As Naruto and Hinata continued to sleep the sun crept in through the window waking Umi and Kyuubi up. The two yawned and jumped off the cushion. As they moved over to the two Kyuubi started to smirk.
" Kyuu, what are you going to do?" Umi asked seeing that look on him before
" I'm going to have some fun." Kyuubi said smiling widely
" For who?" Umi asked rolling her eyes knowing what he was about to do
" For me." Kyuubi said as the muscles in his back legs tightened
As his muscles released he sprang into the air landing hard on Naruto chest. Naruto woke up abruptly from this with Oomph. Looking around still groggy for what happened he saw Kyuubi sitting on his chest smiling at him.
Naruto glared at him and whispered, " You better hope you didn't wake up Hinata-chan."
Since the night of the festival Hinata had slept with Naruto in his bed. At Naruto voice Hinata snuggled closer to Naruto.
" I think that's a no kit." Kyuubi said smiling
Naruto glared back at her, " What do you want?" Naruto was able to turn his head to see it was 5:15 a.m., " Kyuubi, I really going to kill you once Hinata wakes up. We have no missions cause I have to protect her and you're waking me up at 5 in the bloody morning?"
" We need to start early." Kyuubi stated
" On what?" Naruto asked forgetting everything they had talked about the other day
Kyuubi paw hit his face, " Kit do you remember what we were talking about yesterday?"
Naruto looked at him confused, " Kyuubi I'm still tired ask me again in 3 hours."
With that Naruto rolled causing Kyuubi to fall down by Umi as Naruto pulled Hinata closer to him and fell back to sleep. Kyuubi was grumbling curses under his breathe.
" Come on Kyuu, lets go hunt. By that time they'll be awake and he'll remember what you're talking about. It is extremely early for them." Umi said as she moved to leave
" I just can't believe he forgot." Kyuubi grumbled
" He didn't forget. He's gotten better at that, but it's too early in the morning and you woke him up from a deep sleep." Umi tried to explain to him
" Maybe I should…." Kyuubi said smirking as he turned back around heading back to the bed, but was stopped as pain shot through his tail
As he looked behind him Umi was holding onto his tail with her teeth, " Iie, Kyuubi let them sleep come on."
Kyuubi sighed not being able to win a fight with her and turned to follow Umi outside to hunt.
Hours later the two were still laying in bed asleep, but soon the sun's rays crept onto the bed of the sleeping couple. Hinata, who had her back to the window, was able to avoid the bright light and continue to sleep, but Naruto wasn't so lucky. He was facing the window and on top of that Hinata's head was buried in his chest, which left him no shield from the sun's wrath. His face scrunched up as he tried to say asleep, but after minutes of battling with staying asleep or waking up Naruto gave in. He finally opened his eyes to glare at the window in front of him.
" I hate you." Naruto whispered to the sun's rays
Hinata, who had woken up from Naruto constant movements giggled at his words.
" So you find it funny that I was woken up again huh?" Naruto questioned smiling
Hinata looked up at him giggling again, " I can't control the sun Naruto-kun and neither can you."
Naruto grumbled at her words and turned his head to look at the clock. It read 9:00 a.m. now.
" Good I'm up at a decent time now." Naruto spoke
Hinata looked at him not understanding his words, " Kyuubi woke me up once already at 5:00 this morning." Naruto said annoyed
" And?" Hinata asked
" I told him to go away and to wake me in a couple of hours." Naruto explained
" You do know why he woke you, right?" Hinata asked and Naruto looked at her confused, " Don't tell me you forgot already?"
Naruto thought for a moment and then smacked his head; " He was going to start training me today. That's why he tried to get me up, but it was still to early!"
" Come on, seeing as they're not in here they probably went out again to hunt for breakfast and we should go down and have our before they get back." Hinata said moving so she could go downstairs and start breakfast
As Hinata left the room Naruto groaned as he got up out of bed and headed to the bathroom for a warm shower to wake him up completely. As he dried off and changed into some fresh clothes he started to smell the end of Hinata making breakfast. He walked down the steps to see Hinata still at the stove fixing the eggs.
" It's smells as wonderful as always Hinata-chan." Naruto spoke
After having Hinata nearly drop the pan numerous time on him for just coming in and sitting down without saying a word to her. He started to announce his presence by commenting on the food.
