A 4 year old boy looked up from the kitchen table, where he sat on a chair with a brush in his hands, a finished painting in front of him and various splotches of black paint on his white shirt, not visible on his black ANBU style pants. His sister, Natsumi, ran through the room, laughing like a mad-man. Chasing after her was a shadow clone of her father, Minato, but Natsumi didn't know. Naruto never knew it was a shadow clone either, just that it was different, like it was missing something. There was a smile on the fathers face as he chased after her.

Naruto sighed, and got up to the sink, where he washed the brush and put it to the side. 'Why does Dad sometimes feel different and other times normal?' Naruto shook his head, before following his sister and dads footsteps to the garden, where Natsumi was attempting vigorously to dodge the tickling hands of their dad, their mother sitting on a chair in the garden, a table in front of her. Frowning, Naruto walked back inside the house, climbing up the stairs to his bedroom. Natsumi had complained that she didn't like sleeping in the same room as her brother, and then, like always Naruto thought, got her way and her own room.

Plopping down into his bed, even though it was the middle of the day, Naruto prepared for sleep to take over him and show him the dreams, again. Within seconds, that had just happened.

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Naruto looked around the white room he stood in. "My mind…" Naruto paused. What had compelled him, no, told him that this was his mind? Before he could continue with that track of thought, the 'dreams' hit him. He was 100 in the air, he could see words, he could see the rising of civilization and finally he saw the beginning of Konohagakure and a fight between two people. One who seemed to incite deep hate inside him and the other deep peace?

Eyes opening, Naruto prepared to see his bland bedroom, but no. He was still in the white space he came to when he slept. Except, there was a purple ball shaped flame in the middle of the room. While a normal child would have not gone near it, having been told by his parents it would hurt, Naruto walked up to it, as he had never been told touching a fire would hurt. As he was an arm's reach away from the ball-flame, Naruto reached out to touch it.

What he didn't expect was for it to latch onto his arm and then spread over his body. It didn't burn, and Naruto was none the wiser for that, and it left a cool and relaxed sensation over his body. He opened his mouth to speak, and the purple flame flew into his mouth and down his throat. He could feel the pressure, and the reflex to swallow was finally allowed with the end of the flames entering his mouth.

"That was…" He never got further than that, before he blacked out. Mental overload from the sudden increase from the steady amount of 'dreams' he'd had before to the outright force of memories entering and being welded into his mind, stronger than an adults from the influx and getting progressively stronger from the rapid healing his body did unconsciously, now knowing what to do with the energy he possessed, with fine control over the small amount he did have, showing overtures of experience.

A/N: 4 days later and a new chapter. Thanks for the reviews and Naruto will be stronger. While his sister would be able to control the Kyuubi's youki, she would win in pure unadulterated energy, however it would take her a long time and someone else (BEE) who knew how to control it, to control it. Naruto meanwhile would have the control of a great medic, as it's raw amount of energy would never allow it to get perfect control, and centuries of knowledge and skills alongside the ability of Uzumaki size reserves and training said reserves from a young age. This can explain Naruto's feeling that the shadow clones aren't real (Kyuubi's emotion sense, Naruto can sense all emotions, not just dark as he has ALL the Kyuubi's skill) and how do you think the Kyuubi knew how to heal Canon Naruto? He obviously had it as a skill, and thus it is transferred onto Naruto in the Kyuubi's soul.

I'm still not fully sure of where I want this story to go, so chapters may be short but will probably come out at the latest of a week. Probably when I know what I want to do, chapters will get longer and update times may change. Good thing I've got the holidays soon!

-OmegaHouse