Breaking the Seal

Chapter 2

The Truth

A/N I just ended up writing it in first person because it made it easier to understand and it just came out that way. I know this seems a little rushed but remember he has been searching for the voices for a year and because there are two voices have been talking to each other for his entire life. Thanks for the reviews; this is my longest chapter to date. As for the harem I wanted to keep it small and have already picked Hinata as one person in it. If any of you just have to have a character in it tell me.

Naruto emerged into the light which temporarily blinded him. When his vision cleared the first thing he saw was a giant paper square, which had the kanji for seal, holding a monstrously large cage closed. Then he heard the soft feminine voice come echoing out of the cage. "Naruto you found us. We have much to discuss just listen temporarily. I am one of the two voices you have been hearing. I am the boss summon for fox's. I have also been called the nine tailed fox, but my name is Kyuubi. I was sealed in you because it was your father's duty to protect the village from me. At the time I was angry for some experiments a sick human called Orochimaru was doing on my family.

He was residing in the village at the time so I left my own to seek vengeance. Now to do the summoning he had to summon the death god. Now he couldn't do it because he had already signed the summoning contract for toads. Your mother was dying from complications from birthing you so she gave her life summoning him for your father. He then had to in a sense sacrifice his own life to seal me inside you."

Naruto just had a look of understanding on his face and looked to be in thought for some time. He sat up and walked close to the cage and eyed Kyuubi up and down. She had bright red hair and cute fox ear atop her head. Her eyes blazed a fiery red while her thin lips were a soft pink. Her skin was porcelain white and was flawless. She had an amazing body, well proportioned in areas that mattered and was wearing a red kimono with cherry blossoms adorning it. The kimono showed off her body perfectly.

They gazed at each other silently until Naruto walked through the bars and hugged her around the midsection. She quickly grabbed him in an embrace and brought his head up to her hers and kissed him on top of his head and on his cheek. "Now Naruto I was only one of the voices here, the other one was well is uh…"

"It was me" said the seal in a sad voice. "Ok before you freak out about a talking seal I am your father." Before he could continue Kyuubi interrupted "You're not really helping you know?" The seal sighed before continuing. "Well I became the seal and we will all die at the same time. But when I got here Kyuubi started mourning about her family's abuse and I comforted her and we got to talking. Well eventually we got past our differences and she became very protective of you and we had a lot in common and we agreed to get married and she wants to adopt you as her own."

"Now before you respond we need to tell you our idea on leaving your body and returning to the outside world. Kyuubi's power is tied to your own but not her consciousness. If you were to remove the seals on the gate I would be forced out of your body as she would. She would temporarily return to her summon dimension to regain her power but you will forcefully absorb the chakra she left in you. This would cause your chakra coils to evolve and stretch. You would need to go to her summon world to learn about being the summon boss. It's like leading your race in the spirit world. But in the end I'm going to marry into the summons and you will have parents again."

Again the room fell silent as Naruto began brooding. He was thinking, he was upset that his father would seal the Kyuubi into him but he sensed the logic in it and was still happy at the thought of having parents and leaving the hell hole of a village. He smiled and walked over to the seal. He said "Happy birthday to me" It was after all his seventh birthday and he proceeded to rip off the seal as if it was wrapping paper for his first ever present.

The seal wrapped itself around an invisible form of a man before it started burning while the bars melted and filled the hollow inside of the paper recreating the fourth. Kyuubi walked over and hugged both of them in a family hug sort of way before leaving through a portal. The fourth gave his son a final look. "See you on the outside son." He said before the intensity of the white light increased tenfold.

Red chakra wrapped around Naruto and gently flowed into him. Naruto quickly relaxed in the chakra's hold. 'So warm' he thought 'This is just like the hugs' was his last thought as sleep officially claimed him. He enjoyed blissful dreamless sleep for the rest or the night and part of the morning.

