Disclaimer: Pero quierete un poco Kishimoto!

The next day became an awkward morning so far, both Naruto and Fu avoided each other at every opportunity and when it came to breakfast they didn't talk or look at each other at all, both just took a seat in their respective places are and left. Compared to how happy and cheery they used the be our apartment became all gloomy and dull.

On the bright side, they weren't openly hissing at each other or even giving murderous glares.

But I didn't know how to proceed and break the barriers between the two, after all, they did unleash their bijuus against the other. However, the situation was technically kept under the rug so there was no commotion or news about it but I needed answers which subsequently I would tell Hiruzen and Jiraiya; while they didn't give me a deadline I still felt how they wanted their explanations as soon as possible.

The reason why I was in the living room sitting on the couch while Fu was standing in front of me fidgeting nervously.

"So how should we start?"

"We shouldn't!" She chimed but looked away in embarrassment while I massaged my temples.

I tried to speak but the words didn't come as my mind wanted me to rephrase that again, I swallowed saliva easing a small knot on my throat.

"Look, Fu, what happened yesterday is something important to talk about. You have to tell me all the details so we can avoid future issues, and most importantly this will prevent you from getting hurt." Yesterday outburst was a very serious issue to talk and sort, one couldn't just ignore it and pretend it didn't happen.

"But I'm fine!" She gestured all her body.

"You are fine now, but what about next time?" At hearing no response I sighed and organized my thoughts better. "Honestly I have absolutely no idea about what kind of relationship you have with the seven tails and it is partially my fault for not even asking after all this time but that doesn't change the fact of what happened and even then is difficult to predict the future"

"I'm sorry but it wasn't Chomei fault I swear!" Her reply froze me on the spot, that name wasn't supposed to be known as far as I could remember.

"Chomei?" I inquired trying to reaffirm that I heard her right and my mind wasn't playing tricks with me.

"That's his name!" She said it with happiness, while I, on the other hand, became confused. Even with my limited knowledge about Bijuus, I was aware that they were prideful creatures and they wouldn't give their names like anything but the only Bijuu I knew to detail and was used as a reference was Kurama who wasn't the best of companions by a long shot.

"That's interesting to know, if the seven tails have a name then all the other bijuus have name and gender as well." I lied, but my curiosity demanded to try to uncover more secrets about Bijuus, maybe I could correlate knowledge and connects dots for a much better picture of the whole situation.

I was theorizing that the Bijuus relationship could also have some influence on the matter as well, not just those two.

"They do!" Fu exclaimed with glee.

However, I rubbed my temples then I let out a long tired sigh when my mind halted all my excitement allowing me to think rational again. "We are going off-topic, Fu you could have just admitted defeat and everything would have been over without any problem yet you didn't AND allowed Chomei to take control."

And when she turned to look at me in such a state of pure rage, I was genuinely scared of what was going to happen to me. Unlike before since I caught her off the guard, my nerves or emotions were kept in check and the recent situation was all the opposite.

"I didn't want to lose and he wouldn't have done anything bad." Her nonchalantly reply immediately caught my attention making me abruptly stand up from my seat.

I frowned as I got closer to her while she took a couple of steps backs, her eyes wide of shock.

"Beating Naruto to the ground is not bad?" My voice no longer relaxed or concerned but filled with venom, Jiraiya was right about me.

Everybody who did put some interest in my mentality could get the same conclusion.

The mere thought of Naruto getting hurt made my blood boil.

But when my eyes caught the sight of Fu getting scared I immediately calmed down, I realized too late that I was emanating bloodlust; lots of it.

Even Kimimaro was looking across the kitchen with concern.

Fu couldn't look me at the eyes anymore, just like I didn't have the guts to face her as well. Overreacting was never a good response to anything, and I let that happen again. And in a way I could deduce why it was happening, I had been wearing my shinobi mask for a while; my emotions that I had bottled up were slowly leaking. Even with all those massage and acupuncture sessions with Haku weren't enough to free me completely of those pesky problems.

Without any words I sat down on the sofa again and signaled her to come closer, Fu complied and sat next to me with her head down.

"She is fine right?" She timidly asked.

I scratched my head."Well, she is fine but I can tell from a mile away that she isn't happy."

"See? She is fine so and I'm pretty sure you can cheer her up in no time!"

I sighed.

