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Naruto awoke back in the hotsprings having left the seal before his anger caused him to snap at Kyuubi. He knew that it had taken courage to tell him about her role in his parents' deaths. But he was also aware that it would take some time before he could speak to her civilly. So before he said something he couldn't take back, had decided to take the time to calm himself before talking to her.
Getting dressed, he headed to the academy and was glad that it was late at night as all he wanted was to be alone. Climbing to its roof, he had an unfettered view of the Hokage monument and of the face of his father. After learning of the Kyuubi, he had always wondered, why him? Now knowing that it was his father that had done it hoped it was because he believed Naruto would use the power wisely. But it also left him feeling bitter at him, in light of the fact that he had been regarded as a hero for his actions. Meanwhile he, the one that had to live with the results of them, had been considered a curse on the village.
Naruto forced himself to abandon his current train of thought though. He believed that his dad hadn't placed the burden on him lightly and at that realization felt a good deal of his anger at his father fade. As he knew if he let it take over he'd be disappointing him. With his head clearing, he believed he knew how to explain how he felt about Kyuubi's role in his parents' deaths. Sitting cross-legged in the center of the roof he was about to reenter the seal when he sensed the presence of one of his lovers appearing behind him.
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Koharu had ignored her body's desire for release and had instead decided to go in search of the cause for it. Her primary reason was to alert him of Danzou's meddling, but also she wanted him to once again make love to her. But before that, she needed to clear her conscious by telling him the truth about the Uchiha Massacre. She arrived on the roof behind him just as he assumed a sitting position.
"Is something the matter Koharu?"
Not surprised he knew it was her, but that he knew that something was indeed bothering her she asked, "Are you a mind reader now?"
Naruto stood turning to face her and although he tried to smile she could tell that he was burdened with something as well. "No," he replied, "But since it's rather late for a training session. I figured you needed to speak with me." A small lecherous smile appeared on his face as he added, "Unless you've decided it's time for things to get physical in a wholly different way."
Koharu blushed at the innuendo, but said, "A little bit of all of the above."
Naruto's eyebrow rose in confusion, but sensing some of what was troubling her asked, "You're not about to drop some bombshell that is going to force me to reevaluate how I look at the world are you?"
Koharu stared at him with surprise that Naruto had guessed her reason for searching him out. Sighing he moved to the end of the roof and leaning against one of the supports that rose above it said, "Alright hit me with it?"
"Before that, am I to take it that Kyuubi has spoken with you?"
For a moment Naruto's eyes hardened as he stared at her. He was surprised at how quickly his anger was roused by the question but figured it was due to someone else knowing of his connections to the Fourth. A little of the anger bled into his voice as he asked, "You knew as well?"
Koharu shook her head, quickly saying, "Only a few odds and ends. Tsunade let a bit of it slip after a training session. I believe that she is under some sort of promise to keep quiet about it, but used Kyuubi's involvement to go around it."
Naruto felt more of his anger bleed away at that. He knew how much Tsunade valued keeping her word and that she engineered his learning of it through Kyuubi was probably skirting the line of keeping it for her. Koharu had stopped to allow him to process that so when he refocused on her she continued saying, "I believe that the only two people who knew of your connection were Sarutobi and Jiraiya. Why they chose not to tell you I can't say. But I caution you against feeling any bitterness towards them."
"Why?"
"Because at times people need to make decisions that they are not happy with but believe are for the best. I suppose that they felt keeping you in the dark was a way to protect you from your parents' enemies. People that wouldn't hesitate to kill a harmless child even though the targets for their revenge were already dead."
Naruto nodded feeling some more of his resentment disappearing. Koharu took a seat next to him causing him to say, "I take it what you have to tell me involves a difficult decision you had to make."
Koharu sighed before saying, "I'd be lying if I said I felt it was difficult at the time. As you know as I grew older, I grew more jaded about my sensei's desire for peace to reign throughout the shinobi nations. Instead my focus turned towards making sure that Konoha's peace was not disturbed." Koharu took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves. She wasn't sure why she was so nervous. But, she figured it was due to the light in which Naruto may see her when she finished telling him of her role in destroying the Uchiha.
