Shishi no Naruto

Chap 1

Summary: For as long as he could remember Naruto was neglected by his parents and god parents for his three siblings. What if one day, Naruto came across a summoning scroll for the most powerful and wisest of summons: the lion summoning contract? Now armed with a new determination, and a loyal clan behind him, watch as Naruto creates his own pride and legend.

Extremely powerful/intelligent/cunning/kekkei genkai/fuinjutsu/kenjutsu Naruto

Pairings: Naruto/harem Shikamaru/Temari Chouji/Karui among others

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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything referenced.

KONOHA

It was October 10th, and the night was cool and crisp. All was quiet, until a sudden crack shattered the air.

"RRROOOAAARRR!"

The next moment, there stood a gigantic red and orange nine-tailed kitsune, but this was the Kyuubi and strongest of the nine biju. Slowly, the Kyuubi turned, and looked towards Konoha, before unleashing a powerful roar that shook the earth beneath it, before charging towards the village.

MEANWHILE

Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage was not happy. Earlier, he had been helping his wife Kushina Uzumaki give birth to their four quadruplet children: Naruto, Ry, Natsuki, and Menma, when a masked man found their location, and tried to kidnap the newborn infants, which was a diversion. With Minato distracted in saving his kids, the masked man managed to pull the Kyuubi from its seal, and place it under his Sharingan. The masked man then disappeared into a dark vortex, before leaving Minato.

KONOHA

Hiruzen Sarutobi was leading Konoha's shinobi, and desperately trying to hold the Kyuubi at bay. "We must hold the Kyuubi, until Yondaime-sama arrives" Hiruzen shouted to the shinobi in order to boost their confidence, and until help arrived. A sudden flash of yellow appeared, revealing Minato. "Ah Minato, I hope you have a plan" Hiruzen said? The next moment, the two veteran shinobi barely avoided one of the Kyuubi's paws that impacted where they had been previously.

Minato

Minato and Hiruzen reappeared in an open field. Hiruzen, I have a plan, but I need your help" Minato said, as he told Hiruzen his plan. "Summoning Jutsu" Minato called, as he slammed his palm on the ground, and felt himself being lifted up, until he was atop a massive red toad wearing a blue obi, and had a tanto sheathed on its side. "Minato, what's the meaning, "the toad started, only to be silenced by his summoner's next actions.

"HEY YOU BIG FOUR-LEGGED, NINE-TAILED LUPINE COUSIN OF A DOG OVER HERE" Minato shouted, causing a brief silence to cover the battlefield.

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"Uh oh, this won't end well" the toad thought, palming its face with a webbed hand. On the opposite side of the battlefield, Kyuubi stood stock still. Its nine tails dropped to the ground, while its head mechanically turned towards the sound of that voice.

"RRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!

Kyuubi let out a deafening roar of fury, and seemed to appear right in front of the shocked toad, and summoner. "Gamabunta, hold it, for a few seconds" Minato said, taking a box of chakra pills, before starting a series of handseals. Gamabunta managed to lock the paws of Kyuubi with its tanto, and began to push the biju back. "Minato, you better hurry with whatever your plan is, and for the love of Kami man, don't insult the raging mad biju" Gamabunta shouted, as Minato finished his seals.

"SHIKI FUIN" Minato shouted, as the area was suddenly engulfed in a deathly cold state. Soon, the visage of a woman with silver hair and brown eyes appeared. She wore a silver robe tied with a green sash with the kanji for balance on the back. Strapped to her right side was a tanto. Minato then looked down to see Hiruzen and Jiraiya looking at four altars, each with a newborn infant child of the Hokage. Minato then asked the Shimigami to split the Kyuubi's chakra in three portions: the yin chakra was to be divided between Kushina and Natsuki, while the yang chakra was divided between Menma and Ry, while Naruto had the consciousness. Once everything was over, the group returned to Konoha, unaware that the Shimigami had altered Naruto's seal slightly.

TIMESKIP

Six years have passed since the Kyuubi attack. When the populace of Konoha learned what had happened they praised Minato and Hiruzen, and saw Menma, Natsuki, and Ry as the heroes of the village, while Naruto was looked down on with contempt, and disgust, thinking he was Kyuubi reincarnate. For the first four years, the four children lived a happy life, until one day, Jiraiya the toad sannin had approached Minato about a prophecy he had received from the elder toad sage Gamamaru. The prophecy spoke of a child with a great burden that one day would either save or destroy the world. Without realizing the consequences of his future actions, Minato agreed to start training Menma, Natsuki, and Ry, thinking they could be the child of prophecy. Minato then spoke with Kushina, who disagreed with her husband and Jiraiya's idea. Kushina reminded Minato that Naruto would want to join in on the training, but Minato said he'd start Naruto's training when he joined the shinobi academy. After a lengthy debate, Kushina reluctantly agreed, but vowed she would make amends with her eldest son.

