Ok, I've kind of had this idea bouncing around in my head for a while and just figured I'd write it down just to get the bloody thing out of my head. The title of it is still kind of a work in progress so if anyone's got any ideas. I'll give you a bit of a breakdown of what I've got in mind.

Basically it's Naruto as a new bad-ass half demon working with a new team of village outcasts and oddballs, including a girl who's bloodlines make her half angel half devil, a gunslinger, and a guitar player who can control the elements. Yes it's a team of four, it's not like it hasn't been done before. 3 guesses who the new team 9's sensei is gonna be.

Anyway I'm open to suggestions about the title, read and review please.

I don't own a damn thing, but if I did I'd probably already have a series of novels on the shelves.

As late as it was, Naruto Uzumaki had too much energy, between figuring out he had the Kyubi sealed inside of him and graduating to the rank of genin, to go back to the hellhole he called a home. And on top of all that, he kept getting this strange feeling that something was calling out to him from somewhere near the edge of the village. Curiosity and pepped up energy getting the better of him, Naruto walked and soon found himself at the ground where the demon fox attacked. Naruto looked around the area until something caught his eye, glinting out of the ground.

"Hello," Naruto whispered, "what are you?" he picked up the object and found himself looking into the empty eyeholes of a white and red fox mask. Naruto wracked his brain to try and figure out where this mask might have come from because he knew a lot about the ANBU and was pretty sure there wasn't now nor had there ever been an operative with the code name Fox, especially sine the Nine-Tails attack.

Turning over the mask, Naruto blinked. Had he just seen a red shine to it? Curious, Naruto raised the mask to his face. The second it made contact with his skin, it seemed to attach it's self to Naruto and grow around his head. And it didn't stop there, it started to creep down his neck, the across his shoulders. Naruto cried out in fear and panic, and desperately tried to claw the strange mask off of him until his arms were covered and he couldn't move them. He tried to run but it wasn't long before his legs were covered too. Where Naruto Uzumaki had once stood there was now a red bone like statue.

Naruto's eyes snapped open and collapsed to his knees, panting like he hadn't breathed in a long time. Curious, he looked around his new surroundings. The walls were made of some kind of strange stone that seemed to give off a faint red glow. He was also up to his knees in water that was almost blood red. Looking up, it was too dark to see the ceiling.

"Naruto," he heard a voice whisper from one end of the sewer. Curiosity getting the better of him again, Naruto started to walk towards the voice. How long and how far he walked he didn't know, but it didn't seem long until he found himself in front of a cage with a piece of paper that said seal attached to it. On the other side of the cage was a man with unkempt red hair and an eye patch over his right eye. He wore a double breasted vest and a jacket with red fur on the forearms and around the collar as well as similar leg warmers. "Hey kid." The man said with a wave.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked. "And where are we?"

"Well as for where we are, we're inside you're mindscape." The man said rubbing the back of his head. "And as for me, well," the man sighed, "I'm the Kyubi." Naruto looked the man up and down with a curious eye.

"You're the Kyubi?" he asked. "The giant, nine-tailed fox that nearly destroyed my home a decade and a half ago?" the man nodded. "Bullshit." The man nearly face faulted into the red water.

"Look kid, the thing about us demons is we have two forms, our human forms and the giant, monstrous forms that many people know and fear. The thing is that we can switch between them by wearing special items. For me, it was the mask you just found out there." Kyubi explained.

"So what, you're telling me I'm going to turn into a giant fox?" Naruto asked.

"Not exactly," Kyubi replied. "If you were human, putting on the mask would have just caused you to explode. But since you've got me sealed inside of you, it's going to turn you into a half demon."

"What?" Naruto yelled. "I'm going to be a demon?"

"A half-demon yeah," Kyubi said. "It's going to give you a few new abilities, enhanced senses, more rapid regeneration, and enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes, as well as a few other things."

"What other things?" Naruto asked, crossing his arms. Kyubi sighed again and leaned against his bars.

"You're going to end up becoming a bit more beast like, especially under the full moon, sort of like a werewolf you know?" Naruto nodded. "Another thing is that you'll be able to get stronger when you absorb blood."

"So I'm sort of like a part vampire, part werewolf demon thing." Naruto asked.

"In addition to a few cosmetic changes when you wake up that I think you'll enjoy." The Kyubi said with a smirk.

"So, I guess we're partners now huh?" Naruto asked with a smile.

"Partners?" asked Kyubi in surprise.

"Sure, is there anything you need since you're stuck here in my body?" Naruto asked.

"Well, there is one thing." Kyubi said seriously. "I know it's a lot to ask for from a kid, but there's a couple of people I want you to kill."

"Wh-Who?" asked Naruto, stunned.

"It doesn't have to be right now." Kyubi said with a kind smile. "But they're the people responsible for me attacking Konoha. There's two of them, both rogue ninja from Konoha, Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha."

"Why do those names sound familiar?" Naruto said, scratching his chin.

