(And here's a new chapter for you guys. Here Naruto meets an old acquaintance of the last two Avatars before Naruto.)

One morning in Republic City at the Sato Mansion, in the backyard Naruto was showing Ming a jutsu he learned from one of the scrolls Hiruzen gave him to learn from.

Naruto formed a hand sign, "Shadow Clone jutsu!" suddenly in a poof of smoke stood five more Naruto's next to the original.

"Wow!" Ming gasped in awe.

"What do you think?" Naruto and the clones asked.

"That's amazing!" Ming said, as she looked at all the clones, "And they're solid clones?"

"That's right." Naruto confirmed, as he dispelled them.

"Naruto?" Came Jinora's voice. The two kids saw Jinora, Asami, and Akiza approach.

"Mom! Mom, look at what Naruto can do!" Ming cheered, as she brought her mother over to see Naruto, "Come on, Naruto, do it again!"

"Ok, ok." Naruto laughed before he did the same technique as before and summoned five shadow clones.

The three women were amazed, "Well done, Naruto. It's nice to see your bending isn't the only thing you've been working on." Jinora said.

"Well, Jiji gave me that scroll of jutsu for a reason." Naruto reminded her.

"Anyway, I've come to tell you I want to take to meet another old friend of Korra's and Aang's." Jinora said.

"Really, who?" Naruto asked.

"Well, he's not here per say, but he's not that far of a travel."

"Where is he?"

"In the Spirit World." she answered.

"The Spirit World?" Naruto asked.

"That's right. Since you've still got ways to go about learning the spiritual side of bending, you and I will be taking the portal here in Republic City."

"Wow." Naruto gasped.

"Can I go too? Can I can I?" Ming pleaded.

"Sorry, Ming, but this is something Naruto needs to do." Akiza replied.

"Yeah. Avatar stuff, ya know?" Naruto asked Ming with a smirk, as the girl puffed her cheeks.

So Jinora took Naruto to the wrecked section of Republic City where the portal was. Naruto looked around the wreckage, and spoke, "So instead of rebuilding this section, it was decided to be expanded on?"

"That's correct. This part of the city is mostly where the spirits have created their own living areas, while some still live in the expanded sections of Republic city." Jinora explained, as they finally arrived at the spirit portal beacon.

"So once we go through there, we'll be in the Spirit World?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. Take my hand." Jinora said, as Naruto did so. Both of them approached the beacon and were enveloped into its light before disappearing.

Suddenly the two reappeared in a beautiful forest area, "Whoa, that was freaky." Naruto gasped.

"You'll get used to it." Jinora giggled.

Naruto looked around seeing the forest, "Is this the Spirit World?"

"It is, or part of it at least." Jinora admitted.

"This is so cool!" Naruto cheered, as the flower buds on the ground started blooming.

Jinora spoke, "I know, Naruto, but I should also warn you about the Spirit World. Your emotions become your reality, especially to the Avatar. Whatever you're feeling the Spirit World will reflect your current emotions. So you must remember to keep a clear head and not let sadness or anger cloud your mind."

Naruto committed her instructions to memory, "Sure thing."

"Good. Now come along, the friend I spoke of shouldn't be far from here." Jinora said, as she led Naruto along. As they walked, Naruto took notice of many spirits. Some kind he recognized from back in Republic City, and some all so new.

"So many spirits." Naruto gasped.

"That's the spirit world for you." Jinora replied.

"Are all the spirits here as kind as the ones in Republic city?"

Jinora answered, "Well, not all spirits are cooperative with humans."

"Like who?"

"Well, my dad, aunt, and uncle has a run in with an angry spider spirit."

"Ouch." Naruto cringed.

"Well, that's nothing compared to two other spirits." Jinora replied.

"What two?"

"Well, there's Koh the Face Stealer."

"Face stealer?" Naruto asked in worry.

"Yes. A spirit that can steal ones face. Avatar Kuruk lost his wife to the spirit as punishment for his old reckless ways. My grandfather had met Koh in the Spirit World and used him to find the location of the moon spirit. Grandpa Aang had to show no emotion while talking to Koh or risk losing his own face."

"Whoa." Naruto gasped, "And who's the second spirit to be weary of?"

"Wan Shi Tong," Jinora explained, "An owl spirit who watches over a library containing just about all the knowledge in both the human world and spirit world. He brought his library into the mortal world in the hopes of bettering mankind with wisdom. With the use of spirit foxes he seeks out valuable sources of knowledge to add to his library. The library used to be located in the Si Wong Desert, and was open to anyone who wished to use it, until mortals like Admiral Zhao of the Fire Nation used the knowledge contained there for warfare purposes. Wan Shi Tong also didn't like the idea of Grandpa Aang and his friends using the knowledge to help them in the war despite them wanting to end it for the right reasons. Wan Shi Tong ended up burying the library beneath the sand making it impossible for humans to find. The library was brought back to the Spirit World, and when Korra and I went there to try and stop Unalaq I found my way into the library. After reasoning with Wan Shi Tong he let me explore, only to find out he had been siding with Unalaq claiming he was a true friend to spirits unlike the avatar." she finished bitterly.

