Lovely weather we are having by me. Snow was everywhere on Thursday, it was the worst... Though I did get out of school twice because of it...

Meh... Any ways Dear lovely Guest,

Thank you for your wonderful comment. It is greatly appreciated. I have written this lovely letter in this chapter as a way to answer your question. "Why didn't he just clean himself in the river? He wouldn't break anything." Why lovely guest, that would be all to simple and easy. Also let's not cloud the issue with facts... Just kidding, in all honesty I didn't really think of it. Also I like making Naruto go through awkward situations.

From your Sadistic Bitch,

SadisticDedenne~3

After that horrid experience of having three children bathe him, Naruto's non-existent pride was sent to a new low. Though he did manage to convince the children to let him wash his nether regions. Currently the blonde is scowling while being held by Obito in his fox form. A pretty, pretty pink bow sits on his annoyed head. The fox's father was currently clutching his stomach and trying to reign in his laughter.

"Pfft, hahaha! Where... Did you... Haha, get that! Haha." With that Naruto's fox flesh under his fur turned an angry red. With a huff he hops to the ground and out of Obito's arms.

"Welllll, Rin-chan had one with her, and we decided to put it on Naru-chan. We thought it would be funny." Kakashi explains to his wheezing teacher.

"Stupid kids, stupid ribbons, stupid strength, stupid sharingan..." Naruto mutters to himself while attempting to tear the ribbon off his head. To hell if the kids hate him, he doesn't need their affection or trust.

"Right well, a deal is a deal. Tomorrow I'll begin teaching you a new technique, then the next day I'll take you out shopping, and you can take Naruto any day so long as you keep an eye on him. Now then, I suppose its time for us all to head home for the day. Kakashi, Obito, you two can stay with me until your parents get back." A chorus of cheers from the two boys erupt as they throw their arms in the air. Rin huffs something about stupid guys.

"See ya, Rin!" Obito waves good bye along with a ecstatic Kakashi.

"Bye!" She calls back standing heading off to her home.

The group heads to Minato's friendly abode. Minato would always allow the children to stay at his house if their parents, or in Obito's case, foster parents, were out doing a mission. Minato always felt bad when the any of his team would be left home alone. Naruto on the other hand was a filled with mix feelings, on one hand he got to spend time with those he cared about, on the other, he had to be careful of what he said and did even more so than with just Minato.

Upon reaching the household the door was flung open with terrifying force as a red haired demon flings a frying pan at none other than Minato. "Minato! You worthless idiot! I slaved over a delicious dinner yesterday for you, and you don't even show up!" The red head's hands latch onto Minato's neck and strangles the poor man.

The remaining company shake like leaves in the wind as they cling to one another for dear life. Out of all the people they feared, Kushina Uzumaki was at the top of that list. The many stories they all heard of how she would practically torture those that set her over the edge was more than enough to keep them away.

Minato reaches his hand out in a gesture for help, one that no one responds to but the angered woman. She responds by tightening her grip. Eventually, Kuahina gets up with a huff and faces the three others with a sweet smile, who jump in fear.

"Why don't you boys go eat something, I made some fish, rice, and there's some juice in the fridge if you want any." The three clinging to one another take the hint and dash into the kitchen leaving Kushina alone with Mianto. After being seated with food and juice, excluding Naruto, who decided to wait until his mother left to eat, the three heard much yelling and maybe even some bones shaping mixed in with Minato's pleas.

When the trio saw Minato again he was sporting a bruise on his left eye and he was cradling his right arm. Naruto held in his snort of laughter, he found the entire situation hilarious. Who knew that the great Yandime would cry and beg for forgiveness from none other than his future wife. As if sensing Naruto's amusement Minato sends an icy glare his way.

Kushina walks in and faintly notices the fox dotting on the floor by Kakashi. She decides to fetch her plate and her blonde a plate of her lovely cooking. With that the meals commences with multiple conversations going on that Naruto tunes out to instead become trapped within his thoughts about his training. He wants to learn those techniques he now has imprinted in his memory thanks to his father figure growing up, though that is almost impossible at least until he can gain full control. That he was going to have to do with catching those rocks and having his clones do more exercises to control chakra. But them again maybe mastering one of the techniques could help him with some level of control. It was a far leap, but Naruto really wanted to just try at least one. He didn't know how much longer he could hold out on not trying these moves. There was the one that let him create a force field of sorts with wind chakra, one that pretty took light and concentrated on a target so they would die much like an ant under a magnifying glass, one where he could turn one's blood into acid with just one scratch of his blade. Oh the many things he could do with this new knowledge. So much he could do.

The fox hadn't realizes he had started drooling until a plate of food was put in front of him by a hand. Upon following the arm that was connected to the hand he discovered it was Obito. Obito was ginning like an idiot while Naruto eyed the plate of food warily. Obito pets Naruto lightly in a gesture to say 'go ahead'. Naruto stares down his plate wishing it was a dead rabbit. "Wait... Did I really just wish for this to be a dead rabbit?... Ok, maybe fusing with the fox had not only changed me physically."

"Oi! Kid! What the hell are you!" Naruto hears a familiar voice boom in his head as he stuffs his face full of food. Naruto freezes and realizes that his mother his clutching her head.

"Um... Kurama?" Naruto calls out to the fox in his head and flinches when Kushina gasps out in pain. Minato fuses over her as do Obito and Kakashi.

"...How do you know that name! And why do you feel like me!" Naruto was baffled by this. He didn't know how to respond properly.

"Kushina? What's wrong?" Minato asks his future wife, who is clutching her head in agony. Naruto assumes that this little conversation he and his father figure is having is causing this. Why it hurts his mom is a mystery to him.

"I-it's the... Kyu-Kyuubi... He is talking... T-to someone... L-like th-there is... Someone else..." Kushina grunts out between gritted teeth.

"ANSWER ME!" The disembodied voice screams out with angrily.

"..." Naruto doesn't respond and instead decides to leave the room. Maybe some distance would make the pain his mother is feeling go away.

"OH HELL NO! GET BACK HERE YOU FUCKING BRAT!" The voice booms inside his head. Naruto flinches at the tone of voice. With new speed the yellow fox jumps out an open window and lands gracefully on the ground. Immediately the blonde hears a quite sigh from his mother. This pushes the blonde to run from the building.

He think, yells back to his father figure "I'll tell you when you buy me dinner!" And with that he hears a flurry of yelling from the enraged fox. The yelling and hissing from the fox quiets the farther the blonde gets. The blonde heaves out a sigh from the stress of the encounter. He knows now that he can't get close to his mother even if he really wanted to. He was hoping to a degree that he could maybe get ramen with her at some point, but that seems like it won't ever happen.

Naruto slows his walk to nowhere and realizes with dread that he was completely lost. No matter how many times he had walked down the streets of Konoha he could never remember where any of the streets were or how to get to them. Naruto notices the park that Kakashi had taken him to earlier in the week. The yellow and red tipped fox trails in and decides to wander the forest for a while. Maybe someone would realize he left, maybe they would make a connection with Kushina's condition and his disappearance. Maybe they would accuse him of doing something. All of these thoughts swam in the fox's head and with a ominous feeling in his gut the fox lies down on the ground with a huff.

He would just go to sleep for now, in the morning he would go back to the training grounds and train. He needed to train hard for the betterment of the future, even if no one will know. The fox never noticed the looming presence of a shadow that followed him.