A/N: Hello dear readers, I'm sorry for the long wait but I'm a boarder so it's very hard to concentrate on my studies and also write this fanfiction. I also want to apologize (not) for leaving you guys in suspense with that cliffhanger but as I said that was the longest thing I had ever typed in my life so I was really trying to find a place to pause the story. That's enough talk, time to start typing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto though I wish I did (Looks at a picture of Masashi Kishimoto while holding a sniper rifle)….. Though I will soon.
Blue eyes opened to the sound of dripping water, the last thing he remembered was being impaled in the chest with a kunai so using his knowledge of life and death he deciphered that he was in the afterlife.
"I never knew that heaven would be this….." he then looked around to see the sewer he stood in " …..dirty." the blonde looked at the ceiling to see to sewer pipes, the first seemed to contain some kind of blue essence which seemed familiar to him while the other pipe which was larger than the first contained a red essence. Following the direction of the flow the blonde found himself in a large room. In the middle of the room was a large cage with the kanji for seal written on a paper which was attached to the gate.
"So my container finally pays me a visit." Said a voice from within the cage.
"W-who said that." Stuttered the blonde as he looked around the room in panic. Shifting his gaze to the cage he saw a large silted red eye open. "What the….." said the blonde as he stared at the eye. The being possessing the appendage brought itself into the light to reveal a large orange fox with nine tails swinging behind him."K-k-k-k-kyubi?" he stammered as he took a step back. "How are you here, Iruka-sensei told us in class that the fourth killed you nine years ago."
"Hmph, that seal must be affecting you more than I thought for you to think that a bijuu could perish, especially at the hands of a mere mortal."
"What seal?"
"So you cannot recall an event where you were ambushed by ninja and a seal was placed on you."
(Flashback Starts: 2 yrs ago)
"Thanks a lot Teuchi-oji-san" said Naruto as he finished his 10th bowl of ramen. Dropping the bowl on the table with the rest he reached for his wallet only to be stopped by the ramen chef.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun, since today's your birthday, today's meal is on the house!"
"REALLY" said the blonde in excitement. After receiving a nod of approval from the man the blonde jumped off the seat and ran out of the ramen stand. It had been a month since the third Hokage gave him his own apartment to live in after the orphanage keeper had kicked him out for reasons unknown. It took him a while to reach his home due to the fact that the villagers of Konoha seemed to take pleasure in beating him up on his own birthday, after passing through all the dark alleyways leading to his house the blonde finally reached the apartment complex. 'Whew!' he said as he wiped the sweat from his brow. His tired gaze moved to the ladder which laid on his balcony 'It's a good thing I left this ladder outside before going to Ichiraku's to eat' he thought as he climbed the ladder and entered his room shutting the balcony sliding glass door behind him. After cleaning his face in the bathroom the blonde wore his PJs and lay on the bed. 'This might as well be my best birthday; I better sleep so I can wake up early tomorrow.' Thought the blonde as he slept off.
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…..
Dark shadows moved around the blonde room make little to no noise as they approached the sleeping child. One of the figures retrieved a piece of cloth from its person and wrapped it around Naruto's mouth startling him
"Quick, make him sleep!" said the figure
"On it!" said the other figure as a pair of Sharingan eyes flashed in the darkness looking directly in the eyes of the blonde.
'Why….' Thought the blonde as he fell into unconsciousness. The figure holding him parted the hair covering his forehead as the other retrieved a seal tag and placed it on his forehead.
"This should do it, come on lets go"
(Flashback Ends)
"I don't really remember what happened after that cuz I slept of" said Naruto
"That is because those damned villagers placed a seal on you to reduce your IQ"
"Wha-"
"In simpler terms, they made you dumb, VERY DUMB" the chakra beast felt of hatred burst out from the child
"WHY! What did I ever do to them? Why do they always call me a demon." he said with tears in his eyes
"Kit, seeing me here in your mind what does that imply?"
