What am I... WHAT am I... Was it coincidence or fate that made me this...thing... An experiment... A cage... A sacrifice... Am I the ultimate weapon? Or merely... A prototype...

With a light tuneful hum, the man finished his basic patch work. He stood on the brink of, potentially, creating something beautiful, a true masterpiece of power. The man was wearing a white lab coat covered in crimson, and had medium length black hair. The room he was in was dark and dank, the only light source was from above him, from a sharp clinical light that was focused on the young, barely alive body upon a waist height metal slab. Next to him were several trays, filled with various surgical instruments covered in fresh blood. He picked up from one such tray a long needle filled with a strange brown liquid. He grinned to himself as he hovered the needle over the body, before he pushed it slowly into the heart of the dead looking body.

He'd been...VISITING, his old village, and had come across an absolute MESS of a boy on the way to his secret lab. He'd remembered an old formula he'd come up with, an untested substance that he'd produced long ago in his ultimate quest. So he had taken the young boys body with him, and had roughly patched him up in a few minutes. Now he watched as the brown substance was forced into the boys heart, he grinned madly as he removed the needle and waited for the bodies reaction. He stood there for several minutes, waiting, waiting, waiting. He sighed in frustration a few minutes later, when the boys light breathing seemed to slow, then stop, the stuff was a failure, and thus of no use to him. He sighed to himself as he washed his hands in a nearby sink, he hung up his lab coat, then walked around quickly,moving into multiple adjacent rooms to gather papers with information and sometimes vials or tools. When he was satisfied he was finished, he pulled out his own scroll and used it to seal his recovered work. He looked once again at the body, and smiled at the completely still blond haired body.

"so unfortunate for you that this little experiment of mine failed, but it can't be helped. Better luck next time... Or not" said the man, chuckling at his morbid humor. For the last time, the man looked at his old lab before he left. With relative ease, he managed to avoid the ANBU patrolling the area, before he slipped away into the night, leaving behind nought but a body in a lab, and the scent of blood, death, and snakes.

Back in the lab, the body of one Naruto Uzimaki lay lifeless and still, completely at odds with what was actually happening. Inside him, the strange liquid almost fought against an even greater invader in narutos body, vicious red chakra. Behind it's seal the Kyuubi growled, the damn seal kept drawing on it's chakra to fight the injected liquid, but kyuubi had no influence over it. Kyuubi could, however, still feel the chakra, and couldn't help but wonder at this man made power trying to rush through narutos veins. The way the fox looked at it, it had two options, let the seal keep using it's power to combat the substance, until either it was beaten or naruto died from an overload of demonic chakra, or cut it's chakra off from the seal,allowing the strange stuff to run it's course and risk naruto dying before the kyuubi could reattach the chakra flow and heal narutos body. The kyuubi growled at the dilemma, but eventually decided.

In an instant, a harsh takeover began, the injected liquid rushed through Naruto, rapidly changing him on a molecular level. His body convulsed in spasms as red vines erupted from his skin, only to quickly draw back in and heal over. His skin seemed to bubble up, harden into a strange black material in random shapes, then melt back to normal flesh. The effects were all throughout naruto's body, and the kyuubi noticed that the seal was also affected. It appeared to have opened a link, the kyuubi was meant to have no power in even speaking to it's host, but now, the kyuubi could see that it would be able to draw narutos consciousness to his mindscape,'and also let it talk to him freely all the time. The instant it realized this, the kyuubi forced naruto into his mindscape, because hell if it wasn't lonely after 5 years in the seal.

0o0

The sensation of floating was the first thing naruto felt, his ears could hear naught but the sound o his breathing, and the movements of the water as his body moved slightly. He cracked his eyes open to take in his surroundings, and found himself in a strange sewer. He let his am fall down below the surface of the water, and finding it to be barely a foot deep, he slowly stood up. Naruto knew he wasn't in a normal sewer, for one, he could see perfectly, despite the lack of a light source. Also, the water around him was clean and clear, the only discoloration was a light blue tinge, the final thing was, that the walls of the sewers had, almost glowing, blood red vines growing almost evenly everywhere.

"wow, where the he'll am I? And what's with these vines?", asked naruto to nobody, Curiousity Took control of him, and he reached out to gently touch a vine. The second his hand made contact, the vine twitched, making naruto jump back in surprise, the vine shifted back into it's original position, and remained completely still. Naruto was fascinated by this strange thing, and reached out again, but stopped short as he felt a presence. It was close, and though it felt malicious and evil, it was not directed at all, it was more like an aura. Curiosity once again filled naruto, and he made his way to where this aura was coming from.

