Naruto's Fox

Chapter 7

Naruto's caretaker

Yeah about the really slow update thing….i get distracted very- A shiney!…easily.

And I'd like to clear some things up.

First off, thanks for all your reviews and stuff….minus the privately messaged death threats I got for not updating but that's understandable.

I still can't believe I got this many reviews and people saying its actually good and saying other things like the lil chibi arashi and wanting Gaara involved….which may or may not happen but whatever, eh

Fyi- I am not milk obsessed though it's delicious and nutritious.

"quote marks " - talking

Bold - Kyuubi talking

italics - Thinking

Capitals - uh yelling and/or emphasis?(sp?)

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Naruto woke up very sore and still tired. It took a couple of minutes but the days events finally replayed themselves in Naruto's head and he remembered why he is in the state he is in now.

heh, Teach that dumb dog to mess with me.

Naruto got off of the soft cushy pillow he was apparently resting on and took in his surroundings. Seeing some furniture and clothing that was not his he concluded it was not his apartment.

Where the hell am I?

"Yeah and then the Naruto's fox nearly dive bombed Akamaru."

Sakura-chan

Naruto heard Sakura from somewhere else in the building he was in. and decided he had to find her if he wanted to get any sort of questions he had answered.

"Really! Then what happened?"

Naruto new the other person's voice he just heard belonged to none other then Sakura's Rival, Ino.

Ok ive got to tell Sakura about the whole me turning into a fox thing now.

Naruto was slowly making his way to the edge of the bedhe and the pillow was on. His fight was taking its toll on his fox body. Eventually Naruto just jumped off the bed which usually isn't much but after being beaten and battered like Naruto was, it wasn't fun to much fun.

At least this place has a soft rug on the floor.

Naruto padded his way out of the room and into a hallway.

aw shit...

Naruto looked at the flight of stairs about 15 stairs isn't much to most people but to a very sore fox smaller then a house cat it's a long way to go. In fact in his current condition Naruto figured he would never make the trip down the stairs. So he came up with a plan that would make it so the decent down the stairs would be completely stairless. Naruto began collecting various stackable items Naruto began lugging, pushing, pulling and rolling things near the railing of the stairs. Using badass ninja tactics and a series of pulleys and levers he made from strings and a bathrobe belt Naruto began stacking the items, forming his own set of stairs up to the Stairs railing.

"Did you hear that Sakura?"

"Hear what Ino?" Sakura replied looking around too see if anything was making noise Ino thought she was hearing.

"It must have been something outside. So No Naruto for a whole day?" Ino changed the subject before taking a sip of her tea.

Naruto was nearly finished after about fifteen minutes of stacking he was just about finished his stairway to an easy way down the flight of stairs.

whew I'm tired. I think I should take a break before I go all the way down stairs first.

Naruto padded beck to the room he first woken up in and had a new obstacle. The bed was to high for Naruto to jump up onto.

the world is against me isn't it Naruto asked himself I KNOW

Naruto ran back out into the hall and began dragging some of the books he stacked at the stairs and pulled them back into the room and stacked them by the bed.

sweet victory Naruto thought before hopping up onto the bed and curling up on the soft pillow he woke up on.

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"Hokage-sama, Hatake Kakashi is here to see you now."

"Send him in Shizune" Tsunade said with a twitching eyebrow. Shizune got a note from Kakashi 2 hours ago saying he had too speak to the Hokage about something very important right away. She was waiting since she got the note figuring he would be there in a few minutes.

"Now Gai, Like I said before I can't give you anymore "missions of Youthful Youth" Until your leg is healed. Now please leave before make you leave through the window.

Tsunade was not ready to deal with all the quirky Jounin the Leaf village seems to mass produce Today. Damn near all the jounin were bothering here with stranger and stranger problems. Even Kurenai was acting weird but Tsunade knew the reason for that so it wasn't a big deal but now she was playing with the big boys of Oddness. Maito Gia Broke his leg trying to kick through 5 steel pipes because he failed to kick through 4 steel pipes. Tsunade knew Gai likes to set strange rules for himself for failing something but this as just stupid. After she manages to get Gai out of the way she gets to deal with Hatake Kakashi.

The Green clad sensei gave a drawn out sigh and hobbled out of the room muttering things about the need to stay youthful no matter the injury.

Tsunade had to use 60 percent of her self control to keep from breaking the Cyclops ninja in half as he sauntered into the room after a bored greeting to a passing Gai.

