Insane FND: WOOHOO! HERE WE GO BABY! PART 2! BRING ME THE PIES!

*BASH*

Insane FND is on the floor with a giant bump on his head. Standing above Insane FND, is FND with a keyblade in hand with a sweat drop coming down his head.

FND: How the Hell did you get out of the vault? Ah never mind *Grabs I-FND's leg and starts to drag him away* Time to put you back in the vault.

Mysterious Stranger: Shouldn't you just get rid of him? He'll just cause more problems if left unchecked.

FND: I could… but where's the fun in that? Besides, there's a reason why he's still here.

MS: Ok… so when do I make my appearance?

FND: Soon. Just be patient, okay.

MS: Fine… I'm going to get some ramen *starts walking away*.

FND: CAN YOU GET ME SOME MISO RAMEN WHILE YOU'RE OUT PLEASE? Okay… on with the story!

The Fox Festival: Part 2

"SHINRA TENSEI!" Before the jounin's blade could even reach pierce through Naruto's chest, a powerful force of intense power hit his body, sending him flying through the air, into the building behind him, imbedding him into the wall of the building. Everyone was shocked at what had just happened, they had literally just witnessed a jounin being defeated from a single attack. Everyone turned back too Naruto's direction, and were all shocked at what they saw. In front of them where two unfamiliar figures one standing in front of Naruto, blocking anyone from coming any closer to him, his right palm extended in front of him as if telling everyone to stop. The second figure was standing over Naruto, her hand glowing with green chakra over his main wound. Everyone took notice of the second figures action, and noticed that the longer the figures hand was over Naruto, the more his breathing becomes more regular.

The second figure was a woman with blue hair, tied into a side bun on the right side of her head, 3 red origami roses adorning her blue hair. She wore a black cloak, with blue clouds decorating it, her amber eyes looked down at the boy with hope, happiness, but also sadness because of the condition they found him in. The figure that was standing in front of the group wore a similar cloak, the only difference was that over his cloak, he wore sky blue kage robes, and a kage hat with the kanji for ame imprinted on it. His hat was covering his face from everyone's view, but you could still see his shoulder length red hair. Another thing the group took not of was how he was clenching his left hand furiously, causing his skin to make the sound of rubbing leather, obviously he was mad.

"I want one of you too explain to me what is going on here… right now!" the whole crowd shivered in fear of the man's tone. One man from the crowd gulped and spoke with a raised voice.

"WE'RE KILLING THE DEMON! WE ARE FINALLY GETTING RID OF HIM, ONCE AND FOR ALL!" He really didn't know what the man's reaction was going to be, but when he finished voicing his mind, the whole entire alleyway dropped a few degrees in temperature.

"I see…" The man then turned his gaze towards the chūnins who still had the genins pinned to the floor. He then raised his left hand, and pointed his palm towards them.

"Shinra Tensei…" and in one mighty pushed, all of the chūnins where launched off of the kids and into the wall back first. They flew into the wall with such force that the wall cracked from the force of their bodies colliding with it, and they were all sent into unconsciousness. The genins where stunned to say the least, not only did this man defeat a jounin with one move as if it child's play, but he knocked out every single chūnin that had pinned them to the ground, not even moving from his spot. The genins were in both fear and in admiration of the man's power, Sasuke however, held one thought about the man, "I must have him train me". When Hinata got free, she immediately got up and ran towards Naruto.

"Naruto-kun!"

She reached his side and knelt beside the blue haired woman who was beside him, but she was too afraid to touch him, afraid that if she did, she would cause him pain.

"Don't worry," the woman said, putting a comforting hand on Hinata's right shoulder. "He's going to be just fine, I've already dealt with most of the internal injuries, and his quick healing ability is already helping to heal most of his cuts." Hinata was in so much joy, the boy she cared for, was going to be alright, she was so happy. The blue haired woman smiled at how she helped put the girl at ease, she saw how much the little girl cared for the boy with all her heart. Her expression however, became more serious as she turned her gaze to the other stranger.

"Nagato, what should we do? You heard what that man said; we can't let them get away with this." Nagato then turned towards Konan giving her an understanding nod, telling her that he knew just what to do to punish them for their crime. He then turned towards the crowd and was getting ready to unleash another attack, but was stopped when 5 ANBU dropped down, surrounding him.

