I've been having a lot of homework lately. Ugh...homework...evil...must...burn the time consuming work...sigh but I NEED to do it, or else my grades will slip. Oh well...I'm glad people are reviewing my fic, but it STILL isn't enough reviews to satisfy me. I was hoping for more. Oh well, you don't always get what you want. Now for the reviewers response:
death boo: Well, you'll see what happened in the past. The reviewers really helped me out on my decisions on what happened in the past along with my friend Cyndi. I just love the ideas you people and Cyndi helped me make, but she made most of the ideas, I'm only going to write it and stuff.
someone: Your review just opened some ideas in my mind. The more people who review, the more ideas will come.
Greg: Me Myself and I: I still stand by what I said. Scary how you can get everything down like that. Am I predictable or something!? But I did think the chapter was boring but I also thought that it was needed to build my fic. It's like you and I have the same wave link or something. O.O But your comments are encouraging.
xcom1a: Thank you!
MalletWielderofDoom: Thank you! I don't like Sakura either, I was originally planning to make her suffer but I don't know how to do that unless I make the characters a little ooc. Still, she is so annoying!
kagome-chan: I had some thoughts on making Shippo Kyubi but you'll just have to find out on that, or else the fic will be ruined. I also had some other ideas, some very interesting ones. I had a talk with my friend, Cyndi, about the plot and after the talk, she just made the whole thing turn upside down for me but it's going to make the fic better. I also thought about the whole guardian angle thing before anyone said anything like that to me, but it made it seem a bit ooc. I might still go along with it.
none: Thank you! Review again please!
Shonobi-chan: Thanks! I'm having some really great ideas, I have this soft part for tragedies. Evil glint in eyes They are sooo fun to write, but I hardly ever write them since I have another soft part for happy endings. But after I write the tragedy, some people might give me flames. Oh well, I like to read flames since they get me all excited. I like to get angry for some reason, but only if the flamers are being truthful, if they're just doing it to get me mad, grr...
cows: I know what you mean but I wanted this to be a slightly sad fic, and it'd help if she...well...you'll see what happened to her since I decided I don't want her to die of old age anymore.
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the lord of the rats...for lack of better name: ...Interesting name...thanks for the enthusiasm!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha or Naruto.
Dedication: To my cousin, Carlin. For...well...being my cousin. Though I must admit you ARE annoying at times.
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For the next few days, Inu-Yasha followed Naruto. The same thing happened day after day. Inu-Yasha soon found himself quite bored with the not very exciting events. Every once in a while Team Seven would get a mission but those got boring fast. Especially since all Naruto did was get in trouble and the Sasuke boy ended up saving his ass.
Inu-Yasha was currently sitting on top of the Hokage monument, a nice view of the village from this spot. The wind softly blew his knee long, silver hair back. He rolled his eyes at the memory of what happened on one mission. The first mission he saw Naruto do.
(Flashback)
Team Seven walked to the Hokage Tower and went inside. The Hokage sat there along with a few chuunin. They were giving out assignments to teams from D rank to A rank. For Team Seven, they got a D rank mission, one that Naruto complained about endlessly.
"Why can't we get a better mission? This SUCKS! I don't want to find that stupid cat again! Is it me or does that cat always run away!? I can't blame it though, with that ugly, fat lady always trying to kill it," Naruto said, not really noticing anyone else.
Inu-Yasha, who was sitting near the window outside, thought, 'He sure does like to hear himself talk.' He crossed his arms. 'How interesting are these "missions"?'
The four walked out and headed to the forest, where the run away cat was most likely at. Inu-Yasha stalked them like he would his prey, but without the killing intent or the excitement of pre-battle. In they entered, looking high and low for the cat. Inu-Yasha lazily followed Naruto, who he was sure had no clue where he was going.
Inu-Yasha sniffed the air. 'Wrong way, runt. The cat is the -opposite- direction. Hmm...Now that I think about it, he smells like ramen...and like a...fox?' Confusion flashed through his face. The thought about Naruto smelling like a fox led to other thoughts. 'Why does he have those whisker like scars? That isn't a normal human trait. But then again, neither were those eyes from that girl that sometimes stalks Naruto.'
(Flashback within a flashback)
Inu-Yasha was watching Naruto train by himself in the forest. The vessel of the demon was currently hitting a tree with kunai and shuriken. The target was a dummy that had Sasuke's picture on its head. The kunai were everywhere, in on the dummy, ground, trees, some even found themselves stuck on Naruto's jacket.
