Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruko The Hanyou Kunoichi ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1:

A clear and peaceful night crawled over Konohagakure no Sato. A few rooms filled with the light snores accompanied by diminishing pitter patter as the owner of the orphanage heads in for the night. The owner goes by the name of Naoi a mid-thirties old lady, kind and caring unless it comes to that thing Kyūbi which she is forced to care and look after. The Kyūbi child, being kept in a separate room in the hopes to keep the other children clean and untainted, happily sleeps while inside her Kyūbi continuously tries to break the seal he is trapped in.

"Damn you Yondaime and this cursed seal. Why will this blasted seal not break?" roared the Kyūbi, his voice deep in sound and full of malice, while bashing his cage and feeding chakra though the gaps in the hopes to either break the cage or control his container's mind. Though the chakra is having a different effect then what it was intended for.

"It has been a year since I've been trapped in this cursed cage and yet after all this time nothing has changed."Over the course of a year the Kyūbi had been feeding chakra to his container. Unknown to the Kyūbi his container's body has yet to fully adapt to the harmful chakra and has been slowly killing and damaging the child beyond repair.

A once strong heartbeat now a weak, soft and slow beat weakening with each beat. The already dim caged starts to darken with each pulse that courses through the child.

"Now what?" the Kyūbi questioned the darkening room. Hearing the thumping getting softer "Don't tell me this brat is already meeting its end?" the Kyūbi said wide eyed, Kyūbi realizes that the chakra he had been feeding has been slowing killing due to the child's body not being fully adapted to the harmful properties of a demons chakra has on a human.

"Keh, damn weakling meat bag!" exclaimed the Kyūbi.

"I can't have you dying yet, not while I hold the same fate should you die. Looks like this is only one thing left to do that will save you, hope you enjoy the additional perks," he said with a sigh while quickly preparing what needs to be done in order to survive.

Red chakra starts to slowly erupt of the child's stomach crawling and completely covering the small child. Few minutes later the Sandaime Hokage with four additional Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai (ANBU) come rushing in after having felt Kyūbi's chakra.

"Hokage-sama what's happening?" asked Inu while eyeing the child with caution.

"Not sure but it looks like the seal is weakening and the Kyūbi is trying to escape," replied the Hokage.

"W-w-what sho-o-ould we do sir? Do we k-k-kill it now while we still h-h-have the c-c-chance?" one of the ANBU ninja stuttered in fear.

"I'd advise you do nothing but remove this child to a safer location where no one can be harmed. Do not fear this kitis dying and I'm saving this kit though it comes at a price. This kit will no longer be human. This process will turn her into a hanyou," said the Kyūbi through the child in a deep, prideful and powerful voice.

"Kyūbi? Why is she dying and how are you able to speak through her," asked the Hokage in a cold cautious voice.

"She is dying due to her body not adapting fast enough to my chakra. I am able to speak to you due to the weakening of the seal. The seal is weakening because she is dying," said Kyūbi to the unasked question as to why the seal is weakening.

"I would hasten the replacement of this kit's location, though nothing should happen it's just a precaution as to what might happen," said the Kyūbi.

-Unknown location-

"This is a safe enough location. I want three guards here on duty until this settles down and Kyūbi finishes healing Naruko," the Hokage said with authority followed by nods from the four ANBU ninjas.

"Kyūbi what happens to you and the seal after this and how long will it go on for?" asked the Hokage with caution and curiousness.

"If you worried about me escaping you need not worry as the seal is no longer weakening, as to what happens to me I will go into a deep slumber for about four to five years as this will tire me out and it's near my normal sleeping period. The kit will remain like this for about thirty hours, might be a bit less or more."

"Earlier you said that this will turn Naruko into a hanyou, care to elaborate on this?"

"As I am a kitsune demon she will change into a kitsune hanyou. She will gain fox ears and a tail, which will increase in number as she ages and increases her power up to a maximum of nine. She will also gain highly increased sight, hearing, smell, strength and chakra capacity. Her natural healing abilities will also be greatly increased on top of the healing she would normally receive from me."

