Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any other reference I used in this fanfiction. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and the references used belong to their respective owners.

A/N: Please remember that Naruto only remembers information about people he met but not their moments spent together as such he does not remember whether a certain person is an ally or an enemy. He does however have a great idea whether a person was an ally or not due to the information he has(ex. He can deduce Orochimaru as an enemy due to his personality as well as Tsunade being an ally). You may also notice that the POV is actually switching every now and then but with a noticeable sign. Also any other principle that is not cannon is strategically altered to fit this fanfic.

Speech- "Naruto, where are you going?"

Thoughts- 'I wonder where Naruto is going'

(Bold letters mean serious business or bijuu stuff, pretty sure you guys know how this works already)


The doorknob clicked fast and the door opened suddenly revealing a panting Naruto.

'huff, huff' He was panting as he looked inside the house.

"Crap I forgot to close the window!" Naruto exclaimed but stopped on track when he saw a masked man looking at him in alarm.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked without actually meaning it. He knew this man but as he doesn't remember his interactions on his past. He was cautious, a ninja isn't supposed to lower his guard against the unknown after all.

'Darn, I got too distracted' the masked man thought. "Hehe, I got lost to the road of life?" He scratched his hair knowing that this was going to get to get to the Hokage and look badly on his record'


Chapter 1:

"Who are you?"

Naruto stared blankly on the masked man, noting his dog painted white mask.

'Dog masked anbu? Hmmm. I see. This one is Hatake Kakashi a.k.a. Sharingan no Kakashi, Copy Ninja Kakashi, Friend Killer. Obtained his Sharingan from his fallen teammate, Lazy Individual, High Jounin level. By the looks of what I could remember on him, it seems he is a powerful individual. I wonder if he was a friend or just a comrade in arms. Since he is wearing an anbu outfit, this means he is one of the anbu assigned to monitor me. If I pull my cards right I may be able to get something from this early meeting of us' Naruto thought while looking at the man in front of him.

"Hehe, I got lost to the road of life?" The masked man scratched the back of his head.

'That's the lamest excuse I ever heared' Naruto thought before asking. "Why are you here mister? Didn't you know it is rude to enter somebody else's house without permission?"

"Oh? Is it?" 'Hmm, I don't remember Naruto knowing about proper manners'.

'Crap! The ten year old me didn't care much about manners. What do I do? what do I do?' Naruto was internally panicking now before an idea popped into his head. " Oh yeah! JiJi said it to me"

'Figures he would only remember proper manners when it benefits him' the masked man sighed.

"The Hokage actually gave me a spare key to check out on secret whether you were keeping your place neat and proper. We don't really have a lot of ten year old kids given their own apartment so the Hokage wanted to know whether or not you were responsible enough to own one and by the looks of it you aren't exactly doing good on this evaluation" the masked man reasoned.

"Oh well I was just going out to buy cleaning materials, JiJi gave me money so you just got in the wrong time." 'two can play a game of lies' Naruto internally smirked while he was innocently looking at the man outwardly.

"Well it seems that I no longer have a reason to stay. Ja neh!" the man waved at Naruto before walking to the door.

"Neh, Mister. Isn't that book on your pocket mine?" Naruto called out just as the man stepped outside of his house.

The masked individual didn't answer and vanished on a flurry of leaves. ' He's more perceptive than I thought he is, this meeting could have been better but it could have been worse too.'

Naruto let the book be forgotten.

After the man left, Naruto locked the door and decided to clean up the mess on his apartment before leaving thinking that there may be a chance that somebody would actually be sent by the Hokage to check up on the condition of his living place. He waited for at least ten minutes before he outwardly tried to sense his surroundings, keyword 'tried'. After all the basic steps of the Senjutsu involved sensing your environment and trying to 'be one with it' so it boils down to the fact that to perfect Senjutsu, one must have a good enough grasp of chakra sensing. In short, a Senjutsu practitioner is a sensor first before he becomes a specialist

Naruto was internally having a string of thoughts while doing this.

