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This story of Rated M for Mature content.
Chapter 9
After what he could only call an interesting encounter with the last member of the sharingan wielding clan, Naruto opted not to go back to Kurenai's apartment just yet. Instead, Naruto headed in the forest where he sensed Patches, or to be exact his youki inside the vixen, had picked as their territory.
His connection with the small vixen was like an extra sixth sense, as if a part of his being was there and not there at the same time. It was kind of confusing but if he had to explain it to someone his he would have told them it was a feeling akin to being able to feel a severed limb on the other side of a forest.
Using this ability, Naruto found both vixens just a few miles in the great forest just behind the same playing ground he used to play when he was a kid. He found both of them laying on their sides on a clump of leaves with their eyes closed in sleep. At his arrival both vixens immediately raised their knouts towards his direction before slowly rising to their feet.
Patches being the younger and most curious of the two immediately pounced on Naruto. Naruto chuckled to himself and started rubbing the top of her forehead.
"Once a fox always a fox," Naruto said grinning as the young vixen rubbed body on his legs all the while continuously emitting high pitched squalls.
After a while of playing the vixen, Naruto turned to the older of the two and wasn't surprised to find her silently and cautiously watching them on her hind legs. It was obvious that despite having proved himself dominant the old vixen was still very wary of him. He supposed having the ability to shift into his humanoid form only elevated her mistrust. While foxes like other feline animal did not communicate through speech, her body language and the smell coming from her told him all he needed to know.
Naruto didn't begrudge her of her mistrust. He knew that her behaviour was simply natural instinct of self preservation gained from many years in the forest and hard earned experience. So while Patches was always in a state of curiosity just like any animal in that stage of life, Scar had the presents of mind to know when something wasn't natural.
"Well I suppose it is true that wise fox is an old fox," he said to her, although knowing she couldn't understand what he was saying.
"Or is it the other way round?" he blinked in thought before shrugging his shoulders when no answer presented itself within his mind.
Now why did I come here?, Naruto silently questioned himself as he ran his hands through Patches's fluffy long tail.
He looked around the forest for a moment before sitting down on a nice spot with his back against a particular tree. Within a second, Patches curled herself on his lap still keen on for his attention which he gave her.
Naruto examined the small vixen for a moment. From what he could see of her underbelly there was yet to be any sign to show her pregnancy. While he knew that making the tiny vixen pregnant was virtually impossible by normal standards, he was sure his potent of chakra he had ejaculated within her had the ability to negate the rules of nature in the instance.
All he now could look for was whether or not his little project bore fruit or not and if he somehow managed to get what he had intended, albeit unconsciously, what he was going to do with the young kits that would be the result.
Shaking his head, Naruto let out a jaw stretching yawn and stared into sky thinking. Be the end of the week was the final test that would determine his future in Konoha. Naruto mentally shivered at the thought of becoming a shinobi under someone. He had no problem with being a shinobi however the limitation that came with being, restriction that did not sit well with what he was now.
After his transformation, Naruto had instinctively known he was now a force of unrestrained nature, destruction, mischief therefore any limitation placed on his despite how smaller where unbearable. During his time in the seal with nothing but his thoughts to occupy himself, he had almost went insane with boredom. There was so much a mind could come up with as entertainment before it ran out.
Naruto scowled to himself as he thought of the test. If he had been fighting someone else her level there was no doubt who the winner was going to been but against Kurenai…..
A sudden thought made him want to swear out loud. He should have thought of this sooner. For moment, Naruto wondered if the finally test again the red eyed kunoich had been her idea but after a moment's thought he concluded it wasn't. He was sure Kurenai knew of his capabilities and wasn't stupid enough to risk her life going toe to toe with him despite her being his keeper of sorts. Therefore the only conclusion that made sense was….
The old man must have known this from the beginning. He must have come up with a theory about the geass binding me to Kurenai or he must have found some scroll with the information.