"Hokage-sama there is-"

"WHY, did I have to wait two hours for you to come in here after I got the note you gave Shizune to give to me? Why didn't you just wait in the waiting room for five minutes till I was finished speaking to someone else?" I could have been drunk or taking a nap but no I had to wait for you, you stupid man. Tsunade was in a touchy mood since she couldn't have an afternoon drink.

"I was busy with something." Was Kakashi's absentminded response.

Tsunade's eye twitched some more.

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"Oh please can I see it?" please, please?

"Fine Ino it's sleeping upstairs in my room.

Sakura lead Ino to the stairs up to her room but stopped when she found a pile of various things at the top of the stairs.

"That wasn't there before" Sakura was puzzled about the stuff lying on the floor so she just picked up some of the books and walked to her room.

"What the?" Sakura looked at another pile of books near the foot of her bed before anything else. "What's with all the piles of stuff?"

Ino peeked into the room looking for the fabled fox when her eyes came upon Naruto resting on one of Sakura's pillows.

"Aww look at it, its so cute"

Before Sakura knew it she was pushed aside dropping all the books and stuff she was carrying. Ino meanwhile, had started cuddling The fox.

Naruto had just about no idea what was going on. He was just about to doze off when he was suddenly lifted from his pillow.

"You were right Sakura, it's so soft and fuzzy. And all these tails are so cool and so soft!"

"So soft" Naruto was blushing as much as a fox could as he was being hugged into Ino's chest and it wasn't an unpleasant experience for him .

"Um, Ino I think the fox needs to breath."

Ino sighed before putting the Fox back onto the bed but continued to pet the fox's tails

Sakura meanwhile placed the various books and items she brought back from the stairs and at the foot of her bed.

"So your Naruto's fox huh?" "Did anyone ever mention how cute your tails look?"

Naruto was just staring at Ino trying to think of a way to communicate with the girls but decided to do that later. Naruto simply looked at Ino, tilted his head to the side and let out a "mew" sound.

"Aww cute!" Ino almost yelled before hugging the fox again.

"hehe,soft…" Naruto was blushing once more.

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"Ah…..I…see….." Tsunade was looking at Kakashi with a contemplative look mixed with some worry, a dash of shock and a pinch of disbelief.( stir well then let it rise. bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius. There, now you have a look that fits what I'm trying to say……) "are you sure about this?"

"It all fits to well for it not to be true, Hokage-sama"

"Well can show me the fox then?"

"Yes." Kakashi replied while looking at his favorite book.

….some minutes with no one doing anything went by….

"May I see it now please?" Tsunade said with irritation.

"yes"

A couple more minutes pass.

"Well?" Tsunade said, eye twitching and all.

"oh, I'll have to go get it. I'll be back soon."

Tsunade was clenching her fists together in an effort to keep from killing her most powerful genin sensei. "Why didn't you bring it here when you first seen it?" Tsunade asked through gritted teeth.

"too busy"

Kakashi left the building through the now open window. But being the bad ass ninja he was he simply moved into a front flip and landed on his feet while still reading his book a few feet next to Gia.

"your turn to change the window" Izumo said to Kotetsu."

"AH, Kakashi my eternal rival. What brings you out here in such a youthful manner?"

I just got my team a lot of D-rank missions and now I have to go get a fox. Kakashi explained while brushing shards of broken glass off of his shoulders.

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Naruto was very disappointed his little stairway up to the way down the big stairway was put away by Sakura but since he was down the big stairway anyway he decided to let it go. Naruto was sitting on a counter watching Ino as she and Sakura discussed things Naruto couldn't quiet understand.

"And After he saves her from the evil knight he asks her to marry him! She says yes and they share their first kiss! Its so romantic!" Ino was explaining some stupid love movie to Sakura.

Naruto couldn't keep up with the conversation and decided to explore the counter top.

"sounds like a good movie. Hey Ino, just imagine if the prince was Sasuke and you were the maiden…"

Ino and Sakura each gave a sigh as they lost themselves in some far away Fantasy world. Both began to blush and giggle from time to time. Naruto just rolled his eyes and kept looking for things to do. The girl's faces were getting redder and their giggles getting louder and more frequent till Ino got a nosebleed and had to get a tissue.

"Hey Sakura."

"Yeah?"

"OH by the great demons!" Naruto stumbled upon a small stash of instant ramen.

"Does Naruto's fox have a name?"

"uh…You know I'm not sure. Ive just been calling him little fox or something like- HEY!

Sakura saw the fox digging in a cupboard and went to get him out of there. Naruto noticed her coming and got out quick with a cup of ramen in his mouth.

