The green book fell from Naruto's hand as a huge revelation dawned on him all at once. When he thought about it and pieced everything together, From Kushina's mannerism in her speech and behavior to how he possessed an uncanny resemblance to Minato for reason everyone else failed horribly to pay attention to, everything started making sense.
"That would make me their son," Naruto realized, "The son of Minato and Kushina. I'm the son the Konoha's beloved Yondaime…"
Naruto paused for a moment to think about something else that dawned on him. He thought back to how since the time of his days in the orphanage how his life was, from how he was mistreated by caretakers of the orphanage until they kicked him out to fend for himself as a homeless five-year-old, from how he was cruelly treated by the ninjas, villagers and children as the scorned outcast, from recently finding out the village's darkest secret about himself that no one else told him, it all started adding up.
The more Naruto thought about it, searing rage and hate started rising within his soul; a hateful rage he in his entire life never felt before as bloodlust started pouring out by truck loads as his canines grew into sharp fangs with his nails changing into razor sharp claws. His whisker marked cheeks started becoming more feral as his ocean blue eyes started turned blood red with cat's eye slit for pupils. A red chakra aura started forming around his body adding more of its influence into Naruto's transformation.
"I'm here for you Naruto-kun," a voice said in his mind. Naruto calmed down upon hearing that beloved voice.
"Hinata-chan," Naruto said in a feral but calmed tone as he saw Hinata in his mindscape.
"You're my closest and dearest friend, and my boyfriend," Hinata said, "You make me happy all the time and I want to make you happy all the time too as your life-long partner. My father is fond of you though he does have his own way of showing it, just not openly. Hanabi is also fond and interested about you too, which is why she tries so hard to find out so much about you on her own."
Those were Hinata's words to him earlier today while they were watching the sunrise on top of the Hokage Monument. Remember her words helped to calm down his rage. Despite how his life was earlier in his life, in the end, he wasn't alone anymore, he had precious people in his life now and they in turned allowed him to be part of their lives, the main family of the Hyuuga clan of all people.
"You're not alone Naruto-kun," Hinata said, "I don't care about what others think of you for something that was never your fault and I don't care what they think of me for wanting to be with you. All I care about is how I feel for you and how you feel for me. You'll always have me, and I'll always want to be with you, as your Moon's Eye Spring Rabbit."
Naruto's hateful rage subsided as he started changing back to normal. The red chakra soon vanished as well.
"I'm not alone," Naruto said to himself, "Hinata-chan was always there for me. Her father and sister treat me kindly despite my ill-viewed reputation and in a number of ways they treat me as part of their family."
Hearing that word "family" coming out of his mouth caused the young teen to shed some tears. His tears though weren't tears of sorrow or anguish, but tears of immense joy and realization that he had been acknowledged and respected all this by his girlfriend's father and sister.
"Man I'm stupid," Naruto laughed happily with tears still coming down his face, "All this time I always thought Hiashi and Hanabi merely tolerated me being around them and Hinata! Hinata-chan told me that her father told her that my failure in the Genin Exams would make both him and Hinata-chan look bad. I can't believe how blind I was all this time! It's just too funny!"
Naruto laughed so much he dropped his anger and replaced it with feelings of happiness and inner peace.
"I'm fondly viewed and cared for by Hinata-chan's family," Naruto said happily, "I'm not alone in this life."
Naruto looked at the clock on his cabinet and saw that the evening hours were approaching.
"It's getting late," Naruto said, "Mizuki-sensei's Secret Test is fast approaching. I better get ready for it."
With new positive feelings of optimism, Naruto set out to perform his next task.
(Later That Night)
The Hokage Tower was quiet while ANBU and other ninjas were out on patrol. In all this, a figure in the shadows managed to evade and bypass all of the security put in place around the tower. The cunning figure then made his way to where his prize was being kept. Quietly racing through the hallway, the figure entered the room where his target was being kept in. As he approached the cabinet for his prize…
"Naruto," Hiruzen said was he stood behind Naruto, "What are you doing here at this hour?"
"Oiroke No Jutsu," Naruto said as he performed his jutsu, knocking Hiruzen out in a heap of nasal blood loss.
"So much for stealth!," Naruto said seeing that of all people he was caught and seen by the Hokage, "I better hurry."
Going over to the cabinet, Naruto opened it and took the large scroll out and placed it on his back with the strap hanging around him. With his prize, Naruto hurried to make a quick exit out of the tower. Standing by the opened window, Naruto turned to the Hokage still lying on the ground.
"I'm not through with you yet jiisan," Naruto said with a neutral tone, "We still have unfinished business."
With that said, Naruto leaped out through the window and into the shadows of the night.
Soon, Hiruzen regained consciousness and moments later recalled what happened.
"Damn," Hiruzen grumbled, "I let my guard down again."
He looked and found the cabinet opened with the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing missing.
"Oh No," Hiruzen realized in bewilderment, "Naruto stole the scroll! But why? And how did he even know about that scroll's existence?"
Not wasting further time, Hiruzen hurried and summoned all of his available ninjas from Chuunin to Jounin, Mizuki and Iruka being among them. Upon their arrival, Hiruzen brief them on what happen while leaving out the part of him being knocked out by Naruto's jutsu. He instructed them find and bring both the scroll and Naruto back to him alive and in one piece.
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