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The Fox Siblings Ch 24
"Talking"
Shouting
*Sound Affects*
[Written Words]
{ Memory }
"Are you starting to feel your age yet?" Zabuza asked snidely as his sword was held off by the two kunai in Kakashi's hands.
"I'm surprised you're asking that. Aren't you older than me?" Kakashi asked as he pushed the sword back.
It had been decided a few days prior that Kakashi's team would be the ones that would be at the bridge when Gato had been told that Zabuza would attack Tazuna seeing as Gato only knew of one team being called. The villagers would be protected by Rin's team from the shadows.
"Haku quit hiding in those mirrors and fight me fairly!" Sasuke yelled dodging in the middle of a dome of mirrors her sharingan active having awoken sometime earlier that week.
"I find it odd how people complain about a fight not being fair when one side has an advantage over the other." Haku stated sounding smug behind his hunter mask.
Sasuke growled in response as her sharingan forcefully deactivated revealing that her normal eyes had turned red with slitted pupils. "Ok you asked for it." She declared quietly her voice laced with anger as a red glow enveloped her entire body kicking up a wind around her.
"This is going to be annoying." Haku mumbled as he watched the ice senbon he had sent at the black haired kitsune vaporize on contact. With a feral roar a dome of fire burst away from her shattering the mirrors depositing a slightly singed Haku on the ground. "I'll just pretend to be dead over here. Don't mind me." Haku rasped out just loud enough for Sasuke to hear him. Sasuke sighed as her facial features returned to normal before she grabbed her head groaning in pain.
OOooOO
Fugaku stopped giving his weekly KMPF report to the Hokage when he felt a shiver go down his spine.
"Fugaku is there a problem?" Minato asked the older looking man worriedly.
"I think my little girl has found the boy she wishes to marry." Fugaku answered.
"Dare I ask?" Minato asked.
"Your girl was basically married before you knew her so you wouldn't know." Fugaku answered. "If you ever have any more daughters you'll learn."
"I see?" Minato asked confused as neither he or Genma had really dealt with daughters.
Fugaku smirked as he answered "You'll see."
OOooOO
"Kitsune is Ghost up yet?" Hawk asked over her radio as she observed the village at the other side away from Tazuna's place.
"Not yet." Kitsune replied in resignation.
"Is it wrong that I wish some of the mercenaries show up and give him a scare?" Hawk asked sighing.
"Not really." Wolf answered. "I did it to my own teammates once."
"Wow he twitched." Kitsune stated flatly.
"Yay we know he's alive." Hawk deadpanned as an ear twitched. "Mercs from the north."
"Let them get comfortable then we'll attack." Wolf ordered.
"What fun." Kitsune stated sarcastically.
"Radio silence unless you're in trouble till all enemies are down." Wolf ordered, she didn't receive confirmation nor did she expect to.
OOooOO
Naruto's ears twitched as he returned to consciousness doing his best to keep his breath shallow and even.
"So what should we do with the abomination upstairs?" One of the thugs that Gato had hired asked his fellow mercenaries.
"Kill him along with the kid while we take our time with the woman." The person whom was the apparent leader of this group.
Naruto ghosted down the stairs willing his tails to combine into a single blonde and white tail. As two of the six mercenaries passed by him up the stairs they quietly collapsed with broken necks.
"Leave my mother alone!" Her son yelled as he tried to escape from his captors.
"Oh don't worry boy we'll take good care of her." The merc told him with a greedy smile on his face.
"Leave Inari alone." Tsunami begged the mercs. "You can do what you want with me but spare my son."
"Oh don't worry we'll ta-." The merc began before he stopped talking as his head left his shoulders. The other three would have said something if they weren't petrified in fear at seeing the shadow of a large red fox with nine tails waving behind it as Naruto's eyes glowed red.
"You're first mistake was attacking those under my protection." Naruto growled out. Another merc fell before he continued. "Your next mistake was to think that just because I'm a kid I wasn't dangerous." The leader trembling backed away from Tsunami as the other man holding her died allowing Tsunami to run to Inari to comfort him. "And your final mistake was. Taking a job with Gato!" He yelled as he cut the man in half. With a growl the oppressive aura surrounding him dissipated. Kurama couldn't move as she looked at him from her position on the stairs with hearts in her eyes. "Are you two alright?" Naruto asked the duo on the floor as Tsunami and Inari sat trembling Inari more so from awe than fear.
"Ahh I wanted to do that." Tayuya moaned as she gave up stealth after seeing that her prey was already dead.
"Well ya snooze ya lose." Naruto declared sheathing his sword.
"Hey Kurama little help here." Tayuya called to her fellow kitsune.
