Hey everyone, this is the new beginning I was thinking about. It will eventually lead to what I had planned for the first story but I kind of like this new beginning. In any case so far its neck in neck on the votes InoTayuNaruSaku being in the lead by 2 and InoNaruSaku behind by two. Sorry for Hinata fans but I have plans for her…no she is not going to be with Naruto or Kiba so don't worry….(Sorry for the people who DO like the KibaHina paring)

As usual I don't own Naruto…Le Shit!

Hope you enjoy.

Prologue: The Past

--------------------------------Small history lesson for the soul-------------------------------------

Inside all men, beasts and even demons is the eternal desire for a heaven. A place free from the threat of persecution and harm, yes even demons have that desire. Like humans demons too can love, however that emotion is reserved strictly for their destined mate and only their mate. That is not to say they don't have bed partners, but demons can only love another once in their life and only once. If a demons' mate were to leave or die they would run rampant, untamable and become true to their names meaning. Could there be a heaven for those who are cursed by fate to be both man and demon, those who walk among men but have the heart of a demon, those who only seek to be apart of the human world simply because they can not live in the world of demons?

Thousands of years ago a hybrid kind did exist. Part man part demon they where hunted by both human and demon society because they were abominations to both species. The prejudice of a hybrid living among the general populace was so appalling that even the parents who brought the child in to this world would kill it just so as not to look at it or to spare it from the horrible life it would eventually lead. Several centuries later there was a war between humans, demons and hybrids. The hatred was so intense for the hybrids that the demons and humans formed a temporary truce and turned on the hybrids. It was a true act of genocide; they called it the great cleansing, and thus their kind ceased to exist. Humans and demons eventually got back to killing each other, but not before they so desperately buried all trace of the hybrid kind. Man continued to exist and eventually forgot all about the hybrids, but the demons did not forget.

Over time nine demon lords rouse to power and congregated every other century to keep each other updated on their respective domains. Disturbing news began to make its way to the demons lords that the humans devised a way to effectively capture the essence of Shukaku the weakest of the nine demons lords and seal him inside a child. Shortly after Nibi was also sealed away and eventually all but Kyuubi remained, the leader and strongest of the demon lords.

Some years later Aki, Kyuubi's younger sister by a few thousand years fell in love. She fell in love with a human, a man by the name of Arashi Uzumaki. She knew it was destined to fail that their relationship could never be but she didn't care she loved him and he loved her. Fate granted her happiness when in one night of passion both received the mark of the mates effectively making both of them mates for life. She was thrilled and so was he. Arashi new what Aki was but he fell in love with who Aki was not what she was. A few months later they found out Aki was pregnant with child. Arashi believed that the union between both of them would ignite a form of peace between both their kind. Unfortunately for both of them her older brother also found out the second she walked in to his chamber. He could feel the heat generated from her and he could sense another presence with in her. He smelled human all over her and he was less than pleased. She ran to Arashi and decided to live with him peacefully Blissfully unaware of her brothers intentions. Kyuubi did not want to have a cursed creature brought in to the world of the living. So he did the only thing that came naturally to him…he attacked.

-------------------------------13 years ago just outside of Konoha---------------------------------

"WHERE IS IT! WHERE IS THE ABOMINATION THAT AKI HAS SPAWNED! WHERE IS THE CHILD!" The demon who commands all demons spoke out in rage. He stood firmly at 20 stories high, his nine elegant and extravagant tails swinging wildly lashing out at anything foolish enough to come with in a mile of him. His gleaming red pelt seemed to glow brighter under the moonlight as did his seemingly infinite amount of teeth which where as big as a full grown mans body. His claws, easily bigger than a house, dug deep in to the earth to give him a powerful hold on his ground. His eye screamed with a thirst, those unforgiving, merciless, raged filled and wield animal eyes screamed for blood. His thirst would not be quenched easily.

"Lets hold the damn thing at bay till the Yondaime gets here!" a chunin level ninja screamed out to all those around him. They all nodded and made noises of agreement, too bad they would never see the light of day once they take their ninth step forward.

The Kyuubi lashed out and retaliated at the pathetic attack the humans tried to do with a simple strike from his tail effectively ending the lives of 30 ninjas in one swoop. His anger only rose with every futile attempt the humans tried. He was so blinded by rage he did not even notice the giant toad not far from his position.

