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This story of Rated M for its Mature content.
Chapter 7
"Say that again?" Naruto said questioning what he had just heard.
They had just finished their breakfast and with his help had done washing the dishes. As soon as he was done much to his discomfort and a little bit of annoyance, Kurenai had sat him down on a chair before filling him in on what he had missed yesterday.
Kurenai let out a long sigh before speaking. "Yesterday… Hokage-sama called me to his office to discuss about your future…"
Naruto lifted his hand and interrupted her before she could go on further.
"If it's about my future then why wasn't my presence required then?" Naruto cocked his head inquisitively.
Kurenai shot his a look of annoyance before speaking. "After you left the ramen stand the Jonin that had been tailing you lost track of you as soon as you entered the marketing district"
The statement was said with a look of suspicion.
Naruto blinked and shifted uncomfortably on his chair. He had to admit she had the right to be suspicious. He couldn't blame her if she was. After the little trick he had manage to pull finding him would have been next to impossible since they would definitely had been looking for a 13 year old boy, a naked one at that, instead of a fox with chakra.
Naruto's mind flashed back to the events that had occurred the previous day. When night had fallen over the village, Naruto had came back to his sense and had realised he need to head back to the village. Shifting back to his humanoid form had been easy but what Naruto hadn't counted for were the vixens and his state of mind.
After shifting back to normal both vixens had quickly fled into the nearest bushes scared and probably in confusion. Naruto had to shift back to show them he was still the same fox they had been acquainted with all that afternoon. It took him less than an hour for the vixens to come into terms with his strange abilities and with a few instructions he had left them alone for Kurenai's apartment.
In his mind however things hadn't been so simple. Upon changing, Naruto had been bombarded with feelings of revulsion, pity and others that made him wonder at his state of mind. Naruto knew he couldn't have done and felt what he had. In fact there was no way he should have managed to easily adept into the form of the fox that fast.
Now being a creature whose guise was nothing but solid chakra held together by his will and instincts, Naruto could change his form into anything he wanted by manipulating his chakra, or shell to be specific. However on the other hand while changing form was simple, changing the way his mind set however was almost impossible for the amount of time he had shifted form.
Just before his mind had gone to sleep that day, Naruto had wondered how he had managed to do what he had done and at the speed he had managed to do it. Even now a few days later he still hadn't came up with a feasible explanation.
Mentally shrugging his shoulders, Naruto put it down to something in the Kyuubi's memories before turning his attention to the present.
"I didn't want to be found." He stated in a matter of fact tone.
Kurenai looked like she was about to chastise him for his tone but thought better of it.
"Anyway….as I was saying before you rudely interrupted me." She narrowed her crimson eyes at him."As you guardian I was chosen as your representative on what to do with your future in the village."
Naruto almost rolled his eyes but resisted the impulse to do so. Knowing his charge, it was obvious doing so would only result in him having to endure more of her reprimands. Perhaps his short jaunt as a fox had been a good idea for his mind. Or maybe not, Naruto thought.
Naruto of cause didn't voice his thoughts; instead he fanned lending an ear all the while studying the woman sited before him.
Kurenai was wearing the same outfit as she always wore. With her hands folded under her ample bust, Naruto couldn't stop his eyes wondering at the cleavage visible through the fish net material she was wearing underneath her blouse. To his disappointment however aside from her smooth white skin there was little to be seem.
Naruto need his disappointment well. Instead he turned his mind to what the red eyed kunoichi was saying.
"….with the amount of time left Hokage-sama asked me to school you through what academy students for their Academic years."
"Okaaaaay…."Naruto dragged out, having missed out most of what she had been saying.
"But am I not already powerful enough? "He asked a confused look on his face before add "I am didn't I show you what I am capable of during my unsealing?"
"Naruto-kun there is more to being a shinobi than what you showed to those that had been present that day."
"Are you doubting my power?"Naruto asked tersely narrowing his slitted eyes.
Kurenai raised a delicate eye brow at him with a knowing smile on her face. "Okay let's make a deal…a challenge of sorts."
Naruto's ears peaked up at that.
