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"Personal Thoughts"

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BOLD – Kyuubi & Anaish speaking


Chapter 5 - Inner Secrets


Darkness, it is a vile environment devoid of any sense of comfort to be engulfed in. For darkness can only led a person to a state of loneliness accompanied by nightmares that caused individual to appear like ghosts. Darkness led individuals to mental instability that the only logical outcome evident is the process of a weak mind to be utterly crushed. Without an effective mental barrier to withstand the horrors of the cruel world, an individual would be left with only despair with not chance of hope revitalized.

Naruto continued his endless fall through darkness plagued with sorrow and agony leached upon his beaten. Darkness had found its newest prey, one such that will not leave its sight until it had sucked Naruto soul dry of any desire to continue leaving.

Pain was not a new foreign feeling not experienced, as the young future Hokage could not helped feel he was slowing dieing in the darkness, "Why does pain always follow me? No matter where I go, pain is always there to remind me I can never have any peace in my life. I feel pain exist only to slowly torture me before I force myself rid of my life."

As Naruto recalled all his previous hardship through his childhood, his raging emotion had caused unnoticed tear, which leaked from his dull blue eyes. Naruto's mental wall slowly clipped away by darkness and it is only inevitable before Naruto drowned in despair.

"What crime have I committed to have this unbearable pain latching unto me? I am sick of it, I hate this pain, this loneliness this torture!" as Naruto yelled out in frustration only to hoped that maybe someone will actually heard his cries for help and maybe rescue him from darkness.

However Naruto processed a unique characteristic that had allowed him to withstand various hardships. Although the thought of suicide seemed very tempting for the young blond shinobi, Naruto had unconsciously built himself a weapon to fight against his hidden darkness. Naruto had managed to channel various degree of his emotion to develop a powerful wall to protect his frail insecurities deep within his mind.

Therefore it would have been no surprise when Naruto had somehow utilized his stubborn characteristic of never giving up to finally banished his darkness. The sudden disappearance of the darkness to be replaced by serene calm that caused the bewildered young shinobi to wish things could not get worse.

Naruto mustered his courage before he dared to look at his surrounding and hoped to find the answer to what had released his pain he had experienced from the darkness.

"Where am I, wait no this can be this looks familiar", as Naruto realized how the environment consisted of object that left little doubt where he was at the moment.

He heard the murky water droplets plummeted to ground only to have the sound echoed throughout the tunnel. He noticed the slight grayish fog of mist slowly obscured his visibilities, and to have his nose clenched the scent of a musky order. As Naruto examined the contours sprawled through the walls of the tunnel he noticed disorientated placement of mundane rocks and crystallized stone. Several instances throughout the wall accompanied by the fog, irregularities mixing of rocks and stone gave Naruto the nauseating impression that walls of the tunnel swayed.

Naruto looked upward to be amazed when he noticed there were no ceiling, just endless darkness, the same darkness that threatened to engulf the young blond. The trained shinobi cautiously walked forward, although Naruto was terrified when he heard the floor started to groan under his weight. Naruto was alarmed when the floor began to shake and swayed in random direction, as Naruto feared the floor would suddenly vanished to leave him once again falling through darkness.

"This…this is the same place in my nightmare where am I?" as Naruto felt his heart beating frantically, and through the calm silent serenity, the darkness dared Naruto to breathe.

Naruto's eye caught sight of a bright light that glowed before him, and with no logical alternate directions he could reach, Naruto decided to move towards the light. However Naruto was surprised when he noticed the white light had not flee away from him as he had gotten closer something that was normally transpired in his vivid nightmares. As Naruto continued his cautious crawl towards the light, his body had felt the sensation of being held back as he felt a strong gust of icy wind opposed his body from movement.

Naruto struggled against the menacing wing as he trudged towards the light that glowed only to taunt Naruto to try to catch it. Naruto approached the light and became in close vicinity before being blinded by an explosion. The explosion had blinded Naruto temporary only to be followed by a powerful gust of wind that knocked him off his feet before he crashed painfully onto the cold ground. Naruto tried to calm screaming pain within his head, in order for him to discover what happened only to be overwhelmed by severe headache that made Naruto unconscious from the pain.