"Hey you give the ramen back" Sakura demanded while reaching for the cup

Naruto just backed away while swatting at Sakura's hand with its paw.

Sakura was taken aback at first but she remembered what she was dealing with..

"just hand the ramen over and no one gets hurt." Sakura was squaring off with the fox and began to edge toward the ramen cup.

Ino was holding in a giggle while she watched the two. The fox really was entertaining her to no end.

Naruto just encased the ramen cup and himself in a protective shield of fuzzy tail fur.

"Don't think that will protect you from me." Sakura grabbed the top tail and simply lifted it to reveal a cup of ramen being hugged tightly by the paws of the tail's owner.

"Ramen"

Sakura stopped reaching for the ramen cup to look at Ino.

"What?"

"Ramen." Ino nodded

"Ramen?"

"Ramen" Call him Ramen till Naruto tells you what its real name is. Ino explained

Naruto began moving his tails out of the way knowing they were useless in this battle of wits.

"I guess that'll work. So little fox how about it? Want us to call you Ramen?"

No that's a stupid name Sakura-chan. Naruto barked and yipped at Sakura.

"Hey he likes the name." Sakura said grabbing the cup of ramen while the fox for some reason anime dropped. Sakura picked "Ramen" up and set him on the floor so he doesn't get into more trouble with the food.

ah geez. Naruto began looking around the room before taking off somewhere.

"Speaking of ramen lets get something to eat."

"Well I am feeling a little hungry, where should we go?"

"Lets figure it out on the way there."

"How can we be on our way there if we don't know where we are going?"

"your oversized forehead is working to hard on this one Forehead girl."

"Your undersized Forehead just can't see logic Ino-pig"

The sound of a toilet flushing was heard accompanied by what sounded like a scuffle The girls ran to where the bathroom was and found Naruto locked in combat with a roll of possessed toilet paper.

Ino let out some giggles while Sakura sighed and backed Naruto up in his fight with the demon paper.

"your as much trouble as your owner you know that Ramen?

Stop with the Ramen name already Naruto barked at Sakura as he glared at her.

"don't get snippy at me cause your getting yourself into trouble." Sakura said with a frown.

"There your free" now stay out of trouble for 2 minutes at least okay?"

Naruto just gave a quick glare at the pile of toilet paper and turned his nose up as he walked away with all the dignity and class he could.

Ino was now holding her sides laughing cause the fox was acting like a real snob but didn't know it had toilet paper stuck to one of its back paws. Sakura just sighed and stepped on the toilet paper to keep it from staying stuck on the fox's paw.

"just as bad as Naruto." Sakura let out with a sigh.

Ino meanwhile got herself together and wiped away some tears

"Sakura pant why didn't you pant have a camera on you? Ahahaha!"

Ino burst into a fresh Fit of laughter when she saw Ramen glare at her.

"Ow. My. Stomach. Sakura. Help." Ino managed to get a simple message out in between giggles and pants. Sakura rolled her eyes and helped Ino get up from where she was previously rolling on the floor laughing.

Eventually Ino Sakura and Ramen were on their way to wherever they were going. They were still discussing their intended eating location after all.

"Well how about that Korean Barbeque place Chouji always brings your team to?"

"Uhg! I I ever go there again it will be to soon."

"He theres that new Health food place that just opened up!"

"Oh yeah I've been wanting to go there since it opened."

Health food? Are you people sick or something Naruto was appalled at the thought of eating disgusting health food. To Naruto Health food was for near dead unable to eat ramen people. He wasn't having any of it.

"Hey!" Sakura was surprised by the fox suddenly wriggling and thrashing to get out of her arms. Sakura was unable to keep a hold of Ramen and he dropped out of her arms and took off running down the street into an alley.

"HEY RAMEN! GET BACK HERE!" Sakura yelled running after the fox. Ino in hot pursuit with her.

Got to find the Ichiraku Ramen stand

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"Hmm No one home." Kakashi was knocking on Sakura's door to collect the fox. "I guess I have to go searching for them then" Kakashi let out with a sigh

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"Did you see where it went?"

"I just saw it go into the alley but now your guess is as good as mine."

"DAMNIT! I lost Naruto's fox! He's going to kill me when he finds out! Ino what am I going to do! It's getting dark and Ramen is probably lost and getting eaten by a wild bull and it's my fault!

"Sakura get a hold of yourself!" Ino grabbed Sakura's shoulders and tried to shake her back to sanity! "Remember who you're talking about! Naruto for some unknown and probably very disturbed reason worships the ground your huge forehead walks on! He won't be that angry with you and since we are going to find his fox he won't even have to know we lost it for a little while!"

