A/N: Hey people, Mr Chunk here with another story for your consideration. This is, as far as I know, completely unlike anything that has been done before, and I hope that you enjoy it. This is a Super Shikamaru fic, and will probably involve a three-way relationship in a few chapters time. Main pairing will be Shika/Ino/Tema, with Naru/Hina in the background. May contain lemons later on if I get appropriate inspiration (some Jaraiya style research may be necessary). Anyway, here we go, enjoy.

The Shadow Demon.

Naruto Uzumaki was usually a pretty carefree kid, especially for a ninja. But there are a few things that would push him over the edge. Insulting his favourite food, ramen, was one. Threatening his village was another. But the most damning thing that anyone could do where this blonde headed gennin was concerned, was intentionally hurt one of his friends. Doing this would, more often than not, result in him yelling and promising revenge. In this particular case, that is not what happened.

Uzumaki, along with the rest of Konoha's newest gennin were watching and participating in the chuunin exam's preliminary to the third exam.

Naruto, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Shino and the three Suna siblings had already passed. That left only Chouji, Hinata, Neji and the last sound nin.

Everyone seemed shocked when the match came up Hinata vs Neji, though Naruto didn't know why. That was at least until he overheard someone mention that they were cousins. Whilst he couldn't fully relate to the concept of family, since he'd never really had one, he understood enough to tell that this would be tough for a gentle soul like Hinata, who never wanted to hurt anyone, least of all a family member.

Her cousin Neji, however, didn't seen to have that problem. He slaughtered the younger Hyuuga. There was no fighting back. No defense. And no chance for the poor outmatched girl.

This much was apparent to everyone except the proctor apparently, because he decided to let the assault continue, even after the girl had could barely stand and was coughing up blood.

Naruto could feel his clone boiling at the sight of sweet, little Hinata being murdered before his eyes. And worst of all, it looked as though everyone else was just going to stand idly by and watch. He felt the familiar burning sensation as the fox's chakra began to flood his system, but he was too far gone to care. He was so caught up in his rage that when he felt the added bloodlust that the demon chakra brought with it he latched onto it, reveling in it.

Finally he had seen more than he could take. Hinata had bravely struggled to her feet again and it looked like that long haired son of a bitch was going for the killing blow.

Before anyone else could move to intercept the strike, there was a bright flash of red light. The next thing everyone saw was Neji, embedded in a huge crater in the arena wall. Standing with his arm outstretched like he had thrown a punch was Naruto, 20 feet away, where the Hyuuga had been standing.

"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata stuttered weakly before she collapsed, being caught by her sensei. But Naruto didn't hear her, or the cries to stop when he dove towards Neji, who had yet to move since hitting the wall.

Mercilessly, Naruto, who was now shrouded in red chakra in the form of a two tailed fox, began to pound the Hyuuga prodigy further into the wall, shattering bones and tearing at flesh with his now claw-like nails.

Gai leapt forward in an attempt to save another of his students from a career ending injury, but was swatted away like a fly by the one of the chakra tails.

Kakashi, having just returned from sealing Sasuke, tried to talk some sense into his previously ignored student, but was no more effective than Gai, as his words were drowned out by the feral roars and pained screams of the demonized blonde and his victim.

Suddenly, a figure with long white hair appeared and wrenched the container off the other boy, tossing him into the opposite wall, where he made a crater of his own. Before anyone could react, or recover in Naruto's case, the white haired man appeared before him doing hand signs. Seconds later, after dozens of signs the man's hand started to glow and he slammed it into the boy's stomach.

The blonde's demonic voice cried out in pain and shook the entire building, shattering all the windows. Slowly, the red glow surrounding him receded, leaving an unconscious, but otherwise normal Naruto falling limply into the man's waiting arms.

As soon as it was clear that the danger was gone, medics ran in to collect the two battered Hyuuga and the Hokage moved over to where Naruto was now laid out on the floor, with the white haired man looking intently at his stomach.

"What happened Jaraiya? He's never lost control like that before." Sarutobi asked with concern and worry written across his face.

Jaraiya finished his examination and sat back, looking at his former sensei. "Someone has tampered with the seal and it looks like it has been weakened significantly. It looks like we can expect a similar reaction whenever the kid loses his cool, and if he's as much of a hot head as you said he is, that could be quite regularly."