Inu-Yasha was laying against a tree, lazily watching the clouds when his keen ears picked up an intruder. He glanced at the direction where the soft breathing came from. A girl. A -white- eyed girl. With no pupils in her eyes. That was what caught Inu-Yasha's eye first. She had short midnight blue hair and a small frame.
'Freaky eyes,' Inu-Yasha thought. 'Is that normal?' He glanced at Naruto, who hadn't noticed another presence. Inu-Yasha turned back to the white-eyed girl. She was staring intently at Naruto, a blush gracing her pale cheeks. Inu-Yasha took a deeper look into her eyes, trying to see why she was spying on the brat.
Inu-Yasha smirked under his hood. 'Looks like -someone- has a little crush. I hope it isn't that creepy stalker like kind of crush. But maybe I'm thinking about that girl with pink hair. Now -she's- a stalker. I caught her spying on Mr. I'm-so-cool-'cause-I'm-a-pretty-boy the other day. She had a camera with her too.' He had to suppress rolling his eyes. He chose to ignore the white eyed girl. It wasn't his problem to deal with stalkers. 'Some ninja. Didn't even notice the girl.'
(End flashback within a flashback)
Inu-Yasha had caught her following the runt since his whole stay. That meant she was following him a few times that week. 'I'll think about that later.'
Naruto's ear piece suddenly spoke with Kakashi's voice. "Sasuke found the cat, let's get him back home."
"No way! -I- would have found the cat, you know!" We should all know who -that- came from.
They regrouped. The cat was in Kakashi's arms. When the cat saw Naruto, it sprang! Up went the cat and when it went down, so did Naruto.
Scratch! Swipe! Hiss!
"Get this stupid cat off me!" Naruto shouted, desperately trying to shove the hissing ball of fluff away from him. Sasuke ended up grabbing the cat away from him and handing it back to Kakashi. Typical mission day.
(End Flashback)
'This...is...so...boring...' Inu-Yasha scanned the village. Naruto was currently on a mission, one that Inu-Yasha thought wasn't worth his time watching. 'What the hell am I suppose to do? Those looks are confusing me...the one that the villagers give...maybe humans are just weird that way. I haven't met any in a long time now, it's possible that they could have changed for the worst...I'll just read up on their history then. To that place the humans have a lot of books in, the "library."'
Inu-Yasha got up, put on his hood, and swiftly ran to the library. He went to the history section and looked through the books there. "The History of Konohagakure," "The Story of the Nine Tailed Fox," "The Human Race for a Hundred Years," and "The Legend of the Sacred Jewel" were the names of the books he took. 'Let's see what they got on us,' Inu-Yasha thought. He took the books to a secluded area and began to read the book with him in it.
'Sacred jewel...half demon trying to steal it...priestess stopping him...jewel lost in time? Stupid humans got it wrong...morons...' Inu-Yasha briefly glared at the book and threw it over his shoulder. Next: "The Human Race for a Hundred Years."
'Inventions...blah blah blah...weapons...ninja? Whatever...Kages?...hmm...Hokage, Mizukage, Raikage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage...blah blah blah...five lands...stone, sand, leaf, cloud, mist...more stuff...developments...Huh, this one seems interesting, "Demon Attacks." Blah blah blah...these are all low class demons! Duh they'd attack, they are -low- class, meaning they are stupid...well, the humans didn't seem to have too much trouble with them...now the higher class demons...ouch...these pictures aren't pretty...hmm...chakra? Interesting, it's a mix between mental energy and physical energy. I guess these humans forgot about spirit energy...ninja level...ahh...next.' Inu-Yasha picked up "The History of Konohagakure."
'Blah blah blah...Hokage...establishments of Konoha...not much here...hello, what's this?...h...huh? K...Kyubi?...h...how?...It can't be him...could it be?...he was...- killed-?...' Inu-Yasha eagerly read the next few pages, sometimes re-reading them, not believing the print at first. 'No...he -can't- be dead...not before...I...how? "Read The Story of the Nine Tailed Fox for more information"? WHO KILLED HIM!!??' Inu-Yasha threw the book over his shoulder and grabbed for the last book.
'Kyubi...was killed...by the Fourth Hokage?...and...this Hokage sacrificed himself to kill him?...no...impossible...' Inu-Yasha glared menacingly at the book. He felt like destroying everything near him...
He looked outside and realized that it was past nightfall. Noise outside had decreased...Inu-Yasha growled softly under his breath...Anger he hadn't felt in a long time grew inside him...deep hatred...disappointment...sorrow...
Inu-Yasha slowly got up and walked outside. He made his way on the streets to Naruto's apartment. Many thoughts and memories flashed through his head. Most of them painful ones. 'This wasn't supposed to happen,' was one thought that was the clearest of them all. 'It wasn't supposed to end like this.'
