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Naruto of the Nine Tails

Rated M for language, violence, graphic imagery, clowns, and gallows humor

A/N

I'm baaaaaack. Sorry it took so long I just got a new computer with the accursed vista and a dud battery so I've been trying to get that squared away along with series of unfortunately time consuming events, two of which were week long vacations and one was going to see my little sister play in soccer finals(nationals). Then top it all with, you're gonna get a kick out of this, a word processor that doesn't work with FF. I mean honestly what serial rapist of innocent bunnies was I in a past life.

Ok one thing before I get started, you guys are seriously starting to weird me out. I mean for the love of all that is holy do some of you have ESP or something cause the only other reasons I can come up with for my readers' uncanny ability to predict what's coming next are rather disturbing. The less scary of the two is that I'm being really obvious and that's just depressing and the other is that one or more of you is spying on me which is just creepy.

Chapter 6:The Family Dog…Sort of

It was early morning in the hidden leaf when the sun's gentle touch stirred Hinata from her peaceful slumber. Very slowly she returned to consciousness(you know, that annoying time between naps) and as she did so she inevitably began to notice that something was…off.

Her futon seemed very hard this morning…odd. Maybe she rolled off during the night and just hadn't woken up? Also, for some reason, her blanket seemed…how to put it…fuzzy? Yes, fuzzy was the word. Nothing like her usual crips sheets. Perhaps someone had found her without a blanket and used a bathrobe to cover her? Then there was her pillow, which was the most intriguing of her lethargic observations because it was breathing. How odd.

'Wait...'

Hinata's eyes snapped open as the previous night's events came rushing back. Raising her head slightly she stared at her "pillow." Rust colored hair currently matted with dried blood, whisker marks, claws, and quite comfortable the young Jinchuuriki lay curled into a tight ball with his tails draped over Hinata like a down comforter.

Pushing herself up to a sitting position the little heiress took a cursory look around the room in which she was currently located. 'Hm… big desk, chair behind the big desk, Hokage-sama in the chair behind the big desk, lots of paper on the big desk, chairs in front of the big desk, otou-san in one of the chairs in front... of…uh oh.'

As observed the Hyuuga patriarch was seated in one of the chairs in front of the Hokage wearing his customary white robe and blank stare. Well blank to the untrained eye. His lips formed a line while the remainder of his face showed symptoms indicative of a moderate case of boredom, which translated to he was very pleased with something which puzzled the young girl to no end. Her otou-san was never content, let alone pleased. What could possibly be going on?

"Ah good morning Hinata-chan," the Sandaime said, giving her a warm smile.

Flinching slightly at the sound of her name she turned to face the voice that had spoken. "G-good morning Hokage-sama," she said in a rather small voice while fiddling nervously with her now blood encrusted yakuta.

"Your father and I were just discussing-"but Hiashi cut him off.

"Hokage-sama, with all due respect, I believe we can explain the vast majority of this later. Hinata is already going to be late for the academy and she still needs to get changed and cleaned up. Not to mention, if Naruto is going to be with her he will need to wash as well... and more presentable clothing."

This last statement that Naruto would be accompanying her to the academy thoroughly confused the poor girl. "Um, otou-san? What-" she began only to be cut off a moment later.

"I will explain more on the way home, Hinata. Please wake Naruto so that we may depart."

Still slightly confused, Hinata turned to face the still sleeping "pillow." Reaching out hesitantly she placed her hand on his shoulder and gently shook it.

"N-Naruto-kun? W-wake up, we need to go," she cooed, nervously poking him in the ribs.

Lifting his head Naruto gave Hinata a sleepy glare.

"Come along you two," Hiashi said striding purposefully toward the door.

Standing up Hinata watched as Naruto stretched arching his back and flexing his clawed hands then looked at her expectantly as if to say "lead the way."

As they left the third couldn't help but smile slightly, how ironic that in losing everything Naruto had gained infinitely more.

Roughly thirty minutes and one explanation filled walk later Hinata, her father and Naruto walked through the main gate of the Hyuuga manor where they were greeted by a branch member who had been standing guard.

"Welcome…" hesitating slightly as his gaze fell on blood crusted Hinata, "back?"

"Hinata, take Naruto and get ready for school. I need to address the elders and the rest of the family," Hiashi commanded, then as Hinata moved off toward the bathhouse with Naruto in tow he turned back toward the branch member. "Gather everyone present in the courtyard, tell them I will address them once I have informed the elders," he ordered. Then, trusting that his orders would be followed, he walked off without waiting for a response to tell a certain group of uptight geezers that his daughter now "owned" very... unique pet.

Elsewhere in the vast Hyuuga compound Hinata now sat in the girl's side of the family bath house behind a VERY soapy Naruto attempting to wash the dirt and blood out of his tangled hair and fur as her nine-year-old mind digested her father's words.

