Power Hungry.

The villagers hate Naruto and in turn he hates them. He's tired of the angry glares and general abuse that he knows he doesn't deserve. So he decides to become the most powerful ninja in the world so that they will fear and respect him. So when he learns of the power he has inside him, he finally knows how to accomplish his goal.

Authors Note: So this is my first fanfiction so I hope it goes well. In this story I've already decided that Naruto will be a little smarter, and generally less loud and annoying. Because of this him and Sasuke will get along better. Sakura will also be more useful and a little less fangirly to Sasuke, and in turn Naruto will have less of a crush on Sakura. Also i won't be putting the japanese name of things in the story because i just find that annoying.

Ex: Kage Bushin is Shadow Clones,Konaha is Village Hidden in the Leaves, and Kyuubi is Nine Tailed fox/ Nine tails

Chapter 1: Meet and Greet

Naruto laid in his bed in his apartment still thinking of what happened just a few hours before,

'I have the Nine Tailed Fox sealed within me?! I still can't believe it. That explains why all the stupid villagers hate me. They think I'm a demon.' A scowl appeared on his face,

'They're all idiots, just afraid of what they don't understand. I'll show them one day, I'll become the most powerful shinobi in the world, then they'll have a reason to fear me.

With that thought Naruto closed his eyes and began to fall asleep...

'Wait a minute!' he thought, sitting upright on the side of his bed 'Maybe I could use the Nine Tails to become stronger...' He sat there for a moment with a thoughtful expression on his face.

'But how? Can I talk to it?' An idea came to him just then.

"Hey Fox!" he said out loud. "Hmmm no answer." he mused. "Maybe if I think it."

He shouted in his mind, 'Hey Fox!' For a moment there was nothing, but then Naruto felt something stir inside him. A deep growl resonated throughout the confines of his mind sending a shiver up his spine.

'Well,' he thought, 'at least I know it heard me.' He sat there still thinking about how to get it's power. Eyes closed he wondered if he could meet the Nine Tails and talk to it face to face. But after a moment he said,

"I'm beat and I need to get up early for Genin orientation. I'll just have try again tommo-." He paused after opening his eyes and seeing he was no longer in his room. He was in a long dark tunnel ankle deep in water.

'A sewer?' Naruto thought mildly surprised. Now most people would freak out after opening their eyes and finding themselves not only not where they just were a second ago, but also in a creepy sewer. Naruto however was not scared, the, 'tunnel with water in it' as he decided to call it felt eerily similar. He started walking down the tunnel, there was something drawing him in, telling him to keep walking. After a minute of walking down the barren concrete tunnel he came across a doorway on his left. He walked up to the entrance and paused feeling a familiar feeling exuding from the room beyond. It was one he knew well having been receiving it from birth and giving it since he was 8.

Hate.

But he's never felt a hate so strong. So deep that it seemed like it would swallow him and the whole world up. Naruto lost his nerve and began to back away before he stopped himself.

'I can't turn away now. I have to confront this, this... Thing! The Nine Tails. I'm gonna show it that I'm the boss here and that it owes me for all troubles its caused me. Steeling his nerve Naruto turned around and walked through the dark doorway, and found himself in front of a seemingly 100ft tall, and extremely wide steel cage. The doors had metal bars on them and were connected at the center with a paper tag on them that read

'Seal.'

Naruto gaped in awe of the sight. He stood there for a minute expecting something to happen and when nothing did he called out,

"Hello? Demon Fox? You there?" A low growl erupted from the cage and two blood red eyes appeared in the darkness.

"What?" The voice was incredibly deep and filled with malice. Naruto was taken aback by the simplistic question and didn't quite know how to respond.

"...Um... Hi."

Nine Tails merely huffed."What do you want?" Naruto stared into the red eyes that screamed for blood. He wasn't entirely sure how to answer at first, but then he remembered.

"I want your power!" Nine Tails stared into the bright blue eyes of his jailor and laughed.

"So does everyone else, Naruto Uzamaki. You are not the first to seek my power nor will you be the last." Naruto puffed out his cheeks in annoyance.

"You owe me!" he shouted at the bloodthirsty fox, "You have caused me an incredible amount of pain and suffering! People hate me because of you!" he was practically in tears now, "You have ruined my life so the LEAST you can do is give me some of your power!" The blonde continued to stare angrily into those blood red eyes slightly shaking from all the emotions rushing through him. The Nine Tailed Fox just stared right back at him a curious gleam in his eye.

"Very well." he replied.

Naruto was stunned. "Wh-What?"

"In times of need i will give you some of my power." The blonde haired blue eyed genin just stared at those red eyes dumbfounded by how easy that was. Deciding it would be better not to ask questions he just replied,

"Thank you,"

With a huff the overly large fox closed it's eyes once more. Naruto figured that the Nine Tails wasn't big on pleasantries so he didn't say goodbye and just concentrated on 'waking up' in his bed at home. When he opened up his eyes he noticed he was back in his bed, or rather his conscious was. There was light streaming in from his window. He blinked in confusion. Looking at his clock he saw it was 7, 1 hour before his alarm was going to wake him up.

'So time passed while i was in... There.' the blonde thought. 'It only felt like 5 minutes, but it's been hours.'

He laid back in bed to fall asleep but found that he wasn't even tired. In fact he was feeling rather refreshed.

'Hmmm...' he wondered 'I guess that counted as sleep.

Since he felt he didn't need to sleep any longer he turned of his alarm and began his morning routine. After finishing his bowl of instant ramen Naruto left his apartment to go meet the day.

This was my first chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. My other chapters will be longer than this I just wanted to get this out.