So, I know I should be writing for my other stories, but I had this idea on my mind, and even wrote a synopsis of it during a boy scout campout last weekend.

Anyways, let me write a summery real quick, because the story wouldn't make sense otherwise.

Demons. In Canon, they're rare, represented by only the nine Bijuu. Here, however, they are numerous. There numbers, while still not clear that of humans, is enough that humans have taken the time to study them and learn. They know ways to kill lower demons, and the seals they have developed are much more powerful, binding or combining the souls of the two rather than just jailing one with the other. People hate Jinchuuriki even more, as there is a basis to believing that the hosts are demons.

However, most demons are only sealed from necessity, instead of for power. In fact, only three of the bijuu are sealed at the start of our story. The Ichibi resides within Gaara after it rampaged through the Land of Wind; The gobi was sealed in Iwa after it attacked for reasons still unknown, but the Jinchuuriki fled the village and is still missing; And finally, the hachibi is sealed in Kirabi of Kumo.

All three summonings cost the lives of hundreds or thousands, and the power of the bijuu has led them to be revered by humans and demons alike. They are feared by humans, the ultimate nightmare, and respected by demons, lords and ladies among the upper echelons of the demon race. These particular demons rarely leave their domain, instead they rule the others who have pledged themselves to the bijuu.

To combat demons, especially after it was discovered that they were as smart as humans, and smarter in some cases, the Akumanoshi(Sometimes called Akuma or Hunters) was formed. Joining it is considered one of the most prestigious things a ninja can do, and is particularly revered by clans like the Hyuuga.

Hinata, for example, has dreamed of joining the Akumanoshi since she was able to walk. This becomes her goal and drive, giving her something besides Naruto to aspire to. Her clan is very receptive of this, and it gives her much more confidence.

Aside from all of that, I just want to point out that this story will start out with minor NaruHina, but it won't stay that way for very long, and Hinata will become an antagonist. If either of these bother you so much that you can't read this story, hit the back button and look elsewhere.

For everyone that hasn't left, I hope you like it and remember that reviews are always appreciated.

Also, this story starts a week before Naruto was born, not during his academy days.

Demons

Chapter 1

Akuma file:

Subject: Kyuubi

Class: XX class Demon - Bijuu - Nine tales

FLEE ON SITE. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ATTEMPT TO COMBAT.

The Kyuubi is the Queen of Demons, and thought to be the most powerful being in existence. She is currently residing in Hi no Kuni(See map below) in one of its many forests.

Kyuubi is not an aggressive or unstable demon, so she should not be a concern unless provoked. She keeps many demons, both kitsune and otherwise, at her beck and call as an army and as servants. All of these are at least class B demons, and as such fighting her with her army nearby would be a fatal mistake.

She has been come across by many Hunters, including Harashima Senju during his time with us. She has killed all but the aforementioned Hokage, however both walked away from the fight with wounds, although the Senju's were much more severe.

From his fight, we have been able to obtain quite a bit of information on her.

She is capable of wielding all five elements effectively in combat, and some sub-elements, however she is the most dangerous with fire lightning. Her taijutsu is powerful, far out powering the first Hokage even while being much faster. Her genjutsu is also strong, as she is skilled in multilayered, subtle, and obvious genjutsu. However, Harashima noted that she seemed to be able to use genjutsu to a greater extent than she did during their fight.

She also wields a katana, and is noted to be one of the greatest kenjutsu users he had ever seen. This seems to be her primary form of combat, and when used in conjunction with her nin and gen jutsu makes her capable of fighting both numerous and powerful opponents.

The only otherwise notable thing is that she commonly hunts alone, even though food can easily be brought to her by her underlings.

The man looked up from the file he had on his desk, deep in thought. He glanced between it and numerous other files lying around the room.

The room itself was a study, with bookcases lining the walls windows looking out on the village in which it resided and the forests beyond. There was an oak desk in the middle of the room, at which a man worked, wearing black shinobi pants and tight fitting green shirt, along with a jounin vest and a Kusa headband. He was tall, standing above six feet, had black hair and eyes and was in his late twenties. The man was Katsu Tsuri, a high ranking member of the Akumanoshi.

