NARUTO: Konoha gakurenosato no mesu kitsune

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

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"Demon/Summon speech"

'Demon/Summon thoughts'

"Jutsu name"

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-Daisanshō: Hontōni tsurai hibi-

Naruko awoke in her apartment, she thought that the day prior was just a dream after waking in her apartment. As she rubbed the sleep from her eyes she looked around to see both Minato and Kurama still there in their Bunshin forms which brought a tear to her eye, not one of sadness but one of joy. Minato awake first followed shortly by Kurama, while they stretched Naruko sat up straight with a smile, she forgot what day it was even if only for a moment, "Morning Papa-tachi." Naruko said, "Morning kit," Kurama said, "Good morning Naruko." Minato said with a slight yawn, "Ready for hunting and training?" Kurama asked with a foxy grin revealing most of his teeth. Naruko shuddered at his almost demonly visage despite his human appearance, Minato and Kurama looked at each other before nodding. Naruko looked at both of them with a slightly afraid yet curious look, when both Kurama and Minato smiled at her with the same grin.

Naruko swallowed a lump in her throat before speaking, "H-hey guys, w-what are you doing?" Minato was the first to speak up, though not to Naruko, he spoke to Kurama, "Hey Kurama-san, would you mind training her extra hard today?" Whilst still having a scarily calm smile, Kurama then returned the smile and spoke up as well, "Let's see Minato-san," he paused before breathing in and looking like he was thinking about it, "I should have some free time today, so some training is to be expected, yes." When Kurama stopped speaking he dropped the thinking pose he had adopted before looking at Naruko, "Come on Kit," Kurama finished before hoisting Naruko off the bed, "I'll do your Fuinjutsu training after you're done with your physical training!" Minato started low but ended in a shout as Kurama brought Naruko out quickly, Minato looked towards the window before removing a privacy seal he had placed earlier and using the Hiraishin in a brilliant yellow flash.

Kurama put Naruko down after moving a few buildings over on a rooftop, "Sorry kit but the free ride ends here." Kurama said with a slight smile and a chuckle. Naruko gave a cute fake pout before responding, "Fine," she smiled and let out a small chuckle herself. As they ran at breakneck speeds across the rooftops of Konoha, drinking in the morning Sun of Autumn, a slight breeze brought leaves, flower pedals and a wonderful aroma, at least for Naruko. Looking at the beautiful sky, with only a few shades of dark to light blues with a small yellow hue near the horizon behind her she realized, "I slept a lot more than usual." She also then realized, "I forgot to Henge." Naruko then scrambled to Henge before someone saw her, despite their speed she was worried that a normal village might be able to spot her, Kurama let out a chuckle before speaking, "Hehe, Kit, you're going to drop the Henge after we finish training today, and we're stepping up the training today, including Chakra control in your physical exercise." Naruko's eyes widened at this, "Oh come on, Tou-san, why do we have to do more when the weights automatically get heavier along with everything else?" Kurama smiled before replying, "You'll understand after the training," Naruko looked confused, "Huh?" Kurama started laughing evilly, making Naruko look at him with a tempered fear before looking back to the sky.

The clouds they could see were beautiful. She'd learned about the clouds, what types, their names, what they could mean, and the correlation between clouds with certain weathers. She noticed the slight orange-yellow hue on some low hanging Cumulus clouds, and a tinge of yellow on the high flying Cirrus clouds. The clouds were sporadic, on one hand at least they knew that the pressure was high so that a storm wasn't too likely any time soon. The beauty in the clouds at daybreak really made the world seem peaceful, even in a time of war when the clouds rained down upon the village, the village always stood tall, Naruko thought to herself about how much she wanted the clouds of a new dawn to cover the village the day they accepted her, she wanted them to know her for being a great hero instead of the demon brat. Naruko was quickly pulled out of her thoughts by reaching the gate, "A little late today ay Naruko?" Asked Kotetsu, "Just a little," Naruko replied while rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, the other two looked at Kurama, "Ah, uh, hello Mr. Shōkan." Both Kotetsu and Izumo said in unison with a slightly scared demeanor about them. Kurama stared at them and gave them a slight grin, one that seemed friendly but with a horrifying undertone to it, "Hello Kotetsu, hello Izumo, Akashi is fine alright?" Both of them stood tall and nodded, "A-alright, Akashi, going back home I take it?" Kotetsu said, Kurama continued staring at Kotetsu before speaking up, "No, I'm actually here to go hunting with Naruko here." Both of them sort of deadpanned at this, "Alright, be safe," Kotetsu said before waving them goodbye, "I don't know why but that man is scary," Izumo stated after Kurama and Naruko were far out of sight, "You're telling me, I don't want to sound like a Nara would but, this is a drag." Kotetsu said with a slight sigh.