Resting on top of the toad was a man no older than 27 with disheveled, spiky shoulder length sunny blond hair. He wore what appeared to be a jonin outfit with a white trench coat with flames at the bottom rising to the top. He had these intense blue eyes that betrayed no emotions that currently resided with in the man, the only emotion that broke his heart in to trillions of pieces because so much shit happened to him in one day. Today was both the happiest and saddest day of his life. He began to go recollect all the things that happened to him to day.

Flash Back:

His wife gave birth to twin baby boys, but one child was born still born while the other barely clung to life. Complications arouse during child birth and eventually lead to his wife's death. With such tragedy that happened he was just grateful that his living son pulled through. He marveled at his son with such affectionate eyes and offered a fathers smile to him. The child giggled in response as he grabbed the index finger of his fathers' hand. He took quick note of the child's eyes as they where bright blue like his but unlike his they bore slit pupils. Upon closer inspection on the in side of his sons' mouth he also noticed that the child had two small indents on each side of the child's gums. Arashi had figured that they were the makings of the child's first set of fangs. He only smiled at that

"At least you got something off your mother; she was the finer looking one anyway." He whispered. The child blinked twice before it giggled again. The man simply laughed. Unfortunately his happiness, however small it was, was destroyed the second a chunin appeared next to him informing him that the Kyuubi was heading in their direction bringing a path of blood and destruction. He looked at his sons eyes and took in the innocence they held. He smiled a sad smile as he looked at his son.

"It seems your uncle came to see you…Naruto. Please forgive me, but it's the only way I can think of to keep him from hurting you. Be safe and never let anything or anyone bring you down. Have courage, honor, faith, commitment and above all determination and I promise you, you will prevail over any obstacle that is placed in your way. No matter what, my son, I will always be proud of you." He spoke to the child both with pride and sadness. And so he headed out to confront the colossal power that emerged at the distant.

Flash back end:

And so Uzumaki Arashi, father of twins one still born and the other gratefully still alive and husband to his deceased wife who happened to be a demon and the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha faced the demon lord Kyuubi. Tears threatening to fall from his eyes he took one last look at his son before he placed him gently on the toads head and preformed a series of hand seals before calling forth a power not even Kyuubi could fight, the death god.

The toad looked weary at the creature that appeared before him. Dressed in a black worn cloak this creature stood on even height with the Kyuubi and had white flowing black tipped hair reaching to its back. Light grey skin and black eyes that held no emotions what so ever. Its teeth sharpened so thin they looked like quills; they only have one set of teeth that come with in rivalry range, Kyuubi's.

The toad effectively shitting itself to death at the mere sight of the death god voiced its concern "Arashi, you sure you know what the hell your doing?" "Hai, Gamabunta I know exactly what I'm doing." Arashi responded firmly. The toad simply nodded. "Arashi…it was good to fight by your side." Gamabunta spoke with sadness in his voice. Arashi smiled at his longtime friend "Hai" was all he said.

Kyuubi, still destroying everything in sight stopped what it was doing as it sensed the presence of death itself near. To his surprise the death god was floating just above a giant toad who he later realized was Gamabunta. He narrowed his eyes as the fell upon the human on Gamabuntas head "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!" the Kyuubi roared.

"Your punishment for destroying the lives of innocent people, and you will do your penance by aiding my son!" Arashi bellowed out to the beast. The Kyuubi if possible narrowed its eyes even more at Arashi's crazed proclamation. It was well aware of the death god but it woundered who or what called it. He looked back at Arashi and responded in a gargantuan growl that could melt mountains if it where possible "OVER MY DEAD BODY!"

Arashi smirked evilly at that "That could be arranged" he let the words role out of his mouth with dark sarcasm. Arashi looked at the death god and smiled darkly "Take the soul of the Kyuubi no Yoko and seal it in my son and I will give my soul to you!" and with those words the death god nodded and proceeded with the action. Arashi started to make complicated hand signs to mold the seal the way he wanted it to work before the sealing process was over. The death god had reached out and dug its hands with in Kyuubi's body, finding it hard to tear the soul from the body. Kyuubi roared and struggled to keep his soul right where it was, bound to his body. Unfortunately for Kyuubi the death god had other plans. In one final pull the soul along with the energy that makes his physical body materialize in the human world was ripped out and placed with in the infants' stomach. Arashi had just finished the intricate hand signs as the sealing was taking place "Shiki Fūjin!" he called out the name of his technique. With that the body that once held the soul of the nine tailed demon fox started to dematerialize leaving red dust like particles in the atmosphere that slowly dissipated.