"We are going to have to ask you to stop your assault please." One of the ANBUs said with authority in his voice. When he saw that the situation was getting more serious, he put his hands back down to his sides, showing he would stop.

"I will cease my assault… however; I want everyone here, except for the genin, arrested for attacking, and attempted to murder Naruto Uzumaki." Everyone in the crowd felt shivers run down their spines, and some decided to run, to save their own skin.

"Very well. However, we are also going to have to bring you in as well."

"I don't think that will be possible."

"Why?"

"3 reasons actually, 1) the only harm I did to anyone were those ninja who were trying to kill Naruto and were restraining his comrades from aiding him, 2) I am the Amekage of Amegakure no Sato, I have come here to propose a peace treaty between my village and Konoha, if you were to arrest me, not only would negotiations not run smoothly, but your Hokage would not be pleased at how you treat his guest, and would be future comrade." The ANBU flinched at Nagato's second reasoning, if he was truly a kage, then he had all the power he needed to eliminate them, and anyone else that attacked him, and all the proof they needed where the unconscious ninja in the alleyway. The ANBU were about to back off, but something clicked into the captain's mind.

"Wait? You said there were 3 reasons, you only said 2." The ANBU captain said wearily

"The 3rd reason is quite easy to understand actually," Nagato the reached for his kage hat and pulled it off, revealing all of his red hair. He looked at the ANBU captain with his eyes fully visible, causing the captain to flinch and back away from Nagato with fear from being starred down by his cold stare.

"My name is Nagato Uzumaki, Amekage of Amegakure no Sato, son of the late Uzukage/Daimyo of Uzushiogakure no Sato of Uzu no Kuni, and…" his glare turned from complete coldness, to that of anger that would burn a hole through your soul. "… I am the uncle of Naruto Uzumaki! Your foolish villagers and ninja attacked MY NEPHEW! I AM WITHIN MY RIGHTS TO DEFEND HIM AND HIS LIFE AS I SEE FIT!" the whole group gasped in shock at what they had just learned, not only did their demon brat belong to a clan, a prestigious one at that, but he had family, a kage no less. One thought went through the minds of everyone in the group that just witnessed how the Amekage announced himself as Naruto's uncle. "Oh shit…"

(The Hokage Tower, 15 minutes later)

Hiruzen Sarutobi was finishing up the last of his paper work for the night, and as with every other kage in the 5 great elemental nations, paperwork, was a kage's mortal enemy, no matter how hard you hit it, it just seems to never stop coming. Hiruzen was happy that he was done, and that he could finally go down to the festival and enjoy it with his son, Asuma, and his grandson, Konohamaru. Even though he was happy that his work was done, e couldn't shake the cold feeling that something very bad was about to happen. As he was putting on his Hokage hat, his secretary blasted through the door as if she was being chased by the shinigami himself.

"HOKAGE-SAMA! SOMETHINGS HAPPENED!"

"What do you mean? What's happened?" The Hokage looked both concern and worried, whatever it was that was wrong in his village, just knowing about it caused the cold feeling he had, to become as cold as ice.

After she caught her breath, she took a deep breath and readied herself to explain what had happened earlier that night. "Hokage-sama, Naruto Uzumaki was emitted to the hospital just a while ago. He was attacked by a mob of villagers and a team of drunken ninja, one jounin and several chūnin, all from Konoha. He had several deep cuts and was unconscious when he was carried in." the Hokage was in complete and udder shock, not only was Naruto, the very boy he swore to do his best in protecting, in the hospital, but he was in there because of his own people, already, his mind was slipping to images of a similar event 2 years ago. Before Hiruzen could slip into the flash back, his attention shot back to his secretary who continued with the news.

"There is more Hokage-sama. A group of genin tracked Naruto down when they couldn't find him at the festival, when they found him; he was near death as they charged in to protect him. When they got pinned to ground, the jounin was about to proceed in delivering the final blow… when… well…" the secretary was now sweating profusely, Sarutobi caught onto this and become even more concerned of the situation.

"What happened?"

