"Hello." Someone else speaking

"Hello." Kyuubi speaking.

"Hello." Thoughts

"Hello." Kyuubi thoughts

Chapter 5

Naruto woke up the next morning stretching is muscles and making a huge yawn. He then sniffed the air to smell something good that smelled like egg's and bacon. He slowly followed the smell with a smile on his face making his way towards the kitchen where he found Hinata cooking dressed in her normal attire.

"Good morning Hinata-chan!" he said.

"Na…Naruto-Kun!" she said blushing. "Good morning." She soon finished up and set it down on the table where Naruto was already waiting. They both ate in silence at first when Naruto broke the silence.

"Hinata-chan its better to let your problems out now then to just keep them in. I know I've been there…" said Naruto. Hinata looked down before gathering up her courage and telling Naruto everything that happened. Although Naruto seemed calm in the inside he just wanted to go over to the mansion and beat up every Hyuga he saw. Hinata saw his face and instantly knew what he was thinking but she soon noticed a medium sized bag on the ground near the door.

"Naruto-kun are you going somewhere?" she asked. Naruto choked when he heard her say that and saw that he forgot to hide his bag.

"Yes…" he finally admitted. "I'm actually planning on leaving this afternoon after I visit the others."

"Where are you going?" she asked worryingly. She didn't want him to leave after getting so close to him.

"Away from the village to train…"

"How… How long will you be going?" she asked afraid of the answer that will be coming.

"I'm not sure… At least a year since I will be traveling to other villages." This made Hinata begin to shed tears. "Oh Hinata-chan please don't cry…" He quickly went over to her and held her soft hands making her look down in surprise that he was doing something like that. "I have to go to the hospital now to tell everyone something… Please come with me because you deserve to know as well since you've been a good friend to me…"

She quietly nodded and ran out of the door with Naruto towards the hospital. Once there they went into the room that had Neji, Choji, Kiba and Lee. Also in the room were Shikamaru and Ino.

"Hey guys!" said Naruto.

"Hey! How did you already get release from the hospital?!" said Kiba. "When we got back you were in worst condition then all of us!"

"Well ummm." Said Naruto laughing slightly. "That's actually the reason that I came to talk to all of you guys today. Everyone might want to take a seat." When he saw that everyone gave him their full attention he began to tell them his deepest secret hoping that the best would come out of it. "There's something you all need to know about me… It's one of the biggest secrets in Konoha. You all remember the story about Kyuubi right?"

"The fox demon that attacked Konoha?" said Neji. "The fourth Hokage destroyed it right?" Naruto saw that his friends all nodded to Neji's short version of the story.

"Let me tell you what really happened…" said Naruto. "The fourth wasn't strong enough to kill the Kyuubi so he did the only thing he could to save the village… He gave up his own life to seal the demon into a baby." Everyone was shocked to find out the real truth. "The baby was-"

"You." Said Shikamaru. "It all makes sense on how only you know the real truth." Everyone's mouths were hanging. Naruto then showed them the seal on his stomach.

"That's why…" said Hinata beginning to tear up. "That's why the villagers always hated you and attacked you…"

"They hate me because the demon is inside of me…" said Naruto. Everyone was shocked to find out that he had such a life. What made them feel even worst was that they helped the villagers give the blond a hard time.

"I'm sorry Naruto…" said Neji. This surprised everyone including Naruto. "I shouldn't have said that you didn't understand having a seal that affected your life. You have it worst then me…"

"It's alright Neji… Are you all afraid of me?" asked Naruto.

"Of course not!" Making the blond's head snap up. Akamaru barked after hearing Kiba's remark. "Akamaru says that you have earned its respect."

Naruto cracked a huge smile and was actually getting ready to cry now knowing that he had friends who knew his secret and stood by his side as if nothing had happened.

"You're a good person Naruto-kun." Said Lee giving his nice guy pose. Naruto for the first time was actually happy to see those shinny teeth of his.

"Thanks everyone… I… I really glad that I befriended all of you." He said. "It really pains me that I have to leave so soon when I have so many friends here…"

"Your leaving?!" said Choji. "We just got back from a mission!"

"It isn't a mission." Said Naruto smiling. "I'm leaving the village to train. To just travel. But I will be back because now I have a lot more to come back for."

"I'm sure all of us are going to miss your annoying butt." Said Kiba.

"Very funny… Well thanks again everyone for being my friend." Said Naruto. "It really means a lot to me… Give me a hug!"

"Don't push your luck loser. I'm still recovering." Said Neji immediately.

"I'll see all of you later. I expect all of you to be a lot stronger when I come back!" shouted Naruto then left the room giving his friends all one last wave.

"Wait Naruto-kun!" said a voice barely above normal sound. Naruto turned around to see Hinata running towards him.

"Hinata-chan… I never really thanked you for saving my life that day…" said Naruto. "So thank you. I also wanted to tell you that you're a very special person to me." Hinata began to blush furiously from his kind words.

