I'm back everyone with chapter nine! Brace yourselves. I also would like to thank all of you for spending the time writing to me. It makes me so happy to know that they are tons of you who enjoy my story. It's hard work to do a crossover fic because of the character's differences. But thanks to researching each one, I've got it all down.

I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha. It's better that way.

Chapter.9 Friendly Ninja

"Shippo," Shizune called knocking on the door, "May I come in?"

"Yeah," Cried a happy voice from inside.

Dozens of papers were scattered across the room. Each had a picture drawn with crayon, showing ninja and people as they crossed a street.

Shizune picked one of them up and examined it. "Wow, these are really good!" She exclaimed noticing the fox demon putting away all the crayons…what was left of them at least.

"Have you shown these to anybody?"

"No, not these." Shippo answered while putting the last crayon in the box. "I've drawn others and shown them to Kagome and the others, but there's no one to see the new ones until the others get back."

"Well I think there wonderful. You're such an artist."

"Thanks of course this is all I can really do since I'm stuck up here."

A slight pain of guilt hit Shizune, "Oh! I…I'm so sorry about that. I know you must get pretty bored up here by yourself all the time but don't forget, people around here will kill a fox demon on sight."

"Yeah, I know."

"Hey, your fox magic is in illusions right?"

"Yeah."

Shizune's light bulb just turned on. "Why don't we use your illusions to make you look more human?"

"Like this?" Shippo immediately transformed into a gorgeous woman.

"NO! NOTHING LIKE THAT!" Shizune cried, pleading for him to transform back. 'Note to self. Give Naruto a GOOD hit on the head for that!'

"What's the matter with it?" Shippo asked, "Naruto says it's really good."

"Well…uhhh…wouldn't you rather be around your age group and a boy?"

"Yeah, but it's hard."

"How about I help you?" Shizune asked, "Illusion techniques are things that ninja do well at."

Shippo nodded.

They soon found themselves practicing for three whole hours, how to perfect Shippo's illusion.

"I think you have it!" Shizune congratulated the fox.

Shippo practically looked like his old self, just a bit older without the tail or pinched ears. He even transformed with a ninja outfit and cute sandals instead of paws.

"Can you stay like that?"

"Yeah." Shippo said happily, "I think I can stay like this for three days straight!"

"Fantastic."

"What's so fantastic?" asked a voice from behind.

"AH! Tsunade-sama!" Shizune gasped, "What are you doing here?"

"I should be saying the same. You were gone for some time." She then looked at the transformed Shippo, "And what is this?"

"A new transformation!" Shippo cried happily.

"Yes I can see that, but for what reason? You wouldn't happen to be planning a trip outside now would you?"

"Uhhh…"

"Oh Tsunade-sama," Shizune pleaded, "No one will ever know the difference. He looks exactly like a human and he doesn't even have a scent of demon chakra on him."

"Please!" Shippo begged, "I don't want to be here for so long!"

Tsunade gave out a smile, "Whoever said that I wasn't going to let you out?"

"You mean?"

"Yes. You may go outside Shippo."

"YIPPIE!" Shippo cried happily as he scampered out of the room.

Shizune gave out a happy glance at Tsunade, "You really are so sweet to let that boy go out by himself."

"I didn't say he would go alone."

"Huh? Then who?"

"You of course."

"GYAH?"

"Follow him around and see he doesn't get into any trouble will you?"

"Wait, Tsunade sama!" But she already had left, leaving poor Shizune to feel that this was a terrible mistake.

Shizune found herself leading Shippo all around the village, showing him the shops, the places, the buildings and people.

"This place is even bigger than any other village I have ever been in!" Shippo said with joy as he trotted off.

"Let's take a break Shippo," Shizune panted, it was hard to keep up with this kid, "We've been running around all day."

Shizune rested by a bench. "Why don't you go play over there for a while?"

"Alright!" The fox happily said as he trotted off into the bushes.

"Finally," Shizune sighed happily, "Some rest."

Shippo noticed right beyond the bushes a clearing. It seemed to be a nice spot so the fox ventured further in. The clearing had a huge building and beside that, a huge tree with a swing.

"Neat!" Shippo cried immediately jumping on and trying it out. "This place is great! I'm going outside more often."

"YAY," Cried a voice from inside the building. "School's out!"

"Let's go play!" Another cried.

Suddenly, the doors burst open and joyful kids emerged with happy faces. They all then stopped to see the new kid swinging on the old swing. Shippo could only know what was going on with the questionable stares at him.

"Hey." Said one kid, "Who are you?"

The fox immediately stopped the swing, "Umm…My name's Shippo."

"Shippo huh?" Another pondered, "Haven't heard that name before."

