Chapter 10
I own nothin'--unfortunetly...
"Naruto-kun... who is this?" Hinata asked quietly, eyeing the man standing before her. Naruto swallowed nervously and grinned.
"This, Hinata-chan, is Minato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage of Konahakure, and my dad." he explained. Icefire mentaly counted down for her reaction, with a bored expression. Hinata displayed the same reaction that Naruto did... she fainted. "Um... Hinata-chan? Are you alright?" he looked at Icefire for help. Said dragon sighed, but instead of saying something rediculus, he went to her feet, tickling them lightly with his claws. Hinata kicked him in the face, but didn't wake up.
"Oh ho. That hurt." he groaned, holding his abused muzzle. He wiggled it around a little to get it to work again—a few cracks could be heard—and sighed. "You handle this. I need to keep the feeling in the rest of my body, thank you." he heaved himself to his paws and sat next to Ryuu. Naruto proceeded to shake the bluenette. Finally, she opened her eyes and sat up, looking around. Her pale eyes landed on Icy, who had dried blood on his muzzle from when she kicked him.
"What happened to you?" she asked quietly.
"Oh nothing, I just decided to walk into a wall... you kicked me in the nose! What do you think happened?!" he yelled, steam coming off his head. Hinata apologized quietly, a blush present on her cheeks. She turned her attention back to the not-so-dead Hokage who was watching the whole display with amusement. Icy—the size of a cat at the moment—jumped on Minato, clutching his collar, placing his back feet firmly on his chest, that way, they were nose to nose. "Now, care to explain how the hell you're still alive!?" he demanded.
"Uh, yeah, but first, get off me." Icefire complied and sat on Naruto's head—much to the blonde's displeasure—and waited, glaring pointedly at Minato. "Ehem. Well, all that I can remember is waking up in some random village after the night Kyuubi attacked. It took me some time to regain my streghth and memories, and even more time to get to Konoha. I've been observing you for a few months, and just now decided to meet you at last Naruto."
"In other words, you were stalking him." 'And speaking of Kyuubi, want to introduce him to an old friend?' the dragon asked mentaly.
'Sure. Kyuubi, what do you say?'
"Ah, why not. Though Minato will probaly have a hernia when you summon me." replied the fox. Naruto could have sworn the kitsune was smirking.
"Speaking of Kyuubi... Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Kyuubi! (summoning jutsu: Kyuubi)" exclaimed the blonde after bitting his thumb.
"Are you insane?!" Minato demanded.
"Maybe. Just trust me on this." when the smoke cleared, a boxer dog sized Kyuubi was standing in its place. Icefire jumped down and landed on the kitsune's head.
"And you better behave or I'm gonna go tazer happy on your ass." he muttered to the fox. Said fox shuddered in memory of the last time Naruto and Icefire used the tazer on him. Before anyone could say anything, there was a fierce pounding on the door, and Icefire went to answer it—growing to the size of a human at the same time. When he opened the door, a very flustered Kiba was standing in the door way. "Yes Kiba, what is it?"
"Naruto has been summoned to the Hokage's office. Sasuke's gone missing and she thinks that he's gone to Orochimaru." Naruto was emeidiatly at the door, his eyes wide. He called to Hinata and Minato and Ryuu that he would be back later, as Kyuubi raced after him around the corner. Icefire flew the two humans to the Hokage Tower whild Kyuubi ran there, attrackting the attention of several villagers.
"Was that the Kyuubi?" one asked.
"No, if it was, than we would all be dead."
---Back with Naruto---
"Tsunade-baa-chan! Where's Sasuke?"demanded Naruto, climbing off a panting Icy. Kiba followed suit, not wanting the dragon to collaps. He hadn't flown that fast in quite a while. Kyuubi meanwhile leaped up beside the three, panting as well. Tsunade was about to reply when there was a flash of golden light and Minato was standing beside his son.
"Minato!? How the hell are you still living?!" a glare from Icy and Kyuu silenced the former Yondaime, and when the glares were turned to her, Tsunade jumped to the point. "Er, Sasuke has left the village. Naruto, because you have Icefire, you will be able to track him down faster. But, I am also going to send out a ground team, Kiba you will go with them. Kyuubi, though I wasn't expecting you to be out and about, you will go with Naruto and Icy. Find and return Sasuke at all costs, even if you have to kill him. Orochimaru plans to use his body as a container in three years, and I think that he just wants the Sharingan." Naruto nodded, as did everyone else. "Minato, do what you want. Even if I gave you orders, with your stubborness, you would ignore them and do what you wanted." the older blonde blushed slightly and grinned. Tsunade nodded and Kyuubi and Naruto jumped on Icy's back, the dragon taking off almost emeidiatly.
"Do you really think its wise to let them go after the Uchiha?"
"I don't know. But with Icy and Kyuubi there, Naruto might stand a chance." Minato sighed and disappeared in a flash of golden light to find Hinata. He would just wait until he though he was needed.
---Back with Naruto---
"What the hell was teme thinking?! That hebi-teme just wants to molest him to no end."
"Shut up and keep looking. I can only do so much. I can't do all the searching and be your ride." rebuked Icefire, a huge scowl on his face. "I don't like this any more than you do, so quit your complaining. Kyuubi, you got anything?"
"Nope. Nothin'. Where would he go? There's no where to hide that I know of that would hide him from ninja that may be searching for him."
"Unless... he's going to the Valley of the End! Hold on tight. We're going to beat that bastard there and bring him back home." Naruto and Kyuubi tightened their grips on the dragon's spikes as he sped up drasticly. When they reached the Valley of the End, they noticed that Sasuke was already trying to cross the border, and Icefire dove down, tackling the raven haired boy, and rolling over the side of one of the statues.
Ooooh, the suspence.
Kiba: Yay! I'm in the fic again.
Kyuubi: True, but you're the bringer of bad news.
Kiba: Shut it fox!
Icefire: Since when are you brave enough to challenge Kyuubi?
Naruto: Anyway, while they're bickering... Spirit does not own me, dog breath Furella de Vill or any other Naruto characters. Though, she does own Icy and Ryuu. CRASH!!! Shit! KYUUBI!! YOU CAN'T BURN KIBA!! NO ICY, DON'T THROW THAT!!
Me: Does it ever end? BANG!! Guess not. Review!