Infernal Fox

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma ½ or Naruto. They are the respective creations of their creators. I just borrow the characters to act out my insane fantasies which might be disturbing to people. Although I can't say that I am enamoured by some people I'll kill them off as soon as possible.

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Ranma looked at the ceiling from his position in the bed. He found that he didn't have much to complain as he was lying comfortably between Anko's breasts. The only thing that kept his nose from erupting in blood was the thought that the woman could break his bones and snap them into a thousand pieces before drinking his blood. He had been lying there being taught a new technique by Kyuubi. It allowed him a Sharingan like effect on his eyes and they captured everything in the vicinity but with more detail. The power it had was only dampened if the user would be attacked but for watching fights it was a great technique to pick up Jutsu and new fighting styles.

Ranma squirmed as Anko once again grabbed his balls and was about to violently twist them, he decided to act before she did that again and slapped away her hand. Her eyes opened immediately and she stared into his icy blue eyes. Ranma's face remained impassive and he looked into her dark eyes. She grinned and now he could no longer prevent her from groping him. He vainly tried to struggle but Anko said at a soft and seductive tone:

"Don't try to resist, my little pet. Mommy is going to make you feel good."

Ranma gulped and turned red immediately as she started caring for her little pet.

Asuma woke up with his entire body covered in paint in the form of a Shogi board. He stood up and felt the effects of alcohol on his system. A headache formed and he sunk to his knees groaning in pain. Then he noticed that neither Gai nor Kakashi were in the room and he figured the girls might have left early. The kid was probably sleeping in his bed.

With curiosity he opened the door to what he thought was Kakashi's room and he peeked inside. In the room there were a lot of posters hanging on the wall including a very detailed picture of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and a person who looked to be a cross between Kitsune and human. Looking at the bed he saw something moving and when he had adjusted his sight to the darkness he saw a blonde boy squirming next to Anko who was obviously undressed if the clothes on the floor were any indication. The clothes of the Jounin called Kurenai were also scattered around the room and Asuma nearly sweat dropped when he saw a delicate hand draped over Anko's back. They had dragged the boy into bed after getting so drunk that they didn't care if they were naked or dressed when they got to bed.

Ranma stared at the bearded Shogi board coloured Jounin standing there. He made motions to shoo the man out or at least give him some help. Sighing Ranma began to mumble something under his breath and did some hand seals and in a flash of fire he stood next to Asuma fully clothed. The rapid clothing technique came in handy if you needed to change quickly.

Asuma just shrugged as Anko just pouted at the loss of her little pet. Then he noticed the collar around Ranma's neck and raised an eyebrow. When they were standing outside of Ranma's room he asked her:

"How did you get that collar? I heard that she was insane but so insane to give a collar calling you her boyfriend is a little extreme don't you think?"

Ranma shrugged and said:

"The only thing she did last night was chasing me through the entirety of Konoha just to get me leashed. Then she wanted me to play strip poker with me and Kurenai joined in because she was drunk too. Then I somehow landed into bed with those two. And I feel sore now. I didn't get any sleep tonight."

Asuma looked strangely at him and immediately Ranma caught onto the look and said:

"No I haven't done anything to them but Anko gets a little wild in her sleep. She punched and kicked me quite hard. So hard that I didn't get any sleep."

Asuma nodded and Ranma said:

"Lets wake up the lovebirds."

Then he opened Kakashi's door and looked upon the sleeping rivals. They looked so peaceful with Gai hugging kakashi and Kakashi drooling a little in his sleep and mumbling something about finally getting some. Asuma's eyes widened as he saw the rivals in such a position and said with a sigh:

"Another of Anko's pranks?"

Then he caught sight of the make-up applied to Gai's face and he laughed. A sun and all kinds of strange texts were drawn upon the Taijutsu expert's face. Asuma let loose with a barely contained laughter and that awoke the two rivals from their peaceful slumber. They awoke simultaneous and stared at each other. Then they turned towards the spectators and Ranma grinned and said:

"I hope that any further parties won't end like that anymore, Kakashi-sensei and Gai-san."

The two older men blushed as they realised that they were in Kakashi's bed and that Kakashi was lying under Gai at the moment. Immediately the Taijutsu master got off the Ninjutsu specialist and jumped to the other side of the room. There he quickly looked over his clothing and then glanced at the clock. He paled as he saw that he had a meeting between him and his team in ten minutes. There simply wasn't enough time for him to go and grab a bite of something so he jumped out of the window comforted by the fact that his clothing was still on. Nobody could have done something if the clothes were still on.

Asuma looked on the clock too and paled as he saw that he was late for the team meeting of the day. Almost ten minutes had passed beyond the time that he would have to meet his team. Quickly he jumped out of the window too leaving behind Kakashi and Ranma who were both staring at the ridiculously coloured Shinobi. Kakashi looked at Ranma and said:

"Who painted Gai's face like that? You or Anko?"

At that exact moment a sleepy Anko came into the room wearing some clothing she had grabbed. She hadn't even noticed that it had been clothing from Kurenai which would leave Kurenai to dress in Anko's clothing. Ah well she could go for a nice change of clothing. It was not like she needed clothing to be good at what she did.

She grabbed Ranma and dragged him over into the living room with a curious Kakashi following them after recovering from the shock of having the woman stroll into his bedchamber. Anko just let herself fall onto the couch with Ranma being squashed underneath her. With a muffled voice he began to ask if he was to be released because he had a team to go to with his sensei. Anko just said that she'd take him to it and Kakashi just said that they should both get to the team as he was renowned for being late and it would make for a nice surprise if he actually was on time.

So Kakashi pushed Anko off the couch and within seconds he was out of the house with Ranma in his arms. He could hear an outraged shout coming from the house and soon they were joined by Kurenai who was wearing Anko's outfit which showed a lot more of her feminine assets. Ranma grinned goofily as he remembered the night before and how their bodies had been warm. He winced as he felt a bruise acting up. He gave Kurenai a smile before Kakashi appeared into the clearing where Team 7 was instructed to wait.

Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke and Ranma jumped out of his arms while still dressed in the same outfit.

