Turmanarmo: Well another chapter down, that took way longer than I expected. My silly brain decided it wanted to play ADD child for the last few days.

Sasuke: Well if you wouldn't write such drivel about the dobe maybe you would find it worthy of focusing on. But then again I have never really found many people who understand what it is like to focus everything in their lives on a task.

Turmanarmo: *Snort* yeah not all of us can be revenge obsessed wackos who are easily manipulated by every person they meet that promises them some sort of power. Anyways, I only called you here so you could do the disclaimer and so I could say I had actually used all of the non-leader members of team 7, even if I strongly dislike what you have become.

Sasuke: *glare* I am above such ties to my pathetic team and I am not easily manipulated, I am the one using these fools so that I can gain power, I have no intent of letting them use for anything that doesn't give me further strength or further my goals of revenge. Regardless, this simpleton does not own the dobe or the pitiful story that for some reason centers around him. I honestly could care less if you support the official release since I don't particularly care about any of those people and a story about Naruto would be mind numbingly horrible.

Turmanarmo: Anywho, yes I did put up a changed version of Ch 1&2 like I said last chapter but not much was changed other than some grammar and consistency issues, the argument in ch1 was extended slightly but overall not much different. Also thanks again for all of you that favorite, follow, and review.

Naruto was sitting with his friends talking jovially about all sorts of random things. He had decided to take the day off to talk with the ones he had told already to see how they were dealing with it.

Everything seemed to be going fine when they suddenly started discussing what they had heard from Naruto. Shikamaru pointed out, "When I was talking to you last time you mentioned how the Kyuubi would try to take you over if you used its power so I decided to figure out what exactly that meant. While talking with your team, Sakura told me how you had attacked her during the last mission. She said she was afraid of you now because of it. Why wouldn't you tell us that you were so dangerous, that seems like pretty important information considering how much trust you expect us to have in you?"

The others nodded in agreement as Naruto stuttered out, "I know I hurt Sakura-chan but that is why I promised that I wouldn't use the Kyuubi's power any more so I don't have to worry about hurting my friends 'tebayo."

Shino stated, "Yes but you also told us that you could unintentionally call on its Chakra if you are severely injured or emotionally unstable and we all know how easy you become emotional."

Naruto again looked downtrodden as he said, "Yeah, but I am working on controlling my emotions more so that I don't have to worry about that, and even if I am upset I can still usually keep control as long as I consciously prevent him from giving me chakra."

Lee butted in next saying, "Yes but if you could not even recognize Sakura-chan, the one who you profess to love while in this mode how much more likely will you be to unyouthfully attack us if such a thing happens again for some reason."

Ino also pointed out, "Yeah, even if you are working on holding your emotions, we all know how easy it is to taunt you and rile you up in battle so what happens if the Kyuubi takes advantage of that or you having low chakra to take control again, what then."

At this all of his friends stood up and left saying, "Bye Naruto, honestly we just can't trust you to be in control of the demon inside of you at all times. It is best for everyone if you just stay away from us so that we aren't in danger."

As they left Naruto fell to his knees and began openly crying as the pain and loneliness of his childhood seemed to be returning. At this the Kyuubi began whispering in his mind about how much better it would be if he just let go and gave in. Suddenly Naruto couldn't control his body anymore and he watched from a detached point as his body suddenly stood up and nodded his consent as the Kyuubi took control and he suddenly saw himself slaughtering all of his precious people and the villagers.

At this Naruto bolted up in his bed panting as he realized he had just had a rather horrible nightmare likely brought on by some of his lingering anxiety over telling his friends. Needless to say this dream had disturbed him greatly and he wasn't sure how he felt about it quite yet.

Unfortunately for him he suddenly heard someone knocking on his door and so he shuffled over there to open it shouting, "Just a moment." When he got to the door he paused since he was only wearing his boxers and a shirt and the last time he had opened his door in this state when Sakura had come to get him he had wound up getting scolded for not at least wearing pants. So to save himself from a possible aching head he decided to glance through the spy hole and saw Choji standing outside his door.

As he opened the door he decided to ask, "Hey Choji, what brings you by?"

