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Warnings: Shounen ai, yaoi, ooc-ness, bad writing style, bad grammar (even after been edited by both of us), and other stuff like language and future mpreg. So like, if you can't stand one of them, then please save yourself the embarrassment and go back right away. Because if you flame us, you'd just be making this story popular.
"Speech."
Thoughts.
In Minato Namikaze's opinion, spring has always been the best time to enjoy the outdoor life. It was definitely his favorite season. He always looked forward to this season the most. The sights and smells brought special reminiscent memories of his childhood. Diverse types of flowers such as wild geranium and marsh marigold bloomed at this season, as well as the wild grass, bushes, shrubs and trees. Small, green sprouts protrude from the fertile soil, growing quickly and spreading through the field. Leaves finally return and decorate the gloomy, bare branches of trees as if they were brought back to life. Spring was the most beautiful season of all.
In autumn, young adult demons go in heat. Girls, and sometimes submissive guys, would fawn over the strongest males who fought each other to impress a potential mate. Sadly, sometimes these fights would result in deaths. Minato and other older foxes would be forced to intervene before anyone got injured. Males got very dangerous and aggressive during this season, so he abhorred it.
Winters brought too much snow, much to the kits pleasure and elders' annoyance. Here in the prairies and the forests, the ground would get completely covered by snow and ice. Everyone had to spend most of the time inside their dens, waiting until the blizzards would end. Of course, the white ice flakes brought out joy and playful attitudes from the youngsters as they dug and buried themselves below the blankets of snow. But it also brought problems and danger for the elders that were in charge of hunting for food. Searching for prey was a hassle. Most of animals would hibernate, migrate, or die because of the bitter, harsh winters.
Summer was the season to settle territory disputes with other demons. The scourging heat made everybody more intolerable and usually ended up having fights with other demon clans. Most of the time, ponds and water springs would dry up, which provoked other demons to fight over the territory. The eldest in the Fox Clan were sent out to either to negotiate or to fight for territory rights. Unfortunately, the latter always caused nothing but grief and sorrow. Loosing a member of the pack is like loosing a member of the family. This fox clan is his family. And because of the danger, the little ones were barely allowed to go outside without supervision.
And so, spring was the best season. During spring, there aren't any problems, and the weather was perfect for hunting. Spring was the season to relax, have fun, and enjoy the blooming flowers and fruit trees. Another thing he loved about this season was that the kits conceived during autumn are born, adding more members to the Fox Clan.
And so, Namikaze Minato was lying down on the moist grass, his golden fur on his stomach getting slightly wet thanks to the morning dew. His tail moved back and forth as he watched the inhabitants of his fox pack. His ears twitched, ready to catch any foreign sounds. As the Yondaime, or ruler of all the demons of the Fire Country, and as pack leader of the Fox Clan, he was there to protect and keep his kin safe from other wicked demons and humans.
The older foxes were sleeping and resting under the cool shade of the surrounding trees. Some of them would bark and snap at some of the kits that would play too close to them during their play time.
Those old geezers really need to lighten up. They too used to be kits at one time. Minato thought, very amused when the most hyperactive, playful, cutest, and most annoying kit was scolded by an older fox. That kit, a.k.a. his son Naruto, mocked the old vulpine with a few yapping noises before going back to play with other demons.
Minato watched his son as he played with a hyper dog demon named Kiba, who was the same age and size as Naruto, a brown demon bear cub named Chouji with an endless appetite, and a lazy demon owl named Shikamaru, perched on a low branch of a tree.
Naruto had a weird choice of 'friends.' He usually didn't socialize with other foxes, but ironically got along well with other demons.
Naruto was an exact replica of himself. His golden fur, with a few orange hairs, seemed like it was nearly glowing when it was hit by sunlight. His legs and paws were black as well as the tips of his ears. His muzzle had three long whiskers at each side. Eyes as blue as his own, or maybe even bluer, would sparkle with so much joy and mischief that Minato couldn't help but let him get his way with almost anything. His son was one of a kind with his beautiful nine tails. The young fox had quickly wormed inside of everyone's hearts since the day he was born, and no matter how bad his pranks were, Naruto could get away with just about anything, even though he was already a teen.
