Hello everyone!
I'm HDN-Lunar, just call me HDN ^_^
This is my first fic, and I'm going to finish it as soon as I can because I love these things.
Any reviews and criticisms will be greatly appreciated; flames will be ignored.
This is a KCM-Naruto fic where Naruto obtains his Kyuubi-Chakra Mode early in his life.
I don't know the dynamics of the mode itself but this is how I think it would be if he unlocked it early.
Without further ado, please enjoy!
Bold = Demon speech, Italics = Human thought, Bold Italics = Demon thought
Chapter 1: Prologue
"FALL BACK!"
"HEAL THE WOUNDED!"
"PROTECT THE CHILDREN!"
These were the cries of the ninjas who were valiantly protecting their home. Not too far in the distance, just outside the great walls surrounding Konohagakure no Sato, a giant shadow of a monster loomed over the village, occasionally lighting up with flecks of orange and red due to the fireballs the shadow seemed to be generating out of nowhere.
It was the Kyuubi no Yoko – the nine-tailed demon fox.
Ninjas were falling left and right. Destruction was all the fox left in its wake. These ninjas, however, would not give up, as more reinforcements piled in to replace the dead and wounded.
Most notably, one was the retired Sandaime Hokage, also known as Hiruzen Sarutobi. Armed with his ever-present adamantine bo-staff, the old man was fighting fiercely against the great fox. With his near-limitless arsenal of jutsu, which gave him the title "Shinobi no Kami", he and several others attempted to hold back the Kyuubi until more help arrived.
"Sarutobi-sama! We need to devise a plan to get the Kyuubi to stay still! It is the only way for us to launch an all-out attack against it!" one ANBU member yelled over the roars of the demon fox.
"Do not worry, we already have the resources needed." The old man stood tall and un-summoned his bo-staff. Taking in a deep breath, he stood for what seemed like eternity. The ANBU member looked at him confusedly.
"Sarutobi-sama, what are you doing? The Kyuubi is about to attack us! It's seen us and it's coming this w-"
He had no chance to finish his sentence as the Kyuubi no Yoko growled and roared at the two with such intensity that the ANBU member was blown away.
"I hope I know what I'm doing." The Sandaime flared his immense reserves of chakra three times in quick succession, and yelled out a code word in ANBU "language". Nothing happened at first, and everyone else far around him looked at him in utter shock. They all knew what had just happened. Since he flared his chakra, it made it easier for the Kyuubi to concentrate on him to deliver the killing blow.
The Kyuubi uttered a deep growl and raised a paw, claws shining. Just as the Kyuubi was about to smash the old man into the ground, everyone heard someone yell out a name.
"INOICHI!"
No sooner was that word heard did the Kyuubi no Yoko freeze in place, eyes glazed over. None can take over the mind of the great demon fox, however, and it tore free of the mind-powers of the Yamanakas in a matter of seconds. The fox attempted to move.
"SHIKAKU!"
The fox raised a paw again, in anger. As it brought down a seemingly-inevitable death, it stopped. A black line appeared from a corner enshrouded in shadows, and a person seemed to melt out of the darkness. The entire Nara clan had combined their powers to make one giant kagemane jutsu.
"Kagemane, success!" Shikaku smiled, but it quickly faded as he found that the Kyuubi was resisting and pulling free. He quickly gave his clan members words of encouragement before the final word in the plan was yelled out.
"CHOZA!"
Another shadow arose from behind the demon fox, and it raised its hand... which grew bigger… and bigger… and bigger. This hand drove itself into the back of the fox, which was slammed into the ground, and thrown out far away from the village.
"Good work! Operation success." Hiruzen managed to utter with a smile. While the entire plan was being executed, he was pelting the fox with a multitude of jutsus, such as the Kage Shuriken no Jutsu and the Doryuudan no Jutsu. His reserves were dangerously low, and it wouldn't be long before he couldn't fight anymore. He didn't need to, however.
*POOF*
A giant ball of smoke arose in front of the demon fox, as it struggled to get up. When the smoke cleared, the entire village was awe-struck by what was in it.
The Yondaime Hokage.
Known to the world as the Kiroi Senko and the only ninja ever who had a "Flee on Sight" moniker in the bingo books, Minato Namikaze stood on his personal summon, Gamabunta the toad, with a child in his arms.
Minato had a hard look on his face. He knew what he had to do to stop the demon fox from destroying the village that he loved.
He set down the baby behind him on Gamabunta's head.
"Bunta! Give me oil!"
"Of course!"
As the toad's cheeks puffed out, the Yondaime was flashing through hand seals. The Kyuubi had stood on its legs again, and glared at the man on the toad with intense hate.
Gamabunta spurted out a stream of oil, just as Minato screamed out a jutsu.
"KATON: GAMAYU ENDAN!"
Combined with a Karyuudan no Jutsu and the oil, Minato and Gamabunta managed to create a blazing firestorm, which completely engulfed the demon fox. It yowled in pain, and tumbled over once more. The Yondaime capitalized on this.
"I'm sorry for whatever I did to have this happen to me. I hope you forgive me in the after-life, Kushina. I have to do this for the village, and for us."
Minato quickly picked up the baby and jumped off of the toad, which quickly poofed away back into the summoning realm. He quickly painted some seals around the baby on the ground. He was a fuinjutsu master; he could easily paint in a matter of seconds.
