Ah, I hate mornings… yawn, anyways, this is the second last chapter...I think I might add an epilouge at the end or I'll just move on to the sequel. I like the sequel to this story better. The sequel is a little more upbeat than this one.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!

Chapter 5: Kyuubi

Over the next six months, Nami was more noticibly pregnant and not just Arashi noticed. The word was spreading fast. Nami was getting constant visitors from the women of the village. Nami didn't like the all the village talk, but beared with it. She often used the baby as an excuse to get away from them, though.

Arashi was also impressed by Riku's growth. In fact, she was one of the highest scoring applicants at the school, despite the extra sleep she snuck in during her classes. It wasn't just in school that she was sleeping, she was sleeping almost all of the time at home as well. Arashi, with his curiosity asked. "Why are you sleeping during class? I know paperwork is boring, but your sleeping all of the time as it is?"

"I'm sorry. Ever since I was little, I got so tired whenever I had my eyes open for long periods of time. Of course, it was okay where I was, because I didn't have to use my eyes for everything, but in class, I do." Riku said.

I heard that the sharingan takes up a lot of energy, so maybe it's affecting her regular eye sight… Arashi thought with a frown. "Perhaps, but try not to get caught next time, otherwise, I'll have to hear the teacher complain about your sleeping and him not being able to find me." Arashi said with a grin.

"Okay!" Riku replied with a cheerful smile.

"Good!"

They had a special training course for kunochi, and everyone was surprised at how fast Riku caught on. She seemingly avoided people, especially girls her own age, but Arashi took it that she was just shy. And she was shy, but she was training far too much for the other women to like her. Her own looks was what kept most of the girls away, though. It was too bad, she was an excellent listener, some one most people would like in a friend.

Arashi still trained her on his free time, and some times when he was bored with work. He had started teaching her Rasengan and she caught on to that quite ly and learned the technique within those six months when it had taken him three years to create the technique.

When word got around that Arashi actually adopted her, they were saying things like "It's only natural. She's the daughter of the genious." Those bastards use to think I was good for nothing before. Now, I'm considered a genious. It's ridiculus! He would think. In fact it was only guts and determination that got him this far, of course, only his teacher and his last remaining student believed him when he said that. Some claimed he was just being modest, others said it was a sham, and some said that he was born a genious.

Sometimes he just wanted to yell at them, saying, "One moment you say I'm an idiot, the next you say I'm a genius! Make up your mind!"

"Hokage-sama!" What now?! His wife was in labor "It's the Kyuubi! It's attacking the village! The villagers are trying to keep it at bay while they wait for you. Damn Kyuubi! I'll make you pay for this.

"Riku-chan, look after Nami! Bring the baby to me as soon as possible. I think that I won't be abel to live after I take out the Kyuubi… It's the strongest of the tailed-beasts and I heard that those demons demand a sacrifice to seal them away." Nami looked at him with a look of devestation while Riku looked worried, but nodded her head.

"I will, father." That made him smile.

He took his wife hand and said. "I love my family. I won't let them die. Not on my watch." He dropped her hand a walked briskly out the door.

He knew he was going to need the help of Gama Bunta, the toad boss. He ly made the seals. "Art of Summoning!" He called. A huge orange toad in a blue coat appeared beneath him.

"What now, Arashi?" The toad growled around the pipe in his mouth.

"I almost forgot how rude you are." Arashi muttered. Gama Bunta was hard to control. In fact, he rarely helped anyone. Even Arashi's teacher couldn't force the toad to do anything that he didn't want to do. "I need your help."

"With what? This better be worth my time!" He warned.

"I'm going to take on the Kyuubi."

The toad boss grumbled. "You're going to die. You know that right?"

"Yes, I know." Arashi replied.

"Fine, I'll help… Hang on, it won't take less than three hops to get there!"

Before he could ask "Hang on to what?" Gama Bunta leaped from the ground and hoped over towards the giant fox in the distance.