Summary: Set 3000 years after the end of The Kitsune's Eye and the Final Battle with Shadow and Walkingdeath, you will be taken along Shadow's footsteps as he meets the reincarnations of Naruto and the others. Got my inspiration from the comic 'Here's to the Future' from deviantart, so all rights and quotes go to the owner of that.
I own nothing 'cept the OCs
Warning: Minor to major spoilers for the Kitsune's Eye because I have yet to finish it. And I took my town in Texas and made Shadow and the others live in the town bordering it, so if you recognize it, let me know. And Naruto and the others are 6 when they first meet Shadow so bear with me.
"speak" 'thought' flashback "animal speak" (------) perspective change or time skip
Ch. 1
It's been three-thousand years since the final battle with Walkingdeath, but to Shadow, it seems like longer. He's been living a peaceful life in a town called Port Neches for that long, watching it develop and grow, thinking about what things might have been like if he had not defeated Walkingdeath. He had to admit, watching these huge buildings being built, and watching cars zoom past as he walked the streets of Port Neches in his human form was quite entertaining. But, he couldn't help but feel something was missing...
(---Shadow's POV---)
Is it me, or have the last three-thousand years been really, really... boring!! Ahck, ever since Kyuubi became leader of the Kitsune Clan, Cyrus and Rai moved back home, and Sapphire continues to shun me, I've had nothing to do. Naruto, Hinata, Atsuko, and Sasuke being half-demons had passed on about a thousand years ago, and the others way before that.
With them gone, I've had no one to keep me company. Going on a rampage would only result in me getting sent to a zoo, or worse, become some guinea fox in some lab in Phoenix. I don't care what Shikamaru used to say, you can only look at the clouds for so long before you get bored. And my current job as a state trooper just isn't cutting it. Arresting people and using a hand gun is great!... but not entertaining to my standards, especially when you've lived as long as I have.
(---Normal POV---)
He rolled over from his perch on some random roof in the small suburb, yawning. Shadow—being the fox he is—was very unamused by the petty lives that the humans of the future tried to live. He liked life a lot better when he could go on assassination missions and run through the forest with out a care in the world. Problem was, ninjas were lost to the world, and the forest that used to surround the town had been cut down so that the humans could build 'power plants,' 'cell phone towers,' and 'skyscrapers.'
Of course, those skyscrapers were about a three hour drive north-west from here so there was some good that came out of living in a suburb. And it was a nice suburb; peaceful, semi-quiet, and not very many exciting things happened. And that in its own part added to Shadow's boredom.
(---Shadow's POV---)
My name is Aka Kagemaru Kiba Kitsune (red shadow circle fang fox demon), but everyone calls me Shadow for short. Some of you may know me from legends, history classes, or fiction. Very few know me personally, such as family, and Sapphire. And you know what? I HATE BEING IMMORTAL!!! You live a never ending life, never age past twenty, and get very bored when your friends are no longer around.
Sometimes I'll go to Houston—the huge city three hours north-west from here—to climb the buildings and keep my chakra control in check. That in turn always gives all the civilians a stroke, but what do I care? It's something to do right... heheh, right?! Beaumont is fine too, there's a forest that belongs to a refinery there that I can spar in, and Port Author has some nice restaurants too... anyway!!
Every now and then I wish that I would have stayed in hell all those years ago. It would save me the insane boredom that I'm experiencing now. Either that or stop time in one way or another! That way, Naruto and the others would still be around. Unfortunately, neither of those happened. Though, I suppose that I was expecting to die again before this... and like I am for everything else... I was wrong! ARRGG!!! Someone shoot me in the eye!
(---Normal POV---)
The black haired fox demon felt something vibrating against his leg, and reached into his blue jean pocket and pulled out his cell phone—one of those Razor ones, black of course—and flipped it open.
"Yo. Aka Kagemaru here."
"Hey Shadow! We need you to head down to the office for a second. Minoru (truth) need to ask you something."
