Shattered

by Morgri

After an incident, the pain, the loneliness, the deceit, the hopelessness, shattered Naruto. Now he only thinks of others happiness, and what better way to make them happy, but to rid them of himself?

8. Chapter 8

Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto, and I never will, but as long as I have this disclaimer up here, I can right as many Naruto fics as I want. So that's a good thing ^^

Summary – After an incident, the pain, the loneliness, the deceit, the crying, shatter Naruto. Now he wants to make everyone happy, and what better way to make them happy then to rid them of him? After the attempt fails, Naruto isolates himself, thinking a fearing that everyone is against him, that they hate him, and that he is just a pain in there side. How can team 7 and a few others take Naruto out of this depression? Or worse…what if he does something horrible before they can?

Morgri- Hi Hi all! Thanks for you reviews and criticism! Criticism is always good… it helps you make your writing better. Though to much criticism… well you get the picture, anyway let me clarify something. As you know, Naruto has lost a lot of blood and some are saying the fox is "healing" him. Well… how do you think Naruto is still alive or… maybe now he is dead. Guess you'll have to find out what the fox is up too. Anyway… just so you know the fox is doing his work, this chapter will explain what happened… and… it will explain if Naruto… lived. =P

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Shattered

By: Morgri

Chapter Eight

Ring… ring… ring. The continuous sound of a telephone rang through Sakura's large house. "Hello?" Sakura asked in a tired voice, "Who calls at three in the morning? What? No… that can't be…! He's… not dead… is he? What do you mean you don't know!!?? What happened! What did he do… wait? You don't know what happened…!? You haven't seen him…? Who else knows…? Where are they taking him…? I'll be right there…! Ok… yeah… bye!"

What had happened? Sakura ran to her dresser as fast as she could. They were taking him to Tsunade… and she… wanted to be there. She opened her dresser and took out her usual apparel. She was tired… but… he was – no she couldn't think that! He was ok! He was ok! Nothing happened! It was just a big mistake… and he would be alright when she got there. What… had he done? What happened… all while she was asleep?

She looked at a picture that was on her dresser. It was her, Sasuke, and Naruto, all smiling. What was the feeling she was feeling. Sheer anger had overcome her! Was she mad… at him? She was! Taking the picture and shattering it against the floor proved so. "I hate you, Naruto!" She screamed, "I hate you, I hate you! Why…? You… weren't that bad… you… were…" she stuttered picking up the picture. Cold tears dripped upon it. When… did – he was always special. She knew it… but denied. He was… like family. And though… it took her a while to figure it out… he was.

It was... before this whole situation. When… she thought of him as family, though, she really never showed it to Naruto… she should have. Now she… might not have the chance to show Naruto what she thought of him. Over… the time they were companions… she really did learn to respect him… even… love him (in a brotherly way). Of course – well who knows what Naruto did this time; or maybe, he didn't. What if it was one of the town people… one of those savages. They probably would! He was already almost dead… now was the perfect time to take advantage of him! Now was the perfect time… to end his life. They wanted too… Sakura could only imagine… what… the people would do… if they found out that Naruto… was dead or almost dead.

She didn't know though. Was he died? Was he alive? If he was… would he be ok? She could see the people now! They probably would ask her if he was dead or some crap like that. She couldn't believe… how they reacted. How could people be so evil? Especially to someone who never… did something to them. Was it human Nature? Who knows… but whatever it was… it wasn't right.

Sakura only sighed though; there was nothing she could do about it. And that's… what she hated. She could do nothing… nada… zero! She was useless. She though maybe just trying to be Naruto's friend would help him get better; but, it didn't. Was she that bad? Was she good or actually evil? It was sliding toward evil. How could it not? When Naruto needed her friendship the most… she failed; he protected her all those times… and when he actually needed her… she wasn't there to help him.

How could she do that to him? Why would she do that to him?

Sakura ran out the door heading toward Tsunade's Mansion. Luckily for her though, it was nighttime. There would be no-one to ask her questions, no-one to infuriate her, and no-one to call Naruto a… demon.

She wondered as she made her way to Tsunade's. Why did Naruto think suicide was so great? What did Naruto get out of it? A false sense of security? Couldn't he see how much more he lost? His memories, his friends, his own life; what was so great about that? Or wait… maybe… he didn't know he had friends. Nobody ever treated him like one, so maybe he thought… he was only… gaining a friend. Sakura shivered at the thought. Gaining a friend… that… couldn't be good. He was… not gaining a friend… or rather… he was… but he was gaining something else as well, acceptance. Or so it seemed, anyway.

