Here is chapter 10 for you, sorry I haven't uploaded in a few days, a lot is going on right now so I might not be able to upload for a while but I will try to do it as much as possible. Anyway I hope you like the chapter and please be sure to review, I would like to know what you think about it since it is my first real story I have done. Enjoy.
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The three guards and the Gryffindor students made their way down to the Great Hall and the guards parted ways with them and sat down at their table where the rest of the guards were waiting. Once they were sat down they put food onto their plates but before Fox started eating he took out the letter Racoon had given him and released the seal placed on it. He opened it and started reading it to himself, not realising the rest of the guards had their eyes on him. By the time he had finished reading it his grip on the scroll had tightened and his breathing was harsh and the rest of the guards automatically knew that he was mad, if not a little bit upset. "What's wrong Fox?" Turtle asked as he leaned forwards to try and get a look at what was written, Fox quickly looked up at them and sighed before speaking, "The Akatsuki has managed to get their hands on another jinchuuriki." The others looked at him in shock, not that anyone could see and they stayed that way for at least a minute before Racoon decided to speak up, "Which one?" Fox looked at him, "The three tails," He said before looking down at the scroll and then he dropped it in the middle of the table before finally deciding to eat and none of the realised that they were being watched by some of the professors and a few students.
They ate in silence and as soon as Fox had finished he stood up and before he walked away he turned to Cat, "I will meet you in the Gryffindor common room." He said before he turned away and swiftly walked out of the hall, gaining quite a few curious stares. The others sighed and looked at each, Deer muttering a quiet 'troublesome' before deciding to speak, "That's one more that means it's only a certain amount of time before they come after him." The others looked at him and Slug sighed, "Yes but they don't know where they are and anyway if and when they come, we will protect him with our lives, he means a lot to me and I can't lose another teammate so I know I will do everything I can to protect him and I know you will Racoon seeing as you know what it is like to have your tailed beast extracted." She said and Racoon nodded in agreement, "He was my first real friend, I won't let anything happen to him," he said and the others agreed with him before they finally decided to leave seeing as quite a lot of the students decided to go back to the common rooms.
The golden trio walked into the common room with a few of their friends to see Fox sat on one of the chairs near the fireplace and he didn't even notice them walk in, indicating he was deep in thought. They made their way over to him before Hermione decided to get his attention, "Erm, Fox is everything ok?" She asked and he quickly turned to look at her, "Yes everything is fine, I was just thinking about something that's all." He replied but he still seemed distracted. "Are you sure you seem to be a bit distracted, you know you could always talk to someone," Hermione replied and by this time it was quite in the common room as everyone was interested in what he had to say but before he could reply the portrait opened and Slug walked in with Cat, "Hey Fox are you ok?" Slug asked as they neared him and they both took a seat on each side of him. "I am fine I was just thinking about something Dog and I were talking about earlier on." Fox replied whilst looking into the fire, "What were you talking about?" Cat asked and the two guards waited patiently for Fox to reply, "We were talking about him, Dog said that sooner or later we are going to have to stop chasing him." He said and the two guards sat on either side of him stiffened and Slug reached for his hand whilst Cat put her hand on his shoulder, "We aren't going to give up until we know for sure that there is no way of bringing him back you hear me, not everyone agrees but they are still willing to help us because they know it will make us happy and we can finally stop worrying about him." Slug replied, which made everyone in the room but the three guards confused. "Slug is right Fox, we will not stop until he is back, I want to see you happy again," Cat said and the two guards looked at her and smiled. "Thank you," Fox said and even though you couldn't see his face the two guards knew he was smiling.
"Slug are you in here?" A voice said from the portrait, "Yeah Ghost I am," Slug replied and the others watched as a guard with black hair walked in and towards the three guards. "What's wrong?" He asked and Slug looked at him before sighing, "We were just talking about him," Slug replied and Ghost looked at them before saying in an emotionless tone, "Oh the traitor." That got the three guards attention and the students unconsciously backed away when they realised that he had obviously said something wrong, "Don't you dare call him that ever again!" Fox shouted as he jumped up from where he was sitting, his fists clenched and he looked like he was ready to attack at a moment's notice. "Why not, that's what he is," Ghost replied in the same tone and that was when Fox lunged at him, his fist connecting with the side of Ghost's mask before Slug and Cat could stop him, "Fox stop! You're the Captain, you should act like one, no matter how much he deserves to be hit, you can't just attack him!" Slug yelled and quickly rushed forwards and grabbed Fox by the back of his chest plate, and with chakra enhanced fists, she pulled him off of Ghost in time to stop him from punching him again. "Ghost you shouldn't say things like that, you know he doesn't like it, now why don't you and Slug go and do you tasks and we can talk later on," Cat said and Ghost nodded before he and Slug walked out of the portrait hole and Fox huffed before sitting down again whilst Cat gave him disapproving glances.