"Come back here, you runt!"
"Catch me if you can asswipe!"
Minato barely had time to blink before two figures, one yellow and one brown, rushed by, fluttering his fur.
"Guys stop! Everyone is looking at us!" the brown young bear, Chouji, cried.
"This is troublesome."
Kiba stopped his fox chasing to glare at his friends. "Easy for you guys to say. Shikamaru doesn't have a tail and Chouji's tail is too small to be stepped on by an overexcited fox!" The last part was directed to a bouncy kit.
Naruto swished his nine tails over to coil around his legs. "Well, that's what you get for stealing my rabbit!" He yelped when the dog lurched forward to bite him.
"I told you that it wasn't me! It was that old wolf, Jiraya!"
"Don't lie to me you mutt! Ero-Sennin wasn't even here!"
"How the hell do you know? You were to busy spying on those humans who were camping close to the river!"
Naruto cringed. "Lower down your voice you flea-bag! If my dad finds out I was spying on humans again, he'll cut off all my tails or tie me up to a tree with them!" he whispered, blue eyes shifted around to see if his dad heard them, thankfully Minato was talking to Chouji's dad, the huge brown bear was a giant compared to Minato.
Kiba softened his expression. "Chill out dude, he's not gonna hear me."
Shikamaru lowered his eyes from the passing clouds to peer at Naruto from a branch in a tall tree. "Humans are dangerous Naruto. You can't get too close to them, especially if they're hunters."
The blue-eyed fox twitched his ears. "Yeah well, is not like I'm gonna get caught anyway, I'm very careful to not be seen. Those humans are as attentive as Shikamaru in a cloudy day, or Chouji during berry season."
"Huh?" both the bear cub and the owl said.
Kiba snorted. "Yeah, and it just so happens that it's cloudy and berry season starts today." Both Kiba and Naruto laughed.
A booming voice interrupted the laughter. " Chouji! It's time for dinner!"
Chouji poked his head out of a wild berry bush. "I better go. My dad's calling, it's about time too! I'm starving! See you guys later!" The reddish-brown bear trotted to meet his dad, who was standing on his hind legs, making him look even bigger and taller.
"I got to go too. My mom is making me hunt today, what a troublesome woman," the young owl said and took flight.
"Well, I guess it's just you and me, Blondie. What do you suppose we should do?" Kiba said.
The blond fox thought for a minute. "Mmmhh, you want to hunt for mice? I think I saw a few dens next to his weird tree that was just recently struck by lighting."
Kiba beamed, it wasn't very often he went out to hunt by himself. His mother, Tsume and his sister Hana both thought he was still a puppy and much too young to hunt by himself. Well okay, may be he still was a pup, but soon he'll turn into an adult! He knew that Naruto was treated the exact same way by his father, which is why they will both hunt together behind their parents' backs.
The rest of the day was spent chasing a few mice with an occasional squirrel. Alas, they never noticed that they slowly drifted away from the Fox Clan territory. Just before the sun went down, Kiba was called by his sister Hana.
Kiba winced when he heard his sister's angry howls. "Guess I better go. See you later, Vixen!"
Naruto sputtered. "Wh- what the hell did you call me, you asshole?!"
For once, Kiba actually looked pensive. "Don't you call female foxes, vixens?"
"I'm not a female you dumbass!"
"But aren't you going to enter your first heat this year? You're supposed to find a mate, so Chouji, Shikamaru, and I placed bets. I said you won't be on top."
If it wasn't for the fact that Naruto was covered by fur, he would be blushing furiously by now.
The brown dog was unable to hide the large grin, exposing rows of white teeth. He turned and head off to find his sister and mother.
Upon returning to the Fox Clan territory, Kiba's comment was finally beginning to sink in. Naruto's first heat was this year and he still hasn't thought about his future mate. Most of the foxes his age already had chosen a mate in the pack or were courting a demon in a different pack like the Wolf Clan or Dog Clan.
It was a customary tradition for demons that as soon as a demon found its mate, they would move out of their pack to start their own, if they were different species of demons. However, if they are from the came clan, they stay it that clan, and follow their own leader. All clans living in the same region was ruled by a leader, otherwise known as Hokage. In this case it was Minato.
