A/N: Hey Everyone! I had a new idea for a story that just wouldn't leave me alone so I decided to tidy it up and write it out. I hope you guys enjoy. For my Five Man Team Readers I haven't forgotten about it, I'm working on the next chapter at the moment.
Without further ado here's the story
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 1
Shouting. Anger. Pitch forks, running. His little feet pitter-pattered against the ground. His arms outstretched before him. Tears flowing from his eyes, creating clean streaks on his face. He searched frantically for somewhere to hide. People stood by their doors. They saw him running. They saw the people chasing him. And yet they held no sympathy for the boy. All that showed was apathy as they slammed theirs doors on him.
He looked to his right.
Bam!
He looked to his left.
Bam!
He looked straight ahead.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
He shut his eyes.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
He covered his ears and yet he could still hear them. He could still see them. They were slamming their doors on him. No one was going to help him. His world grew darker. Why was he even running, floated across his mind. No one was going to save him. He slowed to a stumble as he pondered more on that question. No one was coming to his aid so why was he running. Eventually he would be caught. Eventually they would do onto him all they want to.
So he stopped. He watched.
He watched as they beat on a little blond boy no older than five. His face was dirty, as were his clothes. They were torn and old. He was skinny, malnourished, and now bloody and bruised with cuts and breaks. He watched as they beat on the child with as much apathy as the other villagers did. He watched them beat on him and he didn't care. He didn't feel any pain and he no longer had the will to live.
White paper lilies and lilac danced around in the field as the wind blew. Two kids played in the field of flowers. Both were blond. Both had whisker marks. One had blue eyes while the other had red. They played ninjas chasing each other around. The blue eyed boy was the ANBU, chasing the other boy who was the missing nin. Laughter swam through both their eyes and ranged out happily through their mouths. They played together happily under the purple sky with candy clouds.
As quick as that image came it had disappeared on him. But it had done its job. He had seen it, he had felt it, and he now experienced the happiness of friendship. And now, now that he felt it he felt emptier inside. He wanted it again. He wanted to experience it again. And he wanted to keep experiencing it. He didn't…he didn't want to die!
That realization brought him back. No longer was he watching a young boy get beat, he was now the boy getting beaten. Every cut, every broken bone and bruised skin he could feel. The pain was unbearable. It had hurt so bad that he screamed. The people beating him stopped for a moment. That had been the first thing out of him since he broken away. It threw the villagers into a loop. He was the Kyuubi taking a thrashing like nothing and now he was a kid screaming bloody murder from the pain.
"Don't let it fool you the Kyuubi put up his kid mask." Someone in the mob shouted.
Everyone broke out of their stupor. They advance on the kid-Kyuubi again ready to attack. As the first guy was about to start the beating again a wave of dense red chakra rushed out of the boy pushing all the villagers away from him. The red chakra tended to the boy's wounds as it also kept the villagers away.
Blue eyes closed. Red eyes opened.
They stared down the villagers that had frozen in fear. A grin slowly formed on the young boy face. It looked off on his broken and bloody body. The villager took a step back as the boy rose slowly. The red chakra wrapped around the boy widely. Their view of him was obscured by the dense chakra. The boy stood tall and glared at all the villagers. He took a menacing step towards them. He stopped and closed his eyes. Blue eyes opened. The red chakra vanished leaving no sign that it was even there. Blue eyes looked around at the scared villager. In the blink of an eye he took off running away from them.
Because he suddenly now had the will to live.
Hokage Office
"Hokage-sama! Hokage-sama!"
The door to the office swung opened banging into the wall. The Hokage sat up straighter in his chair as a mix of chunin and jounin alike filled the office. It was a disorganized mess as everyone spoke at once .The Hokage held up his hand and cleared his voice to speak. He was ignored. It was getting louder as everyone tried to talk over one another.
Sarutobi flared his chakra, "Silence everyone!"
Nobody talked.
"Now you," he said pointing to a random chunin, "tell me what this is about."
The chunin stepped forward nervously. "S-S-Sir, there were c-c-complaints that t-t-the k-kyuubi has risen. A group of us, me included, went down to the black light district and there we found traced of the kyuubi's chakra and a group of civilians, some injured."
"This is bad. Something must have caused Naruto to release some of the Kyuubi's chakra," the old man thought.
"Have any of you found Naruto yet?"
