The Heir to the Kitsune Clan
Intro:
Okay, so here is chapter three of HKC, as I like to call it. I decided to get off my butt and make it a little bit longer. Oh, and if you're reading my other stories and wondering why I'm not updating them to right now like I normally do it is because I was a chapter late getting this story out, so this is kinda' make up. Don't worry next time I will update all three of my stories, yep, yep.
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"Speaking."
Thinking.
"Naruto talking to Kyuubi in his head/or inner Hinata talking to Hinata."
"Kyuubi speaking."
Jutsu
The Shinkirou Family – Chapter Three
Naruto looked over at them and sighed. "Okay I guess I get to explain some things," he said, causing Hinata to look over at him. "You may have noticed that I tend to heal… Well really fast." he said.
Hinata thought about it for a moment then said. "Is it because of Kyuubi-sama?" she asked in a somewhat hesitant voice.
Naruto laughed a little before he answered, "You know, over half of Konoha thinks that but they are wrong. I don't heal because fur ball is inside me, I heal because he accepted me into the kitsune clan… That makes me a kitsune. And there are certain perks to being a kitsune." He said with a foxy grin. "You tend to heal at incredible rates, and Hinata-chan, you are now a member of the kitsune too," he told her, waiting for this news to set in.
Hinata's face suddenly light up. "You mean I will be healed when I wake up?" she asked him in a rush. Naruto smiled and nodded his head yes. "Then we can start my training as soon as tomorrow?" she asked, and received another nod. She smiled and her eyes took on a gleam.
All of a sudden Naruto's head jerked and Kyuubi looked over at him. "What's up?" the fox lord asked.
Naruto looked over at Hinata before he spoke. "Kyuubi and I have to go, someone's getting near your room."
Hinata started, having forgotten about them being in her mindscape. Before she could say anything Naruto spoke once more. "Meet me tomorrow morning in this forest and I'll teach you a few interesting techniques," he said, fading out of her mind. In the distance his voice echoed. "Get some sleep, you're going to need it."
…Hinata's hospital room…
Naruto lifted his hand from her forehead and slipped out the window just before a nurse stepped into the room. The nurse went over to the window and shut it, muttering about interns not knowing how to close things. As she passed the bed she noticed that the girl in it had a big grin on her face, shrugging she passed it off as a good dream.
…next morning…
Hyuga Hiashi, along with his daughter Hyuga Hanabi, were making their way toward his eldest daughter's room when the door to it opened. As Hinata stepped out and closed the door behind her she turned to go down the hall. When she saw who was there a scowl formed on her face. As she lifted her head and marched right past the two.
"Hinata, where do you think you are going?" demanded Hiashi, reaching out a hand to stop her.
"Don't you dare touch me!" the normally meek girl said, glaring at him as she then proceeded to leave the stunned pair staring at her retreating figure in shock.
…at the forest clearing…
As Hinata entered the clearing she was still having trouble believing what she had done, not that she regretted it just that she usually ignored those feelings. She stopped when she noticed Naruto standing in front of her before she could speak he gave her a formal bow and said, "Good morning Lady Hinata."
This caused Hinata to look both shocked and somehow outraged at the same time. "What are you bowing to me for Naruto-kun?" she asked in a shaky voice.
He stood up and spoke. "You are the heir to the kitsune clan, I am a member of the kitsune clan. It's only right I give you the respect that title earns you. But don't think for a minute that I'm gonna' go easy on you in training! As heir you have to be able to protect the rest of the clan." He said the last part with a finger pointing at her.
Hinata suddenly reached out and grabbed his hand between hers. "I know that, but I want you to just call me Hinata-chan. I've been through the whole Lady Hinata thing and I hate to be addressed so formally. So please, don't do it again," she said in a rush. He looked at her and a foxy grin spread across his face.
"Whatever you say, Hinata-chan," he said with a small blush on his face as he looked at his hand… Which was still in hers.
Hinata looked down and seemingly noticed that she was holding his hand for the first time. Quickly snatching her hands away and behind her back she did a marvelous impression of a tomato.
"OKAY! Time for training!" shouted Naruto, suddenly shattering the uncomfortable silence that had fallen between them.
Glad for the diversion Hinata asked. "What do we do first?"
Naruto looked at her and spoke. "First, I educate you on a little kitsune history," he said, sitting down in the grass; he motioned for her to do the same. After she had, he began to speak once more. "I'm sure you know what a summoning contract is?" he questioned her, at her nod he continued, "Well, the kitsune are a little different. You see the kitsune are a clan and let's see. How should I put this?" he said, scratching the back of his head.
"Okay, the Hyuga are a clan too right?" he questioned her, once again she nodded. "So can you summon a Hyuga?" he asked, causing her to look shocked. "No, of course you can't," he said, answering the question for her. "Now that's not to say there isn't a kitsune summoning contract because there is, it just works a little differently. You see within the kitsune clan there are different families, unlike the branch and main family in the Hyuga clan. Each of the different kitsune family's has a unique skill and they themselves chose to be a family within a clan."
