AN : This time, Naruto have a hot-headed Uchiha that loves him and he harbor the same feelings. Also, he will show his predatory side for the first time...

Disclaim : I don't own anything!

Chapter 2

Naruto and Suki walked through the village after their date. Naruto's arm war wrapped around the girl's waist while she wrapped her arm around his with her head on his shoulder. Both had an expression long lost and was rarely seen : a true smile of happiness. As they walked, Naruto decided to tell her something...

"Suki-chan, I now understand exactly how you felt. Getting used to something then losing it all of the sudden is the worst. I'm kinda lucky that I didn't feel the same.." Naruto said with conviction as the raventte sighed.

"You're wrong, Naruto-kun. I mean, you had it worst than anyone else. I know that we got many things out of our chasts recently, but I know how to redeem myself. Smothering you with my love, the one thing I can give you." Suki replied with a soft smile. Naruto smiled at her his true smile, not the fake ones he gave everyone else.

"You know, we never agreed where we'll live?" Naruto said with a sly smirk. Suki raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" The lass asked. Naruto sighed.

"I don't want to be away from you, ever again. I mean, last time when you left, I became a shell of my former self, and Ero-sennin wasted three years on doing NOTHING!" Naruto finally confessed and Suki felt her heart clench. Naruto was this deep? How much bull did he take all his life?

"Naruto-kun, I love you, but you should get everything out of your chest. Will you tell me the truth?" Suki asked him pleadingly as Naruto muttered to himself...

"The truth? The truth? The truth is that I was sabotaged by everyone. The truth is that only you, Kurama and Sai to a lesser extant are the three only people who were always honest to me. The truth is that I was betrayed and sold out by everyone. The truth is that I don't have any trust anymore, I don't even know who I am, where I stand in the food chain, or for how long I stand in the top of this world?" Naruto replied to Suki who simply sighed. The blond in front of her is a worse case than her...

"Naruto-kun, the least I can do is to help you get the old you back..." Suki said to Naruto who shook his head 'No' before he replied, "I can easily see the pain in your eyes. If there's something you want to get out of your chest, I'm always here for you, Suki-chan, 24/7/365, just for you!" Naruto said with his true warm smile. Suki simply laughed at this.

Naruto's smile got widder, her laugh was the most melodious thing he ever heard. Suki's voice was like silk, that's why he always wanted her to talk more. Naruto smiled as he realised, "Suki-chan, your laugh is the best voice I ever heard!" The blond declared before he opened his mouth and his eyes widdened.

"Why thank you, Naruto-kun! Maybe you'll hear it more in another decade or so?" She replied sarcasticly. Naruto shook his head as he frowned.

"You know that I can tickle you if I want to, right? Besides, in brute strength, I got the edge!" Naruto said with a sly smirk as Suki glared at him.

"Naruto-kun, I swear if you ever think of it, I'm going to kick your ass!" Suki threatened with her fiercest glare and Naruto laughed at her.

"Too bad for you that I'm stronger than you, but it will be worth it to hear that beautiful laugh of your." Naruto said as she blushed lightly.

A few hours later, Naruto was in front of Tsunade who sighed.

"Naruto, do you want me to promote you and Suki?" Tsunade asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes at her.

"No, because being a genin is much better!" Naruto mocked her, "Of course we want to. Why not?" Tsunade narrowed her eyes at him, "You really want to know why I didn't promote you, yet?"

Naruto snorted at this. "Let me guess, favoritism?" Tsunade nodded only for Naruto to glare at her, "That's rich coming from you!" Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

"Well, I got a solution. I'll issue a challenge in which you'll compete!" Naruto nodded before he grined a predatorial grin, "You're on it!"

Tsunade sighed before she declared, "I'll promote you, if you fight the Konoha 11 and Yamato, without using any jutsu." Naruto smirked, "Five minutes!" Tsunade raised an eyebrow before Naruto clarified, "All I need is five minutes, one versus twelve!" Then he dissapeared in a flash.

