Right, this is my first story ever to be uploaded on . It's only the prologue to see if you guys think it's worth continuing, but if you do want more just tell me in a review. I write for the readers, not reviews, so once I've made sure people will be reading, I won't ask for reviews before updates. So hope you enjoy, review if you want, and tell me if it's worth continuing. If I continue, the story will definately be over 60,000 words.

Prologue

Naruto lay in bed after a particularly harsh day. Usually, his only complaints were thoughtless glares and the occasional snide comment from a villager. On even the worst day, all he'd have to fear was a rock to the head or a small beating from the the inhabitants of Konohagakure. However, this was not a normal day for Naruto Uzumaki.

FlashBack

Naruto had simply been walking home from Ichiraku Ramen, and had filled up on as many bowls he could afford. Miso, chicken, beef, seafood...Ichiraku's had it all. Naruto had tried hundreds of different types of ramen from almost as many stores, but he couldn't find a single place that even came close to the taste sensation Ichiraku's provided.

So, he had been on his way back to his small run-down apartment when he had heard a small yelping sound from in an alley. He'd gone to check it out, and maybe help whatever animal was making the sound- it wasn't uncommon for Naruto to take small animals who had done themselves harm in one way or another to the Inuzuka Animal Clinic. As he had entered, he had found the alley surprisingly light. Venturing forth, he found an unusually large rat being devoured by a snake. Snakes were unusual in Konoha at the best of times, but they were almost unheard of at this time of year.

Leaning forward to watch the snake continue it's meal, Naruto had inadvertantly frightened the snake. Regurgitating it's meal as quickly as an energised Naruto could say ''Believe it!'' the snake had struck. The venom of the snake wasn't particularly harsh, but Naruto didn't know that. Running away, yelling at the top of his voice, Naruto made his way to the Konoha Hospital almost as fast as any villager who hadn't witnessed the Yondaime's Hiraishin No Jutsu had ever seen. Upon arrival, Naruto had found that once again the nurses and doctors had refused to heal 'The Little Demon''.

Crying, Naruto had continued to make his way to the only place likely to help. Stumbling into the Hokage Tower, Naruto was feeling lightheaded and more nauseous than the day he had gotten Iruka to pay for nearly 50 bowls of ramen. Suffice it to say, he had happily eaten them all but his stomach had complained at the influx of noodles later in the day. It wasn't long before Sarutobi stumbled out of his office and made his way to the heavily sweating pale boy sat in the corner of the corridor, simply too tired to move any further. It was unusual to see the boy sitting still for five minutes, but Sarutobi knew it must be serious and therefore didn't take time to appreciate the novelty.

''Naruto, what happened to you!'' The Hokage nearly yelled, voice shaky and hoarse from being cooped up silently doing paperwork for hours.

''Bit...snake...feel bad...help...'' the small boy stuttered out, breathing laboured and breaking in between each word. It was obvious the poison was taking effect.

''ANBU,'' the Hokage spoke, and three ninja with animal masks jumped seemingly out of no-where. ''Bring me Anko, and as fast as possible.'' His tone left no room for negotiation.

FlashBack Over

It didn't take Naruto long to get himself completely sorted out and healthy again, although with notes from Anko to take large amounts of bedrest (which he almost immediately decided to ignore) but the fact that the villagers had been completely happy to let him die was confusing to him. He wasn't sure why they seemed to hate him, and he wasn't sure what they meant when they called him things like ''demon child'' and ''bane of the village'' but he did understand that he obviously was not wanted in Konoha.

Drifting off into deep thought, Naruto began thinking about what it was to be a ninja. He had only failed the academy for the second time recently. It wasn't due to lack of skill, but because he was specifically set much harder exams than everyone else. It was almost as if Konoha council hated him too! For Kami-sama's sake, they once made him take his taijutsu exam against a Jounin, instead of another academy student just because Iruka-sensei had reported he had made improvements. Naruto knew he was a pretty good ninja for his age, but his failed tests always made his grades sink lower.

''Naruto, come here.'' A deep voice boomed from within Naruto's mind. He immediately became distraught, thoughts of a genjutsu or a crazy mind-possessing jutsu from one of his more skilled antagonists flying into his head.

''Who-who are you? How are you in my head? Come out now, so I can get rid of you!'' Naruto internally yelled, hoping the connection worked both ways.

''Shut up, baka, you couldn't defeat me even if you were the Hokage himself. Now close your eyes and come in here!'' the voice repeated equally as loud as it had before. Naruto began to worry...a ninja who could defeat even the Hokage...it was unheard of, and it make the pre-genin almost shake in fear. But he had too much pride for that.

''No, you shut up, you're the one who's in my head without permission!'' Naruto almost screamed into his own mind.

''I guess I have to do it the hard way...'' the voice said, before Naruto felt a hard yanking sensation, then his mind flying before crashing to a halt into a hard wall.

''What is this place?'' Naruto thought to himself, getting no answer for the first time since the conversation had begun.

He began wading through the shallow pool of water gathered at his feet and up to his knees. He followed the pipes, which were thick and red and lined the walls in almost every direction. If he looked really closely, he saw that the pipes pulsed slightly as if responding to some human gesture. As he walked for what seemed to be hours, going seemingly no-where, he saw a glint of light. Making his way toward the light, he saw something that looked like a huge eye. Mildly surprised, he decided to continue onward and see just what the eye belonged too.

Stumbling over the last corner, he found himself face-to-eye with the giant eye. It wasn't long before the eye moved backwards, and his entire face was revealed. It had long ears that lay almost flat against it's head, It's yellowed eyes being taller than Naruto himself, and it ferocious teeth each being the length of a relatively tall man. As it's entire body was revealed, Naruto realised what he was looking at... The Kyuubi No Kitsune...the bijuu that the Yondaime was supposed to have killed.

And he was terrified.

''Relax Kid, I'm not going to hurt you...I want to make a deal.'' the Kyuubi said. From his voice, it didn't look like a question, or even a slightly negotiable situation. Naruto was going to talk, whether he liked it or not.