Chapter 2: Discovery

Naruto fidgeted on his bed as he sat there and heard the story from Kaguya. He was speechless with how easily everything seemed to fall into place. He didn't expect her to easily change her mind about everything that has happened and become a good guy. He glanced upon her and saw an air of grace that he never noticed whenever she was talking. He was too engrossed in the conversation to really see her that way. Her eyes reminded him of Hinata's eyes and she looked at him with a certain curiosity that he couldn't pinpoint.

"I'm glad that everyone took the news well," Naruto said as he twiddled his thumbs, "I'm happy that you got to make amends with Super Gramps."

Kaguya seemed to be lost in thought once Naruto finished his sentence. Her eyes gazed down towards her lap and she seemed to be contemplating something in her head. Naruto didn't know what it was, but she had to be thinking something seriously.

"Naruto," Kaguya brought up softly. She stood up and went down to her knees. She began to prostrate before him.

Naruto immediately went alarmed, "K-Kaguya, what are you doing?!"

Kaguya continued without answering that question. Her head bowed to the ground, "I want to personally thank you for defeating the evil that has plagued my body for centuries. I never realized just how much that power consumed me and drove me into madness," Naruto watched as she continued. He wanted to say something but he felt that it would be rude and just listened to her. She was a goddess after all, "I didn't think that I would ever be saved by anyone. I… felt like a fool. If there was anything that I've learned over these years since my conscious has been locked away, is that there are still many things that I've yet to learn," Her eyes closed in remorse as she continued to prostrate before him.

Naruto smiled sadly towards her as he looked down to her bowing figure. He could tell that she was being genuine with her response. He didn't know how to feel though. He had a goddess bowing before him and thanking him. He never had to deal with something like this before. He smiled lightly, "Kaguya… Please raise your head."

After a few moments, she looked up to him and looked into his eyes. She saw a certain warmth in them. His smile relaxed her as he began, "You don't have to bow to me. I was only doing what I thought was right. I couldn't leave someone bound behind bars, especially if they don't deserve to be there."

Kaguya sat up and looked with widened eyes. She didn't expect him to be so forgiving, "But… My actions are what caused all of this to happen. I made grave mistakes and changed the entire world because of it. I couldn't possibly be forgiven for being the one that conspired to the destruction of the entire earth."

Naruto closed his eyes and rubbed his chin, "You do have a point. Although," He looked back to her, "We all make mistakes. I mean, I've made a bunch of them over the years I've grown up. No one is perfect."

Kaguya looked down in sadness at Naruto's easily forgiven response. If she wouldn't have eaten that fruit, then everything would have been fine. But… She needed to eat it to prevent the others from obtaining it. She couldn't let them have it. She had to make sure that it didn't fall into anyone else's hands. She knew that her clan and the others were nothing to take lightly. She had to make a choice. She didn't entirely regret it, but she also didn't like it. Because she took that fruit, she gave the humans more abilities to fight each other. She didn't want any of this. She just wanted peace.

She breathed a light sigh as she thought about something else. It was too late to worry about it now. Everything had been said and done. Naruto released her from her confinement inside of her mind. He stopped the overwhelming corruption that controlled her and made her do things she never would have ever considered before.

She knew what she had to do. If anything, it was to atone for the hell that she has caused from her rampage. It was also for her sons that she split apart. It was also for all of the humans that she had inadvertently killed. She felt it. It was a duty that she had to fulfill. She and only she could achieve this and there was a certain feeling that she got from her resolve, 'This young man has saved me from myself. It would only be right if I did this.'

Naruto watched her ponder silently to herself before he looked out the window again. He had wondered if everything had gone back to normal. He could see the bright sun outside of his window. He could hear the bustling city from the streets below. Everyone seemed to be living their lives again. No one seemed to care about what recently happened two weeks ago. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was glad that everything turned out okay after all of this.

"Naruto."

