Later that night Naruto had gone to bed right after his evening prayers. He had made dinner for the others and put some in the heat seal box for Minato yet refused to eat even a bite of anything that they offered him, which worried them to no end. They each tried to get him to eat or would ask him what was the matter but he would not say a single word to them. Once they had finished cleaning up he went straight to his room and closed the door, not answering their calls or even looking at them. Once Naruto had gathered his robe, extra boxers and towel he made sure that the door to the bathroom was locked. Once he had made sure that they were locked he slowly removed his eyepatch and his clothes to reveal a black metal brace on his left leg. He had told no one that he had to wear it until his leg healed because he did not want any kind of pity from them and did not want them to treat him like an invalid.

He had the power ad skill to heal his leg right away but he would need the help of a medical ninja and he did not want his father to drive himself crazy because of the brace so he was just going to have himself deal with the metal annoyance and slight pain on his own for the two months. Once his bath water was ready he carefully removed the brace and lowered himself into the water slowly, hissing a little in pain when the warm water hit his leg: 'Why must you push yourself like this Camius?Just let your father know about this so that he can help you.' Naruto turned to the door to find Kami standing there with an extremely worried look on his face: "You know why I cannot tell him about something like this Kami-sama. I do not want to make him even more worried about me than he already is. I just cannot bear having to hurt my papa like that." Kami hesitated in saying something for a moment but then he set himself and said in a firm voice: 'Did you know that by hiding this from your father that you are lying to him?'

Naruto froze in pouring water on his head and looked up with horror filled and teary eyes: "D...d...did you just s...s...s..." Kami nodded and his heart started to ache when his love started to shake in fear: 'I did not want to have to tell you that but it is true. You tell him every day that yo are fine and everything but because of your leg and the occasional pain in your sightless eye you are just lying to him. You tell him that you are fine but the truth is that you are not and you know it.' Naruto started to hyperventilate and shake so Kami slipped into the water to hold him tightly, a tear rolling down his face: 'I am so sorry for frightening you like that my love but if it is the only way to prevent you from suffering like this when you have no reason to then I am going to do it, despite the fact that it hurts me to do so.'

Naruto slowly stopped shaking and after a little while he stopped shaking altogether: "D...D...do you think papa will be m...mad at me because of what I did and everything that I have been hiding from him?" Kami slowly helped his beloved wash himself and said as he got out of the large tub to carefully wash the wounded leg of his beloved: 'I do not think that he can ever be mad at you for anything Camius so please do not worry so much on it. So are you now going to tell him about this?' Naruto hissed in pain as Kami pulled the cloth away and carefully let the leg go back into the water but then he lowered his head and said in a quiet voice: "I will tell him about everything when he comes home tonight and I mean everything. But for right now I am going to finish bathing and change into my night clothes before I go downstairs to wait for papa in the library." Kami nodded, gave him a kiss on the forehead and disappeared so Naruto could finish his bath in peace, the young man worried about what his father may think. Once he had finished rinsing off the soap, shampoo and conditioner he let the water drain from the tub and slowly lifted himself out, sitting on a small stool so he could dry himself off and put his boxers on.

Once he had finished drying himself and putting on his boxers he put the brace back onto his leg before putting on loose fitting white pajama bottoms, a long sleeved white sleep shirt and put his hair into a braid behind him before putting his patch back on. He then wen to put his white robe on and went downstairs where he walked past the game room where the others were playing different games and into the library where he sat down in one of the large chairs by a window that was open to let a good breeze into the room. He switched on the lamp by the chair, picked up his notebook and started writing some stories he remembered from his past life, his cane sitting by his chair in case he needed it in a hurry for something.

At eight later that evening the front door opened and Minato came in, a tired yet satisfied look on his face: "Welcome back Yondaime-sama." Minato turned around and saw Kimihiro there with a warm smile on his face: "Hello Kimihiro-kun how was everything this evening?" Kimihiro looked down and said: "Not everything was well today Yondaime-sama. Naruto-sama refused to eat anything today. We would all ask him what was the matter but he would not speak to any of us. He went on like normal but it seemed as if he was distracted by something. Right now he is in the ground floor library if you wish..." before he could finish speaking Minato had thrown his shoes into the little cupboard and ran into the library where he almost burst down the door to get inside: "Angel-chan are you still in here baby? I heard that you would not eat or speak with anyone after I left this afternoon."

