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Naruto looked down at a head of blue hair in bewilderment, 'Who is this? She seems familiar, but from where?' Naruto thought as blurred images floated through his mind, 'She was a friend, my friend. Her name is,' he watched as she lifted her head to look at him with teary eyes, a memory floated into his head, '"You're always crying, a cute girl like you shouldn't cry like this ...," ' his head began to hurt as her name once again escaped his memory. His eyes snapped to the side as multiple people his age surrounded him and the girl. Baring his teeth he scooped up the girl who let out a small squeak and began running.

"Naruto got faster, what the hell is going on?" A dark haired girl said as they began pursuit.

Naruto ran through the gate and began jumping from tree to tree fluidly.

"Shino, what do you think we should do?" Ino asked asked the sunglasses wearing teen.

"Right now we have no one who can actually keep up with Naruto's improved speed, and only two people can come close to matching his stamina. However those two are in the hospital." Shino said as he turned to Tenten, "Do you have any weight seals?"

"Yeah, I have three left, why?" Tenten asked.

"I want you to put one on both of his ankles." Shino said

"Wait how much weight do you want?" Tenten asked as she pulled them out

"As much as possible, Ino do you think you can use your family's Ninjutsu on him?"

"I doubt it, he's moving too much." Ino said as she tried to pull a Kunai from behind her apron, "but I can distract him!" Ino said as she threw it.

Naruto did a flip and landed on a branch as he pulled a Kunai from the blushing Hinata's pouch. Turning slightly he threw the Kunai over his shoulder, the two Kunai collided and went in different directions. Naruto jumped off his branch towards his pursuers. Moving Hinata to his shoulder he reared his fist as he flew towards the teens chasing him, Tenten flipped over Shino and threw her seals at Naruto making them attach to his ankles. 'These are Gai-sensei's personal weight seals, I doubt he'll stay airborne with these on.'

Naruto began his descent and crashed head first into a tree branch, the collision caused Hinata to slip from his grasp and slide down his back. Hinata turned in mid air as Ino grabbed her. Ino stumbled under her surprisingly heavy friend and crashed into the earth.

"Come on let's get him back to Konoha." Tenten said as she removed the seals from Naruto. "Sorry buddy, I'll treat you to Ramen or something for the headache." Tenten draped Naruto's arm over her shoulder.

"That sounds very appealing for some reason." Naruto said in a daze as he looked at his pursuers, 'She called me a buddy, like a friend?' Naruto thought as he drifted into unconsciousness.

-Hokage Tower-

Tsunade studied the unconscious teen in front of her as she moved her glowing hand above him, "Don't worry he doesn't have a concussion or any brain damage." 'Not that there was much to damage'. Tenten sighed as she continued to restrain Ino. "I think he just has a moderate case of fatigue"

"How can I say this, Hokage-sama, I uh... well, it seems that Naruto's body has grown stronger, faster and, well, just improved." Tenten said as she finally subdued Ino.

"I noticed that as well, his muscle structure has changed and his bones have thickened to accommodate a change in strength, especially in his arms and legs. Biggest change though is the larger Keirakukei." Tsunade said.

"He was already a Chakra powerhouse, how much of a change are we talking about here?" Ino asked from her chair.

"Hard to say, I'd put it around a 50% increase as a rough estimate." Tsunade said as she rubbed her head, "Normally I'd put him in the hospital for observation, but we all know how that will end, I need someone to watch him until I can figure out his living arrangements."

"I think that if we need a watchful eye, no one would be better than the Hyuga." Shino said as he looked at Naruto.

"Wait, what, N-naruto-kun staying with m-me?" Hinata asked as pink rapidly spread across her face.

"I would have to agree with Shino, the Hyuga are the best equipped to watch him for a while." Tsunade said as Naruto took a sharp breath and sat up. He looked around and began swinging his arms around, "Naruto, Naruto! It's me, Tsunade." Tsunade said as Naruto stopped trashing her office. "Don't you remember me?"

"No, I don't recall anything from before I woke up. I didn't even remember my own name at first, no matter how hard I try I can't willingly bring about my own memories." Naruto said as he took deep breathes. "Earlier a man with red hair confronted me, without thinking about it I knew he had a daughter. Then when he attacked me I absorbed him, and I learned everything he knew, everything he loved and everything he hated. He hated Shinobi because of his failing to enter the Academy, he hated the Hyuga family because of their heritage but he admired the Uchiha for theirs. I know that he thought that she," He turned to Hinata, "is one of the 'white-eyed Hyuga whores' and her family should've been massacred instead of the Uchiha." Naruto said as Hinata's head lowered, "However this knowledge, for some reason, pains me to know!" Naruto punched the wall next to him, "Despite my missing memory I know she is one of the nicest people I ever met. This makes me feel even worse that I forgot her name." Naruto said as he looked surprised, 'What did I just say?'

"You said you absorbed his memory and it helped fill in a few blanks?" Tsunade asked as Naruto looked at her.

"Yeah, what about it? Are you saying there's someone I should go absorb?" Naruto asked as he looked up at her.

"Before that however, Shizune bring the crystal here!" Tsunade said as her apprentice placed the jewelery box on her desk, "I believe this was your most prized possession, the Shodai Hokage's necklace." Tsunade said triumphantly as she removed the necklace. "This is something that should remind you of your goal in life."

"My goal?" Naruto said as he grabbed the necklace and held it between his fingers. "My most prized possession, no it isn't, I can see a picture of one of my closest friends and myself under a Sakura Tree in full bloom as the noon sun beats down on us. Under the sun, Hinata," Naruto said as he turned to Hinata who had begun to tear up. "and I was going to surpass something." Naruto placed the necklace in front of Hinata, "I recognize you now, when I woke up I saw your face, until I remember everything watch over this necklace."

"H-hai, I will Naruto-kun, and I guess you'll be s-staying with me for a while so I can always make you a copy of that picture." Hinata said as she tied the necklace around her neck.