I don't own Naruto, or the song Anthesia by Blink 182. If I did own Naruto, i would aquire th power of Kyuubi and I'd be ruling the world with an iron fist slaughtering all who oppose me and throwing their souls to the deepest parts of hell. And let all humanity suffer an endless pain under my absolute control...

I'll shut up now...

Epilouge pt 2: Out of the Shadows! Kyuubi Revealed!

The Visitor was waiting in the spot that Rai told him to wait. He had already visited the landlord, and was surprised to find Old man Ichiraku there as well. He bought another bottle of sake and drank another round for another of his old friends. A bell rang off in the distance, telling the stranger that Rai and the children would arrive soon.

In the few minutes after the bell rang, dozens of shinobi hopefuls and Rai took the same positions they had yesterday. The stranger also noticed some of the adults from before had arrived as well, sitting in the branches of the nearby trees or in their shade.

Once all were present, Rai began his tale.

It was an awesome day! It was beautiful day with out a cloud in sight, there were no missions to stress the nerves, and the scent of pots filled to the brim with ramen threatened to over take his senses.

Naruto whooped at how he was feeling today, and ran to the old man Ichiraku's stand for his daily godsend of a food. Naruto certainly seemed like the happy boy he should be, but those who truly know him knew better. They knew that Naruto was still hurting inside, still vulnerable from the loss of his teammate Sasuke.

At least Naruto had returned to the village and met some his old friends. They all had a great time catching up, Obaa-chan was still as mean as ever with that temper of hers, and Shizune is still trying to keep her gambling problems under control. Kakashi-Sensei was still an open pervert and was more than happy with his gift, the newest edition of the Icha Icha series: Icha Icha Tactics! Iruka was still fatherly and loving as ever, and he had plenty of cash for ramen too! Ichiraku's was still the same, and Ojii-san and Ayame were happy to finally have their friend and number-one customer back, Shino is still mysterious, even more so with all those clothes on him. Kiba and Akamaru are still loud, the only difference was Akamaru's ginormous size. Chouji was still, well... Chouji, Shikamaru is still lazy, and Ino was still being a loud bitch. Neji has defied the gods an had opened up more, Tenten still has those hair buns and unhealthy addiction for anything sharp, Gai and Lee are still weird and creepy, Asuma and Kurenai have opened with their relationship and remain unchanged for the most part, Sakura was still the same Sakura and Hinata still faints and blushes around him...

Many hours later, after his twentieth bowl of ramen, Naruto decided to return home, but not before visiting an old spot of his. He hadn't been there in three years, the last time he was there was right before he became gennin. It still had a very close place in his heart, after all, that's where he had decided to make his promise to become Hokage.

Naruto stared at the site below him, Konoha was shining in all of is glory in the night. He could still see the many things that help him decide that this wonderful place was worth defending for. He still saw the team 7 training grounds, the birth of his own squad, he saw the chunnin coliseum, where he had reunited with his entire academy friends and made new ones as well. He saw the clan communities that his friends belonged to, all of them giving off an aura of power and pride.

It was only because that Naruto was admiring his home so much, that he did not hear a group of ninja sneaking towards him, all of them poised to fight

Tsunade sighed at her office, because she went to catch up with the brat she had an even greater stack of paperwork to do. She kept on looking through them until she got to the last batch, they were all vacation notices.

Tsunade gave off another annoyed sigh, she hated it when shinobi went on vacation, especially since they had just barely recovered from the Sand-Sound attack two and half years previous, it just made all that harder who to choose for the next batch of missions. She could just ignore them…but then Shizune would make a huge fit over it, not to mention that she would have even more work to look over tomorrow.

Tsunade carelessly approved the vacation papers by stamping the Hokage seal on them; there was no real importance in reading into them. The stamp itself was simply used to insure the administrators that she had actually taken the time to glance at the papers; and to make it official that the shinobi present on the papers would not be disturbed unless it was an order from the Hokage herself.

While stamping the papers in a quick and ignorant fashion she had completely missed the fact that some of the vacationing shinobi were known of being Anti-Kyuubi extremist…and had been known for being repeatedly sent to jail in numerous circumstances.

