Chapter 6:

Tsunade looked at Kakashi. "The last one to use the Spirit was Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze, wife of Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage…mother of Naruto Uzumaki." Her eyes hardened. "The Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune…exiled nin of Konohagakure."

She then smiled coldly. "Tell me Kakashi, do you have any sins against Naruto?

(Now)

Kakashi Hatake, former ANBU operative, Jonin Instructor of Genin Team 7, former student of Minato Namikaze. The Sharingan Kakashi. The man who copied over a thousand jutsu's.

Now…Now he was Kakashi Hatake, having a panic attack.

He'd returned from the meeting he'd set up in hopes of saving his students by forcing the Hokage's hand, and instead he'd ended up demoted. He was now a Genin. He Kakashi Hatake, was a Genin. Tsunade's punishment for him telling the Jonin about Hinata.

Now he entered his apartment and was thinking of losing himself into his favorite novels. The door opened with but a nudge and that confused him as he'd locked it tightly when he'd left earlier in the day.

He froze seeing a burn barrel in the middle of the room. A figure stood next to it.

"Hello Hatake."

"H-Hinata." Kakashi felt his blood run cold. Tsunade's words came back to haunt him. "Tell me Kakashi, do you have any sins against Naruto?"

Ten words. Ten words that he feared were coming back to haunt him.

"How was your meeting with Lady Tsunade?" Hinata's voice chilled him. "Learn something Hatake? Your little plan to separate us not working?" Hinata's possessed voice taunting him.

"We are one, from now till the end. I could get even with you, but we feel that in the end, our pain would still pale in comparison to that of Naruto-kun's."

Kakashi swallowed.

"Tell me Hatake, you smell of fear and regret. I saw your memories when you stopped me from harming the Uchiha, and I promised Lady Tsunade, I would hold back on his judgment…for now. But you Hatake…you I never gave such promise for."

Kakashi started to sweat under his mask as he slipped into a defensive stance. He didn't know what his chances against the possessed Hyuga would be.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!" Hinata laughed at him.

"There are other ways to gain vengeance…like instead of physical harm…"

Kakashi looked at the burn barrel and noticed his books piled inside. It was then he smelled gas.

"No." he whispered.

Hinata dropped a explosive tag and shushined away when it hit and the barrel full of porn books went up in flames.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kakashi's scream of terror could be heard all over Konoha.

"That is just the beginning Hatake. That was for reading that trash when you should have been teaching Naruto-kun. Tomorrow we see what else your memories show me Hatake." And with that the cold voice behind him vanished as Hinata shinshued away.

Across town…

Tsunade smiled as she put the viewing globe back on its pedestal and covered it with the cloth. She knew Hinata was slowly picking thru the memories. It would take her days, even weeks to go thru all of Hatake's memories. She'd read the book saying that as the Spirit and the host blended together that the reading ability would become faster.

Tsunade picked up a scroll with the swirl pattern that adorned many of Naruto's clothes. The Uzumaki swirl. The scroll was Kashina Uzumaki's journal of her time from when she left her home village in whirlpool and merged with the Spirit of Vengeance. Her joining Konoha during the war had earned her the name the "Red Death." Yet only the Hokage and Yondaime knew at the time.

Naruto, come back safe. There is so much I need to tell you and to show you. Tsunade thought.

She turned and saw Hinata appear out of the shadows. The girls eyes were white once more and color in her skin had returned.

"Your getting better at that." The fifth Hokage said.

"Hai." Hinata said. there was a hint of exhaustion in her voice.

"Did you get any sleep Hinata?" Tsunade asked approaching her and feeling her skin and checking her pulse.

"A bit Lady Tsunade. I see a lot of the Spirit's past memories. Lady Uzumaki's during the war are…"

Tsunade nodded. "And your retention of the past skills?"

Hinata sighed. "It is slow going. The Spirit and I are spending more time looking over Hatake's memories…I feel there is something there concerning Naruto before he became his Jonin Instructor." The white eyed girl said.

There was a knock on the door and both turned as Shizune entered.

"Sorry to interrupt Lady Tsunade, but Hiashi Hyuga is here and he's demanding to see his daughter."

Tsunade scowled. "Tell Hiashi that Hinata is in the middle of special lessons, and he will see her when she is done."

Shizune sighed and closed the door behind her.

"Now, while you're here Hinata, lets continue your lessons as a healer." Tsunade said with a smile to the girl who cared for her adopted little brother.