"Then why didn't he call?" he asked in an irritated voice. Minoru had a very... unbecoming and irritating habit of making Shadow trek all the way down to the DPS office in Jefferson county just to tell him something completely stupid and pointless.
"Dunno, he doesn't tell me anything." Riku (land) replied. Shadow could practicly hear the smirk he was wearing. Sighing heavily, he snapped the phone closed, stuffed it back in his pocket and leaped down from the roof with a kind of grace that only shinobi, demons or both could posses... and scaring Ousha, a fluffy black tom cat that hung around that particular house.
Setting off at a brisk pace, the fox demon walked back to his trooper car that he had parked in the parking lot of a plumbing company at the end of the street couple of hours ago. 'Easy transportation... ain't it wonderful?' he thought sarcastically.
Slamming the door shut, he started the motor and pulled out of the parking lot, turning right and stopping before pulling out onto the highway—or Magnolia Ave. as some called it—heading to the office.
(---Shadow POV---)
I don't even know why I took the job. Oh yeah, I remember...
Flashback...
"Come on! Its not like you'll have to kill anyone!" exclaimed Riku. He had been trying to get Shadow to go with him to the DPS academy with him for the past hour.
"That's not what I'm worried about! In fact, I have no problem what so ever with killing. I just don't want to have to sit in a hot patrol car for hours on end pulling over drunks and speeders!" the fox demon managed to grit out. Riku was getting on his nerves.
"Come on, please! I'll be so lonely with out your company! Please!"
"NO!!" that's when the pouting started. Groaning, Shadow rolled his eyes and scowled. "That's not going to work." Riku's pout deepened. "Stop it!" and deepened. "I said stop!" and, deepened... "Fine! I'll go with you, but you owe me big time." he snapped snatching the form out of the brunette's hands that would allow him to enroll in the DPS academy.
Riku looked a lot like what Shadow remembered Iruka to look like, as far as hair color and deep tan. Dark brown hair, cropped short, green eyes, and a child like personality. On top of that, he was a pain in the ass. Big. Time. Worse than Genma had been, and that's bad. Only Kami knew where he got the idea in his head that Shadow would enjoy being a DPS trooper.
End Flashback...
Yeah, that's right, he used the pout on me. I really need to build up resistance to that damn thing. Either that or kill Riku.
(---Normal POV---)
Pulling into the parking lot, Shadow sighed as he got out of the black and white patrol car, slamming the door behind him. Minoru was waiting for him at the door to the office, a smirk present on his face.
"This had better be important if you value your life." Shadow growled, his red eyes narrowing. Minoru grinned, and stepped aside to allow the fox demon to brush past him.
"There's a kid here that says he knows you." he replied, following his black haired counterpart. "I'll never get how you get your hair to stand up like that. And do you were contacts or something, because there is no way that that's your natural eye color."
"My hair is naturally this spiky, no I don't were contacts, and yes this is my natural eye color. I don't go for cheap imitations to look intimidating, I can do that with my personality alone." he gritted out starting to loose his patience with the other man. "So what's the kid's name?"
"Uh..." he looked at his clipboard that showed the visitors that the office had gotten. "Naruto Uzumaki, I think." Shadow stopped short, stiffening noticeably at the name.
"Are you sure?" he turned to Minoru, who nodded.
"And there was a girl with him who's name is... Hinata Uzumaki. They must be siblings."
"How old are they?"
"Six at least. Why? Shouldn't you know?" Minoru cocked a silvery eyebrow at the black haired man. Minoru had silver-gray hair that hung down by his shoulders and gray-brown eyes. He was shorter than Shadow by at least six inches, seeing as Shadow was six feet five inches.
"Never mind. Where are they?" replied the fox shaking his head slightly. 'There's no way they're alive. I wonder if anyone else came back.'
