AN: A new fanfic! this has been going on in my mind for a while now, and it has been an imminent plot bunny, but now, here it is! hope you guys enjoy it.

Summary: slight Chronicle X-over, when Naruto stole the Forbidden Scroll, Naruto not only learn Kage Bunshin, but he also found something that was sealed there; a mysterious blue crystal that seems to exude raw power...

Note: Kyuubi/Kurama's character would be different because of how the first Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, Mito Uzumaki, treated him, Mito apologized for the sealing, yet despite his desire to be freed, she couldn't do it as she needed him to be sealed to maintain the peace that Konoha has with the other villages, but she also decided to know Kurama better and giving him a bit of freedom inside the seal instead of just saying that he's too dangerous to be given freedom and chained him inside her psyche and unable to see the outside world.

And then, she introduced Kurama to Kushina before she became the second Jinchuuriki by letting her inside her mind and talked to him, and she also become friends with him. Making him a bit more comfortable in his 'prison', and thus, making his abhorrence to humans, particularly the Uzumakis, much lesser than canon.

So before you guys said that he's too OOC, I already explained why.

And the reason why I didn't put this in a crossover section is because the only element that I took from Chronicle was the Crystalline object and the telekinetic power it gave to Andrew, Steve, and Matt.

And I'm also toying with the aspect of what exactly the Crystal gave to human beings and how it would affect people who has Chakra Coils.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything, except for my ideas.

Prologue: The Accursed Crystal

It was a peaceful night time in the village of Konoha, the villagers had done their deeds for the day and went home to rest.

But it was not so for one person...

Amidst the forest, an orange blur can be seen if one squint their eyes.

The blur was wearing an orange jacket and orange trousers, as if he wanted to be seen as the center of attention, blue goggles perched on his head, and a pair of blue sandals covered his feet.

He stopped at one of the clearings within the forest to catch his breath, "Whoo! Finally made it! man, this thing is heavy!" He said in relief that he found the place where he's supposed to meet him.

Short stature, blonde hair, ocean blue-colored eyes, three pairs of whiskers on each side of his cheek, this person is Naruto Uzumaki, the twelve year old energetic troublemaker child from Konoha who is hated by most of the villagers, much to his confusion and sadness.

On his back, he carried a huge scroll, a scroll that contains many forbidden Jutsu and mysterious things from the past, the scroll was created by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju to keep it from prying eyes who seeks to empower themselves with the things inside it.

How could he possess such a thing, you may wonder?

Well, it so happens that the boy was determined to become a Shinobi, but yet, he failed the test that would allow him to become a full-pledged genin, due to his inability to create a Bunshin. Iruka Umino, his teacher who also happens to be one of the people who cared for him, and is his big brother figure, was visibly saddened, but yet there was nothing he could do.

On his way to Ichiraku Ramen Stand to literally eat his sorrows away, Naruto met Mizuki, his sensei who said that if he could steal a scroll from the Hokage Residence, he would become a Genin.

Naruto had sensed there were something wrong of course, he's not stupid by any means, but he is not that smart either, he just likes acting like an idiot to get attention, but back then, he was overwhelmed with a sense of hope and happiness that clouded his better judgment, so he accepted.

It turns out that he was quite handy at stealth, even though there were some hiccups at the infiltration part of the 'mission', he managed to steal one of the scrolls from the inside of the guarded residence, which was quite impressive.

And now, here he is, waiting for his sensei to come and congratulate him.

But as time goes on and on, he got bored, 'Where is Mizuki-sensei? It's been thirty-five minutes since the time we were supposed to meet.' He thought.

Looking at the scroll, he was tempted to open it and learn something from it 'Well, I guess I could still kill some time...'

He opened the scroll, and there were many things, from an array of forbidden Jutsu, sets of pictures that depicts ancient martial arts from ancient times, and scriptures with a language that has been long forgotten.

And there was one thing that attracts his attention.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu... An S-rank technique, allowing him to create a corporeal clone of himself that's stronger than normal Bunshin and capable of offensive capabilities due to it's uncanny physical resemblance to the original.

Without hesitation, Naruto immediately start learning how to conjure it, at the very least he wants to learn something similar to Bunshin, the one jutsu that he's horrible at.

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...

The door leading to the Library filled with the Scrolls was left open.

Hiruzen just couldn't believe this, someone infiltrated his residence, and took the Scroll without him knowing.

