[Author's Notes I have to say, I was rather surprised by the number of private messages asking for more lemons. There were a rather disturbing number that said nothing but "Hehehe" or "Giggles" or something else of that nature. I got more PM's than I did reviews (coughs. 43, coughs). I only got 36 (at this point) reviews. Though I thought the lemon wasn't very good, thanks for the positive remarks about it. I hope that met everyone's expectations in the relationship aspect, even if not what you expected plot-wise. I agree with Hinata's actions being a little rushed, but I decided to use the jutsu and Hinata's subconscious desires as the reason for it (that, and the story that spawned this creation was the whole point of that event. I just didn't want to write it without rhyme or reason.) Explanations for why this is so late at the end, since it mentions a part of the story.

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The next morning, Hinata, with a pleasant dull ache between her legs, was on her way out of the house with the Enura jutsu scrolls when she was stopped by Neji.

"Hiashi-sama would like to speak with you, Hinata."

Hinata nodded and walked quickly to her father's meeting room, guided by Neji. Once at the door, Neji bowed and left her there to her fate. She opened the door and stepped inside, closing it behind her and taking her seat in front of him.

Deciding to get straight to the point, Hiashi began as soon as Hinata was seated. "Hinata, I am proud of you. You showed great strength yesterday. I am also very happy that you will be able to marry whoever you choose, which I assume you have already chosen the man?" He silently noted a twitch of her lips trying to stretch into a smile. "However, the Elders would like to to know what exactly happened yesterday. I must say, I am also curious as to exactly what happened. I don't suppose you could enlighten me, so that I may have something to tell them? I would prefer if you told me everything."

"I decided that I wanted to, eventually, marry Uzumaki Naruto. Yesterday was laying the foundation to do just that once ready." That rather blunt statement was really not what he was expecting.

"Hinata, I am afraid I can't tell you why, but you can not marry him. The Elders would not allow it." Hinata was able to detect only a slight hint of urgency and despair in his voice. He actually seemed sad that he was telling her that she couldn't have the man she wanted. But knowing her father's position in the village, and that he was old enough, she assumed he would know Naruto's secret.

"You mean Fuzzy?" The rise in his eyebrows confirmed that theory.

"You ... you know? How?"

"I know, yes, and anyone who watches him and spends enough time around him would know."

"And you don't ... care about it?"

"Of course not, Father. He could release Fuzzy at any time simply by wanting to. But instead, he keeps this entire village protected from Fuzzy and strives to earn the respect of the village as a whole."

"Why do you keep calling it 'Fuzzy'?"

Hinata shrugged her shoulders. "That is what Naruto calls him, and when I spoke with him, I called him Fuzzy. He said he wouldn't eat me for calling him such a name if he could call me 'Kitten'."

Hiashi was shocked to say the least. His daughter knew the village's most guarded secret, didn't hate the boy for it, and has even spoke with the demon inside and made an agreement to call him 'Fuzzy' of all things.

"You spoke with it?"

"Yes. On our last mission, he sacrificed his freedom so that Naruto would live. In so doing, he also saved the rest of us as well. I had spoken with him during the mission."

"I ... see." He didn't actually. "So, what was yesterday? You told Hanabi that you always failed your matches on purpose."

"I did. I could never bring myself to really hurt her. It was like I was trying to destroy what was left of Mother."

Hiashi was quiet several moments while he thought. "I see. Very well, I have enough. I will tell the Elders what they need to know, without some of the other."

"If they argue about my wedding Naruto in the future, there are a few arguements we can use. One, he has massive chakra reserves and is very fast and strong. His stamina and chakra reserves are easily Kage level. Any descendants would inherit at least some of those physical attributes. Though I would hate for this to be forced into the conversation, there could be an arguement of having Fuzzy in our lineage." She paused a moment, looking thoughtful. "Also, I would kill anyone who tries to keep me from him." She didn't even bat an eyelash with that final comment, and that scared the hell out of Hiashi.

"Very well. One last question, what is that large scroll you are carrying?"

"The Enura clan, a clan very similar to the Yamanaka, will be ending. They were our previous employers for my last mission. Lord Enura gave me his entire clan jutsu library to give to the Yamanaka clan. I was on my way to see Ino when Neji stopped me."

That a clan would give up their entire jutsu library was astounding. That scroll was probably priceless, and doubly so for the Yamanaka clan who could probably use most, if not all, of it. "Very well then. You're free to go." He just couldn't think of anything else to say. There was far too much to think about.

Hinata rose and left without another word, leaving Hiashi to think before he faced the Elders. He knew the Uzumaki boy was a good kid, and would treat Hinata well, but getting the Elders to be okay with it would be exhausting.

"Perhaps its time I enforced my authority over my clan. She deserves this."

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Sakura and Ino had awakened early, normal for a ninja, and discussed the previous night again, and what they wanted to ask Hinata. Try as they might, it was more the conversation Hinata and Naruto held that actually held more of their attention than the act itself, primarily because neither wanted to relive the fact that they enjoyed it.

"I don't understand. Why would he say that he showed such a strong crush on you because you were 'safe'? Why would you be safe and why would Hinata not be if they were together?" Ino was at a loss. She could almost feel something in the back of her mind about the whole situation, but she just couldn't grasp it. Sakura wasn't fairing much better.

"I don't know. I mean, I know that a lot of people don't like him, but its like everyone who actually meets him, like Tsunade, Jiraiya, clients, hell, even kids during our missions love him, especially the kids. They see a kindred spirit." Sakura's frustration was visible as she sat in a huff on the counter. She could understand people liking Naruto, she even liked him, though he was certainly no Sasuke, but to realize that he'd tried so hard, and never even suspected that she might, even the slightest possible chance, actually agree to go out on a date with him. Was she really so shallow that he always expected to be shot down like that? And she had always been so cruel about it. Why would he want that than to actually try to be with someone he could be happy with, or even at least have a chance to.

"A lot of the adults don't like him, and haven't for as long as I can remember," Ino said. "Its gotten better, but you can still see the way some of them look at him." Sakura knew that Ino was right. She had always noticed it, but realized her own mother looked at him that way, and assumed they found him just as annoying as she did. But she knew that wasn't the case.

Ino and Sakura were still discussing Naruto when Hinata stepped through the door, the little bell jingling her arrival. Immediately, they pounced and dragged her upstairs to Ino's room. Not a word was spoken, though Hinata did manage a squeek in the beginning, until the door was shut, and then Ino and Sakura pushed Hinata onto the bed and began their questioning.

"So, Hinata, what did you do to 'show' Naruto how you felt and how did he take it? Are you two together now?" Sakura asked the questions since Hinata had already explained that she would be doing something to her. Ino stood by the side to look for any sign of nervousness, ready to pounce if needed to get the answers out of her. Being forced to answer in a rush usually meant the speaker didn't have enough time to make up a good story, after all.

Hinata looked at Sakura and Ino as if she were surprised by their questions. "Of course I showed him. I went to his house, tied him up and had sex with him." She waved her hand dismissively. "At first he was against it, but that changed after we talked a bit and I believe we expect to be together. I've already made an arrangement within the Hyuuga to marry whomever I choose, and it will end up being Naruto."

Ino and Sakura simply looked at Hinata, not believing that she had actually just told them what had really happened, and acted like it was nothing. She held no reservations in telling them, which was nothing like Hinata from only two weeks ago. That thought made Ino come back to reality.

"Um, Hinata, not that I'm not happy for you, but why are you so different when not around Naruto? You didn't use to be like this at all." She waited as Hinata turned towards her.

"Well, that is one of the things I needed to come over here for today. First, these are the Enura clan's mind-based jutsus. They were given to the Yamanaka clan as they expect their line to end and didn't want the jutsus to fall into the wrong hands. It was their entire library." Hinata handed the large scroll to a shocked Ino. She knew what such a thing would be worth and had a good idea of how much would be in a scroll that size. Ino took the scroll from Hinata and set it down, deciding that it wouldn't go anywhere, but Hinata still had some juicy information to dish out.

"Okay, thanks Hinata. Now, what was the other thing you were talking about, where you are acting like this without Naruto around?"

"Your jutsu worked quite well. The same night you did it, I had met with Naruto and kissed him. Scared him too, but he got over it. Anyway, it has several side-effects." Hinata's blunt declaration was met with two surprised female ninja.

"Like what?" Ino was hoping there weren't any bad ones. She really didn't want there to be. She had used the jutsu on Shikamaru about a week before she did on Hinata and hadn't taken it off of him yet.

"Well, at first, it worked properly. I would be confident around Naruto. But then it would still work if I was at least thinking about him or was doing something for him."

"That doesn't sound so bad so far." Ino was getting relieved. It wasn't too bad yet. But then, she should have known better.

"The bad parts are next." Hinata watched as Ino's face paled and Sakura's eyes widened. Sakura hadn't noticed anything bad yet. Unless you count apparently attempting to rape Naruto, but he seemed to get over that quickly enough. "The unexpected side-effects were that it gave me some interesting abilities. I was able to enter Naruto's dreams at night. I was able to confirm this without him knowing about it so I wouldn't have to explain how it happened, or why."

Ino was thrilled. Her jutsu allowed Hinata to develop her own mental abilities! "That's great! We could use this on all of the ninja in Konoha and we..." She drifted off watching Hinata shake her head.

"No. It gave me those abilites by changing my mind. I'm not supposed to be able to do these things and it is risking damage to my mind. I learned this from my understanding of the Enura clan's jutsus and what we learned about Kokoro's use of jutsus on his victims." Hinata gave a look to Sakura, who looked to be about to say something, to tell her to shut up and was thankfully observed. "Enura Kokoro was using a jutsu to control his victims and it made changes in the mind much like yours. So I'd like for you to undo the jutsu."

Ino numbly shook her head and motioned for Hinata to sit still and began flashing through her hand seals, entering Hinata's mind like before. When she entered, she saw the same order she had seen before, though the floating spheres gave off a slight pale blue glow that was nearly white and energy seemed to crackle in between them. She assumed it was part of the change Hinata had mentioned. Ino looked around, searching for the memory sphere where she put her alterations. It only took her a few minutes to find it, right next to the memory sphere of her first memory about Naruto. She saw Hinata standing around, looking at different memories, stuck fascinated with a single one. Deciding to see what Hinata was remembering, which was what she was truly seeing, before changing her back, Ino walked over to Hinata and looked at the memory that had Hinata engrossed herself in, only to see a slightly different version of what she and Sakura had witnessed the night before. This one actually had similar sensations coming out of it, letting her feel the same things that Hinata experienced that night. Had she not worried about Hinata catching her, she would have allowed herself to stay there just the same as her. About the time that Memory-Hinata began to lower herself to a tied-up Naruto's face, Ino decided to jump ahead.

"OKAY! Let's get that jutsu turned off!" Ino turned and ran away quickly, but not before getting an instant of the memory's sensation wave before she was too far away.

"I am most DEFINITELY going to have to have a talk with Shikamaru!" Ino stopped at the altered sphere again and quickly began working, damning her curiousity the whole time. She began to disassemble her jutsu, much like unweaving a knitted garment, slowly to make sure it didn't collapse. It had taken her only a few minutes to unravel the whole thing, but she was fatigued. She would definitely have to show this to her father and get his input on it.

Ino turned back to Hinata, who was still watching her memory sphere with a goofy grin on her face. She shook her head and smiled, thinking she'd stay with that memory also if she were Hinata. Ino turned around and flashed through the seals needed to leave Hinata's mind. She came out of it, still seated in front of Hinata who still had her eyes closed. Only a few seconds later, Hinata opened her eyes and looked around the room.

"How do you feel, Hinata?" Sakura was curious as to Hinata's reaction after the jutsu was over, wondering if she would stay the same, change or what.

"I feel alright, why do you ask?" Hinata look to both Ino and Sakura, wondering why they were looking at her so intently.

"I just ended the jutsu I put on you last month. Do you feel any different?" Ino had no idea what to expect. Shikamaru hadn't made any noticeable changes in his personality during the jutsu when she tried it on him. At least nothing that wasn't supposed to happen.

"I feel fine. I'm a little nervous, which I wasn't before we started, but not too much different."

"Well, you certainly shouldn't feel overly different. Nothing really changed!"

"Well, that's good. Maybe the effects of the jutsu would stick, at least a little, since it was active for so long." Sakura only knew as much as Ino had ever told her, but she knew that something like that could be done via conditioning. It was occasionally done to prisoners of war or some criminals.

Hinata was still trying to figure out which of the two girls with her had said nothing changed. It didn't sound like either of them. She was still trying to figure it out when Ino's voice cut into her thoughts.

"So, Hinata. You really had sex with Naruto?" Ino was incredibly pleased with herself as she watched Hinata's eyes widen slowly and her face go from her usual pale complexion to an incredible dark red.

"I- we- us- he- s-sex- us-"

"Come on, Girl! Remember what you've done! You slept with him nightly for two weeks! You kissed him, had sex with him, and beat your sister so you could marry him! What is a little conversation next to that?" Hinata shook her head and blinked, trying to figure out where the voice came from again while the two girls giggled. Only then did she realize that she couldn't hear the voice while they were both giggling. She was about to ask what was going on when she heard the voice again.

"I'm in your head, Silly! I can explain in a few minutes, but don't get nervous! You're too strong and beautiful to get nervous and embarrassed like that! And remember, you have a few things to do today before Naruto tries to get you on that date! So get out of here so you can get ready!" Hinata could almost swear she heard idle purring somewhere in the back of her mind. However, the voice did have a point, she did have a few things to do and she wanted to make sure she was ready for when Naruto found her tonight for that date.

