A/N: ...Hello! Sorry for the long wait, but I can be lazy like that...I hope you guys can forgive me. You'll make Hinata cry if you don't...Anyways, here is the next installment of Fan the Flames!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer-I don't own Naruto.

Legend

"Normal Speech."

"Normal Thoughts."

"Kyuubi Speech."

'Kyuubi Thought.'

Fan the Flames

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!!!!!!"

That was the scream that could be heard throughout Konoha, a scream that caused many to look around in confusion. It was also the scream that came from the combined voices of the worse part of the shinobi council after learning of his new bloodline, an ability which granted greater control over the elemental and raw abilities of chakra than any other in return for the loss of jutsu requiring hand seals. After further talks with Kyuubi, Naruto had managed to learn that it might be possible for him to recreate the abilities of jutsu using seals, which just so happened to be one of the few abilities left to him thanks to it not requiring hand seals.

"That brat..." Kakashi said under his breath. He was there as a representative for Sasuke considering that he had the Sharingan and could undersatnd the clan of copycats better than any outsider thanks to it.

"The demon brat has a bloodline?" Sarutobi's enraged teammate, Homura, asked.

"Yes I do, and I suggest you keep your insults to yourself. I believe there is a law against saying such things." a calm voice said, and as it did the owner walked into view. There stood Naruto Uzumaki, though what he was wearing was entirely different from his normal black teeshirt and blue jeans. Instead the boy now wore clothes fit for a ninja, but the images displayed on the clothes were what really scared the corrupt part of the council. In the place of his black teeshirt he wore a black mesh teeshirt, over which he wore a black vest with the embroidered image of a nine tailed fox in red along the side of it. On the back of the vest was a kanji for 'Fire' as well. His blue jeans had now been replaced with a pair of crimson cargo shorts, and he now wore black shinobi sandals and a pair of black fingerless gloves.

"Demon child." Koharu said, his eyes shining in hatred for the boy as he glared in the young jinchuuriki's direction. Naruto's face remained calm.

"If I was you, I would stop calling me such things." he retorted to the Sarutobi's other old teammate.

"And why is that?" the older man sneered.

"Because I don't like you calling Naruto such things!" came Naruto's answer, his eyes glowing red and his overall look demonic, suggesting that the Kyuubi had taken control.

Danzo jumped to his feet quickly, "Seize him!" he shouted and as he did several Root Anbu appeared in the room. Naruto/Kyuubi turned to look at Danzo, his/(her?) eyes glowing that menacing red. It took all of Danzo's control to not run in the face of the huge killing intent that the Kyuubi was leaking through Naruto.

"As I said, you will not harm Naruto-kun. If you do, I will leave the boy and wreak destruction once more upon your wretched Konoha." Kyuubi snarled through Naruto, the demonic aura surrounding the boy kicking up even higher, high enough to nearly stop the breathing of the council. Indeed, several of the weaker willed of the council were quite faint...others had actually fallen unconscious.

"Hah! You can't leave the boy!" Danzo said in triumph before ordering his Root once more, "Seize him!"

"You'll find that I can. I have escaped my seal and remain within the boy of my own will now." Kyuubi snapped back, Naruto's face drawn into a smirk as she gloated her freedom in front of the rotten council.

"I assure you, there will be no harm done to Naruto by the Hyuga clan." Hiashi said, his face showing nothing but sincerity.

"You have no need to worry Hyuga. I have been watching through the boy's eyes for a while, and I know who would harm him. Never once has the boy been touched by the hands of a Hyuga, and expect it to remain that way." the possessed boy said, to which she received a polite nod. At the mention of being able to see who had done what, the Haruno clan leader began sweating bullets. her own clan was actually quite rude to the boy, sometimes even joining in or helping mobs to beat the boy. Naruto's possessed eyes swept over them once more, a stern look on his face before the demonic chakra finally died down and he was returned to normal. His face once more took on its uncaring look and he leaned against the wall as he took in the shocked looks that came from the corrupt half of the council, the Haruno, the Uchiha (they were forced to have Hatake Kakashi step in for the Uchiha's behalf after their fall from power at the hands of Itachi), the Inuzuka, Homura, Koharu and Danzo. The better half of the council, was smirking at the worse half, knowing that the days of their attmepted assassination attempts and foolhardy attempts at greater power would soon be gone.

"We need to get rid of him! Obviously the demon has gained control of him, and its power is too great! With such a beast loose, Konoha will constantly be in danger!" Homura shouted. The Third looked extremely annoyed, while the boy in question looked interested. If you looked closely enough you could see his demonic changes were taking place very slowly, you could see the encroaching red in his eyes and feel the small bit of killing intent.

