The next chapter is up, mainly the fact is that I have no social life at all. XD

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto. I was supposed to say/write/whatever this in the last chapter, but I forgot.

Chapter 2

Naruto woke with a start to find himself in his apartment. Looking outside, he noticed that it was night. He checked his clothes. No orange jumpsuit, but no hole or blood in chest either. That, he reasoned, was a good enough deal. Kyuubi must have been tormenting him and gave him some jutsu that knocked him out so that he could heal him quicker. That must be it.

…Wait. Kyuubi never does these kinds of things. He's the type that screams; "LOOK AT ME! I DID SO-AND SO! I AM SO PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!" or whatever. An example would be the attack on Konoha twelve years ago. It wasn't like he quietly killed off the villagers one by one. No, he had to kill them on a grand scale, so everyone could see how powerful he was. Not to mention immortal, yadda, yadda, yadda.

But look where it got him. So healing without his knowledge was out of the case. Then what jutsu did the furball give him? He knew the technique was real, as he felt the amounts of chakra and stamina leave him…

Sighing angrily, he paced around his room. Passing a nearby mirror, he then realized he looked much smaller than before. A LOT smaller than before. As if he was-

"Wahahaha! You're four years old, brat! The jutsu I taught you was a time traveling one! Kami-sama, your expression was priceless!" laughed Kyuubi.

Naruto seemed oblivious to the voice. "HOLY CRAP! I'M A FREAKIN' MIDGET!"

"Well, no duh. You shrunk about a foot or so because you are FOUR – YEARS – OLD."

This seemed to get through to the twelve – no, now four-year old.

"Well this is just great. I'm four years old, so this means I've lost all that chakra that I spent years trying to get. My movements are a lot more sluggish thanks to my lack of training… Thanks a bunch, fuzzy. Thanks for NOTHING YOU ASS!"

"SHUT THE HELL UP, you demon brat! Some people are trying to sleep here!" A voice yelled from outside.

Naruto then realized that he was indeed, screaming his head off. He decided to lower his voice. "Alright, Kyuubi, a promise is a promise. Why didn't my dad just kill you when you killed all of those people?"

"First of all, no need to say this out loud. I'm in your mind, remember? Now, as for why he didn't kill me…" He pondered over this a bit, trying to remember what happened.

Originally, I was the boss of the fox summons, but I only accepted a certain clan to be able to call my underlings as well as myself. That clan, of course, was yours, the Hitomis.

"Of course, many people became jealous and angry at this, and many attempts were made to steal the summoning scrolls. Their attempts were in vain, but one little insect managed to do the impossible. He summoned me into this realm without your father's knowledge. That asshole's name," he spat the words out, "Was Orochimaru.

"You see, the little prick was jealous of Arashi and this heightened when the Sandaime declared him as the Fourth Hokage. So he managed to steal my scroll and summon me on his first go.

When I appeared, I told him that I only obeyed none other than myself and the Hitomi clan. So he used a powerful Genjutsu to make me go berserk to become the arrogant, self-centered, cold-hearted bastard you knew all that time we communicated to each other. This resulted into both my master's death and your loss of parents, as your mother died in childbirth. It seems that seeing you nearly die snapped me out of the Genjutsu.

"So there you have it. The reason why your father sealed me in here was both that he knew that I wasn't evil, like everyone thought, and that he wanted me to tell of your birthright, young Hitomi Naruto, when I thought you were ready. Now then, any questions?"

Naruto was shocked to the core to hear what he said. Finally, he asked in his mind, 'Why was my last name changed?'

"Simple. You had enough assassination attempts thanks to me already, so the Sandaime decided to change it so no one would connect you to 'Konoha's Yellow Flash' as Arashi was famous for in the Great Shinobi Wars. The man had quite a lot of enemies so it was perfectly logical to change your last name, in case of even more attempts on your life, at least until you were strong enough to claim your heritage."

'I've got one more question left. Will you help me be acknowledged, now that I get a second shot at this?'

"I am still bound to the Hitomi clan for your father's kindness and my sense of duty. I shall make you as strong as Arashi. Maybe even stronger than him, but under three conditions. First, you must swear to me that you will listen and obey me no matter what I request of you when training. Second, you must respect me as I will respect you. Finally, I want retribution for what Orochimaru did to me. Do we have a deal, Kit?"

