"That's good, you can head on in to give your report, Tsunade-sama should be available," Shizune gestured towards the door.
Grinning Naruto slammed the door open, "Helloooo baa-chan!"
"You're so lucky I'm comfortable brat, or I would have pounded you into the Hokage Monument," Tsunade said from her position on the couch. She was holding a bottle of sake in one hand and a saucer in the other. Meanwhile a Kage Bunshin was sitting on at her desk working furiously on the paperwork.
"I see you're putting my knowledge to good use," Naruto smirked as he entered the room and sat down on the couch next to Tsunade. "You look quite comfortable."
Tsunade grinned as she took a sip of sake, "I have to admit, you're a genius for coming up with this. Shizune can't even complain because I usually finish my paperwork sometime before lunch. So I take it the mission was a success?"
"Of course. Were you expecting any less?" Naruto grinned as he held out the scroll that held the treaty.
Tsunade grabbed the scroll and tossed it to her clone who caught it before setting it down on the desk and continued working. "Not really. So do you want another mission, or do you have other plans in mind?"
"You know I'm not really sure," Naruto stood up and stretched before turning back to the blond woman with a grin. "Since I just did a mission I think I'm gonna get some more training in before going on another mission so soon."
"Alright brat. Have fun but don't cause problems," Tsunade waved him off.
Naruto favored the blond Hokage with a grin, "Me? Cause problems? How could you even think I would do such a thing?" The blond shinobi jumped on the window sill, crouching down before he jumped out, "Later baa-chan!"
Naruto wondered back over to his apartment our favorite blond was in for a surprise when he found Tenten standing on his doorstep, "Ten-chan?"
Tenten turned around and her frown turned into a small smile, "Hey Naruto-kun, how are you doing?"
"Not bad," Naruto walked up to the bun haired girl and favored her with a smile. "I just got back from a mission. How have you been?"
"I've been good. Our teams been pretty busy with missions recently, but most of them are D-rank. Thankfully, Gai-sensei says he'll have us doing more C-ranks soon, once the village's repairs get done."
"Man I'm so glad I don't have to do D ranks anymore, what with being a Chunin and all now." Naruto looked the girl over, "So is there any reason you're here, or was it just cuz you miss me so much?"
Tenten blushed a bit at seeing Naruto's grin but tried to at least make it seem like she had not missed him, "Don't be so full of yourself. I actually wanted to talk to you about something."
Naruto let his grin fall as curiosity overcame him, "So what did you want to talk about?"
"Remember when we went on our…date," Tenten blushed as she looked down. "You promised me that you would tell me why you were so hated."
Naruto sighed as he heard this. The truth of the matter was that with all that had happened and all the things he had done since then caused him to forget about his promise. But now that she had brought it up he did remember, "Why don't you come inside and I'll tell you about it."
Leading Tenten inside his apartment Naruto directed her towards a couch while he went into the kitchen, "Can I get you anything to drink?"
Tenten looked over to see Naruto looking around in a cupboard, "Some tea would be nice if you have any."
Naruto nodded to himself as he grabbed some leaflets, a tea kettle and two cups, and then proceeded to make some tea. Finishing up he poured the hot water into the two cups and brought them out to the living room, sitting one of the in front of Tenten who thanked him.
For a moment Naruto was silent before he managed to work up the courage to get started, "My birthday is on October 10th, the same day the Kyuubi attacked our village…"
And so he told her, he spoke of the Kyuubi being sealed into him, how he had never learned of this until he had been tricked by a traitor. He told her about his meetings with the Kyuubi and that it was in fact a she, something Tenten had been ecstatic to find out. Apparently it was a big morale booster for Tenten knowing that the most powerful being to ever exist was in fact, female. After that it was the only thing she seemed to care about saying it proved women could be even stronger than men, go figure.
The only thing Naruto did not tell her was that he was half demon. He had just given her knowledge about him holding a demon; he was not sure how she would react to learn he was a demon.
Naruto had even relented and finally told her everything about his A-ranked mission in Nami No Kuni. From fighting the Demon brothers, to meeting Zabuza, meeting Haku and then Haku's eventual death. Tenten could understand why he had not told her, the story being sad enough that she could not even find it in herself to be jealous that he had met a member of the Kiri Shinobigatana Nannanin Shu.
By the end of his tale Tenten could not help but sigh, "Ok, so I do understand why you never told me any of this, and I can see how you would be scared of letting friends know about. But I'm gonna tell you right now…that you're an idiot."
Had Naruto not been seated he would have face-faulted. As it was he merely sweat dropped, "May I ask why?"
"Well for one, my dad told me to never let anyone other than myself judge you after we first met. Another thing is that I know you very well. You can't honestly think I would believe someone who acts as goofy as you is a demon. Though from what you've told me, Kyuubi isn't really bad…" she paused and tapped her chin in thought for a moment before adding, "Though I wouldn't call her misunderstood either. And lastly I can tell the difference between something that's been sealed and the thing it's sealed into. It's like how I seal my weapons in a storage scroll. Just because I seal my weapons in the scroll, does not make the scroll the weapons that are sealed into it."
Naruto smiled at how Tenten seemed to just accept it, were he a lesser man he would probably be crying. Thankfully he wasn't a lesser man; he was one of the manliest men this side of Konohagakure.
'You keep telling yourself that Naruto-kun,' Kyuubi piped up and burst his delusions of grandeur.
'You're so mean Kyuu-chan,' Naruto gave the equivalent of a mental pout, 'sometimes I really hate you.'
'Aww, I love you too.'
"Naruto?" said blond looked at Tenten who seemed concerned. "Are you crying?"
"Huh?" Naruto rubbed his eyes to see tears. Trying to make a quick cover up he rubbed his eyes dry, making sure to ignore the laughter from Kyuubi echoing in his mind. "Pft! Of course not, I just…got something in my eyes is all."
"Uh huh," Tenten withheld a giggle. "Yeah you do, you've got tears in your eyes."
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