" You always say that Naruto-kun." Hinata said looking back at him smiling
" Hey I can't help that my nose knows the truth and I bet it tastes just as good." Naruto said smiling
Hinata giggled at his words and brought the pan over to the dishes on the table and placed the eggs on it. She moved over to the counter and placed the pan in the sink and came back to the table. The two sat down and started eating as they heard the doggy door they installed flap open and close.
" KIT? YOU FINALLY UP? " Kyuubi shouted
" Hai, we're in the kitchen." Naruto responded back
" IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!" Kyuubi said
" KYUU!" Umi shot back to him
" Nani? How am I going to train the lazy bum if he sleeps all day?" Kyuubi asked her
" Well if you wake someone up at a decent time we wouldn't be having this problem." Naruto shout back
The two glared at each other as Hinata and Umi sighed.
" Naruto-kun finish eating so you can go train with Kyuubi." Hinata said smiling
Naruto bit down on his eggs as he continued to glare at Kyuubi. After the two had finished Hinata went upstairs to get cleaned with Umi following her as Naruto and Kyuubi went outside to start training.
Outside the backyard Kyuubi and Naruto were standing in the middle of the training ground.
" Alright before I teach you any of my kick ass Jutsus you need to learn chakra control." Kyuubi stated
" Demo Kyuubi, I already have chakra control." Naruto wined
" No you don't. You have control of your chakra now the other is wild from you gaining mine too." Kyuubi explained
" Is that why it flares up when I get angry?" Naruto asked
" Sort of." Kyuubi said
" What do you mean sort of?" Naruto asked annoyed at the answer
" Well it one of the reasons the other is that you've held your emotions in for so long that if you don't actually allow then out your chakra show it for you." Kyuubi said
" But that's not what it's doing. If I get mad it flares up it's reacting to how I'm feeling not showing my suppressed emotion." Naruto said flaring his arms about
" Actually it is." Kyuubi said
" Huh?" Naruto said confused
" I know that since it started. Your chakra going wild happens when you're angry, but it does this because of your suppressed emotions on top of what's happening at the current time." Kyuubi said
" But I don't have any suppressed emotions." Naruto said
" Please Kit, give me credit. I might have been sealed in you for 16 years, but I know how much you kept to yourself." Kyuubi looked at him sideways
" So then everything…" Naruto stood there shocked at what Kyuubi had just told him, Everything I've kept in and never allowed out all the anger, loneliness, acceptance, everything comes to the surface because of having all this chakra now.
" But why?" Naruto asked upset at this news
" It's because of me." Kyuubi said sadly
" You?" Naruto questioned
The two failed to notice that the girls exited the house and were heading to them.
" Yeah, you know how I was created, who would come to me. So naturally I have all the negative emotions inside of me." Kyuubi said
" Right, but you were able to control it, why can't I?" Naruto asked
" You might be powerful kit, but you haven't mastered the control of you powers and that's why they're overpowering you." Kyuubi said
Naruto and the girls couldn't believe what they were hearing. Even though Naruto was able to maintain Kyuubi's chakra he still was unable to control it because of all the emotions he bottled up.
Naruto slumped to the floor knowing there was too much he had kept in all his life to ever be able to fully control the wild charka. Hinata rushed over to him as he slumped to the ground. Umi walked over to Kyuubi's side.
" Don't you think that was a bit harsh?" Umi asked
" He had to know why and the best way to explain anything to him is to tell him the truth." Kyuubi said and Umi nodded to this
" Naruto-kun?" Hinata questioned her down boyfriend
He looked up at her with pain in his eyes, How am I suppose to control this if I can't even tell her what happened to me all these years. I know she figured some things out by now, but not everything. Do I want her to know those things or should I keep them from her? Kyuubi said I don't need to hold it in anymore.
Naruto lunged at Hinata startling her as he engulfed her in a hug as his face rested in the crook of her neck. It was then that Hinata felt something wet hit her neck and was shocked to see he was crying. She hugged him back and rubbed her hand in circles on his back trying to calm him down to explain why he was crying. She looked up at the two foxes confusion in her eyes.
" He needs to let it all out." Kyuubi said seeing the look
" I don't…" Hinata spoke
"Hinata-chan…" Naruto voice spoke so soft it sounded to her as if she was whispering
She moved back to look at him, " I need to tell you what happened. I know you've wanted to know."
