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Thinking

Biju, etc. speaking

Biju, etc. thinking

Emphasis

Ino stood glowering and began shaking: Kurama was a bully! How in the world did Naruto ever put up with this nonsense? Feeling beyond irritated and with a building rage, she began ripping the mindscape apart.

Layer after layer of black paper-like stuff tore under her gaze. She even ripped out a fossilized tree by its roots with a groan and shout. Reaching to whatever was next, her eyes took in what was beyond the mess. "Oh… My… Kami!" The fox was scowling back at her. "KUWAII!"

Ino giggled madly, lightly clapping her fingertips as she bounced on her toes at the cuteness that was Kurama. Whatever it was that caused the great Kyuubi no Kitsune to be a golden-to-orange, one-tail, furry ball just a little larger than the size of a normal cat was just too adorable!

"Cut the shit woman! Break down this barrier!"

Ino pulled up something that seemed like black pieces of concrete and threw them to the side. Pouting, she asked, "Why can't you do it?" as she tore away another part of the odd black papery-substance from Naruto's, er- Naru-chan's deplorable mindscape. As she tore out another black tree - this one weighed less - she saw that the brighter blonde woman had finally glanced up at her. Ino smiled and patted Naru's shoulder as she grasped at a third tree. Once again looking through the black mass, Ino noticed that the cute little fox didn't have claws. "Oh! You're such a cutie-patootie schnookums-baby!"

As she heard multiple barks of laughter, the entire room spun and turned upside down, making the Yamanaka fall flat on her butt. Oddly enough, Naru-chan had sprung to her feet easily, muttering, "...not this shit again," before finally opening her eyes.

Ino was struck mute.

There in front of the two blondes were eight giant tailed beasts, along with black roots on the far right side of the now white mindscape. The fox was peeking through the roots and Ino was absolutely sure that she saw the chibi-beast smile fondly at Naru-chan. Just as quickly - as if knowing she noticed this - the Kyuubi - er, Kurama-sama(?) scowled at Ino and said one word. "Idiot." Ino wasn't sure to which blonde the fox was referring.

"Secret's out I guess… I'm fucking nuts, ne?" Naru asked no one, scratching the back of her head with an expression on her face that was just SO Naruto. "So now I'm not just hearing things, but seeing them, too." She sighed heavily and sat back down.

"'Cutie-patootie' foxy-chan!" howled the Tanuki after staring at Naru for several long moments.

"Remember well, Otouto: even in the disgraceful state that I have found myself currently: I still cannot be confined in a TEAPOT!"

Ino noticed the rest of the tailed beasts getting comfortable as they spoke softly to one another, and was overwhelmed by how their eyes rarely left Naru's face. She looked quite puzzled and finally asked Ino what the hell was going on. Before Ino could explain anything - and gods, she really wanted to get out of this madness - the two-tailed cat spoke.

"Naruto-chan: you have lost many memories, ne?" Naruto nodded her head and looked at Matatabi warily. "You see kitten after you were attacked, my siblings and I kept you alive. It was a daunting task," she began.

The four-tailed ape continued. "We have been trying to reach you, but once again, you showed your stubbornness! Kurama was the first to..."

"Kurama!" A now wide-eyed Naruto yelled, going completely still. She turned to the blackened area before diving into the black roots. She couldn't pull them up and Ino realized that Naru had tears running down her face. Just as Ino bent down to help her, she noticed Naru-chan staring at her hand. A Rasengan began to very slowly wisp to life and build - and build, and build some more. Ino jumped back as far away as she could as she heard the fox shout.

"Naruto, you moron! What have I told you about pulling that shit again! Are you trying to get me killed again, you dumb blonde?! I don't have enough chakra to..." The giant Rasengan hit and the fox went flying backward. Black roots and shards were scattered everywhere from the hit.

"Kurama!"

The fox's cute but slightly bloodthirsty-looking face made its way up through the mess where it had apparently been buried. He was glaring directly at a Naru, before slightly shaking his head and leaping onto her lap. The blonde went still as the two stared at each other, Naru still had tears falling freely down her whiskered cheeks as she hugged the fox close to her chest.

Ino realized she had teared up, too.

