Well here's a new chapter, once again sorry but I got caught up in weekday things. I've been up latetly at around 4 or 5 just to make and edit chapters. As always review and tell me what you think. Enjoy.

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Kyuubi"

(Standard Disclaimer)

Chapter 8: Serious?

Naruto happily bounded roof top to roof top, his body seeming almost weightless even with the addition of Hinata on his back. 'This is great!' Naruto thought in excitement, 'I feel more powerful then ever!' "That's cause you are kid," came the response from Kyuubi deep in his subconscious.

"You've probably noticed the changes already, new tail and bigger body but the kicker to this body is that it also determines what you'll be in the future. This is your training body for your life so to speak kid," Kyuubi said confidently. 'What do you mean...training body?' Naruto asked in complete confusion.

Kyuubi sighed and said, "This body is the body on the cusp of your halfway mark. What you do, learn, and accomplish in this body determines what kind of kitsune you turn out to be. In this body I chose the path of destruction, learning about death and destroying opponents left and right. Ah good times...that's what made me into the nine tails kid. Well...a red nine tail to be exact."

'Red nine tail?' Naruto asked and Kyuubi responded with, "Yes, see there are different colors for every kitsune kid. I was a red nine tails meaning a being of pure destruction. The white coats are the beings of healing and peace. The silvers are masters of creation and elements. There are a few more but I wasn't to keen on learning about them so I left those subjects alone. As far as I know only red coats can become full nine tails seeing as every silver, white, or any other coat died before they became more then seven tails."

In reality Kyuubi knew completely about the other kinds of kitsunes and what they were capable of. There was another path he knew of besides his own that assured at least seven tails. However that path was something even he found dark and devastating, the path of a void kitsune.

He had a good idea at what path Naruto was heading down and that path was one that many feared to tread. It held the greatest challenges but also the greatest potential. Kyuubi sighed to himself mentally as he cut communications with Naruto. "He's on his way down a really long and painful path..."

Naruto easily bounded over a crowd of screaming villagers without giving it so much as a flick of his ear. However, when the girl on his back gave the slightest shuffle he paused briefly to check and make sure she was as comfortable as can be. When he saw her curled up in his tails and fur he couldn't help but smile then turn his head away quickly feeling the fire on his face fur begin again.

'Agh! What the hell! I haven't eaten anything expired in weeks, what is wrong with me!' Naruto questioned himself only to hear snickering in the back of his mind. 'What the hell are you snickering at you demon fox?' questioned Naruto to his resident only getting a curt, 'nothing' in response.

"...What did you just say," Hiashi growled out as he slowly turned to face the Hokage, her face holding a smirk rather then the fearful gaze he was used to. "I said, Naruto will be staying with you from this point on until he can resume human form," Tsunade said leaning back in her chair.

"I only placed Naruto in the Inuzuka household for the simple reason that they can understand his barks and yips. However, now that he has proved that he can talk the offer your daughter extended the first time they had brought Naruto to me has been graciously accepted," Tsunade finished with a challenging grin directed toward Hiashi.

"You can't be serious. I will NOT take that demon into my home," Hiashi said, his glare enough to make a demon wet its pants. "I am, you will, end of story," Tsunade said clearly not fazed by Hiashi's glare. "How do you expect me to house that..that...THING!" Hiashi exploded at Tsunade.

Tsunade calmly rose from her chair, her fist clenched tightly with her arm shaking. "You and the rest of this damn village I swear," Tsunade muttered before she calmed her hand and walked around the desk to face Hiashi. "That boy is not a thing, he is closest this village has to another Fourth Hokage." Tsunade said right in Hiashi's face, "I never knew one with the Byakugan could be so blind."

"He may have the body of a demon but if you just took the seconds to notice who he truly is and what he really does for people you would notice that he is a hero! He actually gave your daughter the confidence to fend off UCHIHA ITACHI!" Tsunade took a deep breath to calm herself.

"You and the rest of this village may think him a monster but you know what the Fourth wanted him viewed as. He wanted him to be the hero, to be respected for bearing such a painful bourdon but do you people ever get it? No, and that is something I find truly sickening," Tsunade concluded her rant with a quick turn leaving a gaping Hiashi staring at the back of her head.

