The poison nin chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and if I did I wouldn't need to make a fan fiction on it.

Hello curry-llama here! I just want to get some things clear so you understand so here:

"…"= normal people talking

'…' = normal people thinking

"…" Kyuubi talking

'…' Kyuubi thinking

Well I hope that explained why I had different " " and ' ' in some places. Yosh! Back to the story!

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Naruto woke up in this broken down apartment. Everything was as it was just a week ago; broken and graffetied on. He walked down to shower and undressed. The water was cold as it always was. Everything was the same as before and that was why Naruto was angry.

It was the same in the orphanage. They had always turned off the hot water when it was his turn and surprisingly enough he was always last.

The walls had words etched on them saying 'Monster' or 'demon or just some sort of threat. They were reminders of what the villagers had already carved into his heart.

He felt like the world thought that he was garbage. They certainly treated him that way; after all to them he was the demon brat that ruined their lives.

They threw everything they could at him to make him break down physically and mentally. That was the reason he had to prove them wrong. He smiled, acted goofy and showed them that they hadn't got to him. This was the way he showed them that they could never win against him; that they could never break him. But that doesn't go to say that Naruto was still an emotionally instable 12 year old who was in frantic need of guidance and attention.

Lately after meeting the Kyuubi he had finally gotten the attention he so desperately needed. Now his life had taken a turn. He had learnt many things that only parents could teach him. But a demon could never replace a human and he ended up picking up a few feline habits from the Kyuubi.

It was like the Kyuubi was the parent that he never had. He had taught him proper etiquette that demons used to talk to others, and the basic common knowledge that he lacked.

Naruto found out that demons weren't actually as bad as humans make them out to be. They had times when they would use too much force to get what they need but what goes to say that humans don't either.

The only major difference in attitude between humans and demons were that demons didn't use sugar coated reasons to cover up their wrong doings.

He also taught him how to read and wright as well as instructions on how to talk to females. Naruto knew that he said things wrong with girls partially because they always ended up hitting him or flooding him with glares. It wasn't until the Kyuubi told him why that he noticed that the weird and complicated creatures called females, wanted you to shower them with praise.

When they changed something or did something new they wanted it pointed out. Even something as simple as a change in hairstyle or to a new hair tie they bought. It all had to be pointed out with compliments for them to give you a positive response. If they said it was bad disagree with them and shower them with more praise. These were the rules he abided by.

Ayame from the Ichiraku ramen stand had actually started petting Naruto on the head when he came over now. He had noticed the small changes in her clothing and features and always seemed to compliment them. After a while Ayame had started to show him signs of affection he hadn't seen before. He mentally thanked Kyuubi for telling him these tips.

The Kyuubi had changed his life for the better and Naruto would never stop thanking him for it. Because of the new courtly manners he showed many people (mostly older women) stopped glaring at him. It was like they figured out that Naruto wasn't a demon because they didn't think demons acted that way. some people however became paranoid and started thinking that he was brainwashing them.

He looked into his kitchen shelves and took out some instant ramen after reflecting what the Kyuubi had done for him.

Overall Naruto was just as annoyed as any other day but the difference was he was showing it now. 'It's always going to be like this' Naruto thought to himself grimly before donning his orange attire. It wasn't his usual orange jumpsuit. He would never go back to wearing that horrid thing just for attention again. He just wore a simple long sleaved orange T-shirt with knee length black shorts.

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He walked to the training ground to catch Sakura blushing at his new look. Naruto was really short but that only added to his cuteness. She noted that he wasn't wearing his usual jumpsuit or black baggy jumper. His clothes were a tight fit and it abetted to show his well-toned muscle. Sakura quickly looked away feeling guilty that she betrayed her precious Sasuke-kun.

Naruto walked up to Kiba who was playing with Akamaru and sat next to him. Akamaru just barked and jumped onto Naruto lap.