Gai arrived a few minutes ago and was wondering why his students were laughing so hard that they had fallen to the ground. So he tried to encourage them to stop laughing:

"THE YOUTH OF KONOHA DOESN'T LAUGH WHEN THEIR SENSEI HAS ARRIVED! THE FLAMES OF YOUTH SHALL BURN AWAYTHE PRIDE OF YOUTH!"

Lee was laughing as his sensei had appeared on their training area. The words written on the man's face were just hilarious. They said something about stupid poetry and how Gai was kinda cute and should get a girlfriend who could stand his ramblings. Tenten was laughing as some comments on the man's face made several mentionings of how well he was shaped especially if his stamina was so high then he must be able to keep it up a long time in bed.

Neji was smiling at the accusations on his sensei's face and actually let go of his cold demeanour until he saw his sensei's angry look. Then he finally cracked and joined is team-mates on the ground laughing his ass off. The muscles within Gai's face twitched and Lee managed to say between laughs:

"Gai-sensei…Look on… your face. Haahahahahhaha"

then Gai got out a small hand mirror and soon an anguished cry was heard throughout Konoha. He had finally discovered the words and drawing son his face that made him look like a total fool.

Asuma had less problems but still Ino was laughing while Shikamaru just stared and shrugged and went to sleep. Chouji was eating chips.

Kurenai just met with her team and met the wild dog-boy who kept on staring at her. With a cool gaze she said:

"Is something wrong Kiba-kun?"

The boy coloured at that and said:

"Nothing Kurenai-sensei."

A few minutes later she caught him staring at her again and said again if something were bothering him. At his negative reply she said:

"Do you like these clothes Kiba-kun?"

Shino was staring at the scene impassively while Hinata had flushed at the tone her sensei used.

At Kiba's positive reply Kurenai got a shark like grin on her face and said:

"Do you like to look at me Kiba-kun?"

At the boy's nod she continued still with the evil shark like grin on her face:

"You are going to be my next test subject for thinking perverted stuff about me!"

Kiba's eyes widened as his sensei began making hand seals at an incredible speed. He knew she had a slight aversion against perverts and in that direction were his thoughts but did she really have to punish him for just looking at such a hot body which she possessed. She practically asked for a good mating. She behaved exactly like a bitch in heat.

Unfortunately for the dog-boy he had voiced that last thought out loud. Shino's eyes widened as did Hinata's and Kiba paled as he saw his sensei's head grow redder with fury and she began making more seals. Suddenly Kiba found himself in hell. Trees were burning all around him and horrors were walking the plains that looked barren to him. He saw humans getting slaughtered by strange demonic beasts and suddenly he saw Kurenai standing there with a sword pressed to her neck. He looked at her assailant and saw that it was the blonde kid who had beaten Sasuke in the Academy. It didn't matter what the kid was doing all the boy could think about was that he had to save Kurenai-san and then they'd live happily ever after and maybe she would allow him the honour of being her mate.

Kurenai's eye twitched outside of the Genjutsu. It allowed her a little time to read the boy's mind and what she found there shocked him. So he wanted her as his mate. Well then let's not disappoint him. If he wanted her then let him battle against Naruto-kun and see who'll win. She thought that she'd better place a bet on Naruto-kun just to make sure she'll win. She'd set things up so that eventually the two would do battle. What she had already seen of Naruto was that he was quite good at Taijutsu and extremely skilled with both Genjutsu and Ninjutsu,

Kakashi looked at his team and saw that they were getting bored at chasing that stupid cat. They got to the Hokage and then Ranma chose to speak his mind:

"WHY ARE WE DOING THESE CRAPPY JOBS OLD MAN! I WANT SOMETHING TO DO WITH ACTION, SOMETHING MORE EXCITING THEN JUST CHASING CATS OR BABYSITTING!"

Iruka who was sitting next to the Sandaime Hokage shouted:

"YOU ARE JUST GENINS AND CAN'T HANDLE ANYTHING BETTER THEN D RANK MISSIONS! HIGHER MISSIONS WOULD GET YOU KILLED!"

Then the Hokage raised a hand to silence Iruka and said:

"Naruto if you and your team wish for a higher ranked mission then you shall get one. I'll give you and your team a C ranked mission."

Ranma gave a cheer and the door behind him slid open to allow entrance to a Sake drinking old man who glared at the Genin team. Then he said:

"Is this squirt supposed to protect me? He doesn't look like a ninja to me."

Ranma glared at him and said in a hyperactive voice:

"I'LL KILL YOU OLD MAN! I will become Hokage sooner or later and then you'd have to acknowledge me!"

Kakashi put his hand on Ranma's shoulder and held back and said:

"It isn't wise to kill the client Naruto."

Ranma calmed down but still scowled at Tazuna. Hokage-sama continued:

"Team 7 you are to protect Tazuna-san from any danger that might come in the way. The Wave country is your destination."

At Tazuna's worried glance at Naruto, Kakashi said:

"Don't worry I am a Jounin. If something happens then I'll take care of it."

And so the team was off to Wave country. Ranma was certain that this was about to be a boring road trip and immediately began to scan his surroundings for something to do. Suddenly he sensed something odd about the road they were walking on and he saw2 a small puddle of water lying in the heat. Immediately his mind sprang into action and the only conclusion it made was that a Shinobi was hidden within the puddle of water and about to strike at them. He walked past it and when he had passed it two Ninja emerged from it and stood behind him. Ranma wasted no time and grabbed their faces and his hands became claws and tore their faces open. The long chain they were carrying swung and Ranma grabbed it and began to heat it with his Chakra until it was so hot it glowed red. Then he felt that the Ninja had recovered from the face scratch and he said:

"See you in hell guys!"

Then he began making hand seals and shouted:

"Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu!"

The flames came from his mouth and enveloped the mist Chuunin and left behind their charred carcasses. Ranma smirked and dusted himself off. Kakashi was staring at the brutal execution and he watched as the class no. 1 rookie had made the mist nukenin into first class charcoal. Kakashi's eyebrow was raised and he said:

"Very good Naruto. It is incredible that you were able to take down two Mist Chuunin if I guessed correctly. But next time please inform us if you are going to use a Katon Jutsu."

