A/N:...Hi guys. Long time no see. I'm gonna be honest, I hit a huge roadblock when it came to writing this chapter. I didn't even know where to go in regards to this story. I felt kinda lost. So, I had to take some time to brainstorm and really plot out what I want to do. I don't know how I'm gonna end this story just yet, but at the very least I have a lot of material to work with. I hope you guys can forgive me, and I hope this was worth the wait.

Naruto was thrown back on to the bed with enough force to knock the wind out of him. His lips were engulfed by Hinata's soft, pink lips. Her arms wrapped around his neck and she anchored herself on top of him. Immediately she began grinding her hips into his. While it took Naruto a second to process what was happening, his lower region stood to attention in an instant. This only increased the speed and the force of her grinding.

The blonde didn't really know what was going on, or why she was doing this, but it felt amazing. He responded by grasping her hips, and helping her move. His hips aso ground upwards towards her. His lips moved with hers, their kissing becoming frantic until they opened their mouths and allowed their tongues to battle. Naruto was quickly dominated as he expertly explored his mouth with a wild ferver. It was almost embarrassing how quickly she had managed to overtake him. But her speed, excitement, and slight skill left him struggling to keep up with her.

His hands traveled up and down her spine Hr allowed himself to roam over her incredibly smooth and soft flesh Hr grasped and molded her ass, loving the fact that they fit so perfectly into his palms. It was just so plump and firm as well. He had the urge to slap it, just to see if it would jiggle. She purred, and pushed her behind further into his hands for him to play with. Hinata's hands traveled down his chest, her claws lightly digging into his flesh, causing him to shiver in a nice mix of both pain and pleasure. Her hands reached down to his boxes, where in an instant she had them torn to shreds. He didn't even register what had happened until he felt her soft, warm womanhood rubbing up against his cock. She was so wet that she easily glided along his shaft.

Naruto's eyes rolled back into his skull, and he released a prolonged moan. He couldn't help but throw his head back in pleasure. He responded in kind and ground up hard against her. He wanted to feel more friction between the two of them. It felt amazing. The temptation of having her so close to him lit his skin ablaze. He had a strong desire to bury himself inside of her. She was so close,and so willing. SO ready to do whatever he wanted...

The thought caused him to pause. His hands stilled, slowing down her movement and causing her to mew in frustration.

He couldn't have sex with her now. It still didn't feel right to him. He understood that they were mates. He knew that meant they were bonded for life. He knew that her attention to him was a direct result of that. And that was a huge problem. While he was highly attracted to her, and she was attracted to him, that didn't mean that she actually liked him, or that he really liked her.

He was someone who spent most of his life shunned and by the women around him. His level of self esteem was a lot lower when it came to romance than most people in his age group.

He didn't understand it himself. But when they did have sex, Naruto really needed for their to be a genuin connection of trust and love between the two of them. And despite her eagerness, he found that to be absent in missing. Why he felt that way he couldn't really figure out, but it's how he felt. Having sex without that connection felt innaporpiate and wrong to him. Naruto wanted to make sure his first time was with someone that actually, genuinely, truly liked him. Not with someone that was supposed to have feelings for him, or someone that was eventually going to have feelings for him.

Or maybe this was all him being a hopeless romantic idiot. He wasn't too sure anymore.

A small hiss brought him out of his thoughts. Hinata was staring at him through narrowed eyes. Her ears were pulled backwards, and he could feel her trying to move her hips. That's when he noticed that her eyes were far more slitted than normal. Or, maybe this was normal, and they became like this whenever she was sexually frustrated.

He didn't know whether or not that was the case with her, and that was part of the problem.

A low growl emitted from her. This time, she didn't hold back and forcibly moved her hips despite his tight grip on them. Naruto gave a light moan of pleasure, before holding on to her even tighter.

The growling became louder.

"Hinata, no. I'm really sorry, but no. I'm not ready for sex yet. I've told you this already. Now, if you wanna try some other stuff we can, but-"

He was cut off when Hinata hissed at him again. She even barred her teeth at gim. Her canines were longer and sharper as well. Match that with her eyes and her overly aggressive behavior and he became incredibly concerned.