While Naruto traversed through darkness, the Hokage and Hinata had surrounded Naruto for they hoped to somehow relieve the pain Naruto is involved in.

"Hinata tell me what happened here?" as the Hokage asked the terrified Hinata who at that moment could not control the panicking feeling that overwhelmed her.

Hinata was able to manage sufficient control of her head for she could only glanced at the Third Hokage, while she struggled to from some kind of speech, "Well…um we were…were just training and…and then someone came and hurt Naruto-kun", as Hinata no longer able to contained her maelstrom of emotion before she broke down as all the wielded up tears flowed down her cheeks.

The Hokage maintained the utmost patience as the troubled Hyuuga slowly explained what had transpired. "Don't worry Hinata, we will help Naruto, I know you had become a very good friend to you, and we will not let anymore harm come to him. Do not worry child, he is much stronger than he appears, he will be find, just believe in him", as the Hokage explained to the Hyuuga in an attempt to calm the petrified child.

The Hokage was relieved once he noticed the sign of relief displayed upon the face of the Hyuuga heir as the streaks of tears was cleared away. The soft gaze that was held by young women towards Naruto had quickly reverted to a thoughtful look, as vital information had just emerged within her mind. Hinata was blessed with a phenomenon called epiphany, as she recalled a weird disturbance about Naruto. The Hokage was puzzled at Hinata's shrewd look; as he noticed Hinata was gathering a series of event in an attempt uncover a mystery. The Hokage followed Hinata's gaze and realized the mystery she was tried to uncover as her eyes were locked upon the visible seal on Naruto's stomach, which glowed dark ruby color.

As Hinata pointed towards the seal, the question escaped quietly from Hinata's mouth, "Hokage-sama? What is that thing on Naruto-kun's stomach", her curiosity had overcome her abundance shyness around the boy and if she were to see Naruto half naked body, she would likely have fainted. However Hinata could not managed her tear eyes away from the seal as the mesmerized Hyuuga heir continued to stare at the seal, which pulsated on the stomach of Naruto.

The Hokage wished he had to decided the future of a condemn criminal than answer the curious question bestowed by the young Hinata. Hokage could not decide how he should handle the question or if Hinata is ready to handle the knowledge that Naruto contained a demon inside him. Nevertheless even if Hinata had processed the maturity required to handle a complicated issues such as a sealed demon; the Hokage feared that if Hinata discovered Naruto's secret, the he might had involuntarily cause Naruto to lose on special friend.

After several distinct outcome generated by the Hokage, he had decided not to risk Naruto losing a friend as he carefully told Hinata, "I am sorry Hinata that is Naruto's secret and I must not say anything but I can tell you that if you are indeed his true friend then it should not change anything the between the two of you. Although I hope Naruto has the courage to tell you the truth", as Hinata looked up to the Hokage as she was swarmed by frantic thoughts, "But why not? I want to know if he is alright, does he need my help I want to know", as the suppressed confident Hinata had released but before she could opened her mouth to state her rebellion, the Hokage had knocked her out cold.

As the distressed Hyuuga think what had experienced, she failed to notice the Third Hokage had appeared behind, and used the necessary force as he tapped the back of her neck only to leave the young child unconscious. The Hokage regretted what he had done, but was needed in order to calm the frantic Hinata so he could develop a plan or ease Naruto's pain. As the Hokage gently placed Hinata onto the ground, in a sadden voice, the Hokage responded, "I am sorry Hinata, but I feel you are too young to understand this please stay strong", where the Hokage then focused his entire attention upon the seal that resided upon Naruto's stomach.

A lone young child who had previously lain asleep upon the ground had begun to stir; a clear indication the boy had began to recover from his mental distress.

"Ugh where am I…am I dead already?" as Naruto had woken up only to had felt the whiplash of the headache he had endured previously but still managed to analyze his surrounding. Using the natural talents of a shinobi who are never taken surprised by their environment, Naruto had realized he was still in the same dark tunnel. "Damn I thought I was having a nightmare, and I would have woken up" as Naruto struggled to get back onto his feet only to engulfed in a burst of tremendous pain which cause Naruto once again fall helplessly onto the ground.

