(Welcome back everyone. I see this has peaked the curiosity of some of you, more than I would've expected for trying a crossover never done before. Well enjoy this new update.)

After Naruto was banished from Konoha he just kept running and running from the village without looking back knowing it'd be even harder on him knowing he could never go back. Soon after reaching the border of the Land of Fire he had to stop running knowing he'd gone far enough from his former home.

By nighttime he found a nice clearing by a hill side and decided to make camp there until he'd reach a town at least. Naruto after finishing his camp sat before his campfire heating up ramen. He then pulled out the scroll Jiraiya gave him before he departed, "I guess now's a good a time as any to find out what Ero-sennin gave me. Knowing him it's probably more of his books." He signed but nevertheless unsealed the containments of the scroll to find a letter, a picture of the Yondaime Hokage with a beautiful red haired woman, and some documents.

"What's this?" Naruto asked as he opened up the letter and started reading it.

Dear Naruto:

My son, if you are reading this, then this means that the sealing went as I planned it and I perished. If you haven't been told, my name is Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage, and your father. I won't blame you if you feel hatred at me for what I caused you. But you must understand, as the Hokage, I couldn't ask someone else to sacrifice their child, not if I had my own. Your mother Kushina Uzumaki came from Uzushiogakure and it's gone as of now due to many wars. It was unfortunate she died that night when the Kyubi invaded, and she always looked forward to being a mother.

I hoped you'd be seen as a hero of the village for keeping the Kyubi locked away, but I'm certain I am wrong. This village and its people are too blind and self absorbed to see past anything. Anyway, I don't have much time left, the Kyubi is getting closer. I wish to let you know, my son, that I love you, and that no matter what, I will always love you and be proud of you, as your mother is as well. I've enclosed into this scroll the access to the Namikaze fortune as well as documents to your mother's and her village's history. I've also enclosed all the scrolls containing all my jutsu formulas as well as your mother's records of fuinjutsu. I'm truly sorry my son, but I must end this now. I love you my Naruto, and I hope that you will understand why I did what I did, and hope that one day you'll be able to forgive me, and with these final world I tell you this.

You will be different, sometimes you'll feel like an outcast, but you'll never be alone. You will make my strength your own. You will see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son.

With Love,

Minato Namikaze

Naruto trembled upon this realization and thought to himself, 'I've been lied to… The council screwed me over more than I thought. They just banished the legacy to their own Hokage!' he thought with anger.

'Shocking isn't it?'

'You knew didn't you? You knew all along!'

'True I did, but let me ask you Naruto would you have believed me?'

Naruto wanted to shout again but backed off realizing he probably wouldn't have believed it coming from his demon's mouth, 'I guess I wouldn't have.'

'Precisely. And since we're on the topic now how would you like a little history lesson particularly of your mother?'

'What do you know about my mother?'

'Just about everything for you see lovely Kushina Uzumaki was my previous vessel.'

'What? Mom was a Jinchuriki too and with you sealed inside her?'

'Kid I've been around for centuries. I've had more vessels than you've had ramen cups in your life.' The fox explained.

'Are all Uzumaki burdened to carry you?'

'Burdened is such a harsh word. But anyway the Uzumaki clan in fact was the clan that created the seal on your belly that imprisoned me.'

'Did the Uzushio nation and Konoha have ties?'

'As a matter of fact yes. You know the red spiral imprinted on Konoha jackets and the symbol you had on your jacket before you tossed it? That was the very symbol of the Uzushio nation.'

'Wow and here I thought it was just a fashion emblem.' Naruto joked.

'Moving on, the ties between the two nations were more than that because your Shodaime Hokage was in fact married to an Uzushio kunoichi named Mito.'

'The Shodaime was married to an Uzumaki? And everyone acted as if there never were any Uzumaki's in existence! God those assholes love keeping secrets!' he growled.

'And once again its worth noting Mito Uzumaki was in fact my vessel before Kushina was. However when Mito grew too old the seal had begun to weaken, it was then I was transferred from Mito to Kushina.'

Naruto looked at the picture contained in the scroll of both his parents, particular the image of his mother. 'Mom you of all people must understand what I went through growing up. But what was it that made you strong to continue living?' Naruto thought until he noticed how happy his parents looked together, 'Was it love?'

'Bingo give the kid a prize.' The fox said in sarcasm.

'Hey Kyubi I was having a moment here!'

'Kid enough with the Kyubi crap my name is Kurama!'

'Kurama?'

'Yes! Kyubi is only my title I mean Shukaku is the Ichibi and you don't hear humans constantly refer to him by that do you?'

'Well hey it never occurred to me that all the bijuu had real names.'

'Well now you know keep an open mind about these things.'

