Merry Christmas, one and all, to the next installment of KitsuneX. Let's just say I got a good amount of feedback last time, and I hope you all enjoyed the last chapter, regardless of how you felt about that end part with Supergirl...

ANYWAY onto the story, cause we got a good time ahead!

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX;

"YOU DID WHAT!" What a beautiful morning for the shrieking of shock from the one named Jinx. "How in the- I can't even- BUT WHY!" Interesting vocabulary indeed.

Naruto groaned, sitting in the medical room as Gizmo checked him up. The second he walked in, he collapsed, but what was worse was when he took off his suit and Jinx seen the bruises, as well as welts that still looked to be healing. She had him in there with Gizmo checking on him, and Gizmo himself, after seeing the DAMAGED suit had warranted the right for an explanation. When he got done with that, he told them about why he didn't make it back by nightfall last night, and to say he gave too much information was to understate the matter. Jinx was pissed. "How about freezing those daggers that you are trying to shoot from your eyes and think, then ask, then I can answer. At the moment you forget that I am kind of in the need of a deep hibernation."

Jinx growled under her breath, trying hard not to grind her teeth to dust. "Let me get this straight. You go in, do something for Lex, fight ALL THE KRYPTONIANS, plus the Titans, even DARKSEID of all people, and WIN! Then, as you await a dramatic time to leave, you do the deed with Supergirl? HOW CAN I NOT BE PISSED! You promised me a chance, and look at what you did!"

Naruto did feel a little ashamed of it. The fallout from overusing his powers, the fight itself knocking him around to the point he still couldn't think straight, and the fact he couldn't even MOVE for about five hours was paramount to the whole ordeal. But the facts were not lost on him. "Everything up to the win is correct. I wasn't trying to make a dramatic exit. You try facing all those people alone in the span of an hour and tell me if YOU can move. If she so deemed it necessary to jump my bones, I would have been powerless to stop her. Heck, I doubt I'd have had the strength to fight her off if she wanted to kill me, which is not in their moral code."

Even trying to explain it was difficult, as Jinx just bounced back to the fact it happened. "Obviously not her moral code to keep the paragon of all that is good and righteous if she looks for a fling! Not to mention you could have easily talked her into just leaving you alone! If you could talk her into that, then you could have talked her out of it."

Being amused by zero percent, Naruto just dead-panned his response to that one. "And getting knocked around like a rag-doll, with mental, physical, and spiritual fallout makes me smarter? Forgive me for being the only man in your world to be totally sane and in my right mind enough to say 'sorry I got someone I'm staring at already, and it's not you' because I am quite sure I am hardly sane."

Grabbing and tugging her hair, Jinx growled and groaned out in frustration at once again having to hear his excuses. "You are just unbelievable! I thought we were starting to bond, to finally get things started, you were just about to give me a chance, to finally let me in, and you just go and gobble up a hussy! I thought we had something!"

Naruto sighed and looked down sadly. "Look, nothing I say will be any kind of good news, nor will you even listen. I do feel ashamed, I shouldn't have done that. For quite a couple reasons, actually, but how about you let me talk and then we can judge how to go from here?"

Getting a nod he took a deep breath. "Me and you are not together. Not yet. Until we are actually an item, which we aren't, I have done nothing wrong except get close to you and, suddenly, sexually interact with another woman. But I was not going to keep this from you. Unlike the harlots of MY world, I was going to tell you, say I am sorry, and try to get this all in the past. I would happily go back there, with you in arm, and tell her that until me and you don't work out, she should just forget about me."

Jinx was kind of taken back by that. Between him telling her they weren't together, and then switching to wanting to, she didn't know what to say. He had a point. They weren't together, not really. They haven't gotten past the 'teammate' and 'friend' stage, even after this long together. Sighing she turned her back to him and frowned. She was angry and sad, but most of all frustrated. She needed to think. "Look, until you are feeling better and I am not so furious with you, don't even say a single letter of any word to me. I need to think, and the only thing I have on my mind is yelling at you for doing such a thing after all we have been through. Bye."

