Well would ya look at that? I actually updated with a new chapter! Its been far too long since i put up a new chapter. I cant believe everything that got in my way of even wanting to work on this. I know some of you guys really have been waiting patiently for a new chapter and i cant thank you guys enough for waiting. I have some parts of the next chapter already ready to go so it should not be too long before i have the next chapter out. Read and enjoy!

Naruto raced through the village. He was eager to get back to the hospital to see Hinata.

Although he was worried about Hinata's well being, he couldn't keep focused. All of the new information that Raiko had just given to him was swirling around in his head violently.

This whole thing makes no sense at all, thought Naruto. That means that it is even easier to try and recreate the ten tails, not to mention that not only does Raiko seem to be as if not more powerful than me…This other Jinchuuriki would seem to be extremely dangerous.

Naruto snapped back into reality as he noticed he was now passing some of the shops in town. He got the well though idea of getting a few things for Hinata while she was bed ridden.

His first stop was the Yamanaka's flower shop. A few flowers should definitely make Hinata feel better. They would at least brighten up the room a little bit.

As Naruto opened the door he cringed as he saw none other than Ino standing behind the register.

She glared at him, remembering what he had caused to happen earlier in the day.

"Ino… Please just stay calm" asked Naruto as a bead of sweat fell from his brow.

Ino merely glared at him, her anger increasing.

"Ino come on now you know I didn't mean for that to happen" said Naruto as he became rather frantic.

Ino stepped from behind the register and began to slowly walk towards Naruto, a deadly intent in her eyes.

"Please just let me buy some flowers for Hinata then I will leave and you can beat the crap out of me later!" exclaimed Naruto. His voice had gotten a higher pitch to it in his fear.

Ino stopped her motion and stared blankly at Naruto.

"Wait…You want to buy some flowers for…Hinata?" asked Ino rather confused.

"Yeah…" said Naruto his voice trailing off. "I figured that they would make her feel a little better and they would brighten up that depressing hospital room. You know you guys at the hospital really should paint the rooms a brighter color. It's no wonder so many people die there."

"Wait a second… When did Hinata get put in the hospital" questioned Ino. "I think I would have noticed her chart in the records. I was the one overseeing the hospital this morning."

"You probably didn't see it because Tsunade took it" replied Naruto. "She was the one who was in charge of Hinata's current case."

Ino was dumbfounded. Not only had she not known that Hinata was in the hospital, but Naruto was doing something so nice for her. He had barely spoken to anyone in the past few years.

Ino knew about what had happened between Naruto and Hinata that night. In truth Hinata hadn't really told anyone, but Ino being Ino was curious as to why Hinata's mood had changed so much. Ino had decided to use her families skills of entering peoples mind to find out what had happened. When she saw what Naruto had done she was ready to cut his balls off, but she knew if she did Hinata would find out and be upset with her for entering her mind without her knowledge.

"Well what happened to her" asked Ino.

"I wish I could say but I am not allowed to talk about it Ino" replied Naruto.

Ino was about to ask again but Naruto interrupted "I am sorry Ino but I just can't tell you. Tsunade told me directly. Oh and I…guess I am sorry for getting you covered in pee."

Ino was silent for a moment but shook herself back into reality.

"Well um… I guess I could sell you some flowers for her" said Ino. "Did you have anything in mind?"

"To be honest…" said Naruto shyly. "I don't really know anything about flowers. I wouldn't even know where to begin." Naruto gave a slight smile.

"Well you want something that is going to be comforting to her" said Ino moving to the back of the register. "Since its Hinata why not something that reminds her of the gardens at the compound. She loves spending time there. If I remember correctly they grow a lot of tiger lilies there."

"Well then I guess that means that I'll take…a couple dozen tiger lilies?" questioned Naruto.

"Yes. Yes it would" said Ino as she smiled. "I'll get those for you. Stay here."

Naruto nodded.

It's really sweet of him to be thinking so much about Hinata, thought Ino. I guess he must feel bad about what he did to her. It's never too late to try and apologize, though I think it should have been done some years ago.

Ino stepped out from the back with three dozen tiger lilies.

"Ok let me see here….The regular price would be…about eight thousand ryo…per dozen" said Ino realizing just how much the flowers were.

Naruto's jaw nearly hit the ground.

