„No sleep for you tonight, brat. NOW STAND UP!"

„Huh, who's there? Where are you?", a more than startled blonde shinobi, going by the name of Naruto Uzumaki, shouted, while searching for the source of the voice. Strangely, it seemed as if the voice was coming out of his head.

„Oh yeah, how could I forget?", the deep, animalistic voice grunted.

Suddenly, Naruto's vision blurred, while his eyes closed and succumbed to a strange feeling of being overpowered. When he opened his eyes again, he stood in a large, black hall. What caught his eyes was a strange set of iron bars, seemingly forming a cage. Standing up on a bit shaky legs, he stared closer to the cage.

„Step forward, kit.", the deep voice said, coming out of the cage.

„Who are you, where are we?", the afraid boy asked, not familiar with the new surroundings.

„Did I stutter? STEP FORWARD!", the now frustrated voice roared, patience constantly slipping away from the unknown being.

Cautiously, though steadily, the boy walked towards the cage. When he almost reached it, he found two gigantic red eyes, looking through his eyes, as if trying to find his soul and devour it. Even though he wanted to shudder, the knucklehead refused to be afraid and stood on the black ground with a solid stance, waiting for the being to speak again.

„Welcome, young shinobi. I can see in your eyes and tell by your memories that you do not know who I am, so let me introduce myself. I am the most feared living being in this universe, and probably beyond it as well. All living and eternal beings bow down hearing my name. I am the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the Nine Tailed Fox and king of all demons."

„The Kyuubi? But why are you here? The Yondaime killed you, so how can you.."

„SILENCE, I AM NOT FINISHED YET! Yes, the one you humans call the Yondaime Hokage fought me in a puny attempt to kill me. For he was not able to complete his task, he had to defeat me otherwise. He took a newborn child, and sealed me inside of him. That child, kit, was you."

„Me? But when you are sealed inside of me, where are we now then?

„In your head, kit. Since I am sealed inside of you, I can communicate with you the way I do now, or simply speak to you in the outside world, with only you listening."

„But why do you contact me know all of sudden? I mean, you were here my whole life, right?". Naruto was a tad bit saddened knowing that there was a somewhat companion always by his side (even when against his will), who did not introduce himself to him earlier. Even though Naruto was a cheerful prankster, always full of energy and happiness, noone realized that he was truly alone. The only people he knew were nice to him were the Ichirakus, the only family which would willingly sell him food, and the Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had treated him like grandson. Also there was Iruka-sensei, the only teacher not reluctant to teach him, and being patient when Naruto was confused during classes.

None of the peers of his own age treated him with any sympathy. He, of course, liked them. In case of a pink haired kunoichi by the name of Sakura Haruno even loved them. His greatest dream was to become Hokage, and to be Hokage means to be nice to everyone, willing to protect the village with everything he has, even his life. Sakura was very pretty, he thought. So for a long time he had a huge crush on her. Without any success, since every girl in his age fawned over Sasuke Uchiha, a prodigy and very promising student, albeit very cold and emotionless.

The only ones who treated him at least friendly from his age group were Shino, Shikamaru and Chouji. They were the closest to what he would call friends. They treated him with a minimum of respect, seeing him as a regular human being without showing any sorts of hostility. Still, they had their families to return to after the academy time, while he went off alone.

Now, to find out there was someone who could have actually be there for him, even if it was a huge scary demon fox, made his heart ache. Until the fox started to speak again…

„I contact you now, because I am fed up with the way you are treated. The jailor of the Kyuubi, a Jinchuuriki, should be respected all around the globe, and not treated like something not even worth looking at. Believe it or not, I watched your life with a respect I never felt for a human. To me, you humans are lousy creatures, a waste of oxygen, fighting a boy your age just proves my point. Though, you face the hatred and loathing of everyone, with a very irritating grin on your face. Treating everyone in the way you do shows that there is at least one human, who understands the value of innocent life. Even though those villagers are far from innocent.To clear any confusion, I never kill without a reason. I kill for revenge, and on the attack on your village I killed with being controlled. Letting people shake in fear, that is where the real fun is."

