What up, everyone?! This is NiteOwl18 coming at you with a brand new chapter of The Fox. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! And second, sorry for the wait, I'am two weeks away from completing my fall semester. Let me tell you, it has been a stressful month for me. I have to work my art projects during the break, but I'll wait till Saturday to do it. Enough of that; let's get on with the new chapter. Last chapter, you all read the first appearances of Naruto being the hero by taking on the role as The Fox, even though that he hasn't got the name yet and the costume he was wearing is only temporary. Now in this new chapter, after a whole week of suspension, Naruto is allow back to school and you all are going to see what people will think of him know. You all know what will happened, but the big question is will Hinata talk to Naruto after almost killing Hibachi? Let's see.
Chapter 10: Back to School.
The next morning, Naruto lean his head to the kitchen and scan to see if his uncle was there before seeing that he wasn't. He descended down the stairs in his pajamas with his fox partner right behind him. After getting two bowls of fresh ramen, he walk to the couch before sitting on it. Placing the bowl right on the ground, Kurama goes to his food.
Naruto then places two of his hands together, saying "Itadakimasu!" He grabs the remote control and turn on the t.v.
The first thing the two of them saw were the news, and this caught them in interest.
"...And recent news over last night robbery at a guns warehouse turn into a highway chase, which lead into one of the most bizarre event." The news anchor explained. "A group of thieves have made off with more than hundred crates of weapons and tied up the employees. However, just before they made off, a local individual intervened and started attacking the robbers."
"It was crazy; it's like this guy never knew what he was doing and he just apprehended them without breaking a sweat." Said one of the employees.
Naruto chuckled in a smug way with Kurama rolling his eyes, but still laugh as they were still eating their breakfast.
"After the fight, the getaway driver have drive away with the stolen weapons, and the individual started going after him in what the witnesses say by jumping off the walls of the buildings. They didn't say what happen to the young man after leaving the scene; all they were told was to contact the police. Then a video had shown up that was taken by one of the local teens from Konoha High School at a local diner of the getaway van with the driver and the individual who had mysteriously appear. Here's the scene."
The screen shows the video from the dinner and a few seconds later, the van appears from an orange flash.
Kurama then shook his head in annoyance while the blonde pumped his fist in the air.
The news anchor added "Some of the teens manage to get a quick look of the young man."
"The guy was like around 5'8, slightly muscular, had a weird looking device in his hand that he had just pick up from the ground, and was wearing a lot of orange." Answered a short black haired teenager.
The camera women asked "And did you get a good look of the face?"
"No, his mask was covering his entire head, except that he was wearing goggles. But I never forgot his eyes. His eyes were like golden."
"What happened after witnessing this event?"
"He disappear." The teenager recalling the event, and is still mind-blown by it. "He just disappear out of thin air, like an orange flash!"
"But who exactly was this mysterious masked individual?" The news anchor said, with the picture of the hero (Naruto) to his left side from the video last night. "People are asking the very same question over and will this person do it again?"
"You bet your ass I'll do it again, dattebayo." Naruto said while having noodles hanging from his closed mouth.
"If you don't die first." Kurama added.
"What are you talking about, Kurama?" Naruto shot back a glare at him, gloating and pointing his right thumb at himself. "I totally kick some asses last night! I am awesome, dattebayo!"
"Yes, but you could've died."
"I was careful, dattebayo."
"You have no idea what I am talking about, kit." Kurama reply back. "I'm talking about that power you use to teleport you and the getaway van."
"Hey, you told me to do it." Naruto reminded, getting slightly annoying and getting up before starting feeling woozy. Placing a hand on his head, the blonde groaned as he closes his eyes. "My head. Why am I feeling woozy?"
"It's the side effect from my power, kit." Kurama answered with a yip. "This is exactly what I was telling you; there are limits when you used too much of my powers."
"Limits?" Naruto sit back down, still with his head feeling hurt.
"Yes. Since we both share the same powers, but you have the most, the amount you'll get will be far than I will imagine, not even Minato knew about it."
"Really?" The blonde said in surprise of his own dad never knew of the limits.
"This power is far beyond any limits; it'll only respond to your emotions. If you use my power, you'll start developing the signs." Kurama's tone was becoming more sinister to his master.