When he heard no noise he walked farther into the room and saw Naruto sitting on a seat by an open window, his face showing that he was lost in thought, his hand absently rubbing his left leg through his pajama leg: "Angel-chan are you feeling okay? You are not feeling sick again are you baby?" "Daddy can you come over and sit with me for a moment please? There is something important that I have to tell you." Minato sat down in the chair across from his son and asked in a worried voice: "What in the worlds is the matter Angel-chan? Is something the..." "I have been hiding something very bad from you daddy! So please do not be mad at me when I show you in a moment please." Minato just sat surprised for a moment but then he nodded so Naruto carefully removed the patch over his eye to show that the bruise that he had before was now in the shape of a whirlpool but was still black and blue and painful looking. He put the patch back on and then hesitated for another moment: "Go ahead and show me what is the matter Angel-chan. You don't need to be scared of anything."

Naruto took a deep breath, reached down and slowly pulled his pant leg up so it would not be caught on the metal. Minato watched when his son hesitated at his leg for a minute but then his eyes widened in fear and then understanding when he saw the black metal connected to the leg of his son: "Oh dear Kami! Angel-chan what is the worlds happened to you?" Naruto took another deep breath and then explained everything: "When I was training in my mind with Kami-sama and the nine Holy bijuu it was getting pretty harsh. They warned me that I should stop and take it slow but I would not listen and ended up hurting my leg almost beyond repair. When I woke up not long ago it took all that I had not to scream when I got up to look for you when I opened my eyes. My leg hurt so badly that I almost passed out but I did not want to frighten anyone so I was able to hold it in. Later that night, after everyone else had gone to sleep I managed to drag myself to the sound-proof training room and summoned one of my summons to help me set my leg."

"I screamed so loudly that it made the walls rattle and the seals shake but they managed to hold and I was able to have my leg set and put into this brace. I managed to use a seal on my clothes so that it would be hidden from all of you because I did not want to be treated like an invalid or doted upon like a spoiled prince. But it should be completely healed in about two months." Naruto just looked down and after he took some calming breaths he looked up at his father again and said: "But there is also one more thing that I need to tell you. Do you know how it seems that my good eye is normal and is sapphire blue like yours are?" Minato nodded slowly but then a sob got caught in his throat when the genjutsu on the eye fell away to reveal a deep amethyst eye with nine light blue stars making the pupil: "Daddy, say something, anything please. I cannot bear it if you were angry at me for something like this."

When Minato did not say anything and even refused to look at him in the eye the eye of Naruto filled with tears and he dropped his pant leg back over his brace, his hand clutching the cane tightly as he ran from the room as fast as he was able, his sobs echoing in the halls before they were cut off when he slammed the door to his bedroom shut and locked it as he did so. Sakumo, Tsubasa, Syaoran and Kimihiro tried to get him to open the door so they could talk to hi but all they heard was loud sobbing coming from the room and words that they could not understand, the four of them starting to cry because of his pain. Syaoran just stood in anger for a moment but then he went down to the library where Minato was still sitting and said: "I apologize in advance for this Yondaime-sama." Minato slowly looked up and was in complete shock when he was hit and found himself on the ground with a split lip and bruise on his cheek: "What in the..." "What in the nine layers of hell is the matter with you Yondaime-sama!?"

"From how I found you right now it is obvious that you do not care that your son is locked in his room crying his eyes out because of you! He thinks that you hate him for not telling you of all his secrets. He poured his heart out to you and you would not even look at him! Now I know that it hurts that he did not tell you everything about himself and that he looks more like your late wife with that eye but that is no excuse for treating him as you did!" Syaoran took a deep breath to calm himself down and said as he walked out the door: "Until you are ready to apologize to Naruto-sama and feel sorry for everything the five of us are moving into the garden cottage and not allow you anywhere near him." Minato gasped and was going to say something but the door shut and locked so he just fell to his knees and started sobbing. Syaoran then went upstairs where he found that Sakumo had managed to unlock the door and was sitting on the bed comforting a still sobbing Naruto while his two brothers were packing a few things so that they could get ready to move into the garden cottage: "I am going to go and get the cottage ready so once you are done here just come on over. But remember to put the hood on his head so that he is not frightened of the dark garden."

Naruto looked up with tears in his eyes and asked in a small voice: "A...are you going to lave me too Syaoran?" Syaoran gave him a hug and said in a warm voice: "Of course I am not going to leave you Angel-sama. I am just going to go and get the things ready at the cottage so we can move in there tonight." The eye of Naruto grew round with fear and he said: "B...b...but it is dark outside! I h...have never been outside when it is dark!" Sakumo wiped the tears from the face of Naruto and said: "It is only for a minute or two as we walk down the path to the cottage." Naruto nodded and slowly slid off of the bed, his brace poking out slight from his pant leg: "Angel-sama what is that? Is it the reason that the Hokage got so angry at you?" Naruto nodded and showed them the brace, turning his head and waiting for them to walk out and leave him alone but was surprised when Tsubasa squatted down to his level and carefully put a hand on it with a sympathetic look on his face; "I once had both of my legs in braces like this so I can understand how you must be feeling right now."

