In Heat

A/N; To all of my readers. I began writing this story a few months ago but didn’t post it on AFF until now because I wanted to proof read every chapter and make sure I had enough chapters in waiting so I could post one or two a day. Now, I write this chapter before the manga page showing the Akatsuki leader came out. And no, the leader is not Pein. I made the leader who I always wanted it to be, and now I know it is not. But for the story, the leader shall remain the same. So, please don’t flame me, I have a logical excuse for it all and it is in this chapter. So, here you go.

Chapter Five
Truth
Naruto couldn’t believe his eyes. Sitting not three feet from him was the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime, the man who sealed Kyuubi in him sixteen years ago. This man was responsible for the abuse, neglect, and the pain he had been put through. Naruto’s rage boiled to the surface and exploded.

“You Bastard!” Naruto exclaimed as he leapt at Yondaime. The Fourth was too fast though. He quickly stood up and front flipped over Naruto. Naruto crashed into the golden throne headfirst. Naruto got to his feet and turned on the former Hokage. A large bump was developing on the top of his head and it hurt. But Naruto didn’t care. He was angry and he wanted to inflict pain on the man standing before him. Naruto readied himself and flew at him with open arms. Yondaime opened his arms and caught Naruto. He wrapped his arms around Naruto, pinning his arms to his sides and held him in a deep bear hug.
Naruto thrashed around in the arms of the Yondaime, trying with all of his might to get free.

“You ruined my life!” Naruto screamed up at the Fourth Hokage. He began to struggle less, noticing it was getting him nowhere and decided to yell at the former Hokage.
“Because of you my life sucks! Almost everyone in the village hates and fears me. They think I’m a monster because you put Kyuubi in me! Why!? Why would you do this to me!? Why?!”

Naruto’s rage began to slowly disintegrate into sorrow. Tears welted in Naruto’s eyes, threatening to spill over onto his cheeks. His body began shaking as he felt the inevitable sobs built up inside him.
Just before his tears began to fall, he felt something wet land on his right cheek. Naruto looked up into Yondaime’s eyes and saw tears falling from them.


“W-Why are you crying?” Naruto stuttered, his voice cracking due to his approaching sobs.


“They never told you did they?” Yondaime asked.
“Tell…me…what?”
“Naruto…I’m your father.”

Naruto’s jaw dropped open, his eyes widened and his mind went blank. The Fourth Hokage was not only alive but also his dad. Was it really possible?

“You’re my dad?” Naruto asked, unable to say anything else.

“Yes, I am,” Yondaime said as he released Naruto, and put him on the ground. Naruto looked up at the Fourth Hokage in amazement.

“Then…why did you leave me? Why did you put Kyuubi in me? How are you alive?” The questions swimming in his head came spilling out of Naruto’s mouth. He had to know the truth. If he was telling the truth then he had to know why he had been alone for so long. The Fourth looked up at the ceiling and looked like he was trying to remember something.


“I’m sorry. I really am for the suffering the people of the village put you through. I told them to treat you as a hero and they treat you like a villain. I would have come for you but I knew you wouldn’t be safe with me. If you were to join Akatsuki at too early of an age, I was afraid it would take away your innocence and I couldn’t do that to you.” Yondaime looked down at Naruto to after he spoke and saw he had sat down. He looked like he was a little kid listening to story time. The Fourth sat down as well and looked Naruto in the eye.


“Now to answer all of your questions I’ll have to start from the beginning. It happened when Kyuubi attacked our village. Your mother was giving birth to you and I was by her side.”


*Flashback*
Arashi sat next to the bed where his lover lay. Her light blue hair was wet with sweat and her face red. He held her hand as she squeezed his with all of her might, as the contractions got closer together. He didn’t flinch however. He just gazed into her blue eyes that matched the color of her hair. He smiled down at her as she flinched from another contraction and let out a small yelp.

“It’s okay. The baby’s coming. Just a few more pushes,” Arashi cooed. She looked at him, her eyes serious.

“Why don’t you try pushing a baby out of you while I just sit there by the bed and tell you just a few more pushes?!” Arashi just smiled and laid a gentle kiss on her lips.

“How about I change the baby’s diapers the first six months? Will that make you feel better?” Arashi asked.

“It’s a start,” the woman said as another contraction hit, causing her to almost brake Arashi’s hand. The nurse looked up from between the woman’s lets.

“One more push!” the nurse said. The woman pushed with all her might and the screaming of a baby filled the room. The nurse lifted up a small baby wrapped in a blue blanket.

“Kano, Arashi, it’s a boy,” The nurse said with a smile and handed it to the woman.