(Snap!)

Naruto turned around at the sound, and cursed himself mentally for letting his guard down. He pulled out a kunai and shot into the forest towards the noise. He heard the dull noise of metal hitting wood and fell into a battle stance. He did not yell, training with the Ero-sennin had taught him patience in battle, if not in life.

His patience was rewarded with a volley of shuriken; Naruto retaliated by summoning a squad of kage-bunshins as human shields. Once the spinning star blades were disposed of, Naruto summoned another squad of clones and hid them throughout the area, including himself.

The attacking ninja finally appeared to inspect he area for any signs of a trail. It only took a few seconds for a ninja to find a snapped twig and headed on it that direction, but before his teammates could even turn in his direction, that same ninja was impaled by a ransengan through the gut.

The unfortunate ninja could not even scream out in pain as his lungs were ripped out and shredded into nothing more but smashed hamburger. Angered, the dead ninja's comrades charged Naruto in a blind fury, confident that a single 15-year old gennin could not take out an entire squad of chunnin with decades more experience than him.

Naruto himself was angered at these ninja as well, not for attacking him that was actually the last thing on his mind right now. He was mad at these idiots for taking such a novice tactic as charging head-on, especially if their target could use the fourth's signature technique the ransengan. They were underestimating him like all of his former opponents before them, and like the rest, the will fall to him as well.

With a tired sigh Naruto stood calmly in his spot, unmoving with a cold expression on his face. Hands' hanging loosely besides his waist, Naruto was making subtle motions wit his fingers, making them dance faster as the shinobi closed in on him.

Whether unnoticed or disregarded by the enemy shinobi, the enemy shinobi charged in faster to the demonic vessel that haunted their nightmares since it was born. They did not see how deep they were into the trap until they heard one less octave in their battle cry.

Stopping completely, the enemy shinobi saw that another one of their own were missing, pulling down their number to six. A second later a quick scuffle was heard off to the right, and the number fell to five. One ninja lost his nerve and tried to run away, only to be dragged sown into the Earth by a pair of hands,

"And then there were four, if you do not want to know what happened to those men, or if you want the same to happen to your own person. You will leave at once." Exclaimed Naruto.

The other ninja's regarded at each other for a moment, as if talking in some unseen level. Once finished, they all turned to Naruto and redrew their weapons. They would not fail, not after all these years of preparation.

Naruto could not but help admire their courage and determination; they were just like him in a small way. And for that, he will honor their challenge by fighting to his maximum capacity. Naruto created a ransengan in his hand and charged with a grim smile on his face.

The fighting was just as intense as it was agonizing, for the attackers anyway. The remaining group of four tried to overtake Naruto with their numbers, using swords and kunai in quick and deadly strikes to lead Naruto into a trap.

Naruto was none the wiser when the squad leader appeared, unlike the rest of the group; he was an ANBU, the best of the best in the village. The ANBU was just about to run Naruto through with a katana when one of his squad got a lucky hit in, his supposed target should have been crippled and thus an easier target, but instead he disappeared.

(A clone!) Were the thoughts of everyone and they regrouped in the centre of the clearing, never falling out of stance. It was too much of a risk to separate, if they stayed together, they would be able to eventually over come the boy.

These thoughts were destroy when Naruto summoned enough clones to take over half the village. What was worse was that he had used the fox's chakra, so each and every clone had clawed hands, thicker whiskers, and the eyes of the nine-tailed demon fox.

It seemed that the scene was too much for one ninja as he started going into a seizure and fell to floor, rendering him unable to fight.

When Naruto saw this he was confused, he never had that sort of reaction when he fought enemy-nin, why were these guys so afraid of him? The only people that truly feared him were the one from his own village...

Naruto's eyes widened when he realized what was going on...he was being assassinated...by the very village he lives in.

Naruto revealed himself from his hiding place, with a look that can only be described as defeated. This was a strange thing to see when the groups of four, five if you count the human vegetable on the floor, are the ones who are at the end of the rope.

"I do not want to fight you."

