(A/N) Terribly sorry about the data thing last chapter, I'll try and ensure it doesn't happen again. Thank you to all who brought my notice to it. I just have to make sure I check each chapter.

Naruto was mildly confused. On one hand, Kurama-sensei was nice and offered to help him train. On the other hand, Hokage-Jiji was telling him that Kurama-sensei was evil and wanted to kill him. He wasn't sure who to believe. Kurama-sensei had told him who his parents were, when Hokage-Jiji didn't say anything. Besides, Kurama hadn't tried to kill him in the seal, or when he made a tiny Kurama fox shadow clone. Kurama-sensei it was.

"Why didn't you tell me about my parents?" Naruto asked, adopting his most heartbroken expression. "Kurama-sensei had to tell me who they were."

Hokage-Jiji didn't look too good, almost like he might fall over at any second.

"Kit, let me out as a shadow clone, I need to have some words with the Hokage. I promise not to attack him, no matter what he does."

"Hokage-Jiji, Kurama-sensei says he wants to talk to you and promises to not attack you no matter what." With no response, Naruto made the hand sign for shadow clones and borrowed Kurama-sensei's chakra to make a shadow clone. Of course, Kyu ended up coming out as well. This time though, he had violet eyes.

Hiruzen nearly had a heart attack when the kid made what appeared to be two shadow clones, one of them a normal-sized fox, the other a human that looked like a male version of Kushina.

"Okay, Hokage-Jiji, I'm gonna go in the hall with Kyu. You can have a talk with Kurama-sensei!"

The fox hopped up on the Hokage's desk as Naruto closed the door behind him and Kyu, who dispelled himself as soon as they were in the hall.

There was a bit of shouting that Naruto didn't bother listening to, then silence. Finally, Kurama scratched at the door, letting Naruto know he could come in now.

Naruto opened the door, finding the Hokage passed out on his desk. "What did you say to him, Kurama-sensei? I've never gotten him to pass out before."

"I believe it was from shock," Kurama said finally. "He'll wake up again in a bit. Let's come back tonight, maybe he'll have recovered then."

"But, where will I go?" Naruto asked, poking the Hokage in the head a few times. "Wow, he's really out."

"Why don't we go see that training field, we were going to do it tomorrow, but now seems like a good of a time as ever."

"Do you know the way?" Naruto asked, tilting his head.

Kurama jumped up on the desk, then up onto Naruto's head. "Of course I do, that's how I know about it."

"Lead the way then, I guess," Naruto said, shrugging.

Kurama pointed to the door, and Naruto walked out the door, following the kitsune's directions all the way to a training field on the edge of the village.

Kurama dispelled himself as they entered the field, not wanting to cause the kit any more harm. If there was anyone in the clearing, they might react badly to seeing Naruto with a fox.

Naruto advanced warily, looking around the clearing before going into it fully. As there was no one there, he formed a shadow clone, creating both Kyu and Kurama.

"We need to work on only summoning Kurama," Kyu noted, dispelling himself.

Kurama bobbed his small head. "Perhaps tomorrow. For now, let's see if we can get you up a tree."

"But I already know how to climb trees," Naruto protested. "Trees are safe, except when ninja are in the mob. They can climb trees faster than me."

"You'll be climbing a tree without hands. Get Kyu out here to demonstrate," Kurama ordered.

Naruto obediently formed the cross seal, a Kyu clone with purple eyes and three Naruto clones appearing with puffs of smoke.

"Alright, Kyu clone, demonstrate the tree walking exercise. Three Naruto clones, you'll try tree climbing alongside the original until you pop," Kurama ordered, sitting down on his haunches.

Kyu walked up to the tree, then placed his foot on the bark, and began walking up the tree.

Naruto's eyes were shining. "Woah! If I can do that, I can be really fast at climbing up trees!"

"You can also do that with buildings, and upside down," Kurama told him. "Helpful for escaping civilian mobs."

Naruto nodded sagely. "Okay. How does it work?"

"You channel chakra to your feet. Too little and you slip, too much and you blast a nice hole in the tree."

"Cool!" Naruto ran at the tree, getting two steps up, then blasting off. The other three clones began running up a tree as well, blasting off after only a few steps.

"Controlling your emotions is the first step to controlling your chakra," Kurama advised. "Calm mind, calm chakra."

