A/N: For those who have read my other story 'moments that change you' I have not stopped it, I'm just waiting to get more reviews to see where to go with the story

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (duh, are these things really necessary?)

Title: Power of the fox

Chapter 1: Discovery

It was a cool autumn day in the city of Konoha. The trees already missing most of their leaves. If you asked most of the occupants of the great city they would have said that is was the best place to live I the world. That it was a city of peace, where everyone is treated fairly. If you asked a certain person they would have said it was a place that would hate you for no reason and attack someone that is helpless to stop them. This person was currently lying in a pool of his own blood, and he was only six years old. There were people surrounding him, none of them helping. Some of them had bloodied weapons in their hands and some of them were merely there to watch, but all of them had hatred in their eyes. Naruto was wondering why they did this but he didn't ask them. Whenever he did ask them why they would always reply "because you're a demon and deserve to die". He didn't know what this meant so he just stopped asking. They had often attacked him, especially today on October 10th but it was never this bad before. The man that seemed to be leading this beating was a chuunin with short brown hair. He held a bloodied katana in his hands and was yelling something about finishing what the fourth hokage had started. Naruto wasn't really listening. He just wanted the pain to end. There were dozens of shallow cuts all over his body and several deep cuts on his torso and some on his arms and legs. There were also a large cut across his forehead and six small cuts along the whisker marks He could feel the katana press against his neck, but his vision was starting to go blurry. He could see the chuunin raise the sword to deal the killing blow and accepted what he thought was inevitable. What he didn't expect to see was the chuunin to go down with a kunai in his throat. The spray of blood added even more to the already covered alley. As Naruto wiped away some of the blood from his face he saw another figure standing over him. This one wore mostly black clothing but had a few pieces of grey body armour. The most eye catching part though was the white mask that they wore. Anbu. Naruto knew that he was going to be safe now. As the anbu picked him up he saw that she had long purple hair and that there was other anbu as well. The other anbu were gathering up all the people that had been attacking him as well as the ones that had been watching. Naruto knew he was safe and he suddenly felt very tired, and with that that thought he blacked out.

*Mindscape*

Naruto awoke to the sound of dripping water. When he opened his eyes he saw that he was in a dim corridor that had lots of pipes along the walls with ankle deep water along the entire length. When he realised that he wasn't in the hospital like where he always ended up after being attacked, he became very scared. The anbu had never betrayed him before and they had been some of the few people that he had trusted. The idea that they had thrown him down here was terrifying. As he wiped away the tears that were starting to form he noticed that all his wounds were healed. He didn't know what was going on but he didn't think it was going to be good. Suddenly he heard something, or at least he thought he did. It was so quiet that he barely heard it. He decided to head towards the sound hoping that it was a way out. After a while he noticed that as he got closer to whatever making the sound, he was sure he was getting closer he just knew, the sound didn't get any louder. No sooner had he thought this than he turned a corner into a large chamber. Inside was a large cage with a piece of paper saying 'seal'. It was dark in the cage so he couldn't see what was in the cage. As he approached he heard something that sounded like growling coming from the cage. Then suddenly a pair of blood red eyes shot open in the darkness of the cage. They stayed open just staring at him while he was frozen in fear. Whatever it was (A/N prizes if you can guess by now) kept staring until a voice that sounded like it came from everywhere at once spoke out "are you scared little one?" Naruto was actually beginning to shake in fear after this, which seemed to be all the answer the voice needed as it continued. "Do not be afraid little one, I am not going to hurt you like those foolish villagers". Naruto stopped shaking when he heard this but looked up sceptically. A villager had said something similar once and Naruto had trusted them, he very soon had a knife in the gut and was once again being beaten. The voice seemed to know what he was thinking as what it said next "I am not going to betray you like they did, as I have been here all your life. I have been here as they hurt you for something you could not control and angry at them for doing it and because I have been unable to help stop it". Naruto was comforted as he could hear the pain in the voice as it said this and spoke up for the first time in this strange conversation "who or what are you?" Naruto kind of felt bad that he was asking this question to someone who had only showed him kindness so far but he had to ask. The presence it put out just felt different somehow. "Well you know me as, I mean I am, well humans call me..." the voice didn't seem insulted by the question like he was expecting it sounded more nervous about it. He knew it was rude but he kind of just tuned out the voice for a while as it continued. After a while the voice seemed to give up before replying "maybe it would be easier to show you". This interested Naruto as it would mean that whoever it was they would have to easily recognisable. Then the darkness in the cage seemed to slowly recede until Naruto could clearly see what was in the cage. Inside was a huge beast with dark orange fur covering its body, sharp teeth and nine massive tails swinging behind it. This brought Naruto's fear right back but twice as bad. This was obviously the Kyuubi (A/N if you guessed right I'll send you a cookie), the nine tailed fox that stories were told about. They said it could crush mountains and cause tidal waves with just a swing of one if its tails. The Kyuubi looked visibly saddened by his reaction but obviously expected it and tried to calm Naruto down. "Be calm little one , I'm not going to hurt you". Naruto did seem to calm down when he heard that it was the same voice as before but still looked scared. "You're the Kyuubi, the demon who attacked Konoha six years ago, the fourth hokage killed you so what are you doing here?" "Demons such as I can't be killed by mortals, it's simply not possible. The most they can do is seal us into something." "So you were sealed into that cage?" Naruto said curiously. "No Naruto I wasn't sealed into this cage. I was sealed into you". The sentence hung in the air as Naruto thought back as all the beatings, all the insults, all the calls of 'demon' suddenly made sense. "So you're the reason that all the villagers hate me and attack me" Naruto said suddenly angry. The fox looked hurt by his words but replied "Yes it is because of me" it said sadly. Naruto felt bad for what he had said now. He saw how hurt the Kyuubi was by his words. "I'm sorry but I spent so long wondering why they did it and they're responses make sense now. But I still don't know why they do it. You're really nice and sealed into me so why do they hate me" Naruto said as he sat down and leant his back on the bars of the cage. The Kyuubi smiled as he called her 'nice' and started to glow as chakra covered her body. Naruto didn't notice this as his back was turned. Naruto was surprised when a pair of arms wrapped around his torso, he quickly whirled around to see a woman in the cage where the fox was and she was hugging him. When the woman saw his confused expression she quickly explained "this is my human form, but the fox is my natural form". Naruto still looked shocked but then calm as he accepted it, and he leaned forward and hugged the human Kyuubi back. Kyuubi was shocked that he accepted her so quickly.