Seeing that Naruto was calmly giving her the time she needed she picked up her story saying, "The Kyuubi attack had more ramifications on the village then you could possibly know. Our enemies began probing us almost daily for weaknesses. I'm sure your own experiences during the aftermath of the Sound Invasion have shown you that." Naruto nodded, remembering the Iwa kunoichi that had led a battalion of genin in a failed assault on the village.
Koharu smiled weakly at seeing Naruto small sign of understanding and continued adding, "Sadly it also negatively affected the Uchiha. You see many in the village remembered the tale of Madara's controlling the nine-tails with his Sharingan. It also appeared that the Kyuubi was being controlled during its attack as its eyes suddenly changed during the battle."
"She was," Naruto said absentmindedly thinking of what Kyuubi had told him. When Koharu looked at him shocked, he said, "During her confession she told me that Madara controlled her after she escaped from my mother."
Koharu couldn't keep the surprise from her face as she was hit by two bits of knowledge she wasn't aware of. That Madara Uchiha had been behind the incident and that Kushina Uzumaki had been the container of the Nine-tails. Responding she said, her voice tinged with disbelief, "Naruto, Madara would have to be over a hundred years old to have orchestrated the attack."
"I know," Naruto admitted, "But Kyuubi seems sure and since she has compared Sasuke's chakra to his I'm inclined to believe she remembers it and him."
"I see," Koharu said wincing at the mention of Sasuke. "To continue, many believed the Uchiha to have been behind it."
Naruto wanted to deny it, but in light of what he had learned could understand why people would believe such a thing. However he said, "But weren't the Uchiha part of the Police Force."
"Yes, but they eventually came to believe that we were using their being in it as a way to observe them."
"Were you?"
"No," Koharu said immediately, but with a sigh added, "Not that we didn't suggest it. However, Hiruzen would never allow it as he feared it would spread dissent among them. But still it couldn't hide the many doubting looks they received and eventually due to their own paranoia they began to plot against the village."
"You mean…"
"Yes, one of the founding clans of the village began plotting to overthrow it." She could see that Naruto had hundreds of questions, hoping to answer one she said, "We learned of this from Mikoto Uchiha, Sasuke's mother. She had been a prominent shinobi before retiring to start a family. Her husband had included her in the planning and she discreetly warned the Third of the pending threat. We also learned of it from Itachi."
"What?!"
"Itachi loved the village," Koharu said, "And after reaching Anbu did everything in his power to protect it. Everything…"
"You mean…"
Koharu nodded her head saying, "Yes, his father attempted to use Itachi to spy on us. But in truth we used him as a double agent. Sarutobi used the information to attempt to stop the rebellion before it began, but Fugaku rebuffed him. Still Sarutobi held out hope that violence could be adverted. I and my fellow elders were not so sure. Our fears were shared by Itachi, and so together we planned to eliminate them. Itachi asked us to allow him to handle the matter alone and his orders were simple, kill the entire clan."
Naruto stared at her both spell bound and shocked. Koharu feared her standing was slipping in his eyes but continued adding, "As you know he did as ordered. Mikoto who initially warned us of the threat was appalled at our decision and joined her clan in the end."
"You weren't going to spare her anyway were you?"
"No, for the same reason we weren't going to spare any of the children. We feared that one day much like how the truth was kept from you but you learned of it regardless. Any survivors would become potential threats should the truth become known to them. However we underestimated one thing."
"Itachi's love for Sasuke."
Koharu stared at him in surprise, but nodded. "Yes, as much as Itachi loved Konoha he loved his brother even more. It was Itachi who after completing his task went to Sarutobi and begged him to spare Sasuke. He then took on the sins of his clan and left in exile, before turning up in Akatsuki."