"Hey guys I need to tell you something" said Naruto with a cheeky grin on his face.

"And what would we possibly not know that a Dobe does" Sakura said in her usual mocking distaste for Naruto while trying to clean her mind for daring to think he was cute.

"Sakura stop being a whiny forehead! A Dobe is better than an annoying fan girl like you" retorted Kiba with a satisfied smirk on his face. Sakura was glaring daggers at him and was about to reply when Naruto butted in.

"Did you guys know that this whole test is based on team work? If we have already started fighting I doubt we could even become Genin." Now that Naruto actually had their attention and he decided to give himself a mental pat on the back. He was getting better at talking to people and he needed that to show them that he wasn't the Dobe he was, although he thought he had made it clear when he defeated Sasuke.

Kurenai had interrupted his line of thoughts as she walked into the training field slightly impressed that Naruto got information like that. She heaved a sigh pondering what to do about the test.

"Seeing that Naruto somehow managed to find the basses of the test I just have to think up something now." Kurenai was thoughtful for a second before she made up her mind.

"I actually don't mind not having a test since it is just stupid how people think that they can put three new genins on the team and expect them to suddenly cooperate together." Kurenai clasped he hands together and continued. "I will personally spar with all of you now and see if you have what it takes to be a ninja. Kiba you start first with Akamaru."

Kiba stepped up and took on his family taijutsu style. Kurenai noted that it was actually really sloppy but just shrugged. Kiba took the initiative to begin and blindly charged at Kurenai alongside Akamaru. He threw a punch at Kurenai who just side stepped Kiba and pushed him forward. Kiba stumbled before he regained his composure. Kiba and Akamaru then shot at Kurenai with almost perfect sync and attacked while trying to make an opening. While he was focused on hitting his sensei she caught him off guard by striking the back of his neck. Kiba fell and she called it quits.

"Good work Kiba. You did well in trying to make an opening since you didn't see one but you failed because you left yourself vulnerable. You also need to improve on your taijutsu… though your team work with Akamaru was really good." With the last comment Kiba brightened up considerably because team work was highly priced in his clan.

"Sakura you're up next" Kurenai said without pause. Sakura got up from the ground and a smirk spread across her face. If Kiba the second last got praised on his skill what's stopping the top kunoichi in the class from excelling?

The fight began yet again with the to-be student starting the fight. Sakura was more cautious however and decided to start the fight by throwing some kunai. Kurenai easily dodged the kunai and the rest of the academy style taijutsu that Sakura threw at her. She called for the match to end before she started her review on Sakura's skill.

"You're lacking a bit… well actually a lot in your stamina, speed and strength. Your taijutsu moves are right but they lack the flow and grace that they usually show in someone who knows them right. I'm not a taijutsu expert so we will need to find someone who can teach you. Your chakra reserves are so small a 5 year old can beat you but in some ways that will give you exceptional chakra control. Your smart but you need to use that gift in battle after all knowledge that isn't put to use is useless. I'm sure you will become a great Genjutsu user if I teach it to you." Kurenai ended with a nod while Sakura absorbed what she had heard with a frown. She had thought she was better than that.

"Naruto your up next." With that Naruto got straight up itching for a fight. The Kyuubi was telling him that he needed to calm down but Naruto never really had anyone to spar with before and he was just too excited. His face considerably brightened up as he walked to Kurenai with a kunai spinning in his hand.

Naruto started the fight as he chucked the kunai which failed horribly has it landed a meter away from his to-be sensei. Sakura visibly snorted at Naruto with a look of superiority on her face probably thinking Sasuke-kun was heaps better. Naruto paid no heed since he was used to this kind of treatment for a long time. Naruto started looking for openings while he tried to create some. He had finally gotten the red eyed jounin where he wanted her and proceeded to do a kawarimi with the kunai he had thrown earlier. He was about to elbow her in the ribs when she had grabbed his hands and jumped over him.

