Konahakagure was a large village, with great walls, many a building, and a giant monument carved into the mountainside in which the village was backed. It was a wonderful place to be and led The land of Fire, one of the strongest of the five great nations.

Currently, they were hosting a festival commererating the day the Yondiame Hokage defeated the Demon Kyuubi no Kitsune when it attacked.

It was a fine celebration with lights, dancing, music, and entertainment. Parades were held in the streets and fireworks were set off in the beatiful night sky.

All was well... until they found him.

Naruto Uzumaki was located down one of the many allies that branched off the main roads.

From his spot behind some trash cans, he could see the crowd of drunken villagers, baring torches and anything sharp, searching for him.

He wasn't sure as to why the village hated him so much, but this wasn't the first time in which he was the target of a mob.

They were shouting anything from just curses, to commanding him to come out of hiding. He held his breath, afraid that one small noise would alert them of his presence.

A few minutes later, although it felt like hours for Naruto, the end of the mob was seen. Letting out the breath he was holding, he accidently stumbled into the metal trash cans causing them to tip and fall over.

CLANG

The shouting in the street stopped,and the last man in the mob turned to check to see what it was. Naruto was frozen in fear. He began looking for a way to escape but to his horror the only way out was back towards the street.

The mob began closing the alley and the light shone upon a terrified child. He looked at the villagers through deep blue eyes.

Tears streamed down the three whisker marks on each of his cheeks. His spiked blonde hair was matted and his clothes were but rags hanging loosely off his body. There were cuts on his feet due to him running barefooted through the streets. The sight was pitiful.

"Look at the Demon cry! We can all see through your little facade, you bastard!" one villager shouted, waving his torch and rake in the air. The other villagers cheered him on.

"W-What did I d-do?" cried the boy through his sobs. "I never did a-anything to you!"

"You destroyed our village you little brat!" yelled another who was carrying a kitchen knife. He began to advance, saying,"And now your gonna pay for it."

Naruto's screams where heard throughout Konaha that night, but no one seemed to care. Throughout that night he was beat, cut, stabbed, burned, and any other awful punishment the villagers saw fit.

Naruto awoke in water. He was lying against a wall, with about a foot of water drenching his clothes. He looked around. It looked like he was in some sorts of sewer system.

Torches lit the walls giving the tunnels an eerie glow about the place.

He began to rise and felt some sort of ominous presense on one side of the tunnels. Still not in his right mind he began heading in the direction of the presence. As he progressed the feeling began getting stronger.

After about three minutes of walking, Naruto came to a large room. He walked in to see a giant cage with a piece of paper with the word SEAL on it.

"Welcome to my humble abode," rumbled a voice from the cage. Naruto at the time wasn't frightened. He was scared shitless. Therefore he fainted on the spot. "Damn it! Right when you finally come here you have to faint."

30 minutes later

"ugh. I must have been dreaming," Naruto said as he came to.

"Then what about now?" asked the voice.

"AAHHH!"

"Don't you dare faint again!" roared the voice. After a few seconds of screaming Naruto finally calmed down.

"Uhhh sorry about that but where am I?" asked Naruto cautiously still not trusting whatever spoke. He hoped the bars would hold it in.

"We are in your mind."

"So I am still dreaming." Naruto said beginning to pinch himself.

"No kit, this is real. In a way. We are inside your mindscape, and I am Kyuubi no Kitsune (the nine tailed fox)." it said as it showed it's giant fox head in the light. Naruto was dumbfounded. He REALLY thought he was dreaming now.

"WHAT?" he shrieked.

"Calm down already, I obviously can't really do anything." the Kyuubi said. Naruto finally realized it was behind bars. "Not that I really would do anything but get out of here."

This confused Naruto. "What? You attacked the village and killed lots of good people. And you mean to tell me you would just peacefully leave?"

"Listen here kit, and listen well, because I'm only going to say this once." the Kyuubi growled out angered. "I did not attack the village on purpose. I was being controlled by a bastard Uchiha. Otherwise I would have not done such a thing."

"I thought demons were supposed to be evil. Especially the ruler of them."

"Heh, well I prefer not to be cruel. I actually like most humans so long as they don't bother me. You are an amusing race." the Kyuubi laughed. "However, they decided to start trying to control us demons. This started the feud between us. That's why humans think of us as evil. I personally don't like being sealed but these conditions aren't as bad as some."

"Wait a minute. You said we're in my mind, right?" a confused nod from the Kyuubi. "Then hold on a sec." He closed his eyes and looked to be in deep concentration. A few seconds later and the sewer disappeared. Instead, he was surrounded by a luscious forest complete with birds chirping, miscellaneous animals, and a beautifull waterfall flowing into a small river. He was then approached by a large fox, which was about the size of a wolf, with nine tails swaying behind it and wearing a spiked collar with a tag reading SEAL. "Better?"

