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Demon or inner speaking

Talking or Narration

thinking

Naruto Guardian of the Elements'

Edited: 1/27/13 :Fixed gramatical errors.

As the night engulfed what was once day we see a small figure limp his way out of an alley holding his bleeding leg, slowly it starts to stitch itself back together with the help of the red chakara that always helped when he was injured. He limped under a street lamp and reveals his features to the world, He was a small boy about seven, with blonde hair, blue eyes, a hideous orange jumpsuit soaked in blood and a white crystal in his hand. This boy is Naruto Uzumaki, the Kyuubi container, and the bane of Konoha. He limped down the street, toward the old broken down apartment that he claimed for his own since no one wanted to fix it. He approached the faded brown building, opening his door carefully as it seems to be almost off it's hinges, he then moves his way up the creaky stairs, to his bedroom where he finds is the only place he can find comfort. Naruto opens the only good item in his apartment, a hickory hard wood box with a rusted lock, he put his hand into his pocket and pulled out an old skeleton key, inserting it into the lock he turned it, hearing the click and seeing it open, he pulls the lock off of the box and opens it to reveal a collection of gems, ranging from blue to red to brown. These were elemental crystals, not that he knew that, all he knew was that he always got a new one after each time the villagers attacked him. He placed the white crystal in the box as it approached the others it started to glow, showing its true color becoming a bright yellow , with what looked like lightning bolts traveling through it. Naruto was entranced by it for a moment before placing it in the box and locking it back up and putting it away under his old rickety worn out bed and laying down on the lumpy mattress and drifting to sleep.

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Naruto awoke to the sun shining through his window, cursing it as he got up he went to the shower to wash off the blood and to try to warm up, mush to his dismay his shower was out of hot water but the red chakara came out and heated it while he showered.

When he was done showering he threw on a dark green shirt, a pair of shin-obi pants, and a black Hakama that had white strips around the end of the sleeves and around the bottom. (AN: Now you might be wondering where he got these clothes when he was wearing that god awful orange jumpsuit the previous night, well he had them because he found them in the trash, they fit and he found a sealing scroll with them so he was able to hide them.) Naruto moved through out the apartment, cleaning, and fixing what he could.

Once he was done he headed out of the apartment, heading to the Hokage tower choosing to take the roofs and alleys instead of the street. As he walked through the alley something caught his eye from a dumpster, as he approached it, he saw it was a metal object, as he approached he saw it was a tanto with slots in the blade and handle, he picked the blade up, seeing the sheath underneath it. The sheath was black with a dark blue sash so it could be tied around his waist. Naruto was confused, 'why would someone throw away a blade this beautiful' he thought while grabbing it and putting it on. He looked back down and saw a blank white ANBU like mask, and when he tried it on he could see and breath perfectly. Deciding to keep it, he headed over to the Hokage's tower to talk to the old man

As he walked he noticed that he got less and less glares, shrugging it off he realized that he was already in front of the Hokage tower. He walked up to the receptionist she just waved him through mistaking him for a member of the ANBU black ops. As he reached the top of the stairs he opened the door and said calmly, "Jiji I was attacked again last night, and I have to tell you something."

Hiruzen just looked shock at the masked boy in front of him not even recognizing him till he spoke, the Sandaime Hokage then seemingly disappeared from the table to enclose the boy in a hug, "Naruto-Kun I was so scared when you didn't meet me for ramen yesterday like we planned, I went to the orphanage but they said you were out, and why do you have a tanto on your back?" the fabled "God of Shinobi was confused now.

"Jiji I was kicked out of the orphanage three years ago, and I just found this tanto along with the mask in the trash."Naruto said while trying to escape the death hug of the Hokage.

Once he got out of the hug the Hokage looked him over, seeing if anything was wrong with him, 'hmm, those clothes look awfully familiar'. Naruto who was perturbed by this, "Umm Jiji, are you okay?" Naruto asked finally bringing the Hokage out of his thoughts, "Naruto-Kun, where did you get these clothes? The mask? And the tanto?" The Hokage asked Naruto quickly, who looked surprised at the rapid questioning, answered them with one word, "Garbage," Naruto said, continuing on with his original thought, "Jiji they kicked me out of the orphanage." Naruto said bluntly.

Hiruzen had a shocked look on his face, "When did they do this?" "About three years ago, Jiji. They threatened my that they would kill me if I came to you, they kept the stipend you always sent me, saying it was compensation for me staying there. I have been staying at the old apartment complex at the edge of town."

