Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto or any of its characters this is a fan made a story.
Chapter 2-
AN: I am adding in the Nine tails early, with this I am changing its view of Naruto entirely. He will instead see the poor child a mere kit and will begin to aid him with his knowledge. Kurama's voice and thoughts will be represented by italics.
Another thing, I am an insanely impatient person so I'm not going to do a weekly or periodic post thing. I will, however, post as I finish my chapters so be prepared for various times between the chapters but it will never be more than a week in between chapters.
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His head ached and his body was cold but Naruto still pushed his eyes open. "Ugh….Where the hell am I?" He said aloud not expecting someone to answer but as he opened his eyes he was given an answer. "You're in the Uzamaki mountain training ground known as Konoha-7." A middle-aged woman said with a smile. She had long straight black hair and was wearing a slightly seductive red dress.
Naruto was oblivious to the fact that he was knocked out and drug to this place. "who are you, and how do you know where that is?" he questioned while making his way to the edge of the insanely fluffy bed he was sleeping in. She waited for the young blonde to stand on his feet after getting out of the bed before she stood from the small cherry wood chair.
"Come we have some things to discuss and I have someone I think you'd like to meet." She commented while motioning for the door. Naruto nodded hesitantly before joining her side. As they walked to the door he looked at the walls and finally took in the beauty. The back wall was riddled with ancient books, and the rest where painted a vibrant crimson red and had pictures and plaques of various people. "Who are these people?" He asked her while pointing at a large picture with a red headed women and a blonde man.
She read the plaque and frowned a little. "That is the fourth Hokage of Konoha Minato Namikaze. The woman was his wife Kushina Uzumaki she was a kind woman." She said sadly before continuing on her path to the door.
Once the two entered the hallway she laughed a little at Naruto, who had it had finally dawned on. "Wait what I remember now. Who were those guys that knocked me out. How did I get here?" He roared at the woman who continued to laugh.
"Please Master Naruto calm down it was merely to get you here secretly and safely. Now if you'd come with me there is someone you'd like to meet and he will inform you about everything." She said while trying to calm the child.
"Fine but make it snappy before I lose it and show you my ninja prowess...Wait did you just call me 'Master Naruto'?" he added while crossing his arms.
"Yes, you see my family and I show our gratitude to the Uzumaki's by maintaining this sacred training ground." She answered before pushing on the boy's back starting them back on their path.
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They were walking silently through a long dark corridor, Naruto was fascinated by the pictures and their captions. They were nearing a clearing and as they breached it they were in a massive living room. There were ten or so men sitting in the center of the room. Naruto quickly realized and pointed it out that they were the ones that knocked him out.
"hey you jerks, remember me? Who do you think you are hitting me like that?" he raged at them but was silenced when an older gentlemen stepped in front of him. "Excuse me sir but are you the Uzumaki boy I've been hearing about?" His rheumatic voice interrupted the child.
Naruto calmed himself and nodded agreement before the man's face darkened. "Good then come with me. Now!" He commanded at the child before he grabbed his arm and the duo vanished in thin air.
"Well, that's Tomoko for you." The woman chuckled before taking a seat with the men.
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Naruto was feeling nauseous after the sudden burst of speed the old man generated but managed to ask where they were now. "Well boy we're at the beginning of your destiny as the only one that can save you the clan," he responded proudly but only making Naruto face palm.
"Everyone keeps talking about this save the clan stuff. How am I going to restore something I didn't even know existed until yesterday?" Naruto said confusingly.
"Ssshhh, my boy we will talk about this later when you are older and less...puny? No more like pathetic. Yes! That's the word." he chuckled towards the boy but only got an unamused face and a growl. "Okay humor not a good thing yet, well anyway I'm going to put you through some training since I believe that was the reason you came here anyway." He added. This time, Naruto was ecstatic and cheered.
"What are we going to do? Some awesome hand to hand combat or a special Jutsu that will win any fight?" Naruto thought in his head with a series of colorful images of him as a shinobi.
