Okay guys, new chapter up! I know I haven't been updating recently and I'm sorry. Have you ever had a teacher drive you so hard you felt like just shooting yourself? Mhmm... Anyway, Christmas is coming up and being the nice guy I am, I will try to write my next chapter before then.
And for those few of you that are still waiting for Samus and Pit... yeah... Its not on hiatus, but with the way things are going... I'll try to update it too... I really really really like that story though...
Chapter 13: Time to Train
Tazuna shoved open the door to his house, stumbling inside before plopping down on the tatami mat in the middle of the floor. A young woman peeked into the room from one adjacent to it before calling out, "Oh, hey dad, you're home already?"
Tazuna sighed, resting his head on the low table, "Yeah, Tsunami… I'm home already… We have some eccentric guests here today. Bring the sake, lots of it."
Naruto looked at the old man in shock, "We're kids! We can't drink!" but Yoshi quickly grabbed his shoulder.
"Now now now, Naruto! Don't be so hasty!" he said, excitement in his voice, "We're old enough to kill and fight for our country, I think we're old enough to drink!" by now the red haired boy was jumping up and down. Naruto looked to Kakashi for help, but as usual, received none.
"Maa, Yoshi's right. A shinobi's life span makes a mid-life crisis seem like a fairytale. As such ninja aren't restricted by the same social rights as the average citizen" Kakashi said, putting down his smut book for a second as he looked off into the distance, recalling a fond memory. It quickly turned to one of sadness and disdain, however, "I started drinking at around your age Naruto… although for entirely different reasons."
Naruto nodded. He regretting asking Kakashi anything. He turned and looked to Hinata for help, but she looked away as soon as he did, silently telling him she was not going to have an input on this. Sensing the futility of it all, Naruto just took his seat at the table, Yoshi excitedly taking a seat on his left and Hinata on his right.
"Hino, Kaka-sensei…. You two aren't so bad! Now bring on the alchohol!" he shouted, clearly getting more excited by the second. A situation only made worse by the arrival of Tsunami with two full bottles of sake.
Tsunami looked at the headbands as she walked into the room, "So you guys are the ninjas my dad ordered? Thank you for escorting him here. He wasn't too much trouble was he?" she asked, setting the bottles down on the table.
"Of course not Ms. Sake, he was a perfect alchohol!" Yoshi responded, mind clearly somewhere else. He reached for a bottle, only to have it snatched from him before he could and swiveled down in one swing. He reached for the other one, only to have it grabbed as well, "Hey, what gives?"
Mid-chug, Tazuna answered, "These were for me, you little brat. Kids shouldn't drink." Yoshi, now heartbroken, simply collapsed back on the mat. Naruto and Hinata laughed, with Naruto patting Yoshi on the head, "Its okay, you'll get some next time"
By now Kakashi had put away his book and taken a seat at the table right next to Naruto. Leaving Hinata and Kakashi at the ends of one side of the table and Yoshi and Naruto in the middle. Tazuna sat on the other side, swallowing sake whole, with Tsunami finally sitting down at the table beside her father, a bottle of chilled sake in her hand.
Handing it to her father she spoke, " Thanks again for bringing my father here. As you can guess, we are a poor village. Please make yourselves at home."
Kakashi nodded, "This village… last time I was here it was a bustling place. It was full of life everywhere I went. What happened in the time I was gone? How long were you under his oppression? One year? Two?"
By now Tazuna had stopped drinking. He slammed the empty bottle down on the table, startling the genin a bit.
"No…" he started, his voice low and uneven, "Five is a more appropriate number."
The reactions at the table were unanimous. No one said anything for a short while, until Kakashi spoke up.
"Five years under this rule… how did you guys survive?"
Tazuna didn't answer, instead he tapped the upside down bottle for any sake that may remain.
"I see…" Kakashi said, before standing up and walking to the door. "Come students, time is wasting and last time I checked, I had to teach you something." He said, before disappearing through the door. Hinata and Yoshi rose to follow him, but Naruto sat there dumbfounded. He looked back at Tazuna and Tsunami, but they were unable to meet his gaze. Feeling the mood, he rose and followed after his comrades, shutting the door behind him.
As soon as they were a good distance away, Tsunami broke into tears. Tazuna simply embraced her while she cried, no words were exchanged. Crying was not something foreign here.
XxX
Kakashi walked at a brisk pace through the misty clearing and into a forest clearing just outside Tazuna's house. The three genin had no trouble keeping up, but Naruto was the only one with more questions.
