NARUTO: Konoha gakurenosato no mesu kitsune

(The Female Fox of the Village Hidden in the Leaves)

"Normal speech"

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"Demon/Summon speech"

'Demon/Summon thoughts'

"Jutsu name"

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{flashback/memory}

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-Dainishō: Kazoku no mori to kazoku no odekake-

Naruko lay on her back tired from the day's exercise, "Wow, even after all these years *Huff*, the seals *Huff*, haven't become any easier to *Huff* work with." Naruko said more to herself than anyone in particular, "Yeah kit, I told you that when you put them on, remember?" Said the voice, 'Oh yeah, heh.' Naruko replied with a smile, still panting from the harsh training, 'You said that they'd increase as I got stronger… So how much have the seals increased since then?' Naruko said to her tou-san with a tired but inquisitive look, coming back into her seal she sat on a grassy field covered in flowers, there was a large den sitting far next to a small lake between her and a vast, dense forest.

A large fox sat in the clearing close to the lake with his vibrant orange fur shining in the afternoon sun of the mindscape, with his beautiful red slitted eyes staring affectionately at Naruko, despite his size he wasn't intimidating, he instead radiated a comforting warmth, and he nodded before he spoke, "The gravity seal has increased your gravity by about ten times, the weights with the seals as you already know are one hundred Kilograms each, and the resistance seals are making every movement about twenty times harder… Which by your prime in your twenties would be quite the feat of training, let alone as a six year old girl," Naruko's tou-san said with a chuckle and a slight grin, "Though I still have to say that you being able to mold the mindscape is something I never thought you would have been able to do, with or without that old seal." He said giving a warm smile, Naruko upon hearing the words chuckled sheepishly while rubbing the back of her head, "Hehe, yeah, I wasn't expecting it either, it wasn't until my other tou-san showed up that I thought about it." She said, before another voice chimed in, "Well, you are the one who actually did it," Naruko turned to see a young man with blond hair, blue eyes, and wearing a white robe of sorts with flames licking the lower portion of them.

Naruko gave the man a nice heartfelt smile, "Hi tou-san, are you here to teach me some more Fuinjutsu? Maybe tell me where another scroll is hidden?" Naruko asked with her eyes closed still rubbing the back of her head, "No, I think you've trained enough for today, you need to get ready for the academy in the coming months sure, but I think we should have a family bonding time." Said the blonde man, who stared with a caring look upon his visage, "I agree kit, you don't really see us much outside of training anymore, you only talk for an hour before bed." The fox chimed in Naruko looked to both of them before thinking out loud, "But that's every night, also where would we go?" Naruko asked, giving them both a look of minor confusion. Both the large fox and blonde man looked at each other before turning back to Naruko; and speaking, "You choose kit." Naruko looked shocked at them both, "You guys had this planned out, heh." She said with a slight chuckle at the end, "Alright, then how about we go to Ichiraku's Ramen?!" She said excitedly with stars in her widened eyes, both the blonde man and the fox looked at each other with a knowing look, as they thought she might say that, "Hai hai Naruko-chan," said the blonde man, "Alright kit, let's do this." Said the large fox, Naruko jumped up and down with glee before leaving the mindscape, she then put two halves of the ram sign in a plus shape pattern before, "Kage Bunshin no jutsu." Two clones appeared before Naruko, "alright, time to transfer your consciousness to the clones," Naruko said with a smile, "Maindotoransufāshīru," Naruko said while poking the bunshins in the the chest, the bunshin on the right took on the form of a five foot ten male with blonde hair, blue eyes, a black Shinobi style long sleeve shirt, black ANBU style pants, dark-blue Shinobi sandals, a shinobi style headband with the Kanji for "Protector," and a pair of dark blue ANBU gloves. The other Bunshin became a seven foot tall man with vibrant-orange hair, red slitted eyes covered by a set of intelligent yet elegant sunglasses, his hair had two protrusions which looked like the ears of a canine if you paid it any mind, he was wearing a white and red shinobi style combat kimono, which looked like it was either for combat or a very formal get-together, he also wore white pants underneath, with white shinobi style boots, he had a necklace of beads in the same colors as his kimono, his hat was white not to dissimilar to a priest's hat of the time.