'And not to mention that scroll also contains that thing...!'

When he found the space for the Scroll was vacant, he immediately goes to check the possible perpetrator using the crystal ball that he used to monitor the village using his familiarity of the person's chakra pattern.

He checked on one person in his mind, one person he considered impossible for him to do such a thing.

And what he found surprised him.

For he saw that Naruto, of all people, carrying the scroll towards the forest with an innocent, yet determined smile on his face.

"Why did you do this Naruto...?" Hiruzen muttered disbelievingly, there must be a reason why he did this, was it for attention? or because of anger, due to the fact that he failed the test?

He shook his head "No, it wasn't that, that is not a smile one would have out of anger, and this is a bit too far for him to just create some attention... maybe I should wait for a while, let things unfold..." Hiruzen said as he begins contemplating why Naruto would do such a thing.

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...

It was an hour later when Naruto finally managed to activate the Kage Bunshin, but yet, Mizuki haven't arrived.

"Where is he...?" Naruto muttered, as he starts to have a bad feeling for the first time since the past few hours.

'What is this...? why didn't he arrive yet? ...Maybe it was a bad idea for me to trust him, he did look kinda fishy when he told me to do this...'

Unaware to him, his tenant sighed at his host's late moment of realization.

But although Naruto couldn't hear him, he could felt it, it's as if someone, somewhere in the world sighed in disappointment at what he's doing.

Naruto decided to take his mind off his worry by reading the scroll even more.

Then, he found an interesting page.

It was a containment seal, and there was a note on the side of it.

To whoever it may concern, never open this seal and what's inside it, for if you do, severe consequences will befall you.

-Hashirama Senju

'Intriguing.' he thought as he read the note, even though the First Hokage himself clearly stated that he doesn't want this thing to be unleashed into the world, he couldn't help his desire to open it.

What can he say? It's in his nature to be curious.

"Hm... how do I open this thing?" Naruto muttered out loud "Maybe it would open if I channeled some of my chakra into it..." He said as he placed his palm on the seal, unbeknowst to him however, is that the seal was created by one Mito Uzumaki, Hashirama's wife, and it recognized the Uzumaki chakra pattern and responds accordingly.

It glows for a while before a smoke poofed out of the seal, indicating that he had unlocked the seal.

When the smoke cleared down, there was a crystal a size of his palm glowing with blue color that seems so dissonant with the world around it.

"Whoa... what is this thing?" Naruto asked, mesmerized by the glowing crystal and the power that emanates from it.

As his hand's grasping the crystal, Naruto begin to feel weird, his head feels a soft stimulation, as if someone is stroking his hair a little too hard for his comfort, his eyes got somewhat blurry as he's getting a hard time seeing his surroundings, and he's starting to feel light, as if he's got a fever.

And he never got sick in his entire life of eating nothing but ramen.

"What's happening to me?" he muttered weakly, his eyes were staring at nothing in particular, his nose started bleeding, and not a moment later, he passes out as the crystal glowed bright red.

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...

Inside the sewer, the manifestation of Naruto's mind created by the seal in which the Nine-tailed fox resides, Kyuubi could feel his host's body stirring and changing when he touched the Crystal that was locked by Hashirama Senju.

'It looks like that whatever that thing was, it was capable of changing the structure of the chakra coils... no...' Kyuubi thought as he felt that Naruto's chakra coils began to merge completely into his body, thus, enabling him to manipulate Chakra energy to a greater extent than even a high-class Shinobi would, and in return, it also disrupts the seal that imprisons the Kyuubi, making it a bit weaker 'It seems that it eliminates them, and creating a whole new system for circulating the energy that would allow him to easily channel his own internal energy and external forces to extend his control outside his physical body, maybe he could even have control over forces of nature, but it doesn't seem to be enough...'

The Kyuubi grinned, not just because it disrupts the influence of the seal, but also about his host's massive improvement, he had watched how the kid is practically being denied of his potential just because a Bijuu was sealed within him, the prejudices from the other people in his village really disgusts him, even though he is somewhat apathetic to humans, the Kyuubi would never hurt them on purpose, even his attack on the village was caused by a man calling himself Madara Uchiha, not by his own will, because that's not what the old man taught him and his siblings.

But now, it seems that there is a chance that he could get this kid what he should've gotten several years ago, love, respect and acknowledgement, and not to mention that he wants to pay the kid back for the things he went through because of his presence inside of him "Not to mention her involvement in this should make things more interesting..."