" How you were treated back then." Hinata said smiling and nodded, " Hai, I want to know, but I won't force you to tell me anything till you're ready."
Naruto sighed at her words and knew if she was willing to wait he was willing to tell her. He smiled at her as the back of his hand wiped the wetness from his face.
" Then I'll tell you now." Naruto said
Hinata was about to protest, but she saw the determined look back in his eyes and knew she wouldn't be able to stop him from explaining everything. Kyuubi and Umi walked away as Naruto explained everything to Hinata. As he explained about Mizuki and Iruka Hinata gasped at what he had done and tears started to fall from her eyes.
" Naruto-kun, you've known since you were 12?" Hinata asked shocked and Naruto nodded to this, " You didn't tell anyone?"
Naruto still didn't respond and shook his head at her question, " Why?" she asked
Naruto sighed his knew someone would ask him sooner or later, " Because I wasn't sure how you all would react." Hinata looked at him shocked, " I know we were all friends, but your parents still thought I was Kyuubi and if I told you my secret I wasn't sure if you react like the adults or stay by my side and see the truth for what it was, so I acted."
" Acted?" Hinata questioned though she had an idea of what he was talking about
" Put on a smile and acted like everything was fine and nothing anyone could say or do could hurt me, but it did. I just kept it bottled up and released a lot later in training, but I guess I still had a lot left inside." Naruto said as he hung his head
" Naruto-kun what happened after you graduated? How were you treated then?" Hinata asked
Naruto raised his head and smiled, " For the first time I was accepted and I had people to look out for and they did the same for me and it just continued getting better. First Team 7, then Ero-sennin, and then Shizune-nee-chan and Obaa-chan. I meet all of them and even if my team didn't know the others did and they still saw me as Naruto and not Kyuubi."
Hinata smiled at his comment, " Later I kept on gaining more friends and even met someone like me and became friends with him."
Hinata knew he was talking about Gaara and looked at him happy at this.
" Do you feel better now?" Hinata asked
Naruto looked up at shocked that he actually did feel better and felt like a large burden had been removed from him. He smiled at her and hugged her tightly; " I'll take that as a yes."
" Great, now lets start your training." Kyuubi voice spoke up
Naruto and Hinata turned to see the two foxes sitting under a nearby tree. Naruto nodded at Kyuubi and stood up offering Hinata his hand as he helped her up. The two walked over the foxes.
" So what do I have to do?" Naruto asked
" Summon you chakra, baka." Kyuubi said, which resulted in a smack upside his head by Umi's tail
The two giggled at what happened, " Yeah, yeah ha ha. Now go out into the middle of the field and gather your chakra."
" Why does he have to go out there Kyuubi?" Hinata asked
" So if he does lose control we won't be in range of it to hurt us." Kyuubi explained
Hearing this Naruto walked off and got as far away from the three as possible so if what Kyuubi said happened they wouldn't get hurt.
" Ok Kit now start to summon you chakra like you normally do." Kyuubi shouted
Naruto nodded and started to summon his chakra, which was still blue but had whips of purple though it now. He was able to maintain this rather well and it felt to him like his normal charka was all right.
" He seem to be doing fine." Hinata said happy at this
" That's because he's using his personal chakra now and hasn't tapped into any I left him." Kyuubi explained Hinata looked at him confused, " You know how he had two different charka's his and mine." Hinata nodded at this, " Well its still like that only there's his normal charka and his wild charka now. Kit start tapping into the charka I left you!"
Naruto nodded at this and started to summon as much chakra as he could knowing this is how he always tapped into Kyuubi's charka. As he started to force it out the three felt that enormous forced that was coming from Naruto.
" Kit you're call on too much push it back some." Kyuubi said, but Naruto didn't respond
The charka's power was so much it was taking all of Naruto's concentration to keep it from flaring out and causing the area any more damage than it was already doing. The area where Naruto was at and 100 feet around him was being torn apart by the wild chakra as Naruto tried to gain control of it.