That simple statement froze all who were present, why didn't Naruto want to fight them? Was the group to weak for him? Or was he just bored and decided it was not worth the trouble fighting them. One of the group asked Naruto this, and strangely Naruto just smiled.

"I do know the reason why you five and your friends hate me, and I respect that. You have lost your loved ones to a demon that knows no compassion, who thrives at the pain of his enemies and relishes at the taste of blood on his tongue."

Naruto's voice then turned cold. "But that gives you no right to attack me, a fellow ninja of the leaf. It is only because we fight under the same symbol that I let you live, you probably could have of defeated me, if you though it out. I have not spent the last three years training under Jiraiya for nothing."

The chunnin refused to look at him, knowing that they were defeated, but the ANBU member laughed. Naruto had thought the man had gone crazy, but was quickly corrected when he started to speak in coherent sentences.

"You fool; do you really believe I see you as a shinobi of the leaf? Do you believe that anyone does? You are a threat to this village; you always have and always will be." The ANBU's word stung, but Naruto had faced worse words before. But before Naruto could speak again, he was interrupted by the ANBU yet again.

"Do not try to correct me by using your friends. They are only a relatively small portion of this village. Would only a couple dozen ninja be able to hold back the nine-tailed demon fox inside of you? Or would their words be able to sway the entire village to gain your trust? No. You're dream of becoming Hokage is a foolish and pointless dream that will never come true."

Naruto attacked the man in a rage; to lash him with words was one thing, but to drag his precious people into this and to spit on his dream was another. With unrelenting fury Naruto began attacking the man. Who was now smiling behind his mask, Naruto had just played into his hand.

Before Naruto knew it, he was impaled by hundreds of thousands of senbon (needles), to the outside; he looked nothing more than a stack of steel pins.

The three younger shinobi were about to cry out in joy for finally defeating the evil beast that was the Kyuubi, but they were quickly silenced by their commanding officer. They watched closely as the needles that held their captive suddenly burst as if in an explosion had occurred there in their place, was Naruto. And the aura of the Kyuubi no Kitsune surrounding his body.

Naruto looked completely unharmed, but the strange bubbling chakra that surrounded held many holes, but were quickly refilled with demonic chakra. The ANBU was slightly intimidated by this act, and decided to call in the bigger guns. The ANBU then brought out a summoning scroll and threw into the air.

Instantly, a flare shot out, temporarily blinding Naruto with its shine. The ANBU was chuckling now, he knew he had won, he may loose his life in the process, but he will win. He turned around and told the rest of his group to fall back, and wait with the others incase he would need back-up, but he highly doubted it.

Once the stars and spots were out of Naruto's field of vision, he concentrated on the flesh-rat that had dared blinded him. Humph, this one would not sate his thirst for blood. He then sniffed the air, this one would not be enough, but the rest that were coming would be more than enough...maybe.

Naruto mentally slapped himself, he had almost let Kyuubi take control again, and he was being careless with all the commotions going around, he would not let that happen again.

Naruto and the ANBU did not have to wait long for their expected company, soon the entire place was filled with jounins of all caliber, special, elite, fresh, etc. Naruto was now feeling very uneasy, four or five jounin he could handle, but three full squads? Plus an ANBU! These guys were serious, even with all three tails he had, he knew he would not win this battle.

But he would not let them see that, He would fight them to the last, it was his nindo…his ninja way.

Somewhere far away, a mysterious figure started to smile; his plan was going on without any problems whatsoever. If things kept running smoothly, he should have the fox out of his den in mere hours.

The fight had been going on for twenty minutes now, Naruto had been able to take out a few the ninja, and was already starting to wear down. But the rest of his enemies were still fresh and ready, and attacking relentlessly against him. If the battle kept on going on like thins, Naruto would ultimately lose, but Naruto was just as bull-headed as ever and decided to call upon the fox to see if he could pull one more trick out of his ass.

Naruto found himself inside the seal once again, the familiar scene of a sewer inside his bowels irked him in some way. Why would there be a sewer system where his stomach should be? Casting such thoughts aside, Naruto walked up to the great fox inside his cage.

