Disclaimer: If I said that I was Kishimoto, and that I owned Naruto, and that I am a sexy beast, I would be telling two lies. It is up to you to figure out which two the lies are.

Inspirational lightning truly does strike twice! A new idea for a story on the same day that I finally update a classic, who could have foreseen this? I think I will describe this story as an example of the tyrant triumphing over a hero, and showing him the error of his overly heroic ways…

Summary: Heroes don't always win, and Naruto is about to find out how. One small mistake on his part and his greatest nemesis is making his worst nightmare come true. Naruto can only watch helplessly as his life is torn apart, and fortune is reversed. Can the most cunning of pranksters figure a way out of what can only be described as the most dire of situations?

Reversal of Fortune, Chapter 1:

The Greatest of Errors

Author's Note: This Story is set prior to the Chunnin exams, when Jiraiya threw Naruto off of a cliff to force him to tap into his tenant's chakra.

"And now we do things…. MY WAY! Bwahhahhahhahhahahahahahhahahahahahahah!"

Naruto's life flashed before his eyes, as he saw rock bottom rapidly approaching his face. He desperately clutched at the cliff's walls, hoping to stop his fall, but at the speeds he was moving at, all he managed to do was waste his chakra as it dissipated uselessly against the wall. "SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT, SHIT! I'M GONNA DIE! I'M REALLY GONNA DIE! WHY, JIRAIYA!" But just as Naruto was about to abandon all hope, he remembered what Jiraiya said about his extra chakra. Naruto screamed as he tried to pull the chakra he needed out of his body, but he felt a strange uneasiness permeate his very being as the chakra he craved started to flood his body. Consciousness left him…

Naruto felt a splash of cold water as his body slid across the ground, and this served as his first warning that his location had shifted. As soon as his senses returned, Naruto leapt to his feat, getting his bearings hastily. "I'm not… falling anymore?" He asked no one in particular.

"Pssssst. This way kit."

Naruto's head snapped around, as he looked in the direction that the menacing voice had come from. "Wh-who said that?" he stammered out, a horrible fear rising in his gut. Naruto's eyes met only darkness, and he was unable to see far enough into the blackened room he found himself in order to discern where the voice had come from.

"Don't just stand there. Hurry up and get over here, before your time runs out…"

Naruto felt a chill run through his body, as he realized that he could still feel the rushing wind on his skin, albeit at a slower pace than before. He was still falling, somehow. Realizing the hastiness necessary for a situation like this, Naruto rushed towards the voice. but as he got close enough to finally see who was talking, true terror began to overtake his heart.

"You rang, kit." The beast smiled… It smiled! Naruto was awestruck by the hideousness of the fox-like giant, and it was only amplified by the demon's ability to express emotion. A demon's bad enough, but a demon with enough reason to display emotion, that is just horrifying."Lemme guess kit, you want me to help you out, don't you?"

Naruto remembered his situation. "I was falling a minute ago, so where the hell am I now." It took enormous bravery just the ask the monster this question, even with the metal gate separating it from the blond haired boy.

"You're in your own body, kit." Tilting its enormous head, the fox demon motioned towards a large, spiral shaped seal behind it. "Recognize that?"

"Wait a minute." As the last puzzle piece fell into place, Naruto fell back. "You can't be. There's no way that I could be…"

"Talking to the demon that nearly destroyed your village?" The demon snarled.

Naruto stood back up. His gut instinct told him to leave right now, get back in his own body, try to figure some way to survive the fall. But his mischievous side reared its ugly head. If he could use the fox somehow, it'd give him a huge advantage in the Chunnin exams. "Give me your chakra." he muttered.

The fox's expression went from mildly amused to very angry. "What was that, you insolent human?"

"I said, give me your damn chakra." Naruto said, a little louder.

"Why the hell would I, a centuries old demon, who has eaten more runts like you than you could ever count, even consider, for the smallest of seconds, letting a pathetic, filthy, human use my POWER!" The demon roared, releasing a noise that almost popped Naruto's ear drums.

"THIS IS MY BODY DAMNIT! AND YOU'RE LIVING HERE, SO PAY YOUR RENT!" Naruto screamed, trying his best to match the noise that the Kyuubi made.

The Kyuubi was taken aback. It paused completely, eyeing the child in front of it. "Heh, just what I expected."

Now Naruto was confused. "What? Weren't you angry just a second ago?"

The Kyuubi bellowed, laughing as its facial features softened. "I was just messing with you. I already know that if I don't help you we'll both die. I've got my chakra nice and warmed up for you, kit. Just come over here so I can give it to you." The Kyuubi stuck one of its paws out, and sure enough, a ball of red energy was resting in it.

Naruto dashed forward. "Wow, you sure are nice for a giant, demon fox." He grabbed the ball of energy.

'Wouldn't you know it, kit.' The fox thought, as red light filled the chamber.

Naruto's eyes opened after he lost consciousness for a second time. He had changed locations again, but he wasn't where he initially expected. "What the hell?"

Giant metal bars separated Naruto from the area where he was just standing. The chamber he was in was wet, dark, and smelled like an ancient demon fox had been living in it for many, many years. The only illumination came from a seal, Naruto's seal. When Naruto lifted up his shirt, he realized that all traces of the seal had vanished from his body, and that he was covered in a layer of fur. "DAMNIT YOU BASTARD FOX! WHAT KIND OF TRICK IS THIS!"

On the other side of the seal, the Kyuubi was tumbling towards a rocky demise. He quickly assessed the situation and figured out the right jutsu.

"Summoning Jutsu" He spoke, making the appropriate handseals. 'It's a good thing that I have been watching the boy practice and memorizing these seals. All that hard work is finally paying off, hehehehehehe.' Releasing a huge burst of chakra, the centuries old demon, in his brand-new body, landed softly, with fox-like grace on the largest of all toads. 'Looks like all of the seals that were put on the boy have been passed along to me, along with his toad summoning contract. Excellent.'

Gamabunta was surprised to say the least. "I've been summoned, by a kid?" The Boss Toad said, seeing his rider.

"That's right, toad." The Kyuubi answered. "Now, I would greatly appreciate it if you get us out of this hole and into safety. If I hadn't been able to draw on my tenant's chakra and summon you, I would be dead." The Kyuubi snickered inwardly. 'And I assure you, Boss Toad, next time I summon you, you are going to die, for playing such a large role in my sealing.'

Gamabunta could feel the pressure from his occupant's chakra, and there was no doubt in his mind about who summoned him, so he immediately obliged, taking his rider out of the hole. However, he couldn't help but feel uneasy about his rider. It must be someone trusted by Jiraiya to have been able to get his name on the toad scroll. However, why does he feel so… evil?

Jiraiya smiled as he saw the Boss Toad leap out of the hole, with what appeared to be Naruto on his back, standing triumphantly. "The kid did it." Jiraiya said. "He was able to access the fox's chakra."

What Jiraiya didn't know, is that he had just made the understatement of the century.

Next Time on Reversal of Fortune, The Kyuubi struggles to emulate Dead Last when he is the most powerful demon in the known universe!

Cough, Cough, Oh noes, the beans, the beans! They're… kicking… in… again.

With the lights out! It's less dangerous! Here we are now! Entertain us! I feel stupid! And Contagious! Here we are now! Entertain us!

A Mulatto! An Albino! A Mosquito! My Libido!