He took a deep breath before he continued. "One of these families is the Shinkirou and they decided to become the summons of the kitsune clan. Anytime a new person wants to sign the kitsune summoning contract the one who is offering the contract to be signed must summon the Shinkirou boss in order for the new summoner to be approved."
Naruto then got up and snapped his fingers. Out of the woods a fox the size of a wolf with four tails came bounding over with the contract strapped to his back. Naruto walked over to the fox. "This is Gin-kun," he said, introducing him to Hinata. She stared at the silver fox in shock.
"Never seen a kitsune in fox form before, have you?" the fox questioned her, causing her to start.
"Iie… I haven't," she said.
Gin smiled at her and said, "Well, if the boss approves of you then you will meet a lot more then just me."
"Alright Gin-kun, that's enough," said Naruto before he laid the contract on the ground, he opened it to a blank space and then turned around. "Since I practice here a lot, no one will notice if I suddenly let off a large chunk of chakra, so stay back please," he said as he began going through some hand signs as he finished he bit his thumb and shouted "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" as he slammed his hand into the ground.
When the smoke cleared, there in the clearing was a russet colored fox, he stood taller than the trees, and had eight tails waving behind him. Naruto stepped forward and spoke. "I, Uzamaki Naruto, member of the kitsune clan, ask that Hyuga Hinata, new heir to the kitsune clan, be allowed to summon the Shinkirou family in order that she may better learn to protect our clan," he said, bowing down to the ground.
Hinata gulped as the big kitsune lowered his head and looked at her, then he spoke, "So, old Kyuubi finally found his heir?"
Naruto stood up and laughed. "Yeah, that's her Mikon-sama," he said, addressing the great fox for the first time by his name.
"Alright then, I have always found Kyuubi's judgment to be accurate…well most of the time anyway." Mikon said before standing up and saying, "I, Shinkirou Mikon, boss of the kitsune summons's, accept Hyuga Hinata as a signer of the kitsune summon contract."
After bowing his head slightly at Hinata he puffed away. "Okay now a little kitsune summoning 101," said Naruto, looking at the scroll that was now open to a blank space. "Okay, so first you should sign your name in blood and press a hand print into the scroll at the bottom." Hinata nodded her head and did as she was told. Naruto then picked up the scroll and put it back on Gin's back before he continued his explanation.
"Unlike in other contracts where it doesn't really matter who you summon first, when it comes to kitsune summoning it's a little different. Your first summon is a reflection of who you want to be. In my case, Gin is calm and collected most of the time but he also has a sense of humor. Now, I'm sure you caught how to do the summon with your Byakugan, right?" he questioned her.
"Yes… is that okay?" she questioned nervously.
"It's okay but let's see, okay so your first summon becomes easy to summon. So easy that, with a little practice, they can easily be summoned with only a thought. But you can still summon all of the others in the Shinkirou family with a little more practice," he told her, causing her eye's to widen in shock.
"Okay, you're gonna' have to do your first summon right here, then I'm gona' tell you about the kitsune ranking system. Okay, for your first summon close your eyes and see all those things you want to be, see what you like and what you love." He waited for a minute letting her close her eye's. "You got it?" he questioned.
"Yes," she said shyly.
"Good, then summon already!" he said in a mock serious voice. She gulped and did as she was told. When she opened her eyes she found herself looking at a small two tailed fox.
His fur was a soft green and his amber eye's smiled up at her. "Hi! My name's Eiki! Nice to meet you!" the little fox seemed to yell every word while jumping up and down.
"Hello Eiki, I'm Hinata," she said, looking at the little fox with big eyes. Before the little fox could speak Gin walked over and whacked him over the head with a tail.
"Cut that out!" he growled at the little fox.
Eiki looked up at Gin and jumped on top of him. "GIN!" the little ball of energy yelled.
"Yes, Eiki?" the silver fox asked, Eiki took on a thoughtful expression.
"Why are you here, Gin-nii-chan?" at which point Hinata's eyes opened wide.
Naruto walked over and picked the smaller fox up by one of his tails. "I never would have thought you would be Hinata-chan's first summon," Naruto said, laughing.
"Naruto-nii-chan is here too?" questioned the little fox.
"Of course he is, how do you think I got here? A magic carpet?" questioned Gin in an annoyed voice.
Eiki's face light up. "YOU HAVE A MAGIC CARPET?" he questioned.
"No Eiki-kun, Gin-kun was just playing with you," said Hinata, walking over and taking the little fox from Naruto.
She looked down at the small green fur ball in her arm and said. "Kawaii!" and proceeded to squeeze the little fox till he looked more blue then green. At that moment Gin, Naruto, and Kyuubi all shared one thought women.
"Okay, time for your lesson in ranks," said Naruto, causing Hinata to look up. "Kitsune are ranked according to the number of tails they have, the more tails the more powerful," he said as he took off his shirt to reveal his sub seal.