"No that demon…" the woman paused at the killing intent that was being thrown at her, "I-I-I mean no we haven't found the boy yet."
"So they wait until I am out of the village to attack Naruto, this was planned."
Flashback: The Day Before
Knock, Knock, Knock
"Who is it?"
"Tomoki Haruno, Kazuku Shoko, and Haji Wazuki, sir."
Sarutobi internally groaned as the three members of the Merchant Bureau named their self. He felt dread as they waltz into his office before he said they could. A stunt three similar yet more aged council members would pull. However different the reasons are were irrelevant. As it stood, it was a sign of disrespect. He stayed seated with narrow eyes at his uninvited visitors.
"To what do I owe this unexpected visit to?" he asked as calmly as he could muster. Being Hokage for many years helped him greatly with that.
"This visit is owed to the loss of production in Green Village." Tomoki Haruno spoke.
Tomoki Haruno. She was a widow for five year and the Head-Head Honcho of the Merchant Bureau. She was the most outspoken in the council meeting, in civilian and non-civilian matters. She was also the most ruthless in the Merchant Bureau, as well as in every other aspect of her life besides her daughter. She spoils the girl rotten. Tomoki Haruno has long pink hair that spends most of its time in a tight bun, little green eyes that shows how heartless she is, and an around face that throws everything off. Her real nature could easily be hidden behind a pretty smile. Though, once she talks, everything is out in the open.
"Low production…that is not good. How low are we talking?"
"By-by-by forty-five percent sir," spoke Haji Wazuki.
Haji Wazuki was a short skinny man. He had short droopy brown hair and dark brown eyes. He was known for two things. His infamous stutter that appeared suddenly out of nowhere five years ago was one. The other one was his great math ability. That's what allowed him to be in the head Merchant group. He was single, the woman he loved dying in the Kyuubi attack. The fact that they weren't dating didn't matter. A loss of a loved one is always horrible. Many believe that his stutter appeared then. Five years was a long time to have that stutter, no one really remembers when it first appeared.
"That isn't very good," Sarutobi spoke slowly as he went over the numbers in his head.
"No. It isn't. That's why we got together and came up with a plan."
Kazuku Shoko, the planner of the group. His strength lies in raising allies' percentage and decreasing competition percentage. He was a quiet man, allowing Tomoki to take charge in talking. However, that does not mean he was any less persuasive than her, he just choose not to talk as much. He was a tall man with long black hair, dark blue eyes, and an angular face that made him appear cold.
"What great plan have you thought of Kazuku?" there was no form of sarcasm in his voice.
"We plan to have you make a visit down to Green Village. There you have a choice of using either Haruno-san speech or my speech."
He handed Sarutobi ten note cards. Five of those note cards were the speech that Tomoki written up. The other five were his. Sarutobi took the note cards and read through them. He decided to go with Kazuku speech as it stayed true to his grandfather image. Tomoki frowned at that. She believed that her speech was the best. It was more aggressive as only aggressiveness can efficiently make someone work and work well.
"I will be leaving soon. Inform the others of my departure."
"Will do." They spoke then turned and left the room.
Flashback ends
"Two of the three have cause to harm Naruto. I doubt Haji would actually go through with it however that doesn't change the fact that he's a suspect."
"Okay, I want you fourth to go check the west side, you fourth will check the north side, you fourth will check the south side, and the rest will check the east side."
They stayed huddled together as if debating whether or not they actually wanted to find the boy. Sarutobi sat silently seething with anger at how they were considering disobeying his order over reasons that couldn't be avoided. He stood, angered by their hesitation. His hand infused with chakra slammed on his wooden desk chipping it greatly. The noise from impact vibrated all throughout the room. They all jumped and turned to look at him.
"LEAVE NOW AND FIND THE BOY!" he shouted, infusing chakra into his voice.
They couldn't leave the room fast enough.
"Hokage-sama, do you really believe that Naruto is in the village?"
Sarutobi sagged in the shoulders, "No Dog-san I doubt with the Kyuubi that he is in the village. It is most likely that he has run away to the forest. That is why you, Cat-san, and I will search for him."
"Are you sure that is wise, for you to leave the village like this," Cat asked, "You just got back into the village. Shouldn't you inform the council about this?"
It was normal procedure to do as Cat just asked.
"Why I am the Hokage. I don't need to inform anybody of anything."
