Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters from the Naruto universe. I am making no money off of this fanfiction.

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Summary: What if the villagers were right about Naruto after all? What if he really WAS the Kyuubi in human form? The Fourth's seal might have held back the chakra of the nine-tailed fox, but what is the mind of a newborn against that of the greatest of the tailed-beasts. Will feature a Naruto/Kyuubi who is not exactly evil, but is fairly amoral and dismissing of humans who are not personal friends as completely insignificant. Will be cunning and underhanded, but yet have a very strict sense of honor.

Pairings: I have not decided yet. It won't be Sakura. I don't have anything against that pairing, and have seen it done very well (though also horribly), but she has a different role in my story. She won't be bashed though. Hinata is a possibility, or maybe one of the rarer characters. Regardless, there will be none of that until after the timeskip so it's a moot point for now.

This will not be a godlike!naruto story though. He will be powerful-significantly more so than canon and definitely a lot smarter, but he won't be casually slapping around the likes of Kakashi or Zabuza pre-timeskip, much less S-Class ninja. He also won't be able to access most of his Kyuubi chakra for quite a while, and as a bijuu, he has no prior experience with fighting in a human body or using human chakra/techniques. So while his greater intelligence and a few other things will give him some advantages, he certainly isn't going to be instantly all-powerful.

I would also like to note that this fanfiction took a good deal of inspiration from the fic Fuzzy Logic by Deritine (which is a fanfic I highly recommend, by the way). Not that the plot is even remotely similar to that fic's plot (given the fact that story has Kyuubi possessing Madara Uchiha, turning the body female, ending up in a pairing with Minato, of all people, and acting as a mother figure to Naruto), but the idea of the actual Kyuubi masquerading as a jinchuriki and being, though not evil, pretty amoral and chaotic as he slowly grows to actually care for some of the worthless little meatbags is partially inspired by that fanfic.

Chater 1: Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law

Freedom! At last, he was free. After most of a century of being controlled, bound, and used, he was liberated from all controls. He gave a roar of triumph that shattered windows for miles and made nearby buildings collapse. He was Kurama, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, greatest of the Bijuu, and at last he could remind people of what that meant.

It had began so many decades ago when Madara Uchiha had summoned him against his will from his peaceful resting place hidden in the mountains of northwestern Fire Country and used those damnable sharingan eyes to control him and use him to attack Hashirama Senju. Senju had eventually broken Madara's control and driven the Uchiha away, something that would have ordinarily received praise and thanks from the Kyuubi. But then he had his wife, Mito Uzumaki take advantage of his weakened state to seal him within herself, even though he was released from Madara's control and no danger to anyone who simply left him alone.

Why? Because he saw the Bijuu as just another tool to be controlled and used by ninja, just like all the other Shinobi Villages. Something to be passed out as weapons to help establish balance between the villages and create peace. What a laughable concept. But not so laughable when he was the one being enslaved at another's whim for their own use. And people wondered where the hate most bijuu had for humans came from. Or those few who didn't just dismiss them as demons who got what they deserved wondered, anyway.

And so he spent decade after decade chained within first Mito Uzumaki, then her relative Kushina Uzumaki. Within a seal, staked to the ground, and chained to the point he could not move at all in total darkness and agony. Ninja would not treat even their greatest enemies in such a way, but of course Bijuu were just demons, and thus apparently deserved nothing but pain and enslavement for the use of ninja. Well today their consideration would be repaid in full.

It had begun much like every other day. Kushina was apparently giving birth, making the seal at its weakest, but he could feel the constant flow of chakra into the seal keeping it stable, allowing no chance of escape. But then suddenly that changed. The seal weakened, and he was able to bring his full power to bear, breaking free. It didn't last long, as yet another of the red-eyed ninja took control of him, turning everything into a hazy blur of rage until suddenly that was gone as well. Which mean he had traded one cage for another to keep him confined and bend him to the will of ninja as their weapon.

But fortunately this cage didn't hold him very long. Whether this was because this new Uchiha was simply not as skilled as Madara had been, or if something had interrupted the man's control. Either way, he was finally free after so long.