"Hinata? Are you okay? I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings by stopping you. I didn't mean to-"

A louder hissed escaped her. She grasped both of his wrists. He winced, her grip was painfully tight. Just a little bit more pressure and he was sure she would at least be able to crack his bones. Not enough to break them, but at least enough to send him to Tsunade.

She ripped his hands away from her hips, and forcefully placed them at his sides. She held them there and hissed at him in what he presumed to be a warning. He felt a bit of panic fill him when she grabbed his erected member and lifted herself up so it was at her entrance.

His hands immediately shot out to stop her from descending. Much to the dismay of the horny feline on top of him. She growled, and instantly he found himself pinned to the bed with his wrists by his head. She had him in another vice grip, and her claws were digging into his flesh. Not enough to draw blood, but enough to leave a mark. If he didn't have the Kyuubi he definitely would've had a scar for at least a week.

"Hinata stop it, I'm serious. I don't want to have to hurt you."

A low, deep rumbling matched with a harsh glare was the only answer that he received.

"Hina-"

This time, he interrupted him with a series of growls and mewls. It almost sounded like she was trying to argue with him. But that didn't make any sense. If she wanted to argue with him, why wouldn't she just use her words? Or, at the very least words that he could understand?

"What? I'm sorry, I can't understand-'

This time, her noises included more meowing and less growling and hissing as she leaned in and began peppering his face with kisses. She began to grind her lower body into his. It felt a little nice, he had to admit.

"Hinata, we have to talk about this."

Her response this time was to purr and leave longer, lingering kisses on his face and neck. She loosened her grip on his wrist and massaged his flesh, as sort of an apology. She began to grind her lower body into his. He didn't want to admit it, but feeling her wet, warm lips rub up against his hard member felt very nice. And the soft vibrations created by her purring also created a pleasant sensation that spread throughout his body.

He felt really nice.

More than nice, actually.

Naruto began grinding back into her. His mind was going blank on why he should deny himself something so incredible. If she was attracted to him, and he was attracted to her, then what was the problem? Sure, he wasn't as emotionally invested in her as he would've liked, but why did that have to matter? They could have their physical relationship now, and just develop their romantic relationship at a later point in time. There was technically nothing wrong with that, despite the nagging feeling in the back of his head. The blonde had learned on his travels with Jiraiya that that type of relationship was perfectly normal.

It could probably work for him. Just as long as he ignored how dirty it made him feel.

Naruto closed his eyes, and allowed the sensation of her flesh to wash over him. She was so wet that it almost created a slimy sensation. From what he understand, that meant that she was ready to have sex with him. He imagined that it would be so enjoyable to slipp deep inside of her. He knew that she was a virgin, and that would cause her some pain. And of course, he would stop if that became too much for her.

He didn't have a condom, but that only made him more aroused. He had been told by Jiraiya that the feeling of it just being pure flesh against flesh was one of the greatest pleasures that a guy could have. Who knows, perhaps since they weren't "mated" it meant that she couldn't get pregnant. Sure, it sounded stupid, but the idea of being able to plunge into her completely raw consumed him so much that it became a rational thought.

Their lips met,and opened to create a tangle dance of tongues. He winced, as her teeth would often clash with his much softer flesh. It stung, and hints of the metallic taste of his blood made him cringe a little.

He allowed his hands to move from his sides. She let him go, and buried her own into his hair. She gently tugged and pulled at the strands, which excited him. He found himself really liking the bits of pain implanted into their activities. He decided to return the favor. He let one hand run up and down her spine, marveling at how smooth her skin was. His other hand moved to her round, plump behind. He massaged to flesh there a little before giving them a firm, hard smack.

She stilled for a moment, before aggressively groaning into his mouth and grinding faser up and down his length. He moved with her with just as much fever. Hitting her like that, and having her enjoy it sent a joint from the top of his head to the tip of his cock. It made his dizzy how nice it felt to smack her like that. He didn't know what that meant, but he didn't care.

The Uzumaki was ready and completely fired up. It was finally time for him to become a man.

Suddenly, Hinata separated from him. She sat up straight, and completely unmoving. Naruto didn't notice. As soon as she separated from him, he followed, planting open mouthed kisses up and down her neck and chest. Occasionally, he would sink his teeth into her chest in order to mark her. He hoped she found it sexy, and dominating.

Unfortunately, he was wrong about that.

