Naruto dodged the quick kick from an enemy ninja. He punched the ninja in the chest sending him flying into a tree and took off immediately intercepting the ninja headed for Hinata. She ducked under his punch and went for a punch. Naruto brought his knee up and blocked it. He quickly extended his leg and kicked her in the stomach.

"Hinata run, I got this. Get back to Konoha!" He said as the ninja got back up. Hinata hesitated for a moment. Naruto blocked the kunai thrown at him with one of his own. "Hinata, now!" Naruto ran at the ninja and punched her in the head. She crumpled like a sack of potatoes. He jumped in front of another ninja on his way to attack Hinata.

Hinata didn't hesitate anymore. She saw that Naruto could easily defeat the sand ninja and she ran towards Konaha quickly, sparing one more glance back at Naruto. She was worried for him but didn't want to waste the chance he had given her to get away.

After he finished off the ninja that was in front of him, Naruto looked after Hinata. He smiled and wished her luck on her way to Konoha. Two months in the Hidden Sand village and they were discovered as spies. It was carelessness really, Naruto had dropped his disguise for a few minutes and a sand ninja saw him. Since then they had been running back to Konoha, but the sand ninja caught them before they could cross the border. It was a really large group, probably twenty ninja. They weren't trying to kill them, just capture but that changed after they found that Naruto was so skilled. They fought until night, but the sands reinforcements came and Sasuke took off for reinforcements from Konoha but he had yet to appear. Naruto just wanted to get all the information back to Konoha. Hinata had all the information on a scroll.

Naruto continued to fight trying to make room to get away but the ninja were smart, after Hinata left they started ganging up on him. Naruto found himself surrounded by thirty ninja's, all trying to kill him. Naruto was going for incapacitation without killing, so as not to provoke a war. Naruto fought for another two hours and was out of chakra. He had just incapacitated another group of them and was taking a breath as the other ninja fanned out in a circle around him. He looked around and saw that some were waking up the knocked out ninja. He cursed and got ready to fight again but the reinfocements from Konoha arrived then. The sand ninja backed away as Sasuke came beside Naruto. The Konoha ninja grabbed Naruto and retreated.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and said, "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, had to get approval of the Hokage before I came back," Sasuke said.

Naruto grumbled and looked at the ninja around him. "Are there any medic-nin here?" Two stepped forward. "Good, I need a little help." Naruto passed out then, a combination of blood-loss and chakra exhaustion.

Naruto woke up bandaged and sore in a room at the Konoha hospital. His three genin were there as well as Tsunade. "Hello Hokage-sama. Nice day, huh?"

"Hello Naruto. Took you long enough to wake up," she said. "Don't worry, Sasuke and Hinata gave me a debriefing. You should be proud, taking on 50 sand ninja by yourself is a feat not many can handle."

"Eh, was it 50? Felt like more," Naruto grimaced as he sat up. "How long was I asleep?"

"Three days. One was used to get you here, the other two you were in that bed."

"Naruto sensei! I'm glad your awake!" Kira said, Luna barked to accent the sentence.

"Hey, Kira. Thank you. I got in a little tangle with the Sand. I'm okay though."

"I heard you took on 50 sand ninja on your own," Lexianna said impressed.

"Yeah, it wasn't the smartest move as you can see," Naruto laughed.

"Still, you're alive. Mostly," she said.

"Alright, enough. You three need to leave. Naruto needs his rest," Tsunade said.

"It's fine, they can stay," Naruto said.

"No, I insist. They need to leave," Tsunade said.

"Fine. You three meet me at the training ground tomorrow morning," Naruto said to the genin.

They left. Tsunade unwrapped the bandages and saw all his wounds were already almost healed. "You have the best healing ability I've ever seen."

"It's a result of the Kyuubi. She heals me and I shelter her. Think of it as a mutual effort, doesn't get rid of the soreness though," Naruto explained.

Tsunade left the bandages off as Naruto didn't need them anymore. "You can go home, just make sure to eat right and sleep plenty."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Tsunade left and Naruto stood up. He went to the little wardrobe and pulled out his ninja clothes. They were replaced with a new set as his old ones where pretty much rags when he finally got away from the other ninja. He dressed and went straight home. He did some light exersizes and ate a healthy dinner before going to sleep.

