AN: I don't even know if this chapter will get out before the revision process, but I hope it will. Anyway, I know it's been a long while since an update so I do apologize. I've had family coming over and living with us and I sort of bought Tekken 7 and Injustice 2 and those have taken up a lot of my free time. So sorry.

I don't know if I've outright said this yet, but just to be sure: This story will be fluff. Heavy HEAVY fluff. I'm talking about eskimo kisses and kisses under the full moon and shit. I'm talking about weddings to cry for and kids to die for. Admittedly this story has taken a heavier tone with the way it's going, but that's the fault of the chuunin exams. It's hard to make them funny without skipping them (like I've sort of done) or making this a parody.

Anyway, that's the goal. Whether or not if things like that actually happen is up in the air. It is a fault of my own that I write each chapter in a freeform manner, usually I have a general idea of how I want things to go, but sometimes I surprise myself with what happens. I just hope you readers enjoy what I put out there.

For anyone confused about time (because I know I was) I wanted to clarify how things happen. So the second exam definitely started around or after noon. Anko says that there are exactly 120 hours for the test meaning around midday on the sixth day if we measure the days by the rising and setting of the sun. This is a little detail I might have to go back and fix, but the beginning of this chapter starts where the last finished, so it's the dinner time of the fourth day. All this to say Naruto and Sakura have all of tomorrow to hang out and figure stuff out.

And if anyone was wondering, Karin's dead. No one saved her from the big bad bear so…

Disclaimer: I do not own nor do I make profit off of Naruto, please support the official release.

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Edit: Diddly squat. Upon reflection, I was already very happy with the story as it was. Really it was all just grammar and flow and even that didn't change much.

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Chapter 3 Summary: The possibility of lesbian sex was introduced. Lol. For real though, a lot reviews were specifically about that. Anyway, the end of Naruto and Sakura's conversation happened. Turns out Orioke no Jutsu allows Naruto to be a REAL girl… period and all. Sakura's body is super badass… and she was released from the infirmary, so she and Naruto went to dinner.

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Chapter 4: The Meeting

It only took Naruto and Sakura a few minutes to get to the cafeteria and luckily there weren't many prospective chuunin hanging about. The cafeteria was set up simply in that a short wall had a buffet behind which doubled as the kitchen and the rest of the space was tables that could seat eight. At the moment the sand girl was eating with the brother who liked to wear make-up to the left of the middle of the hall, and team nine were all eating in the same table, but Neji had noticeably separated himself from the rest of his team. The creepy Ame team with the eye wraps and rebreathers were all sitting as close to the buffet side as possible. Finally, the silver haired guy's team was there sitting close to the entrance.

Despite not personally knowing any of the genin in the cafe Sakura was still blushing in embarrassment. She was unsteady on her feet and, despite her newfound strength, was incapable of walking safely on her own, so she had to hold on the Naruto like a crutch. Since she had the height advantage she was directly behind him and was gently pushing down on his shoulder for support. It wasn't a particularly intimate position, but her regular wobbles and shakes made her feel like some sort of street show, which to a certain extent she was. Not a single person in the hall ignored the spectacle that was Sakura trying to walk. Naruto could practically feel Sakura heating up, so in typical Naruto fashion he sought to alleviate her embarrassment.

"Hey! What the hell are you people looking at huh? Why don't ya eat without letting ya eyes wander? Hmph."

Though further embarrassed by his obtuse statement, Sakura couldn't help the smile that graced her delicate features. Also, it worked to an extent since almost everyone embarrassedly turned their attention back to their meals, all except for a single bushy browed boy. Seeing his precious cherry blossom in such a state shocked and disturbed Rock Lee to his very core. His mind raced with questions, but he knew one thing for certain: He had to help her now! Literally springing into action Lee did a massive and acrobatic jump from his table all the way to the team seven duo.

"Oh, my dear Sakura-chan. What terrible fate has befallen you? I have come to…"

Lee trailed off as he stood up from his kneeled position. Sakura was all of a sudden only and inch or so shorter than he was!

