"Something's wrong." Naruto suddenly said, looking away from the children around him. Shizune looked worried.
"W-What is it?" She asked.
Naruto whistled, and Mur landed on the ground, three kids on his back. They hopped off, and Naruto stood up.
"Mur, did you see anything up there?" He asked. Mur nodded.
"Murrr..." He growled, eyes boring into his master's. Naruto's eyes widened.
"Orochimaru!" He cried. Shizune gasped. They ran toward the disturbance, and looked in horror at the fight between the three summon bosses. Jiraiya looked down, and grinned as he saw Naruto.
"Hey Naruto, I'm in a bit of a bind here. Mind helping out?" he asked. Orochimaru looked down at the blonde, unimpressed.
"Your 'trustworthy student' is the Kyuubi vessel? Pathetic choice, but I really shouldn't have expected anything better from you." He said. Naruto calmly raised his hand to his mouth. Everyone watched carefully, and his fangs elongated, and he bit into his hand. He raised it to the sky.
"I summon thee, Dementor!" With a burst of smoke, the summon boss of the bats joined the fray. He was about the size of the others, but when he spread out his wings, he appeared five times as huge.
"*What do you wish, Naruto-chan?*" The boss said in vampiric. Naruto understood him perfectly.
"*Help me against the snake, Dementor-sama*" He asked, the same language flowing easily over his tongue. The bat looked over at the snake, then smirked.
"*Happily.*" He unfurled his wings, and with a flap, landed on Manda. The snake hissed in anger, flicking his tail around, but Dementor grasped it in his fangs. Orochimaru spat out his katana, and Tsunade jumped forward to subdue him. Jiraiya didn't seem to be able to do anything.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what's wrong?" Naruto called out, grasping Dementor's fur. Jiraiya looked at him apologetically.
"I was drinking with Tsunade and she drugged me with something that drained my chakra." Naruto and Shizune's eyes widened.
"What?" Naruto hissed, but couldn't continue, as Kabuto started to attack him.
"Well, Naruto-kun, you look different." The man with hair similar to Naruto's commented. Naruto dodged Kabuto's scalpel.
"Ah, you like? This is who I really am, and I won't let you get away with abandoning Konoha! I won't play the idiotic genin I did before!" Naruto unsheathed his claws. Kabuto's glasses flashed.
"Good. I knew you were different." He smirked, looking the vamp over. "Orange really didn't suit you." Naruto's bats flew to his aid, and Naruto jumped at the traitor. Kabuto swiped out with a kunai, which Naruto met with a claw. "I don't know why you choose to side with such a weak village. One that hates you, above that." Naruto snarled, and shot ten slices of purple energy at the medic nin. He dodged most of them , but two hit him in the stomach. Naruto smirked, but it faded away when he saw Kabuto rise again.
"How can your healing rate be so fast?" He asked softly. Kabuto just smiled.
"Family bloodline. Nothing like your kyuubi-healing, but good enough to get the job done." Naruto grit his teeth. Shizune jumped next to him.
"Tsunade will do fine on her own. Do you need help?" Shizune asked. Naruto watched the opponent carefully.
"I'm sure, if I used more of my strength, I could take him down, but I would be grateful if you helped." Shizune nodded, jumping back.
"I'll exude some poison, so get out of the way, Naruto-kun!" Naruto just smiled.
"Don't worry about me!" She nodded, then formed seals, and breathed out a huge cloud of poison. Naruto jumped into it, hidden in the smoke.
Kabuto looked around, holding his breath. His eyes widened as something sliced into his chest, and he gasped, shooting out of the fog.
He hit the floor, and Naruto continued to attack him, not giving him a chance to heal. Naruto stopped mid-swipe to look to the side. Dementor had Manda caught, while Jiraiya had created a huge swamp to keep the snake in place. Tsunade was currently beating Orochimaru with a vengeance. Tsunade grunted as Manda's now-flailing tail hit her, sending her into the swamp. Naruto's eyes widened.
Kabuto jumped up when Naruto was distracted, and, healing himself to the best of his abilities, and jumped to Orochimaru. The snake man snarled at the blonde woman, and the two jumped away. Naruto and Shizune ran to the swamp, as the summons disappeared.
