Birth of a Legend

by straros

A new beginning, an earlier meeting, a new team, a new destiny as the leaf begins to burn under the eyes of the snake. A legend will be born wrapped in winds of flame, as he stands beside the shadow and the dove it will be uncovered under the fox's watch.

6. Chapter 6 dates and traitors

Last chapter

Naruto simply gave her the finger. "Fuck off pinky." Which was the last straw for the elder Haruno who started storming off. Looking back at Hinata and Kurenai "Well, wasn't she a pleasant person. Now I know where Sakura gets her charm." He said sarcastically.

"Charming. Anyway Hinata, we should get going." Kurenai said.

"Alright. See you later Hinata-Chan." Naruto said while placing a gentle kiss on Hinata's hand causing her to blush.

"Bye Naruto-Kun." She replied as he turned around to head home.

After Naruto left Hinata noticed he had slipped something into her hand. Turning her palm over she found a single piece of folded paper. When she opened it there was only one word and the answer to her question from earlier. "Foxes".

Chapter #6. Dates and meetings with traitors don't mix

At an unknown location near Konoha.

"So what now, we cant use the brat because he actually passed?" a shadowy figure asked

"Yes we still need the scroll if we intend to get out of here with our lives and use its power." Another said stepping out of the shadows.

"It doesn't matter, we need to be out of here tonight if we are going to meet the sound envoy." A third said.

"Well we don't have many options now do we? Still who would have thought the Kyuubi-brat who couldn't even pull off a bunshin in four years at the academy would pass?" the second one said.

"It seems we don't have a choice but to put plan B into action." The first said.

"I'll go tell Mizuki that he has to go and steal the scroll with some of the others and to meet us at the designated location." The third one said while walking back into the shadows.

"So we are forced to move out tonight with Mizuki at the head, great just great I hate when a plan doesn't work out like it should." The first said

"Well if you don't have any more news I'll inform the others to prepare for tonight at the rendezvous point." The third said walking off.

The last man there suddenly looked upwards towards the rooftops. "I'm guessing you heard all of that Kabuto-san?"

"You know you shouldn't be saying my name around here so casually since my cover depends on Konoha staying oblivious till the chunin exams, and of course I heard you what do you take me for? Some cute little genin who has just left the academy." Kabuto said sounding annoyed.

"Sorry sir now I must leave you be to finish the preparations. Orochimaru-sama will have the scroll by tomorrow afternoon if all goes as planned." The man said giving a curt bow before leaving.

"It had better." Kabuto said before bounding off along the rooftops.

Naruto was nervous; it was plain and simple to anyone who saw. The reason was tonight was going to be his first date with none other then Hyuuga Hinata. Naruto had been out almost all day since the graduation getting things ready for the date, well except for the few minutes he took to go and dye Sakura's and Ino's hair white and green respectively.

"Well that was a much needed distraction and I even got pictures, now what's next? Flowers? Check, reservations? Check, guard foxes assigned to make sure none of the damn villagers interrupt us? Check and double check once it gets closer to seven. I got some new clothes that the old man helped me pick out, man he is a life saver I swear if it wasn't for him and the fox I probably would be some loud little retard running around in a bright kill-me orange jumpsuit or something. Well I think I got all I need so I probably should head back home and change into my new dress clothes, now what time is it?" Naruto thought while looking at his watch while holding a bag of clothes and a bouquet of white roses. "SHIT! Its six already. Damn it I don't have much time until I have to pick Hinata up. I need to get home FAST." Naruto thought while putting a new burst of speed.

At Kurenai and Hinata's house.

Hinata was pacing around the living room getting increasingly nervous while Kurenai was trying to get her attention.

"Hinata." Kurenai said with no answer. "Hinata." She said louder this time. "HINATA CALM DOWN!" She yelled this time finally getting Hinata's attention. "Now I know your nervous but please stop pacing before you carve a ditch into the floor".

At this Hinata blushed in embarrassment. "Sorry."

Kurenai simply sighed. "Look Hinata your going to look great, besides this is Naruto we are talking about. As much as he may try and hide it when he's in public the boy is head over heels for you so I don't think you have to worry about him not liking what he sees."

"B-but what if he d-doesn't feel t-that way about m-me?" Hinata asked.

"Hinata what have we been working on for the past two years?" Kurenai asked while poking Hinata in the forehead.

Hinata looked down in embarrassment. "Stuttering."

"And what had Naruto complimented you on at one point?" Kurenai said raising an eyebrow.

"He said I stopped stuttering as much and that it was good that I was finally speaking my mind and standing up for myself."

"Good now are you going to let two years worth of impressing Naruto to go down the drain in one night?"

Hinata looked up, a determination shined in her eyes. "No."

Kurenai smiled. "Good now get ready you only have an hour left till he comes to pick you up. Just remember what I said and act natural, he loves you for who you are so just be your self and you WILL be fine." Kurenai finished.

"Thank you Nee-Chan (I think it means big sister though I'm not 100 sure), for everything." Hinata said while hugging Kurenai.

"Alright Hinata lets get you ready to turn Naruto in to an even worse babbling idiot". Kurenai said while taking Hinata's hand and walking her to her bedroom to get ready.

Back with Naruto, 15 minutes before the date.

Naruto was casually walking down the streets of Konoha dressed in his new formal clothing carrying the bouquet of flowers from earlier towards Hinata and Kurenai's. He wore a pair of black pants with a band of white on his right thigh while also wearing a pair of black shinobi shoes. He had on a white collared button undershirt with a black sash that on his right side had a sort of tail hanging loosely. The final piece is a long sleeve jacket, the jacket was a fiery red that seemed to shift with the light while along the rim of it were black flames, and the final piece to the jacket was the face of fiery red fox on the middle of his back. Sadly enough though he still had a single scroll attached to his left leg, in it was 'Kyuubi' and the scroll containing the fox squads.

"Alright I'm getting close to their house so I should probably bring out my summons so I can have enough time to brief them about what they need to do tonight. Now from what I know from the scroll to bring out a squad I need to choose which type of squads I need along with the individual squad commanders, then an overseer fox if I bring out more then two types of squads. Alright now who to use?" He thought while unsealing the squad scroll and unrolling it and reading through it again. "Well I might as well try out the Satsu Goei since they are the main guard squad of the fox army. I wonder though since Mizuki-sensei has been acting weird lately maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a tracker squad of summons tag him to make sure he isn't up to some thing, though that means I am going to need an overseer fox but who to use?"

"Hey kit try the Kokuyouseki Shikon summon and just trust me on it." Kyuubi said.

"Alright fox since these are your kind you should know them best." Naruto thought back

Naruto rolled up the scroll and jumped up onto a near by roof top and started running at high speed to the woods near Kurenai and Hinata's house. Two minutes later he arrived at a clearing in the woods. "Alright this looks like a perfect place to summon them without anyone noticing. Alright Ekiri-to (war song), come on out I'm going to need you in a moment!" He yelled out into the woods. Soon after a one tailed fox the size of an average dog came out of the wood work and stopped in front of Naruto.

You need me Naruto-sama?" the fox asked in human.

"Yes in a moment I'm going to summon a few squads of your comrade's one of them is going to be a hunter team. I need you to guide them to the man Mizuki that you saw me with today. After that your orders are to continue service as a runner for the overseer I'm summoning and myself. Ok now stand back, oh and stop saying sama I don't need any formalities." Naruto tells the fox getting it to nod an acknowledgement and jump back.

Naruto bites down on is right thumb and starts going through a set of five hand signs then slamming his right hand onto the ground shouting out. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu:Kokuyouseki shikon, Kage Ryoushi, Satsu Goei (summoning technique, Obsidian Fang, Shadow Hunters, Temple Guardsmen). When his hand hit the ground a ring of black seals appeared near his hand with more seals reaching outwards from the circle expanding to the edge of the clearing, then a giant smoke cloud appeared blocking everything from view.

The smoke finally cleared when a breeze blew it away letting Naruto see just what he brought into play, to say he was happy would be an understatement after he got a good look. On his left were 12 armored foxes, two of them were three tails that were the size of a horse with tan fur the rest were darker tanned two tailed each of them the size of a wolf. The three tailed foxes armor was the same color as their fur each with a leather looking helmet that went down to their muzzle, at the base of their necks a breastplate started reaching over their chests and making its way around their front legs before wrapping around their backs. On the tips of their tails was a metal point in the shape of an arrow head strapped around it tightly for the foxes to be able to attack any enemies coming at their rear. The two tailed foxes had the same armor but without the tail spears. This was the Kage Ryoushi (shadow hunters) type of squad otherwise known as the Junni Musei Hitan (twelve silent sorrows) by the rest of the foxes.

