(Bell's Point Of View)

It was the next morning and I decided that I would go visit Sai before I go back to Sakura to try our training session again.

Opening the door to his room, I see that Naru was already in the room so I smiled at them, asking if I was interrupting something for which he blushed and shook his head.

I looked at the book in Naru's so I took it out of his hands and read the page he was on, "How To Make Friends Dictionary of Social Relationships How to Become Friends with Strangers "If a friend suddenly gets into a bad mood, "the cause might be due to changes in eating habits. " "Like the color of soba and udon noodles"?"

I was confused as to what was going on in the book and it looked like Naru agreed with me, "what they're talking about! Aren't there like Cliff Notes or something that explains human thought in a simpler way?"

I gave the book to Sai who spoke, " Sakura said I should learn stuff like this through experience." Naru shook his head, "Huh?! Heck no. Anyway, we'd both go all out and it'd be really ugly."

I was confused as to what they were talking about as I spoke, "Well, I just came to drop these off..." I put a vase down with a flower inside, showing that I want him to get better soon for which Sai smiled and thanked me.

I smiled back and nodded and was about to leave the room, Naru quickly stood up and asked me if we could go on a walk for which I went into a thinking pose.

"Well... I'm supposed to find Sakura so we could start training again..." I looked at Naru to see that he was rubbing the back of his head while blushing which I thought was cute, "But I guess that she can come find me... Sure, lets go!"

He thrust his hand into the air cheering as I said goodbye to Sai and we were out of the hospital.

We were walking in the park as Naru asked me, "So... You're training Sakura, huh?" I smiled up at him and nodded, "Yes, I am teaching her how to bring up her speed and dodge like I do..."

Naru looked shocked, "Wait... You mean that dance routine you do during a battle which makes you dodge, like, every attack possible! That kind of dodging!"

I laughed at his shocked face and nodded, "Yes I am, I think that this will be good for Sakura to be able to learn something outside of her comfort zone."

He nodded while laughing then looked down with seriousness on his face, so I asked him what was wrong. He turned to look at me with worry in his voice and face.

"Bell... You remember our conversation from when we were with the bridge builder and we had to fight Zabuza..." I looked up at him to see him looking at me, waiting for an answer.

I nodded, "Yes, I remember..."

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Looking back at Naruto, he softly smiled at me then started jumping up and down excitedly the grabbed both of my hands which took me by surprise.

"Now that I know what you look like and I know your name... We can get married!" My eyes widen and I stepped back, releasing his grasp from my hands which confused him.

"Risu... I mean... Bell, what's wrong?" I looked down then looked back at him. "Naruto... We can't get married just like that... We have to get to know each other and become lovers... then if it works out then we can get married."

He then nodded in understanding then said that we are now lovers which made me shake my head. I grabbed his hands and looked straight at him.

"Naruto... Look... I love you... I truely do... But... I'm not ready... I feel like we should get to know each other first then we can decided if we are ready or not... Besides, we're only twelve... We don't have to make that decision just yet."

He looked down sadly, so I let go of his hands and I held out my pinkie which confused him.

"Let's make a promise... When we are older... We will become lovers, alright?" He nodded with a smile and stuck out his pinkie to wrap around mine, making a pinkie promise.

We smiled at each other as Tazuna's Daughter came in and told us that Kakashi-sensei was awake so we ran over to his room.

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Naru looked down at me since I was four inches under him and he spoke, "Bell... I think I am re-"

Suddenly, we heard an explosion coming from the Anbu Black Ops Interrogation Building which made my eyes widen as I told Naru that we should check it out for which he nodded.

Running across buildings, we got to the A.B.O.I.B we saw that it was Sora who was fighting with Asuma-sensei. This shocked Naru and I, but what shocked us most was an Anbu was about to throw shuriken to hurt Sora.

Naru jumped down and took all the Shuriken for Sora which made my eyes widen as I gasp and tears start to stream down my face.

"You okay... Sora?" He said as he coughed up blood which made me jump down and start to take out the shuriken slowly, without hurting him as he spoke, "As long as I'm here, I have no choice," right?"

