A/n: I do not own anything except my OC.
First off, I'd like to saw, WOW, my story wasn't up for more then 2 days and it got so many alerts and favorites. EVEN A REVIEW! XD (I'm a small time writer, I don't expect much )
Anyhow, here's the next chapter:
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Chapter 2: TEAM UP!
Naruto had been told to report to the class room at noon so he could be assigned to his team. Kina and Naruto were currently at their hiding spot Kina had showed him years before. The hiding spot was a clearing of trees, with a waterfall and a river to one edge. The waterfall was impressive to watch, and Naruto just sat near a boulder at the bottom of the waterfall.
"Naruto," Kina starts. Naruto looks at her sitting on a nearby boulder. "Even though Iruka said we don't have to use the genjutsu anymore, I think it might be a good idea to stay under it."
"Why is that?" He asked.
"Simply because the villagers are still prone to kill you. Remember what happened two weeks ago?"
"Um...."
Flashback
Naruto was walking around town in without his genjutsu on, because he was only going from his apartment to Ichiruka's. He had on his dark grey sweater shirt and pants covered by his light blue cloak. His hood was on as well.
As he was moving through town, he took a shortcut through an alleyway to avoid crowds. Unfortunately for him, an ANBU member was patrolling the roof tops of said alley way. The ANBU member saw the kid going down the alleyway, and decided to pick on the kid.
"HEY KID!" the ANBU said as he jumped down from the roof. "Get over here."
Naruto had grown to trust the ANBU a little more over the years, but somehow, this guy was giving him the creeps. Naruto backed away from the ANBU.
Bad choice.
The ANBU took out a few kunai and nailed the kids clothing to the wall. "Now I'm gonna get revenge for my family YOU DEMON!" the ANBU wearing an ox mask took out more of his kunai and approached the kid slowly.
Naruto striggled against the kunai on his clothing. After nearly tearing his clothing off, the kid got down, and started running down the alley.
"COME BACK YOU DEMON!" Ox said, and chased after Naruto.
Naruto ran into the street and into the crowd. The ANBU then yelled to the crowd, "GET THE FOX-BOY!" and pointed at Naruto. The crowd immediately went into panic, and either ran for cover or ran for weapons. Others tried to grab the fox-boy.
'KIT, WE WONT LAST LONG! DEACTIVATE THE GRAVITY SEAL AND RUN FOR IT!' she yelled at him mentally. Naruto did just that, and start running for the Hokage's office.
When the crowd was this rilled, the only safe haven was by the old man. The ANBU easily kept up with him, and a few jounin and chuunin were on his tail, too. Naruto dodge shuriken and kunai sent his way. His clothes were starting to get ragged and torn to pieces. Sometimes, a jounin would get close enough, and kicked of punch the boy. A few dozen cuts were covering his body. He turned the last corner, the Hokage's tower right in front of him.
"HEEEELLLP!" Naruto called out, and sure enough, the wolf and snake mask ANBU that befriended him picked him up, and went for the Hokage's office.
All in all, Naruto ended up with 14 kunai and shuriken stuck in various parts of his body, and had to be sent to the hospital with a few broken ribs for ½ a day. The ANBU got punished of course, but the jounin and chuunin were never found.
Flashback ended
Naruto shivered, "Good point, Kina." he got up, and did a few handsigns. After the 5th one, a cloud covered his body, and he was in his ugly orange again. "Shall we head into town and get something to eat?"
Kina nodded and got on top of his head. "Let's see," Kina said, "It's about 9 o'clock now, we have 2 and a half hours to burn before heading to your classroom."
"Okay, plenty of time to eat." he said as he got a big grin on his face.
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At Ichiruka's place, Naruto was sitting down and enjoying his 13th bowl of ramen.
'You know, Naurto,' Kina thought, 'eating all that ramen CAN'T be health for you.'
'I don't care, it's too yummy,' the ramen addict thought back. 'Besides, you seem more then content with that piece of steak Ayame-chan got you.' Naruto chuckled.
Said piece of steak was currently destroyed and torn into itty-bitty pieces all over the plate, and Kina was taking in one piece at a time. Her oculars went flat against her skull and look crossed at Naruto. She thought back, 'Shut it, kit.'
Ayame was currently giggling like a little school girl watching Kina eat, and would once or twice scratch the fox behind her ears. 'SO CUTE.'
'I gotta ask one question that's been on my mind for a while now.' Naruto kept eating like it was natrual to eat and … think/talk at the same time.
'Okay, what is it?' Kina thought back.