~Fenced in Forest five minutes later~

After a long quiet walk, Kurama opened his eyes which had been closed since leaving the apartment before speaking to Naruko, "Well Naruko," Kurama started to have a rather devious smile before continuing, "You're going to double everything, and I mean EV-ER-Y-THING. The weights, the gravity seal, resistance seal, the exercises, even the amount of leaves and rocks you stick to yourself, you'll also be doing most of these on the river, or while climbing a tree." Naruko fell face first in the dirt upon hearing this, "ARE. YOU. INSANE?!" Naruko shrieked loud enough to scare the animals in the forest for miles, "Are you giving up already Kit?" Kurama said in a slightly teasing manner, which made Naruko blush in deep frustration, "You know I never quit, I will NEVER GIVE UP DATTEBAYO!" Naruko shouted pointing at Kurama, "Well then hop to it Kit, you still want to learn some more Fuinjutsu right?" Kurama said, raising an eyebrow, Naruko went wide-eyed before thinking, 'I better hurry up or this will take all day.' Without another word Naruko was off to the races, Kurama smiled while watching Naruko disappear into the distance and cleaning his ears out from how loud she was mere moments ago.

Kurama then looked to the trees with a serious gaze, moments later an ANBU member stepped out with a dog like mask on, "Seems you knew I was here," stated the ANBU man, "No not at all, I just thought that tree looked particularly beautiful near the sunshine and the clouds." Replied Kurama, "Right, so what are you doing way out here alone?" Asked the ANBU man, "Oh, I'm not alone, I'm sitting waiting for Naruko to come back, she went on another one of her hunts," Kurama said with a deep boisterous chuckle, sounding very similar to Hiruzen the Sandaime Hokage's trademarked laugh, "How do you know Naruko?" The ANBU man asked while in a ready stance and the tone of his voice was slightly harsh. Kurama sighed slightly, "I ran into her a year or two ago, probably more accurate to say she ran into me," Kurama said with another deep chuckle, "She ran into my be accident so I helped her up and defended her against some of the local inhabitants of Konoha who for some reason wanted to hurt her. No child should have to live like that, I've seen how they look at her, how they treat her." Kurama said with a sad look on his face, "Where are you from?" Asked the ANBU man, "Heh, oh, I was from a temple shrine, I was the high priest there for a time before it was attacked about six years ago." Kurama said seriously, Kurama and the ANBU man stared at each other for a while before the ANBU man moved at high speeds.

~With Naruko~

'Man this sucks,' Naruko thought, while doing pull ups from a branch while using only one finger anchored with chakra to pull herself up, "Nine-hundred ninety-nine," Naruko said while straining a little, "ONE THOUSAND!" Naruko shouted and started trying to catch her breath while staying on the branch, "Damn, this is crazy, and I thought the training was Hell BEFORE!" Naruko shouted in aggravation, "I guess it's time for the SIXTY MILE SPRINT, AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Naruko sighed while she spoke before she spiked her chakra in anger breaking the branch she was on despite it being twice as thick as she is tall, Naruko landed with a dull thud after sinking her claws into the tree to slow down, 'Great,' Naruko thought. Naruko quickly got to her feet before dusting herself off and heading to continue her training by running atop the river. Shortly after Naruko started running on the water surface she heard a loud dull thump with a lot of reverberations, almost like a landslide and boulders crashing into each other at the same time. But Naruko was too busy with training to go to it, since Kurama or whoever else was out here would deal with it, if not then she'd just deal with it then, going out of her way was a drag.