I have successfully taken all the shuriken out from his back, and now I just needed to stop the bleeding as Sora started to shout, "You betrayed your comrades and my father I'll avenge my father!"

He ran away as Lady Tsunade started shouting orders about getting him back as Naru fell to his knees and he weakly said that he was okay.

I shook my head while tears were still streaming down my face, "Shut up... You're not okay, so shut up..." He looked over at me to see my tears and he whispered my name as I kept doing my Medical Ninjutsu on him.

Pulling bandages out of my ninja pouch I slowly took off his shirt to see that dents in his skin from the shuriken so I hurry and used my Medical Ninjutsu to patch them up, then put the bandages around him to seal the deal.

Once I was done, Lady Tsunade ordered Naru to find Sora, but he tried to protest pointing to me, so I hurry and wiped away my tears and I told him I was fine.

He looked at me concerned so I took his hands and told him to go for which he sighed and complied for which I let go of his hands and he jumped away.

Sighing, I tell Lady Tsunade that I would go find Sakura to help with the situation for which she nodded and I jumped away.

Running across buildings, I head for Sakura and I's training spot for which I found her running in the forest area where I told her to run last time.

I walked into the forest area to see that her shirt was off and was just in her bra, like I told her to be, and had sweat drenched on her soft skin.

I clapped my hands to get her attention for which she stopped and looked at me, breathing hard, then ran up to me.

"Hey Bell, I am getting used to these weights being on me, I think that I am getting the hang of bringing up my speed!" I smiled at her and nodded then my face went serious.

I told her the situation between Sora and the Lady Tsunade and Asuma-sensei while telling her that we have to keep a look out for him and turn him in at all costs.

She nodded and I told her to get her shirt on, but then I saw how sweaty she was so I asked her how long she has been out here for which she said all day.

Looking at the sky, I saw that it was sunset, so I quickly bowed, apologizing for which she waved her hands saying that it was fine. Standing up straight I put my gloves on, I thrust my hands towards her and got all the sweat off her for which she was thankful.

Putting her shirt on, we ran into the village and started looking for Sora as we saw Naru chasing him on the roofs just as all the power went out in town which shocked me.

Sakura said that she was going to talk to Lady Tsunade as I said that I would catch up with Sora and Naru for which she nodded and we split up.

Once I caught up to them, Naru smiled at him as he held down Sora, and just when I arrived, so did Asuma-sensei.

"Why did you target the Hokage? The one you want revenge on is The one you want revenge on is me!" Sora pushed Naru off him, "Don't touch me! I just copied what you did! The king you chose going so far as to kill my father King?! This time I'll kill her!"

Naru looked confused as I just narrowed my eyes as I put a hand on Naru shoulder for him to be quiet as Asuma-sensei spoke, "You called Lady Tsunade "king" just now, didn't you?"

Sora looked down as Asuma looked up at the sky and said that something bad was going to happen, "What's the matter, Asuma Sensei?" I asked him as he looked at me.

"f my guess is right, this village is in deep trouble!" Naru started to freak out as he spoke again, "Don't rush! Remain calm and focused... The objective of the group attacking the village might be indiscriminate mass slaughter. It all makes sense! Why were the grave robbers after the bodies of four Lightning Style Shinobi? It's because they're familiar with the power of the Jutsu of the four Lightning Style Shinobi And they hit upon the idea of using that power to wipe out the entire village."

Naru asked Sora if this was true for which Sora grabbed his head, "I don't know! I don't know anything!" Sora ran away from us as Asuma-sensei that he would leave Sora to us for which I nodded and we ran after Sora.

When we finally caught up to him, Naru kept him down on the roof as he spoke, "Sora, you don't really believe that Asuma Sensei killed your father, do you?!"

Sora was struggling to get away from Naru as he spoke, "You heard him, too, didn't you?! He himselfconfessed to it! He betrayed my father and killed him!"

Naru shook his head, "Asuma Sensei would never do something like that!" Sora lowered his voice, "Even on order from the Hokage? It seems the Third Hokage was Asuma's father! What's your point? My point is, my father was killed by the king of the Hidden Leaf! The Land of Fire doesn't need two kings. Since there are two kings, there will always be sources of conflict that will continue to fester.

