Dear Readers, I am soooooo sorry that this took forever. I have had a difficult time in my life right now. I will not tell you, for i do not want a depressing start to this chapter. I hope you enjoy this, and remember R&R. Sparda-Kun has returned.
Chapter 4: First Mission
Naruto laid still, not moving. Looking almost as he was sleeping, yet he was struggling with his eternal emotions. Kyu and Inoichi had told him as long as he's will was strong the seal would hold. Yet he doubted himself, feeling weak in the hospital bed. The doctor finally had cleared him to go on missions, he slowly stepped out of the hospital. Unsure of what he really needed to feel, freedom, pain, escape? He was thinking so hard that he didn't hear his name, until someone hit him on the head.
"Ouch, what the fuck?!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Hey, gaki. Let's go. We have a mission waiting for us in the Mission Hall." Anko told the blonde.
"You didn't have to hit me Anko-chan." Naruto winced in pain from his sensei hitting him.
"Well get out of your thoughts then Naruto-kun." Ino told the spiky blonde off.
"Are you feeling better Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked the blonde.
"Hinata, you are the only nice one out of the team. Make them stop." Naruto cried, half joking, grabbing her hand and crying anime tears. The Hyuga blushed brightly as the interaction occured.
"Come on, let's go guys. Hokage has an important mission for us." Anko told her team, walking off toward the mission hall. Her team followed after the snake mistress, unknowingly seeing the slight tug of a smile on their sensei's face.
*Mission Hall*
"Ahhh, Anko. As mandatory, your team was supposed to do around a dozen D rank missions before we let you go on your first C rank. Unfortunately, do to the chaos that was issued a week ago. We have decided that it would be best to let your team go on a C rank that will last about a week." The Hokage told Team Snake, 'Anko had went and changed their team name.'
"Understood Hokage-sama. What's the mission?" Anko asked.
"You are to see rumors about a monster that has appeared in the Land of Hot Springs. You are to investigate and if possible detain or defeat this "monster" then report back." The Hokage explained. Hoping that this would help get the council off his back, especially the Hyugas. They had been after Naruto, do to him crippling their branches in a few hours time.
"Understood Hokage-sama, we will accept the mission. By the way Naruto, queen to B-7. Checkmate."
"Really, I thought my knight would have..."
"Nope. Your knight was at C-6."
"It's okay Naruto-kun, you'll get her next time."
Team Snake was hovering over a chess board as Naruto and Anko started arguing over the game.
Iruka had been quiet until now, with his eyebrow twitching, finally lost his calm demeanor. "CAN YOU GUYS TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!"
"Whoa, Big-Head Jutsu! Get back, It'll bite you!" Anko warned her team, pulling them behind her.
"I just think that they are not ready for a mission outside the village. They are not ready mentally to..." Iruka started.
"Iruka, excuse me for butting in. They are no longer your students, they are Shinobi of Konoha. Under my leadership, if anything happens to them. Then it will fall on my shoulders, not your's. So if you would be so kind and BUTT OUT. I will be leaving with MY team." Anko told the Chunin.
"But, I..." Iruka started with a concerned tone.
"Iruka, Anko is right. You have had them for four years, but you must no longer think of them as your students. They are now in Anko's care. Plus with what the council is pressing on me, it would be good for them to be away from the village for a little bit." The old Hokage interrupted the scarred Chunin.
"But Hokage-sa..." Irkua tried again.
"Enough. Anko, you and your team is to meet the contact at Bamboo Village. That is all, dismissed." Sarutobi told the Genin team.
Bowing, the team exited the Mission Hall. Only to bump into Team 7 as they came in with a howling and scratching ball of fury. One of Team 7 bumped into Hinata, making the poor heiress fall onto her behind.
"I'mmmm, ssssorrry." Hinata started to stutter an apology.
The one who had bumped into Hinata looked down at her with cold black eyes. Making the Hyuga heiress feel small like an incest.
"Humph." Was the reply from the boy as he walked away.
"Hinata, are you okay?" Naruto asked as he helped his team-mate up.
"Yessss." Hinata replied, blushing slightly from the contact of his hand on her's.
"Hey, teme. You need to apologize to Hinata." Naruto told the young man, grabbing his shoulder.
"Oh, and are you gonna make me Dumbass? Don't tell an elite to do anything. The Uchiha don't take orders from common filth." The now titled Uchiha told him in a told Naruto.
"Apologize, or your going to be a floor mop." Naruto told the Uchiha in a cold tone.
Sasuke looked at Naruto, looking into the blonde's eyes. He saw eye's as cold and frozen as a glacier, the anger of a volcano.
"No." Was all the Uchiha told him.
Naruto reared his fist back to swing at Sasuke, only to be caught by Anko.
"Naruto, we have a mission. We have an hour to get ready to leave." Anko told the angered blonde.
"But Anko..." Naruto started.
"Now." Anko ordered.
Turning to the Uchiha, "This isn't over teme. You will be humbled one day." Naruto threatened the Uchiha.
"Oh, I can't wait Dumbass." Sasuke smirked, as his pink cheerleader screamed how cool he was.
After the little spark match between Naruto and Sasuke had, they turned and went their respectful ways. Naruto rushed to his apartment and grabbed everything he needed for his trip. He then headed to the north gate to wait for the rest of his team.
Hinata showed up shortly after him, carrying a light purple backpack.
