Guardian

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-Last Chapter-

'It seems that he wanted to protect everyone by taking the Kyuubi with him…' The figure thought. 'I guess I will give them some time to themselves'

With that the figure silently took off, leaving no trace he was ever even there.

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Feelings

The funeral for Sasuke had ended around nine in the morning and Hinata found Naruto around ten, but after the confession and Naruto telling her everything about the Kyuubi it was about noon. However they decided to just sit in each others embrace for a while on top of the monument before going to Tsunade.

Hinata was in a state of bliss. She had always dreamed of Naruto loving her, but never believed it would come true. But here she was, sitting between his legs with her back against his chest and his arms wrapped around her. They were both looking at Konoha together.

Everything that Naruto said did affect her, but not in the way he thought it would. She was sure he would think that she hated him. But he said it himself "I am me.", and that is what she knew to be true. She knew who he was; he was not an evil demon that ravaged Konoha so many years ago. He is Naruto, the boy who grew up hated for something he could not control, yet just wanted recognition of his own existence in the world.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized just how cruel people could be. Of course she knew the cruelness of the Hyuga that she had become so used to. It was true things had gotten much better for her after Naruto defeated Neji. Her father become much more like a father over the past years, Neji had become like an older brother to her, and her sister and her were like actual sisters again. But there was still hate in the Hyuga clan for her.

She was still seen by everyone else in her large clan as "weak" and "pathetic". Everyone other then her father, Neji, and her sister still hated her, still gave her those cold glares as she walked down the hallways, and still whispered insults to each other at her presence. They could never look past their own noses to look at who she is, and how she had changed herself.

She had hated how her own clan couldn't see how she had changed, but now she felt even more hate towards the arrogance of the village she loved. 'How can they treat Naruto like a demon after everything he has done?' she thought. No matter how many times it racked her brain she couldn't understand why it was that they blamed Naruto for everything that the demon sealed in him had done.

And after everything that was done, why couldn't they see how he had changed? Everyone in Konoha knew of his dreams to become Hokage; so how could they believe that a demon would want to become the greatest protector of Konoha? How could that make him seem like a demon, how could they believe that he would release the demon, and why could they not accept him as him?

She realized just how much like each other they were, in their own special way. 'I have been fighting to get my clan to recognize I am not weak and Naruto-kun and has been fighting to get everyone to recognize HIS existence.'

'I love him for his existence' She smiled and snuggled into Naruto's embrace some more.

Naruto was also thinking a lot about what had recently happened with Hinata. She stayed with him, and still loved him. Even though he had a demon inside of him, she held him and told him it was alright.

Naruto had never felt a truly loving embrace before. He had of course been hugged a number of times, but never really embraced by someone who was more than a friend to him. He wondered when he was crying against her shoulder if this was what it was like to have a mother.

He had always wanted someone to cry to and share all his worries with, but instead the only thing he had was himself. If things would get too hard, all he could do was sit on his bed in a ball and cry to himself. This was something he did often growing up alone, with constant threats on your life for some unknown reason to you. He was just five year old boy, how else could he deal with his pains when no one was there for him. He had no one to hold him other than himself.

But when she was holding him there, he truly realized that she was there for him. He would do anything for that feeling and anything for her. It filled a hole inside of him, a hole he never truly knew was there, but always felt. He was being held by someone he loved, and someone who loved him.

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata said.

"Yes, Hina-chan?"

"How many people have you told about the Kyuubi" Hinata was curious, she already understood that the adults knew all about Naruto, but what about the rest of her generation? What if she had been left out after all this time.

"Well…your actually the first that I have ever told like this…" Naruto thought back. "The only person that knows from a generation now is Sakura, she saw me use the Kyuubi's power. Sasuke knew too, but…"

Hinata was sad and happy at the same moment. Sure Sakura knew before her, but Naruto didn't tell her like this. That was when Hinata realized something Naruto said 'Sakura…' Naruto didn't say Sakura-chan like he normally does. She smiled a little at this thought.

Naruto was either looking at her eyes or Konoha the whole time they had been together, and for the first time he looked at her clothes. A beautiful black kimono 'Sasuke's funeral…' he thought.

"So how was the funeral" Naruto broke the silence.

Hinata thought about the question for a few moments. "Everyone was there, they were all wondering where you were though."

"Well…I…I didn't deserve to be there…" Naruto sighed.

Hinata let out a small sigh of her own. "N-naruto-kun, no one blames you…or hates you for what happened to Sasuke. In the end they are all proud…that you helped him see the light. Everyone's just very worried about you."

"Why are they worried?"

"Well…t-they didn't know h-how you might take it…" Hinata said. "Umm…and what might have happened if I…I didn't come?" thinking back to what could have happened with a sad look on her face.

'I would have jumped…' he thought.

Naruto then hugged Hinata tighter against him. Glad that she was there for him, and she was glad she was also.

"Well Hina-chan, what say we go see Tsunade-sama." Naruto had a sad grin on his face. He didn't know if they would be able to do anything for him, and if it came down to him dieing to protect Hina-chan from the Kyuubi…he would do it.

Well I sort of meant this chapter to at least include the a start of the talk with Tsunade, but I sort of got really caught into the fluffiness. I typed all this out while waiting to do something and am already working on the next part, hell you might get the next chapter really soon. Thanks again.