Hello, folks! Back with a new chapter of The Sly Fox! Now, before we get started I wanted to answer to a review I got from happyfan13!
So, happyfan13: Nope, sorry, but the apprentice isn't Gin! Ha, told you there'd be twists, right? Don't worry, you'll find out who it really is this very chapter! About your suggestion to add another girl to Naruto's pairing, sorry but I think I'm going to stick with just Yoruichi. It's just easier to write when I don't have to add in fluff for two girls!
So, let's get started!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Bleach. Didn't see that coming did ya?
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Hollow Talking"
'Hollow Thinking'
"Spirit Talking"
'Spirit Thinking'
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Renji strapped on his Lieutenant's Armband on and took off running down the hall of the 1st Division. He and every other Lieutenant had been told to meet there.
"This is the first time I've been ordered to wear this thing…" Renji muttered as he glanced at it.
"Tell me about it! This is the first time I've been ordered to wear it, too!" Iba Tetsuzaemon said as he came down the hall way.
"Abarai-kun, Iba-san," Hinamori Momo said as she looked up at them as they came is the room.
"Hinamori, are you the only one here?!" Renji asked, looking around.
"I think so…" Hinamori said.
"What do you expect? Most of the Lieutenant's are scattered around Seireitei!" Matsumoto Rangiku said as she came into the room.
"I suppose you are right…" Isane Kotestsu mumbled as she joined them.
"Abarai-kun…have you spoken to Aizen-Taicho lately?" Hinamori asked.
"…No, I haven't seen him, why?" Renji asked.
"…I think he has been acting strange lately," Hinamori said as she began to tear up, "He won't tell me what's wrong…no matter how many times I ask. I…What should I do?"
"There is no point in crying about such a matter," a deep voice said.
The Lieutenant's looked to see the strongest Lieutenant in Seireitei, Gaara no Sabaku.
"Now," Gaara said, "Why have we been called here?"
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Gin, smile and all, glanced at the large door before him before opening it and walking through. It was no secret why he was here. He had faced six intruders out of his jurisdiction and allowed them to escape.
"Is everyone here? Good, then let us begin. The subject of our meeting is…Ichimaru Gin," Yamamoto spoke he looked to the smiling man.
"What's going on?" Gin asked, innocence laced in his voice, "Is it really that serious for everyone to come?"
"Oh, where is Ukitake-Taicho?" Gin asked.
"…Ukitake is excused for injury," Kaname Tousen answered.
"Still? Good luck to him, then…." Gin said.
"Cut the crap, I'm not here to chit-chat!" yelled Kenpachi Zaraki, "I heard that you went to deal with six intruders and failed to kill them. Why? With your skill, six intruders should have been easy!"
"…He didn't die? I was sure I had killed him… Perhaps my skills are dulling," Gin said, frowning a little.
"Stop playing around," Mayuri Kurotsuchi spoke, "It's not possible for someone at a Taicho's level to be unable to tell if his opponent is dead. Did you fail deliberately and are now using "carelessness" as an excuse?"
"Here we go again…Old men and their pointless arguments," Toushiro Hitsugaya mumbled.
"Are you saying that I let them live?" Gin asked.
"Exactly, though I have no idea why. Just who was at the gates, Gin?" Mayuri asked.
"Shut up, Kurotsuchi, I was speaking! Though if you want me to kill you, keep talking," Kenpachi said.
"How dull…" Soi Fon muttered.
Aizen, Byakuya, and Shunsui quietly observed as the scene unfolded.
"Enough!" Yamamoto yelled, "There is still the matter of Ichimaru-Taicho's punishment! But, just who was at the gate, Ichimaru?"
"…Uzumaki Naruto," Gin answered.
The room grew silent as eyes began to widen and, soon enough, the whole room burst out in noise.
"Naruto-Taicho?! Has he really come back?"
"Naruto?! Here? Now?"
"Who is Uzumaki Naruto?"
"SILENCE!" Yamamoto yelled, "Ichimaru-Taicho is what you say true? Has Uzumaki Naruto returned?"
"Hai, I saw him with my eyes and clash blades with him. He hasn't lost his strength, either," Gin said, grinning.
"I see… This is…troubling," Yamamoto spoke, stroking his beard in thought.
Suddenly, an alarm rang out.
"ALERT! ALERT! INTRUDERS IN THE CITY! ALL PERSONAL SHOULD REPORT TO THEIR STATIONS!"
Yamamoto grew a look of shock. It was indeed Uzumaki Naruto, it had to be! Who else could cause him this much stress?
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Rukia glanced out the window of her cell, noticing something strange happening in the sky.
"The sky it's…getting brighter?!" Rukia stated, shocked.
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(15 Minutes before the Alarm)
"So, we're all set then?" Ichigo said as he looked at the group.
"You sure you're up for this, Strawberry-chan? After all, you had such a hard time with it, and even when you did do it, you had no control!" Naruto said, gaining a glare from Ichigo.
"Oh yeah? Well, let's see you do it!" Ichigo said as he chucked the orb to Naruto.
"Me? I've never done it before…but, okay then!" Naruto said, adjusting his glasses and grinning. Naruto twirled the orb on one finger and, in barely a second, had a large shield around him.
"Heh, it's not so hard!" Naruto exclaimed to a crest-fallen Ichigo.
"Can you do it, Yoruichi-san?" Orihime asked.
"I've never done it before, either," Yoruichi said as she jumped on the ball and created a shield.
Ichigo's face hit the ground when he saw that a cat did it faster than he did.
"What's the matter, Ichigo? Do you feel even more inferior?" Yoruichi mocked him.
