It was an endless room, black crevasses to show an unending hallway at on end and a simple door next to him carved from gold with a large nine on it. Naruto grabbed the smooth warm handle and turned it ever so slightly and he was lunged into the room with a type of falling as the top of a large golden barred door grew in front of him. There was that familiar laughing behind Naruto, then to the side and all around him. "What the Hell, you damn fox! I told you to keep to yourself."
"Ahh…" The demon fox said opening its eyes, its shimmering red fur coat slowly drifting into the light. "Haven't you figured out you don't control me? I am an unstoppable force that can't be reckoned with and you keep me inside you."
"What's your point, Kyuubi?" Naruto said crossing his arms, unmoved by the demon's words. The Kyuubi laughed and suddenly a tail shot out of the cage and wrapped menacingly around Naruto, the tip moving in his hair. Naruto began struggling to get out. "Let me go!"
"I have more power then you think. Now, have a little burst of true power." Kyuubi said laughing. The tail gave a quick squeeze and a burst of chakra went into Naruto's body. "I can control you when you sleep Naruto, just look around you when you wake up."
Naruto slowly drifted back as the tail unwound and retreated. Naruto went to grab for his kunai but his body felt tired and he drowned in an unconscious blur. The red mists around him closed him coddling his form inside the room all the while a deep roar of laughter was spreading.
Naruto awoke by himself in the forest in that perfect spot he had picked out for Sakura. He was leaning against the large tree staring at the bush when he noticed something strange about it. The top half of the bush was burnt; charred black like a deadly chakra could do. Naruto then noticed that all the trees were scorched with small and thin black lines everywhere on them. He got up and stood in the middle of the area, he slowly began turning. 'Every single tree….' He finally turned to the tree he was leaning against and fell to his knees.
'Tag, you're it.' The message was carved deeply into the tree with a kunai sunken deeply into the period. Naruto felt the hand, it was warm and it was filled with chakra, his chakra. "No…." Naruto began sprinting through the woods and made a great run over down limbs, around woodland creatures and dodging rocks. "No! He's not getting out!"
"Naruto!" Kaede said jumping down and stopping him. "Oh… what's got you so frightened?"
"I need to see Tsunade!"
"Well I'm sure you can…" Kaede was cut off when Naruto began fighting back. "Hey, calm down, Naruto-sama!"
"Kyuubi's escaping! Move; we've got to get to the Hokage!" Naruto screamed at him and escaped taking up his run again. Kaede began running behind him to keep up. They made a pace and hit the Hokage's building just minutes later. Naruto ran up the side of the building, Kaede by his side, "what are we going to tell her?"
Naruto looked at him, his face contorted, "the damn fox escaping, that's what!" Naruto said jumping into the hallway, his body slamming against the white inner wall. He stopped for a second and kept going until he saw the door and burst in through the doors. To the young ninja, everything was a blur except Tsunade who he grabbed by the arms and yelled at her in the face. "Kyuubi's escaping, we need a seal NOW!"
Tsunade hit him off, he almost landed on the floor but his hand caught the desk and he stayed up. It was then he noticed it, his hands were red and the claws of the demon fox were forming. Naruto began calming down, 'go away Kyuubi, go away.' Slowly the chakra receded. The desk hand four claw marks in it.
The Jounin that had gathered were stunned as Naruto fell to his knees and began crying and yelling. "I don't want this anymore! I'm tired of that damn fox and his stupid power. I'd rather be dead then live with this anymore, he's going to try and kill you all! I know he's trying, he nearly destroyed the trees!"
"Naruto…" Tsunade said rounding her desk. She knelt down and held the child in her arms and turned looking up to the Jounin. "Don't just stand there; go find the Fourth journal in the library! We need that seal!"
The Jounin all left the room except Kakashi and Kaede who took a few steps foreword and placed a hand on Naruto's head, Naruto looked up at him. "If you want, I can go get Sakura-chan for you."
"No, baka, didn't you hear what I said! Kyuubi's coming to kill all of you, go hide Sakura-chan!" Naruto cried and held fell back into Tsunade, "Granny… what's going to happen if we can't seal it? We have to find a way of getting rid of him."
"I don't know Naruto… But we will find the seal and it will work." Tsunade said and she looked up at Kakashi who pulled off his glove. "What are you doing?"
"I can temporarily seal it." Kakashi said and pulled Naruto up and pulled his shirt up. "This is going to tickle a bit… I apologize." Kakashi focused for a second and lunged his hand, fingers pointed out into Naruto's stomach. Naruto fell to the floor, a giant pain in his stomach and there was a slight tingling feeling.
"Kakashi, when we find the seal, you'll perform it." Tsunade said and stood up offering a hand to Naruto. Naruto grabbed his stomach and leaned over squeezing the Hokage's hand and threw up on the floor. "Kaede, get him home for now and take care of him. No visitors."
"Yes, Fifth-sama." Kaede said and helped Naruto stand up and put an arm around him and poofed into the middle of Naruto's room, just a few feet from the bed. Kaede lead him over to the mattress and helped him lay down. "Are you going to be okay?"
Kaede went into the bathroom and grabbed the washcloth and began wetting it down with cold water. He wrung it out, brought it to Naruto and laid it on his forehead. "Tell Kaki-Sensai… tell him that doesn't tickle at all." Naruto passed out after he finished the sentence.
Jion landed outside the window and knocked. Kaede opened it and the girl slide inside the room. She looked down at Naruto heart-brokenly. "He really is Kyuubi, I'd never though such an innocent boy…"
"That's why he leaves. He thinks he's a danger to the village… And I'd agree. He should leave. Can one shinobi really make that much of a difference?" Jion punched him in the face.
"Traitor!" Jion cried and pulled her sword out. "Say that again and I'll kill you."
"It's just a thought Jion. Listen, he said he nearly destroyed a bunch of trees and that the fox wanted to kill the village, wouldn't it be best if he left? Away from all the innocent people."
"That's not our mission. He's a happy child when the Kyuubi's not in the picture, he has a girlfriend, and from my observations with those boys he has a ton of friends." She said putting her sword away. "More importantly, I do believe he can become Hokage if we can keep him in the village."
"You have a lot of faith in your father-in-law, Jion. Even if when we found him he tried to kill his own son, your husband." Kaede pointed out, he rubbed his cheek and sighed. "I'm just worried about the future of Konoha."
"Then let's not mess up the past, let's keep him in Konoha." Jion said pouting, she turned to the boy sleeping on the bed and smiled. "Anyway, he looks so much like…"
"Shh…" Kaede said putting a finger to his lips. "We can't let too much slip about the future." Kaede moved quietly over to his bed roll and laid down. "Be ready to wake me up when they have the seal ready."
"Why do you get to sleep?" Jion asked and pissed off, she kicked him gently in the side. She opened the window and took off for the top of the building.
"My partner's mean…" Kaede grumbled and turned over facing towards Naruto and slowly nodded off.
