I'd like reviews, if there are any to give! They will encourage me to continue to write this. I updated this rather quickly and will most likely continue to do so because I am very excited about this. I sincerely hope that this isn't crappy and it is actually enjoyable.

Oh, and if you have noticed the lack of certain words, i.e. swear words, I don't normally swear and don't feel terribly comfortable doing it in my stories.

Kyuubi talking is in bold. Naruto thinking/talking to Kyuubi in his head.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Naruto.

Sakura's gentle knocking quickly turned into banging. The poor mansion door was not going to survive much longer. Naruto rescued the wood from any more beatings by tapping on the door himself and yelling, "Sakura wants to see you. Sorry if it's early, but she insisted. Ow! Gosh, Sakura, was that necessary?" He glared at the girl beside him who had slapped his shoulder. "Come on, Sasuke. It's been three years and she's dying to see her Sasuke. No hitting! That should be a rule with you. Man!" His shoulder received a punch this time and he had half a mind to hit her, except he didn't normally hit girls. One day, he was going to make an exception with Sakura and her obsession with hitting him.

The door was wrenched open by an annoyed Sasuke who glared at the two intruders upon his front step. "Fine." He muttered before walking away, leaving his door open. Naruto entered with a curious Sakura in tow. The house was much less dusty than it had been the day before, which surprised Naruto. Following Sasuke into the dining room, Naruto saw that everything else seemed perfectly in order and sparkling clean. Had the grumpy, tired Sasuke pull an all-nighter to clean his mansion? The thought made Naruto a tad angry, but he swallowed said anger when he settled into a chair beside Sakura, who was staring at the Uchiha sitting across from them. "It's so good to see you, Sasuke." She murmured, her green eyes shining happily.

"You saw me, now get out." Sasuke snapped, his oynx eyes flaring with anger as they stared at the pink haired girl. Sakura lowered her head and her happiness vanished.

"That's rude! She's waited three, long years to see you again." Naruto retorted, his anger coming to the surface now.

"I did not ask for visitors. She could have come and found me, just as you did." Sasuke replied, glancing in Naruto's direction.

"She had her duties, Sasuke! She is a nurse and cannot just leave to go find you!" Naruto snapped, his blue eyes flashing dangerously.

"Hn, and yet, you abandoned your 'duties' to find me."

"My job doesn't involve life or death situations! It was easy for me to take time off to try to get your sorry butt back here!" Naruto shot up from his seat, causing the chair to topple over. "Here I thought that you would enjoy seeing Sakura again after three years. She is your friend, after all." Naruto rolled his eyes and left the room, yelling over his shoulder, "Guess I overestimated the emotionless Ice Prick!" He stomped his way towards the door only to be stopped by a hand on his arm, "Wait, dobe."

Naruto turned around, staring at Sasuke with surprised and angry eyes. Sasuke had never stopped him before and their arguments had always ended when someone intervened or when one of them had stormed off. "I'm sorry. I am not used to having people come to me with friendly intentions, not anymore."

Naruto's jaw would have dropped to the floor if he had not clenched it tightly. Sasuke apologizing? Was this real? He stared at the raven behind him, all traces of anger vanishing from his eyes. "I understand, Sasuke, but could you keep your nasty comments to yourself? Sakura almost beat the crap out of me because I didn't tell her about you coming."

"You didn't tell her?" Sasuke said, his eyebrows raising in surprise, clearly having expected the dobe to tell the entire town about his return. Then again, the lack of people at the train station and at his home should have been a dead giveaway that Naruto hadn't said anything .

"No, I figured you wanted to get home without people mauling you." Naruto sighed and then looked down at the hand on his arm. "I should get to work. There's a car in the shop that I must get to work on. Kiba is gonna' kill me if I don't help out."

Sasuke let go of his arm and then tilted his head slightly, "You work for a mechanic?"

"Yeah. I gave up on being a doctor. Seems I wasn't cut out for it." Naruto gave a fake smile and then hurried out of the door before Sasuke could say another word. Naruto swallowed hard as he moved down the street without a backward glance. He still didn't understand why Sasuke had stopped him in the first place.

