Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Though, maybe if I wish really, really hard, I can think of Kishimoto giving me a high-five.

Yes, it's late. Really late. Again. The school year is ending, and I need to make sure I don't fail all of my finals. When summer rolls around, I'll have little more time to work on this, because my summer job (personally) is easier than schoolwork. Of course it is, you get paid. Do you think I would do better on homework and tests if they payed me for it? Hell yes I would! No one seemed to notice it last time, but I asked if anyone would like a lemon in the chapters to come. I give you a very small taste of what COULD happen, so make sure to leave a review.

(Note: If I do choose to do a lemon, {and by I, I mean you} there will have to be a time-skip. I can't have 13 year olds messing around with one another, even though it's just a story.)

Yay, someone found out who Bo is! It was my editor/helper, SilentSambo88. I specifically gave them no advantage on this, and they got it anyway. Why am I not surprised, I'm sure they're going to nail both my mystery people in the intro, too. If you really want to know who he is, feel free to check the reviews. However, I recommend waiting till the next chapter, when 'Bo' is going to have to tell his whole story and you'll figure out everything.

Big thank you to SilentSambo88 again, for the help that I'm getting.

Now for the Review Responses!

Paladin3030: It has been a few weeks, so naturally someone is going to be sent to check on Konoha. Maybe I'll have them bump into the messenger on the way, and see how things may play out from there! However, when Naruto and Hinata do get around to rebuilding the village, it won't be by themselves. Despite the use of Naruto's Kage Bunshin, it would take a looming time to make a whole village the size of Konoha.

Jormungrandr1994, Smoofington, and 2 Guests: Nope, nope, not time change fic, and not time change fic.

Leo Hikari 120: If you're looking for right away action, I'm sorry, but this is the wrong fic. There isn't going to be a lot of up-in-your-face fighting, but I hope to create more of a slow burn of: When are we going to find out who did this! Or: Why the hell was this included, and what does it mean?

Thanks to all the reviewers, and enjoy!

(As usual, if you find any errors, feel free to PM me.)

Speech Key:

Flashback/Flashback End or Time Change or Jutsu

'Thinking'

"Talking"

*Action*

"Kyuubi Talking" or "Angry Naruto Talking" or "Power Enfused Speech"

'Kyuubi Thinking'or'Someone Powerful Thinking'

"Bo Talking"

'Bo Thinking'

(I had to change Bo's lines of text because of how I was going to write the story. I hope it doesn't effect much.)

"How could you… You belonged to this village… You were his teammate! But you still… Still killed him…"

"While the destruction of Konoha was not my intent, everyone was weak. Sarutobi was never a good Hokage, he never made the village rise to power as it could have in my hands."

"Your hands? Konoha is not clay that will be freely manipulated by you, you monster."

"Ironic, isn't it, for you to say that?"

"A monster isn't made by who I look like, or what happened to me by chance. You make yourself a monster when you choose the actions of one. Therefore, you are more of a monster than I."

"My pawn was nothing more than just that, and now I can put my plan into action, as Hokage. It was done for the greater good of the village."

"Then… I will kill you… For the greater good of the village."

"H—urk!"

"Only one monster will walk away, and that monster is not you."

Hinata sat by Naruto's bedside, her face strewn with worry. He had told her that he needed to rest, and that he might look… different when it was done. She wasn't particularly worried about what he would look like, for Hinata loved him for who he was, not his appearance. Rather, she was worried about his mental state. While he loved her, and it truly showed in his eyes, there was a— fear, of some sort. Something lurking, that had been there since he had woken up from his nightmare. Hinata saw this, and couldn't help but worry at what he had seen to make him thrash so wildly and scream so loud during the merging.

Like any good person would, she sat by him, holding his hand.

A purple glow surrounded Naruto, and she gripped his hand tighter.

Suddenly, it shot up into the air, blinding her and burning her hand. The bright purple glow rippled, creating a barrier between the couple.

"Naruto-kun…"

Hinata had known this would happen, because Naruto told her. She said she would let go of his hand, but in the end she simply couldn't bring herself to let go. How could she? She had someone risking his ninja career for her, someone who would feel incredible pain and go to impossible lengths to keep her safe and happy.