"Me either," Said someone else as he looked Shippo over. "I haven't even seen you around."

"Umm…well…that's because I'm not from around here."

"Ooooh!" Cried the crowd of children.

"You mean you're from another country?" Cried a girl, "That's so cool! Where is it?"

Shippo began to like this attention and took it, "Well, I'm not really from any country. I'm a traveler. I go around with my friends to many places. I'm what you'd call a wanderer."

All the kids awed at him. Even the girls squealed with delight whispering to each other how cute the foreign boy was.

"That sounds so cool!" A girl cried, "What are your friends like."

"Well…were really tough. We slay monsters so you better not mess with us."

"Like demons?"

"All the time!"

"COOL!" They all cried in perfect harmony!

"Wait a minute!" growled a boy from the audience. "How do we know that he's not making this entire up?"

"Yeah," Seconded another, "He could be just lying to us."

"I'm not lying!" Shippo yelled.

"Prove it then." The boy laughed.

Shippo began to panic but managed to keep his cool, "Uh…I can't. I'm so powerful that I may hurt one of you."

"Fine then." The boy grinned, "Go defeat a teacher."

"What!"

"If you can defeat a teacher, we'll then know that you're tough."

"HEY," Cried a man as he left the building and into the fray of kids. "You kids should run off home now. Why are you just sitting around here?"

"Speak of the devil." The boy whispered in Shippo's ear, "That's Iruka-Sensei. Beat him if you're so tough."

'Why does that name seem so familiar?' Shippo wondered, 'OH! I remember!'

It was around the time that Naruto was teaching him the sexy ninjitsu.

"Is this technique really powerful?" Shippo asked, "I mean it's so dumb."

"HEY! This is no plain technique!" Naruto growled, "This is a technique that I created myself and used it on many people before. The third Hokage fell victim to it, Ero-Sennin could not resist it, and even my old teacher Iruka-sensei could not withstand its power!"

"Wow!" Shippo stared with amazement but then turned to a smug face, "They must have been really stupid to be beaten by something like that!"

WHAP

"OW!"

"Don't call my technique stupid you brat!"

It suddenly became all so clear to Shippo.

'This will be easy.' He gleefully thought as Iruka neared him.

"Oh, and who might you be?"

"SEXY NINJITSU!" Shippo cried morphing into a beautiful woman.

Iruka's nose spewed out blood and made him fall over. All the children gasped at what they saw before them.

"That…that was amazing!" The boy fell to the floor and bowed before Shippo, "Please forgive me for thinking lowly of you!"

Shippo gave a huge grin. "Yes…I think I shall forgive you. Just don't question my powers again."

"I won't!"

"That was so cool!" some one cried releasing many more comments among the crowd.

Shippo indulged himself in the comments he received until he heard a faint cry of his name. "Shippo? Where did you go?"

'Uh oh.' Shippo immediately reacted. "Well, I'd better be going now. I have to go scout out the area and make sure it's safe and all that."

The kids all waved him goodbye franticly as he fled the scene.

"Wow!" One kid cried, "Shippo is awesome!"

"Yeah!" Another kid joyfully announced, "I'm going to train under Shippo someday!"

"How about I SEND YOU ALL INTO DETENTION!" Iruka yelled. He had finally waked up.

"AAAAH!" They all cried as they ran away, leaving Iruka to ponder what had just happened.

'I'm going to have a long talk to Naruto about teaching kids those kinds of things.'

"Shippo!" Shizune cried again with Tonton squealing for the boy.

"Coming!" Shippo cried as he burst out from the bushes.

"There you are!" Shizune immediately scolded him, "Don't run off like that again! Think of all the trouble you'd be in with Tsunade-sama."

"Sorry."

"Well, it's getting late. We'd better head on back."

"Shippo is going nowhere!" Cried a child's voice.

"What? Who said that?" Shizune demanded.

Whoosh! A net flew in the air and wrapped around Shippo.

"I said that," Cried a young boy who Shizune knew all too well.

"Kohnohamaru!" She growled, "You let Shippo go right now! He's a guest in this village and he should be treated with kindness."

"No way!" The boy cried.

"He knows the boss's special attack! He's a spy!" the girl holding one part of the net cried.

"Moegi's right!" the boy holding the other side of the net agreed. "The boss never teaches that technique to anyone except Konohamaru!"

"Special attack?" Shizune asked.

All three nodded. "The ultimate attack against adults, SEXY NINJITSU!"

Shizune was speechless. 'SHIPPO USED THAT ATTACK!'

'Shizune looks really mad.' Shippo thought, 'I'm going to be in some BIG trouble!'

Konohamaru gave a smirk, "And because of that, we must have a battle!"

"A…a battle?" Shippo repeated.

