Naruto was devastated when Mizuki told him he had the fox sealed inside him, what if it took a bigger toll on Naruto's heart?

Chapter 1 Hope

After Naruto failed the Genin exams yet again he sat on the tree swing sadly watching the other children show off to their parents.

"Why can't I make clones?" Naruto sadly asked himself before Hinata started to walk up to him from behind and holding a note nervously.

'Come on Hinata! Do it!' Hinata mentally ordered herself.

"N…" Hinata started to say before Mizuki approached Naruto frightening her making her flee while forgetting her note.

Mizuki told Naruto of the secret way he could pass the test which Naruto readily agreed to, and as he ran off to get ready he noticed the note addressed to him and took it before heading to his home.

Later that night Naruto followed Mizuki's instructions and snuck into the Hokage's office and stole the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing and when he arrived at the location Mizuki told him to go to Naruto opened the scroll and found an odd seal labeled dangerous and forbidden to all Ninja, Naruto tried opening it for the sheer excitement but couldn't unseal it be conventional methods, soon Naruto became frustrated and tried looking at it at a different angle and accidentally got a paper cut and dripped blood on the seal causing it to glow and release an odd hand shaped belt a sword with a closed fist at the hilt and over a dozen rings. Thinking he was pulled a prank on by Mizuki he remembered the letter he found and decided to read it.

'Dear Naruto

I love you. I've loved you since you saved me from those mean boys in the park. Please don't ever change, and don't ever give up hope.

-Hinata Hyuga'

Naruto stood there shocked at the letter for him, shocked that someone loved him; he honestly thought no one loved him. He assumed Teuchi and Ayame liked him because he was a loyal customer, and the Third Hokage cared for him because it was his duty. But he couldn't think for long because Mizuki arrived.

"Naruto, good to see you did so well. I'll be sure to tell Iruka that you deserve to be made a Genin, now give me the scroll…"

"No! You tricked me!" Naruto snapped.

"So you saw through my ruse did you? No matter, I'll take the Scroll back and you'll be put to death like the monster you are!" Mizuki boasted just as Iruka arrived.

"Monster? I'm not a monster! I'm just an orphan!" Naruto replied.

"Mizuki don't you dare!" Iruka threatened.

"You are a monster because the Nine Tailed Fox is sealed inside you! No one loves you! You killed Irukas parents! You killed hundreds of our Ninjas! You are the reason the Fourth Hokage is dead!" Mizuki yelled.

"What?" Naruto asked before falling to his knees and a chakra pulse emanated from him knocking Iruka and Mizuki over.

"See what you've done you fool?! You've released the fox!" Iruka yelled as purple cracks appeared on Naruto.

*Inside Naruto*

"It seems that the monsters of old are still around… isn't that right? Dragon?"

*Back in the real world*

Naruto's mind saw visions of his life when he was happy and sad, being allowed to eat at Ichirakus Ramen for the first time, being left alone at the park as other children were taken home by their parents, spending time with the Third Hokage, and failing the Genin exams again and again. As the memories flashed before him the purple cracks grew and grew and reptilian wings sprouted from Naruto's back, Naruto almost fell into complete despair until he saw Hinata's letter to him and realized he has hope.

'I love you.'

"NO!" Naruto screamed as the wings retracted and the cracks turned from purple to gold and resealed restoring Naruto.

"What the hell just happened?" Mizuki asked as both he and Iruka look at Naruto puzzled.

Just then the belt buckle sword and rings glowed and flew to Naruto, the belt wrapping around his waist. Naruto noticed levers and pulled them in opposite directions moving the hand on the belt from looking like a right hand to a left hand, which began chanting.

SHABADOOBI TOUCH HENSHIN!

Naruto looked at the rings and picked out the red one which glowed and felt warm to the touch. He put it on his left middle finger and cast it over the belt hand.

"Henshin." Naruto said simply.

FLAME! Please… Hi Hi, HI HI HI!

Naruto stuck his left hand out and a Spell circle appeared and passed around him transforming him into a Black and Red Warrior Mage with Leather and a holster for the other rings.

"It's Show time." Said Naruto.