Caged Fox

by General Badaxe

Naruto gets attacked by a mystery ninja, and has to go into quarantine. Will his sanity make it? Due to some complaining, I have cleaned up the beginning chapters.

7. Chapter 7

General Badaxe- Ok, now I am confused. A couple people want me to just scrap the poll, others still vote, and a lot of the time spent over the week was debating about if I should continue the poll. Well, I don't have an answer. I am thinking too much, but I will tell you if I will scrap it or not in the next chapter, I promise you readers that much. Anyway, Dobe-Teme, I still think that people only act evil by driving themselves insane. But, you can think what you want, I am not trying to convert people to my way of thinking. Anyway, remember, Tsunade doesn't think of Naruto as a brother in this one, if she will, I don't know yet. Only time will tell. However, she won't execute him, that would be a rather sudden end to the fic, but he is still going to be punished. To you authors who e-mailed this account to ask a question, why couldn't you just ask in the review section? Anyway, to answer the most common one, yes, I think Naruto sucks at genjutsu's because he has spent too much time in reality to get a feeling for things that don't exist. It would also explain why he is so resistant to them, so do me a favor, STOP ASKING THAT DAMN QUESTION! Second question, some people think he is getting too powerful, does he have any weaknesses? Yeah, if you missed the previous chapter, what happens when at least a female strokes his tail? And, I will introduce a couple more weaknesses soon. Just be patient. Now, on with the fic!

It has been one year since I broke out of Konoha. I haven't really run into another hunter-nin since that one incident, and I plan to keep it that way. I am in a little fishing village, asking for a boat ride to the harbor to the cloud village. I would walk on the water, except that it would identify me as a ninja right away. The people in this little village all want to see what is under the mask, and it is starting to irritate me. Mostly teenage girls though, thinking I was deformed when I was little.

I keep telling them that I am a burn victim, but they don't seem to buy that. Want to hear some of the rumors of what is behind the mask? Well, lets see, there is the one where I am so ugly I wear this so that I hide my face, another one that says I am a prince and want my identity hidden, another where I am so good looking that I hide my face so that women don't attack me on sight, (I want to find whoever started this rumor, and rip his skull off his shoulders.) and then, my personal favorite, I am an alien sent from outer space to look for an human that would be a good research subject.

Sometimes, it is any combination of them. Although, don't they think that being an alien prince is getting a bit too ridiculous? I can't kill any of them, because I need a ride. 'A boat will come tomorrow.' I keep telling myself this, so that I don't kill the women passing me. They are talking in a whisper, but my ears hear them. "psst, hey girls, it is that masked man, what do you think is behind the mask? Personally, I think he is so ugly he hides his face!"

One of her companions says "It might be that one, but I think he really is a burn victim."

Well, I wouldn't kill that one. The last companion says "I think he is a prince come to look for a bride! Think he would choose me?"

I wanted to laugh. Well, there is another rumor going around now, but if I was going to marry someone, it wouldn't be anyone in this village.

The three of them giggle as they pass me, thinking that I have no idea what they are talking about. Well, it would be best if I play dumb right now. So, I just walked right past them, acting as though I don't have a care in the world. However, on the inside, I am seething, these people need something better to do that just wonder about a stranger walking into the town.

I still wear my mask, in case you didn't figure that part out; I have on the gloves I 'borrowed' from the genin team. I also have the cloak. I keep my tail wrapped around my body, and hidden by the cloak to keep it away from eyes that search too much. I have the hood on the cloak over my head to cover my ears, and a mask to cover my whiskers. There is just one flaw in all of this, when my nose starts to itch, it drives me insane.

I can't just take my mask off and scratch it, I have to leave the mask on and endure it. It really, really, sucks. I am currently staying in a house with an old man and old woman. I have shown them myself without the mask, and they have agreed to keep my secret. In return, I go around the house doing chores, getting groceries, and anything else they need, and in return I get food and shelter. It is people like these two who make me believe that the world isn't only full of evil bastard who do what they want when they want.

It actually lightens my dark mood, but I will be leaving them tomorrow. However, the old man and woman have only one rule I have to follow to the letter. We are not allowed to tell each other our names. I assume it is because they don't want to betray me to anyone, but I also get the feeling that that isn't the only reason.

I won't pry; it keeps me safer, so I won't object to it. Thank God, it keeps people in this village from learning my name too. Last thing I need is for women to go around the country side, and start asking if people know anyone name 'Naruto', because I doubt there are many named like me.

I refuse to lie about my name as well. It is one of the few things I have from my old life, and I will cling to it as though it is my last breathe. I have given up my friends, my appearance, my personality, and my dream. I refuse, absolutely refuse, to give up my name. It is the only thing from my old life I have, well, that and my orange clothes, but they are different now, I needed to get new and bigger ones.

I kept the design and color though. It is a cheap imitation of my former self, but I can't help but let the memories of the past haunt me. I hope everyone else is doing far better than I am. Well, I know they will have changed. For better or worse, I will find out if I make it back. Well, I am about to the old peoples house, and these groceries where starting to get a little heavy. What do old people need with this much soy sauce anyway? I had to get one specific bag for the stuff!

I wasn't going to complain, like I said, I needed a place to sleep one last night. I lug the groceries inside, and yell out "I'm back!" I put the groceries out on the table, and see that the two old people are in the living room reading. I give a small smile; they don't seem to have a care in the world. Well, at that age I suppose that it is one of the few things you can do for entertainment. Well, that and host a half demon in your household. I take off the mask, and unroll my tail.

A wave of cold air hits my face, and I stretch out my tail. How I hate that mask, it is really uncomfortable, and it gets really stuffy and hot underneath it. The old man spoke up "Well, it is nice that you bought the groceries, but we also asked you to pick up a package from the weapon store."

Damn, I knew I forgot something. One thing I forgot to mention about the couple, they are avid weapon collectors. Why they collect weapons, I have no idea, but we all have to get our kicks from somewhere, don't we?

I let out a sigh. "All right, I'll go pick it up after I get a drink." The old couple just chuckle, and say "Help yourself." I went to the kitchen, get a glass and put water and ice in it. I wait about thirty seconds so that the water could cool down. Then I drank it. It felt great, having a really cold non-poisonous liquid going down your throat.

I finished the glass, put it in the sink, and put my mask back on. Then, I went outside. I noticed that the sun was starting to set; it would be nightfall before I can finally make it back for a night of sleep. Well, I better hurry up then. I start to jog all the way to town. At least it will be good exercise.

That is the only thing though, even if I ran the whole way, unless I take to the trees, I would get to town at nightfall. 'Stupid old people living so far away from civilization…' I think to myself as I jog down the road.

The night is descending quickly, faster than it usually does. I note this as a bad omen. I am not an optimist, in case people couldn't tell. However, what does the day, or in this case night, have in store for me? Well, hopefully it would be more interesting than what usually goes on in this town.

The closest thing this place has had to a crime is when a little kid accidentally knocked over a chicken coop. I know for a fact, that NO town is that free of criminals without some sort of police force, and then crime seems to increase, not decrease.

This town had no police force, or anything to enforce law and order. So, I was guessing that these people were peaceful by nature, which confuses me. What kind of person has grown up without committing a single sin? None, that is who. I am still looking for a big crime, but I can't find any. Looks like I will have to give up and move on tomorrow. Oh well, I could probably live my life peacefully out here if I have to.

But, I am still going back to Konoha, even though it hates me, it is my home. Here we are, the weapon shop. I am surprised that people even have one in this village; the old people who live away are the only ones who buy things from here. I walk in, and notice that the blacksmith seems to have a surprised look on his face. "Wow, this is new record!" he says in an excited voice.

New record? What new record? "You are the second person to come here to buy something! Yes, the package is here; please take it to the two people who live deep in the forest."

He said 'second person,' you only buy a weapon for two reasons, well, three if you include collecting them. You get them for defense, and the other is to buy it for threatening or killing. Maybe the town isn't as innocent as I thought it was. I let out a grin, it has been too long since I have had any kind of action.

The only thing I could do was light training in the forest. I say 'light', because heavy training might have alerted the village. Seeing a strange fireball or a giant water dragon come from the forest might cause people to ask questions, go into a panic, or a combination of the two.

However, I have someone to play with, is I will enjoy this. I look around to see if anyone is near me, since no one is, I jump onto a building, and start to travel along the shadows.

I go from building to building, traveling along the shadows, which because it is night, there are plenty. I have to be silent though, not being able to be seen doesn't change the fact I make sound. "Psst, hey buddy."

I hear this sound near an alleyway, and I go to check it out. This could be the guy who bought a weapon. I am above the two people in the alley, and I wait. "Well buddy, how is it going? Listen I want information on someone."

I get real interested now. People, who want information, usually offer gold, and then violence if that doesn't work. "Look, I don't know who you are, but why would you want information on someone?"

The guy who had no idea what was going on asked. He really needs to look deeper into people. "Look, I am willing to pay you for some information." Said the cloaked man.

The man, who looked bored, suddenly got interested. "Really? Who do you want information on?" He asked. Looks like human greed runs deep, even in a fishing village like this one.

"Well, my dear young friend, I want to know, have you seen a boy, about fourteen to fifteen, who has orange clothes on, has blonde hair, has blue eyes, and has whisker marks on his face? I am currently searching for him."

