Naruto: Winds and Changes

Naruto chuckled, "I should have figured you'd know I was a Jinchuuriki, seeing as you hold the Nibi." He noticed Yugito grin, "So…what did you want to know?"

"I really just want to know more about you," Yugito replied with a soft smile. "It's never easy growing up as a Jinchuuriki. Even in Kumo where we're now held in reverence as guardians it has been and in some ways still is hard."

Naruto's smile faded a bit as he tilted his head at the blond woman, "That's true. I suppose I can tell you a bit about myself." A mischievous smile came to his face, "However you have to tell me about yourself as well."

Yugito returned his grin with a smile, "I was planning on it."

Naruto had spent nearly the rest of the day with Yugito, just sitting and conversing with her about their lives. Turned out his original assumption was correct, Yugito was four years older than he was. Naruto was pleasantly surprised to find out that Yugito could relate to him on some levels. Like him she had not been trusted very much in Kumo until Kirabi, the other Jinchuuriki who also happened to be the current Raikage's younger brother, had managed to earn the village's trust. It was after that, that Kirabi and by proxy her, started to become looked upon as Kumo's protectors; the village had even gone so far as to give Kirabi the title of 'Guardian of Kumo.'

It also helped that Yugito held onto the firm belief that loyalty towards your friends and village were the most important things for a ninja to have. She was also supremely confident in her own abilities, not in an arrogant way that most of the genin in exams had been, but in the kind gained from hard work and experience.

He also could not help but smile when Yugito told him not to give up on the village, believing that he could change the people's minds and hearts about him the same way Kirabi did. It was rather heartfelt and kind of reminded him of when Haku had told him she believed he could do it.

He felt it odd that, even though being with Yugito actually reminded him a bit about his time with Haku, that he did not feel the small flash of pain that normally accompanied the times he would speak with women. Sometimes when he was with Tenten and even Anko he had felt kind of like he was betraying Haku. He did not act on those feelings of course, he was tryingto move on, but he still could not help but feel that way. That he did not feel like this with Yugito, whom he had just met and only spoke with on one occasion not counting today was odd, though he chalked it up to the similarities the blond woman had to him.

"So you were a prankster when you were younger?" Yugito asked, amused but not too surprised to hear that bit of information. Jinchuuriki lived fairly lonely existences, it was natural they would find a coping mechanism, lest they become like that Gaara character and go insane. Kirabi had found his in his rapping, and she had found hers in her work and a few other hobbies; so hearing another found them in pranks and goofing off was not a surprise.

Naruto chuckled, "I wasn't just a prankster Yugito, I was an absolute horror and complete menace to society. I remember causing so many problems around the village, most of the time I would prank the people who would deny me at their stores, or overcharge me for food. Which, to be honest, is like ninety nine percent of the stores, shops and restaurants in the village. I would do things like put scents that attracted cockroaches into the restaurants, or dye a clothing store's entire stock hot pink or bright orange. And then when the ANBU came running to find out what the cause was I would reveal myself and take them on a merry little chase all around the village, running down areas that I had loaded with traps beforehand. I guess it was my way of trying to gain the villagers' attention, because even bad attention is better than none at all."

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