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Naruto's Fox

Chapter 2

Formidable Fighting Fox of Ferocious Fury

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After making his way from the forest to the main streets of Konoha, Naruto was now exhausted. Not sleeping for a few days being transformed into a knew form and getting into a fight with an owl began to catch up to Naruto. Naruto was careful not to be seen by anyone as he made his way through the streets but after hiding behind a trashcan he heard a very not welcoming hiss. Naruto looked up and saw a particularly mean looking most likely stray cat.

"Back off Cat-jerk."

Naruto recognized this cat. They never got along with each other and it seemed this cat would always wait for him by these trashcans just to get a chance to scratch or bite him. It was probably the whole stepping on the cat's tail thing that made it so angry at him but now things were different. The cat was bigger then Naruto now and it was a pretty strong opponent…considering it was just a cat though it did manage to win more then a few of their little fights.

The cat hissed again before jumping down at Naruto. Naruto quickly jumped back and got into a fighting stance(however a fox would do it anyway). The two squared off and charged at eachother. The cat swiped at Naruto but Naruto dodged left and lunged at the cat's neck with his jaws. The cat which was still in mid swipe used its momentum and rolled over its shoulder ducking under Naruto's bite. They both stared each other down for a while when Naruto was sure he heard something like "Cat's eye hypnosis" And started to feel dizzy when he stared at the cat. Anyone else would have just heard the cat give a few meows and a hiss.

"HEY look at that guy's"

The cat broke its stare on Naruto to look at what was making the noise before giving a look that said "we'll finish this later" and ran off somewhere.

Naruto was still standing there when he heard more voices. Saying things he wished they wouldn't say. Things like

"look at that dumb little fox, it has a bunch of tails.", Hey that fox was gonna get the crap kicked out of it. I remember seeing that cat beat up that monster fox kid before." The worse one was "Hey I bet that's another demon fox. Let's kill it!"

It didn't take Naruto long before running away sounded more and more like a good idea. The class bottle and rocks being thrown at him helped him make the decision faster. Naruto was running down an alley as fast as he could but exhaustion was starting to overpower him. He ducked under a small hole in a fence to get away from his pursuers. He heard the men run by the fence and thought he was safe for now. just like when I was younger…

"Grrrrrrrrr"

Naruto didn't even look at what made the sound before bolting through the hole again running as fast as his tired paws could carry him away from the alley. Naruto cursed everything from the rock he felt under one of his paws to the whole village as he made his way back to his apartment.

"finally home… sort of."

Naruto was staring the last obstacle to his home, The door. He used all his knowledge and ninja skills to come up with a plan to get inside. A loud bang was heard as Naruto tried to plow straight through his door but his small fox body wasn't big enough to even make a mark on it. Naruto lay unconscious for a few minutes but after coming too he remembered something.

The window! Of course it's always open!"

He thought to himself and ran past the door and stood in front of a pile of boxes papers and other assorted crap not needed in his house staring at his gateway into his salvation. The window was indeed open. Only cause it was broken. He would have to thank the asshole who threw a rock threw it later but he just wanted to go in and sleep on his now oversized bed. Naruto jumped onto the junk pile and leapt through the window and landed on his apartment floor. "Ha now what do you think of me Baka door! Naruto made his way to his bed for a well deserved rest.

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The next morning

Naruto woke up the sounds of scurrying and gnawing sounds. He heard them before, lots of times.

"Damn Rats"

Naruto got up on all fours and moved to the edge of his bed to see some rats fighting over some garbage and possibly a ramen noodle he somehow didn't eat. The rats stopped and looked to see Naruto staring at them. One of the rats probably the leader scurried closer to Naruto to get a better view of this weird orange ball of fur.(Tid-bit of info- groups of rats Rats have a leader that tells the others what is going to go on around their territory for as long as it can stay in power. Yep, rats have social structures…now if I can just harness the power of the rat….uh…back to the story) The leader made some squeaks and the other rats advanced on Naruto.

It was 6 vs 1 in favor of the rats and Naruto was still sore from the previous night's events. Naruto was dodging rat bites and possible grappling moves the rats were trying to perform but Naruto was getting overwhelmed. A rat attacked from behind but Naruto turned and tackled it to the ground. He then felt a sharp pain on his left shoulder where another rat bit him while occupied with the first rat. Naruto tried to shake of the rat but he was not much bigger then the rats, so tossing them around was out of the question. Naruto saw the leader Rat lunge at him so he shut his eyes and braced himself. Naruto heard a loud half squeak half hiss and when he opened his eyes he was surprised to say the least. He saw the leader Rat on the floor probably unconscious while Cat-jerk was standing at its full height over the rat though it was only about a foot tall or so, to a rat it was very intimidating. The other rats grabbed their leader and took off out the window. Naruto was trying to look as tough as a small nine tailed demon Kit could and muttered a small fox yelp which was supposed to be a "thank you". The cat looked as if it had a smirk on its face and leaped out the window.

