Hey there, been a long time hasn't it? So I've been hard at work writing out the outline for this final revision to the point that it's only Kitsune Warrior in name…which is why the title is somewhat altered and the original is staying up for those who want to see where it all began. I've been writing this since 2012 and do to a lot of personal life issues I could never complete it in the way I wanted but it's always been something to wrap up on the bucket list and I figured now was a good time. I do hope you enjoy, so let's begin.

"Naruto" Normal

"Naruto" Biju/Dragons

"Naruto" Thought

Chapter 1:

Throughout his life, Uzumaki Naruto had known more hardship than any child growing up had a right to bear. A young orphan ostracized by the majority of Konohagakure, Naruto found solace in his loneliness by playing the part of a troublemaker in his village, pulling pranks and causing general, albeit, harmless mayhem to the mild irritation of civilian and shinobi alike in his thirst for attention. While it gave him comfort that people acknowledged his existence despite the negativity of it, it was brief and once whatever mess he made was cleaned up, the villagers would go back to glaring and whispering loudly enough for him to pick up on their words. For most of his young life, he knew nothing of why the village hated him so much, it wasn't until a few months ago that he learned of the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed within him and due to his jinchuriki status and the destruction the fox wrought upon his home, the hatred for the creature transferred over to him.

Despite this revelation, it didn't deter Naruto from his overall goal: To become the Hokage, the leader of his village in order to be seen as a significant figure by his home.

Most scoffed at his regular declarations, calling him a failure as a shinobi for his subpar showings in the academy and his often thick-headed and hyperactive nature but none of these insults affected Naruto more than when they were coming out the mouth of one of the few people he wanted to prove himself to the most:

Uchiha Sasuke,

The star prodigy of his graduation class, the last loyal member of the ill-fated Uchiha Clan, one of the two clans who founded Konoha and they had been annihilated in one night by the clan's most promising young ninja, Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke's older brother. The tragedy fundamentally changed Sasuke, stripping him of his boyhood sense of optimism and wonder overnight and left behind a dark and heavily troubled young man who was on a single-minded goal of vengeance for his people by killing his older brother. This mindset drove Sasuke in everything he did as a shinobi and had him push away the idea of teamwork, feeling that others would just hold him back, which was not completely uncalled for at first given his teammates were the worst performing student in Naruto and one of his many fangirls in Haruno Sakura. But with such arrogance comes times when one must be humbled and knocked off their pedestal every now and then and his team proved themselves to him at various points and if they didn't, their sensei, Hatake Kakashi or the enemy shinobi they battled certainly would beat the superiority out of him.

And one enemy shinobi proved that not only did Team Seven have a lot to learn, the encounter shifted Sasuke's future to the inevitable conclusion that the other three members of the team tried desperately to prevent.

Orochimaru of the Sannin, a rogue shinobi of Konoha, wanted for various crimes against humanity after he was found experimenting with clan bloodlines using many unwilling human test subjects, ambushed the rookie genin team during the second trial of the Chunin Exams. After soundly defeating a Kyuubi-enraged Naruto and scaring Sakura to her core, he branded Sasuke with the encroaching Cursed Seal of Heaven, a seal that greatly increased Sasuke's abilities in exchange for slowly consuming his sanity and that aspect shown itself more frequently as the months passed, Sasuke began to grow more volatile and his superiority and inferiority showed more as Naruto progressed in strength and skill. Things soon came to a head after an unfortunate encounter with Itachi not long after the Chunin Exams that left Sasuke comatose and trapped within his brother's Tsukuyomi, constantly reliving the night of his clan's slaughter through his brother's eyes.

After the newly instated Godaime Hokage and renowned medic, Tsunade revived him, Sasuke almost immediately demanded a spar with Naruto, leading to a near fatal clash between the two that was only interrupted by the timely intervention of Kakashi. Being the elite jonin he was and a history of tragedy to back him up, Kakashi tried to reason with his troubled student, attempting to persuade him off his path of revenge. His attempt would later prove fruitless when Sasuke abandoned Konoha later that night, despite Sakura's pleading for him to stay in the village.

