This in an ediited version...
I don't own Naruto
Chapter 2: Free…
"Don't tell me Hinata-chan doesn't remember too?" Naruto thought. He then looked down on the ground, mumbling some words.
"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?" Hinata asked. "I hope this isn't too hard for him…" Hinata then thought.
"N-nothing Hinata-chan…" Naruto then looked at Hinata with puppy-like eyes.
"Naruto-kun, don't do this too me… I might not be able to hide the truth of the surprise party for you…" Hinata thought.
"Hinata-chan, don't you really remember?" Naruto asked again.
"I won't remember if you don't tell me…so…what's it then?" Hinata asked trying to avoid his puppy-like stare.
"Nothing, forget about it…" Naruto said. Hinata then pulled his hand.
"Then, let's go and eat…" Hinata said. She led Naruto into the dining room. She let him sit down and she sat beside him. Naruto saw the variety of food and that ramen.
"Wow… Ramen…yummy… but still…" He thought with a gloomy expression in his face. A bead of sweat ran through Hinata's cheek when she saw Naruto's gloomy expression. "Oh my… he's really sad that I didn't remember his birthday… if I could stop this pretending right now… I'll shout happy birthday now to cheer him up… but..." Hinata thought
You have to pretend you didn't remember his birthday…
She sighed. She then served Naruto a bowl of ramen. Naruto just looked at it. She then nudged at him. "Hey… I thought you like ramen? It's time for you to try my ramen…" Hinata handed him chopsticks. Naruto slowly took the chopsticks and ate the ramen.
"Hmmm… this is good…but still…" Naruto thought with a gloomier expression on his face. "… How could Hinata forget?!" he asked inside his head. He almost broke his chopsticks when he saw Hinata looking at him with worried eyes.
"Come to think of it… he's really cute when he's gloomy… but I'm not saying I like him that way…" Hinata thought. "Well then, better eat too…"
Clack
"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?!" Hinata asked. Naruto's chopsticks were on the ground; he was clutching his stomach. "Hinata-chan, you don't have to worry… my stomach just hurts…" Naruto said.
"Is it my cooking?" Hinata asked.
"No, it's not your cooking…" Naruto then stood up.
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata said with a worried look in her face.
"Are you invited in the party tonight?" Naruto managed to ask even if his stomach was burning.
"Yes…" Hinata answered.
"Then… I'll pick you up here at 8…" Naruto then left still clutching his stomach.
Stupid fox… why are you trying to get out?
Baka… I want my freedom back…
Naruto's seal was burning. He felt sorry for leaving Hinata. Someone then knocked at the door. He was currently at his office.
"Come in…" He said
Tsunade then entered the room. "You called me?" She asked. She then noticed how Naruto looked. "You look very pale… is it about 'it'?" she asked.
"Yeah… he's trying to get out…" Naruto said.
"He is?!" Tsunade exclaimed. "Stand up. Naruto stood up and Tsunade approached him. Her hands then started to glow and she placed it over his stomach. After a moment, Tsunade stopped what she was doing. Naruto felt relieved.
"That'll help ease the pain…" Tsunade said. "You better go home and rest for a while today…" she added.
"Only ease the pain?" Naruto asked
"No, that'll keep him in there. The next thing he'll try to do is he'll try to take over your body… that is if he's really desperate…" Tsunade said. "It's up to you if you let him do that or not…go home…" Tsunade added.
"Well… thanks anyway…" Naruto then left the office.
Naruto spent the afternoon staring at the empty ceiling of his apartment while he rested in his bed. The burning of the seal was gone but what Tsunade said a while ago bothered him.
He'll try to take over you… It's up to you if you let him do that or not…
He sighed again. He then scanned his eyes through his room. There more picture frames of his memory with Hinata were displayed. He gave out a little smile of contentment. He then frowned. He remembered that he would still have to go to this party tonight. What would happen if Kyuubi tries to take over him there? What would happen to her? He closed his eyes and he furrowed his eyebrows, and he gritted his teeth. With his fists both clenched, he cursed and cursed the fox again and again.
"Damn fox!!! Why are you doing this?" Naruto thought.
"I told you… I want my freedom back…" Kyuubi replied with a very creepy voice.
"Why now?!" Naruto asked again.
"Because the seal is weaker today…" Kyuubi answered.
