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Ok I'm starting my Seventh Chapter

Chapter 7

On with the Story

A girl sat alone in her room while looking down at a stack of book in front of her. She had lavender eyes with seemingly dilated pupils. Short purple hair flowed down from her head, blowing lightly from the gentle breeze which came from her window. Her room was impeccably clean, her entire house deathly silent. Though she knew her family was nearby. This girl was none other than Hinata Hyuuga, and even on a weekend she was entrenched in her studies.

After a while of staring at her textbook the girl lifted her head up, looking out the window which was located to her side. She sighed with a solemn gaze. As she daydreamed Hinata turned her head towards the closed door to her room in alarm, hearing footsteps approach. Quickly she returned to her studies as the door opened. A man stepped through, his eyes similar to Hinata's, their resemblance striking as well. He stood there in silence for a while before finally speaking.

"I'm going out. Don't slack on your training." He stated in a commanding tone.

"Yes father." Hinata said in a soft, but low tone, avoiding his gaze. He nodded before turning around but before leaving the man turned his head to speak once more.

"Tomorrow you will be sparing with Hanabi. Don't disappoint me again." He commanded before gently closing the door behind himself and walking off. Hinata listened for his steps to fade before releasing a deep breath. The last time she had sparred with her sister, despite being older, she had lost. Hinata while being slightly more skilled, didn't have the will to fight with all she had, for fear of harming her younger sibling. Hanabi however had no such drawbacks. They sparred many times but she always held back, something her father didn't overlook. He considered that merciful trait a weakness. Hinata it seems, couldn't help but be a disappointment no matter how much she studied or how much she practiced. Ever since her mother died, nothing was the same.

As Hinata hung her head low, staring down at her book, though not really paying attention to it since she was so distracted by her own thoughts, something off to the side caught her eye. A small dandelion seed fly slowly into her window. She watched it flow in with a light smile. But that seed was followed by another, and another. Soon dozens of dandelion seeds were flying gently into her room. Hinata looked on in confusion before standing up and walking over to her window to investigate. She moved her head outside the window, looking left to right, only a small clearing visible, as well as the forest of trees a little away from her house. Soon another series of dandelion seeds fell from above. Looking up, Hinata went wide eyed as she noticed where they were coming from.

Naruto and Gaara sat on a nearby tree branch, smiling down to Hinata in a tender way.

"Hello Hinata-chan." Both the boys chimed at once. Though they spoke those words in more of a whisper. Hinata let out a small "eep" of surprise before quickly covering her mouth. She noticed that they were in their long black robes.

"What….are you doing here?" Hinata asked in a panic, whispering as well. Naruto and Gaara suddenly jumped down from the branch to land right in front of Hinata's window, which was on the first floor. Naruto spoke up first.

"We wanted to see if you could come out and play." Naruto said in a cheerful manner while holding a dandelion and blowing a bunch of seeds in her face. A small blush creeped across Hinata's cheeks from the gesture. She started to shake her head, a frown crossing her face.

"I can't. I need to study." She said sadly. Naruto and Gaara both cocked their heads to the side in confusion.

"But why? We didn't get homework. And you are already one of the smartest in the class anyway." Naruto spoke honestly. Hinata blushed against at that comment, the girl now standing up straight to begin nervously poking her fingers together. Despite Naruto and Gaara being her friends at school, they had never hung out after school. Plus she was still getting used to the two boys. Hinata was a very shy girl. And it usually took her a while to make up her mind about the things she wanted to say. Thankfully, Naruto and Gaara were very patient with her, and very encouraging. Despite only knowing each other a few month, they had a very good friendship blossoming

"Honestly, I've already read the book my father wants me to study. He thinks that if I read a book about past wars maybe I'd be able to fight harder. But...it just doesn't work. Even so, if I leave I'll be in big trouble." Hinata explained. Naruto and Gaara both nodded in understanding.

"You are so kind Hinata, I can see why you'd have troubles, especially being a Hyuuga. But there is a place for everyone. We want to be their for you no matter where you destiny leads you." Gaara spoke now moving forward, placing a hand on the window seal and extending his other hand towards Hinata. "Please...let us be there for you." Gaara pleaded in a gentle, kind tone. Hinata did like how Gaara talked, his voice was so...soothing. Hinata hesitated for a moment before nodding and taking Gaara's hand. As always his hand was so soft. She stepped over the window seal, hopping onto the ground still holding Gaara's hand. Gaara smiled in satisfaction, squeezing her palm affectionately. Hinata just continued to blush before looking around in paranoia.

