I apologize for the long time it took for me to update this story. I hate it when authors take forever to update but I had to deal with school. I can't promise much better in the future either, so please bear with me.
On another note, some people asked me what a cupie doll is after the note at the end of the last chapter. It is actually a little porcelain doll that was frequently given away at carnival games. I'm sorry for the stupid reference.
Lastly, I have not heard any thoughts about whether to upgrade this story to "M" in order to include more freaky stuff. I don't plan on Naruto having a harem, but he will get around.
It had been about two weeks since Naruto lost his original body. During this time, the Sandaime had been teaching the boy to meditate in order to reach the Kyuubi. The hope was that the demon could tell them how to change the boy into a human form. One, so he could interact normally with everyone, and two, so he would not starve to death.
The Kyuubi was so huge that he needed a large supply of food to sate his hunger. The village could not provide this without succumbing to starvation itself. The Hokage had already brought in quite a few cattle and other animals to the forest. At first, Naruto had been hesitant to eat the animals, but then hunger got the better of him.
Flashback
Naruto would drink water from a river that ran through the forest of death so that wasn't a problem. They had given the boy-turned-fox some cooked meat and some grain, but this was not enough. Sarutobi decided that he couldn't provide Naruto with a substantial meal except for a few days a week. That being said, he used village funds to buy a herd of cattle.
"You can't cook them?" Naruto asked.
"We could," the Sandaime replied, "but it would be a lot of work."
Naruto still looked hesitant. He was by no means a vegetarian, but the cows had such big innocent eyes. This was a ninja village, and killing was the main profession, but he was still a child. He had even hunted and fished for food when he was out of money before, but the other wild animals he had killed were not alive when he had eaten them. It was just meat then. Oh god, the cows were even looking at him now!
He noticed that the old man was backing away so he called out to him.
"Where are you going, old man?"
"I'm going out of the range of the blood spatter," The Hokage replied. "Plus, I don't really want to see the carnage up close."
"You suck, old man!"
The Sandaime snickered and kept backing up. The ANBU that had brought the cattle to the forest of death did not seem that pleased to be left so close now that their leader was backing away. He stared and at the cows for awhile. He would do this quickly so they didn't suffer. Was he supposed to eat them whole? Oh well, he was really hungry. He closed his eyes and offered a silent apology to the cows for eating them alive. With that, his eyes flung open and he swooped down on his prey. He got quite a few cattle with one bite and lifted them in the air where he chomped down on them quickly.
Then he heard the scream.
Naruto was startled enough to open his mouth and swing his head to where he heard the noise. He noticed that the cows were slipping out so he shut his mouth, but not before a large amount of blood was flung out from the force of his head turning.
The result was a very bloody, very freaked out kunoichi.
End Flashback
Once Anko was told the situation, she made everyone present swear to never tell anyone about her scream. The penalty, she told them, was death by choking on your own nuts. She told Naruto that she would use a ladder if she had to. The men, the fox, and even some local wildlife that Naruto hadn't yet eaten, all took a moment to cower together.
After that incident, Anko showed up in the forest of death almost every day. She would keep Naruto company since the ANBU that guarded him gave little conversation. Having endured a similar situation of loneliness and general scorn by the village, Anko could guess how the boy's childhood had affected him. While she knew he was being mistreated, she really wasn't the caring type, so she didn't help him. She didn't feel bad about not being there for him, as she was still pretty young and dealing her own problems, but since he was in her forest now, it wasn't too much trouble to help him out.
So, this is how Mitarashi Anko ended up reading various books to a giant demon fox in the forest of death. The boy could barely read, so not only did this activity keep both of them from dying of boredom, it also taught him kanji. The boy-turned-kitsune learned alarmingly quickly, which was necessary considering how little patience Anko possessed. The books that the snake summoning kunoichi chose to read were not always meant for little boys, but she reasoned that with Naruto being a giant demon fox, the usual social customs did not apply. In any case, Anko didn't follow what most people thought was normal behavior anyway, so even if this foxy change had never happened to him, she wouldn't care. If he wants to be read to, he damn well better not complain about her choices in literature.
Naruto, in fact, did not complain. Not just for the fact that Anko seemed to be able to scare a 500 foot tall demon fox, but also because Icha Icha Paradise was really interesting. Naruto had heard of and even seen some things like what was written in the smutty orange book, but he never could figure out what was so great about it. Now, probably due to having a fully developed, albeit foxy, body, he was starting to appreciate the opposite sex.
Naruto was even having strange fantasies about mounting Anko. He did his best to crush these thoughts down for three reasons: He was still slightly confused, he didn't want to crush Anko's comparatively small body, and he didn't doubt that Anko could succeed where the Yondaime and everybody failed and kill the shit out of him.
