A/N: Sorry for not updating sooner but things kept on getting in my way. Okay so second chapter of Peach Creek Fox. So far I'm pleased that people actually like this story.
But in this chapter the Eds make the scene, and just so you all know in this fic the Big Picture Show never took place. The reason for that will be that it will give Naruto more of a firm base to become friends with the Eds, among other things.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Ed, Edd, n' EddyChapter 2
The council room was quite after Naruto's departure from it. The silence was almost deafening to all of the shinobi and civilians gathered. Then Jiraiya turned his head to his old teammate and gave her a hate filled glare that could put both the Uchiha and Hyuuga to shame. Tsunade cringed at the glare that the white haired sannin gave her before Jiraiya disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
'Jiraiya, Naruto I hope that one day you can forgive me for this but this is for the good of the village, I had no other choice unless if it was Naruto's execution," Tsunade thought sadly looking down at shaking hands, hidden from everyone's views.
Sasuke kept starring at the council room's doors with a blank face, mulling over many different thoughts. Then an idea came to him; he quickly went over to Chouji, Neji, Lee, Shino, and Shikamaru. He huddled them all together and started whispering his plan to them. Kiba and Akumaru seeing this tried to listen in on their group. But before he could get a word they broke apart, all giving nods of understanding. Sasuke without wasting a second went over to Kakashi and whispered his plan to the one eyed jounin. Kakashi eye smiled at the plan and walked over to Anko and Ibiki. The two interrogators listened to the plan, while simultaneously donning smiles that sent chills down the council's spines.
"Hokage-sama if I may," gaining Tsunade's and the council's attentions. The council looked at the Cyclops jounin vaguely wondering what he wanted.
"What is it Hatake?" Homura asked eyeing Kakashi suspiciously.
"Ibiki, Anko, and myself request that Sasuke for the time being be trained by them," Kakashi said. A good number of the council was taken aback by this request.
"Why would we let that snake bitch and scar ridden sadist anywhere near Uchiha-sama," yelled a random civilian council member. In the blink of an eye a kunai was thrown at the council member cutting his cheek, making him involuntarily yelp in pain.
"We weren't talking to you, now were we or do want to have a kunai shoved up your sorry ass?" Anko asked holding up a kunai to illustrate her point. This action caused several council members to start yelling for Anko to be punished. This all stopped when Tsunade slammed her fist down upon the desk, cracking it slightly.
"Good, now Anko I must remind you that attacking members of the council is a crime, but I'll let it slide this time, now Kakashi why have you made this request?" Tsunade asked with slight interest.
"To put it simply Hokage-sama, this will allow Sasuke to expand his horizon, and we believe it will do him some good," Kakashi said able to hide his new found distain for the blonde Kage.
"What about your other student, Sakura Haruno?" Tsunade questioned eyeing said pink haired girl.
"Hm, well I was thinking one of our few medical ninja could train her, because her chakra control makes her seem like a perfect candidate to become a med nin," Kakashi replied, while stressing the word few. Tsunade thought this over for a few minutes, taking into consideration what all Konoha needed before replying.
"Both requests are accepted, now you are all dismissed," Tsunade said. Everyone assembled left, whether in groups, pairs, or alone until only Sasuke and Tsunade were left. Tsunade gave a questioning glance to the back of the last Uchiha. Without turning around Sasuke said in an emotionless tone.
"I might have tried to kill him, but what you did was something worse, you killed his dream," and without missing a beat Sasuke walked out of the room letting a few tears fall for his banished comrade. If Sasuke had turned around he would have seen the affect his words had on Tsunade. She was crying with the most pitiful look of agony on her face.
A Few Miles Out Of Konoha
Naruto was aimlessly walking down the road to a yet to be determined location. With him was everything that he wished to keep from his life in Konoha in a scroll. Along with that he had all the ramen he could fit into his backpack as well.
'Man, that's one of the things I'm going to miss the most, Ichiraku ramen,' Naruto wistfully thought.
'But where am I going to go, I can't go to Nami, Suna, or Spring because their all allies of Konoha and I don't want get them in trouble because of me,' the blond thought sitting under one of the many trees in Hi no Kuni.
