A/N: Naruto's character is inspired really heavily from 'The Son of the Yellow Flash' By Howard Blake, It is a really great Fiction and I highly recommend it, My main cannon changes are, Naruto at the beginning of this is twelve years old so are the rest of the people in his class, So the Academy starts when they are twelve and run's two years, Tenten, Neji and Rock Lee are still a year older and have graduated the Academy as they have on cannon, At this time I am unsure whether or not I plan to have Jiraiya take Naruto on the training trip, Oh and Kurama's a good guy, well relatively good anyway. Hope you Enjoy!
He ran, his legs burned, he panted struggling to keep enough oxygen in his body to continue to move, he stepping into an ally and leaned his head against the cool concrete, he gazed up at the sky and wished more than anything for the ability to fly away, just to go into that endless stretch of blue orange and yellow and never come down, he took another deep breath and stared at the small window in front of him, the pale gray of the concrete behind him, he stared at the small boy in front of him like he was looking through someone else's eyes, the bright azure eyes stared back at him, the greenish blue goggles wrapped around his head, the almost gravity defying bright blonde-hair and the three whisker marks on either of his cheeks. He was known as Naruto Uzumaki to himself, but to the rest of the village a demon and a monster, he never understood why they hated them and he doubted he ever would. He drew another long breath before stepping out of the alley and continuing at a dead run, he could hear the mob of angry voices behind him. It was October tenth the boy's birthday, many would think it was one too celebrate with friends. It had never been this way for Naruto he spent his birthday running for his life and it didn't matter how long he managed to avoid the village eventually they would catch him and beat him to inch of his life, he stumbled as his foot connected with a rock, the voices were too close he needed somewhere to hide, he looked down at what he had tripped on a large rock was connected to the wall, he immediately took noticed of what seemed like a tunnel behind the rock, he didn't have time to think if it went anywhere, he moved his body around and pushed against the rock with his legs using the last of his energy to move it, he slid into the hole and found he had quite a bit of room to move around in the tunnel.
He pulled the rock back over the whole and slumped against the wall of the blackness of his hiding place, he heard the shouts and thuds of footsteps as the angry mob ran past his spot. As the voices faded he let out a relieved sigh and looked around him, his eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness ad he could make out the tunnel much more effectively now. He slowly got to his feet and followed the tunnel away from the village away from the angry mob and all the hatred, a wide smile slowly split his face at the prospect of impending freedom.
He stopped the smile vanished 'What about Old man Saratobi, and Iruka Sensei he is like a brother and the old man is the closest thing to a father I have ever had.' He thought a sudden sadness at leaving his precious people behind gripped him and he turned back to the hole in the wall. He shook his head, 'if anyone they would understand why I am leaving' He thought with a new determination as he took another step away from his village, then another before breaking into a run, he burst through the entrance to the cave and looked up at the sky, the sunset in Konoha was something he would always miss he loved watching the sun go down sitting atop the Yondaime's head, gazing out over the village, he had wanted to become a Ninja to go to the Academy at the beginning of the term next year 'The old man even said he would pay my school fee's.' He looked out into the forest, if he squinted he swore he could make something out in the distance, he frowned 'I didn't think anyone lived outside the walls.' He thought as he walked towards, what he now recognized as a small house, it had a thatched roof, a single small circle window in one wall, the outside was painted a dark hue of red or it may have just been faded paint, the white paint on the door was cracked and peeling, it was obvious no one had been here in a long time. He pushed the door open, the hinges creaked but other than that it was deathly silent around him. He poked his head in the door and looked around, a thick film of dust settled over everything there was a large closet and two small chests, he continued to look around the room and his eyes fell on something he had never seen before. It was the oddest style of Kunai he had ever seen, the three pronged piece of steal stuck out of what looked like a faded painting of a target in the wall, he cocked his head as he walked up to it 'I have never seen a Kunai like that before.' He thought to himself 'I wonder who lived here.' He thought as he looked around, curiosity got the better of him and he walked over to the closet, he pulled open the doors and let out a very surprised gasp, inside was a long white coat, the Kanji for Fire imprinted on the back, he recognized the cloak instantly, it was the cloak of his idol, the fourth Hokage. 'That mean's this was his house?' Naruto thought as he looked at the old building in a new light, he walked over the chest and opened one of them, inside were a few stacks of books, as well as a small bundle of the three-pronged Kunai like the one that was hanging on the wall, picking up the book on top of the stack he blew the dust of it and coughed before letting out a loud sneeze, his nose had always been more sensitive than normal people and it was in moments like this that he cursed it.
