Chapter 6:

The 5 Tails

It was 8:30, the day after the attack. Team 7 had made it to Tazuna's house and spent their time there. Their schedule was guard the house for possible attackers, and one ninja to protect Tazuna while he worked on the bridge.

Currently, the team was outside preparing for some training. Naruto and Kakashi though were nowhere to be found.

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"The two chakras were definitely jounin level" the voice of Naruto spoke, "And one felt evil, that guy we have to worry about" Naruto ended.

"So are you saying that after Zabuza recovers it will be 3 jounin level ninja against Two jounin level ninja and two genin?" Kakashi asked.

"You underestimate Sasuke" Naruto said in all seriousness, "When he gets in a stride, he is Chunnin level" Naruto paused then continued, "The only person we have to watch out for will be Sakura."

"Alright. Now from the injuries you gave Zabuza, how long will it take for him to recover to at least 70 percent." Kakashi spoke.

"Well, I'm not sure when the substitution happened exactly but I'm guessing it was around my 600th strike. It should take about 2 weeks for him to recover" Naruto spoke.

"But if Zabuza was travelling in a 3 man squad, he probably has someone who specializes in medicine" Kakashi pointed out.

"True" Naruto said, "In that case, it could be a week and a half, maybe less than a week depending on how good this healer is." Naruto spoke.

"I think…" Kakashi paused, "That after 1 week only you and I should go to protect Zabuza, just to be on the safe side" he ended.

"I agree" Naruto responded.

There was a pause between both shinobi. It was times like this when shinobi were at their best. Planning tactics and deception was a ninja's number one skill…

"Naruto…" Kakashi thought about exactly what he wanted to say then spoke, "How exactly do you know Zabuza" he asked.

Naruto paused and contemplated on what to say…

"I met him during my travels with Jiraiya of the Sannin" Naruto spoke…

(Flashback)

Naruto was walking alone towards a field. Jiraiya had alerted him of a presence that was following them. He wanted to see if the person was after him of after Naruto.

So they split up, each heading for a field were a battle could happen without civilian casualties.

Naruto went to the middle of the field. While walking, he had been gathering Sage Jutsu chakra. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, his orange eye shadow and horizontal pupil yellow eyes were there.

"You can come out" Naruto spoke. The person had followed Naruto and not Jiraiya. What was he after?

"The Kyuubi Jinchuriki in the flesh…" a voice spoke from everywhere and nowhere.

Naruto's sword was strapped to his back. He reached for it and unsheathed it. He turned to the chakra signature he detected.

Kenjutsu: Chakra Blade

Naruto swung towards the trees in the direction of the chakra signature. As the blades cut through the tree, he sensed movement and threw a kunai into another part of the forest.

He heard kunai hitting metal and by the sound, he could tell that his opponent had a sword, a large one at that…

Hidden Mist Jutsu

Suddenly a mist surrounded Naruto.

'The Hidden Mist jutsu eh? A mist ninja attacked me?'

Naruto then moved his sword to the right to block a wild swing from the attacker.

Naruto was able to have a glimpse at the sword before it disappeared again into the mist.

"Zabuza Momochi" Naruto spoke, "Ex Member of the Seven Swordsmen. Why are you after me?" Naruto asked politely.

"Because the few people who know of your existence will pay heavily for you to be silenced…" Zabuza spoke sinisterly.

"Very well" Naruto spoke then tightened his grip on his sword.

Shadow Clone Jutsu

Two other Naruto's popped into existence. Those two Naruto's stuck their swords in the ground and held out both hands, palm up.

Suddenly, a rasengan began forming in each of the clones hands. Each Naruto clone had two Rasengans.

The original Naruto rushed at Zabuza, sword at his side. He went for a downward slice but that was blocked by Zabuza putting his sword above his head. Zabuza then used raw strength to push Naruto off of him.

Naruto flew off Zabuza, but then his clones rushed in, each yelled 'KAI' as they ran. After they yelled that, their speed increased drastically. They each appeared on a side of Zabuza.

