Chapter 1: J for Joy

"So I'm..."

"Yep."

"But I can't be possibly..."

"Oh yeah you are."

"NO! This has to be a mistake."

"Believe what you want to believe, kit. It will not change the fact."

A setting was set in the cage of Kyuubi no Kitsune or just Kyuubi to most in the ninja countries outside the leaf village, Konoha and its mainland, Kaji no Kuni or Fire Country.

Fellow ninja/shinobi, Naruto Uzumaki was standing outside the cage, speak to the demon, not believing of what was happening to himself. Kyuubi said something very devasting to him and it was not funny at all.

'Kyuubi stop joking. There's no way that's possible."

"Look kit, this will not change the fact that you will be one day immortal."

"But that's it. I don't want to outlive my friends."

Kyuubi scoffed. "Friends? Kit you should be happy that you will outlive the fleshbags. You have no real friends. Real friends, they will stick by you even when you make a stupid mistake or an error that will destroy your life. These fleshbags will not help you at all or be real friends."

"Hey! I'm human too, remember?"

"Laevus levus boy. You can not possibly believe your human anymore. As soon as you started using and abuse my chakra for battles you should be able to defeat on your own."

"I hate when you speak Latin and foolish? Kyuu, I have my humanity and sanity still, unlike a certain bijuu sitting in the cage."

"Please, ningenteki. You are at least a hanyou but you still hated by both humans and demons. If oyu were all human, people would still hate you because I dwell inside your navel. Demons will not respect you because you aren't a demon. Akumas and ningens will hate you alike because you are a half breed but have to respect you after you become Juubi."

"But I don't want too!" Naruto wined. Kyuubi growled in frustation.

"That is out of you hands now. I can not stay in this plane for very long. My essence will live on, in you, boy."

"I don't know..." Naruto said, thinking about it.

"Look. Your body shifts everyday in changes and adapting to my chakra. While other ninjas are still using ningen chakra, you will have already evolved into using my demonic chakra and when you do, you will have already the basics and affinity of every element and its sub-element."

"Well... it does sound cool and it would be cool to become super powerful. I would probably become Hokage, no I will become Hokage with ease."

"See, it works out for everyone. By the way, I'm expressed that you could use my chakra so easily when you fought the feminine ice nin."

"Ah... it was nothing." Naruto said, rubbing his head in embarrassment, remembering his lashing out on Haku.

"Well don't get too cocky. You still can not channel enough of my chakra to defeat that Hokage of yours. What's his name, Obi?"

"You mean... old man Sarutobi?"

"Ah yes but still, his chakra is very strong. He was trained by two other Fire shadows before him."

Naruto's jawed dropped. "N-No way. He was trained by Nidaime-sama and Shodaime-sama too?!?!"

"Yes, I believe so. I know him more then you think."

"How so?"

All Kyuubi did was chuckle behind the prison bars. "That is another tale. Right now, I want you to return to human world as you going to be needed soon. You will find something beside you. Take care of it like your precious items and ninja tools."

"Wha-"

That was all Naruto could get before he was sent back to his world of the living.

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Naruto woke up slowly and he brought his hands up in his face.

No doubt he was alive. He was laying in a bed with white sheets, white pillows and white sheets covering the plastic on the bed. Naruto turned to his right and found something strange.

A sword was on his right and it was just any sword. This sword had a black scabbard with a gold fox on it with nine tails, looking menacing. A handle stook out, black and gold. It looked very sturdy. He wondered, who's sword was this.

Mine of course.'

"Wahhhh! Who said that?!"

'Me kit. You didn't forget about me. Big ol' Kyuubi, right?'

"Oh it's you Kyuu. But what are you doin' in my head?"

'When you used more of my chakra, I got more in contact with you. You did so well so I decided to give you three gifts of my parting.'

"Cool! Is one ramen?"

No you idiot. I will not give you any food of any kind. And one more thing, speak inwardly. It would be better that our conversations aren't known but by ourselves of course and to not give you any unwanted attention. We don't need more people thinking you're crazy.'

