After a day of training to summon more foxes Naruto was now able to summon four more foxes easily and some others with more difficulty. A black one tailed fox named Kitshadow that was an assassination specialist. Two three tailed foxes that both wore a full set of crimson red samurai attire with two of their burnt orange tails trailing up their back acting as a holster for the katanas that both of them wielded with their third tail wrapping around their waste as belts. They called themselves Kitzo and Kitza. There was a grey four tailed fox named Kitsumo. He had the appearance of a sumo wrestler being large and rotund. He did not like the term fat. Naruto learned this the hard way as looks can be deceiving. While Kitsumo may look fat and slow it was all muscle. He had his ears tied together resembling a man bun as all four of his tails wrapped around his waist. Last was a younger five tail fox as shown by his size being about the size of a horse. He was a deep red with black markings around his eyes similar to Kitsudo's. When Naruto summoned him he was surprised to find out what he did.
-Flashback-
"Summoning jutsu," shouted a panting Naruto.
A puff of smoke appeared as a voice of a teenager came from the smoke, "What happened, where am I?" When the smoke cleared Kitsudo jumped toward the voice.
"Kitsuma!" shouted Kitsudo reverting to his fox form as he landed on the back of a five tailed fox.
"Kitsudo. How you been baby bro. I thought your punishment ended two days ago," the larger fox rapped.
Meanwhile in Kumogakure a curtain sunglasses wearing man paused in his training to look into the distance, "A brother in rap has appeared. BakayarÅ! KonoyarÅ!"
"Yeah it did, but while I was on my way back I was caught in a hunter's trap. Thankfully the one that found me was not the hunter but Naruto over here," he said gesturing toward the blonde.
"Hi," said a curious Naruto.
"So you are the new summoner, thanks for saving my little brother," said Kitsuma.
"Wait, your Kitsudo's older brother?" asked a now more curious blonde.
"Yeah, just because I have five tails as opposed to my little brother's one we are still related. Heck master Kitsoda is actually lord Kitsaura's father," answered Kitsuma in a playful tone.
"Wait, are you serious," asked a bewildered blonde.
"Yup, our summoners never believe us when they are told that," said a speculative fox, "Anyways I think I should be going. Summon me if you need to get somewhere fast."
-End of Flashback-
Naruto was brought out of his reminiscing by a knock at the door.
"I got it," said Kitsudo as he stood up from the table having been in his human transformation as they were eating breakfast. Opening the door Kitsudo was slightly surprised to see the dog masked anbu at the door.
"Excuse me sir, sorry for the disturbance. I was lead to believe that this apparent belonged to one Naruto Uzumaki," stated the dog masked anbu.
"No problem you have the right place," Kitsudo replied before transforming back into a fox and hopping on Naruto's back as he approached the door.
"Hello their Mr. anbu," said the young blonde. Despite the mask on his face the anbu was still visibly confused.
"How did?" stammered the anbu.
"Fox clan improved transformation technique," answered Kitsudo chipperly.
"Okay," was the anbu's intelligent reply. "Lord hokage wishes to see you," he stated after regaining himself.
"Are we going to do that disappearing leaf trick to get there again?" Asked an excited Naruto.
"What do you mean?" asked a confused
"That cool ninjustu you used the other day to take me to Jiji," stated Naruto in slight annoyance at the anbu.
"You mean the body flicker," the anbu said in realization.
"Yeah. Can you teach it to me? asked a hopeful Naruto.
"Nope," was the anbu's response before he put his hand on Naruto's shoulder as they disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Appearing in the Hokage's office Naruto looked around when he noticed a lack of weight on his back.
"You forgot Kitsudo again," said Naruto with more than a hint of annoyance in his voice before going through the hand signs for his summoning jutsu.
With a puff of smoke Kitsudo was standing in the room. "Will you teach me that jutsu for the next time you leave me behind?" asked Kitsudo with a lot more annoyance in his voice than Naruto.
"Maybe," said the dog masked. Before the conversation could continue the attention of everyone in the room was drawn to the Hokage as he cleared his throat.
"Now if you are done we can begin," said the aged leader gesturing toward the group of anbu in front of his desk. Among them was the weasel masked anbu that brought Naruto to the Hokage two days ago as well as two other anbu both with mask that resembled cats. The first was a girl that had long purple hair with three red stripes on her mask. One vertical stripe on the forehead and two horizontal stripes, one on each cheek. The other had brown hair with some curved marking around the face of his mask.