To his right was another set of 12 foxes in the same style of platoon, two were three tails while the rest were two tails. This group was a light grey in color with the same color armor, the difference between the armor was very pronounced. These foxes were larger and more armored then the others each with the same style of helmet except it was made out of plate and had horns that reached out from behind the ears, the breastplate also plate was obviously thicker then the other group's leather looking armor as well and it reached farther down covering past their hind legs with spikes running along the sides. They each had on their tales instead of the tail spear attachments but what looked like a single large shield that was supported by the tails that could be used to protect any point on their body besides their head. This was Satsu Goei (Temple guardsmen) meant mostly for defense of a target or a specific point.

In front of Naruto was the largest fox of the group, a four tailed fox with obsidian fur, a scar over its right eye, and was easily double his size. The fox's armor was a pure black that seemed to absorb all light around it; its armor also looked more war torn and battle damaged. On his head is a form fitting black plated helmet that covers from its muzzle to past his ears also with extensions near its mouth reaching down the helmet in points to create a second set of fangs. Along his legs he has more black plate that doesn't impede his movements while protecting the muscles and tendons with a set of tough leather straps around the backs of its legs. He also has a black breastplate that reaches from the base of his neck to around his front legs and to the front of his hind legs. The final piece of armor was a piece of metal along the top half of its tails looking almost like the tail spear of the kage ryoushi group, instead it was a metal sleeve that had multiple spikes protruding from all sides. This one was the overseer he had summoned and also the first to talk.

"Ahh so you are the summoner my people now have may I ask your name?" the fox asked calmly.

"Uzumaki Naruto, and yours overseer." Replied just as calmly.

At this the fox simply raised an eyebrow. "Whirlpool maelstrom and interesting name, though you should already know my name since you summoned me to this plane though I guess you didn't realize it. My name is Kokuyouseki shikon (Obsidian fang) or as I am known by my kind the Zurui Anokoku (Cunning darkness). Now that we are done with the introductions what are your orders Naruto-sama?"

Naruto laughed happily. "Well that's new, you are the first person ever I have met who didn't go and put my name as fish paste I normally have to drill that into their heads that it means maelstrom. Anyway forget the sama just Naruto will do because I just can't stand formalities. Anyway do you mind if I simply call you Kokuyouseki-san for short?"

This caused the fox to bark out his own laugh then attempt a smile which didn't look all that friendly with the helmet and sharp teeth. "Finally someone who isn't stiff as a board is my commander who doesn't force the bloody formalities down my throat, and yes you can call me that as long as you drop the san, formalities are just an unnecessary chore." Kokuyouseki replied.

"I think me and you are going to get along perfectly. Now I didn't call you here for simple pleasantries I have a job for you and your men. You up for it?" Naruto asked while grinning.

Kokuyouseki just arched an eyebrow "Do you even have to ask, of course I'm up for a job. So what's the situation?"

"I'm glad you asked because I have separate assignments for each of your squads and yourself. The main job is for the kage ryoushi, they are to be guided to a chunin ranked ninja here in the city by the name of Mizuki. I want them to simply watch over him for now but if he makes any action that would be deemed dangerous to my self or this village they have orders to slow him down as much as possible while staying undetected." Naruto then turned to look at the squad. "I don't want your existence to be known just yet so if you have to pull off your pursuit in order to stay hidden, do it. Your guide will be Ekiri-to since he still has the scent of your target, he will also be used as the runner between my self and Kokuyouseki if Mizuki does pull some stunt." He said while pointing out the one tailed fox while getting a nod of acknowledgement from the Junni Musei Hitan.

Then one of the three tailed foxes in the group spoke. "It shall be as you command Naruto-sama." As soon as it said these words Ekiri-to bolted off at top speed while the Junni Musei Hitan looked like they fazed out of existence while following after Ekiri-to.

Naruto simply sighed causing Kokuyouseki to laugh again. "See what I have to put up with on a day to day basis, and don't even bother trying to get them to change because even after 100 years I have only managed to get one fox to drop the formalities around me. Thankfully I knew her since we were born so I eventually got her to stop but you're not going to have any luck with the others, their just to high and mighty to change."

"Well at least they're as good at Gen-jutsu as the scroll says or they wouldn't be worth it." Naruto replied while shaking his head.

Then a ball flew out of the woods and hit a tree from the direction that the group ran off in. as soon as the ball hit the tree a red liquid started oozing out forming writing. It said a message that made Naruto and Kokuyouseki wince. It read "We can still here you assholes".

"Well it seems that we happened to get a group with a bit of a temper, and good hearing I guess." Kokuyouseki said sheepishly before having another one of the balls come out of the woods and hit him in the head.

Naruto was also scratching the back of his head. "Woops I forgot that all foxes are supposed to have good hearing especially the ones on that squad, I might want to watch what I say." He thought while watching Kokuyouseki get the red liquid out of his fur.

"Ok guardsmen your job may not seem as glamorous as the hunters but it's still vital. You see I'm meeting someone tonight who I trust with my life but what I don't trust is this village. You see I have many enemies in here for something that was out of my control but that's a story for another time, basically your orders are to guard me and contact tonight without being spotted. I don't think anyone will come at us with lethal force but your job is to counter and remove any opposition without the village knowing about your presence, and don't worry my contact will already know about you so feel free to show your self if we are in danger without any civilians around. Just remember though I want non-lethal force on your end unless the situation demands it, now you have your orders move into the best defensive position you can to give immediate aid in an urban setting." Naruto said getting some grumbling from the foxes before they too disappeared.

"So what do you want me to do Naruto?" Kokuyouseki asked.

"well think of it this way, you are in a foreign land that you may be stuck in for a little while where you may have a battle at any place and time so what would you do?" Naruto replied causing Kokuyouseki to grin.

"I get it you want me to get familiar with the territory around the city as well as gauge its defense's from a distance correct?"

"Right on the mark my friend. Though I might as well point this out to you since you are my ally. Do you see the mountain from here with the faces carved into them?"

Kokuyouseki started jumping from tree to tree gaining height with each jump until he came back down with a small thud. "Ya I see them, there was four faces carved into the rock on that mountain but what of it.?"

"Ok on that mountain the second face from the right side is hollowed out due to the tunnel network employed for emergency situations. Or at least that is the official statement on any record in the city; the truth is that behind that face is my home. that is going to be the only safe haven for you in the entire city once you enter the walls so remember the entrance to it once I tell you. Anyway once you finish scouting the area to your point of satisfaction head towards the second face from the right and go towards its right eye, you should notice that unlike the other eyes on the mountain there is a small hole which a small animal could get through. In other words you need to use a henge to gain access." Naruto said.

"Sounds easy enough anything else?" Kokuyouseki asked.

"Ya, I need you to be alert at all times because Ekiri-to is going to head to you first if anything with the hunters has cropped up. If something happens and Mizuki does make a move tonight I want you to be in charge of all our men in the area, make sure that Mizuki does not get away with whatever he plans until I get there. That's it really, anyway I have to go pick up Hinata-Chan now so you might want to get started before it becomes too late and the patrols start coming around. "

"Oh and who happens to be Hinata, is she your mate?" Kokuyouseki said causing Naruto to face plant and have both Kyuubi and Kokuyouseki laugh.

"Great now I have two perverted foxes for allies. What did I ever do to deserve something like this?" Naruto cried out and then started sulking causing Kokuyouseki and the Kyuubi to laugh harder.

"Ok Naruto I'm going to get going now before I make you late to meet your girlfriend. Though when you get back I want to hear 'EVERY' detail, and possibly meet her." Kokuyouseki said starting too bound off while doing kitsune illusion just like the hunters, after a few moments all that was left of him was the perverted giggle.

Naruto sighed. "Well now that that's over I can get going to Hinata-Chan's again. Though I should head at full speed if I want to be there with some time to spare, I definitely don't want to be late especially if what Hinata told me is true about what she does every year too a certain chronically late jounin." (Let's just say it involves a gen-jutsu made to have the person waking up tied to a pole naked, having an angry Anko with a rusty Kunai and the loss of manhood oh and you can't forget the foot long dildo.) At this Naruto shivered and started running like all the demons of hell were snapping at his heels. Though in the case of a pissed off Kurenai that idea may be a mercy.

At the council chamber

The chamber was filled by the Hokage and the various clan heads along with the members of the civilian council.