"Sorry," Naruto paused. How's this?'

'Perfect. Now kit, I have a lot of thing to talk about to you. The sword right there is the Kyuubi no Subeta, The sword of Kyuubi no Yoko. It is my personal sword that I can use when I'm in my humanoid form. Now listen and listen good because I will only say this once. This sword is yours and mine and ours alone. No one, I repeat, no one else could have this sword. Without my demonic blood, they can not touch the sword.'

'What will happen if they do?'

'They will have horrible, mind shattering dreams that will lead to their suicide. You can not let anybody touch unless you want them too. The sword has a mind of its own. You can tell it what to do and it will do it. If you lose the sword, you can call it by its name. Now, this is the first sword of the bijuu collection. The rest are to be found all over the world.'

'But how? Shouldn't you have all of them.'

'Well unfortuantely, no. Thousands of years ago, before the first Hokage was even born, the ninja countries were just heaps of land that were ruled by me and the other bijuus. I was ruler of this land, before I was defeat by its real founder, Yoshi Sho or known as Reidoaime.'

'What? That's stupid. I thought the place was founded by Shodaime-sama.'

'No. History says it because they do not want the children and people to know that the country was founded by me and Sho-dono, who was one of the greatest rulers. People would be terrified.'

'This land...'

Yes, Kaji no Kuni, was ruled by me with an iron fist until I was sealed into a sword. The sword was the one I used but the other swords was used by the other bijus and soon they were sealed into the swords. But four swords were awaked by four Kages. The Kazekage awoke Ichibi, Raikage awoken Nibi, Mizukage awoke Sanbi and Yondaime awoken me, Kyuubi. Then, I foolishly tried taking back my land but I underestimated the human and was sealed again into you.'

'Sorry.'

I brought it on myself. Now, I am stuck here, waiting to die and passing my essence into you.'

'So... what about the weapons.'

'Ah yes, Sono Yougu no Isei, The tools of power. All of our powers was sealed by the Reidoaime of the nine main countries. Kaji no Kuni, Mizu no Kuni, Oto no Kuni, Tsuchi no Kuni, Ame no Kuni, Kusa no Kuni, Taki no Kuni, Kaminari no Kuni and Kaze no Kuni. We were rulers of said land. Each land has a different tool of power. Each weapon you would need demonic blood for them. Mines is special because I put that curse on it. The others did not so they could be taken anybody.'

'What are their names?'

'Shukaku no Tate, the shield of Ichibi no Shukaku. Nibi no Kougake, the gauntlet of Nibi no Nekomata. Sanbi no Chakram, the chakram of Sanbi no Isonade. Yonbi no Buin, the staff of Yonbi no Sokou. Gobi no Sao, the rod of Gobi no Houkou. Rokubi no Tou, the sickle of Rokubi no Raijuu. Uchiwa no Shichibi no Uchiwa, the fan of Shichibi no Kaku. Gai no Haichibi, the scythe of Haichibi no Hachimata and of course my personal weapon, the Kyuubi no Subeta, the sword of Kyuubi no Yoko!'

'Sugoi! Could you also tell me the forms of each bijuu was? Because if I encounter one, I can know about.'

'I'm very impressed. You can learn. Okay I will. Shukaku is the one tailed demon. He resides from Kaze no Kuni. He is the weakest demon but has the most defensive. With the Shukaku no Tate, he could protect himself from attacks. Most of his moves are wind-types and defensive. He takes the form of a tanuki or a raccon dog. We always get mistaked of which his is. A tanuki or a simple raccoon. He was always smiling or grinning or smirking as he was the arrogant in our group of demons. He always told tasteles jokes too and like to get intoxicated a lot. Real name: Shukaku. Code name: Ichibi.

