Me: Welcome to my newest story; and the first in the Naruto fandom. With me as she will always be is the bird girl Maya. She comes from the Maximum Ride fandom; and has been helping me with author's notes since almost the very beginning.

Maya: Move it along you didn't bring the others in to keep this author's note short.

Me: Then do you want to run this author's note?

Maya: …

Me: That's what I thought. Anyway this story is my entry into my very own challenge; the roles reversed challenge details are on my profile go and take a look.

Maya: Quick warning if the summary wasn't enough, this contains evil insane Naruhina; if you can't stand their mental state as such or the pairing don't read. Don't flame us because our opinion is different than yours; any and all flames will be given to Lee and Gai, let that be on your conscience.

Me: I in no way on Naruto; I don't really remember the name of the guy who does but that's just because I haven't seen or read the actual thing in quite some time. Enjoy the chapter and we'll see you guys at the bottom.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Bijuu or summon talking"

'Bijuu or summon thinking'

It was night in the village of Konoha, while most in the great hidden village are sleeping; one Uzumaki Naruto isn't, instead he's running for his life. Now who or what would hurt a small nine year old child; you must be asking yourself… or not seeing as this is a Naruto story it should be fairly obvious , who is chasing him and why. Anyway, our blonde hero was actually managing to lose the idiots making up his pursuers; as it stood he could just barely hear their shouts of "Get the demon brat." Trying to find a place where he could hide; the Kyuubi container wasn't fully paying attention, to the poorly lighten street he was sprinting down, he failed to notice the rock in his path. Tripping he falls flat on his face; flipping over he sees the silhouettes, of his attackers, fast approaching. Not seeing an escape route that could save him in time, he closed his eyes; resigning himself to his fate, hoping he would survive the inmate beating. The villagers, and even the few ninja in the crown, hastened their pace to get to the downed boy; they never got the chance.

A kunai flew from an unseen location, to their left; striking the blonde directly in the seal. Naruto's body was soon flooded in a burning pain, erupting from his abdomen, all of his nerve endings screamed in agony; soon taking him into the sweet unfeeling darkness. The mind may have been out cold; but the body was very much awake. A coat of red chakra enveloped the boy, three very angry looking tails formed out of the back of said coat. The usual fake grin on the whiskered nine year old was gone; replaced with a stomach churning, ear to ear smile of blood lust and a twinkle of insanity. A dark chuckle, that seemed impossible for a full grown man let alone a child, burst from his throat. "Foolish mortals, too stupid to see past you rage. That weakling container isn't me; do you honestly think I would put up with your shit?"

Turning his head to the side, the possessed Naruto called out, "I know that wasn't an attempt on the kit's life; show yourself and tell me what you want."

A small thud sounded as the figure of another child emerged, no older then Naruto himself, stepping forward to reveal Hyugga Hinata. Her clothes were stained and torn; her cheeks coated in a layer of dirt; she no longer slouched; she looked straight into the eyes of the nine tails controlled Naruto; and it was her eyes that had changed the most no longer self-doubting or shy, a cold rage took their place. "You are right Kyuubi-sama; I wasn't trying to end my Naruto-kun's life. There is something I want from you; but that can wait, first we have to deal with these idiots."

Nothing else was said between the two. Kyuubi flared a small portion of his killing intent, freezing villager and Shinobi alike; they descended upon the shocked gathering. Hinata was the first to reach the small crowd; dropping into a gentle fist stance, she struck like a cornered cobra. Her open palm, connected with a civilian's chest; with enough force and chakra to make the man's heart explode. He coughed up a rather large amount of blood; falling over dead, his grey eyes wide in shock and fear.

Kyuubi not to be out done charged forward his fingertips elongating with the red forming nails; sharpened hands began slashing wildly, shredding a chunin to a chunk pile of what could barely be considered human. The night air was filled with the screams of those unfortunate and stupid enough to be a part of the mob that night. Taking off from the now blood drenched gore covered street; they rushed back to the blonde's apartment. Closing the door, the Kyuubi turned back to the lavender eyed girl. "You wanted to talk to me about something?"

"I want you to reveal yourself to Naruto-kun; get him to believe no one in this pathetic village cares about him, except me and maybe the Hokage. Also you need to tell him I'll be living here from now on and make sure it he knows there's no point arguing this."

"And why would I do this? I'm free for the first time in nine years and you expect me to go back and get the gaki to listen and trust only you and the old man?" Hinata gave a slight nod of her head as a response; the demon fox gave a dark chuckle, "And what if I decide to ignore you; and continue to have control. You do realize I could kill you right?"