The moon shone blood red. What a scary color though Sakura. For the passed week that color haunted Sakura, what would it do now? She slowed her pace. Did she really want to see him? Did she really want to see a weak Naruto? Sure she saw him many times this weak… but… by the way the person on the phone sounded… it was serious. This time… it would be different. How different… she didn't know… nor did she want to know.

The thought of Naruto being dead scared her really. Honestly, her, Naruto, and Sasuke lived as a team… she wanted to… die as a team. But not by some freak accident! She wanted to die of old age… and she wanted them… to die of old age. She wanted to live as friends; she wanted to die as friends!

She looked around, tears forming in her eyes. She stopped. Maybe it would have been better not to see Naruto… then again… if she didn't… what kind of friend would she be? Deserting him once more in his time of need, "I can't let that happen again." She murmured, "Not… to such – not to Naruto." She started walking again after a few minutes, quickening her pace minute by minute… until she began to jog slowly. Looking around her she saw the shops and houses of people who despised Naruto. She sighed, Naruto wasn't such a bad guy… he deserved none of what the people gave him.

Curiosity entered her mind though, what actually happened? They would have known exactly what happened if Naruto was cutting himself again… apparently… he wasn't. It must have been an attack… an attack from somebody who hated him deeply… who despised him. But who? All the towns' people hated Naruto… but they were scared of him, so it couldn't have been them, it must have been someone else. Sasuke? Shikamaru? Kiba? Someone who knew that they could handle him… or… maybe… it wasn't that at all. An allergic re-action? Nah, Naruto never had any allergies… or did he? Sakura didn't know. Maybe he did… Naruto never was very open about his past life.

She arrived to the place where Naruto was held. Sakura was happy that he was being cared by the best doctor in the word, Tsunade. Surely she would know what happened… or what was going on.

Sakura entered. A trail of blood, obviously Naruto's, made its way from the front door and up the stairs. Was Naruto still bleeding!? Worse off, Sakura almost gave a loud shout at the quantity of blood she saw. She had never seen so much blood in her life! How could so much come from one boy? Sakura had wondered how Naruto stayed alive when he was cutting himself… but now… she wondered… if he still held a chance at living.

The blood was apparently fresh blood which scared Sakura even more. Thoughts of the day she found him lying on the floor almost dead ran through her mind. She still never forgave herself; and yet, she still couldn't see why she didn't. It wasn't her fault, it couldn't have been. Of course… she felt a little bit of guilt for going through his stuff without his permission. When she turned around… she couldn't believe what she saw. It scared her to death. The blood that went from his jacket and ran down to the floor, the pile of blood on the floor, and… his eyes terrified her. His eyes – it looked as if he had been starring at her the whole time she was there. He wasn't though; sliding down onto the floor told her so.

Maybe that is what she didn't forgive. As she walked out she found that there was a long path of blood leading from the kitchen towards his room. Almost like just what she stood before. She could have done something… but instead… she just went through his stuff like it was her own. How could she forgive herself when she did something like that? She was… so selfish…

How could she dare not pay any attention to Naruto? She just played around with his feelings at will, always ignoring him for Sasuke; who ironically, ignored her. Time after time after time she just called Naruto an "idiot" not giving any thought about his emotions or anything. Not his integrity, not his pride, not even his deep feelings and emotions! How much better was she then Gaara, the boy who killed people at will? Sure… she didn't kill people at will… but she shore did make Naruto *WANT* to die. How ignorant was she?

But now was the time to make up for it… now and ahead it would be different. She would totally respect Naruto. She would let Naruto know that she was his friend… she would let Naruto know that she loved him.

Sakura followed Naruto's blood up the stairs and into a large room. Sakura had never been to the living quarters of the Hokage so she was quite hesitant in opening the door that Naruto's blood led too. A small quiver overtook her as well, what was she to expect? The blood did little to calm her. Open it or leave? Open it or leave? What was best? Sakura took her hand of the door and backed up. She was still unsure. Naruto in is weakest state? That was… too much. She slowly walked to the stairs.

She was running away. But why? Whenever she was in trouble Naruto was there! He always thought of her… and when she needed him… he was there. Why wasn't she doing the same? How could someone cower out in a friend's greatest time of need?

She turned around and approached the door and entered.