Ranma stared at Kakashi and saw that some parts of the facemask were slightly singed. Ranma shrugged and said:

"Kakashi-sensei I won't use them if you teach us a new Jutsu."

Ranma grinned as Kakashi scratched his ear and said:

"Well I could teach you some Jutsu I know but I don't think I should. They are a little bit too destructive and are regarded as Kinjutsu."

Ranma nodded and said:

"Well then let's go to Wave Country Kakashi-sensei and then be back to Konoha."

Kakashi stared as the blonde kid got hyper all of a sudden and as Sasuke suddenly go a glint on his eyes at the mentioning of Kinjutsu. He would need to do something about Naruto. It wasn't normal for a kid to be experiencing such mood swings. Maybe the Kyuubi was affecting him to a degree. You never know what a Youkai sealed within one's stomach might do.

The rest of the mission proceeded quite well. Suddenly Kakashi shouted:

"DUCK!"

And as one they ducked and saw a huge sword fly over them. When they looked at its trajectory they saw a tall eyebrow less man grab it from the air and look at them then rushed at Tazuna. The older man was nervous and Kakashi sprang into action and blocked the sword with a Kunai. Then he jumped away. Ranma, Sasuke and Sakura got in a guard position around Tazuna. Ranma decided just to play the scared kid and then just protected Tazuna while he saw the eyebrow less man and Kakashi struggle in a battle of raw muscle power.

Then the man jumped away and Kakashi said:

"Momochi Zabuza. What are you doing here?"

Zabuza smirked cockily at Kakashi and said:

"If it isn't the famous copycat Kakashi. I have come to kill the old man and you aren't going to stop me!"

Then a shout came from Ranma:

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Twenty shadow clones appeared around Ranma and he let them charge recklessly at Zabuza and he watched as they were all ripped into shreds by the sword which was wielded by Zabuza. Ranma grinned as he began to see some holes within the defence of the Nukenin.

Ranma felt the Chakra surge through his body once again and he heard the same malicious voice within his head. He momentarily was staring into space as the voice was heard in his mind:

"Where are you? Die you pesky humans!"

Then he watched and his eyes grew large as he saw the sword heading in his direction. With a lightning fast kick he kicked it upwards where it stayed for a few milliseconds before plunging deep into the earth.

He looked as Zabuza once again grabbed the sword and then began to do a series of hand seals with an outcry of:

"Mizu Bunshin no jutsu!"

He watched as copies of Zabuza rose from the water. Then he saw Sasuke charging at the clones and he slashed them all apart. Ranma grinned as he saw the ingenuity of the Uchiha. Although the guy was an utter bastard he still had intelligence.

Ranma looked at Kakashi again and noticed that he seemed to have pout off his hitai-ate and now an eye with a red pupil with three comma's in it was visible and the comma's were swirling. Some strange dragon made of water came from the water both Shinobi were standing on and Ranma sweat dropped as Zabuza got scared. What was so exciting about some stupid freaking pupil thingy? It was not as if those stupid things could do something like sending someone into a nightmarish world where they could be tortured fro some time?

Somewhere in Lightning Country Uchiha Itachi sneezed before glaring coldly at Hoshigaki Kisame who was staring at him. Then in a cold voice he said:

"Continue the interrogation."

Ranma began to see that Zabuza clearly was at a disadvantage as he kept getting nervous. Ranma wished that it would stop because he was getting bored. This was no fun since nobody got violently maimed or something like that. They were just cancelling out each others attacks. Why couldn't they just go right for the kill and break someone's body open with a claw or put a tail through someone's body. Kyuubi reminded him at that moment of one crucial thing he forgot:

"Kit, you do know that they don't have a Youkai sealed up within them and thus can't grow claws. Although I must agree that it would be very entertaining to see someone bathed in the other's blood. It makes me hunger for the day that we'll wreak havoc across the Ninja countries."

Ranma smiled cheerfully on the outside drawing weird looks of his team mates. Suddenly he looked at Zabuza and watched the man fall to the ground with several needles protruding from his neck. Ranma lifted an eyebrow and mumbled:

"What the…"

Then a masked hunter-nin dropped down from a tree and immediately Ranma's senses began to tingle like they were mad. He felt something strange around the hunter-nin and Kakashi talked with the hunter-nin and the hunter-nin went off taking Zabuza's body with him. But Ranma was still following them as the hunter-nin and his quarry darted between trees off towards the south. He couldn't help but feel something was off about the man who had worn the mask. Something which felt strangely familiar. Then he looked at Kakashi who just said:

"Luckily this is over. I am out of Chakra…"

Then he collapsed and together Team Seven dragged him to Tazuna's house and met the daughter of the old man whose name was Tsunami. They also met the kid whose name was Inari. He got a cold attitude against the entirety of Team Seven and Ranma immediately disliked him. He didn't even think about why the kid would hate him he just grabbed the kid by the collar and hoisted him in the air suddenly gaining some height and said:

"If you don't stop acting like a stuck up brat I'll rip you apart and drink the blood as it comes from your skin. You have no right to treat us with this attitude young man. Even if you think we are thrash then you could at least act nice to us. If you can't do that I will leave this house and sleep outside."

When Inari showed no signs of acting nicely Ranma put him down and said:

"I'll be outside."

Sakura was in shock of her team-mate's actions. She looked at Tsunami who was looking to be equally shocked and Kakashi stirred a little and lifted his head and said:

"Naruto has been treated like he was filth since he has been raised by a father with loose morals. I cannot imagine why he has turned out so well even if he acts a little cold sometimes. I have heard him scream for his father or his mother in nightmares he has. One time he actually was so upset that it took him a day to finally calm down a little. If I ever meet the guy who has done that to Naruto then I'll go and bring him to Hokage-sama."

Mentally he added:

"Not after I give him a little piece of my mind. Hopefully the Hokage will overlook the fact that the man will be bleeding and mangled a little when I bring him in."