"HELL YEAH KIT!" It replied happily. It began running around, chasing random animals, and just enjoying itself. Naruto decided to sit and lean against a tree. Eventually tiring, the Kyuubi came back and laid against Naruto's leg. "I haven't that much fun in a long time. Your really something kit. I gotta ask, How did you do it?"

"Well you said we were in my mind, so I thought I should be able to change it to my liking." Naruto said with a grin. Kyuubi was shocked this boy would do this for it. It had made his life hell, yet here he was giving him something that he couldn't have asked for. 'I need to do something for this child. He deserves it.'

"Hey Naruto. What do you want to be when you grow up?"

"A ninja!" he answered immediately. "So I can protect the people that deserve it!"

"Well I think that's a fine goal. How would you like it if I helped you out?" Naruto's eyes almost popped out at the prospect. Kyuubi laughed at his antics.

"REALLY? WILL YOU?" He shouted. Kyuubi just nodded chuckling.

"Now, in order to get here you must begin meditating. You will fall a sleep. In order to leave just meditate in here and you will wake up. So go now and come back tonight when you need to sleep."

"But how will training in here affect me on the outside. It would be like a dream right?"

"No. Since we are in your mind scape then your body believes it's real. Therefore It would make the muscle required to adapt. So you can train in the outside world and get double the training!"

"Awesome! Ja ne Kyuubi-sensei!" Naruto shouted. He closed his eyes then disappeared.

"That kid's gonna be something someday."

Naruto, this time, woke up in a hospital bed. He saw he was not alone in the room. Across from his bed sitting in a chair sleeping was the Sandaime Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Ojii-san!" Naruto shouted gleefully. He jumped awake at the sudden disturbance.

"Oh good morning Naruto. How are you?" he asked warily. Usually Naruto wasn't this ecstatic after... the events that occurred last night. He truly was worried about the boy.

"Yup! I'm doing great! How are you?" he said with a grin. Hiruzen just didn't understand how the boy did it. After all he went through, he asked how he was doing! That little blonde boy never ceased to amaze him.

"Uh fine thanks. Do you know why your here?" he said thinking maybe he forgot. Naruto's mood darkened slightly.

"Yeah, I do. Last night was the night of the festival. My Birthday." He said obviously depressed now. "I'm fine now so can I go?"

"Yes if your alright you can go. But before you do... Do you want some Ichiraku's?" he said with a smirk. Naruto immediately brightened up.

"HAI!" he yelled. Sarutobi just laughed.

After getting Naruto checked out, much to said boy's annoyance, they started to head in the direction of the ramen stand. As they went Sarutobi was saddened by the glares directed at the boy. Naruto seemed to just ignore him.

'Hey kit,' came a voice in Naruto's head. He stumbled a little bit in shock. Sarutobi noticed this.

"You alright Naruto?" He said, looking oddly at the boy.

"Huh yeah. I'm alright, Ojii-san," he replied. 'I think I'm going insane' he thought.

'Probably.'

'Why can I hear you?'

'We now have a mental connection. We can communicate through thought. Cool huh?'

'Yeah, I guess so. That's pretty convenient for training Kyuubi-sensei.'

'Yeah. Now, the reason I contacted you in the first place is that I have an idea. What is the number one thing not to do to an opponent?'

'Uhhhh, I don't know, rape them?'

'Well yes of course, but I was talking about underestimating them.'

'Ohhhh, heh heh, well what about it?'

'Well I was thinking, if you could get everyone to underestimate you, then you would have the upperhand in most fights. What I'm saying is I want you to become the dead last when you enter the academy. Also, you might even go as far as to make the entire village think your a complete idiot.'

'Ummmm, Ok I guess. I suppose that wouldn't be too hard. When can I reveal I'm not a total dunce?'

'Considering there are laws against harming a ninja of the village, I'd say when you graduate.'

'Ok then Kyuubi-sensei Ja Ne.'

'Ja Ne kit.'

Hiruzen was confused as to why Naruto was being so quiet. "Mabye the attack last night really got to him?" They had finally arrived at the ramen stand and Naruto was well, enthusiastic.

"I'll Have some miso pork ramen please!" Naruto yelled cheerfully at the owner of the stand. And on it went until Naruto was finally satisfied. Which, to say the least, was a long time. After his self-appointed 'Ojii-san' paid, they split ways, Naruto heading towads his appartment and the Hokage heading to his office.

When Naruto finally arrived home, he headed straight to bed. After closing his eyes he appeared in his mindscape to begin the long, painful training awaiting him.