Getting Serious

I own nothing of Naruto. If I did he would have kicked Sasuke's ass up and down the Valley of the End, and wouldn't have punked out on controlling the Kyuubi.

Chapter 1: Prologue

Naruto was walking down the streets of Kohona after a recent mission to the Land of Shadow's, and was heading home after eating some of his beloved ramen. He was about halfway home when he was blindsided.

Naruto was kicked hard into a brick wall. When he turned he saw the smirk of a Chunin and the man rammed a katana into his shoulder, pinning him in place. Naruto yelled in pain and anger.

"Well demon. Nobody is around to help you tonight." The man gave an evil smirk. "Now I will take the pain of my parents death from your FLESH."

The man began cutting Naruto with a kunia, leaving deep cuts and gashes. Naruto received cuts from his thighs to his face, causing a large pool of blood to slowly form under him. Naruto had long since lost his voice from yelling.

Tsume Inuzuka was walking home after a mission when she and her partner both caught the strong scent of blood and rushed to find the source. They dashed from roof top to roof top until they came across the source in an alley, but what Tsume saw made her sick. She saw Naruto, son of the Yondaime Hokage, also one of her closest friends, pinned to a wall bleeding out. She jumped down and pulled Naruto down and rushed him to the hospital.

At the Hokage tower, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage was behind his desk and was finally finishing the massive paperwork and cursing Minato for leaving him to do it, jokingly of course. Hiruzen just signed the last paper when an Anbu agent Sunshined into the room.

Hiruzen looked up with a smile, "Ah, Anbu-san. What brings you here at this hour?"

The Owl faced Anbu bowed, "Hokage-sama, it's about Naruto. He has been attacked again."

Without a word Hiruzen went into 'Hokage' mode and Sunshined to the hospital. When he arrived the Nursed directed him to ICU. When he arrived at Naruto's room he was sickened by what he saw. Almost every inch of him was covered in bandages. He walked over to the doctor. "How is he?"

The doctor looked grim, "The Kyuubi is having trouble keeping him stable, and medical jutsu aren't taking do to the amount of demon chakra being used in his system. All in all, we don't know."

The Hokage couldn't help but feel that Minato would never forgive him, and he didn't want to think of what Kushina would do. He then left after telling the doctor to keep him posted on Naruto's condition.

-Naruto's Mindscape-

Naruto woke up back in the room that held Kyuubi's cage. The last thing he remembered was getting attacked by a Chunin. "Damn, I really got fucked up this time."

"You can say that again kit." Boomed a voice as the Kyuubi stepped up to the cage bars. "Don't take the wrong way kit, but you really got yourself into this pickle. If you would have been just a little more serious, you would have kicked their ass." The Kyuubi let out a sigh. "You have so much potential, but neither the sensai's or you put forth the effort."

Naruto let out a sigh. He knew that he was right, but it was too late for him. Naruto sat down in the water that covered the floor.

The Kyuubi watched Naruto for days. He didn't move and said nothing, almost like he gave up. Finally after a week the Kyuubi broke the silence. "You haven't give up have you?"

Naruto opened his eye. "There isn't much else I can do."

The Kyuubi was shocked. Never since Naruto's birth and the sealing had the Kyuubi heard Naruto give up. "You can't give up kit. Not only are your precious people counting on you, but so am I. My life depends on you. So if you die, I die. What if I told you a way that you could be healed, and stronger."

This peaked Naruto's interest, "How?"

The Kyuubi smirked, "Before I tell you how you have to get serious with being a ninja. No more of this bullshitting around. You have to do it right this time." Getting a nod from Naruto Kyuubi continued. "This works by you releasing me."

That turned Naruto off immediately. "No way. You would just try and destroy the village again."

"Kit, me attacking your village wasn't all my fault. A man named Madrea Uchiha used his Sharigan to take over my mind and tricked me into attacking. By the time I regained control of myself I had been sealed into you. Secondly, if you do this, I will not have my powers. All my power will be yours, and I will basically be human-ish to a point, but I can do things humans can't."

Naruto thought long and hard on what he was hearing. He knew if he didn't do this, that he and the Kyuubi would both die. "Ok, I'll do it. How do we start?"

The Kyuubi smirked, "Just sit tight, and kit, this is going to hurt like a bitch."

Next thing Naruto knew, he was in excruciating pain.

Nurse Naomi was making her nightly rounds, and it was currently 4:00 AM. Naomi walked toward ICU and when she opened the door she heard a heard a blood curling scream.

Naomi dashed down the hall and into the room that the sound was coming from. When she entered the room of patient of Naruto Uzumaki she was knocked to her knees with the amount of KI (killer intent). She could barely breath as she watched red chakra swirl around the boy.