Authors notes and information.
"Normal speech"
'thoughts'
"Bijuu/summon/intense Ki speech"
'Bijuu/summon thoughts'
I just wanted to point out. Naruto is infact four years older then the Konoha 9 in this story. just incase that didn't make sense. Also. I started using a time skip sort of set up towards the end. I am aware it is inconsistant but i'm doing it to see how it works out. Feedback would be loved.
Also The second I posted this I start on chapter four.
This time I wanna thank;
Future-Forgotten
Diamond Lotus-chan
.3950
Each of these three inspired me to continue with this story after some really personal shit hit the fan in my life the day I published chapter two. Needless to say I love all of you. =D
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Konohagakure gate, Four years since the banishment of Naruto, 5:23 am
It was very early in the morning in Konoha and today was a very rare occurrence for the land of fire. The sky was overcast with clouds and an eerie fog hung around making visibility lower.
Kotetsu was sitting at the guard post next to Izumo. They had been given the over night and early morning watch. Besides the fog they expected nothing to happen that was out of the ordinary which was why what came next was all the worse.
Suddenly there was an ominous voice coming from the direction of the fog wall that had developed outside Konoha.
~Often when I go outside~
Kotetsu and Izumo instantly became alert at the sound and focused on the wall of fog.
~All the people run and hide~
The singing was that of a male. But there was something eerie about his voice.
~Even when I smile or grin~
They saw a shadow in the fog form now and could see that it was approaching at a comfortable stroll pace.
~They look at me like some evil thing~
Kotetsu had a chill running up his back and Izumo had his hand slowly drifting to his Kunai pouch.
~So into the town I slowly strolled~
The fog suddenly broke around the figure like he had walked through a wall.
~To kill them all as I'm told~
He was now almost to the gates and you could see the fog almost trying to cling to the man. The they realised. The fog wasn't clinging to him. It was actually coming off of him.
~ Revelling in their screams of pain~
He was now inside the gates and the two guards quickly jumped in front of him. He wore a long black coat that went to his low calf and had the waist up closed. The coat had a hood on it that covered the man's head completely and bathed it in an unnatural darkness that couldn't be penetrated by the normal eye. He had black gloves on so you couldn't see any of his arms and he wore black combat boots. not a single sliver of skin could be seen. It was almost like no one wore the cloths. He slowly approached the two guards.
~As I dance about in the bloody rain~
And with that final verse he was standing but a few feet from the two. They both realised at the same time that he wore a leaf head band around his neck. But it had a large deep scratch straight through the metal. Instantly Anbu were around the man. He stood still almost as if unphased by the fact.
The man reached into the cloak on the left side over his heart slowly.
Everyone tensed at this and some Anbu drew weapons.
The man slowly withdrew his hand to reveal a slip of paper. He held it out to Kotetsu and gestured for him to take it. Noticing the his reluctance he opened the paper to show it wasn't a trap.
kotetsu slowly stretched out his hand and grasped the quickly withdrew his hand from the man. He looked at it closely.
He read it out loud so everyone knew what it said. "By order of the hokage. should he return on the sixteenth aniversary of the fight with the kyuubi, the man in possession of these documents is to be escorted directly to the hokage." He read it and showed them all the signature and seal of the third hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The man nodded at him and started walking towards the tower along the yondaime lane, a large street leading straight from the gate to the hokage tower. He stopped mid stride and gestured for someone to follow him.
Kotetsu decided to follow because he was currently in possession of the form. Then something happened to send a shiver straight up even the Anbu's spines. The man started singing again.
~Often when I go outside~
The Anbu dispersed to go back to their patrols and Izumo went back to the guard station. All of them trying to block out the chill they felt coming from the hooded man.
Hokage office, 5:39 am
The third hokage was sitting at his desk quickly reading the little orange book while nobody was looking. It was rare he got a chance to read it and there wasn't paperwork on his desk. He was reading with perverted glee until he heard something from outside he thought for a moment it was singing. He put the book away in a hidden draw in his desk. The sound seemed to pe approaching his office but was muffled by the walls. Suddenly the temperature in the room dropped several degrees in an instant before he heard a knocking on the door. "Come in." He voiced.
Kotetsu slowly opened the door and walked in slowly with a hooded man walking behind him slowly. For a moment the hokage thought Kotetsu didn't know he was there.
Kotetsu walked up to the hokage and stood across the desk from him. He placed an old looking piece of paper on the desk and pushed it across to him. "Lord hokage, this missing nin entered the village gates this morning. When we attempted to bar his was he handed me this. So as it indicated I brought him straight to you.
Hiruzen stared at Kotetsu with a confused look on his face before picking up the piece of paper and looking at it. his eyes went wide when he realised what this meant. He looked at the hooded person not quite believing it. "Remove your hood." He said almost demanding it.
The man removed his hood slowly and revealed a sun kissed face with three whisker marks. Though now they looked less like birth marks and more like knife inflicted scars. He had long messy blonde hair that seemed to be growing slowly red in places. He had deep electric blue eyes that told stories of joy and unspeakable horror. He currently was smiling slightly at the look of the old man's face. " Naruto Uzumaki, Ex Genin of konohagakure returning from four years banishment." He spoke semi formally with a slight hint of mischief in his words.
Needless to say that the hokage was slightly shocked to see the young boy he had known grown up like this. "it's good to see you again Naruto, I knew you'd return." He smiled and then looked to Kotetsu. "Can you please assemble the council and then return to your post for me?" he said as less of a question and more an order.
Kotetsu bowed and disappeared in a swirl of leaves and smoke.
Hiruzen slowly stood and motioned for Naruto to follow him as he walked out of his office towards the council assembly room.
They walked in a comfortable silence as they both understood that any questions that would be asked now would be asked again in a few minutes when they got there.
Hiruzen approached the doors and opened them. Naruto had since dawned his hood again as not to be recognised immediately. Hiruzen walked in and sat in his place in the middle of the two councils with the civilian council on the right of the doors and the clan heads on the left.
Naruto walked in and closed the doors behind him. Before he could even take a step a large man from the civi- council spoke up."Why have we been called here at this ungodly hour lord Hokage?" The civilian council all mumbled their agreements where as the shinobi council had been up for a few hours now due to the fact a shinobis day started early and ended late. Naruto knew this well. the hokage hadn't noticed but he had black rings around his eyes that would put a certain red headed Jinchuuriki to shame.
Hiruzen looked at the councilman that had spoken. " I was about to inform you of that before you spoke up." He said slightly annoyed at how the civilian council was so quick to question him. "I have called you hear today to discuss the exile of one Naruto Uzumaki form konoha exactly four years ago. As you know the exile was for exactly four years-" At the mention of the boy the civillian council exploded into an uproar. None more then one sayuna Haruno. The head of the civilian council and a well known merchant. "The demon must have died out there. Good riddance I sa-" She was suddenly cut off by a very tight pressure around her throat that threatened to crush not only her wind pipe but destroy her entire neck.
