Hello people of the Fanfiction universe, the new chapter is here.

This is a little heads up I have changed Kurama's name to Kurina. It sounds more feminine. That's it. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto

"Talking"

"Thinking, Flashback"

"Demon Talking"

"Demon Thinking"

"Jutsu"

(Previously)

He did not know when it was but as time moved on the noise of his clones began to fade and the questions in his mind began to slow, until darkness was the only thing he saw.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

Opening his eyes Naruto saw a scene that he hadn't seen in a long time. The sewer's stonewalls, the dark water, the sound of water dripping in the distance, and the over all creepiness of it all. Now was his chance to get some of his question answered and he would not leave until he was satisfied.

So with that in mind he walked forwards with one thing on his mind.

"It is time."

As Naruto walked down the dark, dreary passageway, a feeling of nervousness began to swell in his chest. He had not been in this passage for at least eight years and he was wondering what would happen.

When he had first made this journey, he had had the demoness' voice to guide him but this time around his tenant was silent and he wondered if he was even going in the right direction, or if he should turn around and head the other way.

After a few minutes of walking and seemingly not getting anywhere, he was about to turn around when a sudden blast of KI forced him onto his stomach.

But as soon as it came the KI left, allowing him to get up. Taking deep breaths to calm himself, Naruto wondered what just happened. And since he doubted that he was going to calm down any time soon he had time to figure it out.

Once his heart rate slowed down and the panic in his mind faded, Naruto thought about what could have caused the KI to appear. Turning around and beginning to walk again, he was again blast with an insane amount of KI, but this time he was prepared and was only forced to his hands and knees.

Slowly standing up once the air cleared, Naruto proceeded down the sewer since it was the only way he could go. As he walked, Naruto began to feel his nervousness return along with a little anticipation. He was once again going to meet the most powerful being on the planet and after so long he could finally get some answers… and possibly a new friend.

He was so caught up in his thoughts that he did not notice that his body had broken out into a cold sweat and that with each step he took, it was getting slightly more and more difficult to get a decent breath. That was until he took a hallow breath and began coughing, desperate to refill his lungs with. Forcing his body to calm down once again and making a conscious effort to take slow deep breaths, Naruto once again restarted his journey.

Not knowing what was happening, Naruto did know that whatever was happening to him was making him paranoid as hell. Every ripple in the sewer water seemed like it would become a tsunami, every water droplet that echoed in the distance sounded like a horrible beast making himself known, even the air seemed hostel; with his body forming a sweat coating as if trying to prevent it from touching him and his lungs refusing to let it enter his body. Already he could feel himself getting light headed, having to take a longer breath to only get a quarter of the oxygen he needed and holding it in for as long as he could. He knew that he could not keep it up for long.

But even though Naruto had no clue as to what was happening, he did have a strong feeling as to what or more correctly who was causing it. His light at the end of the tunnel, the one who could answer his questions, the same one trying to prevent him from continuing, and THE SAME ONE WHO MADE IT FEEL LIKE HIS LUNGS WERE GOING TO EXPLODE. There was also a feeling in the back of his mind that this was another test and it was because of that; Naruto pressed on.

Or he would have if weren't for the fact that his legs suddenly decided to stop working.

It seemed as if his body decided that his legs were not important enough to get the little air he was able to get, leaving him on his face.

"Well … at least… I'm… not as light… headed as before." He thought with a groan of pain before beginning to army crawl.

Time seemed to not exist for Naruto as he focused on trying to get enough of a breath to continue living, but that seemed to be even more difficult than before. His vision started to darken and he felt his arms want to give out like his legs did but he forced energy back into the to make them work. He also figured that he had blacked out a few time but he was not completely sure.

It was then that Naruto made a very frightening discovery; he could not breath anymore. No longer could he feel air go through his nose and mouth and into his lungs, or could he hear the wheezing noises that had been his moving tempo every time he tried to take a breath. All he could hear now was his nose and mouth desperately trying to take in air that did not seem to be there.

The tunnel of darkness that surrounded his vision began to collapse at an alarming rate until all he could see was black.