The files which were spread over his desk were that of a great number of Akumonoshi soldiers as well as that of geological surveys of parts of Hi no Kuni, the Kyuubi, kitsune demons, and advanced sealing techniques, along with a cup of tea.

He grabbed a notepad on his desk and began scribbling on it, writing a number of things. During the middle of his notes, the door to his office swung open, letting a man wearing similar garb, but a decade or so older walk in. This man was shorter than the other, though not by much. He had brown hair and green eyes.

"Katsu…" The man trailed off.

"Michi. Is there any reason that you interrupted my planning?" Katsu asked.

The newly identified Michi responded. "Yes, in fact. I was wondering why you were checking out files on the Kyuubi herself for your latest mission. You know that initiating a fight with her is strictly against Akuma rules, don't you?"

The younger man put his pen down and looked the other man in his eyes. "You may be my superior, Michi, but I talked with Daichi-sama about this. He agreed with me that we need a way to improve recruitment, and that killing or sealing the Kyuubi would do so perfectly."

"And you're telling me that Daichi-sama agreed to this insane plan? To piss off the most powerful thing in existence?" Michi cried.

Katsu didn't answer immediately, instead slowly reaching over and picking up his cup of tea. He took a sip, then after a few seconds another.

Only after he placed the cup back down did he answer. "Hai."

Michi turned and stormed out of the office, slamming the door behind him. Katsu watched the waves in his tea before returning to writing in his notepad.

A week later, a Hi no Kuni forest

A nine tailed fox, the size of a horse, sped through the trees like a bolt of lightning, dodging the trunks without slowing down. It took her only a few seconds to catch up to her prey, a large buck. It jumped onto the mammal, sinking its claws into the deer's hide, and ripping its throat out with its teeth. As the deer keeled over, the fox got up and circled her prey, waiting for it to die until it consumed its meal.

Before the quadruped died, however, the fox paused. Suddenly the fox stood on its back two legs. Its bones snapped as its skeleton reformed and its muscles reformed. At the same time, the fox began to shrink, stopping when it reached just below six feet.

There was a cloud of smoke the poofed to obscure its form, and when it faded, a woman stepped out. She was imcomprehenibly beautiful, with alabaster skin and hair that was crimson red with hints of orange that reflected the light so that it almost looked like her hair was awash with sheets of fire when it moved. Her eyes were a slitted crimson to match her hair and she wore a black silk battle Kimono with stitchings of foxes with varying numbers of tails. She also wore a katana at her hip, with a beautiful black and red sheath.

When she spoke, her voice was both powerful and soothing. For the men hiding in the trees, it was one of the most amazing sounds they had every heard, despite the words.

"I know you're there. Come out now and explain yourselves before I kill you."

Only one of the dozens of men came out. Katsu looked the demoness in the eye. "Kyuubi no kitsune. Kyuubi no yoko. The fox of nine tails. So many names and titles, but in the end it boils down to the fact that you're the most powerful thing ever seen by human kind."

"If you're trying to get in my pants, you picked a bad place and an even worse time. I can't say I like the company you brought either." She called back to the man with a small smirk, which let one of her long canines poke over her lip.

He blushed, and after a confused pause, he continued. "T-That is not why we are here." He cleared his throat. "You may be the most powerful demon ever to exist, but tonight, fox, you die." He slashed his arm through the air and the first wave of men in the trees shot towards the woman.

As Katsu watched, time seemed to slow as twenty to his men reaching their target the Kyuubi grasped the hilt of her katana.

Fifteen; She didn't move.

Ten; She smirked.

Five feet away she clicked the first inch of the gleaming steel from its home, then she vanished. The clearing they were in was showered in blood as all of the human occupants were covered in no less than seven slashes each. On the tree where he was standing, Katsu had blocked the demons Katana with his wakizashi.

