Naruto and Kyuubi: Fox Summoning Scroll

In short, I decided to write this story for the hell of it. My account on here wouldn't let me upload any stories, so I decided to write a new one to pass the time. It's a Naruto story and takes place around the time that he is 12, right after he graduated from Konoha academy. The basic idea is that he finds a scroll for summoning foxes and gets caught. The villagers attack him and he gets kicked out of the village. Now, on his own, he must train himself and learn to become a better ninja.

Pairings: Naruto x Kyuubi x fem Haku (harem later, but not now), Sasuke x Sakura

Disclaimer: Is it not obvious? I most certainly do not own Naruto, no matter how much I want to. *sigh*

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"Human talking"

'Human thinking'

"Biiju talking"

'Biiju thinking'

Chapter Seven:

Through the woods ran a group of five people. Each one of them wore a hunter-nin mask with the leaf symbol at the top. Alongside the group ran two dogs, each indicating that at least two of the group were Inuzuka.

The whole group jumped, from one branch to another, all in a straight line, with two Inuzukas taking the lead. Two people in the middle unidentified and unimportant, but the very last wore an emotionless mask, one he had been taught from a young age. The group had been ordered by the third Hokage to return the girl, dead or alive. Hunter-nin mainly hunted freelance criminals or rogue shinobi. The last of the hunter nin in the group was not under orders from the Hokage, but someone else. But still, minding the orders of the Hokage had been a smart choice and he would do so until he met up with his true target.

The last hunter-nin in the group was not actually going to try for the girl they were hunting. No, he was under direct orders from his superior to break off from the group and go for the boy, as soon as he caught a trail. And he had caught the trail around five minutes ago. It had been masked by a completely different scent for the most part, but they had stumbled upon a clearing with the boy's scent lingering there. Not even a few day's old.

His orders were clear. Find the trail, and you volunteer for night watch that night. As soon as everyone else is asleep, find the boy and take him hostage for me. Report back immdeiately with him, or suffer. Anything less than perfection is not tolerated. Understand? I do not care if you kill the whole team with you to get to the boy, just make sure you do.

His master was cruel, but he was smart enough to want this boy in his clutches. Power was power, and this boy just happened to contain a lot of it. He would be his before the week was up.

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He finally found it. Civilization! At long last, he was here. Kami, he hoped they had ramen here. The best food in the world, and it could be his if he could find a shop.

Naruto stood on a large hill with a small village below him. The village itself had at least a good amount of homes, and the shopping district down there took up over half the village. But comparing it to Konoha, it was extremely small, which saddened him to think of his home. The whole time he had been traveling, at least three days, he had stopped himself from thinking about his old place and what it represented to him, but signs of human life brought everything back.

Trying to dismiss the thought, Naruto replaced it with another one; Ramen. He took off down the hill, the midday sun at his back, reaching the village a minute later with everything tied to his back and a small amount of cash in his wallet, Gama-chan.

He walked through the outskirts of the place, mainly the residential district, and proceeded to the shopping part of the village. He spotted small signs of people while in the homes he passed, but when he got near the shops, the idea of the place being slightly abandoned never crossed his mind. The streets were crowded, people everywhere. That at least made him feel better.

He passed shops carrying clothes, tools, a small cafe, and then the food places. People pushed against him, some laden with bags, while he tried to find somewhere to eat. Instant ramen couldn't cut it for too long. His stomach hungered for the glory that is true ramen. He walked by a teriyaki shop, noticing that it was virtually empty, before proceeding along. A small tavern, a casino, a dango shop, and a grocery store later, and he still couldn't find anywhere that sold his delicious treat.

Finally pushing against the crowd, Naruto gave up the search for food and decided to settle for something else. He passed the teriyaki shop once more, before noticing something. A small sign stood near the door advertising some of the specials on food. The widest grin strectched across his face as he looked at the bottom of the list. Miso ramen! Yes, he had finally found it!

He walked into the establishment, the door swinging shut behind him and finally noticed the place. It was medium sized, a bar counter near the front, and grills and cooks in the back. A few booths rested near the entrance and tables between the bar and booths. He walked to the bar, sitting on one of the stools and waiting for someone to take his order. In front of him was a strip of paper taped down on the counter listing foods and drinks, but he already knew what he wanted so he didn't bother himself with that. In the meantime however, he looked around to see what kind of people were there.

There were only a few besides him at the bar, a guy passed out at one end with a bottle of sake in hand, and another guy sitting a stools away in a business suit. He was eating quietly, a plate of chicken and rice in front of him as well as a glass of water. Naruto swished around on the stool comically, looking behind him. A few couples sat at the booths, with the tables empty of everyone except one man. The guy was hunched over, a writing pad in hand and giggling perversely every few seconds as he looked at the couples. Naruto could tell the guy was old, from his long white man of hair that somewhat reminded him of Chouji's dad when he had seen him, but the man was tall, not fat.

