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Yay! Most of the moving is done, now I just have to finish unpacking a couple of boxes. As a recap in the last chapter Nauruto had his first birthday party.

Chapter 10: The night after.

After the party, Naruto and the others decided to head for bed. In the morning they would head out again. Just before they went to their separate rooms Naruto pulled Hinata to the side.

"Hinata-chan, I wanted to say thank you again; for understanding and for not being afraid of me. So, Thank You." Naurto told her.

"Naruto-kun, there is nothing to thank me for. I could never fear you, and after what everyone in the village has put you through over the years it's just so...just so ...wrong. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you are no monster; you are brave, compassionate, and much more. You have been a ray of sunshine to all those around you, even if they are too stupid to understand what they have in front of them until it's gone. I've watched you struggle only to be knocked down again, and every time you got back up even stronger. Ano...so you see you are not someone I could ever fear, or ever hate, only love." Hinata finished, blushing.

"Wow she can be vocal when she wants. Wait a minute; did she say 'Love' just now?" Naruto thought. He then analyzed his feelings for her and to his surprise he felt he had feelings for her as well, feelings that seem to be stronger than those he thought he had for Sakura.

"I can't believe I just told him. I let it slip out. How will he react? I should have kept my mouth shut, and then he wouldn't know. I know he likes Sakura, but still, oh I hope he doesn't hate me. I should have kept my big mouth shut." Hinata thinks to herself as Naruto stands there pondering what she has told him. Just as she was about to turn and leave in embarrassmentNaruto called out to her.

"Hinata-chan" When she looked up at him, he did the last thing that she thought he would do, and the one thing she wanted most in life right now. Naruto kissed her. Hinata then half in shock, and half in pleasure, promptly fainted. Naruto of course went hysterical.

"Hinata-chan, Hinata-chan, are you alright? Please wake up." When he got no response from the unconsious girl, he called out for help. "Hana-ni-chan, Ero-sennin, something is wrong with Hinata-chan."

Hana and Jiraiya rushed out to see what the problem was, what they saw was an unconscious Hinata, with a big blush on her face in the arms of Naruto who also had the remnants of a blush that was quickly fading into a worried expression on his face. After examining her young student Hana quickly tells the waiting boys her diagnosis. "It seems to only be a bit of exhaustion, nothing more than that. I'll take her back to our room. See you boys in the morning." Hana said with a secretive smile on her face. Judging by the blushes that were on the faces of her students, she could guess along the lines of what had happened.

Jiraiya was not at all shocked by the explanation Hana had given, but he also had some guesses as to the blush on Naruto and Hinata's faces. "So Naruto, what happened?" He asked.

"What do you mean, we were just talking and..." Naruto started.

"And what, did you kiss her, or something."

Naruto knowing what kind of pervert Ero-sennin could be, turned and left him behind. "I'm going to bed Ero-sennin."

"Wait, tell me what happened."

"Good night Ero-Sennin."

With that Naruto closed the door to their room and prepared for bed, hoping to get a good nights' sleep, but little did he know, rest was the last thing he was going to get.

Naruto woke in a familiar black and red chamber, ankle deep in water.

"Happy Birthday Naruto."

"Thanks Dad." Naruto replied.

"That was a nice kiss you gave Hinata." Jun said making a blush rise on Naruto's face so red that it made him look like a tomato.

"..." was the only response he received.

"What's the matter brat? No come backs? I guess this night might actually be a little quiet for once." Kyuubi shot at Naruto.

"Shut up, fox breath." Naruto shot back.

"There is no need to be nervous, son. The fact that she passed out after you kissed her must mean that she likes you very much." Jun teased his son. "My boy's becoming a man."

"Yeah right! He's just a stupid brat. Always has been; always will be."

"Who asked you to butt in?"

"I'm no brat you damn fox. Nothing you say or do will ruin the first real birthday I've ever had. After all it's your fault I've had to run and hide on this day, but that's all in the past now. I have people who care for me, and I care back. So shut your stupid mouth and butt out."

