Ohayo… I guess… Fuck if I know… I can't tell the difference 'tween morin' and night….

Summary: I don't feel like writing it… You read the story… You figure it out….

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All stories, settings, plots, and characters within Naruto, as well as the Naruto namesake are owned by the creator of Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi-sama

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Kyuubi's Legacy

Chapter Eight(I think….): No. More. D. Ranked. MISSIONS!

For the past week, Naruto, and the rest to team seven, had been doing D-ranked 'missions'. And by Missions, it meant chores, from walking dogs and baby-sitting, to washing dishes, and finding Tora-chan… Nine times….

In the words of Nara Shikamaru, these missions were…

"Troublesome"

Beyond that—They were demeaning, and boring, and typically involved being scratched on the face by a cat named Tora-chan.

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All of team seven - Naruto, Kakashi, Kiba, Hinata and Akamaru, made their way toward the Hokage tower, for a mission report and to get the next mission. Naruto was holding a struggling Tora-chan in his arms. All but Naruto had no clue that they were being followed.

Trailing behind the small group was a small silver and orange fox with three tails and pupil-less emerald eyes, reading the Ultra Limited-edition, hollow foil, golden, shiny, prettyful, ultra perverted, autographed Icha Icha Paradise, Volume 3, (now with complimentary tissues in case of nosebleed) - Daichi(Daichi was perhaps the only male on the face of the earth that wouldn't get a nosebleed from reading the ultra-perverted Icha Icha Paradise.)

The Five, six if you include the cat, Tora-chan, plus Daichi, entered the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi looked up from his monstrous mountains of paperwork and took the pipe from his mouth.

"Mission complete…" Kakashi muttered.

The owner of the cat, the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni's wife, grabbed Tora-chan from Naruto's arms, giving him a few new scratches, and hugged the cat fiercely.

Naruto grumbled and glanced over at the cat with pity.

"I actually feel sorry for the little fur ball…" Naruto muttered under his breath.

" Good," Sarutobi said," for your next mission, you have the choice of washing dishes, walking dogs, collecting trash…"

"TORA-CHAN!"

"or finding Tora the cat again…"

"HELL NO!" Naruto yelled, "I'm not taking another friggin' D-ranked Mission! NO. MORE. D. RANKED. MISSIONS!"

Iruka, whom had been talking to the Hokage before Team Seven had arrived, thumped Naruto on the head.

"Shut up, Naruto," Iruka yelled, "You have to do D-ranked missions, we all did.. To build up mission experience!"

"Ya… Well, you didn't have to catch the same damn cat a billon times!" Naruto retorted.

"Well…Actually," Iruka, Sarutobi and Kakashi all said at once, shuddering at the terrible, terrible memories of getting the hell scratched out of them by a pissed cat, over and over and over again.

"That's beside the point, Naruto," Iruka said.

"Hmmm….Hinata, Kiba, do you both feel the same way about these mission?" Sarutobi asked.

Hinata nodded shyly, while Kiba yelled his response.

"Hell YEAH!"

"WOOF!"

"Hmm… Then I suppose I could let you go on a C-ranked mission, with another team, Team eight," Sarutobi said.

Sarutobi called a single ANBU black op into the room.

A man wearing a panda mask appeared.

"Get me team eight, Jounin leader, Yuhi Kurenai."

The Panda ANBU nodded and took off.

"Okay, bring out the client."

From the back appeared an old man wearing glasses, with a bottle of sake in his hands.

"This is Tazuna," Sarutobi introduced.

"Hmph. I don't trust these kids, especially the blond, over there," Tazuna said, "How are these snots 'sposed to protect me?"

A vain popped in Naruto's forehead.

"Relax, Tazuna-san," Kakashi said,"I'm a Jounin, plus, there will be another team, including three other Genins and a Jounin leader as well."

As if on cue, Kurenai, Shino, Sakura and Sasuke appeared in the office of the Hokage.

"You called, Hokage-sama?" Kurenai asked.

Sarutobi nodded.

"Yes, you and team eight shall be protecting Tazuna, the bridge builder, as you escort him to Wave Country."

"I still say that these little brats can't protect me.." Tazuna muttered.

"I already explained, Tazuna-san, you will have plenty of protection, two Jounin and six Genin is quite enough to protect you, in any case."

"Hmm… Also, I think I shall also be accompanying you, as well as team seven and team eight…" said a mysterious, new voice.

