"Kukukuku, it seems, Naruto kun, that you have nor the power or the intelligence to match up to me" Orochimaru, the snake sannin stood before the blonde haired teen, feet attached to the bark of the tree using chakra "Sasuke kun is definitely the better candidate" the blonde heard the sannin mutter as a foot long tongue descended from pale white lips, glistening with saliva "now, Naruto kun, I'm wasting time, so please step out of the way so I may test your team-mate" Naruto gritted his teeth, grinding them as he attempted to think his way out the situation.

"Wait thats it!" Naruto mentally exclaimed as a stray thought entered his mind which he quickly acted upon. Leaping at the sannin the blonde burst his chakra creating a dozen clones that altered their flight path and charged the sannin from all sides making the snake summoner scoff "foolish boy, I have been using this jutsu longer than you have been alive" purple chakra pulsed around Orochimaru disrupting the chakra networks of the bunshin attacking him dispelling them all.

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes as he growled "stupid boy" a flash of orange broke the dirt in front of him forcing him to tilt his head to the side to avoid an uppercut that would have left a nasty bruise "learn to plan ahead, boy" charging chakra toward his fist Orochimaru thrust his fist into the jinchurikii's gut and released the energy upon impact allowing his fist to punch straight through the boys gut and out the other side sending blood from the wound and the boy flying backwards against the trunk of the gargantuan tree they were stood upon "weakling" the snake muttered turning his attention toward his primary objective, that being the raven haired Uchiha who was pressed up against the trunk of the tree, eyes wide in absolute terror "N-N-Naruto" his voice was smothered in fear of this, this, CREATURE that stood before him "S-S-Sasuke, run, t-take Sakura and g-get out of here" the blonde stood upon shaking legs, clutching his near fatal wound that had taken out a good part of his intestines "I-I can hold him off!" stumbling forward he placed his weight on his left leg to steady himself even at the pace that he was losing blood "GO!" Sasuke regained his composure, that includes his arrogance and shook his head "no, dobe you may not be able to beat him, but I will!" the Uchiha leapt at the sannin and engaged him in what was supposed to be a fierce taijutsu battle which ended up in Sasuke being backed into a corner and marked with the 'ten no juin'.

Sakura, being a spectator for the whole encounter rushed to Sasukes aid, naturally leaving Naruto to bleed out on the branch they were stood upon "I'm sorry Naruto I can't carry you both" thought Sakura as she leapt from the branch leaving the blonde unconscious and venerable.

Timeskip- 3 minutes Naruto's mind

Naruto's eyes snapped open, his blue irises glowing in the dank darkness "Kyuubi!" he shouted sprinting down the sewer passage toward the chakra spirit that grinned menacingly as he arrived, its chakra advancing and receding like the tides of the sea, like an unstoppable force, well, seemingly unstoppable.

"Kyuubi, why is it I'm not healing!" the teenage ninja yelled as Kyuubi, or so he was called snorted in amusement "because, boy that human that you lost so badly against annihilated the lower section of the seal, which, although not enough for me to escape allowed a being much worse to escape through!" as the bijju's sentence ended a dark laughter could be heard from the darkness of the seal "why brother, how could you forget about me!" another version of Naruto stepped out from the broken section of the seal, the difference being that this one had dark red, rippled eyes with a black sclera and noticeably pale skin along with a thick mane of midnight black hair with dark, blood red flecks "it's been a long time!" the counterpart screamed as he appeared not 2 inches from Naruto's face "and I think it's about fucking time we had a reunion!" Naruto leapt back, thoroughly scared by this being who claimed to be his 'brother'. "Who are you!" he shouted as the being chuckled "me, I 'm everything that you are not, I am your anger, your pain, your common sense, your intelligence, I am" the being paused, seemingly for effect.

"YOUR POWER!"

The word was bellowed with such force that Naruto was almost swept off his feet in the maelstrom of power "so, what is it you want with me!" Naruto shouted as the wind died down causing the alternate half to smirk "where would the fun that be!" the being launched himself at his counterpart and instead of colliding with him, seemed to melt into his body causing Naruto to scream as his body erupted in a tower of coal black chakra while his hair lengthened to a stop between his shoulder blades and faded to a midnight black with rustic red flecks.

All through this encounter Kyuubi watched, intrigued by this change, intrigued by the first human it had met without attacking it "hm, interesting" it breathed slowly as the pillar grew larger, both in width and height before turning and retreating to the rear of the cage.

Timeskip. Hours- Unknown

Naruto groaned as he heaved himself up, his body searing in several places "Stupid slut, that bitch should have died a long time ago" he hissed as his healing wound was aggravated "looks like those fools have gotten into trouble again!" a seemingly innumerable amount of skills had been boosted, the extent? That would have to be discovered later "right now I've got to save those imbeciles" standing on unstable legs he let out a roar before vanishing in a gust of wind, sending spider cracks through the bark he stood on.

Scene change

Sakura shivered in fright as she stood, eyes wide against 3 sound genin who had systematically tore through team 10 who were forced to retreat to the edge of the clearing, and Lee who had defended her valiantly until his weakness cost him and knocked him out.

"hmhmhm, now, girl you are the only obstacle left" the bandaged one, Dosu commented as they advanced on the pink haired girl "move and we may spare you" Sakura foolishly shook her head "well you have just sealed your fate, girl" Dosu leapt forward, melody arm readied for a one hit kill which was swung, and would have connected

Had HE, not have arrived...

Well that's chapter 1 of my new story, I intend to fix many of what I see as faults in Kishimotos depiction of the characters in Naruto.

TBH there is a strong chance that I will have a second chapter up by the weekend so look out for that!

Until the next instalment!

This is TrueInitiative, signing out!