So far, only two reviews for last chapter, 18 in total….of course, I am starting this a little earlier than planned.
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Chapter 5
The Power I Hold
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"Hey. Uzumaki… GET UP!" an angry vixen yelled.
"Hmm? Whozat?" Naruto asked, words slurred by grogginess, "Oh, I remember, the Granddaughter of Kyuubi-sama."
"Kyuubi-sama? Since when did you call me that, kit?" Kyuubi asked.
"Well, you are one of my friends, and you've taught me as much as Jiriya. The man's probably peeping somewhere as we speak." Naruto said.
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Jiriya sneezed, alerting all of the women at the bathhouse of his presence.
"Damn you Naruto!" was heard along with the angry shrieks of half naked women.
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Naruto sneezed as well.
"Someone must be talking about me," he stated. He crawled out of bed and went to his closet. He realized that he couldn't fit into most of his clothes. He then made a few seals and made some casual wear slightly larger.
He had on a white shirt with a black Uzumaki symbol. He had regular old blue denim jeans with tears in both knees. He put on his sandals and went outside, the young fox following.
"You know, Scylla, some people might mistake as a demon fox, so a Henge to look like a human or something would be nice." Naruto said to the young fox.
"Hmm… I know…" Scylla said quietly. Suddenly, with a poof of smoke, the fox had turned into a girl that looked like Naruto under Sexy no Jutsu. Her eyes were green, though, and her hair was red. And she was fully clothed, in a red tank top and black denim shorts.
"Nice. Now I'm gonna have to fight off pervs…" Naruto sighed…How troublesome… Now he was starting to sound like Shikamaru.
"Did I overdo it?" Scylla asked, lip poked out.
"Naruto realized what she was doing.
The most feared jutsu ever created….
Puppy Eyes no Jutsu.
"Nah, you're fine." Naruto said, giving in to the power.
"Let's go get some ramen, Naruto-kun." Scylla said.
"Naruto-kun? How troublesome… Sure." Naruto said, succumbing to another blast of puppy eyes.
"You know kit, I think she has you whipped." Kyuubi laughed.
"Shut it, fox." Naruto said in his mind.
Naruto and Scylla ate ramen silently in the bar.
What surprised Ichigo, the cook, is that Naruto only ate one bowl. Scylla ate two.
"Hey, Scylla, I need to get some more clothes. The enlargement jutsu wears off quickly, and I really don't like tight pants." Naruto said.
Naruto soon left the Ramen stand and went to the clothing shop. Naruto quietly picked up a couple of sets of a jumpsuit. These jumpsuits had pockets in them, so they could be equipped with weights and such.
Naruto paid for the suits (which means it's on the Hokage's tab) and left without a word.
Why was he so quiet? He focused on one fact. Hinata's engagement to some stranger. He didn't want her hurt again. She was the first to acknowledge him as a great person. He unknowingly was the same to her.
"Why do I care so much? Ah, it doesn't matter. I can muse later." Naruto asked himself quietly.
"It's because you love her." Kyuubi said quietly.
"Yeah, she's a good friend and all… wait, you said I love her? Nah. Even if I did, she's promised, so nothing I can do." Naruto thought-spoke to the demon fox.
"Yes, kit, but I sense something… I think Hiashi was hiding something," Kyuubi said, "You should be ready for anything. After all, why would he give the task to you? Why not someone of higher class, like Kakashi? Or maybe a less dangerous mission? There are too many holes in that speech."
"When you put it that like that, I agree. I'll keep one eye on me and one on Hinata. And on your Granddaughter. I sense that she has something important inside her. A lot of something." Naruto said.
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Naruto stood out in front of Ichiraku Ramen. He saw Scylla gorging out. The collected bowls made Naruto suspect that she had had close to 45 bowls of… miso and shrimp…
Scylla finished her current bowl and placed the bill on Tsuande's tab.
"What, Naruto-kun?" asked Scylla.
" I was just thinking. I never even made it to chunin, yet I'm about to take a mission that only an ANBU should take. Hinata's a competent ninja, being a high level chunin and a Hyuuga. Why do I have to protect her?" Naruto asked her.
"Because. Her father doesn't believe her to be that good. Yes, she has been readmitted as heir apparent to the Main House, and I foresee that she might be the best thing to Kohona, besides you. You know, you two make a cute couple." Scylla winked.
"And you make a cute fox, but I might have to mess that up for you…" Naruto growled.
"Hey, Naruto, what can you tell me about my Grandpa?"
"Well, he taught me a lot of cool techniques and whenever I get into trouble in a fight, he helps. He's kinda like the crazy homicidal uncle that I never had.
" I think I should let you two have some alone time with him to talk about family, once we're out of Kohona." Naruto said.
Naruto was tackled by Scylla. He figured that that meant a lot to her.
"Kit, we need to talk later. When you let me talk to my granddaughter, we'll discuss it." Kyuubi said, a very slight hint of panic in his voice.
"Well, Scylla, I need to go train. Anything you need, buy it and charge it to the Hokage. If you need me, I'll probably be in the hospital from Chakra exhaustion."
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The Day Before the Mission.
