Chapter 5:

It was dark, so dark that the only way I could see was from an unknown source of light in the distant hallway. This is only the second time I've ever seen inside someone's head, but I've gotten a fair idea of what most minds look like. I saw several doors of different colors. I knew the bright colors were for good memories and dark ones were for the bad. My heart sank when I saw the pure jet black door nearby, most people didn't even have one according to some mind walkers. I continued down the pathway with the Yamanka girl. I saw my brother standing and I ran to him. He turned and looked at me.

"Oi, Xilic-san. Ino." Naruto wasn't what caught my attention. I was too busy staring at the large fox behind the cage. So was Yamanka.

"More humans, maybe I could eat them?" asked the gigantic fox.

"No," said Naruto firmly. "Their some of my precious people."

"Well the Yamanka girl I recognize, but the lad Kit? Who is he?"I was just now starting to be the feeling in my numb limbs back.

"He's my brother Xilic."

"Naruto..." asked Ino timidly. "What is that?" Now I was back in control of my body.

"KYUUBI NO KITSUNE! YOU DIE NOW! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR THE PAIN YOU MADE NARUTO ENDURE!" I finally had a chance to save my brother, and right the wrong forced on him. I ran right at the Kyuubi and made a chidori. He stuck a claw through the bars, I assume to scare me. It didn't and I swept my attack across every one of his claws. (A/NYes I made Kyuubi a guy, so sue me) Kyuubi flung back and howled in pain. I blinked. I didn't think it was possible to hurt a demon. I guess 14 years in this seal has weakened him. So much the better for me.

I leap at the cage and perform a transformation into a small toad so I could fit inbetween the bars. Then I let go of the henge. Kyuubi looked at me and moved as though to eat me. I threw several stars into it wide open jaws. The Kyuubi howled again.

"Kit. This one is beginning to actually hurt me. Can't I just eat him?"

"No Kyuubi. He's my brother. XILIC GET OUT. KYUUBI ISN'T HERE TO HURT ME." I made a chidori and ran it along Kyuubi's side before repeating my henge trick to get out. I was almost out of chakra. I had to kill the men, hurry and help Yamanka. Make three chidoris and two transformations. Not so easy for me to do.

"I'll let this time go brat. But harm me again and I shall eat you with an intense pleasure." At that moment Naruto suggested we leave. I nodded. I wanted to leave Kyuubi, but not his mind. There were at least a few things I had to see. I grabbed the Yamanka girl and pointed at the pitch black door. She looked at me scared.

"You want to-"

"Yes." She grabbed my arm and sent me into the memory. I saw a young six year old Naruto walking around the park. This was a bad memory? In fact aside from the no family. The scene was kind of cute. Then a stone cracked behind his head. Naruto fell with tears in his eyes. I felt my anger spark. Then the villagers started yelling.

"Hey you like that Demon."

"How was that Kyuubi? Want more?" I now felt tears enter my own eyes. I looked and saw Ino and Naruto next to me. Naruto looked away and Ino was sobbing aloud, looking at the pitiful scene. Another man came up and kicked him hard in the face.

"Happy birthday Kitsune! Hopefully you'll actually die this year!" He pulled out a knife and stabbed Naruto. I fell the to ground. This is what he'd been through. The time changed. Naruto was at the academy. The kids were all yelling. I saw Yamanka in the crowd.

"He's pathetic! Three years here and he can't even do a clone."

"He should really leave and do us all a favor."

"Yeah he's just annoying anyway."

"Hey why don't you just go and die or something Naruto! Nobody likes you anyway!" Ino now was crying fully. The scene changed again. I saw Sasuke and Naruto fighting at the valley of the end. Resangan and Chidori met and exploded. The cursed seal broke and Sauske stood looking down at Naruto who had passed out from all the power he'd had to hold back on not to kill him. I saw Sauske get up and turn and leave. Naruto lay there bleeding from a hole in his chest.

I saw Naruto get rejected and made fun of over and over. I watch him get beat, struck and stabbed. I watched him be thrown from buildings and stores would refuse him along with any decent place. The only place that let him in was a dirty place which was completely empty. It slowly became covered in knives, bricks and graffiti. Then Naruto was a small kid again. He was laying in an alley all beaten and bleeding, though he was healing quickly as always. Then another figure appeared. It was a Yamanka, but not Ino. Maybe her father or uncle as he looked a lot like her.

"Pl-please! Don't kill me! Don't kill m-me!" little Naruto stuttered.

"Come with me boy. I'll take you home to warm up." Naruto gladly ran up to the man. He took him inside a house. Little Ino ran down the stairs and I heard Ino gasp and knew she had remembered this little clip of information. This was interesting.

"Go upstairs Ino, don't worry about this boy." Ino did as she was told. Then the man handed Naruto a cup. I moved to make sure it wasn't drugged before remembering this was a memory. Then Naruto thanked the man and drank deeply.

"Thanks mister, your nice." said Naruto as soon as he was done with the drink.

"Hope you liked you drink demon, now get out of my house." I then realized the cup had been poisoned. Naruto crawled into the alley again to die. Ino now was covering her eyes crying without dignity. Naruto was still looking away, though I watched his shoulders shake. Naruto didn't die, Kyuubi went to work, easing the poison out of his system. I almost threw up.

"Yamanka, get us out of here. I don't want to have to watch anymore." Ino nodded and formed a few shaky hand symbols, so slowly even an ordinary human could see what she was doing. We all appeared outside where I'd killed the men.

"Naruto-" Ino began.

"You hate me because of Kyuubi right?"

"No! I just... never saw how-"

"How much of a freak I am?" Naruto said. I could see he was getting angry.

"How strong you were. You have to contain that fox all the time, a-and you t-took all that a-ab-abuse from me and everyone else all the time. And none of us saw how much you really had to work or how strong you really were. You were always the best of us. We just never realized it. I'm-I'm so sorry." Naruto looked at Ino, then at me.

"Naruto Uzamaki. You are a far greater Ninja then I ever will be." I said.

"Maybe... But I've never thought anyone could hurt Kyuubi! I thought that was impossible! That was so cool. Though the fox is still mad about it. He's yelling at me right now." We both laughed and began finally talking like brothers do. Well ninja brothers anyway.

"Well you never really tried. I mean, yeah your resangan is nice and all but my chidori is invincible." We both laughed more.

"That reminds me, we need to go see how Sauske-teme is doing. Wanna come Ino?" asked Naruto. In that moment I was truly amazed that Naruto could be so cheerful, after all that hate he'd gotten. My brother, was a better ninja and a better man then I would ever be.

"Nah... you guys go on ahead. I need a word with my dad about you Naruto."