To my awesome readers. Just reminding ya'll that this time-travel fiction DOES NOT follow the Naruto time-line, but I hope you guys enjoy this story. :D ahhh, the joys of fanfiction and time-travel. So many ideas. Eeeep. :P
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"Oi kit…" Naru was sleeping like a pig in mud. Her hair became loose during the night and was now reaching the middle of her back. Her top half of her jumpsuit was ridding up, almost enough for Kyuubi to see the bindings on her chest. They were as big as Hinatas' and got annoyed when they got in her way. Her pants were disheveled and screamed to be burned. NOW! Her hair was entangled around her small face with a bit of drool trailing down her side. Kyuubi rolled his eyes at the site. Normally one would be horrified at seeing such a young lady like this. A beautiful one at that too, but since he has been with her all her life, it became a normal occurrence to see his container sleep like this. No wonder you're single.
It was 11:47am. Kurama had been trying to wake up Naru since 7:30, but to his prevail, she didn't budge. Damn kit. Your sleeping is just as bad as a Nara. Kurama was at his last straw at waking her up; and was about to bite the teen before he felt 5 familiar chakra signatures approaching the cottage. "Grrr. Damn it Naru! When I get back, I'm going to shove a Hyuuga stick so far up your ass…Grrrrr!"
Kurama then proceeded to jump off the bed and cover up Naru in a blanket before closing the door quietly…oh whom I kidding…he slammed the door and walked towards the front door when he heard the knocking. The dark orange fox grew to the size of a tiger, and then opened the door to reveal a family of Senju. The Shodai Hokage, Hashirama Senju by his wife Mito Uzumaki-Senju. The Nidaime Hokage, Tobirama Senju and the two grandchildren, Tsunade & Nawaki Senju. Who would've thought the old hag of a Hokage had big knockers at this age…hmm; then again there is Naru and the Hyuuga girl. Kurama gave a quick snarl at his former container before saying, "Afternoon fleshbags. What do you want?" Or should I say demanded.
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Hashirama was having a terrible morning so far, he woke up stiff and exhausted from doing so much paperwork last-night. He was then reprimanded by his younger brother for being late to work, to do even MORE paperwork. Oh the glory of being a Kage. He had been at it since 6 in the morning and it was now nearing 11:15, when the most frightening thing to all Kage came strolling through his office. His brother Tobirama along with his assistant brought in fresh stacks of paper. He had not felt so defeated in his entire life. It was even 10 times as worse fighting with Madara, his best friend, at the 'Final Valley'. The Shodai finally had enough and started crying anime tears while banging his head on his desk; crying out, "Kami-sama hates me"…"Why me?" Tobirama watched on and sweat-dropped at his brothers' actions, when suddenly a blue & brown blur entered the office and tackled the Shodai in a loving hug.
"Oji-san. Oji-san!" Nawaki shouted. "Can we please go see the pretty Fox Lady? Please. Please. Please. PRETTY PLEASE!" he then activated the puppy-eye jutsu that Naru had taught him and his team-mates the previous morning.
Before either Hokage could answer, they heard a familiar voice, "Otouto, give grandfather some room to breathe." Scolded a young Tsunade, who soon after followed Nawaki into the Hokage's office. But she herself was curious and also wanted to see the 'Fox Lady' that had saved her otouto's life and thank her personally. Nawaki had told her how a pretty lady & her fox came out of nowhere and saved the team and him, then taught them in the absence of their deceased sensei. Tsunade was first surprised at the state her brother returned in. he was covered in sweat and had small burn marks on his body. His clothes were also ruined. They were burnt, ripped and blackened considerably. Way beyond reviving, so she threw then out. People were usually hesitant to teach the Hokage's Grandchild, in case he was hurt and lost their line into the Hokage's good books. It was either a good thing or just pure luck, that her own sensei treats her like her other team-mates.
Tsunade was then followed in by their Grandmother, Mito Uzumaki-Senju. She chuckled at her grandchildren's antics; and then kissed her husbands' cheek and nodded towards her brother-in-law, who in-turn nodded back. She had felt the foreign chakra in the village yesterday and it felt strangely familiar, so she herself wanted to meet the young lady. Of course along with Tsunade had heard the story from the youngest Senju and asked for her husband's thoughts on the girl and in reply she received, she has one of the strongest will I have ever seen in a person and has been down many rough roads for her age, but has pulled through standing strong and positive. I see such greatness in the young girl and wish to aid her in her dream for peace. *chuckle* brother says she is almost a female version of myself, and I agree myself, but she is also her own person and I chose to believe in her. But my only wish would be that she never lived her life in such a scornful village and hopefully find love one day. Her husband had never given out such praise or praises before and she became more curious to meet the young girl even more. Hopefully they all could meet her today.
