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Chapter 4

Naruto felt a powerful feeling of vertigo as the world began to dissipate before him. He watched in fascination and fear as the white began to recede and turn to black. The last thing he remembered before the darkness consumed him was Hinata's departing words.

When Naruto started to regain consciousness he felt a slight stinging in his skull. As he opened his eyes he was greeted to the sight the moon over of a canopy of trees surrounding him. He looked behind him he saw a small shack falling into disarray.

He jumped up and grabbed a kunai from his holster. As he looked around some more he noticed something.

The trees were taller than he remembered.

"What the hell is going on? Why are the trees so tall?" He looked down too see if he was standing in a hole or something and gasped at what he saw.

He was short. Very short. And he was wearing the exact same outfit he wore when he was twelve, the orange and blue jumpsuit with blue shinobi sandals. He reached up to rub his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things and felt something bulky on his forehead. Upon further inspection it turned out to be his goggles he got when he was ten.

This left Naruto terribly confused and he started turning around hoping to find an answer.

As he looked around he was struck by deja-vu "This looks familiar…" Naruto thought before tripping over something and falling on his butt. He looked at the perpetrating object and saw it to be the Forbidden scroll.

As he looked at it he remembered the jutsu. Then it hit him. "I know why this looks familiar! This is when Mizuki-teme tricked me into stealing the forbidden scroll!"

When the realization struck Naruto felt shocked. Then slowly it was being replaced by happiness like he'd never felt before as he realized it had worked.

"It worked! I'm twelve again!" He was about to shout for joy at the top of his lungs when he felt a tugging sensation in his mind. Realizing the fox wanted to talk he relaxed his mind into a state of meditation.

He soon found himself in his mindscape. But it was different than before. It seemed to be growing dimmer and the water was gone. When he looked up he could see that there were more pipes then he remembered.

A little surprised and unnerved at what he saw, Naruto went in search of Kyuubi to ask what was happening.

When he reached the fox's area he was shocked to see the bars wide open and the Kyuubi missing. Before he could move he felt something behind him and turned around praying to what ever god was listening that it wasn't what he thought it was.

Apparently no one was paying attention to him. For behind him was the mighty Kyuubi no Kitsune in all its demonic glory.

Naruto looked at it with a mix of horror and shock

He then weakly grinned and stammered, "Hey Kyuubi. H-how did you get out?"

Kyuubi flashed a grin that showed his large and sharp teeth and replied with amusement, "Relax Naruto. As amusing as it is to see you afraid, I'm not going to harm you."

At this Naruto let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and laughed nervously. "That's good." He then remembered why he was here.

"Hey Kyuubi?" Kyuubi gave him a questioning look. "What do you want to talk about? Why's everything changing?How did you get out?" Naruto was about to ask more questions before Kyuubi started laughing. He looked at the great demon with a look of confusion and mild annoyance.

At his look Kyuubi laughed harder. When he stopped he grinned at Naruto again before saying, "Forgetful are we? Remember our deal?" Naruto's eyes widened as he remembered. "Seems you do now. Well that's what I want to talk about, everythings changing because we're fusing, and I'm out for the same reason."

"Okay… that does make sense." Just then he winced as the pain in his head increased as everything started fading more. Kyuubi grinned when Naruto looked at him. "Seems like its starting."

"What is?" Naruto asked as another sharp pain tore through his head.

"The fusing. I would advise going into the shack and applying a silence jutsu." At Naruto's questioning glance he replied with an ever present grin, "This is going to hurt."

Before he could reply Naruto was ejected from his mind scape by another pain. When he opened his eyes he immediately ran to the shack and practically tore the door off. He hastily made the required symbols, focused chakra in his right hand, and with a painful whisper said, "Hia Tonda Ashi." As he slamed his hand into the wall and watched as a kanji for silence appeared then disappeared with a flash.

The moment it disappeared the pain in his head increased ten-fold and he fell to the ground yelling as his body was assaulted by pain he never new existed.

Finally after what seemed hours the pain began to recede into a dull throb. When he could move Naruto got up and looked at a broken window. What he saw left him speechless.

Staring back at him was an older looking and more feral version of himself. He was a couple inches taller and had more muscle mass than earlier, so much his cloths were tight on him. His nails were longer and sharper and his teeth resembled fangs. His hair was longer and spikier, going down to his collar. His whisker marks were larger and darker. His eyes were still blue but with a purple hue around the edges and he had a vertical slit instead of a normal round pupil.

Naruto was shocked speechless. While trying to register what he saw he heard an amused chuckle. He looked around to see who was there when he heard a voice say, "It's all in your head."

"Kyuubi?"Naruto asked hesitantly. The voiced laughed again. "Yes, it's me." "How…?"

"This is part of the deal. Since I now have a corner of your mind to inhabit I can speak to you telepathically."

"Oh, okay. So why do I look this way?" He could picture Kyuubi grinning as he replied. "You look this way because of the fusion, and because of the jutsu."

"What do you mean because of the jutsu?" He asked hesitantly, afraid of a unknown side affect. "What I mean is that your body had to adjust to all the power that was transferred, and the only way to do it was to age it about two years. Plus you also absorbed some of my essence."

Naruto let out a sigh of relief. Then stopped as something occurred. "Wait a minute. How am I going to explain this!"

"Explain what?"

"The changes you idiot! How am I going to explain that I aged two years in a matter of hours and why I look like a fucking monster!" He screamed in his head.

Kyuubi was silent a few moments before saying, "Why not just tell them you absorbed a bit of my essence while reading the scroll?"

