Heart of a Fox

Chapter 9

"Now Naruto, do you mind telling me what the fuck that was all about." Sakura asked calmly.

"Not much, Hinata and I started dating, I found out that my father was the Fourth. Hiashi forbade Hinata from seeing me and decided she should no longer be a shinobi, and the fox demon thats sealed inside me decided he is going to play nice. You know, nothing much. Oh yeah, did I mention I can speak with Kyubi just about any time I want"

"Okaaaay, let me get this straight, the two of you are going out, meaning that Naruto finally pulled his head out of his ass, and noticed you." looking to Hinata, whos face was reddening, "And Hinata your father has decided to lodge his own head into a similar position by trying to control you and wants to have you removed from the shinobi roster" at that Hinata nodded, "And Naruto, you've found out your father was the Fourth Hokage... Wait a sec your father was the Fourth!" Sakura was shocked, she knew her friend was an orphan and didn't know if he had any family, but to find out he was related to one of the greatest ninjas, and heroes, in resent history was just mind-blowing.

"Yep, unless you don't believe your own sensei" Naruto piped up with a smirk.

"Okay, and you can talk with the Kyubi no Kitsune, who is sealed inside you, anytime you want, as well as he has decided to play nice... Wait a sec the Kyubi no Kitsune is sealed inside you!!!" Sakura face paled almost ghostly white.

"Hey Sakura, are you okay, you look like you did when I finally brought Sasuke home half dead." Naruto said with obvious concern in his voice.

"Yeah, I'll be fine, it's just a lot of information to take in. I mean I thought your father destroyed Kyubi, I mean that's what my parents told me as well as what we learned in the acadamy, why would they lie to us like that? Wait a second the orange-red chakra claw that came from your back last night. That was his chakra wasn't it?" the questions where just pouring from her as they came to her.

"Sakura hold on a second and I'll explain the best I can."

[Sorry Kit but if she woke you, I would have lost my chance to heal the girl, or worse she may have lost her life.]

"Okay, explain"

"Okay I'll answer the easier of the two first. Yes that was kyubi's Chakra that reached out and grabbed your hand, and he says sorry, but he has a good reason and last night was his only chance to get it done, and can we please leave it at that. Now on to the harder of the two questions. All I know about that is the Third decreeded no one would talk about the fact that I was the container of the kyubi under strict punishment in the hope that I would be accepted and treated as an equal to the other kids. Unfortunately, kids picked up on their parents misgivings and when the villagers looked at me all they saw was the fox and hated me for it, so the village kids looked down on me too. If you want a better reason you need to talk to Granny Tsunade"

" I think I might just have to do that. ... " with that Sakura too a deep calming breath, "Okay, Naruto we'll talk about this later in detail, but right now I need to give Hinata her final check up to see if she is able to be released any time soon."

"Definately"

"Okay Dr. Uchiha, what do you need me to do?" Hinata spoke with respect and a bit of anticipation in her voice.

"Hinata, I told you the last time you where here stop calling me that, I may be your doctor, but I'm still your friend." Sakura spoke with only a little bit of annoyance in her voice.

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Sakura was Hinata's doctor and the best, other than Tsunade herself. She had only been getting better since Naruto dragged Sasuke back, a few years ago.

Back then Tsunade decided to be a bit lenient on the dumb ass after finding out what had happened to him right before Naruto and his rescue team got to him.

It seems Itachi was still a little attached to his brother and when he found out what Orochimaru had planned for Sasuke he decided to take Orochimarus head himself. During Itachi's assault, he destroyed The Hidden Sound Village and caused some searious damage to Sasukes body. But it was when Sasuke tried to help his brother, Orochimaru turn the curse seal against the boy, sending massive amounts of malevolent charaka into Sasuke's body trying to destroy him from the inside out. Unfortunately for Orochimaru the amount of focus needed to do that gave Itachi an opening, one he could use to kill the bastard. When all was said and done Orochimaru lay dead on the floor, and the eldest Uchiha dying form the massive amount of poison, and Sasuke writhing in pain from his wounds.

As luck would have it, Itachi's partner, Kasime, came in search of the Uchiha and took him from that place only a few brief moments before Naruto had gotten there. Sasuke spent three months in the hospital where Sakura and Tsunade worked on him constantly. His muscles as well as his nervous and chakra systems had been devastated. The shinobi life of the avenger, Sasuke Uchiha, was over. His strength and speed where gone as well as the use of his legs, do to the damage to his nervous system, and he could no longer perform jutsu or even use his sharingan, do to almost all of his chakra system being burnt out, which was confirmed by a Hyuga on the staff and their Byakugan.

Sasuke was confined to a wheel chair and as part of this punishment he was 'forced' to find a wife and start rebuilding his clan within two years of his release from the hospital, or be imprisoned for life for his crimes against Kohonoha. The good thing was during his time in the hospital he came to terms with what had happened to him and he fact that he could no longer avenge his clan. At that moment he tried to kill hisself only to be saved by Sakura. That's when he started looking at her in a new light. After many long arguments and awkward days Sasuke asked Sakura out on a date for when he got out of the hospital, Sakura finally accepted.

Well that one date turned into two, then three, and before long he fell completely in love with his pink-haired ex-teammate. While Sakura quickly found out what it really was that drew her to Sasuke. The fact that despite his out ward demeanor of the brooding bad-ass, he was actually a really caring person, and she had fallen in love with him all over again. That's when she got to meet the Sasuke from before the massacre. Needless to say less than a year later, a full four months before his deadline, they were married..

