Well people here it is. After a looong time of waiting here it is. Short but to the point I suppose…… I want to thank all of you who gave me a confidence boost (=^_^=) Just want you to know this entire chapter is dedicated to you! You're just that freaking awesome! Especially Ryu-Kun! Now before I get ahead of myself let me warn you:
Possibly a lot of grammar mistakes.( If it bothers you contact me and YOU can helps me fix it_)
Pretty sad chapter so you have been forewarned
If I get 20 reviews I will update sooooon already have ideas about the next chapter
Well that's it so enjoy! But before I go I would like to bestow upon you some words of wisdom
"Those who live in the past, never look towards the future, but those who live in the middle will be just fine" Kinda random but oh well!
Last time on Naruto the sly fox:
Late that night:
The dark night sky was covered in grey clouds, no stars could be seen. Nor the moon. Everything was just pitch black. Shadows were coming closer and closer to a small shabby little apartment. Without making a sound, a huge mass of people began to surround said apartment. A small wind issued, a few clouds shifted position so that small streaks of ghostly moonlight shined down toward the earth. With that outlines of bodies began to dimly appear, and suddenly they were all illuminated with a bright orangey red fire. There were at least fifty people surrounding, one of the people lifted the orange fire and many more appeared clearly getting the signal. With a swift movement the leader tossed his flaming stick at the small shabby apartment, at first the flames slowly tickled up the building but as it reached a spot where there was no paint it burst into flames. It hadn't rained in the village in a very long time so it was only a matter of time before the rest of the small shabby apartment caught on fire, with a grunt from the leader the small mob of people took out glass bottles filled with a sloshing clear liquid. They threw the bottles at the windows and the sides burning building and at the places where the bottles hit the flames grew stronger and stronger. With a "NOW" the remaining people threw their flaming torches as soon as they hit the small home. Engulfed in flames the small troop of people stood back and admired their handy work and began to cheer how they were 'Heroes' and 'We finally killed the demon brat!'
A tall man with silver wispy hair that swayed to the side walked calmly to his home. He had gone to the KIA stone and just couldn't seem to make himself leave. With all the regrets and lessons he had learned, he hoped with all the good in his heart he could protect this new team of genin. He had a feeling they were going to surprise him and actually pass the test. His feelings were always right. Whether is it an enemy attack ora hunch in on someone's death? It was always a tingly feeling nevertheless. He looked up into the deep dark night sky and took a deep breath threw his nose.... smoke?
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Pain and Consequences
With a yawn, our favorite young kit awoke to a peculiar scent. Standing up carefully and making sure not to disturb Trekker or Kara, Naruto made his way out from under the bed. Smiling to himself at the success in not getting caught, Naruto transformed back into his human form, and began to follow the scent. 'Hmm I wonder what that smell is" Naruto pondered as he made his way towards the window. He reached for the shabby curtain that covered the window and moved it aside and looked towards the ground. With a gasp he finally realized what the smell was, it was his own home, His sanctuary, his house, his den. Frozen in place with fear and shock, he couldn't have dodged what happened next.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" A flaming bottle crashed through the window and hit Naruto on the left side of his face. The bottle ricochet off, and landed three feet from where he laid unconscious, not before the substance had drenched the entire left side of his face right above his mouth. The flames trickled forward from the bottle and began getting closer to our defenseless kits face. With a bloodcurdling scream of absolute agony, the flames erupted on the drenched portion of his face
At the sound of his Kits pain Kyuubi had woken up from his slumber.
"Kit? What's wrong?" Before Kyuubi could ask any more questions about the situation a flash of what happened went through his own mind. 'Oh No. This is exactly what I was afraid of. Now his mind will be broken. Trusting humans will be ultimately impossible. Just as he was getting better this happens. He never gets a break does he?' the Kyuubi thought sadly before covering Naruto in his cloak of chakra turning him momentarily to his fox form as the fire extinguished and Kyuubi began to fix Naruto's face. It was burned so bad the only thing he could do is replace everything. Including his eye, which was once a beautiful cerulean blue would be reformed into crystalline lavender with red specks flicked through it. As Kyuubi began to start the healing process Naruto staggered through the safety separating bars, and latched himself to Kyuubi's furry chest and sobbed until he fell into a dark and uneasy sleep 'This is just like what happened after the incident.' Kyu thought grimly.
Flashback no jutsu!
A blonde seven year old Naruto was walking down the path from the Hokage's tower. Smiling to himself and thinking how smart he was for tricking his 'Ji-Ji' into buying him dinner, Naruto's innocent eyes were filled with happiness. Since Ji-Ji was the only kind person he ever met, any time spent with him was special. Even Kyu said that if you care about a person you hold all the time with them very precious, (Naruto meets him when he is called 'Kitsune demon, fox brat and all the other mean fox names there are, and he looks up what the fox is comes across Kyuubi and meets him in his mindscape after a regular beating. Totally cliché and too lazy to explain in further detail). Not paying attention to where he was going, Naruto's shoulder brushed against a man.
"Sorry sir didn't see ya there" Naruto said with a nervous smile.
"The stupid demon brat!" Growled the obviously pissed man.
Naruto put his head down and averted his eyes knowing what was about to come. After all, every time someone called him that he got beat why not expect anything else? Naruto looked up slowly as the man had yet to strike. As his head rose, he finally realized that the path to his home was a lot more crowded than it should have been. Realizing the situation, Naruto began to shake as he backed himself against a nearby building. Wide eyed and shaking in fear, the poor blonde looked into the eyes of the man who had him trapped seeing the look of absolute hatred and knowing this beating would be horrid, Naruto opened his mouth. Before he could scream, the man's hands shot out and hit him between the shoulder blades rendering him unconscious.