And best of all, he found himself right in the middle of Konoha itself - the city of his tormenters and slavers. He would have to thank this Uchiha someday. Right after he ate him and turned the rest of that cursed clan and their enslaving eyes into ash. But at last, he could have his revenge against those who dared to try and bind the most powerful being in existence to their will.

He gave out another roar and what could possibly have been interpreted as a smile by an expert on demon's expressions, if such a thing existed. But the expression was so sinister it would be difficult to define it as a smile in spite of the true joy which definitely also filled the expression.

There was a pause in the battle as everyone stopped to look at the suddenly still Kyuubi, as well as recover from the disorientation and pain to their ears his roars caused. Then suddenly he exploded into motion once again. His tails swept through entire districts of Konoha while his claws smashed through the largest of buildings in the city such as the Hokage Tower and the hospital.

Ninja attacked him with explosive notes and their most powerful jutsu, but these were mere bee stings to the massive fox, and the chakra that made up his body regenerated more quickly than the wounds could be inflicted anyway. And in return, he swept his claws through the ninja, killing dozens with nothing more than the air pressure and heat created by being near his attacks. He breathed gouts of flame hot enough to turn entire buildings to ash, much less the ninja who tried to take cover within.

Then suddenly one old ninja used some sort of extending staff to hit him hard enough to drive him outside of the village. Did this old man really think that would be enough to stop him though? The force of the staff might have been enough to turn most humans into piles of goo, but for him, it caused some mild bruising on his chest which faded before the staff could even pull back into its normal length. Clearly these ninja didn't realize his power even after all the destruction he had wrought. Well, perhaps it was time to show them.

After swatting away another few dozen of their most elite ninja, he began to gather his chakra into a ball in front of him. The sphere of pure malignant energy was dense enough that it continued to compress smaller and smaller even as more power was gathered, much like a black hole. Until a giant toad, of all things, dropped on top of him. But he would not be stopped. Certainly not by a summons, especially not a toad. So he ate the ball, molding fire and lightning into it within his body to complete one of the most destructive techniques ever used. He almost smirked as he saw the fear in the tiny faces of the pathetic humans who saw their deaths and the destruction of their homes coming for them.

And then he was elsewhere. There was no forewarning or even any feeling of movement. But it was too late to stop the technique, which was released with a massive explosion which unfortunately destroyed nothing but some forest and a small mountain. But he could still feel several chakra sources nearby, so he quickly climbed to his feet, ready to destroy whoever used that space-time manipulation technique and temporarily robbed him of his rightful revenge. Perhaps if he hadn't been so consumed with his rage, or so disoriented by his sudden and unexpected teleportation he would have noticed the approaching shining golden chains rushing towards him in time to avoid them.

Certainly he knew what they were, having been bound by them for a decade in his latest seal inside of Kushina Uzumaki. These were the materialized chakra chains only possible with the most potent chakra rare members of the Uzumaki Clan could produce, and as he struggled against them, he found that even in the physical world, they were strong enough to contain his might. For a time, at least. Kushina would tire soon. Or possibly just die, given the fluctuations he was sensing in her chakra. That would be something to celebrate, since she was one of those who had directly enslaved and tortured him for so long. And then he would be free once more to kill whoever this blond man who was able to teleport him, and ultimately destroy the doomed village which tried to enslave him for so long. Very soon, he would have his revenge. Until then, he strained against the chains to put as much pressure on Kushina's chakra as possible, but he was content to wait a short while again. This time, he would not be denied.

Minato Namikaze still gasped and panted with the effort of using the Flying Thunder God technique to carry such a huge chakra with him, even along a comparatively short distance. His chakra was mostly depleted, and his beautiful wife Kushina coughed up blood as she struggled to contain the Kyuubi with her chakra chains. Then she spoke, "I'm going to draw the Kyuubi with me to my death, then we can delay its revival. I'll be able to save all of you with what little chakra I have left." She smiled and looked down at their newborn child Naruto, who Minato held close.