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Hashirama couldn't be more thankful to his family interrupting his work and had agreed to visit Naru. Tobirama tagged along to make sure his brother didn't run off afterwards to leave him doing the work in his stead, but he was also wanting to meet the small blonde again. Not that he'll tell anyone.
The Senju group was slowly approaching the house at a leisurely pace, thanks to the Shodai not wanting to go back to work, when they heard a low growl coming from the cottage. They continued on when Nawaki reminded them that it was Naru's fox summon, or should he say 'Kurama-sama' making the noise. When they reached the door Nawaki immediately knocked on the door and was soon greeted by a large orangey- red fox.
"Afternoon fleshbags. What do you want?"
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Much to Naru's displeasure she awoke when she heard Kurama mention a stick, an ass followed closely by a growl. The she heard the damn fox slam the door, fully waking her up and soon found out why Kurama left. She could sense a few people coming towards the cottage. Shit, Kurama, why didn't you wake me. Shitty fox. Grrr shut it kit. I've been trying to wake you since the sun rose. Get your hair-less monkey ass cleaned, the Senju family is going to arrive soon. Hehe no hard feelings. You better clean your ass quick before I BITE said ASS. Hai Kurama-sama.
Naru dashed out of the bed and headed towards the shower and cleaned herself while mumbling about shitty foxes. She then jumped out of the shower in record time and dried her hair and body; and then walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, shit. I can't wear these clothes again. Huff. I hope they don't mind me borrowing some clothes. With that last though Naru rummaged through the dresser near the door and plucked out a pair of grey sweatpants along with a white t-shirt several sizes too big for her.
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Kurama started to grin at the reaction of the family before him, except Nawaki, who just grinned back and shouted a warm, "Hey Kurama-sensei, where here to see you and the Fox Lady. Where is she?"
Kurama let them into the cottage and led them into the small cozy lounge area; and then went along loud enough so Naru could hear, "oh her, well she's just drooling in the other room, snoring like a behemoth." He ginned wildly when he heard crashing followed by some cursing and before the people in the lounge knew it, they were greeted by a young teenager with flowing blonde hair that reached the middle of her back with bangs that framed her small heart-shaped face and had evenly tanned skinned. She was wearing grey sweats with a large white shirt that everyone in the Senju family noticed was Tobirama's. But even under the baggy clothes, they all knew she was well toned and had great assets. She had 3 whisker marks on each cheek, which made her look even more erotic and had beautiful, clear cerulean eyes that could rival the ocean.
Naru had marched into the room forgetting about the guests, her face as red as a tomato and yelled. "KURAMA YOU SHITTY FOX. I WAS NOT SNORING"
He raised a foxy eye-brow at her and replied, "Oh, no denial of drooling. Hmmm."
"I WAS HAVING A GOOD DREAM. YOU BAKA-ERO KITSUNE" Kurama let out a low growl, he hated being called stupid AND a pervert. And quickly lost his leverage against his container.
"JUST WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING TO? YOU HAIR-LESS MONKEY. YOU DARE CALL ME, THE BOSS SUMMONS AND CLAN HEAD OF THE FOXES AN IDIOT AS WELL AS A PERVERT!"
"THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE YOU SHITTY FOX! ENJOY YOUR NOSEBLEED YOU ASSH…" Naru and Kurama suddenly stopped when Naru felt 2 people hug her and rub their cheeks against the both of hers. Her eyes widened when she realized it was the Shodai Hokage and Tsunade. Baa-chan…Shit I forgot they were here.
"Eeep, Grandfather she's soo cute, even when she's angry."
"I agree Tsuna-chan, I didn't realize this yesterday. We must keep her. Ne?"
Before the two could continue their plans, they both heard Mito giggle at them and say, "I believe the two of you should let the young girl go before she dies of embarrassment…or lack of oxygen." Nawaki was on the verge of fainting when he saw Naru again while Tobirama had to force down a blush and keep his face neutral. She was indeed beautiful. The two Senju were unwilling to let go before they noticed that Naru was turning slightly blue and released her. Kurama just smirked at her misfortune and wrapped his tail around her to place her on the couch beside her great Aunt.
