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The Fox Siblings Ch 22

"Talking"

Shouting

*Sound Affects*

[Written Words]

{ Memory }

Ranma sat at her desk filing paperwork for the clan. Groaning she leaned back rubbing her eyes before she laid a hand on her swollen belly as it was getting close to her due date. It had been a couple days since Naruto and Sasuke's teams left on their first official long term mission. "Sorry that I wasn't able to send you off Naruto but I'm a little occupied at the moment." Ranma apologized with an air of remorse.

"I doubt he really missed you." Ryouga said as he teleported in behind her, leaning down he put his arms around Ranma.

"Oh he did, he was just too excited about other things at the time." Ranma answered as she leaned into Ryoga's embrace.

"I don't think there's a time where he's not excited." Ryoga mused laying his chin on Ranma's head.

"You do have a point." Ranma mumbled. "I hate paperwork."

"That's what comes with being clan head." Ryoga stated.

"Quiet you." Ranma stated in mock irritation as she let Ryoga carry her to their sofa in the next room and just sat there cuddling.

OOooOO

The party of ninja and client made it to the outskirts of the land of fire with no delays and were at this moment on a boat that was using the heavy fog to cross the strait unseen.

"This is some fog, eh?" Tatsumi commented as he tried to peer through it.

"Oh this is nothing, I can still see through it." Naruto stated as she looked toward the shoreline that just became visible.

"So what's out there?" Sakura asked.

"Not much, a shark or three." Naruto answered as one of her ears pivoted picking up a faint splash in front of them. "And a few turtles."

"Sharks?!" Sakura squeaked.

"Why yes." Kurama added a feral look in her eyes. "Shark makes a satisfactory meal."

"You eat sharks?!" Sakura asked incredulously.

"It's meat, what's wrong with that?" Tayuya asked her ears pivoting picking up sounds behind them.

"Well, I mean, it's just a surprise, you know." Sakura said nervously she shrieked for a second before Naruto covered her mouth when Kurama bailed their craft, disappearing under the water.

"So, what's she doing?" Sasuke asked her ears perked forward as she watched the water intently. She was answered a few seconds as the water started steaming as a massive kitsune's head appeared above the water, two tiger sharks in its mouth.

"Aaah!" Sakura screamed as she broke free of Naruto, only to be grabbed by Kakashi as he dunked her underwater.

"Why don't you cool off." Kakashi said as he pulled her back up.

"That was cold. Are you trying to kill me? What if I drowned?" Sakura cried pout as she coughed up water.

"If you drowned that would be your own fault for not being quiet." Rin answered. "Even Kurama is mostly silent."

"Besides we don't need you scaring off dinner." Naruto added as she used a couple of storage scrolls to make the sharks more manageable as Kurama disappeared underwater a couple tails visible behind them.

"Wha?" Sakura looked blankly.

"That looks like fun." Tatsumi said as he was about to dive in.

"No you don't." Kakashi said as he grabbed the collar of Tatsumi's shirt keeping him from going into the water.

"Why not?" Tatsumi asked indignantly.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe because you don't have fur any more." Kakashi said as he pulled Tatsumi back into the center of the boat.

"I knew there was a reason I shouldn't do that." Tatsumi said pouting as he sat down.

All further conversation ceased as the boat pulled up to shore and Kurama exited the water another shark hanging from her mouth. "That was refreshing." She stated as she shaking herself as she shrank into human form all nine of her tails remaining visible.

"Eek! That's cold!" Sasuke squeaked as it rained salt water.

Kakashi stood there as the water fell to the sides of him, still reading his porn.

"No fair sensei." Naruto groused anger in her eyes.

"Hmm." Kakashi looked at Naruto innocently.

"How is it you get the totally cool chakra-brella?" Naruto hissed indignantly.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Kakashi said as the chakra dissipated.

"Oh you will get what coming to you, I'll make sure of that." Naruto promised.

"What did I do?" Kakashi asked as he looked at Rin.

Rin just shrugged in answer as they started walking again after the third shark was stored.

Some distance away three shadows could be seen just above the treeline. "Kakashi Hatake you will finally get what's coming to you."

"Huh?" Kakashi asked himself as he looked over in the shadow's direction.

"Something wrong Kakashi?" Rin asked looking in the direction Kakashi was.

"No, it's nothing." Kakashi said as he turned back.

OOooOO

Some time later in the day an impenetrable bank of fog appeared as they were halfway toward the village.

"Feel my pain, Kakashi Hatake, as I carve out your spleen." A voice called out from the mist.