"What do I get if I accept this challenge?" Naruto asked. Jumping into challenges without knowing the end game was something only the dumb and single minded would do. From Kyuubi's memories Naruto knew changing the prize at the end of the deal was one way of tricking such people.
Something passed in Kurenai's eyes that made Naruto grin. It seemed his precaution had been spot on. Judging from the brief look of surprise in her eyes, it was evident that Kurenai had tried to set a trap for him.
Probably, was planning to state the prize to her own favour once everything was over. Too bad for her I have an encyclopaedia of tricks in my head.
Kurenai thought of her response before answering his question. "If you complete both challenges I will speak to Hokage-sama on your behalf."
"And if I fail?"Naruto asked frowning.
"If you fail, Kurenai smiled. "You will listen and learn everything I have to teach and then join the shinobi ranks with children your age." she finished with a curve on her lips.
Not being a fool, Naruto shook his head. "No….. it seems if I complete your challenge I only get 1 reward while you on the other hand get 3 from me."
Naruto folded his hands over his chest. "No way. Let me put my own conditions for this to be a equal challenge."
Kurenai hesitated for a moment before nodded for Naruto to go ahead with what he had in mind.
A glint of mischief shone behind Naruto's eyes as he put down his own terms.
"First you will let me sleep in your bed once every second day. And two you will hug me every morning."Naruto finished with a smirk on his lips.
Kurenai narrowed her eyes once again at him. Naruto's grin however remained on his face.
"Okay I accept the conditions."She agreed offering her hand.
Caught off guard, Naruto felt his grin slip a little. That was too easy, Naruto thought. He had thought the kunoichi would blanch his first requirement hence why he had asked for two. However her agreeing to his requests without word was something he hadn't calculated into his plan. This meant that whatever the challenges she had in mind for him, she was convinced he was going to fail no matter how much he tried.
Still….Naruto took her hand, sealing the deal then blinked and stared at his hand in horror.
"You just tricked me didn't you?" Naruto almost whined.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun…the tests in have in mind are so simple that…..eh...even someone of your power will manage to breeze through."Kurenai laughed.
Naruto mentally curse. He had been so taken by how easily Kurenai had accepted his request that he had forgot to ask what the challenges were. As Kurenai's laugher rang through his ears, Naruto hoped whatever she had wasn't that hard.
…..
"So all I have to do is walk up this tree?" Naruto asked eyeing the five meter tall tree Kurenai's first challenge was.
They were currently standing in one of the training grounds situated in various locations around the village. Having received his first challenge Naruto was wondering how he could do the challenge without tipping his hand.
The Tree Walking exercise was a trick he already knew but he wasn't going to tell her that. Having already mastered the trick as a chakra control exercise thanks to his father's teachings, Naruto was sure he could walk up the tree with little effort however Naruto had no intensions of doing so on the get go. He didn't want her changing to something harder and possibly impossible for him just to teach him a lesson.
"Umm Kurenai-sensei," Naruto started muttering the last part as silently as he could, "how many tries do I have?"
This time Naruto was cautious. Having been tricked into the challenge already he needed to keep his mind open hence the question.
"Hmm let's see...why not make this…yes… I am going to give you an hour and if you haven't managed to go up the tree by that time you fail."Kurenai said thoughtful with a finger under her chin.
Naruto grinned. With that amount of time all he needed to do was fall down a couple of time there by masking the fact he already knew the exercises before actually walking up the entire length of the tree before the time was over.
45 minutes later, Naruto was grinning at a narrow eyed kunoichi.
"kukukuku…there," Naruto grinned standing up-side-down on a thick branch meters above the ground. "Like I said this was going to be too easy."
Of cause like his life so far easy it wasn't. It had taken a lot of concentration to even control his chakra which for some reason threatened to burst forth each time he tapped into it. However thanks to Kurenai and the limits placed by the seal on him, the amount of chakra he could pull was probably more stable than if it had not been restricted.
"Now what's next?" Naruto asked folding his arms nonchalantly on his chest.
A look of suspicion appeared on Kurenai's face before vanishing just as sudden. "Okay…Naruto-kun….come down for your next test."