'Well…'

"Oh, did I forget? He also was the one who killed the Uchiha family. So in other words, he's the exact reason why Sasuke killed you and why Itachi left to Akatsuki. He could not prove his innocence so he was driven out, to seek revenge to whoever did the crime."

'I agree to your terms, Kyuubi-sensei. I swear that I shall kill Orochimaru.'

"Good, now before you go to sleep, come into your mind. I need you do something first."

Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated into the dark sewer-like cage that the nine-tailed fox was sealed in. He opened his eyes to meet Kyuubi's now softer expression. He also noticed that the room changed. What used to be a disgusting sewer had turned into a more elegant room.

"Now, I want you to sign this." He handed his container a summoning scroll. "This is the contract for the foxes. Ever since that incident with the snake bitch, I held onto this and deleted his name before I lost my sanity. Only you and your kin are allowed to sign this. Do you understand?"

The boy nodded and bit his thumb. Letting the blood spill, he signed the contract with the name 'Uzumaki Hitomi Naruto' on it. 'Kyuubi-sensei… what about the toads? How can I summon one from the other? Wait a minute, can I even summon them?'

"The time-traveling jutsu does not affect summon creatures. Your contract with them is still valid. Even the old geezer's monkeys will be aware that you can summon toads now. Just picture the animal in your mind, and summon them like you did with the toads. Of course, you're going to need to be able to control your chakra as much as possible, but promise me that this is to be a secret, so only tell this to your precious people," said Kyuubi. "Now go to sleep, you have a long training day ahead of you tomorrow."

The boy did the seal of the ram and whispered "Kai." He faded back into his apartment. Realizing how tired he really was, he instantly fell asleep on his futon.

Deep in his container's mind the fox chuckled evilly. He knew that the next day was going to be hell for Naruto. After all, he wasn't known by his underlings as the "Sensei of death" for nothing.

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"Kit, wake up! It's training time!" roared Kyuubi. The boy in question yawned and rubbed his tired eyes. He looked at the clock. The time read 4 in the morning.

'Ugh… just give me five more minutes, sensei…' he thought.

"Dammit! Don't you want to get stronger? Don't you want to change the future of you dying? I thought we had a deal. Now, WAKE UP. Either that or I'll give you disturbing images that even the Ero-sennin wouldn't dream of."

'ACK! Alright, alright, I'm up. Just don't send me the images, please!' He replied frantically.

Contrary to popular belief, Naruto was not a pervert. He just looked into the girls' baths to develop the Orioke no Jutsu and the Harem no jutsu, which he adamantly claimed was unbeatable. Mumbling about sadistic teachers under his breath, he got up and did his usual morning activities. But when he was about to get the cup ramen, he was stopped by Kyuubi.

"Not this unhealthy junk. For now, you are not allowed ramen until I notice that you are no longer obsessed with it. As for what's in the cupboard, burn it. There's only around five cups."

Naruto could not believe what his tenant was saying. No more of his precious ramen? He was about to tell/think him a piece of his mind, but then he remembered that he never went back on his words.

'Why the hell did I even make that my way of the ninja!' Grudgingly, the poor boy did as he was bid.

"Good. Now, was that so hard?" said his tenant sweetly. "Now go outside, your speed training begins today." The boy visibly paled. This does not sound very pleasant.

Before he left his apartment, he noticed an envelope with enough money for his rent as well as some extra. Picking it up, he pocketed it as he left. "Since this training is to be secret, I want you to use the month's rent for what we need. You are going to train and rest in the forest for now. Maybe rent the apartment every second month, I don't really care.

Now, first we need some new clothes. And please, don't buy that jumpsuit again. It SCREAMS 'Kill me'. Get some dark clothes, it helps with camouflage." Naruto did this with little difficulty, though the first three shops kicked him out, the last one finally relenting but charging him very inflated prices. Next, he visited a nearby ninja shop, buying several weights.

