Leo Vulpes: M'kay, now, you better review at the end of this chapter because guess what? I'm slacking off in my work to type this up and get it to you! I should be annotating Aesop's Fables (fabulous book with loads of smart ass comments, foxes, wolves, dogs, and cuss words like ass (donkey) and cock (rooster) X3).

Sasori: Of course you would read that. -.-'

Leo Vulpes: -takes picture's from Sasori's hands- But- But- But- I love this book! I remember the children's book with a few tales in it and I was madly in love with it from then on out! My fave one is The Fox and The Grapes. So beautiful! -sparkles in eyes-

Shukaku: That's it! I'm taking a paid vacation from this madness! -rubbing sore ass-

Sasori: What!? D:

Shukaku: -glares- Oh don't worry, you're coming too. -Drags Sasori out door-

Leo Vulpes: Don't be surprised when you returned and I have replacements! -waves them off- Now for the-

Disclaimer: I own Naruto like I pay Sasori and Shukaku for their hosting job... which I don't... Hey! Wait! I don't pay them, so how are they getting a paid vacation!... Oh teh noes! My secret stash of wads of cash! (teehee that rhymes! X3)

My Other Life

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Chapter 10

Yoko's Past

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Training had been hard at first with the teams.

Kiba, Shino, and Hinata had to get away from their sensei in order to train at all, which had left Kurenai to her own devices.

Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi had to get away from the public area. And by the way, Sasuke and Naruto still hadn't come out of the little closet, but they were still thinking about it.

Ino and Shikamaru had to ditch not only their sensei, but Chouji too. This made Chouji's attitude spiral down, he felt like he had as a little kid, left out of everything. Asuma had shrugged and accepted the fact that his students were grown-up now, and probably stronger than he was. But Ino and Shikamaru had thrown an all you can eat buffet for Chouji as an apology and a way of saying 'we did not ditch you, we just have secrets' in a totally silent kind of way, and the rotund boy understood.

Neji was being closed in on, his sensei and two teammates wouldn't leave him alone as to where he'd gone off every single day.

Gaara, Kankuro and Temari were having trouble getting away from the ANBU guards that Tsunade had set them up with when they came about a week ago.

Iruka had slacked off some on his teaching to go train, and Tsunade was now keeping a close eye on him.

Families were sometimes worse, and sometimes better.

Tsume wouldn't leave Kiba alone, she kept asking him how he knew that him and Hana didn't have the same father, and when Hana came in, Kiba would leave and go train, which made Tsume think she'd done something wrong and that Kiba didn't like Hana anymore. But Kiba was just using this opportunity of when his mother wouldn't pry him for info to go train.

The Aburame clan kept their distance from Shino, and he couldn't help but long for at least one of them to treat him like normal again, for his 'father' to treat him like a son and take him out drinking once again like they had before.

Hiashi hadn't left Hinata alone for one moment with Chibi, though she normally snuck out of her room to go talk with the other Neko, having no one else to do so with because Neji had still been in Suna at the time. And her father wouldn't let her go for training as easily when he found out from Kurenai that she hadn't seen the trio in a while.

Sasuke and Naruto were fine, only having Tsunade breathing down their necks at seeing how close they acted with the newcomers whom she was still weary about.

Sakura was heart broken at the fact that her 'parents' hadn't said anything about her being gone and had cried her eyes out, Ino and Ino's mother helping her even though the older woman had no clue as to why she was crying.

Ino had gotten off better with her mother and was glad that her mother didn't think any less of her. Especially when Ino had asked her father about it and he'd told her the truth and told her that yes, her mother did know that Ino wasn't hers but didn't care because she wasn't able to bear children of her own.

Shikamaru was as normal as ever and still even had shougi matches with Asuma in his spare time, and they'd even had a mini-tournament with Shika's dad included.

It was tough.

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Shizune ran frantically inside the room when she heard the loud thump on the ground. Rushing in she fell to her knees once again, and there was Tsunade on the floor, once again, from falling out of her chair.