Naruto gulped nervously from what the fox was saying. Thinking of how he had only mention the signs, he began "Not that you mention it, I think remember experiencing this signs back at the school."
"I know. While you were in that power, your rage was controlling you and your whole body was changing."
"My fingernails were growing sharp and longer." He said, looking down on his hands and placing a finger inside his mouth. "So did my teeth and my eyes."
"It's my DNA, kit. You're responding to the early traits of becoming a fox like me. You were fortunate enough of being snapping out of it, but from now on, I want you to be more careful when using that power, kit. You don't ever want overdo it. If that rage of yours isn't contain and well-behave, you'll grown into a full-grown fox...and die."
"Die?!" Naruto cried repeatedly, now the headache was gone from the revelation.
"Yes." The fox nodded. "Your body can't handle that much stress; it'll destroy you from the inside."
"Wait, won't you died as well?!" Asked the blonde.
"Actually no, I won't. I can't get affected because I only have 30% of my power and I use it to hide my other eight tails and be connected to teleporting only by you kit, since you got 70%. However, if you start tapping into your power and can't control it, the rage thoughts from your mind will respond to me and that will make my true appearances reveal."
"So I can't use this power, but I'll try using it for a little and not lose my rage at the same time?" Naruto slowly said.
"That is correct, kit." The fox yipped.
Naruto lay out a slight wind blow from his mouth, responding "Wow, never thought this kind of power will mean a certain death for me, dattebayo. I'll try of keeping it."
"Good."
"It's gonna be tough for me to control since people are gonna see me when I step inside back to school, dattebayo." Naruto added.
"Speaking of which, kit, is it that time you oughta go?" Kurama reminded, making the blonde to look up at the clock and saw that it was 8:17 A.M. He went up the stairs in a flash with the fox following on his back.
"Alright, you know the drill, Kurama." Naruto said as he button on his white shirt, and looking at the fox, who was laying on his bed.
"Yeah, yeah. I won't go sneaking off out of the house or wander around except in your room." Kurama repeated.
"Good." Naruto then grab his backpack that was on his backpack before noticing the tri-kunai knife that he had invented last night. Hesitating to hide it, he place it inside on the drawer of his desk. "If Jiraiya-Ojisan, Tsunade baa-caa or Shizune nee-chan are inside the house, don't make a sound."
"Kit, I know how to keep my mouth shut." Kurama shot him a deadpanned look. "How do you think I haven't been caught by animal control or get shot by a hunter?"
"Sorry dattebayo." Naruto said, placing his hand on the doorknob. "See you after school."
"Wait, what am I supposed to be throughout the whole day?" The fox asked.
Naruto then went to his closet and took out a tennis ball before throwing at right beside him. "Play with this. See ya, Kurama." He opens the door and closed it behind him.
Kurama look at the tennis ball with his red eyes for a couple of seconds, and knock the ball with his tail across the room.
"How the hell is this fun?" The fox asked himself before whining.
Naruto was at the front door before opening it and stepping outside as he closed and locked it right behind him. As he desiced down the mini-stairs, he was caught off-guard by the sudden black sedan and the owner of the driver.
"Good morning, Naruto-kun." Shizune greeted cheerfully.
"Shizune nee-chan," Naruto said, surprise of seeing her here. "What are you doing here, dattebayo?"
"I came to drive you to school."
"But shouldn't you be at work with Tsunade baa-caa at the hospital, dattebayo?"
Shizune explained "She said that it would be best if I were to drive you to school since you'll be coming back after your suspension."
"Oh, she thinks that I'm going to cause another fight again, huh?"
"Mmmm...something like that." She answered. "Now, come on. You'll be late." The short black haired women went to the car while Naruto went inside as well. Opening the door, he saw Tonton going to the backseat and responded a cute snort toward him.
"Hey Tonton." He said, placing his hand on top of her head, rubbing it. Shizune started up the engine and the black sedan drives to school.
As they were going, Naruto had a million thoughts inside his head once everyone will take a good look at him being back after a week of suspension. Will they be surprise or be afraid that he's isn't in jail? Will they try to get him to answer some questions of how did he gain that new upper body and almost brutally murder Hibachi? And what about his friends? He knew that they'll be glad of seeing him back, but Naruto hasn't responded any of the messages due to having been training with Kurama. The biggest thing about his nervousness was Hinata. He can't get over the fact that she was afraid of him after almost killing Hibachi. Will she forgive him for his impulsive actions? Will she still be friends with him? Will she...even...l-
"Nervous, Naruto-kun?" Shizune asked as she was keeping her eyes on the road.