"Something has to be done about that damn demon!" was yelled throughout the chamber by none other then Yasha Haruno.

"Calm down Haruno, what problem do you have with the boy now?" Shikaku Nara asked sounding bored.

Actually before you do you loud fool, tone your voice down some of us have sensitive ears." Inazuka Tsume said while massaging her ears.

"I'll tell you what, that demon assaulted the Uchiha today during the graduation, then proceeded to threaten me for no damn reason." She stated, her voice burning with rage.

"Hokage-sama we should have this boy killed right here and now before he gets any stronger so we can't control him or worse yet finds a way to unleash the Kyuubi." Hyuuga Hiashi said calmly

"Oh come now Hiashi are you sure that it's the village's safety your concerned about or is it the fact that the boy and your daughter seem to be quite smitten with each other." Akamichi Chouza said slyly.

"What daughter of mine would like the demon boy, surely you don't mean Hanabi. If that brat picked up any of that perverted student of yours Hokage-sama habits while he was with him for a year then I will kill him myself if he so much as tries anything." Hiashi exclaimed while looking at Sarutobi.

"He's talking about Hinata you stuck up fool." Aburame Shiba said shocking everyone.

"What the hell are we going to do about the demon assaulting the last Uchiha and threatening me and my little angel? He could have killed him and he also put a student from the exam in the hospital today." Yasha cried out.

Tsume groaned. "Kiba wasn't found peeping in the girls change room by the boy again was he, I can't keep up with these damn bills."

"No it wasn't your boy today Tsume, apparently it was during the Tai-jutsu portion of the exam and Naruto used a style of his own design to beat his opponent. He was only in the hospital because of a minor concussion from the kick to the head he suffered from Naruto's second attack during the entire match, I think I over heard my son call the move the Arashi Setsudanki, I think." Shikaku said calmly.

"And from what my son told me the Uchiha picked a fight with Naruto during the nin-jutsu portion where everyone found out that Naruto could do work with seals." At this multiple people around the room started spitting what they were drinking. "Apparently Naruto has been using his time wisely actually developing a new seal of his own that if his team agrees will be the test subjects to how effective it is." Shiba stated without emotion.

"You mean to tell us that the demon has been studying seals! We don't have much time then, if he gains enough knowledge of the seal placed upon him he could give the demon its freedom! Hokage-sama we need to have him put down now before it's too late." Danzo called out.

"We must kill the demon before he harms anyone else or manages to unleash the fox's full power."

"I hate to bring this to the front but we don't even know where the brat lives. He manages to hide himself well, not even a jounin has managed to find its whereabouts, and he literally just disappears whenever someone gets close. So in other words trying to send someone after him is out of the question." Homura said reluctantly causing Sarutobi to laugh.

"May I ask what so funny Hokage-sama is?" Hiashi asked.

"You would be surprised just how wrong that statement is Homura, several people know where the boy lives. One jounin knows, one chunin knows, and four of the passing academy students know of its location and how to get in. oh and I guess I do too." Sarutobi added the last bit in offhandedly.

Going through all of the anti-Naruto members heads right now is just one thought. "Damn that old man and his weak heart. Why does he always side with the demon? Bloody traitor."

"Alright everyone lets get to business with the team groupings, we don't have all day." Chouza said.

"How about we put my daughter with the Uchiha? I'm sure she will be able to smooth over some of his anger problems and make him easier to work with." Yasha asked which caused Inoichi to laugh.

"Ya, sure Yasha we all believe in your daughter with that job, I mean we all know that you and your family don't also have any anger issues or that this meeting will have your daughter late for her own anger management class." Yamanaka Inoichi said sarcastically while probing Yasha's thoughts causing Tsume to laugh to as well. Yasha just started getting red with anger.

Sarutobi sighed. "It's going to be one of those days I just know it. Naruto I hope you are having a better time then I am."

At Hinata and Kurenai's

It was about 3 minutes to 7 and Naruto still hadn't arrived, safe to say Kurenai was getting annoyed trying to calm Hinata down in her room. "Kami damn it all, is their a male in all of this town with a sense of punctuality. Is it so much to ask that on his their first date he could be here a few minutes early, just to at least get Hinata to calm down and stop worrying. Damn it she's going to send me into a depression so bad that I may end up joining ANBU just to stay away, or murder my genins on Monday." Were such thoughts crossing through her mind.

Said worrying girl at that moment was pacing uncontrollably in her chosen clothing for the night. She was wearing a light purple kimono with a pale white sash. The kimono was decorated at the top with a multitude of white flower pedals that looked like they were blowing in a breeze, while at the bottom right of it was a bundle of lilies reaching upwards and across a good portion of the kimono.

"Oh what if he doesn't show up? What if he doesn't like how I look?" were just some of the things Hinata was saying to herself.

"What's that noise I hear in the background?" She thought to herself.

Hinata turned around to find out what was the cause of the dull roar behind her, what she saw caused her to squeak in embarrassment/ Kurenai was calling her name again trying to get her attention for the fourth time that night.

"HINATA!!!" Kurenai yelled right into Hinata's face as she turned around causing her to jump back in fright. "Ok just calm down Hinata, he is going to be here in a few minutes at most so do you want him to see you like this. No you don't. Now hurry up and get downstairs before I start handing out all the photos I managed to get of you two in odd places." Kurenai said darkly after getting her breath back for yelling so long.

Hinata squeaked while blushing a red that surprisingly enough went quite well with her kimono. Next thing she heard as she opened her bedroom door was the sound of someone knocking on the front door.

"Must be Naruto, I guess he isn't like the other men in this village. Congrats Hinata you got one of the good ones." Kurenai said but only got up to "Must be Naruto" Before Hinata promptly fainted.

When Kurenai realized Hinata wasn't following her she turned around with only one thought going through her head. "Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn."

Naruto had just knocked on their front door and he was already sweating, not because of just pulling off a summon only a few minutes ago or the run back here. No he was just bloody nervous standing there like an idiot bouquet in hand, starting to sweat until he heard the doorknob turn. Thankfully for Naruto it was Kurenai who answered the door who instantly noticed how sweaty he was.

"Alright Naruto come in Hinata is just going to be a minute so why don't you calm down a bit and clean up." Kurenai said while ushering him into the house and throwing him a towel.

"Thanks Kurenai (note Naruto does not normally use any formal suffix unless he happens to be addressing a sensei or using the chan. Just wanted to clear that up before I get people annoyed at me) you're a life saver." Naruto replied while noticing Kurenai suddenly become serious.

"Ok Naruto I want to lay out some ground rules for you right now and you had better listen. One, she has to be back no later then 10PM. Second, you had better not take her to Ichiraku's or I will personally make sure they give you a month long ban. Third, you are not to do anything inappropriate with her or force her into anything she doesn't want to do. Do I make my self clear Naruto."

"Yes mam." He squeaked out.

Just then they both heard footsteps coming from the stair way meaning Hinata had finally woken up and gotten enough courage to come down.

"Ok Naruto as much as I trust you I want to make this clear. It you hurt her in any way, emotionally or physically I swear I will make you rue the day you were born and wish that the shinigami would rip your soul from your still living body simply to stop what I would do to you." Kurenai said darkly while staring right into Naruto's eyes.

Naruto swallowed hard thinking just how scary she was with the Kyuubi silently agreeing, thankfully they were saved by Hinata's appearance. Naruto was right back to sweating when he saw her, she looked gorgeous from Naruto's perspective, to the point where all he could do was stare.

Only one thought was going through Naruto's head. "WOW!"

Hinata had started blushing as soon as she noticed Naruto staring at her. "Naruto-kun is staring at me……………… HOT DAMN I'M QUEEN OF THE WORLD!" This was all that Hinata could process at the moment before she hit cloud nine.

"Hey Hinata-Chan, ummm you look great." Naruto said while trying to regain some semblance of composure.

Kurenai suddenly smirk while turning to look at Hinata. "See Hinata I told you what would happen and did you believe me? Noooooooo now just look at the boy." She said smugly.

Due to what Kurenai had just said Hinata had come crashing down off of cloud nine and right off the stairs she was on. Thankfully Naruto had seen this in time to move forward fast enough to catch her. Unfortunately for Naruto he had moved too quickly and had caught her while she was still quite high up, her momentum brought them forward and landing them right on the ground in a very compromising position. Next thing they knew they were face to face blushing a new shade of red at how close they were at the moment, worse yet Naruto noticed a new smell right near by one that was very familiar, Iruka's. Only one thought crossed through Naruto's mind at this point. "SHIT!"

