AN: Second Chapter of the revised story. Hope everyone enjoys it!

Disclaimer: I dont own Naruto

Chapter 2

They crawled through the hole before them letting go of any hesitation, and were soon falling down into the dark abyss. They passed through time and space itself, marveling at the cosmos around them as they watched the creating and death of the universe around them. They fell for what seemed like an eternity, finally seeing the other end as little more than a small tear in the fabric of the universe. As they grew ever closer they heard all to familiar screams and panicked shouts, obviously coming from a battleground. As they came crashing through the tear Naruto slowly opened his eyes to see his mother and father impaled on a claw of the Kyuubi. Naruto then came to the realization of when eaxctlly he had come from, and soon found that tears were involuntarily running down his cheeks. Naruto watched as he listened to his parents' last words to him.

"Naruto… Just do everything your mother just said…" Minato Namikaze whispered, barely audible as the last moments of his life came to an end.

'Damn, I'm sorry Naruto, I had no idea that we would come to this point in time, when I was still one vengeful son of a bitch.'

A few moments passed as the barrier around the ritual site began to fade away, and allowing those from the outside to finally enter. Naruto watched as Hiruzen Sarutobi, more commonly referred to as the third Hokage, stepped towards his now dead successor and his wife with tears streaming down his eyes. He slowly approached and gently closed Minato's still open eyelids, saying a silent prayer for the two young heroes. He then silently approached the newborn and scooped Naruto into his arms, curious as to why the child had stopped crying only moments before.

Hiruzen turned to his ANBU guards, "Take Minato and Kushina to the Hokage office so we can prepare a proper funeral for them. What you have just witnessed is now the most dangerous secret we will have to keep, especially for this little one, and if anyone of you tells a soul of these events, you better be sure there will be hell to pay. Furthermore, I want one of you to gather the council for an emergency meeting. Now go." As they were about to leave Hiruzen had one last thought, "AND MAKE SURE THAT BASTARD DANZO IS THERE!"

With this Hiruzen took the young blonde and began to make his way to the council chambers, needing to decide the best way to handle this sudden turn of events. He knew that there were some on the council who would call for the boys immediate execution, while others, namely Danzo, would want to train the boy to be a killing machine for the betterment of Konoha.

Naruto just closed his eyes as tears began to cascade down his cheeks once again.

'It's ok Kurama; I never held this against you. It doesn't make this any easier though. I know that over the years we have been together you have changed for the better. All I can do now is stick with our plan and try and save my… Our world.'

'Arigato. Now I think I should explain the consequences of us being in your infantile body again.'

'Consequences? What do you mean? Why would there be consequences?'

'Well, for one, we are now occupying a body that previously had a soul inside already. All we did was take over the consciousness of this body, it's not like the "you" from this time would just fade away into nothingness. In fact, he might come forth later on in time, it's just that it is too young to be able to process that its body was taken.'

'So what does that mean about all our previous chakra reserves and all my jutsu…? I don't want to think about re-learning the Rasenshuriken again…'

'From what I can tell our huge reserves of chakra have begun to merge with this body. It's kinda like taking a huge lake and stuffing it inside of a container only able to hold a puddles worth. Lucky for us this container is so young that the chakra coils are able to expand at an incredible rate, so this body won't burst from the huge influx of chakra…yet.'

'…So I still have all my old chakra?'

*sigh* 'Yes Naruto, right now I would say that you have the chakra reserves of… well at least at the level of a kage, if not more. Keep in mind that this body still has yet to grow, so the coils will continue to grow, increasing your chakra reserves even more.'

'So then is the seal still there? What would that mean if I tried to draw out your chakra too?'

'Yes, the seal is still there, but you still have access to my chakra, so you can go Kyuubi-Chakra Mode, both stages in fact. But should you so choose you could also go into the Jinchuuriki Form for more agility and… well… for a more "savage" fight, should you so choose.'

'YES! THAT'S AWSOME! I can't believe that I still have so much strength, even though I'm still only about a day old! I can't wait to-'

He was cut short but the abrupt stop of Hiruzen as he entered his office and made his way to the meeting room. The look on the Hokage's face reminded Naruto of the sobering events that had taken place that night, and just how many had died to stop Obito.

'Listen well Naruto, this will be your only chance to find out what actually happened that night.'

Naruto just grunted in reply.

As Hiruzen entered the room, he was pleased to see that everyone was actually there, well some of the civilian council members weren't there, but he figured that would probably be better they weren't since this was a shinobi affair.

As soon as Hiruzen entered with Naruto in his arms Danzo stood up and immediately started questioning the retired Hokage.

"Would you mind telling us what this is all about? Unless you didn't know we have more important things to do than just sit around talking. The Kyuubi could come back to the village any moment and begin the attack anew. Now, where is Minato? He should be here to regroup and try and stop the Kyuubi!"

