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INARI BLESSED

The next time Naruto opened his eyes, he was in a familiar white room. He was lying in someone's lap. He looked up to see who it was and when he saw familiar silver hair and emerald eyes, he cried.

"Kit…" the man cooed and hugged him close.

"Is this just another dream…?" Naruto whimpered.

"No kit… this is not a dream. I am real, as real as the rest of the world…" he said softly.

Naruto looked up at the man hopefully, "So you're real and you'll be, be m-my fa-father?"

"I am not sure." The man said thoughtfully. Naruto's face dropped.

"I mean if it is a father you want I could be a father or maybe I could be your mother, I was wondering which would be better… mmm… I know, I'll be both… how does that work anyway… gah! This is too confusing… why am I thinking this anyway? No matter what happens you are my kit, so it shouldn't matter what you call me."

The man rambled on ignoring Naruto's widening eyes. Finally he saw Naruto's face and chuckled sheepishly,

"Ah… well you see… I don't exactly have a gender. So it shouldn't really matter if I am your mother or father. So you can call me father if you want I guess, but personally I think tou- chan sounds better. So what do you say?"

His answer was a crushing hug by the seven year old. For a moment Naruto thought that the man…err… Inari… didn't want to be his father. Inari heard Naruto mumble tou chan repeatedly under his breath, he smiled gently.

"Jiji told me about them… my real parents… they loved me, tou chan… they they wanted me… and my dad, he he" Naruto couldn't finish as sobs wreaked his body. A childish fear that his new tou chan might hate him if he knew… but all his fears were put aside by Inari.

"I know kit. I know. I heard everything and I don't hate you. I love you with all my heart because you are my kit and always will be…" Naruto sobbed harder but this time because of joy.

"Umm, tou chan, where are we exactly?"

"Oh! Oops I almost forgot that part. Well kit we are in your mindscape."

"My what?"

"Mindscape kit is a place in… well, your head to put it simply."

"My head?"

"Err… we are actually in your mind… "

"Oh!"

"Kit… what do you think about the Kyubi?"

"I…I hate him… but…"

Inari waited patiently for Naruto to gather his thoughts.

"But… I couldn't blame him for hating us… he was sealed again and again… maybe, maybe he was sad… and angry like the entire villagers feel. Sad and angry that we stole his freedom, that he couldn't be with his family anymore. I… I want to hate him… but I can't… not without knowing why he did it. I can't blame him like the villagers blame me, without knowing him."

"Good kit… I am proud of you…" Naruto blushed.

"Now I am going to tell you about the nine bijuu. You have heard about how the nine bijuu was created from ten tails, right?"

Naruto nodded. The old man Hokage had told him something like that.

"Well you see, in order to defeat the ten tails, the sage of the six paths sealed the chakra of the beast within himself and became the first jinchuuriki…"

Naruto gasped,"He was like…me…"

"Yes… and when it was close to his death, he knew the chakra beast will be released after his death and no one would be able to defeat the ten tails. So he split the chakra into nine separate entities, but none of these entities had a soul. So they would've acted on their most primary instinct and since their chakra was actually from the malicious chakra of the ten tails, their instinct was to cause chaos. The sage in order to prevent that from happening decided to anchor the chakra into nine souls so that these souls may keep the chakra beasts in line without having to create more jinchuurikis. And so, the sage summoned nine spirit guardians."

"Huh?"

"Spirit guardians, kit, are souls who serve under a divine being and become guardians of a particular realm or world. The first eight that was summoned were all mostly from Gaea, the earth realm and they were all animal spirits of various kind. But you see the ninth chakra beast was much more powerful than the first eight, so the sage knew that a much stronger spirit would be needed. So he summoned me and asked for help and I let one of my spirit guardians to become the ninth bijuu."

"The Kyubi… so that's why he looks like a fox huh?" Naruto said quietly and looked at his belly. Inari nodded quietly.

"What happened to him?" Naruto asked wanting to know how a guardian became a monster. Inari's face shadowed,

"He was very brave and had such a strong spirit. Even when the first eight of them lost their minds under the corruption of the chakra he remained strong and protected them all, to him they were his siblings and a kitsune always protects their family." Naruto looked on in awe.

"But soon his siblings were sealed by humans. Since he didn't want to create chaos he had steer clear of the human villages."

"So he couldn't save them?" Naruto asked sadly.