Ok, well, doesn't take a genius to figure out that the cloaked man is after me. The village man suddenly got a dark look on his face. "Look, I haven't seen a boy like that around here, but what do you want with a fourteen or fifteen year old boy?"

The cloaked man just turned around and started to walk away. "That is none of your concern." Was all he said. The village man grabbed the guy by his shoulders and turned him around.

"Look, buddy, why do you want him? If you think this village would sell out someone, then you are sadly mistaken. I got interested, because you have the look of a killer. I don't know who you are, but I don't want you to ever show your face in this place again." Saying that, both men turn around, and leave the area.

Ok, I am wrong. Maybe this town is a little more innocent than I thought. But, I didn't see any weapons on the cloaked man, and someone still bought a weapon. I had to find out who and why quickly before someone innocent got hurt. I quickly dash from the rooftop I am on to another and another.

I have almost gone through the entire town, and still no sign of any reason for someone to buy a weapon. Maybe, just maybe, there is someone else around here who has decided to collect weapons. Yeah, and I am full human. I hear a female scream, but it quickly got muffled by something.

To anyone else, it would have sounded like a cricket. However, I heard the fear in the voice, and the sound of it being muffled is too much of a coincidence to be anything but foul play. I rush over to the spot, staying silent of course, and look into the alleyway where the sound is. I see one of the women from the group of three from earlier.

The one who thought I was really a burn victim, with a hand over her mouth and tears streaming down her face. A big bulky man was holding her down, and had a sinister knife in his hand. It had a serrated edge, so it would be more painful coming out than going in.

He was speaking in a low voice. "All right you pretty little thing, I am going to enjoy this. If you make too much noise, I will have to use this on you." He said indicating the knife in his hand.

Anyone could tell you what he was planning, even if he was deaf, blind, and dumb. "Now then," he said in a sadistic and amused tone, "we don't want that to happen now do we?" I wasn't about to just stand there and watch this though.

"Damn straight we don't want that to happen." I said in a gruff voice.

I jumped down, just as the two looked up to see where the mystery voice is coming from. I slam my foot into his face, and back him away from the girl. Then, I get in between the two so that he has to go through me to get to her. "Damn, what hit me?" The man said, as he stood up, knife still gripped in his hand.

"I did." Was all I said. The man looked at me, and started to laugh. "You, you, the burn victim, intend to stop me. Want to know what? I am going to use this knife to rip out your heart." He said, and then started to laugh.

However, knowing this guy had no real experience, I begin to laugh. He stops laughing in an instant. "What is so funny to you?" He asks in a serious voice.

I quit laughing, and looked at him. "Well, you say you are going to tear my heart out? I doubt you will be able to hit me, let alone kill me. So tell me, how do you plan to kill me?" I asked him in an amused voice.

"I will kill you like this!" He screamed, before he charged me.

He takes a wild slash at my face, and I just back my head away so that it would miss me by a couple inches. I hear a click, and then I see the knife extend! I put my head back a couple for inches, but the knife still hits my mask. It goes flying and hits the wall. I am surprised it didn't break, but I would worry about that later. I cover my face with my hands, trying to hide my face from those two. "Oh, what's wrong? The poor victim too scared to show his face?" He said in a taunting voice.

I would show him… "Hey, you the one behind me, if I show my face, do you promise not to tell anyone what you see?" I ask.

Her voice is trembling as she replies, "I won't tell anyone, only if you keep me safe from him!" She says the end in a voice that is starting to shriek. That was the only answer I needed.

I slowly move my hand from my face, and the guys face goes from amused to horrified. I know what he sees. He sees a couple whiskers and that is not a feature that most humans have. "What…what are you?" He asks in a scared little voice.

I laugh. "Why, haven't you ever heard of a demon before? I will tell you what. If you let the girl go, I won't kill you, what do you say?" Ok, I know he is going to agree, however, I am going to kill him.

I just don't want to do it in front of any witnesses. Might make it a little hard to get onto a ship. I have a clone up on the roofs ready to track him. "I…I agree." He says, right before he turns around and runs away.

I give a signal, and my clone follows him. I hope he does something stupid; it will make it a lot easier to get rid of him. However, I have a different problem to deal with now. I turn around, and huddled right behind me is the girl I saved. She has a scared look on her face. "Are you…are you really a demon?" She asks me in a scared tone.

I let out a small chuckle. "No, I am not really a demon; I have these whiskers as a strange birth mark. When I want to scare people, I just tell them I am a demon. It works most of the time, and I hope you can see why I like to keep my face hidden. It saves me a lot of hassles to be a burn victim instead of going as I really am. Remember, you promised that you wouldn't tell anyone what you saw. I hope you keep that promise. Well, I will see you later."

I see her bow her head in thanks, and then she runs away, probably to her house to hide from her fears for right now. When she is gone, I go onto the roof, and pick up the weapon for the old couple. Then, I head off in the direction I sense my clone is in.

It wasn't that hard to track my clone down, and apparently the fat guy decided to hike it into the forest. Wow, he is just making this easier and easier for me. I see him running under the trees, he keeps looking behind him, expecting something to come running after him. Well, he is looking in the right way, just not the right height. Time for some fun. I drop in front of him while he is looking behind him, and then I say one word, "Boo."

He looks in front of him, and slams on the brakes. Then he whips around ready to run in the opposite way, when he fell over, something had tripped him. He looks at his foot, only to see my tail wrapped around his leg. He looks at where the tail is coming from, and his face becomes even whiter. I take off my gloves, and show him the claws attached. His face has become that of a ghost, and I loved the fear in his eyes. "What are you?"

He screams hysterically. I laugh. "I have already told you, I am a demon." I say in a cruel tone.

He slowly crawls backward, my tail isn't wrapped around his leg any more. "You said I could live if I let the girl go!" He said in a hysterical voice, trying to find a way out.

I look at him and say "Did I say how long you could live?"

His face becomes even whiter. "I just wanted something! Can you blame a guy for doing what comes naturally!" He said in the same hysterical voice.

I give him a dark glare, and say "Don't you DARE lump the rest of the male species with your weakness. If you wanted sex so badly, you could go buy a whore at a different town or something. However, if there is one thing I cannot stand, it is a rapist. When you decided to rape, you forfeited all rights you had to your life." I said, and then I moved closer.

He keeps crawling backward, keeping his eyes on me, and then his back hit a tree. He looked behind him in a panic, and then I wrapped my tail around him. "I am going to enjoy this." Was all I said, before he started to scream in pain.

I got to the two old peoples house a little late that night. I put the weapon on the table, and then I head to where I sleep. I was a little tired. I wanted some sleep, and I was getting it. I had taken a dip into a cold stream to wash off the blood, and so I was a little wet.

I went into the room I used, and I fell on top of the bed. What a day it has been, someone knows what is behind the mask, and I can only hope that she doesn't tell anyone about it. I don't need an angry mob forming outside of the house to drive the 'demon' away.

I rather like it here, but I was leaving tomorrow. I might want to remember that fact. I just hope it take a while for them to find the body, I have no doubt that the girl will squeal when she hears about what happened to that guy. Oh well, I would worry about all of that later. And then, I drift off into sleeps sweet embrace.

I woke up in a wet, dark, and cold place. I didn't want to be here, I didn't need that. "Why kit! How brave of you to go to that young girls rescue! Like a knight in shining armor riding out to save the woman he loves!"

I looked over, and Prier was sitting down in a…bathing suit? Yep, it was a bathing suit I notice upon closer inspection. "Prier, I didn't know you were into that romantic crap, and since when did I love her? I don't get attached to women, you of all people after all this time, should know that."

She chuckled. "Well then kit, care to explain all of that to Hinata when we get back?" She asked in an amused tone.

"Prier, you know that I will explain it to her in person if I have to. I can't and I won't, get attached to any woman. After all, what do I have to offer them? I am a half demon, I have no family, I have barely enough money to survive by myself, I am hated by all, and any woman who gets to know me would be called a 'demon lover.' So then, why should I get with a woman?" I ask in a serious tone.

"Well kit, I thought I would tell you, I do enjoy some good romance, even though I am a demon. You did a good job of describing why you shouldn't get with other women, but you didn't list one good point as to why you shouldn't get with me…" she said the last part in a seductive tone.

Great, she still won't give up even after how long we have been together. Well, I was in the kind of mood where I could blame her for trying. "We can't get together, because as a half demon, I would lower your opinion with other demons."

She chuckled. "Kit, because I was beaten by a human, my status in the demon realm already suffered horribly. Being with you won't drop it that much more." She said in a seductive tone. Great, this is going to be harder than I thought.

"Prier, we can't get together because I don't really want you to get that big of an influence over me." I said.

She just laughed. "Kit, you are the kind of person who won't take advice unless someone points out why it is better than what you think. I doubt that having sex with me would change that about you." She said, and then she stood up, and slowly sauntered toward me.

I started to slowly back up, and then I said in complete honesty. "We can't get together because you scare the shit out of me!" I said quickly.

She chuckled. "Kit, I know I scare you. I am hoping that I can turn that fear into lust, or maybe, it would be better if it was a combination of the two." She said, and then she started to speak in a seductive tone again. "Anyway kit, I never properly 'thanked' you for 'saving me' from the burning tree. Remember?"