"Tch, move it caterpillar brows, me and Sakura-chan are trying to get something to eat."

Lee could only gape in wonder as he watched the suddenly tall girl walk past. It took a moment to collect himself, but he attributed her newfound height a sudden growth spurt that he missed while she was in the Forest of Death. It didn't really matter because Sakura needed help! Another leap brought him back in front of the twosome.

"Oh sweet, sweet Sakura-chan. Let me help you walk. Clearly Naruto-san is not enough for your majestic stature."

Sakura could barely keep the grimace off of her face as she responded. "Uh… no it's ok Lee-san. I'm just fine with Naruto so don't you worry yourself about me, ok?"

Not one to be shot down easily Lee answered quickly, then allow me to get you your dinner or perhaps pull out your chair! I can also-"

Naruto, who was feeling really good since Sakura had chosen him or the spandex clad freak, interrupted.

"Hey, buddy. She said she was fine and I can handle all of that stuff no sweat."

Naruto did the ram seal and three puffs of smoke occurred revealing three perfect replicas of himself.

"Alright, you," he said pointing to the nearest shadow clone, "go pull out Sakura-chan's chair and dispel. You," he pointed to the furthest clone, "go get us some food, ask Sakura what she wants first. And you," there was a certain weight to his words now as he pointed to the last clone, "help me make sure Sakura-chan is steady."

"See Lee-san? I'm just fine with Naruto."

Once again Lee was shot down hard, and this time by both Sakura and Naruto. Realizing he could do nothing outside of forcefully dispelling Naruto's clones a dejected Lee slumped back over to his teammates and ate silently.

Having achieved victory Naruto and his clone, who had each taken one of Sakura's arms, slowly walked over to the pulled out chair at a table to the right of the cafeteria closer to the buffet area. Once she was comfortably situated and the other two clones had dispelled Naruto gently pushed her chair back in. Sitting down across from her Naruto couldn't stop the smile that grew on his his prepubescent face.

"Oh shut up baka… and… thank you. That guy's eyebrows and eyes and just… his everything is so weird."

"Haha, yeah. So," Naruto quickly glanced around conspiratorially and lowered his voice, "how are the ears and tails coming along… and what's it like?"

Sakura squirmed in her seat for a moment while figuring out how to explain her new appendages to a less intelligent boy.

"Well… it's like I've got a small arm just above my butt, but it also can move however I like which is nice… I guess. It's supposed to get super long by tomorrow so I hope to effectively use it as an appendage. The ears are… odd. They're not fully formed, but I can already hear things very well, like, your foot tapping really fast sounds more like loud claps… so uh can you please stop?"

Blushing Naruto did so. "Sorry."

"I guess the only other thing is that it's just weird to feel from my tail and ears and the worst part is that they're all sensitive to the point that squeezing them even a little hurts. Honestly I'm super uncomfortable with my tail stuck up my shirt…"

"Silly Sakura-chan, let it out."

Sakura's jaw practically scraped the table. "W-what? N-no!"

"Why not?"

"Well I don't want anyone else to see!"

It was then that Naruto's final clone, who had created several more, came back with nigh a feast's worth of food. Naruto's wide eyes stared in shock at Sakura who blushed in response.

"What did you ask for Sakura-chan?"

Sakura's answer came out as a meek question. "Well… I… sorta… asked for everything?"

"Wow, that's amazing Sakura-chan." Naruto's eyes had a dreamy, half-lidded look to them that made Sakura squirm in her seat a little bit.

"Uhm, ok Naruto, why don't you just eat your," she took a moment to see what Naruto had in front of him, "Ramen… of course. Ooh look, you got some rice balls and dango too, nice improvement." She said with a roll of her eyes.

"Awww, Sakura-cha~an! Ramen is really good! This might not be as good as Teuchi-ji's ramen, but it's better than the instant stuff I have at home. And hey, I did get other stuff to eat!"

