Welcome to the next chapter of Foxily Instinct, sorry it took so long but with work and school it been hard to find time to write but i did it, this chapter is a bit bigger since i had a lot to get through in a short amount of time, so i hope it doesn't feel rushed.

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"Brother!" Kyuubi raised his head at the cry before his son's hospital room door burst open.

"Shukaku shut up Naruto is asleep, finally" he said before motioning to his brother to take a seat

"How is he?"

"We're not sure on the outside he is the same boy, but I am afraid he may have changed. He is so quiet; I would give anything to hear his loud mouth argue again"

Shukaku moved and hugged him

"Its okay little brother, you must give him time. I brought my kids with me would it be alright if they come in"

"Wait until he's awake, then they're free to meet him"

"Okay, you should get some sleep too brother. You need to be strong for them"

"You are right, I will talk to you tomorrow"

Kyuubi took his place next to his mate and closed his eye and hoped for at least a few hours of sleep.

"Naruto wake up" I shifted over to my other side away from the voice

"That not how you do it, this is how you do it. Naruto I made ramen!"

I jolted up and nearly hit the voices head

"Where, where?"

"Dad that wasn't nice, it terrible to lie about ramen" I pouted until I noticed the new faces

"Am I imagining more people or are they real?"

Kyuubi laughed then made some introductions

"This is my brother Shukaku and his three kids the oldest Kankuro, Temari and Gaara, they are Tanuki's"

"Nice to meet you all Kyuubi has told me, nothing about you"

"Figures my baby brother wouldn't mention his favourite brother"

"He's the youngest?"

"Yeah and gets reminded of it every day" Kyuubi muttered

"So yyou could tell me some stories to get me out of getting grounded?"

"Oh yeah like there was this time when he was nine and we were at our uncle's house…"

"THAT'S, enough Shukaku we don't need to hear about that"

Shukaku smirked then gave me a look that said he'd tell me later

"So you guys must be my cousins, nice to meet you"

"Yes, as Uncle said I am Kankuro, my sister Temari and the youngest Gaara" Kankuro was putting Gaara in a head lock and nearly gave him a noogie

"If you do that I will cut more of your strings" Gaara said in an even tone, which made him freeze Kankuro quickly released him

"Please excuse my brothers they haven't completed their training to be allowed in the outside world" Temari said smiling gently it made her seem warm and motherly.

"Excuse me, it's time for Mr Uzumaki's final checks"

"Great time for more Ink bolt tests with Mr greenman"

"Hi everyone, Naruto after this test you can go home if deemed okay" I nodded then sat across from the shrink

"What do you see?"

"A piece of white card smeared with ink"

After answering my shrink with this and other, pointing out the obvious answers he was starting to get annoyed with me,

"This is the last card, what. Do. You. See?"

"I see… me in a white room…"

"Yes go on"

"Your there as well and I…"

"Please continue" Mr Greenman was now leaning forward

"I am smacking you over the head with white pieces of card with ink blotted on them" then Mr Greenman exploded – well as close to it as humanly possible – he threw the card down and stormed out of the room shouting about annoying blonds who couldn't take his life seriously, everyone else was laughing their asses off

"Oh my god, that was priceless" Kankuro was in fits on the floor, my nurse walked in with a scowl

"What did you do to you Psychologist?"

"I don't know all I was doing was answering his questions and he got annoyed, it not my fault he can't handle it" I even gave my puppy dog eyes routine but this woman was immune

"Fine you are free to go as soon as you parents sign the papers"

"We'll go do that why don't you go pack" Kyuubi said and he and dad left

"Gaara help the boy then meet us with Kyuubi" Shukaku said Gaara nodded and then his siblings and father left.

"It nice to meet you, your father told us a lot about you" Gaara said as he helped collect my things from around the room

"It nice to have family only two months ago I was an only kid with a single dad. Now I have an extra dad, eight uncles and lots of cousins… What is it like to have lots of family?"

"It's odd, in a nice way even though as anti-social as I am, my family still love me maybe not understand me but love me none the less"

"It sounds nice"

"You are very cold, did you know?"

"You're not so easy to fool as the others, you must have been in a position alike to mine"

"My mother died, she was shot seven times trying to save me from kidnappers, she succeded but it cost, her life"

"I am sorry I know how I felt when I thought my parents were dead"

"Thank you"

"Naruto, I can feel your mind screaming at me"

"Yes I forgot we are telepathic"

"I'll leave you with a few words my mother you to tell me, cry when you want to cry, laugh when you want to laugh, cause only your heart can bring those emotion to life"

I nodded and we packed in silence as I thought over his words, would I ever get back to my normal self.

