Oni Hogosha

Disclaimer: Naruto is a product of Masashi Kishimoto, so I don't own him.
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Chapter 12: Adopting a family

The final two weeks before the chuunin selection exam was pretty intense for Konoha as everyone was busy. The arrival of Rin allowed Tsunade to fully concentrate on her Hokage duties. As an added bonus, Rin brought more medical knowledge to her domain and cured Kakashi of his illness of always being late. Apparently he did not wish to face her wrath. Naruto and Sakura could not believe how effective Rin's methods were, it made them wonder how life would have been if she never left his side. Rin's second patient wasn't that successful however, it seemed Uzumaki Naruto was the only guy that could withstand a woman's wrath.


Sakura was training hard, she was certain to be promoted in the chuunin exam if all went properly. She was currently the most skilled among the six hopefuls and with Tsunade's guidance she had some devastating tricks of her own in the medical field. She was also getting pretty good with keeping secrets now, even the Yamanaka techniques didn't flinch her, much to Ino's regret. Her personality had somewhat altered thanks to Naruto. The blond haired shinobi had made her face reality and her world wasn't all blue anymore. She was more conscious of her work now, after all now she had a greater ambition to help the forgotten people. She realized how right Naruto was, the need to have company could drive anyone to become part of evil and all that it was required to avoid that was to take away that loneliness. This new belief to protect people made her feel much more needed and it gave her confidence to accomplish her goals. She still had her psycho side but that was only against Naruto who still manages to enrage her. Today, she was shocked that he actually cared about her as she found him waiting for her at her office for an urgent discussion.

"I would like to inform you, that you just became the target in the exam and it is my duty to protect you. So what I am about to tell you stays between you and me and no one else. There is a rumor that Orochimaru wants to make you Sasuke's next victim in an attempt to gain the mangekyou sharingan. Apparently I am becoming troublesome to find. So I suggest you stay on your guard during the second part of the exam and complete it as fast as possible. It will be the only place where we can't directly intervene, however I shall use Shakou to keep an eye on you. I wasn't going to tell you as you might panic but I think you are old enough to understand by now. That Snake is tricky and Uchiha Sasuke is not to be trusted. So don't jump into his arms like an idiot. Make sure it is the same for that blond friend of yours", he said quietly.

"I am surprised that you care about my well being. Do not worry, I'll be ready for such eventualities I am not that weak Haruno Sakura anymore", she replied with a smile.

"I don't think you understand, this is an assassination attempt and no matter how strong you have gotten it still doesn't guarantee you much success. He hasn't been sitting around for the last two years for nothing; don't get caught in his false image, if he shows up, run the other way. Now it is not the time to show off", he said with a firm tone.

"Very well, I shall obey your command, but only in one condition. Jiraiya-sama said you have the best information network in the village, so I want you to get me details about Sasuke's condition. If I am ever going to figure out a way to break that curse seal, I need the best information I can get. Don't try to deny it; I know you have eyes on him. Do we have a deal?" she asked with a wink.

To her surprise he agreed. After all, if Godaime was right then she might be able to find a cure against the cursed seals if she learned more about it. However, he decided to keep her out of the traitor's bad sides. Last thing he wanted was to see her hate him. Then again with his recent streak, even he was rethinking about this rescue idea. It was getting hard to defend the Uchiha Avenger. His recent actions are really making him wonder if they are by Orochimaru's influences or were it his own dark side. It had been his only defense to defend that bastard from the execution orders Tsunade wanted to proceed and recently against Gaara's wishes to turn him into permanent sand dust.

The joint covert operation between Sound and Rock was an attempt to weaken Sand's moral by an attempted murder of Temari. She being the daughter of the last Kazekage was spotted inspecting their southern defense. But the attack led by Sasuke failed miserably as Gaara intervened. Sasuke was spared only because of Uzumaki Naruto's request, who had informed him thanks to his Myobu.