"Barely." Sakura mumbled. "Whatever, let's just eat and go to bed, I'm tired and people are looking at me again…"

Glancing around Naruto realized that to be true, so he "corrected" the situation again.

"Hey! The fuck you guys looking at? She's hungry! Mind your own Kami damned business!"

Sakura was beginning to look like tomato as she wallowed in her mortification, but just like earlier a small part of her was glad Naruto was so willing to defend her. Another part of her wondered when he got so vulgar, but it probably was due to his lacking education. She said nothing though as the cafeteria quieted down and she and Naruto dug into their food.

Sakura had never had the misfortune of witnessing Naruto eat ramen, but not even his wild and disgusting table manners could deter her from her feast. She ate with a certain amount of delicacy and grace which had been pounded into her head by her parents since she was young, but still she ate like a starving person. It was an odd oxymoron to witness as Sakura tried to eat with manners and shovel food down her gullet at the same time. Naruto didn't care since he was preoccupied slurping down ramen, so once again, this time with neither being the wiser, they became a spectacle that garnered the attention, and disgust, of almost everyone in the cafeteria.

Temari and Neji left quickly after the "show" started. The Ame team stuck it out for a little while, but they too were unable to stomach the scene. Kankuro was lost soon after. Kabuto's team began ignoring them quickly, but the sound of Naruto and Sakura consuming food by the pound quickly unnerved them enough to cause them to leave. Tenten and Lee stuck around to what they thought was the end, but seeing Naruto send out a clone to get more food for both himself and Sakura was the final nail in the coffin.

Almost half an hour after Lee and Tenten had left, Naruto realized that there wasn't anymore food!

"Uhhh, Sakura-chan, I think they're out of food."

"What! No!" Sakura wasn't ravenous anymore, but she could eat. A quick glance at the wall the buffet was built into confirmed the unfortunate truth of Naruto's statement. "Damn, at least the anmitsu(1) was good… mmmm. It was so good."

"Yeah… well I think everyone else left and I know that I'm real tired. You ready for bed Sakura-chan?"

Sakura answered with an extremely unladylike and loud belch. There was silence as Sakura began blushing up a storm, again, and Naruto's eyes threatened to pop out of his skull and his jaw tried to sweep the floor. Sakura then buried her face in her hands as Naruto began laughing uproariously.

"Don't laugh Naruto!" came Sakura's muffled, but angry voice. "That was disgusting, I can't believe I did that!"

"Maa, maa, Sakura-chan. It's fine! It was hilarious. Now let's go, I think the workers will clear out the table."

Sakura refused to move so Naruto did the only sensible thing and threw her over his shoulder. Sakura had been too distracted by her wallowing to realize what Naruto was doing until it was too late. She let out an undignified "Eeep" as her stomach hit his shoulder and she found herself facing his backside.

"Naruto what the hell! Put me down!"

Smiling as though nothing was wrong Naruto began walking toward their shared room.

"Well, Sakura-chan, you saw how you were when we were getting here. I think this'll be faster."

"So what?" Sakura struggled a bit, but knew she was too weak to really do anything and gave up. "At least carry me properly."

"Huh? Whaddya mean Sakura-chan?"

Sakura began blushing again. 'What the hell is wrong with me it's like I have way too much blood!' "Well… you know. In your arms… like a… like a princess."

It took Naruto a moment to figure out what she wanted, "Oh! You mean like in the movies! Sure Sakura-chan, I think you're a princess anyway, way better than that Princess Gale chick!" A couple of awkward movements later and a smiling Naruto Uzumaki was holding a red-faced, fuming Sakura Haruno.

Sakura was torn. She wanted to slap the shit out of Naruto for being a rude and uncouth dumbass, but he did call her a princess greater than even the legendary Princess Gale. So she settled for crossing her arms, drawing attention to her much more noticeable bust, and turning her head away from him to ignore him completely.

Naruto might not have been the sharpest tool in the crayon box, but he could recognize annoyance on a person's face, he saw it quite often after all.

"Awww, Sakura-chan! Don't be mad!"

No response.