"Alright I shall leave this to you then," the Hokage said in a calm tone while turning and heading for the exit.

'The council will have to be notified of this though I don't see this going well. At least the ninja side will be more understanding then the civilian side. Danzou will be a pain, I bet my position that he will try to do something for his own benefit here,' he thought with a sigh towards the end.

-Thirty hours later-

"How much longer do we have to be here for?" asked a tired and irritated ANBU.

"It has been thirty hours it should be almost time, though our shift might not end just yet so suck it up and do as ordered," replied Inu in a cold emotionless voice.

"Ease up Inu no need to be harsh, though you are correct about your shift not ending just yet," the Hokage said while entering the cave.

"Report," demanded the Hokage.

"Hai, the child has remained unchanged until about ten hours ago when she became as she is now," Inu reported while looking over to the child who was completely encased in red chakra unable to see through it. Where it was once completely covered the child in a transparent hue, now completely non-see-through with mixes of black and red dancing around the child as if it was a flame.

A blinding flash filled the room startling everyone in the room. As quickly as it appeared it vanished. The Hokage reacting fast enough was able to close his eyes preventing from it blinding him though the ANBU were not as lucky as they took the full flash, completely blinding them for several moments.

The Hokage slowly opens his eyes determining if it's safe to continue. Seeing that it's safe he fully opens his eyes and sees that the child is no longer covered in chakra. Slowing approaching the child and picking it up to hold in his arms, he sees that the child is wearing her birthday suit and is wide wake.

The first thing he notices, her eyes are still crystal blue in colour but instead of a once circular pupil it's now a vertical slit. It looks exactly like a fox's eye along with her having gold blond fur covered fox ears on the top of her head with white tips.

Her hair is now a more gold blond compare to a yellow blond that it used to be. She also now has a single gold blond tail with a white tip protruding from her rear where her spine would normally end.

Her nails on her feet and hands are slightly longer and more triangular in shape making them look like claws rather than normal human nails. The Hokage honestly thought she looks very cute as she happily looks at him while playing with his beard and wrapping her tail around his arm.

"Come let us return you back to the orphanage. Inu I want you and two other ANBU that you trust to watch over this child for the next few years. Only one of you is needed for a rotating week shift so you can rest and still complete other missions you get assigned. Leave now and find the two you trust and come report to me immediately after you find them in my office," order the Hokage. In a swirl of leaves and dust Inu disappeared.

"The rest of you may take a week's break. You are dismissed," said the Hokage. With an acknowledgment the ANBU vanished leaving their Hokage alone to his thoughts.

-Four years later-

Naruko is now five years old, she is about forty inches tall, a few inches smaller than other kids her age due to a lack of proper nutrition. She is wearing a white plain short sleeve shirt which is several sizes too big and is covered in stains and dirt marks.

To complete her outfit she is wearing a dark orange long baggy pants, with the left side reaches down to her ankles and the right side reaches up to her mid-thigh, and is barefoot. Her hair is tied in a two pigtail style - which reaches to the middle of her shoulder blades - with a red bow tie ribbon on each pigtail to hide hear fox ears.

Her face is a slim heart shaped face with three whisker-like birthmarks on each cheek. She now has two tails which are wrapped around her waist underneath her shirt just like her ears she hides them as the villagers always comment on them when they see them or her.

It's pouring down with heavy large drops with a few people here and there quickly running to get out of the rain. With her head held low Naruko slowly walk down the road drenched making her way to her new apartment - which she just got from her grandfather figure the Sandaime Hokage - while thinking over the past recent events.

'It's been six months since I've been kicked out that nightmare of a hole orphanage. At least I get to live in a place of my own,'thought Naruko. Opening the door to her new apartment though the apartment itself was fairly old but still in good shape.

"Yea, this is much better then living out in forest or streets," she said happily with a sigh. Plopping onto her bed face-down and hugging the pillow her thoughts wonder as to why she is so hated, ignored and different from the rest of villagers.

'Why does everyone hate me or completely ignore me like I don't exist? All I wanted was to buy that fox mask, he didn't have to go and shove me like that then throw the thing at me,' she thought sadly.