"What if...my father comes back and I'm not there." She asked in a worried tone. Naruto just smiled off to her side before making a series of hand signs. Suddenly a pillar of flame erupted at his side causing Hinata to jump a bit and cling closer to Gaara side. Both her and Gaara were pretty much the same size, Naruto being the tallest of the three. Gaara smiled before embracing her in a tender hug to reassure her.

"It's ok Hinata, this is just one of our Jutsu." Gaara whispered. Hinata nodded in understanding, Gaara's soft voice again helping to sooth her nerves. That flame burned for a while before a figure stepped from the pillar. Hinata gasped as she saw it. It looked like an exact replica of herself. It even stood like she did. The clone then took tentative steps forward, hanging it's head low while looking at Hinata.

"Um...I'll cover you ok?" The clone spoke in Hinata's voice. Hinata stared from Naruto to the clone before nodding in disbelief. The clone then nodded before hopping back through the window and taking a seat at the desk Hinata occupied a few minutes ago. Naruto smiled in satisfaction before stepping forward towards Hinata, holding out his hand.

"It was really hard to sneak into this Hyuuga compound without being seen. If you let me carry you, I can make sure no one notices us leave." Naruto explained. Hinata hesitated for a minute, poking her fingers together nervously for a moment before nodding once more and taking Naruto's hand.

"Ok." As soon as she said those words, Naruto suddenly moved forward and picked Hinata up bridal style. She had to cover her mouth to stop herself from shrieking. Instinctively her arms wrapped around Naruto's neck. As soon as he saw that Naruto nodded to Gaara before taking off into the trees. Naruto and Gaara moved side by side through the trees, keeping to the outskirts of the village, taking the long way around towards their clearing to avoid being seen. Hinata kept her eyes closed most of the time. They were moving so fast, it was kind of overwhelming.

After a while Naruto and Gaara suddenly jumped from a tree towards a pond, sailing through the air quickly. Hinata turned her head to see that they were about to fall into the water. She closed her eyes, bracing herself for the splash that never came. Instead she heard much smaller splashing noises, opening her eyes to notice that Naruto and Gaara were both RUNNING ON WATER?

Hinata was completely amazed by now, staying completely silent as the three finally made it to the clearing. Once there Naruto slowly set Hinata down on her feet. As one of her foot touched the ground, Hinata suddenly collapsed forward, her knees shaky and unable to support her from having moved so fast. Both Naruto and Gaara moved their arms forward to catch her, gripping around her waist. She took a moment to catch her breath before standing up straight and turning around to face the two boys. She looked at them in awe before taking in her surroundings. They were in a large open clearing with grass that reached their ankles. Flowers covered the clearing, and a pond was not that far away.

"I never knew this was here." Hinata stated in a dreamy fashion. Naruto and Gaara looked at each other before smiling warmly.

"Yes...this is where we spend most of our time. Training, playing, eating, sleeping. Everything really." Naruto spoke while walking past Hinata to begin spinning in circles with his arms out, closing his eyes and enjoying the fresh air. Both Hinata and Gaara watched Naruto with an adoring gaze.

"Hinata, I think it's time for us to tell you something. A secret." Gaara spoke from behind. Hinata turned to face Gaara, her eyes showing her confusion.

"A secret? What kind of secret?" She asked, looking from Naruto to Gaara. Naruto had stopped his spinning by now to return to Hinata's side. Naruto and Gaara stood on opposite sides of Hinata, nodding towards each other silently. Without a word both of them began to strip. They lowered their hoods, revealing the furry ears that everyone already knew about. But then they took off their blindfolds, showing their modified eyes. But they didn't stop there. They reached their arms down to lift their robes up and off their body. Hinata was blushing profusely at this point. But her eyes went wide when they revealed what was underneath.

"This is what we really hide under these robes." Naruto said, standing in his boxers with his two golden fox tails swaying behind him. Gaara had two brown raccoon tails swaying behind himself as well, the boy was however wearing tattered pants and a baggy shirt which he had yet to grow out of. Hinata looked frantically from Naruto to Gaara, swiveling her head rapidly.

"You two...have tails? And those eyes?" She stammered, clearly overwhelmed by the information. Naruto and Gaara just nodded before Gaara moved forward to stand at Naruto side, resting his head along the boy's shoulder.

"We are the children of Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox, and Shukaku, the one-tailed Raccoon demon." Naruto stated. Hearing that information Hinata's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she suddenly fainted, her world going black.

A while later...

Warmth, and softness. Those were the feelings that surrounded her body as she began to stir from her slumber. Something was rubbing her back, and holding her close. Hinata smiled softly with a warm smile, nuzzling into whatever or whoever was currently holding her so tenderly.

"Good morning mommy." Hinata whispered in a dreamy fashion.

