Prologue: The awakening of Kitsune

Dusk settled on the land of fire in the Village hidden in the leaves once again as another day passed. Once again ninja's had been sent on missions, children had gone to school and families loved and cherished each other...all except one little six year old boy. His name...Naruto Uzumaki and he held the great nine tailed Fox Kyuubi within his body, a secret that the children of the village and he himself did not know. That day Naruto had run outside of the village following a butterfly that had caught his attention and before anyone in the village had noticed the young blonde had run into the thick forest surrounding the village.

"Come on butterfly stay still" Naruto laughed jumping to catch the beautiful insect with his bare hands, and was fully enjoying himself even though he had been failing at his self imposed task\game all day.

Suddenly the smell of smoke caught Naruto's attention and that's when the young six year old noticed the darkening sky. But like every night he'd spent out alone Naruto did not feel scared, not once in his memories of being alone in the dark did Naruto ever remember being scared, it always felt like he had someone there with him watching him protecting him. But as he watched the smoke rise into the air he couldn't help but move forward-his curiosity had always been insatiable-and find out why there was a fire in the forest, no one ever camped out in the forest it was too dangerous.

"Hotaru why are we doing this...it's not like the rain village is going to accept us back" a loud annoyed male voice called out making Naruto's interest pike even further. Who were these unknown people and why were they talking about the village hidden in the rain.

"Because Yuzuki, we need power and the only way were going to get it is with a bodyguard like the Kyuubi brat just imagine...the power that kid could possess if he was trained right and proper" Naruto cocked his head to the side, the man was talking about the Kyuubi even though everyone in the leaf village knew that the beast had been killed six years ago-his birthday to be précised.

"Yeah but still it's a lot of trouble to go through for one brat isn't it" The third man said in a bored almost sleepy tone, making the other two shoot him looks of disbelief. "I mean he's just a kid and what would we do with a Kid"

"Kin, we already explained this, if we get him why he's young we could get him before anyone else does, the host identity is an S-class secret and that alone would make him a target so we have to get him and start training before anyone else get's the same idea as us" Hotaru said wearily as he waved his hand in a its-so-obvious motion.

"Sorry if I don't want to put up with an annoying brat or the next few years" Kin grumbled as he lowered his gaze. Naruto smiled and was going to go and greet the three men when the same protecting feeling that had guarded him since he was just a child spiked up making him stop in his tracks. Then slowly his cerulean blue eyes scanned there headbands and saw the slash through their village's symbol. Naruto's eyes widened, he knew what that small slash meant, and the three in front of him were rouge ninja.

"Seems like we had a visitor" Naruto's head snapped up and he was shocked to see that the man known as Yuzuki was standing in front of him. It only took a second but Naruto saw the look in the man's eyes change and before he knew what was happening he was being lifted off the ground and placed in the middle of the three men. "Look boys, we won't have to go into the village after all, the kid came to us"

Naruto whimpered and scurried back as a fear flooded through his senses, something about the men in front of him scared him, they wanted something from him and they'd use force if need be.

Suddenly Naruto blinked and he was standing in front of a large cage in what looked like a sewer with pipes running all along the roof. The water came up to his chin but Naruto felt that he wouldn't, couldn't drown in the water surrounding him.

"AH SO THE LITTLE KIT HAS COME TO ME, I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU FOR ANOTHER SIX OR SEVEN YEARS" Naruto's eyes widened as the large booming voice echoed through the room. Never once had the young boy ever heard such a loud voice before and he had been yelled at a lot.

"W-who are you" he called back his fear creeping out into his voice although it was steadily retreating because the calming aura had come back full force as he turned towards the huge gate where a single piece of paper with the word seal stuck the two large doors together.

"KIT I AM KYUUBI NO KITSUNE, LEADER OF THE BINJU CLAN, AND WE ARE WITHIN YOUR VERY MIND" the large voice said from the shadowy cell. But this time a red aura appeared in the cage and suddenly a form became visible.

"But the fourth killed you didn't he" Naruto asked a little more confidently, the calming aura had just spiked and now all fears Naruto had felt were totally destroyed and all he felt was a calmness that he never had before.

