Warning - Dark chapter
Flashback - 12 years ago
Everything was quiet in Konohagakure no Sato, or the Village Hidden in the Leaves. After all, it was the dead of night. Villagers and shinobi alike were sleeping soundly, save for the few ANBU who patrolled the village. Yes, it was all quiet, except for one boy screaming into the night.
The boy was five-year-old Uzumaki Naruto, who was currently running for his life. Once again, for an unknown reason, a small mob of Konoha residents decided to take their anger out on him. He would have made it out fine, had it not been for the few shinobi who joined them.
Naruto winced as several shuriken imbedded themselves in his back and legs. He merely tore them out and kept running. A few shuriken would be the least of his problems if he allowed himself to be caught.
"DEMON!" A voice screamed from the crowd. Others joined him, calling the boy a "devil" or "demon spawn." Finally, an old lady's voice called out. "Die you fucking MONSTER!"
Naruto felt rocks begin to pelt him, as the few shinobi had run out of shuriken to bombard him with. 'Ah,' Naruto thought bitterly, 'there's my favorite name. Idiots, why can't they leave me alone?'
The boy continued running, turning into an alley. Much to his misfortune, a chunin in the mob blurred through hand seals.
"Doton: Doryuheki!" The small boy didn't see as mud flew out of the chunin's mouth, flowing rapidly past him and forming a wall of earth that created a dead end. Naruto ran to the newly-formed obstacle and started pounding on it in vain, praying it would break.
"Come on you stupid wall, you're gonna get me killed," the boy yelled, pounding on the hardened mud wall. Naruto jumped as he felt something massive brush by his head, missing his left ear by inches. He stepped back and saw a fuma shuriken.
Naruto looked at the mob not 20 feet from him. "What is wrong with you people," he yelled angrily.
Some people in the crowd had the nerve to laugh. Their laughs were hollow and evil, doing nothing to quell his fear. "Oh, there's nothing wrong with us, demon. You see, you've been allowed to live for far too long. We've stabbed you, burned you, bludgeoned you, and even poisoned you. But you keep living."
A man with a butcher's smock and large knife stepped up. "You've managed to survive us this long, monster. Now you're gonna die. I don't think even a demon can live without his head!"
Several chunin threw their remaining shuriken at him. The bloodied and cut boy knew he would survive them, until they formed a cross-shaped seal. "Kage shuriken no jutsu!"
Naruto could only watch as the few shuriken became hundreds, filling any empty space in the alley. He was as good as a human dartboard. The Uzumaki crouched down, bringing his knees to his chest and shielding his head with his forearms.
"AHHHHHH!" Naruto yelled as he felt metal slice into his body. Miraculously, his torso and head were fine, but his arms and legs looked more like pincushions.
He cried while tearing the shuriken out, causing him to bleed profusely. Red chakra began to seep out, healing his wounds quickly. After a few seconds, the boy looked unharmed. Completely exhausted, but unharmed.
The mob looked at him in horror. "You see," a chunin yelled, "he truly is a demon! No human could heal themselves that quickly, not even the Slug Sannin, Tsunade!"
More cries echoed out for the boy's blood. "Kill him!"
"Sandaime's law be damned!"
"We'll be heroes!" The mob advanced on him, ready to kill. Naruto tried to move, but found himself bound.
By a shadow.
Shikoka Nara, member of the shadow-manipulating Nara clan, had his hands in a seal. His Kage mane no jutsu made anything his shadow touched mimic his actions. Unfortunately for Naruto, he was the target. The Nara spread his arms out, forcing Naruto to mimic him. Naruto stood as if attached to an invisible crucifix.
"Good work Shikoka," a large, round man said, patting his shoulder with a beefy paw. The man had a wild mane of hair and wore samurai-esque armor. The man's tiny, hateful eyes glared daggers into the boy. "This is for the Akimichi clan, monster!"
"Bubun baika no jutsu!" Chocho Akimichi's fist began to grow the size of the boy's chest and began delivering vicious blows to the defenseless boy's torso.
Naruto screamed out in pain as he felt his ribs being broken and mended just as quickly. His red chakra was working overtime to keep the boy in stable condition.