And shit was right because as soon as he looked up all he could see was a beaming Iruka holding a camera while Kurenai was clutching her sides laughing, tears forming in her eyes. What happened next is something that would haunt him for most likely the rest of his Ninja career, the camera flashed.

"Its official we are so doomed now if that photo ever gets out to the class my little fan club will KILL her. Hinata-Chan smells nice. Crap where did that come from I am not a hentai (Pervert). Oh damn it all, if Kokuyouseki ever here's about this from the Satsu Goei he will never let me live it down." Was all Naruto could think, well tried to think, clean thoughts just aren't coming to him right now not counting the thoughts of blackmail.

"Naruto-kun is so close to me oh no what am I going to do, I should get off him. But he's so comfy I just want to stay on top of him. Where did that come from, wait a moment did I seriously just think that? I am not a hentai, not a hentai." Ok so it doesn't look like Hinata was having any better luck then Naruto with trying to think clean thoughts. Oh how the innocence of youth is lost upon this age.

"Sure looks like they're enjoying themselves there, right Kurenai-san." Iruka said while taking more pictures at of the stunned teens at different angles. Eventually the two get up each wearing a red that rivaled Kyuubi's fur.

"Alright all fun aside I was coming here to congratulate you both on passing again and also take you out to dinner, Naruto I was sort of expecting you to be here, just not quite like that. You might want to make Kurenai-san a promise that you won't be doing things like that for a few years now. Anyway as I was saying I wanted to offer to take you all out to dinner but since it seems these two already have plans I guess it's not needed, though if you would like to Kurenai-san my offer still stands for you." Iruka asked.

Kurenai simply waved her hands in front of her face. "Sorry Iruka it's not that I'm flattered by your offer but I'm kind of already committed to another. As long as he stays true to me I'll stay with him." She replied.

"Well now that's new to me, I wonder just who Nee-Chan is talking about? If I can just find him payback will be oh so sweet." Hinata thought darkly.

"Ok this situation is getting more and more dangerous for Hinata-chan and me by the second. I need to get us out of here and fast or I don't know what else will happen." Naruto thought.

"Sorry to break in to this but me and Hinata-chan need to get going if we are going to make it in time for the reservation I have." Naruto said ignoring the looks he was getting from both Iruka and Kurenai.

"WOW Naruto seems to be actually serious about this………How in hells name did he manage to get a reservation? I always thought the only reason he ate at Ichiraku's was because he was thrown out everywhere else." Was what Iruka and Kurenai were both thinking while picking their jaws off the ground.

"Okay I guess we will see you later. Remember Naruto she needs to be back here by 10pm, understand me?" Kurenai said sending just a subtle amount of killing intent at Naruto to help him get the point.

"Don't worry Nee-Chan we'll be back for 10 just like you asked. Now if you don't mind we are going to leave now." Hinata responded.

"Well shall we Hinata-chan." Naruto said opening the door while offering her his hand.

Hinata once again started to blush again as she took his hand. She turned her head and looked back only to see Kurenai give her a look that means to not do anything really stupid tonight. And so the two were off on their first date together, and the two couldn't be happier.

"There was something else I wanted to talk to Naruto about but it doesn't really matter now does it?" Iruka said crossing his arms looking serious.

"What could you have wanted to talk to Naruto about? The same thing that put you in that mood right now, am I correct." Kurenai asked.

"Sharp as always Kurenai-san, though I guess you need to with being a jounin. Basically I have been sort of on edge these last few days around one of my co-workers namely Mizuki. Something has just been bothering me about him recently like he's plotting something. I first noticed it earlier on in the week when he started disappearing for long periods of time without any explanations, something he has never done so I followed him. The next thing that clued me in was how he was constantly trying to see what was going on inside the Hokage tower, which really worried me. Just what could he be doing that has him doing what seems like constant checks on the security of the place. The last reason was what happened earlier today, Mizuki had simply hoped Naruto would fail I could tell that much just from the looks he was giving when Naruto passed after not being able to do a proper bunshin, not like a regular Naruto hater who would have tried to strangle him as soon as he dropped Sasuke." Iruka explained sounding very serious and worried while Kurenai was frowning.

"That is rather…… worrying. Though that still doesn't answer what you needed to talk to Naruto about. And should you even get an untested genin that just passed the academy exam involved in something this dangerous, what your suggesting is that we have a traitor among our ranks. Not to mention that this is Naruto possibly the most dangerous person alive to let into the hands of a potential enemy." She replied.

For some reason Iruka smiled. "For someone who has known Naruto as long as I you have should have a bit more faith in him. Naruto is know as Konoha's most unpredictable ninja now for a reason you know. But that's not the point, the reason I wanted to talk to him was because Naruto might have been able to see something with Mizuki that I didn't, something that could piece this whole thing together." He said with conviction.

"What do you mean? How could Naruto notice something that a ninja who has been offered to join ANBU several times not see? It just doesn't seem right." She said sounding confused.

"It's weird with Naruto, just weird how he does what he does. You see he can pretty much read almost everyone's emotions like an open book. I don't know if it's a side effect of his little transformation he had or his own knowledge of people in general. But what he told me once is that people in general all give off certain signals that show what they are feeling, their mood, and hell even sometimes what they are thinking. Naruto can see most of these things in the blink of an eye, he has most of us completely mapped from what he has told me, only people he hasn't managed to figure out are Hinata and Shino. With knowing how everyone around him will act to such a degree he can be very dangerous for one major reason, he can manipulate us to do what he wants without saying a word, he simply knows how to make it seem like it's the person's own idea, and he does this now without even trying. I wouldn't be surprised in the least at this point if he came right out and told me he planned to have Sasuke come down and contradict him in front of the class just so he could prove for one last time what he has been doing all his school years. That names, bloodlines, and in born talent don't mean jack but with hard work and perseverance a person can truly gain control of their fate. Naruto is a living testament to that, god I hope he never meets Gai." Iruka finished with a shudder.

Kurenai had to agree there, who knows what would happen if those two ever met. "Well either way this is something that should be brought to the Hokage's attention soon. With or without Naruto's conformation this is a possible breach in security that could have dire results if left unchecked."

"I know that all too well Kurenai-san but even if I wanted too tell him now I cant, he's in a meeting with the council and I cant interrupt them no matter what I do. I'm stuck plain and simple, I cant make any major moves without tipping off the Mizuki if I'm right and any minor moves I could normally do would require the Hokage to know of the situation."

"As much as I hate to say this Iruka all you can do at this point it seems is wait." She said darkly.

"So it seems, so it seems." Iruka replied bleakly while walking out the door.

Back with Naruto and Hinata

The two were currently walking down the streets of Konoha, hand in hand. Neither had spoken much yet both in their own little worlds of worry and delight.

"God she's beautiful, her skin is so soft. Why haven't I ever noticed that before? I hope I'm not being to forward holding her hand in the street like this, I would hate to screw things up with us before they even start. Though on another note I guess the Satsu Goei are doing their job because I haven't had any of the normal bottles, garbage, rusty kunai and shuriken thrown at me. Or it could be they don't want to by chance hurt Hinata-chan considering she was the daughter of the Hyuuga clan head." Were Naruto's thoughts.

"YES, YES, YES HE'S HOLDING MY HAND, I'M ON TOP OF THE WORLD. Oh kami I couldn't be any luckier then I am right now. I wonder where he's taking me for dinner, I still cant believe Naruto would do all this for me……I wonder if he perhaps likes me back? It's settled today I tell him the truth……wait a minute, why is everyone glaring at us? No their not glaring at us just Naruto, Naruto didn't go and pull another one of his pranks on them again did he?" Was what Hinata was thinking.

"Well at least some things never change the villagers are still giving me looks like I intend to kidnap their children in the middle of the night, cut off their fingers and toes then send them back to the parents one digit each night. Where the hell did that come from? Stupid fox must be slipping ideas into my head again, speaking of the fur ball he's being uncharacteristically quiet, normally by now he would be firing perverted comments off like one of those chain guns I've heard of. Must be sleeping, YAY peace and quiet for once. I wonder though should I tell her the truth tonight, I mean she might become scared and run off, or just plain hate me. I don't want any of those bur I cant let her get too attached to me before I tell her." At this thought the little voice of reason at the back of his head was pretty much screaming at him "Too late dumb ass."

"Hey Hinata-Chan that's ours." Naruto finally said pointing towards a building.