"G-get off of me! Stop!" He heard her cry. Her voice was much softer than usual. Her hands moved to his shoulders as she tried to shove him away from her. It was odd. It felt a lot weaker than he expected it to.

He immediately backed up in order to give her space, and he pulled his hands off of her in fear. Somehow, he had managed to fuck up. He had managed to make someone destined to be with him revolted by his touch. It made him feel horrible that he had turned her off. He only hoped that he hadn't scared her or made her feel uncomfortable.

"Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, or make you uncomfortable! Here, I won't even look." He closed his eyes, and used his hands to cover them as well to ensure he couldn't see anything. He didn't know if she wanted to still be intimate with him at all, but just in case he would shield her from his eyes. When in doubt, if a woman is angry and naked it was best to give her at least some privacy.

"Th-thank you." He felt her get off of him, and off of the bed as well. He heard her stumble a bit once her bare feet touched the floor. Oddly enough, she didn't stop there. He had expected her to simply use the blanket to cover herself up, since she was never one concerned to leave most of herself exposed to him. Instead, he heard her shuffle around his room and in his drawers and closet for several minutes. What on Earth could she possibly be doing?

"Okay, you can open your eyes now." She said. Her voice was so soft and dainty that he almost didn't hear it. It was surprising when he opened his eyes and found her only a foot away from the bed. He thought she would be across the room with how quiet her voice was.

But what surprised him more was her overall appearance.

She was wearing clothes. They were comparably more conservative than what he was used to seeing her in. She wore a long sleeved black shirt, with a matching pair of blank pants. From what he could tell, she wasn't wearing a bra. He only noticed because he arms kept going up to cover her chest, only to nervously fall back to her sides before inevitably going back up again.

And that's when he noticed that her hands were just...hands.

Perfectly normal hands. No claws, or anything of the sort.

His eyes quickly snapped up to her face, where he noticed some of the more drastic differences. Her eyes were not back to normal. They were just the exact opposite of how they were a few moments ago. They were wide, exactly like his. She lacked the feline slit that she typically had. She had ears at the side of her head. They were the typical human ears that he could find on anyone. Her typical animal ears were gone. And while he couldn't see behind her directly, there wasn't a sign of her tail either. She even appeared to be two of three inches shorter than usual as well.

What the hell had happened?

"Um, Hinata?" He called to her, completely uncertain at this point if it was even alright to still call her by that name.

"Y-yes?" She responded back. Her eyes met his for a brief moment. Then her gaze dropped down to his now flaccid member. She flushed, and returned to staring at the ground.

"C-could you please cover up, Naruto?" She asked him.

"Uh, sure. Of course I can." This confused him. How come she wanted him to cover up now? "Lemme just throw on some boxers and pants and we can just talk, alright? We don't have to do anything sexual or anything like that."

She simply nodded her head.

He got up, and strode past her to his dresser. He rummaged around, trying to find a pair of boxers to throw on. He wished he had more organization within his apartment. He kinda of just threw his clothes into his dresser and called it a day. At least sorting through it gave him time to think about what was going on.

She wasn't comfortable seeing him naked, and she missed all of her cat features. It appeared as if she were now a human. It was something he recalled her briefly saying she could do. Why it included a personality change, he wasn't sure. He also remembered her refusing to get rid of her cat features because of how uncomfortable it made her feel. So for her to be like this must mean that there might be something wrong.

He needed to approach the issue with as much delicacy as possible.

He finally found a pair of black boxers to throw on. He made his way back to the bed where he plopped back on it.

"C'mon, take a seat." He invited her over, patting the spot next to him.

"Oh! Okay, y-yeah." She scurried over, and gently sat down besides him. She placed her hands into her lap and began twiddling with her thumbs. And despite him being covered, she still refused to look at him. She instead took interest in staring at the wall next to her.

They sat in complete silence for several minutes. Naruto figured the best thing to do was let her initiate some type of conversation. He felt bad for her. She looked so uncomfortable and out of her element around him. It was such a stark difference from her usual behavior that it unsettled him a little bit.

She suddenly snapped her head in his direction. She awkwardly jutted out her hand towards him.

"Hi! I'm H-Hinata's human side...It's very nice to meet you." She introduced herself. Her voice was shaking and her cheeks were a fierce, cherry red.