Kurenai was impressed by the blond haired jinchuuriki. He had thought ahead in the battle while nearly getting a hit on her. Although she didn't specialise in taijutsu or the like it was still a feat to catch a jounin of guard.

"Naruto I am thoroughly impressed in your skills. You thought ahead and managed to catch me of guard. You have exceptional chakra reserves from what I can see. And you have good balance. Your strength, speed and stamina are really good. Though your taijutsu style seems to have many flaws, you managed to make up for that by adding a bit of your own style into it. I will have to find all of you a taijutsu expert to teach you because that isn't my forte. Sakura you will be training with me mostly because I think that you can become a great Genjutsu expert." She smiled at her team and then looked at Kiba and Naruto.

"Kiba and Naruto I don't think I will be of much help with you two so I will have to get other sensei's to teach you things that I don't specialise in." she smiled at the two of them who didn't even seem winded after their fight with her. She then looked at Sakura who was still panting from their fight five minutes ago and decided that this young kunoichi needed to increase her physique which was in dire need of help. Kurenai mentally noted that she also needed to take that superior attitude out of her system.

"You all pass! From now on you are official genins. Meet me here tomorrow at seven" she said dismissing them. Kiba and Naruto high fived each other barley holding in their joy. Sakura was thinking about what Kurenai-sensei had told her and decided she needed to get into shape to be of any use to the team. After their musings all three excited green genins said their byes and went home.

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Naruto joyfully walked home and started talking to the Kyuubi about what had happened when he noticed that the Kyuubi already knew.

'Sorry about that' Naruto said while sheepishly scratching his head.

"Well what do you know? The kit is making me out to be his dad."

'Hey... wait so you are a guy.'

"If you really wanted to know you could have just asked."

'Nah I had a feeling you were a guy but gosh I'm relieved. If there was a girl living in me I wouldn't know what to do.'

The Kyuubi just started laughing, leaving a smiling and contented Naruto to his work. 'Maybe things had changed a bit' Naruto thought to himself.

"Now before you get all sentimental I needed to tell you to agree to something. I guess it's more of a pact but I need you to agree to it before I continue."

'Ok I'm listning.'

"Ok kit; listen up well because this is important. After injecting the poisons into your system and with my help it seems that you are no longer affected by anything that can poison you. That was the easy part but to get it to stay in your blood stream will constantly be my duty and in short that will be annoying. I think you don't know this so I will tell you now. The one major problem with trying to get a poisonous blood stream is that it is impossible to keep the poisons in your blood. Your body will continue to dispel the poisons, which affects your growth, hence your height." Naruto twitched as the Kyuubi calling him short. The fox decided to continue. "As I said earlier I can't be bothered maintaining the poisons in your blood stream since my chakra isn't yours and it's the only thing keeping the poisons there. I propose that I transfer some of my chakra permanently into your chakra coils henceforth making it yours. Think carefully because there could be some… um… changes in your appearance because you will be turning into a demon hybrid. It is a great privilege to be offered this because I have never considered making a human my kin."

Naruto was shocked. He was glad that the Kyuubi thought of him in such high regards, but he wasn't ready to hastily turn into a semi demon and get even more hate than he already did. He had finally started getting some recognition even though they turned paranoid right after… but it was still a start.

He wanted to learn more about plants, herbs and the poison and healing factors they produced. Getting his blood stream to become poisonous was the just the start to testing out the ingredients he needed to make the most deadly poison ever. He wanted that to happen but he had never thought of the consequences of playing around with something as dangerous as this.

After pondering about what was more important Naruto decided that he isn't here on the world just to please the citizens of Konoha. He wanted their recognition even though he had started denying it a while ago, but he also had a new dream he didn't want to give up. He wanted to create the most deadly of poisons and then make the most efficient healing slave known to man. He had a dream and he wasn't going to quit just because of a few more glares and beatings.

"So what do you say kit do you want to do it?"