How could I forget? She reminded me about it every time she tries to seduce me, and how she wants to thank me 'properly' for saving her 'life.' She would have lived, even if the tree crushed her. Once again, I let my 'care for all living things' get the better of me. I really needed to work on that.

"Prier, for the last time, you don't have to thank me for 'saving' your 'life.' I don't really want your thanks." I told her.

She looked at me with an amused twinkle in her eyes. "Kit, what have I told you about lying? Ok, I haven't told you anything about lying, but here it is, don't do it to a demon. You actually 'want' my thanks, just your mind is telling your body no. Tell me, if your mind didn't say a thing, do you think your body would ignore me?" She said in a seductive tone.

I wouldn't bother answering that question; it was far too easy to answer. Yeah, my body would love it, but my mind wouldn't like to do it. Personally, I think I am still too young. I am only fourteen! I don't exactly want to have sex yet. However, it is starting to get a lot harder to ignore Prier.

Especially when she is in a bathing suit. It was a two-piece one and the top looked like it was going to fall off at any time. I was guessing that she was hoping for that. Damn it all, damn my hormones, damn Prier for being a seductress, damn the cloud-nin for putting me through hell, just damn it all! I wish my life, just once, could be simple.

But, then my life would be too easy, wouldn't it? She was still moving closer, and I was still backing up. I was smart enough to make sure that my back wasn't to one of the closer walls. However, I would run out of space soon. How long would that be, I had no idea. Why is this room so small? I have got to find a way to expand it.

Well, I push that problem to the back of my mind, as I worry about my current problem. You see, the bathing suit Prier is wearing, you know, the two-piece one? Well, it is showing a more than average amount of cleavage. Well, that really isn't a good thing for me, definitely because she has a tendency to push her body against mine when trying to seduce me. Yeah, my life isn't going as well as I would like it too.

Well, it is a little nice to know I have gotten taller; I didn't really appreciate being a midget. I am now about 5' 8" and it is a vast improvement. I am about as tall as Prier, if not a little taller. "Now then kit, what do you say? Care to get out of your clothes and make this easier?" She said, and then gave an amused chuckle.

"Prier, you know I won't make this easy for you. Hell, I don't want to even be here. So, why don't you do both of us a favor, and stop doing this?" Well, we are about to exchange banter on why the other one should stop, or continue, or whatever.

Just great, I not only get to prolong this, I get to do it while arguing with a demon who is extremely old. 'She still isn't that bad to look at,' thought one part of my mind. 'Stupid traitorous mind.' I thought.

"Kit, why would that be doing me a favor? It would be doing you a favor, and you know you enjoy our little 'encounters.' It allows you to test yourself, so you do enjoy them, well; at least your subconscious enjoys them." Yeah, I did enjoy testing myself, just a little.

However, that doesn't stop her from scaring me. "Prier, I have no idea what you are talking about. Do you have to try and seduce me every time that I end up in this place?" Might as well deny it, it was going to help me get through this ordeal.

"Well kit, I really want you. Is that so wrong? The only reason I don't have you right now, is that you are too stubborn, or strong willed, or a combination of the two. As for do I have to do it every time, no I don't, some times I would like to talk to you."

Maybe I could turn this too my advantage. "The problem is that every time that I see you, I get a deep longing for you as well, which makes talking a little hard." Ok, scratch the 'turning this to my advantage' part.

How was I going to get out of this one, the 'delay until I wake up' plan is really old, but it works like a charm as well. Why, of all people, did the demon have to be sealed inside of me? I would have to figure that out when I returned to Konoha. Well, if I lived to get to Konoha, I would figure it out. Until then, I was going to have to deal with it.

"Kit, why don't you return to reality? You have stopped moving, and I am almost to you." Prier told me in a half whining voice.

I realized that I had spaced out, and I quickly look up. She is about a hands length away from me. I take a couple quick steps away from her, and I trip over something. Wait; there isn't a single thing to trip over in this place. I look down at where I tripped, and I see one of Prier's tails swishing there a little, as though it is taunting me. Just great, I had better not ever space out when I am in this situation again.

However, it is too late for the current situation. I try to stand up quickly, but Prier gets to me before I can sit up properly. She is on top of me, straddling me. Great, I am in one of the situations I love the most, and hate the most at the same time. I have really got to sit down one day, and settle this divided inner conflict thing going on inside of me. I love what she does to me, but I also hate it at the same time. Yeah, I need some therapy or something.

"Well kit," Prier said in a seductive tone while purring "Do you like the feeling? I know I am enjoying it." Well, I loved it and hated it, if she would believe that.

"Prier! Get off of me!" I scream at her.

"I would love to kit, but we aren't done yet are we?" she asked, while lowering her head to mine. I try to back my head up, but there is a really damp floor in the way. Wait…what happened to all the water?

"Prier, what happened to all the water that used to be here? I remember it being about ankle deep last time I was here."

She gave a soft chuckle, but she stopped lowering her head to mine, so I was a little grateful I asked the question. "Kit, the water was the tears that you held in. Since you aren't in Konoha, you don't need to hide your tears. Not that you cry anymore either, so it makes it a lot dryer in here. The floor is still damp, but I can live with that. Now then, let's get it really hot in here…" She said in a seductive tone.

Ok, well at least it is becoming dryer in this place. Now, all I have to do is get Prier to cool down a little. That will be a lot harder. "Prier, you know, if you want the temperature raised, is there a way I can do it without having sex with you?" I ask in a fairly desperate manner.

She looks like she is considering, however, she is also grinning the entire time, so I doubt that she is really considering other options. "No kit, I think we have to raise the temperature the old fashioned way." She said, as she lowered her head to mine.

I couldn't back my head up, so I tried to move it to the side. Her hand came up, and grabbed my head and brought it back to hers. "Kit, why would you want to do that? If you move your head, it will be a lot harder to kiss you." She said, and then she smashed our lips together.

It was wonderful, and vile. I have mixed feeling, even when we are kissing. The kisses she gives me are opposite of the same one, and I hate it, but I love it. Her kiss gives me a taste of Heaven and Hell, all rolled up into one package. My arms wrap around her, and bring her even closer. I was revolted with myself for doing it without thinking, but I was also happy I did it. I suppose this is what it is like for a traitor, he is happy he is saving his country, but he is sad that he has to kill his own companions that he got to know.

That is the closest feeling I can describe to what I am feeling right now. Prier moans into my mouth, and it is music to my ears. However, I also find it to sound like nails on a chalkboard as well. Is that even possible? It has to be,because it is happening to me, I will assume that it is possible. I wanted to taste more of her, but I also wanted to wash my mouth out with soap. She slides her tongue over my lips, and I let her in without bothering to fight it.

My tail wraps around her torso, and drags her even closer to me. Right now, we are so close that you would have a hard time sliding paper between us. I start to stroke her tail, and this brings a gasp from her. I don't do it too fast, it is a little like teasing her. However, I am sweating too much to consider it teasing.

She starts to give small and weak thrusts with her pelvis, but I felt them, it made me react by sending electricity through my body. I loved the feeling. I wanted more, but I also wanted to get the Hell out of there, and run until the end of the world is met, and then possibly jump off. I am starting to lose the small control I have over my body, I won't deny a small part of me wants to lose control, but my other part wants to stay in control.

I wrench my lips away, and say in a ragged voice. "Prier…we have to stop. We can't do this."

She just looks at me, with amusement in her eyes. "Kit, if you want to stop so badly, why are you still stroking my tail? You know what happens when someone strokes your tail."

Iquickly pull my hand to my side, and slide it under my body so that it can't come out. "Kit, also, do you think I want to stop? So why would I stop now. And yes, kit, we can do this. Want me to prove it to you?" She asked.

Once again, I am split, half of me wants to see her prove it, and the other half doesn't. Well, the 'don't' half wins a lot, so it should win again. "No Prier, you don't have to prove it. Anyway, I do have one serious question for you. If a male rubs my tail, will I get the same reaction? I don't want some random gay male to rub it, and think I am gay as well."

Prier just laughed. "Kit, don't worry, only people you find even the slightest bit attractive can make you act that way. However, remember, even if you hate them, if you find them slightly attractive, you will have the same emotion. So you had better watch who you find attractive."

Prier, amazingly, gets off of me. "Well kit, your question ruined the mood."

Wait, was she letting me go? "Prier, you are letting me go, right?" I ask her in an uncertain voice.

She looked me over, and sighed. "Yes kit, you are getting a free break. Don't expect this to be a common thing either." Oh, I didn't. However, I was going to find a way out of here. Now then, how was I going to get out of here before Prier changed her mind? Suddenly, a bright flash of light slammed into me and I only thought one thing. 'Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer.'

I woke up, and the first thing I did was look out the window. The sun was high up, and it looked about noon. I overslept, of all days! Thank goodness the ship wasn't arriving until it was around five. I get up, and put my cloak and gloves on. I keep my mask at my side, until I need it. It is really stuffy and uncomfortable. I walk downstairs, and I heard a door slam. Were the two old people leaving? I walk to the front door, and I see the old man there.

He looks up, and sees me. He appears to have a frown on his face. "Guess what they found in the forest." He told me.

I answer him in complete honesty. "It is a forest, so I am guessing trees, plants, and deer or elk. Whatever lives in the forest." I tell him.