And all she was doing was standing idly by. He said it was all she could do for something like this, but she was insistent on doing something to help him. She needed to do something, anything to help Naruto. She loved him dearly, but she wasn't nearly as strong as him, and that was before he decided to go through all this. From what it sounded like, it ended up being even better than they had originally expected. The purple Chakra was helping everything move along

smoother, and fusing everything together.

Flashback

"I'll be able to access everything easier," said Naruto.

Hinata looked up from her spot on his chest, his shirt wet from her tears.

"But was it worth it? Naruto, I saw you smiling, but then it all went downhill. You started screaming and crying, and you almost fell off the bed!" Hinata sobbed, forgetting the suffix in her anguish. "You looked at me, and for a second, you were scared. Don't think I didn't see it, because I did. Tell me what you saw, please."

"No."

"Naruto! I need to know! I— Y-you know I love you, right?"

Naruto looked at Hinata in shock.

"How could you even say that?"

"Then please, tell me why you would look at me like that. I didn't do anything, did I? If you really don't want to tell me what you saw, but could you at least tell me why you looked at me like that?"

"Please, don't make me. I don't want your pity, you know that."

"Naruto! This isn't pity, I'm just concerned. I know that you've been bottling up your feelings when we were younger, but this is different. It's just me now."

She grasped his hand, squeezing it softly.

"Just tell me, Naruto-kun. I know you don't want to, but it will only get worse if you keep this to yourself."

Naruto drew in a shaky breath.

"You… You and Ji-ji… All of the villagers… It made me watch you all…"

The boy, broken at the memory, couldn't continue. He coughed as tears ran down his face, staining the cloth of the cot.

Hinata squeezed his hand harder, looking up at him while rubbing and patting his back, trying to get him to stop coughing.

'Watched us… what? Die? Kill each other?'

Naruto managed to choke out some more words which made Hinata feel a ripping at her insides, like the words were coated with acids. It tore her apart, down to the pits her stomach.

"Younger me… *cough* I watched you all… *retch* Beat him…"

Naruto leaned over, spewing sick all over the other side of the cot.

Hinata rushed to clean both the mess and Naruto up. All the while, she was fighting her own bile and vomit that was pushing at her throat.

Something that no one wishes to see, ever, is the closest ones betray them. Sasuke, watching as Itachi slaughtered his clan and his mother and father, right in front of him.

But this was different. To lose everything, and find refuge in one little thing. To have an illusion of having everything back, only for it to crumble, along with that little refuge you had. To have people who you had thought were dead, that you had grown to trust, and love, kicking you to the ground.

There was one thing that really separated the Uchiha Massacre and Naruto's nightmare.

The sick, twisted pleasure that had sown itself into the faces of the people around him.

Itachi had killed without emotion, at least at the time. But to watch yourself getting pummeled by people who you thought you could trust. The happiness on peoples faces never should go with breaking a young boy's nose; his blood splaying across their boots.

Flashback End

From inside the barrier, a voice manages to creak out.

"Hinata… I'm so sorry."

"You don't need to be sorry, you need to finish this. You can do it, alright?"

"I will… Aaaargh! Haagh… Once I'm out of here, we're rebuilding Konoha, alright? I'll walk to the Damiyo by myself if I have to, but I know you'll be there with me. You're here, right Hinata? Hinata?"

Hinata sniffled, wiping away a stray tear.

"I'm here, Naruto."

Naruto roared in pain as the purple charka began folding in on him at a terrifying rate.

"FUUUUUCK!"

An impressively long stream of obscenities escaped Naruto's mouth, causing Hinata to back up slowly in shock. As she backed away, the screams died out, signaling him passing out from the pain.

'This can't get worse, can it? No, this has to be the end. It's the physical transformation stage, right? If Naruto had the Chakra merged in the previous stage…' Hinata shuddered, remembering what her boyfriend had gone through for the Chakra molding.

