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Bonds Through Tears

Chapter 2

His life is a secret

Disclaimer-I do not own Naruto or any other things that may be used or referenced

Naruto

Once Tenten was gone there was an awkward silence between the two. Sure they conversed well earlier, but Naruto decided that she already knew enough about him for now. He still didn't trust her entirely, even if she was a Jinchuriki like himself. She had his trust to an extent, even if they've only introduced each other a few hours ago. Though he didn't mind the silence, he could see the small twitches in her shoulder that she felt uncomfortable if only slightly.

With a soft sigh, Naruto inhaled deeply ready to make some kind of conversation to ease her only to stiffen slightly. He would always thank Kurama for his enhanced sense the beast gave him. He would always turn around and say all Jinchuriki gained this bonus regardless of their relationship. The giant fuzz ball really didn't like praise for anything and would get flustered easily. It was amusing to watch him accept a compliment. Regardless of the circumstances of his senses he would thank him as he stopped walking at the corner of the street. "Ichiraku's is down the street that way, why don't you head over there and grab a bite to eat on me, I don't feel like cooking today." Fu stared at him confused for a moment. "What about Kyu?"

"I'll go grab him and meet you at over their" Naruto said. The mint haired girl just stared at him for a moment still confused, but decided to go ahead and head towards the restaurant he mentioned. It was a free meal and she too didn't feel like cooking today. With a nod of her head she started to walk down the road and not bothering to look down the corner they stopped at.

Naruto waited till she was out of sight before letting out a sigh. Poking his head around the corner he spotted four men. He could easily smell the alcohol reeking off of them. It seemed like they were staking out his apartment waiting for him to arrive. Shaking his head he stood their weighing his options. Waiting them out would take too long. Going over the building and sneaking into his apartment was the easiest, but wall walking wasn't something an academy should know.

In the end his best bet was to use the Henge Jutsu. No one was around to see him use it, and he hoped that the four drunks where too drunk to notice him walk into the "Demon's" apartment. Putting his hands together his appearance quickly changed. He stood taller with brown slicked back hair and simple clothing. Looking down at himself happy with his appearance Naruto started walking around the corner.

Walking at an average pace passing by the drunks Naruto almost winced when one of them turned to look at him. Naruto continued to walk passed them, and hoped the man would turn back to his buddies. His eye's stayed on him a few more seconds before looking back ahead taking a swig of his sake. Taking this opportunity he quickly walked up the stairs and into the apartment ignoring all the writing he found on the door.

Closing the door he let out a sigh. It was clear the man was a former Shinobi. His eyes were critical and stared at him intently looking for something. No civilian he's seen had eye's like that. He could still feel his eyes staring at his back. Dropping the henge the blond looked about his small home.

There wasn't much he possessed, and the things he did he kept them on himself for the most part. He did his best to keep the place clean, but the civilians kept on breaking in damaging everything and anything they could, hence why he keeps everything that's close to him on him. Like the Sketch book Itachi had given him or the old acoustic guitar the old man had gotten him. There were a few other items but most of them were small things like his mother's necklace which had the Uzumaki symbol on it.

Nothing was broken, yet. The Kyuubi festival was in three days, and it was a three day event. There was no school for the rest of the week because of this. Hopefully he would make it though the week. Not like it mattered though, he would be found no matter what he did. At this point he's been at it for ten years running and hiding, and every year on his birthday he was found and beaten to death. He would be dead if it wasn't for fuzzy and his family bloodline he would be dead.

Before he could fall into bad memories a red blur moved quickly and wrapped around his neck. Naruto blinked before looking down and staring at a red fox. He let a small smile grace his lips. Lifting his arm up he scratched under the small fox's chin. "Hey buddy, it's that time of the year again". The fox let out a whine. "I know so do I". Naruto smile became a frown as he continued to scratch the fox. "Tenten won't be taking care of you this week cause of your mess from last time, but I found someone else". Kyu stared up at him his head turned sideways looking up at him with curious eyes.

"I met this girl, her name's Fu. She's nice and seems trust worthy to an extent, She'll take care of you and I want you to keep an eye on her. Who know she might become part of the family like Tenten". Kyu nodded his head accepting his master's mission. He hated not being around him, they only had each other left, and while their family grew by one when his master accepted Tenten they were still the only ones left of his original family.

"Come on let's not keep a lady waiting, else we be like a certain pervert". Kyu yipped in agreement as Naruto moved to the back of his apartment and jumped out the window.

FU

Fu walked down the streets semi aware of her surroundings. She knew where Ichiraku's was located and let her body move accordingly as she began to speak with her own tenet. The seven-tailed Nanabi or to her Chomei. Their topic, Naruto. 'I don't know, I'm positive this is the first time I've meet him before' Fu said. Chomei had been arguing with her host ever since the left Naruto that the boy was familiar to her. Which was nigh impossible because unless he was from Taki and he was one of her many tormentors, then there was no way that either of them recognize him. "I just have this distinct feeling that we've meet him before".

'Maybe you have, their maybe something about him that reminds you of someone else that you've meet, possibly the Yondaime Hokage. He does awfully look a lot like him. Just toss a coat on him and remove the whisker marks and people would think he was his twin'. The giant beetle began to ponder this for herself. It could be possible that she was mistaking the boy's presence for that of the older dead blond. "It possible, He was the one who made sure your mother's seal was acting accordingly. Although he didn't create the original seal he did fix it since it was literally falling apart. He would visit often with his wife and it was his master, Jiraiya, who sealed me into you". Fu was a little surprised at this information. The Yondaime knew her mother. It was too bad he too was gone. She would have loved to know more about her. No one back in Taki wanted to give away any information about her to her.