When Naru gained her bearings she was welcomed with a warm smile from her Great Aunt and smiled back.
"Now I believe introductions are in order." Mito said warmly. "My name is Mito Uzumaki-Senju, wife of the Shodai Hokage. I thank you for saving my Grandson the previous morning." Naru nodded in acknowledgement towards her Great Aunt.
Tsunade went next. "Hiya, My name's Tsunade Senju. Granddaughter of the Shodai Hokage & Mito Uzumaki-Senju and Grandniece of the Nidaime Hokage. Older sister to Nawaki. I'm 15 years old"
Then Nawaki. "Hey Sensei. You already know my name, *shrug* but just to remind you, the name's Nawaki Senju, 12 years old. Grandson of the Shodai Hokage and Mito-obaa-chan. Also the Grandnephew of a certain grumpy Hokage." Said Hokage frowned at his comment while Naru and Kumara chuckled at the grinning Nawaki.
"Guess I'm up next. It's a pleasure to see you again Naru, *cough* sorry about earlier." The Shodai grinned. "I'm Hashirama Senju, First Hokage. Clan head of the Senju clan."
"Hn. Hello Naru, as you probably know, I am Tobirama Senju, Second Hokage."
The Senju's all then looked towards kumara and Naru, waiting for them to introduce themselves and hopefully open up to them a bit. Kumara noticed this and decided to give Naru time to think, so he was the first to speak up. "Afternoon fleshbags. My birth-name is Kurama. Head of the fox clan and I am a boss summon. Naru is the second human to gain all of my respect since the first fleshbag around 500 years ago." The present Senju clan where shocked to know that Kurama only respected 2 people and that he was around or over 500 years old. Naru had heard the affection in his voice when he mentioned the first person, who was most likely the Sage of the Six Paths.
Naru was nervous, deciding whether or not to give her name when the other side gave them theirs as well as their status. She knew that they were trying to get her to trust and open up to them. She looked over to kumara who nodded and said, "Kit it's up to you whether you want to tell them or not." Just use your real name, and swear them to secrecy if you feel uncomfortable about telling them. Especially you're Aunty. I guess that she has her suspicions and the ass of the second probably knows, just looking for confirmation. Naru let out a long breathe and nodded back at her partner; and then looked back to the room of Senju.
"Before I start I thank all of you for letting me stay in you cottage and ask of you all if it's not too much not to tell anybody of my full name until I feel ready." She glanced around the room and noticed the entire family nod with eyes full of curiosity. Naru took in another deep breath and released it before starting. "The people who knew me called me 'The number 1, hyperactive most unpredictable, knucklehead ninja' or 'the queen of Pranks'" Naru let a soft smile graced her lips as she stared at the floor remembering her past life. "My name…" she then looked up and stared straight into Mito's dark pupil-less eyes and said, "Is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. 19 years old. (Sorry guys I had to change her age to fit in properly with the story) But just call me Naru." she heard a round of gasps and saw her Auntie's eyes widen in surprised. Before anybody could do something Naru raised her hand to stop all of them and continued; "I know that you, Mito-san and Nidaime-sama had some suspicions as to whom I was, and hopefully my name confirmed it." Yo Kyu, if were in this timeline, does that mean my clan has already been destroyed. I'm sorry kit but yes, but your mother is still alive, I can feel her damn chakra from here, but it's considerably small. She must be a newborn, don't worry she is also with her family. At least 3. Best to take it slow for now.
"I know that our clan was destroyed during the Great Shinobi war. Even though our nation & clan were destroyed by Cloud and Rock, I hold no grudge towards them and I suggest you should too. If you continue to hold onto that darkness it will soon consume you and I wish more than anything not to see another lose themself to the dark. The best we can do now is to forgive but not forget, it may be hard, but we can carry on their memories, will & love through ourselves." The Shodai noticed a fire ignite in her eyes, but now they were blazing like an inferno. Mito was at first outraged when she heard one of her surviving relatives tell her to forgive, but slowly her angry turned into shock then pride as she heard her blonde relative speak. The rest of the family looked on in shock and awe of Naru's declaration. "I hope to find our scattered brethren and bring them home & to re-build our clan to our once former glory. Now if you excuse me Mito-ba-san (Aunty Mito), Senju." Naru nodded, then stood up and left to go outside. What she failed to notice was the group of stunned Senju she left behind.
