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Chapter 1

It was night time when a six year old Naruto ran extremely fast for a boy his age through the empty streets of the hidden village of Konohagakure. A mob of angry villagers not far behind him armed with various kind of weapon.

'Why are they doing this to me? What did I do?' The small boy thought, he was just minding his own business when they a few drunken villagers started chasing him and it wasn't soon after when more joint the chase. Tears streamed down his face as he tried to get away from the chasing crowd. As long as he could remember he never hurt someone, but people kept calling him demon or monster behind his back, giving him cold looks and always treated him badly. Parents would tell their children that he was dangerous and that they should stay away from him. He really didn't know why people didn't like him.

The only people that weren't mean to him were the old man Hokage, the owner and his daughter from the ramen stand where he always ate and a shy girl with lavender colored eyes that he met a few times. The latter was the only child his age that was ever nice to him and played with him.

"GET THAT DEMON/KILL HIM/TODAY YOU DIE!" Were the different things that some of the pursuers shouted.

Naruto ran as fast as his legs could carry him all while thinking 'Got get to the old man, he could help me.' He looked back and saw that the crowd started to thin out a little indicating that some were getting weary. He was actually glad for his inhumanly amount of stamina. But even he had his limits and couldn't keep this up much longer.

Taking the next turn that he saw he came to a dead end. 'Damn it!' He cursed his luck and turned around to go another direction but tensed as he saw that some of the villagers had caught up to him and had him cornered. "We finally got you." One spoke as they slowly made their way towards him.

"W-Why do y-you do t-this to mean? W-What have I d-done?" he stuttered, he couldn't hold back the tears, afraid what would come next.

"What you did? You killed our family and friends you monster!" One shouted. "I never did any of that!" Naruto told them fear evident in his voice and started backing away from the villagers who came closer. "Don't lie to use you murderous fox! We don't know why the Hokage lets you live, you're the Kyuubi that almost destroyed this village six years ago!" Another shouted. "It's not true. You're lying." The blonde shouted at them as tears streamed out of his eyes.

The villager that spoke shrugged "Who cares if you don't believe us because now we're going to do what the Hokage is too afraid to." He declared and they started walking towards the small boy their weapons raised.

Naruto whimpered as he moved backwards and was now with his back against the wall "No l-leave me a-alone." He sobbed and crouched into a ball.

The villagers were now towering over him with their clubs, sticks and pitchforks and had looks on their faces that promised a lot of pain. "Today it ends." One sneered and they raised their weapons above their head. Naruto looked scared at his attackers and watched as they brought their weapons. Screams echoed through the village.

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The Hokage had just finished every Kage's worst enemy… paperwork and was currently massaging his temple to soften the headache he had. After a hard day of work the only thing that could calm his spirit down a bit was a good smoke and he grabbed his pipe that lay on the desk.

He was about to light it when he suddenly heard the screams not far from his location. Acting quickly he grabbed his crystal ball and started looking in it to see what happened. What he saw made him gasp in disbelief. In his crystal ball he saw a dome of ice was formed in an alley that had multiple ice spikes sticking out that pierced the bodies of some villagers.

Sarutobi got up quickly and removed his robe revealing a battle armor that he wore underneath. He signaled the ANBU that were stationed in his office to follow him as he set off towards the location of the event. In his crystal ball it showed that the spikes started to retract into the dome and said dome melted revealing an unconscious Naruto.

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Sarutobi Hiruzen and his ANBU's landed in front of alley and were greeted with the sight of dead villagers. The temperature in the alley was strangely lower than normal. 'Where did all the ice go?' Hiruzen contemplated as he observed the scene.

The ANBU's started to dispose of the dead body's under orders when the Hokage spotted Naruto laying on the ground in a small puddle of water the same place where he saw that the dome of ice was once. He dashed towards the unconscious form of Naruto and took the boy in his arms. After a quick checkup he sighed in relief 'Just chakra exhaustion but that means he did this.' He thought as he started at the holes in the walls that the ice spikes created then at the dead civilians.

