(AN) Hiya everyone, this is my first solo fanfic, and based on how things go in school, I'll be updating monthly or biweekly. I'm sorry that the chapters are a lil' on the short side, but I hope you like it.

"I like pie." Speech

"I like pie more." Kyuubi Speech

'I like pie the most bitches.' Thought

'I wonder what human meat pie tastes like...' Kyuubi Thought

Chapter 1: Renewed Visions

On the street:

It had been about five weeks since Sasuke's attempt at defecting. The village was getting back to normal. Life went on for most people, but there were some people who were still feeling uneasy. Most of them were nin who had heard what Sasuke had tried to do, and were upset that the counsel welcomed him back with open arms. Naruto wasn't in with those nin, but he too had started to feel uneasy. He had been feeling strange for a week or two now. He was also getting the strangest urges. He was thinking to himself about an incident he had a few days back…

flashback

Kiba and Akamaru were talking to each other as Naruto walked by.

"Akamaru, let's say you and I try to beat Naruto again today!" said Kiba. Akamaru just grinned as Naruto turned around getting ready to fight.

"Come on you two, I can beat both of you down no problem." He stated giving his trade mark grin. Akamaru started to bark at Kiba, but what normally sounded like a bark or yelp to Naruto, sounded like words. He listened as Akamaru told Kiba his plan. Naruto just grinned and said

"Are you gonna stand there planning all day or are you gonna fight?" Kiba was the first to go on the offensive with Akamaru right behind him. Naruto just stood there and thought to himself

'Well, if I heard Akamaru right, I just stand here take the dog down and wait for Kiba to try and come from behind me.' It worked perfectly, Naruto stood still Kiba jumped behind him he knocked away Akamaru then spun and punched Kiba.

"How did you know what we were going to do dammit?" The minute Naruto heard Akamaru say this he knew it wasn't a trick.

He just said back to the dog, "Maybe you shouldn't plan your strategies in front of the people your going up against you dumb mutt." Kiba stood there speechless.

"Naruto, since when can you understand Akamaru?"

Naruto just turned to Kiba scratching the back of his head and said "Since about five minutes ago."

end flashback

While thinking about all of that he realized exactly what he had been doing the entire time, sniffing everything he saw. He quickly stopped and saw all the stares he was getting, but he just walked along.

As he walked along Sakura and Ino had seen him and noticed he looked really depressed.

The girls looked at him walking until Sakura chimed out.

"Hey Ino."

"Yeah?"

"Is it just me or does Naruto look…"

"Like he got the shit beat out of him?"

"That's one way of putting it."

"Well, I'm just being blunt. He looks just like he did the day after he brought Sasuke back…"

"Really? I hadn't seen him that day."

"What?? You mean to tell me that you didn't bother to go see your own team mate in the hospital after he was seriously injured?"

"No, I didn't. Tsunade-sensei told me that he was sleeping."

"Really… I went in to see Chouji, but they said no one could visit him. He was way to beat up I guess. So, instead I went to visit Neji, but he was also to beat up, so I killed to birds with one stone and went to see Naruto and Kiba."

"I stayed in Sasuke's room all day that day. I was helping Tsunade patch his wounds up. You wouldn't believe how much damage there was. Both legs, both arms, sternum, and three ribs were broken, and he had a fever that just wouldn't go down."

"I wonder how that happened… But anyways billboard-brow, when I went into see the two of them Naruto was just staring into the ceiling, and Kiba was out cold. I went over to Naruto, but he just looked at me with cold, unfeeling, emotionless eyes. It felt like someone who had died on the inside was looking at me. After a couple of seconds though he warmed up and said 'Hi.' I don't think I've ever felt so, so…"

"Pitiful?"

"Who's telling the damn story here billboard-brow? But yeah, I guess you could say pitiful."

Sakura just looked away. Ino turned to her and asked kindly "Sakura, what's the matter?"

"It's my fault. I never thanked him for keeping his promise," she said subtly.

"Sakura, it's okay. It's all going to be ok." And with that the young Kunoichi just fell into Ino's lap distraught.

"I, I don't know how to make it up to him!"

"Well, if you want an idea…"

"Ino! Tell me please!"

"Ok, ok… We both know that his birthday is coming up, trouble is we don't know when… But I bet if we ask everyone they'll join in on this with us. We can ask Iruka-sensei when Naruto's birthday is!"

"That's a great idea! Thank you so much Ino!

At the hospital:

Sasuke had just come out of his coma, only to be staring at a rather pissed-off Tsunade. "Now brat, you'll be spilling everything that happened at the Valley of the End… or else." A shiver ran down Sasuke's spine as he began to tell the Hokage exactly what had transpired there.

Back on the street:

Naruto had just reached Ichiraku's Ramen stand when he suddenly started to feel sharp pains all over his body. He tried to calm himself down but he couldn't and instead ran home. As he got to his house, the pain subsided for a brief moment only to come back stronger finally making the boy pass out on the couch.

As he floated into nothingness, he noticed a voice laughing.

"The pain too much for you kit? I thought you'd last at least another two minutes"

'Kyuubi…'

"The one and only, kit."

'I see the nickname still isn't gone…"

"Hehe, not until you or I die kit… Preferably you and not I."

'What do you want today furball?'

"Ah, that hurts Kit. I thought for sure you'd at least show some kindness towards your tenant."

'If there's anything I don't owe you, it's definitely kindness.'

"Hahaha, Kit, under the circumstances I guess you're right, but that's beside the point. Look in front of you"

Just as the world in front of Naruto came into view, he noticed something horrible. The cage that housed the Kitsune was beginning to disappear.

'What did you do you bastard?'

"I did nothing kit. It seems that the seal is breaking on its own meaning that its purpose is coming to and end… That may or may not be good for me. Kit, when you wake back up, try to use a little bit of your chakra."

'And why would that be?'

"I'll tell you later, but for now sleep."

The Kyuubi stopped talking as Naruto passed out.