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Chapter 1:
Naruto and the Kyuubi
A cold October evening, in the Konohagakure hospital, the young child Uzumaki Naruto was born. Unfortunately for this kid, that very same day, the village of Konoha was attacked by the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, better known as the Kyuubi. The clans of the village fought desperately on that day to protect their homes and children, with many losing their lives in the fight. The child was of course oblivious to this, being newborn and without many thoughts outside of emotions such as fear, wonder, curiosity and anything else you'd expect a child to have. The Konoha shinobi, on that day they did manage to successfully hold the Kyuubi no Kitsune at bay long enough for Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage to arrive at the scene and save the village proper from destruction, and this also his newborn son.
As he arrived on the scene, he already had pre-gained knowledge that was only further confirmed by the fury in which the Kyuubi ravaged the lands with. He decided on a course of action, and with that used his contract with the toads to summon Gamabunta, the (self-proclaimed) Boss Toad. "I hope you do not have plans for me to fight the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Minato. Otherwise you're incredously stupid." Yondaime stands on top of the huge beast, a grim smile on his face. "Don't worry old pal. All I need you to do is get me close. There's only one option here. I'm going to use that.
Gamabunta's eyes widen. "That? You mean... Are you sure about this? Do you have the medium here?" Minato shakes his head, a gesture the toad oddly enough notices regardless of the man standing right between it's eyes. (A/N: For those who have not seen a toad, it's eyes cannot see something standing right between them. xP) "Nope. I'll have to improvise using my Flying Thunder God Jutsu, I left one of my kunai next to my son." "Oh, so it was a son? Congratulations." Minato grimaces, before returning his focus to the enraged Kyuubi. "Thanks. Something is wrong, by the way. The Kyuubi isn't supposed to be this violent. Anyway, let's finish this."
The battle between Hokage, monster and demon lasted for nearly half an hour. Only one more life was lost after Minato arrived on the scene, that being his own, and this with intention. He used a special sealing jutsu that he had developed, along with his teleportation jutsu, to seal the Kyuubi inside his infant child. However, during the battle a great deal of the Kyuubi's chakra was released. The tailed beasts were known to have as many special monstrous powers as they got tails, and the difference between the Kyuubi and the Hachibi was the Kyuubi's near instant chakra regeneration. The clouds of chakra released would be near unseen by anyone, and with everyone being preoccupied with evacuating and rescuing the hurt/collecting the fallen, not a single soul noticed the clouds of 'dust' that seemingly at random flew about throughout Konoha. There where dozens of them, each breath of the Kyuubi had created many more.
The Kyuubi's airborne clouds of chakra, upon the sealing of it's owner, went on a silent rampage. It began searching for hosts that could eventually create the new Nine-Tailed beast, so a silent war began among the Kyuubi's chakra. Lesser clouds were defeated and absorbed by the larger ones, and at the end, the strongest ones broke off a stalemate once they reached critical mass. Afterwards, all of them eventually found suitable hosts, within small toddlers, newborn infants and in one case an unborn girl.
As soon as Naruto, Kyuubi's container, grew to be self-aware, he noticed that he was disliked by the people in the village. Wherever he went, he got ugly looks, angry stares and/or evil whispers, and he distanced himself from his peers. Instead, he found solace in training and reading. And it also was through reading he found out about the Kyuubi incident seven years ago, an event that intrigued him. The date of the attack matched the date of his birth. The whispers and dark rumors he heard about himself often refered to a "demon child" or "fox monster." He was not supposed to know, but the young child had an uncanny sharp mind and quickly drew the conclusion that he was somehow related to the Kyuubi incident.
It wasn't supposed to be known to him at such a young age. However, since he had already begun the path to figuring it out, a few weeks later he was pulled into his mindscape in a dream, and stood in front of the cage sealing the nine-tailed demon. A rather huge cage, held in place by a tiny piece of paper looking like it could tear at the slightest breath of wind. "Uhm... Hello?" Naruto called out, and he felt something gigantic approaching. It appeared on the inside of the cage, huge eyes filled with malice and a large, rather grim-looking mouth, or row of teeth if you will. "You called for me... Warden?" It taunted, and Naruto somehow knew. Knew it was unable to leave, knew it was the Kyuubi and somehow felt its anger and frustration at being robbed of it's freedom. "You are the Kyuubi no Kitsune, are you not?" He asked, full of confidence. The Kyuubi couldn't help but grin.
"Seems you're a smart one, at least. Could have been worse." The Kyuubi looks at the little kid, stays silent while thinking for a while, and then smiles. "I'm the Kyuubi no Kitsune, yes. I've been imprisoned here as punishment and as a form of rescue from the man known as Uchiha Madara, by your own father in fact." Naruto's eyes widened at this info, and at the event happening in front of him. The cage seemed to shrink as the Kyuubi continued to talk, until it appeared as no bigger than a grown-up. The Kyuubi also became smaller and smaller along with the cage, until eventually what sat inside the cage and looked at Naruto was a woman with fiery red hair and crimson eyes with pupils slitted vertically down. "I've been called the greatest among demons by some, a Queen by others, a King by yet more unknowing souls. And even so, here I am, sealed inside a seven year old boy. All thanks to that dreadful man with his eyes. Twice I've been lured by him, twice I've destroyed by his bidding."
By now, Naruto had sat down in front of the cage and listened to the woman intently. "Aren't you going to become angry or enraged or something right now? Or bored? At the very least try to run from me in fear?" she asked, andNaruto shook his head, while keeping his gaze in her general direction, afraid she might vanish into thin air if he loses her out of sight. "You're the first person to talk to me save for ol' man Hokage and Iruka-sensei, and even those are rare to speak with unless I've done something wrong."
Kyuubi tried to suppress a smile and failed, warmth filling her eyes probably for the first time in eons. "Tell you what, kid. Let's work this thing to our mutual benefit. You're lonely, right? Always seeking everyone's acknowledgement and friendship?" Naruto nodded slowly at the woman, a little curious as to where she was going with this.
"Well, I'm dreadfully bored without being able to do anything in here, so how about this. I teach you whatever you desire in order to gain their attention, and in return, you help me find a way past this little seal of mine, even if only temporarily, could you do that?"
It had been a month since that first meeting. The first thing Naruto had been taught was how to appear in his mindscape at will. Kyuubi was exceedingly patient when it came to teaching Naruto and Naruto gradually learnt better and better, becoming much smarter at a pace faster than even the little kid could comprehend. "Kyuubi-Sensei... Are you doing something to me? I feel like I'm... somehow smarter or something." Naruto looked over at her curiously, and she looked up from her self-conjured book. "Well, if you really wish to know, yes I am. I'm giving off some of my own, I guess you could call it blood, releasing it into your body. It's yokai blood, so it'll make you smarter, stronger and more emotional. Which is the reason why I'm currently teaching you self control and restraint, so you can control your greater emotions better."
Naruto nodded, satisfied with the answer. In one month, Naruto had learnt the basics of chakra and it's usage. He could walk on water, walk up trees, and other basic gennin level skills. Right now he was learning to meditate in order to focus his chakra, but he realized this was all part of a greater exercise to control his thoughts and emotions.
Author's Notes: Hey hey! So, I got my ass kicked around by my friend who says I have to publish something. So I did. I got a few more chapters of this story lying around and I'm gonna write more on it, I actually like how this one came around, now that I've gotten a chance to read it for myself. Reviews and comments are good things, but if I don't reply, it's just because I'm a clutz and forgot, my friends'll probably come around to kick me into replying sooner or later. ^.^'