Ino had finished making her point, stopped shaking Sakura and stood silently while Sakura sifted through everything Ino said.

"Shut up Ino-pig!...thanks."

"Your welcome. Now we can keep looking for that fox."

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Okay if my memory serves me right there should be and alley that heads straight for Ichiraku's….Here it is! Naruto turned dark corner and slammed into a trash can. stupid trash cans jumping in front of people out of nowhere

"GRRRRRRR"

Naruto immediately bolted from the sound he heard. He wasn't to interested in what made the noise since it sounded pretty big and not friendly.

run, run, run, run, run Naruto repeated to himself not wanting to find out what made that noise.

Some time of running like it was his only purpose in life Naruto found himself at the end of the long alley way. After checking to see if the coast was clear he ran across the street and hid behind a barrel.

"THERE!" Naruto found his target building only about 40 feet away from himself.

"IRUKA!" Naruto was so happy to see his favorite Academy teacher in the whole world right now. Naruto ran as fast as he could to the side of the building and tried to be as stealthy as a nine tailed, orange ball of fur leaned up on a brown building could.

"You think so? From what I know of that girl there's no way she would even give the time of day for that boy." Not to mention b he /b is just like every other boy his age. Afraid to get cooties and all." Ayame and Iruka were having a conversation that Naruto heard but didn't pay attention to he was just getting closer and closer to the stools inside the ramen hut when…

"Oh My! Iruka-san look!" Ayame said in surprise while pointing straight at a fox with nine tails.

Iruka swallowed the noodles he was chewing on and turned to see what Ayame was pointing at. A spark of fear entered his eyes when he saw the small fox. Remembering what a much larger nine tailed fox did to the village years before. Iruka quickly pushed his fear aside and grabbed the fox by the scruff of its neck inspecting if the tails were in fact real. After the initial yelps and resistance the fox became very docile and quiet.

"Iruka-sensei it's me, Naruto!" Naruto barked out to Iruka but the message was clearly not received. Iruka just stared at the fox for a little while longer before Ayame spoke.

"Iruka-san? Whats wrong?"

"Oh…nothing it's just…." Iruka trailed off

"Can I hold it?" Ayame looked at Iruka with pleading eyes.

"Uh sure…just be make sure it doesn't bite you or something." Iruka gave Ayame the fox

"Oh you're so soft!" Ayame cooed while petting Naruto. And all your tails just makes you look even cuter!" Ayame was nuzzling the fox while Iruka was in deep thought.

Naruto let out a soft bark and whine.

"Huh?" Ayame looked at the fox which was staring intently at the bowl of ramen in front of Iruka.

Iruka noticed this and took a noodle from his bowl with his chop sticks and held it out for the fox. The watched as the fox stretched its neck out to try and get the noodle but it was still to far away. Ayame put the fox on the top of the bar despite it being a health hazard but it would be a secret between the three of them since her father was out getting more supplies. Naruto immediately devoured.

"hungry are you?" Iruka said getting another noodle and dangled it in front of the fox. The said noodle disappeared as fast as the first one. The third noodle came but before naruuto made it disappear Iruka lifted it from his reach. Naruto tried to stand up and get the noodle but fell off balance onto his tails.

"Iruka-san don't tease it" Ayame said in a…(damn I can't think of the word ) Not very serious manner.

"Sorry, sorry" Iruka said with fake regret while lowering the noodle to its fate.

Iruka stared at the fox while it stared back. Iruka wordlessly nudged his bowl closer to the fox. Naruto almost dove into the bowl as he ate all the ramen he could as fast as he possibly could.

"Hah! You remind me of someone I know." Iruka told the gorging fox while petting his head.

"Cute" Ayame couldn't help but say it as she watched. "Speaking of which I haven't seen Naruto-kun come in here for about a day and a half, I hope he isn't sick."

"Really that's strange. I don't think he left on any missions, he always tells me about mission where he'll be gone for a few days before he leaves. I should check up on him later."

"It wouldn't do to have our best customer and the one who pays for him to suddenly never come back after all" Ayame gave a quick laugh while Iruka gave a rye smile.

"Then I wouldn't have any reason to come and see you anymore."

"Your lucky my father is gone or you would be losing teeth by now, Shinobi or not." Ayame said while giving a mischievous grin.

After a moment or two of staring they both looked down to see the fox sitting inside the bowl staring up at them. The bowl was completely clean.

"How?…."

"Where did it put all that ramen?"

"What's up with them two?"