Naruto woke up to the sounds of someone moving around in his house. He got dressed and cautiously made his way into his living room slash kitchen. When he stuck his head around the corner he was greeted by the sight of his father in a blue shirt and black Anbu pants. Arashi turned around and smiled seeing his son. "Come on you haven't lived until you have had my French toast" he said smiling while holding out a plate of French toast smothered in butter and syrup with piles of sausage and bacon on the sides of the plate.

Naruto took the food and looked at it confused. Arashi saw his confusion and grabbed a similar plate and some forks and lead Naruto to a table. They ate in relative silence until Arashi spoke "We have a lot to do today, I want to get you some real clothes and I want to stop and see some friends and I need to see Sarutobi." Naruto nodded in acknowledgement before looking back at the food a little sadder. "But, when we are done, why don't we go to the park or lake and play together, some of my friend's children might want to go also."

Naruto visible perked up at this and gave a smile nodding vigorously. After they finished they locked the door and made there way to the shopping district a few blocks away. All the people were glaring, but not at Naruto. Within a minute rumors of the fourths return swept through the village.

When the duo made their way into a clothing store the manager came out and greeted the fourth and turned on Naruto. "Listen you little demon I'm using my right to refuse service so just get away from here and the fourth." The man never got to go any farther before he was raised by the scruff of his shirt to meet the Fourth on an eye to eye level. "Listen here sir; I will not have anyone treating my son that way after he finished his job of holding the Kyuubi for seven years. If you refuse service to him you are refusing it to me." He finished his speech by cracking his knuckles.

Naruto had recovered from his insanity spell and it had made his mind stronger. He now realized that his anger he felt toward his father earlier in his mindscape was misdirected and now he knew who the cause of his misery was. The villagers, they caused him pain, he hated them with a passion. They took everything from him, leaving only the darkness and in the darkness he found his parents and the light.

He pulled on his fathers other arm. "Dad lets go to another store, I wanted some ninja clothes like yours anyway." Arashi smiled, he couldn't say no to his only son. He dropped the manager ungracefully on his ass and walked away leading his son by the hand towards the other side of the street. He turned down a street and continued walking until he reached a shop that had a Kunai as the shop sign.

Upon entering Arashi took a deep breath and yelled "Kenji get your drunk ass out here!" A second or two later a rather pale and slightly buzzed looking man came walking up. "What? You look like you have seen a ghost." Arashi says in a joking manner. Kenji looks down at his half empty bottle and mutters something about not being that drunk and takes a swig. He then rubs his eyes and stares at Arashi and walks up and pokes him in the arm.

Kenji's eyes go wide before he starts laughing hard… really hard, I kid you not he was on the floor pounding his fists on the concrete laughing his ass off. Calming himself he says "Leave it to Arashi to come back from the dead. Have you told Hiashi yet? He has been a royal prick since his wife died. "She died… damn I'm going to need to set him straight soon." Arashi sighed.

"That's not all, but what do you need? Everything is half for team mates so don't worry about the cost. Well I need to get my son here some clothes and some basic academy student gear. "Shit Arashi I though he died in the attack. We need to straighten some stuff out. Ten-ten! " He yelled.

"Yeah dad what do you want?" A girl slightly taller then Naruto asked. She was wearing her pink Chinese dress and had her hair up in buns. "Ten-ten I haven't seen you since you were a baby!" Arashi said excitedly while picking her up and hugging her. She struggled to get free and asked "Who are you?"

"Honey this is daddy's team mate Arashi, better known as the fourth. We need to catch up on some things so why don't you take Naruto over there to get some clothes and a set of the advanced training gear while his dad and I talk?" Kenji asked and told his daughter at the same time.

She looked wide eyed at both Naruto and the fourth, her gaze alternated between the two until she blushed and grabbed Naruto's hand and lead him away towards the clothing section of the store. "Hi I'm Ten-ten, what's your name again?" she asked. He looked down at his feet and shyly said Naruto and waited for her to say something.

"Well Naruto why don't you try this shirt on and we can find an adequate size for you based on trial and error." Naruto was shock at how he was being treated, hardly anyone was nice to him and this girl just met him and is acting friendly. Normal life is going to take some getting used to he concluded while pulling off his shirt.

