Disclaimer:
I don't own Naruto… But at least I own Itachi!!
(Itachi randomly pops up) No you don't. (Spicy Lime squeals in joy and glomps Itachi).
ILOVEU ILOVEU ILOVEU ILOVEU!!
Please get off me.
Never.
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Well…I hope you all liked the last chapter. If you're reading this, then you probably did…or you just don't have anything better to do. Well… here you go anyways and please R&R. Thanks sooo much for reading and I love you all.
Onto the story….!
Last time:
A giggle came from the source of the smoke. "You're sooo much fun, Naru-kun." She announced as she came out of the smoke. Swaying tail and ears could be seen though the gray haze as she came closer.
As the smoke cleared from the area two figures could be seen. One was that of a girl and the other was that of a boy. The girl was Akane and the boy was Naruto.
Akane stepped out of the shadows and could clearly be seen. She has flowing red hair that was put into low pigtails that start at the base of the neck and goes down to her mid-back. She has short bangs that frame the face. Her eyes are a startling green that have slits for the pupils. She is wearing a dress that goes to mid-thigh. It's open (a little too much) on the sides. It has open shoulders and back, but connects by a collar around the neck. Where the dress would reveal too much, there are wrappings. One around the upper-torso and one from the hips down to her mid-thighs. Her dress is black with a red flower in the middle and red trim. Her nails are painted black and her make-up is the same as she had on when she arrived in the Hokage tower.
But what stands out the most is that she has eight swaying, red fox tails and ears. She also has three whisker marks across each cheek.
"Naru-kun. I haven't seen you for such a long time. Why don't you come out of the shadows so I can see your pretty face?" she asked while walking closer.
Naruto came out of the shadows and could be seen clearly in the moonlight. He has pitch-black hair with some gold streaks. His hair is in a long ponytail that goes to mid-back. He has long bangs that have red tips. His eyes are a glowing amethyst with slits for pupils. He has on a black overcoat that goes to the floor. It has red flames decorating the bottom along with red trimming. Underneath that, he has on a black muscle shirt. He has on baggy pants that are such a deep red that they look almost black. The pants have a lot of hidden pockets that can hide numerous objects. With all of this, he has on a pair of black ninja sandals. On his hands, he's wearing a pair of blackish-red fingerless gloves.
He also has some unusual features. He has nine onyx black fox tails and ears that have golden tips. He also has three whisker marks on each cheek, like usual.
"Hello, Akane. You shouldn't have done this. By the way… why did you ask Konoha for some teams to escort you home? I know for a fact that you can handle yourself quite well." He said in a disbelieving voice.
"Hmph. For your information, I heard rumors that you were hiding in Konoha as a Genin and I wanted to see for myself. That's why I specifically asked for the best Genin teams to escort me home. By the way, we are going home." She smirked at this. All he did was cringe. "Now that I know where you're at, you're staying there with me. You have to anyway. Ooooohh. The Council's gonna flip when they find out!" she said in joy while she twirled around in joy.
Naruto sighed deeply at this. 'Kami! This woman's impossible!! Why did this have to happen now?' he thought.
"How about this…" Naruto started. Akame just stared, wondering what he was about to say. "When we get to the village, I'll stay. But, you won't say anything what-so-ever about this until we get to the village. We'll also have to tell the Hokage about this when it happens." Naruto opened the eyes that he didn't even know he had closed and looked at Akane.
Akane was deep in thought. All of a sudden, she looked at him and decided. "Alright. That's fine with me, but if anyone else besides me finds out about you, you'll have to explain and everything." At the end she smiled viciously.
The black-haired youth noticed this and quickly added, "That's okay, but you can't do anything to help them out. Deal?" he asked while extending his hand. Akane looked sad at first when he said about her not helping the humans figure it out, but then perked up and shook.
"Deal."
Little did they know that someone was watching them from the shadows with glowing eyes.
The next morning:
Everyone was starting to wake up when they heard an inhuman shout. After that there was a loud crashing and a boom. They were all on guard when they saw something coming through the surrounding bushes.
It was… Naruto?
The blond came out of the bushes while rubbing his sore spots. Everyone sighed.
"What the hell were you doing?!" Sakura screamed, causing the blond even more pain.
"If you must know, I slept in a tree because Little Miss Princess here was using my tent. Something hit me and I fell down. Quite far down, actually." He said with his trademark foxy grin. Everyone just stared at the stupidity.
A yawn interrupted the entire scene and out came Akane. "G'morning everyone! Isn't it a bright and sun shiny day?" she asked. The entire group looked around at the dark sky above that was lightning every once in a while.