What else does the old geezer know? Naruto silently wondered slightly awed by the man's mind. Against Kurenai, Naruto knew his power would be restricted to what Kurenai thought was or should be possible for someone his age. The geass was such that Kurenai didn't need conscious control of how much chakra he was limited to. It was a feeling he always felt each time he was within her presence, as if her being there within visual distance literally drained him of all his abilities and power.
He was beginning to understand why the old man was called the God of Shinobi or as his father had often called the old geezer, the Professor. It was now evident how much experienced he lacked despite all the destructive power his housed within himself. It was also beginning to dawn on him that as long as he was within the village there was no way he could test himself.
The hand that had been running along Patches soft red fur suddenly stopped as a devious idea entered his head. Could he somehow leave the village without being caught or raising suspicion?
Naruto turned the thought in his head before shaking his head as he spotted to flows within the idea. First, he knew there was some sort of boundary around the village that allowed the security part of the shinobi to monitor the village without the need of deploying a sizable number of active shinobi to do the surveillance. This was why the shinobi that always tailed him did so for a few hours before vanishing as sudden as they came. The barrier itself was invisible to his eyes but he didn't need to see it as he was able detect the amounts of chakra that kept it active. Second, and even if he managed to leave the village there was no doubt that as soon as his chakra signature vanished within the village it, within seconds of his departure a full scale squad of elite shinobi would be on his tail, a prospect he didn't want face if he was to enjoy himself.
Naruto felt Patches jump off his lap. Curious at what mischief the young vixen was now up to, Naruto raised a brow as she trotted into the woods. Moment later she appeared on the other side off the forest behind the older fox that was sleeping with his knout on its front paws. As he watched Patches slowly and silently crept closer to the unsuspecting feline stopping at each sound. Once within distance she pounced on her unsuspecting victim and was off. And so began the chase.
Naruto chuckled under his breath. It was funny how Patches smaller body and agility was working to her advantage despite her lack of experience. The chuckle died in his throat as the answer to his plan came to his mind.
Smaller…yes, Naruto nodded slowly, but it possible? Only one way to find out.
Excited with this new plan, Naruto 's lips strengthen into a mischievous grin as he stood to his feet.
Thank you Kurenai-sensei for instructing me on how to create a bushin clone, Naruto exclaimed as he started his plan.
Naruto raised his heard before looking around him, sniffing the air as separated the scent around for a particular stench. There was a smell of decaying flesh coming from the air wafting from the bushes to his right. Satisfied with his find, Naruto took off in that direction. It didn't take him long to find what he was looking for and after travelling only a few meters he found the body of the same male fox he had killed decomposing in the open.
Naruto wrinkled his nose at the overpowering stench of rotting flesh. Giant black flies buzzed all over the dead thing and Naruto shivered in disgust as his eyes picked up wriggling maggots underneath the red fur.
Naruto examined the carcass for a second before closed his eyes in concentration as he started gathering chakra into his stomach. He carefully measured the amount of chakra he needed and then opening with mouth wide regurgitating a small glob of chakra the size of his fist onto the dead carcass.
The glob of chakra landed on the body with a sound that reminded him an egg landing in a frying pan and as it landed on the dead thing a buzz filled the air as hundreds flies rose into the air from the carcass. Seconds later, a sizzling sound started coming from the corpse as his chakra started wriggling like a living blob of flesh and stretching to cover every inch of the dead body and burning the remain to the born.
Naruto watched in fascination as his chakra went to work, eating everything until nothing alive was left. When the process finally ended flesh, fur and every single maggot he had gleamed within the carcass vanished leaving behind the skeletal frame of a fox every inch of bone cover in a thin layer of red chakra.
Next Naruto sent a mental command to his chakra willing it to take form using what it had already absorbed. At first nothing appeared to happen even with his keen sight. However after a minute had passed, and just when he had began to question whether this was going to work or not, something caught his attention. At first it was hard to tell but then noticeable changes started appearing as he watched and after another minute the entire skeleton was cover with a new layer of muscles and flesh.