After several grudging minutes of hard work and the endless amount of urging, Naruto had finally accomplished the task of able to stand steadily on his feet. Naruto's victory was short lived as a powerful gust of wind swelled behind him who only propelled his beaten form closer the dreaded light. Naruto plagued with fatigue could not offer any kind of resistance as the wind continued to send him flying through the air at a dangerous speed as Naruto became alarmed when he realized that he was coming dangerously close to the light. "Damn what if…if there is a wall behind that light I am going to crash straight into it" As Naruto approached the light, he was unable to register any form of a scream as the flowing air had prevented any movement of his mouth but managed to tightly closed his eyes, as he braced for impact. However Naruto was surprised when he was not splattered on a surface, but to have landed on a type of material that was undeniably warm and soft. Naruto dared to open his eyes only to have his sight overwhelmed by what he saw before him.

Naruto's body had stopped its trashing, which allowed the Hokage to examine the seal, and noticed that a new temporary five part seal has been implanted upon the previous seal. Hokage was shocked upon the revelation as this particular seal look similar because it carried the characteristic of a simple five element part seal but included dark pink dragonish head. One such seal he had not seen since the tragic ancient times, during the escapades of the Draconian clan.

The Hokage brought both of his unconscious students into his room, where he was satisfied that no one would disturb him. "Yondaime, I hope your know what you are planning, something particular weird about this union", as the old Hokage scurried around in his room determined to find any information on various binding seals which utilized the five parts of the elements and weird dragonish head he noticed on top of the seal.

The Hokage searched to through various scrolls, where he hoped to discover the techniques required to negate the seal's power and save Naruto. However he had not seen the seal of this caliber used for quite some time and feared there might not be an effective way to remove it. After several agonizing moment, The Hokage recalled where he had seen the seal, and as he went through the ancient scrolls bestowed upon the Draconian clan was given as a token of appreciation.

The information he found within the scroll the Hokage had undeniably shocked him, as he scanned the excerpt of the seal.

Jutsu Name: Kiyo Goguoufuuin

Type: Ninjutsu

Skill Level: S-rank, advanced version of Goguoufuuin

Requirement: Dragon Blood Contract

Appearance: Similar to the Goguoufuuin but interlaced with the pink face of the feared dragon, Kiyo.

Description: Calling forth one of the most vengeful dragon, Kiyo that is the symbol of power, which its sole purpose is hunt the inner desires of the individual, thus their guarded spirit. Incorporating the Goguoufuuin, the vengeful power of the Kiyo is able to transfuse through the bodily defense as the Goguoufuuin destroys the five elements that structured the human's natural defense. Firstly the square element of earth symbolized the external protection provided by the natural defense of the skin upon humans. Next is the spherical element of water, which symbolizes the most abundant component of the human body. Next is the triangular element of fire, which symbolizes the burning muscle, called the heart, which pumps the vital substance needed for the body to be functioning effective. Next is the crescent moon shape of wind, which symbolizes the most important essence, needed for a human to survive, air. And lastly the gem shaped element of void, which symbolize the main attribute of the human body, the mind. The seal destroys each of these defense developed within the human, allowing unguarded access to their spirit. Once Kiyo had been granted access, it will remove any hopes, confidence, and mental stability causing the human to suffer insanity. However, the vengeful dragon does not finish just with that, the dragon will leave darkness, and despair which will force the human to commit suicide after several minutes of being placed under the technique.

Beneficial Information: Bear in mind the Kiyo Goguoufuuin is the more advance form of this seal and it is only capable under the given contracts by the dragons, as it requires their blood to call the power of Kiyo. However a lesser more safer version had been know to be developed which tackled the mind of the human, which allowed all hidden secret in the user to be spilled out, making it an idea skill to administer for integration purpose. The advanced version was developed in order to safely remove any human that had fallen under the course of the demonic contamination. This skill is not used for repeated used, for the user also experience the minor similar affect however can be nullified rather quickly by Dragon's blood but left with the side effect of being blind for several weeks.

Purpose of Skill (Destruction/Healing/Protection): Destruction

Antidote: None, for once administrated the chance of survival of the victim is nearly impossible, however the blood of dragon do increase the chance of survival, yet no known evidence had be been that found that support the chance of survival from this technique.