"Here I have provided a small bag of rations that should be about a weeks worth of water and about three or so days of food. Now I'm going to take you blindfolded into mountains where you will learn to survive on your own. If you can make it to a shack that is on the eastern base of the mountain, I will teach you three powerful Jutsu." He informed the child before blindfolding him with a piece of cloth he pulled from his pocket.
"Wait why do I have to be blindfolded, old man?" He asked.
"Well if I didn't you could easily follow the trail back to where we started." the old man answered. "And by the way my name Tomoko so stop calling me old you little squirt!" he raged a little at the blonde.
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"Are we there yet?" Yelled the child as the old man carried him up the mountain.
"Just about." The man said after laughing a little. They continued walking until they reached a large clearing that was covered with fallen trees.
"Here, let me get that blindfold." He said after dropping the boy to the ground. "Why so ruff you old fart?" Naruto mumbled while standing back up.
The old man ran through the bag making sure that everything was there and checked if Naruto was still in top shape. "Good now I will be waiting at the shack that's at the eastern base of the mountain. Meet me there by the end of the week and I will teach you some cool Jutsu." He added before he vanished in a flicker. Now alone in this mysterious overgrowth, he sat on a large log that was lying against another tree and thought about his game plan for the next week. "Okay, first I have to get to that shack, If I can get there I can learn those Jutsu." He said with an excited tone. "Now to find out where the hell I am." He added before his stomach released an unsettling growl.
He rubbed his stomach as he stood from the log and made his way over to the sack that sat on the ground where the old man had placed it. He went to lift the bag, but to his surprise, the sack was very light. He questioned himself on if it was that light when he was holding it back at the training grounds but he remembered it being heavier. When he peered inside his jaw dropped and his heart sank to his stomach.
"Where did all the food go!" He screamed out before falling to the ground. He became delirious and started to roll around vigorously. "I'm going to die. I'm dead, yep this is it. Death to me." He said in a chuckling way before he stopped rolling. Just as he finished his outbreak the sun began it's decent below the horizon. Naruto laid there on the ground staring up at the gorgeous pink sky, he thought of Konoha and how the jerks at the orphanage kicked him out because of one stupid little prank. He ran through dozens of different thoughts before a memory shined through the fog that was his swirling mind.
It was the picture of the fourth and his wife. "If I am to become Hokage one day I can't let a little survival trip stomp on me, and end my journey now," Naruto said while reaching a hand up at the now dark speckled night sky. He leaned back then jumped forward onto his feet.
"Now let's find somewhere to sleep tonight." He cheered while rubbing his hands together for warmth.
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Naruto sat wearily on the cold moist ground, his back to a large oak tree. He was nibbling on some nuts that he managed to find on the ground around the tree. It was late and his shivering was intense. "I'm so c-cold. I-I need some w-where to warm-m up." he cried while pushing himself to stand from the ground. He had already surveyed the area and notice a large indent in one of the trees that he might be able to cram himself into. He considered it a possible place to sleep but he didn't know if he would fit or if he could even get back out.
"Must keep moving. Must keep warm." He kept reminding himself as he started walking towards the eastern side of the overgrowth. He knew his direction since he saw the sun set in the west.
After walking for some time he had to stop, his stomach was growling and his body was aching from premature frostbite. He stood in a clearing to think about his situation but couldn't come up with an answer until he heard a dark menacing voice. "Child listen to me. Burrow like the kit you are. Dig a hole next to the tree of your liking then crawl inside. The dirt will naturally equalize the temperature."
Naruto jumped backward and quickly scoped the landscape. "Who's there?" He demanded before the voice started laughing. "I see they didn't inform you of me. Well, that would seem troublesome for someone like you to know, well anyway I am the nine tailed beast Kurama. You are my jinchuuriki, in other words, you are my vessel as I am sealed inside of your body." He told the boy.
Naruto flipped his sh*t and immediately started panicking.
"You mean that giant fox the destroyed the village and killed the fourth Hokage four years ago? How were the hell you sealed inside of me? What's going o..." Naruto questioned before he passed out from a panic attack.