After what felt like an eternity, the giant ceased his pummeling, pleased with himself. As the Akimichi left, a man with long blonde hair passed him.
"Hello gaki, my name is Inosuko Yamanaka. My clan specialized in jutsu involving the mind. Let's see how much a demon like you can take!"
More pain flooded the already beat boy, this time in his head. He tried to grab his head but his body was still stuck due to the Nara.
"Does it hurt boy? Does it hurt like all those people you killed," the man yelled.
"AHHHH, stop it! I didn't kill anyone! I'm just a kid," Naruto pleaded.
Inosuko frowned. "Of course you did demon, you destroyed half the village!" He focused more killing intent on the boy, magnifying the mental torture he was going through.
"I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE! I SWEAR!"
"LIES," a woman screeched. Naruto vaguely saw a flash of dark blond hair before the woman began stabbing him rapidly.
"This. Is. For. My. Brother. And. My. SON!" With each word, she stabbed him harder. She finally grabbed the boy by the hair and slashed his throat.
Blood spilled out from the boy's chest and throat. Pain flooded the Uzumaki. Naruto used the last of the air in his lungs to scream in agony.
"I've done it," the woman yelled, her eyes wide like a lunatic, "I've killed the Kyuubi! The Haruno clan will be famous once again! Everyone will love me and my Sakura! I WIN KUSHINA! NOT YOU! ME! YOU UZU WHORE I WON!" The woman fell to her knees, hugging herself and smiling an insane grin.
The crowd erupted in cheers. The boy felt his consciousness slip away. When he awoke, he was in a sewer, standing next to giant metal bars that sealed part of the room off and shrouded it from view.
"Back again, Kit?" A demonic voice shook the room. A four-story tall demon slowly made itself visible.
"It's not my fault, there was a Nara and that bitch Haruno killed me."
"You aren't dead, merely unconscious. You'll awaken soon, much to the mortals' displeasure."
"So if I'm not dead now, probably a Hyuga or someone will finish me with a jyuuken to the heart."
The fox let out a laugh. "I think not, Kit. After all, whether they know it or not, that clan is still in the debt of my father. Without him or his llineage, there would be no Byakugan."
"Just like how without the Sage, there would also be no Sharingan," Naruto stated.
"It looks like you aren't as dumb as I thought, excellent. I will not tolerate a weak vessel!"
"So, while we are waiting for me to wake up, I have a few questions for you...Kyuubi-sama."
Kyuubi once again roared is laughter. "Such humility is unlike you and your kind, Kit."
The Uzumaki just looked at him, stoic. "You have lived for thousands of years and are the most feared entity in existence. You have my respect for that, and my thanks for healing me, Kyuubi-sama."
"Very well. However, what happened to the loud dobe? Always spouting that he wanted to be Hokage and other senseless babble?"
Naruto looked sad at this, and hung his head. "It was an act. I thought that if I failed and acted weak, the beatings would stop. Instead they've gotten worse. They think I can't defend myself. They think I'm weak."
"Illusion is a necessity to the shinobi, kit. You should embrace that fact."
Naruto shook his head. "Its not that I don't, but I don't have anything to back that up. Yugao-nee is barely around anymore because of her missions and Nii-san has been out of the village for some time... No! I won't be weak. I won't give up. I will become strong! So strong that no one will in this village will be able to hurt me again!"
"How, kit? They hate you and will try to erase your existence. They will make you more than just a bad memory."
"I will NEVER be a memory! Their hatred will not stop me from living my life! I will choose my own way, not what this village believes I am."
"So what, you want to be the Hokage?," the Kyuubi asked, chuckling to itself, observing the boy's actions, inwardly delighted as he saw the boy visibly blanch at the thought.
"This village can rot for all I care. I will forge my own path, become the strongest and greatest shino... no WARRIOR alive!" he proclaimed with a strong determination in his eyes, causing the ancient fox to chuckle. The up coming years will certainly be interesting indeed.
