A/N: I'm back again with chapter ten this time! Woo! I hope you all enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of these characters. I wrote this fanfic for fun.

My Demont Tenant Can't Be this Cute!

By Yangster

Chapter #10: My Demon Tenant Meets the Locals!

She seriously was going to bankrupt him.

Kyuumi must have eaten through at least fifty-percent of his savings by now! Her appetite was insane! She must have been holding herself back when he had introduced ramen to her because now all she did was eat and eat.

Why was she hungry all the time?!

Not even he got this hungry this often!

Looking at her from across the table, Naruto took note of the empty pile of plates by her sides. She had wanted to eat dango today. She had been introduced to dango back when they had accidentally ran into Anko a few days ago.

Anko had teased the hell out of the both of them and had spouted off about some young love non-sense.

Naruto had never really pegged Anko as a romantic.

Now Kyuumi absolutely loved dango. Possibly even more so than ramen. Actually, she pretty much loved food in general, whether it be ramen, dango, sushi, fried chicken or beef bowls. For a being that despised monkeys, she sure loved their food.

Over the past week, Kyuumi sure had changed. She adapted to monkey life rather quickly.

Not only had she basically set up the morning routine of smacking his face with her foot, she had now basically forced him to bathe with her every morning. Sometimes at night too!

His teenage heart could only take so much temptation!

Plus he swore he could always feel someone watching him whenever he was in the tub with Kyuumi. Someone with white hair. Someone who constantly wrote things into a tiny little notebook. He could not really put his finger on who that person was.

It was Jiraiya. Obviously. If he could lower himself to the point where he felt no guilt watching women in a hot spring, then obviously he would have no hesitation to watch him bathe with Kyuumi.

Stinky perverted monkey.

Kyuumi had also ended up changing the clothes she wore after her first day.

She kept the scarf and had turned her kimono into a dark blue jacket. Naruto thought it looked good with her red hair. Now obviously you can't just wear a jacket, so she had to then give herself a light-grey collared shirt, idea courtesy of a men's fashion magazine Naruto had brought back from the bookstore and then she had finally finished off her outfit with a skirt and some thigh-high socks.

On her feet, she had on a dark blue pair of sandals, just like Naruto.

All in all, she pretty much fit in. Maybe she was just a tad bit over-dressed, but Naruto liked the look on her.

She liked that he liked the look on her.

It was a win-win.

Blinking once, Naruto focused back on Kyuumi. She looked so satisfied, decimating his wallet with her eating habits. Cute too, but mostly satisfied. Where did all that food even go? Did it disappear into a black hole in her stomach? Did she even have a stomach?

"Do I got something on my face?"

"Oh, no. I was just thinking," replied Naruto as he absent mindedly swirled the tea in his cup.

She looked at him, "What were you thinking about?"

"I was thinking about you," answered Naruto simply, his words prompting Kyuumi's cheeks to heat up a little.

"W-Well then.." replied Kyuumi as she glanced away, "What kind of stuff about me..?"

Naruto shrugged, "Just the usual."

"And what would the usual be?" asked Kyuumi as she leaned forward.

"Well, I was actually sorta thinking about us," answered Naruto, prompting Kyuumi to quirk an eyebrow.

"What about us?"

"Well.. Hmm. How do I explain..?" began Naruto, tilting his head upward as he looked toward the ceiling, "So you see us two together right here."

"I do."

"And we're here together eating dango together."

"Yeah? What about it?"

Naruto looked back down at her, "Is this a date?"

He watched Kyuumi's expression change from confused, to embarrassed and then to mortified as his words sank in.

"W-W-What? I-I mean.. I mean.. Umm.. Eh.. Do you think this is a date..?"

Naruto blushed, "I mean.. I sorta think it is..?"

He then shook his head, "I mean, I don't know! It's just that all that stuff Anko said to us is getting to my head!"

"Eh.." let out Kyuumi as she dipped her chin down to hide her blush, "I mean.. I've been thinking about what Anko said too.."

Naruto looked at her.

"B-But! Don't get the wrong idea! I only follow you around for the food! And the head-pats! And the belly-rubs!"

