Kaze no Kitsune

Chapter 2

Weak and tired from his battle with Sasuke and him walking nonstop from the village he knew they would be after him for failing to retrieve that damn Uchiha, Naruto was graced with the sight of a large waterfall in the front of him. The blond smiled weakly before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he passed out.

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"WHAT!" yelled Tsunade when she heard what Kakashi had reported. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THEY ARE BOTH GONE!"

"It is exactly as I say. We lost the trail as the rain begun." Kakashi said sadly. "But the odd thing was, I felt their chakra disappear for a while and then, when that giant ball of energy appeared and then exploded, I felt their chakra for a short time. Then Sasuke's disappeared as he made his way to Orochimaru."

"And Naruto?"

"It disappeared shortly after. I would not be surprised if someone took him." Kakashi said sadly as he places the two head bands on the desk.

Then the door swung up to reveal Sakura as she ran in, followed by Hinata and Ino. She saw the head band and looked to Kakashi and Tsuande's faces. "They are back….right?"

"No, Sakura, they are not." Kakashi got out as the girl tear up while Hinata and Ino gasped at the site of the head bands' conditions.

"No…" Sakura begun to cry and the dashed out of the room. "NARUTO! SASUKE!" was what they heard.

"We'll go get her." Ino sighed as she and Hinata ran out to calm the pink haired girl.

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"You are sure?" asked a familiar voice to Naruto.

"Yes Shibuki-sama. Naruto-san is indeed fine. I am guessing it was just a case of chakra exhaustion, though the hole in the boy's shirt leaves us the question as to what happened." The voice of someone said that Naruto guessed as a doctor.

"I was in a fight with Sasuke." Naruto's sudden reply made them jump.

"AHHH!" Shibuki screamed. "How long have you been listening!"

"Oh I just woke up and heard the last of it." Naruto replied nonchalantly as he sat up in the bed.

"Alright then. You care to explain why the hell you looked like absolute hell when you got to the waterfall." Shibuki ordered. The blond nodded and told him the whole story of the Sasuke Retrieval Mission.

By the end of it, Naruto sighed and said, "And knowing the council, they would have probably used my failure as way to get me out of the village."

"You are afraid that your friends would have found out about the Kyuubi when that happened." Shibuki replied, shocking his blond friend.

"H-how do you know?"

"Simple, I described your battle with Suien to my sister and said that you were using demon chakra and since you were from Konoha, we put the pieces together." Shibuki said like it was nothing.

"Oh…wait you have a sister, I didn't see her last time." Naruto stated, wanting to meet the girl.

"Well, she is my adopted sister, but I am sure wants to meet you. After all, you two are a lot alike."

"Oh how so?" The blond asked.

"I hold the seven tailed horned beetle." came a voice as she entered the room. Naruto noticed that girl wore an orange clip in her short, spiky mint green hair that matched her eye color, which were also orange. Her ninja outfit consisted of a short sleeveless white midriff shirt with fishnet armor underneath, long white armlets, and fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over it, similar to that of Sakura's. Her forehead protector was worn on her arm like Shikamaru's. There was also wore a strange cylindrical object in red wrappings on her back, though its purpose was anyone's guess. "Hi, I am Fu."

"Nice to meet ya!" Naruto replied happily before he gained a serious look. "What kind of control do you have over your demon?"

Fu put on a thoughtful look before smirking. "I can use all 7 tails and using its power gives me super strength."

Super Strength! Oh shit, I will not anger her then! I have seen what Tsuande-baachan does to Ero-sennin! "Sounds pretty useful!" He pause for a moment and asked, "Do you think you could teach me how use the Kyuubi's chakra?"

Fu looked at him for a moment and nodded. "I can, but remember, you have more chakra than I do and your forms maybe different."

"Forms?"

"Yes, forms." Shibuki said, entering the conversion again. Each Jinchuriki has their own forms for their demons. For Fu, she has three forms. Her initial form is 4 tail that has the greenish red chakra. Her second form is her seven tailed form and her body is like the bug she holds. Her final form is her Bijuu form, where all sorts of bugs from everywhere conjugate in the device on her back and then that recreates the Seven Tailed demon."