"Aww Sakura! Ple~ase?"

A quick glance.

"I'll uhh, I'll… I'll get you some more anmitsu tomorrow! Maybe even some syrup covered anko!"

That certainly interested Sakura enough to look at Naruto. "Hmmm… promise?"

Naruto answered with an overly vigorous and long lasting nod.

Sakura paused for a moment for dramatic effect. She even pursed her lips and tapped them with her finger as if deeply considering his offer. After letting Naruto sweat for a few minutes she answered.

"Ok."

Naruto was thrown by her perky attitude, but brushed it off. 'Man, girls are weirdos. But look at this, I got Sakura-chan in my arms, suck on that Sasuke-teme!'

"Yay, now let's go to the room, I'm beat."

On the way to their rooms Naruto couldn't help, but remark on how difficult it was to carry Sakura.

"Hey Sakura-chan, you're really heavy you know that?"

This time Sakura didn't suppress the urge to clock her teammate on the noggin. He deserved it for being so dumb and rude!

"Baka! Of course I am! Remember? All of my bones and muscles are super dense! I weigh somewhere close to 200 pounds!"

Unfortunately Sakura had forgotten about her new, massive strength and what was going to be a harsh, but light punch knocked Naruto unconscious. Sakura fell to the ground in a heap since her sore muscles were unable move quickly enough so that she could catch herself. After minute of struggling to get to her feet Sakura tried to rouse Naruto from his incapacitated state. Nothing she did worked; she even tried roughly shaking him to no avail.

"Ah dammit."

Resigning herself to her fate Sakura began to slowly walk to her and Naruto's shared room while dragging the blonde idiot behind her, by his left foot. Luckily Naruto had told her where it was, but it still took her almost half an hour to find it. After uncaringly tossing him onto his bed, the sheets weren't done, Sakura fell face first into her bed's pillow and was asleep within seconds.

~AFT~

"MmmwuuuuahhhaaaaHAhmmmmm." A word did not exist that captured the meaning of every part of Sakura's wake up yawn, but it was undoubtedly… unique. Lots of pixie like moans and squeals interspersed with the odd deep yawn.

Despite her wake up sounds, Sakura was very much a morning person. She had to be in order to apply all the makeup she wears and make it on time to team meetings, even if her sensei wasn't there on time. Though it may seem pointless to wake up extremely early to carry out a long beautification process only to go to a meeting that you knew you were three hours early to, Sakura had a purpose. You see Sasuke always went to meetings two hours early in order to get in some light training, as such Sakura had an entire two hours of Sasuke time to herself since Naruto had long figured out he could go to meetings three hours after they were scheduled.

So, as per her usual, Sakura woke up ready to seize the day, only to realize the clock in her shared room read 10:00 a.m. For a moment Sakura's heart stopped, then it leapt into her throat, her stomach even got into the act and dropped down to her feet, and as a final hurrah her eyeballs popped out of their sockets. If a certain blonde had been awake to witness the event he might have died of laughter, thankfully he wasn't.

Sakura was stuck like that for a moment until she remembered that she was in the tower in the center of the Forest of friggin' Death. She almost breathed a sigh of relief, almost. It was several minutes after she slumped into bed that she had collected herself enough to get ready for her last day of peace and quiet before the second test ended. Glancing over at the haphazard form of her teammate, she giggled when she realized he was upside down in his bed with half of his body hanging off of it. Shaking her head at his ridiculousness she slipped into the bathroom to take a shower since she had been too tired to do so the night before. She had even slept in the clothes she had worn after leaving the infirmary!

