AN: Hello all you people! This is the revised version of the story, Sentence Served. I hope you enjoy it and review (again). I hit a snag in the plot, noticing a few holes and things I didn't like so I've decided to revamp a bit. I've changed a few things here and there and have written a few new chapters. The first few are pretty much the same though. You have to really read it again to see them.
Summary: After an attack from the villagers, seven year old Naruto has been thrown into a coma. Locked into his own mindscape, young Naruto discovers the truths overlooked concerning Kyuubi and his seal. With this new wildcard, Naruto begins to train rigorously to exact revenge on a certain snake.
"BLAH" Kyuubi speaking'BLAH' Kyuubi Thinking
"BLAH" People Speaking
'BLAH' People Thinking
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Uzumaki Naruto was in pain. He knew it and he could see it. You see, our beloved Naruto-kun was currently in a very strange situation, seeing as he was currently floating in the air, looking down in a hospital bed at a prone copy of himself. Yes people, Uzumaki Naruto was having an out of body experience.
He knew this. Uzumaki was a bright child, not Nara clan bright mind you, but bright nonetheless. Had his teachers ever given him a chance, his logical thinking would have shocked many a person. What the seven year old could not understand, however, was why would the people of his village hate him so much as to put him in this position.
Fortunately or unfortunately, however you decide to view it, Uzumaki Naruto would very soon realize the answer to that question.
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Naruto stared at his body in the bed below him, observing as the nurse come in and check on him before leaving once more. He saw the Hokage enter previously and tried every method of getting his attention, yelling, screaming, he even tried to hit the elder man only to have his fist go strait through the man's head. He had then come to the educated conclusion that he was royally screwed.
Glancing at the clock on the wall next to him he deducted that he had been floating for about a good two hours now. He resumed counting the holes in the ceiling tiles when the bane of his existence made itself known to him for the very first time.
"Human! Come before me!"
Had this been a normal situation, our Naruto would have jumped in fright, had he known how to get down that is, but alas, this was no normal situation. Naruto searched left and right for the source of the voice that seemingly came out of nowhere. In the blink of an eye he found himself in a peculiar place which seemingly needed to find a new plumber due to the water collecting on the ground.
After a seemingly few minutes of wandering in the dark hallways of the plumbing challenged building as he concluded it to be, Naruto found himself in front of a extremely large gate, staring at a ominous pair of yellow eyes.
Though his senses were screaming run away you moron, Naruto found his childlike curiosity once again found the best of him.
"Ah…who are you?" Naruto cocked his head to the side, his eyes furrowed in confusion, "How is it you can see me?"
"My name is Kyuubi, the lord of the Kitsune."
"Sorry," Naruto shook his head, "Don't know you."
Even the great lord Kyuubi had the decency to sweat drop at the boy's ignorance. How the boy didn't know astounded the demon fox.
"How about the Nine Tails demon fox that destroyed Konoha seven years ago?" the great demon growled.
Now, this unfortunate piece of information Naruto knew about all to well. After all, considering having people blaming the destruction on you for all your life, the memory stuck like glue.
Suddenly everything seemed to click in the young blonde's mind. He was born the day the Kyuubi was vanquished, all the villagers called him a demon, and it was because of the creature in front of him.
"It's you isn't it?" Naruto whispered, more to himself than anyone. "You're the reason everyone hates me…why all the villagers call me a demon. You're…the mark on my stomach…it's…" Naruto looked up at the yellow eyes and glared at them defiantly. "Why the hell are you still alive?" Naruto pointed an offending finger in the demon's direction.
The demon lord was quite taken aback. (This in itself was quite a feat seeing as no one usually lives long enough to shock the demon lord…they're usually eaten with in a few seconds.) Though, this boy before him was staring in anger rather than fear at his giant form. A feeling resembling…humbleness came over the demon lord as he stared back into Naruto's defiant blue eyes. He felt dwarfed by the boy's stare and it unnerved him.
