Okay, just to make everything clear, this story was written awhile ago and I ended up taking off this site however I've decided to repost it and many others that I've discontinued or are awaiting a rewrite.

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The night was dark, with only the stars shining in the sky above the ninja village of Konohagakure no Sato. Inside the village you could find ninja dashing from roof to roof as they searched high and low for one specific individual.

Earlier that night, a young boy who had previously failed the genin selection exams had managed to catch the Sandaime Hokage off guard and steal one of the most important scrolls in the village, the forbidden scroll of seals.

It was extremely important that the scroll was found because if used the wrong way, it could easily result in the annihilation of the entire village.

Currently sitting by a small cabin in the woods surrounding the village, we find a short blonde boy laying in front of a large scroll that was currently rolled up.

The boy was wearing a pair of green goggles that were strapped to his forehead, along with a hideous, bright orange jacket with blue shoulders, a white collar and several ties hanging from the many pockets that littered the front of it. His feet where covered with blue ninja sandals that covered most of his feet while leaving his toes exposed. His trousers where the same orange as his jacket and other than the white bandages that were used to attach a pouch that he used to holster his kunai and shuriken, were quite plain.

His face was rounded and combined with the whisker like birthmarks littering his cheeks, gave him a look that most girls considered cute, in the same way they would consider a puppy cute. His sapphire eyes could only be compared to an endless ocean, while his blond hair was as close to golden as it could get while still being considered blonde. His hair was always unruly and no matter what he tried, he simply couldn't get it to form anything except the unruly spikes that it always took naturally.

The child was known around the village as a prankster who could evade the Hokage's special forces, the ANBU black ops, for hours on end, and was also known to have emotional outbursts on a regular basis, something that doesn't bode well with the job he was aiming for.

Recently he had been feeling strange, no matter where he went, he was regularly noticing shadows out of the corner of his eye, which he dismissed as some ninja trying to spook him, however, the strange feeling he got in the pit of his stomach made him wonder if there was something wrong with him, since the feeling was similar to the one he got when he was nervous or afraid, except that it didn't go away, if anything, it just kept getting worse.

Just as he was about to get up from his short rest, a familiar presence dropped down in front of him.

"I've found you!" a young man with hair tied into a pineapple like style and a large scar along the bridge of his nose growled out as the blond gave a sheepish grin while rubbing the back of his head. The man was wearing a basic pair of navy blue shinobi pants with a kunai holster on his right leg. His body was covered by a navy blue sweater with a dark green flak jacket covered with countless pockets was covering most of the man's torso, while his feet were framed by sandals in the same style as the child's, while his forehead was protected by a metal plate with a spiralling indentation that had the basic shape of a leaf, that was tied on via a long band of clothe.

"Yeah, hehe, I only managed to learn one jutsu from the scroll, but that means I pass right?" the boy stated as the adult's stare changed from anger to confusion.

"Huh? What gave you that idea?" the scarred man asked, trying to figure out what was happening.

"Mizuki-sensei of course, he told me that if I managed to sneak into the Hokage's tower, steal a test scroll labelled 'forbidden', brought it here and managed to learn one of the jutsu in the scroll, I could become a genin, isn't that right Iruka-sensei?" the young blonde asked hoping that he hadn't screwed up and misunderstood the instructions given to him by his other mentor.

The man now identified as Iruka quickly realised what was happening and when his ears picked up the sound of displaced air, he flung the boy to the side before several standard kunai imbedded themselves in the man's flesh, effectively knocking him into the small wooden cabin that the clearing surrounded.

"Good work Naruto, now hand the scroll over," a man with shoulder length white hair, wearing the same attire as Iruka except for the bandana that covered the top of his head, said as he crouched on a tree branch at the edge of the clearing.

"NO NARUTO! DON'T GIVE HIM THE SCROLL!" the pineapple haired teacher shouted at the blond, causing the confused child to look up.

"What? What's going on?" Naruto asked with fear evident in his voice.

"Naruto, that scroll isn't some test, it contains several forbidden techniques inside it, Mizuki used you to get it! Now run!" the Chūnin level ninja shouted and with that the blond started to run, only to freeze at the next thing he heard.

"Naruto, do you know why everyone hates you?" the traitor questioned with a cold voice and sick smile, causing the boy to face the manipulative teacher.

