Kyuubi no Yoko: The Second

Chapter 1: The Fox, the Cat and the Dog

Ok, this is a Kyuubi fic, meaning that I'll be operating under the assumption that when the Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto his soul was booted out and the fox is in complete control of the body. The Kyuubi will not be evil but he won't be a saint, I like playing with shades of gray. This will be M rated and there will be blood and gore, lemons will only appear a lot later on and this will be a harem fic, with mild bashing for a lot of people, and I'll stray from canon as much as I can (Never understood how no matter how he was raised, Naruto always ends up on Wave fighting Haku and Zabuza), but world events will still happen (Invasion arc and the like). Also, I will kill main-ish characters, seriously by the invasion arc you can expect two or three of the Konoha twelve to be dead (I won't kill everybody and not without reason, I just hate how both fighters have a tendency to survive death matches in Anime).Three important changes:

Uchiha Itachi is 2 years older

Inuzuka Hana will be 4 years older than Naruto (No clue how older she is in canon)

No akatzuki, I want to play with the bijus

All kinds of reviews are welcome and you can swear as much as you like, just as long as you come up with a way to fix what you didn't like.

A small figure jumped from branch to branch inside the Forest of Death, it stopped when it reached a massive hollowed tree, allowing anyone around to see it was a small child, but there wasn't anyone there, no one with a sane mind would venture inside the Forest of Death just to spy on a kid, even if he was Uzumaki Naruto, the Jinchuriki (Power of the Human Sacrifice) of the Kyuubi no Yoko (Nine-Tailed Demon Fox), well, at least that's how he was known by the people of Konohagakure no Sato (Village Hidden by Tree Leaves), but he knew the truth, he was the demon fox, not it's container, he didn't know how he knew but he labeled that as a "demon thing", he had labeled a lot of things like that, like how he was faster and stronger then a kid his age should be, his five senses where above average and he almost unlimited chakra, but then again, these could all be lies, since he had nobody to compare himself to, nobody but "Neko-san", who was better than him at everything, but said it was because he was older. But the weirdest of the "demon things" were that despite not remembering anything before he was locked in this body he was absolutely certain that his name was Kurama, he was the Kyuubi that attacked this village and he hated the Sharingan with passion, and he knew all that from the day that he was born.

Neko-san was his only friend, he would visit Kurama every two or three days, since he moved from the orphanage to the forest, since the Hokage wouldn't allow him to leave the village. Ever other week Neko-san would disappear for a few days, one day, when questioned, he explained that he was away on missions and that was the only time that the Kyuubi ever got angry at him.

(Flashback)

"Neko-san!" yelled a blond kid with a grin that threatened to split his face in two "Where were you? You've been gone for eight days!"

"I was on a very important mission, Naruto-kun" answered a 13 year-old with a ANBU uniform and a cat mask, while taking in the state of the child.

"And you didn't have a 15 minutes break to come and play with me" asked the pouting child, who's only piece of clothing were some ragged shorts, or pant, who know what they where at first?

" I had, but I wasn't in the village Naruto-kun, you see..." he stopped talking when he saw the look on the kid's face, it was a look of pain, the pain of betrayal...

"You left the village?" the youngest of the boys asked, his eyes on Itachi's feet. "You can leave? And I'm forced to stay here? Where they hate me? Where they hurt?"

"It was only for a mission, only for a short while" Itachi tried to explain.

"So?" Demanded Kurama, the pain still clear in his eyes, but overshadowed by anger "Why can't I go on mission? Why can't I go away for just a few days"

"Because you're not a shinobi" answered the older boy, hoping Naruto didn't know about vacations, if he knew civilians could leave he would be even more sure that it was something to do with him specifically, and what if he connected the dots? And found out about the tenant (that they though he had).

"So..." began the blond " If I become a shinobi, like you, I can go away, even if for a shot while?"

"Yes" was all the ANBU could answer, if he hated the village so much that he would he would walk down a path he didn't understand, just to get away from it for a few days, what would happen when he found out about the fox? The being that could give him the power to punish the village?

"What do I have to do?" asked the biju.

"You have to wait until you are eight, and join the Academy" was the answer

"Ok, I think I'll go to sleep now, bye Neko-san" said the blond as he left, not bothering to look back, and for the first time, not inviting Itachi to share whatever dinner he had.

Despite his ANBU training Itachi couldn't help but be saddened by this, he had taught the kid how to fish, told him to aim the rock where the prey would be not where it was, taught him how to clean his meal, how to cook it, what plants he could eat, and the boy had thanked him by always cooking for two, and Itachi always ate, despite the lack of seasoning and the disasters that were his first tries. He knew that if he followed the boy there would be a second meal by his fire, but it wasn't his meal anymore, the blond hadn't offered. The Uchiha just left, hoping the boy would forgive him, not for going outside, but for not taking Naruto with him, they both knew he could find a away. When Itachi returned two days later the boy had already forgiven him and never again did he not offer Itachi to share his meal, but with time the ANBU came to regret telling Naruto he could be a shinobi, since he could see that when he left the village for the first time, he might not return.