But going back to the main problem, Naruto wasn't even sure he wanted to find a mate to spend the rest of his life with, and foxes mated for life. He was positive though, that he had no choice whatsoever. The instant mating season starts in autumn, his instincts will take over, leaving reason and logic behind.
Sadly, the blue-eyed fox wasn't exactly popular with the young females in his clan. They thought he was loud, too energetic, and despite the fact that his father was the Hokage and leader of the Fox Clan, they still let him know he was annoying and a waste of space.
He whimpered softly.
It wasn't his fault he was different from them. He was born with nine tails because his mother was a rare nine-tailed fox demon. And because of that, she was killed by humans because of her exotic features.
The fox kit raised his head and smiled. There's no way I'm gonna let them get me down!
Without Naruto knowing, the scenery began to change. The tall grass was replaced by dry leaves and rocky soil. Trees began to cover the place and the scent of grass and flowers was replaced by the strange smell of pinecones and tree sap.
Naruto looked around. He was definitely far away from his den. But that was nothing to worry about though. He could follow his own scent and be back before his dad missed him.
The nine-tailed fox's nose twitched.
Something strange and different was in the air. Naruto could've sworn he has smelled it before. But the smell was usually around humans and their campsites, and as far as he could tell, there weren't any humans around at the moment. So he continued walking, enjoying the crunching sounds from the dead leaves. He stepped in a particularly large pile of leaves, excitedly waiting for them to make those amusing crunching noises.
CLANK!
To his horror, metal jaw-like clamps closed on his right front leg with force. He cried out and shook his paw, making the jaws dig into his skin more. Blood quickly rushed down his leg, coating his paw and leaves on the ground. Blue eyes widened.
I'm trapped! Naruto knew what this meant. In all probability, he'll be found by humans and killed for his fur, just like his mom.
Clear blue eyes turned red in anger. All his nine tails swirled and swiped at the air. Naruto opened his jaws wide and snapped at the heavy large chain connected to the clamp, but stopped his actions when he noticed that it wasn't working, in fact, it was making his teeth hurt.
He was about to summon his demon chakra when he heard some shuffling from nearby bushes. His sensitive nose told him it was a human.
The blond vulpine expected a big, ugly, bearded man with a knife ready to skin him right there, but to his complete astonishment a young human male came out of the bushes. He had spiky black hair that contrasted perfectly with his pale, white skin. He wasn't even dressed like other humans Naruto has seen before. This human was wearing a long sleeved shirt with a weird-looking, red and white fan on the back. He was also wearing blue pants with blue sandals. He was very unusual human, but not in a bad way.
Red, angry eyes made contact with curious ebony ones.
Although, mystified by the human, Naruto snarled and growled when he came closer. Black eyes flashed and narrowed. The human reached for a long sword from his belt on his waist and pulled it out.
Naruto panicked. He's going to kill me just like…
Memories of his infancy and his mother resurfaced. Against his will, he emitted sad whines, and whimpers. His body trembled and shook. After a moment of hesitation, the human came closer.
There's no way in hell I'll die like this! Naruto began to summon his red-orange chakra. He was about to perform his favorite jutsu, his infamous clone jutsu, when the boy maneuvered his sword to point above his head.
The human raised his sharp sword and pointed it downwards. Before Naruto could blink, the human struck.
The scorching pain of the razor sharp sword never came; instead the sent of cool rain and the aftermath of a lighting storm overwhelmed his olfactory senses. He opened his eyes wide and realized that the human didn't stab him with the sword; he threw the thin blade between the chain links to keep him from moving and trashing.
Naruto snarled and showed his fangs.
The human will most certainly kill him now. The raven-haired raised his eyebrows at the aggression then gave him an icy glare.
"I should probably kill you. You're nothing but a scrawny runt that is stupid enough to get caught in a visible trap."
Naruto's still red eyes narrowed.
Growls deepened in his throat as the human inched closer in his space; he reached out a hand to inspect the paw that was trapped. Jaws immediately grasped the pale hand and bit hard enough to draw blood. But to his entire displeasure, the black-haired man's expression remained impassive.