Hiashi remained silent for a long time until he silently bowed and left the Hokage's office with the words, "Goodbye Hokage-sama." The second Hiashi left Tsunade plopped down in her chair and reached under her desk only to find her 'emergency' sake missing. "...oh shit," Tsunade said as she put her head in her hands, "Shizune get me a bottle of sake stat."

Naruto neared the end of his journey, it wasn't that much farther. 'There it is...whoa did they renovate or something? The place looks bigger,' Naruto thought as he approached the front gates of the Hyuga mansion. Naruto slowly edged his way through the front gates, careful to not let the squealing nose wake the sleeping Hinata.

He was lucky for at this very moment the Hyuga branch house was changing guard shifts and he was able to slip under their defenses easily. From that point on it was simply a test of how well his genjutsu held up under the gaze of the Byakugan.

He passed through the halls, sniffing from room to room searching for Hinata's scent until he finally found it. The room was covered in her sent heavily and it almost caught him in it's relaxing clutches but he held stead fast with his will and resisted the temptations.

He entered Hinata's room his intention to lay the girl on her bed so she could rest after her encounter with the Akatsuki. He walked up to what he presumed to be Hinata's bed and he tried to pry her off his back with his tails. As his tails wrapped around her waist and begin to pull, her hands and arms went on auto pilot wrapping around him and holding him tighter so she didn't have to leave the warm fur.

Naruto attempted time and time again to pull her off his back but only succeeded in getting her to partially roll off his back and sit on the floor with her arms around him. 'Oh you have to be kidding me...' Naruto thought as he kept thinking. He eventually settled on lying down to think but it turned out to be a bad idea because when he did, Hinata lay on his side and curled up in his fur again, using his tails as her own personal blanket.

Naruto blinked as he saw Hinata curl into him and felt her soft body lie against his, it felt rather nice. 'I could get used to this...NO WAIT! BAD THOUGHTS BAD THOUGHTS! MUST PUNISH!' thought Naruto as he used one of his free tails to hit his head.

'Ok, ok think rationally. She's using you as her bed and your tails as her blanket. AGH! IT'S HARD TO THINK RATIONALLY WITH HER ON ME LIKE THIS! BAD NARUTO!' Naruto continued to his is head as he heard a howling laughter in the back of his mind. What made this situation even worse was the fact that at that moment Hiashi entered Hinata's room.

Hiashi simply stared for a few moments seeing her daughter have a death grip on the fox and the fox hitting it's own head with a free tail. Hiashi rolled this over a few times in his head before clearing his throat. The fox suddenly stopped hitting it's head and it slowly turned its eyes to the Hyuga leader.

"Uh...not...my...fault..." pleaded Naruto in a quiet voice as to not wake Hinata. Hiashi put his hand on his forehead to compose himself with what he saw and when that was done he said with the calmest tone possible, "I understand."

It was Naruto's turn to stare at Hiashi in disbelief. "What?" questioned Naruto which made Hiashi groan to himself. "I said I understand, besides I am probably going to have to get used to this sight," Hiashi said muttering the last part to himself but Naruto caught it with his fox ears. "What...do...you...mean?" Naruto asked softly.

Hiashi sighed and with a bit of a reluctant to admit voice said, "Welcome to your new temporary home." Naruto's fox face split in his typical joyous grin and bowed the best he could with only the use of his head, "thank...you...Hiashi-sama."

Naruto could have sworn he felt the girl lying on him give him a squeeze but shook it off as his imagination."I agreed under the terms you would do absolutely nothing to my daughter, understood," Hiashi said with a deathly serious voice and glare.

Naruto looked into Hiashi's eyes with an equally serious glare and said, "I...nor...anything else...will...hurt her..I swear." Hiashi stared into the red edged cerulean eyes and sighed with relief. Naruto had that odd squeezing feeling around his side and the odd warmth on his face but he shook it off like he normally did.

"I have the understanding that you know how to use the toilet correct?" Hiashi asked with a raised eyebrow. Naruto nodded and Hiashi continued with, "good, you eat ramen correct?" Naruto nodded with vigor and Hiashi came close to a smirk.

