Naruto chapter 2
Hello! Curry-llama here! I have decided to make the Kyuubi and Naruto become friends. Naruto's stunted growth will be… unstinted by the fox. I want to make things more interesting later as the more canon part of the story comes in. I won't be going along with the story completely but I don't want to change it too much. Right now it's just talking about his relationship with the Kyuubi and how it grows considerably. Thanks to all my fellow Llamas who are reading this story. Llama out-
After that whole episode with Hinata it seemed the Hyuuga clan was even more annoyed. It didn't faze the young Uzumaki though, as he had finally decided not to take such things to heart long ago. Naruto grinned because he knew that out of all the classes he had been in, this one would definitely be the best. His happy attitude wasn't shown on his face though. After a while of being inconspicuous he was sure that his mark on their lives would fade away. He would be unknown. This had made him feel lonelier than he had ever before, but it had given him a sense of peace. He knew that in the back of his mind he was longing for the attention a boy his age needed but it was an expected problem.
"Finally boy, it took you long enough to understand."
Naruto jolted, "Who's there?" he said confused.
"Let's just say I'm someone living in you… as I was saying boy, I am proud of you. This pitiful village doesn't need your help."
"WOW. I HAVE SOMEONE LIVING IN ME!" Naruto yelled in surprise. "You are a funny one boy. Tell me Naruto, are you just dumb or are you just plain ignorant?"
Naruto cringed at the question. He wasn't dumb it's just that he didn't care anymore. He didn't care if anyone loved him or if someone was living in him… he just didn't care.
"Don't bother answering boy. I know what you are thinking anyway."
"Well that's creepy but who are you? If you were in me why haven't I known of you until now, or did you just come in?"
"I am the Kyuubi, child. I have been in you since after you were born."
Naruto flinched. Everything was making sense now. He was born on 10 of November. 'THE DAY THE KYUUBI WAS KILLED!' Naruto thought to himself as he realised why he was always tortured on that day. He was the Kyuubi!
"Good try boy but you are no the Kyuubi, I am the Kyuubi. I just live in you."
'Well all of it makes sense now. So it was because of you eh. Well I have to say my thanks then.' Naruto figured out that he can speak to the Kyuubi in his head.
"So you figured that you didn't need to speak out loud… wait did you just thank me?"
'Well I ought to. If I wasn't hated I probably wouldn't have known how disgusting some humans. You opened my eyes to this world and I ought to thank you for it,' Naruto said waiting for a reply. None came.
He wondered what the Kyuubi was thinking now. He had found out who his tenant was and it didn't even faze him now. 'You're doing just fine;' he said to himself 'you're doing just fine. No one needs petty emotions they just need to face reality. They just need to stop running away.' He thought to himself as he continued to walk to the academy.
Lessons were normal for all he knew. All he had to learn were the henge and the bunshin. It was all relatively easy but to Naruto the Doppler ganger seemed to be laughing at his failure. The whole class knew why he was the dunce before, but now he was going to change no matter what. The whole thought came crashing down as Naruto feel asleep in 'la la land'.
"Naruto!" Iruka yelled out as he slammed his hand on the table in front of him. Naruto just woke up slowly, unfazed by the loud sound that jolted everyone else in the class.
"Hmmm… What's up?" Naruto asked looking lazy. Iruka was on the edge of slapping the blond but held himself together and decided to move on.
It was finally the end of the day and Naruto decided that talking with Hinata for a while wouldn't hurt. It actually didn't hurt him but Hinata was definitely affected. She fainted at the sight of him before Kiba told him of. 'Sheesh what's wrong with them' Naruto thought before he was interrupted.
"It's no surprise considering she loves you. To add to that she is also a shy girl."
'Well kitsune-sama if you're such an expert in love why don't you tell me what to do?'
"I am not obliged to help you in this matter. It is your life isn't it?"
'I guess you are right but I have no time to swoon over something as trivial as that.'
"Humans never have time" the fox said grumbling. Naruto ignored the fox as he ran across Konoha to the forest. It was a beautiful place. It had no glaring villagers or any people in it for miles. He just loved the place as he set about picking some plants that would help with the new poison he was making.
The day went by as he collected some plants and sealed them away in his scroll. A pervert called Jiraiya had thought him the sealing technique. He had been intrigued by his skill and used his sexy no jutsu to get what he wanted. Knowledge was power and even the 'old' Naruto wanted some. He grinned while thinking about how he blackmailed the white haired man to teach him some sealing techniques. It was a pleasant memory considering the man showed him no hate after hearing his name. Frowning about not seeing him again, Naruto set to practise.
It was a hard day indeed as he walked home sweating like a waterfall. He jumped onto his bed and tried talking to the Kyuubi. 'So can we be friends?' he asked politely. 'What about we just start of as comrades?' he tried asking again.
"Why would you want to be my friend, boy? I am the cause of your childhood misery and abuse."