"Yes, Hinata, we know. You and Naruto had sex, you told us that a few minutes ago. So how was he?" Sakura couldn't wait to get the details. Hinata definitely seemed to like it while it was happening.

"Um.. he..."

"Do you really want them to know how your Naruto-kun is in bed?" The voice had a point.

"He..." Ino knew exactly how great he was, she had only the briefest of exposure to it, but she had never felt that in her life, and that was just the first instant of it. It was definitely time to have a talk with Shikamaru. Ino missed Hinata's shoulders square off just the slightest bit.

"I would rather not talk about it right now. I have a lot I need to do before tonight." Hinata cringed mentally as she realized Ino and Sakura caught her slip.

"What happens tonight? Another amorous rendevous?" Ino was really hoping she might get another chance to peek in on another great show while Sakura realized she had to meet up with Lee and make him choose a number.

"No, at least, I don't think so. I told him about the jutsu last night before I left and what might happen today. He said he would still be here and wait for me if I didn't feel comfortable with doing that. I told him to invite me on a date tonight." She mentally cringed as Ino and Sakura each gave off high-pitched squeels of delight.

"That's so sweet!"

"Where are you going on your date?"

"We haven't decided. I was letting him choose everything for tonight." Hinata got up and began to walk towards the door. "I'll talk to you later, I've got to go and get ready and do some other errands." Ino snorted and responded before she caught herself.

"You mean like pick up more rope?" As soon as she had finished, she paled drastically as Hinata stopped, hand still halfway to the doorknob. Hinata turned towards the two scared-looking girls in the room, eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"What do you mean?"

"They were spying on you yesterday! Find out everything!"

"Umm..." Ino and Sakura looked at each other and then back to Hinata. "Well, we were curious about how you were going to show Naruto how you felt..." Ino was getting very nervous now.

"You know what they said about curiousity and the cat..." Hinata got the distinct visual image of KyuuHina standing in front of her, drawing her thumb across her throat in a gesture known universally as killing.

"And, well, we followed you so we could find out..." Sakura was beginning to fear Hinata's response. She looked pissed off.

"And exactly what DID you find out?" The voice was beginning to sound very reasonable.

"Well," Both girls looked at each other, "we saw everything." They finished together.

"They spied on you and Naruto! They watched as you two made love! That's unforgiveable!" Hinata listened to the voice yet again. They were the same thoughts she, herself, had. Only, the voice said them with the anger and resentment she really felt. The next thing Ino and Sakura knew, they were pinned against the wall with a kunai to their throats and a very pissed off Hinata between them, her Byukugan active.

"You WATCHED as Naruto and I had sex?" Hinata's voice came out low and deadly. With her Byakugan active, she was able to watch the drip of blood run down each kunai from the throats of the girls in front of her. She had cut just enough to allow a drip down from the puncture wounds. Hinata could see their fear as they pressed themselves against the wall, trying to pull away from the blades in front of them.

"Hi-Hinata..." Ino's cracked voice brought Hinata back from her homicidal side. She was still very angry. They had, afterall, watched her and her Naruto. Hinata pulled the kunai back from their throats and glared at both in turn.

"You can expect Naruto and I to make sure you get paid back for that. You had no right to watch us."

"That a girl! Let them know they can't get away with that again! Mark them so they know you're the Alpha Female!"

Hinata ignored the voice for the moment, wanting to get out of there before she decided to follow it's advice and do something drastic. She really did want to hurt them for watching her and Naruto. They saw her Naruto-kun and that was unforgiveable.

"We're sorry! Its just that we were curious about what you were going to do since you're normally so shy, and then, when you started, we were so shocked, you see! We couldn't turn away!" Hinata didn't want to be around them anymore. The voice was still telling her to mark them so they knew who was stronger, and sounding far too enthusiastic and beginning to make far too much sense.

"At least tell them that you'll deal with them later, and be sure to speak with a confident and firm voice! That will make them think twice about it again! Who knows, maybe they want to take him from us now!" That sounded reasonable to Hinata. She wouldn't let anyone take him back from her.

"I will deal with you two later. For now, I've got to get ready." She took the voice's advice and gave one last glare at the two shaking girls in front of her and left the room, a little more quickly than someone who was totally calm.

When Hinata left the Yamanaka flower shop, she headed towards her home, trying not to speak to anyone or get side-tracked. She hadn't taken but only a few steps before she realized she didn't want to go home to think about everything. If she went home, her father could ask questions that she didn't want to answer.

"Go to your training spot, or Naruto's. They're both secluded and quiet." Yet another good idea from the voice left Hinata following it's advice. She decided that she would go to Naruto's favourite training spot, since it was a little further out from town and rather peaceful. Pumping chakra into her legs, she ran quickly out of the Konoha gates and into the forest, towards a bubbling stream Naruto used to practice his water-walking. Six minutes of fast-paced running through the branches found Hinata at her destination. She hopped up into the trees and sat with her back against the trunk, her legs dangling from the sides of the large branch.

"Okay, I don't suppose you could tell me what's going on?" Hinata was feeling confused by the voice in her head above all else. She was still upset at Sakura and Ino for watching her and Naruto, and just a little sore from the night before, but mostly had no real clue as to why she was suddenly hearing voices. She was worried that it was a result of waiting too long to undo the jutsu.

"Well, let me start from the beginning, and then you can ask your questions. Alright?"

"Okay." Hinata really didn't see much of a choice in all truth.

"Well, Ino performed her new jutsu on you and it took away several of your inhibitions, as she described it. In truth, it actually bottled them up, so to speak, in a fake memory. Basically, she took several of your fears, dreams, ambitions and other things and tied them up so that you could do whatever you wanted for a specified reason or target. In this case, that was Naruto. Now, all of those things being bound into a fake memory for so long caused your mind to have to compensate for the lost things. Since they weren't where they were supposed to be, your mind had to work around them. That is what caused you to be able to visit his dreams. The mind operates differently while asleep and that sped the process up in that method. With me so far?"

"So, Ino took all of the things that kept me from talking to Naruto as I wanted to, and the things I wanted to do with him, and put them all in a fake memory, and that made my mind work differently because those things weren't where they belonged?"

"Correct. Ino made that fake memory so that your desires were still coming out strong, which is why you acted on them so strongly, and your fears about it completely bound so that they didn't interfere. Well, things continued like that while you were under the effects of her jutsu and when it came time to change Kyuubi and Naruto back, that was when I was created."

"What do you mean?" Hinata was shocked. She had someone else in her mind now? "Meep," she squeaked.

"I'm getting there, just a moment." The voice spoke soothingly with a light feminine chuckle. "Now, Kyuubi had to use you as a bridge to affect the seal so that he could switch himself and Naruto back to save themselves and the town, but doing so, all of that raw chakra went through your entire being, including the fake memory. Now, normally, that wouldn't do anything, but because it was a fake memory, and because of how it was created, it had many different parts of you in it. Basically, how you acted while under the influence of the jutsu was that fake memory and-"

"So I only acted that way because of the jutsu, then." Hinata spoke with a near-defeated tone. She knew she could never act with so much confidence and pride on her own.

"No, actually, that was all you. It was just that the jutsu had your fears of rejection from Naruto held back. You were the girl that did all of those things, and could be that way as much as you wanted. The only real thing that was bound was your fear of rejection from Naruto. And you already have that, so that fear doesn't really have a foundation to support itself on now, because you already have him." Hinata perked up almost immediately. She COULD be that person! She WAS that person!

"Anyway, while you were under the jutsu, and all of those emotions and such were bottled up, the chakra flowed through the memory. It wound up creating something ... different. That new thing was made up of the fake memory, along with several of your other ones that were near it, and Kyuubi's chakra infused with it. Several of his own emotions, thoughts, knowledge, desires, dreams and quite a bit of his power formed into me. I am female, because you are, and his animalistic and destructive side are both tempered by your naturally gentle nature. Basically, I am you, but with my own desires and thoughts and such. So I am, in fact, my own 'person', though I wouldn't use that term for me. I am, in truth, a demon, just like Kyuubi. I have about six or seven tails of power, since that was how much had gone through us. Thankfully, the release of chakra when they first switched hadn't been fully restored, so it wasn't nearly as painful, or as potentially deadly." The voice chuckled as it seemed to think of something.

"Actually, now that I think about it, we are basically just like Naruto and Kyuubi. I can lend you my power, just as Kyuubi does Naruto. It just doesn't have a seal as a passage way, so we'll have to think up a way to do that. At least my chakra is a combination of yours and mine, so it won't feel evil. At least it shouldn't..." The voice didn't sound overly sure, which wasn't entirely comforting, but Hinata was thrilled with the concept of having something like this to share with her Naruto-kun.

"So, I have more power now? I'm like Naruto-kun?" The voice chuckled in good humor as she spoke.

"No, technically, I have the power. But as I am within you, and have no reason or desire not to share it, you have complete access to it. I'm not exactly sure if we are seperate, or just myself, now inside of you like Naruto and Kyuubi, but I know that I'm my own self. Now, onto another subject, as for what I feel my name should be, and how I should look, especially since I was born of a demon and a human, I think that henge Naruto did would be very appropriate for me. Though 'KyuuHina' is probably a little ... too Naruto ... for my tastes." Hinata laughed her usual quiet laugh behind her hand as the voice spoke.

"What would you like to be called, then?" Hinata puzzled lightly at being able to feel the voice thinking within her mind. It was different, but not suffocating as she would have thought another person in her mind might be like. There was no sense of being pushed around or pressure in her mind. It was ... almost a comforting warmth.

"I want to be called 'Tenshi'. I think it works for me." Hinata laughed again at the voice in her head. She was a straight forward when talking with Hinata and about as prideful as Naruto.

"You want to be called 'Angel'?" Hinata couldn't hide the amusement from her voice, even though she tried.

"And what is wrong with that? I rather like it!" The voice, now known as 'Tenshi', acted as though affronted, but Hinata could feel the amusement coming from her.

"You were the one who wanted me to attack Ino and Sakura for looking at Naruto-kun and I." A snort from Tenshi, that was very non-angelic, came forth after Hinata's comment.

"You wanted to thrash them just as much as I did. You need to mark him before someone else gets to him." Hinata remembered Tenshi saying that earlier.

"What do you mean, Tenshi? You said I should do that earlier, but I don't know what it means to mark him. Or how to do it." Hinata thought briefly about the caged bird seal on all of the Hyuuga branch members, but that thought was thrown aside almost immediately after thinking it. If Tenshi really was created by parts of her own memory, she wouldn't want that as much as Hinata didn't.

"Well, you have to put your mark on him somehow. If it were Kyuubi, he would mark his mate by biting them on the scruff of the neck," Hinata was rather intrigued by that idea, "or put his scent on her, but in your case, you can't really mark him with a scent, unless you'd like a jutsu to do so, but you can certainly give him a good nip on the neck, at least for a temporary one. You'd just have to keep doing it, which is fun for both parties involved!" Tenshi could tell Hinata's face was becoming red at the idea, even though she'd already given herself to Naruto.

"Perhaps we should do both." Hinata could tell Tenshi was grinning the same smile that Naruto had shown her when he used the henge. She was proud of Hinata for seeming to enjoy the ideas.

"That's a good girl!" The two began to talk about how to mark Naruto, as Hinata simply wanted to do it as a sign of her over all change, and rather liked the idea of such a possessive tactic. That, and she found herself wanting to be in position to actually do the things they talked about. They also spoke about her persona now that she wasn't under the effects of the jutsu Ino had used on her. Hinata found herself much like her previous self, but after having defeated her sister and not holding back, walking around with confidence, enough to stand up to her father and the elders, and having sex with her Naruto-kun, she was recognizing that she had more ability than she'd allow herself to think about in the past. She always wanted to be strong for Naruto, and found that she was, she just hadn't realized it. She still found herself getting nervous, which she hadn't previously while under the jutsu, but she hoped it wouldn't stay around for too much longer. She rather enjoyed who she was under the jutsu, and she realized that person wasn't far away. She would just have to overcome the nervousness.

An hour later, a resolute Hinata decided to head back to Konoha, but decided to try and pull chakra from Tenshi at her request to start practicing with it. It took a few minutes to figure out how to pull the chakra from her, but it only took feeling for it with her natural chakra control. She found it in behind her navel, just like Naruto's, though it pulsed throughout the rest of her body as well. Silently relishing in the fact that she had another similarity to her love, she pulled just a little from it and felt the affects throughout her entire body. Every sense increased several times over, she could feel her strength in the slightest twitch of her body and felt every particle around her as her Byakugan hyper-activated, far stronger than it had been before.

"Wow!" She was astounded by the changes. With her Byakugan, she was able to see one tail swaying in the air behind her, making her grin in a very Naruto-esque way. "How much can I take, Tenshi?"

"As much as you feel like. It is yours to play with for now. I will stop you from taking too much. I would also highly recommend training along-side Naruto while you both learn to adapt to the changes you've recieved. Just not too close since restraint would be a thing we'll need to work on." Hinata nodded.

"Alright." She pulled from the energy well at her belly button until she'd taken two tails' worth of power, which swayed elegantly behind her. "This is so neat!" She used her expert chakra control to bring a tail around to the front and look at it, seeing a clear haze with a rainbow of colours going through it, just as crystal would, or oil on top of water when the light hits it. It was rather pretty. It also gave off a pale white light. After admiring her new appendages, she let them go back behind her, the tips flicking in anticipation.