Sage Art: Double Rasengan

Each Naruto yelled this and then slammed their rasengans into Zabuza. The Rasengan's made contact, but then that Zabuza promptly turned into a water clone.

'Water Clone' Naruto thought.

Suddenly, one Naruto was sliced in half by Zabuza's giant sword. The other Naruto instantly jumped into the air. That Naruto then started making handseals…

Wind Style: Air Bullets

Then Naruto blasted out from his mouth, pressurized bullets of air. They travelled at incredible speeds, and each hit Zabuza head on.

"Ahhrg…" Zabuza mumbled as he was pummelled by Naruto's jutsu, but then that Zabuza turned into another water clone.

'Another One' Naruto thought and extended his senses. He could sense Zabuza, and he could also sense him gathering chakra. Also, the mist was thinning…

Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu

A water dragon formed behind Naruto and rushed towards him.

Naruto at twice the speed Zabuza did made handseals. He finished in half the time Zabuza took.

Wind Style: Great Wind Dragon Jutsu

His jutsu was similar to a normal wind dragon. The only thing that was different was that he used more chakra, a lot more, for a larger and stronger dragon.

The jutsus raced to meet eachother and when they did, they battled for supremacy…

Soon, Naruto's jutsu overpowered Zabuza's and rushed towards him. Naruto's jutsu hit Zabuza head on and Zabuza was thrown back. The mist was totally cleared but now instead a cloud of debris formed because of the impact of the Wind Dragon.

Naruto looked at the spot Zabuza was. Zabuza was lying on the ground, cuts all over his body. His sword lay a few feet away from him. Zabuza was defeated, and he didn't even have to resort to using the Kyuubi's chakra.

Naruto walked towards the downed Zabuza and just looked at him. Zabuza then spoke.

"I was careless… ergh… cough… I mean… How could a kid beat me" Zabuza spoke with what little strength he had.

"You underestimated me, and that was your downfall" Naruto spoke then turned away from Zabuza.

"The wounds inflicted should kill you slowly, unless you happen to get medical attention in time. Take this as a lesson, Momochi Zabuza, mess with me, and you WILL die…" Naruto ended confidently as he walked away from the field and from a dying Zabuza.

'Shit…' Zabuza thought, 'Is this the end? Beaten by this kid?'

Naruto had left the field and was now walking through town. Jiraiya silently walked up beside him.

"From the chakra I sensed, you faced a Water user, and a decently strong one too" Jiraiya spoke.

Naruto smirked and continued walking.

(Flashback End)

"Amazing" Kakashi mumbled at Naruto's story.

"Yeah…" Naruto spoke… "Well, we should get to training now, Sasuke and Sakura are waiting"

"Right" Kakashi said then turned towards the direction of his genin students.

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Sakura and Sasuke were greeted with the sight of Naruto and their sensei walking towards the training field.

"What took you guys" Sakura asked, though she was glad with the alone time with Sasuke.

"I was just checking up on something" Naruto spoke.

"Actually" Kakashi spoke continuing for Naruto, "we got lost on the Path of Enlightenment…"

There was deathly silence after Kakashi had said that. Nobody thought it was true…

"Anyways" Kakashi said after the pause, "Today, I'll be teaching you how to climb trees..."

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The week had gone by quickly with the team alternating between team training and watching Tazuna. Naruto was meditating on the roof of Tazuna's house. He was undisturbed as he ventured into his own mind, needing to talk to the Kyuubi…

(Naruto's Mindscape)

Naruto sat in front of the giant barred door which was the Kyuubi's cage. His mindscape was bare and dark, representing all the depression in young Naruto. But things had gotten better. A few years ago, water in Naruto's mindscape rested upon the floor, as high as his knees. It also rained in Naruto's mindscape. He experienced the rain when he entered after a troublesome fight while on his training trip.

But today, his mindscape was clean, though it still rained, the rain disappeared soon after it stopped.