His ablaze with fury as his blade was slowly pushed back by hers. "Those were all S class ninja, some of the best that Akumanoshi has to offer… How can anyone, even a Bijuu be this strong. I helped to seal the Hachibi, but even compared to him you're on an entirely different level."

She laughed, a beautiful sound even if Katsu didn't appreciate it at the moment. "The other Bijuu are complacent. They use raw power and size to beat everything out of their way. I on the other hand have trained my skill to unparalleled levels. Its why I'm the only demon to achieve or even get close to an XX rating." She laughed again as another wave of men appeared. "I don't know why you chose to try and kill me, but I'll make sure you regret it."

A sealing array suddenly spread from Katsu's wakazashi to the Kyuubi's Katana. He smirked at her. "I guess it's a good thing I took extra precautions then. Before you die, however," He said smirking. "I would like to know the name of the Kyuubi herself."

A spark of excitement danced in her eyes. "I suppose that I can tell you my name… Kaede."

She broke the blade lock and jumped back. As she was in mid air, she called back to the Hunter. "Bis peccare in bello non licet."

The second wave, larger and more prepared than the first, fared slightly better. A few survived the initial assault and quickly locked blades with the demon.

Katsu stared at the demon. "It isn't allowed to err twice in war?" His face hardened and he rushed forward to help the surviving members of the second wave in combating the Kyuubi. "Then I'll make sure not to mess up once."

Ten minutes later

Kaede, back in her fox form, ran through the forest even faster then when she was chasing her prey fifteen minutes prior. 'Tch. There were too many for even me to combat. Even after I killed nearly a hundred of them, they still kept coming.'

She kept running even when the Hunters fell out of her impressive sensing range, even as she started to tire.

'Even I can't sprint at these speeds forever'. She thought. "I don't even know where I'm going anymore.' It was true. She had ran in the direction in which she had the best chance of escaping, and let her instinct guide her from there. She slowed down ever so slightly and tried to recognize the area in which she was in, with no luck.

With no other options, she forged on, running straight and hoping to find some kind of landmark with with to orient herself. After she continued running for another couple of minutes, she saw light on the horizon. She sped back up, hoping to find a way back to her den and the army that resided there.

Before she could get all the way of the source of the lights, however, her incredible hearing picked up sounds only a couple dozen yards from where she was. She lowered herself to the ground and crept closer to the source of the sounds.

When she found the sounds origin she peaked her head out of the bushes she was behind to find an area lit by candles and surrounded by shinobi in masks that, by their chakra capacities, were quite strong for humans. In the center of the area was an old woman, a tall blond man who radiated confidence and authority, and a redheaded woman who appeared to be giving birth.

Kaede felt compelled to sit down all the way and watch, which she did. After about ten minutes and a lot of screaming, the old woman wrapped something in a blanket. She then handed the bundle to the redhead. The woman took the bundle and held it so she could see the babies face.

She ended up holding it in a way that Kaede could see the babies face. As soon as she saw it the demon fox's breath hitched and her heart skipped a beat. 'His soul… I feel a connection to his soul.'

Before she knew what was happening, her legs were moving forward and taking the rest of her body with them. When she fully came out of the bush and rose to her full height, her eyes locked still locked onto the small blonde child she heard the woman speak. "Naruto… Your name is Naruto now."

Feeling light headed now, Kaede moved further forward and the blond man's eyes shot up to her. She noticed the shinobi surround her immediately but ignored them and continued forward until the blonde appeared in front of her in a yellow flash, knocking her out of her reverie.

The man stared at her for a moment. "You're the Kyuubi aren't you?" After a pause he continued. "I am the Hokage Minato Namikaze. What is your business here, we have done nothing to disturb you."

Kaede looked the man in the eyes, then shifted to her human form. "Your son… He's-" Before she could finish her sentence she saw a glint of metal out of the corner of her eye.

As soon as she saw it she shot forward, moving past the Hokage and his guards faster than they could react.

Minato flashed to his wife in order to protect her and his newborn son, but she ignored him in favor of blocking the ninjato aimed for Naruto's heart.