„Wow, the big bad foxy likes me, how cool!", Naruto spoke, his childish personality overshadowing his initial fear.

„Do not test me, kit…", the demon grumbled sinisterly.

„But nevermind, everything is okay with me. They just do not know the real me yet. When I am finally Hokage, the people will fully acknowledge me. Now, they just do not notice me."

„Do not notice you? Then let's make a little journey, shall we?", Kyuubi said, while making the boy watch past memories of his life.

„Get out of my shop, you monster!!!"„Leave my children at peace, demon!"„You'll never be as cool as Sasuke-kun, baka! Now get away, I have to look good when I want to become Sakura Uchiha!"„I do not care if you like flowers, too, and I do not care if you like my purple clothes. Who said you can watch my clothes anyway? Get out of my way, perverted monster!"„Once a dead last, always a dead last."„Hn…"„MONSTER! DEMON! WHY WON'T YOU JUST DIE!!!"

„OK, STOP IT! MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE!", the blonde shouted desperately, already crying his eyes out. The demon did, waiting for at least a few moments until Naruto regained his composure.

„It seemed a litte foolish to think I can fool the one literally living in my head. So you being sealed in me is the reason everyone hates me, right? Why did the Yondaime do this, letting everyone hate me?"

„Correct. Another proof for the foolishness of your race, picking on someone who had no choice in his destiny. The Yondaime's reasons are a tale for another day. Now, we have more important tasks to work on. Even though you seem to act fine with being the punching bag of your fellow students and the scapegoat of the village, I am more than irritated by it. So now, we are going to make it stop."

„Make it stop? How?", the knucklehead asked in genuine confusion.

„Easy, kit. I will train you. And not just anywhere, but here."

„Here? But there is no equipment and no training dummies. And how does training me in my head make stronger in the real world?"

„Training here makes you actually trained outside, too. The knowledge of jutsus I will give you is obviously going to stay. Plus, I can transfer the changes your body goes through directly to your physical body. And finally, I can also manipulate the time flow in this chamber, extending it. When 24 hours expire in your world, a whole year expires in here. (A/N: Obviously a reference to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber from DBZ) Since today is Friday, you have two years to train until you need to return to your academy. I can only manipulate the time flow once a year, and only to create two artificial years here. So we have to use the time properly."

„And what are you going to teach me?"

„Since you seem to know the basics of chakra manipulation, taijutsu, and ninjutsu, I will intensify this directy linked to you learning jutsus. Though the first and most important jutsu you will have to learn is the Shadow Clone Jutsu. It will allow you to create solid copies of yourself, and due to my nearly infinite chakra reserves, you can create a lot of them. Everything those clones learn and experience will be directly transferred to you after dispelling them, making training a lot easier and more efficient. But beware, kit. You are about to learn the most devastating jutsus known to man- and demonkind, which are going to tire you and take every ounce of energy from you. So prepare yourself for two years of blood, sweat and tears."

„You should know I'm used to that, foxy. What happens to my real body in the time of training?"

„I will cut off all the energy from it, only using enough to keep your vital organs functioning. I can give you nutrition inside here, which I will transfer to your body so you are not hungry or thirsty when finishing. Now, kit, any lost words before the most painful training you will ever experience starts?

Naruto processed the amount of information he just received. He has no reason to refuse this. Even though he is still a bit suspicious of the demon lord, he knows there is nothing much he has to lose anyway. And being as strong as the fox promises is definitely something he wants to be. So with a determinded gaze, he looks up into the devious red eyes with a cocky grin, shouting:

„Alright foxy, then give me all you've got!"

„Very well, kit. Welcome to your training", the Kyuubi ansered, the same, though more darker grin, plastered on his face. „When you step out of this hall, the time of hate and terror ends. Enemies shall fall in fear, and allies bow in respect upon hearing the name Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchuuriki of the Nine Tailed Demon Lord!"

Dialogues:

„Hello": Spoken language

„Hello": Justus

„Hello": Thoughts or flashbacks

„Hello": Kyuubi