"So who would you happen to be?" Kakashi asked into the mist. "Genin protect the client. Rin and I will take care of them."

"Behold! For we are the Moya Triad, the fearsome Ninja threesome." The Leader said as he dropped the mist, revealing three shinobi posing each wearing a headband that had a symbol that looked similar to a question mark.

"And just who are you?" Kakashi deadpanned giving them a flat look as he prepared for a fight.

"Kakashi, how dare you forget the pain you inflicted upon me three years ago!" The leader exclaimed as he ragailed them with a tale.

OOooOO

A young woman ran away from two of the triad screaming in fright. "Don't worry the boss just wishes to speak with you."

The woman ran up to the top of a cliff in her hysterics tripping as she reach the top. There were two trees that had a series of ropes and pulleys attached to them that started pulling up a plank that had the boss standing on it holding a rose.

"My lovely flower I brought you before me to ask you the one that stole my heart. Will you marry me?" The Boss asked.

"Big brother Aniki is so cool." The other two called ecstatically hearts in their eyes.

"No thanks." The young woman answered cringing in disgust.

Aniki fell in surprise at the rejection. "Oh come on darlin' if it's my look that turn you off I have lots of money."

"I said no!" The woman yelled kicking Aniki off of her causing him to hit the board he had previously been standing on.

"Look guys the lady said no." Kakashi said as he stood up from the bush he was hiding in holding a Icha Icha book open in front of him. "Obviously she doesn't want to have anything to do with you."

The woman nodded in agreement as Aniki called out to Kakashi. "Who are you to get in the way of true love?"

"Who me?" Kakashi asked stepping out of the bush. "I'm nobody special, but since you asked so politely my names Kakashi."

"Then why'd you bother answering anyway?!" The three brothers called in consternation.

"Now I imagine you'd just like to get home, correct miss?" Kakashi asked the woman in front of him, whom nodded enthusiastically.

"Hey stay out of things that don't concern you." Aniki called indignantly earning a glare from Kakashi.

"Pardon me for a minute." Kakashi said to the woman before he proceeded to beat up the trio tying them up in their own rope. "Shall we be off then?" Kakashi asked escorting her away.

"Oh come on show mercy I'm afraid of heights." One of the brothers called in fear.

OOooOO

"Wow those three are hopeless." Naruto said looking over the, honestly, pathetic trio.

"And if that wasn't enough you thwarted our efforts on every other encounter." Aniki bemoaned his misfortune.

"Is that what happened?" Kakashi asked in mock surprise.

"Oh you are smooth Kakashi. There is no way that you don't remember the Moya Triad." Aniki cried out indignantly.

"Is that who you are? I didn't know. Hello." Kakashi gave a little wave.

"Really! you're egging them on?" Rin asked incredulously.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Kakashi said turning to her.

"Don't ignore us." The three sudo ninjas yelled abashed.

"I wasn't. I was trying to pretend you weren't there." Kakashi said.

"Are you kidding me! We're being faced by three enemy ninja and you're acting like it's nothing!" Sakura (banshee) screamed.

"Oh, they're 'bout as dangerous as you." Kakashi said waving his hand dismissively.

"You finally remember us!" Aniki stated triumphantly. "Wait, you just insulted us!"

"I did?" Kakashi asked in mock surprise.

Naruto getting fed up with this absurd stand off had been working her way between the two groups. When she was in position she transformed into her kyubi form whacking the three sudo ninja with a few tails.

"You haven't seen the last of us." The trio called as they entered LEO.

"That was a seven." Kakashi said as he watched the triad disappear.

"Everyone's a critic." Naruto mumbled under her breath as she shrank back into her human form.

"I thought it was a eight." Sasuke added holding her finger to her cheek, ears twitching.

"Oh so cute." Rin gushed as she wrapped the girl in a hug.

"Ack! Save me!" Sasuke squeaked out, her tails sticking straight out.

"Hey Tatsumi what say we vacate?" Tayuya asked sighing heavily.

"Sounds good, where to?" He asked.

"Oh around, come on mr. client." Tayuya ordered as she started tugging on Tazuna's arm.

"We probably should." Tazuna said leading the way.

"We're leaving y'all behind!" Tayuya called.

"I'm kinda incapacitated at the moment!" Sasuke called back.

"Rin-sensei we're leaving you!" Naruto called.

"I'm coming!" Rin called letting go of Sasuke.

"Finally! Freedom!" Sasuke cried as she ran past Tayuya.

"You're a bad influence on my poor students." Kakashi admonished Rin.

