Hey guys! I know I haven't posted a chapter in a long time and I am sorry for that. However I have found some time to make another chapter for you and I hope you will enjoy it.


This power I gave you... it does more than just give you strength... it changes who you are... if you let it that is... will you be yourself or will you succumb to the quilt, remorse, disgust, hatred and fear that builds within you? I wonder, will you be able to remain human after all you have done... and will do?

An enchanting beauty was awakened from her slumber as her pillow shifted. She opened her eyes, slowly, only to find a pair of sea colored eyes staring right into her amethyst ones. She blushed at his charming and easygoing smile. She leaned up and kissed his whiskered cheek, unknowingly sending a pleasant shiver through her brothers spine. She grinned at him because of his light blush.

"Good morning Naru-kun." She said cheekily while stretching. 'Pet names huh? Well two can play at that game.' Naruto thought as he stood up from the bed, also stretching.

"Good morning Mi-chan." Now it was his turn to grin as she blushed a deep scarlet. She threw a pillow at him with a huff, he just dodged it while laughing softly. Deciding to end the fun before it began he tossed her clothes at her and told her that he will meet her downstairs. And with that he dressed and went to the kitchen for some food.

The red-head was just lying in her bed, thinking about her brother again. She seems to do that a lot lately, she idly noted. 'I wonder what we will be doing with Kaka-sensei being out of commission? Probably chakra control, I would quite like to know how to walk on water like that. It looked so cool datebane! Ughh... it doesn't work, every time I try to think of something else his face pops into my head. I'll have to do something soon or I'll go crazy.' She was getting desperate. She just wanted to tell her brother how she feels, show it to him, hold him, kiss him... and much more. But she has to wait for the right moment.

After a few minutes she came down the stairs with Kakashi leaning on her as he walked beside her. She sat him down before smiling cheekily and sitting on Naruto's lap. This got them raised eyebrows from everyone, but they decided to not comment. They ate their meals in silence, Naruto feeding his redhead the fish they had. Everyone looked mildly happy, momentarily forgetting about their troubles. Moments like these were rare to come by in this country these days.

They finished their food and Tsunami went to wash the dishes, while Kakashi laid on the couch while reading his book, ignoring Tsunami's glare. Tazuna just read some old book while waiting for the shift to start. Sasuke sat in the corner and read a scroll, probably about Katon jutsu's. Mito said she will take a look around the village and Naruto decided to go as well, seeing that there is nothing else to do anyway.

They were walking beside each other as was their usual, Mito leaning and Naruto had a hand on her waist. But the aura around them was not happy, it was careful, cautious and saddened. Everywhere they looked they saw a boarded up house, poor people walking around, few of them reduced to beggars. It saddened Mito seeing them like this and she got a new drive to guard Tazuna even more.

Naruto was fairing differently. He was saddened too but his sorrow soon gave away to anger, then fury and last but not least rage and bloodthirst. 'That Gato! That's it, the second I see him he will lay dead on my feet!' He vowed to himself as they continued their walk. The people around them had mixed reactions of seeing ninja in their country. Some were giving of a sense of fear while others had hope for them to liberate them.

It was very likely that they would be interrupted in their walk but they thought it would be by someone curious about them or a beggar, not Gato's lackeys.

One was holding an older man by his throat, pushing him against a wall. Other one was holding a woman while another one molested her breasts. The fourth one, probably the leader, just laughed at their misery.

"So old man, will you give us the money or do we have to take away your daughter?" Asked the leader, with a lecherous grin, while holding the face of the brown haired girl.

Naruto saw this happening and was going to intervene but as his eyes landed on the man's daughter he imagined his sister in her place and that made him freeze for a second before his eyes changed to a menacing yellow, his clawed hands stretched, preparing for the slaughter, his teeth got razor sharp and spiky, awaiting sweet flesh. He looked down at Mito, giving her a reassuring smile before walking toward the commotion.

