HI! So here's the next chapter! For clarification, if anyone got confused on the last chapter, it was a shadow clone of Naruto, not a henge or anything like that. And yes I know, "Naruto is too young to be able to do Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" but this is my story and in my story he can. Anyway, on to the story!

Chapter 7: False Hope
Naruto's POV (That's right! You hear Naruto's side of the story)

I remember that dreadful night, that cold dreadful night like it was yesterday. It's been two years since I was kidnapped by the cloaked man, two years. My father, he promised he would come for me, at least I hoped he did. I've been rotting away in this small, dark cell with meals twice a day that consisted of bread and water. Where were they? They'll probably come today, I hope they do, I can't bear another day.

I told myself that for two years, everyday, my hopes being crushed when they didn't come. But that was the naïve boy who needed his parents every single second of his life. That boy has changed. By the time another year passed, I realized that they were never going to come. They probably forgot about me. They're probably living their happy lives, without me. If I wanted to get out of here, I had to do it myself.

It took me months, thinking of a perfect plan, thinking of every possible scenario. Once I completely finished the plan, I was going to execute it tomorrow night. Finally, I'll be able to see sunlight and a sunset and the big blue sky once again. I'll feel the heat of day and the cool of night, the light of morning and the darkness of the evening. I can explore the world. The next night, I was ready. I created a Kage Bunshin of myself and left through a small opening in the wall, a small opening that was now large enough for my to fit into after years of picking at it. I jumped through the opening and landed in a small room. After lighting one of the torches that hung on the wall, I continued my way, eventually entering an underground cave. I heard sounds up ahead, chatter between men playing poker. I slipped into the shadows and bypassed them without a sound. After an hour of walking, I finally reached the end of the cave where a staircase led to the surface. I walked up the spiral staircase until I reached a metal panel. It took all my strength but I finally opened the panel and stepped out into the open for the first time in three years. I grasped the sweet smell of flowers, the fresh air, the shining silver moon, the stars in contrast to the dark sky. I did it. I DID IT! I did a small victory dance, forgetting about my torch.

"Hey! You over there!" A guard ran in my direction.

Oh no, I've been caught. I inwardly scolded myself. No time for celebration, I'll just have to make a run for it. I run to the forest surrounding the prison. It was a small kid against a grown man in a running race, with the guard chasing me, I knew I had to use my agility to my advantage. I jump up and down in between trees and vines, turned left and right randomly until finally, he got too tired to chase me and returned back to his post. Free, that was the first thing that popped into my mind. I was free, finally free!

Any idea what you're going to do now, kit?

Huh? Who are you? Where are you?

Relax kit. I'm in your mind, as for who I am, I am Kyubi.

Kyubi? THE KYUBI? What are you doing in my mind?!

RELAX KIT! IM NOT GOING TO HURT YOU!

Okay, so why are you in my mind?

I was sealed in you when you were born after a cloaked man extracted me from your mother and forced me to attack the village. Your father decided you would become my jinchuriki. I can talk to you through your mind.

Jinchuriki? What's that? And what about being extracted from my mother?

Listen kit, there and nine tailed beasts, bijuu, that each have a different amount of tails, all the way from one tails to nine tails. At some point, you humans decided we were too destructive so you sealed us up into human vessels, these human vessels are called jinchuriki. Jinchuriki can access their tailed beast's power, going as far as becoming friends, and can use their power in battle. Jinchuriki also have the extra chakra reserves from the tailed beast. Also, a tailed beast dies when its jinchuriki dies but is reborn in a few years. After extracting a tailed beast from its jinchuriki, the jinchuriki dies. Your mother was the previous Kyubi jinchuriki but as I said before, a cloaked man extracted me from her and now I'm in you.

Okay, I get it. So is there a way I can see you?

Yes, through your mindscape. It's a place in your mind you can enter anytime, there we can meet and talk. Here, I'm going to pull you in.

I felt a tug in my mind as I eyes began to close. I opened my eyes to a sewer, two inches deep of water. Rusted metal pipes ran through the walls, leading to a large gate with a paper on it labeled 'seal'. Soon a face of a fox appeared and the paper fell off, allowing the gates to open. Kyubi stepped out and faced me.

It's not to extravagant but I like it this way. Anyway here we are.

So this is how you look like, Kyubi?

Oh, I forgot. Tailed beasts have names, mine is Kurama.

Okay, Kurama. I need to escape to a ninja village. Where should I go?

The closest one is Taki but that place isn't so good… maybe you should go to Suna. There's another jinchuriki there named Gaara. Maybe you two can become friends, but he's the Kazekage's son. He'll have suspicions until you prove yourself. Gaara has Shakaku, he can control sand and he lusts blood, the only thing that can control him is the Iron Sand kekkei genkai. I can give you that power if you really want it.

You can?! Okay then! Let's go to Suna. Which direction?

Once you get out of your mindscape, I'll tell you while I work on getting the Iron sand ready, okay?

Got it! Off to Suna we go!