Reaching For A Dream by Noodlehammer

Chapter 1

Alright Lets get some things straight here.

One I didn't actually write this story this is just a story I read once upon a time and thought to post while I finish my own story that way my followers have something to read.

Two if you're upset about it..... who cares? I placed proper warnings and I used disclaimers to avoid any potential backlash legally.

Allright, to get some things straightened out right away.

Naruto is the first and only Kyuubi Jinchuuriki.

The Kyuubi has not been split in half. I've never liked that part of canon, so in my story, all of the Kyuubi's chakra is in Naruto.

There are no parents lurking in Naruto's seal. That is once again something I never liked about canon.

I've decided that I'm not going to be using 'Kurama' as a name for the Kyuubi, because it sounds too damn androgyneus.

The Sharingan does not have any hax powers to control Bijuu.

There are also no other convenient hax powers to control or subdue Bijuu.

Also, there WILL be Lemons and graphic violence in this story and I don't intend to go out of my way to warn anyone about either, there is after all a reason that the story is marked as M. If anyone has a problem with this, then please redirect yourself to the teletubbies fanfiction section or something.

(Added 27.1.2014) One of my reviewers (Riceb0x) pointed that I should make a note of the fact that the romance aspect between Naruto and Kyuubi will be fairly slow in this story, which is in fact a very valid point, so be aware of this. Also be aware that this is not a harem fic even if it may at times look like it.

There are possibly some other things that I forgot to mention, but it shouldn't matter too much.

EDIT as of 28.12.2013: I have just now become aware of a considerable number of small grammatical blunders, including the fact that I'm using a mish mash of british english and american english spelling. Note that english is not my native language so some of this is likely to keep happening, but I hope that I'll be able to eliminate most of this after chapter 5.

Lastly, this is my first attempt at fanfiction, so the first few chapters are likely to be of somewhat lower quality before I get the hang of it. Do keep this in mind when you start to read xD. Seriously, I am well aware that the first chapter is swarming with fanfiction cliche, but I've been told that it gets better after that.

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5 year old Uzumaki Naruto was having a nightmare.

This was nothing unusual considering his life. The orphanage where he lived was staffed with caretakers who hated him and made sure to make his life as miserable as possible, which included rewarding the other children for bullying him.

Before the nightmare could progress very far though, it changed. He felt a comforting warmth and saw an image of a woman with dusk colored skin and slitted crimson eyes and equally crimson hair. She possessed a beauty that no mortal woman could ever hope to approach. In the dream she was holding the small boy and stroking his hair comfortingly, murmuring soft words in his ear and he relaxed, nightmare long forgotten.

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7 year old Uzumaki Naruto was cold, wet and hungry.

This was nothing new for him, as people would often refuse to sell him food. Naruto knew that the small amount of food he managed to get was not nearly enough, but he somehow managed to survive without looking malnourished.