Uzumaki Naruto sighed, and kicked the grass at his feet. The just recent attempt to rescue Sasuke from Orochimaru's grip was a total failure. "I'm still not strong enough…" He mumbled miserably, his blue eyes looking towards the night sky. Earlier on that mission, he had vowed to himself that he wouldn't rely on the Kyuubi's power no longer, especially after Yamato-Taichou had told him he attacked Sakura when he lost control of himself.
He shook his head, and look back towards the ground. He didn't want to think of such negative things anymore. 'I'll get stronger no matter what!' He thought determined, and clenched his fists. Unfortunately, he wasn't watching where he was going, and fell flat on his face, tripping over a rock. "Itai…" He mumbled, rubbing his head. He instantly turned around to glare at the rock, and blinked as he noticed a rolled scroll pressed underneath the rock.
"What's this?" He questioned no one, flipping the rock over to grasp the wrinkled scroll. He stared at the scroll intently, noting that it looked very old. He was surprised that it didn't crumble under his tight grip. His finger gripped the edges, and he gulped. He only hoped that this wasn't an exploding note, or something dangerous to his safety.
"Here goes…" He mumbled, and ripped the scroll open, his blue eyes instantly closing just in case. After a few moments, feeling his body intact and no explosion, he opened his eyes slowly. He glanced down at the contents of the scroll, and his eyes widened in recognition. "This is a summoning scroll!" He stated to himself, reading the contents quickly, wondering what kind of creature this scroll would summon.
"…What…?" He mumbled after he read it, disappointed that the scroll did not specify what creature it would summon. "At least it doesn't need blood…" He said, knowing that he really shouldn't do this, but wanted to anyway.
He placed his hands on the two outlines, and pumped his chakra into the scroll, just as the instructions said to do. He sat back, and waited for the summoned creature.
His eyes narrowed in annoyance as after a minute passed and the creature did not appear. "Must've been a fake…" He mumbled, and got up to walk away, intending on getting some ramen.
He was totally caught off guard when the scroll suddenly exploded, the force of the small blast knocking him on his back. He quickly leapt to his feet, a kunai at hand, ready to defend himself against any kind of creature that the scroll summoned.
His eyes narrowed, as he waited for the smoke to clear, and almost fell back to the ground in shock as he finally saw the creature.
It was a tiny fox kit, lying on the ground.
"What…?" He said in disbelief, this is what the scroll summoned? The fox kit was even smaller than Akamaru when he was a puppy. He shuffled closer, slightly wary of the fox. Who knows, it could be like the Kyuubi for all knew. 'But it doesn't look like it could do much damage…' He thought, as he keenly observed the small fox. It was pure black in colour, and he sighed in relief as he noticed it had only one tail.
He carefully walked closer, tensing a bit when the fox finally opened its eyes, revealing a bright blue colour. He instantly stopped as the fox turned its head to look at him, getting up from its position on the ground.
He blinked as the fox suddenly wagged its tail, making a very small bark sound. He almost grinned as the fox tilted its head, looking at him like a curious puppy. He sighed as he thought of Konoha, knowing that foxes were a very tense subject in the village. He probably wouldn't be allowed to bring
in this fox, no matter how small it was. "Sorry, little guy…" He said quietly, kneeling down to pet the tiny fox. He grinned widely as the fox began to lick his hand with its small pink tongue. He got back up, slightly disappointed that he couldn't take the fox back into Konoha. He started back to Konoha, and looked down in surprise, as the fox trotted right behind him.
"What? No, I can't take you to Konoha…" He stated, stopping as the fox only tilted its head again, obviously not knowing what he just said. He closed his eyes, if he left the small fox here; it would probably be killed by one of Konoha's shinobi. "Alright fine…come here…" He knelt down as gestured with his hand for the fox to come closer. The fox quickly did so, licking his hand once again. He grinned, and opened his orange and black jacket, looking around suspiciously before stuffing the fox into his coat.
He stood up, quickly zipping his jacket up, and walked back to a secret hole in the gate. He knew that he wouldn't be able to get back the front gate with a big lump in his coat. He shifted as the fox's soft fur rubbed against his skin through his fish-net shirt. "No ramen…I guess." He said disappointedly, easily getting through the hole, and walking in the direction of his run-down apartment building. Naruto quickly fished for his key, and went up to his apartment suite, sighing in relief as absolutely no one noticed him.
He opened his jacket, and let the fox out, slowly lowering it the ground. He blinked as the fox didn't even explore, only sat at his feet obediently, as if waiting for something. He raised a brow, and sighed. It was eleven at night; he really should be getting to bed. He was being trained by Kakashi-sensei, and Yamato-Taichou tomorrow, and he knew it would not be easy.
He walked to his room, and the fox quickly followed him, right at his heels. He threw off his jacket, shirt, and pants. Not even bothering to change into his pyjama's, and lied down in bed, putting the fox on his pillow right beside his head, petting it one last time before nodding off to sleep.