"This is a first," a male voice said, it's owner stepping out into the clearing. "Well, a couple of firsts. A talking fox is new, aside from being a summon, you aren't a summon, right?"

Kurama thought about it. "Sort of."

The voice's owner, a teenaged Uchiha, made a face. "How can you be sort of a summon?"

Kurama made an almost shrugging motion, modified for him being a fox. "There are a few ways."

A second Uchiha walked into the clearing, regarding the scene calmly. "It appears this training ground is occupied."

"Which is my second first. How did you find your way here? It isn't a well-known training ground."

"Which is why we use it," the second Uchiha muttered. "So we aren't disturbed."

"Oh come on, Itachi, we can share for a bit, besides, it's just a little kid. Which is my third first, an academy student doing the tree climbing exercise."

"I'm not in the academy," Naruto told the nice Uchiha. "Hokage-Jiji says I have to wait until next year."

"So, you're Mikoto's oldest," Kurama noted. "How's your little brother?"

"He is well," Itachi said. "How do you know us? Aside from the fact I am well known around the village."

Kurama darted over, climbed up the stationary Naruto, and perched on his head. "Would you believe me if I said I was the Kyuubi?"

The first Uchiha's face hardened, and he assumed a wary stance. Itachi also shifted into a wary stance, ready to spring into action. "Why are you loose?" Itachi asked.

"Technically, I'm not loose. Naruto is free to dispel me at any time. If I'm hit too hard, I will dispel."

"And you aren't controlling him?" The first Uchiha asked.

"Of course not," Naruto replied this time. "Kurama-Sensei is too nice for that."

Itachi raised an eyebrow at the fox, and he shrugged. "The kit asked me to train him, I said yes."

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto decided to introduce himself, bounding up to the two Uchiha. He stuck out his hand, a smile on his face. Kurama and the two Uchiha could tell it was fake, it was clear he was expecting to be rejected.

Shisui dropped his wary stance, adopting an equally wide smile. "I'm Shisui Uchiha, nice to meet you Naruto."

"Will you be my friend? Kurama-Sensei says that Uchiha are nice and make good friends," Naruto informed them.

Shisui's smile became fond. "Alright, I'll be your friend."

"Will you?" Naruto asked, turning to Itachi.

Itachi took one look at Shisui's face and sighed. "Alright, I'll be your friend."

Naruto did a little happy dance. "Maybe I should've asked the older kids first! You're much nicer than the people at the park. They don't ever want to be my friend for more than one day. You won't not be my friend tomorrow, right?"

Shisui grinned at the kid. "Of course. We can be your friend for more than one day."

Kurama nodded gratefully at the two Uchiha. He could tell the older one wasn't affected by the curse of hatred, which was rare. He wasn't sure about the younger, but he doubted it.

"Who's your friend over there?" Itachi asked, gesturing to Kyu, who appeared to be sleeping, stuck to the tree by his back, a good four feet off the ground.

Kyu opened his eyes and jumped down. "My name is Kyu. I am what happens when Naruto makes a shadow clone with both his, and Kurama's chakra."

Shisui And Itachi blinked. "So, you're a completely separate personality?" Shisui asked.

Kyu nodded. "Yes. I am not in the cage, however, and am free to roam around Naruto's mindscape."

"Cage?" Itachi asked.

"Naruto's seal has me in a cage. Much more comfortable than being chained to a moon," Kurama admitted. "And yes, my name is Kurama. Did you really think my name was Kyuubi? That would be like calling you 'no-tails'."

The two Uchiha had to admit that made sense.

"Why did you attack Konoha?" Shisui asked.

Kurama sighed. "I was really hoping to avoid this until Naruto was a bit older, but I guess it's inevitable. I was controlled by a rogue Uchiha with the Mangekyo Sharingan. And yes, I can sense you have it, Shisui-san."

Shisui blinked, taking a half step backward.

"My sensory abilities are only enhanced by the kit's innate sensory abilities. I can sense a lot of things I can't normally."

"What does innate mean?" Naruto asked.

"You have it naturally. You'll always have it and always have," Kurama replied. "We'll work on it later."

"So, you're actually helping him?" Shisui asked, not quite able to believe it.

"Where do you think he learned tree walking?" Kurama pointed out. "And, Kushina knew where this was, therefore I knew where this was. Kushina was my previous host."