With that Naruto stood and strode off into the forest. Moments later Hinata left her shell shocked fellow shinobe alone she was already heading to Naruto's next most likely thinking place, and she couldn't help but wonder what was Really wrong.

Hinata watched as Naruto sighed again, she had made it to the top of the Hokage monument to find that Naruto was already sitting cross-legged on the head of the Third, obviously deep in thought. That had been twenty minutes or so ago. Slowly she had been building up her courage again.

All right, I can do this; I'll just stand up and walk over. No need to be nervous. I'll walk over and ask if I can sit down, and then…

Hinata got ready to stand up when again Naruto turned and looked right at her. There was no way he could know that she was there, but he seemed to see her any way. One again he Opened his mouth, Presumably to speak to her when Ten-ten, Neji and Ino walked out of the woods ten feet to her left.

"Naruto!" Yelled Ino "We need to talk to you."

Naruto had turned his head back to facing straight foreward the moment the bushes had rustled, and now Hinata could see him visibly sigh.

"What do you want Ino?"

"Don't you take that tone with me Uzuma…."

Ino was cut off by ten-ten.

"We just want to know what's going on Naruto. We saw your team. Apparently they were shell-shocked by something, and they mentioned you."

"Ya" said Ino butting in rudely "And we ran into Kiba and lee just a couple of minutes ago. They wouldn't say anything. Lee just kept sobbing something about his suit being the height of fashion, and Kiba just looked ready to bite something."

Naruto turned his head ever so slightly, he wasn't looking at them, but they could now see a slight profile of his face rather than just the back of his head.

That's odd

Though Ten-ten

I'd swear he was far older than I know he is… I don't know why, but he looks Ancient… and tired.

Ino on the other hand was having none of this no answer bullshit.

"WELL? Are you going to answer or not?"

Naruto's head turned just a fraction more before he whispered just loudly enough to be heard.

"They wouldn't leave me alone. I asked them, Hell I damn near PLEADED with them to just let me be. They refused, I warned them to go before I said something that I'd regret. They just wouldn't leave me be… and I kind of lost my temper…"

Naruto had turned all the way around by now and his eyes were pleading

"Please! Please, just… leave me be. I'll be fine by tomorrow. I just… need some time for myself."

This time it was Neji that spoke

"So you finally feel the weight of destiny hmm? You are finally bowing to the inevitable?"

Neji had intended to get a rise out of Naruto; He had thought that anything would be better than the quiet pain in Naruto's eyes… He was wrong. Luckily for them Ino and ten-ten were just out of Naruto's line of sight, it was also lucky that they were out of his way. To Hinata Naruto seemed to just disappear, and after a moment's scanning she found out where he had gone. Naruto was now standing where Neji had been moments before. Neji himself despite being almost two inches taller than Naruto and nearly twenty pounds heavier was being suspended by the front of his shirt. As I said before it was lucky that the other girls couldn't see Naruto's eyes because they now flamed with an intensity that bordered on insanity.

"Never" Naruto hissed through clenched teeth "Preach to me about destinies. I have been fighting mine since I was old enough to walk, and I'll be DAMNED before I let someone like YOU tell me when I should give up."

There was another second's pause while the girls figured out where Naruto had gone before.

"NARUTO! YOU DROP HIM THIS INSTANT!"

"Yes! Let go of Neji-san! You don't know what he's gone though!"

The girls had no Idea what had brought this on, but they could see Neji suspended three inches off the ground, and though they couldn't see Naruto's face, they could certainly see Neji's. Slowly Naruto turned his head away from Neji. The girls could see that something had terrified the Hyuuga genius, and considering how unemotional he usually was it must have been bad, but they were no where Near prepared for Naruto's eyes.

"You. Have. No. IDEA! What I've gone though. Do you care? No. It's always Neji, or Sasuke… Why is it never Naruto?"

The girls were too scared to reply. Naruto's beautiful blue eyes, the eyes that had always held such compassion and humor had gone cold. Where they had been warm they could now freeze winter's heart, where they had been kind, they could now strike sparks off of steel.

"Why is it that no matter how hard I tried to get attention before you all just ignored or insulted me? Why is it that now, when I only want to be left alone I cannot find the quiet I need to Tame my temper? Isn't smiling enough? What do I have to do to be acknowledged? I beat your genius Neji; I brought back everyone's 'Precious' Sasuke. Why is it that I still get those damnably cold eyes? Wasn't stopping Gaara enough? Shouldn't risking life and limb constantly count for something?"

While Naruto had started hard and cold he was now close to crying. Realizing that this could be taken for weakness (It's how he was raised) Naruto visibly steadied himself.

"Feh," Naruto spit on the ground. "You all disgust me. Neji with his self-pity and pre-determined fate bullshit, Ino with her Sasuke obsession and fashion fads, and ten-ten with her in-ability to do anything but follow the crowd."

Naruto tossed Neji into the dirt.

"I'm leaving, If you see the rest of those Idiots, tell them to leave me be. I was sick of this when I woke up, and I'll be sick of it when I go to bed. Hopefully however you people will let me cool down now."

With that Naruto turned and walked away. Again Hinata sat with a thoughtful look on her face. A picture was beginning to come together, and the more she thought about it the more their sensei's seemed right. Hinata was also surprised that this snap hadn't come sooner. Looking around and realizing that he was no-where in view again Hinata slipped away to his next hiding spot.

Dragon Noir: Well of course, the whole point is that naruto get to blow off some steam, and everyone else finds out what he's really putting up with

ranma hibiki Do you really see lee taking that lying down? I don't know if I can leave it at one insult or not... I"m thinking that he may dig into the whole group yet before he's done... I haven't decided though.

Tsugath: All things will be revealed in due time :) Just be patient.

Dragon Man 180: Actuly I'll probably use her as a catylist... I haven't decided yet.

sleepy kitty : O . O
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One Azn Dragon: I know... Leangth is always an issue, Unfortunatly the format i'm using really isn't conductive to long chapters.

To everyone else: I am sorry that I didn't answer you all by name, but just so you all know, Thank you all SO much for the Reviews!

Just to you don't forget, READ AND REVIEW!

Sincerly,
Manatheron