Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

The idea for this story came to me after reading KIRI PHANTOM BLADE BY aprilliarsv (CHECK IT OUT ITS GREAT) I loved what he did with one of my favorite characters Suigetsu so I thought why not write my own story involving him and our favorite blond, Naruto.

HAS SASUKE BASHING (HE WILL PLAY LESS OF A ROLE IN THE STORY THAN IN CANON)

THIS IS NOT A YAOI FIC (I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAY PEOPLE BUT I HATE YAOI)

THIS IS MY FIRST FANFIC (DON'T FLAME)

"Tailed beast talk/Calling out Jutsu/Demonic speech."

Written text

"Normal speech."

'Thinking'

Chapter 1

Pain is something that everyone deals with at some point in their lives but some people suffer more than others.

Naruto Uzumaki has been the very definition of this rule since he was born. From suffering the pain of being the kyuubi jinchuriki to never experiencing a parent's love, Naruto has learned to understand other people's pain and how to forgive.

Unfortunately in the life of a shinobi you learn that not every crime can be forgiven and allies can become enemies in a heartbeat.

However what this young Uzumaki will learn is that when one door closes another opens and that allies can be found in the most unlikely places.

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Naruto couldn't remember how long he'd been stuck in this room or more accurately chained to its far wall.

Now you may be wondering how someone would end up in this situation but in Naruto Uzumaki's case it can be answered with two words.

SASUKE UCHIHA

Naruto's teammate, best friend, and supposed "brother."

When learning of Sasuke's defection he was shocked that his teammate would willingly leave the leaf and more than anyone believed he was being controlled by Orochimaru through the vile curse mark that he was given.

