A/N:Sorry for how long it took to update, I was being lazy! Alright! Now to answer some questions! Yay! So...here goes!

AspergianStoryteller-Alright, I do not have anything against shounen-ai, I just don't feel like writing it... I don't even know if I will even get around to adding a pairing to the story... So, yeah... the pairings that you suggested won't work, but thanks anyway! Also, yes Naruto's team will be learning about his blindness. Quite soon actually. And your last questions...Naruto doesn't read. He was taught all the jutsu's he knows by the Kyuubi, but i suppose that he could read in his fox form if he wanted to... The man that stabbed out Naruto's eyes... I never thought about it...but I suppose he would have just bragged about killing Naruto to his friends and not told the Hokage, as he would have been killed... I might just add him into the story later on...

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(Oops! I forgot to add that in the last few chapters... Is it really that important???)

Chapter 9: Hiding

It had been some days since Naruto and his team had come back from the wave. Haku and Zabuza had left immediately after they had found out that Naruto was in no danger of dieing. After all, they were missing Nins and they would be hunted down if they stayed in one place for too long. Naruto truly wished that he had gotten a chance to get to know them better, but there was no use crying over spilled milk.

It was mid afternoon and quite hot out. Most people were lazing around, relaxing and drinking lemonade. Naruto was doing something quite different. He was hiding from his team mates. He should have known that sooner or later he would have had to do something that included writing, but he didn't realize that it would be so soon. He was crouched in his fox form hiding in a large smelly garbage dumpster. The smell of old rotten food overpowered everything else.

As a fox Naruto somehow regained his eyesight. He enjoyed being able to see things, but sadly he would never be able to see in his human form again. He supposed his being able to see probably had something to do with Kyuubi but he had never felt the need to ask as the fox wouldn't have given him an answer, not a real one anyways.

So here Naruto was, sitting in a pile of garbage scanning the area for any sign of movement. Why you might ask. Well it was simply because the Hokage had turned finding Naruto into an actual mission for most of the genin teams and Kyuubi had left him some time ago "Damn fox". He guessed that the pay must have been pretty high because there were numerous teams out to find him. That or they thought that he was so stupid and weak that they could catch him easily.

Naruto sighed, which must have sounded pretty strange for a fox, and that would be one of the biggest mistakes that he had ever made because just then a team of genins and a dog had been walking by. The team consisted of a small girl with short purple hair and light eyes with no pupil, a boy who was wearing sunglasses and a large coat even though it was hot enough to fry an egg on the road, a boy that had strange triangular markings under his eyes, and a small brown and white dog. He immediately recognised them as Hinata, Shino, Kiba and Kiba's dog, Akamaru.

Akamaru had heard the sigh and had stopped walking. He began to sniff the air, searching for the source of the sound. As soon as he found the scent he was curious. What kind of fox was able to enter Konoha without being caught? Yes foxes were sly, but not thatsly! He was so curious that he left his master without telling him where he was going. By the time that the three ninjas had noticed that Akamaru was no longer following them it was too late and he was already bounding over to Naruto's hiding spot.

"Akamaru! Where are you going?" Kiba yelled out quite loudly. Naruto covered his ears; even he wasn't that loud when he was pretending to be a happy idiot! As Akamaru neared the dumpster Naruto tensed. He waited until the small dog placed his paws on his hiding spot before leaping out and bolting down Konoha's streets with Akamaru quick at his heels.

Akamaru was having the time of his life chasing the small fox that had intruded into his master's home. If there was one thing that he enjoyed the most it would be hunting and as he ran through the streets that he knew so well, the air making his ears flap wildly, he became so intent on the chase that he forgot all about the mission that he was on and couldn't hear his master's frantic calling behind him.