"Well… you see sir, before the jounin's could harm Naruto; a lone ninja incapacitated him with a single move, then incapacitated the chūnin in the same way. When an ANBU team arrived to stop him from causing any further damage, they found themselves arresting the crowd of villagers there, and escorting him, his companion, and the genins to the hospital to get Naruto medical attention… sir the man was the Amekage of Amegakure."

"I see… what is his name?"

"Nagato… Nagato Uzumaki… and apparently Naruto's uncle." The secretary stated and when she looked at the Hokage's face, all she saw was shock. Sarutobi was standing as still as a statue and gawking at the fact that not only had Nagato become the Amekage, he also was here, found out about Naruto, and saved him from the villagers. Sarutobi also knew that Nagato would be coming to the tower soon to see him, looking for answers… and blood.

Just as his thoughts had finished, Sarutobi's office door blew open, flying off the hinges with such force, that it went across to the other side of the room. Standing in the doorway was a man in a black cloak with blue clouds, and sky blue kage robes. His stood in the hallway staring Sarutobi down with his rinnegan a tick mark pulsing on his left brow, and his clenching as he stared down the aged kage.

"Hello Sarutobi… been a while hasn't it?" Nagato turned his gaze to the secretary, and his cold glare turned into a sweet smile. "Would you mind and give us a couple of minutes please?" The secretary bowed immediately to both kages and let herself out as quickly as she could, she did not want to be on the receiving end of the Amekage's death glare. "Now that she's gone, how about you start explaining why you never mentioned that Naruto survived the fox attack 13 years ago, why he's the jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Kitsune, and why the villagers hunted him earlier today, and why I was the one who had to save him?!" When Nagato raised his voice and once again turned himself towards Sarutobi, looking him dead in the eye's, Sarutobi could feel his very being withering away from just being under the man's glare, "It's going to be a long night…".

(Back at the Hospital)

The genins where all waiting in the hallway, standing next to the door, where on the other side, their friend, Naruto, was being treated for the injuries that he sustained that night. They were all waiting to hear about Naruto's condition, and how long they think he'll need to recover. Everyone was scrambled about; Sasuke and Sakura were standing next to the door to Naruto's room, Sasuke was deep in thought and brooding about the attack on his comrade and how he can become stronger so that he wouldn't be overpowered again. Sakura, who had her head down low, remembering Naruto's cut up body, how he was bleeding from both his cuts and coughing out blood, how his eyes looked so cold and scared, and how close he was to dying in front of everyone. She cringed at the memory of the orange clad ninja on the floor near death. Shino and Kiba were sitting next to Hinata, both putting a comforting hand on her shoulders, trying to help her feel more at ease at the situation, but no matter what they do, she would continue to lightly weep as she hid her face between her tucked knees, wrapping her arms around them to hold them together.

Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji where on the other side of the wall and were waiting to hear about Naruto's condition as well. Choji was sitting on the ground looking down at a bag of potato chips that was in both of his hands, but he couldn't find his appetite. Ino was sitting next to Choji, her hands on her temple, trying to find a way to erase the events from her mind, the one bad thing about being a Yamanaka, you can never truly forget about anything, and remember almost every detail clearly. Shikamaru was on the other side of Choji and he was busy in his mind trying to figure out why in the world anyone would attack Naruto.

"I mean, sure, the guy could be annoying, and he can get on your nerves. But it just doesn't make sense, his pranks are usually harmless and only leave a stain or two, but that doesn't call for him to being attacked. And the graffiti and what the villagers called him. 'Demon', 'Monster', what the hell is going on." Shikamaru was brought out of his thoughts when he heard footsteps coming towards them. He looked up from his thoughts, and was greeted with the site of all of their senseis.

"Asuma-sensei, Kurenai-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, what are you all doing here?" Shikamaru asked, causing all the genin to look up and towards their senseis. When Kurenai saw the tears in Hinata's eyes, she immediately went over to comfort the poor girl. Asuma decided to follow her lead and try to comfort his students. Kakashi turned to his two students, and then the door, a pained look seen on what you can see of his face.

"Any word yet?" Kakashi asked his two students, who answered his question by shaking their heads.

"They haven't come out since we brought him in, they said that he had a large amount of internal injuries where he took the jounin's ninjato and had lost a lot of blood." Sasuke answered his sensei and then remembered about the jounin and chūnin that had attacked them. "Kakashi, do you know what happened to the ninjas that attacked Naruto?"