"It's actually still the afternoon Hinata-chan." A voice replied back. The voice was soft, tender, but...not her mother's. Groggily Hinata's eyes began to flutter open, her blurring vision becoming more clear as she looked up to the loving face of Gaara. His long, silky, waist length red hair was covering her in a veil. She looked around to notice that Gaara had her held close, cradling her like a baby.

"Gaara-chan?" She questions while rubbing her eyes. Gaara just smiled before nodding and leaning down to place a soft kiss against Hinata's forward, an action which surprised the girl and caused her cheeks to burn red.

"Yes it's me Hinata-chan. You passed out, but we made sure you were safe." Gaara explained. Hinata looked on with confusion before the memories of their previous conversation came flooding back to her mind. And as they did, Hinata noticed Gaara's eyes, his ears, but she couldn't see his tails. Well not until she looked down at her own body. His tails were wrapped around her, covering her in a furry blanket. Before she could really panic her attention was diverted to the side where a loud grunt rang through the clearing they were still in.

Naruto was currently sparing with a clone of himself. Naruto and his clone dashed around the field, clawing and swiping at each other at blazing speeds. Hinata watched in amazement, not really able to keep up with Naruto's movements. She then returned her gaze to Gaara who was still cradling her.

"Um...I think I'm fine now." She whispered in a hesitant manner. Gaara nodded before releasing his grip on her and letting his tail fall freely from her body. Quickly Hinata stood up and took a few steps back from Gaara. He had put his black robe back on, though Naruto didn't bother, sparring off to the side. Gaara was kneeling in the grass, placing his now free hands gently atop his own lap. Gaara looked to Naruto as he spoke.

"It's no surprise. Your reaction. We were stupid. It was a mistake to give you all that information at once. I've sorry Hinata-chan." Gaara said in a solemn manner while gazing up at Hinata. Hinata froze for a second, hearing Gaara sound so sad was...unsettling. She then shook her head, causing her purple hair to bounce around.

"It's ok. I...shouldn't have reacted the way I did. It was rude of me. I'm sorry." Hinata said while bending at the waist to deliver an apologetic bow to Gaara. Gaara just smiled softly up at her.

"No need to apologize. You took it pretty well all things considered." Gaara replied in a encouraging manner. Hinata smiled at that. In all her shock and awe, she had nearly forgot why she like Gaara in the first place. But soon her smile faded, and a nervous expression crossed her face while looking towards Naruto.

"So it's true. You both. You are the children of Kyuubi and Shuk...um..who is the other one?" Hinata asked, a little embarrassed that she'd forgotten the other name. She could have sworn she'd read about that the demon Shukaku in a book. Gaara just let out a small, high pitched giggle, covering his mouth with his hand.

"Shukaku." He stated simply. Hinata nodded, blushing in embarrassment.

"Oh yes." She stated shortly. Gaara then stared up at her before sighing.

"I'm sorry we told you. I guess you weren't ready. We thought that maybe...someone else..." Gaara trailed off before shaking his head. His long red hair was now splayed across the ground, covering most of his body since he was in a kneeling position. "Forget it, If you don't want to speak to us again we understand." As he said this Naruto stopped his sparring to look over towards Gaara and Hinata, his hesitation causing him to be punched in the face by his clone. He growled as he was knocked back before dismissing the clone. Hinata gasped, looking from Naruto to Gaara in a panic. Suddenly she leapt forward, wrapping her arms around Gaara's neck and embracing him in a hug.

"No, please no. I'm sorry if I offended. I was just...surprised. It's ok. Please don't stop being my friend." Hinata pleaded with tears threatening to stream from her eyes. Gaara was a bit surprised by Hinata's actions but he didn't hesitate in wrapping his arms around her small body and embracing her in an affection hug.

"We won't Hinata. As long as you will have us, we will stay with you." Gaara replied, looking up as Naruto approached. Sensing his approach, Hinata held on to Gaara's neck, though she turned a little to the side to look towards Naruto. The sight of him caused her to tear her gaze away in a fluster.

Naruto was sweating profusely, the sweat glistening as the sun shone down upon him. His lean and slightly muscular figure was shown off perfectly. Despite still being a pre-teen, Naruto's demonic chakra had allowed his body to develop muscle faster than normal. He didn't really look older than his actual age, but his body was more...fit for combat. He stood completely naked, something which Hinata had overlooked in all the excitement. His two fluffy fox tails were wrapped around his waist, effectively obscuring his privates. Naruto was shirtless however, standing casually over the two with his head cocked to the side. Hinata could barely even steal a glance towards Naruto without her face burning like a tomato.

"I think it's time we told you everything." Naruto said while sitting down with his legs crossed Indian style.

