Secrets Uncovered
The council stood in silence as Haishi stormed out of the meeting hall. They all slowly took their seats again as Naruto sat down in his clan's seat. "Terribly sorry." apologized Naruto
"No need Naruto." replied Inoichi as he folded his hands under his chin gazed over them at Naruto, "He's just never been able to let go of the fact that his own brother was killed by the Kyuubi. And it certainly doesn't help that you are the son of Minato." the rest of the council nodded in affirmation and all turned to face Naruto, "And with your return, I presume you wish to re-claim the Namikaze compound along with the businesses?"
"Yes." stated Naruto meeting Inoichi's gaze.
"Then we have no right to deny you your heritage." said Inoichi as he stood up and walked to the door. He then opened the door and whispered something to the ANBU outside who nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke, "Now, we must talk of re-naming a council head." said Inoichi as he took his seat again.
"Council head?" asked Naruto a look of puzzlement on his face
"Yes." said Shikaku, "The one who leads the council and has direct authority, effectively the second in charge of the village." Naruto's eyebrows raised at this as he looked a little surprised.
"And the current council head is Haishi." stated Rin, "As he has been for the past 20 years."
"Who is currently running for the position?" asked Naruto
"Well, naturally Haishi is, and so is Choza and myself." replied Inoichi, "The vote will happen in 2 weeks. Dismissed." All the council members got up and left as the ANBU walked in and handed Inoichi the files he had requested. Inoichi then went to Naruto and held the files out to him, "This holds the deed to the compound and the contracts of your families business. It also holds your personal information." Naruto accepted the file and opened it looking through the various papers until he came across the business contracts.
"Apartments...hotels..." murmured Naruto in surprise, "Trading companies...Wow. Seemed like my family owned a lot of land and businesses."
"The Namikaze where one of the most powerful and influential clans back in the day, more so than the Hyuuga and Uchiha." laughed Inoichi as Naruto flinched at the last name 'Uchiha'.
"How...how is Sasuke?" asked Naruto tentatively, "Have we gotten anything out of him yet?" Inoichi's face went stone hard as he shook his head.
"I know nothing as of now. I know he is a friend of yours and you wish to speak with him." replied Inoichi grave, "You'll have to ask Lady Hokage for anything on him." Inoichi then turned and left Naruto in the council room. Naruto finished looking over the files and when he did, stored it all back away in the file as he made to hand it back to the ANBU who just shook his head.
"That file is yours Namikaze-san. Do as you please." said the ANBU as he walked away. Naruto thought he could sense a bit of hate in his voice.
"So...inherited much, no?" grinned the Kyuubi foxily as he lay down behind the sealed cage.
"Yes, more than enough to do anything I please." mused Naruto, "I also ironically own my old apartment." At this both Naruto and the Kyuubi stopped grinning as their faces returned to being somber.
"That place is tainted with enough of your blood and suffering...let us not speak of it." said the Kyuubi sadly as he remembered those lone, sad, painful nights spent recovering from the villagers abuse. Both remained silent as Naruto headed off towards his new home.
As he walked through the streets the villagers made trail for him as they stayed as far away as possible. Naruto just kept on walking until one man mustered the courage and yelled, "Get out demon spawn!" the man even threw a bottle which Naruto caught with ease. Naruto then stopped and looked at him sadly as he threw the empty glass bottle in a trash container and kept walking. Although after that Naruto received more verbal abuse and even a few more bottles thrown at him or an occasional knife all of which he either caught or avoided.
"Still sour I see..." groaned Naruto to himself as he dodged another bottle, "Seems we are returning to our old way of life, huh?"
"Shut it." snapped the Kyuubi as Naruto nodded mentally. After a while Naruto arrived at the Namikaze compound and placed his hand on the wooden door which led into the main courtyard.
"Home sweet home I guess." chuckled Naruto dryly.
"Naruto-kun?" asked a voice from behind as Naruto turned his head to see Hinata standing there confused and blushing.
"Yeah Hinata, whats up?" replied Naruto as he took his hand off the door and walked a few steps towards Hinata.
"Why are you here? This place is the Namikaze compound." said Hinata as she shuffled her feet nervously.
"Well..." said Naruto as he bit his lip wondering if he should tell her now or later, "Well...I kinda live here now." Naruto decided as he opted to tell her. Hinata's eye's widened with surprise.
"But...how?" stammered Hinata, "The Namikaze ended with Minato Yondaime."
