Sup yeah i know its been a while indeed a long while, but now that summer has kicked in I'll be much more likely to update.

I'm sorry for not updating sooner but i was having some writer's block and work+school sort of got in the way.

The biggest reason really is cause i had this new story plot in my head and i had no way of incorporating it into my already made stories without messing them up, so i finally decided to write another fanfic.

I hope you readers enjoy it and that it'll make writing my other three fanfics easier.

No I Do Not Own Naruto. Disclaimer

Well enough gab lets see what you think cues drum roll I...Present..My Newest Fanfic...

Scaled Fox

Ch.1

"The time has come!" Those where the very words that rang within the mind of Naruto Uzumaki, for him it was time that he finally showed his peers his true potential. "Can't wait to see the look on their smug faces."

The exact same thought also rang within the mind of another, within the dark confines of its prison a pair of ruby red eyes glowed intensely. "The time has come."

5 Mins later:

"I have one word to say to you Uzumaki." Naruto's face light up with hope they had to pass him this time besides the little clone jutsu screw up he had been perfect. "Fail!" There was a long silence so quiet you could practically hear Naruto's heart breaking as he slowly turned and left the room. With a whispered "sorry Naruto" Iruka shuffled his papers, and left to fetch the next student for the exam leaving a smirking Mizuki by himself. "Perfect"

Naruto sat sadly on the swing his eyes filled with envy as he watched the other students showing off their headbands to their parents, and friends. Parents...friends..two things he himself had never had, and now once again he had been denied something he wanted. Naruto sat there for hours completely unaware of everything around him, even the ominous shadow making its way toward him.

"You look pretty down on your luck Naruto I bet you'd feel better if i let you in on a secret, am i right?" Naruto's ears perked up...or at least they would have if they could lets just say he looked a bit more lively even though he sat in the same position. Mizuki smiled to himself noticing the slight change of mood. "I thought so lets just say that theres a secret way for you to become a genin you up to it?" Naruto was immediately off the swing, and jumping up and down in anticipation. "Hook, line, and sinker."

3 hours later:

Naruto had made his way into the Hokage's secret storeroom, and just as Mizuki had said there was a archive of secret scrolls and valuable items. "This is soo sweet I'm finally going to be a ninja now where is that scroll Mizuki said it has some sort of seal on it." Naruto began poking around the room messing with anything that had a seal on it. "Nope...nope...oh thats cool, but nope..whats this?" Naruto noticed a metal box with a large seal, and a sigh that said " For the love of kami don't open under any circumstances. Seriously we're not kidding don't do it!" "Something this off limits has to be what I'm looking for." With that Naruto tore off the seal that held the box closed.

The box slowly opened a low fog sifting out as it did, for a long moment thats all it seemed to do until something crawled out that is. It started slow as if making sure it was safe then quicker than Naruto's eyes could follow it crawled on top of the box and stared Naruto in the eyes only then did he realize what he was looking at. Bright ruby red eyes with black slits for pupils stared him down, black scales with blue markings almost like flames ran from its head to its long tail, small spines running down in a similar fashion all features rolled onto a three foot long..lizard. Naruto had seen plenty of lizards in his life, but this one was strange..really strange, then as sudden as a blink of an eye it was gone.

"That was weird..must have been a pet or something now where is that scroll?" Completely unfazed by the strange reptiles appearance, and disappearance Naruto went back to searching for the secret scroll. Finally a few minutes later Naruto had found what he was looking for. "Sweet here it is now its time to split before the heat turns up." Naruto quickly left the hokage building, and headed for the forest unaware that he was being followed.

Back at the hokage building:

Sarutobi had been alerted that there had been an intruder in the secret storeroom, and faster than someone his age should have (even for a shinobi) he was there looking over the room. "Well nothing seems missing maybe..." And that was all he was able to get out before he noticed the opened metal box. "Its been released...Kami help us." He also noticed that the villages forbidden jutsu scroll was missing as well, and it quickly became obvious who the culprit was. "Naruto..do you have any idea what you have done."

Naruto had spent many hours with the scroll, and had just mastered one of the jutsu's inside, all the practice had taken a bit out of him though. "Oh man i need a break from this, that was only one jutsu, and it took me this long to learn geez." With a light swooshing noise Iruka appeared in front of him the look on his face wasn't pleased.

"Naruto so it is you, what do you have to say to explain yourself?" Naruto gave his trademark grin scratching the back of his head at the same time. "Sorry Iruka-sensei i was only able to learn one of the jutsu, but i still pass though right?" Iruka couldn't understand what Naruto had meant when it finally dawned upon him, and he realized the danger the two of them were in. "Naruto get down NOW!" There was a sound of something being thrown in their direction, just as Iruka jumped in front of Naruto there was the sounds of something cutting into skin then silence.

