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Sun was shining brightly through the curtains of Konoha hospital. Seven year old Uzumaki Naruto winced in his sleep when the sharp and bright rays of sunshine fell on his face. He opened his eyes to find himself looking at the clean white ceiling of a room that surley wasn't his.

"Where am I?" He asked while rubbing his eyes.

"You are in Konoha hospital, Naruto."

Naruto looked at the person by his bed. "Ojiisan? What happened? Why am I here?"

"You don't remember?"

"I remember hearing an explosion and there was lots of fire and smoke."

Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked at Naruto. There was a lot of sadness in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Naruto. Somebody threw a kunai with explosive tag through your window. We got you out just in time before your apartment collapsed." Sandaime said with a sad voice.

"WHAT? Where am I supposed to live now?"

"Don't worry Naruto." Sandaime said with a slight smile. "I've already got you a new apartment. It's slightly bigger than your last one and it's closer to the academy."

"Really? Than- wait. How did you get it so fast?"

"You were in a coma for the past 3 days. You inhaled lot of smoke."

"Oh. Thanks Ojiisan. I really appreciate everything you did for me." Naruto said with an appreciative smile.

"Don't need to thank me, Naruto." He smiled and turned around to leave. "Well Naruto I have to go now. I'll come later to take you to your new home."

"Hey Ojiisan can I…can I ask you something?"

Sandaime turned around to see Naruto with a really sad expression on his face. "Sure Naruto. Ask me anything." He said with a smile.

"Why…why are people so mean to me? Why do they hate me? I didn't do anything to them." Sandaime frowned. "They keep me monster and demon fox. Why Ojiisan? I'm not a monster." Naruto said while tears started to form in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Naruto. I'm afraid I can't tell you that." Sandaime said and turned around to leave.

"Please, I have to know." Naruto said quietly, tears running down his cheeks. "Please."

Sandaime stood quietly by the door. Listening to Naruto cry just broke his heart. He slowly turned around and walked to the bed. He sat down on the chair and looked him in the eyes.

"Alright Naruto, I'll tell you." He let out a sigh and began. "Now tell me Naruto, what do you know about the Kyuubi?"

Naruto wiped his tears and scratched his chin. "I know that Kyuubi is a fox with nine tails and that he attacked the village seven years ago. Also he was killed by the Yondaime Hokage."

"Naruto, Yondaime didn't kill the Kyuubi." Sandaime said seriously.

"He didn't? But Iruka-sensei said he did." Naruto said confused.

"Yondaime didn't kill Kyuubi. He sealed him in a newborn baby. What I wanted was that the new generation thinks Kyuubi was killed so that they don't hate that child. Yonaime wanted that the child, in which he sealed the Kyuubi, is seen as a hero in Konoha."

"Who is that child?" Naruto asked afraid of the answer.

"The child in which the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi is you, Naruto"

Naruto looked at the Sandaime, tears streaming down his face, thinking about the people who would beat him and curse him. Now he finally knew why. Kyuubi, the nine tailed fox. Most powerful demon that ever walked the earth was inside of him. He looked at his stomach and cried even stronger. Why would Yondaime do this to him? Why would he give such burden to a newborn baby?

Naruto felt two arms wrapping around his shoulders. He leand on Sandaime and just cried. Sandaime didn't say anything. He knew how hard life was for Naruto.

Naruto calmed down after a while and Sandaime sat back on his chair.

"I'm sorry Naruto. When Kyuubi attacked we lost a lot of men. Kyuubi was indestructible. Yondaime had to act fast and the only solution was sealing." Sandaime said.

"I understand." Naruto said weakly. "At least now I know why the people hate me. Thanks Ojiisan."

Sandaime put his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Come on. Let me show you your new apartment.

Naruto gave him a weak smile and got off the bed. Sandaime gave him some new clothes since his old ones were destroyed in the fire. As they walked toward his new apartment, Naruto saw the people of Konoha bowing to the Hokage, but as soon he turned his head to the other side they would glare at Naruto. He lowered his head and followed the Sandaime.

