When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun.'

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Imagine a needle being threaded through every part of your body. Make that needle white-hot, make it rusty, and give it jagged edges. If you do this you might be able to begin to comprehend the pain Uzumaki Naruto is in at this very moment. He happens to be curled on the floor, his mouth wide with a silent scream of agony. The blonde endures the torment given to him by his tenant.

When the misery ebbed to nothingness he thanked whatever gods were out there he only had to endure the suffering for an hour. Sweat had been dripping from his face and hands for the end of the hour and he was still hot as fire. So his clothes were soaked and he felt exhausted. While steeling himself he staggered to a standing position. He made his way to the restroom with little difficulty and turned the shower on with freezing cold water.

After removing his clothes he entered the shower planting his head below the showerhead and let the water cool his burning body. He came out of the shower five minutes later, dried and went to his room to put something on. After putting on a white shirt and blue jeans he felt like now was the time to ask about what had just transpired. 'So what was that?'

Look at your left shoulder

Even before pulling up his sleeve he notices several black marks along his arm. At the shoulder he now bares a tattoo covering half his arm of a fox with nine tails twisting down to his wrist.

In your culture you have several contracts for several different types of animals. There exists nothing of the sort for foxes so I have given its substitute to you. When you focus you energy into your arm and think of the size and type of fox you need at the time they will come.

'Thank you Maliku.' Feh, I think you do the mark justice.

'what do you mean I do it justice?' In the demon realm the mark is given to one who can be trusted by my clan.

'I am honored to bare this mark, you know it won't be much longer now before I achieve the jutsu that will set you free.'

Sleep for now

Only then did he begin to notice how tired he was. The adrenaline from the pain had finally worn off to him feeling the after affects of the 'contract.' So intense was it that he fell over without another thought and entered into a blissful dreamless sleep.

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Slowly becoming aware of his surroundings the sound of a large woodpecker filled his ears. "Mmmmmm" the sound kept getting louder until it was almost deafening but the moment he through a kunai through the open window to the branch he thought it was on and the sound stopped. Sighing in relief Naruto settled back down.

"Get up Naruto!"

After bolting up he grabs another kunai and puts himself into stance at the unknown danger. Slowly looking around he finds Shikamaru in front of him with a very irate look on his face. "You are very troublesome Naruto, we are already late for class lets go." With that said the two made haste to the academy.

Iruka was giving a lecture about some type of flora when the duo made their entrance. "-re deciduous do to the fact they are..you two will stay after class. As I was saying these types of trees are deciduous due to the fact that they are..." The rest of the lecture was absorbed by the blonde and every other fact his sensei had for him until the end of the day.

Everyone was filing out except Sasuke with Sakura and Ino tagging along. Iruka turned when he didn't here the door shut, "I must speak with these too alone please wait outside until I am finished." Sasuke reluctantly leaves with the fan girls in tow. Turning back to the two standing in front of his desk. "Why were you two late?" Naruto spoke up before Shikamaru, "I didn't wake up on time and Shikamaru was the one to wake me up." After a quick glance at the blonde's arm, "was getting that tattoo the cause of you not waking up?"

Naruto shifted slightly on his feet before replying with a nod. But Iruka would let him go at that, "let me see it, please" Shikamaru was now interested because he was to busy getting the two to school to ask. Naruto slowly lifted his sleeve to show the entire tattoo. Once Iruka-sensei got a full look his eyes grew wide in shock before returning to the slightly curious look he had on moments earlier. "Who gave you this tattoo?" "A friend," was Naruto's quick reply. The speedy response only made him continue, "and this friend's name would be?"

A hundred-yard stair claimed Naruto's face before fixing his gaze saying, "her name is Maliku, she says you already know her title and face." Iruka's face became ashen white and he started gasp like a fish but got a hold of himself a moment later, "who told you and when?" A flicker of an indiscernible emotion went over Naruto's face before he answered, "Maliku did, right after she saved me from my killer." Naruto was now turned around and heading toward the door intending to leave. Shikamaru just started following when the room filled with the strongest killing intent the two had ever felt. Iruka's strained out a word like it was poison, "who?"

The door was open now with Naruto standing in the frame. Without looking back, "me", and leaves with Shikamaru walking behind him slouched with his hands in his pockets. Iruka's was left with homework and his own tears.

