Guardian

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and a good new year. Know I did, which is part of the reason I haven't updated. I have started another fic that I am going to do on the side, so if you are interested called Kitsune Memories. So here we go.

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-Last Chapter-

"Well we have to go and meet our friends Hina-chan." He spoke as rolled on top of her. Giving her one last quick kiss from on top he stood up and quickly brought her up with him. He offered her his arm and they both started walking towards the Hokage tower.

'Time to relive the past….' He thought sadly as they exited the park.

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Walk through the past part 1

Naruto had been on emotional roller coaster for the past week. It's been both the saddest and happiest week in his entire life. He lost his best friend because of a selfless sacrifice and learned that in a matter of months Kyuubi was going to take over his body and use it to destroy everything and everyone he held dear. But he also had Hinata now. With him finally realizing both his and her feelings for one another this had become the best week of his life along with the worst.

Now both of them stood outside the Hokage doors. Hinata's blush from the park when Kakashi happened upon them had receded to a light pink, but it was still present. Naruto however was very pale, the idea of digging up his old memories and showing his friends was obviously not a very pleasant idea in his mind, especially because he had no idea what they would see and think. Not to mention he still had to answer their questions about Kyuubi.

Hinata had been having the most wonderful day she could ever dream of. It had her wishing that she had confessed sooner so that she could have been happy much earlier. She was happy to have his love though. She knew she would do anything for him, but she also knew that she had to understand him better really help him. She didn't want secrets between them and she wanted to help him through his pain. That was why she suggested Ino's help, but as she looked up and how pale and worried Naruto looked she couldn't help but feel guilty about her request.

Naruto's train of thought was broken when he felt Hinata put he had on his arm. "It will be ok Naruto-kun." She said with a comforting smile.

"Yeah I'm just nervous is all…I kept my secret for so long and now…" Naruto spoke as he let out a small sigh.

"They are your friends Naruto-kun, its ok. I'll be right next to you." Hinata spoke reassuringly as she wrapped her arm around Naruto's.

Again Naruto was left pondering how he could be both so lucky and unlucky at the same time. In the end he just gave up again and gave a little chuckle as he started to walk forward to the large oak doors of the Hokage office. Naruto took a deep breath as he got a grip on the door handle and then swung the door open.

"HEY BAA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled out a second before he was sent flying back through the door he just entered from.

Standing there was a very ticked Tsunade with her arm outstretched from where she just hit Naruto. Still standing where she was a second ago was frozen stiff Hinata who still seemed to be holding on to an invisible arm that disappeared just a second ago. Naruto, however, was imprinted in the wall across from the door.

"ow…"

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?!" Tsunade yelled as she walked over to Naruto and removed him from the wall while still holding him up by the collar.

"Heh, it will never get old baa-chan."

Tsunade's brow twitched a little and she threw Naruto back towards the room. Her eyes went wide as she realized the person standing at the door hadn't walked away yet. Naruto flew right into Hinata and into the office with him on top of her in a very awkward position, their faces inches away from each other.

"Hmm role reversal from the park. Let me see which chapter would do for this one…"

Naruto and Hinata turned their heads to the side to see everyone they knew from the night before around them and Kakashi looking through his little orange book for a chapter that reminded him of the situation. The two of them immediately jumped off each other and stood up blushing madly.

They both just stood there blushing until Naruto noticed Jaraiya in the corner working on his research pad and looking up every once in a while and Hinata and himself. His red turned from one of embarrassment to that of anger. Naruto shot forwards past everyone and straight at Jaraiya grabbing his precious research.

"Hey what are you doing gaki!" Jaraiya yelled.

Naruto just opened the book and looked inside at the last written things. Inside was a drawing of the situation that had just happened when Naruto was on top of Hinata with one big difference. Both of them were naked in the drawing

Naruto turned to Jaraiya and started cracking his knuckles, prepared to beat the day lights out of Jaraiya.

"What's wrong don't like it?" Jaraiya said with a little smirk.

"Like what?" Tsunade asked. Jaraiya's smirk dropped once he remembered who was in the room with him. He looked at the smirk that grew on Naruto's face. "You wouldn't…" Jaraiya gasped at Naruto.

Naruto tossed the note pad over to Tsunade still on the last page. Looking at the page her eyes went wide with fury. Instantly she ripped the book into shreds and started stalking towards the very frightened Jaraiya. Jaraiya never stood a chance as he was pushed from behind by Naruto straight into Tsunade's fist and straight out the wall.

Naruto chuckled a little bit as he looked out the hole Jaraiya just flew from. He had a small smile until he turned around and saw all of his friends and their sensei. 'Ah that's right…'

There were a number of chairs set up in a semi circle till it reached the Hokages desk where Tsunade sat and Katsu stood next to her. Naruto gave a small smile to Katsu which was cheerfully returned. He sat down with Hinata and everyone else took a seat in the circle.

"Well…" Naruto spoke not quite sure where to start.

"Why didn't you tell us?" It was Ino. She looked at Naruto with both sad and hurt eyes. She was obviously hurt at the lack of trust Naruto had given them.

"Fear…I was afraid. Afraid you would all turn on me just like the villagers. Afraid I would lose you as my friends. Afraid I would lose the only people that ever cared for me." Naruto spoke while keeping a smile on his face to mask his true emotions.

"So you don't trust us." Kiba spoke this time.

"No…no…I…I was just too much of a coward…" Naruto got out slowly as he was trying to find the right words. "I would trust any of you with my life…it's just that I always feared I would never have anyone…and when I finally did I never wanted to lose them." Naruto smile faltered a bit but he held it up.

