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Japanese translations:
Kitsune- Fox
Kyuubi- nine tails
Bijuu- Beast
Jinchuuriki- Tailed beast vessel
Gaki- Brat/Punk
Kunai/Shuriken- Dagger/Throwing stars
Jutsu- Technique
Konoha- Hidden leaf
Youki- Demonic energy
(Dai)Youkai - (Great)Demon
Tenseiga- Sword of heavenly rebirth
Inu no taisho- Great Dog General
Kawaii- Cute
Kuusou- Shit/Damn it
Chotto matte- Hey wait a minute
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Chapter2: A Start
The nine tailed fox snorted. The boy was definitely a goner now. He might as well have stopped running and just stood there waiting for his doom .
The young boy had the stamina to go on but willpower was a different matter. A normal human boy would be already dead by now by the amount of lost blood. He had the fox demon to thank. His broken nose was currently being healed, the bruise on his leg was gone and his sprained ankle had healed in a couple of minutes, though the wound on his shoulder was being cleansed by the demonic chakra which in its self was ironic. The cut was taking its time to close mainly because the weapon was still implanted. The kitsune bijuu pumped some extra chakra into the gaki deciding to be generous because he was about to die anyway.
The blonde boy screamed in agony as another kunai lodged itself into his back along with some shurikens and a cruel laugh from behind.
"Run while you can monster!"
"Yeah, it looks like your on your last legs!" The man with a chuunin vest sneered.
He kept running borderline unconsciously tripping and stumbling as the sharp objects protruded his back but still clutched the fox mask with white knuckles not letting go.
He gasped, his blue eyes widened in pure shock as bile and blood rose in his throat forcing him to double over and cough it out while running. The young boy grimaced as an unpleasant metallic bitter taste was left in his mouth. The pain he was feeling was indescribable the only word that might fit it was hell.
Why those people had to go out of their way to be so merciless toward him he didn't understand, he had a feeling he never would.
The blue-eyed boy had no idea where he was and the thought barely occurred until he saw his vision going in and out of focus. He knew he was going to pass out soon and he didn't even know where he was. Unexpectedly, he saw a flash of white light and a portal type entrance appeared the edges shining with light. It looked to be to more forest through there. Without second thoughts, the small child ran through and the three ninja pursuing him also did seconds later. They were too fixated on killing the child that neither knew where they were going.
The boy inhaled another sharp breath as the weapons that had impaled him were through his rib cage. One of the ninja took out a paper bomb and threw it at the nearest tree. The bomb exploded and the force from the blast came back at him full force caused him to fall. Pain overtook him and azure eyes that were once so clear and bright were now cloudy and lifeless rolled upwards into his head as the jinchuuriki lost all consciousness.
The nine-tailed fox looked around him.
"Now's my chance."
His vessel's mind-scape was slowly fading black about him. He would have to use lots of his demon youki if he wanted to be free.
The fox clenched his jaw tightly. This was a dangerous game he was playing, the demon knew all too well what would happen when the darkness of the mind-scape enveloped him. He would cease to exist. His container was dying.
For a female, the time when the seal was at its weakest would be at childbirth while for males it would be most vulnerable on the brink of death.
"Kuusou." The fox swore as he pushed with demonic strength at the bars of his cage hoping the seal was weaker. It didn't budge.
"It's those damned Uzumaki genes again! " He roared ferociously.
"Curse you Kushina! " The legacy of the deceased stubborn red head still lived on inside her brat of a child.
The Uzumaki genes were strong genes to have for even half Uzumakis' came out with strong DNA, they were known for longevity and compatibility with most people.
But the clan was most widely known for being loud, brash and hardheaded
Which was what the fox demon decided he hated the worst.
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When bright light from the barrier bathed the forest, Sesshomaru had no idea what to expect but it certainly wasn't seeing a little boy skid across the ground face down with weapons embedded in his back.
Rin gasped in shock as she saw the small figure a few feet away from her and Jaken squinted recovering from the blinding light.
"What is that?" The small imp asked.
Rin was running out to help the blonde when she heard Sesshomaru's voice.
"Rin! Don't touch him!" Rin stopped and was about to protest but then closed her mouth and nodded.
If the dai-youkai told her not to do something there was usually a good reason behind it. She quickly ran back to Jaken and hid behind the tree obediently.