"I… got… to get… out of here." He thought with a panic and began to crawl as fast as his tired arm would let him.

After his sight, the next sense to slowly go was his hearing until all he could 'hear' was the sound of oxygen deprived blood rushing against his ears. It was not a pleasant sound.

He went on until his arms finally gave out. His heart and lungs burned in his chest as he finally stopped moving.

"Is… this… it?"

"Is… this… how… I… will… die?"

"How… can… I… die… in… my… own… mindscape?"

"Well… I… guess… I… would… be… call… brain dead?"

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"Hehehe… brain dead… good one"

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"I'm… going… insane."

"Come… on. Just… one… more… pull." And with that Naruto used the last of his strength to pull himself forward about a centimeter and just like that, the oppressiveness in the air vanished.

Instantly Naruto took in a large breath of air and held it. He had done it. He had done the impossible. He had found something that taste better than ramen, and it was air fresh from a sewer. He then proceeded to empty his lungs with a satisfied sigh. Immediately followed by a coughing fit.

Once he had recovered enough he looked up to a sight he had not seem in so long. The large bar gate that was held close only by a piece of paper was an incredible sight to, but it paled in comparison to the creature it holds back. The magnificent nine tailed fox, known only to a few as Kurina, had her tails waving in the nonexistent breeze. The tails that could crush mountains, a howl used to create tsunamis, and a body that held more power than imaginable; all held back by a single sheet of paper. It allowed him a sight that very few had ever seen and even less survived and it was just remarkable how such a being was inside him. It made him look on in awe.

He would of looked longer if it weren't for the fact that Kurina had a smile that could evolve into a laugh any second.

"I suppose (pant) you thought (pant) that was funny." He said giving the fox a small glare.

Kurina just gave a small laugh, "While I must admit that it was amusing watching you crawl before me, I am far more impressed that you were able to make it passed the line."

"What line?"

Seeing the demoness make a gesture with her eyes, he followed them down until he saw a line that marked the entrance of the chamber, his shadow just barely passing it.

"Once you entered my chamber I stopped letting my presence out. The reason you impressed me was because I was close to fifty percent before I stopped."

Naruto's eyes widened as he looked from Kurina to the line and back. He had heard stories about how people where able to be killing by just being in the Kyuubi's presence, and he had nearly suffocated from being exposed to half of that. Yeah he did not want to go through that on full power.

But he had impressed the almighty Kyuubi and was able to withstand half of her presence and he was just a new genin. That was an accomplishment in his book.

"Just so you know, my last container was able to stand seventy-five percent of it when she was nine and was only forced to her hands and knees."

Naruto felt his swelling head deflate faster than he thought possible at the thought of being bested by a nine-year-old girl, much to Kurina's amusement, but the girl's identity caught his attention.

"Your last container… her name was Kushina Uzumaki, right? My mother."

Kurina lost her look of amusement and gained a serious one. She was slightly surprised that he knew that, but it would seem as if he knew some of his history. Now that she had a good look at him, she could tell that her jailor seemed to have changed if the lack of orange and rapid questions were any indication.

"Yes… she was."

Naruto's breath gave a small hitch. This was it.

Taking a breath to steady his nerves, he asked the one question that been haunting ever since they first meet, "What happened that night?"

Kurina fell silent for a time. Truth be told, she did not want to talk about it and would like to forget about it. It was not one of her favorite memories. But one look into Naruto's pleading, desperate eyes and she know she would have to talk.

"That would be the first thing you ask wouldn't it. Fine." She said ending with a sigh before she began her tale. "I guess this all really began around the time the major hidden villages started to form. I don't know when, but I began to notice that I could no longer sense my… siblings."

"Wait," Naruto interrupted, "Your siblings? You mean the other biju right? How could you sense them? … What did th-"

"Shut up." Kurina growled out in irritation. "Gosh, one second he want answers, the next he ask another question with out getting an answer to the first."

