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Those…were some very good reasons.
"Wh-what about my parents?" Naruto asked, hoping to find something about them.
"…they both fell to the attacks of the Kyūbi." Sarutobi said gently. "But I know that they believed in you just as much as the Yondaime did, Naruto-kun. Just as much as I believe in you."
"Jiji…!" Naruto fought back the tears. "I-Is this why everyone's so mean to me? Because of the fox?"
The old Hokage slumped tiredly back into his seat. "The Yondaime's last wish was that you would be known as a hero, Naruto-kun. That by having the fox sealed within you, you were acting as the shield of this village day by day. Unfortunately…the Yondaime believed in the villagers. Too much so, I am sad to say. All of the deaths, all of the destruction…you were seized upon as a scapegoat, Naruto-kun. Some believed you to be merely the reincarnation of the fox itself." He scoffed. "Idiocy. Others thought it had possessed you, which is equally ridiculous."
"Eh? Why?"
"When constructing a seal to contain a Bijū within a human, one of the first things done if you aren't stupid is to create a barrier between the souls and minds of the Bijū and Jinchūriki, to prevent any kind of contamination or possession from happening." The Sandaime explained. "Jiraiya of the Sannin and I have checked your seal very, very thoroughly and not only is it locked tight, the mental safeguards are well beyond what you would expect for even a Jinchūriki's seal. It would be more likely for you to spontaneously develop a Kekkei Genkai than for the fox to possess you."
This made Naruto sweatdrop for a moment as you could, if you tilted your head and squinted somewhat, call [The Gamer] a bloodline ability of sorts, although he had no clue if it was hereditary or not.
"Anyway, as the villagers…and other factors…were becoming ardent regarding you, I made an S-Class law, forbidding anyone from telling anyone about your status as the Kyūbi Jinchūriki who did not already know." Sarutobi sighed. "I had hoped that by doing so, you could grow up as normally as possible. Sadly, it seems that the villagers merely made their children inherit their dislike of you, and the adults harass you. For not knowing of this for all this time, I can only apologise profoundly, Naruto-kun."
With that, the Hokage bowed his head in remorse towards Naruto, who could only stare in wide-eyed shock.
"Jiji, you tried." Naruto said once he managed to recover his equilibrium. "It isn't your fault that the villagers violated Yondaime-sama's wishes. It's their fault. So please stop bowing; it's weird to see you do that!"
Chuckling at that, Sarutobi straightened up. "Thank you for your understanding. Still, I am sorry for what you have endured until now. It isn't warranted, nor is it fair. I give you my word that any further interference from the civilian villagers will be curtailed severely, if not outright suppressed."
The steely look of determination in the old shinobi's eyes made Naruto actually feel a little sorry for any civilian who was stupid enough to come at him.
"So…what does being the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi do for me?" Naruto asked after a moment.
"As it has been dwelling within you almost since you were born, your chakra coils are vastly larger than normal. I'd estimate that by now the chakra reserves you can access now are Low Jonin-level at the very least." Sarutobi said with a nod at the boy's question.
"Reserves I can access?" Naruto tilted his head to one side in confusion.
"Yes. Humans have a lot of chakra, even those without active coils." The Professor explained. "What we refer to as a person's 'chakra pool' is the amount of chakra, that is the combination of mental and physical energy, which someone can safely draw upon without causing harm to themselves. That is the reserves I was speaking of earlier. If you really push yourself, you can access more chakra, but it would be drawn from the mental and physical energy that sustains your body, which would cause you harm. Severe cases of this are referred to as 'Negative Chakra' and almost always result in the person in question retiring as an active shinobi.
"In your case however, you likely have so much chakra that you don't have to worry about that unless you were to use multiple S-Rank jutsu in quick succession. However, possessing too much chakra without the ability to manipulate it fully is just as dangerous. The sheer amount of chakra within your body could have…detrimental effects if you attempt to manipulate it all at once. So your mind and body instinctively places a limit on what you can and cannot use. With practice and work on your chakra control, that limit will slowly but surely rise until you can use all of the chakra that you have without any worries of burning yourself out."
"Wow…" That actually made sense. His Chakra Points represented the chakra he could safely access without burning himself out, and they rose because he had a greater control over chakra and ability to withstand the pressure of the chakra.
"Once you have some seasoning as a Genin, I'll have Jiraiya-kun come and have another look at your seal and perhaps teach you a method of harnessing the chakra of the Kyūbi." Sarutobi continued. "Aside from myself, Jiraiya-kun has the most knowledge about the seal holding the Kyūbi, and he has the additional advantage of being an Fūinjutsu Grandmaster, whereas I am a mere Intermediate Master."
"I'm gonna be trained by a Sannin?!" Naruto's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. Even he'd heard of the 'Great Three Ninja,' the Sandaime's own students.
"Should you pass the graduation exam, yes." The old man had to chuckle at the childlike awe that the boy showed at that revelation. "Now, just to give you advance warning, no one is permitted to inform others of your status of as the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi with three exceptions: me, as the one who wrote the law, the Sitting Hokage, which just so happens to be me at the moment…and the person whom the law is about…you, in other words, Naruto-kun. I will caution you to be careful who you tell, as it should not be bandied around carelessly. If other villages discovered your identity, they would attempt to kidnap you and extract the Kyūbi to use for their own ends, which would kill you."
The orphan gulped. "Understood, Jiji."
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