Ambition
Chapter one
Child of Hatred
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"So, this is the boy?"
"Yes Hokage-sama! This is the child that holds the Nine-tailed Demon Fox!"
The cripple nodded and then lifted the tiny sleeping baby in his arm, inspecting it with a suspicious eye.
"...The resemblance of Minato is uncanny."
He then dropped the baby, letting him fall down onto his pillows, which resulted in a frightened wail.
"...He will become my tool of conquest, a jinchuriki and the champion of Root. But he's too young to take the seals. And the seal on him will make the situation even more complicated..."
"What are your command, my lord?"
"Imprison him and keep him alive in the depths beneath Konoha. I'd estimate that he will need to be around nine years old before his body and mind can handle the strains of the seals. And once we've marked him, we'll begin his training. I'd guess that he'll be ready for combat within fifteen years, which gives us plenty of time to weaken the defenses of our enemies..."
"As you command, my lord!"
The Root ANBU took the crying baby away as the DanzÅ Shimura, the third Hokage, remained in the center of the room, thinking of the dreadful evening earlier today when the Nine-tailed Demon Fox attacked the village, forcing Minato to sacrifice his life in order to seal the demon inside the baby and the glorious future that would in a few years be in his grasp...
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"Are you sure he needs to be shackled? He's just a baby."
"Orders from DanzÅ-sama. The demon cannot be trusted."
"So we are gonna stand here all day, watching a baby, who's shackled in sealed iron chains, who is spending all his time shitting himself and crying?"
"That's right."
"Okay. Well, I won't reject such an easy mission."
"Same."
And thus the two Root agents fell silent, as they stared at the bawling baby who would become a weapon of mass destruction in the future.
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"Eat your food."
The young boy was silent as he turned away from the bowl that was filled to the brim with pills.
The root agent tried to coax the boy into eating two more tries before he was fed up and simply grabbed the boy's head and pushed him into the bowl.
"I won't let you up until you've eaten all of it!"
The child struggled and tried to resist but the aid of two other agents made resistance meaningless. They helped their comrade by forcing his mouth open and then shoved the pills inside his mouth and throat and then forced him to chew and swallow all of it.
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"What is your name?"
"...I don't know."
"Wrong! Today, your name is Rotten Cockroach! Tell me your name!"
"...I'm Rotten Cockroach..."
"Good. Alright Rotten Cockroach, let's begin your training. Stand!"
The boy slowly rose to his feet while the heavy chains jingled.
"Good. The daily pain resistance training begins now. Let's start with two hundred!"
And then he was flogged once more by the agents who stood behind him, leaving his screaming at each barbed impact on his tiny back.
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He felt that something was different when he opened his eyes. He had fainted after another hellish training sequence and now he stood in a dark sewer that was flooded by a dirty yellow liquid.
"Come closer..."
A rumbling voice called for him from beyond the dark and he numbly decided to follow.
Soon he stood in front of a enormous cage, kept together by an slip of paper that had an complicated symbol drawn onto it.
"Welcome my host and savior. Welcome, Naruto Uzumaki..."
"Who's that? My name is Lousy Grasshopper."
"Do not believe the worms, who seek to diminish your greatness with pathetic attempts to erase your self. Your true name is Naruto Uzumaki."
"Who are you?"
The voice chuckled and a gargatuan fox with nine waving tails stepped forth until it stood behind the bars.
"I am Kurama, the nine-tailed God Fox and rightful ruler and protector of the Realm. False demons sealed me in this seal that is drawn on you. I beg you, my savior, to release me from this prison."
"...How do I do that?"
"The seal is divine in nature, which means that only an power of equal strength can undo it. The easiest way of doing that would be the use of a supreme divine tool."
"...Where can I find this tool?"
"There are not many and the few that remain are not strong enough to undo a seal of this strength. But I recall one tool in particular that had the power we need:
The Orb of Inferna. Crafted by the Fire Goddess herself, it contains the divine essence that rivals the sun itself.
Alas, it was shattered by a cruel and wicked sorceress who called herself Kaguya ÅŒtsutsuki.
She stole the orb and used it against me and my eight kin in an coup, as she sought to rule over the world herself. In the end, me and my kin fell due to treachery and foul magic, and once she stood victorious, she mocked us gods by splitting the orb into nine shards which she sent flying into different parts of the world, to be hidden."
"So we need to find these shards to release you?"
"Exactly!"
"I'd like to help you but I can't."
"Don't worry about the maggots. I'll train and teach you, to make you strong enough to resist them."
"How will you do that?"
"We'll use this mindscape of yours to communicate. I'm made out of chakra which means I have a fundamental understanding of it. Combine that with your skills and you'll become the greatest warrior of all time. And I'll use my powers and knowledge to sharpen your mind and body. We'll show the maggot that we are superior to them and that they are the ones who are supposed to be in chains!"
And when the child, Naruto, heard that claim, he did something that he had never done before in his life:
He smiled. It was a broken smile by a child who was raised by torture, cruelty and hatred, a smile that contained no joy beside a hope to one day make his tormentors suffer hundred-folds the times that he had suffered...