" Shimatta! This isn't good." Kyuubi said
" What?" Hinata asked worried
" He called on too much of it too fast and is having trouble controlling what he has out now. He's using all his power just to keep what's out in control and he fighting a loosing battle." Kyuubi explained
" Should we move?" Umi asked worried
Kyuubi looked at Naruto and then as the two girls and nodded, " Umi you and Hinata get to higher ground if he looses control the charka will go out and not up."
Umi nodded at her mates' words and jumped into the tree, but Hinata stayed on the ground as Kyuubi went rushing as close as he could to Naruto to see if he could help him. Hinata stayed rooted in place watching, as the charka grew even more destructive.
" Hinata-chan please come up here!" Umi asked desperate for the girl to come up with her, but Hinata still didn't move
" Kit try to push it back!" Kyuubi said hoping Naruto would hear him and be able to do what he said
" I've been trying to you baka kitsune, but it just flares up more." Naruto shouted back to him
Kyuubi couldn't understand it if he was pushing the chakra back it should be retreating not flaring up more, Unless…
" Kit are you worried you'll lose control?" Kyuubi asked
Naruto looked at him annoyed, " Iie, I'm sure I can control a 9,000 year old kitsune's power."
Kyuubi narrowed his eyes at him; " Don't get sarcastic with me kit. I'm the one trying to help, but if you worried about loosing control the chakra will feed off that emotion and become more powerful."
" So what I have to become emotionless?" Naruto questioned starting to feel his control slipping
" Iie, you need to understand you're the one in control and not that charka." Kyuubi said
" Easier said that done. Shimatta…" Naruto said going down on one knee
Hinata seeing this gasped and moved forward not hearing Umi's yelling for her to come back. Neither Naruto nor Kyuubi heard her yell because of all the noise the charka destruction was making.
" KIT!" Kyuubi shouted
" I can't hold it much longer." Naruto said
" Then release it out." Kyuubi said
" But everyone?" Naruto asked worried remembering what Kyuubi had said
" I'll be alright and the girls are up in the tree and I won't be hurt by the flare." Kyuubi said
Naruto nodded and release the charka as his flashed out. Just as he released it that when he saw her running towards him.
Hinata-chan, no. Naruto said wide-eyed as she ran towards him worried
" HINATA-CHAN GET OUT OF THERE!" Naruto shouted
Kyuubi turned around to see Hinata running towards them as the chakra burst headed towards her. She raised her arms up to her face as she braced for the charka impact. It came and caused her to be knocked down and a burning sensation was felt on her arms and hands. She yelped in pain as it happened, but stayed down until she was sure she was safe. As she turned to sit up she felt the excruciating pain ripped through both of her arms as she tried to use them to sit up. Naruto, Kyuubi, and Umi were instantly at her side.
" I though you said she was up the tree?' Naruto asked Kyuubi angrily
" I though she was." Kyuubi said confused
" She never went up. I tried to get her to come up, but I think she was more worried about you, Naruto-kun." Umi explained, " This isn't good these chakra burns are deep. We need to take her to Tsunade-sama and have her heal them."
Hinata hissed in pain as Naruto lifted her up bridal style and started running towards the hospital.
" How big of a baka can I be? I told Hiashi I'd protect her and look what happens I'm the one that hurts her." Naruto said upset at himself
" It wasn't you fault." A soft voice said
Naruto looked down to see Hinata looking up at him. A tear escaped his eye as he finally saw how bad her arms and hand really were.
" Naruto-kun I should have gotten in the tree like Kyuubi had told us to. If I had I wouldn't be hurt now. It's my fault." Hinata said
Naruto just shook his head as they reached the hospital. Using his foot he kicked open the door hard as he entered with Hinata. Tsunade and Shizune who were getting ready to head out for lunch stopped at they saw the two.
" Otouto what are you…." Tsunade asked angrily
Naruto looked up at her, " It's my fault, help her."
Naruto lifted Hinata up to Tsunade as she looked down at the girl. She gasped as she saw the blackened skin on her hand and arms.
" Shizune go get a room prepared for Hinata and go find Sakura I'm going to need her help." Tsunade ordered
" Hai!" Shizune said running off
" Come with me." Tsunade said as the group walked quickly down the hospital hall
Naruto followed Tsunade not speaking at all. Hinata looked up at him worried knowing that this was how he got when he was upset. She signed and looked down at her arms.
