Naruto: Mirage Knights

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of it's characters, I do own my OCs though.

Summary: What if Mizuki never let Iruka finish his response? Mizuki kills Iruka before he can claim Naruto's not a monster. Naruto, broken inside, leaves Konoha and begins life a new. Kin x Naruto x OC. Harem.

Chapter 1: Wolf

It was late into the night in Konoha, but the hidden leaf village was in a buzz. The container of the nine-tailed fox, Naruto Uzumaki, has stolen the forbidden scroll of sealing. All of the village's available chuunin and jonnin were searching for him, even the Hokage himself was scanning with his crystal ball.

After searching for an hour the Hokage finally found Naruto in the woods, however he saw an exchange of blows between the two chuunin academy teachers, before Naruto ran off.

'This isn't good. Mizuki told him the secret. Naruto is more unstable than ever. He might release the power that has been sealed.' The Sandaime thought. 'He also has the scroll of sealing. The possibility that he will unseal himself and turn into a nine-tailed fox is possible. If that happens…' The Sandaime Hokage shuttered at the thought.

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An orange blur flew through the trees, Naruto running on all fours to increase his speed. Just then the scar faced chuunin, Iruka, appeared a short ways behind him.

"Naruto!" He called. "What Mizuki said back there was all a lie! Hand over the scroll to me! Mizuki is after it!"

What happened next shocked him. Naruto leaped to the next branch, bounced back, and ramed into Iruka shoulder first. Both fell from the tree tops, Iruka skidding on his back along the forest floor while Naruto lands on his feet, skidding to a stop near a tree, breathing heavily.

"W-What…" Iruka sputtered as Naruto removed the scroll from his back and collapsed against the tree facing him. "How…Naruto. How." Iruka is engulfed in smoke, revealing Mizuki glaring at him. "Did you know I'm not Iruka?"

Naruto gave a pained grin before he too was engulfed in smoke, this time revealing Iruka. "I'm Iruka."

Mizuki stood and brushed himself off. "I see." He said. "What good is there in protecting the one who killed your parents?" Unknown to both of them, Naruto was hiding a short distance away, able to hear every word.

"I'm not going to let an idiot like you get that scroll."

"You're the idiot. Naruto is the same as me."

"Same as you?"

"Anything is possible with that scroll. There's no way that Naruto, the monster fox, won't use its power."

"Yeah, you're right." Naruto gasped in disbelief.

'I knew it. Iruka-sensei doesn't recognize me inside.' Naruto thought to himself. Just then he heard a sickening splat. Naruto looked up and, to his horror, saw Iruka's head rolling across the forest floor, his body still leaning against the tree, but with a giant shurikan stuck through what was left of his neck.

"At least we agreed with one thing, fool." Mizuki said as he spat on Iruka headless body.

Something seemed to snap inside Naruto. All the years of pain, suffering , and sorrow he felt, all the memories of Iruka being nice to him, all theses emotions flooded out of him. Red chakra began flowing from his body. His fingers became clawed, his whiskers became more defined, scar-like even, and his ocean blue eyes turned blood red. Amidst this transformation, Naruto didn't notice the giant scroll he held vanish from his grasp.

Mizuki froze as he felt a powerful killer intent. 'This blood lust, this desire to kill, I've never felt anything like this before.' Mizuki turned around slowly, till he saw a tree with red chakra flying out from behind it. 'Was the fox here the whole time!?' He heard a bang and saw cracks run along the tree. Another bang, and the tree began falling away from Mizuki. Suddenly, a form covered in red chakra erupted from the cracks of the tree, plowing right into Mizuki head first into his stomach. Saliva flew from Mizuki's mouth before the force from the impact sent him flying, plowing through three trees before smashing into a fourth. He collapsed in a heap, gasping for breath. When he looked up he saw Naruto walking toward him, red chakra flowing around him, a furious look on his face.

Mizuki coward under Naruto's gaze, rushed to his feet before turning and running, only to plow into the same tree he landed on. He screamed as the tree fell towards him, unable to endure the damage it had taken any longer. He tried to leap out of the way, but the tree fell on his legs, keeping him in place. Mizuki twisted around, ignoring the pain his back and legs were giving off, and tried to lift the tree off him, but screamed in pain as his hand seemed to melt off his arm as it came in contact with the red chakra. Mizuki turned around, only to come face to face with an angry Naruto.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME DEMON!" This caused Naruto to chuckle.

