Kyuubi
Thoughts
Chapter 5- Journey to the Land of Wave
If I have to do one more D-ranked mission, I am going to kill someone and to hell with the consequences! Thankfully, I won't have to voice this thought, that's what Naruto is for.
The fact that he's got the Hokage wrapped around his little finger makes it even more suitable that he should be the one to get us a better mission.
Well, I got my wish, we have a C-rank mission, but escorting an old drunk is not what I had in mind.
"THESE kids are escorting me? But they look like idiots, especially that blond one!" He grumbles. Before he can blink, I'm behind him holding a kunai to his neck.
"Don't underestimate me or my team" I growl "And Naruto is more than capable of handling a C-rank." He looks terrified. I smile malevolently and walk back to my place beside Naruto.
Kakashi looks like he's getting over his shock. "Tsubomi, try not to kill him. That's a definite breach of contract." I sigh.
"Fine, no killing" I agree "but where in his contract does it say he has to be conscious during the mission? I'm just saying that it'll be finished much quicker if we carry him."
The drunken old guy gulps, but the Hokage comes to his rescue.
"Tsubomi, I really don't think that that is sending out the right message to other customers." I grimace. Kakashi tells us to get our stuff together and meet him outside the village gates in an hour.
For once, Kakashi is actually on time. I nearly pass out from the shock. The old drunk is waiting along with the rest of my team. Naruto is obviously really excited to be out of the village, Kakashi-sensei looks alert and Sasuke looks… bored. Typical.
Well of course the Uchiha is showing no emotions. He's an UCHIHA.
I shake my head and summon Kyro. My team looks surprised to say the least.
"What? You expected me to walk?" Everyone just rolls their eyes, except Kakashi.
"Tsubomi, where did you get the fox contract? It's been missing for years. It was rumoured to have been destroyed!" I just grin and motion zipping my lips.
The contract was destroyed. But why would I need to sign it? I'm Kitsune royalty!
Still grinning, I climb onto Kyro and am about to motion for him to move off, when I pause.
"I'm sorry, where are my manners? Naruto, do you want me to summon you a ride?" I ask. He grins and nods and I slide off Kyro and summon him another, slightly smaller fox. He climbs on and we are about to continue when Sasuke coughs.
"Yes?" I smile sweetly.
"What about the rest of us? Aren't you going to get us transport?" I shake my head merrily. "Why? Why does the dobe get a ride and I don't?"
"The difference between you and Naruto is that I actually like Naruto." I explain. It looks like he's about to complain about it, but I quickly spur Kyro into movement and leave him in the dust.
He's going to get me back for that, but who cares?
Eventually practicality makes me call up a much larger fox to carry Sasuke, Kakashi-sensei and the drunkard. Without it they are just so slow! Anyway, a few minutes after we set out, we were attacked. I immediately dispel all of the foxes, but they take the advantage to attack Kakashi-sensei. I can see he used a substitution, but I'm not sure the others can, judging by their expressions.
They are about to attack Naruto, but I won't let that happen. Pulling out the senbons that pin my black hair in a bun, I throw them both at the enemy. They both stop still and slump over. Running over to Naruto I check he's uninjured and notice he's shaking with terror. It's difficult for me to associate this Naruto with the loud bragging idiot I have come to know.
I've never seen him look so… vulnerable. I'd better make sure he snaps out of it before Sasuke sees him or he'll never hear the end of it.
I don't know why his happiness means so much to me, but it does. And since it does, I'd better take care of Sasuke.
"Hey, Sasuke, please check the bodies for any valuable weapons, clues to their identity, whatever. I've got to check Naruto wasn't hurt, since their weapons may have been poisoned." He just nods. I like this new obedient Sasuke.
"Naruto! CALM DOWN. You don't want Sasuke to see you like this do you?" I hiss. He shakes his head and smiles weakly at me.
"Sorry Tsubomi. I just spaced." I smile, relieved that he's back to normal.
"Right, since that's all sorted, why don't we get going? Oh, and Tsubomi, well done, you handled it all perfectly." A voice comes from behind me.
"Bout time you showed up. What where you thinking? Just leaving us here, to fight off two enemy ninja in our first fight?" I yell at Kakashi. He just scratches the back of his head and tells us we had it sorted. I just walk over to the dead ninja and pull my senbons out of their backs, wipe them on the grass and pin my hair back up.
"There is one thing I am curious about. That senbons wound didn't look fatal, so why did they die?" Kakashi asks.
I laugh evilly. "My senbons are poisoned with a special concoction I made. Nobody except me has the antidote and you die within three seconds." Everyone stares at me. "What? They were enemy ninja and if it's any consolation they didn't go through much pain. My poison targets the heart directly." They are still gaping at me.
"Sorry Tsubomi, it's just not many people can make that kind of poison, especially at genin level." Kakashi explains.
"Well, as you may have noticed, I'm not your average genin. Now are we going to get going or not?" I ask impatiently.
I summon up the foxes again and we get going again, but not before Naruto says one more thing to me. The others have already climbed onto Kyule, the larger fox, but Naruto lingers.
"Yes Naruto? Is there a problem?" I ask curtly.
"No, it's just… thanks for earlier… and um… you look good with your hair down." He blurts out nervously. I smile at him.
"Thanks Naruto. Now, let's get going shall we?" He jumps onto his fox and I return to Kyro.
We are in water country when we run into another hitch. A hitch called Zabuza.
A Naruto x Tsubomi moment there, since it's so popular. Don't worry if you don't like this pairing, with enough reviews I'll pair her with someone else.
Talking about pairings:
Narutox Tsubomi - 5
Narutox Hinata - 2
TsubomixShino- 1
Shikamarux Tsubomi- 3
Sasukex Tsubomi- 1
TsubomixGaara-1