"Let's do it Kitsune-san!" Naruto yelled out in determination.

"Start by meditating and come meet me in your mind."

Naruto lay down and concentrated hard on not concentrating on anything.

MIND SCAPE -

He opened his eyes to the usual sewers he had seen the first time he visited. He made a mental to ask the Kyuubi if he could change the appearance of the place.

He walked until he saw the giant cage in front of him with his new found sensei/father figure. The Kyuubi gave him a warm smile. It was never the same looking at his to-be kin from the outside as it was inside. He liked looking directly at Naruto.

"Are you going to stare at me all day or tell me what to do?" asked Naruto with mischief clearly shown in his eyes.

"Wouldn't it be lovely to just look at your beautiful face all day?" responded the Kyuubi sarcastically before continuing. "Just before we start I want to make some things clear. You will have enhanced senses all around. Nose, ears and eyes and all that you know? That is just a side effect. I don't know whether you will be sprouting a tail or a new set of fluffy ears since I haven't done this before. The cool part is that I know you will be getting a sixth sense so when someone tries to hit you or do something you will move away unconsciously. I really like that part considering your making me look bad when you let a weak kunoichi like Sakura hit you. It will of course let you keep the poisons in your blood stream… well that's about it. Are you ready?"

Naruto gulped and nodded. He wanted the cool senses and all that dodging stuff… but a pair of fluffy ears and a tail… not so much. But a pair of fluffy ears and a tail wasn't going to stop him from fulfilling his dream.

"I accept Kitsune-san." and almost instinctively knowing what the Kyuubi wanted him to do Naruto walked up to the seal on his cage and place both hands on it.

The Kyuubi started the process. A surge of chakra went from the Kyuubi as it went into Naruto and proceeded into the rest of his mind scape.

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Naruto woke up surrounded by red chakra shrouding his body. He screeched in pain as body shuddered from the agony he was receiving. His whole body felt like it was on fire and the feeling made his worst beatings look like paper cuts. He struggled to breath after a minute of this pain.

He could feel it. He could feel his body changing. His muscles started growing as it ripped itself apart as it fixed itself at the same speed. Naruto rolled on the ground sweating while waiting for the pain to stop.

He didn't know how long he was feeling pain anymore. One second felt like years and a minute felt like a millennia. Slowly the pain became more and more bearable. He soon managed to get on his bed. He fell asleep straight away from exhaustion.

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Naruto woke up and noticed that his sweat had drenched his bed sheets. He needed to talk to the fox and ask him why after all the warnings he didn't warn him about the pain. Still he was glad that the hell he had gone through was over.

He walked into his cold shower and for once wasn't complaining that it was cold. He actually enjoyed the cold water today after last night's feeling of burns throughout his body. Thinking about his body he decided to check it out.

He could hear things far too well now. Every time a water droplet hit the floor he could hear a loud thud. He could also pinpoint the ANBU who was outside that wasn't there the other day. He was glad the ANBU guard hadn't come that night considering he would have noticed Naruto screaming and kicking in pain. 'Wait how did I know that he wasn't here the other day?' Naruto thought to himself before dismissing it.

He proceeded onto looking at his physical changes. His muscles had gotten stronger rather than getting bigger. He was sad that he was the same height though. But after a while of pouting he remembered something. The Kyuubi had told him he might get a tail and a pair of fox ears.

He continued to the mirror in hopes of having normal ears and no tails. Much to his dismay his hopes were crushed. The whisker marks on his cheeks were more defined. His once cerulean eyes were now crimson red and slitted. His ears looked just like a pointed ears of a fox. He secretly wished that they weren't fluffy or he would be the laughing stock to all shinobi. He turned around to notice he did have a tail which did look extremely fluffy.