"I would, but it's not like I can go anywhere. After all this is my cell, complete will a seal and bars. I'm not going anywhere."

Jun, who had been quietly watching the two, decided it was time to teach Naruto a new jutsu. "Oh, Naruto. It's time for your training. Tonight I'm going to teach you a new jutsu."

"Alright, what cool new jutsu are you going to teach me?"

"Before you get too exited, it's just one jutsu. I'm only going to explain this once, and then you're on your own. Until you learn it completely I won't be teaching you another, so pay attention. First off, you already know how to do the rasengan, so you already know the basic principal of this new technique. Now you know how powerful concentrated chakra is, right?" At Naruto's nod he continued on. "Well instead of concentrating a small portion of your chakra in your hand, you're going to be concentrating on your feet. This jutsu doesn't require any hand seals so all you need to really do is learn to control your chakra more. Now you use the same principal of the rasengan, only on the bottom of your feet. Instead of just using your chakra like you would if you are walking on water, you'll be using it to increase your speed and jumping ability. This takes a lot of chakra and stamina, so don't be surprised if you don't get it right away, or when you feel really tired using this technique."

"That's why all the weight training. It was to increase my chakra and stamina, not my strength."

"That's right, the strength is just a cool bonus, plus it helps with the speed. Now start training."

Naruto trained his chakra control on his legs and feet through the night. About a couple of hours before dawn Jun interrupted him. "Naruto, it's time to stop now. You are going to need some rest tonight if you plan on leaving with the others in the morning."

"Alright dad. Hey, can you tell me some more about you and mom."

"Sure." Jun then started telling Naruto about his courtship of Naruto's mother. Including several times he had made the woman mad at him. An hour later, Kyuubi interrupted them.

"Hey brat, come here for a minute."

"So you can eat me, not a chance in heaven or hell."

"What are you nuts? If Naruto went anywhere near you you'd try something to break the seal or hurt Naruto."

"Do I look that stupid to you? I may have been caught off guard with your stupid seal, but I happen to be smarter than I look. Stupid humans, I've been trapped here so long that even if I harm the brat, there will be no escape for me, unlike in his younger years."

"What you say does make sense, but it could still be some kind of ploy."

"Don't you know your own handy work you stupid ghost. Yeah, at least we know where the brat gets his smarts from."

"Did you just insult me? You did, didn't you? Why you stupid fox, you just wait until I get over there. I'm going to make you wish you never opened your big mouth."

"Dad, he just said that he could hurt me. What if he can hurt you in some way? I mean even though your not flesh and blood in here, does that really matter?"

"You got a point, I guess. Hey what are you doing?" Jun asked his son.

"Look we can argue this over until the world ends, and not get anywhere. Personally, I don't want to wait that long, and if this stupid fox tries anything, I'll make sure to find a way to torture him for a very long time." Naruto replied as he walked toward the cage.

"Ha, there is nothing you can do to me that could ever torture me. Keep dreaming brat."

"Oh yeah? I could sing all kinds of kiddie songs. One's I know you'll hate, so full of cuddly, and love bearing fun for kids four and under. Or worse yet, Barney."

"You wouldn't dare." Kyuubi looked evilly down at him.

"Try me."

"I'll help. I know a few old school songs that would drive Kyuubi absolutely bonkers."

"Alright, I give. Besides I wasn't going to do something entirely unpleasant. I was just going to give the brat a present was all."

"Nani!" Both Naruto and Jun called out. Neither had expected this. Before Kyuubi answered there was a bright flame red light that engulfed Naruto. As Naruto dangled horozontly in the air, surrounded by Kyuubi's chakra, Jun stared on in disbelief.

"What are you doing you stupid fox? Let him go, I knew this was a bad idea."

"Relax; I'm just giving him a present is all. A bit of extra chakra and a little something else, since I'm trapped here for the rest of his life, as well as my own, I might as well help him to become a little stronger. After all I can't have my jailer be a weakling, now can I?"

