Chapter 37: Three chakra's

Tsunade yawned as she leaned back in the chair she was sitting. It was after midnight. Hinata was sent home by her father when it was ten in the evening. Naruto had brought her there and when he got back at the Hokage library he helped the others with searching until eleven thirty. Tsunade had sent him to bed when she saw him almost sleeping on the book he was skimming for information, he left without any protest.

"Tsunade, this might help us a little," Jiraiya said as he held a scroll in front of him. "What do you have?" Tsunade asked looking at him. "Well, it's a mind-reader jutsu. Not like the ones the Yamanaka clan uses. You need three people to perform it… odd, but well with this we might see what Naruto means with the seal inside." Tsunade got the scroll from Jiraiya and read it a few times before standing up. "We can use it now, without waking him up. Hiashi are you willing to help us?" Hiashi nodded, "After the way I acted, I will gladly help."

The three went to the room Naruto was sleeping.

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Tenten shot up breathing fast. She shook her head trying to get rid of her dream. 'Darn it… Neji why did suddenly kiss me?'

The girl then jumped out of bed. "He had no reason of kissing me there and then! He just walked away! What the hell was he thinking?!" Stamping her feet she quickly got some clothes on and went to see the Hyuga even though it was in the middle of the night. She jumped over the wall and went to his room. With ease she could unlock it and threw a kunai at Neji, who was opening one eye, still half asleep.

Neji jumped out of shock when a kunai almost hit him in the face. His sheets flew through the air as he went over to the one attacking him. "Tenten?" he let out surprised when he saw the girl. She came at him with another kunai which he barely managed to dodge. The girl jumped back, unrolled a scroll and shuriken flew at him. Jumping up left and right Neji finally reached Tenten with minor scratches. "Tenten, what are you doing?" he asked as he grabbed her wrists. The girl struggled. "It's your punishment," she hissed. "For what?" Neji asked puzzled. "For what you did today!" "What did I do?" "Don't act stupid!" Tenten shouted as she slammed her knee into his gut. Neji's expression changed into a very pained one as he let Tenten go. He bent over after that, grabbing the pained spot. "What the hell was that for?" he asked with a high pitched voice. She only gave him a death glare and seemed to prepare for another attack.

"Tenten would please explain why you are suddenly attacking me in the middle of the night?" Neji said getting his normal voice back. He straightened somewhat, still grunting in pain. "Why did you do… that?!" Tenten demanded to know in tears. Still in pain Neji pulled the girl closer and pushed her on the bed. "Did I do what?" he grunted as he held her tight by her wrists that were pressed on the bed. "You know very well what I mean!" she said in tears as she looked angrily at him. "Say it!"

Tenten looked at him for a moment and then looked down. "Kissing me! Why did you suddenly kiss me and then walk away?!"

Neji let go of her right wrist and touch her chin. He made her look up. All of a sudden he kissed her again. Tenten was taken aback for a moment, but then grabbed Neji's pillow and slammed the guy on his head with it. Neji stopped the kiss and grinned a little, which confused Tenten. He pushed the pillow away. "Tenten-chan, calm down." Now the girl was completely shocked when she heard him adding 'chan' to her name. "Neji-kun…" she muttered blushing. He smiled at her, "Sorry, I should have said it first before kissing you. I love you." Tenten blushed deeper as she stared at him. Suddenly feeling ashamed of the way she had been acting. "So… can I now kiss you without getting hurt?" Neji asked. His answer came as she wrapped her arms around him and pressed her lips on his.

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"…three," three people said softly and performed a jutsu.

"Where… are we?" Jiraiya asked as he looked around. Hiashi and Tsunade did the same. "Is this what a mind looks like?" Hiashi asked the Hokage. "No… we actually should be at a place filled with memories."

"You won't be able to reach Naruto's memories. They're locked away."

Tsunade turned to Jiraiya, who was examining the environment. "What did you say, Jiraiya?" "Me? I didn't say anything," Jiraiya said.

"It was me, you idiots!"

They turned to the voice and saw enormous cage with behind it two glowing eyes. "Kyubi," the three whispered in unison as the stared at the huge creature behind the bars.

"The one and only. What are a pervert, a slug and a bastard doing here?"