"Get in, all of you! I'm going to begin!" Kakuzu yelled as the group walked towards the cannon.
"See ya, Kakuzu-chan!" Naruto said, hopping in the cannon.
"Next time I see you, Uzumaki, you're dead! You hear me?! DEAD!" Kakuzu yelled.
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Soon, the group was flying towards the Shakonmaku Barrier on a collision course.
"We're going to crash!" Orihime yelled.
"It can't be avoided! Channel all your energy into the orb! Make it as hard as possible!" Yoruichi shouted.
Naruto smirked as he felt the group hit the seal. Seireitei…it looked just as he remembered it…well except for all the shocked Shinigami staring at them.
(Flashback)
"So…this is Seireitei?" Naruto asked Yamamoto as he looked around.
"Hai, this is the home of all Shinigami. Outside of this is Rugonkai, where most souls live," Yamamoto explained, "However, this is not what I wanted to show you. What I wanted to show you is over there."
Naruto and Yamamoto walked towards a large building.
"What's this?" Naruto asked.
"This is the Shinigami Academy. I want you to become a Shinigami, boy."
(End Flashback)
Naruto glanced and saw Ishida falling away from the group. He was about to move when Chad beat him to the punch and grabbed Ishida, throwing him back to the others.
This, however, cause Chad to fall.
"S-Sado!" Orihime gasped.
"Chad!" Ishida yelled.
Chad closed his eyes, waiting to for the fall. It never came. Chad opened his eyes to see Naruto holding him by the arm.
"C'mon, Chad! You're no help if you're dead, ya know!" Naruto said as he yanked Chad back to the group; Yoruichi than latched onto Naruto's shoulder with her claws.
"Aw, Yoruichi-chan! I knew you couldn't keep you're hands off me!" Naruto grinned.
"Naruto, I swear-" Yoruichi was cut off as the four separated into three groups—Ishida and Orihime, Chad, Naruto, and Yoruichi, and Ichigo and Ganju.
That was the last they saw of each other before being shot into different directions.
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"Damn, they separated! Which one is the strongest?!" Kenpachi asked wildly as he and Yachiru looked at the three groups flying off, "WHICH IS UZUMAKI?!"
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Byakuya glanced at the groups before signaling in on one and following it.
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Ichigo and Ganju sputtered and coughed as they rose out of the sand Ganju had created.
"Yoho, I'm so lucky!" a voice called out.
"Originally, I thought guard duty was boring, so I took off…and look what I found!" the same voice called again.
Two people jumped down in front of Ichigo and Ganju, a bald one and one with strange spikes in his eyebrows.
"Today is my lucky day!" Ikkaku Madrame exclaimed.
"Unfortunately for you," Yumichika Ayasegawa began.
"You are very unlucky!" Ikkaku finished.
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Naruto, Chad, and Yoruichi were currently hiding in a tree, watching as random Shinigami ran around looking for them.
"What should we do now..?" Chad asked.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I have to go meet someone! See ya!" Naruto said as he Shunpo-ed away.
"Meet someone? What is that Baka thinking? Unless…" Yoruichi trailed off.
"What?" Chad asked.
"That Baka is going to draw the Taicho's attention away from us!"
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After bandaging Orihime's shoulder, Ishida glanced around. 'Good,' Ishida thought, 'No one's around.'
"Oh, Kurosaki-kun, you're so close to me!" Orihime said.
"Er…Inoue-san, I'm not Ichigo…" Ishida said.
"Oh, sorry, Ishida-kun…Where are we?" Orihime asked.
"I don't know, but no one is around. Come on, people must've seen us land here; we can't stay," Ishida said as they walked away, never noticing the Shinigami stepping out of the shadows.
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Naruto smiled as he landed in the back of the Kuchiki Manor.
"Oh Bya-baka, where are you~?" Naruto shouted out, looking around.
"I thought I told you a long time ago not to call me that, Uzumaki," Byakuya Kuchiki stated calmly as he appeared in front of him, "So it appears Ichimaru was correct—you have returned."
"Yep, I have! And what did I tell you all those years ago? Treat me with respect, Bya-baka!" Naruto declared while adjust his glasses.
"Hai, I suppose you did tell me that…Naruto-Sensei (Congratulations, mpc797, you called it!)," Byakuya said.
"What has it been? 70, 80 years? You are till that same Gaki that doesn't know how to let loose and relax!" Naruto yelled.
"And you are still the same slacker that can't take anything seriously…" Byakuya said, before drawing his Zanpakuto, "If you are here to fight, very well, draw your sword."
"I'm not gonna fight with you, Bya-baka, I have a friend who wants his shot at you first!" Naruto said.
"…You have no say in the matter. I knew you would come here and I knew I wouldn't be able to beat you alone," Byakuya began, "So I brought help."
Suddenly, Hitsugaya, Gin, and Yamamoto appeared beside Byakuya.
"Uzumaki Naruto! You are hereby under arrest for the betrayal of Seireitei!" Yamamoto yelled.
"…Geez, you guys still think I betrayed you? Well, I guess I can't blame you. Urahara and Yoruichi thought I betrayed Seireitei to when I left until they found out my reason…" Naruto trailed off, "Anyway, you should know I won't go without a fight."
With that, Naruto drew his Zanpakuto, "Ready buddy? It's been awhile, but let's show them why we were called Denkou-Jouten!" Naruto said, "Strike, Raikuri-Ryuujin(Lightning Dragon-King)!"
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Well, that is all for now! Next chapter Naruto's Shikai will be revealed! Please Review!
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