He pulled the small leather bound book open and looked down at the photo's on the inside, the first was a small photo, He recognized the Blonde haired person immediately as the fourth, he was young and Naruto found himself smiling at the peculiar similarities in their appearances, he looked at the other two people in the photo, one a red-haired girl that gave him the oddest feeling of Déjà vu he had ever had in his life and another black-haired boy he didn't recognize at all, the stood in front of a taller man with long white hair, they were all smiling, Naruto just smirked at the picture before turning the page.
The next picture, was just the Yondaime and the redhead, He had his chin resting on her shoulder and she was looking up at him lovingly, he smiled before turning the page again, most of the pictures after that were the Yondaime and the same girl doing various things, There was even a few pictures of them getting married, he turned to the last page, The woman was laying on the couch the Yondaime was beside her each of them had their hands on her, stomach now incredibly large, quite obviously she was pregnant, he noticed a few lack marking on th back of the photo so he turned it around to read what his idol had written.
It's October 6th, Our baby is to be born any day now, if it happens to be a boy we have decided on the name…We are going to call him.
Naruto dropped the book, It couldn't be he had to have read that wrong 'Naruto.' It swam around in his mind and he bent down and picked up the book, he reread the few words over and over again, it never changed, he pinched his arm hard and was shocked to find himself in the same hut sitting on front of the same chest 'I am the son of the fourth!?' His mind yelled.
He replaced the book and pulled the lid of the chest down, before bounding out of the house, slamming the door behind him as he ran back towards the village 'There is someone who can answer this for me.' He thought as he ran, all thoughts of running away now gone just one question swam in his head 'Is it really true?' He thought as he ran, a small part of him held hope.
Saratobi leaned against his desk, he rolled his pipe in his mouth as he looked at the window at the last rays of sunlight streamed into his office, he said a silent prayer for Naruto's safety as he thought, he turned to look at the small photograph of his successor, "I wish I could do more for the boy." Was all he said, a small nock at the door roused him from his musings, "Enter." He called out the door opened revealing his secretary.
"You have a visitor Hokage-sama." The women said bowing respectfully before stepping out of the way to reveal, a slightly disheveled, Naruto.
The Hokage smiled "Hello Naruto, Happy birthday."
"Thanks," Was all Naruto said as he stepped into the office closing the door behind him, he stared down at the floor trying to find the right words to say "Um, Old man my father he is, was, the fourth Hokage wasn't he?"
Saratobi stumbled and managed to catch his pipe before it hit the floor "H-How did you find out?" He asked in disbelief.
"The villagers were chasing me and I found a secret passage under the wall, I sort of stumbled onto his house." Naruto explained flashing a wide grin and scratching the back of his head "So it's true then? I really am his son?"
Saratobi sighed "Naruto, what I am about to tell you is an S-class secret, please keep you heritage a secret at least until you become a full fledged Ninja, there are still enemies of your father that will come after you if this information became common knowledge." Naruto nodded, and the third proceeded to explain everything about the night the village was attacked and how Naruto's parents died.
A Few hours later Naruto lay on the bed in his apartment, he looked up at the ceiling 'So I am the container for the dreaded Kyuubi, that's why the village holds so much hate for me.' He thought as he rolled over to face the wall 'The Academy starts up soon, I want to have a little bit of skill before I go, I Will make my parents proud.' He thought as a new determination lit up in his soul causing a wide smile to split his face 'I Will be Hokage!' Was his final thought as he drifted off to sleep.
Naruto opened his eyes, he looked up at a sort of greenish steel, he sat up and looked around, a large cage with a small seal on the door was in the wall and he looked at it slightly confused.
"Where am I?" He wondered aloud.
He heard a loud chuckle, it was almost demonic and he looked into the cage, the large red eyes of the Nine tails stared back at him "So my Container has come to have a chat."
"You are the Kyuubi." Naruto said, it wasn't really a question.
"Indeed I am kit, you certainly are interesting…I sense great pain in you but you do not turn towards malice or revenge it almost seems to make you stronger." The foxes eyes narrowed on the boy.
Naruto glared back defiantly "I plan to prove these people wrong! I am not a monster I merely contain one!"
The fox let out another laugh "Well then, I will keep you alive Kit."
"How are you going to do that? And what should I call you?" Naruto haf asked half demanded.
"You may call me Kurama and I will keep you alive by using my own power to heal you, from this day onwards we are partners." Kurama said with a slight incline of his head.
"Why would you want to help me?" Naruto asked.
"If you die with me inside you, I die…I do not wish to die therefore it is beneficial to both parties for me to help you." Kurama stated flatly "Now get some real sleep, you are going to need to keep up your strength."
Naruto existed the state and continued to stare at the wall for a few minutes before the day's events caught up with him and exhaustion took him to sleep.