After undressing Sakura took a moment to appreciate her new body. She had always considered herself to be very pretty, after all she went through constant dieting and beautification processes everyday for the boy who hadn't even looked twice at her, but now she was knockout! Sure she wasn't as voluptuous and sexy as say the crazy exam woman or the sensei of team ten, but she was probably the hottest girl in her generation! Ino had started developing a bit early and certainly had a certain beauty as a platinum blonde, Sakura could now admit that between the two of them Ino had been the more beautiful, but not now! Hinata was too much of a wallflower and even if she had any sort of curves she covered them up with her big jacket, either way Sakura had never really compared herself to her. The girl with the hair buns is the only other one Sakura could think of, her old classmates not even a twinkle in her eye, and even though she was a year older, Sakura didn't think she could hold a candle to her new body. The sand girl was the only other one Sakura could think of that could compare to her, but she wasn't even a Konoha nin so it didn't really matter. Not to mention she was fifteen or something…

After confirming she was the hottest around Sakura couldn't help giggling and doing a little twirl. She was sure that she could have Sasuke wrapped around her pinky if she so pleased, and if she couldn't… well even she would question his sexuality. But all thoughts of Sasuke disappeared when she stood in front of the bathroom mirror and truly took in her lovely features. She didn't look extremely different, structurally her cheekbones were a bit higher, giving her a more regal look, and her face a bit more angular, if someone knew her they would still recognize her without trouble. Her eyes were almost luminescent, 'Actually, I think one of the nurses said they literally are… it's so weird, but I have night vision now.' Opening her mouth revealed her more prominent and sharp canines which would be undoubtedly useful… for eating. 'Hmph, no way am I going to start biting people, at least they don't feel uncomfortable in my mouth.' As she brushed her fingers through her hair she realized how soft and silky it felt. 'Wow, I've been using tons of products for a long time and my hair has never been this silky smooth. I also can't believe it grew back to how I had it.'

Steeling herself Sakura looked slightly upwards to take in the final change to her appearance, and probably the most notable one, her ears. Unlike last night when they had still been able to seamlessly blend in with her hair, they were the same color after all, they were now, by her estimation, fully grown. They stood prominently from her skull being easily five inches from base to tip. Thankfully she figured out she could move them to the point of pressing down on her skull, but now they looked like small horns sticking out of the side of her head. Giving up Sakura hesitantly touched the white fur that covered the inside of her ear, she found that it was very sensitive, but far from pleasurable. If anything, touching that fur was a bit uncomfortable. The outside of her ear on the other hand… this time she couldn't stop the distinctly purr-like noise that escaped her throat. Horrified she stood stock still while looking at the door, she only relaxed when she heard a loud snore that undoubtedly came from her still sleeping teammate. Done with her exploration Sakura entered the shower and allowed the cold water to wash over her and further wake her up.

Bliss was all Sakura knew until the cold water hit her tail. The almost painful feeling caused Sakura to quickly jump out of the shower in fright and she only barely stopped the scream trying to escape from her mouth. 'What the hell?' After recollecting herself Sakura took a moment to examine her tail as she let the water heat up. Like her ears her tail seemed to have grown to its full length over night, she estimated it was about half as long as she was tall. Much like her ears her tail was pink except for the tip which had a shock of white. Touching it revealed it wasn't nearly as sensitive as the inside of her ears, but it felt more like a hairy arm, except for the fact that it was covered in very long and soft hair. It was also noticeably warmer than the rest of her body which was probably why she freaked when the cold water hit it.

"I can't believe I have a tail and ears… I look like a furry's wet dream. What am I going to do…"

Silence reigned as the bathroom began to fill up with steam signifying the water had reached a nice and hot temperature and that Sakura could, hopefully, enter without worrying about her tail. Thankfully, that was the case and Sakura could finally have the relaxing shower she had wanted. Several minutes passed without interruption as Sakura let her mind wander to the… unique circumstances she now found herself in.

'This is could only go a couple of ways once my changes become common knowledge. Some people will outright resent and fear me for sure since this was caused by the fox's chakra. That's going to suck. I-I-I hope my parents aren't like that. Hopefully there are a couple of people who find it cute and adorable, I wouldn't mind if that's what my parents think. Ugh… there's going to be perverts… blech. Probably among the shinobi forces there will be those who are jealous of my new power, with how strong I am now I can't help but feel like I cheated a little. Finally, hopefully, there will be those who don't treat me any differently, I already know that Naruto falls into that category.'