A large booming sound echoed through the halls making Naruto cover his ears at the thunderous noise. "NO LITTLE ONE, BUT HE DID SEAL ME WITHIN YOU, HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO DO SO AS WELL, HE WAS A GREAT MAN" Naruto's eyes widened and he ran up until he was pressed against the bars of the cage.

"You actually respect the fourth...you don't hate him?" Naruto asked his six year old mind couldn't grasp how the murderous demon in front of him could actually respect and like the very man who seal him within a tiny child.

"YES KIT I DO RESCPECT HIM, HOW COULD I NOT, HE HAD THE GUTS TO GO UP AGAINST ME...AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS BEING CONTROLLED I MUST SAY HE DID NOT SHOW ME ANY MERCY ALTHOUGH..." Naruto heard the sadness in the demon's voice and moved forward a little more.

"What?"

"HE ASKED ME TO TAKE CARE OF YOU, EASE YOUR FEARS AND YOUR NIGHTMARES AND WHEN THE TIME CAME I WAS TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING" Kyuubi said looking Naruto in the eyes with his large piercing red ones.

Naruto frowned and thought through everything when suddenly everything struck him

"Wait you're the one who has made me feel all calm everytime I get scared aren't you" he yelled happily making Kyuubi laughed again-although to Naruto it sounded like thunder close up.

"YES KIT I AM VERY GOOD, NOW YOU AHVE A BIT OF TROUBLE DON'T YOU...THE BAD MEN" Naruto shivered and nodded "RIGHT WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE I WANT YOU TO RELY ON EVERY INSTINCT AND FEELING YOU POSSESS IS THAT UNDERSTOOD"

"But I don't want to leave you...I'm not alone when I'm in here" Naruto said in a small voice looking down making his face get wet with all the water making the Kyuubi chuckle softly-although to Naruto it still sounded like a soft thunderstorm.

"DEAR KIT, YOU ARE NEVER ALONE I AM ALWAYS HERE AND NOW YOU AND I ARE CONNECTED YOU MAY SPEAK TO ME AS YOU SEE FIT, BUT ONLY IF YOU MANAGE TO GET AWAY, NOW GO" Naruto nodded and then began to feel light headed and then he blacked out and when he came too he noticed that the three men had a needle filled with a blue liquid poised to inject him in the neck.

Kick his right knee Naruto remembered Kyuubi's orders and forced up all of his power and lashed out with all his strength which was surprisingly very strong and slammed his foot down onto Yuzuki's knee which the made a loud cracking sound.

"Arrgh what the FUCK! He cracked my knee" he shouted dropping the needle as he clutched his knee in pain, Kin stared at Naruto for a second and then pulled out a kunai and brandished it in front of him and glared at Naruto menacingly only to be shocked by the fierce hatred and fury in the young Childs eyes.

Grab the Kunai with a speed he didn't know he had Naruto darted forward and grabbed the kunai and then without any instruction he brought the weapon down on the man's foot and then twisted it before ripping it out. Kin screamed in pain and all Naruto did was stand back and breath heavily. Hotaru sighed and took out his katana and pointed it at Naruto simply.

"And I had such hopes" he said sadly as he stared at the furious child.

Slice the man's neck without question Naruto turned to Kin and sliced the Kunai along the man's unprotected jugular and then frowned when it got stuck and red liquid covered his hands as he tried to get it loose, after a moment-long enough to get covered in blood-Naruto gave up and left the kunai lodged in the man's throat.

"Kin! You...You DEMON!" Yuzuki screamed as he got to his feet the pain in his knee now forgotten at the sight of his friend being taken down by the six year old.

Grab his throat Naruto jumped up and did as his instinct said and then waited digging in his unusual sharp nails in only just drawing blood, okay rip it out Naruto took in a deep breath and closed his eyes and pulled back. A large scream filled the forest and Naruto was surprised when he felt the same warm red liquid spray onto his face that now covered his shirt and hands and when he opened his eyes he was shocked to see a large chuck of what looked like meat clumped in his hand and the man formally known as Yuzuki was lying on the floor with a huge gaping hole in his throat which was making blood stream onto the grass.

