Well hello one and all, you can't get rid of me can you? Well here I am, back and ready for more punishment with a developed prototype of the sequal to 'Kyuubi's Gou.' I'm posting this here and now, not only to clear the air that I AM trying to write a sequal but to also get some fodder for it. Remember, I use your review comments just as much as you give them! Remember to review with ideas and not just praise! Well that's it for now, hope you enjoy my sequal...oh god I hope this dosen't suck.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Chapter One: New Beginings Are So Cliche
Being perched atop the mountain face looking down upon a place you hadn't seen for seven years has this oddly nostalgic effect. You regain memories, you recover feelings, you relive times long past. You feel the emotions build within your chest until they are ready to burst with unrestrained emotion; this was what he was feeling right now.
Naruto stared down at the village he was born, Konohagakure. The village hidden in the leaves. His home, the place he was called the strongest of all. The place he had left seven years ago for something very close to him. He sighed as wind whipped his billowing black cloak all around his body; it covered him from his bare feet to his neck leaving his entire body to the imagination. His exposed face was the same as ever yet different, very different.
His face was defined and masculine, his genetic linked Kitsune seduction working overtime creating a handsome face that would leave swooning women andgreen faced men in its wake. However covering his right eye were old and decaying grey bandages, wrapped around his head much like an eye patch or headband tilted to the side.
His single cerulean eye with the golden ring stared out at the village, years and years of emotion packed tightly behind them just itching to be let out. He felt sadness, fear, anger, regret, relief, happiness, anything under the sun he could feel swelling in his chest, leaking out through his eyes as small emotion filled tears.
Suddenly two purple sleeved arms snaked their way under his arms and around his chest, pulling him into an embrace from behind. "Naruto-kun," came his wife's purring voice, it almost made him turn to jelly every time he heard it. He smiled and turned in her arms, wrapping his own cloaked arms around her as he returned the hug, "Hinata-chan."
In his arms was his beautiful wife and Kitsune mate Hinata. She was dressed in a looser fitting purple ninja garb but it didn't at all take away from the obvious curves and such of her body. Her face was, as always, beautiful and capped with two pale lavender eyes that just made Naruto smile for no reason at all. Her hair was a deep violet with streaks of white here and there; it was the same with her seven tails.
Hinata smiled up at him, a signal that he took happily as he stooped down slightly and kissed her on the lips, both of them savoring the taste of one another briefly before pulling away with twin smiles. Without a break Naruto spoke, "it's been a while since we've been here last." Hinata nodded slightly, "yes it has. Last time I was..."
Naruto sighed, "I promise that will never happen again Hinata-chan." Naruto pulled back from her embrace so he was standing sideways, facing the space between her and the village, "besides I don't have much more to trade." Naruto held up his left arm, his gloved hand open until it closed with the satisfying crunch of leather. A few moments of silence passed until Hinata spoke, "shouldn't we be surprising our friends?"
Naruto smirked as he dropped his cloaked arm and stared out to the village of Konoha, "I suppose we should but I have a feeling the kids have got it covered..."
"We wanna see Obaa-chan!" came two very irritated shouts from two very irritated children. These children were in fact Kitsune Kits, they went by the names Arashi and Tsunade but they liked to be called the Tentochi Twins. They did look like one another, being children they didn't have the main features that separated them from boy and girl so at this point they looked exactly alike.
They had bright golden hair but instead of insane spikes it lay down in an orderly manner much like their mothers did with their fathers color. They had pale eyes but with different color, this is what separated them. Arashi had a pale blue while Tsunade had a faded violet. They wore dark orange clothes, like their father had in his youth, and they were practically jumping circles around their other brother and sister. Their two small tails bouncing with them with each leap.
"Arashi, Tsunade," Kyuubi growled as he clutched his spiky blond locks angrily, he was reaching the end of his patience quickly but Arashi and Tsunade paid it no mind. If anything it only stoked the fire that fueled these two rambunctious children. "Stop attracting so much attention," Kyuubi muttered as he cast a pale blue gaze around the village.
