Naruto silently cried from under his bridge. His bridge, a place he could go for safety. His apartment was locked; someone put a new lock on it. Locked him out. He could go to Iruka's but he couldn't, he just couldn't.
Snow. Why did it snow, why, the day he gets back from training it snowed. Heavy snow, it danced around him laughing.
Naruto just got back from training, training with Sasuke on the water, and within the last five minutes he fell in the cold harsh water. Kakashi told them to head home after Naruto fell in. Kakashi didn't want to be responsible for them catching colds. A sneeze stopped him and his silent tears. That sneeze came from above him. Shikamaru. Why, why was he in the snow on his bridge?
"Naruto?" Shikamaru's voice called, "your apartment was locked, my mom wanted to know if your ok.sigh She saw some people messing with your apartment few days ago. Damn mom, telling me to go find him, like I would no were he would be." Naruto had to sneeze, but he held it in waiting for him to leave. Shikamaru can't see me here…no he can't… "sigh" Shikamaru walked of, leaving Naruto and the bitter cold of solitude.
"why." Naruto cried," It's not my fault damnit, not my fault."
"Naruto!" another voice called. "Naruto! Were you!" "I already checked over here. Let's go to hokage maybe he went to her." Shikamaru said. Why would they look for me, all I do is cause them trouble and-"Hey can't we just get kiba to find him?" a voice that he later recognized, it was Ino. No, no Im nothing but trouble just go home! Naruto thought while rubbing his arms trying to get the warmth back. His tears were now frozen, his clothes frozen threw and stiff. Naruto stood up hitting his head on the bridge, making him loose balance and fall back into water. He dragged himself out his body shivering, teeth clanging. Using his arms for support he climbed the hill that lay beneath the bridge.
Echoing silence surrounded Naruto. A laugh. A demonic laugh.
"Poor, poor kit. All cold and wet. Do you need some warmth," whispered kyuubi in his head, "or do want some nice warm blood to drink with a finger hanging out of it?"
"STOP IT!" Naruto screamed, ignoring the barks and yells coming his way," DAMNIT STOP IT YOU FURBALL!" Naruto sunk to his knees. Someone tried to touch him only to get burned by a sudden red chakra surrounding him. Naruto swiped at the closest figure, Akumaru. Akumaru yelped and flew back about 20 feet. "IM NOT YOUR TOY STOP IT!" Naruto yells echoed in silence from his friends.
"Shintenshin no justsu (mind transfer no jutsu)" ino yelled.
-Ino's perspective-
Cold, and dark like a chamber she walked along the path way, she continued walking until she saw Naruto and a cage. "INO?" Naruto yelled.
"Naruto! Whats wrong why did you atta-"she was cut off
"Looky a delicious mortal to eat, kit can I eat her? I suppose you answer is no, but this is just too good to be true," kyuubi said in delight slipping a tail threw the bars.
"Ino run!" Naruto screamed while running to her.
"k-k-kyu-kyubii?" was the last thing ino said before fainting and meeting the ground.
-Outside of ino/ naruto's mind-
Ino just coughed up blood, burns covering most of her body." K-k-kyu-kyubii," she spluttered out, everyone froze. The silence surrounded them all until ino jolted upward screaming, "NARUTO HELP!"
Everyone was to busy looking at ino to notice Naruto, the red chakra slowly disappearing, until a scream was heard.
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Kiba was stunned, he was staring at Naruto, he was told to stay with him until they got back with the whole rookie 9. Naruto just sprouted a tail, a fox tail with a matching pair of ears and claws.
"k-kiba?" Naruto said hoarsely while sitting up. "What are you doing here, hrmmmm?"
"Did you just f-in whine! And why do you got freaking ears like a freaking fox!" Kiba pracitally yelled.
"What are you, talking about dog-breath?" Naruto said while cocking his head. Naruto's back foot scratched behind his ear. "WTF!" Naruto screamed while trying to look at his tail to no avail. (Chasing his own tail…awwww)
"Naruto?" Sakura called. "Hang in there, were coming!"
"uhhhh….sht," Naruto squealed while looking around for a place to hide," hey kiba can I bunk at your house tonight…."
"Sure, but my sister-"kiba started, "okay lets go but you might be in for it"
"Okay let's go," Naruto yipped while swirling his tail around akumaru and started to run. "Hold on dumbass my house is the other way" kiba yelled after him, too late.
"Kiba, weres Naruto?" sakura said while panting heavily, "we heard his scream all the way to my house, then Shikamaru burst in asking for help."
"Yah, were the dobe he woke me up," Sasuke said grumpily.
"Uhhhh he felt better so, he left." Kiba said weakly. Kiba stood up brushing his clothes off," now if you excuse me ill just be heading home…" "I highly doubt that," everyone turned to Sasuke ," I can kind of feel that dobe's feeling and he is freaked out or like in some sort of danger…"
"plus his locks were changed so he couldn't get in," Shikamaru added, " Im taking a wild guess here but he went to your house did he not kiba?"
"Well, he just wants to be alone so… I offered him to stay at my house because he couldn't get in and yah I got to go, good night." Kiba explained before horridly running off, leaving everyone confused.
-Kiba's house-
"you expect me, to believe you that kiba invited you over," said hana ," and why is a jacket over head, looks kind of suspicious.sniff sniff Mr. Foxy?"
"He really did invite me over-"Naruto tried to explain until," I really did can you please let him go to my room!" kiba panted.
"Fine, but if either of you to smell any worse by morn. Im going to spray you guys with a hose got it?" hana concluded.
"come on lets go," kiba said grabbing Naruto making his jacket fall to the ground letting wandering eyes settle on his ears. Everyone went silent until a dog barked making naruto's tail shoot straight up. "Ohh crud," the boys said symotainiosly.