"Fu, that's not how it works, to begin with, and unless you are buddies with your Bijuu like Kumo's Jinchuurikis, giving any kind of control to them is a terrible idea. The consequences are unimaginable." Bijuus were both predictable and unpredictable, as far I could understand they wanted freedom but that was where the similarities ended.

"Chomei promised he wouldn't do anything drastic."

"Then what about back in Taki? He seemed to use…"

"HE DIDN'T!" She immediately cut my words.

I looked at her surprised for a moment before letting out a tired sigh.

"Fu, I trust your words but I cannot trust a Bijuu not because I immediately tag them as evil beings but simply because we, as humans, are beneath them and have a different sense or probably lack of morality," I explained to her.

Logically speaking such powerful beings that are theoretically immortal have absolutely no reason to follow our laws or even share similar thinking.

However, Fu looked at me for a moment before out of nowhere she took off her top much to my shock but before I could say anything she signaled her chest where I could a pattern of lines that were partially covered by her black bras.

"I have the glass seal, despite I do not know much about it I know that it connects him with my emotions, I trust Chomei because we both share happiness and grief and the night when I lost Shibuki-nii...Chomei did try to calm me yet I was so angry that he went blind with rage as well, if it wasn't for you he might have done something bad." Fu explanation gave me a different understanding, for I didn't know that about her and how she became so angry wasn't because Chomei wanted to escape but shared an emotional connection.

Jiraiya might have some information about the seal but besides that, she had a much better chance to train with the Bijuu than Naruto.

"So you are in good terms with Chomei?"

"Of course, after all, we are the lucky number 7!" She exclaimed as she put on her top again.

"Can I speak to him?" But so many things were just theories I needed to speak with the Bijuu directly to understand and finally be able to write down the script according to I would learn.

Fu placed one finger on her chin as her eyes looked at the roof. "Well I think so, what do you want to ask him?"

"I mean face to face."

"How can you do that? He is inside me." She tilted her head in confusion.

"While not perfect I think is possible to project myself inside and...Fu, you changed the topic." I had to admit that her easygoing attitude was quite contagious, I nearly forgot the principal matter of our whole conversation.

"I didn't, you did." She cheekily smiled, and I couldn't help but suppress my lips to contort into a smile as well.

A little humor wouldn't do any harm but the moment demanded us to get serious, I needed her answers.

"Anyways, if Naruto didn't use her bijuu then she would have gotten hurt. And her Bijuu hates being sealed, any chance the Kyuubi gets will be exploited that's why we are very concerned about this outburst. I need to understand why you allowed things to go that way."

Fu looked away with her head hanging low and kept her silence.

A long silence.

Her attitude reminded me of that moment months ago, she needed to open up. I gently placed my hand on her shoulder intending to pull her close, to assure her that I think would be okay yet she abruptly stood up.

I turned to see her trembling, she was hugging herself trying to find comfort.

"I...I...she deserves it okay?!" She suddenly turned back to look at me with anger plastered all over her face. Her orange eyes lost all joy from moments ago, only raw emotions resurging from being suppressed for a long time.

Her face reminded me of my time back at Root, trainees occasionally had an outburst which could have a bad ending.

"Fu?" With that in mind I became worried for her again, but unlike before I had my gloves on me, without having her notice I was slowing reaching for them, never breaking visual contact.

"I will never yield to her!" Fu stomped her foot on the floor. "I will never admit defeat against her, I would rather DIE!"

"Calm down Fu." I tried to approach her but she maintained her distance.

"I want to be happy again! I'm so thankful for everything that you have done for me but yet I simply cannot be happy no matter how much I try while she is here!" She screamed as she pointed at a certain spot on the wall and broke away from my hands before running away towards the hallway disappearing from my sight, seconds later I heard a door being slammed shut.

It was pretty obvious that I touched a button that I should have left alone.

"Goddammit." I rubbed my temples trying to ease the tension building up.

I took deep breaths before turning to the right locking my eyes on the spot that Fu pointed moment before her sudden departure.

I didn't buy any plant as far as I could remember.

"You can drop the henge Naruto."

Just after I finished the plant exploded into a small cloud of smoke one it was cleared Naruto appeared looking down.

"I didn't want…"

"Shut up, honestly Naruto sometimes it is very hard for me to understand you and think what have you become. You give one image which represents everything that I and others wanted to see in you but when I'm not around I have absolutely no idea who you truly are." I cut her excuse short.