"Hehe, clumsy me." Tsunade chided, sitting back up and resting her hand on the desk. "It's so weird. I sent them on a simple mission, and they were gone longer than normal, then they come back totally different, like their someone else. But I've put up jutsu barriers in here and called them each in here at least once and none of them were genjutsu. It's like… like…"

"Excuse me," A Jounin said from the doorway. "Tsunade-sama, there are two people down there that wish to see you, one goes by Yoko and the other claims to be Uchiha Mikoto." He spoke wearily as if the wrong words could cause the Hokage to send him flying through the wall or window.

Tsunade whipped out two folders quicker than you can say 'sassafras'. "Well, what are you doing then, let them in. Right away."

"Yes Hokage-sama."

Tsunade waited patiently as Shizune took a stand beside her and then the two figures walked in. "Y-you two!" She exclaimed, pointing at them both.

"You know them?" Shizune asked the blonde as she gaped at the red head man and the raven woman.

Tsunade held her head in her hand as she flipped open the files on her desk and pointed at the pictures. "That man, he- he- was seen about a week before the Kyuubi attacked, though why it was under Naruto's folder I don't know. He's also the man who was summoned by Naruto in the meeting last week. And her, she- she looks exactly like Sasuke's mother did a long time ago." She pointed to the two pictures, one of the red head ordering a bowl of ramen with a little red head toddler sitting beside him, and one of the raven holding a baby Sasuke with a toddler Itachi sitting on his father's shoulders.

Mikoto smiled and bowed. "Ah yes, you must be the new Hokage. Much better than the Sandaime in every aspect, including personality. I am indeed Sasuke's mother."

Yoko did no such thing as he felt that he didn't need to. "Ah, such a good thing seeing you again Tsunade-hime." He grinned. "And, I was indeed in Konoha a week before the incident that caused bad blood with my son, your village, and my realm. I am the Kyuubi no Yoko." In a flash they both release their tails and ears. "And do we have a story to tell you."

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Oni looked up suddenly from his meal and gulped. "Oh shit."

Kage wrapped his arms around his lover from behind and nuzzled behind his ear. "What?"

"Baasan's here. And that means everyone else isn't far behind." He answered. "That's good in a sense. Riritsuku won't be alone in the academy, I still can't believe she wanted to go back there."

"Koishii, she wanted to be with kids her own age and have fun instead of going on missions and being ridiculed as a joke. But as for everyone else, I doubt everything will be sane again." He spoke calmly against his husbands neck, ignoring the giggles as Koi chased Kumori down a random hallway behind him. "As if it ever were." He chuckled, releasing the red head and going to pick up his baby from the academy.

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Tsunade could only down her sake quicker, as Shizune had fainted long ago as the two elders had been talking. "So- so why exactly are you here?"

This is where Yoko's pleasant childish face was replaced with that of a wise, older man who'd seen many years. "We're building the arena right outside of Konoha and we wish to assure you that if any harm comes to your people from my people, or vise versa, they will be punished severely. But as for now," His pleasant face returned. "we're going to be supervising the building and we're here to see family!" He chimed brightly.

"So who else is here now?" Tsunade asked.

Mikoto smiled. "Well, you should know the ones who are already here if you read the letter, but the ones coming now are Genkai-san, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Keiko, Yukina, Hiei, Kurama, Meka and Taro, Minato, Kushina, Akita, Leo, Kitsune and Tsuki, Obito, Yoru, Itachi, Kyuubi, and Takala. In fact, I believe they're going towards the Uchiha estate right this second, or somewhere."

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"Riri-chan!"

Said raven looked up from her spot on the swing to see her best friends bounding towards her. She grinned brightly and hopped off the swing, soon being tackled by seven other children, which earn glares from the other parents who were picking up their children, especially since these other kids had tails and ears that weren't normal.

"Ah, hey there Riri." Kurama spoke, walking up and peeling his two children off the girl. "They missed you a lot."

Riritsuku nodded. "I missed them too. I'm happy your back Kurama-niichan!"