Naruto was now in his personally created panic state. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't go around walking with a fox tail and a pair of fox like ears. The villagers would kill him. He had to hide it. He took his black hoodie and covered his hair and ears. Tied a bandanna around his face and put on the longest coat he had to cover his tail and chucked on a pair of dark sun glasses.

Naruto ran as stealthily as he could to the Hokage tower. He desperately needed to meet the old man. He would know what to do he was the Hokage for Kami's sake. He had to know.

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The Hokage was speechless. Naruto had taken of most of his clothes and he indeed wasn't lying about having some new features. In spite of what others thought Sarutobi is actually human like many others but because he is Hokage people tend to think he can do everything. Sarutobi viewed himself in a more different way. He saw himself as an old man who was in desperate need of retirement from what he thought was the greatest demon; paper work. The one demon he didn't want to retire from was Naruto and Sarutobi would definitely never give up on the child.

Naruto looked at him with puppy dog eyes (more like cut foxy eyes) and at that moment the Hokage knew that was in the child's Genjutsu. He couldn't refuse him when he didn't have the ears and tails to back up his façade. Those big pleading eyes looked at him like he could offer the world to him. Sarutobi didn't know why Naruto believed in him so much. He had failed the child his whole life as he couldn't keep the villagers from scorning him, yet the boy still had complete faith.

He sighed and leaned in his chair defeated by his cuteness. Naruto was asking for a way to walk outside without his tail and ears showing. Sarutobi just didn't know what to do. The only thing he could think of was teaching the kid Genjutsu so he could cover it up himself but he knew Naruto wouldn't be able to do much in that field of expertise.

"Naruto don't you think it would be better to tell your sensei this because the last time I checked she was a Genjutsu expert."

"I-I'm sorry I don't want anybody else to be afraid of me just because of these features" Naruto said solemnly. He didn't know his sensei much and he wasn't planning to tell her that he is a semi-demon now.She could for all he knows try and sabotage his training like most of his previous sanseis.

"I don't think you have to worry much about Kurenai. She is actually one of the many people who see you as you are. Plus I think it is about time you went to train right?" Naruto gasped. It was 10 and he was meant to be there by 7! Before he knew it he decided to trust the old man and go talk about it to Kurenai.

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"Where the heck is Naruto? When he comes here I'm going to kick his ass all the way to Kami." Kiba was getting impatient and angry. Sakura was wondering what had happened since Naruto didn't strike her as the late type.

"Sakura I want you to go back to your physical exercises. Kiba go back to your studying! We will wait for Naruto to come before we punish him."

"Hai!" both Kiba and Sakura said in unison.

Naruto reached the training field in time to hear about that punishment he was about to get and was considering leaving. He decided against it and walked into the field. Everyone looked at him like he was a weirdo.

"Excuse me are you lost?" asked Sakura.

"No… um… it's me Naruto…" team eight looked at him in disbelief. 'Naruto would never dress up in anything as depressing as that' was what was going through the two preteen's heads. Kurenai who noticed it was Naruto saw the look of anxiety in his posture since his whole face was covered. She signalled him to come and talk to her privately.

"Promise that you won't tell anybody what you see. It will be the death of me. Oh and please don't run away." Now Kurenai's curiosity peaked.

Naruto started taking of his clothes. Kurenai was shocked. 'He is sooooooooooooo cute' was what went on in her mind although she wouldn't dare show that on her face. After a few minutes of thinking about how cute he is she finally started seeing the problems with this. The villagers who already don't like him will start becoming even worse to him. She didn't know how bad he had it but she knew it could only get worse if they find out. She finally came to a conclusion.

"I know you want my Genjutsu abilities to cover it up but if I'm not around I know the Genjutsu will dispel. The only other option is that you learn Genjutsu yourself or you hide it with all those clothes at all times." Naruto knew what this meant and he was left with one option since he knew how bad he was at Genjutsu. He had to wear all these clothes for the rest of his life. He never wanted to look that depressing.