"I don't get it, why did we just leave like that?" he asked, looking back and forth between his sensei and the house behind them. He found it weird that they were in the middle of a conversation and then suddenly leave like that, without even an answer.
"It's nothing, Naruto" Kakashi said, increasing his pace. This was not a good enough answer, however.
"That's bullshit. The mood in there went downhill so quickly we might as well have dived off a cliff. Tell me what's going on!" he yelled, running in front of the group, thus stopping their walking.
"Listen, Naruto, its nothing important." Yoshi answered, before trying to move around the blonde, but he was blocked.
"That's bullshit. Someone doesn't just get up and leave in the middle of a probably important conversation! What's going on!" Naruto demanded more than asked. Yoshi was getting annoyed now, and simply pushed him out the way as they continued into a small forest outside Tazuna's house.
"Can't you read the atmosphere? They obviously didn't want to talk about it, so just drop it!" he screamed, heading off into the enclosure. Following closely after him was Kakashi and a hesitant Hinata who looked at Naruto and mouthed, "Its okay." They continued into the forest until they reached a small brook, to which the genin stood single file in front of their sensei.
"Awesome… today I'm going to teach you guys about-" Kakashi started, before he was cut off by Yoshi.
"Um, Kaka-sensei… Can you tell me why we let that chick steal Zabuza away?" he asked, getting annoyed glances from those around him. Instead of answering… yet again… Kakashi went through a couple of handseals before grabbing the three genin.
Flashback No Jutsu!
XxX
Team Seven approached the fallen Zabuza, ready to either subdue or kill, whichever happened first. When they were only a few meters away from the immobolized swordsman, two needle like projectiles pierced through his neck, making his head go limp. His eyes now closed, a masked ninja appeared next to him in a swirl of leaves. The ninja promptly picked up Zabuza in one hand, and his massive sword in the other, showing off immense strength.
"I thank you for weakening him for me. I had been hunting him for a while now, and you have given me the perfect chance. I am a hunter nin of the Hidden Mist and he is among the most wanted ninja. I will take care of him from here on" the hunter nin said in a monotone voice, not giving away a single detail. Immediately three of the ninja stopped their advance, leaving Naruto confused.
'Huh… why are we stopping?' Naruto thought.
"Just shut up and listen" the fox stated in his head, "If you had been listening, you would have heard that he was a hunter nin"
'A hunter nin?'
The fox sighed, "You can't be this much of an idiot… Hunter Nin are ninja specifically trained to hunt missing ninja. Rogue ninja who abandoned their village or rebellious ninja who want to threaten the villages they used to belong to. C'mon gaki. You're better than this." The fox then made a retching sound before turning in his cage and whispering, "Mistaking compliment of the blonde, 1"
Naruto simply nodded at the explanation before looking back at the masked ninja, almost no time passing while he talked with the demon fox.
"What will you do with him now?" Kakashi asked, eyeing the newcomer with suspicion. He recovered his Sharingan, but he could still see through lies with his normal eye.
The Mist ninja seemed to be thinking of an answer, before saying, "I'll return him to the Hidden Mist so we can recover any jutsu we can from him. His blade is also a legendary one that belongs to the 7 Legendary Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist. We cannot allow it to fall into the hands of any other than the next in line." The ninja then pulled out more senbon, "If you wish to steal it, you would have to go through me." She finished with a darker tone. Yoshi and Naruto took this as a challenge and stepped forward, but were stopped by Kakashi and Hinata respectively.
"No, no… We're fine with you taking him." Kakashi said with an eye smile, allowing the Mist ninja to shunshin away.
Yoshi immediately broke out of his grasp, "Hey, what the fudge, man! Do you know how much we could have gotten for that?"
"Probably a lot" was Kakashi's bored answer.
"Then why did we let him go?"
"Because no matter how much it is, it wouldn't be enough to start a war between the Mist and the Leaf."
Yoshi was surprised, "What do you mean?"
"If the Hunter Nin hadn't appeared, Zabuza would have been ours by right of capture. This was not the case. The Hunter Nin did appear and he belonged again to the Hidden Mist. Any more interference on our part would be seen as a declaration of war, something I don't want on record as my first genin mission, hmm?" Kakashi answered with a smile. Yoshi grumbled and walked away, followed by the rest of the team to Tazuna's house.
Flashback No Jutsu, Kai!
XxX
Yoshi coughed, "You could have just said, Remember When, you know…"
Kakashi smiled, "But that wouldn't have been as fun…"
Naruto laughed at their antics, but inside, he was thinking hard.