"No...I am Minato's son apparently." grinned Naruto as Hinata's eyes widened to their full extent, "My name is now Naruto Namikaze." Hinata then fainted and Naruto yelled as she did. A few minutes later Hinata woke up to find herself inside a room. She sat up on the bed she was laying on and looked around.
"Where am I?" said Hinata out loud to herself
"Well...you kinda fainted, and since I don't know where you live and judging from your fathers reaction earlier, I took you into my home till you woke up." said Naruto as he appeared leaning on the rooms door frame on the opposite wall.
"N-naruto-kuns house?" thought Hinata to herself as she fought for control of her consciousness,"Th-thank-you Naruto-kun...I really must be going now though...so If you will excuse me..." Hinata jumped up and quickly walked out the door and out of the house to find herself near the front gates of the compound. Naruto walked out after her.
"Hinata..." said Naruto as Hinata turned to face him, "Could you please tell no one of who I really am. I'm planning to invite everyone over for a peace making talk in a week." Naruto looked directly into Hinata's eyes expecting an answer, all the while she was lost in his deep blue eyes. "Hinata?"
"Wha? Oh yes. I won't tell anyone." said Hinata as she snapped back to the real world. She then bowed and left the compound making sure no one saw her. Naruto, grinning, went deeper into the compound until he found a suitable house to stay in. The compound itself was made up only of 20 two or three story, large separate houses as well as two outdoor training grounds, a large pool, a pub and the records/meeting hall. Unknown to Naruto was that the two story, large house he had chosen, would have been the very house he would have grown up in if not for that night eighteen years ago.
Hinata walked back to her families compound which was actually quite close to the Namikaze compound. As she walked she thought about Naruto and blushed up a storm. "His eyes are so beautiful. Although they seem to hold a lot of pain and suffering and loneliness, he can still act cheerful and kind." thought Hinata. She arrived at her families compound gates just after noon as she walked in to pick up some gear for training. "Maybe I can get Naruto-kun to have a spar with me..." Hinata grinned at the thought and also of what could 'happen' during their spar. As she started out of her room and was passing one of the outer meeting rooms she overheard two men talking. She managed to identify one as her father, but the other was harder to discern.
"We must remove that filth from our village." said Haishi furiously, "I only wonder why I haven't taken matters into my own hands."
"You must be patient Haishi-dono." hissed a the other voice, "Soon that boy you call demon will be long gone from here and this world." At this Hinata's eyes widened and she willed herself to be completely quiet as she continued eavesdropping.
"Oh my god...they are talking about Naruto!" yelled Hinata to herself
"I only have one concern, my eldest daughter is seemingly in love with the demon." said Haishi with obvious disgust in his voice, "I need to separate her feelings for him so my clans blood is not tainted by that demons filth."
"Then kill him." chuckled the other man as Hinata almost let out a gasp and turned red with rage and worry, "That will solve your little dilemma."
"I cannot do that without proof that he is a threat to the village." stated Haishi with a hint of remorse, "I would use the Kyuubi as a pretense, but that can be easily negated..."
"Kyuubi? What is father talking about?" Hinata asked herself as she heard the two men stand. She then snapped back to reality and quietly ran off to avoid being caught by either of the two men. She quickly ran back to the Namikaze compound and pushed the gates open and shut them again quickly so she wasn't seen. She then turned on her Byakugan and looked around before stopping Naruto. "Naruto-kun!" yelled Hinata as she saw Naruto respond by looking towards the source of the voice. He then disappeared and re-appeared in front of Hinata looking confused.
"Hinata? What is it?" asked Naruto worriedly as he saw the look of worry and fear on Hinata's face.
"I just wanted to tell you, my father is planning your downfall and death." said Hinata as she saw Naruto raise his eye brows and then sigh.
"I thought he would try something like this." said Naruto as he shook his head, "I just didn't think it would all start so soon." Naruto looked back up at Hinata and smiled, "Thanks for the warning Hinata, I'll be careful." He then turned around and walked back to his house, "Leave now please, I'm still busy settling in."
"Naruto-kun..." started Hinata as she looked at Naruto tentatively, "My father mentioned the Kyuubi...do you know anything about it?" Naruto then visibly flinched as he turned back around.
"The Kyuubi?" said Naruto, his mouth dry, "I don't know what you are talking about." Naruto tried to feign ignorance, but with seeing the look on Hinata's face he sighed, "Yeah, I know about it." Hinata's eye's widened a bit and then they turned serious.
