-Chapter 3

The night was uneventful after Minato's departure, surprisingly Naruto slept though the whole night without so much as rolling over. Despite that Kyuubi couldn't bring himself to go to sleep, he stayed up most of the night staring at Naruto sleeping peacefully. Kyuubi was only aware of morning when there was a knock on the door from one of the guards, he dressed Naruto quickly before leaving the room. Walking the similar corridors, up the steps to Minato's private chambers. One his way up there Kyuubi dropped Naruto off at his sitter when Kyuubi was informed that lord Minatowould like to see him . Minato never wanted to see him until now.

Minato was already waiting by the time kyuubigot there, he was sitting on his bed with only his night rob on, the rob was black blending in with the dark room. His hair was pulled back in a lose ponytail showing a tried look but anyone who new Minato would know better, Kyuubi wasn't sure what to make of it, he never saw Minato in such state before . The room was dark to the point were it was hard to make Minato out, but thankfully Kyuubi could, he always has to keep his guard up when his was around him .

"Well just don't stand there, come in. " Minato stud from his bed making his way toward the big poster closet at the far end of the dark room. Kyuubi stepped in not sure what to do with himself . He remember the last time he came to this room, the day Naruto was conceived .

"My lord? " Kyuubi asked questioningly as Minato looked around in the closet .

"Have a seat. " Was all Minato reply .

Kyuubi did as he was told, he wasn't use to Minato speaking to him without distaste leaking from his voice. Kyuubi sat waiting for Minato to make the first move . Minato came up behind Kyuubi running his hand across his smooth chest, his hands were cold and hard, hands you wouldn't except a lord to have . Hard working hands, rough and a bit hard . A necklace was placed on Kyuubi neck, it was a red diamond being held by a silver chain.

"What have you done to me? " Minato whispered coming in-front of Kyuubi looking him in the eye expecting an answer.

" My lord?..." Kyuubiasked not understanding what Minato meant . Kyuubi touch the necklace gently taking in the beauty as it sparkled in his fingers. Kyuubi did not understand why Minato would give him such a gift . It remind Kyuubi of fire, a beautiful flame.

Minato ran his hand across Kyuubi's face following every line on Kyuubi smooth face . Kyuubi looked back at him eyes following Minato every movement . Minato pulled back as if he was touching fire, but in Minato's mind Kyuubi was . Kyuubi was his fire, something he shouldn't touch without knowing he would be burned .

"I think about you, you know..." Minato whispered straightening himself before giving Kyuubi room .

"I didn't know that my lord." Kyuubi had the sudden urge to run for his life, as he watched Minato eyes roam his body . The fact that Minato was even saying that was freaking Kyuubi out .

"My lord may I be so bold and ask why I'm here?". The more he stayed here the more kyuubi thought he would go insane .

"Why yes you may, but even I don't have that answer to that." Minato looked away from kyuubi. The questions he had as to why this was happening.

Silence over took them as Kyuubi looked from Minato to the wall, then back again. Minato made the first move, standing up and walking away from Kyuubi, he watched as Minato disappeared into his private bathroom.

"You may go now." Came a solf whisper. Kyuubi didn't need to be told twice as he made his way to the door. Kyuubi left Minato chamber to head to the yard.

Kane was already out there when Kyuubi walked over, he stop to greet Kyuubi as he walked by; there was know word exchanged as they continued working. Kyuuni started working on the bigger rocks in this pile and left the smaller ones for later. The silence was finally broken by Kane.

"Is life good or what?" Kyuubi new it really wasn't a question, Kane wouldn't ask a question like that seriusly.

"Or what." Kyuubi answered back not taking his eye off his work.

"Oh come on now I haven't spoken to you in so long, what with the long face?" Kyuubi could tell Kane was in one of his "moods".

"I'm sorry but with what's going on with lord Minato and Naruto it hard for me to even think straight. Kuubi explained.

"What going on with lord Minato?." Kane ask curiusly .

"I don't no...just acting weird I guess." Kyuubi answered with a shrug, everything has changed and for the better he didn't think so. work detail was just about over as Kyuubi finished off his last few rocked he had. Kane was done by then but the guards allowed him to stick around, Kane chatted away as Kyuubi worked stopping here and there to point out a few things that was of un-importance to kyuubi, they way kyuubi used his right more than his left or how Kyuubi would look to the right when he was trying to picture something . None of that matter to Kyuubi though, he wanted to finish his work and get back to Naruto as soon as he could.

Finally finishing the little work he had left Kyubi made his way to the sitter. Kyuubi walking into the room expecting to see the sitter but found Kushina herself playing with little Naruto. Kyuubi first instinct was to run and rip the wretch's head off, but he new if he even lay-ed a finger on her he would be kill on the spot.

Kushina noticed him standing there and finally put Naruto down.

"Take it. " Kushina smirked watching as Naruto tried crawl to his mother, Kyuubi picked up Naruto and got ready to walk out when Kushina voice stopped him .

"I should be the one he calls mother not you, you disgusting animal ." Kushina got out the seat she was sitting in and walked out the room before Kyuubi. Kyuubi stud there stunned before he composed himself and finally walked out the room .

Kyuubi took Naruto back to his room putting the soft bed that he was now use to sleeping on, he sat Naruto down and watched try and roll onto his stomach. It amused Kyuubi to not get how the little pup didn't give up on the challenge.

"Here let me help you." Kyuubi gently rolled Naruto over on his back watching how his eye lit up . Night fell as it make the room pitch black, Kyuuni had to promblem seeing but it look like Naruto did. As Kyuubi moved he tried to follow but didn't seem to understand what direction his mother went . Kyuubi hope it was because of Naruto's age and nothing was wrong with him, he decided he would ask Kane tomorrow.

Dawn came as quickly as night, the morning air coming through the open bard window, Naruto was already awake by then. Kyuubi new the guard would be coming to to collect Naruto but until then he would spend as much to with his little pup as he could.

When the guard did come Kyuubi had just finshed licking Naruto of the durt the clung to him. Naruto found the tongue bath very funny, he was sadden when he was picked up and put into someone else arms.

"She hates me." Kyuubi explained rolling his sore shoulder .

" Come on now, no she doesn't...she hates all of us, but you my friend fuck her husband and and give him a child, something I figure she couldn't do." Kane being the smart ass he was found this very funny .

"How do you no she wouldn't have one? " Kyuubi asked not amused with the convocation .

"Come now you can't be this dense, if she could have a child why would have Lord Minato need you? " Kane asked finishing his share of work.

"Why can't she have one?" Kyuubi asked.

"That my friend in the question, and it come down to genetics, she can't have one because of what she is; her body can't carry a child." Kane waved his hands as he started to ramble on as about vampire anatomy.

Something about Kane answer really didn't make Kyuubi feel better at all, but then again what would it...it was truly only being used my Minato, Kane just conformed it.

-TBC