"I would let them be, if I were you." The whiskered teen told them as glared at them. The leader just laughed mockingly at him. "Why should I kid? Run to your mommy before we beat you senseless." He dismissed him with a casual wave of his hand, as if he wasn't worth his time. This made his blood boil and he gritted his teeth into a snarl as he glared at them with even more ferocity.

"You. Will. Release. Them. Right. Now." He demanded slowly, keeping his rage at bay... for now. The thug who held the man released him and stood beside his leader while the molester joined as well. There were a lot of people watching the spectacle now.

"Kid, last warning. Back off or we will kill you." The leader threatened with a raised katana, the rest getting theirs as well. Murmurs began from the crowd, concern for the boy, encouragement for him. Naruto hunched over a little bit and a bloodthirsty smile soon overtook his face as he chuckled deeply.

"It's time for breakfast." With that he charged forward, the startled thugs soon recovered and the leader went to impale him on his blade only for Naruto to spin around him, now standing back to back with him. The two beside the leader went for a stab only for Naruto to smile and spin the leader to his position. Blood spurted as two blades embedded into his chest, killing him instantly.

He used their shock to his advantage and, ducking under the blades, sliced their jugular's open with his claws, they held their neck, trying to desperately slow down the river of blood coming from them... futile. They crumbled to the floor. Dead.

"Make a single step and I will slice her neck open! I mean it! Stay away!" The last one trembled, to Naruto he was just cattle that couldn't accept it's death. He just grinned toothily, crouched and leaped at him, the thug released the lady in horror of the horrific sound coming from the teenager. Nothing could save him now.

He landed on him, straddling his waist as he tore into his torso and stomach with ferocity of a hungry animal. He chewed on his organs as he trashed underneath him, not caring a single bit about his screams.

"You screams annoy me." He stated coldly as he ate away at his throat, the thug making only gurgles before stilling. He slowly stood up and felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to the sight of Mito, with a caring smile on her face. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and hugged him. He hesitated before slowly hugging her back. The sulfur in his eyes bleeding out, leaving behind a calm ocean.

"Thanks." He mumbled his gratitude as he hugged her tighter before letting her go. Suddenly the crowd erupted into cheers and shouts of gratefulness were heard among the crowd as they witnessed a new hope for their country. Naruto blushed a bit as they kept praising him and proclaiming him a protector of Wave, which didn't sound bad to him.

He took a deep breath and the villagers settled instantly.

"Villagers of Wave, today is the day Gato's rule will begin to dwindle. Team 7 consisting of Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, Mito Uzumaki-Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake shall free you of your shackles. Your country will be free once again!" He shouted at the end while raising his right fist, the crowd mirroring him with roars of approval.

"What the hell is going on here!?" Everyone turned to the new guests and recognized them as Gato's thugs. Eight of them to be precise. Naruto smiled and patted his sisters shoulder with a smile.

"I'll sit this one out, why don't you have a go at them?" He suggested as sat down at a thugs half eaten corpse.

"Lazy bum." His sister commented, but by the smile on her face you could tell she was only joking around.

"Hey I'm the one who just killed four people, you deserve your fair share of action." With his piece said he laid his head on the guy's opened stomach and relaxed, ready for the his sister to begin the slaughter.

"I'll ask one last time! What is going on here?!" The pig shouted again only to be silenced forever by a the kunai in his forehead. The rest looked at Mito who had an outstretched hand, indicating it was her who threw the deadly projectile.

"You whore! We will kill you!" They roared in anger as they charged at her recklessly, their judgement clouded by anger at the loss of their leader. She just grinned and, with chakra reinforced legs, became a blur, appearing behind the last guy, she quickly shoved a kunai in his heart, killing him instantly.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Six more of her popped into existence, ready to kill. The two forces charged and collided, but mere thugs had no chance at defending against ninjas. One by one they fell, until only Mito remained. She grinned and plopped down next to Naruto.

"How was I?" It was meant just for a bragging question but the answer brought red to her cheeks.

"Beautiful and deadly, just how I like it." He emphasized his statement by sitting up and hugging her from behind, breathing her scent through her soft and vulnerable neck. The blood that was just below the surface made his head spin with crazy ideas and thoughts, one of which was more pronounced than the others.

