Happy Sunday everyone! Thanks for all the feedback! Welcome to all the new readers! Seems my story is easier to find because it's over 60k words by now since I started to update it regularly. I hope you enjoy~

P.S. Apparently some people think that Naruto is "with" Kurenai now. Again that's my fault for not writing more overtly. Kurenai is essentially a very handsy "big sister." No they aren't together and they never will be. Glad to clear that up~

"Kyuubi Speech"

"Midnight Speech"

"Everyone else's speech"

Chapter 21
On with the story

"Ah." A small voice cried out as her body was knocked to the ground.

Hinata struggled to stand up for a moment before finally rising to her feet and returning to her fighting stance. Sasuke stood a few yards away from her, lowered into his fighting stance with an annoyed expression.

"You haven't been training at all have you?" Sasuke scolded accusingly before dashing forward at blazing speeds towards the girl.

She immediately began to defensively rotate in an attempt to deflect the kick Sasuke was sending her way. When Sasuke's foot collided with the force field he used the momentum of the spinning force to twirl in the air. His body was then engulfed by an aura of blue chakra as he delivered a spinning kick directly into Hinata's shield.

The power of Sasuke's chakra-infused kick broke through the barrier, his foot crashing into her stomach and sending her reeling back. Hinata was sent flying, her frame crashing into the ground and rolling in the dirt.

From the side Naruto watched with a small shake of his head. Sasuke stood upright with his arms crossed, his figure glowing from the power of his chakra. The entire time during Naruto's recovery Sasuke had been training non-stop with the gravity seal that Naruto taught him. The seal weighed down his muscles and his chakra, helping his power grow exponentially.

Hinata trembled, getting up with shaky legs.

"This is pointless." Sasuke said in frustration while turning his back to the girl.

Hinata's eyes widened before she bowed her head in shame.

Naruto watched from the side, biting his lips. He didn't know how to handle the situation. If he were his normal self he would have taken charge and spoken up, but right now, he just wasn't the same. Not while a certain black fox was still away from his arms.

"Sasuke..." Naruto called out meekly, drawing both of their attention.

Sasuke cast his annoyed gaze towards Naruto, waiting expectantly. Naruto hesitated, wrapping his own arms around his waist. Sasuke, sensing Naruto's discomfort, sighed and slicked a hand through his hair.

"Sorry Hinata." Sasuke called out with his back still facing her.

Hinata shook her head.

"No, you're right. I have been neglecting my training. I apologize. I'll be better." She said in determination.

Naruto smiled gently. They were being strong, for him.

"Maybe if you increase your weights you'd have a more productive training session." Naruto proposed.

Sasuke turned his attention to Naruto and shrugged.

"Yea I guess. You said you had some other ideas as well?" Sasuke asked while performing a few one-handed hand signs to slowly increase the weight of his gravity seal.

Naruto nodded in acknowledgement of Sasuke's words.

"Yes. You are very strong and fast. I was thinking we could work on the refinement of your jutsu. Maybe even teach you some new ones. Get you used to using and controlling the jutsu." Naruto proposed.

Sasuke couldn't help the pleased smirk that crossed his lips.

"Now we're talking." The raven haired boy replied while looking over to Hinata.

Hinata turned her eyes away in shame. Naruto walked over to the two.

"Hinata as well. We train together or not at all. We are friends right?" Naruto asked while grabbing Hinata's hand and squeezing her affectionately.

Hinata really appreciated that gesture. Sasuke huffed a bit, walking towards the two and reaching his hand out begrudgingly, the boy looking away.

"Yea. We don't have to keep saying it though." He stated cooly.

Naruto smiled, taking his hand. Hinata did the same. They stood in a circle closing their eyes and began to breathe in unison. Slowly their bodies were engulfed by a thin blue aura of chakra which began to meld together, surrounding their tweenage forms and swirling around them.

As they did this their connection to each other enhanced. Hinata and Sasuke experienced again the taste of a demon's connection. Sasuke felt Hinata's guilt and squeezed her hand to reassure her. A small smile formed along Hinata's lips as she reciprocated that gesture. After a few moments they opened their eyes and dropped each other's embrace. They'd train together for hours, just like they used to.