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When Mizuki along with Iruka reported Naruto's disappearance a few hours ago, Hiruzen saw a glimpse of a sadistic and gleeful visage on Mizuki's face, and he immediately knows that he had something to do with it.

And so when he sent many other Shinobi along with Iruka and Mizuki to find Naruto, he knew that he only have to watch out for Mizuki, so he told a team of ANBU to keep an eye on him.

But when he had returned to the crystal ball, he saw that Naruto was unconscious and bleeding profusely through his nose.

Looking at the boy's hand, Hiruzen was extremely terrified when he saw the familiar blue Crystal glows red.

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...

Iruka was never comfortable seeing somebody in pain, especially if it was a child.

So when he saw the unconscious form of Naruto lying in the ground of the forest, bleeding from his nose, Iruka was terrified that something had happened to him.

"Oh my God! Naruto!" Iruka screamed in worry as he ran towards Naruto's unconscious form lying in the ground, with his hand's still grasping the Crystal tightly.

Looking at the crystal that glows menacingly, Iruka deduced that it must be the reason why Naruto is unconscious.

He tried to take it away from Naruto's hand, but the moment he touched it, the Crystal rejected him, as Iruka's hand suddenly felt as if it had been put on a blazing fire.

Iruka pulled his hand and saw that his hand has indeed been burnt, 'But how? How can that Crystal emits such heat?' Iruka thought.

Then, as if on cue the white haired Chuunin came down from a tree with a sadistic expression plastered on his face, "Well... it looks like I don't have to do much after all, the demon has killed himself because of his stupidity! Hahhaaaahahaaha!" Mizuki laughed maniacally.

"Mizuki... so it was you who ordered him to do this!"

"Who else? I only have to tell him that he would be a genin if he gave me that Scroll, and because of the failure of his test, he gladly accepted it, Hah! what a fool, doesn't he realize that no one wants him? Demons like him would be better off dead."

"He is not a demon! Even though the Kyuubi was sealed within him that doesn't mean that he becomes like the beast inside him! The Yondaime sacrificed his life to seal the beast inside of him, at the very least we might as well treat him with the respect he deserves, without Naruto's sacrifice, the Kyuubi would have destroyed our village back then."

"The Yondaime was a fool! He should just order us to kill the kid when he was a baby, the demon would be dead and no one would miss him anyway."

Iruka was taken aback "...You... You would dare to kill a child? To never let him live just because he has a burden that he had never willingly volunteered to carry it? What kind of monster are you!"

"I'm not a monster! that thing is!" Mizuki yelled as he points towards Naruto, "And I'll do what The Yondaime failed to do and kill him right now!" he said as he pulled a Kunai and ran towards Naruto.

Iruka saw this, he drew his Kunai and blocked Mizuki's, creating a loud sound of clashing steel.

"Why are you protecting him! He murdered your family! If anything, you should be glad that he's dead!" Mizuki yelled through his gritted teeth as he tried to push Iruka's kunai.

"He's not responsible for that, the Kyuubi is. To me, he is Uzumaki Naruto, a boy determined to overcome people's hatred and prejudice and become the greatest Hokage that ever lived, and if you can't see that, then we have nothing else to talk about." Iruka said with conviction.

The crazy white-haired Chuunin coughed when Iruka planted his fist on Mizuki's stomach, from the opening that he made, Iruka slashed his chest, creating a deep gash on his chest.

"You... bastard...!" Mizuki mouthed out before he summoned a giant Shuriken and preparing to hurl it to Iruka "I'll Kill YOU!"

But then, a sword placed on his neck stopped him.

For behind his back there was an ANBU wearing a cat mask, and long purple hair flows from her head.

She was Yuugao Uzuki, one of the ANBU that the Sandaime had ordered to watch Mizuki, when she saw that he was the one who ordered Naruto, she waited for him to tell his reasons, but when she saw how crazy he is to think that the Jinchuuriki is responsible for everything that his tenant did, she was tempted to drop down and give him a piece of her mind but managed held her ground.

When she saw that he was going to kill Naruto because of his burden and a fellow Shinobi of Konoha just because he doesn't agree with his hatred, that was when she decided to intervene.

Then, she snapped her fingers and multiple ANBU dropped down and surround Mizuki, who becomes terrified when he realized that he is severely outmatched and outnumbered.