"Yes the other biju are my… siblings. We are forces of nature given form and conscious, that is why we are so powerful and why we usually reform if we happen to be killed. We also have a unique energy signature. So with the combination of our power and signature, we can always sense each other."

Naruto nodded his head in under standing.

"Now as I was saying before I was interrupted," Kurina started giving him a look, "I began to not sense the other biju starting with the Ichibi and progressing up. At first I thought nothing of it since both Shikaku and Matatabi as weak and they tend to reform every now and then. Even Isobu's disappearance did not concern me, the lazy ass he is. No, my concern started when I could no longer sense Son Goku."

Naruto was confused as to who Kurina was talking about and was about to ask, but once he thought about it a second, figured that they were the names of the one through four tail respectively. So he didn't say anything.

"He was always the quickest to start a fight out of all of us and he had some power to back it up, so when he was lost I began to use more caution in my movements. And it was the disappearance of Gyuki that cemented my decision to go into hiding."

Even though he did not want to interrupt the story, he could not stop himself from asking another question, "You are a giant fox. How could you possible go into hiding?

Instead of answering, Kurina just gave a grin, "I have my ways."

"Well obviously your 'ways' weren't good enough," Naruto said with a smirk.

Kurina lost her grin as she let out a low growl, "Your right since that hell spawn some how found me."

Naruto's smirk fell from his face at that. He had said what he did as a joke; he hadn't thought that it would cause that much offence. He also wondered whom this hell spawn was since the only time he had ever heard that insult was when it was directed at him by the villagers. He wondered who a demoness would consider a hell spawn and since this was questions and answers time, he saw no harm in asking, "Who?"

"That poor excuse of a man– Madara Uchiha. He had the nerve to preach about how I was a mindless beast and needed someone like him to tame me. Then used those corrupt eyes to take control of me just to fight that tree hugging Senju AND HE STILL LOST! I can't believe…" As she continued to rant, she began to subconsciously leak KI. Naruto soon found himself unable to breath again.

"… If I ever see that bastard again I will…"

"Kur-Kurina."

"WHAT!"

Naruto waved his hand franticly in the air before putting them around his neck, "Can't– C-Can't breath."

Restraining her KI as to not accidently suffocate the boy and muttering a quick apology, she continued her story while Naruto recovered.

"Anyway after the fight was over I remember hearing a woman's voice and a pulling sensation on my body before I lost consciousness. When I come to, I was in a cage with bars that immobilized my entire body. No matter how hard I tried I could not move.

To make it worse, that tree hugger's mate appeared in front of me and started to preach just like that Uchiha about how I was an uncontrollable beast, with too much power, how I was a threat to humanity and needed to be sealed for my own good, blah blah blah. Stupid bitch." She ended her rant with several breaths, and waited for the question that sure to come.

And Naruto did not disappoint, "The Shodaime's wife was your first jinchuriki? What was her name?"

"I believe her name was Mito Uzumaki."

The heart in Naruto's chest skipped a beat. He was the third generation of Uzumaki jinchuriki, that could not be coincidence, could it?

"Anyway after the wrench finally shut her mouth, she left and did not come back. I don't know how long I was in there but it must have been a while. I could not move at all and had not contact of the outside world." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice. Naruto felt his heart go out to her. She was hated and feared for having power that she was born with, then caged for who knows how long because of it. It sounded familiar.

"The only interesting thing that happened was that my seal somehow became loose enough for me to escape. But by the time I was fully aware of what happened, it regained its strength and quickly restrained me."

"Again I was left alone but after a while I began to notice that the seals holding me were ever so slowly beginning to loose their power. At first it was only enough for me to twitch every and then but as time went on I was able to move my head, my hands, my feet and tails, and finally my body."

She gave a huff of annoyance, "It got to the point where I was fairly sure that I could break the seal, but I decided to wait a little longer just to be sure. That proved to be a mistake because as soon a I was about to escape, I felt the pulling sensation on my being again and found myself in another cage, similar to this one, with a stronger seal."

"Naturally I was furious, and since I had full motion even in the seal, I put everything I had into breaking out. But the seal held."