"Come now Miss haruno. Don't speak like you didn't miss me." Naruto said. everyone was shocked and awed to see the boy crouched down on the desk right in front of her seat with his had around her throat easily holding her off the ground. His hood had flown off when he had moved which not even the hokage had seen until he stopped. The boy had moved so quickly he had left several after images though along his path showing several frozen frames of his motion for a split second. The face the boy was pulling scared everyone. His mouth was twisted into an evil sadistic grin that threatened to split his face in half, His teeth were all sharp as knives and his canines were equal to that of a dog. His hair was matted and feral but the most worrisome change were his eyes. They were blood red with a black slitted pupil, they promised later suffering to all those that his was quickly looking between which consisted mainly of the civillian council. But when his eyes rested back on the Sayuna they promised something far worse.
He was still grinning at the women before he dropped her back into her seat and chuckled darkly before hopping off the table and walking back to the entre of hte room as his features changed back quickly. "I apologise for that. Sometimes I get a little excited. Don't worry. I'll keep it under control form now on." He said while offering the clan heads a genuine smile and a polite bow.
The civilians were mostly silent except for the loud coughing of the recently choked Sayuna. where as the clan heads were feeling very happy that the boy harboured no ill will towards them. they could feel the repressed Ki that naturally flowed off the boy like a mist and that much Ki could only come from either someone inhumanly powerful, or a monster. But they saw where thinking he was a monster got people.
The hokage coughed to get everyone's attention. "So, yes please control yourself Naruto. I called this meeting to inform the council of your return however that is now blatantly clear. Also I am here to inform the council that form today you are a genin rank shinobi of Konoha and are to be treated as such." He spoke with authority that didn't allow for argument.
Naruto bowed with another smile to him and the clan heads. "Can I make a request though? I would appreciate it to be a one man team. I am fairly sure I have a bit more skill then the new genin teams that will graduate tomorrow However I would also like permission to show up at the team announcements to make myself known to them." He looked around the room seeing the faces of agreement.
Hiruzen looked to the clan heads. "Since this is a shinobi matter I will ask your opinion on the request." He then waited for them to speak.
"No problem with me." Stated Tsume Inuzuka
"I'm fine with it." said inoichi Yamanaka
*Snore* Came Shikaku Nara's reply
"I agree with my friends" Said Chouza Akamichi
" It seems like a logical request." Said Shibi Aburame
Both the hyuuga clan head and Uchiha clan head just nodded as their responses.
Hiruzen smiled at each clan heads response minus the uchiha and Huuyga heads. He looked at Naruto. "Request confirmed. if that is all then I declare this meeting over." He stood up with the rest of the clan heads and left the room.
none of the civillian council dared to move until Naruto had left. Naruto grinned at the civilian council and they saw a flash of blood red in his eyes and that insane grin before he turned. Just before he walked away they all felt the room grow extremely cold. "I'll see you all later." He said in a mocking sing song way.
He quickly caught up with the Hokage as they walked. He fell into step beside him. "I didn't want to say this in front of the council. But I would also like to claim my inheritance. Don't ask how I know because I will explain at a later date. For now know that I hold no ill will towards you for with holding the information from me. You always looked after me old man and I know you would never do something without good reason." He said while looking at the aged Hokage with a kind smile.
Hiruzen was shocked slightly by this but felt relieved when he know the boy didn't blame him. "Come to my office. I will give you what your parents left you." He said while quickening his pace so they could reach his office quicker.
The two walked into the Hokage's office and Hiruzen immediately went to a picture of the fourth that rested on the wall. He poured chakra into it and there was an audible click. He pull the frame and the picture swung away from the wall to reveal an hollow in it with a small black chest with a red swirl on it as well as a strange two pronged jey with a similar red swirl pattern at the end.
He handed them both to Naruto. " The key will obviously unlock the box which contains letter from both your parents as well as a few other important things they wanted you to know." He reached into a draw and removed two sheets of paper and handed it to Naruto.
One was directions to his new estate and the other was a very hard to obtain travel pass which would offer him the right to enter and exit the city as he pleased, this also extended to anyone with him no matter who they were. Naruto smiled at this. "thank you old man." He said affectionately.
Hiruzen smiled at this. "Now, I'm sure you want to go check out your new home. Just remember. You said you wanted to go see the other genin teams during assignment so you need to be at the academy at 8:00 am at the latest. Also, due to you knowing your heritage there are two down sides... I must inform the populace of it and due to you being the heir of both your clans you will be forced into the CRA, also known as the clan reconstruction act." The hokage waited for the imminent explosion and was even more scared when he saw Naruto smiling.
"That's fine with me, but make sure everyone knows this. Should they force their daughters on me. I will kill them all. I will be with those who truly love me and no one else and make sure they understand that I will know the difference." Naruto said with coldness that was even worse with him still wearing that grin. " If that's all then I better be off. thanks for everything old man!" Naruto ran straight past the hokage and jumped out the window. Soon after there was a loud *CRACK* that was heard by all the passers by below as Naruto disappears in a blur of black but not before breaking every piece of glass around for 30 meters.
Namikaze/Uzumaki clan estate, 7:32 am
Naruto stood in front of the tall gate and smiled up at it. He walked forward and cut his hand before placing it of the large red swirl and pumping chakra into it. The seal only needed blood the first time to ensure the chakra belonged to a member of the clan. once the gate registered him it slowly swung open to reveal a beautiful garden with several different exotic plants all to the side of a white stone path that lead up to the main house.
As Naruto stepped inside the gate it closed automatically. He walked towards the house and smiled widely at the beautiful flowers he passed. Truth be told, all the time he spent on his own he came to admire the beauty of nature. and the scent of the flowers was absolutely beautiful to his extremely strong sense of smell.
When he finally reached the house he walked into the house and noticed that his parents had quite a sense of style. It looked very nice with white walls and a wooden floor. Naruto wasn't exactly an expert in style but he thought it was nice atleast. He walked forward and sat down on the couch that was in the room. He placed the box down on the table and fished the key out of his pocket. He inhaled deeply before plunging the key into the two holes on the front of the box. He slowly twisted it until he heard some clicking and the lid opened up.
Naruto looked into the box and removed two envelopes both with his name written on them. He opened on of them and began reading
Dear Naruto,
It's your father. If your reading this you clearly know who I was. First off I wan't to apologise for everything I've done to you. I am sorry that I have caused you a life of pain for sealing the kyuubi into you and I only hope that you can forgive me. I couldn't very well make someone else give their child up when I myself couldn't bare the idea. Secondly I'm sorry that your mother and I arn't there for you. It must be incredibly lonely for you but I know that you are our son and I know you will understand when we say we have and always will love you even if you hate us. Thank you Naruto.
Minato Namikaze, Your father.
Naruto sat there with a smile on his face and tears in his eyes. He was staring at the roof and towards the sky. He never hated his parents. He was just sad he never got to meet them but knowing they loved him was good enough. He then reached for his mothers letter.
Dear little Naruto,
It's your mother. I'm writing this to you as I feel my life slowly slipping away. I wish I could see you again, you were such a cute baby. Don't forget that we will always love you and we will be watching over you. Make sure you brush your teeth and clean behind your ears. I left you my sword. It's in the basement in the archives. You'll know it when you see it. Goodbye my little Naruto.
Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze, your mother.
Naruto sat there reading and re reading those two letters for a good half an hour before he finally wiped the tears from his eyes and placed them back in their respective envelopes. He put them on the table and reached into the box to remove three scrolls. Each had a smaller version of the red swirl so naruto bite his thumb and pressed it to the three swirls.
The first was a scroll from Minato with the Rasengan and hirashin in them as well as all sorts of different fuinjutsu ranging from beginner tags all the way up to the work of seal masters.
