The Change Of Kyuubi:

Chapter 4: The Secret – Part 1

"he looked at Naruto deep in the eyes and...

Nothing.

The blond jinchuriki just kept staring at the other teen in front of him. The now pissed teen. His precious family's technique had failed. Besides, he had used it against Naruto! The once worst of the class!

"Said so." The irritating girl insisted.

"Leave him be, Sayomi! This is really stupid! It happened long ago! Forget it!" Naruto scolded her. This was getting annoying for him. Not all Uchiha's were to blame for the doings of a single one. "Besides, he is not him."

Everyone expected her to retaliate. They had observed how those two acted around each other, and were flabbergasted when she lowered her head, looking at her feet and murmuring a half-hearted "sorry" for the Uchiha.

"Don't worry, Sasuke. I have trained a lot. Especially on this matter." He tranquilized his pouty friend. That kind of situation was new for both of them. Sasuke was the one who usually won. Even now, Naruto knowing he was far stronger than him, it was still weird.

"Huhm…" Sasuke murmured. He was not assured at all. If anything, he became more pissed.

Naruto then looked at Sayomi, moving his head forward, towards Sasuke. It was a gesture that said: "Come on, your turn and behave."

"It's my turn now, right?" And she did as she was told. Nothing happened on her turn neither. And she seemed happy because of that. While Sasuke's pout worsened.

The next tests would be brute strength and then ninjutsu… Strengh did not bother the 'siblings' at all. However, the ninjutsu part did. They had yet to think of a way not to show them their full capacity. Besides, even if they beat Kakashi, Tsunade would probably assign someone else, until they were beat, meaning they would have shown everything. If not fighting herself… Naruto was not sure if he could win against her. Sayomi definitely would struggle, as she specialized in long distance fighting, and would be of almost no help in this case… Tsunade would sure force a short-distance battle… But he would not worry about it for now.

Firstly, came Sakura, the brute strength tester (for an obvious reason). Nothing much happened. Neither Sayomi nor Naruto showed any difficulty. Sakura was amazed and somewhat happy for her long-time friend. But she was not happy for his 'sister'. The girl meant trouble for her. She beared some kind of secret, one Sakura wanted to find out.

Finally, the last test came. And they had to find a way to fool everyone.

"Urgh… I kind of feel bad lying to them this way. They are my friends…" Naruto and Sayomi were inside the blond's mind, discussing.

"But what could we do? We can't just tell them everything." Sayomi felt nothing st all, but tried to show some worry for her brother's happiness. "They would most likely kill us."

"No! Obaa-chan would never let such a thing happen!" He yelled back. He knew none of those people in front of him would ever hurt him.

"I know that. But she doesn't control everything…"

"Come on, you two! Stop fighting!" A third voice intervened. Kyuubi's. Not that such a thing was taken well.

"Shut up!" The Uzumaki was angry. However, he knew the fox was right, it was not the first time. Calming himself down, he changed the topic. "How are we going to do this?"

"Perhaps you shouldn't." Kyuubi spoke again.

"Perhaps… We were forced to go to that council meeting, after all. Better test your theory, if you are so sure." Sayomi was still uncertain about the whole: 'they are my friends' thing. One, the Uchiha, had almost killed him some years ago. She couldn't understand his trusting. Her couldn't understand her untrusting.

"I am." And they were back to reality. Not a second had passed.

Kakashi stepped forward. One glance, and both teens knew he was dead serious.

And the ninja disappeared in a body-flicker. It didn't take a second and Kakashi appeared behind his former student, blade to his throat.

"So, I go back to the academy if I lose?" The boy joked, reminding everyone about the bell test long ago. He seemed not even a bit worried for the blade pointed to his neck.

"Exactly." His former sensei answered, playing along with the boy. That was until he too disappeared, however not in a shunshin, but in the well-known hiraishin. A.K.A, his father's jutsu. Everyone was flabbergasted by that. They all wondered how he had learned it, better: how had he figured how to do it, as there were no known seals talking about it.

"You did tell us to show everything we knew!" Naruto appeared near a tree, a few meters away from them, quickly disappearing again after speaking.

Kakashi looked around, trying to find even a single sign of his former student. Fortunately, he soon did. The silver-headed jonnin saw one of his sensei's carved on one of the trees, just a few steps away from where the blond had been earlier seen. Then a flick of light called his attention, about 50 meters away, going to the kunai's direction.