'…This has to be it. He said he was able to use some other Chakra when he was done, he said he felt it. So what he's going through now must be the physical attributes that he's going to gain… Naruto, please…'

Dropping to her knees, the Hyuuga looked up at the ceiling. Trembling, she let out a scream, which bounced off the walls and out into the night air.

In the Naruto's and Bo's mindscape, a similar thing was going on.

"Arggh! Stop, you fucker!"

Naruto was roaring at the covered man, screaming at him to stop with his torture.

Bo shook his head slowly. "Just endure it. Soon, it will be over."

"Endure it? Endure it?! I'd like to see you try to feel this! You probably can't even handle a piece of this, you bastard!"

Naruto began calling upon his new Chakra, straining at his bonds, when he stopped as a new flood of pain washed over him.

"Aaaargh!"

Bo began to chuckle, his hands not leaving their spot over Naruto's stomach.

"I don't know pain, huh? Just because you threatened the weakened Kyuubi in her female form, doesn't mean you're the best of the best. Perhaps I should serve as a reminder."

Naruto sneered at the man, pushing through the pain.

Suddenly, everything seemed to slow down. The air in the mindscape seemed to grow thinner and thinner. Bo leaned over Naruto, revealing a very angry look and a very purple eye. Naruto froze, attempting to grasp at his neck, but was held fast by his bonds.

He tried to yell, but had no oxygen left in him. Choking, he tried to move his head to stop facing the figure who was blasting him with killing intent.

"Know who you're talking to, boy."

Naruto's eyes widened in horror as he looked at the pair of very different ones. Slowly, Naruto nodded. Bo nodded and stopped his flow of killing intent.

Sighing, Bo walked around to the other side of the table, and unlatched Naruto's bonds. He winced as he rose up, rubbing his wrists, and getting the feeling back into his limbs.

"It's done, by the way. I did that on purpose so you would be distracted from the pain."

Bo glared at Naruto, still pissed off by the pain comment.

"Feel free to thank me."

"Thanks, Bo-sensei." Once he realized what he had said during the process, he began blubbering his apologies. "Uhh… Sorry about that. I didn't really me—"

"It's fine. You might want to get back to your girlfriend. You were stuck in your petrified state for a lot longer than you think."

Naruto stared at the mysterious man again, wondering who the hell he was, and what the hell he had seen in the man's left eye.

"Hey, before I go, I think I would want to know a little more about you. What's in your left eye? I caught a look at only your left one, and I've never seen it on someone before. Is it a Kekkei Genkai?"

Bo coughed. "I said you might want to get back to your girlfriend. It's been four hours."

Naruto waved his hand, dismissing what Bo had said before leaning forward in the chair he had summoned.

If anyone had been close enough to see, a smirk would have crossed Bo's face, before returning to it stoic expression behind his hood.

"Wait… Four hours? Oh no, she's going to be pissed! I'll be back Bo, we can talk about this later!"

And with that, Naruto poofed out of existence. Chuckling, Bo pulled back his hood, revealing short black hair.

"I forgot to tell him what he looks like and the new clothing that he is sure to find. With how he looks now, the clothes around should fit him just fine. Wonder when he'll find out that it's Minato's old cabin… Hah, that'll be a surprise."

"Ahem."

Naruto jumped in his seat, knocking the bowl off the table. Luckily, he managed to catch it before it smashed onto the floor. Had it not been for Naruto's new reflexes, he would have woken up Hinata and had a broken bowl. But, of course, he hadn't noticed that yet.

"God, Kyuubi, you scared the crap out of me. I had nearly forgotten about you."

The poor fox sweatdropped, while laying on the futon in her room.

"You really are a worthless container. Why did I do this again?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry, I thought the person doing all the work was B— Uhhh… me."

"Riiight. Did you also think that you could do that while you were screaming your head off? The only people who helped you were me and that purple Chakra stuff."

Naruto nodded. 'So Bo was helping… But what's with Kyuubi acting so bitchy?'

"Well, I'm going to give you the rundown of everything. I'm sure whatever you went through for the physical part hurt like hell, but you weren't affected in any way mentally. Your Chakra coils, control, eyes, and physique all went by flawlessly, thanks to the purple Chakra."