Naruto looked over to her and watched as she started to speak, "I, Kaguya Otsutsuki, hereby declare that, from this moment forward, I will stand beside you and aid you in whatever you see fit."

Naruto's mouth fell open. His eyes widened beyond belief. Was this Goddess serious?

She continued, "For saving my life and allowing me to be free again from the clutches of that cursed fruit, I've deemed you worthy to copulate with me."

"What!?" Naruto shouted as he blushed a deepened shade of red. He turned his head in embarrassment. His heartbeat felt like it started to thump out of his chest, "What are you saying? There's no need to do anything like that. "

"Nonsense," Kaguya stated as she stood up beside his bed, "It is the least I could do for your bravery and dedication to my true self. You saw what others could not. You saved me from myself. It is only proper that I give you something in return."

Naruto's eyes bulged out of his sockets as Kaguya's kimono fell to the floor, showing Kaguya's fully nude body on display. Her eyes were cool and held something behind them that scared Naruto.

"Does this body not satisfy you?" Kaguya asked as she leaned onto the bed, giving Naruto full view of her goodies.

Naruto's face was burning up from the sudden interaction and he felt like he couldn't do anything about it. He kept glancing at Kaguya's body, but tried his best not to look towards her. His attempts were failing. He felt a certain part of him begin to stand at attention and he knew that this was the worst thing to do as soon as he woke up from his coma.

Naruto felt like he had enough. His hands rushed to her shoulders, keeping her at a certain distance, "I couldn't do anything like this. I'd need to go on a date first. We would need to get to know each other better!"

Kaguya's head tilted slightly in confusion, "What's a date?"

He looked at her face and saw her genuine confusion, 'Does she not know what a date is?' Naruto, feeling a little more composed, replied strongly, "It's when two people who like each other, go out and do things together."

"Is this not considered a date?" The woman asked, honestly perplexed.

Naruto's hands pulled away and he folded his arms, turning his head to the side in a huff, "No! It's not! A date is where you do things together with someone you like! Walking around town. Holding hands! Eating food together! Talking about life! That sort of thing!"

Kaguya mulled over Naruto's answer. She was surprised at Naruto's reluctance to produce offspring with her. Normally, someone wouldn't mind something like that, at least, whenever she had her first two sons, it wasn't rejected as easily as it was now. She wouldn't normally do this type of thing anyway, unless she liked someone enough and having Naruto as the father wasn't such a bad idea to her. Even though she felt confident, her mind thought back on what he said. 'Dates must be something that are important to him. It is true that we don't know each other very well,' She looked down, "I suppose you are right. We will do this date thing that you speak of."

Naruto nodded as he felt satisfied with her answer. Just as quickly as he nodded, he shook his head, "Wait, what? You want to date me?"

Kaguya silently nodded to him in agreement. Her eyes never left his as they both stared at each other for different reasons.

"Naruto! What-"

Naruto turned his eyes and saw Sakura coming back in. Her face was blushing and straight up shocked at Kaguya's naked form that was hovering over him. Naruto's face paled as he saw Sakura's reaction and he only blubbered out, "S-Sakura-chan! It's not what it looks like! I wasn't doing anything! She just got on the bed like this!"

Sakura's hands clenched the tray that she was holding. She was witnessing a goddess on top of her team mate. She didn't know if it was Naruto's fault or not, but she was embarrassed for the both of them and their position, "Kaguya-san, what are you doing?"

"I was only trying to have children with my savior. Is that such a bad thing to do?" Kaguya's response was quick and unmoving. It was like she was the only one thinking that this was normal.

Sakura made noticeable dents in the tray because she felt helpless in her response choices. She knew that Kaguya was a goddess. A very powerful goddess that was even stronger than the Sage of Six Paths. But she couldn't do anything to stop the goddess from what she was doing in front of Naruto. Her knuckles turned white as the tension rose in the room. It didn't help that she was also feeling as if she couldn't do anything. She was afraid. She felt fear for her safety. Kaguya might not let her live if she so much as inconvenienced her. She didn't really know her well enough.

