Naruto felt fear start to grow inside his stomach, sensing but not seeing the person before him. His whole body raged with a fever hotter than humanly possible. His breathing quickened, his ears picked up even the slightest sounds from the other end of the hall, he could smell the dried blood encasing Kakashi's fingers, taste his own blood in his mouth, feel every texture around him that just felt... wrong.

Kakashi reached forward at noticing Naturo's flushed face, checking for a temperature. "Naruto, you're in a hospital. I'm Kakashi, your guard." He relayed to Naruto, watching Naruto slowly calm his senses. "Why can't I see?" He questioned, sounding frantic.

Kakashi watched Naruto. "You were in an accident. If I am to be honest, it is my fault that you were hurt. I was not there to protect you. If you need anything... do not hesitate to reach out."

Naruto seemed caught off guard. Him? Having someone who was meant to protect him? "NARUTO. Stop showing your emotions on your face." Kurama growled, but it wasn't long before the boy succumbed to his fever and passed out.

After Naruto was discharged from the hospital, the Hokage had done exactly as promised. Naruto was set up in an abandoned yet fully functional aparment building with food for the month, clothes for school and lounging, some basic ninja gear and medial supplies, and a few ninja scrolls inscribed in Braille for reading. 

Now Naruto sat in his apartment, putting away the money the Hokage had given him for living on. He was going to save it since he was going to get monthly money from the Hokage from now on. Naruto found his way to his bed, sitting down as he closed his eyes. 'Kurama?'

"What do you want you stupid brat?"

"Can you teach me how to make a clone?"

"Hah! Is that all? Such as waste of my precious time. What do you have to offer me in return?"

"Well... what do you want?"

"Like you will give me what I ask." 

"Well... the way that I see it, you are apart of me. If we have to live like this for the rest of our lives, I do not see why we can not make the best of it."

"You stupid idiot, do you really think I will wait 18 years before I am freed from this prison? I will do everything in my power to undo this seal. Whatever it takes, even if it kills you."

".... is that what you want? For the seal to be undone?"

"oh, and why does that matter to you?"

"Is there any way that I can undo the seal without dying?"

Kurama growled. "Why would I tell you that? I do not think your puny life is of any importance to me."

"Maybe it isn't. And maybe, I wished myself dead at some point as well. But if you will help me get stronger, learn how to become the world's greatest ninja... I will free you from your prison."

"Intriguing... I doubt you even have that potential. But fine... I have no way of escaping as of this moment, the seal is too fresh. Now you wanted to make clones, eh? Close your eyes, come to me. I will show you have to first manage our chakra. After that, we can work on clones."

"Thank you, Kurama."

"You thoughtless fool, don't thank me."

(Here's an extra scene for those who scrolled to the bottom.)

Kakashi grabbed a katana from his closest, where he kept his Anbu supplies. He was currently on a mission to murder- I mean talk to the orphanage head.... no, I actually mean murder. From what he gathered, the lady had purposefully kicked Naruto out of the orphanage on the day of the 'fox hunt, as people call it. He jumped on the windowsill silently, opening the window as he crept in. Even as it was, the orphans were all no better off than Naruto had been. They all were sorta beaten, starving, and worked to the bone. This set off a silent rage in Kakashi. He captured the lady and took her to the interrogation room.

Ibiki, the interrogator looked at Kakashi. "I'll get some information out of her before you kill her."

And with that, the lady died a peace- let's not lie. She died a horrible and slow death.

Afterward, Kakashi returned to Naruto, watching over the boy as Naruto slept... or so he thought.