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My name is Naruto and I've been in Training Ground 66 for 4 months. I have a team of ANBU constantly watching me, always hidden in the trees. Two special ANBU, by the names of Anko and Tenzo, come and visit me every few days to check on my progress, help me with my chakra control training, and bring me food. They have always been guarded near me, but yet they still treat me with a level of kindness and respect that I'd never expect from any adult, especially after losing control like I did.
In these 4 months I've already come far. I have even met the Nine Tailed Fox. He has told me his name is Kurama and that he is like me, deemed too dangerous for society and necessary to be locked away. For all the stories I've heard of him and all the destruction he has wrought, both before me and with me, he is much nicer than I would've expected but still has a certain darkness about him. He has always said he is here for me, and usually he is, but he always tries to tempt me with darker thoughts. I can't tell if it is because he is truly evil or if he has just been misunderstood for so long that darkness is all that comes to him.
Tenzo and Anko have so far acted like caretakers to me. They don't seem to have much personal care for me but they don't seem to hate me either. At first they were always cold towards me but in these 4 months we seem to have grown towards each other. They probably don't like me very much, but to me they're the closest thing I have to family right now. Every now and then, in between my chakra training, they even spend time with me playing games, or singing, or telling stories around the fire. Even though we're here for a reason that is unfortunate, I have come to see Tenzo and Anko as good people.
It's now been 8 months and my chakra control training has become much more intensive. I always hit this wall like I'm trying to put a square through a circle hole. It feels as though my power and Kurama's power come from 2 different places and the place my power comes from is lighter than the place Kurama's power comes from. It seems to me that either I will have to draw my power from a darker, more hidden place or I will have to convince Kurama to draw from a lighter place. Of course Kurama and I both know that there's no chance in hell that Kurama would ever draw from a lighter place, so it's already been decided by the 2 of us that I will be the one to draw from a darker place.
For the next year and 4 months my training got progressively more intense. At first I would just train for a couple days out of the week and then take long breaks in between training days. Now I rotate every week 5 days a week doing a different chakra control exercise only taking breaks on weekends. To be able to focus Kurama's chakra into my body and infuse it with my own chakra, a tattoo resembling my 8 trigrams seal was placed over my upper-abdomen. One week I do meditation whilst sitting on water, this is called water walking meditation and it requires even more chakra control than normal water walking because it requires me to center my own chakra as well as call upon and center Kurama's chakra. Possibly by chance or possibly by Kurama living within me, through the water meditation I have also found that I can attract and use nature energy despite not being a sage. Then the next week I do leaf concentration training while standing upside down on tree branches, this is useful because it requires me to not only center Kurama and I's chakra but also to focus that chakra into doing an action.
In this time of 2 whole years I have discovered so much about who I am, who Kurama is, and how I can use his power under my own control. I have gained a steady bonding with Kurama, I don't quite know that we're friends but he feels almost like a member of my family. Though he doesn't seem to be a great person Kurama doesn't seem to be an evil person either. It seems to me like he's more misunderstood than evil and he has been through many hardships that have shaped him into the darker person he is today. Still I can see goodness in his heart and even though we both have had to draw on dark places for our power it seems to me that our senses of morality and protection of others are like-minded. I feel as though from here on out Kurama and I will both be using our powers for good and with this power I do plan on becoming a ninja of the hidden leaf and enrolling in the academy.
A/N~ Throughout the story Naruto's tailed beast chakra mode will always be red and give off a dark energy no matter how much control he has and no matter his good intentions, similar to the 8 tails jinchuuriki and his chakra modes. Also when he does a full transformation it will take on Kurama's full form rather than the yellow see-through Kurama form from the manga and anime.