"Naruto-kun, Looks like we are the first ones here. I would like to thank you for standing up for me. I just frightened, he looks so cold." Hinata explained to the blonde.
"Don't worry Hinata, he needed to be talked down off his high horse anyways." Naruto smiled wide, closing his eyes. That way Hinata could not see the slight red ring that was starting to form around his pupil.
'Hey, Dumbass. You should have let me kick his ass.' A sudden voice popped out.
'Fox? What the hell?!' Naruto exclaimed to his dual personality.
'What, did you think Kyu was the only one to have a mind-link with you. No man, I'm also here. I'll always be here, because I'm a part of you Naruto. Make one mistake, one crack in this bubble you call a mind. I rush forward like a tidal wave. SO, I would keep my anger in check, If I was you.' Fox told him, the sound of him smirking at the end.
"Naruto? Naruto? Naruto!" Hinata finally yelled at him.
"Huh, what?" Naruto asked, looking around wildly.
"Ino still hasn't shown up. Should we go check on her?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah, we still have a few before we are supposed to meet up here." Naruto replied.
Team Snake went to the White Lily, hoping to catch Ino there. As they approached, the two team-mates saw a large dark purple suitcase in the door.
"What the hell is this?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, Naruto. Hinata. Can you guys help me with my suitcase?" A voice suddenly asked behind the mammoth bag.
Sweatdropping at seeing that Ino had packed a whole month worth of clothes into the bag, and Ino was struggling to just get it through the door.
"Ino, we are only going to be gone for a week maybe two at the most. You don't need to bring this suitcase." Naruto explained.
"Oh, this is just my clothes, I have three more bags with my make-up, shampoo, and body wash." Ino told them.
"Damn it Ino, Anko-sensei said to pack light." Naruto started to squeeze the bridge of his nose.
"I did." Ino replied.
"We'll help you, take what you need. Nothing more." Naruto told her. Pushing the suitcase back into the shop.
Suddenly the entire bag burst open, the door keeping the torrent of clothes at bay. Naruto and Hinata were covered in clothes. Unable to see anything, both of them started to dig their way out of the mountain of fabric that had occupied their spots on the road.
"Ino, let's get this stuff inside and show you what to grab." Naruto told his blonde conterpart. He pulled a piece of fabric off his head, only to realize after he pulled it off that it was a bra. A C cup, colored purple and orange orchids.
"Naruto, you fucking perv... give me my bra or I'm going to kill you." Ino stated in a frigid tone that could freeze hell over, fourtantely she had her hair hiding her face so they could not see the blush that was spreading across her face.
"Oh, this. Come and get it." Naruto told her with a playful smirk, after which he ran for his life.
Ino, had rushed after him. Intented to disable, maim, or kill the whiskered blonde. Naruto jumped up onto a roof and rushed off. Ino was hot on his trail as she yelled remarks after the blonde.
Naruto flew over the roofs, making sure that the pissed-off blonde was following him, he had attached the bra to his backpack. Just as Naruto saw the north gate, his luck ran out. As the blonde tripped over a loose roof tile, causing him to fall and hit the road. Seeing that her prey had fallen off the roof, Ino pounced on the blonde and hit him fully in the face. Causing Naruto to have a bloody nose, where he flew and slammed against the post to the gate.
"Ahhh, i see you two finally showed up." Anko told them as they appeared, grabbing Ino before she could do anymore damage to the blonde shinobi "Easy girly, what did Naruto do?"
"He wouldn't .., *mumble*" Ino said blushing heavily.
"Huh, speak up. I can't hear you." Anko told the platinum blonde, smirking slightly.
Blushing like a tomato, Ino yelled, "HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME BACK MY BRA!"
Anko looked at the groaning blonde, and saw a purple and orange bra hanging off his backpack, where Naruto had put it to keep it in sight of his quarry.
"Hahahaha, really is that all. Bweh, hahahahaha" the snake mistress started laughing, holding her sides.
"Yes, and it's not funny Anko-sensei." Ino retorted, snatching the clothing from Naruto. "Plus what do you mean we 'finally' showed up."
"Oh, Hinata was here before you two showed up. With an extra bag, which I'm guessing is your's Ino." Anko replied.
Hinata walked forward with a dark purple backpack. "Here Ino, everything you need. Plus an extra pair of clothes just in case."
Ino smiled gently, "Thank you, Hinata. Unlike 'someone', you helped me out."
"Hey, I got you here." Naruto grumbled.
"Anyways, before anymore love spats start. Let's get going." Anko clapped getting their attention, all three of her students blushing slightly.
*Two days later: Land of Hot Springs*
Team Snake landed outside the Bamboo Village, it was a small town that thrived off tourism and their hot spring hotels.
"Hinata, Ino. Go to the Red Lotus and get us two rooms. Naruto, you and myself will go meet our contact." Anko ordered the team.
As Hinata and Ino went to the hotel, Anko and Naruto walked down the street to a bar called the Leaping Tiger. It was slightly dingy on the outside, as Anko pushed open the door a plume of smoke came floating out. The smell of vomit, booze, and other unnaturally nasty things floated out and into the two squad members faces.
"Anko, is this really where our contact is?" Naruto asked.
"Blood, booze, and titties! Please tell me we are in heaven?!" Fox exclaimed in Naruto's head.
"Unfortuantely, yes. The phrase we are supposed to invoke is 'The tiger is really wild.' " Anko told him, Naruto nodded. When he was younger he would hide in bars from time to time and there was always passwords or code phrases to get extra attention.
