Kyuu *tipsy*: Yo, how is all my bros and himes? It is time for Review answer time! Kitsune, take it away!

Kitsune *grumbles*: next time remember to hide the sake better. *louder* To Rose tiger…I may be Naruto, I may not be Naruto. All depends on Kyuu here.

Hinata: To Leaf ranger: Kyuu agrees with you, but will not accept the beating. Play a video game and whoop some ass in that.

Kitsune: and since Kyuu is out of it at the moment, Refer to chapter 1 for disclaimer!


Hinata sat in the Hokage's office with Tsunade and the rest of the Konoha 12 as ANBU were trying to track down Kitsune for an explanation to the events that occurred a little over a week ago. Ten-ten was in slight shock still as Lee and Neji wrapped one of their arms around her to give her comfort. They were all shaken up by the encounter. Tsunade had ANBU and ex-ANBU tracking him, but everyone but 2 had reported no luck at finding the elusive man.

Cat appeared in front of the desk. "We have not been able to find Kitsune."

Tsunade slumped down. "Our best trackers are after him and no one can find him?"

Cat nodded. There was a rush of air as Kakashi shunshined into the office. "My dogs caught his scent, but you're not going to like the location."

"Where is he?"

Kakashi shivered. "If my dogs' noses are right, he is residing in the sewer system. As to where, my guess would be he is in the old filtration pit."

Tsunade nodded. "Go get him.


Kitsune's Residence

Kakashi entered to see the place decked out. There was a TV the size of a movie theater screen with a lot of speakers around it. A lift was on the far side of the entertainment system more than likely leading up to the surface. There were doors that looked as though they led to a bathroom, a bedroom and a kitchen. Opposite of where Kakashi entered was a pool table and a bar with a wide variety of sake and alcoholic beverages he had never seen before. Water circled the center platform where Kakashi saw one of the most bizarre things he had ever seen.

Machines and advances in technology were not used very much. Did shinobi know about them? Certainly. But they barely even used them.

Standing before him was one of those very machines, though it was very rare. It was called a Rideback. It stood on 2 wheels fixed to metallic legs fixed to an engine block. The coloring of the vehicle was a deep sapphire blue with crimson stripes along the body. It had 2 arms and stood about 8 feet high. Kitsune was sitting on the seat, very engrossed in what he was doing, with headphones in his ear. He was now wearing a black muscle shirt and red cargo shorts along with his mask still on.

"Excuse me, is your name Kitsune?" Kakashi called out.

Kitsune didn't seem to hear him.

"I said excuse me, are you Kitsune?"

Still no answer from the young man.

"Damn it, excuse me-" Kakashi nearly shouted as he took a step forward.

Big mistake.

A trap went off and soon Kakashi was hanging upside down with a chakra suppression seal on his forehead and iron casts over his hands.

'Well, I won't be leaving here anytime soon.' Kakashi thought as he watched Kitsune continue on his work, not even noticing the suspended jonin. He did however begin a movie that Kakashi noted was called 'Sucker Punch'. While he got used to the blood rushing to his head, he remembered that Pakkun was with him and was more than likely running to the Hokage.

1 hour later

Tsunade was getting peeved at Kakashi's lateness when Pakkun entered the office extremely worn out and twitching ever so slightly.

"He is in the old filtration pit. Kakashi tried to speak to him, but he had headphones in and was unresponsive. Kakashi took a step forward and activated a trap that suspended him in the air with a chakra suppression seal and iron casts over his hands. I then left after seeing the young man begin a movie."

"And what took you so long to get here?" Tsunade asked.

Pakkun shivered. "I believe we entered his home via the back door. Going in we did not expect any traps. Going out," the pug trembled even more. "Picture the worst haunted house you have encountered and multiply it by 10, and you have why it took me so long."

Tsunade thanked the dog, who returned to the summon realm after telling her he was not leaving the realm for a while to recuperate. The group now stood in the elevator shaft leading down to the pit. Many were wondering why he lived down here, and were very surprised to see that the pit was very neat. Kakashi was seen hanging upside-down and nodded to them. Kitsune looked over to the elevator and pulled his headphones out of his ears and approached them. The machine was covered in a tarp now.

