A.N. Sup, so this story seems to be starting off pretty well surprisingly. So, a few more things.
1. I don't know everyone who's going to be in the harem, I have a few girls picked out, but I will accept entries if I feel I can work it into the story.
2. I will follow the canon story line until just after the Tsunade retrieval mission.
Lets get started!
"Speaking"
'thoughts'
"Inhumane being speaking"
'Inhumane being's thoughts'
Chapter 2: Beginnings
Unknown Time: Unknown Place
Kami was sitting calmly, focused on the events occurring this night in particular. He smiled when Naruto entered this world, only to feel sadness when he was threatened within moments by the mortal with a strange mask. The demons and angels he had recruited for this task appeared in the room with him.
He stood as the group bowed to him. "Hello everyone, I assume that you have finished making your preparations?"
Everyone confirmed their readiness, before Infernum stepped forward.
"Lord, I would like to know how you plan on having us join with the boy."
Kami stretched, enjoying the way his joints popped. "Well that will be the easy part, when that mortal, Minato Namikaze, realizes that no average seal will hold Inzala, he will most likely resort to using a seal that involves my brother. I have already spoken to Shinigami-kun, and he has agreed to alter the seal, making it capable of holding all of you, while also allowing you to manifest outside Naruto's body for short periods of time, as well as speaking to him through the seal."
Kami stopped for a moment, looking at what the mortals were doing, and smiling upon seeing Minato ram a Rasengan into the masked ninja chest, killing him.
Haviair tilted his head, seeming to be confused. "But what about Inzala-san? Surely she would be more likely to try to harm the boy with such freedom?"
Kami shook his head, "No, Inzala-chan understands what is at stake and will assist him as much as she can, however, there will be larger problems coming from the mortals themselves."
Celestea's eyes narrowed, "You mean the fact that the mortals will most likely try to kill the boy for holding a demon?"
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." Kami frowned, upset that the humans were so blind. "I want each of you to protect the boy from whatever may come for him, as well as teach him about yourselves, your species, and Angels and Demon as a whole."
Kami looked at the mortals, seeing Shinigami was being summoned, and turned back to his loyal wardens. "It is time, thank you all for the sacrifice you are all making for him."
A man with a massive gilded blade strapped to his back stepped forward. "It is what is necessary Lord Kami, now, I believe we should go, as the seal is being preformed."
"Of course Yavio." Kami held his hand out and focused, forcing all of those gathered to form into energy, before send them into the seal, as well as capturing the other half of the Kyuubi's chakra, and rejoining it with the other half in the seal.
Kami smiled slightly. "Naruto, you will not be forced to suffer alone, you will be the king the demons need to survive."
Morning after Kyuubi attack: Kohonakagure
Hiruzen Sarutobi was tired of this job. He felt horrible, having just come out of a meeting to decide Naruto's future, and having barely kept him from being killed by the Civilian and Elder council. Even now, with his law in place to keep Naruto's parents and tenet from being talked about, there was no guarantee that Danzo wouldn't try to recruit him, or that the civilians wouldn't try to harm him anyway. Hiruzen could only pray that Naruto would have an average childhood.
3 years later: Kohonakagure
Naruto was sitting in an alleyway, trying to figure out what he did wrong. The mean woman at the orphanage had said something about him being a demon before kicking him out, but didn't demons do bad things? He knew he wasn't the best child, but he always tried to be good for the women that watched him at the orphanage. Always eating his food, even if it tasted really weird and made him feel sick. Never talking back when they said he did something wrong and gave he punishments that really hurt, although he never remembered doing anything they said he did. And yet when he turned 3 today, the mean woman said that he had to get out, that he wasn't allowed there any more.
He had walked away from his home, and wandered for a while before finding himself in this alleyway where he now sat. Naruto felt tired so he curled up on the ground and went to sleep, hoping that he could go back home and apologize for whatever he did to make that woman hate him.
4 Hours Later
Naruto woke up at the sound of shouting, looking around confused as to why there were so many people around him.
One of the men close to the front of the group shouted, "Look! Its the demon brat! Let's finish what the 4th started!" Many of the others with him, men and women alike, shouted agreements to him, saying thing like, "Kill him!" and "Avenge the 4th!"
Naruto was scared, but then he felt something in his head, something telling him to run, to run as fast as he could away. So, without a second to waste, he ran, dodging and jumping over trash through the various alleyways.
Inside Naruto's Mindscape
Quizali opened his eyes behind his mask, hoping Naruto could run for a moment while he reported to the others. Quizali shouted, feeling fear for the child he had watch for the last 3 years, "Everyone! Come here!"
The others arrived quickly, knowing that Quizali never shouted unless something dire occurred.
"What is it Qui?! Is Naruto alright?!" Celestea demanded, having started seeing the child as a son she never had.
Quizali quickly explained the day's events, having been the one to be appointed Naruto's protector for that week.
Infernum growled loudly, feeling part of his body ignite,"They would dare to attack a child?! We must save him!"
"I know, and we will, I'll lead him to an isolated area, then I'll manifest and deal with those disgusting vermin." Quizali focused, gently sending directions to Naruto, sending him to the nearby forest, hoping that he wouldn't be caught by the villagers before then.
Outside Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto ran, and not knowing where to go for help, prayed for anything to save him.
'Naruto, turn left'
Naruto stumbled, shocked by the voice coming from nowhere, but kept running, turning left down another alley.
"Who's there?" Naruto said, panting from running for so long.
'A friend of yours, now turn right and go through the hole in the fence.'
Naruto listened to the voice, turning and crawling through the hole in the fence to the Forest of Death, before slowing down and stopping beside a river, falling to his knees, his chest heaving.
