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"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon speech"

'Demon thought'

Jutsu

Changing Fate Chapter 3

Shion awakened to the ringing of her bell. Looking around she immediately realized the power boost from Naruto had sent her back farther than she had intended and set out to determine how far. Looking at her surroundings she noticed that the room she was in was familiar but was unsure how. As she got up from the sleeping mat she lay on she realized she had gone quite far back as she was a child again.

Noticing that the crown of the priestess was not in the room she knew instantly that this was both very good and bad at the same time. Ever since her mother had sacrificed herself to seal Moryo, leaving her to take up the mantel of priestess she had kept the crown by her bedside. As priestess she never knew when she would be needed to officiate in matters of import.

The fact that the crown lay not by her bedside told her one thing. She was six years old and had just received her bell from her mother. Her mother was still alive, but it was just days until Moryo would come. His army would be on the march and he would arrive here to attempt to force Miroku to stand at his side combining her jutsu with his raw power.

She realized her mother would never believe she had traveled ten years through time. For one she had refused to teach her any of the priestess' jutsu. Secondly that vast a distance through time would be impossible even for the vast amount of her power sealed within the bell. Even if her mother believed her she would just think she was in league with Moryo as his power would seem the only way to get such a vast boost.

'I wish Naruto-kun was here. With his power and the technique we used before I'm sure we could defeat him again, this time without blowing up a mountain around us,' She thought to herself wryly. 'Still this time mother will not face him alone. I will fight by her side and hopefully together we can seal him without one of us sacrificing their life,' she contemplated.

This time she knew how to release the power stored within her bell and would not be caught without its' defensive barrier in her possession. Also even though the only offensive abilities she had found were the Beru Keta and the ascended form's sealing power she was sure any aid in her mother's battle would tip the difference.

Last time Miroku had been forced into the sealing which should have been a last resort due to being unduly weakened by her step through time and placing a barrier in order to block Moryo's grab for her. Without that loss of power and with her aid, meager though it may be the fight should be far more even. Perhaps they could even win without being forced into the sealing.

As her attendant arrived to help her prepare for the day she began to plan how to get some free time in order to practice her abilities and see if she could unlock any others. Any boost she could provide to the coming fight would be one step closer to saving her mother. She also contemplated what her future would hold should things turn out well.

'Naruto-kun said he would change my fate and in a way he has given me the chance to fight for a new better one just like him,' she thought to herself. 'Even if he won't be my Naruto I must make sure to thank him by fighting for a better fate for him as well once this is over,' she privately planed not knowing what was happening in Konoha at that exact moment.

With a start Naruto awakened to the sound of Shion's bell. Noting that he was in the bedroom of his apartment he shot out of bed only to crash to the ground finding that everything seemed out of proportion. He looked around seeing everything seemed right so looking down he confirmed that he was the one that had shrunk. 'I gota find out what happened on the mission. How did I get shrunk and where is Shion,' He thought to himself.

Quickly dressing in the clothes in his closet that strangely enough fit his smaller frame he raced out of the house. He tried to jump to the rooftops only to find that the strange shrinkage had affected his chakra control as well. Turning to the street he raced along headed to the Hokage tower.

Racing up the stairs and past the secretary station not even looking for Shizune as Tsunade would have all available information he burst into the Hokage's office. "Baa-chan what happened with my mission? How did I get shrunk and how is Shion?" he hurriedly asked.

As the Hokage lowered the paperwork he had been reading drawing a look of utter shock from the blond boy he replied, "Naruto-kun I can assure you that I am not an old lady, and I'm unsure of any possible answers to your questions."

"J… Jiji?" the shocked boy stuttered out. "How is this possible? Orochimaru killed you. Where is Tsunade baa-chan?"

"My, that must have been one strange nightmare Naruto-kun but unfortunately I don't have time to hear it as I'm dealing with something of a crisis," Hiruzen Sarutobi answered.

Focusing his chakra Naruto called out, "Kai!" Seeing no affect he reached over and quickly broke his pinky finger on his left hand.

"Naruto what in Kami's name are you doing?" the old man asked as he hurried to the boy's side.

"Damn, not a genjutsu," the boy muttered as he straightened the broken finger. "Don't worry Jiji the Kyubi will heal it in a moment," he said seeing the man's look of concern.

"What did you just say Naruto?" the Hokage asked with a look of consternation.

"I've always healed rapidly because of the Kyubi the Yondame sealed in me," Naruto replied absently as the thought of what could be going on. Then a crazy possibility crossed his mind and he asked, "Jiji, what age am I supposed to be?"

"Naruto I'm more concerned of how you learned about the seal," the old man told him.

