Naruto sat in the corner of the room talking to his kaa-san as he awaited the moment Zabuza and Haku would wake up, he watched them vigilantly. "So what you're saying is a member of the fox clan is working for Gato but we don't know who or how strong they are or even their goal?" Naruto sounded frustrated.
Kurama nodded from inside the seal. "Precisely, I also need to tell you something about us, about your lineage." she was nervous about what his reaction would be.
Naruto was confused but listened instead of speaking. "I along with the other bijuu are high level demons but most would give us the title of devils and each of our clans are demons. You being my son makes you a fox demon hanyou which allows you access to all the abilities of the other fox demon subclasses."
Naruto nodded as he processed this new information. "Going by the way you worded that it must mean that there's a ranking system, what is it?" He was interested in his kaa-sans side of the family.
The fox agreed. "Yes, there is a ranking system. This system goes from me and my siblings, to our children, to our councils, to our soldiers, and finally to our citizens.The sub groups of each would be by the amount of tails for me and my siblings, strongest to weakest for our children, shinobi then civilian for our councils, high rank all the way down to rookies for the soldiers, and from the elders to adults to young adults to children for the civilians." named off Kurama.
The young hanyou sighed out loud. "Anything else?"
Kurama nodded. "Yes, our grouping system goes from types, to class to sub class. For example i began as a low ranking fox combat fire demon then worked my way up until i had the power to face off against the previous kyuubi and... killed...him. Holy shit!"
Naruto jumped a bit. "What?! What's wrong?!" He was suddenly able to hear everyone in the houses hearts beating with how alert he was.
The fox demon queen spoke quickly. "It's your older brother! He's the one doing this! He's attempting to gain the power necessary to kill me and take my place as the kyuubi! Though I'm guessing he has no idea about me being sealed in you so if you meet he'll attempt to manipulate you into joining him."
Naruto relaxed (losing the ability to hear the others heart beats) as he sat back down. "Well then I'll need to train even harder and gain all of my tails if i want any chance of stopping this guy who shares half of my DNA. What are the subclasses of the fox demons and am i strong enough to get someone from each to train me?" asked the boy.
Kurama nodded. "The subclasses start with the elements of fire, water, wind, earth, lightning, lava, mist/smoke, and ice then goes to other things like shadow, light, bone, blood, gravity, chakra, metal, and spirit/death. I'd say that you are able to call on anyone up to seven tails in any of these subclasses."
This intrigued Naruto. "What does spirit do?"
The fox lady smiled wickedly. "Exactly what you're thinking it does and that's only the basics."For the next hour the mother/son duo made plans and grinned like psychos. (as the preteen placef gravity seals around Zabuza and Haku)
(Zabuzas P.O.V)
I awoke bleary eyed and attempted to sit up but the effort hurt for reasons unknown, not only that but i couldn't feel my chakra... no that wasn't it, i could feel it but it was like it was caged up and unaccessible.
When i looked around i saw i was in someone's bedroom (blank wooden walls, three twin sized beds, and a closet that he noticed was empty) and i couldn't remember how i got there.
I started thinking on me and Hakus situation. 'Alright Zabuza think, you were sitting in a bar in the village of Wave listening in to all of the conversations going on for any kind of mission, you heard whispers of a bridge builder needing protection, you were going to find out where this guy was but then some fancy fucker looked at you and you blacked out. Did i go on a killing spree over some asshole looking at me?' I would have continued my train of thought but I was interrupted by a male voice to my right.
(Normal P.O.V)
Naruto stood up. "You're up, that's good." he looked down at the A rank missing ninja with calm neutrality as he spoke, keeping a hand on the hilt of his katana just in case.
The man groaned. "Where the hell are we?" He asked as he attempted to sit up.
The twelve year old shinobi had continued to stare at him. "We're in the room me and my team have been allowed to use in my clients home. You and your apprentice are our prisoners until such a time that i or my sensei deem you're not an actual threat to my client and his family, is that clear?" Naruto gripped the hilt of his blade, ready to unsheathe it if necessary.
Zabuza usually would have called the bluff seeing as this was a kid but he saw the seal on his chest blocking his access to his chakra and the ones around him and Haku that had increased the gravity around them, he knew he'd already been stripped of his weapons but didn't know where they were, Haku was unconscious for however much longer, and the kids eyes and body language told him to do so would have deadly or even very painful consequences so he sighed and nodded. "Understood."
The Uzumaki nodded and released the gravity seals before he went back to the wall where he leaned against it. After Zabuza sat up with visible effort he decided to speak up and ask a few questions. "What happened to me? I don't remember anything since i was in a bar in Wave, how far are we from there anyway?"
The boy shrugged. "Not far, just about a mile outside of the village limits and as for what happened I'd guess that it was my older brother who I've still yet to meet."
Zabuza was confused now more than ever. "What are you going on about?"
The hanyou rubbed his face. "Have you ever heard of demons, and no i am not talking about your moniker, I'm talking real demons, beings of unimaginable power that can and will destroy anything and anyone that pisses them off."
The missing ninja nodded. "Bits and pieces but yeah I've heard about them, that's where i got the idea for my kenjutsu style from. Pure beserk power and unholy destruction, I used those principles amd earned my moniker of demon of the hidden mist"
This had the preteen roll his eyes. "Yes well the bijuu are demons but because of their raw power and skill they have earned the title of devils. Demons usually mate with each other but if they mate with humans they'll have children known as hanyous which are even stronger than their demon parents because while a regular demon is connected to only one element or other force of nature a hanyou can connect to all of them, i am a hanyou son of the Kyuubi no kitsune and you were being controlled by my eldest brother with a fox style genjutsu."