The second was a scroll of taijutsu stances for both his parents styles as well as the kata for his mothers Kenjutsu style. however when Naruto looked at it closer he noticed that a lot of the Kata were missing. He smirked at this. 'They're forcing me to create my own style.' He thought amusedly.
The third scroll was different form the other two. This scroll looked more like a mission report. It stated that Naruto's parents had found out about two girls who had been taken by Orochimaru the snake sannin that his parents believed were of Uzumaki decent making them distant reletives of Naruto's. The thing with Uzumakis is that family is important above all else no matter how small the relation. "Tayuya and Karin huh?" Naruto thought out loud.
Naruto closed up the scrolls and kept them in a pocket over his heart. These scrolls were special to him after all He then walked around the estate until he found a door that had no handle but instead had that same swirl pattern. He placed his hand against it and poured chakra into it. It seemed a lot of the doors had blood seals but the one at the front gate linked the information to the rest. the swirl spun slowly and the door swung open to reveal a flight of stairs going down into the basement.
When Naruto reached the bottom of the stairs he realised the walls were lined with shelves covered in scrolls on all different topics. Suddenly there were several clouds of smoke in the room and it was flooded with Naruto clones. "Get to reading." He told them. during his time away form Konoha, he learned more about the Shadow clone jutsu he had learned. He found out that the memories of the clones would be sent to him upon being dispelled. needless to say this made knowledge gaining a lot easier.
One of the clones was different from the rest though. He stood still in an at ease stance and had an arm band with the kanji for 'Captain' on it. this was one of Naruto's reinforced blood clones. they were about half as strong as Naruto and could regain chakra though only at about a 4th of Naruto's normal speed. They could also dispel the clones and replace them. They were unique and took Naruto several days as well as several litres of blood just to make one. they each had a unique name and dressed differently. They also had a defining mark on them somewhere.
This one was Naruma. and his defining mark was a scar over his left eye which was permanently closed. he was the first that had been made. He was slightly militaristic in nature and was generally left in charge of clones because he could keep them running like a well oiled machine.
Naruto nodded to Naruma as he passed. He walked further into the basement now recognised as the library of the clans. at the other end opposite the stairs there was a small altar with that same swirl on it as well as a sheathed blade. 'This must be mum's sword.' He reached out to it and felt a sort of electricity as though the blade was excited. He grasped the scabbard and picked it up slowly. Suddenly the blade flashed and when the light subsided the sword was replaced with a large scythe like weapon. the scythe was taller then Naruto himself at an extreme 6" 6' from the base to the top. The handle of the weapon was a pitch black colour and felt to be made of a light but strong metal where as the blade was a deep crimson and looked like it was made from marble but to the touch it was warm and felt like metal. on the altar also sat a scroll. Naruto propped the scythe against the wall and grabbed the scroll.
He opened it up and found out the blade was known as tetsuna. It was a very unique weapon for the fact it would change form to suite the personality of the wielder. It had a description of all the blades previous forms all the way down to the scythe Naruto now possessed which stunned him for a moment. He rolled the scroll back up and picked up the scythe before attaching it to his back with chakra. Now with his new weapon to train with Naruto decided to head upstairs and see if the estate had a training ground.
A few minutes later Naruto found a large training field of the grounds of the estate. he conjured up another mass of clones as well as one of his blood clone captains. This time it was Nametsu. Nametsu was more relaxed then Naruma. He was standing with a slight slouch with his hands stuffed into his pockets. His main defining feature was that his hair was straight and hung with one large bang over his left eye and hung down his end just reaching his shoulder blades.
"Mornin' boss man." Was his greeting to Naruto. He looked at the clones all standing around with their new weapons. "Well? Get to it." He made a shooing gesture towards them and walked off from Naruto to make sure they improved.
Naruto shook his head and smiled. He had 6 captain clones in total and it never ceased to amaze him how they all acted completely differently from not only one another but himself.
Naruto walked into the house and walked around the second floor until he found what he assumed was the master bedroom. He hadn't slept in a week and decided now was s good a time as ever.
~14 hours later~
Naruto slowly opened his eyes to realise it was dark in the room. He looked to his side and saw the clock said it was late at night. He shrugged it off and went into the attached bathroom to clean himself. after leaving the bathroom he put his cloths back on. He was going to have to go by some casual cloths at some point.
He left his room and decided to go walk around the village for a few hours. He always liked to walk about in the moon light and the shadows it cast upon the world. He walked out of the house and started sorting through the information that Nametsu and Naruma's groups had gathered from the scrolls and their training with his new weapon. He currently had the large weapon strapped to his back. It didn't seem right to him to just seal it away so it sat at a ninety degree angle across his back.
As he walked he remembered tonight was the festival that celebrated the "Defeat of the kyuubi". He chuckled this. He remembered all the pain this day meant for him. Then he heard something that made his ears prick.
Anko Mitarashi had just left a bar after having a few drinks with some other Jounin. She was always the life of the party and naturally she was very drunk. She was walking through the streets on her way back to her apartment. She walked down a dark alley absent mindedly and froze when she realised there were four large men around her.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the snake whore. Maybe we should have some fun with her." one of the men slurred. He lunged at Anko and grabbed her wrists. Normally she would have stopped him easily but she couldn't even walk straight at this point.
The man pinned her against the wall and laughed in her face. his breath smelt of alcohol. His hand touched her leg and started travelling up her skirt as the other men around them started ripping off her coat and top. They were about to have their 'fun' when they heard something.
~Hmm hm hm hmm hmm hm hm~
*Screech*
~hmm hm hm hm hmm hm hm hm hmm~
*Screech*
"What the fuck is that?" One of they exclaimed. "Go check it out!" He said while gesturing to one of his friends.
Anko felt the air around them grow extremely cold and goose bumps started to pop up on her skin.
The man approached the mouth of the alley and stepped out. He looked one way then turned around the other way and they all saw his eyes grow wide in fright. He ran back towards them. "I don't know what that fucking thing is!" He exclaimed.
The man holding Anko let go and dropped her as to better defend himself. then suddenly a hooded figure walked into the mouth of the alley and he was dragging an enormous scythe behind him.
He picked up the weapon and slung it haphazardly over his shoulder with the tip of the blade still touching the ground. "Oh look, food. I was getting hungry and I wasn't sure when I would get to eat." He said as though he wasn't talking to them. "What? The girl? Do I have to? Fine."
"What the fuck? Let's kill this freak!" One of the men yelled as he charged at Naruto. suddenly he was pinned to the wall with the blade of the scythe through his shoulder. He screamed out and looked to see Naruto standing right in front of him. He looked into the endless blackness that was inside the hood of his coat.
suddenly the shadows in the alley started to form mouths and eyes. one of the mouths bit into the man's arm and ripped it clean from the socket freeing the man from the stumbled backwards still screaming in pain until he felt something wrap around his leg. He looked down to see a tongue had extended from one of the larger mouths on the floor and was now slowly dragging him, kicking and screaming towards the abyssal maw. The other three men watched in horror as he was dragged into the mouth and devoured right before their eyes. then they turned their attention to the hooded figure who had just removed the blade from the wall.
What followed was the sounds of horror as one by one each man was slowly eaten alive by the horrible mouths of the shadows. When they were done the shadows slowly returned to normal and Naruto now approached Anko.
