AN: Thanks for the reviews and for staying for the second Chapter of A New Demon. I'll get on with the story, but I'll just say that I plan on making one chapter update every week. I'll try to do it every monday, but sometimes I might be late because I have things to do. On with the story. Since I forgot to do it last time, here's the disclaimer.

Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto or any of the characters depicted in this work of fiction. The same goes for any characters from Spider-man. I claim the right to use them in my works of fiction, but do not claim to own them.

A New Demon

It was three days before Naruto woke up. Three long days that the fox had to get his hosts attention so that he could tell him what was what. It wasn't that Naruto wouldn't listen; it was that his comatose mind was far too busy with other such things to notice the fox's subtle hints to draw him into his mindscape. For the better part of those three days, the fox had come to realize something about the black "sludge" that had made itself known to the nine tailed beast.

It was sentient.

That was the most important discovery. The stuff had a mind of its own, but it was unlike anything the fox had ever seen. It rivaled its hatred with a cool intellect and logic so rigid that if this substance ever truly took control of Naruto's body…. Things would grow disastrous very quickly. It had continuously absorbed its host's chakra, or had tried to… until the fox had simply supplied it with more chakra.

This seemed to satiate it for now.

"Where are you from? What is your name?"

The fox glared at its new roommate, its annoyance growing by the second as the substance simply quivered against the seal tag on the gate to his cell.

It wasn't going to answer. It never answered.

"We have no name. Give us more power. Give us more power, or we will take it…"

This floored the fox; its eyes narrowing as the sludge-like material suddenly expanded and latched onto one of the many red pipes surroundings the cage. The fox grunted and bellowed in rage as nearly double the chakra that had been being consumed by this beast was suddenly ripped from him. It was nothing, still, not even a tail's worth…

But it would add up soon enough.

Where was this power going? And For what purpose was it being taken?

The great fox sighed and sat down, glaring angrily at its new… counterpart.

"Damn you, Naruto… Wake up."

With Naruto

Blue eyes fluttered open, sleepily sweeping around a room of pristine whites and sharp angles. It took a mere moment for the owner of these eyes to deduce where he'd exactly woken up and a second beyond that to realize that he did not want to be here. Sitting up, he suddenly recalled how he'd come to be here in the first place, a frown marring his whiskered face with the recollection of just what he had to deal with now.

"I'm homeless again..."

Just as soon as he sat up fully, the urge to close his eyes again overcame him and he slumped backwards with a groan. Images flashed behind his eyelids, flickering much too fast to be a dream, much too vividly to be anything but…

Real.

He trembled, his muscles straining with each and every attempt to get his body under his own control. He was failing miserably, so he sat still and began to ride out the sudden loss of control and see just what this was all about.

He jumped as he was suddenly dumped into a pool of murky water and he thrashed a bit, trying to get his bearing for a moment before he shot to his hands and knees while he sputtered and coughed the bitter fluid from his lungs.

What the hell?

He sat up, whipping his wet head this way and that as he tried as hard as he could to figure out just where he was. Standing, and trying to ignore the infuriatingly cold water at his feet, young Naruto began to trudge forward as if pulled by some unseen force. As he walked he observed his surroundings; pipes all branching out from one direction and a slow flow of muddy, at least he hoped it was, water flowing from the same direction as the pipes.

He was so caught up in his examination of the pipes that he didn't notice a wall of sticky black and so walked right into it. He grunted and flailed, finally coming free from the black wall with a mighty tug and falling on his butt into the water of the tunnel.

"What's that?"

The wall had, upon impact, taken on the shape of his face and the contours of his clothing and body as he'd walked into it. Without his body there to occupy it, the wall gave a funny sort of quiver and sprung back into its original shape- flat- before becoming still again.

Looking around, the blond took notice that there was no other way for him to continue other than through this wall. With a sigh, he stood and wrung out his shirt as he tried to find a solution to his problem.

"I wonder…"

The boy trudged forward yet again, this time extending his hand so that it pressed against the wall. It gave a quiver under his fingers, but he didn't pull away and chose to push forward. He held his breath and walked right into the wall and its embrace. He didn't expect it to latch onto him and wrap around his body like a glove.

He fell to his knees, his arms flailing before finally latching onto his face to claw at the black mass that had wrapped tightly around blond locks and encased his head in its rubber like embrace. He tugged, the black substance giving way for a moment, with much resistance of course, so that he could breathe.