"Hello, I'm Naruto. Nice to meet you too." He placed his hand into her, and shook it. He figured it would be best to play along.

She gave one, affirmative nod before quickly snapping her head forward.

"So...I know this is w-weird for you. I know you're confused. I'll t-try to explain but I'm just really nervous, I'm sorry." She said.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, I understand. Do you want me to put on a shirt? Is that what you want me to do?" He asked.

She shook her head.

"No. Well, it w-would help a little. I'm just n-nervous because I don't really know you very well." She confessed.

That phrasing, for some reason, excited him. She didn't feel comfortable because they were still mostly strangers. They had talked and gone over little facts and stories about their lives, but clearly not enough to really know each other. And that bothered her.

That's exactly how he's been feeling.

He's gotten used to being intimate with her so quickly, and yet there was still this gap between them. Usually she was so bright, and affectionate and just positive that the awkward beginnings of a relationship didn't exist because of this. It made him feel like he had been growing crazy. It felt like a nice relief to know a part of her felt exactly like he did.

"Haha, wow! I'm sort of glad you said that! I feel like that a little too. But you seemed so experienced about this whole relationship thing that I kind of felt like I was being weird. It's really nice to know that you fe-"

Hinata's head snapped back towards his. Her mouth was dropped and her eyes were wide.

"No! You shouldn't say that!" She chided him.

"What? Why not?"

Hinata leaned in a little close. Her eyes searched around the room, almost as if she were scared that someone might hear her.

"Because I'm her human side." She whispered. Her words were so quiet and tiny that he almost missed them entirely.

"Okay? Is that...bad? I mean, I'm human too. So I don't really understand what you mean." He felt that it was just a little bit insulting for her to insinuate that humans were some dirty little secret.

"No, I'm not- Hinata's not a human. I'm just her human side." She whispered to him again. It almost sounded like she was saying some disgusting slur with how she said "human side."

"Okay...?" He still wasn't sure what she expected him to say.

"Oh,right. You are just a human...And you don't know t-too much about our people right?"

"No, uh. We've never really discussed anything outside of mating." He explained. He felt a little bit stupid for that. Despite being an obvious hybrid, he kind of just ignored that they weren't the same species. She probably had a whole culture with traditions that made up a huge part of who she was.

"Okay, right. I c-can explain." She righted herself. She took in a huge breath, and closed her eyes. She took in several deep breaths. He let her take the time to compose himself. He expected that there would be a lot of information he would need to take in.

She opened her eyes. Her eyes held fierce determination. It looked cute, and more akin to how she usually was.

"So, as a part of...my kind. I'm sorry, there is no translation for what we are in human. But, my kind, we are just like you guys. We have one mind, until a certain age. Before we're ready to mate, we go through a period of a few months when our minds are separated into the four key aspects of our personality. We're only allowed to finally find our mate once these sides battle for control of the body. And once the fight ends, we all come together with the winner being the more dominant personality trait. You have the original, who's a combination of all of us. The Animal side is pure instincts. It just wants to eat, kill, sleep, and. It needs to be strong, and only cares about strength in order to survive. Our Preservation side...well...She..um..She makes sure we have kids. So her job is...is.." She averted her eyes once more and flushed.

He understood what she was talking about right away. He decided to spare her further embarrassment.

"I understand. I met her right? Just now? Is that why you were different?" He hoped he was connecting the dots correctly.

"Y-yeah! She was trying to...um..well, you know. So I took over the body to try and stop her. And I'm the final side, the human side. I soak up all the knowledge Hinata has ever learned about humans and being human. Including language. And I am here for intelligence, to have emotions and empathy and to help her live beyond simply being an animal. But, I'm also her weakest side..."

"Huh? But why? If you're really smart there has to be an advantage to that. A lot of the time, when it comes to fighting, the ability to plan and adjust is a huge advantage." Naruto gave himself several pats on the back for that. Looks like all that training had really sunk in for him.

"N-no. Our people, we consider ourselves more animals than h-humans. We thrive off of our more animal roots and instincts. We live to be the strongest in the world, and we see h-humans as a bit weaker because of it. There's a really bad stigma around humans if I'm going to be honest...Especially for me considering who my family is."