By Kami I will do everything I can to make sure they get together. Hinata will be good for Naruto, and he for her. Tsunade thought as she pulled out a scroll.

"Ano…why are you teaching me this…I'm…I'm a killer." Hinata said looking down at the floor.

"No your not." Tsunade snapped at the girl. "You are a sweet kind young woman. As the Spirit said you are a pure soul."

"I don't feel pure after what I've done. The Council members I…I…K-killed. W-what I did to S-Sakura."

"You are going after those who have harmed Naruto." Tsunade sighed and sat on the edge of her desk. "I won't lie to you Hinata, it's a long list of those who deserve whatever you do to them. You and the Spirit will be busy for some time. But I am looking to give you a life away from that. And when we have Naruto back, I want you to be more secure in yourself. To that end, I'm making you my apprentice, that means you will not be under the Hyuga Council's control, nor your fathers. As my apprentice I am the only one you need to answer to."

Hinata looked at her in surprise.

"I'm not doing it only to protect you Hinata. I'm being selfish. I see you, and I know you can be the best, better than me. The fact you care about Naruto is a plus."

"B-but he doesn't know. H-he just thinks I-I'm a w-weird girl." Hinata stuttered out.

"H-He c-cares about S-Sakura…and I-I attacked her."

Tsunade sighed. "You know what Sakura said and did to him after he brought The Uchiha back. I don't think he cares for her. I believe she destroyed whatever image he held of her."

"Now then…"

The door opened and Shizune could be heard yelling. "YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!"

Hiashe Hyuga stood in the doorway, his eyes filled with anger. "Hinata," he said his voice the same cold tone he'd always used in regards to his eldest daughter. "Come here…Now."

Kwai's Mountaintop

"Now kit, let's talk." The Kyuubi said as he and Naruto sat in the boys mind.

"Fine. I have a ton of questions and you have much to tell me. Lets do this." Naruto said.

"You want to know why I attacked Konoha all those years ago." The Kyuubi said and the fox in the cage sat on its haunches.

"I awoke in this world surrounded by a powerful sorcerer. He wanted to use my power for his own. I fought back and he cast some kind of spell that the end result left me little more than a berserker. I moved around and ended up in the borders of Konoha. I was attacked by ninja wearing the same symbol you wore on your headband. They were with the sorcerer as I recognized some of them, so I attacked. At the time I had very little control over my actions as it seemed that I was on pure instinct. They led me on a chase, stopping to attack when it looked like I would break the spell on me, angering me once more and my anger fueled the spell I was under."

Naruto listened as the Kyuubi said that the nin led him to the walls of Konoha where he was attacked by more nin.

"By then I was deep in rage and attacking all that crossed my path. They all wore the leaf symbol. I see now it was a ploy for me to destroy Konoha, but at the time I was out of control and it took the Hokage to separate my spirit from my body."

"So, some mystic attacked you and you in turn attacked Konoha, because they were wearing our symbol." Naruto summarized. He scratched his head. "Well Konoha had many enemies, so its possible they stole the headbands and made it look like it was us…"

"I regret what I did all those years ago kit, but I now am angry because of what the villagers did to you. They treated you wrong, they attacked a child, and even amongst demons that is looked down upon. Children are precious, even to us." Kyuubi said.

"Why do you keep calling me kit?" Naruto asked after several minutes of silence as Kyuubi allowed him to absorb his reason for attacking Konoha.

"Ha,ha,ha. I call you kit, for that's what you are. You are a kit. A child. And…" at this Naruto saw that the Kyuubi seemed nervous. "What?" he asked.

"I-I see you as my kit. I had no mate nor kits of my own, and as I watched your life since awakening, I see the pain I've caused you with just being in you, and I want to make it right. I want to teach you all I know. I want to pass on all I have and was to you. I want to make you my heir."

Naruto was in shock.

"You don't need to say anything kit. Just so you know." Kyuubi said.

They sat in silence for some time, before Naruto spoke up.

"How were you able to talk with me while I was fighting Kwai ojiisan?"

"Since I've been awake I've been working on opening paths of communication. This way you didn't have to always come down here to see me." Kyuubi told him.

"Yeah…but couldn't you take over?" Naruto asked.

"No kit. I can enhance your senses, I can speak with you, but I can't control you. The seal prevents it, and I wouldn't do that, even if I could."