"Waiting for you by your desk. They seem pretty scared, so don't make them go into shock Kagemaru." replied his counterpart, his eyebrow still cocked. Shadow nodded and turned back around, walking to the part of the office that had his desk, as well as Minoru's, Rika's, and a girl trooper's desk who's name he could never remember.
No sooner had he walked through the doorway, did a blond blur attach itself to his leg, a blueish-black blur following soon after. Both were crying, fear evident on their faces. Who could blame them. They were in a future part of Konoha, as six-year-olds.
It took some doing to remove them from his legs, and the black haired fox sat in his chair, rubbing his temples to fight off a coming head ache.
"Three questions. One, how did you get here when both of you went to Heaven instead of Hell. Two, why are you six-year-olds. And three, how did you know how to find me." he stated rather than asked. Naruto spoke first, his small form shaking slightly with nervousness.
"We found a doorway out and took it, I have no idea why we're six-year-olds, and we just wandered around until we came across this building that had your name on it on the plaque outside giving the names of the troopers here. The one thing that I do know for certain is that Kyuubi is no longer inside me, I'm not Hokage anymore, and me and Hinata-chan aren't hanyous anymore."
"Kyuubi is now in charge of the Kitsune Clan, remember? I think that the reason for you not being hanyous anymore is when Kyuubi made sure that you went to Heaven, he had to remove the demonic sides of you two to do said act. In demon years, if you went by age, you were around six, so that explains that." Shadow groaned and leaned his head back, closing his eyes and breathing out through his mouth. "And don't go blabbing about things like that. People in this time don't belive in demons, and ninja are just myths or history to them."
"Ok." Naruto replied. "What else should we not do?"
"Don't say, '-san,' '-sama,' '-chan,' or '-kun' at the end of names. That will just arouse a bunch of questions that will get awkward answers." he replied, his head coming back to the front. "And because of the tedious laws in this time, I'll have to get you enrolled in a school or get arrested, get you two put in a foster home, and loose my job." 'Not that that's a bad thing. I don't even like my job. But it would destroy my reputation.'
"I heard that man call you Kagemaru, why?" Hinata spoke up finally.
"Well, my full name is Aka Kagemaru Kiba Kitsune. But everyone calls me Shadow for short. And its easier to say and remember. And, refer to me as dad or something in public, that way, we won't raise suspicion." replied the black haired man. "Well, adopted dad anyway." Naruto and Hinata nodded. They jumped when Rika entered the room abruptly, holding a huge box wrapped in plastic wrap. "What's that?" he asked, a bit of a draw to his voice.
"Ten pounds of crack. Found it in the trunk of a car that I pulled over for speeding. Man, that guy was so high on the stuff that he couldn't see straight!" he replied proudly. "You missed some fun!" Shadow shook his head and sighed.
"I can hardly see how pulling over some crack head and listening to him ramble on about his dirty gym socks and second grandmother can be fun. I've been here... listening to these two explain why they are here and not at home." Shadow said, pointing at the six-year-olds. Hinata blushed while Naruto shuffled his feet nervously.
"Who are they?"
"My adopted kids. Naruto Uzumaki-Kitsune and Hinata Uzumaki-Kitsune. They're siblings." he replied, glaring at Naruto when he opened his mouth to protest. He was not going to have six-year-old saying that he was married to his 'sister.' Rika would think that he was some sicko, not that he cared.
"I didn't know that you had kids Shadow."
'Neither did I.' he thought skeptically. "Yeah, well. I wanted to keep the cold ice-prick appearance up as best I could, and for as long as I could. I adopted them last week and I'm still working on getting them enrolled in a school." he lied.
"Well, Ridgewood Elementary has enough space left for two more. And the year just started, so they won't be that far behind." Rika pointed out.
"Great idea! Well, gotta go, see ya tomorrow." Shadow said, standing up and herding Naruto and Hinata out the door to his patrol car. "Phew, close one. Come on, lets get you home." they followed him out side and to his car, getting in the back seat as the fox demon closed the driver's side door. The two now-six-year-olds didn't let go of each other until they pulled up to a small house in a town called Groves. A red Dodge Stratus was parked in the garage and Shadow parked his trooper car over to the side in an empty space.