After thirty minutes they reached their destination. Naruto looked at the building. It was tall and wide. As they reached his apartment on the top floor, Sandaime opened the door. The apartment was somewhat small. It had a bedroom which led to the kitchen and the bathroom. It was quite nice and in Naruto's opinion better than his old one.

"What do you think Naruto?" Asked the Sandaime.

"It's great. Thanks Ojiisan." Naruto smiled. He was still shaken up by the discovery but he tried not to show it.

"I'm glad to hear that Naruto." He smiled. "Well I have to go now but I'll be sure to treat you ramen whenever I can."

He waved to Naruto and left the apartment. Naruto stood there thinking about everything he found out today.

He was the container of the Kyuubi. Even thinking about it made him shudder. He stood there for few minutes before going to the kitchen. He checked the fridge and found some instant ramen. He grinned and put the water on the stove.

After he finished eating he sat on the bed and looked at the clock on the dresser. It was eleven in the morning. He had a whole day for ahead. Going to the academy now would be a waste of time since he missed half of the lectures.

He decided to take a little walk to the little enclosed part of the meadow near the river. He found that place while running away from a dog that suddenly found himself released as Naruto walked by him.

It was a peaceful meadow. Naruto would come here every time he was sad and he would instantly feel better. He sat under a shade of a tree and thought about the Kyuubi and the Yondaime. He understood that the Yondaime had to do it but he didn't know why was he chosen to be the Kyuubi container.

He closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

He opened his eyes and found himself in a flooded, dark hallway. The walls were dirty and pipes ran along the ceiling. He walked forward and heard some growls. He walked forward and found himself in front of huge set of bars. There was something sleeping on the other side. Something big.

He walked toward the cage as the beast turned around. It was huge. It had orange fur, big sharp teeth and terrifying red eyes with slits. Its voice was deep, hoarse and it sent shivers down the blonds spine.

"Who are you kid?" Kyuubi asked angry.

"I-I'm Uzumaki Naruto sir." The blond answered. He was hoping his legs won't betray him.

"So you are my vessel." He smirked.

"Y-yes sir." Naruto answered.

"Are you scared?"

Naruto didn't answer.

"Don't be kid. I won't hurt you." He said with a smirk. "After all, if you die so do I."

Naruto looked up. "Everyone hate me because of you. They think that I attacked the village seven years ago."

"I'm sorry about that kid." He said with a slight remorse in his eyes. "Although you can't blame me for what that blond bastard did."

"The Yondaime?"

"Yeah, that's the one"

Naruto looked down. "I don't blame you."

Kyubbi smirked.

"But can you please tell me why did you attack the village?" Naruto asked.

"It wasn't my choice of action I can tell you that." He said. "Every day I wonder how did I find myself in front of your village."

"So it's not your fault?"

"Well I did kill all those people. Can't say that I wanted to. There was a stronger force controlling me."

"I understand." Naruto smiled. "I don't blame you."

"I'm sorry kid. For everything."

Naruto just smiled.

"You know, I could train you if you want." Kyuubi said somewhat hesitantly.

"Really? How?"

"I can teach you how to control my chakra. It will make you much stronger and faster. Also I can teach you some of my demon jutsus. With my help you will be the most powerful shinobi ever."

"Thank you Kyuubi-sama. I would like you to train me." Naruto said while flashing his foxy grin for the first time in a while.

"I like you kid. Now get out of my head so we can start training." Kyuubi asked with a smirk.

"Will I still hear you?"

"Don't worry kid, you will."

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself under the tree at his secret place. He felt happy. Really happy. It was a rare feeling for him.

"I found myself a friend." He thought.

"I guess you did kid" Kyuubi smiled.

"You can read my mind?" Naruto asked amazed.

"Well I am sealed within you."