'Next is Nibi. Ah yes, she's a female demon who also can control fire and lightning but hales from Kaminari no Kuni. The gaunlet, Kougake no Nibi, gave her a taijutsu-style of fighting. She gets on fours and attack the person with lightning speed and unmatch reflexes. She has me in speed. I think she takes the form of a cat with two tails. Real name: Nekomata

'Third is Sanbi, the shark-like thing in our group. Natural he comes from Sea country or Umi no Kuni but he rules Mizu no kuni also. Mizu no Kunio or the land of waves and water with an iron tail! The man was always crazy. He was however the most dangerous. Of course he could live out the water in his humanoid form but none of us were sea creatures like him. You could not out swim him so he had me in swimming. His real name is Isonade, the three tailed demon of the sea.

'After that is Yonbi. Now, Yonbi was way different. He was a cockatrice. A reptilian creature with a rooster head and a dragon's body. He was also crazy and evil. Almost as me. He was a sadist and masochist. He loved pain and always inflicted on his oppenent. His favorite thing to do was to kill and drink his enemy's red blood. Now I like killing just as much as the next demon but this demon was horrible. He like things nice and slow, watching his oppenent die with poison he inflicted on him or her for that matter. Yonbi always carried a staff of black magic and other elements. He was a fire and wind user. He was the only one to fly in our group. He had me in that art of flight. Sokou is his real name. He ruled Taki no Kuni, Waterfall country basically because it had a bogey wasteland, his hideout.

'Gobi was next on the bijuu list. He was apatheic wolf who was known out the world notorious as Beowulf. Gobi was basically the most skilled in almost every element. He had me in speed and a little in strength. Besides Nibi, Haichibi and Rokubi, he was the most fun to fight simply because nothing distracted him. One of my best friends besides Shukaku and Nibi. He carried a rod that extend to his extent. Real name: Houkou. He ruled Kusa no Kuni.

'Next up to the plate was Rokubi. Just like Shukaku, he was the joke of the group only he was very strong too. His elements were lightning and wind. Rokubi naturally carried a sickle because he was the fusion of Shukaku and Yonbi. He loved jokes but he love killing too. His bloodlust was the same as the cockatrice. He took the form of a weasel that has six tails. He ruled Ame no Kuni, and his real name was Raijuu.

'Next is Shichibi no Kaku, a cousin of Shukaku because he was a badger. Shichibi is a seven tailed badger that ruled Tsuchi no Kuni. His attacks were defensive and offensive. More offensive though because he was the ruler of earth. He could dig and dig and dig to his delight. He was though the most quiet. Even Gobi was louder than him. Though he was best friends with Gobi and Yonbi. Shukaku could understand him though. Funny, funny times.

'Then my greatest challenger, the Haichibi no Hachimata. Basically he was a snake and he was the greatest at poisionous technique like Yonbi but only better. Haichibi was also strong and durable like myself. He had his limits though. There was a few we fought. Like 150,000 times. Most were draws but still I had my share of wins just like he did. We had a rivalry not too long ago and we were always fight. He was though one of my best friends. He would always give me a fight and though me something.'

'What's that?'

'The great wonders of napping. Sleeping was great.'

Naruto laughed a little at the joke Kyuubi said.

'Anyway, he ruled Oto no kuni for his love of rice fields and sounds. And lastly me. Kyuubi no Yoko. Yoko is my real name. I ruled the Kaji no Kuni until I was seal away by the Kyuu Fukyuu Seizon, the nine immortal beings and they were the first rulers of each land. That was the start of the benders.'

'Benders?'

Yes, benders. They are called element bender. There are five types. Earthbenders, firebenders, airbenders, waterbenders, and lightning benders until the benders time evolved to people having a life force called chakra. They could use any form of attacks. The first jutsu users were Shodaime-sama and Nidaime-sama. Two of Konoha's jutsu founders. They found out that everybody had the life force. They were the first to do it. And Shodaime-sama was the first user of the wood type or Mokuton. Sealed into the weapons by the Kyuu Fukyuu Seizon, we tried taking back our land but soon we were sealed away. Now there is no way we can be freed. I' am bound to the seal until the seal takes away my chakra or you die.'

'But I thought you said was immortal.'

'Yes but not invulerable. You can still die until you reach the certain age, eighteen of take my esence and becoming a demon yourself. Then you will become immortal and invulerable but unitl then, you are just a hanyou now. Hardly a human being anymore, more demonic then human.'