'And I can't go to Kumo or Iwa because I don't want to fight my friends, Kiri's also out due to it's civil war,' now that he was on this subject his future was starting to look bleaker and bleaker.
"Are you thinking Naruto, try not to hurt yourself now," a voice in front of him said with a chuckle.
"Hey who asked you Ero-sennin… ERO-SENNIN?!" Naruto shouted upon realizing that the voice belonged to his white haired sensei. The toad sage laughed at the whiskered youth's reaction. While he was laughing Naruto stood up and noticed that something was different about the old pervert. His face and clothes were the same but what caught his eyes was the man's headband. For the most part it looked the same except for one major difference, it had a horizontal slash through the center of it.
"Ero-sennin you, you went nukenin, but why?" Naruto whispered in confusion. Jiraiya stopped laughing and looked at Naruto with a soft expression.
"Because I'm not going to make the same mistake twice," he said with a hint of sadness. This in turn confused Naruto even more.
"What are you talking about Ero-sennin, what do you mean by 'I'm not going to make the same mistake twice'?" asked the confused blond. Jiraiya looked at Naruto and sighed. He motioned for the blond to sit back down by the tree. Naruto did so but was still looking at Jiraiya in confusion. Jiraiya sat down next to him, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath before looking at Naruto.
"Naruto what I am about to tell you will more then likely be very shocking to you," this just served to perk Naruto's curiosity. Jiraiya took another deep breath before speaking.
"Naruto do you know why the Yondaime chose to seal the Kyuubi into you?" Jiraiya asked him. This question caught him off guard, why would he ask something like that?
"Isn't it because I was the only orphan born during the attack?" Naruto asked wondering where this was headed. Jiraiya closed his eyes and shook his head.
"No, it's because he could never ask a family to give up their child if he was not willing to do the same," Jiraiya answered. Naruto's eyes widened upon hearing this.
"Y-you don't mean that,"
"Yes I do Naruto, you are the son of Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage," Jiraiya said while shutting his eyes tightly afraid to see Naruto's reaction. He kept his eyes shuts for about a minute before he even dared to take a peek at the blond jinchuriki. Naruto had his head down, his spiky blond hair no longer hindered by his headband shadowing his azure eyes. Naruto was shaking, the ground below his head becoming damper and damper with falling tears.
"Naruto, I know this must be hard for you but-"
"What else did Jiji not tell me about my life, what else did he lie about?" Naruto asked not even lifting up his head. Jiraiya just sighed knowing that this could end badly.
"If I'm going to tell you that I feel I should first explain why Sarutobi-sensei didn't tell you who your father was," he paused looking at Naruto for some form of confirmation. Naruto knew Jiraiya could tell him all sorts of important details about his life, so he just nodded his head for the old sage to continue.
"Naruto, I know you are at least slightly aware of Minato's reputation, so think, what if all of Minato's enemies knew he had children? They would come and destroy the village just so they could kill his children," his voice holding a very rare (for him) sagely tone. Naruto let this information sink in before a thought struck him. Finally looking at the white haired man he voiced said thought.
"What do you mean his children, I thought I was his only child" he emphasized the word children. At this point a look of pure hate, like the one he gave Tsunade, crossed Jiraiya's face. This served to actually scare Naruto since he never had seen his teacher get this angry, even when he was fighting that teme Orochimaru. Though Naruto couldn't help but fell relieved that when Jiraiya's expression changed, the man had turned his gaze to the sky.
"That brings us to another thing Sarutobi-sensei didn't tell you because it would have and still can hurt you emotionally," Jiraiya paused to get his anger under control before speaking again.
"When you were born, you had a younger twin sister named Tsuki, but when the two of you were born the Kyuubi attacked, so Minato had to use one of you to seal it and with you being the oldest he choose you, but after the sealing your mother Kushina, along with the council, thought of you as being the demon's reincarnation, so she took your sister and left saying that one day she would come back to avenge her husband and son by killing you," Jiraiya spoke with venom lacing his every word, especially mother, and Kushina. If the information before was shocking to him, this just shook Naruto to his core. His own mother hated his guts, but not just that she wanted to kill him.