(Scene Change)
"DAMMIT! Sasuke you bastard! I'm going to win -this- time! ARGH!!" Naruto charged forward, kunai in hand.
Sasuke sidestepped, right foot sticking out. Naruto noticed too late, momentum carrying forward despite his efforts to stop. Down he went, he tripped on Sasuke's foot. He landed face first, the kunai slipped from his hand and slide across the training grounds.
"You can't win, this is the fifth time already." Sasuke walked away, leaving a pissed off Naruto behind.
"Go home Naruto, it's getting late, it's almost night fall, plus, you are all scratched up and dirty," Kakashi said lazily. He turned a page from his book.
Sakura wailed. "My -hair-! Ah! I'm going to have to wash it three times!" She stomped off in the direction Sasuke went, her cotton candy pink hair in her hands. Kakashi vanished in a poof of smoke.
"I'll show you all! I'm going to be stronger then Sasuke!" Naruto went back to training. 'I'm always training! I should be stronger then Sasuke! They'll recognize my strength one day! The day I become Hokage!' With that thought, he increased his effort.
He forgot all about the time and trained through the night.
(Scene Change)
'Runt's not home?' Inu-Yasha tried to see if he was here recently. 'Gone.' Inu-Yasha took a deep breath to steady his emotions. 'No use getting myself worked over it...he's gone...I can't change that...Kyubi...grr...'
Inu-Yasha sneaked inside. He took a glance around. 'Yep, not here.' Inu-Yasha decided to look for the troublesome brat.
First he went to the ramen stand. Not there.
He wasn't in his apartment...he wasn't at Ichiraku...where else could he be?
The answer came instantly.
The forest. To be more specific, the training grounds.
How typical of the blond shinobi. Inu-Yasha took his time getting there. Jump, land on a roof, jump, land on a roof, repeat, repeat, repeat a few more times, jump, land on a tree, jump, land on a tree, repeat, repeat, repeat a few more times, and land on a tree branch near the training grounds. There he was. Unconscious. Lying on the ground. Snoring away like there wasn't a care in the world.
"Kid's going to catch a cold," Inu-Yasha muttered. He rolled his eyes and approached the blond. Inu-Yasha bent down and picked him up. 'What am I doing? Grr...stupid soft spot for humans...and that stupid soft spot for runts.' Inuyasha mentally cursed that soft spot caused by Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kirara, Souta, Mrs. Higurashi, Gramps, Kaede, and especially Kagome. He winced when he thought about Shippo and Kagome.
Inu-Yasha ran to the apartment, Naruto in his arms in a very son-like way. In they went through the bedroom window. Inu-Yasha tucked him in the bed, not caring if he was still in his orange jump suit. Inu-Yasha left.
(Scene Change)
"Huh?"
Sunlight hit Naruto square in the face. He blearily blinked and rubbed his eyes. He stretched while sitting up. Naruto took a look at his surroundings. "How did I get here? Last thing I remember...I was training in the forest..."
The clock next to his bed said that it was 9:12 A.M.
"...AHHH!!! I'M THREE HOURS LATE!!!"
(Scene Change)
Inu-Yasha was comfortably lying on the roof. Back on the ground, arms crossed, feet spread, and smirk firmly planted on his face. He was having a -very- nice dream. Very nice. "Hehehe...ramen...you can't touch my ramen...that'll show you...what happens...to demons who touch -my- ...ramen...grr...roar...hahaha..."
"AHHH!!! I'M THREE HOURS LATE!!!"
Inu-Yasha was rudely woken from the ramen dream. Inu-Yasha sat bolt right up, frantically looking around for the culprit who woke him up, ready to kill whomever it was. He faintly heard someone scrambling around the apartment.
Inu-Yasha looked over the edge and saw an orange figure dash out the door and across the street. "He forgot to lock the door." Inu-Yasha jumped to his feet and over the edge to land gracefully on his feet, hood falling on his head when he landed. He walked to the door, locked it from the inside and closed it. He saw the window opened and closed that too, but had no way of locking that. "Did I just become some baby-sitter?" His eyebrow twitched. "Grr..."
Inu-Yasha ran to where Naruto's team should be. He was nothing more then a black blur.
(Scene Change)
The Hokage was sitting in front of his crystal ball, ready to check up on Naruto. "Let's see how our number one loudest ninja is doing on his team's day off..." The crystal ball fogged up from the inside and when it cleared up, it showed a black clad figure closing Naruto's door.
