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Naruto and its characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Thanks to Hatochan she is my beta reader

Warning course language:

Chapter 10

Naruto POV

" Damnit Kyuubi! Why tonight of all nights did we HAVE to run out of soy and tea??" I snarl, knowing that a at any moment the heavens are going to open up and drown my blond ass.

" Kit, I TOLD you two days ago to buy the stuff, but YOU procrastinated, again, so do NOT even begin to blame ME. You lazy ass mortal. "

" WHAT ?? Who the fuck are YOU calling lazy?? And I do NOT procrastinate...much . And I am oh so fuckin' sorry if my mortality offends you ...your majesty. "

By now I am screaming mentally at Kyuubi; not like I can start screaming at him in the middle of the street with people everywhere. With a flash of lightning turning the darkness to light and a loud rumble the rain poured on to my head. " You know, somehow this is all YOUR freaking fault! I am not sure HOW but it is!!!"

" WHAT?? You DARE blame ME for the storm and you being too damn lazy to walk three blocks to a store !!!"

Walking back home with my items and my hand stuffed in my pocket, Kyuubi and I are ready to tear each other apart. All I want is to get home so I can get inside the seal and choke the living shit out of that fur faced freak!!! I walk past the shinobi cemetery and see someone sitting next to a gravestone . "Kyuubi , you win. Tell me, is that person next to the stone dead?" I end the argument quickly; after all, if this person is alive I need to get them out of the rain. However, if the person is dead I need to get ANBU out here as fast as possible.

"The man is alive , though he won't be for long if you don't help him. "

I walk over and take the man's hand to pull him up and start guiding him to my apartment. I begin ranting at the man. "What is wrong with you? Don't you realize that it is storming out and you could catch pneumonia and die? "

"..."

" I swear that as a shinobi you don't seem to have sense enough to come in out of the rain!"

"..."

"Are you even listening to me??" I am getting really upset. All this guy does is stare at me.

"Kit, please calm down. He is in some kind of shock. That may have been his mate's stone he was at."

"I do NOT understand how that ties into him sitting in the cold ass rain."

" He may still be in mourning, humans do strange things when the are grieving. "

I am at a complete loss. Emotions like love and mourning are almost beyond me. I have never loved , nor have I ever mourned, but my friends have been through them and I am slowly learning what they are. Base emotions I understand. I have felt those and know what they are.

We get inside the apartment and Iruka and Sasuke are there. They just look at me, shocked that I have brought home another person. I say nothing as I take the man to the bathroom to get a warm shower to get rid of his chill.

Once in the bathroom I shut the door and start to strip him of his wet clothes. Immediately he wants to fight with me about it. I give him one good glare and he stops fighting and lets me finish.

"You do realize that you are a stranger trying to undress him right?"

" Oh for the love of Kami!! I am NOT trying to molest him damnit!!" I get him in the bath tub and start working the handles to find a suitable temperature. Once I get the water temperature, I turn on the nozzle and gently begin getting him wet. He starts to cringe from the heat and that is when I begin my tirade again. "You do realize that dying from hypothermia is a long painful process, right? I mean, after all, there are much easier and faster ways to die if that is what you want."

He looks up at me telling me. "No, I don't want to die. I just wanted to spend more time with my Rai. "

"Awww kit..."

I can hear the heart ache and tears in Kyuubi's voice as he goes to the back of his cage whimpering. I can't help but look at him strangely. "You know that Rai is in your heart, right? And he will stay there for as long as you want him". Why is it that no one seems to remember that once you are in someone's heart you are there till the end of time?

He starts crying; not just sobbing, but heart wrenching howls that make Kyuubi start crying. I just hold him close to me.

" I don't think that he has mourned his loss since it happened. "

I just give a slight nod as the man in my arms keeps crying. I hear Iruka come in and set something down. I am guessing that he has put some clothes in here for the guy. I say nothing, letting him get all the years of sadness and pain out of him. After all, what can I say? I know nothing of these feelings and I am not sure that I want to either.

After awhile he stops crying. I pull away and dry his eyes for him. He asks me my name and I tell him, " I am Naruto. "

" Naruto, I am Genma. "

I nod at him and help him out of the tub. I quickly dry him off , hand him the clean DRY clothes and tell him to get dressed, then come to the living room. I walk in the living room and see that Lee has also come over. I notice that while I was busy with Genma, Iruka and Sasuke made dinner. I am grateful because I really did NOT feel like cooking.

Lee is still looking sad, but that is to be expected. His parents died two weeks ago and his classmates are a pack jackal faced freaks. I mean, come on, just because he really doesn't have any chakra and blood limit means nothing. He can still do taijutsu and be a kick ass ninja anyways !!

"Kyuubi, are you alright? Please let me know if there is anything I can do..."

"Kit I will be fine... I just need to rest a bit, that is all. "

I hate it when I can't comfort Kyuubi. I sometimes wonder if this is what love is. Just then Genma walks in and Lee motions for him to join him on the couch. I get the soup and tempura plate from Sasuke and hand them to Genma. I hear Iruka telling him to eat. I wash up the dishes and when I walk in the living room. I see both Lee and Genma fast asleep. I get a couple of blankets and cover them up.

I talk to Iruka-sensei about Genma and what he told me in the bathroom. I got the rest of the story from Iruka. Well it made a bit more sense...not much but a bit more. Afterwards I go to bed and immediately fall asleep.

I wake up to Sasuke snarling at my alarm clock. Ahh yes, I love to see a snarl on Sasuke's face first thing in the morning.

I get up and go to the restroom and let Sasuke finish playing his game of 'die clock die'. I use the restroom and wash my hands. When I get to the kitchen I see that Genma is still asleep and we all agree to let the poor guy rest. I am positive that last night was mentally and emotionally exhausting for him. We have omelets, rice and cherry danishes for breakfast. We make sure to leave extra portions for Genma. After all, no telling when the last time he ate before last night. I leave him a note telling about his breakfast, asking him to please wash his dishes and lock the door when he leaves.

I get home from school and see that Genma is gone, the food is gone and dishes are done. He even folded his blanket. I find him to be interesting and I know that if I want any info on him all I have to do is ask Iruka - sensei. Instead, I use Kyuubi and his nose. I am able to track his scent and find his house. I can sense his movements within. Maneuvering around his house to get a better look, I mask my presence and watch him pack things away.

"Kit, why are we doing this again?"

"Because, I'm curious about him. I want to know what he is all about."

" Well, we need to be careful because he is an ANBU and so are some of his friends...like the one that is headed straight for us..."

I almost fall out of the tree when I come face to face with a man who looks like the living dead.

" What are you doing?" He asks me.

"..." I swear my mind blanks out. I can't think of a thing to say when we hear a loud crash come from the house.

The man vanishes in a cloud of smoke and I run home.

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Two years later

" Naruto, this is Genma he will be training you..."

I block out the rest of what Gai will be saying because I already know what he will be training me for .

"Damn, fancy seeing him again."

"Like I said, once you get into someone's heart you stay there."

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