"Yeah, but now we don't have to worry about getting thrown out." Fox told him.
'Shut it, I don't want to screw this mission up. Plus, we both know this is a simple recon mission. NO, I repeat, NO killing anyone.' Naruto replied in a cold tone.
"So, Foxy-kun. Wanna be my date?" Anko asked in a seductive manner.
"I guess I'll have to bare with it. I am a gentleman after all." Naruto smirked as he placed his arm around Anko's waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Ohhhhh, if you keep this up then I might have to actually start 'working' with you more often." Anko teased as they went through the front doors.
The bar was loud, and several groups of men eyed Anko and Naruto as they entered, choosing to take a back table. As they moved toward the table a man grabbed Anko in a drunken stupor.
"Hey sexy, how about you and me go find a private place to get to know one another?" the drunken man slurred slightly as his eyes roamed Anko's frame.
"I would but-" Anko was cut off as Naruto gripped the man's arm.
Smiling gently, Naruto slowly bent the man's arm off of Anko. "I'm sorry, MY Girlfriend has always wanted to come here and you are not making a warming atmosphere to this hospitable bar."
"Guh, you're a cocky brat. How would you like to play a round of Bloody Knuckles?" the man smirked as the blonde continued to smile his soft smile.
"What are we playing for?" Naruto asked in a gentle but interested tone.
"Your girl."
"Rules?"
"First one to fall to the other's fist loses." The man replied as he stood up. Muscles rippling across his arms and chest.
"Ohhh, someone has hit to much of the juice. Deal, let's play." Naruto smirked.
"Naruto, you don't have to do this. He's drunk and a jerk. Let's just go." Anko told the blonde.
"Now, now. Hebi-hime, I can't let him insult you and you just go along with it. I'll deal with this 'gentleman'. How about you go and order us a drink as i tidy up the place." Naruto suggested with a slight wink.
"So you think you can win huh squirt?" The man smirked, holding out his cupped hand.
"I won't lose, believe it jackass." Naruto replied as he gripped the man's hand, and slowly cracked his knuckles on his free hand.
"Kids first then." the man nodded, letting Naruto have the first swing.
Naruto nodded, sizing his oppenet up as the bar scene dropped with the chill. The members had formed a circle around the two.
As fast as a match being struck, Naruto slammed his fist into the man's nose. Blood squirted from the man's face as the blonde's fist crunched the appendage. The man dropped back a little, Naruto not having any faking pulled the guy back to him.
The man slammed his fist into Naruto's cheek, thinking of ending this quickly. Naruto's head snapped to the side, yet his grip remained like iron on his oppenet's extension.
"That was fun, MY TURN!" Naruto yelled, ramming his fist into the man's jaw. The crunch had told him that his opponet had not expected him to retaliate.
Smirking from the hit, the man turned back to Naruto. "Now things are getting interesting." The man swung again, hitting Naruto straight in the forehead. Hoping that it would daze the blonde, the man's hand crumpled against the punch.
"Yes. they. are." Naruto replied, jabbing forward twice. Hitting the man in his nose again and throat.
"Gah." the man spluttered as he slowly down onto his knees, due to lack of oxygen not being supplied to his body.
Naruto smirked as the grip started to loosen, "Mah, mah. No, no, no. Let's not go out yet." Naruto gripped his hand tightly before slamming it into the man's nose again, effectively breaking it. With that hit the man flew backwards, slamming into a table spilling drinks all over him.
"Ouch, don't you think the tiger is really wild, huh Whisker-kun?" as a lady in a tight filling dress came up and kissed his cheek. He cocked his head slightly to the left.
"Iku-" Naruto was silenced as the woman put her finger to his lips.
"Uh-uh, My name is Gadi." Gadi told the blonde, "Who would have figured that the Bloody King would be in my neck of the woods. Grab your friend before she kills any of my customers." With that she turned and walked toward the back of the bar.
Anko returned with a bottle of sake and some dango in her hand. "Damn, remind me not to piss you off gaki."
"Our contact is waiting for us." Naruto stated, "Oh." Naruto grabbed Anko and kissed her in a sizzling lip lock.
As the kiss ended Anko looked a little confused and slightly pissed as Naruto steered her to Gadi. The woman opened the door to a backroom, were a elderly man was waiting for the two shinobi.
"This is Mr. Yisho. Your employer. Mr. Yisho, Naruto Uzumaki and his friend." Gadi introduced them.
"The Bloody King, the honor is mine. Having you here, I know that this nusience will be handled without much descretion." Mr. Yisho told the blonde as he stood and bowed.
"Mr. Yisho, the honor is mine." Naruto bowed deeper, showing the man respect.
Mr. Yisho nodded to the couch across from him. Naruto and Anko sat down, facing the elderly man. Mr. Yisho sat in the office chair across from the two shinobi.
"The mission details only say to come and investigate a 'monster' sighting. Could you please tell us more about the mission?" Anko asked Mr. Yisho.
"Of course, a 'monster' has been sighted a lil north-west of here. Reports have it claimed as a large dog or raccoon type monster with green fur and massive teeth and appendages. It only attacks at night and flees after taking valueables off it's victims." Mr. Yisho explained.
"How does it ask to take the valueables?" Anko inquired to the elderly man.
"Apparently, it can talk." Mr. Yisho answered.
"Mmmhhmmm, well thank you for your help Mr. Yisho. Now myself and my partner will be taking our leave." Naruto explained before standing and bowing to the elder.