'Oi, Fox'
"What, idiot…" Kyuubi asked as he awoke from a nap, "If this isn't about a fun way to kill someone I suggest you refer to an earlier chapter in which the Hatake told you not to talk to me"
'Yeah, yeah… Iruka told me all about not talking to shady looking people, but..' Naruto was cut off here.
'Baka, I'm not shady looking.'
Naruto's face was blank now.
'You do realize you're a fifty story tall menacing chakra monster with teeth the size of my… well… body…'
"So? Do you realize that you're a pink hairless scrub with no tail and weird ears? For all you know I am the most handsome being to ever grace my kind."
'Che… I doubt it'
No sooner had he thought that, had he felt himself being pulled back into his own mind. He landed with a splash on the floor of his mindscape. Naruto coughed up water as he tried to talk.
"What was that for?" he yelled at an angle into the bars, where he thought the fox would be.
"Calm down, idiot. I just wanted to show you something. Where are you shouting, by the way?"
Naruto changed his view to look further down at the bars to see a man in a red coat approach from the darkness. He wore a black dress shirt under it, which could be seen clearly because the coat was unbuttoned, along with black and red striped dress pants. He also wore dress shoes and topped it off with a fedora over his spiky, messy orange hair. He adjusted his sunglasses over his sharp, red slitted eyes, and smiled a toothy grin, which stretched his otherwise handsome face. He had whisker marks similar to Naruto's as well.
"Hey idiot" the man said with a yip. To say Naruto was surprised was an understatement.
"K-Kyuubi?" was all the boy could ask.
"Of course. This is how I would look if I were human. Disgusting form really, but I just wanted to show you the error of your ways" Kyuubi said with a smirk.
"B-but… how?" he yelled.
"Fox magic, but that's for a later time" He mumbled, then became serious, "Now… what do you want?"
Naruto stammered, but regained his composure, "Something's weird about that Hunter Nin…"
"You don't say…" Kyuubi drawled, sarcasm was his favorite form of speaking…
Naruto hadn't noticed it, "Yeah… it's weird… Hyuuga-san always told me that Hunter Nin always decapitated the body immediately, so as to not have to worry about the subject surviving the extraction…"
"But didn't she put needles through his neck?"
Naruto nodded, "Yes… but that wasn't exactly decapitation, now was it?"
Kyuubi laughed on his side of the bars, "Seems like the idiot has moved up to stupid"
Naruto deadpanned, "Wait… so you knew?"
"Knew what?"
"That Zabuza isn't dead"
"Why, of course"
"Then why the hell didn't you tell me!"
"Well, you were being annoying at the time, forgetting vital stuff and all. I wanted you to figure it out yourself. I understand your reasoning, however. I should've known it would take you forever."
Naruto started throwing a fit in his own mind.
"So Zabuza is still alive and could be anywhere by now!"
"Yeah… kid could be fully recovered as well. He might even bring backup."
"Dammit fox!"
"That's Mr. Fox, to you."
"What if he comes to take revenge?"
"Not my problem" the fox… man said as he turned and head back into the prison that was way too large for him.
"But if I die, you die…" Naruto mumbled, which Kyuubi's sensitive ears picked up, causing him to stop.
"I hate that rule…" he grumbled and turned and walked to the bars. When he was only inches away from it, Naruto expected him to stop, but he just kept going and slipped easily through the bars that were now too big for him. Naruto stumbled backwards as the Kyuubi drew near, causing him to stop.
"Calm down, stupid. I gained this luxury as soon as we made the contract. I need you to get stronger, or at least more chakra so that I can use more tails. I can no longer hurt you in your mindscape. I'm only here to teach you something." He said gently.
Naruto was skeptical, but shrugged it off and stood.
"What do you want to teach me?"
"Simple things. Since time moves faster in here, we can probably do this before they notice you've been standing deathly still… and then notice that something is wrong."
Naruto glared at the fox for the insult, which was ignored.
"Here, when you are outside your mind, I want you to make this seal..." Kyuubi started, drawing a seal with his finger in thin air. It looked like a circle with a straight, vertical line in the middle, "On your forehead. Remember it well, because I won't teach you it again. After that, I need you to make these handsigns…" he said, before going through handsigns Naruto had never seen before.
"What kinda handseals are those?"
"Ones that mold your chakra into fox magic" Kyuubi said with a toothy grin. When he received an irate glare from Naruto, he stopped playing, "Fine, it lets you use my chakra for this seal instead of your own. Your chakra won't bring about the desired effects."
Naruto tried out the seals, and found it easier than expected to remember.
"And what are these… desired effects?"