'Mine!' His mind screamed as he nuzzled her neck before getting up with her and making their way back to Tazuna's house after accepting the villagers kind words of thanks.

They opened the front door, Mito stepping in first, and they were instantly questioned where they were by Tsunami who was worried sick for them, as it is lunch time. They just both scratched their necks and grinned apologingly.

"Well we went to the center of the village and we got in a fight with a few of Gato's bandits that were threatening an old man and his daughter, so Naruto-kun killed them. Then I killed the group that arrived to see what caused such ruckus from the inhabitants. We basically got thanked for our bravery and for giving them a new hope and now we are here." She held a cheeky smile after that.

All of them were staring at the two with wide eyes. Kakashi's book slipped through his fingers onto the floor, Tazuna spitted his sake, Sasuke's attempt at a new jutsu burned his eyebrows off and Tsunami dropped her kitchen knife.

Naruto acted and blurred out of sight only to catch the falling knife, heading towards her foot, he set it on the kitchen table and smiled at her before appearing next to Mito again.

"We will leave you so you can snap out of it. We'll be back for lunch." With her piece said Mito grabbed her blondie's hand and dragged him to their bedroom.

Naruto had no time to think before he was thrown onto the the bed and Mito was snuggling against him. She just kissed his cheek and closed her eyes, going to sleep. It happened so fast that Naruto could only blink, shrug, and go to sleep as well. Not caring that they got out of it half an hour ago.

Four days later

It has been four days since the they ignited the fire of hope inside Wave's inhabitants and everything was going pretty smoothly. The bridge would be complete in a week at most, no signs of Zabuza, who they resolved alive, Gato's thugs were less and less common and everyone had fun with Tazuna's family, except for Inari that is, even Kakashi has healed considerably and was doing everything on his own again. The only really bad thing is that Naruto does not feel alright.

It was early morning, the sun hasn't risen yet and it won't for some time. Mito is sleeping peacefully next to her brother.

He however does not sleep peacefully.

He was tossing and turning, his body sweaty as he held his head. He was pale, deathly so, his veins showed clearly. His eyes were shut tightly, his body shaking, his head felt like it was going to explode.

"Monster." A voice whispered. He tossed around more.

"Demon." He was clawing at his torso, his muscles clenched.

"Beast." His eyes changed behind his eye-lids.

"Cannibal." His teeth became sharp as razors.

"You want more, don't you?" His nails transformed into wicked claws.

"Monster. Demon. Beast. Cannibal. Freak. Psycho." He curled into a ball holding his head, gritting his teeth. The voices were yelling and screaming now.

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up." He whispered, trying to stop the voices, but their volume only increased.

"Shut up... Shut up! Shut up!" He said painfully, the voices only increasing their assault on his psyche.

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, alerting everyone in the house.

Quick footsteps were heard as everyone in the house slammed open their bedroom door. Mito tried to calm him down but as soon as she touched him he jumped out of bed, holding his head still yelling like a man possesed.

"SHUT UP!" He screamed as he opened his eyes, showing all of them the emotions within. They all gasped as they saw them. So many emotions. Anger, rage, sadness, fear, love, hate, regret, disgust, satisfaction, affection, bloodlust. Every emotion swirled around and they couldn't react when he began banging his head on the wall, trying to knock himself out. Kakashi, seeing his predicament, appeared behind him, caught his clawed hand that was coming for his neck and shocked him with a surge of lightning chakra.

"AHHHH!" He screamed before falling into his arms, but not before saying more.

"Don't let me kill you too." Everyone widened their eyes.

'What does he mean?' That question swam in everyone's heads as the mask wearing nin laid him back into his and Mito's shared bed. He instantly latched onto her and cried silently, tears escaping his eye-lids. No sobs came however.

"I'll stay here in case something happens." Kakashi said, exiting the room and returning a while later with his fuuton. He was surprised to see Sasuke already asleep there but he just shrugged and went to sleep too.

Mito didn't sleep for a while, just holding Naruto as he cried.

