"Come on gramps tell us a story." "yeah where bored, please mister?" a couple of kids where whining to an elderly man who just chuckled and sighed, "Fine, but after that you kids need to go cause I got a lot of work to do." All the children nodded and sat down in front of the man who took a smoke from his pipe and sat down in his chair.
"Dear, what story should I tell them?" he asked, "how about you tell them THAT story, and for the last time I told you to put that blasted pipe out when there are kids here, you're a bad influence."
The man just sighed, "Fine dear, because you ask so nicely." He said putting his pipe away.
" It was long ago, around the time your grandparents and I where kids, there was a child not like the rest."
"Some said he was a myth, Some said he was a ghost but they all feared him like a demon."
"There was a saying: if you want to get rid of the demon, all you got to do is feed 'im, so every night the people of the town put food out on their porch."
"They noticed that when you put out food other then ramen it would simply be left on your porch and if you put out vegetables there would be claw trails all over your door."
"I can understand that." Said a little boy earning some snickering from the others and a smile from the old man.
"As I was saying, the people soon noticed this so they only put out ramen."
"One night a figure ran across the rooftops, nine strange shadows following his every move."
"It was a starry night but one little girl couldn't sleep so she sat on the porch of her house, looking up at the stars."
" She silently sat there, the light from the stars reflecting in her eyes, making them shine like diamonds.
"Near her suddenly a thud was heard and then after a short while, a slurping sound, she went to find out what the source of the noise was, it was a small boy, though there was something different about him"
"He had a lot of tails sprouting from his bum and had ears on top of his head."
Some children giggled at the word "bum".
"She just stood there, afraid to move, the slurping sound stopped and a bowl was tossed aside, then the boy turned around."
"she looked into his eyes, and he into hers."
"Hi, wacha doin' out here so late?"
"normal kids should be in bed." He said.
"I couldn't sl-sleep so I went to look at the s-stars, it always comforts me" She replied a hint of fear in her voice.
"yeah the stars sure are pretty tonight," he said gazing up at the stars for a brief moment.
"By the way I'm Naruto, what's your name?" he asked her moving a little closer.
"I-I'm Hinata, Hyuuga Hinata." She said while observing him, he walked on his hands and feet, he looked friendly.
"Wow, that's a cool name, I wish my name was as cool as yours." He said with jealousy in his voice.
"No m-my name isn't cool at all." She said, starting to blush.
"Are you kidding me, your name means "in the sun" how cool can a name get, I am named after a FREAKING FISHCAKE!" he said clear annoyance seeping through his voice.
She giggled at the obvious anger the boy showed at his own name.
"You have a cute laugh, actually when I look at all of you, your cute altogether." This comment made her blush furiously.
"Uhm, we-well thank yo-you."she mjut barely managed to get out of her throat.
"Uhm, I wanted to ask, what are those?" she asked pointing at the things on his head.
"Well they're my ears of course, and these are my tails." He said pointing behind him.
"Uhm, its kinda embarrassing but could ya' count them for me, I wanna know how much I have but I can't count." He said a small blush on his face
She giggled and started to count. "you have nine tails, they look really fluffy."
"C-Can I touch one?" she hesitantly asked.
"Sure." He said grabbing one of his tails from behind him and offering it to her.
She petted it softly, just as she thought it was really soft.
A guard of the house walked by and saw the two standing there. "Hinata-sama what are y-"
He then spotted the tailed boy.
"GET AWAY FROM HER YOU DEMON!" He said hurling some shuriken at the boy, he just simply side stepped them and jumped up. "Seeya later Hinata-chan." After that he vanished into the night."
The nights after that he would visit that house again, and there the girl would be waiting, always with her eyes fixed on the rooftops, waiting for his return.
"That's so romantic" one of the girls said.
"You girls with your romance, I want action, is Naruto gonna fight that guard again?"
"you boys only think about fighting do you, can't you be more gentlemen like?"
"YOU KIDS! Do you want me to continue this story or not?"
Immediately all the children where quiet .
"As I was saying."
"she would always wait for his return, and her patience would always be answered."
"they would talk together, play together or just sit quietly enjoying each others presence."
"As days turned to weeks, she would teach him to write, walk on two legs, spell, count, and even do simple calculations.
" days past and they met every night as usual, but one night he did not come."
"she worried about him but did not gave up hope, she sat there the day after that, and after that, and after that."
"What happened to him?" a girl asked.
"if you keep yer little cake grinder shut I'll tell you." The old man said.
"she waited for him five nights, almost giving up hope on seeing her beloved friend again.
"on the sixth night it was an hour passed their meeting time and she stood up to go inside when she heard a thud she had missed for six nights."
"Naruto!" she yelled jumping at the boy's neck.
"URK!- hinata what's wrong?" he asked her.
Sobbing she said "You- you where gone for 5 nights, and I thought- I thought you didn't like me anymore."
"oh yeah, uhm, I should've told you."
"As you know the adults of the village see me as a demon, well, every month, the go on a five days during "demon hunt" that's why I wasn't able to meet you."
"Oh, that's awful!" she said
"I'm used to it, but I should've told you, sorry if I worried you." He said a little said.
"And would you now please let go of my neck I'm having a hard time breathing." he choked out
"Oh, sorry." she said releasing her grip and blushing at the thought of how close they were just a moment ago.
"uhm anyways, I'm kinda tired from this whole hunt thing so do you mind if we cut tonight short?" he asked.
"not at all, you go get some sleep, I'll see you tomorrow, good night Naruto-kun."
"G'night Hinata"
And so, they met every night and the weeks turned to months, and every month, Hinata would Sleep almost none for 5 nights long, worrying about her friend, and if he would live to play with her for another month."
And so even the months, turned to years.
-five years later-
"But it's true you guys, I really know him." A girl with lavender eyes said to her friends, trying to convince them.
"Sure Hinata, whatever you say." A blonde girl said.
"Yeah your story is just as believable as saying that Iruka-sensei is gay." A pink haired girl backed her up.
"I'm sorry Hinata the whole story is just a little unbelievable, the fox-boy is just a fairytale to scare little kids." A bun-haired girl said not mocking like the other two."
The pink haired girl hopped of the tree-swing she was sitting on and made a silly pose.
"Ooh look at me I'm the scary fox-boy I'm gonna eat your ramen, rawr." She said mocking the indigo haired girl.
a voice appeared from behind her. "first of, I do not speak like that, second, DON'T BASH THE RAMEN!, third, would you stop picking on Hinata-chan."
The pink haired girl turned around to see a boy with fox ears hanging from three tails upside-down to the tree branch the swing was attached to. "Boo." He said totally not scary.
"AAAAAAAH." all girls but one screamed like the little babies they where.
"guys, meet Naruto, Naruto meet Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura and Kounai Tenten."
"Yo." Was his simple reply while flashing a toothy upside-down grin.