Naruto frowned, "How could he side with a jerk like Unalaq?"

"Takes a jerk to understand another, I guess." Jinora replied, as they found their way out of the forest.

"Hey, what's that?" Naruto looked ahead seeing a tea shop, with many different spirits going in and out of.

"That's where we'll find the friend I've come to introduce you too." Jinora answered, as they continued on.

When they reached the tea shop, they went inside seeing the place was busy, "Wow, and I thought Ichiraku was busy." Naruto said to himself.

Jinora looked over seeing a spirit that looked like a human sized monkey, "Zengua!" she called to the spirit who jumped over to her, surprising Naruto.

"Lady Jinora, what a pleasant surprise to see you," the spirit greeted her, and saw Naruto, "And who's this young man?"

"This is Naruto. Naruto, meet Zengua; one of the shops workers." Jinora introduced him.

"Well, it's nice to meetcha, Naruto." Zangua shook Naruto's hand.

"Likewise, I guess." the boy replied.

"Zengua, is the boss in?" Jinora asked.

"Of course. He's been expecting you after all." Zengua answered.

"Excellent." Jinora replied.

"Come right this way." Zengua showed the two through the shop before going into the back room.

They entered an office, as Zengua spoke to someone in an armchair that wasn't facing them, "Sir, your guests have arrived."

The chair spun around to reveal Iroh, "Excellent, Zengua. Thank you for letting them in."

"You're welcome, sir." Zengua answered, and took his leave.

"Iroh!" Jinora greeted him warmly, as she embraced the old man warmly.

"Jinora, nice of you to come to the Spirit World whole." Iroh greeted her.

Jinora looked over at Naruto who was in shock at seeing the old man, "Naruto, I'd like to introduce to you Zuko's Uncle Iroh."

Iroh approached Naruto and got down to his level while smiling, "So this is Naruto? I'm pleased to finally meet you."

"Wow! You're the Iroh? Zuko's uncle, and friend of the Avatar?" Naruto asked in shock.

"That's right. Jinora and the others have taught you well about history." Iroh said.

"But how're you here?" Naruto asked.

Iroh answered, "Well, after setting all my affairs in the mortal world, I decided to leave my body behind and live here amongst the spirits."

"You must've been here for a very long time." Naruto noted.

"Yes, and during my stay here I've made many friends, and even opened up a new tea shop here. Speaking of which," he showed them a full pot of tea with three cups, "Why don't you all join me for a cup."

"That'd be wonderful, Iroh." Jinora replied, and Naruto nodded.

So the three sat down and enjoyed a cup of tea, as Naruto spoke, "So how did you know about me?"

"When Jinora found out you were the Avatar, she'd meet me in the spirit world through meditation to tell me everything. It's amazing to see that the new Avatar was not born in any of the cities and places here, but out in the Elemental Nations. If there's any place that has imbalance it's out there."

"Have you ever been to the Elemental nations?" Naruto asked.

"Quite a few times during my early years in the Fire Nation army," Iroh admitted, "Now Jinora's been telling me how well your bending has been coming since you first started training."

"She has?" Naruto looked at her, as the woman smiled.

"Yes. She says you've been coming along very well, but your talent on the spiritual side is still lacking."

"That's what I keep hearing." Naruto pouted.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of, Naruto," Jinora patted his head, "Remember, Korra wasn't able to connect to the spiritual side so easy herself."

"Jinora is right," Iroh agreed, "Such things take time. But being here in the Spirit World could help your progress."

"It can?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"You are the bridge between both the human and spirit world, even though Korra left the link opened you are still the symbol of what truly connects us all." Iroh explained.

"With spiritual energy stronger in here than in the human world you may be able to connect more spiritually here." Jinora put in.

"Cool," Naruto said in excitement, "I'm gonna go find a quiet spot outside and see if I can do it." he got up.

"Don't go too far, Naruto!" Jinora warned him.

"I won't." Naruto replied, as he left the room.

Iroh chuckled, "Oh, to be that young and spirited again."

"I know." Jinora chuckled with him.

Naruto was outside the tea shop and found a opened space not too far from it. He got into a lotus position and started meditating. He breathed in and breathed out, while making sure he was relaxed. Suddenly he opened his eyes and saw he was in a dark place with water on the floor, and before him was a giant cage with a seal tag on it.

"Huh, now where am I?" Naruto asked, as he stood up and heard a snicker coming from all around, "Hello, is someone there?" he asked feeling nervous.