"But Kyuubi, I could just as easily lock you back in Naruto-kun's stomach; just one chakra enforced strike to the stomach is all it would take. " Hearing how much she had thought out surprised the centuries old fox; he must not have hidden the look for she continued, "I may be nine but that doesn't mean I'm stupid. Did you honestly think the former Hyugga heiress wouldn't plan ahead; so what is it going to be Kyuubi?"

Silence filled the room as the ancient beast thought over his options. 'I could try and call her bluff, but there is a good chance that she isn't lying; and she doesn't really need me to convince the blonde idiot, which begs the question, why allow me to take over unless… oh, this girl's good; I want to see how this will turn out.'

"I see you have figured it out Kyuubi; who else can turn the boy's heart so easy, but the cause of his misfortune itself, telling him why he is so hated. If you do this I will convince Naruto-kun to let you out every so often." she bargained, with a malicious smile; things were going perfectly for her, barring her disownment from the clan, soon she would have the boy she loved paying attention to her and not, that pink haired fangirl bitch, Sakura.

"Deal, but I want answers first on how you know about me; and what you meant by the whole former heiress thing." Kyuubi agreed; he would have done it anyway, but a little freedom would be nice; and hey if the kit believed she got the better of a demon fox that's good for her.

"One of the elders told me about you in hopes of scaring me away from Naruto-kun; and the whole heiress thing should be rather obvious if you look at the state of my clothes, I've been banished because I'm 'weak,'" Hinata explained putting air quotes around weak; she continued her voice heavy with venom, "my family, said I was too much of an embarrassment to even be caged; the bastards don't even deserve to know of my power. Now go, I doubt our fun will go unnoticed by ANBU for long."

Not one more word was exchanged, the Kyuubi receded back into the seal; Naruto's body finally collapsing to the floor. Hinata genteelly picked him up, carrying him to his bed; her feet silently hitting the worn wooden floor. Laying him down she climbed in pulling his arm over her, before drifting off to sleep herself.

(Naruto's mindscape)

Naruto had been standing, a warm clear liquid soaking up to his ankles, in front of a cage with the Kanji for seal; there was something in it; he couldn't really tell what it was, as it hadn't moved yet. When he had first arrived; he was sure he had died, and Kami had found it fit to punish him some more, but now he didn't really know what to think. At this point the blonde was deciding whether to go off to see if anyone else was here, or if he should see if the creature in the cage would wake up. The decision was decided for him when one eye opened up, and looked towards him.

"Finally my jailor decides to pay me a visit; what do I owe this great honor," the creature grumbled, his voice dripping with sarcasm at the end. Contrary to popular belief Naruto was actually quite intelligent; he hid this because it lessened the beatings, which is why he was frozen in one spot things beginning to slide into place. The names hurled at him; his birthday also being the anniversary of the Kyuubi attack; the beatings; why everything he bought was overpriced and rotten; the cold glares, why had he never thought of it before? The fourth sealed the nine tails into him to save the village; and they had treated him like shit ever since, even though he was protecting the ungrateful assholes each day he lived.

"Oh come on, don't tell me you already figured it out; well probably not all of it. Not everyone in this village hates you kit," the beast announced earning a snort from the blonde in front of him, "I'm not lying kit; there are two who genuinely care about you."

"Why should I believe you; you probably will lie to me just to take pleasure in my misery when they hurt me."

"No, kit, believe it or not; we demons don't hurt or cast out our young, unlike the monsters of this village. It makes me wonder who the true demons are."

"Prove it then; who are these two who 'care' about me?" Naruto demanded a small amount of hope appearing in his voice. The fox mentally rolled his eyes, humans were too easy to manipulate; offer them what they want and they cave, like a hole filled with explosive tags.

"It's obvious really, once you give it the smallest bit of thought; the Hokage, and the pale eyed vixen. She actually dove into the fight, to protect you from the mob earlier."

"Hinata did all that; but why, why would she risk herself like that?"

"Isn't it obvious kit? She likes you, even after knowing about me; that says something to see past the whole demon container when you're only nine."

"But she is always stuttering and fainting around me," Naruto pointed out; unfortunately the above mentioned intelligence did not extend to matters of the heart, which actually wasn't his fault if you look at his upbringing. The Kyuubi still sighed at his inexperience; if he got out sometime soon he would have words with that old monkey of a Hokage.

"It's a mask kit; something you should know plenty about. Trust me she likes you; and she needs a place to stay."