Naruto lie on a table with his eyes half open. She approached Naruto slowly, he was breathing, and he was alive. His eyes revealed sadness, as if… he wished they had never found him. It was apparent he had been crying, a very small puddle of water told her so. "Naruto…" She started softly, "What happened." She didn't expect an answer. "Please tell me what happened." Sakura whispered. A faint laugh echoed in Sakura's ear. "Naruto?"

An almost devilish smile appeared on Naruto's face, "Naruto is dead." Sakura jumped in surprise as Naruto's eyes appeared different; blood red almost fox-shaped eyes peered at Sakura. It was almost if he was peering right into Sakura's soul. "He's been dead for a while."

"W-what do y-you mean?" Sakura stuttered. Fright overtook her as she looked deep into his eyes. Eyes of rage, eyes of hate, eyes of murderous intentions!

"Sakura… help me…" Naruto blue eyes filled with sorrow and despair appeared into Sakura's view.

"Naruto…?" Sakura questioned as she once again approached Naruto. What was going on? What was happening?

"Sakura… help me…" Naruto's eyes formed tears, "Why can't… somebody just help me? I was… so close… I felt like something actually wanted to me. But now – now – I can't take it anymore. Sakura… help me…"

Sakura broke as she threw her arms around the boy. He was so alone… so desperate for someone. So desperate for attention, so desperate for acceptance, and so desperate for any other persons basic needs. "Naruto, I'll help-" Sakura was suddenly tossed to the opposite side of the room. "Wha…?"

"Naruto's mine!" Naruto was now sitting up, the red fox-like eyes once again stared right at Sakura smiling devilishly as he spoke. "You can't help him anyway. Aren't you the one that totally discarded him? The one that never even paid attention to him? How could you help him?'

Sakura frowned as she slowly stood up, "I did do those things, and they were bad things… I see what they did to Naruto, but I won't do that again. I will…"

"What makes you so sure?" Naruto cut her off, "Right when Naruto returns to normal you'll just treat him the way you did before."

"That's not true! I can help him!" Sakura screamed, "I made some mistakes in the past, but that doesn't mean I can't correct them!"

Naruto collapsed onto the table, visibly exhausted. He had been up all night, he had almost bled to death, how was he still alive in the first place? Sakura picked herself up and ran to the boy. Again she threw her arms across him… he needed that… he needed to know that someone cared, that someone was there for him. With a groan Naruto coughed out blood which for a second frightened Sakura.

Something was wrong…

Sakura laid the boy on the table. Naruto's breathing stopped… it turned into immensely large coughs and hacks… almost as if he was choking… or as if he was trying to breathe but couldn't. What was wrong, what was wrong!? Sakura frantically tried to find the problem. "Come on Naruto! What's wrong? What's wrong?" she cried putting her head to his chest.

A faint heartbeat, wait… no heartbeat? Naruto screeched in pain. Naruto's heart… something was wrong… what was it? Sakura heard the sound of his head once more… but it sounded like… it was… like it had no rhythm what so ever. Faster, slower, nothing, slow, nothing, fast; it had not pattern whatsoever.

Why? Was it that demonic fox!? "Stop it!" she screamed, "Please! Leave him alone!" Sakura stopped in tears. He wouldn't listen to her… "Stop…" She pleaded. What would the team do without Naruto – what would SHE do without him? Although she didn't like to admit it… it was Naruto who she trusted most. It was Naruto who she… wanted to trust most. Life was so cruel and unpredictable. First thing you know you have two great teammates by your side. To you great teammates that would do anything for you… but then, you find that one is obsessed with killing his brother… then the other was suicidal AND possessed by a demon.

"Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" She screamed as she felt Naruto's heart came to a complete stop. "Plea…" She murmured not finishing; what was the point? Naruto wasn't coughing or breathing, rather, he was unconscious once more. Sakura couldn't do anything… why did she always have to be the useless one. In faint murmur she called out for help: "Somebody, anybody… help!"

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Hinata scampered through the street. Why did Naruto try to kill himself again!? She thought that he was actually doing better… that maybe she had… gotten through to him; this time was still different though… this time it was really bad. Well, that's what she heard on the phone anyway. Why did bad things always happen to the people she cared about? It happened first when her father… she wasn't good enough for him. It also still seemed that she wasn't good enough for him. That made her feel useless… it made her feel that like no matter what she did… she was always wrong… she was always getting in the way instead of helping.

