It had been a few weeks since the wave mission and sakura was still scarred from the experience. Kitsune and Naruto tried to comfort her until sakura's mother forbade them from seeing her at all and that she'll be petitioning for her daughter to be removed from the roster. Kitsune was displeased (in pleasant terms) at this.
"Mrs. haruno may I remind you that your daughter is now an adult since she put that hia-ate on." kitsune said keeping his anger in check for his nephew's sake whom was currently comforting sakura. "that doesn't matter." the banshee (that's what kitsune called sakura's mother) said "She will not be going on anymore of those mission's with you nor your godforsaken nephew." kitsune bristled at her words. "in no way, shape, or form is naruto the nine tails; who also happens to be my brother" he said snarling in her face. Mrs. haruno took a step back finally realizing whom she was speaking to. "now then. Sakura." kitsune said. The girl looked up at her sensei. "here's a form for the chunin exams. If you're not ready that's OK I won't force you." he said getting up to leave. "kitsune-sensei." sakura began. Kitsune turned to face her. She smiled. "I'll do it. If naruto can face an enemy nin without fear, I should too." kitsune smiled at her words. He put his hand on sakura's head and ruffled her hair. "you remind me of a brown haired kunoichi I once knew." kitsune said before thinking "And loved." Sakura was floored. "She tried so hard to prove that she wasn't a worthless teammate and when I look at you sakura, I see her in your place." sakura was near to crying. Naruto wiped the tears away. "thank you naruto." she said quietly.
A few hours later.
Kitsune was walking with naruto and sakura through the village at night when he felt a presence behind him. Kitsune turned to see a kunoichi with a musical note on her forehead protector. She had a depressed look on her face. "oji-san?" naruto asked. "Wait here naruto, you too sakura." Kitsune walked up to the girl who had her arms crossed. "You alright?" he asked. The girl nodded as her stomach growled. "Care to join my students and I for supper?" kitsune asked. A smile crept up the girl's face. "Sure." she said walking beside kitsune. "My name's Kin Tsuchi." the girl said. "Well Kin, I'm kitsune. The love birds are naruto and sakura." Kin giggled as naruto and sakura blushed. They reached ichikaru's and ate. Well almost everyone. Kitsune noticed that Kin was barely eating. Something was up. "Naruto, take sakura home." said boy looked at him. "will you be home late oji-san." naruto asked. Kitsune nodded as the two genin left. "Ryo for your thoughts." he asked Kin. "My teammates say I'm weak." she said. "Don't let that get to you." Kin looked at Kitsune. "you have potential Kin. Don't let the fact that you're a girl let you down. Do your best and don't let your teammates discourage you from doing your job because I believe you can go the distance. And I hope I'm there when you're made chunin." kitsune said smiling. Kin rushed forward and cried into his vest. Kitsune was shocked and started to get a feeling that he belonged in the girl's life. Suddenly Kitsune had a vision. I showed a pile of ash falling apart to reveal. Kin. She would die. Subconsciously kitsune released an extremely small amount of chakra and pushed it into her body. "Arigato for the food kitsune-sama." Kin said before leaving.
Chunin exams final stage
Kitsune stood beside sarutobi as they fought orochimaru and the first 2 hokage. "you're too old hiruzen. Let me deal with him." kitsune said "No, this is my mistake I must correct it. I need to do the reaper death seal." The sandaime said obviously weakened and nearly out of chakra. Kitsune tensed at the name. He knew what that jutsu did. "Will you cover me one last time... Old friend.". Hiruzen asked as his shadow clones sealed the souls of the first and second hokages. Kitsune looked at the disintegrating bodies. When he saw the one person he, in the brief time they had, saw as a daughter laying on the ground still he was shocked. Kin. His chakra didn't work unless it was... kitsune looked at orochimaru with hate. Extreme hate. "You bastard." he said charging at the damn snake sannin. Orochimaru was shocked. He had heard stories of kitsune and of how powerful he was. He tried to move his arms when he realized that they were just husks. A sphere of chakra formed in Kitsune's clawed hand. "Damn it." orochimaru thought as kitsune charged at him. The sphere became laced with fire. "RETREAT!" orochimaru yelled. "chew on this you snake bastard. INFERNO RASENGAN!" kitsune yelled thrusting his right arm forward. The sphere struck orochimaru's left arm causing and explosion that created a shock wave knocking a lot of shinobi both good and bad off their feet. Kitsune flew backwards landing next to hiruzen's prone body. His feral features disappeared as the dust settled. "Kitsune. You alright?" kakashi asked as he and guy joined him on the roof. Kitsune nodded before falling to his knees crying. "i couldn't save them both." kakashi noticed lord third's body, but he didn't know what kitsune meant by both of them. Suddenly a dull glow lit up. Kitsune rose his head to see golden chakra cover kin's body gradually making it stand up. She blinked. "Where am I?" Kin asked before being enveloped by 2 arms. Kitsune cried while hugging a stunned Kin. Slowly she returned the gesture.
One week later
Kitsune stood in the cemetery with Team 7 and his recently adopted daughter, kin. She had recently been made chunin and was a leaf nin. However she refused to part with her sound headband Kitsune had changed his clothes to black and white for the congregation. He placed a hand on naruto's shoulder and they looked at each other. The sandaime was a grandfather figure to naruto. Kin took naruto's left hand and said that she was sorry.
"I'm sorry for everything Naruto. If I could I'd..." Kin began. "It's OK. I forgive you nee-chan." naruto said giving kin one of his trademark smiles. When the trio got home, Kitsune drew a kunai from his holster. "Kin give me your hia-ate." Kin gave him the hia-ate. Using the kunai, he put a deep scratch in the middle. He handed it back to her. Later Kin walked out of a clothing store wearing her normal outfit but with a minor difference. She wore a grey short sleeved jacket with a konoha head plate on each sleeve. She still retained her sound hia-ate but it had a scratch on it signifying that she was a missing nin from the sound village, but that didn't matter. Kitsune and team 7 looked at her. "Welcome to the team Kin." Kitsune said as sasuke held out a fist. Kin noticed it and returned the gesture. Kitsune smiled as naruto and sakura hugged Kin. "Well lets go for some barbeque to celebrate." no one, not even Naruto objected. "Perhaps a photo of the new family." kakashi said eye smiling as he pulled out a camera. Kitsune smiled while having one hand on naruto's shoulder and the other on Kin's. Kin smirked crossing her arms. Naruto grinned like an idiot and made the peace out gesture.
It was the start of a new friendship that would surely grow as the now chunin team 7 got older.
END OF ACT I
Present Day
Natani smiled at what her friend just told her. He had given an enemy ninja a second chance at life. "that was nice of you to do that." she said. The man chuckled. "what happened to orochimaru?" a voice came from behind the duo. Turning the man and natani saw a man with a bandaged right arm leaning against the counter.
Chuckling the man responded. "Well Clay, orochimaru got what he deserved." Clay raised an eyebrow at the blonde's reply. That's when natani saw a photo of kitsune, naruto, kin and two other people. One was a white haired man. The other a blonde haired woman. "Hey who are these two?" she asked "The man with white hair is Jiraiya and the woman is tsunade. They're sannin like orochimaru was."the man said as he began to tell natani and clay about the toad and slug sages.