SilverKyuubi says: Hey guys! New chapter finally arrives! Thanks for the awesome reviews and such. I know this is slow moving and everything, but hey, that's the good part about it, right? I would really appreciate some more love for my other fic Cure My Tragedy, pretty please! I swear it's not thatbad, is it? -huddles in corner- But anyway, you guys are great, and keep reviewing!

I tried to make this a little longer. I would have uploaded this a couple of days ago, but I had my computer taken away from me before I could! -cries- Gomen! Well, I hope you enjoy it nice and well...sheesh, it really will be atleast 30 chapters before this thing is anywhere near done. Keep me at it! I promise to not abandon it if you guys help me out!

Pairings: SasuNaru, of course...for all the SasuNaru fans out there!

Warnings: you know that really hot stuff that thousands of people read everyday? it's called yaoi, and if you're a weird person who's a homophobe, this isn't for you!!!

Disclaimer: Shimatta! I don't own Naruto? WHY THE HELL NOT!!!!

Enjoy!!

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My Kitsune

Chapter Nine: Day Before Battle

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The tree climbing training was a lot harder than it first looked.

All that concentration and movement, trying to stick your feet to the bark of the tree and defy gravity, things normal people aren't usually supposed to be able to do. Except ninja of course, and this was obviously a genin thing to do, since they were all doing it together and stupid Kakashi-sensei decided to go and knock himself out without energy.

Sasuke was frowning at that last bit. It was a bit annoying really.

That fight with the big gorilla wearing camo arm warmers that came out of no where kind of freaked everyone out, especially Tazuna. They had to be prepared for it, as it was to be expected of shinobi, but it made Sasuke realize exactly how weak and unprepared they were for something like that. And he was kinda pissed that Kakashi decided to go bang himself up on that fight, so now he couldn't personally train Sasuke into doing better.

But he wanted to get a hang of all of this first.

His first try going up the tree wasn't all bad, until his chakra leaked out too much and pushed him off of it, almost making him fall on his pale ass. He was even more pissed when Sakura had managed to do the exercise the first time without braking a sweat. So now him and Sai were left trying to do this thing on their own, a secret challenge pressing between them.

Neither wanted to lose to the other. It was pretty funny, since Sai and Sasuke could almost be passed as twins they looked so much alike, so it was ironic that they decided to challenge each other on this particular match.

It's been about two days since Kakashi-sensei had led them to the forest of chakra where they could learn how to better control the way they use techniques. It was interesting to learn about it in Sasuke's opinion. Sai thought it was entirely boring, but their sensei had said it was probably better to learn from experience anyway.

And so they continued to try to further their training with kunai cutting the bark up the tree. Sai made a little progress, but he was going up a bit farther, Sasuke pointed out to himself with a smirk, sweat and dirt covering his body and clothes. The Uchiha took satisfaction at beating the other raven by a little bit.

Naruto watched from under the shade of a tree nearby, yawning every once in a while out of boredom at watching the two.

'I'm going to head back to the bridge builder's house. Are you coming in tonight at all? This little game between you two isn't giving you much attention to anything else you know. Things like sleep.' Naruto said as he stood and stretched like a cat, getting all the kinks out of his back. Sasuke left a mark on the tree a little above the previous ones he made. He jumped down again, on the way noticing that Sai was starting to catch up, and landed next to Naruto, a little out of breath. He smirked at the fox.

'You sure you're not just jealous that it's taking my attention away from you for once?' Naruto sent a glare over to the raven and wordlessly left, gracefully leaping over fallen branches and towards the house until he was out of sight in the glowing sunset. Sasuke stared after him for a minute, a smug look still present on his normally stoic face. 'Heh, thought so.'

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Naruto silently opened the door with his paw. He saw everyone at the table eating dinner. Kakashi was reading his book every once in a while, glancing at the perverted pages, and Sakura was happily chewing away at her food. Her green eyes glanced over at Naruto when she heard the door open slightly.

"Heya, Naruto! Where's Sasuke-kun and Sai?" Her eyes were gleaming at the helpless hope of seeing Sasuke again. The fox almost wanted to roll his eyes at her antics sometimes. She was a sweet girl, and could be a bit useful and knowledgeable when she wanted to be, it's just that her infatuation with his master was going to get her killed one day. Or make her look like an idiot. Oh wait, that already happens...