That night…

Naruto's plump hips swished hypnotically from side to side, the boy raising his arms to lightly and alluring slide his hands up along the side of his curvy form. His slender fingers trailed up his own waist, ribs, neck, to entangle those digits within his silky hair to fluff up the strands. The effeminate tween then begin to slowly turn around, rotating his hips erotically in small circles. The movement of his body caused the fabric of a frilly skirt he wore to flutter lightly.

Naruto stood in front of a large mirror in his room. It was brand new, able to reflect his entire body. This night a special outfit adorned his body. He wore the uniform of the non-shinobi schools. A girl's uniform.

Hanging from his hips was a short, frilly, black, thigh-length skirt. It lead up to a white button-up blouse with an adorable, silky black ribbon tied around Naruto's neck. Covering Naruto's slender legs were a pair of black thigh high stockings. In his hair was a large black bow that decorated his hair. When Naruto spun around the fabric of his skirt would flutter up to reveal the cottony panties her wore underneath.

This show was all for the eye of a certain black fox who had saved her strength in order to watch him. He told her that he was going to do something special for her. The girl was very, very pleased.

Midnight watched through their demonic connection, the girl alone again in her dungeon cell. She was usually alone at this time of night so they set this time as their communication time.

Midnight's eyes were fixated lustfully on Naruto's body, using one of her tails to pleasure herself while she watched.

One of her tails was cut off at the base. When they discovered that she broke the chains around her tail they'd punished her harshly. She didn't care though. When she was alone she refocused what little chakra she could still channel, sending it to her tail in order to grow it back. All so she could properly enjoy herself while watching her Love dance, just for her.

"Bend over." Midnight instructed with an animalistic grunt.

Naruto instantly complied, bending over at the waist to grab at his knees. The provocatively dressed blonde then slid his hands sensually down his smooth legs until he was gripping his ankles. Naruto bounced his hips slightly so his skirt would pop up and reveal his supple, pantie-clad ass once more. A feral growl resounded through the connection, the voice slowly fading away.

"Midnight?" Naruto called out tentatively.

"Same...time...tomorro…" Midnight's voice faded away leaving Naruto with an echo of silence.

Slowly Naruto stood up and wrapped an arm around his own belly, staring at his reflection in the mirror. Naruto's eyes began to water but this time he didn't cry. Instead those dark orbs of his narrowed, the smallest glint of anger in his gaze. It was barely noticeable, but there.

Laying silently on the sole bed in the room Kurenai had been watching Naruto's show with an amazed, disbelieving expression across her face. When Naruto asked her to buy him cute outfits she didn't expect that this is what he'd decide to do with them. In her eyes he was clearly practicing for someone.

"That was...quite the display Naru-chan." Kurenai commented in a dumbfounded voice.

Naruto's attention finally shot back to her, a huge blush spreading across his face as he bowed his head. He raised both his dainty hands to begin stroking handfuls of his hair bashfully.

"Oh...yea…" Naruto whispered, not really knowing what to say. "You don't have to watch every time." The tween spoke in a barely audible voice. Kureani smirked and sat up, crossing her legs. She patted her thighs.

"You're absolutely insane if you think I'm missing out on that. Who taught you that anyway? Aren't you a bit young to be learning those things?" Kurenai questioned.

In response to the woman patting her thighs Naruto immediately moved towards the bed, crawling across the sheets to eventually rest small hands along her shoulders and settle his skirted behind on top of her lap. Kurenai wrapped both her arms around his waist, leaning forward to nuzzle her nose into his affectionately.

"I've learned a lot living on my own." Naruto stated vaguely, clearly avoiding her question.

Kurenai shook her head while laying her forehead against Naruto's, staring him in the eyes.

"So are you actually going to answer me?" Kurenai pressed.

Naruto bit into his bottom lips hesitantly before shaking his head.

"It's a secret." The effeminate tween whispered in his tiny voice.

