Here we go, the third chapter, I've had writer's block combined with homework (I hate TAFE) and my muses murmuring ideas for other stories in my head, Also Dear Random Chick (Guest) Yes my misspelling of Uchiha was a typo that has since been fixed, It was due to some of the Fanfictions and unofficial translations misspelling it, plus I always pronounced it Uchi-Na due to the way the English dub made it sound. As to your other question, well you'll see.

Enjoy and if there are any mistake please tell me this hasn't been proofread.


Chapter 3: Academy Days Part 2: Naruto can talk!

Hinata and the rest of the people in the office are staring at Naruto after he spoke, he looks at them all for thirty seconds, then pisses himself laughing, the only thing they could understand of what he said was "You… should… see… your… Faces… right… now" before losing to the laughter once again.

Hinata angry at being toyed with lashes out and slaps him on the head with her tail he looks at her and says "What?"

Hinata then scowls and says "Two things, One why am I a Hanyou? And two Why can you only now talk?"

Naruto sighs and then says "Okay, here's what I can tell you, first you're a Hanyou because that's the only way for you to survive constant exposure to my Youkai, Hanabi may turn but as her exposure is less it will take longer, everyone else is fine, for now. They may change if they spend too long in my presence or if I flare my Youkai. Second I can only talk now because my soul has integrated enough with yours for me to talk. Without something human to bind me, my Human mind was buried by my Fox and Bijou instincts. You are the link between my spirit and the physical world, did you ever notice the fact that I never eat? That's because I am a being of pure Chakra and therefore do not require sustenance, however you now hold a fragment of my spirit and keep me bound to both this world and my sentience, do you have any more questions?"

Hinata bolts upwards her tails waving wildly in the air behind her and she says "Wait a minute I thought I was immune to your Youkai, how can I die from over-exposure to it?"

Naruto nods and says "Good Question, you see you are only resistant to my Youkai, not Immune. However you and everyone else in the village has immunity to the Youkai of every other Bijuu, aren't you lucky. For you or the village to become immune to my Youkai there is a set procedure. Individually you can attempt a 'Mate Mark' with me that would link us together more strongly and make you immune, collectively the village can swear an oath of demonic fealty and then become immune, and turn into Kitsune Hanyous but that can't be helped"

Hinata looks skeptical as does everyone else in the room before Hinata raises a point "What do you mean by a 'Mate Mark' anyways"

Naruto looks at her and shakes his head before he says "If the name doesn't give it away, it's a mark placed on the one a Youkai or Hanyou wishes to mate with for any number of reasons, which can include but are not limited to: Reproduction, Mutual attraction or love, political alliances, saving their own ass or partnering up with a stronger Youkai or Hanyou. However Hanyous can only put a mark on other Hanyous, Humans and the Youkai whose power turned them. So you can only mark the humans of this village, any who turn into a Kitsune Hanyou or me. Understand?"

Hinata nods and says "So it's not just for mating for reproduction or love it can also be for partnerships?"

Naruto nods.

Hinata then sighs and asks "What about this Oath of Featly what does that involve?"

Naruto coughs and says "The best way to describe it would be a Samurai's loyalty to their Daimyo; in essence you provide whatever services I require, like a shelter or information and I provide protection both from other Youkai and my own Youkai. It is very powerful and I can force people to do things they don't want to, also loyalty seals or that caged bird seal are destroyed by the oath of Fealty and cannot be reapplied due to the Oath's seal preventing it."

Jiraiya speaks up "Would doing such an oath have any effect on our ages or summoning?"

Naruto snaps his fingers "Oh that's right, First it has absolutely no effect on summoning... wait it might make some summons like cats or snakes break off from you, but things like toads, slugs, monkeys, dragons, phoenixes, dogs, wolves, insects, fish and birds won't mind. Secondly it does have an effect on aging, it makes you immortal and lowers your fertility rate so you'll only be able to have a child once a century, and this is to prevent over-population. Every tail the female has increases the time between fertile periods by twice as much, so a one tail has a century, two tails two centuries, three four centuries and so on and so forth until the nine tails which have 2560 years between fertile periods. This means you breed more when weak and as you grow stronger you become less fertile. Any problems with that?"

Tsunade seems to smile before asking "How long is the pregnancy?"

Naruto laughs and says "What a very female question, to answer it the pregnancies are four and a half months long, so 18 weeks and you would have one child probably two and maybe three, the births from what I understand are less painful and dangerous then a human due to Youkai strengthening the body of mother and children. Once you are fertile you'll have a monthly period until impregnated and having a child afterwards you won't have a period until fertile again"

Tsunade, Shizune and Hinata all look happy at this; Jiraiya, Hiashi and Hiruzen are as well for different reasons. Hiruzen speaks up and says "If you don't mind I'll announce this to the village later and get their opinion, but first would this have an effect on women who are already pregnant?"