'It seems that my chakra capacity is larger than when I was 'last' ten year old as expected. After all, half of chakra is mental or spiritual energy which probably was taken back to my travel here. Ughhh this also made my chakra control go worse as it is imbalanced. Regardless I now have a better grasp of how to improve my chakra control so it should even out the imbalance a bit. I may not have lost all knowledge needed to know about Senjutsu but it seems that there are a few things I do not remember of, my sensing is good enough to notice at least two anbu nearby which include Hatake so I should not be worried for now, their chakra do not feel like those of sensors so that is a good plus too' Naruto noticed that the influx of nature chakra entering him starting to increase in pace and decided that he should cut it off lest he be turned into stone.

Naruto got a surprise when he opened his eyes, he didn't expect himself to land on his mindscape this early. He strolled through the sewers inside his mind seemingly being lead to a certain place. After an unknown amount of time, he arrived in a dead end with bars of prison way taller than him. Two feral eyes looked at him in a curious fashion.

"Who are you?" the creature in front of him bellowed.

Naruto was surprised. The fox with little that he remembered was a prideful and arrogant creature but was also knowledgeable. He remembered that the fox was supposed to be lucid before he got sealed into him so it should not be a question that he would know of him. He critically thought of a way to answer the fox while learning about the reason of the fox's inquiry.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, What's yours mister with giant eyes?"

He ignored Naruto's question and narrowed his eyes before walking forward a few steps and finally revealing his whole stature. "The fact that you do not possess a sliver fear while seeing me in this form even if barred by a prison suggests that you are not that naïve human who once was my prison. Now tell me who you really are or you will be in for a surprise"

It was of course an empty threat. The only way that the fox could harm me during this stage of the seal was if my emotions are on turmoil and especially when I am angry. I was nowhere near angry so the risk of it harming me was minimal. 'This is a huge risk but the benefits of it out weights its disadvantages should my plan be successful, his facial reaction tells me that he is still not capable of reading through the depths of my mind at this stage of the seal'

"Kurama" Naruto paused a bit for a dramatic effect as he saw the fox eyes widen considerably "Is that your name?" Naruto started his plan.

"I see, my deductions lead to the point that this is made to constantly send a sliver of my chakra to you allowing you to absorb my chakra slowly till I vanish. It is a good seal but not quite, while this seal does siphon my chakra slowly, it does not prevent me from gathering more. You knowing my name is probably due to my chakra sent to you, it is only a speculation of mine but those chakra probably held a little of my memories. Figures that human father of yours would find a way to utilize me other than simply siphoning my chakra. He probably planned for you to become my companion or ally"

'A good conclusion but he missed a lot of key information, I wasn't surprised that he missed the truth but his deductions aren't half bad either. I couldn't identify his emotions with his facial reaction and I believe that neither could he'

"Somehow I remember you, I don't know how but I do. A few terms like Ninshu, Asura and Rikudou Sennin pops out of my mind whenever I remember your name" 'I hope he takes the bait' Naruto added as an afterthought.

"A strange turn of events. Something is clearly at work here. You are not telling the whole truth, I do not know why and I also do not like facing the unknown. Be gone, I shall be pondering about this recent events"

The fox was clearly not mad but he seems irritated for a reason. Naruto suddenly found myself outside my mindscape, strange that I never knew the fox could kick me out of my own mind yet not be able to read it.

Upon being kicked out of his subconscious, the fox pondered. 'Those terms he said. Could it be? Could he be part of that cycle that the Rikudou Sennin foretold about his progeny? There is truly something missing here, the whole truth shall be revealed should I learn of that. If only this seal allowed me to read a part of his mind, perhaps I can devise a way for him to increase my connection to him. Hmmm, am I actually thinking of being connected to a human? Ha! The great nine tailed fox being outsmarted by a mere human. That Yondaime planned this far huh. Regardless there is nothing to be lost here other than my pride, that kid is too smart for his age so I am sure he would never dare to point that out "


(Outside Naruto's Mindscape, Inside his apartment)

Naruto was now sure that the two anbu outside would not be able to sense his chakra spike should he create only a few clones as none of them seem to be good sensors. He performed the necessary handseals for the shadow clone jutsu and made 4 identical copies of himself. He walked close to the four and inspected them.

