A/N: as always I must declare that I do not own Naruto.

'Juubi's point of view '

kyuubi talking

Chapter 1: Awakenings

As the sun sank beneath the horizon and the birds went to roost the moon rose quietly from her bed. As it had been since ancient times only once in every month was she allowed to present herself in such splendorous beauty. It had been far too long since he had visited the forest, too long since he had talked to his godparents.

The moon created shadows in the trees as the wind whispered the secrets of the night to anyone who cared enough to listen. It was as if the forest itself was as alive as its inhabitants. 'it is kit' Naruto was jolted out of his pensive reverie as the fox continued sharing, for the first time, his past with his container. 'for uncounted generations this forest was a kind of gathering place for the powers that govern this world. It was here that the juubi first took form, it was in this very forest that the rikudou sennin discovered the energy known as chakra, and it was here that my siblings and I first parted ways.' As the fox recounted his story he brought his jinchuriki into the mindscape in order to show him the past.

He floated, incorporeal, conscious yet without form. He drifted over cities, village, towns and from each place, he became less and less coherent more and more angry, he lost more and more of his self with each passing century until he was no longer a benign spirit, he had become a demon. With each eon that passed he fell deeper and deeper into what had poisoned him. Until finally he was drawn here, to the forest, here the fabric separating the realms of physical and spiritual were weakest and the eclipse gave him strength enough to burst through and devour those who had (unintentionally but he didn't know that) destroyed him. And the power that he had collected through the eons coalesced behind him into ten flowing tails.

Naruto bolted upright gasping for air, his clothes were drenched with sweat and tears were flowing freely down his face. The fox was puzzled. No one had ever had such a severe reaction to his vision before. 'do you wish to continue?' Naruto gave a shuddering nod at the ancient entity, he had to finish, he had to know the fox's past, why he was as angry with the world as he was. 'very well then'

Freedom, freedom from the agony that had plagued him for centuries. He could feel the wind on his skin, the sun on his back, the blood of the pathetic, worthless humans that has polluted his blissful existence with their emotions. His rage reshaped entire maps, decimated civilizations until only a handful of groups remained until his revenge would be completed. Through the haze Naruto heard the kyuubi's voice, it was choked with the pain of wounds that could never really be healed.

'it was at that time that grandpa rikudou unlocked his legendary doujutsu, the rinnegan, but it was too late the juubi was almost to the mainland, he had almost no time to prepare

There was a man standing in his path. His eyes were as a drop of water in a still pond. It infuriated him. He lashed at the man with his tails destroying the mountain he had been standing on. He growled as he hadn't destroyed the man as he had hoped but only managed to lose track of him. He felt a tug, light at first, then an irresistible force pulling him into darkness once more.

' at least that's how grandpa rikudou showed us.'The fox grimaced at the state of his container. Naruto was curled up on the floor shaking uncontrollably from the experience. That's not right, no one has ever had this bad a reaction. Although if he had been honest with himself he had never felt the way he had at the time either, or ,and he facepawed himself for this, shared with his jinchuriki in the very place of origin of the events. 'KIT WAKE UP.' Ordered the fox, no response from the blonde. If this one doesn't work then he's toast and I'm screwed. ' If you get up right now I might just teach you a new jutsu.' The kyuubi barely had time to finish his sentence before an orange blur all but destroyed the remnants of the cage that was the seal.

"whatisitwhatisitwhatisitwhat isit!" the jinchuriki eagerly demanded of the fox. If he would hold still a moment I could tell him. Oh yeah… that just might work, considering who his godparents are I guess its only fitting. 'how bout a summoning jutsu?'

"WHOOPIE!," Naruto's head almost hit the impossibly high ceiling "now I can be just like them" the fox took from out beneath its impressive bulk and pushed it towards its container when it caught a glimpse of something odd. 'kit let me see your eyes more clearly NOW.' Naruto obeyed the fox since he sounded scary and opened his eyes wide open to give the fox the best possible view. His eyes were the palest blue of pre- dawn light without the cold calculating feel of the byakugan or the open bloodthirstiness of the sharingan and lacked the distinctive ripple effect of the rinnegan. He rummaged around his cage for several moments before pulling out a huge book. ' ok uzumaki, lets see, doujutsu, ah here we are, I knew id find it.' An anxious Naruto pressed in closer trying to get a better look at the page. 'It's known as the Reisei Shidaigan or the calming elements eye. Now what it says here is that it was actually quite rare even before the Uzumaki clan got wiped out. In fact the only other person I knew of who had it had me sealed inside of her for the majority of her life' he sighed when he got an uncomprehending look from the boy 'your mother idiot' he waved the jinchuriki's questions off with his paw, 'yes she loved you, no she didn't want to leave and your father was the yondaime. Any other questions will have to wait for your meeting with your godparents, you know how that old slug gets when she has to wait around for too long. So, here's the breakdown of your Kekkei Genkai you cannot force the elements to do your will but rather you work with them, kind of like water flowing downhill. There is a secondary stage as well, it says here that it is known as the Onmyougan but we'll burn that bridge when we come to it.' The kyuubi looked up at something naruto couldn't see. ' Here's the summoning scroll ask that pervert out there how to use it..' he paused 'and say hi to my little bro shikaku while you're at it if you get the chance. The chunin exams are coming up after all.' Naruto felt himself got propelled out of the mindscape, which disoriented him as always, and oppebned his eyes to not one but all three of his godparents' faces looking down with concern.

The pale skinned, black haired man was the first to react. "ssso howsss it going hatchling" he asked in that slightly creepy accent of his. (three guesses as to who THAT is)

"Back off snake- teme" announced the eldest looking of the three " after all I knew his father the best." To which the blonde woman of the group replied "If you start bragging about that student of yours again (hic) I am gonna have to hurt you BADLY"

A/N: forbidden art of the author: cliffhanger no jutsu. Ps if you can figure out who the three godparents are I'll give you a shout out in my next chapter. So please review. JA NE!