With Naruto it was different though. She accomplished things when he was there! And though they weren't great things in other people's eyes… Naruto still always cheered her on in everything she did! It was so… encouraging! When Naruto was there… she had confidence, she felt useful, and she felt secure! She felt everything she ever wanted to feel. In a way… she was like him… always striving for acceptance… with Naruto she had all that! And now… it was being taken away from her.

Why did have to be Naruto who was being pried apart by every townsman? He wasn't a demon… was he? He was just Naruto! Why did everyone hate him? What did he do to them? From the day Hinata met Naruto… she loved his company. Ever since then… she wanted to stay with him. She wanted to know him more. Every time she talked to him… he was… more amazing. Every time she saw him fight – in fact each time she saw him in general he was more amazing!

Hinata… she wanted it to stay that way. She wanted to spend as much time as she could with Naruto. A few tears fell from or face, not Naruto! He didn't deserve it. Why couldn't he have stayed happy? Why did he have to fall into depression in the first place? If only she had been there for him… if only she had told him how she felt earlier. This is where Hinata hated her shyness. Why did she always have to go shy in front of Naruto. She wished could have been like Sakura, Sakura was always up front with her feelings toward Sasuke, why couldn't she be... like that towards Naruto?

But she wasn't… and she had to accept that. Just because she was shy didn't she couldn't tell Naruto her feelings; maybe if she told Naruto how much she cared about him he would get out of his depression, and it could go back to normal. Well… maybe not normal, but surely that would get take him out of his depression… even if it was just a little. Hinata was sure that she could give Naruto what he needed. She could give him love, she could give him acceptance, she could give him friendship, and… all those things… she wanted to give him! Nothing would please her more! As long as she was close to Naruto, she was happy! And… she wanted him to be happy! She – it was – she could – that was what she could give him! True happiness, what Naruto always wanted… what Naruto always needed.

Seeing Naruto cut himself… seeing him try to kill himself… it wounded Hinata… severely. She wouldn't be able to live without him! His smile, his voice, everything about him was what kept her going, and she made it her first priority to be with him.

Remembering moments… she laughed. Not really a happy laugh though; but, a laugh of despair. The moments when she first met him, the moments when she gave the medicine… it all hurt her… because… she didn't want memories of the blonde… she wanted him!

Arriving to the building, she opened the door. Not slowly… nor could you say quickly. Frightened… and yet hopeful she entered. "Naruto," She sighed seeing the trail of blood which led through the hall and up the stairs. She knew it was his blood. What did he do to lose so much blood?

She found the door and entered…

She stopped frightened. He stared at her, and held her there, but – wait that couldn't been – no it was him… it looked just like him – What? His eyes… what… frightening eyes! Cold eyes, blood-red eyes, murderous eyes; those eyes stared at her. "S-Sakura?" She said stuttering, "W-what h-happened to Naruto?" She asked.

Sakura gasped, he held her by her neck, he was choking her, yet… he stilled maintained his eyesight toward the shy purple-haired girl. "I-I-It" Sakura tried speaking, "Not Na-N" The boy gripped her tighter, lifted her up and threw her toward Hinata who was hit and thrown against the wall. Sakura rubbed her neck and got up, "That's not Naruto," She huffed, "Well… it is… but the kyuubi has taken control," She uttered.

"What!?" Hinata queried bringing herself to her feet.

Before Sakura could answer Naruto was behind them. He attacked high! Sakura ducked and tried to trip him with a low kick. No good. Naruto back flipped and disappeared once he landed. Appearing in back of Hinata he tripped her then kicked her to the opposite end of the room.

"Hinata!" Sakura screamed. His speed was incredible! His power was incredible! Sakura took a defensive stance and eyed Naruto making sure she knew what he was going to do next. Sakura drew a kunai. Although she didn't want to hurt Naruto she had to defend herself. Naruto attacked, with unmatched speed. Naruto dashed toward Sakura who, taking her chance threw the kunai towards Naruto – no good! Naruto was unharmed… and yet… the kunai was no where in sight. Sakura sprinted towards Hinata… who was frozen. The kunai… was… an inch from her head.

What happened? Sakura froze as well. She knew what happened. She threw the kunai towards Naruto who deflected it. He was… aiming towards Hinata who barely dodged. The speed of the kunai must have been incredible! Only the handle was visible!