"They are actually quite good, only minute differences that wouldn't be noticed lest a Jounin actually tried to look at it. Now that I've covered and closed the windows, there's nobody to notice that clones are helping me to clean this house. Ughh! It would have probably took a day without them. Now I'm sure everyone of you already know what to do! Let's go clean this place shiny"

Naruto's clone unlike his past early age was actually very obedient to him now. They scrambled around doing their own part. These clones obtained the same wisdom and knowledge that Naruto has so it was bound for them to be the same as him. Naruto was no longer a lazy person and neither was he goofy, with those mannerisms gone. His clones are now way more efficient than they were before.

Four hours later and Naruto looked at the tidy apartment in all sides.

"You did good guys" Naruto said to his clones before they nodded and poofed out of existence.

'So my mental capacity did increase exponentially. I don't remember everything they did but there is almost no backlash with four clones lasting four hours. I normally was just able to let them stay of at least 15 minutes or suffer a mild headache. If my memory serves right though I don't remember what things I made them do before the reset'(a/n this is repeatedly pointed out to emphasize the point of memories he retained and slowly allow it to be absorbed into the story).

Naruto then removed the cover he put on the window but left it closed. He looked at the clock then to the calendar and saw that it was already 2 o'clock in afternoon. His calendar was on September and there was a cross in the 21st date, Saturday, with a kanji of return written on it. He got curious and observed it before touching it. It glowed a bluish hue before vanishing into nothingness.

"It's too late to late to go to the academy now, besides people would find it strange that I would go to the academy without classes especially with my past actions. The best way to spend this time would probably to reacquaint myself with calligraphy for Fuinjutsu".

Naruto looked around for his paint brushes and scrolls. While he wasn't really a Fuinjutsu practitioner when he was younger he did have a knack for painting random things a few times. That didn't develop though as he realized that pranks made him feel better as people gave him even the lightest attention. Contrary to popular belief on all Jinchūriki, Naruto wasn't physically molested or harmed; the Third Hokage's law prevented that. He did get the emotional distress that most Jinchūriki received which was ignorance of their existence and people actually telling others to not accompany him in any form.

When he found out his painting equipment, He smiled. He had used plain ink before but not chakra infused ink which is what was used in creating seals. To non Uzumaki fuin practitioner, plain ink would have not sufficed. They must have been infused with chakra during their creation for them to be useable for Fuinjutsu purposes but to an Uzumaki, that was a minor setback. He performed a set of handseals and finished with a ram seal, his index finger glowing purplish before he dipped that finger to a bottle of ink leaving the other two untouched. The ink glowed the same color with his finger before they finally settled to their original dark color.

'Now they're more potent than those sold in the stores' Naruto thought.

Most Shinobi equipment stores sell oil based inks for Shinobi use by infusing them with chakra before they stabilize, while civilian stores sell plant or animal blood based ink, this is due to those animal blood being sold as most of their parts are used or consumed and their blood with only one purpose left, that being ink. The Shinobi of course knew that plant and animal blood based ink already have chakra on them as such can be used for Fuinjutsu easier but they found them hard to stabilize as these chakra are not the same in composition or property than on humans so they decided to just settle on the plain oil based ink and infused them with human chakra.

'It was good that my ancestors guarded this secret ink infusion technique. We don't know what would have happened should they fall to the wrong arms. The animal based fuin ink varies from double to four times better quality than oil based depending on which animal they were taken from, with the two kinds of chakra available on them, they would gain unique properties that can boost their already stronger capabilities. Plant based fuin ink though do not provide excess boosts other than increasing their stability lowering the chance of failure, the Uzumaki theorized this to the fact that plants actually are less locomotive in their lifetime though it was never confirmed. The Chakra-Ink Infusion technique makes the users index finger glow purplish but the glow of the ink varies depending on their properties, Green marks it as plant based. It just glowed plainly if it was un-infused oil based ink, and the quality of the animal based ink vary in glow color from orange-red-purple-blue-prism colored(combined) with ascending quality depending on the color`

Naruto opened one of his clean scrolls and started to make the fuin rank scanner seal. It took ten minutes to make. The seal wasn't too crude yet nowhere near perfect but it would do. He performed the necessary handseals and slapped his hands on the scroll. The scroll didn't glow like one would expect but the seals moved in a circular fashion and hovered in the air all around Naruto, seemingly observing him. Then they entered his skin from through his hands still slapped on the scroll and crawled all around covering a lot of portion of his body with most of them found in his head before glowing a faint hue for at least ten minutes. Then the seals exited his body the same fashion they entered and started to form a pattern on the floor.