"It is regrettably true that I am the source of your suffering, though unintentional. As to why I am alive is simply this, I cannot die as I am immortal. The actions taken that led us into this position are regrettable, true, but what's done is done I am afraid." The fox spoke, his voice laced with sympathy and regret. Naruto simply stared at the massive fox, the light now bright enough that he could see more than just his eyes.
"What do you want fox?" Naruto bit out, and edge to his voice as he glared at the fox in front of him.
"Besides to exact revenge on the Snake that caused all this? I want nothing more than to stop the suffering that I have foolishly caused you. I also ask of you one favor that I trust only to you."
"Why do you want to help me?"
"You boy, have earned my respect…one of very few that have done so." The demon fox lowered it's massive head closer to the ground and closer to the boy. "In exchange for helping me with this one favor, I will train you in my power so you may become a strong shinobi."
"What do you mean your power fox?" Naruto was confused, a perfectly acceptable emotion in the current circumstances.
"That marking on your stomach isn't there just for show, kit. It is slowly absorbing my power and mixing my chakra with yours. If you manage to live long enough, you would gain all my demonic chakra, though my spirit would remain here."
"What exactly is this favor of yours Fox?" Naruto's simple question was answered with a red glow surrounding the Kyuubi.
The glowing mass shrunk and contracted, leaving a man in the demon's place. He looked to be no older than nineteen or twenty, his yellow slitted eyes the same. His hair was a dark black, falling in his eyes and slightly spiked with red tips. He was well built and his clothes were simple yet gave him a mysterious aura, black pants, a red sleeveless shirt and black boots.
"I need your help because you are the only one who can help me. This is your mind after all. Come, I will show you." The humanoid Kyuubi walked deeper into the shadows of the giant cage.
Naruto stared for a moment before throwing caution to the wind, following the demon lord and squeezing through the iron bars of the cage.
They walked in silence for about five to ten minutes, Naruto couldn't tell. They came before a large free standing doorframe, made out of what seemed to be marble, the door itself a dark metal.
"Hey Kyuubi, what's this door for?" Naruto marveled at the giant door that stood silently in the darkness.
"I have an idea, but I hope I'm wrong and right at the same time." Kyuubi pointed out Kanji carved into the door in a circle around a center Kanji. "look at these kanji, kit." He pointed to each, naming what it stood for. "Seal…Prison…Isolation…Pain…Sacrifice…Death…" He laid his hand on the large center kanji, "Soul…" he muttered to himself.
"Can't you open the door?" Naruto looked at the demon.
"Kit, I've tried everything that I could think of for the past four years and have had no success. Only you can open it. You are lord here for this is your mindscape."
"Well, then I'll just have to open this damn thing, won't I?" Naruto exclaimed as he stepped closer, pushing up his nonexistent sleeves comically (he was wearing a hospital gown).
This would have been fine and dandy if our young Naruto knew how that is, seeing as there was no doorknob.
"What the hell?" Naruto felt around but failed short in finding the offending object of his search. "There's no doorknob!" He began to push against the door, throwing his weight against it with his shoulder, finding that too was ineffective. His frustration climbing he continued to heave and shove with all his might. "Arg! This is MY mind damn it and I ORDER you to open!"
At his command the door disappeared and he fell through to the other side, officially meeting the floor for the first time. He slowly picked himself off the ground, deeming introductions with said floor unnecessary, and stared at the sight before him.
"It seems that my suspicions were correct." Kyuubi said as he followed the blonde haired gaki through the door, not bothering to introduce himself to the floor as they met along time ago. "It's him…"
Preview of the Next chapter:
Naruto sat himself on one of the logs surrounding the fire. "So, how long do you think I'll be out for?"
"It'll be a while I know for sure. Those stupid villagers did quite a number on you this time and even with my help in healing, you will still be out at least a week or two." Kyuubi raised his hand and materialized a large mirror.
In the mirrors reflection, Naruto could see a perfect view of his body laying in the hospital bed. Kyuubi pointed out the clock on the wall to the blonde.
"It's barely been five minutes on the outside since I brought you here. Time flows differently here in the mindscape." He hung the mirror on one of the many trees and sighed.