Disclaimer: First off, this site is called FanFiction dot net; why the hell do I even have to put a disclaimer? You didn't know these characters weren't originally mine?

Second, this is just my attempt at turning Bishihuntress' (deviant art) doujinshi into fic form. I've asked her for permission but she hasn't answered me back yet…. I'll take it down if she says no, though.

Prologue:

What…what's happening to me…? I can feel it in side of me. He…it feels like he's trying too….

"Hey! You, fox bastard, what's going on!? What the hell is happening to me!?"

He lifted his big head slowly, two eyes the size of my body focused on me through the steel bars of his cage.

"Oh…?" He tilted his head to the side. "Is something the matter?"

"Don't bull shit with me—you know what's wrong!"

The lips on his muzzle pulled back slowly, revealing his teeth in a way that could almost resemble a smile. "I won't deny it, but…"

"But?"

"But I have long suspected my being here to be the cause of your…condition."

"But—!"

"Listen to me, brat! And listen carefully, because I'll only say this once…. It's been thirty years—thirty long, almost unbearable years since your father sealed me within this empty hell-hole you call your mind...and yet, you don't look a day over fifteen."

I took in a short breath. He was right.

"How do I make this sto—?"

"Stop? Now why would you want to do that?" He snorted. "Isn't this what every human wants? Immortality?"

"Immortality…." I couldn't help but look down. What am I going to do? My friends…they'll all leave me behind….Again….

"Besides", the fox's words snapped me out of my thoughts, "it's too late to turn back now. I've been inside of you long enough for us to merge. If I don't do something quickly, I'll lose my chance…. But as a result of all that's happened up until now, every thing that I am…will be passed on to you…."

I felt something getting closer to me. I heard footsteps heading my way and I looked up. He's….

"Knowledge…" He's coming through the bars. "Power…" He's getting closer to me. "Life…"

"How did you…? You look…" Human….

"Well then," He reached out to embrace me. "I believe I have over stayed my welcome." I could feel him smiling. "This is good bye, kit."

"Kyuubi…."

"You have a long life ahead of you."

"But, I'm…" I'm not read for you to leave…not ready to be alone…

My eyes began to close—my body tilting backwards as if falling. The cage in front of me became fuzzy. The last memory I'll forever hold of this watery passageway…will be an empty one.

"I'm not ready for this…."

The darkness swallowed me before I hit the ground.

--

Smack

"ITAI!" I sat up and rubbed my bruised head. "I wasn't ready for that, either!"

Why do I always have that dream when I'm sleeping on something I could fall off of! If it weren't for the speed that my cells regenerate at, I'd be in a coma by now.

I tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes. The building that I now stood on had a great view of the city; I might as well look at it with all of my focus…. I never know when it might change on me again….

Oh yeah, by the way, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Uzumaki Naruto—self-proclaimed protector of Konohagakure! I'm the last of my kind, a demon in every way, and human in my current form. For the past three thousand years I've lived in the shadows of this old city and watched it grow into something that just seems so new.

…But its getting so boring.