A/N: Hello everyone! Akai here once more, bringing you a Naruto fanfiction which is actually a challenge from the author Raw666. I'm not sure how often I'll update, but I promise not to abandon any of my fics, so if you've read my stories before and are still waiting for an update, I apologize. I am working on updated When Worlds Collide at the present time so that will be updated next. I am also going to say now that this story WILL contain yuri content. Whether or not it will include lemons, I am uncertain at this time. So if yuri bothers you, I would advise against reading this. Before the disclaimer, I just wish to thank my beta for this chapter, Sparkly Faerie.

Disclaimer: I'm only saying this once so pay attention,. I do not own Naruto. I also do not own the Elemental Star bloodline.

Fear. Confusion. Anger. Pain. These were just a few of the things six year old Naru Uzumaki was feeling as she ran for her very young life from the villagers of Konohagakure. Not a single day passed for the young girl that she did not find herself running from some form of abuse or another. Now Naru was by no means stupid, so the fact that she had the Kyūbi no Kitsune sealed inside of her was not unknown to her. That did not mean however, that she understood why the villagers wanted to hurt her. She was not the Kyūbi, merely its jailer. If she, a six year old could understand that, why couldn't the adults of the village?

"Please…" Naru whimpered as she pressed herself up against the wall of the alley she had run into. "Don't hurt me… I'm sorry if I did something wrong! I promise I won't do it again!" She pleaded, her blue-green eyes wide with fear as the villagers closed in on her.

"Forget it you little demon bitch!" One villager said as he proceeded to stab Naru with a knife he had brought. "Now scream!"

Scream she did. A horrible air piercing scream which floated through the village.

Over in another part of Konoha, another young girl about seven lay curled up into a ball on the roof of the building her envoy team had been assigned during their stay in the village. Her peaceful slumber was interrupted by possibly the most terrifying sound she had heard in her life. The sound of a terrified scream snapped Yugito Nii from her dream world and back to reality, causing her head to snap up and towards the direction of the scream, her blonde hair whipping around as she did. 'That scream… that was Naru-chan!' She thought, leaping to her feet and leaping across the rooftops towards her fellow blonde. 'Hold on Naru-chan I'm coming!'

"Be careful, Kitten. We don't know what kind of trouble Naru is in. You may be getting in over your head." Came the voice of the Nibi no Nekomata within Yugito's mind.

'I know, Nibi, but Naru-chan is our friend! We can't just sit by if she's being hurt!' The blonde replied to her demon.

A blast on intense demonic chakra interrupted the conversation, causing both Jinchuriki and demon to increase their worry. "That was Kyū-chan's chakra! Hurry, Kitten!'

'No need to tell me twice!' Yugito responded, drawing on her tenant's chakra to increase her speed. With her newfound speed, it took less than a minute to reach Naru's location. Glancing down off the roof to try and see what was happening to her friend, she froze in horror.

Naru's body was covered in stab wounds and was bleeding horribly. Discarded kunai, knives, and various other sharp instruments littered the ground around the poor girl as she lay crying in a growing pool of her own blood.

Sensing the ANBU which were on their way to the alley having felt the spike of demonic chakra from Naru, Yugito quickly leapt from the rooftop to the alley, landing gracefully on all fours. She ran towards her friend, scooped her up bridal style, and made a mad dash for the abandoned house she had discovered whilst playing with Naru and another girl, Hinata Hyūga a couple of days ago.

The house, though abandoned surprisingly enough was still fully furnished and had working water. The two small drawbacks the girls had discovered was that first, everything was covered in a fine coat of dust and second, that the fridge contained no food to which the girls (mainly Yugito and Hinata) had taken what money they had and gone out to buy food for their newly dubbed playhouse which was now being used as a safe house to ensure no more harm came to Naru.

Setting her friend down on the bed, Yugito focused the Nibi's chakra and began using it to help Kyūbi heal Naru's wounds. With both Kyūbi and Nibi chakra working to heal the wounds, every last one had vanished within a few minutes, leaving the younger blonde Jinchuriki to deal only with the mental damage done to her as she had passed out along the way to the safe house.

In order to protect her friend, the Nibi Jinchuriki pulled a chair next to her friend's bed and sat there, kunai in hand, ready to fight to the death if need be. Naru had summed it up perfectly the day they had met. Jinchuriki have to stick together no matter what.

Slowly - very slowly - Naru's senses returned to her. She found herself to be in a strange place that looked - oddly enough -like a sewer. Sitting up, she looked around, and quickly noted that while the place may have looked like a sewer, it was not like any other sewer found in Konoha - over the past week, she and her two best friends (Yugito and Hinata) had explored every inch of the Konoha sewer system, hiding there after pulling their pranks.