The latest reports from Myobu were pretty bad. Time was ticking on Sasuke's redemption. His involvements in recent atrocities towards the Sound peasants were ticking both Kages off. Orochimaru was forcing the peasants to send their sons in his army and their daughters as hostages as an oath of their loyalty. Unknown to them he was using those same girls as bargaining chips to hire more nukenins. Uchiha Sasuke was the main man dealing this action under Orochimaru. Apparently it was helping him get the whereabouts of his brother at the same time. These dealings were beginning to infuriate even Naruto, as if there was one thing he could not forgive his former teammate was abusing innocent people. With the current rumor about an attempt of Sakura, Naruto was really wondering if he is doing the right thing letting that bastard live. One thing was for sure, if he dares to hurt one of his precious people, he would personally rip the avenger out of existence.

As for Sound country, at the moment however they were all powerless, the alliance wasn't ready for all out war and they were still outnumbered. Their recent attempts to bailout some of the peasant families out of the country failed also, as Orochimaru barricaded all exits towards the Konoha alliance. The peasants were now in the mercy of their country, as any attempt of escape would lead to execution of the whole family.


The other chuunin hopefuls were doing pretty well. Kiba and Akamaru had sworn to catch up to Shino and were training intensively under Shino and Lee. Ino was getting ready to join along him in ANBU 21, as Tenten was now inspired to become a teacher. The team would now have Ino as the spy, Kiba the tracker, Lee the assassin and Shino the tactician. That is if they managed to pass the chuunin selection first and Shino and Lee were itching to get their new teammates so that they can finally start some missions like the other ANBU teams. However, the addition of Ino made Naruto scream in horror even Sakura felt bad for him.

Tenten found out that although she would have made a good ANBU, she liked teaching children and her relationship with Neji was getting pretty tight. She figured it was a better choice for now as it would help her explore her feminine side and she could always join ANBU later. Besides it would only worry the poor Neji more. She was still keeping that option open for the near future. Neji on the other hand was finally getting along with his new team. He was becoming one of the best trackers and being in ANBU 12 only made his life better. His name was rising amongst the Hyuuga and thanks to him Hiashi had finally broken their old traditions and combined both houses as one. Neji was pretty much favored as the next hire. As for Hinata, her medical career was rising. It even made Hiashi happy, as she was finally more motivated and it opened a new path for future Hyuuga's of her type. After all, becoming a medic wasn't an easy task and having a few in the clan meant that they just became more valuable. Now she could even stand to Hanabi with a few trick of her own.

Chouji had decided to follow Asuma's road after becoming a chuunin that is to become an academic teacher. For this he was gaining more knowledge from Shikamaru. Shikamaru for his part was enjoying his new job. Being in KSKS forced him to use his mind more and it allowed him to become an important part of Konoha. He was worried about Temari with the recent Sasuke attack, but was glad that she was safe. Their relationship was quit deep and he was training hard to become a jounin, so he could be her equal. After all, he can't simply sit around while he was in love with a princess who was already a jounin. He was even jealous that Kankuro managed to become jounin before him, considering that man was as lazy as him.


As the final week was about to end, Naruto was on his way to Tea country. It was a last minute call, so he decided to do it himself; after all he was the fastest person in the village and the most efficient in time management. He had completed 5 more A ranks, 1 S rank and 2 more B ranks during his last two weeks. This was a B ranked mission and he reached the location within a day thanks to his speed and endurance.

When he arrived he assessed the situation, a simple yakuza problem that had been terrorizing the village. Since Tea country did not have any shinobi of their own, it was fairly easy to takeover a village. If there was a problem they could simply silence the opposition. What he did not expect was running after a pocket thief named Kanzaki Kazama. The boy had stolen his back pouch with an intentional bump. He ran fast for a little twerp and had the field advantage so Naruto had to employ Kaen to dig out his hideout, since he only brought Kaen and Houshi along with him. Realizing he was caught he defended himself with the weapons he found in the stolen pouch from which he was expecting money.