"By the order of Sandaime Hokage, you are arrested for manipulation of a civilian to steal something of important value to the village, and threatening to kill a fellow Shinobi for no good reason, you have the right to remain silent and to plead yourself in front of the Hokage, not that it would do you any good." She muttered the last part.

Mizuki, afraid out of his wits and about to excrete feces in his pants, became even more afraid when the Sandaime himself came, and the expression on his face could kill him if the saying 'looks could kill' were true.

"Hokage-sama...! What are you doing here?" Asked one of the ANBU that wore a tapir mask.

The Hokage didn't answer, he merely said "Take this man to Ibiki, and make sure he will be locked up in a cell where someone would make him his plaything." He mouthed out, his tone made even some of the ANBU flinched, "Neko, you stay here, and look after Naruto."

It took Yuugao a few seconds before she released the hold her sword has on Mizuki and let the others took the Mizuki away as he pleads not to be taken to prison where he would be someone's bitch.

"That was quite harsh Hokage-sama." Yuugao said after Mizuki was shunshined away by the rest of the ANBU.

"...The man called Naruto a demon, that alone guarantees his sentence because he broke the law that forbids us to speak about it in front of said person, unconscious or not. And not to mention he used him to steal the Forbidden Scroll for what I'm sure in a selfish act to empower himself, and would have killed Naruto if Iruka wasn't here, and because he is not a genin yet, Naruto can be considered a civilian, it was the final nail on his coffin." Hiruzen said, although he deliberately ignored Iruka's mention of the Kyuubi in front of him as well, but Yuugao already knows that the reason was that he was angry at Mizuki for wanting to kill Naruto, whom he considered as his own grandson.

In fact, there were times when someone would plan to corner Naruto to beat him, but Hiruzen ordered them to prevent it before Naruto could be aware of it, and it led to some people went 'missing'.

Yuugao smiled beneath her mask, truth be told, she was one of the ANBU who regularly watched over Naruto over the years and watched almost every moment of his life, from the way he was treated horribly by most of the people, and when some of the so-called low-life prostitutes in the Red Light District would take care of him when they saw him hungry because he had no money to pay for the overpriced food most of the merchants gave him.

Needless to say that she grows to care for him, and she lamented the fact that she wasn't able to do anything for him due to her position as an ANBU.

When she got a good look at Naruto, she saw that Iruka is kneeling in front of him and checking his condition, she finally noticed that his nose has stopped bleeding, but he's still unconscious as the crystal that he holds had turned to resemble a coal, as black as night itself.

"What happened to him Iruka-san?" Asked Yuugao.

"I... I don't know, the Crystal must have done something to him, when I touched it, it burnt my hand," He said as he shows the affected hand, "But it seems to do something else to him."

"He reacted to the Crystal's amplitude." Iruka and Yuugao turned to Hiruzen, "That Crystal was found by Tobi-sensei during one of his trip on looking after the small settlements in Hi no Kuni, it released subtle, yet powerful waves of energy, in the past, it led to some people who weren't able to withstand it's influence to go mad due to prolonged exposure, but yet, this reaction isn't what I expected... Take him to the hospital, we need to check his well-being and the Crystal effects on him."

Iruka nodded, and moved his hands towards Naruto to carry him.

But then, the boy opened his eyes and jumped away.

The sudden movement made Iruka back away for a bit, but then Iruka, along with the Hiruzen and Yuugao, saw his eyes.

Instead of its usual blue, Naruto's eye color has changed to menacing crimson, and his pupils were slitted.

Neither of them moved for a moment, before 'Naruto' turned his head towards a direction and jumped upwards, and, much to the spectator's shock, he jumped very high, until he stopped and floats in the sky.

"...Hm... the versatility of this power is quite impressive..." They heard 'Naruto' spoke, his voice was a few octaves deeper.

Then, with a slight booming noise, he flew away, leaving the stunned spectators down below.

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In a seemingly featureless tract of land without trees or grass in the Land of Fire, there was a loud thud and the sound of the ground cracks as 'Naruto' landed.

He looked around his surroundings before he walk towards an otherwise normal spot from the field, but compared to the condition of the surroundings, the ground on the spot was a shade lighter than the rest.

He crouched down and graze the spot with his hand, as if looking for something 'The vibration of the energy came from below...' 'Naruto' thought, before an uncharacteristic grin forms on his face "Well, time to test the strength of this power..." He said as he backed away from the spot.