Some time of staring later Ayame picked up the bowl with the fox still in it.

"It isn't even as heavy as when the ramen was in there."

"ARGH! When I find that fox he is gonna get the glaring of a lifetime."

"Huh?" Iruka turned to see who it was that said/yelled that last sentence.

"Sakura-san, Ino-san?" Sakura and Ino stopped and looked around for whoever said their names and after seeing Iruka they ran up to him out of breath.

Sakura, Ino what's wrong?

"Iru…Ka…Sen…sei…"Sakura managed to get out before Iruka stopped her and told her to catch her breath.

"Iruka we are looking for a fox. With nine tails on it."

Iruka was a little surprised but motioned behind him to Ayame.

"That one wouldn't happen to be the one you looking for right? Iruka asked dumbly knowing full well nine tailed foxes are somewhat of a rarity.

You! Sakura pointed straight towards The fox giving him a glare that could kill small animals. Luckily Naruto was already hiding inside the bowl covering himself with his tails. Ayame wasn't sure if she wanted Sakura near the fox at the moment but Ino stepped in to help calm Sakura.

"Is this fox yours or something?" Iruka asked Ino while she kept Sakura from getting closer to the fox.

"No its Naruto's fox, we think."

"Naruto's eh?. That might explain it…..Iruka said while staring off somewhere in thought.

"Come here Ramen, Sakura won't hurt you. Ino said while holding her hands out to the fox.

"Ramen? That's its name?" Ayame asked while holding out the bowl for Ino to pick the fox up.

"Well we aren't sure but it was a good idea at the time."

"The name suits it very well anyway" Ayame said giving a small chuckle.

Ino looked at Iruka.

"It liked my ramen." Iruka motioned towards the empty ramen bowl.

The girls nodded as understanding hit them.

"Well while we are here we should eat. I'm too tired to walk all the way to that new restaurant."

"Sakura!"

"AHH!" Ino yelled Grabbing Sakura and pushed her in front of herself as a shield.

"Oh what a powerful Kunoichi from Konohagakure you are Ino." Her words drowning in Sarcasm. Kakashi-sensei what is it?

"I need to borrow that fox for a while….and remember we are on the same team, allies, friends, family of sorts, best pals to the end." Sakura really didn't want to know why her sensei was being even weirder then usual but still got Ino to hand over the fox to him.

"Why do you need to take Ramen?"

"Ramen?" Kakashi echoed.

"That's what we are calling him."

"I see. but I can't tell you why I have to take him. Oh and Sakura, be prepared for some rough missions okay…" Kakashi warned before disappearing in a puff of smoke.

"One Miso Ramen please" Ino ordered up taking a seat next to Iruka.

"So this is him?"

"Yep that's "Ramen"." Kakashi gave an unseen smirk while the fox shot him a glare.

"Ramen?"

"That's what Sakura and Ino called him."

"Tsunade would have laughed if she wasn't still pissed at Kakashi for being a jack ass.

"Well Naruto you have some explaining to do don't you?"

Naruto turned to Tsunade.

"Tsunade no ba-chan you got to-" Naruto's mouth(I forge if I should cal It a snout or muzzle or whatever) Was being held shut by Tsunades finger and thumb.

"Naruto I don't speak Fox. Here" Tsunade gave Naruto a scroll and pen. "Now if you don't mind start from the beginning."

Naruto eventually wrote down everything that happened since he was turned into a fox minus some of the more embarrassing parts with Sakura and Ino.

"So The Kyuubi is actually helping you out more then usual?" That is very…unexpected…" But it still leaves us with you not being human. You will need to be in someone's care for the duration of your…transformation.

Naruto Scribbled something on the scroll a bunch of times

"No not Sakura. She will be very busy along with Sasuke and Kakashi." Tsunade glared at Kakashi for a second.

"But I could have Konohamaru take care of you."

"NO not him he has a grave yard full of pet rocks. He can't take care of something living!" Naruto was frantically barking at Tsunade"

"Calm down I was kidding! Naruto, we have very capable people to take care of you ok."

A knock at the door was heard.

"Tsunade-Sama the ones you asked for are here."

"Send them in please, Shizune" Tsunade called out,

The door opened and Naruto turned to see who it was.

Blue eyes met grey.

"Good to see you." Tsunade said

"Hyuga Nej"

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What can I say? Eh? The one review about the chibi Iruka and fox gave me the idea for the Ramen bar incident so thank you to the one who wrote that review….I have a bad memory. Take care and Pray the Filler episodes end Very very soon so Part 2 can happen.