The fox only made a gurgling whimper that signaled his annoyance of the situation with his master. Sakura smiled a little brighter.

"Haha, still training, huh? Sasuke-kun works so hard! I'm sure he'll make it to the top in no time!" A full out grin was splayed on her lips. Tsunami looked over from the dishes she was washing to smile at Naruto.

"Would you like something to eat, Naruto-kun?" The fox's blue eyes lit up at the thought of food. He hurriedly jogged over to Tsunami who was putting a bowl of meats and another bowl of fresh milk in front of the kitsune to eat. As her fingers put the bowls down, Naruto licked her fingers before she pulled them away to show his thanks to her. She giggled lightly, her hand covering her mouth politely. She rubbed his head before he dug into the food.

After a full tummy, Naruto looked around the room to see everyone cleaning up, Tazuna belching loudly to show his appreciation of his daughter's cooking. Sakura was helping Tsunami with the other dishes, and Kakashi was over on the side still reading his book. Naruto noted that Inari had been absent from the table for a long time. He growled slightly in annoyance at the village boy. He had claimed that his team was too weak to be able to handle Gato, and that it was pointless to even try. Naruto's pride was severely hurt by that, and he almost jumped the boy for making such an accusation on them, since they were the ones who wanted to help them in the first place.

Naruto inwardly smirked. 'This is a good time to get back at that brat. I'm sure it could be excused if I decide to mangle with the gaki a little. I'm just an innocent pet after all.' You could swear there was an evil smile coming from the fox.

He trotted up the stairs, his footsteps lightly tapping against the wooded floor. When he reached a room that reeked Inari's scent, he decided to slide up against the wall in mock stealth. The door was open a crack, but he could pick up strange noises coming from inside. Now curious, his fox ears twitched a bit. As he neared the door, the noises became a little more audible, and he immediately recognized them as heartborken sobs.

Naruto's ears drooped, suddenly not in the mood to play pranks anymore. He peeked one little blue eye through the door. What he saw made him even more depressed.

Inari was hunched over his desk, looking out of his open window out towards the dark sea outside, moonlight spilt over the waves. Since his back was towards Naruto, he could only see very little. Just a picture that was clutched to the boy's chest, the brunette's shoulder's shaking terribly with each sob he spilt forth. He was mumbling a little under his breath, voice shaken and raspy with his crying. But the fox could pick up one word.

"D-daddy..."

Naruto's beautiful sapphire eyes dimmed at these words. Such sadness could be felt pouring from the boy. It filled him with shame in his heart to think that he had been prepared to mess with the boy.

With his head down slightly and his tail and ears drooping, he made his way back downstairs to leave the boy in privacy.

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Naruto rushed through the woods to Sasuke's normal training tree that he was at most of the time during the day. It was nearly midnight and the Uchiha still hadn't come back to the house even though Sai had come back about 30 minutes before. In Naruto's mouth as he ran was a small wrapped bento box for Sasuke's dinner that he forgot to eat. Naruto scowled in his mind. 'That baka...if he keeps doing this he'll kill himself.'

'Who are you calling a baka? Sasuke's deep voice sounded tired as it glided across Naruto's mind. His ears perked up, and glancing around the area carefully to make sure no one was watching, or there weren't any curious eyes, he slowly shifted back into his original half-human form, complete with fox black tipped ears and tail swishing back and forth. His blue eyes searched around for Sasuke.

"Where are you, teme?"

"Over here..." A tired voice lightly called from nearby. Naruto quickly jogged over to where he heard the voice, looking to see Sasuke laying with his back against another tree near the one he was practicing on, his features bathed in moonlight, his eyes closed. As Naruto stopped by Sasuke's side, he looked over Sasuke. He was covered in muck, dirt, and sweat from his training. Naruto's face scrunched up.

"You need a bath." Sasuke opened his eyes and looked up at the blonde standing over him with the moon bringing out a silver color in his ebony eyes.

"Says the animal." Sasuke said with a smirk. Naruto frowned.

"Teme, you're going to kill yourself. Here," the fox held out his hand that carried the bento box. "You need some food."

Sasuke took it with gratitude, still not moving from his spot on the forest floor. He quickly untied the cloth holding it and began to eat with vigor. Naruto smiled lightly at his master's hunger, taking a seat next to him. "Don't choke now." He chided. Sasuke merely glared over for a second before continuing his meal.