"Just make sure you stop using my power before you get to Konoha! I don't know what your visual changes are, so unless you want to take a look in that brook over there, which I'd prefer, then it would be a better idea not to see what their reactions would be to the new you." Hinata took Tenshi's advice and went to the brook and, walking on the water, which seemed to send ripples out from each step she took and looked at her form. Her entire body radiated the same soft white light she'd seen coming from her tails and her over all features were more defined and a little sharper. Her eyes had faded blue irises the same as Naruto when he tapped into Kyuubi's power, her cheeks had very faint marks as Naruto's did, and the way she moved was identical to the same seductive movements she'd watched Naruto show her during his transformation into KyuuHina. She also noticed, for the first time, that her fingernails had grown just a bit as well. Hinata smiled, which was an alluring smirk at the moment, and moved around, enjoying the changes.

"I think Naruto is going to love this!" Hinata, happy at the changes, released Tenshi's chakra, making sure everything went back, pleased that it did, and then took it again, pleased at the alterations once again. After that, she decided to head back to Konoha as fast as she could move. She ran from the top of the brook, not noticing as she disappeared almost instantly that the water in the brook rushed out and onto the other side of the bank, filling back in after a few seconds and ice crystals forming where each step had taken her.

The trees whizzed by in a blur as she came up on the gates of Konoha after only a couple of seconds. She let go of the power as soon as she knew she was close and managed to stop after a very long slide on the ground, a cloud of dust following her wake. She looked around at herself and the ground around her as the guards looked on in shock at her speed.

"That was great!" she squealed. "Naruto-kun is going to love this!" She happily ran back into Konoha, completely ignoring the guards in her excitement.

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Sakura, after leaving Ino's and both swearing to never bring up anything about what had happened to anyone else, went to find Lee. It was still early in the day and there was just enough time to get done with what she had planned. She knew Lee's work ethic, so she started out with all of the training grounds. After trying eight different ones, she actually lucked out and caught up to both Lee and his sensei, Gai, running through town.

"Lee!" At hearing his name, both Lee and Gai turned to Sakura as they saw her running up to them, waving an arm to catch their attention.

"Hello, Sakura!" Lee waved back as both he and Gai stopped as she caught up to them after a few seconds of running.

"Hiya, Lee! I just needed you to pick a number!" Sakura clasped her hands in front of her and smiled sweetly at him, not divulging her plans. She had decided that no matter which number he chose, unless it was two like last time, she would say it was actually number three, which was a date with at least a kiss, maybe more if he was a good kisser. But she would have to see about changing his outfit and those ... eyebrows.

Lee suddenly became very nervous, which made his sensei and mentor raise an eyebrow in curiousity. "Ah, Sakura, um... what were the choices again?"

"A number between one and four, and you already know what number two is." She winked at him, forgetting for a moment that Gai was standing just beside him, though he was beginning to get wind of what was going on, and was smiling in his usual creepy manner. Thankfully, he remained quiet, though he wanted to say something very moving when Lee coughed at being told he knew what number two was.

"Um, I, think I will chose... three, Sakura." Sakura beamed at him, pleased that he'd actually chosen the correct one. Inner Sakura raged about the Fates working for the force of love.

"Alright, then you get to take me on a date tonight!" She chose to ignore the pose Gai made and the moonlit ocean backdrop that seemed to appear from nowhere. Lee, however, was not so easily ignored.

"YOSH! THE ETERNAL FLAMES OF YOUTH AND PASSION HAVE IGNITED WITHIN AND- He was cut off by Sakura placing her hands on his shoulders and stopping him from hopping up and down and in circles

"If we're going to go on a date, there are two things I would ask that you do."

"Yes, Sakura. You may ask for anything your beautiful heart desires!" The corner of her mouth twitched, nearly into a smile. She rather enjoyed his flowery speeches, so long as he wasn't yelling them at the top of his lungs. That, and he agreed to basically anything before asking what it was. Once that thought flashed through her mind, the smile came out with a vengeance and Lee and Gai both whimpered and shrank away from her.

"Oh no you don't, Loverboy. Item number one is coming right now." With that, she clamped onto his arm and began to drag him away, Lee and Gai both calling out for each other as though one were off to their doom, which they feared he was.

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Naruto couldn't help but be in an incredible mood the whole day, even while getting new clothes to replace the ones he'd forcibly grown out of during his last mission. Someone knew his secret, and didn't hate him. Better yet, she wasn't afraid of him, either. She actually loved him, and proved it; several times in fact. The thought almost made him blush, but some colorful commentary from Kyuubi made him stumble and run into a wall.

"Damned furball!"

"Oh, do shut up, Kit! I'm the one making sure you don't come up with any stupid ideas here!" Naruto was sure he heard him mumbling something about taking two hours to talk him out of Ichiraku ramen for dinner. Really, how was he supposed to know it wouldn't have been a good idea? It had always been his favourite. The only good constant in his life. It was a comfort that he had never really gotten past. And it was cheap enough, that he could comfort himself until his belly ached and then he had no reason to eat anything else. It was a win-win situation.

"Well, aside from what we're doing right now, is everything else to your satisfaction, oh Great and Powerful Kyuubi?" The sarcasm was apparently lost on the king of all demons.

"I suppose it isn't horrible... But I expect better from my protege next time." It really was great pissing off his container. There wasn't a whole lot else he could do while trapped as he was. Admittedly, he could have obtained his freedom while the positions were reversed during Kokoro's jutsu, but he would have been severely weakened, and, though he would never admit it, he'd grown to like the blonde brat he was stuck in. After experiencing everything that he did as a child, and offering to kill them all countless times, he began to understand humans as more than loud and wriggly food and chewtoys with crunchy centers.

Naruto just grumbled about bastard foxes that should keep their perverted thoughts to themselves. In truth, he rather enjoyed the fox showing him his memories, but was against the idea of experiencing them in mid-leap from one rooftop to another. It seemed to be the furball's newest and favourite game.

Naruto landed in front of the Academy, his intended target still in one of the classrooms. He entered, getting a few stares, just as he had been all day since he arrived. He ignored them as always, therefore, not seeing that most of them were of shock, rather than the usual hate and disdain. Naruto arrived while everyone was playing on the playground, so he knew he could talk to Iruka without much trouble or hassle. When he got to the right classroom, he looked in the window on the door to see Iruka grading some papers and no one else in the room. Smiling is usual foxy smile, he decided to have some fun. He created a few Kage Bunshin and had them all use a henge to change into various women from town; Anko, Kurenai, Tsunade, Shizune and Inuzuka Hana, Kiba's sister. The five women walked in to a surprised Iruka who greeted them kindly.

"Hello. Is there anything I can help you wi-AHH!" They surrounded his desk in a semi-circle and began to disrobe around him. After each threw away an item of clothing at the same time, Iruka screamed while a geyser of blood erupted from his nose, rocketing him into the wall where he fell unconcious. Each girl blinked a few times before bursting out in laughter. Naruto himself laughed while walking into the room, not noticing one of the students who'd seen the whole thing from a window and ran off as soon as he saw the girls undressing, mimbling about his perverted sensei and promising himself he would never bring this up to anyone. He had seen enough ninja thrown from the top of the Hokage Tower, or rather, punched, when Tsunade was angry. There was no way in hell he would go through that.

Naruto let his kage bunshin disappear and woke up Iruka after placing him back on his chair with his head on his desk.

"Huh? Naruto? What's going on?" Iruka looked around, half expecting to see the five women again and half hoping to.

"I don't know. You were asleep on your desk, so I figured I'd wake you since recess is almost over anyway. But I also had a few questions for you, if you didn't mind. It will only take a few moments." Iruka raised an eyebrow at Naruto as he spoke.

"You do realize that I can still tell when you lie, right? That, and also, the likelihood of all of them coming in here and doing that is non-existant." Naruto had the grace to blush and look ashamed, or at the least, sorry he was caught out.

"Sorry, I just couldn't help it." Iruka waved him off.

"No worries, Naruto, I need to learn to get past it anyway. So, what did you need? And why do you look so different? You've been gone less than a month."

"Well, I don't have time today to explain, so I'll tell you tomorrow why I look different, the whole story. But for now, I've only got a little time and had a request." Iruka was rather curious, so decided it would be worth it to see what would come of it.

"Sure, Naruto. I'll do you a favor, you need only ask." All of a sudden, Naruto seemed rather nervous, which made Iruka feel an opportunity for payback was fast-approaching.

"Uh, well, you see.."

"Yes? Naruto?" Naruto didn't like Iruka's overly sweet voice.

"Well, you see, its like this. Um-"

"On with it, Naruto!" Perhaps, spooking Naruto when he was trying to say something important wasn't a great idea as he sputtered the very thing he was concentrating on not saying.

"I had sex with Hinata-chan!" Immediately, Naruto clamped his hands over his mouth, his eyes wide as he realized he'd just screwed up, big time. The confusing part was that Iruka hadn't moved a bit, or even twitched, and his face was completely blank.

"Uh, Iruka-sensei?" Naruto hesitantly put out a hand and gave a soft push to Iruka's shoulder, which seemed to bring him back with a vengeance.

"YOU WHAT!" Naruto, startled, flew back and attached himself to the wall that was twenty feet from Iruka's desk. "YOU HAD BETTER TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON!" Iruka sat in his chair and looked pointedly at Naruto as he detached himself and walked over to his desk, just as he had when he did something wrong while still in class. Naruto sat and explained things as best he could, finding he had to go back on his statement of explaining his new body later, he explained everything from the mission, Hinata's first kiss, her changing attitude, finding out about Ino's mind jutsu, that it was over by that point and she wanted him to ask her on a date, which led to why he was asking Iruka for his help and what it was. Naruto rushed through it a bit so that he could be over with the explanation before everyone came back in.

Iruka sat back in his chair and regarded Naruto with a piercing gaze. He knew that Hinata had a crush on Naruto since they both started in his class. He knew Hiashi would blow his top when he found out about this. With the Byakugan, there was no telling if or when he would find out about the whole thing. Sighing, he decided the only thing he could really do would be to help out the boy who had basically become a younger brother or even son to him. Naruto was asking for such a small thing, when he could be asking for more, and still obviously felt it was too much.

"Alright, Naruto. I'll get what you wanted. Your idea is a pretty good one, but remember, she isn't under the influence of a jutsu now. Remember to think about her from this point on. Try to pay attention to her actions and what she's wanting. Hinata is still a very shy and reserved girl. Let her set the pace." Iruka was pleased to see a serious and thoughtful expression on Naruto's face. It meant he was taking this as seriously as he should.

"I understand, Iruka. I have no intention of hurting her. I just hope she still doesn't mind the looks she'll get from the villagers." Iruka could swear he felt the apprehension and sadness radiating off of Naruto as he spoke.

"Things are getting better, Naruto. You've found someone of your own age group that accepts you, and you will find more. As for the villagers, you are changing many views. Most are ignorant of what goes on, and it will just take a bit more for them to see you as the same person that I see you as; that Tsunade-sama see you as, Sandaime-sama, Sakura and even Hinata." Naruto looked up at Iruka with a sad face, even though he was smiling. Iruka knew the look to mean he wanted to believe him, needed to, but couldn't.

"You go and get the rest of your date prepared and I'll do my part for you." Naruto jumped up and gave Iruka a bone-crushing hug, still not used to his strength. Thankfully, no damage was really done, it was just a wee bit painful.

"Thanks, Iruka." With that, he seemed to disappear in front of Iruka's eyes. The Chuunin's eyes widened at the obvious speed, especially realizing he hadn't sensed any excess chakra, meaning Naruto either didn't use any, or his control was far greater than the last time they'd spoken.

"You're welcome, Naruto." Iruka sat down and waited the few minutes for the students to come back.

After Naruto left Iruka, it was just about a half hour past noon, so he decided he'd try to find Hinata and see if she was still wanting to go on their date. He was relatively sure she would, especially after the previous night's revelations, but he was still very worried about it. Thankfully, he never shied away from a challenge before. And the one time he'd thought about it, it was Hinata, during the first Chuunin exam, who gave him his courage back.

With a smile, Naruto upped his speed a little.

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Sakura was rather pleased with herself. She had obtained Lee's agreement to her conditions for the date before he actually knew what they were, meaning she was able to do the one thing all girls loved: a make-over.

She'd first taken him to get a new haircut and his eyebrows tweased, which made him squirm in the most delightful manner, and then took him to get a new outfit. She was willing to understand the benefit of the green spandex while training, and secretely enjoyed the view, but convinced him that normal clothes were required for every-day use, dates especially. All it took was a few flowery words about how it made the moments better and more enjoyable. He was hooked. She told him that it was all part of a 'make-over', which meant it was all only the first of two things he would have to do for her. The fear in his eyes while asking about number two almost made her laugh. 'Boys are such pansies, sometimes,' she thought.

"Well, the second one isn't for now. It will be explained later. I must say, however, you look very handsome with your new clothes and look." Deciding that she hadn't exactly played fair, she gave him a very short, but thorough kiss on the lips to make up for it, delighing in the way his body moved like a ramen noodle afterwards.

While he was out of sorts, she examined him again, still very pleased with the changes. His hair was cut shorter, but slightly spiked, making him appear a bit more ferocious, his eyebrows were now normal and his clothing was made up of wide black pants, tied at the ankles with dark grey bands, a deep forest-green shirt that wasn't tight, but let anyone who cared to look know muscles were hiding beneath it and black gloves, to replaced the bandages he kept around his hands so he wouldn't have to feel too out of place without anything there. Sakura hadn't originally planned on those, but he kept rubbing his hands together without the familiarity of anything on them. She decided it was a decent compromise to fashion and his comfort zone.