'Kit,'Naruto's eyes widen when he heard the voice of his 'tenant'.
"Kyuubi?" he asked out loud in a whisper though Jiraiya still heard it a looked at his young apprentice in concern.
'Kit I would like to have a word with both you and the old pervert,' Kyuubi said."Naruto is the Kyuubi telling you something?" Jiraiya questioned reaching a hand out for Naruto's shoulder. The moment he touched the blonde's shoulder a red aura emitted from Naruto and surrounded the two. That was the last thing they saw before everything went black.
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Naruto's Mindscape******************
When Naruto and Jiraiya awoke they found themselves in a sickish-yellow sewer. The floor was covered in a foot high layer of water, and was made from a type of stone that the two could not identify. Up on the walls ran two different sets of pipes; one being at least a foot in diameter and glowing blue, while the other was half the size of the first and glowed an eerie crimson red color. Their investigation was cut short when a voice reached them.
"Kit, Jiraiya come here, I need to talk to you," came the thunderous voice of the mighty Kyuubi. The two looked at each other before head forward to confront the biju. After several minutes they arrived before a gargantuan cage with a piece of paper with the kanjin for 'seal' in the center. But what caught their attention was not the gate but the being behind it. The creature stood taller then the Hokage Monument, with red-orange fur, nine swishing tails, two piercing red eyes, and a maw filled with giant razor sharp teeth. Yes, what stood before them was the great Kyuubi, strongest of the nine tailed demons.
"Good, you two have finally arrived, I've been waiting," Kyuubi greeted, while giving a smile that showcased all of his deadly fangs. The two shinobi gave each other a look before Jiraiya spoke.
"What do you want with us Kyuubi?"
"Don't get your panties in a twist ningen, I just want to give you two an offer," Kyuubi chuckled as a red aura surrounded the beast. The Kyuubi started to shrink in size before it's whole form started to change. After a few minutes no longer did a giant fox stand before them, but a man.
The man stood at roughly the same size as Kakashi, if not a little taller, with dark tanned skin, crimson eyes with silted pupils, and long crimson hair tied up in a high ponytail. He wore no shoes, showing that his toes had claws, as did his fingers. He wore an elegant black kimono with golden trim and a gold dragon racing up his left arm in a spiral. The man had a lean build and a face that would make women swoon over him and make other men envy him. The man was still showing off his fangs in a smile to the two humans.
"What do you want fuzzball?" Naruto asked not even showing any signs of fear for the man. The man sighed letting the smile fall from his face.
"Please don't call me that Kit, now as I said before I have an offer for you two," Kyuubi gained a serious face at the end of his sentence. Before Naruto could say anything to the man Jiraiya put a hand on his shoulder and spoke.
"What is this offer Kyuubi, because if it's a trick then forget," there was a dangerous edge to his tone as he talked to Kyuubi.
"Don't worry this offer is a win/win for both our parties, though I have two requests if you do accept,"
"What are these requests Kyuubi?" Jiraiya questioned.
"One, you help the kit to alter the seal to allow me to come out for extended periods of time, and two, Naruto must let me change this mindscape of his into something a bit more pleasant for when I am in here," Kyuubi replied showing disgust for his current 'residence'. Naruto and Jiraiya looked at Kyuubi as if he had grown a second head for requesting such things.
"WHY THE HELL WOULD WE LET YOU OUT YOU FUCKING INSANE FOX?!" Naruto shouted at the biju king who was looking at them with a bored expression.
"Calm down Kit, if you do alter the seal for me I will only be able to come out in this form for about two to three days, and even then my power will be somewhat reduced," Kyuubi yawned, while scratching his chin. Naruto was about to retort but Jiraiya cut him off."If we do what you ask what would you do for us?" Naruto stared at the hermit in disbelief for even considering the offer.
"Ero-sennin, what are you thinking, we can't accept from Kyuubi!" the yelled. At this the Kyuubi sighed.
"Kit, just hear me out," he looked to Naruto for his response. Naruto just gritted his teeth and gave a curt nod. The Kyuubi closed his eyes for a moment before he addressed the two before him.
