A/N: CHARACTER DEATH
Chapter 9
(5 months later)
Naruko, Kurama, Kiyo, and Nia were standing ontop of a large tree branch in the Forest of Death. Nia and Kiyo were wearing their everyday clothes while Naruko wore an opened green sweater with a grey tank top under it, wearing blue shorts, and her headband on her forehead.
Nia let out a sigh. It's been a day and they hadn't encountered a single living being. "Why are we doing the chunin exams in our first year of being a genin?" she let out.
"Because if Kakashi's team can beat the chunin exams in their first year, then there's no reason why we can't do the same," Kiyo told her. "Or at least that's what Obito sensei told us."
Naruko wasn't paying attention to their conversation. Instead, she and Kurama were scanning the area for any enemy team carrying an earth scroll that they needed. At the corner of Kurama's eye, he saw three ninjas wearing black cloaks covering their entire body, jumping from tree branch to tree branch. As quietly as he could he told her, "To your right Naruko."
She did what she was told and saw someones foot before it disappeared. "Guys, follow me," she beckoned to her comrades. Together, the the team followed Naruko towards the black coated ninjas a circular opening in the forest. However, they were nowhere in sight. Weird.
Kiyo put his hands behind his head. "Well now what?"
A kunai with an explosive tag strapped to it landed between Kiyo's feet. With swift speed, Kurama ran to the kunai and picked it up with his teeth and threw the kunai back where it came from and watched it explode the air.
"Well well,", said a ninja wearing a black cloak jumping in front of team Obito. The hood of his cloak was covering his face with darkness. "You guys might actually give us a challenge. The other teams were just too weak to satisfy our needs."
Nia took out a kunai from her pouch and held it in front of her. "What do you mean by 'other teams'?",she asked glaring at them.
Two more of his teammates appeared by his side and the one to the leader's left responded, "Well the ones we killed of course."
Most of team Obito had shocked faces except for Kurama. He got used to people he didn't care about dying.
"Why would you do something so meaningless! You didn't have to kill other ninja to get a scroll," Kiyo shouted at them. He was scared but he hated senseless deaths so if these guys are causing it, he'll gladly take care of them.
"Why?" the ninja to the leader's right said. "It's because we want too! Nothing exciting ever happens in our world anymore! My team are so sick of it that we decided to kill the people we are allowed to kill and to do that we joined the chunin exams; not caring about any rules! It's only kill kill kill!",he told the shocked team laughing maniacally
Kiyo had enough of this. He pulled out a kunai, and charged towards the laughing ninja, tackling him to the ground with his kunai deep into his chest. He was still laughing on the ground while his teammates said, "Fool! A simple attack like that will never hurt us.". Kiyo's eyes widened as the fallen ninja turned into black goo. Too stunned to move, he saw one of the black cloaked ninja behind him ready to strike him with a kunai of his own.
With speed powered by the will to protect her teammates, Naruko ran to the ninja towering over her friend and jumped with her lower body in front and upper body in the back. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM KICK!". Her kick sent the ninja crashing into a tree and turning into black goo. In the air, she spun around and aimed her punch at a nearby ninja's face. "HANDS OFF MY FRIEND PUNCH!". Her fist went inside the ninja's face and turned into goo.
Kiyo got up, brushing off the dirt on his clothes, and said, "That was a close one. Thanks Naru-".
He didn't get to finish his sentence because Naruko's fist slammed into his face causing him to roll backwards stopping near Nia's feet. He got back up and asked, "Why?"
"For being an idiot!" was Naruko's answer.
Kiyo turned around to face Nia's. He had a huge bruise that needed healing. "Hey Nia, can you use that medical nin-"
He didn't get to finish his sentence because another fist took a hit on Kiyo's already pained face. He rolled again until his back hit a tree trunk. Huffing, Nia folded her arms and shouted at him, "You're too quick to take actions you idiot! You could've died!"
"Yeah but-", he was interrupted again when Naruko's punch landed on the top of his head.
"Just shut up Kiyo!" Naruko yelled. "From now on, all of your opinions are denied!". She placed her hands on this sides of her hips and said, "Next time, try to-"
She was interrupted by a kunai that pierced the back of her head. Naruko fell to the ground but strangely no blood appeared.
Everybody was shocked; even Kurama. His best friend was killed right in front of him. The only human who never hated him or feared him was dead. Someone was about to pay.
Kurama looked fiercely behind him as a voice said, "What a beautiful death!". It was the leader with his comrades besides him. "That amazing sight of her dying will always be in my heart.". That sight however, will always haunt Kurama in his dreams. With a great roar that sounded too loud to come from his small body, he rushed at the leader with teeth bared. Kurama was too fast for the leader to dodge or a create a substitution as Kurama's muzzle clenched down on the ninja's throat and blood gushed out. Moving onto the next victim, he jumped from the limp body and used his claws to cut a nearby ninja's throat. He landed on the ground and glared at the last enemy ninja. Despite the darkness covering his face, Kurama could see the fear on his face. Seeing that fear, he released the transformation and became his 8 ft form to give the last ninja the worst death possible. He picked up the small ninja and ripped him in half. The torn ninja's blood splattered onto his fur.
Kiyo and Nia were watching the whole thing. Kiyo couldn't believe that Naruko's fox had so much power. Nia couldn't believe that the fox she played with Naruko could be so violent. Both moved out of the way when the huge fox came charging towards Naruko's body. He picked up the lifeless body and hugged it closer to his chest. At first, only a few tears were shed until it became uncountable. If only he wasn't laughing at Kiyo's misery he could've saved her. If only-. A puff of smoke interrupted his thoughts. He looked down at his arms. What was there was Naruko's Volcan 300 pierced by a kunai.
Something light landed on his head and hugged it. "Darn it Kurama. Look what you've done. You have blood all over your fur"
He didn't care. He set down Volcan 300 and picked her off from his head. With a hug he whispered to her, "I thought you were dead."
She let out a heavy sigh on his soft fur. "Nothing can kill me. Not when I have someone who really needs me".
He only hugged her tighter.
Their eyes widened when Nia said, "Ok, what the hell is going on here and why is your pet fox so big all of sudden".
A/N: Volcan 300 will be missed.
