Hey It's the weekend and you know what that means! Yep, more posts day to day. This chapter is sort of a briefing for the next one and the next. I can't tell you what I have in store but it's gonna get heavy. (coughfivecough) S'cuse me, I've had a bit of a coughing problem lately. So why don't we get on with this eh?
"Speech"
'Thought'
"Kyuubi"
(Standard Disclaimer)
Chapter Nine: Moving Out?
After getting over the initial shock of being called Hinata-chan by Naruto she gave him a brief tour of the grounds. Naruto found that the grounds were very large and open with a few private training fields out in the rear of the home. Seeing as how Neji was on a mission he didn't get to run into his 'favorite' branch member but he did have a few run ins with the branch members.
They were in the kitchens and in the guard towers, basically the servants of the house. To his surprise he found that many of the branch members didn't look at him with the same gaze of hate as had the villagers. Some did that was true but still there were those few that gave him a look of fear and pity. They knew what it was like to live with a cursed seal like Naruto had. Most never had their seals active but Naruto's had been to the fullest extent it could be.
Hinata on the other hand was getting looks of approval and pride. She was being held up in a favorable light for the Itachi incident. Apparently word spread through the grapevine quickly and many people respected Hinata for what she was able to do.
"Sister," came a confident younger voice from behind the pair as they walked through the main house. Hinata and Naruto jumped slightly at the sheer volume of the sound but they both turned around to be greeted by the sight of Hinata's sister Hanabi. "What is that thing doing in our house?" Hanabi hissed out in anger towards the demon fox boy.
Naruto was used to these comments so simply stood there with a impassive stare on his face. Hinata glared slightly at her sister and said, "T-this is our n-new house g-guest, Naruto." "You know father will find out and he WILL kill that thing," Hanabi said with a superior smirk on her face. "I don't t-think s-so sister," Hinata said with a smirk of her own as her stutter began to dissolve, "after all, h-he did invite this 't-thing' as you put it into t-this home."
Hanabi stared wide eyed at her sister in disbelief. Did she just speak to her with a smirk! "Well...I'll go to father! I'll get that thing killed!" Hanabi said losing her cool for being shown up by her 'weaker' sister. Naruto simply smirked and sauntered closer to Hanabi causing her to back up. She heard the legends, she knew what kitsune were capable of. Hanabi then realized what she was doing and froze. This wasn't any way for her to act, she was a HYUGA!
Hanabi lunged out at Naruto preparing for an instant death Juken strike to the heart. Naruto easily side stepped it and wrapped Hanabi up in his tails, separating her hands so she couldn't form any hand seals. Hanabi gulped, her mind telling her to scream for help but her Hyuga training telling her to remain poised and calm. Hinata walked over to her sister with a smile that made Hanabi's skin crawl and said, "Oh, Naruto w-will be with us for a long t-time Hanabi, count on it."
With that said Naruto let Hanabi go, her eyes wide with fright at her sisters eerily grinning face. Hinata began to leave with Naruto following. Just as Naruto passed by Hanabi he turned to look into her pale eyes with his own red edged sapphire orbs and said, "see...you around." Hanabi was struck with an even stronger fear as Naruto rushed past her in a golden blur to follow Hinata on their tour.
Naruto walked alongside Hinata, his golden ears in rapt attention as she explained everything she was permitted to. "W-will you b-be comfortable here N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as they neared the front door, her stutter back in force. Naruto gave Hinata his patented foxish smile and nodded his head. Hinata gave Naruto a soft smile and blush with the words, "you s-should get your t-things Naruto-kun."
Naruto nodded then leaned to the side, and invitation for Hinata to climb aboard. Hinata blinked and blushed stuttering out, "Y-you w-want me to c-come too?" Naruto nodded then waved his tails in invitation. Hinata slowly and carefully got onto Naruto's back and as soon as he was sure she was secure he took off in break neck speed, causing several yells from branch member guards of how the demon was stealing the heiress.