Naruto stopped channelling chakra at the base of his shinobi sandals causing gravity to do its job. As he fell to the ground, Naruto twisted his body, showing off his agility, before landing feet first to his ground, bending his legs slightly on landing all the while grinning.
Kurenai sighed and mutter something Naruto almost didn't catch under her breath."….Man and boys is there any difference?"
Naruto ignored her comment, waited patiently for his next challenge.
"Well you made that look certainly easy. But then again I shouldn't be surprised, after all you where always the smartest child in your age group." Kurenai said lost in thought.
"In fact it's as if…" she stopped and narrowed her eyes at him once again, this time making Naruto wonder if she could read his mind. "If I didn't know better it's almost as if this isn't your first time doing this kind of exercises."
Eh… can she read my mind, Naruto wondered, no, only my mother could so that, and that was because well she was inside me.
"No matter…,"she shook her head. "This next test should be much harder."
And so began Naruto's introduction into the three Academic jutsu. The next challenge he was given was the Kawarimi, a shinobi technique that allowed its user to quickly replace his body with thing within range the exact moment of being hit.
…..
As Naruto did his best to complete the challenges he was given, in the village word of his return spread like wild fire. His presence in the village however was another matter. With only a hand full of civilians with the knowledge of his appearance no one knew for certain. So those who knew his from his childhood had only speculations and rumours to work with.
Children his age group even went as far as asking their instructors for validation. The instructors of cause gave out nothing. With the word from the Hokage to keep the facts of Naruto's return quiet for the time being spread to every shinobi above the rank of jonin any information from shinobi from those ranks was obscure.
That didn't mean, Naruto spent his days with Kurenai, training. Kurenai was a Konoha shinobi who had friends of her own among both the shinobi and civilian populace. From his childhood memories Naruto knew some of her friends, mostly from the shinobi side.
"Would you stop staring at me?" Naruto shot Anko a glare. "Your stare is making my skin itch."
Anko Mitarashi shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "Not before you show me that fluffy tail of yours. Foxy-kun"
"You know this can be classified as child abuse." Naruto growled under his breath staring at the violet haired kunoichi.
Naruto had known Anko Mitarashi for a long as he could remember. The memories he had of her were of a hyperactive and outgoing person. As a boy Naruto had always been weary of her because she always went out of her way to make fun of his infatuation with Kurenai.
Anko raised her eye brows placing her chin on her hands which were resting on the kitchen table. "Uhhh if that's the case how do you plan on wowing Kurenai-chan. She is after all older than you are and your husband and wife play would be considered child abuse."
Naruto blinked. He hadn't really thought much about that little detail. Naruto felt his hope of gaining Kurenai's affection take a dive.
Naruto shook his head and glared at Anko.
"Kurenai doesn't count."Naruto said with conviction. "She's different from everyone."
"Uhuh and what make her different?"Anko asked a grinning on her lips and a gleam on her eyes.
Naruto hesitated, a thought full look twisting his face before saying. "She's more beautiful than anyone in the world….and…"
"Go on."Anko nodded
"She's nice to everyone and ….well there is also her beautiful red eyes and hair."Naruto added nodding to himself. There was something about Kurenai he found intriguing. And it wasn't just her looks. It was hard to explain in words.
"It's hard to explain." He finished.
Anko smile was now stretching from ear to ear. For some reason he could understand this made Naruto uncomfortable. Anko apparently noticed this and decided to play with him a bit more. She liked it when they fell for her charm.
She licked her lips slowly and said, "Are you sure this has nothing with the way she dresses. Cause I have seen how man always strip her with their eyes."
"Wha…what are you talking about?"Naruto felt his cheeks heat up a bit.
"Don't be coy I bet like ever guy in the world you would like to see what she looks like underneath all that wrapping."
Naruto shook his head."No that not it at all."
"Naruto-kuuuuun… have you seen a woman naked before?"Anko suddenly asked in a deep throaty voice, folding her hands under her breasts. Without meaning to, Naruto's eyes were drawn to the sight as her breast pushed up. Thanks to the fishnet she was wearing underneath, her breast were pushed up just enough that Naruto caught sight of round creamy white flesh.