-Flashback-

"Hey mister how much is this mask?" Naruko happily asks to the shopkeeper.

"Huh, oh it's just you, go on get out of my shop you vermin. Go on get," shouted the shop keeper while shoving her out the door.

"You want this? Here take it and piss off!" he growled while throwing it at her.

"Itai, hey what was that for!" shouted Naruko with tears brimming her eyes. The shop keeper replies with slamming his door closed.

-Flashback end-

'And why am I so different from everyone else? I'm the only one with ears on top off my head and not to mention the tails I have. The only other people I've seen with tails are dogs and cats no human has one,' Naruko sadly thought while holding her two tails and on the verge of crying with a few tears running down her face making a few wet spots on her pillow.

While sleep slows takes hold of Naruko soft whimpers can be heard as she cries herself to sleep.

-Unknown location-

Naruko wakes up and immediately notice her surroundings are not the same as they were when she fell asleep. She finds herself in a narrow corridor, high gold walls and roof covered with pipes running the length of the wall on both sides.

Slowly standing she notices that the floor is flooded with water which reaches her ankles. The long sound she hears is a heavy breath breathing in and out followed by the occasional sound of water dripping and hitting the water below.

Slowly and quietly walk down the corridor following the sounds of what sounds like something breathing with a soft growl every few breaths. After walking for about a minute Naruko comes into a giant room with a large double gold cage gate beyond the cage gate is a void of darkness.

On the cage door about halfway up where the two gates meets is a piece of paper. On the paper is the kanji for seal (封).

Slowly walking to the cage Naruko says softly, "Hello anyone here?"

No reply.

"Hello," she says loudly.

Out of nowhere behind the gate two huge red fox-like eyes open and stare down at her. The eyes rise higher and higher still staring down at her while slowing becoming bigger as they close the distance to gate.

Out of the shadows a giant red fox the size of the Hokage Monument emerges. Naruko gasps backing away from the cage as the fox nears the gate.

"W-w-who w-w-what are, where am I, what is this place?" fanatically asking and stuttering from fear.

"So many questions not even a hello or 'Ahhh a giant fox run away' how boring. Keh, oh well take what you can get," snorted the Kyūbi in its deep voice.

"WELL SORRY FOR BEING CONFUSED AS HELL AND NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Naruko shouted with annoyance.

"Hahahaha," the Kyūbi roared with laughter, "You got guts speaking to me like that. Do you even know who I am?" Kyūbi asked.

"Umm did you not hear my question earlier? So I'll say once again who are you? I don't recall seeing foxes in a weird place like this let alone a huge giant talking fox," Naruko deadpanned.

"Hmmph. Who am I? Why I am the mighty Kyūbi the strongest of the nine Bijūs remember it and remember it well brat!" the Kyūbi roared with pride.

"K-K-Kyūbi? B-b-but how you are supposed to be dead. How and why are you here?" the Kyūbi raised an eyebrow at that.

"Is that what they've told you? Huh pretty sure they know that I'm sealed within you."

"Sealed? Huh what do you mean?" a very confused Naruko asked.

The Kyūbi released a long heavy and sat down, "Listen and listen well kit this is going to take a while," with that being said Naruko sat down looking up to the Kyūbi.

"When I attack this village of yours the Yondaime engaged me in battle. Seeing as he could not hope to best me he successfully sealed me within you and died due to the fūin jutsu he used to seal me.”

”Originally he was only going to seal half of me in you and the other half in himself, due to most likely not having enough chakra but somehow he gained a large amount of chakra and so he sealed all of me with in you."

"So you're the reason this village hates and ignores my existence," Naruko said softly and sadly.

"So where am I? Inside the seal?" she asked.

"This is your mind and no I'm in the seal you are sitting outside the seal. When you enter your mind your conscious creates this place in order for you communicate with me and a few other things though you do not need to be in your mind in order to communicate. We can talk while out in the real world," the Kyūbi explained.

"Then do you know why I am so different from the rest of the villages" Naruko asked while pointing to her ears and holding one of her tails.

"Yes I do, have you not asked the Sandaime this?" asked Kyūbi.