"NO MIZUKI, DON'T IT'S FORBIDDEN!" Iruka shouted with wide eyes as his former friend ignored him and continued his speech.

"You see, twelve years ago a new law was made, it stated that the truth behind the Kyūbi's defeat could not be told to anyone, especially you. You see, the Yondaime couldn't kill the Kyūbi, in order to prevent the destruction of Konoha, he was forced to sacrifice his life to stop it, by summoning the Shinigami, so he could seal it… into the form of a human, YOU! Do you understand now? You ARE the Kyūbi no kitsune, the demon that killed Iruka's parents and countless other innocents twelve years ago, you should just give up and die," the deranged Chūnin shouted over Iruka's cries of protest, as the young blond fell to his knees in shock and horror.

"No, that can't be true, I-I'm not a demon, I'm me, Uzumaki Naruto, why? why? WHY AM I CONDEMNED TO THIS HELL!" Naruto thought with unbridled amounts of anger as his vision slowly faded to a consuming darkness, with the last thing he saw being the traitorous Chūnin who was rapidly spinning a giant shuriken in his right hand.

When Naruto opened his eyes, he was surprised to see the sterile tiles of the hospitals ceiling. Quickly going over the events that had played out before he lost consciousness, he figured that Iruka had managed to save him and beat Mizuki, or that someone else had intervened.

After going over what he had heard Mizuki tell him, he couldn't help but let a tear fall as he remembered the reason the traitor gave for the hate he received. However, if that was true then why did the Hokage keep him alive? Did the old man actually think of him as nothing more than a weapon? Was he only kept alive so that he could be used in times of war?

After attempting (and failing) to collect his thoughts, he started to look around, and immediately noticed his favourite teacher laying on a bed next to his own. The scarred man was currently covered head to toes in bandages that were stained with dried blood, leaving only his hair, eyes and nose (with his trademark scar) visible.

It was then that he realised that someone other than Iruka had saved him, but he didn't have a clue about what happened to Mizuki.

After a couple of minutes, Naruto was finally capable of thinking clearly enough to realise that he had a horrible coppery taste in his mouth, one that he recognised from the many times he had tasted his own, it was blood.

"So, Mizuki-teme hit me, I guess I should be grateful I'm still alive, but whas that bastard was telling the truth? And why did I pass out? I'm sure I wasn't that tired, so why?" after giving up figuring out why he had blacked out, he scanned the rest of the room and noticed an old man in a chair on the other side of his bed to the hospitalised Chūnin.

Wearing his signature white and red robes, with the large hat of the same colouration as his robes with the kanji for fire on it, the man was definitely the Hokage. Right now he was snoring lightly, meaning he was asleep.

Naruto gave the old man a gentle push and the transformation was instant. Gone was the peacefully sleeping geriatric leader, and in his place was a battle hardened veteran assuming defensive stance to respond to any attack that might come his way. After taking a couple of seconds to assess the situation, the old man relaxed and flopped down in the chair before turning to the young boy in the hospital bed.

"It's good to see you awake Naruto-kun, are you feeling alright?" the aged Kage asked kindly.

"Oji-san, Mizuki-sensei, he told me that I was the Kyūbi sealed into human form, is it true? Am I really a demon?" Naruto asked with tears threatening to fall from his azure orbs.

"(sigh) No Naruto-kun, you are not the Kyūbi, you were born before the Kyūbi was sealed, you are just the prison that keeps the beast at bay, if anyone tells you otherwise, they are blind fools," the old man stated with sadness lacing his voice.

"But I guess most people don't see that huh?"

"Unfortunately you're right, most of the villagers can't see past their hate for the Kyūbi and decide to take their hate out on the closest thing to the Kyūbi there is, and unfortunately, you are the closest thing to the beast," the Sandaime stated before taking a deep breath and asking what he was dreading, "Naruto-kun, what do you remember of last night?"

"Well let's see, I failed the graduation exam because of that stupid bunshin, then Mizuki-sensei told me about a makeup exam, which was to steal a scroll labelled forbidden and learn a jutsu from it, he told me it was a fake scroll made for the test so I didn't question it, then after learning a jutsu from it, Iruka-sensei found me, then Mizuki-sensei showed up and told me about Kyūbi, then, I don't know why but I just passed out, I'm sorry," the young blond informed the aged leader.

"Don't worry Naruto, you know my crystal ball?"

"You mean the one that you use to peek on the women's hot springs?" Naruto asked causing the old man to splutter.