"Level 1 Grandmaster? Hmmm. My level actually lowered two levels? I wonder how that happened. The seals are faded which means my knowledge belong to the Grandmaster level yet my calligraphy is greatly lacking, Regardless this shouldn't make deter me a bit. I'll be sure to be back at my original level before a few years, preferably before graduation as I have more things to do then" He said as he interpreted the results of the scan.

"Yosh!, I still have two bottles of plain ink. Ill practice with a few clones till I run out of ink then I'll call it a day" Naruto made five clones and practiced calligraphy for two hours before he run out of scrolls with half a bottle of ink still left.

"Well, I didn't take that into account" His stomach growled in a funny way and he looked sheepish to himself, his clones dispersed themselves just as he said "looks like I'll have to give Ichiraku a visit"

Naruto stood up and fixed his room once more by removing the fuin equipment littering on the floor. You can't be too lazy and give all the basic works to your clones after all; this would leave them to develop a bad habit of disobeying you. It was one of the things he learned during his 'past'.
He locked his door before leaving and walked to the Ichiraku stand.


(Inside Ichiraku's)

The sky was already an orange hue while he was walking towards the stand and the people were busy scurrying around doing their own business to notice him so it was an uneventful walk. There was no customers when he entered the stand so he just sat to one of his chairs before calling out.

"One miso ramen please" He called out.

"Coming up Naruto, I'll prepare a dozen more to be sure" a voice of an old man answered. A minute later a pretty girl on her teens walked to Naruto and gave his miso ramen, smiling while she did so.

"What's up Naruto? You haven't been here for a week" The pretty brunette asked. She then gave Naruto another bowl as Naruto seemingly finished his first after a few moments.

Naruto ingested his food before answering "There's this new topic Mizuki sensei was teaching and I was enjoying it so much that I had to attend even when I normally don't do so, the topic was finished on Friday so I should be back to skipping classes this Monday" Naruto was grinning as he was speaking, he was lying but he figured there was little chance that Ayame would find out about it.

"That's bad Naruto, you should stop doing that or you won't learn a thing" She scolded Naruto. Naruto was already on his fourth bowl even though Ayame didn't recall when he got those.

"Gotcha, Ayame-nee. I'm going to leave early today I suddenly feel sleepy"

"Okay but don't skip classes again Naruto, understood? It's for you own good" She said and Naruto nodded before walking out of the stall.

Ayame stared to the seven empty bowls on the table Naruto just left. The payment just next to it, she never saw Naruto put the money though.

'Sigh, he eats faster than that cute spikey haired masked guy. I wonder if they are related somehow. Hmm, I also wonder when that guy would pick up the book he left a while ago"

"Ayame, bring those bowls here and wash them, the other customers should be coming around in just a while!" The old man's voice called out again.

"Coming" She picked up the bowls and payment and brought them to his father"


(Narutos Bedroom)

Naruto plopped to his bed, feeling utterly exhausted even though he didn't do anything greatly exhausting.

'Must be due to the transport, I still haven't gotten a proper rest since I arrived' he thought before letting darkness claim him.


(Naruto's Mindscape)

Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. He was transported immediately to the cage of Kurama so he concluded that the fox had called out to him on purpose.

'I hope he took the bait, I'm way too tired for a scolding' Naruto mused.

"I have come to a preposition, human. Increase my freedom a bit by lowering the seals and I shall allow you to use a little of my chakra with permission, this chakra that is to be given to you will not be toxic unlike if you forcefully took my chakra or took it during emotional duress. It will however decrease your emotional control if you are not able to control them freely. The little bit of freedom granted to me shall allow me to talk to you even when you are not inside this mindscape and probably enough to give a peak to what you are thinking" The kyuubi spoke to me in a normal manner. He seems to have more to tell so I waited after a bit of his pause.