Tsunade assigned a newly promoted Nara Shikamaru to form a team to go after Sasuke and his possible escorts. The chunin leader recruited Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Neji, Akimichi Choji, and Naruto to his group and after Sakura begged her only remaining teammate to bring Sasuke home, the team was off, their mission throwing them head first into battle with Orochimaru's elite bodyguards, the Sound Four, jonin level fighters that pushed the group to their absolute limits and beyond, forcing them to split into one on one battles, battles that nearly cost both Neji and Choji their lives, left Kiba severely injured and forced to give the battle to the Suna shinobi and former enemy, Kankuro, and forced Shikamaru on the defensive until Temari arrived and finished their opponent. Naruto had ended up separating from the group when a new enemy and final member of the Sound team, Kimimaro ambushed the retrieval team, taking the coffin Sasuke had been sealed in, in order to evolve his Cursed Seal, luring Naruto into an open field where he was shown to be completely outclassed by the new enemy even when enhanced with the Kyuubi chakra.

During the battle, Sasuke broke free of the coffin and ran off, ignoring Naruto's cries to return home and leaving the orange clad genin open to an attack that was prevented thanks to the timely intervention of the newly healed Rock Lee.

Despite Lee's attempts at victory, his body was still healing and was too weak to face Kimimaro only surviving thanks to the arrival of Gaara.

Now in present time, Naruto and Sasuke are nearing the climax of their battle. Thanks to the power buff to his Cursed Seal, Sasuke had dominated the fight, nearly killing his former teammate several times due to not only the increase but Naruto's complete reluctance to fight, not wanting to break his promise to Sakura and kill one of the only people who acknowledged him his whole life.

It wasn't till Sasuke ruptured one of Naruto's lungs with his Chidori that Naruto understood the very real intent the Uchiha had at claiming his life and survival instincts overrode his need to hold back, unleashing the chakra of the Kyuubi and beating Sasuke down until he was once again overpowered when the rogue Uchiha's Sharingan fully matured, allowing him to read all of Naruto's movements, culminating in Sasuke pile driving Naruto off a cliff, breaking his neck and forcing the fox within to push more chakra out, enveloping Naruto into a cloak of chakra in the shape of a fox, increasing his power further and forcing Sasuke to use the full power of the Cursed Seal of Heaven, giving him an utterly demonic appearance.

The two young shinobi stared each other down with power unnatural to their beings, prepared for their final battle.

"It's not too late, Sasuke." Naruto said, his voice reverberating throughout the valley.

The young Uchiha, his face an emotionless mask as he paced along the calm water below his feat, briefly eyeing his altered appearance in the reflection as he did so before staring his rival in the eye.

"Don't bother Naruto, I told you already, it's too late. You should've realized that the moment this battle started." Sasuke retorted, a Chidori roaring to life in his dominant hand as he finished his statement.

"The time for talk has long passed, we're ending this fight, and only one of us is walking away from this place."

He crouched low before leaping high into the air like a vengeful fallen angel.

"And it will not be you, Dobe!"

Naruto leapt back, attempting to avoid the assassination jutsu, realizing his mistake as soon as Sasuke's hand hit the water, electrifying it and shocking the blonde shinobi harshly. Too stunned to move, he was unable to avoid the kick to the chin, sending him high into the air. Sasuke's hand-like wings allowed him to follow and meet Naruto in the air, using one of his wings to slam Naruto back to Earth.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!"

The fireball fired straight for the falling Naruto. The Jinchuriki recovered mid-air letting out a chakra enhanced roar, blowing the jutsu away. On instinct, Naruto thrust his arm forward, sending the claw of the chakra shroud flying toward a surprised Sasuke, grabbing him, and launching him down toward the water, the impact creating a temporary geyser of water shooting into the sky.

Naruto landed on all fours on the water, staying vigilant of his wayward teammate. Bubbles appeared not far from him, putting him on alert as he waited for Sasuke to surface but to his astonishment he didn't, instead the number of bubbles began increasing, surrounding Naruto who began to grow increasingly more anxious. Then came steam, and he felt the water under his palms began to grow hot at a rapid pace.

Realization hit Naruto fast and he moved out of the vicinity with a mighty leap just as multiple fire dragons popped out of the water where he once stood.

"Got you!"

Naruto didn't have a chance to move before he felt Sasuke's foot hit him hard enough that it sent him skidding across the valley and smashing into the foot of the Shodai Hokage's statue.

"You're slowing down; whatever that chakra is around you is clearly doing more harm than good, huh?"

The condescending tone irked Naruto more than he'd like to admit but he knew Sasuke was right. Sure, in a bid to save his own skin, the Kyuubi gave him chakra so Naruto would survive his neck being snapped but not only was he unprepared, he's never used this much chakra from the fox before and it was straining the hell out of his body.

"Regardless," Sasuke begins, going through the handseals necessary for another Chidori. "I'm ending things here, maybe you'll finally get the picture when your corpse is in the bottom of the ocean!"