"Cool. Now let's train."

"Do you know how to channel chakra through your body?"

"We learned about it at the academy. I just put my hands like this and concentrate." He formed a ram seal and blue aura surrounded him.

"You have good amount of chakra kid. But I'm gonna make it even better."

"What do you mean?"

"Sit down, this will take a while." He waited until Naruto sat back under the tree. "I'm going to accelerate the growth of your chakra coils. With that you will have easier time channeling chakra. Also you will have access to a good amount of my chakra."

Naruto nodded and leaned against the tree.

"Now sit still. This will probably take more than few hours."

As he said that, Naruto closed his eyes. He was truly happy that the Kyuubi will train him. After few hours he fell asleep.

After few more hours have passed Naruto woke up. He saw the sun setting on the horizon. He stared at the setting sun until a familiar voice snapped him.

"How do you feel kit?"

"Very good actually. I feel stronger." Naruto said with a grin.

"Good, now try channeling your chakra."

Naruto formed a ram seal and concentrated. He felt strong aura surrounding him. It was stronger than before. This time it was a darker shade of blue.

"Wow Kyuubi I feel awesome." Naruto yelled in his mind.

"You're welcome kid." He smirked. "Now go home and get some sleep. Tomorrow we will start our training."

Naruto ran through the streets toward his apartment. Grin never left his face.

He reached his apartment just as the first stars found their way in the sky. He got in his pajamas and got in his bed. As his eyelids got heavier, he sighed.

"Good night Kyuubi." He smirked.

"Good night kid."

Naruto woke up next morning earlier than usual. First he tried talking to the Kyuubi again, but there was no answer. Guess he was still sleeping. He got out of his bed and cleaned himself in the bathroom. He ate some instant ramen and went outside, towards the academy.

He didn't like the academy. He didn't have any friends there. The only way he could get attention from anyone was by pulling pranks. He was a master when it came to pranks. However they weren't enough for him to get some friends.

He was sitting alone in the back of the class. He would mostly sleep during class. He would only raise his head when he'd hear a voice.

A girls voice.

He was half asleep during the lecture when he heard it. That sweet, soft voice of his longtime crush.

"Iruka-sensei what are chakra affinities?" Seven year old Haruno Sakura asked.

That got him up. He instantly raised his head to look at the long, pink hair of the one he was fond of. Whenever he'd heard her talk in the class, he would instantly pay attention. Even if it was a boring question like this one.

"That is a good question Sakura."Umino Iruka smiled toward the girl. "Basically, it is what type of chakra suits you most. Jutsus of that type of chakra will be much easier to learn then some others. There are five elemental chakra types: fire, wind, lightning, ground and water."

"How do we know which chakra type we have?"

Everyone turned around to look at Naruto. It was a rare occasion when he would ask a question. And this was the first time he asked a serious question. Iruka stared at him for a minute before answering.

"Well you just have to pump some chakra into a chakra paper." As he said that he pulled a small piece of paper. "Why don't you come down so we can see what chakra type are you." Iruka said with a smile.

He looked at the blond haired boy running down the to him with a wide grin on his face. He didn't really like the boy. After all, the Kyuubi killed his parents. But something what Sandaime said made him think.

Flashback

"Iruka, I am going to put Naruto in your class." Sandaime said calmly to Iruka.

"But why Hokage-sama? He is the reason I lost my parents." Iruka said angrily.

"Kyuubi is the reason you lost your parents. Naruto is the reason our village is safe."

"I don't understand." Iruka said in confusion.

"When the Kyuubi was sealed in Naruto, it was the end of his rampage. With the sealing complete, Naruto didn't become Kyuubi. He is only a container, a vessel. Kyuubi is bound to him. He cannot leave Naruto's body. And if Naruto dies, so will the Kyuubi."

Iruka watched the old man with a look of insecurity and fear. He quickly recovered from his confusion and looked at the floor in shame.