"You are not serious are you? You think you can take me down with my own weapons", asked a masked Naruto, who entered the location followed by his two foxes.

"Of course I will! Who do you think you are to barge in my own house fool and what kind of idiot puts weapons instead of money in his pouch?" grunted the young Kazama.

Naruto was about to smack the boy for his insults when he realized that he was protecting a little figure behind him. Naruto stopped and glanced around the house, which was nothing more then a partially burned and abandoned the house. It was cold and the young girl was freezing so he asked Kaen to transform as he's flame skin would heat the area. Seeing the fox transform into the size of a horse scared the kids and the girl began to please to not hurt her brother. Naruto sat down and felt, guilty, these were orphans and were probably left to fend for themselves and here he was scaring them with his overgrown fox and his mask. So he took it off and at the same time grabbed the pouch out of Kazama's hands, as Kaen amazed him.

"Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you, these items are dangerous for kids your age and this is Kaen and Houshi. Kaen just transformed to heat this place", smiled Naruto.

"I am not a little kid, I am Kanzaki Kazama, 10 years old and I will kick your butt", said the boy as he jumped on him.

"Well I see you are eager to defend to little sister, young Kazama, but you are still to weak for that kind of act of bravery. So calm down and let's talk. I am Uzumaki Naruto, shinobi from Fire country and you are?" he asked the little girl while holding the savage Kazama in his arms.

"Shizuka…" said the little girl.

"Nice to meet you, little Shizuka, Let's see this place isn't very cozy, how about you two join me for dinner? We can talk over some good meal", asked Naruto.

"No thanks stranger, we don't need your pity. We know what your up to, you will give us sweet talk and then exchange us to some slave master for free cash", yelled Kazama, only to receive a slight knock on his head and fall unconscious.

Shizuka began to cry, but Naruto calmed her down, showing that he didn't really hurt her brother. He grabbed her in his other arm and took them to the nearby restaurant. They were first rejected but after a few minutes they quickly abandoned their protest, noticing that he was a shinobi. Naruto first ordered Houshi to find the white foxes and gather detail on the yakuza's hideout, while he Kaen, Shizuka and an unconscious Kazama sat down and ordered some hot ramen. The shop owner sent a man to get the village elder while he served them food.

After a few minutes of toggling with Kaen's fur Kazama woke up to find himself hugging the fox and sitting near Shizuka who was laughing with the blond haired stranger. The teen offered him his bowl of ramen, which the boy savagely ate, as he was very hungry. After a few bowls and a full belly the boy began to tell about their story. A grim story, that involved the killing of their parents for failing to pay the yakuza tax and abandonment by the village. They were left to die, because the village did not want any more trouble from the gang.


The chief villager entered by scolding the blond shinobi from bringing trouble upon them by brining these kids only to receive his death glare in return. The man explained that if they helped these kids the yakuza would kill their own for disobeying them.

"Instead of showing that your act was brave why don't you admit what a big coward you are? You were afraid that your own kids would suffer? Who made you chief anyway, a chief is supposed to defend his people not cower down to the mafia. You should have gladly accepted death by saving these kids, but I guess that was too much asking from a coward like you. Don't worry I'll fix your problem but I shall not let you redeem your cowardly act. These kids will be joining me after I am done here", replied the blond shinobi as he picked up the kids and was about to leave after paying his bill.

"You cannot be serious, what can you a teen do against 50 gangsters out their and their evil boss. Your only going to get us killed. I refuse to pay for this crappy service and take any responsibility", replied the old man.

"You should really watch your mouth old man, you're insulting an ANBU-Captain that even the greatest evil trebles around. I am not doing it for you, but for these kids, as it is my responsibility as their current guardian. Count your luck, I already rejected taking your mission, my services aren't for cowards who leave orphans to die of hunger", said Naruto as he walked out of the restaurant while holding both kids near him.