"Kit," the demon said seriously, "You've made an oath, something we bijuu and demons, especially kitsune, do not take lightly. Protect them with your life." The Kyuubi looked toward the ceiling. "Ah, you'll be leaving soon."
Naruto looked livid. "But I didn't even get to ask you a question," he yelled. Naruto could feel his presence dissipating. He had maybe a minute.
"You may ask one thing, and I swear on my honor I will answer truthfully."
After looking at the fox and seeing no trace of deception, Naruto eased. "Thank you. I want to know why you attacked Konoha and who my parents were, if you have the information."
"You are in luck, Kit, I know both. To answer the first, I was ripped from your mothers seal, as I resided inside of her as my second Jinchuuriki, and controlled by a man who claimed to be Uchiha Madara." the fox spat the name with so much hatred that Naruto could of practically tasted it. "Second, your father was Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage, and your mother was Uzumaki Kushina."
"How do you know," the blonde asked, his body slowly fading away.
"Simple, when one so powerful is defeated, one wishes to know the name of their opponent... besides I practically raised your mother." With that, Naruto faded away.
The first thing Naruto felt was the antagonizing pain he was in. He checked his body for wounds, but found none. That didn't help the blinding agony he felt. He stood up, seeing the mob walking away with their backs turned. Naruto figured that his conversation had taken up maybe a minute of real time.
'I'll remember my promise, Kyuubi-sama. And I'll no longer be the dobe.'
The last known Uzumaki stood up, tearing the remains of his blue shirt off. It would only hinder him. The boy was clad in nothing but black shinobi pants and black sandals. Naruto felt oddly calm. It was as if he knew, for the first time in his life, he would be safe from harm. He stared at the mob, his eyes focusing on their retreating forms.
"Hey," Naruto said in a deathly calm voice, causing the mob to freeze, "aren't you forgetting about me?"
The mob stood in shock, seeing the boy standing alive and well.
"How are you still alive, you fucking monster," Inosuka spat, advancing on him. "You obviously need some more of my technique." The Yamanaka made a hand seal. Naruto's eyes flashed open for a moment, before retaining their determined expression, never noticing the red tint his eyes and hair started to take.
The Yamanaka felt the familiar feeling of his soul being drawn into another's mind, where he could destroy it. There was a brilliant flash of white light, and then, shockingly, a demonic laugh.
The mob smirked in sadistic glee waiting for the screams of pain to come from the blonde only for their blood to run cold when a dark smile appeared on Naruto's face.
?
Inosuka landed with a small splash in an unknown area and looked around his mind, not remembering this. It was dark, impossibly dark, and it stunk, almost as bad as the Inuzuka kennels. Not being deterred from justice (in his mind), he continued walking through the darkness.
"I've never seen a mind this dark in all my years, nothing less from a demon." The Yamanaka walked blindly before walking into a metal pole. He looked up from the ground, only to see giant steel bars. On the outside, he could see torches lining Naruto's sewer-like mind.
"It looks like I'm in some kind of cage. Perhaps it's a mental precaution," he asked himself. He attempted to walk through the wide openings in the bars, only to find himself being thrown back by an invisible force.
"This doesn't make any sense. There's no reason to keep me locked in here." Then it hit him like a sledgehammer. "Unless...I'm not the one being...kept...in."
He slowly turned around, only to meet a cold nose.
Inosuka felt his stomach drop and filled with absolute terror. "I'm in the Kyuubi's cage."
Red eyes opened in front of him and rows of giant white teeth began visible as the creature grinned. "Very good, mortal, you are indeed as brilliant as your clan presents itself to be,"Kyuubi said sarcastically. "I would have never believed the kit to be so intelligent. And to think," Kyuubi put on a fake touched voice, "he even remembered it's been so long since I had a meal. You might be all skin and bones, but you're better than nothing."
The man trembled. "Please don't eat me! I'll be good! I promise! I won't do anymore to him!"
Kyuubi gave a harsh, barking laugh. "HAHAHA, ignorant whelp, you bastards are even worse than some demons and devils I know. Now, I suppose I should tenderize my meat first."
