Ok so in this chapter the truth is out. What'll Sakura think of Naruto now? Sorry I took so long to update I caught the most dreaded disease…writer's block. I had problems with coming up with a steady plot, so far I came up with 4 but I'm sticking to the one I think is best. Which is it? Just read and find out and if any objections I might switch to the back up 3.

Chapter 4- The Beast Within. The Nine-tailed what?

Naruto POV

This was it… she now knew, won't be long until she starts to question me. I didn't know what to do at that moment. She looked shocked to the core; I finally broke the silence "So you figured it out now eh? She looked at me with amazement then blurted out "Why didn't you tell me before?" I nodded sadly and told her that I just recently found out myself during the training and so the two of us spent a little time sorting it out. "Doesn't that make you a rightful heir to the Hokage title? She asked. I nodded then spoke "By normal circumstances there are a few requirements to become Hokage, I must be recommended by the previous Hokage and the council. Having blood relation to the Hokage also helps but I'm not going to become Hokage. The council saw to it that I will never get the chance." She gave me a questioning look then asked "Well why not? Why did the council make sure you'd never become Hokage?" I gave her a weary look then spoke "I'd tell you but then you'd probably hate me, fear me and run from me." She shook her head then said "No I won't, please Naruto you've kept so many secrets from me can you just please tell me why the council won't allow you to become Hokage." I sighed then gave her the truth "Because I'm a Jinchuuriki"

Her eyes went wide then her face went into confusion. "You're a human sacrifice? For what?" she spoke loudly. (That's what Jinchuuriki means a human sacrifice) I looked into her eyes and then stared at the floor. "Well there are 9 demons each with their own unique abilities; turns out each have a certain number of tails. They proceed from 1 tailed to the nine tailed." She seemed to absorb this and nodded. "A living example is Gaara; he had the 1 tailed demon within him." I spoke. She nodded and I continued "What you don't know is that on the day I was born, the nine tailed fox demon attacked Konoha. Now you know why on that day so many people were sent to the hospital. In the textbooks we had it was said that it was the most powerful and dangerous of them all. I was born just before he attacked. Old man Sarutobi passed a law banning anyone from mentioning the truth to the younger generation. During the battle many ninja were lost. But to end it all the 4th Hokage gave his life in a once use technique known as the Fuuinjutsu Shiki Fuujin to seal the demon within a human container and I am that container Sakura-chan." Her eyes shook with shock and fear. "The reason the villagers all hate me, despise me and want me dead is because I contain the beast that reminds them of those who they held dear that were killed by it. As long as I exist I will be shunned by them. That is why I can not become Hokage Sakura-chan."

She was lost for words, her complexion mixed with fear and shock. "Do you fear me Sakura-chan?" I asked without emotion. She answered nervously "Of-course not, it's just that all this information is hard to absorb all at once." I nodded and looked down. "Well let's put everything back the way it was and go outside. We can finish talking this over outside." She nodded and followed suit, when we got out the main lobby of the archive there was a loud commotion outside. I went out to be greeted by a whole mob of angry villagers. "There he is, there's the monster lets get him!" one cried out. I was shocked and confused so I asked "What are you talking about? What did I do?" Some villagers snorted and one yelled "You know what you did you monster! You attacked someone just before!" I shook my head and retorted "that'd be impossible I was in the archives all this time" "we don't believe you, what evidence do you have?" they shot back. "Sakura-chan here can be my witness that I was here all this time right Sakura-chan?" I asked her. She nodded and replied "He was with me here searching in the archives". An old woman came over and tugged Sakura over to her side away from me. "You mustn't lie for him dear, you must be under his demonic influence." She told her. Sakura looked confused then tried to get out of the grip "I'm not under any influence, what are you talking about? Let me go!" she almost yelled at the old woman.

I was having my own set of problems as the villagers all closed in on me. "You monster how could you fool that poor innocent girl, let go of your hypnotizing hold on her!" one woman shouted. "I'm not doing anything to her! I didn't do anything wrong! What the hell are you accusing me of! I didn't attack anybody!" I shot back. One middle-aged man scoffed and spoke "I saw it with my own eyes; you were attacking a whole group of people. You beat them close to death and we chased you to here." I stood there confused then said "It could have been an imposter; I swear I haven't left the archive all day. You can even ask the guards inside!" A rock flew my way which I caught with ease; I threw it to the floor. "Stop your lying, you foul creature of hell, I always knew that you would be dangerous one day yet the 3rd Hokage insisted you be spared. I'm going to finish the job the 4th Hokage started!" a man yelled.

