Another idea I had. I was bored a couple of days ago and thought of this idea. Before I knew it, I had a decent idea going on. Well, I thought so anyway. Naruto probably won't be learning the shadow clone jutsu, although he'll be getting a couple of favorites very quickly. The beginning of the story is a bit violent...



Prologue

Awakening

The young blond-haired boy ran as fast as he could. A stone whizzed by his head, followed by several more. He managed to duck most of them, but one hit him in the back of his head. He slammed face first into the ground. He skidded a bit before managing to stop moving. He struggled to get to his feet, needing to get away from the mob.

But it was too late. The villagers were on him. Fists pounded into his unprotected skin. He screamed in pain as they beat him. Then, he felt something grabbing his hair. His head was pulled back to see a face covered in a white mask.

"You killed my brother and father, demon bastard!" The ANBU operative snarled.

Naruto tried to protest the accusations, but another white-masked man grabbed his tongue. Naruto screamed, or tried to, at the sudden sharp pain.

"You don't deserve to speak our tongue, monster!! You don't deserve one at all!" The second man spat.

Naruto wasn't able to speak anymore, but he glared at the man in front of him with hate filled eyes. The man raised his kunai.

"Stop looking at me, you worthless piece of demon shit!" The man screamed. Then, a blinding pain split his skull and Naruto blacked out.


He woke to the sound of dripping water. He opened his eyes… He still had both eyes? He reached up and touched the sky-colored orbs. What happened?

"Hello, kit." Naruto heard a deep voice say. He looked around to see a cage. "Come closer, boy. I swear on my tails that I will not harm you." The voice said, surprisingly kindly. Naruto, desperate for some form of acceptance, walked over to the bars. "What did those bastards do to you?!"

"Wh- Who are you?" Naruto asked. "Whe- Where am I? How did I get here?"

"I'm not surprised that you don't know. I am the Kyuubi. I am the Nine-Tailed-Fox."

"B- But didn't the fourth Hokage kill you?"

"No, as one of the Tailed Beasts, I cannot be killed by any known means. He was forced to seal me into a newborn child. He sealed me into his own son, which is why I hold respect for him. He was willing to sacrifice everything for the people he cared about."

"Who is his son?"

Kyuubi chuckled. "You are."

Naruto was stunned.

"As to your other questions, we are somewhere within you. We are within something called a mindscape, which is a representation of your mind. As to how you got here, your body is on the verge of death. I brought you here to save your mind and offer you a gift." Kyuubi explained.

Naruto's eyes filled with tears. "A- gift?"

Kyuubi was pissed. The poor kit was on the verge of tears just from the idea of getting a gift. "Yes. I am going to give you a protective gift that will make you one of the strongest people ever to live."

Naruto wiped his eyes. "How?"

"I am going to gift you with a portion of my power. Over time, you will gain more and more of it, until you have absorbed almost all of it. This seal would have done so anyway, but with this gift, I will be able to grant you powers beyond what anyone else can do."

"Why?" Naruto asked, confused. "If I'm the one keeping you trapped here, why would you help me."

"It is exactly because you are able to ask that question. Throughout history, I have heard of not even a dozen people that are capable of asking that kind of question after being nearly beaten to death and then being offered power. You are an individual that deserves happiness, and I will do my best to ensure that you get that happiness."

"Thank you." Naruto whispered. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Well, kit… I would like to be able to see the sky again... would you allow me to share your senses?"

"I would be honored, Kyuubi." Naruto said.

"Thank you. Now, allow me to give you your gift and to heal your body."

Nine crimson tails stretched out of the bars, wrapping around the young boy. Naruto could feel warmth and power, before everything suddenly went black.


The mob of villagers and ninja stood over the boy's body, laughing about their final victory over the demon. Suddenly, the ninjas detected a chakra spike. Crimson light was radiating from the boy's wounds, healing them. They pulled out kunai and attacked, but were unable to pierce the bloodred aura that surrounded him. Naruto rose to his feet, his eyes quickly regrowing. Now, they were identical to those of Kyuubi, red with black slits.

