Secrets revealed!

AN- Don not own Naruto.

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Naruto stared at all his friends/comrades face waiting expectantly for him to say something. Where do I start? What do I tell them? Well let's start from the beginning he thought. He pushed back the lump that was threatening to form in his throat constricting his voice.

"First if all I want to apologise to everyone that I have hurt with my behaviour this morning" Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. All of his friends stared back at him blankly. Is this what Naruto had called them for they all thought. But in actual fact Naruto felt guilty about the way that he had treated everyone. He was the one that was on the brink of having a nervous breakdown, and he took out all his pent up anger out on them, which was not fair. No one spoke, they just waited patiently for him to continue. This must be the calm before the storm thought Naruto.

He tried to speak but was finding it extremely difficult. Doubts were clouding his mind, what will they think of me/ how will they react when I tell them that I have a demon sealed in me? Should I even tell them? Come on Naruto you can do this, you never go back on your words remember. Yeah that is my ninja way. His internal debate ended with his rational side winning. He cleared his throat, he could feel his heart beating rapidly in his chest but this is something that he had to do no matter what. He lowered his eyes and stared intently at the ground.

"I have called you all here to tell you about some things regarding myself", Naruto was surprised that his voice didn't falter or sound shaky and fail him all together. Because right now inside he felt very light as if the smallest breeze could topple him over. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at him. What was the dobe talking about? What kind of secrets would he have been hiding?

"I'm sure that you... you have heard about the nine tails demon fox that attacked the village" Naruto glanced at them nervously they all nodded. It wasn't something that could be missed, it was written down in all the history books and some of the ninja families retold the story to the younger generation but missing some very vital information. Not shortly after that the Third Hokage had passed a law stating that the information was not to be disclosed to anyone but whoever listens? If not directly they had other means to tell them especially about the part of the demon child and to stay away from him. The younger generation was not aware of this law but the senseis were all aware of this. Why did the Third Hokage even tell anyone that I contain the demon Naruto thought bitterly to himself, it would have made my life that much easier if no one knew? He sighed and continued, he was not really comfortable telling this to people because he was scared of how they would treat him, not that the villagers treat him better or something.

"You guys probably have read and heard how the Fourth had…had defeated the nine tails" Naruto hesitated and shut his eyes. He didn't want to think that his father, his hero could not beat the nine tails. But he did the next best thing that would ensure the villagers lived. He could clearly see his father the way that he had seen him in the pictures. I wonder how he was. Would my childhood be better if he had been around? I know that I am being selfish but then again have I ever got what I wanted? No. it was a simple answer. I wonder how mum was. How does it feel like to be loved unconditionally, to be held in a warm embrace after a long hard day?

"What has this got anything to do with you Naruto?" Naruto was jolted out of his depressing thoughts by Kiba's impatient question. Patience was not Kiba's forte and he just wanted to hear what Naruto had to say and be on his way. Naruto took big gulps of air. He tried to slow down his rapidly beating heart. His knees felt like jelly and it was surprising that they had not given way yet. This is it Naruto. Now comes the hard part. Naruto took a deep breath, several pairs of eyes trained solely on him trying to unmask him.

"Well..you see that" His mouth had gone dry, he licked his lips to moisten them.

"You see that..that is only half the..The truth" Naruto could not help the stutter that had manged to make its way into his speech. Many eyes widened in surprise. Naruto had officially lost his mind they thought. What is that Naruto idiot saying Sakura thought amusingly?

"What are you talking about idiot?" Kiba snapped at him. Naruto kept his gaze lowered. Any other time had Kiba spoken to him in that manner he would have thrashed him but the situation called for Naruto to calm and colleceted. This was something he was far from feeling.

"Yeah how do you know that? Ino was fuming. Naruto was the dead last, what did he know about these things. As far as she could remember he had mostly slept through all the academy lessons. This is some prank to get attention that he is pulling and we are playing right into his hands. This is interesting thought Sasuke. He started to connect the dots. Naruto was quite close to the Hokage, they had a granddad and almost grandson relationship. Maybe Naruto had been privy to information that they didn't know about. But that was a good question what does this have anything to do with the dobe?

"Because the nine tailed demon fox could not be destroyed" Naruto has regained his composure and answered calmly. Everyone was silent.

"The Fourth could not destroy the nine tails so he instead he sealed the beast" he continued. This was part of the truth that had dreaded the most.

"But niisan, what has this got anything to do with you?" Konohamaru's innocent question sent shivers down Naruto's spine. He braced himself for the inevitable.

"Well..well..you see.." Naruto could not continue. He was sure that he came to terms with his emotions, but he was wrong. I guess accepting it to yourself is totally different to accepting it in front of people.

"Spill it out Naruto" Kiba was starting to get irritated. Honestly just get on with it he thought can't wait around all day.

"Well you see.. for the sealing to work" he took in a deep breath. His stomach was doing somersaults, and his lungs were fighting to keep oxygen inside of him.

"For the sealing to work, the Fourth needed a new born baby whose chakra coils had not developed" Naruto felt as though he was going to be sick but his chanced a look at all of them and could see the confusion written all over their faces. He was not surprised, when he first learned of the truth he had time believing everything, which was until he met the demon fox in his mindscape.

"That baby..that..that baby was..was me" There he had said it, it was out in the open now. There was no way that he could take those words back even if he wanted to. He lowered his eyes. Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. The sea of emotion that welled up inside him was threatening. His eyes was stinging from the unshed tears. When he had decided to tell everyone his truth he didn't realise that accepting this truth would be so emotionally draining on him. He didn't want to see the disgusted looks that his friends would give him. The rest of them stood stock still, deathly silent. Had they heard it right. Naruto had the nine tailed demon fox sealed inside of him? They all looked at the Hokage to confirm what they had just heard. Hinata let out a breath that she didn't know she had been holding. Naruto had told everyone his secret, his fear was out in the open. She admired his courage, if she were in Naruto's position she would never be able to go through with what he just did. This made her resolve to better herself to become even stronger, to be worthy for him.

Sasuke's fists went slack from as the words sank in. The dobe had the nine tailed demon fox sealed within him. he had a freaking demon sealed in him! that's why they all hate him, the villagers, the glares, the hushed comments about the demon. That's why! Why didn't I see it before. Because Naruto is a master at masking the truth. Now that he knew Naruto's secret his problems seemed like nothing compared to Naruto's. True he had a difficult life because Itachi had mascaraed his clan but Naruto, Naruto had been condemned to a life of suffering from the moment that he was born. Whoever is sitting upstairs and running the show, sure has a twisted sense of humour.

His opened his heart to all thought Shino, we could easily make or break him. That was a risky move, but I'll have to wait and see how this unfolds. Everything had become deathly silent after Naruto had revealed the secret. You could hear a pin drop, the birds overhead stopped chirping and even the breeze stopped rustling the leaves, it was as if time itself had stopped.

Naruto had not dared to look at anyone out of fear, but this suspense was killing him. He did not know what they were going to say or do. Actually he didn't want how he was feeling. Was he relieved that he told everyone about his worst fear? He remembered from long ago, the Hokage had told him that by sharing your fears, sorrow and sadness lessens the burden. Honestly he didn't know what the old man was talking about. His fear didn't lessen and he was feeling more agitated than before. He lied! He took a big gulp of air trying to fill his lungs that were on the verge of collapsing.

"Monster!" two screeches could be heard in unison. That was it. That was what he had feared the most. He didn't even bother to look up. Uncontrolled tears started to roll out of his eyes as he left the training ground at a speed that would put the fourth to shame.

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