Naruto smiled softly and carefully moved to the closet on the other side of the room where he pulled out a large box: "This is my cloak that hides from from the beams of the moon and some of my special writing supplies." They nodded and after ten minutes they had packed everything they were going to take and went downstairs, Naruto gazing sadly at the now unlocked library door with a tear rolling down his face as he put up the hood of his cloak and used his cane to walk down the dirt path to the garden cottage where he would now live. Once they had all gone Minato went into the bedroom where his son once stayed and saw that most of his things were now gone. He went into the kitchen and saw that almost all of the cooking utensils were gone as well. He started to panic more and went to the drawing room where he saw everything there gone as well. He ran to the prayer room and hoped that nothing there had changed. He hesitated for a moment but then opened the door, only to find an empty room, a small scroll sitting in the blackness. He just looked at it for a moment and then he fell to his knees screaming in agony at what he had done.

Minato picked up the scroll and walked into the living room, sitting in his favorite chair where his baby used to curl up next to him and listen to the stories of his ninja career. He unsealed the scroll and started reading: 'To my dearest daddy if you are reading this then I was finally able to tell you about everything and you did not accept me for it. I only have one question concerning that...why? Why would you not accept me for who I really am and what has happened to me? For many years you helped me through my 'episodes', were there for me when I lost my eye, when I was seen and almost touched by that vulgar snake woman and when I cut my hands and feet when I was five. And you were also there for me when I lost my Life Familiar Gamakichi. Why would you abandon me now, when I need you the most daddy?'

Minato gripped the scroll and tears rolled down his face as he continued to read what was on the scroll: 'All of the times I waited for you to come home, learning every instrument I could think of so calm you after a stress-filled day at work, waiting in fear when your clone would pop and the times you would not come home for days at a time and I was alone. I loved doing all of that for you but...I cannot bear the fact that you would just abandon me because of the things that I kept hidden so you would not be even more stressed than you had been lately. Well, now I am going to leave you in the main house alone until yo feel sorry for everything and accept me for who I am. Forever Your Baby Naruto Minato Camius Angel Uzumaki.' Minato dropped the scroll and fell to his knees, regret burning his insides like a volcano: "Oh dear Kami what in the worlds have I done? ANGEL-CHAN!"

In the house on the other side of the gardens Naruto heard his father screaming and he fell to his knees crying as well, the screws and edges of the metal digging into his leg and making it bleed: "Daddy! I did not want it to come to this! DADDY!" He yelled loudly for a minute and then fainted, the four quickly going forward to help him into the bedroom, Sakumo going to grab a first-aid kit while Tsubasa and Kimihiro slowly removing the brace so they could treat the wounds caused by the metal digging into his skin when he fell to his knees: "How could the Yondaime just abandon his son like that? Is it just because he has a brace on his leg and only one eye?" Syaoran stroked the hair of his friend and said with a faraway look in his eyes: "He has raised Angel-sama to be the best shinobi in all of the Nations. Maybe he thought that it would no longer happen because of this."

While that was happening in the cottage Minato had dragged himself into the old bedroom of his son with photo albums in his hands and tears still rolling down his face. He opened the first one and looked at all of the baby pictures and even some he had taken when Naruto was asleep. He then took the one labeled 'Firsts' and opened it, fresh tears rolling down his face once again. He had pictures on the pages and videos in seals on the pages of the albums of when his baby first rolled over, when he first smiled at him, first started to crawl, his first taste of baby food and real food, first steps and even his first word. He even had some of the first drawings his son had done when he was really young: "Oh Angel-chan how could I have done this to you? When I saw your eye it just made me break down inside since it made it look more like your mother." Minato just lay in the bed for the rest of the night with tears rolling down his face but after the sun came up he stood on the balcony of his room and said as he looked down at the silent cottage: "Don't worry Angel-chan I will make everything up to you you will see. Until then Clow Brothers, Sakumo take care of my baby for me."

Please do not kill me for putting this chapter but it is important for the next few chapters! I hope you enjoy this chapter and sorry for it being shorter than normal. Please read and review and see you again soon! Obi-Chan