"I know that somehow you have the mind of an adult. An experienced Shinobi to be perhaps. The pathways of these sewers are wider than they should be this means that you are more knowledgeable and open minded. The lights are no longer as deem as they were before, signalling that you have more idea to the things happening to you like an adult should. The bars of this prison are harder, more solid and tighter than they should be meaning your mental capabilities are refined to near their finest. The waters of this sewer are not murky as they should be, instead they are clear but only look murky due to the floor reflecting their color, this implies that your wisdom is great and you have great clarity unclouded by emotions. Jinchūriki are unlike normal humans, their mindscapes are bound to become like sewers for its main purpose is to prevent other mindwalkers from meeting us."

With each sentence he finished, my eyes grew wider. I knew he was knowledgeable but I didn't think he had this kind of extensive knowledge. He sure lived a long time and didn't put it into waste.

"Your sewer mindscape is almost like how a Jinchūriki who completed his bond with his bijuu looks like. That is even if I never had contact with you other than the during the day of the sealing. This emotional capability should not be present in a ten year old kid but an adult who has had his fair share of battles and lived through them. You of course as sure to know about these seals as you recently used a fuin rank scanner, They did scan your head and travelled here before out, I have a way or two to display the results in this chamber. So what do you say? 'Grandmaster!' " He grinned as he finished then looked at me as he waited for my answer.

'I didn't plan for this but it's better than the worst case scenario' I thought internally then spoke. "You do not seem to be same as how they portray you to be, you are way more knowledgeable and rational than the mindless beast they tell you are. I accept the preposition, I am a grandmaster right now and I shall grant you more space to move around. I should take a maximum of week before I regain muscle memory of perfect calligraphy with the use of clones and another two days before the preparations to seal is done, I also thank you for not asking me to reveal to you how I suddenly gained great knowledge. I am sure that you already know that you will have to earn my trust before I tell you of everything there is" I finished with a face with politeness yet somehow blank.

"I have treated properly as this is a negotiation as thus both parties must be in accord, however another factor is the words that you said that linger in your mind together with my name. Ninshu, Ashura, Rikudou Sennin; those words are confirmation that you are somehow connected to the Sage who I greatly respect. There is a cycle of rebirth foretold by him that would happen to his sons. Your calmness and mental capability as well as those words you told me are a confirmation to that reasoning that you may be the reincarnation of Ashura and awakened his chakra." He was speaking in a calm manner, this confirmed to me that his respect to the Sage was actually sky high for him to speak to a mere human who he normally hates greatly with calmness.

"Your chakra laced on that Scanning Seal provided a lot of traces of Ashura's chakra, it is why I am sure of my theory. You may be not him but you are still a progeny of the great sage who I revered as my father. You have gained my respect but know that trust is another thing.. Your mind is exhausted due to method I used to tamper with that fuin rank scanner, it is creating an illusion that your body is tired and needs rest. I have nothing more to speak to you now, you may leave and rest"

'Jackpot! He took the bait! Now I know why my body suddenly felt tired. Things are sure to go on a better pace now'

Naruto felt very happy when he let himself leave his mindscape and drift to unconsciousness.


(Time skip: 10 days later)

His room was locked and covered on all sides so that no surprise visits would come. During the week of preparation, he left his clones on random hidden places to train on calligraphy and mastered it on the target date he set. He also finished creating the seals to be added to the seal already present on him as his part of the bargain to the kyuubi. He couldn't just rip the seal a bit as this would result to either his mother or father appearing to him though he didn't remember who would or if it was both of them at the same time, and he still wasn't prepared for that. He also didn't need to study the seal as he already remembered all he needed to know about it.

During his week on his school, He started to change his demeanour towards everybody so that they would not be surprised of his actions in the long run. 'Let them create their own perception of me but control what that perception is and there shall be no problems' He thought.

'I shouldn't just let them underestimate me too much. If a kid not given proper training and performed badly on his academy suddenly acts and moves like a prodigy of the century, then that would be too suspicious and any ninja worth his salt would grow suspicious of me especially with my status in the village. I'll reveal a bit of my ability just enough so that they wouldn't be surprised later on' He remembered his thought before entering the academy this week. His classmates didn't notice much of this though he did get a raised eyebrow from two of his classmates, that being Shikamaru and Shino. He figured they were just surprised since he stopped asking Sakura for dates, He didn't hate Sakura but just found her acting too immature. He noticed Hinata looking at him secretly and blushing at times and figured it was childhood infatuation, He had more things to look for than Puppy love so he left it at that. He found it easy to apply the changes that are somehow major like not asking Sakura for dates and not asking Sasuke for a match as he was generally ignored by his classmates when he wasn't being made fun of before and that was the same as now.