"No… they were all pretty much gone mad by the time they were sealed, releasing them would've caused too much chaos, chaos that he was created to avoid. He mostly lived in solitude. Avoided contact with any other beings except when I or my foxes pay an occasional visit. And then… he made a mistake…"

Naruto saw the sadness in his father's eyes and hugged him. Inari looked down at Naruto and smiled gently.

"The chakra clouded his judgment and he trusted someone he shouldn't have. He was desperate, the ten tail's chakra was constantly assaulting his will power and he wanted someone capable of keeping him under control, someone with the power to keep the ten tail's chakra in check. There exist three bloodlines that are able to subdue bijuu chakra. First one is the Senju wood release, the first Hokage had it. It was blessing given by Kami. The second one was the Uzumaki chakra chains, a blessing given by Shinigami."

"Chakra chains…My mom had them…" Naruto said sadly. Inari hugged him in comfort.

"The third one was the Uchiha sharingan it was a blessing by Yami. Out of the three blood lines sharingan used to be the one with the least control over bijuu chakra."

"Used to be?"

Inari nodded grimly. "One day an Uchiha had somehow found where Kyubi was resting. Still struggling to stay in control, he trusted the Uchiha's offer for help. So he used some of his youkai to enhance the Uchiha's sharingan and gave it the power to control the ten tail's chakra. And since all bijuu are made of the ten tails chakra the sharingan obtained the power to control every bijuu. That Uchiha was Uchiha Shin, father to Madara Uchiha. Shin decided to use the sharingan's new power to fight against the Senju by controlling Kyubi. But Kyubi saw through this at last minute and somehow escaped, but the power of the sharingan was passed on to the next generations. Years later Madara followed his father's footsteps and tried to control Kyubi and unlike his father, he succeeded. Kyubi at that time was on the verge of losing control and when Madara used the sharingan on him, his will got taken over. He became a puppet to both Madara and the bijuu chakra, Then he got sealed inside Mito and later Kushina and then you."

Naruto saw his father's melancholy look and spoke,

"I promise I will help Kyubi, tou chan. I will help him get back control."

Inari chuckled, "Oh my kit… you already are helping him…"

"Huh?"

"You remember the man you saw earlier? Well that is Kyubi."

"Eh! Oh no! What happened to him? He was in so much pain, gah! We have to help him…" seeing Naruto's panicked state Inari gently took hold of his kit's shoulders and spoke,

"Kit I promised he will be fine didn't I? And Inari never goes back on his promises."

Naruto calmed down and chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry tou chan I just panicked that's all." Inari could still see that Naruto was worried but had chosen to trust his father.

"Naruto… I or my followers never goes back on our word. Promises no matter how small are to be kept. If you can't keep your promise then don't promise in the first place, understood?"

Naruto saw his father's serious look and nodded, "I will never go back on my word tou chan and that's a promise."

Inari smiled at his son. He was proud of Naruto and his kit looked so cute when he was serious.

"We will go see Kyubi later. Now I am going to tell you about your bloodline."

Seeing Naruto nod excited, he continued;"Naruto I told you that there are three bloodlines capable of subduing a bijuu, right? But there are two other bloodlines capable of cleansing bijuu chakra or any type of dark chakra. And one of them is your bloodline the Divine Touch. The other one is a bloodline called Divine Flames, a blessing given by Amaterasu, the sun goddess. Both bloodlines are similar to each other in a lot of ways but are still different.

The Divine Touch gives you a special type of chakra called Divine chakra, while Divine Flames gives the user control over golden flames of the sun goddess. Only those with a righteous heart can ever hope to use this bloodline. It passed on from the head priestess to head priestess of the temples of Amaterasu.

Divine Touch however is a blood line more attuned with the nature. The user becomes in perfect harmony with nature, this allows them to freely absorb nature chakra and wouldn't have to worry about turning to stone. Normal people turn in to stone if too much nature chakra is absorbed. You can also manipulate plant life. Remember I said manipulate, not control. You cannot sprout trees in the middle of deserts like wood release, alright?"

Seeing Naruto nod he continued,

"Then there is the fact that the divine chakra has an unnatural ability in healing. It would be able to heal most critical wounds, if you have proper control. Phoenix Rebirth is an ability of this bloodline, it costs a lot of chakra, but you will be able to heal everyone within a particular area, the larger the area, the larger the chakra cost. There is also a negative emotion sensing ability that is part of the bloodline. There is a technique called, Final Judgment that allows you to see a person's soul and weigh his good and wrong deeds. This is a very dangerous technique, because you will be living through their memories, and if the soul is particularly nasty it could become traumatic, understood? These techniques are not to be used carelessly."