Naruto stood, before moving away from Koharu. He could feel her worried gaze staring at his back. Again he felt anger but this time on Sasuke and Itachi's behalf. But then took several calming breaths to force it away. Partly because he felt Sasuke was unworthy of his getting angry over him. Although it turned out his old teammate had reason to hate Konoha, the truth was he hadn't known any of it at the time. It also raised the question that he gave voice to saying, "You realize if Sasuke learns of this, he'll become a threat to the village."
"I do," Koharu said looking away.
Naruto nodded directing his gaze to his dad's face on the Hokage monument wondering briefly what he would have done if he was still Hokage. He knew he wouldn't have allowed the rebellion to happen, so wondered if he would have taken on the duty of stopping them as Itachi had. If so, and Sasuke had survived he would have no doubt have seen Naruto's family as something to be destroyed which would have put them on a collision course to fight one day, of that he was sure. Looking over the village he was more positive than ever that Sasuke and he were destined to fight.
Turning to Koharu, he could see she was worried that he was angry with her. Trying to sound soothing and having gained a better understanding that if he was going to unite the villages he needed to rise above his own anger and hatreds said, "Thank you for telling me the truth."
Koharu was obviously surprised so he smiled at her and moved to kneel in front of her. Reaching a hand out, he cupped her cheek saying, "I know it wasn't easy for you to tell me this." He then leaned in and delicately kissed her.
When he pulled back, Koharu had tears in her eyes but pulling it together said, "You should also know there was a second survivor. Mikoto survived her wounds and Danzou had her transported to the Leaf Maximum Security Prison."
Needless to say Naruto was shocked but getting over it quickly asked, "Could you get near her and place a seal on her."
Koharu shook her head saying, "Perhaps before tonight, but I'm afraid that if I do Danzou will have her killed. Also I was against saving her so if I were to suddenly show an interest in her. Danzou may come to believe I'm positioning myself as an enemy."
"What do you mean?"
Quickly giving him a rundown of her meeting with her fellow elder she added, "Due to my siding with Tsunade on Fu's inclusion into the village. I fear he no longer counts me as an ally. When he learned you had become the host of the Kyuubi. He petitioned Sarutobi to allow him to train you. As you know this didn't come about in part to the Third's fear that Danzou would turn you into a weapon. I believe he was against letting Fu join the village for much the same reason. Why do you want to meet her?"
"I was hoping that if we could free her that maybe she could blunt Sasuke's anger should he learn of Konoha's complicity in his clan's destruction."
Koharu nodded but said, "I wouldn't count on it."
"I know it wouldn't be easy. But if we can show her what we are hoping to accomplish…"
Koharu stopped him saying, "Naruto, if anyone can do it perhaps you can. But, I fear you are underestimating Sasuke's desire for revenge and the effect it will have."
"What do you mean?"
"Sasuke has desired nothing but his brother's death for years. He even abandoned the village something Itachi would never have wanted. That tells me that whatever Itachi had planned for him is no longer valid. Perhaps he planned for Sasuke to kill him and erase the stain on the Uchiha that had plagued the clan since Madara. I can't say with any certainty that is what he had planned, but it's what I always believed. However what even Itachi can't control is how a person lost in the depths of his own hate will react."
"I know but…"
"Forgive me, but I don't believe you do," Koharu interrupted. "Take all that you have learned tonight. Most people would have lashed out at the world and the people around them. You are trying to take a higher path…"
"It isn't easy though…"
"I know," Koharu said smiling despite herself at how they kept interrupting each other. "But that is exactly my point. All Sasuke has ever done is take the easy path. He left for Orochimaru expecting a quick path to power. He gave into his hatred of his brother. You fear if he learns of the Elders and mine role in his family's destruction he'll target Konoha. And, what if he learns that his mother was the one that originally tipped us off…"
Naruto nodded at her point saying, "Whatever use she may have been in blunting his anger would evaporate. But if only the other elders, Itachi, and you know of it then…"
"I fear that might not be entirely true. We have long believed that Itachi had help that night. It may be possible that he even enlisted the aid of Madara."
"Why would he do that?"
"Madara had long nursed a hatred of his clan and Konoha. It's possible that the Kyuubi attack was carried out to do both. That way even if the Kyuubi was defeated then perhaps he could hurt the Uchiha's standing. It's sad to say we all probably played right into it."