Snapping out of his daze, he responded "Uh, kinda, dattebayo."
"You don't have to be nervous, Naruto-kun. This is the first time you'll be coming back to school from your recent suspension. I thought that you be proud you get to see your friends."
"I am, nee-chan. It's just...having these thoughts of what will happened if people saw me that I'm not in jail or why am I not at a mental insitute for my violent temper?" Naruto said.
"You really need to stop reading what people saw about you, Naruto-kun." Shizune added. "Don't let them tell you what they think."
"I can't help it; whenever people see me, they know that I am not from here. It's like they knew that I wasn't born right here. The way they stare at me, the way they look at me and the way they talk about me. I just...couldn't stand it. I lost control of who I was and started beating down on the one person that pushes me over the limit. I became the very thing that everyone had been dealing with me over the past years."
Shizune look at the blonde teen with a concern on her face. She, like Jiraiya and Tsunade, knew about Naruto being harassed at school by almost everyone. The surrogate sister was involved in Naruto's life by being the older sister he wanted. During the time where he was growing up, she witness the brutally and comments being thrown by the tormentors. Shizune wanted to do something, but Naruto ordered her of not reporting this or telling her master or his uncle about it.
Before saying something to him, her eyes spotted something before saying "We're here."
The black sedan stopped at the front entrance of Konoha High School. Naruto look at the building as thought that he hasn't been back there for a while or longer. He took a deep breath and his hand was on the handle.
"Thanks for the ride, nee-chan." Naruto was about to leave until his surrogate sister stop him.
Shizune said with a small smile "If things get too complicated for you, call me and I'll pick you right up."
"Thanks, but I'll be fine." Naruto responded with a low smile as well. "Trust me, dattebayo."
Shizune then planted a small kiss on top of his golden sun hair, making him slightly blush. "See you soon, Naruto-kun."
"See ya too, Shizune nee-chaa." Naruto said before looking at the pet piglet. "You too, Tonton."
Tonton "oinked" in responded to the kind teen as she was getting the top of her head being petted again.
"Bye." Naruto waved to them as he saw the vehicle driving off. The blonde turn around and saw the large building toward him. For the first time after his suspicion, he was going back inside and right now people are getting ready to look at him and giving him the glares.
With confidence in himself and putting on a brave face, Naruto Uzumaki step inside the school building.
The hallways were empty, thank god for him; the entire students had gone to their homerooms. Walking to his Math class, Naruto stood by at the door and peaked inside the window to see the entire classmates all grouping together as one. Kakashi sensei wasn't there; properly reading his smut book. From his sharp ears, he concluded that they were talking about something; his friends were there as well; however, to his dismay, Hinata wasn't there.
A deep and sad breath inside of him, Naruto open the door and step inside, only to hear the first thing was Kiba's loud voice.
"I'm telling you, man; it's proof!" Kiba shouted loudly. "I watched over thirty times!"
"Kiba, would you please shut up? You're getting me a troublesome headache." Shikamaru replied as he puts his arms around his head as it was against the desk.
"Come on, Shikamaru! Tell me you haven't seen the video! Look!" The Inuzuka teenager shows his iPhone to the lazy Nara.
Sasuke said, pinching his nose "We saw the video; you don't have to keep bringing that up. It's getting annoying." However, it was even more annoying that the lovestruck fangirls were eyeing on him, and not saying a word.
"Man, you two are no fun." Kiba pouted, taking his phone away from Shikamaru. "I wish Naruto was still here."
Choji reminded "Hey yeah, where is he? Isn't he suppose to be here?"
The first thing Naruto said was this. "Hey guys."
The friends, plus the entire classmates, stop and look at the blonde teen for the first time after his recent suspension. The fangirls were knock out of their daze and take a step back out of fear, which Naruto didn't notice.
"What up, Naruto?" Choji greeted with a friendly wave, which the blonde waved back, putting on a small smile.