"Please help me, I don't know what I did wrong!" Naruto was near hysteria now, his fear of the other villagers, as well as his own inexperience with the hatred that they had shouted at him as he ran, having gotten to him.
'Its ok Naruto, you didn't do anything wrong. I will protect you, I swear it'
Naruto calmed slightly, feeling a bit better with the voice promising to protect him, and looked around. "Where are you? I don't see you anywhere."
Quizali was about to answer, but he sensed the civilians behind Naruto, and manifested between him and the wrathful group. "I will give all of you a single warning. Turn around and walk away, and I will allow you to live."
The civilians hesitated when the man with the mask appeared from nowhere, but then they started screaming at him, "Get the fuck out of our way you filthy fucking demon lover!" "That disgusting little shit needs to die to avenge the 4th!"
Quizali felt himself about to lose control, so he focused and sent a message to Infernum to put Naruto to sleep. Less then a second later Naruto fell forward onto his stomach, unconscious.
Quizali smiled upon seeing Naruto pass out, knowing he wouldn't have to worry about scaring him now. He turned forward towards the civilians, his mask seeming to break into what looked like a horrible fake version of a smile, the civilians becoming terrified as he let his six inch long, bone-like claws erupt from his fingers, happy to bathe in the blood of those that would dare to harm his King.
Inside Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto awoke in a hallway, the air was cool, and he could feel something soft under his cheek. He stood up quickly, scared that he was alone, or worse, that more people would come to hurt him.
"Naruto"
Naruto spun around, then stood still in shock and awe as he saw a man with beautiful golden metal wings standing before him, smiling gently.
"Are you alright?" The man questioned, hoping that the child was unharmed.
"I-I'm ok sir.." Naruto answer hesitantly, afraid of upsetting the man. "Where am I?"
"Naruto, we are in your mind. Think of it as a room that you can enter and leave whenever you want. My name is Yavio. Now that that's out of the way, please follow me, I will introduce you to the others." The man offered his hand for Naruto to grab. Naruto nodded and grabbed it after a moment, despite not quite understanding what the man, Yavio, had meant by him being in his mind.
Yavio led Naruto down the hallway, past multiple doors with an insignia carved into each one. Naruto saw a sword insignia on the first door on the right, a strange symbol as the insignia on the second, and a pair of wings on the third. There were a set of doors on the left as well, all bearing insignias. The first door on the left had a flame insignia, the second at a mask insignia, seemingly familiar.
'Just like that man', realized Naruto, 'Is he here too?'
The third door had a heart shaped insignia, while the forth and final door had a fox head as its insignia. Naruto and Yavio soon entered what looked like a living room, with multiple chairs spread around the room, filled with people Naruto never met.
"Naruto," Yavio started, "I would like to introduce you to some of the people who will help you and keep you safe. You met one of us before you passed out, he was the one wearing a mask. His name is Quizali."
"Ok" Naruto was very nervous, he wished Quizali was here right now, he made him feel safe.
Yavio pointed at a man with a pair of wolf ears and a tail. "That is Infernum, a demon known as a Hell Hound."
Naruto's eyes widened, "A demon?! But demons are evil!"
Everyone sighed before Infernum stood up and stalked over, his eyes igniting with his hellfire. "Evil?! You know nothing about us! Nothing about what we've been through or done, and yet you call us evil?!" Infernum was breathing heavily, trying to contain his rage at being accused and treated like he was evil.
Naruto shrank back, feeling tears collect in his eyes. "I-I-I'm S-s-sorry..."
Infernum sighed before forcing himself to calm down, knowing that the child didn't mean to upset him, that he was just repeating what he heard from others. He stepped closer to Naruto, looking at him gently. "Kid, where did you hear that?"
"One of the nice women at the orphanage read me bedtime stories every once in a while, until that mean woman sent her away. She kept calling her a 'demon lover'."
Infernum sighed again, knowing that the child wouldn't understand for a few years. "Just understand kid, we aren't evil, and we will explain why later."
"Ok Infernum" Naruto nodded, no longer afraid since the man's eyes weren't on fire anymore.
Yavio smiled, glad to see Infernum getting along with Naruto, at least somewhat. "Well Naruto, that was Infernum." Yavio pointed at each person as he named them. "The woman's name is Celestea. The man with the bat wings is Haviair. The other man with the sword strapped to his back is Kazialus. Then there is another woman, named Inzala, who is currently in her room. You will meet her later. Ok?"
"Ok Yavio." Naruto smiled, happy to have what he considered friends. "I'm happy to meet all of you."
Celestea giggled, "And we are happy to meet you as well, Naruto."
Kazialus cleared his throat, "Naruto, we will need to talk more later, for now, go see that nice old man in the tower and tell him that you were kicked out of the orphanage, but don't mention us, ok?"
"Ok then, but how do I get out of here?" Naruto was slightly sad to leave, but he was happy to go see that old man.
"Just think about waking up, and you will, and it works the same way to come back." Haviair answered calmly.
"Ok, bye!" Naruto waved energetically as he faded from view.
Outside Naruto's Mindscape
Quizali had just finished disposing of the bodies, happy to have the exercise, as he heard his king waking up. "Ah, welcome back Naruto, I assume you enjoyed your talk with the others?" Quizali asked easily, having been alerted by Haviair about the talk that had occurred.
"Yeah, all the others are really nice Quizali!" Naruto happily smiled as he spoke to the man, before realizing something. "Oh yeah, thank you for helping me."
"It was nothing Naruto, now get going, we will talk more later." Quizali spoke fondly to him, smiling slightly, before disappearing.
Naruto set off from the Forest of Death, happy that his new friends will keep him company.
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