He threw his Hokage robe off of him reviling his shinobi attire. Dog and Cat looked on in wonder at The Hokage as he placed on a Monkey ANBU mask. They turned to face each other. Although their faces were hidden behind their own ANBU mask they could tell that the same expression was on their face. Gone was the Grandfather Hokage. In his place stood the professor, the person who became third Hokage the first time from skills and not the one that came into his second term out of necessity.
"Let us get moving. We don't want him getting too far from us."
Three large puffs of smoke appeared suddenly in the Hokage's office. At the same time, three ANBU masked shinobis disappeared.
Naruto – 30 minutes ago
Where can he go? Where can he hide? No one was chasing him but the fear was still there. He wanted to live. He wanted to stay alive all because of that dream he had. That dream of that field of flower and that boy who looked just like him. Maybe it was him. Maybe none of it would ever happen. Maybe he's staying alive for nothing. His running faltered at that.
Maybe staying alive was the wrong choice.
Trees stood tall in the green forest. A blond hair blue eyed boy followed his red eyed counterpart out of the village Eastern Gate. The blue eyed boy followed on in confusion. Where was he going? He asked himself. The red eyed boy looked back at him and smiled. He pointed into the green forest his smile getting bigger. He reached for the blue eyed boy hand and pulled him closer. He moved his lips closer to his blue eyed counterpart ear and whispered, "Home".
The image disappeared before Naruto eyes. No longer could he see the red eyed boy. The memory was still fresh in his mind though. Along with it was the memory of the promise, the promise of a home that the boy had whispered to him. A promise that not even The Old Man had fulfilled. A promise that kept him going, that kept him alive.
Naruto had no idea how he had gotten to the Eastern Gate. His wide blue eyes stared off into the Eastern Forest. The tall trees that seemed to go on for miles and the green grass that was nearly untouched. His home was in there. His safety was in there. Without a look back Naruto took off to where the red eyed boy had pointed to. A path seemed to open in his mind once he reached the forest.
Keep straight for three miles than make a left by a crooked tree.
He had no idea the distanced he traveled. The first sign of a crooked tree he made the left he was supposed to make.
In two more miles make a right.
As he ran he felt something tell him to turn. So he made his right.
There will be a wall of thick thorn bushes blocking the path.
He saw the bushes it was talking about.
On the bushes would be different color roses. On the bushes were the two rose colors are the same would be a clear thorn free hole to the other side. Passed the bushes and just keep straight to the meadow.
Naruto followed the instructions. Inside the meadow was a shack. The shack stood all by itself at the far end of the entrance. All over the place were wild flowers. On the left of the shack was a large pong. Naruto looked around at the serene place. He felt at peace the moment he stepped into the meadow.
He walked up to the shack. Something told him to. A sense of familiarity formed inside of him as he gazed upon the red shack. The shack stood tall, looming over him. It had one window in the front and none door. Naruto gulped as he stared at the place. Something was telling him to go inside. He didn't want to. The shack gave off an ominous feel to it along with its sense of familiarity. Yet his gut was telling him to go inside.
"Go inside," something whispered to him, the same something that had led him to the meadow, the same something that kept him alive, the same something that made it okay for him to go inside.
The shack was dim on the inside. The only light coming form that one window. Naruto walked inside more. The whisper was back.
Go over to the bookcase.
The bookcase stood on the far right wall from the door. He went over to it.
Pick up the big red book.
The big red book sat on the third shelf. It had a black spiral on the front, back, and the side. He did.
Go back outside.
He followed the instructions with the book in his hand.
"Open to the third page."
He did as the voice said.
On the third page were a lot of words, most of which he couldn't make out. The words he was able to make out made his eyes widen. For in front of him was a jutsu. Jutsus! The same thing that The Old Man use, the same thing that ninjas use.
"Kage…Kage Bushin no Jutsu," his little voice croaked out.
The name of the Jutsu surprised him. What was a Kage Bushin? Was his shadow going to come up off the ground? His little mind couldn't understand what it was. The words on the paper were to bug for him to read as well. Yet something told him that he had got the right one. This is what he was supposed to get. This is what he came for.
"Make the seal. Put chakra in it. Call out a single Shadow clone. To do that, just think of the number one as you call out the jutsu name. I will help guide you. Everything you ever dreamed of will come true soon," the voice whispered. It seemed to come from right beside his ear.