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Shikamaru was now leading the way to the perfect field with a smiling Naruto at his side. After a few minutes Shikamaru had had enough and voiced his frustration, "stop angsting out like that it is very troublesome to deal with." Without skipping a beat Naruto turns still smiling, "what do you mean I'm fine."

Shika has now stopped and is looking straight at Naruto, "you can fool others but not me Naruto and that smile makes me want to beat the shit out of you." He continued walking with a now scowling Naruto accompanying him.

They reach the field and sit down. Naruto is now showing little expression. Shikamaru is looking at the clouds while the blonde is staring at his arm. After closing his fist lightning erupted from around his arm, screaming in pain Naruto made no change in his position. After the lightning stopped, a small rumble and a blur of red shot out of the ground and placed itself next to the blue eyed 10 year-old.

Naruto Pov

'motha fucka! What the hell was that shit!'

that was you converting pure energy into a fox

'you could of told me damn it'

I could take it away

'...never mind'

A fox standing knee high was now at my side looking up at me. "I am Naruto and you are?" The fox holds for a moment and answers slowly "Tapa." Shikamaru was now diverting his cloud seeking eyes to the scene playing out before him and I. 'I better give it a purpose or I will look like an ass' I ponder for a moment while it waits with seemingly boundless patients. "What are the capabilities of your kind that I can now summon?" A series of images went though my mind the moment after, which included: a fox turning invisible for a few seconds, a fox staring at a persons eyes and the person falling asleep, and a fox covered in foxfire.

I start to pay attention to my surroundings to notice Shika saying my name repeatedly. "Hmmmm" was all he needed to continue looking at his clouds. I turn back to the fox and struggle a bow in my sitting position, "thank you Tapa you may leave." Tapa made a bow himself and then exited in the whole he came from.

'so how exactly did I do that'

you used the elements to create a being, a spirit from the demon world claimed its body and its responsibility

I rub my temples in confusion but give up before I give myself a headache over something that truly doesn't matter as long as it works. I lie down and join Shika with his little game of cloud. It was about 2 hours later I came upon a very strange cloud. It resembled something I had never matched to a cloud before. It was a scroll. I bolt up with a thought raising itself in my mind like a wild fire.

'if I have Tapa use his skill to become invisible I can finally get the seals from the Hokage tower that I need to complete my jutsu.

Over the next hour and 20 minutes I had come up with the plan and going over it when a lapse in the clouds came and Shika started to speak. "well I'm getting hungry want to have dinner at my house Naruto?" "Yeah sure" we both get up and get going to the Nara residence. It takes us about another hour and some to get there then normal. We enter the door and Shinobu's voice hits our ears, "Get in here dinner is ready and I bet you guys are pretty hungry. Shikamaru looks at me and I know he is think what I was thinking, 'how does she do that?' Right when we get in the kitchen Shika's crazy lady of mom who had her back turned to the sink says, "I can do it because you are just so predictable."

After raising our arms in defeat to women's intuition we start eating. The dinner is about to start when she sees my arm and gives me a glare. With hands at her sides she gives a huff, "kids these days, I don't know what the world is coming to honestly, who gave that to you?" I give her my most innocent look, "what Maliku gave it to me and if I do say so myself it looks rather nice don't you think?" she gives it a once over and sighs, "it makes you look like a hooligan I think, but don't ask me I'm just an over protective mother looking after her own." Shinobu turns back around and continues on her dishes missing the tear trailing down my face.

Shika and I finish the meal and I give me farewells after hugging mom and get going back to my apartment.

'I have a lot in life and little of it is any good, but I would fight a thousand battles just to hear that again.' Oh how dramatic, you know she just can't say no to those cute little eyes of yours. 'quiet' oh what's this the great Uzumaki is blushing over such a small comment 'you're mean' oh you think that was mean, try this one for size

My vision blurs and I see nothing, but feel hot breath behind my left ear. My breathing comes in quick rushes as her hands slide from behind me to cover my chest and pull me against her frame. I nearly choke when I feel my ear being nibbled on and a low growl shuddering through my frame. And as quickly as it came it was gone. I am standing on the sidewalk gasping for air like I had been running for my life. Several villagers were looking at me with the same distaste but some with a small curiosity showing. I steady myself and start moving again. 'That wasn't mean... that was cruel'