“Arashi…he has your hair,” Kano said stroking the sunshine blond tuff of hair the baby had on it’s head.

“He has your eyes,” Arashi said smiling. The baby’s screams died down and it smuggled against Kano’s chest. There was finally silence in the room but it was broken after only a few minutes. The door to the hospital room swung open and slammed against the wall. A terrified shinobi ran and looked at Arashi in disarray.

“Kyuubi’s getting closer to the village Yondaime!” the man screamed. The tiny baby started crying due to the sudden loud noise and Arashi looked at the man with a serious gaze.

“Tell the men to hold it off for a while longer. I’ll be there soon,” he said. The man nodded and without a word ran out of the room. Kano shushed the baby until it fell quiet again. Arashi turned to Kano and sighed.

“So what shall we name him?” Kano asked, trying to get her lovers attention off of the impending fight.

“How about Rai?” Arashi suggested. Kano glared at Arashi.

“That’s a girls name, you ass,”

“But your names a boy’s name. Well then how about Ramen,” he said with a big smile.

“First off, I was teased for having a boy’s name, and second…there is no way in any possible galaxy that I would let you demean our son’s birth with a name that stupid.” Arashi hung his head and a dark cloud formed over his head.

“Did you really have to be that mean?” he asked with big watery eyes.

“Yes…I did.” Kano said with a smile. Arashi smiled and nodded.

“So you chose a name,” he said. Kano looked at the now sleeping baby in her arms and smiled.

“Naruto…Naruto Uzumaki.” She said.

“Naruto. I like it. Naruto Uzumaki it is,” Arashi looked down at the baby.

“I cant beat Kyuubi, but I just an idea how we can stop Kyuubi forever.”

“How?”

“Use the reaper death seal to seal Kyuubi’s soul away.”

“But that would kill you if you use it!” Kano said scared.

“If I seal the spirit in me, yes…but if I seal him in another then the reaper should just take my chakra and not my life. I think I found a loop hole in the jutsu.” Arashi said with a fake smile.

“And if it doesn’t work?”

“Then I die, and so does Naruto.”

Several Minutes Later


Arashi bit into his thumb and formed a series of hand signs. He slammed his open palm into the ground beneath him and a huge explosion of smoke erupted from under his hand. Arashi held on tight to Naruto as he felt himself rise into the air as Gamabunta appeared underneath him.

“What do you want?” Gamabunta asked but knew the answer when he saw Kyuubi tearing up the forest only a few hundred yards away.

“I just need you to get me closer to Kyuubi.” Arashi said as he started forming the hand signs for the reaper death seal.

“You’re crazy! I’m not going near that demon!”

“Just get me close enough to do the jutsu. That’s all.” Arashi said calmly.

“You had better be right.” Gamabunta leapt into the air and landed just behind Kyuubi. Kyuubi turned and growled at Gamabunta and raised his claw.

“REAPER DEATH SEAL!” Arashi cried out finishing the jutsu. The reaper appeared behind him, Arashi’s soul tied to him. The reaper put his arm into the back of Arashi’s soul and Arashi could see the hand coming out of his own stomach.
Kyuubi struck at Gamabunta with its claw. Gamabunta lumped backwards, narrowly dodging the slash.

“Hurry, get me close to him Gamabunta!” Arashi yelled holding tightly on to Naruto.

“That’s easier said than done,” Gamabunta drew his sword and jumped at Kyuubi. Kyuubi raised his claw and struck at Gamabunta, but he blocked the strike with his sword.

“Hurry!” Gamabunta yelled. Arashi ran and jumped off of Gamabunta’s head and on Kyuubi’s mussel. The reaper’s hand stretched out and went into Kyuubi’s head. Kyuubi roared and snarled. Gamabunta pushed Kyuubi back with his sword and watched. Kyuubi slammed his head side to side, trying to Arashi off of his, but it was in vain. The reapers hand started pulling back, and Kyuubi’s soul was tightly in its grasp.

“Gamabunta, come here!” Arashi yelled as he walked backwards towards the tip of Kyuubi’s nose. Gamabunta quickly jumped over to Kyuubi and Arashi jumped over back on to Gamabunta’s head.
The reaper pulled and pulled and eventually, no matter how much Kyuubi thrashed and growled, pulled out Kyuubi’s soul. The arm began retracting towards Arashi, ready to seal the soul into Arashi and kill them both. Arashi took Naruto and put him in front of his stomach. The hand pulled back Kyuubi’s soul into Naruto. Naruto cried out as Kyuubi’s soul went inside of him. The eight-trigram seal appeared on Naruto’s stomach and Kyuubi was sealed within him.