"If you accept then I will take you two to a world that is not our own, because I would guess that those old bastards on the council will be sending anbu to kill Naruto and capture Jiraiya in the near future, plus there is Akatsuki to worry about, so this deal is to save all of our hides until we make Naruto stronger," Naruto and Jiraiya had to agree with Kyuubi on the council part before they both realized something.
"What do you mean 'we'," Naruto asked confused for the umpteenth time today. The Kyuubi started to laugh, but not an evil or bone chilling laugh, but a genuine laugh of happiness. This served to scare the two ningen even more than if it was one of the formers.
"As an added bonus to this deal, I the Kyuubi no Yoko will be your second sensei," Kyuubi said smiling at Naruto with a warm and welcoming smile. Jiraiya was still not sure but Naruto knew all that he needed from that one smile.
"Oi, Ero-sennin how do we alter the seal," Jiraiya's head snapped to look at Naruto so fast, it was a miracle he didn't get whiplash.
"Naruto are sure about this, what if-" but he stopped when Naruto held up his hand.
"Yeah, I'm sure Ero-sennin, so let's do this," Naruto said while giving a foxy smile. Jiraiya looked at the boy and sigh before he started for the piece of paper on the cage.
Several Minutes Later
After some work Jiraiya had successfully altered the seal to where it would allow Kyuubi to leave Naruto and come back at his leisure.
"There, now can we get going Kyuubi, I'd rather not stay here longer then I have to," Jiraiya said turning to Kyuubi.
"Okay but remember you two, this is going to hurt like a bitch," Kyuubi warned before being enshrouded with a golden-red aura and chanting some ancient language not known by most humans. The aura started to creep towards Naruto and Jiraiya who braced for the pain to come. When the aura finally got to them, it encased them and sent a wave of pain through their bodies. Both gave silent screams of agony before once again the world faded to black.
Outside Naruto's Mindscape
In the outside world Naruto's and Jiraiya's bodies were still lying against the tree. Animals started to gather around the still humans to see why they were there. But as they got closer they were blown back by a powerful energy coming from the two ningen. The skies began to fill with thunderclouds, and a strong gust of wind burst from nowhere slightly bending the surrounding trees. Then in a flash of light the two were gone, and everything calmed down as fast as when the energy came forth. The only sign that the two were ever there was a blackened crater with smoke rising from it.
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Peach Creek, USA*****************
It was a beautiful summer day in the humble Hamlet of Peach Creek. The sun was shining in clear skies, and the birds were singing. That is until rock knocked a random seagull from the skies.
"Man I hate birds, yo guys can you think of any good scams?" a preteen, who was a bit short for his age asked two other preteens to his right and left. The one on his left wore a red t-shirt, purple cargo shorts, red socks that reached to below his kneecap, and a pair of bright blue nikes. Though the most noticeable thing about him was a black sock-like hat with two slim strips of white running up each side of the hat. From the back of the hat came three black hairs that reached to about the base of his neck. The preteen looked about five foot six, with somewhat pale skin, navy blue eyes, and had a gap in his front teeth.
The other preteen was by far the tallest of the three standing at five foot ten. He had pale yellow skin, jade green eyes, auburn colored hair fashioned in a buzz-cut, and a unibrow stretched out over the length of his forehead and by an inch more. He was wearing a red and white striped t-shirt under a big green jacket with two white lines going up each of its sleeves. He wore baggy dark blue jeans, and had on a pair of black converse shoes. The preteen also gave off a particularly strong odor.
The preteen who spoke stood at four foot nine, with pinkish skin, a large mouth, and three strands of midnight blue hair atop his flat head. His clothes consisted of a yellow t-shirt with a purple collar and purple trim at the end of each sleeve with a single red stripe going from his right shoulder to his right hip, light blue baggy jeans with a chain coming out of the left pocket to connect with a belt strap, and a red pair of converse.
"Sorry Eddy but I can't think of anything good," the one with the sock-hat replied. The short preteen now know as Eddy thought for a moment before a greedy smile spread across his face.
