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Hidden by the Fox
Chapter 2: The Village Hidden by the Fox
The Encyclopaedia Shinobi has this to say on The Hidden Fox Village: It is a small shinobi village located in Wave Country. Like some small villages it calls its leader a Kage, even when the leader is not recognized as a Kage by the 5 great villages.
The Ninja's Guide to Everything also has this to say on The Fox Village: it has some of the best hot springs this side of Fire Country. The waters of the springs are said to heal the body and replenish chakra, and they are surrounded by thick bushes that are easy to hide and conduct research in.
The Guide is also looking for a new village review person; someone who is not Jiraiya of the Legendary Senin.
12 years later…
Five 12 year old kids were sitting in a classroom in the Hidden Fox Village's Ninja Academy.
"Hey, Kimimaro! Can you help me pin this up!" a blonde boy with blue eyes, three whisker like marks on his cheeks and a bright orange jumpsuit, yelled to a pale boy with white hair and two red dots on his forehead. The blonde also carried a large sack filled with chicken feathers, which he was hanging on the ceiling.
"Sure, Naruto!" Kimimaro yelled, as he raised his hand and shot two spikes made of bone at the sack. The spikes hit the ceiling and pinned the sack to the wood.
"Hey, Gaara! You got the oil?" Naruto yelled to a boy with red hair, green eyes, and a large gourd strapped to his back.
"Yep," Gaara answered back, as the cork to his gourd popped off and black sand was spread along the walkway. "You in position Haku?"
Haku, a boy with long black hair and brown eyes, was sitting at a desk, which was right above the academy's water main. "Yup," he answered.
"Umm… Iruka-Sensei is coming," Hinata, a girl with short deep indigo hair and white pupliless eyes, squeaked.
Iruka was covered in cold sweat as he walked down the redwood hallways of the academy. "God damnit! Ever since Naruto got the brilliant idea to for him and his friends to improve their ninja skills through pranks, I have been subjected to traps every time I step into the classroom."
"Oh Kami! Why me?" Iruka though, as he clutched to rosary in his pocket tighter.
He stepped trough the door of the class room and tripped on a femur that was wedged into the door frame. Sand and oil separated, as Iruka topped to the floor. The unfortunate Chunin slid down the now oiled stairs and into the tripwire place in front of his desk. The sack on the ceiling burst open covering Iruka in chicken feathers. Haku made a hand seal and the water main froze and ruptured. Water blasted through the floorboards and soaked Iruka, plastering chicken feathers to his body.
"NARUTO! GAARA! HAKU! KIMIMARO! HINATA! YOU FIVE ARE DEAD!" he roared to the heavens.
"Good thing we have this place," Kimimaro muttered, as the five students crawled under the mass of brambles, five minutes later. Hinata had discovered a concealed entrance big enough for a large adult to get through the thorn bushes, using her Byakugan. Eventually they came to a large redwood tree with a mound of sand at its base. Gaara made his hand like a claw, and the sand shifted to reveal a trap door.
"Well, every ninja needs a place to hide, while they wait for things to cool down," Haku reasoned as the kids climbed down a ladder into a large, three chamber, cavern.
The five kids had used the cave to hide when they pissed off someone powerful. They used one of the chambers to store food, weapons, scrolls, and other miscellaneous supplies. The third chamber was being used a bunkhouse and bathroom when they had to hide out for more then a day. The main chamber was used as a kitchen and living room for when they got bored.
The hideout had served them well over the years. When they had super glued Zabuza's hands to his sword; the Jounin had decide to kill them first, remove the sword later. They had hidden in the cave for two days, before the medic-nins tranquilized the enraged Fox-nin. The experience proved that a hideout was a good thing, and they could evade an angry Jounin for more then five hours.
Meanwhile… Arashi Uzumaki, the Namikage of the Village Hidden by the Fox, was currently the Kage Hidden by Paperwork. Then he smelled something that reminded him of, "wet chicken?"
A sopping wet Iruka stormed into Arashi's office.
"What did Naruto do this time?" Arashi asked exasperated.
"They pranked me, as I was entering the classroom," Iruka sighed. "If those five pass the graduation exam, they will make powerful ninja."
"I agree Iruka," Arashi said from behind the mountain of paperwork. "They undoubtedly show promise."
Later, when Naruto thought it safe to head back home, he snuck in through the passageway under the house and emerged in his room.
"Naruto." Naruto froze when he heard his dad's voice. "Why did you knock out Ebisu and lock him in the broom closet? Then go and prank Iruka with your friends?"
"Because dad," Naruto whined, "Everything Ebisu does is boring, and if I want to be Namikage like you then I need to practice my ninja skills!"
"And pranking Iruka?"
"He's a Chunin! He should have seen the trap! It's not like he didn't expect it?"
Arashi sighed. "Well Naruto, I only hope you pass the Gennin Exam. After all, how will you replace me if you're not even a ninja?"
"Don't worry dad! I won't fail! I will become the Namikage!"
"Goodnight to you too Naruto," Arashi said as he left.
The next day was the Gennin Exams. Naruto sat in class worrying about passing the exam.
"You better not screw this up fox," he though to Kyuubi.