Lee came out of his blissful trance and smiled brightly at Sakura, making her happy with her decision to give him a chance. "What was that for, Sakura-chan?"

"For being a good sport about all of this. The clothes were needed, but the haircut and eyebrows was more of a change for you, and I just wanted to thank you for letting me do this."

"You needn't thank me, Sakura-chan, but I am more than happy to recieve your thanks if you ever want to say as much again!" Both laughed as Lee walked Sakura to her apartment, agreeing on a time to meet for their date, Lee being the one to choose where. Sakura decided that if Hinata was willing to let Naruto, she'd let Lee and see what she got out of it. It had most certainly worked for Hinata. Sakura left Lee at her door, dazed from another kiss.

'Yes, I think I'll like being the aggressor in this relationship.' She fell onto her back as she thought. 'Maybe he'll want to punish me if I'm naughty...' It was with a string of perverted giggles that Sakura began to think about what she'd wear.

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Somewhere, a good day's ninja run away, an old lecher with spikey white hair threw his head up from the peep-hole he was looking through. His ecchi-radar was going off faster and louder than anything else had in months. With a gleeful cry of 'I'm coming by beauties!', Jiraiya took off at top speed, already out of sight of the town by the time the women in the hot springs heard his yell and realized someone had been peeping on them.

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Hinata was making her way to the shopping sector of Konoha with the intention of getting something nice to wear for Naruto, while also getting some new training equipment for the two of them. She'd never worked with so much chakra before, and Tenshi told her some of how Naruto's chakra changed after the he and Kyuubi changed places from her memories of the event from Kyuubi passing some of his own on. It would be easier on them, since they were used to things happening like that, but she certainly wasn't, and may want to get pointers from him on how to handle it.

She was passing Ichiraku, hoping to see Naruto when she actually did meet up with him. He had his nose pointed into the air, sniffing, making his way towards her.

"Naruto-kun?" Hinata's nervousness was there, but she was doing her best to ignore it. Tenshi was offering her own encouragement, which made it almost simple. She realized she was nowhere near as nervous as she used to be, though.

At hearing her voice, Naruto looked at her and smiled brightly, making her cheeks redden just a bit. He still felt her blushing was cute, but had to admit, demanding Hinata was pretty cute too.

"Heya, Hinata-chan. I was just looking for you." Naruto walked up to her, hesitating only slightly, still a little unsure of how she would react, though she appeared favourable so far. Hinata smiled gently at him, giving him the assurance he needed.

"Hello, Naruto-kun." She was curious as to why he seemed to have been sniffing the air when he said he was looking for her.

"He was probably following your scent. It was probably a change from when Kyuubi altered his body a bit. You'll want to ask him about it later." Tenshi was certainly intrigued that concept. It would mean he'd already committed her scent to memory.

"So, er... I was wondering... um," Naruto ran his fingers through his hair, not understanding why he was so nervous. "Would you still like me to take you out tonight? I'd understand if you don't want to, I mean, with everything you know and after Ino's jutsu being taken off and all, but I wou-" Hinata quieted Naruto's rambling with a hand to his mouth and another gentle smile.

"You've still got to ask me, Naruto-kun." Naruto offered her a dazzling smile in return, taking her hand into his own.

"Hinata-chan, will you go out with me tonight?"

"Of course," she spoke quietly, her face blushing fiercly as she looked down, trying to hide it. Naruto used his free hand to lift her face to him.

"You shouldn't hide your smile. Its beautiful." Hinata smiled brightly at him, happy that he would say something like that when he wasn't exactly known for his tact.

"So, what do you have planned for our date tonight?" She almost worried at the mischevious smile that crept into his face.

"Its going to be a surprise! But I'll tell you I'm taking care of dinner, so you don't need to worry about eating. Does seven-thirty sound okay?" Hinata nodded.

"Yes. Dinner at my home is usually around eight, so that works." Some quick advice from Tenshi, and Hinata smirked before standing very close to Naruto and running her thumb over his hand, still holding her own. "Can't you tell my anything else about tonight?" She felt strangely elated as he gulped audibly.

"Er, uh, no. Not really. I want to surprise you." Hinata, not even realizing it, let go of his hand and rubbed her index finger down his chest, nearly purring her words as she spoke.

"But don't you want to share your secret with me, my Naruto-kun?" Naruto gulped audibly again, this time getting very warm all of a sudden.

"Um..." Naruto fought with every fiber in his being. He could tell Hinata was teasing him, but SWEET KAMI did he enjoy it. "It'll b-be a s-s-secret Hinata-c-c-c-chan." He coughed, as though clearing his throat after speaking. Hinata's smirk grew in size with each stutter. This she could get used to. Deciding to end the teasing, she stretched up on his toes, closing the distance between her lips and his and, just before meeting, dropped down quickly.

"Well, I guess that you don't get a kiss if I don't get answers." She put on an overly faux thoughtful expression, actually paying attention to Naruto's pouting, before continuing. "But still, this is more fun. Alright. We'll meet up at seven-thirty? Where at? I don't want the Hyuuga Elders to know about us for another couple of days until I can be sure they won't try to interfere." Naruto was slightly curious about that, but decided to ask later.

"North gate." Hinata quirked an eyebrow at that, but decided to go along with it.

"Alright. Meet you then." She left Naruto, activating her Byakugan to watch him as he watched her leave with a smile on his face. She deliberately walked slowly so as not to seem in a rush and to let him watch her longer. A part of her was shocked at her own actions, while a now much bigger part loved the attention he was giving her. The smaller part was only calmed by the fact that she knew he wasn't only doing all of this for the physical aspect of the relationship. Once she was out of sight, she decided to change her tactics for going outside of the gate. Based on that knowledge, she suspected a picnic of some sort.

Naruto watched Hinata disappear into the crowd and around the corner. Both he and Kyuubi were shocked at her teasing torment. They decided to get everything ready for the night, primarily the main event. Naruto knew what he wanted, but was also aware of a lack of experience in it, and was getting a lot of coaching from Kyuubi for it. He wanted it to be exactly how he imagined it. While Naruto ran off to get to the spot where he could practice, Kyuubi was trying to figure out what felt different about her. Something was different from both before and during the blonde girl's jutsu, and he was curious as to what.

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Lee, very uncomfortable in his new outfit, walked with Sakura towards the Bakaru Barbeque Hut. Sakura, having thought that Lee would be rather new to the dating scene, and going out like this at all, had wanted to make sure that she didn't pull him too far out of his comfort zone and had spoken about a very simple date for their first one. With all of the stares he was getting in his new outfit, Lee was quite happy about that decision. He was wearing the outfit Sakura had selected for this very occasion; a pair of very dark gray pants and off-white shirt, both giving ample room for movement, in case the worst should occur, but with enough style and flair to look nice. Perhaps the biggest thing, however, keeping him from having a good time, was the worry about what Sakura's second wish had been. He'd asked her twice about it, and both times, she'd given a frightful smirk and told him he'd have to wait and see. He didn't mind quite so much, since she seemed to enjoy giving him kisses for making him wait. If it wouldn't have been too obvious, he'd ask over and over again. Unknown to him, she had been continuously testing his kissing ability, and kept getting happier and happier with it. He really was a quick learner.

Entering the restaurant, they sat at a table off to the side for some privacy. There was less light at that particular table, and less people, which meant more quiet. Sitting down, they waited until the waitress came over to take their orders. When she did, she addressed herself by name with a bright smile.

"Good evening! I'm Ayumi and will be serving you tonight. Do you already know what you would like?" Looking at each other, they affirmed just that.

"I'd like chicken tempura, bean sprouts and raspberry tea," Sakura said.

"Barbeque beef, dango, the day's vegetable special and water with lemon for me, please." Ayumi smiled and left to fill their orders. After she left, Lee and Sakura looked at each other once again.

"So, Sakura-chan, why did you finally decide to date me? Not that I'm complaining, but you have never really shown any interest until recently." Lee knew she wasn't using him as a substitute for Sasuke, but was curious about the sudden change. She'd been much warmer for the past year and a half, and it simply changed drastically during the mission. Or at least got much, much warmer.

"Well," she began, looking a little nervous with pink cheeks, "I've been getting closer for a while, but, during the mission, I found out that you tend to snuggle in your sleep." As embarassing as the statement was, she realized immediately that it was far more embarassing for him to hear it. She smiled brightly at him as she continued. "We've never really had time to spend together and we had plenty of it during our mission, and I realized I liked it. So I decided to try the two of us, and if it works out, wonderful, and if not, then we've tried and know." Silently, she thought to herself that the snuggling was definitely her turning point. His hands had a tendency to rest on her waist when she woke up and she couldn't remember feeling more content. She felt better about the whole thing considering she knew it wasn't lust.

"O-oh." THAT he was not expecting. But he didn't mind. It just meant that she may want to end up in a similar situation again. But once that thought crossed his mind, his blush deepened and he couldn't look at her. He didn't mean it in a naughty way when he thought it, but even he could realize how bad it sounded. Maybe it was that very thought, or maybe it was previous experience, but he decided he couldn't leave well enough alone. "So, Sakura-chan, what is the second thing you wanted of me?" A cold shiver ran down his spine as her eyes promised something that he couldn't determine was good or bad. It could also have been the smirk that reminded him of that Anko woman.

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Jiraiya didn't have time for the two guards standing at the gate. His radar was going off at an alarming rate, practically screaming in his head, telling him he was almost too late. He'd been running all out since it first went off, even taking a soldier pill halfway back to make sure he'd make it. His breath was ragged, his hair matted down in sweat and a light foam forming at the corners of his mouth. These two Chuunin were obstacles between him and what could very well promise to be the whole reason behind his next Icha Icha book. Bending down a little, the Chuunin realized he wasn't planning on stopping; which was verified when he knocked them both into the sides of the gate, continuing as quickly as possible towards the source of his Nirvanna.

It was when he was about two hundred yards into the town that a very horrible realization hit upon him. Jiraiya could feel himself pulled in two seperate directions. He slid to a screeching halt, tears running down his cheeks, realizing that he couldn't tell which would be better. He began prancing back and forth, first going towards one, then feeling pulled towards the other, over and over again. A woman off to the side grabbed her child and turned their face away from him, rushing off from the wierd man making the wierd sounds in the middle of the roadway. She seemed to ignore the kid's request to watch the funny dancer and asking why he wasn't in a dress like the ones during the festivals.

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Naruto had recieved his things from Iruka two hours before and had set everything up in advance. Now, he was on his way to meet Hinata at the gate, just as they had agreed upon. He couldn't figure out why he was so nervous after they had basically proved to each other, several times in fact, that they wanted to be together. She had wanted to be with him for years, and he was almost ashamed to admit that he had never really noticed. Sure, he realized some of the odd things she'd done, but he had always misconstrued them as her just being odd and timid. Now he knew better, and was happy that he had learned the truth. Naruto silently mused that it was probably that very thing that made him worry; that she might come to her senses. But he knew what she'd given him, and he knew enough that it wasn't something so easily or freely given. The villagers may make a big deal of the two of them being together, but he would make sure that he kept her safe, from anyone and anything that would attempt to harm her. Tsunade-baachan would help him, he was sure of it, and that would mean the whole ninja force at her disposal.

Naruto was so caught up in his musing that he didn't notice a horribly frustrated Jiraiya bouncing on his feet, making little noises of frustration. Jiraiya, however, was able to recognize Naruto's blonde hair from a mile away, and suddenly remembered that he was an elite ninja, a Sannin even, and had jutsu at his command. Before he could actually perform a Kage Bunshin, he noticed a very, very important fact. The direction of one of those all-important feelings he was getting passed him just as Naruto did. Forgetting for a moment that there even was a second, he stared blankly as Naruto rushed up to a very pretty girl who seemed just as enthused to see him. Jiraiya noticed Naruto shyly greet the girl, who then hugged him, and Naruto led her towards the gate, holding hands along the way.

It took nearly every ounce of self-control Jiraiya had not to shout to the heavens that Naruto may just have followed in his footsteps. He knew one of his targets, who seemed to be going for a very secluded spot, and had to still find his other. Deciding that Naruto was more important, and most certainly had a beauty on his hands, he made a Kage Bunshin to track down his other allusive prey, giving him a real book and pen to do his work so he wouldn't have to rely on memory or a verbal story. He did, after all, have a duty to make sure his pupil didn't do anything improperly. It was with a very perverted giggle, that he made sure didn't get loud, that escaped him. Tsunade had sent him a letter explaining everything about their most recent mission to find out if it was something to be worried about, so he knew of his enhanced senses. He'd have to make sure to stay down wind and as quiet as possible.

Meanwhile, his clone was scouting a barbeque restaurant that seemed a rather odd place for his sense to take him, but it had never once failed him before. He waited on the roof, sighed, and watched for each person coming out, wishing he'd been able to be the one going to watch Naruto and that girl with him. His creator's memory let him know she was a Hyuuga, of the Main family, meaning probably the Hinata girl. She'd always had a thing for him.

The night was beginning to fall, a few stars peeking out of the dusky sky and people were beginning to head their way home, a few going to the bars. He noticed a rather pleasant woman walking down the road and took a quick note of her, just to pass the time. It was another ten minutes before his pervert radar practically blasted him onto his back. Quickly looking over, he saw Naruto's old teammate coming out with a boy that he could swear was the one that had once been the Gai-clone, though in much better condition. He could tell immediately who the aggressor of the two was. He watched as said aggressor latched onto the boy and forcibly yanked him down the road. Apparently, he wasn't walking fast enough for her, as she said she wanted to go to the top of the Hokage monument where they were to talk about something or other. The Jiraiya clone had the feeling that things were going to be slow for a while, but followed diligently. His pervert radar would allow nothing less, clone or not.