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In the forest of Death, Naruto was exhausted. Wearing twenty-pound weights on both of his arms and legs as well as on his torso and then punching/kicking stumps for around twelve hours would probably be considered 'overkill' to most four year olds, but thanks to his tenant, the effort didn't kill him. However, he felt the gravity weighing him down badly, and if it weren't for his control, the ground would start to resemble the moon's craters. Too tired to move, he collapsed, where he met his teacher in his mind.

"As you've knocked yourself out, which I guess was partly my fault… I'll basically teach you academy stuff, as you obviously didn't listen at all when you were with Iruka."

The training went on like for about a year, where he practiced his father's taijutsu (thanks to Kyuubi), his ninjutsu and ran laps. While asleep, Kyuubi taught him theory, history and the like, to increase his intelligence, playing the occasional Shogi or Go as well. So far, Naruto had never once won against him, but then again, having lived for hundreds of years would give you a bigger advantage. Then he was enrolled in the ninja academy thanks to the Third Hokage, but it seemed that the Hokage got a lot more than he expected…

-FLASHBACK-

"Ah, Naruto-kun, please sit down."

A nervous Naruto sat down on a chair in front of the Sandaime Hokage. Having a closer look at him, the Hokage noticed that the boy seemed to be well-built. He remembered watching his intense training through his crystal ball, but never truly knew who the teacher was. Assuming that it was one of the villagers, he gave it no second thought.

"Now… What is it you needed to talk about?"

After an internal debate with his tenant Naruto decided to tell the Sandaime about a bit of the future so that he would, at least, change a bit of the future. "I came from the future!"

"Oh?" the Hokage was, of course, not buying it, but decided to play along. "And how could you prove this, Naruto-kun?"

"Does 'Kyuubi-lives-in-me-and-I'm-the-Fourth's-son' help?"

The Sandaime Hokage gasped. That was supposed to be an S-rank village secret with the punishment of death. Also, the fact that Naruto was Arashi's son was only known to four people, two having left the village. His tone grew more serious.

"Alright, I believe you. Now, what is it you wanted to tell me?"

"First of all, there is going to be a peace treaty between the hidden Cloud and Leaf villages in a few weeks or so. The treaty is, in fact a ploy to capture Hyuuga Hinata. Her father kills the ninja trying to kidnap her and the village demands to have Hiashi-sama's body for his eyes. His brother interferes and sacrifices himself."

The Hokage nodded, making a mental note of this. "I see. Will any other important events happen?"

"One of the many important events will be known as the 'Uchiha Massacre'. Warning signs will be the unexpected death of Uchiha Shisui, which is around two days before the massacre happens. Uchiha Itachi apparently kills his whole family with the exception of Sasuke in around a year from now. This will result into Sasuke ultimately killing me. However, Itachi-san is innocent. It was Orochimaru who did it with a Henge no Jutsu."

"Orochimaru?" said the Hokage, remembering his traitorous subordinate bent on immortality.

"Hai, in doing so he is attempting to take Sasuke's body for his Sharingan eye. I am sorry, but that is all the information I am allowed to reveal." The boy bowed and turned to leave.

"Wait, Naruto-kun!"

"Yes?"

"I wish for you to enroll in the Ninja Academy. All of the other children your age are doing the same."

"Hai. I will enroll, but don't expect me to be doing more than average. I'd like to keep where I learnt my techniques from a secret. Besides, the old furball wouldn't want me to do something that stupid."

"So your sensei is-"

"Aa. He's the boss of the fox summons, Kyuubi. He is also a slave driver when it comes to training." Naruto then left.

The old man smiled thoughtfully at the Kyuubi vessel.

'Naruto-kun… Pretty soon you will surpass even the previous Hokages…"

­-END FLASHBACK-

Naruto sighed irritably. He was going to spend seven horrible, torturous years back in the academy again. Four devoted only to theory, where he learnt nothing at all and three about ninja techniques, revision and the exam. Naruto remembered that he would have to rebuild friendships all over again. He sighed once more.

'As Shikamaru says all the time, how troublesome…'

Meanwhile, a certain five-year old genius sneezed.

To those people who are actually reading this, thankies

I'll consider putting pairings in, and if I will, it'd be NaruHina SasuSaku ShikaIno and TenNeji. I'll think of something...

Keep the reviews coming! I need to fuel my miniscule ego. :3

Ja ne!