FOX'S WINGS
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Disclaimer: Masashi Kurumada owns the series Naruto. Check my author profile; I'm a female American college student, not a male Japanese manga-ka. Hence, I don't own the series, this being only a work of fanfiction.
Summary: In this multi-chapter sequel to my one-shot "Fox Angel", Sasuke chose to remain in Konoha through the night he left for Orochimaru in canon. What now? The adventures and misadventures of an intact Team 7, an on-duty Fox Angel, and all those unfortunate enough to interact with them.
Author notes: You read right, this is a sequel. For those of you who don't like sequels, just keep in mind that the first story is only one chapter, but that you'll be lost here after a little while if you don't read it. (If you reviewed or gave another indication of having read the first story, you should have received a PM with a link to my submission of a Yoko sketch dump. Let me know if I forgot.) Please consider reviewing at some point, as it helps motivate me to write when I have the time to do so. Enjoy.
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Fox's Wings
By Kawaii Chibi Shun
Chapter One: Unbroken
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It was a beautiful morning in the ninja village of Konoha. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, Hatake Kakashi was on time to Team Seven's morning training...
"What! Who are you, and what have you done with Kakashi-sensei?"
"Ah, but Sakura, I am Kakashi. Even I can be early if I have a good reason." A silence pervaded the clearing for a minute, punctuated only by the chirping of some all too convenient crickets, until another member of the team arrived, the one that the other two had arrived early to wait for, in fact.
Sasuke's only acknowledgement of the presences of the other two members of his team was a monosyllabic grunt that may have been some form of "Hello" or "Good morning" ... or he could just have been clearing his throat.
He leaned against the handrail of the bridge the team always met at to wait for his last teammate as the one already present greeted him.
"Good morning, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheerfully chirped to the Uchiha.
He made no indication that he had heard his pink-haired teammate. Before Sakura could speak any further, the final team member arrived.
Naruto spouted off an overly cheerful greeting to Sakura not dissimilar to that which Sakura had given Sasuke not a minute before, then proceeded to also greet the rest of the team, albeit in a more sedate and normal (for most people) fashion.
"Naruto, are you feeling alright? You haven't even tried to insult Sasuke yet." Kakashi moved to check the blond's temperature, genuinely worried that there was something seriously wrong with him. Naruto just "Hmph"ed and crossed his arms.
"What's going on, anyways? So I decided to try not to provoke the bastard today, something wrong with that?"
Kakashi reached down and ruffled Naruto's already messy hair. "It's not something for you to worry about, okay Naruto?"
He sputtered and yelled about not telling him important things and not to mess with his hair, interrupted only by Kakashi announcing the schedule of practice for the day.
And thus things returned to normal. Well, as normal as things ever got for a team of ninjas, especially one with students who were living demon containers, a top-ranked assassin filling the role of teacher, and a borderline-MPD healer-in-training rounding them out.
Yes, indeed, everything was normal again.
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I've been trying to get together an introductory chapter that can bridge Fox Angel and its sequel together forever, it seems. I meant to have the start of this story up during the summer, and I probably would have if I hadn't decided to enter that theme contest. I had fun, and did somehow win it, though. Getting settled back into my new college classes didn't exactly make for a great deal of writing time, either. In addition, this part has been ready for a while, but considering that my real life has been a mess lately... be glad that I'm posting at all.
So, just to forewarn, chapters are going to be added pretty sporadically. If I go over a month without an update (or something else being added to my story list out of random inspiration) feel free to PM or email me a reminder. Also, I apologize for the shortness of this part.
As you can see, Team Seven is still intact beyond when they were in canon, so this is officially a divergent AU. And it you're wondering where Yoko went to, or where "she" came from... I'm afraid you'll have to wait just a little longer.