He got up with the blonde still in his arms 'I will have to look into this; he may have unlocked a kekkei genkai.' He thought and looked at the ANBU's that were almost done cleaning up "I will be in my office." The Hokage told them. "Hai Hokage-sama." The ANBU's answered and Sarutobi left via shushin.

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Naruto's Mindscape

Naruto woke up in what seemed to be a dimly lit sewer with several passageways that had pipes running across the walls and ankle high water on the ground. "Where am I." he spoke to no one, his voice echoing throughout the corridors, nothing. 'Well I have to find a way out of here.' He thought and started walking towards one of the hallways where he saw light at the end.

As he continued his way through the passageway he heard the faint sound of something breathing, something big. He suddenly found himself at the end of the hall that exited in a big room with a huge cage at the back. Said cage had a small paper attached to it that had the kanji for 'seal' on it. 'What is this?' he thought as he moved closer to the cage.

"Hello." He called when he stood in front of the bars, the sound of breathing now clearer than ever. Being cautious he moved back just in time to avoid a giant claw that slammed into the bars.

Naruto was startled by the sudden event as he fell backwards, different thoughts ran through his mind. 'What was that?' He asked inwardly and looked into cage. Suddenly he saw two glowing red eyes and a big menacing grin of what seemed to be a giant fox that could easily be as big as the Hokage Mountain.

"W-Who are you?" he asked a little bit scared, the fox growled lowly. His question was answered when he saw the fox nine tails swinging behind him.

"Y-You're K-Kyuubi." he stuttered out. "Really what gave that away must have been my eyes." The fox answered sarcastically rolling his eyes. "What are you doing here? Where am I?" The blonde asked. "To begin we are in your mind and as for what we're doing here; I was sealed in you at birth by the fourth because he couldn't kill me, you were attacked and are now unconscious due to chakra exhaustion from using your kekkei genkai." Kyuubi answered. Naruto was shocked in disbelieve and lowered his head.

"So it's true." Naruto muttered softly his head still hang low a tear ran down his cheek. "You aren't going to start crying now are you, because I can't stand to see people wailing, it's annoying." The fox spoke slightly irritated; he hated seeing people crying to him it was annoying. "I-it's all y-your fault you know that!" Naruto spoke a little louder as he sniffled and tried to fight back the tears. 'Here we go.' Kyuubi thought. "Kit I will have to stop you right there before you say something stupid." The fox warned.

"What do you mean I will say something stupid if it wasn't for you attacking the village I could have lived a normal life. People wouldn't be treating me as a monster, an outcast." He yelled at the fox his tears now flowing freely. "Maybe I could have had a family." He whispered the last part.

Kyuubi grew angry at the blonde and snapped "What did I just say it wasn't like I attacked this pesky village out of my own free will! Do you think I am going around destroying villages just for fun? I have better things do in life brat. Not because I am what I am means that all we do is cause destruction! We weren't created for that purpose!" He roared in fury as glared at the small boy who started stunned and wide eye at him. Kyuubi sighed and tried to calm himself down.

Flinched at the fox outburst he didn't expect the fox to just snap at him. But he was warned and didn't listen now he felt kind of guilty.

He lowered his head in shame and whispered something inaudible. "What did you say?" Kyuubi asked having somewhat calmed down. "I'm sorry, okay." He spoke a little louder and looked up at the fox. Kyuubi 'hmph' at him "Just don't say stupid things to me again because your kind was always quick to judge." He answered. Naruto nodded towards the fox.

It was silent for awhile before Naruto spoke up "Kyuubi-san can I ask you something." He asked nervously. "As long as it isn't a stupid one and please, call me Kurama that's my name." the nine tails replied eyeing the boy. "Okay Kurama-san. I just wanted to know why you attacked the village." the blond boy asked.

Kurama sighed 'I had a feeling that he was going to ask me that.' He thought. "I don't really remember that much but I do know that I was being controlled by a man that wore an orange mask and had the sharingan." He answered as he thought back to the event six years ago and growled at the thought of the man that controlled him. "What's a sharingan." Naruto asked curiously.