'Does he think he will hurt us too because of the people he killed? He might have liked it but that doesn't mean he will kill as as well. Right?' Not even Kyuubi could talk as she was too stunned to say anything. She didn't expect it at all. She never experienced something quite like this.

The next day

The first thing that Mito noticed is that her hands were empty. She quickly sat up and frantically looked around. 'Kakashi, check. Sasuke, check. Naruto... shit.'

He ran, he didn't care where but he ran. He swatted away branches, not caring that his clothing ripped little by little. He couldn't return, not after the show he made. They would ask questions, he would give them the answers and they would hate him, fear him. He couldn't bear the thought, so he ran, hoping to collect his thoughts.

Team 7 has begun their search an hour ago but they couldn't find him. Finally they decided to call it quits and hope that he will appear.

'Where the hell did he go? And why? What did he do that he would think that he will hurt us? It doesn't make sense.' Sasuke mused to himself. Not seeing the reason for Naruto's current mental state.

'Does he think we will hate him. I couldn't hate him even if I wanted to. Love is stronger than hate. I should have confessed my feelings already.' Mito thought to herself, seeing that her hesitance was not good.

'He regrets something. He loathes himself for something. I should know, I experienced it myself. But what? He probably thinks we would hate him if he told us. That was my fear and that is why I haven't told anyone. Perhaps I should tell him my story, so he sees he's not alone. Maybe.' Kakashi has gone through a rough time in his younger days and maybe he can talk to Naruto and say that whatever haunts him he can speak to him freely. Yet he didn't know about anything that could do this to him. Yeah... he didn't know. But just because you don't know something doesn't mean it isn't there.

They informed the rest of the house and decided to go training, maybe Naruto would show up to learn.

Naruto stopped in a clearing near a river and dropped to his knees and cried. Sobs racked his body as his actions sunk in. He killed so many people and enjoyed it, he ate their flesh. He threw up at that thought. He recalled every swipe of his claw, every chomp of his teeth, the taste and smell.

'Why am I doing this?! I ki- no massacred these people! And for what?! For revenge?! For the fear in their eyes as I teared into them?!' He cried even harder, he was a monster. An abomination that would be better off dead. He was a danger to his precious people.

He took out a kunai, his hand trembed as he held it against his heart.

'Kami! Give me one reason to live!' He begged the deity as he looked out for a sign. He waited a while longer but sighed as he saw none.

He outstretched his hand and sta-

"...we shouldn't be training right now! We should be looking for Naru-kun!"

'Mito! Of course... I did all those horrible things to protect my little sister. Thank you Kami.' Now with a new purpose of protecting his sister he pocketed the kunai and jumped into the treeline. He watched as his team came through the dirt road into the clearing and Kakashi began speaking about the new exercise.

"*Sigh* I know Mito, but we didn't find him in an hour and I believe he wouldn't abandon us that easily. We are going to continue training and when we find Naruto I will talk to him, I believe I can talk some sense into him. Is that ok?" After getting their nods of approval he walked over to the river, it wasn't too wild but it wasn't a calm stream either, and walked onto the middle of it.

"Your training will be another chakra exercise, water walking. You have to constantly emit chakra in order to stay on the water, the deeper the water, the more chakra is needed. Well, get to it team." With that he eye-smiled and laid on the water and red his book, ignoring the grumbling of his students about lazy porn-loving senseis.

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, that was his sensei alright. He just sat back, with his hood raised, and watched the sho- ehm, training... yes training. He chuckled as Sasuke stood on the water with a smirk only to fall into the river because of a small wave. He silently laughed and blushed as Mito fell into the water, making her clothes wet, making them cling to her body more.

'Is she not wearing a bra or something? She didn't bind her chest either as I can see. Why though? Isn't binding them more comfortable?' He remarked in his head as he innocently studied his sister's breasts. Trying to find a reason to not have it bound, other than the discomfort for wearing them the entire day, and failing miserably.