'Naruto…' a soft smile find its way onto Sakura's face. 'What an idiot.' "And to think that this is all your fault… I can't be too mad though, he's lived with a heavy stigma his entire life and if he can then I definitely can. Huuuu. At least I know I'll keep getting prettier as I grow up."

With that final, positive thought Sakura exited the shower and got dried. She was a bit upset she would have to wear the same thing she slept in, but that's all she had at the moment. Once dressed, a positively glowing Sakura exited the bathroom, only to be met with an sad scene. Naruto had straightened out on his bed, but he now seemed to be shivering, the only issue being that he was covered with his blankets and the plain, wooden room was surprisingly warm. Upon closer inspection Sakura found that Naruto's face was scrunched up in a grimace, he was clearly having a bad dream. Worried for her teammate Sakura touched his shoulder to wake him up instead she felt a distinct sucking sensation throughout her entire body and the world around her went dark.

~AFT~

The last thing Sakura expected when she tried to wake up Naruto was to end up in a sewer and it wasn't a traditional sewer either. It had no rounded walls and looked more like a hallway the way door-like entrances lined the walls. The reason Sakura was so sure that it was a sewer was the fact that she currently stood and several inches of water and the insane array of crisscrossing and overlapping pipes that ran above her head. The pipes reminded Sakura of veins.

"Great," she said as she began to walk, drawn forward by some unknown force. "I bet this is something stupid, like I'm stuck in Naruto's head or something."

Sakura screamed in frustration.

"I take it back, the baka is a huge pain in the ass. Hmph, whatever… oooo what's this?"

Sakura's walking had led her to a door that was very… glowy. Red light emanated from the entrance in an ominous manner.

"Oh sure, let me walk in there, it's obviously the smartest thing to do… friggin bullshit. If I wasn't so sure Naruto would be in here, because he's stupid, I would've been out of here."

Resigned to her fate Sakura entered the smaller hallway. At the end she was surprised to find that the hallway seemed to open up to a huge room. Everything was still made of concrete, but on the far side there were jail cell bars that spanned the entire length of the wall. And it was there that stood Naruto, rather, he stood right in front of the bars and he seemed to be talking to something.

Now, Sakura didn't get top kunoichi upon graduating from the Academy for nothing. She was smart, damn smart. She wasn't a genius like Shikamaru, but who was? It was very easy for her to figure out where they were and who Naruto could possibly be talking to.

The horror was clear in her voice, "The Kyuubi."

The horror was evident throughout her entire body. Once the words were out of her mouth she defensively put up her arms to protect her from… whatever. She couldn't stop her limbs from shaking and her eyes from growing wide and examining each part of the cell to catch even the smallest glint of the Kyuubi. She was damn near ready to piss herself.

Sakura's voice alerted Naruto to her presence which caused his slightly tense posture to relax. When he had suddenly awoken in some sewers he didn't know what to expect. It wasn't until he found the extremely obvious jail cell that he put two and two together, he had found the resting place of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Righteous anger coursed through him as he threw himself towards the bars and screamed, demanding the Kyuubi tell him everything about what had happened to his precious Sakura-chan. Alas, not even the smallest of movement could be discerned from within the cell. Perhaps the Kyuubi was asleep? Now that Sakura was here she could help Naruto so that they could find out everything they could, it was her life after all.

Unconcerned by her terror Naruto called out to her, "Hey Sakura-chan! Come over here!"

Bewilderment shot through Sakura's terror, how could Naruto be so calm? "Naruto! What the hell? That's the Kyuubi's cage! Get away from there!"

Chuckling at her overreaction Naruto answered calmly, "You don't have to worry about him Sakura-chan. Actually, I think he's asleep because I've been here for a while and he hasn't done a-"

Naruto was interrupted by a roar so loud it shook the ground Sakura and Naruto were standing on.

"Shut up you stupid ningen, I didn't respond to you because I was waiting for the other fleshbag. Hmph… now that she's here there is much we have to discuss."