Sesshomaru quickly eyed the boy, the strange weapons in his back had some sort of poison on them. If his ward had touched them she would have been poisoned as well. Also he caught sight of red bubbling youki that was surrounding the child, it was very concentrated and in its visual manifestation.
"Get back here you little demon!" Sesshomaru turned his attention to the humans who had just arrived. He assumed they were addressing the boy they had beaten up because no one dared to call the great inu-youkai 'little'
The newcomers were strangely dressed all wearing headbands with some kind of symbol on the front.
They obviously couldn't sense the blonde boys youki or they would have run away by now.
They were humans, no kind of threat to him. Merely tiny ants in his presence.
Taking a split second decision, Sesshomaru merely decided to protect the boy in order to gather some information.
He stepped in front of the unconscious boy in a guarding manner.
"Hey you! What do you think your doing defending that monster?!" One shouted angrily pointing at him.
"How dare they down talk to Sesshomaru-Sama like that!" Jaken fumed jumping about with his staff.
These ignoramuses obviously didn't know who he was but he wasn't about to waste his time explaining it to them.
"Tell this Sesshomaru, where do you come from and why do you call this boy a monster?" Sesshomaru asked flatly enough so that it no longer sounded like a question.
"We are under no obligation to tell you that!" One with grey eyes and dark hair spoke up.
'Such arrogance! ' The grey eyed man thought scoffing to himself.
"Is that so?" Sesshomaru replied with narrowed eyes.
"We are from the village hidden in the leaves in the land of fire." Another answered not wanting to cause excess trouble.
The amber eyed demon frowned. This Konoha place, he'd never heard of it. But since they came out of that barrier he was forced to believe the people.
"Why do you call the boy a monster?"
"Because he is one. He is the nine-tailed fox!" The man growled angrily justifying himself
"He deserves to die!" Another spoke up
"W-wait, H-he's a demon as well!"
"What do those stupid humans think they are doing? Don't they know who Sesshomaru-Sama is?" Jaken hissed from behind the tree.
The genin man that had just spoken found himself sweating and slowly backing away as the silver-haired dog demon approached him. It would have almost been comical if the situation hadn't been nearly as dire for the ninja.
When the son of inu no taisho held up his hand showing his long claws and flexed it a bit cracking a couple of joints, the ninja knew they were in trouble.
Before they could even turn to escape, Sesshomaru appeared before them in lightning speed grabbing the genin by the neck. He struggled to pull out a kunai from his pouch but it then dropped to the ground as he suddenly felt an awful burning feeling around his neck and smelt a bad smell that accompanied it. He couldn't breathe, and the man tried to get away but he held him by the neck easily. Unfortunately, when he realised it was poisonous acids burning away his skin and flesh it was too late.
The two chuunin stared in horror as the long haired demon dropped the body.
"J-just what are you?"
The humanoid form of the inu-youkai stared back at them with disinterest not even bothered to answer he brown haired man's question.
"You are no more than a worm under this Sesshomaru." He spoke blinking his magenta eyelids as he looked down on them.
The 'so called' shinobi quivered in fear as the demon drew closer. The braver of the two created hand signs for a jutsu shakily. Sesshomaru looked on curiously wondering what he was attempting. Water shot forth toward him from the dark haired man's mouth and he directed it at the dai-yokai.
Sesshomaru was momentarily dumbfounded even though he didn't show it. But he easily evaded the strong water blast with a look of slight amusement crossing his face. How had a human managed to spit water like that with just some useless hand signs?
He dismissed the puzzle, oh well.
Deciding to end the fight, with one small flick of his wrist they were both in shreds.
Rin gasped slightly shocked at his method of killing them. She had seen Sesshomaru kill before but usually if they were human he would knock them out. She frowned.
"Hmph! serves them right those overconfident humans." The imp mumbled under his breath coming out from behind the tree. Sesshomaru touched thin air again to see if the barrier that was present before still existed. He couldn't sense the disturbance but he still had to check. Sure enough it wasn't there.
Sesshomaru went over to the boy, knelt down and slowly began removing the poisonous metals from his back with his right hand. Rin ran over inquisitively staring at the little boy currently lying flat down. He was wearing weird clothes, he wore a white tee-shirt that was practically red now thanks to the blood stains on the back from the weapons, a pair of black knee-length cargo pants that were torn and muddy and blue sandals.
Sesshomaru took the last knife like weapon from his shoulder with ease and it clattered to the ground.