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Naruto woke ten minutes later with a panicked expression. He jolted up and got to his feet. "Uh...Kurama? A-Are you there?" He asked sheepishly.
"I am always here boy. Now dig a goddamn hole. If you parish I go as well and trust me the reincarnation process isn't fun at all." the fox demanded scaring Naruto who instantly started grabbing at the ground.
"Oh kami if there really is the nine tails inside of me he could kill me at any moment." the boy feared in his head. His hands were cold and numb but he could still feel the cold blood run from his fingernails and the pulsing sensation of his finger ripping at the ground.
After a few minutes he stopped due to the fact that he couldn't dig any further, he had dug into the ground about a foot deep but his hands couldn't get past the compact dirt.
"Kurama I can't dig any further my hands can keep going." He cried to the fox.
"You kit are so needy...fine I shall release to you some of my chakra and teach you a simple technique that shall allow you to dig faster and deeper." The mighty fox stated which Naruto exploded with joy on the inside. "Awesome a technique taught by one of the great-tailed beasts." he thought inside before suddenly his body was erased of all pain and his fingers healed instantly.
"Until now I have locked away your jinchuuriki regeneration but now you might need it to overcome the starvation and the hypothermia that's eating at your feet and hands. Now from these hand seals and channel the chakra that I just gave you. Now do as I say perform the Snake, Boar, then Rat hand signs." He told the child only for Naruto to fail miserably at the hand signs.
"I don't know any of the hand signs. I haven't been taught any of them yet." Naruto confessed after a few failed attempts at the snake sign.
"That seems so, fine then I shall teach you these three signs for now but you need to master them on you one time you runt" He responded angrily.
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"Now again, this time with the chakra!" The fox roared at the boy causing him to put everything he had into his new Jutsu. Naruto flashed through the three hand signs before his hands erupted into a bright orange aura. "I did it Kurama!" Naruto squealed while marveling at his hands.
Kurama laughed to himself before commanding the child to finish digging before he falls to hypothermia. Naruto instantly complied and shoved his hands into the ground, they easily pierced the dirt and rocks before it completely incinerated it.
"Alright, I'm finished!" Naruto cheered while staring at the immense hole he created.
"You've done well kit but it seems you've created more of a crater than a den. Either way, you should hurry and climb in before you fall to hypothermia," he warned the blonde.
Naruto jumped into the hole and balled up next to a large rock he couldn't excavate. He then piled dirt on himself to act as a blanket before he dozed off into an awkward slumber.
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"Where am I?" Naruto thought as he was standing in a large sewer with dark murky water at his ankles. He saw a bright light illuminating from one of the many tunnels and decided to head towards it.
As he breached through the light he was confronted by an enormous golden gate that had a giant seal plastered on the center of the doors. Behind it was a dark cold enigma that he could hear moving but couldn't see.
As he neared the massive gate a colossal fox smashed his head against the gate. "K-Kurama..." Naruto squealed before he screamed and ran full speed away from the room.
Come back child. It's only me, a giant murderous fox...I'm fun to play with I swear...I'm nice and fluffy" He joked before he became more serious and demanded the child to explain how he had entered the seal.
Naruto was hesitant but poked his head from behind the wall separating the room from the corridor. "I'm where?" He asked with fear evident in his voice.
"They seal that the Fourth Hokage placed on you to seal me away. How did you get here...No, I know what it was. When I gave you some of my chakra for the first time the seal must have allowed you to enter to check its integrity." Kurama answered before he growled at Naruto and returning to the darkness that was his domain in the cage.
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Naruto was wondering aimlessly for what felt like hours in the strange tunnels before he stepped into one room that contained nothing but a normal red door. He walked up to the door and pressed fourth hoping that he could leave this demented place.
When he opened the door everything turned white before his eyes opened to reveal that he was outside and back in the forest.
"Yay me I'm back alone...starving...and cold. But in the woods!" He cheered before his stomach growled stopping his sarcastic cheer.