Letting My True Face Show

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I feel the need to clarify that this is a collection of UNRELATED oneshots/drabbles, so none of them have anything to do with eachother unless I say they do, got it. Hopefully that helps any questions or anything.

"Naruto!" The blonde jinchuuriki turned around and let and true smile grace his features. Running toward him was one of the few people he allowed himself to truly be himself around. A girl about his age with raven-black, long hair, bright sapphire eyes, and the only smile he had seen that made him want to smile back.

Sasuke rolled his eyes but smirked and continued walking down the road. "Have fun with your girlfriend, dope."

Naruto just nodded absently, not really processing what the Uchiha had said until he was already gone, and when he did… "Sasuke!"

Kagome ran up to him and began tugging at him arm. "Come on, I want to show you something." Smiling defeatedly, he allowed the young girl to pull him away to who know where.

He looked at the girl fondly as she dragged him through Konoha's streets. He and Sasuke had found her broken body at the bottom of a well when they were on their way back from a 'Rescue Sasuke' mission gone wrong. Naruto went to Oto to bring Sasuke back, but got caught by Akatsuki, and Sasuke went to save him, much to Orochimaru's chagrin. Between the tow of them, they had taken out most of the cult, but a few got away, including Itachi. When they found her, they took her back to Konoha, where all there were… well, actually none of them were welcomed back with open arms except by a few like Sakura, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the rest of the Rookie 9, their teachers and Team Gai.

Kagome had become a ray of sunshine for him and Sasuke, him more than Sasuke because the Uchiha had Sakura. At first, she had been really depressed, but she brightened up around the two of them, because she said that they reminded her of people she used to know. At one point, when he had been talking to Kyuubi through their mind link, he had seen Kagome looking around almost hopefully. When he asked the kitsune about it, Kyuubi and shut up and kept quiet for a long time after that.

"Wake up, Naruto!" He blinked and looked into her laughing sapphire eyes. "We're here." He looked around him and saw a garden. There was a spring that created a small waterfall down a rock face at the edge of the clearing, surrounded by flowers, some of which only Kyuubi had seen. "My adoptive son and I made this place a long time ago."

He looked at her in surprise and caught a glimpse of Konoha's outer wall behind them. When did we leave Konoha? He saw her faraway, wistful look and couldn't help but ask. "Adoptive son?"

"Aa." Kagome's smile came back. "He was orphaned so I took him in, but I had no idea this place was still here." She turned to gaze up and him happily. "So now, even if we're separated, I still have a bit of him nearby."

Naruto smiled at her happiness, even as he felt Kyuubi crack. Fox? Teme, what's the matter? He didn't get a response, worrying him a little. Deciding to ignore the baka kitsune inside of him, he turned back to the girl beside him. "Who was he?"

Kagome blinked then smiled. "Can you keep a secret?" When he nodded she sat down by the waterfall and let some of the water pool into her hand. "My adoptive son was a kitsune youkai. I found him after his parents were murdered and he followed me around after that." She laughed at her companion's shocked expression. "Hard to believe, I know, but I love him all the same."

Naruto was amazed that she would care about a youkai as her own, but he still smiled. She really is special. "What was his name?"

"Shippo."

The moment she said his name, a whirl of red chakre engulfed Naruto then swept around her comfortingly. "I missed you too, Okaa-chan."

The chakre left her and formed into a man about a head taller than either of them. Red hair about as long as Jiraiya's was up in a high ponytail and emerald eyes shone happily. He was dressed in an elegant kimono like what Kagome remembered Sesshomaru wearing and nine, smooth tails swept from side to side behind him. "Kyuubi-no-Youko-no-Kitsune-no-Shippo." He swept into a regal bow. "My true name was lost to the ages and I was in a blood rage when I attacked Konoha. I apologize for that."

Naruto was shocked, but for some reason, not scared. Maybe it was Shippo's eyes, that laughing green in stead of Kyuubi's murderous red. Kagome wasted no time in glomping her son, who just laughed then hugged her just as hard. "Okay…" The two of them turned to Naruto, who was scratching the back of him head. "You look too old to be her son now, so you can be her brother, but you might want to hide your tails."

Shippo grinned, showing off his elongated fangs. "Aw… I wanted to scare the villagers." Kagome hit him on the arm with a stern glare. "Alright." Heaving a sigh, the kitsune snapped his fingers to make his tails disappear. "Can we go back to Konoha now? I'm hungry.

Kagome and Naruto laughed and they began to go back. Naruto felt a huge weight lift off his chest as he watched the most feared bijuu dart around in curiosity. He didn't have to pretend to be happy anymore, he really was. His best friend was back, the fox was out of him, and he had a girl that seemed to only pay attention to him. Around the three of them, he would let his true face show.

"Oi, Gaki." Naruto looked to Shippo, who had a huge grin on his face. "I want a younger sibling soon."

Both humans turned beat read. "SHIPPO!" The fox just laughed and ran ahead of them and through the gate of Konoha with them chasing after him, fighting the blushes and the grins creeping onto their faces.

AN: Heh heh heh... I like this one. It's funny. Please tell me your thoughts, and you can give me your thoughts! And, if you want, give me ideas for more drabbles! XD