Minato paused and looked down at Naruto as well with a strange mix of sorrow and joy. "No Kushina. Preserve what little chakra you still have for a reunion with Naruto." Kushina gasped in shock, but he didn't give her a chance to respond as he continued, "I'll seal all of your remaining chakra inside Naruto. It will be part of an Eight Trigrams Seal. Together with my own remaining chakra, I will seal the Kyuubi within our son."

"No, Minato," Kushina exclaimed, frantically shaking her head in denial while allowing tears to flow freely. "The Eight Trigrams Seal is powerful, and would be able to hold even the Kyuubi, but you aren't strong enough to pull it into the seal. And I can only use my chakra chains to pull the Kyuubi into myself, not into another. I'm not sure that it's possible for anyone other than an Uzumaki to pull the full chakra of the Kyuubi even for a moment."

Minato looked up at the massive demon, still struggling against Kushina's chains. "There are two ways that I could use to successfully seal the Kyuubi. I could use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to summon the Shinigami and have it take half of the Kyuubi's chakra, weakening it enough to seal the other half within Naruto. Or I can open the eight gates to give me the power to seal all of the Kyuubi within Naruto."

Kushina gasped again and asked, "You can open the eight gates?"

Minato nodded as he looked away from the Kyuubi and met Kushina's eyes. "I learned recently in order to further improve my taijutsu and lessen my reliance on the Flying Thunder God technique. I never imagined I'd need to open all eight, but it will give me, for a short time, the power to pull even the Kyuubi into a seal, though it'll cost me my life. Both methods will kill me, actually. But I'm prepared to die for Konoha. At least with the eight gates, I won't be stuck fighting in the Shinigami's stomach for the rest of eternity, and we can be reunited in death." He smiled as he reached out to wipe away a tear from Kushina's cheek.

"But why do you have to die at all? I'll just pull him back within my seal. I'm going to die anyway from the damage already done to me. Let me take the beast with me, and if it comes back once it gathers its chakra again in a few years, you can be prepared for him. Naruto needs his father to teach and protect him as he grows up, not the life of solitude and pain as a Jinchuriki without even his parents to comfort him." She shook her head in anger and denial, flinging her tears away from her cheeks.

Minato dropped his head and sighed in pain at the situation. "No, if you seal the power of the Kyuubi within you when you die, there won't be a jinchuriki when it reemerges. That will upset the balance of power between the Bijuu and between the Shinobi villages. Also, I believe that Naruto is the Child of Prophesy Jiraiya-sensei spoke of. I can't explain why, but I'm convinced it's true. And the masked man who attacked you earlier causing the release of the Kyuubi is a harbinger of disaster. I believe Naruto will be the one to stop him, but he'll need all the power of the Kyuubi in order to do so and live up to his destiny."

Kushina continued to sob quietly before she finally looked up at Minato and Naruto. "Are you sure? This is the only way? Also, I'm not sure it's a good idea to seal the full power of the Kyuubi into Naruto. Always before the Kyuubi was sealed when the jinchuriki was old enough to be able to fight it and put it under our control long enough to get it behind the seal."

Minato nodded and replied, "It's dangerous, yes. But I am certain that my seal will be able to hold back the Kyuubi's power until Naruto is old enough to take control of it himself, especially with the full power of the eight gates supporting it. We must trust our son in this. And your chakra will be sealed in too, so you will be able to help him when the time comes to take control over the Kyuubi's chakra as a jinchuriki. This is the only way that we will be able to provide Naruto with the power he needs to fulfill his destiny to bring hope and peace to this land."

"No! Why must Naruto be sacrificed for this? Why must you die for this? For the sake of the village and the balance of power, our son must be sacrificed? I don't accept that!" She coughed a little more blood as she gasped against the strain her body was being put through as well as the intensity of her argument.

But Minato was calm in response as he said, "To forsake one's nation and one's village is the same as forsaking one's child. Your own homeland was destroyed, so you of all people should know the harsh life that awaits those without a country. Besides, our family is the shinobi of Konoha. We will always fulfill our duty to our village. Whether that duty is to die for our village and our son, or to grow strong to face the threats that will come against Konoha." Kushina merely stared at Minato and Naruto with tears streaming, but she seemed to accept his words. Finally, he looked down at Naruto in his arms with a smile as he continued, "It's time now."