For some reason the Kyuubi's power wasn't healing Naruto and this was the time he wanted the super fast healing powers most. He had trouble moving his left front leg and the bite wound was pretty deep (tid-bit of info- Rats can bite hard. VERY hard…stupid rats). Naruto was trying to lick his wound when he heard loud knocking.

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Outside Naruto's apartment with Sakura

"Naruto! Open the Door!"

Sakura was shouting very irritated at Naruto for not showing up to practice. Even Kakashi had to wait. After an hour of waiting they decided to go see if Naruto was ok. The team split up to go look for him. Sasuke had the Ramen stand where Naruto always eats at. Kakashi said he would go look around town but when his student weren't looking he just sat in his favorite tree and read his favorite book. Sakura had to check his apartment.

"NARUTO!!" Sakura yelled again She looked around and went over to his window noticing it broken she wasn't sure how it could have been broken but knowing Naruto it could have been anything.

She crawled through avoiding any sharp glass still sticking on the window.

"UHG! What a pig!" Sakura was looking around the apartment and didn't like how…"lived in" it was She made a quick sweep of the apartment checking the rooms for Naruto but not finding him she was going to give up. She looked around the apartment again.

"Might as well make this place slightly more livable."

Sakura got Naruto's trash can from the corner and started making short work of any garbage lying around. After finishing with the other rooms after about 5 minutes Sakura moved into Naruto's bedroom. She saw just as much garbage a picture of team 7 on a nightstand by his bed some empty bottle of some kind of alcohol off in the corner and a questionable orange book on Naruto's bed. Sakura wondered what Naruto actually did on his free time a little worried about the alcohol and a little disgusted with the book. After cleaning up the trash and bottles she pulled back the bed sheets to fix the bed up when she saw him.

Sakura's eyes went wide and she let out an "awwwww". "He sleeps with a stuffed animal how cute...WAIT that's not cute anything with Naruto involved can't be cute…" "hmm Looks like a fox…with…nine tails? Naruto stayed as still as he could and hoped she would leave.

Under the bed sheets like a scared kid, that was real clever Naruto Naruto chided himself but snapped out of it when he felt himself being lifted into the air.

"It's so soft" Sakura was stroking Naruto's tails and Naruto was doing his best not to squirm. Sakura then looked over the thought to be stuffed animal when she looked at its shoulder.

"that looks like-" Sakura rubbed Naruto's left shoulder and immediately dropped him when he let out a loud yelp.

"I-It's real!" Sakura watched the small fox wince at the pain it just went through and give out yelps giving voice to its pain.

"Sakura-chan It's me Naruto!" Naruto was trying to explain to Sakura and not aggravate his wound while Sakura watched in disbelief. Sakura was only hearing small yelps, whimpers and she thought she heard a quack in there somewhere.

Naruto gave up trying to talk to Sakura and just laid down on the bed, staring at Sakura while she stared back.

"Oh no it's hurt" Sakura moved closer to inspect the wound an was a little amazed at how tame the fox was even when it was hurt. She figured it must be Naruto's and it got hurt from the broken glass on the window somehow. Sakura decided she would take it home with her and fix up its wound for Naruto. She was also going to beat the ramen filled crap out of him for letting his pet get hurt.

Naruto was to worn out to try to resist Sakura picking him up and decided to just go with things for a while. Sakura found a small towel to wrap Naruto up in and Left through the door locking it before she left though she wasn't sure why since the window was right there and open to steal everything he had. That made her feel bad for Naruto since she didn't much else but a small table, a chair, a bed, a small desk, and the picture of their team…if you exclude the trash and perverted book.

Naruto was actually comfortable in the towel and took a quick nap on the walk to Sakura's. When Sakura got home she read the note on the table saying her parents were going to be gone for a couple of days on business again and she needs to get some milk.(tid-bit of info- Milk is a good choice when you want something to drink but just brushed your teeth)

She put Naruto down and got some bandages and disinfectant for the wounds. She unwrapped Naruto and stared as his tails were lazily waging back and forth one after another. She then put the disinfectant cream onto the wound. Luckily it wasn't painful since the cream dulled pain as well as keeps the wound clean. She then tied a small bandage around Naruto's wound and stepped back to admire here work.

"without even waking it" Hell yeah!" Inner Sakura was proud of Outer Sakura for here work on the fox when suddenly…"GRRRRRR"….Naruto sprang up onto all fours wincing a little at the dulled pain. Sakura's stomach growled loud enough to wake Naruto.

She blushed to no one in particular and thought about the time.

"well it is a little past noon. I guess I should have something to eat." "Stupid Naruto making us waste all that time!." "Hey little fox do you want something to eat?" Sakura wasn't really expecting an answer but felt like talking to someone that wasn't in her head like Inner Sakura was. Naruto looked at Sakura with a tilted head and gave a whimper.

Naruto was trying to answer yes but remembered she wouldn't be able to understand him. "Ok lets go get something to eat. Maybe we can meet Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei on the way and see if they found Naruto-BAKA! Sakura picked Naruto up and left her house.

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TBC….probly…..

A/N I think I might have a theme going here. Naruto having ninja fights with animals, eh.