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The Fox Siblings Ch 5
"Talking"
[Written Words]
{ Memory }
"You're joking right? Please tell me you're joking." I asked after coming to my senses. Honestly I didn't know what to think. I mean here was Ryoga someone I thought I had known for years turns out to be a god and he wants me to be the caretaker for jusenkyo.
"No I'm dead serious." The divine Ryoga answered with an amused look on his face.
"Could you change back? You're freakin me out." Ryoga asked his counterpart.
"I see you prefer the appearance of your cuter half." Ryoga-chan said after she transformed. "That feels better. You know being turned into girl feels wrong to begin with but it kind of grows on you."
"If this is your reaction then I can see that." Ranma said looking over at Ryoga-chan.
"You have till tomorrow night to decide. I advise walking around the village before you decide." Ryoga-chan said as she melted into the mirror hanging on the wall.
"She wasn't kidding." Ranma said wide eyed after that exit.
"What are you going to do?" Kushina asked.
"I'll sleep on it to begin with." Ranma said stretching. "Well I'm hitting the hay you three should probably think about doing the same." She finished as she entered the room she would be sharing with Naruto for the night.
"It would be advisable to follow her lead." Jiraiya said standing to leave. "We can talk more later. Sayonora."
"Ja ne." Kushina replied as Jiraiya left.
Yeah I didn't know what was in store for me so I followed Ryoga's advice and wandered the village the next day. Now why is Ryoga being so excepting of being turned into a girl? Maybe heaven didn't care for pigs in their ranks. Wait what am I rambling for. Ack I'm writing them down. Stop it stop it.
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"See you later mom." Naruto yelled happily running out the door for another day at the academy.
"Don't get into to much trouble." Kushina called after him not getting an answer in return. "It's nice to be around my children again. By the way Ranma what's with the look on your face?"
"Because I don't know if I'm just hearing things." Ranma said as she appeared to be cleaning out her ears.
"What are you hearing?" Kushina asked.
"Just now before Naruto left it sounded like he was wishing that he could have the best of both worlds and be male and female like I used to be." Ranma said as Ryoga stiffened at what she was implying.
"Well you could help with that if you were the mistress of the springs."
"I guess." Ranma answered slowly.
"But the choice is still yours Ran-ko." Kushina said emphasizing the two syllables. Ranma was unable to respond to that logic as she finished eating before vacating the apartment. "Hopefully she doesn't get to lost as you two have a sparring match set for later today." Kushina said as Ryoga was stiffly eating.
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"Sarutobi I can't believe you would take in an outsider." One of Sarutobi's old team mates turned elder Homura Mitokado said in admonishment.
"That's correct just because this mystery girl looks like Kushina doesn't mean you make her a shinobi for our village without the proper background checks." The other teammate turned elder Koharu Utatane added.
"I have my reasons Koharu, Homura. I am hokage after all that gives me the ability to bypass some of the more tiresome roadblocks." Hiruzen said looking down at the file the two elders put on his desk. "And just how did this get into your hands so soon? This file was made not even twenty hours ago."
"We have our ways old friend." Homura said as the pair turned to leave. "The council won't allow for this breach of protocol." He finished as they left the room.
"Now to determine who exactly gave them this file." Sarutobi said looking at the file absently. "Though I have my suspicions. Looks like we're going to be holding a counsel meeting today." He added sighing. "Just what I needed more paperwork."
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"Now what? I'm wandering the village like was suggested. And this is supposed to help me decide how?" Ranma mumbled to herself as she was currently walked around in the shopping district.
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"What can I do for you Toad?" Kushina asked the ANBU that appeared as she was cleaning up the remains of breakfast with Ryoga's assistance.
"The Hokage has called for a counsel meeting in the hour and requested that you take your seat on the counsel." The ANBU with a toad mask said.
"Thank you Toad I'll be there." Kushina replied as the ANBU nodded before shunshining away.
"Wha-what was that about?" Ryoga asked having dropped the dish he was holding in surprise.
"That was one of the elite ninja's who are the undercover agents for the Hokage." Kushina explained. "I'll be gone for a few hours you can familiarize with the village."
"Ok." Ryoga said slowly as if it was the worst idea ever.
"You might find Ranma during your wanderings." Kushina said over her shoulder as she left.
"I hope I don't end up in another village seeing as Ranma is the key to me returning to Japan." Ryoga mumbled as he sat on the sofa. "I wonder how lost I can get on this planet?" He asked himself as he left the apartment.
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"Hey Sasuke." Naruto whispered to the boy sitting next to him.
"What?" The black haired boy asked trying to ignore his neighbor while he was looking at the black board.
"I just found out yesterday I have a older sister." Naruto said an impish grin on his face. "And she's awesome she might beat your brother."
"Nobody is better than Itachi." Sasuke replied his voice cold.
"We'll have to see about that." Naruto said smiling.
"I want to see what's so great about your sister. I mean she can't be better than my sister." Kiba put in having overheard the conversation.
"How about we test that theory." Naruto added as he jumped out the window followed by Kiba, Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Chouji. The last two following because they figured anything was better than classes.
"Get back here you ingrates." Iruka called after them. "You're teaching your bad habits to Sasuke."
"We have better things to do." Naruto called back as the five of them left the school yard.
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"It's good to see you all could answer my summons on such short notice." Hiruzen Sarutobi addressed the whole of the council after everyone had assembled.
"This may be a bit forward sir but why is there someone in the Uzumaki seat?" One of the civilian councilman asked.