Naruto observed silently as a fresh test of slitted eyes formed within the empty eye sockets. It was like watching the hand god at work. The truth however was far from that. This was all the working of his chakra as it reconstructed what it had early absorbed. Naruto didn't question what the maggots and flies that had been absorbed where going to be used for.
There are certain things, he admitted pushing his conjecture to the back of his mind, that are better left unknown.
Within a span of minutes, Naruto was staring at a fresh and unmarred body of a male fox its red fur so crimson that one would assume it was made from blood. Aside from the fact that the body wasn't breath or that no living consciousness housed the body, on any other day Naruto would have thought the fox was alive. However since the body was of his creation what he was staring at was nothing but a shell of a fox that was already dead.
The first part of his experiment being a success, Naruto prepared himself for the harder phase of his plan, finding a way to inhabit the body. Out of fear, Naruto had made sure to duplicate everything exactly as it had been. To do this when he had created the shell, Naruto had made sure to retreat every part of the creature cell by cell and including the vital part of his plan its chakra network.
Moving consciousness from one body to another by force of will was impossible. Thanks to Kyuubi's memories and attempts he knew such a thing was impossible, or should he say was impossible through normal means. However thanks to the late biju's it was however possible inhabit a body that belonged to another through a process known as possession. Within its host, the nine tailed fox had learned that through manipulation of its host's emotions and its own chakra within its host, it could with difficulty subdue its host's body for a limited time depending on the host's willpower.
With Naruto taking over the body at his feet shouldn't be challenge since there was no mind inhabiting the body to fight with and since he had made sure to substitute the foxes chakra with his own all he now needed to do was simply switch his consciousness between the shell he was inhabiting to the one at his feet leaving much of his chakra and a bit of his consciousness to keep the body functioning.
Naruto took a deep breath and mentally crossed his fingers. If this work that would mean there would be to of him, a small part of his mind in a body that would be housing much of his chakra while most of his mind will be inside the fox shell with the same amount of chakra as any natural fox within the forest.
Of cause, there was a possibility that he could fail to do so and find himself with no body to return to after the switch and at worse he would lose both body and would have to wait three years as a disembodied consciousness, spending every torturing second gathering enough chakra to create a corporeal body.
He shook his head, dismissing all thoughts of failure from his mind. He was, Naruto-He-Who-IS-DESTINED-TO-BE-THE-GREATEST-BEING-IN-THE-WORLD, meaning he shouldn't even be thinking of failing at what he was about to do.
Growling softly under his breath, he quelled his unease and crouched at the head of the fox shell.
He then put both his hands on either side of the shell's unresisting head and stared into its eyes. He then started letting his chakra flow through his hands into the shell, creating a link that he was going to using to bridge through both shell before pushing his consciousness forward once the link was fully formed. All awareness of his surroundings suddenly vanished as he stared into and past its slitted eye then was a moment of rushing vertigo, as his senses and awareness shifted, then as sudden as the sensation had come it stopped leaving him in total empty darkness.
Naruto felt like he was floating in an empty void, in a plane of existence without sound or smell of any kind and one he was intimately familiar with. For a moment despite his bravado, he felt a sliver of uncertainly warm its way into his consciousness. He was reminded of the place inside the seal, a place that had almost made him insane with loneliness and silence.
This is not that place. This it just inside its dark and empty brain of the shell, he told himself firmly, ruthlessly shredding any thoughts of doubt from his consciousness.
Once he had established that fact, Naruto became aware of other things. First were his bodily functions. Underneath his fur, he felt his heart jump start and star pumping blood around his veins, slowly at first as if uncertain then picking up speed as if confident of its functionality. Next was the problem of breathing, a necessity that was easily fixed a moment later by a slow cautious inhale of his lungs.