That's why my father worked to make it so there would only be one king And yet such a lamentable thing happened to him It happened to him because of Asuma who chose the other king! The other king? He was ordered by the Hokage to assassinate my father. Those under the Hokage must follow his orders. That's why my father attempted to bring that king down."

Naru shook his head, "Even so, that's no reason to attack Grandma Tsunade, right?! And yet Sora But butI can't imagine the Old Man Third Hokage would make Asuma Sensei do something like that! How can you be so sure?!" He shook his head as well, "The same goes for you! How can you be so sure that's true?! After all, you didn't know that Asuma Sensei was your father's enemy, right?"

Naru asked where he heard that from for which Sora said that it was none of his concern. "Don't tell me you're connected with those guys causing this trouble and intend to wipe out the Hidden Leaf."

Sora shook his head, "No! I haven't heard anything about that! He wouldn't take things that far This fight will get rid of the Hidden Leaf king People other than the king and Asuma weren't supposed to be."

Naru looked down and what he said shocked me, " I knowyour loneliness. I really understand the feelings you hold dear. I had seriously started thinking I wanted to be friends with you."

Sora finally got away from Naru by slashing him in the chest for which I knelled down to Naru asking is he was alright for which he smiled at me and nodded, saying that he was fine.

We chased after him, into the forest where we found fighting the lady who hurt me before for which we blocked the attack that was going to hit her. "You're okay now, Sakura." I said smiling at her.

"Bell, you stay with Sakrua... This is my fight..." I tried to argue with him as he lowly spoke, "I won't let her hurt you again..." My eyes widen at his words but then I sighed and nodded making him saying thank you to me.

The lady saw him and did a Fire Style Justu at him as Naru made Shadow clones as the woman spoke, "There's no point making clones if the real one gets caught. Your diversion isn't doing any good."

I smirked, knowing Naru's plan, as the real Naru came behind her and did a Rasengan which looked like it got her, but it didn't.

"What's with her?! What's going on?" Naru then looked like he got an idea in his head for which he spoke, "I see now She must be Are you switching bodies?! That's why so many elements!"

I nodded, happy that he found out that conclusion but I looked shocked as the woman spoke, "Nothing will come of that knowledge... Water Style: Mouth of the Serpent!"

They battled it out for a while until Naru took out a kunai and accidentally cut a piece of her hair off for which she freaked out and caught Naru off guard and got him to the ground for which she was able to lock lips with him.

I shouted his name and was about to go help him but we he was able to kick her off him which made me breathe out the air I didn't know I was holding.

He then started to take out his Kunai and tried to cut her hair as he spoke, "I finally figured it out. The truth behind your Jutsu. It was the same then, too! You were more concerned with your hair than your body. There must be some secret about your hair!"

She then started to wrinkle to the point where she looked like and old lady and it looked like her hair started to take control so Naru did a Rasengan on her, finishing her off.

I ran to him and jumped on him, giving him a hug which shocked him, but he hugged back. When I pulled away, he said that we needed to find Sora for which I nodded then we jumped away, towards Sora.

Once we got to where he was, a red light was covering Sora which shocked me because I could fell an immense power coming from his body.

I turned to see a white haired man who was shouting at Sora, "Very nice, Sora! Get angry! Hate! Turn that anger and hate into power! Thrash all the people of the Hidden Leaf! Drive them to death!

Sora growled at the man, "Knock it off! I wasn't born to do something like that!" The man laughed, "Yes, you were. It is all for the sake of true unification for the Land of Fire. Your power is now required, Sora."

Asuma then turned to the man and gasped saying his name so I asked if he knew him for which he answered, " Yeah He used to be a fellow member of the Guardian Shinobi Twelve."

This shocked me as Naru shouted at him, asking what he did to Sora. "All I did was take your leftovers... Sora is just like you..." This made my eyes widened as I whispered, "I knew it..."

Naru looked confused to I looked sadly at Sora as he started to scream out. "What is this pain? Am I really becoming the Nine-Tails?"

