Switched roles.

In one off Konoha's many forests you could see two boys falling against the ground.

One is a redhead with black rings around his eyes and the kanji for love tattooed on his forehead. He sees the only way of proving his existence was killing everyone but him. He is the holder of the Ichibi.

He is Sabaku no Gaara.

The other one is a blonde boy with three whisker like marks on his cheeks and deep blue eyes. He only wants to be accepted by his village and wants to get stronger to protect those close to him. He is the holder of Kyuubi.

He is Uzumaki Naruto.

The boys landed on the ground with loud thuds. The boy known as Gaara looked at the boy a few feet away from him and for the first time in his life, he was scared.

``How?`` Gaara asked fear obvious in his voice.

``How could you defeat me?`` Naruto looked at him and smiled a weak smile.

``Because I can't let you destroy this village. It's my home and I have precious people here that I have to protect``

``Precious people?`` ¨

Gaara was confused by the boy's statement and all the boy did was smiling.

``Yeah, I've learned that you don't get strong by killing everyone, but to train in order to protect the people close to you`` Naruto said as his eyes got heavy and he fell unconscious.

Gaara just looked at the boy before he was carried away by his brother Kankuro and sister Temari.

`Precious people` Gaara thought and looked at his brother and sister and smiled a small smile that went unnoticed by his siblings.

`I guess I have some` he thought.

``Temari, Kankuro. Thank you`` he said and his siblings was a little shocked.

``No problem`` Kankuro said with a small smile.

`That boy… he… he changed Gaara` Temari thought and couldn't help but smile.

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Naruto woke up in what looked like a sewer with ankle deep water and pipes going down the walls. Of course Naruto knew that it isn't a sewer.

He began to walk following what he thought was the right way and ended up by a giant gate whit only a note with the kanji for seal keeping it closed. Behind the bars, two blood red eyes looked at him. And they looked pissed.

``What?`` Naruto asked not understanding why Kyuubi looked so pissed.

``You almost lost``

``So?``

``You almost lost against SHUKAKU, and do you know who he is?´´

``No``

``I'll tell you who he is, the weakest Bijuu. And who am I?``

``An oversized fur ball``

``NO I'M KYUUBI, THE STRONGEST BEING ON EARTH. EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST MY CONTAINER YOU CANT LOOSE AGAINST THE WEAKEST OF MY KIND``

``Alright, alright don't get your panties in bunch I still won``

``But you also almost lost``

``Jeez you're a real sore looser you know that`` Kyuubi was furious. This kid didn't seem to care about that he almost lost against the weakest bijuu whose chakra wasn't bigger than some elite jounins. And he didn't seem to care about the fact that if he lost, he would have lost all pride he had in himself as a bijuu. In a fit of rage he slammed his claws at him. But all he did was giving the kid a small cut on his cheek.

``Doesn't hurt`` Naruto said and flashed him a grin. The Kyuubi was about to reply when Naruto suddenly faded from his mind, which probably meant that he was about to wake up.

``Just don't loose again`` the Kyuubi muttered and started feeling sleepy. So he decided to take a nap and maybe yell at him some more later.

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Kakashi came to check if his students were alright after the invasion and decided to drop by the hospital to visit them. Apparently only Sasuke was still conscious, so he decided to check on Naruto first since he heard he did the most fighting so he would probably be the most wounded. Plus his room was the closest.

He entered the room and saw Naruto, unconscious on the bed. He had asked a pretty brown haired nurse about him and she said it was mostly chakra exhaustion and physical exhaustion.

Since he noticed that nothing seemed wrong he decided to go to his other students but then he saw that Naruto woke up.

``Morning. How was dreamland?`` he asked with his eye smile but he noticed something was wrong with Naruto. He was opening and closing his hands as if he checked if they worked, and then he touched his face as if he wanted to make sure it was there.

``You ok?`` Kakashi asked and Naruto slowly turned his head towards him. What looked on Kakashi was definitely Naruto, but instead of his deep blue eyes were two blood red eyes with slit pupils. It was Kyuubi's eyes.

`I'm free. I'm out of the damned seal. I'M FREE` were the thoughts in Naruto's head. But it wasn't Naruto who thought them. It was Kyuubi.

``Ha ha`` he laughed a little.

``Ha ha ha`` he laughed and started to drag out his demonic chakra.

``HA HA HA HA HA HA HA`` he laughed an evil and dark laughter as the red chakra started to swirl around him creating a tornado of chakra which had two tails worth of power in it.

Kakashi could only stare in horror as what he thought was Naruto was dragging out more and more red chakra which he felt neared three tails worth of power.

`Th-That isn't Naruto`

Kyuubi continued to laugh as his chakra was about to reach three tails worth of power. But as he did he felt an immense pain in his stomach right where the seal was.

``AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH`` he screamed in pain as he rolled of the bed and on to the floor. His chakra was still increasing and so did the pain and he could feel that he was going unconscious so his brain could block out the pain.

Kakashi saw that Naruto had passed out and that the chakra was gone. He put Naruto in his hospital bed and began to run towards the front door.

`I have to tell Jiraiya` he thought as he disappeared in a blur.

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Kyuubi woke up in what looked like a sewer, but he knew better, he knew this was Naruto's mind. And he was finally on the side that wasn't inside the cage.

`Hmmmm. If I'm on this side could that mean that…` he thought as he began to make his way towards the cage he knew all to well.

He reached it after a few moments and he noticed that the seal was still intact and the cage was still there. He looked inside the cage and smiled evilly at what he saw inside.

``Well, Well, looks like the jailor have become the prisoner. Doesn't it…Naruto``