I'm sooo sorry about the long time to update, but I've been neck deep in coursework for college, not to mention the regular homework.

Anyway, hope you like this chapter!

Oh, and:

"hmm" Kyubi talking, italics if he is thinking.

"hmm" Hosts thoughts when talking to their demon.

No, on with the story!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own all new characters and the Village

Chapter four

Naruto stuffed the ramen into his mouth. He was hungry. Keiko sat opposite him, commentating on his table manners while he shrugged it off, saying that no-one was perfect. Naruto finished quickly and pushed the bowl away from him, and sighed contently. Keiko was still only halfway through her bowl. She glared at him and asked,

"How the hell can you eat so fast?"

Naruto shrugged and replied,

"I like Ramen."

Keiko sniffed disdainfully and continued to eat her breakfast. He stood up and walked out of the kitchen, since Naomi told him that as soon as breakfast was finished, he was to go to the training room, since Kameto and Kenjiro wanted to see him there. He yawned as he walked to the training room, only just managing to keep himself from getting lost. He eventually found it and slid open the door to find Kameto and Kenjiro sitting in the middle of the floor, talking. When he entered, they looked up and him and motioned for him to shut the door and for him to sit next to them. He shut the door, and sat where he was told to. Kenjiro looked at him and asked,

"Have you ever talked to the Kyubi before?"

Naruto shook his head. Kenjiro nodded. He then told Naruto to show them the seal that held Kyubi. Naruto lifted his vest to show them his stomach. Kenjiro frowned and asked,

"Is that where the seal is?"

"Yeah, but it only shows when I gather Chakra."

"Do that then."

Naruto gathered his chakra and watched as the seal became visible on his stomach. Kenjiro examined it closely. After a while, he nodded and told Naruto to told stop gathering Chakra. The seal disappeared after a few seconds, and Naruto pulled his vest back down. Kenjiro was looking at the ceiling thoughtfully, while Kameto and Naruto waited impatiently for the older man to answer. Eventually, Kenjiro looked at Naruto and ordered,

"Close your eyes."

Naruto blinked, but obeyed, knowing better then to argue. Kenjiro then put his hands on Naruto's head, and Naruto could feel the power of the man's Chakra. For a while, he sat there with Kenjiro's hands on his head, his eyes closed, and then Kenjiro's voice cut through to him.

"You can open your eyes now, Naruto."

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, expecting to be in the training room with Kameto and Kenjiro in front of him, but what he saw shocked him. He was in a sewer. He looked wildly around, wondering how he had got there.

Where am I? He thought. The words reverberated around him. That confused him. Then, beside him, he could feel Chakra building. He looked at the source and saw that Kenjiro was standing there. The man looked about and then at Naruto.

"Interesting." Was all he said. Naruto felt very confused and asked,

"Kenjiro-sensei, where are we?"

"In your mind. I wish to talk to Kyubi."

Naruto looked about and asked,

"This is my mind?"

Kenjiro nodded and walked off, Naruto following him closely, not wanting to get lost in his own mind. Then he felt it. It was Chakra, but it was not normal chakra, this had an evil feeling to it, and a bloodlust that felt as if it can never be satisfied. It made Naruto shiver.

Kenjiro scared him by leading him towards this chakra. It began to get stronger, making Naruto shiver even more. Then, the corridor opened up into a large room, that to Naruto's surprise, had bars that lead into a cell, but the bars were spaced so that either Naruto or Kenjiro could easily slide through them. What caught Naruto's attention, was that on the centre bar, was a seal, obviously keeping the prisoner inside. He stared at the bars, unsure of what to do.

"What is that?" he asked Kenjiro, pointing at the bars.

"That, Naruto, is where Kyubi is sealed."

Suddenly, behind the bars, two red slited eyes opened and glared at them.

"What do you want?" Asked a thunderous voice. Naruto jumped and then felt the eyes focus on him.

"What do you want, kit? You haven't talked to me in the twelve years that I've been here, why are you here now?"

"Don't ask me! Ask Kenjiro-sensei, he brought me here!"

The evil eyes then looked at Kenjiro, who looked unaffected, in fact, as soon as Kyubi, looked at him, Kenjiro bowed deeply. The Fox was silent for a while and then asked,

"Morfran, what business do you have here?"

Kenjiro glanced at Naruto and then replied,

"Your host is no longer in Konoha, but in the Demon Village. And I wanted to see how this seal worked."

"Demon village, eh? That's good. This seal is nothing special, why do you want to look at it?"

"Are you able to talk to Naruto?

"No. This is the first time, why?"

"Would you like the freedom to talk to him whenever you wanted? I can alter the seal."

"Interesting, go on."

"You will also be able to see what is going on through Naruto's eyes."

Silence.

The eyes closed and the fox said,

"Do what you wish."

Kenjiro nodded and turned to Naruto and said,

"There would be advantages to Kyubi talking to you. I shall alter the seal. From what I can see, Kyubi's chakra can get out, but not him. A very interesting seal indeed."