"Very well, I will see you after the mission is succeded, Bloody King." the elderly man smirked. Getting a slight twitch from Naruto.
With Ino and Hinata
Ino sighed as she laid on her bed, it was so soft it was like laying on a cloud. Hinata and Ino had made the reservations and set up in one of the rooms. Hinata was looking over her inventory of medicinal salves and lotions.
"So, Hinata. How long have you liked Naruto?" Ino asked her.
"Wwwwwhat?" the bluenette looked at her.
" I'm betting since the acadamey, you always watched and followed him around." Ino stated, knewing that she was right as Hinata started to blush tinting her cheeks with red.
"What's taking them so long, i thought that Anko-sensei wanted to be out there by night fall?" Ino asked the timid Hyuga.
"Anko-sensei and Naruto-kun should be here any..." Hinata replied, only to be interrupted by a knock at the door.
Anko opened it wide, throwing Naruto into the middle of the room.
"What the hell was that Gaki?" Anko yelled at Naruto.
"I don't wanna talk about it Sensei." Naruto replied, in a slightly colder tone than normal.
"I want to talk about it, NOW!" Anko yelled, throwing a kunia at Naruto. The kunai landed about a quarter of an inch from his baby-maker. Naruto didn't even flinch as the kunai sunk into the floor.
Naruto slowly got up and started to walk out of the room, Anko slammed her hand on the wall. Her arm blocking Naruto's path.
"You want to know who the 'Bloody King' is, huh Anko-sensei?" Naruto asked her in a low tone. Ino and Hinata perked up a little.
"That's what they call me, after 200 matches of Bloody Knuckles, after i beat all the champions in the Land of Fire. They presented me with that title, a whisper, a legend, some even called me a ghost." Naruto explained to the rest of the squad. "Some of these men then asked the Hokage to have me carry out certain tasks, i will not go into detail as many of these are S-ranked secrets."
"Hmmph. Well, that takes care of that, but extra physical training in Training Ground 44 when we get back." Anko told him, with a small smile.
Smirking back, Naruto nodded. Team Snake then got to work hashing out the details on what to do in the operation to come.
*Dusk, NE bamboo forest*
"Yawwwwwnnnn. Anko-sensei this is boring, can't we play poker or something?" Naruto asked her.
"Nope, not until we find this creature." Anko replied. "And we won't play unless it's for high stakes." Anko finished her statement with a subtle lick of her lips.
Naruto started blushing, and through the head-set you could hear snickering.
"Hey, Irises and Blondie? See anything." Anko asked into her head-set.
"Nothing yet Snake, but it is boring how about... Hold on. Hinata might have something." Ino replied.
Hinata's byakugan was activated, she had been put in the middle of the formation. Ino was at the back closest to Hinata, Anko and Naruto had both taken point. Hinata did another quick scan just to make sure it was still there.
"That way, North by North-east about 1 1/2 miles." Hinata pointed to the upper left.
"Alright, I'm closest. I'll take a look, codes for found it is one tap. Engaging is two, and back-up is..." Anko left off.
"Uh, you yell that you need help? HAHAHA." Naruto cracked up. Ino and Hinat snickered slightly, only cuz they knew the training was going to hurt when they got back.
"Three, whisker-chan. And for that 20 laps around our playground and then a 4 hour sparring session with yours truly." Anko replied.
Naruto blanched ever so slightly. Hinata and Ino only grimaced slightly as they had already went through a 1 hour sparring session.
'Shouldn't have made that joke, Naru." Fox remarked.
'Shut it Fox. Need to be alert.'
'I have a feeling we need to be near to Snake-hime, she might have more than what she wants' Fox mused.
Naruto nodded to himself, then after Anko had gone about 20 meters signaled to Hinata and Ino to follow him as they ran up then did a u-turn to have a pincer motion.
*With Anko*
Anko came upon a large cave, not feeling anything aggresive she slowly entered the cave. Allowing her eyes to adjust to the darkness, she noticed trunks and bags with gold and fancy clothes, even a few casks of sake. As she moved towards the back, where it looked like a nest had been formed from some of the more expensive clothes had been thrown. A shadow slowly slipped down from the roof of the cave.
A clattering of stones is all Anko heard before the shadow was upon her. Luckily that was all the warning she needed. Dodging to the side Anko felt the shadow pass by her, she hit her head-set three times.
"Well hell's bells, i was hoping to finish this quickly." Anko told the shadow. The shadow's only reply was a growl and the sound of it sharpening it's claws on the floor.
"Let's go outside for some fresh air. Betcha you can't catch me!" Anko said as she threw a suriken at the shadow. With that purple haired jonin ran back to the entrance, hoping out of the cave as the shadow shot out, howling and growling with a murderous rampage.
"Hey, big guy. I'm over here, damn you missed by a mile." Anko laughed. The shadow growled and rushed her only to be caught in a smoke bomb that the snake woman had dropped and rushed to meet up with her team.
"Whiskers, Iris, Blondie. I got the thing on my tail, remember minimal damage to the creature. So we are going with Plan Cobra. Naruto, you know what to do." Anko called over the radio.
"Hai, way ahead of you. Go north about a quarter mile. Look for the broken branch, trap's after that." Naruto replied.
Anko nodded to herself, the feeling of adrenaline was a rush that she needed after waiting for this thing to appear on the radar. After running for a few minutes she saw a purposely broken branch near the bottom of the bamboo. Knowing Plan Cobra involved a net trap, the snake jonin jumped over what looked like a log. Landing about 2 meters from the the branch.