"He didn't even wait to know when..." Tsunade said before the headache struck her, in full. "Damn brat! He's gotten stronger, and scarier. I guess he's still sore about the whole thing..." Tsunade then remembered exactly why Naruto turned out like this : Being mistreated to this very day! Maybe she'll make him the Hokage? After all, she's just a seat warmer and she doubted that Kakashi would want the job. But she also knows that Naruto is also... An orphan with the worst kind of past. He might even be mentally unstabble, the way he attacked her, his eyes showed betrayal more than anything.

"Kami-sama, what have I done? I might've lost my best ninja forever! I might have broken his trust to everyone!" Tsunade realised exactly what happened to him.

Meanwhile, Suki was looking at her old house, the only one that remained from Pein's attack on Konoha. She hated to admit it, but Naruto's effort to make the villagers accept her made her finally feel at ease. Sure, the blond deserved better, but he told her on their date that he won't accept any girl that's not close to his level or doesn't share his true dream...

Speaking of the devil, he hiraishined right behind her and said, "Yo! A ryo for your thoughts, Suki-chan?" He really startled her, how could he be so stealthy was beyond her. His old outfit was screaming, "Attack me!" For Kami's sake! She turned to him and replied, "You! How did you made the villagers accept me?" Naruto chuckled darkly...

"I had to... Rip off a few heads so to speak!" Naruto showed her his predatory, blood-thirsty and demonic smirk. That sent shievers down her spines. "Naruto, how?" Suki said in utter disbelief and the blond crackled before he exploded in a fit of laughs...

"Believe it or not, this is our secret! Also, I told them that you were protecting Konoha from the shadows. One last thing, I must fight my "friends" as Tsunade-baachan calls them!" Suki nodded. However she became conserned about her most precious person, the boy she loved the most. Or rather, the man she loved the most. While Naruto is still growing, he's also mature for his age. She was the only one who knew that...

"What? Am I supposed to let them be a threat to you and our future children? No thank you!" Naruto said with a smile as Suki raised an eyebrow.

"Our future children? Hello, we just finished our firt date?" Suki asked the blond while secretly, she was happy he wanted them to have the one thing they longed for : a family. Naruto smiled warmly at her...

"I know that you want a lot of children, and I promissed Kaa-chan that I'll make her a grandmother of at least six Uzumaki blooded children.." Naruto said in embarassement, blushing a bit.

"You blush like an academy student, you know?" Suki muttered before she laughed, "I guess we can have them one day... Where you're the Rokudaime?"

Naruto smiled at this. Maybe he'll ask her something that was plaguing his mind, "Say, Suki-chan, is it true that all the Uchiha laddies never marry any man that's below them, power wise or in statue?" Suki nodded while smirking, "So, I guess that you're from a warrior clan, huh? The Uzumaki clan?" Naruto smiled as he nodded.

"You know that one of team Taka is an Uzumaki, right? Karin is her name." Suki said and Naruto smirked, "Maybe they should get here soon?" Suki smiled at him, he really wanted her and everyone precious to her to be happy. This is Naruto's nature : His weakness is that he's too kind and sweet for his own good... Unless provoked or in a battle.

"So, since you lost to me, how are you planning to win this time?" Suki said with a sly tone. Naruto smirked, "Like this!" He said before he went to kiss the life out of the poor girl. They were lucky to be in the Uchiha district. A few minutes have passed, and Suki realised that Naruto, despite his inexperience, is an amazing kisser.

As they broke the kiss, Suki, yet again, gasped for air as Naruto... licked his lips? The blond smiled his true warm and happy smile that was reserved just for her now, "Suki-chan, you are the most tasty thing I ever had the chance to try, and would ever have the chance to try. I hope I'll be the Hokage pretty soon, but I want to offer you something in advance : Would you please be the one person I would pay hell as a price to protect, and yet, die smilling?"

Suki was shocked by this, was he proposing to her? She wanted to make sure of it, "Naruto-kun, we only had ONE date you know that?" Naruto nodded, "I just wanted to know if I love you or not. All I can say is that I feel that you were made especially for me, all the voices that I used to have died ever since we begun dating, when I'm with you I feel that I don't want to be away from you, never again! Suki-chan, I want to propose to you, but as the Hokage, not as a genin, or even the jonin commander!"