"What - what the hell are you still doing here, brat? Get moving!" As nasty as the fox's attitude was, it was obvious to the Mind Walker that he cared for the now-Naru greatly. Ino turned to leave but heard Naru's next words clearly.

"I knew you wouldn't leave me," she said while wiping away tears.

Ino turned back to face her, "Of course we wouldn't, Nar…" Oh. Naru-chan was talking to the little furry menace, and not to her. Just before she left the mindscape, she saw Lord Bee pop up next to the eight-tailed ox octopus.

"Yo yo yo, Naruto! Told that dumb ass Hokage you were too down to die! Fucking Tree-Huggers didn't even try!"

Naru-chan looked at him like he was crazy before horribly rapping back at him. Ino snickered at their dumb "lyrical" conversation and the room's attention was turned back to her. Every gaze she saw proved that she was no longer welcome in their meeting place - for lack of a better word. The little fox itself, all alone, was blanketing the area with Killing Intent, although Naru-chan and Bee-sama didn't seem to notice it.

Ino opened her eyes to see a group of very worried shinobi. Oh! She wiped the tears from her face and tried to smile at them, before gazing upon the pink-haired woman in the corner. "FOREHEAD! WHAT THE HELL? YOU SAID SHE WASN'T A JINCHUURIKI - AND THAT THE FOX WAS GONE, YOU IDIOT! YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN ME KILLED! HE WAS THERE! HELL, THEY ALL WERE THERE!"

Kakashi and Sakura were both agape before Sakura's eyes went even wider. "Oh gods! My water just broke!"

Kakashi took control and smacked Tenzo out of his shock to begin ordering his shinobi to tasks. Sai had been ordered to find Lee, while Ino was looking for a wheelchair to bring back into the room. Tenzo was barely coherent until Kakashi put a mask on his face, at which point he immediately responded to the situation professionally. Weird damn Kohai! He realized that he was trembling and let out a stifled laugh as he tried to control his emotions. Looking at his fiance, he realized she was staring straight ahead, her eyes wide and face pinkening rapidly. "I'll be right back, koi! Stay right here for a minute!"

Naru was… horrified? No, but embarrassed was putting it way too lightly. "Oh, gods, I said I'd marry sensei… I've… I've seen sensei's face! …Wait! Take that Bastard!" She stopped in her words and thoughts at that, as memories continued to flood into her system - all out of order and startling the hell out of her.

Kakashi eventually came back into the room and grabbed his red-faced most precious person and pulled her up from the bed in which she'd been laying. He only realized for a moment that Naru wasn't looking him in the eye, but too much was going on to ask her about it. "C'mon, baby, we've gotta run. Leave it to Sakura-chan to go into rapid labor, ne?" He pulled her through the halls in both excitement and worry for his other former student, not noticing the incredulous expressions of the shinobi entering the halls and elevator as they examined the very blonde, whiskered women at his side, with big eyes… Eyes and hair that so perfectly matched a certain deceased and famous shinobi.

Oh God, oh God! I've seen Kakashi-sensei's - EVERYTHING! Naruto felt like she was drowning. It wasn't that she necessarily felt different about the man dragging her through hallways, per se… It was just that in context to her other incoming memories, things suddenly seemed weird now. Not to mention embarrassing! After running alongside the man, she finally sat down in the chair that Kakashi directed her to, unaware that she was in a waiting room, being quickly surrounded by people.

Gai was not his youthful self. Panic had overtaken the very soon-to-be godfather, particularly as he heard the frightening yells of both his favorite student's cries continued coming from two doors away followed every scream and howl from Sakura-chan. Sakura was cursing in a low threatening voice that was not her own, and issuing loud threats to nearly every shinobi in the room as well as even the gods themselves. Kakashi was patting the terrified green-clad man and trying to offer comfort. Hinata walked into the room with Kiba, took one look at an inattentive Naru, and passed out. As her boyfriend and friends bent down to tend to the lavender-eyed woman, Tsunade burst into the room.

"It's a girl!" She shouted happily, which was followed by cheers. She began to approach the downed kunoichi in front of her before going very still as she took into consideration a quiet blonde woman with a blushing red face. The woman looked up at her with THOSE amazing blue eyes, and Tsunade turned away.

"Hatake." That's the only word Tsunade growled before punching the previously-smiling Hokage straight through the hospital walls onto his back outside.