AN: Oh no! I've posted yet another story! Oh well! Anyway, this story is a Challenge by Toshiro of the Eternal Dream, who is also now my beta reader! Yes, I finally got myself one and I have to say that I'm impressed!

Spoilers - lemme see, there aren't any noticeable spoilers in this chapter but there will be spoilers for Naruto and possibly Sonic in the future.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Sonic the Hedgehog!


Naruto Uzumaki was a lot of things, he was a hyperactive blond who wore bright orange and a master prankster. However, there was something that no one, not even the Third Hokage, knew about him. He wasn't a dead-last idiot, like everyone in the village assumed him to be; quite the opposite in fact, sure he was no Nara, but he came close to it. Why did the seven year old, blond haired boy make the decision to hide his true intelligence from the world? It was simple and yet sad for a boy his age to think like he did, his thoughts went something like this: "The villagers called him a demon and so, what would they fear more? A smart demon or a stupid one?"

It was quite obvious to Naruto that they would be less likely to believe him to be a threat; if they thought he was an idiot, and so his mask of idiocy came in as the solution to not becoming a bigger target for the villagers. As it turned out, his mask had fooled everyone, even the Hokage. No, that wasn't it; no one had bothered to look for the truth about the boy and Naruto hated it! Why?! Why couldn't anyone see how much pain he was in behind his invisible mask? Not even the Hokage, his Jiji in all but blood, bothered to look. Yes, Naruto hated it! He hated the village, he hated the Hokage, he hated humans, and most importantly he hated himself for the fact that he hated.

Naruto sighed as he walked, into his rundown one room apartment, today had been his first day in the academy and it hadn't gone well at all. Everyone hated him there, although his teacher, Iruka, if he remembered correctly, didn't seem to hate him as much as the kids in his class; but Naruto could tell that Iruka pitied him more than anything else. The blond haired boy then proceeded to walk over to his old bed that was in the corner of the room and belly flopped into the hard mattress, not caring if it was hard or if there was any pain, he was tired and he needed to think. Hate or pity, that's all there ever was for the young Uzumaki. What he would give to have a friend that didn't hate nor pity him; He'd give up his humanity for something like that, he'd become the very demon people claimed him to be for something like that. Heck! He'd even become a fox if he could have just one friend! And foxes were just as hated in Konoha almost as much as he was.

Little did he know that the 'almighty' Kyubi no Kitsune was listening to his hosts thoughts with a grin appearing across its muzzle. Perhaps he would do the kit a favor? He was getting sick and tired of either being sealed into a new host or being put under the control of the Sharigan and forced to rampage anyway. If what he had in mind works then he would also be freed from being in the presence of those three annoying hedgehogs, well, two were okay but the blue one was going to drive him insane! Now it was time to do his work, hopefully the brat he was sealed in and the three hedgehogs would listen to what he had to say.

Naruto felt shaken, one minute he had been in his room and now he was in, what appeared to be a sewer of some kind. Nothing like this had ever happened to him before, that was for sure. Perhaps, the villagers had finally made a move while he had been asleep and thrown him away to die and to let his corps rot?

"Gah! Don't think like that! It's not right for someone your age to be thinking things like that!" Naruto jumped as the somewhat cocky voice filled the tunnel and the blond haired Jinchuriki was immediately on high alert. Someone was down here with him.

He cautiously took a step forward, vaguely taking notice of the fact, that water in his shoes did not feel nice at all. "Yeah! That's a better thought! Water is horrible, it's evil!" Naruto blinked, it was the same voice again. The blond haired boy thought that it would be best to follow the voice back to its owner, it was the only clue to getting himself out of here.

When he reached the end of the tunnel, he almost fainted at the sight that was in front of him. There was a giant cage that looked more like a prison for a mountain, if that was possible, but it was not the sight of such a large cage that had him more than a little scared, it was what was inside of the cage. There were four animal like beings on the other side of the bars. The first and most noticeable was a giant fox that had more than a few tails, the rest were all hedgehog-like creatures, one was blue, one was silver and the last was black and red. Naruto looked back and forth between the hedgehog-like beings and the giant fox; now that he looked closely at the fox he counted the amount of tails the fox had, there were nine. Realization dawned on Naruto at that very moment, why the village hated him, why the Third Hokage and that Iruka guy would pity him, it all made sense. "You're the Kyubi and you were sealed into me." He had learnt the basics of what sealing was, so he knew that he was not the fox, simply its container.