He has an amused chuckle. "Well, yes I suppose that they found all of those things too. However, they found a dead body in the forest as well. The guy's name was Benjamin, and he was the mayor's son."

Hmm, so that fat guy was the mayor's son? I was going to watch who I kill from now on; I don't think I will be getting out of this one easily. "He was found, pinned to a tree by the branches of a pine tree. He had acid burns around his face and crotch. They found that his stomach had been ripped open by a serrated dagger he had bought earlier for 'his own protection.' It didn't appear to do him a lot of good. The dagger was found plunged into his chest. There were no fingerprints on the weapon, or any hint of who did it. Not a hair or any pieces of clothing were found. A full blown search is going on to discover who killed him. Do you have any idea who did it?" He asked me, and looked into my eyes as though he could search my skull for the answer.

I meet his stare, and I say "I have no idea who did it. It could be someone who thought he was too greedy for his own good, or it could be a rival family that wants to get rid of that family permanently." I give a list, so that he could think about it for a while.

He looks me up and down, and then says "You have blood on your hands." I won't fall for it that easily. "If I do have blood on my hand, it is because I accidentally cut myself with your new weapon. If you don't mind, I have to be off, a ship to catch you know."

Saying that, I walked outside, put my mask on, and started to walk to town. I wouldn't be in these people's hair anymore. Oh well, I have never been on a ship before, so it will at least be a new experience. I just walk to the town, I am not really in a hurry, and I think they will probably grill me for information as well.

They won't be able to do much to me, they don't have any good people at torture here, and it is only a simple fishing village. I look at the village clock on the front gate of the town, and it is apparently four in the afternoon. I notice more activity than usual in that place. People are coming in and out of the place; everyone is giving each other nervous looks, wondering who the killer was. I walk to the front gate, and I am stopped by two men with spears.

These two are new, and they have no idea how to use those spears. They are held at an awkward angle, the tips are a little rusty, and the two men look a little scared. "You can't go in there." Said the first guard in a nervous tone.

"Yeah, someone died, so no one is allowed to enter or leave until they figure out who it is." Said the second guard in a nervous tone as well.

I didn't have time for this, so I just walked around them. These people have only part of their village blocked by a wall, so I will just walk around it. When I round the corner, I see that they haven't stopped people from going in and out of this place. As far as I can tell, protection is something that they half ass when they do it. This would be an easy village to take over.

I walk in, past the wall, and head for the docks. It doesn't take long for me to hear the gossip, people are spewing it loud enough the guards at the gate must hear it. "Did you here? The mayors son was killed by a wild animal!"

"No way! I heard it was because someone hated the guy because he got everything, probably a beggar."

"You are both wrong, aliens came down and dissected him for information on the human race!" (What is it with these villagers, and the thought of aliens?)

"I hears it wass just a crazy raccoon!" Said a man who was very drunk. Everyone looks at him strangely. Then they return to their gossip.

"I hear it was a woman who he had rejected!" I stopped listening, I don't need to get sidetracked by this nonsense. However, that last rumor is the closest thing to the truth so far, I find that sad.

I walk past everyone, and the murder was the talk of the town. I shouldn't be surprised; after all, crime is almost non-existent in this little village. So a murder is pretty much going to own the mind of the town for a couple of days. Good thing I am leaving then.

I make it to the docks, and I see that the ship I am taking has just arrived. I had gotten my ticket from less than legal ways. Basically, I had gone to the ticket stand, and I stole it right under the person's nose. I didn't have a lot of money, what was I supposed to do? Go work for it? I was already doing full-time for the two old people; I wouldn't be able to work for money like most people do.

I walk up to the people on the ship, and I show them my ticket. The sailors were a little intimidating. Well, they would be fairly intimidating, if I wasn't a ninja and used to seeing more dangerous people in smaller packages. They had muscle, I would give them that much. Their muscles rippled as they walked, these men were strong because they have had to row, set masts up, take masts down, steer the boat, everything.

However, muscle isn't everything in a fight. I get on board, and I had to find a place to sleep rather quickly. It would probably be near the center, where any potential danger has to go through some railing and other people to get to me.

This would allow me to get ready for anything that would happen. Yeah, I was using people I didn't know for my protection, but it is their own fault for deciding to go on this ship isn't it? Oh well, I don't need philosophy, point is, I will use whoever and whatever to achieve my goals.

In a little bit, people began to board the ship, each of them eyeing the sailors warily. They are intimidated by them, but then again they are normal people. I turn around, to secure my spot, I decided to sleep near the captains cabin. "YOU!" I hear a familiar feminine voice shriek suddenly.

Great, just what I needed. I turn around, and the girl who I saved from the rape the previous night was standing their, her finger pointed at me, her face twisted in a shocked expression. Great, I have someone who knows I am not really a burn victim on board here.

"Yes, me. What, do you have a problem with burn victims or something?" I ask her in a silent reminder that she had better not tell anyone about me.

She catches the small threat, as her face pales a little. "Err..I have a small problem with people with masks on, that's it." Well, that was a decent cover up at least.

She quickly walks away, pale in the face, and just plain trying to get away from me. I don't blame her really, she probably figured out it was me who killed the guy, all I know is that she had better not tell anyone. Oh well, she will regret it if she does tell anyone.

I secure my spot, with a small warding jutsu. It makes it so that the person thinks that a couple of rats will eat their stuff in that spot, and that they should pity the person who set up their stuff here. Then, I explore the ship. It doesn't have rooms, so people have to camp on the front of the ship. It is about thirty feet long and about twenty feet wide. It has four sails on it, each used to catch the wind. The sails were plain white, except for one of them which had a giant fox on it. Their flag was a golden fox, which was standing on two legs, a sword in each hand, daring others to come closer.

I approve of that. I heard a strong male voice call out, "All right, you people still coming onboard have five minutes before you have to swim to catch up to the ship!" I was guessing that was the captain or the first-mate. Either way, I was happy to know we were going to leave soon.

"All passenger present, assemble near the captains cabin!" yelled the same strong voice. I head over to where everyone else is, and wait with them, staring at the man who called us. He didn't have the strong muscle of the sailors on it, but he had a commanding air about him. He had a sword at his hip, but it looked natural on him. He knew how to use it.

He looked at my stuff, and muttered something about 'poor fool, having to suffer the rats.' I wanted to laugh, but I don't think they would have gotten the joke. He looks at us, and yells out in his strong voice. "All right, you people are on board; we will be dropping all of you off at the hidden cloud village. Any stowaway caught, will have the anchor tied around him or her, and thrown over when we land. If you don't get off at the hidden cloud village, we will charge you double the money for a ticket. You can't pay up, and we will tie you to the anchor and throw you over board. NO EXCEPTIONS!" He screams.

"To you idiots on board," he says in a commanding voice "I am the captain. Anything bad that happens will be reported to me. My sailors will be punished, and so will you depending on the circumstances. I don't want anything bad to happen to my ship, any damages will be brought out of your hide. Now then, we are shoving off, so say goodbye to the land, and I hope," he gets a secret grin on his face, which says he knows something you don't "I hope you landlubbers get your sea legs, and fast." I knew what he was talking about; I have been on a boat before. It is pretty hard to stand, until you get used to the rocking motion of the ship.

I go grab some dinner; it is a good helping of potato stew, a slice of bread with butter on it, and a glass of fresh water. So appetizing. Ok, not really, but I was going to have to eat it. Anyway, I have had much worse on my way here, so it was rather easy to digest it. It didn't take me long to finish my meal. Then I took my stuff to the cook, and washed off my dish for him.

Might as well be nice to him, after all, he has to wash everyone else's dishes, and I have learned you had better treat the person who makes your food with respect. I got done washing my dishes, when I notice that other people have left their dishes behind. I might as well wash these dishes too; it isn't like I have something of major importance to do. I roll up my sleeves, leave my gloves on, and get a rag to wash the dishes. I start to whistle tune, just something to pass the time while I do this.

It took me, oh, about three hours to do all of the dishes. Just how many people came on board this ship? 'A lot' was the only answer I could think of. I started to walk out, and a hand grabbed my shoulder. I turn around, ready to kill the guy if he had any weapon in his hand. He didn't and he was also the cook of the place. "Look, whoever you are, what do you want?" He asks me.

This guy must think I have some ulterior motive or something, but I just needed something to pass the time. "You see, I was bored. I just needed something to do to pass the time. The only other thing to do on this ship is watch the water as we pass over it. That would get boring in about five minutes. Anyway, why are you complaining? You didn't have to do dishes." I told the guy.

He just looked me over, he couldn't tell much because of the cloak, the mask, and the gloves. Then he lets a wide grin consume his face. "Well, you are right. It would get pretty boring, and I don't have to do dishes. Guess I was a little suspicious that someone was actually willing to do work on this ship. Anyway, if you really are that bored, you can help me for breakfast and lunch too, what do you say?"

Let's look at the negatives. I can't really think of any. Now, let's look at the positives. I would be doing something other than standing, I would be able to avoid the people on board who I don't like, mostly all of them, and I would get to learn how to make food better. Well, this is a really hard choice. "Very well then, you have yourself a deal." I said, and then we shook hands on it.