Naruto stood in front of the door of the Kyuubi no Kistune, also known as the Nine-Tailed Fox. Naruto looked onward as teeth became visible, then a pair of red slit eyes, then the outline of the mighty beast was only barely visible behind the bars, covered by the shadows.

"You've been messing with my chakra." Naruto spoke boldly to the demon lord.

"Where is you evidence, puny mortal" the voice of the Kyuubi echoed within the vast chamber.

"My last attack against Zabuza. I could sense your chakra there, even though I only meant to use my own. I was in Kyuubi Sage Mode instead of normal Sage Mode. What gives?" Naruto asked.

"Hehehehe….. I'm simply showing you what it would be like if you took my offer…" the Kyuubi spoke in a taunting voice.

"I already told you no" Naruto spoke, "I don't need that deal."

"It will make you powerful beyond imagination…" the Kyuubi continued to try and cohere Naruto into his deal.

"Stop messing up my control" Naruto flat out stated. He was obviously pissed at the Kyuubi.

"It will give you access to ALL my power…" the Kyuubi taunted yet again.

"I said no" Naruto spoke, then sat down on the cold hard floor.

"Kyuubi, I just noticed something" Naruto spoke in a voice that was obviously trying to hide his anger.

"I'm different than before" Naruto paused then continued in a voice as to hide his anger, "My personality was a lot different when I was with Jiraiya for the first week." Naruto paused yet again to look at his prisoner, then continued, "And I became like this after the sealing…"

The Kyuubi stared back at Naruto, his face never flinching.

"And I could feel it, my brutal efficiency is gone" Naruto spoke to the Kyuubi.

"When I fought the Demon brothers, not only did I leave one alive, I used the Initial Lotus. Why would I waste energy on people as weak as the Demon Brothers? Also, during the Genin Exams, I took a hit. One from Shino, and one from Sasuke." Naruto asked the Kyuubi as if demanding an answer.

"I can feel it though. When I fought Zabuza, there was a part of me screaming to myself as to why I didn't just slice his head off in the first place, and I know that part wasn't you…" Naruto thought to himself.

"I know that part…," Naruto paused then extended his arm infront of him, a key appearing in his hand, "was the old me…" Naruto ended and turned the key.

The sound of the click of a lock reverberated throughout the chamber. A door soon appeared behind Naruto, the door handle was a lock. Soon, the lock clicked and opened. As the door opened a blinding light was emitted and a figure walked out.

The door closed after the figure emerged, then the door blurred out of existence. Naruto found himself staring at… himself. Only this Naruto had colder blue eyes than the ones Naruto currently had.

Both Naruto's stared eachother down, then walked towards eachother. They kept walking until they were only an inch apart. Then, they walked into eachother.

As they walked into eachother, they merged together. Both sides merged and when it was done there was only one Naruto.

This 'new' Naruto fashioned the cold eyes of the Naruto that had come out of the door.

This Naruto turned to the Kyuubi's cage and looked at the mighty creature. Naruto growled…

"WHO THE HELL SEALED ME!" Naruto yelled!

"WHO SEALED A PART OF ME AWAY!" Naruto yelled again at the mighty beast. As this was happening the Kyuubi grinned.

"And why should I tell you foolish human…" he spoke in a voice as if teasing Naruto.

Naruto growled yet again and walked up to the bars of the cage.

"Careful..." the Kyuubi spoke, "Come too close and I just might kill you…"

Nonetheless, Naruto kept walking towards the cage bars. When he was less than a foot away, he extended his arm and grabbed on to a bar.

Suddenly, the bar lit with blue electricity. It travelled up the bar and to the top of the cage. It then spread to each bar, electrifying them, but the seal itself was not touched.

Then suddenly, a burst of electricity shot out and hit the Kyuubi.

"ARGH!" the Kyuubi growled, but that didn't help as the bars of electricity continued to electrocute the beast.

"Remember Kyuubi, I am your master…" Naruto spoke then vanished from his mindscape, the electricity coursing through the cage bars died away…

Naruto re-entered the mortal world to just in time to see Kakashi sunshin in front of him.