Anko scrambled backwards. She was in the T&I department and was known to be horribly sadistic But the thing in front of her terrorfied her. she kept scrambling backwards until she hit a wall. She then curled up into a ball and awaited her fate. She was surprised when she found arms wrapping her up in a hug and she heard him speak. This time it wasn't scary but soothing.
"There, there. It's OK now. I'm not going to hurt you." the man pulled away from her and pulled the hood down to reveal the face of a kid no older then maybe sixteen. He had the deepest and most caring blue eyes she had ever seen and the smile on his face just radiated warmth. Then she realised who it was. It was a boy she hadn't seen for just over four years. This was the Naruto she had seen in the hospital, the same boy she had saved.
"You can relax, I know it was you in my room in the hospital all those years ago. I know you helped me. I guess it's my turn to help you." He smiled at her. He then shifted his body and picked her up bridal style with his scythe strapped to his back.
As they walked Anko couldn't help but feel safe. If for no other reason it was because of the warm feeling the boy seemed to radiate. It was almost as though his very being was trying to comfort her. Soon she heard him start to hum a gentle lullaby and that along with the rhythm of his steps put her at ease enough to fall asleep in his arms. For the first time in a long time. her mask fell completely in front of someone.
Naruto for his part was looking down at her and saw a smile grace her face. She was quite beautiful when she wasn't grinning like a sadistic mad man. He decided to take her back to his house so he could keep an eye on her for the night. He had been through similar ordeals as a child and knew it was horrible to wake up the next day alone.
As he got to the house he shifted her slightly and pressed his hand against the swirl on the gate. He pushed chakra into it and waited as the swirl rotated and the gates opened. As he walked towards the house he made a clone to go and inform the Hokage of what happened and that Anko was at his house. The clone nodded and jumped off towards the aged kage's chakra signature.
Naruto took Anko inside and placed her in a spare room that his clones had found earlier. He tucked her in under the covers and pulled up a chair. He had slept for fourteen straight hours. For the past 4 years he had never slept for more then 4-5 hours every two days. He wouldn't need to sleep again for a very long time so he sat there. and just watched the women's chest rise and fall.
festival grounds, 9:43
Hiruzen was walking around the festival grounds with his son Asuma, his girlfriend kurenei and asuma's sisters son konohamaru. He was watching his grandson run around the stalls excitedly while the two jonin were talking to one another. Suddenly he felt a chill run up his back and then he saw Naruto approaching him with his hood up and a nasty looking scythe on his back.
Asuma and Kurenai saw the man approaching the hokage as well and quickly jumped in front of him.
'Naruto' stopped walking and looked at them. "Move." He said with a voice that clearly displayed impatience. "I have to speak with the old man."
Hiruzen walked between the two and addressed Naruto. "What is it you want to talk about at this late hour?" He was slightly worried now.
'Naruto' looked at the two jonin before looking back to the Hokage. "About twenty minutes ago Boss was walking through the streets when he heard something he didn't like. When he went to investigate he found Anko Mitarashi half naked in the hands of four civillian men." He said in a monotone.
Kurenai gasped. "Is she OK?" She was worried for her friend.
'Naruto'shifted his gaze to her for a moment before going back to the Hokage. "I can assure you she is fine. The boss stepped in before they could try anything funny. You should probably get a cleaner team there before some kid stumbles upon it tomorrow morning. Boss has her in a room at his house and is watching over her. He just sent me to tell you why four civilian went missing and where she was." he said once more monotonously.
Kurenai was still worried for her friend. "Well who is your boss then!?" She once more screamed.
Hiruzen chuckled at that. "That's just what they call him. This is a clone of someone who owes Anko. So you have no reason to worry Kurenai." He stated with a smile.
'Naruto' nodded at her. "Well, that's all I had to say. Boss will see you at the academy tomorrow" and with that the clone dispelled into a puff of smoke.
Asuma looked at his father confused. "Why would he be at the academy? Is he another joinin-sensei?" He asked.
Hiruzen smiled and chuckled once more. "No he's actually one of the Genin." He then broke out laughing at the faces of both the jonin when they found out that was not only a clone but a clone of a genin. It had higher chakra reserves then both of them together.
~the next morning~
Namikaze/Uzumaki estate, 6:04 am
Naruto was walking about the kitchen preparing some food for breakfast as well as a lunch for himself for later that day. He had found the kitchen fully stocked with fresh food. He was making a basic rice dish with egg in it and some cooked fish.
He set out a plate just as he heard someone walking down the stairs. "Did you sleep al right " He said without turning around from his cooking. "The plate on the tables yours." He called out
Anko had woken up to find a letter on top of some clothes saying they were for her to wear due to hers being ruined. She had taken a quick shower and thrown them on before she smelt something good in the air. She crept out of her room to find herself in the kitchen. After finding out there was food for her she quickly sat down with a quick 'thank you' she started to dig in.
Naruto finished up with his cooking and ate his own breakfast leaning against the counter. He had sealed his lunch into a storage scroll to keep it warm. He finished just as Anko did and cleaned the dishes up. "I've got to head out for the day. Your welcome to lounge around here for today if you want or you can go if you want. Just make sure you find a clone before trying to leave on your own." He offered with a smile.
He threw up the hood and walked towards the door. "Seeya 'round Anko." He have a lazy wave over his shoulder as he walked out the door. Once outside he disappeared in a black flash.
Anko wasn't quite sure what to do now so she decided to go look around.
Naruto appeared on the roof of the academy. He was about an hour early and decided to go inside anyway. He found the room and opened the door to find who he assumed was Iruka the teacher of this years graduating Genin. "I assume the Hokage told you I would be here." Naruto said with in a monotone voice.
Iruka saw the cloaked figure step into the room and just nodded in response to him. He watched the man walk down to the from of the class and lean against an open window as though he was going to jump out at any second. He crossed his arms over his chest and got comfortable before finally sinking into his conciousness.
~Mindscape~
Naruto opened his eyes to find himself standing in a large room with a flooded floor. One of the walls was made up of several large bars at least as thick as himself. He pushed off the wall and walked up to the cage. " Hmm, this place seems familiar..." He mused to himself. He took notice that the only thing keeping the bars closed was a sheet of paper with he kanji for 'seal' on them holding it closed.
Naruto slowly approached the large bars and stood silently for a moment. He heard the faint sounds of a person far back in what he now recognised as a colossal cage. He cautiously stepped through the bars and started walking slowly towards the source of the sound.
After walking for a while he saw a person up ahead. More specifically it was a women. She appeared to be in her early twenties with a beautiful figure with long slender arms and legs and a generous bust that was DD at least She had milky white skin and crimson hair that went all the way down her back to her butt. She reminded Naruto of the picture of his mother. The only difference were the blood red slitted eyes he caught a glimpse of, the fox ears atop her head and the bid red white tipped bushy tail coming from her waist. When he was closer he noticed she looked up at him. He stopped for a moment and looked back at her from beneath the hood. He took another step and she recoiled away form him scampering further into the cage. Naruto hadn't gotten a good look in the dark but he almost thought he saw fox ears and a tail.
As he continued to walk toward where the women had ran off to he started to hear a pleading voice. that was clearly female and afraid. She was saying things like. "Please don't hurt me." Or "It wasn't my fault. I'm sorry." As Naruto walked even closer he could hear that the women was sobbing. He now stood over her with her sitting in a corner his her face buried in her knees. She was still pleading and when she looked up at Naruto she completely broke down. She started weeping uncontrollably into her knees. Still mutter sorry and don't hurt me.