"I will see you tomorrow, before the sun rises. We have to get breakfast out to the sailors and passengers before the sun starts to rise, or the captain will have our heads." He told me.I nodded to show him I understood, and then I headed off to go get some sleep.

Just like I promised, I woke up before everyone else, which isn't that hard to do when all people want to do is sleep. I head over to the kitchen, where the cook greets me. "There you are! Get your ass in here, and get ready!" Such a cheerful greeting.

I step inside, and I just have to ask him. "What are we making?"

He looks at me, and says "We are making pancakes, hope you can make a lot of them." I nodded my head.

He throws me an apron, and I tie it around my waste. Pancakes really aren't that hard to learn to make. "The batter is already ready; all we have to do is make the things. All right, you take the left grill, I will take the right. We don't have long before a sailor catches the smell of one, and then the passengers will be down our throat threatening us for breakfast. So, we had batter make a lot before the rush comes, do you understand?"

Let's see, get a lot ready before a rush of people try to kill us for food? Yeah, I got it. I get to the left grill, and I pour batter in a couple of places. Wait a couple minutes, flip them, wait a couple more minutes, and then flip them onto a plate for someone else to grab. I do this for a about ten minutes, and I got about twenty pancakes done, compared to the cooks thirty, yeah, this guy was good.

However, I heard something I didn't like. "FOOD IS READY!" Yelled a voice from outside, and I was guessing it was a passenger.

The cook gives me a quick look, and says "Prepare for impact."

What does he mean? Suddenly, the fifty pancakes we had ready were gone, and people were outside screaming at us to get done. I got to my grill very fast, and flip faster than I thought was possible. The cook is going even faster, mumbling about 'Stupid wiseass passenger saying the food is ready when we haven't even begun, when I find out who said it, I am cracking his ass in front of the entire ship as an example.' And so on, things like that.

People were threatening us, others were begging, and some others tried to break in to steal food. The cook promptly kicked them out, using a metal spatula. Didn't these people have anything better to do? 'Well kit, you are cooking for them because you have nothing better to do. Why should they have something to do?' Prier thought to me.

Yeah, she had a point. But, come on, did they have to try to break in to steal food? After about an hour of flipping pancakes, the rush died down to a small trickle, and after the next twenty minutes, that trickle died down entirely. By the time we were done, I was panting slightly; who knew being a cook was so much trouble?

"Well boy," said the cooks in a couple pants of breathe "I really have to thank you. This would have been a lot worse if you weren't here. Tell me boy, what is your name?"

I didn't mind telling him; after all, what was a ship cook supposed to do to me? "Well kind sir, my name is Naruto."

The guy looked at me, and laughed. "Well, Naruto, my name is Jingo. I expect you to be here in one hour to help with lunch too. Until then, you are on break. Use it wisely." After saying that, he took off his apron, threw it onto a close rack, and then went out of the kitchen through a door.

I untie my apron, toss it on the same rack, and walk out the door. "You were one of the two making pancakes weren't you?" Said a familiar voice behind me.

Didn't this person have someone better to bother? I turn around, and I see the same woman who was going to be raped if I hadn't intervened. "Yes, I was one of the two people working. I need something to do on this ship, so I might as well help the cook. He has a hard enough job as it is alone." Then, I wait a bit to see if she has anything else to say.

She appears to be hesitating, before she says "I would like to thank you for saving me from that one man."

She didn't want to say the name, I felt a little sorry for her, it must be hard enough to thank me. "I accept your thanks. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to prepare for my next job in an hour. See you around."

I turn to walk away. "WAIT! You haven't even told me your name!" She said in a hurried voice.

I stop a second, before I casually toss her my name. "My name is Naruto." Then I continue to walk away.

"Well, my name is Viki. Nice to meet you, Naruto." I just chuckle as I continue on. Most people don't enjoy meeting me.

I had the same problem at lunch. Some idiot yelled food was ready while we were making the potatoes. A rush and we had to go into overtime. Man, being a cook is tiring work. I have new respect for them. I thought about how hard being a cook was, I only had a two hour break. It was longer than the last one, but I still had to prepare for the next time I cooked.

Later on, I had to prepare for the dinner rush. This one was worse than the other two by far. The people were waiting before we even started to cook, so you could only begin to imagine what happened when we started to cook. I never thought I would hate making Ramen, but apparently, people can't be patient in silence, they have to yell at the cook the entire time they are waiting.

Can't they just argue with themselves? I mutter curses, the entire time I am cooking. When the day was over, I was glad. I no longer had to cook, the dishes were done, and I was tired out. I couldn't wait for bed.

The cook stops me on the way out, and talks to me. "Naruto, I truly have to thank you, today could have been a lot worse without you. This is one of the worst crowds I have ever had! Most of the time, they don't come until we are at least cooking. I expect the same stuff out of you tomorrow, ok?"

I just nod my head. I don't have the energy to talk to him. I take my apron off, throw it onto the rack, and then I go to the place I have claimed as my own. I hit my makeshift bed, and I go to sleep in an instant.

I am awakened in the middle of the night, with a really loud 'boom' sound. Man, it is really uncomfortable to sleep with a mask on; it makes me think I am hearing things. I hear the 'boom' sound again. Why am I imagining the sound of a cannon? Wait…cannon? Oh shit!

I get up immediately, and hear the captain roar out "MEN! We have pirates! I want you to turn us around, and prepare our cannon! Fire when you have a clear shot!"

I hear another cannon fire from the other ship, and the boat rocks back and forth after getting hit. "SHIT!" yells the captain. "What was hit?"

A crew member comes running to the captain and tells him. "Captain, our engines were hit. We have no chance at out running them now."

The captain gets a dark look on his face, and begins to mutter. A second cannon shell hit the ship, and it was starting to get really unpleasant. Another crew member comes running to the captain, and tells him his grave news. "Captain! They hit our cannons! We have nothing left to defend ourselves!"

The captain looks at his crew, and tells them his grave news. "Men, we will have to surrender. I won't risk the lives of our passengers. I just hope the pirates leave us in peace afterwards."

Yeah, like I was going to let my only chance at the cloud-nin slip by me. Personally, I like my idea more. "Captain!" I call out to him, as I jog to him.

He looks at me, and says "You are the one who helped the cook? Well, what do you want?" I

look at him, and I ask him "How many pirate ships are there?"

"According to our eyes, I would say three pirate ships." He tells me in a sarcastic tone, lined with frustration.

"Is there anyone you want to take as a hostage?" I ask him.

"I would like the captain of the pirates. You see the middle ship? He will probably be on that one. Wait, why are you even asking me this?" He asked me in a confused voice.

I grin under my mask. "Captain," I begin to tell him. "I will take care of all three of those pirate ships, and then we will continue on to the cloud village after repairs are made, deal?"

The captain looks me up and down. "Kid, or Naruto was your name? If you can get rid of those three pirate ships, and bring me the captain, I would carry you to the hidden cloud village on my back."

That would be a sight to see, but I wasn't going to make him do that. "So, Naruto, how do you plan to do that?" He asks me.

I laugh. Then, a cannon ball comes flying where we are, and is on a direct course for the captain. Everyone sees it glowing off the fire the other hits have made. The ship crew looks away, the captain braces himself, and I catch the cannonball with my tail.

The captain is the first to look up, then he sees my tail holding the cannonball, and then he sees who the tail belongs too. "SWEET BEARD OF BLACKBEARD!" He cries out.

The rest of the crew and the passengers look over at me. They see the tail. They all gasp, and a couple people begin to scream. I take off my mask, and I take off the cloak. Then, I take off the gloves. "Captain," I said while I was purring. "It will be easier to take care of them than you think." Then I let out another laugh.

I rush to the edge of the ship, and jump off. Putting chakra at the bottom of my feet, I stand on the water. Time for some intimidation. I let the red chakra surround me, and it starts to radiate off of me so that everyone can see it. Then I rush the ships. The ships begin to fire cannonballs, but this time they are directed at me.

Whenever a cannonball was going to hit me, I deflected it with my tail. One cannonball, I even slashed in half with my claws. I change direction, and go for the ship on the right. It would be easy to sink the ships, the only problem would be getting the hostage. I rush full speed at the ship, and when I was going to hit the side, I don't even begin to slow. I put my tail in front of me like a huge spike. I smash into the side of the ship, point my tail downward, and drag my tail through the bottom of the ship.

This creates a large gash, where water fills this ship up. First ship taken care of, and I haven't even started yet. I smash out of the other side of the ship, and then I jump on top of the sinking one. "RUN YOU FOOLS!" I say in a demonic voice to all the crew members onboard.

They scrambled out of my way, and so I ran to the end of the ship that was closest to the middle ship, and I jumped to the middle ship. I land on it, and then I use my claws to slash down the main mast, that way they can't get that far if they get away. Then I launch a fire ball at another mast, to keep them busy until I return.

I rush to the other side of the ship, and I slash a random pirate who got in my way. Fool, that should teach him. I jump high into the air, and land onto the other ship, tail first. I smash through the top layer, then I hit the second layer, and that doesn't even slow me down.

I land feet first on the final layer, and plunge my tail out the sides, and use it to carve a hole into the side. Then, my tail slits the bottom of the ship open, and I slam through the layers again to land on the top one. I didn't even have to threaten these ones; they were too busy going for life boats to care about me.

