there. It was early and not many people were out on the streets, Naruto liked this time of day the sun just coming over the horizon the warmth of a new day just starting, it was invigorating. She decided not to hurry and enjoy the beautiful morning walking down the empty streets of Konaha.
Naruto arrived closer to seven twenty than seven but as she thought Kakashi was nowhere to be found. Though there was a very annoyed Sasuke sitting on one of the three large posts in the center of the ground. Sakura was standing next to the post Sasuke was sitting on talking to no end despite never getting a response but she noticed when he suddenly perked up and jumped off the post, she looked over to see what caused him to move only to see Naruto.
Sasuke walked straight at Naruto with an annoyed expression "Where have you been? Kakashi said to be here at seven do you know what I've had to deal with alone with her!" Sakura felt very dejected by the comment and it clearly showed on her face.
Naruto felt slightly bad for the girl but not enough to do anything about it. "I decided to enjoy the morning, I mean come on after how late he was yesterday did you honestly expect Kakashi to be here at seven? And I bet you didn't eat breakfast either."
Sasuke smirked "Of course I ate breakfast like I would fall for that show he put on." Naruto looked at Sakura who from the look on her face clearly hadn't eaten "and you know how I feel about being late even though I knew he would be."
"Of course" Naruto said before looking back to Sakura "you know if you want you could probably still go get something to eat and get back before he shows."
Sakura glared at her "You're just trying to get me in trouble I'm not going to listen to you."
Naruto shrugged "suite yourself" she then walked over to the posts with Sasuke following close behind.
Naruto started to do some basic taijutsu training on the center post and Sasuke followed her lead on the post to the right while Sakura decided to just stand near Sasuke and try to talk to him. Not long after starting Naruto decided to finally try out her new gauntlets she pushed her chakra through the gauntlets and converted it to fire nature seconds later both her gauntlets burst into flames. The sudden occurrence scared Sakura half to death getting both Naruto and Sasuke to laugh. "What the hell your hands are on fire!"
Naruto kept laughing "Yeah they are" she waved her hands around in front of Sakura. Naruto then turned and slashed her hands in an x in front of her while expelling the chakra outward sending a flaming x out from her body crashing into a tree with a small explosion that turned the tree into a smoldering mess "Hell yes they work great!"
Sakura just glared at the cheering girl with burning hands when she noticed something on her stomach, an intricate pattern around a swirl that ended at her belly button. "What is that?" Sakura said pointing at the seal.
Naruto looked to her stomach "That is my tattoo don't you like it?" she grinned at the pinkette who scowled at her
"well where was it before this is the first time I've ever seen it."
"Maybe you should be more observant then because it's always been there" Naruto taunted.
Sakura was at the end of her very small amount of patients with Naruto "What kind of terrible parents let their 13 year old get a tattoo"
Naruto's attitude quickly changed "the kind that are dead" she said in a menacing tone but Sakura had gone too far to stop now
"What did you kill them? I wouldn't doubt it."
"You wouldn't doubt it hu well how about I kill you and show you how willing to kill I am" Naruto was furious at this pink haired bitch how dare she talk about her parents. Sasuke was pissed at Sakura for saying such things to Naruto but he knew that he had to focus on calming Naruto down before she killed Sakura. Naruto's eyes turned red and became silted and so much killer intent radiated off her Sakura actually fell over and Sasuke was stunned for a moment before jumping between the two.
"Naruto! Stop! Even if she does deserve it you can't go killing fellow Konaha shinobi!" Naruto knew he was right and gave one last glare at Sakura before taking some deep breaths to calm down.
After Naruto seemed to calm down Sakura stumbled back to her feet "The adults are right you are a demon."
Naruto looked at her and to Sakura's surprise grinned "Yeah I am."
Flash Back
A six year old Naruto ran frantically down an alley way quickly taking a right and then a left into another alley. She ran down the alley only to find it was a dead end, she turned around to try and run back out and find a different alley but it was too late. A mob of people came around the corner some carrying torches others various types of weapons. Naruto started crying and desperately looking for some place to run she found a small hole between two buildings and tried to shimmy though it. She thought she was actually going to get away when she felt a hand wrap around her leg "Ahhh! Let go let go!" she tried to kick it off
"You're not getting away this time you demon bitch!" the man holding her leg yelled as he violently pulled her out of the hole. She came out kicking and screaming her messy hair flailing about everywhere as the man wrapped her tightly in his arms before throwing her hard into the opposite wall. She hit hard her head cracking on the cold concrete.