Kurenai let out a soft chuckle before suddenly giving the boy a swat to the butt, causing Naruto to jump slightly and let out a high pitched squeak.

"Who said you could keep secrets from me?" The woman asked with her brow raising.

Naruto bowed his head submissively, squirming atop her lap.

"There is a lot about me that you don't know." He confessed while reaching his hands forward to idly fidget with the collar of Kurenai's nighttime blouse.

Kurenai paused for a moment, bringing a hand to Naruto's chin and raising his head so he'd have to look at her face. Still the boy averted his gaze.

"You don't get to keep secrets from me." Kurenai said in a threatening tone causing Naruto to shiver. "Look at me." She stated sternly. Naruto tentatively shifted his dark orbs to look into her eyes.

"I...have to." Naruto explained.

She stared long and hard into his eyes, making him more nervous with every growing second. After a while a slick smirk grew across her lips.

"That makes you a bad boy. Bad boys get punished." Kurenai stated playfully before shoving Naruto onto his back abruptly.

She then jumped atop him, straddling his waist and pinning his wrists above his head. Naruto squealed out in surprise, a heavy blush staining his cheeks as he looked up to her helplessly. He would never hurt her even though he was by far the stronger of the two.

Kurenai maintained her devious smirk, leaning her face down to be inches in front of his. Naruto was breathing hotly, his thighs grinding together in a bother. A moment later a girlish squeal filled the air of Naruto's apartment.

Inside of the cage Kyuubi watched the scene from her spot on the cliff, the woman canting her head to the side in amusement.

"Tell me you're seeing this Midnight." Kyuubi commented with an alluring gaze.

"Do you even have to ask?" Midnight replied back, having enough strength to secretly watch the scene.

The girl was licking her lips back in that dark cell. Kyuubi released a haughty chuckle.

"Thought so."

For the rest of the week Naruto followed a predictable routine. Every day at school he'd show off a different aspect of his strength. After school he'd go to that familiar clearing to train with Sasuke and Hinata. After a few days Kurenai even showed up at the clearing since Naruto was late getting home one night. She was quite amazed watching Hinata and Sasuke spar. She didn't get to see Naruto's strength since he was mostly coaching from the side. It did give her an opportunity to observe the behavior of Naruto around his peers. Which wasn't very different from how he acted around her.

It was the last day of the week before the beginning of the weekend. Naruto stood in front of the class, standing in the same manner that he always stood. Like his mother, regal and graceful, delicate hands resting against his pelvis.

"Alright Naruto, please produce as many Bunshin clones as you can." Iruka instructed from the side.

Naruto scanned his eyes around the room before looking back to Iruka.

"There isn't enough room." Naruto whispered while bowing his head humbly.

This caused a few in the class to let out audible gasps.

"Just how many can you make?" Choji spoke up, drawing Naruto's dark gaze.

"Um...a lot." Naruto admitted.

Iruka maintained a soft smile.

"Well how about you produce as many that would fit in the room?" Iruka proposed.

Naruto nodded his head in understanding.

"Ok Iruka-sensei." He responded back sweetly.

Upon hearing Naruto's tender response a certain pink haired girl gritted her teeth in frustration, drawing Ino's attention from the side who looked at her with a worried expression.

Naruto faced the class before closing his eyes. As he did the entire room was consumed with smoke. When the smoke vanished a crowd of Naruto clones filled every single bit of free space. Shino narrowed his gaze.

"They all have shadows. They aren't illusions. They are real. What is she?" The boy thought to himself in amazement and just a hint of fear.

After a moment the clones disappeared in a puff of smoke, just leaving Naruto with his head bowed in front of everyone.

"You...you didn't use a hand sign." Kiba called out in disbelief, a look of shock on most people's faces as they noticed that as well.

Naruto turned his head away, avoiding the gaze of his peers.

"I...don't need to." Naruto explained shortly.

When hearing that even Iruka froze, the entire room growing quiet.

"Dude…" Kiba whispered in disbelief.

Naruto nodded subtly before walking back to his seat next to Hinata, his footsteps echoing through the silent room.