All color had left the terrified face of the Hokage, only to leave behind a pale old man who had seen a ghost. The Hokage could not believe the severity this boy is now forced to go through. Although he realized Naruto might indeed be dead in several hours, he believed Naruto is not any ordinary boy, as well as having a demon sealed within

The Hokage sighed as he realized the seal was meant there to assassinate Naruto, "Well this certainly puts danger upon Naruto…so young yet so much danger already. I wonder if Naruto will ever have a chance to live a normal life, or will his life be filled with hatred and danger. Kyuubi sealed within Naruto, has formed a strong bond with each other's chakra, almost making them feels each other's pain. It seems destiny wants these two together for eternity", as the Third Hokage was sadden as the event that had transpired reminded him clearly that Naruto's life will be filled with hatred and danger only if he young child could survive this ordeal.

The young child awoken from his unconsciousness to find the warm blaze of sunshine glazed over his body, as Naruto remained on the ground as he attempted to remove the dazed feeling within his mind. As the pain subsided within his mind, Naruto dared to open his eyes only to be shocked to find where he was located. Naruto felt he had gone to heaven for the environment was just breathtaking. Naruto felt the gentle warmth of the bright sun, the soft breeze that flowed over him and the soft cushion of the lust green grass beneath him. However before Naruto could have gotten comfortable, the scenery vanished before him, only to leave Naruto grasping for his breath as he found himself once again in the black tunnel of darkness. "Ah damn not this place again but what that hell is that!"What had being occurring in front of Naruto had shocked him severely as his body was shaking in fear.

Naruto witnessed grueling battle between what appeared to be two creatures, one being a purple anaconda and the other creature a pink disfigured dragon. Naruto also noticed a giant red fox struggled to battle the two creatures as each tried desperately to overcome their foe. The fox creature seemed to utilize all the speed and agility it was capable to get around the two anacondas only to be knocked away by the flick of their tail. Not matter where the fox would run, it seems that the two creatures had perfect counter attack. Naruto realized no matter how powerful you might be, if you tried to fight against two equally quick and team efficient opponents, the chance of victory is nearly impossible. As the fox creature tried several attempts to get close to the two creatures, Naruto thought he heard a clanking noise, and realized that there were shackles bounded upon the fox creature.

Naruto cringed when he saw the fox creature flew into the air after being hit by the tail of the anaconda. Then the dragon had used its scalyl tail as a spring to propell into the air, and then does a forward somersault as the fox was smacked hard into the ground. Naruto realized that the red fox must have been Kyuubi, for he recognized the red chakra and those red slit eyes. "Those are same eyes that had always hunted me in my nightmare, always followed me around, always looked at me, but always showed sadness in those eyes", as Naruto was confused why such as battle being existed before him.

Naruto was more than eager to escape from the battle area, where he hoped the creatures would finish each other. Naruto was only concerned to find an exit to which would allow him to leave this nightmare, and he hoped to return back to reality. As Naruto began to turn around and proceeded to walk away from the scene only to be stopped when he heard a familiar voice.

"Naruto…please help me!" as Kyuubi tried to make his voice reach to the ears of Naruto.

Naruto was shocked when he discovered that the voice he heard was the same voice that had hunted him in his nightmare, except this time the voice carried despair and agony.

Again the plea came, "Naruto please help me!" but Naruto did not wanted anything to do with that voice or creature. Once Naruto heard the voice of the demon was not able to suppress his anger any long. Naruto's hatred and rage focused onto the voice, the same voice he believed to be the source of the disaster that took his potential family away.

Without even turning around, Naruto yelled at the top of his lung, "WHY SHOULD I HELP YOU…YOU DEMON!" before he had realized, his pent up rage and anger had forced the words out of his mouth. Naruto could not believe he had verbally spoken hate toward anybody or to this creature. "I…I am almost becoming like the rest of villages, where they let hate flow out of their mouth what am I doing?"

Naruto rotated his body around, and looked at Kyuubi who still was on the ground with labored breathing. Naruto was horrified at what he had said, "What…what is happening to me why I am no longer able to control my emotions", as Naruto looked in dismay at his hand which he noticed were still clenched and trembled furiously.

