Hello-the wait is over-another chapter has been born and adds a new twist. It is a bit long but I hope you like it! Please tell me what you think. ^0^

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On with the story!

-TheNineTailedKitsune

Chapter 9 – Unsealing New Life

"Naruto, come here." Kyuubi motioned to the boy bringing him out of his games. Naruto obliged and was next to him in an instant.

"What is Tou-san?" he asked excitedly.

"There is one last thing you need to do before we can both be free."

This immediately made the boy's gaze intense. Freedom-ever since he'd woken with this new life it had been the most important thing; next to his Tou-san that is. He nodded his head. He would do whatever his father asked him to.

Suddenly the landscape changed again. They were in a sewer and Naruto was standing alone on the other side of prison bars.

"Father?" he called looking around wildly, this place was familiar-what was it…? His eye lit up in knowing and then went dim. This was where the humans had sealed Tou-san. This was his prison.

'Our prison…' he remembered the villages hated glares and snarled. Father's pain was as much as his own. They would pay for it-locking his Tou-san up-for beating Naruto and shunning him. He hissed under his breath.

"Kit."

Naruto stepped forward when he heard his Father's voice. "What do I have to do?" he asked ready for anything. The demon behind the bars smiled. Naruto felt no fear for the great fox.

"You see that paper?"

"Hai!"

"Tear it away then you and I will escape together."

Naruto looked at the seal above. Was it really that simple? He gave his Tou-san a foxy grin. "Yes sir!" The enormous fox nodded and his tails crept through the cage rapping around his son. Naruto was lifted into the air right in front of the seal; as his hand reached for it and began to tear a voice called out to him. It wasn't his Tou-san.

"Naruto!"

He turned around and was confused; a man with wild blond hair, though not as long as his Tou-san's, stood below. He wore a long white coat.

Something about the man stirred in Naruto's memories.

'…the best Hokage ever…'

"Who are you?" Naruto asked curiously, while behind the bars a killing intent radiated.

"Yondaime! COME HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU!"

His fathers voice boomed, all but the tail that held the little fox boy was thrashing.

"An invitation like that is hardly something I'd take. I think I'll stay here, thanks."

"Yondaime…?" Naruto wondered out loud. Though he was frightened of his father's mood, it wasn't directed at him so he felt no worry.

"I'm The Forth Hokage Naruto." Minato said taking a step closer. Naruto's eyes narrowed and he hoped from his perch in his fathers grasp.

"Naruto!"

"You," the small kitsune's eyes glowed an ominous blue. "You're the one who did this to Tou-san."

For the briefest of moments the pervious Hokage looked surprised. What wasn't expected was the little sad smile that played at his lips.

"What have you done Kyuubi-san?"

"Stay away from him kit!"

Naruto approached the man ignoring his father's words. His sent… it was familiar, almost like his own. He sniffed the air cautiously.

"Naruto, I would have expected you to be older when The Nine-Tails tried to break free." The blond man looked down at the boy, who just pouted up at him with folded arms. 'He has Kushina's face...'

"How do you know my name?"

"Simple Naruto, because I gave it to you."

The boy looked shocked then confused. "Huh?"

"Speak another word Minato and I swear-"

"Tou-san I want to know who this man is!" Naruto shouted suddenly. He didn't know what came over him to make him yell at his father, but there was something about this Yondaime he needed to know. "You're the human who sealed Father!"

Minato bent down to be at the same eye level as the little fox boy. "It is true Naruto, I sealed the Kyuubi inside of you the day you were born. In doing so I placed some of my own chakra inside as well, incase the seal was ever to break." He smiled and Naruto saw his eyes were blue.

'Just like mine.'

"You-you're the reason they hated me!" the little boy balled a fist. "I should hate you!" he growled throwing a punch. If he had been using the power Kyuubi had given him, the Yondaime wouldn't have stood a chance. As it was the boy was so distraught he could barely function right. Minato caught his hand easily but still cringe at the strength behind it.

"I would understand if you do. You've changed so much Naruto-kun."

"Stop saying my name like that-I don't know you!"

"Perhaps not, but I would like to address my son by his given name when I see him."

Naruto froze. "What?"

Minato leaned in a little closer so their foreheads were almost touching. "You heard me Naruto. I'm your father."

Naruto's eyes teared up. No-it had to be a lie-his Tou-san was behind him caged in the human's cruel prison! It was his duty to free them both. Something gentle touched Naruto's face and he blinked.

