Kyuu (Kyuubi-Phoenix): Hey, Has anyone read the new Naruto chapter 559 or 560?
Naruto: Nope
Bee: Naw, too troublesome
Shikamaru: Hey, that's my line!
Hinata: Yes it is, but he said it before you. Can I rape Naruto now? *everyone looks at her* What?
Bee: Kyuu, you lose that bet. Pay up.
Kyuu: Damn it. *Pulls out baseball bat and cracks Bee upside the head. Bee collapses out cold* With luck, he'll forget about that bet. Now, it is Review answering time!
Naruto: To adngo714, it is an excellent song! Kyuu will be using many songs in the fic, including Disney.
Hinata: To yukicrewger2, excellent idea, but nope. Take note that the people who have the powers of Dialga and Palkia have already appeared and Giratina is coming in at a later point. Rayquaza is on the summoning contract. And certain Pokemon legendaries will make an appearance in E: AD. Still haven't figured out how to fit in some of the Sinnoh and Unova legendaries, but we'll get there!
Kyuu: To Beserkians fury: …I hadn't thought of that. Now to all of my readers: Thank you all for choosing to read my story and adding me as a Favorite author or Favorite story or putting my on your Author/story Alert list! And Chapter 559 of the Naruto manga threw me off. I bet that it is Obito behind the mask. His death really wasn't shown in the Kakashi story line, and we don't know what his other eye had in terms of power. My guess but we'll find out soon enough! And the person who said that quote last chapter was Sir Winston Churchhill. None of you guessed!
Naruto: Maybe because he never said it in a speech.
*Kyuu pulls out bat again and hits Naruto in the head. Hinata drags Naruto into her bedroom and locks the door*
*Everyone sweatdrops*
Hinata *through door*: Hey, refer to Chapter one for Disclaimer!
Hinata was stressing out. It was the day before Naruto's birthday and she hadn't gotten him a present!
It has been a week since they told each other about the burden's that they had. The following morning, Bee began to teach them about the theoretical side of the Biju's power. Naruto had protested, but Bee said that he was saving the jutsu part for when they were at the Temple. After that, Bee trained both of them in the taijutsu style that he knew as the Ryuuga-ken. At night, Naruto and Hinata talked about their lives and chatted with each other's Biju.
Bee noticed her stress as they were working on a chakra control exercise. They had a pile of 5 colored sand on their hand and were supposed to separate it into their 5 colors on their fingers, but Hinata's pile kept blowing up in her face.
Bee pulled her aside. "Okay, out with it. What is eating you?"
"Huh?" the young Hyuuga heiress asked.
"You usually get at least 2 colors before it explodes on you." Bee crouched down to look at her eyes. "So what's up?"
Hinata had cleared up her stuttering problem, but still had confidence issues. "Ano, Naruto's birthday is tomorrow and I haven't gotten him anything."
Bee sighed. "Of course. Tell you what, take the rest of the day off to find something for him. I'll keep him busy. Tomorrow you have the day off from training anyways, so you have about 34 hours until the surprise Chronos, Terra and I have cooked up."
"Okay."
Hinata considered getting Naruto jutsu scrolls, but she didn't know what level his chakra control was at. That was out. She did consider some movies, but again didn't know what he had. By now it was mid afternoon and she was on the verge of giving up when she heard a women's voice.
"Hinata, what's wrong?"
The Hyuuga heiress turned to see her team leader, Kurenai, with a concerned look on her face. "If that new sensei did something…" the red eyed jounin growled.
"No, Bee-sensei isn't a pervert." Hinata defended the odd sensei. "You see, Naruto's birthday is tomorrow and I haven't gotten anything for him."
"Really?" Kurenai exclaimed. "But you always have a gift by now."
Hinata had left Naruto a pair of goggles and his wallet Gama-chan on his birthday after they started in the academy. He wore the goggles the next day he was at school not covered in bandages. She dropped off small gifts usually, at times money and scrolls for jutsus (which his chakra control sucked so bad that he ended up putting them in a hidden spot in his apartment.) Now that they shared their deepest demons, (pun very much intended) she wanted to get something special for him.
Yuna landed next to the duo. "What about jewelry? Maybe a necklace?"
