Konoha’s
Guardians
…
and yet, every five hundred years it tries to escape again.
However,
this time was different. Chimera had waited, stored its power. Nearly 1200
years after its last attempt, its keys snuck into the human plane at the time
of my arrival. For like all clan leaders, I could not cross into the human
plane until my chosen partner was born. At the exact moment of my partner’s
birth, your birth, the keys slipped through. Immediately I detected their
appearance and gave chase.
For
several days I hunted them, ignoring the tug that was my link to you, knowing
that taking my full physical form so soon was bad for both of us, yet I could
not let the keys go unchecked. I caught several, destroying them. Then the
last approached Konoha and I realized your peril.
I
feared the key would destroy you before we could fully bond. With this threat
to your safety I entered into a state of fury. That was when the Leaf Shinobi
counter attacked. I knew they were only trying to protect their village, but
my fury only grew as they kept me from reaching you. Easily the key slipped
past them undetected and I was helpless to stop it with the entirety of Hidden
Leaf’s forces blocking my path.
Then
he arrived; the Yondaime Hokage, the Fourth. I was sealed within you, and
the key escaped— and yet, I relaxed. At least you were safe, now an orphan
with what everyone else feared was a demon sealed inside your navel, but you
were safe from Chimera’s key and we were together.
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human and animal spirit –
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boy and kitsune –
- Naruto and Kyuubi -