Kyuubi growled louder before answering "It's a special eye technique that the Uchiha clan of your village uses. It has the ability to see through genjutsu, ninjutsu and taijutsu and can copy and counter almost all of them." He explained. "Really that's so cool." Naruto exclaimed. "Do you really think so?" The fox asked annoyed, Naruto frowned. "What do you mean Kurama-san?" He asked the fox. "Those people are nothing but a bunch of copy cats. How would you like it if you worked hard to create a justu and they come around and just copy it for their own?" he replied. "They don't work to acquire what they have they just steal it. And it's all because of that blasted eye of theirs"

Naruto looked at the fox understanding what he meant and nodded. "Your right and if it can control you then it's pretty dangerous." He said. Kurama sighed "I know kit. But what can we do, people fear the Uchiha. Plus your village got a bit of its fame from that clan right there." He said and rested his head onto his front paws. Naruto now sat cross legged in front of the cage.

"Kurama-san." Naruto called. The fox grunted "Yeah kit." "Uhm at first you said that I unlocked a kekkei genkai, what is that?" he asked. Kurama sighed "Well kit kekkei genkai's are special abilities that are past down in families and clans through genetics. That cursed eye is also a kekkei genkai. But the best thing is that those copycats from the Uchiha clan can't copy other kekkei genkai." He explained.

"Really cool, so what is my kekkei genkai huh? I bet it's something really awesome like shooting beams out of my eyes or maybe I can fly or maybe I can..." He continued to sum up different kinds of abilities he could have. "Calm down kit." The fox called, Naruto complied and sat back down. "Your kekkei genkai is the ability to combine water and wind based chakra to create ice and you can control it any way you want to if you learn how to control it." The fox revealed.

Naruto stared in awe he could make ice out of chakra… that was the coolest thing ever. He was so happy that he started jumping around in glee. The fox just rolled his eyes at the boy's antics. 'Why is he that happy with an ability that creates popsicles?' Kyuubi had a question mark above his head and sweat dropped.

"You know, you aren't that mean and scary fox that the people say you are. You're actually kind of nice." Naruto said smiling after he stopped his happy 'dance'. "Well don't get use to it, I have a reputation to keep up after all." Kurama answered with a slight chuckle. Naruto grinned at the fox. "Okay." He answered and sat back down with a wide grin on his while thinking of his cool bloodline.

After awhile Kyuubi looked up at Naruto "It's time for you to wake up kit." He told him. Naruto nodded and got up "Goodbye Kurama-san." Naruto greeted before he faded out of his mindscape. Kyuubi grunted slightly before closing his eyes and went to sleep.

xxxx

Hokage's office

It has been an hour already since the incident happened and the Hokage was currently behind his desk again smoking his pipe. He had a scrolls sprawled over his table and was searching for anything that could help him learn more about Naruto's possible bloodline. Up until now he found out that the ninja's in the village Yukigakure had been known to use ice jutsus by using the snow but still couldn't find anything on a potential bloodline. He had to summon Kakashi tomorrow maybe he knew something because he was sent there on a mission there a few years ago. But he still didn't get one thing how did the Uzumaki clan fit in all this.

He sighed then looked at the couch in his office at the sleeping blonde on it. Had ordered his personal doctor to look over Naruto, he was the only one he trusted with the boy since all the other doctors would try to kill him. After the health check the doctor concluded that he was fine just a little exhausted and said that he would awaken soon.

Sarutobi eyes soften as he looked at the boy, he felt his hard clench 'I failed you both Minato… Kushina, I couldn't protect your son to my full extend. The villagers didn't honor your wish to view your son as the hero you wanted. Sometimes it seems that your sacrifice was for nothing.' he thought with a sad expression. But then his face turned serious 'But not anymore, from now on I will be better. I will make him stronger so that he can protect himself and his precious people, that's a promise.' His eyes shined with determination as he looked out of the window towards the stone face of the fourth Hokage.

A groan caught his attention and he turned around to see the small boy sitting up in his cough rubbing his eyes. In an instant he was by Naruto's side "Naruto." he spoke softly. "Oh hey old man" He said grinning. "How are you feeling Naruto." He asked with a concerned look on his face.