She walked out and Naruto sighed heavily at that. He actually expected much worse. He did wonder how this was going to play out. Regardless of his sanity and state of mind, he did, consciously, tease Supergirl and did such. He even promised to visit and share her with Jinx. He'd have to explain that when Jinx was feeling better.

Gizmo snickered a bit before looking to Naruto. "Oh you lucky, and VERY unlucky, bastard. You hit it with a hottie like Supergirl? But now you have to face the wrath of Jinx." Getting a roll of the eyes, he turned serious, frowning as he came up to Naruto. "Look, she's a sister to me. So I have every right to knock you around and deny you medical treatment. Heck, I would even go so far as to torture your ass until you get it through your skull never to do that again!"

Naruto nodded to that. He really didn't know what else to say than what he already did, and Gizmo didn't look finished. Sighing he looked to his short technician. "And I won't. Regardless of what Jinx is thinking or feeling, I do care for her, and I would love to find out if she is the one for me. She's stayed by my side and everything for years. It's high time I let her in... But part of me is scared of it, and the past fact of her going for Cyborg when I arrived pops into my mind. Suddenly it turns into Sakura and Sasuke, not Jinx and Cyborg..."

Softening his glare, Gizmo understood Naruto better than the rest. In fact, Naruto told him everything, every detail, of his past. He knew Naruto didn't want this to go down as his turn to ruin a relationship by going for another person. "Just let her relax. You've been good to her. Heck, before you came along, she would have blasted you to kingdom come because she couldn't control herself! But she's better, calmer, more in control of her powers. She's a better person now, and she's not about to let this ruin her chances of love, when she's so close after years of chasing you."

Naruto smiled at Gizmo, nodding. With a sad sigh he looked back to the door Jinx left through. "Still, what I fear most is my sudden speech to Supergirl. The one that practically started the seducing. That speech, and what I promised, I would rather Jinx not hate me for it all..."

Gizmo caught on that this was going to be the game changer. "Alright, I'll bite... What exactly happened here? You gave her a short and sour version, but there has to be more, knowing you."

Naruto scowled, feeling sick to his stomach. "Promise not to tell her? I want to be the one to do it." getting a nod he groaned more and thought of the best way to put it. Honest and true. He hoped Gizmo didn't fry his ass after this.

XxX One Month Later XxX

It has been a month since Metropolis, and to say that the cool down was relaxing was far from the truth. As soon as the Titans came back, it was all out chaos with Dr. Light, a little mix up between Mad Mod's British insanity trying to turn Jump City into the next palace for the queen, and that small fire turned huge down by the ports when some unknown entity managed to set off some sort of sulfur based bomb.

That wasn't even the whole of the matter, there were suddenly appearances of three people stealing some metal. It had a distinct factor of style with X, but much stealthier, more about the in and out, and it seemed as if some of the time there were not races of anyone, yet something was still stolen. The only reason they knew it was a group of three was a few cameras picked them up. Otherwise, they didn't exist.

Though it wasn't a total flop. The team of Titans were well on their way of growing much stronger and finally beating X without any undo interruptions. The team was in the large main room, Static and Cyborg going over some of the specs of upgrading the tower itself, maybe even invest in some higher grade security overlays to know before hand what is going on.

Starfire was nervously trying to get the hang of cooking, and she was thankful Donna was able to help. The two were much closer now that Nightwing was back in the lead. Raven was meditating as always, and thankful that Beast Boy and Kid Flash were not trying to interrupt her with video games. They were actually trying to figure out the mystery behind the fire awhile ago.

Superboy and Nightwing themselves were the only ones not in the room. Superboy was training, and Nightwing was going to be back from patrol soon. But just when it was getting into a routine, the unexpected happened, and the alarm of the tower went off.