"Which is why getting her out is all the more important. Can you think of a way to get to her?"
"Perhaps," Koharu admitted thinking of the kunoichi that had accompanied Danzou. "However give me time to look into Danzou's operations a little closer before I commit to anything. If we are smart about this there may be a way to discredit him limiting the threat to us that he may pose."
Naruto nodded, before giving her a bright smile asking, "Is that all you came to see me about?"
Koharu blushed but standing said, "Perhaps tonight isn't a good night for what else I had planned." Reaching into her pouch she pulled out a folded scrap of paper before handing it to him.
Naruto opened it and seeing an address asked, "What's this?"
"It's used to be a safe house I had set up."
"Why would you need that in the middle of Konoha?"
"Just because we all wear the same headbands doesn't mean we don't find enemies that live near us. I took this precaution years ago just in case. Seeing as how Danzou might eventually begin watching me to make sure I'm not moving against him it seems to have paid off." Blushing she added, "Perhaps if you feel up to it you can stop by tomorrow night."
Naruto smiled at how nervous she was but nodded saying, "I'd love too. See you then." Koharu surprised him quickly leaning in to kiss his lips chastely before taking off over the rooftops. Looking at the piece of paper he committed the address to memory before setting it alight and heading home himself. Upon reaching his apartment he saw a package of parchment paper lying in front of it. Pulling the string that had tied it close he saw it contained his jacket. Smiling he pulled it to his nose smelling it for a hint of who had delivered it. However, it had been washed and although the soap used smelled familiar, he had a hard time placing it. Entering his apartment he threw it over the back of a chair and then taking all his clothes off got into his bed. For a moment he wondered where Fu was but since she still had a penchant for sleeping in strange places wasn't too concerned. Focusing his attention inward he appeared inside the seal and heard the sound of crying.
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Kyuubi had been devastated when Naruto had just left. Anger she had expected, but not calm dismissal. Fearing that his visit to the seal had been his last she was surprised to feel her cheeks getting wet. Reaching a hand to one, she pulled it away to see it wasn't her imagination. With the realization that she was crying a huge sob overtook her and she buried her head into the couch where she let her sadness engulf her. She knew that if she could speak to the many victims her rampages had left behind many would say she deserved it. She figured it was quite ironic to find that she had come to care for someone other than herself only to learn that he too had been one of them. Perhaps that was the fate Kami had planned for her. She had long thought that being contained in the various seals that she had been were hell. Sadly she was wrong. So caught up in her misery was she that the hand that landed on her shoulder scared her nearly to death or as close to it as she could come.
Spinning she was surprised to see Naruto staring at her. But not nearly as much as she was to see that he was doing so with genuine concern in his eyes. Before she could ask anything he said, "I'm sorry for leaving you like that."
Naruto could see that she was surprised he was apologizing to her. He smiled gently and although nude in the outside world had appeared in the seal fully dressed. Sitting next to her, he said, "I needed some time to process what you told me. Tonight seems to be a day full of confessions." He shook his head when Kyuubi stared at him strangely letting her know he'd talk about it later. Continuing he said, "I suppose on a certain level I still hate The Kyuubi." She gasped at his statement and although he expected such a response had decided to speak bluntly. However when he stared at her, Naruto hoped none of the hatred he said he felt showed as he explained, "But truthfully you aren't The Kyuubi. At least not anymore, instead I suppose it would be best to think of you as My Kyuubi." Again Kyuubi gasped but this time it strangely sounded happier and as more tears appeared in her eyes Naruto reached up to wipe them away. "Now, now there's nothing to cry over."
Kyuubi nodded pulling out of Naruto's grasp wiping at her tears herself saying, "I know, but despite feeling happy they won't stop falling."
"Then let them fall," Naruto said and smiled as Kyuubi buried her head into his shoulder crying her first tears of happiness.