"All my life I've been called a demon. I've done everything I can to prove I'm not a monster, but now I see the truth. I'll never be seen as anything more than a monster in this village, and those I care about will be killed because of me." Naruto got down on one knee, and stared into Mizuki's eyes. "Perhaps it's time I acted like one." The red chakra surrounding Naruto leaped forward, engulfing Mizuki's form. The traitor howled in agony as the demonic chakra burned his skin. Naruto suddenly plunged a clawed hand through Mizuki's stomach, piercing through a lung, before coming out his back. Mizuki's screams became choked as blood came up his throat, and spilled from his wounds. Mizuki barely felt his body grow hot as the demonic chakra began to make his blood literally boil. His body temperature rose to the point that his body fat ignited. Mizuki gave one last scream of agony before his lifeless body fell to the forest floor, still burning.

Naruto spat on Mizuki's burning body in disgust. "Good riddance." Naruto felt something slap his back, before he felt the fox's chakra drain from him. He fell to all fours, gasping for breath. 'What just happened? I remember Iruka-sensei being killed, then my stomach burning. What happened?' Having finally caught his breath, Naruto looked around. Several trees had been knocked down, one of them had lit on fire. Naruto looked closely at the burning tree, when he realized a person was on fire beneath the tree. Naruto then noticed a puddle of red bubbling liquid pooled around the figure, some stray hairs that were a blueish silvery color, and the fact that his right arm was hurting. Looking at his arm, he saw the jacket's arm had been burned off, and was covered in the bubbling liquid.

Naruto slowly began putting the pieces together, his eyes widening as he began remembering just what happened. "No……no…no…no…" he whispered. As soon as he remembered the entire scene he began to scream. "NO! NO! NO!" Naruto felt himself gag, he quickly ran to a nearby tree before he vomited violently, vaguely aware of the fact that someone was holding him by his stomach and rubbing his back. Once he was done, Naruto's entire body was shivering. "This can't be happening." He whispered. "This can't be real……OH KAMI! I AM A MONSTER!" Naruto broke down right then and there, crying for what he had done, what had happened to Iruka, what had happened to himself.

"No, you're not a monster." Naruto froze at those words. It was only then that he realized someone was holding him up. He turned around slowly. The person holding him was dressed in a black, long-sleeved shirt, a black ninja vest, black ninja pants, a silver belt with a ninja pouch, black ninja boots, and wore a black cloth that was wrapped around their entire head, concealing everything but a pair of violet colored eyes.

"W-who are you?"

"You can call me Amara."

"What are you…" Naruto chocked back a sob.

"Relax, you have nothing to fear from me."

"HOW CAN I RELAX, I JUST KILLED A MAN! I TORTURED HIM TO DEATH!"

"That's not what I saw."

"Huh!?"

"I saw your demon bloodlust forcibly released, after such a long time of being kept sealed away."

"…I really am a mon-" (Smack) Naruto fell down, shocked. Amara picked him up by his jacket's collar, and pulled him up till they were face to face, err mask.

"You are not a monster. You contain the nine-tailed fox, a demon. As a result, some of the demon's bloodlust is transferred to you. You have no choice but to kill every once in a while, or else you'll go insane. That's the fate we Jinchuuriki carry. You clearly don't enjoy it outside that state, if you did you really would be a monster." Amara set Naruto back on his feet. "You don't enjoy it, you are not a monster."

"How do you know this?" Naruto didn't dare let himself believe Amara was right.

"I'm the Jinchuuriki of the four-tailed wolf, Aku." Naruto's eyes widened in shock. This person was like him, he could hardly believe it. Just then, Amara's head snapped to the side. "We have to go, now! The fire has attracted the other shinobi!"

"But!"

"Listen to me! I can't stay here, and if you stay, these shinobi will blame you for all that has happened tonight and try to kill you on the spot. Please trust me." Naruto looked down for a moment, then he heard some shouts getting closer. He looked Amara in the eye and nodded. Amara grabbed him by the shoulder and made a one handed hand seal, before both of them vanished in a whirl of leaves.

Just then, the Sandaime and an Anbu squad arrived at the scene.

"Yamato, put out the flames, everyone else, search for Naruto and the scroll."

"Yes Hokage-sama!" The anbu spread out to search, the Sandaime was about to join them, when Yamato called him over.

"What is it Yamato?"

"Mizuki, sir."

"Mizuki?" Yamato pointed at the base of the tree, where the charred remains of Mizuki laid. The Sandaime looked at the remains with an expressionless face. "…Any clues to who did this?"

"Visually, no. However, you need only to approach the corpse to feel what did this." The Sandaime moved forward, as he approach the remains, he felt what he could only describe as evil chakra, and only one creature in Konoha had that chakra. Sarutobi shook his head.