"That's right! Now, let's go!" And with that the four children disappeared leaving a poor Shizune to think.

Tonton stared at Shizune as she began to panic.

"Tonton, we have to find Shippo now! Search for his scent!"

Tonton nodded and began to sniff around.

'If I don't get Shippo back, there's no telling what Tsunade will do. And what will happen to Shippo?'

"SQUEEE" Tonton cried out revealing the location.

"Lead the way Tonton!"

"OW," Went Shippo as Udon and Moegi shook him out of the net. They seemed to be in a grassy forest, most likely where the teams train.

"This is where our tournament will take place!" Kohnohamaru announced, "We are going to fight until one of us is too exhausted to get back up. Any questions?"

"Hey!" Shippo cried, "I don't even want to be in this thing!"

"What's the matter? Are you scared? If you are you can just forfeit and agree that I am the better ninja."

"N-NO WAY!" Shippo immediately pulled out his top, "I'm a man, and as such I don't back down from a challenge."

"Suit yourself then!"

Udon began to speak, "This is a battle between Konohamaru and the evil Shippo."

"HEY! Why am I evil!"

Udon ignored this, "Let the battle start!"

Konohamaru was first to begin, "Here I go!" He threw a kunai in Shippo's direction.

Shippo panicked but luckily the kunai missed.

"Kohnohamaru, your aim sucks." Moegi sighed.

"Uh…that one was just a warm up. This one will get him for sure."

'This is my chance to attack.' Shippo thought as he chucked a tiny fireball at the boy, "FOX FIRE!"

"EEYAAHH!" Konohamaru's pant's leg caught on fire and he franticly tried his best to extinguish it.

"You alright Konohamaru?" Udon asked.

"I'm fine! He just took me by surprise, that's all."

Shippo gave out a smug look, "If you're afraid, you can just quit."

"NEVER! Take this!" Konohamaru threw a dozen kunai.

The fox boy acted quickly and threw out his mushrooms. (Ya know, the one's that cry) The mushrooms were just chopped in half as kunai flew straight at him.

"YIPES!" Shippo screamed as one of the kunai cut a strand of his hair.

Konohamaru gave a smirk. "HA! Looks like I win this round."

"The fight's not over!" Shippo cried as he prepared for his next attack.

"Ugh!" Tsunade moaned as she finished the last of her paperwork. "That's the last of it."

She turned to the window to see the sun already setting.

'That's odd. Shippo hasn't returned with Shizune yet…I wonder what are they up to?'

Shippo and Konohamaru were exhausted. They threw all they had at each other and still it was a tie. They lay on the ground panting, barely able to move.

"Konohamaru," Udon asked, "Maybe we should call it quits for today."

"WHAT? NO WAY!"

"But, it's getting dark." Moegi pointed out, "We'll be here all night if you keep this up."

"Then we will stay here until the sun comes up! I won't be beaten by this chump! He doesn't deserve the boss' special technique!"

Shippo struggled back up, "Well I'm not loosing to you!"

Konohamaru managed to stand, "We'll see about that."

There was an utter silence for a moment then…

"GROWL!" went all of their stomachs.

"Konohamaru, lets get dinner…please?" Moegi begged.

"No way. I'll be done in five minutes!"

Both boys began to charge at each other, blazing with the last of their strength…

WHAP! Both tripped and fell to the ground.

"Damn!" Konohamaru grunted, "I can't do anything else."

"I'm so tired…I don't even think that I can throw another attack." Shippo panted.

"Looks like were evenly matched."

"Yeah."

Konohamaru managed to stand one last time, "So from now on, I shall acknowledge you as a worthy ally."

"?"

"I don't like the idea that boss taught you sexy ninjitsu but he must have seen something in you to teach you. So I will accept this as a draw." Konohamaru pulled out his hand and helped Shippo up. "So what do you say?"

Shippo gave a smile, "Sure."

"SHIPPO!" Shizune gasped as she struggled out of the bushes.

"Hey Shizune, you look awful."

"NO THANKS TO YOU!" Shizune growled as she slapped Shippo on the head.

"OW!"

"That's for being a showoff and causing a commotion! You could have been in a lot of trouble!" She then gave a look at the three other kids. "And as for you three…GO HOME already! It's already dinner."

Immediately the three ran off saying their farewells.

"So Shippo, how was your first day out in the village." Tsunade asked as the boy happily ate the dinner Shizune prepared for him.

"It was fun! I met so many people. I got to see the school and everything!"

"I see. Did you make any new friends?"

Shippo swallowed the bit of food in his mouth, thought for a moment then replied, "Yeah!"

Okay, that's it for this chapter! I'm on a roll! Next episode, Inuyasha and the others return to the village and talk about jewel shards and such.