"I promised…promised myself never to show hate towards anybody but why am I no longer to control myself is my wall becoming weak am I becoming more of an demon, like the villagers?" and before Naruto could ponder that thought, he heard a loud crash.

When Naruto looked up he saw the two creatures had uses their tail in perfect harmony to perform a powerful recoil action that sent Kyuubi flying once more. Naruto realized Kyuubi was outmatched as he was faced two dangerous creatures but did not know that Kyuubi would be defeated without his aid.

"Naruto please forgive me I will tell you everything but please help me" as Kyuubi once had his eyes locked with the bewildered eye of the young Naruto.

Naruto noticed the look of agony behind those eyes as he continued to stare back the mighty demon. Naruto could not believe that those eyes seemed to carry the same sorrow and hurt that resided deep within his heart. Naruto my be filled with endless amount of anger he yet if he were to see someone's eyes filled with sorrow, his anger and rage dissipated proved Naruto processed a great heart. Naruto's soft heart had overridden all negative emotions, and had only desired to help those pleading eyes, those same eyes that Naruto had begged for help. The same pleas for help Naruto had given to others yet in return he received only hatred. Naruto knew in his heart, that under no circumstance would he sit idly when he could have helped and aid those who have been pleading for help.

When Kyuubi saw Naruto's eyes softened as well as the softened glaze being directed towards him, Kyuubi had all his hopes and wishes flowed over him which had just release something the two creatures will regret in meeting. Naruto had no idea that by having forgiven Kyuubi somewhat and wanted helped him was the only thing Kyuubi needed to release the chains that had shackled his power down. Kyuubi always hoped that Naruto will forgive his action, forgive his rage, and maybe truly see him as the creature he and not the demon everyone presided him to be. Kyuubi knew that Naruto did not realize that the little amount of care Naruto had shown had indeed made the bond between Kyuubi and him stronger.

Kyuubi remembered the events that had happened when he was being sealed, and remembered the vile voice he had heard after being sealed into the new born baby, "Kyuubi you will never be free. Nor will you be safe in there for you will always face your greatest horror, and torture. You will always be tied down by despair and loss of hope. If I can't get you Kyuubi, then no one and definitely not this boy will get to use your power. This boy will hate you for life, and I will make sure of it!" as Orochimaru continued his bombardment of his harsh word towards Kyuubi, while various seals were preformed by Naruto's parent that sealed him into Naruto.

Naruto was just a new born baby placed upon a rock table with various candles around him. The seal given by the Fourth Hokage was still visible, however Orochimaru wanted to extract revenge. Therefore he developed another minor seal that went deep inside into Naruto's heart that will forever relay his message towards Kyuubi, which he hoped will taunt the demon until he committed suicide some way.

Kyuubi heard the roar of Orochimaru's voice in his head, "Naruto will hate, despise and seek revenge against you. Do you really think that the people will want him knowing you are inside him? But don't worry Kyuubi, Naruto will see that you are the cause of his misfortune, and he learn to hate you too. Then where will you go hrm Kyuubi? You will never find your precious Anaish" as Orochimaru left the vicinity silently just the same way he had entered, where not even the smallest creature noticed his presence.

"Naruto may have not realized that his maturity not only released the shackles on me, but he indeed and unlocked the door that will feed my power into this body. As his body and mind matures, more of my powers will fuse with him, making him stronger to help others who are in need", as Kyuubi released that his destiny was to be sealed inside Naruto and be his responsibility to help Naruto grow stronger. Kyuubi still remembered the hideous laugh Orochimaru before he glanced at the young blond shinobi before he placed a silent oath, "I will protect and make Naruto stronger!"

Naruto noticed relief washed over Kyuubi's eyes, and Naruto felt proud of himself, for being able to remove another creature's agony away. The desire to erase one's sadness and to have it replaced with happiness had allowed Naruto's heart to glow in happiness, for it was unknown to him that he had began to remove the affect of the seal. A notorious sparkle had emerged in the once dull lifeless blue eyes of Naruto as the determined boy made another oath, "No matter what! Even if great harm is done to me, no matter what hatred! I will not show any hatred to any creature. I will never let my anger misjudge my way of helping others! I will use my life as a lesson and help any in need! I will only punish those who had rightfully harmed others. I will return the pain thousand fold to those how willingly enjoyed inflicting pain onto others."