"He didn't have to search long, as he wandered out the cylindrical pipes and into a massive room. Here, the light came from torches lined around the walls, and it let him see the absolutely massive cage in front of him. The cage seemed to be held closed by only a piece of paper, and the torches light didn't show the content of the cage. Figuring he had nothing better to do, naruto walked right up to the cage, as it seemed to be the source of the strange aura. A massive pair of eyes flicked open from the darkness, startling naruto, and making him jump back. The eyes were followed by Mouth full of razor sharp teeth, drawn into a huge smile. It brought the rest of Itself into the light, showing the shocked naruto that it was a giant, crimson furred fox, with nine massive, waving tails.

"w-what, where am I? Who Are you?" asked naruto in shock of the giant fox. To his surprise the fox chuckled heartily as it lay down to better see the boy.

"why, can't you even take a guess as to who i am? It's kind of hard to get it wrong" said the giant being, naruto seemed to think about it, before his eyes widened in surprise. He'd this creature before, once every year in fact, just before he'd get...into fights.

"wait, are you the Kyuubi?" he asked, the fox nodded, making naruto very confused, "wait, does that mean I'm dead?" he asked, he wouldn't be surprised really, that last attack hurt like hell, stupid ANBU and his lightning thingy, only hit him in the shoulder, but still, it HURT.

"no kit, neither you nor i are dead" said the kyuubi, naruto was about to ask a question, but kyuubi Anticipated it. "nothing you know is the truth, naruto, in fact, no one around our age knows, some of what I'm about to tell you is known to almost every one that can remember my attack on konoha, while other things will be known by a scarce few. But first, I believe I shall take upon my human form." naruto, was about to ask kyuubi what it meant, when he was again interrupted.

The kyuubi suddenly burst into a swirling ball of flames, startling naruto yet again. The flames slowly started to dissipate from the top downward, naruto looked on in anticipation of the kyuubi's look. Would it be an old, yet wise man? Or more likely, a powerful looking man with rippling muscles? Or- he was cut of from his train of thought, as all brain function ceased, for standing before him, was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen.

She had long hair, slightly lighter than the crimson color of the fox forms fur, that flowed down to the middle of her back. Her skin was flawless where it showed, and seemed lightly tanned. She wore a red dress, the same color as her hair, that Hung onto the sides of her shoulders lightly, low enough for the tops of a seemingly strapless white bra to poke out, though it looked more like some type of armor than a bra. The sleeve of her dress were large and loose, with gray waves around the ends, on her body it was Strapped tight around her mid section with a silk like grey cloth, simultaneously showing of her figure and enhancing her already sizable bust. Below the grey cloth, her dress continued, with two loops of dress missing on both her sides, revealing shapely thighs, while the rest of the dress continued down to touch lightly on the ground, the same wave patterns adorned the bottom of her dress to, as she moved, he could see her feet were bare. She stood at about two heads higher than naruto, and looked down at him with the same light blue eyes he had, though she had her pupils as slits, like Fox.(AN: for those unable to picture it, check my profile pic, if anyone knows the artist, let me know so I can give them credit for the idea). Seeing naruto's dumbstruck reaction, the kyuubi chuckled in amusement.

"not exactly you were expecting, hey kit?" only response was to nod dumbly, "well, best you sit down Naruto, This may all be A little shocking to you, and don't interrupt if you can help it, alright?" doing as he was told, Naruto moved up to the front of the cage and sat down, as did kyuubi /span

"alright, so first things first, the attack I made on your village was not my fault, and before you ask, no, I'm not completely evil, just sadistic, physiciopath, and capable of doing some 'evil' acts" naruto just stared at her, she'd said that with a completely straight face, and so, he was more than slightly inclined to believe her. and Living the way he had been...he could tell lies and truth apart like day and night.

"so anyway" continued kyuubi, "before I attacked konoha, I was taken control of by this bastard called Madara Uchiha, he used a powerful eye doujutsu called the sharingan to do it. You see kit, he is the founder of the Uchiha clan here in Konoha, and has gained immortality with his eyes, no one knows he is alive but a few people. He holds a grudge against konoha for not being able to be the 1st hokage, and sent me to destroy it all these years later. When I attacked, no one could stop me, until a certain blonde Kage came along, his name was minato namikaze, the yondaime. He sacrificed his life to stop me by summoning kami, but even the god of death could not kill me, so he sealed me into the only thing capable of containing me... A new born baby

"what?" yelled naruto, " does that mean he sealed you into... Into... ME!"