"Iruka...sensei.." Naruto sat there shocked as he felt warm blood drip onto his face, he looked at Iruka to see that there was a massive shuriken sticking out of his back. "But...why...who?" Iruka began to speak his eyes glazing over as he did. "Nar..Naruto..you have to...survive..please..run away." Tears ran down Naruto's cheeks as he watched his sensei, and older brother figure die before him. Thats when Mizuki made his entrance laughing the entire time. "Well i never suspected Iruka to get in the way tut tut tut Naruto he died trying to save your worthless life. Now be a sport, and hand that scroll over to me will ya I gotta get out of here before the Anbu show up." Naruto's face twisted in anger as he looked at the man that had tricked him. "You'll pay for this I swear!" Naruto then launched himself at Mizuki, and just a few feet away two ruby red eyes watched the whole thing.

2 mins later:

"Thwack!" Once again Naruto was sent flying backwards by Mizuki's fist. "Is that all you got brat? I was hoping you would have a little more fight in you." With a grunt of pain Naruto picked himself up off the ground things weren't going well, he had used a lot of his chakra using the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu' he would have won if Mizuki hadn't gotten a second wind, and destroyed all his clones. "This isn't working I'm gonna lose if it keeps up this way." "Actually you'll die since I'm pretty sure he doesn't plan on letting you live." The voice seemed to come from nowhere it was smooth, but had a lethal lining to it. "Stop attacking him to defeat him mammal attack to kill him, and you just might have a chance."

It was as if time slowed down, Mizuki ran towards him to finish the boy off but to Naruto he was barely even moving. It was dead silent until "Fine then I will." Naruto's voice was to quiet to hear except to one creature who seemed to smile revealing its mouth full of sharp teeth. "Good." Naruto's eyes turned red, those red eyes were the last thing Mizuki saw before everything went very downhill for him.

There was the sound of flesh being tore open, and the splattering of blood. Mizuki looked down, and noticed there was a clawed hand sticking into his chest he could actually feel it inside his body grabbing a hold of his heart. There was a hissing noise and Mizuki followed the arm to its possesor Naruto, and there laying on his shoulders its tail loosely draped around the boys neck was a lizard. Its red eyes seemed to stare into his soul, he looked at the face of Naruto and was terrified. The boys eyes were also red a grin spreading across his face. "This..is for Iruka-sensei." Then with a slight tug Naruto ripped out the man's own heart, and tossed it to the lizard which gracefully caught it in its maw, and swallowed it.

Naruto scooped up Iruka's headband, and tied it onto his head. "Your sacrifice will not be in vain Iruka-sensei I will survive..no matter what." The reptile let loose a mixture of what sounded like a hiss, and a laugh at the same time. "That was pretty touching guy, but enough of the sentimental stuff lets get rolling." Naruto merely grabbed a hold of the creature, and set it down on the ground. "That was a one time thing I'll never do something like that again." The lizard looked a tad bit annoyed by the statement. "Sorry, but your pretty much stuck with me after seeing that..power of yours I'm not going anywhere from here on you and me have business to go over."

10 seconds later:

"I can't believe he did that seriously did he really just do what i think he did?" The lizard had a large bump on its head as it laid on the forest floor. "Well then I'll just have to make the boy see my side of things." Naruto walked away from the area he knew the Anbu would be along any minute, and he didn't want to be anywhere near the scene. " Well at least I'll be able to become a genin now as long as I have this headband, and explain that Iruka presented it to me before his death I should be in the clear."

Using his crystal ball Sarutobi had watched the entire scene unfold, and to say the least he was not happy. He was glad that Naruto had been able to defeat the traitor Mizuki, but he did not agree with how Naruto went about it, but what truly worried him was the creature that pushed Naruto to do it. "If only there was something for me to do for him." But he could not the second Naruto had let loose the creature inside he had opened a path that only he could choose to walk or not.

The following day:

Naruto was annoyed, ever since that night no matter where he went he was 'followed'. The annoying lizard from before was always there either sitting on a rock in the sun, laying on a nearby branch, or even crawling on top of him to rest on his head. "You know your a real pest." All he ever got for a reply was a lazy blink of the eyes, or a slight whack from its tail. Even worse the thing apparently had some friends, more, more lizards seemed to show up all a different combination of brilliant colors, and varying in size from five inches to two and a half feet.