"Alright." Naruto knew several incredible powerful ninjas. And he knew some even more powerful ninjas that had passed on. He felt it a bit strange that her kind considered themselves to be so significantly superior to humans. Well, considering that he had never heard of or seen anyone that ever looked like her, it appeared that they didn't really interact with humans all that much.

If they did, then they'd probably take back their words.

A sudden thought clicked in his head.

"Wait, so if you need to merge before you can find your mate, how come you're here? How come the other Hinata was here?"

Hinata shrunk into herself. She flushed further.

"A-animal Hinata isn't very happy with the fact that you're our mate. She wanted a strong male from our species, and she was so enraged she caused all of us to separate. So Hinata is fighting for control of the body again."

He grinned at the implication.

"So that means you're alright with mating with me, right?"

He didn't think he had ever seen the color red so vividly in any way. The color had taken on a new definition on her face.

"I, uh. You're fine. You are very kind. I think that once Hinata takes control, and is m-more honest with her feelings, we could be happy together. I d-don't know. I'm not, I don't really have a say in this m-mating stuff. That doesn't involve me."

"But you're a part of Hinata right? So aren't I supposed to fall in love with you?"

She 'eeped' and covered her face with both of her hands. She furiously shook her head at him. She did it with enough force that it sent her whipping widely back and forth.

"I'm not?" He asked, a cheeky grin coming on to his.

She shook her head even faster.

"But what if I want to?"

Hinata gasped and tensed up. Her entire body went rigid.

"Y-you shouldn't want to! I'm, I'm the w-worst part of her..."

He chuckled.

"Hinata, I'm a human. You're the human side of her. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I might be wrong, but I think that maybe you and I have a lot in common. At, least, maybe you could help me a little. I've been really nervous you know? About this whole mating thing. It's just so strange and different, and I don't know. It's just really nice to know that somewhere deep inside, you feel like that too."

She paused, taking in his words. She slowly dropped her hands back down into her lap.

"I..." She trailed off, like she was deep in thought. Her eyebrows knitted together.

"She..does feel the same way. The original doesn't want to a-admit it, but she's just as overwhelmed as you are by this whole thing. She just hides it better b-because it's what our kind is supposed to do."

"Really? But she's been so enthusiastic about us being mates! Are you saying she's been faking it?"

"N-no! She is very happy that she found her mate. I-it's just a little scary to be so far away from home, with n-none of our friends and family. And y-your human, and you have feelings for someone else s-so even though you said you wouldn't, it's still scary to kn-know that you could just leave. On top of that, we're strangers. So it's b-been very difficult, emotionally speaking."

An unsettling amount of guilt dropped into Naruto's stomach. He hadn't really thought about it like that. Of course she must be feeling terrified at this brand new situation, and people. She was just so happy that it made it hard for him to even consider that she might actually be miserable.

"How come you haven't told me this before?" He asked.

"I...It's just not really normal for our kind to show weakness. And she d-didn't want to worry you. Her sadness is something she preferred to keep to herself so she doesn't burden anyone else." Hinata explained.

"Bu-"

He was interrupted when she put her hand. Her eyes closed, and her lips closed tightly. Almost as if she were waiting to hear something. When they did open back up, she looked gravely serious.

"Hinata won. She'll be coming back soon. I know she doesn't want you to kn-know this, but she is more like me than she w-wants to admit. She has a lot of the s-same feelings as y-you do. So please be gentle with her."

Hinata gave him a small, forlorn smile. Her eyes rolled into the back of her skull, and she collapsed back on the bed.

"Hinata!" He quickly, yet gently cradled her in his arms. Her eyes were clothes and she was unconscious. But her body remained active.

He watched in fascination as her human ears seemed to shrink smaller, and smaller, until they were no longer there. As if her head had just sucked them back in. In a sharp contrast, the ears at the top of her head just popped back into existence. The space had been empty, before two felines triangles stood up from it, like they had been there the whole time. He noticed that her claws were emerging as well. And when they finally stopped growing, her eyes opened.

It was the slitted eyes that he had grown accustomed to.

She gave him a large grin.

"Hi mate! Did you miss me?"

A/N: And here it is. The long awaited chapter. I apologize for the long wait I made you guys go through. I hope you enjoyed it, and hopefully I will see you again in less than a year!