'How come your so small? I mean your about as big as a 3 month old pup.'
At this Kina stopped for a second, and then continued on eating. 'It's because I only have one tail going at the moment.'
'So? Why aren't you as big as an adult fox?' Naruto picking up his 15th bowl.
'Well, I'm actually only using half a tail of power, if that makes sense to you.'
'So, you saying that at the amount of power your using can affect how big you are?'
'Yes... and no...'
'Huh?' Naruto actually stopped at this point, then continued on to his 16th bowl.
'Well, to be precise, you're only half right. Yes, the amount of power can affect how big I am, but that does not necessarily mean that I HAVE to change sizes with the tails.' She took the last bit of steak into her mouth. 'I can have up to 5 tails of power, and not even change my size. The only difference you'd see is the number of tails. Similarly I can have one tail, and be as big as any Inuzuka full size dog.'
Naruto stopped eating, and leaned back a little, patting his tummy. 'Okay, I think I understand what you mean.' He used one of his claws to pick at the food between his teeth. 'How many tails can you access right now? And what would happen if you went up to 9?'
'Right now, since I'm still getting used to having to access your body, 6... maybe... and if I went up to 9 tails, you'd die.'
'What? Why?' Naruto went to grab his wallet to pay for the food.
"Your awfully silent there, Naruto." The old man said.
"I'm just enjoying the good meal." Naruto said with a big grin on his face.
'Well, in order to get all 9 tails, I would have to pull ALL my power out of you, and since your body is used to my power, you can't live without my chakra.' Kina let out a small burp.
Ayame looked at the fox with wide eyes. "Um, Naruto," she started, "Can foxes burp?"
"Uuuuuh," Naruto placed the money on the counter, "Will you look at the time! Gottagobye!!" He yelled as he ran off with Kina in his arms.
Ayame and Ichiruka looked at the dust left behind Naruto. "Weird." the old man said.
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The class only had 8 other people in it when he walked in. He went up the isle and sat in the back somewhere, still thinking about what the fox said earlier... and the fact she burped.
About 30 minutes passed before Iruka came into the room holding a piece of paper. "Alright, settle down. I just got this assignment sheet directly from the Hokage. I'll call out your team number, whose on it, and the sensei you'll be working under." Iruka stopped to see that all of them were there. When he spotted Naruto, he noticed that the boy was still using the genjutsu.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Iruka said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Naruto asked, obviously still not all there.
"YEA, YOU IDIOT! ONLY PEOPLE WHO PASSED THE EXAM CAN BE HERE!" Yelled the pink banshee.
"Hehe," he messed with the forehead protector, "I passed the test when I was given a second chance."
"Yes, he did," Iruka said as fast as he could before his ears were pummeled by the pink banshee, "But, I'm asking why Naruto still has his disguise up."
At this all the classmates looked at him, even the gay emo kid.
"Eh.. hehehe... I Don't know what you mean Iruka," Naruto said with a sweat mark on his head.
"Just drop the genjutsu, Naruto." Iruka said with a growing tick mark.
"Fine," Naruto said with aggravation in his voice. "KAI!" A puff of smoke enveloped him, and he was without his genjutsu now.
The class gasped at what they saw. "N-naruto... what's with the ears?"
Naruto rubbed the back of his head, "Eheh, please, don't make a big deal of them."
Kiba got up and well, "IS THAT A TAIL!?" is all that came out of his mouth.
"Iruka, team assignments.. please?" he asked with a squeaky voice.
"Ahem, okay, on team 7 is Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Kiba Inuzuka led by Kakashi Hatake." a lod "YES!" was heard from a certain banshee. "On team 8 is Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuuga, and Naruto Uzumaki led by Kurenai Yuhi."
'N-naruto is on my team!' 5$ on who said that.
'Hmmm, A Hyuuga, and a fox boy. This could get interesting.' Shino thought.
'Why that sly devil of a third Hokage.' Kina thought.
"And on team 10 is, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, and Shikamaru Nara led by Asuma Sarutobi." Iruka said.
As for Choji and Shikamaru, they didn't really care that much, but a certain Yamanaka was pale as a vampire on a sunny day.
'I HAVE TO BE WITH FATBOY (Hey!) AND LAZY ASS(troublesome)!?' she thought. Clearly not liking this setup.
"You will be meeting your jounin instructors an hour, so I would advise you guys wait here." Iruka left the door, and the group waited for their jounin.
Naruto got a bright idea. "Hey, Shino-san, Hinata-chan, come over here by me. Why don't we get to know each other a little more."