"Sorry Jiji," said a deflated Naruto.
"It is okay," responded the Hokage in a kind voice.
"So what did you need Jiji," asked a now happy Naruto.
"I am sure you remember that I was preparing a mission for you to go to Uzushiogakure. These anbu will be the ones accompanying you in order to keep safe and help transport the archives," spoke the aged leader, "Dog, you shall be in charge of this mission with Tenzo acting as second in command. You shall have two weeks to complete this mission. Any questions," when nobody responded he finished, "Good. You have ten minutes to get ready. Meet up at the main gate. Dismissed."
Everyone left the Hokage's office, dog using the body flicker to take Naruto home once again leaving Kitsudo behind. After berating dog for forgetting Kitsudo again before summoning him back. When he appeared Kitsudo bit the anbu in the leg before going with Naruto to pack what few clothes the boy owned. When the ten minutes were up Naruto appeared alongside Dog at the main gate to Konaha.
"Now let us move out. It will take us at least four days at a civilian's pace due Naruto being here," stated Dog to the assembled group.
"Actually I can fix that," Naruto said before going through the hand seals for the only jutsu he knew. In a puff of smoke Naruto stood next to Kitsuma.
"Yo Naruto, where you gotta go," rapped the horse sized fox.
"Just follow the guys in animal masks," answered Naruto as he climbed up onto the foxes back.
"Okay that makes this easier. Let's move out," ordered Dog as the anbu and fox mounted blond took off.
-ten minutes outside of Konaha-
"Ahahah," Naruto screamed as he fell off of Kitsuma's back. The group halted to check up on Naruto.
"Are you okay Naruto?" asked Dog.
"Yeah, I have been having a hard time staying on because there is nothing to grip, so that last jump just threw me off," said Naruto as he rubbed his sore backside.
"Tenzo do you think you could make something to fix this," asked Dog to one of the cat masked anbu, this one having brown hair.
"I think I might," responded the now identified Tenzo while going through several hand seals. When he finished out of his had sprouted a small stick with a single vine connecting to both ends giving the appearance of the type of harness you would put on a horse. "If you wouldn't mind," said Tenzo to Kitsuma holding the stick out towards his muzzle. Kitsuma nodded and bit down on the stick slightly surprised how strong it was for its size. Naruto climbed back on and was handed the vine.
"How did you do that?" asked an excited blonde.
"It is a bloodline so no I cannot teach you how to do it. Now that should help you hold on while we move at high speeds," stated Tenzo. The group then moved out continuing on their way to Uzushio while Naruto pouted.
After a while of long travel the group stopped to make camp to the night. The four anbu took turns for watch while the others slept. Naruto was curled up leaning against Kitsuma using his tails as makeshift blankets while Kitsudo lay on top of them. When the soul female of the group saw this on her watch she had to suppress the urge to scream kawaii. Unable to fully suppress the urge she settled for softly whispering it. Before leaving she took a photo knowing when he grew up this would have girls crawling all over him making it the perfect blackmail material.
-the next day-
"Wow," was the collective thoughts of the group of Konoha residents. Before them was the crumbled remains of the of a massive bridge. On the far end of the was a destroyed gate at the top of which was a red spiral similar to the ones on the back of Konoha's flak jackets. Realizing it as a clan crest Naruto subconsciously sent a mental command to his summoner's mark changing it to where the fox's nine tails curled and gained a reddish hue to them as they formed the same spiral. In the distance past the gate a plume of smoke could be seen. Deciding to investigate the group approached the location the smoke originated from.
Upon arrival at the smokes source the group saw a small campsite where a boy with shoulder length white hair split down the middle by a zig zag pattern who only looked to be about seven, sat tending to a fire. He had pale skin with vivid green eyes adorning his angular facial features. Two scarlet dots sat on his forehead. While moving closer Naruto accidentally stepped on a twig a signaled by the loud crack.
"Who's there?" asked the boy springing to his feet two small white dagger seemingly appeared in his hand out of thin air.
"Naruto stay here and keep hidden," ordered Dog as he and the other anbu approached the white haired boy.