Arashi took his son in his arms and smiled one last time before he jumped off Gamabunta and dismissed the toad. He landed in a clearing and once again beheld his son. He was surprised to see that the child had three whisker like markings on each side of his cheeks. Arashi was no fool he knew this would ostracize Naruto from the other kids and effectively label him different…ok more different than what he already was. "I am so sorry Naruto, I'm so sorry that you will live a hard life. I'm sorry you will grow up with out a mother or a father and I'm sorry you will be alone for a while, but I know that you are going to be strong…I can feel it." With those words said the death god plunged his hands with in Arashi and pulled out his soul leaving nothing but a corps to fall lifeless to the ground with a his child crying safely protected in a nest of blankets.

Not far from the devastation golden snake like eyes materialized in the darkness and appeared to analyze the child that was but 10 or so steps ahead of them. From the darkness that shrouded the figures face and body came a pale almost paper white man with long straight black as coal hair. He whore a chunin out fit but was colored purple instead of green. It was the eyes of this man that gave him a terror look, gold and snake like he appeared to have on some type of purple eyeliner which made him look rather feminine but still deadly. His eyes rested on the small child held by the Yondaime Hokage. The man had on the devils grin as he picked the baby and cradled him in his arms "Well, well, well. Not exactly human know are we?" he gave sinister light chuckle "I wonder what will become of you during my research, will you exceed all my expectation or will you fall easy pry and become nothing more than a corps? Only time will tell and you and I have got plenty" the man gave way to another evil chuckle. Just as the man finished he sensed his second in command appear next to him holding what appeared to be another child "Orochimaru-sama, I have the other one, but he died at child birth" his second in command relayed.

Orochimaru only smiled as his tongue snake like in nature unraveled it self from his mouth to lick his lips "The child still has the cells of a non human in him does he not, Kabuto?" "Hai, he does" Kabuto answered as his silver hair draped over his glasses. He too sported a sinister smile. "Then come we take our leave…for now" Orochimaru ordered, and with that both men disappeared from the battle grounds.

It has been four weeks since Konoha was attacked by the demon fox. Four weeks of searching for the only living survivor of the Uzumaki clan. Both Jiraiya and Sarutobi were growing weary and tired. Arashi had told them of his plans before he went to wage war against the Kyuubi no Yoko, and like the father figures they were they protested. Unfortunately for them Arashi left anyway and in truth they saw no other way to stop the carnage the fox brought to their land. Kakashi who was told later that his teacher had a son left the village in search for him with no success what so ever. After two months of searching the council of elder congregated and voted to stop looking for one Uzumaki Naruto. Jiraiya was in an outrage and nearly killed an ANBU that stood in between himself and the council. Sarutobi sighed heavily. The council didn't 'want' Naruto to live, so they concocted a story saying that if he lived he would be a danger to general population for what he harbors with in him. Not to mention that Naruto was also a half demon making him more volatile.

Yes it was a sad day in Konoha. They had lost the last of the Sanin's and they had lost their Hokage's will of fire. That's not to say the Hokage doesn't protect the village but an old man with a broken heart can only do so much. And right now Sarutobi was feeling his age. Life in Konoha moved on…

-------------------------------four years in the Sound Village---------------------------------------

A man with a long white coat, glasses and a clip board was reading the experiment that they have done so far on a particular subject. He seemed to be a doctor of some kind. The chart read.

Subject: Uzumaki Naruto

Experiment: 11701

Blood type: B

Age: 4

Race: Human Demon Hybrid

Brain wave activity: Above normal (Suggests the subject possess above average intelligence…when it suits him.)

Over all health: everything seems to be in better than working condition. His muscle structure is denser giving him a more powerful punch, but they weigh less than a regular human's muscle giving him a speedier attack. He has developed faster than normal reflexes. It is believed that his reflexes and muscle structure are actually attributed to his demonic instincts. His hands have developed in to claws giving him sharper than steel cutting tools that can be retracted at will. His fast metabolism keeps him in fit condition and his healing ability is extraordinary, as well as his unfathomable chakra capacity.