Genma Saotome sneezed and then he watched as a circle was completed on the floor by the old crone. The old mummy looked at him for a second before going back to her crafting of a circle which would take everyone to Ranma's location. Shampoo was standing on a side of the room thinking about the things Ranma would do to her when she rescued him from wherever he was he'd give his Amazon wife his virginity and then they'd go back to China and live with the Amazon tribe and he'd settle in with Amazon life easily.

Ukyuo was thinking among the same lines and she was thinking about how she would hold a great wedding with her Ran-Chan and how he'd help her run the Okonomiyaki business. She wasn't even thinking about the fact that Ranma had repeatedly shunned her and had helped Akane instead. She thought that he had a little crush on Akane and that he'd get over it soon.

Akane was angry at the sheer stupidity of Ranma to get possessed and then go to another place. Couldn't he see that he was only around to serve her and become her love slave? If she somehow found a way to release the female part of him then he'd go away and leave her and Ranko to become lovers and finally marry. Then she'd have Ranma's female side lick whipped cream off her body and then she'd go and get out the whips.

Ranma sneezed as he felt that someone was thinking about him. He didn't know for sure but for a moment he thought he heard Akane think about getting a love slave or something. But that wasn't possible since he had no gift to read someone's thoughts.

In Gatou's lair Zabuza stirred and the young man known to the world as Haku looked at his mentor worryingly. The man had been out for a few days and still hadn't recovered from the pressure points that had been hit by the senbon needles.

In the meanwhile Ranma was sighing as he kept his façade up well. He watched as Sakura walked up a tree like it was nothing. Ranma knew that he had some problems with controlling his chakra. Either it would come out in huge bursts or something would trickle out.

Kakashi stared at the tree walking students. He had seen the most progress in Sakura today and sadly he was disappointed by Sasuke. He had expected better from the young boy. The kid got only half way up the tree but after seeing that the girl had a low Chakra capacity he understood. Because she had so little Chakra it would be easier to mould. He looked as Naruto fell to the ground once again and complained about getting bruises on his ass. Kakashi sighed and began to think that Naruto wasn't all that great as a Shinobi. He lacked the general insight normally. But in some situations he could come up with brilliant plans.

Ranma kept up the façade of not being very proficient at the tree climbing exercise. He struggled to gain control apparently and Kakashi had written him off as brilliant for some time but then showing not much improvement. Sasuke was seen by Kakashi as the child prodigy that was so like him.

Ranma sat outside on the sixth day since meeting Zabuza and watched as a person walked through the fields and picked up medicinal herbs. Intrigued Ranma decided to go investigate and he appeared right next to the person:

"Hi."

Haku looked at the boy who had seemingly appeared right next to him and calmly he said:

"Hello. Who are you?"

Ranma grinned and said:

"Uzumaki Naruto. And you?"

Haku smiled with a hint of sorrow in his eyes:

"I am Yukiyami Haku. Pleased to meet you Uzumaki-san."

Ranma grinned and said:

"Don't call me Uzumaki-san. That makes me feel old. Call me Naruto."

Haku smiled and said:

"Only if you call me Haku."

Ranma grinned while scanning the aura of Haku which was a neat trick learned from Kyuubi. It could tell which curse the person was under if they were cursed. It also gave a short description of natural appearance, Sex and height and weight. That was useful for looking if someone was under Henge or some other thing. It didn't grant him the ability to foresee the future or which attack was the most powerful.

And so he saw that it was a female soul inhabiting the body. Something listed under abnormalities was: Transformation by cold water- permanent.

Ranma looked at Haku and said:

"What are you doing here Haku-Chan?"

Haku looked at the kid who had dared to address him as Haku-Chan and said:

"I am a boy. So don't call me Haku-Chan."

Ranma smiled and said:

"I know the burden you wear Haku-Chan. I was cursed once to turn into a girl and it seems like you have the opposite curse on you. Would you tell me how you have gotten it?"

Haku looked at the strange boy called Naruto and said:

"I remember being a girl for the few years that I was a member of kirigakure and then when I killed my relatives I was cursed by the man who gave life to me. Now it all becomes clear to me. Females of my advanced bloodline can control the bloodline completely and father sealed it halfway into me by cursing me to become a boy."

Ranma was interested in the story and said:

"Well then tell me. I wanna know."

Haku just giggled and said:

"Its not that easy to tell Naruto-kun. I was born and immediately showed some amount of talent for possessing my bloodline ability. It didn't matter to me then. When I was around four I remember managing to make a bubble of water float in the air and m y mother slapping me for doing that. Later on I was always hit when I did something with my bloodline. My mother was killed by my father when he found out that she possessed an advanced bloodline limit. Then he tried to do the same but my limit kicked in and all I remember is him starinbg at me with those lifeless eyes impaled on a spike of ice. Afterwards I met my precious person and now the only thing I am is a tool for him to use."

Ranma nodded and said:

"Don't you want to break free from your life? Don't you want to do something with your life and make some things happening to people? Feel the blood running through the veins of yourself and knowing that you are about to kill someone? Feeling the flash and the bones beneath your blade as you slice open your enemy?"

Haku just stared stunned at such a proclamation coming from the blonde kid that sat in front of him. If only it were possible to become his normal self once again then he could live the way he had wanted. This form was just a shell of what she truly was. She just referred to herself as if she were male. She had almost forgotten how it felt to be a woman. She looked at the blonde kid and said:

"You are just a little boy. Why would you feel happiness when killing someone?"

Kyuubi took that moment to speak up within Ranma's mind:

"Well it seems that you got her thinking about things. Come on I want some action! That Anko girl was no fun at all. Not even a decenthandjob from that girl. Damn. Ah well just trying to get in her pants would probably give her father some incentive to go out and hunt us."

In the village of the Sound Orochimaru sneezed and was handed a tissue by Kabuto. Orochimaru was a little confused as to why he was sneezing but figured that someone must be thinking or talking about him. He hated Konohagakure no Sato because they had denied him the place where he so rightfully belonged. The Hokage title was before that Arashi fool decided to show up with his kind and loving attitude.