The Hokage nodded solemnly. "Ok. We'll figure out what to do later. Take him to my office, I'll meet you there once I'm done here." Jaraiya nodded and quickly Shunshined away with the boy.

The old Hokage sighed wearily before turning to the stunned crowd that stood before him. "That matter has been dealt with and is no longer any of your concern, is that clear?" he asked in a tone that made it very clear that he was not to be questioned. After receiving reluctant nods from those present he continued. "Now final judgments regarding the actions of Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuuga shall be made later. For now, everyone but Chouji from Konoha and Dosu from Oto clear the floor so that we can hold the final match." slowly everyone made their way to their designated areas, but no one was focusing on the final match, even Chouji, so he was defeated with a single blow from the sound nin, thereby ending the preliminary round of the chuunin exam.

It was about half an hour after the Naruto incident, that Hiruzen Sarutobi finally made it to his office, to find Naruto still unconscious on the lounge and his student sitting at the desk looking through a pile of folders.

"The rookie 12 files?" he asked rhetorically.

Jaraiya nodded. "With how damaged Minato's seal is, we have no choice but to extract the Kyuubi and put it into someone else, and since it has to be someone of roughly the same age these 11 are the only candidates."

The Hokage sighed, truly feeling his age for the first time since the Kyuubi attack 13 years prior. "You're sure that we can't just repair the Yondaime's seal?" the old man asked with a sliver of hope in his voice, which was quickly dispatched when Jaraiya shook his head.

"It's too complex for me to experiment with and Minato only left instructions on how to do the transfer, not repairs."

The Hokage nodded weakly. "Ok. Any candidates so far?"

"Well, the Yamanaka and Haruno are out because they are c grade gennin at best and have even worse emotional control than the gaki. Same goes for the Inuzuka. The Uchiha is out, and frankly should be taken off duty, because he is clearly a psychopath and that combined with the curse seal is just asking for trouble. The Hyuuga girl is too timid to stand up to the fox, and may not live after that fight anyway. The same goes for Gai's mini me, though without chakra of his own, the fox would eat him alive." Jaraiya explained.

"You can also rule out Shino Aburame, since the fox's chakra would poison his hive and kill him. That leaves Chouji, Shikamaru and Tenten." Sarutobi added.

"Of those I think the best is the Nara. He's got excellent emotional control, is easily smart enough to avoid being manipulated, and his families techniques would benefit hugely from the extra chakra, since that was always their weakness."

Hiruzen nodded in agreement, "That's true. Plus his family would be the best for containing him, should he ever lose control as Naruto did. Let's just hope we can get him and his clan to agree to the transfer." he said grimly as he sent an ANBU to collect Shikamaru and his father, the clan head.

Less than five minutes after the summons had been sent, Shikaku and Shikamaru Nara were standing patiently outside the Hokage's office. Once they received permission to do so, they entered the room, both wondering why, though one had more idea than the other.

"Ah, Shikaku, Shikamaru, thank you for coming, take a seat." the Hokage greeted, pointing them to the two vacant chairs in front of his desk, the other containing the legendary toad sage.

"Of course Hokage-sama. Though if you don't mind me asking, why are my son and I here, the messenger would not say." Shikaku asked politely as he and his son sat down, both sparing a glance for the white haired man and the passed out blonde on the couch to the side.

"I assume this is to do with the Kyuubi's little outburst during the matches?" Shikamaru said calmly, shocking the adults, though none of them showed it.

"That's correct. Though how did you know about the Kyuubi, it was supposed to be a secret." Jaraiya said, throwing a suspicious glance at the older Nara.

"Troublesome. I figured it out myself. Naruto had always been treated like crap by the villagers and most of the parents but no one ever said why. Then one day in class Iruka-sensei was going over what happened with the Kyuubi, but when it got to how the fourth killed it he couldn't say. I figured since the fourth was the only one who could have beaten it and he was a only seal master, he must have sealed it in something. Put that with Naruto's birthday and what happened today and it's not that hard to figure out." After he had finished the adults were all smiling at the boy's impressive deductive abilities.