Zabuzas eyes widened. "What did he make me do?" He was afraid that he'd been forced to hurt an innocent person.
Naruto smiled. "Nothing yet, he had planned to use you and your apprentice to off the bridge builder who is my client, lucky for you and that boy i saw your glazed over eyes so i released you from the genjutsu and knocked out the other guy." He left out the part about knocking Haku out first over a gut feeling because he didn't know how well Zabuza would have taken that.
The man layed back and thought about everything he had just learned. First he was being controlled by an actual demon, next he is released from said demons control by his little hanyou brother, then he's told him and his young apprentice are to be prisoners until they prove that they can be trusted to not off an old civilian with a spotless criminal record, and finally he's left with only one question. "What happens when we've proven ourselves?"
Naruto ignored the 'When' and answered. "Well you have just been given information that isn't supposed to be told to anyone who isn't apart of Konoha so standard order is either kill the person or have them join Konoha but I'll give you the chance to go on your way as long as you don't say anything to anyone about the things I've told you."
Zabuza nodded. "While i appreciate having the choice to go on my way i think I'll take my chances with joining Konoha, at least their i can train Haku without the worry of the mizukages hunter-ninja catching up to me."
The red head nodded back. "I can respect that, just be prepared to see some really odd things when we get there."
That's when Kakashi came in. "Alright Naruto, it's time for my shift."
The young hanyou left out then looked to his sensei. "I'm going out to train, I'll be back in time for supper." Without another word he'd left in a silent shunshin, looking like a ghost.
Zabuza chuckled. "That boy's something else. good kid though, are you sure he's cut out for the shinobi life?"
Kakashi chuckled as well. "I think that todays shinobi life isn't cut out for him, he'd fit in better in the times of Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha and yet he doesn't even want the power he already has."
This confused the missing ninja. "Then why does he train?" It seemed counter productive to train iif you don't want power.
The silver haired jonin looked up for a minute as he thought about an old conversation he had with the boy. "Because he has people he wants to protect."
(flashback: 2 years)
Kakashi found Naruto in the back yard training with his katana, it had a black hilt with dark purple diamond shapes going down from the pummel, the guard was shaped like an oval, and the blade itself was midnight black with a dark purple line running down the flat sides of the blade as if it were coming from the diamonds. (Naruto had named it Shadow claw)
When Naruto had noticed him he sheathed his sword and smiled. "Kakashi-nii! how are you?"
the jonin smiled from behind his face mask. I'm alright Naruto, just came to ask you something."
The boy nodded and leaned against one of the training dummies close by as he listened. "I can hear you when you mumble about the civilians and shinobis insanely high expectations for you and how you don't want the power yet i still see you training with all of your might, why is that?"
Naruto shrugged. "I don't know how to describe it but i have this gut feeling that one day I'll need this power to protect everyone from something unlike we've ever faced before, or maybe... it's something we haven't seen in a long enough time that we've forgotten what it was. All i know is my guts never steered me wrong before so I'll keep training and continue to grow so that i can protect everyone."
This made Kakashi smile even bigger. "I'm proud of you Naruto, you're growing up to be a fine young man. Tell you what, I'm going to train you starting tomorrow after your first day back to the academy, you're going to get all the training i can give you starting with the shadow clone jutsu."
(flashback end: with Naruto)
Naruto stood in a clearing deep in the woods and flew through a long string of hand signs. "Fox style summoning jutsu: massive group summoning of the elite fifteen!"
In a poof of smoke fifteen eight tailed foxes the size of great danes appeared.
The first of them had azure blue fur with white paws and white fur on the tip of her tails, her eyes were golden brown with slit pupils.
The second one light blue fur like the sea and her eyes were a flaw-less sapphire blue with slit pupils.
The third had brown fur like the earth beneath her paws and silvery blind eyes with slit pupils.
The fourth was a light green and his eyes were grey with slit pupils.
The fifth was yellow with white fur on the tip of his tails, he had a scar shaped like a lightning bolt under his right eye, and his eyes were orange with slit pupils.
The sixth was orange and red with red tails and orange on the tips and his eyes were golden brown.
The seventh had grey fur with silve fur on the tips of his tails and he had brown eyes with slit pupils.
The eighth had pale blue fur with white paws and his eyes were blueish grey with slit pupils.
The ninth had black fur with a dark purple underbelly, black tails with dark purple tips, and redish orange eyes with slit pupils.
The tenth had snow white fur, a golden underbelly, White tails with golden tips, and sky blue eyes with slit pupils.
The eleventh had light grey fur, a dark grey underbelly, and red slitted eyes.
The twelfth had dark red fur and red slitted eyes.
The thirteenth had dark purple fur and grey slitted eyes.
The fourteenth had dark blue fur, a light blue underbelly, and dark purple slitted eyes.
The fifteenth had dark grey fur, light grey paws, and light grey slitted eyes.
And the sixteenth had silver fur, a white underbelly, black tipped tails, and coal black slitted eyes.
Naruto grinned. 'This... this is going to be fun.'
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AN: well what do you guys think? Have i met your expectations?I'm loving the response I've been getting to this story and it keeps me motivated to continue and i hope i do well enough to keep you all coming back for more.as always MCL homies.