Naruto nodded his head and worked on learning the seals of the Kage Bushin no Jutsu.
Two Days Ago
"Hokage-sama, the Kumo ambassador is here to see you."
"Send him in Ai."
"Will do Hokage-sama."
There was static on the other side of the intercom before it went dead. Not that long after the intercom died, there was a knock on the door. The Kumo ambassador was a tall middle age man with short black hair and very dark brown eyes. He sat down in the chair closest to the Hokage's desk. He pulled out a scroll and unsealed his documents.
"Shall we start with the peace treaty," the ambassador smooth voice let out.
"Hai, I agree we should start with that first."
The ambassador nodded. "Now this is the treaty that the Raikage and the council members written up."
He handed the treaty over to Sarutobi. Sarutobi read through it. "You guys want an alliance made through marriage."
"Hai. We believe that it would offer more insurance that no future attacks would be made to our village or yours if a marriage alliance is formed."
Sarutobi read over the marriage alliance part again. "We the Kumo council and Kage believe that with one of your promising clan heiress married to one of our promising clan heir that the peace between our two village will stay and grow."
"Marriage alliances do not always work."
"As true as that statement is, we believe that if both of our villages really wanted peace that we would make it work, as you wouldn't want to harm the village of your own family."
"Be that as it may, I am not able to marry off any of my clan Shinobis. You will have to go through their Heads."
"Will it be okay if I visit some of your clan compound after this meeting?"
"Hai, it will be fine for you to do so. I must warn you, not many of our clans use marriage proposals."
The Kumo ambassador nodded. The next thing on the agenda was the trade agreement. After coming to a good agreement the Kumo ambassador left out the office.
"Cat-san, I want you to warn all the clans with female heirs that Kumo is looking for a marriage proposal. Warn the Hyuugas first."
The ANBU Cat drew his hands together. "Mokuton: Moku Bushin no Jutsu." Three wood clones appeared. They each disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Hyuuga Compound – Two Days Ago
"Hiashi-sama there is an ANBU requesting your presence."
"Send him in."
The ANBU stepped in the office. He stood ten inches away from the Hyuuga's head desk.
"Is the Hokage requesting me?"
"No Hyuuga-sama. Hokage-sama wants me to inform you that the Kumo ambassador is going to be coming to the clan compounds with female heirs and requesting for a marriage proposal."
Hiashi sat up even straighter in his chair, if that was even possible. "Why is the Kumo ambassador looking for a marriage proposal?"
"It is for the peace treaty. It seems as though they believe that a marriage proposal will help with the peace treaty."
"More like they are trying to attempt a line theft, they'll most likely come here first."
Knock…Knock…Knock…
"Hiashi-sama the Kumo ambassador wishes to see you."
"You weren't lying. They must have come here right from the Hokage's Tower."
"Yes. Kumo seem to think that they are cleaver and strong. The Hyuuga clan will be staying in Konoha."
The Cat ANBU nodded then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Hiashi relaxed a little in his seat. His eyes were fixated on the door. "Bring him in." Not that long after the Hyuuga guard entered the room with the Kumo ambassador. The guard bowed slightly to Hiashi then left the room.
"To what pleasure do I owe this visit to Ambassador-kun?"
"Well as you know I came here for the peace treaty. In that treaty was a marriage proposal, a heiress from a promising clan from Konoha and a heir from a promising clan from Kumo."
"While that is a good ideal, I must decline. See, we in the Hyuuga clan do not marry our children off at a young age."
The Kumo nin face stayed stoic. "That is fine. Maybe another clan will go through with it. If not we'll just have to go over the peace treaty again."
1 Day Ago
The Hokage and the Kumo nin went over the peace treat again. They reached an agreement without having a marriage proposal.
The Hokage signed the peace treaty.
The Kumo nin went back to his hotel room.
The Hokage was told about the loss of production in Green Village. He leaves to go increase the work percentage.
Hyuuga Hinata went missing.
Danzou turned three Hyuugas away that were coming for help as the Hokage wasn't there.
The Hyuugas decided to look for her themselves.
Hinata Hyuuga – An Hour Ago
She was tired and hungry. She was dirty and alone. She was scared. Dried blood was caked on her skin. It wasn't her blood. She was at the wrong place at the wrong time thanks to her Kumo kidnapper. He had snuck into her room at the dead of the night. She screamed but no one came. She tried to fight him off but he was too strong and she was too weak.