"It did not take me long to accept the fact that I was once again denied my freedom and I was about to about to settle down for another long rest when I felt a presence approaching me. I didn't want to be bothered. I just wanted to sleep, so I released some of my aura to keep it way, but it kept on coming. I was both annoyed and intrigued as no matter how much I released it kept on coming. I was close to ninety percent when I finally saw who it was. She came in on her front nearly suffocating like you did." She said with a mocking smile.

"Wait, You said that my mother only withstood seventy-five percent and was on her knees."

Kurina's smile got wider, "Oh, she was on her knees at seventy-five, but she did not appear until ninety."

Naruto's eyes widened as he gave a shudder, he never EVER wanted to experience anywhere close to ninety percent. The fact that his mom did that and survived just proved how awesome she was, but he did feel a bit of fear as well.

Kurina looked at her containers shocked face and nodded, "I was surprised as well. Very few have been exposed to that much of my aura and lived, so I decided not to go to a hundred percent, which would have surely killed her. When she recovered, she glared at me and stomped right up to my cage, well within my reach and you know what she said?" Naruto shook his head. "She said, 'Kyuubi, my name is Kushina Uzumaki and I'm your new boss! Dettabane!" Kurina gave a chuckle at the memory while Naruto felt conflicted by his mother's awesomeness for saying that to the Kyuubi, or his mother's craziness for saying that to the Kyuubi.

"Anyway since I was not used to being talked to like that plus the fact the neither of us was in a good mood, it did not take us very long to get into a shouting match. And let me tell you something, that mother of yours had a very sharp tongue." She gave another small laugh, "Anyway in the end I told her that she would be nothing with me, and she said that she would never rely on my power. She nearly succeeded."

"Nearly succeeded," Naruto interrupted, "How did she nearly succeed?"

Kurina let out a small chuckle that turn into a full laugh of amusement before she answered, "I'm not show if you figured this but Kushina had a large temper and a small fuse. So much so that she earned the nickname… Red Hot-Blooded Habanero."

Naruto let out the breath he had been holding. That was it? Red Hot-Blooded Habanero was the name that his badass mom was given? Really? That sounded like a bad joke people called you behind your back, kind of a let down.

"But there was another on that was less common name," Kurina continued, "It was mainly used by her peer group and others who interacted with her on a regular basis… Demon."

"That's much better." Naruto thought. It was simple, to the point, and descriptive. Demon - a creature that is very frightening and deadly to its enemies or to anyone who pissed it off. That was what came to mind when he thought of his mom upset.

"Wait, how do you know this?" he suddenly asked, "Weren't you sealed during that time."

"Well for that I have to thank whoever made the seal. Like this one, Kushina's seal was to take my power when she was in times of distress, this included anger. So every time she got irritated she was gain my chakra. It gave her a look of a demon, and since the seal was not as well made as yours or Mito's, I gained access to Kushina's sight and hearing. Because of this I have a pretty accurate timeline of her life," she said. "But other than that, she never once relied on me. Even when her life was on the line she refused. That is one of the reasons I respected her."

Naruto's was silent as his mind raced wit the information he had just heard. He had the best information source possible on his mother with him at all times. He could hardly wait to hear learn all he could about her. But before all that he needed to no about how she died.

Seeing her containers face turn grim, Kurina gave a sigh, "I guess that I've put it off long enough."

Naruto gave a nod.

"The day that Kushina found out that she was pregnant was probably her happiest. Never had I felt such joy from her, even the dangers of her situation could not dampen it."

"Dangers?"

"Yes dangers. From what I was able to figure out, when a female jinchuriki gives birth; the seal holding the biju weakens to a point where said biju could escape. And if a biju is extracted form a jinchuriki then the jinchuriki will die. This is the chance I missed when I was in Mito."

"As I was saying, nothing could get her down, and for the entire time she went on and on about how she wanted to meet you and what not. Let me tell you it was annoying. So one day close to your birth I called her in her to maybe get her to be quiet, but what happened was a challenge was made."