"It's one thing to be able to perform jutsu with one hand, but without needing to use hand signs at all? I'll definitely need to report this to the Hokage." Iruka thought to himself before calling out to the class.

"Alright last break. Be back in 20." The man announced.

As he did the room began to fill with chatter. Many students were looking back at Naruto with tentative gazes. Fear was evident in a few of their faces. Naruto avoided their gazes. To his side Sasuke appeared, looking down on the effeminte tween.

"You don't have to be such a show off you know." Sasuke stated in an uncharacteristically light hearted manner.

Naruto smiled gently, noting the boy's playfulness.

"We agreed I wouldn't hide anymore right?" Naruto questioned.

Sasuke smirked before gesturing with his head for Naruto and Hinata to follow him.

"Yea, still though." Sasuke retorted while walking away with his hands tucked into his pockets.

Naruto and Hinata quickly moved to follow behind the raven haired boy. The fact that Sasuke was essentially vouching for Naruto drew a bit of attention and made Naruto appear more normal. If Sasuke was ok with the new Naruto. Well, the popular boy's approval went a long way.

Sasuke walked ahead of the trio, heading to their normal spot under a certain tree with good shade. He took his hands out of his pockets and made a one handed seal, increasing the intensity of his gravity seal. The boy then begin to practice his stances, fighting invisible opponents.

Hinata and Naruto watched from a distance, kneeling in the grass. As they watched a voice called out to them.

"Naruto." Came a girl's voice from the side.

Naruto and Hinata swiveled their head to see Sakura approaching. She stopped in front of them.

"Oh hello Sakura-chan." Naruto responded back pleasantly.

The girl put on a strained smile.

"Can I talk to you...in private?" Sakura asked while glancing to Hinata.

Naruto stared up at her in surprise.

"Oh...sure, of course Sakura-chan." Naruto whispered out while rising to his feet.

Hinata squeezed his hand.

"Save my spot?" Naruto asked sweetly.

Hinata sent him a gentle smile while nodding. Sakura tapped her feet as she waited for Naruto before walking away with him following closely at her side.

Hinata had a worried expression across her face. Sasuke punched at an invisible target, his eyes narrowing but he didn't make a move to stop Naruto from leaving.

"So what did you want to talk about Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked curiously.

Sakura didn't respond, looking forward as she continued to lead the way. Naruto shifted his gaze downward, taking the hint.

"She's upset with me for some reason." The tween thought to himself.

"Jealousy." Kyuubi stated simply.

Naruto didn't react to that, following Sakura into the girl's bathroom. He hesitated for just a moment but walked in when Sakura held the door for him. He'd never been in the girl's bathroom before. As Naruto walked in he was greeted by a larger group of girls, Ino included.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked while turning around only to be met by the angry face of Sakura.

"We know what you are doing." Sakura stated accusingly, harshly poking a single finger against Naruto's chest.

Naruto bowed his head and fidgeting nervously.

"What do you mean?" The effeminate boy whispered meekly.

After Naruto spoke those words a loud noise reverberated off of the walls as Sakura smacked Naruto across the face. Naruto recoiled, turning his head away and bringing up a shaky hand to cradle his cheek, tears threatening to fall from his eyes.

"Don't play dumb!" The girl shouted.

The other girls were a bit shocked.

"Calm down Sakura." Ino spoke up, walking in front of Naruto and placing a hand on Sakura's shoulder. Sakura crossed her arms and turned her head away in a huff. Naruto trembled in front of them, confusion evident in his dark orbs.

"Look, we see you spending a lot of time with Sasuke. We know what's going on. You wouldn't dress like that if you weren't trying to get him. He's off limits" Ino stated in a much more calm tone while looking harshly towards Naruto.

Rumors had spread through the class rather quickly that Naruto was gay or at least bi. He wouldn't be the first. Even though he spent so much time with Hinata everyone just assumed they were friends since they never actually kissed or did anything friends wouldn't naturally do. Naruto clutched into the bottom hem of his fishnet shirt, trying to choose this words carefully.