Naruto and Gaara told Hinata everything. About Kyuubi and Shukaku, about why Kyuubi attacked the village, and how Konoha missing-nin had destroyed Kyuubi's previous family. About how the village treated Naruto and Gaara. And about how Kyuubi and Shukaku had taken them in. When all was said and done, Hinata stared quietly towards Naruto. The entire time she and Gaara were still huddled together. Hinata clung to Gaara for support. Gaara was very...motherly.

"So everyone hates you for being the demon carrier. But they should view you as a hero." Hinata stated in confusion. Naruto just shrugged.

"Yea." He stated bluntly while raising a hand to slick his hair back, removing his long golden bangs from obscuring his vision. Hinata went silent for a moment before looking to Gaara.

"I'm so sorry. You've both been through so much." She spoke in a sad voice, Gaara just smiled down at her before reaching a free hand towards Naruto. Naruto moved towards Gaara to hold his hand, still sitting down. He then looked to Hinata with a bright grin.

"It's not so bad. I mean, I met Gaara, and my mom and dad, so I think I've done well." Naruto said while laughing quietly to himself. Hinata just looked at him with a small smile, wiping a stray tear from her eye.

"That's true." Hinata stated in a happy manner while looking from both Gaara to Naruto, noticing how affection they were towards each other. That's why they were so close. To her, despite how terrible their story was, she saw the beauty in it. Gaara smiled when seeing Hinata's frame soften. He then began to rise from his kneeling position. Hinata let him go, blushing once more when realizing just how long she had been clinging to Gaara's form. Naruto rose up from his sitting position to move close to Gaara, wrapping an arm around the other's boy's waist and tugging him close.

Gaara let out a little delighted squeak when feeling that embrace, moving to clutch into the taller boy's arm. The sight caused Hinata's face to burn an even brighter shade of red, the girl averting her gaze in embarrassment.

"You are the first person we've told Hinata-chan. It's something we've had to keep to ourselves. Just us." Gaara spoke out in a that heavenly voice of his, tilting his head up to look adoringly at Naruto, there was a somber hint in his tone. Naruto turned to face Gaara, wrapping both his strong arms around the smaller boy's waist now. They gazed deeply into each other's eyes. Hinata just stayed silent, watching in fascination.

"And we could deal with that. Just us." Naruto said while placing a gentle kiss against Gaara's forehead, the gesture causing the other boy to close his eyes and lay his head against Naruto's chest. In the intimate embrace the boy's stayed silent for a while before both looked over to Hinata, now noticing just how flushed her face was.

"Is there something wrong Hinata?" Gaara asked in a curious voice. Hinata just shook her head and coughed a bit in embarrassment, trying to stop herself from staring.

"No, it's just...you two make a great couple. I don't think I've ever seen boyfriend and girlfriend as close as you are. It's just..nice to see." The girl stated while bowing her head and clutching her hand to her chest, a small smile stained across her face. It felt so good to just be around them, and they were letting her stay. This was one of the happiest moments she could remember.

As Hinata finished her sentence Naruto and Gaara looked at the girl in confusion.

"Um...what?" Naruto questioned in a stunned manner. The two boys then looked to each other before back at Hinata. Gaara was the first to speak, drawing Hinata's attention.

"Um...Hinata-chan…" Gaara whispered in a tentative tone. Hinata looked up with her head tilted slightly to the side.

"Yes Gaara-chan?" The girl responded in a soft voice.

"You do know I'm a boy right?" Gaara continued. Hinata froze for a moment, her eyes staring at Gaara in disbelief. She wasn't the only one who assumed Gaara was a girl. In fact this was the first time he'd ever corrected anyone. Most people referred to him as -chan. And called him a girl. And he didn't care enough to correct them because he and Naruto were so distant at school. To everyone but Hinata.

"What?" Hinata stated in a stunned, voice, her eyes wide. Gaara smiled warmly while turning his body towards Hinata. As he did that Naruto moved behind Gaara, Naruto's arms still wrapped around Gaara's waist, folding his hands against Gaara's covered belly. Naruto now rested his chin atop the other boy's shoulder. Gaara tilted his head to the side with a perplexed expression across his face. The two boys were completely oblivious to how their behavior seemed so intimate to others. Their closeness just came natural to the demon kits.

"I'm...a...boy." Gaara repeated slowly before releasing a tiny high pitched giggle, raising a dainty hand to cover his mouth as he released that laughter. Doing so in the same way Kyuubi did. Gaara was really taking after Kyuubi, behaving in a sensual, graceful fashion. Hinata stared for a long time before suddenly raising both her hands up and clutching her head as she exclaimed louder than either boy had ever heard before.

"What!?"

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