Sometimes, Anko would not go back to her apartment at night. On nights such as these, she would sleep on top of the giant fox. Even though his fur was hard and almost sharp, Anko would slip her lithe body between the massive hairs and fall asleep against his warm skin. Naruto loves it when she stays with him. Although he can barely feel her tiny body, it feels unimaginably good to know there is someone with him during the night. It's ironic that he had to become a hideous monster in order to have someone lay with him. His biggest regret is that he cannot hold her, for his giant claws would tear her apart.
Anko also helped with his meditation. She and the Sandaime would try and get Naruto to breathe correctly and concentrate. When he would drift off, Anko would kick him as hard as she could, right between his eyes. Sarutobi even tried asking Naruto koan, or irrational questions meant to center concentration during meditation. It was amusing and yet disturbing to see a giant red fox try to clap with one paw.
After quite a few frustrating meditation sessions, Naruto finally found himself in a large sewer system. He noticed right away that he was no longer a huge fox, but a once again a little boy in orange. God, he missed orange. Anyway, he also noticed that he had kept the tails even in his mindscape. He didn't really mind this, as having tails was extremely fun. It was like having nine additional arms, even if he could not really control them well. One of his favorite things to do in the forest was to try and move the tails to his will. It was slow going, comparable to learning how to walk, but it was coming along nonetheless.
Snapping out of his musings, he set off through the shallow, murky water and went looking for the Kyuubi. After traveling a ways down the dark corridors of his mind, he found a huge room with a ceiling so high, he could not see it. At one end of this room, there was a large gate with bars larger in diameter than his abdomen. Holding this gate shut was a simple piece of paper with the word "seal" written upon it. Squinting through the bars, Naruto could make out the astral form of the demon fox. It currently looked to be sleeping, with its transparent tails wrapped around its equally transparent body.
Naruto would have just screeched for the Kyuubi to wake the hell up, but the Hokage had smacked him with his monkey pole (AN-That sounds very dirty) and told him not to piss the Kyuubi off when they needed his cooperation. So, Naruto walked up slowly to the gates and spoke rather softly.
"Excuse me, Kyuubi…-san," he was not used to using honorifics, "Kyuubi-san please wake up." The great fox didn't even twitch. "Um, hey, wake up." The fox stirred slightly when Naruto spoke a little louder. Gathering his breath, Naruto shouted, "Kyuubi-san! Wake-"
That was as far as the boy got before the demon slammed up against the bars, snarling and clawing viciously. Naruto was shocked, not only by the power and evil ki the fox emitted, but by the ferocity of the Kyuubi's attack. The fox continued to attack the gate for a full minute with everything it had. To the boy, this seemed like the apocalypse was occurring right in front of him and being restrained by a piece of paper.
After the fox stopped, it remained there, panting from the exertion of its attack. Naruto didn't really understand what happened. The Kyuubi went from sleeping to psychotic natural disaster before he could even blink. Now it was staring at him with so much hate, it could cause a heart attack.
"Why have you awoken me!?" The fox screamed at Naruto, its fangs seemed to drip blood, which on contact with the floor, burst into flame.
"Kyuubi-san," Naruto was scared shitless but he still refused to use anything more respectful than "san". Although he himself now had this very body, the Kyuubi could pull off the whole evil incarnate thing way better than he could. Also, he still needed information from the fox so he had to somehow placate it. "I'm sorry, Kyuubi-san, but-"
"I have given you a new body of immense power, what possible reason could you have to disturb me now? Speak, whelp, I hope you have not managed to destroy this one as well!"
"There's nothing wrong and thanks for helping me before, but I still have some problems."
"Problems? Boy, these better be problems of life and death to keep me from my slumber!"
Thinking quickly, Naruto answered, "They are, Kyuubi-san. I might starve to death if I don't find a way to change my size. The Hokage told me that kitsune were able to shape shift."
"Mmm… That is acceptable." The Kyuubi told him as it settled down and rested its head on its paws in front of the gate.
Naruto was surprised by the complete turn around in attitude that the Kyuubi underwent. "What the hell was that?" Naruto had lost the polite act with all the strangeness of the situation.
"What was what?" The Kyuubi yawned.
"The whole blowing up in rage thing!" Naruto yelled.
"There is one thing that arouses my ire more than any other. That is being awoken." The Kyuubi said seriously. "Why do you think I attacked your village?"
"Bu… Huh?" Naruto sputtered.
"Yes, you saw how angry I get upon being awoken. I attacked your village because one of your shinobi woke me up rather rudely."
Flashback (Approximately eight years earlier)
Kyuubi, currently the size of a normal fox, lay resting under a tree in a sunny clearing outside of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. Suddenly, a commotion approaches in the form of a young man with black hair.
"Yosh! And if I cannot run through the forest on my hands, I will kill a homeless person with a hammer… I mean, I will do five hundred one legged squats!"