After it was completed in the short amount of time, the raven put the box next to him, letting out a satisfied sigh.

"That was good." Naruto just grinned at Sasuke.

"Thank Tsunami-san. Her cooking's real good! She gave me all meat." The fox said with a happy glee. Sasuke eyed Naruto with a strange expression.

"I thought you don't like to go for meat. Something about trying to cut back or something, and preserving the other animals' lives." Naruto stopped grinning for a second. Then he sheepishly put his hand on the back of his neck, scratching it in a nervous gesture.

"Yeah, well, I am a fox. Nature calls." Sasuke snorted at his pet's lame excuse.

They then just rested there for a moment, relishing in the moonlight with a comfortable silence. Sasuke was exhausted from training on the tree, but he made some major progress. It takes a lot longer than he had originally thought, and he was terribly tired. His eyes were drooping, and he could barely stay awake. Especially with Naruto right next to him. His presence often made him feel relaxed, and made it all the harder to stay awake. His pet's voice brought him back from his half-asleep state.

"That kid Inari...he doesn't sound too good." Sasuke was surprised by the serious and somewhat solemn tone in his fox's voice. He turned his onyx eyes on him, examining his face under the moonlight. Naruto's eyes were trained in front of ihm, as if lost in a memory he just recently acquired. "He was crying in his bedroom. I thought he was just another brat, but I think he lost his dad, or someone really close to him."

Sasuke turned away at that. Where was Naruto going with this?

"So?" He said in an emotionless tone. "It's got nothing to do with me. For all I know, the kid really wants to be alone with his thoughts." Naruto turned his head sharply at his master, a frown marring his face.

"'So'? Come on, Sasuke, I know how you felt when you were in a state like that. The last thing you wanted was to be alone." Sasuke glared briefly at the ground in front of him before he suddenly stood up in anger and turned his gaze to the still seated blonde.

"What do you want me to do about it, Naruto? I'm not you, some curious and helpless fox that can simply interfere with anyone's lives as they please." Naruto gaped at the Uchiha. He clenched his fist to his chest. 'Did he really just say that...?' Naruto gritted his teeth, sudden anger a the raven's words coursing through his veins. He stood up to meet his master's gaze as well, straining his neck upward to meet Sasuke's ebony gems.

"Is that all I am to you?! A nuisance who interfered in your private life while you were tearing yourself to pieces?!" Naruto was furious now. Anger didn't cut it anymore. 'How dare he?!'

Sasuke merely scowled at his pet. Naruto stared right back. The air around them was still. The forest was silent, as if the very being of the woods and life surrounding them sensed the extreme anger pouring off the two boys.

'Things could have been different if you never came.'

'You could have turned me away, I didn't see you saying anything to turn me the fuck away!!'

'You don't understand. You'll never understand!'

Naruto's face turned even angrier.

'Pray tell, what the hell am I not understanding?'

Sasuke didn't respond to that question, and continued to stare. After a few more moments, his face went lax, an emotionless mask coming over his face, his eyes turning to cold stone. Naruto almost flinched at the look his master was giving him. He just now realized what he had done. He had brought up some things he really shouldn't have. The blonde really just wanted to help the kid, and since he couldn't with words, he thought his master would be able to have come common sense and try to save the kid from himself. Naruto didn't mean to bring up Sasuke's past pain as well. Naruto turned his fox ears back and he wrapped his tail around his waist, as if in protection.

"Sa-Sasuke..." He started. Sasuke merely turned his head down and moved away and past him towards the house. "Sasuke! Wait!" He started to run after his master, but the Uchiha glanced over his shoulder an ice cold glare that he hadn't seen in a long time, and it froze him in his tracks. Sasuke continued onward to the house, leaving Naruto behind to stare after him in shock.

A few minutes after Sasuke left his sight, Naruto hit a nearby tree with his fist in frustration. His master...he hurt Sasuke.

He ran a clawed hand through his spiky blonde hair.

'What the hell am I doing?'

Naruto looked again over to the house, before shifting his form into his fox form and turning away from it, taking off into the woods. He wouldn't be sleeping in the bridge builder's shelter tonight.

Long after Naruto had left, a figure stepped out from a tree quite a ways away from the area where the heated argument took place.

As the wind blew, Sai smirked.

This was good information.