"Well we were looking for Naruto's memories to find out what he mind with seal inside but that seems no longer needed," Tsunade said. "Tsunade look…" Jiraiya said as he pointed at something. It was chakra and it was scattered all over the place. "Three different colours…" Jiraiya muttered.

"That's what Naruto meant by his chakra, Kyubi's chakra and the mixed chakra I guess," Hiashi said whilst looking around.

"And you can do something about it? We have been dealing with this for quite some time," Kyubi said as he looked at Hiashi, "if it keeps going on much longer, the brat won't be able to handle it anymore."

"What did you mean with his memories are locked away, Kyubi?" Tsunade asked.

"Simple, the hallways around here that is where his memories are locked away, he can't reach them though. He doesn't know about it as well. But let me get him here as well."

Confused they looked at Kyubi.

"Whaa!" Naruto fell on the floor in front of Kyubi. "Darn fox! What the hell are you thinking bringing me here in the middle of the night while I have a nice dream! And don't tell me there is an attack, at night I can feel them coming!"

"Turn around brat, we have visitors."

"Huh, what are you ta… eh what are you three doing here?" Naruto said confused as he looked at Tsunade, Jiraiya and Hiashi. "We wanted to see the seal from the inside," Tsunade explained. "Ah..." Naruto muttered and was then alarmed when he noticed the chakra moving a little.

"Uh-oh, it's going to be dangerous here."

"I never saw it from close by," Naruto mumbled as he looked at the chakra. Now the others saw what the blonde and the fox were referring to.

"Get away from the seal as far as possible," Kyubi ordered.

Naruto already ran towards the exit of the room, but stopped there and bend over in pain. "C-crap." "Naruto, is everything alright?" Tsunade asked. "Get away from here. Undo that jutsu you are using," the blonde grunted.

Naruto looked at the seal and the three chakra's as did the other three. Kyubi had run to the back of the cage he was locked up in. As the blonde looked at what was happening at the seal he slowly started to understand what was going on. Since Kyubi always fled at those occasions he didn't know.

Luckily for them the attack didn't last long. Slowly Naruto stood up and walked over to the seal. "Yo, Kyubi!" he shouted into the cage, "you always run to the back?"

"Of course! If I don't I get attacked as well. It will speed up the fusion if I get hit, brat!"

"If it still was fusion," Naruto mentioned as he looked at the seal. "Naruto, what are you saying?" Jiraiya asked. "Wait, I think he's right," Hiashi said as he looked at the chakra around. "Explain, because I don't get it," Tsunade commanded.

"Did you watch closely what happened here a moment ago?" Naruto asked. "Uhm… no." "Okay, then I'll tell you. There are three chakra's around here. The mixed chakra is Kyubi's and mine combined, this chakra is what is attacking the seal. The other two chakra are pure mine or pure Kyubi's, it tries to fuse and join the mixed chakra." Jiraiya and Tsunade nodded understanding. "The mixed chakra doesn't attack the seal though. It tries to repair it."

"You really start to use that brain of yours, brat," Kyubi said grinning.

"Would you stop calling me brat, overgrown fluffy fox!" Tsunada, Hiashi and Jiraiya sweat dropped. 'We now know why Naruto calls me baa-chan and Jiraiya ero-sennin.'

"Now I remember… Ever since you turned into first tailed state and used that jutsu to get life-force the attacks, to call it that, are getting more regular and they are different. At first it attacked the full gate, now just the seal."

Naruto felt somewhat uncomfortable when he heard Kyubi telling about the life-force. "Tenten, Choji and Lee told us about it Naruto, we already know," Tsunade assured him. "Eh? I told them not to tell anyone." "They were worried, so they told." The blonde looked away. "But that's not all to it," he whispered.

"You're still feeling bad about that! Get over it, it's yours. Throwing away life-force would be a stupid thing to do," Kyubi growled.

"That's your way of thinking, darn demon!" Naruto snapped to him.

"Naruto, am I right if I say you had life-force left from using that jutsu and you kept it?" Jiraiya asked. The blonde remained silent, looking to the floor with a guilty face. "So you did. What Kyubi says is right. Only a madman would throw such a thing away. Besides you used the jutsu for a good thing and next to that your life has been cut down by getting into four tailed state."

Naruto looked somewhat surprised at Jiraiya. "But it doesn't feel right." "You cannot change what is done," Hiashi said, "No matter how much we want that." "Al…alright," the blonde muttered.