The restaurant was fancy looking but not incredibly fancy to the point where it turned people away out of intimidation and fear of their wallets. To Hinata though it was perfect in almost every way. It was warm and inviting in a way like a home, it was run apparently by a couple who moved into the city a few years ago from Mizu no Kuni (land of water). The pair had gotten tired of the constant wars and bickering between the mizukage and the daimyo so they packed up and moved their family to a rebuilding Konoha.

"Naruto-kun its perfect, can you afford it though?" Hinata asked sounding a bit worried.

"Of course I can, anything for you my Hinata-chan." Naruto said with a smile while Hinata started to blush.

"Well technically I did have to save up for almost three weeks to be able pay for us here but I'm not going to tell her that. Oh crap I just said 'My' Hinata-chan there didn't I? Well all I can do is hope she didn't pick up on it." Naruto thought while walking through the entrance, He would find later on that luck wasn't on his side tonight.

"He just said my Hinata-chan. MY Hinata-chan. MY HINATA-CHAN, take that all you damn fan girls out there he is MINE!" Yep it's quite obvious who's side luck is on tonight.

"Ah Uzumaki-san when you were a bit late we had started getting worried that you had cancelled on us. But now that you are here everything is well, now we shall escort you and your lovely date to your private booth." The lady at the front said causing both Naruto and Hinata to blush a bit.

"Thank you Mizuru-san, please give my thanks to your father for allowing this." Naruto replied while following the lady to their seats.

Now the rest of the dinner past by quite uneventfully except for one part. When the food had started coming they had started out with the soup of the day while the main meals were prepared. That was when Hinata had gotten some of the broth on her hand which Naruto promptly lipped up, unfortunately causing Hinata to blush a shade of red not seen on the earth before fainting with a wide ear to ear smile plastered on her face. It had taken a good ten minutes before Naruto had managed to wake her up to finish their meals that had finally arrived.

Soon after they ended up leaving with Naruto once again leading Hinata to some unknown place that was out of town following a river. By now it was easily nine so Naruto knew he had to hurry with what he had planned unless he wanted to face Kurenai's wrath. So he picked up his pace not by much but just enough to give him the time he needs Hinata had also picked up on the time and quickly followed suit. That was until Naruto moved a set of branches out of Hinata's way so she could see ahead, what she saw took her breath away.

It was the source of the river, a waterfall. The waterfall was inside a giant clearing filled with flowers surrounding the crystal clear water at the base of the falls. Fireflies filled air with the stars still high in the sky shining down on the couple.

"It's beautiful here, how did you ever find this place?" Hinata asked clearly in awe.

"I still see something far more beautiful then the falls here. As for finding this place, well when you run around this place for as long as I have your bound to pick up a few spots most people haven't seen." Naruto responded casually while giving one of his true smiles to Hinata causing her to blush.

Hinata started walking towards the falls and sat down with Naruto following shortly after. Neither said anything for the longest time not wanting to brake the tranquility of the clearing.

Inside though Naruto was sighing. "Well this is the best place I can think of for it, I might as well get it over with and tell her the truth."

Hinata on the other hand was very worried. "Come on Hinata you said you would tell him the truth today. What more do you want, you have the perfect scenery and everything, so just come right out and tell him. Its not like he would go through all the effort of getting all this together if he didn't feel the same for you, so get your act together and TELL HIM!"

They both turned their heads to look at each other at the same time and spoke. "Naruto/Hinata I have something important to tell you." They said at the same time.

Hinata was the first to recover. "Naruto-kun I really want to thank you for this night it has been absolutely wonderful. Just like I dreamed. And their has been something I have wanted to say to you for a long time, almost four years to be exact." She paused for a moment before continuing. "Naruto I think I l." She was cut off by Naruto who put two fingers over her mouth and tears in his eyes.

"Please Hinata-chan don't say it. I still have something to say to you that could change how you feel." Naruto said sadly trying to hold back the tears that were forcing their way through.

"What is it Naruto-kun?"

He looked her straight in the eyes the pain evident in them. "How much do you know about the Kyuubi? How much do you know of that night 12 years ago?"

Her response was quickly cut off by a loud thump coming from behind them.

"Naruto we have to go NOW!" a voice yelled.

The pair turned around to face the voice finding out it was none other then Kokuyouseki.

"Sorry for the interruption but Mizuki has made his move. We need to go now before the fool gets himself killed."

"Wait what about Mizuki-sensei?" Hinata asked not in the least bit surprised by the fox considering what she found out this morning.

"Sorry quick introduction, Hinata-chan this is Kokuyouseki a fox summon, Kokuyouseki this is Hinata-chan a friend of mine." Naruto replied calmly getting both Hinata and Kokuyouseki to return the greeting to each other.

"I don't have much time to explain the details but the gist of it is, Mizuki is a traitor to Konoha. He and a group of followers broke into the Hokage tower during the guard shift, with the Hokage out of the tower and at a meeting it was almost too easy for them. Naruto he stole a large scroll from the office, it was disguised as a cane by a gen-jutsu."

Flashback

3 years ago

Naruto had just been on another one of his little raids to find new scrolls to teach himself anything he could possibly get his hands on. One day his search took him to the Hokage office thinking that there would be where the best of the best scrolls and techniques would be hidden. Turns out he was right. He had found a certain cane inside the office resting up against the wall. Now this puzzled Naruto because he had never ever seen the old man use or even need a cane, so why would he have one?

He had picked up the cane and found first of all that it was a lot heavier then it should have been, one of the first things he learned about gen-jutsu is that no matter what there is always a flaw you just had to find it. He found the flaw in this one easily enough and was soon able to remove the gen-jutsu without setting off any major problems. What he found was the mother of all scrolls, it was huge easily his size at the time with the kanji for forbidden running down it.

He was about to go and open it when his hand was stopped by none other then the Hokage himself.

"Naruto what have I told you about snooping around my office when I'm not here." Sarutobi said seriously immediately causing Naruto to lower his head in shame.

"That I'm not supposed to because I could easily be hurt by the dangerous thing in here………or I could mess up your paperwork." Naruto replied.

"That's right." Sarutobi said while blowing on his pipe again. "Naruto do you know what that scroll is?"

A quick nod said it all.

"This scroll is perhaps the most dangerous scroll in the village, the forbidden scroll of seals. Inside this scroll are jutsu that have been locked away from the public eye to stop their teaching. The reason for this is that most of these jutsu have a good chance of killing the user for only having the slightest thing wrong with how they form it. Do you understand now why I stopped you, it's because I know you Naruto, I know that you would find someway to memorize some of the jutsu in this scroll and try them out away from any supervision. In short you would have about a 90 to die if you attempted them.

After hearing this Naruto sounded really worried. "I'm sorry Oji-san it wont happen again, you have my word."

"Good. Now I need you to promise me you will never tell anyone about how I am hiding the scroll because their will always be people who would try to use the scrolls power for evil. It will be your job though when your older to guard the scroll with your life as a Konoha shinobi. Now promise me Naruto I need to know I can trust you with this."

Naruto knew how serious the old man was about the scroll now, he had just saved his life in a way. "Sorry old man I wont promise you." He said seriously shocking Sarutobi. "I will not do this to protect Konoha, why should I after all they have done to me? However there are people in this place worth protecting, those who I would give my life for a thousand times over, those precious to me. I promise to protect the scroll with my life for the good of those precious to me."

Slowly the Sarutobi gave a sad smile thinking. "I guess that's the best I will get, even now he still bears a lot of resentment for the village. Still he bears the will of fire stronger then even Minato's when he was the boys age, Naruto you will be a great shinobi one day, make your father proud."

This was the first day that Naruto ever became interested in the workings of seals.

End Flashback

"The forbidden scroll, Mizuki stole the forbidden scroll! Damn it all we don't have much time then. Anything else?" Naruto asked sounding deadly serious.

"Ya, a man your guide identified as Iruka was also heading for the tower and discovered the bodies inside. Eventually he figured out who did this, where they were going, and what they took. Unfortunately the fool ran off after them without stopping to care about their numbers, he is out numbered right now about thirty to one. Worse yet the Kage Ryoushi are doing their job too well, he is going to come upon the group soon and he is going to die." Kokuyouseki replied

"Damn it we don't have much choice do we, if we are going to save Iruka-sensei and get the scroll back we are going to need to move soon or else Mizuki-Kokuzoku is going to cross the border." Naruto paused to think.

"We could always split up." Hinata said finally speaking up.