Raven awoke with a start, and everyone looked to the alarm system. It was their own tower! Cyborg jumped from the system's platform and rushed to the main computer, and started checking the systems. Kid Flash looked to him. "Hey, the lock-down start up? I could check the place if I had clear passage!"

Cyborg clicked open all the doors and started on finding the intruder. "Go, man, I got this!" Raven was already doing the same, and she gasped as she felt the energy new to the tower. Turning when he heard that, Cyborg stopped looking. "What is it? Find them?"

Raven looked to the door, as did everyone, and they all saw someone standing there. "It's someone from the world X came from..."

Kid Flash stopped, having tried to race off when he saw the intruder. Hearing Raven he looked shocked. "No way! The three who got away from us were blondes... and a pink haired girl. This is none of those!"

It was true, as a young woman with long black hair and pale lavender eyes stood in the doorway, holding a travel bag and wearing a sleeveless Gi with a badge of some sort on her chest, telling the school of martial arts she hails from. "Hello, Titans. Am I interrupting something?"

Raven was sure of it, this woman was from the same world. But they never knew this one from the group after X. "Who are you, are you here to get revenge for when we beat your team that ambushed us?"

The woman smiled kindly, setting her bag on the ground. "Not at all. In fact, I should be thanking you for that." She frowned after that, looking around. "I guess he isn't here at the moment..."

Cyborg had his canon aimed, but not activated. "Who you looking for? And why did you break in if not to attack us?"

The Woman put her hands together and bowed. "My name is Hinata Hyuuga... I am certain you know of my cousin, Neji?"

That clicked to them, they remembered the pale eyes from the guy they sent back. Starfire was up in the air, her hands and eyes glowing. "So you ARE here for revenge, for us sending him back to the world you came from?"

Hinata raised back up and glared at Starfire. "No. I am not. My purpose here is to ask the one named Nightwing a question. Seeing as this tower is not open to the public, the only way for me to come in would be to walk in. Which I did, and it was easy."

Static knew otherwise. "Come on, girl, you gotta be kidding me. This place isn't running on outdated software here."

Smiling at the electrical hero, Hinata crossed her arms under her chest. "No, but you forget. I am a Ninja, and a very good one at that. To me, as it was to the group my cousin came with last time, the system is only that, a system. It can be beat."

It was strange, Raven felt something powerful and hidden inside this woman, but didn't really understand what. It was as if she was two people. Seeing as Hinata wasn't moving, she was calm and collected just standing there, Raven looked to her team. They were all ready to fight if she moved against them.

Hinata sighed and raised her hands up, as if surrendering. "I did not come here to fight you. I came here to talk to Nightwing. I am willing to sit and wait, but I am not the one acting hostile here."

Well that through them all for a loop. She breaks in, is a part of the same world the others were, and not wanting to be hostile. Thankfully, Donna saw this as true and, being second in command of the team, stood down. "It's ok guys. She's right, she hasn't attacked us. If she was truly as strong as the others, she would have already attacked."

Hinata frowned at that, glaring at the amazonian. "Not as strong? Sorry, but I am even stronger than them. I would watch that tone... if you would be so kind."

That took Donna back, and she could feel the frustration at her remark aimed at her. Thankfully, this little meet and greet got back on track with Nightwing coming into the room, but instead of a normal hello, a surprise attack, or even a simple question, it was a gawking shock to him that Hinata was even here. "Hinata? What are you doing here? I thought you were still in training!"

Hinata smiled and turned around slowly, lowing her hands. "I was, but I had finished a few months upon your departure. I see you are using the skills from Dragon-sensei well, if the rumors from Metropolis are true." With that she bowed to him.

After all the training he endured with this woman he could only show respect for her, and bowed back, smiling. "Nice to see you again. But what brings you to Jump? It can't be for X, can it? He's not made a move in awhile."