I saw that this shocked Naru as I narrowed my eyes at Sora as the man started to explain what he has done, "Back then, the Nine-Tails was sealed inside a baby at the cost of the Fourth Hokage's life. The Hidden Leaf obtained the Nine-Tails and we couldn't afford to miss that opportunity. After the Nine-Tails went on its rampage, we obtained the scattered Chakra. We cultivated it and then implanted it in Sora five years later. The Hidden Leaf had obtained a significant power. We also wanted to obtain such a power in order to protect the king. What's wrong with that?"

I see Naru clench his fists as he spoke, "I knew... That's right... I knew... And yet... I... I knew that was that was Sora's voice crying out... And yet... Why wasn't I able to pick up on that? And here I was the only one who could understand his pain and his cries It was the same back then, too The eyes around Sora watching him... Those cold and repulsive eyes As if they were saying, "Get out of here. "

I knew they were the same! The same as those eyes watching me! The eyes of the adults looking at me, as if wanting to stab me to death It's those same eyes. What does that matter now? Those eyes! The eyes that only saw us as monsters... Isolated us.

And on top of that, you try to use us at your own convenience... It's like the time with Gaara... Why don't you adults even attempt to think about how we feel? And moreover, Sora... Sora... Why was it necessary to put this monster inside him?! Why? Why do this to Sora?"

I looked at Naru with tears spilling from my eyes as I watched him in pain from watching Sora, "Naru..." I see Asuma try to get close to Sora but he just shouted at him.

"Stay away! You all stay away from me No! I won't be tricked any more. You killed my father and then try to befriend me like nothing happened. Special power, my foot! You tricked me! Sora! I told you to stay away! And when all is said and done, you're also just one of the Hidden Leaf! I can't trust you!"

Suddenly, I see that the light coming from Sora started forming around him, merging with him. Wiping away my tears, I watched as the Nine Tails Cloak surrounded Sora.

The man laughed again, "Unlike the Jinchuriki there, the Nine-Tails Chakra is too massive for Sora's body. Therefore, I continued to suppress the Nine-Tails Chakra with a Sealing Jutsu for these past ten years. However with the Nine-Tails Chakra now having been released, the balance has been lost and Sora's body is being taken over. Once the Nine-Tails has formed all nine tails, Sora will literally turn into the Nine-Tails. Only then will the imitation Nine-Tails become the real thing. Then I'll turn over this body to that fox! In exchange I'll smash this world!"

I felt my blood boil from hearing this man laugh about this matter, I started to shake from the anger. Naru must have saw this because he grabbed my hand for which I looked at him only for him to look down at me with seriousness.

I nodded and looked back at Sora as I heard Captain Yamato shout out a Jutsu to trap Sora in his wood as Sakura and the rest of the Rookie Twelve came behind them.

Naru asked Captain Yamato if he could seal the Nine Tail's like he did with him for which he shook his head, " I can control your Nine-Tails Chakra because you have the First Hokage's necklace. It won't work on Sora, he doesn't have a necklace."

Sora then started shouting, "Is that so? Am I that much of a hindrance?! You don't need me?! Huh?! I atone with this power... This power is the only thing I can trust now... I'll have revenge on all of you guys who drove me to loneliness!"

Naru then stepped forward and spoke, "I'm sick of people getting hurt with this power... Back then I hurt Bell..." My eyes widened as he turned his head to look at me with sadness then turned back to Sora speaking, "You'll end up tormenting yourself if you rely on the power of the Nine-Tails. And it could turn into a power that hurts your friends. That's why I don't want you hurting anyone with that power!"

Sora shook his head saying that he doesn't know anything about him for which Naru shouted, "Yes, I do! The origin of the Nine-Tails you've been implanted with is sealed inside me! I'm the Jinchuriki!"

Suddenly, Sora stopped moving so we turned to see Shikamaru who did his shadow possession Jutsu for which Choji stretched out his hands and tried to grab Sora, but burned his hands from the cloak.

Sakura went back and and tried healing his hands as Sora shouted, "Something's not right... If you've got the Nine-Tails sealed inside you why do you have so many friends? I was all alone the whole time! And yet, why... why do you?"

Naru shook his head, "It was the same with me, too... When I was little, I was always by myself... But I didn't have the time to be lonesome... I wanted to get everyone to acknowledge me... And these are the friends I made."