NARUTO

A six-year old Naruto was angrily storming through the forest on the outskirts of Konoha. "Why do my siblings always get everything, and I get nothing" he mentally raged? The reason Naruto was so angry, was because he had just asked his father about training, only to be denied, and then his siblings mocked him, feeling they were being trained because they were superior to him. Unbeknownst to them, Kushina witnessed the entire thing and was disgusted with her three younger children, and had hurriedly gone to find her son.

"CCCRRRAAASSSHHH!"

A sudden clap of thunder and burst of lightning erupted throughout the entire area, before a sudden downpour started. Naruto immediately began searching for a place to shelter himself from the violent rain and lightning, when he found himself a cave.

INSIDE

Inside the cave, Naruto began to explore, when he saw the path separate into three directions. "I wonder which way I should go" Naruto wondered? As if on cue, Naruto's body began moving on its own down the middle path, until he walked into an open cavern, where he noticed a large pedestal. Walking up to the pedestal, Naruto noticed a lone golden yellow scroll, and began to reach for it, when it was surrounded by a column of golden flames, and a deep masculine voice echoed.

"HE WHO SEES THY SCROLL SHALL BE GIVEN A TEST TO SEE IF HE IS WORTHY OF MY POWER!"

Poor Naruto nearly leapt back in fright, before the voice sounded again.

"HERE IS THY TEST FOR WHO SEEKS MY POWER: YOU WHO SEEKS MY POWER, WHAT DO YOU DESIRE MORE THAN ANYTHING?"

"Do you seek strength?"

"Do you seek Peace?"

"Do you seek a clan?"

"Do you seek something other than thy choices?"

Naruto looked thoughtful for several minutes before speaking his answer. "I don't know if this is the right answer, but what I seek is balance." "Balance because I'm neglected by my family for my siblings." Balance because I know I can get strength during my journey, as well as help bring peace, whether it be forever or temporary" Naruto said with a determined expression on his face. For a long time there was no response, until the voice sounded again.

"HE WHO SEEKS THY POWER, YOU HAVE PASSED THY TEST, NOW REACH FORTH, AND CLAIM YOUR DESTINY" the voice said, before the flames died down, and Naruto reached out and took the scroll. As Naruto began unraveling the scroll, he found it was a summoning contract for the Lion clan. Remembering something he learned from his four aneki Izumi Uchiha, Ayame Ichiraku, Hana Inuzuka, and Guren, Naruto bit his thumb, and signed his name in blood, before doing the necessary handseals, and gathered as much chakra as he could, before slamming his hand down, and calling his technique.

"SUMMONING JUTSU!"

With a plume of smoke erupted where Naruto's hand was. When the smoke disappeared, there was a small golden-yellow lion cub with yellowish eyes looking confused.

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"Huh, where am I" the cub said in a feminine voice? Looking around, she found Naruto looking at her in amazement. "Hi, I'm Tsukimi, it's a pleasure to meet you" the lion cub said enthusiastically. Naruto, for his part looked at the lion cub, and gently scooped her up, rubbing her head softly, while the little cub purred softly, enjoying the feeling.

"Hi Tsukimi, my Name is Naruto" Naruto said, as he introduced himself to the small lion cub. "Well, I guess I should bring you to my home, so you can meet my dad" Tsukimi said, before getting a grip on Naruto's arm, before the two were reverse shunshined, right as Kushina entered the cavern.

"SSSOOOCCCHHHIII NNNNOOOOOOO!" Kushina cried, as she rushed forward, just to miss her son by a fraction of a second. "Oh my sochi, I'm so, so sorry I didn't help you like I should have" she said, before dropping to her hands and knees weeping for her son. "Kami, if you can hear me, I humbly ask that you bring my little maelstrom back unharmed" Kushina said, as she slowly rose to her feet, and walked out of the cavern.

End Chap 1

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Many thanks to Challenger for letting me borrow the concept for his Naruto: Liontamer challenge, as well as Namikaze09 for use of his kekkei genkai and jutsu.

Now to explain a couple things:

First, I want to apologize for not having the next chapter of Chaotic Maelstrom. Every time I try to write in what I want, I get hit with writer's block, and I think the option I need to take for the moment is to take a break from it for the moment. I've been working on that fic for months on end, and I feel exhausted. I'll get back to it eventually, but I'll still put up the polls.

Second, I've got some pretty interesting surprises for this story, and I think you guys will really like what is coming.

Third, Orochimaru is good in the fic, and has Guren as one of his apprentices.

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