Never Giving Up

Later that day Lyria was exploring Konoha alone.

Naruto had important work to do but understood but hoped she could find somebody to play with but was nervous as she approached the Academy playground but saw somebody on a swing alone.

She noticed it was a girl her age with lavender eyes and brunette hair but saw sadness in the girl's eyes as she approached.

Kari was surprised to see another kid but saw that she didn't seem afraid or had hate in her eyes as she smiled at her.

"Hello....... I-I'm Lyria.

Why're you here on your own?

Where are your Mom and Dad?" she asked.

Kari stopped swinging at that but looked at Kari a little before dropping her eye contact to her feet but Lyria understood as she knew how hard it was to make friends.

"I'm Kari." the young Hyuga replied.

"That's a really pretty name." Lyria said.

She was about to say more but heard somebody call Kari's name.

Lyria watched as the young Hyuga ran to Hinata and left but was sad but decided to swing for a while but Iruka smiled seeing her while working on lesson plans in his class room but then he saw something appear.

It was a twelve tailed demon with sea green eye slits, wings on it's back and pale skinned.

It was Kamon the Twelve Tailed Demon of Brave Heart but smiled seeing Lyria but Naruto showed up.

For a while Kamon had been attacking Konoha but the Sixth Hokage knew only one way to stop Kamon as he performed the same jutsu his father Yondaime had done to seal the Nine Tailed Fox in him but sighed after the seal appeared on Lyria's head.

It was a snowflake.

But he wiped away a tear carrying Lyria's sleeping body back to his house.

He knew that her life had been changed but didn't know if it was for the better or worse.......

Lyria awoke later that evening but felt strange because she had no clue what had happened.

Naruto was very concerned and hoped that she would be okay but couldn't remember what had happened involving Kamon but had decided not to let her know until she was older but knew how hard growing up with a demon inside somebody felt.

He noticed he was hungry but left the house for a few moments.

He went to the ramen shop and got some ramen for him and Lyria but hoped she'd be okay as he sighed.

He saw Iruka look sadly as Naruto left carrying two bags of food because he'd seen what Naruto had done but knew the villagers had been talking about it and about Lyria but knew that life would be hard for the young heir of the Land of Spring but understood as he left.

Hinata noticed that Kari was very quiet as she was home.

The young girl was playing in her room while the older Hyuga was preparing dinner but knew how lonely Kari was about having a demon inside of her but more about what the other kids thought of her.

But she'd seen another girl talking to Kari eariler in the Academy play ground but wondered who it was but would ask Kari later.

She then realised that the dinner was ready as she called Kari for dinner softly.

She watched as the young girl entered.

She knew that Kari needed a friend but was curious about that girl she'd been talking to.

Naruto smiled as he and Lyria were sitting on the rooftop of his house eating ramen and watching the sun set.

He saw sadness in her eyes looking up at the setting sun but knew it was about Kamon being sealed inside her.

"Is what the grown ups say true?

That I'm a monster because Kamon was sealed inside me?" she asked him.

Naruto was shocked but understood.

"No you're not.

A lot of the villagers are just very worried about this because they think a demon can escape from the person it's been sealed in if the seal is broken but that's not true.

I know you're an nice kid.

Besides I know how you feel.

I have a demon in me too." the Hokage said to her.

Lyria was surprised by that but was curious.

"Really?

What kind?" she asked.

"Yes I do.

It's the Nine Tailed Fox but very dangerous.

It attacked Konoha many years ago but it was sealed inside me when I was a baby but things turned out okay.

I know things will be okay with you too Lyria." he answered as she understood.

They watched as the moon came out in the night sky but he knew that the girl missed her home and her mother but knew that things would be okay........