A.N: Hello, this is Makka(obviously) with another chapter of TCT( Tale of Crimson Tails).

I just wanted to give a shout out to the following:

*TigrezzTail

*Shinigami no ko

*soulXmaka4evalove

…and more!

Thanks for the awesome reviews everyone. I hope we can reach 30 reviews!New Goal!

** Just so everyone knows, I will incorporate Kyuubi's name(Kurama) into the story. Kishimoto totally sprung that on me. (O.O)= shocked chibi

*** Also, I had someone ask me if Naruto was going to enter the academy early since he only just turned four. Okay so the answer I guess would be yes? In this story I'm making Naruto younger than everyone else, by two years. But don't worry he'll be in the same class with the Rookie Nine. Sorry if my story doesn't follow cannon guidelines.

WARNING: I think everyone knows the drill but: Boy/Boy, Kyuu/Naru, Awesomeness(that's a new one) And a little Angst.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, I think we all know who does by now. (O~O)= awesome chibi

~ Story time, children!~

Tale of Crimson Tails

Chapter 4: Tails of Cute and Unexpected Happenings

' Amazing Kit!~Wonderful Kit!~La la lun~ Cute little Kit!~ Its time to get up for~ Cha cha chuu~ School~~!'

That was the noise young Kazama Uzumaki Naruto woke up to at 6:20 in the morning. Curtsey of his internal Fox Demon alarm clock.

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" Graourw...umph I'm up, I'm up." said Naruto,whose ears were still cringing from Kyuubi's earlier wake up call. To Naruto it seemed completely unnecessary for the fox to wake him up in such a manner, but he knew that the red head enjoyed any and all possible ways to aggravate him. He guessed that was one of the reasons he liked the fox so much, he surely was entertaining. Naruto shook himself from his thoughts as he pushed himself from his bed. He stood and stretched his lithe body, cracking his neck and reaching down to touch his toes. He then proceeded to his bathroom and showered. He let the warm water cascade down his back. Gods, it had been ages since he had had a hot shower; it felt amazing against his tense shoulders. No-one would suspect a four-year old to have knots on his back due to stress, but it would be unwise to assume Naruto was a normal four-year old.

Done with his shower, Naruto walked unashamedly naked to his closet to find something to wear, between what little he had brought from his apartment. The clothing stores always refused to sell him anything decent, and the only thing they would sell him was extremely unfitting for a ninja and amazingly overpriced. So Naruto did the next most logical thing, to him anyway, he would go around the village to see if he could find any clothe to make his clothing with. Sometimes he would find some leather in decent condition in the clothing stores trash, other times he would take some discarded scraps of metal from the local blacksmith. Metal made excellent make-shift protector plates for his forearms, and leather was a wonderful well fitting material that was highly fire resistant and didn't wear out as easily as other fabric.

It was quite easy to make his clothes, Naruto actually enjoyed making them. He only made a few things since he didn't need much. But the cool thing about making your own clothes was that he could add everything he wanted on his clothes. He could add all of the hidden pockets, compartments and holders into his pants, he could sew a metal plate onto his shirt and then hide it with another piece of leather over top of it. The only thing he indulged himself in was a extremely soft hoodie he had made himself. It was extremely big and swallowed him whole, but Naruto loved the feel of the downy clothe enveloping him. And to amuse his lovely fox demon and piss off the villagers he had sewn a pair of fox ears made of the same material on top of the hoodie to complete the look. He had worked on the hoodie while Kyuu was sleeping so he had no idea what was in store for him.

' Hey Kyuu, could you not look threw me for a second? I have a surprise for you.' Naruto said. He knew as soon as the words came out of his mouth that Kyuu's curiosity was already piqued. After his and Kyuus first meeting Naruto had allowed the fox to see and experience the world through his eyes. He felt sad that his fox 's ability to embrace nature had been taken away from him. Even though the fox had killed hundreds of people and destroyed half of a village to receive that punishment. But it was strange, Kyuu could see him too so it wasn't like he was actually seeing through Naruto's eyes. It was like the fox could feel what he felt yet he was still separate from Naruto when viewing things, almost like a third person. Ugh, sometimes being a Jinnkurichi was confusing.

' Hhmmm, alright Kit. You seem to have something up your sleeve.' Kyuubi said, curious as to what his Kit had to show him.

' Hehe, I think you'll like it.'

Having said that, Naruto proceeded to pull on his leather pants and his leather armor shirt. He then slipped on the hoodie and proceeded to push up the sleeves. Then he pulled on the arm plates and tucked the end of the hoodie sleeves inside so the plates were visible. He then pulled up the hood and two perky fluffy fox ears rested atop his head. Naruto grinned, imagining Kyuu's and the villager's reactions.

' Okay Kyuu darling, you can look now.'

