Speech
Thought
Kyuubi
DragonMaster4381: Don't worry, it's won't be a doujutsu, and he won't be an idiot either.
GodricGryff: It'll just let him record the hand signs. He'll still have to work on it.
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Kasumi yawned as she got up from her nap, "More dark..." She muttered, getting to her feet and feeling for the bars to her cage.
Judging from her internal clock, close to a month had passed since the nanites had put Naruto in a coma. She was now officially bored and lonely; thankfully she could tell his heart was still beating and such so he was alive at least, she just wished they'd finish.
As if answering her prayers, the cavern began to slowly light up. It took a few minutes for her eyes to adjust but when they did, she received something of a surprise. The walls now had a metallic sheen to them and the pipes shone as if they had been freshly chromed. Even the bars on her cell looked like brushed steel.
"Wow.." Was all she could say at the moment.
"Kasumi?" A familiar voice called out, followed by the sound of sloshing water, "How..how long have I been out?"
Kasumi broke into a smile as she watched Naruto step into view, albeit a little wobbly, "Naruto! You're finally awake!" She would've jumped to hug him if not for the bars, "It's been about a month."
"Nani? What'd those things do to me? I feel like I just ran through every street in Konoha." He leaned against the bars to steady himself, giving her a better look. He was now a few inches taller, giving him a more normal height for an 8-year old, and a bit of the baby fat on his cheeks had vanished.
"Wow, they actualy helped him in a way." She had to mentally hit herself for suddenly picturing what he'd look like when he got older before watching him steady himself a little.
"That's weird...I'm actually starting to feel a little better." He stretched a bit, popping some joints in the process.
Kasumi smirked, "Accelerated healing due to me being sealed in here. That and the nanites are probably still fixing you up."
"Cool. So..now what?"
"Well, now that you're finally back among the living you could go ahead and let me out so I can start living up to my end of the deal."
"Oh, right." He looked at the seal, "How do I do this?"
"Just do what I do. Don't worry about the chakra, I'll take care of that." She started going through seals slow enough for him to follow, "Tora, Inu, Hebi, Inu, Nezumi..." She kept it up into a forty seal chain. As soon as they reached the last seal she started applying chakra to the seal and called called out, "Put both hands on the seal and call out..."
"Seal Modifier Jutsu: Body Release!"
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Sarutobi sighed as he headed down the hall to the room Naruto was in. Neither of the Ichirakus had seen him lately which meant he had yet to go there at all and none of the doctors had noticed any changes. It didn't help that the council found out about the nanites and several demanded he be turned over to Danzo for 'conditioning' into a weapon.
BOOM!!
The explosion just about rattled the entire hospital, sending doctors, nurses and a few patients into a panic.
"Oh no..NARUTO!" He yelled, seeing a large hole where the door had been and saw pale red smoke billowing out from it. Without a second thought, he ran inside and stopped dead at the sight.
"Maybe that was too much chakra." Coughed a girl sitting on the now demolished hospital bed. Underneath her was Naruto, who looked like he had been rudely woken up.
"You think!? He muttered, coughing as well. It was then he spotted the gobsmacked Hokage standing where the door was, "Oh, Hi, Ojiji."
"N-Naruto...you're awake..what happened..who's she??" Sarutobi stammered, pointing at Kasumi.
Her ears perked up, "You can see me? That means.." She looked around and let out a squeal of delight, hugging Naruto tightly, "KYAAAA!! We did it! I'm out!"
"Out..? What are you...?" Realization kicked in for Sarutobi who quickly paled when he saw her fox ears and tail , "K-Kyuubi...?!"
"Actually it's Kasumi. Kyuubi's just my title." She gave the old man a slightly annoyed look, "Get a grip. I'm not gonna destroy Konoha, all right? Most of my chakra's still locked away. Besides, I only attacked 'cause I mistook you guys for Kumo."
"Kumo..?" Sarutobi wasn't sure what to feel more; fear that he was face-to-face with the nine-tailed fox or confusion at what she said plus learning that the fox was female.
Kasumi sighed, "The Raikage...hold on." She stuck her fingers in Naruto's ears so he wouldn't hear her. Ignoring his protests, she continued, "He found out my human form and had the gall to think he could take me as one of his personal brothel girls." She looked a little green, "He had to be at least 80, even sent a group of Kumo ANBU to try and intimidate me into submitting. The idea alone pissed me off. I dealt with the ones he sent and made my way to Kumo to personally lay into him. The downside..I was too mad to realize I had gotten my directions screwed up and came here by accident. By the time I realized the guy on Gamabunta was the current Hokage, it was too late and I ended up getting sealed into Naruto."
Sarutobi sweatdropped, the Kyuubi no Kitsune was provoked by a man who though he could bully her into obeying him, "Well..if it helps, there's been a new Raikage for the last couple of years. The previous one was assassinated."
"Can't say I'll cry for that bastard." She muttered, finally giving Naruto back his hearing. "Now, I guess it's on to business. Since it's more or less my fault his life's been crappy, I'm gonna help him train and learn to use those nanites."
"You mean the Nanosoul? Apparently that's what the creators named the mass in the globe. Naruto managed to absorb all that was left of it when their container broke." Sarutobi said, watching the two of them climb off the bed.
Naruto looked at his arm, "Still feels weird knowing I got them in me."
"Don't worry. "Kasumi ruffled his hair, "By the time I'm done, you're gonna be a badass with a capital B.A.D." Her face took on a more serious look as she turned to the Hokage, "However, I'm not going to train him in Konoha."
The two males in the room froze momentarily, "Nani??"
"You heard me. There's too many ignorant pinheads here to deal with before he can handle them himself. And while I'm still strong enough to cause some havoc in this town, we wouldn't get anything done if I spent all my time dealing with the bakas who're still convinced he's me."
The Hokage hated to admit it, but she did have a point. He could count on both hands the only people who didn't see him as a demon or a soon-to-be one anyway, "Very well. Though I do ask this: bring him back in time for the genin exams. I'd like him to at least be teamed up with ones his own age."
"I'm actually leaving the village?" Naruto said. He had never been out of the village boundary in his life.
Kasumi grinned at him, "Don't worry, you'll have me around." For some reason, her grin made him gulp.
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The next morning, Naruto and Kasumi walked past the main gates. His arm was wrapped up in bandages and she had used a transformation to hide her ears and tail so they wouldn't daw attention. Everything they felt worth taking from the storage room Naruto called an apartment was in a backpack Kasumi was toting.
"Kasumi, how long do you think we'll be gone?"
"Dunno, kid. May be a while. Though I will say this place is gonna be in for a surprise when you do get back." She chuckled to herself as they exited Konoha.
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All right! Final tally on his abilities: shape-shifting arm (weaponry) enhanced physical traits/durability, and last but not least: body armor ( the nanites of the arm flowing over him to make a suit, kinda like Guyver sorta.)