"Come on you two." he said, climbing out of the car. Hastily complying, Naruto and Hinata followed the fox up the three steps to the door and into the house after he unlocked the door and opened it. "So, how did you like your first car ride?"
"I-It was scary but fun." Hinata replied. She saw something flash out of the corner of her eye and got into a taijutsu stance.
"Relax. Its just Momma Sneezy. I'm taking care of her and her daughters, Outlaw and Blondie until their owner gets back from vacation." he soothed sternly, tossing his keys onto the table and opening the fridge. He tossed the two now-children a can of coke each and pulled out a bottle of beer himself. "You can watch Tv or whatever. I need to get some paper work sent in. Just don't break anything." he said, stifling a yawn.
The black haired kitsune walked into the other room and pushed a button on his computer, waiting for it to boot up. The phone rang, and he sighed, walking back into the kitchen and picking it up.
"Yo."
"WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!!!?" a voice screeched down the line, making Shadow yank the phone away from his sensitive ears.
"Sarge, what have I told you about my sensitive hearing?" he said, switching ears and rubbing his abused one.
"I don't care what you've told me! You're supposed to be on call tonight. So get in your patrol car and get down to the highway to stop speeders and druggies!" his Sargent yelled.
"I can't right now. Something came up and I had to get home." 'He's like a male Tsunade!'
"The only reason you should be at home right now is if your dieing or if your house is burning down!"
"Fine, fine. Let me get my uniform on and I'll get down to the highway." he replied with a sigh. He heard a grunt and the other line clicked off, signifying that his Sargent had hung up. Doing the same, Shadow put the phone down and plodded back into the living room. "I need to get to work you two or Sarge is going to have my head. There's leftover chicken in the fridge, you can heat it up when ever. Just try not to burn down the house or break anything."
"Yes mother." Naruto shot sarcastically, making Shadow growl. "Why can't we go with you?" he whined.
"Because this is a serious job that is just a bad as being a ninja if not worse. And its boring. Half the time I just sit in my car listening to the radio and counting cars as they go by." he replied, smacking the blond. "Don't leave the house, and you can go to bed when ever you want. If I have to get Kyuubi down here I'm going to tan your hide brat. Hinata, keep him in check please."
Hinata nodded and blinked. Shadow disappeared into his room and came out a little while later, still pushing his gun into his belt. (Most of you should know what a Texas DPS officer uniform looks like.) He adjusted the cowboy like hat on his head and walked out the door, grabbing his keys as he went.
(---Shadow's POV---)
Wow. I can't believe this. Naruto and Hinata are back. Well, actually, I can believe it, but still. And you know something else? MY SARGENT IS A PAIN IN THE ASS!!! At least he keeps me on my toes. He's worse than Rika, and that's a bad thing.
I wonder if anyone else will manage to come back. Probably not, but its nice to keep my hopes up. I'm just praying that Naruto doesn't kill the cats I'm looking after, burn my house down, or make it collapse on its self. I mean, I have faith in Hinata to keep him in his place, but the metabolism of a six year old, plus Naruto's energy, equals a world full of pain and suffering for me.
Back on the subject of the others coming back. It'd be nice if everyone was able to escape from where ever they went—except Sakura. Her I could live with out.
(---Normal POV and two hour time skip---)
Shadow was sitting on the side of Twin-City Highway, staring off into space, thinking about the day, and the many slow painful ways that he could kill Rika and his Sargent. He saw something move out of the corner of his eye, and turned his head to look out the passenger side window. The only thing he could see in the 9:00 darkness was a silhouette of a small person.
