Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.Chapter 3 : What Am I?

SNAP

Naruto awoke with a sudden jolt. 'Damn it, not that dream again.' He had been having the same nightmare for three days now and all of them ended with the snap.

With shaky hands,Naruto lifted himself up in the hospital bed. Naruto had actually been really injured in the fight, but he was too preoccupied to notice in that moment. Thankfully Yugao found him when she did,otherwise Naruto might have been in serious trouble. However, Naruto had healed well.He was scheduled to be released today and when he was,he was going straight for the Hokage's office.

Naruto needed to know who rather what he actually was. He still couldn't remember that incident completely. He remembered the puppy dying and then something inside of him had just cracked. He had lost all control over his body and when he regained his senses he was standing in the middle of 6 dead bodies,blood on his hands. Naruto shook his head. There was no use fussing over it now, he would hear it straight from the horse's mouth.

Looking around, Naruto saw the whole room was adorned with flowers,sweets and most of all get well cards. Naruto had no doubt that most of these came from people that loved his father not him. The ones that really cared had visited, like Hiruzen, Yugao, Kakashi to name a few. Naruto gave out a sigh, this place was just so damn stale...

# At night:

Naruto was finally discharged and once he was he didn't waste a single second. He made his way to the Hokage's office as fast as he could. When he entered he was only expecting to see Hiruzen. That's why he was a little flustered to see that along with Hiruzen the residents of the room consisted of Yugao,Kakashi and most surprising of all Jiraiya.

"Naruto, we have been expecting you," Hiruzen was the first one to speak.

"Huh? How did you know and why are there so many people here? And most of all why are you here ero-sennin?"

"Brat, I told you not to call me that, didn't I? And the reason I am here should be plenty apparent in a while," Jiraiya replied.

"I suppose, you have some questions?" Hiruzen asked again signalling Naruto to take a seat.

"Yah,grandpa. I have questions. But you have to promise me you will tell me the truth."

"Okay, Naruto. I promise that none of us shall tell a single lie today."

Naruto took a seat while Kakashi and Yugao were standing in the side with Jiraiya standing right behind the Hokage.

"Tell me, grandpa. Just what am I and how did I kill those rogue ninja? I shouldn't have been able to do so with my skills."

"Right at the point,huh!" Hiruzen sighed," All right then. I will tell you who you are what really happened 8 years ago when the Kyyubi attacked."

And thus begin the painstaking story of the Kyuubi's attack and Minato's sacrifice.

Naruto was shell shocked. Never in his dreams could he have ever imagined this. It took a minute to actually take it in.

"So you're telling me, the Kyyubi isn't dead? That that it's actually sealed inside my stomach and my dad actually put it there!" Naruto was feeling anger. Well he was feeling a lot of things at the moment but anger took the foremost position.

"My my own dad used me like a sacrificial pawn," Naruto stood up. He couldn't take it anymore,"And you all knew this? Right from the start and you didn't even think to tell me?"

"Calm down, Naruto," Yugao's voice came out, " We all did what was best for you."

"You don't get to decide that and does everyone know? The whole village?"

"No, only the upper echelon know. We kept it a secret fearing that you would be seem as the Kyuubi's reincarnation," this time it was Kakashi who spoke out.

"Huh! You know what? Maybe I am. How else would I have killed those guys," with one final say Naruto stormed out of the office.

"Well, that could've gone better," Kakashi said.

Hiruzen let out a long sigh. He suspected this was going to happen. Naruto was still too young to understand. Yugao made a move to go after Naruto when Jiraiya stopped her.

"Let him be alone for some time."

"But ..."

"Don't worry. I will check on him after a little while." With Jiraiya's reassurance Yugao let it be.

"You all can go now," Hiruzen spoke out.

With a nod everyone vanished with a shunshin.

# With Naruto:

Naruto was sitting atop the five Hokage heads specifically Minato's head. He always came here when he needed to figure something out or whenever he felt sad.

With his legs in the air, Naruto just looked up ar night sky. Honestly he didn't know what to feel. Should he feel angry because of how Minato used him as a sealing device. No he couldn't really be totally angry not when he knew his dad had no other choice. But it still hurt.

With conflicted thoughts Naruto just kept sitting there right up until Jiraiya came up from behind.

"What are you doing here?" Naruto asked as Jiraiya took a seat beside him.

" Just checking up on you."

"You don't need to do that. I am fine, it was just an awful lot to take in, ya know?"

"Yah, I get it and listen brat I know what you're thinking. Why did he choose me? Why couldn't it be anyone else?"

"You know what, you're right. Why did it have to be me and most of all why did dad and mom have to sacrifice their lives. Didn't they even once think about me? How their son would grow up without his parents? How would he live with a monster inside of him? How could they do that to their own son? Didn't they love me at all?" Naruto was crying by now and Jiraiya let him cry. Sometimes crying was the best possible medicine. And this was one of those times.

After a while Naruto calmed down.

"Ya know what I think?" Jiraiya asked, seeing that Naruto had calmed down a bit.

"What?" Naruto replied wiping away the tears.

"I think,the only reason Minato and Kushina did what they did was because you were their child. I think, they believed that if anyone could do it you could. That's the amount of faith they had in you. And never say that they didn't love you, because there are no other parents in the whole world that loved their child as much as they loved you," with that said Jiraiya got up to leave. With a gust of wind Jiraiya was gone leaving Naruto alone.

Naruto looked up at the dark sky only to see that the sky wasn't dark anymore. He had been sitting here for so long that it had already been dawn. The sun was just rising up. Even though Naruto had sat here hundreds of times never before had he seen the sun rise from here and damn what a beautiful sight it was. The sun seemed to envelope everything as it got rid of the darkness.

Basking in the sunlight Naruto looked down at the stone head and spoke, " You'll see dad, I will become strong. Strong enough to protect everyone and everything I love without ever having to sacrifice anyone or myself for that matter ,dattebayo."

The End.