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"Where are we going, Naruto-kun?" Hinata giggled lightly as he held her hand, both running through the treetops to some unknown location. She was pleased to see Naruto with a mischevious smile on his face, meaning he had planned something, but what it was, she had no idea. Knowing him, however, it was bound to be surprising. That was just who he was.

"Its a surprise, Hinata-chan. I made it just for this." Naruto's grin grew wider as she caught the comment about him having made whatever 'it' was. He was glad she only smiled coyly at him and ran with him in silence. It was a very soft pace, so they weren't even winding themselves, making sure to arrive around dusk. He had worked hard with Kyuubi to make this work so that he could make their first date special, and he was very happy with what he had created. He just hoped she would like it.

A few minutes of a light run and Naruto jumped ahead and down onto the ground, Hinata following. They walked into a clearing that Hinata knew to be his usual training area for chakra control and taijutsu. He never used destructive jutsu in this spot, and she could understand why. A light stream with large trees and a large clearing in the middle of the trees up top allowed a very clean view of the sky, letting plenty of sunlight during the day, and a beautiful view of the stars at night.

"What are we doing here, Naruto-kun?" Hinata knew he wouldn't take advantage of her. He just wasn't that type of a person, but she couldn't think of anything else aside from training, and she was sure he knew that would be a bad idea. When he flashed her a brilliant smile and jumped into one of the trees, he wrestled with a large basket and then hopped down, showing it to her.

"I made us dinner so we could have a picnic and watch the stars." A light blush crossed his cheeks when she stood up straight with a dazzling smile. "Er, also, there was one other thing ... that I made." Hinata rather enjoyed his nervous side. It thrilled her that she could do this to him.

"What is it, Naruto-kun?" His eyes came to rest on her slowly and he smiled at her, though a slightly nervous one still. Instead of answering, he motioned to lay out all of the food, first. Together, they unloaded several fingerfoods, nothing that was really a major meal in and of itself. There were also three different drinks, since he wasn't sure what she would want. Once done, he stood up while Hinata was still kneeling, situating the food in an organized way.

"Now I'll show you." He stood up and faced away from her, looking towards the stream. He began doing several handseals, relatively slowly compared to his normal ability since he wasn't familiar with this, and channeled his chakra as he was had learned to do, holding his hands in the last seal he'd completed.

As Hinata watched, she saw as thin strands of chakra, both red and blue, came from Naruto's body in tiny wisps. They came out of him like strings and formed into little balls that began to bounce around, some even appearing to bob together, as if dancing together. Several of the red and blue stands seemed to come together and formed a few deep purple ones. The light they gave out was soft and pale, much like candlelight through frosted glass. They all moved slowly and bounced along softly together. The effect of these little balls was a simple dance in the air like giant fireflies that gave such soft light that it barely illuminated anything, but each was easily visible. Next, several blue wisps came out of him, flowing into the stream and settling along the bottom, lighting it from beneath, giving an incredible view of the distorted stands of chakra that made the water look like liquid fire. Once done, he performed seven more seals and then turned to her, scratching the back of his head.

"Do you like it?" Hinata was wide-eyed at this point. She could tell it wasn't a genjutsu, or any other form of illusionary technique, but she had no clue what it really was. She could only nod mutely as she watched the multitude of spheres bounce lazily in the air. It really was very pretty, and she could tell that it would just get better as it got darker.

"Its... very pretty. How did you make this?"

"I dunno, I just thought it up and asked Kyuubi how I could keep them from disappearing."

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Jiraiya almost gave away his position when he heard Naruto speak so freely about the Kyuubi. The shock kept him quiet and still for a few seconds, but as he was about to yell at Naruto for letting his secret out, he realized Hinata didn't even act surprised. She simply nodded and began to ask what it actually did, completely ignoring the comment about the Kyuubi. He was shocked, to say the least, when Naruto pulled out such a technique and had to admit, the kid had flair for setting the mood when it came to the ladies. Jiraiya had been writing on his notepad non-stop until Naruto began whatever it was that set up those lights in the air. He was just as entranced by the little lights as Hinata had been, if not more so, considering he knew how much chakra it would take to give them that they didn't actually snuff out as soon as he stopped his own chakra flows.

He listened to the conversation, knowing this wasn't just about the sense of illicit duty he had to his readers at this point. Or his pride in Naruto's choice in women.

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"So, basically, you bind the chakra into a giant knot, and it slowly unravels, giving off the light?"

"Yup! I got the idea from that dream I had when we went after the Bikochuu bug to track down Sasuke." Hinata blushed as she recalled the event. Naruto had been sleeping and woke up because he had to use the bathroom. He wound up seeing her doing training on top of the water, completely nude since she didn't want to get her clothes wet, and then said he'd dreamed about an 'ultra pretty girl' the next day.

"Anyway, I dreamed that there was this really pretty girl dancing on top of the water. The water moved as she moved and the moonlight reflected on the water. She was mainly cloud in shadows, but it always stuck with me and- huh? Hinata, are you okay?" He'd noticed the blush across her face and didn't attribute it to her usual reasons, since she had barely done that since the jutsu had taken hold.

"Yes, Naruto-kun, I am. I was just remembering that." She was blushing heavily as she spoke, knowing she wanted to tell him, but unsure how.

"Eh? How can you remember that nig- oh! Right, the morning when I told Kiba about it, right."

"No, actually, I was the one in the water," she wanted to feint again as his eyes widened, "and that was why I was ill the next day. Remember the technique I used to block the bee summon? That was how I developed it, by training on the water." Naruto was speechless. The single-most mesmerizing event in his memory, and it was the girl that had given her heart to him. Slowly, a large grin showed up on his face.

"The girl of my dreams is literally just that!" They both laughed at the corny joke, Hinata because she thought it was cute and Naruto because he thought he was funny. They began to eat the foods that Naruto had prepared; sliced fruits, rice balls, chicken and shrimp tempura, spring rolls and other odds and ends to take up some room. He had made sure not to include ramen into the food, even if it was his favourite. He was well-aware of the fact that few, if any, people liked it as well as he did. He was resigned to eating it mostly on special occasions for himself, and occasionally with Hinata-chan. He felt it a fair trade.

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Jiraiya had hung on to every word Naruto had used to describe the moonlight scene from before, already taking up several pages for his notes. He already knew he could use such a thing for his own books. He could easily imagine her figure, dancing on the water gracefully and streams of water seemingly following her every physical command, looking as though she were controlling the very light of the moon itself. He resolved to try and bring it up with Naruto in the future to get another perspective about it rather than what he would tell the girl he was dating about dreaming of another girl. Even Naruto couldn't be stupid enough to say that in front of the girl he was hoping to date. Or was dating, apparently.

Noticing Hinata lean in to kiss some of the fruit juice from the corner of Naruto's mouth from a rather juicy orange slice, he furiously began to scribble notes, unaware that she was getting her own encouragement from her own inner demon.

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During their meal, Lee told Sakura of his plans for their date. He wanted to take her for a simple meal, as they had agreed upon, a walk to the park and through it to talk about themselves and so they could figure out what they would like to get out of the relationship, which had been Gai's idea, though he wouldn't tell her that, and anything else they felt they would like to do that night. When she heard about the walk through the park, she realized he'd timed it for when it was almost completely dark after stepping outside. After realizing that, she snagged his arm and decided to have them go to the top of the Hokage Monument so they could just watch the stars and moon there. It would require less energy, and she wanted to be able to talk without worrying about other people who may have been around in the park.

After arriving at the base of the monument, Lee remembered her enthusiasm to get to the top while the stars were out, so he picked her up bridal style, enjoying the giggles she offered, and leapt up to the top, bouncing from different spots. She was still giggling madly when he set her down on top of the head of the Sandaime.

"Now, we can watch as the rest of the stars come out!" Smiling, they both sat down, not noticing the pissed off lecher who didn't appreciate have to move so quickly while maintain his stealth when he couldn't let any chakra out as the girl was Tsunade's apprentice and would be able to detect it.

'Damn you, Pinky! Why the hell did you have to be so good at detecting chakra?' The Jiraiya clone settled himself close enough to hear them, in case they should say anything of interest, and with a very good view of any action that may come about.

The two settled down and leaned against each other as they sat back against the cliff wall, watching the stars in silence for several minutes. The clone was beginning to doubt his own abilities as they just sat there until they began to talk.

"Lee, what is your dream for the future?" Sakura's question was met with a shocked Lee. He hadn't expected a question like that from her.

"To prove that one doesn't need Ninjutsu or Genjutsu to become a great Shinobi. Why?"

"But why do you want to be a ninja? Why not just look at Gai and say, 'he is incredible with Taijutsu and doesn't really use anything else,'?" Lee was beginning to feel like Sakura may have been making fun of his dreams, but didn't think she would do such a thing. He decided to follow this to see where it was going before committing to such a thought.

"I ... suppose it is because people had always told me that I would amount to nothing. I began to believe it for a while, to tell you the truth, but I decided that I made my own worth. So I decided I would prove them wrong, and become as great as I could be. Since my parents were dead, I didn't really know what they did, so I couldn't follow their path." Sakura, at this point was watching him, almost crying after she realized that she asked a question that seemed to have brought up bad memories for him. She only watched and listened, spellbound by his voice and the sound of determination in his words.

"I decided to choose my own path. I saw ninja all over the place living in Konoha, and I decided I would be great, like them. In the Academy, I had no talents with chakra. I later learned I had an illness that made my chakra pathways to barely grow. During the Academy, I was told, still, that I would amount to nothing, and my lack of chakra was proof for them. I decided that I would still be great, and chose Taijutsu as my specialty." He looked over to her and smiled sadly at her.

"My dream, then, is to prove my worth. That I have some reason to be here." Sakura was amazed as his sad smile turned to a happy one as he proclaimed his dream. "What is yours, Sakura-chan?"

"Very similar to yours, actually. I always felt that Naruto and Sasuke were leaving me behind when I saw them growing by leaps and bounds. Or rather, that I was failing to grow with them. So I want to prove that I can be there for them when I need to be, and that I don't always need to be protected." Lee smiled at her as she finished her speech.

"A good dream and goal to have. And one that you are nearly finished with. You are growing to be just as powerful as Hokage-sama, Sakura-chan." Sakura smiled at him and made a decision.

"Lee, its time for your second term." Her smile turned back into an Anko smirk as his smile vanished, to be replaced with an expression of fear.

"W-what i-is it, S-S-Sak-ura-Ch-Chan?" She leaned forward and nibbled on his earlobe, causing a silent perverted giggle from the Jiraiya clone and a quick intake of breath from Lee.

"Don't fight this." With that, the Jiraiya clone's eyes widened at her command and Lee became an active participant in returning her ministrations. The clone began to scribble furiously as Lee bit down on Sakura's collarbone, eliciting a growl from her.

"As you wish, Sakura-chan." As he used the familiar suffix to her name, he ran his hand up her side lightly, pulling a squeak out of her. Sakura's eyes crossed as shivers ran through her body at his touch. His cuddling had never done this to her during their mission.

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Jiraiya had never been so happy in his life. His very own apprentice was beyond anything he could teach him in regards to setting up the mood for a date. He had taken the Hyuuga beauty to a secluded area, full of nature and it's own natural beauty which women loved, set up a meal that was all finger foods, which kept the two in a light mood, rather than anything substantial for food, which would have weighted their stomachs and given a more serious tone to the atmosphere and held light conversation, a few things of which he noted to talk with Naruto about later.

The two had, after roughly thirty minutes of eating, talking and wonderful teasing, eventually got around to what his radar had pulled him to. He read over his notes, trying to remember if there was anything he needed to add while there was a lull.

Naruto was eating a piece of the melon that Iruka had purchased for him, the juice dribbling down his chin slightly. After the incident with the orange, he didn't care to eat as carefully as he normally would have. They were nearly done eating, both only picking at it as they spoke. When Hinata got another suggestion from Tenshi to kiss the juice from his chin for more teasing, she decided on another tactic. She leaned forward, kissing the juice from him like she had several times that night, knowing his game, but she leaned further forward this time, pushing him back as she kissed. After a couple of seconds of happy kissing, she realized Naruto was keeping his hands either on her side, her back or on her head where he could hold her gently while kissing. It was easy to understand why.

"Naruto-kun, I would like to try again." She leaned her head into his hand as he caressed her cheek.

"Are you sure, Hinata-chan? I know you aren't under the jutsu anymore and I honestly don't mind waiting until you feel more comfortable with this. The only expectation I have for tonight is for us to have a good time and go to bed happy with how the night ended." Hinata was beyond pleased with his words. It only confirmed what she wanted to do with him.

"I know, Naruto-kun. But it is partly because of that that I want to do this. I need to be sure I can do this without needing the jutsu to let me. I want to be sure I can still be the person I was while spending our mission time with you. That I actually could have done this on my own. I wanted last night, but I need to know I didn't just do it because of the jutsu." Naruto knew he wasn't exactly the sharpest kunai in the bunch, but he could understand what she was saying. In a way, she was needing to make sure that last night hadn't been a mistake. She didn't regret it, and wouldn't, but needed to know if she could have done it on her own.