The shadow seeing that it's quarry had stopped running rushed in, not knowing of the future perdicament it would be in. The shadow launched itself toward Anko who had now pulled out Mcstabbington and was twirling it in slow hypnotic twirls. The shadow landing in front of the slightly insane ninja, suddenly knew that it was trapped as the net swung up and catching it's quarry.
"Well, anyone got a light?" Anko asked as team started to assemble. Hinata pulled out a flint, with a kunai struck a spark on an oil lamp illuminating the area showing the trapped creature.
"Hey, what the hell was with using me as a springboard? Huh, Snake-hime?" Naruto asked Anko in a slightly joking tone.
"Well, Naru-kun. If you had be a little further away would it have hurt as much?" Ino asked him in a slightly sweet tone. Naruto started to retort his answer then saw the creature as Hinata lit up the area. Naruto stood frozen as the creature started to whimper and make slight barking sounds.
"Master!" the voice came, broken ever so slightly by the whimpers.
Anko, Ino, and Hinata looked around the area trying to find out where the voice had come from. Finally seeing that Naruto had walked up to the net, started to rush up to him as he cut it.
A giant black fox dropped out of the net, after shaking it's head. The fox jumped on Naruto and started to lick him, until he was covered in drool.
"Kani. Kani. KANI! Get off me." Naruto had finally yelled at the fox. The now claimed "Kani" retreated back and sat down. Naruto looked to the rest of his squad to see that they had all got into battle ready stance.
"Guys, guys, it's okay. This is Kani. Kani, this is Team Snake: Anko-chan, Hinata-chan, and Ino-chan." Naruto introduced everybody, trying to ease the tension.
"The snake lady hurt me master." Kani cried, turning to show a deep cut on it's flank.
Hinata saw the cut, rushing over to try and stop the bleeding. Only to have Kani snarl, flattening his ears to his head. Hinata started to back up as Kani snarled at her, only to have herself be stopped and starting forward.
"Kani, is that how you act when someone is trying to help you?" Naruto asked the fox.
Kani dropped his head, looking slightly scared and depressed. "No, Naruto-sama. I'm sorry. Please, the pale-eyed one, uh Hinata. Will you please help me?" Kani asked quietly.
"Yes, just hold still it'll hurt for a minute. You'll be fine afterwards." Hinata told the fox as she started to patch up the creature.
"Okay, WHAT IN THE SEVEN HELL'S IS GOING ON!?" Anko yelled at Naruto.
"First off, ouch. This is Kani, he's my how do i put it. My blood-brother." Naruto told her with a foxy grin.
"Okay, well now we know that. Why is he robbing the merchants?" Anko asked more directly at Kani, than Naruto.
"That's easy, i have a scroll in my den if we would like to go back and relax. I was just about to make cookies." Kani told them.
"How do you make cookies, you don't have hands?" Ino asked, still being wary of the creature.
"Miss Hinata are you done with the bandages?" Kani asked her.
"Hia, it should hold. Why?" Hinata wondered, only to look up and see a human male with black hair mid-way down his back and two pointed ears ontop of his head.
"This is how i make cookies." Kani told them, Anko and Ino had their mouths hanging open as Kani sat there.
Looking at Naruto who was waving his hands in front of their faces, Kani asked "Did i break them?"
"Hahaha, no Kani. They are just suprised to see a Kitsune." Naruto replied, "Good prank though."
"I live to please. Oh, crap i need to get dressed. A shirt Naruto-sama?" Kani asked as a shirt was thrown at him.
"Here, it's an extra. Now let's go see this scroll you have." Naruto told him, finally getting his team-mates out of their suprised stupor.
"Naruto, please explain what the hell is going on?" Ino asked him.
"Well it was about five years ago." Naruto started.
Flashback Summon:
A seven year old Naruto was running through the forest trying to evade some Chunin. They had "talked" him into hunting. Naruto being the prey.
"Get back here you brat. I want a piece of you to hang on my wall." the chunin yelled at him.
"Go to hell!" Naruto yelled back at him. Not seeing where he was heading, tripped on a ninja wire that had been laid out. Tumbling, Naruto rolled into a rock, hitting his head.
"Well, that's one way to knock him out." one Chunin told the others.
"Yeah, but the fun's almost over. I was hoping i would get to use my new weapons i got today." another spoke up.
"Let's just get this over with. ANBU will be here any minute." another one spoke up, keeping lookout.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's carve him up." the first one stated, pulling out a kunai. He started twirling it, stopping when the edge was pointed down.
The Chunin started to plunge the kunai down into Naruto, only to have his hand missing as the blade almost touched him.
"AHHHHH, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY HAND!?" The Chunin exclaimed while crying out.
"Yuck, that's nasty" a voice creeped in.
"Who the hell said that! Kohana ANBU will be here any minute." the look-out told the voice.
"Oh, they won't care. They will be thankful to me for taking out you traitors." the voice slid in, almost like a whisper. The whisper seemed to be coming from the rock that Naruto had hit.
Suddenly two glowling orbs revealed themselves on top of the rock. A slow predatory smile eased up after them, revealing large canines and sharp teeth.
"So you like to hunt little children, what happened to tending and nurturing the future generations?" the voice asked in a cold tone.
"He's a demon. We'll kill him and you to." the Chunin with new weapons told the voice.