Ten-ten blushed and tried to tell him that there were changing rooms behind him but stopped when she saw a tattoo and a six pack. She giggled and blushed as she absentmindedly reached out to touch his stomach. Naruto had a shirt partially blinding his so he couldn't see her reaching out. She started feeling his stomach making him tense up. He finished getting his shirt off and asked "What are you doing?"

Ten-ten had the decency to look sheepish and squealed "I'm sorry I can't resist a well formed six pack. But what's with the weird tattoo?" Naruto turned to look in a mirror and saw a small red fox with nine tails in a sitting position right in the middle of his stomach used to be. 'Wait a second' he thought 'since when am I ripped' he finished his thought by flexing a little and inspecting himself in the mirror.

When he turned around Ten-ten was drooling and had hearts in her eyes. She latched onto his arm and his shirt and pulled him towards a set of stairs. She pulled him up the stairs down a hall and into a room, her room. She shoved him onto her head before locking the door and jumping on the bed next to him.

He sat up and was about to ask what was going on when she hugged him from behind. "Naruto-kun" she purred "I really like you." She said as seductively as an eight year old can. Naruto's mouth was just open as he turned around and returned the hug. She looked up into his eyes and got lost in the sea of blue she kissed him on his cheek the made her way down to his jaw line. She then quickly licked his jaw line all the way to his mouth where she stopped and kissed him passionately.

She then started feeling up his muscles as he just sat there and let her while smelling her hair and holding her close. He felt happy and warm. It was a new kind of warm, something he wasn't used to. "Ten-chan" he said "I need to finish shopping soon and even if I have to go soon would you like to be my friend?" he asked hopefully. He had never had a friend his own age before and wanted her to be one of hi friends.

She smiled and nodded in the affirmative before snuggling her head into his chest while tracing circles with her finger on his abs. "Just five more minutes she said dreamily as she grabbed his ands and guided them down to her lower back. "Rub my back?" she asked hopefully. He complied and started rubbing her back with his hands. "She started grinding her head into his chest and moaned out "Lower" in a demanding tone.

He got farther and farther down her back until he was massaging her ass. She moaned out loudly and kissed him passionately. He stopped massaging and started squeezing her ass as the kiss deepened causing her to moan even more into the kiss. When they broke apart both were panting lightly. "Ok let's get your clothes now we don't want to get in trouble." Before they left the room however Ten-ten pulled Naruto to the side of the room. "Naruto-kun my father is really strict and has a no dating policy so we can only be friends right now ok?"

"Friends with benefits?" he asked hopefully. "Definitely" she replied. They made their way back to the clothing racks. Ten-ten grabbed a few t-shirts and five pairs of black Anbu pants and pushed him in the direction of the changing room. While he was changing she gathered up a pouch of kunai and a pouch of shuriken. She also grabbed some of the new quick release chakra weights figuring he needed to maintain his figure or else she would be extremely saddened.

When he came out he was in one of the pairs of Anbu pants. He found the cords at the ankles and tightened them to allow for more mobility. He was wearing a snug blue shirt that hid all his muscles except for his exposed arms. She approved and made it know when she kissed him and pulled him into another hug. They broke away and blushed at one another before walking back to the front of the store.

When they arrived Kenji and Arashi saw the blushes and asked jokingly at the same time "Have fun you two?" this caused both of the kids to blush and look away sheepishly. "So Naruto what exactly are your intentions for my little girl?" Kenji asked slyly "Dad!" screeched Ten-ten obviously embraced. Thinking payback was in order she said "Wait till mom finds out you were drinking on the job again." Kenji visibly paled and started pleading with his daughter for forgiveness.

Arashi just sweat dropped and grabbed Naruto and lead him out the door, both their goodbyes lost on the arguing pair. Arashi tossed a stack of bills on the counter and left the store with bags in one hand and Naruto in the other. He lead him down the street and made a quick stop in a scroll store and purchased some sealing scrolls, blank scrolls and some brushes and ink. Arashi showed Naruto how to seal and unseal stuff in scrolls and he picked it up pretty fast.

