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DISCLASIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT MY O.C's

NARUTO'S MINDSCAPE, Naruto POV

'The giant sewer?' I thought. 'I always thought that was in Konoha. Well, either it came with me somehow or…' "Kit…" 'that voice! I'd recognize it anywhere! It's my protector! It sounds like she's in pain. I have to get to her NOW' I thought with urgency. So, I ran as fast as I could down the pipe from which the voice came from. Then, I saw it. Now, I've experienced things that if a stone witnessed, it would cry a river, but what I saw behind those bars was the saddest thing I had ever seen. My protector, the Kyuubi no Yoko, was fading away rapidly. "Kit… I am so… Proud of you. As… You can see… I'm dying. This seal… went into overdrive… since we got here… it's been… giving you my power. Use… it well… Naruto."

"No. No you can't go. Please! You're the only good childhood memory I have! Please don't die." I begged

"Oh kit... We all… die eventually. Nothing… could save me now. There's just… not enough of… my chakra… for me to remain. Good… Goodbye… friend… of my… heart."

"NO! I REFUSE TO LET YOU DIE!" I shouted, pushed my way through the bars, and shoved as much chakra as I could into the dying Kyuubi, until I eventually ran out. Just before dropping of chakra exhaustion I saw the flow of chakra away from kyuubi stopping. My last thought before passing out was 'I've done it. My friend and protector will live.' Then everything turned to white.

HOSPITAL ROOM, PETALBURG

The first thing I noticed was a large weight on my torso. I opened my eyes and looked up. The first thing I saw was a one tailed red fox the size of a small horse. Then it spoke "You're finally awake, huh Naruto."

"Kyuubi! You're out of the seal! You're Alive!"

"Yes. Thanks to you, my friend, I still live. With these humans as my witnesses, I hereby swear a life debt unto you. By the way, since I only have one tail now, I can't be called Kyuubi anymore. As part of my life debt, you have earned the right to call me by my name." He leaned down to my ear and whispered "My name is Kurama."

"Thank you, Kurama. I'm glad you're okay… wait witnesses? What witnesses?" I looked around and only then did I notice that Jacob Uchiha and his father Norman were in the room with us.

"We stayed by your bedside the entire time. You did save my son from certain death, after all. Now, Jacob here learned a few things from that fox Pokemon of yours, but there's something I don't understand. How come he doesn't have any data in the pokedex about him? Heck, I can't even find his species. Furthermore, there was a scroll that mysteriously appeared by your bedside, but it won't open for us. What is it about?"

"How long was I out?"

"Two days." Jacob replied "Why?"

"Just curious."

I looked at it. It had a chakra seal on it, that much was obvious, so it probably came from my dad or the Shinigami. Channeling chakra into it, the scroll opened. First was a note that read

Dear Son,

Congratulations! You have startled the Shinigami twice in one day! A half-breed Uchiha was completely unexpected. Take him with you, you'll find that he doesn't have the superiority complex so common in his clan. We took the liberty of examining his file, he should have Water and Wind affinities which means he'll be able to use Ice. To this end, we have been able to acquire a handful of water jutsu and a wind jutsu, which are in this scroll. Enclosed are four jutsu, and working together you might be able to create a couple more. The wind jutsu will only be able to be used by you for some time FUUTON: FUURYU. Included here also is SUITON: SUIRYU. Have him activate his Sharingan and a recording of it shall play. If you and a shadow clone both used FUUTON: FUURYU while he used SUITON: SUIRYU, there's a good chance that the two will combine into an ICE STYLE: ICE DRAGON. Anyway, using the SUITON: SUIRYU will be out of his reach for some time yet. So, here are a couple he will be able to use at his level – SUITON: SUIDAN, FUUTON: FUUDAN use two parts wind and one part water to create HYOTON: HYUDAN. Good luck, my son.

Your proud father,

Minato Namikaze

Then there was a recording of four jutsu in use with chakra overlay and step by step instructions for FUUTON: FUURYU. With a quick shout to Jacob, his Sharingan activated and he learned FUUTON: WIND BULLET, SUITON: WATER BULLET, and a completely useless for now SUITON: SUIRYU. He then turned to me. I was completely expecting him to demand more, but to my surprise, I could see sparkles in his Sharingan. "Can I please learn some more of these Jutsu, master?"

"First off, call me sensei, not master. Secondly, if you're willing to go outside, I can show you one more you could easily do."

"Race you there! There's a $$$ Poke fine if your late!" and with that, he sped off with at least high gennin speed. Fortunately, I was quicker, so I won the race. With a single handsign and a cry of FUUTON: GREAT BREAKTHROUGH, he learned another jutsu. Jacob Uchiha and I then went and told his dad that we were heading off. "Of course. Thank you again for saving my son, but I know he won't be happy unless he's at your side learning new… what did you call them? Jitsu?"

"Jutsu, and I can see that already. Just like me, I can already tell. Well, we'd best be off."

"Off? Are you sure you are healthy enough to travel?" Norman asked, worry clear in his voice.

"I heal extremely quickly, I always have. It's because of the fact that Kurama was sealed inside me. Judging by how quickly I recovered from chakra exhaustion, I'd say I still have my healing factor. I can't wait to take on

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