"I'm definitely not going to wear all those clothes for the rest of my life… so I guess the only thing I can do is show everyone my new look." Kurenai saw his down cast face and decided to cheer up her new student.

"Your new look is too cute for anyone to hate" she said while warmly smiling.

"Well let's just hope they see this as being cute" Naruto said in a solemn tone. He heaved a huge sigh and decided that if he was going to show the whole world he'd have to start off with his team.

He walked to his team wearing only pants and long sleaved baggy T-shirt. Sakura gasped at the sight of the downcast Naruto. When he looked up she couldn't help but squeal. Sakura surprisingly didn't ask any questions and started petting his ears. Naruto couldn't help but twitch his ears in bliss. Kiba was shocked at the sight he walked into. His shock turned into full blasted laughter. Akamaru however suddenly had the urge to his feral instincts to hunt down the fox. Thankfully he forced himself to sit because he knew Naruto was a team mate.

"So what's with the new look Naruto?" asked Kiba while forcing himself to not laugh. Naruto just glared before Sakura decided to scratch the back of his ears. He returned to a blissful state before he realised that he couldn't let this go on. He glared at Sakura next but she decided to find a different spot that felt even better. He couldn't help but wag his tail when the feeling hit his ears.

Inner Sakura was yelling about how cute Naruto was when she felt the need to know why Naruto got the new cute look.

"Yeah why do you have cat ears and tails? Even your eyes look very cat like" asked Sakura still recovering from his cuteness.

"You are mistaken Sakura-chan these are not cat ears these are fox ears."

"Yeah but why do you have it" asked Kiba. Naruto didn't know what to say so he made up something on the spot.

"I activated a blood line this morning… that's why I was late." Naruto said feeling kind of bad by lying.

"Well at least your blood line is cute and fluffy" said Kiba not even trying to stop laughing now. Naruto was just about to go on a rampage and kill Kiba when Kurenai coughed to get their attention.

"Naruto you're coming with me. We're going to find the taijutsu expert that's going to train you and Sakura."

"What about Kiba." questioned Naruto.

"I've got his Family to give him extra harsh lessons." With that Kiba shuddered. Naruto just smiled at his discomfort. Kurenai wasted no time and Naruto followed her without questions.

After a few minutes Naruto saw one of the world's weirdest phenomenon's when he met Gai and his student Lee. Kurenai visibly shuddered but Naruto didn't know what she was so afraid of. Kurenai also noticed that Naruto wasn't affected by the weird display in front of him and feared he would become another mini Gai.

"Naruto I want you to promise me that no matter what you do, you will never copy anything of the two other than their taijutsu and work ethic." Naruto just nodded. He never intended to copy of anybody anyways. Gai noticed Kurenai and Naruto and waved his cute student to follow him.

"YOSH! KURENAI I SHALL MAKE YOUR YOUTHFUL STUDENT'S YOUTHFUL FLAME BURN BRIGHTER!" was how Gai said 'hi' to Kurenai. Kurenai visibly twitched. Naruto still wasn't affected by what happened and decided that being a semi-demon made him react to people differently from normal people.

"Hello Gai-sensei. I hope that our time together will be fruitful." Naruto said with outmost respect. Gai was taken back. Most people would have written him of as crazy and show him that he had acted crazy with their behaviour. He already started liking this kid but he wasn't so sure before knowing that he was a jinchuuriki. He also noted that Naruto had fox ears and a tail. Even Gai found it cute but in his word it was extremely youthful.

"HELLO NARUTO-KUN. I AM ROCK LEE THE GREEN BEAST OF KONOHA."

Lee had also noted Naruto's ears and tail and found himself thinking that his companion is indeed youthfully cute. Naruto just wished that people would stop looking at him like they either thought he was their play thing or he was becoming the demon itself. He knew he would have to get used to it because it would go on until he grew taller which wasn't any time soon.

"Gai when do you want Naruto and Sakura to come to your training?" asked Kurenai sensing that her student was becoming uncomfortable at Lee's stares.