"Tell me Naruto-kun, what did my father mean when he said he would use the Kyuubi as a pretense to get you killed'?" asked Hinata, her eyes frozen on Naruto's face
"That...I can't tell you right now." replied Naruto with a distant and painful look on his face, "I'll tell everyone at the party." He stared into Hinata's eyes before looking back down at the ground, "Sorry." He then turned and walked briskly away leaving Hinata standing there.
"Hey, Naruto." said the Kyuubi as Naruto was pulled into his mindscape. Naruto stood before the huge metal barred cage that held back the Kyuubi as he stared up at the dark, sinister eyes of the Kyuubi.
"What is it Kyuubi?" asked Naruto, "Bored?"
"Not at all." grinned the Kyuubi, "Just curious when this party of yours is."
"In a week." replied Naruto as he rolled his eyes, "Weren't you paying attention? And why do you want to know anyway?"
"No, just asking." grinned the Kyuubi with a glint in his eye that Naruto knew only to well.
"No and no again!" yelled Naruto angrily, "I'm not going to let you out so you can cause panic." Naruto stared at the demon and wondered to himself for the millionth time why he had made that deal with the Kyuubi.
Flashback
Naruto lay on the ground after Sasuke had punched him through with another Chidori, this one in his gut. He felt the chakra fixing the wound, but it was not enough. "I'm going to die here..." thought Naruto to himself as he coughed up some blood and closed his eyes. He re-opened them to find himself standing infront of the Kyuubi's cage. Naruto looked at it dumbfounded, "Wh—why am I here?" shouted Naruto in his own mindscape as a pair of red eyes glowed from behind the bars.
"So...you just had to almost get killed again..." sighed the Kyuubi who then grinned, "Although...if you set me free, I will heal you so you may live." The Kyuubi chuckled as Naruto just stared.
"I know you'll just kill me anyway, then you go and kill the rest of the village." snapped Naruto as the Kyuubi looked down at him.
"You're not as stupid as you look, although you'll die if you don't set me free." sneered the Kyuubi, "You'll never save that Uchiha and that little pink haired vixen would be devastated, would she not?" The Kyuubi chuckled as Naruto's eyes glowed with hate and understanding.
"Fine..." grumbled Naruto as he jumped up and ripped the seal off before he could doubt himself and the doors of the cage burst open as red chakra shot forward and coated Naruto in malicious energy. Back in the real world, Naruto convulsed and the stomach wound steamed and shuddered before quickly healing over. Naruto's eyes flickered open to reveal blood red eyes as he screamed and rolled onto his back, panting.
"What are you doing!" shouted the Kyuubi as Naruto pushed the weakened Kyuubi back into the cage with his own chakra, "We had a deal! Your life for my freedom!" The Kyuubi pushed back, but to no avail and he what happened then made even the Kyuubi react in surprise. The previously dungeon like mindscape shimmered and transformed into a forest with a lake nearby. The Kyuubi looked around and saw Naruto standing there looking almost as confused, "What happened..."
"You're free Kyuubi, atleast from the seal." replied Naruto, "The only reason you aren't out in the world again, is because the moment you exit my body, we both die." The Kyuubi rasied an eyebrow at this and sighed.
"Then...show me your are worthy of my powers." said the Kyuubi as he shrunk down to the size of a large dog. Naruto raised his eyebrow now as the Kyuubi attacked and Naruto side stepped the bite. One of the tails lashed out to slice Naruto in half. Naruto dropped to the ground and threw a kunai into the Kyuubi's belly causing it to roar in pain. Naruto then jumped up charged a rasengan.
"Lets finish this with one attack." Said Naruto as the rasengan glowed in his hand. The Kyuubi grinned and opened it's mouth, charging a black ball of chakra infront of his mouth. As soon as it was done he fired it and Naruto slammed the Rasengan into the mass of chakra. To the both's amazement, the rasengan pushed through and slammed into the Kyuubi's face, sending it flying through several of the trees in the mindscape. Naruto looked at his hand in amazement and then at the Kyuubi. "D...did my Rasengan just..." Naruto looked back at his hand and clenched it, "Turn red?"
End Flashback
"You beat me that time..." growled the Kyuubi as Naruto grinned, "Oh well...we are stuck together so why not lend you my power every now and again." Naruto grinned and walked around the Namikaze compound cleaning it up and placing self cleaning seals around (an invention of his families) as he prepared for the guests he would have in a weeks time.
Well...here ends chapter 7. I am sorry if the quality seems to be...slipping. Any way, no more wasting time! A 1 week time skip to the party/meeting will kick off the next chapter.
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~Sepherif
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