Hinata shook her head and sighed. "It may be him I am worried about, but it's not he who makes me worry. The same style of stealth, productive items for my world, I think the three who went underground have come back."

The team behind them were quite confused what was going on. Beast Boy spoke up, shaking wildly to get the stupor out of his current look. "Whoa, dude! You KNOW this chick?"

Nightwing turned to his team, all looked like they were ready for a fight a moment ago. Nightwing had responded to the break in, but thinking on it, he knew what was going on now. Smiling he turned to his team. "Sorry. Yeah, this is Hinata. She's a fellow disciple. When I was out looking to be trained, I found someone who was named 'the true master'. Turns out they weren't. Seeing my potential, and the skill I had as a fighter, she had shown me the way to the REAL master, the greatest of all... Someone who even taught my former...partner."

That took them by surprise. Even though they didn't enjoy what Batman did, they had to respect his presence, and what he represented... well, all but Starfire. "Why would you want to be trained by someone who taught the one who tossed you aside?"

Nightwing turned to her. "Because he's good. He's the greatest master of the arts in the world, and he's supportive of all ideals. He only takes in students who will use his skills to bring peace to the world. Batman is fighting criminals and psychopaths, and I want to stop criminals and evil-doers as well."

Hinata stepped up to this. "I was already there for awhile. Learning much of his teachings. Nightwing came along half a year ago, asking to be trained. He had to prove himself, he was lost down a path of power, and Dragon-sensei had helped him see the right path. After that, we became training partners. But the past can wait..."

Looking to her, Nightwing nodded. He came down to his team. "Believe me, you do not want to fight her. If she went all out, I doubt I could. If she is here to help us take on the three who got away during my leave, then it's time to send them back."

Smiling kindly, Hinata spoke up. "You'd be strong enough, Nightwing, if you had completed your training."

Raven looked to her, though ignoring that last comment. "One of them wanted to go back anyway. Why would they have changed their minds? And what of you? Wouldn't you like to return?"

Hinata looked down a bit, crossing her arms. "There is much to my old world that I would like to return to... Given the chance, I may. But I have things to do here before I go. If I am to return, it will only be when the one I love is safe from danger."

The team stopped their readiness to fight and Starfire looked taken back. Flying up to her, she was curious. "Who is this one you love?"

Hinata looked to Nightwing, talking to him. "You've met him on multiple occasions. Didn't you? I seen how you fight. You have learned from him. Blonde hair? Blue eyes? My Naruto-kun."

Cyborg knew that guy, he wouldn't forget him. "The same guy who told us about X and the guys we sent back? Speaking of, where is he anyway?"

Hinata gave a sly smile. "Oh, he's closer than you think. But that is not for me to say. Wherever he is, I just want him to live and be happy, to finally find love... For the three who failed to return have crushed his heart, and may look to do that again. Whatever reason Ino may have wanted out for, I believe Sakura, the pink haired one, would more than likely have pushed her into going. What shocks me more, though, is her not taking Sasuke..."

Raven knew each member and knew what she was talking about. Ino was the one who so desperately wanted back. If she was pressured into this, maybe there was a weak link in the group she could exploit if they catch them. "I think the Ino in the group would be someone to talk to. Maybe I can help break them up, get them back without trouble."

Donna had another idea though. "We should figure this out, plan, because whatever made them leave, it has them ready for whatever we throw at them. Maybe you can help us understand what they took, and why?"

Hinata smiled at Donna and bowed. "As long as you will have me. I will do what I can to help. Until my mission is complete, I would rather not go back yet." Getting an agreement from some of them, she smiled to the group. "I am happy to be of service."

XxX Secret Hideout Underground XxX

"Will this even work? I feel horrible doing this thief thing... You?" A blonde with pig-tails said as she sewn up some cloth.

Next to her was another blonde, this one with a long ponytail. "Same... but if Naruto could do it, we can. Sakura said this was the only way for us to talk to Naruto, to emulate him. Sorry if she had to bring you in on this, Temari..."