It took Naruto a moment to realize the king of all beasts, the most terrifying monster of them all, wasn't trying to kill him, or Sakura for that matter. At the very least the bars with the seal on them should keep the Kyuubi from killing him… right? Filled with fleeting courage Naruto responded to the beast.

"Yeah Fuzzbutt! We do have much to discuss! What the hell happened to Sakura?"

Kurama didn't answer for a moment, then Naruto had to dodge a giant claw as it tried to skewer him.

"You better not try that again fleshbag. I am a being more powerful than you can comprehend and have lived for more than a millennia, you will do well to remember that."

Kurama then drew his head up to the gate showing that his eyeball alone was a large as Naruto was tall.

"Besides, what did you think I brought her here for?"

Naruto quickly looked for pink hair, in his excitement to get answers and hold something over a being as powerful as the Kyuubi he had forgotten about Sakura.

"Y-yeah, I was wondering about that too, Naruto looked like he was having a nightmare so I went to wake him up and-"

"Things I already know, it was simple to make his body do that when he was here. After all, a small part of me is outside of this infernal seal."

The Kyuubi's massive eye turned to look towards Sakura, boring into her very soul. She could practically hear the grin the Kyuubi wore when he finished his sentence. Something that had vaguely nagged her in the back of her mind was the possibility of her new chakra being an extension of the Kyuubi. Of course the nurses had said her chakra was something new, which was potentially even more worrisome.

Kurama snorted, "Worry not human, I have little control over the chakra within you, in words you simple monkeys might understand, your chakra feels like a tiny beacon to me at the moment. Unfortunately if things go as I expect them to I will no longer feel even that which was why I tried, successfully, to bring you here."

Upon hearing those words Sakura visibly relaxed. She had walked up to Naruto while the Kyuubi was speaking, in case he was some sort of exit key, and chose to lean on him for support. If it weren't for him she would have fallen over.

"Hmph, such weak creatures you fleshbags are… anyway, you, pink fleshbag, are here for a history lesson. One that my idiotic jailor could use."

"Wait what?" asked a very confused Sakura. "Why a history lesson, shouldn't you… uh I mean, would you please tell me what else could happen to me? Or why what happened happened at all?"

Feeling left out, but knowing to keep his mouth shut, Naruto just listened to the greatest bijuu and his crush talk.

"So you ningen can be respectful, good. What happened to you pinky is very simple, in order to house the chakra within you your body adapted. If I remember correctly the chakra you fleshbags use is made up of physical and mental energies, and if the dreams this one has," a giant claw pointed towards Naruto, "are anything to go by you are already quite smart, for an insignificant fleshbag. So your physique had to improve. As for your new looks… I take the form of a fox, and you female fleshbags have several ingrained instincts that I'm sure influenced your change."

Sakura was struck by the Kyuubi's forwardness, "Oh… thank you I guess."

Too bored to stay quiet Naruto interjected, "Yeah that's nice, Sakura was already the prettiest girl in the world, what's your point? Get on with the history lesson."

Blood rushed to Sakura's face as she contemplated smacking or hugging Naruto. 'Ugh, he can be so adorably stupid sometimes…' She settled for hiding her face, and smile, with her hands.

Even Kurama chuckled, the relationships of meat bags had always amused him.

"Alright then ningen, let's get of the important part. I'm sure you've heard of the Sage of Six Paths, correct?"

Sakura nodded, of course she did! Naruto shook his head no, sounded boring… like history. Sakura had felt the head shake and sighed as she quickly explained, didn't want the only person… being who knew anything about her condition get mad at them for Naruto's stupidity.

"The Sage of Six Paths was the progenitor of chakra and ninshu, many great clans trace their lineage directly to him. I think the history books say he saved the world something, but there's not much on that."

"Ah! Thanks a lot Sakura-chan!"

