This will be my first work ever written on this website, so please do excuse me if I make any mistake or whatnot. This will be a Naruto x Ino story and might include Sasuke and Sakura bashing, depending on how moody I feel when writing. Hopefully you guys will like it. If anyone have any constructive criticism feel free to post them. I MAY write lemon scenes as I go along, but they will be posted on other websites. WARNING: This story include heavy OOC. The plot will change right at the start, at the end of Sasuke Retrieval Arc. Characters will be almost the same as the original anime depicted at the start, but they will change heavily due to the character development I planned for them. The story will be rated as M as I would most likely add unnecessarily graphic description about gore and possibly suggestive adult themes.

Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto, short and simple.

Huge beings speaking :"Kyuubi speaking"

Huge beings thinking :'Kyuubi thinking'

Normal characters speaking:"Naruto speaking"

Normal Character talking to other being using a mental link:"Naruto thinking"

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Chapter 1: The End Is Where It Begins

"So, you are awake" The dark, dripping sewer boomed with a voice that came from it's very core.

"Eh, where am I... Oh, of course, the fox's place."Naruto granted. This is only his second time visiting the place, not knowing what it really is, he simply called it 'The Fox's Place'.

"The fox's place? Did that sorry excuse for a sannin not tell you what this place is?" Kyuubi glared at Naruto through the bars of his prison. "This is your mind-scape, or as I like to call it – my prison."

"Care to explain why I am here and not dead?"Naruto dead panned.

"You really are an annoying brat. Too spoilt to figure out for yourself? I SAVED YOU! You are my container, you die and I die along with you, it's that simple."The fox rolled his eyes as he explained impatiently. "Look, let's strike a deal shall we? Don't worry, it will be extremely beneficial... for both of us."

"Deal? What kinds? What's in it for me? And why are you doing this?"Naruto bursted out with a barrage of questions.

"Like I said, an extremely beneficial deal. I will provide you with an tail of my strength, at any given time. On the other hand, you will allow me the access of your eyes and your other senses so I might feel the world beyond this prison."

"Fine, but why are you doing this? Surely you can already feel what I feel?"

"I can, yes, but not as you perceive them. I can only feel a dull feeling compared to what you feel and I only see through your memories. To answer your first question, I simply refuse to have a container so weak."

"But Sasuke had the cursed mark! Even a new form I've never seen before!" Naruto tried to protect himself from Kyuubi's accusation but it proved useless as Kyuubi shouted back at him.

"Silence! That mark is nothing but a pesky work of that mortal you call Orochimaru! However you had my power! The Kyuubi's power! The strongest of the tailed beasts! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE MY POWER IS INFERIOR TO A MORTALS!"

"Okay, okay. Fine, I suppose it is a deal worth making. Now let's complete the bargain, how do I grant you access to my senses?"Naruto dead panned yet again.

"I'll complete the rest, now that I have my jailer's 'permission'. I will establish a mental link with you and I will also enhance your senses, since a single detail missed is one less fun for me. You will wake up in about 3 days I'd say. After you wake up, Jiraiya will probably take you training again. Refuse him and abandon your toad contract. Meditate and come back to this place so I can train you as the summoner of the demon foxes are trained, it will be much more... effective, I'll leave it at that." Kyuubi ended his sentence with a demonic grin before chucking Naruto out of his dream scape.

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Konaha Hospital, Three Days Later

"Uh, what happened?"Naruto woke up with the sun shining on his face. It's almost midday, judging from the sun.

"You got stabbed in the guts with a Chidori, Kakashi found you unconscious in the valley of the end. He took you back and I healed up what was left of the wound, seems like your tenant has kept you from dying all that time."Answered Tsunade ."And before you call me ba – "

"Baasan. Thank you, but how are my teammates doing?" Naruto interrupted her and earned a bump on head for doing so.

"If I may, you deserved that. It seems I have to train you in etiquette as well as strength."

"Shut it! Wait, is this what you meant by mental link? I'm going to hate my self for making that deal."Naruto was surprised, and pleased, but mostly pleased. No matter who it was, it would be nice to talk someone when you are alone. Especially Naruto, since he often find himself alone and distraught because of what the older generation did to him. The hatred, it was as if he was Kyuubi reborn. When he was smaller, he would be hunted down by angry mobs twice or thrice a week. And it always left him squirming in the corner of a street, his clothes dyed red by his own blood, and scars would be all over his body. He pulled through all the attempts to kill him, he always did. The third Hokage would send ANBU to disperse the mob and his tenant would heal him. The next morning he wake up and step outside his run down apartment, the same would happen again. He never had any friends either, the older generation would do anything to stop their children from even being near him. The children who listened to their parents would stay far far away from him, while the ones with more curiosity and tried to befriend Naruto would be punished. Naruto remembered these days not as a distant memory, but as a close reminder of his goal of being recognised and respected as the Hokage. A single tear dropped down from his azure coloured eyes, thankfully the busty old lady didn't manage to see it.

"They were lucky, no one had dyed, Neji and Chouji were in critical states, but we managed to save them. The rest came out moderately bruised, but nothing serious. They are all next door, I told them to come since you woke up last." Tsunade replied to Naruto's question and slowly exited through the doorway.

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I know It's Short, but this is all I'm gonna write for now, please leave a review if you think the chapter is too short and tell me how much you think I should write. If the Majority of the reviews agree, I will try to write more each chapter.