"*Thank you, Dementor-sama!*" Naruto called, as the bat faded. He gave him a nod, and left. Naruto ran straight to Jiraiya, as the swamp disappeared. Shizune went to Tsunade.
"Jiraiya-sensei, are you okay?" He cried, and Mur ran to the sannin to hold him up. Jiraiya gave a smile, leaning against the bat.
"Sure, kid. I'll be better in a while." Naruto smiled, then turned to look at Tsunade.
"How DARE you poison my teacher!" He hissed, glaring. He stomped up to the sannin, fangs bared, hair flashing in the light. Shizune, holding her Master up, stepped back, paling. Tsunade just looked tired. Naruto looked right up at her, rage clear in his eyes. "If you EVER do something to hurt one of my precious people again, I will kill you!" He spun right round, and walked to his teacher, pushing him onto Mur's back.
Shino started, and Kiba froze, looking around.
"What...was that feeling?" Kiba asked, lowering his chopsticks. They were sitting in Naruto's favourite ramen stand, after looking around for their favourite blonde. Shino buzzed, and stood up, looking outside the stand.
Gai jumped down from a building overhead, carrying an unconscious Uchiha. He started to run towards the hospital, when Shino appeared in front of him. "Ah, Abrame-san. I apologize, but I must get the youthful Sasuke to the hostpital."
"What happened to him?" Kiba asked, glaring down at the ex-team mate of his friend. The two genins ran with the Taijutsu legend, surprisingly keeping up.
"He went to help the youthful Naruto-kun against his very unyouthful brother, Itachi, and his accomplice." The boys' eyes widened.
"Is Naru-chan okay?" Gai nodded.
"The two forced Itachi to retreat, but not before Sasuke got struck by Tsukyomi, a strong mental attack." He smiled. "Do not worry. Naruto was unharmed, and has continued with his teacher to find someone who can heal him." He waved, and, with more speed than before, disappeared with a trail of smoke.
Kiba and Shino slowed to a stop, and shared a glance. "So that's where he is. Why didn't he tell us?" Kiba asked, somewhat hurt.
Shino look to where Gai had came from. "Well, Gai said the Sasuke left to help while Naruto had already left. Perhaps Naruto didn't think he'd find any trouble?" Kiba shrugged. Shino sighed, worriedly. "But Uchiha came back like that...which means they did."
Kiba bared his teeth slightly. "If Naru-chan's hurt in any way I'll-" Shino nodded.
"Maybe we should go to find him." They ran out of the village, and Kiba sniffed the air.
"Let me try and find his scent..." Shino blinked, bugs flying around him.
"We don't need his scent." Kiba looked over at him, eyebrow raised. "I...can sense his chakra...I think..." Shino was unsure, and it showed in his speech. That was odd.
Kiba straightened, annoyed. "Then which way do we go?" Shino closed his eyes, and pointed west.
They ran.
"I already said I was sorry, and Jiraiya's already forgiven me, brat! So why haven't you?" Tsunade growled, as they were walking back. Naruto walked beside his bat, who was carrying his teacher.
Naruto sniffed, looking ahead. "Because my teacher is weak willed against a pair of huge breasts, and that's why he's forgiven you. I, on the hand, do not like it when my friends are poisoned, betrayed, then thrust into life-threatening situations." He hissed, and Shizune looked slightly worried.
"It's...okay, kid." Jiraiya said, from his lying-down position, placing a hand on Naruto's head. Naruto shook it off, angrily. His bats flew lazily around the group, and he kept his eyes firmly on the ground ahead. Jiraiya gave Tsunade an exasperated look.
"...Fine. Look, Naruto." Naruto didn't respond. "The reason I drugged Jiraiya was...Orochimaru gave me an offer just before." Naruto's hand clenched. "To bring my dead lover and brother back to life."
Naruto froze. Everyone stopped to look at him. He reached up, into his shirt, and held onto a small pendant. "Your dead..." He dropped it. "I see." He started walking again. Jiraiya sat up, squinting.