(End of Flashback)

The boy entered the hollowed tree to see something slithering in the dark, although the moon light almost couldn't enter the tree, he could clearly see the snake inside, so he carefully picked up a rock and quickly bashed it's head with it, he hated killing snakes, they tasted awful and he wasn't starving like in the orphanage, where they barely gave him any food and he couldn't hunt, so he wouldn't eat it, and it had died for nothing. He sighted and threw it far away, so as not to attract wild animals and laid in his bad of leaves.

'Only a few weeks until I turn eight, I wonder how long it will take for me to become a shinobi' he though 'Maybe Neko-san can help me, he though me a lot of stuff before, would it be to much of a bother? I won't ask, but I hope he offers' he decided before falling asleep.

A little after noon, on the following day, three genins entered the Hokage's office.

"We have come as you asked, Hokage-sama" announced the one on the middle, he had black hair and eyes, and the drawing of a red and white fan on his back.

"Good" replied a balding old man with red and white robes, sitting behind a desk and smoking a pipe "I have called you here because your sensei is still in the hospital thanks to his injuries from your last mission, and while we look for a replacement I would like you tree to carry out a very simple mission on your own"

The three clearly showed their willingness, but in different ways. The boy who spoke first had his nose so high in the air that he could see nothing but the ceiling, the second boy, dressed in a black kimono, with two red leafs on his chest and a huge one on his back, he had a long ponytail that reached the small of his back, a katana rested at his waist and red arm guards where on his arms, he locked at the Sandaime like he was unworthy of being in the same room as the old man. Finally the girl with one puppy on her head and each shoulder had large red upside-down triangles on her face, flowing brown hair, tied in a ponytail, black eyes and could barely contain her excitement.

The Hokage smiled at the girl but worried about the boys, still, he got up, activated a sound proof barrier jutsu and looked out the window, before asking "What do you think of the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki?"

The three of them knew of the secret because the Sandaime tough best that the children old enough to remember that night would know the hole truth and the punishment for revealing it, being four at the time, theirs was the youngest generation to know the secret.

The Uchiha answered first "The monster is a danger to Konoha and should be put down"

The other boy said "I trust your judgment in the matter Hokage-sama" but it looked like it took some effort to get those words all of his throat.

Before the girl could answer Sarutobi cut in "Shingen-kun, I did not ask how to act in regards of the matter, I asked what you though of him"

This time the boy couldn't keep himself from speaking his mind "If my family was not honor bound to you, Hokage-sama, I would hunt the beast down and avenge my parents death"

Sarutobi was about to thank them for their time and announce that he would have no use for them when the girl answered his question "I don't know him, so I can't really say I think anything of him.".

The Hokage turned to the window and smiled while the girls teammates glared at her, before anything could be said or done, he declared "I'll not be needing you two, you may go. Hana-chan, please stay."

Despite the boys protests the Sandaime Hokage just waited while watching the streets of Konoha bellow his office, giving up the boys went away and Hana asked "What is my mission, Hokage-sama, and can I really do it by myself?"

"Oh, yes, it's not a difficult task, but I needed someone I could trust, I think that you are not shackled by prejudice and will definably be able to help the boy".

"I understand, but what is my mission, Hokage-sama?"

"You'll take him shopping." the old man smirked when the girl and all of her dogs cocked their heads to the left with a stunned expression on their faces.

"Hokage-sama, could you please explain to me why does he need someone to take him shopping? Can't he go by himself?" she wasn't expecting a lot, especially after the Sandaime said it was not a hard task, but come on! She had better things to do with her time!

"Not just someone, you" the old man started to explain "You see Hana-chan, I am afraid that shinobi with the prejudices of your teammates would hurt the boy, or incite a mob to do it"

"But Hokage-sama, you don't really believe that do you?" she asked surprised "Konoha won't stop to hurt one kid, no matter what's inside him"

The Hokage sighted "I'm afraid they will, since they already have, something like that always happens when he leaves the forest, he's too smart and fast to be caught but I'm afraid a real shinobi might join in those hunts one days, and he won't be able to out run them. But if you are there they won't make a move, you are a heiress to your clan, and I know that you'll see him for what he truly is, just a boy, and you won't give him up to those that wish to harm him."

The girl found herself sited on one of the chairs in front of he Hokage's desk her jaw almost hitting said desk, so much it dropped, when she noticed this she took a deep breath to calm herself and answered "Don't worry Hokage-sama I'll help him alright, and if anyone tries to harm him under my watch they have to deal with Inuzuka Hana and the Three Haimaru Brothers!" she yelled out in the end, with the puppies accompanying her by howling.

"Thank you, Hana-chan" said the Hokage "please meet him in front of the training ground 44 tomorrow at 10"

"Yes, sir!" she saluted and left..