"I'm sorry it had to come to this, Kyuubi. I'm sorry that Obito made you like this; I failed as a sensei. You better keep up your end of the bargain, though."
He smiled. Anyone who looked at him while he smiled in this situation would have thought he'd gone crazy.
Two red orbs, with three tomoe in each eye, appeared in the horizon. Filled with hate, the Kyuubi no Yoko roared for the last time that night.
With a solemn look on his face, Yondaime rushed through a few hand signs.
Mi.
I.
Hitsuji.
U.
Inu.
Ne.
Tori.
Uma.
Mi.
He clapped his hands together.
The spectral image of a figure dressed in white robes appeared behind him.
The Shinigami.
It wrapped its left arm with its prayer beads, and chanted something unintelligible. Minato kept his hands together in concentration.
A seal appeared on the Shinigami's arm.
Minato's soul was then pulled out from behind his body, and a spectral image of him was held by the Shinigami's hair.
Minato grit his teeth. It was a painful procedure, but he'd handled worse before.
"FUUINJUTSU: SHIKI FUUJIN!"
The Shinigami thrust its hand through the soul of the Yondaime, and the hand stretched all the way to the demon fox. The fox struggled to get up, fully knowing what was about to happen.
Too late.
The Shinigami's hand touched the fox, and then all went blank for the Yondaime.
*Mindscape*
Minato was in a dimension where everything was white. Few specks of yellow passed here and there, but nothing special was around. He then turned around.
The image of the nine-tailed fox stood before him.
Anyone would piss their pants at the sight of the fox so close, but Minato laughed harder than he did ever in the past year. The fox grinned a little, and also uttered a deep, guttural laugh.
"Been a while since we've seen each other, yeah?" Minato managed to wheeze out.
The fox said nothing.
"I imagine you know what's about to happen now." The Yondaime had stopped laughing. "It's time, you know?"
This time, a dark voice was heard.
"I know, Yondaime, I know. We've talked over this." The voice had a slight touch to it; a higher voice one would normally not hear from a demon.
"I hope you enjoyed your stay in Kushina's body, Kyuubi. Too bad you had to be forced out again. She'll miss you, you know? You were her best friend." Minato said seriously.
"… Who's the next vessel?"
"It's my and Kushina's child. She didn't agree to it at first, but we had to make adjustments quickly. He's the only one."
"You're going to hear an earful from her in the afterlife."
"That won't happen, sadly. I'll be in the Shinigami's stomach for eternity. She gets to move on."
"Enough chat. The Shinigami is almost done sealing me into the child."
Minato then smiled the big grin that was often on Kushina's face.
"I couldn't fit all of your chakra into the child. You have too much. I commanded the Shinigami to cut your chakra in half and seal one half into the baby. The other half will be sealed into me, but it won't matter since my body will disintegrate on the spot." (A.N That really doesn't happen. I just made it happen like that because it fits the rest of my plot.)
"I see. Well, you put up your end of the deal, and I guess it's my turn."
It was at this moment that Minato's smile dropped, and he shook a little.
"Make me proud to be your friend, Kyuubi."
The fox also grinned, and showed its gleaming teeth.
"You won't be proud of me. You'll be proud of your son, who's going to be a spitting image of you."
At this point, Minato's eyes shed tears; not of sadness, but of pure joy.
"Don't you know, Kyuubi? The children always turn out to be better than the parents."
The Kyuubi then laughed hard.
"I'll be sure to make that happen."
"You better. Ladies should always keep their word, right?"
The Kyuubi mused over that.
"Don't get that idea too deep in your head. Kushina-chan told that to me."
Minato dropped his head.
"It's time, Kyuubi."
The Kyuubi also dropped "her" head.
"Good luck in the Shinigami's stomach, foolish mortal."
"Shut up."
They both laughed.
"Good luck to you too. I'm sure you'll make him a great person."
"Wait. What is his name?"
Minato trembled a little bit. His face was one of mixed emotions. At one moment, there was happiness, then relief, then sadness, then anger.
"Before Obito made Kushina die of…chakra exhaustion, we agreed to name our child after the main character of Jiraya's book."
"I've read that before; Kushina read it one day and I got to see it through her eyes. What an odd name."
They both became silent as Minato's body began to flake away.
"It's time to go now. Take care of Naruto for me."
"It'll be my pleasure."
*Real World*
Everything was silent.
Trees didn't make noise in the wind. All the animals in the forest nearby were silent. The Shinigami's mere presence instilled silence in those around him.
Then, it happened.
The eyes of the Kyuubi lost their tomoe, reverting back to a sole, red, slitted pupil. The body of the Yondaime fell to its knees, and then fell face-first into the dirt.
The demon fox's body began to fade, and an outline of it appeared. It was split in two, half entering Minato's body and the other was pulled by the Shinigami into the baby's stomach. A seal appeared.
Minato's body began to disintegrate. It flaked away much like how it did in his mindscape.
Kyuubi's body was nowhere to be seen.
The last thing one could see on Minato's face was a smile so big that it could split the world. He knew his son was in the right hands… err, paws.
The Shinigami vanished.
All was still.
Well, there it is. Ugh, a half-hour's worth of typing goes a long way. 2000 words.
What do you guys think? Review, please. I have an entire plot out but I'm not sure how my writing style is yet.
Thanks!
~HDN-Lunar