'Alright I will.'

'Now that that's out of the way the big question for you Naruto is where are you going to go now that you can't go back?'

'I never actually thought of it.' Naruto admitted.

'Well you have so many places to choose from don't you and they all treated you better than Konoha did.'

'True,' Naruto thought as he ate his ramen slowly to savor every moment. 'I could go to Suna and stay with Gaara, but he's busy managing the village since being elected leader, and I wouldn't want to bother him. Besides I could probably never get used to the desert heat. I made friends with Shibuki who leads Takigakure (Hidden Waterfall), but that place seems too hidden for my taste. There's the Snow Country where Princess Koyuki rules and she's been very nice after our mission there, but she said the spring time would only be temporary and that it would be snowy again and I don't think I could adapt to snowy weather that lasts 24/7 I'm more of a summer or spring guy. And being both ruler of the land and an actress would probably keep her so tied up I probably wouldn't be able to see much of her.'

'Then what about Wave you're definitely loved there.'

'Yeah I did make quite an impact on that village, but I wouldn't wanna burden Tazuna jiji and all that.'

'Kid sometimes you can be too nice.'

'Only to those I care about.' Naruto answered as he continued eating.

Meanwhile far away inside a cave appeared several apparitions that wore the cloak of the Akatsuki organization, "Well what did you find?" Pain the leader asked.

Zetsu the spy answered, "Apparently Naruto Uzumaki has been banished from Konoha."

"Banished?" Kisame Hoshigaki asked.

"Yes apparently they didn't take kindly to Naruto roughing up their precious Uchiha." Zetsu answered in amusement.

"Well how about that, guess the gaki saved your brother from going to Orochimaru huh Itachi?" Deidara the bomber asked while Itachi Uchiha remained silent.

"This should make things all the more easier for us now that Naruto is no longer protected by Konoha." Hidan said.

"Agreed, we should catch him right away." Deidara agreed.

"No!" Pain ordered, "If we were to seal the Kyubi before any of the others it would cause the Gedo Mezo to shatter. So we must capture the others before him."

"So we just do nothing with Naruto?" Deidara asked in outrage.

"That is exactly what he means Deidara." Sasori the puppet master answered.

"And the time to make these preparations could take awhile." Kakuzu added.

"Agreed so we'll meet back here in three years to begin our mission, until then you're all dismissed." Pain ordered and the apparitions left the cave.

The very next morning Naruto was on the road again heading for the next town thinking about all he's learned about his mother and Uzushiogakure from the history scrolls Jiraiya gave him, "Man I can't believe my mother's side of the family had so many secrets. Having large chakra supply, knowledge of sealing jutsu, longevity, not to mention a unique shade of red hair. Hmm, maybe I should dye my hair in that same shade."

'And what good would that do?' Kurama thought.

"Well I've been going by my mother's maiden name for years without even knowing anything about the Uzumaki clan. I think it's time I embraced it."

"I see."

When Naruto reached the next town he wandered around until finding a good looking lodge, "This'll do, and with the entire Namikaze fortune at my disposal I can pay for any room I want."

"And what will you do when it runs out? You don't even have a job." Kurama reminded him.

"I'll think of something Kurama but right now let me relax and think things through." Naruto said as he entered the lodge and purchased a classy room that looked fit for a Daimyo.

The place was complete with a king sized bed, mini bar, circular sofa, and a private bathroom complete with a Jacuzzi. Naruto laid on the bed while writing up a list, "Alright that should do it," He summoned five clones, "Ok guys listen up, go into town and collect me the supplies and all on this list ya dig?"

"Hai!" the clones nodded before taking the list and headed off for their master.

"While they're doing that, I'll catch up on my reading." Naruto pulled out a scroll.

'You're actually studying? Who are you and what have you done with Naruto?'

'Har-har Kurama,' Naruto laughed sarcastically, 'Now that I'm on my own I have to start taking matters seriously. Just because I'm no longer a ninja of Konoha doesn't mean I should stop training altogether.'

'So then who will you fight for?' Kurama asked knowing the reason he fought was to protect someone close to him as taught by Haku.

'As of now, myself,' Naruto began, 'At least until I find new people precious to me.'

Later that day Naruto's clones returned with some essentials including food, tools, new clothes, and hair dye. After a shower Naruto had his clones work in applying red hair dye to his hair and soon was standing in the mirror waist in a towel looking at his hairdo that looked like his old hair style only looser and colored scarlet red like his mothers.

"Now that's a look I could grow used to." He smiled at how much better he looked with red hair especially in a bright shade. He then grabbed some of the new clothes his clones purchased for him and prepared to change.