Naruto blinked. He suddenly realized that everything could be in intense focus if he pushed a little Chakra towards his eyes. He looked out the window to zoom in on a fly. The zoom increased to the point where he could see the pattern on its wings.

"Ow!" Naruto grabbed at his eyes, which had begun to sting, and were becoming more painful by the second.

"You just got your eyes, so don't try that again. However, I believe with training, you should be able to develop and do incredible things with them. Soon you should be able to get to that type of zoom with ease, if you don't slack."

"It's weird though… I feel like I've been using these eyes my entire life."

"That is probably you are my container, and I have been using those all my life. While yours are the watered-down, cheap version, they are somewhat the same."

The Kyuubi let out a heavy sigh.

"Back to what I was saying. You can move easier, and your instincts and reflexes have been heightened to near impossible levels, so, you're welcome. If the bowl nearly falling on the floor wasn't enough proof, then here."

Suddenly, Naruto's hand shot from its position on the table, knocking over Hinata's cup that was full of cold water. In the few inches that the cup had to fall to make it to the table, his other hand instinctively shot out, and caught it before it hit the table and spilled.

"Cool…"

Naruto continued to look at his hand in amazement when he realized what had transpired.

"Wait, what the hell? You can control my body parts?"

"Yes. Problem? I did make your body about ten times better, right? Only fair I get some more cool stuff. Only thing I'll be doing with this is saving your ass, though. I now know how your muscles work, and can track them as they grow. This will be a really easy way to check to see if you start to get rusty from not working out, which I'm sure you will. Maybe using Chakra will change the how I see all of your statistics? We'll have to test this out soon, mmm? I hope it's painful."

Naruto placed a hand on his forehead in frustration, wondering why the Kyuubi was so weird at times. 'Was it because she was female? No, she had chosen to take up that form… She was acting bitchy, and she has a female form… Wait a second...'

Naruto began to recall some medical books he had read in the time he had spent in the hut, and a small smile spread across his face.

"Hey Kyuu-chan, I didn't know periods could happen to—"

*BOOM*

"Holy fuck!"

Grasping his head in pain, he began to squirm in his seat by the table.

"Mind speaking up? I didn't quite catch that."

"No, no, it's nothing. Damn, Kyuubi. What the hell did you do…"

'So, I have a fox demon who gets periods, and a weird dude in a black coat sealed inside of me. At least Bo-sensei didn't seem that weird. He was going to learn stuff from that mysterious man, and he'd be damned if he turned out to be some kind of oddball.'

"Hah! I think I might enjoy training you, you brat."

Naruto snapped his head up, grinding his teeth at being called a brat. "What was that, Kyuubi?"

"Yes? What is it now?" The Kyuubi was currently memorizing the pattern on her paper wall.

Naruto groaned, and suppressed his strong urge to slam his head onto the table.

'I guess I spoke too soon. I shouldn't be surprised, with my luck.'

"Hey, dumbass! Weren't you going to check yourself out in the mirror? You didn't go though all this pain without expecting a new look, did you? I can at least be nice sometimes," the Kyuubi drawled, picking at her fingernails with an extended claw.

Naruto remembered what he had caught a glance of in the bowl, and rushed off towards the restroom.

Slamming his hands on the sink, he gaped at his new form.

Hinata stretched her arms as she got up from the table, yawning. She sleepily walked to the bathroom to wash her face, ignoring the empty bowl in her drowsiness. Hinata had stayed up late by her boyfriend's side, comforting him as he was wracked with pain. She opened to door to the bathroom to see a tall blonde staring at himself and admiring his clothing in the mirror.

The poor girl had no idea was going on, and proceeded to shriek and scramble back, only to fall on the floor. The man turned to look at her, and she caught a good look at his appearance.

He was a fair bit taller than her, his muscles clearly defined through his chosen attire; though they weren't so bulky as to cause his clothes to tear. His blond hair extended past shoulder length and was tied back in a ponytail, with a tinge of light orange at the top, concentrated in the center. He wore blue shorts, along with a gray T-shirt that was emblazoned with the Konoha symbol. An orange and white coat hung upon his shoulders, with nine red fox tails sewn onto the back. Though, these remained unseen to Hinata at this time. His face was angular, and had a somewhat feral look to it. All baby fat had been there from childhood had disappeared, and his eyes stood out, shining a brilliant blue.