Little by little the body came alive the first thing and Naruto noticed was how much different this body felt. In this body his scenes of smell was less keen, only capable of analysing different scent. Unlike his other frame this body had no ability to detect chakra within the scent he was inhaling. His sensitive ears were bombarded with the sound of the forest minutes later causing then to twitch from side to side as the nerves in each ear simultaneously come alive. Behind closed eye lids, his eyes moved a few time like someone dreaming before finally opening.
Blinding light invaded Naruto's vision as his eyes opened fully.
…
Exiting the village in his new body had beam easy. Instead of roaming the forest until they had found a way out, Naruto had instead opted to try his luck at exiting through the main entrance. Surprising aside from a few muttered curses and stone hailed their way; their passage out of the village had been relatively uneventful. Unsurprisingly the entrance guards had been able to detect their presence before dismissing them as inconsequential as they had run past the small look out booth.
Naruto suspected that while both guards had managed to detect their chakra, the amounts in their body had been too small and entraining to raise any alarms. Of cause when Naruto had chosen to use the front entrance he had known there would be too guards, sensor shinobi, in waiting for any suspicions people walking in. it was common sense that despite there being a barrier that could accomplish such a task, the presence of two shinobi standing by had the effect of unsettling anyone thing to snick either into the village or out of it.
Naruto being the alpha of the pack chose a direction at random. He didn't much care where they were going as long he as was leaving with the village to his back and doing whatever he wanted. He had already scarified much of his power already therefore he was doing to make the most of freedom as he possibly could. They left Konoha behind in a fancy of squalls and yelps and by the time the sunset Konoha was far behind them.
Since he wasn't certain what was out there, Naruto made sure to follow the human path while keeping in mind to stay clear of humans or anything larger than him. Normally, Naruto would have scoffed at such precautions but with the way the body he was currently weary felt such a caution was necessary, for the time being at least.
Unlike his own body, this living and breathing body was too weak and sluggish. The fact that he had only being flesh and blood for less than a day didn't bolter his confidence a bit. True, he was going to eventually get used to being alive again but at the moment things were not feeling good.
Tongue lolling to the side and his heart beating like a caged bird, Naruto kept his four legs pumping in unison. Taking the lead, Scars seemed to be unfazed by the pace while Patches who was running alongside him looked to be faring better than he was. Still, Naruto didn't stop and kept moving. It wasn't in his nature to give up that easily.
It was only after his legs started burning that Naruto admit defeat all the while cursing this new weakness. A glance at his companions showed him that the two were slightly winded but in a better state than his was. This made him slightly regret having chosen this method to leave the village and by the time the scar vixen had found something to eat, rest hadn't done anything to alleviate that feeling.
I could have just asked the old man to let me wonder the Fire country for a while, Naruto thought as his eyes closed shut.
The first, second and third day were spent wondering the forest and scouring the vast forest for food to eat. Much to his relief within that time period he got used to his body and eating raw meat from their hunt kills did wonders to increase his chakra reserves and with each increase the stronger he became, so much that on their fourth day out of the village he was able to outlast both vixens.
Upon realising that he was able to increase his chakra pool through raw meat, Naruto made sure that he ate as much as he could before going the day was over. Thanks to the abundant prey they came across in less than a week he had managed to gather enough chakra that he was sure he could use shape shift into a humanoid form, a form he decided to take as soon as necessity deemed it appropriate.
Naruto got his chance to test his shape shifting ability in a living body when one day his ears picked up the sound of singing from a distance. Pausing from what he was doing, Naruto swivelled his ears forwards and cocked his head in the direction the sound was coming from.
…..
Jin, age 18 and a recently promoted jonin of Konoha, grunted in annoyance as the old lady kept singing. If it weren't for her hot daughter he would have shut her up as soon as she had opened her wrinkled mouth.