Bloodline Limit(If any): Hiraishin: Subject has displayed that when in great physical pain can in fact use Haraishin as a means to escape. This came as a shock because we for one thought the Haraishin was actually a jutsu. It is deduced that the subject distorts time by creating a time dilation field with in a 1.2 mile radius for about ten seconds. With this the subject can allocate where it wants to go and simply force to dematerialize and rematerialize at will. During the constitution and reconstitution period the chakra gets passed from one spot to the other, this is what to others appears as a flash. The subject has shown great strain and nearly passing out after attempting this ability more than three times (Note: The subject has tried to run away using this technique. Fortunately we have developed a device in the shape of a collar which prevents the time dilation from occurring.)

JoutenBoushi: Subject has also displayed an eye ability. The eyes color change to that of a silver shine color, the iris much like the Sharingan developed a spiked coma like mark near the top left of the slit iris. We are lead to believe that to the user it makes them see everything at a slower rate than usual giving the subject the illusion of faster reflexes. It is believed that like the Sharingan the JoutenBoushi has several levels and even a Mangekyou level, but it is only speculation. Subject has displayed that it can only sustain the eye ability no more than five minutes before he runs out of chakra (Note: That is saying something. We also believe that with proper chakra control he would be able to sustain both the Haraishin and JoutenBoushi longer and effectively combine the two to better the odds of survival.)

The 'good' doctor smirked. Going down a long corridor with doors on each side with a number above a little opening at eye level, the doctor stopped at the one that read 11701. He smirked before he banged the door as hard as he could before speaking.

"11701! Today is your lucky day. Orochimaru-sama has requested your presence. He has ordered that you be placed with his newest creation the gravity seals. You will test these seals as you are the only one with the highest chance for survival…of 20 percent. Should you survive the initial sealing process you will begin your training in to the sounds elite, the sound five. Orochimaru-sama sees greatness in you, don't disappoint. " With that the doctor opened the heavy steel door. The door must have been at least 24 inches thick.

Once fully opened all that was inside was darkness. No visible light could be seen other than the ones in the corridor, but even then they were not powerful enough to shin their rays in small hopes of illuminating the dark void that was the undersized room. Suddenly the figure of a small boy appeared to manifest from the very shadows of the room. The small boy had on what appeared to be rags torn and dirty and bear feet. His skin was the silkiest thing you could ever feel. Yet dirty and full of smudges, the boy looked at the doctors eyes. It was those eyes that always scared the doctor. Those cold sapphire slit eyes. His hair was golden in color too yellow for the sun to be called sunny yellow. His fangs protruded from his mouth only slightly giving him a more feral look. His whisker marks still the same no change they were just there.

Yes, this four year old did indeed frighten the doctor. "I'll escort you to the sealing chamber and prep you for the experiment." The doctor spoke huskily. The boy just nodded as they both moved to their destination. Upon arrival the doctor noticed that his benefactor Orochimaru was just outside the sealing chamber awaiting him with what appeared to be a red headed girl just one or two years older than the boy next to him. The doctor stopped and bowed to Orochimaru and spoke "Orochimaru-sama? Came to see if the subject will live through the process?" "Ku ku ku, yes I have. Also I would like her" Orochimaru pointed to the girl beside him "To undergo the second stage of the cursed seal process as well." "Hai Orochimaru-sama!" the doctor replied.

While the grownups where having their discussion Tayuya the girl with long red flowing hair spoke to the boy in front of her who seemed to be lost in thought. "Hey! Dipstick what's your name?" the boy didn't answer. Tayuya narrowed her eyes and spoke up again "Hey! I said what's your name?" the boy seemed to come out of his daydreaming and look at Tayuya square in the eyes. She froze, never before had Tayuya seen such entrancing eyes. They had such pent up anger and sorrow she nearly wept from the pain held with in them. "Uzumaki, Uzumaki Naruto" he spoke with a hoarse voice. It took a moment to register to not just Tayuya but everyone in the hall way that the boy had spoken.