Once all the papers were signed we left the hospital I couldn't be happier to say goodbye, since it was the afternoon we headed back to Shukaku's house

"You will bunk with Gaara, Kyuubi and Minato can stay in the guest room, but no hanky panky"

We split off in different directions I followed Gaara into his clean room

"If your dad is one of the Lords why do you guys live here?" here was a large two story home behind a Car Garage

"Dad was never one for regulations, he wanted normal so he got it"

Normal, what was normal anymore?

"You might want to take a nap, I'll wake you when it time for lunch"

"I'm fine"

"No you're not I read the report you need sleep" his voice made it final I laid on the mattress that had been place next to the bed and slept.

'Oi Kit wakie wakie'

'Leave me alone Kurama'

'Whats up?'

'Is there anything you can do to me to make like I once was?' I looked up at Kurama he was shifted into his fox form

'Oh Kit come here' he hugged me, was I crying again?

'I wish I could, but this is something even I can't help you with. It's up to you to beat this'

I clung to the fur on his chest as he wrapped his many tails around me

'Why do you and my dads do this' I indicated the tails

'For us foxes it's a way to show comfort to our families especially our Kits, I did this to my son and he did it to his kids'

'Thank you'

'It's just as they say, one day at a time'

I slept like that with Kurama humming a lullaby

"Naruto, it's time for lunch" I opened my eyes to see Gaara shaking my shoulder

"I'll be there" Gaara looked at me funny then he nodded and left the room I rubbed the sleep from my eyes as I stumbled toward the food smell

"Nice to see you are awake"

"Foood!" I grabbed the nearest plate which happened to be Kankuro's

"Hey, thats mine!" I growled when his hand got near the plate

"If you want those fingers I suggest not getting between Naruto and food" I plopped myself next to Gaara as Kankuro got himself another plate

I felt better once the food settled but the room was deathly quiet

"I thought I could take Naruto for a tour of the school he will be joining this year" Temari suggested I could instantly feel the tension in the room

"Take Gaara and Kankuro with you" Shukaku said looking at my father's faces

"Can I go?" I looked at them

"Sure Naruto but please don't leave their sides" Minato said

"I won't"

"We'll be back before dark"

My cousins piled into a beat up truck

"Thank you for that" I thanked them for getting me out of that place

"No problem parents are like that"

Kankuro turned up the radio it had a good beat I found myself relaxing into the chair

"Here we are" Kankuro announced after a ten minute drive

"But this is just a gate" all I could see was trees

"Yeah it's the entrance. Oi Sai open this gate" Kankuro shouted at the voice box

"Shut up puppet freak" the voice said back it held little emotion

"Your words have injured me"

"Just drive on already"

Kankuro chuckled as he wound up his window

"Who was that?"

"My roommate Sai, he's in his second to last year. I am a senior"

"And that routine is normal for you two?"

"It's just his way of expressing his love for me"

Temari sighed at him I had to agree with her what an idiot. Temari took over the tour from him.

"This is Konoha High, you will be getting you uniform, a timesheet and a dorm key"

"Wait I'm going to have to live in the dorms"

"Yes we all do, it's safer not to mention you will not be able to be known as the Nine Tailed Lord Heir until we figure out who is after you"

"Then who will I be?"

"The foster son of Kakashi and Iruka Hatake"

"Iruka and Kakashi are here?" I hadn't seen them in years

"Yes Kakashi took over as Headmaster and Iruka teaches English"

"Can I visit them?"

"That is later, we are going to spend a month teaching you everything to keep up with kid that have been learning for their whole lives"

"Who are we?"

"Your Parents, my dad, Kakashi and Iruka, we will be helping where we can"

We drove on until we reached the main building, we all exited the car

"This is the main building this is where most of your classes will be the dorms are to the left sown that road" Temari said and pointed to the path that went out into the trees

"It is split up as male and female"

I kind of blocked out the rest as it was the usual stuff like at most schools, you know classes, cafeteria, hall etc, etc.

As we continued on the tour I got steadily more bored

'Kurama get me out of this'

'Now why would I do that Kit, this is vital information'

'Evil Fox'

'You called?' I rolled my eyes and cut the connection and continued to listen to Temari and that lasted a whole minute until something caught my eye, three cameras were currently following our movements I stopped moving and they stopped as well.

'Be careful Kit, you never know who is at the other end'

'Yes I know, thank you Kurama'

"Naruto, Keep up we're nearly finished" I snapped out of my mental conversation at Temari's voice

"I'll be right there" I gave one last looked directly at the camera's then turned away to follow the others

"Shit, please tell me you guys saw that too?" the guy in front of the screen said

"That's the newly awakened kid that was found in the human world" a second person said

"Come on guys tell me what you saw?" whined a third, then he saw it as the tape was rewound.