Seeing the Chidori take a black color and feeling the malice he exuded, Naruto knew for sure if he didn't respond in kind, Sasuke will make good on that statement. As much as it pained him, the young shinobi knew that he very well may have to risk killing his best friend to stop him from entering the danger zone, the irony was not lost on him.

Resolute in his next move, Naruto began to gather chakra from the cloak into his dominant hand, forming a violent-colored Rasengan, a move that surprised the once loyal Uchiha opposite him.

"So you aren't completely stupid, good, then come at me with everything you have, NARUTO!"

With a mighty leap, Sasuke charged at his once teammate, fully intent on ending his life.

Naruto followed his movements, rearing back his dominant arm and thrusting forward once he and Sasuke met at the center of the waterfall.

"CHIDORI/RASENGAN!"

The clash shook the vicinity of the area, the sheer malevolence of the dueling chakra would render any nearby sensor catatonic. Neither technique would let up, both wielders determined to end this battle by any means, both pumping more of their respective corrupt power within their jutsu. Overtime, the chakra began to mix and expand, enveloping the two genin in a massive dome of power.

At this point, the jutsu would cancel each other out, Sasuke would overwhelm Naruto, and continue on his way toward his goal while Naruto would train and try time and time again to return his friend home.

However, this scenario was meant for a different time, a different future, and was not meant to be in this world.

The two jutsu continued to be overpowered, the dome enlarging and overtaking the entire valley. A few miles away, Kakashi froze in his tracks, watching the black dome expand threatening to engulf him as well, a sharp crack of thunder echoed across the entire area, the sound so loud, the medics and high-level shinobi sent to recover the retrieval team tensed for seemingly unknown reasons, they just knew in their gut that whatever..this was, it was completely unnatural.

Within the dome, a myriad of colors began to overtake the white expanse, both young shinobi seemed unaware of their current dilemma, still battling for dominance.

Then the dome imploded.

The next moment, both Naruto and Sasuke lost control of their chakra, an unnatural wind knocking them away from one another. All they could see were an expanse of colors both known and never seen before, neither even realized that that were being blown into the wide expanse, their vision too clouded to the point that their other senses were muted not even feeling their bodies begin to tear themselves apart and heal near instantly on a continuous loop.

And then the world went black.

Mount Paozu, Age 760

In a world where technology has evolved beyond the comprehension of the shinobi lifestyle, where the concept of a village is archaic and large and continuously expanding cities have become the norm, where the idea of travel by foot or wagon is in the distant past and motorized vehicles, some of which could hover or fly was the way to get around, we look toward a large mountainous region a fair distance away from modern society, large crystal blue water-filled lakes, lush green forestry, and animals big and small surrounded the beautiful landscape that had yet to be touched by corporate meddling.

At the center of this example of natural beauty of the world, a small dome-shaped house complimented the surroundings. Outside the home is a young man of twenty-two, clad in an orange gi, wild black hair fluttering in the wind, and sweat glistened on his brow as he went through his normal morning routine of training, refining his kata further than most of his senior martial artists could ever hope to accomplish and then some.

This young man was Son Goku, two-time runner up in the twenty-first and twenty-second Tenkaichi Budokai, champion of the twenty-third, the young hero who saved the planet from the tyrannical rule of King Piccolo, and his latest achievements in life: a husband and father.

It has been four years since Goku's victory over the son King Piccolo, Piccolo Jr. Since then, he has settled down, marrying his childhood friend, Chichi and giving birth to their first child, Son Gohan one year later. However, despite fatherhood, Goku knew that Piccolo could one day try another attempt at his life at any time and it was a very real possibility that his rival would use underhanded tactics against his wife and son to achieve victory over him. This realization pushed the young warrior to train with the same intensity natural to him rather than listening to his wife who pleaded for him to slow down, stating there was no immediate danger and he could relax but her claim fell on deaf ears.

In fact, Goku would be so focused in his routine that he often fazed out the world around him only coming out of his trance when he finished or when Chichi would smack him upside the head with the nearest kitchen utensil.

This time was no different.

The young champion was so focused in his training, he didn't realize the loud crack of thunder, nor did he see the sky twist and tear a fair distance away from his home, revealing an expanse of colors and a small figure fall out of the phenomenon and into the forest below.

But while Goku may have the attention span of a squirrel when he's in the zone, his wife was definitely aware enough to notice the unnatural expanse in the sky, grab a pan, run outside, and smack her husband hard enough to create an indent of his face in the ground below his feet.

"Ow!" he cried, his eyes watering as he rubbed the growing knot on his head. "Why'd you do that Chichi?"