"She bet that if she could keep me sealed that it was proof that she was to be a good mother to you, and if I escaped than I got my freedom and it would prove that she was not strong enough and did not deserve to be your mother."

Naruto felt butterflies in his stomach when he heard this. It proved how much she loved him and how much of a badass she was.

"Liking my odds, I accepted the bet. And as soon as I did she changed my cage so that I was immobilized on a giant rock over a pool of lava with no way to move. She said something about giving herself a fair chance or something like that. I do not remember since I cursing her existence."

Like he said… Badass.

"When she went into labor, everything happened like we thought. The seal weakened, I tried to escape, but Kushina prevented me. I did not expect her to have someone help her though so kudos to her. Every thing went to plan and after you were born the seal started to regain its strength when suddenly it stopped. I was so confused that I too stopped my attempts at freedom. As I waited for the seal to grow stronger, which it did not, I wondered what was happening. I then felt a sudden pull on my being. I instantly resisted."

"Why did you resist? You would have gotten free if you hadn't."

"Let me tell you something Kit. I hate most humans and most human hate me. I ether want to destroy them or keep my distance, they want to capture and/or control me. So when I was being released, I could ether resist and stay with a human who would not use me or take my chances of being forced to do who knows what. So I resisted, but by then it was too late."

"And my mother?" Naruto asked with tears building up in his eyes.

"When I realized that resistance was pointless I gave her my life force. Enough so that she would have survived."

Kurina lowered her eyes, "When I was fully extracted I was in a rock tower field with Kushina being held in between them by chains. I then saw Him in a black cloak and orange mask, then the rest was black."

Naruto had tears flowing at the treatment of his Kaa-san and a great deal of hatred for Him who he assumed was Madara.

"When I came to I was being restrained by Kushina's chakra chains while the blond bastard was preparing to seal me in a baby, you."

"He was preparing the sealing against Kaa-san's wishes while she held Kurina back? The bastard."

"I knew what was going to happen. I could hear the screams of people while my energy destroyed them, I knew what I had been force to do. So I accepted my fate. But then I felt like I was being watched and looked to the source. All I remember is seeing those cursed eye behind that mask again. The next thing I know, my claw was though both Kushina and your Yondaime."

Naruto stood in shock, nothing on his body moved except the tears that flowed from his eyes. Here in front of him was his Kaa-san's killer.

"What happened next was that the blond completed the transfer jutsu and changed your appearance. I rested in here since then until we met all those years ago." Kurina looked up to see Naruto frozen face and gave a sad sigh, "When you first meet you asked could we be friends and I rejected your offer. What do you say now that you know the truth? Could we still become friends?"

Naruto was silent for a time before he turned around and walked towards the end of the chamber. Kurina was wondered what he was doing until she felt a nerve wrecking feeling coming from the red head as he let out a scream that sent a shiver down her spine. The scream was not powerful but it held the pain that Naruto had gone through in it. The pain of being an orphan, the pain of being hated by the villagers, the pain of being lied to by the grand father, and the pain of know how his kaa-san was killed. That was what was frightening.

When Naruto calmed down, he took a deep breath and walked back to the cage with his hair covering his eyes. He did not really feel better but he released just enough to prevent him from going psycho.

Kurina watches as Naruto came back to her cage. His eyes were hidden as she watched him take a breath and begin speaking, "You ask if we could be friends, but you killed so many people who continue to blame me for it and you killed my mother. I'm sorry but I think us become friends is impossible right now."

Kurina lowered her head in her paws. She really should have expected this. The boy seemed to idolize Kushina and she was the one that killed her, so it was completely understandable that no friendship could exist between them. But at the same time she was disappointed. There was something special about the boy that made her want him as an ally. Plus she owed it to Kushina for robbing her of her prize of being a mother. But it seemed that the boy was only human.

"But," Naruto said interrupting Kurina's thoughts, "I would be hypocritical if I were to judge you for something you had no control over. I guess I should rephrase my last statement; you were force to kill my mother by this masked man. But still," he closed his eyes and clutched his fist, "it was you that killed her and took her away from me, even if I don't blame you, I still can't get over that just yet. So we cannot be friends right now, maybe later, but not now. We could still be partners though."