His eyes, they were two colours. The one brightest blue the other a dark red

"We need to keep an eye on this one. Kakashi's orders" he said as he replaced the unlit cigarette back in his mouth

"He'll defiantly liven up this place with his Youthful spirit" the second man said enthusiastically

"Sai we'll need that tape" Sai ejected the tape and handed it over to the first man

"Sensei's is this not to leave this room?"

"You know the rules"

Sai nodded as the teachers took their leave.

Everywhere I looked I was reminded of my time, I sat on the mattress in Gaara's room. My head was pounding in pain I keep getting flashes of the interiors of my cell replacing the walls of the room.

'Kit calm down, it's not real'

Kurama's words were trying to reach me but fear clouded my better judgment, my flight instinct took place I jumped out of the window onto the tree near it.

I lost myself into the calming forest the pounding was decreasing with each step I took from the house into the forest

'Kit, no go back, NOW' Kurama shouted at me that when I noticed a sort of crawling feeling under my skin my claws extended as I watched I sat and stared as I could control the length using the tree I tested their strength, four deep groves right past the back

"Found him" two men dropped from the sky

"I'll inform Kyuubi sama"

I stood up and strode over to the men, they seemed familiar.

"I know you" I pointed to the wolf masked man my claws receded when I was near him, the pounding stopped

"You made the pain go away"

"Naruto!" My father's entered the forest

"Thank gods we thought…" they didn't need to finish that sentence

"I needed to think the house was making me feel stifled"

"Of course, if you need to do that again just tell someone"

"My lord may I take my leave?" the masked wolf asked of my father

"Of course Wolf, I thank you for your help" Wolf bowed and was gone in a flash.

"Time for us to go as well"

I followed them back resisting the urge to run.

In two days' time I was cleared for training to begin, Kakashi stood across from me

"Today will be some basics, weaponry and hand to hand combat"

I nodded in answer

"First, hand to hand we'll start with some Exercises you human body won't be used to any form of fighting even after the awakening started"

"Okay"

"Good, let's get started"

I am going to kill that spikey silver haired man I am currently in my 3rd hour of his so called training and my legs and arms can't take much more of this I was holding a jug in each hand by the rim since there was no handles they were filled with water. I was in a some sort of crouched position.

I couldn't lower my arms due to the tiny knives that would dig into my sides. All the while that perv was reading one of his porno books

"Just one more hour then it time for your run" Kakashi said barely looking up from his book

I had to grit my teeth to prevent myself from swearing in every language I know at him

"How is this training?"

"It trains the muscles" he didn't say much after that even if it tried to prompt him, once I could place the pots down and the knives were removed I collapsed on the ground

"Now for the run"

"You'll be joining me, right?"

"Of course what kind of teacher would I be if I didn't, here catch" Kakashi threw me a rope it was attached to a tyre which he placed on the ground and sat on it

"Now mush"

"What!"

"Start running"

"Or you'll do what?" I asked him

Kakashi pulled out a secondary piece of rope and he flicked it right next to my ear like a whip, and I was off running.

Even though I was running as fast as I could it took nearly four hours to get halfway, god was I that out of shape. Wait I think I have read this sort of thing before

"Kakashi did you get this out of a book?"

Kakashi had a smirk on his face as he replied "Of course not, this is something I picked up along the road of life"

I fell face first onto the ground.

"I really hate you sometimes Kakashi"

So we continued on like this for about two week before Kakashi would let me learn some fighting abilities during this time my fathers would watch and help when needed, on my day off Gaara was hanging out with me

"Naruto are you actually enjoying yourself?"

I was caught off guard by his question it was so out of the blue.

"If I had to answer honestly it would be, yes. Even though it has been tough I know they are not doing this to hurt me but make me stronger"

Gaara smiled and leaned on my back we were back to back, in the few weeks I had been living in my Uncles house I have grown to be close to Gaara as if we were brothers.

"School is going to be hell isn't?" Gaara asked he was also going to this school with his siblings

"You got me, the worst part is I won't be able to tell anyone who I actually am or who I am related to"

"At least we'll know"

"True" I smiled and enjoyed the rest of my day.

The next day was the start of the next level of lessons these were fun, I learn as much as I could taking in as much as humanly – or demonly – possible as the school deadline was swiftly approaching during the last few days Kyuubi said he had something to teach me.

We were in the forest far from the house, it was calming for me.

"What I have to teach you will be for calming your beast, you came very close to being taken over by the Fox so you must be careful"

"What is this technique?"

"Tai Chi"

"What is it?"

"Tai Chi is Chinese, it can be used as a sort of mediation it's good for a calm mind there is also a way for it to be used as a form of Martial arts but that is for another day today is for the mind, now follow me"

We practiced into the fading day after training with Kakashi the slow movement of Tai Chi was difficult but eventually I got it.