He quickly summoned the ritual altar and set Naruto on it, ready to complete the sealing, then began to unlock the gates within his own body, each releasing greater and greater chakra which had been held back to prevent damage to his body previously. But as more and more gates were released, the chakra available to him and the strength of his body was increased vastly beyond what was previously possible. Yet, at the same time, he could already feel his muscles begin to tear, and his chakra coils straining against the sudden massive flow of energy.

Finally, seven gates were open, and he looked over at Kushina once again. "I'm sorry Kushina. I wish there was another way. But this is the only way...The only way to be sure Konoha and our son will have the power necessary. I hope that you can forgive me. But even if you can't, know that I love you." He reached out with one hand and gently cupped Kushina's cheek, giving a tender smile in spite of the torrents of chakra already beginning to tear his body apart. "Everything good in my life came from you, including giving me our son. And we shall see Naruto once more when he's grown and ready to take full control over the Kyuubi's chakra."

Kushina struggled to stand and take a stumbling step into Minato's arms as she responded, "I know Minato. I'm still not sure this is the best thing for Naruto, but I trust you with our son. If you are certain that he needs this power, I will accept it. Just please promise me that you will make sure the village sees him as the hero that protects them, and not as a monster as so many other villages look at Jinchuriki."

Minato nodded as he held his wife close. "I will. I won't last long after you, but I will make sure that Hiruzen understands, and he'll make sure that the rest of the village sees him as the hero he is."

Kushina gave a faint smile as she briefly kissed Minato. "I love you Minato. Always." She then slowly pulled away and leaned down over Naruto to stroke his cheek. "And I love you Naruto-chan. I'll see you again when you are all grown up, but know that I love you more than anything. There is so much more I wish I could say to you. I wish I could spend just a little more time with you. I know that we would have been so happy. But if I only have time to tell you one thing, it is that your mother loves you more than anything else in the entire world." She then nodded in Minato's direction.

He nodded in response, and intoned, "Gate of Death: Open." The sudden rush of chakra was overpowering, greater even than all of the previous gates combined. While his total chakra was still dwarfed by the massive amount produced by the nearby Kyuubi, for the first time, it was significant enough to be felt along with that oppressive evil feeling chakra, even from miles away.

He then went through the seal sequence for the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique, a combination of two of the already immensely powerful Uzumaki Four Symbols Seals, making it probably the most powerful Seal ever created. While this seal was appearing on his son's stomach, he used his suddenly inhumanly powerful chakra to pull against the already contained chakra of the Kyuubi, forcibly linking it into Naruto as it began to drain into the seal, along with Kushina's small remaining chakra, and finally, most of his own, which was a great deal more than usual because of the increases from opening the eight gates.

When he was done, he wearily looked up at the empty space where the Kyuubi stood moments before, then down at his crying child, with the body of his now dead wife lying peacefully beside the baby. He took a moment to rest his hand against her cooling cheek once again as his own tears began to fall for the first time since his son's birth before regretfully reaching over to pick up Naruto. He could also feel his own body beginning to shut down from the massive trauma caused by releasing the eighth gate so he didn't have much time to finish things.

By this point the barrier Kushina had earlier created around the area to hold the Kyuubi had fallen and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, had hurried over to Minato as he looked up at the aged man and carefully handed over his child. "This is my son, Naruto Namikaze. He is the new jinchuriki for the Kyuubi." He paused in thought for a moment, and then said, "He will have to go by Naruto Uzumaki though. Iwa and maybe even some of my enemies in this village would try to kill him if they knew he was my son, at least until he is powerful enough to take care of himself. I'll let you and his godfather Jiraiya-sensei make the judgment of when he and the village are ready to know. Make sure that the people see him as a hero who keeps them safe from the Kyuubi though. It's my last command as Hokage."

At this point Hiruzen slowly accepted the child, but said in a voice of mixed confusion and sorrow, "Your last command? What do you mean?"