"So the fox has reared its head once again." Sarutobi closed his eyes as he thought out loud. "Our first priority should be to find Naruto and check to see what condition his seal is in and if it needs adjusting. Next we need to find what happened to the forbidden sealing scroll and retrieve it. Iruka's whereabouts are unknown at this time, when we find him, we should find out what exactly happened here."

"Hokage-sama! We found the scroll and Iruka!" Sarutobi was instantly at the anbu's side. Iruka's arms were wrapped around the giant scroll, a shuriken embedded in the tree where his neck use to be. Another anbu walked over with Iruka's head. Sarutobi sighed.

"Good work. Any sign of Naruto?" The two anbu shook their heads, no.

"Hokage-sama!" Sarutobi once again rushed to the anbu that called out to him. The anbu, a Inuzuka judging by the dog she had, pointed toward a tree trunk covered with vomit, but without blood. The Sandaime frowned.

"Ramen…defiantly Naruto's."

"Hokage-sama, Tez picked up a second scent." The anbu listened to the dog bark, before nodding her head. "He said that Naruto smelled more fox-like than usual, meaning he used its chakra. The second scent smells human, female to be exact, only it also smells a bit like wolf. He says the wolf scent is similar to the females in the same way the fox's scent is to Naruto's."

Sarutobi's eyes widened. 'Another jinchuuriki!?' "Can you track their scents?"

"If we move now, the girl is using shunshin no jutsu." Sarutobi turned to the remaining anbu.

"Find and retrieve Naruto and the girl, I want them alive and in one piece!"

"Yes Hokage-sama!" Seconds later, Sarutobi found himself alone in the clearing.

'Naruto, please be alright.'

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Amara leaped from tree to tree, Naruto dazed on her back.

"You still awake kid?" she asked.

"Yeah." Was the mumbled response.

"We're almost out of here, we just need to-" she was cut off as a figure leaped towards them. Amara leaped down, landing in a small clearing. "Need you off my back, this will take some time." Naruto got off her back as Amara flashed through handsigns. "Wood style: Wood Clone Jutsu." Logs of wood sprung from the ground around Naruto, twisting and shifting, till they formed 4 clones of Amara. Just then, 4 anbu appeared in front of the original Amara.

"Did you see what she just did?" One anbu asked their leader. Yamato frowned behind his masked, but nodded. He stepped forward.

"Who are you, and why have you kidnapped a citizen of Konoha?" He demanded.

"I'm just a concerned kunoichi taking this abused child from his abusive village." Amara responded.

"By order of the Sandaime Hokage, you are to surrender yourself and the boy. Failure to comply will result in the use of force." Amara cocked her head to the side, as if she was considering it. She straightened up.

"Pass."

"Magma style!" Several voices called out from around the anbu. "Magma Dragon Jutsu!" The ground around the anbu shifted, before 6 molten dragons shot out, heading straight for the anbu. Each anbu leaped away, quickly going through handsigns.

"Water style: Water Fang Bullet!"

"Fire style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

"Wind style: Drilling Air Bullet!"

"Lightning style: Lightning Bolt Strike!"

The jutsu collided with the magma dragons, causing a large explosion, covering the area in fire and smoke. Bits of earth and rock debry flew from the explosion, colliding with the anbu and Amara's hidden clones.

One rock caught Yamato in the face, shattering his mask, then a second one caught him in his chest, knocking him off his feet and the wind out of him. He tried to catch his breath, but inhaled some smoke instead, sending him into a coughing fit.

"Wind style: Great Gust!" A harsh wind blew over the clearing, blowing the smoke and some small fires away. Yamato took gulps of fresh air, quickly able to assess the damage that had been done. He himself had a broken nose, several cracked ribs, and quiet possibly a punctured lung, as he was having difficulty breathing properly.

One of his squad mates was buried under a pile of dirt and rock, his breathing shallow, he'd be ok, but was immobile. His second squad mate was pinned to the ground with a large chunk of molten rock fusing to the ground, immobilizing him as well. Looking at his last squad member, he saw her leg bent the opposite way it should be, part of her mask had shattered, revealing enough of her face to show her unconsciousness. Her dog was still conscious, yowling in pain as a small mount of molten rock ate away at its hign legs.

Yamato sighed as he realized his team was in no condition to continue the mission. Yamato turned to Amara, about to say something, when she beat him to it.

"Your team is in no condition to follow my mistress and Naruto, she used shadow clones and a substitution jutsu to escape just as our jutsus exploded. They should be out of the village by now." 'Amara' said. Yamato grumbled at this.

"You used a wood style jutsu, only Lady Tsunade and myself should be capable of using that style, we possess the Shodaime Hokage's kekkei genkai. How do you perform them?" Yamato demanded.