I stood in the bathroom on the morning of Orientation day for Konoha High my Uniform was slung over the chair the white shirt with the Leaf Symbol sown on the sleeves and a smaller one on the collar, the black jacket next to it –it was in the style of a Japanese school uniform - there was I tie but I wasn't going to wear it and the black pants completed it.

In the mirror I could see the scars fading till you could barely tell they were there my mucsles had become more defined but due to my nature they weren't too noticeable – stupid fricken submissive genes – I traced the mark that was on my stomach it was like a stylised sun it was my mark the next step in awakening, if and when I find my mate and we mark each other this mark will appear on the other – every demon had one most families had similar ones but each was personalised to that person – once I finished changing I help take down the last few boxes of my things to the truck.

Now I was Naruto Uzumaki, in no realtion to Minato Namikaze or Lord Kyuubi just some half-blood who was adopted by Kakashi and Iruka. I gave final hug to my fathers and tried to hold back the tears.

I waved from the car until I couldn't see them anymore then I slump down in the seat

"It'll be alright Naruto" Gaara said ruffling my hair my ear twitched

Oh yeah that was another thing while at this school we must be showing our ears and tails which was odd but hey I have no clue what is normal in demons society.

With the help of a map and the key to my dorm – my roommate had already arrived and unpacked but wasn't there – I had all my stuff now in my dorm I split up from my cousins agreeing that I would meet them at the welcoming ceremony.

I undid the top buttons of my shirt and wore my jacket open –seriously it was annoying who could wear clothes like that – I wondered the grounds until I found the ceremony Gaara wasn't hard to find considering the gap between him and the people around him I sat next to him as the ceremony took place he filled me in on the teachers and top students most were from top families such as Uchiha's and Hyuga's

Other than that Gaara and I didn't pay much attention we compared schedules and we only shared two classes, PE and English.

After the ceremony it was time to find our first classes sadly it wasn't one of the one we shared, mine was Math.

Being the new kid was tough, and when you grow up with most of the people here it easy to spot the new additions as I entered class I was asked to introduce myself

"Hi my name is Naruto Uzumaki I am the adopted son of Iruka and Kakashi Hatake and I like ramen and making lot of friends, oh I am also a half-breed"

Then I smiled the brightest smile and took my indicated seat I wanted to laugh at the looks on their faces they weren't expecting that, I inherited my bluntness from Minato.

This happened in every class most of them were every class I was getting sick of repeating myself eventually at my last class I was just going

"Naruto Uzumaki" then taking my seat which happened to be next to some quiet kid sort of emo looking his hair was funny like a duck's butt his name was Sasuke something I sat next him in every class.

I eventually got to dinner and I sat with Gaara since he was on the same floor as me we entered the cafeteria and got a seat which I protected while Gaara got food

"Hey Naruto" a voice called and a group of people came my way

"Um, hi?"

"Oh right, I'm Kiba we have Math's and English thought you could use some company, these are my friends you notice most are in your classes" Kiba the one who was talking was a lot like me he had a hoodie on with the hood up but I could see his brown hair he had fang just poking out of his mouth and two downward triangles on his face he was obviously a Wolf demon

I then looked at the other there was a big group, there were eleven including Kiba.

Kiba introduced each one, Sakura was the pink haired girl I had seen in my first class she was a Cat demon she was next to Ino a blond haired Lion Demon, Tenten had her hair up in buns which I nearly mistook for her ears but she was a Panda, the last of the girls was Hinata she has long black hair and pale eye I almost thought she was blind she was an Snow Leopard.

Shino was next to Kiba he had his collar up high nearly blocking off half his face he also had round black sunglasses which he wear cause his eyes are light sensitive he was an Owl demon, though he reminded more of a bug. Next to him was Neji he was related to Hinata, he had the same hair and eyes not to mention he was also a Snow Leopard I learned he was his cousin, Lee was an odd guy he had ruminates of a bowl hair cut it seemed to have grown out of it a bit he had HUGE bushy eyebrow like caterpillars and nearly everything he wore was green except for the orange things on his legs he also had his arms bandaged, next was Choji he was a big guy though they advised never to say that to him, he had red swirls on his cheeks he was a brown bear Demon, next to him was a guy who almost had his head on the table his name was Shikamaru his hair was pulled back into a ponytail a lot like Iruka's but more like a pineapple he was a deer Demon

And lastly was that emo guy Sasuke Uchiha he was a Wolf Demon and was kind of a bastard.

Gaara came back a little shocked about the group of people though he'd never show it

"This is Gaara he's my friend" Gaara handed me my Ramen nodded to the others it was awkward for the first few minutes then I found out that Kiba was none other than my pal RedFang from 'Jayū Origins' then nearly everyone from my friend's list was at the table I made my way to my dorm and nearly crashed on my bed who knew school was so tiring I fell asleep quickly so quickly I didn't even see my roommate enter. Oh well maybe in the morning.


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