After changing Naruto stood dressed in a new outfit, composed of black shinobi sandals, dark green cargo shorts, and a red short sleeved shirt covered by a black flak vest left unzipped.

"First step in a new life, change my look," Naruto said while straightening his vest, "And now to find me a place to have dinner."

Naruto walked through the town finding someplace to get something to eat. As he walked he noticed some of the teenage girls were taking glances at him and blushing. Naruto could hear some light gossip amongst them hearing words like, cutie, hottie, handsome, and even sexy.

'Where was this back in Konoha?' he thought to himself but pressed on eventually finding a ramen stand and started ordering. By the time he was finished he covered twenty bowls.

The chef whistled, "I haven't seen a customer clear that many in under an hour, you must have a bottomless stomach kid."

"Actually I just have a large appetite." Naruto joked and they laughed.

"I just hope you can cover this bill." The chef replied ready to be paid.

Naruto shipped out plenty of money surprising the chef and spoke "Will this do?"

That night Naruto was in bed sleeping peacefully until he rolled onto his side facing the balcony window until a red glow shined on his face making him groan before he woke up seeing the red glow come from his window.

"What's that?" he looked up into the night sky seeing something red falling from it and saw it crashed with a rumble right outside the town into the forest surrounding it, "Whoa!" he fell back from the earthquake.

"What the hell was that thing?" he asked getting back up.

'You're going to check it out aren't you?' Kurama asked.

'After witnessing what happened how can I not?' Naruto asked as he got dressed and jumped out his balcony window heading out to the forest.

As he ran through the forest trying to determine where it landed Kurama spoke, "Naruto stop!"

Naruto halted, "Kurama what's up?"

"Can you feel it, because I can."

Naruto concentrated and started feeling a sensation emanating from the ground below, "You're right, I do feel it. But what is it?"

"I don't know, so be careful and follow the trail."

Naruto nodded to himself as he followed the trail of energy and started hearing a very high frequency shriek or something. He followed it all the way to a small drop in the woods where he noticed a giant hole in the ground. He stopped before it and looked down it seeing nothing but dark, "It landed here," He said and looked around seeing no one else was coming, "Guess everyone in town must be a heavy sleeper." He said noticing no one else had shown up since he arrived or made it here before he did.

"Well no one can tell me what to do now, so I'll check it out myself." Naruto said as he grabbed a rope and tied it to a tree as he slowly climbed down the hole landing at the bottom.

Naruto could feel the damp air on his skin and heard the shrieking sound that led him to the hole sounding louder underground. He wandered through the cavern going through multiple twists and turns using a spare rope he used as a trail to lead him back to the opening so he wouldn't get lost underground.

"Whatever's down here is close, I can feel it." Kurama said.

"Yeah so do I." Naruto agreed as he continued following the trail until he saw a faint red glow coming from around a corner. He followed it until he reached the corner and entered another chamber suddenly noticing the red glow was turning bright blue as if his presence was causing it to happen. He looked ahead and found a startling object.

The source of the glow was from a really big crystalline object. It almost looked like a giant mutated heart with black veins running through it, and there was blood on the ground near it.

"Whoa," Naruto gasped, "Kurama what do you think it is?"

"I have no idea," The demon fox admitted, "But I feel like its alive."

Naruto slowly approached it while whipping out a kunai for safety. As he approached he noticed the black veins were pulsing and moving. When he reached out to touch it, to his surprise it went back to the red crimson glow like before along with the eerie shriek.

"GAAAHHH!" Naruto groaned as he clutched his head in pain as the sound was driving his ears crazy. And if that wasn't enough his nose started leaking blood, while his head was pounding like mad, "What the hells happening?!" he shouted in pain and was suddenly pushed back off his feet and crashed into the wall by an unknown force that came from the pulsating object.

"Naruto you've got to get out of here now!" Kurama ordered.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" Naruto said as he started running back the way he came following the trail of rope while he still held onto his head in pain. When he found the opening he climbed up the rope and made it out before panting for air.

"What the hell was that all about?" Naruto asked while rubbing the back of his head to ease his headache.

"I don't know, I've never felt anything like that before in my life," Kurama added, "But Naruto how do you feel?"

"I feel like shit from that splitting headache," Naruto admitted as he tried whipping some of the blood from his nose off only to stain his own hand, "I gotta get out of here." He tried to walk but felt weakened from the mental pain he experienced down in the hole and didn't even make one step before falling onto his back and laid unconsciously on the grass next to the hole.

(And that's the chapter. Naruto found out the truth about his family and sets a new place in his life. As for what happened in that hole with that object, nobody knows. Seriously the movie never said where that thing came from or how it did what it did to the boys. Hopefully the sequel said to be made will explore the unanswered questions. See you all next time readers.)