Without waiting for Naruto to answer, he walked towards the bars. He held up a hand, which started to glow with purple chakra. He then did some hand seals and whispered something that Naruto couldn't hear and placed his glowing hand on the seal. Suddenly, the ground beneath Naruto started to shake and Naruto lost his balance, falling heavily to the ground. Kenjiro didn't seem affected by the shaking. Kyubi's eyes opened again and he was watching as Kenjiro altered the seal. As soon as Kenjiro's hand left the seal, the shaking stopped. Naruto found that when he tried to stand up, he couldn't. Kenjiro walked up to him and knelt beside him.

"Come on Naruto, we're going now."

And with that, Naruto could feel himself returning to his body. His eyes snapped open as Kenjiro took his hands off Naruto's head. Naruto felt as if he was extremely weak. He shuddered and felt himself fall backwards onto the floor. He closed his eyes, breathing deep.

"You're weak, you know that?"

Naruto jumped at the sound of that voice inside his head. He scowled as he realized that it was Kyubi, and decided to ignore the fox.

He opened his eyes and slowly sat back up. He saw that Kenjiro's shoulders were slumped, while Kameto looked worried.

"What did you do?" She asked Kenjiro.

"I altered the seal that held Kyubi, so now he can talk to Naruto whenever he wants." He replied. Naruto wiped some sweat off his forehead and asked,

"Why did you do that?"

"You will need his advice at times, so be polite. It's a useful thing to have. The rest of us have that."

Naruto thought about it, it would be helpful, but didn't that mean that the Fox could read his thoughts?

"Yes"

Kameto sighed and stood up, muttering something about getting them some tea, and walked out. Kenjiro took a little pill out of pouch and handed it to Naruto.

"This will restore your strength."

Naruto took it gratefully and ate it, feeling his strength return. Kenjiro also took one and he shook his head. They were silent for a while and Naruto asked,

"What's gonna happen to me?"

Kenjiro looked at him and answered,

"You will stay here and become a Chaldea. From Hiraku, you will perfect that Bloodline limit of yours."

Naruto nodded, and was about to ask something else when Kameto walked in through the door with two cups of tea. She handed one to Naruto and the other to Kenjiro. Naruto took it and drank quickly, wanting to get on with training. After they had finished, Kenjiro took Naruto's cup and left without a word. Kameto sighed and then said to Naruto,

"I need to know what level you are at, so that I can start your training at an appropriate level. So, what can you do?"

"I can do all the basics." Naruto said slowly, thinking. He wasn't going to mention his Oiroke no Jutsu (sexy technique). He then remembered the new technique that he had learned before he was discovered by Iruka.

"Oh, and the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

Kameto blinked and said,

"That's a high level Jounin technique!"

Naruto shrugged,

"It was in the forbidden scroll in Konoha. I nicked it and learned it."

Kameto stared thoughtfully at Naruto and then said,

"I'm not sure what level you are, but, let me test your agility and dodging skills."

She then ordered him to stand up. She then took out some Kunai.

"Dodge these."

"What if I get hit?"

"That will be bad, since it means that you can't dodge." Then, without warning, she threw several Kunai, which Naruto easily dodged. She threw more, evidently intent on making him into a living pin cushion, which Naruto was determined not to be.

In the end, he did manage to dodge them, some extremely narrow misses, but he still dodged them. Kameto frowned and said,

"Your movements are a little jerky. I think we'll start by improving your grace."

"How do we do that?" Naruto asked.

"Dancing."

"O- What?"

"Dancing. It will improve your grace. It worked on Kuro and Kichiro, so it should on you."

Naruto groaned. He didn't like dancing.

"Be quiet. Think of it as training, then it won't be so bad." She said, and Naruto could tell that she was silently laughing and he crossed his arms stubbornly. She chuckled, and then got into a dance posture.

"Now, follow my movements. We shall go slowly at first, but speed will come with time."

Naruto sighed and copied her posture. He then watched her as she went from one posture to another and he awkwardly copied her, never being much of a dancer. He noticed that the movements were supposed to move easily from one posture to another. Eventually, he began to get the idea, and he became a bit better, though he still didn't like it.

Around Lunchtime, she stopped and told Naruto to go eat something, and then go and talk to Hiraku for his training in the afternoon. Naruto exited, breathing a sigh of relief. He didn't like that, even if it is training. He went into the kitchen and saw that Masaru was there, eating a simple bowl of rice. Naomi looked up at him and smiled.

"Hungry dear?"

Naruto nodded and sat next to Masaru. The boy looked at him and said,

"I like your new clothes!"

"Thank you"

The younger boy grinned at him and asked,

"How was your training this morning?"

Naruto shrugged and said,

"I hate dancing, but she said that it would improve my grace."

"You know, I wish you would find something better to do with your time rather then complaining all the time."