"You could have warned us. What kind of effect will this have on him?"

"Good question. This is not something that happens all the time so I don't know. It depends on him and how his body will react to the changes."

"Changes, what changes?"

"Wait and see. Bye, now." Kyuubi slunk into his cage, curled up, and went to sleep.

"Stupid fox! Get back here and tell me what you've done."

Meanwhile:

Jiraiya woke to find Naruto surrounded by the Kyuubi's chakra. Inside the orb of chakra he watched as Naruto grew a tail and a pair of fox ears, while his human ears seemed to disappear. His golden hair now had streaks of red. His nails were sharper, but then retracted, as did his canines. Besides the boost in chakra, these seemed to be the only changes to his pupil. As he watched this happen, one thought came to his mind. "Oh, no! The seal is breaking."

Hana and Hinata rushed in when they felt the chakra burst. Hana thought the same as Jiraiya. The two teachers looked at each other, then Naruto and Hinata.

"Hana, take Hinata and go. I'll see if I can do something about this. There may still be a chance to keep the seal from fully breaking, but if I fail I need you to report to Tsunade what has happened."

"Right, come on Hinata."

"But Naruto-kun... I can't leave him." Hinata replied with tears running down her face. "I don't want to lose him"

Just as Hana was getting Hinata out the door, and Jiraiya was about to try a sealing jutsu, the Kyuubi's chakra diminished, leaving a transformed Naruto lying in bed. When his eyes opened he noticed how much sharper his vision was. He looked up to see Jiraiya, Hana, and Hinata.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, is that you?" Jiraiya asked

"Yeah it's me. Why do you ask?" Naruto visibly saw those he had come to think of as some sorts of family relax. Hinata actually fainted from relief.

"Naruto, I think you better take a look in the mirror."

"What do you mean? And why is Hinata passed out on the floor again?"

Neither Jiraiya or Hana had noticed that the young girl had passed out, Hana lifted her and set her on the nearest bed. As she did this Naruto went to look in the bathroom mirror.

"STUPID FOX, WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" Naruto screamed. Jiraiya and Hana winced.

Two hours later found the four eating lunch at a near by restaurant. Given the new circumstances it was decided that they would leave in two days. One, so Naruto could get used to the new changes, and two in case there were any more changes during the next night. Naruto was wearing his new clothes with a few new changes. He now wore a black cap with a red trim to cover his ears; his pants now had a hole in them to accommodate for his tail, which he used genjutsu to cover up. He didn't need to use genjutsu for his now slanted eyes, because they were still his normal blue, and if anyone asked he could make something up. Besides the cap could cover his eyes if he wanted to hide them, no use wasting chakra.

"So let me get this straight, you actually approached Kyuubi's cell, knowing that it might be a trap for him to break the seal. Before you blacked out, you heard him say that all he wanted was to give you a gift, and you woke up like this." Jiraiya asked. When Naruto nodded Hana stepped in.

"Do you have a death wish? He could have killed you and taken over your body."

"But he didn't." Naruto replied

"I'm just glad we still have you Naruto-kun. I was so worried I was going to lose you." Hinata said, with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Hinata-chan. Please don't cry. Even if I do have some changes, I'll always be here for you." Naruto told her as he gave her a hug.

"We need to let Tsunade know about Naruto's new changes." Jiraiya interjected. "I'll send Gaki with a letter, explaining Kyuubi's present."

"We don't even know if these changes are permanent, they could go away after a while, like before." Naruto said.

"Before?" Hinata asked

"Before, when Naruto would use the Kyuubi's chakra, he would have some slight changes to his outer appearance, though not to this extreme." Jiraiya explained

"Either way, Tsunade will still want to know." Hana interjected.

"You're right." Naruto conceded.

After lunch Jiraiya sent Gaki off, and they headed back to the hotel.

A/N: Well, that's it for this chapter, but the next one will be up soon. Thanks for all the reviews, they are really appreciated. Again, sorry it's been so long, see you next time.