She sat awaiting how he would punish her so what came next shocked her to her very core. She heard the sound of someone sitting down next to her on the wet floor and then an arm went over her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. she was waiting for the part were it hurt but it never came. She dared to take a peek up at her jailer Her blood red slitted eyes met electric blue eyes that showed nothing but kindness. The boy was giving her a genuine smile. Normally he would close his eyes to hide the coldness in his eyes. But now they were fully open and showed emotion that backed up his action. "Why?" Was all she whispered.
Naruto grinned at this. "Let me tell you a story." He said before looking to make sure he had her attention then continued. "There was once a little boy I knew very well. He was not very popular to say the least. He was quite the opposite actually. He was hated by everyone where he lived for something he didn't even understand. They often would beat him. One year on his birthday of all days. The villagers got extremely aggressive So they chased him like usual. But this time they didn't stop at just beating him. They cut him, stabbed him, and for the finale tried to burn him alive. The boy pleaded and cried wanting to at least know why he deserved this fate. as he screamed he could hear a voice in the back of his head. at first he thought he was imagining it. But then i got louder. It was a voice that was filled with worry for the boy. That was the first time in his life someone had cried for him and not because of him. Suddenly he felt a warmth rush through his body and the next thing he knew they were all dead. Everyone that had tried to hurt him. He knew that voice had helped him. From that day on he was grateful just to be alive." He stopped for a moment and wiped a fresh tear from his face. "I don't care if your the reason they did it. Your the reason I'm still here as well I owe you everything. So thank you." He then wrapped her up in a tight hug and just sat like that for several minutes.
After a while he pulled back and looked into her eyes with gratitude and kindness. " From that day on I swore I would become stronger to protect not only myself but you. I know your the Kyuubi and I also know your weakened with the seal in place." He said the last part while stroking her tail which gained a purr from her. "So I promise no matter what I will work to protect both of us."
the now known Kyuubi was not only shocked and awed but she couldn't help a blush rushing to her face. She had expected to be berrated in his mind or abused. This was amazing. This was clearly the purest human being in distances He is confronted with the reason for his pain and suffering yet he acts with only kindness. "Thank you Naruto." Was again all she could whisper.
Naruto smiled at her. "It's OK. But I've been here a while and I'm sure someone noticed by now. I have to go OK " He laughed a little at her pout. "tell you what. I'll tear the seal a little and see if I can bring you forwards in my mind so we can talk." He saw her brighten up at this. He gave her one last hug and walked off towards the entrance. When he reached the seal he ran up the gate and tore the seal a little. He then went back to the wall he'd 'woken' up against and leaned against it closing his eyes.
~Reality~
Naruto opened his eyes to some kid right in his face. He looked around the room to see all eyes in his direction. The class was full now including the jonin sensei. He looked down at the kid.
"How dare you ignore me! An Uchiha elite! Answer me damn you!" The kid screamed and swung his hand at Naruto's hooded face. Suddenly his hand was grasped by something in the hood and his arm was pulled in. The kid screamed as he recoiled away with deep bite marks over that bled over his hand.
Naruto scoffed at this. The shadows of his hood were artificial They were a creature the same as the ones from the alley the other night. He had learned to manipulate them like that using his chakra. They had a conciousness that spoke to Naruto sometimes. They simply called themselves 'The black' and truthfully Naruto didn't care. They obeyed him so long as they were fed either well or regularly. Unlike a summoning contract this was purely beneficial for both parties. the black was safe during the day aswell as easy access to a food source and Naruto had a powerful ally and weapon.
The boy was now screaming about Naruto biting him. Naruto pushed off the wall and walked over to the kid he crouched down to look the kid face to hood. "Do that again and I promise I'll keep it." He said with an insane glee in his voice. He then picked the kid up by the collar and threw him back to the only empty chair in the room. He then walked back to the window and leaned against it.
Mixed thoughts were rushing through the room. though every single person could feel the temperature drop in the room several degrees. The Genin were scared due to the amount of Ki Naruto unconsciously released and the Jonin felt a little uncomfortable.
Iruka shook his head. "Anyway, these are the teams." He said gaining everyones attention.
a few teams naruto knew had no chance were called but he payed no attention.
"Team 7, Sasuke, Sakura and Sai. Your Jonin sensei is Kakashi here." He gestured to Kakashi. "Team 8, Hinata, Shino and Kiba. Your Jonin sensei is Kurenai Yuhi." He gestured to Kurenai "Team 9 is already on active duty right now." he said matter of factly. "Last is team 10, Ino, Shikamaru and Choji. Your Jonin sensei is Asuma Sarutobi." He then gestured to Asuma. "OK with that out of the way." He then looked to Naruto and beckoned him over while speaking. "How about you tell everyone why your here?"
Naruto pushed off the wall and walked over to where Iruka and the jonin were standing. He turned to the academy students turned Genin. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. I am the son of the late Fourth hokage. I have technically been a Genin for four years now. I will be sent on missions of questionable difficulty to back up yourselves. I will say this right now. Your jonins will inform you of this as well I don't give a single fuck who you are or who your related to. I don't care what you can and have done. From this point in my eyes you are nothing. Should you get in my way while I am assisting you be aware I will not hesitate to cleave you in two to accomplish what your Sensei instructs me to do. Prove yourselves worthy and I might consider an alternative." He said all this while leaking enough Ki to nearly give them all heart attacks. "One more thing. We may be the same rank. But compared to me, your nothing." He then walked back over to the window sill and leaned against it while he internally smiled at the students individual reactions.
Iruka audibly gulped "yes, What Naruto here forgot to mention is he is also available for one on one personal training should you require it. Well, with that I just want to say how honoured I am to see you all at this point today and how proud I am as your teacher." He then gave a quick nod to the Jonin and shunshined out. naruto watched on as the students were lead out by their instructors.
kakashi walked up to Naruto. He still remembered the boy as a baby. "Hey there, I'm testing out my new team tomorrow I've got business to take care of today. Mind taking my team to training field 7 and covering for me for today?" He asked hopefully.
Naruto shrugged and looked at Kakashi's team. The boy from before who was still rubbing his hand. A girl he could only assume was the daughter of that banshee queen Sayuna and a pasty kid that looked like he could break if he smiled. He then looked at Kakashi. "You owe me." Was Naruto's response.
Kakashi nodded and disappeared from the room after eye smiling at his team and offering a "Good luck."
Naruto turned his gaze to the trio and when this happened even Sai looked worried. "Meet me at training ground 7 in no less then 15 minutes. Show up after that and you better hope I don't find you. Because if I do." He paused and let out a low feral growl. "They'll never find the body." He said menacingly. He then fell backwards out the window.
The three genin ran to the window just in time to see Naruto disappear in a black flash and a loud *CRACK*. They then looked at each other and rushed out of the building.
Training ground 7, 8:30 am
sasuke was leading the trio by a few steps with Sai close behind and Sakura further back. they arived with about 40 seconds to spare. They stopped infront of Naruto panting. "We- We made it right?" Sakura asked worried.
