Sorry for the wait, here is the newest chapter of A Demon's Freedom.

Ps. I don't own Naruto, obviously.

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"It's time kit." Kurama's voice echoed in Naruto's head. The blonde was currently resting in his room's comforting darkness. He had been training hard for the past three weeks and had learned three things that were essential to his plan. However, he knew that only three new skills wouldn't make him any stronger than a low Gennin, since he had yet to master them. Furthermore, he was only 9 years old, which made his speed and strength really weak compared to real Shinobi.

The plan wasn't perfect and he wasn't strong enough to survive a direct battle, but it was time. This is the day he would escape.

"Right, let's get this started." he said seriously with a bit of excitement. He reached under his old dirty mattress and pulled out a single lock-pick, the one he always used. He stood up abruptly, walked towards the door and unlocked it. He took a step outside and took a deep breath.

"Operation: Escape Phase 1, start."

XxxxBreakxxxX

Namikaze Natsuki was having a hard time sleeping. Today was her birthday and she had only received a teddy bear from her 'Friend' Yamanaka Ino. She didn't get anything from her parents; no gifts, no celebrations and no new Jutsus! This was strange, her parents usually fought for who would give her the first present.

She sighed and sat up in her bed, glaring at the wall. 'How dare they forget about me, I'll make them pay for this.'

Suddenly, she heard three knocks on her door. Who dared interrupt her precious resting time! "Enter." she said in an annoyed tone, she had every intention of sending the visitor out with a well placed kick right when they opened the door.

The knob turned slowly and Natsuki prepared to launch her attack. However, just as she was about to deliver it, she saw just who it was that came to her room at this hour.
She was shocked; never in a million years would she have guessed that her brother would come to see her.

"Uhhh, Hi?" Naruto said awkwardly while raising his hand in greeting. "I noticed that you didn't have any super party like you always do, so I figured you'd be upset."

The girl balled her fist and asked, angered. "What did you come here for you dirty bug? To make fun of me?"

The blonde sweat dropped at her short temper, it looks like he found out another aspect of her very complicated personality. "No no, of course not. I brought you some tea." he said as he presented her the tray of steaming tea that was previously hidden by the door. "I thought it would comfort you, I hate seeing you sad."

Natsuki took a step back; this was new to her, having her brother care about her this way. She always had disliked her brother because of his lack of usefulness to her, but now she could see that he had some uses after all. 'Maybe I should order him to bring me some tea like this every evening l, Hohohohoho...' she thought with an inward smirk.

She smiled sweetly at her twin, a smile that sent shivers down the boy's spine. "Why thank you, I really appreciate it."

She allowed Naruto to come in and they both sat down on her queen sized bed. The blonde served his sister the hot beverage and stayed silent as she sipped it. She sighed happily, this tea was actually quite good and relaxing.

Naruto glanced at her and gulped, a bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face. He had to do the deed soon, much too soon for his liking.

Ignoring Kurama's amused snickers, Naruto steeled his resolve. "Ne," he said drawing the girl's attention. "I have a present for you."

Natsuki lifted an eyebrow. "Ohhh, and what makes you think that I would accept a gift from you?" she asked almost mockingly. "And why would you bother doing this for me anyway, I can see that you hate me."

The first part pissed Naruto off, but he didn't show it. He put on a charming smile, albeit a fake one, that confused the redhead.

"We're siblings right? Aren't siblings supposed to watch the other's back in times of need?"

Big purple eyes widened in the dim light, she didn't know how to respond to that. Sensing that he had just triggered the right flag, Naruto pulled her into a hug.

'Uhhh, this is making me sick' the blonde thought as he sensed his sister stiffen in his arms, he could guess that she didn't receive any of those by other people than their parents. But that little fact didn't matter to him, just a little more and she would be right where he wanted her to be.

"Now close your eyes," he said in a comforting tone, "I want your present to be a surprise." Natsuki nodded slowly, she felt really safe in his presence. She felt like she could trust him, a very unwise decision.

She closed her eyes as she heard the sound of ruffling, it wouldn't do to ruin the surprise. Naruto smirked slightly as he took out a Kunai, it was time to initiate the final part of Phase 1.

He suddenly jumped on temporarily sightless girl, pinning her arms above her head and sitting on her stomach. Her eyes snapped open, clearly confused at what was going on. It didn't take long for her to figure out once she stared into Naruto's eyes which lacked their previous concern and gentleness, this was clearly a trap.

"Wh-what do you really want, you dirty bug!" she croaked out as she glared at him. She was trying to sound as if she wasn't bothered, but the fear in her voice betrayed her. The boy raised an eyebrow.

"I told you didn't I? I only want to give you a birthday present," he told her in the same fake, honest tone he used before, "And of course, I came to collect mine... After all, isn't it unfair that only you get presents on your birthday?"