Kyuubi smiled as he leaned in to whisper in Naruto's ear. Naruto didn't know why, as they were alone in his mind, but as soon as he finished, Naruto jumped in the air, excited.
"That's brilliant, fox!"
Kyuubi smiled, before pushing Naruto back out of his mindscape.
XxX
"So how long do you think he's gonna be like that?" Kakashi asked, staring at Naruto.
"I think… an hour." Yoshi said, leaning back on the grass as he pulled out 1,000 ryo, which Kakashi accepted.
"I think two" he said, adding 1000 of his own into the mix. He looked over at Hinata, who shook her head violently.
"Oh really, now…" Kakashi drawled, "Too bad, do you know how much ramen you could buy Naruto with this?"
Kakashi smiled as Hinata rushed over and added her own share to the pot, "Ten seconds…" she muttered.
"Ha! Easy money!" Yoshi screamed, "There's no way the idiot could snap out of it in ten se-" Yoshi started, before a yellow blur pushed him across the brook.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT, IDIOT?" Naruto asked angrily, staring at the prone form of his red haired friend. Behind his back, Kakashi handed Hinata her winnings.
"Maa… what was wrong with you, Naruto?" Kakashi asked. Naruto didn't say anything, but just stared at Kakashi, who understood.
"Looks like you're starting to understand mood, Naruto." Kakashi said as he stood up, putting away his book, "So class, today we're learning to walk on water. I assume you guys already know how to walk on trees?" at this, everyone nodded, but Naruto raised his hand.
"Yes, Naruto?"
"Zabuza, he's still alive!"
"Yes, yes, Naruto. I told you all this before"
"What? When?"
"When we were walking Tazuna to his house?"
"Wow…"
"Yeah… so… walking on water?"
"Of course…"
Kakashi nodded and walked out onto the water.
"Listen, the key to walking on water is basically the same as walking on trees but…" Kakashi started, but was interrupted by Yoshi.
"Um, Kaka-sensei? I already know this, can I go train by myself?"
Kakashi looked honestly surprised.
"Can you… show me?" Kakashi asked. Yoshi nodded and simply walked out onto the water. He barely made waves as he made his way over to the jonin.
Kakashi nodded, "Impressive, genin these days usually don't know this right off the bat" Yoshi just smiled at his praise, before jumping in the air and landing back on the water in a handstand. He then spun on a single hand and returned to standing in front of Kakashi.
"Why thank you sir!" he yelled, before turning into the forest.
Kakashi deadpanned, "You were just being a showoff… But anyway, Naruto and Hinata… the key to walking on…"
"A-Ano… Kakashi-sensei…" Hinata interrupted, "I already know this as well…" she whispered as she waked out out onto the water as well. Kakashi wasn't surprised this time, though. The Hyuuga were known for their great chakra control. Just because Kakashi wasn't surprised, however, didn't mean the same for Naruto.
"WHAT? WHEN DID YOU LEARN THAT HINATA?" Naruto half screamed, half yelled. This caused everyone to wince and cover their ears, even Yoshi who was already a ways away.
"Otou-san taught us, Naruto-kun… You were sleeping all the time on that day, so he decided that your punishment would be death by drowning…" she whispered, causing everyone to sweatdrop. Hiashi was a cruel teacher…
"I-I see, Hinata… Then that just leaves you Naruto!" Kakashi eye smiled at the young blonde. Meanwhile, Hinata was walking away in the same general direction as Yoshi. Naruto noticed this.
"Where are you going, Hina-chan?" he asked.
"Oh… I just have some business to finish, Naruto-kun… I shouldn't be too long…" she said, before dashing off into the trees.
"I wonder what that was all about…" Kakashi mumbled.
"Me too" Naruto said, still looking at the place where Hinata was seen last.
"Well, as soon as you master water walking like the rest of us, you can go see for yourself…" Kakashi's jovial voice sang, now from behind Naruto. The blonde heard the voice and tried his best to turn, but could only turn his head in time to see Kakashi grinning so hard you could see it through his mask. The sight scared him more than anything else ever could, and soon he found himself soaring through the air, before falling into the brook.
"Step One, get comfortable to falling into the water"
XxX
Hinata was traveling through the forest. She had stopped running shortly before and was now walking serenly through the unopened wilderness. She couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of its chaotic arranging that she could only sigh as she went through handseals and chanted, the veins around her eyes bulging.
"Come on out, Yoshi-san. I know that you wanted me from day one."
No sooner had she finished, had the red haired ninja dropped from a tree in front of her.
