Naruto scratched his head as he looked at… himself. Or, rather, it was his body he was looking at.

He was on his way to meet his secret love at her apartment when the mob cornered him, and finally did what they had been trying to do for years. They killed him. Stabbed him with three swords. And he was only ten, dammit.

His attention was drawn to a sudden spire of fire that shot from the ground. The fire took a humanoid shape, with two eyes and a mouth stretched in a most sadistic grin opened.

"Hello, young Naruto."

"Who are you?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You may call me Malebolgia. I am a demon, you see. And I come with a proposition." Naruto made no motion, but the demon continued. "I can send you back, if only you would agree to do me a small favor."

"And what might that be?" Malebolgia's mouth widened into an even bigger grin as he brought a black blob from behind his back in one of his fiery arms. "Just wear this suit. That is all." Naruto narrowed his eyes.

Take the offer. He heard a faint voice. Seeing the demon in front of him, he decided to go with his gut and trust the strange voice. Not the brightest idea in most cases, but should work like a charm… Maybe.

"What is it called?" He asked the demon. The blob flew at him and started shifting on impact.

"Very well, I suppose you have a right to know." The blob morphed into a black skin-tight suit with a black facemask, white lines, a red flowing cape and a chain with a skull around his waist. "It's called K7-Leetha. No go back, spawn. You will hear from me when the time is right." The fire receded into the ground and Naruto was once again alone on the street.

Or, maybe not. When he blinked, his surroundings changed from an empty street to and empty sewer. He looked around.

"Disgusting, ain't it?" He turned to his right and saw a small, fat man wearing what looked like a half a clown costume a few numbers too small. "This is your mind. And I'm your handler. You can call me The Violator, Spawn. Come on; let's see what's so important." They came to a large room, the largest in the sewer-like complex. There was a cage there, with a fine black sheath over it. "The sheath's your suit. She's blocking something nasty out."

"Maybe so, worm, but not for long." Black fire shot out from the cage and hit the suit in the center, rapidly spreading, engulfing the entire thing. All that remained was a black vapor that was sucked into the cage. As the last of the vapor vanished behind the bars, they opened. A man no more than twenty-five years old stepped out, wearing a simple red t-shirt and black jeans, with red hair and eyes. "Hello, Violator. It has been a long time." He grinned.

"Kyuubi!" The clown gasped, making the demon's grin widen.

"Wait, Kyuubi?" Naruto was confused.

"Yeah, I'm Kyuubi, kid. I'll be with you in a moment. Take a little message to Malebolgia, worm." His voice was low, but threatening, with a slight growl to it. "My host is off limits. The next time, I might not be so merciful." He launched his killing intent at the clown, making him shiver and disappear. He then turned to Naruto and his voice softened a little. "Now then, as I said, I am Kyuubi. I think you should know what happened that day. I was sleeping peacefully in my den in Hell, when I got a visit from Malebolgia. He said he needed my help for something. Naturally, I didn't trust him, but he completely surprised me when he threw a black blob at me. He stood and boasted as I fought the control attempt from what he called the 'K5-Leetha'. I lashed out at him and he ran away, afraid of me, but left the damned blob on me. It somehow triggered my teleportation powers and I appeared in your village. Believe me, I am a peaceful and honorable demon, and I would never attack an unprepared opponent, and especially not women and children. But the damned blob morphed me into a fox and gained just enough control to attack the village. The rest you know. Luckily, when your Hokage sealed me in you, the Shinigami devoured the suit."

"Was that you I heard today."

"Yeah. I was certain Malebolgia didn't know that I was sealed in you. If he did, he'd never offer you a chance to come back. I was also certain I could kill and absorb the new suit the bastard's been working on. And I have. You now have all its powers, and some of mine. There is only one problem. We're five years from the moment you died. He does it to everyone, I'm afraid."

"Kurenai…." He muttered, thinking about his love.

"I don't know, I'm sorry. But you can find out. You have an instinctual understanding of the suit, and you only need to imagine the form you want it to take and it will respond. You also have my blackfire ability. Just concentrate." Naruto nodded and turned to leave, his mind still on Kurenai. "Don't worry." Kyuubi grasped his shoulder. "I'm sure everything will work out perfectly."

Naruto found himself on the street again, in the poor section of Konoha. He looked himself over. The suit hadn't changed much, the only difference being the addition of new, spiked red gloves and boots. He jumped on the roof of the building, the suit having enhanced his strength and speed, and shot off.

Kurenai was sitting at a table, a glass of red wine in her hand, and a picture in the other. The picture was of her and Naruto, taken five years ago, the day before he was killed by the villagers. Sarutobi had the assailants put to death, but that was all he could do. The Civilian Council decided that Naruto could not be buried in the cemetery, and there was nothing anyone could do about it. So Kurenai had him cremated, and spread out on the winds from the highest point in the village, the Hokage Tower.

"Happy Birthday Naruto. I wish you were here." She kissed the mouth of the picture and let loose the tears she'd been keeping in for the day.

Naruto frowned from the roof of the opposite building, hating how much pain he was causing to his Kurenai. He was snapped out of thought when he noticed about ten or so people with torches, making their way in a drunken stupor towards Kurenai's appartment. Naruto's eyes narrowed, not that anyone could see it, and he grinned dangerously. "Looks like a nice way to reintroduce myself, eh. They wil not touch her."

The mob broke into her apartment and dragged her in chains through the empty village, shouting things like 'Demon Whore' and 'Making sure the seed doesn't spread'. Kurenai tried to struggle, but she was emotionaly exhausted from the day, and she could do nothign. They dragged her to the park where they already made a small stake ready to burn her alive. They tied her to it. Maybe I'll get to see Naruto-kun again. A single Chunnin with white hair approached the stake with his torch.

"Tonigh, we rid ourselfs of the final piece of taint from the demon. Goodbye, bitch." A shadow jumped behind him and yanked him by the head, seperating it from the rest.

"So you're just gonna give up and die?" He spoke to the woman with a familiar voice.

"What else do I have to live for?"

"How about me?" The mask sepperated and showed a fifteen year olf face of Naruto. Kurenai's eyes widened and she tried to reach him, but her hands were tied. He snapped the chains with ease and she fell into his arms, sobbing.

"I..I.. I thought you were dead."

"I was." He comforted her, rubbing her back gently. He then turned to the still-gathered mob. "This is your only warning. Disperse, or I will kill you." The mob exploaded in shours and curses. "I was hoping you'd refuse." He grinned and leaned Kurenai on a tree in the park, the slowly walked to the people, whowere arming themselves, with sticks, broken bottles and the like. They all charged at once, the heavy alcohol they had been drinking during the day still effecting them. He slaughtered them effortlessly, cleaving their head off and shoving his hands through their bodies. When he did the job, he turned to the shadows, mask still off. "I was wondering when you'd come." Five Anbu jumped out into the open, the one with the viper mask heading to Kurenai, embracing her. The dog masked one turned to Naruto.

"Is it really you, Naruto?"

"Come with me, all six of you, and you will see for yourself."