Kurama was the first to speak up. "That kit always had a way with words, much like her father. But I suggest you leave to herself for now…" Mito was about to protest when Kurama raised his tail stopping her, "she has a lot to think about. You have to remember that she grew up an orphan, not knowing of her heritage till just recently. It's best if you come back tomorrow." Kurama then faced Nawaki and ginned. "Bring you and your team of weaklings around tomorrow and we'll get you up and ready to be worthy of my presence." With that said and done Kurama vanished in a cloud of chakra, returning to Naru mind once again.
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The Senju family sat in silence going over the new-found information about a certain foxy teen and then slowly made their way to leave the cottage to talk somewhere more private, but the Nidaime never followed them past the front door.
"Brother, is something wrong?"
Tobirama just shook his head and said, "No, I'll catch up with you soon. Don't forget to do the paperwork."
The Shodai drooped his shoulders in defeat and sulked off toward the Hokage tower, with his wife making sure he got there. Tsunade & Nawaki were discussing how cute Naru was and how great she was for her age. Although the Shodai looked defeated, he knew that his otouto was going to see the fox mistress and smiled mentally. I hope you know what you're doing Tobi-kun, her fox summon is rather fond of her.
When his family was out of sight, he kneeled down & placed his index and middle finger on the ground. He let out a small pulse of chakra and found Naru in a clearing in the forest behind the house and raced towards her.
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Naru had walked out of the small cottage, past the training ground and into the forest. She kept on walking till she came to a large clearing, filled with bright vibrant flowers and enticing scents. She felt like she didn't belong near such beauty and innocence. Naru then sat in the middle of the flowers and felt Kurama return to the seal. Kyuu you knew didn't you? He didn't respond to her, but she knew he was listening to her. There's no one here…no precious people Kyuu… no Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan. Baa-chan isn't my baa-chan here, and neither will Ero-sennin. Jiji is still alive, but they're not MY precious people Kyuu. Naru had now begun to cry freely, she now understood the positives and negatives of being in the past. Her heart have never felt so torn in all her life, it hurt even more when Sasuke, her rival, her best friend, her brother, her secret lover, abandoned the village and her for power and shoved a chidori into her chest. They don't know me, even the baka chief toad won't *sniff* WHAT ABOUT MY DREAM TO BE HOKAGE KYU! I wa-as so c-clo-ose…s-so. Her tears started to roll down faster and could feel her heart and stomach clench in sorrow. She couldn't help but feel weak…vulnerable.
Kurama had materialized next to his host and wrapped her up against his body as his tail clung tightly to her waist. He didn't want to inform her that the Nidaime was watching, she needed to let this go now before it ate away at her. Kurama hated seeing his bright and bubble container cry. He was hoping to hold off telling her about her precious people…but most all her dream. He may be the demon king, most powerful of the nine bijuu, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, but didn't have the heart to tell her. He thought of Naruto as his very own Kit and wanted to protector her from the darkness of the world, but he knew that she was too stubborn to allow him to do that.
Kyuu what am I supposed to do? *sniff*what now, I've lost all my precious people Kyuu; you're the only one I have left. *sniff* although he still felt pain for his host, his heart swelled knowing his container thought of him as someone precious. My kit, I'll tell you now, that I think of you as my very own. You have brought me back out from my hatred since Oyaji-sama died, and I could never thank you enough. Kyuubi had gently lifted Naru's head to look at him; her eyes were beginning to go puffy and red. Her usual mischievous blue eyes were filled with sorrow and grief but had a faint look of love at Kurama's statement. Although you have lost your precious people, you can forge new bonds here in this time. Get to know this Tsunade, help make sure she doesn't leave again all broken and filled with resent towards the village. It may be hard, but never let go off your memories of those precious to you. They're who made you, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, you. Reconnect with the perverted toad and the monkey-boy. You can save them this time. Screw the time-line; it's already fucked up with us here anyway. Naru's body relaxed and giggled at her Otou-san. Kumara was relieved to see his kit stopped crying and continued on. You may not be able to be Hokage, but we can always do one better and rebuild Uzushiogakure and you could strive to be the first female Uzukage…HECK even the first female Kage. He flared his tail around emphasizing his words, which left one human giggling and another more confused. We could build the village into a great nation and give clans or missing-nins a better life. With me teaching y… Kurama was stopped when Naru gave him a tight hug and lightly placed a kiss on his forehead. She held onto his head and looked straight into his slit eyes and said, "I would like that. *giggle* who would've thought you of all people could give such a sweet pep-talk." She kissed once more on his snout. "Thank you, Kurama-Otou-san" she whispered.