"If you want to stop, just tell me," he said, rubbing her cheek. "I won't be upset or angry or anything. Even if last night doesn't happy again for years, or ever, I will still be here for you. With you." She smiled at him and leaned in to begin her kissing again, thankful that she could tell Tenshi retreated from the forefront of her mind to leave her alone for this. She only stopped long enough for Naruto to ask if she needed to perform the birth control jutsu to stay safe. After telling him it lasted for thirty days, they continued.

The two had just finished, leaving Jiraiya both crying and thankful. Crying, because it had ended, and thankful of that because he only had two pages left with which to write. He already knew that he would use this for a completely new book. He wasn't sure of the exact plot, or what to call it, but there was no way he would use this in his current work, which he would have thought of as inferior if he hadn't written it, and had only one single scene left to finish it. He needed something strong for the ending, but he would not use this. His train of thought was brought to an end when he heard the girl, which he was now very sure was Hyuuga Hinata as Naruto felt the need to say it quite often, began to talk.

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"Naruto-kun?" Hinata was resting over top the blanket in Naruto's strong arms, his jacket covering up her modesty. He looked down at her when he heard her say his name, his hand still brushing her hair lightly.

"Yes, Hinata-chan?" Naruto was slightly worried she would be upset that they had done this again, but that thought was laid to rest as he realized she wouldn't have just cuddled more securely into his arms.

"There are some things I feel I should tell you." Her right hand found it's way to his chest as she looked up into his curious, and slightly worried, face.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, how much do you remember about the mission from when you and Kyuubi switched places?" Naruto had absolutely no clue where the was going, but decided to play along to see.

"Well, when the jutsu hit me, I entered my mindscape, just like normal, only I was being forcibly into the Kyuubi's cage and he was sucked out of it and out of the room and into the halls. After that, my chakra reserves began to swell as they filled with his own chakra. Almost as soon as he was gone, there was so much pain that I only remember next waking up next to you in our room." He watched as she nodded, and then hugged him tightly to her.

"There was more than that that had happened. Remember about what I told you of Ino's mind jutsu?"

"Yes. It took away your inhibitions to let you do what you wanted to do, which led to you tieing me up in my room last night and everything that followed." Jiraiya's eyes widened to comical proportions when he heard this. He now only had one page left of his book.

"Well, she did that by taking my inhibitions and a few memories and tieing them up, so to speak, in my mind. Something like a fake memory where they all resided. Anyway, I already knew about the Kyuubi at that time and he knew that I knew. When he came out, he pretended to be you, though not convincingly, but enough for Sakura and Lee who attributed it to having just been hit by Kokoro's jutsu. After we got back to the house, he explained what had actually happened to you both, and said that you would die shortly if you weren't both put back where you belonged. You outside of the seal, and he within it." She looked at Naruto to see a rather shocked expression. Deciding not to give him a chance to ask questions, she continued.

"Ino's jutsu had given me the ability to go into your dreams at night, which I shouldn't have anymore now that she deactivated it, and that was how we met, and how I entered your mind the night we got back. He led me to where you were behind the seal, and said that he couldn't get you out and change places because he couldn't touch the seal, as it was made to contain him, so he asked me to be the bridge between it and him. I agreed and he sent himself through me and into the seal, which pushed you out. After that, he was back, you were out, and I was shaking off the pain of having him go through me like that. But doing that had a side effect because of Ino's jutsu." Naruto, after hearing about what Kyuubi did was beyond pissed that he'd hurt her, but after hearing about the side effect, quickly changed his tune to worry.

"What kind of side effect?"

"The fake memory and him going through me created another demon, who know is within me." At this, Naruto and Jiraiya both nearly feinted. Jiraiya, not even thinking of what it would mean to him to have two pissed off lovers who would know he watched if he came out and asked what she was talking about in having another demon nearly stepped out and ask just that before she continued.

"We came up with the name 'Tenshi' for her. She was created by my fake memories and several of Kyuubi's memories and she said she has about six or seven tails' worth of power. We aren't too sure as we haven't had a chance to test anything aside from me drawing a little of her power to see if I could. She appears to have a bit of a sadistic side in regards to Ino and Sakura, as we found out today that they watched us last night and-"

"WHAT!"

"Oh, do calm down. We'll get them back for it later."

"Er, okay." Naruto's eyes darted about as if looking for the two soon-to-be-dead kunoichi. Jiraiya nearly had a heart attack as Naruto's eyes passed over his own location. If it weren't for Hinata taking his attention, he may very well have been found out.

"Anyway, she said that she seems to be a combination of my own personality, which hers mostly consists of since it was created from my own, and a bit of Kyuubi's, partly due to the power from him and memories."

"And you are sure she doesn't want to hurt you or anything, right?" Jiraiya was wondering the same thing, as well as whether or not this could pose a threat, as she doesn't have a seal on herself to contain the new 'demon'.

"Yes. She is basically a part of me right now. We had spent a good deal of the day before and after meeting you talking and testing things between us. I can draw on her power, though I will only go up to two tails for now, and I can feel her emotions and such. Mostly, she seems to be like me, but with Kyuubi's personality for those who seem to speak ill of either of us, especially Ino and Sakura, and, since Ino put the fake memory near most of my memories of you, since you were what it was for, she got a good number of my memories of your pranks, meaning she's dieing to try out some of her own." Hinata could tell he was taking all of this well when he realized he'd have another accomplice in his pranking.

"So, how is she within you, but you not having a seal, like me?"

"Well, we talked about that. She said that she was a part of me, not just contained within me, because she was made up of parts of myself. So, what we have come up with is that she resides where she was created, which is my mind, though the majority of her seems to be behind my navel just like Kyuubi is with you, and such. We haven't tried to meet like you do with Kyuubi yet, though. She wanted us to talk about it first and get some ideas from you and how you do it before we try."

"We needn't worry about her taking me over or anything, either. I asked her to try to take control of my arm and she was unable to. She was able to send massive amounts of chakra there, but that was it. We've also found that she can heal me, much as Kyuubi heals you, though we don't know if it is as good, since neither of us wished for me to get as hurt as would be needed to test it, and we're thinking that, if we can meet together like you and Kyuubi, then maybe we could form a summoning contract for her and she can fight in battle." That concept surprised Naruto and Jiraiya both.

'Hey, Kyuubi, could we do that for foxes and you?"

'Perhaps, Kit. But I could never come out in full power. It would have to be the equivilant of a Kage Bunshin, though it would be able to take and deal far more damage. I would have to think about how to make it work so that neither of us dies in the process.'

'Well, let me know what you think up, this could be an incredible trump card in battle. Who in their right minds would want to battle against the King of Demons?' The Kyuubi chuckled at the thought of coming out to play once in a while.

'I will make it a top priority, if you're willing to agree to let me out to play every now and then, even if it is just to hunt some small game once in a while.'

'Deal.'

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Jiraiya wasn't sure what to do at this point. Naruto and Hinata had continued on for another hour, talking about the changes that had come about and what they could figure out from speaking with both Kyuubi and Tenshi. Hinata had explained the changes she experienced when she drew on Tenshi's chakra, the physical changes, that her Byakugan hyper-activated and how much it was different and more powerful, the speed and such. She told him she would show it to him when they practiced, rather that right then, which Jiraiya was very thankful for. If her Byakugan had hyper-activated and he was there, he doubted he'd have been able to get away from both of them. The reports of Naruto's new speed meant that he had very little chance even without using Kyuubi's chakra, and he knew, very well, that Naruto would probably do just that.

It was when they were getting dressed and smiling at each other that Jiraiya realized he'd have to report this to Tsunade, which was something he really felt would get him a good trip through one of her walls or windows. After the two were dressed, Hinata snuggled up to Naruto, who wrapped his arms around her and they watched the stars with Naruto's little lights dancing around the glade they were in. Seeing the girl sigh and snuggle her way into Naruto's embrace further, Jiraiya knew what his new book would be: Icha Icha Kitsune. He knew he would need to stick around and follow them for more ... research, and figure out what had happened, exactly, with their latest mission. He'd have to see about getting a hold of those two girls, also.

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The Jiraiya clone was still running for his life. He'd managed to hide the notebook where he'd taken all of the notes of Sakura and Lee's escapade nearly thirty minutes ago. Right now, however, he was in a Henge to look like Kakashi and running from one rabid, pink-haired girl and one boy who he could swear was truly a demon. The girl he only worried about because the boy kept leaving signs for her to follow, since she was nowhere near as fast, though her strength was as bad as the woman who trained her. The boy, however, was fast enough to stay only seconds behind the clone as he ran. The only reason he knew the notes were safe was because the boy was putting his clothes on at the time he'd hidden them.

The notes were definitely worth it, however. He'd known they would be when he heard the girl tell the boy not to fight back. From there, she took control over literally everything. She initiated what had to have been the most incredible game of controlling submissiveness he had ever seen. She had complete control over the boy's actions, but let herself be controlled by his own actions. She just made she he did what she wanted. He was able to tell that both were still new to everything they were doing, hesitant in their actions, clumsy motions and such, but the girl seemed to know what she was supposed to do. She'd apparently either seen it done or read about it quite a bit. It was with these thoughts and as things progressed, rather quickly, that he scribbled as furiously as possible, making sure to get as much as possible for his creator.

It was also because both of them found release very quickly that he'd realized they were still new at everything. He still had several pages to fill and was upset that he hadn't been able to write faster. Unfortunately, he forgot to repress his chakra and muffle his frustrations, which alerted the two new lovers to his presense. It was at that point that he realized he was screwed. He took off as fast as possible, immediately changing into Kakashi. Moments later, he hid the notes, making sure to commit the location to memory so his creator could get it if he couldn't stay around long enough to tell him more.

So now, he was running through town, trying to get to his hotel so he could hide out. He turned yet another corner when he heard something horrible.

"KONOHA SENPUU!" A bare foot found it's way towards the clones face, ending it's existence in a cloud of smoke. Lee dropped to the ground and watched as the wind blew the smoke away, leaving nothing in it's wake. A few moments later, he was found by Sakura.

"Did you get him?"

"Yes, but it was a Kage Bunshin." That statement brought out Sakura's fury as she ranted about killing her perverted ex-sensei.

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Jiraiya startled slightly when he got the backlash of memories from his Kage Bunshin. Thankfully, he only jerked his head, which wasn't enough to alert the two in front of him. What he got from his clone brought a smile to his face. His notes were safe and sound and needed only for him to retrieve them. Even more, he had several new memories to pass the time while he waited for the two in front of him to finish holding each other and Naruto to take Hinata home for the evening.

'I am so glad that I thought of the perfect patsy for my research. I'm sure he'll want to thank me for it tomorrow after Pinky gets a hold of him." He was barely able to maintain his laughter when he realised what she would do to him.

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Naruto and Hinata both enjoyed their date immensely. After gently and slowly making love, Hinata confirmed that she was ready and willing to stay with him. She would have done so anyway, now that she had him, but she now knew that she could and was changing into who and what she wanted to be, just like both Naruto and Tenshi said she could. Once they had done that, they held each other and watched the stars and Naruto's chakra lights as they danced in the air. They laid back, enjoying each other's warmth and comfort. Hinata couldn't think of a better feeling than Naruto's arms around her, his thumbs slowly rubbing her bare arms gently. She loved being able to hear his heart thump in it's slow rhythm. It was a steady reminder that the now was really happening.

After twenty minutes of simply holding each other, Naruto realized how late it was finally getting and sighed.

"We've got to get you home or your dad may start sending out people to look for you." Naruto smiled as she squeezed him to her and made a quiet pouting sound.

"I suppose." She leaned back and stood from his embrace, missing the warmth already. "Would you like to meet up tomorrow?"

"Of course," he said, sounding almost insulted that he wouldn't. "Want to meet at Ichiraku's for lunch?"

"That sounds nice. After all of the changes and with things with the Hyuuga Elders, I may not be able to make it, so if I'm not there, that will be why. I'll try to let you know if I won't be able to make it." Naruto nodded, well aware that the Elders were a pain in the ass.

"Well, if they give you any problems, get out of there and let me know. I'll kill 'em for you." Even with his cheeky grin, she knew he wasn't really kidding.

"That won't be necassary. They agreed to my terms the last time I fought with Hanabi. If they back out now, they would lose their positions as Elders, and I would have clan law on my side to kill them if they tried anything. With Tenshi's help, I won't have to worry." Naruto growled his own frustration, but knew that she'd have to handle whatever came about. He'd make sure to be there for her whenever she needed it though.

Naruto deactivated the chakra lights and they both took off towards town, hand in hand. Jiraiya waited a few minutes and then followed at a slower pace. He just kept them in sight so he'd have a good way to end this scene when written. Several minutes later, they were in town and headed towards the Hyuuga compound.

"What do you think your dad will say when he finds out we're dating?" This was something had Naruto worried. Many of the Hyuuga would follow Hiashi's example, but some certainly wouldn't. He knew it was too much to hope that he'd be completely for it, but he hoped that he'd allow Hinata her reward for defeating her sister.

"He knows already, and has no problems with it, though I think he may be a little hesitant for now, I don't think he will mind after having a little time to think it over. I only told him this morning before heading over to Ino's to deliver the Enura jutsu scroll."

"Thank Kami for little miracles, after all. But, can you tell me about what Ino and Sakura saw? Or, maybe heard?" Naruto was hoping beyond everything that they hadn't heard their conversation.

"They said they saw 'everything'. I don't believe they heard anything about Fuzzy because they never brought it up. That is one of those things that I think they would have wanted to talk about first." Naruto had to admit the likelihood of that.