She breathed in a moderately deep breath and sighed to calm her nerves. Today wasn't the day to do this type of thing. She would just have to deal with Naruto later.

"Kaguya-san, I hope that you realized that Naruto has only just woken up now. It would be rather uncomfortable and hard for him to suddenly have to become so energetic. I would advise holding off until he has recuperated… or at least until he leaves the hospital," Sakura's smile was strained and her lip kept twitching, but she held off her anger.

Kaguya realized this conundrum and got off of the bed. She had a look of realization that seemed to dawn on her. After standing straight up, she began putting her clothes back on, "You are right, Sakura-san. I was indeed too hasty in my endeavors. I will wait."

Sakura sighed softly as she walked around the woman and sat the tray down on Naruto's lap. Naruto gulped as he looked at the large hand print dents on the metal tray that was left over. He looked at Sakura's face as she began to peel an apple for him and saw the frustration wrinkling on her forehead.

"Sakura-Chan, I'm sorry."

Sakura silently mulled over Naruto's words, but still peeled his apple for him, "Idiot."

Naruto knew that Sakura was angry at him and he could see that she didn't want to talk about it. Kaguya sat down again after putting her last clothing on. She picked up a rather heavy book that was beside her. Naruto looked at the title, but could barely read out, 'History or what we remember of it.'

He couldn't read the author's name because it was smaller than the title's print. He did become intrigued on her reading. He was surprised that she was reading, but a bulb clicked in his head. She really wasn't around for the last several hundred years at least. Of course she would be interested in learning what has happened while she's been gone.

"I see you're reading a history book. You learned our language really fast. I remember Gramps Sage was confusing to me at first," Naruto tried to talk to Kaguya to see something about her. He was curious because she became quiet relatively quickly.

Kaguya didn't look to him, but she replied softly, "It was simple to navigate your language. I discovered your language mainly through the previous host of the ten tails before my evil counterpart had taken hold and created my new body. Whatever my evil copy had learned, I received the information as well. Although, it wasn't much since not enough time had passed since my rebirth."

Naruto nodded his head, but he didn't really understand. A lot of that stuff confused him when it came to things that involved complex situations. He sighed as he thought of this new ordeal that he had to face. The evil Goddess that was hellbent on destroying the world, was in his recovery room reading a book.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, "Wait! Where's Sasuke?! Is he still stuck in that other dimension?"

"He's fine, Naruto," Sakura said to him as she gave him the apple. Her eyes ran downcast as he took his first bite. The sweet flavor of apple burst forth through his mouth. He savored the taste while munching lightly. Sakura continued, "When he was brought back by Kaguya-san, he looked frustrated. He didn't stick around very long and left shortly afterward. He… ran away."

Naruto's brows furrowed as he looked down to his sheets. He didn't know what Sasuke was thinking. Why did he run away? Was he still determined to create a revolution? Naruto didn't know, but his fists clenched mindlessly. Whatever Sasuke was thinking, he would have to ask him when he sees him again. 'If I see him again.'

Sasuke would probably always be on the run again like he was before. Naruto was sure that this wouldn't be the last time he saw Sasuke again. He knows Sasuke will try to come for him one day. Then, when that time comes, he will ask the burning questions that are circling his mind. Naruto shook his head to rid himself of those bad thoughts. Right now, he just needed to focus on his recovery and the new lady that seemed to have a desire to repay Naruto. Naruto blushed again as he thought of the moments that had transpired just a few minutes ago, 'This lady is a little crazy, but it's better that she's this way instead of killing everyone. If I had to choose, I'd rather it be this way. A lot less scarier…'

Naruto yawned as he started to get up from the hospital bed. His hospital gown wafted as he turned his legs off of the bed and down to the floor.