"You think it will work?" Naruto asked dubiously.

"You could always tell them your from the future on your way to the happy farm."

"Point taken."

"Good. Well it seems we have a few hours before were caught. Why not learn a few new jutsu to pass the time?"

Naruto gave a wide grin. "Yes, lets."

And with that Naruto went back outside and picked up the scroll and began to read.

Iruka jumped form tree to tree franticly looking for Naruto. It had been a couple hours since he stole the scroll and the Hokage summoned all the chunin and jonin to look for him. He was more worried than anything since he knew that almost all the other shinobi looking for him would probably kill him if they found him first. "Please be okay Naruto."

As he continued on he felt a strange feeling in the air. Curious he started going where he felt the feeling to be strongest. The closer he got the fewer trees there were. "That's odd…what happened to the trees? It looks like they vanished."

After a little while Iruka could see a clearing with a small shack and what looked like a small orange figure in the middle. "Naruto! He's okay! Wait till I get my hands on him!" Iruka thought as his relief turned to anger. When he jumped down he saw that the figure looked kind of like Naruto, only bigger, taller, and with long shaggy hair.

"Naruto…?" Iruka asked uncertainly. His response was for the figure to slowly turn around. When he saw him Iruka's jaw dropped in disbelief. The figure grinned like Naruto only with a more feral look. "Hey Iruka sensei. Looks like you caught me. I manged to learn a few jutsu from the scroll. Do I pass now?"

Before Iruka could even think of a reply he heard the sounds of multiple shuriken flying towards them.

It had been a few hours since Naruto started reading the scroll. In that time he'd learned a few new jutsu which he'd been testing. He stopped when he sensed a chakra signature closing in. Realizing who it was Naruto quickly turned around as he felt a rush of excitement and happiness.

"Iruka-sensei coming! That means he's alive!" Naruto thought as he tried to hold back tears of joy since Iruka had died in the future during an ambush by Oto-nins while on a misson to Sunagakure. Iruka's death had hit him hard since Iruka was like the father he never had. He had been depressed for days until Hinata helped him over come it.

Before he could continue his train of thought he heard Iruka land behind him and say his name uncertainly. At the sound of his voice Naruto had to resist the over whelming urge to tackle him to the ground and hug him. Instead he turned around slowly and looked at him.

On the outside he grinned at the look of shock on his face while on the inside he was nervous at how he was going to explain his new look.

Naruto decided to say what he said last time and act like nothing was different for now. Before Iruka could reply though, he heard a volley of shuriken racing towards them. Both Iruka and Naruto jumped in different directions as the shuriken hit the side of the shack.

They both looked up where the shuriken originated from and saw Mizuki perched atop a branch in full shinobi battle gear, with four Fuma shuriken strapped to his back. He gave a malicious grin and said, "Naruto, give me the scroll."

"No Naruto, don't give him the scroll!" Iruka shouted at hum. Mizuki looked at Naruto and his eyes widened in surprise at what he saw, but then he grinned again and said, "Starting to like the demon you really are huh?"

At his words Naruto's eyes narrowed. Mizuki just grinned and said, "Heh, I always new you were a demon."

"Shut up Mizuki!" Iruka yelled. Mizuki looked at Naruto and his grin turned predatory. "Tell me Naruto do you know why everybody hates you?"

"Because I'm the container for the Kyuubi." Naruto said calmly as both Iruka and Mizuki openly gaped at him. Naruto just smirked at Mizuki. "Did I ruin your fun? Too bad. Your not getting the scroll. I'll make sure of it." When he finished Mizuki had a look of rage as he grabbed one of the Fuma's on his back and through it at Naruto who just disappeared.

Mizuki and Iruka's eyes widened at his display of speed. "Where did it/he go?" They thought simultaneously. "Right behind you," Came Naruto's voice as he gave a spinning kick to Mizuki's head and sent his falling head first towards the ground.

When he landed he stood up shakily and saw Naruto a couple of feet away. Naruto gave a slightly malicious grin as he made hand seals faster then either of the chunin could keep up with.

When he finished he yelled, "Kusari no Oubou!" And chains of chakra shot from the ground and wrapped around Mizuki's arms, legs, and torso and dorced him to his knees. Mizuki struggled in vain to escape but the chains where to heavy.

"Like it? It's a new jutsu I learned." Naruto said with a smirk as Mizuki looked at him in shock. "You should consider yourself lucky. You get to see another new jutsu I learned." And with that Naruto started gathering chakra in to the palm of his right hand. As it concentrated it took a sphere shape and started changing color.

When it was done it was hovering about half an inch off his palm and was black. It was so black it looked as though it was absorbing all the light that touched it. Mizuki and Iruka looked at it in shock as Naruto grinned. He then started running towards Mizuki who was struggling in vain to escape.

Right before He reached him Naruto cried, "Houmon no sano Garangou!" And thrust the ball of energy into Mizuki's chest. Mizuki screamed as the ball slowly disappeared inside his chest. Once it was completely gone his cries of pain increased as he seemed to start disintegrate.

Iruka looked on in horror and fascination as Mizuki disappeared leaving only his cries of pain in the wind. He looked at Naruto who grinned sheepishly and started rubbing the back of his head. "I think I over did it a bit."

It was at this time that a squad of ANBU and the Hokage himself appeared and surrounded Naruto and Iruka.

Authors Notes: Hey, sorry for the delay. Anyway hope you like it. R&R.

Translations:

Hia Tonda Ashi: Hear No Evil

Kusari no Oubou: Chains of Oppression

Houmon no sano Garangou: Call of the Void