"Well, well, well, if it ain't Mr. Muscles here; you think you're tough now and not send a message after a whole week?" Kiba snorted, which he accidently reveal the part about Naruto being suspended.
"Come on. Don't be like that." Naruto started to plead, but then the Inuzuka chuckled and shake his hand.
"I'm just kidding, man. It's great to have you back." Kiba then give a low-fives to his friend.
"Thanks, Kiba." Naruto lay out a huge smile before turning to Sasuke, who had a smile as well and fist bump with his best friend.
The blond scan the scene and ignore the glares that was being throw at him before seeing the one person he wanted to see. "Have you guys seen Hinata?"
Shino explained "We went by her house to get her for school, but her father told us that she'll be running a bit late."
"She should have been here by the time we enter the classroom; I left her a couple of messages and she didn't reply back." Kiba added.
"Oh." Naruto dropped his smile in disappointment.
Placing a hand on his shoulder, Sasuke said "She'll be here, dude. I can guarantee that."
Kakashi then enter the room with his face on an Icha Icha book, making the entire classmates sat down on their desks. His only eye pick up on the blonde as he walked to his desk.
"Naruto, you're back!" The cyclops greeted under his mask.
"Hey Kakashi sensei." The blonde reply with a returning smile.
"We miss you all week; it has been really quiet without you."
"Thanks, dattebayo." Naruto chuckled under his breath.
Kakashi started up his lesson, and that was the beginning of the entire class being bore, except for fewer students like Naruto. As he was talking, the sound of the door was open, and Naruto's eyes look upon seeing Hinata coming in.
"Hinata, you're five minutes late to class." Kakashi said.
"Forgive my tardiness, Kakashi sensei." The Hyuga bowed for forgiveness.
"Well, I'll lay you off with a warning since you had never been tardy before. Take a seat please." He said, making Hinata goes to her seat.
Naruto lay out a secret wave at her; however, she didn't wave him back as she went past him. The blond dropped down his hand and focus on the lesson, hiding his sadness from the inside. What's even more sad was that from the back of the room, he could hear the voices from the other classmates.
"So he's back, huh?"
"Seems like it."
"I'm surprise that he isn't in jail for the way he beat up Hibachi."
"Don't remind me. I vomit all the way back home after seeing that blood."
"You think that's bad, I had nightmares because of that event. The way that nerd was glaring the hell out of us."
"I sure hope don't wanna go on his bad side."
Throughout the rest of the morning class, the bell finally ring. Naruto stay behind as the rest of the classmates all got up and left the room. Getting up from his seat, he walk over to Kakashi and asked for the late assignments that he had missed, but the teacher had given him an exemption.
Walking out of the room, he saw Hinata leaving the room in a hurry. The blond walk fast to her and calling out her name, "Hinata!", but she didn't hear him.
"Damn it!" He cursed himself, turning his direction to the other side of the hallway.
Naruto's friends all called out to him, only to see him walking away; Sasuke was the one who saw the frustration look on his face.
"That look on his face…" The Uchiha though after witnessing the look of his best friend's face; the same look that he first saw while beating Hibachi "Guys," He said to the gang. "we need to follow Naruto. He's got that look on his face."
The gang tense up of what he had meet and started following Sasuke to save their blonde friend.
Naruto was walking alone in the hallway and with that distraction look on his face. The day hasn't gone by and it's the starting of a terrible day for him. After coming back from school for his recent attempted murder on Hibachi, he had hear the comments being secretly thrown at him about what happened. Not only that, his crush is starting to ignore him. A part of him was glad of seeing her again, but the other part was that she was ignoring him, just like everyone. He notices the stares and whispers he's been getting since he first arrived back from his suspension. From left and right, he could see and hear what the students are saying about him. The blonde narrow his eyes in anger and continue walking to his locker. Kurama warn of not letting his temper getting out of hand, but the more he could see what people are saying about him.
"Dammit, why can't they just leave me alone?!"
At the end to his locker, he saw the two couple again, making out and blocking his stuff. Naruto growled lightly and his fists clutches before taking a couple of steps forward.
The girlfriend's eyes widen in shock of seeing the blonde teen and repeatedly tapped her boyfriend. Finally, he turn his head around, reacting to the same expression as he was looking at Uzumaki.
