Naruto stood in the middle of an ice dome with his friend and former teammate in his arms. "Why" Naruto whispered "I hated you... I didn't ask for this, I didn't ask you to save me."

"Your such a loser, I hated you and yet I... I don't know... my body it moved on its own" Sasuke inhaled painfully " My brother, he killed my entire family my dream was to kill him and avenge my clan. Naruto don't let your dream die." A small silence permeated the air and finally Haku spoke,

"He found... a strength he didn't know he had, he found it protecting someone who was precious to him even at the cost of his own life. He was a true shinobi. Is this the first time you've seen a friend die in combat? This is part of what it means to be a shinobi."

"Just shut up," Naruto growled "I hated you Sasuke, and yet..." As Naruto laid Sasuke's sebon covered body to the ground rage filled his mind and a red aura began to appear. "I'm gonna kill you." Naruto's instincts took over as he found Haku dashing from one mirror to the next throwing sebon at him.

"Turn, strike, dodge that's it boy just a little more." Soon he thought, the boys rage was a perfect outlet he had been waiting in silence for twelve years it felt so good to be in control even if it was this puny boy's body. When all of a sudden he felt something he hadn't felt is years, fear. Somethings stoping my chakra, what is this... it can't be he supposed to be dead.

"It's good to see your Kurama."

"No. Who are you your supposed to be dead."

"Relax Kurama, I live on in this boy." Said the man clad in white "Hm somethings off about you... that's it of course when the Fourth Hokage sealed you in this child he split the your chakra. Your only a shadow of your former self Kurama." The man floated in thought on 6 black balls. "Kurama I will restore you to your full power on the condition that you will help and guide the boy on his path... on my path."

"You mean that he's the one to lead us down the correct path?"

"Yes Kurama, now before I restore you I must tell you three things, one is that someone is gathering the tailed beasts together with the hopes of resurrecting the ten tails. The second thing is that the seals I put on all of your siblings to keep your chakra separate are weakening, so even if this group fails in resurrecting the ten tails she will still rise. When this happens Kurama you must subdue the beasts impulses and if you are successful your mind will take control of the beast. The third and last thing I must tell you regards the boy, in order for him to walk my path he will have to do two things the first is to conquer his inner hatred, and the second is to find my necklace. I have given the boy a small amount of my chakra so it will respond when he approaches my necklace, but he will need your help to conquer his hatred. Only once he has conquered his hatred will I be able to begin my reincarnation into this boy." The man walked through the bars of the cage and touched Kurama's snout he stepped back and the fox began to grow in size until he was easily taller than the Hokage mountain. The man began to fade as he spoke, "Kurama, my time is up remember what I told you."

"I will father," the fox said as a single tear fell down his face."

Meanwhile Naruto had smashed the mist anbu's face mask to review the boy he met in the woods. "Its you," Naruto said "the boy from the woods."

"Naruto," Haku said "I want you to kill me, I am of no use to Master Zabuza like this."

"What are you talking about, I'm not going to kill you."

"Naruto, I'm was a tool to Zabuza an extension of his will and now I'm useless to him, I'm a broken tool, I deserve to die."

"Are you sure that there isn't another way," Naruto said as he pulled out a kunai and prepared to strike. But as he was about to plunge it into Haku's heart when he heard a sound coming from the battle with Kakashi and Zabuza, it sounded like chirping birds. He looked over as saw lightning in Kakashi's hand and it looked like he was about to kill Zabuza. Then Haku said,

"I'm sorry Naruto I can't die just yet," Haku slammed his fist into Naruto's gut as Naruto fell the last thing he saw was Kakashi's hand plunge into the teens heart, and then he blacked out.

When Naruto woke up and looked around he found himself in a sewer. Looking up he saw several pipes filled with chakra, but to his surprise some were filled with red chakra and some a light blue.

"Come here child."

Naruto followed the voice until ahead of him he saw a large cage with red bars. In the center was a piece of paper with a kanji written on it that said Seal. Upon closer inspection of the cage he began to see an outline of a massive creature with two red eyes with black slits. As he approached the cage he saw that the outline began to take the shape of a massive fox with nine tails swinging behind him. "Nine-tails, if your here than what am I doing here?"

"Simple, I called you here," The nine-tails said.

"But why, I don't what anything to do with you, your nothing but a being of wrath and destruction, your pure evil. So I'll be going now." Naruto turned to leave when he heard the nine-tails laughing behind he turned and asked "and what is so funny."

"Oh it's nothing really I'm just wondering how your going to leave when you don't even know where you are."

A tick mark appeared on his forehead and he whirled around oh yeah and...wait a minute you said you called me here, so you know what this place is?

"Yes I know what this place is but I'll only let you leave of you hear what I have to say." Now then if your ready to listen I'll start, to answer your question this place is your mind kit. Now as you probably already know that I'm sealed inside you but what you might not know is that if you die I die and your battle with the ice style user should have opened your eyes to just how powerful some shinobi are and just how far you have to go until you reach their level. Now that I've explained that I have a little proposal for you, I shall train you to get stronger and In return I ask you to open a mental link in order to allow me to from time to time talk to you and to see the world through you eyes. I've been stuck in this darn seal for so long I've forgotten what it feels like to be free. Your friends are probably worried about you. When your ready to talk about my proposal sit down, close your eyes, and concentrate on this place. I will be here when until you decide."

"Well that's all great and all put you still haven't told me how to get out of here."

"Oh that's simple, just wake up." The nine-tails told him chuckling.

"You mean I could've left, at any time! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Would you have listened to me if I had? Now go!" Kakashi was reading a book when Naruto woke up and stared at the ceiling,

"Good to see your awake," Kakashi said "You had me worried there for a second kid."

"Kakashi-sensei..."