"Just please answer the question and I should be better able to answer yours," Naruto told him.

"You are six years old Naruto. Now how did you learn of the Kyubi?" the elder sternly asked.

"Well apparently somehow I traveled back in time about ten years. I learned about the Kyubi when after failing to produce a bushin for the academy final exam for the third time Mizuki-teme tricked me into stealing the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing so that he could take it to Orochimaru and join Otogakure. Unfortunatly for him he had told me his secret exam involved learning one of the jutsu contained within and after he hurt Iruka-sensei I beat him down with around a thousand shadow clones," Naruto rapidly explained.

"That's quite the story Naruto-kun. I don't suppose you could demonstrate the Kagebushin no Jutsu to prove it could you?" the now overwhelmed Hokage asked.

"Sure Jiji. Kagebushin no Jutsu," the blond boy called out. Suddenly the entire room was filled to the point of bursting with blond haired boys. Quickly dispelling them Naruto sheepishly said, "Sorry Jiji this body has absolutely no chakra control."

"That's quite all right Naruto. I wander, would it be alright for me to view your memories of the future with the Yamanaka's mind reading jutsu?" the elder asked.

"Sure Jiji with both of us knowing what I remember we could do a lot to prevent the problems the village will go through," Naruto reassured him.

Calling in his secretary and having her cancel all of his meetings as well as have her make sure he remained undisturbed Hiruzen had Naruto set cross legged upon the floor and sat the same across form him. Going through several hand signs he placed his hand upon the boys head and dived into his mind.

He found himself within a vast chamber with a massive gate in one wall a single sealing tag holding it shut. Standing beside him was an older Naruto who said, "Hey Jiji, I guess in my mind I look like my older self. Anyway this is the Kyubi's cage."

"Hello kit. I need to speak to you," came the menacing voice of the fox from beyond the gate.

"What do you want baka-fox?" Naruto replied.

"Are you sure antagonizing him is the wisest choice Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.

"Meh, he can't hurt us from inside the cage and I'm certainly not going to let him out." Naruto replied.

"Listen the contact we had with the priestess has changed me. The Yondame made a mistake when he sealed only the yang half of my soul within you," the fox said.

"What do you mean?" asked Hiruzen.

"I didn't escape from the seal on his mother by myself. Uchiha Madara forced the Yondame to stop holding the seal closed by taking the boy hostage. It was his will enforced by those cursed eyes of his that made me to attack your village just as it was the first time I was sealed within Mito," the fox explained. "I'm sure the Yondame split my soul to prevent this from ever being possible again but he unwisely chose the yang half instead of the yin half to seal in the boy."

"Why do you say that?" asked the elder ninja before Naruto shouted out, "You were sealed in my mother?"

"Naruto-kun I will explain later. Right now though the information the fox is giving us could be very important," the old man said trying to placate the boy.

"Okay but you better have a good reason for not telling me you knew my mother," the boy responded.

"To answer your question I'm sure the Yondame made the mistake of thinking that Yin representing the dark half of the tao symbol and yang being the light half represented good and evil. This though is a mistake as good and evil are separate concepts from the tao. Yang in fact represents focus and aggression among other things. The boy could rarely draw my power without becoming a single minded berserker from my influence," the fox explained in answer.

"How would it have been different had he sealed your yin half?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Yin is associated with femininity and is characterized as yielding diffuse and tranquil among other things again. This means I would have been more maternal and protective of you and you would have found getting me to yield my power far easier as well. Finally your mind would have been expanded to take in all that was happening in battle and you would have remained perfectly calm," the fox replied.

"More importantly what has changed?" Hiruzen now asked.

"When the soul of the priestess touched the souls of both the boy and I it healed me. I am whole once more. This brings the danger that Madara could try to claim me again but now the boy will find it somewhat easier to draw upon and use my power," the fox said.

"I see. If that is all you wished to say I need to be about looking at Naruto's memories of the future. There is only so much time my secretary can keep us undisturbed," the old man said.

"Yes I'm through for now though the boy and I will need to talk more later. Go on your way," the fox responded.

Turning and heading down the corridor leading out of the room the Hokage noted that the place appeared to be a sewer. "Such a dismal mind scape," he muttered quietly.

"Life hasn't been all that kind to me Jiji," Naruto morosely responded to the comment.

"Hmm, we will just have to go about making this one better Naruto-kun," the old man stated as they continued to their destination.

AN: Well another chapter. Sorry Shion's part is so short but Naruto has a lot more to deal with while she is keeping things hush hush so to speek.

Beru Keta – Bell beam = a medium range offensive beam of pink light that can slice through multiple enemies.