After storing the scrolls in various pockets the duo made their way to a large restaurant. When they entered they were greeted by a waiter and taken to a table for two. After ordering some sandwiches the two began talking about ninja training. "Yeah, you're going to need private training because you're not going to be able to attend the academy like normal students" said Arashi. He cut his explanation shop when he saw some familiar faces. "Hey Chouza, Shikaku, Inoichi over here" he yelled getting their attention.

The three men made there way over with their children talking quietly behind them. "A-Arashi is that you?" They asked at the same time slightly pale. Arashi snorted "Of course it's me, who else looks this good? Oh and this is my son Naruto." The three men smiled and introduced their three kids Ino, Chouji and Shikamaru. The group moved to a large table to accommodate everybody. While the adults caught up with one another the kids started interrogating Naruto, well Ino did at least Chouji was to busy eating the appetizers and Shikamaru just said hello and introduced himself and Chouji before falling asleep.

"So Naruto who is that" Ino asked while pointing at the fourth. "That's my dad, but he is better known as the fourth" He answered. All three heads turned to him, Ino looked at him with little hearts in her eyes, Shikamaru found it to be not so troublesome to wake up and start questioning him and Chouji for the first time in his life was full and started asking questions too. All three were a little disappointed at the vague answers given to them. Soon trays of sandwiches arrived and everyone dug in. Naruto spilled some sauce on his shirt staining it. He sighed and stood up unknowingly getting everyone's attention.

He pulled his shirt off causing into to blush and get hearts in her eyes before he sealed the shirt away in a scroll. He unsealed one of his extra blue shirts and put it on much to Ino's disappointment. The guys were kind awed and a little jealous because of his earl development and Inoichi was a little upset that his daughter was already interested in boys, but found solace that she had great taste.

After lunch they said their goodbyes and Ino gave Naruto a peck on the cheek and scurried behind her father earning a laugh from the men of the group and a troublesome from Shikamaru. The group split up and Naruto asked his father "Where are we going now?" "To see another old friend" he replied solemnly before heading towards the clan section of the village.

They arrived at a large clan house and they walked through the main gate ignoring the guards. They made their way through the compound looking for some one until the came across a dojo. Inside was a man sparring with a young girl violently. The girl was sporting a wide array of bruises and was bleeding a little bit from the mouth. Both became enrage at the sight. Both charged into the room Naruto grabbed the girl and jumped away while Arashi grabbed the man's hand and threw him against the wall.

"You like picking on your daughter now Hiashi? Hitome would have been disgusted with you." Arashi scolded. "Son, take Hinata to her room and take care of you I need to talk to my old friend here." Naruto nodded and had the girl give him directions to her room though it took a while because she was stuttering and was a little disoriented.

Back at the fight "You look familiar, who are you?" Hiashi asked angrily though he thought 'Why does he look like him?' Arashi looked him in the eye and said "What don't even remember your team mate and best man anymore?" Hiashi's mouth dropped but the he stated angrily "He died seven years ago imposter" Arashi sighed and created a rasengan "Believe me now Hiashi-teme?" Hiashi gasped and the smirked "come on Arashi let go drink some tea I think we need to talk.

Arashi sighed and nodded and followed him into a room. "It has been a while and I'm sorry for your loss." Hiashi nodded in reply, "Truly it was a terrible tragedy." He said looking saddened by the memories.

"Yes but that's not the only reason I'm here I have seen first hand as well as heard how you have treated your daughter. You have broken her self confidence and severely crippled her." Hiashi sighed and even looked even more depressed "How can I fix it Arashi, the council wants to put her in the branch family because she resembles her mother too much. She used to push for the houses to be merged and the council was only stopped from enslaving her by breaking her will. They want her to be weak Arashi, they want tradition to stand. I can't do anything about it."