"But it's going to storm. It's not technically sun shiny when it's storming out." Ino said while looking at the stormy sky. The clouds looked like they were about to burst at any minute.
"But I love storms! They're soo much fun! I sleep better during them, too!" she said in her chipper voice.
Some of the team members slowly backed away from the cackling girl and her crazy ways.
After a couple of good, long minutes, Akane finally settled down and stopped her maniacal giggling/cackling and stated, "We should go now." She nodded and grabbed her little backpack of things. Naruto and the others grabbed their tents and went on their way, trailing after her.
Although, Naruto couldn't shake the feeling that they were being followed. He shook his head and continued on his way. Just after he had passed a rather large bush, a pair of glowing eyes appeared.
After only a few hours of walking, it started to pour sheets of rain. It was so bad that they could no longer see a few feet in front of them. They all unanimously decided that they should stop for a while until the rain stops. The majority of votes were from princess Akane.
When they stopped they all pulled out their tents and went into them for cover. Akane had rushed under Hinata's tent because she was closest. Sadly, for her, Naruto was the farthest from her.
As the blond huddled under his tent, he heard some rustling from a nearby bush. He quickly took out a kunai and prepared for anything. Suddenly, something jumped out of the bush and into Naruto's tent. The blond fell over from the impact and looked up at his attacker. It was a cute little fox. It looked like a little kit, only older.
As the fox cuddled up to Naruto, it licked his cheek and laid down on his lap.
Naruto just sighed. "Why is this all happening to me now?" he said to himself. The fox lifted its head and tilted it in question. "Stop looking at me like that. It's true." He said. The fox just put her head back down and tried to sleep while the blond just shook his head. As the fox started to fall asleep, he whispered in her ear, "I know what you're doing here."
After a few more minutes the rain settled down and the sky was just lightning. The group decided that it was okay to continue on their way. Akane, having nothing to do, decided to go help Naruto pack up his tent.
When she saw his tent was still up and he wasn't putting it away, she figured that he was asleep. So, she opened up his tent and saw something that surprised her. Naruto was fast asleep while cuddling with a little fox as though it were a teddy bear. She growled as she noticed the fox cuddling closer.
So, she did the only thing that came to mind. She started kicking and smacking Naruto. With each smack she would say a word. "Get. Up. Now. You. Frustrating. Blond!!" With a final kick she stopped and started to control herself. Naruto just slowly sat up, still holding the fox in one arm and rubbing his eye with the other.
"What? Why do I hurt all over?" he asked the fuming Akane.
"You are sleeping and the rest of the group is waiting for you. And by the way… who's this that you're cuddling up to?" she asked in a harsh tone. Naruto looked around frantically, confused as to what she was asking.
"What? Who am I 'cuddling up to?'" he asked.
"Her." She said and pointed to the fox he was still holding.
"Oh. She just came in here to get out of the storm." He lied. Of course he knows who she is. How could he not? He just didn't want Akane to find out too soon. He didn't want to have to deal with an angry princess.
She gave him a suspicious look, but left it at that and stormed out. He sighed in relief.
'Time to put this away I guess.' He thought to himself. He then looked down at the fox that had just woken up. "You might as well come with me. Not like you're gonna leave me alone now." He said. She yipped happily and hopped up on his shoulder.
He finally got out of the tent and quickly packed it away. The others just stared at him.
"What took you so long?! Why's there a fox on your shoulder?" an angry Sakura asked. The Jounins perked up when they heard Sakura say the word "fox."
"She just hopped into my tent to get out of the rain and decided that she wanted to stay. Got a problem with it?" he asked. The fox, sensing his slight anger, growled at the pink-haired girl. She quickly backed up. Naruto just smirked and pat the fox on the head. "Anyone else have a problem with it?" he asked and glared at Akane to shut her up from saying anything.
With that, they were on their way again.
After a few miles, Chouji asked, "How much farther is it, princess?" Shikamaru, who was walking next to him nodded his head.
"Yes. You haven't said where it is at."
The guards who've kept quiet the entire time, chimed in. "We're just a few more miles away from the village. Once we reach the Living Oak of Protection, we're there." This left everyone wondering what the Living Oak of Protection is. And so the journey continued.
It was actually a very short way. After about three more days of traveling, the guards and Akane stopped. Naruto noticed the tree right away, but said nothing. It would be a little suspicious.
The group was basically in the middle of a clearing. Akane walked up to the Oak.