"Your right that might work, though were going to need reinforcements because I have my doubts even the three of us could fight off thirty shinobi that are each probably chunin in rank. Hinata do you think you would be able to first alert Kurenai-san to the situation and get her to gather some reinforcements, after you tell her gather the rest of our group they should still be up and about so finding them shouldn't be a problem. After that come after us at your top speed, were probably going to need all the help we can get." Naruto said to Hinata.

"Just one problem Naruto, she doesn't have a nose like ours so she wont be able to follow us that well." Kokuyouseki interjected.

"We could just send another of your kind with her so she can guide the rest of our group to us, any suggestions Kokuyouseki?" Naruto asked.

"I would have to suggest Shiroi Hikari, She's a four-tailed fox combat specialist like my self. Best way I can think to describe her is a massacre waiting to happen when she comes out. Although I doubt she will have any problems at all working with our summoner's vixen" Kokuyouseki replied slyly causing the two to blush. Though at one point near the end he said something no one heard.

"DAMN IT ERO-KITSUNE THAT ISNT FUNNY!" Naruto yelled at the fox who was currently trying to restrain his laughter.

"Alright if she is anything like you though I will personally make sure Hinata gets a new fox fur coat." Naruto said darkly while glaring daggers at Kokuyouseki.

"Ok everybody stand back." Naruto then bit his thumb and ran through the hand seals, finishing with slamming his hand to the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Shiroi Hikari"

When the smoke cleared their stood a majestic looking four-tailed fox. Her fur was as white as newly fallen snow, her armor was almost the same as Kokuyouseki's except it was a the same white as her fur. That and on her back looked like a pair of blades, on further examination the blades were locked onto the actual armor by a single mount for each blade raising the it up off her back and into the air.

As soon as she noticed Naruto she gave him a curt bow, then she noticed who was standing behind him. It was a good thing too because at hat moment Kokuyouseki chose to leap right at her with a yell of "SHIRO-CHAN" tackling her to the ground. Only to be rolled over eventually by the white fox.

"How many times are we going to have to do this Koky-kun." the fox said sounding irritated.

"As many as it takes for me to finally be the one on top." Kokuyouseki said playfully.

"Well the grass is nice and soft here, and it is a beautiful night. Eh what the hell I'll humor you." She said while starting to lick Kokuyouseki.

"Oh my I shouldn't watch. I wonder though if Naruto would ever do that to me. Wait a moment did I just think that? Clean thoughts Hinata, think clean thoughts." Was what was going through her head.

Eventually braking out of his stupor, a blushing Naruto starts coughing several times to get their attention. When that didn't work he resorted to plan B. "HEY EVERYBODY FOX SEASON IS OFFICIALLY OPEN!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs.

Suddenly both foxes were on their feet, back to back watching their surroundings warily.

"Umm I was just joking you know." Naruto said sheepishly.

"That isn't funny damn you!" they both yelled at him.

"Anyway we have a job to do you too remember that, and Kokuyouseki I'm going to take a guess she is your mate. Why didn't you tell me that before you had me summon her?" Naruto asked sounding irritated.

"W-well I ahh, ummm." Kokuyouseki said fumbling for an answer that wouldn't have him end up a rug.

"Never mind." Naruto cut him off while shaking his head. "Anyway what shall I call you?" Naruto asked the white fox.

"Just call me what my friends do, besides this knucklehead here that is." She said pointing her paw at Kokuyouseki. "Yuki (Snow)."

"Alright well you are going to be heading with Hinata-chan while she gets our reinforcements. After she finds them all you are to guide them too us, only one restriction for you though. You cannot be seen by the general populace, I already have enough problems with them, Hinata-chan will know who it will be okay to reveal yourself around. Any questions?"

"None sir."

"Okay everyone lets move." Naruto said.

"Stay safe Naruto-kun." Hinata said while giving him a hug.

"You too tenshi." He said breaking apart and breaking off with their respective missions.

With Naruto and Kokuyouseki

"Oi Naruto sorry for interrupting you two again, it looked like you were saying something real important to her."

"It's okay for the last time, I actually need to thank you for stopping me from saying it then." Naruto sort of zoned out again while running. "I don't want to lose her but I know if I tell her she wont be able to stay with me, none of them will."

Suddenly he was hit on the head kind of hard by one of Kokuyouseki's tails. "You really are an idiot you know that right?"

"What was that for?" Naruto yelled angrily.

"For being such an idiot you idiot you need to trust her. That girl their loves you more then anything, I could see that in the short time I was their and kid nothing is going to make her let you go before she dies. Honestly you are one lucky bastard." Kokuyouseki replied.

"I know that damn it."

"No you don't, not yet at least."

"Can we just drop this please."

"Fine, but soon you are going to have to tell her and I can tell you right now she wont leave."

With Hinata and Yuki

"That boy, you love him don't you?" Yuki asked.

"Is it that obvious?" Hinata asked.

"Yes actually, you constantly look at him, you blush when your around him, and from what my ears could tell me your heart rate increased every time you touched. So ya it's pretty obvious."

"Yes I guess I do love him, he has always been there for me and he has just this spirit that lets him get up no matter what life throws at him. I admire him for it and hope I could learn from it one day. But he's constantly trying to push me away because of 'it'."

Now this shocked Yuki. "You know of it?"

"Of course I know of it, its kind of hard not to figure it out once you see his form behind that gen-jutsu of his. I mean if the nine fox tails he has doesn't give it away my eyes could show me the youki in his system or any other number of reasons. He doesn't quite hide it as well as he thinks, though I think he was going to try and tell me about it tonight. I guess he just is afraid of telling me, I guess I can understand why."

At hearing this Yuki smiled. "Hinata if you are willing to stick with him now after figuring out his secret you have truly gained my respect, treat him well that is all I ask."

Hinata simply raised an eyebrow. "Do you even have to ask me that, even if he didn't speak to me after telling me that then I would still be there for him from a far, watching over him. Besides were close now so you need to go hide but keep an eye out ill call when I get everyone."

"Hai"

Back with Kokuyouseki and Naruto

"Hey I can smell Iruka-sensei's blood from here, this isn't good." Naruto said.

"Ya I smell it too, though there is the blood of others there as well. What's the plan?"

"I want you to hide out with the rest of the Kage Ryoushi squad and wait for my signal. When you see it get a few of our men to throw and sharp weapon they have at the person holding the scroll, aim for the straps and collect the scroll from him. I don't want to have them move start running away if they realize the odds are evening so I will go in alone."

"Good enough Naruto. Oh and you better not die on me you have a bet to finish and a promise to a girl in love with you to keep."

" I know, and thanks I really needed that back there besides you better stay safe yourself or else Yuki will skin me alive as well."

"Good luck kid." Kokuyouseki Said while breaking off into the trees.

With Iruka.

Iruka was pissed, no he was beyond pissed. Why because he had made an amateurish mistake and now he was going to pay for it. He let his emotions cloud his judgment by rushing ahead without any back up after he saw the inside of the tower, worse yet he didn't even bother checking the amount of footprints in the area to see how many he was up against. It turned out to be thirty chunin something even he wouldn't be able to pull off. Now look at him, he had multiple shuriken and kunai stuck in him, he was bleeding all over, and tired, safe to say he was screwed. Now how could this situation possibly be worse?

"Well, well, well so this is how the great Umino Iruka falls." a voice said mockingly.

Oh ya he was stuck here listening to his ex-colleague's taunts, great, just great their was nothing he hated more then an enemy who decides to talk him to death.

"Iruka your reputation either precedes you greatly, or you have grown soft while you were sitting behind a desk. Either way your gong to die slowly for the deaths of ten of my men." Mizuki replied darkly while the rest of his men watched.

"Oh for Kami's sake just kill me already, god I hate people who ramble on and on like you." Iruka replied.

"I wonder now if Orochimaru-sama would pay well to have your head delivered to him along with the scroll." Mizuki said ignoring Iruka.

"Orochimaru! Damn this situation just got worse. If Orochimaru manages to get his hands on the scroll Konoha will be in for a lot of trouble. I need to get that scroll back or at least destroy it." Iruka thought.

"Hey Mizuki stop tormenting the poor bastard already so we can get going we need to meet the sound envoy soon." Another called out from the trees.

"Sound! So the rumors of Orochimaru starting his own hidden village are true, damn this is bad can only heal my self minimally without tipping off Mizuki and his friends. I'm going to have to make this count some how."

"Alright, alright I didn't realize how much time we lost in this place. I guess you get to die quickly instead Iruka quite a pity." Mizuki said while twirling a fuuma shuriken. "DIE." Mizuki yelled while throwing the giant shuriken.