"Oh?" Kurina was not expecting that, "Explain."

Naruto looked right into her eyes so that she could see how serious he was being, "What happened that night was caused by the masked man, but something had to have gone wrong for him since I doubted his end game would be for you to be sealed again. And if that is true then it stands to reason that he would be back. There is no way I am strong enough to fight him right now if he was able to fight Minato-baka, and whatever number of Anbu he must of gone through to get to Kaa-san. As much as I would like to follow in her footsteps and not use your power, against a man like that, I will need an ace. So a partnership."

Well a partnership was better than anything Kurina was hoping for but he did not need to know that, "Oh really? And what would this partnership be?"

Naruto was quiet for a time before he answered, "If you let me use and learn to control your chakra than I will… loosen the seal enough for you to experience my senses and change this place to your liking."

Naruto saw Kurina's eyes widen with want before they narrowed just as quickly. He could see her thinking over his offer and its benefits.

"And how would you do that?"

"Well since this is my mind, I should have control over it. As for the seal," he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "I was hoping that you could tell me how."

The fox thought it over for a second before nodding to herself, "Alright then, you see that piece on the right hand corner, tear it off."

Naruto nodded and was about to start walking but then narrowed his eyes at the fox, "How can I trust you?"

"Dammit!" she thought. She really wanted this deal to go through. It had been so long since she had felt the wind blow through her fur and a change of scenery was very much desired. But she could not fault the brat for his caution though, after all she was a kitsune and they were known for their trickery. But she needed this deal, "Come on think girl, think, … that's it." "How about I throw in a … gift of sort to help sway your judgment."

Naruto gave her a cautious look, "What kind of gift?"

Kurina gave a toothy grin, "That necklace of yours once belonged to Mito as a goodbye present from Uzugakure. She had given it to Kushina when she had died, but she had lost it when she got into a fight with some bullies."

Naruto stared at his necklace in wonder. The swirl in it made so much more sense now.

"I also can feel Kushina's presence within you and with it her desire to protect you from harm. I could channel some of her into the one of the seals on the necklace. If I am correct than it would act as a detection booster."

Naruto's heart started to hammer in his chest at the thought of what was said, but he had to be sure, "What do you mean?"

Kurina's grin turned to a smile, "What I mean kit is that when you wear the necklace than your danger scene would skyrocket."

"Most ninja would kill to have something like that. But…" "How do I know if you're telling the truth?"

Her eyes gained a mischievous look to them, "Well I guess you don't, but aren't partnerships built on trust?"

Naruto stared in to her eyes, trying to find any form of a lie in them, but he could not find any. He also could not find any form of honesty either, but she was right. If they were to be partners then trust was need and he would have to take the first step. So with a sigh, he walked up to the seal and ripped off the intended piece bracing himself for whatever might happen. But it never came.

"See that wasn't so bad, was it?"

"No, it wasn't," he said with relief as he closed his eyes to concentrate.

To Kurina's utter joy the sewer slowly started to disappear and in its place grew a forest along with an open field, a pond and a flowing river even the cage bars turned into great tree trunks that seemed to go up forever in the sky.

Naruto opened his eyes and a smile spread across his face at the look of pure happiness on the foxes face.

"Thank you, kit, thank you."

Naruto just nodded his and turned to leave when Kurina's voice stopped him, "You might want to prepare yourself." She said as she walked into the forest.

"Prepare myself for wha-" Naruto's thoughts were interrupted, as a searing pain seemed to explode from his stomach.

Kurina gave started to laugh as her container disappeared behind the tree line, but his screams of pain could still be heard.

"It seems I was right Kushina, he is an interesting one. And I have paid my debt to you, I hope you use it well," she thought as she found a nice shady spot to sleep. Having slept in water for so many years made the feel of the grass all the better against her fur and she quickly fell asleep to the soothing sound of people screaming in agony.