"Excellent, our food budget wont take a sufficient hit then. Once Hinata awakens she can show you around the grounds then you are to go to the Inuzuka household to gather your things," with that Hiashi left shaking his head and rubbing his temples, 'I'm going to go insane.'

Hinata had been resting quite easily all up until the part where Naruto had attempted to pry her off with his tails. Half way through the struggle she was slowly jarred awake but in her daze of only being half awake she clutched the warmth to her even tighter when it shifted to lie right next to her.

She was about to resume her slumber when she heard a soft rhythmic thumping sound that caused her to stay awake. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings to find herself in her room, lying on Naruto-kun, while he hit his head with his tail. She finally woke up fully and thought, 'it's because of me isn't it. I must not be good for him and he hates contact with me.'

She was about to 'wake up' and show Naruto the way out of Hyuga mansion but suddenly her father entered and in a flash she pretended to sleep. She subconsciously huddled farther into Naruto to hopefully hide from her fathers gaze but knew he would be able to see her anyway.

She frantically thought of ways out of this situation and she nearly began to cry knowing that after this she would be severely punished by her father. "Welcome to your new temporary home," those words passed over Hinata's ears causing her to have a bit of shock and then relax. She smiled to herself and gently gave the fox she was lying on a squeeze hoping he didn't notice.

It only got better for her when she heard the proclamation of protection Naruto claimed for Hinata from anything or anyone. It made her so happy she gave Naruto another squeeze, this one knowing he felt seeing as his body stiffened a bit but then relaxed quickly. After Hiashi had left Hinata decided now was as good as time as any to 'wake up' so she let out a big yawn and stretched.

"Hinata...you awake?" Naruto asked, his voice getting less rough and broken but it still held that animal edge to it. Hinata slowly opened her eyes to meet Naruto's red edged azure orbs and nodded with a flushed face. Naruto smiled and asked, "show...me around?" Hinata looked at Naruto in false confusion and he said with a smile, "I'm...here to...stay."

Hinata produced a shy smile and got up from Naruto but she didn't walk for her door. Instead she approached her dresser and opened the top drawer. Naruto was confused by her actions and did the only thing that came naturally to him, he followed her. After rummaging through the various items she had stored in there she quickly pulled out a small normal looking flat box.

She turned with a smile on her blushing face and gave the box to Naruto stuttering out, "h-here N-Naruto-kun." Naruto raised a fox eyebrow and accepted the package with one of his four tails. Holding it in place with one tail he wrapped another tail over the cover and swiftly pulled it off.

Lying in the box was a large and somewhat thick leather strap connected on the ends by a thick metal plate. Inscribed on the plate was the symbol for Konohagakure. Naruto looked at the strap in confusion for a few seconds until Hinata took the strap out of the box, wrapped it around Naruto's neck, then clasped the two metal pieces together.

Naruto blinked a few times and looked around the room for a mirror. Once he found a suitable full length mirror he walked up to it and found that Hinata had just put a collar on his neck. He stared for a few moments until he turned his head to look at Hinata. "You've...been planning...on this...haven't you?" he asked with a few confused blinks.

Hinata bowed with a deep blush on her face and said, "I'm s-sorry Naruto-kun, y-you don't h-have to wear i-it if y-you d-don't want t-to. I-I just t-thought i-it would l-look nice. Y-you need a v-village s-symbol right?"

Naruto smiled and nodded his head, "yeah...I do...thank you...Hinata-chan."

End Chapter

I spent a good hour researching Kitsune and tailoring it and twisting it little by little to fit into this story. I hope you think it's acceptable. Now that that's finished, let's have some Q and A!

Q: Why does Naruto talk like that?

A: His voice hasn't been smoothed out yet, he just got his body to speak, he has to train his voice

Q: What does Senkouki mean?

A: It means "drill." Combined with Rasengan it meansChakra Sphere Drill.

Q: What about the Samehada tooth?

A: Oh you'll see sooner or later...

Well thats about it so I leave you with this tid bit.

"Whoever you are get out of our way," growled Ginmaru while the Aoiromaru twins smirked. "Don't you recognize him?" asked on twin, "it's the demon fox," said the other..."You're dumb enough to come back, oh this is sweet," Ginmaru growled, "now we'll prove how weak the demon truly is and how strong our pack has become." "Prepare to die demon fox,"