Naruko stared since she'd never seen her fox father outside the mindscape before, "You look amazing!" Naruko said with enthusiasm, "Yeah kit, I try my best." Replied her fox father, "Tou-san, maybe you shouldn't speak with such a voice, I think you might scare everyone and cause a panic." Naruko said with a slight dead-pan expression, Naruko's father cleared his throat for a moment before speaking again, "Alright, let's do this, also you can call me Kurama here since people might look at you weird if you call me tou-san." This time his voice was a calculated, yet warm tone, almost as if he was a priest talking to one of his family members in a friendly manner, whilst still being professional, Naruko cracked up a little at hearing the new voice, "Hai hai, Kurama, what do you call you though?" Naruko said pointing to the blonde man, "Well, I'd say call me Minato, but that might not go too well if people make the connection." He said sheepishly whilst rubbing the back of his head with his eyes closed, "Hmm, I guess call me Menma," Minato stated with his pointer finger raised with his other hand still behind his head, both Kurama and Naruko fell down face first and thought the same thing, 'That name is so lame.' Everyone chuckled a bit before heading off.

They started walking from the fenced off forest back to Konoha, talking the entire way back, a lot of it about training like learning some Jutsu, other just basic life things, and how much they are all glad that they met even if the circumstances were originally dire. After walking and talking for about an hour they reached the gates to Konoha, it being late in the afternoon almost in the evening hours the gate guards weren't expecting to see Naruko walking up, let alone two new strangers, "Hey Naruko, I see you're coming back early with some new faces," said one of the gate guards, "Just gotta check you guys in," said the other one, "I'm Uzumaki Naruko, I'm here to go to Ichiraku's Ramen, Dattebayo." She said giving them one thumbs up, both the guards let out a little chuckle, "And you?" Said the gate guard in the stand pointing to Minato, "Oh, I'm Kimochi Menma, I came to visit family friends." Both the guards looked to each other before trying to hold back laughter, "Alright, heh, and you," he asked motioning to Kurama, "I am Shōkan Akashi," Both the men got a serious look, staring at Kurama, "I am here with my friend Menma also to visit family friends." Both the men were there in a dazed state for a second before they said, "Alright, well, just don't cause any trouble and everything should be fine, welcome to Konohagakure," they said before waving them through, after the three were out of sight the eternal Chunin duo stared at each other, "Izumo?" asked one of the men, "Yeah Kotetsu?" asked Izumo, "Who carries the name Redemption as a last name?" Asked Kotetsu, "Forget that, who has 'Red Dead' as a first name?" Asked Izumo, both then shrugged and thought, 'Well, at least they're not my issue.'

~Ichiraku's Ramen a Few Minutes Later~

"Hey Teuchi!" Said Naruko enthusiastically, "Oh, Naruko, back for some more Ramen ey?" He said before noticing the two others with her, "Ah, I see you brought some friends, I'll get more ready then and Ayame will be right there." Teuchi stated, "Hi Naruko! What can we get you and your friends today?" Ayame asked with a genuine smile, Naruko smiled back before responding, "I'll just have twenty bowls of Chāshūrāmen," Kurama then Spoke, "I'll have the same," Minato looked for a moment, "I'll have one bowl of Chikinrāmen, and one Sake-ra ̄ men." Ayame just stared in shock for a moment, "Wow Naruko, you found some more people with quite the appetite." Ayame then went to the back and let Teuchi know what they wanted.