"Naruto, do you mean the one that is almost collapsed in on itself? That's unsafe, why would you live there?" the wizened Hokage asked, worried about his favorite person in the village.

"Well...I have been fixing it up so it wont collapse while I'm sleeping, and you have no idea what people will throw away. I have found enough tools, supplies, and the books to give me the knowledge to fix it up, I even have plumbing." Naruto replied like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"Naruto show me your apartment," the old Hokage said sternly, shocking Naruto. Seeing the nod from naruto, Sarutobi watched as he placed the mask back on his face and walking out of the office, Hokage following close behind,

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As they reached his apartment Naruto walked in first signaling for the Hokage to follow, walking up the stairs he opened the door to his apartment and let the Hokage into the room.

The Hokage looked around shocked at how nice the room looks till his eyes catch sight of something under Naruto's bed, curiously he goes over and picks the box up, "Naruto-Kun, what is this?" He asked.

"That is the place where I keep things precious to me, mostly what I come out of the mob attacks with," Naruto said while opening the box, recognizing the shape of the crystals matching the shape in the slots of his new tanto. Curiously, pulling it out he put the blue gem into the base of the handle, as it is placed in the tanto and sheath lengthen to the length of a ninja-to and it had more slots for gems. Naruto was surprised by this, so he put the rest of the gems in, seeing that certain gems fit into certain slots, putting the gems in the correct slots he saw he was missing five gems. But he noticed the middle gem that would be placed in the tsuba was missing too, ignoring it for now he put the ninja-to away and hid the box again. The Hokage was just as shocked but for one different reason, "Was that the sword of elements? Holy shit! Why does Naruto have it? Is that why Minato left him a gem, and a letter saying something about the balance and use of elements." The wizened old man was brought out of his thoughts by Naruto poking him, "Umm old man are you okay?" Naruto asked slightly worried that one of the only people in the village that care about him was unresponsive, "Ooh I'm sorry Naruto-Kun, Just thinking about something. I need you to come to my office for a moment and bring your sword. I need to see something." Hiruzen said while shunshining to the Hokage's tower with Naruto.

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As they appeared in his office, Hiruzen walked over to the painting of the fourth Hokage, pulling it off of the wall, he opened the safe and unsealed the crystal, handing it to Naruto, and replacing everything.

Naruto put the gem into the slot in the tsuba seeing it fit perfectly, he felt a surge of power from the blade as the elements swirled around him like a tornado, and making it look like he was made of the elements, just as soon as it started it stopped and naruto passed out.

(In Naruto's mindscape)

Naruto awoke in a sewer and saw what looked to be a giant fox with nine tails behind a set of bars, curiously Naruto approached and rubbed the fox between its ears, suddenly the foxes eyes snapped open and its tails swung at Naruto, jumping out of the cage just in time to dodge the tails, Naruto exclaimed, "What is wrong with you I was just being nice." Kyuubi just looked at him, "I am the demon that nearly destroyed your village and you come in here and pet me like some animal. You were in my personal space, I had every right to attack you, but for what its worth Naruto-Kun I am sorry. You just startled me while I was watching your memories. Let me change into an easier form to talk to you with." Kyuubi said, while shrinking into the form of a sixteen year old girl with blood red hair, blood red eyes, and her figure was what could only be considered a super models, so his mind short circuited and he fainted.

As Naruto came back to the land of the living inside his mind scape he saw the beautiful girl from before, "So who are you?" Naruto asked.(AN:remember he is just a kid, he didn't understand much of what she said because he was still processing the fact that animal was talking. ) "I am the Kyuubi no kitsune, and I am sorry for making your life a living hell. But I would like to help make up for it." Kyuubi said, while frowning at how he was treated. Naruto was shocked the extremely beautiful women in front of him was was none other than the Kyuubi, the beast that attacked the leaf village when he was born.

"Um lady, are you going to hurt me like the others?" Naruto asked, fearing for the worst. Kyuubi saw the fear in his eyes and was disappointed in the villagers for what they did to the kid.

"Naruto-Kun I am not going to hurt you, in fact as I said, I am going to help you. I will help you protect everyone that you think is precious, and with that new sword of yours we will be able to protect them even easier." the Kyuubi said while hugging the blonde boy. Naruto looked at the firey demoness caringly, "Kyuubi-Chan why did you attack?" Naruto said curiously

"I'll tell you next time your here because you have to wake up," Kyuubi said, while forcing Naruto out of his mind.

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(Back In Konoha)

Naruto awoke to see the Hokage staring worriedly at him, that was when Naruto noticed that he was in his bed. "Old man do I have a story for you."