Hiruzen shot Danzo a glare. It wasn't a normal look; it was full of the most evil intentions and killer intent the young Root commander had ever felt. Should Hiruzen have wanted, Danzo was sure he would have been pierced through the heart then and there. As soon as the look began however, it ended as Hiruzen spoke softly, looking down into the eyes of the only thing left of his former successor with the tenderness and compassion of a father.

"Minato and his wife are dead. They gave their lives to seal the Kyuubi inside this child, thus saving our village. Unfortunately this also means that their legacy here in my arms will have to be kept a secret from everyone, lest Naruto become a target. This child is now doomed to be loathed and hated for a reason he had no control of, and while he should be hailed as a savior, he will be hated and avoided like a leper."

Everyone could only stare blankly as the man spoke. They were too dumbstruck to actually say anything. A good while passed before anyone spoke, and ironically, it was the same person who started the meeting with a sudden outburst. This time, however, Danzo was sure to speak in turn and with respect.

"This truly is a dark day. We have lost many fine shinobi, along with our Hokage and his wife. We can't wallow in misery while our village is in disarray. Someone has to take command, so we must now choose the next Hokage, and-"

He was cut off by Shikaku, head of the Nara clan, and quite possibly the smartest man in the room, not to mention the most shrewd.

"I nominate Hiruzen. Seeing as how he already has experience as a Hokage, it is the only rational choice left to us. We can't upset the already confused state we find ourselves in. How does everyone vote?"

Hiruzen looked around as almost everyone nodded yes in agreement, Hyuuga Hiashi, Uchiha Fugaku, Aburame Shibi, Yamanaka Inoich, Akimichi Choza, Inuzuka Tsume, and obviously Nara Shikaku. The only one who seemed upset by this outcome seemed to be Danzo himself, along with a number of the civilian council members who were obviously under the influence of Danzo.

'Not only did our Hokage just die, but a good number of out shinobi, and NOW you make a bid for the position of Hokage?' Hiruzen thought as he watched the man seethed in anger in his seat.

"I reluctantly accept, only for the sake of our village. My first order as Hokage is that the events discussed tonight are to stay in this room, the fewer people who know about this boy the better. If his father can't protect him than by Kami I sure as hell will try. On that note I want no fewer than two ANBU to watch this boy at all times, to protect him and keep him safe from other villages. Kakashi, come in here."

At the Hokage's command a man in a fox mask came in and immediately bowed to the new Hokage.

"Kakashi, I want you take this boy to the orphanage in Konoha. I want you to then get a sizable wardrobe for him along with at least 250,000 Ryo from the Sarutobi treasury. This money will be put towards an apartment for the child, but in the meantime he will stay at the orphanage until I order otherwise. Am I clear?"

"Crystal." The ANBU replied before taking the child from the Hokage's arms and leaving the room immediately to complete the Hokage's orders.

Hiruzen sighed as he watched Kakashi leave. As he did Shikaku leaned towards him and whispered in his ear.

"Are you sure that is wise? The Villagers will eventually figure it out, and his life will be hell if he has to depend on others during his childhood."

Hiruzen nodded in agreement before saying, "Hai, that it will be, but that is precisely why it must be done. Minato wouldn't want his child to be kept from his village, locked away in some distant place like a demon. Besides, it is only temporary until I can find him his own place, then I will have someone I trust watch over him and take care of him until such a time as he is capable of taking care of himself." Hiruzen now turned around to address the rest of the council. "Now that that is over, I hereby adjourn this meeting. We must now rebuild Konoha before other countries hear of our temporary weakness."

"Hai Hokage-sama" the council responded in unison before filing out of the meeting room.

Back to Kakashi

'I can't believe they are leaving my sensei's son to the orphanage. Those people are little better than scum who underfeed the children there just to pocket the extra money they get from the village. I will have to make sure to visit Naruto after I visit Obito's grave everyday. I don't trust those people any further than I can throw them.'

The ANBU kept muttering to himself as he completed the Hokage's orders and dropped the child off at the orphanage where he would "temporarily" reside. Kakashi left to fulfill the rest of his orders, but not before dropping some not-so-subtle threats to the workers as to what might happen if Naruto was mistreated in any way. Many of the workers there felt a chill go crawl down their spine as they saw Kakashi remove his mask and reveal is Sharingan eye to solidify his threat.

'Wow' Naruto thought as he recounted the events of the night. 'I mean, I knew that old man Hokage was kind to me, but not to this extent! I guess I wasn't as alone as I thought I was. Even Kakashi-sensei still cared enough about me as a baby to try his best to protect me at the orphanage.'