"You just have a penchant for saying innappropriate sentences, don't you?" he asked, going through handseals as well. When Hinata just smirked, he continued, "No matter, I still owe you for what you did to me back there. When I'm done with you, you won't be able to walk right for a week!" he smiled, pleased with himself. He was slightly unnerved when Hinata's smile never faltered. Instead, she just crossed her arms and grinned even harder.
"I see you have a big ego, Yoshi-san, but is it big enough to satisfy me?" she asked, tilting her head, a look of innocence now on her face, with a blush now on Yoshi's.
"You… you clever son of a…" Yoshi started, but stopped as Hinata almost looked even happier than before. He would stop here, alright. He didn't need Hiashi on his tail as well. He was losing anyway. No, he would take the high road out of this verbal war.
"Whatever… Hino…" he said, and instantly Hinata's smug face was gone as a look of rage replaced it. She dashed forward, her hands now glowing and her body in the gentle fist step. Yoshi smiled as he finished his handseals. This would be a fun day…
"Lightning Style: Songbird No Jutsu!"
XxX
It was a couple minutes since Naruto started training. He had managed to stand on the water for a few seconds, but ultmately he was unable to keep steady on the water for longer than that. After a few more tries and a few more times being drenched in water, Naruto climbed out the river, completely soaked.
"What am I not getting?" he asked tiredly, using his arms to drag himself further away from the water.
"Maybe you're putting too little?" Kakashi said, clearly bored. He was sitting on a stump he created by cutting down a tree. He wasn't a green person, that Kakashi.
"Maybe…" Naruto said as he contemplated the thought, then focused more chakra into his feet. He ran out onto the surface, but not two steps in he was propelled out like a cannon. He landed flat on his butt and sighed.
"Its not that Kakashi sensei…"
Kakashi turned another page in his book.
"Okay, you know what's too little and you know what's too much. How about you just try to get in between the two until you find the right spot. It's an easy trick, so it shouldn't take you more than about a bunshin's worth of chakra."
"I can't do the bunshin very well, though!" Naruto yelled, trying to get the water out of his ear.
"Hmm, so you're right…" Kakashi mumbled as he turned yet another page.
"Maybe you should try relaxing our chakras." the fox mused.
'What are you talking about?' Naruto asked.
"Our chakras are no longer fighting each other. If you calm down and allow it to mix, maybe you'll find that utilizing it is much easier than you might think…"
'Oh yeah!' Naruto thought, standing back on the water, right before falling back in.
"Maybe you should calm down before you try to do it…"
'I knew that, baka fox!' Naruto screamed into his mind, dragging himself out of the river. Standing on the riverbank, Naruto stood still and closed his eyes, focusing his chakra. After a minute, he felt a surge of power.
'Is this the fox's power?' he thought as he chakra seemed fuller… thicker… more potent. It wasn't that he had more chakra now, but that he could use his own much better.
"This is the power that you've had all this time, that its not oil and water with my own, you can use it much easier. Let your body get used to this, then go out and try again." Naruto nodded, and continued like this for another minute before sending chakra to his feet again and walking out on the water. He started to sink below the water, but only ever so slightly. Seeing this, he added more chakra to his feet, but this sent him flashing into the air. At the apex of his flight, he flipped and landed once again on his feet, grunting as he stood back up.
"Grr… Kakashi-sensei! This thing is impossible!" he yelled.
"Oh? Is that so, Naruto…"
"Of course! I don't understand how anyone could do this!" he yelled
"But Naruto…"
"This thing is rigged! You guys were walking on some kind of board or something!"
"Naruto, listen..."
"I bet I'd never even use this stupid thing! I can just use a boat to cross water!"
"Naruto, just calm down and look…"
"Screw this! Who even needs to be a ninja anyway? We're not even ninjas! We're like homocidal magicians! Ninjas were quiet and stealthy, they certainly didn't jump out into the middle of nowhere and rip entire acres of land out the ground and throw them at people, or grow entire forests using fire or some other bullsh-"
"NARUTO!" Kakashi yelled. Naruto jumped back in surprise.
"What?"
"Look down!" Kakashi yelled, slightly lower. Naruto stared at his teacher for a second, before complying and looking down. What he saw surprised him, and he could barely keep himself from jumping for joy.
"I… I did it?" he asked, still not believing it. Kakashi chuckled.
"Yeah, Naruto. You did it."
"Yatta!" Naruto screamed to the sky, jumping then landing back on the water. He started running around on the water before stopping and jogging in place.
"Okay Kakashi-sensei! Thanks for the help! I'm going to go catch up with Hinata now, see ya!" Naruto said, before running along the river in where he presumed Hinata went. Before he got too far, Kakashi caught his shoulder and pulled him back.