When the hug ended Naruto could get a good look at the Kyuubi in her human form. The most noticeable thing was her hair. It came all the way down to her lower back and was a dark red colour. Her eyes red as well but they were a brighter red. Her outfit was similar to an anbu with black clothes but instead of grey body armour it was coloured a red like her hair but darker still. All in all she looked very beautiful. The smile on her face then disappeared when she next spoke "they attack you because they are stupid and scared. They think that because I am sealed into you then I have possessed you and that you are me" she explained while biting her lip. This is the part that could make him hate her "I attacked the city because I was placed under a very powerful genjutsu, I knew what was happening but I had no way of stopping it until I was sealed into you". "That's stupid because if I am you, then how am I talking to you and if you were under a genjutsu then it's not your fault for attacking" he said as if it explained it perfectly. Kyuubi knew that the boy and didn't hate her and was glad for it. She quickly jumped forward and hugged Naruto again."Thank you for not hating me Naruto". Naruto was shocked but quickly hugged back. When they separated this time they both kept smiling. "I would have come speak to you sooner but the seal stopped me from doing anything except heal you. I'm sorry that I couldn't help you when they attacked you, the seal must have been weakened by it somehow as it shouldn't have let me speak to you until at least a few more years". "It's fine, if it weren't for you healing me then I would have died long ago, and I'm sure you this is as soon as you could talk to me. Can I ask is Kyuubi your actual name because it sounds more like a rank or a title?" The Kyuubi was shocked as she wasn't expecting Naruto to ask her if Kyuubi was her real name. "Your right Naruto, Kyuubi is my title as the nine tailed beast. My real name is Kasune." She was glad that she could be friends with the boy and then she had an idea. "Naruto what if I trained you to be a ninja? That way none of the villagers would be able to hurt you again and you'll be able to help your friends like the anbu and the third hokage". "That would be great Kasune, when can we start" Naruto said obviously excited and Kasune couldn't help but giggle at the sight, Naruto was literally bouncing up and down at the aspect of becoming a ninja. "Naruto if we're going to do this then you can't use it on any civilians except to get away. Understand?" Naruto nodded. "Also it would probably be best if you didn't show your full potential or people might become suspicious of you. Understand? Naruto nodded. "And you must not tell anyone that I am training you or they will probably think I'm corrupting you. Understand?" Naruto once again nodded. "Ok then we'll start your training the morning after they let you out of the hospital, is that ok?" "That's fine, thanks Kasune" he then looked around before realising he had no idea how to get out "umm ... if you want to leave then just think about waking up ok?" "Thanks Kasune" he gave her one last hug before closing his eyes and concentrating. "Oh one last thing before you go Naruto" "yes?" "Thanks for calling me beautiful before. Naruto blushed at this "I never said... you didn't say it but you thought it and we're in your mind. I can tell what you're thinking" Naruto blushed harder before focusing on waking up.

*Reality*

Naruto awoke to the familiar sight of the hospital ceiling and the familiar clean smell of the hospital. He slowly sat up cringing at the dull pain that came from his stomach. Then he noticed that the hokage was sat in a chair smiling at him. "Ah good you're awake. You gave the anbu carrying you quite a fright when you lost consciousness. The doctors said that you might not make it even with they're healing, thank goodness we got you here in time." Naruto was about to say that Kasune had helped heal him as well but then he remembered he couldn't tell anyone and was going to have to play dumb. "Yeah I feel great. Good as new" he exclaimed rather loudly. "Glad to hear it Naruto, don't worry the people that attacked you have been taken care of they'll never attack you again." "Thanks gramps, so when can I get out of here. I want to go get some ramen". The hokage smirked under his hat as Naruto said this. It was just so Naruto-ish to be focusing on food when they had almost killed earlier in the day. "The doctors will let you leave tomorrow morning, now try to get some rest Naruto. "Ok see you later gramps" After the hokage left Naruto decided to take his advice and get some rest.

When Naruto got out of hospital the next day he began his training with Kasune. He trained nearly every day for six years. The training was some of the most difficult and gruelling years in his life. But he wouldn't change a thing.

How did I do? Please review to give me any pointers on how I can improve.

Naruto will not become a hanyou in this and it will not be a naru/kyuu pairing.