Naruko continued to sprint at top speed after channeling her chakra in a controlled manner to ensure the leaves don't get affected by her elemental affinity, though she didn't know which one she had, she continued to think for a while before she saw the ten mile mile mark. Naruko took a moment to process that she just passed the ten mile mark, since it was the fastest she had ever done it, despite how much extra everything that has been going on she only felt as tired as normal, maybe even a little less so. Before she realized it another ten miles went by, she was running easily at mid Jonin speed right now somehow, Naruko decided to push beyond a sprint, when she did so it became hard to perceive things, it was mostly a blur, she felt her legs protest shortly after, Naruko slowed down to just a normal dead sprint, which although fast was not using a chakra enhancement like she had just done. Shortly after she passed another mark, this time it was the fifty mile mark, Naruko was shocked by this and wanted to go speak to one of her fathers as soon as possible about this, though she knew that Kurama could tell if she skimped on the training. She sighed while continuing onwards, she quickly hit the sixty mile mark looking back and taking in that she really just did a sixty mile sprint weighing more than the Yondaime's face on the Hokage monument.

~With Minato~

Minato sneezed, "Someone must be talking about you," said an ANBU wearing a Weasel mask, "I guess so, say Itachi, how goes your little investigation?" Minato asked Itachi, "I've discovered that the Uchiha plan to revolt, it was shortly after your death that the Council decided to ostracize us to a section of the village." Itachi said, removing his mask with a scowl on his face, "I see, so, what do you want to do?" Minato asked with a hard gaze at Itachi, "I want to resolve it peacefully, even if it is now impossible." Itachi said with a hint of sadness in his voice, though he kept a calm demeanor despite the scowl he wore, "Hmm, what would make it impossible now?" Minato asked with a cold gaze, "The death of my friend Uchiha Shisui… His Mangekyou Sharingan would have been enough to turn this back at least a little bit, maybe even help just get a meeting together to resolve the matter." Itachi said his gaze unwavering, his tone dead cold with his fist clenched hard enough to break stone, "I see," Minato said with a look of sadness mixed with something else on his face, "I can't directly interfere since I'm already dead, but I know what will be suggested to you by him," Minato said with a look of abhorrent disgust, "If possible I'd like to avoid that," Itachi agreed, nodding slightly before Minato spoke again, "Just whatever you do, remember that blood leads to blood," Itachi was surprised by the wisdom that came from Minato's mouth, since Minato tended to speak in a less than professional manner, let alone giving wisdom.

"Yondaime Hokage-sama, I will do everything in my power to ensure another Shinobi World War doesn't start." Itachi said bowing down how ANBU typically do, "Good luck Itachi, I hope things work out for the best," Minato spoke before Itachi disappeared using the Shushin technique, 'I really do hope everything goes well,' Minato thought before disappearing in a yellow flash from the room he was in before appearing in another one, this room was filled with weapons, bookcases filled to the brim, a few spares of his Hokage cloak, a few of his 'Yellow Flash' cloaks, the ones from before his days as Hokage, and a peculiar vault. As Minato approached the vault while taking a trip down memory lane, he stopped in front of one of the armories and grabbed a few unmarked blades, the kind he had used all that time ago, before going to the vault and starting the process to open it.