Hinata smiled as she made her way inside her friends compound. The building was really starting to feel like home to her with its warm atmosphere and homey feelings. She could really wished she could live here instead of her own compound which she could not stay away from long enough.

After she had left Naruto the day before, she had gone straight to her father. Once they had proceeded through the normal greeting formalities, she had proceeded to report what had happened in the official genin test.

Needless to say, he was not overly joyed that the Hyuuga heiress had to rely on the heirs from the mutt and bug clans, but he did seem to be proud of himself in that he had hired Kurenai all those years ago seeing as now she is a jounin. Even with his disappointment, he did seem to understand that she was a genin and Kurenai was a jounin and he did not out right insult her like he usually did so that was a plus that brought a tiny bit of joy to her heart. Maybe he would start to be more of a father. It was a possible dream in an ocean of unfavorable outcomes, but it was still out there. At least that is what she told herself.

Wanting to get out of her fathers presence as fast as possible to give him less of a chance to criticize her on something, she hurriedly excused herself with a low bow and left in a hurry.

Quickly changing into some cloths that she deemed suitable to train in, she went to one of the clan's training rooms that could prevent the byakugan from seeing those inside. Once she had warmed up she began to go through the standard Gentle Fist kata's before moving onto her own variation of it.

She had started it after finding out that her claws just did not work with the gentle fist and slowly started to change it to work better. Even now in its enfant stage she could tell that by the time it was done the only thing it would have in common with the original would be the method of striking. She was okay with that.

She had trained well into the night and had to force herself to get some sleep because she was having so much fun. And since she had team training in the morning, she had woken up fairly early to get to the compound and forgot to eat breakfast. Which was what she was plating at the moment.

"Naruto-kun… Naruto-kun, where are y-you?" she called.

"I'm– I'm in here Hinata-chan," a tired voice replied with a yawn.

Grabbing the two plates of food, she made her way to the voice before she stopped in the hallway and stared at her wannabe's mother when she was their age. She soon let her head down in shame, even at such a young age she was very pretty. She could never compare, and with how much Naruto idealized her, there was no way he would notice someone as average as herself in anyway but a friend. How she wished she were pretty.

Leaving the hallway she found Naruto on a couch practicing drawing those seals of his. She was about to say hello but she frowned before it came out, "W-Where is Naruto-k-kun?" "Don't stutter!"

'Naruto' looked up at her with a confused look, "Nani?"

"Where is Naruto-kun?" she said again with more confidence. "Better."

'Naruto' just looked at her before he gained a look of understanding, "Oh that. The boss is still asleep out back. How did you know I was a clone?"

Hinata just shrugged. She knew it was not her Naruto because this one did not feel like her Naruto… it was not like that she knew what her Naruto felt like or anything, or that he was hers. "But since he is still asleep so maybe I could feel him. Oh and instead of being mine, I could be his and-"

"Hinata. Hinaaata. Are you alright? You spaced out and started turning red."

Shaking herself out of the gutter, she nodded and reentered the conversation, "W-W-What d-do you mean s-still?" "No not again."

"Well Boss trained last night and went to sleep on the spot so the clones that he made continued to train and making more. I am the last one." He then reached out for the plate, but Hinata quickly snatched it away.

"No this is for the real Naruto-kun," she said walking away to the yard.

"Lucky bastard. I wish Hinata-chan would bring me food." He said before popping out of existence. Hinata walked with a little more spring in her step when she heard this.

She found Naruto's prone form under the shade of the tree and the closer she got the redder her face got for his upper body was completely bare. Gentle sitting next to his body and setting the plates of food down; and, in a moment of boldness, she placed his head in her lap and started to run her hand through his red hair.

She was shocked by her own boldness and was horrified at the thought of him waking up in the position they were in. But the feeling of his hair felt so good and his body so close to her was the closest to one of her fantasies she had gotten so she continued.

Her focus soon left his hair, though she did not stop, and traveled to his face, which was a perfect combination of Kushina-sama's and Yondaime-sama's. Her gaze traveled to chest and the necklace that lied there.

