A/N: Naruto, in this fanfic, will be much like Menma Uzumaki(RTN Naruto)in the sense he will have the same affinity, which I will explain later, but for now! On with the story!-

Chapter 1 - Changes

A young Naruto awoke to the sound of screaming, looking up he saw several people running around in what seemed to be the site of a great battle, sitting up he saw many looking at him with an expression he hadn't quite seen before. Was that... fear? He didn't know why they were looking at him like that, normally they just looked at him in disgust and, hatred. Looking around he saw those weird guys he saw following him sometimes, and if he remembered correctly, they once saved him from a mob of angry villagers, the one thing he recognized about them were those masks that just seemed so cool to him.

One of the men wearing a mask looked over to him and gasped, quickly running towards him, aswell as alerting the other masked men.

He heard them talking amongst themselves, he couldn't understand what they were saying but he could make out some things like, "What do we do?", "He woke up to quick." and "We should get him to Hokage-sama." He could understand there confusion, he was very confused as to what was going on, however, who was this 'Hokage-sama'? Why were they taking him to this stranger? This was all ignored however as they picked Naruto up and took him somewhere, perhaps this 'Hokage-sama' they spoke of.

As soon as they entered the room where 'Hokage-sama' was, Naruto instantly recognized the man the 'Masked Men' were bowing to.

"Old man!" Naruto yelled as he jumped from one of the masked men's arms and ran over to the man he'd come to respect, mainly because the people who owned the Ichiraku Ramen Store gave him and the old man free ramen whenever he was there.

"Naruto." The old man said sternly as he looked at Naruto in a way that could only be described as, 'Piercing the Soul'. "Would you mind telling me what happened earlier today?"

"What do you mean earlier today old man?" Naruto asked casually, not even noticing the old man narrow his eyes.

"So, you don't remember?" The old man said with a sigh.

"Remember? No I have no idea what you're talking abou-" Naruto began as it all came rushing back to him...

*FLASHBACK*

A six year old Naruto was running from a mob of angry villagers yet again, this was the eighth time this month and they hadn't caught him once, why do they keep trying? Those were the thoughts rushing through Naruto's head when even more villagers slowly walked around the corner he was about to turn, effectively trapping him...

'Tch, dammit I got careless.' Naruto thought as he looked to the side only to see even more villagers coming towards him. 'And now I'm trapped.'

"Alright you caught me, now tell me what you want..." Naruto said casually, not even bothered slightly by the amount of villagers crowding around him.

"What we want... YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT YOU DAMN BRAT! WE WANT REVENGE!" One of the villagers yelled while the rest cheered and they all charged Naruto.

'Revenge? Why do the want revenge, what did I do?' Naruto thought as the villagers began to beat him up.

This continued for around five minutes before they had finally had enough.

"Tch, not so tough now, huh demon?" The same man from before said as the villagers began dispersing.

"D-Da..it." Naruto said as he began trying to stand.

"What was that?" A Woman asked as she bent down to hear what Naruto was going to say.

"I'll.. ou." He answered as he pushed himself up and stood.

"Hmm? What are you saying." The woman taunted with a smirk as she too stood.

"I.. I'll. I'LL KILL YOU!" Naruto yelled as red chakra began to surround him, causing the woman to stumble a bit and run back to the crowd of villagers who were now shaking, even if only a little.

"Wha- what is he doing?" A Woman asked, clearly scared. "Damn, the demon's using his power." A man said.

"ARghhhh! ARRRRGH!" Naruto roared, causing many to fall and a few buildings to shake.

"W-What is that?" Asked a villager. "This is the power that demon holds." Another said.

"DIE!" Naruto yelled, this time his roar so powerful that it wiped out most of the villagers and caused the nearby buildings to completely collapse, crushing those who had survived the initial attack. After that had finished, Naruto blacked out.

*FLASHBACK END*

Naruto fell to his knees clutching his head, tears streaming down his face.

"Naruto, are you okay?" Asked the old man Naruto was now realizing as the most likely candidate for this 'Hokage-sama'.

"W-What, what was that, old man?" Naruto asked fearfully.

"What was what, Naruto?" The Hokage asked. 'If he asks about it. I don't know if I can hide this any longer.'

"That, power? The power that destroyed all those buildings, and, and killed all those people?" Naruto choked out.

"I knew this day would come, just, not so soon." The Hokage sighed. "Well Naruto, for you to understand this, you will have to hear the whole story, is that okay?" He asked and upon seeing the boy nod he motioned to seat infront of his desk.

"Well, you remember the story about 5 years ago, the story of the Fourth Hokage, and the Demon Fox?" The Hokage asked making the masked men in the room stiffen.

"Yeah. The fox attacked the village and the Fourth killed it." Naruto stated matter-of-factly.

"Yes, well. That isn't exactly what happened. You the Fourth Hokage had a wife, her name was Kushina, Kushina Namikaze and, on the day of the Nine-Tails attack, Kushina was pregnant, she was the Jinchuuriki, the, vessel if you will, of the Nine-Tails." The Hokage said making Naruto's eyes widen. "And, when pregnant, the seal holding the Fox, was severely weakened, letting it escape, killing Kushina in the process, that was how the attack begun. The Fourth, very saddened by is wife and child dying, took a while to enter the battle, he fought the Demon one-on-one, however, the Nine-Tails was made completely of chakra, meaning it can't be killed. You, Naruto were born that very day, so the Fourth could use you, he collected you from the hospital and took you to the battlefield. He contained the fox and, at the cost of his own life, made you the new vessel, you are the Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed Fox Naruto, and that power you used before was the foxes." The Hokage finished making Naruto's eyes widen even more than before.

"S-So, I am a monster?" Naruto asked not expecting an answer.

"No Naruto, you aren't a monster, you're, a hero." The Hokage replied.

"So, wait, if that was the Fourth Hokage that died, are you the Fifth?" Naruto asked completely forgetting about the news he just heard.

"No, you see before the Fourth became the Fourth, I was the Third Hokage, and when he died, I took over once again." The Third replied with a smile.

"Oh, O-Okay the-" Naruto said as he fell asleep right where he was sitting causing the Hokage and a few of the 'Masked Men' to chuckle.

A/N: So I guess some will be confused about the whole Kyuubi attack story, I'll explain that later and, you may be confused that I said Nine-Tails rather than Kyuubi, well Kyuubi is Japanese and Nine-Tails is English, this is an English story so it's stupid that they can speak random parts of Japanese, also I know Jinchuuriki is Japanese however, that was the name used for them in the English Dub canon version, and who am I to argue with the officials...