"Naruto, as tomorrow is the end of the week, you and I will start rotating in watching over Tazuna. I'll do it first day, you the next, alright?" Kakashi spoke to Naruto in a voice that strangely was not an order…

But Kakashi didn't know that Naruto had changed. He did not know that during Naruto's meditation, he unlocked a part of himself that had long since been sealed away…

"Whatever…" Naruto spoke in a tone that stressed the fact that he didn't care, "Why should I care anyways? Why the hell did I decide to continue this mission anyway." Naruto contemplated.

"Uh, you alright Naruto" Kakashi asked.

Naruto rose from his meditative position. He started to turn away from Kakashi.

"I'll be back in the morning" Naruto said then disappeared from the area, not using sunshin, but just with speed.

"Naruto wait!" Kakashi tried to yell after Naruto but he couldn't feel his presence anymore. Naruto was gone in the middle of a mission.

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"You're gonna give me all of your info on Gato, do you understand?" Naruto spoke with mirth in his voice.

"I never did like you kid" a man spoke. Said man wore a fishing hat, wore long black pants and a black T-Shirt with the insignia of a fist on the back. He also had a sword strapped to his waste.

"I. Don't. Care." Naruto spoke stressing each single word.

"Yeah?" the man taunted, "You're lucky you were with Jiraiya. I would've killed you myself."

Suddenly something popped into Naruto's mind.

"Jiraiya said he was gonna alter my seal to allow easier use of the Kyuubi's chakra. Nothing of the sort was done, instead, the cold hearted killer in me was sealed away. You were good friends with that sealer, weren't you Isamu" Naruto's anger was evident in his voice.

'SHIT' Isamu thought. He knew firsthand how strong Naruto was, and if Naruto knew he had a part in the sealing…

"What makes you think that!" the man now identified as Isamu strongly replied.

Naruto lost it. He reached out and grabbed the throat of Isamu, then held him up against a wall.

"I've completely cast aside my previous personality" Naruto spoke slowly, "So any good you've been to me before our first meeting has been… forgotten."

Naruto tightened his grip on the man's throat.

"What do you know about Zabuza's team." Naruto spoke angrily.

"He's working for Gato!" Isamu managed to wheeze out. Naruto then released him and Isamu crashed onto the floor, struggling to regain his breath.

"Continue" Naruto spoke.

"He works for Gato and he has two people with him. From appearance, they both seem to be the same age as you in fact." Isamu spoke, though he was clearly frightened.

"One is named Haku. She is one of the only Ice Manipulation users left from the Kekkei Genkai massacre years ago." He paused then continued, "The other one is Kuro, he is… like you…" Isamu stopped and stared at Naruto for a moment, trying to gauge his reaction.

Naruto just stood for a moment, seemingly in thought.

"Tell me, why are you like this…" Isamu knew he was overstepping his welcome, but he had to know, "Why are you this cold blooded killer?"

Naruto seemed to come out of thought and looked at Isamu.

Naruto focused all his attention on Isamu. Isamu was a member of Jiraiya's spy network, one that Naruto didn't hit it off too well with. In fact, he outright hated Isamu, but he posed a good question…

(Flashback)

It had been a day since Naruto had left with Jiraiya. It was night and Naruto had gone to sleep inside a tent. Jiraiya had made a shadow clone to watch out while he left to attend to some business. He would be back later that night, or rather in the morning before Naruto woke up.

Naruto seemed to be sleeping, but unconsciously, he tapped into the part of him in which the Kyuubi resided…

(Naruto's Mindscape)

Naruto emerged from a large entrance into a gigantic hall. It was huge, though the place still looked dingy as a sewer. Water was on the ground up to his knees and he had to slouch his way through it.

"ROAR!"

Suddenly, a huge roar resounded through the chamber. Naruto was knocked back onto the ground by the roar, his body was submerged, only leaving his head. Then, Naruto rose back up again to see an amazing sight.