Naruto was standing with his arms crossed. He looked at Sakura. "If you hadn't you would know the difference. Anyway. I'm not willing to explain to the Hokage why I accidentally killed three Genin in a spare to your going to fight against her." He said while pointing to the tree in the middle of the grounds.
Hanging from one of the branches upside down was a girl who looked like a female version of Naruto. She had two high pony tails that went to her lower back and a D cup bust. She was wearing short bike pants ane the same cloak as Naruto but it was open and had short sleeves. She wore black fingerless gloves with large metal plates. on her shoulder was a peice of fabric around her arm that had the Kanji for 'Captain'.
She jumped down from her branch of the tree and jogged over to Naruto. "These the kids I'm supposed to beat u- I mean spar?" She said with a cheery grin.
Naruto laughed for a moment. Naruko was one of his advanced blood clones and she was the only female one. It was a weird experiment with his full transformation in which he made the blood clone while in a female form. the outcome was naruko.
Naruto looked at the three terrified Genin. "This is Naruko. She is the outcome of years of trial and error. She is an advanced form of blood clone and she will be sparring with you three in Taijutsu only. She is a hand to hand specialist and could level the hokage mountain given enough time." He chuckled darkly.
Sakura gulped at this and looked at Naruto. "Who is going first then?" She asked hoping it wasn't her.
Naruko laughed this time and cracked her knuckles. "Who said you were taking turns? You three versus me with the boss as a reff to make sure I don't break you, too much." With that she got into her own taijutsu stance with her putting her weight into her back foot with her left hand out and her right pulled in close. this stance was her basic defensive style because if she went on the offensive she would win to quickly.
Naruto walked backwards slightly and raised his hand. He watched the three get into their own stances quickly before dropping his hand and announcing. "Begin!"
Naruko stood still almost like a statue as she watched for when they would attack. 'Either the banshee or the Uchiha. The pasty one is in no hurry.' She thought to herself with a smile.
Sasuke was getting annoyed at the women. She was using a weird taijutsu stance and he wanted to wipe that smile right off her face. "That's it! I'm wiping that smile right off your face! Feel the might of an Uchiha elite!" He yelled just as he started to sprint at Naruko. He cocked his arm back and swung wide at her friend only to feel it stop. She was holding his arm so he tried to kick her. She grabbed his foot and was now holding him off the ground. He swung his other arm and found it caught in his own knee joint. He finally tried to kick her only for her to disappear. She reappeared with Sasuke still airborne. She then quickly did a flip forward and brought her heel down on the boys stomach making him hit the ground hard. She then punted him back to the other two who were looking on in shock.
Naruko now stood straight with her hand on her hip. "Charging in with your fist cocked back only tells me exactly what you plan when you finally get here. Also, you two could have tried something while I was tied up like that. It would have been good to not only get the drop on me but your team mate wouldn't have gotten injured." she said all of this like a scolding mother.
"I think that's enough for now. I'll let Kakashi know what I discovered so far. You three are going to need some serious training to get you up to scratch of what a Genin team should be." Naruto said with a monotonous voice.
Sasuke had gotten to his feet by this point and was panting hard. "How dare you! How dare you talk down to me! We are both Genin, the only difference is you havn't been able to pass the Chunin exams for four years straight!" Sasuke said with a cocky smirk thinking he'd gotten the older Genin.
The air around he feild grew extremely cold and ice started to form on the grass as Naruto stared at the Uchiha.
"H-hey now Boss, let's all calm down. No need to be upset. He doesn't know." Naruko said while trying to calm Naruto down.
Naruto stopped staring at Sasuke and took a deep breath before the air finally went back to normal. He then looked at Naruko. "Thank you, I don't want to think of the headache I would have had for killing the kid."
Naruko sighed and turned to the Uchiha. "You really want to know why he is still a Genin you can ask any jonin or the hokage or heck go find a Bingo book." She said. "Anyway boss I need to be off. Seeya!" She said and pecked him on the cheek under his hood before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
'She really needs to stop doing that.' He thought quietly "Anyway, you three are dismissed for now. Kakahi said be here early tomorrow morning and not to eat anything. So I suggest getting here around Ten and eating a decent sized breakfast." He offered.
Sakura had finally broken out of her stupor at first Naruko soundly defeating 'Her Sasuke' and then at the imminent sense of doom from when Sasuke had piped up about them all being Genin. She then piped up. "Well your not our Sensei so I'm going to listen to him." She said hoping Sasuke was impressed by her standing up to Naruto.
Naruto shrugged. "Suit yourselves. I have business to take care of." He then turned around and started walking. "Later." he said with a wave over his shoulder before a black flash went off around him and he was gone.
Training ground 3, 9:00
Naruto walked up next to Kakashi. He then stood there for a good ten minutes before either of them spoke. the first to break the silence was Naruto.
"They have potential. Though it's going to take one heck of a sensei to get them ready. You've got your work cut out for you." He said with a slight tinge of kindness. "Maybe this will be good for you. I'm sure they wouldn't like to see the grieving like this." He said while nudging Kakashi with his elbow.
Kakashi looked up at Naruto with a slightly wider eye. "Huh, Maybe. Guess we will see." Kakashi said thoughtfully.
Naruto flipped the hood back for the first time since this morning. "Hey, if you ever need a place to stay. You know I have spare at my place and I'm sure you also know the way plus your already in the seal." He chuckled when he saw Kakashi worried. "relax, I found a picture of your Genin team and Dad." He said with a smile. "Anyway, I better get going. I still have work to do at home. I'll seeya around kakashi." And with that Naruto disappeared into a black flash.
Namikaze residence, 9:11 am
Naruto walked into the house and went straight to the study he knew his father kept. his father had been a seal master and Naruto was always interested in the art. He had never learned anything more then basic seals but with several hundered clones scattered throughout the basement reading all different kinds of scrolls daily he had gained all the knowledge of a seasoned seal master.
He sat down at the desk and starred hard at what was sitting on the desk. It was a seal he had been working on. It was like his fathers hirashin but different. he had been using it for a while now which was seen as a black flash by those that had seen the prototype. the idea was that instead of using a kunai as a beacon he linked the seal to his mind and so long as he could picture a place in general then another set of seals would scan the area and find a match before transporting it. Currently he was working on increasing the range without increasing the search time or chakra required.
He was sitting there Quietly for what felt like hours before he decided he had been sitting still for too long. He left the dark room and went out to the backyard. When he got out there he saw Nametsu was training a large group of clones with his new weapon. He reached back and placed his had on the weapon and smiled as he felt the familiar glow it let off when he was holding it. It was like a calm went through his body.
He walked in front of Nametsu. "Start dispelling clones. I want to see how well I can handle this." He said as he unstrapped the scythe from his back. He began sorting through countless memories of the training since yesterday. He noticed a lot of the more successful clones spun the weapon a lot before attacking to gain momentum for precise strikes.
He got into a style a few of them had developed that he really liked. He had his left leg stretched out and had all his weight on his right. he had the scythe over both his shoulders running behind his head. He had his left arm bent and grasping the staff about half way up with his right mimicking his leg and was grasping a little under the head of the weapon with it resting on the length of that arm. The blade pointed straight up.
Anko had lazed around Naruto's place for the whole day. She had taken time off for the festival and he had offered. Plus she felt safe here for some unknown reason. She walked out to the back yard where she had seen a lot of Naruto's training all day. Now there were just two. Nametsu who she had met earlier and who she assumed was the original He was standing in an odd stance with his that enormous scythe in his hands. She still wasn't sure how he would use the damn thing. Then her eye's bulged.