"If I had known I was having guests, I would have prepared some tea and such." Kitsune stated jokingly.

"Will you please let my jounin down?" Tsunade asked with some restraint. She was sorely tempted to pound his ass. "Kakashi was only here to get you for an explanation for last night."

Kitsune nodded. "I suspected as much, but what I have to say can be easily overheard there. So I prefer my own playing field."

As Tsunade was arguing with the man, Ten-ten, Sasuke, and Chouji were looking the weapons rack near the entry way. Chouji was tempted to test the sharpness of one of the blades when Kitsune called out, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Chouji withdrew his hand rather quickly. "Those blades are demonic. They can harm physical bodies but only if the wielder wishes it. Usually, a single cut can sever part of your soul and let me tell you it comes in handy with interrogation and is extremely painful. Not to mention the blade you were about to test is not the friendliest to new people." All three of the chunin took leaping steps backwards. Kitsune motioned for them to come by the entertainment center and to have a seat. "I should probably explain who I am and what I do."

"Please." Tsunade asked.

"Very well. My codename is Kitsune. As to my real name, I can't tell you until I pass my next test. But my occupation is a Demon Hunter."

Kiba burst out laughing. "Yeah, right, and I am Hokage."

Kitsune simply raised an eyebrow. "Virgo, play the video from last night."

A feminine robot like voice sounded from hidden speakers. "Playing Battle 401, Log time 2220 hours, one week ago."

The television snapped to life as they watched the battle from his viewpoint. Freezing to when the demons attacked, he pointed to the scythe swinging figures. "I highly doubt anyone in the Elemental Nations can fight with glass embedded that way on their backs. Moving on, I am a part of a group that works under the name of The Devil Angels. Our few members range from being human to half demon to full demon."

"Which are you?" Ino asked.

"I am half demon, as are most of us. We take a lot of jobs to keep our housing the way it is: assassinations, body guarding, and what not. However, if a job with a demon show up, we contact the nearest member that's not busy and tell them. We tend to stick to areas where if a demon did attack us directly, no one would get hurt."

"That's why you live down here." Kakashi realized.

"Partly. The tunnels are also great for testing vehicles." Kitsune added with excitement in his voice.

"What do the symbols on the back of your jacket mean?" Sasuke asked politely.

"There are three of us in the Devil Angels that work together more than most. We call ourselves the EDT: the Elemental Demon Triad. I am Kitsune, the fiery fox. I specialize in a variety of areas, though I am usually for scouting. The others are the same, but Ryuuga is our aerial ace and our self-taught mechanic and blacksmith or all around brainiac. Ookami is our vehicle specialist and our heavy hitter. We all have ties back to the Elemental Nations. As to where, I'm not saying."

"How many members do you have?" Tsunade asked, slightly apprehensive to the idea of the group being very large.

"Let's see, there is me, Ryuuga-chan, Ookami-kun, Dante-sensei, Lady-nee-san, and Trish-nee-san. So in total, there are 6 of us." Kitsune counted off.

"And how many 'demons' have you actually killed?" Kiba sneered. Based on what he smelled, Hinata was beginning to like him and he wanted to stop that in its tracks.

Kitsune smiled. "Virgo, pull up the members profiles and sort the number of demons the group has killed."

The television flickered as 6 faces appeared. 3 of them were wearing masks and the group knew that they were Kitsune, Ryuuga (who was a dark haired woman from what the group could see), and Ookami (who based on what they could see was a dark skinned man). The other three was a man with bleach white hair and pale blue eyes who everyone assumed was Dante, a woman with black hair with a red eye and a blue eye who Kitsune informed the group was named Lady, and a blonde woman with piercing green eyes Kitsune identified as Trish. After the profiles settled on six different spots on the screen, picture after picture appeared of demons and were separated to the person who killed them. The numbers on the three younger devil hunters surprised the chunin as the demons he killed the night they all met were on there several times as well. But the number of demons on the elder demon slayer's lists was astounding.