He carefully opened his door and slipped out, closing it behind him. The silhouette moved again, in his direction this time. Then, it fell to the ground with a cry of pain. Running over to it, the black haired fox pulled out his flashlight and turned it on. Stifling a gasp, he reached a hand out to shake the boy. He had raven colored hair and pale skin, and was the size of a six year old. When the boy jerked his head up at the kitsune's touch, red eyes clashed with the onyx of none other than Uchiha Sasuke.
"Sasuke?" he whispered. The raven nodded, unable to speak through the tears and sobs that were escaping from his eyes and throat. Moving the beam of his flashlight to the raven's leg, the saw that it was caught in a branch, bleeding heavily. Quickly moving to the boy's leg, he snapped the branch, freeing Sasuke's leg. Unable to think of anything else to do, the raven haired boy clung tightly to Shadow's arm as the kitsune picked him up and caried him back to the patrol car, setting him down in the passenger side seat.
Shadow popped the trunk and pulled out a First Aid kit. He took out a small bottle of rubbing alcohol and poured it on Sasuke's leg, earning a gasp from the boy. Using a cloth to clean the wound, the black haired demon pulled out roll of gause, wrapping Sasuke's ankle firmly and tapping it with medical tape. Shadow closed the First Aid kit, placing it back in the trunk, closing that and walking back to the passenger side door.
"So, mind telling me why you're wandering on the side of the highway in the pitch blackness of the night?" he asked crouching down next to the boy, who was still wiping his face free of tears.
"I-I was looking for someone to help me when my leg got caught in that branch. Then you came and helped me, where am I?" he replied, getting control of his emotions.
"The side of Twin-City Highway."
"Oh. Thanks for helping me Shadow. But why are you here?"
"Doing my job. I'm a state trooper in this time. Basicly, I sit on the side of the highway from six till eleven-thirty staring off into space. Now and then I get to bust a druggies or speeder, or fire my gun. Most of the time though its pretty peaceful. I can't bring you home until my shift is over so you'll have to wait with me."
Sasuke nodded and sat back, his cat ears flicking on the top of his head. 'Wait wait wait. Cat ears? What the hell?!' Shadow took a good look a the raven haired boy, noting that he still had his hanyou features. Kyuubi must have no had to purify him. Neko-demons were usualy used as pets and very few were powerful enough to be concidered demons. This might proove a huge problem in the future, especially since Shadow would have to fill out adoption papers and enroll him in a school too.
"That's different. Naruto and Hinata didn't have their hanyou features anymore. I suppose that Kyuu didn't have to get rid of your hanyou side." Sasuke nodded and settled back in his seat. Shadow closed the door, plodding back around to his side and sitting down in his seat.
"So the dobe is here as well as his wife?"
"Yeah, but don't use the word dobe, and don't mention Hinata as Naruto's wife. They took the appearance of six year olds too. Them I can understand, but not you. You retained your demon features. I suppose that there's a rational explination for it, but..." he was cut off when a car zoomed past him, swerving across the road and almost hitting several others. "Hold that thought." Shadow said as he started the motor, turned on the sirens, and hit the gas, speeding off after the other car.
Shadow dodged around other cars with practiced ease, catching up to the speeder quickly. Sasuke had long ago put his seat belt on, not even having to be told, his tail fluffed up in fright. Shadow edged around to the back corner of the speeder and nudged it, making the man spin out and stop. Screeching to a halt not far away, Shadow leaped out of the patrol car and grabbed his gun, holding it infront of him.
"STEP OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!" he comanded. The driver side door opened and a teenager sprinted out of it, into the median between the highways. Shadow raced after him, using his demonic speed to catch up quickly. Tackling the teenager, he held him to the ground, pulling out some handcuffs. "Where you runnin to boy?" he growled, cuffing the teen's hand roughly behind his back and putting his gun back in its holster.
"Alright, that hurts!" the boy yelped.
"Good." Shadow grunted, yanking him up and dragging him to patrol car. He opened the back door and roughly shoved the boy into the seat. "Sasuke, if he tries anything, knock him out." Sasuke nodded.