"What gives?" Naruto asked, struggling to get free.
Kakashi answered while continuing his reading, "I said you can go when you master this technique, not when you generally get the concept. Next step, standing on the water on your hands."
Naruto groaned as he was tossed headfirst back into the water. He tried to focus chakra into his hands to stand but he put too much and blasted back to Kakashi, who just kicked him back.
"This is going to be a long day…" Kakashi drawled, while reading his book.
XxX
Hinata was breathing heavily. She was dodging the thunder notes for a while before she figured out she could disable them with her Gentle Fist. After that she went on the offensive and managed to shut off some of Yoshi's chakra points. This prevented him from using his lightning chakra, keeping him from completely overwhelming they were both going all out from the beginning, its only natural that they were standing on their last legs now.
"By-Byakugan!" Hinata whispered, reactivating her eye power. It was taxing on her waning chakra but she needed it. Yoshi was nowhere in sight, and there was enough debris from their fight everywhere for him to easily hide. Now that she was scanning with her Byakugan, she could now see that he was… nowhere?
"Hehe" Hinata chuckled, "I get it, Kai!" Hinata shouted, and the world around her melted away to reveal the red haired ninja sprinting at her. She grinned before dashing forward as well. They clashed and entered a pure taijutsu battle, with neither side gaining much ground. Hinata and Yoshi both threw their hands forward at the same time, Yoshi managing to punch Hinata in the face, while she only managed to graze him with two fingers to his forehead.
Hinata flew back and slammed into a tree, gasping as the air flew out of her lungs. Before she could recover, Yoshi reappeared in front of her and grabbed her by the collar, before throwing her in the air. At her apex, Yoshi appeared again and using both hands hammered her into the ground. When she hit the ground, she created a crater, in which she lay, defeated.
Yoshi landed gracefully after her, before rushing over to her and holding a kunai to her neck.
"Th-that was good, Hino… but I think I won…" Yoshi gasped as he held a kunai to her neck.
"Y-yeah…" Hinata gasped.
"So… I guess that to the winner go the spoils…"
"Y-yeah"
"So… what do I want from you…" Yoshi contemplated, tracing the kunai down her neck, before slicing her coat open. He smiled widely.
"I think that would do just fine…" he said smiling maliciously. Within seconds Hinata's coat was off her and in Yoshi's hands.
"Wh-what are you doing?" Hinata gasped. She couldn't move anymore. She was utterly helpless.
"Oh, nothing Hino-chan…" Yoshi smiled, "We're just gonna have some fun…" he said, moving towards the helpless bluenette in front of him. Hinata couldn't even scream as he started to violate her…
With a marker and paint.
"Hahahahaahahahaahaaaa!" Yoshi rolled around on the ground, "You look like a clown!"
Hinata pouted, "You sure don't play fair…"
Hinata now lay on the ground, covered in head to toe in bright red and yellow paint and make up. Using his speed, he quickly made Hinata look like a party clown.
"N-nope!" Yoshi said through laughs as he rolled around on the ground.
Hinata just laughed, "Well, neither do I…" and at this Yoshi stopped rolling around.
"What are you…" Yoshi started, before the world around him started to shimmer and fade away. Before he knew it, he was constricted and tied to a tree. When the genjutsu finally wore off, Hinata was at his throat with a kunai.
"When did you…"
"From the beginning, when I tapped your forehead" Hinata cut him off, "You were gone so long I had time to tie you up and get some… other things…" she trailed off, looking behind her. Yoshi followed her gaze and saw various different forms of make-up and paint, as well as dresses and high heels.
"N-no Hino-chan… we can talk about this…" Yoshi stammered out. He could feel his fear rising. It hit a high though when he saw Hinata gain a dark aura as she slowly turned around. When she did talk her voice sounded deep and demonic.
"Oh… but Yoshi-san… to the winner go the spoils…" she said, her kunai traveling down his body to a certain point, "by the time we're done, you'll be screaming my name… among other things…"
Yoshi started sweating rivers.
XxX
"Ya… Yataaaa" Naruto gasped, almost out of chakra. It had been hours since he managed to stand on his hands on the water, but even then that wasn't mastery for his sensei. Since then Kakashi decided that since he was such a quick learner, he would have Naruto be able to use his chakra to sustain him no matter where he fell on the water. So Naruto was then tossed across the water several different ways.
"Hmm, I guess you did well enough…" Kakashi drawled, putting his book away.
"GOOD ENOUGH?!" Naruto screamed, "I worked my butt off! I did exceedingly well!
