The Nine Tales of Naruto: Ni-ban

Chapter Two: The Unfair Duel

I don't know what it is but I feel empty.

That is to be expected Naruto

But what does this mean? I have hated these people for so long. They mistreated us. Why do I feel sad for them?

Because they will never see how great we are? We will kill them all and they will believe it is that snake and not us. They will realize when it is too late.

So I am not sad for them, but about them?

Yes. Now rise to my hopes and do your job. Then when the time is right, kill that Snake.

I will not fail.

The Kyuubi went silent as the answer seemed to please him. There was no fight for power anymore, we only worked together, the Kyuubi offering advice when needed. It felt good. My mind calm I prepared my final steps to get ready for the fight with my old friend and brother. I slowly sank deep into my mind and came face to face with the Kyuubi once again. Something was different about him. He seemed stronger.

Happier. "I will need your help for this Kyuubi. I want my heart to sink deeper into my hatred. I want it black and unrecognizable. I no longer want my heart to feel." My words seemed to give the fox more power. He smiled at me as his ears fell against his head. Something about it made me grin as well.

Now Naruto. I never thought you would ask. Take my power and show me what you are made of.

The fox released his chakra and slowly it moved over and into my body. The aura coat formed on me then sank inside again. My eyes opened and a red tinge filled my view. It was so beautiful. The world seen through the eyes of the Nine-tailed fox. A world of Hatred and death. I was ready for my fight.

Konohamaru moved through the trees and I felt him coming. Moegi and Udon followed close behind as always.

"Naruto-neesan. I will take you back from that darkness that has claimed you. You will smile one last time before you realize your mistake. Are you ready Boss?" I grinned and released shadowclones around me. Konohamaru followed suit and formed his own army of clones. We stood off prepared for the war that was about to follow. It would be a smaller war then what was currently being faught, but one all the same. Neither would give an inch, and if one was to be left alive, it would be me. I would not allow anyone to stop me from my mission.

Konohamaru, what I only could guess as the original, drew a Kunai and signaled a charge. His clones lept forward as I stood with my arms crossed. My clones formed their Aura cloaks and as the Konohamaru's gained half the training field, I signaled my own advance. My clones tore at the earth as dirt flew behind them. Their eyes as black as mine as they charged forward.

A grin formed on my lips as I watched the one with the Kunai watch me. He didn't seemed as pleased as I was about the fighting. Of course how could he. He would be losing. But as I looked into his eyes, as my clones and his began to slowly disappear from the fray, I saw something else. A sadness that seemed out of place. I was so distracted by him I did not notice the shadow snaking along the battlefield. At the last second I saw the shadow, and as I was jumping away I felt a rather large wall behind me. My shadow connected to the moving one as I had enough to look around.

Choji stood behind me. A wall of flesh that was now immovable with my shadow locked down as it was. I gritted my teeth and a clone ran to my rescue. He was half way to Choji when black hair and white cloths came out of nowhere. With a single strike, the clone dissipated. My eyes darted around. Neji and Rock Lee had joined the fray. This was an unfair fight. It was to be just me and him. He tricked me.

"Konohamaru, is this your definition of a fair duel? Fight me like a man." I screamed at him. He only looked at me. I thought he wouldn't speak but he seemed to change his mind.

"I won't fight you like a man Naruto. I would never win. So I fought you like a ninja." He said and moved away. My clones disappeared as a sharp blow came to the back of my head.

Damn you Naruto. You have fallen for the oldest trick. Lie to your enemy.

My world was full of darkness once again. Memories came to mind for some reason, reasons I could not understand. I saw memories of a red haired woman and a yellow haired man. Memories of being cold and afraid. Memories of a loud noise making me want to hide away and go back to where ever I was before that kept me warm. Then I saw it.

I saw a large brown thing. Something with lots of fur. Dark eyes and something about seeing them made me cry again. I kept crying until something warm fell on me. Red was coming from the woman. Here eyes were closed and her lips were red. She had kissed me on my head. The cold left me as I felt something else. The Yellow man looked at me and seemed sad. Why was he sad? Was he going away somewhere?

My mind kept trying to ask questions, but they never spoke to me. Odd. Did they not want to talk?

When I thought I would never get anywhere from these people my eyes opened. Darkness left me and I saw faces around me. My head ached and my temper was starting to rise. Choji sat near me, Shikimaru was in front of me in a pose that demanded concentration. His shadow stretched out and held mine tight. I couldn't move. As I scanned the room further I saw many more faces.

It wasn't until I saw one face in particular that my mind decided to calm down. The Third Hokage stood before me just out of reach. I smiled. "Hello old man. I see you are still alive. How are things going? Enjoying the war?" He looked at me only briefly, but I could tell I got under his skin. Kakashi stood to the side and watched with his one eye. He was leaning against the wall.

"What happened to you Naruto?" The Hokage asked. "You were many things, but a monster was not one of them." He spoke so matter of fact that it pissed me off all the more. Not a monster? Isn't that the very thing I have been called all my life? Isn't that the very thing I was labeled and accused of? What the hell did he know?

I eyed the old man and everything in me wanted to lash out and take his head off. I wanted to rip Shikimaru apart so he would never hold me like this again. Gut Choji so he would never be bigger. I wanted to kill them all. But as it was now, I couldn't.

I relaxed very slightly. I probed around Shikimaru's jutsu and tested here or there. It was strong, I would need time to find the weakpoints, the cracks.

"Naruto do you understand what you have done? What you are letting happen? Orochimaru does not care for you. Konoha is your home. We are the only family you have ever known. All families pick on each other. That was all we were doing to yo-... "

My eyes must have said something I could not. Because at that moment when he looked at me and spoke to me about family, I snapped.

The Demon-Fox of Konoha was unleashed. My eyes looked around the room and the Nine-tails Chakra coat burst from my body and covered me. Eight tails formed and began moving on their own. Two broke me free of the ropes as the other six began fighting the people that stood in the room.

"Fuck off old man. You all know nothing of Family!! You all mocked me!! Now I am the one Mocking YOU!!" I began to laugh and the sound that came out was half crazed and the other half, just not natural. My tails whipped around until something rather unexpected happened. I felt another sharp pain in the back of my head, the world went dark and wood moved to wrap around me. It seemed they were ready for my outburst.

Inside me I felt the Kyuubi begin to move. Something was different about him. He almost seemed happy. He lounged closer to the inner gate of my mind and his eyes remained open to view the world. A grin plastered his face and I felt myself shiver. This was not the Kyuubi that was familiar to me. He was stronger.

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Hello everyone and her ends chapter two. I am trying to write longer chapters so I hope this does it for you all. I will improve over time and with practice. Please Vote and Comment. I want to know what you all think.

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