"Naruto, I am so sorry. For all of your suffering, it wasn't my intent for that to happen. You were to be seen as a hero not a monster. You've changed so much little one…"

"Get away from my kit Hokage!"

"It seems you have changed as well, eeh Kyuubi-san?" Minato looked up at the nine tails. "Or maybe that's something that has to do with Naruto as well?"

Kyuubi growled…

So Minato was right. Being sealed inside of Naruto for so many years had actually influenced the beast. Even through all the killing intent aimed at him and the grim loathing from his own son, he knew Kyuubi cared for his child. "Naruto, I saw the turmoil your mind was in and I know that it was Kyuubi who help save you, but you seem to forgotten much of yourself with it."

"What do you mean?"

"My purpose to be here was to rebuild the seal. Seeing as that wouldn't make a difference now I've decided I won't." He then turned his blue gaze on Kyuubi. That blue gaze so much like the demon young kit. "Listen now Kyuubi-sama, before I go I have one favor to ask of you. As a demon I trust you'll keep your word."

Kyuubi was silent behind the iron bars eyes narrow.

"You can raise Naruto, but let him come back to the Leaf one day. Wait before you settle your wrath on the village and let him make the decision of what he wants on his own.

"I do not believe you hate Konoha as much as you think Naru-chan, and I wish to give you a chance to think over the path that's been placed before you."

"They hurt me-they chained me-I hate them!" Naruto hissed backing away. He didn't like this man-he wanted him to go away.

Minato gave his sad smile again. "I have faith in you Naruto. You will find the answer."

As Naruto was gripping one of the Demon Lords tails he said, "You-you have faith-in me?"

Minato nodded his head and this time his smile was a bit lighter and full of kindness. "It is a parent's duty to have undying faith in their child Naruto." He took a moment to glance at Kyuubi and a silent conversation seemed to pass between them. Minato could feel himself fading away with his chakra.

"Another thing Naruto. I also sealed some of your Mother's chakra for when you would learn to control the Kyuubi's power… Things have changed, but I'm sure at some point when you truly need her, she will come to you."

"M-my Mommy? Kaa-san?" Naruto stuttered and stumbled forward. "Wait tell me what she was like-tell me about my Mommy!"

Minato smiled, "She was beautiful... a beautiful Will of Fire." With that said the Hokage's form completely disappeared. Naruto sat shell shocked.

"Kit?"

The kitsune didn't answer.

"Naruto?"

"Tou-san… did my Kaa-san love Konoha?" This was a very soft question.

Kyuubi breathed a deep sigh. "She did."

"I want to leave now." Naruto looked up at him, his innocent eyes full of something Kyuubi couldn't read. "Tou-san I want to leave and never come back."

Kyuubi rapped him up in his tails again and pulled him close. "…as you wish kit."

Naruto raised a hand and peeled back the last of the seal.

'…I choose… to be free.'

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Sasuke put the last of his scrolls in his backpack and swung the bag over his shoulder.

He was ready.

With a grim sigh he went to open the door to leave, only to glance back at the picture frame he'd pushed over. Team 7… what a joke.

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Tsunade stirred when she saw the movement out of the corner of her eye. The others had left long ago and again she would not leave Naruto's side. Turning her head she saw that the little fox was awake. With a yawn the kitsune blinked at her cocking his head.

"Naruto?"

He blinked again.

Tsunade smiled bitterly. "You don't even remember me do you?" the kit jumped down from his perch on the bed and trotted over to her. She lifted him in her arms and he gave her a lick on the nose.

'Obaa-chan…'

She almost dropped him as she heard the voice in her mind. Naruto's eyes flashed red and this time she really did let him go. The fox landed gracefully below, and then with a final look at her jumped to the edge of the window. It was barely open but he managed to wiggle his small body out before she could catch him.

"No-stop!" Tsunade wrenched the glass open but all she could see was a flash of red in the moon light. "SHIZUNE! KAKASHI!"

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Sakura panted as she searched the streets. Shizune had woken her up with an urgent message saying Naruto had run away. Tsunade and Kakashi were already after him and she was sent to get Sakura and Sasuke. But no one had been home when they'd gone to the Uchiha complex.

Sakura shook her head. Where ever Sasuke was maybe he'd find Naruto first-or even already knew he'd disappeared and was out looking for him. She didn't know how he would but nothing added up to why he hadn't been at his house. The Kunoichi felt a sickness in her stomach she didn't understand. 'Come on Sakura-you can't keep worrying about Sasuke, not when Naruto needs you both. Eeerr where are you Sasuke-we need you!'