Despite having never seen this place before, the young blonde seemed to know exactly where she was going as she traversed its labyrinthine passages. Not knowing exactly why, let alone where she was going, she followed her gut feeling and ended up directly in front of a large cage with a paper tag on the lock which read 'seal' in kanji.

"Finally you have arrived, Child. Step closer. I promise I mean you no harm." A deep but clearly feminine voice rang out from inside the cage.

A bit reluctant, Naru stepped forward, a little curious as to see who or what the voice belonged to. Stopping a few feet away from the cage, she saw the largest pair of eyes ever. They were bright red and staring directly at her. Immediately, the young Jinchuriki's mind clicked and she knew who or rather what this was. "Kyūbi…" Naru's voice echoed in the otherwise empty chamber which she now knew was her mindscape.

Kyūbi grinned hugely. "That is correct, Naru-chan. I'm very happy you finally are able to see and speak to me." She said before a red glow enveloped the cage. When it died down, a giant fox no longer stood there, but instead, an older version of Naru with bright red eyes. "This will make it easier and more comfortable for you to speak to me, Kit."

"So… you're really the Kyūbi no Kitsune?" Naru asked, gaining a nod from Kyūbi. "Why…?" She asked softly. "Why did you attack Konoha on that night? You killed so many people! And because you attacked, the Yondaime had to seal you into me which in turn has made my life a living nightmare!" The young blonde's voice grew louder until she was shouting at the end.

Kyūbi looked sad at Naru's line of questioning, but met her host's eyes to answer. "While I cannot tell you the entire story of why I attacked now, Naru-chan, I will tell you that it was not my choice. An evil man took control of me and forced me to attack." A few tears fell free of her eyes as she spoke.

Now one cannot live life as a Jinchuriki without knowing how to tell whether or not a person is lying to you. So naturally, over her six years of life, Naru had become a pro at being able to spot a lie. However, she could detect no false note in Kyūbi's voice, no facial action to indicate one. No outward sign at all which led the blonde to the conclusion that Kyūbi was indeed telling the truth. "Kyūbi… I…" She began.

"Naru-chan, I know how difficult your life has been because of me, and I am truly sorry for that. During your life I have done all I could for you, bringing sleep to your troubled mind at night and healing you when others left you to die. I've waited long for the day when we could finally meet face-to-face and finally it is here." Kyūbi spoke, smiling once more. "Now that we have met, I can offer you two things, if you want them." She paused, waiting for Naru to respond.

This offer intrigued Naru. What could the Kyūbi possibly give her? Maybe some cool jutsu with which she could defend herself and her friends? Some kind of power to chase away the villagers who wanted to harm her? Finally she vocalized her question. "What are these two things, Kyūbi?"

"Please, call me Kyū-chan, Kit. As for the gifts… the first is free access to my chakra should you ever need it. The second is a gift you may find very useful in your future. You are probably not aware of this Kit, but you have a very rare and very powerful bloodline within you waiting to be awakened. All you need do is ask and I shall awaken it for you." She explained, watching Naru's small smile grow into a fox-like grin.

"You really mean it, Kyū-chan? I have a bloodline that you can awaken and I can access your chakra whenever I need it?" Naru asked, totally blown away. She had always been taught that the Kyūbi was a violent, bloodthirsty monster that wanted nothing more to destroy everything and everyone just for the heck of it. Then again… that's what the villagers said about her too. 'Guess you can't believe everything you hear.'

Kyūbi nodded. "That's correct. I take it you want my gifts?" The question got an eager nod from the young blonde. Red youkai erupted around Kyūbi and washed over Naru, changing her pupils from black into a yin-yang design and causing a faint white triangle to form in each eye above them. "Listen carefully, Kit because we do not have much time left here before you return to the physical world. Your bloodline is known as the Elemental Star. It gives its user the power to master all five of the primary elements: Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Lightning. Each element is represented by a triangle in your eyes. When you awaken each element, the triangle will appear faint, and then when you master it, it will become bolder. In addition to the primary elements, you will also be able to control all the sub-elements, but to a lesser degree."

"Woah! That is so cool!" Naru yelled, dancing around the chamber happily. "I'm gonna be the greatest ninja ever!" She declared, thrusting a fist into the air. Once she had calmed down a bit, she noticed the chamber around her was beginning to grow fainter. "What's going on, Kyū-chan?" She asked, a bit worriedly.

"You are going back to the physical world, Kit. Your cat-like friend is very worried about you. It is time for you to wake up," The fox demoness smiled at Naru as she began to fade from her mindscape. "Remember, if you ever need my chakra, just ask." That said, Naru vanished from the chamber, leaving Kyūbi to her own devices once more.