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Some say, the day Naruto met the Kyuubi, he had changed.

Others of course, say he was never different from the very beginning.

Naruto now, no longer cares.

A young boy, no older than 5, was running through the streets of Konoha, on the night of the festival of Kyuubi's defeat. He was hoping to see some of he stalls and events that the villagers had on the night each year. What made it even better, it was on his birthday! So that was what Naruto did, running out into the night full of excitement. Though what he shouldn't of done, was attract the attention of some of the villagers.

"Would you look at that!" One of them sneered. "The little Kyuubi has come out to play!"

The second gave out a barking laugh. "Of all days to come out, gotta admit the little demon has guts!"

The third smirked. "How about we show the fox why it should fear us. We can't have a wild animal running loose, can we?"

The others nodded in agreement, and began to follow the young jinchuuriki.

Naruto was running about gleefully, not caring a bit that he got nasty glares, or vendors wouldn't let him get close. Just looking was enough for him. What did stick at the back of his mind though, was that the people he passed earlier were a bit behind him, and he remembered them being near his apartment, so that can't be good.

So deciding to take on an air of caution, Naruto tried to make his path much more twisted, even running down alleys into the next street, just to see if he could lose them. Taking a breather in one of the alley's he smirked. "I bet I lost those creepy stalkers now!"

"Ohh really?"

Naruto yelped and turned around, to see two of the men behind him. Stumbling backwards he asked, "How could you find me? I made sure to twist and turn soooo much! How did you keep up?!"

Naruto felt a hand come from behind and grab his hair. The third guy smiled.

"Because we aren't normal citizens, aren't we?"

Naruto's eyes widened. "You guys are...are…"

The man grinned. "Yes demon.

We are Ninja."

Naruto screamed as another kunai was thrown at him, hitting it's mark. It had become quickly apparent that he could heal extremely fast, but there was no pain resistance to come with it. The men had quickly turned this into a target practice, or a game. Naruto, despite his healing abilities, could do nothing to stop them. It was all he could do to try to avoid the deadly projectiles. Though even if he did have advanced healing powers, he is still a 5 year old child.

Eventually, he simply passed out from the pain.

Naruto woke up, noticing he was in a giant sewer. His first thought being, 'why did those men dump me here?' Though he figured he could walk about for a bit, seeing where he is.

"Hello!?" He called out, walking onward through the sewer. "Anybody here? Old man Hokage?"

There was a deep rumbling in the distance, prompting the young boy to stop in his tracks. "Uhm… H-here doggy doggy?" Naruto was getting worried. 'Where was he?'

Knowing that forward is the only way to go, he went forward. Reaching what seems to be a long "hallway" of the sewer, he could see that it opens up at the end. At this point, the rumbling is terrifyingly loud, and Naruto was scared stiff.

"Old man Hokage! Please tell me you're here! I'm scared!"

The rumbling stopped, and a deep voice replaced it. "Come here child."

Naruto jumped in surprise. Then slowly made his way over to the opening. Reaching the entrance way, he looked around the large room, taking note of the giant cage-like bars.

"Hello, was someone here? I thought I heard a voice?"

There was the sound of something moving behind the bars, and it sounded big. Naruto was afraid to go near them, but felt a bit of safety knowing those bars were there.

"Of course there is someone here brat! You are in my presence! The presence of the 9 tailed fox… Kyuubi!"

"KYUUBI!?" Naruto shrieked. "I thought the Fourth killed you!"

There was a barking laugh. "What, kill something like me? A being of pure chakra? I laugh at the very idea! Now, there is something that I wish to speak with you about boy."

Naruto shivered, 'this is too much! I need to find the Old man! The Hokage can defeat the Kyuubi! I just have to get out of here to warn everyone!'

The Kyuubi put his chin on his hand, waiting for Naruto to calm down. Hearing every word Naruto was thinking.

"Child, your Hokage can do nothing to me right now. I am not in the physical world. I am sealed away. Sealed away in you of all brats."

"How'd you know what I was thinking!?"