"So it's true then, I am a demon"
"Hah, like a mere mortal could ever compare to me, the great Kyubi No Yoko (Nine tails Fox)"
"Then why are you here"
"So you haven't figured it out yet, you are a jinchuriki, people who have tailed beasts sealed inside of them, tailed beasts like me."
"So what, I think it's cool"
"Unfortunately for you the puny brained villagers of this damned village do not share your opinion."
"Doesn't it ever get lonely in here?"
"Why don't you do me a favor by ripping off by ripping of that piece of paper on this metal bar" said the fox pointing to the large sealing tag.
"What would it do?"
"Well it would release me from my prison, you do want me to come out don't you"
"What will happen to me?"
"You… will die. But hey look on the bright side; you can't get treated badly in the afterlife." The blonde stayed silent as he thought about the decision. If he died there wouldn't actually be anyone to mourn him, hell the villagers would even throw a party. He was about to answer when he was interrupted by the fox."Wait, something is happening on the outside"
"But I can't hear anything."
"I'll handle that" said the fox as red chakra flowed out of the cage directly at the blonde. The chakra then wrapped around him enabling him to hear the situation outside.
"It's the demon fox!" said a voice
"It must be our lucky day, bring out that poison syringe" Said another
"What are you going to do with it?"
"Isn't it obvious, I'm going to inject this in his IV. He'll die in minutes."
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Said a new voice.
"Shit! The Hokage."
"You do remember the penalty for attempting an assassination of the Jinchuriki."
"Damn you old man! This demon killed my family. He deserves to die" that particular statement struck the blonde hard
"You're a shinobi of this village, a chunin at that. Why can't you guys differentiate between a jinchuriki and the bijuu sealed within him?"
"I don't give a damn; the fourth is a fool for not killing the nine-tails when he had a chance."
"As much as I'd like to hand you over to Ibiki for intense torture and interrogation you have broken one of the laws of the village by trying to assassinate this young boy, the price of your actions of course is Death. Neko, Wolf, execute this man at once"
"Hai Hokage-sama" said his ANBU guards.
The fox released its hold on the boy who stared at the floor with an unreadable expression.
"Now do you see, these village scum do not care for you, they even wanted to kill you while you recuperated."
"So the village hates me to this extent, I'm not the one that killed their families; I'm not the one that rampaged the village. I'm just a nine year old kid, I'm not strong, heck I'm not even sure I can defend myself against anything as I am now. " said the blonde with tears in his eyes causing the Kyubi to chuckle.
"So what do you want?"
"I wanna get stronger to make sure this doesn't happen to me or anyone else ever again."
"And what about the villagers? Do you not care for them anymore" Naruto's facial expression grew dark at this
"I'm not that sure about them. Maybe I can get them to change the way they see me"
'I see he still clings to that 'path of righteousness crap'. I will have to monitor him for now' "Hmph, you have interested me kit. I shall remove the seal from you. But be prepared for this will be the greatest amount of pain you will ever feel in your life"
"What! Wait"
"Too late, here it comes" said the Kyubi as it stated the process chuckling at the sight of the blonde rolling on the floor in pain
(Outside the mindscape: Naruto's Hospital Room)
The Hokage was about to leave the room when he felt a large wave of malicious chakra coming from Naruto's body, rushing over to the blonde the old man witnessed a seal of some sort appearing on the boy's forehead before vanishing completely.
"I wonder what happened" mumbled the man
(Naruto's Mindscape)
The blonde in question stopped shaking in pain as he stood up obviously drained from the whole ordeal.
"Did….. it…. work?" he managed to say while panting
"I am not sure for now, we will have to wait and see."
"Well it should but even if it didn't the villager won't be so intimidating anymore since I know why the reason why they're always hellbent on making my life miserable"
"Oh it worked alright."
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto in a confused tone
"Well for starters your vocabulary has improved drastically, there's also the fact that you're less stupid"
"I see….." said the blonde before bowing down "Thank you for your kind gesture Kyubi-sama."