While hinata was looking a little darker then a tomato, Shino got up and sat next to Naruto, and after a few moments of gaining self-preservation, Hinata joined them, too.
"Hello, Naruto-san, Hinata-san." Shino said first, "I believe it is logical to agree with what you said Naruto. We should know a little more about each other." Naruto just nodded.
Both shino and Naruto talked for a while. Hinata was just happy to be near a certain dense blond.
"Hinata-chan," Naruto began, "What's wrong? You've been quiet this whole time."
"Naruto-san, according to body reactions, and her posture, I think she just wants to be left alone for a bit."
Naruto just looked at her, but then shrugged.
After 30 more minutes of talking, the door to the classroom opened. In walked two people. The first was a tall man of a well built body, and dark tanned skin. He had brown eyes, and black hair. The pants and long sleeved shirt were blue, and he had on a jounin vest. On his waste was a sash with a kanji symbol on it. He had bandaged ankles and standard shinobi sandles.
The second person was a women with nice curves. She had a nice light tan, and some light make-up. She wore a dress that looked like it was made of several sashes, and her right arm was covered in a red sleeve. She had dark red eyes, and slightly wild hair.
The man spoke up, "Team 10, you're with me." and Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji all got up and left with him.
After they left, the women spoke up, "Team 8, you're with me." Naruto, Shino, and Hinata got up, and left with him, leaving the last team alone.
When they were outside the academy, the women turned on her heel, and then looked at the three. "Okay, team 8. Meet me at training ground 8 in 10 minutes." and with that, she poofed away.
The three team members then rushed as fast as they could to the training ground. The reason for this was that the training ground was on the other side of the village. When they exited the south east gate, the hit the tree tops in hopes of keeping time.
The three made it to training ground 8 with 3 seconds to spare.
"Not bad," she said. She waited a few moments for them get their breath.
"Okay team 8, I want you all to tell me about yourselves. Your names, your hobbies, your likes, dislikes, and your dreams for the future. I'll go first. My name is Kurenai Yuhi. I like reading, genjutsu, picking flowers, and growing plants. I dislike people who think that women can't be strong, and people who don't look past people's looks. My hobbies are gardening, learning more about genjutsu, and reading. My dreams for the future are to become the best genjutsu specialist, and to get you three to jounin." She looked at Shino and said, "You first sunglass boy."
Shino adjusted his sunglasses and spoke, "My name is Shino Abruame. I like bugs, learning about bugs, and categorizing new sepcies of bugs. I dislike people who kill bugs for no good reason, and people who think illogically. My hobbies are learning my family's jutsu and categorizing new bugs. My dream for the future is to become my clans next leader, and making my own jutsu."
Kurenai nodded, and then looked at Naruto. "You're next fuzzy."
Naruto grinned, waged his tail around a bit, and started, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, foxes, like Kina here, ramen, learning new jutsu, ramen, learning how to fight, and ramen. I dislike people who don't try to learn what others are like, and just judge right off the bat, and people who hate ramen. My hobbies are training, and eating ramen. My dream for the future is to become Hokage!" Kurenai nodded.
She point at Hinata and said, "You're next, pale eyes."
Hinata got a little twitchy, but calmed herself and said, "M-my name is Hinata H-hyuuga. I-I like to learn m-my family's j-jutsu, I w-want to become s-stronger so I-I can become t-the next clan leader, andI want to g-gain a-a certain p-person's a-atten-ntion." she quickly looked in Naruto's direction and then back down. Kina giggled. "I-I dislike people w-who don't t-try to get t-to know o-others, and p-people who j-judge before t-they know e-enough. M-my hobbies are picking f-flowers, and l-learning my family's t-taijutsu. My d-dreams for the f-future are t-to g-gain the r-respect of m-my f-father, and to get s-someone else a-attention." She glanced at Naruto again. (A/n:I gotta work on her confidence, typing like this gets to be a pain.)
'My, my, my.... well looky here. I think I got myself a bit of a drama team. A bug boy, a dense blond whole loves ramen, and a shy Hyuuga who's got a crush on dense blond. Ah, oh well. All's fair in love and war.' She smiled, "Alright team 8, meet me here tomorrow at 7 sharp. We'll get some team training done, and maybe go on our first mission. Dismissed." and she poofed away into thin air.
Naruto looked at his teammates and said, "You guys want to go get some food?"
Shino adjusted his sunglesses and stood up, "I thank you for the invitation, Naruto-san, but I have to go to a clan meeting in an hour. I will see you both tomorrow, Good bye." He said, and walked off into the woods back to Konoha.