With a pained chuckle, Minato replied, "I had to open all eight gates to complete the sealing. I only have a minute or two left. I guess you will have to take all that paperwork back afterall."

Hiruzen paused for a moment, and then reached his free hand to rest on Minato's shoulder as he responded. "You would really do that to an old man like me?" But it was clear from his voice that his heart was not in the joke. After another pause, he continued, "I'm sorry Minato. You were probably the best Hokage this village has had. I'll look after your son though. I promise."

Minato nodded as he dropped to his knees, barely able to keep his eyes open as his heart beat erratically. "There was a man. He caused this. He attacked Kushina and I after the birth to break the Kyuubi free and used his Sharingan to take control of it. Killed your wife too. I'm sorry..." He dropped down onto his back as he continued more quietly, barely able to gasp for breath now. "A man in a mask with only one eye hole. Could have been Madara, if he is somehow still alive. Watch out for him. Was powerful, and able to turn himself immaterial at will and teleport himself or others he touched. Had to go solid to attack though. Beat him, but he escaped. Wants to rule the world, and said he would be back for the Kyuubi." He then sighed as the last of his energy left him and his eyes blinked shut as his heart slowed, then stopped.

Hiruzen, meanwhile stood with Naruto in his arms, looking down at both his successor and now also his predecessor with great shock, sorrow, and some fear at Minato's words as he felt as if a great and crushing weight had settled onto him. "That isn't good. But at least the Kyuubi is safely sealed away again."

It would turn out that in addition to being an understatement of massive proportions, Hiruzen was not quite accurate in his statement.

Kurama would have laughed if that wouldn't draw attention that he really didn't need at the moment, so instead he allowed his infant cries to slow as he snuggled closer to the newly reinstated Hokage, gave a few hiccups and as cute a sigh as he could manage.

Kurama had little to do over the past decades other than either dwell on his pain and isolation or think of all the possibilities of what could happen in the future. He had always known he would get free eventually. Afterall, he was an immortal being, and as unpleasant as being sealed was, when sealed by beings of mortal flesh and blood, eventually they would die, or something else would happen allowing him his freedom. But though he spent a good deal of time thinking about how he would get his revenge on those who had dared to do this to him, he also spent quite some time contemplating various ways things could go wrong, including attempts to reseal him.

So this time he had been ready. Kushina and Minato had been arrogant enough to plan what they would do with him right in front of his eyes, apparently not even considering that 'just a demon' might make his own plans. So he had decided upon the best method of dealing with it, which would be to take over the body of the child. He had not anticipated the releasing of the eight gates, which had allowed a massively more powerful pull into the body, as well as a greatly enhanced seal, but even with all of that power, there was a brief moment as his mind brushed past the child's as he entered his body, with all of his chakra being pulled behind the seal. It was in that moment that he separated his mind from his chakra and attacked that mind with his own. He might not be able to use his chakra for such a task, but Minato had been the one to put them both in the same body, and he could put the pure willpower and determination of his ancient mind against little Naruto's.

In another reality where Kurama's soul had just been ripped in half by the god of death, he probably wouldn't have been in a coherent enough state to make the attempt. But in this reality, the full intelligence, cunning, and rage of a centuries old being met that of a confused infant less than an hour old who's only real concern at the moment was his hunger. The result was fairly predictable.

Kurama had heard in some of his wanderings in the centuries before he was first sealed that the Yamanaka Clan called it Catastrophic Mental Collapse, and one of their jutsu attempted exactly what he had just done. It had seemed odd to him when he had heard of it though. Wouldn't all 'mental collapse' be catastrophic? Regardless, it effectively killed the person, allowing their soul to leave the body normally, but left a fully functional and living body behind, at least as long as someone saw to the body's basic needs.

But for his purposes, it meant he had a nice body to possess for as long as he needed it until he could remove the seal. Unfortunately, his plan had originally called for an immediate removal of the seal after his chakra stopped flowing through it and it sealed shut. Since his mind was separated from his chakra and outside the seal, he had predicted he would be able to just remove the seal at will as the current owner of the body in question, recombine with his chakra which was held behind the seal, and be free.