How little he knew that Sasuke was perfectly in his right state of mind and how his thirst for power overpowered any form of friendship he had towards the blond.

~~~~ (FLASHBACK NO JUSTSU) ~~~~ VALLEY OF THE END

Naruto was staring down at the beaten form of his teammate with a small smile and a hint of pride. He had done it he had finally beaten Sasuke and now he could take him back to Konoha and keep his promise to Sakura-chan.

'Now how am I going to carry him all the way back to Konoha' thought Naruto looking himself over and realizing how much fighting Sasuke really took out of him.

"I can't believe I lost to a dope like you, where did that power you just used come from?" snarled the so called last loyal Uchiha of Konoha, snapping Naruto out of his thoughts.

Taken aback by the sudden question concerning his tenant Naruto considered telling Sasuke the truth until he saw the look in his eyes. They were the eyes of someone who hungered for power and would use anyone as tools to achieve their own goals.

Before he could even think of a response he was once against interrupted, but this time not by Sasuke.

"Kukuku, I'm disappointed in you Sasuke-kun I would think with the full power of the curse seal you could take care of one deadlast genin" taunted Orochimaru the snake sannin and S-class missing ninja. Or at least he sounded like Orochimaru, even though he looked very different.

He now had neck-length white hair and was covered in bandages that only showed one of his amber snake-like eyes.

"Sasuke isn't completely to blame Orochimaru-sama I know more than anyone how tricky fighting Naruto-kun can be" said Kabuto, Orochimaru's right-hand man and loyal lackey.

Now Naruto was panicking he knew that any fight between these two would not end well for him. He was only able to beat Kabuto before due to him not taking him seriously and surprising him with a rasengan. That's not even adding in Orochimaru who he knew was as strong as the Pervy Sage (Jiraiya), was able to kill the 3rd Hokage and fight his fellow sannin 2 on 1 and survive.

'I need to get me and Sasuke out of here hopeful he won't follow us past the border' thought Naruto trying to come up with some kind of plan.

"Kukuku, this actually will give me a good chance to test the limitations of this new body" Orochimaru stated with a twisted smile showing through his bandages.

Before Naruto could even put up any form of defense Orochimaru flashed in front of him and backhanded him into the far stone wall of the valley where Naruto lost consciousness before he hit the ground.

"Hmm how disappointing I was hoping to snap his neck" said Orochimaru showing mock sadness at Naruto's condition.

"Kabuto-kun carry Sasuke-kun to the hideout it is time we begin his training" ordered the Sannin after seeing how Sasuke was too exhausted after using the curse seal level 2 to walk for himself.

"Hi Orochimaru-sama" chirped Kabuto. Picking up the Uchiha and carrying him on his back.

"What about the dobe?" asked Sasuke still glaring holes into Naruto's unconscious form, still asking himself how he could lose to someone like him.

Taking a minute to look over the defeated blond Orochimaru had a realization that put an even more diabolical smile on his face.

"I think I know just what to do with little Naruto-kun" Orochimaru said with his twisted smile never going away.

(In Orochimaru's Eastern Hideout)

Naruto awoke with a splitting headache and feeling like the room was spinning. It is when the pain in his head subsided that Naruto realized he couldn't move. Looking at his arms he quickly found the cause; he was restrained by heavy steel chains. Thinking that using chakra would help in his escape the Uzumaki was surprised to feel his chakra being suppressed and finding seals carved on the surface of the chains. Throwing that idea out of the window Naruto took a minute to scan his surroundings. The room was very dark and the only real feature of notice was the door at the far end of the room.

The door slowly opened and Naruto's mind was frantically tried to figure out a way to escape or at least defend himself from whoever this possible threat may be. (Major Understatement)

The door slowly opened and who entered didn't only lower Naruto's uneasiness but it brought genuine fear to Naruto's heart. Orochimaru's eyes showed amusements due to the Uzumaki's fear and feeble attempt to escape. (Orochimaru looks like his normal self again)

"Now Naruto-kun don't give me that look I thought you'd be happy to see me" said Orochimaru.

"Screw you Snake-teme, where am I and where is Sasuke?" Naruto snarled eyes glowing with defiance.

"Hmm we are at one of my personal hideouts and Kabuto is supervising Sasuke's training as we speak" stated Orochimaru not seeing a need to lie.

"Okay then what am I doing here and I thought you were going to take Sasuke's body" questioned Naruto. Orochimaru's smile slightly faulted in remembrance of his inability to take Sasuke's body in time and needing to wait another 3 years to try again.

Quickly forgetting that small hiccup in his plans Orochimaru answered "I will take his body in due time but for now I will continue to let him grow until he's to my liking."

"This gives me more than enough time to try and understand what you are Naruto-kun," said the Sannin.

Naruto was now confused and trying to understand what that meant.