"I have but he says he doesn't know why," she replied holding her head low looking at her feet.

"Hmmm. He does know why, as to why he hasn't told you most likely trying to protect you, you will have to ask him yourself to get the correct reason. Though you need not worry he means you no harm and isn't trying to betray you if that's what you're thinking," the Kyūbi said seeing the frown forming on her face.

"Well that's a relief I'll go ask him tomorrow. So why am I like this?" asked Naruko with the hope that of finding out and that her grandfather figure hopefully means well.

"When you were a year old you were on the verge of dying due to your body not adapting fast enough to be able to withhold my chakra. In order to keep you alive as well as myself I had to heal you.”

”The effects of me healing you and in order for you to live you were turn into a hanyou, half human half demon. As a side effect of this because I am a fox demon you gain traits of a fox during your transformation so you gained those ears and tails, you will grow more tails as you grow older and get stronger.”

”You received a few additional traits as well but I will leave you to figure it out. Oh so you know you also gain new abilities and traits with each new tail but you must figure out what they are," the Kyūbi explained.

"Wow this is a lot to take in," Naruko sighed while trying to process all this information.

"Yes it is a lot to take in especially the age you are now," replied the Kyūbi while lying back down.

"Last two questions if you don't mind?" asked Naruko.

"Hmmm? Well then ask them if it pleases you," the Kyūbi replied back lazily.

"First question: Why did you attack Konoha?" asked Naruko in a slight serious voice. Ignoring the tone used the Kyūbi thought weather or not he should tell her. After a few minutes the Kyūbi stared down at Naruko, she gulped at the serious look on his face.

"Instead of telling you I will reply with a question of my own. What would you do if you have been forced into a place like this for around a hundred years because some arrogant power hungry ass used a jutsu to forcefully control your actions then later manage to escape only to be controlled again?" asked the Kyūbi.

Naruko stared wide eyed at the fox, "Is this what happened to you?"

"So what if it did that's not the point, the point is what you would do," the Kyūbi replied with haste.

Naruko thought for a while before answering, "Hmm to be honest not entirely sure as I don't know what it's like but from trying to imagine it I'd say I would have done what you did," Naruko said trying to comprehend the scenario.

"So why don't answer your own question then," retorted the Kyūbi. Naruko sat there for a while then smiled up to Kyūbi all she got back for the smile was a snort from Kyūbi.

"So second question: Is Kyūbi your name?" asked Naruko. The Kyūbi raised an eyebrow at the question

"What makes you think that and why do you ask?" Kyūbi asked out of curiosity.

"Well like jiji, Sandaime or Hokage isn't his name it's Sarutobi Hiruzen, it's just a title so I thought that maybe with you it would be the same case?" Naruko asked with a smile on her face showing her slightly longer canines. The Kyūbi stared at the strange child in front of him with slight interest at her pure heartiness behaviour.

"You are correct in that assumption but you have not earned the right to know my name. Maybe as time flows I might tell you my name. Normal traditions among us demons only those seen worthy may refer to us by our names," replied the Kyūbi while laying his head down and closing his eyes.

Naruko stood up with a wide grin filled with pride and happiness while holding her thumb up and said, "Well my name is Uzumaki Naruko the future's best Hokage to be ever seen dattebayo."

Kyūbi open one and stared while Naruko turned around.

"Thank you Kyūbi you could have refused to say anything to me. At least I now know why I am so different from everyone in this village. I will have an easier life now that I know what I am and I'm also very happy that I found myself my first friend," Naruko happily said softly but loud enough for the fox to hear with a single tear running down from her right eye. Naruko left the seal leaving Kyūbi to his thoughts on what she had just said.

'Friend huh? Interesting person you are, let us see for how long you can keep up that attitude,' the Kyūbi thought before closing his eye and falling asleep.

Naruko woke up the next morning feeling a lot happier than usual. After quickly taking a shower and getting dressed in the same clothes she wore the previous day. "Kit few things I need to tell you," Kyūbi said out of the blue.

"Ahhhhhh, dammit Kyūbi you scared the hell out of me, going to have to get used to that." Naruko scream causing her to stumble and fall knocking the door open.