A faint voice rang in his head, like a bell chiming.

"Give us power…"

Finally, it gave that same odd quiver and seemed to relax. His face remained uncovered, thankfully, but now he was covered from head to toe in a black suit of this material. As he looked, he noticed the "suit" was patched and fragmented in places, his clothing peeking through. He grabbed at it in the chest area and tugged, its fibers stretching but not truly coming free of his body.

It was stuck.

"What the fu-"

A roar of rage split the air, accompanied by a murderous intent that was so potent that it boiled the water at his feet. He was running before he knew what he was doing, his mind focused on why that sound didn't chill his blood but instead… made him hungry.

He had only been running for a short space of time before he burst into a tremendous room with a cage at the far end of the room. He stopped short, his eyes seeing but his mind not comprehending.

With Kyuubi

The black mass had devoured the seal completely, the cage doors thrown wide open. The nine-tails was free, but then again…. When you have a black leech stuck to your chest that leeched out your power, you couldn't possibly believe you were truly free.

"Damn it! How the hell did this happen all of a sudden?!"

The black mass on his chest quivered violently and the fox was brought down to its belly, growling and whimpering. Its head lifted and tremendous slitted red eyes being turned on the black suited Naruto. The boy was frozen in wonder, a bit of fear and a very healthy dose of confusion.

"Kyuubi? But you're…"

He frowned and shot forward, his small form speeding quickly into the general vicinity of the fox. The Kyuubi could do nothing but watch as its host grappled with its new prison, its eyes widening as the boy ripped and tore at the black mass that was absorbing its chakra.

"Why are you alive?! You know something about this, and if you die then I won't know what the hell is going on! So start talking!"

The fox was amused, but did not show it. A fairly weak growl rumbled in its chest and before long, the booming voice of the beast echoed around them both.

"Careful, brat, I am not something you can so easily command… But I suppose, since you are helping me in such a small way, I can give you some answers. I'll do this if you can keep me from being absorbed by this thing."

Naruto scoffed but fought harder, his small body straining with the strain of this constant struggle.

"What is this stuff? It got me already, so why is it…"

A light bulb blinked on in his head and he drew back his black covered fist and struck harshly into the center of the blackness on the Kyuubi's chest. The impact resonated with a dull 'schluk' just before his entire arm was engulfed up to the elbow. Naruto grit his teeth and began to pull, muttering in a harsh whisper to the Kyuubi.

"You owe me for this, fox."

He was sucked into the gigantic glob of black, his eyes closing. The fox closed its eyes and sighed as the glob detached from its chest to spatter upon the ground. As the fox stood and glared down at the black mass with clear distaste.

"So you killed him, huh?"

A new voice rang clear to the colossal being, making the fox turn its head so fast that the air was displaced.

"What is going on here?"

"You're here too? Why are you here, too?"

The Yondaime Hokage stepped out of the shadows of the room, his arms crossed and his ice blue eyes glaring frostily at the tremendous fox before him. His eyebrows were knit and his gaze flicked concernedly to the quivering mass of black at the Kyuubi's feet for a moment before being returned completely to the gigantic orange fox.

"I stored my chakra in the seal that that thing ate. I don't have much time, so I would like to make this quick."

Just as he finished speaking, the black mass shuddered violently before retracting in on itself in a torrent of swirling sludge. It condensed and subtracted from its own volume until Naruto lay, covered in head to toe, once again, in that strange black suit. His head remained uncovered, but it was clear that he was out of it.

"I… told you… I would do it..."

He struggled to his feet, two sets of eyes watching him; one with amused intrigue and the other with concern. Naruto finally righted himself, his eyes blinking tiredly as he gazed up at the fox.

"Now... Start talk…ing…Eh?"

He frowned as he noticed the fox wasn't paying him any attention anymore, but was watching something else entirely. He followed the fox's line of sight and reared back in surprise, his eyes wide and his expression unbelieving.

"The Yondaime..?!"

The Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato stood with his arms crossed and a small smile on his face as he gazed at Naruto. How he'd longed to see his son, and now… he could finally talk, but not about what he wanted to. He had to be quick, due to the chakra he'd stored running out quickly.

"Hello, Naruto."

Naruto was floored. How did he know his name? Why did he know his name? He was just… He was only…

"What the hell is going on here?!"

