I'd goofed. I didn't see it in time and well I'm not planning to go back and rewrite the intro to the first chapter. You're probably scratching your head wondering what the hell I'm talking about. Well What I'm talking about is that the goof up was Kakashi's age. His a year older than Naruto (Not Naru) Putting him at twenty-two, the mistake though was that I had him at fifteen.
Anyways it seems that a lot of you would like to see the insert Interlude chapters. That's good because I was thinking about doing them anyways. Now with that said I decided to try something here, no it's nothing be just a flashback to happier times. Ruby and the rest of the gang aren't going to show up for another chapter or so.
Anyways I hope that you like the flashback chapter and smile at little Naruko and her older brothers and sister. That being said it might also be a short chapter. So enjoy, see you for some ending notes.
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Interlude Of Konoha
Chapter one: When she was little.
Naruto Namikaze was the oldest of three little siblings; he felt that it was his job to look after his younger brother and sisters. However in his heart he knew that he had hurt his baby sister when she had needed him the most. He felt that Naruko hatred for the family was unfair, the day Naruko had woken up Naruto was on a mission to help a bridge builder in the lands of waves, by the time He had heard about Naruko's kidnapping His parents was on that war path.
He felt like crying when his little red headed sister turned away from him and started crying into Kasumi's arms. He would try to be there when she had night terrors about the kidnapping, but Kasumi was always there. Naruto sighed. Naruto loved his baby sister. They all loved the little red head. Naruto smiled a little at a happier time, back when Naruko was still a baby.
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-13 years ago-
"Mew!" cried a little red hair baby as she batted at a ball. "Mew!" She cried out again. Naruko wasn't like other children her age; for one she was smaller than a normal child, she could move and play like any normal child at there, however Naruko was a Faunus much like their mother. Naruto rolled the ball back as his little sister have pounced on the ball.
She then would hit the ball back to Naruto, who would roll it back to his baby sister. It was hard to believe that the little red head was a fox Faunus when she acted more like a kitten. Naruto figured that he would never figure out the inner workings of a Faunus though. Don't mistake this for him disliking Faunus no he loved his baby sister very much.
Beside Naruko was just too cute not to like her. Her small fox like ears was soft when he touches them, and her tail would tickle his nose when he wasn't playing with her, however the odd thing about her would have to be her purring. When she is tired she would crawl up into one of her sibling's labs, lay down and start purring like a little kitten. "Mew?" Naruto looked at Naruko, who titled his head; this caused Naruko to do the same. Naruto smiled and he would sit up straighter, and she would follow his pastor.
Naruko had the special ability to learn even at her young age, and while she couldn't talk yet she could write, not very well mind you but then again she was still just a baby. Each of the siblings would play with her as well. Naruto would play with her while watching her; Kasumi would read to her and Little Jiraiya, and little Jiraiya and Naruko would take naps together.
All four siblings were very close. Naruto swore that he would become strong so that he could protect his family. While he was caught in his thought Naruko and crawled up to him and climbed into his lap. While she wasn't sleepy, she did start purring to get his attention. Naruto looked down and smiled at his baby sister. "Mew." She said with a titled head.
Naruto looked at the time and smiled. She may not be able to talk yet but he understood what she had said. "Would you like to watch me do my katas Kitten?" He asked. Naruko mewed and nodded her head. As Naruto moved to go outside he had gently picked her up and carried her outside. He sat her down in the grassy field and looked her in the eye. "Okay Kitten, I need you to stay here okay?" Naruko nodded her head. "Mew."
Naruto smiled and started doing some katas. As he was practicing, he didn't see the look in Naruko's eyes. She wasn't strong enough yet to start her training just yet but she had started to study his movements, she could do the punches though, as slow as they were, Naruko was still a baby though and somehow she knew this fact.
All the Namikaze children were smart, smarter than anyone would like to admit. Naruko seemed to be the smartest though, she knew things that other child her age shouldn't, but she was still a very young child and while she couldn't talk she could sense the mood of others. Like when her mother was crying after learning she couldn't bare anymore children.
Being the little Faunus that she was she had climb up her mother leg and laid in her lap like her nickname and had started purring. Naruko blinked as she watched her brother. He had an aura like field around him, and he moved through the katas. "Mew?" Naruko asked as she watched her brother. "Oh that's Naruto's chakra field Kitten." Naruko turned to look at a four year old Kasumi.