As that oath still rolled of his tongue, Naruto approached and kneeled next to the injured Kyuubi followed by a soft voice of his request, "How can I help you?" as he placed his hand upon Kyuubi's mane in an attempt to somehow help calm the beast.

"That is all I needed Naruto, you forgiveness, you have a great heart Naruto" as Kyuubi quietly said before the whole area blazed in a magnificent bright red flare. Naruto was surprised to be on Kyuubi's back and even more shocked at how the appearance of Kyuubi had changed. "What… what happened to you?" asked the shocked young child as he struggled to get the words out of his mouth.

Naruto was amazed as what he was saw, as before him stood Kyuubi, where now flames sprouted out of his eyes. Kyuubi's red dark mane had change to a bright blond yellow color as Naruto used all his strength to desperately cling onto the mane with a firm grip. Naruto looked behind and noticed that the nine tails that were golden orange, was now a golden yellow color accompanied with tiny flames which danced at the tips of the tail. Amazed, Naruto had little time to comprehend what had happened, as Kyuubi gave a vicious growl, as he yelled, "Crimson Rage!" as the whole area around them erupted in red chakra. "Hold on tight little one, we are going to have fun now" as Kyuubi began to walk towards the two creature.

Naruto felt feel the immense power generated from Kyuubi and was confident that it would take little effect for him to be flown away from the back of Kyuubi. He never realized that there existed a power like this and quite frankly very terrified at the amount being dissipated, yet shocked to know that some of his blue chakra was also infused with Kyuubi's red chakra. He released then that both his chakra and Kyuubi's chakra had mixed together to form this supernova chakra energy burst.

The two creatures were not impressed by the showcase of Kyuubi's raw power for the anaconda was more interested on how it will accomplish the task bestowed by Orochimaru. The enraged dragon on the other hand was thirty for death and hoped it will be given the chance to enjoy the slaughter as it shredded the spirit of the young human. Nevertheless the two creatures decided they had wasted enough time and launched towards Kyuubi, however they could not match the new found speed of Kyuubi.

Kyuubi had already sidestepped both of the creature's attack and use his tremendous strength to send on of his paws digging into the anaconda's face painfully down to ground. Without any hesitation Kyuubi had placed both of his paws beneath the lower jaw of the anaconda, and pulled upward with all his might, only to be followed by a gruesome removal of the top half of the anaconda's head. Kyuubi was satisfied once he had ripped open the anaconda's head; however Naruto had gone paled upon the brutal sight as he stared at the large pool of blood.

The dragon could not believe what it had just seen; it saw the once defenseless demon had actually managed to destroy the anaconda. Although the vengeful dragon had no connection with the creature that was just killed, it still had its goal blocked by what seemed to be the guardian of the human's spirit. As the dragon used its powerful wings to move at a lighting pace towards its target, Kyuubi just stood his ground, and waited for the dragon to come closer.

As the dragon approached Kyuubi at alarming speed, Kyuubi's smirk was the only warning the dragon had before Kyuubi had performed a backward flip, as he utilized his nine tails to knock the dragon back into the air. Although it had been momentarily stunned, the dragon was talented enough to use its wing to stabilize its movement into the air and glanced at Kyuubi with a vengeful glare.

With aid of its wing, the dragon once again initiated its attack and began to descend upon Kyuubi for which will be an aerial attack. Kyuubi not be detracted by the new form of attack instead used his nine tails as coiled up spring and accompanied with burst of chakra, went flying upward to meet he dragon. The surprised dragon only increased it momentum upon the sudden realization that the demon was also able to incorporate aerial attacks. Naruto had his eyes closed shut as he was flew with Kyuubi into the air in a collision course with the dragon.

As the two creature headed toward each other like bullets, Naruto feared this was the moment he might actually died. Once again the Kyuubi had waited till the last moment, to shift his body as he was able to latch upon the back of dragon. A cry of pain was voiced as Kyuubi had sliced into the soft skinned wings of the dragon which prevented any chance of the dragon to maneuver in the air. Once more Kyuubi send out burst of chakra and twirled his tail to produce a helicopter motion where they dived back to the ground. The dragon only looked in horror before its head was cracked upon the ground, as Kyuubi safely landed nearby. Kyuubi allowed the frightened child to get of his back and walked a short distance before he had promptly hurled.