"Why would she need a place to stay; isn't she part of that fancy Hyugga clan?" The response to this was a shake of the nine tails head; and a growl.

"Her clan cast her out for being weak, and liking you; and if I had to guess is putting pressure to make sure nowhere or one can take her in," Naruto was about to interrupt but the giant Kitusune continued on before he could, "Like I said not even we demons would do something like this; I would say take her in, and train with her strength yourselves show this village what you can really do. Heck I'll even help you, I'll give you as much chakra as you want; anything to teach this damned village a lesson."

"And what do you want in return?"

"I want to survive, and to do that you need to live; you die I die, it's as simple as that." The beast admitted; which wasn't actually a lie, he just wasn't mentioning his interest in whatever the former Hyugga had planned. The boy in front of him remained quiet, digesting this new information; with the demons power, no one could ignore him anymore. Looking up at the cage; a smile spread over the boy's face, almost an exact replica of the one worn when the demon fox first took over. Unseen by the blonde; the Kyuubi had dawned a feral smirk, if Naruto constantly used his power he could take over more often. The threat of Hinata's threat came to mind, though they were quickly pushed to the back of his mind; he could easily find a way to overcome that.

Naruto on his part wasn't really considering the deal, he was already going to accept it; no his thought were more focused around his sensei, Iruka, did he really care about him or was it all an act? He never showed any hostility towards the demon container, never gave him a cold glare. 'No, he cares about me the fox must not have been paying close enough attention,' he decided; before nodding his head, to both his unseen dilemma and the fox's deal.

A dark spine chilling chuckle, echoed around the chamber; Naruto began to doubt the deal he had just made, but before he could voice his concerns the Kyuubi spoke up. "Kit you need to wake up someone's knocking on your door; remember our deal and call on me when you want my power."

(Real world)

Naruto shot up to find Hinata still curled under his arm; his mind instantly drifting back to the talk with the Kyuubi. A loud pounding soon grabbed his attention; lifting Hinata's arm off him; he reached under his bed he grasping the cold metal of the kunai, he always kept there for safety, pulling it out. He tiptoed over to the window taking a glance out; an ANBU in a Hawk mask stood there. 'Now what could they want at this time of… the attack, of course! What exactly happened?' The blonde pondered, dragging his feet to the door.

Opening it a crack, he peaked out at the Shinobi; looking at him with half closed lids he asks, "What do you want at this hour? You do realize I had just fallen asleep right?"

If Hawk was even slightly annoyed by this she hid it well; simply looked at the Uzumaki, and gave her message with a voice of indifference, "Lord Hokage wishes to speak with you and Hinata-San, in his office immediately; I am supposed to escort the two of you there."

"Alright, just give me a minute; I need to wake her up," Naruto sighed. The argument for Hinata being allowed to stay with him, already coming together; he may not have been sure about his feelings for her, but he was going to make damn sure one of the only people to actually care about had a roof over their head and were protected. The only one, who could do this, at least in his mind, was him; who else could draw upon the most powerful demon lord's chakra whenever he wanted to.

Stumbling back to the bed he looked down at the blue haired girl; a single thought ran through his mind, 'she is adorable like this.' He didn't really want to wake her up, when he got a good look at her; Kyuubi had been right, she had looked like she had been on the street for weeks, and not getting rest for that long if not longer. Grimacing he reached down, putting the kunai back in its place, shaking her shoulder; the only reaction she gave was a mumbled, "Five more minutes Naruto-kun."

"I'm sorry Hinata but the old man wants to see us," he replied shaking her shoulder once again. She pouted sitting up; making Naruto mentally admire her cuteness, in fact if you asked the blonde what he thought of Sakura at the moment, he would have no clue who you were referring to. Pulling herself out of the bed, the mask of the self-doubting shy little girl slid back into place. The pale eyed girl had already promised herself that the only person, in this god forsaken village, who would see her true self and live, was the boy she loved. Taking his hand in hers; she jerked her head up towards the door, before setting her gaze on the floor. Her cheeks turning a light pink; she long ago noticed that she actually had no control once the mask was in place, like a second personality. Not that she really minded it gave her the ability to think and plan freely.

Naruto yanked the door open; the cool night air rushing in to meet the two children. Naruto stood tall in front of Hinata; a protective air about him. Following close behind the ANBU; Naruto began to think over the deal he had made with the Kyuubi, he said he would give Naruto all the chakra he could want. 'This village wants a demon that's exactly what they're going to get; no one will even try to hurt me or Hinata-chan,' were his thoughts on the matter; an insane giggle danced out of his throat, forcing a cold chill to run down Hawk's spine. The walk to the tower was a rather silent one, not much happened; Naruto remained deep in thought, only brought out when they reached the door to the Hokage's office.