"However" Ino started. "Since I know who these are for and I pretty much know why you are giving them to her…I'll give em to you for free. Just don't tell my mother or father."

"Gee really Ino" exclaimed Naruto. "But wait…how can you afford to give me this much for nothing?"

"Well to be honest we really don't sell many of these that often" said Ino. "The only person who ever buys any is well…Hinata…"

Naruto looked down. He saw an image of Hinata writhing in pain in the hospital bed flash through his mind.

"Thank you Ino…" Naruto trailed off. "I am sure she will enjoy seeing them."

With that Naruto summoned three shadow clones to carry the flowers off to the hospital.

"You are welcome Naruto" said Ino with a smile. "Hinata will really appreciate them considering they are a gift from you."

With those words Naruto had an idea. He had one more stop to make before he got to hospital.

Without another word Naruto raced off.

TIME SKIP: ONE HOUR LATER

Naruto casually walked into the hospital. He had a smirk on his face. He seemed kind of like his old self again.

He casually strolled the hall minding his own business. All of the nurses ignored Naruto as he walked by, that is except for one pink haired Konoichi.

Sakura whom hadn't talked to Naruto since the incident at the hospital was shocked to see him not only in the hospital for another reason besides his own injuries, but also because of the smirk he had on his face.

"Naruto" said Sakura questioningly.

Naruto stopped dead in his tracks. His smile faded and his head lifted straight up.

"Sakura" said Naruto in a saddened tone.

Sakura began to walk toward him but was stopped when he said, "Not now Sakura…Someone else needs me…but…maybe we can talk sometime…Maybe you could invite Kakashi as well?"

Sakura was almost at a loss for words.

"I understand if you don't want to…" began Naruto

"Yes…"said Sakura. "I would like that very much….I think Kakashi would as well. Ill come see you at your place sometime then?"

Naruto looked over his shoulder. He smiled and nodded as he continued to walk forward.

Sakura felt a slight bit of joy in her heart. She had wanted so bad to talk to her friend again. She blamed herself for the way Naruto had begun to act.

Naruto also felt a little joy on the inside. Even if he knew that Sakura would never love him like he one believed he did her she still meant a lot to him. She was one of his precious people.

Naruto stopped right in front of Hinata's door. He had no idea what to expect on the other side of the door. Was she still unconscious? Was she still in pain? Naruto took in a deep breath and opened the door.

Kiba looked up to see that it was Naruto entering.

"I think she will really like those" said Kiba as he motioned to the flowers that had been dropped off by Naruto's clones.

"I think she will too" said Naruto. "Has anything changed? Has she tried to speak? Has she opened her eyes?"

Kiba frowned.

Naruto's worries grew more and more as his mind was racing. He didn't know what he would do with himself if she died before he got the chance to apologize.

Naruto looked over to Kiba. He could see the bags under his eyes. Kiba was physically and mentally exhausted. He had been through a lot that day.

"Kiba you look tired" said Naruto. "You should go home and rest some. I am sure that you need it as well as I think Akamaru would like to have you by his side."

"I know I am tired but…" started Kiba. "I need to make sure that Hinata is alright…She comes first."

Naruto was taken back. This was not the Kiba that he remembered going to the academy with. This Kiba was more mature and thought a lot about not only his life but the lives of those around him.

"Kiba I'll stay with her" said Naruto. "I have permission from Tsunade to stay here. I'll take care of her I promise. If anything happens to her ill send a clone running to go find you."

Kiba looked questioningly at Naruto. With a grunt Kiba stood up.

"Alright ill head out" said Kiba. "But if she wakes up or shows signs of life you better come get me, no matter what time of day it is."

Naruto smiled and nodded.

With that Kiba left.

Naruto looked around the room that was now decorated by the flowers he had bought. It made him smile a little.

He took the chair that Kiba had been sitting in and moved it closer to Hinata. He placed it near her bed. He wanted to be as close to her as possible. For some reason he felt pleasure while he was close to her in her time of need.

He looked over her seemingly lifeless body. She had changed a lot in the past few years. She had grown into her more mature body. Her hair was longer and flowed down her shoulders. Her skin was a pale white that glowed making her seem as though she was an angel.

Naruto's eyes were glued to her. Not in the sense of perversion as Jiraiya would have done, but more in a caring sense.