If she pushes up anymore I am sure I will see everything.
"Do you want to touch them?"Anko asked.
Naruto blinked and looked up at her questioningly.
"Huh what did you just say?"
Naruto almost rolled his eyes at the stupidity of his question. "Never mind the question. But, no I will pass."
"ohhhhh come one fell them up, I know you want to."Anko teased pushing her breasts a little bit higher.
"No thanks."Naruto shook his head emphatically.
Anko pouted like a child. "You are no fun."
A thought came to his mind. Giving her an apologetic look, Naruto stood up from his chair and went next to her.
"Ahh don't worry about it …"he said petting her head lightly." Who knows maybe I will take up on you offer in the near futures."
Naruto almost laughed at the look on her face.
"Hey that my line, gaki."Anko yelled."I…"
"Fufufufufu" Naruto chuckled aloud before vanishing in a red blur.
"Damn the kid is fast when he needs to."Anko sighed as she watched the red heard kid vanished in a burst of speed faster that most shinobi she knew.
Anko shook her head before standing up.
Now can I find Hana at this time of the day, she mused to herself her thoughts turning other things. With Kurenai away on a meeting with Asuma and Kakashi, only her Inuzuka was free.
Anko grinned. it was time to earn a free dango coupon.
…..
To Naruto it felt like he was watching the world through a single narrowed tunnel. It was strange that he had not noticed this before.
Mentally shrugging his shoulders, he pushed the thought aside and continued running. He was moving so fast that the building and everything else were just simple blurs as he ran past them. As he came to a intersection, Naruto reduced his speed then turned to his right before he was a red blur once again.
This is fun, Naruto thought. Still, despite the fun he was having from moving at such speeds, he could help but wonder what would happen if he ran smack into a solid object. Would he simply run through whatever it was and coming out the other side? At worst he knew his body would sustain same damage which would then heal or regenerate.
Naruto run around the village a few time and even ran up a few buildings for the fun of it before the novelty of if all got waned. Well, he supposed, it was better than wasting his time training up for Kurenai's challenges. He still had a week left after all.
Naruto stopped running and took a deep breath after his vision was back to normal. The tunnel vision he got from moving at such a speed was annoying. Still, he smirked as blurry shocked and scandalised faces popped into his mind. He had been so fast that he doubted anyone had seen his face.
I have to do that once again when I have the time, Naruto thoughts as he looked about him.
"Now, where the hell am I?"Naruto wondered aloud, scratching his chin.
Naruto looked around the long deserted streets wondering where everyone had gone to. The place was so empty of any life form that Naruto felt his hackles raise. A shiver ran down his spine.
A glance behind him told him he was very much alone wherever he was. Still, Naruto could help feel as if someone was watching him. Worse he was beginning to feel as if the place was falling upon itself, the walls around him threatening to fall on him.
Naruto shuddered once and shook his head, snapping his senses back to reality.
This place felt wrong as if something horrible had happened there. Naruto cocked his ears listening for any sound in the silence. When he heard nothing, Naruto sniffed the air hopping to catch any scent from the place.
Aside from the normal scent of trees, flowers and other foliage, Naruto thought he detected an underlining coppery tang of blood but it was so faint that he wasn't sure if it was there at all or just his imagination.
Frowning Naruto poked at his forehead in thought before shrugging his shoulders. It was obvious no one had been in this place for a long time. Since he was bored out of his mind he decided it would hurt to explore the place for a while.
Naruto wonder throughout the empty streets occasionally picking inside empty buildings. As he had suspected the entire place was deserted as if whoever once stayed there had simply packed their belongings and walked out. However once things that puzzled him was the fact that he was able to spot dark patches of what he was sure was dried blood.
It's a good thing curiosity killed a cat not a fox because this place is giving me the creeps. Naruto eyed a particular dark stain on a wall of what he was sure had been a food stand at one time.
Secure in this knowledge of immortality, Naruto travelled further into the strange place making sure to check out some of the interesting building he came across. To his disappointment Naruto came across nothing interest in his exploration that is until he came across a familiar symbol.