Hotaru shook with fear as he saw Yuzuki fall down his throat ripped out and then he spotted the heavily breathing Naruto and saw red. "I'm going to kill you" he screamed and then rushed forward intent on killing the demon.

Grab his katana and give it back to him Naruto grabbed the top of the blade totally oblivious to the pain shooting in his hands and then forced the blade out of Hotaru's hands and then turned it around and put it straight through his stomach and out the back of his spine. Hotaru's mouth fell open and the blood dribbled out and the last thing he saw was Naruto's terrified look and that's when it hit him: he had no idea what he was really doing he was just acting.

Naruto looked around and then sat down bringing his knees to his chest before wrapping his arms around them, it had suddenly hit him: he had killed the three men and was now sitting down covered in their blood surrounded by their corpses. For the first time since he was four Naruto cried.

"I KNOW KIT, JUST LET IT OUT, HELP WILL COME SOON: I PROMISE EVERYTHING WILL GET BETTER" Naruto sobbed silently and let himself get bathed in Kyuubi's calming aura.

Ookami and his ANBU squad raced through the forest looking for the young boy by the name of Naruto Uzumaki, the Hokage-who had a small bond with the boy-had sent his best team out to search for the blonde who had been missing since earlier that morning and now it was almost midnight. "Ookami, what if we don't find the boy" Eagle said worried, she knew about the boy but no matter how many times she was told to hate the boy because of what it harboured she never could...in her eyes Naruto Uzumaki was just a boy.

The nineteen year old ANBU Captain shook his head "We aren't going back until we find the boy...he's precious to the village" Ookami or Kakashi Hatake was the only one who knew of the young child's true lineage and was protective of the boy in fact many of the villager didn't dare to do anything to Naruto if they had any inkling that he was watching over the boy.

The Hokage had chosen this team for one simple reason-they were all ANBU, and all ANBU cherished Naruto as a hero and loved to watch over him because he brought a joy into their job that they normally didn't get.

"Ookami...you need to see this" the voice of Tiger buzzed in his ear and Ookami got the coordinates from his Teammate and in a few moments he and Eagle were standing on a tree branch overlooking a ghastly scene.

It was Naruto. But he was shaking, covered in blood, and was sitting surrounded by three corpses. The whole ANBU squad was horrified to see their little ray of sunshine so scared and with a gulp eagle turned to Ookami. "Ookami, you should go, he knows you the most" The Captain nodded and then jumped down and purposely stepped on a twig making it snap making Naruto's head to snap up to look at him.

"ANBU Wolf" Naruto said a hint of affection creeping into his voice at the sight of his favourite ANBU. But he couldn't muster much more than a happy whisper as he continued to shiver as he looked at the blood once again.

"Naruto come here" The masked man whispered making Naruto shake his head "I'm not going to hurt you I promise" he whispered stopping arms length away from the frightened child.

"CHILD GO TO HIM, HE WON'T HURT YOU, FROM WHAT I CAN SENSE HE...WANTS TO COMFORT YOU" Kyuubi said nudging him mentally and as if someone had flicked a switch Naruto launched himself into Ookami's arms and cried into his shoulder.

The ANBU unit dropped to the ground and all looked at the young child crying in their leaders arms. Not once had the team in two years even seen the boy shed a tear and the fact that he was all out bawling now made it unbelievable and heartbreaking for the small unit.

Ookami stood and clutched Naruto tight to his chest and looked at his team which were all staring at the shivering Naruto clutched to his chest.

"We need to go see the Hokage" the captain said in a stern voice before racing through the village with an urgency he'd never felt before not even when he was searching for Minato during the nine tails attack. The unit rushed after their leader but when they reached the Hokage's office they noticed that Ookami was now seated on the lounge with Naruto lying down his head nestled in the young man's lap.