"Ano, he already has a necklace." Hinata objected.
Yuna smiled and gently shook her head. "It is his necklace, but he got it from beating Tsunade-san in a bet."
"What was the bet?" Kurenai asked curiously.
"Naruto had a week to finish the third stage of learning the Rasengan. If he didn't, Gama-chan would be very flat; If he won, he would get Tsunade-san's necklace and she would have to come back to be Hokage." Hinata and Kurenai's eyes bulged out. They got their Hokage because of a bet? "But seriously, I would recommend jewelry for him, he has very little else in his life to have close to him. If you look hard, his most precious items are from people who have greatly affected his life, aside from Bee, Chronos, and me. His headband was Iruka's: he taught him that others could see him for him. The necklace was Tsunade's: he learned that the Hokage has to make very hard decisions. You now carry the knowledge of his pain and are able to relate to him and ease the pain in his heart." Yuna placed a hand on her shoulder. "Anything you get him, will be very precious to him, be it a scroll or a sword or a copy of Icha Icha. Though, I would avoid the Icha Icha." Yuna added as an afterthought.
Hinata nodded. Departing the company of the women, she wandered the marketplace. Pausing in front of the Jade Rose store, she looked into the storefront and saw it.
Naruto woke up to the sun shining down on his face. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he looked around his apartment. To his complete surprise, his apartment was completely empty. Rising out of the very comfortable bed, he staggered over to his table. Bee had left a note.
Dear Naruto,
Be sure to pack today for the trip, we leave at 9 pm. Hinata has some things to take care of, so don't look for her for now. Go do what ever you want, but be at the plateau behind the Hokage monument at 6 pm. Be safe. If any one gives you trouble, threaten to pull the worst prank of your prankster career on Konoha if they do and use the shadow dance to get away. Announce it in as big of way as possible. The prank is doing nothing. Yuna suggested it, thank her.
Be sure to talk to your fuzz-ball today, he mentioned he wanted to give you something. Any who, Have fun and be good!
Bee
P.S. Don't pack ramen. We have some at the Temple.
Naruto sighed. "Hey everyone, it's my birthday." He said sadly, fully expecting a very brutal night.
If only he knew.
He settled into his meditative stance and proceeded to enter his mind.
Kyuubi's surroundings were no longer the same stinking sewer that it had been when they first met. Naruto had changed it to a forest similar to the one surrounding the village. Kyuubi had said to imagine something fitting for a kitsune after he let out some stress and proceeded to squish all of the cute fluffy animals Naruto had released into it. The scenery was now a forest similar to the forest of death without the deadly creatures. Kyuubi was immensely content in this scenery, though he complained that the seal he now had to wear as a collar really itched.
When Naruto appeared, Kyuubi was lounging on a boulder, sunning himself. "Ah, Kit, haven't seen you in my neck of the woods for a while." (A/N: Hehe, forest joke get it?)
"Well, I have had training and haven't been in any life or death situations for a while, so yeah." Naruto climbed up next to the kitsune and scratched him behind the ears. The Legendary Kyuubi no Kitsune, harbinger of destruction, was able to be beat by scratching the space between his ears. "You know, I'm willing to bet that Shikaku would pay very good money on how to beat you."
"Tell her or Gaara about this and I'll torture you with perverted thoughts about Hinata for rest of your life." Kyuubi growled. "Now, Bee told you I had something for you, correct?"
"Hai."
"Hang on; I'll bring you to it." Kyuubi stood and walked deeper into the woods. After about 5 minutes of walking, Kyuubi arrived to the spot where he had his den. Naruto slipped off as Kyuubi stuck his head in to get something. Pulling his head out, Naruto spotted a large scroll with kistunes running up and down the edges. The kitsune placed the scroll on the ground and pushed it towards the Uzumaki. "This is the Kitsune summoning contract. I want you to sign it. No one has signed this contract since your mother entrusted it to me."
"My-my mother had this?" Naruto stammered.
"Hai. Many believe that the contract died when Whirlpool was destroyed, but your mother survived and gave it to me for safe keeping, seeing as I am the Boss of the contract."
"Back up a minute, you knew my mother?"