Before his sister could react Naruto brought his head down and promptly smashed his lips onto hers, which brought an angry blush to the girl's face.

Naruto ignored her death glare and frantic struggling in favor of opening her mouth, a very difficult task when the second party doesn't want to. A few seconds later, he succeeded in prying it open and grabbed her tongue with his teeth so that she couldn't close it.

'Hurry up and take over Kurama! All of this is making me sick! I'm only 9 for fuck's sake!' the blonde yelled at the giant fox in his head.

The fox, who had been trying not to snicker at his partner's predicament, suddenly turned serious as well and nodded. "Right."

With that, the blonde allowed Kurama to take over his body by switching their soul's position, meaning that he was now behind the bars and the fox in control. It was an a skill based solely on their trust in each other, a skill only made possible by the simplicity of the Seal made by the Third. In a way, it was like a more dangerous version of Kawarimi.

Kurama quickly got to work as he used his soul as a beacon to call back some of his chakra. They both didn't want to take too much as it could possibly kill the girl, something Naruto didn't want as he judged her attitude towards him to be a result of poor parentage and education. Ridiculous it may be, but that's what he thought.

Not even two seconds later, like pigeons spotting stray McDonald's fries, 1/6 of a tail worth of Chakra came rushing into the blonde boy's body.

Pain coursed through the young body as demonic chakra clashed with a human's, but it quickly faded after Kurama sealed it alongside the rest in the separated chakra pathway.

The demon and the boy switched places once more and boy groaned at the phantom pain, he would need a few minutes to get used to that. He focused back his sight on the girl below him. She was bordering unconsciousness, clearly affected by having some demonic chakra taken away from her balanced but unstable chakra coils.

Naruto raised his Kunai above Natsuki's head and brought the blunt side down hard on her forehead. Her whole body relaxed as she was knocked out. "May we never see each other again, dear sister." he said as he stood up and exited the room.

He walked in complete silence through the many corridors of the compound until he reached the entrance. He looked at the small archway that led to the door, focusing on the small seal painted in black ink on the polished wood. It was a 'Recognition' type of locking seal, meaning that only those keyed to it could pass beyond it.

He didn't hesitate as he jumped up, flipped and attached his feet to the ceiling using chakra, being too small to reach the seal otherwise.

"Press your palm on the seal and wait for my signal."Kurama said through their mental link, earning a quick nod from the blond.

He put his palm right above the seal as instructed, while the fox shut down the various Tenketsus leading to said palm while Naruto winced slightly in pain as he felt each one close. The fox then manipulated a part of his leftover demonic chakra into the boy's arm and yelled, "Now kit! Use it to overload the seal!"

The boy shut his eyes and concentration and grunted; practicing with his own chakra did nothing to help him prepare for this. The demonic chakra hurt like hell! Wanting to get rid of the pain, he instinctually pushed it out of his palm and into the seal.

Naruto stopped the Chakra flow to his feet and fell back down to the ground. He looked up just in time to see the black ink bubble violently and explode, lighting the whole room in white light.

When the obstructive light faded, the blond looked up and saw the even brown of polished wood with no sign of annoying seals. The two partners smirked at the same time as the human one said: "Phase 1... Complete."

XxxxBreakxxxX

10 minutes earlier- Front of Hokage Tower

The adult population of Konoha was confused, earlier today they were told to assemble in front of the Hokage tower, but they had no idea why. Judging from the assembled stage however, it was going to be grand.

Their beloved leader didn't make them long as he appeared in a yellow flash, a telltale sign of his most prized Jutsu, the Hiraishin. He looked down at the population seriously before giving them a warm smile. He walked to the front of the stage and declared "People of Konoha! I am here today as a messenger of good news!"

Many were further confused upon this declaration, what good news?

"I am here to tell you that I have found the weakened Kyuubi, and that I will give it to you my dear villagers, so that you can have your well deserved revenge!" It was a lie of course, he didn't find Kyuubi at all, he just kept it sealed inside his son, which was locked in his compound.

The assembled villagers and Shinobi stood frozen like statues for a few minutes, having trouble to accept that they could finally avenge their deceased loved ones.

Suddenly one random villager yelled "Hurray for Hokage-Sama!"

That seemed to trigger a chain reaction as several more people began yelling;

"The Kyuubi's still alive!"

"Let's kill it!"

"Avenge our loved ones!"

The crowd roared in approval and many shook in anticipation. Revenge, the one thing they all had wished for in the past nine years, was finally going to be granted to them on a silver platter.

Minato smirked at their positive reaction, he was sure that after that they would be back to their original state of mind and serve the village better. He raised his voice above all the others, his voice dripping charisma as he said, "Go prepare my dear villagers, for I will be releasing it inside the village's perimeter! With that you will be able to enjoy trapping it and making it feel fear! The same fear that you felt all those years ago!"

