I don't own Naruto in any way shape or form. "Kyuubi or other tailed beast"


The few weeks of training went along swimmingly except for the few times Naruto tried to skip out on Shikaku's strategic lessons or when Choji and Ino would try to ditch Choza's stamina training. Luckily a few well-placed threats about letting their moms know stopped any future acts of rebellion. in fact, they started came to training 20 minutes early.

As the weeks flew by, Ino and Naruto went to their families training ground per usual, but today was different. Today was going to be special their dad had told them.

Once Inoichi arrived at his families' training grounds he took a proud look at his daughter and son and couldn't help but be proud. Today he finally decided it was time to take their training to the next level. He couldn't help, but be a bundle of nerves, he was worried if his signature family jutsu would mesh well with the Kyuubi's seal and today marked the official start of the series of training Ino would have to endure to become Clan head.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the training field he motioned for Naruto and Ino to join him before he decided to start the lesson "Today marks the beginning of your first steps in training to master the art of the mind. To start of I'm going to teach you the Shintenshin no jutsu. The first step to learning is meditation, which will allow you to gain entrance into your mind. To meditate effectively you have to quiet your mind and find your own balance between tranquility and sleep."

Nodding her head Ino was eager to prove herself, as she emulated her Tou-san. After a few seconds she huffed in annoyance as she just couldn't clear her mind. Nothing she did helped she tried closing her eyes and silence her thoughts, but she just couldn't sit still for too long without her thoughts drifting to fashion. Annoyed with herself she resolved herself to asking her dad i for help. Opening her eyes she spoke up, "Daddy I can't seem to clear my head can you give me some advice." Her baby blue eyes sparkling as she looked up at him.

Smiling at his princess, he was glad that one of his children had the intuition of asking for help when faced with a difficult task. "Well when I meditate I think about an relaxing task, for example I think about attending to our flower garden."

Smiling back at her dad, she said a quick "I think I understand", before getting back to work. She started to think about the things that relaxed her the most: flowers. Thinking about array of bouquets in her bedroom, she took a deep breath and relaxed.

Opening her eyes, she found that she was in a field of the prettiest flowers she ever seen in her life with a few book cases sprouting from the field. Closing her eyes again a smile gracing her face, she opened them to find her back in the training field she was in previously. Beaming up at Inoichi she told him what her mind was like. Now all they had to do was wait for Naruto to catch up and they could move on.

After his dad explained what he had to do, he found meditating was really easy all he had to do was not think for one second and boom his mind was blank. As he opened his eyes they widened in shock, he hoped this wasn't his mind or he might go crazy! Taking a few cautious glances around his surroundings he began to wonder why his mind was a nasty sewer and why did it smell so much like miso ramen in here! The ramen part he could understand, but a sewer really? the only thing that he could think was worse was if it was a stinking field of flowers or something.

Turning he head he heard growling, ignoring it since he thought it was his stomach he started walking and found himself in front of the full-fledged form of the Kyuubi trapped inside a prison. The first thing he said? Im sure you are wondering oh that's simple "Woah what a big stuffed animal!"(not the brightest thing he's ever said, but it was the first thing that came to mind)


Opening one eye, the create mistaken for a stuffed animal, found what he could only describe as a yellow-haired monkey standing in front of him. As he growled his booming voice could be heard throughout the sewer "I am not a stuffed animal you mongrel. I am the KYUUBI, the king of demons, royalty above all else! and I demand to be treated as such!" as he titled his head to the side and opened his mouth wide to display a set of razor-sharp teeth.

Giggling to himself Naruto scratched his head as he grinned from ear to ear his head and said "Well if your royalty what are you doing trapped in here inside my mind?"

Being the cunny fox that he decided to mess with the boy and maybe trick him into realeasing him from this decrepit sewer. "Well boy I'm glad you asked, I was trying to save my village of foxes from this evil human named…err the Hokage, who was trying threatened my family and my village, sadly I was defeated and he sealed me in here held back by that tag on bars"

Blinking up at the kyuubi he couldn't believe he was telling him this crap, only an idiot would believe this and Naruto Yamanaka was no idiot, scoffing and looking the fox dead in the eye he said, "Yeah right you stupid fox, you probably did something bad and your stuck!" and turned and began to close his eyes again. After his encounter with the Kyuubi, Naruto decided to tell his dad about this mysterious fox stuck in his mind. But more importantly he wanted to know why his mind was a sewer of all things. Once he opened his eyes again and he saw his dad and Ino-chan staring at him intently one with worry in his eyes and the other with excitement. " Sooo...does anyone else have a sewer as their mindscape?"