A collective gasp was made as the next two people walked up, the infamous Uchiha Itachi was walking in and picking up a kid, and a man with the exact same features as the Yondaime had walked up and somehow managed to grab the other four and he growled and whipped around to glare at everyone. "Haven't you ever seen a man pick up his children, quit gawking or you'll attract flies." He snapped.

"Come on, let's go home. I already told your father we'd be picking you up." Itachi said, letting Riritsuku take his free hand.

Riritsuku grinned as she strode along side her mother's cousin. "Ne, Ita-niisan, does this mean you'll be staying now?"

"Yeah, everyone's here to stay for now. Takala actually complained that he missed you." Itachi laughed, ignoring the protest of embarrassment from his arms.

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Walking in the door after having to stop to let the kids have some ice cream or forever suffer ear damage, the first sight Itachi saw was Minato chasing Kakashi around the house in circles with a metal spoon in his hands.

"You!"

"Me what?"

"You wasted no time in deflowering my son have you!?"

"I didn't!"

A feral growl erupted from the back of the blonde's throat as his former student dove behind a fretting Kibou. "Tousan." He whined, getting the older male to stop. "Kakashi-kun didn't do anything." Said silver hound nodded his head quickly from behind the blonde fox.

"Damn it!!" A clatter of a tea cup falling to the ground made everyone turn their attention towards Yoko, who was leaning his head on the table, a letter being crushed in his hand. "I'm gonna kill him! I swear! That damn bastard is going to pay with his very life!" The elder swore, slamming his fist on the table continually until Mikoto grabbed his hand and stopped him.

She picked up the tea cup and set it in the sink. "Yoko-kun… what's wrong?"

Yoko looked up to the others with tears streaming down his tan face, his nose already red from sniffling. "Th- That damn bastard. He's threatening me again." Just when someone was about to ask who Yoko answered. "Orochimaru, the snake demon." Kushina growled harshly, gnashing her teeth together in anger. "He's threatening to kill everyone I know if he doesn't 'win'.

"He says he'll start with acquaintances, friends, close friends, distant family, and then my close family until he gets the crown. Hasn't- Hasn't he taken enough from me already!?" He howled, tearing the paper up in anger, not even stopping when his own hands were starting to bleed from scratching them up accidentally with his own sharp, claw-like nails. "Tamaro-kun." He sobbed.

Sakura started to heal the man's hands. "Yoko, who's Tamaro?" She asked gently, not liking the way the red head flinched at the name.

Yoko gulped, mentally preparing himself. "Jubi no Tamaro. The ten-tailed black fox. No other fox demon's have gotten to nine tails, there's a special gene needed and he was the last. He was my lover, he's Kushina, Yoru, and Kyuubi's father. He was the strongest ever… in a sense. I was the strongest strategy wise and power and fight wise, but he was the strongest because I submitted to him. I loved him so much, and he was on the verge of being considered a great demon.

"Orochimaru, such a jealous creature… he despised Tamaro because he had what Orochimaru wanted… me. Orochimaru was madly in… lust with me, but mainly my power. Now remember I first met Orochimaru when I was ten, he was nine. We grew up, and my parents- since this was the olden days- arranged a marriage with him, and for a time we were married, but he ended it when I wouldn't bear any children or let him take control of the power I had gained from being king at eleven years of age. I wasn't disappointed, I had purposely used a medicine that prevented males from becoming pregnant, and had never let him have any say in the rulings. I didn't submit to him, and it infuriated him when he saw I wasn't affected by his threat, so he ended our bond.

"I couldn't have been happier than I was that day when he left and I never saw him again. Many were also happy to see me away from the snake demon, and to see me so much more chipper than I had been for the past hundred years.

"I stayed around to see at least fifty generations of my people, maybe more. And I soon grew depressed at the sights, time changing, while I stayed alone and still, generations upon generations of kids finding love, and their offspring finding the same love, but I just stayed alone. That's when I met Tamaro.