Naruto made great time making it to the Inuzuka home despite his new size. Hinata rang the doorbell for the home and Kiba was the one who answered the door with a smile. "Hinata! Sorry but Naruto's not...here..." Kiba said slowing to a stop just as Naruto in his new four tailed form reappeared from his fox illusion in the door. "N-Naruto!" Kiba asked surprised causing Naruto to smirk and answer, "Yeah...it's me..."
Kiba shook his head and said, "mind saying that again, I could have sworn you spoke human." "I did...you idiot...I need...my things..." growled Naruto as he rushed inside and went to get his things. Kiba blinked a few times then turned to Hinata, "He's talking, so that means you're taking him right?" Hinata blushed and nodded with a shy smile. Kiba smirked and nodded, "Thank god, that guy ate more then the whole pack combined."
Hinata blinked in confusion and was about to ask about it until Kiba said, "I see you finally got a collar on him." Hinata froze then turned away with a large blush on her face. Kiba proceeded to laugh, "Ah never fails, mention Naruto and you turn into a tomato." Hinata stayed quiet until they finally figured something out, Naruto hadn't come back in a long time. "Uh oh..." Kiba said as he turned and raced off followed by Hinata, they had both heard the ghastly howl.
Naruto stood, his fur on end as he growled at the three dogs facing him. Two of them were very familiar, the Aoiromaru twins and one other dog he had come to know as Ginmaru. He stood on complete guard, his body protection for the poor female dog behind him with a green mark in the middle of her head.
"Whoever you are get out of our way," growled Ginmaru while the Aoiromaru twins smirked. "Don't you recognize him?" asked on twin, "it's the demon fox," said the other. Suddenly Ginmaru smirked and raised his head back in a summoning howl. From all angles came the whole Inuzuka pack stretching from Akamaru to Kuromaru. Upon seeing Naruto all the dogs growled in anger except for Akamaru who looked confused beyond all reason.
"You're dumb enough to come back, oh this is sweet," Ginmaru growled, "now we'll prove how weak the demon truly is and how strong our pack has become." "Prepare to die demon fox," growled the twins as they took a running leap and attacked with a tandem gatsuga while Ginmaru simply stood there.
Naruto smirked to himself and took a running leap, turning into a massive whirlwind of a gatsuga completely overshadowing the twins and sending them into a dizzied heap. "This...is what...happens when...you threaten...my friend," Naruto growled as he came out of his spin. Quickly grasping the world around him he turned to find Ginmaru had gone.
'Where the hell is he?' Naruto asked inside his mind when he suddenly felt a presence behind him. From the sky came Ginmaru, his mouth wide open for a killing bite at Naruto's throat. Naruto quickly rolled to the side and grasped Ginmaru around the stomach with his tails. He smirked and twisted quickly, putting extra power into slamming Ginmaru into the ground. In an instant Ginmaru was knocked out and it was over.
Naruto turned around with a growl causing the semi-circle of dogs to back up save for two. "Anyone...care to...try me?" Naruto growled as he stood tall and proud with the defeated at his paws. Midori quickly rose from her spot on the ground and ran to Naruto, nuzzling against his side with a serine smile on her face.
Naruto ignored this in favor of paying attention to Kuromaru who was walking right for him. He prepared for a fight but suddenly Kuromaru grinned the only way a dog can and said, "you proved me wrong. You have my respect from this point on." With that Kuromaru turned and left, taking the whole pack, except for Akamaru and Midori, with him.
Naruto stared at the packs retreating backs as Akamaru trotted over with a smile. "Good job Naruto, I think you've gained some respect around here," The big white dog said then added with a grin, "and maybe a new mate?" Naruto blinked in confusion as the Cheshire Akamaru then noticed Midori next to him, nuzzling him quite heavily.
"Woah, woah..." Naruto said taking a few steps away. "No offense...but I'm...not ready." Naruto said with a pleading look. Midori pouted a bit but backed off with one last heavy nuzzle. "So what was that all for?" Akamaru questioned indicating the three beaten dogs.