"Sooo dreamy." Kurama said drool dripping down her chin.
"Oh great she's out of it again." Naruto mumbled walking over to her. "Hey you ok?" Naruto asked giving her a shake.
Coming out of her daze Kurama looked at Naruto and with a serious look stated. "Naruto marry me."
"Ok what brought that on?" Naruto asked looking to Tayuya whom just shrugged in answer.
Before Kurama could answer Inari raced to Naruto and bombarded him with a bunch of questions "How did you do that! Where can I learn to do that!"
"Um well you kind of have to be a ninja first." Naruto said nervously scratching a cheek.
"Children quit dawdling so we can get to the bridge." Rin ordered from the door.
"Hai." The three said as they shunshined away leaving two piles of smoldering leaves and a pile of shredded leaves.
Pumping his fist Inari shouted "One day I swear to be as cool as you Narutoooo!"
OOooOO
Gato stood a short distance away from the bridge as he watched Kakashi and Zabuza going at it. Unnoticed by him a heavy fog started to roll in slowly obscuring his vision as the sound of the two jonin's fight faded with his sight of them. Gato heard a swish like a passing breeze behind him ignoring it he tried to watch the fight on the bridge so that he could walk in at the opportune moment and have his mercenaries kill the ninjas.
He kept feeling a whisper of wind at his back but he ignored it in favor of the fight he could no longer see nor hear. It dawned on him that he could no longer see or hear his surroundings. Bringing his attention to his surroundings he realized the breeze at his back was warm. A shiver of fear flowed down his spine as he slowly turned dreading what he would see. As it came into view he saw a long snout followed by glowing red eyes and absently he noticed a number of tails waving behind the creature. "You're a myth." Gato said right before his head rolled towards the ground.
OOooOO
Tazuna was looking a little green around the gills after the fog dissipated as he took in the sight of all of Gato's hired mercenaries shredded beyond recognition. Sakura wasn't as lucky as at the sight she ran to the edge of the bridge and proceeded to empty her stomach. Sasuke sat down beside Haku looking a little out of it.
"Naruto. don't you think you may have gone a little to far?" Kakashi chided.
Naruto sheathed his sword before answering. "You're really saying that? You whom was spending most of that time in a no holds spar with Zabuza."
"What can I say? I had to keep up appearances." Kakashi answered shrugging.
Sheathing his sword Zabuza said "I honestly wish we didn't have to hold back, because I personally want to fight you when your not holding back."
"It is generally considered in poor taste when you destroy the very thing you were payed to protect." Kakashi said before he sauntered over to lean against the railing that Sakura was currently hanging over. "You did know what you where letting yourself in for did you not?"
"Hearing about it and seeing it are two different things Kakashi-sensei." Sakura gasped out as Kakashi handed her a canteen.
"Here don't touch the opening with your mouth. I don't need your mother coming after me for not taking care of you." Kakashi said as Sakura rinsed out her mouth.
"What would you have to worry about? You're a Jonin she's a Chunin." Sakura asked incredulously.
"She's a woman and a mother." Kakashi stated pulling his orange book out. "And I don't want to deal with that."
"In my opinion its better that she found out sooner rather than later that the life of a ninja isn't all sunshine and roses, you'll run into your fair share of storms throughout your career, like seeing your comrades cut down right before your very eyes without being able to do anything about it." Zabuza said Solemnly before drinking out of his own canteen.
"For the record Zabuza we have already established that." Kakashi said as he turned another page.
"If anything you should have tossed them into battle when they were way younger, you soft heart-ed man, look how well Haku turned out." Zabuza declared.
"They just came under my command barely a month ago." Kakashi said looking up at Zabuza with an annoyed glint in his eye before turning back to his book.
"Oh, right, I keep forgetting that not all villages train children like how they did with me." Zabuza said before looking at Kakashi's book "What is that book your always reading?"
"It's only the brainchild of the greatest writer in the world." Kakashi said tears coming from his single visible eye as he clenched his free hand as if to restrain himself.
"Would you mind if I looked at it for a moment?" Zabuza asked holding out his hand.
While Kakashi was contemplating whether he should or not his book was taken from his grasp the only thing keeping him from attempting to get it back is whom was holding it.
"Don't you two have something better to be doing?" Rin asked with a serenely sweet smile on her face.
"That's where your wrong Rin, I have nothing better to do!" Zabuza said before pointing at the mangled body of his employer "My boss is kind of a big pile of body parts and blood."
"Aren't you going back to Konoha with us?" Rin asked confusion on her face.
"Well if you put it that way how can I refuse?" Zabuza answered shrugging. Naruto and Tatsuya had a look of horror on their faces hearing that their tails twitching nervously.