"Double-D, what if we open up a haunted house and have Ed dress-up as a monster again, then we'll be rolling in quarters and jawbreakers!" Eddy gleefully shouted while motioning to their tall companion, who was staring off at a fixed point in the sky where dark clouds began to gather. The boy Double-D gave Eddy a look shock, and disbelief.
"Are you daft Eddy? The last time we had dressed Ed up as a monster he went on a rampage!" he shouted back as he shuddered at the memory.
"Hey I bet he could control himself this time, right Ed?" Eddy asked closing his eyes, crossing his arms, and giving a self satisfied smirk. The two waited for a reply from the green clad boy but one never came. When they turned to see what was wrong with their friend, they saw what had him preoccupied. Off in the distance black clouds spiraled around a single point and were spreading at an alarming rate with lightning flashing across them at random intervals.
"Uh, Double-D what is that?" Eddy asked with fear creeping into his voice.
"I don't know Eddy, but-"
"Look!" shouted Ed as he whipped his right arm up doing two things. One, smack Eddy, and two, point out a sphere of golden-red descending from the sky in the middle of the dark clouds.
"Maybe it's aliens come to use us in experiments to make the ultimate cheese product, like in my comic books guys!" Ed cheered while running towards the area where the ball of 'light' would have landed, all the while laughing.
"ED WAIT!" his two friends shouted out before giving chase.
*************** Swimming Hole***************
After ten minutes of running through the woods that surrounds their neighborhood, the three boys made it to a lake with a large hill/cliff that looks over the lake. The boys looked up to the cliff to see that the sphere was atop it.
"Whoa, I got to admit, that looks kinda cool," eddy wheezed as he caught his breath from running. Double-D could only moan in agreement as he had collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion. Ed on the other hand was bouncing with excitement at the thought of what might lurk on the hill above.
"Ed if you really want to see what's up there, you need to lift me and Sockhead up there to," Eddy commanded Ed after he finally recovered from the run. Ed complied to the command and grabbed his two friends and started to run towards the backside of the cliff. After several more minutes the trio made it to the top of the cliff. What they saw shocked them (except for Ed, he's disappointed). No longer was there a ball of golden-red, but a man and a boy, who were both unconscious.
The man look like he was in his late fifties and was tall with spiky white hair in a ponytail, and two red lines going from the bottoms of his eyes to the bottom of his jaw. He was dressed in what looked like olive-green ninja wear, a red vest, wooden sandals, and a slashed horned headband with some kanjin on it. The boy was bigger then Eddy but a bit shorter then Double-D and looked to be about their age. He was in a 'KILL ME' orange jumpsuit, and blue open toed sandals. He had short spiky blond hair, and tanned skin that seemed to clash with his jumpsuit. But what had caught the three's attention were the whisker like scars that adorned the boys face.
By this time the weather had calmed down by a bit. No longer were the clouds blacker and brimming with lightning but a steel gray color. The edges of the massive gathering of clouds stared to dissipate. At the point where the two had descended form in the sphere, the clouds opened up and a ray of light fell upon the two. The parts of the sky that was not hidden by the clouds were painted a whole assortment of beautiful colors. Add that to the view they had from this height, it was breathtaking to say the least.
A calming silence befell the three as they gazed at nature's wonders. Ed, wanting to save this moment pulled out a camera and took a picture, making a click. The click snapped the other two out of their trance and brought their attention back to the two lying before them.
"Dear lord, guys we need to help these two to a hospital, they could be severely injured!" Double-D yelled finally processing that the two could be harmed.
"Sure we'll help them for twenty bucks," Eddy replied, the thought of getting money being the only thing going through his mind.
"Eddy, how could you be thinking of money when these two could be hurt!" Double-D shouted at his friend. This lead to the two into an argument, but Ed paid this no mind. All he wanted to do was touch the blond boy's whiskers. So he moved around his friends and crouched next to the blond and went to touch the whiskers. The moment he touched the boy a red energy engulfed both of them. This had caught the arguing pairs attention.
"ED!" they shouted before the energy engulfed them as well. That was all any of them had seen before oblivion toke them.
End Chapter TwoA/N: Sorry again for updating so late, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Peach Creek Fox. Next time the Eds meet Kyuubi; I wonder how that will turn out.
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