"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura asked slightly annoyed, "You just woke from a coma. Don't you know that you still need to be in bed?"

"But Sakura, I'm entirely fine!" Naruto grinned as he flexed his muscles, showing off his arms strength, "When I was fighting Kaguya, I didn't even get hurt or anything. Yeah, I was asleep a long time, but that's already over. I need to get up and moving."

A vein throbbed on Sakura's forehead as she folded her arms, "No! You always do this, Naruto! For once, can't you just stay in bed and rest properly? If you don't," Sakura cracked her knuckles. A malicious grin spread across her face, "I have a few ways to make sure you don't go anywhere."

Naruto paled as he weighed his options. He could leave the hospital, but he was also afraid of Sakura's impending wrath if he tried to do anything funny. He gulped as he pulled at his collar and sat back on the bed, "Yeah, I… I guess you're right. I'll stay in bed at least a couple of days."

Sakura sighed as her anger subsided. Complacent with Naruto's answer, she smiled, "Good. Now, I really really wish I could stay and keep giving you company, but I have to get back to work on a few other patients," She smiled as she walked to the room door, "Please let me know if you have anything wrong with you. I'll make sure to check on you every once in a while. Also… have fun with your new guest."

Naruto, glancing from Sakura to Kaguya, blushed heavily as he watched her walk out of the room and close the door. The Otsutsuki sitting beside him in the chair was reading intently and seemed to have blocked everything else out. After looking at her quietly and watching her eyes blink as she read, he realized just how mystifying this entire situation was. He couldn't believe that the woman that was beside him was really the same one that he was fighting just a couple of weeks ago. What was he going to do now? Sasuke still isn't back in Konoha and the war that was fighting for the Bijuu was finally over.

He sighed as he laid back down in his bed. His gaze went to the window as he listened to the noise that echoed from the village. The enrapturing sound of people shuffling outside as they went about their busy days. He also heard every time Kaguya turned a page in her book. The rustling of the paper tore through the silence as it slid against the other sheet. The silence seemed to be therapeutic in it's own way. It made him sleepy actually. His eyes drooped as he laid there in the warm silence.

Kaguya lowered her book as she looked to her savior. His face carried a peaceful expression and she could see that he had been asleep for a little while. Her eyes scanned his face again as she took in all of his details. After thinking for a brief instant, She closed her book and sat up from her chair. A few light taps across the room and she looked down to him. Her eyes absorbing his peaceful look. It was much different when he was in the coma and looked lifeless. Now he seemed so full of life and peace. She couldn't help but watch him studiously.

Her hand ran up to his hair and softly combed her fingers through his strands. The color of her skin on her ashen hand contrasted with the bright yellow of his hair as her fingers gently played with his scalp. Her pale eyes held emotions within that she wasn't normally used to owning. They searched Naruto's face as he laid there asleep. It was as if she was looking for something. Feeling him suddenly twitch, she pulled away, not wanting to disturb his slumber. She knew very well that he needed his rest, 'This young man… I want to know more about him.'

She knew that it would be a couple of days before he would be released, but she knew that once that was over, she could learn about the man who saved her life. She felt useless at the moment as she stood there. She wanted to serve him, but since he has been in the hospital, there was nothing that she could do. That's why, she sat back down and continued reading. If she couldn't do anything right now, then she would make use of herself in other ways. Using her time wisely, she kept reading about the history of the Shinobi World. She was behind on so many things and learning about the new world that she lived in was something that would be important for her. It wouldn't do to be clueless about her new life in this village called Konoha.

Author's Note: Hey all, here's another chapter. I hope you're enjoying my pretty consistent updates. I'm trying to update at least once a week. I can't believe I'm even updating at all. Lol. But, now is the time to stop wasting my time and starting something and never finishing it. I'm really hoping that I finish all of these stories that I'm currently working on by the end of the year.

Finally, please wash your hands! Use common sense when you touch things or go out around people.