"That is correct ningen, at least for what little you fleshbags know. Hagoromo Otsutsuki was the son of Kaguya Otsutsuki true first wielder of chakra. She was hailed as the Rabbit Goddess but lost her faith in humanity and began to destroy them and use turn them into mindless drones for her army. Hagoromo and his twin brother Homura stopped her, but she had merged with the God Tree, from which she had gained the power of chakra, and become a raging beast. The Juubi. They sealed her and made the moon and took her chakra and separated it, yadda yadda. Basically that chakra became us bijuu. The point is that even though the blonde fleshbag already split my chakra in half, I know I am the same as I was. The chakra within you little pink ningen is not the same at all, it's fundamentally different than mine, Naruto's or even Hagoromo's chakra. It new and different and I think a completely new bijuu will be born from you… or you will become one. I-"

Sakura couldn't control herself, she screamed. After a moment she was able to formulate words, "What. The. Hell? Do you mean to tell me I will be a bijuu one day?"

The Kyuubi blinked, "Perhaps. I am not sure, the closest thing I can compare this to is what the Gold and Silver Brothers did when I ate them. But their chakra didn't change like your's did, they simply became similar to other jailers, though they did gain whisker marks much like the idiot here. I do not believe you will change physically anymore, you are also quite smart so you won't suddenly be changing personalities. I believe your chakra will gain a sort of sentience and become something between human and bijuu much like how you are now. Or nothing will happen. Again, this has never happened before."

This time Sakura did fall to the floor, luckily Naruto noticed, caught her, and gently sat her down. He sat down with her so that she could lean on him for support, again.

"So nothing might happen?"

"I said that didn't I?"

"Thank Kami… but… would you help me if something else happens?" Sakura's eyes were desperate and pleading, she was at the end of her rope and only Naruto's presence was keeping her from falling.

The Kyuubi was silent for a few moments as if considering her request, then it laughed, loudly.

"Silly meatbag, why would I do that? If anything I will enjoy seeing you torn apart from the inside out. Now begone, you have been in my presence for far too long."

With a dismissive gesture from his oddly human like paw Naruto and Sakura were sent careening back to reality. Naruto darted up from his bed and Sakura fell onto the hard wooden floor. Both were panting as if they had just gone through their team exercises with Kakashi. They even wore the same scared and confused look until they realized they were back in their shared room.

A quick look at the clock revealed that it was only 12 o'clock making Sakura realize time passed differently… wherever that had been. She then looked up to find Naruto's eyes glued to hers in tense understanding. They spoke simultaneously.

"What do we do now?"

~AFT~

AN: Did I say this was going to be a fluff story? I might've been lying to myself. Don't get me wrong I want it to be a fluff story, but cool and interesting ideas (to me) pop into my head as I write that end up in the chapter completely derailing my original plans for a chapter. This chapter's original title was "Fun with Tails" and it was supposed to be a single cute and vaguely sexual scene of Naruto petting Sakura's tail and ears and wrestling and literally rolling around on one of their beds, or both IDK. Instead we talked to Kurama, wtf. Though that might be the next chapter; a sort of filler until the prelims.

I guess the big and obvious thing is the whole deal with Sakura. This came to me, as I explained in the chapter, when the wiki (Narutopedia) I was reading talked about how separated parts of a bijuu can become individual personalities as with what happened to the ten tails and all the bijuu we know. It's up in the air, I had several ideas mapped out with how I want the story to go without ever touching the idea that Sakura's chakra may become sentient. On the other hand it could be cool and/or hilarious to see a bijuu develop and essentially be born within Sakura. That route definitely has the bijuu being feminine, fox-like potentially anthro to reflect her odd bijuu/human hybrid nature, and she would definitely fulfill the role Sakura's Inner monologue did with her personality developing as time goes on.

I might even make a pole as the choice will impact the story in a large way and I don't have a strong opinion on it. Though be warned, I might end up convincing myself of one way over the other in which case I'll do what feels right.

Last thing is the AN chapter that will be next, please read it as it contains information relevant to those of you who love my stories and like quick updates. Trust me, I know this chapter is rough, but again, the note. Besides that…

Thanks