"Fool, all you need is a water and earth affinity to create wood, you don't need a bloodline for that. While it does make it easier to perform those jutsu, I trained myself to be able to use fusion elemental jutsu without the need of a bloodline."

"You'd have to be 25 to have enough training to use at least one fusion elemental effectively, but you look like you're in your mid teens… Wait a minute!" Yamato's eyes widened as a possibility came to mind. "You work for Orochimaru, don't you!?" As soon as those words left his mouth, Yamato felt a boot collide with his face, the force behind it sending him skidding across the ground. His back collided with a tree trunk, stopping his skid. As he looked up, he screamed in pain as 'Amara' grabbed him by his jimmies.

"Never relate me to that sick little pussy again, got it!" she growled. Yamato could only nod. 'Amara' released her hold on him, his hands instantly flying to his manhood, to protect what was left of it should he be assaulted again.

"The only way Orochimaru is involved in this is that he offered Mizuki power in exchange for the scroll. He had given Mizuki a mutation formula to use to help him grow strong enough to accomplish this task on his own, but it appears he found an easier way through Naruto here. I'm merely capitalizing on the situation." 'Amara' stated.

"W-Who are you really… and why do you want Naruto?" Yamato breathed out, still trying to recover from his multiple assaults.

"The wolf and the fox dance together." 'Amara' answered. She pulled out a scroll and placed it near Yamato. "My mistress wants this delivered to the Hokage, it will explain more in depth why she took Naruto and why it would be in your villages' best interest to leave them be. It has a blood seal on it, so only the Hokage can open it." She stood up.

"Lightning style: Thunderstorm jutsu!" The clouds above them darkened, a light rain started, and thunder roaring through the area.

"That ought to get their attention." 'Amara' turned to Yamato. "Check it for traps if you want, but get the Hokage to read it, and in front of the council so they can't say he fabricated it either… If my mistress finds out you didn't do this then," 'Amara' kicks him in the jimmies, packing enough force to break some bone in both his protective hands, causing Yamato to scream in pain again. "This is will seem like a massage compared to what she will do to you. Remember it!" 'Amara' poofed out of existence, just as a large group of jonnin, chuunin, and anbu burst into the clearing.

After one quick glance of the area, several anbu and jonnin quickly went to help Yamato and his squad, while the rest searched for the cause of this incident. A purple haired jonnin walked over to Yamato, smirking.

"Gee Yamato, you look like shit." She said cheerfully. Yamato groaned.

"Better only once in a while than everyday like someone I know, right Anko." He responded. Anko's eye twitched. Before she reacted to that statement, she noticed a scroll next to him.

"Drop something?" she pointed at the scroll. Yamato shook his head.

"The girl who did this left it. Said for the Hokage to open it and only when the council is gathered. It should explain the incident and why she kidnapped Naruto Uzumaki- YYYEEEOOOOWWWWW!" Yamato screamed as Anko stomped on his abused jimmies.

"Well then, guess I'll have to take this back to HQ for examination." Anko said, as if she hadn't just stepped on the poor man's pride and joy. "Come on, lets get you to the hospital."

"WORRY NOT ABOUT OUR WOUNDED COMMERADE MITARASHI-SAN!" A poof of smoke and a man in green spandex, orange leg warmers, and a jonnin vest appeared. "FOR I, MIGHTY GAI, SHALL RUSH TAKE HIM THERE WHILE YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MOST UNYOUTHFULL OCCURANCE!"

Yamato had a look of horror on his face, while Anko had a sadistic smile on hers.

"Thanks Gai, but you better hurry, he looks like he's about to faint from blood loss."

"YOSH! IF I CAN NOT REACH THE HOSPITAL BEFORE YAMATO-SAN FAINTS, I SHALL BREAK 500 TRAINING POSTS WITH MY BUTTOX!" Gai yelled, before flashing a thumbs up with a sparkle in his teeth. Anko's eye was twitching rapidly now.

"Then you better hurry up, his eyelids are drooping." Gai quickly gathered Yamato in his arms, and dashed off, Yamato screaming as they left. Anko let out a sigh as they vanished from sight.

"Such an unyouthfull thing to say to a woman." Anko said. Her eyes widened, and she clamped her hands over her mouth when she realized what she just said. She looked around to see if anyone heard her. Everyone was busy. She sighed I relief. "Kami, I need a drink."

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Chapter 1 finished. For the record, this is not going to be one of those 'Naruto turns evil and joins sound stories.' This fic is rated M for a reason, some of which will be revealed next chapter.

To any other fanfiction writers out there, I need some help. I got some great stories floating around in my head, but I never seem to be in the mood to do any writing. I've tried listening to music, but it doesn't help. If anyone could make some suggestions on how to get in the right mood for writing, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you and please Read & Review.