(A/N: this is the first of a series of songfic one-shots I'm planning on doing using songs from APC's album Mer de Noms. This is also my first time posting a fic here. So, let me know what you think. Also, I welcome flames, but please be intelligent with them. Tell me why it sucks, that way I can avoid making the same mistakes a second time. Thank you and enjoy.)

'Damnit Sasuke, why did it have to come to this? Why the hell did you betray us, betray me,' I thought as I limped along the path back to Konoha along with the rest of Shikamaru's team.

We had been successful in our mission to retrieve the traitor, but our success had not come without cost. We were all injured, and we knew the if we didn't get Choji, Neji, and that bastard traitor medical attention soon they would not make it through the night. I honestly would not have cared what happened to that fucking Uchiha bastard were it not for the promise I made with Sakura, that was the sole thing that kept me from killing him in the end. Neji and Choji were another story though, they had risked their lives willingly to keep the rest of us alive and able to complete our mission, and I hoped to god on high that we weren't too late already.

-That night, after arriving in Konoha-

"God it feels good to be in my own bed again," I thought as I sank into the mattress and tried to clear my mind of all that had happened during the mission in the hopes of getting some sleep.

Tsunade had cleared me to leave the hospital, after giving me a once over herself, and told me to take the next couple of days off. However, the option of sleep was taken away from me by the sound of knocking coming from my front door.

'Who the hell could that be,' I wondered, 'I mean, since when did anybody come to visit me?'

The knocking came again, a little louder this time, banishing any thoughts I might have had about ignoring it and letting whoever it was just go away. So, I reluctantly slipped out of my bed and headed towards the offending sound.

"Yeah," I said as I opened the door.

"Um...hi Naruto-kun," managed Hinata.

"Oh, hi Hinata, what's up" I replied in as friendly a tone as I could manage.

"I...um...I just wanted t-to s-s-see how you w-were..." she trailed off.

I was about to ask her what was wrong when she closed her eyes and muttered something that sounded like 'screw it'. Next thing I knew, she had more or less tackled me and was crying into my chest. To say I was shocked would have been a vast understatement, it was more like my brain had just up and left me. Also, it didn't help matters that I had practically no experience in calming or consoling anybody, let alone a sobbing girl. However, I found that instinct began to take over to make up for my lack of experience, resulting in me wrapping may arms around her in what I hoped was a comforting embrace.

We stayed like that for several minutes out on my front porch, until she finally calmed down a bit.

My reflection
Wraps and pulls me under
healing waters to be
Bathed in Breña

"I tell you what, let's go inside and we can talk about what brought this on," I said motioning to the open door.

"O...ok," she whispered in response.

Once we were settled on the couch in my den I turned to her and asked, "Ok Hinata, what's going on?"

"I..it's n..nothing Naruto-kun. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine."

"Hinata, I know I'm not the smartest guy around, but I am not stupid enough to think that you would show up at someone's door, practically tackle them, and then burst into tears for no reason. Now tell me, what's wrong. I'm not gonna laugh at you or anything, I promise."

"I...I...I..." she stammered with tears welling up around her eyes.

Seeing that she was about to burst into tears I moved forward to enfold her in another hug, seeing as how that seemed to help some last time. "Shh. Hey, it's ok take your time it'll be ok," I said as I gently rubbed her back trying to calm her down.

"I...I w-was worried about you," she mannaged between sobs.

Guides me
Safely in
Worlds I've never been to
Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña

"Hey, I'm allright, see," I said, "a little bruised up and worn out but I'll live."

"The whole time you were gone I-I just kept thinking..." she trailed off and closed her eyes, fighting back tears again. "I k-kept t-thinking that y-you might d-die, and I'd n-never get a chance to tell you how I feel about you."

So vulnerable
But it's alright

I sat there stunned, I mean this was not a situation that I ever thought I would find myself in. I mean, I was the Kyubi,or at least that's what the villagers saw me as, but then, she didn't know that.

"N-Naruto-kun, I...I like you, a lot. I have f-for a l-long timeI know you probably d-don't feel the s-same way, b-but I just wanted you to know that I'll always be there for you, no matter what."

I was floored, not only did she care about me, but she liked me. Why the hell didn't I notice her before? My thoughts about Sasuke's betrayal seemed to fall a way right then like water off a duck's back.

Heal me
Heal me
My dear Breña

"Hinata, you're right, I don't feel the same way about you..."

She looked crushed, like all her hopes just flew out the window. As she tried to bolt, I managed to grab her arm to stop her.

"Hang on, let me finish, please. Now like I saidI don't feel the same way about you right now, but I think that I could. I'm willing to try if you are." I said as I stood up, placed my hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.

Show me lonely and
Show me openings
To lead me closer to you
My dear Breña

Her expression changed almost instantly from that of someone who has had their hopes and dreams ripped out from under them to one on surprise and incredulity, then again to one of pure and utter joy. She stepped forward, wrapped her arms around me and began to cry with her head burried in my chest.

(Feeling so) vulnerable
But it's alright

"So what do you say," I whispered into her hair.

Opening to... heal...
Opening to... heal...
Heal.. Heal.. Heal...

She nodded in response, and whispered a yes so softly I almost thought I imagined it. I couldn't believe it. If I had been asked even a hour ago if there was anybody in the village that loved me as anything other than a friend or surrogate brother, I would have looked at them like they were crazy. Yet here I was with my arms wrapped around a girl I once thought of as being dark, quiet, and a little strange. Actually, I still thought of her as things, but now she was my dark, quiet, and weird girl. There was just one more thing left to do...she if she would stick around after telling her about Kyubi.

"Hey Hinata-chan, there's something else that we need to talk about."

"What is it Naruto-kun," she asked, looking up at me inquisitively.

"You might want to sit down for this," I responded. "Ok, how much do you know about Kyubi?"

"The demon fox that attacked the village thirteen years ago? Only what they told us at the academy, why?

"Because what they teach at the academy isn't quite what actually happened. The Yondiame didn't actually kill the demon. He wasn't strong enough to do that, so insteadhe made a deal with the death god and sealed the fox inside of a newborn baby...I was that baby. So, do you still want to be with me, even though I'm the Kyubi?"

"Naruto-kun," she said looking me straight in the eyes, "you are not the Kyubi. You said it your self, it is sealed inside of you. That makes you Kyubi's vessel, not the demon himself. Even if you were the ninetails, the Naruto-kun that I know isn't some blood thirsty demon, he is someone who is kind and loyal person who would never do anything to hurt those he cares about. So my answer is yes, I still want to be with you."

Couldn't help but cry some myself as I leaned forward to wrap my arms around her body once more. I kissed the side of her face then rested my forehead against hers, a smile spreading across both of our faces.With only a few words, she had managed to change one of the worst days of my life into one of the best.

Heal me

(A/n: well, that's it. Hope y'all liked enjoyed my little fic. I'd apreciate it if you would tell me what you think. Later.)