Naruto nods "Yes, the child would be born a Hanyou and be bound by the Oath which is passed down to children when born or rather conceived, so from birth they receive my protection but are not required to do any work until they are about 8 at which point a Kitsune Hanyou is fully grown"

Naruto then looks a little alarmed and says "Hiashi-sama, you should make the Hyūga clan take the Oath even if nobody else does due to me living in the compound"

Hiashi nods and says "I was planning to already; I guess that your presence would be dangerous to anyone in the Hyūga compound who isn't sworn to you?"

Naruto nods, Hinata meanwhile is overcome with everything that has been said and thinks to herself 'I could always take the oath, he said that the "Mate Mark" isn't just for mates, but something make me want to stand by his side. I hope I'm making the right choice but I want to have the Mate Mark done to allow me to stand next to him, Kami help me' Hinata sits up and says "Naruto" Naruto turns to face her "I want you to put the Mate Mark on me"

Hiashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shizune and Hiruzen are shocked at this but Naruto laughs and says "Good, the one thing I forgot to mention was that the Oath of Fealty cannot be performed unless I have placed a Mate Mark on someone, After hearing that are you sure you wish to go through with this?"

Hinata nods without saying anything.

Naruto walks closer to her and says "Bare your neck, but I warn you, this is going to hurt!" Hinata bares the right side of her neck and Naruto bites down on it while injecting Youkai, Hiashi moves to stop it but is restrained by Jiraiya who just shakes his head.


Hinata POV

I feel the bite and the energy enters my body and then... Pain, every limb in my body is screaming in agony and I feels like I'm simultaneously burning, freezing and being electrocuted while being crushed all at the same time, every inch of my body is in pain and I screams without holding anything in. My screams continue for hours, luckily the Hokage's Office has silencing seals on it that prevented anyone from thinking they were torturing me to death.

Eventually the pain recedes and I open my eyes and the first thing I notice is how clear everything is, I breathe in and can smell so much, My father's shampoo, Naruto's unique smell, the smell of toads and oil, another that smells like gambling halls, Sake, age and sorrow, A young woman who smells of herbs and a pig. My mouth waters at the last smell. Naruto comes into my field of view.


General POV

Naruto is standing in front of Hinata, while Hiashi is being sat on by Jiraiya who is playing Shogi with Shizune while Tsunade is losing at cards to Hiruzen. Naruto opens his mouth and says "I told you that it would hurt, How are you feeling?" at these words everyone else in the room jumps up and walks over to the couch where Hinata is resting, the first thing everyone notices is that instead of one tail, Hinata now has nine.

Hinata stares at the tails for a second then says "I feel... powerful, like nothing could hurt me, like I'm immortal"

Naruto laughs and says "In a way you are, but you can't access all Nine-tails yet, you can barely access the first. You'll have to train and grow into your power. But once you do you'll be nearly immortal. But don't grow conceited or arrogant; remember the original Kyūbi had over a millennium of experience but still lost to the Yondaime Hokage."

Hinata nods and says "Thank you for that information, this is so strange how am I going to explain this all?"

Hiruzen laughs and says "You won't have to remember? I'm going to tell the village about this in a short while anyways." Hiruzen frowns and then asks "Naruto, how did you know all this?"

Naruto grins? And says "I know everything that the previous Kyūbi knew, plus everything Hinata knows. Which combined is a lot of information. So of it like the seals and mark knowledge comes from my Kitsune instincts. Now that Hinata has been Mate Marked my intelligence has shot up and I'm a great deal smarter, as you may have noticed"

Suddenly Naruto transformed into a Nine-year old boy with golden hair, Azure blue Eyes, whisker marks on his cheeks… oh and fox ears and nine fox tails that have Golden fur like his normal form. He smiles at them and says "Thanks to that mark I can transform safely without the risk of going insane. So want to go get something to eat"

The entire room was silent

"Are you guys okay?"


That it folks, I am officially announcing HIATUS on this story of the foreseeable future, My current focuses are 'The Lost Hyūga', 'A Thousand Flowers' (Naruto/Rosario+Vampire crossover) and 'Daughter of the Hunt: The Lightning Thief' (Naruto/Percy Jackson and the Olympians crossover) All my other stories are on unofficial or official HIATUS and may be updated at any time without warning. Reviews suggesting possible story ideas may spark my muses into pumping out a chapter or two but I offer no Promises. Sorry to all my fans for this.

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