Finally a demon that looked as though he was an angel with the name of Mundus was separated between Trish and Dante. Kitsune looked at the slack jawed chunin and Hokage before jabbing at Kiba. "As you can see, I have fought a large number of them and won. But the bastards just keep coming and coming." Kitsune shrugged as the television powered down. "Essentially, we are the only line of defense against the Demon world. But we are fucking good at our job. Have any of you heard of an island in Sea Country that for some reason vanished off the map?" Receiving nods, he added. "That was Trish and Dante fighting Mundus. He was trying to open a door to the demon world. The forcing of the closure resulted in an explosion that wiped out the island."

"Can others do that?" Sasuke asked. "Can they open a door to the demon world?"

"Certainly. But it takes very certain things to do that. Most artifacts are held by demons unknowingly. All it takes is someone with the know-how and the ability to hide under our noses to gather said artifacts and just leave it open. But again, if we smell a whiff of anything demonic, we are like fleas to Kiba-san."

"Who is your demon parent?" Sakura asked.

Kitsune immediately tensed. Everyone saw it and was expecting an attack. But he just lowered his head. "To my greatest shame, I share blood with Kyuubi no Vixen, the very same creature that attacked your village a little over 16 years ago."

Almost everyone was astounded at his confession. Kiba on the other hand bellowed. "So you're a demon too!" He then launched a kunai at him.

Kitsune grabbed the kunai and threw it at the ground. He looked at Kiba with hardened eyes. "Wrong, asshole. But attack me again and you will lose your baby maker." Kiba winced and covered his groin. "Something I'll point out to you is that just because I'm related to her does not mean I am a demon. Dante-sensei, Ryuuga-chan, Ookami-kun and I all are part demon. We could have helped wipe the planet of humans and given it to the demons, but we didn't and we won't. Dante's father was a demon that single-handedly forced the demon armies back into their realm a millennium ago. He had no support from fellow demons or humans. He didn't have to rebel, but he did." His eyes softened slightly before hardening even more. "You think you humans are so great and so pure. Tell me, what do you know of Naruto Uzumaki?"

Almost everyone winced. "He was a member of us." Sasuke answered sadly.

"Did you know that we look at him with the utmost respect?" He nearly growled. Everyone looked at him in surprise. "Even in the demon realm he is respected. Your people hated him for containing Kyuubi. By rights he should have released her and let her annihilate the village. Even among demons, jinchuuriki are respected under the right circumstances. One thing we all agree on is that humans have the capacity for the most hideous things possible. But you are also capable of the most passionate things. Something that Naruto was very strong at." They saw his eyes soften. "I had the honor of meeting him before he died."

"WHAT?" everyone screamed at him.

"Yeah, he saw my light when I was investigating a rumor at a ruin. He met me and told me about his life after I told him my life. Unfortunately, we were deep in the ruins by the time he realized that he was more than likely worrying the people he was with. He knocked over a weak pillar and caused a chain reaction that collapsed the ruins. We were separated. I managed to get out as one of the last pillars nearly collapsed on me." He described. "I immediately dove in to the rubble, trying to find him."

"Did you?" Tsunade asked hopefully.

"No. The ruins shifted after I left to get more help, ruining any chance I had." He looked at his watch. "You guys want to eat here? I have leftovers from last night." They all agreed and he broke out a bottle of sake and a couple of boxes of pizza, a food they had never heard of.

As everyone tried to talk to him at once to find out more about him, Kiba pulled Hinata aside. "Stay away from him. Something is really off about him and I don't like it."

The Hyuuga princess glared at him. "Why? And either way I can't. He filed for an assistant and Tsunade gave me the job."

"Then quit. I want you to stay away from him!" Kiba demanded angrily.

"No, plus he is friendly and he saved my life twice." Hinata hissed at him. "Just because-"

Cat appeared out of nowhere. "Lady Tsunade, a spider like creature has appeared in the village and is attacking anyone. No one has been seriously injured but it is moving towards the market."

