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Dialogue Key

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" = Regular Speech

'Shadow Clone Jutsu!' = Someone's Thoughts

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" = Someone Yelling

"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" = DEMON/SUMMON TALKING

'SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!' = DEMON/SUMMON THINKING

Prologue

"Five Pronged Seal!"

Naruto gasped in pain as the Snake Sannin drove his flaming fingers into his gut, right where the seal holding the Nine-Tailed Fox is located. A new seal appeared over the old one, but this seal began to cut off Naruto's access to the Nine-Tails's Chakra. Without the Fox's Chakra to keep him going, Naruto's eyes changed from red with slit pupils back to their usual ocean blue and he lost consciousness.

"That's one less obstacle to stand in my way." Orochimaru said cruelly.

He tossed the unconscious Jinchuriki aside, letting him fall from the treetops, much to the horror of his remaining teammate.

"Naruto!" Sakura screamed.

Thinking fast, she threw a kunai to try and catch the blonde by pinning his jacket to a tree. But to her eternal horror, she was just a second too late and missed. The kunai embedded itself in the tree as Naruto fell to the ground below, crashing against multiple thick tree branches on the way down.

Orochimaru smirked as he began to sink into the tree he'd been standing on, thinking that without the Chakra of the Nine-Tails healing him, the blonde wouldn't survive a fall from this height.

All that's left to do now is to force Sasuke to call upon the strength provided by his little present.

"Sasuke will come to me for power. It is merely a matter of time." Orochimaru said as he disappeared.

When he was gone, Sakura rushed Sasuke to a hollow tree to shelter him before rushing down to the ground to find Naruto. He may be annoying to her, but he's still her teammate. And she's not about to deny him a proper burial if he didn't survive the fall. And yet, somehow, she knows that he's still alive.

Within Naruto's Mind…

"AAAAAARRRGGHH! BLAST THAT NINGEN! I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, BUT THIS BLASTED SEAL IS STOPPING ME FROM DOING ANYTHING!" roared the Nine-Tailed Fox as it thrashed around in its cage.

And he has a right to be panicky.

Thanks to that seal Orochimaru put over his own, he's powerless to help Naruto in his weakened state. Normally, the seal would just siphon off the excess Chakra that the Nine-Tails creates and purify it before adding it to Naruto's own already massive reserves of Chakra. But it would also still allow the Nine-Tails to send out some of its own Chakra to heal the boy in times of crisis.

Such as when the little knucklehead stabbed himself in his own hand just to remove poison that had gotten into his system on his first C-Rank turned A-Rank mission. A bold move he pulled there, if somewhat reckless on his part. But that's one of the kid's redeeming qualities. That and his pranking abilities, which the fox still looks back on and laughs at on occasion.

Such as that time when he was five and managed to sneak into the ANBU Headquarters and dye their uniforms hot pink while putting itching powder in their underpants. Now THAT one was a work of art.

But now thanks to that infernal seal that the snake put on the kid, the Nine-Tails can't send out its Chakra to heal him anymore! And if something isn't done soon, then they're both dead! The seal has linked both their lives together thanks to the Death God powering it. If Naruto dies, then the fox dies, and vice versa. And it has no intention of dying any time soon.

Not to mention the boy is far weaker than he should be, even for a Genin level ninja. Clearly his sensei did a piss poor job of teaching him or his team anything. If he'd been adequately trained, then he might have had a better chance against that snake.

Suddenly, the Nine-Tails stopped its thrashing. It sensed something awakening within Naruto. Something ancient. Something with enough power to rival any of the Biju. Itself included. The fox couldn't help but grin as it knows that these ancient beings will help Naruto greatly.

"HOW INTRIGUING. IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE BOTH OF US, KID. AND FOR THE BETTER." said the Nine-Tails as it laid down and fell asleep.

*To Be Continued…*

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