Almost every set of eyes that passed over them were glued instantly, watching them with looks of amazement and confusion. This bothered Kyuubi and he walked at a swift pace. He was dressed differently than the others. His pants, while somewhat loose, were pitch black and his shirt was a deep red color except for the Uzumaki swirl on the back in burning orange. He loved the tales of his namesake; he decided to honor the original by dressing in his colors.
"Otouto, Imotuo," came the sweet voice of the last one in the quartet. Instantly the two stopped their jumps and rushed to the young woman who called them, she had crouched down to their level and spoke with a small smile on her face. "We will meet with Obaa-chan soon but how would you like ramen?" she asked softly to which the two nodded enthusiastically, they wouldn't miss ramen for the world.
Kyuubi shook his head as the two followed their older siblings quietly, more the female than Kyuubi. "Hitomi why do you baby them so much?" Kyuubi asked as he crossed his hands behind his head, looking up at the sky with his pale blue eyes. Hitomi was a very beautiful Kitsune, she had her mothers beautiful figure and face but as with her coat color she had pure white hair and pure white tails.
Her snowy white hair reached down to her mid back and flowed elegantly, like a waterfall of white light. Her eyes were ethereal saucers pale violet, exactly like her mothers were. She was dressed in a light grey outfit, very similar to the ninja gear worn by the Hyuga's of Konoha. Unlike her siblings, who carried magic laced shuriken and kunai just in case, she carried a pack of Kitsune enchanted senbon on her leg. Her weapon of choice when at long range. Unlike her brothers and sister she wore sandals, black sandals that didn't make a sound as she walked.
"Well Onii-san," Hitomi said in a sweet voice, "you catch more sweet little kits with honey than vinegar." Kyuubi grunted a noncommittal answer, ignoring his little brother and sister trying to bug him again by pulling on two of his seven golden tails.
"Ohayo!" came a cry that snapped Hitomi's attention from her little brother and sister to the road, seeing that silver haired ninja approaching with a smile and a wave. Hitomi smiled lightly and began to wave back but she stopped as she felt a wave of killer intent flow from her brother Kyuubi. Hitomi sighed and prepared for what was going to come next, she couldn't watch.
"Konichi wa Hitomi!" Zaimaru said with a smile, his pupil-less golden eyes shining from behind his silver curtain of hair. He wasn't all that surprised to find her in the presence of Kitsune, after all she was one why not more? He was dressed in a casual sleeveless silver shirt, grey bandages covering his arms with black leather gloves concealing his hands. He wore baggy grey shorts with deep blue sandals, other than that he wore no other equipment save for two small coin bags at his sides, both of them having a small seal sewn into them.
Suddenly the tallest, and obviously male, Kitsune stepped in front of Hitomi and produced a low growl from his throat. "Who the hell are you?" Kyuubi asked, his fur standing on end in threat as Hitomi looked utterly mortified behind him. Zaimaru smiled, "oh where are my manners? The name's Onigiri Zaimaru, yours is?" Zaimaru held out his gloved hand but it went ignored as Kyuubi spoke, "Uzumaki Kyuubi."
Zaimaru's grin widened considerably at Kyuubi's name, "oh so you must be Hitomi's Onii-san. Well it is an honor to meet you." Kyuubi took a step closer to Zaimaru and glared at him, they were only about an inch away from each others face. Zaimaru blinked a few times, his wide grin replaced with a small smirk. "I'm sorry but I can't offer those services to you," Zaimaru said confusing all those present.
"May I direct you to the nearest gay bar?" Kyuubi's face flushed with rage while Hitomi giggled behind him; oh Kyuubi was now royally pissed. His muscles flexed, his eyes changed, his chakra spiked, he was ready to deal some damage to the ninja. Hitomi noticed these all, she hoped with all her heart that Zaimaru was either really a fast runner or quick healer. However before he could wind up for a punch Zaimaru seemed to blink out of existence and was now behind him, facing Hitomi with a kind smile on his features.