"But the first time we met, you said…"

"(sigh) I know what I said kit. I was just woken, and still shaking off the last of the spell the sorcerer cast on me. I was lashing out, and I apologize. I'm not the best of moods when woken roughly, and your appearance like that just hit me wrong. I'm so sorry for that." Kyuubi said.

"Now you'll work with the shaolin first to get yourself into shape. After that I will start to teach you."

"Teach me what? To be a demon?" Naruto asked.

Kyuubi laughed for a bit. "Oh no kit. You might end up being a hanyou in the end, a human-demon hybrid, but that won't be for a long time. No kit. I the Kyuubi no Kitsune will teach you to be the first Zate-nin in nearly a thousand years."

"A what?" Naruto asked.

"A Zate-nin. Zate-nin were guardians of peace for thousands of years. They had the ability to use the vunla." Kyuubi explained.

"Vu-what?" Naruto was confused.

"Just worry about getting in proper shape. Kwai won't teach you any ninjutsu's or genjutsu's, but he will spend time with taijutsu and kenjutsu. Also ask him to work on etiquette, social and political."

"What? Why? And what is that Vu-stuff?" Naruto asked.

A deep sigh. "Vunla is a type of energy. Life energy. It surrounds us, binds us. Its part of everything. You, me, this cage, the seal. Its part of the mountain, the air. Don't worry about it for now Kit. Just get in shape first and then I'll begin your lessons."

"What about Micahamaru?" Naruto asked.

"I'll include him. he's strong as you in the vunla. Tell Kwai to work on a way for us to communicate. Tell him to look in the Book of Ramhu."

Naruto nodded. He wanted to know more about vunla and Zate-nin, but he knew from the short time he'd spoken with Kyuubi that he wouldn't tell him till he was ready, and that meant getting himself in shape and his taijutsu fixed.

"Why kenjutsu?" he asked.

"It will be part of your training for being a Zate-nin. Now, go and start with the old monk. I'm going to rest and prepare for your lessons in the way of the Zate."

Naruto nodded and felt his mind shift and he opened his eyes in the real world and saw a pair of golden eyes right before his own blue eyes.

"GAAAAAAAH!"

Micahamaru who was using chakra to hang from a branch above Naruto fell on his head laughing at the expression of his friends face.

Naruto clutched his chest and watched his childhood friend rolling on the ground laughing.

"So glad you find scaring me half to death so funny." Naruto grumbled.

"So-Sorry bro." Mica said calming himself and sitting up.

"So, you and Kyuubi have a nice long chat?" Mica asked.

"I think so. He told me why he attacked Konoha all those years ago, and told me to work with Master Kwai with my taijutsu and kenjutsu."

Mica nodded. "Old man figured that. He's changing and says we'll be using the mornings to do exercises and afternoons to spar in tai and ken."

Mica pointed to the wooden bokken laying between them.

"Kyuubi also said once I'm in shape, he's taking over my training along with yours."

"Mine? Why?" Mica asked.

"He says he's going to teach us in the ways of Zate."

A crash had both turn and see Master Kwai standing over a dropped tray. His wide eyes looking at Naruto in shock.

"Master? You okay?" Mica asked hurrying to the old monks side.

"I-I am fine Mica-san." Master Kwai looked at Naruto. "The Kyuubi said he'd teach you the way of the Zate-nin?"

"Yeah. Mica and me." Naruto said.

Kwai looked shock, a look Naruto had seen on Sarutobi Ojiisan's face once or twice when he'd surprised him.

"A legend of old." Kwai muttered and looked at both young men. "Well if I am to prepare you both, then we will begin now."

"Oh…and Kyuubi said something about you finding a way for him to communicate with us both. He said look in the Book of Ramus or something like that." Naruto said.

"Ramhu." Kwai corrected. He stroked his beard and nodded.

"Now then, we'll start with laps, then calisthenics, sit ups, push ups. Then tree climbing and water walking."

"But Kwai-ojiisan, that's…" Naruto started.

"After that we'll start with the basics of swordsmanship. Tomorrow I'll add weight seals to you both. Every other day after that you will run an obstacle course with double weight before lunch." the old man continued as he motioned for the boys to follow him. Naruto looked and saw that the dropped tea was gone and the old man was moving with a purpose.

Why do I have a feeling this is going to hurt?

In the back of his mind he could hear the Kyuubi laughing like mad.

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