The fox moved to lie in its cage, watching Minato pointedly as the blond Kage spoke.

"Well… You see, it's like this… The Kyuubi was too strong to kill, so I did the next best thing. I sealed it inside of a newborn, due to it having too much chakra for anything else to be able to contain it. That's why it's not dead. I sealed it inside of you, Naruto. You're a hero!"

Naruto scowled and shot to his feet, pointing a finger at the Yondaime with a shout of rage. His body shook with barely suppressed rage, his cerulean blue eyes glaring hotly at the blue eyed man standing in front of him.

"You… You son of a bitch! You're the reason everyone hates me... You... I…"

The former leader took a step back at the sudden outburst, his arms dropping to his sides as he did. He hadn't expected such a reaction to this news. Why was he angry?

Unless….

No, the villagers couldn't have hated him, he'd told Sarutobi to tell everyone about why he'd sealed the beast, what Naruto was sacrificing to be their savior. As if sensing his inner question, the fox lowered a tail to the forehead of the Yondaime, who tensed out of reflex. The tip of the tail pressed to his forehead and he jumped as the images of his son's life until now flashed through his mind's eye.

God, no, this wasn't what he wanted for his boy… Not at all.

"My son, my boy… Naruto…I'm… I'm so sorry…"

The boy's glare softened a bit, but not completely. It was going to be very hard for him to forgive after he'd endured so many things.

"You're my… You…Father?"

The Fox eyed the Hokage who moved to stand before Naruto. He settled a hand on his shoulder and knelt to eye level with him, his own blue eyes

"Yes, Naruto, I am your father. Your mother's name was Uzumaki Kushina. We both gave our lives to keep you alive, but I see now that I should have found another way. I'm so very sorry for what I've done to you."

Naruto didn't speak, he could barely breathe. Tears welled up in his eyes and spilled over, running down his whiskered cheeks. He had a family! He had parents! But… Why hadn't anyone told him? Why was he being kept in the dark about these things?

Sarutobi-jiji.

He'd known everything, he was sure of that. So why hadn't he been told?

"Why… is everyone lying to me except you?"

The blond Kage frowned at that question, his hand coming up to wipe away the tears of his son. He smiled sadly, his eyes downcast as he began to try and answer his question.

"I have many, many enemies, Naruto. I think, Sarutobi was trying to protect you from that. He means well, son, but I think he may have gone about this the wrong way."

This made Naruto smile, albeit faintly, and nod softly. He looked over his shoulder at the fox, sitting with its tails curled around him and his eyes boring holes into the former Kage.

"Yondaime, I know you know why I attacked all those years ago. I think I now understand what your other motive was for sealing me inside of this child. I will train him, and in doing so… I will acknowledge your skill by keeping this child safe in your stead."

The dead leader turned his eyes on the Nine tails and nodded, his form rising as he settled his hand on his sons blond head. He ruffled his hair, smiling down at him.

"It's almost time for me to go. I have some things to tell you before I go, however."

He sighed and his eyes lidded as he stared at the ground.

"You grew up without a family and for that I'm sorry. I was shown what kind of burden you carry, all the hatred directed at you. I see your sadness and it makes me sad to know that I caused that."

He paused and his eyes closed.

"I can't make up for that, and worse still I am leaving you again to be alone. I'm a terrible father and I hope that you would one day forgive me."

He began to flicker and fade, his image going transparent for a few moments before he became solid again. The fox looked away, his eyes betraying his mood. He was sad that the boy could not have what he deserved.

"There was a masked man that attacked and took control of Kyuubi. He had a Sharingan eye that was strong enough to do this and I think, given that bit of evidence, that it might be Uchiha Madara that was behind that. Talk to Sarutobi, he can explain in greater detail."

He once again flickered, but this time as he became intangible, he did not return to the way he was. He remained intangible and he drew his hand back, stepping away as he did.

"I love you, Naruto. Goodbye."

With that, the blond Ex-Hokage vanished in a swirl of amber lights. It looked as if a swarm of lightning bugs had been scattered by a sudden movement.

AN: Please don't forget to write a review on what you thought! If you feel like I did something wrong, tastefully bring it to my attention and I'll address it as needed. Also, I want to say that I'm glad that the people that did review were honest. Also, It seems I need to read another persons story of the same topic as this one to make sure i dont use something they already used. As always, this is The New Sage of Six Paths and thank you for reading.