He continued to watch until it was night time. The day was kind of repetitive, Sasuke would grumble then smirk in victory. Kakashi lazed around, ignoring Mito's outbursts and the already-mentioned redhead would be cursing every god in existence when failing. In the end they decided to call it quits and go home. Naruto was preparing to leap off to find a place to stay the night but Kakashi's voice stopped him.

"If you want to talk, you know where to find me. I think that I have some words for you, but I will wait for you to try and sort it out yourself. Be safe." Kakashi's back was turned to him the entire time but at the end he looked behind him and flashed him an eye-smile before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

Naruto smiled to himself as he absorbed the man's words. He shook his head and then leaped off to find shelter, all the time thinking about Kakashi's words.

'I'll go to him tomorrow. Although I am very interested in what he has to say.'

After almost an hour he found a cave and, while releasing a tired sigh, went into it.

'Finally, I just want to sleep right now.' With that thought he laid on the ground of stone and began to doze off.

"ROOAARR." A loud roar sounded behind him making him snap his sulfur eyes open and roll to the side, only to dodge claws of an apparently very irritated bear.

'Shit, this is probably it's home. Well not anymore. Now it's about to become mine.' He thought with a smirk as he charged, the bear doing the same. Claws met claws as they clashed. Naruto spun around, cutting it on the side. The boar released a pain-filled roar before swiping at Naruto in blind rage. He just jumped over it and landed on the bear, then he proceeded to tear at it's neck with his mouth.

The boar tossed around and was able to get Naruto of off it. He slammed his back into the cave's wall, making him grunt. He had no time however as the bear swiped at him again. He jumped away but duo to his position and slight concussion he got three gashes on his left shin.

"Ugh." He landed unsteadily, his wound not healing for some reason. He growled angrily at the bear and receiving the same response.

They circled each other, Naruto's clawed hands twitching in anticipation and the bear glared at him. They were both injured, but the bear more so and it knew that it would not live much longer, and with that information in it's head it charged recklessly, hoping to at the least finish it's killer off.

His eyes widened from seeing it charge like that, but not one to be outdone he charged as well. They met in the middle and they wrestled for a while and it looked like the bear was winning until...

"AAARGHH." Naruto released his own roar, and using chakra he overpowered the bear and forced it on it's back. He straddled the bear's stomach and tore into it with his claws, and then ate it's insides while at still whimpered in pain. He just chewed on everything he saw and after a few minutes there was nothing but bones. He panted for a while then calmed himself and went to sleep.

'This is why I don't want them to be around me, I am dangerous to them.' And with that sad thought he slept a restless night, full of nightmares.

Next day

He woke up with cold sweat dripping from his face, the nightmares were intense but he knew that they were only dreams. He stood up and he quickly noticed that the pain in his leg disappeared along the soreness of his fight, his body was also looking healthy again but as he had no mirror he didn't notice this. He shrugged before stretching and exiting the cave. He needed to put his arm up because of the sun's glare.

'It's a nice day I see.' He couldn't help but smile, he liked days like these, although his primal side preferred shaded areas. He went to their temporary training ground and stripped down to nothing before diving in. He emerged and cleaned himself of the grime and blood. He sighed in bliss, a peaceful moment at last. After his bath he checked his gear.

'*Sigh* Damn, I have a few dozen shuriken, twelve kunai, two paper bombs and a single smoke bomb. Tsk, this mission is taking too long for my tastes. And my clothing is kind of done for.' And it was true, he had three tears on his right shin, his shirt had it's left sleeve shredded to the elbow and his hood had little nicks at the edge.

He dressed and began walking towards Tazuna's house but he stopped once he remembered his team's training session. He jogged back to the stream and began practicing, not noticing the lone eye aimed at his back.

With Kakashi

He watched as his student trained. He went out for a walk but instead he ended up running into this blonde little gaki. He just perched himself on a branch and red as he occasionally glanced at his progress. He chuckled a little as he fell into the water for the forty-eighth time... not that he was counting. He was however not prepared for the kunai flying for his head. He ducked and looked with wide eyes as Naruto stood in front of him with yellow glowing eyes, pointy teeth and black claws.

