I do not own Naruto.
"Hey"-Talking
"Hey"-Kyuubi
"Hey"-Fox Talking
A.N There is a story that had Kabuto cast a mind control on a near dead Itachi and made him fight Naruto. Does anyone know the name of that story?
Kaze watched Kakashi as he looked over his book at us. "Naruto, who is your friend?"
I blinked at the man. Kaze hissed at him when he came closer to me. Kakashi gave the fox a hard look.
"I found him one day with an injured paw. I took care of him and he's been with me ever since. Sorry for the way he acts, Kaze doesn't trust anyone but me." I pet the black fox to keep him from jumping on my sensei.
I got up and handed the paper back to him. "I'm going home now, sensei. Is there anything else?" The man just waved me off as he turned back to Sasuke and Sakura.
They ignored me as I made my way to the forest. Once we were far away from the edge, Kaze leapt off my shoulder and transformed back into his regular size.
"The nerve of that bitch! How dare she touch me! I should have scratched her eyes out!" I watched the fox pace and fume for a moment before I hugged his neck.
"Thank you for being here, Kaze. It made me feel a bit better to know that someone was there for me." The kitsune huffed but nuzzled my face all the same.
The next few days passed by like a blur. I met some of the competition in the form of the Sand ninja. The written test was nothing to write home about. I didn't really pay attention to anything until the snake lady burst through the window.
Kaze tensed when he caught her scent. As we made our way to the Forest of Death, he turned to me ear.
"Her scent is like the one from a few days ago." I gave a hum to acknowledge his words. While she was going over the instructions for the second part of the exam, I felt the prickling sensation that I was being watched. I looked behind me, but I didn't see anything.
When I looked back at Anko, I saw a Grass nin watching me out of the corner of my eye. Kaze and I froze at the scent of evil and snakes. The fox growled, but I put my hand on his body.
"Not now. We can't with all these people here. When we get in the forest, we can do something about this."
Needless to say, Kaze was less then pleased that he had to wait. When we got to our entrance to the forest the sensation of being watched increased. I shivered and Kaze jumped off my shoulder. I looked behind me.
Who are you?
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I don't believe this. My team was nowhere to be found, and Kaze had transformed and was snarling at Orochimaru. My team was nowhere in sight, and the snake bastard was give me a hungry look.
Kaze snarled louder and placed himself in front of me as Orochimaru licked his lips. My hands gripped the fox's black fur as I trembled.
I had seen that look before. I know what it means. My protector killed anyone who gave me that look before, but he's no longer here anymore. I don't think Kaze can protect me from the man for long.
"Well, well. This is a nice surprise. I must say Naruto, that it has been a long time since I had seen you. Now look at you…you have grown up nicely." That voice would have sounded charming if it had come out of someone else's mouth.
"It was such a shame that Itachi never let me close to you." Itachi? Orochimaru sighed. "I suppose that he did have his hands rather full protecting you from all those others that would wish to do you harm. I can imagine that if he was still in the village, he would have gone on a massacre by this point." My eyes widened at his words.
This Itachi was my protector? He was still alive? My heartbeat quickened as I digested the information. If he was still alive, then why did he leave me here? Kaze roared out at the snake man.
"No matter. He is no longer here to protect you. So how about we get going now? The Hokage thinks that I am after that useless Uchiha brat. It was so easy to get you alone."
I didn't want to think about what he wanted to do to me. I was in shock about finding out that my protector had left me all alone. Kaze's sudden snarl had me jerking my head. A blur of black swept me up and was speeding through the forest at top speed.
Kaze was running toward the tower as fast as he could. I clung to his neck as tears stung my eyes.
There was a crash and I went sailing off of Kaze. Rolling on the forest ground a few time I tried to find my foxy companion.
"Kit! Run!" Kyuubi shouted through our link. I took off running as fast as I could.
Kyuubi had kept me alive more times then I could count. It was instinct to listen to him by now.
A snake slithered behind me trying to catch up. Over roots and under branched I fled from the reptile, but in the end I was not fast enough to escape.
Coils wrapped around my legs and slowly traveled up my body. I clawed at the snake trying to get free.
The snake started to slither back the way we came and I saw a glint of Orochimaru through the leaves. I struggled more with the coils, but they tightened around me making it hard to breathe.
"Kit…calm down. The more you fight, the harder it is going to be to get free. Just relax your body until the time is right."
I gave the fox a mental nod. Willing my body to slowly relax caused the snake to loosen its hold. Just as the snake was about to reach the older ninja, Kaze burst out of the bushes and attacked the snake holding me.
I heard Orochimaru curse at my friend before he started a jutsu. As I tried to get away, I felt a pain on the right side of my neck. Kaze roared out and attacked the bastard that had sunk his fangs into my neck.
"Kit! Hang on!"
A burning sensation spread through my body, and the world grew dark.