"We mean you no harm. We saw the smoke trail and just wanted to investigate the smoke," said Tenzo in an calming voice.
"Those masks your anbu, but not from Kiri," said the boy taking a step backwards.
"Your right we're Anbu from Konaha," replied the only female of the group.
"You're a Kaguya right?" asked Tenzo.
"Yes, I am. Kimimaro Kaguya What does it matter?" the now named Kimimaro questioned.
"Just surprised that's all. Last I heard all of the Kaguya were killed off when the bloodline purges in Kiri started," said Dog nonchalantly, "It is not often you meet the last holder of a powerful bloodline."
"You have a bloodline?" asked an excited Naruto from behind Kimimaro. Out of reflex he spun around swinging the dagger in his hand in an attempt to impale whoever was behind him. However due to him expecting someone tall he only managed to cut off a bit of his blonde hair.
"Naruto I thought I told you to stay hidden," scolded Tenzo.
"It is not that hard to stay hidden when nobody can sense you," stated the blonde before pointing to the rocks where he came from, "Besides Kitsudo and Kitsuma are with us. They can handle him." When he finished this statement Kitsuma came out from behind a chunk of a crumbled a building with Kitsudo on his back.
"Who are they?" asked a slightly intimated Kaguya.
"My summons," stated Naruto as if he has talking about the weather. "Hey do you want to be friends?" he asked extending his hand.
Caught off guard by the sudden change of topic it took a second for Kimimaro to respond. "Umm, sure," said the young Kaguya unsure of what to do other shake hands with the blonde.
"So what are you doing all the way out here?" Asked the weasel asked anbu.
"I am looking for a place I can call home and find my purpose," said a now stick Kaguya.
"Why don't you come to Konaha when we leave?" asked an all too innocent Naruto. Kimimaro seemed to be considering the young blonde's offer. Having only just recently left one of the main five Kimimaro was skeptical of joining another. He was scared that if he did join he would just end up going through the same pain of loss again. The same pain of being ostracized because he had a bloodline. Seeing this blonde boy that was only a few years younger who also possessed a bloodline being watched by four anbu.
"I thank you for the offer but I do not wish to be ostracized again because I have a special ability," answered Kimimaro in a depressed tone.
"What do you mean?" asked an innocent Naruto.
"You said it yourself you have a bloodline and despite only being about four you are being watched by four anbu," stated Kimimaro still sounding depressed.
"Konoha is not like that. We are here to escort and protect Naruto form others not the other way around. In fact we hold bloodlines users in high regard. Three of us actually possess some rare bloodline," said Tenzo correcting Kimimaro's thoughts on Konoha.
Dog raised his hand, "I don't have a bloodline, so only two of us have bloodlines."
"Just because you weren't born with it does not change that you have that eye," stated the cat masked anbu in an annoyed tone being the only one in the group not to have a blood line.
"You mean I would not be hated or persecuted for my bloodline?" asked a now hopeful Kimimaro.
"Actually your bloodline would help you join the village," said Dog nonchalantly. Water began to form at the edges of the young Kagyu's eyes that threatened to fall at the thought that he might be accepted.
"I think we should set up camp for tonight. The sun is starting to set, and we have a busy day tomorrow," said Tenzo looking at the sun drop behind the horizon.
-the next morning -
"This place is huge," said Naruto looking at the size of Uzumaki clan archives. The archives consisted of several levels of filling cabinets each with the name of a different Uzumaki.
"This is going to take a while," said Kimimaro looking up at the rows upon rows of names. Thankfully each cabinet only had one or two scrolls, however they still took almost a week to gather them all. They ended up having almost three hundred scrolls. Luckily all the scrolls had a special seal that allows them to shine to about one tenth their normal size. Enough for them all to fit inside the burlap sack they had brought as it was unwise to seal a sealing scroll without knowing what was inside however while the scrolls shank in size they did not get any lighter. Naruto had to call on Kitsuma just so they could move it. On the bright side Naruto found that if any of his summons a holding nothing when they are summoned it comes with them making getting the scrolls back to Konaha a lot easier.
-meanwhile-
In a hidden underground location a single finger sat knelling before a man cloaked in shadows.
"Tayuya I have mission for you," said the man clocked in shadows.