Temari sighed and stopped. Looking to her partner, she smiled sadly. "You aren't the only one who wanted to say sorry, Ino. I know we should have just left, I know you'd have rather done so. It took Sakura a good bit of explaining for you to agree. I should have told her I would be just fine for the group. But we are here now, and Sakura's plan isn't that horrible."

Ino looked down, stopping her own sewing. "Sometimes I wonder... She's been so unstable... Between being Sasuke's toy, to being someone to say sorry, I don't know what to think anymore. This whole year has been nothing but pain, she's been between unholy rage and overwhelming grief. I wonder if we can ever do this. She needs psychological treatment, and I've been completely shut of ever since the memory wipe I gave Naruto..."

After a few more minutes, Temari sighed, fighting back the tears. "What are we doing, Ino? We came here as a group to bring back Naruto, who had abandoned us. But what were we really doing? After everything, the final straw that broke his heart, the final rejection that broke his will, and the final betrayal that broke his mind. Everything finally came closing in on him, and all we were doing was going against his wishes of being left alone. The power he wields, we can't face that. We can't get him back. And even if we apologize, we don't belong here."

Ino was already crying, but she started working again. "I gave up my chance of a peaceful life back in our dimension, gave up going back with the rest, so that I could do one thing and one thing only. Apologize, and beg forgiveness. I've come this far, and if I learned anything with Naruto, it's to never give up on your beliefs. And I believe to finally be free, to be happy, I need to be forgiven. What I did was unforgivable, but that doesn't matter. I learned my mistake, and I want him to know I am sorry. So here I am, following the crazy plan Sakura has, all for that reason."

Temari looked surprised at Ino, seeing her suddenly confident, strong. She hasn't seen her like that in a very long time. "But what about Sakura? What will she do?"

Ino shook her head, finishing her first project. "No idea. She's as likely to beg him for forgiveness as she is fight him until he's no more, which won't happen. It doesn't matter. We're here, we have a plan. We can go back when we repent... Right?"

Temari heard the doubt in Ino's voice and smiled sadly, but nodded. She believed it could be done. "Repenting is good. Maybe I will do the same. Whatever happens, whatever we do with Sakura... All I care about is being forgiven. Then, I'll go straight to Titan Tower and beg to be sent back."

Smiling at that, Ino held up the project. It was a purple cloak, with small flower designs in them. The back had flowers on them, two full blooms in the shape of an X. "Think this will get his attention?"

Temari chuckled, looking at it and then to her own. It was black, but had her own fan on the back, one upside down and another right side up, and the three dots on each. They were put in a way to make an X as well. "I do. But hopefully not the bad kind... I'd rather now have him hate us for copying the X. But that is what we are. His Ex's."

Getting back to work, Ino started making the next project. She stopped when she thought of something. "I wonder what Sakura's would be..."

In another room, Sakura was holding said cloak. It was a dark red, with the back as a single flower, and a big X from shoulders to bottom trim. She looked at it and was having an internal debate with herself. One part of her wanted to explain, try and get Naruto to come back, maybe make it work with him, something and anything to fix this. Another wanted to hurt him horribly, to see him suffer, and end him for his misdeeds. But the one thing that always one out was she needed to talk to him, say something. She just didn't know if it was a sorry, or a threat. She had been this way ever since Sasuke came back. She was happy with Naruto. Sure, she wasn't letting him get close, but she was finally opening up.

Naruto may have seen her as tossing him aside or being harsh, and part of her agreed. But she was finally opening up... Finally going to let him in. Then Sasuke shown up, and everything just went to shit. Part of her was suspicious if Sasuke did something to her, but another part argued against it with a passion. She had to do something, but she didn't know what... "If Sasuke was here, he'd have an idea..." "YEAH KEEP TELLING YOURSELF THAT! All he's given us was trouble! If he hadn't had us so against Naruto, we'd probably be in Konoha right now and having a picnic with Ino!" "And what if he hates Naruto, it's for a damn good reason!"