Ino tried doing her Mind Transfer Jutsu, but it didn't work and said that there was no human conscious left which shocked me as I looked back to Sora to see that he has now grown three tails.

Naru tried shouting at him, "Remember, Sora! Back then, you acted like an idiot and I tried to stop you from thrashing about like this! I guess there's no choice! Sora! Sora! Come back! I know you're in there, Sora!"

He was walking towards him then did the clone Jutsu to grab his shoulders, as he shouted at him.

Then, I see that the Nine Tails Cloak was now covering Naru which made me shout his name as tears started to stream down my face.

Captain Yamato tried to do the sealing Jutsu he did last time, but it didn't work.

I heard Naru trying to tell the fox to leave him alone as he gets to the third tail and his skin started to peal off. I was about to run to him but someone grabbed my wrist so I turn to see Sakura who was telling me to stay which made me narrow my eyes at her.

Suddenly the Chakra of the Nine Tail's started to wear off from Naru's body as Sora was now at the four tails and looked like Naru when he lost control at the Teuchi Bridge.

I ran down to Naru and grabbed him right before he fell and Sakura ran after me. Naru started to stand as he spoke, "Sora! I got rid of him I got rid of the Nine-Tails jerk And I did it by borrowing your power This time I'll loan you my power Don't hold back! Sora! For crying out loud wake up already!"

A burst of power came from Sora that was going to hit Naru and Sakura dead on. I see that Naru ran back to Sakura to protect and had his back to the burst of power so it could hit him and not Sakura.

I ran behind Naru and blocked it from hitting the both of them for which Naru turned around, seeing that he didn't get hit and was surprised to see me standing there.

I started to fall forwards but Naru caught me as he whispered in a shaky voice, "You're going to be okay, Bell... I promise..." Sakura ran over to me and said that she would heal me.

Naru took one glance at me and started to walk towards Sora as he fell. Watching him fall, more tears fell from my eyes as I watched him get back up again and walked towards him.

" Sora... Remember, Sora... Remember when we first met... Remember when we accidently got into a scuffle with each other... Remember when you came to help me... Sora... Sora... Sora! Sora!"

As Sakura healed me, I see that the Nine Tail's power was coming out of Sora and was going into Naru's stomach, his seal.

I see Naru about to fall forward, but I got away from Sakura's grip and used my speed to catch him before he fell. Helping him to his knee's, he spoke, "Oh, you're finally awake! Now, let's go home, Sora."

He looked confused, "Go home Where am I supposed to go home to?" Naru scoffed, "What're you saying? The Hidden Leaf Village, of course!"

He just stared at him, "The Hidden Leaf... You mean the Hidden Leaf I tried to destroy..." Naru shook his head, "That doesn't matter! You're our friend! It doesn't matter what people say."

The whole gang circled around Sora, agreeing with Naru and I saw Sai join the group, "Would you guys include me, too?" Naru said "Heck no" which made us all laugh because we knew he was being sarcastic.

I looked at Sora and Naru and said that we needed to get them to a hospital for which Sakura said that she would be back with a medic team for which I nodded then winced from pain.

Naru noticed and asked if I was okay as he looked at my back to see that it was all burned from the blast. I giggled, "I'm the one who is supposed to say that to you, you knucklehead."

We both laughed as the medic team picked up Naru and Sora and Sakura took me to the hospital as well.

**********Time skip brought to you by 10 more day's of school************

The team, excluding Kakashi-sensei, were all at the gates saying goodbye to Sora as Sakura asked, "Then you're not going back to the Temple of Fire?"

He shook his head, "Nope. I want to see more of the world and meet all kinds of people And little by little, I want to make friends like you have." I nodded as I spoke, "But make sure you stop by once in a while. The Hidden Leaf Village will always welcome you."

Naru nodded as he put an arm around my shoulders which made me blush.

Just as Sora was leaving he said, "Say "Hi!" to Old Man Asuma for me. Oh Come to think of it, next time for sure I'll give you a posthumous name."

Naru raised up his fist, "You jerk. I just heard that's a name you give to dead people!" Sora laughed and said that it took him long enough as we smiled as he ran in the opposite direction of the Leaf Village.

Life was going well...

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