~With Kurama five hours later~

Kurama sat at the field near a small crater along with the Dog Masked ANBU, "Did she really?" Kurama asked with a smile, "Oh yes, I'd never seen anything like it before." The Dog Masked ANBU said before letting out a little chuckle, "Heh, she really is something, you know Inu, you're not so bad." Kurama said with a foxy grin, "You're not so bad yourself Shōkan Akashi-dono," Kurama laughed before he spoke, "Please, Akashi is fine." Inu then motioned to the trees, "It's best I go now though, I have to get back to work, it was nice talking with you Akashi-san." They both had a little chuckle before Inu departed, Kurama felt Inu returning to the village and felt Naruko coming closer, albeit very slowly. Kurama stared up at the sky, watching the Sun slowly creep across the sky obscured by a few Altocumulus clouds. It was a peaceful time in spite of everything that has happened he couldn't be more grateful for this chance and the people he had now. The leaves were changing colors all around, the evergreen trees are few and far between but the ones that could be seen added a nice contrast to the reds, yellows; and a few browns he spotted. The breeze had a beautiful aroma of nature, it had the humidity of a wet Spring, but the fresh crispness of a dead cold Winter, it felt like a nice Summer evening after a long day out in the Sun, and because of how far away everything was, the smell of burning things or the smell of people didn't carry enough to taint the nature around, not even the metal fence around the rest of the forest could diminish the beauty around.

Soon Naruko appeared as she got closer, not realizing she was still using Chakra to stick leaves and rocks to herself still. Kurama smiled at Naruko who was panting while walking with her upper body limply hanging in front of her, "You got a little something right there kit," Kurama said while putting one of his hands in a motioning gesture referring to her entire being. Naruko was confused for a moment before asking, "What do I have on me?" Naruko looked down to see she was still covered in leaves, and she started to blush intensely, Kurama laughed a little at this while Naruko stopped circulating the Chakra around that kept them sticking to her. Naruko's blush deepened as Kurama continued to laugh a little bit, "WE GET IT," Naruko grumbled at a yelling volume, "Okay, okay, I'll stop… Whew, alright drop the Henge now." Naruko hesitated for a moment, "Are you sure, we're out in the open," Kuram looked at Naruko with a serious expression, "There are no Ningen for a few miles, and I don't feel any Chakra signatures of summons anywhere near us, you should be fine." Kurama stated, Naruko hesitated to do so but after Kurama stared at her a little more she did so, "So Naruko, what do you notice is different?" Naruko stood there for a second before looking up, then back, then to her legs, before she did a double take behind her, "T-Tou-san? W-what? How?" Naruko asked at a voice barely above a whisper, Kurama smiled before he spoke, "Naruko, the second tail shows that your standard reserves are just barely greater than Shukaku's, every two tails you get shows how much your reserves are when not depleted, and as I taught you the tails of a Bijuu show their power." Kurama paused for a moment but continued before Naruko spoke, "You also know that it is exponential, Matabi is one and a half times stronger than Shukaku, whereas Isobu is one; and a half times stronger than Matabi."

Kurama finished with a slight sigh, Naruko balled up her fists and started to cry a little, Kurama not knowing why she was crying approached her, "What's wrong Naruko-chan?" Kurama spoke like a father who was really worried, "Does that mean I'm strong?" Kurama who started hugging Naruko patted her back before replying, "Yes, very much so," They held the embrace for a while before a yellow flash appeared in front of them, Kurama just motioned for Minato to join in. They continued to hold the family hug for another minute or so before Minato spoke, "So, Ramen?" Naruko was shocked since her father wasn't much for ramen, her apprehension gave way quickly to a big grin, Naruko quickly rubbed her eyes clean before getting out of the embrace and spoke, "I could eat everything Teuchi has, Dattebayo!" She exclaimed while giving a thumbs up, everyone smiled and then Naruko put her Henge back on as they started the walk back since Naruko didn't feel like running. During the walk back they talked about how lovely it was even with the clouds overhead, Naruko also picked up a deer from her hunt a few days ago while Minato and Kurama exchanged glares before nodding in agreement and smiling.