"Who's that? I didn't know Naruto had any friends that looked like that." The crystal ball zoomed in on the person, the hood was blocking his view of the person's face. The person walked away from the door and ran down a path. He became nothing but a blur. "This person is fast, but I don't remember having any ninja that wears clothing like -that-. Hmm...could he be...a spy? But why is he following Naruto? Is he after...Kyubi? Could he be seeking the fox demon's power?" The Hokage's eyes narrowed. "I should warn the other shinobi."
He walked out of his office and to his secretary's desk. "Please inform my jounin and chuunin ninja that there is going to be a meeting today immediately. This is an emergency."
The secretary nodded and said, "Yes, Hokage-sama. Right away."
(Scene Change)
Inu-Yasha was watching Naruto rant. "DAMMIT! I forgot today was my day off! Oh well, as long as I'm here, I might as well train. Yeah! I'm going to be the next Hokage so I've got to be the strongest! HERE I GO!!!" Naruto punched the air for empathize.
'That's it, I'm leaving. No need to watch the brat train.' Inu-Yasha made his way back to the village. When he got there, he saw some people heading to the Hokage's office. There wasn't that many, it was only the Jounin. Among them was Kakashi. Inu-Yasha stopped on top of a building and watched them. 'Judging from their "chakra" level, they're "jounin." Hmm...wonder why they're going to that old man's office.'
Inu-Yasha jumped off and dashed off to the roof of the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-sama, why are we all here? Is something wrong?" Asuma asked, a cigar dangling in a corner of his mouth.
"A spy or trespasser is in our village," the Hokage said seriously.
Gai said loudly, "But we are a peaceful village, why would anyone want to attack us?"
"It doesm't seem like they want us...it looks like they want Naruto, or rather, Kyubi's power." He paused and looked at everyone's face. Everyone was listening intently and some had worried faces.
Inu-Yasha, who was sitting cross legged on the roof, quirked an eyebrow at this. 'What in the seven hells are they talking about? What does Naruto have anything to do with someone like -Kyubi-?'
"Is Naruto in trouble? Is he okay?" Iruka asked, worried for his former student.
The third nodded and said, "He is fine at the moment, but someone is following him. A black cloaked man with a rusty sword at his side. Has anyone in here seen him before? More importantly, has anyone seen his -face- ?"
Iruka's eyes widened and immediately said, "I have. About a week ago Naruto and I were eating ramen and he showed up. The strange thing is, when he paid for the ramen he ate, he paid with gold, Hokage-sama. But I didn't see his face."
The Hokage nodded. "If anyone sees him from now on, capture him immediately and bring him here. I wish to find out why he is following Naruto. If he does pose as a threat, we will execute him."
'Feh, like I should be -scared-. You people can't even detect me right here, right on top of you. What I should be thinking about is what kind of a connection the brat has with Kyubi..."
Kakashi raised his hand to get the Third's attention. "Hokage-sama, I have been feeling a presence around my team lately. I believe it is him."
"Do you feel it right now?"
"Yes, I do, Hokage-sama."
'Oops.' Inu-Yasha suppressed his energy.
"It's gone now. He must have been listening in on our conversation and ran away." Everyone was trying to look for a chakra source now.
'I'm still here, it's just that you're looking for the wrong thing. You're looking for -chakra-, but you should be looking for my life force or demon energy. But then again, you don't know I'm a demon...or -half-.'
"He's gone," Kakashi announced after a moment's search.
"I want every one of you to look for him, but this is confidential. No one must tell -anyone- of this, understood?" the Hokage ordered.
There was a chorus of, "Yes, Hokage-sama."
They each disappeared in a poof of smoke.
'Finally things are heating up. This should make things more interesting, but what did they mean when they talked about Kyubi? Hmm...I wonder how the runt fits in all of this...does this have any connection with the villager's glares?'
Another thought hit him. 'My gut tells me if I stick around a little longer, I'm going to get my answers. I have a feeling that Kyubi isn't dead, not yet...so then...that means...I still have my chance...' A smirk came upon his features. "I'm coming...Kyubi..." An odd but somewhat familiar look came into his eyes. Mixed emotions swam in the amber orbs.
(Scene Change)
Naruto went home after his training, He was unsuspecting of what was happening around him. But just because he was, doesn't mean the ancient demon inside him was. Kyubi knew who had been following them around for a week. He knew who it was. He knew that person more then he'd care to admit.
A certain feeling erupted inside him whenever he was near...a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time. That, and something big was going to happen. Something -very- big. Too big for his liking.
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Smiles So what do you think? I hope a lot of you review for this. Thank you, thank you, for the boringness of last chapter, I made up for it in this chapter, I think. O.O I hope I did. Please review and I'll make another chapter soon! I need motivation, I feel so lazy and unmotivated.