"I thought...I'd do...something since...I'm...moving out..." Naruto said causing surprised looks from Akamaru and Midori. "What? Why?" Midori questioned with wide worry filled eyes. "Hinata...invited me...to the...Hyuga's" Naruto said with a slight smile.
Akamaru caught it right away but that doesn't mean Midori did. "Who is this Hinata?" she questioned with narrow eyes. Naruto blinked a few times, swearing he had seen something like this from Ino and Sakura when it came to Sasuke. "She's...a friend," Naruto growled out softly sensing that this was the only smart response.
Midori whined and rushed up to Naruto, nuzzling him as much as she could. "I'll miss you..." Midori said in a whining cry. Naruto sighed and decided to give her some good memory of him by wrapping his tails around her in a short and chaste hug.
Naruto let Midori go and she left reluctantly leaving only Akamaru to say his goodbyes. "Naruto, how did you get your forth tail?" Akamaru questioned out of the blue. Naruto blinked a few times before grinning and said, "long story...take care." With that he turned and left in a golden blur to gather his things leaving a smirking Akamaru behind.
"Naruto?" Kiba called as he searched around the Inuzuka grounds, "where are you, you ramen loving idiot?""Naruto-kun?" Hinata called concerned for Naruto's well being. Kiba sighed and remembered what happened when they had run into the dizzied Aoiromaru twins and the bashed Ginmaru. They said the demon fox attacked them but Kiba knew better. They had searched all around the outer areas and all that left was the inside rooms.
"Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked her byakugan active in search for the elusive fox boy. Kiba sighed and forced more chakra into his nose, increasing it's sensitivity one hundred times over. He followed the scent of Naruto all over the house until it finally ended in his room. In his room it was thick with Naruto's scent but that was to be expected as that's where Naruto stayed too.
Kiba allowed his chakra to return to normal circulation and crossed his arms, "where the hell is he?" "I can't see him..." Hinata said in slight confusion, everything was supposed to be visible to the byakugan. "Look up," came Naruto's growling voice as he peeled himself from his fox illusion ceiling, falling and landing right on top of Kiba. "Uh...sorry," Naruto said as he jumped off Kiba with his scrolls wrapped up in his tails.
Kiba got up from the ground, his eye twitching and his voice growling, "you idiot." Hinata giggled at the confrontation as both boys squared up in what could easily become a fight. "Whatever, I got better things to do fox boy." Kiba said with a smirk as he came out of battle mode. Naruto laughed in his rough way and proceeded to followed Kiba and Hinata back to the front door.
After some bowing and good byes to Kiba's mother and sister, Hinata and Naruto were on their way back to the Hyuga mansion completely unaware of the eyes following them. "Soon dobe..." came the dark voice from the shadows, "We're going to have our own little reunion..."
End Chapter
I feel so evil right now...it's funny. Q AND A TIME!
Q: Will the Akatsuki be looking to recruit members in the near future?
A: The next chapters should answer that.
Q: Can Naruto move at God Speed?
A: Kitsune speed is his limit as of now but I intend to make something similar to that possible. You'll see.
Q: Ninth Akatsuki membership?
A: As of this story there are only Seven members. Itachi, Zetsu, Deidara, The leader, and the other three. This will be chaged in the future but to find out keep reading.
Q: Why cant the Forehead protector fit on Naruto like Kakashi's Nin-dogs?
A: To be quite honest Naruto wouldn't want that head band to hang like that and hamper his speed. The collar hugs to his fur so he can run at high speed.
Well that's it I think. Heh, I have something that might just confuse and leave you douting it completely. I know this is early in the game but I have a secret about this story that you might find very interesting. I will reveal it at the end of the story. Well for all you story lovers out there here's a little preview,
"What do you mean?" Hiashi asked the jounin. "I mean that the Hokage wants Naruto to be protected so she's ordering his return to Hokage tower," the jounin replied. Hiashi sighed and said, "and this is because of..." "Uchiha Sasuke," finished the jounin.
That's it, later all.