"Do you seriously think that? Were you not just warned by the Kyuubi that he is to not be harmed in any way? I believe that includes punishments like exile or imprisonment." the old Hokage said, his smirk in place. Thanks to Kyuubi he had finally managed to get the old geezers of the council to listen to him and stop their incessant attacks on the boy. It was easy to see by the fear in their eyes, or in the case of the better half of the council it was looks of pride in Naruto. "Beyond Kyuubi's warning, would you seriously want to rid Konoha of two of its newest bloodlines?" the old trickster said, trying his best to hide his smirk as he saw the amazed looks of the council.

'Hook, line and sinker...' the old man thought as the council swallowed his bait, or as he liked to think of it, the extra incentive for the entire council to give its protection to the boy, instead of just the parts.

"Another bloodine? Isn't that impossible?" Inoichi Yamanaka said in interest.

"Yes, I believed that was impossible as well." Chouza Akamichi said, his face as serious as his friend's.

"Well, yes it is," the Hokage admitted, "or at least it is in the case of similar bloodlines. We based our beliefs that all bloodlines wouldn't mix on the results of the Uchiha-Hyuga intermarriages. In each case the child was blind, the worst possible fate of any of member of the two clans. But, we never tried to mix other bloodlines together, like those that affected the chakra, or the body. In fact, it is entirely possible for one to have up to three bloodlines, but they must each be one of seperate types." Sarutobi explained to the awed council.

"To think, in one day we learn our biggest bloodline research faults and discover two new bloodlines, as well as learn of the Kyuubi's freedom...how troublesome." Shikkaku Nara said.

"Yes, you could say that." the Hokage said, chuckling all the while, before turning to leave the dumbstruck council in their seats with Naruto close behind.

-x--x---x---x--x-

"Did you see their faces?" Sarutobi asked the young jinchuuriki as they sat and laughed in his office later, both having temporarily forgtten worries like how exactly to figure out what Naruto's eyes did, or where to find a seal expert to teach Naruto so that he could learn how to use seals to replicate the abilities of certain jutsu, like the Bunshin technique, or the Replacement technique...even the Henge ability.

"Yeah! That was the best!" Naruto said inbetween his laughs. Suddenly the Hokage's face grew serious as he remembered another important thing that he had nearly forgotten because of the funny way the council had reacted to the news.

"Naruto, I have made arrangements with the Anbu for your training. They loved the idea, apparently to them you are sort of like a child to each of them. Every one of the Anbu Black Ops have actually watched over you your whole life, so I fully believe them capable of your protection. You are to begin your training tomorrow. After five years of training you are to finish your education in the academy with other children your age. Understood?" the old man said as he looked into the blonde boy's eyes. Naruto just gave him a reassuring smile.

"No worries Hokage-jiji...I'll make you proud." the boy said before he turned to leave and made his way to the Anbu HQ. In truth he had been living there ever since the orphanage had kicked him out, something as of yet unknown to the Hokage. He tried his best to keep the Hokage in the dark about this, but with his new training under the Anbu it would be understandable for him to live with the Anbu and the old Hokage would never learn of the orphanage's deeds.

Did you have fun back there Naruto-kun?"came the feminine voice of the Kyuubi within his mind as he continued his walk home, her voice laden with an emotion that the young boy couldn't understand. He pondered it for a bit, and in the end was only able to think that it might have been worry or regret.

"Yes I did Kyuubi-chan," he replied, "And thank you for defending me from the council members. It was a very nice thing of you to do." he added.

"Don't mention it Naruto-kun...it was the least I could do..." she said, the sadness and regret now easy to discern in her voice.

"Kyuubi-chan, you need to stop blaming yourself. As far as I can tell, it's them who beat me and hurt my feelings, and for that they are the true demons. You, you protect and heal me, helping me to get over the pains their torturous beatings bring." Naruto told her, his voice gentle and soothing.

"Thank you..." she said before she cut the mental link once more, getting rid of Naruto's ability to further communicate with the demoness for now.

"No problem..." Naruto whispered to himself aloud, unaware of his surroundings for the moment before bumping into someone. They fell tumbling to the ground, and Naruto hurriedly apoligized, again and again as he helped them up. As he did so he noticed a few things, the first of which was that the person he had knocked down was a girl. The second was that said girl was a classmate of his, and thirdly, the aforementioned girl was Hinata Hyuga, the heiress of the Hyuga clan. He smiled for a split second as he recognized the girl before wiping it off of his face as the girl looked at him.

"G-Gomen..." Hinata apoligized as she looked down, hiding her blush as she twiddled with her fingers.