Naruto pulled his arm back and thrust it towards the ANBU who'd cut out his eyes. A claw of chakra surged out and wrapped around him. Naruto squeezed and the man screamed as he was crushed by the immense force. The man's partner threw a horde of kunai at Naruto, replicating them with a jutsu. The cloud of steel rushed towards Naruto. A swishing red tail of chakra knocked the kunai aside. Naruto thrust his arm out again. The man dodged, leaping up onto a wall, then onto a rooftop. However, the chakra claw changed directions, following him. It wrapped around him and threw him into the ground. His body hit the ground hard. Then, Naruto's claw formed a fist and smashed him into bits.

The villagers turned to run. However, Naruto wasn't about to let them. Summoning a horde of claws, Naruto made the street run red with blood. It was a perfectly unharmed young man that wandered back to his apartment, his body still flickering with crimson light.

Chapter 1

Crimson Flash

Naruto extended his arm. His chakra claw extended forward, grabbing the other boy and throwing him from the training ring.

"The winner is Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka, Naruto's teacher, proclaimed. "We'll give him a five minute break before the finals.

Naruto yawned, but didn't bother to reply. He'd been known as a fairly silent figure during his time at Konoha's ninja academy. He didn't bother to speak with anyone, beyond that which was absolutely necessary. He'd passed off his fox abilities as a kekkai genkai, or bloodline trait, in order to hide the truth. He didn't really care, but Kyuubi thought it was a good idea, so he listened.

Hey, Kyuu. Naruto began. Why do I bother with becoming a ninja again?

Because you want to become stronger, and this is probably the best way to do it.

I guess… But I hate having to deal with all of these imbeciles.

They could be worse, kit.

How?

They could be like the villagers.Kyuu pointed out.

True…

"All right, we'll begin the finals now. Sasuke Uchiha versus Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka informed the gathered students. "Both fighters ready? Fight!"

Sasuke charged at Naruto, who knocked him back with a strike of his chakra tail. Then, he used his chakra claw to force the other boy out of the ring. However, that didn't stop the black haired boy, who attacked Naruto again.

"Sasuke! Stop! The winner is Naruto!" Iruka shouted over the cheers of Sasuke's fangirls.

Sasuke's attacks were deflected over and over again by Naruto's fox cloak. Each time he got angrier and angrier. Finally, he began making handsigns.

Move, kit! Naruto wasn't sure why Kyuubi was telling him to move, but he obeyed.

"Fire Style! Fireball jutsu!" Sasuke shouted, shooting a fireball at Naruto, who had moved with incredible speed behind the boy. His chakra wrapped hand closed around Sasuke's throat and hurled him headfirst into a nearby tree.

Sasuke's fangirls shrieked at Naruto while everyone else shivered. The absolutely emotionless way that Naruto had dealt with the supposed strongest in the class was frightening.

"Class dismissed." Iruka said, not bothered by the boy's actions. "Remember, the genin exams are tomorrow, so get plenty of sleep."


"Hey, Kyuu?" Naruto asked. "Why'd you have me dodge that last attack?"

"Because, although it probably is, I'm not 100% sure that the shield is strong enough to save you from that kind of attack yet, and I hate to see you hurt."

"Oh. Thank you, Kyuu."

"You're welcome, kit."


Of course, the next morning, Naruto aced the genin exams. He received his headband and left. He despised the idea of being stuck on a team with two of his annoying classmates. He didn't have a choice, though. He took out his annoyance by training with Kyuubi. The fox had promised to begin teaching him techniques now that he was out of the academy.


"All right, kit. I can't really teach you more than one or two demonic or fox techniques until you get a second tail, so instead, I'll try to teach you some ninja techniques that I've seen. Anything in particular you're interested in?"

"Can you teach me something that my father used?" Naruto asked.

"Hmm… There're a couple of techniques that I remember him using. One was this sphere of spinning chakra that hurt like hell. The other was a weird yellow teleportation technique."

"Hmm… Teleportation sounds really useful…"

"Okay then. From what I could tell, your dad had to use these special kunai to teleport. You shouldn't need to do that. All right, build up some of your chakra now."