Then he closed his eyes, extend his hands forward and clenched both of his fist, and through the motion of his hands, he created a localized tremor that shook the surrounding area.

His body shook, and his nose starts to bleed again, but not so much as before, then he pulled his hands, there was a huge crack before the spot was destroyed, creating a huge pit that goes deep inside.

He looked upon the dark hole and wondered what could be lying beneath it.

Not a moment after that, he hovered into the bottom of the pit, and what he saw was darkness, but the pit was quite deep, perhaps twenty feet high from top to bottom, also not to mention that it was night time, so despite the moonlight, the darkness still prevailed.

But 'Naruto' decided to move onward, and he found that the path is straightforward, no branching paths whatsoever, aside from the few left and right turns here and there but nothing more.

Then, he arrived at the heart of the cave, where it was filled with the similar Crystal from the scroll, the walls were literally filled with the substance so much that it can be considered as the wall itself.

"So this is the source of the energy wave... it's a wonder why no one can sense it, considering even I could felt it from far away... perhaps it's because he had absorbed some of the energy from the smaller crystal? Senju... what on earth have you stumbled upon...?"

As he got closer to the big one at the center, he noticed that the Crystals hummed loudly, as if responding to his presence.

The humming got louder and louder until it echoes throughout the cave, but through it all, 'Naruto' smiled, "Well boy, sorry for doing this without your consent, but consider this as a payback for the shits that happened to you because of me." He said as he touched the gigantic Crystal located at the center and it turned the Crystals in the cave red...

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...

Naruto slowly opens his eyes, his whole body feels heavy, as if he is carrying a bag filled to the brim with sets of encyclopedias.

"Ugh... what happened?" he muttered.

But when he got a clear sight at his surroundings, he became confused, due to the fact that there's nothing, not even a visible wall, and the only color that he can see is white.

"Where am I? Am I dead?" He asked to no one in particular.

"You're not."

Naruto turned around and saw something that will be burned forever in his mind.

The fabled being of legend, the feared Kyuubi no Yokou, standing in his full glory.

Unbound and uncaged.

Naruto took a step back, obviously afraid that the beast would devour him whole, or something more horrific.

As if not noticing the boy's fear, he continued "Because if you did, I wouldn't be here now would I?"

"W-Wha, wha... what are y-you doing here?"

Silence reigned for a few moments before he replied, "Spending my leisure time." The terrifying beast answered.

Naruto face-faulted, that's not the answer that he expected, at all. When he got his bearings, he looked at the beast incredulously "There's no way that that's the reason you're here!"

"I kid, boy, don't get your undies in a bunch." Kyuubi explained aloofly, however, Naruto's eyes still looked at the Bijuu before he looked around, "If you're wondering where you are, you are inside your psyche, the manifestation of your consciousness."

"...Then what are you doing here?"

"I was sealed inside of you by the seal on your stomach when I attacked your village." The Kyuubi answered, "And I am also the reason why you are hated by the people in your village, because for the past twelve years, I was sealed inside of you, making you a Jinchuuriki, a human sacrifice, and I am your tenant, but the people of your village let their hate cloud their judgment, and they thought of you as the 'demon fox's offspring' or something similar."

"...Oh..." Was all that he could say.

Seeing the seeds of anger and sadness inadvertently being placed as Naruto's aura begins to grow dark and his fists' are starting to shake as he begins to feel angry at the things the villagers did and how the old man must have known but yet, for some reason, he didn't tell him, Kyuubi decides to assure him "But don't even care what they think, you are who you are, and you being my Jinchuuriki has nothing to do with your character."

Naruto looked up towards Kyuubi, his face filled with shock, before it was replaced by a sad smile "It's kinda sad isn't it...?"

The Kyuubi raised his eyebrows, "What is?"

"That I find what you're saying to be the best thing that anyone ever said to me."

Kyuubi could only sigh and looked towards the boy with an emotion that can be identified as pity, "Depending on one's perspective boy, some might find it incredibly saddening that a demon is comforting a child whose childhood is so messed up that he finds it as the best thing that anyone ever did to him, and some might find it enlightening, to see that even the Bijuu, who are called 'demons' by you humans are in fact, capable of feeling emotions, and not as evil as you believe. To you, it might be sad, but let this open your mind a bit, for we are not creatures that can't feel emotions."

It took a few moments of absorbing what he said before he nods "I'll keep it in mind, thanks Kyuubi..."