Naruto unclothed himself and left only his boxers on. Using the same handseals he performed on an unknown number of times in the past and made six clones giving them more chakra than should be for them to last longer. Naruto himself cannot perform the sealing as he needs to be unmoving during the duration which was supposed to take a minimum of an hour, he was used to meditating for longer amounts of time so this wasn't something new to him. He was tampering with a grandmaster level seal, as such all precautions must be taken.

"Boss, were going to start the sealing, please sit in the center of the array" The clone said.

This was also another precaution he made to remove any chances of chakra leaking out. A bijuu's 'chakra is so potent that a drop of it can be sensed by even those Genin level Sensor-Nin's. The walls were already littered with seals on them. And he made sure that there were no nearby anbu as well as it was the time where almost no people would notice his action. This was during 4:30 in the afternoon, just as he finished school and the time where most people were busy doing who knows what. When Naruto said he would take precautions, he meant it and followed through his plans, even putting a clone just outside his room to pretend that he was eating should somebody else enter his apartment.

He walked to the center of the array and sat in a lotus position. "I'm ready!" He said.

The clones got to their work with full concentration.


Surely enough it took near an hour, or to be exact, fifty four minutes since the start to finish the first step of sealing, which was finalizing the seal array on Naruto's body.

"The first part is finished" The two clones assigned to write the seals stood and left Naruto's side. Just as they were in front of the other clones who were just observers till now, they put their arms to the former observer clones and used a technique (Chakra Transference Jutsu) to transfer their remaining chakra to the other clones as they are of no use anymore. The technique itself was a C-rank one but was only commonly known by medical practitioners. Naruto premade the other clones as he could not move during the duration of the process unless it was the final part which required himself to perform.

The four other clones walked around Naruto surrounding him a square pattern.

"The second part will commence now!" they proclaimed but not too loud as it was unnecessary to do so.

They performed a string of handseals and slapped their palms to the edges of the sealing array and this time shouted "Compress!". One of the precautions involved a Silencing Seal put around the room especially put for the part of the process..

They slapped their palms to on their respective edge of the array. Each side their palms landed on had circles that held nothing in their middle unlike most part of the sealing array. This array had another purpose other than suppressing bijuu chakra, and these empty circles were especially made so that they could channel their chakra that would connect and affect Naruto.

Naruto's body who was once littered with seals from his abdomen to his face and back started to crawl around in an organized fashion and seemingly compressed in the middle of the seal in his abdomen forming a kanji 由. The kanji itself meant freedom and reason at the same time. "Disperse!" the clones shouted once more. The kanji then dispersed by combining itself to the circular pattern of the seal in his stomach. After this was done, they informed the original and let themselves disperse leaving Naruto alone in the room.

"The final part will now commence!" He said to no one but only for aesthetical reasons. Another string of handseals and finished in a tiger seal then opened his eyes which was closed until now. Face brimming with determination he shouted "Activate!" Embers of bijuu chakra started to flicker out of his body giving him a mesmerizing aura. These embers didn't last long as they got absorbed into the array being their primary purpose.

Finally the seal on his stomach glowed till it finally stabilized and stopped glowing.

Naruto looked around his mindscape and nodded to himself, feeling satisfied with the primary results of his efforts.

The sewer looking maze was still here as it was designed so without any changes, this maze was especially made as the first layer of defence for any Jinchūriki so he left it untouched. After all any Jinchūriki worth their salt are capable of skipping through this part and entering directly to the 'cage' part of their mindscape. These were made in defence for those pesky mind walkers that try to meddle with the minds of Jinchūriki. Not that they could actually harm the bijuu as they were of course the final level of defence but it was just a way to deter their efforts and remove the weaker ones by trapping them in the minds of the Jinchūriki whose prisoner would then swoop down and eat their consciousness should their guards be lowered. The only exception to this were those Uchiha's as they were capable of bypassing all levels of defence a Jinchūriki's mind has upon reaching the higher stages of their cursed Sharingan. Naruto walked around till he found the door to the cage and opened it.