The Kyuubi stirred slightly, but remained asleep. The "youthful" young man paused in his self task as he took note of the red fox. Such began the greatest disaster to ever befall the Leaf.
"Yosh! A youthful kitsune! I have heard tales of their swiftness and cunning. I shall awaken him and challenge him to a race through the forest!" He approached the sleeping nine-tailed fox with a small twig. "Excuse me, kitsune-san! I was wo-"
That was as far as teenager got. As soon as he poked the Kyuubi, it erupted in violence and power. As it abruptly expanded to its true size, the youth was knocked unconscious and flung several hundred feet away by the explosion of youkai.
The shinobi in the village saw the huge fox and mounted a defense to its assumed rampage. The rest, as they say, is history. The man who woke up the Kyuubi would later be found among the dead and injured with no memory of the previous two weeks.
End Flashback
"You killed all those people, just because someone woke you up?!" Naruto was about ready to bash his head into the floor.
"Well," The Kyuubi yawned, "Sloth is my sin but I am still a demon."
"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"I was once just a normal nine-tailed kitsune before I was chosen to be a Bijou. I was, in fact, the laziest kitsune."
"Wait," Naruto interrupted, "Isn't the quick brown fox supposed to jump over the lazy dog?"
"I'm a red fox, and don't interrupt me. Anyway, I was so lazy; I was chosen to become the Bijou that corresponded to the sin of sloth. Every one of the tailed beasts represented one of the nine major sins. The one-tailed tanuki represents wrath. The two-tailed cat represents lust. Blah Blah Blah. Let us speak on the matter of your size."
"Uhh… Yeah, the old man said something about a star ball and kitsune magic."
"Yes, the hoshi no tama is what kitsune use to store a portion of their power in order to shape shift. It is usually a small ball or jewel but I am no ordinary kitsune. My whole body is a hoshi no tama!"
"I don't understand."
"Allow me to show you. Even though you have my body and are currently looking at only my soul, its appearance is a representation of how I viewed myself. The same goes for your body here in this mindscape. You have grown used to having tails, but still see your body as that of a human. Now, watch closely."
The sharp red hair of the Kyuubi seemed to shrink into nothingness. On the bald skin of the fox, intricate tattoos or seals could be seen.
"These seals run across my entire being. They are my hoshi no tama. It acts a dimensional storage for my power and body when I wish to change into a smaller form. I can change into a human form because I know what it looks like and I have enough body to form into a human shape."
"But how do you change into a human?" Naruto asked.
"You now possess my actual body. That is why you are smart enough to actually converse with me and understand the concepts you are hearing, for it is above the capacity of one of so young an age. But make no mistake, even though you possess the thinking power of an ancient kitsune, you do not have the knowledge. You are now a kitsune in body and mind, but you only possess the memories and knowledge of a human boy. Since you have my body, you can shape shift exactly in the same manner as me. You should be able to transform into your human self rather easily since you know what it "feels" like. To do this, concentrate on the form your old body and, collapse in on yourself. Since you are your own hoshi no tama, you must stuff yourself inside yourself."
Strangely, this made sense to Naruto. He guessed it was because he was thinking with the demon's brain. He was about to leave when he remembered some of the stories about kitsune that the old Hokage had told him.
"What can you tell me about kitsune magic?" Said the fox-boy as his tails wagged slyly.
The Hokage and Anko had been waiting patiently for about an hour after Naruto fell into a trance. They hoped that the boy could get what information they needed from the demon without a major altercation. Suddenly, Naruto shook himself out of his stupor and grinned.
"I know what to do, old man. I just gotta imagine my old body while stuffin' myself into myself."
"I don't really know what you mean by the last part, Naruto, but go ahead and try," said the Sandaime. Anko had some interesting ideas on stuffing oneself inside of oneself, but she kept those thoughts quiet.
"Here goes!" Announced Naruto and he began to concentrate. After a few moments, a bluish-green ethereal flame surrounded the giant fox and it began to shrink. Slowly, it began to take a human form.
When the transformation was complete, Naruto stood in all of his naked human glory. However, he didn't look exactly like he did before. If one was to describe him, it would be as if the Yondaime took steroids and drew whiskers on his face.
"Is that really how you see yourself, Naruto-kun?" the Sandaime asked looking at the huge muscular man.
"Hehehe…" Naruto laughed nervously. He may have a little bit of an ego.
"You're a little bit shorter than that, boy," The Hokage sighed.
"Oh, okay," Naruto relented and shrunk until he looked relatively like his old self.
"Mou, I like the first body better!" Anko pouted while walking around the Naruto. She grabbed him playfully on his naked butt and only then did the boy realize he was without clothes.
"Eep!" the blonde exclaimed as he grabbed the Hokage's pointy hat and held it over his privates.
The Hokage sighed happily as the boy blushed and Anko laughed. He was glad he didn't have to buy anymore cows.
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