Naruto turned back around on his seat when he heard a feminine voice ask, "What can I get you, sir?" He took a moment to look the woman over. Long green hair, coming down to her shoulders and a bit on the skinny side. Her eyes were coal black and looking at his clothes with obvious disdain. She looked to be in her early twenties.

"Uhm, three bowls of miso ramen, please?" He begged of her, dying for his food to arrive soon.

"It will just take a few minutes; would you like anything to drink with that?"

Naruto grimaced down at the small menu, trying to find something suitable. 'Ugh, sake, sake, and more sake! Is that all they serve to drink here?' He didn't feel like particularly like getting drunk today, but thought that it would be nice to have something to drink other than the water he'd been drinking from rivers and the like that he came across. "Uhm, a small bottle of sake please?"

"I'm sorry, but we don't serve alcohol to minors," she told him in an overly sweet tone. Ok, this was ticking him off! The only damn thing to drink on the menu was sake; what else was he supposed to drink?

It was at that moment he'd remembered what a tavern owner told a couple of just graduated genin when he still lived in Konoha. "Old enough to kill or be killed, old enough to drink, have sex, or anything else within the law, that's what I say."

"I'm a shinobi, I think you can make an exception," he told her as he made a face at her. This woman just loved to try and tick him off already. She automatically hated his clothes, looked at him like she thought he was some street orphan, and then tried to refuse him a drink. 'What the hell?'

"I don't see you wearing a forehead symbol like a ninja should... I don't even see your forehead protector at all," she told him as she rolled her eyes, but they flashed red when Naruto pulled his forehead protector out of his pocket with a smirk.

Instead of replying, she gritted out, "Your order will be done in a few minutes, sir."

Waiting for her to take his order back to the chef's, and then checking to make sure no one was watching him, Naruto pulled out the scroll from his mother. He had looked at it days ago, but still felt the need to look at her comforting words.

Dear Naruto,

I need to make this quick. Kyuubi is fast approaching and I and your father are writing this in his office as we get ready to fight the beast. I have been told that the chances are that I wouldn't even survive giving birth to you, but I pulled through long enough. In exactly ten minutes we will be needed on the battlefield to do whatever we can to make sure our home is not destroyed and for that reason alone, I want you to know I love you. Minato and I both know we will not survive, and he thinks that the village will hold you precious for holding the tailed beast back from destroying Konoha. He is too much of a dreamer and I doubt that is what will truly happen. You may be hated, ostracized, everything else that makes me not want to sacrifice our whole family for this ordeal, but I know what I must do.

I know I will be no more, so I leave you with few things. Stored along with this are the scrolls containing my chakra chains, as well as a scoll on our family line. It was something I used to use to try and find those of my family still alive after the destruction of Uzushiogakure. The last three things I give you are my journal, as well as a book your godfather wrote. The title of it is 'The tales of a Gutsy Ninja' and it is your namesake. The very last thing I give you is a mother's love. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise. No matter what, I love you; remember this.

Your Mother,

Kushina Uzumaki, 'Red Hot-Blooded Habanaroo'

Even after reading it several times, he could still feel tears leaking at the corners of his eyes. He pushed them back, thinking to himself, 'It doesn't matter, I will not cry! No matter what!' He was interrupted by his internal rant two minutes later when the waiter came back, sliding a small bottle of chilled sake in front of him.

"Here's your drink, sir, the food will just be another five minutes," she said as she gazed at anything but the shinobi in front of her. Naruto looked up at her inquisitively, before grabbing the bottle of sake and a bit of it into the saucer the waitress had deposited beside the bottle.

"What's your problem lady?" Naruto had asked her with a frown on his face. He took a sip of the sake and grimaced at the bitter and strong taste in his mouthe. He swallowed, grimacing even further at the burn in his throat. The woman finally looked at him, and he glared right back at her.

"What's it to ya, brat?" She had retorted right back to him.

"Just tired of seeing an old lady glaring at me!" Naruto had barely gotten to finish his confession to her before she punched him in the head, knocking him out of his seat. She stood there in the same position a few moments later, fist extended and breath coming hard, as Naruto got back up and in his seat, chugging the rest of the sake in his saucer.

"Hah, as if that hurt. Sakura-chan hit me every day, and compared to her's, yours was like a love-tap," Naruto said, glaring as the sake slid down his throat. What he'd said was true, at least to him. Sakura could damn well hit hard, and getting hit by that every day... Naruto figured that that alone raised his tolerance for pain to really high levels.