"So this is how it ends, what absolute crap this is, sorry Naruto I couldn't be there when you accomplish your dream." Were Iruka's final thoughts as he resigned himself for death.

That is until he heard it.

"RYU NO MAI!"

Naruto came in from his left, sword ablaze swinging diagonally into the shuriken slicing it in half, away from Iruka. Naruto turns around smiling at Iruka. "Hey sensei sorry I'm late, I didn't miss much did I?"

With Hinata and Yuki

Hinata had gone too her house first thinking it was more important to get the jounin alert before anyone else. It turned out she was right because as soon as Hinata mentioned the names Mizuki and Iruka Kurenai was off towards the Hokage. Thankfully this gave Hinata to change into her usual attire and equip herself for a fight. Now she had just finished finding everyone of the group and apparently not a moment to soon for they could faintly feel Naruto's chakra.

"Did you feel that?" Shino asked, his bugs stating to come out.

"Ya Naruto has entered the battle." Shikamaru responded.

"So Hinata how are we actually going to find them considering they're out of the range of your Byakugan?" Choji asked.

Hinata smiled. "Simple, we have a guide. Yuki, come on out we need to hurry!" she yelled surprising everyone.

Suddenly a great white four-tailed fox materialized from behind a gen-jutsu right behind Hinata. "Well what are we waiting for get on, I'm faster then all of you. Just watch the blades." Yuki said.

Safe to say everyone was quick to comply.

"Okay Hinata just where did you manage to get a giant four-tailed talking fox?" Shikamaru asked sounding a bit shaken.

"Naruto bears the summoning contract for foxes, though that's not surprising considering what he is." Hinata replied knowing full well that they had each figured it out on their own in their own way. Simply being Shino with his bugs told him they felt the Kyuubi's chakra from Naruto, Shikamaru just figured it out being the lazy genius he is, and Choji, well Choji managed to get his dad to tell him one night after the old Ino-Shika-Cho squad went drinking together, they were hammered at the time. And they all still trust him no matter what they know he is not a demon like everyone else, they just haven't gotten around to mentioning it to him. "Any way everyone this is Yuki, Yuki these are me and Naruto's friends Shikamaru, Shino, and Choji."

"Hey there." Choji said cheerfully.

Shino simply nodded.

"Troublesome…" Shikamaru mumbled also saying something inaudible.

"A pleasure to meet you all, well except for the lazy one who just called me a troublesome woman. Now I have only three rules if I am going to be letting you guys ride on me." Yuki said seriously.

She then lifted up her front paw and raised a nail. "Rule one: shut up." A second nail was raised. "Rule two: sit your asses down." And a third nail was raised. "Rule three: Hold on tight." And with that Yuki took off like a rocket, Shikamaru spouting curses the entire way.

"Naruto what the hell are you doing here, get help, you aren't a match for these guys!" Iruka yelled at Naruto

"It's okay sensei I have a plan, besides reinforcements are already on the way." Naruto whispered back.

"Well this is a surprised, just look who came to the rescue. Oh well no big deal, who knows maybe if we kill you the council would simply give us the scroll, I mean we would all be made heroes by the villagers." Mizuki said mockingly

"Mizuki, you and your men are all under arrest for treason against Konoha and the assault of a Konoha shinobi. Come peacefully and you may be able to get away with a sentence in prison, if you resist then I will be your executioner." Naruto replied darkly with authority in his voice."

"Tell me brat why do you even serve this village, after all they have done why don't you just come with us. It's not like you will ever be accepted by the people of this village, your dream will never come true." Mizuki said.

Iruka could only think one thing there. "Oh damn, he should not have said that."

Surprisingly though Naruto remained completely calm, that made this seen for anyone who knows him even scarier.

"Mizuki I will say this once only once more, come peacefully or you will all die here."

"Tell me do you even know why the villagers hate you." Mizuki taunted.

"No, pray tell me before I rip your tongue out of your mouth." Naruto said faking ignorance.

"I get what he's doing, he stalling for time! Good plan Naruto." Iruka thought proudly.

"Twelve years ago…..you know about the demon fox being sealed right?"

"NO!! DON'T!!" Iruka yelled playing along.

"Since that incident a new rule has been created for this village." Mizuki spoke calmly.

"A rule?" Naruto said sounding worried

"But Naruto this rule was never supposed to be told to you."

"Not to me? What ? Why?" Naruto asked frantically while almost everyone in the trees were grinning evilly.

Mizuki started to laugh darkly.

"The rule is that no one is allowed to talk about the fact that you are the nine tailed demon fox, the Kyuubi no Kitsune!" Mizuki said evilly

"WHAT?" Naruto said faking shock and dropping to one knee and looking down

"You were sealed up by the Hokage you admire, and you have been lied to by everyone in this village! You will never find acceptance." Mizuki continued.

Suddenly Naruto looked up no longer with sadness in his eyes, instead replaced by determination. "You really are a grade A idiot Mizuki-baka. I am Uzumaki Naruto Konoha Shinobi, and jinchuuriki to the Kyuubi no Kitsune." He said while Fire flared all around him blocking him from the sight of all present.

As soon as the fire was seen the Kage Ryoushi fox squad and Kokuyouseki moved in. the kage's each threw the fox version of senbon needles at the two straps quickly cutting them and letting the scroll fall. As soon as Naruto saw this from the inside of the flames he made his move, springing out of the illusion of fire and kneeing Mizuki in the head sending him flying. When he came to a stop he had clearly changed, his gen-jutsu had dropped revealing to the world his true form.

"Kokuyouseki grab Iruka and lets go, Kage Ryoushi cover our retreat!" Naruto yelled after hastily grabbing the scroll.

"Hai" they all said, Kokuyouseki immediately headed over towards Iruka and lifted him up and put him on his back using his tails.

The two three-tailed foxes at the same time jumped in front of Naruto and Kokuyouseki, landing on their hind legs and tails. The duo quickly formed two different series of hand signs.

The first one finished. "Katon: Hitonami Kitsunehi!" It yelled breathing a large stream of fire from its mouth. The fire almost immediately split into many fireballs, these almost right after words turned into a large group of wolf sized fireballs that looked like foxes. The foxes ran straight forward into the enemy covering what the second fox said.

"Jinsoku Kaji Danmaku!" As soon as the other fox said that it dropped onto all fours and lifted its tails. The tails launched a large amount of what looked like needles from the tips right into the path of the fire foxes oscuring them in the fire.

"Ok lets move!" Naruto said just loud enough to be heard by all the foxes present causing them to break out into a run through the forest though the screams of those hit by the foxes jutsu could still be heard.

"Damn it I can't believe I was tricked like that by the brat, head count how many did we lose?" Mizuki yelled nursing his jaw.

"We lost Rina, Kangei, Jinto, and Maitou the rest of us are either have multiple puncture wounds or severe burns. Not to mention we lost the scroll to the fox" Someone said checking the bodies.

"DAMN IT! The plan has completely fallen apart, we need to get that scroll back before we go meet up with the sound envoy. Now how the hell can a fresh out of the academy student know how to summon?"

"Perhaps we can be of assistance Mizuki-san." A voice said coming from above them in the trees.

When he looked up he could easily count about twenty-six shinobi, each wearing forehead protectors with a music note in the center, sound shinobi. "And from what I can tell most seem to be chunin to jounin in rank, the brat is dead." Mizuki thought

"It seems you have run into some problems from the locals and lost the scroll. You do realize that if we don't retrieve that scroll we all face the penalty for failure. And we all know what Orochimaru-sama does to those who fail him." the man who was obviously the leader of the sound shinobi group there said.

"It's okay the group simply caught us by surprise, we can retrieve the scroll easily enough with the size of the group we have now." one of Mizuki's men said.

"Good, now we need catch them fast before they get within the walls of the city. If they do that they have won." The sound shinobi said.

"No they wont be able too get back in time. The injuries on one of them are severe to the point that the trip there could kill him, they will need to stabilize him some what before continuing." Mizuki said with a malicious grin on his face.

"Alright, lets move out then." One of the men leaf traitors said.

"Damn! This isn't good." Yuki suddenly said abruptly turning.

"What's wrong Yuki, why did you change directions." Hinata asked.

"Ya what are you trying to do, give us whiplash?" Shikamaru asked angrily before being hit in the back of the head by Shino.

"That is no way to speak to a lady Shikamaru." Shino said getting almost everyone present to gape at what they just saw.

"Ok why is everyone getting all slack jawed over a Shino here defending my honor? On second thought never mind, besides we have bigger problems on our hands." Yuki said.