Naruto looked at Hinata, waiting for her answer. "I-I'd like t-to, Naruto." sha said, and Naruto grinned a bit.
"I've got the perfect place to eat then. Come on!" he said with a waving motion of his hand. She got up, and started following him.
When they got to the gates, Naruto enabled his genjutsu. Hinata looked a bit surprised. "Well, when you look like me, you kinda have to keep it a secret."
She nodded in understanding, and they went to Ichiruka's ramen stand.
"Well, if it isn't my number one customer, Naruto! And who's this pretty young lady?" Ichiruka said, as they both sat down.
"This is my teamate, Hinata." Naruto said, as Kina got out of his lap, and yipped loudly.
Ayame came running out of the kitchen, "KIIIINNNNAAAAA!!!!" she yelled, and practically killed the poor fox in a death hug. "You want some steak, you cute thing you?" she set the fox back down.
Kina, finally able to breath, yipped loudly. "Okay, coming right up!" Naruto was practically on the floor laughing.
"Oh, What do you two want?" Ayame asked.
Naruto, after calming down, and wiping the tears from his eyes said, "3 beef ramen please!"
"And, what about you?" she looked at Hinata.
"U-um, s-shrimp ramen." she said, looking at the menu, but glancing at Naruto every other second.
"Okay," is what Ayame said, but what she thought was completely different. 'Oh, you're after something other then ramen.' She had a sly smile on her face. "Coming right up, you three."
Ichiruka went into the kitchen to start the noodles, and Ayame went in to get the steak. Ayame came back out in three seconds with a plate of steak in her hand. "Here you go, missy. One plate of steak."
As soon as the plate was set down, Kina went into attack mode. Hinata watched the performance, and giggled with Ayame everyonce in a while.
After 2 minutes of the show, the dinner came out. "Here you go. 3 beef ramen, and one shrimp ramen! I hope you enjoy." the old man said, as he placed the food down.
"A show and a dinner, I love this place." he said, as he started chowing down.
Hinata took her chopsticks and took out a little bit of noodles, she lightly blew on it, and too the noodles into her mouth.
Hinata went wide-eyed, and started eating a bit faster. "Well, dad, I think we hooked another customer."
Ichiruka just laughed. When Naruto was down with his three bowls, Hinata put her bowl down.
"So, what'd you think, Hinata? It's good right?"
"Yes, Naurto, it's great!" she said a big grin across her face. At this, Naruto just stared at her.
"Hinata, you didn't stutter." when he said this, Hinata just realized what she did, looked at Naruto, then passed out.
Kina, who watched it all happen while tearing a piece of meat apart, let go of the meat, and went belly up. It looked like the fox was choking on a piece of meat, or laughing.
"Hinata!" Naruto exlcaimed.
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10 minutes later, Hinata woke up again, and she realized she passed out. She went red, and quickly excused herself saying she had to head home.
Naruto just watched her run off. He pulled out his wallet, and went to pay for the food. Ichiruka just shook his head, "Tonight was on the house." Naruto grinned thank the old man, and nodded, he picked up his passed out fox, and left for his apartment.
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Naruto opened the door to his apartment, and locked it behind him.
"Well, that was a very fun day." kina said, as she leaped from Naruto's shoulder. She went over, and hoped up on the bed.
"Yea, you looked happy destroying that dangerous steak."
Her oculars went flat against her skull, and spoke in a deadly tone, "I was acting..."
"Alright, whatever you say, fox-chan." Naruto said, as he took off his second sandle.
He got up, and released his genjutsu, then took off his cloak, and grey sweater jacket, leaving him in his navy blue shirt, and grey shinobi pants. His tail uncurled from around his waist, and hung loosely.
He moved over to the bathroom, to brush his teeth, and get ready for bed, when he heard a strange sound. He looked over to his bed, and Kani was shaking and in a defensive position looking straight up at the ceiling, and she was growling.
Naruto looked up, and saw something REALLY out of the ordinary.
Hanging, upside-down, sitting on the ceiling, calmly, was a cat. The cat had fur design similar to a Siamese cat, with a black face, paws and tail. He was looking down, or rather up, at Kina. The cat then looked at Naruto with it's light blue eyes.
"Hello, Naruto-san." the cat said in an eerily deep voice. The eyes somehow made Naruto very uneasy.
Kina yipped, "What are you doing here?!"
tbc...
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Well, that's all for now. Join me next time on 'The Silver Flash'