In the last chapter, naruto found a summons scroll left by a woman named Kushina, and has finally met the kyuubi! What will happen now?

"Are you the Kyuubi?" Naruto asked, seeing the faint outline of a giant fox with nine tails behind the gate. Said fox walked into the light, smirking. "What of it, ningen?" the kyuubi asked. "Well, it's nice to meet you for once." naruto replied, confusing the fox. "You do not fear me, why?" the kyuubi asked, staring at naruto.

This made naruto smile, as his response had been told to him many times before by Teuchi, a man naruto considered a father. "I was told to never judge a scroll by what it looks like." Naruto replied softly, and Kyuubi was speechless. "So you would just what, try to befriend the beast that destroyed your home once, the one that got you into this situation?" "Well why not, I mean it's not like I have anything better to do." this made the kyuubi think. Ojisan, is this the boy you spoke of, the one who would bring peace? "Ningen." the kyuubi started to speak, gaining naruto's attention.

"What is your dream?"

Those words had a big impact on naruto, more than he would think at the time. "My dream is become hokage so the people can acknowledge me as myself and not as their twisted perception of you." naruto replied evenly. Kyuubi scoffed; "That is a fool's dream. To be hokage you must either be acknowledged by the people, or be named the hokage's successor due to your skill. You are despised by the people and you have little to no skill. Give up on your foolish dream, ningen, you won't succeed." "Hmph, I'll do it! I swore I would become hokage and Uzumaki Naruto never turns back on his word, that's my nindo, my ninja way!" naruto exclaimed. "And just how would you accomplish your foolish dream?" Kyuubi asked. "I'll do it step by step, even if my future looks bleak, I'll just make a new future and keep moving forward! I will become hokage, believe it dattebayo!" naruto replied.

Kyuubi stared at the uzumaki, and then realized something. "Ningen, what do you know about the world's state right now?" Kyuubi asked. "Nothing much, I keep getting kicked out of history class by the sensei whenever it's not Iruka-sensei." naruto replied. "Listen well then, as I won't stop talking until I finish. The world is in a state of chaos, to be blunt. the world is filled with greed, chaos, corruption, sin, however you want to say it, but evil is there. It will always remain unless you figure out a way to stamp out a piece of human nature, which is impossible. Wars are waged for missions that end up with death, all assigned to the five major villages, one of them being Konoha. Before you go and rant at what I will say next, hear me out first: Konohagakure no Sato is corrupted. The civilians seem to be slowly siphoning away power from your hokage, and so they gain more and more say over village matters. In the end, the shinobi are pure, tools for lack of a better word, and those that wield the 'tools', the civilians, are corrupt." Kyuubi explained.

Naruto was shocked, one was how badly he was ignoring the world around him, and for another reason. "Kyuubi-san..." "What is it ningen?" "How do you know so much about Konoha?" naruto asked. "Hmph, my previous containers were once part of Konoha, now they are dead. So tell me now, ningen...What is your dream?" "To be hokage so I can change the world, to bring an era of peace! I'll do it, even if it kills me!" naruto exclaimed, making the kyuubi smirk. Now you're on the right path. Ojisan, if he really is the child to bring peace like the great toad told you, then I may as well move things along a little. kyuubi thought.

Naruto then sighed, and realized that he would need training. "Kyuubi-san, could you train me?" naruto asked. "...Prove to me your resolve first, and then I'll consider it." Kyuubi replied. "How would I prove my resolve?" Naruto asked. "Take a human's life. If you recover from taking a fellow human's life, then I will train you." Kyuubi replied, making naruto pale.

Naruto fell onto his rear, realizing that he would have to take a person's life. "Finally realizing the implications of taking a human's life before you even take one...pitiful. If you truly become a shinobi you will be forced to kill, even as hokage you are forced to kill as well due to the possibility of sending a shinobi or group of shinobi to their deaths." kyuubi sighed. "T-then I'll prove to you my resolve, but in a different way, believe it dattebayo!" naruto exclaimed, shooting up to his feet. "Then wake up and get to it, the world isn't getting any younger." Kyuubi scoffed, and the fox laid down, taking a nap. Naruto grumbled, and then woke up.

[real world]

Naruto opened his eyes, and sighed. "I've got a lot of work to do."

And so that is another chapter. Sorry if it seems cliche and thrown together, but I don't really know how to portray Kyuubi and Naruto conversations very well without making either sound like a dick or seem too mushy and buddy-like. Anyways, the day naruto wakes up on is team sorting, and so he'll meet the rest of the Konoha rookies without his loud-mouthed, brash, thick-headed mask on! What will they think? What will be the relationship between sakura and naruto? Will the kyuubi try to break free and kill naruto, or will he just be a stubborn bastard and not really help naruto even if he proves his resolve, and does naruto have a kekkei genkai, or even a...*suspenseful drum roll* a BROTHER?! Find out in the next chapter!

Ja ne~

The Hawk Ninja (AKA Ninjahawk)