After an hour of walking they reached the gates again, both Kotetsu and Izumo eyed them suspiciously. They got an ominous feeling from Kurama, but it was Minato that they stared at mostly, no one understood why until they spoke, "I see you brought Menma back ay?" Kotetsu was the one who spoke, Kurama, Minato and Naruko looked at each other for a moment before Minato realized that he never left through the gate, "So Menma-san, what were you doing beyond the gates?" Kurama and Minato started a little mental team meeting before they continued the conversation with the gate guards. After both Kurama and Minato nodded with their eyes closed, "It's clear that they have lost their minds," Kurama continued after opening his eyes and staring at Kotetsu and Izumo, "Menma is still in Konoha, it's just Naruko and me here," Kurama said with a smile, as soon as both Kotetsu and Izumo broke eye contact a yellow flash was visible out of the corner of their eyes. When they turned back Minato was gone and they looked dumbfounded, Naruko realized what they had planned only after it was already done, "I guess you need to get some rest." Naruko stated in a matter of fact tone, they still looked dumbfounded, but quickly recollected themselves, after clearing his throat Izumo booked them in.

Kurama and Naruko started walking forwards when Minato started approaching the gate from the other side, "Hello Naruko, hello Akashi," Kotetsu and Izumo froze when they heard the voice, "Hello Menma!" Both Kurama and Naruko shouted back at a distance, then they all linked up before continuing towards Ichiraku's, but it didn't take long for the villagers to see Naruko; and start mobbing up. The trio was only moments away from reaching Ichiraku's before the large mob behind them started to throw rocks at Naruko, the three of them ignored it at first but the amount of rocks increased both in numbers and speed. Both Kurama and Minato started to get very angry, very quickly, but they weren't upset that they were also getting hit due to the villagers' poor aim no, they were upset because they were treating Naruko like a Leper, she was being called a demon brat, they were also telling them to get away because they might catch something from being near Naruko, and it pissed them off to no end. Ichiraku's was almost in sight when both Kurama and Minato silently snapped, they turned to the mob behind them while they heard them all chanting, "Kill the demon brat," or, "We have to kill it to avenge Yondaime-sama!"

Kurama and Minato both turned to face the mob which had formed around them, "All of you please be quiet." Kurama said with an ice cold voice, it sounded so calm, but everyone felt fear from hearing him speak, "Why do you wish to kill this innocent child?" He continued, "B-because it killed the Yondaime Hokage!" One of the villagers shouted before a few also agreed, "Be quiet," Kurama said with a little more authority in his voice, "You claim that this child is a demon, yet I as a priest can clearly tell that this child is no demon." All the villagers looked upset at Kurama, "That damned Demon brat has IT sealed in it, the thing that killed the Yondaime Hokage!" A villager shouted, "Oh? So you claim that this child is the very demon that they had sealed in them?" The icy tone made many villagers think hard about wanting to face him, "Of course it is!" Said another villager who scowled at Kurama, Minato spoke up this time, "You say that the Gaki here is the demon sealed inside her, right? So, tell me, when you put cookies into a jar, does the jar become a cookie? When you put milk into a cartoon, does the cartoon itself become milk?" No villagers spoke after that, they all just looked with anger, it wasn't long before a few villagers charged at them with rakes, shovels, and other tools. Before the villagers had a chance to do any more harm ANBU descended on the gathering of villagers detaining a few of them and getting the others to leave Naruko alone.

Both Kurama and Minato looked very happy with themselves as they made their way into Ichiraku's Ramen Stand, "Hey Teuchi," Naruko said with a grin so large you'd swear she lost her lips, "Hey Naruko, what can I get you today?" Teuchi asked with a smile, Naruko smiled even larger, which seems physically impossible, "I'll have sixty bowls of Chikinrāmen." It took Teuchi a moment to realize what he heard, "Hey Ayame," Teuchi called out to his daughter, "Yeah Tou-san?" Ayame said from the other room, "We have a rather large order, can you come help me a little?" Teuchi asked Ayame, "Sure thing Tou-san," Ayame replied walking into the room with Teuchi, "Hi Naruko!" Ayame said with excitement, "So what can we get you all?" Naruko smiled, "Hi Ayame, I'll have sixty bowls of Chikinrāmen," Ayame looked at Naruko wide eyed only for a moment, "I'll have thirty of the same," Kurama said, "I'll have ten of the same," Minato added, Ayame looked wide eyed at all of them, almost as if they had grown two heads each, "Hey Teuchi, can we get one hundred bowls of Chikinrāmen?" She said more as a question to herself than her father, "I think we have enough ramen?" Teuchi said more as a question than as a statement of fact. The family trio laughed a bit at their own antics.

