Naruto: Winds and Changes

Of course, he had only ever asked Sakura out, so maybe that had something to do with it. Though he was not sure any of the other girls would have gone out with him either, they had all been completely stuck on Sasuke even though he had never shown any interest in them. Maybe it was just the girls in Konoha who he could not get, after all he and Haku had gotten together pretty fast.

He winced a moment as he thought of Haku, and then this date he was going to be going on Sunday. For a brief moment he felt like he was betraying her. However he ruthlessly squashed the feeling before it could take hold. He knew for a fact that she would beat the crap out of him if he let her death get the best of him, so he would do his best move on; move on but never forget.

And perhaps going on a date with Yugito would actually help with that, after all she was nice, understood where he was coming from and she extremely attractive, easily drool worthy in his humble opinion.

'You just haven't noticed how much you've changed Naruto,' Kyuubi commented from within his mind as she brushed her tails. She saw the memory and the brief flash of pain from his memory and in the interested of keeping her vessel from becoming weak, felt it best if she steer his thoughts away from where they had been going.

'Your personality might not have shifted too much from who you were originally, but you're a lot more mature now than you had been. You also don't go screaming about ramen and Hokage every chance you get, and can have a serious discussion when needed.' Kyuubi paused for a second before adding another comment almost as an after thought, 'It also helps that you've become quite fetching.'

Naruto paused in his thoughts as he heard Kyuubi, and had to resist laughing when he heard the word she had used, 'Did you just say fetching? Seriously? What kind ass backwards word is that?'

'Oh shut up!' Kyuubi hmphed, blushing a bit as she used a word she had not heard in nearly a thousand years. A part of her could not believe she had actually used a word that had not been used in such a way in so long, 'So I sometimes talk old school…'

'You mean really old school. I don't think I've ever heard someone say someone else is 'fetching'. And considering that I've had to spend years listening to the ramblings of the Uchiha Sasuke fan club go on about how great the teme is all throughout the academy, that's quite the accomplishment.' Naruto chuckled a bit, 'it's also kind of interesting since if didn't know any better, I would say you just called told me I'm handsome… or something like that.'

Kyuubi took a long moment to register the blond's words, and when she did she felt pale as she realized she had just complimented him. However just because she may have said something like that does not mean he could get away with mentioning it, 'Naruto, am I going to have to cut off the circulation to your male anatomy?'

Naruto paled, 'N-no Kyuubi, s-sorry. I was just joking.' He still did not know if she could do that, but considering she lived inside of him… sort of, he did not want to take the chance that it was real.

'Remember, think before you speak Naruto,' Kyuubi admonished in a somewhat ominous tone.

Naruto sweatdropped, 'Right…' the blond walked up the stairs to his apartment building and over to his room number, however when he found his door he also found a surprise waiting for him.

"Ten-chan?" Naruto questioned as he saw Tenten standing on his doorway, hands on her hips and what he had come to recognize as a bad look for any female to have, especially when it's directed at you. "Uhh…is there a problem Ten-chan?"

"Is there a problem?" Tenten asked with a sweet smile that screamed danger. "Oh no, there's no problem, only that you got your arm cut off and nearly killed!" She finished in a yell as she stalked towards him.

Naruto immediately began to back up in fear, "Damn it Naruto! Do you know how incredibly reckless that fight of yours was! I nearly had a heart attack from half the shit you pulled! Getting yourself smacked around like that! Not stopping the fight after your whole ARM IS RIPPED OFF! If you ever and I mean ever do something like that again I will nail you to a wall and shove a rusty kunai so far up your ass you won't be able to sit for a week!"

By this point Naruto was cowering from the bun haired girl who seemed to have fire surrounding her, and several demonic figures standing behind her, glowering at him. "T-Ten-chan, I-I couldn't just back down from a fight!"

"So you battle until you get your arm ripped off!" Tenten's eyes twitched, "Do you know how stupid that sounds! You nearly died!"

"Yeah but I didn't," Naruto defended himself. "Look, I know you were worried about me, and I am sorry for worrying you. But you can't just tell me to quit when shit hits the fan. I'm not the kind of person to do that."

"I know that but…" Tenten bit her lower lip, "I can't help but worry about you Naruto-kun. You were so reckless back there. The next time you might not be as lucky and just lose an arm, you could die."

"Wow you're calling losing an arm lucky," Naruto grinned as he tried to lighten the situation. It dropped a second later when he saw that she looked ready to actually follow through with her threat, "I doubt losing an arm could be considered lucky. I don't think anyone else would have been able to survive after something like that…at least not with their shinobi career still intact."

"That's definitely true." Tenten snorted, before looking at him curiously, "Just how did you re-grow your arm anyway?"

"Uh, uh, uh." Naruto wagged a finger back and forth chidingly, "That's a trade secret my dear. Can't have other shinobi taking my special techniques now can I?"

'Not that they'd be able to even if they knew how it was done.' Kyuubi piped up, 'And it's my technique not yours.'

'Yeah, but she doesn't know about you. You can't expect me to just come out and say 'well you see it's all because I have the most powerful demon sealed in my gut, you know, the one who nearly destroyed Konoha. But don't worry she's actually not half bad, in fact you might like her.' can you?'

Kyuubi hmphed, 'Well I suppose you do have a valid point.'

'Of course I do.' Then he remembered that Kyuubi was trying to get along with him and added, 'But don't worry, I know just how much you do for me, and you know I appreciate it.'

Naruto felt an odd warmth originating from his seal, 'You're such a charmer Naruto-kun.'

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