Prophecies, Puppets and Pandemonium

The Former Demon

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Naruto took the slim black framed glasses and put them on. His hair turned white and his eyes lime green and as he put the other items away in his pockets he said, "We would be safer if I traveled as Tinker," with that Naruto and Kurama left, when they were a safe distance away Tinker/Naruto triggered a series of seals that destroyed his lab leaving no trace left behind.

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"We're almost there, Kurama." said Tinker as they got off the ship and made their way to Scorpion Village.

Kurama watched the disguised Naruto and couldn't help but remember the events that led up to this ...

Flashback

The demon fox Kurama was sulking in his cage. He hated his arrogant brat of a host. Sure Hiro was only six, but that's no excuse! Suddenly, Kurama felt a presence in Hiro's mind.

"WHO'S there? Come out!" He growled.

"It's just me." said a small voice and a nine year old child stepped out of the shadows

"How did you get in here boy?" growled Kurama.

The little blonde nine year old turned pointed to a door Kurama never saw before, "For some reason my mindscape is attached to big brother's."

*Bang* Kurama thrust his claws between the cage bars and tried to impale the blonde. His claws fell short of their intended target by less than an inch, but despite this the boy didn't look scared "Don't take me for a fool! My idiot host only has one brother and he's a sweet three year old boy! Now who are you?" Kurama roared.

"But it really is me! My name is Naruto Namikaze! A week ago, Mom and Dad were teaching brother how to access chakra and I thought it sounded cool so I tried it ... but when I unlocked my chakra I ... kind of aged about six years ... I don't know what happened."

"Hmmm ... I've heard of that phenomenon. It does happen, but it's very rare. Of course, that doesn't mean you're telling me the truth ... young one touch my claw and let me see your mind." Naruto did as told and Kurama saw everything

He saw Naruto watching his parents talking to Hiro about chakra ...

He saw Naruto try it and manage to unlock it ...

Then he saw Naruto collapse in pain and fall unconscious ...

He saw Naruto wake up two hours later and notice he was taller ...

He saw Naruto run to the bathroom and see that he was now nine years old ...

Kurama pulled his claw away, "You are telling me the truth. Good, but how did you get in here?"

Naruto shifted a little nervously, "Welllll ... I kinda ... broke in to Dad's library and found a reference to a mindscape, so I wanted to see if I could reach it."

Kurama burst out laughing, "You broke into hahaha that's hilarious!"

After Kurama calmed down Narutoi said. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah sure."

"What's your name?"

Kurama scoffed, "Didn't anyone tell you? It's Kyuubi."

The child pouted, "but kyuubi sounds like a title not a name."

Kurama stared at Naruto. No one ever asked him his name before. He was stunned, "Kurama, it's Kurama."

"It's nice to meet you Kurama ... ummm would be alright if I moved my mental connection in your cage? It's creepy out here."

Kurama sweat dropped as he saw a balloon version of his host float by. The balloon was the spitting image of Hiro, down to the purple eyes and red hair with a skunk like streak of blonde hair, except his head was enormous and had small versions of Minato, Kushina, Jiraiya and Tsunade revolving around him.