He disappeared under a twirl of leaves.

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He looked out the window of the hideout, simply watching the morning spread across the sky and all beings come to life to start a new day.

He smiled, and reached behind him to take his long and beautiful brown hair from the bun that it was in, letting it billow out behind him, shining against the first morning rays of dawn. He looked over at the sleeping man to his left, the man's form taking up most of the bed. He left a soft and caring smile spread over his lips before quickly changing out of his normal clothes and putting on a nice pink dress and a black choker.

Taking one last glance around the room with his chocolate brown eyes, Haku left their hiding place with a basket. It was time to gather herbs.

As he walked calmly along the forest floor so early in the morning, he was filled with joy at freely being outside again. On his knees and pulling out the roots or plants, birds started to sense his calm spirit, and decided to join him by perching on Haku's shoulder. Haku turned his sweet eyes over to the birds and smiled at them with a kind heart, his brown hair spilling over his shoulder.

The birds sensed something a little ways away from them, and departed the former ANBU's shoulder, flying away the possible threat of another being. Haku, too, looked up to see what it was the birds were flying away from.

His eyes searched until they landed on a young boy, curled up in a small hollow at the base of a tree asleep. He looked like a normal enough boy to Haku, seemingly harmless, but he thought it would be better to wake him. It was quite chilly in the mornings, especially in the Land of Waves. With the sea water there, it was always a bit cold-tempered in the morning and very moist: an easy way to catch sickness.

Haku abandoned his chore for the moment, and walked over to the sleeping blonde. He looked down upon him, and took in his facial features. He had three strange whisker-like marks stretched out over his tanned cheeks, and beautiful, spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity and stick up everywhere. He looked no older than Haku himself.

'Weird kid...what are you doing sleeping out in a forest like that?' Haku reached over and shook him awake.

"If you stay like that, you'll catch a cold." Haku continued to shake him awake until Naruto's eyes fluttered.

"H-huh? Okay, I'm up." Naruto blinked his eyes before he stared sleepily into the face of Haku. The young boy offered a smile to the blonde. The blonde's eyes widened suddenly at the face of the stranger and his hands immediately went to his ears for some reason, as if expecting to find them chopped off or something.

'A bad dream...?' "You know, anyone can come along and hurt you by sleeping in the forest like that. Were you there all night?" Haku attempting conversation. The blonde seemed appeased that his ears were just fine and smiled up to the brunette.

"I'm just fine, dattebayo! I sleep in the forest a lot!" Then, as if suddenly realizing what he said, tried again. "W-well, I mean...you know, it's good...training! All that learning to survive in the wilderness stuff. Heh heh!" Naruto scratched the back of his neck in a nervous gesture. Haku merely smiled at the cute blonde's antics and carefree nature.

"Well, since you're up so early, would you like to help me with my herb collection?" Haku offered. It might speed up the process and let him get to know the boy a bit more.

Naruto grinned at the boy. "Sure!"

Haku gave a quick lesson to the blonde as to what plants to pull up. Their features and what they smelled like, as to know the appropriate ones before Naruto was confident enough to pick the ones on his own.

'She's really sweet.' Naruto thought with a smile. It was nice to find a kind stranger. He sniffed the air again, trying to get a whiff of the atmosphere around the girl, only to realize that it wasn't a girl at all. Girls and boys produce different pheromones. Naruto stared blankly at him. 'Holy shit! Who would have every guessed? He's way prettier than Sakura!' He glanced over to the boy again, who pretended not to notice the staring. When the long-haired brunette finally looked over to see the appalled look on Naruto's face, he questioned him.

"Is something wrong?"

"Are you- are you a boy?" Naruto asked in a still seeming surprised voice. His eyes and his nose were telling him two different things. Haku's eyes widened a fraction before softening.

"Why, yes, I am. I think you're the first stranger to ever find that out when I'm in this outfit." Haku smiled kindly over to Naruto. Naruto merely stared back, now a bit wary of the person in front of him. He tried his hardest to get a scent off of the boy in front of him. Once he got it, he immediately associated it with the strange kid that had interfered and took Zabuza away and saved him. Naruto's sapphire eyes narrowed. So this was that highly advanced kid...

It was hard to smell the ANBU at the time, since there was so much water after the battle with Zabuza, but he managed to get a brief smell to identify him with.