Kyuubi gave a sad nod. "She carried me before Yondaime sealed me in you after Madara pulled me out. Your mother's name was Kushina Uzumaki. She was a very kind woman. She kicked my ass whenever I said something perverted, so she was very strong."
"Do you know if she survived the attack?" Naruto asked quietly.
Kyuubi got in a thoughtful stance. "To be honest, I don't know. I know I saw an ANBU with a Dragon mask with 10 stars on it near where she was laying before one of my tails hit. She may very well be alive."
"Did she love me?"
"Kit, look at me." Naruto looked up to see Kyuubi in his 'serious' face. "If there is one thing I know of, she loved you very deeply. Deeply enough that I know for a fact that if she was alive and found out how you are being treated here, she would tear this place down brick by brick to relieve her anger or to get you back. If she had to leave and is still alive, I'm willing to bet that she has at least bought 13 years worth of presents to make it up to you. If anyone tells you different, I will take over and personally beat the living shit out of them. She loved you, kit. Never doubt that for a second."
Naruto could only nod. Kyuubi rarely used his serious face and when he did, he was very serious. After signing the contract, Naruto left the forest to go and get some Ichiraku's. Bee had them help the family in a D-rank mission.
Naruto noticed that the Ichirakus were slightly nervous about something, but shrugged it off as worry for their customers.
'Hey, kit, how about going and practicing the Kitsune summoning at the Forest of Death?' Everyone's favorite fuzz ball from Hell suggested.
'Why there? Why not one of the other training ground?'
'Kit, there were extermination parties hunting foxes after my attack. Any sign of a fox anywhere will set off a mob and more than likely they will blame you.' Kyuubi explained. 'I personally don't want to have you land in the hospital again. The Forest's reputation is strong enough to protect you from the shinobi.'
'Thanks for the idea.' He thanked Teuchi and Ayame for the ramen and took off for the Forest.
Leaping over the fence, Naruto went to the location that Chronos had waited for him and ran through the hand seals for the summoning. The seals were the same as the other contracts, but had a new seal at the end that Kyuubi told him was the Kitsune hand seal. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" The blonde exclaimed as he slammed his palm into the ground.
There was an explosion of smoke and Naruto was standing on top of Kyuubi, who was half the size of Gamabunta as to not freak the population of Konoha out.
"Holy crap, you summoned me on the first try!" the orange Kitsune cried. "Dispel me and summon again. You'll get your Kitsune familiar with the next one." Another explosion of smoke and Naruto was on the forest floor.
Repeating the same process, there was a poof of smoke and a small sakura red fox the size of Akamaru appeared. "Yo, my name is Kinto," the kitsune said, obviously a male. "You're the summoner that Kyuubi told us about?"
"Hai, my name is Naruto Uzumaki, the future Hokage!" the knucklehead did a flashy pose.
"Huh, well thanks for summoning me." Kinto said. "I just pulled a prank on the vixens and they are pissed. You got me out of trouble, for now."
There was another poof of smoke and a blue kitsune with eight tails appeared. "Kinto-chan, did you really think you could get away?" the vixen growled.
"Kyuumi, our new summoner summoned me just as Mizuki-chan was about to land on me! I never thought I would be chosen as his familiar!"
The eight-tailed vixen blinked and looked behind the shivering Kinto to see Naruto looking on with interest. "You're the one carrying Kyuubi?"
"Last I checked, yeah Fuzz butt was in my belly button," Naruto answered.
'I still hate that nickname.'
'It's that or Ero-Kitsune.'
"You call the most powerful kitsune in the world Fuzz butt." Kyuumi said with shock evident in her voice. "You must have iron guts and steel balls, kit. Yori did that and is still in pain from the ass kicking Kyuubi gave him."
Kinto stared at Kyuumi. "You told me he was peeping on the Vixen's hot springs!"
"Kyuubi was peeping with him. They both got a beating after Kyuubi finished with him." Kyuumi replied. "Moving on, Kinto, go back and tell the others to hold off for now. I want to speak with our new summoner."
"Okay! Naruto, it was a pleasure to meet you!" the kit yelped before he dispelled.