His next objective was to cloth these kids into warmer dresses and rent a room with three beds at an Inn for the night, which he did right away. By the time the job was done, Houshi had returned with the location. It seems he did have to go far as they were waiting for him in front of the Inn. He left, Houshi and Kaen near the kids in case anyone wanted to play hostage and promised them to return shortly.


As he got out he spotted the old man pleading with the yakuza boss. The villagers had barricaded their homes and were expecting the worst, as the 50 gangsters noticed the ANBU got out of the Inn.

"I see that your still at your cowering act old man, couldn't expect anything less from you, but you should get out if you don't want to be in the crossfire it won't be pretty. As for you losers, I congratulate you on succeeding to terrorize this poor village, you even to greet me, so I don't have to walk to you. I am truly honored, but I think it's time to dance don't you think?" said the ANBU-Captain as his eyes turned red.

"Very funny, who do you think you are to think that you can handle all my men? I killed better shinobis then you on the other villages we hosted. It's really sad, I was seriously enjoying this one, but it seems they wanted to join my death list. Ah well, kill this fool men!" said the fat boss with an evil laugh.

"Me, I am nothing more then a wandering shinobi that is about to kick your butts to hell: katsu mizuhyorin satsu", said Naruto.

Within a split second, 8 silhouettes of the shinobi surrounded the bandits. Then 8 more holes appeared under them as they began to spin clockwise creating a tornado effect inside the circle. The move forbid any escape and the wind generated by the spinning levitated the bandits, then 8 more silhouettes including Naruto jumped high in the sky from the 8 holes and rained down their targets with their ninja-to. The next second horrifying screams shook the silent village the 50 men were slaughtered. Within a minute the sound faded as well as the silhouettes and all that was left was the leader and a bloody Naruto with the slaughtered corpses of the dead bandits surrounding them. He looked straight at the boss who was terrified by what he just seen, his whole posy chopped by a blinder.

"What's wrong fat man, you seemed like that you just seen a ghost. Why are you all white? Wondering why you were left alive? Let's just say, a quick death is not punishing for a murderer like you, so I figured why not give you a preview of your hell. This is for killing all those people and turning these kids into orphans. I condemn you to die by your own guilt: shinkirou no kiko", yelled the shinobi as his eyes began to glow red like rubies.

Soon the whole village awakens to witness the agonizing cries of the fat yakuza boss, as he was screaming for his life. In his mind, ghost foxes of his victims, who started eating his body piece by piece, while he was alive, were surrounding him. The pain was so great that the men begged for people to kill him, as he was ripping his hair out. It's then that Naruto noticed Kazama standing behind him accompanied by Kaen. The boy took a sword among the dead bodies and rushed towards the man to give him a final blow, but Naruto stopped him.

"Let me go, Let me go, I must avenge my parents, LET ME GO!" yelled the boy, as the shinobi held him firmly.

"Don't bloody you hands for his fool. He will die by himself. Do not worry; he is currently paying for his crimes. You must become stronger to defend your future not your past. Your future is protecting yourself and Shizuka not avenging the death of your parents. Come let us go home, Shizuka must be worried. Kaen, take him to his room, while I wash up", said Naruto, as he sent the boy with his fox.

Soon after, Naruto washed up the location and himself with one of his water jutsus. He then joined in the kids for a night's rest; they had a long way to go tomorrow as it would take them four days to reach Konoha. Shizuka was unaffected by the noise as Houshi had managed to cover her ears during her sleep. Meanwhile, the village elder, was left on the battlefield, he looked at the events and realized how much he had underestimated the shinobi from Konoha. That night, a rainstorm blew pass the village clearing the smell of blood that intoxicated the location.


The next day Naruto and the kids left early morning to arrive in Konoha in time. As they got out of town Naruto called for Kizu and sent him to Tsunade with an urgent message saying that he will be late by a day, meaning he would arrive the day before the start of the exams. As they walked towards the village, the kids asked where they were going.