"Good morning Hitomi-hime," Zaimaru said with a small bow. As he bowed he finally noticed the children that were now hiding behind Hitomi, her own face showing surprise at the title given to her and at Zaimaru's speed. Apparently he was a very fast runner! "Well, well, well, who are these little bundles of joy?" Zaimaru asked curiously as he crouched down, watching as the two attempted to hide in their sisters five tails. For them it was with good reason too. They had seen many boys who tried to pick up Hitomi wet their pants from Kyuubi's almighty glare of death. No one had taken his glares as well as this one boy did.
Hitomi smiled softly and bent down, pulling the two from her surprisingly orderly tails as she said, "my Otouto Arashi-kun and my Imouto Tsunade-chan." Zaimaru smiled and said, "hello Arashi-kun and Tsunade-chan." They gave two quiet hellos with bowed heads before Zaimaru's smile widened and he formed the tiger seal quickly.
"Watch this," he said as the two lifted their heads to look. From his small coin bag flew a wave of coins, creating a shimmering sea of shining metal in the air. Suddenly they froze in precisely the right place to produce a shining replica of the twins' family symbol. The Uzumaki swirl with the added bonus of a Kitsune in the center. "Coooool," the two said at the same time earning a laugh from Zaimaru and a giggle from Hitomi as the coins disbanded and receded into his pouch.
Zaimaru blinked out of existence again and was once again in front of Kyuubi, "very nice siblings you have." Kyuubi was still in shock as Zaimaru continued, "my Onii-san is a bit of a mothers baby boy so he-" Zaimaru was cut off as he was hit in the back of the head with a gloved hand. "Shut up Zai!" Zaimaru rubbed the back of his head and turned, "good to see you Onii-san."
Behind Zaimaru stood a fiery haired emerald eyed young man, his eyes blazing with fury at his brother who merely smiled back. His burning red hair was somewhat long, pulled back into a tail with a few loose clumps here and there. He was dressed in a black T-shirt and a long sleeved fish net undershirt, they flowed over his baggy red and black pants with the duel belts crossing his hips. On his upper right arm he wore his village symbol, the leaf Hitai-ate, with pride. His hands were covered in fingerless half gloves and just above those gloves were markings, tattoos, of raging flames crawling up his arm in a frozen blaze.
"Must you interrupt?" Zaimaru asked calmly as he rubbed the 'sore' spot on the back of his skull, "I was merely meeting with Hitomi-hime and her family." Kajiba took one glance at the Uzumaki clan and nodded his respect before turning to his brother with a serious and angered tone, "I don't care what you were doing, mom wants you back at home." Zaimaru smirked, "sensei ordered around her pupil?"
Kajiba sneered and bashed Zaimaru over the head again, "at least I don't have the green spandex monster as my sensei!" Zaimaru smiled as he looked up at Kajiba, neither of those two hits seemed to affect him at all, "as eccentric as the man is he gets results." In the blink of an eye Zaimaru was behind Kyuubi facing Hitomi with that wide smile, "it seems I must go Hitomi-hime. See you again some time?"
Hitomi nodded lightly as her cheeks tinted just the slightest bit, this was completely missed by Zaimaru who bent down and ruffled the two smaller kits hair. He pulled his hands back and smiled just before he dropped a few foil wrapped chocolate coins in their small hands. "You two be good for your Onee-san alright?" Both nodded enthusiastically at the silver haired ninja as he vanished with the wind and reappeared in front of their older brother Kyuubi.