Groaning and holding her head, Sakura just shook herself from thought. "I need some fresh air! I can't think in this dank cave!" With that she hoped off the bed and went to go and do something. "Maybe I'll give searching one more try..."

XxX Pandora Hideout XxX

Naruto was waiting for the impending doom to be wrought upon his head. After Jinx told him never to speak to her again until she was ready, he had waited patiently. Finally, she calmed down enough to talk to him, and wanted answers to some of her questions. Gladly, he answered, and gave her every bit of information, even his willingness at the time, even after his whole ordeal made him unfit for thought.

And that's when she was frozen in front of him, a blank look on her face, as if she had become a literal statue, with no feeling whatsoever. Naruto was trying to figure out what way he would be dying... Knife? Frying pan? Overload of her powers to bring all the base in on itself and kill them all in a blaze of rage? As he continued to count down the ways to die, he wondered if there was a way to go back in time, fix this little mishap.

Jinx stood up from her seat and stared at Naruto, who was sitting still. They were currently in the training room, where he had been when Jinx came in. He gulped seeing her walk up to him. "Well, at least I laid it all out to her. No regrets except the fact it happened."

Jinx put her hands on her hips and bent forward, smiling... wait.. smiling? "So, you really wanna make it up to me then? Regardless of your promise, you'll tell her to wait? You would even... how did Gizmo put it? 'Make amends and give even more' to me? Well, that's an inciting thought. But I think I would rather know more about you, and be a part of your heart, instead of your bedroom experiences."

Standing up and offering a hand, she smiled happily and stared with a look full of love. "How about a night on the town, just the two of us, and letting who we are, not just some persona we carry, come out into the open. Give me my chance, Naruto."

That shocked him for a good minute. But seeing her giving him a second chance, he smiled and stood up, taking her hand and holding it when she helped him up. Nodding, he sighed. "Giving me a second chance, it's only fair to give you your chance."

Jinx smiled more and grabbed his collar of his shirt and pulled him down, kissing him deeply. Naruto would have been shocked about this but considering everything they've done so far, kissing and hugging and teasing and more, he just smiled into the kiss and gave one back.

Jinx sighed when they broke apart and held him close, nuzzling him. When he held her close to his chest she relaxed into it. "Let's keep a low profile. After everything we've been through the past year or so, it's time to calm down and relax. Enjoy our possessions. Besides, I think Mammoth and Gizmo would enjoy playing some of the games with you again."

Naruto chuckled and smiled, looking down to Jinx. "True. I guess it's time for a break. It's not like we're slacking off in our training." After the two of them felt the need to move or get cramps from standing in one place too long, he waked Jinx out of the training room. "So, first date this weekend? I'll pick a good place."

Jinx sighed and held his arm, happily walking with him. "Sounds good. I'd go for a burger joint as long as we got to hang out without having to fight the Titans." Then a thought crossed her mind. "Maybe it's time I change my look. Because if I go out like I normally do, the Titans are sure to notice... Especially the police." With that on the back burner, she just enjoyed Naruto's company.

XxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxXxX;

And there you have it, after a long wait, it's back! Sorry for that folks, I hope you can understand, and be patient with me...

Now, I want to go over a few things here, yes I realize the last chapter had a massive hole in Naruto's character, considering the whole thing with Supergirl, but realize something here, that Naruto wasn't with Jinx yet. Sure, they teased, and even kissed and hugged, but it was flirting and stuff, not really getting together. Naruto was still scared about it, and such. Now, I hope you all can just let this be, but knowing you all, and knowing I have made many a mistake in this story, I am sorry if you cannot take it anymore. I still hope you enjoy the story, or have enjoyed up to this point, and have a very Merry Christmas.