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Naruto panted in exhaustion as he continued running. He didn't know how much further he could go. No matter how fast he pushed his legs he couldn't seem to get any distance on them. As he turned a corner of an alley he ran into a wall scraping his arm on a jagged brick sticking out. Wincing in pain he took his dirt covered shirt and quickly tied his arm.
He wiped his forehead with the back of his hand leaving a dirt mark on his sweat soaked forehead. Refocusing on his situation he heard their shouts getting closer and closer. Naruto quickly ran out of the other end of the alley and towards a bridge that would lead out into the forest everyone feared to go near.
He reached the bridge only to trip over a large rock. Tumbling to the ground he realized his ankle hurt. Standing up he tried to continue running only to collapse in pain when he put pressure on his foot. Looking around frantically, Naruto tried to find somewhere to escape.
He limped over to the edge of the bridge wondering if the water was deep enough to save him from a high drop.It was too late, the ones he had been running from finally caught up. A mixture of civilians and ninja surrounded Naruto in a half circle on the bridge. Naruto glanced frantically around looking for an escape other than the one behind him.
"We've got you now, Demon" Some unnamed civilian said viciously.
"Kill him!" Another shouted.
Slowly they started advancing toward Naruto gleefully. Naruto, seeing no other choice, flung himself off the bridge. Naruto closed his eyes waiting for the impact of water but when it didn't come he peeked open one eye. Naruto screamed in fear when he realized he was floating midair wind seeming to be doing a mini tornado under him.
Quickly glancing downward he saw he was a foot away from hitting the water. The villagers were above him on the bridge staring down in rage.... but there was something weird going on. They seemed to be frozen... as if time had stopped.
"Kit." A deep voice seemed to echo everywhere but... nowhere at once.
"H-Hello?" Naruto asked in a hoarse voice.
"Kit, Will you accept my power?" The voice echoed around him.
"P-power? Who are you? What power?" Naruto rasped out wincing at his parched throat.
"I am Kyuubi, the nine tailed fox, but you can call me Kurama. I was sealed within you 11 years ago and have watched over you as you've grown. Before now I didn't even have the strength to communicate with you but I'm strong enough now and I want you to know you are not alone, and you never were.”
"Is that why the villagers hate me?" Naruto asked tearfully.
"Yes, they see you as the spawn of me, and while I did not birth you I do see you as my son."
"B-Birth me?... Are you female?"
The voice echoed everywhere in laughter. “No but I have the ability to get pregnant. I have not found my mate though so I've never had children. As I have been with you since your birth you have absorbed a lot of my chakra and thus there is a chance for you to not only have a mate but to also get pregnant."
"You've been here since I was born... Did you know who my parents were?"
"Yes Naruto, your mother was my previous container, Kushina Uzumaki. The Sandaime gave you her last name to protect you from assassins because of your birth father. The Yondaime Hokage Minato Namikaze."
"My parents... did they love me?"
"Very much so Naruto, I grew fond of your mother, that day confirmed my opinion of her. She fought for you until her dying breath. I was being controlled by someone claiming to be Madara Uchiha, but I Know that man's scent and that was not Madara. I think there is someone out there assuming his identity. I did my best to resist the control but by the time I broke free it was too late so I allowed the Yondaime to seal me away."
Naruto was speechless at everything that was revealed. He managed to sit cross legged on the wind. Now that he wasn’t in fear of his life, at least for the moment Naruto started focusing on the things around him again.
"What is this wind doing?" Naruto asked, he had never seen anyone else do this in his limited experience from within the village and he was excited to learn something new.
"You have an affinity for wind chakra so when you were in danger you unconsciously activated it to save you. I have a great feeling you will be a prodigy with wind once you start learning it."
"Alright and why is everyone frozen?"
"Ah I was wondering when you were going to ask about that. Each one of my hosts gain power from my chakra, your mother was able to create unbreakable chains to fight with. Which there is a chance you might still have the ability but that is unlikely because it would seem you are able to freeze time, although it is most likely for a limited amount of time. So you should probably make your escape home soon, I don’t want your power to stop working and put you in danger again.
Naruto smiled happily before asking "How do I get down?"
"Ah, just will it to happen. I assume it works like normal chakra but I haven’t seen this power before so I can’t really say for sure.”
Naruto nodded and started to concentrate and soon he started drifting towards the bank of the river. "Do you think I would be able to will it to take me home so I don't have to walk? I’ve been running for the past four hours and twisted my ankle at the end there. I don’t think I sprained it but right now it hurts to walk on.”
"You can but be careful of prying eyes. We don’t know who you can trust with your secret currently but for the time being your time power seems to be working. I have some theories of what you could possibly do with it at a later date, I don’t think you could freeze time often but if you train it up you could probably manage to make it last longer."
Naruto nodded tiredly and willed it to take him home. He floated through alleyways and above houses when it was needed. The odd thing to see was everyone frozen midstep all around him as he glided by. Some were pulling down laundry and others were cooking.
“Kurama what power were you talking about?”
“You have the ability to change the way the seal is holding me. Currently it allows about less than a quarter of my chakra to flow to you and be used. I am a master at seals and will teach you everything I know. In doing so I will also teach you how to change the seal to your advantage. All I ask is that you create a clone and allow me to walk around somewhat free for a little while. So that means I will also teach you the Kage Bunshin technique. This technique will allow you to gather information through the clone. Once dispersed you gain all the information that the clone learned and with your large chakra reserves you can have dozens if not hundreds of clones although I wouldn’t recommend that because the influx of information could give you a migraine.”
“Why are you helping me?”
“Naruto, I told you earlier I have watched you grow up, I see you as my kit.”
“Oh…”
“I don’t expect you to answer my offer tonight. You have gained a ton of information and you are most likely in some form of shock. You need to sleep.”
Finally Naruto’s apartment was in sight. He willed the wind to open his window. Inside the moonlight was shining on the clutter of Naruto’s house. Naruto sighed he really needed to clean. The wind gently set him on his bed, he had his wind bring him his night clothes. Once he had his clothes in hand the wind dispersed.
“Kurama I can sense the wind all around me now it feels comforting.”
“That's interesting. I can't recall anyone else ever being like that before. You could probably sense enemy ninja nearby and any other inconsistencies, I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually you could use the wind to sense everything in your vicinity.”
Naruto finished changing his clothes into his night clothes and curled up under his blanket falling asleep instantly.