Naruto felt the seal in his stomach burn for a second. He clutched it with his hands. "How come it's weaker today?" Naruto asked.
"Since you've been using my chakra during the past… it made the seal weaker since my chakra had to break certain connections off. It's true that the fourth altered the seal for you to use chakra but the seal he made wasn't that perfect. Chakra could flow in your body but a great capacity of chakra can't flow freely inside your body so it had to force its way through. And because of that the seal is now weaker… and it's easier for me to escape and gain freedom." The nine tailed fox then laughed evilly. "Hey kid… I think you're forgetting something… you'll be late…" the fox then laughed again this time it faded.
"Damn fox…" Naruto muttered.
Hinata watched the clock as it ticked its way to the number 8. After a few minutes, someone knocked at the door. She rushed to it and opened it. Naruto was standing there with his occasional wear since he became the Hokage. Hinata on the other hand, wore her normal clothes.
"Naruto-kun, I'm glad you could make it!!!" Hinata exclaimed as she threw her arms around Naruto and eventually hugged him. Naruto smiled and he wrapped his arms around her too. "How's your stomach?" Hinata asked.
"It's alright…" Naruto said. "Then… let's go…"
"Hey… isn't it supposed to be OUR party?" Sasuke asked the busy Sakura.
"Well, it's supposed to be but today is Naruto's birthday too…" Sakura said while she arranged the mansion.
"Well… I guess I couldn't help it…" Sasuke then sighed. A few minutes after, people started to arrive in the mansion. People like Ino, Shikamaru, Lee, TenTen, Neji, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, Tsunade, Chouji, Kiba, and Shino and…
"Wait… where's Naruto and Hinata?" Sakura asked. She then remembered that she hasn't told everybody yet about the surprise party. "Hey listen up everybody…"
After a while…
"Okay guys… you have to pretend that you don't remember at all…" Everybody nodded.
"They're here…" Sasuke said.
Naruto and Hinata then entered the big room.
"Naruto, Hinata-chan, welcome to the party!!!" Sakura exclaimed when they arrived.
Naruto then scanned his eyes around the room.
"Oh… everybody is here… and they forgot it too?" he thought. He then sighed. He scanned his eyes again around the room. Shikamaru was closely sitting next to Ino. Well their once Jounin senseis and Tsunade were having a little talk. Kiba was playing the older Akamaru. Naruto then laughed. He saw a very unusual sight; Lee and Neji were exchanging glares… because of TenTen! TenTen was sitting in the middle; Neji and Lee were sitting at her side. It really looked like TenTen needed some help with the boys, but you can't blame them. The two men were in love with the same girl. Naruto laughed again. Hinata nudged him. "Why are you laughing?" she asked. Naruto pointed at the scene. Hinata giggled. "If I have a camera with me, I'll probably waste the film because of this…" Naruto said. "It won't go to waste Naruto-kun… it is a rare sight…" Hinata giggled again.
"Oh you sit over there…" Sakura gestured at them. So they sat where Sakura wanted them to sit. After a while, Hinata wondered when they would stop pretending that they forgot his birthday.
"Naruto-kun, wait here… I'm just gonna ask Sakura something…" Hinata then stood up.
"OK Hinata-chan…" Naruto said. Hinata then went to where Sakura was.
"Oi, Sakura-chan, when are we going to surprise him?" Sasuke asked because he was getting really bored.
"After we say something about our marriage…" Sakura said. Sasuke then sighed.
"Sakura-chan…" Hinata said. Sakura smiled at her.
"What is it, Hinata-chan?" Sakura asked.
"I was wondering… when would we stop pretending?"
"I was just-"
"NARUTO, WHAT HAPPENED?!" they heard Shikamaru scream. Hinata, Sakura and Sasuke and the others quickly rushed near Naruto.
"OK Hinata-chan…" Naruto said.
Hey kid, let's party…
Naruto then started to feel drowsy and he felt the seal burn so much. He clutched his stomach and he gritted his teeth. His head was throbbing in pain. He dropped down on the ground.
Hahaha!!! I'm going to be free!!!
Naruto can't take it anymore. He didn't know what was happening. He saw that his friends were looking down at him with a confused look. He was hearing a couple of "What's happening to Naruto?" and then he heard Tsunade say "Get away!!!"
What? I can't break free?! What did you do kid?
…
Then I'm just going to take over your body… Hahahaha!!!!!