'If you killed those stupid humans when you came out, how can I hate you? I have no grudge against you, and I certainly don't want to be in a bad relationship with someone who lives inside me.'
"That is a wise choice indeed kit. You have caught my interest. I will agree to help you in the future but only when absolutely necessary."
'Well I guess that, that's good enough for now but in the future I want us to be friends.'
"Kit, you are indeed intriguing. You have just asked the mighty Kyuubi to be your friend."
'So?' Naruto said without a care. 'Who you are doesn't matter to me because you acknowledged me. In my mind you are already a friend.'
The Kyuubi just grinned. He knew this child would definitely be a much more interesting host than most of them. Hell, he was even considering leaving his plan to get out, till after the child dies. Naruto had already fallen asleep as his aching joints rested form his day of relentless practise. He dreamt of ramen.
It was a Saturday and it was his day of school. He didn't have much to do but study because he didn't have friends or anybody to hang out with. He needed the library and he knew he couldn't borrow anything from there if he was Naruto. Even if he did henge he still needed a pass to say he was shinobi to read anything relatively useful. That's when an idea came to his mind. The Kyuubi could help him! "Hey Kyuubi-san can you help me learn some jutsu?" he said out loud in his apartment.
"Yes I can, but why should I?"
"I just thought it would help since no one else wants to train me anyways."
"Me being in you has messed up your chakra control so it won't help either way."
"Then just teach me to control my chakra. It is your fault that I failed the last two years!"
"Fine but I want you to go outside of Konoha to the forest."
"Deal!" said Naruto more than pleased to be told to go outside to the forest. He packed his stuff and wore his full sleaved black top and his dark green shorts. He jumped out of his window and ran full speed, determined to make sure his progress wasn't cut anymore shorter than it already was. He reached the forest after an hour of running when he heard the fox grunt.
"Remind me to teach you to move faster than the snail you are."
"Well sorry for being slow to your standards. I'll have you know that I am one of the fastest students in the shinobi academy."
"Let's get to the point now. I need you to climb that tree."
"Wait how is that chakra training? Anyone can do that!" Naruto said interrupting the fox.
"Wait till I finish, kit. It isn't about just climbing a tree, there's a twist of course. You have to climb it without hands."
Naruto stared at the tree unable to see how that would be done until he figured it out.
"Just emit your chakra from the bottom of your feet to cling onto the tree. Put too much chakra out and the tree will break, put too little and you won't be climbing."
Naruto trained the whole day as he pushed himself to the brim before exhausting himself. He failed so many times that he lost track of his own mind. All of his concentration went to his feet as he tried to put less and lesser chakra to his feet. He had finally got to the top of the tree when it was becoming night. He sat on the tree trunk feeling nothing but pride in his work, which was until the Kyuubi interrupted his joyous moment. "You are by far the slowest out of all my containers, kit." he mocked as Naruto grumbled.
Naruto knew that the fox had done him a great service by being there for him. He couldn't help but feel drawn to the fox's mannerism and his attitude to him. He didn't judge him, or call him dumb (slow doesn't count) but most of all he was there for him. That was all he wanted; someone being there for him. It felt like all those years of being ignored and being abused didn't matter because he had him. The one that caused him the pain had been the one to take the pain away. 'The irony' he thought to himself as he chuckled. The fox of course had heard this and he knew. Tears streamed down his face, as he let out everything that was bottled in throughout years of torture out. This time he was crying out of joy.
He reached the village when he decided to go to Ichiraku's ramen stand.
"Please don't go to that dreaded stand again." The fox growled in his head.
'Why not? The ramen there is the best, besides it's not like anyone else will let me buy,' Reasoned Naruto to the best of his abilities.
"Kit, you got a long ways to go. If you continue eating ramen the rest of your life you will have malnutrition. It's a wonder you haven't died from it yet."
'How would you know anyway?' Naruto questioned.
"Let's just say your face is a sickly pale colour, you're unnaturally skinny, your hair isn't growing in a natural speed and I live in you." The Kyuubi said with annoyance. Naruto grudgingly agreed with his reasoning but it annoyed him to be putting a henge on just to buy food. He turned into a young man who was not too hot or not too ugly. He didn't like attention as someone else, it made him feel weird. He forwarded into the store as the Kyuubi told him what to buy. He left with no money in his pocket.
"Kitsune-san, I swear that I can't keep affording food like this. If I'm going to buy anything it needs to be something easy to cook."
"Trust me on this. You can starve for a while until you get the nutrients you need. After this you can buy all the ramen you wanted."
Naruto came home and made the food the way the fox had told him to. 'It feels weird having food that isn't ramen and eating it all at once,' Thought Naruto to himself. It wasn't a bad experience it was just different. The Kyuubi knew that Naruto would feel the best of his life tomorrow when he finally gives his body what it needs. Naruto sat on his bed, for once happy with the prospect of a new day. He had the fox and it felt good to be told by someone to do something. It felt like he had family that never existed. That night Naruto slept with a smile.