Chapter One

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or One Piece.

It was just another typical day for eight years old Uzumaki Naruto. After being chased out of six different shops, he had decided to go exploring in the forest north of Konoha. He was currently standing in a grove wondering which way to go.

"Dammit, still didn't manage to get any food today. I'll have to see if I can find anything while exploring." He took a moment to get his bearings.

"Right, there should be some fruit trees this way," he said pointing in front of him.

"Are you sure?"

Naruto turned to see a figure standing in front of him that looked to be a man. He wore a cloak that hid his face and was holding one hand inside as if hiding something.

"But then again, can you be sure of anything in this world?" The man said, "If I told you I could give you a power unrivaled in this world, would you believe me?"

Naruto stared at him, "Who are you?"

"Me, I'm an old relic from a different world. Who are you?"

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

"Ah, but you are much more. The power of human sacrifice, a child's innocence to hold back a beast's power. You hold something in you that changed your life from the very beginning."

Naruto stared at the man in part fear and part curiosity. "And how do you know?" he asked, "And what exactly is it I hold?"

"Ah, forget about that right now, I'm here to present you the chance ti become a legend. It's simple, I give you a strange fruit and you eat it. Boom, you instantly become awesome. Good deal?"

"Yeah, cause just eating a strange fruit will make me awesome. Are you alright old man?" Naruto asked looking disbelievingly at him.

"It's a simple choice," replied the man holding out a strange looking fruit. It was the size of a melon and was yellow with jagged blue lines circling the fruit that seemed to pulse like a heartbeat. A lightning-bolt shaped stem protruded from the top. "Eat it or don't."

Naruto paused for a moment before grabbing the fruit and in three bites devouring it. The man looked to reveal a smile. "Live with no regrets. Hopefully that will help you,"

Naruto's face blanched as he shouted, "This tastes disgusting!" He looked up, "Hey, what kind of fru..."

The place where the man been standing was now empty and all that was left was a black cloak lying on the ground.

Suddenly Naruto went very still and began trembling before straightening up and smiling as blue sparks began jumping between his fingers.

"Whoa, what the hell?" Naruto could only stare at this before he was abruptly interrupted.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?"

"Who's there?" Naruto began looking around him to find the source of this new voice.

"Good luck finding me out there. Unless you can look inside your mind." The voice chuckled to itself. "Actually that's an idea, I'll show you what you have done."

Naruto started frantically looking around him only to see the landscape turn into a dark sewer with a large gate in front of him with a seal in the middle of it. A large red eye stared at him from the darkness.

"If you had entered your mind five minutes ago this is the scene you would have grown accustomed to. Now, however after eating that strange fruit the scene is changed a little."

The area around Naruto began to ripple and distort before revealing an island that was floating in the clouds with a storm overhead that, every ten seconds, released a volley of lightning bolts. In the middle of the island a large stone shrine sat overlooking the the sky. Atop the shrine lay an enormous fox with nine large tails. The same red eye from the sewer stared down at Naruto.

"What the hell are you?"

The fox chuckled, "Have you not heard of me? I am the almighty Kyuubi no Kitsune!"

"Eh, no that doesn't ring any bells. Sorry?"

"TREMBLE IN FEAR BEFORE.. wait a minute, you haven't? I was sent against this village eight years ago, lost to the Fourth, prick, and ended up sealed in a child. Never heard of this?"

"No, all the villagers say I'm a demon fox though... wait a minute, sealed eight years ago, I'm eight years old..."

"Figured it out have you?"

"I feel like there's a connection. Not sure what though. Gimme a sec." Naruto sat down thinking to himself while the fox was staring at him in disbelief. Suddenly Naruto shot upright. "Is that what the old man was talking about? You're sealed in me, aren't you?"

The fox could only stare at disbelief at his 'container' who seemed pretty pleased with himself for figuring this out.

"Because you suffer from a lack of schooling I will disregard your current level of stupidity. But if you are to remain my container we need to fix that." The fox stared at Naruto who was staring back with a look of excitement. "Brat, if you are to represent me in the world of the mortal, we will have to make you an acceptable host. With the powers that man has given you we are going to make you a legend."

Naruto started to bounce up and down. "Ahahaha, this is gonna be awesome!"

"Calm yourself, first you need to find an acceptable home. That old apartment you were given will not do. Follow this forest west and you should find something useful."

After walking for half an hour Naruto suddenly stopped. "Whoa, I'm starting to feel strange. Is that fruit doing something to me? Oi, foxy?"

"My name is Kurama." The fox growled at him from within Naruto's mind. "And no, what you're feeling is my chakra. This is the area where I fought the Fourth. My chakra is highly concentrated in this area so normal people rarely visit here. Now if you go a little bit more you will find a place I think that will suit our needs perfectly."

Naruto shrugged his shoulders and walked on. When he got through the line of trees he found himself at a flight of stairs. He quickly ran up them to find himself in an ornately decorated building. "What is this? Am I in the right place Kurama?"

"Haha, yes. This building used to be inhabited by priest and priestesses but after my attack, they had to leave or they would die from my chakra. You are immune to it, being my container, so naturally it is a good building to stay in to avoid unnecessary attention. Also I thought it would fit with your new powers. Afterall, this is a shrine to the lightning god."

And done. That is the start of my first story.

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