Just like everyone said she was.
The Kumo nin had taken her. He bound her hands together with handcuffs that had spikes on the inside. They were designed to discourage escaping he had told her. He had then placed the same style of cuffs on her ankles. And then he put her to sleep. She had no idea of what time it was or the date.
When she had woken it was to a bandit raid. Well the end of a bandit raid. The last one standing had come up to her. Her back was against a tree. She was trapped as he stalked closer to her. He was going to kidnap he was from her kidnapper. There was a grin on his face as he licked his lips. His eyes never left her face. Her heart started pounding harder and faster as the man stalked towards her.
He stood in front of her. That same perverted grin on his face. The same lust filled look in his eyes. Her heart almost stopped beating. He was bending down to touch her. When a wild animal is trapped in a corner there are two choices to make. Hinata chose to lash out. She kicked out when he was within reach. Her feet connected with his chest and a bust of dark lavender chakra exploded from them. The bandit threw up blood, which landed on her, before falling over. She had stood to her feet as fast as she could and looked around.
She realized she was alone. Her Kumo kidnapper had abandoned her. Or he died. She didn't care because she knew. She knew that she was free. That she could leave and go back to Konoha. She could go back to the Hyuuga compound.
Because, no matter how bad the Hyuuga clan was to her she knew. She knew that Kumo would treat her worse. So before her Kumo kidnapper came back, or someone else, she took off south to where she thought Konoha was.
Hours. It felt like she had been running for hours. Her original plan was to keep straight. However, that plan was quickly thrown out the window. The roads were too busy. And anyone could be a nin in disguised or a bandit. And she was a Hyuuga. She was an unmarked Hyuuga at that. She would fetch for a nice price, or a nice slave, or a nice baby maker. She knew this cause she was told this. The pain would hurt badly. She knew that because a councilmember had showed her.
He had demonstrated on her.
So she ran through the forest in the direction she thought Konoha was in. She turned her Byakugan on periodically to make sure no one was following her. She was passing a row of rose bushes when she activated her Byakugan. She paused. Something had caught her eye. It was a boy, no older than her. He had on an orange jumpsuit bottoms and a white shirt with the Konoha symbol on it. He had blue eyes, blond hair, and whisker marks.
"It's that boy from the village. The one they told me to stay away from."
She bit her lip. He probably knew where the village was. He could take her back home. At the moment he was her only beacon of hope. So she ignored all the talks they gave her about him. With her Byakugan still activated, Hinata found a thorn free hole in the bushes. She came out on the other side behind the shack.
Hinata let out a silent breath as she felt the strain the Byakugan was doing to her. She kept it activated though, as she moved closer to the blond. She opened her mouth to speak when…
"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"
The voice sounded demonic. Hinata stared on in wonder as blue and red chakra burst from the boy's chakra core. It surrounded him, twisting and turning around each other as it grew bigger and bigger. Hinata eyes widen and her mouth opened. The chakras looked as though they were dancing. It was beautiful.
The two chakras turned to face each other. The rushed each other exploding into a bright light. With her Byakugan activated Hinata couldn't look away. She was blinded by the light. Heat surrounded her. It was getting hotter and hotter as the two chakras got closer to her. She screamed as it touched her, burning her skin. She swatted out frantically with her hands. The chakras snaked around her legs and wormed its way up the rest of her body. Her eyes burned as it entered them. She screamed again. The chakras entered her mouth choking her. Her screams were muffled as the chakras continued to push its way down her throat. It was like lava was oozing down her throat and into her stomach.
Pain. It was worse than a Jyuuken strike to her chakra points.
Cold hands touched her heated skin. They caressed her face and traced over her eyes, closing them. Everywhere the hands touched her, her skin turned cold. Soon her whole body was cold. She opened her eyes again, squinting from the bright light. Two blond head boys were leaning over her. One had blue eyes and the other had red.
"Close your eyes Hyuuga-chan, you need to rest…what…you…accident…sleep now."
Her eyes felt heavy and everything went black.
Naruto – before using the Jutsu
'Now that you learned it mold your chakra as you go through the jutsu. You will feel something weird going through your chakra system…don't…worry…that's just me."