"Lee starts training at 6 and we end at 11. We will be most grateful if Naruto-kun and Sakura-chan can start their training then."

Lee was really excited about their new training partners. What he was really excited about was that Sakura his one true love will be able to see his youthfulness when she trains with him. Naruto wasn't someone he knew, but Lee wanted Naruto to get strong so he can have a new friend (sparring partner).

Gai was giving Naruto weights for him and Sakura and telling him how to use it. Naruto listened carefully as he held down his excitement. He had never had a sparring partner, let alone a teacher who was willing to teach him properly. Gai looked at him with indifference and that was all Naruto wanted; to feel normal. He was awfully grateful to Gai for what he had done for him the first few minutes they met.

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Naruto had given Sakura her weights and told her the rules. He was now walking the street of Konoha with 200 pound weights all around and he could hardly move.

The villagers seemed extra angry with him today. 'Not only does he have the foxes features he's also moving so slowly that it makes it seem like he wants us to notice it', thought the annoying civilians.

Naruto had finally reached his apartment and he was so glad that he was thanking Kami verbally. Those glares were slowly chipping of his confidence. He took of his weights before waking up the Kyuubi from his slumber (in an extremely annoying fashion).

'KITSUNE-SAN WAKE UP AND REKINDLE YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH!' Naruto yelled as much as he could in his mind wondering if the Kyuubi would act the same way Kurenai did.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR? Do you want me to kill you?" yelled the Kyuubi certainly pissed.

'If you kill me you die so I don't think so. And the reason why I said that is because of these gifts you gave me. I didn't ask for a damn fluffy tail or a pair of fox ears. '

"You chose to do it yourself kit. It isn't my problem if you faced a little bit of pain and… you look better as a fox."

'Yeah, yeah whatever. I need to go back to my daily dose of poison.'

Naruto just smiled. No matter how much the Kyuubi pisses him of; he could never stay angry at the fox. It wasn't his fault that he was sealed in Naruto and it was unprecedented. It was a series of misfortunate events that caused his life to be hell. It wasn't the Kyuubi's fault and that reasoning was what caused Naruto to further his bond with the beast.

Naruto took the poison he had made the other day and measured the amount precisely. Too much and he would be extremely sick or in worst case scenario die. He took the syringe and pressed it into his skin. Slowly he pushed the poison into his blood stream.

He knew he would never get used to the pain when it would disrupt the flow of his blood stream. The searing pain then went on to the rest of his body. It was not as bad as when the Kyuubi decided to give him his chakra but it still hurt.

He sat down, breath heavy and arms limp. He was immune to the poison but only to a point. His body was changing itself to hold the poisons in, and that was what was effecting his growth. It was a small price to pay for his dreams but it still annoyed him to no end.

'I'm going to make sure things are going to change and for the better,' thought Naruto as he closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber.

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Hello curry llama here again! This chapter was the longest I have ever written. Why I made it so long is because my exams are coming up and I won't update for a while. Please bear with me after all I think my marks are more important than my fanfiction.

Don't you think it's adorable that Naruto has fluffy fox tails and fox ears? I know a lot of people hate it when writers do this but it's my fan fiction so… well you know? I also didn't want Naruto to be as dense as he was in the canon. I like the smart/cute guy character so I decided that Naruto needed to change some of his habits.

This is NOT angst! I hate it when people make Naruto an evil 'I hate everyone' kind of guy. Naruto does give up trying to act happy and please the villagers though. He puts his new dream in front of what people think and is trying to be happy with himself. He is just tired of being put down by others as is the normal reaction of most humans who are being constantly put down. Unlike Hinata he doesn't lose confidence but decides to take a more serious attitude. I hope this explains some things

Please send more reviews so I can know what to improve on or add. If you don't then I will just continue writing the way I am and assume you like it.

Llama out!