Chichi huffed at her husband's childish whining.

"If I didn't you'd be stuck in your own world all day. You didn't even notice that did you?" She questioned, pointing toward the sky in the distance.

Goku looked toward the strange phenomenon, tilting his head to the side to signify both his curiosity and confusion.

"Well no, but it looks kinda strange. Want to go check it out?" He asked, with barely hidden excitement, maybe whatever caused this would give him a good fight? He hadn't had one in years.

Chichi rolled her eyes with a small smile; Goku's child-like wonder could be just as endearing as it was aggravating at times.

"I'd rather not but you should, I let Gohan go out and play for a little while. He's smart enough not to go anywhere near anything dangerous but I'm worried he may get too curious about whatever is going on. Find him and bring him home first and then you can see what's going on."

Goku simply nodded, she did have a point; he didn't want his son anywhere close to that thing either.

"Alright, I sense him not too far from here anyway, be back soon. NIMBUS!"

A small golden cloud flew toward Goku who quickly hopped on and sped off in the direction of his son.

A young boy walked along the dirt path before him, his breathing is heavy, and he was seeing double. He couldn't feel his right arm at all and he was pretty certain he broke a few ribs during his landing, the shock of which woke him up almost as soon as he hit the ground not to mention the blood coming from a gash above his brow.

All Naruto wanted to do was drop in exhaustion, his chakra was depleted, the stress of the day and subsequent battles he endured were finally taking it's toll and sleep sounded amazing but he knew he couldn't stop. Sasuke was still out there, for all he knew the bastard had crossed the border and out of his reach but he couldn't just give up, not yet, not until he fulfilled his promise to Sakura. He couldn't face her if he failed, to see the look of heartbreak on her face as she begged him to return Sasuke home, hurt him in ways he couldn't describe and he was determined to make her smile again even if said smile was directed toward him.

Now wasn't the time to lament on his unrequited feelings though, he was a ninja on a mission for his Hokage and he would see it through damn it.

Naruto stopped for a moment to catch his breath, leaning against a tree as his vision began to blur, sweat dripped from his face, stinging his various cuts. He absentmindedly removed his jacket, leaving him in a torn black t-shirt in order to give him some relief to no avail. He felt himself drifting off, vision beginning to go spotty, maybe a small nap would be fine?

…

"S-SOMEONE HELP ME! MOMMY! DADDY!"

Naruto's exhaustion evaporated near instantly; his eyes narrowed at the distinct cries of a small child. Adrenaline pumped through his body, allowing him to temporarily ignore his condition and speed off in the direction of the voice taking to the trees to get moving faster, hoping he wasn't too late.

Young Son Gohan wondered not for the first time he had so much bad luck. He spent all morning studying really hard to please his mommy and was rewarded with a big snack and playtime in the forest. It wasn't often he was allowed out for long alone but he promised his mother he wouldn't go out too far but while out chasing small woodland animals he saw a strange rainbow appear in the sky and it grabbed his attention almost instantly and he wanted a closer look. Unfortunately, he didn't realize in what direction he was going and it landed him smack dab in the middle of a pack of sabertooth tigers.

Gohan backed away slowly, the wild animals drawing closer to the young child, eyeing him like his father does his mother's cooking.

"N-nice kitties…I-I'm sorry for bothering y-you." Said the frightened child as he continued to back away who did not pay attention to what where he was walking and ended up tumbling over a small rock, that gave the tigers the go ahead to pounce.

With a cry of fright and reflexes no normal three-year-old should possess, Gohan dodged to the side, causing one of the pouncing felines to smack head-first into a large tree and giving the boy the opening to run as fast as his small legs would take him. Tears streamed down his chubby cheeks as he cried out for his parents while trying his hardest to outrun the agile creatures that were practically on top of him in no time.

Then Gohan tripped and almost instantly the boy felt all the blood drain from his face as the shadow of the predators appeared overhead, their sharp claws poised to tear the toddler apart and all the poor boy could do was cover his head in the hope the mean animals would just disappear.

And then an unfamiliar voice echoed throughout the forest.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

The next thing young Gohan knew he was surrounded by a bunch of older boys who all looked the same in torn up black and orange clothes, with bloody cuts all over them even some in his blonde hair…and he was smelly. But that small detail didn't meant much to the toddler at the moment, what did was the fact that all the giant cats had been knocked out cold by all these big kids and then with a 'pop' all but one boy disappeared, greatly confusing Gohan even further.

Then the older boy fell over, breathing heavily and holding his side in pain.

"You…you okay kid?" the blonde boy asked in a raspy voice; how was he so hurt?