"Should I tell him?!" Thought Hinata. "I don't want him to leave without knowing how much I love him…"

"Naruto-kun…" Began Hinata. But she stopped immediately when Naruto who's clenched hands were really sweaty leaned forwards and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. Hinata then saw how nervous Naruto was since he too was blushing and had a little bit of sweat on his forehead. Hinata then decided that she too would gather up her courage to tell the boy her secret as well. "I love you Naruto-kun…" Naruto's eyes widened.

"I… I'm sorry I don't know what to say…" said Naruto. "I think I love you too Hinata-chan."

Hinata-chan was almost in tears knowing that the person she had loved since she was a child is returning the same feelings towards herself. Naruto then leaned forward while wrapping his arms around her waist to give her a tight hug. Hinata who was blushing more then anyone thought possible retuned the hug with her arms around his neck. Naruto then looked into her pearl eyes and kissed her softly on the lips making both of them close their eyes enjoying the moment. After about 5 minutes they were both walking down the street hand in hand towards Naruto's apartment. Naruto saw a little piece of paper nailed on his door.

Dear Naruto,

Please come see when you can.

The fifth Hokage

Naruto took down the note then entered his home with his new girlfriend who had been quiet most of the time as if she was thinking very deeply.

"Hinata-chan?" Asked Naruto disturbing her thoughts. "Are you alright? You haven't said anything in a while."

"I'm fine Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered. But Naruto wasn't buying it and hugged her tightly making her blush once again. Once they separated Hinata quickly hugged him once more beginning to cry. "Please take me with you on your trip! It's not fair were finally together and your going to leave on a trip! Please let me be with you... I want to get stronger as well!"

"But this could get dangerous! I don't want to see you hurt!" Began Naruto.

"How do you think I'm going to feel if I'm all alone here thinking about the possibility that your being hurt or even worst and I won't be able to be there to help you."

Naruto lowered his head in deep thought.

"Alright…" Hinata's head popped up to meet his eyes immediately after hearing his decision. "If that's what you really want to do then its fine by me…"

"Thank you so much!" she said excitingly kissing him on the lips. Naruto began to blush after the contact.

"Well I have to go talk to Oba-chan. I'll be back soon okay?" said Naruto giving his girlfriend one last kiss.

Naruto made his way towards the Hokage tower when he had a great idea! He quickly headed into the hospital and went into the room where his team mates on the last mission were recovering.

"Hey Neji." Began Naruto. "There's something I want to tell you. And then I need a favor."

Tsunade was waiting kind of impatiently as she began to make a dent in her pile of paper work. She desperately wanted to talk to the blond ninja that she considered her little brother.

"Hello Oba-chan!" shouted Naruto earning himself a really hard smack on his head making him crouch in pain. "What was that for Oba-chan!" He was once again hit on the head making him jump back to get some distance. "What did you want to talk about?!" Tsunade began to calm down as she sat back down on her chair.

"I came to tell you a few things for your trip." Said Tsunade. "You won't be placed as a missing nin so don't worry about our parties or other peoples parties hunting you. Come back tomorrow morning as well."

"Why?" asked Naruto.

"I'll give you some traveling papers that should grant you access to whatever village you go too." Said Tsunade.

"Thanks a lot Oba-chan." He said. But before she could hurt him he began to speak once more. "Oh and by the way Hinata wants to come along with me and I let her."

"What?! How did you get the family's consent." Said Tsunade. Naruto told her the whole story about Hinata being banned from her home. "I see… Well come back here tomorrow, I'll have some things for Hinata as well." Naruto nodded and began to discuss some more things such as directions and the best locations to go first. By the time Naruto left her office it was alright night time. He bought some ramen and headed home. He saw Hinata taking a nap on the couch curled up in a ball. Naruto quietly set the food on the table and then went over to Hinata who shivered a bit. Naruto quickly got a blanket and wrapped it around the girl's shoulders softly. But to his disappointment she began to stir then her eyes fluttered open seeing the blond's face only a few inches away from her startling her.

"Naruto-kun!" she squeaked.

"Wow your scared quite easily Hinata." Laughed Naruto. "Well we leave tomorrow morning or afternoon after we see oba-chan." Hinata made a smile and wrapped her arms around Naruto sending him to the floor. They both then shared a kiss and enjoyed each other's presence for the remainder of the night.

In a dark cave there were 10 dark figures in a circle discussing their plans.

"So everything is on schedule now?" asked a man with a pony tail.

"Yes… The boy is leaving tomorrow with another girl…"

"Great as if the waiting and one brat wasn't enough now we have to deal with two of them." Said another man.

"For now we wait… We will train our fullest so there will be no mistakes when we meet him." Said a tall man with yellow eyes. "Especially you…" He looked a small girl who was at least 2 heads smaller then him. "Your feelings are a weakness and will someday screw something up."

"I will fight any way I please." Said the girl not phased by the mans cold words. "What you all see as weakness I see as strength… If you haven't noticed, I am improving and can hold my own against any of you."

"Alright enough of this." Said the man with a pony tail. "This meeting is over. We must we must get stronger in order to survive."

Good work TimeShifter your prediction was right on the dot. Once again thanks for all of your reviews I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as possible.