Naruto took this all in, and turned back to his plant picking, mulling over the new information he had now. This guy was a killer, and it would probably be dangerous to leave this alone right now. His thoughts were taken away from the event when Haku spoke.

"So, what were you training for in the forest?" A seemingly harmless question. He decided to play along.

"You know, just training. Is it a problem?" Haku was taken aback by the sudden cold voice coming from Naruto. 'What brought this change? He was so nice a minute ago.'

"No, of course not. I was just curious." The brunette inwardly sighed. He didn't want to be enemies with the boy if he decided to suddenly have mood swings like a girl. So, he tried to take a different approach. He went to sit near the boy, but not so close as to interfere more than was necessary in fear of setting the boy off. "So, are you training for someone special, or your own satisfaction?"

Naruto jerked at this question and quickly turned to look at Haku. 'Did he seriously just ask that?' Naruto was starting to second guess the girly-boy's actions, and his own. What a question... the fox felt that there was a lot of meaning behind that question. His expression softened. He sometimes forgets that even enemies are humans afterall. And this was definitely a human question.

"Yes. He means the world to me, and we fight a lot, but when it comes down to it, that stuff doesn't matter." Naruto's expression went into one of thoughtful, as he thought about his master. He didn't know if he really wanted to replay some of his more inner feelings to a supposed enemy, but he thought it couldn't hurt too bad to get his thoughts out. Haku merely smiled in understanding, and it made Naruto's heart warm to see such a smile.

"I know. When it comes to protecting someone you truly care for, that is when you become truly strong." They shared a knowing smile. Naruto almost berated himself for opening up like this to a complete stranger, and worse, an enemy. What would Sasuke think of him now if he found out that Naruto knew about all this and said nothing?

Speaking of the devil, both Haku and Naruto turned slightly to see Sasuke coming towards them.

Haku stood, basket in hand, and smiled down at Naruto.

"You will become stronger. I hope we meet again, young stranger." He bowed slightly before moving away. Naruto nodded his head towards the brunette, watching as Haku passed Sasuke in a tense moment before it moved on.

Naruto immediately tensed at seeing his master look at him. He knew there was still extreme tension between him and his master, but he could hardly feel the strength to say anything. He was so afraid of messing things up further, so he simply didn't say anything, and stared back into Sasuke's hard coal eyes.

"Dobe..." Sasuke spoke, though his voice was ice cold. Naruto lowered his head, a clenching in his heart making it hard to move. "Come on. You didn't even come to the bridge builder's place. Tsunami is still serving breakfast." With that, Sasuke turned away. Naruto simply nodded and shifted back into his fox form before silently following Sasuke until the raven stopped at his normal training tree, and queued Naruto to go on ahead to their temporary shelter.

Sasuke had originally been slightly worried about Naruto's whereabouts, and still feeled with resentment towards the fox for bringing up bad times, but seeing that submission told him how sorry the fox really was. But Sasuke wouldn't give in so quickly, not even for Naruto.

As the Uchiha stared at the tree in front of him, he decided this would be perfect for working off some steam. He never even bothered to question Naruto about his conversation with that girl picking herbs. He got a bad vibe from her, but decided to shake it off. It was time to train anyways instead of worrying about useless things.

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Naruto trotted towards Tazuna's house, passing Sai on the way who gave a brief 'Hi, Naruto-kun' with a strange expression on his face as he looked at him. Naruto thought it was extremely strange, but decided to brush it off as another one of 'Sai's weirdness moments'. He'd look into it later. A fox doesn't miss much after all.

When he was on the porch, he looked over the side to see that Inari was sitting on the side with his feet poking into the water surrounding the outer half of the house, a thoughtful look on his face. He didn't radiate the normal depression that he used to, which made Naruto curious for a minute, though he was grateful the kid decided to get out of his own pity party. It was honestly getting annoying.

Naruto left the kid to himself, and went inside through the door. Tsunami greeted him kindly, though it was immediately obvious that something else was weighing heavily on his mind. She fed him properly and well, Tazuna reading the newspaper at the dining table. The fox wondered into the next bedroom to find Kakashi doing some pushups in order to get him back to full health. He wondered into another room to find Sakura packing some supplies in her messenger bag. When she heard Naruto's footsteps padding against the wooden floor, she looked over and flashed as bright a smile as she could in the morning.

