Naruto: Lord of the Night
Summary: After returning from the mission to wave, Naruto fully realizes that he is nearly useless, not as useless as Sakura, but at least she had some chakra control. At this realization, he decides to improve himself, being trained by the one person he knew could make him strong, Kyuubi no Kitsune, Lord of the Demons, and Naruto's own personal chakra battery.
"Normal Talking"
"Demon or Greater Summons Talking"
"Normal Telepathic Conversation"
"Demonic Telepathic Conversation"
'Normal Thinking'
'Demon Thinking'
We had just returned from the mission to Wave Country. I should feel proud of our team, we, a team of fresh genin, had succesfuly completed a B-A rank mission. But I'd never felt worse, I was next to useless, I had to realie on Kyuubi's power in order to defeat Haku, and during the fight, Saskue, was nearly killed. What was I to do? Kakashi wanted to focus on training Saskue, Jiji-san was busy with Hokage stuff, and Iruka had to worry about the academy. 'Sigh, guess I'll sleep on it.'
And so I did, I walked home, sent some Kage Bushin to clean the grafitie of my windows, walls, and door, and went to sleep.
-In Naruto's Mindscape
"So you've finaly come kit." A loud deep voice, said from behind a set of bars.
'Wait, where am I' I thought as I looked around. Well, I'm in a sewer, there's water up to about my ankles, there's a giant cage, with a peice of paper with the kanji for 'Seal' on it, and pipes,alot of pipes.
"You're in your mind scape kit." The same voice said.
"Ok, and I'm guessing that you, who ever and wherever you are, can read my thoughts?"
"Only well you're here, and with some difficulty, but yes, yes I can."
"Alright then, seeing as you say we're in my mindscape, I'm guessing that you're the Kyuubi no Kitsune, and that you're somewhere in that cage."
"More observant then I'd thought you'de be, but yes, I am the great and powerful Kyuubi no Kitsune, also known as Kyuubi no Yoko, The Nine Tailed Demon Fox, and The Lord of Demons."
Suddenly an idea came to me. "So Kyuubi-san, you're sealed within me, and will die if I die correct?"
"It is."
"Well in that case, how would you like to make a deal."
"What sort of deal?"
"You train me. And I don't get myself killed on a mission."
"Point taken, I need you to live, but to train you properly, we'll need a mental link so i can speak to you well you're awake, and I have some conditions you'll need to meet."
"Depends on the conditions."
"Understandable, I must say, you're much more intellagent then you let on. But my conditions are simple, first, you must do as I say on issues relavent to training. Secondly, I won't do everything for you, you'll often have to figure things out yourself. And thirdly, my sealing had some nagative side effects on your body and chakra control, so after we leave the village, I would like you to allow me to re-construct your body so that you may function properly."
"All agreeable. But what's this about leaving the village"
"Simple, we don't want people to see your developing skills. Just ask Sarutobi-san to allow you to go on a private training mission spanning one year."
"I see your point, I'll get on it in the morning."
"Of course, simpily walk through the door on the right to enter a normal sleep. I'll create the neccasairy mental link as you sleep."
"Sounds good. And Kyuubi, Thanks."
"You are very welcom Kit, I may be a demon, but I'm not heartless like those scum you call villagers." Kyuubi stated with a suprising amount of anger in his voice. Only slightly puzzled by this, Naruto walked throught the door into the land of sleep.
The Next Morning
Naruto woke up feeling a little different, like he was connected to something, something powerful. He reached out to it.
"Kyuubi? Is that you?"
"It would seem so"
"Oh, Okay then. Umm, So what do you want me to do to begin training?"
"We'll start on that later, first we must prepare. Go to the Hokage and request a years training allowence. Then we must gather supplies."
"Sure, but can I ask something?"
"Of course."
"Is your real name Kyuubi?"
"As a matter of fact, no, Kyuubi is the title given to the Lord of the Kitsune Clan. My real name is Kenshin."
"Cool, so can I call you Kenshin instead?"
"I don't see why not."
"Cool." And with that, Naruto quickly got ready for the day, well dressing though, Kenshin suddenly cut in.
"No"
"No what?"
"No more of that damn 'Kill Me I'm Over Here' Orange jumpsuit."
"Oh, Okay, but the only other thing I own is a black training suit Jiji-san gave me."
"Wear it, and well you're at his office, ask for a letter stating that anyone who refuses to sell to you, or overcharges you, will be listed as a traitor."
"I never thought of that, will do." And with that, wearing black shinobi pants and a tight fitting black t-shirt that showed off his very well toned body. He set off for the Hokage office.
Upon arrival, he, rather then requesting an audience through the secratary, he simply walked right through the door.
"Hey Jiji-san, I need to talk to you."
"What do you need Naruto? Usualy you get along fine enough by yourself."
"Ya, well, there are some things only a Hokage can do right?"
"True, but whatever would you need?"
"I need a one year training alowence, and a letter stating that you, as Hokage, order all shop owners to allow me to by their goods and not overcharge me." Now this took the old man by suprise.
"I can understand the letter, but what of the training allowence? What about your team?"
"What team. Sakura just follows Saskue like some kind of lost puppy, Saskue's to arrogant to let anyone tell him what to do, or to try and work as a team. And Kakashi just focuses on training Saskue rather then the team. I think I can train myself better with a license to wander, and a few scrolls."
"Sigh.... I never knew thing were that bad. But if thats how you feel I'll start the paper work immediatly. But couldn't you just switch teams? A transfer takes so much less paper work then a training allowence."
"I'm sure. And as for the paper work, why don't you just use Kage Bushin no Jutsu?"
The old Hokage's faced brightened suddenly. 'Kage Bushin eh? Thsi kid's good.' "Naruto..." The old man looked like he was about to cry. "You have just single handedly defeated the bane of all kages. You, are a true hero." He said well starting to tear up.
"It's really no big deal Jiji-san, but could I get that letter, I plan on leaving in the morning and I need to prepare."
"Ah, of course." He said well quickly writting a letter. "Here you go, and Naruto, good luck." He said well handing the now completed letter to Naruto.
"Thanks Jiji-san. See you in about a year. And when I come back, think I could switch teams with Kiba?"
"You want to be with Hinata and Shino?"
"Ya, ya I think I do."
"Well I'll see if it I can make it happen."
With that, Naruto walked out of the Hokage office with a smile on his face.
"So, where to next Kenshin?"
AN: Well, this is the first chapter of my second fic, hope everyone likes it. And to anyone who's reading this and is thinking "Hey, what about his other fic?" well, I'm not abandoning it, but I'm having a bit of writters block with that story. Well, please review.