Both young woman stopped as they heard a loud boom. There was no mistaking the sound of the Hokage's punch. Shizune recognized the noise as a tree that had just been shattered. Passing through the open gates of Konoha with it's stunned guards they here the Hokage's voice boom.

"How dare you!"

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Naruto passed through the darkened streets quickly, he could smell all the humans but saw nothing. It was almost time-Tou-san and he would be free.

'Hurry kit, the last of the seal is wearing down.'

'Almost there!'

The red chakra releasing Kyuubi's seal was covering the little kit's body. One full fox tail and eight chakra tails whipped behind him. The night watch at the great gates of Konoha didn't comprehend what it was they saw running strait for them.

Naruto gave a fox grin as he saw the barrier in front of him-piece of cake! He leapt little paws infusing chakra to the giant doors as he ran and jumped to the other side.

"What was that thing?" one guard asked his comrade. All they had seen was a red blur. "I don't know but-"

"You there-did you see a fox pass this way?"

"Hokage-sama? Uh-no-but we saw a really strange red blur pass over the gate-" one guard bowed awkwardly but Tsunade ignored that. Open the doors before I break then down!" she bellowed. No one argued and Kakashi followed after her. They were moving deeper into the forest.

"Pakun?"

"Right, he's this way!" the small ninja dog said up to his summoner, before digging his paws into the ground with a halt. "Someone's there!"

"Who?"

The dog motioned with a paw and Kakashi was surprised to see he was shaking. It was an even bigger shock when he felt his own limbs doing the same.

"The seal!" he breathed looking up and a red glow filled their vision. Standing before them was a Nine-Tailed Kitsune. "Kyuubi!"

The fox grinned. "You catch on quick human."

"Y-you-where is Naruto?" Tsunade demanded her fist shaking. The fox's ears went back.

"That's none of you're concern old woman."

Tsunade's face darkend. "None of my…" she raised a fist and with a thurous crack it snapped a thick tree. "How dare you!"

Kyuubi just laughed and his tails swung around him, he emitted another burst of red light. When it had dissipated standing in front of them was a human like figure with nine red tails and wild crimson hair. His ears not foxes, were a bit pointed and tipped with black. "I believe you are out matched old woman."

About this time Sakura and Shizune had come on the scene panting. When they caught site of the figure giving off such a maniacal charka they flinched back. The Nine-Tails laughed.

"What have you done to Naruto?" Tsunade was burning furiously but she knew she could get close to the demon. How she wanted to kill the evil beast for what he'd done…

"Tou-san…?"

The party flinched at this small new voice. A little blond head of hair peeked out from the folds of Kyuubi's kimono. "Tou-san who are these people?"
What they saw was a little boy who couldn't have been more then two years old. His fox ears, much too large for his head were perked but wary. He sniffed the air and blinked then pointed.

"Baa-chan!" he was looking at Tsunade with a sparkle in his eyes.

"Yes-Naruto do you recognize me?"

"Baa-chan was there when Naruto was born-right Tou-san?" the boy looked up at the great demon questioningly. Kyuubi nodded and Naruto giggled. It was a young sound with a note of his familiar laugh, while also holding something much more inhuman a beautiful. He waved a hand at Tsunade the other still clutching Kyuubi's cloths. "Bye-Bye Obaa-chan!"

"N-Naruto?" Sakura stuttered. What had happened to him? "What are you saying? Don't you remember us-don't go!" the girl shouted on the verge of tears again. She had to be strong now for Naruto's sake!

The boy cocked his head as if just recognizing her and sniffed. "Cherry-Blossom?" he said with a little smile. "Pretty Sakura!"

"Naruto?"

He didn't know who she was at all, just her scent and brief glimpses of the day he was born. He tugged on his father kimono. "Can we leave now Tou-san?" Kyuubi was about to answer when Sakura burst out again. It seemed all of the adults had lost there voice when they saw the kitsune child.

"Leave-why Naruto-don't you remember your dreams? What about being Hokage-Team 7-what about the village?" she cried desperately. 'Please let him remember something, just don't let that demon take him away!'

Unfortunately Naruto did remember a small bit of his past, and that immediately made his eyes turn steely. "… the village?" he spoke very soft hair falling in his downturn face. "I hate the village!" again he didn't speak loudly but his voice vibrated off of every part of there beings.