"Y-yes, thank you, mister." Gohan replied shyly but his voice was laced with concern. "Are you okay? Did the big kitty cats hurt you?"

Naruto chuckled; this kid was being chased by freakish looking tigers and nearly eaten but was more concerned with his savior's condition instead of himself? The little boy was pretty noble even if he didn't realize it yet.

"No…those dumb cats didn't do this…I'll be okay….and none of that mister stuff, I'm only thirteen…names Naruto." He exhaustion was evident in his speech, he wouldn't be conscious for much longer at this rate.

"Oh, um, I'm Gohan, it nice to meet you." He said bowing in his introduction as his mother taught him.

Naruto gave the boy a small grin, nodding lightly as his eyes rolled back and he finally passed out much to Gohan's fright.

"H-hey, are you ok!? W-wake up!" Gohan cried, shaking the older boy in vain. Naruto was out cold.

While the small toddler began looking around in all directions thinking of what he could do to help, he didn't notice the orange-clad man on a cloud looking at his son's savior from behind him until he spoke up.

"What's going on, Gohan?" Goku asked his small boy, who tearfully jumped into his father's arms babbling on about what happened with the tigers and about the boy, Naruto who saved him while he was already really hurt.

Goku gave the blonde shinobi a long look, deep in thought for a few moments before, nodding to himself, hopping off the Nimbus and grabbing the boy, hauling him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Don't worry Son, we're gonna fix your new friend right up." Goku said, hopping back on the cloud while his son excitedly hopped into his father's lap. "Alright Nimbus, take us home!"

The cloud sped off towards the dome-shaped home, the two conscious passengers unknowingly bringing along with them someone who would completely change their lives and shift destiny in ways no one would see coming.

In deep space a small sphere-shaped ship sailed through the cosmos with speeds never seen on Earth. Within the ship a large man with extremely long, spiky black hair, adorned in brown and black armor was currently speaking into a device equipped to his left ear with a green lens over his left eye.

"…Do not worry even if he is not as powerful as the rest of us, I'm sure Kakarot would be a big help in our mission."

"You have a lot of faith in this long lost little brother Raditz, for your sake this trip of yours better not be a waste of time. If Kakarot is alive I expect you both to rendezvous with Nappa and I in the next couple years. If you fail, you'll be the one to tell Freeza personally."

Raditz paled, to approach Lord Freeza with anything but success was suicide, plain and simple.

"Y-yes of course, I will not fail you my Prince." Raditz replied shakily.

"Hmph, see that you don't, Low Class."

The connection cut off, leaving a frustrated Raditz alone to his thought, clenching his fist for a moment before he decided it was best to activate the hibernation sequence, it was a long trip after all and spending it frustrated would do him no favors.

As the systems began to work their magic, Raditz stared out into the deep expanse of space, a determined look in his eyes as his thoughts drifted to the voice on the other end of the line.

"You just wait you spoiled bastard, one day I'll show you who the true 'Low Class' is and I'll get from under yours and Freeza's boot..."

Raditz leaned back, allowing the anesthetic to do it's work and drifted off as he ship sailed toward his next destination: Planet Earth.

So chapter one is in the books and if you couldn't tell, this is going to be a very different story from the last version. For one, I'm starting at the beginning of Z, this allows me to chart out a proper growth rate for Naruto, rather then me making him Cell Games level after only a year when before he wasn't even Saiyan Saga level that was stupid and besides I want to have him experience all of Z rather than just an abridged version of the series. And yes, I said Z and only Z, I have no idea if I even want to touch Super or if (and this is a big if) I wanna delve into GT. Both those series have a myriad of issues and are of much lower quality than the first two series. If I were to go into those sagas it be in their own stories. Another change would be that I am going to have other Naruto characters much earlier than I would usually introduce them as in they are going to make their debut during this arc and be major characters opposite Naruto. And yeah Sasuke is alive and in the Dragon World but we won't be seeing him for quite a while but don't worry the wait will be worth it, I've got plans for our angry little Uchiha trust me. And if you couldn't tell, yeah Raditz will be expanded upon in this story, what does that mean for the conclusion of his battle with Goku and Piccolo? Well…you'll see.

And finally, notice the year I had Naruto land in, no it's not a typo, its on purpose, its purely for Naruto to get some realistic training time in. I'm trying to give him a more balanced character in terms of his ki techniques and ninjutsu than before and this will help out immensely.

I'll try to have the next chapter out soon, until then have a great Thanksgiving and stay safe this coming Black Friday weekend, later everyone.