"Hahahahaha that was a good way to wake up in the morning," said the Kyūbi while laughing at Naruko’s predicament.

"Damn you, you damn fur-ball!" growled Naruko while getting back up and locking her door.

"Fur ball? Oi you damn brat I'm not a fur ball. Also you don't need to talk out loud just think what you want to say and I will hear it. You don't want people to think you insane do you?" asked the Kyūbi with annoyance.

'Well maybe I do want people to think I'm insane,'Naruko thought sarcastically back to Kyūbi who just rolled his eyes.

"Anyway as I wanted to say is that you are rather small for your age, and that ramen diet of yours doesn't exactly help," Kyūbi said seriously.

'Hey it's not like I can afford anything else and Ichiraku ramen is one of the few places that doesn't kick me out as soon as I enter.' Naruko shot back.

"I have a solution to that. Now that you are a hanyou, you are now able to eat raw meat as well as most foods that would normally kill a human so when you finish your talk with the old man you should go hunting out in the forest for food. Not only will it keep you on a healthy diet it will also allow you to train yourself a bit," Kyūbi ordered.

'Raw meat, I don't like the sound of that but if it will help then I guess,' with slight disgust in her voice.

-Hokage Tower-

Naruko walked up to the door that leads into the Hokage's office and knocks, "Enter," a muffled voice responded.

"Hey jiji," Naruko cheerfully greeted the Hokage.

"Naru-chan what brings you here this morning? I trust all is well with your new apartment?" asked the Hokage. Visits from Naruko always brighten his day. Her lovely beautiful and innocent smile of hers is what always brightens his day.

"Yes it’s lovely and again thank you for helping getting it and moving in," she replied.

"Not at all, we can't have you sleeping in the streets or forest. So what can I help you with this morning Naru-chan?" asked the Hokage.

"Well jiji last night after I fell asleep I made contact with Kyūbi and he told me a few things like what happened when I was a year old," said Naruko in a slightly nervous tone.

"I see so he told you why you are different from the other villages?" he asked in a calm tone though underneath he was hoping Naruko didn't take his lying to her about why she was like that to harshly.

"Yes he did he also told me about the additional abilities that come with it. He um also told me that you knew about this," she replied looking down hiding her face making it impossible to read her expressions.

The Hokage sighed taking a puff from his pipe before setting it down and puffing out smoke from his mouth.

"What he says is true I do know as I was there when you transformed into a hanyou. You must understand that I withheld this was to protect you from possible harming yourself and not doubt the villagers if they found out how you were turned life could have been a lot more difficult then you not knowing.”

“I planned to tell you this when you graduate from the ninja academy where I feel that you would be able to better handle this information when you were older and more mature. I am very sorry for having to lie to you about this," the Hokage said in his lecture voice.

Naruko looked up to him with a massive grin on her face, "I understand I'm just happy that it was the reason I was hoping to get. So jiji do you know who my parents were?" she asked with hope.

The Hokage looked to her with sad a smile Naruko instantly lost her smile and once again looked down to the floor. The Hokage saw this and in the hopes you cheer her up decided to tell her apart of it.

"Naru-chan I do know who your parents were though I am sad to say that I can't tell yet as they were both very powerful and famous people. I cannot tell you because your parents had more enemies then I dare to count and if they found out they had a child they would go to great lengths to take revenge or attempt to kidnap the child. So Naru-chan please understand this when I say I cannot tell you though when you are promoted to chūnin I will happily tell you who your parents are," replied the Hokage.

"Well then jiji you better get ready to tell me because I will make chūnin in no time," Naruko exclaimed happily.

"I will hold you to that Naru-chan," the Hokage replied with a smile.

"Oh yea jiji because I'm a hanyou I'm able to eat foods that would normally make a human sick or kill them, raw meat being an examples, so is it fine if I hunt in the forest?" asked Naruko.

"Yes you may as long as you are careful and take what you need and no more," the Hokage replied in a serious tone.

"Hai, Hai I will and thanks again jiji," Naruko said before running out the office towards a brighter and happier future.

Or did she?