The moon shined down upon the shimmering puddles scattered around the grounds. Everything was quiet except for a set of fast paced footsteps. A shadow passed over the reflected moonlight as a young boy ran a top of the tree branches, leaping from one to another. His blond hair looked gold in the lighting. He had been running for 4 hours total at various speeds. Whenever he misjudged the distance between the branches he would manifest his chakra into chains and grab the next branch. This kept him from touching the ground and increased his acrobatic skills.
He was small but skinny which was good for a fighting style that revolved around speed and acrobatics. This style was one that he had come up with himself. He had just graduated the ninja academy and the next day would be the team assignments. He would have to be careful as to how much of his true strength he revealed until he knew how his team would react to him.
The thoughts of his teacher and teammates ran through his mind as he thought about who he would be teamed with. He knew that with his scores in the academy, he would be placed on a team with Sasuke Uchiha and played with the idea of messing with him but decided that it would depend on their jounin sensei. He knew that it would be one out of three senseis since Gai already had students from the previous year. Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi were the 3 top teachers and would be the only 3 who might get Sasuke as a student. Asuma was lenient but you didn't want to make him mad and Kurenai would put you in a genjutsu if you wouldn't stop fighting each other.
Kakashi was the dangerous one. Naruto couldn't tell what he was like and according to what he had seen, Kakashi never passes a genin team. While it would be hard for him to fail Sasuke without being stripped of his position, there was still that possibility and it scarred Naruto. Even still, Naruto felt something about him was familiar. He had spent years trying to place it and he was close but it still escaped his grasp each time. Hopefully once he was a genin he could work more towards understanding him and the other senseis.
Naruto was too lost in his thoughts to notice the time. When he finally stopped his exercise he noticed that he had one hour to get to the academy for the team assignments. He rushed to the academy at the speed he was known for. If there was anything he didn't have to hide, it was his speed cause he was always running from the ANBU after one of his pranks. When he arrived he laid his head down and waited for Iruka to call out their teams placements. As the minutes passed he found it hard to stay awake and finally gave in when the stampede of fangirls came in with their usual routine of who will sit next to Sasuke. The idiots were annoying enough to make Naruto wish he hadn't come so he blocked out the noise and fell asleep.
He found himself in the sewer like passage he had dreamed of whenever he was knocked out by angry civilians. He knew full well what was waiting for him further in and that it wouldn't be good if it got out of the seal. He walked toward the growling as he was not afraid of facing it as long as the seal was in place. The growling grew more intense until he came into view of the iron gates, when it suddenly stopped.
Red slits locked with Naruto's blue eyes and while the tension was still there, the creature behind the gate remained silent and calculating. Naruto's gaze never left the demon's eyes as he came closer and stopped in the center of the room. " If you aren't growling at me, then what are you growling at?" Naruto asked curiously.
A rough voice answered him after a few moments of silence. " You aren't the only one who finds those pathetic banshees annoying. The world would be much more tolerable if they would just realize that the Uchiha is not all that." Even if he was a demon, Naruto was glad someone would openly agree with him.
"Sounds like I might just come to like you, Kyuubi." He laughed out loud and then continued. "It will only be a matter of time before i can put him in his place, but it is good to see that at least someone can agree with me."
"I don't care about you, brat!" Kyuubi yelled at the human. "If I get out any time soon, I'll completely wipe out this village and that Uchiha with it!" "And this is why you aren't getting out anytime soon."
Naruto shook his head, confirming that he wasn't stupid enough to believe he could protect the village if it ever got out to kill Sasuke. "Even I have found another way to vent out my frustration."
After 3 long minutes Kyuubi snickered and burst into a roaring laughter. "Yes and even I have to admit that those pranks amuse me child." When he managed to stop laughing he realized that Naruto had no clue as to what he was amused about. "Watching those fools chase you and get so worked up is amusing. My last jailer was too afraid of me to let me see the outside from her perspective."
Naruto remembered how the first time he had spoken to Kyuubi, he had told him that it wasn't the first time being sealed into a human. He explained that his jailers must have extreme amounts of chakra to keep him down and control him. He then told him it was because they wouldn't even need his power in battle. If he could learn how to fight he would be able to leave him alone and Kyuubi wouldn't have to deal with fighting people or being used like he was a puppet. Naruto decided that he wouldn't be like his previous jailers and would talk to him. He wouldn't let him influence his actions but he would try to understand the enigma before him. He spent another hour talking to him until he realized that he had never spoken to anyone the way he had spoken to Kyuubi. When talking to Kyuubi he was being himself instead of hiding behind a mask. Like Naruto, Kyuubi was greatly misunderstood and even Naruto could see that he appreciated the company.
Suddenly, Kyuubi snapped him out of his deepest thoughts and asked about his plan to deal with his new team. He stood up and simply stated "I'll think of something so try not to pry for that answer."
"Ill keep that in mind, human." Kyuubi lifted his head and continued. "You should go, your teacher will be here any minute now." Naruto smiled mischieviously which made Kyuubi laugh until he was gone. Kyuubi sighed and concentrated on the boy's senses.
He had always hated being alone but that was the price for not being a puppet. He had been alone since he was first sealed inside Mito a century ago. Kushina had left him alone except for when he tried to get out and she would only yell at him to stay out of his way. Now he was in this boy who would actually speak to him, even if he was annoying at times. Kyuubi was almost to the point of telling the god of death to thank the 4th Hokage for sealing him within his son, but he was too prideful to admit it. He would soon realize that he was just like the Uchiha.