The Reapers eyes widened as Arashi’s soul disappeared from deaths grasp and Arashi turned to the Reaper. They stared into each other’s eyes for a minute before Arashi smiled.

“It looks like I win.” Those five words sparked something in the Reaper. The Reapers eyes filled with rage. The Reaper reached out and snatched Naruto away from Arashi.

“Wh-What are you doing?!” Arashi asked bewildered.

“You insolent human! How dare you insinuate you beat me! I am the
Reaper of souls! No one can defeat me! If you had begged for forgiveness when you found the loophole in the jutsu and asked me to spare your life and the life of your offspring I would have considered it. But now, you and the ones you hold dear will pay!”

“What?! Why punish them?! Punish me! Don’t hurt Naruto or Kano! Please!” Arashi begged, falling to his knees.

“Now you beg? You had your chance. Now all three of you will be punished! You and your lover will both die. Yet you will arise again. And when you awaken from death, you and she will have a change of perception. As for your offspring…he will stay here. Neither of you will ever be able to step within the confines of the village nor can you approach him, unless he approaches you first. And apart from having no family…the boy will be regarded as a monster by all. He will be seen as the demon imprisoned within him. He will suffer a life of sorrow and pain. You have doomed him to this life. Remember, all the pain he will feel in the future, all of the beatings and neglect, he will have to suffer through; will be as if you did it yourself. It is your fault.” The Reaper waved his hand over Naruto and snapped his fingers. He returned Naruto to Arashi’s arms and looked down at him.

“You have five minutes before my curse takes effect. Good bye,” with those words the Reaper vanished, leaving Arashi there with Naruto and five minutes of life. Arashi leapt off of Gamabunta and landed on the ground.

“Arashi…” that was all Gamabunta could say. Shinobi rushed over to Arashi and Naruto. They were cheering and yelling praise at Arashi. Arashi looked at all of them and raised his hand. Everyone fell silent, knowing their leader was about to speak.

“I have one last decree. You are to treat this boy…Naruto…as a hero. You are to be kind to him and cherish him. He is your hero now.” Arashi passed Naruto to a near by ninja and looked at all of them with saddened eyes.

“This boy now holds the spirit of Kyuubi in him. He is the demon’s container. Please, be kind to him…good-bye,” Arashi’s face suddenly lost all color, and his once bright blue eyes dimmed. Arashi fell backwards and was dead before he hit the ground.

*End Flashback*


Naruto looked up at the Yondaime with wide eyes. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

“So…how are you alive?” Naruto asked.

“Death only killed your mother and me for a while. When we woke up we found ourselves far from the village and we did have a new perspective on things. Although, your mother beat the hell out of me when I told her what happened with the Reaper, I couldn’t walk for a week after she was done with me,” Arashi said with a small smile.

“Is mom here?” Naruto asked.

“No, she’s not here. She is in Akatsuki but she’s off on her own right now. I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through Naruto.” Arashi’s eyes lost their luster and Naruto could see pure sorrow in his father’s eyes. Naruto didn’t know what to do. He now knew he had family, and here they were, in the organization that wanted world domination, or did they?

“When you say you had a change in perception, what did you mean?”

“When we awoke, your mother and I had a revelation. There is always war. Times of peace never last more than twenty years. That’s not how it should be. There should be never ending peace. But how do you achieve this? We first thought the ninja villages would maintain peace…but after we awoke from death, we saw it was the ninja villages themselves that caused war. It was the ambitions of the villages that drove on war and death. So if all the ninja villages were to fall and one organization with all the power were to rise, with no ties to any country then we could unite all the lands and one person would control them all and war would disappear forever. That is the final goal of Akatsuki. You see?” Arashi said his eyes lighting up with passion. Naruto thought about it and it seemed to make sense.

“I get it. Dad?” Naruto looked up into his father’s eyes.

“Yes, Naruto?”

“Can I join Akatsuki?” Arashi smiled and laid his hand on Naruto’s head.

“Yes, you can. But you’re going to go though all the tests the others went through to join.”

“I don’t care. I’ll pass any test you throw at me!” Naruto said with fire in his eyes.

“Okay, then your first test is to help me with a project. Itachi is coming back tomorrow and tomorrow just happens to be Itachi’s birthday. Your mission is to plan a surprise party for him!” Arashi said with a bright wide smile. Naruto raised an eyebrow and had a confused look on his face.

“You want me to plan a party of Itachi?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll do it!” Naruto said, obviously ecstatic.


A/N; well there you go. I hoped you all liked it. Please review and tell me what you think. Please. I'll give everyone who reviews one wish and it shall be granted in the story. And before you ask, Naruto will not meet his mother for a while in the story, but I shall give her a proper intro before that.