Kasumi sat next to Naruko as she watched her brother. "Mew?" Kasumi smiled. "No sweetie, not catra, Chakra." Kasumi said. "It the combination of sprite and body energy." The blond hair child said. She started petting Naruko red hair. The little girl started purring, everyone loved it when Naruko had started purring it just mean that she was happy. "Mew?"
Kasumi titled her head. "I suppose you could learn to use it like big brother." Kasumi said. "But not until your older sweetie." Kasumi smiled. Naruko nodded. Kasumi smiled at her baby sister and kissed her right ear. "Mew." Naruko mewed happily. She laid down on her sister's lap and decided that the warm sunny was making her sleepily. Kasumi looked down at her baby sister and smiled. Naruko was so cute curled up into a little ball. Her tail covering her nose and her soft purring was letting the older girl know that she was napping. She started petting her hair while she smiled. Kasumi made a promise to be there for her baby sister, she would try to protect Naruko's happiness. Always.
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-Present-
Naruto sighed. He looked to his right to see Hinata was still sleeping. The eldest Namikaze child smiled at his soon to be wife. It was an arrange marriage between the Namikaze and The Hyuuga clan, it was made in effort to kill the cage bird seal. The deal was made and Naruto would be the head of the Branch family to keep them in line.
The Main family would go to Hanabi, Hinata's little sister when she turns eighteen. This gave Naruto ten years to come up with a new way to protect the Hyuuga bloodline. Between his sister and his future wife and family Naruto had his work cut out for him.
Naruto took out a picture; it was a family picture that was taken eight years ago. Sitting in his lap was a beautiful six year old girl with her arms around his neck, next to him was his other sister Kasumi in a beautiful blue dress, and sitting in front of him and the little girl was Jiraiya, who had a goofy grin on his face. Behind the Siblings were their parents, a beautiful young woman with long red hair, and their father, the famous Fourth Hokage of Konoha.
It was the last picture of the little red hair girl, with a real happy smile on her face. It was the last family picture that they had were Naruko had loved and trusted her family with all her heart, two days after the picture Naruko was taken by two men, one was from Kumo, the other from Iwa.
The picture was the last remember of his broken promise, a promise that he swore to revenge even if it killed him. He swore that he will see Naruko happy once more, he swore on his honor. "Be safe baby sister." Naruto said as he put the picture away. "I love you." Naruto went back to sleep with tears in his eyes, and dreams of a happier time.
To be continued…
First off I like to state that yes this is short, but then again it's an intermission chapter, it was never going to be very long. The ending notes however will be long. Sorry but they are important. Please keep reading.
I hope that this gave you some insight to the Namikaze family. It was a little easy to make then the first chapter. Now this chapter takes place around the time Naruko and the others left that's why it's the first of the Intermission chapters. Other intermissions chapter will follow but for now this is the main one.
And I have to say, I like it. It gives us a look into the children's past, a look at both Naruto's and Kasumi's promise. Now I will tell you this, yes Naruto feels guilty about Naruko's kidnapping when he made that promise a long time ago. Now you're probably asking does this have any point with the story itself? Damn right it does.
Remember this Naruto is based off somewhat of Canon Naruto and all know that the idiot would go to hell and back to protect his friends and family. This Naruto is not different. He swore on his life to keep his siblings happy, so far he feels that he had failed when it came to his baby sister. So will he try and change this failure, you bet he will, how? Well I have an Idea but that will come later.
Now, as far as baby Naruko goes….I wanted cute, just down right cute and I had this funny little seen were Naruto was playing with Naruko with a piece of string, and Kasumi scolding him for treating her like a kitten. Which is what happen any ways but with a ball instead.
As for her mewing, will I have no clue what a baby fox sounds like, so I went with the next best thing, a kitten mew. Now Naruko is still a baby, but she's also a Faunus. I decided to try something here and make them more animal like in their first year of life, but that will change when she reaches her second year. I also made her smart.
Anyways I think that's yet. If you like the first chapter in the intermission of Konoha and would like to see more of kitten (fox kit) Naruko you know what you need to do. Well until then, Naru and the gang reaches beacon and Kasumi is picked as the unofficial representative of Konoha. So I hope to see you back for chapter two of Rwby: The Huntress and the Kitsune.
Until next time
Kidan out.