"What do you mean, is something wrong with Naruto?" Choji asked starting to un-strap his war hammer.

"They have started moving again, and fast, my best guess is they managed to intercept the target and retrieve what they needed. Only problem is they 're being weighed down by a severely injured human male." Yuki responded.

"Iruka-sensei must have caught up to them before Naruto did. We need to hurry then or else the enemy could overtake them." Shikamaru said.

"It gets worse. A large number of people seemed to have grouped up with the first primary target, their numbers easily are over thirty from what I can tell. Though from what I can tell from here the new group isn't from around here, their scent is too different from the first to be leaf shinobi." Yuki replied.

"Troublesome." Was all Shikamaru said.

"So we are heading towards a battle where we don't know either the numbers or the strength of the enemy. Not to mention we have a downed comrade and a scroll to protect until we get reinforcements. I really don't like those odds." Choji said grimly.

"Well anyone have any ideas." Yuki asked causing everyone to look at Shikamaru.

"Well I'm going to need some information on your strengths if I'm going to make a plan Yuki-san?" Shikamaru asked.

"Fine basically I'm a mid to close range fighter who relies on my claws, fangs, and the swords attached to my back. I'm a fox so my senses are all above that of the average human or shinobi for that matter. I have some nin-jutsu and gen-jutsu skills but I hardly ever use them. That enough info for you?" Yuki replied.

"Ya that's enough, Hinata last time I checked the range for 'that' technique of yours was about a hundred yards using your Byakugan right?" Shikamaru asked which Hinata confirmed with a nod. "Alright Yuki-san slow down a bit I have a plan but we need to arrive after Naruto engages the enemy again for it to work. And Hinata I need you to aim at their chests with it." Shikamaru finished getting an incredulous look from Hinata.

"But that will kill them if I hit them there!" She replied.

"Think about it Hinata even with us coming into this battle we are still heavily outnumbered and probably outclassed all together. We also don't know if they happen to have a med-nin with them. If they do have a medic then any enemy we simply incapacitate will end up being healed to come at us again until they get the scroll. In other words Hinata the only choice we have at this point is too aim to kill, besides we are shinobi killing is what we will all eventually have to do even if we don't like it." Shikamaru responded getting everyone to look a little down at the prospect.

"Fine but I'll need a few minutes to charge enough of them to put a dent in the enemy's numbers." Hinata said grudgingly while pulling out multiple senbon.

"I hope you know what your doing kid because if you don't Naruto and my mate are going to be dead meat against odds this stacked." Yuki said grimly before slowing down a bit.

Alright people here we are Chapter 6 of my story and I hope you like what you see so far. Basically I have just shown you the tip of the ice burg with what I intend to do for summons in this story, needles to say they are going to play a large role in it. And to answer some questions here I go.

First question. Why did you put Hinata forward with so much more confidence then you did in the anime. Well the reason why is this, what were the reasons she was shy in the first place and had no self respect. Simple her father had constantly berated her for being weak, that and the fact that no matter what she did she was afraid of screwing up around Naruto. So with that in mind realize she has lived with Kurenai for 2 years now, a person who as we all saw in the anime cared for her like a sister and always encouraged her. Second reason was that Naruto notices her this time around and he returns her affection as you could have seen in this chapter resulting in even more confidence in herself.

Second question. Yes, of course I intend to have Naruto and all the rest of the gang come up with their own techniques through the story, for instance I intend to have Naruto create multiple jutsu that use the power in his sword resulting in either a Katon jutsu or a Fuuton one, or maybe a combination jutsu.

Third question. Is Hinata still going to be a Jyuken user. The answer is to an extent yes. This is because she had been taught it for two years but never got to the point where she was like all Hyuuga using only it. Instead as I mentioned in this Chapter she has come up with a technique of her own which will obviously be revealed next chapter along with her new tai-jutsu style. Oh and the jutsu I hinted at the end of this chapter, well safe to say it will be a bit of a 'shocker'.

Also I'm very sorry all of you who were hoping for a bit more to happen during Naruto and Hinata's date. The reason from a story perspective not much happened is that they both sort of had their head in the clouds, Naruto was gloomy trying to think of a way to tell Hinata what she wants to hear and his own secret (which she already knows but hasn't told him that yet), and Hinata was busy trying to gain the courage to tell Naruto the truth about her feelings for him. that's how I put it in the story, my reason though is simple after rewriting that scene 4 times and not getting anywhere close to what I wanted I decided to gloss over it a little bit, I simply couldn't do the scene justice so shoot me.

Now I still want ideas for a bloodline and just because I don't put it in my notes at the end of each chapter doesn't mean I'm not still looking. For instance I have the intention of first revealing it during the Sasuke retrieval arc.

Next Itachi and Kisame, Good or evil. That is still to be decided and will keep going until after the chunin exams.

Last thing for today is a heads up that the next chapter is going to be almost entirely fight scenes between Naruto, his fox summons, and the rest of the gang against the 42 leaf/sound shinobi.

Jutsu used in the story.

Ryu no Mai (Dance of the Dragon): Naruto charges his sword with Kyuubi's fire element chakra; this causes fire to burn along the blades edge. The fire cannot be used as a projectile like the winds can but coming into contact with the blade in this stage can cause anywhere from severe burns to melting metal.

Katon: Hitonami Kitsunehi (fire style: stampeding fox fire) a more powerful version of the Rippuku Kitsunehi that launches multiple fire foxes that independently track their targets burning everything in their path.

Jinsoku Kaji Danmaku (rapid fire barrage) a fox style nin-jutsu that uses the same principle as the Hari Jizo except uses it in an offensive manner. The attack first hardens a large amount of the hairs on a fox's tails to the strength of steel, the fox would then launch the steel hairs from the tails in waves covering a wide area in a short amount of time.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu:Kokuyouseki Shikon (Summoning technique: Obsidian fang): a fox overseer summon of the four tailed level. Naruto's first overseer summoned and one of his most trusted ones who he calls Kokuyouseki for shortHe is a master strategist of the highest order among foxes being able to adapt to most situations with ease, this coupled with his close combat abilities and kitsune jutsu make him a fearsome opponent. Kokuyouseki shikon is just as his name describes, he is a large four tailed fox summon with a scar over his right eye and obsidian colored fur. His rank among the fox army is displayed by the black armor he wears, on his head is a form fitting black plated helmet that covers from his snout to past his ears with also extensions reaching down the helmet in points to create a second set of fangs. Along his legs he has more black plate that doesn't impede his movements while protecting the muscles and tendons. The last piece of armor is a black breastplate that reaches from the base of his neck to around his front legs and to the front of his rear legs.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Shiroi Hikari (Summoning technique: white light) A fox overseer and friend of Kokuyuoseki, she is also at the fourth tail level. She is Naruto's second overseer summoned who is second in command to only Kokuyouseki. She is also a strategist but not quite as good as Kokuyouseki but what she makes up for it in is her combat abilities which surpass even that of most five tailed foxes. She is a large white fox who also bears the same symbol of rank as Kokuyouseki, her armor is instead a snow white which blends in with her fur and also has on her back a set of flip out zanbato sized blades that swing outwards to her sides allowing her to carve a bloody path through the enemy with ease.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Kage Ryoushi (Summoning technique: shadow hunters) a summoning for 12 armored foxes, two of them are three tails that were the size of a horse while the rest two-tailed each of them the size of a wolf. The three tailed foxes armor are the same color as their fur each with a leather looking helmet that went down to their muzzle, at the base of their necks a breastplate started reaching over their chests and making its way around their front legs before wrapping around their backs. On the tips of their tails was a metal point in the shape of an arrow head strapped around it tightly for the foxes to be able to attack any enemies coming at their rear. The two tailed foxes had the same armor but without the tail spears. This was the Kage Ryoushi (shadow hunters) type of squad otherwise known as the Junni Musei Hitan (twelve silent sorrows) by the rest of the foxes.

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Satsu Goei(Summoning technique: temple guardsmen) a summoning for 12 foxes in the same style of platoon as the Kage Ryoushi, two were three-tailed while the rest were two-tailed. These foxes are larger then most of the foxes their rank with the armor to match each with the same style of helmet except it was made out of plate and had horns that reached out from behind the ears, the breastplate also plate was obviously thicker then the other group's leather looking armor as well and it reached farther down covering past their hind legs with spikes running along the sides. They each had on their tales instead of the tail spear attachments but what looked like a single large shield that was supported by the tails that could be used to protect any point on their body besides their head. This was Satsu Goei (Temple guardsmen) meant mostly for defense of a target or a specific point.