'shit I might have gone to far this time'

'tell me everything about the properties you used for the fox contract leave out nothing'

So for the next 5 hours Maliku explained every tiny detail of the technique she created. Also during this time I kept refining my plan to steal some seals. When it was 1:15 I set things in motion by summoning Tapa and a fox the standing shoulder height to me name Yuma. I look down at Tapa and start, "ok Tapa you need to go into the second window from the east wall of the hokage building third floor, you need to go to the third rack of scrolls from the left I cant remember which scroll it is so it will take you some time. What you are looking for is a scroll titled forbidden seals, and another titled soul seals you must be able to remember every seal and their purpose. Silence is of the utmost importance to your task. Yuma I need you when under any circumstance something goes wrong and someone is entering the room Tapa will be in you will make a large raucous so Tapa can get out of there without leaving a trace. Do either of you have a problem with the tasks set before you?" Neither fox moved. "Then may the fates be with you, go." In a flash both were gone from forest and into the city. And I finally slept from my long day.

dream land

I find myself lying on a bed in a vast white emptiness wearing only my blue jeans. "Maliku, are you-" before I get to finish my question I feel an arm snake around my waist and pull me flush against her warm body. In just a few moments I feel a warmth covering my body while my mind builds up a fog to the point where I feel like I am floating. I feel Maliku's head resting on my back and her voice reverberating through my body.

So, how are you feeling Naru-chan?

"mmmmmmm"

I am sorry about teasing you earlier on the street

"mmmmmmm'

I guess I'll leave now 'MMMMMMM'

A distance of 4 inches was between us before Maliku felt my tail circle her waist and pull her back to where she was positioned.

I don't believe it you manifested a tail in your dream

'mmmmmmm'

You're enjoying this aren't you

'yep'

pervert

'mmmmmm'

And then for and immeasurable amount of time we lied together. Maliku nudged me, time to get up. I pull her tighter with my tail and mumble incoherently. She then did the meanest thing possible. She tickled me.

end of dream land

I wake to find myself clutching my sides and gasping for breath. 'son of a bitch, why me' I stand to be greeted by the two foxes I summoned. I turn to face them and bow and they do in return, "any misshaps?" both shake there heads before I continued, "then give me each seal and its purpose." I say this while pulling out a scroll and ink and pen. "Yuma, thank you, you may go now" the instant after the larger fox left I was scratching down kanji rapid fire for quite some time. After all it takes some time to write up about 700 kanji and do it well enough to remember it.

By the time I sent Tapa away the sun was already rising and I knew it was about time to be at the academy so I packed up my stuff and headed to my apartment to drop everything off. Once I got to my place I noticed I only had minutes to be there. So I set everything down and ran full tilt to my destination. Everything was a blur in my eyes as I dived between buildings and people alike making my way to the academy. The bell was still ringing as I literally flew through the door.

I got up, dusted myself off, and made my way to seat next to Shikamaru and Sasuke. I almost had my breathing under control when Iruka began the lesson. The very first real shinobi lesson we had ever had. My ears were pealed bare to get every detail he gave us.

Iruka, "Can anyone tell me what is the number one key to winning a fight? Naruto how about you?" instantly I knew I would learn nothing from this day, "leverage." Iruka gives me a strange look and turns his body away from the board and toward my direction, "that is a little vague could you be any more specific?" I sigh in annoyance now that everyone is looking at me. I take my head out of my right hand and make a fist lifting a finger after each word, "speed, strength, skill, strategy, and luck."

Iruka smiles ever so slightly before continuing, "that is correct and would any one else know what to do in-" the rest of the lessons past like a blur considering I knew everything he was talking about. It was scary how little they tell us.

To be continued

Yes it was short but I wanted to give you something because I seem to be taking a long time in writing; I do not ask for forgiveness because I realy don't care (I am an ass hole, I think?

Is being and a sociopath and needing company strange?

R&R or I will never write again muahahahahahahahah

No pressure

AND TO ALL YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO DON'T BELIEVE MY STORY SUMMARY, GO FUCK YOURSELVES AND STOP ASKING ME QUESTIONS THAT NEED NOT BE ASKED

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