A/N: Alright so this is my first story and i'm not all that good at the whole story thing so this story might not be very good.
"speach"
'thought'
'personal thought'
"demon/demonic speach"
'demon thought'
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 1
Everything was wet. he could feel the water moving around him slowly. Opening his eyes all he could see was darkness. Slowly light seemed to fill into his vision, stone like walls around him, pipes running along the ceiling. Slowly sitting up the young boy looked around to try and figure out where he was. Last he remembered he was on his way back to the orphanage to, hopefully, get away from the villagers before the sun set. He could remember the drunk villagers yelling at him as he tried to run only to end up cornered in an alley, then came the pain. Oh how he disliked the pain, the beatings, the stabbing, feeling blood trickle and gush, bones breaking and muscles tearing as the drunk villagers would beat him.
Standing on surprisingly steady legs the young boy looked to his left, then to his right. He seemed to be standing in a sewer or underground tunnle of some sort. Deciding that standing still would get him nowhere the young boy set off walking to try and find an exit to the strange place he was in. As the boy walked, the soft sound of water dripping ringing gently in his ears, the young boy began to feel an odd sence of warmth oozing down the tunnle. Cautiously continuing on the young boy followed the sence of warmth through the corridor until he came to an archway in the tunnle. The warmth was strongest on the other side of this archway so the young boy stepped through into the room it lead to. A soft gasp left his lips as he took in the size of the room he was in, the walls were the same stone as the tunnle, stretching as far as he could see in the little light there was, he could not even see the ceiling. Stepping further into the room the boy came upon bars, thich as he was wide and stretching as far ah he could see. The bars formed a giant gate, in the middle he could see a simple piece of paper stuck to the gate, black ink scrawled elegently upon it but the boy could not read what it said for he could not read. looking through the bars on the edge of the darkness the young boy could see vibrant crimson, dancing like grass in the wind. Unsure of what this beautiful crimson was the boy moved past the bars and towards it, feeling the sence of warmth radiating from whatever it was.
Upon reaching the vibrant crimson mass the young boy reached out and touched it, his young mind not thinking that something so warm and inviting could be anything but pleasent. Delicate fingers danced through crimson red and he boy giggled softly at the silky feeling against his finger tips. Hand pressed gently into the wonderful crimson the boy began to walk along the great wall that it made, crimson suddenly became obsidian and then ended. Staring past the edge of the wall the young boy came face to face with a muzzle. Horribly confused for a moment the boy simply staired at the great maw of the being before him. Tilting his head to the side ever so slightly the small boy tried to think of what he was looking at before his eyes widened with delight in recognition.
"FOX!" the little boy said in an exuberant voice. it was the biggest fox he had ever seen in his short life. it had many tails if flowing crimson, tipped with obsidian, its great maw resting upon its front paws and two ears lazily twitching about as the great beast slept. Walking up to the great muzzle of the beast the little boy began to pet the soft fur of the fox before him.
While the little boy was petting the great fox before him he did not notice it open its eyes. The fox looked down at what could possibly be disturbing it in this damndable place. Sun kissed golden hair and dirty rags hanging upon a smal boy, it was greatly surprised to see its container standing infront of it, petting its muzzle. Rising up the great beast looked down on the startled little boy, slit orbs of blood red stairing into vibrent blue.
"Wow, you... you big, you really big" muttered the little boy, the great fox could not help but laugh at the little boy.
"Hahahaha. Yes, yes i am." came the great foxs reply. Lowering its head down towards the little boy the grand beasts lips parted into a devious smile, razer sharp teeth on display. "Do you not fear me little one?"
The little boy was confused, why would he be afraid of something so warm, so soft? "No, you soft and warm, me like you." the boy said with a smile. The smile faded and a nervousness could be seen in the young boys eyes. "Um, Mr. Fox? Wo-would you..." stammered the little boy.
"What was that little one?"
"Wo-would you be... my friend?" replied the little boy, fidgeting nervously infront of the great fox, hoping beyond hope the fox would say yes. The fox gazed at the young boy for several moments before it gave him a brief nod and a foxy smile. Light danced within the little boys blue eyes, tears of joy running down his cheeks as he crashed into the great foxs paw, hugging it with all his being, crying thank yous into its fur. Eventually the soft sounds of sobbing died down and the little boys breathing evened out into slow, steady breaths. Wrapping one of its tails in closer the great fox cradled the young boy into its fur so as to let him sleep better.
"Rest for now kit, we shall talk once more when you wake."
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It was morning, the birds were chirping, People were beginning to open their various shops, and one little boy covered in dirt, dried blood and the tattered remains of the clothing he was wearing was waking up at the end of the alley he had been in the night before. Surprised he wasn't in any pain considering the beating he had taken last night the young boy got up and looked around to see if he was in any danger.
Seeing he was in no immediate danger Naruto began to make his way back to the orphanage he presently called home. As he walked his mind began to think of what was waiting for him upon his return to the orphanage. ' Mean lady going to yell at me again. Mean lady going to hurt me again, why she always hurt me? What i do wrong? I no be bad like others, I only try to play with them, be their friend! Me no like them.' Naruto was broken from his thoughts by the very voice he did not want to hear.
"Child, where have you been? you know you are not to stay out all night, something could have happened to you. as punishment you will not be getting food today and you will be staying in your room until i let you out." With that the Matron of the orphanage grabed little Naruto by the arm and dragged him to his room and tossed him in, locking the door behind her.
His room was plain, four walls with peeling paint and molding wood, a small bed in the corner furthest from the door, its matress lumpy and stained. one wall had a window for light as the lightbulb in the room had died some time ago and the matron would not change it. it was not a nice place to stay but it was still better than sleeping in an alley, most of the time.
with a sigh little Naruto sat down on his bed, bored and hungry, thinking of the night before and of the fox who said it would be his friend. a small smile crept onto his face at the thought of his friend but how would he find the fox again? it was not in the forest like the other foxs he liked to try and follow around, it was in that big room. 'Hmm, where me find Mr. Fox again, me miss him already.' Suddenly a light laughter could be heard throughout the room, Naruto was instently on edge. "Who-Who there?" whispered a scared Naruto.
"Hehehe, it is only me kit, no need to be afraid."
"Mr. Fox? Where you Mr. Fox, I no see you." said Naruto.
"I am where i was the first time we met kit, I am inside of you-" "INSIDE ME?" came Narutos panicked voice. How could a giant fox possibly be inside of him?
"KEEP IT DOWN IN THERE CHILD, YOU ARE DISTURBING THE OTHER CHILDREN, ONE MORE WORD AND YOU WILL NOT BE EATING ALL WEEK." came the voice of the matron, interrupting Narutos panicked mind.
"Easy little kit, I will tell you more later, for now if you wish to sprak to me you need only to think what you want to tell me and I will hear it. No need to anger the banshee out there and cause you any more trouble than she already seems to."
Tentatively Naruto closed his eyes, a look of focus on his face. ' You hear me like this Mr. Fox?' "Yes kit, Very good." and with that Naruto began to converse with his new, and first, friend.