Alright I'm starting my sixth chapter. Hope you enjoy~
"Kyuubi Speech""Midnight Speech""Everyone else's speech"
Chapter 6 On with the story
The morning sun shone high in the sky, shining a bright light down onto Naruto's usual clearing. Once more he was curled up with Midnight clinging to his body. He was the first to wake, fluttering his eyes open and smiling at the sight of her sleeping body. Naruto leaned down to place a gentle kiss against her forehead before slipping away from her grasp.
He immediately went to the middle of his clearing to start his morning practice routine. This involved him stretching first before forming one hand into hand signs and producing 4 clones around himself which erupted out of a plume of smoke. The clones then lunged towards Naruto in a deadly assault.
Off to the side Midnight stirred, yawning a bit before turning her attention to Naruto and his clones. She stared in awe at the sight. He was so fast, barely a blur to her eyes.
"He does this every morning before school." A sultry voice spoke out from the side. Kyuubi moved out of the brush of the forest towards Midnight, a hand full of grapes held in her grasp. The woman then laid lazily down next to wear Midnight was laid. Midnight looked to Kyuubi in disbelief.
"Every morning? For how long?"Midnight questioned while focusing on Naruto's fighting. He was intensively focused, weaving and dancing gracefully around the field. His fighting style was hypnotic to watch. The way his body flowed, dodged and deflected the assault from those clones. Kyuubi shrugged casually when hearing Midnight's question.
"Since this is just a warm-up just about a half an hour. Then he showers the heads off to school." The demoness explained further before plopping a grape into her mouth. Midnight canted her head to the side curiously.
"I wonder what human schools are like?" Midnight asked more to herself then anyone. As soon as she spoke those words a shadow appeared above her body. She looked up to see Naruto standing above her with a soft smile on his face. The morning sun caused the boy to glow from Midnight's perspective. When did he come over here? He was so fast.
"Come see for yourself."
A time later…."So we spend hours being taught by Iruka. He's pretty cool and has always been nice to me. One of the few. I don't learn much there but I go because mother said it would reduce suspicion. No one knows that I've become half demon, or about my relationship with mother." Naruto explained as he and Midnight sailed quickly from tree branch to tree branch towards the village. Midnight listened attentively.
"I can't believe you've managed to keep that a secret for so long. Doesn't anyone check up on you? From what I've heard, the villagers consider you the demon child. They think you're dangerous. So shouldn't they be keeping a close watch." Midnight questioned, moving a little bit behind him so she could stare fully at the way his body moved. Naruto released a small chuckle from her comment.
"Well a few people visit me sometimes. But most of the time I just use "Demon Clone Jutsu" to fool them. The only one who could see past it is the Hokage. And he is usually too busy to visit me much. The few times he does my mother warns me and I make sure I'm able to talk to him in person. If he's suspicious he hasn't shown any signs. But I can't be too sure. He's very powerful." Naruto explained, a hint of admiration in his voice. Midnight did not ignore Naruto's tone.
"Is he nice to you?" She questioned with her brow raised. Naruto looked back at her and nodded solemnly.
"Yes, as nice as anyone can be to a demon child." Midnight huffed at that answer.
"If he was so nice then he should explain to the villagers that you're a hero, not the monster they think you are." Midnight barked. Naruto just sighed and nodded.
"It's not that simple. The villagers know Kyuubi is trapped in me but they have to direct their hate somewhere. Most just can't see past their own emotions. No matter what he does. Sarutobi, the Hokage, he's done everything in his power to protect me. When I left the orphanage he convinced the council to give me my own apartment. I'm sure in a way he's stopped the villagers from doing even worse to me. The humans...they aren't all bad." Naruto explained with a far off gaze, still with a somber tone. Midnight wasn't having any of it, her teeth bared.
"People like him just prove how messed up your society is. Even someone as strong and "good' as him can't stop those other assholes from hurting you. I felt what you've been through Naruto. It's clear to me that even the best of your kind can't stop the worst of your kind from being horrible. They can just, at best, make the horrible shit less horrible. But it's all still horrible!" Naruto froze up as Midnight spoke those words, standing on a branch overlooking Konoha. They had just arrived at the village.
"You keep saying my kind. But I'm only half human Midnight. I can't help that. I wish I could but I can't. And they can't either. They can't help their natures." Naruto explained while wrapping his arms around his body, taking a vulnerable posture. Midnight gasped when seeing Naruto's reaction, leaping over to him and laying her head against his chest.
"I'm sorry Naruto, I didn't mean…" But before she could finish her sentence Naruto had placed a finger against her lips, his posture shifting again to a confident one within an instant.
"Don't be sorry. You are right. Some of them are good, but a lot of them are bad. Hell a lot of the good ones do bad things. I'm not making excuses for them, I just wanted you to understand." Naruto explained. Midnight just listened quietly, which caused Naruto to chuckle and shake his head softly. He brought a hand up to slick his hair back. He was in his fully human form since he was so close to Konoha.