In her frightened state, she also failed to notice the whisker marks on his cheeks which would have told her who he was.

She continued to scramble back in her hurry to get away from the man. She quickly drew a kunai, and flung it at the man. Naruto caught the kunai before it hit him, bending at an odd angle to avoid it from impaling his chest.

"Hinata, if it wasn't for my new reflexes, that probably would have killed me. Be careful next time, please," said Naruto gently.

He bent down to look at her, pointing at his whiskers.

"It's me, see?"

"W-what? It is your Chakra signature… B-but you look s-so different!" Hinata exclaimed. "And th-those clothes? Where did you get them?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, before bending down to help her up from her fall.

"I found these when I was rummaging through the clothing that was left here, because I figured they would fit me now. I guess the people who lived here must have also lived in Konoha. Cool, huh! Oh… I guess I should have woken you up first, but I was a little caught up with how I looked and sewing the tails on the— er… my coat." Naruto turned around to reveal the nine orange tails on the back of his new clothing.

"But considering the way you acted when you saw me, that might have not been such a good idea."

Hinata had the decency look away, blushing in embarrassment at her past actions.

"Hey, don't think I didn't see how you waited for me, and even got me some soup for when I would wake up. You even threw the kunai at my heart. If that isn't proof that you love me, I don't know what is," Naruto cracked, earning a giggle and a darker hue on Hinata's cheeks.

Suddenly, he turned serious, turning to look at Hinata as he stood between her and the bathroom wall. He raised a hand to her chin, raising her chin up to match his, staring into her eyes.

"I'm not going to give you any more bullshit about you hurting me because of what I saw during that process. The past is the past, and it was just an illusion, anyway. I know you would never do something like… that intentionally, and I'll never forget how much I've been loved in the time I've spent with you." Naruto chuckled, shaking his head. "Why does this sound like a goodbye? I have so much time left with you, and I want to enjoy it. I am going to enjoy it! We're going to rebuild Konoha, right?"

Hinata smiled, running a hand across his cheek, not turning away or fainting, like she might have in the past.

"Of course! I'm glad you think that way about me. I feel so lucky, to have someone like you save me from the rubble that I was left in. You know, the other day, I was thinking—"

"—about how unlucky you need to be to end up being this lucky? I thought the same thing. But, I must say, I got the better side of the deal."

Hinata closed her eyes, now having to lean up to kiss him. Naruto met her halfway, tilting his head and letting his tension melt away. The kiss quickly turned more heated, Hinata's hands wrapping around the back of his head. Naruto was gently pushed by Hinata, his back meeting the wall and slowly sliding to the ground.

The previously shy kunochi's hands were slowly sliding under Naruto's new shirt, and moving towards his midriff.

"Hinata, wait a second."

Naruto's hand had been around her waist, and was enjoying the closeness as much as she was. However, he knew that they were both a little high on emotions, and really stressed over the past week. Through all this, he didn't want to do something that he would regret. He loved Hinata with no parallel, but he knew that there was a long way to go in their relationship, and they were crossing bases at a very fast pace.

"Let's not do something we regret, alright?" He offered her a weak smile, but it was obvious that he was tired, despite passing out over and over for the past two days. Hinata was tired as well, since she had been staying up hour after hour, watching over her boyfriend as he fought through his internal struggle.

"Oh, s-sorry. Didn't know I was getting carried away." She offered him a smile in return, but she was a little sad to lack the closeness of her partner.

"Come on, let's go sleep. I'm tired, and I'm sure you are too," Naruto said, already moving back towards the cot. "I'll sleep here, so you can— Whoa!"

Naruto was pulled in the direction of the bed, relenting as he was dragged along. Soon enough, he was pulled under the covers, drifting off into sleep as he unconsciously pulled Hinata closer, not wanting to be alone for the night, not like the lonely nights he had spent as a child.

(A/N*: Think of Deidara's hair but shorter in the front and back, and without the ponytail.)

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