Choji shrugged as he responded, "Well I saw Ino and Shikamaru talking yesterday at the flower shop and when I asked what they were talking about they told me it was a secret and I should talk to you about it. Since you weren't here when I came by yesterday I assumed you were busy so I decided to get an early start today and try and get here before you left. Oh and I brought breakfast since it is so early."

Naruto glanced around and sure enough Choji had two rather large containers in his hands that likely contained some food so he ushered his friend inside and headed to his small table. As they walked Choji overheard him grumble something about 'annoying friends that talk too much' but he dismissed it as Naruto being grumpy that he had just woken up.

Once they had sat down and the food had been passed out they both dug in, Naruto commented on how good the food was to which Choji responded, "Thanks, my mom was the one who made it, I told her I needed to go talk to a friend as soon as I got up so she prepared some food so that we wouldn't have to go hungry. Anyways, I am interested in what could be so interesting that even Shikamaru was talking about it, I am not normally one for gossip but since both my teammates were talking about it and they told me to come talk to you I assume it must be a pretty big secret you have to tell."

Naruto laughed nervously as he said, "Well yeah it is, but can we finish eating before we talk."

Choji nodded before they both dug back into the food and finished it up before Choji moved to the couch and began munching on a bag of chips as Naruto ran off to his room to grab some pants to wear.

When Naruto came back he looked slightly nervous as he asked, "Hey Choji, when you saw them talking about me how would you say they looked."

Choji appeared thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Well I would say they seemed concerned and a bit upset but it was hard to tell. The only thing I heard was Shikamaru say something about Ignorant villagers before Ino shushed him when she saw me.

Naruto wasn't sure how to take this but hoped it meant well before Choji also said, "Oh and Shikamaru also told me I should give you this message, he wants to talk to you again after everyone has been told and something about not being a baka and worrying about how we will react."

Naruto looked up before he burst out laughing since he couldn't believe what he was hearing, Shikamaru always was too perceptive for his own good. Once he calmed down Naruto said, "Okay I was kind of figuring everyone might have a few more questions once everything settled in and Ino never did directly respond to having met the Fuzzball face to face so you can tell Shikamaru thanks for me. Now I just need to figure out how to tell you about this."

Choji tilted his head as he responded, "Sure I will tell Shikamaru later but the more you talk about this secret of yours the more confused I get, what could be so scary that you can't just come out and say it?"

Naruto hummed and sat thinking for a second before Choji heard him mutter, "Yeah that would go over real great with no explanation, what would I say, 'hey guys, fun fact about myself, I have a multi-story demon sealed in my gut, how about you?'"

Naruto glanced up when he suddenly heard choking and then silence from his friend. When he saw Choji's shocked face he asked, "What?"

After several moments of awkward silence while Choji processed what he had just heard he coughed slightly before saying, "Well maybe you were right, you definitely shouldn't be that blunt."

Choji almost laughed when he saw Naruto's face morph from confused to terrified as he stuttered out, "P-please tell me I d-didn't say t-that out loud Dattebayo."

Choji looked concerned as his friend suddenly seemed to shut down and started muttering nonsensical things about dreams and loneliness. Suddenly he decided that the best way to deal with this situation was to ignore his own confusion and just act like nothing big had just happened so he began eating his chips again and slapped Naruto on the back as he said, "Hey Naruto, I know you didn't mean to say that but I feel like you shouldn't be a stuttering mess, it doesn't suit you."

Naruto looked confused for a second before he glanced at his friend's sincere smile and burst out laughing. Soon he brought himself back under control as he said, "Okay, sorry about that, it was just so hilarious how well you took that even if you were partially acting. The only thing that could have made it funnier would be if you had just been like, Oh, that's neat, want a chip?"

At this Naruto devolved back into his mad laughter as Choji chuckled along thinking about how weird it would have been to do just that, though he figured someone like Shikamaru might be more likely to be so nonchalant about something this big.

Once the two of them got back under control they sat there in silence for a short bit before Choji said, "Now that that is out of the way lets continue this backwards reveal, I would really love some context, like why and how you have a demon in your gut? Is this like an Aburame thing where they offer their kids up as hives for insects in exchange for the use of them as weapons?"