Kyuumi gazed at the now vacant spot. "Despite his pranks, I'm very proud of him." She turned her gaze to the jinchuuriki. "I personally want to tell you some things Naruto-kun. Kyuubi-sama told us about your childhood. He had to hold us off from assaulting the village. Even among demons and kitsunes, children are precious. We wanted to take you to Fox-hole Mountain, but Kyuubi said that you didn't hate the village for the problems in your life and only wished to be acknowledged."
Naruto interjected quietly. "I still do."
"You have a good number of people that do. As to your dream of becoming Hokage, I won't lie to you, I don't see you taking it. Before you interrupt," she stopped the yell rising in Naruto's lungs. "Being Hokage means that you will have to make very hard decisions and may have to send a loved one into a suicide mission. Not to mention all the paperwork." She placed a tail on his shoulder. "It is an admirable goal, but don't shoot for it. Shoot to become strong enough to protect everyone precious to you. If you end up as Hokage, good for you. But be aware that eventually you will have to make a very hard choice. Shoot to become as strong as a Hokage and surpass them."
"But it is the best way to be seen and accepted." Naruto protested.
"Not true. Look at what you did in Wave. You inspired them to fight for their homeland; you helped them change their thoughts from ones of defeat and hopelessness to strength and victory. You aren't even from there and hardly knew them! You won't always be hated here in Konoha, but you are gaining strong allies. Wave is behind you and will help you. You turned Gaara around and managed to bring him into the light. You are an amazing person, Naruto. You have fought through Hell and if I didn't know better could go through again. You don't have to be acknowledged by the village. The residents of Fox-hole Mountain acknowledge you. Wave acknowledges you. Gaara and his siblings acknowledge you. People who care about you acknowledge you, even with Kyuubi in you." Kyuumi said passionately.
Naruto looked thoughtful. "Did you rehearse that?"
"Kinda. It sounded better in my head." The blue vixen said sheepishly.
"No, you gave me a lot of food for thought." Naruto did something that made anyone who knew him swear that Hell was freezing over. He bowed to Kyuumi. "Thank you."
If kitsunes could blush, Kyuumi was doing it. "No problem." Looking up, she saw the sun beginning to finish his descent. "I would go to your sensei's surprise now. Be strong Naruto, and should anyone turn their backs on you or any of your precious people, the Kitsunes will protect them. Just summon me or Kinto-chan."
Council Chambers
Danzou looked over the present council members. "So we are agreed."
Sakari and the others gave a chorus of "Hai."
Danzou smiled internally. 'Finally, he is out of the village and will soon be under my control.'
Hyuuga Council Chambers
"Finally, we will be rid of the weak link that is Hiashi Hyuuga's family." One Hyuuga elder cried.
Izumi was listening behind a door. 'No.'
Naruto treaded the familiar path to the top of the Hokage Monument. Kyuumi had certainly given him a lot to think about. The vixen was right in more ways than one, but that just confused him even more. The blonde shook his head. Bee seemed to have a surprise in mind, but as to what it was, he had no idea.
Arriving at the plateau atop the heads, he saw a small pavilion with music coming out. Knowing that it wasn't usually there, he peeked his head in to see a crowd of people he knew. They were most of the Konoha rookies, Teuchi and Ayame, Chronos, Bee, Hinata, Hiashi, a girl he assumed was Hinata's sister Hanabi, and several clan heads along with Tsunade and Shizune with Ton-ton. Bee saw him and called him out. "Oy, the guest of honor was here! And a one and a two and a three…."
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NARUTO!" everyone cried.
Naruto just stood there; shock was evident on his face. Then everyone was shocked to see him fall to his knees and begin to cry. Hinata and Bee, both knowing why he was crying, walked over to him. Bee knelt beside him as Hinata did the same in front of him. They heard him say softly, "Thank you, oh Kami thank you."
Bee just smiled. "No problem. Now enjoy, it's your party. You deserve it."
Elsewhere
The usual mob for the 'fox hunt' was beginning to hunt down Naruto. They found out that he was headed up to atop the Hokage monument. Sakari was leading the charge and cried, "LET'S GET IT!"
Back with the party
Naruto was on the verge of tears again. Person after person gave him gifts until Hinata approached him. Pulling him over to the top of Yondaime's head, she pulled out her gift. "I wanted to get you something special, to show how much I appreciate you sharing your secret and keeping mine." She handed him the box. "When you open it, I'll explain why I chose it."