"Oh posh." Rin said as she started off after everybody leaving Kakashi to contemplate her reaction before he too followed.

OOooOO

"So those idiots failed did they?" Zabuza asked as he looked at the short man in front of him.

"Why are you sitting there? I hired you for a purpose I don't think you've fulfilled that quite yet." The short man declared angrily.

"You hired me to do your dirty work Gato so I'm doing it my way. Got it?" Zabuza asked holding his sword in front of the business mans face.

"See that you actually get the job done because I can always replace you." Gato threatened as he left the hideout.

"Haku please check on his intentions because I know that I'd rather not fight two jinchuriki. Even more so since we know them." Zabuza ordered. "Why is he blaming me for Moya triads failure, he hired those idiots not me?" He asked himself closing his eyes in frustration.

OOooOO

"Tsunami, I'm home." Tazuna called as he entered his home with some of the ninja in tow as the rest were checking the perimeter.

"Finally. Are you all right?" Tsunami asked coming into the entry. "Who are the, people, with you?"

"We are the ninja that your father hired to protect him till the bridge is done." Kakashi answered as Rin being the more sensitive Jinchuriki made sure that everything was ok outside.

"Uhuh." Tsunami said uncertainly as she looked at the kitsune girls behind him.

"Oh please don't think to little of little old me." Kurama said in a cutesy type voice as her body morphed into what she would look like when she aged to her late teens standing in what could only be a embarrassed sexy pose.

Tsunami's eyes widened in surprise before she fainted to the ground.

A small boy came out. Upon seeing his mother on the floor he looked up at the ninja and asked fearfully. "Do y'all work for Gato?"

"Tazuna, what part of you hiring us did he not understand?" Tayuya asked their host speculatively as Kurama morphed back into her normal form.

"He wasn't here when Kakashi said that." Sasuke deadpanned.

"And safe!" Naruto yelled as she dove through the front door in a roll stopping right in front of the boy.

"It wasn't a race Naruto." Tatsumi said out of breath as he supported himself on the door jamb.

"Why don't y'all step inside so we aren't filling up the entryway." Tazuna suggested.

"So what do we do with her?" Sasuke asked indicating Tsunami.

"I guess we can carry her into the sitting room?" Kakashi said shrugging.

"What's all the ruckus in here for?" Rin asked as she entered the house Sakura in tow.

"The chef fainted and we have four hungry foxes to feed, any suggestions?" Kakashi asked eye smiling.

"Well everybody move aside." Rin stated cracking her knuckles with a much to devious grin on her face.

"Will we survive the meal?" Sasuke whispered to Naruto.

"What? Are you thinking that Rin-sensei's cooking will give you mange or something?" Naruto asked quirking an eyebrow.

"Nah, she just looks like she's ready to kill someone." Sasuke said watching the doorway apprehensively.

"You've nothing to worry about here." Naruto answered shrugging.

"Okay." Sasuke said uncertainly.

A little bit later Tsunami groaned as she came to. "What happened?"

"Oh, nothing much. Gramps just failed to tell you that he hired some cute foxes to protect you, oh and Rin-sensei might be plotting our death, that's bout it." Sakura said dismissively as she shrugged.

"I hired Ninjas most of which just happened to be Kitsune." Tazuna grumbled from where he was sitting in the sitting room.

"I need to get started on dinner." Tsunami said getting up.

"I wouldn't be to worried because Rin-sensei is already in there." Naruto said as she sat down.

"I'm sure that sensei has everything well in hand." Kurama said from where she was.

"Are you sure?" Tsunami asked uncertainly as she went into the kitchen. She was shocked by what she saw in there.

She was greeted by insane laughter as lightning crashed in the background while her kitchen had a dark atmosphere to it. "Dinner is served." Rin said a bright smile adorning her face.

"Okay." Tsunami said uncertainly as she looked at the normal looking meal.

"We have shark steak, various vegetables from the forest, and a savory sauce made from some things that I found in the kitchen." Rin said as she started setting food laden plates on the table.

The three students that knew Rin dug in immediately the remaining three following their example the residents of the house more hesitantly but soon they too were shoveling Rin's cooking into their hungry bellies.

OOooOOooOO

Oh my interesting turn of events.

It's not like it hasn't been done hundreds of times before.

Shane I'm pretty sure that nobody has written this sequence of events quite like this before.

Really? I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Hey you don't get to act like Kakashi.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Why do I even try. Anyways it seems that our respective rolls got switched today so I'll just say it. Please drop a review as you leave.