"Calm down dobe, or else I'll let you stay here and wait until the bears and mountain lions get you, or may be the hunters will come back," he sneered. "I heard hunters nowadays can be quite cruel. They dump their prey on pools full of chemicals, making sure they drown. Once they are dead, they skinned them." He smirked when the poor fox stilled as if paralyzed. The grip on his hand loosened, as if the fox had understood what he just said.
Trying again, hands reached down to pull the two clamps apart as gently as possible and not hurt the fox anymore.
Naruto whimpered. "Bastard! You could be a little less rough, you know!" Naruto said. Of course, all the human could understand was growls and whimpers.
Once he was free, Naruto was picked up by the scruff of his neck and inspected by calculating black eyes.
I've never seen such strange looking fox in my life before. Sasuke thought was he gazed at the paralyzed fox, dangling from his scruff. Blood started dripping on the ground.
What do I do with this! There's no way I'll take it back to Konoha, it could have some sort of disease or something. I should probably kill it. Those hunters might come back to get her and kill her if I leave her here. Wait a minute…
Sasuke looked between the fox's back legs, only to find male equipment there.
"Hn. With those whimpers and whines that you were making just a few seconds ago, I had mistaken you for a female."
Naruto blushed under his fur, while the human stared at him. He tried to cover himself with his tails. What the hell? I thought you were a girl at first too! The humiliated kit thought.
Sasuke turned his attention back to the injury.
There was no doubt that the fox was badly wounded. A large gash went all around the leg and was bleeding profusely. It was beginning to get swollen and it looked like it was broken, judging by the strange angle it was right now. His beautiful, golden coat and black paws were now stained red with blood. But the weird thing was the fox wasn't very paying much attention to the wound. It was instead looking at him warily, almost as if it was skeptical whether he should be trusted or not.
The smell of cool rain and green tea once again filled Naruto's nose as the human accommodated him better in his arms.
The human sighed softly yet loudly enough to stop the fox from dozing off from the lack of blood.
"I might as well take you to Konoha before you die of blood loss. If you give me any trouble, I'll change my mind and put you out of your misery," he warned and strolled back to his home village.
As he arrived and walked through the streets, the people of Konoha eyed him curiously. It wasn't everyday that they saw the one of the last of the Uchiha, also known as the sexiest teen (although, Itachi wins first place in that category) and biggest heartthrob, in the village carrying a bleeding animal throughout the streets.
I guess any vet clinic will do.
He walked leisurely to nearest veterinary health center and approached the secretary inside.
She looked up from her papers and smiled. "Hello, welcome to Konoha's Vet Clinic. My name is Shizune, how may I help you?" she asked, although she could already guess it had something to do with the bleeding fox in the guy's arms.
Instead of speaking right away, the pale-skinned human gently laid a hand on the back of the fox's neck.
Shizune almost giggled. It was nice to know that the Uchiha wasn't as cold as everyone thought he was and actually cared for an animal.
Her thoughts were crushed and stepped on when instead of petting the fox, like she thought he would, he grabbed the poor animal by the scruff of the neck and shoved the squirming and yapping kit to her face.
So much for 'caring' for defenseless animals. Shizune rolled her eyes.
"I found him in the forest in a trap. His leg is broken and needs medical attention."
Shizune eyed the growling and whimpering fox with pity. "Very well, let me see if Tsunade-sama is available," she told him to wait and disappeared to another room.
A few minutes later, a woman with blond hair and large breasts stepped out.
"Interesting, I never thought I would see you here," she motioned for him to step inside a different room. "I didn't know you Uchiha were allowed to have pets."
"It's not my pet, I found it in the forest caught in a hunter's trap," he was still holding the small golden fox by the scruff.
"Well then, I'm glad to know that Uchiha Sasuke is not cold enough to leave a poor defenseless animal in the hands of a hunter, they can be quite gruesome sometimes."
The blonde went over the sink to wash her hands.
"Just put him gently on that table over there and don't go anywhere," she waved a finger at him.
Sasuke frowned, but complied.
Tsunade worked quickly but gently. She distracted the growling fox with a few pieces of doggy treats and cleaned the wounds before wrapping it in a cast.
Ow! Ow! Not so hard you old hag! The kit nipped at the woman's finger.