In a sudden they all converged on me with sticks and rocks. They hailed rocks upon me which I blocked with my chakra. I jumped into the air and landed on a light post. They shook it and I lost my balance, just when I was about to jump away a rope came flying at me and snagged my left foot. They tugged and I came crashing down. They were all on me in seconds beating their clubs and stick son me. I blocked their assault with my chakra but there were so many they were bound to breach it sometime. I couldn't strike back either or else risk proving that I had indeed attacked someone. The situation was as bad as it got, I called out to Sakura for help and she tried to get through but some men held her. She used her strength and sent one flying but she couldn't dodge a strike to the back of her head in time. She was out cold and my luck had run out. There was no way anyone could help since the archive area was far from the main portion of Konoha. Finally they breached the layer of chakra I had over my body and their blows started landing. I was dazed as a strike struck me on the forehead. Everything blurred and all I could see was my blood flowing down my face and into my eyes. I saw a hint of pink as Sakura-chan laid on the floor unconscious for trying to help me. I couldn't fight back as there too many and risk being guilty but I couldn't escape either, I was stuck in a dilemma. Finally I lost the will to fight and slumped on the floor, letting them strike me over and over again. There was little I could do to resist as my blood flowed openly from my wounds. Then it all blacked out as I was rendered unconscious.

Scene change inside the seal…

"Oi brat, what the hell are you doing? You're being beaten to death right now. And you have time to lie around being useless." I sat up and looked around, the surroundings were so familiar. It was a dark and damp room, in front of me was a large cage. In the middle there was a small piece of paper, on it the word for seal was clearly printed there. I got on my feet and walked over to the cage. "Shut up stupid fox, there's nothing I can do about it. They beat me unconscious, and most likely I'll die. I should have known this would happen. Coming back here was such as stupid idea." I spoke with anger in my voice. "Heh brat your stupidity knows no bounds. Although you have given up on living I have not. I will find a way to free myself of this prison and finish what I started. I do not intend to die… because of your frail human body, my goal will not be deterred. Since you will not save yourself I will, in this state you have forfeited all your bodily functions to me. You will be locked here as I take possession of your body, with it I shall do as I please." He spoke with a hint of what sounded like anxiousness. "In your dreams stupid fox, like I'd ever give you my body" I shot back at him. "Hahaha you don't have much of a choice. In your weakened state, blood loss and those stupid morons even gave you a concussion. I can insert my chakra into your system as I please and so I will take your body and use it to save myself. You will not be able to regain control until you have recovered from your concussion, which might not be for hours, maybe days or even weeks. Oh I can already taste the blood that has yet to be spilt." He spoke sinisterly. "If you hurt anyone using my body, I'll make sure that when I regain control I'll kill myself taking you with me." I roared at him. "Heh you don't have the guts to brat now shut up and watch the horrible things I will inflict upon these useless things known as your friends and kin." He shot back. I could not do anything, as hard as I tried I could not leave this dream state and awaken. This next thing I knew I was watching what was unfolding outside as though I was watching it through my own eyes. Only I could not speak or move, rather someone else was doing it for me.

Return to outside…

Sakura POV

I awoken, and rubbed the sore spot behind my head. I regained my senses and realized what was happening. I started screaming for help to anyone that wasn't one of those villagers aid me. The villagers were all beating Naruto senseless. Blood was everywhere, yet the strikes did not cease. I pushed as much aside as I possible could only to have them push me away. They kept saying I was under the influence of the demon. Tears were streaking down my face as I watch this horrid scene. Not more then 20 minutes ago Naruto had confessed his deepest secret to me and now this happened. I was shocked and fearful at first but this was Naruto, he wouldn't hurt anyone. I pushed with all my might through the angry mob. Finally I reached Narutos' bleeding body; I punched aside a few of the people beating him. I clutched his body and tried to awaken him. He was bleeding non-stop, I feared the worse when a hand grabbed me by the shoulder and pulled me away. I was thrown aside and the beating resumed. Then it happened, it was in a blink of a second. The atmosphere became silent with unease as the beating stopped. The villagers started backing away from Naruto so I ran over to him to help him. When I almost reached him arms came and restrained me. The villagers were holding me back again, and then I froze as I saw what was happening. Naruto was glowing then a sickening red substance engulfed him. At first I thought it was his blood but it was transparent and bubbling. His wounds started healing miraculously instantly, I gasped as I saw all his gashes, bruises and injuries healed at an astounding rate. This rate of recovery was almost impossible not to mention the amount of injuries. After the wounds all healed a sudden surge of chakra ripped into the air. It felt sickening and harsh. It got harder to breath as the sheer amount of chakra weighed down on me. Some of the villagers panicked and ran for it only to smack into an invisible wall of chakra.