"So that was him? When you fought me?" Neji asked. He still remembered that evil chakra as it came out of Naruto during the exam. But he couldn't remember Naruto using it any time after that.

"Yes I was able to pull out his chakra."

"Why haven't I seen you use it since then? We have done numerous missions together." Neji replied

"After I failed to rescue Sasuke a second time I made a promise to myself that I would use my own power from now on. That's why you haven't really seen me use it."

"So have you always known about it?" It was Tenten this time.

"No I didn't learn about it until after the genin test at the academy and I never spoke to him till the Chunnin exams."

Everyone went wide eyed at this. "Y-you talk to him?" Ino asked.

"Yeah, and he's an asshole…"

'I will enjoy making you watch their deaths.' Kyuubi spoke to Naruto

Naruto visibly twitched in anger as he heard Kyuubi speak to him. It didn't go unnoticed by the people watching. "He is the reason everything is happening…"

"Did he just say something?" It was Kakashi speaking and still looking in his book. "You twitched in anger after you called him an asshole."

Naruto took in a deep breath and let it out. "He said he is going to enjoy making me watch as he kills you."

There were several surprised looks among everyone. "Hah too bad that will never happen eh Naruto?" Kiba yelled out. Kiba looked at Naruto and noticed Naruto's distraught look while his head was tilted down looking at the ground. Kiba then noticed the look on Tsunade and even that of Katsu. "Right Naruto?..."

"Remember the forest of death from the first exam?" Naruto asked and waited until they nodded their head in understanding. "What you likely didn't know is that Orochimaru was there also, he attacked us during the test. That was when Sasuke got the curse seal. During the attack too he also messed with my seal and since then it's been weakening every time I used the Kyuubi's chakra."

Everyone in the room was staring at Naruto with a sort of shock. The adults already knew about the attack on Naruto in the forest, but only Tsunade and Katsu knew what was going on with the seal.

"So does that mean Kyuubi is going to escape?" Shino barely seemed phase by the info other than his eyebrows were raised slightly above his glasses.

Naruto shook his head slowly. "Actually…he is going to gain control of my body…"

"WHAT?" all of his friends yelled out at Naruto.

"He told me that he is going to gain control and tear apart everyone I hold dear…making me watch from the inside unable to do anything."

They all sat in silence for a little while before finally Shikamaru had enough. "Troublesome…so I assume you are going to do something?"

"That's why I am here." Katsu spoke up from next to Tsunade. "I am going to take Naruto away from Konoha for one year to both train him as a Guardian and hopefully fix the seal."

"Eh Guardian?" Kiba was stumped.

Hinata smiled and went into an explanation of what a Guardian was and his powers in Konoha. Katsu was even surprised at the amount she knew about the position of Guardian until he realized politics was likely drilled into the Hyuuga heir and she would need to know all of the positions.

"Wow…" was the only response that was heard from several of the shinobi in the room. Someone could hear a pin drop at the silence in the room. Everyone was wrapped up in their own thoughts about what had been said in the time they were together. They were afraid for Naruto, but comforted as they thought about how he would try and protect them.

"I have a question." It was Shino "I have observed some of the glares often given to you in the village and even some of the hateful talking about you. How has it been for you?"

"That's…sort of hard…" Naruto replied.

"Why is that?"

Before Naruto could speak Hinata spoke for him. "N-naruto-kun is…having trouble remembering the more painful memories." Naruto smiled gently at her.

"Wait wait." Ino was looking directly at naruto. "Do you mean that you have buried those painful memories and don't remember them anymore?" Naruto only nodded at here. "That's not good for you. Feelings like that continue to bottle up until one day you just let it all you."

"That's why we wanted to talk to you Ino." Naruto spoke up. "Hina-chan really wants to help me and she wants to know what I have been through, I am sure all of you feeling the same….so can you help me remember?" Naruto still spoke a bit apprehensively, but Hinata's hand was on top of his relaxing him.

Ino had on a big smile as she listened to every word. "I can do one better. My father and I have developed a new jutsu for memories. We want to use it on prisoners to extract information, but it isn't full proof since memories can be tampered with. However it is perfect for something like this."

"So what is it?" Naruto questioned

"We call it Nou Shouyou no Jutsu. (Memory Walk Technique)" Ino beamed proudly. "It lets us actually go and see the memories instead of you just telling us it will be like we are actually there, it's the best way to get information."

"So you will be walking around in my memories?" To say Naruto was worried would be an understatement.

"Not exactly. We will be there and see everything, but not your actual thoughts. It will be almost like watching a movie, only we are in it and can do nothing." Ino obviously wanted to try out her new jutsu.

"Well I hope I can put on a decent show." Naruto spoke brightly, but they could see the worry in his eyes. He had no idea exactly what they would be seeing. His memories were private, but this was something that he needed to get out in the open.

"Are you sure you want to do this Naruto?" Tsunade had a worried look on her face, she had heard just how bad Naruto's life had been. She wasn't sure he would want everyone to see all of this.

"Yeah….it will be fine. Right Hina-chan?" To most this would look like he was just trying to get conformation that it would be fine for the others, but in truth it was Naruto that needed to hear everything would be fine, mostly from her. She just smiled and nodded her head at him lovingly.

"Alright Naruto, we will all be seeing your memories, but I am afraid that since they are your memories you will be the one reliving them. We will be watching ok?" When Naruto nodded his head she started a long series of hand signs finally she ended and yelled out.

"Nou Shouyou no Jutsu" And the world went black.

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Well I decided to make this one a two parter, since I have a lot of stuff I want to put into Naruto's memory. Bad news is your gonna have to wait for Naruto's memories, but good news is I already have most of it written and it should be done by tomorrow if I can get out of work early. Review please.