"Hey man…" He said, putting his hands up in alarm and his girlfriend clutching in his arms for protection. "I don't want no trouble, okay." The two couples then left in a flash.
"Cowards…I didn't even do nothing." Naruto muttered angrily, going to his locker and opening it.
As he put his books back into place and get the ones he needed for class, his ears were ringing as they pick up the comments and rumors spread by most of the classmates. This increases his temper more and more as he heard what they're saying behind his back.
"So they just let him back in?"
"Sure looks like it."
"I wanna see how that nerd did it to Hibachi."
"I wouldn't do that, man; you see the looks of his eyes. One glance of it and you're dead."
"Guess he finally snapped."
"Sure hopes he doesn't rampage the school like a maniac."
"I hear from Hibachi that his folks is thinking about putting him in a mental institution."
"They should do it; this guy isn't allowed back here considering of what he had done."
"I don't want that nerd be walking around the school with that look, waiting for him to blown up like a crazy person."
Finally, with one quick slam from his door, he turn around and shouted "SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
The entire scene, plus the whispers, were all stopped. Now everyone was seeing the blonde before them.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT?! HUH?! SO I ALMOST KILL SOMEONE! BIG WOOP! WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST SPREAD IT AROUND THE GODDAMNED WORLD INSTEAD OF JUST WHISPERING SO I CAN HEAR YOU?! JUST SHUT UP AND GO ON WITH YOUR LIVES!"
Naruto, his eyes now dark red, look at the fearful crowd with his teeths snare in anger. Each time he look at a different area of the crowd, they either take a step back or clutches to their mates for protection.
Suddenly, a tapped on the shoulder and an authority voice spoken out.
"That's enough, Uzumaki," Naruto turn around and saw Neji, looking at him with the same expression. "Or do we have to take this outside?"
Then the blonde slapped his hand, grabbed hold of the Hyuga and slammed him against the lockers, alarming the audiences more than they are.
"Never touch me...teme!" Naruto put some force into his grip from his sentences, making the Hyuga male to struggle for air as his neck is closing up. His temper was close to the edge of losing it.
"Naruto, stop!" Kiba and Shino, plus Sasuke, Choji and Shikamaru arrive at the scene with Tenten and Lee from their back.
Naruto then let go of his neck, making Neji fall down from the locker to the ground, coughing. His friends came by in his aided.
Tenten asked, kneeling down at his level "Neji, are you alright?" Neji responded with only a wave, but still he was coughing.
Sasuke look at the Hyuga, saying "You need help?"
"I don't need help!" Neji reply venomously while coughing.
Tenten shouted "Neji, he was only asking!"
"Well, he shouldn't!"
Kiba, notices that everyone was still here, addresses "Alright everyone, show's over. There's nothing to see here. Go on with your lives, just like Naruto said."
There was mutter within the crowd; some of them were paralyzed by the outburst or the threat given by Naruto.
"GO!" Kiba raises his voice, making the crowd now disperse and leave the scene.
"Thanks Kiba." Sasuke said as he goes to his best friend, putting his hand on his shoulder. "You're alright, Naruto?"
The blonde put his hand on his face, still feeling the hot temper within him. He answered, but was feeling sweaty "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine, dattebayo. Can we just go already?"
"Sure." Sasuke, Naruto and the gang all left to their next homeroom, leaving behind Neji, Lee and Tenten.
Neji's throat was throbbing as he could feel it. He growled, rubbing his throat but his voice wasn't clear "That nerd…"
"What do you expect?" Tenten scolded. "You were on him at the wrong time."
"Still, that nerd almost killed me."
Lee said to his friend "I don't get why you must insult Naruto-kun at a time like this, especially when he's recovering."
"You two wouldn't understand." Neji reply, but started coughing.
Tenten suggested "We need to take you to the nurse's office."
"I'm fine, Tenten! Let's just get to class." The arrogant male Hyuga walk away from his friends to his homeroom. Both Tenten and Lee follow him as well, unaware that a pair of pale eyes was watching the entire scene from the corner of the wall. Only one word came to her mind after seeing the blonde's pain look.
