Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Naruto… wish I did though sob

This story is AU. It starts when Naruto is three years old. He no longer has a below zero IQ. Slight OOC-ness might occur.

It had been three years since the Yondaime had successfully beaten the Kyuubi at the cost of his own life. Leaving behind him a boy, hated to the utmost limits of humanity, only left alive because of an impending law made by the third Hokage. Even if the law protected him from certain death, it did not stop the grown ups from passing their hatred onto their children. Everyday he would walk the streets of Konoha, wearing a bright grin trying to make people accept him. Everyday he would return to his home crying his lunges out.

"Why?"

He never managed to understand why they hated him so. It didn't make any sense. You would think a three-year-old orphan would be the centre of attention and pity. Everyday he would try to make friends with the other children only to have their parents pull them away, in fear or pure disgust. Calling him names like monster or hell spawn. He had even been called an abomination. Even though he didn't understand the word, he knew it was bad, very bad.

On his fourth birthday however, he would finally find out why he was so hated. Not from any force from without, no because that was forbidden, but while he was asleep. At first it seemed like a weird nightmare, so it didn't really bother him. He was used to nightmares, pretty bad ones, often including him being chased into a dead end, only to awake before being hit by a weapon of some sort. This time however it was not a street, nor a road. It was a dank hall; dripping with a moist substance that seemed like water yet seemed like something else. Looking ahead he noticed four corners, one of which was emitting a feeling that intrigued him to come closer, and closer, and closer. Once upon arriving to the right corner her turn to see two large cage doors only being held together by a little piece of paper, with the kanji for seal. He studied it, wondering where the hell he was and what the hell was beyond the gate. He walked closer. Nothing. He moved even closer. Still nothing. He was now only about 50 feet away. Moving closer, only 20 feet away, he received the biggest shock of his entire lifetime. Even though he was only four at the time, he had experienced some pretty bad things you wouldn't even wish on a man who had killed your family. A huge claw swiped at him, missing him by inches. Looking up at the cage now he could see a giant fox. It appeared to have nine tails. Naruto, as the boy was called, realized that this was the fox that he had heard of while eavesdropping on parents telling bedtime stories to their children. Staring at the fox, determent not to let it get the best of him, he yelled:

"Where the fuck am I? And why the hell at the same place as a dumb-ass fox like you?"

"Silence kid! You presence alone annoys me more that you could even begin to fathom. Where you are is in your own mind, and as to why I am here is because I am sealed within you, and I felt it was time you knew what fate has in store for you,"

This was too much for the little four-year-old boy. Having a huge fox demon telling you that he is sealed inside you would be too much for most of even the bravest men to handle.

"What? How can that even be? I heard that the Yondaime killed you, so how can you be living in me then?" It just didn't make any sense to Naruto.

"Your ignorance is sickening. The one you call the Yondaime, couldn't kill something as powerful as me, so that annoying bastard sealed me within his own son," Naruto was beginning to become light headed. It was just all too much information. Learning about the fox was one thing, but discovering that your father was the most respected man in the history of Konoha was something totally different. So many questions swirled around in his head. Finally he decided on two.

"If, as you say, my father was the Yondaime, then why the hell would he seal you within me?"

"You ask as if I am supposed to know this, but fortunately for you, I can recall a memory of your father right before my defeat. I can show you, Here," The room in front of Naruto's eyes blurred, and the next thing he saw was a beautiful night with only one flaw, the air. It was filled with the smell of blood and dead, rotting corpses. The next thing he laid his eyes on was a giant toad with a tiny man sitting on top of its head. Listening closely he heard the man speaking:

"My son, I am very sorry for what I am about to put you through. I hope from the bottom of my heart that you some day will understand why I must do this. As the fourth Hokage and protector of Konoha, I simply cannot let any other family go through this. You will be the hero of Konoha, and carry this burden that no other could. Live proud and live well my son, good bye," after these last words, the world once again became blurry and regained its former shape leaving Naruto back in the presence of Kyuubi.

"He wanted you to be treated as a hero. Quite ironic isn't it, brat?"

"Ok, that seems fair… what does ironic mean?" a confused four years old just stared at the big entity.

"Hmm… you are actually amusing me, brat. However it is only to be expected that a little toddler like you would not understand some of the more advanced words. Now that I think about it, it is kind of strange that you are still going. This much information would be an overload to anyone else at your age. Ironic means… I'll try to simplify this for you. A religion follows certain guidelines, one of which is 'thou shallst not kill', you following, brat?"

Naruto only nodded.

"While those who live by this religion, kill people who doesn't, simply because they don't follow the same beliefs, even though it clearly says in the guidelines that killing is not allowed. This is irony. That is why when I said it before I meant that when your father wanted you to be seen as a hero, it was the exactly opposite of what really happened. Do you understand brat?"

Naruto just stared up at the fox looking confused.

"When I get out of here you shall be the first thing I shall devour!" The fox was roaring at the little boy.

The boy however, was quick to answer:

"You won't ever get out! My dad kicked your ass, you stupid fox. And there isn't a damned thing you can do about it! Now I just thought of something. You have no doubt noticed how I am treated in the village, seeing as you live in me. Do you really think it is fitting for your container to be treated like trash? And have you even thought about what would happen if I got killed by some angry bystander? You haven't? Well I'll tell you then; you'd be DEAD! So to prevent that I suggest you do something about it!" The boy stared at the fox with determination burning as strong as ever in his eyes.

"Fine, I will train you. You will become the greatest ninja ever to have existed and a worthy container of the mighty Kyuubi! Now you have to wake up, it is morning,"

As the fox said those words, the room with the cage started to fade before the eyes of Naruto. When he woke up, the first thing he did was to think to himself:

"Holy hell that was weird! I just hope he does as he promises... that stupid fox," After that thought, he heard a looming voice in the back of his head

"I never break a promise, that is my honour as a demon,"

(A/N: Ok that last bit was a bit cheesy, but I just had to include it XD)