"Sorry for the wait," both Ayame and Teuchi said at the same time, "It's fine," the family trio said in an almost creepy unison, as they started eating it was apparent that they actually were going to eat that much ramen, they ate it as if they had nothing to eat in the last week, they also ate enough to fill a pack of wolves. The breeze though still warm started to carry the Autumn chill signifying that it was a late Autumn day, and that the first frost will be happening soon, it was early in the evening, just about supper time, the festivities were starting outside when Naruko remembered what day it was, Naruko was on her fiftieth bowl of ramen when she started to slow down and gained a sort of somber smile on her, a fake smile to keep people from worrying, but it had enough of a sad undertone to it that anyone who knew here would be able to tell. Just then a spiky haired boy walked into the shop with a dog on his head, "I thought I'd find you here Naruko," the boy said, "Oh hey Kiba, hi Akamaru," she said the second name while patting the dog's head, "Care to join us? We have ten more bowls of Chikinrāmen, my treat." Naruko said with a slight smile, "Alright," Kiba said while he sat down, he grabbed a bowl and chopsticks but spoke before splitting them apart, "I know today is a day you don't really like but," Kiba trailed off while reaching into a coat pocket, "Happy birthday." Kiba said with a smile on his face, Naruko took a second to process what Kiba just said, but as soon as she did, she smiled so large that it made the Sun seem dull in comparison, she also had a slight blush.

"Thank you Kiba-kun!" Naruko said with all the excitement in the world, it was a necklace with the Uzumaki clan symbol made on a clay/ceramic disc covered in a polyurethane coating giving it great durability and a beautiful shine to it, waterproof as well as stain proof. The clan symbol was flanked by two Canine teeth on either side facing inwards on a beaded necklace in a pattern of black and red. Kiba rubbed the back of his head upon realizing she said kun at the end of his name, Naruko hugged Kiba tightly and said, "Thank you so much." Kiba patted her back a few times before speaking up, "Alright, alright, I get it you're happy," Kiba saida little breathily because she was crushing him a little, "Naruko," Minato said, "Oh right sorry Kiba-kun," Naruko said while rubbing the back of her head, "Naruko, I also got you a gift," Minato said while holding up a box and a scroll, "Thank you so much," Naruko almost couldn't keep her happy tears from flowing, "You should open the box but save the scroll for later," Minato said with a wink, Naruko opened the box to see at least ten of Minato's Hiraishin beacon blades, though they didn't have marks on them, "Does this mean?" Naruko asked, to which Minato just nodded, "You're making me feel bad since I don't have a gift to give her yet," Kurama said with a fake pout on, "Oh, I know," Kurama said, "When we go to that little spot I'll get it to you," Kurama finished with a smile while patting Naruko on the shoulder. Naruto let out an excited squeal which she quickly covered her mouth and blushed, Kiba leaned in before opening his mouth, "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you're a girl." Kiba said with a slight chuckle, Naruko chuckled nervously with a nervous smile replacing her large grin earlier while she rubbed the back of her head.