She cried and tried to craw away when she felt searing pain on her back as someone shoved a torch onto it "AHHHHHHHHH!" then someone kicked her in the head making her vision go blurry and causing her head to swim. Naruto started to get her bearings back and looked up at the crowd "Why are you doing this? Why do you hate me so much?"
"Shut up you murdering piece of shit" it came from a kid that couldn't be older than 16 just before he kicked her hard in the stomach. Naruto curled into a ball while the mob viciously beat her.
She had been beaten before but this was different they were really going to kill her this time. She didn't know what to do she was panicking as blow after blow came down on her until it suddenly stopped and after a few seconds she dared to look up. She soon regretted the decision as the man that had dragged her out of the hole wrapped his hand around her neck and pinned her to the wall. "Give me that knife" he told the boy who had replied to her before, he seemed conflicted now like he wasn't sure this was right. The man looked at him "have you forgotten what she did? She killed you mother! She's the reason you've grown up without a mother!" Naruto was confused how could she be the reason this boy didn't have a mother he was at least a decade older than her! The boy finally decided to hand the knife over to the man and Naruto's eyes widened as she realized that this was it, they were going to kill her and there was nothing she could do about it. The man brought the knife up and whispered "now die you demon whore" to her right before he repeatedly stabbed her in the stomach. She tried to escape but couldn't, she felt the strength being sapped right out of her as he stabbed her again she had lost count at this point was it eight? Nine? Stabs they just kept coming, the pain was more than she could handle, her world started turning black and she knew that this was the end this was what death was like.
Suddenly her world went from black to red as she heard a booming voice "Not yet, I will not you die like this."
Naruto woke up in what looked like a sewer scared and confused "Where am I?" she got up and carefully walked down the hallways towards what she didn't know, but it was as if it was calling to her. She stopped when she got to a large barred door with a big piece of paper that had the kanji for seal on it. She didn't know how but she knew there was something inside, something close. "Hello?" after a few minutes she approached the bars and right about when she got to them Kurama decided to show himself, first just his eyes then his whole giant form.
Naruto looked at him with wide eyes "Child" Kurama stated simply as they looked at each other.
After a while of silence Naruto asked "are you the one who saved me?"
Kurama kept staring at her before finally replying "yes, I saved you" and then Naruto did something that truly surprised the mighty beast, she ran though the bars and hugged his giant paw. Kurama stared at her for a second before sighing deciding that he would protect this girl, for better or worse they were stuck with each other and even the massive beast knew it was wrong the way the villagers treated her.
Naruto woke again this time in the real world she was laying on her back looking at the sky. The first thing she noticed was the smell it smelled awful, then she saw it, it was everywhere, blood. She sat up and all around her were bodies, the bodies of the mod that had attacked her. Their throats had been torn out and their stomachs ripped open she threw up from the sight and saw her hands. They were covered in blood, she was covered in blood she backed into the corner and started hyperventilating. Not long after the Hokage and group of ANBU arrived at the scene, it was a massacre. They looked over the bodies there were at least a dozen of them all viciously torn apart and there was the girl in the corner of the alley completely catatonic and covered in blood. "Clean up these bodies and get me the one who was supposed to be protecting her!" Hiruzen shouted as he walked over and picked up Naruto who seemed to come out of it when she was touched.
"AHHHH no! let me go don't hurt me anymore!" She tried to pull away
"Shhh child I'm not going to hurt you" he pulled her into hug and Naruto, now realizing she was safe, started to cry uncontrollably. Hiruzen carried the girl out of the alley as the ANBU brought forward the one that had been stationed to guard her. Hiruzen looked angrily at the man who had let this happen "send him to the dungeon" They quickly did as they were told. Naruto cried herself to sleep there in Hiruzen's arms.
Naruto woke some time later in the hospital she was alone and it wasn't long before she remembered what had happened. She almost started to hyperventilate again as she remembered all the blood "Calm child, you are safe now" she looked around startled by the sudden voice before she realized it came from inside her head, from the one that had saved her. "You don't have to worry. You're not alone anymore. I will always be with you, to protect you."
Naruto calmed down "who are you?" she asked out loud
"you can call me Kurama."
Flash Back End
Sakura was taken aback by Naruto calling herself a demon what was wrong with this girl? Kakashi arrived not long after, long before he had intended to, after feeling the killing intent he decided that he should probably get there before someone actually died. He had planned on staying in the nearby trees reading his book for another couple of hours but that was ruined now, oh well he would just have to deal with it. Kakashi walked into the training ground with his book glancing up at his team who now turned the glares they were previously giving each other onto him. "Sorry I'm late, I got lost on the road of life" he said with a smile as he snapped his book closed.