"Give me a kunai." She stated. One of the guards gave her a kunai. She held it up to her hand and cut it. The group stared at her and then understood what she was doing. She swiped the blood onto the Oak and the two trees next to it and said, "Kai."
All of a sudden, a huge gate appeared. Akane walked towards it a little bit and stopped. Two figures jumped out of the shadows.
"Halt! Who is it?" the first one asked.
"It is princess Akane. I have come with three teams from Konoha." She then walked up to the guard and whispered something into his ear. The guard's eyes went wide.
"Please enter. It's been a while." He added the last part a little hesitantly.
As they entered, they saw a huge village that looked a lot like Konoha. The only difference is that this village seems to be molded to fit the forest. The Konoha teams were amazed at the village. But, what stood out the most were the people. There weren't that many people out and all that were stayed very silent and just stared at the people with untrusting eyes. There were also many foxes of all shapes and sizes wandering around. This confused the group a lot. Shouldn't there be more people out?
They finally came to the center of the village where there was an enormous tree. The building wrapped around it and went almost all the way up.
'This must be the where the king is.' Thought most of the group.
Before they went up, the fox that was on Naruto's shoulder jumped off. But, not before he whispered, "I'll see you later." The fox nodded and jumped off. No one noticed this exchange.
As they walked through the tower, numerous people stared at the group as though wondering what they were doing.
When they finally got to the main room, they heard someone say, "Come in."
They went inside and were surprised to see a room full of people who were shrouded by the shadows. There were many who started to whisper when they went inside.
The princess stepped out in front of them and cleared her throat to quiet them all down. "As you know… I went away to try and find my fiancé. Well, now I'm back. These people behind me are three teams from Konoha. They were escorting me back. The reason for this is that I've found him. And he's right here." She said and turned towards the group.
The three Konoha teams looked at one another wondering what she was talking about when all of a sudden, Naruto walked out in front and sighed heavily.
"Hey. What's up?" he asked the Council as they gasped. The group behind him looked at him
"Dobe, get over here. Stop embarrassing yourself." Sasuke said annoyed that Naruto was being stupid and getting all the attention.
As soon as he said that, many guard had their kunais up to his throat. The group were on the defensive when they saw this. All of a sudden a booming voice could be heard over all the commotion.
"STOP!! Guards, please put your weapons away. What is the meaning of this? What is going on?"
The princess had had enough. "Naruto! Will you please answer him?! Geez. I've had enough of you stupid nobles!" she shouted. Naruto laughed at this.
"You're one too, idiot." Naruto said jokingly.
Asuma had finally had enough of this guessing game and spoke up. "What is going on? Can someone please explain because we're all for a loop here." The rest nodded in agreement.
The booming voice sighed and came down from his seat and out of the shadows. He was an old man with many wrinkles. He had on a blood red robe with black lining. His eyes were a pale brown, but shone with a youth that couldn't possibly be there. But, what shocked the group in front of him was the fact that he had nine gray fox tails swaying behind him, two droopy fox ears, and three whisker marks on each cheek.
"Naruto. Would you please greet me properly?" he asked. The blond suddenly glomped the old man. Everyone was shocked at this.
"Hello, gramps." He said. The old man smiled and released the blond. He then frowned.
"What's with this goofy form? You look so much better in your regular one." The teams in front of them were even more confused than before.
Akane decided to speak up. "I agree, Naru-kun. You should change. You're sooo much hotter like that."
"Then you should too, Akane. It would only be fair." She sighed and nodded in agreement.
All of a sudden, the two teens' form started to get hazy and shift. Naruto and Akane had changed into the forms that they had when they "met" that first night. Everyone in the room gasped.
The council all stood up and started to bow. They all said, "It's nice to see you again, Prince and Princess."
So how y'all like that?! MWUAHAHAHA! Don't worry. This won't be a really short fic. It will be a romance type one. Sort of like Romeo and Juliet with a really really big twist and not sooo sad. I still have to add the special surprise. I think I will in the next chap. Well…I hope you all actually keep reading this. It would be sad if you peoples don't. You would be all like "OMFG! This fic. sucks! I'm not reading this anymore!" And I'll be all like "Noooo! (cries and starts playing with lighter) Pretty light will help me. Yes. My precious will help me. (starts snuggling with lighter) Preeeecccciouuussssss." And you'll be all like "Dude, WTF?!" and then you'll all run away in fear. Yeah. Um…now I forgot what I was gonna say. Crap!! Oh wells. Byes for now I guess. Yeah. Byes my pretties!
