Fox In The Leaf

A kit in need

Konoha or The Village Hidden in the leaves, if you were to ask the people that live in this village they would tell you that it is one of the most peaceful, bright. Overall, a nice place to live.

But like anywhere else in the world, there is always a dark side. The problem is that people tend not to see it, ignore it or they are part of it

Naruto, a boy of eight was on his way home from a walk that he felt like he wanted since there wasn't much else he could do. He usually went for walks through the village when there weren't that many people. This usually meant that he could only go on them when it was extremely early or very late at night. This was the later of the two. He was looking forward to getting home and going to bed since that meant he would meet the only other being that actually cared about him. A massive fox that went by the name: Kurama. He didn't know when he started dreaming about this fox or where he got the idea but he was always happy when he had those dreams. At least he thought they were dreams.

Naruto had actually met the fox when he was only 7 months old when his caretakers at the orphanage left him in his crib for a day and ignoring his cries since he was the only one in the room they left him in. During this time, he unknowingly tapped into Kyuubi's power and slipped into his mindscape.

~Flashback~

Waking up in his mindscape that was just a dark barren room (1), except for the massive cage with a paper tag with the word "SEAL" written on it attached to the center of the gate.

Not liking the hard floor Naruto began to cry and it is this crying that woke up the sleeping demon fox. "What is making that annoying sound?!" The booming voice made Naruto stop crying for a second before he started again, much to the fox's annoyance.

Kurama the Kyuubi no Kitsune lifted his head and turned to look at the other side of the gate and spotted Naruto on the ground crying. Kurama was dumbstruck because he could not believe that his container was this little meatbag…...on the floor…..and was crying nonstop.

"This is what I, the great Kyuubi, was sealed into?! This weak crying child! THE INSULT THAT THAT BASTARD YONDAIME GIVES ME! IF HE WASN'T DEAD ALREADY, I WOULD KILL HIM!"

All the yelling was able to quiet the baby but he was now trembling from fear even though he did not know it yet. "Finally decided to stop that annoying racket did you?" Kurama said as he took a closer look at Naruto. He could feel the fear that the baby had but knew it was from his yelling and not from him being a demon. 'If I kill him now I could be free from this prison and find that mask-wearing Uchiha and tear him apart!' thought the Kyuubi but he decided not to do this. Despite being a demon, he was not evil, he would not do such a despicable act even if it meant his freedom (2). Seeing the trembling baby the Kyuubi moved one of his nine tails to pick him up and bring him close to get a better look.

"Such a tiny little speck." he said as he looked at Naruto. Naruto himself stopped trembling, stared at the fox's muzzle, and being so close to it, started slapping his nose and giggling. Kurama just stared at the giggling baby and smiled showing his sharp fangs which just gave Naruto something else to slap "no fear or hatred. Just a blank slate and giggles." Kurama stated with a chuckle as he laid his head on his hands/paws as well as lower the tail holding Naruto down next to his head. As he closed his eyes to sleep he could feel Naruto begin to wiggle a bit before stopping and yawned cutely signifying that he was seconds away from sleeping.

Cracking open his eye he saw that Naruto had fallen asleep on his tail. Knowing that Naruto would soon be leaving the mindscape he himself starting to drift to sleep 'he might not be so bad…..if he stayed this small and quiet'

Flashback end

That was just the first time Naruto interacted with the fox. Since Naruto had no idea how to enter the mindscape he would randomly just enter without warning but all of them were when he went to sleep in the room at the orphanage. He would fall asleep on his bed and immediately wake up in his mindscape. As he grew he came to love appearing in there and meeting with the fox who he soon began to play with.