"Sup, Kaka-sensei." The blond greeted cheekily, knowing that he just stunned and maybe terrified his teacher.

"So the genjutsu back then was a half-truth, I am embarrassed that I fell for that, but also proud that you could fool me like that." He eye-smiled at him as he praised him, making him blush faintly. But soon a grim and serious aura overcame their conversation when Naruto spoke.

"I'm a danger to you." His words were cold and his stare even colder. He was stating it like it was a fact and not something to debate about, but Kakashi tried anyway.

"Now, now, calm down for a minute. That you have razor teeth and claws does not make you dangerous." He chided him half-heartedly, trying to lift the mood. He realized it didn't work when he saw the anger in his sensei's son's eyes.

"On their own - maybe not. But with the bloodlust and craving for human flesh - yes. I want to kill people and eat them Kakashi, I can smell their skin, their flavor. You and Sasuke don't interest me. But Mito-chan has the best smell I have ever encountered. I can't bear the thought of hurting her." He had sadness and self-loathing in his eyes now, his anger laying still.

"Then don't." This answer made him look up at him in outrage, but before he could start yelling at him his sensei stopped him with a raised hand.

"You always have a choice. You can kill and eat Mito to satisfy yourself or you can overcome that urge. It's your call. The problem here is that you don't trust yourself with holding back. We trust you, but you don't trust yourself. I might have a way for you to override this hunger for her flesh, but you won't like it. It will be a trial through fire." Naruto contemplated Kakashi's words and in the end he found them to be true.

"Let's try it Kaka-sensei." His smile was returned with Kakashi's eye curving into a smile as well.

Hour Later

Naruto released a deep breath as he stood in front of Tazuna's house. He was nervous and worried. It was a good test for him and a good self-control exercise but he hoped he wouldn't lose control. Kakashi placed a supporting hand on his pupil's shoulder and nodded at him, completely serious, you could tell because of the absence of a certain book.

The front door opened and Team 7 along with Tsunami and Tazuna saw Naruto in damaged clothes and Kakashi trailing behind him.

"Sup." He greeted nervously as he stepped in front of his sister. Mito's head was tilted towards the ground and you could see droplets of water dripping to the floor. Naruto extended his hand towards her head only to be slapped in the face by Mito.

"You baka! Where did you run of to?! We were so worried." She buried her head in his chest and punched him in the gut repeatedly. He winced at every blow. Not because of the fists but because he made his sister cry.

"I'm so sorry Mito-chan, I didn't know. I was scared that I would hurt you, but it seems I did just that. I'm sorry." He wrapped his hands around her and let her cry as he rested his chin on her fiery hair.

"If you ever disappear like that again... I'll drag you back and make regret it, got it?" Sasuke enhanced his threat with a Sharingan glare. The entire team sweat-dropped at that.

Naruto gulped with fear and gently extracted his sister from his chest and looked her in the eye.

"Mito, c-can I have a b-bite? I mean Kaka-sensei said it could help me to control my bloodlust. I-I understand if you don't want to." He was now avoiding eye-contact. Mito just smiled at him and extended her hand while dragging back her sleeve to expose her bare arm.

"Go ahead. I trust you." She smiled at him encouragingly. That is all he needed to know as he gently grabbed her arm and sank his fangs into it.

His eyes instantly went wide and his irises became blood red. He tightened his jaw, almost breaking her arm and tugged with his head.

Blood flew through the air as time seemed to slow down for everyone. Kakashi's eye went wide. Sasuke gasped in horror. Tsunami screamed while Tazuna's jaw went slack. Mito's eyes opened wide in surprise and pain.

Naruto's left eye turned sulfur as he registered their looks. He looked at Mito and into her eyes. What he saw was heart-clenching. There were tears of pain in her eyes, but they held no fear nor hatred, they only held kindness and love for him. He looked at her arm and saw that a good chunk of her forearm was missing.

He fell to his knees and hugged himself as he cried and sobbed. The red of his eyes being washed away by his tears, leaving behind regretful sulfur.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please don't hate me. I'm so-" He was cut off as Mito hugged him.