Many of the people roared in approval once again, having sadistic thoughts about making the weakened beast suffer in all ways imaginable. However, one of the less excitable and more rational Shinobi, Shikaku Nara, stepped up and gave his opinion.

"Sigh... A chase like this is way too troublesome... Why can't we just kill it now and finish this quickly... *Yawn* I want to go back to sleep".

Several Shinobi agreed with this, not because they were sleepy, but because they agreed that killing it quickly would be the most efficient method of getting rid of the demon. They all voiced their thought and soon began arguing with the excited villagers.

The Shinobi and the villagers were soon at each others' throats, barely keeping themselves from trying to silence the other side forever. Some villagers fainted from the killing intent that the Shinobi sent their way; it was too much for their untrained lazy asses. It was clear to everybody there that the impending conflict would be nothing short of a one-sided massacre.

Minato kept his trained expression of calmness in check, but inside, he was getting worried. Such a situation was unacceptable! This village needed its villagers to keep the economy standing, as well as run the shops and inns in its walls.

'Damn you Shikaku...' he thought in panic and irritation while glancing at the lazy genius at the far left of the crowd. The man was currently standing with his friends Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Chouza who were both nodding in agreement while looking worriedly at the small skirmishes that had already started.

Minato's thoughts were going several hundred miles an hour, thinking of a way to solve this dangerous situation without any bloodshed. Fear slowly crept up in his mind and started to cloud his judgement, he couldn't make any rational decision in this state of mind.

The blond Kage cradled his head with his right hand as he started taking shorter, erratic breaths; it was getting out of hand too quickly, too suddenly.

Just as his knees were about to give under the strain and as he was just about ready to give up, Fate graced him with another 'miracle', he was clearly her favorite human after all.

A loud ringing noise resonated inside his head that made him grip a fistful of his blond locks and shake his head to try and remove the sudden jolt of pain. The pain subsided quickly and his eyes widened at what that loud ringing meant.

This screeching was only triggered when somebody destroyed or disabled the locking seal inside the compound. This meant that somebody had come out forcefully, and as Natsuki was of course keyed in the seal, there was only one person that Minato could think of, Naruto!

This banished all his fears and panic as he caught himself before he fell flat on his face, this situation was still salvageable.

"U-RU-SEI!" the Kage yelled at his villagers, effectively stopping their aggressive behavior as they all looked back at his now furious expression.

"Are you all happy now! While you were all bickering and fighting like children the Kyuubi escapes from its prison!"

Each and every person inside the crowd now had similar expressions of horror and disbelief. This couldn't happen right? Not when they were so close!

The Hokage took huge ragged breaths to calm down and once again addressed the crowd, "But that doesn't really matter does it! It's still here inside our beloved home! So, will you just stand there like a bunch of idiots, or will you find it end get revenge!".

"How un-youthful of that beast to escape! Don't worry Hokage-Sama because this Beautiful Green Beast of Konoha will track it down and finish it! If I cannot do that, then I will run around the world on my hands five times!" a strange green-clad man with huge eyebrows yelled loudly while crying manly tears.

Many people sweat dropped at the Taijutsu master's antics, but it still did the trick and brought back everybody's fighting spirit.

"Don't worry Hokage-Sama! We'll find it!".

"And we'll kill it!"

Minato smiled at his village's inhabitants, a genuine one this time as he was relieved to have avoided physical conflicts.

"Then Hurry up and catch it, don't allow it to escape!"

"Hai! Hokage-Sama!" the people said in unison. They quickly scattered toward their homes, to get the pitchforks, swords and the like.

Minato cheered inwardly and in a yellow flash, retreated to his office where he could get reports about the current hunt.

'The plan was a success...' he sighed as he slumped down in his chair, eyeing the bottom drawer intensely. He then nodded to himself and opened the wooden drawer, taking out a large bottle of Sake in the process. He poured himself some and took a sip; it was high time to celebrate.

Unfortunately for him, a certain blond haired child had no intention of getting caught.

XxxxBreakxxxX

With Naruto- Same time

Naruto stood in an alleyway somewhere on the west side of the village, his blue eyes shined eerily through his narrowed eyes as he observed the activity that, as far as he knew, was very unusual.

"Tch, I guess father knows that we're out" he whispered in irritation. His partner nodded in agreement.

"Yes, the seal was probably designed to alert him when destroyed".

Naruto's right eye twitched madly as he snarled angrily. "He is truly naive if he thinks that a couple of stupid villagers and wimpy Shinobi could stop us from escaping this wretched village. I will escape. Nothing will stop me".

Kurama smirked at the boy's confidence, he couldn't have hoped for a better host.

"Of course, all obstacles will be removed. Now let Operation: Escape Phase 2, begin".

:O Cliffhanger! I know, I know. I am evil...

Anyway I hoped you like it and please write any suggestions you might have in the reviews section, it would be appreciated.

TheBrokenDemon out!