"So all this years, people attacked the one who saved them?"

"You could say that. It was the Yondaime who actually saved us. Naruto is just a container that keeps the Kyuubi on the leash."

Iruka didn't say anything.

"Iruka, I'm not asking much. Just treat him like any other student." Sandaime looked at the sun slowly fading. "He carries a burden which we can never understand. He didn't ask for it but he still got it. At least we can help him out as a thank you for his sacrifice." As he said that, he turned around and left stunned Iruka on top of the Hokage tower.

End of Flashback

Naruto stood in front of Iruka while flashing his foxy grin.

"Here, Naruto. Hold it like this and pump some chakra into it." Iruka said as he handed the paper to Naruto.

Naruto grabbed the paper with his thumb and index finger and held it at his eye level. Everyone looked at the paper with the look of anticipation in their eyes. For few seconds nothing happened.

Suddenly the paper split in half and everybody gasped in amazement. Naruto looked at Iruka with a questioning look.

"What does this mean, Iruka-sensei?" He asked stunned.

"It means you have wind type nature." Naruto grinned widely. Iruka smiled at the happy boy and turned to the rest of the class. "For your homework find out what type of hakra you have."

"Why can't we do it now?" Asked a kid with a dog on his head.

"Because that was my last chakra paper. I'm sure your parents have few papers in their stash."

"Why did you waste your last paper on the dead last over here?" The boy asked angrily.

"Don't call him that, Kiba." Iruka frowned. "You are not much better than him."

Naruto looked at Iruka with eyes wide open. Did he just hear Iruka defending him? Iruka looked at the stunned boy and smiled.

"Naruto you have wind type chakra which will make wind style jutsus easier to learn. Of course, you will still be able to learn other type jutsus but it will take more effort." Naruto nodded. "Now everybody class is dismissed. Go out and have fun for the rest of the day."

Everyone happily got up and ran toward the exit. Naruto got out of the academy and walked toward the secret meadow.

"So you have wind type chakra kid?"

"Kyuubi? Where were you today?"

"Asleep. Now answer my question kid."

"Yes I do." Naruto grinned.

"That is a good type. I know some wind jutsus I can teach you."

"Thanks Kyuubi." Naruto smiled.

Naruto arrived at the meadow. It was around noon and sun was shining brightly.

"Ok kid now you will run five laps around Konoha, you will do fifty push-ups, sit-ups and then I will teach you how to meditate."

"Come on Kyuubi that's too much." Naruto yelled in his mind.

"Listen kid. You are weak." Naruto pouted. "With this training, you will get the necessary strenght to fight and the meditation will help you with chakra control. Now start running and don't call me until you're finished." Kyuubi roared and Naruto ran.

It took him six hours to finish the training. After the final sit-up, Naruto collapsed under the tree. It was around six in the afternoon.

"Good work kid. Now sit in lotus position. It is the most suited position for meditation."

Naruto complied crossing his legs. He put his hands together and closed his eyes.

"Now just relax kid. Feel the nature around you." Kyuubi said calmly.

Naruto took a deep breath and relaxed. He sat there for almost two hours. He was completely unaware that he was being watched.

Behind a tree, roughly ten meters from him, pink haired Haruno Sakura watched the strange boy.

"What is he doing? Why is he just sitting there?" She asked herself. "Well it's getting late. I should go home now."

She turned around and quietly ran out of the forest.

Naruto opened his eyes and looked up at the bright starry sky. It was already past eight.

"How are you feeling kid?"

"Tired." Naruto answered.

"Go home and rest. We will continue our training tomorrow."

Naruto got up and slowly walked in the direction of his apartment. He got inside and locked the doors. He fell asleep the second his face touched the pillow.

Naruto got up early in the morning. He got dressed and ran outside. The streets were deserted and the sun was barely above the horizon. He ran five laps around the village and did his push-up, sit-up exercise. He finished just in time to wash himself and change his sweaty clothes.