"Ah good your unit is here Ookami, come in" the Hokage said waving the four other ninja in his council members in. "Your Captain had reported what happened so there is no need for you all to worry about the young boy"

The unit all seemed to relax and the council elders then coughed making everyone except Naruto look up "Yes we are all...glad that Naruto is fine but the fact is that the child killed three A-ranked missing Nin from the rain country without any ninja training what so ever, we can't let that go unwatched" Ookami looked at the elders in confusion and then down at the boy.

"What are you purposing?" he asked secretly he was scared for the boy, he has been at the meeting where the clan elders decided Naruto's fate and it was only because, the Inuzukas, the Naras, the Aburames, the Yamakas and the Amikich clans decided that they wanted the boy raised like a normal kid that Naruto hadn't been turned into a weapon like the Hyuga and Uchiha clans wanted-as well as the elders.

"We have decided that Naruto is to become an unofficial part of ANBU" Ookami just stared at the two elders and then looked frantically at the Hokage who seemed to be deliberating something.

"Lord Hokage, you can't do it, to send Naruto to ANBU would be like sending him to the slaughter house, look at him what would the main clans think" Boar-a member of the Nara clan-shouted forgetting who he was speaking too as he fought for Naruto's innocence.

Sarutobi held up a hand and glared at the two elders "I will agree to this" the ANBU unit all gasped and the elders looked smug "But Naruto get's entrance to the academy at the age of nine so that he has a chance to be a regular shinobi, and if he passes the genin exam he is never to wear his mask again until he passes the ANBU exam understood" Ookami sighed and nodded he could live with the rules, at least they gave Naruto a fighting chance at a normal life.

"Fine, but there are conditions then: he is to only Tai-jut-su and the mastery of all the ANBU weapons, no Nin-jut-su or Gen-Jut-su allowed, and if he fails the genin exam he is to be train into the perfect weapon and is to never leave ANBU until he is too old to be of use or he dies" The male elder snarled making all of the occupants in the room freeze.

The ANBU unit all looked at the boy and gulped, they had to take the deal but the consequences were so large, he would either have a free life as a shinobi or he would be a trapped dog in ANBU with no life outside the killings of others. "Very well" Ookami whispered as he picked up the limp boy "We will get him settled in at the base, till tomorrow Hokage, elders" he said before disappearing in a puff of smoke followed closely by his unit.

"KIT, LITTLE ONE, WAKE UP, KIT" Naruto's eyes fluttered open as Kyuubi nudged him affectionately, but the sight before him was not a comforting one or a usual one. Not once in his short life had the six year old ever laid eyes on the room before him.

The room had low lighting and had a locker instead of a wardrobe; along the back of the room was the bed he was currently sleeping on. One the west wall was a rack of half swords, Katana's and other blades and on the south wall was the door which was open so Naruto could see it lead to a bathroom.

"You awake, good" Naruto turned around and saw Ookami standing at doorway with a large bundle in his hands "Do you like the room" Naruto nodded once-truthfully he thought it to be a bit dull but he wasn't going to tell his favourite ANBU that. "Good"

"ANBU wolf, why am I here" Naruto asked innocently as the ANBU captain walked into his room and sat on his bed.

"You need to call me Ookami for now on" the captain said in a soft voice but deep down he was breaking as he saw Naruto's confused look. Then he slowly placed the tiny ANBU uniform into Naruto's arms. "Do you remember what you did last night" Naruto nodded and looked down at the uniform in his hands "Well the Hokage and the council have decided that they want you to continue to do that to bad men with me and my team but for you to do that you had to join ANBU –unofficially of course" Naruto stared at the mask on the top of the pile and smiled softly when he noticed it was a fox mask. "From now on your name...is Kitsune" Naruto gulped and nodded and then slid the mask on in place, it was a perfect fit.

"Very well...Ookami, what's my first mis...assignment?"

Okay before you all flame this story it's not another one of the Naruto is raised in ANBU and is a cold heartless killer story-he does have a personality and he doesn't become a weapon. Kyuubi is not a evil demon in this story he is more like an older brother figure to Naruto and keeps him under control, although he is still going to be a prankster and is still going to suck at academy-I'll explain why later.

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