Kakashi shrugged, "Maybe so, but I was doing so three years younger than you"
Naruto just pouted, and lay down on the ground, "Fine, just carry me home"
"What if I say no?"
"Kurama" was the only word that was said, and instantly Naruto's eyes turned to those of the fox's.
Kakashi's eyes widened, "Naruto… you…"
"You're horrible at names Kaka-kun. Say it with me now, Ky-u-bi. Seriously, how hard is it to remember Nine Tails?"
Kakashi took out his kunai and instantly charged Kyuubi. He prepared to stab him in his gut, but a chakra tail simply blocked his weapon.
"Tsk, tsk tsk. Are you so ready to stab your student? Or should I say… your sensei's son?" Kurama teased with a toothy smile. Kakashi only glared at him.
"How did you…"
"Come on pup. We saw each other before our respective deaths. I may have had more to do with his than you think, but hey… he was trying to seal me. I think I had all rights."
Kakashi's eyes only narrowed more, "I don't really care anymore about how he died, he did what he had to, I've come to terms with that. How did you get Naruto to summon you just now?"
Kurama laughed, a second smaller tail forming behind him without Kakashi's knowledge, "he did that of his own will, he's a crafty kid, he seemed to remember that you still wanted to talk to me…" then the fox's expression turned grim, "speak fast nin pup…" he finished, letting off waves of killer intent.
Kakashi's expression only hardened as the waves washed over him. He was completely unfazed as he pushed harder in their struggle between blade and tail, " I have no more words to say to you, fox." Was his only statement as he quickly pulled out another kunai to stab around the tail, only for it to be blocked by the chakra shroud.
"Step your game up, pup. I know you can do more than that" Kurama teased, before the chakra quickly engulfed Kakashi's kunai and hands, trapping him, "Too bad… you will never be able to do so again…"
In the space between seconds, Naruto's now clawed hands swung out to slash at the one eyed ninja, but only managed to scrape at the jonin flak jacket. With a pulse of chakra, Kakashi blew away the demonic chakra around his hands and managed to jump away. The kunai left were absorbed into the chakra cloak and then thrown back at their owner, who dodged them and went through handseals.
"Lightning Style: Chidori" Kakashi yelled as lightning starting coursing through his hand. Kakashi only had one target, so he didn't need his sharingan as he blurred through th air and thrust his hand forward, only for it to be caught by Naruto's clawed one.
Kakashi groaned as the claws drew blood and the chakra burned. He could feel his head go light as the demonic power started to flow into him, when he felt like droppping, he poofed into nonexistance.
'A shadow clone…' the fox thought as he spun around to another Kakashi, this time with his Sharingan exposed, another chidori in his hand. Kyuubi prepared to grab Kakashi again, but as soon as he was within range Kakashi disappeared.
'And shunshin, he's pulling out his bare minimum. The other nin brats must be close' the fox thought, before grinning. He spun around again, not having moved as of yet and prepared for a Kakashi that was now charging with two chidori in hand. Kyuubi started going through handsigns when a large pug burst out the ground beneath him and grabbed him, restricting him.
"Hurry Kakashi! I can't hold him long!" The nin dog said as burn marks started appearing on his body. Already was the tail lashing out against him.
Kakashi didn't need any prompt though, his first chidori already ready to impale the chakra beast. Before it made contact though, the Kyuubi managed to swipe the dog, causing him to lose his grip. With one hand now free, Kyuubi blocked the first chidori.
"Impressive" Kakashi drawled, "but not good enough" he finished, as his second chidori aimed for Naruto's chest. It was only inches away when a chakra tail managed to wrap around his other arm and stop it too. Kakashi's eye winced.
"Tell me, why are you attacking your pupil with an assassination jutsu like that? I can tell that there is no other reason for that move" the fox said, narrowing his borrowed eyes.
"I still don't trust you, fox" Kakashi said, eye narrowing as well, "I don't think Naruto is stupid enough to just summon you on purpose. This attack is to defeat you and your cloak. It would be canceled long before it ever reached Naruto."
Kyuubi laughed, "So we're both looking out for the stupid little blonde… Listen here Kaka-kun" Kyuubi said jovially, "I have no need to take over the stupid kid. The way he is now, his body would burn out within seconds if I had. I geniunely want to make him stronger, same as you. So just trust me for now, alright?"
Kakashi looked pensive.
"Fine, tell you what, you have my word!" he said through a toothy grin, but Kakashi's look didn't change. "Fine, I'll throw in a couple Icha Icha Books too"
Kakashi's look was still the same, "What happens when he is strong enough to handle your power? What then?"