I only had one more objective, get the captain of all three of them, and take him hostage. Easier said than done, but I preferred it that way. I jumped off, back onto the middle ship, and I was greeted by a bunch of humans with sabers in their hands. "Do you people really want to mess with a demon?" I ask them in the most demonic voice I can muster.

"Damn straight we do you monster!" Screams one of the pirates. Another one yells out, "We would lay our lives down for the captain!" Well, they got guts, and they are loyal, that is two points for them. However, they are getting in my way, minus three points.

One rushes forward, better than your average person, not even close to a trained swordsman. I just coil my tail around his leg, and throw him over the side. Two more charge me, and I charge right back. I head to the one in front of me first, slash his saber in half, and then I spin in a full circle, and cut a large chunk out of his head, sending blood onto the others.

I don't stop, I continue to spin, and I slam my tail into another one, then I drop to the floor, and then I use my tail to hold up my body, and I spin again to nail anyone close to me. I use my tail to jump, as someone takes a slash at it, and then I back flip in the air, and slam my tail into his face and send him reeling over the edge.

There are four left, and they are circling me. They move slowly, keeping up a guard stance. If they won't make a move, I will. I make a clone of myself, and I quickly henge into a barrel. Then my clone launches a regular barrel at one, and then sends me a different way. The one I was going for moved out of the way, and the other one slashed the barrel to stop it. My clone stood perfectly still, and then one of the pirates rushed him. He slammed his sword into my clones gut, and then the others followed soon after.

My clonehas four swords going into him, all around his stomach and chest area. He has blood pouring out of him, when could I make a clone that well? Oh well, I would have to remember that my shadow clones actually come with blood and live longer now.

My clone just grins. "You boys did good to hit me; however, you had better make sure you get the right person next time." Then my clone begins to laugh, and then I go back to my original form, and I begin to laugh as well.

The four pirates look at me, and then at my clone, with a pale look in their face. Too bad, it is too late for them. My clone stops laughing, as a sudden wave of chakra enters it, and then it explodes in a fiery mess. It left a small hole in the ship, and killed the four men around it. That was too easy. I turn around, and I see more of the ships crew has appeared, ready to fight me. I was going to finish them off quickly.

Using my chakra, I bring the water around the boat up to me. Then I form it into a large dragon head, and I grin maniacally at the rest of the crew. "My pet is very hungry." I say to them, and then I slam it into them. It lands in the center of them, and goes through the board, and then I make it rip up under a couple more. It fly's through the air, and then it turns around, and smashes into another group, and the pirates are thoroughly panicked.

I just walk by them and the one or two that have their wits take a swing at me, and it only ended with their blood all over my hands. I head for the captains cabin, and I smash the door open. Inside is a fairly old man, he looks about sixty. He is bent over a piece of paper, a pen in one hand, and all he says is, "What do you want."

I grin, he isn't expecting a demon. "I am here for you, what else?" He stops moving his pen, and he looks at me.

He appraises me, and all he asks is, "Are you here to take my soul to the next world?" I couldn't believe it, this guy thought I was the Grim Reaper or something?

"No, I am here to take you hostage. Nothing personal, but I have something I need to do." He looks me over a second time, like he was trying to make sure I was real.

Then he stands up, he has no fear on his face, even though I have red chakra surrounding me. "Very well then, I will go with you. Fighting you would be a futile effort anyway." So, he was evaluating my strength. Nice to know he isn't cocky, but I doubt he made it as captain being cocky anyway.

I strap him to my back using my tail, and then I walk out of the captain's cabin. Two more crew member surround me. "Let our captain go!" they yell, both of them raising a saber in each hand. So, a couple more of them still want to try to stop me? This ship trip was well worth it.

"I will let him go if you can kill me." Was the only thing I tell them. They both charge me, what fools. Then something happens, one of them starts to make hand seals, and I knew these weren't your ordinary pirates. "How do you two know hand seals!" I scream at them.

"Oh, my bad, I taught them that." Said the captain with a sheepish grin on his face. Great, the captain knew some ninja teaching. One of the crew disappeared in a puff of smoke, and was replaced with a puddle of water. I smash my foot behind me, and I slam it into his face when he reappears. They may have ninja techniques, but they still fight like predictable street brawlers.

That sent the one I kicked through the wall behind me, and then I heard a splash of water. I must have hit him harder than I thought. That leaves me alone with only one of them. I show him my claws, and then I slash his two swords in half. He looks from one sword to the other, and starts to do some hand seals I have never seen before. Then, water comes from around us, and collects in his hand in the shape of a sword. Then, the thing freezes solid, into pure ice. I raise my hand, and fire collects in my hand in the shape of a sword. Then, I enlarge the sword to twice its size, and then I look at him and grin. I smash my sword downward, and he tries to block it with his sword.

My fire melted his ice, continued downward, slashed him in half, and then I smashed my fire sword into the ship. I leave it their, and flames start to sprout from the ship. Time to leave. I rush to the side, and jump off the ship. The captain on my back panics, and screams out "You are trying to kill us!"

I just grin, and then we hit the water. I wish I could have seen his face, but I was already rushing along the water back to the ship I was on earlier.

I get near the ship, and then I jump up onto the deck. Everyone there stares at me in shock, and then the captain walked up to the front of the crowd, and just stares at me. I uncoil my tail, and let the old captain slide off of my back. "Here is the captain of the ship." I say in my normal voice.

I didn't need to intimidate the people on the ship I was riding. The captain looks from the man to me, and then back to the man, a look of disbelief on his face. Then, he gives a wide grin, and starts to clap. The rest of the crew also begin to clap, a couple of them whistle, and slowly but surely, the passengers also begin to clap.

It gave me a small warm feeling, but it wouldn't last that long. All of a sudden, a strong weariness overtook my body. It was becoming hard, just to stand! 'Prier, are you doing this?' I thought to her. 'No kit, it is merely a side effect.' Side effect? A side effect of what?

I drop to my knees, suddenly breathing very heavily. I was having trouble just breathing, the world is darkening, I can't stay conscious. The last thing I remember before blacking out was the captain yelling for someone to get the medic, and to help me. Kind guy, but what happened to me? I had to get Prier to tell me; otherwise it would all be a pain in the ass to figure out on my own.

I was in the dank and dark room I usually go to. I can't move my body; I have trouble breathing in my mind. What happened to me? "Oh kit…I can't believe you are like this."

My skin freezes, I couldn't do a thing to stop her! This could turn very, very, bad. She chuckled, probably sensing my fear. "Don't worry kit; I won't take advantage of you while you are in this state."

I let out a sigh of relief. However, what happened to me? "Well kit, you are probably wondering what happened." I was, but I also realize that I can't talk right now.

I don't have the energy to do so. "Well kit, it was you overusing your chakra."

Wait, how could I overuse my chakra? I was a damn half demon; I couldn't run out of chakra. "Well kit, you look confused, so I will explain it to you. If you were a regular demon, you could use all the chakra you want, but you are only half demon, so you have a limit. However, you won't know what that limit is, nothing warns you that you are about to reach it, and you only feel the effects after you release the chakra.

You kept chakra to walk across water, use a couple jutsu's and used it to make yourself surrounded by chakra. That is severely draining, and it cost you. Ever wonder why I only kill in my full demon form? It is because when I look human, I too become a half demon, and I have the same type of limit you do. I made the mistake of destroying a town in half demon form, and it cost me like it is costing you."

Great, so I couldn't use chakra like crazy anymore? Being a half demon isn't as good as I thought it would be. "Kit, I also thought I would tell you, it only costs you chakra if you continually use it. If you use it in small burst, like to use I fireball, but don't do anything else, it regenerates at an alarming rate.

However, if you keep using it, like to hold yourself above water, or make yourself intimidating, then it will affect your chakra." Ok, if I use it in small bursts, it regenerates almost instantly, but if I constantly use it, then I have to suffer like I am. Got it.

"Finally kit, your chakra source is unlimited." Wait, did I hear that correctly? I try to wheeze out the question, but I can barely breathe, so I couldn't ask.

Prier looks at me, eyes twinkling with amusement. "Yes kit, I know what you are going to ask. Yes, I did say your chakra source was 'unlimited.' Demons don't have the limitation that you humans do; they can do what they want with chakra, when they want. Why do you think they could go on rampages for days? They don't have a chakra limit, which is what makes them so difficult. You have the same thing, however, being only half demon, you get what we demons call 'chakra sickness.'

As you can tell, chakra sickness makes you really weak, you can barely talk, if you can talk at all, and you have to rely on others to care for you. Take my advice kit; try not to hold your chakra unless you have to. That way it can regenerate, which mean you need to avoid fighting on water, using chakra to amplify your strength and speed, and using your intimidation technique. Well, let me rephrase that, you can do it, but only if you keep the battle short. If it drags out too long, then you will suffer the consequences.

However, the more you use your chakra, the longer it will take for you to reach your limit. It sort of grows as you use chakra. Even in small bursts, it grows a little." Great, I couldn't use my intimidation move on tough or long battles?

Well, it was nice to know that my limit would get bigger after a while. Prier the walks to me, sits cross-legged, and puts my head on her lamp. An alarm went through me, didn't she promise not to seduce me in my current state? She chuckled, and then proceeded to pet my head. I couldn't stop her. "Don't worry kit, I won't seduce you because you didn't know about the consequences. I do like to play a little fair at least. However, if you pass out because of chakra sickness again, then I will seduce you next time, after all, you know the consequences now."

