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Chapter 23
(Day before the Chuunin exams, Naruto's team meeting at the bridge)
Naruto sat cross-legged as he reviewed where he and the others were to meet up once he left the meeting with his team and idiot sensei. He didn't have to wait long, as Kakashi poofed into existence right in front of them. He eye smiled as Sakura screamed at him for being late. He handed over the forms going on about how they could not go if they wanted. Naruto just ignored him and waited to be dismissed.
Leaving five minutes later, he walked down the streets until he noticed Konohamaru being held up by a guy in a cat suit. Taking swift action he replace Konohamaru with the fire daimyo's wife's cat Torra and boy was that funny. The cat-man was scratched in the face so much you could tell where the claws made a permanent home by following the trails of blood. It took ten minutes to get Torra off his face even with the help of the blonde chick that was beside him. Naruto laughed as he told Konohamaru to get back to the academy. Still laughing Naruto approached the two before jumping into a branch above their head spying a red head with a giant gourd on his back. "Hello Shukaku's container, nice ta mee'cha. Will you come with me?"
Not giving the redhead the time to react, he grabbed him and poofed to the meeting spot. Gaara, not knowing how to react, just waited to see what the blonde would do. Naruto released him, backing away to get out of his personal space. He stared at the redheaded tanuki container before speaking. "Gaara of the sands how would you like it if we fixed your seal for you?"
Gaara looked taken aback by this, not expecting such words from a stranger and potential enemy. He glanced at the others, never letting anything show on his face. He noticed what smelled like two wolves, another fox like the blonde, and two cats of different species. He turned back to the blonde who was the apparent spokesperson for the group. "Why would you do this for me?" Naruto tilted his head to the side as he leaned on Ryu who was closest to him.
"Hmmm, how to answer that is easy. I used to be just like you: hated for the demon I once contained, but now we're both free as you and Shukaku can be."
Gaara shook his head, staring at the hooded blonde boy before seeming to go into a light trance that lasted a minute or two. When it was over, Gaara's teal eyes gazed into Naruto's blues before answering.
"What do you want in exchange for this kitsune-sama?" Naruto laughed as he slid his hood off. "Well first off I want to know why your father smells of snakes instead of sand and second, will Shukaku agree to give a demon's oath to let us cure his insanity once and for all?"
They waited in silence as Gaara's eyes changed to black with a gold star in them. Waiting, but still ready for an attack, they watched as 'Gaara' stretched before slowly strolling over to where Naruto stood with Ryu. Gaara dropped to one knee in front of him, bending down to bare the back of his neck in submission before looking up into Naruto's eyes. "I Shukaku, demon of the wind and sands do hereby swear to follow Kyuubi or Kyuubi's ex-container, to be respectful and cooperate while they remove the insanity from my mind and me from my own container."
A ring of light surrounded Kyuubi, Shukaku and Naruto before going out and sealing the oath. The blonde stepped forward, a smile on his face as he knelt in front of Shukaku before slowly leaning over so they were face to face.
Staring into Shukaku's crazed eyes, he leaned forward before kissing him lightly on the lips. "Oath accepted and we shall free you both tonight; follow my scent to an apartment in the west district and walk through the brown curtain, speaking your name clearly if none are there to let you in." Saying this, Naruto leaned back and stood up walking away as they all dispersed to their homes. Behind them Gaara waited a moment before he too left to consider the offer.
-Dude, just send it to me in my beta box from now on. Good job, but work on your capitalization and simple stuffs before I get it. Sry for the delay lots of school work.