"Now now, I can't have you running away before I've had my fun now can I?" spoke Naruto.

I was shocked… this didn't sound like Naruto at all instead it sounded so gruff and filled with killing intent. I paled when I remembered Naruto and him being the container to the demon fox Kyuubi. The villagers all went into a hysterical break down, they were screaming and running in all directions only to be trapped in by the invisible chakra. They tried to beat it down but to no avail the chakra remained untouched. "Hahaha it feels so good to be free again, to breath in the air, to feel with my hands how I've longed for this. Though it is temporary and will not last long. I will do what I need to do. And it's all thanks to you humans. Never once would I ever think of thanking you but here I am doing it. It was all because of your hard work in giving the stupid brat a concussion that I could get out." He spoke with a mocking voice. The villagers froze as it seemed they played right into his hands, I couldn't help but be afraid. The amount of energy emitting from Naruto was immense "Normally if you knocked the moron out his brain would still function to keep me in check but now with his brain in turmoil I can do as I please until he recovers. I haven't eaten in a long time so I think I'll feed first" He growled. The villagers all started to panic even more, they were running and slamming the chakra wall frantically trying to free themselves from the nightmare. It was mass hysteria; I myself was scared to the core. The voice was so deep and gruff, the eyes full of hatred and blood lust.

I was shocked when out of now where 2 brave men rushed at Naruto. One got behind him and held him in a lock immobilizing him. Then the 2nd man thrust a spear into Naruto. There was a squelching sound as the spear impaled Naruto right through the chest and possibly into the heart. The men grinned and laughed out loud. I could see the relief on some of the villagers' faces, only for them to be wiped off a second later. "Heh a bit pushy aren't we?" spoke Naruto/Fox. He then proceeded to back hand the man in the front sending him flying a good 30 feet before smashing into the chakra wall. Then he grabbed the spear and instead of yanking it out him thrusted it deeper until it busted out of the other side and impaled the man in back. The man screamed silently as no words came out. Naruto continued to push the spear out the other way until it finally came out. The man shuddered and coughed up some blood before falling on the floor dead. I was scared no… petrified at the sight of this thing that was Naruto. He let out a roar then reared back and pushes himself off the ground straight at a woman. I reacted as fast as I could and ran in front of the poor trembling person and spread my arms out at a feeble attempt to stop him. For some reason it worked. As Naruto flipped in the air and lost balance then came crashing down onto the ground. He got up and was visibly struggling with himself; his face was scrunched up in agony as his arms cradled his head. His nails were digging into his scalp as he roared in pain. "Damn you boy, is this not what you want? Do you not want revenge on these pathetic beings?" Naruto/fox blurted out.

"Damn you, you stupid fox this is my body not yours and you will give it back!" was what I heard shortly after. Seemingly Naruto was fighting to regain control. "I do not understand you boy, they hate you, detest you and most of all they will not accept you, yet you still hold back. Do you not want them to die? Do you not understand that for as long as they live, you will live in agony and pain? Don't you want this pain to stop?" the Fox demon voiced. "I understand that but that doesn't mean I can just kill them, you might think they are worthless things but they are humans and so am I. I cannot just kill my own kin even if they hate me, I will work harder and make them accept me. I'm not going to do what they expect me to because if I did I'd be no better then you!" Naruto somehow screamed through. His frame shook violently and then he fell over and cried out painfully. He tried to get up and ended up being on his knees. "No… I will not accept defeat I just barely got out too... damn you boy damn you all!" Naruto cried out at last then his body doubled over and he landed on his back.

I ran over to his body and picked his head up. He was out cold, and shortly after the chakra formed wall dispersed. Out of no where Anbu appeared and walked over to me, they nodded to each other and tool him from me. They then proceeded to carry him away, I followed them and we ended up at the hospital where Tsunade-sama was. Apparently she had been informed of this already, she gave a few orders to the Anbu and they dispersed. I manage to hear her command. "Go clean the area up and bring the bodies to the morgue." She then commanded the medic-nin standing near by to bring Naruto in with a stretcher. She seemed very agitated as we both knew the worse case scenario had happened. She motioned to me and I walked over. "Tell me everything that happened" she commanded. I nodded and told her the past events that lead up to this. She sighed and rubbed her temples, this was not going to settle well with the council.

