Naruto didn't waste any time getting Hinata back to the manor. He knew that he had to hurry or else he could lose her forever. It seemed that whatever that demon did to her, it had poisoned her. Yet it was a poison that didn't go through the blood but through chakra. At least, that was what Kakashi had mentioned. Looking down at the blue haired woman in his arms, he wanted to do anything that he could in order to save her.

But what could he do?

"Naruto, at this rate we won't make it back in time. We'll have to do this now!" Kakashi said with a narrow of his lone eye.

"How do we do that?!" growled out Naruto.

"You'll have to use your chakra. You're chakra is immune to poison, so it should be able to be an anti-venom for Hinata." Kakashi calmly said, hoping that his words reached him.

"But how?!" Growled Naruto, his eyes turning blood red as he started to lose himself to his rage and anger at the thought of losing Hinata.

"Calm down idiot." Kakashi said with a sigh before telling the blonde to lay Hinata down on the ground and to place a hand over her chest. Though, Naruto blushed red at the thought. "Just over her heart Naruto, the heart is where life is, where chakra starts and ends. Pump your chakra through there and you'll be able to stop it and we can get her back to the manor so we can get the rest of her wounds treated."

Naruto nodded his head as he turned to the woman that held his heart. He knew that if he lost her that he wouldn't know what to do with his life. Everything would be meaningless and he couldn't live with that. Reaching forward, removing his gloved hand Naruto set his hand over Hinata's heart, trying to ignore the fact that his hand was pretty much on her breast as he closed his eyes. Focusing his chakra to flow forth from his heart, from the depth of his heart and soul to flow through his body and into Hinata so it could fight the venom and save her.

"Careful Naruto, if you put too much you could hurt her. Your chakra isn't like hers." What did he mean by that? Did he know something about- never mind, of course Kakashi knows that there is something off about Naruto.

He could feel his chakra seeping through his palm and flowing into Hinata, he could even feel the venom in her chakra as it slowly ate away at her. How was it that he could do this? Was this a part of his clan? Something that only his family could do or was it so much more than this? He had no idea, though he just hoped that he would get an answer one day. Or at least soon.

He had a feeling of dread looming over his head every day and every day it just got stronger and stronger. Why?

Shaking his head, Naruto took another deep breath, hoping that he had managed to put enough of his chakra within Hinata in the hopes of it healing her.

Before he could be sure, Naruto felt Kakashi pull him back, causing the younger man to snarl at the older man. "Relax, anymore of your chakra and it could have killed her. What is there is enough to save her from the poison. Let's get her back to the manor and treated."

Nodding his head, the young man lifted Hinata back into his arms and started to run back to the manor. God, it seemed like the universe wanted to throw him one problem after another. Turning his gaze to Hinata, he knew that everything was going to be difficult for him, he knew that it would get harder and harder from here on out. More so with how Hinata went out to fight off a demon just so she could save children.

Her heart was just so pure… He didn't deserve someone like her.

Letting out a soft sigh, the young man pushed himself harder and harder so he could hurry up to the manor. He was thankful that they weren't that much further, but it still felt like it was taking forever just to get her back. "N… Naru…-kun…" Hinata whispered, causing him to look down and stare at her with wide eyes. "I… I…" Naruto strained his ears so he could listen to her, wondering what it was that she was trying to say.

"Hinata?" he whispered softly.

"I… I'm… sorry. I just… wanted to show that… I can hold my own." Hinata whispered softly, her eyes looking at Naruto with clouded vision. Looks like the little remaining strength that she had left had been spent as she started to drift off to sleep. Holding her more, Naruto felt his power spike, he growled, eyes glowing a deep crimson as he tried to keep himself in check.

"Naruto, you need to calm down."

"I'll calm down when she's been treated!" Shouted Naruto, trying so hard to get himself to calm down but it felt like his body couldn't stop it. Breathing deeply, Naruto looked on ahead and stared at the manor, it was in sight and knew that he would feel better when they took her. Closing his eyes, the young man tried to get himself to calm down but it seemed that he couldn't control himself.

"Quick! Get the princess away from Naruto!" shouted Kakashi, hoping that the guards would take Hinata away from the enraging blonde. There was no hope for Naruto now, the seal must have been breaking now, and there was no way that he would be able to control himself. The rage from earlier, from the idea that Hinata had been hurt was enraging 'the beast' within.

One of the guards managed to make their way to Naruto and quickly took Hinata. Yet, the blonde tried to snap at the guard, only for Kakashi to grab a hold of him. "Get inside, and don't come out!" shouted Kakashi as he tried to get the men to go back inside as quickly as possible.