Zaimaru's golden eyes stared in Kyuubi's own raging pale blue, his smile was forgotten and he had taken on a serious face just as Kyuubi had donned a dark glare. Instantly his hand shot out and grabbed Kyuubi's, gripping it tightly like any mans handshake should be. "It was a pleasure to meet you and your siblings," Zaimaru said with the ghost of a smirk on his face as Kyuubi's own grip increased, all the while glaring daggers at Zaimaru.
A gust of wind and he was gone, the only thing that had marked his presence was a cloud of dust and a few footprints. Kajiba grumbled to himself about being to fast for his own good as he turned and calmly left, not saying a word to the Uzumaki's. A few moments of silence hung in the air, it unnerved Hitomi hearing nothing from her brother for such a long time. Even the twins were quietly munching their chocolate awaiting his words.
Kyuubi turned at an agonizingly slow pace, coming face to face with Hitomi with anger in his eyes, "never again." Hitomi cocked her head to the side in confusion but Kyuubi filled in the gaps, "you are to never see him ever again." Hitomi was about to retort but Kyuubi's serious voice and face quieted her instantly as she hung her head slightly, "yes Onii-san." Kyuubi turned and began marching, Hitomi ushered the two kits along with sweet promises of Obaa-chan and ramen.
Tsunade sneezed for what had to be the hundredth time today. Either she was the center of some really good gossip or she was catching a very bad cold. She shook her head and turned back to her work, hundreds of scrolls still waiting to be sorted and signed. So many things to do and so little time to do it. Just because they had won the battle the other day didn't mean the war was over, the Rock and Cloud alliance hadn't offered a peace treaty as of yet.
Tsunade's pen slowed until it froze, her mind becoming lost to her thoughts as it so often did in the past years. However these thoughts had a meaning, a true purpose behind them. So many reports of mysterious ninja and powers being displayed, none of those in the front lines would talk. It was as if they were sworn to secrecy through a ninja's pact. Tsunade put them through the grinder with Morino Ibiki AND Ino. Even Ino's mind jutsu couldn't penetrate the secrets held within the heads of the ninja.
Before she could continue her mind numbing mental rant she heard her door open and to her surprise a smiling Zaiaku entered, his arms crossed over his chest as he spoke, "good afternoon Hokage-sama. Wonderful day isn't it?" Tsunade blinked, "...have you been sneaking your wife's stash again?" Zaiaku gave her a look of false hurt, "why would I ever raid my beloveds Sake stores...again?"
Tsunade had to rub her eyes seeing as they were sore from her work, "Zaiaku what the hell do you want?" Zaiaku's grin widened as the Hokage's eyes were still behind her hands. "You have some visitors," Zaiaku said, sticking his arm out the door and gesturing those outside to enter. "Zaiaku, I don't care who they are," Tsunade said still rubbing her tired eyes. "They need an apointm..." Tsunade froze as she let her eyes escape her hands, coming face to face with a two pairs of eyes, one a pale blue and the other ghostly lavender.
"Obaa-chan!" came two shouts and Tsunade found herself driven to the ground as two pairs of tiny arms wrapped themselves around her neck. Tsunade blinked a few times, she was more confused than the time she...well let's not get into that right now. Tsunade was about to say something before she felt the two beings that had latched onto her be pulled away with the soft call of, "Obaa-chama needs to breathe you two."
When Tsunade regained her bearings she stood up and what a sight awaited her. Tsunade could only trip over the multitude of words that wanted to come forth all at once. Her eyes went from Kyuubi, to the excited looking twins, to the pretty young lady standing at the end of the row. "The Uzumaki's Hokage-sama," Zaiaku said with a wide smile, waving his hand over the four young ones.
Tsunade thought and thought, her mind working over time and getting paid just to come up with the ultimate question, "wha?" "Oh you started without us," came a voice from the Hokage's window making everyone turn to the source of the sound. Standing in the window was Naruto with Hinata at his side, both of them smiling lightly as Naruto spoke, "I was sure we were going to make a surprise entrance, not just walk in the front door."