The next morning Naruto arrived at the training field early and started training himself. As the sun rose the genin started to arrive. Hanabi first. She stayed off to the side and just watched Naruto train. Naruto noted her but continued training. Kira was next, followed by Lexianna. Naruto stopped training then and greeted the genin.

"Today, we will begin with a basic technique. You will climb a tree," Naruto said.

"Sensei, that's easy. Give us something hard to do," Hanabi demanded.

"Easy huh?" Naruto smiled. "Can you do this?" Naruto said walking to a tree and walked up the tree without using his hands. He then walked across the underside of a branch so he was hanging upside down. The three genin were looking at him surprised. "You channel chakra to the base of your feet so that you stick to the trunk of the tree. Careful. Too much chakra you don't stay there, too little you slide off." Naruto threw three kunai in front of the genin, use these to mark your progress up the tree. "Use these to mark your progress. I will watch while continuing my training." He jumped off and landed behind the genin. "Begin," he said starting his training again.

The three genin picked up the kunai and found seperate trees. They focused chakra to their feet and tried going up the tree. Kira funneled too little chakra and slipped right off. Lexianna funneled too much and dented the tree. Hanabi immediately found the right balance and was going up the tree. After a while she slipped in her concentration and cut the tree before correcting herself and landing. She looked up and saw she only made it about a quarter of the way up. Lexianna saw the results of all three and immediately tried again, lowering the chakra level. She found it easier but still slipped off. Kira saw it too and increased her chakra level but slipped off too. They practiced all day until night fall.

"Good, try again tomorrow. I won't be over-seeing your training as I have other stuff to do, so I trust you guys to train while I'm not here," Naruto said, panting a little. He was sweating from head to toe. "Night," he said as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. The three genin left and went home.

The next morning, Naruto walked to the Hyuga gate and asked for Hinata. As he waited, he watched the clouds. Hinata ran out the gate yelling, "Naruto-kun!" Naruto laughed and hugged her. She hugged back. Naruto pulled away and kissed her lightly. Then they walked all over the village and talked about everything. As the sun was setting, Naruto took Hinata to the top of the Kage monument where he had set up a nice dinner. They ate as the sun set and after dinner they went their separate ways.

The next day, Naruto was at the training ground watching his students climb the tree. They had progressed far. They were all nearing the top of the tree. By dinner time, they had all reached the top of the tree. Naruto smiled.

"Good job, all of you. You can go home. Tomorrow we have a C-ranked mission. Pack accordingly. See you in front of the Hokage tower at dawn," he said proudly. They all disappeared. Hinata came out of the forest then.

"H-hello, Naruto-kun," she said.

"Hey Hinata. What's up?"

"I wanted t-to ask you s-something."

"Shoot. I'm all ears."

"W-was the K-kyuubi really s-sealed inside you?"

Naruto sighed. This was inevitable, she would've found out eventually. "Yes she was. Her name is Kurama and she's not that bad. When she attacked the village all those years ago, she was under mind control from a man named Tobi. I killed him a couple of years ago. Now she's nice, she doesn't want to cause harm," Naruto said.

Hinata looked surprised. She didn't realize that Naruto was actually capable of befriending a demon fox, let alone learn it's name and its gender. "C-can I meet her?"

Naruto looked at her thoughtfully. "I guess so. I don't know how talkative she'll be though." Naruto sat down. He gestured for her to sit in front of him. He grabbed her hands. "Just meditate okay? I'll do the rest."

Hinata nodded and closed her eyes. She began meditating. Once Naruto was sure she was meditating, he started to meditate. He pulled some of Hinata's chakra into him and appeared in the clearing where the Kyuubi was. As Naruto hoped, Hinata was beside him.

"I wasn't sure that would work as I've never done it. The other option was to let her take control of my body, but neither of us like doing that," Naruto said.

"It-it's beautiful here," Hinata said looking around in wonder.

'I know. I like it here too,' Kurama said.

"What's up, Kurama-chan?" Naruto said.

'Who's this?'

"This is my girlfriend, Hinata," Naruto said looking at her. She was staring at Kurama, obviously stunned that she wasn't in the giant fox mode she heard about.

"Y-you don't look l-like the-the stories s-said," Hinata said, shyly.

'I can change forms at will.'

After the introductions, they talked about different things. Hinata was shy the entire time, but she still participated in the conversation. And so, Hinata got to know the evil demon fox that attacked the village years ago.

Author's Note

Sorry, comp crash. Just got new one. Hope you enjoy and please review!