"No…just one more…minute…" Naruto mumbled, shifting in his warm bed as s finger poked at his forehead. He grumbled, before turning on his side to get away from the annoying poking.
The poking went away for a moment, and Naruto was content. He frowned in his sleep as two hands pressed on his side, and started to shake him slowly.
"Master…wake up…" A very feminine voice said in his ear, something wet licked at his cheek.
Naruto's eyes snapped open, and his head turned slowly over, his blue eyes growing incredibly wide at the sight.
There was a girl.
There was a girl, who he had never seen before, sitting right beside his bed in his apartment, and she was wearing no clothes.
He flashed out of bed, his back against the wall, stuttering and pointing at the girl. She only tilted her head like a curious puppy.
"W-what?! W-who are you…?" He stuttered, his eyes growing even wider as he noticed the not-so-normal appendages on her person. She had a pair of black fox ears poking out of her long hair, twitching at his loud stutters. She also had a swishing fox tail, which seemed to be wagging at the sight of him. Her head tilted even more at his question.
His face grew very hot as he noticed that she was wearing nothing, though her weird dog-like sitting position hid her womanly parts under her waist, and her hair hid her breasts from his view.
"W-where did you come from?" He stuttered again, almost at the point of hyperventilating.
She blinked, and then smiled widely, showing sharp fang-like teeth. "Don't you remember? You summoned me from that scroll…" She said in a very child-like voice, staring at him adoringly.
Naruto turned his head to look at her, and then immediately turned away, his face even more red than before. He couldn't talk to her properly if she was wearing no clothes. He quickly grabbed his discarded black shirt, and a pair of his clean boxers, and handed them to her, his face still a bright red. "H-here…" He mumbled, looking away from her.
She blinked, looking down at his clothes curiously. "Huh? What is this…?" She asked, grabbing at his clothes, looking at them, completely puzzled.
Naruto stopped short, what the hell did she mean? She didn't know what clothes were? How could that even be? He blinked as she suddenly grabbed his clothes out of his hands.
"…Do I put them on me like what you are doing…?" The fox-girl asked, looking at his boxer shorts curiously. Naruto's face exploded with red once again, just noticing that he was only wearing his underwear, and in front of a girl no less! Albeit, a not-so-normal girl that seemed to resemble a fox, but a girl none the less! He quickly shoved his shirt on at least, not being able to find his orange pants that he had thrown somewhere the night before.
He looked up, and sighed in relief as she seemed to get the idea of clothes, and even put them on correctly. Though, he did wince a little as she ripped a large hole in the back of the shorts to let her tail poke through. But now, at least, he could talk to her face-to-face.
"Who are you?" He asked again, a serious look on his face. He was sure that he would be able to hear her if she broke into his apartment, so how did she get in?
She tilted her head again in that really cute way. "My name is Kagome, and you summoned me from that scroll that you found. I am that fox that you brought into your den." She explained, grinning widely and showing off her sharp fangs.
Naruto was completely taken back, how in the hell could she be that little fox that he had found? "H-how…?" He completely stuttered, his mouth wide open.
The fox-girl now known as Kagome giggled. "That scroll that you found was a sacred possession of Inari-sama's. The scroll found you worthy enough of a master for me, and you were able to summon me. I am a spirit fox, a messenger and servant of Inari-sama." She explained, proudly puffing out her chest as she mentioned being a servant of the Kami.
Naruto could not say a word, his eyes wide and his mouth dropping open. A spirit fox? Master? Inari-sama? 'What the hell?' Naruto could only think, blinking as he felt the Kyuubi slowly rise from his usual slumber at the sight of another fox.
"W-what…?" He stammered, feeling totally lost.
Kagome tilted her head again. "You were good enough to summon me, and now you are my master and I am your servant and messenger. I will do whatever you want me to." She explained, grinning happily once again.
"B-but you were a fox before…" Naruto spluttered, seemingly not hearing a word which she had just said.
She smiled even wider. "Yes, I am only a kit and only have one tail, so I cannot take on a human appearance yet. But Inari-sama gave me a human body that matched your age, so we can communicate with each other…" She clarified, wagging her fluffy tail even harder.
Naruto only slumped against the wall, still totally confused. He was the new master of this messenger fox? That was what she was saying? He blinked as he felt Kyuubi wake up fully form his slumber, hearing every word that the spirit fox had said.
He frowned slightly as he heard the Kyuubi laugh darkly, saying things to him that fifteen year-old boys should not hear. He blanched, feeling his face grow hot once again. 'Who knew that the Kyuubi was a pervert…?' He blankly thought, almost falling down from his sitting position as Kagome suddenly sat in front of him, her nose just an inch away from his face.
He blinked at her next sentence, and vaguely wondered how she could have known.
"There's a demon fox sealed into you, isn't there?"