"I'm sorry. I'm not interested in Sasuke. I still like girls. So please don't hate me!" Naruto blurted out in a distressed high pitched voice, a pleading look in his watery eyes as tears began to fall down his cheeks.

Sakura and Ino looked surprised. They paused for a moment before Sakura spoke up, walking in front of Ino. Ino grabbed the girl's arm to stop her but Sakura forcefully pulled away.

Sakura stopped just inches away from Naruto, glaring at him. They were pretty much the same height.

"Then kiss me." Sakura challenged.

This command was just as surprising to the other girl's as it was to Naruto. Naruto bit into his bottom lip. Naruto paused, looking nervously at the girl. He couldn't. There was only one girl on his mind.

"I can't." The boy whispered obediently.

Sakura scoffed before turning her back on him.

"Thought so. Look you can go after anyone in class. Kiba obviously likes you. Even Hinata seems to like you too. Just stay away from Sasuke." She called out to the others.

The girls who were behind Naruto began to walk past him, intentionally bumping into his tiny form. Ino had a conflicted expression on her face but turned to follow Sakura anyway. She stole a glance back to the trembling boy but wasn't going to go against the mold.

Naruto stood alone for a while in silence as the girls exited the bathroom. He was shaking, head dropped low, arms wrapped around himself. But slowly the boy stopped shaking. He raised his head, his tears drying up. Naruto's eyes were narrowed, his little fists balling up. But even that expression didn't last long. Soon his gaze softened, the tween's girly figure relaxing. He gazed to the side to look at himself in the mirror, at his own pretty face, into his own eyes. They lacked the compassion that they once did. They were just...cold.

Naruto took some time to gather himself fully, fluffing up his hair and making sure his tears were wiped away. As he did this the door to the bathroom opened.

"Naru-kun?" A soft voice called out.

Naruto turned to see Hinata standing a ways away. She immediately noticed the look in his eyes.

"Are you ok?" She asked in concern while closing the distance between them.

She reached forward to caress both sides of his face. Naruto looked away, staying quiet. Hinata shook her head, rubbing a thumb along his cheek.

"They were mean to you weren't they?" She questioned.

Naruto nodded solemnly. Upon seeing his reaction the girl's eyes narrowed, she turned around with her teeth gritted. She was prepared to storm out and give them a piece of her mind, just like when she first learned that someone was treating Naruto cruelty. Before she could Naruto gripped her wrists weakly. Hinata turned her head to see Naruto looking down, the boy's body was still.

"Hinata-chan...don't leave me." He pleaded in a barely audible high pitched voice.

Immediately the girl turned her body to face him fully, raising her arms to wrap around his neck, pulling him into a tender hug.

"Never." She whispered resolutely, Naruto smiled gently, looping his arms underneath her armpits to place his dainty hands along her back and return the hug.

In a dark corner of Naruto's mind a pair of demonic eyes watched closely, a pleased expression in it's fiery pupils.

"He's ready."

That night…

"I was thinking about you all day again. I had a bad experience. Sakura and the other girls don't like me. They think I want to steal Sasuke away from them." Naruto spoke through the demonic link only to be met by silence.

Despite that he kept talking, rifling through his closet.

"Hinata was there like always to cheer me up. The thing is that even though they were mean, it didn't feel as bad as it usually did." Naruto continued, finally pulling something from the closet with a soft smile.

A new outfit that Kurenai had got him. It would be a little while before she would arrive so Naruto had some private time. He took that outfit over to the larger mirror in his room, the boy still hadn't changed out of his shinobi clothing.

"I can't bring myself to care as much as I used to. They are just like everyone else. Their eyes...I'm getting more used to it. I won't let those eyes hurt me anymore. Hurt us. They don't matter. Not really. There will always be eyes like that. Maybe not all the time, maybe not everyone, but they will never disappear. There will always been someone, somewhere, who will look at me with those eyes no matter what I do. I have to focus on what really matters. My friends, my family...you. Nothing else matters...no one else matters." Naruto finally finished speaking through the connection regarding that subject.