He's not the baka I am. I should have listened to Kyuubi and now I can't do much of anything for who knows how long or if I'll be able to use my arms again. Hinata thought looking at her blackened arms
Tsunade finally moved to a hospital room that was right beside her office.
" I normally use this for the sukebei, but if I can control myself he'll won't be in here for a couple of day." Tsunade said as she entered the room with the two, " Place her on the bed Otouto."
Naruto did as she said and moved to the window seal to sit down and looked outside. Hinata looked at him seeing how much this was tearing him up inside. It was then that Shizune and Sakura rushed into the room. Tsunade moved over the two and talked to them, they both nodded and left again. Sakura entered a couple of minutes later with a roller cart full of supplies. Naruto looked at the door as he heard the wheels, but once Sakura entered his attention went back outside.
" He's upset with himself." Hinata said seeing Sakura's questioning gaze on Naruto
Sakura looked at her, " Why?"
" He thinks it's his fault." Hinata said sadly
" Why does he think that?" Sakura asked as she and Tsunade started to treat Hinata wounds
Hinata retold what had happened to the two as they removed her jacket and started to treat and wrap her wounds. As she finished they were almost completely finished wrapping her arms.
" Well this it's sort of is his fault." Sakura said
Hinata shook her head, " Iie, if I had listened to Kyuubi and Umi from the start we wouldn't be here."
" Musume?" a voice said from the door
Hinata and Naruto looked to see a worried Hiashi staring at the door entrance with Shizune behind her. Naruto looked at him worried and them looked down at the ground.
" Otousan! Why are you here?" Hinata asked
" I asked Shizune to go get him for me." Tsunade explained
Hiashi looked at his daughter and saw all her arms down to her hands were wrapped in bandages. The only part exposed was her fingers, which were slightly red.
" What happened?" Hiashi asked confused
" It's my fault." Naruto said having returned to looking out the window
" Naruto?" Hiashi asked questioning his response
Naruto's fist clenched in anger as his features started to change from the rage he was feeling over what he had done to Hinata, but even with all his rage his chakra never came out.
" It was my fault. I was suppose to protect her and look what happens I'm the one that hurts her. Maybe what the villagers always said was right I'm just a bakemono." Naruto spoke and with that opened the window to Hinata's room and jumped out moving from rooftop to rooftop looking like a golden streak.
Umi jumped in the window seeing if everyone in the room was alright.
" Oookay." Sakura said
" Gomen Otousan, don't blame him it was my own fault. He didn't know I was there when it happened." Hinata said looking at the window worried
" I still don't understand what happened?" Hiashi said confused
" She got burn by Naruto-kun's chakra Hiashi-sama." Umi spoke
" Burned? How?" Hiashi asked now understanding why his daughter's arms were wrapped in bandages
" Naruto-kun was trying to control the chakra Kyuubi left him, but it got out of his control…" Hinata said
" Kyuubi saw this and told us to get into the tree we were near." Umi finished
" Why the tree?" Shizune asked
" If Naruto would release the chakra like he did it would release out and not up, so that's why Kyuubi told us to get into the tree." Umi explained
" But then why are you hurt?" Hiashi questioned Hinata
" Because I was more worried about Naruto-kun than myself and stayed on the ground. At one point the chakra overwhelmed him and he dropped to his knee and I started to run over to him. That's when I heard Kyuubi tell him to release it, that Umi and I were safe and wouldn't be hurt. Hearing this Naruto-kun release the chakra, but then saw me and I did the only think I could do and block it with my arms and hands, so it wouldn't go near my face." Hinata told him
" Well from what you've told us Hinata it should be worse than it is. Actually the burns are already healing and you should be able to start training again in a week." Tsunade spoke as she finished checking Hinata over with her chakra
" So what does she do till then? I'm fine with her staying with Naruto still. It was just an accident and I'm still worried about her coming home." Hiashi said
Tsunade looked at him and he looked back at her and she nodded.
" Well Hinata I believe you should go find your boyfriend and try to talk to him and probably calm him down while you at it." Tsunade said smiling
Hinata nodded, " Hai, we will both find them, though I have some questions for Kyuu when I find him." Umi spoke
" Oh? Why's that Umi?" Sakura asked
" When Naruto-kun go angry did his chakra manifest?" Umi asked them
" Iie, why?" Hiashi said
" It should of with him being that angry." Umi said
" You think he finally can control it?" Hinata asked hopeful
" Maybe or it might be it was complete drained with the releasing." Umi said
" Then doesn't that mean that he should be dead?" Hiashi asked shocked
Umi shook, " If that chakra was drained his own chakra would still be in him. What's going on is just like if Kyuu was still in him."