"Hinata-chan," Naruto began, making the girl blush harder than ever with his slip of the tongue,"you have nothing to apoligize for. The fault was all mine." the blonde boy explained as he smiled gently to the young girl. She looked up and gave him a shy smile before taking off, her face a bright red and her stutter ten times worse than normal as Naruto called her 'Hina-chan' on accident after they had talked for a bit.

"Naruto-kun, you need to get home. Tomorrow your training begins, and you will most likely need all the rest you can get." Kyuubi told him from within his mind after she reestablished their mental connection again. Now, Naruto couldn't see it, but within him the demoness was smiling thanks to the scene that had just happened concerning him and the Hyuga heiress. 'She will grow to love him...' the Kyuubi thought idly, still smiling happily at the thought of another girl to make her Naruto-kun happily. As she thought this her face went pale and her mouth fell open.

'...'My Naruto-kun'?," she thought, '...so that's why I wanted to stay...I'm falling in love with a six year old.' the Kyuubi thought mentally smacking herself. Falling in love with a six year old boy...obviously she had fallen to an all time low.

'Seriously...why couldn't I have waited to fall in love when he's older...' she complained to herself, obviously receiving no answer.

"That's what I thought." she said aloud, her voice unheard by Naruto as she talked to herself.

Naruto, meanwhile, had continued on his way home after a quick pitstop at Ichiraku's. He stopped for a second as he could have sworn he heard the Kyuubi say something about having fallen in love with a six year old, but upon hearing nothing more he finished his walk home to the Anbu HQ's Anbu Housing Dept. It had been established for those Anbu who preferred to live there instead of the more expensive apartments of the village.

-x--x---x---x--x-

Hinata could hardly believe her luck. Twice in one day had Naruto called her '-chan', once even going as far as to call her 'Hina-chan'. She giggled happily as she thought over the memory, a huge blush lighting her face as she lay happily on her bed staring at her ceiling. Unknown to her though was the fact that her father, Hiashi Hyuga, happened to be using his Byakugan powers to look inside the bedroom. He smiled gently as he saw her expression, the happy smile lighting her face. Just once he wished he could make her smile, but with the loss of her mother the gap between them had grown and grown, until the point where it seemed possible that they could never be close again.

'I can't believe she has fallen in love at such a young age...' the older Hyuga thought as he watched her with Byakugan enhanced eyes.

-x--x---x---x--x-

"Naruto-nii-san! Where were you?" came the cry of Yugao as she threw herself at the little blonde she had grown to consider her brother, even going as far as to take the boy in. He lived with her and her boyfriend, Hayate Gekko, and had been doing so for the past year. She and Hayate had seen the orphanage kick her out as they followed the boy, silently protecting him from afar. That day she and Hayate had made a spur of the moment decision and within hours of the boy being kicked out he had found himself a happier, and all around better home.

"Hokage-jiji wanted me to talk to the council with him, and informed me that my training with Anbu is going to begin tomorrow. I also ran into Hinata-chan!" Naruto explained, his tongue slipping up once more as he said Hinata's name, and his voice noticably happier. Yugao raised her eyebrow, it was easy enough for her to see the boy's feelings. She said nothing however, and was quite content to let the boy figure it out on his own.

"Yes. Tomorrow is a big day for you...so tell me, you didn't leave out anythin else did you?" Yugao asked, her hands moving to her hips.

"N-N-No..." Naruto managed to stutter out as he began to sweat profusely.

"Really? So you didn't stop by Ichiraku? You weren't the blonde, blue-eyed boy I saw eating there as I was going home?" she said in an overly sweet tone.

"Hehehe..." he chuckled out nervously before he took off running around the room in circles with Yugao running behind him, frying pan in hand as she repeatedly hit the boy over the head as she shouted.

"MY COOKING ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU OR SOMETHING?!?!" she shouted.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Naruto screamed as he ran from the crazed Anbu kunoichi, hands trying to defend his head as best they could. It was to this scene that Hayate walked in the house, causing him to sweatdrop.

"Wow." was was all he said as he watched the two run around the room chibi style.

A/N: And done! Yay, an update! All thanks to...Misty Griffin! I nearly forgot all about my stories with what's been goin on lately. Oh, and btw, I meant to address a few questions here. Naruto can use the elements sort of like Haku uses his Hyoton. It's natural, not requiring hand seals of any kind, only chakra. Unfortunately, he is unable to use jutsu like Haku, a sad side effect of having unnatural control over the elements. I hope that cleared some confusion up...if not, I tried my best. Please don't hesitate to ask questions about things you may not understand, or where I didn't elaborate nearly enough, I'll answer to the best of my ability. Goooooooooooooooodbye, and pleeeeeeease review!