"Dammit Naruto! Don't go saying that in public! Most people don't even know I have that ball, if they were to find out about that, we could have a riot on our hands!" the old man explained sharply.

"But that is what you were talking about right?"

"Yes it is Naruto-kun, anyway, I was watching the entire event through that ball and I was just wanting to know how much you remembered," the old man informed the blond.

"So, I take it your ANBU saved Iruka-sensei from Mizuki," Naruto stated.

"No, they saved Iruka, but not from Mizuki," the old man informed the blond, earning a confused look in return.

"Huh? If they didn't save Iruka-sensei from Mizuki, then who did they save him from?"

"Naruto-kun, the person my ANBU saved Iruka from… was you."

"What! That's impossible! I passed out! How could I have hurt Iruka-sensei?!"

"I'm not sure exactly what happened, but after Mizuki told you about the Kyūbi, you… changed, and I mean you physically changed."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?"

"I don't know how to describe this Naruto-kun, but you transformed into what I can only describe as a hybrid of man and wolf, I've already taken a look at the seal that holds the Kyūbi and nothing is out of place, meaning one of two things, either the Kyūbi has managed to find a way around the seal, or your transformation had nothing to do with the Kyūbi in the first place," the Sandaime explained to a fearful boy.

"W-what happened to Mizuki-teme?"

"He's dead, after you changed, the first thing you did was go on a rampage, and Mizuki was the first to enter your line of sight, you eviscerated him," the old man stated while holding his head down.

"Uh, Oji-san, what does eviscerate mean?" the young blond asked causing the old man to slap his forehead.

"It means you torn him apart, literally, I expect you can probably still taste it," the hokage explained causing Naruto to turn deathly pale, before grabbing a conveniently placed bucket and throwing up in it.

After several minutes of heaving, the blond finally found his voice again.

"Oji-san, what's going to happen now?"

"I don't know my boy, but for now, you are not allowed to leave the hospital until we are certain that we won't have a repeat performance of last night. I'm sorry to say this Naruto-kun, but I have to get back to my duties, after all, the village doesn't run itself," the aged Hokage said with a hollow laugh.

"I understand, but before you go, is Iruka-sensei going to be alright?"

"Iruka received several serious injuries, however, none of them were fatal or put him in risk of dying, if anything, I think that your subconscious held you back from causing too much harm to Iruka, especially considering the difference in the injuries he sustained and the ones you inflicted on the traitor, now I really must get going Naruto-kun, just rest, we can't do anything until we find out what caused your transformation. I'll see you tomorrow," and with that said the man known as the god of Shinobi left the room, leaving the young blond to his thoughts.

Later that night, after going to sleep, Naruto found himself opening his eyes to a large sewer. The walls were cracked and falling down in places, while three pipes on the ceiling gave off a strange glow. One of the pipes was nearly black, but when he looked closer, realised it was in fact, a VERY dark shade of blue, next to it was the exact opposite, it looked white, but if looking close enough, it was clear that it was actually a VERY light blue. The last of the pipes was completely different, instead of being a shade of blue, it was dark, but still clearly crimson.

"Stupid hospital, throwing me in a fuckin sewer when I'm supposed to be detained, how the hell am I going to explain this to Oji-san?" Naruto thought as he started to walk along the dark corridor, his feet never feeling the strange red water that went up to the middle of his shin.

The further down the corridor he went, the more unnerved he became. He had an ominous feeling about what he was going to find down the tunnel, and he didn't like it one bit. However he didn't have any other way to go, since he had woken up at a dead end, and there only seemed to be this one tunnel, with no exits whatsoever.

After what seemed like hours of walking, he finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Getting his hopes up at managing to leave this Kami forsaken tunnel, he started sprinting with renewed vigour, quickly entering the end of the tunnel where he was temporarily blinded.

After regaining his vision, he paled at what he saw, a giant gate, easily towering above the Hokage monument, with only a single, A5 sheet of paper with the Kanji for Seal written on it.

Quickly figuring out where he was, he wasn't surprised to see a pair of malevolent, slitted red eyes appear in the darkness, quickly followed by a large set of pearly white teeth.

"Kyūbi," the blond said quietly as he stared into the eyes of the beast that had caused him so much suffering. However the fear he had for it was quickly replaced by confusion when it spoke to him.

"Hello little Uratha."