"It's okay, Kyuubi can heal it and see: you snapped out of if. You are not a danger to us, you were just scared. Let us help you." She kissed his cheek softly, making him blush subtly. Kakashi recovered the first and clapped once.

"Well now that that is out of the way and everything is being sorted out, I think it's time for lunch!" He said cheerfully with an eye-smile as he tried to lift the mood a little.

"Food?! Hell yeah! What do we have for lunch Tsunami-san?" Asked Mito excitedly, she always loved food. Her hand had healed already and it seems she has forgotten it just as quickly.

'It's amazing she isn't weighting a ton with how much she is eating, but then again we are shinobi and chakra is not made from thin air.' Naruto licked his lips at the thought of lunch but he froze and that made all of them to look at him. He slowly raised his hand and wiped his mouth using his fingers. He then looked at them and swallowed thickly as he saw blood on them. He then hesitantly stuck his tongue out, and to the growing worry of everyone, licked them clean. He closed his eyes as he savored the taste of his sister. It was so heavenly.

He didn't know that he subconsciously shivered and moaned. He slowly opened his eyes to the sight of everyone looking at him in worry. He just chuckled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head in his usual manner.

"Hehe, sorry, force of habit I guess. Anyway I'm gonna go hunting. Fresh meat sounds inviting right now." He smiled at them carefully before walking to the door but before he could walk out he found himself being hugged from behind. And sure enough, it was Mito.

"Be safe and return in an hour, if you don't: I am coming after you." She tried to be stern but the worry in her voice betrayed her. He turned around and returned the hug as he ruffled her hair in a brotherly way. He grinned at her as he winked and gave a thumbs up.

"I'll be safe, don't worry. After all I am on the top of the food-chain here. A new predator has entered the hunting grounds." He walked out while throwing a cheeky grin and a lazy wave behind him. Sasuke just grunted, Kakashi just raised his hand in a half-assed attempt at a wave and Mito raised her hand in the air as she threw her last words of encouragement.

"Show them who's boss!" He smiled as he jumped through the tree-tops. He was glad that their little trial worked out in the end and that everyone seemed to accept him, although there weren't many words.

'There's going to be a lot of words when I get back, I bet. I'll answer all questions I can, I don't want to lose them after all. I know I can trust them, I will also talk to my mom and dad, and if I have the time then I'll speak with the rest of the crew. I am not scared anymore, I am in control. I can use this power to protect everyone.' He thought passionately as he leaped at his unsuspecting prey and feasted on it's fresh meat. A great weight was lifted off his shoulders as he thought that he didn't have to hide this from everyone. His guilt and regret of killing disappeared and only strong resolve to protect at all costs remained.

He was a Protector, he will protect his precious people to the very end!

If he has to sacrifice his humanity to do so, then he will!

If he has to pay with his own life in exchange for the life of his precious people, he will gladly do so!

'My enemies will tremble underneath my gaze! I will be a demon for them! I will be their nightmare!' He thought in determination as he looked up at the sky, his fists clenched.

'No precious person of mine will die if I can stop it! Not even gods will be able to oppose me! I will fight every threat! Because I am Naruto-Uzumaki-Namikaze!' He declared in his mind as he dug into his meal.

Hmph, so they finally know huh? Not the reaction I anticipated. I must say I am surprised. Your story is getting more and more interesting every day Naruto. I cannot wait to see what you will do next. I bet the Fourth would like to meet you... maybe, just maybe, I'll let him visit you, just to make this show more interesting. I hope your story will not end abruptly like so many before you. You show promise... don't disappoint me.


Well that's that. I hope you enjoyed it, I honestly like writing for you. Not only am I expressing my emotions and thoughts but I am also entertaining people, which is something I always wanted to do. I always wanted a way to entertain people and this is just it. I am open for criticism, I would like for this story and any future ones to be better. There is always something to improve upon and if you can help me with that please do so. With that said, I don't know when is going to be the next chapter because I have to plan how the story is going to progress. I am debating between keeping it short and sort of an experiment or expanding it further. I don't know. Let me know what you guys think.