"Oh, i don't think so. Trap of the Blind Kitsune" the voice stated. Suddenly the Chunin grabbed their heads and fell down curling into a ball.
"Such a shame to waste life. So when are you gonna get up." the voice asked as a black fox went to the front of Naruto.
"Geez, took my fun away you mutherfucker." Naruto replied as he got up and brushed himself off.
"Well that's a nice way to say thank you, pup." as the fox went to smack him with it's tail.
Naruto grabbed the tail right before it hit him. Yawning slightly, he hurled the fox into a tree, snapping the tree in two.
"Fuck, you are gonna have to play with me now. Don't bore me." Naruto smirked in a predatory fashion.
"As you wish, i'll put you in your place pup." As the fox rushed back at Naruto, fully intent on killing him.
A few minutes later, several destroyed trees and crushed boulders. The two were panting across from each other as a stream ran down the middle of battlefield.
"You didn't bore me, you earned my name. I'm Kyoki, but you can call me Fox. My counter part is called Naruto." Fox smirked at the black kitsune.
"I'm Kina, the Blind Kitsune." the fox infromed him.
"Well Kina, since we are both beat up pretty bad wanna make a deal?" Fox asked him.
"What for, the only thing i could ever want is my eye sight back. That's impossible to get." Kina told him.
"Why is that? Looks like you got pretty good sight to me. I mean, that last tail whip kinda connected." Fox complained while rubbing his ribs. Raven-san was gonna be so pissed at him tomorrow.
"Echo-location." Kina stated, he walked over to Fox to show him that his eyes were scarred and dull.
"How do you do that?" Fox asked him.
"Easy, chakra pulses. Notice how i have one tail on the ground, and the rest are up?" Kina explained, showing his seven tails to the boy, "I send out a steady pulse every couple of seconds, making a field of vision for me. I also see things I'm not supposed to. For example the seal on your stomach, is the Kyuubi really sealed in you?" Kina asked.
"Yes, but everything i've done is my own power." Fox explained.
"Ah, so how about we do something different. A contract." Kina told him.
"A contract, like a summoning contract?" Fox asked.
"No, a binding contract. You can deminsh the contract at anytime, but for that time you and I will be bond to one another. Our senses coupled, until the time of deminshment. What do you say?" Kina asked.
"Hmmm, okay. But you have to call me sama, got it?" Fox asked him.
"Sure. It'll be fun to see again." Kina replied smiling slightly.
Fox bit his thumb, giving a few drops to Kina. A slight rush of wind blew through the forest as Kina blinked slowly.
"Damn, i knew you were weird looking. Now that i got a look at you, you are u-g-ly kid. Hahaha." Kina laughed at him, causing Fox to smirk.
"I think we will be best friends." Fox grabbed the kitsune around the neck and noggied his head.
Flashback summoning over
"That's how Kani and I met." Naruto finished off.
Hinata, Ino, and Anko sat at a small make-shift table made out of one of the larger trunks. All three of them were shaking with anger, Chunins hunting a small child for fun. All they wanted to know were who they were so they could make sure they never had children again.
"You himes' don't have to worry about the Chunins that attacked me, Raven-san and some ANBU showed up a few minutes after and took them away. Whatever Kani did, they are never going to be normal for the rest of their lives. Probably still drooling in a dark corner somewhere." Naruto told them with a small but charming smile. Hinata and Ino, slowly relaxed and blushed from his smile.
"So, Kani. Where is this scroll that you have that says you can rob civilians?" Anko asked as the kitsune came out of a side area of the cave where a built in oven had been placed.
"Oh, i put it somewhere. Where the hell is it." Kani started to rummage through his den after setting the fresh cookies down on the table.
"Ah, found it. Here. Anko, right?" Kani asked as he handed the scroll to the snake woman.
"Yes, let's see what this says." Anko started to scan the scroll, slowly chewing on a cookie. "These are really good."
"Thank you, I tried a cranberry and walnut combo. I think they are actually really good with summer sake, so tasty. Hinata, Ino, do you know about Naruto's condition?" Kani asked.
"Hai, we all know." Ino told the black Kitsune.
"Have you ever seen..." Kani started to ask, only to have Naruto to smack him on the back of the head.
"Yes. They have. No. We hope to never see it again." Naruto told the kitsune.
"Oh, well he hasn't been working as hard, has he?" Kani asked, worried that the innocent boy and the psycho hadn't melded.
"Nope. Made a deal, actually more like a negotation." Naruto told him.
"What about..." Kani started only to be interrupted by Anko slamming the scroll down.
"Holy shit! Naruto, shadow clone now. This needs to go to the Hokage." Anko snapped at Naruto.
"Anko-sensei what is it?" Ino asked the purple haired woman.
"A report of a black market dealer called Gato. It seems that he is trying to take over a set of islands that are in the Wave country. Everything here was being shipped to him, so that he could start setting up over there." Anko explained to her team.
"That ass-hat, I had a bad feeling when i freed some women." Kina told them.
"What?" a cold voice asked, suddenly the warm atmosphere had dropped to a bone numbing cold.
"Naruto-sama, Gato had enslaved women and were transporting them to be sold at auction houses." Kina told the spiky haired blonde.
"Naruto, don't get angry. Kina freed them, and probably sent them home or to relatives." Hinata told him in a calm tone, gently holding his hand. The hand was shaking so hard, but as her hand held it longer the shaking slowed down.