"What is going on?" as the Third Hokage noticed the five seal which was a dark pinkish cooler had somehow managed to glow to a ruby color. The Hokage could see the Kiyo Goguoufuuin being dismantled and destroyed. The relieved Hokage was pleased when he was said Naruto was not any ordinary boy and was rewarded for his belief that Naruto had fought off a very lethal seal.

However the Hokage was quickly alarmed once he noticed a new seal had appeared above Naruto's heart. Yet as quickly as he had saw the seal, the seal had evaporated into the air and once more the Hokage hoped Naruto would be fine. The Hokage also noticed that the original seal that resided on Naruto's stomach was had rearranged itself but the Hokage felt Naruto would recover. The Hokage was shocked once he sensed Naruto's chakra level expanded immediately as he realized there was a better harmonic balance between Kyuubi's chakra and Naruto's chakra.

It took Naruto several minutes to remove all his previous lunch, while Kyuubi looked on with sympathy.

"Naruto I know I am the cause of your pain and misfortune, but I truly feel your pain. I have felt darkness and loneliness just as you have. I have lost all things that were precious to me just like you have", as Kyuubi reverted back to his normal state and calmly spoke with Naruto.

However, Naruto may have forgiven Kyuubi yet he was not entirely pleased with the demon. Of course the previous stunt did nothing but irate his stomach.

"I could care less of what you feel or lost. Do you know because of you, I have got many things taken away from me? Things just seem to go wrong and accident happens around me. All the glare and hatred I face by the villagers make me feel like a demon" as Kyuubi flinched at the icy tone Naruto and the hateful glare coming from the young shinobi.

"I see so there is still anger in your voice Naruto, and it is alright to express it sometimes. Having all those emotion pent up inside you will make your life horrible and could do more damage to your well being", as Kyuubi used a warm voice in his attempt to calm the furious boy down.

"What the hell is that suppose to mean, do you have any idea how it feels like to be out there. Do you know every time I go and talk with someone, they always give me that look? The same look that says you should not be living. No matter how heard I try people will never see me as person, they only see you. Do you know how much I wanted to go home and have a family? What do you care what happens to me its not like anybody else does anyway.", as Naruto recalled all those memories of hardship and hatred that only threatened Naruto to fall into despair yet did not have the energy to cry.

"I thought you would see Naruto. I thought you would see the horrors and pain I have seen. Naruto do you not know that we are bonded to each other and I can feel your sadness and anger. Naruto I thought you would look beneath my surface and understand me. Didn't you want to have people look inside you Naruto?" asked Kyuubi as Naruto once again noticed the agonized guilty tone.

Naruto quietly replied his inner most desire, "Hai I…I wish that everyone would not base their first impression on appearance alone", as he always wanted to be acknowledged as a person.

"True but think Naruto, do you think it is possible for us to make other changer their perceptive of looking beneath the surface if you are willing to follow the same process", asked the great nine-tailed demon.

"What…what do you mean" asked a surprised Naruto.

"Naruto didn't you just based your first impression of me on my appearance? Naruto, you also used the same glare when you looked at me, the glare which you despised was being used on you. You were doing the same thing they were doing, looking at me with hatred and anger" as Kyuubi used his chakra to shrink his size accordingly to Naruto and approached him.

"But I…I wouldn't do anything like that", as Naruto could not believe he had done exactly the things he despised in his fellow villagers, "Yes I did the exact same thing the villagers were doing to me. Am I that horrible to look at other in the same hatred and angry way?" who was disgusted at his behavior.

"Yes Naruto, we all believe that we will never judge a person by its appearance, however the first thing we notice in a person is its appearance. Our brain had already comprehended the image sent to it, and made an impression of the individual based on its appearance", as Kyuubi had kneeled down next to the distressed boy, as he noticed tears developed behind the dull blue eyes.

"But…but I would...not do such a thing I would not let my heart be corrupted in hatred" as Naruto struggled to form some kind of argument to defend himself but knew Kyuubi was right.