"That is so cool!" Naruto cheered.

"You bet it is!" Fu smiled. "Now let's get started!"

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A year later, we find Naruto in front of the waterfall entrance of the village. There with him was Shibuki and Fu, along with a few other villagers. This was a good by for the time being.

During his time with them, he had full control over 3 tails in his Initial Jinchuriki. Also, thanks to the growing friendship with the fox after it told him why it had attacked Konoha in the first place, Naruto was able to have a good amount of control in his Second Form. This form was made from condensed demon chakra that did not destroy his cell like they would when he was in a berserker rage. This form consisted of his dark blood red shell and was pretty much impenetrable and a fox skull over his face and that was using 5 tails.

Any further than that, he would lose control and neither he nor the fox would have control. Fu was able to beat him back to normal when he went 6 tails by going full form 7 tails. Luckily for him, it was in a Waterfall training ground and word did not spread to Konoha.

After that, Shibuki searched a for a way for Naruto gain all the tails without losing control and while he was doing that, Naruto was learn more normal Shinobi arts. That and his control over the wind got a lot better. The leader of Waterfall found the answer to Naruto's problem in Cloud, where there was a rumor that the Jinchuriki had full control over his demon.

So here they were, saying their goodbyes for the time being. Fu sighed as Naruto and Shibuki hug one another goodbye. Fu had gained a crush on the blond guy and it didn't take a genius to tell that the blond was oblivious to it. No one knew that more than a certain Hyuuga Heiress. So, she decided to be bold. She pulled him into a kiss, completely blowing the poor boy away. She smirked at his dumbfounded expression and said, "Come back to visit us, Naruto-kun."

"R-right." Naruto stammered out with a red face as he quickly walked away.

"That…was unexpected." Shibuki deadpanned once Naruto was out of sight.

"Yeah, but I know he liked it." Fu replied with a smile.

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When the blond was half way to Cloud, he decided to rest in a nearby town. He needed food anyway. So he went into the nearby market and roamed around, looking for various foods. Fu had beaten it into him that he could not have ramen every minute of every day. He had begun eating normally after that and he gained a bit of a growth spurt because of it.

As he was walking he caught sight of someone familiar. Well, make that four someones. Team 8 to be exact. Luckily for him the crowd today was thick and when Hinata caught sight of him, he disappeared into the crowd.

"N-Naruto!" She shouted out with wide eyes.

"Huh? Where?" Kiba asked surprised and then sniffed the air to find the familiar foxy scent of his old friend. He took off after the smell, while he normal sized dog ran alongside of him.

"My bugs to sense his presence." Shino replied, which made both Kurenai and Hinata widen their eye before they shot off after Kiba.

"Shit shit shit!" Naruto growled as he ran out of town, hoping to lose them, but she felt their chakra coming closer. "What the hell are they doing here! A mission probably, but….i can't let them find me yet, I have to get stronger before they can see me again. I have to bring Sasuke back!"

The blond was panicking now as he made his way to a field and then had a thought. He wondered if his could still summon the toads. "Summoning Jutsu!" He yelled as he large reddish toad appeared before they both blinked at each other.

"I KNEW IT! SINCE YOUR NAME DIDN'T DISAPPEAR OFF THE SCROLL, THAT MEANT YOU DIDN'T DIE!" The toad screamed.

"Wow, Gamakichi, you sure have grown." Naruto observed before his mind went back on track. "Anyway, there is no time, I need to get out of here, people are chasing after me!"

"Well, I could always take you to Mount Myuboku, besides, you could use some Sage training." The toad said thoughtfully.

"Yeah yeah, let's just go!" Naruto commented, not really thinking. The toad nodded and performed some hand signs just and they disappeared in a poof of smoke just as Team 8 arrived on the scene.

"I knew it!" yelled Kiba, "I knew he was too stubborn to die!"

"We should probably report this to Tsunade-sama. We are done with our mission anyway." Their red eyed leader stated.

"Sounds reasonable." Shino stated.

As they were walking away, Hinata had a smile on her face. He is alive….I am so glad.