Naruto nodded. The fact that his father was worried about him made him feels all warm and fuzzy.

"Normally, these are all this bloodline should be able to do, but somehow your Uzumaki heritage interfered with the Sora blood line and gave some additional features to your bloodline."

"Is that good or bad?" Naruto asked worried.

"It's nothing too bad. In fact it is good, in a way. This way you will have to do work harder than all previous Sora to master your bloodline."

"Eh? What do you mean? Tou chan?"

"Well you see your chakra became much denser than it should be for a Sora. This way you will be able to use the Pure Chakra Manipulation techniques of the Uzumakis."

"Huh! Really! This way… I'll always have a part of my mom with me…"

Inari smiled at the young boy.

"By the way what does it do exactly?" Naruto asked confused. Inari chuckled.

"Chakra chains, kit. But it isn't only chains, you can shape your chakra into anything you really wanted; most Uzumakis just have this weird fascination with chains…" Inari shrugged. Naruto looked sheepish.

"Let me guess you like chains too…" Inari drawled seeing the blushing boy.

"Is that wrong?" Naruto asked worried that he may have offended his father.

"Nah! I think chains are cool too, I just don't understand why every single Uzumaki likes them." Inari shrugged.

"So what else can I do?" Naruto asked in barely contained excitement.

"You have massive chakra reserves, and when I mean massive I mean like… maybe three or four tails worth… and it's still growing…"

Naruto's eyes bulged; even jiji didn't have that much chakra.

"Which also mean you will suck at chakra control. You will have to do some massive chakra control exercise to even have any control at all. This would make it impossible for you to learn techniques that require only little chakra. And by the time your chakra reaches full capacity, even B level ninjutsu will become impossible for you."

Now Naruto was horrified. "But but you said it won't be that bad. What's the use of chakra if I can't use jutsu?" Naruto was starting to pull his hair out.

"Kit… this is the case if you don't have any chakra control… but of course if you train properly you will be able to control your chakra to some level…"

Naruto took this as a challenge. And Naruto Uzumaki never backs down from a challenge.

"Well, I'll train the hardest, and then I'll have the best chakra control at the academy by the time I graduate… and that's a promise."

Inari grinned, just what he wanted. "Remember kit, once given, a promise cannot be broken…"

"I won't." Naruto said with much conviction.

"Make me proud kit. Now come on lets go and see Kyubi."

Naruto nodded all the worry he had for the red haired man…err… fox came back full force. He jumped out of Inari's lap and held his hand. And with a wave of his (Inari's) hand they were standing in front of the metal prison cell.

Inside the prison cell however was different. The man was lying face down on the floor, naked. Where there were nine blood red tails, now only one remained, along with his fox ears and they were a sunset orange colour with golden tips. Behind the man however was a giant form of a nine tailed fox made of red bubbling chakra, roaring and snarling and thrashing against the chains that held it away from the unconscious man. Terrified, Naruto hugged his father; Inari lifted Naruto off the ground and into his arms.

"Tou chan, what's going on? Which one is Kyubi?"

"Well you see kit, I told you about the cleansing ability, right? Your chakra because of its connection to me instantly recognized Kyubi as family and tried to help him by removing the chakra that was driving him mad. But even with all your power purifying that much chakra is impossible, so instead the chains want to remove the foul chakra from you and Kyubi."

"Oh! So that's what the chains were doing earlier! But that thing won't break free would it? And what about Kyubi?"

"Don't worry kit. The chains are strong enough to hold it till it will be removed. And don't worry, Kyubi is only unconscious. See, he is waking up."

Naruto turned to look at the man who was groaning and trying to stand up. But Inari covered his eyes before he could.

"Tou chan?" Naruto questioned.

"Put some cloths on will you Kyubi, there's a kit here." Inari shouted and Naruto blushed knowing why his father covered his eyes.

As soon as Kyubi heard Inari's voice, he regained his brain functions properly, "Inari sama!" he yelled startled.

Then he processed what Inari had said. He looked at the bundle in Inari's arms and down at himself, he promptly blushed embarrassed. A navy blue kimono appeared to cover his lithe muscular frame.

As soon as Inari deemed Kyubi as presentable, he let Naruto see.

The man before him looked very different from last time he had seen him. His waist length silky red hair now cascaded down his back in neat tresses. His face looked more relaxed, yet there was this tension in his face, like he feared something that was about to come. His eyes were no longer red but Topaz, like molten gold. The navy blue kimono looked perfect against his milky skin. Most of all he looked aristocratic, instead of the feral look he possessed earlier.

