Fox In The Leaf

A painful solution

~Konoha streets 11 AM~

Hinata was walking through the streets of Konoha with her mother Hitomi and her little sister Hanabi on a family outing, heading to the park after they got some treats since it was her day off from team training. Hinata was enjoying a cinnamon bun while Hanabi and Hitomi were enjoying their vanilla crepes. As they were walking Hinata began to think, It had been about 3 weeks since Naruto began to prank her clan and forgiving her with her new favorite possession. Everyone in the compound were now either locked up in their room or so alert that the jump at the sight of a falling leaf, but for some reason it all stopped 2 days ago. Hinata was worried that something might have happened to Naruto but she hadn't talked him since graduation day. She had seen him train a few times but she didn't have the courage to go and talk to him and the order from the Hyuga elders was always there in her mind.

Hinata realized that they had made it to the park so they can sit down and enjoy their treats and the 3 of them made it to a bench that was set underneath a tree.

"Onee-chan is something the matter?" hanabi asked after they sat down

Hinata looked at her little sister wondering why she would ask that "why do you ask Hanabi-chan?"

Hanabi just looked at Hinata's hand "you haven't even taken a bite from your cinnamon bun in the last few minutes and you looked like you were thinking about something"

Hinata was about to deny that something was troubling her but her mother had placed a hand on her head "Hinata-chan what is it? If there is something worrying you, you know you can tell me. Is it about what has been happening at the compound?" Hitomi asked her daughter in a gentle voice

Hinata just looked up with a small smile "no, really I'm fine Okaa-sama". Hinata just went back to eating her cinnamon bun and enjoying her time with her mother and sister.

~meanwhile with Naruto~

Naruto was laying in a tree with the leaves hiding him, as he was in his fox form with his tails waving around leisurely and his head laying on his paws, thinking about what he would be doing that night. He knew it was extremely risky to be outside and in a public place in this form but he was more comfortable as a fox and since his team were not doing missions today he chose to just laze about, but he couldn't enjoy it since he was nervous about tonight.

'I don't know if I can do this, I mean, the way tou-sama made it sound, just makes me want to not do it. *sigh* but I have to'. Naruto and Kurama had talked about a solution to his henge issue and the solution was brought up but Kurama had told Naruto that the solution was going to be painful.

Naruto was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard talking "Onee-chan is something the matter?". Looking down from his tree he saw that is was Hinata and her family, without her father. Naruto felt wrong listening in to the conversation but he couldn't really jump down and leave without causing problems, but he had to stifle a bit of laughter when Hinata's mother mentioned what was happening at the compound although they shouldn't worry anymore since he decided that they have suffered enough humiliation…...for now anyway. Either way he had another group to target now….the civilian council. He learned that it was mostly their doing on why he was on the team with a walking talking rock and siren who couldn't hear her own voice.

He saw that the family were going to enjoy their time at the bench right under him and he couldn't stay since he had something he needed to do with the Hokage so he came up with a way to get away without making it seem like he was eavesdropping. Using an henge to change back to human he just let himself fall out of the tree and ungracefully hit the ground face first "...ow". Sitting up while rubbing his eyes and giving a yawn, he made it look like he just woke up from a nap.