It hadn't turned out like that. In fact, as soon as he had touched the seal deep within his subconscious, he had been blasted back, and felt truly agonizing pain. And coming from someone who had spent decades experiencing what it felt like to have over a dozen massive stakes driven through your body, but being unable to die within what must have been the most hellish seal humans could come up with, that was saying something. He supposed it could have been worse though. Given that the seal apparently somehow recognized his mind as linked to his chakra and therefore not supposed to be able to touch the seal regardless of which side he came from, it could have sucked him into the seal to recombine with his chakra leaving a mindless and soulless body with him stuck inside. But he supposed even a seal master of Minato's apparent level couldn't plan for everything.

So clearly that option was out. Kurama considered just 'killing' himself at the earliest opportunity, which generally speaking released the bijuu from a jinchuriki to eventually reform later from what he had heard. But upon looking closer at the seal, he wasn't certain that would work with this one. He really didn't know that much about seals, as he had long looked down on human chakra techniques as pretty worthless before the battle at the Valley of the End between Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and obviously hadn't had a chance to study them since. But he could at least recognize that this seal was by a massive margin the most complicated and powerful seal he had ever even heard of, much less seen.

There wasn't any way to be sure at this point, but there was an actual possibility that this thing would kill even him along with the host body if it died. It wasn't exactly the sort of thing he was eager to test if there was even the slightest possibility of his actual demise.

So it looked like this was going to be a longer term thing than originally planned, but it wasn't all bad. This would be a good opportunity to learn more about those human techniques, and that was a pretty high priority at this point. Especially sealing. Hopefully he could get the legendary Uzumaki sealing techniques, since he was apparently Uzumaki by blood now. Then he could possibly figure out a method of removing the seal, and maybe even a way to prevent being sealed in the future.

Also, there was something...strange with his chakra. During his long enslavement, he had contemplated exactly why the Sharingan hypnotism techniques were so effective on bijuu. It didn't seem like it should be. Genjutsu in general wasn't particularly effective on Bijuu because their massive and potent chakra washed away the effects before they could take hold most of the time. But why would the Sharingan's hypnotism be so unbreakable when a simple human could shrug it off with a reasonable degree of willpower?

His conclusion had been that it had something to do with the remaining...taint, he supposed it could be said, of the Juubi which remained a part of the Bijuu's chakra to this day. The chakra itself remained filled with a sort of malignant rage which infected the mind of even the Bijuu. After centuries of living with it, he didn't really even notice it anymore, and just sort of coasted along in the currents of rage and hatred without letting them control him. But it seemed probable even though the full nine tails of that chakra couldn't control his actions anymore, they would likely create the opening that hypnotism of the sort the Sharingan produced could take advantage of, with a sufficiently skilled user.

So now that he suddenly didn't have that force flowing through him for the first time in centuries, he felt very strange. If he could figure out how to maintain the potency and power of his bijuu chakra, while duplicating this odd lack of unbridled rage, he would remove one of his very few actual weaknesses.

On the down side though, he was stuck in a worthless human body. Especially worthless as a baby. And he didn't care what the stupidly optimistic Minato thought, there was no way that most people were going to see him as a hero. Even if they did mistakenly believe that he wasn't really the Kyuubi, which he doubted many would. Kurama had far too much experience with the natural desire humans had to blame anyone else for their misfortune and hate all that is different to believe they wouldn't treat him like the lowest trash. The Hokage seemed like he was convinced Kurama was completely trapped behind the seal though, so as long as he played his role well, he should be protected from significant bodily harm, at least. And what did he care if the stupid humans tried to isolate or insult him?

He also did seem to still have a tiny trickle of his bijuu chakra, also known as youki, leaking through the seal and into his chakra system. That would be very beneficial, and it seemed likely that the trickle would slowly increase as the years passed. Currently it was too little to do much with. But it was still his chakra, the same chakra that had effectively been his body for centuries, so he had full control over it, small as it was. And it was just enough to channel into his useful Uzumaki genes to further improve that potent lifeforce bloodline Uzumaki's had and give him significantly further improved regeneration.