"The chūnin were all recovered and arrested, and now are being interrogated for the reasons behind their attack, the jounin died from a broken neck and multiple injuries to his organs. Whoever attacked him must have been very powerful."

"You should now who was Kakashi, or have you forgotten how many Shinra Tenseis Minato took while Nagato and I were here in Konoha?" Konan spoke, shocking everyone in the hallway, Kakashi especially. When he turned around, he was greeted with the site of Konan holding a bag full of drinks for the genin

"K-K-KONAN?! W-WHAT ARE- Wait? Nagato attacked was the one who attacked the jounin?! Does that mean you both know about Naruto?!"Kakashi asked timidly at the site of the blue haired woman, remembering the times he and his team were visited by both her and her husband, who proceeded to throw their sensei across the training field, reminding him treat his sister right. Konan nodded lightly with a serious expression on her face, she then walked over to the genins and handed them all drinks, which they accepted gratefully. When she reached Hinata, who was still being comforted by hug from Kurenai, she bent down and put her free hand on her shoulder to help her reassurance.

"Don't worry; I sure Naruto will be just fine, if he is anything like his mother and father, then he'll probably pull through, feeling good as new." Hinata became more relaxed when she heard the blue haired woman's words, but then she, along with the other genin caught something in her words. …if he is anything like his mother and father… everyone caught this, and asked themselves a similar question. "Does that mean she knows who his parents are?"Kakashi heard her words and became a little concerned that she will reveal who his parents were, but before he could do anything, the door to Naruto's hospital room opened, revealing a nurse exiting the room, still wiping her hands clean of the blood with a paper towel before throwing it away.

"Well… it took us a while, but he should be back to normal in no time, he'll wake sometime by tomorrow afternoon. (Especially with that thing inside of him)" the nurse said with disgust under her breath about the boy being a jinchūriki of the Kyūbi no Youko. Nobody heard what she said except for the jounin and Konan, most of the genin wanted to go see their friend, and asked the nurse if it was alright for them to go and see their friend. Reluctantly, the nurse said it was alright, and took her leave, allowing everyone and their senseis to enter the room.

What they saw put everyone a little more at ease. On the bed, was Naruto, peacefully sleeping with bandages wrapped along his arms and neck, bandages taped to his cheeks to help the cuts he got on them to heal faster. His upper body was visible and was garbed in a short sleeved white shirt, but some of the bandages were creeping through the sleeves, making it clear that even his upper body was wrapped up. His lower body could not be seen because it was covered with a white blanket to help keep him warm. Everyone smiled to see him resting on his bed, though still sad that he was in a hospital bed instead of his room, but still happy to see he was ok. They started wondering where he would stay since his apartment.

"K-Kakashi-sensei? W-Where is N-Naruto-kun going to s-stay since his apartment w-was destroyed d-during t-the attack?" Hinata asked worriedly about her crush, gaining looks of realization about their friend's situation, their senseis looking at each other trying to figure out where the boy was going to stay, and a curious look from Konan about the question.

"Apartment? What do you mean his apartment? I thought Naruto was staying at his father's estate. Why is he living in an apartment?" Konan looked at the group, gaining interested looks from the genin, and noticed that Asuma and Kakashi were looking down in shame, Kakashi especially. She wondered why they would look shamed, and then it clicked.

"Wait! Are you telling me that Naruto doesn't know who his parents are?! Has he been raising himself all this time?!" at those words, Kakashi just hung his head in even more shame. Konan had a mix of emotions right now, not only did she see her nephew being attacked and nearly killed by another fellow shinobi of the village he's from, but she is learning that he's been raising himself from the start. She was starting to feel her anger rising to its peak, but before it could, she shook her head out of her frustration and remembered that at the moment, that she had to take care of Naruto.

"… Right now, I need to keep Naruto safe. Kakashi, you and I will have words later, but right now, I just want to make sure he's safe."

"… I understand." Kakashi spoke dryly, all he could feel at the moment was more shame, and once again, he felt he had failed his sensei by not protecting his son. He was about to suggest that the jounins and genins should leave the room, leaving Konan and Naruto alone, but was surprised when he heard rustling coming from Naruto's bed. He looked over to the bed, only to see that Naruto was shifting and turning in his sleep, sweating heavily, and his face showing that he was in pain, while mumbling in his sleep. Naruto was having a nightmare.