"That's not true!" She exclaimed her innocence but I knew her better, I simply didn't want to see it because it was convenient for me to maintain an ideal image in my head.

"If it is not true then what have you been doing? I know you as a very easy going girl, able to make friends yet Fu despite being here for months..." And was clueless about what was happening behind my back and Fu didn't want to tell me anything about while Naruto easily hides it.

"IT'S NOT MY FAULT!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.

I flinched at her sudden outburst but regained my composure, her attitude made me frown.

"I didn't do anything! How can you even believe her first?!" She yelled.

"Both of you released your bijuu to a dangerous stage, Fu admitted with a fervor that she would never yield against you if it wasn't for Tenzo things would have gone out of hand very quickly, you shouldn't have accepted to fight Fu, to begin with. Better say I don't want any of you fighting against each other."

"So is my fault?! If I didn't release the fucking Kyuubi's tails she would have turned me into paste!" She tried to argue back, while she was right I was having none of it. Fu left it quite clear who was truly on the wrong in the whole situation but I couldn't say it directly to Naruto's face.

The last thing I wanted was her love to turn into hate.

"That's why I said BOTH of you!" I pointed at her in frustration, it had been building up since yesterday. I realized how much I needed those massages from Haku, or who would have to know how much stressed I would have been if I didn't release that tension before.

"Is her fault! Everything is her fucking fault!" But Naruto slapped my hand away in anger, at the same time increasing my anger against her shitty attitude that she had been showing.

"None of you make sense!" I yelled, then I pointed at her accusingly. "Unless you start talking then I won't bother taking sides to solve this bullshit!"

"You promised me that you will always have my back!"

"How the fuck I am supposed to defend you after this?!"

"You are the worst!" She grabbed the sofa pillow and threw it at me before running away from our apartment through the principal door and slamming it shut.

The strength put behind was enough to hear a crack on the lock.

"Fucking sue me!" I yelled before sitting down and grabbing a pen from my pocket and a small notebook, but being overwhelmed with my frustration made it rather difficult to open the notebook or even properly hold the pen, every mistake only furthering my anger.

I threw them against the table and proceeded to take deep breaths.

I had to write another unnecessary expense to add on the list for the monthly expenses, later I would need to check the door and finally give an estimate of how much money her little tantrum cost me.

I wasn't made of fucking money.

"Kichiro-sama, please drink some tea." Kimimaro came in just in time and placed his hand on my shoulder, just like before I felt calm once again.

I closed my eyes to enjoy the peace of mind that he passed to me for a sweet minute.

"Thank you." I turned to see him giving me a warm smile.

I broke eye contact, it felt rather embarrassing. Kimimaro acting like a caretaker was becoming a normal thing for him, it wasn't that I didn't dislike it but it felt odd in a way that I couldn't explain it very well.

Without saying anything else I took the cup with my hand and gulped everything down as if it was a shot of strong alcohol.

"How am I supposed to solve this mess? I have zero knowledge about this kind of situation, why can't they just get along as I wanted?"

Kimimaro was quick to pour more tea for me.

"Two lions will never share their territory unless one of the other leaves or die then battles for dominance will be occurring. But I suggest you speak with Naruto-sama first then Fu, they want to speak with Kichiro-sama alone, they didn't want to reveal a weakness in front of the other." His comment made me think for a while but I hook my head.

"I cannot show such blatant favoritism Kimimaro, I don't want Fu to suffer more than she already has..."

It took me seconds to realize what blatant bullshit I was spouting, I wished that I had alcohol instead of natural tea to at least numb the feelings. But even then that wouldn't solve anything.

I left the cup on the table left my seat.

"I will be going for a walk."

Kimimaro nodded and left towards the kitchen with the empty cup while I left in the opposite direction.

"Take care Kichiro-sama."

I desperately needed fresh air to clear my mind and hopefully forget about the whole ordeal with both of them, especially Naruto. I genuinely hoped that after my return things would have become better, that Fu and Naruto learned to co-exist and even become best friends but it had turned for the worse and after our little intervention I felt that things had become so strained that I was considering to move Fu to her apartment.

And the worst of all.

I felt guilty.

AN: *SIGHS*

Lets... let's just move onto the next chapter, is not fair for all you to wait so much.