They're the two biggest traitors in this village's history." Kyubi said. "The only reason I attacked your home is because that snake bastard killed my sisters and then that fucking Uchiha used that damned eyes of his to take control of me in my weakened state." Through the story, Naruto had tightened his hand into a tight fist.

"I know I'm not strong enough yet, but I promise you, with my body and your power, we'll avenge your sisters and see to it that justice is done." He said holding his hand up. "You have my word partner."

"Thank you, partner," Kyubi said taking Naruto's hand.

The Hokage and several of his most trusted ANBU stood before the strange statue that appeared at the sight of the Kyubi attack all those years ago.

"What do you think it is lord Hokage?" Tenzo asked. Before the Hokage could answer, the statue started to crack and a second later it exploded in a surge of energy shot towards the sky. A second later, it dissipated to revile what looked like a skeleton of a fox without its tail. And then it all slowly started to recede back into the body that was there leaving a young man with spiky hair, 9 large spikes to be exact, his hair was red and blond at the tips and around the temples. It wasn't until he opened his purple, slightly slit eyes and everyone got sight of the dark whisker marks on his cheeks. And then there were the tattered remains of the orange jumpsuit that hung on his body.

"N-Naruto?" asked The Hokage. The young man looked over at the Hokage and smile, showing slightly elongated teeth.

"Oh hey Old Man, what's up?" Naruto said with a wave and his trademark foxy grin.

"Naruto, what happened to you?" The Hokage asked.

"Well, the Kyubi and I have kind of come to something of an understanding." Naruto explained. "I put on his mask and it apparently made me a half demon." Looking past his grandfather figure, he saw several of the ANBU tense. "Don't worry guys, when you get to know him, the Kyubi's really kind of a lazy bum. He did ask me to kill a couple of people though when I was strong enough."

"And who might that be?" the Hokage asked, waving down the ANBU behind him.

"A couple of traitors named Orochimaru and Madara Uchiha," Naruto said. "Kyubi said that they were responsible for provoking the Kyubi into attacking Konoha."

"How?" an ANBU asked.

"For starters they killed his sisters." Naruto said. "And after that the Uchiha used his sharingan to hypnotize Kyubi and got him to attack the village."

"So you've made a pact with the Kyubi?" the Hokage asked. "Are you sure that that was wise?"

"Like I said Old Man, when you really get to know the Kyubi, he's really just a lazy bum." Naruto said. "But he's just a man on a mission to receive justice for his family. And we're going to do it together, with my body and his power." The Hokage studied his surrogate grandson for a moment taking in his strong stance and the burning look in his eyes. The Old Man nodded to the boy.

"Very well Naruto, I trust your judgment," the Hokage said, "but keep in mind that if you show any sign of being a threat to this village, I swear that I will not hesitate to cut you down myself."

"I understand Lord Hokage." Naruto said bowing before his village leader. "Now, I'd like to ask for a favor." The Hokage looked down at Naruto who was still bowing.

"And what might that be Naruto?" the Hokage asked.

"Can someone help me get home, I'm stuck." Naruto said with a smile. The Hokage and several of the ANBU chuckled and helped the boy up.

"Tenzo, Cat, take Naruto home so that he can recover." The Hokage ordered.

"Yes Lord Hokage," the pair said and started working on getting Naruto back home. It wasn't long until they had arrived.

"Thanks guys," Naruto said, fishing around inside the pockets of his ruined pants and digging out his key. "You guys want to come in and relax for a bit?"

"Thank you Naruto." Cat said as she and Tenzo entered the house and Naruto promptly collapsed on his couch.

"Damn I'm gonna kick that fox's furry ass when I see him." Naruto said rubbing his eyes. "That whole transformation thing wiped me out."

"Well I'm just glad to see you're all right." Cat said.

"So, where was Dog?" Naruto asked. "I would have thought that he would have been with you guys."

"Lord Hokage has given Dog the next week off so that he can prepare for his genin team." Tenzo explained.

"The Hokage's giving Dog a genin team?" Naruto asked. "We're talking about the same Dog right? Chronically tardy, obsessed with that little orange book Dog?"

"Yeah pretty much," Cat said with a smile behind her mask. "Well you'd better get some sleep Naruto." She said walking up to Naruto and removing her mask. It wasn't the first time she, along with Tenzo, Dog, and the lost ANBU operative Weasel would remove their masks around Naruto, letting the 4 seem like Naruto's family. Naruto yawned and closed his eyes as Cat kissed him on the forehead.

"Sweet dreams little Maelstrom." She said as she and Tenzo left to return to their duties.

And theres the opening bit, the prologue if you will. The whole Naruto finding the mask thing is something I got off of the Jim Carry movie the Mask a decade and a half or so ago, As for Naruto, just picture him about a foot taller with hair like Sonic the Hedgehog and for Kyubi, picture Coyote Starrk's Resurrección form from Bleach. And as for that bone look on Naruto, think 6-tails form.

Anyway, I'm still open to ideas for the title of this.

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