Kyubi brought a paw down on the man about a dozen time, his screams of pain and agony was like music to the giant fox's ears. Inosuka laid broken on the wet jail floor. "Still alive? How perfect! I always like my meals to scream." Kyuubi licked his muzzle, before devouring his prey from the feet up.
Slowly.
Outside of Naruto's mind, a few seconds after Inosuka had finished his jutsu, he let out a blood-curdling scream. Naruto watched in indifference as a loud snapping noise was heard as he fell to the ground, never to move again.
Naruto raised his right hand. "No." A wild wind began to form in the alley as a dark red energy, unlike any chakra ever felt and for some of the shinobi, more insidious than Kyuubi's own lightly funneled around Naruto's body. "I am not the dobe you believe me to be. I won't be your fool, nor your punching bag any more."
The wind picked up, causing the villagers in the mob to be pushed slowly backwards. The shuriken that were stuck in the mud wall were shaking. The rocks in the alley slowly began to move. A dull roar of harsh wind echoed in the alley.
"What is this wind," a random chunin cried. "The hell with it!" He grabbed a large shuriken on his back and threw it. He watched in triumph as it flew towards the boy. "Die demon!"
The boy merely kept his palm out and concentrated, causing a the dark energy to stop it. The shuriken hovered, the points facing away from the blonde. With a flick of his wrist, the shuriken flew back, hitting the man sideways and throwing him and several others out of the alley. The blonde looked in shock as his body acted on instinct.
'It's like my body's acting on its own.' The wind picked up to such a degree that even the sparse shinobi in the remaining crowd had to focus chakra into their feet to keep standing.
The mob looked at the boy in fear. "RUN," the Haruno yelled, having stuck around by holding onto Akimichi Chocho., "THE DEMON WILL MURDER US ALL!"
The shinobi around them seemed to share her sentiment, and even the Nara and Akimichi left in a poof of smoke.
The wind in the alley died down. Naruto felt dizzy and exhausted. He felt darkness overcome him, but not before asking himself one question.
'How did I do that?'
If he would of listened carefully, he would of heard the words of the Kyuubi.
"Hmm, the Satsui No Hado burns bright in you young one. Will you run from the power like so many others? Will you let the power warp your mind and destroy it like so many others? Or will you rise up and do what not even your own mother could not fully do? Master the intent and retain your humanity? Only time will tell me if you will be worthy of being my TRUE successor and give me the challenge I've waited Millenniums for. I've will invest alot of time in you kit...don't disapoint me." The fox mused before settling himself back down to take a nap.
He would need his rest, he had a kit to break in the wonders of training.
Present Day/Day 2 of Konoha return
"Kit."
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"KIT!"
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"KIT! OFF YOUR ASS AND ON YOUR FEET!" boomed a older, deeper voice attempting to wake the Namikaze boy. Said boy groaned as lifted his head off his pillow wiping the small line of drool from his lips and turned his head towards the little dark red fox that was sitting on its hinds at the end of his bed.
"You know that I sometimes suffer with insomnia... Its still dark outside, the academy doesn't start until ten, and yet yoU WAKE ME UP AT FOUR THIRTY!" he whispered in annoyance, voice getting higher the more words he say.
"Oh I'm so sorry Naru-hime I didn't know you were in need of more beauty rest." the red fox sneered telepathically with more of an insult than sarcasm. Naruto scowled at the insult the said nothing as of now. He was woke up every morning the same way and he grown use to it but still he loved to make fun of his tenant.
"The Kyuubi No Youko. Known to be powerful enough to destroy mountains with a flick of one of his tails, reduced to nothing but being an annoying mother-hen" he said with a smirk knowing it would piss the fox off, and piss off it did if the dozen tick marks appeared on its head.
"And just for that you can wear triple the weights today." Kyuubi countered with a grin growing as the boys smirk vanished instantly. "Now move so we can be done in at least four hours then we'll spar with the kittens until we have fun at the Academy"as he smiled evilly.