Naruto suddenly snapped his eyes open and launched into a flurry of rapid spinning motions gaining full use of the momentum to increase the strength of every heavy swing. The weapon had become a blur of red and black that almost made it hard to focus on Naruto who himself blended into the black due to his attire. He walked forwards spinning the scythe criss crossing it from his left to his right. truly it lived up to the name he had decided for it. "The harvest dance". A name that spoke of how deadly and graceful it truely was.
He continued in this manner for another half an hours with seemingly endless stamina as well as stances for the weapon. He finally stopped the rapid motions and walked over to Nametsu. "I assume you got all that. That is what I want the clones working on from now on." naruto said fully aware Nametsu got it. naruko was the close range specialist. Nametsu was both a master strategist behind that laziness but was also able to mimic any taijutsu or kenjutsu style after having seen it in action only once. His personality was very much like that of a certain Shadow using Genin. Lazy beyond all possibility yet smarter then what was good for him.
Naruto summoned the platoon of clones and Nametsu started telling them all what to do. Naruto walked towards the hounse where Anko stood in the door way. He pulled back his hood. "Hello Anko I assume you'll be staying the night again?" He asked looking at the now setting sun.
"I don't wish to impose. I just don't want to be alone quite yet..." She said with a tinge of sadness in her voice. She was still shaken from what happened and being around Naruto made her feel better for some reason. She decided to change the subject. "Your really good with that scythe of yours." She said.
Naruto offered a grin for her and put his hand on the back of his head. "thanks. Don't tell anyone but your the only person alive to have seen me use it." He said cheerily. "Well, I need to go wash up then I'll start on dinner. I'll come look for you when it's ready." He said as he walked into the house heading for his room.
Anko heard the under lying message in what Naruto said. He had said the she was the only person alive to have seen him use it. He was referring to the men he killed to save her. She assumed the same fate awaited her should any of what she had seen somone be leaked out. She stood and watched a group of Naruto's now preform the graceful dance that she had just watched. it was mesmerising.
A few minutes later Naruto walked out of his room with a a pair of long pants on and a black T-shirt on with a towel draped over his wet hair. He walked into the kitchen and started on a simple meal for himself and his guest.
After a while Anko was roused out of her stupor by a delicious smell staining the air. Anko stalked through the countless hall ways and doors to find the Kitchen with Naruto just setting a plate down on the table just like he had this morning. She walked over to the table and looked at Naruto asking if it was hers. He smiled a yes and watched as she inhaled the intoxicating aroma. She dug in with fervour. When she finished she thanked Naruto and hung around with him in the Kitchen chatting.
"You know Anko, It's been really cool having you here." He paused and looked up at her. Anko had frozen thinking he was kicking her out and had a look of sadness on her face. then he continued. "So, I mean, If you wanted you could just move in? The place is more then large enough and there's only so much company you can get out of clones who's minds are basically links to your own." He said with a grin.
Anko was completely caught off guard like that. To tell the truth she had thought about the idea more then once and she honestly wanted to. "I would enjoy that but what would people say?" She asked worriedly.
Naruto looked at her seriously for a moment. "Anko. We have lived similar lives. And I know for a fact we are both the kind of person that doesn't care what people think. Why should we not get to be happy like everyone else?" He replied.
Anko smiled at this. The kid knew what to say and how to say it. She had to admit he had a point. "Alright then. I'll head home and pack." She turned and was about to leave the kitchen when Naruto called out.
"Don't worry about it. I can send some clones over in a bit after you give them the address. They can have your stuff here by the Seven." He said smirking. Suddenly a group of clones appeared just outside the kitchen on the otherside. Another of Naruto's captains was there as well.
This one was known as Nafeshi. He was bulkier then Naruto and had a stern look on his face. The most distinguishing feature would be the scar straight across his neck. This scar left him a mute and therefore Naruto generally assigned him Tasks that only required communication with himself and clones.
Naruto nodded at him and Anko handed him her address scribbled down on a napkin. He looked at it for a moment before nodding to Naruto and disappearing out the doors with the clones in tow. "Try not to ask about the 's a touchy subject for him." Naruto said as he watched Anko's hand unconsciously float to her own neck.
Naruto smirked at that. "Well, I have some work I need to do. If you need anything come find me in the study it's the room across from the master bedroom." He said as he walked off with a wave over his shoulder.
Naruto stepped into the office and put up a sound seal. 'Hey, Kyuu you there?' He thought into his head. He had been so busy he hadn't been able to test it out yet and he had been worried when Kyuubi had said nothing. Since then Naruto had been working on a seal in his head that would work like a permanent summon to atleast give Kyuubi a body. He set down a peice of paper and got out his special inks. He started furiously making strokes with the brush. he was sure this would work to an extent.
After while he had the finished product and picked it up after letting it dry. He placed it onto the floor and focused his mind on the place where he knew Kyuubi resided. He focused on her form and what she looked like to him. He then made a large cut on his hand and preformed the ritual similar to the making of his captain blood clones. He made some complex looking hand seals and suddenly the blood started to flow out of his wound and started to form into an egg floating just above the seal. The egg was a bit bigger then his head. The blood finally stopped pouring out and Naruto stumbled backwards into the table. The egg was made up of enough blood to kill a normal human having it removed form their bodies. Lucky for Naruto his extreme healing also generated blood cells quickly so right now he was just suffering from blood loss but would be fine by the morning. He stumbled towards the egg and gentle picked it up and felt the warmth radiating form inside. He smiled and carried it towards the door. He stumbled out into the hallway and caught a clone walking by. He told it to go deal with dinner for Anko and that he wasn't to be disturbed until he came out of his room.
He fumbled with the door knob before finally getting into the master bedroom. He walked towards the bed and gently placed the egg on one side. He caught site of himself in a mirror and didn't trust himself it the bath or shower without drowning so he just changed and crawled under the covers to fall into what would be a very dull sleep.
~23 hours later~
Naruto slowly came back into conciousness for the first time in what he could tell had been a very long time. He felt fine now so the blood must have finally finished restoring itself. after this realisation came another. He felt something rather heavy on top of him. He scrunched up his face at this and slowly opened his eyes.
Staring straight back was a set of blood red orbs with black slits in them. As Naruto focused he realised they were someones eyes. They were familiar and he tried to work out who he knew they belonged to before it finally clicked. "Kyuu!" He screamed with a big grin before wrapping his arms around her. He then realised she wasn't wearing cloths and suddenly let go and freaked out.
Kyuubi was finding Naruto's reactions funny. First he had pulled some funny faces then he had hugged her which she had enjoyed thoroughly and had not liked it when he let go and recoiled away from her like she was going to hit him. She noticed the blush on his face and decided to have fun with it. She was a fox after all and they were natures tricksters.
Kyuubi slowly crawled up the bed towards him. "What's wrong Na-ru-to." She said in a seductive tone. "I can tell you like what you see." She was now right in front of him and she did one last thing .She blew slightly on his ear. at this he got a nose bleed and passed out.
When he finally came back around he found himself sitting with a little fox curled up in his lap. "I guess you can turn into a for Kyuu?" He started rhythmically petting the fox eliciting a purr from the vixen.