"True, true. So what do we want to do to get back at them?" Hinata gave a rather feral grin that sent a chill down his spine.

"Tenshi and I were thinking of several things, actually. We decided just one thing wouldn't do, and came up with a couple of ideas. My favourite, so far, is to Henge into them and take some compromising photos." She allowed for a brief pause before smiling again. "Well, a lot of photos, actually." Naruto laughed for several seconds before responding.

"I like that idea. We'll need to come up with others. That one in particular we can use as assurance they won't try to get us in trouble for the pranks. We weren't publicly humiliated, so we should try to keep it simple, but continuous." Hinata nodded in agreement.

"Good point. I just don't like that they watched us."

"Neither do I, but we should take a couple of days to think things over."

"Alright. We also need to get together and work on training. You, because of your new reserves and body so you can become accustomed to it and me so I can work with Tenshi and try things out."

"That'll work. My chakra control is actually much better now than it was previously. Fuzzy said its because my chakra changed slightly and because my pathways refined or something like that. So I don't need to worry about that. By speed, strength and such, you're totally right on. One thing I noticed, though, is that my chakra is more refined. I can use the same amount and it does more. I don't know if its my different chakra or if I just think I'm using the same amount when I'm not, but I need to practice with that."

"We'll have to test it out and see. I just need to practice with Tenshi's chakra and learn how much is too much and such. The power is incredible and I can't help but think a lot of my jutsu will be overkill until I practice with it." She shot a glare at Naruto when he snickered, making him wince.

"Sorry, sorry," he said, putting his hands up in a placating gesture. "But you're right. When I draw on Fuzzy's power, everything is more powerful." Hinata nodded, pleased he wasn't laughing at her.

"Well, we'll practice some later and see what happens," Hinata stated as they came to the compound's gates where two branch members stood guard, watching as their favourite family member from the Main house walked up, hand in hand, with Uzumaki Naruto.

"Good night, Hinata-chan. I'll go to Ichiraku's at noon and wait for you until one, which is usually when I leave anyway." Naruto scratched the back of his head as he offered an embarrassed smile with the last bit, making Hinata giggle. The two Branch members' eyes widened as they heard her. Everyone in the Hyuuga knew about Hinata's bet and how she won the right to marry whomever she chose, and it appeared they just learned who it was. It was further confirmed when she leaned in and kissed him deeply. Pulling back, Hinata smiled beautifully at him.

"I'll be there unless the Elders get upset about everything. Good night, Naruto-kun." She stepped back with a smile as Naruto turned and took off into the shadows of Konoha. Once he was out of sight, she turned and walked up to the guards.

"I'd like you to let all of the guards know that Uzumaki Naruto has my permission to enter into the compound at any time, Renji-san." The guard she spoke to came out of his shock and nodded to the girl who was his superior.

"As you wish, Hyuuga-sama. However," he winced as he saw her eyes narrow. Hinata was one of the few Main members who they knew would never use the seal on their foreheads to cause them pain, but she'd never been this assertive, either. "However, Hyuuga-sama, as you mentioned to Uzumaki-san, what if the Elders command otherwise? We would gladly allow him entrance, but cannot defy their orders, even over your own."

"Then do not allow him entrance. The Elders are likely to use your seals if they feel you will disobey them, and that would not be worth it. Just let Naruto-kun know that it was their orders. He will be upset about it, but understand your position. And besides, once Father tells them that he and I plan to wed, they will have no choice but to allow him entrance, or die." At her last sentence, their eyes went wide.

"Y-you already plan to wed him?" Hinata had no problems with the lack of honorifics, but their shock forced a giggle out of her.

"Not any time too soon, of course. But my intentions are to be known to them." She waved a hand dismissively. "I doubt he would be as upset as many boys his age, but I would rather not tempt anything by saying we would marry soon. We know each other well, but marriage is a bit much as of right now. His desire to have a family would probably be the only thing keeping him from running and screaming." She smiled as she said the last part, causing the two guards to laugh with her.

"The Branch family wishes you luck with your soon-to-be jittery friend, then, Hinata-sama." The change of name was the only sign most in the Branch family would use to show that they truly respected her. It was also that respect that would not allow them anything less than that. It was also partly that if word got back to the Elders, then it would be very likely that their seals would be activated to teach them their lack of respect to any Main branch member would not be tolerated.

"Thank you," she said earnestly. With that, she made her way into the compound and to her room for a good night's rest. She knew she'd need it.

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Lee and Sakura had walked very slowly to Sakura's apartment. It wasn't really the running after the Kakashi-look a like that made them do it, but running after him like that after having just having sex to a very energetic Lee caused her a touch more pain than she would have liked. Lee, noticing how she had been walking, had been very apologetic, dismissing her claims that she would be fine after a night's rest. She was barely able to keep him from carrying her all the way back to her apartment. She would have healed herself if Lee hadn't been watching her like a hawk and she didn't want to confirm anything that would make him worry even more. It wasn't overly painful anymore, just aching.

"Please, Sakura-chan, I'm sorry that I caused you-"

"Really, Lee, it isn't that big of a deal. It just aches a little for a girl after her first time. I'll be perfectly fine by morning. A day of my normal physical workout causes me more pain than this. Its just never been centered around there, so I'm not used to it, kind of like working a very rarely used muscle." It did, of course, hurt a little more than that, but he didn't have to know that and once inside, she'd be able to take care of the pain. She could only imagine how Hinata had to have felt after her time with Naruto. It was well-known how much stamina that boy had, and not only that, he was a bit larger than Lee, which had to have made a difference.

Lee, not totally convinced, had walked with her all the way to her apartment building and she nearly had to fight her way in without him.

"Lee, let's meet up for lunch tomorrow, okay?" She was happy her plan to distract him did just that. She'd had a feeling that he was worried she wouldn't want to be with him any more because she was hurting. A plan to see him the next day meant there was nothing to worry about.

"Yes, Sakura-chan! Perhaps dango?" Sakura smiled at him and nodded. Taking that as a good sign, Lee gave her his usual nice-guy pose, shiny teeth and all, before turning to go to his own home, feeling much better now. Sakura watched him go before sighing and shutting the door. She immediately went to her couch and began working on herself to dull the ache.

"That pervert is going to burn for this," she growled. After getting rid of most of the pain, since most of what she felt wasn't actually broken to heal, she went to her bathroom to take a long, hot bath, mumbling about perverts and castration the whole way.

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Jiraiya picked up his clone's notebook and put both in a safe and secure place. With what he was planning on telling Tsunade, he didn't want any trace of those notebooks on him. Information like this couldn't be left to chance with Tsunade. Once done, he took off towards the Hokage Tower. She'd be in her private quarters, still mostly sober. After arriving, he went up to the offices and spoke with the guards, finding she was indeed still there.

"We recommend you be careful, Jiraiya-sama. She got to her sake a little early tonight with Shizune's duties in the hospitol." A sliver of fear ran down his spine as he realized she could be a very angry woman during his report.

"I'll, uh, remember that..." With that, he opened the door and quickly went in, stepping to the side in case she threw anything at the interloper.

"What do you want, Jiraiya?" Tsunade was actually in a good mood, which was probably the only reason that Jiraiya had a snowball's chance in hell of getting out of there in one piece. Shizune had helped her with the paper work on her desk, bringing her up to date on everything earlier the day before. She was so happy, she even did all of her paper work she'd recieved that day, allowing her to get off early and start her sake early. It was a win-win situation all around. Then the pervert had to show up.

"I have some news about your otouto and his new girlfriend, Tsunade-hime." This news brought a very large grin across her face.

"Sit, then, and tell me all about her! I didn't even know you were back in town." Jiraiya watched as she happily poured two cups of sake and plopped into her seat. "Well?" She more demanded than asked.

"Oh, I will, but you have to hear everything before you interrupt me, agreed?" He watched as her eyes narrowed, but she agreed nonetheless.

"Fine, but you'd better not leave anything out," she growled. "And start with her name."

"Okay, well, then her name is Hyuuga Hinata," he shuddered as she grinned evilly.

"Good! They each deserve someone like the other." Jiraiya ignored the interruption, glad she was happy so far to bother tempting the fates.

"There's more, don't worry. Now, it seemed they officially started dating today, though they seemed to have actually gotten together last night, though it wasn't official until today. Anyway-"

"Jiraiya, get to the point." Tsunade knew something was up. Jiraiya was far too nervous for whatever he was trying to tell her. He sighed and then nodded.

"Alright, alright. From what I've been able to gather so far, about two weeks ago, Yamanaka Ino performed some kind of technique on Hinata that altered her perceptions a bit so that she wouldn't be as scared of herself when she was around Naruto."

Tsunade had only one thought as Jiraiya began his story with those words, 'Oh shit...' So Jiraiya told her everything from what he'd overheard about the mind technique on how Hinata told Naruto, though it was obvious it was a recap over what she'd already told him the night before, and then what he'd learned of the mission and the two together, then about the previous night and what he'd learned about the two tonight. Throughout the entire telling, he became more and more nervous as she didn't seem to show any overt reaction to anything he was telling her. She actually smiled when he told her about Naruto seeming to enjoy having been tied up the previous night and when he told her about his obvious concern for Hinata's well-being when he told her he would wait if she wasn't comfortable after the jutsu wore off.

"So, let me get this straight. Because of the Yamanaka's jutsu, Hinata attempted to rape my otouto, only not doing so because he was a willing participant, they dated tonight after she had the jutsu removed, and then they had sex again."

"Yes," Jiraiya answered. After about one second, he realized where she was going with this. He wouldn't know about tonight's adventure unless he was 'researching'. Noticing her face beginning to redden for her to yell, he rushed to preempt it with the rest of what he learned.

"But there was a reason that I was there." He just didn't actually know about it until the end. With a red face and obviously barely-controlled rage, she asked him why.

"Well, in your letter to me, you told me that Naruto and the Kyuubi switched places. What you didn't tell me was how they were changed back. Just that Kyuubi called him."

"That was how Naruto described it!"

"Well, from what the two told each other, Kyuubi could have stayed out, but it would have sent out a chakra backlash so strong that it would have killed everyone and destroyed the town they were in. Kyuubi went back in to keep that from happening and to keep Naruto from dieing due to the chakra filling him up and destroying him. Naruto still had his normal-sized reserves, but the seal was designed to house Kyuubi's chakra reserves." He noticed her wince as she realized what he meant.

"Anyway, Kyuubi, even from the outside, couldn't touch the seal. He used Hinata as a bridge and-"

"Wait! She knows about Kyuubi now!" She gave him a curious look as he gestured for her to calm down.

"Yes, and she doesn't care. She also knows to keep it secret. There's more though."

"Oh, sweet Kami," she groused as she sat down with her head in her hands. Jiraiya began to explain as much as he could about what Hinata had told Naruto about Tenshi. To say Tsunade was upset was an understatement. She was furious, more at her own confusion than anything else.

"That's basically all there is, as far as I can tell." By this time, Tsunade had finished off her sake, along with a whole other bottle.

"Well, at least we can say they're definitely made for each other." Jiraiya snorted his own agreement.

"That they are."

"Well, this explains a lot about Hiashi's desire to see me tomorrow. I assume he's going to want to try and talk me into telling Naruto to stay away from Hinata." Tsunade sat back in her seat with a huff, trying to figure out what Naruto could have done in a past life to deserve everything he was getting in his life.

"Quite the contrary, I would say. From what Hinata told Naruto when he was escorting her home, she said he's actually for the relationship rather than against it." Jiraiya chuckled at the face Tsunade made with that remark.

"Well, that's surprising, and a relief. I guess I'll see what he wants without putting up too much of a fight, then. I've got to at least argue a little, though, since it'll make the others feel I'm getting soft if I don't." Jiraiya laughed as Tsunade pulled out another bottle of sake. He was silently hoping she'd stay in a good mood as she got drunk. All he needed would be one alluring look from her to allow him to die happy. He knew she wouldn't go to the hot springs for a few days while she knew he was in town.

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"That's your problem, Kakashi! He was seen by several villagers today and you're the one who lost the bet!" Anko took another bite of her dango as Kakashi hung his head in shame. They were currently in one of the Jounin bars, where only Jounin rank and ANBU rank ninja are allowed to enter. He'd been arguing for the past three hours with Anko that he hadn't really lost the bet, but they both knew he had, and she was never going to let him off that easily.

"Anko, I'm telling you, that first day doesn't-"

"Oh, yes it does!" One of the ANBU to the side of Kakashi piped up. It was a Panda-masked ANBU that had formerly been one of Kakashi's subordinates who was thrilled with the concept of watching Kakashi doing this. She was even going to make sure she had a camera to spread the memorable event. Someone who openly read those perverted books of his deserved some karmic retribution in his life, and this was going to be it.

"She's right, Kakashi. You lost, and now you've got to pay up. Tomorrow, we're going to find Jiraiya, and you're going to pose for him!" Anko's fiendish smirk frightened a few of the seasoned Jounin around them, and terrified those who weren't. If only she knew what Kakashi had planned, she would have been more willing to think about letting him off the hook.

"Fine. But just remember, that I'm a sore loser." With that, he began to read his dirty orange book as he walked out the door, leaving an unperturbed Anko in his wake.

"Don't worry about him, Anko-san. What can he really do?" The Panda-masked ANBU asked.

"Probably nothing! Ha! Bartender! Another round for me and my accomplice in villiany and some more dango!" The pudgy man behind the bar jumped to attention at her call.

"Yes, Anko-sama!"