Why did I have to pick such a useless mission?, he silently wondered, stretching his chin. He knew the answer. It was because of money and a little fame. However, despite the benefits from completing such a simple mission, Jin was beginning to despise escort missions in general and worse at the pace they were travelling it was going to take them days to reach Tanzaku Gai.
Letting a sigh escape his lip, Jin cast a glance at the forest around him. He blinked a few time, letting his eyes adjust to the darkness before scanning the trees.
Hmm why I am even bothering? It's not like there are bandits this side of Fire country. No one is stupid enough to do so this near to Konoha.
Jin knew there was nothing to worry about but years spent on escort missions as a genin then later as a chunin had imparted an instinctive survival skill to always be alert for anything out of place. So far though it seemed there was nothing so worry about. However as he started turning his head back to ogling the 15 year old girl a flicker of light caught his attention.
A reflection…no… looked like a pair of eyes, he squinted his eyes at the spot the flicker had come from before shaking his head when he found nothing out of the ordinary. Either the light from the fire is messing with my eyes or whatever I just saw is long gone.
With that thought in his mind, Jin turned his attention back to the stunning beauty, only to find her watching him a frown on her red thin lips.
"Is anything amiss, shinobi-san?" she asked her eyes shifting to the spot he had been scanning.
Jin hesitated before answering, "No, nothing at all and please call me Jin."
…..
From where he was hiding, Naruto rolled his eyes as he heard the shinobi's answer. Was that guy even a shinobi? In the shinobi world any people who had the mind to dismiss the slightest thing were the ones that always died first. How the shinobi before had made it this far was beyond him.
Oh well, all I need is his body and not his brain, Naruto mental shrugged his shoulders. Of cause any valuable knowledge he got from the guy was a bonus.
…
Jim felt a cold sensation run down his spine. It was a feeling he knew very well. It was the feeling one got when there had eyes on them.
Eyes narrowing, Jin leapt to his feet so fast that his body was a blur. Fumiko who had been telling him about her life let out a shriek of surprise as she fell on her back. Her grandmother though did not react at all. It was as if the loss of her husband that month had disassociated from her reality and anything around her.
"Jin-san what…." Fumiko started saying but Jin quickly shut her up.
"Shh we are being watched." Jin whispered loud enough for her to hear as he scanned the dark forest for the source of what he was feeling. He was sure something within the darkness was watching them. However what was strange was that he wasn't sensing any ill intent from their watcher. His shinobi senses were telling him that their watcher was just merely observing them from the shadows. Despite the lack of any malice from whatever it was he kept his guard up.
A low squeal from a distance made him turn to the right, a kunai ready to leave his hand.
"Fumiko-chan your grandfather used to have a pack of foxes he used to feed when you were just a baby in my arms." the old suddenly spoke in a wistful tone in her voice.
"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Fumiko asked gathering herself.
"I wonder if that is your grandfather's spirit talking to me." The older lady went on her eyes still gazing unseeing into the flames.
Jin shuddered as a chilled that had nothing to do with the night enveloped him. Like any Konoha citizen talk of a fox always brought forth images of the nine-tailed demon the size the mountains. Despite the demonic entity having been defeated by the Fourth, talks about it were always said in whispers as if the creature was still among them.
"Mother…."Fumiko trailed of a look of pain on her face. Jin who was watching this from the corner of his eye gathered himself and decided to do something about this.
Hell, he thought to himself, if I play my cards right I might get to spent a night with the girl.
"Stay here until I come back, I will be back in no time."Jin said staring into the darkness.
"Is it safe?" there was a note of concern on her face that bolstered his confidence.
Jin turned to face her with a smile on his face, "Don't worry I won't even need to use my shinobi abilities again them."
With those words Jin vanished into the forest, following the squealing sounds to their source.
As he vanished into the forest, Jin did his best not to let the darkness get to him. He was only thankful that the moon was up casting a pale blue light over him. Also he was grateful that he was finally doing something instead of listening to that old hag wallowing in her husband's death.
