The Change Of Kyuubi
Chapter 1It had been 3 years since Naruto had died. Since Kakashi had came back with the sad news and Sasuke's alive body. 3 years since all Konoha gennins had felt the most hurtful stab to the heart. The only thing that was left of him was a dirty bandana. One that would never touch bright blond hair ever again.
Hinata had been the one chosen to keep the bandana. It was more of begged. The young Hyuuga had spent days begging to keep the artefact. In the end, Tsunade (the 5th Hokage) let her. 'Poor Hinata, victim of love-loss at such young age...' She thought.
Three long years of pain, but also of big changes. Everyone had changed a lot. Fiscally and emotionally.
-Somewhere in the woods encircling Konohagakure-
"How much left to get there!?" A young woman asked, her figure hidden by a big, black cloak. "Why is it taking this long!?"
"Just a little longer." Another cloaked figure spoke. This time male, sounding a little pissed.
A few minutes later, both cloaked travellers arrived at the front of a village's big walls. Both stood there, waiting. They knew they were being watched and soon those would show up.
Not too long after, they did. All thirteen of them appeared in a flash around the two newcomers. All the faces familiar to the clocked man. Shikamaru Nara, Hinata Hyuuga, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Neji Hyuuga, Kakashi Hatake, Lee Rock, Choji Akimichi, Tenten (A/N: Does anyone know her surname?) and the fifth Hokage, Tsunade Senju.
"Who are you? State your business here! And we demand you to show your faces!" A man's voice called out. The young man had dark obsidian hair, put into a high ponytail and dark obsidian eyes. An Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha.
That detail seemed to chock the man and woman. However, only one took action. The woman moved towards Sasuke Uchiha in a blur no one but the other cloaked person could follow. "You!" She grabbed him by the high collar he wore, almost raising him off the ground. "You were the one to kill Naruto! How could you! You were his best friend!" By now the rage was evident in her voice and an enormous amount of killer intent went off her.
But it ended too soon as the other traveller, the male, used some kind of jutsu (recognizable as the body-flicker) to approach the woman and remove her from the teen pulling her by the stomach and quickly letting her go to his side. "Calm down. It was long ago."
Both voices unrecognizable by any of the Konoha ninja's.
"Excuse me. But... How do you know Naruto?" Now it was a woman who spoke. A Hyuuga. Hinata Hyuuga.
"Oh. You could say we were the closest people to him..." The man said, scratching the back of his head.
"Is that you?" He was interrupted by another person. Someone he knew very, very well. Kakashi Hatake. The jonnin took a few steps forward.
"Yes. It is." He replied. Hopeful they had realized who he was.
"I... I can't believe it..." He continued. Both his eyes widening as did his mouth. The cloaked figure also forming a smile, anticipating recognition. "Minato-sensei!"
And the smile faded. While a chuckle came from the unknown female.
"So, if this is Minato... Is this Kushina? But... I thought..." A woman spoke. Now Tsunade. The fifth Hokage herself.
"Uh!? No! Haha... I should have expected that..." He said, a little disappointed, the same time removing the hood of his cloak together with his companion.
The man had bright blond, spiky hair and clear blue eyes. A slender yet muscular figure and a well-defined face. Not a sign of baby fat on it and three whisker-like marks on each cheek. He wore a black t-shirt and black ninja-pants under his cloak. Both arms covered with bandages and on his left upper-arm and pant's-leg hung a weapon's pouch.
The woman had white, semi-curly hair with a strand of deep black on each side and blood red eyes. A very curvy figure and a shin (death) kanji on the left bottom side of her left chin, right under her ear, almost unnoticeable due to it's size. She wore black shorts and a long sleeved white t-shirt that hung loosely around her stomach and arms.
"Naruto..." The Hyuuga girl was the first one to speak. She waited three or four seconds only looking at him in the eyes before running to him and hugging the young man strongly while crying silently.
Naruto (and everyone else) were taken by surprise. However, after some time he smiled and put a hand on the girl's back, also hugging her. He did not expect to be this missed, but he smiled together with everyone around him. Only then he understood how dear he was to all of them.