"What are you saying-you love Konoha!" Sakura couldn't keep the tears in and the boy looked up. His eyes were glowing like bright sapphires.

"I hate Konoha-the villagers-they hurt me-they're mean!" he tried to keep his voice as calm as a small child in turmoil could, when he saw the pretty 'Cherry-Blossom' crying. "Don't cry Sakura-chan-your to pretty to cry." He added lower lip trembling. This just brought a fresh new wave of tears to Sakura.

"Please Naruto don't go!"

Naruto looked up at his father with troubled eyes. He didn't understand. "Why is she so unhappy?"

"I suppose because she feels she is loosing a very dear friend." Kyuubi mussed though he showed no compassion. Human lives were weak and frail to him. In a thousand years from now the girl wouldn't exist to either of them.

"Friend?" he rubbed his head not unlike his older form would do, then turned and smiled cutely at Sakura.

"Cherry-Blossom will always be Naruto's friend from now on!" he said happily and Sakura felt a wave of something light hit her. The child was radiating chakra directed at her not unlike Kyuubi. But this chakra, it drove the darkness away emmiting a deep comfort and happiness. Sakura's tears stopped falling and in a blur the human eye couldn't comprehend Naruto was infront of her. He motioned for her to come down to his level and she did. He wiped away her tears and then kissed her cheek.

"Forever Sakura-chan."

"Please don't go Naruto."

He just smiled at her and blinked his big blue eyes. "I love you, Sakura-pretty cherry blossem." Another blur of motion and he was next to his father.

"Naruto wait!" this time it was Kakashi, he seemed to have regain his voice.

"Huh, Alph-Kakashi sensei?" Naruto muttered hiding a little bit.

"Will you… ever return?"

Naruto looked confused. Why did the big predator seem so frail? He just shook his head.

"Why?"

Naruto's eyes glowed. "If I come back, I will destroy the village Kaa-san loved and I can't!" he shouted then whimpered a bit. "I love my Kaa-san."

Kakashi couldn't believe his ears. Did Naruto know who his parents were? Had Kyuubi told him?

"Then go." Every one turned to the new voice, including the kit who'd buried his face in the fabrick of his fathers cloths. He immediately recognized the person.

"Nii-san!" he stumbled forward.

"Shut up."

Naruto stopped. Why was brother getting so angry with him? He could feel the cold radiating off his body.

"What's wrong Sasuke-nii?"

"I told you to be quite!" Sasuke glared into his eyes with heartless black orbs. "I already have a brother and he's not you."

These words tore through Naruto's heart like a hot knife that burned cold. His ears went back and he trembled. "Sasu-"

"Go away."

"B-but-"

"I said go away you pathetic looser! You're not my brother-we have nothing! The only bond I have is the one of hate with my true brother Itachi!"

"Sasuke!" Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing, her own body felt weak.

That had done it. Naruto snapped. There was a wave of screaming chakra that cried out in pain, and not even Kyuubi got to his son first. Trees bent and the earth around Naruto exploded. The boy disappeared only to reaper in front of Sasuke, a clawed hand aimed at his face. Sasuke jumped back but didn't escape unscathed. A sharp scratch had been torn through his forehead protector right through the leaf symbol. Naruto snarled on all fours. He felt betrayed and was now giving off killing intent.

Kyuubi had no idea what possessed him to do this, for the pain that boy had cause his kit he deserved to die! But a moment later Kyuubi was beside his son and his tails were rapping him close. "Enough kit, it's time to leave." He said as his little boy broke down into tears.

"I never wanna come back-I never wanna see you again Nii-san!" he cried letting himself be taken in by Kyuubi.

"I have made a deal with the Yondaime. I will not destroy this village tonight, or here after. His wish was that Naruto given the choice to return to Konoha, would make his own decision to whether this village will live or die." His crimson eyes flash. "I will not be so merciful-if I ever see any of you or a villager near my kit again, I will not hesitate to rip your heart out."

A moment later there was a flash and both Kyuubi and Naruto stood there in fox form. Naruto's tail wavered pitiably. With a motion from his fathers head he began to follow him deeper into the forest.

"Don't!" Tsunade cried trying to move but stumbled over her own feet in distraught. Kyuubi looked back at her with narrow red eyes. He let off a huge wave of chakra sending all those present, beside his kit and himself, unconscious. Naruto glanced back only once. He knew his father hadn't killed them and turned back to his Tou-san. They continued to walk slowing crossing from the realm of humans to that of demons.