When she finished, which took a while, she pulled back to stare into the blue eyes that had truly tamed her. Leaning forward she placed a kiss gently against his lips. She feared she had overreacted to Naruto's kindness when he didn't immediately respond but he soon did, easing her fears as he pulled her closer. She felt his tongue run against her lips asking for permission to enter which she quickly granted engaging his with her own. As they kissed she climbed into his lap placing her knees on the outside of his thighs.
Naruto broke the kiss picking her up bridle style before she could complain. Smiling down at her to calm her, he said, "Let's move this to the bed."
Kyuubi blushed, but quickly nodded her approval of the idea. Naruto carried her to it where he laid her down and quickly pulled his shirt over his head. Leaning forward, he again placed his lips to hers where their tongues once again danced around each other. Kyuubi while engaged in the kiss, kept the rest of her body still unsure of what to do with her hands.
Naruto pulled back and kneeling rested his hands on his hips giving a knowing smile to his soon to be newest lover. Placing his hand on her bare lower leg, he began to move it up and down slowly raising how far up her leg he traveled. As he did so he pushed the kimono she wore to the side exposing more and more of her skin to his gaze. As he continued this, he leaned down and began placing kisses on Kyuubi's neck before traveling downward. When he reached her collarbone Kyuubi gasped in surprise at the sensation, feeling it more than any of the other places he had thus far explored. Naruto zeroed in on the spot and soon Kyuubi began moaning and her hands naturally found their way to the back of his head.
As he continued to attack her neck, Naruto's hand had made its way to her inner thigh. He began rubbing it moving his hand in small circles that were getting progressively wider. Eventually he bumped into the junction where her legs met and smiled against her collarbone as he found it covered by the same panties she had created at his request the first time they fooled around. Kyuubi spread herself wider so Naruto moved his hand to her covered mound and began rubbing her slit.
"Mmmm," she moaned as Naruto's fingers began to run outside her panties. And despite her thinking she was wet before found that it paled in comparison to what she could produce as her panties quickly became soaked with her juices.
Naruto removed his hand and his mouth from her body causing Kyuubi to moan a complaint but watching her container he simply smiled at her before slowly reaching for the sash that held her kimono closed. He pulled it slowly like a person savoring opening a present and once the knot gave way slowly spread the kimono open exposing her creamy chest to his eyes. Despite herself she moved to cover her chest but Naruto moved quicker taking one of her nipples into his mouth so that her hands instead found their way to the back of his head. With his mouth occupied his hand again moved to her pussy where he slid his hand beneath her panties to stimulate her pussy directly.
At first Naruto's hand began sliding along her outside lips, and every now and then he'd give her clit a gentle tweak between two of his fingers. But then when he buried his finger inside her she gasped and moaned at the intrusion. As Naruto worked his finger inside her Kyuubi came to the conclusion that all her experiences that had come secondhand from Naruto's other lovers paled in comparison to what she was now enjoying. With that realization she also felt an orgasm approaching but Naruto must have as well as he suddenly stopped.
For a heartbreaking moment she feared that Naruto hadn't forgiven her and that he stopped to show her everything she would be missing as he continued in his self-appointed mission. However, it was quickly pointed out to her that she was jumping at shadows when he held his fingers in front of her face showing her how covered in her juices they were. He then licked them clean closing his eyes as he savored her taste. Moving to between her thighs, he placed his hands on the sides of her hip and after she raised herself up slightly pulled her panties down and off. Tossing them over his shoulder he was about to lean forward to dine on her snatch but she said, "Naruto, please… no more foreplay…I want you."
Naruto smiled but instead of complying move to lie on his back as he said, "Show me."
Kyuubi nodded, and getting on all fours crawled towards him. Reaching his legs, she reached up to where he was tenting his pants, and unbuttoning them slowly pulled down his fly. As soon as it passed a certain point his cock sprang up still covered in his boxers. Despite her earlier insistence, she placed a kiss against the clothed tip. Naruto groaned his approval which increased in volume as she engulfed the tip boxers and all. She stopped though and looked at his cock in confusion as she couldn't really taste the cloth like she would have expected.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing," Kyuubi said shaking her confusion off before fishing his cock out. Swallowing it quickly she could taste him so let the matter drop.
