I DO NOT OWN NARUTO NOR DO I PROFIT FROM IT!

The Hidden Genius

A little boy with sun-kissed hair and bright blue eyes sat in the Forrest of Death and contemplated what to do next. It was his fifth birthday and the village was celebrating. Which usually meant that he would be beaten or something equally if not something more heinous would be done to him. His birthday was during the week long celebration of the Fourth Hokage defeating the Kyuubi. Five years ago today the Fourth Hokage defeated the nine-tailed fox and sealed him into a new born baby. It was the little boy's bad luck that the Kyuubi was sealed into him. So every year on his birthday he was chased though the village and beaten black and blue. His hovel of a home was usually destroyed as well. The little rat infested apartment the boy lived in was run down and should have been condemned along time ago. The apartment did nothing to keep the cold out in the winter and always leaked when it rained but it was the place the boy called home. At least he could find a measure of peace from the angry villagers though most of the time it was ransacked and every little thing he had of his own was destroyed. However this year the little boy had made preparations. He had put all his most valuable objects, or at least what was only valuable to him, because none other than him would care for such poor things, into a bag and made camp in the Forrest of Death.

The only place the villagers would never look or even think that a five year old would hide much less know about. The five year old in question thought that the scariest place was in his case the safest place besides it wasn't as if he was alone. At that moment a baby black fox came out of the bushes to the child's left and jumped into his lap.

"Yuu!"

"Where have you been. I've been getting worried." exclaimed the child.

"I'm sorry Naruto, but I've been making sure that our camp site was safe from the wild animals." said the little black fox.

"Oh, thanks Yuu. I already set up all the stuff in the cave. All we need now is a fire. Can you help with that Yuu?" Naruto asked

The kit made his way over to the middle of the cave and fire flew out from his mouth onto the wood Naruto had set up. The boy and fox settled down by the fire and relaxed. It was going to be two more days before they could go safely back to the village. It was a dangerous time of the year for the young child. Though last year had to be the worst yet.

"Get him!"

"Demon!"

"Monster!"

"He shouldn't be aloud to live!" screamed the villagers. A mob of people had cornered the little boy in a back ally of one of the poorest parts of the Hidden Leaf village. The adults descended onto the child in a blood lust frenzy. Pounding and kicking the child until he could no longer move. The child unable to bare the pain anymore passed out. Finally the mob of stirred up people thinking that the demon child was dead left to go and enjoy the rest of the celebration.

"Naruto!"

"Naruto wake up! Listen to me. We do not have enough time." a growling voice yelled. Naruto heard a faint voice but didn't know where it was coming from.

"Naruto I'm inside of you and if you do not hurry up we are both going to die!" said the voice.

Naruto slowly made his way to consciousness. "Who are you?" he thought.

"I'm the Nine-tailed demon fox. I was sealed inside you at birth. Now if you don't hurry up and free me then we will die. Hurry kit you must come inside yourself and tear the seal on my prison. Once you do that I will be free and can save you."

Naruto followed the voice inside him until he came to a giant prison holding a monstrous fox with nine-tails and burnt orange fur. The fox lifted his head and stared at the yellowed haired boy standing in front of him with a frightened face.

"I will not harm you kit. If you free me, I will heal you and train you to be stronger, But you need to do it now because you will not last much longer. While you were unconscious one of your attackers stabbed you with a kunai. Your bleeding too much and fading away fast."

Naruto looked up at the demon fox and knew all the villagers were right he was a demon. No wonder they hated him. He was evil. Just look what was inside him. The frightened boy could do nothing but stare at the monster.

"KIT!" yelled the fox getting the young boy to focus.

"I can read your mind and you are not a demon, monster or evil. Do you understand?"

"I'm the Demon but I'm not evil either Kit. The villagers are wrong. They don't understand and are afraid." the fox said.

Naruto let what the fox said sink in. "I don't know if what you say is true but I don't want to die either." Naruto reached up to where the seal was placed and tore away the sealing paper.

There was a flash of light and then everything went black as Naruto slide into unconsciousness once more.

This is kinda short but i'm just feeling this story out for now and hopefully it will lead to a interesting place in the near future.

Please review and tell me what you think. Also I'm still undecided on what pairings there will be in the future but please feel free to tell me what you want and I will see what I can do, though i'm completely sure that the only pairing I will not accept is Sakura and Naruto. There will also be NOOO Harem! Sorry :(