Naruto POV

Hospital room 203

I woke up with a start and stared at the ceiling. This ceiling was so familiar that it was burned into my memory. I groaned as I clutched my head, as it felt like someone had been beating on it repeatedly. Then the past events that happened hit me like a brick as I jerked up. I didn't notice the pink fluff of hair down by my legs. I heard yawn and saw that Sakura-chan was there. I was surprised to se her there, as I did not sense her. My headache was interfering with my senses. I shook my head as she got up and rubbed her eyes. "Hey Sakura-chan…how long have I been out?" I asked groggily. ". She gasped as she saw that I was up and proceeded to lift her head off my left thigh. "Well today's the 5th so about 2 days" she spoke softly. My eyes widen as I jumped up on the bed "2 DAYS!" I nearly screamed as she nodded. "How long have you been here Sakura-Chan?" I asked. She responded "Since you got here I guess…" I was shocked; she spent 2 whole days here as I slept.

I settled down and looked at her. Her hair was a mess and her eyes were a bit red and puffy obvious from crying. "Thanks Sakura-chan, thanks for everything." I spoke. A smile crept onto her face as she responded "It was nothing Naruto…" I sensed a little tension in her voice so I reached over and put my hand on her shoulder to reassure her. At that moment the door opened to reveal a rather downcast Tsunade-baa-chan. She looked at me then stared at the floor before sighing and walking up to me. "Naruto…as of today you have been branded a traitor to Konoha Gakure bye the council elders." She finally managed to spit out. I nodded as Sakura-chan widened her eyes. "You are hereby under house arrest and will be until the 6th which will be the day of your court hearing and it also happens to be tomorrow so be prepared; there your fate will be decided. I'm sorry Naruto I tried my best to negotiate with them." Tsunade-baa-chan said to me sadly. I nodded then spoke. "Its ok Tsunade-sama I understand crimes I've committed." She looked surprise that I had called her something so formal. She then nodded and left.

I turned back to Sakura who was now crying. I tried to calm her with gentle and soothing words but it only made her cry harder. She then latched onto me in what was a hug. She sobbed into my chest and I was lost for words or actions. So I did the next best thing, I patted her back and let her cry. When she was done, a nurse came in to tell me I was to be released from the hospital, I nodded and told Sakura to go home and get some rest. When she objected I told her I would be fine, I was under house arrest so I had to go home. When I got outside there were 2 Anbu there to escort me. We walked to my apartment and they made sure I was inside then they left. I sat down on the couch and rubbed my head. The headache was gone but it left this empty feeling there. I sighed as I opened the cabinets in my kitchen searching for something to eat. I grabbed a few of my usual cup ramens, boiled some water and started to eat. I tried to read some scrolls to pass time. Then I worked out non stop, when I was done I went and showered. To burn off more time I tried watching TV. I lost count of time watching some show about sending people to some island. I looked at the clock and it read 11:00 so I decided to turn in and sleep. Tomorrow my fate would be decided.

Scene Change

A nearby tree which Overlooks Konoha Gakure

Two unknown figures

"Oi are you sure this will work out?" One spoke out to the other. They were both dressed in a cloak that had reddish clouds on it. One had a overly large sword wrapped in bandages. The other man had his eyes closed, he nodded before speaking "The plan should work even if problems are to occur…how ever it may go wrong, the result will be the same... Naruto-kun is coming with us whether he likes it or not". The other man nodded and rubbed the sword on his back "I hope you're right Itachi-san, for your sake and mine." The man with the sword spoke out. "My plans don't fail Kisame-kun; all it needs is a little patience." Spoke the man supposedly to be "Itachi". His two eyes opened to reveal what seemed like eyes of a demon. The eyes were red with a loop around what was the pupil. And along the circle there were three comma-like tomoe on it. Each placed evenly away from the other, and almost as subtly as the eyes were opened they closed. "Heh Itachi you're one messed up man" The one Named Kisame spoke out. "I already know that Kisame-kun…" Itachi spoke.

Gasp what's this ominous feeling, who the heck are these two (if you don't know go drill your head into the ground) and what in the world are they talking about? What plan? What the hell is going on? Why am I raving? ARGH! Next time on Eternal misfortune find out the secret in Desertion: What's rightfully mine! Phew glad I got that out of my system.