I relax visibly. It felt good, like Prier was a mother, and she was going to help me. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all. "Oh yeah, kit, if you start to think of me as a mother, I will smack you over the head. I don't want the person I am trying to seduce thinking of me in those terms." If I could have, I would have laughed.

I was too weak though, so I closed my eyes, and I wondered if I could go to sleep in my mind. "Kit, in case you were wondering, yes you can sleep in your mind. What do you think I do here all the time?" Well, she has one quality of a mother at least, she is a mind reader. Thinking that, I drift off into sleep.

I woke up, and I was blinded by the sun. Ah, why couldn't it be a little dimmer here? "Captain! He is awake!"

I was guessing that it was one of the crew members. I slumped forward, I am still a little dizzy, but other than that, I don't really feel that bad. I hear footsteps traveling down the ship. I can't feel the ship rocking. Where are we? Did we make it to the dock? I see the captain enter the room I am in. He looks a little embarrasses, the kind of look you get when you want to ask a question, but don't think that it is appropriate.

I knew which one it was. "Captain," I say, and his head snaps up, looking at me in the eyes. "I am a half demon."

His eyes widen in surprise. "What? How did you?" I grin.

"Know what you were going to ask? It is the first question anyone asks when they see my true appearance. Why should you be any different? Now, do you see why I wear a mask, cloak, and gloves? It saves me a lot of questions. That, and most people don't run away in fear." I told him.

The captain grins. "Yeah, but most people don't owe you for saving their ship. You are welcome aboard this ship anytime you want in my opinion. It is the least I can do. If any other passenger has a problem, they can throw themselves overboard for all I care. However, we have a problem." He gets a serious look on his face.

The dizziness leaves me, as I listen intently to what he has to say. "If you haven't noticed, we are shore bound. We are on the edge of a forest. We cut down a couple trees for use to repair the ship, but apparently a Dryad like person lives here, and took a couple of my crew and passengers for 'trespassing' as she called it. I need to ask you a favor; would you please go get them? I don't like to have people from my ship taken, but I am unable to stop her. I am decent with a blade, but it doesn't matter when she can use the tree roots to wrap around me."

Sounds like a female wood using ninja. Posing as a Dryad though? That is an amusing thought. "Captain, will you leave this spot without them?" I ask him.

He gives me a hard and determined look. "No, unless they are dead, I won't leave anyone behind." I have to admire his conviction.

Guess I have to get to work, after all, I still have a score to settle with the cloud-nin. "Captain, how many casualties from the Dryad, and the pirate ship?" I ask.

I might as well get a good number of the lives lost. "We lost 5 crew members to the pirates, and 3 more to the Dryad. We only lost one passenger, and that was because of a cannonball." So, nine are dead.

"How many were taken, and do you have names of them?" I ask.

He looks me over, and tells me. "She has our cook, my first-mate, and three crew members. She also has two male passengers, and one female one who seems to scream at you. You know, the one who had a shocked expression on her face when she saw you were coming on board."

Yeah, I knew her. Viki, I believe her name was. "Very well captain, I will go get them for you." I stand up, and I regain my balance.

I stumble a bit; I have to get back to normal. I walk off of the ship, and down the plank. Some of the crew members give me thumbs-up, others yell out "Hi!"

However, the passengers look at me with fear and hate in their eyes. Some of them, shield their children from my direction, like the mere sight of me will kill them. Just like the people in Konoha, so it is pretty easy to ignore them. I go to the forest, and take to the branches. "I wouldn't go there!" I looked back, and one of the crew members was yelling to me. "There is a Dryad in there, and she isn't too happy right now. The ship is repaired, but the captain won't go on without them, so we have some problems."

I just grin. "My job," I yell back at him "Is to go rescue the people the Dryad took. I will be back shortly. Don't have a party without me!" After I say that, I rush off into the woods. Now let's see, if I was a female ninja posing as a Dryad, where would I go?

To the place with the most water and trees, that is where. I have to find a stream, and follow it to the center of the forest. I just wish that this was going to be easy, but I have a feeling this is going to suck. My feelings don't seem to be wrong anymore, and I hated it.

It wasn't that hard to locate a stream, the sound of rushing water in a quiet forest isn't that hard. I locate the stream, and start to follow it. "YOU FOOLS DARE ENTER MY FOREST, CUT DOWN MY TREES, AND NOW ASK TO BE LET GO! WHO DO YOU MORTALS THINK YOU ARE?"

Ok, it was easier to find her than I thought. It might have been harder, except that she has to yell when talking. "I AM TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD REASON I SHOULDN'T KILL YOU, BUT I CAN'T FIND ANY!"

I heard a sort of ripping sound, like a tree being unearthed, and then a man screaming, but it gets cut off. Ok, she is killing them, I have to move. I rush forward, and then I hear another scream which gets cut off. Great, that makes two. I jump onto a tree branch, making sure that I am as quiet as possible. I see the woman, she has light brown skin, her hair is green, and she has bark fashioned into clothing. She really does look like a Dryad; however, she is using hand seals to make the woods obey her. Not something a Dryad would do. She uses another tree root, to impale another man.

Viki, the first-mate, Jingo, and one of the crew members are still alive. She killed the two male passengers, and another two sailors. She must have killed one out of my earshot. "NOW THEN, WHICH ONE OF YOU PEOPLE WILL BE NEXT?"

Does she have to yell? It gets annoying and fast, if I was one of the people she captured, I would beg her to kill me so I wouldn't have to listen to it anymore. "SHOULD IT BE YOU?" She asks indicating the cook.

"OR YOU?" she asks, sliding her hand under Viki's chin, and then she goes to the first-mate and sailor.

"OR SHOULD IT BE ONE OF YOU TWO?" She starts laughing, but one of my favorite things to do, is make it so that people can't laugh.

I grin, as I get ready to strike. "OR SHOULD I KILL OUR LITTLE GUEST FIRST?" She yells out.

Suddenly, a tree vine smacks me from behind, and plummets me to the Earth. I slam my tail against a tree, do a front flip, and land on my feet. "Well, that could have gone better." I say in my demonic voice.

"MY, MY, WE HAVE AN INTRUDER. HOW SHOULD I DEAL WITH YOU?" She asks in that annoying voice.

"For starters, you could stop yelling so much, it really hurts my ears. That and your face doesn't really do a lot for my eyes either." I told her in my demonic voice.

Her face goes red with anger. "I AM TRYING TO COME UP WITH A GOOD REASON NOT TO KILL YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON I SHOULDN'T?"

She is actually asking me? Very well then, I will tell her. "Really simple really, you are diverting your power to hold the rest of the group with the tree vines. You don't stand a chance against me while your power is divided."

She gets a thoughtful look on her face. Then, the vines around the others disappear. "You people had better get out of here, this is going to turn ugly real quick. Ship is that way. I will be back there after I am done with her." I say pointing my thumb behind me.

The rest of the living group run behind me, and head off into the forest. "Now that all the distractions are out of the way, lets get down to business." Saying that, I rush forward, claws extended, and take a slash at her.

She just sinks into the ground, like she is in quicksand. She disappears completely from my view, and I take up a guard stance. I thrust my tail underground, to sense the vibrations of her coming.

Where is she? I am unable to find an exact point, but I have to be really cautious. Suddenly, I hear movement, and I jump out of the way as a tree vine slams into the ground where I used to be standing. The a couple roots shoot out of the ground and wrap around my legs. I slash myself out of the roots with my claws, and jump immediately afterward to get out of range.

I have to find out where she is, but how am I going to do that? She is the color of the forest, so she blends into it. This is going to be tougher than I thought. I could set a fire, but the ship is too close, and there is a good chance I will be caught in the fire. I don't want to know how immune I am to burns, so I don't plan to find out. Water is an option, but the trees would absorb it too fast. I don't know any jutsu's that could affect the woods, and I don't know how effective a rock jutsu would be.

I roll, as a root in the shape of a spike erupts from the ground. I barely dodge it, and it manages to scratch my clothes. It misses me, but that was too close for my own comfort. I jump after I am done rolling, as a couple more spikes come from the ground. Maybe I should use a couple 'area of effect' jutsus? Those seem to be my best option.

But, they also consume a lot of chakra, and I need to watch it. If chakra sickness hits me, it is basically over. I from water in my hand, and freeze it into a spear. Then I throw the spear into the ground, and jump behind a tree. The spear hits the ground, opens up, and launches a bunch of icicles into random directions.

It slams a couple of the icicles into the tree I am hiding behind. I hear it hit multiple spots, but no sign it hit the person I wanted it to. I wish I had an exact time it takes my chakra to regenerate. This would make it a lot easier to time my fights.

I pick up a pretty good size rock, and put a lot of my chakra into it. I hope that this idea works. I toss the rock over into the clearing, and just forget about it. I don't really need to keep an eye on it until later. A ball of water appears in my hand, and then I put some of the fires fumes into the water to act like a sort of poison. Then I launch the ball of water at a random tree and hope for the best. I probably missed, but if I can weaken the trees here, it will make the battle a little easier.