Tsunade's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates, watching the Kitsune mates step into the room as softly as if they were floating and walk over to their young ones with smiles. "Have you kids been behaving?" Naruto asked with his left eyebrow raised. Kyuubi nodded, "just as you asked dad. We didn't get to many looks." Naruto gave Kyuubi a skeptical look to which Kyuubi nervously smiled, "ok maybe more than a few."
Hinata walked over to the twins and hugged them, "how were my two little kits today?" "Great!" they said in tandem as they hugged Hinata, "this guy gave us chocolate and did a cool trick!" Hinata got a confused look on her face and looked up at Hitomi who gave her mother a reassuring smile, "a friend of mine, Zaimaru."
Hinata's face showed her obvious feelings of worry as she cast a glance at Kyuubi but Hitomi giggled lightly quelling her mother's fears. Hitomi spoke with a mirthful tone, remembering earlier in the day, "Onii-san had a hard time scaring him." "But if you're just friends," Arashi started curiously which little Tsunade finished," why does he call you hime?" This earned a small laugh from Hinata and a red face with some stuttering from Hitomi.
Outside the door Zaiaku leaned against the wall, a small smirk crossing his features as he vowed to talk to his son later.
"Na...Naruto..." Tsunade spoke for the first time since they entered; Naruto suddenly got a chilled feeling in his spine. He turned slowly to see Tsunade with fire in her eyes and her arm wound up for a big punch. "Oh no..." he muttered seconds before he was ejected from the tower via a newly created hole in the wall.
"THAT'S FOR DISSAPEARING FOR SEVEN YEARS!" Tsunade yelled out the hole in the wall, watching the vanishing form of Naruto as he flew through the air. She swiftly turned to see the other members of the Uzumaki Kitsune clan with their ears laid back and their tails puffed out in fear. They all looked ready to run at the drop of a hat. Tsunade didn't let them have that opportunity; she walked forward and gripped Hinata in a gigantic hug. Hinata was surprised but smiled lightly and hugged the emotionally jangled Hokage tightly, "by the gods...I never thought I'd see you again."
Hinata's smile turned to a sadder tone with a forlorn look in her eye, "me either Hokage-sama." Tsunade broke the hug and held Hinata at arm's length, "none of this Hokage nonsense! It's Obaa-chan to all of you!" Tsunade laughed with an odd tone to it while Hinata moved slightly and gestured to the younger ones.
"Have you met my kits?" Hinata asked to which Tsunade smiled happily, "I haven't gotten to pleasure." Hinata stepped over to Kyuubi, "you should remember Kyu-kun." Tsunade walked over and stared with a disbelieving look on her face, it made Kyuubi smile lightly. "Hey Obaa-chan, it's been a while," he said before he was locked into a Tsunade hug. "Been a while...it's been too long," Tsunade said pulling back with a wet sheen to her eyes.
Hinata moved Tsunade to the smaller replica of herself, "this is our second one. Hitomi-chan." Tsunade couldn't help but stare and it made Hitomi blush at the attention. To aliviate this she bowed slightly, "hello Hoka...um Obaa-chama." Tsunade smiled and drew the young woman into a hug, 'she's like her mother...so much so.' Tsunade let her go and was moved to the two smallest ones.
"These are the babies of the family, Arashi-kun and," Hinata paused for a second taking the time to look at Tsunade's face, "Tsunade-chan." Tsunade instantly faced Hinata, her eyes glistening as Hinata nodded with a small smile. Tsunade turned to the two children, both of them looking up at her with a slightly expectant look on their faces. She bent down and drew them close into a warm hug, "I...I've missed so much."
Tsunade's tears finally broke the final barrier and they spilled all down her face, 'Hinata's a Kitsune...they have four children...Naruto's back...my god I'm going to kill him.' Tsunade couldn't help but smile and hug her two smallest grandchildren to her as tightly as she could. She wasn't going to let them go ever again.
End Chapter
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