Naruto pulled out a scroll that he held in his pocket. He unrolled it and placed his hand on the seal that was at the very center. He focused some chakra into his hand and in an instant many boxes appeared out of nowhere. Many of them were simple comforts like food and some basic necessities. Naruto having spent a lot of time in the hospital knew that what they supplied for the patients weren't the best products in the world.

He smiled as he looked around the room knowing that when Hinata woke up she was going to love every bit of it.

Amongst many of the gifts that were laid out for Hinata to see the instant she woke up, a small box stood out from all of the others. It was a simple white box that had a red ribbon tied around it to keep it closed.

On the other side of town back in the Hokage's office Tsunade had a few more questions for Raiko. She was still severely curious as to everything that was going on.

"Well Raiko I know you are not going to like this but I am going to have to keep some ANBU guard on you for a little while as long as you are in the village" said Tsunade.

"Please do you really think that the ANBU are going to be able to keep up with everything that I do" said Raiko with a rather sarcastic tone.

Even though the way he responded to her pissed Tsunade off, she knew too well that he was right.

"Not to mention the fact that I don't think that you have any ANBU that are brave enough to trail me" said Raiko with a smirk on his face.

"Well then if you won't have the ANBU trail you, you are going to have to life in the spare room of the Hokage mansion" replied Tsunade.

"Are you trying to get me closer to you Lady Godaime" questioned Raiko. He tried to act serious as he asked but his true intentions could be heard in his tone of voice.

Tsunade's face turned a bright red and she clenched her fist in anger.

"LISTEN HEAR YOU PERVERTED SON OF A BITCH" shouted Tsunade in anger. "I WANT YOU TO ANSWER A FEW MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN UNTIL THE MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD?"

Raiko couldn't help but laugh. "I'll answer whatever questions that I can."

"Good" said Tsunade. "First off, can you please explain to me how you know all about this ten tails bullshit?"

"Why don't you just take that scroll from him" said a voice from the window.

There in the window stood a white haired man dressed in red clothing.

"Jiraiya where the hell have you been" questioned Tsunade.

"Oh did you really miss me that much" replied Jiraiya. He had a fake tone of happiness in his voice. "Maybe you can greet me with a welcome back kiss." With that Jiraiya walked towards Tsunade with open arms and puckered lips.

Tsunade with an instant reaction smacked him across the face making him fly towards the wall. There was a loud thud as the side of his face collided with the wall.

"Ouch…that kind of hurt" said Jiraiya as he slid down the wall.

"SERVES YA RIGHT YA….wait what did he say about a scroll" questioned Tsunade. She had been oblivious to what Jiraiya had said in her fit of anger.

"I think he would be refereeing to this" said Raiko. As he did he pulled out a small blues scroll. It had been worn down and was ragged. It was very old.

"What exactly is it" questioned Tsunade.

"Well if I had to take a guess" started Jiraiya as he stood back up. "I would take it to be a former procession of the Sage of Six Paths."

"And you would be correct Lord Jiraiya" said Raiko.

"You expect me to believe that you are in possession of a scroll that once belonged to the Sage of Six Paths" said Tsunade with a disbelieving tone.

"If you don't believe me" said Raiko. "Take a look at it for yourself." As he said this he tossed to scroll in Tsunade's direction.

Tsunade caught the scroll. She just couldn't believe that he had such a precious scroll.

He jaw nearly hit the ground when she opened the scroll and saw the signature on the bottom. There written in fine calligraphy was "The Sage of Six Paths".

She looked at Raiko questioningly.

"Many years ago when I was just a young boy" started Raiko. "I was trained by a strange Ninjutsu master. He never told me his name in all of my years training with him. He told me to call him Sensei and nothing else. He took me under his wing and taught me everything that he knew. He even helped me create some of my own jutsu. At the time when I turned sixteen he took me to a cave out in the middle of nowhere. He looked at me and said that he had only hours if not minutes left. He told me that he had found me and trained me for a purpose. He said I was special. He sat me down and handed me that scroll. He told me that he himself was a descendent of the Sage of Six Paths. He looked deep into my eyes and told me what I was, a Jinchuuriki."

Everyone in the room was speechless. This was a rather large tale and it took every bit of their mental capacities to try and not only listen to it but to try and comprehend it.

