Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
This story's going to have a FemGarra in it. Only seen one other story with that and decided I'm gonna try it. This is just a notice so I don't get people wanting to yell at me.
Speech
Thought
Kyuubi/Nibi
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Wolf in Fox's Clothing
Chapter 13b: Surprises 2/2
"Lousy, stinkin', no-good.." Naruto grumbled as he drove his fist into rock a in an attempt to blow off some steam from his meeting with the Hokage the other day. Normally it would have blown over by now, but this was a harem, for crying out loud! He felt like a damn pervert, and the possibility of arranged marriages. Needless to say he wasn't a happy little wolf.
"Kit, calm down. Getting all worked up about it isn't going to help. Besides," The fox grinned lecherously, "Hooking up with a bunch of hotties? Slice of heaven if you ask me."
"No one did ask you, ero-kitsune! And no one asked me either if I even WANTED the friggin' thing put on me in the first place! Well, they can wait till Shikamaru and Lee trade lives for all I care, I'm not doing it!" He struck the stone even harder, putting a small crater on the surface.
"You know you have until you're 17 to do it right? That's a lotta time for you to change your mind."
"And you forget who their dealing with. You of all people know how stubborn I can be when I want."
Naruto was so preoccupied with his pummeling of the rock and the conversation, he almost failed to noticed someone coming up behind him.
"Ah, there you are Naruto." The voice of Asuma Sarutobi piped up, "I've been hunting you down all day." He took a moment to light up before continuing, "The Hokage wants to see you concerning another mission."
"Another? But I just got back from Wave!"
Asuma shrugged, "He said the circumstances were more suited for you."
The blond growled, "Fine..Man first that CRA, now this."
"The CRA? You mean the council offered it to you?? Lucky skunk." Asuma nearly dropped his cigarette.
"Offered? They shoved it on me! The old man said once the act's been passed on to someone they have until the age of 17 to find an acceptable number of potential brides or face fines and possible jail time! Well, I told him to let them try!" He started to continue his rant but was stopped cold when he saw the younger Sarutobi bent over in laughter.
"N-Naruto. The CRA is purely voluntary."
"Say whaa??"
"I think my dad pulled a fast one on you. The REAL Clan Restoration Act is offered to the last male member of a clan. If he accepts, all it does is give him the ok to have more than one wife. The offer's normally extended when they reach puberty, dunno why myself. Anyway, the 17 limit is just so they have time, otherwise the council just gives reccomendations."
Through all this, Naruto's expression changed from confusion to annoyance, and finally..
"SAAAARUUUUTOOOOBIII!!" He roared, a severe eye twitch forming as he made his way to the tower, "NOT FUNNY, OLD MAN!"
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One busted door, 15 minutes of ranting about the Hokage's 'warped' sense of humor, and a threat of payback later, Naruto was standing beside a giggling Yugito who had come in during his semi-scolding of the strongest ninja in the village.
"You sent for me, Hokage-san?" She asked, standing beside her fellow Jinchuuriki.
"Yes. The two of you are to head to Suna. I've received word that one of the Kazakage's children is the carrier of the Ichibi no Tanuki, better known as the Shikaku."
Both Yugito and Naruto took on a blank expression for a moment.
"The Nibi and Kyuubi?" Sarutobi asked, a hit of concern in his voice.
"Yeah. Kyuubi considers Ichibi almost like a sister. He didn't know she had been contained till now"
Yugito nodded, "Nibi's pretty worried about her as well."
Sarutobi looked surprised at learning the One-Tail was female but decided to get back to business, "Unfortunately, the sealing was done for the sole purpose of making the child into a weapon. It worked..too well. Several innocent people have died recently because of this. Now, some of Suna's council members have decided to ask for help with the situation. I need you both to get there as soon as possible. They'll provide more information when you arrive"
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"I swear, if they've done ANYTHING to hurt her, I'll raze that place to the ground MYSELF!" Kyuubi snarled.
"Dammit, fox! Raving like that isn't going to help! They'll tell us once we get there, then we'll see what we can do to help." Naruto muttered as he finished sealing up his supplies for the trip, "Now that I think about, you're sounding pretty damn protective of this Ichibi."
The fox sighed, trying to calm himself "To be blunt, She was the first being to ever be genuinely nice to me. She's also the youngest of all the nine tailed beasts. I don't think anyone would expect one of us to be as innocent as she is."
"Wow. Well, hopefully we'll be able to fix things " With that, Naruto stuffed the scrolls in his vest and began making his way to the city gates. On his way, he spotted Yugito heading there was well. It didn't take long for the two to meet up and they immediately started on their way to Suna.
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I know the chapter's somewhat short. But It's been a while since I updated this story and felt I had to add something.
Next time: The Jinchuuriki of Suna.