It was his chance! Kakashi knew, from many years under Minato's guidance, Naruto would not be able to change the course once it was set. If he could get to the weapon before the boy, he could stop the technique and even surprise the blond, expecting him right next to it. So he did just that.

However, as ironic as it could have seemed, it was a trap. Kakashi soon found himself hanging upside down on that same tree, rope secured his left foot. Funny enough, it was the same trap he had used on the said now much stronger boy/teen/man.

It didn't take long for Naruto to appear in front of his sensei, laughing and falling on his knees in utter joy. "Isn't it funny how I tricked you the same way you did to me so many years ago!?" He yelled on the jonnin's face, in between laughs. Besides him, Tsunade, Ibiki, Sasuke, Sakura and Sayomi were all laughing too.

"Well! I can see that you have much – haha – improved, Naruto!" The Hokage was proud for her godson. He had grown into a very powerful and very handsome man. "But we'll still have to test you, as Naruto did all the fighting." She spoke to the white-haired girl. Kakashi had been released from the trap and said he could still fight.

"No problem, Tsunade-hime." 'Hime'? She liked the girl even more now.

Soon the battle begun.

Kakashi, not trusting the girl at all, eager to test every ability she might have, he uncovered his left eye, revealing his stolen eye. Sayomi tensed. She wondered, angrily, why and how did he have the sharingan. Had he stolen or being given, it did not matter, it only angered her. A lot. And a sigh was heard by her, coming from Naruto.

Kakashi started doing some hand seals, Sayomi prepared. She waited. As he finished, he put his right hand to his mouth and a giant ball of flames erupted, going to her direction.

Surprisingly, she did not dodge. The white-haired woman simply grinned. She knew fire could never hurt her. Instead, the flame adapted around her body, forming a dome around her, not harming but protecting. Katon: Moushou Kaseiken, it was called. An S ranked technique.

Kakashi almost jumped in surprise. The woman in front of him had executed an S ranked fire jutsu with ease and without any kind of hand seal. 'Impressive…' Was she a master in Katon? It couldn't be. Not at such young age. Could it?

"Yeah. I have mastered the Katon. Although I really wanted to master Fuuton instead… Not everyone is as lucky as Naruto." Sayomi quickly said, before noticing the huge water dragon that was being formed and looking at her evilly. She even missed the looks the said blond received, which he did not react to, confirming it.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" And the dragon was formed, immediately charging after her. Sayomi was forced to move, losing concentration and releasing the dome. That was what Kakashi wanted. He quickly used kawarimi, changing places with a rock near the girl, surprising her with a kunai at hand.

Sayomi barely dodged the blade, also using kawarimi to get far away from the jonnin. However, she was not fast enough and received a cut near the ear, almost on her neck. At that, she noticed the ninja was not playing around. He would kill her if needed, he would not be put to ease if she didn't show all of their secrets. However, there was one she would never, ever, let anyone find out. The only ones who could know were her brothers and sisters. Not even Naruto knew about it.

"Alright! I give up!" And the mystery threw her arms up in surrender. "I'll tell you!" And she lowered her arms. After that, Naruto came to her, confused. What exactly did she want to tell them? 'What are you doing?' He asked by their mind-link. She did not answer.

"Okay, Naruto. Spill what we were hiding." And she smiled.

"What do you mean? We are not hiding anything."

"Yes, we are! Come on! Tell them about the time I saved you from evident death by your friend's hands." Did she mean he could tell them about everything? He had finally won an argument with her? It was all too confusing for him.

"Naruto. What are you two hiding?" Kakashi then voiced everyone's thoughts.

"Okay, then... Well, we weren't telling you everything about my recovering or how I came to know Sayomi…" he scratched his head in embarrassment, as usual with his signature grin. "It went like this…"

A/N: Hehe! Another Hyper cliff-hanger! What do you think it's their secret? And what about Sayomi's? Do you think she is trustworthy? Honestly, if I were them, I wouldn't trust her. What do you guys think it's going to happen? Tell me on reviews! I would love to know and could even include some ideas into the story.

Surprisingly, I did not even take as long as I thought I would, as you can see reading the "Poll" announcement. Also, I am sorry if anyone got confused, but I have posted the "Poll" chapter before posting it on my profile, only now it is available.

Thanks!