Still frozen. Fear had overcome Sakura and Hinata. Naruto took his chance. With a burst of speed he arrived fast, before Hinata even knew it, there was a hand in her stomach. Her vision blurred, she felt herself fall to the floor. Both hands held her stomach, pain had overcome her. So much that she couldn't even breathe. Beside her she saw her friend collapse into the same position she was in. The room span around her, she felt as if she was about to burst. "Na…" She couldn't speak… the pain was outstanding. She tried to look toward him, her eyes deceived her, she was looking at three, "Naruto…" She gasped finally breathing in air.

The boy approached her and Sakura. Picking the up each by one hand he began to choke them. "This boy…" Naruto laughed, "Naruto… is dead! Maybe not on the outside… but on the inside he is!" his laugh subsided, "Do you know why he is dead on the inside? Because people like you made him that way! You guys did just what I wanted you to do! You see… all these years I was the voice in back of his head. I told him how much you hated him. I told him that nobody wanted him and that he was destined to live alone. I told him that he was just the idiot in the world, the idiot that was never right.

"At first he thought I was wrong. He thought that he could be right once… or that he could make a friend… or that he could find someone who cared about him. He even put on this stupid act. A façade that never worked, it was pathetic. While with people he acted happy and nice… but when home all he did was cry and relieve his stress by writing in his journal, mostly poems, but others where short stories about his life.

"Finally he couldn't handle it! It was too much for him. The people, the hate, the deceit, the loneliness; he couldn't handle it anymore. That's when he let loose. He attacked you and your friend, not to harm you, though; he wanted the attention, he wanted to prove to himself that he deserved to exist, so he thought that by defeating you and that boy maybe you would have accepted him.

"When he came back to his senses he realized what he had done. He took both of you to the hospital. There I remember the stares and hateful looks he received. What Naruto felt was indescribable; and that's… were he cracked. 'No more' He screamed running home, 'I can't handle anymore!' When he arrived home I told him of a way out… why of course just rid the people of him; that would have made him happy. No more to worry about the cold stares, the hateful words, or the mockery; no more would he have to worry about being wrong or being right or being a nuisance or ruining things… because… he would be gone.

"Do you know what he felt when he cut himself for the first time? The satisfaction he got out of it? The acceptance that came with it? Surely you couldn't understand, you've always been accepted! But for Naruto that feeling was the thing he always looked for. It was what he always desired. Then you came into his life. You stopped him from gaining what he wanted… and he liked it. He thought that maybe YOU… could give him what he wanted without the pain. I knew he was wrong, I told him while he was bleeding on that cold floor… that you would just be the same as all the other times. You would ignore him and you would insult him. So he gave up… and that feeling he received from pain returned, and here we are now.

"You know, he wouldn't be here if that dumb Tsunade wouldn't have gotten in the way. She had to visit him right there and then… and then stop the bleeding when she took us here. She coming back too… but I can't allow her to…"

"You," Hinata interrupted with a soft voice, she was upset, and "you… care about him too… don't you?" Hinata sniffled wiping a few tears from her eyes, "You… want him to be happy,"

"What?" Sakura turned toward Hinata, "That fox is the one that destroyed our village."

"But," Hinata ignored Sakura's comment, "I want Naruto to be happy too, except the difference between you and me… is that… I want him to be happy with me. I can make him happy, just give me a chance." Hinata approached Naruto, "I don't want Naruto to die, I want… him to live and be happy. I want to accept him."

"Silence!" Roared the Naruto, "It's all a lie." Naruto began hand signals. Using Kage Bunshin to turn into two Naruto's he took both girls by the neck and lifted them into the air. "You're lying," He yelled, "I will… kill you!" he tightened his grip on both girls. "You can't help Naruto… only I can do that! Now die!"
His grip was outstanding. More powerful than anything Hinata had ever seen. But she couldn't give up… no… she wouldn't ever let Naruto die! She still had things she needed to tell Naruto, she still had many things she wanted to do with Naruto. With all her might she tried to release herself from his grip.

She couldn't…

She failed…

Unconsciousness began overtaking her…

Naruto…

Naruto…

"YYYAAA!!"

Hinata felt the grip on her neck leave and fell down to the ground. Sasuke was there, and though Naruto dodged his kick he was still able loosen Naruto's grip both girls. Sasuke stared long and hard at Naruto before speaking, "What's up with your eyes dead last? And why were you attacking our friends?" The tone Sasuke used was much more of a sarcastic voice then serious; however, he stood ready to guard both girls in case something (which it seemed) was wrong.