A satisfied smile played across his plush lips. He held a french maid outfit in front of his body while gazing upon his own reflection in the mirror. This was his favorite part of the day.

"I hope you like what I got for you. I've been practicing." Naruto said while turning around and walking over to his bed.

He laid out the outfit across the sheets before reaching down to the waistband of his pants. Before he could push them down he heard a weak voice call out to him.

"Naru-chan…" Midnight's voice resounded through the connection.

Naruto's tender smile widened when hearing her.

"I've prepared something special for you tonight Darling." Naruto cooed sweetly in a sultry manner, getting ready to push his form-fitting pants down.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Midnight suddenly screamed out through the connection.

Naruto's eyes widened.

"Midnight!? Midnight!" Naruto called out in a panic.

"It's..ok Naru...AHHHHHHHHHH!" Midnight's reassuring words were interrupted by her own pain filled cry.

Tears poured from Naruto's eyes, a feeling of helpless taking over.

"Midnight...Midnight…...MIDNIGHT!" Naruto kept calling out to her only to be met with silence.

Naruto was frozen in place, his vision hazy. The little tween raised delicate hands up to cradle his own head, eyes wide in horror. He shook his head frantically before suddenly closing his eyes. Naruto's feminine form stilled, an eery calm filling the room.

"Mother...show me where she is." Naruto whispered in a haunting voice.

"You know why I can't do that Sweetheart." Kyuubi spoke up in a somber tone.

Naruto didn't respond back immediately, the boy standing up straight. A harsh tearing noise echoed off of the walls as Naruto's three golden tails sprouted from his backside, ripping through the fabric of his pants. At the same time his golden fox ears sprouted from the top his head. Naruto's eyes transformed into their blood red, slitted demonic version. Naruto's nails and fangs elongated. The whisker marks across his cheeks became more prominent. Naruto slowly took off his vest, tossing the heavy garment to the side so that he was only wearing that tight fishnet shirt, his bindings visible underneath.

"Mother." Naruto spoke out loud now, his voice still as high pitched and as feminine as always.

Except now his tone was completely different. The tween's tone was resolute, calm, determined.

"Are you sure Sweetheart? Once you do this there is no going back?" Kyuubi warned.

"Naruto!" Midnight's voice cried out again, the girl clearly in agonizing pain.

"MOTHER!" Naruto exclaimed in alarm.

When Naruto shouted his eyes shifted towards the window to his room. He could sense Midnight's chakra in the distance, miles away, outside of Konoha.

The force of Naruto's movements was incredible. He burst through the glass of his window, his entire apartment exploding behind him in the wake of his speed and that sudden collision. A loud BOOM echoed in the night sky from the sound of Naruto breaking the sound barrier and crashing through the glass.

Naruto flew through the air like a jet. The windows of nearby buildings shattering as he sped by. The few bystanders that were on the street at this time of night were knocked off their feet by the powerful gust of wind Naruto kicked reached the edge of the village in seconds, moving rapidly towards the huge front gate of Konoha.

He barreled straight through it.

A huge explosion of concrete and dust shot into the air, a few shinobi guarding the gates letting out surprised yells as they were sent flying. Naruto didn't stop there however, his body disappearing into the trees.

Naruto was surrounded by a dark red aura, the effeminate boy jumping from branch to branch at blazing speeds. Every jump sent him rocketting forward. Anyone who looked upon him would swear that he was flying. In reality, he was jumping so fast and strong that there was barely a difference.

Naruto's pretty face was contorted into a rare expression of deep focus and restrained menace.

"I'm coming for you...Midnight."

Thanks for reading. Please review.

Oh boy. I absolutely cannot wait to write this next chapter. You guys have no idea how long I've been thinking about this. How long I've been building up to this. The next chapter is probably going to be my longest chapter by far. It's going to be a doozy. So this chapter should by my Sunday morning chapter. Which means the next chapter will be on Wednesday morning. Hopefully I can give you all something to look forward to. Thanks for the feedback! See you Wednesday~

Edit: I finished the next chapter and boy is it a doosy. By far my longest chapter yet. I can't wait until Wednesday morning to show you all~