Kiba and the family trio finished the bowls of ramen before heading towards the Hokage monument, the now quartet met little resistance as the villagers didn't see Naruko in the small group the Sun was about to set and they really wanted to watch it together. Before they knew it they were at the monument watching as the Sun started to lick the far off Horizon, just then Kurama pulled Naruko back a little ways, "Alright Naruko, I'm going to show you a Jutsu, this Jutsu also gives you companions," Kurama said with a smile, "It's the Kuchiyose no Jutsu, the hand signs go like this," Kurama said before going slowly through the signs, "Inoshishi. Inu. Tori. Saru. Hitsuji." Naruko watched intensely, "Alright," Naruko said, "Here we go. Inoshishi. Inu. Tori. Saru. Hitsuji. Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" A large plume of smoke appeared before a fox appeared, the fox was the size of a wild wolf, "We have a summoner after all these years, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, I'm Hitomi." The fox Hitomi stated with a bow, "It is a pleasure to meet you Hitomi-san, I'm Uzumaki Naruko." Naruko said with a grin, "An Uzumaki?! Oh this is going to be wonderful!" Hitomi said with an excited tone, Kurama smiled, "I don't know why but I knew you'd be most compatible with foxes." Naruko smiled as well, "Alright, just sign your name here then leaving a hand print, in your own blood of course." Naruko looked confused for a second but signed it anyways, Hitomi quickly disappeared in a puff of smoke before another word could be said, "Wow, are all the fox summons that energetic?" Naruko said staring at Kurama who couldn't hold back some laughter, "No kit, they're all very different from each other, but one thing almost all of them have in common is absolutely. LOVING, pranks." Naruko got a smirk, "Sounds like we'll get along swimmingly then." Naruko retorted, "A true match made by the devil herself kit. Now let's get back to the others." Kurama said while Naruko nodded.

As they got back to the head the sun was half way behind the horizon, the vibrant colors visible through a light haze and some mild cloud coverage that had a beautiful yellow-pink hue. The stars shining above the clouds in a clear view like falling snow reflecting beautiful patterns in the sky, Naruko took a seat next to Kiba and Minato, Kurama joined in next to Minato. They all sat watching the Sun as it started to race down the sky making way to night, it was a sight that Kiba had never been able to see before. Everyone watched as the Sun disappeared behind the horizon, leaving only an Orange red mark far off that was quickly fading. After everything went dark at the horizon, the moon was the only large source of light, despite it being a waxing crescent moon, all was still and quiet for a long time. Suddenly there was one loud whistling howl climbing into the sky, it was loud, but the distance made it more of a dull howl, after a few seconds another went up as the first one let out a loud pop. The fireworks were beautiful, the first one changed colors, from pink to an azure blue, the others were an assortment of colors of the entire rainbow, the beautiful sky was full of color, the clouds captured the colors and reflected them. For hours the quartet sat atop the Yondaime Hokage's stone monument, watching the fireworks and festivities. As things died down Naruko realized she was laying her head on Kiba's chest, she quickly sat up and blushed lightly, "Well, I guess we should head back, it was nice seeing you again Kiba, Akamaru." She said as she ruffled Akamaru's furry little head a bit, "It was nice seeing you again too Naruko," Kiba said playfully punching Naruko on the shoulder, "We'll see you later Naruko," said another voice Naruko hadn't heard before, "Who. What?" Naruko asked looking around, everyone else looked at Naruko for a moment confused as can be, "What Naruko?" The voice said again, "Who's speaking?" Everyone looked even more confused, before looking at Kiba, "Don't look at me, I don't know what's going on,"

Kiba said while waving his hands in front of it, "I'm the one who's speaking Naruko, can you understand me?" Naruko looked and found the source of the voice as both Kurama and Minato looked back at Kiba again, "I can understand you, but how?" Naruko asked, but Akamaru shrugged as much as a young pup can shrug, "Well, I guess that makes this easier." Akamaru said, "Makes what easier?" Naruko asked confused, "I can talk to you for help if anything ever happens," Akamaru said, "You're one smart pup Akamaru," Akamaru looked like he was atop pride rock, everyone waved goodbye to each other before going their separate ways.


-Daisanshō Owari-

Well then, I know I left some questions to be answered but they will come into play later, I also know that it looks like I'm rushing the story a little, but there are reasons for everything.

I hope you enjoyed chapter three though, I spent all night on it because I couldn't sleep so there might be a few errors, just remember to point them out if I don't catch them.

Chp.3 Grammatical Improvements