Naruto looked thoughtful as he said "Well that would sure be an interesting reason for this, though I am not sure what you would offer an ultra-powerful demon in exchange for giving the kid his power. 'Hey mister all powerful bijuu if you will inhabit my kid and give him super powers you can eat his soul or something.' Somehow I don't think that would go over very well for either party. No the reason I have a demon in me was because the Yondaime needed somewhere to put it to protect the village and he chose me."

Choji snorted at the line about eating the kid's soul as he realized how silly his comparison sounded now before he responded, "Okay that makes sense I guess but weren't you born on the same day the Yondaime died fighting the Kyuubi?"

Naruto smirked slightly as he said, "Yeah." And proceeded to sit there and see how long it would take Choji to work it out from there.

Choji sat confused for a second wondering why his friend was smirking and didn't elaborate before he thought about what he said, Okay the Yondaime was fighting the Kyuubi on Naruto's birth and he died defeating it so when did he have time to seal a demon … inside … Naruto. "Oh. I see. The Yondaime died sealing the Kyuubi into you."

Naruto nodded as he said, "Yeah, apparently since the Kyuubi is made out of pure Chakra he can't be destroyed so the Yondaime decided to seal him in a Jinchuuriki with some super powerful but deadly seal that used up all of his energy. Unfortunately to further distance this from the beneficial relationship the Aburame have with their insects my 'tenant' despises me since I am his jailor and he only helps me unwillingly or if he can gain something from it."

Naruto looked thoughtful as he continued, "For instance he heals me faster than usual since he would be dispelled for a while if I died and his chakra boosts my reserves since the seal is designed to slowly leach his chakra to grow mine though he replenishes his faster than the seal eats it I think. Also I can call upon more of his chakra if I need to but that unfortunately allows him more control over how I use it and his consciousness comes with it."

Naruto grimaced as he pointed out, "The more I pull the more he gains control and as he gains control he amplifies my anger and uses that to gain even more control. Due to this annoying feature I have stopped using his Chakra as much as I can because I don't want to risk hurting one of my friends."

Choji looked thoughtful before he responded, "Well that works. Though the more I think about it, the more everything makes sense."

Naruto gave Choji a quizzical look as he responded with a, "Huh?"

Choji laughed slightly as he said, "Oh sorry, I was just thinking about how this explains a lot of my questions I always had about you. You have to understand, since I was always bullied as a kid for being 'fat' I would often notice when others were bullied and so I naturally noticed you. For some reason you were bullied by everyone, both kids and adults. Kids bullied you because they thought you were a failure but the adults seemed unwilling to stop it, except Iruka-sensei."

Choji's expression grew grim as he said, "And then whenever you were around some of the other adults you often would receive glares from them like you were doing something wrong just by being around. None of that ever made sense to me but when I asked Shikamaru about it he said he had thought about it but decided it was to troublesome to figure out what was wrong with the idiotic adults. Later when I asked my dad he seemed slightly sad before he told me that there wasn't anything I could do except don't be like everyone else who bullied you."

Choji looked apologetic as he continued, "At the time I considered trying to become your friend but due to my fear of being picked on even more if I was friends with the kid everyone seemed to dislike I only suggested to Shikamaru that we could be nice to you but never really did anything besides not actively harass you."

Naruto looked contemplative as he said, "Oh I had never realized until I started these conversations that any of you would have noticed that, but pretty much everyone I have told noticed it at least a little. And even though you didn't try to befriend me at the time I am glad you are my friend now Choji. I know you meant well with what you did at the time and honestly it was a lot more than most were willing to do so thank you."

Naruto laughed lightly as he also pointed out, "I have to take some of the fault for that as well since I never really actively tried to seek out a friendship with you or Shikamaru despite the fact the fact that I noticed how you guys were some of the very few who didn't actively hate me. At the time I think I had a similar mindset to you since I may have avoided you guys so I wouldn't have more reasons to be made fun of. Also I seemed to focus most of my friend making efforts on the popular kids for a while and once I realized that they would never accept me I spent most of my time trying to best the Teme since I figured if I could be better than him then everyone would have to respect me."

Naruto sighed, "After a while I just came to accept that I couldn't make friends and that my only friends would be Iruka-sensei, the Ichirakus, and Sandaime-Jiji. Of course that didn't stop me from wanting attention, I just shifted to an even more pranksterish method of getting it by upping the ante on my pranks. This also had the bonus of getting me more attention from both Jiji and Iruka-sensei directly which I craved more than anything but being in the positions they were they didn't always have time for me so I made them have time."