Said fox lightly blushed and huffed, "No need to get all sappy with me, you little runt." His voice held much affection towards her, which made her face split with a grin. "Now there…" he tapped her nose gently with his tail and said, "Is the kit I know and love."
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Tobirama had watched the whole incident down on the clearing floor and couldn't understand what was going on. He was hiding in a tree about 25 meters away and suppressed his chakra, not wanting to be caught spying. Even if there were the 3 other ANBU ninjas secretly hiding further behind watching her. He had seen her crying and her fox summon appear without hand-signs or blood come along and embrace her. It must be a fiber-link contract*. The Nidaime had been watching the interaction between the pair and was highly confused. He watched on as he saw Naruto calm down and begin to giggle. At first he thought that she had gone mad, but then he saw her fox summon swish his tail about as if he was talking to her and heard her giggle again. He was now thoroughly lost. What's going on? The Nidaime then saw her hug the large fox and watched on as she lightly placed kisses on him while saying. , "I would like that. *giggle* who would've thought you of all people could give such a sweet pep-talk." And then whispered, "Thank you, Kurama-Otou-san" he was now engrossed into his thoughts and thought that she was officially crazy, but he couldn't just judge her by what he saw. He was a lot more level-headed and calmer than his older brother, but he was definitely curious as to what he witnessed. Tobirama watched on as Naruto and Kurama stood up and heard her voice say, "You can come out now Nidaime-sama." Her eyes landed on where he was and saw the fox grin. How did she know?
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Kit, how did you know he was there? Did you forget already? Looks like your old age is finally catching up. *huff* *giggle* my senses have been heightened remember as well as me being a sage, even without his chakra, I could still feel him. Huff, whatever kit, I'll leave you two alone, that speech had left me exhausted. Shitty fox. Stop being soo lazy. Later monkey-ass.
With their conversation over Naru watched as Kurama left her side and mutter about pricks not listening to the almighty fox head and go lay under a shady tree to get out of the mid-day sun and saw the Nidaime jump out of the tree to land a meter in front of her. They greeted each other with a short nod, when the Nidaime spoke up. "Naruto. How did you know I saw there?" his voice was laced with suspicion, but Naru didn't care about that.
"Just Naru, Nidaime-sama." When he gave his curt nod and she continued speaking to him. "To your question, my senses are like those of a fox, and is 3 times more sensitive than a ninja hound. Even if you masked your chakra and scent I could still feel you because of my status as a sage." This had caught Tobirama's attention. The only sages' he knew of was his older brother and that one of Saru-chan's students was training in becoming a frog sage. She was indeed impressive.
"Naru, I don't mean to pry, but what happened between you and your fox summon?" Kurama's ears perked up to this, to see how his container will handle the question, while Naru just sighed. No point in lying since I can't lie to save my ass. She heard Kurama chuckle in her mind but let it go seeing how she didn't want the Nidaime becoming suspicious.
With one last sigh she replied, "My summons and I can communicate through telepathy. It's a lot more helpful during a battle to talk to one another, and as you witnessed, it helps to keep wandering ears away." The Nidaime shuffled uncomfortably at being caught watching her, but he was also becoming more and more curious about the Fox Mistress. He then found himself staring at her wearing his clothes and couldn't help but think, she looks nice in them…wait. What am I thinking? He then looked away from her and was about to walk away before he turned his head till red clashed with blue and said, "If you need someone to talk to or need help training you can come and find me." With that he jumped back into the trees leaving a wide-eyed teen, a grinning fox and 3 very shocked ANBU.
"wh-ho the fuck was that?" she whispered.
-Ohoho, this is going to be fun.-
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And that's a wrap for the second chapter. I hoped ya'll enjoyed reading it.
-fiber link contract: a contract where the summons can appear/help their summoner without the use of blood and seals; and the human summoning them. It is only known that Kurama can do this. It is also rare to find a contract that can do this, and even more slim trying to bond/work along with the summons that hold the contract.