Naruto snarled and growled as he tried to break free of Kakashi's hold. It seemed that no matter what happened, he couldn't break free of the silver haired man's hold. If there was one thing that he knew, it was that he would have to get this to stop by taking Naruto to the forest.

The moment though that they entered the forest, Naruto let out an animal-like roar as it seemed his chakra exploded around him in a fiery inferno. Snarling, Naruto turned to Kakashi and bent forward on all fours as if he believed that he was an animal. Kakashi narrowed his lone eye, knowing that this would have happened sooner or later, but he would rather have it happen while Hinata was not around. If that had, there was no telling what could have happened.

Because Naruto hadn't been raised as he should, his power was overwhelming and needed an outlet so to speak. A way to let out all of this pent up animalistic desire to attack and kill. Once all that energy was out, his chakra would level out allowing him to adjust to it.

At least, he hoped that would be the case to it.

Growling himself, Kakashi braced himself as he got ready for Naruto's attack. Depending on how much power he used, he would debate whether or not to transform himself.

Naruto let out one last roar before he rushed forward, swiping his claws at the silvery grey haired man. Kakashi dodged and slammed his palm at the back of Naruto's neck, hoping to pin him though that only made Naruto twist his body to kick Kakashi in the side of his head. Yelping in shock, Kakashi skid on the ground as he glared at Naruto. It seemed the blonde still knew how to fight like a man rather than a beast.

Taking a closer look, he saw that Naruto's body was starting to change though, not by much. Not like it would surprise him all that much. This would be how Naruto should look, not the illusion that had been created all those years ago. 'Remember Kakashi, it was to protect him' Kakashi said to himself as he took a deep breath, hoping that it would be enough to justify his reasonings after all these years.

A roar broke out, making Kakashi know that he may as well drop down his own disguise, though it wouldn't change his appearance much. Closing his eyes for a brief moment, he whispered "Release!" Silvery white wolf ears appeared at the top of his head and a long furry tail grew out before he wrapped it around his waist. "Bring it Naruto." Kakashi said with a smirk before rushing forward.

Snarling, Naruto rushed forward and swiped his claws at the silvery grey haired man. Kakashi's eye glowed gold as he spun around and kick the blonde in the head causing him to fly into a nearby tree. Yet, that didn't stop the enraged blonde haired man. He spun in the air, breaking his landing on a tree before pushing himself off into the air and went to strike.

Kakashi growled as he crossed his arms, blocking Naruto's strike before kicking him in the stomach. It seemed that this wasn't going to be as easy as he thought. The animalistic part of his nature was using the power and abilities that he had learned throughout his life, making it harder to fight him. "Naruto, you need to calm down." No answer.

Of course there wouldn't be an answer from Naruto. He was too far gone in the base of instinct at this point. There was no telling what would happen at this point, though he knew that he would have to be careful either way. Narrowing his lone eye, Kakashi had to think on what he should do. Or what he could do to get Naruto to release more of his chakra so he could break free. Hm… oh. That could work though he wasn't a hundred percent sure if it would but, couldn't hurt to try at the very least.

Kakashi took a deep breath before he narrowed his lone eye on the blonde, his pupil dilating to a narrow slit as he growled. Fight a demon, with a demon.

The blonde rushed forward, Kakashi of course only dodged as he slapped Naruto hard across the face with his tail. Hoping that would be enough to slow him down. Yet at the same time he knew that it wouldn't be enough as of yet.

Snarling, the blonde turned to his enemy or at the very least his target before rushing forward once again. Kakashi kept this up, hoping that he could tire Naruto out though it was taking a lot longer than it should be. Though what was he to expect? There was a lot of build up within Naruto and it would take a little while until he had let out all of his energy.

Kakashi rushed forward, charging toward Naruto before jumping over him and flipped in the air. "Sorry Naruto." Kakashi said before shooting his hand upward as thunder and lightning started to crackle in his palm. "I hope you can forgive me for this but it may be the only thing that I can do." Pushing more of his energy into his hand, Kakashi felt the attack growing in power, not enough to kill Naruto but enough to get the young man to stop in his tracks. "Lightning Blade!" shouted Kakashi as he thrust his hand downward as a bolt of electricity made contact with Naruto's body. Not going through his body, no, more like it going around his body as it caused the young man pain in his body.

Naruto screamed as he felt his entire body going through an electrical surge. His eyes widened before the red bled away from his sight and pupils returning to their rounded shape. Kakashi landed on the ground as he stared at Naruto as the electricity still surged through him. Narrowing his eyes, Kakashi closed his hand and like that, the power faded and Naruto fell to the ground.

"There… he should be back to normal." Kakashi whispered.

"Kakashi?"