Orochimaru hated all that stupid crap about being kind and gentle with the people. What was wrong with it if he decided to force them into a rule which was tyrannical and then continue to learn as many Jutsu as he could?

He just sighed knowing that he couldn't get his hands on the thing that could give him the chance to learn all the Jutsu in the world: Uchiha Sasuke.

Ranma was looking at Haku with a strange expression on his face and said:

"I had a bad past. I was continuously harassed and beaten for things that I didn't even know. My mother gave me to the man who pretended to be my father and he took me on a trip to 'enhance my body and make me a Taijutsu specialist!' I didn't like the man because he would occasionally grab me and toss me off a roof or something if he and I were travelling over the rooftops. He said it was to toughen me up and let me stop whining like a little girl. To teach me some supposedly unbeatable technique he tossed me into a pit until I went insane from all those cats scratching me. He had tied me up and I was still so young that I couldn't free myself. The cats were continuously attacking my body as they wanted to get to the fish meat that the bastard had put all over me. The damned baka hadn't even read the entire training manual that stated that anyone would go insane because of it. Because of that I couldn't stand cats for a majority of my life. Just recently I have overcome that fear."

Haku was at a loss to do. His every instinct told him to go to the boy sitting in front of him and hug him and tell him that everything was going to be alright but that would be something that would be looked upon as wrong. The female within himself was arguing that hNaruto was just a poor kid who needs some comfort. The part that was Haku at the moment and acted like a boy also found that Naruto at least deserved some comfort and Haku was at a loss of what to do. Should he go hug the poor kid or just let him be? Ranma talking startled him out of his thoughts:

"It gets even better. Afterwards he and I went through the lands learning techniques from masters of the Art. Finally we came upon some place where you could get a water based curse if you weren't careful. I received one and that's how I k now that you also have one. We have a different feel around us. But enough talking now. I should go back to training. Or could I help you with your gathering of herbs?"

Haku just looked at Naruto and smiled briefly and said:

"Naruto, it would be nice if you were to help me. I would like that very much."

Ranma just smiled at the boy whose soul was female and trapped within a male form. Together they picked herbs and Ranma found himself enjoying her company for he was funny and witty making jokes about some ninja techniques. Ranma inserted his own comments during that and generally amused the girl.

Then it was time to go back to Kakashi and the rest before Kakashi would ask where he had been. Haku just smiled cheerfully at Ranma who just nodded and said:

"If you ever need help returning to your original form then just ask me or if you were to fight with me then I'd just turn you female to put you off balance or something like that."

With a lingering smile on his face he made his way back through the forest and back to Tazuna's house. When he arrived there he was greeted by a lazy Jounin called Kakashi. Sasuke was already sitting at the table and was currently getting served by Tsunami who had already laid out Dinner for the Shinobi. Ranma smiled at his Jounin sensei and said:

"Kakashi-sensei! I met a nice girl in the forest. Sorry for not coming to training today but I offered to help her with gathering some herbs."

The Jounin just grinned and said:

"Well if she was cute then I have no problem with it. Tell me how she looked."

Ranma grinned and said:

"Long black hair and she wore a pink kimono. She has a really nice face and probably would look good in anything. Hmm what did you and Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan do?"

Kakashi looked at his student for a few seconds and then said:

"Not much that you should be aware of Naruto."

Ranam just shrugged and said:

"Is it time for dinner already?"

At the nod from Kakashi Ranma just cheered like a hyper kid and then raced inside letting Kakashi murmur something about boy's that were obsessed with food. Then Kakashi went inside and ate.

Ranma was laying in his bed and thought about nothing. His mind was resting at the moment and several problems were addressed to it: Would he have the guts to kill off a lovely woman like Haku if she were against him? The answer to that one was no. she was just too pure to kill. She was as pure as snow.

What would he do if faced with Zabuza. He couldn't show off his true power or else he'd get killed on sight by the guards of Konoha. Ranma knew that he was in a tricky situation with that one. Kyuubi spoke up within him:

"Why not create a Summoning contract between the Kitsune and you? It is an honour being in the possession of the Summoning contract for the Kitsune because no mortal has ever signed it. It is in my possession since I essentially am the ruler over all Kitsune."

Ranma's face betrayed no emotion as the Kyuubi had explained all there was to do and soon a prick of the thumb and red blood being smeared onto the contract signifying the deal being made. Ranma looked at it and grinned. Now he was in the possession of the contract and with it he could summon up the Kyuubi No Kitsune form within him and ride it as it aided him in fighting the battle against any foe.

Ranma's eyes were bloodshot as he came down and saw Tsunami in a position which didn't look very healthy for the young woman. She was held by some wannabe samurai who were taunting Inari. Ranma just growled a deep and feral growl and they turned towards him. One taunted him saying that it was no use.

Ranma's grin widened and he began to call upon the power of the Youkai sealed within him and let off a killing intent so strong it froze everyone in the room except for Tsunami and Inari. Ranma went over to the frozen Samurai and said to Tsunami:

"Get away from them. I'll need to teach them a lesson."

Ranma cracked his knuckles and then let his nails turn to claws. Then he advanced upon his prey and with a feral growl he pushed his hands into one of the samurai's neck and then raked his hands across the skin making it come off with a wet sound. Ranma didn't even look as the man cried in pain and then started to rip out the man's throat. Blood was coming from the wound and Ranma ducked away from a slash of a katana and then watched as blood began to spout from the impaled samurai who had a sword buried in him because of the slash of his comrade.

Ranma grabbed the attacking Samurai's throat and said:

"You could have lived. But now I think its time you died!"

Then with a surge of blazing red chakra the man's head exploded. Ranma grinned as he began to get soaked by the blood and then walked calmly out of the room and announced to Tsunami that he was going out:

"Miss Tsunami I'm going to see Kakashi-sensei. I'm sorry for the mess."

She just stared at the child who was soaked with red blood and other bits of something she couldn't identify and sighed. She watched as the kid departed by jumping through the trees.

Ranma was literally excited by the prospect of having slain two other humans. They were so fragile but they could put up a good fight. Ranma loved the way the blood tasted and briefly considered cleaning it off him.