"Now what you told made me think," Tsunade started. Three men and a huge fox looked at her. "As Naruto said, the mixed chakra is trying to repair the seal. The seal looks a little different from before the attack. The thing is, the mixed chakra isn't in the right proportion not to forget there isn't enough of it."

"Woops," Naruto sweat dropped. Three pair of eyes watched him as he scratched the back of his head. "Uhm… well it seemed to calm down when I used it in a jutsu. It was less painful… I thought…" he grinned, "I didn't know this at the time of course." "Not mixed in the right way… maybe I can help with that," Hiashi said, looking thoughtful. "Oh?" Tsunade let out as she stared surprised at the Hyuga leader. "We have to go back though and Naruto you have to be awake. Since you used the mixed chakra in a jutsu I take it you can bring it out of the seal?" "Uhuh, I can." "Okay then, let's go back."

Back in reality Naruto woke up and shove to the edge of the bed. Sitting there he looked at Hiashi with a questioned look. "What are you gonna do?" "You know Juuken allows us to control your chakra flow. This way I can mix all of the chakra that has to be mixed in the right extent. You only have to stand over here and deal with some pain for a while." Getting a little afraid Naruto got up from the bed. "I don't like this idea," he muttered as he walked over to the spot Hiashi told him to stand. "Bring the chakra that was at the seal to the rest of your body." "Okay." It was silent for a while Naruto brought all the chakra into other parts of his body getting it all away from the seal.

"Ready?" 'After this, will it all be over?' He took a deep breath and nodded. "Ready." When he saw Hiashi coming he closed his eyes trying not to avoid the 'attack' or attack back. When he felt the first strike Naruto pressed his teeth on each other. During the next hits he barely managed to keep standing. This had two reasons, first of the Juuken itself was hurting him. Second of the chakra getting mixed, he could feel it and it was painful. When Hiashi was finished all the chakra was mixed and was spread throughout his body. Naruto collapsed on the floor. Grunting in pain he slowly managed to bring the mixed chakra to the seal. But it was then REAL pain started. The blonde screamed when the now right mixed chakra went to the seal and circled around there. Repairing it and not only that, Naruto soon understood. He would be able to control all of it a lot better.

Kyubi held a paw in front of his eyes as he looked at the seal that transformed. It still had the Kanji 'Seal' on it but the shape completely changed. It became wider and somewhat longer. Next to that some of Naruto's own chakra, so not the mixed, fused with the top and some of Kyubi's chakra with the bottom.

The pain finally subdued. Breathing fast, feeling exhausted Naruto was laying on the floor. "Naruto? Is everything alright?" Tsunade asked. "Y-yeah…" the blonde mumbled as he sat up. "How about the seal? Did it work?" Jiraiya wanted to know. "It… I think it worked… I feel different. My chakra feels different." He stood up and went outside in his pj's. "Naruto, where are you going?!" Tsunade shouted at him.

Outside the blonde went to the training grounds where he thought it would be save to try something out. "What do you think you're doing?" Jiraiya asked stopping next to him. Naruto only gave him a sideway look and then did a few steps away from him. He created three Kage bunshin, already surprised how easy he could now control his chakra and getting the right amount for using it. Even better than the time Hinata taught him. After that they all made a perfect Rasengan with ease.

"Hehe, this feels great," he grinned and then fainted. He was caught by Jiraiya who sighed. "Seems like he will be out for a while." "That Rasengan, Jiraiya," Tsunade mentioned still somewhat stunned about what she had seen. "Yeah, it looks like he will be able to control his chakra a lot better now."

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Hinata woke up. She stretched her arms and stepped out of bed, feeling worried about Naruto. She hoped Tsunade, Jiraiya and her father had found something to help him.

"What the hell is this?!"

Hinata was so shocked when she heard her father shouting, she had jumped in the air. As soon she was over her first shock she rushed into the direction the shouting had come from. "Nee-san, what is going on?" Hanabi asked running right behind her. Mitsuki and Rakuna joined as well.