Chapter one
Child of Hatred
-------------
"So, this is the boy?"
"Yes Hokage-sama! This is the child that holds the Nine-tailed Demon Fox!"
The cripple nodded and then lifted the tiny sleeping baby in his arm, inspecting it with a suspicious eye.
"...The resemblance of Minato is uncanny."
He then dropped the baby, letting him fall down onto his pillows, which resulted in a frightened wail.
"...He will become my tool of conquest, a jinchuriki and the champion of Root. But he's too young to take the seals. And the seal on him will make the situation even more complicated..."
"What are your command, my lord?"
"Imprison him and keep him alive in the depths beneath Konoha. I'd estimate that he will need to be around nine years old before his body and mind can handle the strains of the seals. And once we've marked him, we'll begin his training. I'd guess that he'll be ready for combat within fifteen years, which gives us plenty of time to weaken the defenses of our enemies..."
"As you command, my lord!"
The Root ANBU took the crying baby away as the DanzÅ Shimura, the third Hokage, remained in the center of the room, thinking of the dreadful evening earlier today when the Nine-tailed Demon Fox attacked the village, forcing Minato to sacrifice his life in order to seal the demon inside the baby and the glorious future that would in a few years be in his grasp...
---------
"Are you sure he needs to be shackled? He's just a baby."
"Orders from DanzÅ-sama. The demon cannot be trusted."
"So we are gonna stand here all day, watching a baby, who's shackled in sealed iron chains, who is spending all his time shitting himself and crying?"
"That's right."
"Okay. Well, I won't reject such an easy mission."
"Same."
And thus the two Root agents fell silent, as they stared at the bawling baby who would become a weapon of mass destruction in the future.
--------------------
"Eat your food."
The young boy was silent as he turned away from the bowl that was filled to the brim with pills.
The root agent tried to coax the boy into eating two more tries before he was fed up and simply grabbed the boy's head and pushed him into the bowl.
"I won't let you up until you've eaten all of it!"
The child struggled and tried to resist but the aid of two other agents made resistance meaningless. They helped their comrade by forcing his mouth open and then shoved the pills inside his mouth and throat and then forced him to chew and swallow all of it.
-----------------
"What is your name?"
"...I don't know."
"Wrong! Today, your name is Rotten Cockroach! Tell me your name!"
"...I'm Rotten Cockroach..."
"Good. Alright Rotten Cockroach, let's begin your training. Stand!"
The boy slowly rose to his feet while the heavy chains jingled.
"Good. The daily pain resistance training begins now. Let's start with two hundred!"
And then he was flogged once more by the agents who stood behind him, leaving his screaming at each barbed impact on his tiny back.
-----------
He felt that something was different when he opened his eyes. He had fainted after another hellish training sequence and now he stood in a dark sewer that was flooded by a dirty yellow liquid.
"Come closer..."
A rumbling voice called for him from beyond the dark and he numbly decided to follow.
Soon he stood in front of a enormous cage, kept together by an slip of paper that had an complicated symbol drawn onto it.
"Welcome my host and savior. Welcome, Naruto Uzumaki..."
"Who's that? My name is Lousy Grasshopper."
"Do not believe the worms, who seek to diminish your greatness with pathetic attempts to erase your self. Your true name is Naruto Uzumaki."
"Who are you?"
The voice chuckled and a gargatuan fox with nine waving tails stepped forth until it stood behind the bars.
"I am Kurama, the nine-tailed God Fox and rightful ruler and protector of the Realm. False demons sealed me in this seal that is drawn on you. I beg you, my savior, to release me from this prison."
"...How do I do that?"
"The seal is divine in nature, which means that only an power of equal strength can undo it. The easiest way of doing that would be the use of a supreme divine tool."
"...Where can I find this tool?"
"There are not many and the few that remain are not strong enough to undo a seal of this strength. But I recall one tool in particular that had the power we need:
The Orb of Inferna. Crafted by the Fire Goddess herself, it contains the divine essence that rivals the sun itself.
Alas, it was shattered by a cruel and wicked sorceress who called herself Kaguya ÅŒtsutsuki.
She stole the orb and used it against me and my eight kin in an coup, as she sought to rule over the world herself. In the end, me and my kin fell due to treachery and foul magic, and once she stood victorious, she mocked us gods by splitting the orb into nine shards which she sent flying into different parts of the world, to be hidden."
"So we need to find these shards to release you?"
"Exactly!"
"I'd like to help you but I can't."
"Don't worry about the maggots. I'll train and teach you, to make you strong enough to resist them."
"How will you do that?"
"We'll use this mindscape of yours to communicate. I'm made out of chakra which means I have a fundamental understanding of it. Combine that with your skills and you'll become the greatest warrior of all time. And I'll use my powers and knowledge to sharpen your mind and body. We'll show the maggot that we are superior to them and that they are the ones who are supposed to be in chains!"
And when the child, Naruto, heard that claim, he did something that he had never done before in his life:
He smiled. It was a broken smile by a child who was raised by torture, cruelty and hatred, a smile that contained no joy beside a hope to one day make his tormentors suffer hundred-folds the times that he had suffered...