"We are going to my home Konoha, where you will live with me. It's a big house and you will have all accommodation necessary there. From there you both can go to shinobi academy where you will learn the arts to defend yourselves and get stronger. Hopefully you will also be making friends" said the teen noticing the displeasure of Kazama.

"Do not worry, you will become strong, then you can protect Shizuka and your other precious people. Strength comes from the need to protect people, always remember that and you will become strong", said the teen.

"Naruto niisan, I am still sleepy, can you carry me while I sleep on your back", asked the little Shizuka, to which the teen nodded.

As she fell asleep Naruto wondered what face Tsunade would make seeing him with a 10 year old boy and a 5 year old girl. After all, it should shock her pretty much that he adopted these two kids already.


The two days passed quickly and as they entered the gates, they were welcomed by intriguing eyes. The people were confused upon seeing the blond haired shinobi with a girl on his back, a boy by his hand and a red fox and a white fox carrying his bags and a few more stuff they picked up along the way. Naruto ordered the foxes to go at his home while he presented the kids to the Hokage.

He was surprised to see Hiashi walking out of the office with some of his older friends mumbling, when they all went silent upon seeing him. Unknown to him they came here to complain about him being the ANBU-Captain and the leader of a division. An information leaked by Tenten, as she accidentally questioned Neji how his famous division leader was treating him. Hyuuga Hiashi just happened to pass by at the same instant as Neji mentioned Naruto's name. The Hyuuga clan leader might have become more lenient but when it Naruto, it was open war. A loosing war as it seemed that Naruto was now ignoring even his glare version 8000. The ignored them as he figured the old baboons must have nothing to do then complain all day. As the jounin entered her office, Naruto was assaulted by Tsunade's yelling that even woke the poor Shizuka from her beauty sleep.

"Calm down you old hag, you just woke up my little sister from her sister from her beauty sleep. Is this anyway for a Kage to welcome two new resident?" said the teen.

"Sister? What the hell are you up to this time fool and what happen at your mission?" asked Godaime.

"This is Kanzaki Kazama and his little sister Shizuka, they are my adopted siblings. The bandits killed their parents and the village left them to die so I brought them along. They are part of the Uzumaki clan now. They both have potential to become good shinobi especially Kazama. As for mission, I did it for free, well I rejected that old fool's mission, and so if you want the payment I'll pay from my own pocket", said the teen with a whine.

"You fool what the hell made you think you can simply adopted two kids at the age of 15? I don't care about the pay", yelled back Tsunade while shaking her head.

"You worry to much. I adopted them because they are brats like me. Correction Kazama is a brat like me, but they are orphans so I guess it comes the same for both", he said with a smile.

Tsunade gave up, this is a battle she cannot win, and by the look of his eyes the decision was already made. Besides, if these kids made him happy who was she to argue? On the other side of the wall, Hiashi and his conspirators were listening to every detail. They were shocked to hear that the demon boy had adopted two kids. Meanwhile, Naruto approached on the opposite of the wall and claimed that Tsunade needed baboon protection. He then started screeching the wall to give the conspirators a headache. Tsunade quickly got out of her room, only to find the men fleeing, as they realized they were discovered. Tsunade shook her head and got back in claiming that she wished to discuss some serious matters. The blond shinobi asked the kids to wait outside the door for him.

"The Kazekage wishes to talk to you personally about some matters, he said he will explain it when he comes here for the chuunin selection exam", she said with a firm voice.

"Gaara of the Sand wishes to talk to me in private? Must be pretty important, if Myobu did not notice anything suspicious in Wind country. Don't tell me that gay decided to attack Temari again. How am I to rescue that bastard if he wishes to die in Gaara's hand so bad", said the teen while scratching his head.

Tsunade glared at him, this was another thing she hated about her favorite shinobi in Konoha. Although he refuses to take power, he keeps plenty of his subjects out of her head. Uchiha Sasuke being one and hidden links with Gaara being another. In fact, only she and Jiraiya were told about the new Kazekage, but apparently he knew it well before her.