"Call me Kurama kid."

"Okay, Kurama." Naruto replied back.

"Now kid, if you're wondering why you're here, there's an answer for that."

"Which is?"

"Remember that Crystal you found within that scroll?" Naruto nodded "It so happens that it did something to your body... something unprecedented, even to your Shinobi world."

Sensing some kind of amusement on the Bijuu's tone, he asked "What did it do to me?"

"It changed you, even more so than what I could do to your genetic pool, and considering my ability to do so, that says a lot about the Crystal. Whatever that Senju found, it changed how your body works, and I controlled your body for a second and..."

"Wait, stop right there. You said you controlled my body? How?" Naruto interrupted.

"The Seal on your stomach that once held me was weakened when the Crystal forcefully merge your Chakra Coils with your body, enabling me to possess you for a few moments, don't worry, I didn't do anything really bad, well, except maybe showing your ability to fly using your newfound power to your current Hokage, but that's besides the point." He answered before Naruto could ask what he meant by the ability to fly, "Anyway, I possessed your body because I sensed similar Energy to the Crystal that you found, and that led me to a cave filled to the brim with the Crystals, and I absorbed all of its energies."

"...So... you absorbed all the power from the Cave... to my body, and in doing so, making me much more powerful than that one little Crystal did to me?"

"To put it in a nutshell." Kurama acknowledged.

"...Why did you do that? What reason do you have that makes you want me to be strong?" Naruto asked, wanting to know his reason.

"Payback." Kurama answered "Though indirectly, you went through a messed up childhood because of me kid, now that you're powerful, you won't be looked upon like a dirt anymore, you'll be treated like you should be; someone who has so much potential that you could unlock if someone teaches you right."

Naruto was stunned, he had never thought that the so-called 'Fox Demon' is not as hateful as he thought he would be, and not to mention that for the first time in his life, he was given something of value and complimented by someone, and so, it was no surprise that tears starts to drip down his eyes as he felt happy that someone truly acknowledged him, and so he started to cry, "T-Thank you... THANK YOU!" He yelled through his cries.

Kurama sighed looking at the son of his previous host. Beneath those similar careless, happy-go-lucky, perpetually active and outgoing personality that he can relate from his previous hosts, there lies an extremely delicate heart, no matter how much he tried to pretend that he is happy, The Bijuu knows that he had bottled up all of his emotions inside. And so he waits until he let it all out.

It took quite a few moments before Naruto finally calmed down, his eyes all red and puffy because of the spent tears that he had kept for many years.

"Feeling better?"

Naruto sniffed before he answered "A lot."

"Good, sometimes it's best to let it out rather than keep them inside." Kurama replied neutrally, "Now, back to business, the power that the Crystal gave you is the power to extend your range of manipulation. For example, with your brain, you can control which way you're going by using your legs to get you there, and with your brain you could also use your hands to move something towards the direction you want it to go, right?" Naruto nodded in confirmation, "Imagine that this ability to move your body and/or move something using your physical body, expanded outwards, meaning; you can control things without physically touching them. And this also means that you can control things that you couldn't before, such as controlling a motion of a rock just by using your brain, and if you're skilled enough with it, you can also control the force of nature."

Naruto's eyes went wide, and he couldn't help but feel a bit giddy, such power would come in handy, no, it would be an extremely handy power to have "Amazing...! What was that Crystal, how can it grant powers like that?"

"Sadly, even I don't know about that part kid, and I believe the Senju who found this was also afraid at using this power... I think Mito mentioned this once when she told me how her day went... but I think I was too bored to listen to her that day... damn it, I wish I had paid more attention..." Kurama muttered out loud.

"Who's Mito?" Naruto asked.

Kurama looked at him with his curious eyes that eerily resembled his own mother's curious stare, bore upon him, deciding to earn his trust, he decided to tell the truth "Mito Uzumaki, my first host, and I believe that she was your great aunt." 'Seeing that she's not really Kushina's mother.'

Naruto was excited, he had a family! but then he remembered what Kurama said next, "Wait, your first host?"

"Long story kid, long story, to make it simple, there were two hosts before you, one of them is Mito Uzumaki, and the second one was Kushina Uzumaki, if you want to know who they are, you have to wait for a while, okay?" Kyuubi asked.

Naruto was disappointed, but nevertheless agreed to wait. Because he realized that now is not the time to reveal secrets and such, they still have plenty of time.

