"talking"

'thought'

-I know,I know, i updated late and this is a short update but i promise to all those who have not given up on me to have the next part of this story up by this weekend.  If you can forgive me i wrote this at 2 in the morning.  Sorry for the long wait but my comp messed up and college is a pain.  Which meant that i have bought a new comp and still in college.  Just wanna make a guy want to drop out, almost.  Thank you again to all those who have read this and not given up on me and again to reiterate I will update and am never going to give up writing this fic!

                                                                                                                                                                -Suiiren

Chapter 12: Meeting of the Minds

By Suiiren

Naruto's Mind:

"Why? Why do humans try so hard?" asked the Kyuubi as it looked upon Naruto in the abyss of his mind. "Why all this for someone you don't even know? For someone you just met a few days ago . . ."

"Because, she showed me that I was worth something." replied Naruto as he grinned at Kyuubi with defiant eyes.

"Foolish . . . that's why humans are so weak." responded Kyuubi slowly. "Always letting emotions cloud their judgment or tie them down and-"

" . . . That's not true." interrupted Naruto suddenly and deliberately. "Emotions is what keeps us from losing ourselves."

'What is this boy trying to say?' thought Kyuubi as she listened on to what Naruto was trying to say.

"If it wasn't for Hiko-chan showing me how important it was to express your feelings and being yourself. I don't know what I would have done. The same goes to Iruka-sensei, he showed me that he genuinely cared for and that I meant something to someone and that has been all that mattered." said Naruto.

"Hmmph brat, what are you trying to say? That emotions make you strong? That you risked your life just to defend someone who might have cared for you? Hah, don't make me laugh!" retorted Kyuubi as she looked upon Naruto in disdain.

"Your DAMN right!" yelled Naruto as he all of a suddenly got angry and surprised Kyuubi a bit. "I don't care what you think or who you are! All that matters to me is to help the ones who have accepted me and no one has done so more than Hiko-neesan! No one, not even Iruka-sensei, could fill the void of lonliness that lies here!" yelled Naruto angrily as he pointed to his heart, tears beginning to gush out. "Not until she came along and told me that I was worth something!"

Kyuubi was a bit shocked at the abrupt comment but was about to retaliate verbally herself when she heard Naruto utter something.

"You'll never understand." whispered Naruto quietly, almost to himself. "You don't know how much it is to be hated by everyone and not even knowing why. Not to have friends who would play with you because their parents won't let them."

'I know more than you ever will,' thought Kyuubi to herself.

"Stupid boy, you're so much like him you know, the Fourth." said Kyuubi as her eyes softened to an almost human complexion. "More so than you will ever know."

"The Fourth, my father?" whispered Naruto slowly.

"Ahhh, I see, the protective seal must have been broken. I guess I don't have much time left anymore," smiled Kyuubi. "Boy, I would of have liked to have seen what kind of man you would of become but it is far pass my time. It would of have been . . . interesting."

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto as he looked at Kyuubi suspiciously.

"Stupid boy, you should know that two souls can't exist in the same body without some sort of seal. The moment that you dissapated the seal and I lost control of your body was the moment that I was to pass on to the other side."

"Oro?" wondered Naruto as he was trying to grasp what Kyuubi was trying to say.

"Hmph, it means that all of my remaining self will become part of you and that my soul will now return to the other side. Though this sort of thing was never supposed to have happened, the Fourth never planned of anything like this happening." said Kyuubi as she smiled and thought of all the consequences of tonight's actions and the future events that would soon occur in Naruto's near future. Needless to say, it gave her a smile just thinking about it. "Things are about to get wild in the near future." said Kyuubi slowly as she started to dissipate in Naruto's mind and at the same time her soul was leaving Naruto's body.

"Are you really going?" asked Naruto as looked upon Kyuubi disappearing.

"Idiot." said Kyuubi angrily as she thought how thick headed the boy was at a time like this.

". . . Good-bye Kyu-chan," said Naruto as he slowly watched her disappear into nothingness.

END OF CHAPTER - for now.