It was a large the red and white Uchiha symbol drawn just above a very expensive building.
What the hell? Naruto thought as he realised where he was. In his blind jaunt around the village Naruto somehow carried himself into the Uchiha compound located in the outskirts of the village.
"Of cause "Naruto grumbled under his breath, "because of the tunnel vision I missed the giant post that told every pass by that they were entering the magnanimous Uchiha compound."
Naruto gaze the building a once over, looking at the large gate and fresh flowers that where neatly planted along the large wall.
Well looks like this entire place is not a dead as I thought, Naruto grinned. It was obvious to him that someone had to be present in order to look after the plants and since this was the only place he had seen fresh flowers growing, it was obvious that person had to be living just beyond the large wooden gate.
Now how do I get inside with alerting anyone or triggering any security placed around the place? Naruto mused silently looking around for a way inside.
To his right Naruto saw there was a tree that learned into the inside.
Naruto grinned as an idea popped into his head. Closing his eyes Naruto left his body take the form for a fox this time thought he made sure to surround his clothes with his chakra before it solidified into his vulpine form.
In this form he was hoping that if anyone saw him the only thing they would see was a harmless lone red fox and nothing else and as for any security seals…..
Naruto shook his body and stretched his back once before bounding for the tree. With his sharp claws digging into the trunk for grip he easily sailed the tall tree without difficulty until he was level with the wall surrounding the place.
Inside there was a fairly nice large house. With his keen eye he spotted no one inside and his ears told him there was no one nearby while his nose told him there was only one unique scent in the entire place.
Yep i am sure there is definitely someone inside., Naruto was confirmed.
Probably sleeping or something judging by the lack of any movement or sound from the inside, he supposed.
Naruto lips twisted into a grin as sense of excitement and curiosity ran through him. He turned his head behind him and let his eyes run through the street behind him before hopping into the empty house yard. The fall to the ground wasn't that high and as he hit the ground on the other side he made sure to relax his muscles and bend his knees to cushion his fall.
As soon as he was on the ground Naruto bounded into the nearest foliage and waited until he was sure no one had heard him. He wasn't taking any chances. It had only occurred to him that in a village of shinobi it was possible to hide your presences from his senses. And since he didn't know who was living in this place he wasn't leaving anything to fate.
Naruto waited until he was sure no one had heard him before leaving the the small cluster of flowers. Thanks to the grass he was trending on his footsteps didn't make any sound at all. Naruto trotted to the large gate and sniffed it a few times. To his pleasure he was please to be able to pick a scent and a fresh one at that. With his nose, Naruto could tell the scent was a feminine one as it had contained a sweet he picked up whenever he was near Kurenai and Anko.
Naruto turned and stared following the trail which took him to a single entrance located at the back of the house. Naruto stopped stared at the building pondering what to do next. Now that he was inside he was and positive there was someone here he was conflicted on how to proceed next. Still staring at the wooden door Naruto wondered if he should shift to his human form and knock. Still, he hesitated. After all there was the question of why he was there in the first place.
Naruto sat on his hind legs and wondered what to do. In the end however he decided to explore the place a little bit longer, after all he still had hours to waste before Kurenai came back from her mission. Also this way it was possible that inspiration would came to him on what to do next now that he was inside.
….
Uchiha Sasuki, the remaining survivor of the Uchiha clan wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed. She winced slightly and stared at her knuckles. Despite the bandages she had wrapped around them she could tell they where bruised and were bleeding slightly turning her bandages on both hands a red colour.
This was the price she had to pay for getting stronger. Sasuki curled her hands into a fist tightly ignoring the pain. Her right hand blurred and struck a training dummy with enough force to shake it from its foundation. Her left followed later and produced the same result. In her mind the dummy had a face. The face imposed on the dummy was that of her greatest enemy. Someone she wanted…., no, someone she had to kill no matter what. Uchiha Itachi.
She kept sending punch after punch at the dummy until she was satisfied. She now did this everyday ever since her entire clan had been wiped out. Since today the academy was closed in preparation for the incoming exams she had the whole week to train.