He saw a red glow coming from the cage and appearing at the bars was a giant fox, "Hello, boy." the creature greeted him mischievously.

"Wait a minute," Naruto got a closer look, "You're the nine tails."

"You guessed it, kid." the creature answered.

"But if that is you, then I must be..."

"Deep in your subconscious. I always wondered when you'd finally be able to come into contact with me. Truth me told I wasn't expecting a visit from you until you were much older."

Naruto scowled at the demon's levity, "So this is a big joke to you, huh? Well, I'm not laughing! Because of you the entire village I was born it looks at me like I'm a plague!"

"So what do you want me to do about it?" the fox asked rhetorically.

"I don't know, but do you even realize what your very existence has caused me and everyone in my whole village?!" Naruto called the fox out.

The demon fox growled, "You're starting to sound like I should never have been born!"

"Maybe I am saying that!" Naruto replied.

"You annoying little..." The fox was cut off until a light shined from above.

"That's enough, both of you!" a majestic female voice boomed.

The two looked up and hovering down was a giant spirit that looked crown-shaped, and had long tendrils. It's body was white with blue markings all around its front and a diamond shape in the center.

"Whoa." Naruto gasped,

"Hmph." the fox huffed.

The spirit looked down and both, until Naruto spoke up, "It's you! It's really you! You're Raava!"

Raava the spirit of light answered, "That is correct, Naruto Uzumaki. I am the Light Spirit Raava and the one responsible for creating the Avatar."

"I can't believe you're actually here." Naruto said in nostalgia.

"I have always been inside of you ever since the day you were born."

"You have no idea how happy seeing you makes me feel." Naruto said with a smile.

"So she gets the warm greeting and all I get is grief?" the fox asked irritated.

"Kurama, you cannot fault the boy for how he feels. Especially since he doesn't know the side of the story only you know." Raava replied.

"Kurama? Is that you're name?" Naruto asked the fox.

"If you must know, then yes." Kurama answered.

Raava looked at Naruto, "And you, Naruto, must also know that what happened in the past was not entirely Kurama's fault."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked in confusion.

Raava turned to Kurama. Even though the spirit didn't have an actual face, Kurama could tell she was glaring at him to speak up. The fox sighed, "The truth is, Naruto, I didn't just appear out of nowhere in your village and blindly attacked it."

"You didn't?" Naruto asked.

Kurama continued, "No. For you see you weren't the only one I was sealed inside of. The last one before you was your own mother Kushina Uzumaki."

"Mom?" he gasped.

"Yes. For many years since the time of your First Hokage, the village of Konoha has kept me sealed away inside another. Before that it was Hashirama's wife Mito, but when her time eventually came to an end I was removed and sealed inside little Kushina. Then the night you were born the seal which had kept me locked away had started weakening and I was desperate to get out. Your father would've succeeded in keeping me at bay, but then some strange figure captured your mother and extracted me from her."

"Whoa." Naruto was surprised.

"I would've just gone and went elsewhere to be alone, but the one who released me put me under some hypnosis and forced me to attack your village. By the time I was freed from the mind control I was already in the process of being sealed away once again. This time inside of you."

"I never would've guessed." Naruto gasped, realizing that Kurama wasn't all to blame.

"You will do well to remember, Naruto, that while Kurama may be a manifestation of large chakra to you and the village he is very much a living creature like you, the humans, even us spirits." Raava told Naruto.

"Ok. But how do you two know so much about each other?"

"This isn't our first time meeting," Raava replied, "We met thousands of years ago during the time I was still bonded to Wan."

"Whoa, seriously?"

"Yes. And during that time Kurama was also sealed inside the body of another."

"Raava." Kurama warned her.

"Kurama, as a Jinchuriki he has the right to know."

"Know what?" Naruto asked in confusion.

"Kurama was once a much more powerful tailed beast when he and his eight brethren were combined."

"Eight brethren? There's more than just Kurama?"

"Correct, starting at Kurama's number of tails and going down until the best with only one tail," Raava continued, "This was a long time ago even before the ninja nations existed."

"Raava!" Kurama called her out.

"I will not be silent, Kurama! The boy has to know."

"And I agree," Kurama answered, taking the boy and spirit by surprise, "But if he's going to find out, let me tell him my backstory."

"As you wish." Raava replied, and let Kurama continue.

"As she said, thousands of years ago, I and eight other tailed beasts were once one single creature, until we were subdued by a man named Hagoromo Otsutsuki; who would one day be known as the Sage of Six Paths."

"Sage of Six Paths?" Naruto wondered, as Kurama continued.

"Yes, he sealed the single demon into his very body to protect the world from it's destruction. Like your Avatar, Hagoromo also sought to bring peace and balance to the world. The sage inspired by his youngest son developed the idea of separating the single demon he held inside him into nine separate creatures that would be known as the tailed beasts, like myself. Once that was done he gave us all names. Mine became Kurama. Sometime after this Hagoromo met with us and told us his time was coming to an end and that despite us being separated we are still linked, and one day we would come together again under the lead of one who would show us what true power was all about. That was the last we ever saw of the old man." he finished forlornly.