"Naruto!" Konan noticed the rustling as well and rushed over to his side to see if he was alright, not opening any of his wounds, and also to give him comfort. When she reached his side, she immediately looked him over, checking his bandages and limiting his movement. She could barely hear what he was mumbling about, but some words came very clear to, 'help', 'mother', '…want to die', and 'why me?'. She was busy trying to keep his movements limited, but the more she tried to stop him from moving the more he resisted, his nightmare just kept getting worse and worse. She kept trying to calm him down, but he just became more agitated. She didn't notice it though when Hinata came to her side and took Naruto's hand into both of hers, blushing brightly from her action.

"N-Naruto-kun, c-calm down, it's j-just a dream. It can't hurt you. Everything is alright." Hinata spoke the words softly to Naruto, and soon after, he began to calm down, falling back to his sleep peacefully, a small, but warm, smile on his face, and holding Hinata's hand tighter, reluctant to let it go when she pulled it away when she saw he was better. She turned her head towards Konan who smiled and bowed her head thankfully to her.

"Thank you so much for the help," Konan said smiling at both the girls help and the blush on Hinata's face, she put a hand on her shoulder and began to lead her out of the room, back to the hallway. "Come on everyone. Let's let Naruto get some rest, we can visit him tomorrow and see how he's doing." And with her words, the group left, turning off the lights to let Naruto to succumb to his sleep.

(Inside Naruto's Mindscape)

Naruto, after hearing Hinata's words, became more relaxed, and the dream world started to fade around him, allowing him to once again rest. But when he left the dream world, he fell into another one, one where the surrounding was dark and damp, a reddish hue tinting the walls, and the floor covered with water to high above his ankle and calf. Naruto looked around the sewer, taking in what little he could see of his surroundings, trying to figure out where he was.

"uh… my head… oh that's right… I had the nightmare again…"Rubbing his head to and get the images of his nightmare out of his mind.

"So… you finally came to visit me…" The heavy voice echoed through the hallway, coming from deep within the sewer. Naruto's curiosity won him over, and he went down the hall to look for the voice. He walked for minutes, wondering what this sewer was, and who was the voice that spoke to him earlier, he was begging to reach the end of the hall and entered a large chamber, with a ceiling so high, it could not be seen. He looked around the chamber and saw that it was more lit than the hallway; pipes were on the walls leading both into the hallway, and behind a giant gate with a parchment with the kanji for 'seal' written on it. Naruto walked closer to the gate, but stopped halfway into the chamber when he took notice of a large dark figure resting its head on its two, crossed over arms, two rabbit like ears unmoving, but ready to find any sound made. The beast's chest and upper body rising and lowering with every breath it made, and nine, long tails, swaying one by one in its rest.

"W-Who a-are y-you…?" Naruto said, complete stunned by the site of the gargantuan beast. When he asked his question, the beast began to move and shift; it moved itself till its face stared down at the boy, showing him the beast large, red, and slit-pupil eyes. Naruto looked at the beast, studying it for any sudden moves of hostility, but then he saw the true shape of the beast, the beast shape, was that of a giant nine tailed fox.

"Y-You're the Kyūbi! Where are we?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"

"FOOL! I HAVE DONE NOTHING! YOUR MIND HAS SIMPLY ENTERED MY DOMAIN! AS WE SPEAK, I AM USING ALL OF MY POWER IN HEALING YOUR BODY!" The Kyūbi bellowed down on Naruto, causing him to flinch by the sheer power of the beast voice. When he was done yelling at Naruto, Naruto looked down, recalling the events that occurred earlier that night, the name calling, the harassment, the beatings, and finally, nearly dying, just like he almost did two years ago. The Kyūbi saw the boy's expression and felt only pity for the boy, he understood the boy's feelings all too well, betrayal, fear, all of those feelings the Kyūbi felt in the past since his birth, and he knew the boy's pain, for Naruto's pain, was the Kyūbi's.