In his relatively long life, the fox demon known as Kyuubi no Youko, has seen many things. He has seen horrific, sorrowful, disgusting, unbelievable things. But never in his life has the Ruler of Makai and most powerful Bijuu seen anything he could categorize under the label "CUTE!". But the image he is looking at now can only be described as such. Indeed, his Kit was the epitome of cute. He had on a delicious pair of leather pants and durable useful arm plates. The thing that made the image scream "CUTE!" was the fluffy oversized hoodie his Kit was swallowed up in. But what topped the image off was the pair of fluffy fox ears attached to the hoodie. The fox ears coupled with Naruto's whisker like scars made him look like the perfect innocent baby fox.

' So what do you think, Kyuu darling? Do you think the villagers will like it?' His Kit asked, with a delightfully wicked smile on his gorgeous face.

' Define "like", my adorably wicked Kit.' said Kyuubi, amused by his Kits antics. If there was one thing he liked about his Kit it was his insatiable desire to tease and frighten the villagers out of their minds.

' Like; A way to show appreciation or positive feedback by having a miniature freakout or a rising suspicion that the "Demon Brat" has embraced his inner evil, wicked, demon foxy self. Going by that definition I think they'll like it very much.'

' I have no choice but to agree, Kit'

Naruto decided to forgo using the rooftops to get to the academy, instead he took his time leisurely walking through the village's bustling streets. His only reason for doing this was to simply flaunt his new attire. Which was already getting scalding and nervous looks from the adults.

' Aaahhh, it truly is fun to mess with them.'

' Agreed'

Hushed whispers. Murmurs. Unease. This is what Naruto reveled in. Music to his ears, soon the shouts will start. Yes, come. Give in to your hatred.

' Can you smell it, Kit? The wonderful smell of their fear and hatred?' Kyuu asked, intoxicated in the swirling unease that was the villager's emotions.

' So strong I can almost taste it. It's amazing how human's emotions are so potent. And yet they have no idea. Truly love-'

Footsteps. One pair, one person. Fool.

" Demon Brat! What do you think you're wearing?" spoke one truly foolish speck of flesh.

The voice spoke behind him. Naruto didn't turn.

" Hey! Fox! I'm talking to you!"

Footsteps, getting closer. Closing in, his prey coming closer. Come, be devoured. Fool.

' Yes, come closer. Let your hatred drive you. I'll take your hatred and fear. Give it to me. I'm starved.'

' Hungry, Kit?'

' Famished'

A large hand landed on his shoulder, swinging him around to come face to face with an unrecognizable face. To Naruto, the face looked wonderful.

So beautifully twisted with rage.

Naruto stared with fake innocence at the face. He cocked his head to the side.

" Can I help you?"

The face looked surprised, as it should. Naruto slowly took in his surroundings. The villager's had multiplied and formed a circle to view the oncoming confrontation. They wanted a show. They weren't there to help. Him at least. They'd probably help the fool that had sought him out. Typical. Naruto turned his attention back to the fool in front of him. The shock had worn off, the face was once more covered with outrage. Good. It looked better that way.

' Delicious'

' Agreed'

" What is the meaning of this, Demon?" the face asked, plucking at Naruto's hoodie.

Naruto looked down at the face's hand. Staring at where the strong fingers gripped at his shoulder. He looked at the face innocently.

" Ah, it's a jacket. Why? Do you like it?" Naruto asked. He could see the man getting frustrated. The face opened it's mouth. Naruto cut him off.

" Ah, I see. You like fox's too, don't you?" Naruto asked, smiling at the man. " We have something in common."

The face swelled with rage. There were collective gasps. How dare that demon say such a thing. Monster.

" How dare you-"

" Ah, I'd love to keep chatting but I have to get to the Academy. It's my first day after all" Naruto said, a politely fake smile on his face.

More gasps. The Demon in the academy? Impossible. The Monster learning to be a ninja? We're doomed.

" What is the meaning of this? The Hokage would never let this Abomination get an opportunity to sharpen it's skills." spoke the fool. The others nodded their heads. Naruto looked past the fool's leg. He could see a group of children about his age hovering outside of the circle. Most of them looked curious as to what was happening, one looked bored, one looked...well Naruto couldn't tell as he was wearing sunglasses, the blond and pink girl's and the raven haired boy looked just like the adults. Disgusted. Ah, they've been contaminated. Hmmm...pink...interesting.

Yip Yip

Naruto looked towards the source of the noise, which was apparently coming from the group of children. The yipping was coming from a wriggling bundle in a boy's jacket, to be exact. The boy had triangular mark's on his cheek's. He looked similar to a dog. Dog...Inuzuka. Well, now it made sense. The wriggling mass was the boy's partner. A puppy.

Suddenly the pup jumped out of the boy's jacket and started weaving his way through the group of people. He zipped through the crowd.

His destination...Naruto. His partner was frantically trying to make his way through the crowd, he got to the edge just as the pup skidded to a halt right in front of Naruto. The whole crowd tensed with anticipation and fear. Oh no. What will the demon do to that poor dog?