In all her years of knowing Naruto, she had never really asked about it. She had only really seen it a few times. Taking it in her hand, she marveled at its simple beauty. She then returned it to its original position and hesitantly traveled her hand down to the boys abs. By this point steam was close to escaping her ears and she could feel herself wanting to pass out but she refused. Running her hand up and down his wash rack, she could not help but share at the fruit of the red head's labors. She continued her way down his body and got to his waist when she felt a wetness run down her leg.

Mortified by this, she stopped molesting… err, feeling… err, admiring, yeah admiring. She stopped admiring her friend and turned her attention to her spot of wetness and to her utter relief it was not where she though it was. It was on the spot where Naruto's head was resting on her lap. Trying to find the source of the liquid, she found it to be Naruto's eyes. All naughty thoughts left her mind as she tried to find out why her friend was crying.

To make matters worse, soon after she discovered his tears, his face contorted to one of pure pain and his body started to turn cold, sweat and shake and twitch.

Scared and having no clue what to do, she brought his body up in a hug. It was all she could think of as she tried to bring comfort to her friend. If she had been paying attention, she would have noticed that the ruby on his chest started to glow.

After a few minutes, a few terrifying minutes, the shaking stopped and Naruto's face returned to normal.

"Ow! Ow! Stupid fox little more of a warning would have been nice. Kami that hurt."

"Naruto-kun!"

"Huh?"

He did not have anytime to wonder what the hell was going on when he head was squeezed and pressed against something soft. He gave a brief panicked struggle, which was useless, before he recognized the hoody his face was in and clamed down. Then his face started to blush when he realized what the soft things were.

"Well, well, looks like the kit has the hots for the Hyuuga."

"Shut up, Kurina… Wait how are you talking to me?" he mumbled into the fabric, his blush increasing.

"What you heard that? Hmm…it seems that you took off too much of the seal and now it seems we have what appears to be a mental link."

"A what?" he mumbled

"A mental link. It means we can communicate with our minds. I suggest that you start using it or else people will think your crazy. I also suggest you get out of your friend's breasts it you don't want to pass out from lack of air"

Naruto's matched his hair as he retried his efforts to escape his friend's grasp. Thankfully she finally let goes, and he saw her reddish cheeks and teary eyes.

"Umm… Are you okay Hinata-chan?"

She gave nod and wiped her eyes. She decided not to tell him how she admired him and loved the feeling of hugging him. That would just make things awkward.

Naruto gained a smile, "Good because I have a lot to tell you."

"Wow N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata said in shock. Her friend had just partnered with the strongest being in the world. What was she suppose to say?

"Yeah, I know." He said.

They were resting against the tree with her head on his shoulder and his head on her with his arm on her around her shoulder, their empty plates by their side.

The stayed in silence and just enjoyed each other's company. They figured that they would have less time to do this once their career gets going, so they made to most of what they had.

"Hinata-chan?"

"Hai?"

"When do you have to train with your team?"

"Hmm, in about-t a f-few hours."

"Hmm me too."

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"Hinata-chan?"

"Hai?"

"Would you like to spar?"

Reluctantly pulling out of his grasp, she gave a look, "Nani?"

"Would you like to have a spar before we go train."

She thought about it for a few seconds and nodded, "W-What kind of spar?" "Stop stuttering."

"How about tai and ken jutsu only?"

"Okay." "Good girl."

Nodding, the two separated. Hinata took her place while Naruto gathered up Dakushio (Dark Tide: black sword) and Shirioha (White leaf: white sword) and placed them on his back.

They each settled in their own unique stances and got in a raised eyebrow from each of them. Hinata remembered his stance from his spar with Sasuke on graduation day but that was it, it had no form what so ever. Naruto on the other hand had never seen her stance before. It was different then the normal Hyuuga stance he was expecting. It made him excited to see what she had in store for him.

They looked into each others eyes and smile as a leaf gentle drifted to the ground in between them. As soon as it landed they both darted at each other, swords and claws drawn as they met in the middle with a satisfying 'Clang' sound.

Hello again people of the Fanfiction universe and thank you for reading this story.

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