Naruto began to focus his chakra. Due to Kyuubi's influence, he'd turned all of his chakra into demon fox chakra, like that of Kyuubi. Red energy gathered around him as he activated his cloak.

"All right, here's what you do next…"


The next morning, Naruto found out that he was stuck with Sasuke and one of his most annoying fangirls, some pink haired banshee named Haruno. Their sensei was late, not that Naruto cared. It took Kakashi several hours to show up. The banshee wailed at him, which grated on Naruto's nerves. His hearing was much more sensitive than that of normal humans. He was about to give the bitch a piece of his mind when Kakashi arrived and vanished, telling them to meet him on the roof. Naruto used his new Crimson Flash technique twice in order to teleport to the roof entrance. Kyuu didn't want to reveal all of his abilities yet.

"Well, you seem to be a lot faster than the others." Kakashi said.

Naruto didn't bother replying, but simply sat down and waited for the other two.


"Now that we're all here, why don't we tell each other some things about ourselves? You know, likes, dislikes, hopes and dreams…"

"Why don't you go first, sensei?" Sakura asked.

"My name's Hatake Kakashi. I have likes and dislikes. I don't feel like telling you my dreams. Your turn, pinky."

Totally useless. This is the man who's supposed to teach us? Naruto grumbled to Kyuu.

I remember him. He fought along with your dad for a bit. He uses a funny white chakra and has a Sharingan eye. He uses a lot of techniques, but it seems that his best is a strange move that gathers lightning chakra into his palm, then he attacks his opponent.

Interesting…

By the time he'd finished his short discussion with Kyuu, everyone was looking at him.

"Once again, your turn, blondie." Kakashi said again.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. My likes are foxes and training. My dislikes are anyone who looks at me with disdain for no reason." In other words, just about this entire fucking village. "My dream is to become the strongest man alive."

"Well, now that that's out of the way… Tomorrow we'll be doing some survival training. This is your real genin test. It has a 66.6% chance of failure. Oh, and don't bother eating, cause you'll just throw up."


The next morning, Kakashi explained the two bell test. Naruto and Kyuu instantly realized that it was supposed to be a teamwork exercise. He made a plan that would make it seem like he was using teamwork, even if the others had no idea. He stretched out his demonic chakra, then turned to look at Sasuke.

"You can try first, Uchiha." He said.

"You don't need to tell me, idiot!" Sasuke shouted, leaping at Kakashi. Naruto laughed inwardly as he vanished into the trees. He watched as Sasuke began to hurl a fire jutsu at Kakashi. Kakashi managed to dodge it, but seemed to have made the decision to put away his book. Naruto made his move as the man's attention was on the equipment pouch opposite of the bells. With a flash of crimson, Naruto was behind Kakashi, waving the two bells. He tossed one to Sasuke, who was shocked, and threw another at Sakura, whose attempts at hiding were truly pathetic.

"I think that means that we win, Kakashi. After all, you just said we had to get a bell. You said nothing about keeping it." Naruto said, bored.

Kakashi chuckled. "Well, it seems that you guys got the point of the exercise. You pass! Meet me here at 7:00 tomorrow for your first mission." He vanished with a puff of smoke.

Naruto yawned, gave a grudging wave at a stunned Sasuke and a confused Sakura, then vanished, heading to an abandoned training ground. Kyuu was planning on beginning to teach him his father's other technique, albeit one made of his new demon chakra.


What do you think? I know it's a bit quick for him to get the Hirashin, but with the Kyuubi's help, as well as its transformation into a type of move that Naruto can use with his new chakra, it would have been much easier to learn. It is both more advanced and a lot more limited than the Fourth's though. At the moment, Naruto can only go as far as his demonic chakra can reach, while the Fourth only needed a seal, hence Naruto using it twice to get to the roof. He calls it the Crimson Flash, because it gives off a flash of crimson light, instead of yellow.

Oh, and I will be using english names, since I don't speak, read, or write Japanese. Unfortunately. Give me opinions on how to improve the story! I will be creating a new poll, so vote for this story if you want it to be updated!