AkatsukiShadow: Hello everyone, AkatsukiShadow here with Chapter 8 of The Three Jinchuriki! I won't be able to update for a while because I'm going camping with my family and a couple friends, but I'll try to update as soon as I get back. Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
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"Stupid fox..." - Human speak
'Why me?' - Human thought
'My container is an idiot...' - Demon speak
'Curse you Yondaime!' - Demon thought
Chapter start!
Chapter 8: Untitled
Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, sighed as he stamped paper after paper, his pipe hanging from the side of his mouth. He had been sitting in his quiet office for the entire afternoon and a good part of the morning doing paperwork, and he wished that something interesting would happen if only to allow him to leave his paperwork for a while. He was about to be reminded that he should be careful what he wishes for. "Yo, Ji-jii, I have a bone to pick with you!" The young voice penetrated the silence of the Hokage office as Sarutobi's door was banged open. There, standing in the doorway, were Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Harry, Uchiha Sasuke, and Sabaku no Gaara. Sarutobi sighed, "Hello Naruto, Sasuke, Harry, Gaara." Sarutobi greeted the four boys as Harry closed the door behind them. "Hokage-sama, we would like to speak to you in private. It is important." Gaara requested, staring the Hokage in the eyes. Sarutobi sighed; he had a bad feeling about this. "Very well." Sarutobi agreed, signaling for his hidden ANBU guards to leave them alone, thinking that he might as well humor the kids. Before any of them could speak, however, they were interrupted.
"Naruto!" An angry and worried voice yelled right before Iruka burst into the room. "What were you thinking?! I want an explanation! Now!" Iruka demanded his student in full 'mother-hen mode'. Naruto at least had the decency to look sheepish. Gaara sighed and used his sand to close the Hokage's office door. "You can stay while we talk to Hokage-ji-chan, Iruka-sensei. I'll explain then." Naruto said nervously. He could hear Kyuubi laughing in the back of his mind. 'Shut up, you old fox. And since when could I hear you in my mind?' Naruto asked Kyuubi. 'I managed to establish a connection to your mind so I could speak to you outside the seal while we were speaking earlier.' Kyuubi replied between chuckles. "So, what did you want to speak to me about?" the Hokage's voice drew Naruto from his internal conversation.
"Why didn't you tell me about the Kyuubi?" Naruto asked the Hokage seriously. The Hokage's eyes widened in shock as he choked on the smoke of his pipe, and Iruka looked at the four boys in shock. "N-naruto! How did you find out?!" Sarutobi demanded Naruto, who exchanged glances with his friends. "We all know. We also know about the Gobi no Hokou sealed inside me and the Ichibi no Shukaku within Gaara." Harry replied for Naruto, looking from the Hokage to Iruka. Both men were gaping at the four boys, speechless. "How?" Sarutobi asked the four. "Well, I've been speaking to the Gobi for as long as I can remember." Harry said with a careless shrug. "Same with me and Shukaku, though he has just recently began talking to me without demanding the blood of someone else." Gaara added on to what Harry said. "Kyuubi just reached me today and we spoke for a while. He managed to establish a mental link between the two of us." Naruto chirped happily, a smile finding its way onto his face. "Harry, Naruto, and Gaara told me about their demons. I don't care; if they were demons then we would all be dead." Sasuke spoke last. 'Hey! Just because we're demons doesn't mean that we would kill everyone!' the Kyuubi exclaimed at the back of Naruto's mind. Kyuubi huffed angrily when his container ignored him.
The Hokage sighed; how was he going to deal with this? He was getting too old for this kind of thing. "Naruto, Gaara, Harry… whatever you do, don't let the demons take control of your mind." Iruka said seriously, getting over his initial shock. "You don't have to worry about them trying to control us! The Gobi is actually quite nice, though he has a lot of strange mood swings…" Harry drifted off, wincing as he was told off by said demon. Iruka and the Hokage couldn't help but to sweat drop. "Shukaku is nothing short of insane. I think he had a crush on my older sister, though. Said something about bedding her once… I don't even know what that means, but it can't be anything good." Gaara monotoned. The Hokage and Iruka gaped at the red-head, both thinking the same thing; 'Is he serious?!'. Shukaku made an odd 'purr' like sound, while both Kyuubi and Gobi laughed their heads off from within their seals, much to the confusion of Naruto and Harry. "I don't get it…" Sasuke said to his friends. Gaara, Naruto, and Harry shrugged; they didn't get it either. "Kyuubi seems alright. He thinks that Konoha is filled with idiots, though, and he keeps calling me 'kit' for some reason." Naruto said, pulling Sarutobi and Iruka out of their stupors. Sarutobi sighed, removing his pipe from his mouth and puffing out a cloud of smoke.
