Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else to that effect

AN: This starts the morning before Team 7 goes to Zabuza and Haku's graves, the day before they leave Wave Country. This is my first fanfic so please don't flame me! Also, I probably won't update very fast because I'm not very good at writing down what's in my head. If it's completely awful tell me and I'll start over. All you have to do is read and review. Thanks!!!!

Key:

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi thinking'

"Haku talking"

'Haku thinking'

"Zabuza talking"

'Zabuza thinking'

Chapter 1

-------in mindscape----------------------------------------------------------

"Wha? Where am I?" said Naruto. He looked around and saw that he was in what looked like a tunnel. Or, considering the water on the floor, a sewer. Then he saw some red floating stuff.

"Is that…chakra?" he asked out loud. He was curious about what it was but something told him to stay away. Curiosity getting the better of him, he walked toward it. When he did he found a sinister looking tunnel.

'It looks creepy, but I don't know where else to go.' Naruto thought. So he walked down the tunnel. As he walked the red chakra got thicker until it was like mist all around him and he could only see a few feet ahead. He could feel himself walking uphill. After a few minutes he came to a door.

It was a very ornate door with lots of different colors (most of them reds, golds, and oranges), designs (like the spiral on Naruto's jumpsuit), and a huge fox with gleaming red jewels for eyes and nine blood red tails. Naruto didn't see any of this at first; the only thing he noticed was its size. 'Whoa! It's huge!! I can't see the top of it!' he thought with his jaw almost touching the floor. 'Hey, there isn't any water here' he noticed. He looked at the door again and finally noticed what was on it. 'That's…disturbing. A nine-tailed fox, but who would put that there?' he thought nervously. He was a little freaked out but more curious than ever. He walked forward after awhile and touched the door with a hand. Immediately, the door opened just enough to let him in.

When he went in all he could see at first was the red chakra. In a few moments, however, the chakra retreated towards something he hadn't seen before. It was a cage; it was made out of a gold-colored material that was like nothing from Earth, it had bars thicker than him with tiny kanji on them, the bars were so close together that he would barely be able to squeeze through the spaces, and it a had a door that was kept shut with a piece of paper that had the kanji for seal written on it. Again, however, he didn't notice this right away, all he noticed was its size. 'OMG!!! It's even bigger than that door!!!!' Naruto thought and this time his jaw did touch the floor and his eyes bugged out for about a foot.

"Put your eyes back in your head brat! It is rude to stare!" a voice thundered. It was so loud that he was pushed against the door and he thought he his head was going to split open. When it stopped he looked up and tried very hard not to stare. There in front of him was a huge fox with nine tails. The tips of his ears, paws, and tails were black while the rest of it was red with golden fur on its belly. It was very big but not anywhere near as big as the cage.

Finally realizing what he was looking at he asked, "Kyuubi? What are you doing here? Or what am I doing here? Where is here?"

"I am here because I was sealed here. You are here because I called you here. And here is your mind" Kyuubi answered in a voice that wasn't as loud as last time but still made Naruto wince.

"Well then why did you call me here? And could you tone it down a bit more? Please?" he asked.

"I called you here to discuss your new tenants" Kyuubi replied in a much softer voice.

"Thank you. And, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEW TENANTS!!!" he yelled panicked.

"He means us," said a chillingly familiar voice on his left.

"AHHHHH!! What are you two doing here!?" he half yelled at Haku and Zabuza who he hadn't noticed earlier.

"We don't know. All we know is that after we thought we died we woke up here." Haku said in his calm, girly voice.

"Oh. Sooo, what are we gonna do?" asked Naruto.

"Well I don't think there's much we can do. We'll just have to figure this out as we go along. But, you know, it gets very boring in here. Is there any way we could fix that?" replied Kyuubi.

"If we could watch the outside world through Naruto I wouldn't be bored," said Zabuza.

"That's a great idea! We could help him, too."

"Help me with what? Training?"

"Yes, that's a good idea. And Naruto, is there any way you could get my sword?"

"We put your sword by your grave. We were planning on visiting it tonight on the way back from the bridge because we're leaving tomorrow. I guess I could say 'I don't think he would want his sword go to waste' or something like that."

"Yes, that's good. I'll teach you everything you need to know about silent killing."

"I wonder if, since I'm here, you've gained my bloodline limit."

"I'll check next time I get some time to myself."

"I wonder if we can talk to you without you actually coming here."

"Yes, we can. I've always been able to do it; I just didn't want to make a big ruckus. Naruto used to refer to me as his 'gut instinct'."

"What do you mean by 'big ruckus'?"

"How do you think your Hokage would have reacted if you told him you heard a big voice in your head giving you instructions, like when to dodge?"

"Oh."

"Naruto, in your fight with me you let Kyuubi out a little didn't you?"

"Yeah, I guess I did."

"I just gave him my chakra as well as some subconscious guiding like I usually do when he's stressed."

"Oh. I was thinking that maybe you could let us take control every once in a while because just sitting back and watching isn't quite as appealing as actively participating."

"I think that if you have Naruto's permission you might be able to. I can't, or at least not completely because of the seal. Also, Naruto needs to wake up soon.

"OK."

"Talk to you later, brat."

"Hey!"

Well that's it for Chapter 1. I was going to make it shorter but then I had a couple more ideas and it just seemed too short. I hope you like it. Please review and I'll update as fast as I reasonably can if you want me to. Bye and Thanks!!!!!