It all started really when I was in a certain dimension. It was one containing a dimension that was home to a place called Konoha
Now, at first glance, it was an unremarkable place. Quaint, friendly, the works. But then I discovered ninjas. In so many dimensions, ninjas were simply people trained in stealth and hired to assassinate people. However, in Konoha, it was not that at all. Their whole dimension was based on ninjas, shinobi as they called them. With different levels (genin, chunin, jounin, etc.) and shinobi rules, ninja squads, and so much more, I fell in love with the complex system upon which this dimension seemed to thrive on, and decided to spend some time studying the ways of it.
Now, each dimensions has a different history, and I sensed a very interesting and complex one arising in Konoha (We Khial have remarkable intuition- a sixth sense, I presume you call it?), so I decided to spend a few years in that dimension to see how it played out.
I arrived on a day when Konoha was being rampaged by a demon, Interested, I looked on as their leader, the hokage, Uzumaki Yondaime, sealed the beast into his son. A small hapless newborn. I was quite disappointed though, that all that energy of a beast had been sealed into a baby. You see, I knew the nine-tails. Oh yes I did. And the one-tail and two-tails and the three-tails and every one of those something-tailed forms called demons. How?
Well, often times, there is excess energy running across the foundations of a dimension, some more than others. That energy has different ways of releasing itself, and apparently in Konoha, that energy formed into demons. We Khial can interact with anything that isnt anchored into a dimension, and demons were one of those beings. They werent fully anchored in a dimension, and so I used to pass time in the company of those demons. However, once their energy built up to an intolerable point, they burst that energy into Konoha, and went insane with their own power. The people, however, found a way of sealing them into people. Clever
So, thats how I knew all the demons. And since the nine-tails was one of the most vicious, cunning, powerful demons there was, I was not surprised when Yondaime had to pay his life to successfully and completely seal it.
My heart went out to this infant; Naruto, and I spent the next few years monitoring his growth, and observing him. Stalker? No thank you! More like guardian angel except I wasnt an angel. I was more like a guardian yeah, lets say that. You see, guardian angels were in short supply because of the rapid population growth in other dimensions.
But you see, I just wanted to protect Naruto. Not from the dangers of Konoha. Whatever threats were imposed on him in his dimension, I could not help him with, for, as I said, I am but a flicker. We Khial are not meant to live in a dimension as others do unless we anchor ourselves (Which is a disgrace!). We are somewhat like ghosts others cannot see us, and nothing is substantial (Unless we shift the dimension matter- more on that later!). However, unlike ghosts, we were never alive. We never were and never will be alive nor dead- we are simply balanced on the barrier that separates the two.
Anyways, I was saying that I wanted to protect Naruto. From what? From the demon sealed within him; the nine-tails. I wanted to make sure it didnt devour him. I wanted to, if the demon surfaced, use what was in my power to steady it. For though I could not shield Naruto from the evils of his dimension, I could protect him from the evil not from his world- and the demon, which wasnt from his world, was something I could protect him from.
And as for how Naruto grew up? He was rejected and shunned, and I longed to reach out and hug him, like a mother would her child, like a sister would her brother, for it wasnt his fault that his fate had been written out for him the way it was. He had been tossed mercilessly into the cruel game of Destiny and Fate. However, I couldnt reach out. I couldnt hug him. Heck, he couldnt even see or hear me, let alone know that I existed! I was just a silent nothing, by his side- but simply the knowledge that I was protecting him from powers beyond his control, taming the nine-tails and enforcing the seal made me happy. He neednt know that I existed. As long as he was safe. I felt like he was a brother to me, and I wanted to do whatever was in my power to protect him.
At the point in which he entered the ninja academy, I began to widen my view, and realized many different forces were stirring across Konoha. I didnt bother to track them, and kept my watch on Naruto. Soon, he graduated the ninja academy and became a genin, and was appointed to a team of two genin other than him, and a sensei.
Now, remember that a little while ago I said that I was telling you a story? Well, this point, when Hatake Kakashi enters Narutos life as his sensei, is where my story truly, and fully begins.
More important news in result- and a picture of the person we all love... Neji!
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Alright, so I played around with the titles a LOT, and finally decided that the first two
Due to this change, Neji will be consequently 'entering' in Chapter 5. Again, thanks for reading!
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