"Oh, be quiet." Naruto snapped the thought at the fox and was glad when it didn't answer.

The boy giggled and said,

"It also helps with taijutsu. You're seeing father after you've eaten, right?"

Naruto nodded and thanked Naomi when she placed a bowl of rice in front of him. He ate quickly as he was hungry, though he didn't eat as fast a Masaru. Geez, and Keiko complained about him!

When Naruto finished, he decided to go looking for Hiraku. He walked out of the kitchen, turned the corner and managed to bump into the Head clan member.

"You should really watch where your going, Naruto."

Naruto grinned and rubbed his head, saying,

"Sorry, I guess I'm a little out of it."

"A little? Isn't that an understatement?"

Hiraku grinned down at him and asked,

"When are you free today?"

"Now. Kameto-sensei said to look for you after I had eaten."

"Oh, good. I was wondering when I could start to train you. Follow me." The man then started to walk down the corridor, with Naruto close behind him.

"I'm taking you to the local forest. I want you to do the tree climbing exercise."
"What will that do?"

"It will improve your chakra control, which you need to do that bloodline of yours." Naruto shrugged and said,

"I was never taught much in Konoha; they mostly ignored me, so I missed out on a lot."

"I know." Hiraku replied coldly, though at Konoha, not at Naruto himself. Naruto then remembered something in his history class,

"Wasn't The Demon village allies with Konoha? Why did you break the alliance?"

Hiraku was silent and replied,

"We were, that is true, and the reason we broke the alliance was because we thought that your clan had been wiped out. Your clan is precious to the Demon village, and I'm glad that you're alive. And I'm honoured to train you as well."

Naruto was silent and then realised that they were no longer in the Desdemona compound, but on the edge of a forest. He was so caught up in the conversation that he hadn't even noticed the change in his surroundings.

"You're so blind, you know that?"

Naruto's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, the constant commentary of the Demon was starting to annoy him.

"Not as much as you annoy me."

"Will you just SHUT UP!"

Again, the fox didn't answer and Naruto sighed a sigh of relief. Hiraku lead Naruto into the forest and stopped about ten metres in, at the base of a particular large tree.

Hiraku turned to Naruto, brushing a little dirt off his white Kimono sleeve and looked at him with his gray eyes.

"I want you to focus you chakra into your feet. Think of doing nothing else, clear your mind."

Naruto closed his eyes and focused his chakra into his feet. He opened his eyes and looked expectantly at Hiraku. He grinned at him and said,

"You wouldn't be able to walk up the tree at first, so try running at it and up it was well. Use a Kunai to mark where you got up too, and then try again."

Naruto nodded and looked at the tree. He then ran up to, placing his feet on the trunk. He got up about 10feet when his foot slipped, he lashed out with the kunai, marking the spot, and then he fell, luckily landing on his feet. He looked up the tree in annoyance. Hiraku came up to him and looked at the mark, 10feet up the tree.

"That was an excellent first try; even I couldn't go up that far on my first try. You're going to be a good Ninja!" He said, smiling warmly at Naruto, while ruffling the young blonds' hair. Naruto jumped at the praise, startled. No-one had ever done that. Hiraku noticed his startled expression and asked,

"What's wrong, boy?"

"No-one has ever said anything like that before."

Hiraku smiled in understanding and said,

"Try again."

Naruto nodded eagerly and stood up. He gathered chakra into his feet and ran at the tree, this time managed to beat the other scratch by 2feet. Hen he landed back on the ground, he looked up at the thirty foot tree. This was going to be a long day.

At sundown, Hiraku called a stop to the training. Naruto flumped on the ground; too tired to start to the walk back yet. Hiraku sat next to him and handed him a rice-ball, which he graciously took and ate. After he had eaten, he looked up at the last mark he had made, about 20feet up the tree. He would finish the exercise tomorrow, he thought with some pride.

"Don't get too overconfident. You're just the same tiny brat to me."

Naruto's eyebrow twitched and he snapped at the old fox,

"I hate you!" A few seconds of silence and then,

"No you don't, your just saying that to make me feel better."

Naruto muttered something about stupid foxes, but didn't say anything else. Hiraku watched with an amused expression and then stood up. He placed a hand under Naruto's elbow and helped him to his feet. Naruto thanked him and tried to steady himself, but in failing that, Hiraku silently let the boy lean on him.

"Let's go home." Hiraku said. Naruto smiled, he liked that word now. In Konoha, it had no meaning to him, but here he could finally understand the true meaning of the word.

"Yes, I'm hungry." He said. Hiraku suddenly laughed, patting Naruto on the back, causing him to loose his balance and almost fall flat on his face. Hiraku steadied him and said,

"You're a treasure, you know that?"

Well, there you have it, a little bit of father/son bonding. Sorry about the long time to update ; i'll try harder for next time, I promise!

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Oh yea, before I forget, do you think that the Uzumaki Clan should have their own mansion that Naruto could inherit? Review and tell me. Please.