Naruto nodded his head to the invisible voice. He felt like he was ready. His hands went through the seal slowly and choppily. Finally he finished.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"
He felt something stir inside. It got hotter and hotter. Then it bust. He felt his chakra explode out of him along with something else. It scared him. His chakra jerked around in response. The other chakra wrapped around his soothing him. He felt at peace. His face relaxed, his body relaxed. He was almost asleep when a loud scream brought him out of his daze.
His eyes widen as he saw blue and red chakra attacking a girl no older than him. There was a drain on his chakra as it was pulled away from him and into her. He had to help her.
"Don't move yet."
A familiar voice told him. In front of him a boy materialized out of a puff of smoke. The boy had gravity defying spiky blond hair. His skin was sun kissed. There were three distinguishing lines on each side of the boy's face like whisker marks. It was like looking through a mirror. The only differences were the eyes. The boy in front of him had crimson eyes.
Naruto could see his chakra transfer from him to the boy in front of him. The chakra would then leave the boy and get transferred to the girl.
"Don't move! She's in pain we have to do something!" He shouted back.
"Stop talking," the boy snapped, "stay calm the more riled up you get the more our chakra will hurt her.
Naruto paused. His retort died in his throat. His eyes wondered over to the girl who was withering in pain.
"Now stay calm. You…I...WE can't do anything until the jutsu is complete."
"But you're here…"
"Yes I am. However, because I tweaked with the jutsu you need to wait."
"For how long…she needs help?"
The red eyed boy watched as the chakra from Naruto stopped flowing into him. He turned to see the last wisp of chakra flow into the girl. Her screams were back at full force now.
"Now…we can help her now."
Naruto was already over there before the boy could finish his sentence. He was kneeling down by the girl. The red eyed boy walked over a second later. Naurto look back and forth between the two of them.
"How can I help her?"
"You need to add a small amount of chakra to your hands and touch her."
Naruto looked up at him. "Just touch her?"
The boy nodded. "Touch her…everywhere."
Naruto blushed. "Everywhere?"
The boy nodded again. He grinned slowly. "Everywhere."
"But…but…but I can get cooties!"
His red eyed counterpart gave him a pointed look. "You are wasting time and prolonging her agony."
Naruto let out a startled gasps and got to work.
"You know you're going to have to strip her…right?"
The blush was back on the blue eyed boy's face. He mumbled out a quiet shut up before doing the mentioned action. The red eyed boy watched as the Hyuuga girl's eyes moved underneath her eye lid.
"She's not unconscious…is she dreaming?" her eye twitch. "No she's waking up."
Dark lavender eyes stared up at the two boys. Naruto stopped his caressing and stared into the dark pupil-less pools in front of him. He was enchanted by them.
"Close your eyes Hyuuga-chan," the red eyed blond spoke, "what happened to you was an accident. You need to rest so your body can adapt to the changes. Sleep now."
Dark lavender eyes disappeared from the two boy's sight.
"What do we do with her?" Naruto asked.
The other boy was already on the move. "Help me move her to the pond."
Naruto grabbed her legs while his shadow clone grabbed the hands. They carried her over to the pond.
"Now what?" Naruto asked.
"Now we sit her down in the pond. It will help her."
"Why did you have me touch her?"
"More of my chakra got into her than her chakra pools could take. As you touched her with your chakra, your chakra went into her balancing out my chakra."
"What are chakra pools?"
The red eyed boy paused. "Do you know what a pool is?"
Naruto nodded.
"Well everybody has chakra. Chakra pools or chakra capacity as other call it is how much chakra a person can hold."
Naruto stared on in confusion.
"A pool can have water added to it or taken away from it right?"
Naruto nodded.
"When you use chakra you take it away from your chakra pool. Do you follow?"
Another nod.
"Now when a person rest, or take a soldier pill, I'll explain what that is later, they get chakra back. Chakra is now added back into the chakra pool," he gave Naruto a pointed look.
"I follow," Naruto answered the look.
"Now pools come in different sizes. People are different from each other. Different people will have different sizes of chakra pools or a different chakra capacity."
Naruto nodded his head to show that he was still listening.
"The Hyuuga girl has a small chakra pool, which is understandable, at the same time there was little of her chakra left in her pools."
The red eyed boy looked down at the resting Hyuuga, "How did she get that other foreign chakra in her system…why does it feel familiar?"
"Why did I have to balance out your chakra?"
"My chakra is poisons to others."
Naruto stared at his Shadow Clone. He knew enough of that jutsu to know that what was in front of him was no regular Kage Bushin. "What are you?"