"Why would he keep this secret from the known world" questioned Tsunade. "If he had knowledge that something like this could happen then why did he try and tell the Nations. We all could have tried to do something to stop it."

"That's just the thing" said Raiko. "There was no unity among any of the nations at the time. Let's be realistic here, the only real allies that Konoha has is Suna and that is only thanks to the friendship of the boy and the Kazekage."

He was right. Most of the other Nations really didn't want anything to do with Konoha. They had tried to break away from having any formal form of conversation with them over the past few years. The main reason being that most of the other Kages didn't like Tsunade. They main reason was that she was a woman and they felt she had no place of such power. The other being that she was willing to speak her mind.

Tsunade took in a deep breath and sighed. She had no idea what to do in a situation like this. There was no way for her to keep any sort of control. It was maddening.

She sat in her chair and hung her head low. She was forcing tears back in her eyes. Suddenly she felt a warm hand on her shoulder.

"Raiko" said Jiraiya his hand now on Tsunade in a caring way. A change of pace from his normal perversion. "You seem to know the most about what is going on right now. I think it is obvious to me and Tsunade that we are going to need your help. Konoha has been in shambles since the killing of The Third. It can't take any more blows. Will you help this village? Will you stand by not only it but by its leaders?"

Raiko looked at Jiraiya with an emotionless stare. He then looked down to Tsunade whom hadn't lifted her head. He knew that she was trying to give the impression of being strong by hiding her confusion and sadness. In many ways he admired this.

"Lord Jiraiya I will help the village of Konohagakure" said Raiko.

A smile appeared on the face of Jiraiya.

Tsunade also felt a slight bit of relief come over her.

"I will help the village of Konohagakure" began Raiko again. "On one single condition…"

Naruto was still sitting by Hinata's side. She had yet to awaken. She seemed a little more at peace now. She wasn't stirring around in her bed and she hadn't made much noise at all. She was breathing normally and looked to be in a resting sleep.

Naruto felt somewhat relaxed now that she didn't seem to be in much pain.

The food that Naruto had bought for Hinata was still laid out only now it had some plastic covering on it to make sure it didn't go bad. Since he had the intentions of making sure that all of the food was for her he had stuck to his normal diet of ramen. A good ten to twelve cups of instant ramen was enough for him.

The day was turning into night but, Naruto had no intentions of leaving the hospital at all. He planned to be there the very second that Hinata woke up.

As he sat in his chair so close to Hinata he looked towards the window. He could see the sun setting on the other side of the village. It was radiant. Colors filled the sky.

"I wish you could see this Hinata" said Naruto. "You would really like it."

His eyes soon became teary. He began to contemplate how he had been so cruel to her for that one moment in time. A moment he always wished he could take back. After he had killed Sasuke he hadn't been himself. He had let the pain and anguish get to him. His mind had begun to transform and mold itself around the thought that he was an evil and horrible person, and when someone tried to tell home otherwise he shunned them away.

Ill make it up to you somehow Hinata, thought Naruto to himself.

With this last though his eyelids became heavy and his head dipped. He was falling asleep.

While Naruto was fighting off the sandman, Hinata was having a fight of her own

Inside of Hinata's mind she was battling an unknown foe.

There was darkness all around her. Wound covered her body. Cuts, scrapes, bumps, bruises, she had them all.

With her Byakugan activated and kunai in hand she was trying to defend herself with all of her might.

With a sudden flash of light Hinata was blinded and felt a sharp pain on her arm.

When she could see clearly again she looked down to her arm to see that she had been wounded again.

She was in a state of shock. No matter what she did or how hard she tried she could not defend herself. Even her Byakugan could not help her.

How am I supposed to fight an enemy like this, thought Hinata to herself. No matter what I do I can't see to attack or defend. I just want to go home.

With that last thought Hinata dropped to her knees and began to cry. She had images of her home, her family, and most of all Naruto race through her thoughts. She didn't want to die. She wanted to feel the warmth of the sun and be able to talk to Naruto just one last time.

"Oh how pathetic", said a voice in the darkness. "Is the little princess bitch gonna cry?"

With those words Hinata jumped up. She twirled around searching for where the voice had come from.

Suddenly she felt a palm strike her chest and it sent her flying.