"Correct young kit, I am the Kyubi no Kitsune, and I am the reason you have been hated all your life." The three hedgehogs stayed silent as the Biju and Jinchuriki looked at each other in silence until one did something and surprisingly, it was Naruto who did.

"And so, what do you want me to do now? I could break the seal if I wanted to. I'm willing to, all you have to do is ask." The Kyubi blinked, had he broken his host with his revelation? One look into the blue eyes of the young boy told him otherwise, there was determination in his eyes. It was as if they were saying 'Devour me, but I promise you that I'll give you indigestion'. The fox couldn't help it, he laughed, he laughed, and he laughed. This kit was interesting, he wasn't going to regret the decision he made later on, he definitely wouldn't regret it.

Naruto just stared as the fox finally managed to compose itself. "Interesting, you're an interesting kit, so I'm going to make you a deal. I heard your thoughts on wanting to have a friend even if you were to become a fox and I have decided to not only give you three tails of my chakra, but also turn you into a humanoid Kitsune (fox spirit), in exchange, I want you to sign my personal summoning contract, so that I will not be forced under anyone else's control ever again.

What do you say kit?" A different voice was the one to reply.

"Excuse me, Kyubi-san, but aren't you forgetting the most important detail? Naruto-san wants friends, not the power to destroy a mountain!" It was the silver hedgehog.

"Yeah! Silver has a good point you know Fur-ball!" This time it was the blue hedgehog who spoke.

"Humph, I say we give him both power and our friendship." this time it was the black and red hedgehog's turn to speak and the said black hedgehog walked out of the 'jail' and up to Naruto "I, Shadow the Hedgehog have seen the hardships that you, Naruto Uzumaki, have endured throughout your entire life and you have gained my respect. I deem you worthy to possess the power of the ultimate life-form."

Naruto was confused, first the Kyubi was offering him three of its tails and now the black hedgehog, Shadow, had said he could use the power of the ultimate life-form, whatever that was. What surprised him however, was what had happened next, the other two hedgehogs came running out of the cage; the blue one appearing to be a blur. "Hey! My names Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog! Shads-" "DON'T CALL ME THAT!" "-has deemed you worthy and I agree! Now if you'll excuse me I must go and annoy the big fur-ball over there." The blue one, now identified as Sonic, a fitting name, said while pointing in the direction of the Kyubi and then taking off in a blue blur with Shadow chasing after him for some reason or another.

Naruto scratched his head in confusion, he really had no idea as to what was going on. "Excuse me, Naruto-san." The blond in question looked to his side to see the silver hedgehog from earlier standing next to him. "I hope you don't mind but I also agree with both Shadow and Sonic, you do deserve our power but I'm guessing that you would like a proper explanation."

Naruto just stared, 'Yes, an explanation would be nice, but it would also be nice to know your name!'

"Ah! I'm sorry! I forgot to introduce myself, name is Silver."

'What the… Did he just read my mind?' Naruto thought

"Yes, everyone here can read your mind, we are all sealed into you after all. Anyway, we all heard your wish for a friend and we want to help out in any way that we can, even Kyubi-san wants to help you, and none of us are doing this out of pity. We have always been with you Naruto, since the day you were born we have seen what you have gone through and on countless times all of us have wanted to break out of the seal and put a stop to the villagers' torture. This is our way of wanting to help you and we are all doing this because we already consider you our friend. Even if two of us 'cough-"Shadow"-cough-"Kyubi"-cough' try to deny it."

Naruto's eyes widened a considerable amount as he looked from Silver to Shadow to Sonic and then finally to Kyubi. They all considered him a friend. "Shadow, Sonic, Silver, Kyubi, I accept your offer." All four of them smiled.

"Alright kit, but don't call me Kyubi, my name is Kurama."


First chapter is done! Ok! So what did people think about this? Was it good? Bad? Your reasons?

To those of you who may think that Naruto will go straight into Godlike mode I'm just going to clarify one thing. He may become godlike as time passes but I've already planned out a lot of this story and, I'm not going to spoil it but... Let's just say he has a 'training accident'. That's all I'm giving away. ^^

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