"yes naruto, I am why you are hated, beaten and tortured, it is my fault, if it makes it any difference, I am truly sorry for what has happened to you" as she said this, kyuubi bowed her head, waiting for the anger to come, and it did, but not as she expected.

"do not be sorry, you are not at fault" said naruto calmly, she looked up at him in surprise, and saw eyes full of cold fury, "THEY are the ones to blame, those who treat Me as a demon. I can tell you and I are two separate beings, else i wouldn't be talking to you. But they have no excuse, I am a container, not it's contents, anyone should be able to tell us apart. Kyuubi, you may be many things, but you aren't as evil as they say, together we have been falsely accused, and together, we shall make them take it all back, by becoming what they fear most" part of the kyuubi was shocked, he'd made observations many others hadn't, and seemed very certain of making the fools of the village sorry, this part of her put it down to his life, and it making him grow up fast. The majority of her, however, was focused on how delighted she was with naurto.

"I think I'm going to like you very much naruto-kun" said kyuubi with an evil smirk, one shared by a slightly blushing naruto across from her.

"oh yea, you never told me where we are kyuubi-chan" said nartuo suddenly, kyuubi smiled at the added suffix to her name before answering him.

"this is a combination of you mindscape and the seal containing me, oh and by the way, removing the seal on the door will release me and kill you, thought I'd better give you a heads up" Naruto nodded in confirmation that he understood, but he still wanted to know something.

"um, kyuubi-chan, why does my mind look like a sewer?"

"well kit, because of your bad past and your lack of teachings. The mindscape reflects the mind, and unfortunately yours is a sewer by default, though you can change that if your in here" Replied kyuubi to the boy, he nodded in understanding, before he closed his eyes and concentrated, the kyuubi looked at him strangly and shrugged, suddenly, a great burst of light blinded her. She blinked several times to clear her vision, once she could see again, she looked around in awe.

Instead of the dingy sewer, she found herself next to a pristine, clear lake, surrounded by lush grass and forests, teeming with life, a gentle breeze blew through the trees and played with her hair lightly as the sun warmed her perfectly. she felt something around her wrist, and discovered it to be a black leather bracelet, with the word 'seal' carved into it.

"what do you think?" asked Naruto from beside her, he smiled as he looked out over the woods, instead of an answer he felt something poke his shoulder gently, approximately half a second later, he was tackled in the tightest, and only, hug he'd ever received. Naruto blushed heavily as he felt her body against his, with her head buried in his neck, despite his young age, he knew and had seen many things, and that had affected him somewhat. She looked up at him and grinned foxishly.

"it's awesome, thank you very much naruto-kun" she said in a sweet childish voice, getting him to laugh happily.

"hehe, i did my best, oh and by the way, you haven't looked behind you yet" kyuubi craned her neck around to look behind her, and her jaw dropped open.

Not ten yards behind them, was a mansion made of marble, it was three stories high and nearly a mile in length. It was absolutely huge. Kyuubi turned back to naruto and smiled at him.

"I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship" said the fox woman. She rolled off of naruto and lay in the grass next to him, looking up at the sky above her until he spoke again.

"um, hey kyuubi, I just noticed, but there were these red vines in the sewers, and now their here as well, look, their on the trees, at the bottom of the lake, even on the bottom of the mansion". kyuubi looked around, and sure enough, they were.

"okay kit, I'm gonna be blunt here, after you almost got beaten to death, a man found you in the streets and took you with him. He did a rather basic job of healing you, then injected some sort of virus or poison into your heart."

"what? why would be do that if he'd healed me?" interrupted a confused Naruto.

"because it wasn't intended to kill you" replied kyuubi, "it's meant to change your body, what changes, even I'm not entirely sure of, but I can tell that almost anyone apart from you would have died by now. The changes were extreme, Every part of your body was changed, and I was barely able to sustain your life with my chakra. These vines represent the virus/disease" explained kyuubi, naruto nodded in understanding.

"okay, so is there anything else, or should I just leave you to explore?" asked Naruto with a grin, one that kyuubi returned.

"no, go ahead and leave, I can talk to you now anytime, so I won't be as lonely in here" admitted kyuubi, then her grin became slightly bigger, "besides, when you wake up your probably gonna be in a lot of pain" she said as naruto vanished from infront of her

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Yea I know, a bit random. But meh, I felt like something a little different. I'm still gonna work on my missing hokage story, but I just like the feel of this, starting earlier on gives me more room to experiment, r&r plz, just tell me what ya think.