Seeing the confusion on his face Orochimaru thought he should elaborate. "Naruto-kun I was referring to your unnaturally high healing factor." Naruto still didn't understand yes he always healed much faster than others but after graduating he assumed it was the Kyuubi's doing.

Like he was reading his mind Orochimaru continued "At first I believed it was because the Kyuubi but with further research I discovered the Kyuubi's chakra was known for being corrosive, meaning that your healing must have come from your clan bloodline."

"What clan bloodline I'm not from a clan I am an orphan" stated Naruto with an undertone of sadness when remembering his lack of parents.

"Oh I forgot the old monkey didn't tell you did he?" questioned the Snake Sannin his voice dripping with sarcasm.

Now Naruto's curiosity was peaked "He didn't tell me what?"

"The Uzumaki Clan of Whirlpool Country they were known for their vitality, powerful chakra, and fuinjutsu. They were allies to Konoha and distant relatives to the Senju clan. Unfortunately that didn't stop them for falling in the shinobi wars due to fear of their power" said Orochimaru like he was giving a lector to a small child.

Once again today Naruto was speechless. The fact he had a clan, a dead one but a clan none the less was able to fill his heart with joy. However hearing that his clan was an ally of Konoha turned his joy into uneasiness.

'If they were allies then that means Old Man Hokage must have known about them and he kept it from me. Why would he do that?' thought Naruto.

Naruto was now having second thoughts on his feelings towards the 3rd Hokage, he was the closest thing he had to a grandfather growing up but if he didn't tell him about him having a clan what else did he not tell him about.

'If it wasn't for the incident with Mizuki-teme would he have told me about the Kyuubi at all?' asked Naruto feeling slightly betrayed.

Completely ignoring Naruto's inner turmoil Orochimaru continued his speech.

"This is where you come along Naruto-kun, you will be the perfect guinea pig for me in order to understand the true limits of the Uzumaki bloodline and help in me becoming an immortal" said Orochimaru with barely contained glee.

"YEA RIGHT I'M NOT GOING TO BE YOUR LAB RAT SNAKE FACE!" yelled Naruto angrily subconsciously tapping into the Kyuubi's chakra until the seals on the chains glowed and suppressed it.

"Kukuku Naruto-kun you really don't have a choice" said Orochimaru amused at his show of anger while pulling out medical tools so that he can begin his tests.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (FLASHBACK END) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It had been three weeks since Orochimaru started experimenting on Naruto but to him it felt like an eternity. Naruto had been repeatedly stabbed, cut, and beaten and then left to heal. Any cuts Naruto would have closed by the next day, not even leaving a scare. Broken bones took longer but still were fully healed in about three days.

In his time being tortured Naruto had tried multiple times to break free but with the chains suppressing his chakra nothing worked.

He was about to give up hope and accept he'd never get out until he heard a familiar voice in his head.

"Hey Boy," said the voice.

Thinking he may have finally cracked Naruto scanned the room trying to find the source of the voice. He found nothing and believed he really had lost it until he heard the voice again.

"Close your eyes boy then you may see me," explained the mysterious voice.

Thinking he didn't have anything to lose in listening to the voice, Naruto closed his eyes.

*NARUTO'S MINDSCAPE*

When he opened them the blond genin found himself in a giant boiler room in front of huge steel bars with a seal on the center. Behind the bars was without a doubt the biggest fox Naruto had ever seen in his life and it was starring right at him.

The Nine-Tailed Fox and Naruto seemed to stare at each other for hours until Naruto broke the silence.

"What do
you want Kyuubi?" said Naruto evenly not seeing the point in trying to antagonize the bijuu.

Slightly shocked by the more respectful tone of his container the Kyuubi answered.

"It is time we escaped this prison kit?"

Now it was Naruto's turn to be shocked. What did the fox mean by we the last time they spoke he wanted to eat him alive.

"Why would you want to help me?" questioned Naruto now even more confused.

"I've been watching what that snake's been doing and even though I could care less for you and all other humans you are my container and represent me and I refuse my container being a guinea pig for that filthy Snake Sannin," the Kyuubi said with hatred in his eyes when mentioning Orochimaru.

"Okay put how those seals on the chains prevent me from using chakra," said Naruto curious on to how the fox could help him escape.

The smile on the Kyuubi threatened to split his face. "That's what I've been trying to figure out for the last month until I thought of a solution. The seals are able to stop you from using your chakra and my chakra put not both at the same time. All we would have to do is pump as much of our combined chakra in the seal as possible and they will be destroyed" said the Kyuubi obviously proud of his plan.

"Okay then when do we start?" asked Naruto wanting to escape as soon as possible.