"We're going to need to trim your hair when we get home tonight," she said as she ran a comb through his now overgrown mane. Then she froze as the full extent of what her father had told her finally sank in. 'Naruto-kun is coming to live with us…Naruto-kun sleeping in my room… Naruto-kun is staying with me wherever I go…Naruto-kun is crouched in front of me completely naked…' and with that Hinata turned the color of a steamed lobster before promptly slumping off her stool onto the wet tiles with swirlies in her eyes and smoke coming out of her ears.

Several minutes later Hinata awoke to find Naruto gently nudging her with his forehead a look of mild concern plastered quite comically across his now demonic features forcing Hinata back to the ground as she was set upon by an uncontrollable giggle fit. This thoroughly confuses the poor fox boy and it showed as his eyebrow rose and his features twisted into his former self's patented "I'm lost" look. Unfortunately (for Naruto that is) this served only to further entertain the young heiress whose stomach redoubled its efforts to suffocate her.

It was at this point that a somewhat groggy Hanabi entered the family bathhouse for her usual morning wash before she and Hinata had to be at the Academy.

"Morning aneki," she said in a sleepy voice as she turned on the water to wet herself down. Then as she began rubbing shampoo into her long dark blue hair she paused turning slowly to look at her older sister.

'Hm… something's different,' she thought as her mind fought through the haze of sleep still clouding her thought process. 'Why is she being so loud. It's like seven in the morning, wait she's smiling too. She hasn't done that, at least not like that, since that blond baka went over the edge…' Now staring at her sister with a comically thoughtful expression she concluded that, to ensure that she didn't ruin her sister's mood she would just leave her to it and then returned to her grouchy ranting. 'No one in this dysfunctional family understands that kids have a hard enough time getting to sleep without them yelling and running around with lanterns in the middle of the fucking…' and with that and a rather long yawn Hanabi turned back toward her shower as she continued shampooing her hair.

As Hanabi remained blissfully oblivious to the third occupant and source of her sister's mirth Hinata finally managed to calm herself enough to get back onto her stool and continue her thus far futile attempt to tame Naruto's hair.

"G-good m-morning Nee-chan," she finally answered still half laughing.

Hanabi, who had not slept well by any stretch of the imagination, dumped a bucket of water over her soapy head before giving her somewhat rude reply, "How do you know what kind of god damn day it is," she said glaring over her shoulder at Hinata's angeringly understanding face.

"That bad huh?" she asked. She knew what her sister was talking about. The poor girl was a born ninja in almost every way shape and form, which included being a VERY light sleeper.

"Yes, the guards woke me up when they came to check on me. Then after that, I couldn't get back to sleep 'cause they were making a bunch of noise and running around with lanterns…"

By this point, Hinata was feeling thoroughly guilty.

'Maybe I don't have to tell her,' she thought, hopefully. 'It's entirely possible that there was some other reason that the guards were yelling and running around in the middle of the night,' she thought hopefully as she returned her attention to Hanabi.

"… I ended up having to knock myself out with one of the pressure points in my neck," she finished.

"…"

Luckily for Hinata her sister was once again going about her morning ritual and didn't notice the guilty look on her face, that is until she caved.

"Sorry imouto it's probably my fault," she began as her sister froze. "I went out last night after bed and-" then she just stopped.

At this point Hanabi spun around, a look of purest disbelief plastered all over her face as she stared at her elder sister. For a while that's all she did, just stared at her then.

"Hanab-?"

"ARE YOU NUTS!?" she yelled evidently coming to her senses.

This threw Hinata for a loop. Sure, Hanabi had lost some sleep, but that had happened before. That time she'd only been a little grouchy in the morning but now she was screaming at the top of her lungs.

Seeing that her sister wasn't going to answer Hanabi continued her tirade. "You've been, remind me if I miss anything, getting into fights, randomly disappearing, talking back to the elders repeatedly, skipping Jyuuken training, not coming to dinner, you've been late getting home almost routinely. They're talking about putting the seal on you aneki!" Though this last part was shouted at the top of her sister's lungs anyone who wasn't totally dense (like some painfully oblivious blonds I could mention) could see the pleading in her eyes.

"Well, I think you got all of it..."

Hanabi's jaw dropped, unable to believe what she was hearing as Hinata struck the 'thinking' pose her left hand on her elbow her right under her chin with her index finger tapping her lip.

"No wait, you forgot lack of courtesy," Hinata added.

Sweat Drop. She was joking... They were talking about one of the worst possible punishment she could imagine and Hinata was joking. Didn't she understand what that could mean? The older you got the more dangerous it was to receive the seal, not to mention she'd be less then a servant if it happened. Those wedgie ridden old fossils would make sure of that.

"Hinata this is nothing to joke about if you keep this up, they're going to-who's that?" Hanabi said turning to where her now exponentially more alert mind registered something red at the edge of her vision and froze.

"Um, Hanabi-neechan?" Hinata asked tentatively. "Are you o-"

"Eep!"

Thud

"-kay?" she finished staring down at the prone form of her little sister. 'Well, I'd better get her up.'

And so it was that a bucket of exceptionally cold water found itself splashed unceremoniously onto the unsuspecting six-year-old.