'Why would they do this to him? He can't be nearly as awful as they say he is!' Rin thought her lip trembling slightly.
Rin remembered her own situation when wolves mauled her and left her for dead and the wolf tribe raided her village. And she remembered how Sesshomaru revived her. Rin was a person who saw good in everybody she wanted to help people, it was instinctive for her.
"Sesshomaru-Sama?" Rin asked.
"What is it?" Sesshomaru questioned his ward.
"Why did you tell me not to help him?"
"These weapons have poison on them that affect humans." He told her.
"Sou ka." Rin nodded.
Sesshomaru turned the grubby faced boy over to check if he had anymore injuries on the front.
The blonde boy's face was surprisingly fine and unharmed although dirty while the rest of his body was injured. He had three defining whisker-marks on each of his cheeks which made him look unbelievably cute well at least in Rin's eyes.
"He's so Kawaii!" She cooed poking at his cold cheeks.
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow but said nothing and Jaken tutted at her behaviour.
"Silly girl! This is no time to be drooling over dead boys." The green demon squawked.
Ignoring Jaken's last comment she kneeled down. Then the seven year old noticed something in his hand.
"What's that Jaken-Sama?"
Jaken looked down at the object blinking.
"It's a mask I think." He answered her. The young girl turned his hand over seeing the red swirling patterns
"A kitsune mask!"
Sesshomaru stood. This boy, he smelt of mud, blood, human perspiration and not much else but Sesshomaru's senses could not be fooled, the boy smelt of demon. As if he had one inside him, a demon fox to be exact. If it wasn't enough to hear it from those humans, his nose would never deceive him. The boys red youki was slowly receding.
The dai-youkai unsheathed Tenseiga once more.
"Sesshomaru-Sama, you're going to revive this human boy?" Jaken gawked surprised.
"Yes Jaken."
" O-oh."
Rin beamed at the inu-youkai who noticed but didn't visibly react to the heartwarming smile.
Sesshomaru didn't know why he decided to revive the boy but since he came all the way to explore the barrier it would have all been pointless to leave him there after going into all the trouble.
...
Voices, he heard voices. Where was he? Where were the voices coming from?
All he saw was black, his eyelids felt as heavy as lead and his body felt like he was dying, maybe he was already dead he wasn't so sure.
Then everything came back to him like a strike of lightning. Those people were chasing after him. He must have died. Was this what the afterlife was then? Black? He would have much preferred it to be orange or something colorful he just couldn't stand black.
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"What is this? " The Kyuubi growled.
He wasn't dead yet, he was still in his vessel's prison.
When he realized what was going on his deadly glare quickly turned to an amused look.
"Hm, it seems like the gaki isn't as weak as I originally thought. I underestimated his...Uzumaki traits." The fox smirked.
The mind-scape was clearing as if the boy was waking up from a long sleep.
...
"Huh?!" Rin must have been imagining things because she thought she saw the boys nose twitch.
Sesshomaru's sharp eyes couldn't miss it either but Jaken was the one left wondering what was going on.
A second later a moan escaped the blonde boy's mouth and then he mumbled something incoherent and coughed. He felt that his eyelids were not nearly as heavy as before and his eyes fluttered open slowly.
In his drowsy state the boy could barely understand or see what was going on around him with blurry sight and his voice was quite hoarse from coughing up blood before. He coughed again clearing his throat.
Sesshomaru had not even swung Tenseiga but the boy was waking up on his own.
His bright azure eyes cleared as his vision came back in to focus.
The boy's eyes suddenly opened in shock as he saw a man wearing strange clothes and godly armour pointing a shining sword to his chest.
The blonde boy was at loss for words. He had never seen anyone like this man in his life. He had strange magenta markings on his face and a blue crescent moon on his forehead.
The little boy was undeniably scared. His pulse quickened and he curled up into a ball scared for his life.
"P-please don't hurt me!" The boy pleaded sniffing in tears. He had lost all his fighting spirit and was now outright begging.
Sesshomaru looked down at the boy who was shaking and crying with not even a hint of emotion on his face. He must have been traumatized from what those other humans had done to him.
The small boy turned seeing the corpses of the ninja who had been after him. Did he do that to them? Would he kill him like he did the others?
The whisker-marked boy stiffly turned his head back to look into cold golden orbs that held not an ounce of emotion. His throat dried.