"He had strode into the small town in Ningenkai that I was visiting, and the way everyone turned and stared as he walked around, I knew he was no human, but a regal demon. He had the softest black tresses that were down to the center of his back, and die-hard, bleeding red eyes, when he looked towards me, he smiled. He introduced himself to me, and when I introduced myself, he didn't seemed to be affected that I held such power- this was one attribute I liked. I didn't want another loveless marriage where my suitor was after my power.

"After that, we started meeting up for dates, and soon enough, he proposed to me. I swore I died at the moment I saw the thin band of silver. It was gleaming like the biggest thing in the world in my eyes, still does.

"News traveled fast, and was soon at Orochimaru's ears, courtesy of his malformed demon lackey Kabuto. He was enraged- with envy, jealousy, and hatred. He sent threat after threat, but Tamaro would tell me he wouldn't let anything happen to me, and I believed him- but I was more worried about him, he didn't know what the snake was capable of- I was.

"It was when we were celebrating our 100th honey moon when it happened. I had swore I had seen Orochimaru's eyes lingering about Konoha- where we were- but just brushed it off every single time. I should have seen it coming, but I didn't. Tamaro was rammed through with a katana doused in the only poison known to kill a demon- I knew the cure, but I didn't have the ingredients, and no one was helping me. He died in my arms… 12:00am… October 10th.

"I was pissed, I was sad, I couldn't feel anything. What was I going to do, my first kit was going into labor, my second kit was too and at a very young age, and my third kit was barely three years old. I needed someone to help, and then I suddenly remembered who took that help away and these words pounded in my head like a mantra- 'Kill Orochimaru'. And I knew he was in Konoha somewhere, I didn't know where and I was pissed. I was still in my human form, but people avoided me and the hate waves rolling off me.

"Then it all slid down hill. Minato suddenly rushed to my side, telling me the news that the Sandaime had taken Naruto hostage and was threatening to kill us all if we didn't leave. He told me that the ANBU were holding his first liter hostage- they refused to let Kushina have her children. It all drove me insane. And I snapped.

"Next thing I knew, I was destroying Kushina's home, and I wasn't going to stop until everyone in that village was dead. I admit it, I wanted them all dead- all of those disgusting humans here who call themselves righteous, but are the only immoral ones- the human's who base their view of demons on the ones that they know- the evil, the bad, the tormenting ones. Ones like Orochimaru, ones like Houkou.

"Minato ran back with more news, now my daughter had been taken hostage and I started attacking everything. He had been told to seal me or they would all be killed. So he summoned Gamabunta and held up the wailing Naru-chan, and next thing I knew, I was in a cage in my grandson's body. And I cried. I finally let everything out and cried.

"But this is why I was very pissed at Sasuke-kun, leaving to Orochimaru made my insides curl. I forgave him when I learned of his real reasons of going, but it burned to see my daughter's godchild just serving himself to the demon on a silver platter."

He finished his story and was smiling in a sickly-sweet way, tear marks on his cheeks. "I'm gonna make sure Orochimaru dies, one way or another, by my own hands or someone else's, he's never going to cause anyone pain again."

Leo Vulpes: Wow... that has got to be the friendliest conversation sasori and I have had... Anyways. I will announce my new co-hosts next chappie.
So, did you like Yoko's history with Orochimaru... I didn't. It just seemed to give Yoko a reason to want to kill him. Announcing that I am making this entire this off the top of my head! I have somethings - like the major plot line - planted out but others not. Like Nakaro... I honestly didn't have her in here at first... or Temari or Kankuro... Or Houkou and Madara... and Kyuubi was a gilr named Kitsune... and Leo, Akita, Kitsune, Tsuki, Riritsuku, Takala, Meka, and Taro didn't exist... and it wasn't a cross over with Yu-Yu Hakusho (which I forgot yo mention I don't own)... and Sakura wasn't royalty...and Yoko didn't have history with Orochimaru... and Kushina and Mikoto didn't know each other... Mikoto was really dead...I didn't have a base for the tournament... I didn't have a reason for it either... and other such things.
Wow... did I just have my first ramble... I did, didn't I? Whippee!
Now review loves and receive another wonderful chapter!