"We're in trouble you know" Said Naruto.

I CAN SEE THAT INSECT The fox rumbled out in his ancient voice.

"What are we going to do about it?"

A long silenced washed over them as Kyuubi pondered about this.

Suddenly Kyuubi widened his eyes, but just as quickly he shut them. THERE IS ONE WAY, BUT YOU'RE ANNOYING HUMAN MORALS WOULD CLOUD YOUR JUDGMENT ABOUT IT. The way he had literally choked the word 'human' out was a clear window in his distaste of them.

Naruto thought about it for a moment, and answered that he would be the judge of that.

The Kyuubi eyes bobbed up and down, signaling that he had heard Naruto. WE COULD MAKE A PACT, THINK OF IT AS ONE OF THOSE ALLIANCES YOU HUMANS MAKE WITH ONE ANOTHER. WE BOTH TRADE SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER WANTS TO FIND A PEACE BETWEEN US. I CAN LEND YOU A WAY TO SUMMON MY CHAKRA AT WILL, ALL OF MY CHAKRA.

"And what do you want in return?" Asked Naruto, he did not like where this was going, but the offer was very, very tempting.

KU, KU, KU, YOU LEND ME A BODY.

Naruto's initial reaction was to yell a 'Hell No!' to the beast, after all, who would want a rampaging megalomaniacal nine-tailed demon fox hung-up on complete and utter chaos and destruction? But as he looked closer into the fox eyes, a simple feat seeing as the two orbs are quite literally half his size, he could feel the fox's desperation of wanting him to say no, but at the same time would be the happiest damn thing that ever walked on four legs if he said yes.

The realization disturbed Naruto greatly. "You know I can't do that" he finally said. "Think of something else"

The demon clashed against the gates; but hardly with the force he used when the giant beast first met Naruto, though whether from resignation or planned was an entirely different matter up to debate.

FOOL! YOU WOULD HAVE THE POWER OF A THOUSAND SUNS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND!

"Like you would actually give it to me? I may be slow in many things stupid fox, but I can still spot a prank a mile away. I know that you would take the chance to take the body and your power and send me to hell in a million different ways."

A low grumbling was his only response for a moment until the fox gave a harsh grunt, but there was still no authentic anger coming from behind the giant cage, but more of a twisted mirth flowing in small waves…as if they were restrained from flooding the complex sewer system that was Naruto's navel.

FINE, BE THAT WAY WHELP…BUT DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING FROM ME WITHOUT COMPENSATION.

Naruto furrowed his brow, what could the fox be planning? "What do you suggest I do then 'oh all mighty Kyuubi?" The sarcastic bite of his tone and insulting flourish caused another clash against the cage, one dozens of times more powerful than the last.

Angry thoughts swam through the giants head vigorously, aching to be expressed in astral-physical means. (PATHETIC HUMAN, WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE I'LL CHEW YOU THE SLOWEST OUT OF ALL THESE FINK-RATS IN THIS CESSPOOL OF A WORLD) Calmed by his own thoughts picturing the death of the blonde's demise, Kyuubi snorted in contempt. WELL BRAT, I'LL LET YOU DECIDE. WHAT DO YOU THINK MY POWER IS WORTH?

Naruto was dumb-founded in surprise, his initial shock was easily noticed by the fox, but it had slowly ebbed away until it was nothing more but intense contemplation. The fox himself was surprised at this, he was expecting the young child to react in some type of flamboyant mannerism suited to his nature; but reacted little more than a stone would. He of course did not let his own astonishment manifest in front of the yellow-haired imp. He was already losing air to the moron's ego as it was, he would suffocate if he would ever learned that he had amazed the all-powerful Kyuubi no Yoko by being himself.

Naruto was thinking hard about this opportunity presented to him, and was now wishing to thousand different gods that he could have a mind like Shikamaru's, but he didn't, so he would have to deal with it. Hmm…what could he do? The fox wouldn't settle for anything minimal, he had to give him something grand…but what could he give that wouldn't end up ending the entire damn world?