He found them after 3 minutes of walking. There were two of them and by the look of their fur they looked very much like any other red fox found throughout the forests of Konoha. For a moment, Jin watched them play with each other before he decided to let his presence known by stepping on a bunch of twigs scattered on the ground in his path.
"Yeah, run little bustards", Jin scowled as the little things vanished into the bushes as the sound of snapping twigs echoed into the night.
Shaking his head, Jin was about to turn and head back to the camp when he suddenly went still. To his right was a fox and the thing was staring right at him unafraid like the other two.
How did I not sense this guy, Jin frowned as he studied this brave fox. To the naked eye this one looked just the same as any other fox out their but as his gaze finally settled on its own slitted orbs, Jin felt sweat run down his back.
There is something peculiar about this guy, Jin thought narrowing his eyes. Behind its unreadable gaze Jin swore he could see a level of intelligence.
To test his suspicion, Jin reached for his shinobi pouch tied on his thigh and pulled out a simple kunai, and without taking his eyes of the fox swiftly let it loose at his target. The piece of steel flew swift and true over the fox's head and vanished into the forest behind. However to Jin's suspicion the fox didn't not move from its position or even twitch a single muscle.
"Definitely not a normal fox,"Jin whispered arming his hand with another kunai.
"What are you?" he asked narrowing his eyes slightly.
There was something unnerving with the way the damn thing was holding his gaze. If he thought better he would have said the creature was contemplating what to do with him. That realisation made his heart start to beat faster, pumping adrenaline into his blood.
For his part, Naruto wanted to roll his eyes but held himself from doing so.
First Sasuki now this guy….What's up with people throwing kunai at me without talking first? Naruto wonder silently.
Naruto turned his attention back to the shinobi before him with a mental shake his head. Now that he was able to see the man properly, the first thing that caught his mind was that the man before him was a jonin level shinobi and from Konoha no doubt. The leaf headband was a dead giveaway.
Why do shinobi bother with those things? Isn't it obvious that wearing one of those in the open is like an open invitation to any enemy shinobi passing by? Naruto thought about it before shrugging his shoulders, maybe that's the whole reason. I suppose each ninja draws some level of strength from knowing they belong to a village.
Never mind all that, this guy look ideal and now All I need to do is find a way to lower his guard and I know the perfect bait.
"Don't you know throwing around sharp objects is dangerous?"Naruto said sitting on his hind legs still staring at the shinobi before him. "tsk children this days…"
Naruto chuckled as the guy's jaw dropped in surprise. He didn't need to read his mind to know what the shinobi was thing and it was unfortunate that those thoughts were probably true.
"Hey… kid there is no need to be that scared I am only a summon?" Naruto lied through his canine teeth after all it wouldn't do to tell the kid who he and what he really was.
When the fox had opened its mouth to speak, all sorts of thoughts had appeared in his mind and most which had involved the Kyuubi but hearing the words summon his fear abated a bit.
"But you are a fox", Jin stammered in superstitious fear. Even in the chill night he was starting to sweat.
"Frogs, Dogs, Snakes, Salamanders, Ravens, did you think there is no fox summoning contract out there?" Naruto shook his head before licking a paw. Of cause, he knew aside from his own contract with a certain Uchiha, not that the contract still worked, there was no other such contract out there.
"Now, tell me what a Konoha shinobi is doing all alone out here?"Naruto asked.
"That's classified," Jin instinctively replied. Fear aside, Jin was a proud shinobi of Konoha and wasn't going to be heading information on say so. Hell, I not sure what this fox is what is say it is. For all I know it's a guy under a henge or someone else's pet summon here to weasel information out of him.
Jin pulled himself to together and narrowed his eyes at the fox.
"Wait a minute….How do I know that you are what you are claiming to be…for that matter how do I know that you are not someone's summon and here to spy on me." Jin decided to voice his doubts.
Naruto stopped leaking his paw and blinked a few times at the unexpected turn of events.