Kiba was upset. He and his friends had been on a mission to catch Naruto, one of the kids he had been in the Academy with. Naruto was strange, he had arrived only one year before graduation and smelled strongly of the forest and foxes. But enough about that loud mouth. He was upset because while they had been walking down a street with a garbage dumpster in it, Akamaru had stopped following him. Instead the little dog had started trying to climb a garbage dumpster that had been the hiding place of a small fox. The little red animal had raced away like a bat out of hell and Akamaru had followed right behind it, ignoring all of Kiba's calls for him to stop. He, Hinata and Shino had been forced to follow behind the two animals as fast as they could.

Naruto had been trying to lose the annoying canine that had been following him for what had felt like hours. He was running around the village as fast as his little white paws could carry him as his heart beat frantically. Sweat was pouring off of him because of the heat and he knew that he had to find another hiding place soon, before the three ninja following the dog caught up to him. He wasn't that worried about beating the dog but fighting three genin while in his fox form would be impossible.

His eyes darted around as he leaped over benches and skirted around people walking down the streets. Even after he had jumped into a small pond, which was rather refreshing, he had found the menace had followed him. There had to be some way to escape! Maybe he could pretend to be a cute innocent fox and hope one of the ninja's following him would save him…

Naruto leaped over a small potted plant and preformed a rather stunning flip, if he said so himself, and began running the other way right towards the only female of the group of three genins. He pushed himself as fast as he could go and leaped into the female's arms. He looked around, as if crazed, searching for the little dog. Once he realized that he was safe he felt his exhaustion catch up with him. He was so tired and Hinata's arms were so comfortable that he fell asleep within seconds.

Hinata had been following Kiba and Shino as they raced to catch Akamaru before any harm could befall the poor little. Honestly, sometimes the Akamaru was more trouble than he was worth! As she and her team mates turned a corner, after almost running into an old lady, she found the fox racing straight towards her. Startled she watched as the fox leaped through the air right into her arms. The fox was glancing around wildly as if it expected the brown and white dog to attack any moment. After several seconds of having a panic attack the fox slumped over in a dead faint. Kiba and Shino walked over to her as Akamaru jumped up at her, trying to catch the fox, though one glare from Kiba made him stop.

"I believe we should take the fox to the Hokage to make sure that no more harm should befall it." Shino said in an as emotionless voice as always. "The people of this village are not kind to any foxes." Kiba and Hinata readily agreed not knowing what else to do so they headed towards the Hokage's office.

As they entered the tower they received an evil glare from the secretary. Well, not so much them as the fox that they were carrying. Hinata didn't understand how people could be so rude, Shino was still emotionless and Kiba was glaring angrily at the lady while Akamaru continued to try and catch the unconscious fox. As they entered the office the Hokage let out a gasp.

"Where did you find that fox?" his voice was quite intimidating, especially to young genins such as the three standing before him, but he had no choice but to be intimidating because there before him in one of his ninja's arms, lay a fox with way too much chakra to be an animal even while asleep. This fox had something to do with Kyuubi, he was sure of it. And if it had something to do with Kyuubi the village might be in grave danger.

"U-um well," Kiba stuttered uncharacteristically sounding more like Hinata. "It w-was hiding in a d-dumpster and-and Akamaru started chasing it." The Hokage frowned. The fox had enough power to take down the dog, why would it run away…unless it was hiding something.

Just then one of the fox's ears started to twitch, then it opened one of its large purple eyes. The color of those eyes was startling. Yes the Hyuuga's had purple eyes, but they were more of a lilac color. The fox's eyes were such a shocking shade of violet that they seemed to be made out of gems. Those eyes roamed the room. As every second passed they grew wider and wider. Everyone waited to see what would happen and then the fox…sneezed. Not really what the Hokage was expecting.

"Kyuu, where are you? I need help NOW!" Naruto was frantic. He had not expected to wake up with the Hokage staring at him. He had passed his extreme nervousness off with a sneeze, but he was not quite sure if the old man believed it. If Kyuubi didn't help him soon he would be in some deep shit. Hell, he was already in deep shit!

"Kyuuuuuuuuuuuuu-chan!!!!"

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