"Thank you Hinata. I don't know what I would do without you." Naruto told the Hyuuga.
"Yyyyyour wwwwelcome." Hinata stuttered, blushing slightly. A chibi Hinata ran around in her head with pom-poms and a big sign that said "Congrats on holding hands!"
"Yeah, but the Wave country is almost four day from here." Ino explained. "If a team is sent there even in the next week, it won't be quick enough. The papers were talking about some bridge project being set up over there.
"Not our problem right now. Our problem is Kina, are you coming with us or staying here?" Anko asked the black-furred kitsune.
"I'm coming with you, give me a minute to pack up. Kitsune Storage Space." Kina stated. All the items in the den seemed to suck into his hand, when all the items had disappeared Kina opened his hand to reveal a cube with a fox head on it.
"Wow." That was all that was said as Team Snake watched this happen.
"Wha...?" Anko started.
"Wher...?" Hinata asked.
"Wh..?" Ino finished.
"Can...?" all three asked.
"A compact sealing box, it's actually very easy to make, when you move as much as i do then you need one. Yes, I can make you each one. It'll take three months, one per month cuz of the amount of chakra that needs to be fitted into each one." Kina explained to them as Naruto just smirked.
"And why are you smirking Naruto? It's not like you have one, do you?" Ino asked the spiky blonde.
Naruto held up five cubes about the size of dice. "Weapons, scrolls, attire, recovery, and valuables." He stated curtly.
"Oh, Naruto-sama. I meant to give these to you earlier. Your blond team-mate might have good use of them." Kina told the spiky blonde, holding out two folding fans.
"Are these...?" Naruto asked.
"Yep, just finished the final touches on them myself." Kina told him.
Naruto popped one of the fans open, looking at the design. A fox rushed in across the fan, almost like it was leaping.
"Here Ino, you'll like these." Naruto said smiling at his blonde team-mate as he handed her the fans.
"Ummm, these are just fans." Ino stated.
"Put chakra through them and wave them at the back wall." Kani explained to the blonde female.
Ino shrugged and did as was told, a slash mark appeared on the wall an inch wide and deep. Seeing this, Ino dropped the fans in suprise. Only to have Kani catch them before they hit the ground.
"Easy, I spent two years working on them. Do Not Drop them." Kani warned.
"Why? What would happen if I did?" Ino asked, now cautious of the fans.
"Ummm... boom." That word was all that was needed to know what would happen.
"Okay, now that our mission here is done. Let's head back and get some rest." Anko told her team. The three genin nodded and headed back to the hotel. Kani taking the form of a small black fox riding in Hinata's hood of her sweater.
*Backroom of the Leaping Tiger: Next day*
"So the creature has been dispatched and we won't have anyone else being attacked?" Mr. Yisho asked calmly.
"Yes, the mission is finished." Anko stated firmly.
"Good, good. You may stay till the time of your departure. I hope that we may do buisness again, ma'am. Your Highness." Mr. Yisho confirmed, as he stood after signing the mission scroll and bowing to both Anko and Naruto.
Walking out into the sweet air, Naruto saw that a festival was starting to set-up. The ribbons hanging across the main street and vendors pulling out their wares.
"Hey Anko-chan, how about we take our time getting back to the hotel. I mean, it would be nice to relax a little bit." Naruto explained to the jonin.
"Why Genin Naruto, if I didn't know any better. I would say you are asking me out on a date?" Anko smirked as the whiskered blonde blushed.
"If i am, so what?" Naruto asked. "Now we are just two people out on the town. Plus I might want to get the girls something nice."
"Yes Naruto, I would like to have a date with you." Anko told the young blonde.
"Okay, how about we check some stuff out." Naruto told her with a warm charming smile.
"Lead the way." Anko replied, following her student through the increasing crowd.
A few hours later the two sat down on a bench to rest. Both of them had items for the others. Anko had picked up some food for the two of them, and a poor dango stand owner was crying from joy or sadness remained unknown.
"So what did you get Hinata and Ino?" Anko asked her student?
"It's a suprise." Naruto replied.
"What did you get me?" Anko asked him, "Please let me have it. I'll be extra nice to you for a bit. I'll be really nice to you" The last bit in a slightly more husky tone filled with sensuality.
Blushing heavily Naruto shook his head, holding the three packages closer to him. He wouldn't give them up even if the God of Death asked for them.
"Strong brat, what would you do if i did this...?" Anko asked, and gently rubbed left whisker marks.
Naruto sighed and started blush, unknowningly snuggling into Anko as she stroked the whisker marks. Anko smiled gently, she had watched Naruto grow and had fallen in love with him over time. Seeing him show face inspite of what the villagers had done to him, one side still cared for them with every fiber of his body. On the other side, Fox would kill every single one if he had the chance. It was a knife's edge and Anko was interested to see which way it would tip. She also knew that she would be with him when that moment came.
"Hey, brat. I want another round." a voice came out of the crowd. Both shinobi looked up to see the muscled brute with added padding on his face from the round of Bloody Knuckles from yesterday.
"Are you thick headed or something?" Naruto asked the brute while setting his boxes next to him.
"Whatcha say, you punk?" the brute replied.
"I'm saying, Are. You. Stupid?" Naruto asked, going slow like you would with a young child.
"I'm gonna beat you for that." the brute told him, swinging as he stepped forward. Only to be stopped by a longer than normal kunai at his throat and another near his private areas.