"In simple terms, I am you shadow…"
"What about non simple terms?" Naruto cut in.
The boy stared down at his blue eyed counterpart. He was staring up at him with bright blue eyes that were brimming with questions. The red eyed boy sighed and shook his head. There was no avoiding this and he knew that. Sooner or later it was going to come out.
"In non simple terms…I am your shadow cone."
Naruto face palmed the ground, hard. The red eyed boy chuckled.
"Have you ever heard of the Kyuubi no Kitsune or the Kyuubi no Yoko" He continued on a serious note.
"I heard of the Kyuubi no Kitsune but what's a Kyuubi no Yoko?"
The red eyed boy sat down and motioned for Naruto to do the same. "Kyuubi no Kitsune is the nine tailed fox. The Kyuubi no Yoko is the nine tailed demon. They are different names for the same being. Do you know what happened to the Kyuubi no Kitsune?"
Naruto nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah! The fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to kill the fox."
"Wrong! The fourth Hokage sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi no Kitsune within a baby. When did the Kyuubi attack?"
"October 10th."
"When is your birthday?"
"October 10th."
The red eyed boy stared at him. Naruto started to feel nervous. He didn't know why he felt nervous; he just knew that he did. The stare that his red eyed counterpart was giving him didn't help.
"Why do the villagers hate you?"
It hit him that moment. "They hate me because I was the baby. I have the Kyuubi sealed in me. Does that make me a demon as well?"
"N…No!" a weak voice shouted.
Both boys turned to the girl in the pond. Her eyes were twitching as she got read to open them. Her body was shaking as she tried to stand.
"Y…You are like a cup and the K…Kyuubi is the water. If you fill a cup with water is the cup now water? Is the water now a cup? No so you are not a demon."
"The girl is correct. You are not a yokai. However, I mean that in the sense that you weren't born and raised one and you haven't merged fully with one."
"Merge fully?" the Hyuuga girl spoke up.
Light lavender eyes gazed at the world. Both boys looked surprised at the color change of her eyes.
"She must have accepted my chakra quickly," the red eyed boy thought in wonder.
The girl rose out of the water and staggered over to Naruto. She threw her arms around him. Her body seemed to mould into him as she hugged him. It was quiet as both boys stared wide-eyed at the girl. Naruto stayed frozen in place. He had no idea what to do. No one had ever hugged him before. He looked up at his shadow clone. The red eyed boy gave a shrug. He never had anyone to hug him either.
"Arigato Hyuuga-chan," Naruto whispered to her.
"Hinata…my name is Hinata."
"Arigato then, Hinata-chan."
Hinata blushed. She was used to people calling her Hyuuga-chan. It was mainly old people in her family who would use it as a way to down her and her position. But no one beside her mother ever called her Hinata-chan. She was shocked. Surprised. Her hold on him tightened before she let him go. She turned to the red eyed boy and gave him a hug as well. The same way she hugged Naruto. It was his turn to be confused. She let him go and sat down with her back straight and her hands placed neatly on her lap.
"What do you mean by merge fully and why are you telling Naruto-kun this?"
"How much have you heard?" Naruto asked as his blush went away.
"All of it."
"It's simple," the red eyed boy stared, "I am the Kyuubi that is sealed within you."
Neither of them screamed. They didn't even bat an eye.
"I am the demon that attacked your village five years ago."
Still nothing.
"Why aren't you guys screaming in fear?"
"You kept me alive." They both stated.
"How did I keep you alive?" he asked Hinata.
"You kept Naruto-kun alive. You told Naruto-kun what to do to keep me alive." She gave Kyuubi a large smile.
"Kyuubi-san do you have a real name?" Naruto asked with wide eyed.
The Kyuubi stared at him. His red eyes glanced over to see that Hinata had the same expression on her face. Eyes wide opened, mouth slightly parted, they really wanted to know his name. They didn't fear him at all. They accepted him.
"Kurama…my name is Kurama."
"It's nice to meet you Kurama," they both said almost simultaneously.
Kurama smiled and opened his mouth only to snap it shut. His eyes narrowed. He held up a finger telling the other two to be silent. All of his focus went to his eyes. He closed his eyes and just listened. A minute went by and then another one. Naruto and Hinata looked on in confusion.
Kurama's eyes snapped opened.
"Someone's nearby."
End…to be continued.