This guy isn't stupid after all.
"Very smart of you to ask…. It seems shinobi lessons have not been wasted on you. However…."Naruto started, narrowing his eye in turn, "I am a fox and my kind want nothing from humans….. Also have you ever heard of anyone summoning a fox to battle before?"
Jin frowned as a memory from his academy lessons tugged at him.
"Yes…as a matter of fact, Uchiha Madara one of Konoha's founders was said to have summoned the Nine Tailed fox in battle again Hashirama." Jin slowly said.
Hmm this could be a problem but….
"Well you certain know your history kid but answer me this question. What is the Kyuubi?"Naruto asked.
Jin knew the answer to that one. "A demon fox."
"True but if you remember correctly you call these demons Bijuu and if my memory serves me right…. one of your founders controlled these beast with his trees rather than a summon contract. I am wrong?"
Jin suddenly felt stupid and the fox noticed.
"Don't feel down, kid….Not many people question the past." Naruto stopped grooming his paw.
"You know what…"Naruto gave Jin an upraising look. "My clan has never had a summoner before..."
Jin's felt his eyes widen at what the fox was implying.
"You can't mean…" Jin found himself at a loose of words, and this was a first even for him. It wasn't everyday that a nobody like him found himself presented with such an offer.
The fox nodded, in a human like fashion before speaking, "Yes…I think it's time that my clan found someone to summon use to this realm."
Despite the situation, he felt his heart skip a bit at chance he was being given.
"Why me?"Jin almost kicked himself as soon as the words were out of his mouth. "Sorry, it's just that….."
"Don't sweat it, kid. I completely understand."Naruto said, waving his paw dismissively before decided to answer the Jin, "to answer your question let me ask you this instead."
"Why not you?" he asked the Konoha shinobi.
Why not indeed? Jin asked himself. He couldn't think of an answer why not. He was a shinobi, a jonin at that and dare he say it one of the best shinobi of his generation in Konoha.
Hell with a summoning scroll in my hands and a rare one at tha,t I could even strike out and make my own path in the shinobi world. Visions of himself standing tall on a giant fox the size of the Kyuubi flashed into his mind leaving him with a sense of power
"Judging by your silence, I think you understand what I am trying to say….however don't think too highly of yourself ….after all it could have been anyone else standing before me right now." And it was true. Find an unknown summoning scroll depended on two things. Find the actual summoning scroll be accident or trying what his godfather had done. The old pervert had simply performed the required hand seals for the summoning technique and as luck would have it found himself in the Toad clan's domain.
Jin tried not to let those words get to him. He and the fox knew it was true no matter how it looked and it was just luck that he was the one standing here this moment.
"What do I do?"
"Well…first you have to get the scroll from where it is kept."
Before Jin could ask where that was, a rustling sound to his right caught his attention. Out of human instincts he turned his head in that direction, an action which caused him to momentary lose sight of the talking fox.
Naruto acted fast and without a second thought. Every second they had been talking Naruto had sent his tail underground using his shifting abilities to extending its reach until its tip was in position and before waiting for the right moment. As soon as the shinobi was distracted, Naruto's tail short out of the ground a feet behind the shinobi like a snake and before Jin knew what was happening, impaled him right at the back and through his chest.
Jin felt a tug at his back then a slight pressure as something wormed its way through his chest cavity before pain followed later. He coughed a few times before looking down, puzzled before his head slumped forward.
Naruto sighed in relief as shinobi slumped forward dead, his red tail the only thing holding the body upright, before moving forward.
The expectation followed by a simply distraction was a powerful formula for a quick and surprise attack. By offering him the contract, Naruto had lowered the shinobi guard to the point that when the attack came both the expectation combined with small distraction from his two companions had caused Jin's mind to momentarily stall as it shifted between the two and back thus leaving no way for him to do the incoming attack from behind regardless of whether or not he detected it coming or not.