After about five minutes all the ramen was ready and everyone started to eat. Naruko and Kurama were eating all of it so fast that you swear they were in a competition or something. Naruko finished all the ramen in a matter of minutes, while Kurama slowed down after the thirteenth bowl, and Minato had only finished his Chicken Ramen, "Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu." Naruko said after having finished all that Ramen, Kurama wasn't far behind before also giving his thanks, Minato wasn't even shocked, since his wife Kushina was also able to pack away a lot of Ramen. Minato's thoughts drifted a for a little while before he finished his Salmon Ramen as well, "Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu," Minato said while stacking his bowls neatly, everyone conversed idly mainly about how wonderful a day it was, how everyone was doing, and if anyone had any plans for the day. Naruko looked at everyone before giving a large smile, "Yeah, I actually plan to bring them up to my favorite spot to watch the sunset today." Naruko said while rubbing the back of her head, "Oh, then you better hurry, the Sun will be going down in another hour or two, we're actually about to pack up shop for the night." Said Teuchi, "So early? What's the occasion?" Asked Naruko.

Teuchi just gave Naruko a smile, "We want to get enough rest for the festival tomorrow," Teuchi said while he stopped smiling after mentioning the festival, Naruko remembered that tomorrow was her birthday before sighing, "Oh yeah, the festival." Naruko said with a slight frown before quickly removing it and giving a fake smile, "It's alright, have a good time at the festival, I'm going to go watch the sunset," Said Naruko. Naruko stepped out of the stand and looked up at the sky, the stars were already starting to shine through, it was a brilliant shade of dark blue that had a gradient leading to a vibrant pale leading which ended at the start of an orange sky near the sun, "Come on, let's go." Naruko said while pulling on Minato's and Kurama's hands. Naruko and the others jumped from rooftop to rooftop at high speeds to avoid the villagers below, the entire time seeing the dark blue hue fade to black near the back of the visible sky, seeing the stars come out while the sun was still in the sky, the horizon was filled with a brilliant red to yellow gradient, the clouds in the sky having a slight pink hue to them as they got closer to the horizon, the closer clouds had a pale pink hue cast on them with some yellows, reds, oranges, and a few shadows, as they reached the Hokage monument and approached Minato's face on the mountain, they slowed down to a walking pace.

As the sun was now kissing the horizon casting long shadows on the ground and trees, a warm gentle breeze came through picking up leaves. The stars started to sparkle brightly in the skies above, the pale blue fading entirely from view leaving black skies fading to a dark blue, with yellow in a mix of an orange red horizon, far outstretched on the horizon sat a few low clouds bathed in a beautiful light. "It's beautiful," said Minato, "I've seen it from the seal, but I've never actually seen it in person, or felt it." Minato finished, "I agree Minato, I've only ever seen through the kit, actually being here is entirely different." Kurama stated quietly, "I'm just glad both of you are here with me, being here is great, but having you with me makes this one hundred times better, Dattebayo." After Naruko finished they just sat in silence as they watched the sun slowly sink beyond the horizon, what took only thirty minutes felt like hours but in a good way, they saw every cloud, every piece of sky change colors, and they felt every breeze from the still warm Autumn sun.

Even after the sun had fully set leaving a black expanse in the sky full of stars that seem so close yet so far, as if you could touch them, but ever fleeting like a candle, they danced in the sky as the moon came up, it was a beautiful crescent moon which danced in the sky, a sweet dance that made you feel like watching it to sleep. Naruko felt the sleep washing over her, but she didn't mind. She was with the two people she loved most in the world, watching the most beautiful thing in the world. After a long day of training, she was tired. But she didn't sleep because she was tired, she slept because she felt the warmth, and comfort of having loved ones by her side, a feeling she never had before, a fuzzy feeling which surrounded her, leaving her feeling as if she was next to a campfire on a royal futon. She slowly drifted to sleep feeling that no matter what happened right in the moment, it was going to be alright, and that nothing bad could happen. When Kurama and Minato saw this they stayed by her side until she was fully asleep, after a little while Minato used Hiraishin to get back inside Naruko's apartment with Kurama, and they tucked her in before they both gave her a good night's kiss.

-Ni-shō owari-


Hello everyone, it is the author speaking, please leave reviews on anything I should fix, grammatically especially since I want to make this a good and proper book. I hope all of you enjoy reading my little book since I really do want to put as much effort into it as possible, also please excuse the delay in chapters, I'm still figuring out how this site functions.

Chp.2 Grammatical improvements