-Sigh- (This is hard…What the hell?!) The sewers had suddenly begun to rumble horribly, small pebbles of stone fell out of the wedges in the walls and ceilings and the dirty water below him rippled at the shaking.

INTERESTING…THE WEAKLINGS OUTSIDE MAY ACTUALLY SHOW SOME STRENGTH…IT IS NOT SO SIMPLE TO OVERCOME ONE OF MY DEFENSES…EVEN IF IT IS ONE OF MY WEAKER ONES…NO MATTER, THERE IS STILL MORE TO BE BROKEN THROUGH; AND EACH ONE IS HARDER THAN THE LAST

Naruto hardly acknowledge what the fox was talking about, but he understood that he had plenty of time. It was strange, maybe if it was anyone else in the world they could think up an answer in a heartbeat, but for him…Naruto guessed he wasn't made to make such choices, maybe it was stupid to think he could be Hokage after all…

Wait…Hokage…he always heard lectures from everyone around him that the purpose of being Hokage was to protect others in their greatest time of need, it was then that they would use everything in their power to defend their loved ones. The third had made an example of this during the Sand-Sound invasion, but he did it with a price…his life. He did win at the end, dealing a huge blow to that damn bastard Orochimaru, but it was all in vain considering and Ero-sennin learned that he could use his hands again.

He would do something like the old-man, a literal deal with the devil, or at least…a demon. He would give something that just may cost him his life.

"A favor"

The Kyuubi turned his attention back to Naruto, it was about time the maggot said something. WHAT DID YOU SAY GAKI?

Naruto raised his head to stare at the Kyuubi in the eye. "For every time I borrow more than half of your power, I will grant you a favor, or wish if you prefer."

INTERESTING, rumbled Kyuubi. AND WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF THIS FAVOR? I DOUBT YOU WOULD LET ME FREE IF I ASKED FOR IT…

Naruto nodded. "You guessed right stupid fox…there are only two things you can't ask for: Freedom, and the death of any innocent lives. Got it?"

A snarl was Naruto's immediate response, but faded out into another low grumble, the Kyuubi knew he had no leverage in the situation…save for the key for the two's survival…but he wanted to live just as much as the blonde did, if not more so.

IT'S A DEAL KIT. growled the Kyuubi before flooding the entire sewer system with his blood-red chakra.

During the entire confrontation between the boy and the fox, the fanatic extremists were busy trying to destroy the strange spinning cocoon of chakra that had formed around it in the middle of the fight. It looked not unlike the famed Hyuuga Kaiten, but it was self-sustaining and spun at a much more rapid rate. They were able to destroy the first layer by slowing it down with chakra strings and blowing it apart with their most powerful jutsu, but it seemed all for naught as another more quickly spinning sphere was churning below it. Already tired from breaking the first defense, the collected ninja sprayed out a rainbow of colorful language at the demon within. But they persisted, with even more ferocity than before, their hatred fueling them with the energy they desperately needed. It had been awhile since the demon first sealed itself within, and they feared it would come out with even greater force than before if they did not win soon.

Their fears were confirmed when they saw a hideous creature emerge from the strange spinning cocoon-like shield.

The creature had an elongated face of fox, and two rabbit-like ears, its claws were bigger than its hands or feet, and its red fur spiked around its frame like an angry porcupine, all nine demonic fox tails look like living whips made of barbed wire. But the most horrific feature was its eyes; they were solid black, as if the pupil had grown over the entire sphere.

One unfortunate fool made the decision of staring straight into those bottomless eyes; the result was falling into a genjutsu so bad that he took his own life to escape it.

The rest of the ninja were a bit apprehensive after that incident, but their morale was quickly restored when the ANBU leading them took charge.

Their morale was quickly re-destroyed when they saw the fox-beast grab their leader and toss him to the center of the town.

"Who's next?" Asked the beast.

The screams that followed would haunt the survivors to the grave.

Yamato was having a grand time.

He had just sold a huge amount of his stock for a great price, and bough the same quantity for dirt cheap across the very same village! In fact, it was most likely the same stock he had in the first place!

