Chapter 46

[3 months later]

I'm after another Tailed Beast. This time it is the Seven Tails.

I was easily able to sneak into Takigakure. I was also easily able to find Fū's chakra signal. After following the signal I found her sitting alone in a forest. She had a sad look on her face.

"Yo."

She looked back at me with a smile, not seeming surprised at all.

"Yo. Who are you?"

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki. What is your name?"

"My name is Fū! It's so nice to meet you!"

"It's nice to meet you too. So what are you doing here all alone?"

"I like being alone."

"I see, then I will not disturb you. Bye."

"No, please wait! I was just kidding, I don't like being alone."

I sat next to her.

"So why are you sitting here alone?"

"It's because almost nobody likes me."

"Yeah, being a Jinchuuriki is tough."

"How do you know about that?"

"It's because I'm also one."

"Really? This is my first time meeting someone like myself."

"I've met a couple of others like us."

"Wow, that's awesome."

"Say, do you want to become friends?"

"I'd love to become your friend!"

I smiled at her.

'Now that we are friends it will make it easier to convince her.'

"What do you think about this village."

She looked down.

"I love it."

"You sure don't sound like you love it. The villagers must be a pain. When I came here I could hear everyone say that they want you dead. I guess it was the same in my village."

"It was?"

"Yeah, I'm the Hokage now and everyone loves me. You know, if you came back with me you could also feel that kind of love. You can make as many friends as you want, but the most important is that you will keep everyone in this village from danger."

"What do you mean by danger?"

"There is this criminal organization, called Akatsuki and they are composed of S-class criminals who are after all the Tailed Beasts. If you stay here in the village everyone will be killed ."

She looked shocked.

"But am I not endangering your village by staying there."

"The last two that tried didn't end up so well. You don't need to worry about anything, I will make sure you and this village stay safe. You will be able to make a lot of friends and be loved by the entire village."

"Do you promise that you will protect this village."

"I swear on my name as the 5th Hokage that I will protect this village if the Akatsuki were to attack. Is that enough?"

She nodded.

"Good, we will be leaving immediately."

"Wait not so fast! Can't I say goodbye?"

"No, if you do that you will be stopped from exiting the village. Go pack your stuff and come back here. If you really want you can leave a note, but only say your goodbyes and nothing else."

She nodded and started walking towards her house with tears dripping from her eyes.

'This girl is really too easy. Who would trust a stranger so easily and just leave their village because they say that is the best thing to do?'

30 minutes later she was back with a bag full of stuff. I took out a scroll and sealed her stuff inside it.

"Here this will make things easier."

"Thank you."

"Just follow me and stay quiet."

She nodded and started to follow me opposite of the city entrance.

Normally you need to go through an underwater cave system to enter and exit the village, but I managed to find a backdoor. She looked surprised at seeing a backdoor.

"I didn't know they had a backdoor."

"They probably didn't tell you so that you can't escape from this village."

She looked really sad. I hugged her.

"Don't be sad. We are friends now and I will always be there for you. Even if the whole world hates you, I will be there for you."

She hugged me back and started crying.

'She has been hiding a lot of sadness behind that smile of hers. It must be tough to have everyone hate you when you actually care about everyone.'

After a while, she stopped crying.

"Thank you, Naruto. You can also always count on me. I will make sure to pay you back 100x."

"There is no need to worry about paying me back. Now let's go before someone finds us."

We left using the backdoor and started running towards Konoha.

[2 days later]

We arrived at Konoha, but we didn't take the main gate because I still want to keep Fū a secret for a while. I already placed a seal on her so nobody will be able to sense that we have another tailed beast in the village. I did the same for Son Goku.

We entered via a secret passage and I took her to the base Haku is staying at. Itachi moved with Sasuke to another house close to the Hokage tower.

We arrived inside the base and we could see Haku training.

"Master!"

"Yo, Haku this is Fū. Fū this is Haku."

"It's nice to meet you Haku!"

"it's nice to meet you too."

"Fū, this will be the place you'll be staying at. Haku will show you around."

"Can I see the village."

"Not now. I will take you on a tour of the village soon so just be patient."

"Alright."

"How about you meet my girlfriend. I'm sure you two can become great friends."

"Really, when can I meet her?"

"I already asked her to come here. She should arrive shortly."

5 minutes later she arrived.

"So you are Fū. My name is Hinata Hyuga, it's nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too."

"So Naruto, it seems like you have been picking up girls behind my back."

"Well, I did technically pick her up."

She slammed her heal on my foot.

"Ouch! What was that for?"

"Don't act like you don't know why."

I hugged her.

"You shouldn't get jealous. You know that I'll only ever love you."

I gave her a kiss.

"And I'm not afraid to show it."

"Stop it, you always keep embarrassing me."

"Hahaha, your so cute when you're embarrassed."

She used her hands to cover her face. I went close to her ear and made sure nobody else could hear us.

"Fū is a Jinchuuriki like me. She has been hated by her village, but she still cares about them. I hope you could become her friend and introduce her to other people. Just make sure that she knows what it feels like to be loved."

Hinata had a sad look on her face. She nodded.

"Hey Fū, let's get to know each other better!"

She grabbed Fū and took her inside a room. They are probably going to have some girl talk.

"Try and become friends with Fū."

"Yes, master."

"This isn't an order. I want you to become real friends, but if you don't think you could become friends with here you don't need to do it."

"I understand."

"I will be going now, bye."

"Goodbye master."

I left the hidden base and went to my office.

'3 down 6 more to go.'