"Are you sure that the bijuu don't mean any harm?" Sarutobi asked the four boys. The three jinchuriki nodded, while Sasuke merely shrugged. "I wouldn't know because I have never spoken to the demons." Sasuke told the two men. "Trust us, Ji-jii. They don't mean any harm towards anyone." Naruto said in confidence. 'Besides, even if we did it would be impossible with the seal used on me and Gobi-san.' Kyuubi informed Naruto, who mentally nodded. Iruka sighed and exchanged glances with the Hokage. "What was spoken here today is now an S-class secret. Harry, Gaara, and Naruto may tell whom they wish about the demons, but it is advised that they don't tell anyone they don't trust completely. If the council finds out about you talking to your housed demons… I don't even want to think about what they would do." Sarutobi declared. "Understood?" he asked. He was answered with five affirmative nods.
'Hey, pup. Tell the old man that I will help with your training; all four of you. I think that Shukaku-san and Kyuubi-sama might do so as well.' The Gobi growled to Harry. 'Hn.' was the wolf's only reply. "Hokage-sama, the Gobi said that he would help with our training." Harry passed on the message to Sarutobi. Sarutobi sighed and spoke after a few moments of silence. "Very well. I'm guessing that Kyuubi and Shukaku are going to as well?" Sarutobi asked Naruto and Gaara. Gaara shrugged, "I'll ask Shukaku later; he's sleeping right now." Gaara replied. 'I guess I'll help as well, kit. I owe you that much.' Kyuubi grumbled at the back of Naruto's mind. "Kyuubi says that he'll help as well!" Naruto chirped happily, grinning. Sarutobi sighed again; he seemed to be doing that a lot today. "Okay. I give you four permission to learn from the bijuu, just don't tell anyone beyond this room. I really don't want to deal with the council if they find out. Now you are dismissed. Go away." Sarutobi said, dismissing the five. Iruka saluted and left via shunshin no jutsu. "Okay! See you, old man!" Naruto chirped with a grin before opening the door and heading out of his office. "Bye!" Gaara, Sasuke, and Harry chorused before following Naruto. When everyone was gone, Sarutobi sighed as he looked at the paperwork he still had to do. His mind wandered back to the conversation he just had. 'I need sake… and I need it now.' Sarutobi thought with a groan.
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Naruto, Gaara, Sasuke, and Harry wandered down the streets of Konoha, headed towards the Uchiha compound. "Gaara, Naruto, would you like to stay over Sasuke and my house tonight?" Harry offered his fellow Jinchuriki. "I don't know…" Gaara said, looking towards Harry. "I wouldn't want to intrude upon you…" Naruto started, only to be cut off by Sasuke. "Hn… your welcome at the Uchiha compound, you won't be intruding." The young Uchiha said, his black eyes moving from Naruto to Gaara, daring the two to say otherwise. "Okay then." Gaara agreed with a slight upturn of the lips, while Naruto grinned and yelled "Sure, then!"
'Pup, we'll start your training tomorrow morning before the academy.' The Gobi spoke, a hint of sadistic glee in his voice. Harry gulped; this was either going to be really good or really bad. Sasuke turned towards his cousin, noticing his fearful expression. "Are you okay, itoko?" Sasuke asked Harry with slight worry in his tone. "Gobi says that we're starting training tomorrow morning." Harry replied, causing all three of his friends to look towards him. As one, all four boys suddenly got a feeling of dread. "Something tells me that we aren't going to like his version of training…" Naruto said, voicing the thoughts of the other three boys. Gaara nodded in agreement with Naruto; he had the same feeling.
The four looked up when they noticed that they had reached the Uchiha compound. "Well, come on. We better get some rest, and I don't know about you guys but I'm starving." Harry said as he and Sasuke led Gaara and Naruto to the house they were staying at; they had moved out of the Uchiha clan head house after the massacre and into a smaller, two-bedroom house next to it. "I'm hungry as well, now that you said something." Naruto agreed, his stomach growling as if to prove his point. Harry and Sasuke chuckled at the blonde's antics, while Gaara simply half-smiled. The four happily walked the streets of the Uchiha compound, not knowing or caring what the following years would bring for them.
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Chapter end!
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