"Tell me kit. Do you want revenge? Do you want to make them pay for what they have done? Tell me, and I will give you all the power you would need to raise hell and destroy all those that have wronged you." The Kyūbi words echoed through the room, and through Naruto's mind. 'Revenge… make them pay… raise hell and destroy all those that have wronged you' the Kyūbi's offer was tempting, somewhere deep down, he wanted to lash out, spill their blood, make them scream for the mercy and forgiveness that they never gave him, all for something he had no control of. But before he continue his thoughts of vengeance, his mind went to the image of his friends and teachers, Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei, the Old Man, Konohamaru, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, Shino, Ino, Sakura-Chan, Sasuke… and Hinata.

He had no idea of why images of her kept popping into his head, how she always poked her fingers together when he was around, how she would turn red as a tomato, how he caught her watching him when he trained sometimes, how she always eeped when he commented on her in the academy during the ninjutsu studies, her little laughs, he never noticed the many nice things about her he's never seen before, but then his mind ended on one thought, his mind settled on her face earlier on that night, more specifically, her tears. When he thought about her crying, his stomached cringed and he felt so much anger for seeing her cry, seeing her cry, Naruto hated the image of her crying, he only ever saw and wished her face to have a smile, but seeing those tears burned his very core. What made it worse was that those tears of hers were for him. She really thought that he was going to die tonight; she thought that she was going to lose him, and she was the only one out of all of their friends that even shed tears for him, not even Sakura-Chan bothered to shed him some tears when he was about to die. He was brought out of his thoughts when the Kyūbi bellowed his voice at the boy once more.

"Well boy… Make your choice. Do you wish to for vengeance, then come here, AND I SHALL GIVE YOU MY POWER AND WE WILL MAKE THEM-"

"No…"

"Nani…?!" The Kyūbi looked shocked at the boys reply.

"I said no… I don't want to destroy the village…" Naruto said with a resolve of pure fire, all expressed through his hardened expression, and the determination shown through how sturdy he positioned his body.

"Dōshite… Dōshite Naruto?!"

"Because… I want them to be happy… I want them to be happy, and if I went on a rampage, seeking revenge, I might hurt them, maybe even worse… and I don't want to see them sad, I don't want them to be angry at me… and… and… I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER CRY!" Naruto yelled at the Kyūbi while clenching his fist trying to rid himself of the thoughts of Hinata crying in tears of him destroying the village. When he heard nothing coming from the Kyūbi's cage, he turned himself around and began to walk to the exit of the mindscape.

"So… you would let this continue to happen… you would continue to face the constant harassment, being the outcast, the betrayal of your own village, all for your friends… and that PINKET HARPY?!" The Kyūbi bellowed back at the blonde, resulting in the said blonde turning back towards the Kyūbi, looking him in the eyes.

"Of course I will, one day I WILL BECOME THE HOKAGE, and it will end, and then everyone will have to respect and acknowledge me as NARUTO UZUMAKI, THE GODAIME HOKAGE, AND THE PRISON OF THE KYŪBI, AND NOT YOU! And I am not doing this for Sakura-Chan; I'm doing this for-"

"OH KAMI PLEASE SAY HINATA! KAMI PLEASE, OH PLEASE SAY THE HYŪGA'S NAME!" The Kyūbi said, putting his hands in a prayer like fashion while looking up at the dark ceiling. Little to say, Naruto was shocked.

"Eh… uh… yeah." Naruto then relaxed his shoulders and looked down at the ground, relaxing his expression as well. "I just… I just don't want to see her cry… I don't know why, but just the thought of it, it just makes me want to make the one who hurt her pay." Naruto didn't notice, but the Kyūbi did, that he was clenching his fists when he thought of the Hinata, the Kyūbi knew exactly why the boy was feeling the way he did right now, how couldn't he, he once felt the same way.

"He he he he he, I know exactly why you feel the way you do about her Kit, it's about time your feelings for her are starting to manifest, kit."

"Huh? What do you mean? What feelings are you talking about?"

"NANI?! ARE YOU REALLY THAT DENSE YOU BAKA?! HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE IT?! IT'S AS OBVIOUS AS YOUR ADDICTION TO RAMEN?! PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU'RE NOT OBLIVIOUS TO HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU?!"