"That's right Naruto." She said in the same voice she had as a human. She was loving the way he stroked her softly. She was truely happy he wasn't mad at her. She had played a mean prank on the boy and yet here he was petting her kindly.
"I'm sorry for what I did before Kyuu... I didn't know you were there and then I didn't..." he sputtered out incoherantly.
The fox stood up and looked at Naruto with a smile that was too cute on her fox face. "Naruto. You are the kindest moe loving human I have ever met. You not only forgave me even after all the trouble I caused you. You went out of your way to allow me out of the seal. As far as I'm concerned I am yours now and forever. Mind body and soul." She then climbed up him and leaned against his chest with her paws. She then licked his face which was the same as a kiss to a fox.
Naruto laughed heartily. It had been a long time since he opened up to someone like he was right now and honestly, he loved it. He wrapped his arms around the little Vixen and hugged the small fox. "I love you Kyuu." He said without thinking.
To say that kyuubi was taken back by this sudden confession was a gross understatement. But that was because so many times she had wished for a moment like this and now it was happening. She turned into her human form suddenly and wrapped her arms around Naruto. "I love you too Naruto."
Naruto was so glad that Kyuu felt the same way. "Well. It's a brand new day and I'm hungry Breakfast?" He said and when Kyuu turned into a fox and jumped of the bed sprinting for the door he laughed. "I'll take that as a yes." He walked over to the door shortly after and opened the door for the little Vixen. On all four paws she barely came to his knee. After opening the door the two strolled down different halls towards the kitchen.
Naruto started a simple breakfast of bacon and eggs which he had been informed Kyuu could eat safely. She could eat any foods because of her being able to change into a human. Naruto put two plates on the table and put kyuu up in a chair so she could stand with her hind legs on the chair and her front paws on the table to eat. He leaned on a nearby bench and ate his own and right on time Anko stumbled down the stairs sleepily. "Morning." He chimed.
Anko was surprised to see Naruto looking fine. he hadn't seen the real him in a little over a day or two. Then she saw the fox eating at the table and laughed. "A friend of yours Naruto?" She asked. She found it funny for the fox look alike boy to have a pet fox.
Naruto grinned at that. "Yes her name is Tenshi." naruto then looked to Kyuu to see if she was ok with that.
Kyuu was internally blushing on the name he had given her. kyuubi wasn't actually her name. It was just a title. She had long since forgotten her real name and to get such a nice one from Naruto really made her day.
Anko smiled at the fox. "Such a pretty name for a pretty fox." She said before finally making her way to her plate at the table and edevouring it. "Somehow the clones can never make anything taste as good as you can Naruto." She said inbetween mouthfuls.
naruto laughed at this. "Thank you Anko. Well. I better be off. I need to explain to the hokage where I've been." He then walked off towards his room to clean up and get changed as well as retrieve his new favourite weapon of choice.
A few minutes later he walked out with the hood drawn casting that scary shadow that blocked out his face entirely. With a sharp whistle and a "Tenshi." The fox jumped down from the table and followed after naruto.
Anko watched them leave before finally going and getting had similar business with ibiki.
~Hokage office~
Sarutobi was sitting in his office with genin team 7. They had requested a C rank mission and was debating whether to give it to them. They still couldn't work fully as a team. Sasuke was busy trying to do it solo and Sakura was still a rabid fan girl where as Sai wasn't making an effort in any direction.
Suddenly a familiar tune came within ear shot from outside the door to the hokages office and he immediately knew how to solve this problem. As the whistling got closer he could hear black boots coming up the hall. It seemed naruto was trying to give the Hokage warning because he didn't normally make any noise.
naruto finally got to the door and opened it before stepping inside and walking around the other Genin in the room. He noticed the three went rigid at the sight of the man they all thought of as a demon. Not for the kyuubi. he just let off an aura of scariness. Even Kakashi had to admit the boys presence was a little overbearing.
"Hello lord Hokage. Naruto Uzumaki-Nammikaze reporting. I apologise for my absence. I was horribly sick after an experiment back fired. I assure you I was the only one to suffer and I am fine now. " He said while standing with his legs shoulder length apart with his arms behind his back in an 'at ease' stance.
"That's fine Naruto. Actually it's good your here. I'm sure your aware with team 7 here. They are requesting their first C-rank mission however I am having trouble convincing myself to let them However if I could sned you with them I would be more then willing to let them go." He said all of this while puffing on his pipe.
Naruto looked back at the Genin for a moment. He decided to give them a break after Naruko thoroughly broke them the other day. "I've seen these three in combat sir. I had them battle a reinforced blood clone of mine. Her name is Naruko. They were brash and reckless and had no semblance of teamwork." He said coldly. He looked back again and saw the look of defeat on their faces when he said this. "However." he said and heard them perk up. "They have great potential not only individually but as a whole. If the Uchiha can get over himself and the banshee can also get over Sasuke they could be formidable as a team. Sai on the other hand has the skills but he is to rigid around his team mates and that causes distrust in a team. he simply needs to loosen up a little. So I think that a decent C-rank to get them out of konoha for a while would be good for them as a team. You can only bond so much over painting a fence." He said and smiled at the laughter and giggling he heard from behind him.
Sarutobi smiled at the boy. He was so mature yet still under it all he was a kid. "Very well. Team 7 will be sent on their first C-rank mission with back up unit Naruto Uzumaki. Here you go Kakashi. You will be escorting a bridge builder to wave country and protect him until said bridge is completed. We estimate this is at most a month long mission maybe two weeks if everything goes smoothly." He handed Kakashi the scroll and called in the client. "Tazuna you can come in and meet your guards now."
Just then the doors opened an an older looking man who was clearly drunk if the sake bottle in his hand was any indication walked in. "I asked for Ninja nad I get a pasty kind, an Emo, the bubblegum princess, a Cyclops and-" Suddenly his eyes landed on Naruto who was suppressing his rage. When ever he suppressed negative emotion or Ki it comes out of his body as a condense mist. The mist is actually scolding to the touch and doesn't really help to instil confidence. "Oh god! What is that!" Tazuna screamed while dropping his bottle and stumbling backwards while pointing at Naruto.
Sarutobi looked over at Naruto and finally felt the aura of doom he was subconsciously producing. He cleared his throat. "This is Naruto. he is a Genin of the leaf and he will also be accompanying you back to wave. He is being sent just to be safe as he has been a Genin for just over four years now.
Tazuna finally got over the shock and got back to his feet. "OK... Well then when do we leave?" He asked.
It was Kakashi's turn to speak up. "We will meet at the main gate in three hours. And don't be late." He said. The Genin of team 7 sweat dropped at this. They had quickly found out their sensei was always at least an hour late. "OK then. With that said see you all in three hours." He said then disappeared in a swirl of leaves and smoke.
Everyone filed out the door but Naruto was already set for the trip. He always had a months supply of items sealed into his robes since he learned advances storage seals. So he opted for the window and ran straight past the Hokage and flew out the window and soared for a while beofre plummeting into yondaime lane where he landed and ran off towards the gate.
~three hours later~
Naruto was sitting there petting Tenshi. The fox was purring in his lap. He saw Tazuna coming down the lane along with the three Genin of team 7. As soon as they got to Naruto, Kakashi popped up and with an eye smile said. "Good everyone's here on time. Shall we get going then?" And with that they all started the long trek to wave country.