He entered the classroom few minutes after the bell rang. He was prepared for the worst but Iruka just smiled and told him to sit down.

Today they learned about kenjutsu. Naruto found out that a katana, made out of the right metal and in combination with his wind chakra, can cut through anything.

Class was finished and everybody ran out of the academy.

Naruto decided to stop by at Ichiraku Ramen for lunch. He sat down and placed his order. He ate slower than usual.

"Hello Naruto. How are you?"

Naruto turned around and saw Sandaime Hokage standing right outside the stand.

"Ojiisan." Naruto grinned. "I'm good."

"I'm glad to hear that naruto." Sandaime sat next to Naruto and placed his order. "So what have you been doing in this past few days?"

"Training." Naruto said before finishing his bolw.

"Oh really?" Sandaime asked. "What kind of training?"

"It's a secret." Naruto grinned.

"Ha ha fine then." Sarutobi smiled. "If I can help you in any way just ask."

"Well..." Naruto started. "I do actually need something."

"And what would that be?"

"Can you get me a katana made out of metal that will absorb my wind chakra?" Naruto asked with his eyes filled with hope.

Sandaime sat in silence, processing what the kid asked from him.

"Why do you want it?"

"So I can learn kenjutsu and be a great swordsman shinobi one day." Naruto said proudly.

Sarutobi looked at him for a second before smiling.

"Alright Naruto. I'll see what i can do."

Naruto's grin widened. "Really? Thanks Ojiisan." He hugged the old man and walked out of the stand. "I'm going training now Ojiisan. See you later."

"Bye Naruto."

Naruto ran toward his meadow and happily sat under the tree. He closed his eyes and found himself in front of the Kyuubi.

"Hey Kyuubi." He grinned.

"Hey kid. You seem happy."

"Ojiisan said he will get me a katana." He said.

"That's cool kid. Now get out. We have training to do."

Naruto opened his eyes and stood up.

"Ok kid, today I'm gonna teach you tree walking."

"I can climb trees."

"Without using your hands." Kyuubi smirked.

"What? That's impossible."

"No it's not. Just concentrate your chakra on your feet and walk on the tree. It should be much easier for you since I accelerated your chakra coil growth and by learning meditation, you can easily feel the chakra around you which makes it easier for you to concentrate it under your feet."

"Cool. Ok let's begin." He started concentrating his chakra.

"Oh and you should probably run for the first few tries." Kyuubi added.

"Ok." Naruto said and ran.

On his first try he got to about half of the tree height. He did couple more tries and on his third try he ran all the way to the top. He ran down and started walking along the tree. In an hour he completely mastered tree walking.

"Good work kid. You did great."

"Thanks." Naruto said proudly.

"Now I'm gonna teach you water walking."

"How do you do that?"

"It's basically the same as tree walking only you have to constantly release certain amount of chakra."

"Ok let's do it." He said and walked toward the water.

After two hours and dozens of tries, Naruto was finally able to walk on water. He got back on the shore and sat under the tree.

"Wow kid you really amaze me. Some people take days to learn this and you learned in one afternoon." Kyuubi said with slight pride in his voice.

"Thanks Kyuubi." Naruto grinned.

"Now get some sleep and later I will teach you a wind jutsu."

"Really? That's great thanks."

Naruto closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep. After thirty minutes Naruto woke up.

"Ok kid ready for your first jutsu?"

"Sure am." He grinned.

"It is called Fuuton: Shinkuugyoku. You will make rat, rabbit and dog seal. Then inhale, concentrate chakra in your lungs and exhale."

Naruto made couple of seals, inhaled and exhaled. Few transparent orbs of air flew through the air.

"Good job kid. Little more and you will master it."

Naruto traind for two more hours and he almost mastered the jutsu. He was dead tired after all that training and he decided to call it a day.

He was lying on the bed and he thought about everything he accomplished today. He felt proud. He fell asleep shortly after.