"What's that fucking brat going to be able to do to me? I'm twice his size." the teen sneered. He yelped as Shadow yanked him up by the collar of his shirt and shook him.
"Watch your mouth boy. I don't like people who swear infront of children. And you reek of kokane and booze." he growled, his eyes glowing with malice. He pushed the teenager back down into the back seat, slammed the door closed and walked back to the boys car. He gave it a thurough search, coming up with several plastic bags of kokane and three twelve-packs of beer. What the kitsune didn't see was a driver's licence, meaning that the boy was DWI and a underage.
Trecking back to the patrol car, he opened the driver side door and sat down, pulling out his hand held radio and saying, "This is Kagemaru. I need a tow truck on Twin-City Highway at mile marker 22. And I also need someone ready at the juvinile prison ready to take this brat in. He was speeding, and in possetion of kokane and beer, he's underage and evaded arrest." a voice crackled on the other side of the radio and Shadow closed the door and started the motor back up. "You're in for it now asshole."
"I thought you said that you didn't like it when people cuss around children?" the teen snapped. Shadow smirked as he started to drive in the direction of the jail.
"I did." he replied. By the time they got to the jail, Shadow had gotten a name and age out of the boy and also made sure that he would have nightmares for the next month.
On the way back, Sasuke had finaly managed to calm down, and swallowed hard. "You sure are... thurogh." he muttered.
"Hey, making teenagers wet their pants is what I do best. And I tell you what, Ibiki was a lucky bastard when he did his job. Hell, I was even interogated a couple times by him. Remember when I first met Naruto-baka, I disappeared for about three days?"
"Yeah."
"Tsunade-baa-chan forced me to get my mind scanned by the trench coat obsessed man. And I think that the things that he saw were worse than anything that he had seen before, even in Naruto-baka." Shadow said with a cuckle in his voice. "I think that they'll be surprised that you're back too. Do you know of anyone else that came back?" Sasuke shook his head and leaned back some more.
Shadow stole a glance at his clock and saw that it was midnight. He sighed and took the Nederland exit that would take him through Nederland, Port Neches and into Groves.
By the time the black haired demon pulled into the drive way, Sasuke was sound asleep, snoring lightly. He climbed out of the patrol car, closing the door quietly behind him, and walked over to Sasuke's side. Carefully, he picked the boy up in one arm and closed the passenger side door, locking the car. He fished his house key out of his pocket, walking up the steps to the door, and pushing it open and walking inside.
Naruto was still awake, watching Tv, Hinata was leaning against his shoulder, sound asleep. The blonde's head swivled in Shadow's direction when he heard him drop his keys on the table. He had to stifle a gasp when he saw Sasuke sound asleep, curled up in one of Shadow's arms, his tail hanging limply twards the floor.
"Why does he still have his hanyou features!?" Naruto managed to yell with out raising his voice. Shadow shrugged a little.
"I guess that Kyuubi forgot to remove them. He doesn't smell like a hanyou, so that means that he's just a regular human with cat features." the fox whispered. "You don't seem very surprised that he's back too."
"I'm not. He came with us but got separated when we went through the door that led back down here." Shadow nodded and told Naruto to carry Hinata to the guest room. The bed was big enough for five children to sleep side by side with enough room to be comfortable. Shadow didn't plan on getting that many kids, in fact, he hadn't even planned on getting one!
The kitsune placed Sasuke down on the bed and covered him up, Naruto doing the same with Hinata, then climbing into the bed next to her.
"Call me if you need anything. I'll be up until two, so don't worry about waking me up." he said softly. Naruto nodded sleepily before drifting off into a peaceful sleep. Shadow walked out of the room and turned the light off as he went and closing the door.
There's chappie one. Long I know, but I like how it turned out. And I don't want anyone bitching at me saying that I need to finish the Kitsune's Eye, I know that very well, I just haven't gotten the inspiration to continue writing. Review! Ja!