Only two among the group recognized the voice as that of a certain fox, formally the Kyuubi, Daichi.

Daichi became viable to all, thankfully in his human form. His messy silver hair, dangling in his eyes and his pupil-less emerald eyes focused on the text of the book he read. He was wearing a forest green, high-collared cloak(he likes high collar cloaks, and thanks to the special Kitsune Clothing, he can change the cloak's color at will, so he doesn't need but one), and a red bandana the cover his head. On the front of the Bandana was a metal plate with an outline of a fox head etched into it(like the fox head that Naruto wears on his clothing, only slightly different). Daichi currently has his nose buried in the perverted texts of Icha Icha Paradise as he spoke to the others.

"Oh, Hello, Daichi-san, what bring you?" Sarutobi asked, casually.

The Genin(with an exception of Naruto, Kiba and Hinata, whom had become accustomed to seeing the odd silver-haired man), Jounin and Iruka stared.

"Just passing through, Sarutobi-san," Daichi said.

The Jounin and team eight looked at Daichi funny, for the way he had addressed the Hokage. It wasn't rude, but casual, almost like the way you would address a close friend. Most of the Shinobi in the room were confused, most had never seen Daichi, Iruka had only seen him a couple of times, most of the time in his chibi-fox form. They were confused at the fact that Daichi could address the village's leader so casually.

"I would like to accompany these two teams… Or more, my student, Naruto-baka, to make sure that he doesn't mess up to badly and make a total idiot of himself," Daichi said, ruffling a scowling Naruto's blond hair, "Plus, I'll do it free of charge… Unless you've got some more of these books, then you can pay me with them,,,"

"Excuse me, Hokage-sama, but who is this man?" Kurenai asked.

"He is a friend of mine, but, you know, you could ask Daichi, himself," Sarutobi said.

They turned to Daichi(all but the Genin of team seven).

Daichi looked up from his book and closed it.

"I am the wind. I wander freely and wait for no one… I watch from a distance, never staying in one place for long. Or simply, you can call me Daichi. I have no family name, and no title, I have no need for them and formalities are to… Formal.. For my tastes," Daichi explained.

"Umm..Daichi… Where did you come from?" Sakura asked.

"What'ja mean?"

"Where did you come from, how come I've never seen you before?"

"hmm…" I dunno, I've been here for a good two years or so…" Daichi said, "In fact, I stood among the trees and right by the door, many times, while you were in academy, as I am sure Kiba knows, quite well… Maybe you didn't notice me because you were too busy goin' gaga over Uchiha…"

Kiba made a funny face and glared at the fox-smelling man.

Daichi looked over a the dog boy and stuck his tongue out, in a childish manner.

Sakura blushed at Daichi's comments.

Kakashi caught glimpse of the metal plate on Daichi's bandana.

"Say.. What village do you originally hail from Daichi?" Kakashi asked.

"Hmmm…. I think it was called Onigakure…" Daichi said, "It was… some where, I don't remember where.."

Sakura opened her mouth, as if about to speak, but was silenced by Daichi.

"All information will be revealed in due time, but as of right now, I have things to attend to," Daichi said

With that, Daichi formed an odd seal, putting his thumbs and index fingers together to form a diamond-like shape, while crossing his other fingers in a criss-cross pattern, the Demonic seal for fox.

"Kitsune-Youshiki: Kitsune Kaji Yusou no Jutsu(Fox Style: Fox Blaze Transport Technique)!" Daichi called, disappearing in a blaze of fire.

The others, including Naruto stared in disbelief.

"Damn… I really need to learn how to do that…" Naruto muttered.

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Well, that's the end of what-ever-the-hell chapter this is.. I don't keep count and I don't feel like scrolling up the page to look.

Sorry if this chapters a little short, I intended it to be a lot longer, but I don't feel like typing much more at the moment… to lazy…

Sorry for the long wait for this update, I have been doing a project… procrastinating on a project… that just happens to be due tomorrow…

Looks like crap anyway, described as a "lop-sided funky cardboard birdhouse, falling apart at the seems, held together with duct tape(duct tape…my best friend…), covered in popsicle sticks with funky Japanese writing in it"… It was 'sposed to be a shrine….. --'

Anyway, you best be glad I actually updated today…

SO PLEASE REVIEW!

Next time:

Naruto: Waiting for Kakashi: Embarrassing Moments!

Daichi: haha haha

Risuko: see ya' next time!