Sending one last punch at the dummy Sasuki stood poised for a moment with her fist extended forward, taking in deep lung full of air.
That's enough for now, she thought to herself, bringing her hand to her side.
Sasuki turned her back to the dummy placed accordingly next to each other in a row and left the Uchiha training ground. It was time for a break and she felt her body now needed something instead of the vigorous training she put herself under.
The path towards her house took her away from the training grounds, into a small forest of evenly placed bamboo reeds until she came out the other side the house proper.
Sasuki continued walking until an unexpected sight caused her to stop. Sitting just a few feet away from the door into her house was a fox with it's back towards her and large fluffy tail curled neatly behind it. Its fur was red almost the colour of blood and its size was larger than any canine its kind she had seen. The fox was as large as the largest Inuzuka dogs, she idly noted.
Judging from its stillness, Sasuki couldn't shake a feeling that the creature was in deep thought.
Frowning, Sasuke reached for her pouch tightly securely on her thigh and pulled a kunai. At her movement the fox's pointed ears suddenly swivelled in her direction before the rest of its head followed shortly.
Sasuki almost dropped her kunai in morbid horror. She had never known that a fox could turn its head in such a body shuddering manner. The only creature she knew of that could do something like that was an owl. She had to suppress a shudder at the spectacle. It was like seeing something from nightmare come to life.
Sasuki mentally shook herself and threw her kunai at the thing. Since she didn't want to kill the fox, her aim was directed at a point near its tail. After all she had once read that fox where part of her clan's history so out of respect it would do to kill it.
To her disappointment and confusion the fox didn't move a single inch. In fact it didn't even blink at all.
Sasuki's frown deepened. Did the thing lack any fear of death? She couldn't her wonder.
Narrowing her black eyes, Sasuki reached for another kunai and throw it directly over his head in-between its pointed ears until it embaded into the wooden door behind with an audible sound. Sasuki's jaw would have dropped in sheer disbelief if her face was still as expressive.
Naruto could have laughed if it didn't mean breaking the act he was doing. As it were he had to hold himself from even twitching. He was amazed by the amount of expression one could take in a spun of a breath. As he watched the girls face went from confusion and puzzlement to suspicion before shifting to disbelief.
It was obvious this girl had never met a creature not scared by threats.
Naruto took in the girl before him without moving his eyes. He was sure he knew this girl. He took in her black shinobi sandals, a shinobi utility pouch on her thigh, her black shorts where he saw white bandager peaking underneath. He let his sight travel up her dark blue shirt sleeve shirt to her heart shaped face which had little baby fat, a tiny nose black eyes and spiky raven hair above her head.
Naruto ran through his mind of faces he had known but came short. The girl before him was unlike anyone he had known. Her manner was that of a composed, cold and calculated person. There was a vacant look about her eyes that told him whoever she was something life changing had happened to her.
Sasuki gather herself and stared at the fox before her. It was now obvious to her the fox wasn't going to move away from where it was, which also meant if she want to enter the house it was either go around to the other entrance or….
Her eyes once again narrowed in suspicion. As she stared into its eyes she had a sense that the fox was pulling some kind of prank on her.
Well if you won't take any warnings how about this, Sasuki glared pulling out another kunai. This time Sasuki made sure to aim directly for its head. Now she didn't care if she killed the thing. She could feel a vain on her temple throb with irritation.
As the kunai left her hand Naruto knew this one was intend to hit its mark. It took him a second to formulate what to do next. He wanted to see what the girl was going to do next. So instead of moving his entire body, once the kunai was only an inch from his head he simply cocked his head to the side and away from the projectile without moving another part of his body.
Naruto felt the kunai brush past his fur then heard a loud sound as it hit the door behind him.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Sasuki shouted unable to help herself. There was no way an ordinary animal had the mind to dodge like that.
Sasuki reached two move kunai and took one in each hand.
"What are you?" she asked through narrowed eyes.
With his head still cocked at an angle, Naruto chose not to say anything. Instead, Naruto let a grin spread across his lip showing his sharp teeth to the girl.
Sasuki took a step back at the display before falling into a back fighting stance, one leg behind her.