"I know Naruto you have a great heart, a heart willing to do things for other, and I know you will protect those that are precious to you. But do you honestly believe that you can protect other if you based people on their impression?" although the message was delivered in a soft tone, Naruto felt a knife had plunged into his heart.

"Naruto we are the same, we have always been judged by our appearance. For example you yourself Naruto just did the same exact just a few moments ago. Naruto we are both looking for that eye that shows compassion and love. Not the eyes which process hatred and anger. Naruto don't you see that it is our destiny to change this world, and that we have to work each other", as Kyuubi hoped Naruto would see the logic in his argument, and believe what he was saying. Kyuubi knew he would not able to defeat Orochimaru or discover the location of his beloved without the aid of Naruto.

"Naruto when you return to reality, you may or may not remember this. But I feel the first bridge between us have been built and allowed a more direct connection between us. Naruto heed my word, train hard, for only through hard work can you get stronger, but also train your mind for there are many things in the world that hides what is really underneath. Once you accomplished improving your mind and body, you will capable of using more of my power. Naruto I want to tell one thing before you return to your life. Remember that we are forever one entity. For whenever you feel any emotion such as anger, and hatred, I will feel it too. For hatred and anger will cloud even the purest heart only to be covered in darkness. In that darkness nobody will be able to save you except yourself, however darkness has the habit of removing what you hold dear. I hope that when we meet again, I know that we will be able to solve each other's loneliness. I hope that the next time we meet you will trust me more openly and that there is hope in this world.", as a warm smiled had mystically appeared upon Kyuubi, which was not befitting the demon, for it made it appeared soft and caring.

Before Naruto could voice his reply to the lecture given by Kyuubi, a gust of wind appeared which propelled him away from the area and land on the hard surface of the dreaded dark tunnel. Naruto noticed the bright light had once again appeared above him, as his eyes widen when he got the apparent feeling something bad was going to happened. Naruto closed his eyes as the light that had appeared exploded brilliantly that caused Naruto to snap back to reality.

The Third Hokage was surprised when he saw Naruto's body shivered violently and noticed that Naruto had opened his eyes which burned a dazzling blue.

"Hokage-sama you are a sight for sore eyes", as Naruto gave the relieved Hokage a warm smile

"Well same here Naruto, do you mind tell what happened here. You sure gave me and Hinata quite a scare you know", as the Hokage beckoned Naruto to look next to him. Naruto realized that Hinata slept beside him, with a content smile on her face, while a silent "Naruto-kun" escaped from her lips. Naruto could only smile at the peaceful creature that slept beside him and wished not to awaken her yet, as he placed his glaze back upon the Third Hokage.

"I am fine Hokage-sama. I believed I found peace with the living creature inside me", as the young child placed his hand gently over the seal that had began to slowly vanished.

"I see Naruto; I am glad and proud you did. Hatred and revenge can only cause a person to be covered in darkness. Without forgiveness there would be no hope in this world Naruto. Having mercy and forgiveness does not make you weak, but much stronger.", as the Hokage smiled at Naruto, his eyes showed the gentle compassion of a grandfather for the boy below him was growing to level of maturity beyond his age.

Naruto realized how true the statement was and once again felt that there was still hope in the world. However the Hokage and Naruto had failed to notice the presence of the previous intruder which lurked near by.

Orochimaru could not believe what had just happened, for the forbidden ninjutsu from the draconian clan had failed some how, only infuriated the snake-sannin for he had to report this back to his lord. "Damn all my plan is ruined I will get you Kyuubi and you too boy you will wish you had died!" as Orochimaru relayed those words with hatred, before vanished with the aid of his companion to report his failure to his lord.


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Author Note #1: Kiyo Goguoufuuin was based on the idea of FIVE-TIER PAGODA. I hoped I did not insult anybody due to that, for I through it was a cool concept of the five primary elements. Although I made my own personally analysis on what the five elements may symbolize the human body, and even through it may not be correct, that is what I will be using, I hope that doesn't throw a lot of people off.

Author Note #2: Kiyo was based of Japanese's dragon legend I read of the internet. So based on this author note and the one above, is how I made the technique, thought I might try to build something unique.

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