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'Hello' – Normal speech
'Hello' – Thought's
'Hello' – Demon/ Inner persona speech
'Hello' – Demon/ Inner persona Thought's
'Hello' – Flash back/ Mindscape
Prologue
Konoha, the village Hidden in the Leaves; one of the strongest of the five Shinobi villages. It has been home for 12 long years to a young boy. To others, twelve years may not be a long time, however, only a few people have shouldered the burden that he had to shoulder throughout his life. He, Uzumaki Naruto, was chosen to carry the Kyuubi that attacked the village twelve years prior.
For years, the only question that he wanted answered was "Why am I hated so much?" Unfortunately for him, he found out in a rather cruel way. An instructor that betrayed him and intended to kill him told him. After that, all he wanted was to be apart of the village and form bonds with his new team. Alas, people don't always get what they want or deserve.
The only people that could be considered friends or family are very few in number. The first was one of his instructors. Iruka-sensei was the closest thing to a father that he had. He gave advice and he treated Naruto like he was somebody. He was even willing to sacrifice his life to save Naruto's. That's the sort of thing a loving father would do.
Naruto's mother figure was a woman in her fifties who didn't look a day over twenty-four. "Tsunade-obaa-chan" cared for Naruto deeply. When they first met, he wanted to punch her lights out for disrespecting the old man's sacrifice by saying the position of Hokage was shit. They fought but she was clearly his better. She seemed as though she could care less about what happened to anyone. However, Jiraiya told him when they got to the village how she had protected him from Orochimaru. He told Naruto that she had taken a sword to the chest. He also informed him that she told Orochimaru that he was going to be Hokage someday. She believed in him enough to protect him from harm. That is something that a mother would do.
Now with bonds such as those, you would think the others he had around him would be the rest of the family he never had. Team seven never lived up to those expectations.
His sensei Kakashi ignored Naruto, only to train his rival and the girl Naruto liked. Whenever he would ask for help, Kakashi would tell him that his chakra control was terrible. He didn't even help him on the worst day of his life.
Sakura was no different. It was always Sasuke this and Sasuke that. Even when I he saved her from Gaara, she had assumed it was Sasuke. He told her that it was Naruto, but did he get a thank you? Nope, he got nothing. The event that showed that he would never have her was when he dragged Tsunade to heal Sasuke. He saw her at his bedside, to him it looked like she hadn't left since Sasuke was placed there. When Tsunade healed him and he woke up, she hugged him as if he was the most precious thing ever. It pained him to see that Sasuke had beaten him again; this time he did it without even trying.
Sasuke was mystery. Here was a guy that was loved by the entire village. The "Last of the Uchiha" was begged to let people be his friend, yet he chose to be alone. He was even dissatisfied with being personally taught by the legendary copy cat nin Kakashi. He would be the spark to the worst day in Naruto's life.
Sasuke's greed for power led him to leave the village and go to Orochimaru. Naruto was placed on the team that was to retrieve him. After Naruto finally caught up with him, Sasuke was obsessed with obtaining the power Orochimaru offered. Naruto was caught by surprise when Sasuke attacked him. The battle that followed would be Naruto's undoing. Sasuke shoved a Chidori into his chest, while Naruto hit Sasuke with his Rasengan causing a great deal of damage to both.
While in the hospital Naruto was visited by Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Iruka, but never by the person he thought he would.
Flashback
Walking down the street towards his apartment, Naruto saw Sakura talking to Ino on the corner of the street. He walked to them. "Hey Sakura-chan!" All he received was a cold look from the girl. "What? What did I do Sakura-chan?"
"You know what you did." Looking at his surprised face she continued. "You nearly killed Sasuke-kun! I bet you tried to kill him to get him out of the way. With him out of the picture you thought you could go out with me. Well I have news for you, I don't like you, and I think you're annoying. In fact I wish it was you who tried to leave instead of Sasuke-kun. I don't want you to ever talk to me again."
Naruto's face showed pain and betrayal. "I thought that I did the right thing by bringing him back. Why is she so angry with me? Sure, Sasuke is a little beaten up, but he'll make a full recovery."
Ino seeing the pain on Naruto's face spoke up, "Sakura, that's too harsh, even for Naruto." Sakura gave the blond a look then stormed off. Ino then turned to Naruto, "She's just having a hard time dealing with Sasuke's injuries. She didn't mean any of that."
Without ever looking at Ino, Naruto spoke, "Don't defend her, it's simple, I thought she was my friend, I guess she wasn't." He turned and continued toward his apartment. Only to be stopped by two ANBU shinobi. "The council has summoned you" They then escorted Naruto to the council.
End Flashback
He was then blamed for all that transpired. They claimed that Naruto attempted to murder Sasuke; they even went so far as to say that Naruto was the very reason Sasuke tried to leave.
After all the accusations, Naruto was then hurt the most by what happened next.
Flashback
Tsunade spoke, "Naruto, it has been decided by the council and approved by myself that as of today you are banished indefinitely."
The words echoed in Naruto's mind. Tears began to form when he realized that this was real. He looked up to see Jiraiya furious and arguing in his defense. "At least one of my precious people is standing up for me." Jiraiya was then silenced by the quiet words that came from behind him. "How long do I have to leave?"
Koharu and the rest of the council smiled, "You have two days to pack and leave, if you fail to do so you forfeit your life."
End Flashback
It was on that same day that he decided to leave and disappear. When the thought crossed his mind, a familiar voice resounded through his head.
"Naruto, if you wish to disappear then allow me to aid you."
"Why would you help me? And more importantly, why should I even trust you?"
"Unfortunately, I am unable to ever escape or hold my consciousness together outside of you. With that said, I will die when you do, so I can't have you dieing. So I am willing to teach you all I know in order to survive, and of course be the best."
"Why am I not surprised by the last part? Either way, I can't really be on my own out there. If I let you out of the seal, you won't be able to escape and take control?"
"I could, but it would lead to my death and surrender all of my power to you. And personally I don't like the idea of you having that much power."
Thinking this over carefully, "Alright, I'll let you out, but our pact will be unbreakable, our spirits will be intertwined for the rest of our lives."
With that the birth of the one known as the "Golden Fox" occurred. A blinding light encased Naruto, after the light vanished, Naruto was nowhere to be seen.
The next day Jiraiya was looking for Naruto, only to find that all of his stuff was in his apartment. After hours of searching, he realized that Naruto had already left the village.
Forty Miles Outside of Konoha
"Well, I guess we should start with the training eh damn fox?"
"It's not "Damn Fox" it's Kyuubi-sensei! And yes, the training starts here."
If Naruto had been inside his mindscape he would have seen a demonic smile, it was now free to fully reside in its vessel's body.
End Flashback