"Well enough about that, what do you think about the boy" Chomei said with a teasing voice. Fu blushed at her words as she remembered her own when she first laid eyes on him. 'I can't make one comment in privacy without you teasing me about it' Fu said whining to her tenet. "Oh, come now child it's quiet alright, besides the boy is what was it you said". 'That's it I'm cutting the connection' Fu said blushing as well as cutting off her mental connection mentally aware of the laughing beast inside her.

She puffed and pouted for a moment complaining about her tenet before noticing the ramen stand in front of her. She blushed once again when a loud growling noise erupted from her stomach. 'Well I might as well go in and eat. He did say he was paying.'

Moving the curtain Fu walked in taking a seat at the counter. A girl that was maybe a few years older with brown hair came up towards her. "Hello miss what will you be having today" She said. Fu smiled in returned before speaking "four bowls of miso ramen please" The girl nodded her head and was gone leaving Fu to her thoughts.

Not a moment later her four bowls came out which surprised Fu. "Wow that was quick". The girl smiled at her "I just finished a batch before you came in, so it's still a little hot". Nodding her head and offering her thanks she began eating and waiting for Naruto. It wasn't until her last bowl that the girl asked her a question. "Do you mind if I ask why you're out this late eating ramen".

"I'm just waiting for a friend" Fu answered, not sure if they were indeed friends or just acquaintances. Tenten sure wanted the two of them to be friends. "Might I ask who, not many people come by around this hour" She asked. She too was waiting for a certain blond to show up, and wondered if she was waiting for him as well. "Naruto".

Fu stared at the girl who smiled brightly at her. "Well any friend of Naruto is a friend of to me. My name's Ayame and I guess you can say that I'm his big sister". Fu nodded her head filing away this new information in her head. "So do think you can tell me anything about him, I'm just curious is all" She asked.

Ayame thought about her request for a moment. Naruto didn't like people knowing about his past without his consent. There was very little she could say anyways as is. He wasn't always around and when he was he said very little. She knew he didn't want her to get hurt because she was around him, same thing with Tenten. In fact, she remembered Tenten walking in her hoping to gain a little more knowledge on him. She did in fact know a few more things than most people about him, but those things were for her ear's and a select few to hear.

"Well, there's not much really I can say, he's an orphan and has had a rough childhood. A lot of the villagers hate him so if he ever declines any offer to hang out don't take it personal. He just doesn't want to see anyone he cares about get hurt. These idiot villager's have changed him a lot. I remember taking care of him when he was younger. Such a bundle of joy laugh and smiling at anything. His smile could lighten anyone's mood." She paused for a moment a sad smile now adorned her face. "He may seem cold, but he's anything but. He only is so that no else has to get hurt".

"They way you speak of him almost makes you sound like his mother" Fu said jokingly, though on the inside she felt sad for her new friend having to go through a village hating him. She remembered her earlier days in Taki. They made her shiver and glade she was away from them. "I guess you can say I am. sometimes I wish I was, but I know Naruto would never want me to. He wouldn't want me to get hurt by some of the villagers."

'They must really hate him. I wonder what he did for them to hate him that much' Fu thought. "May I ask why villager's hate". Ayame just shook her head "I'm sorry, but that's up to him. Just know that the villager's hate is stupid and what they are doing to him should be considered treason" she said angry with the people. There were so many times that she wanted to go out there and kill every single one of them for their stupidity.

Fu just sat back and soaked all this information in. She felt really bad for him now, she imagined this was what would have happened to her had she stayed in Taki.

"I'm touched that you say that, but we both know what the villager's would do if any one of them caught a word you said" Naruto said startling the two. He had been outside the curtain the entire conversation Ayame and Fu had. He had taken to going across the roof tops since it was already dark out. He understood Ayame's feelings towards him. It was true though that he wouldn't want her to become his mother simply because if she did, the villager's would go after her and her father. Even if he was strong enough to protect her who's to say that they wouldn't try anything on her when he steps outside the village for missions.

He didn't mind that Ayame spoke about him. She knew who to trust with information the stuff she left out was up to him to tell. "It's best she knows more about you anyways. Beside's if-". 'Kurama I will chain you up like mother did if you continue that sentence'. In response to the threat the fox gladly shut up as memories of being stabbed into a large rock entered his mind.

Naruto walked into the stand moving the curtain. "Ayame" He said with a warm smile. Though it wasn't like his old smile it was still wonderful to see him smile like that. She smiled back and quickly went to grab the bowls that she had made for him. Naruto himself sat down besides Fu.

"So know that you know that the village hate's me are you planning on sticking around me cause doing so may mean that other's will hate you. Just know that if you do plan on sticking around I will protect you with everything I have. Nobody else is going to die because of me". Fu just stared at him surprised. She wanted to stay around him. He sounded like a caring person from Ayame and she wanted to be friends with him, yet she feared the villager's scorn. She suffered a lot of that when she was in her own village and was barely able to get through it herself. She thought about it for a moment before coming to a decision the moment Ayame returned with a few bowls.

"Well as long as you've got my back then I've got yours" Fu said smiling at him. Naruto smiled back at him and it was there that Fu felt it. It was warm and comforting she almost didn't want it to go away, but it did when Naruto turned to begin eating. "Well then it's nice to meet you Fu". Ayame stared at the two happily especially when he smiled. It has been years since he last had such a smile and hoped that maybe this girl could bring a little of the old Naruto back.