"You and your foxes, I still don't understand why you keep these information to yourself, I am your Hokage damn it. So my hunch was right, the only reason that traitor escaped was because you told Kazekage not kill him", she yelled.

"You seriously don't want to deal with those with all the work you already have on you. Besides that's my problem. If I remember correctly I do give you all information concerning anything that involves or endangers Fire country already. By the way, did you double check with Shikamaru of those plans? I am seriously hating this law that forbids us to watch over during the second part of the test" he replied with a concern in his face.

"Well yeah I did, don't worry, she isn't my apprentice for nothing. You should tell her about her lover boy's atrocities though, don't you think keeping her in dark like that might endanger her life more?" she asked.

"To tell you the truth, I am having second thoughts about it, but she is also the only hope we have of bringing him back, if he truly is being manipulated. However, the future is looking grim it seem. He better not even think about harming her though, or else I will make sure he wished he were never born. Speaking of the devil I think she is coming. I'll talk to Gaara when he is here okay?" says the teen with smile as he exits the office.


Meanwhile, Haruno Sakura was on her way to meet her sensei for some final briefing when she spotted two kids at the door. She wondered who they were as it was the first time she had seen them. She asked their names, which the kids answered politely but before she could interrogate more Naruto came by and took them with him. She blinked for a while, wondering what he was up to, as he gave her a confusing smile and walked out.

"Okay, what is that fool up to this time?" asked the confused kunochi as she glared at her sensei.

"Oh nothing much. He just went to Tea country, killed his objectives while refusing the mission, and adopted those two kids you just saw. Nothing much really" replied the Hokage with a sarcastic tone.

"He did what?" yelled the young kunochi as her load scream shook the building.

By then Naruto had safely arrived at his house and introduced the kids to their new rooms. He was also getting ready to receive the visit from a crazy Haruno Sakura and probably the entire village with her.


End of chapter 12
Please review! If there are any words you do not understand, check the glossary or check previous chapters for explications. Thanks for all the reviews. This chapter has been edited. Changed the storyline a bit to add more future plots. Better remake I hope. Oh yeah, the 6 foxes that Naruto use can transforms into various sizes, but their max would be medium large. Changed the names of the two attacks.

Character Introduction

Kanzaki Kazama: He is a 10 years old orphan that Naruto meets and adopts as his siblings along with his little sister. He is from Tea country. He is hot headed and has a foul mouth, but is very brave, loyal and creative when it comes to being a ninja. He's goal is to become stronger so he can protect his little sister Shizuka. He has a weird connection with wolves and he prefers the nature. OC character.

Kanzaki Shizuka: She is 5 years old girl, sister of Kazama. Pretty and funny in her own ways. She likes to play games, make friends and draw. She is also a nature lover and her favorite game is poking a newcomer. Like her brother she also is connected to wolves and is adopted by Naruto. OC character.


Glossary

Mangekyou sharingan: Uchiha clan dojutsu, believed to be the final level of evolution of the sharingan.

niisan: Big brother.

Yakuza: Japanese Mafia.


Techniques

Katsu mizuhyorin satsu/Split-image water moon slice: An S ranked ninjutsu created from the katsu eizou. It's an assassination technique developed based from Haku's makyou hyoushou. This technique utilizes 16 silhouettes including Naruto, 8 of which circle the targets and create a tornado vacuum inside the circle while 8 more launch from beneath the first 8 and launch an unavoidable aerial assault from the air as they rain down on the targets and kill them. It has two variations, the katana variation where Naruto uses his sword and the claw variation where he uses his claws. User: Naruto.

Shinkirou no kiko/Mirage of the spirit foxes: An A rank Shinku bloodline genjutsu that only Oni Hogosha no Kitsune can use. It creates an illusion of spirit foxes representing the victims of the target and these foxes eat the targets soul alive piece by piece as if he was eaten raw while still being alive. Works best on mass murderer and only if that person isn't a sadomasochist. User: Naruto.