Naruto took off the wrapping to find a box similar to ones he saw a man give a woman once when he was running from a mob. Opening it, he found a necklace. The chain was made of very fine links made of sterling silver. The pendant part was in the shape of a nine-tailed fox with broken chains on his legs. The very small eyes were made up of two of the finest sapphires that he had ever seen. The fox itself was made of a mixture of silver and gold with the position of the fox showing that he was looking up.
Naruto looked at her with his jaw hanging open. "I can't-"
"Yes, you can. I chose it because it reminds me of you. The fox should be obvious, but the chains represent everything that has tried to keep you down and how you just keep your head upwards, never looking down and never giving up." Hinata was heady from the amount of blood rushing to her head. "Despite what you have been through, you are no doubt the strongest person mentally here in Konoha."
Naruto pulled the necklace out of the box and proceeded to place it around his neck. "I don't know what to say."
Hinata began to respond, but the mob came up over the edge of the stairs. Naruto's eyes widened as he began to shake. "THERE HE IS! GET HIM!" Sakari screamed, causing the mob to charge.
The people in the party began to move when Bee cried out. "Protecter of the Dimensions and Worlds that live beside us, heed my call! I summon you, wielder of the power of Palkia, Terrafirma!"
There was an explosion of smoke between the mob and the two jinchuuriki. As it cleared, a dragon the size of a two story house stood on two legs between them. The scales were a purple-ish white with greenish tints. The mob froze as Terra roared at them. The dragon's KI was focused on the mob exclusively as the pink orbs on his shoulders glowed with power. His tail was shaped like a crescent moon as it wrapped around Naruto and Hinata protectively.
Tsunade looked at the transformed Terra in shock. "That is…?"
"Terra is the Heir of Space, meaning that he can use some of the power the dragon god of space has." Bee explained. "That is Terra's final form, the form of Palkia, the dragon god of space."
A random shinobi in the crowd yelled, "It's just a genjutsu! Kai!" He cried as he slammed his hands together and sent out a pulse of chakra. He began to quake as Terra leaned forward and roared directly at him. The shinobi passed out from fear while foaming at the mouth.
"Stand down, Terra." The dragon reared back his head as Bee stepped forward. "Year after year, I had to watch as you beat a child for something he had absolutely no control over. Now, this will end."
"Indeed." Danzou appeared over the steps along with a Hyuuga elder named Hideki, who was smirking. "By order of the council of Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki, you are banished from Konoha, effective immediately."
"By order of the new head of the Hyuuga clan, Hinata, Hiashi, Hanabi and Neji Hyuuga are banished from the clan. Hinata, Hanabi, and Hiashi will be branded and Hinata and Hanabi will be married to Sasuke Uchiha." Hideki sneered.
ANBU began to advance on the banished members when the roar of an engine filled the air. Looking up, what people could only describe as a massive misshapen bird appeared over the tree line behind the heads. (A/N: Because I hate describing airships, simply put it is similar to the airship from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, but with jet engines that can be rotated. No propellers.)
The lower hatch opened to reveal Isamu and Yuna standing there. Bee grabbed the two stunned jinchuuriki as Chronos ushered the other banished Hyuugas to the airship. Leaping aboard, Bee dropped them and flipping through hand seals before crying. "Doton: Velociraptor Charge!"
The earth shifted before velociraptors came up out of the ground and pinning the regular ANBU to the ground. Danzou cried, "ROOT, to me!"
Dozens of ROOT agents converged on the airship as Yuna flashed through seals. "Fuuton: Barrier of Fujin!" A wall of wind condensed and appeared over the hatch. A reckless agent rushed the barrier only to be sliced into ribbons.
Naruto barely heard Bee yell at another person to take off. Konoha was no longer his home, so where would be his new home? He could only wonder as Hinata enveloped him in a hug as he lost sight of the place he wanted to be recognized in.
Naruto: Are you fucking kidding me?
Kyuu: No, I am sorry Naruto. But the surprises are only getting started.
Hinata *sobbing*: I'm so sorry, Naruto-kun.
Bee *pissed off*: If they ever try to do that again, they will face a war they can't win.
Kyuu: Shhhhh. You're giving away the plot.
Chronos: Please read and review.