"Eh… What are you talking about? What do you mean how she feels about me? She's just my friend." before he could ask any further, one of the Kyūbi's tails wrapped itself around Naruto's waist and brought him behind the cage, and brought to eye height to the Bijū

"YOU OBLIVIOUS BAKA, KIT! HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT YOU, DO I HAVE TO BEAT IT INTO YOUR HEAD LIKE YOUR MOTHER HAD TO DO TO YOUR FATHER?! IS OBLIVIOUSNESS A BLOODLINE IN YOUR FAMILY OR SOMETHING?! BECAUSE IF YOU WANT ME TO, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO KNOCK SOME SENSE INTO YOU, BAKA!" The Kyūbi was starting to get irritated by Naruto's obliviousness to the girl's feelings, and shook for emphasis on what he would do to him to make him understand. Naruto on the other hand was shocked for another reason, "My parents… wait! Does the Kyūbi know who my parents are?!"

"Alright kit, listen up alright. First you should-"

"MATTE...! You just said you knew my parents, is it true? Please… please tell me who they are, I'm begging you…" Naruto pleaded to the Kyūbi, bowing his head to try and appeal to the Kyūbi.

"It's not my place to tell you who they were, your Hokage definitely knows who they were, and so does your sensei. Ask them who they were, and if they don't tell you, then tell them that I shall, that should make them give in, but if it doesn't, then I hold to my word and tell you all about them. But onto other business…" the Kyūbi then starts to shake Naruto violently in his tails grip. "DO YOU WANT ME TO BEAT IT INTO YOUR THICK SKULL YOU BAKA. HOW CAN YOU NOT SEE HOW THE HYŪGA GIRL FEELS ABOUT YOU?! WELL DO I?!"

"AND I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! WHAT FEELINGS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU DAMN KITSUNE?!"

"THAT'S IT! YOU'RE COMING WITH ME!" The Kyūbi then moves Naruto onto his back with his tail. Once Naruto was on him, he began to move onto all four, and proceeded down deeper into the Kyūbi's cage. After some time walking, the Bijū and Jinchūriki found themselves in the back of the cage, the walls still carried the reddish hue, but the room was illuminated by the light that was coming off a giant, bright, and pulsating orb.

"What is that?"

"That," the Kyūbi said, pointing his snout to the orb. "Is where all your memories reside. It both contains them, and can show you everything you've ever seen, done, smelled, touched, whatever, it will show you… But this orb is not yours alone, kit. This orb is also mine, everything that I have experienced while sealed inside of you and more has been recorded in this orb. Now then, let's get stated." Kyūbi then started to outstretch one of his tails and poked it into the orb, and in a matter of seconds, drew out a water drop the size of Naruto's head and brought it in front of said child. The orb droplet hanged from the tip of the Kyūbi's tail, and when it was in front of Naruto, Naruto outstretched both of his hands and put them under the hanging droplet incase it fell. When his hands were under, the droplet immediately fell from the Kyūbi's tail and landed into Naruto's hands. Naruto began examining the strange orb trying to figure out what it was. His thoughts were cut off when the orb began to glow, and he started seeing images inside of his head.

The images brought Naruto back to his first year of academy, when everyone in the class looked at him like he was the plague, his past self got angry and yelled at them telling them that he will become the Hokage. The images attention was focused more on a figure in the back of the room; the figure was Hinata, who looked at him with both happiness and disbelief in her eyes.

"I-I-I'm in the same class as Naruto-kun! I-I am so happy!" Hinata's thoughts were somehow heard by future Naruto's ears and he was shocked to learn that she was happy to have him in the same class, NO ONE was happy to have him in their class. The images started shifting more and more to the time in the academy, when he was walking down the street to Ichiraku's, or when he was training with his team. But then the images settled down on a memory of Valentine's Day in the last of the Academy for his class. The memory showed him how the rest of the class where either sharing their valentine's with each other, a large group of girls giving their valentine's to an annoyed Sasuke, and him trying to ask Sakura out on a date, ending in him getting punched in the head.

"Now that I look back, why did I fall for Sakura-Chan? Was it because she gave me attention or something? What was it… maybe… maybe all it was, was a stupid crush." Naruto after going over his thoughts, once again heard another voice in his head, he knew the voice belonged to Hinata, and he found her sitting in the back of the room clutching a small box in her hands, he remembered the box, filled with chocolate, as the same one that was at his door later on in the day, no messenger in sight.