" Akamaru!" the boy yelled. Oblivious of the danger of being close to the Demon boy. He just wanted his friend back.

" Kiba" another boy came up behind the now named Kiba, shook his head and held on to his friends arm. Holding him still.

Naruto looked at the spiked pony tailed kid and nodded his head. Good, keep him back. His eyes said.

The kid nodded his head back. Naruto could tell he was apprehensive of him. Good, he should be. He was smart. He liked this kid already..

Probably a Nara from the looks of him. Naruto turned away from the boys and looked down at the pup- Akamaru. The pup looked up at him with wide but intelligent eyes.

' Look's like this little pup came to save you, Kit.' Kyuu said, chuckling.

Naruto looked down at Akamaru.

" My hero." he said, winking at the pup. Akamaru yipped excitedly.

All of the people present blinked...of all the things they were expecting the Demon child to do, that was not one of them.

" Hey, Brat! I'm still talking to you!" the fooled shouted, shaking Naruto roughly by the shoulders.

' Oh, this is starting to get ridiculous.'

' It was already ridiculous when it began, Kit. And if that fool doesn't get his hands off you I swear I'll do it myself!' Kyuubi growled, his power starting to rise within Naruto.

' Shit. Kyuu, darling. Hold on, let me make him let go.'

' You're Mine! He can't touch you!'

' Yes, I know that darling. But he doesn't. You have to calm down Kyuu.'

' Mine! Mine! Mine!'

' Shit. Shit. Shit. Not good.'

Power started subtly swirling around Naruto, he could feel Kyuubi's rage boiling within him. Akamaru could feel it, he started barking madly. Naruto swayed on his feet. Not good. Not good at all.

Everyone present stiffened in fear, that power was unmistakeable. The low thrum of The Nine Tails power. Not good. Not good at all.

' Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Die! Die! Die! Die!'

Ugh. Naruto held his head in his hands. He started trembling.

' Ugh, I hate you right now, you possessive overgrown fuzzball'

' Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!-'

' Yes, I think you've established that already. Just shut up for a minute so I can concentrate. And we are so going to couples therapy after this is over.'

Naruto slowly dropped his hands from his head and lifted his face to meet head on with the fool. Kyuubi's power was still swirling violently around him. Akamaru was still yipping crazily. The crowd was still restless. The fool was still a fool. Naruto blocked out everything. Focused on collecting himself. He stared strait at the fool with glowing crimson eyes. The fool gasped.

" De...de..Demon!"

Naruto snapped.

" Isn't this what you expected?" Naruto wispered.

" Wh..what?" The fool blubbered.

" You're just getting what you asked for. You're the ones who wanted me to be this way."

There were shocked looks all around. What was The Demon child talking about?

" Hah, you're all such fools. It's actually quite funny." Naruto laughed humorlessly, looking heavenward. Akamaru nipped at his leg, looking at him scornfully.

" Besides Akamaru." Naruto said, smiling down at the pup. Akamaru yipped approvingly.

' Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! MINE! MINE! MINE!-'

A slender tan clawed hand reached out. Digs into a fool's flesh. Squeezing the fool's arm. Gasps all around. Anxious observer's lean in. What's going to happen next?

A fool's eye's meet a Demon's. The beautiful demon child pull's the fool down. Whispers in his ear.

" You have two options. Let me go or be killed. Which do you prefer?"

The shaking foolish hand slowly releases it's hold. Drops down. Slowly, the fool turns around. Walking on trembling legs the fool walks away.

With a wet spot on the back of his pant's.

Everyone stared.

Dong- Dong- Dong.

" Ah, look's like you all made me late for school. Wonderful." Naruto swiveled around to face his audience. Release of breath. Tension dissipating.

Thank Kami, no-one died today.

Yip Yip Yip.

Naruto looked down. Akamaru was jumping excitedly by Naruto's feet.

" Akamaru, jump please?"

Akamaru obeyed, jumping into Naruto's arms quite willingly. The pup started licking Naruto's cheek enthusiastically, trying to convey his thoughts through actions. ' Are you okay?' his eyes asked.

Naruto smiled. ' I'm fine, thank you. It's all my possessive fox's fault anyway.'

" Akamaru!"

' Ah, look's like your partner is impatient to see you, little one.' Naruto conveyed through his eyes.

' Yes, he is a brash one, isn't he?' Akamaru thought

" Damn-it Shikamaru let me go! Akamaru!" Kiba raged, frantically trying to dislodge the Nara while making his way through the dwindling crowd. The rest of the children following close behind him.

The group stopped about four feet in front of Naruto. Naruto turned to face them, Akamaru snuggled in his arms.

Naruto smiled

" Hello."

A.N: Fourth chapter is FINALY finished. This thing took me FOREVER to get through. I would write something then delete it the do it all over again. So I hope you guy's appreciate my effort. I "slaved over a hot stove" for you guys. So I hope you like it. And remember Reviews are luv.

Makka signing out.