Kyuubi laughed again, "That's what this is about? Listen, we made a deal. This deal keeps us together. If the brat ever does somehow get that strong, then he would be able to fight me for control of his body by then, wouldn't he? You should have more faith in your students…"
Kakashi still didn't look convinced, which just made the fox sigh.
"Fine, I just told the kid that if I ever did do something like take complete control of him he could always just suicide in his mind and send us both brain dead."
'You didn't tell me that, fox! I already knew it!' Naruto screamed in his mind, but just earned a shush from Kyuubi.
Kakashi still didn't seem very trusting of the demon, but he seemed to just let it slide so far, "Okay… you're okay for now, but if you ever…" Kakashi started, before he was cut off.
"Btw, Kakashi, you held another blade at my throat, you know what this means…" the fox said with a toothy smile. Kakashi's eye widened as he tried to pull away but Naruto held him fast. The Kyuubi's second tail rose up and was instantly about to strike when Kakashi poofed into smoke. When the smoke cleared, where Kakashi once was now stood Hinata, the chakra burning into her perfect white skin.
"N-Naruto-kun… you're… hurting me…" she stuttered, wincing from the pain. Instantly the tail stopped, just inches away from her face.
XxX
'Hinata?' Naruto asked within the mindscape, his eyes widening in shock, 'That's Hinata you bastard fox! Lemme go!' he yelled, his blue chakra starting to overwhelm the red one that surrounded him like a blanket. Red and blue started clashing for dominance as on the outside, Naruto's eyes reflected his inner turmoil.
"Relax stupid! Its just a henge!" the fox tried to assuage, but Naruto was having none of that. Kurama could feel himself being reeled back in as Naruto pushed his way free. "Fine kid! I'll let you go! Just calm down before you make yourself implode!" he said, allowing the change to happen.
XxX
Naruto's red slitted eyes returned to their blue hue, and instantly the chakra shroud started to die down. The second, smaller tail vanished first, and the original one started shrinking as well.
"Hi-na-ta" Naruto mumbled through the pain of the cloak as it was reabsorbed back into his body, but that Hinata just poofed out of existance, looking strangly like Kakashi as it did so.
Naruto looked around for Kakashi, and was given his answer when he heard the chirping of birds behind him. He turned to see the visage of Kakashi rushing towards him, chidori in hand.
Without time to think, Naruto started dodging the strikes of the electrically powered fist, still being faster due to the power of the dwindling cloak.
"Kakashi-sensei!" he yelled, ducking under a kunai, "its me!"
Kakashi stopped immediately, disarming the chidori and then swiftly taking out his Icha Icha.
"Nice to have you back Naruto" Kakashi said as if everything that just happened hadn't. Naruto just nodded along with it as he heard Hinata and Yoshi stumbling through the bushes.
Naruto turned around swiftly, "Heya guys whatcha up to-" Naruto started but was forced to stop on account of having no air left in his lungs. No, this air was immediately expelled by all the laughter that he was doing. Standing in front of him was Hinata, in her ripped but otherwise normal clothes. By herself, she would have given Naruto a chuckle or two, but what really cracked him up was the kid standing just behind her.
Yoshi stood in utter silence as everyone laughed at him. He wore a long pink dress that dragged along the ground behind him, along with long white gloves on each of his arms. Although you couldn't see it, he wore stockings and flat top slippers underneath the dress, and a fake jewelery around his neck. His face was padded with so much powder that his normally tan face was now snow white. He also wore blush and red lipstick, all topped off by a crown, or rather a tiara on his head.
Naruto was now on the ground laughing. If this was a ninja technique then he would be dead by now. Kakashi was on the verge of tears and was about to be on the ground as well, but he just kept trying to yell "Kai!" over and over again. When the two ninjas realized that it was, in fact not an illusion, they started laughing even harder.
"You all can just go to hell!" Yoshi yelled as he stomped off to Tazuna's house, having to lift his dress behind him. This made everyone laugh even harder, but that was until Hinata stepped on his dress, causing him to slip, and fall on his face.
Everyone was silent.
Then after they caught their breath, they started laughing even cursed under his breath and pulled the dress from under Hinata, causing her to fall backwards where she was caught by the wrist by a still laughing Kakashi. Her laugh faltered for a second as she took a sharp intake of breath, before she started laughing again. Kakashi's eye narrowed but he remained silent, or as silent as a laughing man could.
"Boy, I don't even need to know what happened, that's just… pure gold!" Naruto managed to gasp out as he laughed, but inside, Kyuubi was contemplating what the blonde missed.
'Henge indeed…'
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