There were giant bars that lined up in front of him. They formed a barrier between the side he was on and another side. It almost seemed like the bars of a cage…

As Naruto took in the giant bars, he noticed kanji written around the centre of all the bars. He knew enough to realize it said 'SEAL'.

"WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER…" a voice echoed throughout the chamber. Naruto could feel an evil aura in this room. He wanted to run, a part of him was screaming run, but he still walked forward through the water, until he could see what was inside the cage.

First, a huge mouth appeared, baring teeth similar to that of an animal. Then, two slit red eyes appeared, a long with the outline of a fox's face.

Naruto's stared at the creature, he was afraid. He was definitely afraid…

"Young Mortal, I'll make a deal with you…"

"WHY SHOULD I MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU!" Naruto yelled at the giant creature. Though he was scared, he still had enough confidence to talk to the giant creature.

"WHO ARE YOU ANYWAYS?" he yelled towards the giant beast.

"I am, foolish mortal, the strongest of all Bijuu, the Kyuubi no Kitsune…" the Kyuubi ended triumphantly.

"WHAT! Impossible!" Naruto yelled back, but then his mind flashed to the moment of his almost death in Konoha. He remembered word for word what the Assassin had said and quoted him.

'NO BOY! YOU ARE THE KYUUBI NO KITSUNE!'

Those words rang through Naruto's head. He put two and two together and could tell that this… thing truly was the demon fox.

Naruto above anything left, found himself… laughing.

Naruto began laughing and dropped to his knees, still laughing!

"SO IT'S TRUE!", Naruto paused to continue laughing, "I am the Kyuubi!…"

"FOOLISH!" the Kyuubi yelled, "YOU ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO ME! YOU WILL NEVER BE ME! You are only my jailor… And I will get out…"

Naruto continued laughing, then paused, "Jailor…" Naruto spoke those words, then made eye contact with the beast.

"You said something about a deal… If I truly am your jailor, then it means that you need my permission to do anything around here. So, what are your terms…" Naruto spoke in a business like tone, amazing the Kyuubi.

"Simple, If you die, then I die with you." Kyuubi spoke then a piece of parchment appeared in front of Naruto. It had a moving picture of nine tails swaying about, and under it had the words 'UZUMAKI NARUTO'.

"This deal will make you stronger… It will help you in all aspects of life, nobody will be able to oppose you after this…" the Kyuubi spoke.

"Will I still be myself…" Naruto asked.

"You will change slightly," the Kyuubi paused then continued, "But it will all be for the better…"

Naruto nodded and then bit his thumb. He smudged each of his other fingers on his thumb so each finger had some blood on it. He then pushed his fingers into the parchment, then it burned out of existence…

"For the better…" Kyuubi's demonic voice rang out through the chamber, then everything changed.

(Flashback End)

Naruto looked down at Isamu, then reached for his sword.

Isamu's eyes widened as he realized what Naruto was about to do.

"NO!" Isamu yelled and tried to back away.

Naruto was upon him in a second and thrust the tip of his blade forward…

The blade stopped an inch before it was able to cut Isamu's throat.

"It seems the 'nice' part of me has not yet been fully exterminated…" Naruto spoke, then paused, then spoke again, "Consider yourself lucky."

Naruto then made a one handed seal and bandages re-wrapped around his blade.

Naruto turned towards the door and exited, leaving a terrified Isamu on the floor.

Naruto left the abandoned building in which he knew Isamu resided. As he stepped outside into one of the poorest parts of Wave, he paid them no mind. His only thoughts were on the upcoming fight…

'5 tails huh…' Naruto thought and smirked, 'I can only access 2 tails worth of my power before going crazy, but that should be more than enough'.

Naruto then sunshined out of the area, intent on re-joining his teammates…

Sup, Hellfox here.

How was your day? Just kidding… Did you like the twist In plot?

It seems Naruto has changed, but for better or for worse.

Next chapter, Enter Uzumaki Naruto

-Hellfox