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"people thinking"

"people talking"

"bijuu talking"

"bijuu thinking"

~~~~~~~~~chapter start~~~~~~~~~~

Naruto was on his team training grounds meditating on a wooden post. His hair no longer blonde but red except for the tips which were still blonde.

"Hmmm it was smart to show my team the Uzumaki chains to avoid questions about my appearance." His team and the hokage just wrote it off as side effects of his bloodline which he thought they would.

He opened his blue eyes now a darker blue to look at the water running in the river. Lately he felt more at peace in nature then in his home. "Maybe i should find a really big training ground and set up camp in it?" He wondered if that was even legal. Naruto jumped off the training post and formed a cross with his fingers. "Kage bunshin no justu."

30 clones poofed into existence the second after.

"I want 10 clones working on having 4 chains at a time. The other 20 is gonna spar with me, come at me with only 4 at a time." He grinned slowly 3 chains with points on it formed out of his back. The orange glowing chains slowly went up fanning out over his head, they looked like tails.

As the first 4 clones attacked, his chains quikly snapped with their points aiming at the clones. The first clone got slapped away, the second one was pierced and the third was picked up by its foot and thrown into the 4th. Naruto tilted his head.

"Ok, you can come with 6."

He narrowed his eyes as the clones slowly surrounded him. Suddenly Naruto put his three chains in the ground and they materialised under three clones, stabbing them. The other three jumped on him one punching him in the face. He went with it turning and kicking the clone in the side popping it. Another clone grabbed his leg through the smoke while the last one came from his side. His chains having retracted went back into action stabbing the one holding his leg. Naruto ducked under the last clone's kick and his chain grabbed its leg slamming him in the ground.

"Stop." He frowned. It was getting to easy to predict himself, he needs a sparring partner. "Just ask the Uchiha"

Naruto jumped. "God, stop doing that."

He could just feel the fox grinning.

"I will do what i want runt." The kyuubi spoke smug as a... fox. Naruto groaned.

"What happened to 'I don't waste my thoughts on Uchiha'?" Naruto snapped back beginning to get angry. "Well, that was before you fucked up with her." He heard snickering. "Oh shut up! I don't even know what i did wrong!!" Naruto yelled in anger.

Satsuki looked at the idiot yelling at nothing cocking an eyebrow. "Who are you talking to nutcase?" The blonde turned around with a sweatdrop. "eh?"

"Ahahaahaaha!" He heard the fox laughing his ass off and couldn't help but seethe. "Argh, you fucking bastard!"

"Pffff, you did it all yourself kit." Satsuki waved her hand in front of his face snapping him out of it. "Nobody, i was talking to nobody." He spoke neutrally. Satsuki rolled her eyes and walked away.

"Whatever." Naruto paused until he spoke up. "Wait, i wanna ask you something."

She turned back around not walking closer but he continued anyway.

"So im stuck in training because i can't spar my clones anymore. That's why i was wondering if you might want to be my sparring partner? I know you're still angry for what happened and im sorry even though i don't know for what." He asked looking straight into her eyes. She had really pretty eyes. "They're almost hypnotic." He thought. Satsuki looked at him before gaining a small smirk.

"Sure i'll be your sparring partner, just don't begin crying if i kick your ass dobe."

Did he mention that she was still a collosal bitch? No? Oh well. "Funny, you almost made me laugh." He said mockingly. She scoffed turning her head away. "You really don't know what you did wrong?" The uchiha asked silently.

Naruto tilts his head thinking back.

"Except for calling you princess, no not really." Satsuki bristled. "Is he that dense?"

"But... i liked it when we talked about things. I felt way better when you didn't hate me after i told you about the kyuubi." He put his hand behind his head.

"hn, im just not stupid enough to believe you're a giant demon fox." She snickered before pausing. "But yes, ill be your sparring partner Uzumaki."

He grinned. "Thanks." Satsuki smiled back at him. Naruto kept staring at her

"You really are pretty when you smile."

He muttered still looking at her. Blushing Satsuki turned her head away. "hn, whatever."

"Urgh, im glad i don't have a stomach otherwise i'd wretch."

