Title: The Kyuubi's Deal
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and in no way making money off of this!
Rating: M for safety
Warnings: Yaoi, Language, Violence
Summary: They have finally won the war, but at a terrible loss. Alone and hopeless, Naruto plans to end it all, only to be interrupted by an unlikely force. With a deal being struck, Naruto plans to redo it all in hopes of a better future. Yaoi, Time Travel
The Kyuubi's Deal
Chapter 4
The next morning Naruto and Kurama got dressed, and shared a brief kiss, Naruto's inexperience coming into play and the meeting time. They exchanged goodbyes, one saying they were going to meet his team, the other doing another task. Naruto left with a couple of nutrient bars in his supply belt.
Arriving at dawn, Naruto noticed his other two teammates. Sasuke was sitting on a stump, nothing unusual about him, while Sakura sat under a tree with dark circles around her eyes. Walking over to her, he heard her stomach growl.
"Ohayou, Saukra-chan! How are you?"
"What do you want, Naruto-baka?"
"I was just trying to see if you were okay. You don't look so good."
Sakura gave an annoyed expression but gave an explanation in case Naruto wouldn't start bugging her.
"I forgot to eat last night and didn't sleep very well."
Taking a nutrient bar out, he presented it to her.
"I have a nutrient bar here if you want, and you can take a nap until Kakashi-sensei shows up. I have a feeling he won't be here for awile."
"Naruto, you know Kakashi-sensei told us not to eat breakfast! We can't disobey our leader!"
"Who said anything about breakfast? This is just a little snack, he didn't say anything regarding those, just no breakfast."
A surprise look came to her face as she thought about it. Taking him up on his offer she took the snack and ate it. After she was done, she sat under a tree and leant against it. Before she fell asleep she turned towards Naruto and gave a soft thank you. Naruto just gave a smile and said sleep well.
Turning around, he spotted Sasuke looking at them with an unreadable expression. Naruto was unsure what to do. He had tried to save him once and all that got was a hole through his chest. While not entirely evil, Sasuke didn't care for anything besides his goals, loyalty be damned. The blonde had to come up with a decision about what to do in a couple of days.
"Oi, Teme! What you looking at?"
"Just two losers, Dobe."
Naruto just gave a sigh and walked away, eating his own snack. When he was done, he just jumped on the training posts and began hopping back and forth. Getting bored with that, he jumped to a high vantage point on a tree limb and rested his eyes.
Seeing Naruto jump that high, effortlessly, made a pit form in Sasuke's gut. Playing off as a onetime occurrence, he just turned back and waited for their sensei.
Line Break: 3 Hours Later
Kakashi arrived at the scene and was expecting to get yelled at. What he didn't expect was to be greeted by a scowling Uchiha, a sleeping Haruno, and a perched blonde on a tall tree, smiling and waving at him.
Having seen their sensei arrive, Naruto gracefully jumped off his tree in between two close ones. He extended his claws hand and scraped down, slowing his momentum. Landing on the ground he took back his claws and awoke Sakura nearby on a neighboring tree. She gave an appreciated smile and got up. Together they walked over to their teammate and leader.
"Now that everyone is up and here, let's begin today's test. Everyone see these two bells? Your objective is to get them from me using any means necessary."
"But, sensei, you only have two bells. Why is that?"
"I'm glad you asked that, Sakura. The two genins who have a bell at the end of the test pass, while the one remaining gets sent back to the academy."
Shock and outrage appeared on two of the genin's faces, while the blonde just looked back, closed his eyes and gave a smile, giving Kakashi the creeps.
"You have until sundown to finish the test, and the test begins… now."
The genins scattered going opposite directions except for Naruto. Kakashi saw that Naruto wasn't doing anything and decided to bring out his favorite perverted book and began reading. The blonde then surprised him.
"Shadow Clone jutsu!"
Hundreds of Narutos suddenly appeared, all with that creepy smile plastered on them. Still waiting for something to happen, Kakashi was alert until nothing did in fact happen, he paid attention back to his book.
Seeing that Kakashi wasn't paying attention, the Narutos began running and jumping everywhere with his special ninja wire wrapping them around trees around Kakashi, making sure for some to semi get above him. After a few minutes wires hanged everywhere, but still mostly unnoticeable.
While the clones where doing this, the real one was going to find his other teammates in hope of getting g them to help. Spotting Sakura hidden beneath some bushes he walked over to her.
"Hey, Sakura, follow me?"
"What? No! Were suppose to be getting the bells, Naruto!"
"What? You're expecting to beat a jonin? You, a genin fresh from the academy, take on and beat a jonin of over 10 years?"
Sakura looked hesitant to join for a moment, until Naruto mentioned teaching her a secret skill from the legendary sannin Tsunade, and getting Sasuke in on it. After explaining the explosion of chakra after applying it then dispels when in contact with something else, he demonstrated punching a tree shooting it to splinters.
Once Sakura got the hang of it to a lesser degree, Naruto leaving out chakra control later, they sought the hard part of their adventure, getting Sasuke. Searching for an hour, they finally found him well hidden in the foliage of a tree. Seeing them, he jumped down.
