Zoe was walking to the Taylor house she knocked and Shino opened it and she blinked and he held out his hand, "I am Naruto's friend Shino! I am staying here as I was kicked out by my parents for being Asexual!" he wasn't completely lying his family did kick him out and disown him as they where on Danzo's side! He was also asexual so this seemed like the perfect cover!"

the pink haired lady said," oh !" She then walked in to See Naruto acting like a one man cleaning crew and blinked in confusion!

Max walked up smiling," Shino informed him his girlfriend was coming to a visit so he has gone bonkers! My is loving it!"

Zoe blinked as she tilted her head," oh I can finally meet this Hinata!?" she had her arms crossed and in a moment she noticed Chomp biting what looked like air and Max's face turning to one of pain and hold in the screa!

her left eye widened! Pairs seemed to run in and kick Chomp to make him open his mouth and Max seemed to be relieved. Something was odd about the Taylor Family and she felt like her being the rightful shrine maiden of a nine tailed fox temple had a lot to do with it! she was not wrong!

Max then lead her along, "come on I heard the beep too let's get a move on!"

Shino was heading out as well, "I too most be out there is a bug museum with my name on it! " he sounded excited about it!

the insect master then said while closing the door to the house," so let's all bug off!"

Naruto stood there frozen for a second, " he told a joke…. I don't fucking believe it!" In a moment a bar of soap went into his mouth as Aki said," YOU WILL NOT SWEAR IN MY HOUSE YOUNG MAN!"

Now unknown to most of the down out in the woods there was hordes of Spike Max Naruto and aki shadow clones working on Jutsu and getting things working. Abusing shadow clones for training had become family bonding!

Now While the aki clones were working on chakra control! Max was working on gathering Chakra faster! Spike's where working on both!

Naruto meanwhile was working on tailed beast mode he could get as far as an image of the giant nine tails but he couldn't complete the change he need that! He was the current nine tails after all.

Later on in the jungle!

Max was by himself sniffing the air! He had chomp in card form in his Dino holder as he sighed, "I got lost! Well wait!" he sniffed, "rose and lavender the fancy scented soap Zoe uses! I can just track the angel by her heavenly scent to regroup!" he said happily.

As the Saltasaurus jumped out at him roaring sense he was alone instead of summoning chomp he held his hand out and said, "RESANGAN!" he said using the attack to leave a large smile wound on the head of the dinosaur it was bleeding form it! he wasn't killed as Max had not completed the jutsu!

the dinosaur roared going to use tail smash but Max put his hands together, "SHADOW CLONE!" in a moment a horde of shadow clones appeared acting as a shield taking the attack for him!

he then jumped while channeling his natural Lighting chakra to his left hand as he landed a high powered teaser punch to the dinosaur's leg! The shock seemed to kill it and make it a card!

he picked it and the move card up! He smiled,' Zoe's healer spot makes her the most important but a medic needs to be able to fight back I think she'll like tail smash!"

When they all made it back to the d-lab! Zoe was smirking, "did you see the old lady's face when pairs smashed Terry's head in with Tail smash oh thanks Max that was worth so much!" she said happily hugging him.

the hidden Kitsune then turned bright red and smiled happily while shooting an eat your heart out flare to Rex!

As they all Left the Lab Zoe stayed to get the book back now that the digital copy was done. Reese then said, "it's odd! Max claimed he used champ to handle the dinosaur by using electric charge to knock it off a cliff correct?"

Zoe nodded but Reese was looking at data," the Dino holders have digital use records I can look at! While you where there it says he only turned chomp into a card and only just now resummoned him as a chibi"

the pink haired lady looked to the book, "It could just be an error you know jungles aren't know for best internet connections sis!"

Reese looked to her and said, "with is why I remotely relate data when he got back it still says the same thing!" she said looking at it holding her hands together! " in order for his story to add up he would have had to take the stone out to use it! then put it back in a very illogical action even for an Baka! I am telling you something happen he doesn't want to share happened instead!"

Zoe gulped as she left on one hand she was horried the Alpha gang did something to him, On the other she was picturing Max as a fox demon setting a dinosaur on fire! She was kind of opening it wasn't the demon one! She said holding the book close as she walked home to start reading it!

She got home and quickly read about book while started a lot of it went in the face of logic and science such as it starting with a woman coming form the Moon, now she knew ancient aliens was possible! And Later on she would pretty much know it was true So she was ok with this part! But the part where she eat a fruit and mutated into a ten tailed monster who want to eat the souls of mankind to turn them into trees.

then her two sons ripped her apart into nine smaller less evil monsters one of witch was the first nine tailed Fox! She was having trouble with that! But she thought back to the shrine!

she sighed and looked to the setting son!

she picked up a flash light the shrine wasn't that far away her parents knew she had taken to visiting it for heritage and right now her parents where away Reese was pulling an all nightery in the lab no one would worry if she went there this late!

So she did she went to it but notice in the dark a figure with nine tails and she gulped as she hide!

the figure was Naruto his ears twitched and he sniffed he knew it was zoe and he cleared his throat to speak in a much deeper voice she won't recognize he was using Kurama's voice, "Well now hello Maiden of my shrine!"

Zoe gulped and was shaking as he said," relax I mean no harm! Just looking at the shit job your mother the last one did while tending to it! I don't like it you understand! But I wasn't the nine tails while it was her job! So I have no ill will towards her!"

Zoe sighed in relief as the nine tails continued talking to her, "Trust me all in that book is true! And I'll will leave you a riddle as we foxes like to do!" he then put a hand on the statue, "if you keep digging and find someone's was hiding part of themselves because they are scared you will reject them! will you accept them or reject!" the naruto vanished in smoke showing he was a shadow clone!

Zoe turned to walk to the shrine using the flash light to see the foot prints muddy and bare foot with claw toes showing this encounter was real! "….. IF Max is a fox his parents and brother have to be too! … Was that riddle about how I feel about Max!?"

to be continued.