The man wielding the ninjato was immediately cut in two, and he dropped to the ground dead. The other shinobi that accompanied the Namikaze were soon engaged by other shinobi coming out of the trees, at the same time as those that aimed for the Hokage and his family.

Kyuubi moved to engage those that were aiming to kill the newborn. Her katana, now coated in a fine sheen of wind chakra, cut down the closest man before he could even register her movement. She moved onto the next one, cutting him and the one next to him down with one slash.

With still none of them noticing her, she slit four more's throats in rapid succession, and bisected a solid dozen by bounding off of nearby trees like a pinball. She noticed a hail of oddly shaped kunai rain over the area, but missing her and any of the Hokage's masked shinobi.

Ignoring the kunai, she shot towards her next target. But right as she was about to kill him, there was a flash of yellow to her right and the man's throat was slot. She slid to a stop and looked around, seeing that most of the attackers were dead. The Hokage was appeared next to her in a flash of yellow.

"So," Kaede started. "You're the yellow flash that I've heard about."

He looked over at her. "And you're the fabled Kyuubi… I don't know why you're helping me, but I thank you. It's an honor to fight with you."

She nodded. "My name is Kaede. If you're going to fight alongside me, you should know that."

They both looked over the Iwa force that had come. The ninja numbered in the mid to low hundreds now that the Hokage's shinobi had been killed and the force fighting them had rejoined the main one.

Minato looked over at her again. "Whatever happens, make sure that Naruto survives."

She bared her canines and growled, making some of the Iwa shinobi tremble at the prospect of fighting the ungodly force that was the Kyuubi. "If it costs me my life."

Minato eyed her then turned back. He flicked his arm and a kunai flew into the air, making a large part of the Iwa force look up.

While they were looking up, the two other ninja moved like bolts of lightning, immediately cutting into their enemies. Kyuubi channeled katon and fuuton chakra down her blade, forming a wind blade sharper than any steel coated in white hot flames. Coming down on them with a trail of fire behind her like a comet, she smashed into the stone force's line like a sledgehammer, immediately cutting into the nearest shinobi, whose wounds were immediately cauterized by the fire, and moving onto the next.

Ignoring the flashes in other areas of the line, Kaede tore into her enemies like she had been let loose from the gates of hell itself. After six more Iwa-nin had been felled, she went to cut and man in two. Before the sword you complete its deadly path, however, the man coated himself in stone and grasped her blade.

A smirk on his face, the man threw a punch at the demoness. She channeled raiton chakra into her fist and punched the man in the chest before his fist was halfway to her. The lightning burst his armor open and stopped his heart immediately.

Spinning she sheathed her Katana but kept the high potency raiton chakra coating her limbs. A single touch to the chest ended the lives of more than thirty.

She moved onto the next group. 'After fighting the Akumanoshi elite, these nin are a walk in the park.'

Pulling out her Katana and coating it in raiton chakra cut through the stone based defences of the next thirty nin. This continued on, with her switching fighting styles as needed and cutting through them like a hot knife through butter.

When she was done, she looked over at Minato, who was standing with a grim look on his face over more than a hundred corpses. She herself had killed just as many, and her number was closer to two hundred then looked at the other two humans in the clearing. The old women had been killed by a stray jutsu from the fight between the Hokages shinobi and the Iwa forces.

The blonde Hokage walked over to his wife, who had gotten enough energy to stand. Kaede followed him, neither looking back at the three hundred dead bodies they had left, or caring about the ground sucking their at their feet from being saturated with the blood of so many.

Minato hugged his wife and then looked at the baby.

"It's ok," he whispered. "You're safe now. The bad men are gone." Naruto, who had been crying before, seemed to calm down at hearing his fathers voice.

He handed the baby back to its mother and turned back to the Queen of Demons. "First, I want to thank you for your help… But I need to ask why? What reason could the most powerful demon in existence have to help us?"

She paused and looked over at the newborn. "I… don't know. All I know is that I get the feeling that… I need to be sealed inside your son."

Minato gave a half glare and a half sceptical look. "You want me to curse my son into being a Jinchuuriki? To make him hated and despised?"