"What is that pendant?" He reached for it. "It looks like a little slice of naruto!" He smirked, but it died when he saw Naruto's dead serious face.
"...I guess I understand." He looked up, bats screeching.
"Naru-chan!" Kiba's voice yelled out, and Naruto's eyes brightened.
"Kiba? Shino?" He called, and when he saw them, he jumped forward, and they collapsed into a group hug.
Jiraiya started to smile. "Heh, seems you can't keep those two away for long." Naruto, almost unseeable, hidden by the other two boys' arms, laughed.
"Why didn't you tell us you were leaving?" Kiba asked, pretending to be annoyed, but he was smiling.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think I'd run into anything I couldn't handle." Shino touched the blonde's cheek, pulling his head up, to look at him.
"Did you?" Naruto shifted.
"Well, I didn't have any problem, but they did." He looked back at Jiraiya, who stuck his middle finger out at him.
Shizune pulled her master and the giant bat along. "Pehaps we should get to Konoha quickly." Naruto waved to them. He then turned to his two friends. "How'd you find us?" Kiba looked to Shino.
"I was able to track your chakra..." Naruto frowned.
"But I have vampiric chakra...that's impossib-" He sighed, smiling. "I guess your nocturnal form is coming out, ne?" Naruto held Kiba and Shino's hands. "I was thinking about calling you." Kiba squeezed the blonde's hand, but looked annoyed.
"You called for Sasuke instead." Naruto blinked, looking up.
"Is he okay?" The two dominants stepped back, and their jealousy was clear.
"He is in hospital. Why did you call him, and not us?" Shino asked, voice low. It sounded almost as dominant as Itachi had. Naruto shivered.
"He...needed to fight his...brother." Kiba and Shino noticed Naruto's odd mood, and their eyes narrowed.
"Oh? His brother? Any reason you sounded so wanting when you mentioned him?" Kiba asked slowly, a sting in his words. Naruto blinked, snapping out of it, and his eyes slit, and his teeth were bared in a snarl.
"Why does that impudent human affect me like this? The nerve of him, to think me weak, to try and steal me away, and to TOUCH me!" He hissed to himself, angrily. Shino reached forward, and held him close. Naruto froze, and suddenly reached up, grabbed Shino's collar, and pulled him down, kissing him viciously. Shino started, but, given the chance, responded with the same passion.
Kiba fell back, eyes wide. "Eeeh?"
Naruto's whole demeanor started to change back to his happy, gently self as they kissed. His hard, clawed grip loosened, he appeared slightly smaller, and the kiss became more tender, and less rough. When they were running out of air, they separated, breathing heavily. Shino's hand dropped from the blonde's hair, and Naruto stepped back, hand on chest.
He held up a hand, toward Kiba, who blinked. The werewolf knew what Naruto wanted, but he was, not for the first time, unsure whether Naruto had already been claimed. He looked at Shino, who was watching through his glasses coldly.
Naruto was growing impatient. "Kiba..." He called softly. Shino took off his glasses, dark purple eyes unreadable, and nodded, slightly, looking away. Kiba nodded to himself, and stepped forward. Naruto made a happy noise, as their lips met.
Kiba tried to not to think of the fact that Shino's lips had been where his were now, but his mind kept straying back to that point. Naruto's small hands ran up the werewolf's back, to grip his jacket, and Kiba looked up at Shino, who raised an eyebrow at the other dominant's hesitancy, smirking. Kiba growled, suddenly not caring, and kissed the blonde back, hard, to make up for those awkward few seconds. Naruto was smiling wildly when they stopped.
"I feel much better now. Thank you, Kiba-kun, Shino-kun." The two frowned, befuddled.
"What made that happen?" Naruto huffed, crossing his arms under his poncho.
"That damn Uchiha has dominant waves ROLLING off of him...it was so hard to think. I needed to distract myself." He smiled over at Kiba and Shino, grabbing their hands. "So don't think I like him. I don't." Naruto sighed, tucking his pendant into his shirt. "It seems all Uchihas have that aura, huh..." He walked with his two friends silently for a while, them watching him curiously, until they were at the Konoha gates.
Yep, Kiba and Shino had both earned themselves a lot of points just then.