Yamato gave a huge prayer of thanks to the gods of commerce, if they hadn't not given any merchant skills to these ninja, he wouldn't have made such a huge profit!

This was the only reason he walked calmly down the street with a huge smile on his face when the rest of the populace was running around in mass confusion.

Some elite ninja suddenly fell out of the sky, not that badly hurt, but had a visible limp on one of his legs. A few minutes later, an intimidating fox-beast demon-thing fell out of the sky too and landed right on top of the elite ninja.

Yamato picked up his money sack and headed to the nearest exit, he didn't want to be involved in ninja matters, he had a family to return to…and feed for several months with this huge haul of his.

So he bid farewell to the village that made him a wealthy, and safe, man.

Naruto was reveling in the surrounding chaos, he had subdued the other jounin at the Hokage memorial with a potentially fatal genjutsu, but then again, they were jounin, they should be able to handle it.

Hah! Yeah right.

He was now dealing with the ANBU member now; he had just landed upon him, and had given him a brutal beating while he was on the floor. Deciding to give the man some pity, he decided to end it with a ransengan to the face.

The blood that exploded from the body covered everyone in a thirty foot radius.

Feeling his duty was done; Naruto receded to his normal human state, and turned around.

When he did, he wished he didn't.

Everyone was staring at him, and when he meant everyone, he meant everyone. Naruto could pick up faces from the entire village that he knew, and some that were really high up in the chain of power. Tsunade herself was looking at Naruto in fear. But not fear of him, fear for him.

The same could not be said for everyone else.

When Naruto walked away from the body in any direction, the crowd he was facing took a few steps back. Complete and utter terror was evident in their eyes.

Naruto turned around to see three small children looking at him with eyes that held fear that he never saw before while they were centered on him. The Konohamaru Corps. Eyes were usually filled with admiration, envy, and pride. Now they were filled with fear, confusion, and question.

That was it for Naruto, seeing the three that he considered as younger sibling look at him like that was too much for him, he took off in some random direction by jumping over the crowd. His figure a mere speck by the time everyone gathered their wits and prepared themselves for a fight.

The village had a fox to hunt.

Miles away the same figure from before widened his smile. He had accomplished what he wanted to do in this place. It was now time for the second phase of the first part of his grand master plan.

Naruto ran; he ran as fast as he could, to be using the Fox's chakra to run away from his own village is humiliating, but the reason behind it is even more so...He was so foolish, he really was a total idiot. Hokage? Him! Naruto laughed and cried at the same time. Like they would really want him as Hokage. Especially now more than ever, he really was a fool, he really was an idiot...

Suddenly, a branch snapped. Naruto cursed, he was sure he lost them back at the river; No regular villager should be able to keep up with him! Not even most of the shinobi of the entire village can! Unless, they had more ANBU with them...Which would not be surprise considering Tsunade had see him leave.

The ANBU were Naruto's most feared enemy inside Konoha, They are the best of the best, and the ones who hold the longest of grudges, as it was proved by the nameless ANBU he had killed not too long ago. They have the closest bonds with their squad mates, mostly because they have been in the same team since they were gennin. When Kyuubi came and killed off their friends and family, well let's just say that the Hokage's orders were never followed to the letter.

Naruto knew if these were really ANBU then he shouldn't even bother trying to run away, he will stay and fight, to the death if need be, it was his nindo (ninja way) after all...but maybe he could beat them, but the new contract won't kick in permanently until the next day, the previous fight had him absolutely drained, and he doubted he could muster up the energy to summon Kyuubi's power again.

Naruto shook himself out of thinking such thoughts, now he needed to prepare. Naruto laughed at his thought, since when was he ever one to think ahead? Never that's when! Either way, he gave himself a few seconds to prepare for battle; soon, Naruto was ready to fight for his life.