"Naruto-kun…"
At Art class, it was a quiet day; it wasn't just of how the students were working on their work. Naruto still had that angry look on his face. He was still mad for what happen back at the hallway. His friends were eyeing on him while working on their assignment. Sasuke asked if he was alright, to which Naruto lied that he is. The blonde held his stumping tool and was pressuring it against the paper from his frustration rage. Like Math class, he could hear the whispers from his behind, only those were about of how he lose his cool and almost killed Neji from his blind rage.
This went on till the rest of the class. Naruto sighed in relief, plus with a hint of anger from within "Finally!" He slam the tool onto the essential and storm out of the room, ignoring his friend's cries.
"Naruto!" Shikamaru shouted.
Kiba sighed "Here we go." The entire gang, led by Sasuke, follow their blond friend to the hallways.
Hinata was the only person who saw her crush having a terrible day upon coming back. By the time everyone left, she grab her backpack and was about to made her way out of the door when her teacher called out.
"Hinata, can you stay here for a bit?" Asked Kurenai, getting up from her seat. She nodded her head, turning to a chair that was beside the crimson eye teacher's desk. After Kurenai lock the door, she return back to her seat and sat down, facing her surrogate sister.
"What did you wish to talk about, Kurenai-sensei?" Hinata asked.
"I wish to talk about Naruto-san." Answered Kurenai, making Hinata blush slightly upon his name coming up. "Hinata, I know there's something going on with you and it involves him."
The Hyuga begin to fiddle around with her fingers and stuttered "Uh…"
"Hinata, you must understand that what Naruto-san did wasn't his fault. It wasn't meant for any of this to happen."
"I know, Kurenai-sensei." Hinata answered softly.
The crimson eye teacher said "Then why have you been avoiding him? Don't you think he should be forgive?"
"I...I want to forgive him, but-"
"But what?"
"I just can't forgive him yet."
"Why?"
"I don't know what to think anymore, Kurenai-sensei. I'm know that Naruto-kun didn't mean of almost killing Hibachi, but I don't want to forgive him. Part of me thinks that I should, and the other part thinks I shouldn't. I don't know what to do. I know that everyone has been giving Naruto-kun a hard time for over a year, including Neji-niisan. I should have done more than just trying to tell everyone to leave him alone. I'm glad that he finally stood up to himself, but when I saw of how he was beating Hibachi up and that face...I just don't know it that was Naruto-kun or not. I still care about him though."
"If still care about him, then why have you been avoiding him?" Kurenai recalling the day she ran into Naruto. "Yesterday, Naruto-san told me that he's been leaving you some messages, and you haven't reply back."
"Oh." Hinata sadly said. "I did receive his messages, but I don't know if I should forgive him or not. It's been very troubling for me; my mind can't make up a simple answer."
"Hinata," The crimson eye teacher put her hand on top of Hinata's hand. "you still haven't let the one thing about Naruto-san. Your heart. What does it tell you?"
Hinata places her other hand to her chest, and hear the beating rhythm of her heart. Hearing closely, she could sense that it was now slowly beating like it knows something is wrong.
"It's beating very slow than I imagine. It knows that Naruto-kun is in trouble and I have to be there for him." Answered Hinata.
"You're his friend, Hinata, and as your friend, you have to be there for him even after all the pain everyone had cause him and the damage that he didn't mean to create."
"I understand, Kurenai-sensei." Hinata lay out a warm smile on her face. "Thank you." She got up from her seat, hugged her older sister figure and left the room, leaving the women in her thoughts.
"That girl better tell that boy how she feels or I'll do it myself." Kurenai began to chuckle to herself.
Meanwhile, Naruto was walking along a river of students who were all eyeing on the blonde and comment harshly behind his back. He ignores them as his anger was blinding him. Instead of going to his next class, he headed to the exit.
"Naruto!"
The blond turn around and saw Sasuke and the entire gang all catching up to him. "Hold up!" Cried Kiba.
"Guys, not now; I want to be alone." Naruto grumbled.
Sasuke asked "So you're going to keep running away is that it?"
"What the hell are you talking about, Sasuke, dattebayo?"
"You can't run away your problems just because of a bad day-" Sasuke continued, but was interrupted by the blonde's shouting.
"Bad day?!" Naruto roared, catching a couple of witnesses. "It's already been a bad day! I knew that this will happen! Everyone here thinks I'm a murderer! I been getting a lot of messages from almost everyone of what a killer I had become, me taking drugs, or go into a mental institution. I can't even walk down the hallways without people looking at me, talking behind my back or running away because they think I'll kill them! Maybe I should just stay at home."