By this point, everyone in the restaurant was looking at the blond kid as he goaded the waitress on, everyone there expecting the kid to get the beat down of his life. One white haired sannin looked at the boy in amazement as he was punched and had got right back up, acting as if it was nothing. He watched from the crowd as well, thinking the boy would get pummeled like the white haired man usually did.

That idea was stopped as the green haired waitress laughed and leaned onto the counter in front of the blond boy.

"Hey kid, that's pretty damn funny and impressive. Man, I thought you'd be out cold; most men usually are after a punch like that," she said after coming down from her laugh. "What's your name, gaki?"

"Naruto Uzumaki," he practically screamed.

"Name's Kin Hagenu," she told the boy, before grabbing the bottle of sake in front of them and taking a gulp from it. The white haired man behind the twitched, the name of the boy sounding extremely familiar. He looked just like someone he knew, but the effects of drinking several bottles of sake had gotten to him, and he couldn't quite place it. Then one one word rang loud and clear in his mind that had the affect of making his thoughts running around like him from a crowd of angry women.

'Uzumaki'

'Shit, shit, shit, it's their kid. What the hell is the gaki doing out of the village? He might be on a mission, but wouldn't he be wearing his hitai-ite? Maybe it's an infiltration mission? Nah, then he wouldn't be flashing his headband just for some sake. So if it's not that, and I seriously doubt it is because I don't feel any other powerful chakra sources nearby signifying teamates, why is he here? Damnit gaki, without even talking to me you cause issues. Oh well, I need to leave in about a few days or so to reach Konoha, but in the meantime I'll keep an eye on him.' Outwardly, he was calm, the only thing giving him away was the grip he had on the table and the sweat coming from his forehead. Inwardly, however, he was a mess. His godson was outside of Konoha's protection and he wasn't informed? What the hell was Sarutobi-sensei thinking?

While Jiraiya was seething, Naruto and Kin had started talking, eventually winding down to show that they both shared some of the same qualities. They were both somewhat blunt; both were talkative and loud and obnoxious when need be; lastly, they were both protective of people near them.

"Kid, I like you," she admitted after another round of laughter and gulping of sake. "I want you to come back here at ten, meet up with me for a night on the town." The sake bottle had winded down, the food arriving and Naruto eating it with gusto. The three bowls had dissapeared into his drunken stomach in a matter of moments. Surprisingly, they were not on the floor after Naruto's binge. Kin had told him that if he didn't throw them up, then they were on the house.

"Ok, " he slurred, reminding himself of it but finding it hard to concentrate.

"Here, lightweight. It's a reminder to be back here later, so make sure you read it," she said as she slipped the piece of paper into his hand. "There is a small motel that can take care of you for the night, and it's not too run down or a rat hole. It's just around the corner. You should be ok there. By the time you come get me, make sure you've rested, showered, and wore off the alcohol. I don't need to run around with a pissed shinobi with a hangover."

''Mmmm-kayy," Naruto slurred once more, not really registering the only tipsy in front of him.

"You've got at least six hours to nap, and then one and a half more to get ready and be here," she explained before telling him, "now get lost kid. I got a job to do." Naruto looked at her with clouded eyes before he wobbled off of his chair and stumbled to the door of the restaurant. He pushed the door open, not noticing the green haired girl he'd been talking to walk over to the perverted man with white hair.

"So, why were you paying so much attention to the blond, Jiraiya?" She asked, breaking the man of his mind induced haze.

"You should know, Kin. After all, you know almost everything I know intel wise," he retorted right back at her.

"There has never been any harm just verifying information. So he's..."

"Yep."

"And you want me to..."

"Yep."

"Wow, I almost feel sorry for the kid. Too bad. He was pretty damn nice to me. Even if he was drunk half way through," with that, both Kin and Jiraiya vacated their seats. One was off to spy on blondie and adjust another meeting with a contact, while the other was preparing to do something she had become useful for her entire life. Gaining knowledge.

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Yeah, the chapter was shorter than intended and later, but as of right now, several ideas are popping into my head that were not there before. I originally wrote this chapter with Naruto meeting Jiraiya and a whole bunch of other stuff. The I went through, edited it, and erased almost the whole chapter. But I like it much better this way. Adds more character development and several OCs.

Yes, Kin is an OC. She will come back later on, and Naruto will have several mentions of her brought before him later, but for now, she is just here.

The poll still stands as thus:

Fuu(Jinchuuriki)-16

Kurenai-12

FemKimmimaro-8

Anko-7

Tayuya-5

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