Only one person did not move: Sasuke Uchiha. He was still too chocked to do so. He was the only one not to smile. He couldn't. What could he say? 'Hey, Naruto! How I missed you! Remember when I almost killed you? Yeah... I'm sorry for that... Hehe...' How great would that be?
But too soon Naruto let Hinata go and looked at him. His eyes calmer and with less signs of the usual childish excitement. You could see he had changed. Would he kill him? "Hello, Sasuke. How are you?" But he smiled instead. The oh-so-known smile of his. His eyes closing and his teeth fully showing.
"Hey, Naruto." He smiled back, only in his own, constrained way. How not to?
"Remember the last time we've seen each other?" He continued. "When you tried to kill me?" It shocked Sasuke. "Don't I at least deserve a 'sorry'?" He finished, still wearing his casual grin.
"Yes, but I am not going to apologise to you!" Sasuke answered, back to his normal self. That was when he realized nothing had changed. Yet everything.
"Hey, I hate to interrupt this beautiful moment, but... Who is that girl, Naruto?" Kiba asked while sitting on Akamaru's now large form.
"This is your question, Kiba!? Don't you wonder how he is even alive!?" Kakashi corrected the chunnin. Everyone agreed and looked at Naruto, waiting for an answer. All the while, the woman kept quiet, only observing.
"Oh... That..." He scratched the back of his head again. "I was hoping you wouldn't ask about her... But I guess you do deserve to know..." He stopped and, for once, became serious.
"I can answer both questions at the same time. After all, they are linked... She is Sayomi U-" He hesitated. "Uzumaki... And she found, healed and trained with me in these five years..."
"Nice to meet you." She approached Naruto and gave a light bow to all of them, looking at everyone in the eye except for Sasuke (action which pissed him off). 'What the hell is wrong with this girl?' He thought.
"Well... Nice to meet you too, but... What is your relationship with Naruto..?" Tsunade asked. The girl did not look like an Uzumaki at all. Also, she did not bear the usual red hair... Actually, not an usual hair-colour for anything.
"We're like brother and sister. Do not worry. And, yes. I am indeed an Uzumaki, even though I don't have red hair." She answered before Naruto could get the chance to. Tsunade and Hinata seemed relieved, what did not pass unnoticed by Sayomi. So the Hyuuga girl liked her otouto? 'Interesting...' She thought and grinned. Hinata noticed and blushed.
"You shall pass then..." Tsunade said and made a hand-sign, allowing them into the village. "I guess we have much to talk about... But it can wait until tomorrow. For now... You may rest." She turned to the rest of the chunnins. "I don't want anyone bothering them today! Is that understood? They both deserve to rest…"
"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Everyone said before Naruto began running to Ichiraku's (something he had missed dearly) and everyone followed him. Last being Hinata, first being Kakashi.
"Ah... Okay then." And Tsunade herself began to chase him, joining them and completely ignoring her own orders.
At Ichiraku Ramen
"Jii-san! I'm back!" Naruto yelled, sitting on the stool he always sat in.
"Naruto!?" The old man emerged from the kitchen anxious to the possibility of seeing the boy again. "I can't believe it! Ayame! Come here!" He saw the boy (now man) and his eyes lit up.
"Naruto! Where were you all these years!?" The old man stood behind the table and smiled at the boy with that usual fatherly look. He had grown so much…
"You know Jii-san... Going from here to there..." He answered just before Sayomi appeared and sat next to him.
"Hey. So this is the place you always talked about?" She asked while sitting on the stool and going round and round while speaking...
"Naruto, who is this?" Ichiraku asked the boy. "Oh! Yes! She is my... Um... I guess we could say sister...?" He answered, again scratching the back of his head. The man looked surprised, but said nothing about it. 'Minato had a daughter?'
"Naruto has spoken very highly of your ramen. I'm very eager to taste it." Sayomi completed as polite as possible. The owner looked at her before saying that Naruto was also to be named as his best costumer and that to celebrate him coming back, ramen would be in the house for everyone, leaving Naruto and Sayomi very happy.
Then thousands of other people came in, including the Hokage and the owner's smile faded. "Oh, well..."