Naruto shook his head before continuing, "Though that changed once I got my team and developed a relationship with them and then during and after the Chuunin exams I grew closer to all of you guys since you got to know the real me from spending so much time with me on missions and such. Oh well, that is all in the past now and I suppose I should just be thankful that you guys are all so awesome now, even knowing about my burden."

They sat in a companionable silence for a short time before Choji decided to ask, "Hey Naruto, so what is it like having Kyuubi living inside you, outside of how the villagers treat you I mean. Does he talk to you very much and what is he like?"

Naruto's face scrunched up in thought before he said, "Well he doesn't actively seek me out for conversation or anything, I honestly never even spoke with him until the first time I entered my mindscape during the month of training before the final stage of the Chuunin exams. Since then I have only honestly talked with him a handful of times and they usually do not end without some sort of argument."

Naruto hummed before continuing, "The only times we really talk to each other is when I am trying to use more of his power than normal or when he senses I am in danger and gives me more power to save me. There have been a few times where I just went there for the heck of it like when I took Ino to show her but he almost always threatens to kill me and tries to convince me to remove the seal or something along those lines and I usually respond by calling him names or just yelling at him. Recently he has been a bit quitter but that may be due to the fact that I am actively refusing his help now since I don't like how he can control me when I use too much power."

Naruto snorted lightly as he pointed out, "Though when I think about it I am not particularly surprised that he is grumpy all the time. I mean I wouldn't be too happy if I had to spend 15 years in a cage that looks like a sewer while lying in water. I wonder what he does for fun besides imagining what he will do once he is free or imagining what he would do to me if he could escape."

As Naruto shuddered at that last thought Choji stated, "Well that makes sense I guess. I don't think even Shikamaru would enjoy that much free time, even if the place were a green hill with clouds overhead."

At this they both snorted before laughing lightly as they thought about Shikamaru actually wanting something to do other than laze around due to sheer boredom. Needless to say it was a very humorous idea.

Once they were done laughing Choji stood up before saying, "Well it was nice to talk with you about all of this but I really ought to be going and I should also pass on your message to Shikamaru before I forget. He should be on his hill at this hour trying to avoid any chores his mother might assign since he has time off."

At this Naruto snickered before saying, "Yeah. That sounds about right. Well thanks for coming over Choji, it was nice to see you and like I said earlier, I really am glad that you are one of my friends. Bye."

Once Choji left the house Naruto looked up and thought about that strange conversation he had just had. Despite everything talking with Choji had helped to even further alleviate his fears and the message from Shikamaru had felt almost like it was designed to counter the dream he had just experienced. He really wondered sometimes with Shikamaru, he was normally too lazy to read that far into the situation, so saying something and telling Choji to pass it on really showed how much he felt about this.

Naruto soon realized it was once again late morning and he had to decide who he was going to talk to next, he now only had four friends remaining to tell and he wasn't quite sure who to see next. He could go with Kiba or Tenten since they would react more normally, though he could choose Hinata since she will be one of the harder ones he has to do based on the way she normally reacts around him. Then of course there is always Neji who could definitely relate to having a seal placed on you that affected your life without your permission.

As Naruto got up and left his house he decided he knew who to tell next, he just needed to figure out where they would be at this time of day. So with that in mind he headed into the village and decided to head for the business district to start his search.

Well that chapter was strange to write. I have known since the day after I posted the last one the general idea I wanted to write this one in, but for some reason since that day I have had little motivation to actually sit down and write the thing out. And even though it strayed very little from the original idea I would rewrite many of the lines almost every time I sat back down to continue and thus made little progress. Then suddenly I felt like writing again tonight and couldn't sleep until I finished it. Ah well my brain is strange sometimes, hopefully my constant rewriting of the same lines didn't affect it too much.

Anywho with 3557 it is back to the lengths of the first two reveals, seems only Ino was able to pull out the super long chapter. Oh well. Hope you guys like it, and please review, my favorite count has caught back up to my review count, both being at 21. That still seems so strange to me but oh well, such is life.