"I'm only going to say this once, because you are ruining my date. I don't want to be a prize, i don't want to be your girl, I wouldn't touch you even if you were the last god-damn person on the planet. My BOYFRIEND is all i want, and if you even think about trying to steal another man's woman while i am around. I will castrate you so slowly that you'll beg for death. Got it?" Anko spit in a venomous tone to the brute.
The brute just nodded, gulping gently. Although a slight odor started to come from him.
"Now, go clean yourself up before you enjoy the festival. Try to ask a woman nicely before you do anything." Anko stated. "Naru-kun, let's go back to the hotel." With that the Snake Mistress of Kohona walked off, making Naruto run after her.
"An-hime you didn't have to make him piss his pants. You know that right?" Naruto asked his purple haired elder.
"I know, but i got enough of that shit elsewhere. Plus, I got you. Don't I, Whisker-kun" Anko asked, kissing his cheek gently. Earning a huge blush from Naruto.
"Hai..." was all Naruto could reply as they stepped into the lobby.
"Naruto! Let's go out and see the festival!" Ino exclaimed as the blonde walked into the attached rooms.
"Actually Ino-chan, can you go get Hinata-chan. I already got presents, after i give them I'm gonna head to the hot spring. I hope it won't be like last time." Naruto explained to his blonde team-mate.
"Ahhh, i wanted to go with you. Okay, but you have to take me out when we get back to Kohona. Deal." Ino stated, not waiting for the whiskered blonde's answer she ran back to the other room. Leaving a some what slacked minded Naruto.
'Did she...' Naruto thought to himself.
'Yep cowboy, she did. Are you gonna be ready for that bull when the time comes?' Fox asked him.
'Oh, Kami. I hope so.' Naruto replied. Being knocked out of his stupor as he heard Ino and Hinata coming back with Anko.
When they all entered the room, Naruto each handed them a package.
Ino giggled as she opened her's, "Naruto, you didn't have to. But thank you so much." When she opened the top of the box she found lying in the middle a purple and orange rose pendant. "Naruto, you didn't..." She stopped and grabbed him, kissing him gently on the lips. Resulting in the two blondes both suppourting strong blushes.
Hinata opened her's slowly, not knowing what to expect. A pair of fox earrings were sitting in the case. She held her hand up, to try and stop the tears from spreading. They were beautiful, it was as if the jewler had known that they were to be for her. "Naruto, thank you. I love you." Hinata ran to her blonde love and kissed him passionately. Darkening his already blushed face. "They're beautiful, I'll wear them next time we go out."
Anko smirked, guessing what was in her box. Opening it swiftly, she found a snake bracelet that wrapped up her arm that was covered in deep pine green all the way to light grass green. "Gaki. I. Am. So. Going to love you forever!" As she glopped the whiskered blond, and planted a searing kiss on him.
"Uh-oh. I think I broke him."
"Anko, what did you to him?" Ino asked as she helped pull him onto the bed, Hinata had took their presents back to the room.
"I don't know. Yaaawwwnnn, anyways lets get some sleep. Us girls will go out tomorrow and leave him be for a little bit. Then the day after, we'll head back. Okay?" Anko asked.
"Okay, let's turn in." Ino told Hinata as she came back in to the room.
That night, Naruto started tossing and turning so hard that it woke someone. The person slowly and quietly slipped in with him. Holding him gently until he stopped, and waited a little longer until his breathing evened back out. They then fell asleep listening to the slow breathing of their whiskered love.
Kani was the only one awake to see the event happen. 'Naruto, the one thing I didn't tell Fox was that you'll break free from his control. It'll because you are so loved by so many. I hope my prediction is right.'
Some where in Amakurge
The rain fell continously as the man watched it. Wishing, no yearning for the sun to appear. Alas this was the Amegakure, it never stopped. It was as if the earth was crying for this war torn place. Suddenly he felt a presence behind him, sighing gently he turned to meet the person who had disturbed him.
"What is it?" the man asked the person.
A blue haired woman appeared in a flowing cone of paper. After she finished her construction of herself, the woman knelt.
"Pain-sama, we have found him. Do you wish for us to act?" the woman asked, quick and to the point. Knowing that time was not on their side.
"I'll meet him personally, i mean when do you get to visit family. Konan, let's go. We have little time before they try to make a move." Pain told her.
The now named Konan nodded and wrapped them in a paper caccoon and shushined them to where an unknown third member was hooked up to tubes and pumps.
"Nagato, it's almost time to see him. Let's hope that he'll listen." Pain told the man.
"Yes, gasp, let's go see our lil cousin. Gasp. Brother." Nagato replied.
"Just try not to strain yourself. You know how your condition is." Konan mother hened at him.
"Okay, MOM. Gasp. Hahaha, it's been a while. Gasp, since we laughed." Nagato smiled gently as the other two chuckled.
"Yes it has, let's go find Uzumaki Naruto." Pain told the straining man. Gently suppourting him, Pain nodded at Konan. Konan nodded back, suddenly as they had appeared the three were gone in a funnel of paper.
Hey guys, so what did you think. I think i did pretty good at 5 in the morning. Remember to R&R. Next Chapter might be the Wave back-up, might not. Or do you guys want to see Naruto go on a date with Ino? Tell me what you might want to see, and I'll try my best to put it in. Also I have a generalized idea of who the harem is going to consist of if you have any inputs. I would like to hear them.
COME BACK SHINY THING!
Sparda-kun signing off.