"I plan to change all of this. It's just that...I'm not sure how best to do it. Because I know that no matter what road I'll take, it's going to be covered in blood." Naruto stated with a heavy sigh, casting his eyes downward and away from Midnight. The girl's ears perked from that.
"Are you...you plan to take the life of some of these humans? But I thought you cared for them. Because you're part human." Midnight questioned with a confused look. Naruto sighed again before straightening his posture and narrowing his eyes at the village.
"I'll change them even if it kills them." The boy stated in a haunting voice. This admission caused a wicked smile to play across Midnight's face. Naruto was full of surprises. Naruto looked down at Midnight's smile and chuckled.
"Jeez you don't have to be so excited. We have a while until I'm ready you know." Naruto stated playfully while moving his arms forward and scooping up Midnight's body bridal style.
"Now as for you. I know you can perform henge. Do you know how to blend in with the humans? They'd freak out if they saw you obviously." Naruto questioned while raising his brow at Midnight. The girl just nodded.
"Well I think I have an idea." Midnight said before morphing her body into a small baby fox with one overly large black tail. She then jumped onto Naruto's shoulder, nuzzled into his neck, and wrapped that tail around his neck so it appeared as if Naruto was wearing a black scarf. He had his normal orange jumpsuit on with the addition of that black scarf.
"Kyu-chan gave me the idea when she was teaching me about humans and their clothes." Midnight explained. "And we can even talk through our link while I'm touching you. And when we grow closer I won't even have to be touching you." Midnight explained further. Naruto nodded his head with a small smile across his face.
"Well aren't you clever." Naruto cooed.
"Thank you Naruto-kun.""You're welcome Midnight." Naruto answered quickly before heading towards the academy.
"Midnight now you will see why the whole village thinks Naruto is an idiot." Kyuubi said with a devilish snicker.
Naruto frowned before taking off towards the village. It didn't take long for Naruto to reach the academy, and once he did, he got into character. He arrived right when the bell rang. His screams could be heard from the class.
"No, I was so close this time. I have to stop stopping for ramen." Naruto screamed.
Silent laughter came from some students in the classroom. Seconds later Naruto burst into the classroom huffing and puffing.
"Naruto you're late again, I'm going to have to dock some points from your next test as punishment." A man wearing a chunin vest and slash across his nose said while scribbling something into his clipboard.
"But Iruka-sensei I was only late by a couple seconds." Naruto whinned.
"Then maybe you should worry less about ramen and more about getting to class on time." The man lectured.
A chorus of snickers could be heard throughout the room. Naruto pouted more before putting his hands behind his head and walking to the back of the class where his seat has.
"That's Iruka? I thought you said he was nice to you." Midnight questioned while glaring towards the man, in her baby fox form she could see everything through the fur of her tail.
"He is. He just doesn't want it to seem like I'm getting special treatment." Naruto explained while taking his seat next to a wide eyed, lavender pupiled girl.
"G-good morning...Naruto." The girl stated in a barely audible, high pitched voice. Naruto smiled warmly done to her as he took his seat.
"What's up Hinata!?" Naruto blurted out in his dobey way.
For the rest of the day, Midnight watched everyone intently. She wanted to learn everything about Naruto's life and that included who he was around on a daily basis. She picked a couple of people she payed attention to more than others. Those people were the lavender eyed girl who obviously had a crush on Naruto. The loud pink headed girl who Naruto pretended to have a crush on. The pineapple headed boy who says everything is to troublesome. The very quiet boy who she hears something crawling inside of. There was also that moody boy who all the girls seemed to like. Midnight however had no interest. Her attention was mainly focused on the girl sitting next to Naruto who was periodically stealing glances his way.
"So who is this girl Naruto? She's adorably timid." Midnight murred in amusement while watching the girl steal yet another glance to the side of Naruto's face.
Without looking towards Hinata, Naruto let a small smile grow across his face.
"Another person who is really nice to me. And...I think she likes me." Naruto spoke to Midnight through their telepathic link. Upon hearing that Midnight's eyes instantly narrowed towards the girl.
"Competition." Midnight thought to herself before seeing another one of the girl's timid glances. Midnight quirked a brow in interest, going silent and continuing to watch the girl closely.
"She does seem nice. I wonder what would happen if she found out about you and Kyu-chan. You think she'd still be nice?" Midnight questioned while staring unblinkingly at the girl. Naruto didn't answer immediately, now slowly moving his gaze towards Hinata to look at her from the corner of his eyes. Hinata caught the glance from the corner of her eye, causing the girl to immediately look away as her face burned bright red.
"I...don't know." Naruto whispered. Midnight stayed silent, thinking about his answer. How intriguing.