"Ichika Haruno." Hiruzen answered sighing. "Kushina Uzumaki has returned to us and retaken her place on this counsel. Now onto the reason for this meeting concerning one Ranma Saotome." Sarutobi continued distributed copies of the file his former team member had stuck their nose into earlier that day. "This person was brought to my attention by my advisors. As such I wanted to ask the opinion of the counsel for the inclusion of Kushina's daughter into our ranks as a ninja. Actually you could say my hand was forced."
"Are you smoking something we should know about Lord Hokage?" Haruno asked. "Because all of us know Kushina would be almost twenty years younger not near old enough to have a teenage daughter."
"Are you saying you wish for proof that I am who I say I am?" Kushina asked though she really couldn't blame him at the moment as she was dressed like the wife of a minor lord because what could she say it had grown on her.
"You can lay your fears to rest she is Kushina Uzumaki." Tsume said as the Inuzuka clan head sat in her chair lazily.
"I'm sure that the rest of you on this counsel can't say anything against the assessment of an Inuzuka so please let's carry on." Hiruzen said silencing all questions from the civilian councilman for the time being. "Now that we're back on track. What say you about making Ranma a shinobi of Konoha?"
"What of her skills? There is no reason to include her in our ranks if she can't even pass the genin test." Shikaku Nara asked.
'As expected of Shikaku. Getting right to the heart of the matter.' Sarutobi thought a smile playing across his face. "Would you believe me if I said that she is phenomenal?"
"That is good to know but that doesn't tell us how she'll do in a combat situation." Shikaku stated.
"If the council wishes we could have her face off against a few select jonin to determine her level of skill." Sarutobi said looking over the various councilmen.
After a little bit more finagling the council decided that within a weeks time Ranma would spar with three different jounin picked by the Hokage.
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"That went better than I thought it would." Hiruzen commented as he took his seat behind his desk.
"I'll say." Kushina said as she went to sit down at the available sofa when the door to the Hokage's office burst open not giving Kushina much warning before she was almost bolled over by one unusually hysterical individual.
"Thank God your back. Thank God your back. Thank God your back." One Hiashi Hyuga kept repeating the same thing over and over.
"Calm down Hiashi. What's got you so upset?" Kushina asked doing her best to try and calm him down.
"Yes tell us why you had to barge into my office unannounced." Sarutobi commanded.
"Sorry for my out burst but I have a request for you Kushina." Hiashi stated calming himself. "As you know my wife was pregnant with my first child before you disappeared." Getting a nod from Kushina he continued. "My Eldest Hinata appears to not be in possession of the Byakugan as such I named my nephew Neji my heir for Clan head." This statement caused Kushina to raise an eyebrow. "This has caused quite a stir with the clan elders. They insist that I apply the cursed seal to both of my daughters seeing as neither of them will be clan head along with the fact that their mother is no longer with us to protect them and I can only do much even in my position as the clan head."
"How can I be of assistance then?" Kushina asked.
"Would you be willing to take my daughters to live with you away from the Hyuga compound." Hiashi all but begged. Eliciting yet another surprised expression from the hokage though he kept his pipe this time.
"Of course I would. Anything for a friend. Well within reason that is." Kushina said a smirk adorning her face.
"Thank you." Hiashi said bowing before leaving doing his best to retain his image as the cold clan head.
"That's all of the surprises I can handle for one day." The hokage said sighing as he leaned back into his chair.
"I think you spoke to soon." Kushina said as a knock came from the door.
"Hey mom jii-san we've got some issues." Ranma stated as she and Ryoga entered with Naruto and the other four that skipped class.
"What did they do now?" The hokage asked rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"It's not so much what they did but where they were." Ranma answered pulling out a bottle with cold water in it first pouring some of it over Naruto's head.
"Sorry about this mom." Naruto said in a girlish lilt as she rubbed the back of her spiky haired head.
"Let me guess. They where at the springs." Kushina stated looking over the other four other boys.
"Yep and it turns out Naruto and Sasuke can't swim. I had to go in and rescue them." Ryoga replied. "Interestingly enough I didn't change."
"We can discuss that later." Kushina said waving him off.
"So Sasuke turns into a girl. What do you three change into?" Sarutobi asked.
"Do we have to? It's kind of embarrassing." Kiba whined.
"Ranma." Hiruzen requested as he didn't feel like doing a jutsu at the moment. She complied tossing some water in his direction evoking the change causing the academy students to stare. "Now please continue."
Sighing Shikamaru motioned for Ranma to splash him and get it over with as he and Kiba about literally melted into their cursed forms. Choji well nothing appeared to happen.
With a critical eye the hokage looked them over. Shikamaru appeared to be a deer but of a variety he had never seen before as his nose look not dissimilar to a sock with a ball in it. Kiba on the other hand was a wolf cub if his appearance was telling. "What of you Choji?"
"I felt something when I was accidentally knocked in by Ryoga but like you not a clue what I turned into." Choji answered pulling out a bag of chips that he proceeded to eat the contents of.
"How did you become cursed hokage?" Kiba asked before almost jumping out of his skin surprised he could still speak.
"I wish to know as well." Shikamaru added trying to determine how to sit in this form as he had never seen a deer sit.
"Let's just say it was like you and leave it at that." Hiruzen answered heating some water and changing back. "I would recommend spending time in your alternate forms so that you are able to function in them. Ranma if you would be so kind as to escort the four of them home and explain to their families I would appreciate it."
"What of mine and Ryoga's spar?" Ranma asked.
"The counsel has decided to test you with our jonin and Ryoga will be tested at that time. The date has been set for a week from now."
"Thank you jii-san." Ranma said as she and her entourage left.
"You should go with them Kushina catch up on what you've missed and all that." Hiruzen told her as she got up and left a water balloon coming out nowhere hitting Sarutobi and triggering his curse. "I give up it's almost not worth changing back." He said sighing as he began going through his paperwork.
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