Suddenly, a bunch of needle sized thorns came flying at me from all direction, and so I put up a red chakra shield. When the barrage stops, I immediately drop the shield. Chakra sickness is starting to make me a littlejumpy.

I start to run forward, after all, a sitting target is a dead one. I make sure that I am near the rock I filled up with chakra though. I might need it. I pick up another rock, and fill that one with chakra as well, and then I toss it near the clearing where the other rock is. I just hope that they aren't too close together. The tree near me groans, and so I rush away from the spot as one of the branches smashes into the ground where I was standing.

It is a good thing that she is only using wood jutsus, because if she knew some earth ones I would be in some deep shit right now. I rush to a tree, and twist my body, and slam my tail into the tree. The tree shudders, but it doesn't fall over. Ok, that plan won't work.

Then, I feel an intense amount of chakra go into the tree. I jump away, and duck behind another tree as that tree explodes, sending splinters and tree branches in all directions. It is a little like my clone exploding technique, except with trees, not bad.

I scoop up another rock, charge it full of chakra, and toss it into the same clearing as the other two. Why though, why can't I sense her chakra as she is controlling the trees and roots? I should be able to sense it, unless it is like a bloodline, but what is this? I get away from where I am, as a giant plant sprouts from where I am, and spits a purple gunk at me. I get out of the way, and the purple stuff melts the other things it lands on. Then the plant goes back underground.

Great, just what I need, more hostile vegetation. I run away, pick up another rock, charge it full of chakra, and toss it near the other rocks. Suddenly, a strange plant slams into me full force, and sends me barreling into the clearing where I threw the rocks. Then, a couple of roots erupt from the ground, and secure my hands and legs to my body. Then a couple of larger roots wrap themselves around my body, and completely immobilize me. Well, I can still move my head, but my body is stuck.

"LOOK WHAT I CAUGHT!" Said a very loud and annoying voice to my side. I turn my head, and there she is.

Where was she this entire time? "YOU LASTED LONGER THAN MOST, BUT HOW COULD YOU BEAT ME? I AM INVINCIBLE IN A FOREST!" Then she lets out the most annoying laugh I have ever heard. Imagine thirteen women scratching a chalkboard, and you might get a feel for what it is like.

It is worse with my sensitive ears. "NOW THEN, WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH YOU?" I grin; she is standing near one of the rocks I charged with chakra.

"I don't know what you should do with me, but there is something you can do for me." Then I give an even wider grin.

"YOU MAY BE A LITTLE CUTE, IN A STRANGE ANIMILISTIC WAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO KISS YOU." Did she really think that is what I meant?

I begin to give a dark chuckle. "No, that isn't it. You can die. That would be doing something for me." She has a confused look on her face, and then I let loose the chakra in the rocks.

All four of them explode at once, sending rock fragments everywhere, and a couple even hit me through the roots, so they must have been going fast. Thank my luck that none hit me in the head, or I would be dead. The female ninja wasn't so lucky, her eyes shot wide open, blood started to dribble from her mouth, and she collapsed.

The roots around me weakened, and I tore myself out of the little snare. I stand up, and I walk over to her. She looks at me, and begins to laugh. Not the annoying laugh from earlier, but a simple melodious laugh.

It sounded so much better than her other one. "You know what? It is nice to know I am dieing in a forest. I have always loved the woods, even when I was a little girl. You are strong you know that? Could be the demon blood in you, but I think I would have lost even if you didn't have the help of that. You are very strong willed, and I pity people who get in your way or anger you."

She lets out another laugh. "I just hope you can run fast." She says suddenly. "I am bound by blood to this forest. I gave the lake some of my blood, for control of the woods and plants, which is why you couldn't feel my chakra in case you were wondering. However, you had better run back to your ship fast. The forest won't be that happy that you killed me." She lets out another laugh, and then her eyes get a glazed look, and then her entire body goes limp.

What did she mean the forest would be angry? Suddenly, the earth around me begins to shake, and I see a bunch of rose bushes launch thorns at me. What the hell! She is dead. 'The forest won't be happy that you killed me,' that is what she said. Could that mean that the forest is actually going to try to get revenge for her?

I get my answer, when a giant tree root erupts from under me, and I have to slash it off of me. I land on the ground, ad I run on the path back to the ship. I don't think that it would be a smart idea for me to run along the tree branches while the forest is in this state. I keep running along the ground, as thorns fly over head, a couple of plants launch some acid at me, and I make sure I can dodge it. I roll forward, when a couple of tree try to drop their branches on me, I stand up, and begin to run away again.

I continue running as I sidestep to the left, as a giant tree root slam into where I was just standing. Then another tree root jumps in the way of where I am going, and I use chakra to amplify my jump so that I can clear it.

I land on the other side, regain my balance, and continue to run away. A couple of smaller tree roots snake in front of me, and then form a net in my path. I slash through the net with my claws, and continue forward. Suddenly, the ground under me drops into a pitfall, and there are a bunch of sharp roots at the bottom. I quickly grasp the ledge, flip over the ledge, and continue to run.

I sidestep to me right, as a tree branch slams into where I was standing, and then I jump over a small vine that was trying to trip me. Suddenly, two vines are coming at me at breakneck speed, one at my neck, and the other at my ankle. I jump forward, put myself straight as a board, and twist my body into a corkscrew, so that I avoid the two vines. When I hit the ground, I roll forward, and get up quickly to begin running again. I continue to rush forward, as fast as I can, adrenaline pumping through me.

I am getting tired, and I don't know how far I have to run. Suddenly, a couple of tree fall in front of me, and a couple of the plants that spit acid get up between the cracks. They start to launch their purple gunk at me, and I have to dodge like a maniac. I duck, twist, jump, and just about anything else I can do while running forward.

Then, a couple of leaves detach from the trees, and rush forward, and look a lot sharper than usual. The leaves cut down the other acid spewing plants, so yes, they were pretty sharp. I put up my red chakra shield, and continue to run forward. The leaves slam into my shield, and make me grunt with the effort of keeping it up. When that barrage stops, I drop my shield, and am relieved I don't feel the side effects of chakra sickness. I jump over the first fallen tree, and then I begin to run along the path of fallen trees.

Leaves come flying at me from the tops of the trees, and so I jump over all of them with a giant leap. I land on the other side, just as some rose bushes launch their needles at me! I slam my tail into the ground to take to the air, but some of the needles still land in my arm. I rush forward, while clutching my arm, and I see light over there! I don't care anymore, I charge my legs full of chakra, and go even faster than I thought possible to get out of the forest.

My reckless charge cost me though, a couple acid plants got some of their purple goop on my back, and it BURNED! It was really painful, but I still had to continue running. A couple of vines tripped me, but I was going so fast that I continues to roll at a faster than normal speed. I ended rolling out of the forest and into the water where the ship was.

I had a couple of needles in my back, and a couple of the sharp leaves imbedded themselves into my chest. Guess I couldn't dodge everything. I heard a couple of voices, something about calling for some medical attention, but I couldn't hear that well. Blackness blocked my vision, as I passed out because of the pain.

I woke up in a small bed, and to my right, were some 'get well' cards. I was alive when they found me, so why should I die when I am recovering? I get up, and I groan. The burn marks on my back haven't completely healed, so it hurts to move my back. My other wounds are nothing compared to that, and the needles and leaves have been pulled out. The needle wounds have completely healed, and the leaf wounds are nothing more than scratches now.

I love being a half demon for the most part. I look down; my mask and cloak are completely destroyed. My gloves appear to be ok, except for the occasional scratch in them. Where am I? The door opens, and the captain enters. "How are you doing?"

I wanted to laugh. I only got my ass handed to me by a forest; I am doing pretty bad actually. "I'm ok." I lied. I wanted to get out of here.

"You are in my cabin; I hope you don't mind too much. I had the crew get you a new cloak and mask." He tosses two objects at me, and I catch them. One is a dark green cloak, and has the word 'monster' on the back; the word was covered in gold. The mask was a mask that an ANBU member would wear, except that the animal on it was a fox. I look at the captain, and I say "Is this your idea of a joke?"

He laughed. "No, I didn't get them for you. It was my crew. Anyway, I thought you would like to know that you were out for two days. We are at the hidden cloud village. You have to get off. Put those on, and get off. I will always remember you Naruto, but this is goodbye."

Saying that, he walked out. I look at the cloak and the mask. It can't be helped, so I put them on. I notice something about the cloak though; it has a couple hidden pockets in it for weapons. So the crew wasn't only playing a sick joke it appears. I walk out of the cabin, off of the ship and walk onto the ground. It is snowing slightly, and I realize I had a birthday a little bit ago.

So, I am fifteen. However, now that I am here, I had a 'friend' to visit. My face becomes slightly twisted behind my mask, and I walk into the crowd. I disappear from sight, as I begin to hunt down my prey.

General Badaxe-Ok, I would like to apologize to all the people who e-mailed my bothers account. Apparently, my brother and I forgot to turn on anonymous reviews, so some of you couldn't leave a review. The situation has been remedied. So if I yelled at you because you e-mailed, but couldn't leave a review, I am deeply sorry. Anyway, I still don't know if I should scrap the pole, but you will know when I update next. Until my next update, see you all later!

P.S.-I got this done a couple days ago, but fanfiction wouldn't let me upload the file. Sorry for it being a little late.