Tsunade was about to give orders when Kitsune groaned. "Another one. Virgo, pull up the file on Phantom and upload it to my mask." He pulled on his coat and grabbed Rebellion and 2 things he hid from view.

"Understood," Virgo's voice sounded. "Beginning upload now."

Kitsune ran to the elevator as Tsunade joined him along with the others. "You've fought it before?"

He nodded. "Several times. Phantom is a spider made up of molten rock and lava. Dante managed to defeat the largest recorded one when on that island. Have your shinobi stay back. And I expect payment for this. You'll have a discount for this first time."

Tsunade looked out raged at the idea, but Hinata calmed her. "He does this for a living and is also not a shinobi. Did you honestly expect him to do this for free?"

"It did cross my mind but left just as fast." Tsunade admitted.

As the doors opened, Kitsune sped off into the early afternoon air. Tsunade received reports from ANBU and jounin. The beast was currently by Anko's favorite dango shop and she was not happy.


Arriving to the scene, Kitsune looked at the spider. It was the size of an elephant and was seemingly very pissed off. "Say that again whelp!" The demon's voice hissed like heat from lava.

"I said you look like your bark is worst than your bite, fat ass!" Kitsune bellowed at the demon. "Did I say that loud enough? Or are you deaf as well as slow witted?"

"You little ingrate! I planned on letting you get away but now I'm going to roast you like a pig."

Kitsune got a dreamy look on his face. "Mmmm…pork. Hey, thanks for helping me figure out my dinner tonight!" he called out while doing a nice guy pose and flashing a thumbs up at the lava demon.

"Enough talk!" Phantom spat as a scorpion-like tail appeared behind it. He spun around and hit the devil hunter and launched him into the dango store. He then bellowed as pillars of lava erupted out of the ground and consumed the store and starting fires on nearby stores. Various shinobi used Suiton jutsus to subdue the flames, but the dango store was melting to the ground.

Kitsune's voice could be heard and from what Hinata could tell, he was laughing uproariously. "You really think that you can simply melt me? You are sorely mistaken. You are fighting the Fiery Fox of the Devil Angels, Kitsune!" A pillar of white and blue flames erupted from the center of the melting pile and became a vortex of flame, drawing in the lava. The flames reached out and began to rebuild the dango store from the melting pieces and soon the store looked as good as it had when it was first opened. Kitsune walked out with a dango stick in his mouth. "You realize my flames are stronger than yours."

"Bah, you are all talk. Show me your skill, worthless bug." The demon taunted.

"Fine," Kitsune drew Rebellion and brought it back one handed as if he was going to stab it with one hand. Dark red energy began to gather around him as his arm took on the form of a three tailed fox with the mouth opening allow the handle to be inside and the tails protruding around the back. "I'll finish this in one strike." He called as the tails began to gather energy. "Kitsune Strike: Raging Stab!"

The tails unleashed its contained energy, launching the devil hunter forward and stabbing the demon in the face. "This will not stop me!" Phantom thundered. He pushed back against the tremendous energy, causing Kitsune to be forced back. Kitsune just smiled as the output of energy increased and launched the pair backwards into the street.

"He is going towards the wall!" Neji called from a point farther down the street. Everyone raced to the wall to see Kitsune embedded in the wall yelling "Coward! You are a fucking coward!" over and over as he was trying to pull his arm and sword out. They learned that the lava spider had disappeared before he hit the wall. In the end, Tsunade had to go up to him and pull him out from the wall. Looking at the damage, they found that he had sliced straight through the wall and was presumed that he could have gone farther.

Soon, Hinata was following him back down to his home. "Basically, I need you to do anything I ask. I won't ask you to do something perverted," he said after seeing her blush. "I'll also call you when I am on a mission and need information. My A.I. here is Virgo. I can't contact her long distance. She should have all the information that you need." He turned to her and gave a smile. "Are you ready?"

"Hai," Hinata nodded

"Alright, let's rock!"


Kyuu: And that is-Hic-Chapter 2!

*Kitsune smacks him in the head with a bat.*

Hinata *as Kitsune drags Kyuu into a cot*: As always, read and review!