"Yes my lord," answered the now named Tayuya. She was a fair-skinned girl with a slender build that only appeared to be about five. She wore a black shirt under a tan tunic with elbow-length sleeves and black skin-tight shorts. She wore black arm-warmers, traditional black shinobi sandals with calf-length leg warmers covered by bandages. Her red hair falls past her shoulders with long parted bangs framing either side of her face and one between her eyes.
"That young Kaguya I have had my eyes in lately was seen near the ruins of your clan's old home. Furthermore a group of Konoha anbu has been entering in and out of the archives. My most recent report says that the Kaguya is with them helping them to steal your family's scrolls and techniques. I want you to accompany a group of our shinobi to bring me the Kaguya and retrieve your family's scrolls."
"It shall be done," Tayuya said before standing up and leaving the room but not before the shadow covered man leaned forward to reveal an unnaturally pale face with purple markings surrounding yellow slitted eyes. A Cheshire grin spread across his pale face.
-day before departure-
The group of four anbu, two children, and one fox were double checking to make sure they had all of the Uzumaki clan scrolls before Kitsumo took them back to the fox's realm. While leaving the archives Kitsudo smelled an unfamiliar sent in the air.
"We're not alone," whispered Kitsudo just low enough for Naruto, Kimimaro, and Dog being the closest anbu in order to not alert whoever was watching them. Dog alerted the other anbu who discretely got into fighting position. Once they had gotten a few steps away from the archives about twenty masked ninjas all wearing forehead protectors that had no village symbol.
"Kimimaro Kaguya. Our master wish for us to bring you back to him," stated one of the unidentified ninja.
"And return those scrolls," shouted another of the masked shinobi this one appearing to be no older than five.
"I am afraid that we cannot fulfill that request as we are under orders from the Hokage," stated Dog as if he was talking about the weather. Kimimaro on the other hand was surprised here was some people sent by someone who wanted him however he was still considering going with Naruto and the others back to Konaha with his first real friend.
"If you will not hand over the scrolls willingly we will take them by force," shouted the same short shinobi from before. The small contingent of unidentified shinobi began to move forward drawing swords.
"Summoning Jutsu," shouted Naruto slamming his hands on the ground as one of the opposing ninja charged him. In two puffs of smoke Kitzo and Kitza stood swords drawn one blocking the man's blade while the other impaled him before both charged forward to engage the rest of the enemy. Kimimaro reached up to his shoulder and out came a small bone. Pulling it out the bone morphed into a small dagger which he used to stab the heart of an opponent who tried to come at him from behind. While Cat was engaged in one on one sword combat with one of the opposing shinobi while another attempted to stab her from behind. However before he could do so he was buried up to his neck with his sword spinning in the air above him before it came down blade first stabbing straight down through his skull. With every attempted strike against a the group from Konaha or Kimimaro another enemy fell. When only two of the enemy remain the short loudmouth that a initiated the change began to fall back. All attempts at pursuit were ended when the sound of ripping flesh rang out followed by an inhuman roar. One of the bodies that laid on the ground had sprung up and attempted to kill Naruto swinging a Kuni in a downward ark.. At the last second Kimimaro had tackled Naruto to the ground taking the Kuni to the shoulder. Blood dripped from the wound onto the shoulder of a terrified Naruto.
That terror soon turned to rage. He had only known Kimimaro for a week but Naruto considered him a friend. Having grown up alone Naruto truly cherished those who cared for him, and seeing one of these cherished people, no matter how long he has known him, get stabbed made his blood boil.
As the man moved to make a second attack, he was stopped by a demonic roar and a stabbing pain through his chest. He looked down to see the blonde child running him through with a blade made bone, however the Kaguya's bone dagger still lay on the ground. The boy looked up to reveal slitted crimson eyes glaring at him, and with demonic voice he said, "No. One. Hurts. My. Friends!" as he ripped the bone blade from the man's torso before swinging it in a horizontal ark, severing the man's head from his shoulder.
Naruto began to waiver as he fell to the ground unconscious. The seal on his back whose glow had previously gone unnoticed began to glow as Kurama began trying to pull his chakra back into the seal.
"What was that? Did the Kyuubi do this?" asked a nervous Tenzo as he was preparing to restrain the Kyuubi's chakra before it began to recede itself.
"I don't think that was the Kyuubi," said Dog.