"Yes Shikamaru that's all true. And the reason no one ever told you is because I had a law put in place where no one from the older generation was allowed to tell anyone who didn't know under penalty of death. As you have seen however, things didn't really go as I had planned." Sarutobi said sadly.

"That still doesn't explain why we are here Hokage-sama." said Shikaku.

"Well as Shikamaru saw at the preliminary matches, Naruto's seal has been weakened, which means that now, if he were to become emotional the Kyuubi is able to take some measure of control. And we believe that unless something is done, the seal will continue to degenerate till finally Kyuubi is given complete control, permanently." Jaraiya explained gravely.

"Can't you just fix the seal?" Shikaku asked hopefully.

"I'm afraid not. Due to how complex it is, the only way to ensure that the Kyuubi does not gain control is to extract it and seal it into someone else."

"And I'm the best candidate. This is a whole new level of troublesome." Shikamaru said dryly, shocking Shikaku, who hadn't gotten that far yet.

"Isn't there someone else?" he asked desperately.

"There are, but I'm the best candidate. I've got better chakra control than most of the guys and am more stable than all of the girls. Plus our techniques will benefit most from the chakra boost I'll get as a container. Ok, I'll do it." the lazy shadow user drawled.

"Wait Shika-" his father started but was interrupted by his son.

"Come on dad. It only makes sense. I'm the best choice." his father deflated but nodded his head reluctantly.

"I do however have a few conditions." Shikamaru said seriously, surprising everyone else.

"And what would they be?" the Hokage asked suspiciously.

"First, you have to tell everyone that Naruto somehow killed the Kyuubi and it will never return. That way he'll be treated like the hero he has always been and I won't have to put up with the same crap he had to."

"Agreed. Though I can't guarantee they'll buy it." Sarutobi said with a sigh.

"That'll do. Next, I want you," he pointed to Jaraiya, "to train Naruto personally since he is going to be weakened without the fox in him."

Jaraiya looked shocked. "Why me, he's already got Kakashi and he's one of the best we've got."

"Firstly, Kakashi might be one of our best ninjas but he is a terrible sensei. By the way they performed in the exams so far, he hasn't taught Sakura or Naruto anything. I'd bet he's spent all his time with the jackass Uchiha. Secondly, it's only fitting that you train him since you taught his father, the Yondaime." he saw them begin to object but he cut them off, "and before you deny it, don't bother. He looks just like the Yondaime and a hokage would never seal a demon into someone else's child, he'd use his own." Jaraiya and Hiruzen nodded with shame and sadness written on their faces.

"Third, I want the truth of Naruto's parentage and history told to everyone, after he's been told of course, as this will help with that troublesome dream of his." both men nodded, smiling at the mention of his dream.

"Anything else?" Jaraiya asked.

The boy paused in thought. "Not that I can think of at the moment, though I reserve the right to name any more I come up with until the operation, agreed?"

"Very well, I agree to your conditions. We'll do the transfer by the end of the week, I'll send for you when we're ready." The Hokage said as he led them out.

When they were gone he turned to Jaraiya. "What do you think?"

The younger man chuckled and walked over to Naruto's sleeping form. "Definitely some interesting kids you've got here. One has been alone all his life and endured hell, yet turned out to have the makings of a great ninja. And another who has a chance to ask for anything in the world in exchange for his life, but only asks for things to help someone else."

Hiruzen smiled warmly. "These two will be ones to watch in the future, that's for sure. For now though, I need you to go track down your old teammate, we'll need her for the transfer."

"You realise she won't come easily, right?"

"I don't care. I've been lenient with her for long enough. If she won't come willingly, use force. Either way, she will come back." the Hokage said with seriousness that his student hadn't heard in years.

"Ok sensei." he said as he turned to leave.

"And take Naruto with you. It'll be a good chance to start his training."

Jaraiya just nodded as he leapt out the window and disappeared.

"Off to do 'research' I'll bet." Sarutobi chuckled to himself, then turned when he heard Naruto stirring.

"Sit up Naruto, we've got a lot to talk about." he said seriously as the boy finally woke up.

Chapter End

A/N: I know this chapter is really short, but that was the right place to put the break, so that's where I put it. Second chapter will be up in a moment, till, then, let me know what you think.

Mr Chunk