A/N: I don't own Naruto. I guess i left it on an interesting part. Well on with the story

Chapter 10 - My life

'Oh no...' thought a worried Naruto, looking at the young blond getting closer to the cage in his mind scape. He began running toward the girl.

-With Ino-

"Wh-Who are you?" asked Ino as her curiousity got the better of her when she approached the giant cage.

Suddenly a large claw hit the gate, shocking Ino and sent her straight on her rear. The claw slowly retracted back into the darkness as an evil chuckle was heard with in the cage.

"So it appears you are a mind walker..." a low voice said in the cage.

Ino wanted to respond but no words would come out of her mouth as she was far to afraid to speak. She started shaking more as she heard a growl come from inside the cage.

"INO!" yelled Naruto as he approached the shocked girl. She didn't even turn around as her eyes still were glued to the cage in front of her. Naruto put a hand on her shoulder and shook her softly. She slowly moved her gaze to Naruto, then once she got over being petrified, she immediately latched onto Naruto.

"Naruto-Kun! What is that thing? Please protect me." she said as her grip on his shirt tightened.

Naruto sighed as he turned toward the cage, putting a arm around Ino's waste, "Okay, what the hell is wrong with you? You know almost everyone fears you, but you still act like an ass."

Ino opened her eyes and looked at Naruto's angry expression, then she turned toward the giant cage. Slowly something orange was starting to come into sight from the darkness. It grew brighter as it approached the front of the cage. Before her very eyes stood the Nine tailed Demon fox. Her clutch on Naruto's shirt got even tighter as she pressed herself deeper into his chest.

"Don't put the blame on me you insolent brat. You are the fool that let her inside your mind in the first place." The fox replied.

"Naruto-Kun, what's going on? I'm scared..." said Ino as she returned her gaze to Naruto.

Naruto's expression turned sad as he gently pushed away Ino. "Listen Ino... I'm not really sure i want to tell you this but i guess i have no choice... I am a Jinchuriki. I contain the Nine tailed demon fox."

"To bad he's far to weak to even know how to use my power..." The fox mumbled to itself.

"You see the fourth Hokage didn't actually kill the fox, in fact he couldn't kill it. The only thing he could do to save the village and hopefully stop the fox from destroying anything else was to seal it in a newborn, Namely me." Naruto said, his voice getting lower.

'Have they forgotten that i'm standing right here? Don't i get a say in any of this?' pouted the mightiest demon of all. 'Stupid kid's attitutde is starting to take over me. This isn't good...' he glanced over toward the seal on the cage and saw it with rips and tears on it. 'The seal might be breaking down sooner than i thought.'

Ino looked at Naruto in shock. Was this the truth? Did Naruto really have to live with this monster inside him all his life? Why didn't the third or fifth hokage ever explain this to the rest of the village?

"Before you ask, the third Hokage made a rule that no one can ever speak of my origin. That is why the people who lived through the fox's rampage, stayed quiet this entire time. They viewed me as the reason why the fourth Hokage died. That is why i didn't come to the academy about two years ago. I couldn't stand the looks the other students were giving me. It was enough to have older people in Konoha hate me for the fox, but people my age? I don't think i could go through it. Over those two years with Jiraiya, i managed to get over the fact that very few people would ever see me as a human being. I guess i was just chosen to live this type of lifestyle, to be seen as a monster..." Naruto said as his eyes started to soften.

Ino's shocked expression turned angry at Naruto thinking like this, "That's not true!" Naruto's eyes widened slightly. "I don't care what anyone thinks, your still you Naruto-Kun and nothing could chnage that. I lo...-like you for who you are." Ino continued as she started blushing a bit. "Please Naruto don't think of yourself as a monster. I will never view you as a monster Naruto and this changes nothing about how i feel toward you."

Naruto started forming a smile, 'Maybe she does have feelings for me after all.' he thought. His smile soon turned into a smirk, he bent over a bit an whispered into her ear, "And what exactly do you feel for me Ino-Chan?" he asked hotly into her ear.

Ino started blushing madly at just the feeling of his breath on her ear again. "I-I..."

"Well as amusing as this is, i would like to speak to the brat." said Kyuubi. Ino had completely forgotten where she was but was reminded at that deep voice. She looked at the fox then to Naruto. Naruto smiled at her.

"Don't worry about him he's harmless." said Naruto.

The Kyuubi growled, "Harmless?"

"Well in here yes, but i guess i should tell her your part of the story?" he looked at Ino again. "Ino the Kyuubi is a dangerous crazy monster, don't get me wrong but it would never attack Konoha. It had no reason to attack and to be honest i think they put up to much of a fight for it's own pleasure." The Kyuubi growled again. "Anyway, it was under the control of someone else." Ino gasped,

"Who could be powerful enough to control a monster like that?" asked Ino.

"Tsk. No one is even close to powerful enough to control me, the pathetic mortal caught me off guard right when i woke up. He used those accursed eyes of his to place me under his Genjutsu."

"So, you still got controlled by a mortal. I found it hard to believe that the strongest tailed demon could be defeated that easily." Naruto teased much to Kyuubi's displeasure. "Anyway, yeah so for some reason this person had something against Konoha and had the fox attack Konoha. Like i said before he was defeated again by the Hokage and sealed with in a child."

"Who was that child?" Ino asked.

'Damn.' Naruto mentally cursed, "Err, he couldn't place the burden on another person's child so he decided to place it on his own." Naruto said as he smiled at judging a bullet.

"So who was his son?" asked Ino.

"You're an idiot kid." The fox said as Naruto face faulted.

Naruto stood up and sighed in defeat, "That child was Me Ino..." he simply put it.

"You're the son of the fourth Hokage?" yelled Ino.

'Damn, and she went fifteen minutes without yelling.' Naruto mentally whined.

'Oh Kami, wait till forehead finds out about this. Sure Sasuke is popular for his status but Naruto here is the son of the strongest Hokage in history, and i was the first one to start hitting on him.' she let out a small squeal.

"Ino can i please ask you a favor though?" Naruto interrupted her thoughts.

"Sure Naruto-Kun." Ino said trying her best to calm down from being in front of her crush.

"Could you please keep everything i said from you a secret?" he asked.

"Wait what? Bu-..." she started.

"Ino please, you weren't supposed to know about it and i have my own personal reasons for not letting other people know. Ino promise me that you won't tell." Naruto said sternly.

Ino lowered her head a bit, "Okay, i will for you Naruto-Kun..." she said. 'Damn i guess i won't be able to rub this in forehead's face.'

"Thank you Ino-chan. Now that you know, could you release your jutsu so i can talk to kyuubi?"

"Wait, Naruto-kun, after this can we go get something to eat after this little spar?" Ino asked fidgeting a bit.

"Of course, i'll walk with you after the training."

Ino smiled brightly, 'YES! A date with Naruto!' she fist pumped mentally. "Okay see ya in a bit Naruto-Kun." said Ino as she made a few hand signs and fazed out of Naruto's mind scape.

Naruto turned toward the cage, "What is it you wanted to tell me fox?"

"The seal, it's breaking..." kyuubi simply put it.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed and please review