Naruto turn his direction to the exit, but Sasuke stop him by grabbing him on the shoulder. "I can't let you do that." He said.
"Give me one good reason why." Growled the blonde.
"Because I'm your friend." Sasuke answered in the most soft tone the blonde had ever him using it. "And I always will be. I don't want to see you doing something that you're going to regret. You're not alone, Naruto. We here for you; all of us." He was motioning to the rest of the gang.
Naruto was surprised of the tone given by his best friend; for a long time they been friends, he had never ever speak like. "Sasuke…" He look down on the ground, and saw his friend's hand still at his arm. He then brushes off and exit through the doors.
Sasuke sighed in frustration upon seeing him leave with Kiba remarking "Well, that didn't work."
That earns him a slap on the back to the head by Shino.
"Should we go after him?" Asked Choji.
"You saw how angry he was, Choji." Shikamaru stated. "It would be troublesome if we didn't bother him for a while."
The gang were interrupted by a pair of running shoes that was heading to where they're standing. Turning around, they all saw Hinata coming at him at a hault.
"Have you seen Naruto-kun, guys?" Asked Hinata while breathing.
"You just miss him, Hinata. He storm out through that door a while ago." Kiba stated, earning a quick punch from Shikamaru.
Hinata then passes by the gang and ran out the door. Looking around, she spotted her crush in a fit of frustration due to the way he was walking. With a deep breath, she ran toward him by spreading her arms wide and cried "Naruto-kun!"
Naruto stopped by the sudden pair of arms from behind and felt the warm hug of a pretty girl. Hearing the voice from his sharp ears, he turn around, shocked "Hinata-san?"
He find himself facing her sad face as her eyes were on the verge of letting out tears.
"Don't go." Hinata finished her sentence.
"Why are you-"
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun." The Hyuga interrupted. "This is my fault."
"Your fault?" Naruto's eyes widen by that response. "Why? This wasn't your fault. I'm the one that cause this."
"But you didn't deserve any of this," Hinata let go of the blonde and looked down on the ground. "Including me. I should have done more for you. You were taking a lot of abuse from everyone, including Neji-niisan. I so sorry that it had led to this and everyone at school now hates you. You probably hate me now for the way I was ignoring you."
"Of course not. I can't never hate you." Naruto answered with a hint of relief that she doesn't hate him. "You're one of my closest friends."
The blonde then lifted her head so they could meet eye-to-eye, resulting her blushing. Hinata saw her crush's cerulean blue eyes; they were beautiful from his glasses in her opinion. She said with a hint squeal as she got lost of seeing his eyes "Thank you, Naruto-kun."
The blonde started to chuckle of her squeal "It's kinda cute when you made that squeal, dattebayo." He stopped laughing when he said that out loud, making him blush as well. Hinata's blush increases upon hearing his words.
"Uh," Naruto cleared his throat, feeling awkward right now. "We should head back inside."
"I agree." Hinata nodded. The two friends turn their heads around and walked back inside the building, unaware of a certain crimson eye teacher was looking at the scene from her window with a smirk in her face.
"Atta girl, Hinata." Kurenai thought to herself as she turn her head back. It was great seeing her little sister figure finally talking to Naruto after all of this.
However, she wasn't the only one who had witness this. From a window in the second floor, Neji Hyuga was watching the entire scene as well.
"You always were so soft when forgiving people, especially to a murderer like him, Hinata-sama."
There's your answer! Hinata finally forgiven Naruto and is still like to be friends with him. Also, you all know of the limit that Kurama was talking about to Naruto. The part about Naruto going into the fox transformation is like how he almost become the fox himself when he was tapping into the Kyuubi's power. I don't really know what will happen in the next chapter; it's either going to be where Neji is going to challenge Naruto after an accidental inappropriate moment involving Hinata or something involving Danzo. What do you guys think? Send me your thoughts in the review or in a message. Also, I might post a new chapter of Tale of the Gutless Fearless Ninja; if you all haven't read this, then read it before going to the new chapter. There will be more chapters after this semester ends, so will T.o.t.G.F.N. See ya guys in December! NiteOwl18 out!