Hinata tried to listen to what he was saying as her face turned beet red. "Anyone who was not born to the kitsune clan but was accepted into it has a fox in their sub seal. The tails on the sub seal fox are equivalent to the tails on a natural born fox." He said showing her the five tails on his chest. "As the clan heir you have the clan seal, and thus we don't know you're official level. But if I'd have to guess I'd say you are about three tails strong."
She looked a little down at this until Eiki nipped her hand. "What's wrong with being a three tail? That's more then I got," he said, waving his two tails under her nose.
"I guess you're right, Eiki-kun," she said smiling down at the little fox.
"You're darn right I'm right!" he said with a huff, causing her to laugh.
"Okay, some other things about the kitsune are that they have a human form and a fox form. When you saw Kyuubi he was in his human form. In fact, after Kyuubi was sealed inside of me the kitsune council met and decreed that all kitsune that lived with or around humans were to never use any of their kitsune abilities unless in a life or death situation," said Naruto, causing Hinata to wonder if every clan had a stupid council.
"Don't worry about them though, acting heads of the clan have the final say in everything. The council can only act on their own when there is no head, or heir. Since you are now heir they can't so much as blink without asking you first," he told her, laughing at her comical expression at the thought of denying someone the privilege of blinking.
"Also, after it became known in the kitsune clan just what had happened, several kitsune migrated to Konaha. In fact all over Konaha now you will find kitsune, they live normal lives doing everything form selling groceries to being shinobi. After practice I'll take you to meet some," he said, getting serious once more. She nodded her head, even though she was still a little confused about everything.
"Okay, now for your first lesson in kitsune fighting," Naruto said, holding out his hand that had begun to glow a soft blue. "For now since you haven't tapped into your kitsune chakra we will use regular human chakra. The Hyuga are well known for their ability to use chakra in hand to hand combat. The kitsune use a similar method for all range attacks. First, we will go over long range." He said as the chakra seemed to build in his hand.
"First you need to have a shape in mind, in this case I'm using a scythe-like blade," he said as the chakra formed into the blade he swung his hand at a nearby tree, causing the blade in his hand to fly out and slice the tree in two. What shocked Hinata the most was when the blade swung around and came back to Naruto's hand. "The cool thing about using chakra this way is that you can make anything you want, or need. And since chakra is a part of you, you can call it back and reduce the risk of chakra depletion."
He turned around and looked at her then the chakra blade changed, forming instead a single sinbon in his hand. "This is you're homework, you are to practice making a simple sinbon of chakra. It will be easier for you than it was me because you have your Byakugun. Now let's go eat!" he yelled the last part, causing Hinata to start as she noticed the now setting sun.
Looking around she noticed that both Gin and Eiki had left some time during the explanation. "Naruto, how do I learn to summon Eiki-kun with only a thought?" she asked as they made their way into the village. He smiled at her.
"Practice is the only way, don't worry I know you can do it!" he said, pumping his fist into the air.
As they moved through the streets Hinata noticed almost immediately where they were going, she looked at Naruto and before she spoke he said. "Yep, we're going to Ichiraku. Old man Teuchi and his daughter Ayame are eager to meet their new clan heir," he said, whispering the last part.
End:
Okay, so this one is officially the longest in HKC. Yep, it was five pages without the intro or end. Okay, descriptions!... If you have read BL you know how I am about descriptions if you haven't… Well, I like them a lot. :P
Shinkirou: They are a family within the kitsune clan that can be summoned by those they allow to sign their contract. Oh, and Shinkirou means mirage.
Mikon: His name mean's wild, he is almost as tall as Gambuto is. His fur is a light russet color with his tail's tipped in soft orange, with black eyes. He is the eight tailed boss of the Shinkirou.
Gin: His name means silver and he is about the size of a full grown wolf. He has four tails, all tipped in white, with steel blue eyes.
Eiki: His name means courage, and he is the size of Akamaru… During this time period not after the three year ark. He is a soft velvety green and has two tail's tipped in light almost white yellow, with bright amber colored eyes.
Oh and Kawaii means cute
Jutsu corner:
Kuchiyose no Jutsu – means summinging, Using a contract, seal, and the users blood, allows the user to summon an animal. The type of the animal is determined by the contract used, and the blood is the 'signature'(Which can be on a scroll, tattoo, etc)
Okay, so I have already told you who two other kitsune are, namely Teuchi and his daughter Ayame. But I have already started planning out who could be another. Naruto knows this person and that's just about all I'm going to give you to go on other then the fact that I don't plan on changing history set up by the manga… Well, other then Naruto and Hinata. So who doesn't have much of a history? If you can guess one I will let you design his/her sub seal.
Please remember to read and review, after all this is what happens when you do… I update a lot sooner!
From my beta Atara: haha, Eiki was funny. Good chap.
HNN-my stories are now all completely betaed...is that a word? anyway she is now up to date so hopefully i can start getting out new stories without having to put them up with horrible grammar -
BB2: ;laughs; Now most of your stories have been bataed twice. :P I like Gin, pretty silver hair. :D
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