"Maybe you should find out." Midnight proposed which drew an audible gasp from Naruto. What was she suggesting? But Naruto's gasp drew the attention of some of the class. Most notably Iruka.
"Was there something you wanted to share with the class Naruto?" Iruka questioned while looking up to where Naruto sat. Naruto was thrown off guard, his dobe mask dropping for an instant.
"Nothing in particular Iruka. Forgive me." Naruto stated while his eyes trailed off to the side, lost in his thoughts. Pretty much the entire class now noted Naruto's sudden change in demeanor. HIs posture was more calm, his voice was...different. Not the annoying whiny voice he usually had. His voice was...soothing...sensual. And Naruto never apologized to Iruka. Iruka raised a brow at the sudden change. Hinata managed to look at Naruto, her head tilting in confusion.
"Um...Naruto. Are you ok?" Iruka responded back. The question caused Naruto's attention to snap back to reality. His eyes suddenly widened when realizing that his mask had dropped. Instantly Naruto raised his arms behind his head and smiled brightly.
"What? I'm fine, ain't gotta worry about me." Naruto said with a small chuckle, rubbing his nose a bit.
From below him Naruto's behavior caught the attention of a few people, most notably Sasuke. The broody pre-teen, (they are still a year from graduation with Naruto being the only teen because he was held back a year.) staring up at Naruto. "The hell was that?" The boy thought to himself before returning his attention to the front of the class as Iruka responded back.
"Well since you've got everyone's attention mind showing us how to perform a henge jutsu? That is the current topic Naruto. Try to mimic the Hokage." Iruka explained while motioning for Naruto to step to the front of the class. Naruto got up without hesitation, his hands behind his head, fully returning to his dobe persona.
"Yea yea, I got this this time." Naruto said before forming his hands into a seal and shouting "Henje!"
The version of Naruto's hokage was way too short, it appeared as if the Hokage's skin was melting. Naruto then poofed back to his normal self. That was followed by a series of laughter from the class. Naruto then pouted and pointed towards the class.
"Just you wait, I won't have to pretend to be the Hokage because one day I'm going to be the Hokage for real. Believe it!"
If possible the class burst out into even more laughter and Naruto stormed back to his seat, flopping down and crossing his arms with a pout.
"Wow no wonder they think you're an idiot. You're a great actor Naruto-kun." Midnight stated in admiration.
"Thank you." Naruto replied back with an inward smile. That show had made most everyone forget about the small break to Naruto's mask earlier. Except a select few. Most notably there were a three people that took time whenever they could to watch Naruto. Hinata, Sasuke, and Iruka. Something Naruto noticed as well.
At the end of the class Midnight didn't doubt that anyone thought Naruto was smart. He constantly made a fool of himself and pulled pranks. At times she even began to believe that Naruto was an idiot, until she thought back on the date they had yesterday. She would never think Naruto was anything but a genius and incredibly sexy. She was reminded of how different he was from his idiot alter ego when they were back in their clearing, and Naruto transformed back into his demonic form.
"So what did you think of my school?" Naruto asked while fluffing up his long golden hair and relaxing now that he didn't have to put on that mask. Midnight moved in front of Naruto and shoved him down to the ground, jumping on top of him and straddling his waist. She wiggled her hips playfully and delved his clawed hands deep into Naruto's hair to begin massaging his scalp.
"It's not that much different from schools in the demon realm. Well basic concept at least. Minus the teasing and bullying. Well…I guess it's a lot different." Midnight explained while trailing her fingers through Naruto's hair.
"You'll have to tell me all about it sometime." Naruto explained while closing his eyes and enjoying the massage Midnight was now giving to his scalp. When hearing Naruto's reply a small smirk grew across Midnight's face.
"Maybe." Midnight teased, which drew a cute little pout from Naruto's lips.
"How cruel." Naruto stated in a huff while crossing his arms. Midnight leaned her body down atop Naruto's and delivered a little eskimo kiss to his nose.
"I am a demon after all." The girl joked. Naruto let out a sultry chuckle at the comment.
"Now you sound like Mother." Naruto said with an exaggerated sigh. Midnight giggled lightly and entwined her legs with Naruto.
"I'll take that as a compliment."
As Naruto and Midnight bantered playfully back and forth Kyuubi held a a serious expression from inside Naruto's mind. She watched the scene with her eyes narrowed.
"Iruka noticed something. And he wasn't the only one. This may complicate things." Kyuubi thought to herself. But Naruto picked up on those thoughts. Even while he engaged with Midnight he replied to Kyuubi's thoughts.
"We'll be ready."
That's the end of the Chapter. Please Review
Author Note
So you may have noticed that I left a few possibilities open in this story. I haven't decided whether I want to explore those possibilities or not. Again, this will remain a straight fic. But...Hinata….hm…. Please review~