Opening the door Naruto poked his head in the door; the third Hokage looked up from his mountain of paperwork. "Oh Naruto, please come in," Hiruzen welcomed; watching the young blonde pull in a madly blushing Hinata. He chuckled to himself at the blonde's obliviousness to the effect he had on the young girl.

"You wanted to speak with us jiji?" Naruto asked his smile still gone; the third was immediately on edge. If Naruto wasn't smiling then something, most definitely wasn't right; and coupled with what was reported about the boy earlier it was very likely that the fox had taken control.

"Is everything alright, Naruto?" He asked, receiving a blank stare from the boy; not a single emotion was running through his blue eyes. A cold chill racked the old man, realization just now dawning on him; this wasn't the fox, but he knew of the fox now. 'How did he find out; and how does Hinata play into all this?' The current Hokage pondered; racking his brain for a logical explanation to the whole mystery. He was pulled from his thoughts, by the surprisingly subdued voice of Naruto asking a single question.

"How long?"

"How long what?"

"How long did you plan on waiting to tell me about the fox; how fucking long old man?" Naruto roared, startling everyone in the room. The oldest Sarutobi hadn't expected this reaction from the boy, upon discovering the truth; though he couldn't actually blame him, he had been treated like the plague his whole life without one reason as to why.

"We were going to tell you when you became Chunin," the aging leader explained; hoping to calm the angry boy down. Instead it quickly blew up in his face, making him realize not saying anything might have been rather stupid on his part.

"You mean never; there is no way in hell I'm going to be promoted to chunin, someone is always going to step in to stop it from happening," The enraged demon container roared; flaring the demon's chakra. Hinata hadn't looked up but she was visibly shaking, from what the third guessed was fear; he couldn't have been farther from the truth, she was in fact excited by the fact that the boy she loved held this much and power; and when the Hokage died she would have him wrapped around her finger. But there was something more; something she hadn't felt for herself since her mother died, thinking hard on it she realized. It was actual care about her wellbeing; and it wasn't just coming from Naruto, but the aged monkey summoner as well. The young girl was confused by this, she had thought the reason she hadn't been accepted to the orphanage, after she was disowned was because the Hokage was working with her family; it was now that she realized her family held more sway to the village then she thought.

"Naruto your scaring poor Hinata," Hiruzen scolded; watching the boy turn around to the apparently frightened girl behind him. After taking a few deep breathes, the evil chakra he was expelling quieted down. This had the third a little curious, "Naruto how were you able to do that with your chakra?"

"That wasn't actually my chakra; the fox said he would let me use his chakra whenever I wanted to make sure I survived. He isn't that bad actually, a lot nicer then the villagers I can tell you that much," Naruto explained grumbling at the end. The Hokage felt he had to say something to defend his village, and the villagers there in; but his mind couldn't come up with a single thing that would cast them in a good light; instead he decided to change the subject.

"Hinata, how do you even know about the Kyuubi; no one is supposed to talk about it," Hiruzen asked; wanting to know who had signed their death warrant. Hinata looked up at him her eyes filled with fear; if he knew that she knew, how much had the old man seen? "Relax Hinata, you're not the one in trouble, you were in a bad situation and missed your target; the person who told you is the one who is in trouble."

"I-it was one of the elders; I don't r-remember which one it was t-though, it w-was so long ago. I-I'm sorry Hokage-sama," Hinata appeared on the verge of tears; that the third decided it would be best to just drop the subject. Naruto cleared his throat grabbing the aged leader's attention once more.

"Is there something else you need jiji; or can we go?" Naruto asked with a yawn, it had been a long night and they still had the academy the next morning. The Hokage shook his head; waving for them to go ahead and just leave. Taking the clue Naruto headed out, not knowing how much of a sudden turn his life had just taken.

Me: I think I'm going to cut it here, my original plan actually had a lot more than that, covering the following year and genin graduation; but I think seven pages is plenty, don't want to bore you guys I guess.

Maya: So, Zorua, I noticed Naruto still has sanity; why is that?

Me: It'll be taken care of next chapter; and trust me when I say the reason why you won't see coming. So if it's not too much to ask of you guys could you please drop a review and give me some feedback; remember I won't know how to improve if you don't tell me.

Maya: And remember to check his profile for the challenge info.