Summary: A five year old Naruto is stabbed through the gut and left for dead in the forest. Will he survive?

Disclaimer: Naruto is owned by Kishimoto-sama, I am just a fan with an overactive imagination

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Kyuubi's Legacy

Chapter Two: Academy! Let's Prank Iruka!

Naruto sat at the table in the kitchen of his new apartment, devouring the steaming hot bowl of ramen.

"Mmmm…! I almost forgot what this tasted like! It's tons better then the Kitsune Udon that Daichi always makes me eat!"

(A/N: Kitsune Udon means Fox Noodles. No, they are no made from foxes, they're just called that.)

As soon as this comment was made, Naruto felt someone slap him upside the head. He looked up to see Daichi.

"Hey, don't insult Kitsune Udon…" Daichi said, pointing at Naruto's nose.

"But ramen's a lot better!" Naruto retorted.

Daichi shook his head.

"No, Kitsune Udon is ten times better!"

"No, ramen's better!"

"Kitsune Udon!"

"Ramen!"

"Kitsune Udon!"

"Ramen!"

"Kitsune Udon!"

"Ramen!"

"Kitsune Udon!"

"Ramen!"

"Kitsune Udon!"

"Ramen!!"

"Okay, as much as I'd like to stay and argue, you really need to get ready, you start academy today, and I really need to go back to sleep…."

"Lazy ass," Naruto muttered under his breath.

Daichi slapped him upside the head.

"I heard that." he said simply, retreating back into his room.

Naruto sighed and walked into his room to get ready.

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The apartment that Naruto and Daichi now resided in had two bedrooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, and a living room.

Naruto remember clearly how he had come to get this apartment like it was yesterday…

'Cause it was…

Flashback

"I am Uzumaki Naruto, believe it!"

Sarutobi stared. This boy did resemble the Naruto that had supposedly been killed five years before, but this 'Naruto' had fox ears, and red steaks in his blonde hair… Could he possibly be the same Naruto?

"Well, Whould'ja stop staring? I know I've supposedly been dead for five years, but you shouldn't stare, Old Man, it's rude," Naruto smirked.

Sarutobi was speechless.

Naruto looked up at his twitching fox ears.

"Oh… hehe… Almost forgot about these…" He said, pulling on his own ears, "Kinda a funny story, actually…"

Naruto looked over at Daichi.

Daichi crossed his arms.

"I'm not telling the story," Daichi said, shaking his head.

"Grr… Fine, I'll tell the story," Naruto muttered.

"Well, ya see, I almost died….." Naruto started, "But I was kinda saved by the Kyuubi, and as a result I kinda became… half-fox, I guess, and the Kyuubi… was kinda…. Freed…."

Sarutobi's eyes widened and he looked as if he was going to faint.

Daichi slapped Naruto upside the head.

"Good goin', kit! You scared the old guy!"

Naruto grinned and laughed nervously.

"Wrong choice of words, I guess…"

"W-what do you mean…. the k-kyuubi was freed?" Sarutobi asked shakily.

"Eh…hehe… well… I guess I mean that he's no longer sealed within me and is kinda living within this world…"

"Also I learned, other then the fact that the Kyuubi was sealed in me, that my father was Yondaime Hokage, and what the Kyuubi's name really is, and why the Kyuubi attacked Konoha…" Naruto added.

"What happened to the Kyuubi?" Sarutobi asked.

"Well, he trained me…. And looked after me…. I guess…"

With that, Naruto sneaked behind Daichi and pulled the red bandanna away from his head, revealing his silver, orange tipped, fox ears.

"Ehhehheh…"

"Old Man, meet Kyuubi, Kyuubi, meet Old Man."

"Hey, technically, I ain't the Kyuubi any more." Daichi lifted his three tails, "Three tails, not nine…"

"Why did you attack our village?" Sarutobi asked, anger rising.

"I didn't mean to… I had no control over my body…" Daichi said, calmly, "My mind and soul were being imprisoned in the corridors of my mind and my body was being controlled by the snake bastard, Orochimaru."

There was silence between the three for a few minutes, until Naruto finally spoke up.

"Hey old man…" Naruto said, "We kinda need a place to live…"

Sarutobi smiled.

"Oh, yes," Sarutobi said, he searched through his office, finally coming upon a key.

He walked over and placed the key into Naruto's palm.

"This is the key to the apartment I was going to give you for your tenth birthday, I guess I actually got to give it to you, Uzumaki Naruto."

"Thanks old man!"

End Flashback

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Naruto emerged from his room, wearing his clothes in their original form—An orange shirt with a black fox head outlined on the front, black shorts, black ninja sandals, and a fang and claw necklace. He did not cover his ears or tail, though.

Naruto did a quick one-handed seal. That looked more like a flick of the wrist then anything else.

"Henge no Jutsu.."

With that, Naruto transformed into what he would look like if he wasn't half fox.

His hair was still shoulder length, but no longer held red streaks, he also no longer had a tail, and his fox ears receded into human ears. The whisker marks on his cheeks became thinned and his pupils looked like those of a normal human. He still wore the same clothes as before, though.