In opposition, to the view shared by all but five people in the Hidden Fox Village; Naruto and Gaara did know about the demons sealed in them. They also knew that it was in the demons' best interest that they remain alive.
Naruto watched as Hinata, Kimimaro, Haku, and Gaara, created perfect clones.
"I swear to what ever gods will listen, if you screw this up fox… I will poison myself."
"Naruto Uzumaki! Please create at least two clones.
Naruto walked to the front of the class made a hand seal. "Clone Jutsu!"
When the smoke cleared there were two perfect copies of Naruto.
"Congratulations, you passed. Please take your headband and sit down."
Naruto grabbed a headband and sat down with his friends.
Later, Naruto was walking home when the teacher's assistant Mizuki walked up to him. "Good job Naruto. I actually have something to tell you."
"What," Naruto asked quizzically.
"Oh, I just know of a scroll your dad has that contains a whole lot a powerful jutsus,"
"Really!"
"Yup," Mizuki said smiling.
"Kit, I smell a rat," Kyuubi said inside of Naruto's mind.
"Me too," Naruto answered as Mizuki went over the details on how to get the scroll.
Arashi went into the scroll chamber to check on the top secrete jutsu scrolls; only to find the guard lying against the wall, unconscious, with a trickle of blood pouring from his nose.
"Naruto! What are you thinking?" Arashi thought, as he ran to alert the village of the theft of the Village's Scroll of Secret Jutsus.
"Damnit!" Mizuki thought as he took off through the trees. "Why isn't the demon brat where I told him to be?"
Meanwhile… Naruto, Haku, Hinata, Gaara, and Kimimaro were in their hideout looking at the various techniques in the scroll.
"Umm…. Why don't we copy the stuff here onto our scrolls?" Hinata asked. "That way we can return the scroll and still have access to what it contains."
"Hey, that's a great idea Hinata!" Naruto said, causing Hinata to blush.
The five ninja spent an hour copying the text off the scroll onto a bunch of small scrolls they hid around the hideout. When they were finally done Naruto suggested they actually try and learn some techniques from the scroll.
"This looks interesting," Kimimaro said, picking a jutsu. "The Impaling Bone Jutsu, also known as the Dance of the Wild Rose."
"Demonic Ice Mirrors... I could make good use of this." Haku said.
"The Desert Coffin, Shukaku will like this," Gaara thought.
"Umm… I-I think I'll try the Chakra Scalpel," Hinata announced.
"I'll do the Shadow Clone Jutsu then!" Naruto boomed.
After a few more hours had passed, Haku stood up. "Okay, do we all know how to do a jutsu at least?"
Everyone nodded.
"Good, so I suggest we return the scroll before they call the ANBU on us." Haku explained.
"I agree," Gaara seconded. "We still have the scrolls here to work on. Besides, I think we should give Mizuki a surprise."
Everyone in the room grinned evilly.
Mizuki had looked over every inch of the Village but had no luck in locating Naruto. Then he saw Naruto and his friends walking back to the village.
He pulled a giant shurikin from his pack and hurled it at the unsuspecting Gennins. However, the Gennins disappeared in a poof of smoke as soon as the shurikin hit them.
"What the…?"
He turned around only to see a giant snake made of sand creeping towards him. Then the snake exploded as Kimimaro burst from his concealment. Bones erupted from his forearms forming razor sharp spines. Mizuki dodged out of the way only to have Hinata block his intended path with a few modified Jyuuken strikes. Mizuki took off.
"Damn! How can those brats be so skilled? All they ever did was fool around in class and pull pranks on everyone." Mizuki thought as he made his escape.
Then two sebon needles forced him to change his mind. Haku watched the former teacher change course and head right for Naruto.
Mizuki skidded to a halt when he found out what the clearing contained. Thousands of Narutos filled the surrounding trees.
"You think I'm that stupid, Mizuki Sensei? I know you hate my guts," Every Naruto said at the same time.
Mizuki gulped as the mob cracked its collective knuckles.
One Savage Beating Later…
"Hey Dad!"
Arashi spun around to see Naruto and his friends walk up to him. "Naruto where have you been…"
Arashi's rant was cut off as Naruto tossed the forbidden scroll to him.
"I believe this is yours Dad?" Naruto said, as Arashi caught the scroll.
"What the heck happened?" Arashi asked slightly confused about what was going on.
"We found Mizuki running away with the scroll," Gaara said, as he tossed Mizuki's beat up body on the ground. "He's still alive; Hinata just cut the Tendons in his leg."
Arashi gaped at them before finding his voice. "Good job you five. Thanks for bring back this scroll; it contains lots of village secrets. It would be disastrous if it fell into the wrong hands. I'm just a little surprised you were able to defeat a Chunin."
"Thanks!" Naruto said before running into the house. "See you tomorrow guys!" he yelled back to his friends as they left.
"I underestimated Naruto!" Arashi thought, "I'm either not paying as much attention to him as I thought he was, or he has become very good at surprising people."
Authors Note: I hope this chapter is okay. I just finished this at 1:00 in the morning.
Updates will be less frequent, for the next two weeks. Vacation Whoo Hoo!