Summary: Fighting Sasuke, Naruto nearly dies. However, the Mangekyou Sharingan isn't the only thing that gets awakened.
I'm doing this story for the fun of it. I've read a lot of stories. This is an idea I got from reading those. You know the 'what if Naruto has a bloodline' stories. However, as I wrote I went off to the direction of 'what if he had no influence from the Kyuubi' direction. But, I got bored and went in the direction of 'what if the impossible happens, "Kyuubi's killed," and is replaced with a more powerful creature who even the "Lord of the Bijuus" fears.'
I don't know where I'm going in this story. Don't care about direction. Just writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Naruto: Choosing 'To Be My Companion'
Chapter 5: What To Do?
Deep within the mind, he awakes at the foot of the throne where 'Father' is seated. He is very groggy and his head hurts. He finds that the fox skull is discharging large amounts of red chakra and the walls are absorbing it.
He turns to the being and asks, "Father what is going on?"
The man replies, "You were captured and tortured by the villagers to the breach of death itself. Some of your friends and family were killed by the humans." The boy grimaces in remembrance. "I've called on the power of the fox to heal your injuries. This is what you are seeing take place."
Before he can ask anything else, the room is engulfed by a black void. Only he and Father remain in the black nothingness.
He asks, "What's going on?"
He watches as the man's features harden before turning to the boy and answering, "There is an intruder in our home. A human has invaded your mind. Remember to say nothing about me. If they learn of my existence, they will do anything to separate us. They want you to be alone so that it will be easier to hurt you." He stares hard into the boy's eyes. "You already know this. They would do this all the time when you still lived here with them." The boy nods. "Just ask them what they want to see and they will be shown." The boy gives another affirmative gesture. The man smiles down at him and disappears into the void as the human invader appears.
He comes out of his state screaming and shaking in despair before falling into the ground in a miserable heap. Groups of people come near trying to give comfort and check over any damages until he pulls out a kunai demanding for them to stay back. They do so frightened of the desperate, crazed, and fearful eyes he possess.
They all back away leaving only an old man in white robes who insures in a calm soothing voice, "Inoichi, calm yourself down. No one is going to hurt you. You have my word."
Before long, realization dawns on the shinobi and he breaks down in tears before fainting mumbling, "As if your word means anything."
Everyone in the room are shocked to see the greatest loyal supporter of the Sandaime Hokage say something like this let alone directly to the hokage presence. They turn their attention to the boy in the hospital bed surrounded by red demonic chakra that is healing his wounds.
The frequent thought they share is 'What did the demon do to the elite shinobi?' It is a frightening thought.
The seven great clans of the wild have come together once again. They have their attention placed on the Lord of Eagle in hopes that she has come upon the whereabouts of their human brother.
She takes her customary posture of importance before reporting, "For a week now, we have searched and yet no sign has been discovered of our human brother. It has been suggested that the humans sneaked him out of the village without us knowing, which is extremely unlikely. After all, humans are the worst animals when it comes to stealth. Furthermore, our brother's scent can still be found coming from the village, however weak it may be. We have searched every human dwelling that we can fly into, but still can't find him."
The Lord of Fox demands, "What do we do now?"
"We fight! We attack the humans and take him back," declares the Lord of Wolf supported by the bear clan.
The Lord of Boar quickly goes against it, "Doing so will only lead to the death of many of our children. We might not even get the boy back."
Cautiously the Lord of Raccoon inserts, "Already we have lost too many. If we do what you wish Lord Wolf, it will lead to the end of our clan and we will probably not be the only clan to be destroyed by the humans. I ask you is this what you really want?"
The Lord of Wolf replies, "My clan is not afraid. We will do anything to retrieve our human brother." The cries of the wolf clan are heard in the background as support for this declaration.
The Lord of Snake laughs a sinister sound hushing all of the other clans in ill ease.
The Lord of Wolf recovers and demands, "What are you laughing about?"
The snake answers, "You, idiot." As the wolf growls, the snake pierces him with an unnerving stare before continuing, "Why are you so quick to risk the lives of your clan over one insignificant human boy?" Before he can be interrupted by the outraged clans, he goes on, "Why is he so important that you would risk doing something you would never dream of doing if it was just another wolf or any other animal, may I ask?"
The wolf is stunned into silence. It's true. If it was any other animal from his or the other clans he would never dream of attacking a human village to get that one animal back.
The snake continues, "I know the boy is important to you, as he is to all of us. But we have to do this carefully. Remember, we are dealing with humans here. They are strange creatures. Whatever we do to try to get the boy back can result in his death." After noticing he has everyone's attention, he continues, "Our primary goal is not to get the boy back." Before any protest, he plunges on, "We must know his whereabouts and condition." Then he pauses and debates on a matter before finally sharing his concerns. "He has been gone for a whole week. If he has been alive for all this time in that human village, then we can assume that the humans won't give him up or are planning something with him in mind. Once we find him, we must, or more precisely he, must learn what it is they want with him."
Someone from one of the clans asks, "But how can we find out if we can't find him."
The snake considers carefully before displaying a terrible grin. "An alliance must be achieved."
The Lord of Boar quickly gains interest and asks, "An alliance? With who?"
The snake grin widens, "With the rodents or one of their clans. If that fails then we try the insect clans."
"Why?" demand both the eagle and fox clans.
The snake easily answers, "The boy is kept in a place that no bird can reach. Then, it must be a place that rodent or insect would be able to reach. After all, there is no place that can keep out all three of the bird, rodent, and insect clans."
For the human part, there is not much to explain.
Yamanaka Inoichi was sent into the boy's mind to get information.
He got more that what he expected or ever dreamed. (Will learn about in later chapters. Or the next. Who knows?)
Everyone in the room is shocked to find him brought to this state.
They wonder what the demon showed the battle harden Yamanaka to bring him into such a state.
The animals have yet to find their brother and are considering forming a temporary alliance with one of their enemy clans.