" So you mean he still has two chakra sources?" Tsunade asked shocked at this news
" That's what she mean." Hinata said
" Hinata-sama, let us go and find our mates." Umi said
Hinata blushed but nodded and slid off the bed as Umi jumped on her shoulder and they left the room. As Hinata walked out of the building one of the Hyuuga elders was coming in with and injured Hanabi by his side.
" Hinata-chan." The elder said casually
Hinata nodded to him but continued moving. The elder looked back with a smile on his face, as he did this though the fox on Hinata's shoulder also looked back at him. He stopped shocked at what he saw and felt next. The fox radiated a killing intent that he had only felt once before when Kyuubi attacked and the other was it's eyes also changed from lavender to blood red in seconds.
" Elder?" Hanabi questioned at him stopping
" It's nothing Hanabi-sama let get you inside and fixed up so we can continue your training this afternoon." The elder said as the two walked into the hospital
As Hinata reached the house she could hear noise coming from the backyard. As the two made their way back they and saw Naruto, who had destroyed a number of trees and placed them in the middle of the yard and was attacking them with everything he had. Kyuubi was at the edge of the yard watching him do this and sighed. He had felt the girls presence long ago and Naruto would have too if he wasn't in a blind rage with himself now.
Kyuubi sighed, " He's been like that since I followed him back here."
" Is this about me?" Hinata questioned
Kyuubi looked back at her, " Why wouldn't it be. He hurt you even if it wasn't his fault and he's blaming himself."
Kyuubi stood up and walked over to Umi, " Hinata go talk to him. You can calm him down and he need to be calmed down soon or he's going to kill himself."
With that Kyuubi and Umi walked off into the woods as Hinata stood there watching Naruto take any jutsu he could think of to the remaining posts. Finally he paused in his onslaught to catch his breath seeing this as her chance to stop him Hinata silently walked up behind him and embraced him in a hug. Naruto at first was still so worked up he tried to get out of her arms, but as he tried to remove the arms that were around him the person hissed at his hands were placed on their arms.
" Naruto-kun please stop." The person finally said
" Hinata-chan." Naruto said sadly as he removed his hand and finally slumped to the ground his adrenalin going back to normal
They sat like that for the longest time Hinata hugging him, soon though he turned to face her.
" You shouldn't be here." Naruto said to her
" Why?" Hinata asked confused
" Because of me." Naruto said looking down
Hinata giggled, " Naruto-kun if you think this is going to get rid of me…" she held up her bandaged arms to him, " then you don't know me as well as I though you did."
Naruto smiled at her sadly but then looked at her arms.
" Look Naruto-kun how about this. It was both our faults mine for ignoring Kyuubi and Umi's words and yours for pulling out too much wild chakra to control." Hinata said hoping this would solve everything
Naruto continued to look at her arms and sighed, She's right we're both at fault.
He finally nodded to her and stood up. He extended his hand and helped her up carefully not to aggravate her arms and hands. As they reached to door to the house Naruto started to sway a little.
" Hinata-chan I think we need to get me up to my room unless you can carry me." Naruto warned her
She nodded and the two hurried and made it up the stairs to his room before he collapsed on the bed his legs finally giving out.
" Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked worried
" Not a problem do this to myself all the time." Naruto said smiling up at her lazily
Hinata shook her head at his words, " Are you tried or would you like some food?"
Naruto yawed as he moved down into the covers, " I'm tired now, but I'd like something when I wake up."
Hinata nodded as she moved to the other side to lie next to Naruto.
" Are you tried too Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked halfway asleep by now
" A little." Hinata said looking at him
He smiled at her as he moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her and drifted off into a deep sleep Hinata smiled at this. She moved a few stray hairs out from his face.
" Naruto-kun you don't have to worry about me so much you know I'm strong, so just believe in me as I always have for you. Everything will work out fine in the end you'll see." Hinata said as she closed her eyes and fell asleep with Naruto.
Shimatta – Shit
Bakemono – Monster