SPLASH

Cough, cough, splutter, "COLD!"

Shivering Hanabi glared at her sister who was crouched in front of her, the offending bucket hanging limply in her hand as she stared right back.

"What's the big idea that was freaking cold!" she spat.

"Now now. Such language is unbecoming of a member of the main house," Hinata scolded jokingly while waging her finger at her sister.

Just as Hanabi was about to launch the greatest barrage of the most scathing, hurtful, and uncalled for remarks that had ever grace her lips she remembered why she had passed out to begin with.

Turning her head to look past Hinata, Hanabi found a pair of slitted red eyes staring curiously back at her.

Following her sister's gaze, Hinata understood. "Oh yeah, Naruto's coming to live with us," she explained with the air of someone commenting on the weather.

"Explain," was all the poor girl could manage.

So, Hinata launched into a graphic explanation of the previous night. How she had snuck out to go see Naruto again (which was news to Hanabi, seeing as the last few times Hinata had snuck out no one had caught her) and what she had come across. It was at this point Hanabi threw a look of purest fear at the young container.

He was playing with his tail.

"Are you sure he was killing them?" she asked, not quite able to reconcile the cute scene before her and the gruesome scene that her sister was describing. It was like being told that some fluffy white bunny rabbit could slaughter a group of those 'knight' guys they always read about.

"Why do you think I'm giving him a bath?"

"And he's coming to live with us?"

"In my room," Hinata clarified.

"And you're okay with having one of the most dangerous beings currently in existence sleeping with you?"

"Well he'll be in a 'doggy bed' on the other side of the room, so it's not like I'm sleeping with him."

"…"

BANGBANGBANG

"Hanabi-sama, Hinata-sama classes start in thirty minutes."

"Thank you nii-san," Hinata called back recognizing her cousin Neji. "Naruto-kun could you come here for a moment," she said while refilling the bucket.

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" Hanabi asked, chewing her lip nervously.

"Okay with what?" she asked dumping the bucket over Naruto.

"I don't know, maybe the nine-year-old powerhouse that will be sleeping in your room?" she said, sarcasm dripping from her mouth.

"Why wouldn't I? It's just Naruto-kun," she said as she began to towel herself off.

Hanabi just stared. Ever since the field trip, Hinata had never been the same. She'd been more outspoken even hostile at times but this... this was insane, sure her sister had had a crush on Naruto but this was ludicrous. She was talking about having a force that even the Hokage couldn't contain sleeping feet away for her like he was just an oversized Jack-Russel Terrier with red eyes and fuzzy anacondas for tails.

Then it hit her, he was just a big Jack-Russel Terrier... or maybe that was just the spray from him shaking himself dry.

'Oh to hell with it! If that crazy old man can't handle him we're all screwed anyway,' and with a sigh, she followed her sister to go get ready when another thought hit her. 'Well this wasn't exactly what I meant when I told otou-san I wanted a puppy... but I guess it works?'

Edited: 06/27/19

End Notes

Aneki- elder sister

Aniki- older brother

Something that I remembered from earlier is that some of you would like to draw stuff for this story, more power to you just send me a link. ok?

Well the last chp was a bit of a disappointment both to me and many of you. I believe I said this already but that kind of conversation is not my thing. It has been brought to my attention that I don't do a lot of description, normally this wouldn't be a problem but this individual had not read the manga or seen the anime so I will do more to bring things to life for you guys.

Another thing that sort of bothered me was the lack of reviews, seriously guys I need feedback. If you're having trouble writing stuff try opening the review page and write comments as you go that's what I do. By the way don't worry to much about my feelings with some of the crap I've put up with nothing you say is gonna upset me.

Muse rant

Well cross country just started for me and Delta will be leaving for City Year fairly soon so everything will be a lot slower then usual seeing as he'll be constantly busy and we don't even know if he'll have access to the internet where he's going. Basically what I'm trying to say-

And failing miserably I might add.

Delta shut up this is my rant so-

Which I give you in MY story on MY account so I see no reason why I can't cut in.

Damn your logic, but as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted-

Dude you do realize this is written down, technically it's all one piece so I haven't interrupted you at all I just added a little.

AGAIN WITH THE LOGIC! Moving on, what I was trying to say was that it may be a very long while till the next chp gets up so don't hold it against us.

That's right just direct all of your displeasure at Muse for not bugging me enough.

You're gonna be the death of me.

Correction at some point my intelligence will become too much for you to handle, following this you will commit suicide in a futile attempt to escape me prompting me and a select few of our friends to slit our wrists to come after you. Once in the afterlife we will proceed to beat you to an ethereal pulp and drag your sorry ass back as the EMTs miraculously revive a group of clinically dead teenagers.

I hate you.

Join the club they've got jackets, now if you'll excuse me *starts doing hand seals…* Tatsu, Tora, Mi, Saru, Tori Bye-Bye. *flickers out of sight*

...I hate it when he does that. Until next time.