After she had landed Hinata had almost no feeling in her body. She was barely able to life her head up to see a sight she couldn't believe.

Now standing over Hinata was…Herself. A complete copy of Hinata was standing over her.

"You are truly pathetic", said the copy Hinata. "What makes you think you could ever be with anyone let alone Naruto. You can't fight of me and now you're crying. He would never love you."

The real Hinata could only remain silent. Maybe she was right. Maybe there was no way for her to be with Naruto. Maybe she was pathetic just like not only her but her father had always told her. Always in the way and never able to help.

"She is right Hinata whatever could make you think I would fall in love with you", said another very familiar voice in the darkness.

Hinata looked to the left and there standing was her one and only love Naruto.

"You're too weak Hinata", said the doppelganger Naruto. "If I am gonna be Hokage someday I need a woman by my side that can handle the job of being my wife, not some worthless whore that can't even talk to me."

"You couldn't be more right my dear", said the fake Hinata. "But, that's why you have me."

With that the doppelganger Hinata and Naruto stood closer to each other and entered a passionate kiss, one that the real Hinata had always dreamed of being able to share with Naruto.

As the kiss ended Naruto looked down to Hinata.

"Why don't you just to me a favor," he said. "Why not just let us kill you so we can go on with our lives and be happy? No one wants you alive so what's the point? I'll even do it for you, nice and quick."

Those last words made her snap back to herself.

She quickly threw a kunai and it struck its target. It embedded itself into the skull of the fake Naruto.

The other Hinata gave a shriek of terror as the lifeless body of the fake Naruto fell backward.

"What have you done" yelled the other Hinata.

"I got rid of a phony" yelled back the real Hinata. "The real Naruto stands by all his friends. He helps then when they are in need. He would never offer to kill anyone of his precious people!"

In an instant the doppelganger vanished. A small amount of light shined just above Hinata.

All of her injuries slowly began to heal.

Hinata….

She heard a voice in the distance.

Hinata….

She heard the voice again.

Hinata….

She recognized the voice. It was Naruto!

"Naruto?"

Hinata opened her eyes to a plain white ceiling. She felt weak. She had almost no energy.

She slowly began to sit up in her hospital bed.

She felt a sharp pain in her neck. She reached to it and felt some sort of scaring. She would deal with it later. She was too weak to worry about anything.

As she got to a sitting position she looked down to her left.

Lying there with a hand on hers and his head down was Naruto.

A slight blush took over Hinata's face.

She then decided to look around the room. She was in awe of what she saw.

There were dozens of tiger lilies at the foot of her bed. Different assortments of food and chocolates were all around her. There were even some that contained some of the finest body soaps and lotions.

Amongst all the boxes, Hinata had somehow missed a tiny white box near the top of the pile.

Had Naruto bought all of this for her?

"Hinata…." said a sleeping Naruto.

Hinata's eyes were then drawn to the sleeping shinobi.

He was in a deep sleep and seemed to be thinking of her.

Hinata carefully slipped back down under her sheets. She pulled his hand that had been holding hers and brought it close to her.

With a big smile on her face she said "Naruto…" in reply and fell back into a peaceful sleep.

Just outside the window Raiko stood on the limb of a tree watching the occurrence of Hinata awakening.

"Well I'll be damned" said Raiko to himself. "She survived. What are the odds of that."

"Slim to none I am going to assume" said a voice near Raiko.

"How long have you been here Lord Jiraiya" asked Raiko.

"Long enough to see that sappy bit" said Jiraiya.

"I hope that they will be able to gain strength from each other" said Raiko. "These next few days, weeks, and maybe even months are going to be really hard on each of them."

"They will both overcome everything" said Jiraiya. "They are both stringer then they seem."

Raiko chuckled.

"What's so funny" asked Jiraiya.

"Don't you see the irony in this" said Raiko as he pointed into the hospital room.

"What do you mean irony" asked Jiraiya.

"Konoha's demon and Konoha's angel…In love" said Raiko.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. There were a few parts in here that i know could be better written i just didnt know quite how to reword them. None the less i think this chapter turned out pretty well. I cant wait to get back into the groove of writing and get more of this story out. If there are any errors please point them out to me. I take all of what you guys say to heart and use it to make my writing better. Please review and let me know how i did. Enjoy life everybody! Dattebayo!