"Not so fast kit before we do any of this we need to get our priorities straight" stated the Kyuubi whose face showed nothing but seriousness.

"Priorities what is that supposed to mean?" questioned Naruto still not knowing where Kyuubi was going with this.

"It means that we were already captured by that disgusting Snake once trying to save that traitor Uchiha and I refuse to risk being captured again," the Kyuubi said hoping his container would understand what he was implying.

Naruto's hair shadowed his eyes and his head lowered in understanding of what Kyuubi was saying. "You want me to give up on saving Sasuke," Naruto said more as a statement than a question.

Kyuubi was preparing for the argument he was sure would follow due to Naruto not wanting to give up on the Uchiha. The Kyuubi knew more than anyone how stubborn he could be; it was one of the traits he both respected and hated about his container. However the fox wouldn't budge on this he knew more than anyone how
dangerous an Uchiha could be and if what he's seen from Naruto's memory were anything to go by Sasuke could turn out just as if not more evil than Madara.

Noticing that his container still hadn't responded Kyuubi decided to break the silence.

"Listen kit I know you may think the Uchiha is your best friend but he's not all he cares about is power and fears anyone stronger than himself the sooner you forget him the….."

"Okay," said Naruto interrupting Kyuubi's rant.

"I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO…..Wait did you say okay?" questioned the Kyuubi who was extremely shocked he would listen and forget about the Uchiha so quickly.

"Yes, I shouldn't risk my life getting Sasuke off a path that he chose himself" said Naruto.

Still seeing the confusion on the fox's face Naruto decided to elaborate. "After I defeated Sasuke I looked into his eyes and saw nothing but pure hatred. They were the eyes of someone would kill anyone in order to get his revenge and not care who he hurt in the process," explained Naruto whose eyes showed slight sadness in not being able to save Sasuke from his darkness, but a part of him understood that Sasuke was responsible for his own actions and he had no reason to feel guilty.

Greatly surprised by the maturity of his container the Kyuubi tried to sense any lies in Naruto's statement but found none.

"Alright kit now that we're on the same page let's get out of here," said the Kyuubi

"How is this going to work anyway I have trouble as it is just tapping into your chakra, how am I going to use yours and mine at the same time?" questioned Naruto.

"Simple kit, the reason you weren't able to use my chakra easily is because I didn't want you to. The seal may allow a small part of my chakra to leak through but I can still control it to an extent. This is why you were able to use one-tails worth of my chakra when fighting the Uchiha boy; I couldn't have my container losing to trash like him," stated the nine-tailed bijuu with slight bitterness when mentioning the word Uchiha.

'I wonder why he hates the Uchiha clan so much' thought Naruto remembering to ask the fox at a later time.

"So that means now that we are working together I will be able to use more of your power?" questioned Naruto slightly happy he wouldn't have to fight tooth and nail with the fox just to use his chakra.

"Yes but this still doesn't mean you can use all of my power due to your body not being able to handle all of it. Also don't expect me to give you chakra all the time, I am willing to help you but I refuse to be your crutch," said the Kyuubi not wanting his container to be over reliant on his power and not becoming stronger on his own.

Naruto shook his head in understanding agreeing with the fox, not wanting to rely on the fox but to be a powerful ninja in his own right.

"Okay the minute you leave the mindscape I want you to release a large burst of chakra and I will supply you with one tail of my own. That should be more than enough for you to break the chains and escape."

Shaking his head in understanding Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated. When he reopened them he was once again alone in the room and chained to the wall. To the Oto ninja watching on the outside they would have only seen the blonde close his eyes for a minute and open them again. There shouldn't have been a difference in the boy that was about to lose hope at any moment and the one they were seeing now.

However there was if the smile on the whiskered blonde's face was any indication. With a primal roar chakra burst from Naruto in waves going from ocean blue to blazing red randomly. The 3 Oto ninja stationed outside Naruto's room had no chance to react. The door to the room exploded outward into the hallway firing shrapnel that quickly killed 2 guards and left one injured but still alive. That soon changed when that same guard found a chakra claw going through his chest and out his back. The man was dead before he hit the ground.

Naruto observed his show of destruction with little remorse for the shinobi he killed. Any shinobi who followed Orochimaru was already an enemy and he would show them no remorse.

Today Orochimaru would learn that no matter what you should never capture Naruto Uzumaki because…..A Maelstrom Can Not Be Contained.

CHAPTER 1 END

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