"Come on, Panda. Let's get plastered!" The two women, one known, the other not, began to see who could out drunk the other, neither knowing how much the other had already had.

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The next morning arrived bright and early for Hinata once again. This time, however, she was awakened by one of the Branch family members who had orders from her father.

"Good morning, Hyuuga-sama. Your father requests your presence after you have finished your morning rituals."

"Thank you, Awai-san. I should be there in half an hour." The Branch family member bowed and turned to leave, but before opening the door, she turned to Hinata with a smile.

"And congratulations with Uzumaki-san. He's very cute." Both girls giggled, with Awai schooling her features as the door opened so as not to seem improper in the halls where the other Main family members could walk. The whole Branch side of the Hyuuga now knew of Hinata's interest in Naruto, and only a very few were upset about it. Most were thrilled, knowing Hinata could see who a person truly was and would only accept him if he were truly a good person. It was her acceptance that converted many of those who accepted him now. Knowing she wanted to marry him, most would do whatever they could to allow her that.

Hinata finished her morning duties quickly and efficiently. She barely felt any discomfort this morning in comparison to the one before. She wasn't sure if it was because they didn't do it as many times, or because she was no longer a virgin, but whichever the case was, she was both happy and sad about it. She rather enjoyed having it as a reminder, though it was something that she would rather not have to deal with after every time. She was thinking about that very thing until she found herself in front of her father's office where she knocked to allow Hiashi to know she was there.

"Enter." Hinata went in and sat at the single pillow in front of her father.

"You wished to see me, Father?" Hiashi allowed himself a small smile, seeing his daughter still with a sense of purpose and confident.

"Yes, Hinata. I thought you would like to know the result of my discussion with the Elders." He was slightly surprised as she looked him in the eye and nodded, waiting for an answer without looking away. Clearing his throat in nervousness, which he decided not to notice, he continued.

"As you could probably guess, they were against it." He was slightly surprised to see her eyes narrow and feel a little killer intent fill the air. "However, as you made a bet with them, and won it, they have no choice in the matter. They thought to use," he paused a moment to smile at the name, "ahem, 'Fuzzy', as a means to say it couldn't be done. However, I told them you already knew and that bringing it up, regardless, would have been treason. It was then that they said he should be killed for breaking the law before being reminded that he was exempt from it." Hiashi could tell that Hinata was not thrilled with the way they kept coming up to his death.

"I know you weren't keen on me using them as arguments, but I felt it was needed at the time. I explained precisely what you told me about his stamina, chakra reserves and the idea of having 'Fuzzy'," again, he smiled at the name, "in our family. When I mentioned that it could potentially make our Byakugan stronger, they changed their opinions rather quickly."

"So they agree to allow me to marry him?" Hinata wasn't a fool. She was taught this game from her birth. He had yet to actually come right out and say that they had agreed. It was only because she was watching him so intently that she noticed him flinch, even if it was only his eyes.

"Not outright. They feel that, since it is Uzumaki-san, and because of 'Fuzzy', that you should be put through one more trial in order to allow it. They feel that the work that would be necassary to maintain our public image after announcing that you and he would be engaged would be too great for simply beating your sister, though I feel part of it may be that they were so angry that you had been holding back and they now have no clue where you stand in regards to your power." He was rather shaken when his eldest daughter, Hinata, the girl who was always so very timid and caring, gave what was one of the most feral and bloodthirsty smiles he had ever seen. Perhaps it was the fact that it was on her own face, or that it was truly that frightening, but whatever the cause, Hiashi, the head of the Hyuuga clan, scooted back and away from the daughter he once thought would lose to an Academy student only one month ago.

"They have absolutely no idea what Naruto-kun has taught me. I would take the challenge against anyone they wish, so long as I don't have to kill whoever it is and they agree. I will tell you right now that if anyone is forced into this, I will make sure that whoever it is that forced them is punished for it." Hinata was furious that they would change their agreement, but it could be used to her favor if she approached it properly. But she still had to make sure that anyone that she fought did so willingly.

"I don't see any reason that those terms can't be accepted." Hiashi was rather surprised she'd agreed so readily to the change. She could have easily fought it and say that she had already won. "Why do you not fight it and say that you have already won the right to marry him if you so choose? You could easily contest it." He again found himself in front of that Anko-like smirk.

"Because, I am going to have my own conditions. If they wish to change it, then they can say nothing of me doing the same." This time, both smiled.

"You've learned well. So, what will your terms be, then?"

"I'm debating with it, myself. Either to start my own clan, with Naruto-kun," she ignored the widening of his eyes at such a thought. To a Hyuuga, that was like saying you wished to give up on your family and heritage, "and leave Hanabi as the heir, with neither of us recieving the cursed seal, or that everything remains as it is, but Hanabi will not recieve the cursed seal and none of either of our descendents recieved the seal. Depending on who they make me fight, I will know which I should be able to get away with. I am going to attempt the second option, regardless, as I can always leave when I choose at that point, and the second one otherwise. They already cannot make Hanabi the heir unless she is again able to defeat me, and I can assure you that cannot happen unless it has been rigged in her favour." Hiashi was more than surprised at this point. He was outright shocked. She had apparently suspected something like this, or she was much better at political planning than he had given her credit for.

"You've thought about this, I take it?" Hinata nodded, deciding not to tell him about Tenshi for now and that both of those ideas had come from her as soon as they had heard him talk about another duel. There was only one thing they needed to test and that was a recreation of Naruto's fight with Neji during the first Chuunin exams after Neji had closed off all of Naruto's tenketsu, thereby stopping him from using any chakra, except the Kyuubi's.

"Kitten, now would be as good a time as any to see if we can do so, and he is really the only one we can be willing to allow to help us. Anyone else may use the information against us and I sense he truly wishes for your happiness."

'Alright, Tenshi.'

"I have, but there is one thing I need to test to see if I can back my theories up. Would you be willing to help me?" Hiashi wasn't sure what to do. Of course he would help her, but he didn't know what Naruto could have taught her that would allow her to seemingly not care who she faught against. It was almost as though she suspected she could fight any Hyuuga and get out of it successful.

"If I can, yes. I don't know, nor will I know, who they wish for you to fight until we go to do so, but I suppose I can help train you if you would like." Hinata shook her head.

"No, no. Nothing like that. I want you to close all of my tenketsu. I think I have a way to reopen them." Rather than be shocked, he decided to sigh and chuckle.

"That doesn't even surprise me. Very well. When would you like to perform this test?"

"Right now, though away from where someone may be able to witness it. If it works, I will tell you the secret that I have about what I learned from Naruto-kun." Hiashi nodded and motioned for her to follow him. She did so, going down several different hallways to the Head's suite. They continued to the end of the hall, even though there were no other doors. At the end, he activated his Byakugan to make sure no one else was around and, in so doing, noticed Hinata's new status.

"Hinata!" He turned towards her in fury and spoke in a harsh whisper, still not wanting anyone to come or hear what he found out. "You are no longer a virgin!" He wasn't sure why, but she only looked at him as though he were a fool.

"Of course not. The night before last, I went to Naruto's to rape him and-" Hiashi cut her off as he tried to splutter out a why.

"You- he- rape- virgin- what!" Hinata waved a hand dismissively at him, fighting like hell not to blush or panic. She had begun to tell the same story she told Ino and Sakura without thinking and it brought her to her current dilemma. It was only Tenshi's encouragement that allowed her to maintain her composure.

"Oh, do stop sputtering. It doesn't become a Hyuuga," that did the trick, "as I was saying, I went there to rape him, but he kept telling me I couldn't because no one was allowed to love him. That was when I told him I knew about the Kyuubi. I still had him tied up, but he wasn't fighting against it quite so badly any more." She couldn't wait for her father to close her tenketsu. At this point, the pain would be preferable to speaking so casually about such a thing to her father. "Anyway, he accepted me and I have always accepted him and there is nothing more to worry about. If the Elders question my virtue, I plan on telling them that my hymen was broken during training, though I may tell them the truth just to watch their reactions." In truth, she didn't want to even discuss it with them, but saying that was Tenshi's idea, and it came out before she actually paid attention to what she was told to say.

"Anyway, where are we going?" She really wanted to stop talking about sex with her father. He opened and closed his mouth a few times before finally shaking his head and turning around.

"I don't want to end up a grandparent before you're married," he muttered. "Anyway, this room is the private sanctuary of the Head of the Hyuuga. It is only shown to the next Head and I believe you will be, so I take you here now. It has seals to keep the Byakugan from penetrating it. We can practice in here." He performed several handseals and placed his hand to the wall, where a very large seal formed on the wall before disappearing, leavintg the wall slightly submerged onto the floor. Hiashi pushed against it to open the doorway where they both entered. Inside was a huge room filled with scrolls in the back half, a small, open study in the corner to the right and the rest open space with a single table with a couple chairs.

"This holds the most important Hyuuga texts. Ones that are far too important to leave around for just anyone to get a hold of. You will never mention this room to any others. Understood?" At her agreement, he motioned to move the table back so they would have room. Once done, she stepped back and held herself open for the attack.

"Ready?" At her nod, he rushed forward, not even bothering to call out the attack, and closed each tenketsu. In retrospect, telling her father, just before he was going to shove chakra into her tenketsu, that she had all but raped the boy she planned to marry was a bad idea. He used a little more chakra than was probably needed. On his last attack, she fell backwards and onto her back, coughing. Through the pain, she stood up, albeit slowly. Once done, she attempted to mold any chakra and found it was beyond her.

"Alright. I'm going to try and reopen them now." This was what Hiashi was waiting for. If she could do it, then she would have succeeded in something that no Hyuuga before her had been able to do. In fact, the only one who could was Uzumaki Naruto, and even then, few knew exactly what he'd done beyond use the Kyuubi's chakra.

Hinata decided to use the same seal that Naruto had used, since she knew that he was successful with it. Once she began, she realized nothing was happening, so she tried harder, still getting nothing. Finally she tried to mold as much of Tenshi's chakra as she could, being told from her inner friend that she was succeeding, just not enough with the first two tries. The last one, however, she succeeded in pulling out Tenshi's chakra. One tail's worth of power rushing through her body, hyperactivating her Byakugan and opening every one of her closed tenketsu. Her body went through the same changes she had gone through the first time she drew on Tenshi's power. The only difference this time, however, was that Tenshi restricted her as soon as she accessed it to keep her from pulling more than a single tail of power since she was trying so hard. Without a seal like Naruto, she could pull on it all, but they didn't know yet what the results would be.

Hiashi was beyond shocked at his daughter. He could tell that it wasn't her normal chakra radiating off of her. This chakra was such a pale blue that it was nearly white with the outside edges, along with what appeared to be a tail swaying behind her, seemed to actually be a rainbow of colours. He couldn't help but think of looking at light through crystal. Then, with his Byakugan active, he was able to tell how her finger nails elongated and her eyes changed, giving her a blue iris and her teeth became a little more pointed. Her hair even seemed to lengthen some. All in all, he was terrified of what his daughter may have become. A few seconds after it had started, however, it ended suddenly. She released Tenshi's power as it was no longer needed.

"Well, that was more painful than I thought it would be." She moved over to the table and sat at the chair next to it, motioning for her father to do the same. "I suppose you would like answers now?" Hiashi sat and nodded, still silent from what he'd witnessed. He had seen those changes in Naruto and knew about their cause. He had no clue as to why it was happening with Hinata.

"Why did you go through similar changes as Uzumaki? I know why he goes through them, but why you?" Hinata sighed and began to relate everything to her father. The only things she left out were the details to their having sex and anything sexual from the night before, though she did mention the date and what Naruto had done with his chakra for her to enjoy. By the end of it, he was shocked, proud, furious and completely lost.

"As you can assume, I would rather the Elders not know about this for now, though I will attribute the power to Naruto having taught me to pull chakra from another place and that the physical changes are a manifestation of what I believe to be a worthy guardian. In other words, I see him pull massive amounts of chakra from within himself and see him take these changes and think of foxes as powerful creatures. It isn't totally a lie, since Tenshi is a kitsune, and she is where the power comes from. It just isn't the whole truth." Hiashi knew exactly what he was going to talk about with Tsunade when he spoke with her later that day. He did, however, pity whatever fool the Elders decided to pit against her.

"They will not find out from me, though I do feel Tsunade-sama should know about this." Hinata took only a second to think before agreeing.

"I suppose that makes sense. I'll tell her later. I've got to deal with the Elders for now and meet Naruto-kun for lunch."

Together, Father and Daughter left the private sanctuary and went to their respective tasks to get their days started.

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Apologies for this being so late as well. My work is still looking for another 80 people to fire and they pay quite well... , Also, I've re-done this chapter more times than I cared to keep track of. I couldn't find a way to do the Inner Hinata in a way I was happy with, since she wasn't a part of my original story line, which I liked, I wasn't sure how to fit it in, and that threw me for a loop. I just liked the idea too much to give up on. Instead of doing an Inner Hinata, like Sakura, I decided on an Inner Demon, more like Naruto, as you can tell. I didn't originally want to use this, because I had the idea for another Naruto fic, but decided this would be a good way to get someone else's idea on if they like Tenshi or not. I had originally just wanted Hinata to realize how she was able to change simply because she had more confidence, which allowed her to become the kind of person she always wanted to be. You can all thank DragonMan180 (there may have been spaces between the two words and number) for mentioning the idea for an "Inner Sakura type thing" or however he phrased it. It pushed me over the edge. This chapter is twice as long as my usual ones, so at least there is that, eh? o.o