Chapter seven
Naruto stood next to Mebuki and Sakura looking at the Namikaze/Uzumaki compound. "Is this where we'll be living onee-san?" Naruto asked.
"Yes Naruto, this is where we will be living." Mebuki responded before opening the gate after swiping her blood across the seal. "Why don't we head in and get settled?"
Naruto and Sakura looked over the compound grounds and saw a training area along with a koi pond and a small lake. There was only a two story house with two large oak wood doors stained a dark brown that it was almost black.
Kei took off to run around the grounds and found some rabbits to chase as well as birds. She only returned when she had a dead griped in her maw her nine tails swaying contently.
"You are not taking that in the house, it stays out here do you hear me?" Mebuki scolded the little fox.
"Fine!" Kei responded before the rabbit carcass disappeared in a puff of smoke having been sealed away for later.
After entering the house Naruto was immediately greeted with a portrait of his mother and father standing on a small table. He entered into the living room and saw a pile of dust covered cloths still on the couch waiting to be folded.
Mebuki wandered in to the kitchen to see how bad things were. "Stay out of the Kitchen!" she warned the children when she opened the fridge.
Naruto left the down stairs area heading up to the second level and started to explore. He found a room with a crib in it with small foxes and toads painted on the wall. Standing in the center of the room Naruto turned into around in a circle taking in every detail of the room.
Kei walked into the room and saw a pile of stuffed fox toy's and an idea came to mind. She softly pawed her way over to the pile and hid herself taking care to not blink and barely breathe.
Naruto finally walked over to a pile of toy's he had seen. He reached for one of the foxes and was surprised when the fox jumped at him. "What the hell Kei!" Naruto yelled from beneath his furry assailant.
"Oh hush you enjoyed it Mr. King of all pranks." Kei laughed before walking towards the door.
Sakura ran into the room after hearing a loud crash wondering what was happening. "What is going on in here Naruto?"
"Kei pranked me but I'll get her back!" Naruto said smiling when he saw Kei flinch.
"You're screwed pretty little fox." Sakura said while she bent down to scratch the Kyubi behind the ear. She had learned that if she flattered the chibi Kyubi no Yoko she could scratch her behind the ears or touch her tails.
Kei was purring and growled when Sakura stopped petting her. "If he knows what's good for him he'll rethink that."
Naruto looked at Kei in fear for all of a second before laughing. "Okay chibi', suddenly he felt like he should run for his life and he did.
"Get back here you, Kami's champion my ass!" Kei yelled chasing after a blond blur that almost ran into Mebuki.
Mebuki jumped out of the path of a blond and red blur. 'What was that?' she thought to herself before she saw Sakura trying to catch up to the blurs. "Sakura, what is going on?"
"Kei is going to kill Naruto for calling her chibi."
"Oh that's nice" Mebuki replied before stopping in her tracks. "Wait, what?" She spun around and started running after the path of destruction hoping to stop the demented little fox before she caught Naruto. When she finally caught up to the two of them she found a silver haired ANBU sitting on a hog tied chibi Kyubi no Yoko.
"Good evening Mrs. Haruno, can I help you?"
"Evening Mr. ANBU, have you seen my cousin? He was being chased by your furry chair."
Dog raised an eyebrow, not that anyone would know. He then decided to apply more pressure to the small fox he was sitting on. "Cat took him back to the compound Mrs. Haruno."
"I see, thank you Dog. Can I have the fox back? She and I need to have a few words!" Mebuki said while glaring at the furry menace causing the fox to shudder in fear.
"She's all yours ma'am." Dog then jumped up to leave before he stopped to look at Mebuki. "Mrs. Haruno, would it be at all possible for cat and myself to visit little Naruto on our off time?" He asked with a hint of worry evident in his voice.
Mebuki had known that Dog and Cat had looked at Naruto as their own son and on multiple occasions had him over to their apartment. They had even gone as far as to always keep a room ready for the boy. "I'll allow it seeming as how Naruto looks at you two as family. Just give him time to get adjusted to have actual blood relatives Dog. He is still struggling somewhat with that knowledge."
"Thank you ma'am, and of course I will let Cat know when I see her." With that Dog jumped up to a roof and disappeared into the night.
"As for you Kei" Mebuki began looking at the tied up fox. "What do you think you are doing acting like a little savage?" Mebuki asked before crossing her arms under her bosom and started tapping her foot.
"I am the Kyubi no Yoko a demon lord and boss summons of the Kitsune clan. That little brat called me chibi and threatened to prank me." Kei growled while looking up at the woman.
"Oh and that caused you to chase him through the village causing the ANBU to respond. Granted getting pranked by Naruto can be horrible but not to the point of causing a disaster to prevent." Mebuki then picked up the hog tied fox and slung her over her shoulder before starting to walk back to the compound. "You can sleep outside tonight."
"Ha I love being outside."
"Really how about next to the Inuzuka compound. You know the side that has the kennels for the dogs?" Mebuki said getting a satisfying yelp from the fox.
Kei was grumbling at this point about how unfair it was that the brat got away with murder while she was getting punished for just chasing him. Granted that chase resulted in multiple buildings being damaged and small craters in the streets but still the fox thought it wasn't fair.
Once the two made it back to the compound Mebuki noticed Naruto sitting with his arms crossed pouting at a purple haired ANBU. "Can I help you?"
"Sorry Mrs. Haruno I was just scolding Naruto about threating to prank anyone." Yugao said from behind her cat mask.
"Thank you Cat but I can take it from here. Dog said he had something to talk to you about when he saw you again."
"Very well ma'am I'll be leaving" Cat disappeared in a shunshin.
"Naruto I don't want to hear of you pranking anyone else. Your little stunt with Kei caused a lot of trouble and I'm half tempted to ground you from ramen for the next week." Mebuki stated only to get glomped by a blonde bullet.
"No don't I'll be good. I'll do anything to keep my family and ramen." Naruto said panic evident in his voice.
Mebuki was heartbroken at hearing what the little boy had said. "Okay Naruto but you're only allowed to prank the village elders Homura and Koharu. They're old enough to be my grandparents." Mebuki then dropped Kei on the ground and released her bindings. "Kei you get to sleep over by the Inuzuka compound now get going."
Kei walked off sulking about having to spend the night next to a bunch of mangy mutts.
Naruto started laughing evilly when he was told that he could prank two people at will and get away with it. 'Those fossils will want to retire when I'm done with them.' Naruto thought to himself forgetting his link with Kei.
'Shut up Naruto' Kei responded through their link.
Mebuki ushered everyone inside so she could order dinner and then send everyone off to bed to rest for tomorrow. What she didn't know was that the Shinigami would start training Naruto in the use of her gift to him.
In the morning Naruto sort of woke up to Sakura jumping on his bed.
"Get up itoko, my mom made breakfast and there is some lady here to see you." Sakura stopped jumping when she felt the air around her drop a few degrees and she could see her breath.
"I am the Shinigami not just some lady little girl." The Shinigami stared at the pink haired child for a few more seconds before looking at Naruto and smirking.
As Naruto was still sleeping he didn't see the death god appear in his room. He didn't notice Sakura jump off the bed to get out of the way of a massive amount of water that was freezing. Snapping his eyes open he screamed which set birds in the forest surrounding Konoha flying. "What the hell I was dreaming about ramen."
"Get up and get dressed your training starts today right after we deal with the civilian council, again. I wonder how they find people to replace the last group so fast knowing their life expectancy is a week at most since you returned." The Shinigami said then turned and walked out of the room leaving a drenched Naruto to get ready for the day.