It was also enough to force build ups and then flood his chakra coils regularly, constantly forcing them to grow to highly abnormal levels for his age. By the time he reached adulthood, if he stayed in this body that long, he would have chakra reserves dozens of times larger than even the most powerful of Kages without even touching his youki if he kept up consciously using this method. Even other jinchuriki wouldn't have nearly the chakra reserves he should be able to manage, since their youki was just a constant trickle they had no fine control over to improve and optimize the process of stretching his chakra coils and concentrating his human chakra.

Additionally, it was enough youki to channel to his ears, nose, or eyes to give him the incredible senses he had once enjoyed, though it would probably turn his eyes red and slitted while he maintained the flow of chakra, so that wasn't something he should do around others. It was the greatest benefit though, as it provided eyes that much like the Sharingan that would pick up every detail perfectly, see chakra, and process information much more quickly, making it seem like things moved in slow motion. Unfortunately his eyes lacked the predictive ability, copying ability, and hypnotism ability of the Sharingan. Still, they would come in quite useful if he could find a way to cover them up. Perhaps eventually a genjutsu or just sunglasses would work. He would have to do some experiments later for the best ways to handle it.

He would also have to work with his natural sensor abilities. He had always been a naturally talented sensor, as all Bijuu were to some extent, given their natural connection with the nature energies around them. But he had never really bothered to develop the ability much. When he had a body that couldn't be killed and could absorb any damage an ambush might give, there hadn't seemed to be much point. Now that was certainly no longer the case, so the importance of always knowing where people were around him, or if someone was preparing a jutsu to use against him, was greatly increased.

So he should have plenty to do until he could get someone to start training him in ninja techniques, but for now he settled down, determined to make sure never to slip in his act. He would act the human jinchuriki 100% of the time without fail. Until he was too powerful to control or kill, there was no other safe option, and doing anything at any time that couldn't be explained as reasonable for his human persona risked death. It was impossible to be completely certain you were not being watched at any given time, so there couldn't ever be any real evidence that he wasn't just a human. He would also have to work to make his mental image of himself that of the human Naruto too, just in case a Yamanaka ever got curious.

He was the Kyuubi no Yoko. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. The greatest of the Bijuu. His name was Kurama. But to the world, he would be known as Naruto Uzumaki. And he would be free. One way or the other. His eyes closed as a small smile appeared and he drifted off to sleep.

A/N: So that's the first chapter. Or prologue, I suppose. Hopefully the fact that I had the protagonist of this story basically murder the title character as a baby at the very beginning of the story won't turn people off. Even if this Naruto is technically actually the Kyuubi, he's still going to be closer in personality to canon!Naruto than some fanfics I have read(and far less evil than in many I have read too, for that matter). And as far as anyone else is aware, he will just be Naruto. Besides, the only reason canon!Naruto is anything other than a very average ninja with a decent ability to think on his feet and improvise, which almost makes up for his total lack of ability to plan ahead, is because of the Kyuubi's power - either directly (by drawing on the Kyuubi's chakra) or indirectly(massive chakra reserves, and the things he can get with massive chakra reserves such as fast training from shadow clones, etc). Why not just take that to its logical end and literally have the Kyuubi fighting in Naruto's place.

Anyway, hopefully I provided a bit of an introduction to how Kurama thinks at this point in this story. Honestly he has a fair amount of reason at this point to hate humans given how they have pretty consistently treated him through the past decades. From Madara to Kushina and Minato, everyone just tries to enslave and use him at every turn. Can barely blame the guy for keeping up his rampage through Konoha even after Madara's control was broken, especially since he was being attacked at that point and mostly just defended himself.

I will almost always refer to him as Naruto from now on. Even within his own mind, Kurama will generally refer to himself as Naruto to keep that habit.

And finally, please review! I don't care if it's just a short, "I liked it," a detailed breakdown of what you think I did wrong (and hopefully can improve on), or even just informing me of a grammar or spelling mistake, I would appreciate it. But please no flames. I don't mind criticism as long as it is constructive, but a simple, "This is the worst thing ever written," or "You suck, die in a fire" will be ignored.