"O goodness!" Naruto screamed furiously, "Can't you people just stay away from Naruto for one second!? I'm not explaining this anymore!"

"Whoa… hold on Nar…"

"If you care about this boy so much, then prove it!" He cut of Sasuke, "Hit me once and I will leave the boy alone. You won't see me again unless he invokes me? Prove to me that you are willing to make sacrifices in order to save this boy." Naruto smiled as he continued, "Because there is a catch. I will use every bit of this boy's energy while fighting, so you better fight smart because you only have a little amount of time." He readied for attack, "And believe me, I will not hesitate to use it all up!" He started.

Faster then the blink of an eye he arrived dashed toward Sasuke. "Hmmp," Sasuke said using sharing an, "I can see you," he smiled, dodging a punch.

"But can you see three?"

"What?"

One Naruto caught Sasuke by the arm and slung him toward the punch of another. Sasuke slid to the opposite side of the room due to the force of the punch; such… tremendous power. Sasuke lifted himself up and was joined by Sakura. "How did he…" Sasuke was cut of by another attack from Naruto. Dodging the attack barely, he countered using a low kick to trip Naruto.

I didn't work.

Instead Sasuke saw Sakura fly to the other side of the room, she hit the wall hard. "What are you!" Sasuke screamed searching for Naruto.

"What's wrong?" Naruto laughed as he ran in circles so fast that it appeared as if four Naruto's surrounded him. "It's just one hit."

"Grr!" Sasuke gathered chakra into his right hand. With his left hand holding up his right the chakra began swirling and dispersing to different positions. The Chidori otherwise known as the Raikiri swirled and dispersed in his hand. He charged towards Naruto. With relevant ease Naruto dodged the attack. The power the attack left a large whole in one of the walls.

"Your attack form is great, yet you use it in stupid situations," Naruto instructed, "I'm to fast for you, you waste your energy."

"We'll see about that!" Sasuke screamed with rage charging was again with the Chidori.

"I told you it wouldn't work" Naruto screamed and caught Sasuke's arm, "Now you will pay the price." Naruto shifted Sasuke's arm and slowly directed towards Sasuke's head. Sasuke groaned as he tried to move it away… Naruto's… or the fox's power… was almost ten times him strength.

"Sakura!"

"TAKE THIS!" Sakura screamed! While Naruto wasn't watching she took her chance to take a swing at him.

No Good…

He caught her arm also…

"Now you will both die," Naruto smiled has he used his other hand to pull Sakura towards the Chidori. Both closed their eyes as Naruto spoke, "Naruto can't… Gah!" Naruto snarled.

"You care about Naruto too, but why… why do you want him to die? If you really cared about it him… wouldn't you give him that chance… of life?"

"You…" Naruto gasped. Hinata had hit him. She had hit him in full blast with her byakugen while Naruto had his attention turned towards Sasuke and Sakura. Naruto sighed and smiled, "Maybe… You can help Naruto after all…"

Naruto fell into Hinata's arms unconscious…

The fox was gone.

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What a harsh morning. It was seven and Hinata smiled as she saw the boy rest. It seemed it was the fox who tried to kill Naruto, but not because he hated Naruto, but rather (in an ironic sense), because he wanted him to be happy. How did Naruto do it? Wasn't the fox a reckless beast that killed people and destroyed towns? Well… not that he didn't try to kill them… but that was different, Hinata would have probably done the same thing… especially if someone was trying hurt Naruto!

Tsunade was able to take care of Naruto. It wasn't good that he had lost a lot of blood, but it was good that that demon was still in him. By the looks of it… the demon would be able to supply Naruto with the blood he needed and as time would go by Naruto's blood flow would return to normal.

The fox gave Hinata a chance to help Naruto. How would she be able to do it? Looking down at the boy she wondered. Would he still be depressed when he woke up? Or would he snap out. She could only hope for the best… but looking at Naruto that moment… she felt compelled to… kiss him…

And that's…

… Exactly what she did.

-End Chapter 8-

Finally! This took me three weeks to write! Gah… and I still feel like it wasn't a very good chapter. Well anyway, thoughts? Good bad? Remember R&R and especially remember that the next chapter will be out soon. I wonder what will happen. Oh by the way… I think this answered some questions about the last chapter. I hope it did in a sensible manner.

Hmm… the fox was good? We'll have to see… you never know.

Morgri