"Excuse me but who were they talking about?" A boy with brown hair and brown skin asked, "It doesn't matter," Fox quickly said and Cat sighed before sitting next to him and taking one if his hands in her own, "Fox this isn't just about him is it, it's about the letter Lady Hokage sent you, isn't it?" Cat asked and Fox looked at her, "Maybe, I mean we haven't been here for more than a few days and we already find out that they managed to get someone else, it's only going to be a matter of time now Cat," Fox said in a sad tone before clenching his fist that wasn't in Cat's hand. "I know but don't worry we won't let anything happen you hear me." Cat replied and Fox quickly stood up, "That's what I'm afraid of! You're going to get yourselves killed! And for what to keep me safe!" He shouted, shocking everyone in the room and he calmed down slightly, his shoulders slouching, "Maybe we should have told Dumbledore-san before any of this could have happened, I mean you can't keep an eye on the school and what happens back in our village and me at the same time," He carried on and everyone but Cat was confused about what he was saying, all of them wondering what he was going on about. Cat stood up and pulled Fox into a hug, shocking him, "Don't worry Fox-kun we will all be fine, you don't have to worry about us. Worry about yourself and the students and if you really want to we can tell Dumbledore-san tomorrow." She said in a soothing voice which calmed Fox down and the other students looked at the scene in awe, some of the girls smiling. "Thank you Cat-chan," Fox replied and wrapped his arms around her to return the hug before he pulled away and sat back down on the couch.
Slug and Ghost walked down the corridor in silence, Slug silently seething at Ghost for saying that about Sasuke. "Are you angry at me Slug," Ghost asked and Slug slowly turned to face him before facing forwards again and Ghost gulped, scared he was going to get hit. "I am not mad just annoyed at you, you know how he feels about trying to get Sasuke back. You might not like him but he is a part of us, we aren't complete until we get him back." Slug said and Ghost quickly turned on her, "Don't you mean you aren't complete without him, you may not have noticed but when we saw him it hurt Naruto to know that he wasn't the same Sasuke he knew and by trying to keep his promise to you it is hurting him and it is going to keep hurting him until he or Sasuke either dies or he brings Sasuke back." He said before turning away from a shocked Slug and walking away. Slug stood there thinking about what Ghost had said before she slowly made her way to the Ravenclaw common room, "Where were you?" Deer asked once she walked into the common room, causing a few of the students to look her way before they turned back to their homework. "I was with Fox, it seems he was thinking about the letter and him," She replied as she sat down next to Deer. "Hn, Troublesome." Deer replied before looking at the students and then the scroll that was in his lap, "Ghost told me something on the way back here." Slug said nonchalantly before looking at Deer, "What did he say?" Deer asked as he looked up from his scroll, "He told me that searching for him was causing Fox pain and that sooner or later if he carries on that it will end up getting him killed, and he also said that it was because of that promise we made. Now that he told me that I can't help but find some truth in it." Slug replied and Deer sighed before turning towards her, "Look it isn't your fault, Fox isn't just doing this for you anymore, he may not seem like it but he wants him back too, no matter how much he claims he hates him he was his first real friend, he considers him as a brother. He is doing this for all of us because it may not seem like it but when he left he also took a part of us with him, he is the last member of our team and Fox wants to remind him of that, remind him that he isn't alone in the world, that he has friends who care about him and want him back where he belongs, back home." He said and Slug sat there in silence, taking in everything Deer had just said and she nodded her head, "You're right and we will get him back no matter what." She said and Deer muttered another 'troublesome' before turning back to his scroll.
Eventually all of the students were asleep and all of the guards were making their way back to their common room. Dragon, Hawk and Turtle walked down the desolated hallway in silence until Dragon decided to speak up. "How do you think Fox is?" She asked and turned to her two teammates, "Fox will be fine he has us and he will probably be thinking about the remaining jinchuuriki," Hawk replied and Turtle was quick to agree, "Yes Fox's youthfulness will prove to be indestructible," He said in a loud voice. "You're right he's Fox, he will be perfectly fine," Dragon said more to herself than anyone else and they carried on down the hallway until they reached the painting to their common room, they said the password before watching it open and then they walked through it, hearing it close behind them. "Well it seems we were the last ones back," Hawk said as they walked in and saw everyone else sat near the fire, streaming cups in their hands and three more on the table. "Yup, we were just waiting for the three of you," Kiba said as the three took off their cloaks, masks and the chest plates of their armour. "Well thanks for the drinks," TenTen said as she flopped down onto the couch next to Ino and Kiba. "You're welcome," Gaara replied before taking a sip of his drink. The guards talked for about half an hour before finally deciding to call it a night and headed up to their rooms. "Goodnight everyone," Fox said before going into the boys' room, "Night Naruto," The girls replied before going into their rooms.
The next month was fairly boring with nothing to do except what they usually did, go to breakfast, guard the lessons, go to lunch, guard more lessons, take the students back to their common rooms then down to dinner then finally back to the common rooms before patrolling the hallways and then going to sleep themselves. Fox sent weekly reports to Tsunade, sometimes asking for a few supplies and maybe a few cloaks and shirts, thanks to training and eventually the guards had settled in and were getting along with a few students, mostly Gryffindors, and it was decided that Shino and Choji were well enough to come and help. The guards were waiting in the Great Hall along with all of the students, waiting to see the two new guards. After about five minutes the giant doors opened and two people stood in the frame, one with a bear mask and one with a bug mask. They walked towards the rest of the guards, all of them smiling under their masks at finally seeing their friends after a whole month, "Welcome, Bear, Bug, we are glad that you are here and we hope that you will feel at home." Dumbledore said and the two guards tilted their heads down in a gesture to say thank you, "Hello Captain-san," Bug said to Fox and Fox smiled under his mask, "I'm glad to see you both are healthy again," Fox replied and the two guards nodded their heads before standing with the rest of them. "Now we can start our dinner and then you can show the two new guards around," Dumbledore said to Fox and Fox nodded his head before they took a seat at their table, Bear and Bug following their example.
So that's it Shino and Choji are here and sorry I skipped a month but nothing was going to happen so I figure you would all get bored if I just dragged on about them doing basically nothing. I hope you liked it and I will try to upload as soon as I can and thank you for the people who have reviewed.
Until next time.