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Italics mean thoughts.

"Italics with quotes mean conversations with Kurama."

Meeting

Three days after the funeral, The Konoha 11 met in the forest to hang out as well as to discuss Naruto's new found power.

"I think it's awesome," Choji said voicing his opinion on Naruto and Hinata's relationship and skill at the same time.

"No it's not," Neji said. "Hinata's lucky that Hiashi's too mad to keep from disowning her the moment he sees her to yell at her. As for her and Naruto's power, I must say I'm jealous."

"You?" Naruto asked. "And here I thought the all powerful Neji would have nothing to be jealous of."

"Honestly, I didn't think you could beat Gaara," Neji said. "The fact that you did proves that you're as stubborn as I thought. It also proves that I was wrong about you. When Hinata beat me, I understood that even weak people could be strong when they needed to be. Then when she trained under me I saw her become incredibly powerful. I still didn't believe you could be strong, however. I saw you as nothing more than a buffoon who would always fail, even after you beat Hinata. I thought that she had simply not tried her hardest due to her feelings for you. I was wrong about you. You are truly a great shinobi. I apologize for being so rude. Hinata, that goes double for you."

"Wow," Naruto said. "I forgive you but I'm surprised you're apologizing. I thought at most you would only hint at it. Glad I was wrong."

"I knew he would," Tenten said. "Neji's a lot nicer than you people give him credit for."

"No I'm not," Neji said. "And I don't need fan girls."

"Trust me," Naruto said. "If you have them, keep them. It's a bitch to try to get new ones."

"Only because you were trying to get one away from Sasuke," Neji said. "What did you expect? He had half of the academy the first day."

"True," Ino said.

"Guys," Kiba said. "I need to test Naruto's senses. Please step back."

"You're going to get your butt kicked," Hinata said jumping into a tree.

"We'll see," Kiba said.

He and Akamaru dropped to the ground with Naruto while the others all jumped into the branches above. Kiba crouched and Naruto mirrored his position and Kiba grinned.

"I'm not testing your reflexes," Kiba said.

Naruto's eyes widened just as Akamaru leapt into the trees then jumped into the air spraying urine all over the place. Naruto staggered backward narrowly avoiding getting hit and plugged his nose. He bumped into a tree and gasped. His hands moved to his throat as he began to choke on the smell and Kiba pulled out a dog whistle. Before he could blow it, Hinata landed beside him and grabbed the whistle then shut down his chakra network temporarily and Lee carried Naruto away from the area so that he could breathe again. Hinata and the others caught up and found Naruto vomiting violently while plugging his nose against the smell of his puke.

"I hate my senses," Naruto said.

"Can't you dull them at will?" Neji asked.

"I wish," Naruto said. "Then I would kick Kiba's ass. Why'd he try to kill me anyway?"

"Not a clue," Tenten said.

The others all shrugged except Hinata. She looked scared, ashamed, and angry all at once.

"Oh well," Naruto said. "Can you guys go get me something to eat?"

"Sure," Choji said.

"Not you," Naruto said. "You'll eat it on the way back."

Everyone else left except Choji and Hinata. Choji understood why the others had been told to leave and walked off. When he was gone, Naruto turned to Hinata.

"Why'd he do it?" Naruto asked.

"He's...jealous," Hinata said. "He doesn't think you deserve me."

"I see," Naruto said. "He'd better not be dumb enough to tell anyone."

"Tell what?" Hinata asked.

Naruto was silent for a while then said, "I'm sorry. I can't tell you."

"That's okay," Hinata said. "I understand."

Naruto smiled and kissed her then pulled away when the others arrived with three bowls of ramen each.

"You guys know me well," Naruto said.

"We'd better," Ino said. "We grew up around you, like it or not."

"Funny," Naruto said.

"She's right though," Sasuke said. "You're annoying."

"Just give me my food," Naruto said.

They all set his food out and Naruto created shadow clones to help him eat it. It had the same effect as eating it normally but didn't take nearly as long.

"Much better," Naruto said.

"Pig," Choji said.

"That makes us kin," Naruto said.

Everyone laughed except Choji. After a few minutes they stopped when Kiba walked out of the trees and glared at Naruto.

"If I have to fight you for her I will," Kiba said.

"You don't need to fight me," Naruto said. "If you don't, she'll stay with me. If you do, you'll die and she'll stay with me. There's no need for you to throw your life away."

"You honestly think that I'm afraid of you?" Kiba asked. "I called this meeting to kill you and I'm going to do it."

"Little tip," Naruto said. "You'd have had better luck if you had set it up to be just you and me."

"They're here to witness me kicking your scrawny little copy cat ass," Kiba said.

"He's going to tear you limb from limb Kiba," Sasuke said. "Believe me. You're screwed if you fight him."

"Enough!" Hana Inuzuka said landing between Kiba and Naruto. "What the hell do you think You're doing Kiba?"

"Stopping a monster from-" Kiba began but stopped when Naruto's fist collided with the side of his jaw.

"And I thought Orochimaru had a big mouth," Naruto said. "Why don't you just shout it out for the entire fucking village to hear."

"Naruto!" Hana said. "You're not helping. I'll handle my brother."

"Don't waste your time," Naruto said. "Give me three seconds and he won't be a problem ever again."

"I said I'll handle him," Hana said. "You need to leave or-"

She stopped suddenly and stiffened and they all saw why. Kiba had walked up behind her and drove his claws into her back. Naruto growled as his temper began to rise. He could feel Kurama's chakra beginning to rise but forced it back down as Kiba ripped his claws out and Hana fell. Naruto caught her and handed her to Hinata who left carrying her to the hospital.

"You're dead," Naruto said letting Kurama's chakra spike. "Why the fuck did you attack your sister?"

"She was in my way," Kiba said. "No one is going to stop me from killing you. I told you that."

Naruto's eyes turned red and his pupils elongated and he lowered himself into a crouch mirroring Kiba's. He felt his ears and eyes get irritated again like they had when he had gotten his senses improved and hoped he was simply gaining more control over them.

Kiba sprang forward and Naruto rolled back onto his shoulders then kicked him into the air. Then Naruto leapt after him and grabbed him by the throat. Kiba stabbed his claws into Naruto's chest and grinned but it faded when Naruto didn't react.

"My turn," Naruto said as they began to fall.

He suddenly blurred into motion around Kiba and began hitting and slashing him from every side. Then, just as he smashed Kiba into the ground Hinata stepped out of the trees. Naruto exited his feral state before she could notice the difference and stepped back from Kiba.

"Is he..." Hinata began.

"He's alive," Naruto said. "He's lucky too."

Naruto spit on Kiba then turned stormed through the trees away from the others. Hinata followed knowing that Naruto was a lot more angry than he seemed. The others took Kiba to the hospital and tried to think of a way to explain what happened to Kiba and Hana's mother.

Naruto sat down on the edge of the Hokage Monument and stared at the destruction that had been done to the village.

"Are you okay?" Hinata asked.

"No," Naruto said. "I lost my temper. I hurt Kiba worse than I wanted to. I shouldn't have hurt him at all. And the village was destroyed because I didn't stop Gaara and their plan sooner."

"You didn't know this would happen," Hinata said. "It wasn't your fault."

"I should have checked his memories," Naruto said. "If I had I could have stopped him."

"You're human," Hinata said. "No matter what you are human."

"She clearly hasn't learned mush about me," Kurama said.

Naruto stared at the Hokage Tower for a while then looked over at Hinata.

"Thank you," Naruto said. "No matter what happens, I know that you won't give up for me."

"Naruto," Jiraiya said appearing behind them. "We have to go. We're going to find the next Hokage."

THE END

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