To tell you he was sorry. You saw how he was, kit.

That doesn't make any sense, Kyuubi! Sasuke has never said sorry to me, in fact, I don't think the word has ever exited his mouth before!

I'm telling you what I saw. The jerk seemed genuinely worried about you being angry.

Sasuke worried about me? Ha! Kyuubi, you're crazy. I think spending nineteen years with me has made you lose your sanity! Naruto laughed to himself as the fox demon growled at him. Come on, I actually do need to get to work.

The fox was quiet and Naruto was thankful for the peace. It had been many years since Naruto had first heard the fox's voice and there had barely been any quiet moments since then. The demon loved to talk, and Naruto found that he couldn't usually complain, as Kyuubi became his friend. Kyuubi had actually been Naruto's first friend, but he didn't count it as a bond, necessarily. It would have been miserable if they hadn't gotten along, as they were in the same body. Naruto could never forget the first time he heard Kyuubi's voice in his head. He had thought he was going insane until he finally asked Tsunade about the voice. He had been ten when it happened. Naruto paused in the middle of the sidewalk and stared up at the sky. Sighing softly, Naruto took yet another trip down memory lane.

Nine Years Ago

"What is it, kid?" The woman asked, her eyes raising from untouched paperwork.

"Tsunade-baachan, I have to ask...Is it strange to hear a voice in your head?" The blond-headed ten-year old asked.

"No, that would be your conscious, Naruto." Tsunade replied, raising an eyebrow in annoyance.

"Are you sure? 'Cause I think this isn't my conscious. He sounds darker and kinda' scary. He even told me his name!"

"Really now...What did he say his name was?"

"Kyuubi."

Tsunade dropped her paperwork and stood up quickly, slamming her hands into her desk. Her eyes widened with concern. "Are you absolutely certain?"

Naruto jumped and took a step backwards, suddenly afraid for his life. "Y-Yeah, I'm sure."

"Naruto...We have a lot to talk about." Tsunade sat back down. The long story of how Naruto came to have a fox demon in his stomach began. "You believe in the tales of the Great Ninja Villages, right Naruto?"

"Yeah, of course I do, but what does that have to do with anything?" Naruto asked as he sat down in one of the chairs in front of the old lady's desk.

"Everything. You see, the tales were true and all the events described happened. My great-great-great-great-great grandfather was a ninja, as was your great-great-great grandfather."

"Really? Awesome! I've got ninja blood in me, believe it!" Naruto pumped the air with his fist and grinned. He had completely forgotten about why he had originally come into Tsunade's office.

"Yes, well, that isn't all. Do you remember the story of the fox demon that destroyed an entire village?"

"Yeah, that is one of my favorites! I wanna' be like the great Yondaime who defeated the demon." Naruto replied, grinning even more.

"That man was your great-great-great grandfather, Naruto, and the story of the demon is not really a story. It actually happened." Tsunade said, her voice becoming grave.

Naruto, however, did not recognize the grave tone in the woman's tone and continued to talk excitedly. "Are you serious? I'm the great-great-great grandson of such an awesome guy? Wait till the town hears about this! Naruto Uzumaki, the Great!"

"Naruto...The fox demon was moved from host to host after one died, going from father to son." Tsunade stared at Naruto with a serious expression, which finally put a pause in Naruto's excitement.

"W-Wait...Does that mean...?" Naruto turned pale as things started to fall into place.

"Yes, you have the fox demon, Kyuubi, within you. The process of moving the demon from body to body has become a ritual in your family, though no one remembers why they do it. Your father believed it was to ward off demons. He never got the demon placed within him, for his father was still alive, however, you were born on the same day your grandfather died. You are the first since your great-great grandfather who had the demon placed within in you when you were born."

Naruto put his face into his hands and felt a shudder run through him at the mention of his father. "So, this Kyuubi voice is a demon?"

"Yes, and Naruto, this is something that you must never tell anyone about. The only people who know about the Kyuubi still existing are Kakashi Hatake, Shizune, Jiriaya, and myself."

"You and my father." Naruto corrected in a muffled voice. He kept his face in his hands and did not look up at Tsunade as she answered, "Yes...Your father also knows."