'So, I will still outlive everyone?'

'Yes but if you get a mate and bond with her, you will bond with her for life. You must find a strong female to carry out your offspring. Once you have offspring, my, her and you blood will live with them until they die. They will not however become immortal or invulerable because they will only have a fraction of my blood and you have all of it.'

'I still can not believe it.'

Believe what you want to believe kit, but it's destiny boy, you can not escape it. You are destined to become Juubi, the last of the Bijuu.'

'... When will it start?'

'It will start now. You will receive your first tail tonight. That's no mistake. Then at least when you hit twenty-two years old, you will have all nine tails.'

'So why did you say I would become Juubi?'

Kit. Your mission is to retrieve those weapons before they get in the wrong hands. Nekomata and Shukaku may be released and have the weapon but they're in danger because there is an organization that wants to harvest our powers. Once you have all nine artifacts and have nine tails, you can become unstoppable and you will grow one more tail, making you Juubi no Naruto. This isn't however the greatest trip because it could lead to your death. The power of the artifacts is uncontrollable sometimes. If you do not have nine tails or more, you will die. Do not get the artifacts if you are lack a tail or two. If you have one tail, making you Ichibi no Naruto, and decide foolish to get other artifact, you can get killed. But don't worry about that. Worry about right now. You killed the Ice nin, correct?'

'Yes. After I thought Sasuke died, I... just went crazy. I killed him and Kakashi-sensei must of killed Zabuza. After that, I lost my conscienceness and fell into the cage.'

'Well when you did that so well, I will now teach you three basic moves of my powers. One is Akumajutsu.'

'Akumajutsu?'

'Unlike you humans, we aren't ninjas. The Bijuus were the most powerful demons in Makaki. The only one that was stronger than us was Lucifier-sama. He was the king of Hell. Everybody on this planet, Heaven and Hell has chakra. Akumajutsu is basically the demonic verison of ninjutsu. Now the moves I going to teach you is one Akumajutsu technique, the basics of my fighting style and Genjutsu.'

'Genjutsu? Why?' Naruto whined at the thought of being taught Genjutsu.

In the back of his mind, he though Genjutsu was a useless style of fighting than included a useless or cheap illusion. He liked Ninjutsu and Genjutsu because it was affective and easy. Gnjutsu was probably weak and hard.

'Look kid, if you are going to become my legacy, we need to cover every single aspect of training. Now as a demon, I do not know lot of Ninjutsu. You would be lucky if you find more than five or less. To become a great warrior, you must cover every aspect of a fight style and then master it completely. If you do not master a jutsu, you will not learn other.'

'Ahhh... but-'

'None of that annoying whining. You will become discipined and with discipine, you will become super powerful. Now the first move is called Kitsune Hi, Fox fire. Kitsune Hi is basically a fire-type move that control a flame that become big or small at your command. To master it completely, you would need to Jounin level chakra control. Once you master that move, you can use fox fire oftenly and create solid object made of fire. Right now, your chakra control is bordering between Genin and Chunin. Because of that last chakra control training with that human, your sensei, after you stopped doing the excerise, your body apadt quickly to it because of my influnce. If you have a week of chakra control training, you will able to do fox fire fast and turn it to anything you want. Once this over, I want you to talk to your sensei.'

'Kakashi-sensei? Why?'

'The man knows I am inside your navel. Plus with the new tail, he would want answer. Do not tell the others in your group please.'

'Why? They're my teammates!'

Kyuubi sighed. 'Even if they are your teammates, they will not understand at all. Plus you can't always gloate about having these powers. Unwanted attention will come to you. '

Naruto huffed. 'Alright.'

'Good. Now I'm going to cut the connection with you now. Go speak with Kakashi.'

Naruto nodded.

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After Naruto stopped speaking to Kyuubi, he went on to talk to Kakashi-sensei.

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A/N: Sorry it took so long to do something. My keyboard broken and I'm trying my best to make for it. I will update all my fics soon. Again, sorry.