Suki smiled at this. She realised her value to Naruto, her beloved blond baka. "Naruto-kun, seriously? You want me to marry you when you become the Hokage?" Naruto cracked a smile at this, "I can't be any less to marry the best girl I ever knew." Suki shook her head before she became gloomy, "I thought that Hinata is the best girl for you?" Naruto sensed her jealousy and laughed at her before he said in a tone filled with mirth and amusement, "She only knows one of my sides, and not the ugly one. You know both, you remember how I was when I was a kid, no?"

"I know exactly what you went through all these years, you know? But I never thought it was THIS bad.. Is your will made from adamantine?" Naruto smirked before he replied, "Yeah! My will is strong enough to NOT give up on you."

"Oh? And what is that supposed to mean?" Suki said with an edge in her voice, "I know that I sunk low, but what do you mean by that? I did it, despite my bleeding heart, to make sure that YOU go on with your life, yet you never gave up on me, why?" Her narrowed eyes made Naruto gulp.

"Okay, on a scale of ten, how angry are you?" Naruto said to the ravenette who replied in a terrifying tone, "A hundred and ten." Naruto sighed as he decided to come clean with her, "I admit, I thought because it's friendship, but I realised by the beginning of the war that I can't kill you, no matter what. If it was Sakura, then yeah. Everyone else, yeah. Hinata... Maybe mess her up? But I realised that I can't kill you, no matter how much I try. You're the only person who knows every face I had... The only person who knew that kid back then..."

Suki sighed at this, although she was angry at him, he was the kindest person she knew. Maybe she'll get to know him? Perhaps he'll be her redemption, her future? Perhaps she can atone for her mistakes by helping him?

"Okay?" Naruto's eyes widdened at this. "I completely understand you now. Only when I told you how I feel toward you, you did realise your ture feelings to me, huh?" Naruto smiled and nodded, "Okay, but just so you know, if we ever get married, I'm not changing my surname..."

"I wouldn't ask you to, just add mine? I mean, if my clan's name would live, I would've took yours, but I'll add it to mine, so I'll be the first Uchiha Hokage!" Naruto said with a smile, making Suki's eyes water a bit. How come that he's THIS kind? Seriously, how does he do it?

"About the few... heads you cut, can I know?" Suki asked Naruto who smirked, "Let's just say, some old roots that needed to be cut to make the tree grow better, healthier, and the leaves stay green..." Suki sighed before she realised who were the "victims". She wrapped her arm around Naruto's neck and pulled him closer to her.

"You killed the council?" She asked and Naruto's pupils became slitted, although, there's no trace of Kurama's chakra. He glanced at her, "I would be damned if I let those fuckers have their way with you. Oh, and the whole blame is thrown at the true killers, I'll tell you their names..." Naruto then told her that each and everyone of them want Suki, but not as a woman to marry, oh no!

"I see. So, you are an angel, until somone mess with me?" Suki said slyly. "Yeah, they think that I'm a demon, and I proved them right... For the right reason!" Naruto smirked as he interwined his fingers with hers and walked with the ravenette to the Hokage's tower...

"So, Godaime, when will I fight?" Naruto said as he cut to the point. Tsunade sighed at this before she replied, "Why next week, Monday, nine in the mornin, the stadium. Oh, and train well. Maybe I will lift your limitation if you want to?" Naruto smirked, "Nah, Sennin mode, a single wind jutsu, and Kenjutsu is allowed!" Naruto said his condition. Tsunade raised an eyebrow before she eyed Suki who smiled, "Trust me Godaime, if he is as half strong as our last spars and fights, he'd win within seconds at best, sixty second at worst!" Tsunade's mouth hanged wide open by this.

"Okay, in our last fight, I can easily give anyone a run for his money, and Naruto lost to me because he held off, which reminds me..." Suki said before she glared at Naruto, "Don't you EVER hold off against me again!" Naruto frowned before he replied, "But what if I hurt you? I mean, I can never live the guilt..." Suki sighed as she rubbed his back soothingly.

"I won't die, I swear it!" Suki made an oath to him. Naruto knows exactly how worthy her promises are. "I believe that. But, we still have a LOT of work for us. Like making sure that all the underground is done, once and for all!"