Naruto looked at Kurama and thought he could see a small tear in his eye. He didn't say anything, but was starting to feel bad for him.

Raava spoke up to the fox, "Hagoromo did say eventually the one would lead you and your brethren together."

"That was a long time ago, and I hardly doubt there's a human out there that fits the old man's bill." Kurama doubted.

"Don't be so sure, Kurama. After all I think the chosen one is closer than you think."

"How do you figure that?" Kurama asked.

"Think about it, do you think it's pure coincidence that the new Avatar is a Jinchuriki?" Raava asked, "The pattern may follow the bending cycle Wan learned, but the Avatar does not just pick any one of the specific born bending ability. I think Naruto was chosen for a more important reason."

"You believe that?" Kurama asked.

"I do. Maybe one day you'll realize it too, Kurama. I know we are polar opposites, but I implore you to help Naruto through the trials he will face just as I will be helping him."

Kurama eyed both Raava and Naruto before answering, "We'll see." he then decided to catch a few winks.

Naruto didn't know if Kurama was mad or what. He suddenly felt a tendril on his shoulder, and looked up at Raava. The Light spirit spoke, "Do not worry. Eventually Kurama will come around. He's just a stubborn fox spirit."

"If you say so," Naruto answered, "But Raava, how is it I can see you, but how come I haven't contacted Korra? She's my only past life."

"Contacting Korra will not be so easy. I was able to manifest here to halt the conflict between you and Kurama. But I know Korra will come to you when you need her the most."

"I hope so." Naruto replied.

"In time, Naruto." Raava declared, as the area was illuminated by her light.

Naruto woke up and saw he was in the same meditating position, while surrounded by many spirits. He looked at them feeling disturbed and asked, "What're all of you staring at?"

"You looked so peaceful." a jellyfish looking spirit said.

"Well, stop it's really freaking me out." he pleaded, and the spirits left.

"Naruto?" Jinora asked, as she and Iroh approached.

"Is everything all right?" Iroh asked.

"Fine why do you ask?" Naruto wondered.

"The spirit world was suffering some shifts in its balance. Was something going on with you?" Jinora inquired.

Naruto answered, "Actually, yes. I met Raava."

"You spoke to Raava?" Iroh asked in wonder.

"Yeah. And not just her. Kurama as well."

"Kurama?" Jinora asked.

"He's the one that was sealed inside me. The nine tailed fox."

"So he also has a name." Jinora said.

"Yeah. And that name really means a lot to him." Naruto added.

Iroh nodded, "Names is one thing that gives us an identity. The concept applies even to spirits and demons."

"I know that now. And I know he and I will have to work together from this point on. Because I think the role of Avatar isn't my only role in the world." Naruto said, as he stood up and looked out into the horizon of the spirit world and Jinora and Iroh stood at his side.

As the months passed, Naruto continued to train under the guidance of his bending instructors, while also honing his ninja skills as well. He'd visit Republic city, the Spirit World, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and even the Northern and Southern Water tribes to broaden his horizons.

About six years had passed, and Naruto stood outside the Northern Air Temple at thirteen years of age. Naruto now wore blue boots given to him by the Southern Water Tribe, green pants imported from Ba Sing Sei, and a red no sleeved shirt he bought from when he visited the Fire Nation. In his right hand was an old Airbending glider.

He looked out into the distance deep in thought, until he felt a nudge from behind. Naruto turned around and came face to face with a green dragon about the size of a full grown stallion if not a bit bigger. The dragon snorted, and Naruto smiled and rubbed the dragon's head.

"We're going to Konoha, Soreth. Where it all began for me. The villagers who may remember me will be in for a surprise when they see I'm not that little kid they can push around anymore." he laughed.

"Naruto!" Jinora's voice came, as Naruto saw Jinora riding on Pepper above him, "Are you all ready to go?"

"Of course." Naruto answered as he motioned to the sack he was carrying on his back.

"Then let's hurry." Jinora ordered.

"Coming!" Naruto got on Soreth's back, "All right, Soreth. Let's ride!" Soreth spread his wings and flapped them a bit before flying up to Pepper.

"Let's get going, and this time don't turn it into a race." Jinora pleaded.

"Ok, ok." Naruto sighed.

And so the two flew off on the sky bison and the dragon with their destination being Konoha, where Naruto was actually looking forward to returning too.

(And that's the chapter. Naruto has met Iroh, Raava, and Kurama. And with six years of training with his bending masters and his self ninja training, he'll be ready to take one what his old village and whatever crosses his path. Don't miss next time, guys.)