"Come on out, I already know you're there. We might as well start me kicking you're ass!" Naruto waited in apprehension, would they call his bluff? Of course they would. Would they try to kill him? There wasn't a single doubt in his mind that they wouldn't. Did they know how determined he was to beat them and live? No one did, except for maybe the three sannin and Iruka of course

The tension in the air was suddenly cut off when Naruto heard a familiar scoff "Took you long enough dobe."(Dead-last)

Naruto's shock was evident, a blind man would have been able to see the surprise carved on his face. "N-Neji?" He shakily said, truly hoping it was not a Henge no jutsu (transformation technique), if it was, then he was screwed. He just left a huge opening for a possible attack.

Neji appeared just in front of Naruto. Neji stared at his shorter friend, he remained unchanged for the most part he wore clothes similar to what he wore as a gennin, except a few sizes larger for his added height. It was when he just brought his head back up when they both heard a chorus of other voices screaming the same phrase. "Don't forget us Naruto!"

One by one Naruto's friends appeared the rookie nine plus team Gai had appeared from the surrounding forest. Each having s different look etched upon their faces.

"How did you guys find me?" Although Naruto thought very highly of his friends, he knew he set up enough false detours to mislead any one of them. If he really want to get away from them, and he did, they should not have been able of find him.

It was Shikamaru who answered this time instead of Neji. "Che, between me, Sakura, Shino's bugs, Kobe's and Akamaru's noses, and two pairs of the Byakuugan, do you really think you could escape from our watch? Stop this troublesome running and follow us home, we could discuss what happened over some ramen at that place you like later."

"No"

The reaction was immediate, everybody froze at the word. Nobody, absolutely nobody, would ever expect Naruto to say 'No' to return to Konoha, but what really surprised them was his refusal to ramen. This must be very serious for Naruto to refuse his god-like worshiped food.

"What are you talking about Naruto you idiot! Of course you're coming with us! Stop being the annoying child you are and come on!" This was of course from Sakura. Who else but her to yell at Naruto like that?

Then Naruto said something that undermined all that they knew from the usually happy boy. In a tone so cold that it shook them all to the core.

"Shut up Sakura."

Naruto observed his friends; they were shaken, really shaken. The Naruto they knew was a happy-go-lucky idiot with a lot of power at his hand. But then again, the Naruto they knew did not have a demon sealed inside him; it was time he changed that...Naruto gave them a chance to collect themselves by giving them a moment. Once he was sure they were ready to continue he decided to make sure they don't come after him. He did the one thing that he knew for certain that would lead them to hate him, the one thing that separated him from all other shinobi, humans or living beings in general.

His definition as a jinchuuriki: He decided he would tell them about Kyuubi, and his role of being his host.

"Have you ever felt the pain of being absolutely and completely alone?" When he got no answer he continued. "I have, but you already know about that, especially you Hinata." Hinata 'eeped' blushed and hid behind Neji. Seeing their confused faces Naruto knew he better hurry with an explanation.

"Throughout the first twelve years of my life I had nothing to claim as my own. No father to look for support, no mother to hug, no sibling to console in, no relative of any kind for any purpose." He stopped momentarily to regain his own composure before continuing.

"I was completely alone, it was only my own imagination and the third himself that saved me from insanity. Even Iruka ignored me" At this many eyes widened, true Iruka didn't have a very active friendship with Naruto until his graduation, but they never knew him to be so cruel as to ignore a child of any age.

"I had always wondered why everyone hated me, that is until graduation. It was only until then that I finally learned the reason for all the hate, all the malice and spite directed towards me. It was actually related to the fourth, a person I both love and hate." This statement confused many of the shinobi present. Naruto idolized all the Hokages, especially the fourth! Hearing him say he hates him is equivalent to Kakashi saying he doesn't like his smutty books!

Naruto sensed his pursuers closing on him; it would only be moment before they fell upon them, and so he decided to end it quickly. "I love the fourth because he was my inspiration to become Hokage, to sacrifice yourself to save a place so dear to him is beyond amazing in my eyes. But I also hate the man, because he stole equality from me, he made my life a living hell from the day I was born. I have suffered so much because of that man."

