Chapter 1
AN: I would like to thank everyone who's already followed and favorited my story. I was not expecting so many people to like my story after just the prologue. You're awesome.
Uzumaki Hotaru
Something nudged me. I wrinkle my nose in annoyance not wanting to wake up. Wait… Why does my body feel so weird? Suddenly I am wide awake and struggling to force my eyes open.
The first thing I see is a baby sleeping next to me. Apparently that's what woke me up. I barely pay it any mind though as I look down at myself...What the hell?! I'm some type of animal but can't quit tell what without looking at my face. I faintly acknowledge that at least I have nice silky fur. Wait, not important.
Taking deep breaths I try to figure out what's going on. This definitely isn't a dream. It's way to real. Inspecting the baby next to me I realize something. It might just be me losing my mind, but this baby looks an awful lot like Naruto. He even has the whisker marks. Looking at my own body again I take in every detail. I'm mostly black with a fluffy tail tipped with red and some red on my paws. It wouldn't be very surprising if my ears are also tipped red. It's now very obvious I'm a fox.
I am a fox. In the Naruto world apparently just after the Kyubi attack. And I'm in Naruto's crib….. WHAT KIND OF CRAPPY FANFICTION IS THIS? My brain kinda shuts down as I let out a loud cry. If I had been thinking clearly I would have been surprised at how human it sounded.
Suddenly someone was picking me up out of the crib and talking softly to me while petting my back. I wasn't paying attention to the words, but it was clear they were trying to calm me down before I set Naruto off. As I slowly calmed down I had the slightly hysterical thought that at least I'm not orange. I glanced at the crib where Naruto was still asleep and blinked owlishly. Wow he sleeps like a log.
I looked up at the person holding me. It was an exhausted looking Sandaime Hokage. He smiled slightly and said, "I'm glad your brother wasn't bothered by all the noise at least." What does he mean brother? I sneezed making him laugh as he set me back in the crib. Finally taking in the rest of the room while he checked on Naruto I realized we were in his office. My attention was drawn back to him as he walked to the door and opened it slightly. He said something to someone about feeding us, closed the door, and walked back to his desk.
I glance at the window, it's dark out. Was he planning to do paperwork all night? I watch him shuffle through papers with a frown. He looks like he could really use some sleep, and it's obviously pretty late at night. Why is he still working? That stuff can wait until morning.
Maybe Naruto can help me distract him. I hesitantly press my nose to his cheek. No reaction. I do it again pressing a little harder. He whines a little before settling back down. I frown and lick his cheek wrinkling my nose a little at the taste. He startles awake and looks at me in fascination. My eye widen as he suddenly reaches for one of my ears cooing loudly. Hell no. I quickly pull away not wanting him pulling on my ears. His eyes start tearing up and I wince as he lets out an ear piercing wail. Oops. I didn't mean to make him cry.
Hiruzen rushes over to calm him down. A couple minutes later a woman comes in with two bottles of what I guessed is baby formula. I suddenly realize how hungry I am, and I don't even care that the stuff is probably gonna taste horrible.
The lady takes Naruto, hands one of the bottles to Hiruzen, and starts feeding the fussy baby. Hiruzen picks me up carefully putting the bottle to my mouth. I quickly latch on to it's nipple surprised when it actually doesn't taste that bad.
About half an hour later we were back in the crib. Naruto quickly fell asleep again, but I couldn't. What is going on? Why did Hiruzen call Naruto my brother? Are we siblings? Does the Kyubi have something to do with why I'm a fox? There's so many questions swirling in my head and I only fell asleep much later due to exhaustion.
What would the future hold? Would I get any answers?