Naruto walked outside and did a few one-handed seals that looked unfamiliar—hand seals only used by Kitsune.

Naruto slammed his palm to the ground.

"Kuchiyose No Jutsu!"

In a plum of smoke, a large fox appeared. The fox was the size of a Newfoundland dog, and had two bushy tails. It's eyes were green with slit pupils, and it's fur was fiery orange.

Naruto jumped onto the back of the abnormally large fox.

"To the academy, Hikaru!" Naruto said.

The fox, Hikaru nodded.

"Yes, Naruto-kun," the fox said, bolting off in the direction on the Academy.

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As Naruto and Hikaru rode toward academy, Naruto couldn't help but notice the glares of the villagers.

"Heh. You'd think that they'd be happy to see the Kyuubi Brat that they thought was dead riding on the back or a demonic fox… oh well…"

At this Hikaru simply laughed and continued on running.

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Elsewhere:

Iruka was sitting at his desk, calling roll.

"Aburame Shino?"

"Here."

"Akimichi Chouji?"

"Here."

"Haruno Sakura?"

"Here."

"Hyuuga Hinata?"

"H-here."

"Inuzuka Kiba?"

"Here" "Arf!"

"Nara Shikamaru?"

"Here… troublesome…"

"Uchiha Sasuke?"

"Here."

"Yamanaka Ino?"

"Here… HEY SASUKE-KUN!"

Iruka paused, then read the new name that had been added to the list…

"Uzumaki Naruto?"

The students all snickered.

Iruka sighed. He knew someone must have been pulling a prank on him. He had heard of Uzumaki Naruto. Naruto had been the container of the Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox. He had been murdered five years before, when he was only a five year old child. His body was never found, and it was assumed that his body had been taken off by animals.

"Alright, haha… Who did it? Who put this name on the list?"

No student answered.

Iruka sighed again.

"If no one will confess… Then I guess I'll have to punish the whole cl-"

Before Iruka could finish his statement, a huge hole appeared in the door and in the center of the class room, stood a huge orange fox with a blonde-haired boy sitting on his head.

The boy, Naruto jumped off the fox's back and landed on the floor.

"It's okay, you can go now, Hikaru," Naruto said.

Hikaru nodded and disappeared in a poof of smoke.

"Ehhehheh…" Naruto laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck, "Sorry if I'm a little late, I kinda got a little lost…"

"Who are you?" Iruka asked.

"Oh… Yeah, I forgot…" Naruto laughed. "My name is Uzumaki Naruto! Believe it!" Naruto yelled, pumping his fist into the air,

The people in the classroom just stared….

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Class that day went by boringly… Naruto couldn't exactly remember what happened, because he had slept most of the day.

Now, it was recess time.

The other students played or conversed, but Naruto simply sat in a tree and watched.

In a far corner, he noticed a kid with a dog, named Inuzuka Kiba talking to a taller man who was wearing a black cloak with a high color and a red bandanna—A man Naruto recognized as Daichi. Daichi was reading an orange book that he had come acquainted to during their training—Icha Icha Paradise.

Kiba was yelling something, Akamaru, the dog, was barking along.

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"Who are you!?" Kiba yelled, Akamaru barked.

"I am the wind. I just watch and wander," Daichi said, before continuing reading the little orange book.

"You smell like fox!" Kiba insulted.

"Go away, Inu," Daichi muttered.

"Why you!" Kiba advanced toward Daichi and was about to punch him in the gut.

Daichi stopped the boy but reaching foreword and flicking Kiba on the nose. The simple flick sent Kiba flying backward several meters, into a tree.

The other students stared, even the seemingly emotionless Shino, and the lazy Shikamaru.

Naruto laughed.

He had learned not to bother Daichi when he was reading the perverted orange book… But it was rather funny to watch him beat up other people for making the same mistake that he, himself had made many times.

Naruto jumped out of the tree when Iruka called them back into the Academy.

Before Naruto went in, Daichi stopped him.

"What are we going to do today?" Daichi asked.

"Prank Iruka, Daichi-sensei, prank Iruka…"

With that, Naruto reentered the building.

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This chapter took me a whole hour!

Hehe. I hope ya liked it, It was fun to write, though the flashback took a while to think up.

Please review.

Thank you to all the people who reviewed the last two chapters.

Now I will answer any questions.

Answers to reviewers questions:

Thundereaper: Yes, there will be pairings, but they will be later and I haven't decided them yet. Probably NaruHina, DaichiAnko, SakuSasu, Shikatema, and InoCho, possibly NejiTen, I'm not sure yet.

DeathRaiderz: Daichi means Great first son. This story is headed… somewhere. Naruto might have the same squad as before, no sure yet. Iruka doesn't know hime, but he knows of him. I will try to update at lest 3 times a week.

Next time:

Naruto: The Class learns Henge no Jutsu, Naruto fakes a flunking

Daichi: haha!

Risuko: see ya' next time!