"I don't really care much for you friends, or you to be exact." That actually got him a reply from the scaled freeloader. "Well they care alot about you blond one.To them your the bringer of great things to come even though you don't know it."

Naruto sighed in frustration there seemed to be no getting rid of this thing, and it's friends. "What do i have to do to get you guys to leave me alone?" In one fluid motion the large reptile was off Naruto's shoulder, and on the ground facing him. "Thats easy all you have to do is follow me, and listen to what 'we' have to say." With that the lizard took off with Naruto behind him followed by a convoy of geckos, iguanas, and monitor lizards.

15 minutes later deep within the forests of fire country:

Naruto was out of breath it was insane just how fast the seemingly lazy lizard could move. Said lizard was sitting on a tree stump staring at him with those ruby red eyes unblinking. "Ok then so is that it am i done or what?" Suddenly before Naruto even knew what was happening the large lizard sprang toward him, and bit down hard on his hand. "Ow! What...was..that for?" Naruto's eyes glazed over, and he fell to the ground unconcious. "Sorry but you'll only get your answers in 'our' realm." The reptiles eyes started to glow, and suddenly they were both gone.

When Naruto finally regained consciousness he was in for a 'slight' surprise. "Where the hell am I?" Where there once was a forest clearing was now covered in plants, and vines. The once cool breeze was replaced with a humid, and hot stillness. The very trees seemed to change the great forest of the fire country looked more like a hostile jungle. "Welcome Naruto to the true land of fire."

"Why does it look so...different?" Naruto's eyes settled on the strange lizard as it crawled down from one of the trees. "And why did you bite me that stuff hurts you know." "It was the only way to get you here you simpleton." Naruto only gave the creature a deadpan glare. "Once again where are we, and more importantly why did you bring me here?" The lizard was starting to become agitated by Naruto's lack of patience. "As I said this is the land of fire, or what it use to be. You see we are in the realm of summons the place where all great beasts reside after losing their land in battle, and creating a summoning contract." Naruto started to speak again only to be cut off. "As for the second question that should be obvious. We need you to help us create such a contract."

"And just who is this 'we' your talking about? All i see is a overgrown gecko really." That last statement has really got the 'gecko' steamed his body visibly turning a reddish tinge. "First of all your not speaking to some gecko you brat!" Almost immediately the reptile began growing in size at a alarming rate its shape changing as it did. The spines on its back lengthened, and smaller ones lined up between them. The monsters back legs seemed to grow longer than the front ones, the beast now able to stand upright. From the back of the leviathan's skull grew two long horns, and the flame patterns that covered it's body seemed to actually flicker, and move. "Behold foolish mammal the past lord of the land of fire, and ruler of the reptiles 'Ryuuza Tokage'!" Naruto suddenly felt very small, and insignificant.

"Whoa talk about a makeover!" Naruto had to look completely up to see the giant reptile towering over him, but he looked back down when he felt a movement close to his feet. From all around cold-blooded creatures made their presence known, from small geckos climbing up his pant leg, to large monitor lizards larger than him pushing over small trees to get a better look. "You see young boy these are my loyal vassals, and 'we' are in need of your help."

"Ok you have me partially convinced, but seeing what you really look like what kind of help can i possibly provide to something like you." The immense lizard brought his large head close to Naruto the look in it's eyes filled with sorrow, and anger. "To help us take back what was wrongfully wrenched from our grasp. The great land of fire." Naruto now starting to get the big picture suddenly had another question pop into his head." uh exactly how do i do that?" The thunderous laugh that escaped from the monster nearly blew Naruto off his feet. "You see boy there are many ways for a group of summons to have their contract constructed. Some merely create scrolls which their current users must sign in blood to call their aid, others require multiple sacrifices, and the exchange of something of great value. Our way is very different yet similar, we only require you to become one of us.

That last statement had confused Naruto a bit. "And how would i go about doing that?" Another chuckle escaped the monsters mouth, this one a bit more sinister. "I thought you'd never ask." Before Naruto could register what was happening all the gathering reptiles latched onto him quickly burying him under them. "Welcome to the family." the great lizard inhaled a large quantity of air, and exhaled a greenish flame onto the pile of reptiles with Naruto underneath.

For Naruto he only felt the great heat for a split second, then his skin felt like it was ripping itself apart.

End Of Chapter 1:

And we bring a close to this marvelous chapter I hoped you readers enjoyed reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it.

It may seem like its going a little slow, but thats just cause I gotta explain this and that so everything makes sense...sorta lol

And yes this means that you can expect my other stories to be updated soon as well since I know my loyal readers from Hand Of The Demon are anxious to know what happens next in that story,

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