"What do you two want? I'm actually busy doing something, unlike you two apparently."
Sakura under the guidance of Naruto remained quiet, and let him explain.
"We were wondering if you, being an accomplished Uchiha, could demonstrate your clan's most famed technique, Fire Style: Great Fireball? How about it? You get to demonstrate why you're the best genin that Konoha's got to offer.
Having his ego stroked, Sasuke agreed. They all furtively made their way to the area Kakashi was residing in. When they got there they noticed he was still reading his damn book. Naruto and Sakura both made clones to attack while Sasuke performed the needed hand signs needed.
Hearing a sound, Kakashi looked up to see Sakura and Naruto rushing at him. Sighing, he just dodged and dodge each of their hits missing. Paying attention to his team he didn't notice the wet wires woven all around him until he snagged one.
Looking up in surprise, he noticed Sasuke finishing the handsigns needed for his clan's prized technique, and calling it out. He was just a genin, hewasnt suppose to any advanced jutsu's yet!
Noticing that him, Sakura, and Naruto where in the way, he went to go warn them, but stopped when they both just smiled and poofed out of existence. Looking back to the Uchiha he saw his other two teammates step out from behind him.
Sighing in relief of no friendly fire, he prepared to show the arrogant brat that his jutsus weren't all that. Sasuke finished preparations and blew out the fireball coming right towards Kakashi.
Kakashi was running towards the flaming ball about to perform his own water jutsu when he noticed Naruto was also forming signs, but it was too late to stop.
With a loud shout, Naruto called out, "Wind Style: Air Bullet!"
The jutsu rushed directly into the center of the fireball heading straight towards Kakashi. At this moment, two things happened. Naruto's jutsu combined with Sasuke's, feeding the flames to huge proportions, and lighting the circling wires creating a frightening deathtrap.
The three teens watched truly amazed at the destruction they created. They wondered how Kakashi would handle this. A few minutes later they began to worry when nothing happened.
Suddenly, Kakashi appeared stumbling; clothes burnt and tattered, and clearly pissed. The flames suddenly dyed down into nothing. Seeing that he was just a little burnt and nothing else, the three suddenly attacked him with everything, Sasuke using precision with kunai and shuriken, Sakura with chakra blunt force, and Naruto with mobility and speed.
Minutes passed by, until one of Kakashi's legs gave out, and Naruto's right claws snagged the bells. Giving a triumphant laugh, he pulled back, an action that was followed by his other teammates. Kakashi looked down in suprise, to see that they had in fact gotten the bells.
"Well done, guys. Put now you have a decision to make. Who gets the bells and passes, and which one of you fails?"
Everyone looked at Naruto who had the bells. Naruto looked down contemplatively at the bells. His two teammates looking at him with worry.
"Well Sasuke's jutsu weakened you, so he contributed a lot, so he should get a bell."
Naruto tossed a bell in the dark haired nin's direction, while Kakashi looked at him intently, and Sakura had a disappointed expression.
"And Sakura distracted you with her punches enough for me to swipe the bells, so I guess she should get a bell too."
Naruto, smiling, tossed the last remaining bell to Sakura, whose disappointment turned to shock and happiness. Turning back to his sensei, Naruto scratched the back of his head and said, "I guess I'll be the one to return."
Kakashi smiled, with a victorious look, and nodded. He finally replied, "Congratulations. You…all pass."
Shock filled the faces of all the genins, some real some fake. Finally the jonin spoke once more.
"I want everyone to meet me here tomorrow at 9. I have just one last thing to say. Those who abandon the rules are trash, but those who abandon their team are worse than trash."
Awestruck by his words, the teens all looked at each other, but were haltered by the next action by Kakashi. He coughed, took one step, and fell to the ground. Panic rushing through them, team 7 took their leader quickly to the hospital.
An hour later, a nurse came and told them, mostly Sasuke, that their sensei was just fine. He just had a minor bout of exhaustion. They all let out a sigh of relief, happy he wasn't dying. They all left, being told Kakashi was being held overnight.
Walking out of the building they heard multiple shouts throughout the village. Everyone had been robbed! While not a large amount, the amount of money stolen from everyone wasn't small. Combined together it was enough to hire a missing nin or two.
Team7 all just shrugged at each other and went home. Arriving to his apartment he realized that no one was there.
He was disappointed Kurama wasn't there. He wanted to tell the male about his stroke of genius with the wire and his jutsu. Walking to the bedroom, he noticed a note on the door saying that he was going to be gone a few days and don't do anything stupid.
Now Naruto felt lonely and tired. He undressed and put on a pair of thin night pants. He looked at the mirror in his room brushing his hair. He finally noticed his mating mark. Where two puncture holes used to be where now archaic swirls forming the form of a fox.
He pressed his fingers to it and was suddenly filled with feelings of warmth. Getting up, he went to bed. Pulling the sheets up, he laid down. A few hours passed, him tossing and turning, until he noticed the pillow that Kurama usually slept on.
Pulling it over to his chest he hugged and nuzzled it. With the scent of his missing mate, Naruto finally fell into a peaceful sleep.
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