"Hello…" Naruto greeted shyly. But instead of greeting back Kyubi turned his head away in distress.

"Kyubi…" Inari called sadly.

"Do… you… hate me for keeping you locked up?" Naruto asked quietly.

"No!" Kyubi almost yelled in surprise, "I mean… shouldn't you be the one to hate me? I mean it's because of me that…" Kyubi bit his lip.

Naruto understood that Kyubi wasn't angry but was guilty. "It's not your fault you know." Naruto said.

"I should have been stronger. Should've been more damn careful." Kyubi bit out.

"Stop it Kyubi. What's done is done. And stop cursing in front of my kit. Anyway you know that Fate is just a bit…. I meant bad person." Inari finished sheepishly.

Kyubi's gave Inari and unimpressed look, which caused Inari to pout and Naruto to giggle.

"Look, I know you think all that happened is your fault but it is not. Sometimes situations make us do things we regret, but if you keep drowning yourself in hate you will never be able to make amends." Both kitsune stared at Naruto after he said this.

"What! I can be smart too, ya know." He huffed blushing. This caused them to chuckle.

Kyubi felt a weight lift off his shoulders, seeing that the person he caused so much pain didn't hate him. If only there were more humans like Naruto.

"Naruto kun I apologize for every hardship I have caused you, I know an apology would never be enough but if there is anything I can do for you…"

"Well you can start by being my first friend. Be my friend and we're even." Naruto said with a straight face.

"Of course, I'll be honored to become your friend… Naru chan." Kyubi teased.

"Okay… hey! Don't call me that. I am not a girl, baka." Naruto pouted.

Both kitsune laughed.

"Come out Kyubi." Inari called.

"But Inari sama the seal"

"Is to prevent the bijuu chakra from escaping and as I recall you have none left."

Kyubi stared at Inari with wide eyes, and then he looked back the snarling chakra fox. He took a deep breath and stepped out of the cage. He gave a sincere smile, freedom was incredible. But…

"Inari sama this will not harm Naruto kun will it?"

Inari just smiled, "You worry too much Kyubi." The cage vanished behind them and they were back in the plain white room.

"Is everything ready Jiraiya?" Hiruzen asked from where he was at one corner of the room. Jiraiya was standing at the centre of a seal matrix. He nodded grimly.

Connected to the seal matrix were two other giant seals. On one of the seals, laid Naruto and on the other laid the new jinchuuriki.

The Hokage and nine other anbu made a circle around the three of them. All ready to begin.

"Forgive me… Naruto kun…" Jiraiya whispered and with that the resealing began.

"What happens now Inari sama?" Kyubi asked from where he was playing with Naruto.

Inari frowned thoughtfully.

"Kyubi, you will be coming with me for the time being…"

"What about me, tou chan?" Naruto asked somewhat scared at the thought of his father and new friend leaving.

"We will come back kit, I promise you." the promise calmed Naruto's racing heart.

"Okay…" Naruto said sadly.

"It has begun…" Inari said staring at the white ceiling.

"What has began, Inari sama?" Kyubi asked perplexed, he too felt the change in the chakra, but he figured it was nothing to be concerned about if Inari sama kept so calm.

"The resealing." was the reply.

"The what?!" two voices echoed one in disbelief and the other in confusion.

"They are resealing the chakra beast from Naruto into a new jinchuuriki…"

"Eh! They're taking Kyubi away?" Naruto cried hugging Kyubi.

"No, they are taking the bijuu chakra away…" Inari said smiling gently. Naruto calmed down.

"Who's the new jinchuuriki?" Naruto and Kyubi asked at the same time both worried for different reasons. Kyubi was worried about the power ending up in the wrong hands and Naruto was worried about how the new jinchuuriki will be treated.

Inari just smiled and stood up. "We will be leaving now kit. We will come back soon."

Naruto nodded sadly, determined not to cry. He then hugged both Inari and Kyubi.

"See you soon kit. Now I believe you have some guests… "With that Inari and Kyubi vanished.

"Huh?" Naruto looked around him confused, that's when he saw the two figures standing behind him. He turned towards him and froze on the spot.

Akemi was quite detailed in her descriptions of his parents, but now seeing them stand there, with those soft smiles and so much love shining in their eyes, all for him, Naruto felt like he was caught in a wonderful dream. Soon he was engulfed in the warm embrace of his parents.

Well that's it for now. i'll try to update soon. it would be great if you could review.

thanks for reading...