She narrowed her eyes at his, "You are not a normal fox are? There is no way a fox can dodge an attack without moving from its spot."
Naruto silently congratulated the girl for spotting that little oddity.
"Tch. It doesn't matter what you are. If you don't leave now I will kill you." Sasuki threatened.
Naruto wanted to roll his eyes but resisted the impulse. What did the girl think her last throw would have done if he had let it hit its target, bruise him?
Well let me play with her a little longer, Naruto mental chuckled standing on all fours his head still facing her.
Sasuki took another step back as the fox stood and turned in her direction. There was a sudden tension in the air as the fox regarded her with unnerving intelligent crimson eyes. Sasuki felt a cold shiver run her spine. There was something off about the thing before her. She felt as if the intelligence at which it was looking at her did not belong to an animal at all.
Naruto grinned wider as he was the slight hesitation in her eyes.
Fufufufu….this is fun, Naruto mental laughed, lets raise the temperature a bit. He added before hitting the girl with a blast of concentrated fear.
Sasuki didn't know what hit her. One second she was standing in a battle stance the next she was on the ground her legs having gave out under the pressure of fear she was pulling down her body. When she had arrived to find Itachi having slaughtered her clan like cattle, Sasuki had thought she had known fear and hatred.
She had been wrong. She now knew that much.
What she was feeling now was pure and unquestionable fear. She couldn't think, she couldn't breath or move at all. Her entire vision was filled with something that threatened to stop her heart. Before her was a fox the size of the world, its single eye staring at her with malicious intent.
Naruto watched the girl go down as soon as he unleashed his aura. Despite the fun he was having a part of him felt disappointed.
Naruto shook his head as he was tears fall from the girl's wide eyes. Maybe he had unleashed too much intent at the girl. In fact the longer he watched the more it looked like he was right and as he saw her blank eyes dim with each second from lack of air he knew any more the girl's mind would break complete.
Quickly, Naruto stopped what he was doing. He didn't want to get himself into trouble of killing a fellow villager, this some anyway.
As if the fear alone had been holding the rest of her upright, the girl fell into a heap as soon as she was let free. Naruto trotted toward her and noticed the girl had actually passed out.
So much for my fun, Naruto licked his lips before turning his head to the house.
….
Sasuki wake up with a jolt, gasping from air. Her heart was beating fast as she bolted to her feet her hand reaching for a weapon.
"I have to admit you looked more beautiful unconscious." A voice said causing her heart to skip a beat in fright.
Sasuki turned and found a boy she didn't know watching her curiously.
"Who are you?" Sasuki asked reaching into her pouch. "And where am I?"
The strange boy calmly shrugged watching her every move.
The cocked his head to the side before answering, "I believe you are in your house, No?"
Sasuki looked about her making sure to keep her eyes on the stranger. The couch the boy was sitting confirmed that it was indeed her house.
How did I get inside? The thought entered unbidden into her mind.
"How did you get in?" Sasuki demanded preparing for an attack. The question of how she had entered the house didn't matter to her despite the fact that the last thing she clearly remembered was walking out of the forest before….
Sasuki shook her head. That didn't matter. Right now she had to deal with the thief or possible spy.
The stranger shrugged. "I walked in of cause."
"So you are a thief?" her eyes narrowed.
The boy shook his head sending his red hair everywhere.
"Then what are you doing inside my house?"
"I carried you inside after you passed out." The boy stated grinning.
A memory of a gaint fox flooded her mind, causing her body to shake with fear. Her hands started to sweat in fear.
"The fox," she swallowed, "there was a fox where did it go?"
"Oh….that it's gone." The red heard boy said shrugging again his shoulders again.
Sasuki felt her body relax. Whatever the creature had been she was sure it hadn't been a normal fox.
"So what's your name?" the boy finally asked after a long silence.
Sasuki blinked a few time to clear her thoughts before question penetrated her mind. Shaking her head, Sasuki took a few long breaths to calm her heart before answering albeit hesitantly.
"Sasuki, Sasuki Uchiha." She answered.
Naruto felt his eyes widen in surprise as the name brought a face into his mind.