He decided against that course of action as he sensed a battle being waged. He ran through the woods to the bridge and watched as Kakashi was battling Zabuza while Haku was attacking Sasuke. Ranma didn't care if the bastard lived but he did care for Haku's survival. She looked so cute with her mask on.

Ranma stopped caring for his own survival as he looked at the battle. This was not the place for him to die but he liked a battle. He saw the moves that were lethal beiung avoided by Sasuke and Kakashi. Ranam decided that this was his time to move into the picture and an nounce his presence:

"YO! Eyebrow less freak! Fight me! I'm not afraid of your cheap tricks."

Zabuza just grinned as he disappeared and reappeared behind Ranma. Ranma just grinned as Zabuza's sword came down upon his back and sliced right through. Still grinning he said:

"Wrong one you bastard!"

Then he turned into a poof of smoke and the real Ranma appeared behind Zabuza and shouted:

"Take this! Suiton: Ryuudan no Jutsu!"

A dragon made of water rose beneath Zabuaza and shocked the man jumped back and avoided the water dragon. Ranma grinned as the Chakra used for the technique was drained from his body and he jumped back towards the Mirror cage made by Haku.

Zabuza just dispelled the dragon by making his own to block it. He looked at Ranma and said:

"Quite an impressive technique boy. No mere Genin could do it. It is ranked as a Jounin technique."

Ranma smiled at the man and suddenly Zabuza was in his face just looking at him and Ranma said:

"You may be nicknamed as a Demon but you don't know that I am a true one. I was shunned by the majority of my village just for the thing I have within me. Did you know that I have one of the greatest of Youkai within me?"

Zabuza just laughed and said:

"There is no way a mere child like you has a Demon within him. Its not possible."

Ranma just smiled and said:

"Kakashi-sensei tell him."

Kakashi sweated for that moment and just shrugged and said in advanced ninja sign language which wasn't taught in the Academy but only to Chuunin and Jounin:

"He has the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed within him."

Zabuza's eyes widened for a moment and Ranma grinned and said in sign language which wasn't visible to kakashi:

"You know what? I'm gonna let it eat you. He can sense your fear."

Zabuza gulped audibly and was now backing away and Ranma said:

"I'll go help Sasuke."

Zabuza turned to Kakashi and missed the sign language Ranma made:

"Kakashi-sensei I just bluffed. I hope he's scared enough to make mistakes."

Ranma jumped inside the mirrors and saw Sasuke getting battered by the senbon needles. He jumped in front of Sasuke and said:

"Let's beat this guy, Sasuke-teme!"

Then Ranma jumped forward in a bold fashion which almost got him pierced by several needles except when Sasuke jumped in front of him and took the needles into his body and then dropped to the floor. Thinking fast Ranma decided to act like he was getting angry about Sasuke apparently dieing when he saw that the young boy was gasping for breath and apparently going to die.

Ranma looked at Haku and acted like he was getting mad:

"YOU KILLED SASUKE! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Haku just looked at the boy and said:

"He chose that fate for himself."

Ranma's face twisted into a feral snarl and he let the power of the Kyuubi be unleashed from within himself and said:

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

Then he charged at one of the mirrors and smashed it not minding the needles that pierced his skin

Kakashi was looking at his opponent and sizing him up. He felt the burst of Demonic Chakra and then gasped and said:

"Oh no. The Seals breaking!"

Ranma let loose a feral yell and the mirrors smashed by the power contained within that yell. Haku came out of a mirror and attempted to stab Ranma in the back and failed as Ranma dodged and kicked the boy which was no real boy in the stomach making him crash outside of the broken mirror shards.

Zabuza looked at the one-sided battle and then heard a voice speak:

"So the bastards haven't killed themselves yet."

Zabuza turned around and looked at Gatou. The man was grinning as he stood behind 50 or so mercenaries all wielding weapons. Gatou smirked at the nukenin and said:

"Men, kill them. They are in the way."

The mercenaries complied and advanced upon the two Jounin class ninja and Kakashi and Zabuza knew that they were too exhausted to fight back against such a horde of enemies.

Haku was unconscious at the moment and Ranma took that moment to look at the boy. Then he formed a few brief Demon Seals with his hands and then murmured something and Haku was restored to female form like she had originally been. Ranma looked up after Gatou's proclamation.

Zabuza's face turned into one of rage and seeing that his arms were both useless at the moment because of them getting pierced by some kunai just a few moments ago. He looked at Kakashi and said:

"Hand me a kunai. I want to kill that bastard for doing that to me and Haku."

Kakashi wordlessly handed him a kunai. The determination in Zabuza's eyes was seen as the man grabbed it with his mouth and ran towards the group of mercenaries And cut a path through them and got injured himself to the point that all that kept him alive was sheer determination.

When he reached Gatou Zabuza just looked into the man's eyes and said:

"Now fear me. I am a Demon of the mist."

A ghostly Demon was seen as Gatou's head was sliced off his head by the kunai and the body was thrown off the bridge and landed in the water with a splash. Zabuza sank to the floor and Kakashi and Ranma did the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu at the same time giving their enemy the idea they were facing numerous copies of their enemies.

The mercenaries all took off screaming as they jumped into the icy cold water. Zabuza attempted to speak as Kakashi and Naruto came closer to the man.

Zabuza looked at Ranma and said:

"I want you to take care of Haku for me squirt. I know that you met him in the forest and that you chatted for a while. He had a bad past and I would like it if he were to live with you. Kakashi I want you to look over my student and make sure that nothing happens to him."

Haku came up to the threesome and said:

"Zabuza-sama. Please don't die."

Zabuza lifted his head and said:

"It's alright Haku. I was going to let you go on your own hen you reached the age of eighteen. You never were a tool for me. I regarded you as one of my closest companions even as a son to me."

Haku just swallowed and hugged her teacher in the Shinobi arts and said:

"You were more of a father to me then my original father. I'd be proud to be your daughter."

Zabuza briefly looked into Haku's eyes and said:

"Yes, it would seem that you are female now. How did that happen?"