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Naruto woke up to an immense pain on his arms and legs. He found the man, was drawing sloppy designs into his skin with a Kunai. He uttered a small whimper of pain, as tears began sliding down his whisker marked face.
"Ahhh I see the little demon is awake" smiled the man.
"Yamero" Naruto whispered through hiccups.
"Ha look at that, I didn't think I would ever see the day when the demon would beg for something" the man sneered.
"I didn't do anything mister! Please just stop!" Naruto shrieked as the man dug the Kunai more deeply into his skin.
"YOU DISGUSTING MONSTER" the man yelled angrily and stabbed the young boy again. "you didn't do anything? YOU KILLED MY WIFE, MY SON, AND THE PRECIOUS YONDAIME!" With one last raise of his hand the man launched down the kunai right through his right hand. With one last scream of pure agony the poor blonde fell unconscious.
In his mindscape, Naruto ran through the protective barrier and into his only friend's chest and cried until he fell asleep. 'Kit'
Ever since this day, Naruto has been afraid of being touched. Although, being the village pariah had its fall backs at least no one wants to touch the evil demon boy….
Flash back end No jutsu!
At the time of Naruto's scream….
Trekker and Kara:
A scream tore through the room, and Trekker bolted straight out from under the covers into the middle of the room where Naruto lay. He looked up in panic to see the window utterly destroyed and smoke beginning to fill the room. His eyes zeroed in on his pack mate, whom was covered in flames on the top left half of his face. Trekker skidded to Naruto's side and before he could begin to contemplate what to do about the fire a red cloak covered his friend and turned him into his fox kit form. His face still extremely burned but slowly healing. Just then Kara saw Naruto.
"NARU-KUN! TREKKER WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? WHO DID IT?"Kara squawked in unadulterated rage.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! Freaking out will not do any good! Go and find his Sensei, the pup needs help and he needs it now!" Trekker barked. With a nod Kara took off threw the glassless window frame in hot pursuit of the one human the two Nin-kin just met, but trusted.
As she flew, there was an echoing cheer from below. 'Unbelievable, to an animal, a demon is one who causes harm on regular bases. Not for any reason they hurt the chick, not for food, for pleasure'. Kara thought in disgust. Using her chakra and keen eye sight, Kara found the shadowy silhouette of Kakashi Hatake. With agitated grace, Kara landed directly in front of him.
Kakashi was not a stupid man, so when he saw Naruto's bird, Kara, he knew something was wrong. After she started squawking insanely, and being naturally gifted unlike Naruto, he had no idea what she was saying. With a few moments of contemplation, he was struck by a brilliant idea. With a few hand signs and a bit of blood, Pakkun stood in front of him.
"Kakashi why you want me so late?" complained an annoyed Pakkun. He was about to openly complain again when he noticed Kara practically screaming at him.
"Tell that idiot of a Sensei Naruto needs help! He was attacked!" Pakkun, who has saved Naruto with Kakashi once, was shocked.
"Kakashi, Naruto is hurt. And from the way she described it he needs help now!" said the normally calm, dog exasperated. He turned to Kara and told her to lead the way. With a swift glance to the bird and his canine companion he followed them to the location of his new and most precious student.
Meanwhile……
Trekker was crouched next Naruto licking the top of his head in a comforting manner when the smoke from outside the walls began to burn inside. Thinking quickly, Trekker grabbed Naruto by the scruff of his neck and jumped out the two story window and used his chakra control to scale half way down the building before jumping off. The mob of villagers shrieked as a black shadow passed over them in the moonlight.
Following the scent of Kara, Trekker almost ran smack dab into a man and a dog.
"Kara?" Trekker asked as he set Naruto down on the ground softly and looked up to see Kara flying overhead.
"I brought Kakashi and his translator" Kara stated her eyes scanning over her hurt young friend.
"I resent that! Where is the boy? The fox kit holds the same scent" Pakkun asked annoyed.
"This is him!" Trekker growled exasperated.
"What are they saying Pakkun?" Kakashi asked softly, slightly fearing the answer, because the pug's eyes were as wide as dinner plates.
"That's Naruto….."With that Pakkun poofed away, deciding he didn't want to stick around for his master's reaction. He knew Kakashi wasn't a violent man, but some situations can lead to bad endings for all involved.
'Well that's interesting was not expecting that 'Kakashi thought as he looked at his foxified student
. "Alright let's take him back to my apartment" Kakashi said and reached down to pick Naruto up Noticing the blackened half of his face was slowly glowing red. Just as he was to reach him, the night air was pierced with a menacing growl. Looking up from his crouched position, Trekker was eye to eye with him his teeth showing and glistening in the moonlight.
"Heh heh. No need to be hostile. If you carry him as you were his burns will reopen and quite possibly make him bleed to death. I swear to you he will be safe with me and you may come along if you wish" Kakashi said calmly although on the inside he was freaking out."If this wolf refuses to let me take Naruto I will either have to knock him out or kill him…." As Kakashi was contemplating how to decapitate a wolf, Trekker stood down and walked towards Kara his eyes never leaving Kakashis. With a small smile, Kakashi carefully picked up the crimson kit and cradled him close to his chest with a nod to the two Nin-kin he sped off towards his home, Trekker and Kara not far behind.
That's it! WOOP WOOP! Hoped you liked it review if you did! If you don't I will give this story up!