"I had a feeling it had come to that. I have a pretty interesting Idea that can work in both our favors then. Naruto is the last person able to pass on his bloodline and is allowed to marry multiple women because of the clan preservation act. If she was to be married to a Hokage's son they couldn't touch her. Normally the council would try to push me to have kids. But I am immune because of Hokage status."

Hiashi was shocked at his old teammates plan. It forced the councils hand and nobody could do anything to stop them. He loved it, it was cold it was devious and it would allow them to flaunt their power. In short Hiashi loved the plan. "But what if my daughter does not wish to marry him I can't force her."

Arashi smirked "Well I don't mean to brag but my son already got pretty far with Kenji's daughter and got a kiss from Inoichi's daughter so he can win her over pretty fast if needed." Both men adopted a grin "Want to spy on them?" Hiashi asked pulling out the Hokage's crystal ball.

"Where did you get that Hiashi, that old pervert would never lend me his ultimate spying too, how did you get it?" Hiashi smirked evilly "He was falling behind with the paper work so I had to confiscate it"

Hiashi channeled some chakra into the ball and said Hinata to it. A white mist appeared in the orb but cleared to show a bird's eye view of Hinata's room. Both men peered eagerly into the ball trying to see what was happening.

(Ten minutes prior)

Naruto was carrying Hinata bridal style to her room while following directions the blushing girl barely managed to squeak out. They arrived at her room after a minute or so of walking. He laid her down on her bed face down. He saw her shaking slightly do he pulled off his shirt and draped it over her like a blanket. This caused two things to happen, first it caused Hinata blush madly and second it got her to stop shivering. She was literally scared stiff.

He unsealed another shirt and put it on relieving Hinata of her blush. He walked over and sat down next to her. "You have any medicine or bandages anywhere?" he asked politely. She nodded and pointed to a dresser. After rummaging through a cabinet he came back with a small pile of gauze and healing creams. Hinata recognized a lot of them and pointed out what they all do.

Naruto had her lay on her stomach so he could properly apply the ointment to her wounds. She complied nervously until she stiffened when she felt him working on her back. She soon felt the pain lessen and relaxed as he fixed her up. While working he asked "You want to talk about it?" She took a deep calming breath and decided she could open up to him.

(This is when their fathers spy on them)

"My father is ashamed of me because I am weak and a disappointment to the clan." She started tearing up at this point "I really am weak and useless aren't I? I mean I can't do anything right everything I do is wrong. The entire clan hates me. I don't understand why I even bother anymore I want to just hide in a corner and die." At this point she started crying. "He refuses to look at me anymore. He never comforts me. I don't think he has ever even hugged me before." She was stopped at this point by the feeling of arms wrapping around her.

She turned around and looked him in the eye and saw many things, sadness, anger but most of all understanding. It was too much for her to take so she just hugged him back and was pulled into his lap. He managed to speak after a minute of hugging and crying. "I think you are strong, even though you suffer so much you never gave up, you kept trying. I Know how it's like being hated, being alone. I would never wish it on anybody. But your not alone, I'm here and I am proud of you and would like to be your friend."

She snuggled into his chest hugging him tighter and tighter. "I would love to be your friend Naruto, I think you are strong too, you have enough strength for yourself and me. Thank you." And with that the softened the hugs and fell asleep in each others arms.

(Back with the dads)

Damn that went better than expected both said at the same time. "Well it looks like are kids are getting married huh Hiashi." Arashi laughed out. "Yes I think they are perfect for each other."

"Now if only he married Kenji's daughter Ten-ten our whole team will be in-laws." Arashi said happily. "Yes that would be nice…WHAT!!!!" screamed Hiashi "I told you he needed multiple wives didn't I?" he said grinning even wider "Well yes b-but seriously is he going to marry 'gulp' his daughter?" he asked slightly scared at the possibilities of being related to Kenji. "Well I guess we can go see if Gai has had a daughter since I have been gone." The last comment caused Hiashi to faint and Arashi to burst out laughing. 'I'm going to have fun with him alright"

A/N Remember if reviews were crack I would be a crack addict.