'Guess you're right, but from here on out, until you graduate from the academy, it's just the two of us. Be forewarned, this time around I won't let my container be the dead-last dobe. You will be a respectful, and hopefully, an intelligent shinobi before you even reach the academy. So until you can freely move around to practice Taijutsu and Ninjutsu, I will work on your… intelligence; starting with basic algebra and Kanji. We will slowly move up from there. I refuse to have another embarrassing repeat of the chunnin exams where you stared at a blank page for a full hour; I am the strongest of all the tailed beasts and as such MY host won't be some village idiot!'

'I get the intelligence-dobe thing, but what the hell does math and kanji have to do with me?'

'And here I thought that your dream was to become Hokage. I don't think the council will choose someone who can't even do basic arithmetic to be Hokage, no matter how strong they are. You will be in charge of handling everything from the villages economic status to the development of new trade agreements.'

'Ok, ok. Point taken. Well when do we start your grand plan?'

'Tomorrow. I have neither the energy nor patience to begin teaching you tonight. So rest well kit, we are both tired from that jutsu we performed not too long ago. We are both near chakra exhaustion as it is, and the only reason we have yet to collapse mentally is because of the chakra we were able to incorporate into our systems from the new body we are in.'

'Hai, Kurama'

'That's Kurama-SENSEI'

'Hell no!'

*Sigh* 'Fine, I guess it would get weird if we started getting all formal.'

5 Years Later

'Ugh, why are we doing this again?'

'Dammit Naruto! Pay attention and don't make me explain this again!' Kurama could tell that the young blonde was hardly paying attention, so after a loud growl he began again. 'I told you before; we should take this opportunity to train in EVERY type of jutsu, not just Fuuton(wind jutsu). Granted you are pretty good in Fuuton, but if you can train in all the other different elements, then your proficiency as a shinobi will rise even more!'

'But I thought that you had to have an affinity with a certain element to be able to use it?'

'Then tell me why Kakashi was able to use jutsu in several elements?'

'Good point. But you still haven't really explained this well for me. I thought the deal was if I spent five years studying with you I would be able to learn more about ninjutsu and genjutsu?'

'Don't insinuate that I went back on my word. Just shut up and listen. So since you are a Fuuton user, tell me what would happen if you used your Futton: Rasenshuriken against a Katon(fire jutsu) that only had about half the power of your Rasenshuriken?'

'Well… I guess they would cancel each other out… But that would have to be one hell of a Katon to stand a chance against my Rasenshuriken.'

'Precisely. But that same Katon could be canceled out by a Suiton(water jutsu) that had only had half the power as said Katon, and by extension would only require about a quarter the power of your Rasenshuriken required. Got it yet?'

'Yeah, I guess so… this is still pretty boring'

'Impudent little… Anyway, so as I was saying; it is impossible to have an affinity for all the elements, but one COULD use a jutsu from every element. Due to the individual shinobi's affinity that particular school will be stronger, as in your case with Fuuton jutsus. If you were to become proficient in every element, then your overall usage of jutsu would become several times greater, which would also mean your regular Rasengan would be just under the level of a Rasenshuriken.'

'That is some of the best things I have ever heard!'

'That would only happen if you were to get EVERY elemental jutsu up to around mid-Jounin level, which I think is a little out of reach for you for now. Instead I think you should focus on becoming proficient up to the level of low to mid-Chunnin level. That should be able to be accomplished before you graduate from the academy. Speaking of which, I need to talk to you about the academy.'

'What about it?'

'Well it's about how many times you failed it. If you would go into it again you should be able to do all that is required in a year, but knowing you, you would want to be in the same class as the rest of your little friends.'

'You have a point, and I don't think I like how you refer to them as "little", it just seems a little mean to me. Other than that, yeah that does present a problem, but I think I have a solution. I would just hold out on joining the academy. From what I remember, entering the academy is a choice given to each individual after they reach a certain age, so I will just join the academy the year every else is supposed to graduate, and then sweep them all away! It'll be fun!'

'Whatever floats your boat. Now, let's begin the training. First things first, run 100 laps around Konoha!'

'What the hell!? I knew you were up to something, that is NOT Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!'

'A strong mind, and by extension strong chakra, comes from a strong body. Now get running or I won't teach you a damn thing!'

'Grrrrrr… fine.'

As Naruto started running he began to sense that there were several ANBU running with him.

'Hey Kurama…'

'I already knew. This just makes it more interesting! Outrun them or the deal is off for the day until you are able to ditch them.'

'… I really hate you.'

'Feeling is mutual.'