Naruto continued looking at her.

The corners of his lip began twitching and soon enough, he began smiling, then chuckling and then he was laughing. Kyuumi continued to blush as she watched Naruto's enthusiastic reaction.

"Y-Yeah! Don't worry. I got the right idea," replied Naruto, a few stray bursts of laughter leaving him before he finally calmed down.

Kyuumi puffed her cheeks out before huffing, "You better.."

Naruto smiled at her.

She swallowed quietly, "Well then.. I do believe that you deserve a small reward for all the money you have spent on me.."

"Oh?" let out Naruto in response as he quirked a brow, "What kind of reward?"

"Let me give you some advice. In the form of a short story!" answered Kyuumi as she nodded her head, "You monkeys love stories!"

"What kind of a story though, Kyuumi? It better not be about you killing a thousand monkeys," replied Naruto as he leaned in and rested his elbows on the table.

He then let out a quiet chuckle, "Eesh.. Even you got me calling humans 'monkey's now.."

"Well, at least you now admit it," replied Kyuumi with a shrug, "Oh and don't worry. Not that many monkeys die in this story."

"Uh huh.." said Naruto in response as he gave her an incredulous expression, "Go ahead then."

Kyuumi nodded and cleared her throat.

"There once was terrifying monster that lived in a cave near a small village. All the villagers feared her greatly and would always take care to avoid her home."

She then paused, expecting Naruto to interrupt her.

He did not.

It was a pleasant surprise.

"But there was one girl that did not fear the monster. She was this teenager, on the younger side. The monster believed that all the villagers were inferior to her and saw the young girl as nothing but cheap entertainment. So instead of killing her, the monster decided to keep her around to talk to. Every day, the girl would make the journey to the cave and sit down and talk with the monster."

Naruto's eyes seemed to glimmer ever so slightly as he listened to her.

"They would just talk and talk for hours. There was never a dull day because of that young girl," continued Kyuumi as her gaze slowly drifted off to the side, "It was before long that the monster forgot about the fact that the girl she was talking to was a monkey."

She took a sip from her cup of tea.

"Though the girl knew that the monster was not truly as terrifying as the villagers said she was, she was still shunned by the the entire village for what she did. She did not care though. As long as she could talk with the monster, she was content."

Kyuumi took a deep breath.

"The villagers though, they could no longer stand by and watch the girl talk to the monster. To punish her, they cut her legs off so she could not run and presented her in front of the cave. They expected the monster to eat her."

She felt her breath catch in the back of her throat, but she played it off by pausing.

"The monster did not eat her of course. She was not a savage. At least not back then she wasn't. The girl was young, she had wanted to live. She had begged the monster to help her."

Kyuumi swallowed quietly, her eyes narrowing as she did so. Naruto watched her, his lips pressed pursed as he took in every single word.

"The monster of course could heal her. She would never walk again, but she would live. Though now the monster faced a dilemma. Her pride demanded she let the monkey die. It was just a monkey after-all. Though obviously she would have preferred it if the girl lived."

She then looked up at Naruto.

"Here. I'll let you guess. Did the monster let the girl die or did she save her?"

Naruto glanced down at the table as he took a moment to think.

"I think that the monster let the girl die.."

Kyuumi nodded, "You are right. The girl died. The monster killed the entire village and the world just continued on."

There was a moment of silence.

"What's the advice you wanted me to get from the story..?" asked Naruto as he tilted his head slightly to the side.

"Sometimes, you might just need to throw your pride or morals, or whatever is holding you back to the wind," answered Kyuumi absentmindedly as she swirled her finger around the rim of her cup.

"Oh. I see. Thanks for the story!"

"You're welcome," replied Kyuumi as her lips curved upward into a small smile.

Naruto opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted as someone else spoke up.

"N-Naruto? What the heck are you doing here?"

That sounded just like Sakura. He looked toward the direction of where the voice came from.

Yep, it was from Sakura. She was with her friends. Strange, she had not seen her hanging out with Ino in quite a long time. She was also with Hinata and Ten Ten. They were all dressed casually, like they were having what appeared to be a lady's afternoon out.