He was blinded by a bright light and took a few moments to compose himself and observe his surroundings.

"Impressive, to be capable of devising a way to increase our connection exponentially without breaking the seal, This method allows me to channel up to four tails of chakra to you without you going berserk. Being a grandmaster really is a 'grand' feat for a seal practitioner. The scenery is also good, grasslands huh? Is this intentionally put in hopes that it would calm me down most of the times."

True enough as the fox said. The scenery involved a vast amount of grassland with colored flowers littering here and there in a random fashion to create a soothing environment. The only thing remnant of the seal made to imprison the fox was a long line in the form of seals separating one side of the grassland to the foxes side which was actually his 'jail'. There was also trees and rivers on the other side of the seal. Farther away were mountains that seemed real. The area looked so vast and farthest side of it could not be seen by the naked eye. The mental boost that Naruto received from the Sage could be utilized in more than one way it seems.

"I am satisfied for now. You shall now be able to hear a few words from me here and then to help you in whatever journey you are trying to embark on. Unless you have anything to speak of which I do not think you have. Leave me alone for now and let me bask in this artificial sunlight and freedom that you provided." The fox then ran to the seemingly endless plain with grace and power exuding from him with each leap taken.

'whoa he actually looks elegant when he doesn't have that grumpy look he always shows' Naruto thought before starting to exit his mindscape.

"I heard that, and I look powerful not elegant you ninggen!" Naruto heard the fox speak before he exited his mindscape and returned to the real world.

`I should have known he'd hear that, I did give the seal that feature too. *Sigh* I hope this doesn't break our growing relationship' Naruto thought just as he came back to the real world and started to clean up the mess from the sealing process.

"I heard that too, and we don't have a relationship. We have a 'bond' due to the sage, not a relationship" a voice spoke from inside his head.

'Is there even a difference in that?, ughh forget about it. I'll just finish cleaning up this mess and head to sleep. This seal tampering took a lot on me and my body should adjust itself for a while. I'll probably be asleep all day tomorrow but that's a small thing to sacrifice' He hurriedly finished fixing things and laid on his bed before sleeping.


(Timeskip: 2 month)

So far Naruto liked what was happening as his progress was getting better. The fox wasn't too much to handle as he expected him to be but was rather a quite companion. He only spoke every time Naruto did something outright wrong in his training with chakra as the fox clearly had a lot of knowledge about the inner workings of chakra.

Naruto's physical growth was progressing in a good pace too. The fox knew little about human anatomy as he isn't one himself so he left Naruto to train on his own in this area. While clones were unavailable to Naruto outside his own domain as he still hasn't found a way to create an alibi as to how he learnt it. He decided that he would just create a situation for him to be 'luckily' learn it from another individual and he had the perfect idea to who that person was how he'll make Naruto learn. He needed to use those clones as even though they couldn't increase his physical fitness, they were able to give him muscle memory which makes memorizing a lot of physical things easier. The clones made Naruto the best kinaesthetic learner there ever lived or so he thought.


(Timeskip: Three years later: Second month of Naruto's last year in the)

(Academy Teachers Room)

The others look on alarm as five masked individuals entered the premise and walked towards a specific instructor.

"Touka Mizuki, You are under arrest for the act of treason" Five anbu spoke as they cornered the academy instructor.

"What! What do you mean treason? What did I do wrong? I didn't do anything wrong?" he was now panicking both internally and externally . 'Did they find out about the letters I sent to Orochimaru?'

"You are to be brought down to the Hokage first before the T&I as you have an issue pertaining information that should have only be available to the Hokage and the village elders. Come with us in peace and there will be no harm….for now" The Cat masked anbu in the front spoke in an authoritative manner.

Mizuki looked around and noticed the looks everyone was giving before he finally decided to follow the anbu. The Hokage seemed to be an understanding person, perhaps he can fool the old man to let him scot off.


(Hokage's Room)

"Touka Mizuki,26 year old, Chunnin of the konohagakure, academy instructor. Currently in a relationship with Kane Tsubaki. Orphan with no familial ties left" The Hokage read a little of the information found in the file for the said man.