The blonde yawned before answering "I am a little tired but okay." He stretched a bit and looked around. 'I guess the old man brought me here after I passed out.'

The Hokage observed Naruto asked "Naruto can you tell me what you remember from what happened tonight." Naruto nodded and started to explain to the Hokage that he was walking home when a few drunken villagers suddenly started chasing him, he ended up in an alley then he blackout.

Sarutobi turned angry when he heard that those naïve villagers would attack an innocent small boy 'The people of this village with the exception of a few have fallen so deep that they would go so far as to treat their protector and hero like trash. The Shodaime would be really disappointed.' He thought sadly. But he was about to change that, in his mind he already made plans to change Naruto's future for the better.

"Ojii-san?" Naruto called as he waved a hand in front of the old kage's face. "Oh sorry Naruto I was just thinking about something." He told the blonde. "Okay." Naruto replied. "Ojii-san what happened to those people?" he asked.

The Hokage flinched slightly when Naruto asked about the now dead civilians. "Don't worry about them Naruto, they have been dealt with." He assured as he placed a hand on his shoulder. "Everything will be all right now; they won't hurt you anymore that I promise." He reassured the small boy.

"Thank you Ojii-san." Naruto replied also smiling. "I do have some good news." Sarutobi said. "Really what is it?" the blonde asked cheerfully.

The village leader chuckled and spoke "It seems that you may have unlocked a bloodline limit."

"Yeah I know Kurama-san told me that I could make ice by combining wind and water." He replied in his still cheerful tone.

'Kurama? Who is he?' Sarutobi thought confused. "Naruto if I may ask who this Kurama is you speak off." He asked.

Naruto started to rub the back of his head and grinned "Oh yeah I forgot that you don't know him by that name." He answered sheepishly. "He is the one you know as Kyuubi." Sarutobi visibly paled. "K-Kyuubi." he stuttered. "Yeah I met him when I was unconscious. You know he's really not that scary like people say he actually kind of nice when he's not mad at you." Naruto added still smiling.

"Naruto what did Kyuubi tell you." Sarutobi asked almost demanding, he was worried that the Kyuubi would try to influence Naruto.

Naruto flinched slightly at the Hokage's tone but complied and started telling him everything that happened since he woke up in his mindscape and his meeting with Kyuubi. Sarutobi was shocked when he heard that the fox told Naruto that he was being controlled by a cloaked figure that had the sharingan. But now Sarutobi understood what the Yondaime meant when he said that Kyuubi wasn't himself, it was because he was being controlled. 'Where we wrong about the fox all the time? No… I can't jump to conclusions just yet we will have to give him the benefit of the doubt.'

"Naruto." The Hokage spoke with serious tone. "I would like you to keep everything you have just told me a secret, nobody has to know that you can communicate with the fox." He ordered. "Kurama, that is his name remember."Naruto corrected. "Understood, I will refer to him as Kurama in the future." Sarutobi replied.

"And Naruto please don't hate the fourth Hokage for sealing Kyu…Kurama inside you, but he always wanted you to be seen as a hero. The one who protected this village from the fox but the majority people of this village were so blinded by their hatred for the fox that they decided to take all that hatred out on you… the container, by making your life a living hell." He explained with a sad look on his face. Naruto nodded.

"Oke then I will now bring you home." Sarutobi said smiling walking towards the blonde. "Okay." Naruto said as Sarutobi placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder and they disappeared in a swirl of leafs.

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When they arrived Naruto unlocked his door and they walked into his barely furnished living room. "It seems that you keep it clean even when you live alone. I like it." Hiruzen complimented. Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "Well yeah I don't want any rodents running around in my house." He answered.

"That's good to know well I must be off, I had a long day and I'm tired. So sleep tight and when you can, come to my office tomorrow." Sarutobi said. Naruto nodded. "I will." he answered yawning again.

The Hokage smiled at the boy for the last time before he disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Naruto locked his door and immediately went to take a shower, not long after that he was in bed sleeping.

Finished