Glancing down at his son, Inoichi couldn't help but laugh at the first question he heard from his son. He thought he would first ask about the fox in his head, but leave it up to Naruto to keep you on your toes. Covering his laugh with a well-timed cough he answered with, "Well uh each person has a different mindscape so maybe you're just unlucky enough to have a sewer as yours." Without letting Naruto respond he turned towards Ino and said, "Princess I need you to go practice your meditation in the next training field, while I talk to Naruto about why his mindscape his a sewer" as he waited for his daughter leave he got up, dusting off his pants as his expression turned from playful to serious, and turned towards Naruto, "While you were in your Mindscape did you find any.. uninvited guest?"

Naruto blinked a few times before responding, "Uh yeah dad there was this big fox he said his name was the Kyuubi, why is he stuck inside of my head?"

His face paled as the words his son told him sunk in "Wait you're telling me you talked to the Kyuubi what did you say to him?

Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head "Well... I kinda called him a big stuffed animal..."

Inoichi's face went ghostly white you would've thought he was a ghost as his voice rose a couple of levels "YOU CALLED HIM A STUFFED ANIMAL, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW IDIOTIC THAT IS?" Rubbing his temples, he released a sigh," Never mind that's not important, Naruto about six years ago the nine tailed fox attacked the village and our leader at the time, the fourth Hokage, sealed it into an infant at the cost of his life, this boy is you, but in no way are you the fox or is the fox you."

Nodding his head slowly Naruto knew he needed time to think this over. Luckily for both parties Ino decided to walk into the field and sit back down at this very moment, effectively ending the conversation. without even noticing that anything was wrong.

Without skipping a beat Inoichi cleared his throat and changed the topic. "Well now that Ino is back we can move onto the next stage of learning the shintenshin no jutsu." Putting his hands into a diamond like shape, he proceeded. "First you have to channel your will and chakra into this jutsu for it to work successfully. Now I don't expect you to get the jutsu down the first few tries so its ok." Pointing his combined hands at Ino, he whispered the name of the jutsu and crumbled to the floor at a moments notice while Ino's stood up straighter.

Speaking in Ino's voice, Inoichi continued. "Now the Shintenshin no Jutsu sends your mind into a target's body suppressing the target's mind with your own. The user transfers their consciousness to the target, giving them control of the body for a time duration depending on your chakra levels. The distance is considerably limited by your chakra levels while the duration is determined by your chakra levels. It is also possible for the user to switch bodies with the target, but this takes a considerable amount of skill. You also can also do this move on an animal to use as spying. However, it's important to understand that the host body is left defenseless and can be attacked until they can return. Canceling the technique, he taught both Ino and Naruto the hand signs and how to do them properly and left them to one more tip before leaving them to their own devices, under his supervision of course, "Another thing to be aware of, is that depending on your opponent's mental fortitude and strength, its possible that their mental strength can overpower yours. Now once you're confident in the hand signs, use the jutsu on me."

Inoichi was honestly surprised when he felt the obvious signs that his body was no longer under his own control. The surreal experience of being a passenger within your own mind is always an unpleasant surprise but feeling the mental presence of his daughter within his head left a huge smile on his face. 15 minutes. At his age it took him at least 45 to get down this jutsu and another 15 to execute the jutsu. Forcibly pushing his daughter out of his mind, he opened his eyes, beaming down on his daughter, he ruffled his daughter's head and said "Good job Princess, I'm impressed, but now you need to work on perfecting the technique, so your victim is none the wiser. It's one thing to be able to inhabit the mind, its another to inhabit it without that mind knowing."

Soon after, Naruto became visibly upset that his sister got the jutsu down before him and started to redoubled his effects to learn the jutsu and got it down in 25 minutes. After experiencing that out of body experience for the second time today, Inoichi opened his eyes and rose from his seat and ruffled Naruto's hair and said, "I'm proud that both learned the jutsu so quickly and have exceeded my expectations, but I have some ground rules to lay down for each other I never want you to use this Jutsu on each other under no circumstances unless the other is in trouble or I allow it." Making his way towards the family compound he continued, since you guys worked so hard today I'm going to give you the rest of the day off and tomorrow we will continue with improving your use of the Shintenshin no jutsu and accuracy. "