"Why is it that you were found in possession of some scrolls, techniques written to them that are supposed to be hidden in the scroll of forbidden seals?" The Hokage asked, face blank with emotion.

Naruto had been seen by Inu(Kakashi) performing shadow clone jutsu during one of his training at the academy training field. Though his constant training was something that he started doing a while ago already as such it was of no surprise to the Inu during his guard duty to the child, he did get quite the shock when he saw the kid perform the technique splendidly.

Kakashi had then already met Naruto a lot of times without his mask as the Hokage permitted him to be with contact with Naruto during certain circumstances, such circumstances can be counted with one hand and he believed that that B-rank Kenjutsu was another thing to be part of those.

When Kakashi asked Naruto as to where he had gotten such a 'cool' technique. Naruto told Kakashi that he had found the scroll with a lot of information for a lot of cool jutsu's dropped by a teacher and decided to pick it up. Curiosity got over him and he opened it where upon opening it decided that he try out the techniques before giving it back to the instructor. Naruto stated he has already been in the possession of the scroll for a while now and mastered a number of the techniques.

Kakashi didn't ask about how long it took it for him to master such jutsu's no how many he had mastered but requested the scroll, which Naruto gave with no protest telling Kakashi it was his responsibility now to return the object. Kakashi was in for a shock when he saw the information written in the scroll which was way too nearby complete that it alarmed Kakashi. The scroll immediately reached the hand of the Kage and lead to this incident not longer.

"We also had your how searched for and found out a lot of other similar seals that was supposed to be hidden to those who are lesser than anbu level, upon closer inspection we have found an even more alarming news. You have been sending letters to Orochimaru, this would imply that you are a spy. A lot of information found in your house wasn't well hidden, perhaps you thought of our security being lax. The total of the information about this village under your hands Mizuki, are enough to not only imprison you for life but execute you on the spot. However, we must find out how much you have already diverged to Orochimaru as such you will be interrogated before execution" The Hokage said with finality.

"But why did you bring me here first? I don't remember having those scrolls in my house you can ask Tsubaki. Im innocent here! please listen to me" Mizuki was pleading now

"We have already taken tsubaki in account and approached her in an inconspicuous way so as to not alert her of your condition. She has stated that she has never been in your house and you were meeting on her apartment most of the times if not on the village streets to have a date. She has passed the evaluation as innocent and without connection to your treason that is why you are without companion here. More people have been asked but all accounts lead to the fact to you had been living alone and nobody has entered your house other than another individual. One which is already under supervision now as he is still under a mission outside of the village. You have been brought so that I may see in your eyes whether you were a traitor or not, and that you may have had another reason why this even came to place. Now the fact that you do not deny your connections to Orochimaru implies that this has been for naught" The Hokage paused as he looked at Mizuki's defeated form.

'How did this all happen. I knew they could find those reports for Orochimaru if they looked hard enough. But where did those scrolls come from? They wouldn't even believe a word I say and would just read my mind. There's no way out of this and the chakra suppression the anbu put to me are already in full effect. I should have taken action earlier!'

Mizuki would then be brought to the T&I where they would find the same conclusion, gathering all needed by them and bring fast execution to the man. A man with this much information cannot be left alive as another faction might decide to recruit him and device a plan to use such information selfishly.

Naruto had already done all preparations and made sure to not have any flaws to his plan. Mizuki was a person who Naruto remembered to be outright a traitor and somebody who sought power in any way possible. He noticed the strange looks he game him over his time on the academy most of which were actually sneers that held ill intent, and the fact that Kurama pointed out the man to be having more than enough negative emotions lingering around him and stinks of death was another factor added too. It took Naruto a year to perfect and put his plan into action. Now he could use shadow clone without problem and a few other techniques.

-Chapter End-


Authors Note:

Both prologue and first chapter were devised in a way to prepare the upcoming chapters which was why they were slower paced than what is commonly liked. The pace of the story will gradually grow then from this point as Naruto exits the academy next chapter.

Any corrections to grammar or plot would have been more proper to be sent on PM's and comments on the chapter of course would be suited to the review section.

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