"Returning back to the previous topic, it has been a few hours since your body absorbed those energies, and your mind woke up only a few minutes ago as the energy made your body and consciousness to shut down so that you don't have to feel the pain you would receive if you were conscious."

"Okay, where am I now? You know, physically."

"You are still in Hi no Kuni, but Konoha is quite far from here, more or less a hundred miles apart, northwest from here to there, I think."

"Whoa, that far away huh? Okay, so... what do you reckon I should do first?"

"In all honesty? Train. This power of yours is massive, you need to learn how to control it before you can show it off to your Hokage and your peers."

Naruto understood it, there's no way that he could immediately master anything, even though he can learn something quite fast whenever he want to, there's no way that he could immediately control this power without some practice.

"Okay, any suggestion as to where we would be training?"

"When I flew here, I saw a settlement not far from here, half a mile to the west, go over there and ask for clothing and such, your body has changed quite a lot and your previous clothes are too small for you now. From there, we'll train for at least a few days before we go back to Konoha."

Naruto nodded, "Okay," He said, his voice is filled with determination, but then, his expression changed to that of a confusion before he asked "Wait, you flew...? Using my body? Am I capable of doing that?" Naruto asked, his tone didn't even try to mask the excitement that he felt.

"You will be after a lot of practice, now go on, wake up already."

"Alright, alright." Naruto answered, he closed his eyes, before he frowned, he opened his eyes and looked towards Kurama with a sheepish smile, "So... how can I get out of here?" he asked with his hand sheepishly scratches the back of his neck.

"...Right, forgot this is your first time here." Kurama muttered "Just imagine yourself waking up." He answered.

"...That simple?"

Kurama grinned, showing his sharp teeth in the process, "Sometimes things are just that simple kid."

Naruto does so, he closed his eyes, and slowly, he could feel himself waking up... and then, Kurama watched as the apparition of Naruto vanished from his mind.

Kurama chuckled, obviously finding the current situation to be rather amusing "To think that the power that the Senju feared to be unleashed would come to this boy... Fate sure is a funny thing..."

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Naruto opened his eyes slowly as he regained control of his physical body.

He was lying down on his chest, seeing this, he pushed himself up, and had a hard time balancing himself on his feet for a few seconds due to his added height.

When he could fully stand up, he saw that he was in a cave, and he saw the Crystals that are similar in shape to the one he retrieved from the Scroll is extremely abundant, but the difference was that the Crystal is now as black as a coal, due to the latent energy that was inside of them was completely absorbed to his body.

And because the Crystals are no longer producing light, there was only one source of light, indicating a way out, and also that it's now daytime, or at the very least, morning.

Naruto walked towards the dim light, and then he found himself facing a dead end. There is a hole, but it was so high up, he could climb, but he's not used to his body just yet.

"Great, how can I get out of this cave?" Naruto said, not noticing that his hoarse voice is somewhat deeper, like he had just went through puberty.

"Why don't you use your power to lift you up?" Kurama said.

"Whoa...! how come I can hear you?"

He heard a sigh before Kurama replied back "Right, forgot to tell you this; the seal merged with you, meaning, that our connection with each other is improved, even without visiting me in your conscience you can hear my voice if I will it to. And this does mean that you are the seal now, and for me to break through is not by weakening the tattoo on your stomach, but by killing you, which is unlikely if you're powerful enough to stop anyone who would do such a thing." Kurama answered "Returning to your problem, try to use your power to lift yourself."

"...How can I do that?"

"Just think that you are lifting off the ground, that would be the first lesson ; levitation. Try to lift yourself until you reached the surface."

"...Okay..." Naruto said as he prepared himself, he looked down and focus his mind to 'command' his body to lift.

Suddenly, the pebbles and dusts around him reacted, and before he even realized it, his feet doesn't even touch the ground anymore as he found himself floating.

"Whoooooaaa...! I... I'm flying! I'm flying! I. Am. Flying! Hahahha! this is amazing!" Naruto said breathlessly.

"Calm yourself kit, now, push yourself up until you manage to get out of the cave."

"Whooaa...! O, Okay...!" Naruto responded back, still as breathless as before.

Slowly but surely, Naruto pushed himself upwards using his power, not a moment later, he reached the surface, and landed on the ground, and he couldn't even hide the wide grin on his face.

He jumped in celebration and yelled "Hell Yeah! I can fly! This power's awesome!"