"I guess it needs the cooperation of the whole shinobi rengo (alliance) to do that." Suki said and Naruto smirked, "Once we have two arms again, it'll be hunting season, a long hunting season. I'm gonna need everyone willing to join in our new cause, a bunch of elite ninjas, together, waging a war..." Naruto said in a longing tone.

"You really are messed up, you know that?" Tsunade said and the blond nodded while the ravenette glared at her, "No one have the right to insult Naruto-kun but me!" Tsunade laughed at this, "Naruto, you choose wisely it seems!"

The two young ninja smiled before Naruto hiraishined them both. Tsunade was left with one thought, 'Minato, Kushina, Fugaku, Mikoto, your son and daughter have grown up. You once talked about an arranged marriage between them, it seems that it was fate after all!'

Naruto spent the week training with Suki, and he had to admit that the Uchiha is definitely one hell of a sensei. With her Sharingan and Chakra control she was the best opponent he could ask for, although he would mostly lose or win, depanding on... many factors, including her clothing choices. He lost once because of her clothing, the other because he was distracted, the other because he lacked sleep, the other because he was exhausted...

Suki also felt that she choosed the right person to be with. Naruto was always sweet to her, and gentle when the fight is over. He even hiraishined them to Tsunade when he felt that she broke a bone. He was always conserned about her. Alsways listening to her. She even bared her soul to him and found nothing but acceptance. He accepted her despite all her defaults, despite everything, despite all of her problems and tried to find a solution. Now she realised what she was missing, she won't let him go. She finally had the only man worthy of her, why would she let him go away from her clutches?

The short answer? She was afraid that she would lose him. Anyone but him, anyone but him... However, Naruto told her that she's NOT cursed, and that he's willing to bet his life with her. She smiled at this, this man does really have a way with the words... And a deathwish! He's one of the few people she had trust in, especially after she heard that he fought tooth and nail to release her from her cell... He even threatened the WHOLE world to declare the fifth shinobi war, him against everyone else if he must... Gaara, Mei and even Tsunade accepted to give her another chance, the Raikage said that she must pay for her crimes, even a month...

Naruto was livid, but he understood the buffed man. While he hated to say it, he told him that it was his own fault. That this would remind him to never attack someone he can't fight back... The Raikage hated the jab Naruto gave him, however he was shocked by the next revelation : Naruto asked the Raikage for a spar, where he can ask anything he wants. The big man accepted... And lost faster than he could imagine. Rikudo mode Senjutsu was NOT something to underestimate.

Suki also learned that the favor that he wanted is that the Raikage tells everyone that anyone who would touch a single hair of the ravenette, he would be killed in an agonising and gruesome way... And that the Uchiha is the last person to be afraid from. The mountain of muscles laughed for hours at this, before he asked Tsunade to release her... Yet again, the council was in the way.

However, she was shocked when Naruto killed the council with no mercy, and put the blame for his.. er, competitors? She was shocked that sweet, kindhearted Naruto can turn into an evil manipulator/killer when the situation calls for it.

"Naruto-kun, why you never gave up on me?" Suki asked the million ryo question. Naruto smiled and replied mirthly, "Because I felt that if I do so, I'll regret it, besides, everyone deserve to redeem themselves. I know that you changed. I mean, you became calmer and I can see the old Suki comming back you know?" Naruto ended with a true warm smile that definitely came from his heart. Suki stared into his eyes, and found true happiness. She realised that she broke her heart once, and she made an oath right then, right there to never ever doing that again.

"I hurt you so much and yet..." Suki begun and Naruto smiled, "Your attacks does hurt, but I've had worst." Suki grabbed him from his collar and furiously said, "No, you're wrong! I broke your heart too many times. You deserve better..." Naruto frowned at this, "If you're taking pity on me please leave me alone for a little while." Suki sighed, "No, I'm feeling guilty and I'm trying to make it up to you... This is my redemption, to be the nice person I am to the only person who deserve it."

Naruto nodded in acceptance. He realised how much it meant to him. He really wanted her to be more than his girlfriend or even fiancée soon enough, and he wasn't mistaken.

AN : So, yeah. Next time, Naruto is confirmed to be a total beast. And they're going to replace their arms pretty soon...