Then Zabuza coughed blood and it splattered onto Haku's face. She looked at the man with tears in her eyes and said:

"I was a female when I was born. The curse was bestowed on me to teach me to be an asset to the family."

Zabuza smiled briefly and said:

"So you were set free. I wondered about it when I first saw you sitting on that bridge if you were under that particular curse. I never mentioned it because you acted so like a boy. Haku I want you to care for the blonde kid like you did for me."

Haku looked at her master and said:

"If you wish it to be then I shall. I am honoured to have known you."

Zabuza smirked and said:

"No problem Haku. I am glad to have known you too…"

Then the man looked at his student and a tear slid down his face and he breathed his last breath. Haku looked at his body and tears began to stream down her face. Ranma looked at her and at Zabuza and said:

"He was a man with many faults but also a great comrade in battle. I am honoured to have known him even if we were on opposite sides of battle."

Then Ranma looked at Kakashi and said:

"Kakashi-sensei should we get Sakura and Sasuke?"

Kakashi nodded and walked towards the fallen Uchiha heir. Haku looked at the man and said:

"He's only unconscious due to the needles within his lower neckline. They have cut the circulation of blood and thus making him unconscious. He should regain consciousness within a few hours..."

Ranma just nodded and looked as Kakashi got out a senbon needle of Sasuke and then slung the body over his shoulder and walked towards Tazuna and Sakura. Ranma just looked at Haku and said:

"Shall we bury Zabuza now? I have seen a nice spot on that cliff which overlooks the sea. As he was from the Water Country he might like it in the afterlife. I might be a bloodthirsty beast but even I know compassion."

Ranma picked up the body of the nukenin named Momochi Zabuza and gently cradled it within his arms. Then in a swirl of red chakra he was gone. Haku disappeared within a mirror.

Ranma looked at the place where he was going to dig the grave. He let his disguise slip and he stood there with all his tails swirling in the air. Haku looked at him and was about to attack when she noticed the body of her master within his hands and calmed down. Ranma let one of the tails slam into the earthy and a hole approximatively 4 metres wide was made.

Ranma looked at Haku and then jumped into the hole and placed the body of Zabuza within it. He looked at the man's body and then grabbed the sword which he had taken with him and threw it out of the hole. And he looked at the body for a last time and then jumped out of the hole and began shovelling earth in the hole filling it up. After that job was done he looked at Haku and then placed the sword as a memento to who was buried here in the earth and with his claws he inscribed an inscription in the blade:

Here Lies Momochi Zabuza

One of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist

He was a worthy foe and friend

He died fighting for what he believed was right

Let his soul rest in peace

Ranma looked at the inscription and then nodded at it seeing that it was perfect for the grave. Haku was silently crying after seeing her master get buried. The inscription made her eyes get even tearier.

Then Ranma reverted to his normal form and said:

"Come on Haku-chan. We need to get back to Kakashi-sensei."

Haku nodded and stepped into a mirror she created. Ranam nodded and jumped through the trees towards the bridge. When he saw Kakashi talking to Haku he listened to their conversation:

"…You cannot come with him. You are a nukenin and don't deserve to be in the Leaf."

Kakashi was seemingly averse to the idea of the apprentice of Momochi Zabuza living within Konoha. Ranma decided that this would be a good time to show himself. He walked up to Kakashi and then stole his Icha Icha Paradise book from its holster and leafed through it. Looking at the pictures of the book and then at Kakashi he said:

"She is coming with us. It was his last wish and it shall be done."

Ranma's eyes got a steely cold glint to them. Kakashi managed to suppress a shudder at those eyes. He had seen them a lot in his life and they had always been of men or women who had seen so much death that they had gotten a fondness of killing people.

His sensei once had those eyes before is death fighting the Kyuubi. He hadn't looked at the Yondaime's eyes that much but he had heard they had gained that hard tint when the Yondaime got back from a mission which had resulted in the dearth of the rest of his team.

But still the man had been one of the kindest people that Kakashi ever had met and as he watched the Hokage play with some children he had found out that one with a high position would not only be able to defend people but play with children for fun. The Yondaime had been a man who valued teamwork over completing a mission. But he was a man of forgiveness and that was one aspect of him that made him so beloved within the village.

Kakashi didn't like the request that Zabuza had made towards Naruto. He liked the kid but he didn't know if allowing the apprentice of Zabuza to live with him in the same house would be beneficial.

Ranma didn't know what would happen but until then he'd give Kakashi the cold shoulder. Kakashi would know the error he had made. Ranma motioned for Haku to follow him. She did follow him but not after looking at the Jounin.

Kakashi looked at the retreating pair and sighed. There was nothing he could do about it. Those eyes made him be remembered of his sensei and that was a bad subject in Kakashi's mind. The determination they carried made him sigh because he knew that nothing would keep Naruto from reaching his goal which was to honour a dieing man's last wish. He just poofed back to Tsunami's house where Sakura and Tazuna were currently located at because he gave her the order to return to the house. Haku and Ranma entered the house and looked at the bloodstains on the wall which weren't removed yet. Ranma remembered the blood and smiled to himself. Then he entered the dining room where currently dinner was being served. He greeted Tsunami and then seated himself.

Haku sat down next to him and at that moment was the time that Sasuke entered the room with Sakura. Tazuna had seated himself long before Ranma and Haku even had arrived and the rabid fan girl followed her object of fascination like the hound she was. She looked at the table and at the beautiful girl that sat next to the loudmouth and said:

"Who is that?"

Sasuke had no problem recognising the girl who sat next to the dobe and said:

"What are you doing here?"

Haku just smiled innocently and said:

"Accompanying my master."

Sasuke looked around for Zabuza and Kakashi poofed into the room right behind Sasuke Kakashi looked at Naruto and said:

"Give it back."

Ranma looked at the man and said:

"Fine. Here's your perverted book."

Ranma glared at the Jounin with his eyes briefly turning red and with that same look he glanced at Haku. He smiled briefly and said:

"Haku-chan would you like to live with Kakashi-sensei and me? Kakashi-sensei was asked to take me in because my house burned down. And I know that he has no objections against having a lovely woman in the house as was demonstrated earlier with the Jounin pair that stayed at the house a night."