"Hey, Naruto! We were wondering where you were last night. I thought Sasuke was going to turn himself over with worry, the way his face was all scrunched up at dinner yesterday." Sakura grinned at the fox, who placed himself on the futon sprawled out on the floor. His head cocked to the side at that comment. Sasuke was worried? Sakura grinned more and squealed lightly at the fox's adorable antics and scratched his ears, drawing mewls from the fox.

"You're so adorable, you know that? But you missed out on a great story last night! Though it was really sad, too. And Sasuke got pretty emotional, though I thought it was hot." Sakura rambled on. She told the fox the story about Inari's 'dad', who wasn't really his dad. How he came to be known as a great hero in the village, and how he was killed by Gato, completely destroying Inari's spirit in the process.

'Well, that explains all that whining and crying.' Naruto thought. No wonder the kid was depressed all the time, to have the guy he looked up to tortured and killed the way he was.

"Sasuke-kun was getting a bit pissed at what he said though, and told him to stop moping and crying over himself, saying that it wouldn't help." She grinned at the fox again, who seemed to have shock radiating from his frail body. "I know, right? Who would think that Sasuke-kun would go and say something like that? It was so out of the blue too. I didn't see it coming. Sai looked like he just saw a ghost. Then he just got up and walked out. Man, you missed a great show." Sakura had stars in her eyes as she thought of her darling Sasuke-kun, demanding and abrupt. 'So sexy...' Inner Sakura thought.

Sakura looked down again at Naruto who seemed to be thinking over her words.

"You know, sometimes I think you're a human." The fox snapped his head up at the pink-headed girl as she said this. Gulp. W-what? "You act so much like you understand me. Sometimes I catch Sasuke-kun talking to you too, well, you know since I'm kind of his stalker." Naruto sweatdropped. "I thought it was that kind of love for animals thing. Some people do that, and I think it's another really sweet attribute to him, but now I know why. It's like you really know what we're saying! Amazing!" She smiled again at him. Naruto's inner relief couldn't be more. 'I thought she was catching on. I should have known better.'

"Well, I have to go. It's what I'm packing for. Another accompanying trip with Tazuna-san! It's so boring, but tomorrow, sensei says that he'll be at full health and be able to go to the bridge with Sasuke and Sai. They said they should be finished by then too. Man! Sasuke-kun is growing so strong! He's almost at the top!" She let out another ear-piercing squeal. It was then that the kitsune decided it was time to leave the room.

Naruto went outside, and still seeing Inari there, decided to go ahead and sit by him. Inari turned his head at the fox's approach.

"Do you think it's stupid of me to cry over my dad?"

'Sure it's okay to mourn for them. But you were just plain old annoying whining before. Can't say I much agree with that.' Naruto merely grumbled slightly.

"Hmm. Kakashi-san told me Sasuke had a pretty beat up past too, said he had no family at all."

'Hey! He's got me! What, I'm not good enough for that bastard? That fucking scarecrow.'

"He said that Sasuke never lets himself get down about his family's death though."

'Pssht. Ain't that a lie. Kid, there's more than one way to let a family's death get you down. I think that he whines more than you do.'

"I want to be strong though. Like my father, and my mother. Heck, even you're stronger than me."

'IS THAT AN INSULT?! You wanna die, brat?!'

"But I never had it told in my face that way. It's like it wasn't even that emo kid."

'Yes! Someone agrees with me! He is emo. I mean, not seriously, but you should see him sometimes. Yup. Definitely worse than you, though less annoying than you. More bastardly though. It pisses me off.'

"Oh well. Thanks for the pep talk, lil' foxy!" Inari flashed a somewhat smile.

Naruto's eye twitched.

''Lil' foxy'? What the hell planet are you from, kid? AND I DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING! YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND! FIND A COUNSELOUR!!'

All Inari heard was little yelps coming from the fox. The young kid thought it was yelps of encouragement.

Yup. Needed some extreme counseling.

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A/N: Well, there ya go. Geez, it seems to be taking me forever to just get to the fricking battle, huh? -frowns- I bet you guys would be pissed if I decided to time skip over it, huh? Lol. -randomly decides it- "Naw, I'm too lazy to right a big old battle with the drama. I think I'll just skip to where they all celebrate and leave to go home." -gets bombarded by books and lamps and other items from readers- I'll try REALLY hard to do a good job on the fight!

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Later.