Which they most likely were.

"Oh, hey, Sakura!" greeted Naruto with a friendly wave, "I didn't know you came to this dango place!"

"And I didn't know you liked dango," replied Sakura before turning her head to look at Kyuumi, "Hmm? Who's the girl?"

"Uhh.. Well.. Uhh.. I.. She's.." let out Naruto awkwardly.

"I'm his companion," stated Kyuumi as she turned her head to face the group, saving the situation from becoming too awkward from Naruto's weak stammers.

Kyuumi's words elicited a gasp from Hinata, who quickly covered her mouth with her hands to prevent anything from coming out of her. Kyuumi quirked a brow at the meek girl.

"Woah! Your voice is so deep, especially from someone as young as you!" remarked Sakura as she widened her eyes.

"Hmph, whatever," replied Kyuumi with a grunt as she took a sip from her cup of tea.

"So wait.. Wait.. You said companion.." began the blonde girl as she gestured with her arms, "You're Naruto's girlfriend?"

Kyuumi felt her cheeks heat up.

"I-I mean.. I'm not saying I'm not his girlfriend.. But yeah.."

"So you are his boyfriend!" stated Ino with a smug grin on her face.

Kyuumi did not respond. Instead, she just pulled her scarf up to hide the redness of her cheeks. Scooting off of her side of the table, she then joined Naruto on his side and snuggled up just a bit next to the boy.

She watched as Hinata frowned a little. Kyuumi could not help but smirk.

The way she was positioned so possessively next to the boy just told the four girls that he belonged to her.

"So who is this girl?" asked Tenten as she walked over and sat on the opposite side of them, ignoring the huge pile of empty plates as she did so, "I pretty much know every other female ninja in the village and I don't think I've ever seen her before."

"Is she a civilian?" asked Sakura, tilting her head to the side as she joined Tenten in the booth.

"Well, she's not a civilian per say.." answered Naruto as he tilted his head side to side, "I would just say that's kind of like a traveling ninja. She doesn't really belong to any village."

"Oh," replied Sakura as she glanced up at the huge pile of plates, "I see.."

"Here, let me squish in here," chimed in Ino as she budged in beside Kyuumi, much to the demon girl's annoyance.

"I-I guess I'll sit here then.." said Hinata as she sat down beside Sakura.

Kyuumi quietly fumed as her private time with Naruto was rudely interrupted. Oh how she just wanted to slap all these female monkeys in front of her. Female monkeys made the best noises. They were pretty much all howler monkeys in her book.

"So what's your name?" asked Tenten as she leaned in close.

Kyuumi just glared at her.

"She doesn't really want to give her name out," stated Naruto, turning the attention of the girls to him, "She really only gives her name out to people that are close to her."

"S-So do you know her name, Naruto?" asked Hinata, her pupiless eyes gllimmering ever so slightly as she spoke.

Naruto nodded, much to Hinata's dismay, "Yeah. I know her name."

Hinata swallowed quietly.

"So, Sakura. I see you're hanging out with Ino," pointed out Naruto, prompting Sakura to quirk an eyebrow, "Don't you two hate each-other?"

Sakura shrugged, "I guess we sorta got back together since Sasuke has been acting like a real asshole lately."

Naruto widened his eyes, "Eh? More so than usual?"

His words prompted Sakura and Ino to narrow her eyes.

"Well, yes, I guess. He's just been a jerk," replied Ino as she folded her arms.

"How so?" asked Naruto.

"Oh, there's bit a lot of stuff happening with him lately," answered Sakura as she frowned, "Hold on. I need some tea and sweets before I really get into it."

She then waved down a nearby waitress. Everyone at the table besides Naruto and Kyuumi ordered. It did not take long for their food to come and for the waitress to carry the empty plates away.

Naruto wanted to groan. He was already pretty full and the smell of more sweets kinda made him sick at this point, but he held it down.

"So where did you meet this girl?" asked Tenten as she took a piece of dango off of the skewer on to her plate.