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Sure enough… Naruto ended up at the hospital 3 days before the mission. From Chakra exhaustion. Predictable young man, ain't he? Anyhow, Naruto put to much chakra into a kage bunshin and made close to 100,000 clones. Naruto got sent home that night.
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The Day of the Mission
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Hinata and Sakura were waiting on the bridge as Naruto and Scylla in fox form came. Kakashi was right behind him.
Sakura and Hinata yelled "You're late!"
"Actually, you two are early!" Naruto said.
"Oh. I never thought of using that, Naruto. I ought to try it later." Kakashi said.
With that, Naruto and Co. started going.
"Naruto, I've always wondered… how did you beat Haku and Gaara?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura-chan, Hinata-chan, I need you to promise me something…I want you both to listen carefully, and tell me truthfully if you still like me."
"As you know, the demon, Kyuubi , grandfather of this fox behind me attacked the village. The Fourth stopped it."
"Yeah, and killed it by sacrificing himself to the God of Death and killing it." Sakura said.
"Wrong. He sealed it into a little baby, with no mother. Kyuubi is inside me. He is the power I hold. It's a thousand times more of a curse than a blessing. From what we talked about, I have put together a story.
"Orochimaru needed to escape prison. So he sent a snake scout to get Manda, the Boss Snake, to find the greatest demon he could and anger it, and pretend to be Orochimaru. Manda killed Kyuubi's wife and litter while Kyuubi was hunting. Being weak from birth, Manda easily killed the vixen and cubs, only one survived, since he was the Alpha of the litter, and was with Kyuubi, learning to hunt. Kyuubi came back and saw all of his family murdered, with Orochimaru escaping. Kyuubi closely followed , ready to kill whatever was in his path. Manda soon crossed Kohona. Ninja tried to stop it for weeks. The last place it attacked was a hospital on the outskirts. My mother saw it coming. Being a ninja from Hidden Cloud, she got out of her bed, picked me up, and ran. When Kyuubi smashed the building, we barely made it out. The rubble caught her leg and crushed it, mortally wounding her. Kyuubi took pity on me, and as my mother lay dying, The Fourth came by, and saw me lying there, mother having one last breath. The Fourth summoned Gamabunta, the Boss Toad. There was a fierce battle in the forest we are walking in now. Gamabunta held off Kyuubi while the Fourth prepared the suicide technique. But instead of both The 4th and Kyuubi going into the Afterlife, The 4th asked the Death God if Kyuubi had a chance to redeem himself. The Death God said no, but the Fourth asked if Kyuubi could redeem himself through me. So, the Death God sealed Kyuubi in me. That's also why no one would play with me when I was a child. Their parents told them not to, and eventually, kids started to make fun of me. If the 3rd didn't protect me, I wouldn't be here right now." Naruto said.
"What about your father?" Hinata asked.
"He was the Fourth Hokage. It all makes since.. why you are an exact clone of him, why you mastered the Rasengan and can summon Gamabunta and ride him… but why would your own father seal that beast into you?" Kakashi said, visible eye widened.
"Okay, you hold the Kyuubi, the Fourth is your father, and you let people make fun of you?"
"Sakura, haven't you realized I only want to protect this village?"
"With the crap you went through? With your power, I would have snapped by then, and killed anyone in my way!" Sakura said.
"Do you realize why I hated Sasuke now? He lost his family, but at least he had one! I never had one! He had everything he ever needed handed to him! Why I fought so hard against Neji? For one, he beat Hinata, almost killing her and her spirit, and he kept saying how my loss was predetermined fate. I have fought fate every damn day of my life! Why I fought Gaara as well as I could? He had the same childhood, but instead of trying to better himself, he turned into a mindless weapon! All he needed was someone to show him a little love! I showed him what power he had when he needed to protect others. I managed to change the latter two. Neji's one of the best damn ninjas I have seen, now knowing he could control his fate, and Gaara's now the 5th Kazekage! I have the power to change people. By keeping up my moron mask, I've done the world more justice than I would have if I went Gaara. Understand?" Naruto said.
"Naruto… I'm so sorry… if I would have known, I would have been your friend." Sakura said, her voice quiet.
"And I would have never have favored Sasuke. The 4th was my sensei, and I am indebted to him." Kakashi said, turning and smiling at him.
Hinata, though, did the most surprising thing. She broke down into tears.
"Naruto-kun… if I would have known how much pain you were in… I wished I could've been there for you, Naruto…" Hinata said, sobbing madly.
"Thanks…Hinata-chan, don't be sorry…" Naruto gave her a hug and patted her on the back.
"Hey, Uzumaki! Carry me!" Scylla said. 'That ought to ease the mood…'
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That night
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Naruto stared at the stars. The group had stopped to make camp, and it was his watch.
Scylla came from behind and came to Naruto.
"Kit, it's time for the three of us to talk. It's time you learned your true talents."
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I think I'm gonna work in a slight romance between Kyuubi and Inner Sakura. I dunno how that'll work, though. It'd be funny, though.
Update: Rewrote half the chapter, thought it was stupid, and just rewrote a paragraph or too. And grammar, too.