"I can hear thoughts."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"So really?" Naruto stared. This was unexpected, but that means… "This is why everyone hates me!?"

"Indeed brat, because I am sealed inside of you, you are automatically thought of as being the Kyuubi itself. Not that I'd ever let myself get to that much of a state of weakness anyways."

Naruto huffed and turned his back to the cage. "I'm not weak."

The Kyuubi scoffed. "Yeah right brat, all you could is run from these people you call villagers. Ninja or not. You're only here because I called you in after you passed out!"

Naruto looked back at the Kyuubi. "You called me in here? Why'd you do that?"

The Kyuubi smirked. "To offer you a deal."

This peaked Naruto's interest. "What kind of deal?"

Putting his head to Naruto's level, the Kyuubi replied. "I like you brat, so I don't want you to die. Though I don't want to live in a container that is weak either. I wish to make you stronger than those other fools."

"Make me stronger? Wow! Does this mean you're going to teach me to be the best ninja in the whole world?"

"Yes, and no child. What I want you to do is rip off a portion of this piece of paper on the cage. It's the seal. When you do that, part of my power flows into you, making you stronger. Make sure you don't rip the whole thing off though, I'm not sure you would be able to handle too much power at once."

Naruto was jumping up and down. "You can count on me!" I don't know what problem everyone has with the Kyuubi, he's awesome!

Running over to the seal, part of the sewer water lifted him up. Grabbing one corner, he proceeded to rip off a portion of the seal. At the same time, there was a flash of light, and Naruto was knocked back to the floor.

Opening his eyes,, Naruto saw a man standing over him. "You-you are the Fourth Hokage!"

Minato smiled, "that's right, and I'm also your father, Naruto."

The Kyuubi pounded the floor. "You IDIOT! Do you have ANY idea what you just did?! You interrupted the process of this power exchange! Who knows what could happen now! And you just come along and drop this on him? How did you ever become Hokage?!"

Minato jumped at the accusation in the Kyuubi's voice, and turned back to Naruto, who began laughing. "Naruto, are you alright?"

The small boy was still sitting in the water of the sewer, hair shadowing his face as he laughed. "This exchange of power really did help! Not only that, but it did make me smarter too! You're the one who sealed the Kyuubi into me, weren't you Fourth Hokage?"

Minato frowned. "Yes, yes I did."

Naruto sighed. "It was the most likely outcome I guess. Though you really messed up this time didn't ya. Hahahaha!"

Taking a step towards Naruto, he asked, "How so?"

"By disrupting the process, I can feel it as we speak, while I have gained so much incredible skills and powers, I have also lost some things. I CAN FEEL IT FOURTH HOKAGE! I CAN FEEL MY SANITY LEAVING ME!"

Minato jumped, surprised at the outburst, and watched as Naruto fell into another bout of giggles. He sighed. "I'm sorry Naruto, I was indeed wrong, and I must wrong you once again. My time here is almost up, and this is how I leave you."

Turning to the Kyuubi, Minato never thought he would have to say this. "Take care of my son, please, I'm not sure how these changes will affect him. Help him through it."

Taking the Kyuubi's nod as an affirmative, Minato could feel himself fading away.

"Goodbye my son, know that I will always love you, no matter what becomes of you."

The Fourth Hokage faded out of the mindscape, leaving only the sound of laughter behind.

Looking at Naruto, the Kyuubi sighed. "Well, let's get to work then."

"Hahahaha! Heh-eh, hahahaha! Oh, this is great! Hee hee!"

The Kyuubi poked his claws through the space in the cage, and flicked the giggling Jinchuuriki. Knocking him into the air. "Shut up brat before I make you."

"Yes." Naruto smirked. "Let's get strong!"

Hey Guys! Thanks for reading. Here is a bit of insight to how Naruto came to be how he is today! We kinda have a moment where the Fourth Hokage did a biiiig mistake, but hey, how was he supposed to know? And what kind of father just leaves like that? Way to brush his problems on the Kyuubi, am I right? See you all next time!