"Now don't go around celebrating just yet, that was just levitation, true flight is when you're soaring across the sky, it's just the first step in your journey kid."

Naruto pouted and grumbled "Mood-killer..."

Then, he heard what seems to be chortle inside of his mind "I don't mean to burst your bubble kid, I'm merely stating a fact." 'Although... it was pretty quick for him to levitate like that, I guess he has an innate grasp of this power more than I thought he has...'

Naruto merely grumbled, 'Maybe I did overreact a bit, but I was flying dammit! ...Well, maybe just floating, but it still counts!'

"No it isn't..."Kurama answered, catching Naruto off-guard, "For the record, I can hear what you're thinking as well, so until you can block me, expect me to butt-in to whatever you're saying or thinking."

In response, he grumbled "Fine... I'll shut up... for now..."

"Good, now, I'm sure that if you take a look at yourself you would notice that your current clothing makes you look like a clown."

Naruto looked down, it's true, his orange jacket is extremely tight and no longer hiding his figure, his orange trousers are now a pair of shorts, and his sandals could barely cover his feet. "Oh man... I look hideous!" He said as he removed the uncomfortably small Sandals.

'Huh... it seems that his body grows more than it did before, even his clothes aren't that small compared to when I possessed his body.'Kurama thought before he said "Don't fret, go to the nearest settlement there and ask for some clothes, if they see what you're wearing I'm sure one of them would be more than happy to give you some clothes." Kurama said sarcastically.

"I'm sure they would laugh at me first, and then give me some clothes..." Naruto replied back "But since I don't want to go back to Konoha just yet, I'll give it a try, which way is it?"

"Half a mile from here, to the west."Kurama instructed.

Naruto mentally nodded and began to sprint towards his destination.

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As his host begins to move towards the small settlement, Kurama decided to move around the empty psyche.

Due to the Chakra coils fusing with his body, the seal was also dragged along, thus, interfering his captivity in the uncomfortable cage that Minato had created. Because despite his wife's assurance that he won't try to break away, Minato didn't want to take any chances and modify the original seal a bit.

Kushina had repeatedly apologized, and unknown to her husband, she undid the modification on the seal to let him have some degree of freedom inside her seal, like his time with Mito Uzumaki before her death.

The seal that was put on Naruto was the same as Kushina's, but without her, Kurama was put in the abominable cage for several years as he watched Kushina's son being treated like a trash, a bastard child, while they should be thanking him.

Granted, the Hokage did prevent physical abuses that could have been done to him, but the cold treatment of the villagers made him a bit darker, he felt his emotions when he had a passing thought of confusion of why most villagers hate him, or when he was angry at a merchant's refusal to admit that he overpriced his goods only to him.

It was lucky that he still keep close contact with people like Iruka, Hiruzen, and Ayame and Teuchi from the ramen stand that he likes to visit most of the time, people that actually cared for him and doesn't judge him because of his status as a Jinchuuriki.

'It was only because of their emotional support and his strong will and determination to prove them wrong that keeps him from inadvertently using my power for revenge, and considering how he was treated, if he had asked, I wouldn't be able to say no...' Kurama thought sadly.

But now, things are different, and maybe with this, he could help him overcome the foolishness of the villagers' treatment and to prove that they were wrong.

Suddenly, he heard something from behind him, like a combination of a humming noise and crackles from an electrical source.

He turned around to see what it was, and he saw a light, it was formless at first, but as time passed, it's starting to look more human-like before it finally burst, revealing someone...

And he was surprised to see her once again...

The woman slowly woke up and groaned "Ugh... what the hell was that...?"

Kurama, even though seeing that she is as naked as the day she was born, wasn't fazed at the very least, in fact, he merely smiled, not a perverted one, but a genuine smile with a hint of amusement and interest.

"Well, well..." He said as the woman finally noticed his presence "How did you get in here I wonder?"

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End of Prologue

And that's all folks! Hopefully I'll update this story as soon as I can.

By the way, if you're wondering why Kurama could immediately use Naruto's power to fly and create a small tremor, it's because he could actually fully control the energy that enables Naruto to do so, and Naruto haven't fully mastered it yet so he had to train first before he could unlock the massive potential from the power that he has.

And by giving Naruto the first taste of his power by levitating himself, it would make him want to train so that he could unlock many other things that he could do with his power.

Stay tune for the next chapter!