Naruto reached his hand to her head and pulling her away said, "Now who's taking her time."
Kyuubi blushed, but nodding helped Naruto out of his pants and boxers, which was followed by her own clothes. Now completely nude she felt her body heat up in embarrassment but it faded as Naruto said, "You're beautiful."
Kyuubi felt more tears threaten to spill but forced them back so she could enjoy the moment. She climbed over Naruto's penis and with his aid lined it up with her opening before lowering herself on it. There was more resistance then she expected but with a sudden pop he was inside her and due to her efforts she sunk down his staff completely. Gasping in shock and pain she was grateful that Naruto didn't move no doubt having known that it would be painful for her. Although the pain hadn't faded completely it became a dull enough sensation that she felt comfortable moving so tentatively raised her hips, before slowly sinking back down.
But upon completing the motion knew she was hooked as she quickly rose back up to do so again. When Naruto leaned up to take one of her tits into his mouth she had already established a steady pace. As Naruto sucked her nipple, she began moaning, "Yes…fuck it's so good."
Naruto grunted, but as she had wrapped her arms around the back of his head to hold him to her bosom wasn't surprised he couldn't speak. Letting go of his head, he pulled back but as he was catching his breath she cupped his face staring into his eyes as she ground herself against his pelvis. Seeing only the love and acceptance that she had longed to see there, she was overpowered with emotion and pressed her lips to his.
Rocking her hips back and forth as they kissed, she became aware that something from deep inside her was building. It was hard for her to describe, but if she had to do so would say that it was like a subtle pressure that was becoming more and more insistent. Believing she knew what it represent she broke the kiss and reaching behind her grabbed ahold of Naruto's knees as she continued rocking herself back and forth. As she did so, she began to stare up at the ceiling moaning, "I'm going to cum," over and over again. Naruto grabbed her hips and with a well timed upward thrust pushed her over the edge causing her to scream, "I'm Cummmiiiinnnngggg!"
Her body tensed with her release and once it had passed she collapsed forward into Naruto's muscular chest. He began stroking her back as he asked, "Was it everything you hoped it would be?"
Kyuubi was about to say yes, but feeling his still hard cock inside her smiled as she looked into his eyes asking, "I'm not sure, perhaps you'd give me something else to compare it too?"
Naruto smiled picking her up slightly before allowing her to sink back down causing her to shiver and moan, "Is that a yes?"
Before she knew it she was on her back and smiling he said, "I'll let you figure it out on your own." From then on he pleased Kyuubi in almost every way he had learned up until that point. When he finally left the seal Kyuubi was a sweating mess but just before her consciousness faded did she realize that he hadn't cummed once himself.
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Naruto watched as the Rasengan began to change and felt as if he was nearing some monumental breakthrough. Sadly though as had all the others, the Rasengan dispersed in a flare of chakra and he hoped wind. Looking around he could see his clones weren't experiencing much more in the way of success so felt a small measure of relief when Kakashi called a halt to training. He and Yamato had then taken their leave conversing among themselves and if Naruto had to guess it was about why Kyuubi wasn't hampering his training. He smiled to himself at the reason but felt it falter as he remembered the night before. Although his time with Kyuubi had been pleasurable it had been so in the way of a highly erotic and real feeling dream. In other words, he had awoken with the mother of all boners and felt it was a good thing there were a slew of people he could take it too. That morning he had taken it to Anko, who strangely had delighted in letting herself moan as loudly as possible as he pleased her. It had left him with the feeling he was getting back at the person that had lived next door to her.
Still he wasn't sure if he should mention it to Kyuubi or not, for fear she would feel that she was lacking in some way. Settling on keeping it to himself for the moment he became aware of one of his lovers approaching him. When she appeared he asked, "What can I do for you Yuugao?"
Removing her mask the Anbu captain said, "I think it's time we begin taking steps to better defend you from Akatsuki."
Naruto quirked an eyebrow, but standing said, "Tell me what you have in mind."