But he was completely surprised when the merciless looking man put the sword back into its sheath.
Rin looked at the boy in awe, he had the bluest eyes she'd ever seen. They were a deep cerulean colour and they reminded her of the ocean. It was quite rare to see someone blue eyes and blonde hair unless they were a demon but this boy seemed quite human.
"Don't worry! Sesshomaru-Sama isn't going to hurt you, he was about to save you." Explained Rin.
He looked up at her slowly as if he only just noticed she was present.
"Are you alright?" Rin questioned before getting a small nod in response.
"Yes, Sesshomaru-Sama was going to save you little boy." Jaken spoke waving his staff of two heads in the young boy's face causing him to shuffle back away a little cautiously.
The Uzumaki had never seen a creature like the green imp before, he was even more surprised that he started talking.
"Save..me ?" The boy was even more confused than when he had woken up in this strange place with a sword pointed to his chest.
"Yes! Are you short of hearing boy?!" The small demon questioned leaning close to his face.
"Jaken-Sama, I think you are scaring him..." The girl spoke gently.
The green demon crossed his arms and mumbled something about Tenseiga reviving troublesome humans.
"What's your name boy?" Sesshomaru questioned looking upon the scruffy young boy.
"U-uzumaki Naruto." He stuttered feeling slightly uncomfortable under the gaze of the inu-youkai.
"Thank you sir... For saving me." Naruto started awkwardly.
Well he hadn't killed him yet so that was a good sign he guessed.
' But w-why would they bother to save me? They obviously don't know who I am then.' The boy looked to the ground hurt in his eyes. He was sure if they did know who he was they would have left him for the dead.
"Hn," The silver-haired demon acknowleged.
"Well I'm Rin, that's Jaken-Sama, that's Sesshomaru-Sama and thats Au-Un. We won't hurt you." Rin reassured.
Naruto nodded but he didn't think he could trust them yet especially after what he had just been through.
Sesshomaru turned to walk away and Jaken followed after calling his name desperately.
The Uzumaki sat there dumbly as they walked off and Rin was still kneeling by the younger boys' side.
The dai-youkai stopped and frowned when he found Rin hadn't followed him but was still by the side of the grubby human boy.
"Rin, are you coming?" He asked in a monotoned voice. He vaguely cast a glance in the way of Naruto and Naruto caught it and he blinked his blue eyes. Did that mean he wanted him to follow him as well? It wouldn't be a bad idea because he didn't even know where he was or how to get home. Rin got up hauling Naruto up with her and began pulling him by the wrist.
"C-chotto matte!" Naruto exclaimed
"What is it? Don't you want to come with us?" Rin pouted
"I knew it! The pesky human is ungrateful too!" Jaken pointed out.
Naruto ran back and picked up the porcelain fox mask that lay on the mossy forest floor.
"I just forgot this."
"Fine," Sesshomaru said before turning back around and continuing walking.
Au-Un the two headed dragon landed down behind them both and Rin began to pet the dragon. Naruto only blinked. He was sure these types of animals only lived in fairy tails but in this strange world they existed.
Naruto slightly afraid of the creature but decided it couldn't be that bad if Rin had the courage to pet him. Naruto rubbed the top of his head and stroked his mane slowly and the friendly dragon groaned in appreciation.
"So your name is Naruto ne? What a strange name! I am Rin!" The seven year old spoke cheerfully.
Naruto nodded happily but then remembered. Wouldn't she get in trouble with her parents for talking with him? Why would she go out of her way to be friendly with him the demon boy? Did she have ulterior motives?
"Why did you help me?" Naruto asked quietly almost inaudibly. The girl heard him but then shrugged and smiled.
"Rin likes helping people!"
"Where are your parents, w-wont they tell you to stay away from me!?" His voice cracked, he wanted to cry, he had no friends.
Rin looked down as if deep in thought.
"Ano my parents are dead.." She replied a sad tone lacing her voice.
"O-oh." Naruto didn't know what to do or what to say, as he had never been put in a situation that involved comforting someone.
"I'm sorry," The young girl only shook her head at his apology.
"No! Its fine Naruto-San, you didn't know."
The girl named Rin gave him a grin attempting to lighten the mood.
Naruto gave a small smile back.
Naruto didn't know whether he could trust these people or not but it was a start.
He clutched the fox mask to his chest.
And everybody had to start somewhere.
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A/N:
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