There was a pause before she responded. "You don't have to tell anyone. All you need to do is seal me into him. I will protect him and give him strength. No one will ever know unless you or he tells them."

The fourth Hokage looked at his wife. She stepped forward and looked the demoness in the eye. "You'll protect him? And you won't let anyone hurt him? That's what you're saying you'll do?" The redhead asked.

Kaede nodded. "I already promised Minato I wouldn't let your son die, and I can be there when you and he can't."

"Will it hurt him?" She asked critically.

Kaede turned to Minato, who sighed. "A little, but he won't feel it. He's too young."

"Then… I guess I'm alright with it. You already proved you want to protect him." The redhead said.

Minato grimaced for a moment. "I don't really like this, but the pros do outway the cons… And we do owe you our lives. Alright, i'll get the array started."

A brush and ink popped out of a sealing array on his arm, and he opened Naruto's blanket and began writing seals on him. After around ten minutes of drawing complex seals, the blonde put the child down and began drawing on the ground.

He finished the seals in around the same time. The seals on the ground were more spread out, so it covered a circle a couple yards in diameter. He motioned for the demoness to sit in a blank spot in the array. She did so without hesitation, anxious to get the sealing done. Minato stood on the edge of the array and laid his hands down on it.

He began channeling chakra into the marks, and they began to glow, starting from the newborn boy and slowly expanding outward. At the rate they were moving, it would finish in around ten minutes.

Suddenly a the remaining Akumanoshi force jumped out of the trees and onto the forest ground. Kaede tried to stand to fight them, but found she couldn't move anything below her neck.

"Minato! Stop the sealing and let me fight them." She yelled.

He looked at her. "I can't stop it without killing both of you." Then he turned to the Akuma. "What do you want here?"

The man who was now in charge after Kaede had killed Katsu stepped forward. "You know what we want. The Kyuubi must die."

"From what Daichi-dono told me, your objective is to kill or seal the Kyuubi. I'm sealing her, so there is no reason for you to be here." Minato replied.

The man, who was a Kumo-nin glanced over the sealing array. "We both know that the demon could overload that array and kill the child without a second thought. She wants to be sealed. I don't know why a demon would want such a thing, but it can't be good. Stop this, Hokage-sama, or we will be forced to kill you.

Minato grimaced, then sighed. "I owe this demoness my life, and I will not kill her and my son to stop a sealing that she requested. I will kill all of you if I must, but I will protect them."

Kaede could only watch in horror as Minato engaged at least fifty S or SS class Hunters. Her horror only grew when she saw the Hokage's wife, in her weakened state, jump into the fray as well.

Over the next few minutes, in a flurry of blood and blades, all but one of the Akumanoshi were slain. The leader stood, with a few cuts littering his body. Minato and his wife were also standing there, but in much worse shape. The Kumo nin watched both warily, his dual wizashi hanging by his sides.

"You are truly a fearsome fighter, Hokage-sama. It pains me to have to kill someone like yourself because you're a demon lover." He said.

The Hokage and his wife blurred out of site. Kaede watched with wide eyes as both of their kunai pierced the Akuma's neck, but one of his blades pierced each of their stomachs. The two leaf-nin let the body drop and they stumbled over to where the demoness was still in the process of being sealed.

They dropped to their knees next to their newborn son, who was bawling, as if he knew what was happening despite his eyes having been closed the entire time.

"Naruto… My son," Minato said. "I will always love you. Be the best man you can be and find someone that makes you happy."

"Naru-chan." His wife began. "Make sure that you always do the right thing… and be nice to others. Make sure that no matter what you do, listen… to your… heart." At this, both breathed their last, dying together with their hands intertwined and laying next to their newborn son.

This sight forced tears to Kaede's eyes, but before she could let them free, the seals on the edge of the circle glowed and she was violently pulled into the stomach of the youngest and last surviving Namikaze.

AN: And that marks the end of the first chapter of demons. I hope that you liked it, because I could have written a chapter for Jinchuuriki or Psionics instead.

Anyways, leave a review and thanks for reading.