Naruto glanced around nervously, ears twitching. Everyone was staring at him, apparently waiting for him to start talking. That in itself was weird, even back in Konohona, he usually had to talk over people, even friends, to be heard. Not that really had any problem with that, or with being the center of attention for that matter. With a determined nod of his head Naruto turned towards Kate, "So how do I get home?"
"Well, we'll get to that Naruto, but first I need to know exactly how you got here, so I'll be able to figure out how to reverse it." Kate explained, pulling out a notebook.
"But I don't know how I got here," whined the teen.
With an understanding smile Kate explained, "Is completely normal for you to not know how, it's my job to figure it out. But in order to do that I need to know as much as you can tell me about where you're from, and what happened right before you found yourself in Tokyo."
"Oh." Slowly a grin appeared on his face, "So I get to talk about me?"
"That's what she said you idiot!" snarled Hellboy, still angry about the breakfast.
"Shut up, teme!"
"Make me!"
"Oh yeah, that was real mature, HB," snapped Liz, "shut up and let the kid talk."
"HA!" Naruto snorted before turning back to Kate, "I was going for a walk, 'cause Sasuke still hasn't come back, and actually, he'd pulled a sword on me last time. I knew I shouldn't leave the village alone, 'cause well, Atsuki and all that, but I didn't want Sakura-chan to worry so I left without saying anything. I would have told Sai, but he has a big mouth. And then I ran into Sasuke-teme, except it wasn't Sasuke, it was Itachi, but I didn't know that at the time, so I followed him but then Kissame hit me on the back of the head. Kyuubi was all mad and afraid that we were going to die so he made me use is powers and the statue broke I think... then I woke up naked on the floor." He looked expectantly at Kate, "so how do I get home?"
Everyone was just staring at him with the slightly glazed look of information overload. Kate had written down some of the more important things, but it was about as clear as mud. "Maybe you should start at the very beginning," Buttenholm suggested, "For example, who are Sasuke, Sakura, Sai, Itachi and Kisame?"
Naruto blinked at them, pulling on the fur at his tail, "If I tell you, you can't tell ANYONE else, ok? Tsunade-baa-chan would be mad if she found out I was talking about the village to outsiders."
Buttenholm patted the teens head, "What you say won't leave this room, you have my word."
After a few minutes of getting his thoughts in order and listening for anyone who wasn't supposed to be there, Naruto began, "Well, see, a long time ago the Fist Hokage, except he wasn't Hokage then..." he noticed the blank looks, "oh, you don't know what a Hokage is. It's the strongest Ninja in the village. I'm going to be Hokage one day. Well anyway, One day he decided to start a village with some other Ninja and so he created 'the village hidden in the leaves' in the land of Fire..."
Kate furiously started taking notes as over the next few hours Naruto showed that even though he had spent most of his time at the academy goofing off, he really had been paying attention. He covered everything, from the creation of the village, the different clans, nin-jitsu tai-jitsu and gen-jitsu (ok, so Sakura had re-taught him all that) the wars, even about the Kyuubi attack. He then went into great detail about his growing up, mentioning all about what had been going on recently, Sasuke's betrayal, Gaara's kidnapping, the fight with Orochimaru, the fights with Atsuki, finding Sasuke, losing Sasuke...
"and so I was going for a walk..." he concluded.
For a minute there was dead silence. "So, what you're telling us is that you're a ninja?" Mannings asked.
"Yep." Naruto nodded.
"How old are you again?"
"16, going on 17. I've been a ninja for about 5 years." Naruto explained, knowing exactly what Mannings was getting at. "I've been training since I was 5."
"But you're just a kid!"
"Mannings, it wasn't that unusual for children to be apprenticed at age five and start working by 12 or 13 a little over a century ago. Don't act so surprised." Kate snorted, exasperated. "Ok Naruto, from what I can gather, your from an alternate level 3 dimension, with para-anomaly integration."
"Huh?"
"It looks like the twos Atsuki groups where both doing a ritual involving the manifestation of the Kyuubi's power, and when Kyuubi fought back, it created a rift, which you fell into."
"Sure, that sounds right...I guess."
"So all we have to do is find a weak spot in the dimensional fabric, hope that someone is thinking about you, and push you threw."
"Wait a minute..." Hellboy interrupted, "That's it? No voodoo spell-casting, no saintly charms? Just a hope and a shove?"
"Well, it is a little more complex then that, but yes, that's basically it. The hard part will be finding the weak spot."
"So, I get to go home, right? I'm not stuck here forever?" shouted Naruto, voicing his biggest fear. Being Naruto, he wasn't letting on that he was very much afraid of being stuck here, and letting down his precious people, who were probably worry sick. However, his ears gave him away. He defiantly looked like a little lost puppy, which had the predictable effect of causing the women to become very teary-eyed.
"Oh, no, of course not honey, we'll get you back." sniffed Kate, trying very hard not to hug-and gush. Liz nodded emphatically, she for one just sat on her hands.
The blond had no clue why they were acting like that, of course, so he just flashed him his signature grin, "That's great!" he jumped up tummy rumbling, "I'm gonna go get some more food now!" he laughed, running out of the room.
"Hey! Wait!" snarled Hellboy, jumping up as well, "That's my food! Bad Fox. NO! SIT! SIT damn you!" Naruto was long gone, however, mad-ninja skills at work. With a grumble Hellboy headed for the kitchen, hoping to get at least some food.
Naruto himself was just a little short of the kitchen when he doubled over in agony. His stomach felt like it was on fire. Chakra welled around the teen, burning the walls. With a whimper he crouched on the floor and desperately pushed against the Kyuubi's power.
"No! I won't let you…it's my body, damnit!" he whispered, fighting with all his willpower. Suddenly just as it began, the pain stopped. Naruto's heart thudded away in his chest, he knew that his attempts to quell the Kyuubi had nothing to do with it. The Kyuubi had gotten stronger, and he could swear he heard the demonic fox laughing. Slowly re rose, "Damn you, fox…." He muttered, he decided at once that this was not something the others needed to know. With a sigh, Naruto continued heading to the kitchen in a more subdued manor. After all Hellboy's lunch was still there for the taking.
"Huh. That looked bad." Hellboy sighed putting away his gun as Naruto turned down the hall. When he was sure the boy was out of sight he left his hiding spot and walked over where Naruto had been crouched, glowing. It was then he noticed the scorch marks on the walls. "Well, that can't be good. Guess I should tell Kate…" as he turned to do so, he suddenly remembered where the fox-boy was headed, "Oh no, MY LUNCH!" and decided telling Kate could wait. After all, the kid was annoying, stole his food, and was a potential danger, but he was also kind of fun to have around. Telling Kate could just cause problems. It might not have been anything, just bad gas or something, right?
Kitsune here, Let's see, got the new chap up, though I should be doing HW stuff...Anyway, I've uploaded the new non fanfic story I'm working on on under the same name (Kitsune Foxfire) and on my deviantart account which you can find on my profile. That's my plug.
Ok, about this chap, I personally like it, and I'd say it's the half-way point. Feel free to ask questions or whatnot, though I may not answer. Hope you like it.