It was rare when he spoke to anyone, but when he did it was enough to make the devil shut his trap. Then again everyone he met where people in lab coats' trying to operate on him and find out what makes him tick. For him this was the first time he ever met anyone his own age in two years…since he discovered his bloodline. Tayuya now out of her thoughts spoke up "Names Tayuya, and if you know what's good for ya you'll remember it." The boy looked down to his feet again with a sour look. "What ever." He mumbled. "What was that shit face!" Tayuya responded heatedly. Naruto curved his lips exposing his fangs to her and looked in to her eyes. As he did she noticed that his eyes possessed feral features namely the slit in his eyes. She also seemed fascinated with the whisker marks on his cheeks though she didn't let it show. "You have no idea what I am, pray you never do." He spoke with but a whisper. She was too taken back by this aura that suddenly exuded from him that screamed out for death. She couldn't retaliate to his statement. She knew crossing paths with this kid could be hazardous to her health if she pissed him off. She chose to clamp shut and just made a scowl at the boy. Just because she was a 'little' scared of him didn't mean she had to show it. To be honest with her self this was the first boy that spoke to her and did 'not' see her as a threat to their health.

Orochimaru smirked at the fire in both of them. He knew both Naruto and Tayuya would survive what he had planned for them there was no question about that, for Naruto his experimental gravity seal and for Tayuya an upgrade to her cursed seal to a level 2. He could not resist the urge to laugh, so he did. Oh how he had plans for them for all of the sound five. Tayuya was a great candidate for his personal guard the sound five. He had only gathered four out of five members but Kidomaru fell ill. Since then he's been looking for a replacement and Naruto was the perfect subject. And with Tayuya that made five. All exceptional candidates, all with great potential and fearsome skills the sound five where moments from being born.

"Orochimaru-sama, would you like me to proceed with the gravity seals on Naruto-kun?" a voice emerged behind the doctor that was side by side Naruto. The doctor jumped at the new comer that was behind him. He turned around and sighed in relief. "Kabuto-sama! You startled me!" Kabuto just smiled as he pushed his glasses up to straiten them "Sorry Kitaro-kun, but I was summoned by Orochimaru-sama to take over your duties with Naruto-kun." Kabuto explained. Kitaro nodded to Kabuto and gave him Naruto's files and left to work on another subject.

"Kabuto take your time in printing the seals correctly on Naruto-kun's body. I don't want anything to go wrong." Orochimaru spoke. Kabuto bowed to Orochimaru before he opened he mouth to speak but was interrupted by Naruto who smirked darkly at the irony that was said and narrowed his eyes just a bit. With a dark sarcastic tone he spoke "Humph! like anyone actually cares. I'm just your lab rat Orochi-Teme. Lets' get this over with so I can go back to my cell." For one Tayuya was speechless that 'anyone' let alone a four year old that could speak complete sentences spoke that way to Orochimaru. Kabuto was thinking along the same lines. He has been with Naruto since his birth but he has not been conducting the experiments on him merely check on him for an annually progress report on the boy's abilities. Orochimaru smiled a genuine amused smile. "What if I told you that you would never have to go back to that 'cell' of yours again? That you could be free to go in to the outside world, but the only thing I ever ask of you is your loyalty." Orochimaru was gabling with Naruto.

He knew full well that the boy longed for freedom, but he also knew the boy was stubborn and would say no just to spite him. It was one of the reasons Orochimaru liked Naruto so much. The boy has a will of fire in him. 'Such a pitty that his body is already inhabited, he would have made the finest specimen for my immortality jutsu. At least I have another." Orochimaru thought. Everyone present in the hall could see how the boy's eyes did a little dance as Orochimaru mentioned the word free. Naruto paused to think. Looking down he seemed to be analytically pondering the pros and cons to the offer. On one hand he would be able to look at the out side world for the first time in his life. On the other he would be under the orders of Orochimaru. If he didn't take the offer he would still get the gravity seal and still be a lab rat. Yup no contest, a life of servitude to Orochimaru doesn't seem too bad, for now at least. Naruto nodded a yes.

Orochimaru smiled a hungry evil smile. With that Naruto and Kabuto stepped in to the room to begin the sealing process.

Screams of pain could be heard through out the compound. Tayuya went pale and felt sorry for the boy. Suffering, relentless agony was all that was heard through the walls just endless screams of torture.