For the next week, Naruto mastered Fuuton: Shinkuugyoku and he started training in taijutsu. Since neither him or Kyuubi knew much taijutsu, he watched some older students who were having sparing matches to get some information.

Two weeks after his lunch with the Sandaime, a man appeared in front of naruto. The man was wearing black clothes, grey chest armor and white mask with cat face on it. Naruto watched in awe as the Konoha ANBU member stood in front of him.

"Are you Uzumaki Naruto?" The man asked.

"Y-yes I am."

"Follow me. The Hokage wants to see you."

"Ojiisan? What for?"

"He didn't say. Now follow me please." ANBU said and walked in the direction of the Hokage tower.

They walked for twenty minutes before appearing in front of the Hokage tower. They walked up some stairs and found themselves in front of wooden doors. ANBU knocked on the door and let Naruto in before he disappeared.

Naruto looked at the rising smoke before turning around to face the Hokage. Then he noticed a man hiding in the shadows of the office.

"Ah Naruto. How are you?" Sarutobi smiled.

"I'm good Ojiisan. I've been training a lot for the past few weeks. I've become really strong now." Naruto said with a wide grin.

"I'm glad to hear that Naruto." He smiled again. "Now, I've called you here regarding the tool you requested two weeks ago."

It took Naruto a minute to remember, but when he did he looked at the Hokage with eyes filled with hope. Sarutobi smiled at the boy and stood up.

"I hope you will use this katana to protect this village and everybody important to you."

Naruto's eyes widened and when he saw the sheathed sword in his hand, he flew across the room and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you so much. I promise I will protect this village with my life. I won't fail you I swear." Naruto said as he let few tears of joy fall down his cheeks.

"I know, Naruto. I have faith in you." Sarutobi smiled again before stepping back. "Now I'm sure you are wondering who this man here is."

Naruto looked at the man who just emerged from the shadows. The man was dressed in a standard jounin outfit. Apart from that, he looked really ill. He was pale and he had dark markings under his eyes. Every now and then, he would cough.

"Naruto, I'd like you to meet Gekkou Hayate. He will be your kenjutsu teacher." Naruto looked at the man who nodded.

"As of today, I'm going to teach you everything I know. Hokage-sama requested this personally and I will do it with pleasure. I hope you will work hard and that you won't give up." Hayate said wwhile coughing.

"I promise Hayate-sensei. I will work hard and I won't give up." Naruto said with appreciation.

Hayate smiled. "I'm glad to hear that. "Tomorrow after school, I expect to find you at training ground 7."

"I'll be there sensei." Naruto grinned and Hayate disappeared.

"Well Naruto, why don't you look at your new sword."

Naruto took the sword from Sarutobi and looked at it.

Sheath was black with some red linings on it. The handle was also black with dark red tape wrapped around it. The guard was rectangular and black and it had Konoha symbol carved on one side. He pulled the sword out of the sheath. The blade was polished to perfection. It was long, curved and extremely sharp. On the bottom of the blade kanji for love was carved in.

"Ai?" Asked Naruto as he looked at Sarutobi.

"This katana will represent your love for this village." He smiled.

"Thank you Ojiisan. I will make you proud." Naruto said and bowed.

"One more thing before you go." Sarutobi said as he sat down. He pulled a scroll our of his cloak and spread it on the desk. It had some weird markings drawn on. "I will teach you how to seal your katana in this scroll since it would be to inconvenient to carry it around."

Naruto placed the sword on the desk by the scroll. Sarutobi made some seals and the sword disappeared in puff of smoke.

"When you need to use the sword, apply some of your blood on the scroll and the sword will appear."

Naruto took the scroll before putting it in his pocket.

"Thank you Ojiisan. I'm gonna train really hard." Naruto grinned as he ran out of the office.

Sarutobi smiled. "This kid is going to be one great shinobi one day."


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