"Oh, I met her when Jiraiya and I were searching for Tsunade," answered Naruto, prompting Tenten to widen her eyes.

"You were searching for Tsunade?! Lady Tsunade?!" asked Tenten enthusiastically, nearly slamming her hands down on to the table as she spoke.

Naruto nodded, "Yeah, I did."

Tenten whistled, "What I would give to meet her."

"What? Is she your role model or something?" asked Naruto, prompting Tenten to nod.

"Yep!"

Naruto opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted as he felt a tug on his sleeve. Looking down, she saw Kyuumi gesturing at him with her eyes.

"Aww! She's so cute!" commented Ino with a squeal, "She's like a kid!"

Kyuumi turned her head to glare at the girl next to her.

"Aren't we like all kids..?" retorted Naruto with a shrug.

"Yeah, but like she's so short and adorable!"

Kyuumi's glare only intensified. Ino really needed to get the message before she ended up slapped against the wall or through the wall, or through the village, or out of the village and into the forest.

"Naruto.. I want to leave," stated Kyuumi as she gave Naruto's sleeve one last tug.

"Oh, alright then.." replied Naruto as he took her hand, prompting Kyuumi to blush and for all the girls at the table to widen their eyes.

"Excuse me Ino," said Naruto politely, prompting the blonde-haired girl to scoot out of the seat for them to get out.

Not saying anything else, Naruto walked over to the counter, paid for the food that Kyuumi and him had eaten before walking out. All Ino, Sakura, Tenten and Hinata could do was watch them silently as they left.

Tenten turned her head to look at Hinata and gave her an apologetic smile, "Sorry Hinata.. I know how much you like him."

Hinata's shoulder sagged a bit, "No.. It's fine.. I missed my chance.."

"Hey, look, Hinata. You're a pretty girl and you're really nice! I'm sure someone out there likes you," stated Tenten with a nod.

Ino nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah, I'm sure of that too, Hinata."

"And do you have any idea of who might like me then?" asked Hinata as she looked down at her tea sadly.

"Hey," answered Tenten as she clicked her tongue, prompting Hinata to look at her.

"Hmm?"

Tenten then proceeded to point at herself.

Hinata looked at her blanky, "Huh?"

The Hyunga girl then widened her eyes and blushed furiously.

"HUH!?"

Outside of the dango shop, Kyuumi and Naruto were walking back to his apartment hand in hand, much to Kyuumi's embarrassment. Just why did Naruto's hand have to feel so damn warm?!

Eesh, it felt similar to warming her hands by a fire.

Naruto on the otherhand was smiling. Kyuumi's hand was so soft. So delicate, like if he squeezed too hard, he would break it. She really was a precious little girl. It felt great just holding it.

He would never tell her that though. She would most likely end up slapping him again.

"Naruto. Stop here."

"Hm? Like right here?" asked Naruto, as he glanced around.

They in the middle of the street.

"Yes, here," answered Kyuumi with a nod.

She then suddenly turned to face him before grabbing his wrist with her other hand. Blushing softly, she brought his hand up to her face and placed it against her cheek. The warmth and softness of her cheek was absolutely amazing.

"W-What?" asked Naruto with a slight stammer as he blushed.

"Only you get to call me cute.. Or adorable.." answered Kyuumi as she dipped her chin with a pout.

"Only me..?"

She nodded her head vigoriously, "Yes.. Only you.. When you say it, I feel warm and fuzzy.. When other monkeys say it, it makes me feel sick."

Her words prompted Naruto to smile.

"Alright then Kyuumi.." replied Naruto as he raised his other hand to pat her on the head.

"You can also only call me cute or adorable," stated Kyuumi with a blush, "I'll kill you if you call anyone else cute."

Naruto chuckled, "Alright, Kyuumi. Don't worry."

"I better not have to."

He smiled at her.

She smiled back.

"Eesh, you really are hopeless, aren't you Kyuumi?"

Her smile only grew wider.

"Sometimes I can be."

A/N: Hello! I come back to you with like a super fast update! Fantastic is it not? I hope you all enjoyed! Please favourite, follow and review! I love feedback!