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And for those of you that havn't guessed it, Shadow was the spirit at the beginning. And if your wondering about the wings, Shadow has some a blood line that Naruto will soon get that allows him to use wings.
Chapter 1
And then... nothing. Everything was still, not a single leaf on a single tree moved. Naruto and Hinata rushed forward, in the direction of where the wind had been blowing, and where the heat seemed to be centered. Atsuko was trailing after them, asking what happened.
They skidded to a stop in a small clearing, and looked around. Naruto caught sight of a large, dark figure racing away from the clearing, heading in the direction of the village. He then scanned the clearing, and saw only a large scorch mark in the very center. Scratching his chin, the blonde pondered what this could mean.
Naruto told Hinata to take Atsuko home, and raced off in the direction of the dark figure. It didn't take him long to catch up to it, and when he did, he quickly took out a kunai and threw it at the figure. The kunai hit the figure dead center in the shoulder, making it give out a pained snarl. Naruto tackled the figure, rolling with it several times, before springing away when it clawed him on the chest. He clutched the new wound, his kitsune blood making it heal almost emeidietly.
All of a sudden, he was trown to the side, and bitten hard on the arm. He gave out a sharp cry of pain, and punched the figure on the head. It grunted and let go, springing away, facing the blonde. He heard an exclamation of, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" then "Souma no Kou!" and he was slammed into by two objects at a high speed four times. The blonde staggered back and glared at his attacker.
It looked like a large kitsune, but he couldn't make out its features because it stayed in the shadows. The one thing that was off about it were the dragon wings folded neatly at its sides. A bushy tail waved behind it in an almost friendly way as it looked at him. Naruto looked carefuly at its posture, and notcied that it wasn't standing in a threataning way, it was almost as though the kitsune had seen him before.
There was a yell in the distance, and the kitsune ran off into the forest. Naruto was tempted to call after it, but when Sasuke, his ANBU capitan, landed beside him, his chance was gone.
"Are you alright dobe?" asked the raven. Naruto didn't care what he was called, he hated when people called him 'Uzumaki-sama,' 'Naruto-san,' or 'Hokage-sama.' He prefered 'dobe' over any of those.
"I'm fine teme." Naruto replied bleakly.
"What happened?" asked the neko hanyou.
"I saw a figure run into the forest in the direction of the village, and ran after it. I tackled it, and it fought back. I think that it had seen me before, because when we finished fighting, it was standing in a friendly way." replied the kitsune hanyou. The two hanyous looked at each other for a moment, then started to walk in the direction of the village.
--------------With the kitsune-------------
As the kitsune continued to run, it used its tail to remove the kunai from its shoulder, and winced when its head throbbed again from when Naruto had punched it. Slowing down, it leaped into a tree and gazed out over the village.
'Sure has changed in the ten years I've been gone.' then it noticed the stone head next to Tsunade's on the Hokage Monument. 'Haa, looks like he finaly made Hokage! Well, you sure do have some power with you Naruto, I know that from when you attacked me.' the kitsune let out a small burst of laughter, then started to leap from branch to branch in the direction of the village.
-------------Back with Naruto and Sasuke--------------
Naruto continued to ponder the kitsune, and was running a list of the kitusnes that he had met in his head. He only knew three that had dragon wings, and they were all dead. Then there was when all of the elements were being compressed, what had happened then.
'Well, it could have been that strange kitsune. Yeah, that makes sense.' he thought. Naruto sighed and shook his head, that still didn't answer how that kitsune could have known him. It could have been told about him by another kitusne, or heard stories. In any case, he hoped that he met it again so he could get some answers
He told Sasuke to go back to what he was doing, and poofed away to his home. Naruto had long ago moved out of his apartment, into his father's old mansion, that way he would have room for his family. Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox demon who used to be sealed in him(1), lived there with his girlfriend. As well as Shadow's son, Cyrus, and his wife and son. Then there was, of course, him, Hinata, and Atsuko.
Itachi, Sasuke's older brother, lived in a large apartment, next to Sasuke's. He was the capitan of another ANBU squad, while Kyuubi and Cyrus decided to stay jonin. Kyuubi's team consisted of Chika (scatter flower) Hyuuga, Neji and Tenten's daughter, Daisuke (great help) Nara, Shikamaru and Temari's son, and Hayato (falcon person) Hiroshi, the son of one of Sasuke's team mates in the ANBU. Cyrus didn't have a genin team right now, but Naruto had asked him if he wanted one, he had said that he would think about it.
When Naruto apeared in his living room, he saw Hinata sleeping on the couch, with Atsuko in her lap. They must have been watching Tv. while waiting for him. Even though Naruto hadn't gone back to the office, he had been walking for quite a while. He smiled and gently lifted Atsuko up, bringing him to his room and gently tucking him in. Then he went back in the living room, and lifted Hinata up bridal style and carried her into their room. He tucked her in gently in her side of the bed, and striped down to his boxers, and climbed into bed beside her, falling asleep quickly.
(1)They had found a way to release Kyuubi without killing Naruto.
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