"Naruto-kun… I wish I could tell you how I feel, but I don't know how and I'm scared that you'll reject me… one day… one day I'll tell you… one day I'll tell you that you're the one that saved me when I lost my mother… one day I'll tell you that… that I… l-love you…"

Saying he was shocked would be an understatement. He just heard through the Kyūbi's memories that the shy, innocent, kind Hyūga Hinata… was in love… with him. He was brought out of his thoughts when the memories started to fade and his vision blurred till he was surrounded by darkness. The darkness itself faded too, and he was back in the cage on top of the Kyūbi. He looked at his hands to see that the memory orb that allowed him to see the past through the Kyūbi's perspective, now dissolving, and returning to the original orb. Naruto turned his attention back to the Kyūbi with quizzical eyes.

"H-How-?"

"How were you able to see to your past and hear her thoughts? Simple, I am able to see everything that happens outside of this place through your eyes, and I am able to hear the thoughts of anyone that I choose. Though it maybe tiresome, I was surprised to learn about her liking of you… you feel pretty bad now don't you? All these years, her crush has manifested itself to the love she now has for you, she has been waiting patiently for either you too finally notice her, or too one day build up the courage to tell you herself. I could only imagine how heart she must have felt, watching try and aim for the heart of another."Naruto hung his head in shame, he could try and understand how she felt, he felt the same when he tried to ask out Sakura, who then tried to ask out Sasuke, but she must have had it worse, she was actually in love while he was going after a silly crush. He shook his head to get his mind out of his thoughts, he can't look back, he had to make things right.

"Kyūbi… thanks… I owe you one."

"HA! You owe me more than one kit! And don't forget it! HAHAHAHA" Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the Kyūbi's antics, he never expected the Kyūbi to be like this, but then he wondered why the beast would even consider to even helping him in the first place.

"Kyūbi… why are you helping me? Why didn't you just attack me and set yourself free?"

"As much as it would have been fun to be free again, I couldn't bring myself to destroy you. I do not hate you, in fact… I have a little respect for you."

"Nani?"

"I respect you kit? I know what it feels like to be feared, to be out casted, to be betrayed, to be seen as a monster for something you had no control over. I know that feeling and more, but unlike you, I let my rage manifest and did many things, terrible things, things… that would have made him feel ashamed of me…"

"Who?"

"RikudouSennin, the man who brought me into creation… and the man who was like a father to me… he asked me one thing, 'to never change' but I failed him and ended up breaking my word…"

"I-I'm sorry…"

"Don't be, none of it was your fault, I felt too much pain and I lashed out, destroying anything I saw fit to destroy. You on the other hand, you have always been strong and never tried to bring pain to those who have wronged you, you always endured and strived to prove them wrong, to prove your worth to the village and the Shinobi World. To be honest, I don't think this village deserves someone as strong and forgiving as you."

"Thanks Kyūbi… you know, you're nothing like I thought you to be."

"HA! I will take that as a compliment. And my name isn't Kyūbi! My name is Kurama!"

"Kurama?"

"Yes, it was given to me by Rikudou when the other Bijū and I were created."

"Is it alright if I call you that from now on?"

"Go ahead, but only with me, do not tell anyone else what my name is. Only those who I find worthy are allowed to know my name."

"Ok Kurama, I promise."

"HA! Now I know you won't tell anyone. Come on kit, time for you to wake up." Kurama then began to walk back to the gates of his cage to allow Naruto to return to the real world. Naruto hung onto the Bijū to make sure he doesn't fall off, but then a question popped into his head.

"… Hey Kurama… there's something that I wanted to know." Kurama stopped when he heard the child on his back's question.

"What is it?"

"Why did you attack the village thirteen years ago?"

"Naruto… that day, was the day you were born, but it was also the day that my last Jinchūriki's seal was broken and was killed. I was unleashed onto the village, controlled by the same man who broke the seal and took my Jinchūriki's life, using me as the tool to take not only hers, but her husband's life aswell… that man… was Madara Uchiha… the same man who took not only the life of one who I considered a friend… but also destroyed not only mine, but your life as well…"

I don't know if this is a cliff hanger or not… you must decide for yourselves my friends.

So ya… usual stuff, review and comment, flamers can shove it where the light don't shine, and Naruto is property of Hinata Hyūga. :P ja na