Kakashi just sighed knowing that he couldn't do anything against it. He came to the conclusion that the seal was still intact after looking at Naruto's stomach in a moment that the boy wasn't watching his movements and came to the conclusion that it was still as intact as it had been when it was made.

While it was illegal for nukenin to be inside a Hidden Village the rules could be bended a little for Haku. She was after all the student of a Nukenin and had an advanced bloodline. Kakashi just looked at the girl during dinner and then decided that she should stay with them until the Hokage would resolve the matter.

Haku was happy after that short announcement and she hugged the older Jounin who just stood there stiffly as if he didn't like being hugged.

Now there was only one slight problem. Where was Haku to sleep? Obviously she shouldn't sleep with any of the males so that left either her sleeping with Tsunami in one bed or with Sakura. Haku just smiled cheerfully and said:

"I'll just sleep in master's bed with master. That's not so much of a problem for him because he wouldn't dare do anything to me. Well not without my consent anyways. Or else he's going to get frostbite."

with that she conjured up a few of her ice senbon and briefly twirled them around in her hands before disappearing into Naruto and Sasuke´s bedroom and then throwing out the stuff that belonged to Sasuke. The Uchiha symbol was present on all of the clothes and other articles. She was about to thrown out a bright red jacket too but Sasuke kept her from doing so:

"Why did you just throw out my stuff?"

Haku just smiled at the boy and said:

"Go sleep with your sensei. I don't want any boys in my room except for my master."

Sasuke blushed beet red and Haku threw a few senbon into his arms making them useless for a few hours. She grinned sadistically and said:

"Think that way about me again and I'll throw those a lot lower and make sure that no Uchiha spawn will come from you ever again."

Then she just closed the door behind her and left behind a stunned and pale Uchiha and equally stunned people. Kakashi coughed to get the attention at the moment:

"As she has stated that she wanted the room to be shared between her and Naruto I think that Sasuke should sleep in my room. Naruto will sleep with the lady of course but if I hear any sound of anything besides sleeping then…"

"you will do nothing and let those sounds continue."

Haku had slid open the door and was now dressed within the pinkish Kimono. Ranma just looked at her and said with a mischievous smile on his face:

"You act like you are my wife. Always getting them to lay off on me. Anyways whatever happens tonight I know for sure that I'll sleep nice."

Haku just smiled and said:

"Well then 'husband' lets go to bed then."

She grabbed his arm and dragged him into the room. Ranma let out a startled yelp as he was dragged inside;. He had enough of those females who liked to be in charge. He'd like to be the one to be in charge for once.

Once inside the room he looked at her and saw that she was smiling slightly. He noticed only by a slight curve of the lips and the twinkle in her eyes. Ranma grinned himself and said:

"You take the bed. I'll sleep on the floor. There's no way I'm going to touch Sasuke-teme's bed."

Haku looked at him and said:

"Do it again."

Ranma looked at the black-haired girl and said

"Do what again?"

She giggled at his sunned expression and said:

"Transform into that handsome guy again. He looked so cute with his long furry tails and those lovely eyes of him."

Ranma looked at the girl and said:

"That's my normal form. This is just a complicated illusion to make them believe my cover story of being raised away from the village. I was sent to another dimension and then I returned with the help of my inner prisoner. Those damn bastards actually tried to kill me several times. Genma was the worst out of them all. He was the one who I thought was my father."

Haku looked at Ranma and once again a mirror formed next to her. She made a few one-handed seals and then the mirror became like a viewing glass. It showed Saotome Genma and Nodoka and the rest of the Nerima Wrecking Crew standing in a circle of power. Then in a flash they were gone. The view turned out to be positioned above Konohagakure and Ranma and Haku watched as the NWC crashed down and right through several houses.

At that moment Ranma felt like letting loose one of the most colourful rants full of curses towards mankind about them being filth that must be exterminated and such. Haku shared his sentiments and just let loose with a few colourful curses.

At the end of the evening they finally climbed into Naruto's bed together seeing that it would be beneficial to share body heat. In the morning they were woken by the opening of a door and a silver haired Jounin stepping inside who looked at the room and the neatly folded clothing on a chair then he took one look at the bed and was about to go and giggle in a perverted way like he usually does when reading Icha Icha Paradise. Haku had wrapped herself around Naruto's body in a pose which seemed to be something out of the third volume of Icha Icha Paradise when the nurse was treating the patient.

Ranma heard the giggling and glared at the Jounin. Then he mouthed to the man:

"Don't you dare say a word of this or else I'll cut off your head and let it be eaten by a demon."

Kakashi didn't stop giggling but from Naruto's he did it softer. Ranam looked at his sensei and said:

"We need to talk. Now…"

Then he gently disentangled himself from the body of the female and dressed himself as fast as possible. Then he got out of the room and closed the door behind him. He looked at Kakashi and said:

"THEY are in Konoha."

Kakashi suddenly got a scary grin on his face and began to chuckle. They would meet the power that was Hatake Kakashi soon and when they did they would be repaid for their sins against a human being.

Nodoka looked at the old man who sat in a comfortable chair with several stacks of paper in front of him. They had been led here after they had accidentally crashed through a building. Luckily it wasn't very bad but the ruckus that Ranma's friends had made had her irritated for a few minutes.

Those ninja had led them to this old man and told them that he was their leader called the Hokage. Nodoka could feel the waves of energy that the man subconsciously emitted and knew she could trust him.

The two fools were making fools out of themselves by demanding that they be shown where Ranma was. Clearly the Hokage couldn't make anything of it and by the vein seen throbbing on his head it also annoyed him.

Now she only had to find a way to deal with the two morons that called themselves martial artists. She'd talk to the Hokage about this and see if their situation could be helped.

A new chapter made by me. I hope you have enjoyed it because I am planning a lot more of fun for the next chapter when Team Seven including Haku-chan comes back to Konoha.

Reviews are appreciated…