So for the next several years Naruto's training began in earnest. For a while he was unable to outrun the ANBU that were assigned by the Hokage to watch him, so, true to his word, Kurama wouldn't teach his host anything. Eventually Naruto was able to outrun the shinobi, much to their displeasure, and so Kurama would then have Naruto settle into a training routine. Every day it would begin with laps around Konoha to once again lose his ANBU escort, though they wouldn't really chase him too much, deciding to leave Konoha's "demon" to the mercy of anyone he came across. Every few months or so another hundred laps would be added to the routine as Naruto became faster. To make it more difficult, he was forbidden to use chakra to enhance his muscles or use jutsu of any kind, he instead had to run just as any other person would in order to build up his leg strength and stamina. The first few days after the training schedule increased he would be too tired to even start training with Kurama, and simply called it a day to play around with the other kids in Konoha and enjoy something like that of a childhood, though the dirty looks and threats never seemed to stop. After his training regimine included some five hundred laps he was instructed to then purchase chakra weights for his arms and ankles, and now instead of adding more laps, the weights themselves were now increased, much to Naruto's frustration.

When he finally got enough stamina to continue after the running, it would go straight into training his ninjutsu, while being careful to escape the watchful eyes of the ANBU, ducking into a sewer or losing them in the forest. It wasn't too long until the ANBU would purposefully stop watching Naruto, and soon left him alone all together.

The Ninjutsu training would usually be some simple Doton (Earth jutsu) jutsu, since this seemed to be the one Naruto had quite a bit of trouble with, being a Fuuton user. It would then go into Katon, which Naruto would find more success with. At first he would barely be able to produce more than a small ball of fire from his Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Great Fireball) but the course of a month he progressed into making a blazing fireball several meters in diameter with ease. After Katon he moved into Suiton where he found the most success outside of Fuuton. He was able to summon huge waves from pure chakra, much like the Nidaime Hokage before him, from his Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu (Great Waterfall Technique) after less than a week of training, and so began to work on other higher classed techniques. After his success with Suiton it was time for frustration with Raiton (Lightning jutsu), which over the months of intensive training evolved into a palmed electrical strike aimed at the heart which could incapacitate an enemy for some time. If Naruto focused his chakra to high enough levels he could pierce his opponent, using his incredible speed to add more strength to his attacks, much like Kakashi's Raikiri, though this drained a large amount of Naruto's chakra reserves. Of course he would also work on his Fuuton techniques, creating some while revising some others.

The years changed Naruto; he soon stopped having his hair cut, so it grew long down to the middle of his back, while still retaining its spikiness. After an unfortunate accident in his Katon training resulting in a large portion of his hair going up in smoke, he made sure to keep it neatly tied behind his back whenever he decided to train. Being forced with so much chakra as a baby also forced his growth a bit, so while he wasn't the tallest boy his age, he was no longer the shortest, which pleased Naruto greatly. His mind and senses became sharper as Naruto and the Kyuubi became even closer in the body they shared, though his eyes would never measure up to a full-fledged sharingan, he would still be able to observe minute details. He also was more muscular than any child his age should have been, due to his intense training that would leave Gai and Lee stunned. Naruto also became calmer and collected with his thoughts, carefully thinking about situations he ended up in rather than jumping in head first.

His training with the Henge came in handy more than once when Naruto could sense a large mob forming, mostly men stumbling out of the local bar. More often than not said mob would turn towards Naruto, hoping to vent their problems by giving the child a fierce beating, but they could never find him. More often than not they found an older man with orange hair and multiple piercings on his face come walking out of the closest alleyway and away from the mob.

The one thing Kurama was able to do was to convince Naruto to do was change his clothes a tad, though he still stuck with the orange color. He now had a black shirt with the Uzumaki crest on the back in bright red, with orange flames running up the shirt from the bottom, stopping around his stomach. His pants were also black, and it had taken several more days for the Kyuubi to convince Naruto that the color orange just didn't fit a ninja, and so had managed to stop Naruto from having orange stripes sewn up the sides of his pants.

By the time Naruto was 11, he was ready to enter the academy and display his new-found skills to the world, especially those of his class who once thought he was just a simple moron, especially Saskue.

Naruto walked up to the ninja academy, almost bursting with excitement.

'Calm down kit, you can't do anything to blow our cover. If the other brats found out about your power, they might avoid you out of fear, or worse, tell one of the higher ups.'

'Don't worry Kurama.' Naruto said with a huge grin as he pushed the Academy doors open, 'This is gonna be a blast!'

END

AN: Well hope you enjoyed it, i wont be as fast with the chapters anymore. Could still use more constructive criticism though! I also have a few questions for anyone who wants their voice to be heard!

1) Pairings? If there are no objections i will do slight NaruHina, just cause i think there is so much that can be done there. If anyone has a better idea, or has a serious reason why i shouldn't then i might not, otherwise...

2) Well, lets just say that a 5 year old with kage level power will be able to change two important events from the past when he was a kid, hint, they have to do with the Uchiha and Hyuuga. If you know what they are and you DONT want them changed, let me know and i might not do it and have it a bit more canon

3) Review?

Thanks Everyone!