Boom!
Naruto felt as though something had exploded inside his head.
Those sealed fragments of memory surged out wildly, like floodwaters bursting through a dam, smashing through the layers of seals the Yamanaka Clan had placed-
No wonder his head hurt whenever he saw Sasuke and Itachi. No wonder Pervy Sage had asked how he felt about Konoha. No wonder the people of Konoha had been a little friendlier to him these past few months. So that was why!
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Naruto clutched his head and fell to his knees, roaring in agony.
Red chakra poured uncontrollably from his body, forming a thin Tailed Beast Cloak around him.
"Naruto-kun!"
Hinata tried to approach, only to be driven back by the raging chakra.
"Why... why would you do this to me..."
Naruto raised his head. Scarlet gradually overtook his blue eyes, and his teeth began to sharpen.
"I thought of this place as home... I thought of you as family..."
"But you... took my real family away... and even made me forget them..."
The Nine-Tails' seal inside him began to shake violently. Within its cage, the enormous fox opened its scarlet eyes and let out deafening laughter:
[Hahahahaha! You finally remembered, brat!]
[That's right! Those bastards in Konoha sealed your memories! They killed your family, stole your past, and made you live like a dog for all these years!]
[Be angry! Hate them! Give me your body, and I'll help you destroy it all!]
"Shut up..."
Naruto gritted his teeth, struggling to suppress the Nine-Tails' chakra.
He looked at Hinata in front of him. What reason he had left made him unwilling to hurt this girl who had always been kind to him.
"Go! Hinata, go! Stay away from me!"
"I'm not leaving!" Hinata cried. "Naruto-kun, please, calm down..."
"Go!!!"
Naruto violently