Now Sakura was a full time doctor in the hospital having herself put on the reserve list so she could take care of her husband and keep the hospital running smoothly.

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"Sorry, Doc... Sakura. what do you want me to do first?" Hinata spoke with a demure voice, starting to move to get up.

"Well first I want you sit your but down so I can check-out your lungs as well as your vital signs." Sakura said in an authoritative voice, drawing her stethoscope from around her neck, putting it in her ears, pressing the other end to Hinatas back. "Breathe in." Hinata did so and Sakura nodded. Then she shifted the stethoscope position and said "And again "and Hinata complied, earning another nod from the doctor. "Lungs good, now the heart" with that Sakura positioned her stethoscope between Hinata's breasts. "perfect." The rest of the checkup went fine and after about fifteen minutes Hinata was ready to leave, well almost.

"What happened to my spare shirt?!"

"Sorry Hinata, when you fainted I quickly shredded it to make a quick bandage before racing you here."

"And the one I was wearing?"

"Cut from you in the emergency room to make sure there were no other injuries", Sakura added meakly.

"So what am I going to wear out of hear?" Hinata asked rather flustered.

"Well I think I have one of my old red dresses in my locker, but don't worry my mother stitched a seal on the inside that allow the dress to refit itself to the wearer. It was my aunts design.", Sakura's face lit up when she remembered the old spare dress with her aunts seal inside. But Sakura became worried when she saw Naruto's look of horror.

"What's wrong Naruto?" Hinata asked after noticing the same shift in his expression.

"Nothing much. But before I say anything Sakura, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, Shoot"

"What was your aunts name?"

"Kushinna, why?" Naruto's jaw dropped even further

"Do you know her family name?"

"No why? Naruto please tell me what's going on, you're really starting to scare me."

"Well, that's because last night when Tsunade told me who my father was, she also told me my mothers name, and this morning gave me this jacket that she made for my father for their wedding and it has a seal stitched on the inside that allows it to refit with only a little bit of chakra." At this point Sakura's eyes were about half the size of dinner plates, while an evil smirk crawled onto Naruto's face realizing she was starting to see where he was going, "Hey Sakura here's the kicker, my mothers name was Kushinna, Kushinna Uzumaki." as those words passed through his lips, Sakura was forced to sit down and a look of realization crossed Hinata's face.

"I still don't get it., so Sakura's your cousin..."Hinata's trailed off.

"Yeah, hun," Naruto spoke causing her to flush a little. "Sakura is my cousin and until I brought Sasuke back and saw those two together, I was trying get into her pants." Naruto looked at Hinata letting his words sink in, and her jaw physically dropped, "Yeah, but I didn't know that she was my cousin at the time and we still don't know if it's true but the thought of it being true kind of make me uncomfortable."

"Makes you uncomfortable, just before you brought Sasuke home I was thinking of taking you up on your offer for a date."

After a minute of awkward silence Naruto spoke, "Okay, I don't know about you guys, but I would like to take my girlfriend to her surprise before the end of the day."

"Good idea, okay Hinata the last thing I want to just check your balance before you go. Please stand up and Natuto stand close just in case she loses her balance." With that Hinata put her feet over the side and Naruto moved next to the bed and put his hands out to make sure if she lost her balance he would be there to catch her.

Hinata grabbed Narutos hand to help her get to her feet, and this time it was Naruto's turn to blush a little. Once standing up straight she let go and had no problems.

(The girl is fine, I destroyed the toxin and set right all of its side effects)

"Okay now, take a walk around the room and Naruto I want you to keep a step or two behind her just in case."

At that the new couple answered in unison, "Okay" Just then, Naruto went cherry red as Hinata began to walk.the back of her hospital gown opened up revealing the black lace boy short panties she was wearing underneath.

'Oh kami she's got a great ass and those panties create the perfect picture' and with that thought Naruto's nose started to bleed ever so little, and as soon he realize he was staring, he grabbed both sides of the gown and and pulled them closed. That caused Hinata to turn quickly where she almost instantly spotted the blood coming from his nose.

"I'm sorry Nata, the gown opened when you started to walk and I couldn't help myself." Naruto spoke red faced with an apologetic tone in his voice.

An evil grin grin crept on to Hinata's face causing Naruto to worry a little."Did you like waht you saw?" her tone was playful and it scared Naruto a little, then she leaned forward and stood on her toes so she could whisper in Naruto's ear "Do you wanna see more?'

Naruto could only nod, as the blood started to freely flow from his right nostril,."Ok, Hinata stop tormenting the poor boy before you put him in a hospital bed for extreme blood loss." Sakura said giggling." Seriously what happened to the meak little girl who couldn't even look at a certain blond ninja without going red and almost fainting"

"Last night that same blond ninja told me he loved me, after he spent three days straight by my hospital bedside." Hinata said practically glowing before standing on her toes once again planting the couples first kiss right on his lips.Without thinking Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist and drew he closer deepening the kiss.

After they pulled away to take a breath, Naruto leaned forward and began kissing Hinata all over again. This time Naruto licked her bottom lip requesting entrance. Hinata willingly granted him access.The second kiss of their relationship and their first french kiss lasted twice as long as their first, before Sakura spoke up, "Damn, Naruto give the girl some air! You don't want to kill her. Before you can even take her on your first date. And I got a good idea for that. Why don't the two of you come over and have dinner with me and Sasuke."

"As long as you don't mind me coming over and helping you with dinner. And I think it would be great seeing the bastard again."

"Sure I get off work at four, come by around then."