'And respectful as well'" whatever, now go back outside. The removal of the seal as attracted attention from the old monkey goat."
"I see, it seems like I'll have to go." He said as he walked away from the cage disappearing from the view of the Kyubi moments later on.
"Impressive, he learnt how to go out of the mindscape on his on." Said the bijuu as he lay down on the sewer floor. "Maybe I should teach him how to change the scenery around here a little."
(Outside the mindscape: Konoha Hospital)
The blonde opened his eyes slowly to see the Sandaime looking at him with worry written all over his face.
"How do you feel Naruto-kun?" asked the hokage.
"He seems suspicious of you, be careful with what you say as it could set him off"
'So I'm going lie to him, I thought lying was bad'
'Hmph, this kit is too innocent' "Yes but there are sometimes when one has to lie to protect himself and others around him. Now tell me, if you told him that you had established contact with me the old monkey goat would simply strengthen the seal thus making sure that I could never talk to you again which would make me lonely. Would you want me to be lonely."
'Of course not Kyubi-sama. I'll try my best'
" Jiji….. is it true?"
"Is what true?" he didn't like where this conversation was going.
"T-that I'm the Kyubi?"
"Who told you this?"
"Those men that beat me up, it was the last thing I remembered before I fainted." He lied. The look of rage on the old man's was enough to make even the most battle hardened shinobi to shudder. This facial expression softened as he placed his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Of course not Naruto-kun". He then retrieved a scroll from his robes and placed it on the table. "You see, using the art of fuinjutsu one is able to seal an object into a scroll. Now hand me your wallet." The boy retrieved a toad from wallet from his jumpsuit and gave it to the man who placed it on the scroll chanelling chakra in the process causing the wallet to vanish.
"Ahhhhh!'. Jiji what happened to Gama-chan" his outburst made the man chuckle in amusement.
"Don't be afraid Naruto-kun, now watch" said the man as he channeled chakra into the scroll causing the wallet to reappear.
"Wow Jiji, that was amazing, how did you do that, can I do that too, can you teach me, can-"
"Now now Naruto-kun, take a deep breath" the blonde in question did so." Now exhale"
'Well I have to if I'm going to fool him'"hum" the blonde mumbled in confusion with the air in his mouth
"Release the breath" said blonde did so. "Now let's get back on track. You see the Kyubi is a being of chakra which cannot be killed"
"True that"
"In order to defeat the beast the fourth Hokage used the art of fuinjutsu so seal the bijuu into you."
"Where?"
"Raise your shirt" confused at the request the blonde removed his shirt. The Sandaime channeled chakra into his palm and pressed it to the boy's stomach causing a sealing array to appear.
"Wow! So should I unseal it?"
"No! Never tamper with this seal Naruto"
"Ok Jiji"
"Come here Naruto-kun" the blonde approached the man with a confused look on his face. The old Kage placed his hands on the boy's shoulders. "Did you think that I would treat you differently just because you were a Jinchuriki? I know the villagers don't treat you right but don't let it get to you, you are ever in trouble you can always come to me."
"Thanks a lot Jiji"
"Now before you go, Crane!, Neko!, Boar!" three masked ninja jumped out of their positions in the shadows." These will be your new ANBU guards, they will follow you around so you don't have to worry about that accident ever happening again"
"Gee thanks Jiji" Turning to the ANBU he bowed "Thank you for volunteering to watch over me"
'That's strange, that word volunteering is a little out of Naruto's level of vocabulary' "Now run along, I have important an important council meeting to attend to"
"Sure thing Jiji" said the blonde as he walked away
A/N: I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT GUYS BUT THERE WAS BOARDING SCHOOL AND THE HOLIDAYS AND SOMEOTHER SHIT LIKE THAT SO I NEVER REALLY HAD THE TIME. Another chapter may not be released for a couple of weeks due to the fact that I'm going to school in a week. Read and review dearies and in case Kishimoto is reading this ….. you better increase your security( looks at the silenced sniper rifle laying in the corner of the room).