The four of them stopped when they saw Hiashi standing in Neji's doorway. "Neji, what is the meaning of this?" the Hyuga leader demanded to know as he folded his arms. "Father, what is it?" Hanabi asked as she walked up to him. She stared into Neji's room while her eyes widened. "Oh my god… Neji since when do you have a girlfriend?" This question made Hinata and Mitsuki rush to there and they almost jaw dropped when they saw Neji in only his pyjama bottom sitting on the edge of the bed with a sleepy face and Tenten behind him under the sheets, completely shocked and not knowing what to do. Next to that it seemed like there had been a fight in the room which made Hinata and Mitsuki think the two had done something, which was probably the same thing Hiashi was thinking.

"I'm waiting for an explanation," Hiashi said sternly. "We just slept together, nothing more," Neji yawned. "You just SLEPT together? I'm one night away and you decided to SLEEP with someone? I thought you were wiser than that, Neji." "Well she came over in the middle of the night and attacked me, can I help it." Neji received a pillow thrown at his head from the back.

Mitsuki sniffed and blushed somewhat. "Are you sure you two just slept together?" she asked. Alarmed Hiashi looked at the girl. "The air here is indeed somewhat different," Rakuna said as she sniffed as well. "It has that…uhm…" Mitsuki blushed not able to say the words.

Hiashi turned his head back to Neji who was blushing stunned he was busted. "We… we didn't do it." "Then explain this scent. It's always hanging around a place people or animals are mating," Rakuna said.

Tenten had already hidden herself under the sheets. Neji avoided their gaze, feeling uneasy. "We didn't do it, I swear… we… we did other things," he muttered, blushing heavily. Hinata started to giggle a little, just seeing Neji like this made her do so. "Hinata, do you even know what they did?!" Mitsuki freaked as she looked at her friend, "Tenten grabbed his… his… and… and she did… it has to be or else this scent wouldn't be here."

Hinata didn't need to puzzle long to understand what Mitsuki meant.

Hiashi stared at Neji for a moment, which made the young Hyuga feel afraid. "Let me be clear, and don't make me repeat. No sex in this house until eighteen. UNDERSTOOD?!" "H-hai… I have to wait for third of July next year." He received a kick from Tenten, who was blushing under the blanket.

Hiashi sighed and told Hinata, Mitsuki, Hanabi and Rakuna to leave. "Hinata, when you had your breakfast you should go see Naruto. He's in the hospital." Shocked Hinata looked at her father, "Is he alright?" "Don't worry, he's alright. He fainted after pulling three perfect Rasengan last night that's all."

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'Urgh my body feels heavy,' the blonde thought as he sat up in an unknown environment. He got tackled in a hug. "Naruto-kun, you're finally awake," a cute voice whispered in his ears. "Hinata-chan…"

She let him go and looked at him. "How do you feel? Did they find something that would help you." Naruto started to smile. "Yeah, thanks to your father I'm alright now." "Father?" Hinata asked surprised. Naruto pulled her closer and kissed her. "Yes, his Juuken made the chakra mix and after that the seal was repaired by that mixed chakra," he whispered when stopped the kiss. Hinata smiled at him and placed her arms around his neck, her cheeks covered with some pink.

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Kiba almost fell forward when he got glomped from the back. "Eh? Mitsuki? What is it?" "Just freaked out," she muttered in his neck. Kiba walked to a bench and let her sit down there. He sat down beside her and kissed her on her cheek. "Freaked out because of what?" "About what Neji did," she told softly. "Huh? What did he do?" "Did you ever smell mating scent from human?" she asked softly.

"Neji did THAT?!" Kiba was almost traumatized by just thinking about that, "With whom?" "Tenten." Kiba stared at his girlfriend. "Mitsuki-chan, are you alright?" "Yeah… sort of." Kiba hugged her, "Will you also be alright if I'm away for a while?" Mitsuki gazed at him, "Where are you going then?" "A mission together with Hinata and Shino, though Hinata still has to be informed. We need to find Sai." "Sai?" Mitsuki repeated confused. "Oh, that's right. You never met him. He's been on a mission for a while and we got and emergency hawk from him. He needs our help. Normally he's in Naruto and Sakura's team… actually kinda strange they don't send them after him."

"I'll be okay," Mitsuki smiled. "Good," Kiba smiled back and kissed her, "By the way, have you talked to Ryudo lately?" "No… it seems like he's avoiding me." "That baka," Kiba sighed. "Huh, is there something going then?" "No… not really."