NOW everybody was confused, why did Naruto hate the fourth so much? More importantly, what did he do to make Naruto hate him so much? Luckily for them Naruto answered them as quickly as the question formed in their heads. "Kyuubi no Yoko, the nine-tailed fox demon attacked our home the day I was born, and it was a powerful demon, too powerful to be defeated by any shinobi hands...even the fourth. The fourth knew this and decided to sacrifice his life for Konoha by defeating the fox with the next best thing, he sealed it. The fourth sealed the most powerful demon in existence into a little child using the combination of the Shiki fuujin (Dead Demon Consuming Seal), Hakke no Fuuin Shiki, (Eight Trigrams Sealing Style) and the Shisho Fuuin (Four Symbols Seal)..."

Neji, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Hinata visibly showed their understanding shock, Naruto knew they were the sharpest of the group. Even though Hinata doesn't have the kind of mind of the previous three, she knew him the most, even more that Iruka. Shino must know too, but as usual he has that never moving face of his in place, but more than likely, his choice of clothing concealed his emotions. Naruto was sure they hated him now, so he decided to tell the rest what was going on.

"That baby was me, I am a jinchuuriki (demon host; literally translated to 'the power of human sacrifice') I hold the Kyuubi's power within me. That is why I was hated, that is why I must leave." The rest of the group jumped him, hoping to keep him still to hear their words before it's too late. But none of them knew of Naruto's newest jutsu that he had learned from his sensei Jiraiya, the Hiraishin no Jutsu (Flying thunder god technique).

In a Yellow flash Naruto was gone, via his newest technique, the technique that was the Yondaime's legacy. No one present knew just what the hell happened, if they just saw what they think they just saw, then for all they knew, Naruto was probably in Earth country by now.

Naruto himself was not in Earth country, but he was heading to an old friend. With the help of his new jutsu that he perfected with the help of the Kyuubi, he was traveling at super-sonic speeds. But he was wearing thin in energy, this jutsu has not been used frequently and it's beating down on his body with vengeance, the evidence starting to show on him. Naruto was starting to regret leaving Konoha now, and his reluctance to leave reminded him of a song he heard while traveling with Ero-sennin (Jiraiya).

Last night it came as a picture,
with a good reason, a warning sign.
This place is void of all passion,
if you can imagine it's easy if you try.
Believe me I failed this effort.
I wrote a reminder this wasn't a vision,
this time where are you Houston?
Is somebody out there, will somebody listen?

Naruto remembers the pain he went through as a child, alone and terrified, hated by everyone around him for reasons he couldn't fathom.

Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired!
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I hope I won't forget you!

Naruto remembers his past sensei's and mentors, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Jiraiya Ero-sennin, even Tsunade Obaa-chan, he'll miss them all, and their freaky habits.

My head is made up of memories,
most of them useless delusions.
This room is bored of rehearsal,
and sick of the boundaries,
I miss you so much.

Naruto remembers the lonely nights in his apartment, the painful coldness of solitude and the yearning of the warmth that only a loving family could bring.

Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired.
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
This time I don't want to.
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I feel alone and tired.
Should I go back, should I go back, should I?
I hope I won't forget you!

Naruto remembers the rookie nine: Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Sakura, Sasuke, and himself. He remembers team Gai: Lee, Tenten, Neji, and the Sand Siblings: Gaara Temari, Kankouro.

Should I go back, should I go back, should I
I feel alone and tired
should I go back, should I go back, should I
this time I don't want to
should I go back, should I go back, should I
I feel alone and tired
should I go back, should I go back, should I
I hope I won't forget you

Naruto steeled his resolve, he would go trough with his plan. And he will become Hokage, the road he has chosen would most likely be very dangerous, but then again, his entire existence has been dangerous. What's a little more danger going to add up to?

Meanwhile in a small village just south of Sunagakure ( Hidden Sand Village), a red headed boy appeared out of the sand. Planning to meet one similar to him, a brother of sorts. But not now, right now he needed to rest, he would go tomorrow, Naruto was probably not home yet anyway...

Rai finished dramatically with the Rock family patented nice guy pose. The children awed as their families or guardian picked them up for another night of sleep.

The visitor followed Rai to the lodge, intent in getting some sleep for the night; after all he had to face another chapter tomorrow.