"Oh shut up you big furry bastard."

"What the fuck did you just call me!?"

The fox roared so loudly he winced. He tried to shut the fox out and went back to talking with Satsuki. They chatted for a while before Sakura arrived.

"Hey Naruto! How are you?" She asked with a super big smile. Sakura has been acting weird ever since his hair and eyes changed. It was really starting to anoy him. "If something that shallow makes her infatuated with me then forget it."

"At least you have some form of braincells." The fox sighed deeply. "Well, at least im not a big ass fox that's been locked in a cage by 'a monkey'." The redhead mocked him. "Every day you become more hillarious runt." The kyuubi stated dryly. "I know right." He grinned.

"Im fine Sakura, how about you?" He said in a polite tone. "Good now that i saw you Naruto-kun." Satsuki and Naruto shared a look. "Yeah that cutesy tone really doesn't fit her." The Uchiha put her hand in front of her mouth trying amd failing to hold in her laughter. Naruto glared at her. "This is not funny!" She stared back still giggling as if saying

"Yes it is."

"Good job, you made the girl laugh. That's more then what i expected from you." The fox said casually. Naruto grit his teeth. "There will come a day, that i will find a way to pull you out of this seal. Just so i can curbstomp your ass to the next century." He snarled at the beast.

"Pf, monkeys." "Yeah well i hope we get to do a better mission today." The redhead spoke with enthousiasm. "I want to kick someone's ass! All these chores are boring me." "Well, how about we ask for a C-rank then?" The genin turned around to see their teacher reading his book looking bored. Naruto kept looking at him confused. "What is it Naruto?"

Kakashi drawled.

"You're on time. Since when are you on time?" The redhead questioned him.

All three genin kept looking at him until Satsuki made a handsign. "Kai." When he didn't dissapear they looked at each other with baffled expressions. "Very funny. Let's go." He said. They shrugged and followed their sensei. As they arrived at the hokage tower for their mission Kakashi spoke up. "Team 7 requesting an avaiable C-rank." When Iruka heard this he looked at his team. Naruto stood straight with a determined look. "He's ready." He thought with a smile staying silent.

The third hokage looked at the genin. He has been trying to reconnect with Naruto but the boy stayed distant. Hiruzen thought back to something he could have done to offend the now redhead but came up short. "Well, we have one left. Its in the land of waves." He offered.

"Perfect. Listen brat when you are in that village we're gonna take a little vacation."

Naruto was confused about this. "For what?" "There is an old Uzumaki outpost near there where your mother went through. It just so happens that it's protected by seals against non-Uzumaki. So it will probably still be there." The fox stated with a bored tone.

Kakashi shrugged. "We'll take it." Hiruzen looked at Naruto with a smile but went back to frowning when he saw Naruto's unreadable expression. "Iruka call in Tazuna please, we have a team for him."

A clearly drunken man stumbled in with a bottle of what Naruto presumed strong licor. When the man came closer the three genin put their hand over their noses grimacing. "This smell might actually be strong enough to kill me."

The redhead thought to himself.

"These brats are ninja? They seem more fit to catch some runaway pet." The drunk man stated. As soon as he said this the three 'brats' started glaring at him like he was a rodent that should be taken out immediatly. "We don't kill clients. We don't kill clients." Chanted Naruto in his head. "Kill the fool if you want. Just make it look like an accident

Kakashi spoke up, if only to stop his genin from killing the man without even beginning the mission. "Yes well, they are more then capable Tazuna-san." He stated confidently but mostly he just sounded bored. "Now that we have met i suggest we meet tomorrow morning at 7 for departure. Is that okay with you Tazuna-san." The man just grunted and went to leave the tower "Sure, whatever."

~~~~~~~~~Chapter end~~~~~~~~~~

So first of all sorry that it took so long.

Second, im gonna put this story on hold for a while there are some things going on i want to be 100% focused on.

Ill post some one shots probably so that i can still improve my writing.

And just to be clear english is my second language so there will be grammar mistakes that i don't notice.

As always leave a review if you have some tips, it really helps.

Have a foxy day :3