A light sigh left the Jinchuuriki's mouth as he remembered his old days at the academy as dobe Naruto Uzumaki. The small obnoxious child who always craved for even the smallest bit of attention and even went as far as to pull pranks and be a loud hyperactive idiot in an orange jumpsuit. Then his choice in girls was fawning over a pink haired fan girl who fawned over a pampered raven haired prick with a superiority and inferiority complex. He shuddered at the memory when he use to ask her for dates all the time and try to gain her approval when all she did was belittle him and discourage him.
He looked the other way and watched the two sleeping women that also occupied his bed.
One was the lightly snoring Yugito, whose head rested on his left shoulder as she only slept in an oversized t-shirt that belonged to him and a pair of black boy shorts that showed little to the imagination.
The other was a woman who was tall, though nowhere near as tall as him with chocolate colored skin, and dark purple hair. He then noticed she was naked and his eye widened a little taking in her near flawless skin, large breasts with dark nipples a neatly trimmed patch of hair above her womanhood.
The purpled haired woman's eyes fluttered open showing him her beautiful yellow colored slitted orbs and she spotted him staring, she gave him one of those saucy grins of hers she knew he loved so much.
Naruto was everything she had ever wanted in a man; brave, strong, and good in the bedroom. Something that she thoroughly enjoyed during her second trip around the sun.
She had been greatly disliked by most of her clan in her past life, her mother being the only exception. The elder woman had practically given birth to a clone of herself, they were so alike in personality. A woman who was wild and rebellious in a clan that was generally calm peaceful and unassuming, due to this she had not been able to find a man that fit exactly what she was searching for until now.
A powerful and strong willed warrior who was also kind and caring and compassionate, she had expected to never find the man she was looking for. A man of opposites; caring and compassionate to those precious to him, indifferent to most of the normal populous, yet ruthless and utterly unforgiving to those who truly could not be redeemed while playful and serious when appropriate. Dominating yet submissive when it called for it, she couldn't help but smirk at that last thought.
Naruto could utterly dominate her in all things even in a fight if it truly came down to it, yet when she wanted him to submit he would simply submit because that's what she wanted.
The one thing she had always looked for but never found in any of her past lovers was the ability to keep up with her. Naruto had blown her out of the water with that one; he could fuck her till she passed out. He'd done so on one occasion when she'd mocked him about it.
She couldn't find the will in her to regret it. Although she was livid about it, while he didn't seem to mind, much to her annoyance.
There however was one quality that the reincarnated bijuu had never looked for but found in Naruto that made her believe she could very well fall in love with him. He approached everything with an almost child like wonder, it didn't matter if he'd done it before everything was fun and exciting to him. This added a whole new aspect to her sex life with the young blond. She knew as a woman, especially of Bijuu status, who could live for thousands of years that sex lives where non existent among older beings, as there was nothing new they could do.
Naruto was different though. Everything even if they had done the same before he approached with a passion interest and dedication as if it where their first time. The woman suddenly realized one thing above all else, even if she didn't love him she knew that she would never have nor ever want another lover than her blonde haired fox.
Naruto cocked his head to the side as the woman spaced out. It was odd for her. He shook his head to help clear his thoughts; he had to get ready.
Naruto tried to get up but the woman was holding him down. "I need to get up you know Nibi-chan" she smiled and curled up on him much like a cat.
"No you don't since I'm very comfortable here. And I told you to not to call me that anymore." she murmured only to feel his weight vanished from under her gaining a small whine from the neko woman.
Yugito simply slept on.
"I gotta go Yoruichi, I'll see you later." he shot a look at the second, still sleeping Yugito "She was really tired so let her sleep for another three hours then have her meet me on the roof!"
Yoruichi sighed with a bit of frustration and amusement "Boss Lady wants some help with the newest crackpot scheme she came up with later, so I don't know when I'll be back."
"Hmm..." Naruto mumbled in thought, wondering what "Boss Lady" had in mind "Ok, I'll see you whenever then." he pouted a bit before it brightened in a mischievous grin "Have fun! Bye!"
"Bye!"
Naruto left and began to leisurely stroll towards a training ground. While walking he decided to devote some time to think about what happened yesterday. He smirked as he remember the meeting with the council.
Cliffhanger!
Yes that is Yoruichi but I'll let you guess how...