"Stop it you brat! I'm trying to help!" she said as she flicked his forehead with her index finger.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at the two blondes.
"There, he should be good in two weeks. Thankfully the bones were not as bad as I thought. With some food and rest, he'll be back to normal. Make sure he doesn't move around too much."
Sasuke frowned even more. "You make it sound like I'm going to keep him with me."
"Well aren't you?"
"No."
"You can't leave him here, if that's what you were thinking. I already got too many clients leaving their pets here. I haven't got the time to take them to an animal shelter or find them new owners."
"I can't keep him."
Her eyes narrowed. "Why not?"
"I don't know how to take care of a fox."
She waved a hand. "What's there to know? You feed it, clean after it, and make sure it gets plenty of sleep. Foxes are in the canine family, so it's like taking care of a street mutt."
Naruto growled.
"Itachi hates animals."
"I thought he was in a mission in a different village."
"I still can't keep him. I'm not very good with animals."
Tsunade rubbed her temples. "If he causes trouble for you, just bring him here. I'll give you a sedative, which should make him sleep the entire day. After he gets better, you can release him back to the forest."
"Hn. Fine"
By the time the verbal tennis match was over (and almost suffering from a neck sprain), Naruto was once again picked up Sasuke and left the clinic.
"I'll send you the bill later, Uchiha-san!" Shizune said before he left.
Naruto tilted his head to look at his new caretaker. He looked even better when expressing an emotion other than indifference. His black eyes stared up ahead, completely ignoring the gazing fox in his arms.
Naruto sighed. Now that he thought about it, this entire thing seemed kind of funny and ironic. He had spent most of his free time wondering about humans back in the forest, but he has never been so close to one like this before. Now that he has the chance to see them up close, all he wants is to go home.
At least now I can have my revenge on… what was his name again? Sato? Sake? Sisco?
"Kyaa! It's Sasuke-kun!!" a girl cried out.
"He's coming this way!"
"Quick! How's my hair? How's my hair?!" another girl whispered anxiously.
"Sasuke-kun!"
Oh, so his name is Sasuke? Naruto thought as he glanced at the girls, waiting to be noticed. However, Sasuke displayed his customary displeasure by ignoring the girls and walking past them without even glancing at them.
Naruto looked back at their hurt filled eyes.
What a jerk!
Then it suddenly struck him. He would get revenge by acting horrible to the bastard! He only spend about an hour with the guy and he could tell that this guy gets annoyed easily.
Alright then! From now on for two weeks, I'll switch to mischievous and catastrophic mode à la Naruto!
Almost as if celebrating his new plan, he swished his long bushy tails and tilted his head up to look at the human guy. He opened his eyes wide and gave a few yaps to get the brunet's undivided attention.
He succeeded. "What's with that face, Usuratonkachi?"
Well, will you look at that! They were up to pet names already!
Naruto bit his tongue to keep from growling. Instead, he dug his claws on his shirt and reached up to lick his cheek gently. He barked happily when the boy's eye twitched. This was fun!
Yep! I'm definitely gonna have fun messing with Sasuke-bastard for the next two weeks.
He buried his muzzle on the human's shirt to hide the mischievous vulpine grin that threatened to erupt, unknowingly to the fox; he killed two birds with one stone when Sasuke's eye twitched in annoyance at the snuggling fox.
A/N: Iemitsu and Sachi would like to say a few things. Before you ask, Naruto and other demons are capable of doing jutsu even without doing hand seals. They regulate their demon chakra to take the form of what ever jutsu is that they are doing. And no, there's not going be bestiality in here, but there will be mpreg. Sorry to those who don't like mpreg.
Also, I don't know how to explain the smell of rain, and I'm not talking about the smell of wet soil. I'm talking about the refreshing smell of water and lighting storms and their aftermath. I just love that smell and always go outside during a storm just to smell it, or maybe I just smelling the ozone?
Iemitsu: -Slaps Sachi on the head- What a loser!
Anyways, enough babbling. Review if you would like for us to continue. We already know this story is cliché, so we are not continuing something that no one wants to read, that would be just plain stupid. So review if you like it.
- Ietmitsu-Sachi