Whipping his body to turn, Kakashi saw that Iruka was staring at him with wide eyes. His hand almost shooting to the sword at his side only to shake. It seemed that Iruka was having second thoughts about attacking him, yet his hand still hovered over the weapon. His body was most likely reacting to the desire to protect himself from a demon attack. "Iruka." Kakashi whispered softly before turning his gaze to Naruto who was still out cold.

"What happened? What are you!? And what is wrong with Naruto? I came out hearing a fight and then this happened!" Kakashi knew that he couldn't hide this from Iruka, he had pretty much seen the truth and he couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Will be willing to listen to an old man tell his tale before you misjudge me?" asked Kakashi with a frown.

"Depends." Iruka answered.

"Fine. What does it depend." Kakashi whispered.

"You'll have to tell Naruto the truth, this way you won't have to repeat the same story twice, plus he's gonna wonder why he has fox ears and nine tails." Iruka pointed out.

Kakashi cursed, he hadn't thought of that, though he knew that this was something that had to be done. Of all the things that he had to agree too it had to be this of all things? "I can't, he isn't ready to know the truth yet Iruka. If I explain my own story, I'd have to… to tell him about his parents and their fates."

"Kakashi, he is a grown man and needs to learn. His past may not be a happy one but it didn't make him who he is." Iruka said, his nervousness seeming to for the most part vanish as he didn't see that Kakashi was going to attack. The pain in the older man's eye showed him what he needed to know.

He was hurting.

Letting out a shaky breath, Kakashi turned to Iruka for a moment before sitting down on the ground before crossing his arms in deep thought. "How can I tell him though? Would he even believe me?"

"Kakashi," Iruka began, gaining the man in question's attention. "He has fox ears and tails, gonna be hard to lie to him. If anything, he'll be freaked out more than anything." Okay, Kakashi had to give him that, it would make a lot of sense for Naruto to be freaked out and panicked. "Answer me this though, how did he… turn into this?"

"He hadn't given himself enough time to rest. With his stress, along with Hinata blacking out from poisoning and injuries, it had set him off. Though just not right away, more like a bit of a delayed reaction so to speak. He already has amazing control over his chakra but well, the seal broke further and now well, this is the result." Kakashi explained with a soft sigh. Turning his attention to the brown haired man, he calmly said "It would have happened eventually, but with everything going on, it is almost fully broken. When it's fully broken, there is no way of knowing if he'll ever return to appearing human."

Iruka frowned a little as he heard Kakashi's explanation and slowly made his way over to the other man. Taking a seat, he stared at him and tilted his head to the side. As if expecting more out of the silvery grey haired man though Kakashi just seemed to sigh. "I wish Minato and Kushina were here, if they were then they could explain all of this to Naruto but, sadly it doesn't seem to be happening. They had died to protect their son and home and now, their son has to pay the price."

"What price are you talking about?" asked Iruka.

"His very life."

Iruka stared with wide eyes, not sure why something like that had been put on Naruto like that. Though, it just made Iruka want to ask more questions yet it seemed as if the rest of the questions were for the story that Kakashi would have to speak to Naruto.

A soft groan was heard as both men turned to stare at Naruto. They both knew that they would have to get Naruto to return to normal, but first well…

"Ah!" Shouted Naruto as he woke up, noticing the claws the first moment he woke up. Only to scream more when he saw the nine tails swishing around him in his panic. Reaching to the top of his head, he felt the fox ears and stared at Kakashi and screamed all the more. Kakashi though just rolled his eye and slapped the back of Naruto's head with his tail. "OW!"

"Shut up Naruto, I know you have many questions but just calm the hell down first." Kakashi snarled out only to take a deep calming breath. Of all the times he had to explain the past it had to be while Naruto was in this state of mind? More so when he wasn't even ready to hear such details? "Now, what do you want to ask first?"

"Why are you a demon?! How did you appear human?!" shouted Naruto.

"I'm a demon, as for how I appeared human I had a potion that made me change so I could blend in to find and keep you safe for when the moment is right." Kakashi explained with a soft sigh.

"Explain why though? Why am I like this?" asked Naruto with a frown on his face.

"To talk to you about your family of course, and your homeland." Kakashi answered him with a soft sigh only to stare at Naruto.

"Protect me? Why would you want to protect me in the first place Kakashi?" asked Naruto with a frown on his face.

Kakashi's stare turned serious, professional really. He pushed himself to kneel before the blonde as he said "To keep my vow to the king and queen of demon's, to protect their only child and the true heir to the throne. I am to protect you, Prince Naruto Uzumaki."


originally I had something completely different in mind for the reveal but, I'm starting to run out of ideas for the story so I may start to wrap this up in a few chapters or so, but still keeping up pace so to speak, but yes, Naruto is a prince, just not the kind he wanted to be. Next chapter will be Naruto's past that we all wanted to learn!