Naruto jumped hurriedly across the huge concrete buildings. It was raining and he was very confused and a little bit scared. He had fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End and it was one of the toughest fights he ever remembered. The two of them were struggling to get the upper hand, but half way through it something changed. Sasuke realized that he didn't have to fight to disable, he could fight to kill. All of a sudden Sasuke increased his intensity and Naruto was overwhelmed.
The last thing Naruto remembers was his Rasengan and Sasuke's Chidori clashing together and causing a blaring ball of light to consume both their forms. Before unconscious claimed him he remembered seeing the shocked look on Sasuke's face as he pushed him out of it. He sadly smiled as he remembered how he saved his brother. What kind of Hokage was he supposed to be if he couldn't save one friend?
But now he didn't know what he should do. He was in a different land, if not a different world, with no way to communicate with his home. He observed the surrounding land and realized that he was going to have to get used to this life, because for the foreseeable future, he was stuck there.
He quickened his pace towards the highest building he could see and jumped across the buildings, running up the side of them. He could recognize that these people were much more advanced than those of his home. They were able to go into moving pieces of metal on the ground, wind, and water. He was completely taken with some of the flashing lights and screeching sounds. He looked for somewhere quiet and found a dark building, with a Gothic architecture. He jumped onto the roof of it, and saw a bell tower. He was surprised to see someone beside the bell; it appeared that the man was attacking himself.
Looking closer he saw that there was some kind of black clothing on him that was tightening it's hold on him and he jumped in to help him. He started to tear off the weird fabric as the man fell unconscious. His eyes widened as the clothes started to latch onto him, and before he could react, they were already morphing to his shape. He started to back away quickly to get it off of him, but tripped out the ledge of the steeple. He started to panic as he fell and was stunned when the weird suit shot out a length of rope, which stuck onto a building. He was completely surprised when it moved his body and another webbish thing shot out of the costume to another building. Right then Naruto started to think that the thing on him was actually alive. He closed his eyes and let it control his body, and just enjoyed the moments of weightlessness when it used the momentum of the swing to go farther.
'I wonder if it has a name…'
'Venom, I am called Venom. I am a symbiote.'
Naruto jerked in shock and caused the web to miss its mark. He cried out in shock as he started to fall towards the ground. 'FOOL! Let me handle the web-slinging!' The voice seemed to emanate from his head. "What!"
'You asked what I was and I answered. I am Venom. Do not talk out-loud, you just have to think and I can hear.' Naruto looked down at the suit and thought, 'What are you? What is a symbiote?' a sigh signified the beginning to Venom's response, 'I am an alien adaptable armor, or the experimental Triple-A. The asteroid used for my testing grounds was blown apart and I landed here on earth. I was meant to adapt to my wearer's abilities and strengths, and boost his power and protect him from more mundane things. I am heat resistant, cold resistant, and am made of organic material, with a very advanced regenerating factor. If even a square centimeter of my mass survives, I can form back with all of my memories. I was made to make my host ten-times stronger.'
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he thought back to where he found the alien suit. 'Then who was that man, and why was he so scared or angry with you?'
'That imbecile did not like how I was strengthening his aggression. He did not even believe that I could have any sentience; therefore I could not communicate with him. Making him angry was my revenge for being ignored. He attempted to separate us right when I was in the stage where his body was keeping me alive.' Knowing his new host had a question, Venom answered before he got the chance, 'I was able to latch onto you because you emit almost the same radiation in your blood as Spider-Man does.'
'But who was that guy?' sensing that his new ally was shocked Naruto continued, 'Did I say something wrong? Is he very evil?'
'You are unaware of who Spider-Man is? Is it okay if I sift through your memories?' As soon as Naruto nodded his head Venom used their connection to absorb most of his memories. Noticing some surprising facts he brought them to his hosts' attention, 'You are from another planet…like me? Huh, it appears that we aren't so different… Naruto you do know that a few of your memories are blocked correct?'
'No…I was not aware that I was missing some memories. What are they?' A few seconds later Venom had destroyed the barrier. A flood of information rushed into Naruto's mind. There were hours of training, jutsus, conversations, and even some secret missions!
He remembered the Third giving in and having a man named Danzo on the council be in control of his life. He remembered passing his ROOT exam and loosing his emotions. But the last thing he remembered was being asked to see the Hokage. He showed up and standing on the inside of the door was Jiraiya of the Sannin, who slammed a seal on his head, than waking up in his apartment with a totally different personality.
As he sorted through his memories he felt a tug on his consciousness and floated into his mindscape. Feeling his new master fall limp, Venom was startled to see that he could go to the center of his mind! Only the more advanced alien species were capable of having that much control over their brains! Venom realized that his new host may be more than he appears, and hid their bodies underneath a bridge, and quickly followed his master to his mindscape.
Naruto opened his eyes to see that his mindscape had changed. It was no longer a dirty sewer, but Danzo's office. But instead of the back wall there was the Kyuubi's cage. He stepped back at the sight of the monstrous Kyuubi. Even though he has seen it before he still can't fathom the thought of constraining all of the acidic chakra.
He felt a hand on his shoulder supporting him against the Kyuubi. Turning he saw a body of pure, silky blackness with vibrantly white domino eyes. With a start Naruto realized that this was Venom.
"PATHETIC NINGEN…I SEE YOU HAVE MADE A NEW ALLY. MUST BETTER THAN THOSE YOU CALLED FRIENDS IN THE ELEMENTAL NATIONS, I MUST ADMIT…WHY DON'T YOU JUST END IT AND RELEASE THE SEAL, NO ONE WILL MISS YOU, AND NO ONE WILL-"
"That is enough Kyuubi." Naruto and Venom quickly turned to see a man sitting in the seat behind Danzo's desk. They cautiously watched as he rose, and both were surprised to see that it was an exact copy of Naruto. "W-Who are you?" The copy rested his hands on Naruto's shoulders and said, "I have no name…I am the part of your mind that was sealed away by the back-stabbing Hokage and our 'Sensei'… If you wanted to call me something just call me Kuron." Naruto stepped back in fear and hurriedly said, "So we are going to have to fight for dominance or we are going to merge, drastically changing the way I act and think with barely any physical or mental repercussions? Or will one of us cease to exist-"Naruto stopped when Kuron raised his hand and covered Naruto's mouth. "No no no no…nothing like that at all. I am just going to stay here and become the 'librarian' per say of your mind. I will organize your thoughts and memories and give you near perfect photographic memory. I can also start to put some concentration towards purifying the Kyuubi's chakra…If you want that is. In this relationship you are the elder personality, and therefore are the boss." Naruto blinked in surprise and started to slowly nod his head, "That will be acceptable." Kuron smirked and then started to walk off towards the bookcase, "Well then there is work to be done! See you later Naruto!" And with that Naruto and Venom faded out of the mindscape. After a few minutes of silence the Kyuubi spoke up, "I SEE YOU FAILED TO MENTION WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR JOB…A LITTLE CRUEL TO TRICK YOURSELF LIKE THAT. EH, GAKI?"
Kuron looked down at the book in his hands and whispered, "He does not need to know…he does not need that on his conscience…" He sat the book down, and moved on. Kyuubi eyed the book and chuckled maliciously. 'GREATEST FEARS INDEED…'
