Beasts Within

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Prince of Tennis. I do not own anything besides the original characters that are included in the fanfic.

All the Jinchuuriki are around 12-15 years old to stay within the middle school category along with the rest of the PoT cast. I know that the ages are wrong; I'm just making them fit into the storyline. All of the canon characters will most likely be OOC considering I can't stay to a certain personality of a canon character no matter what I do. The Jinchuuriki have total control of their Bijuu but can still talk to them whenever. When they release the chakra of their Bijuu they become stronger of course and their voices are a mixture of their voice and the bijuu they contain, therefore 'Demon Enhanced Speaking' when they do activate their powers.

"Chat" Normal talking

'Chat' Thinking

'Chat' Telepathy between Jinchuuriki

"Chat" Demon enhanced speaking

Tail 13: Their First Meeting

"Get back here you little brats!" a group of nine kids heard while they ran throughout the forest. The nine were running away from a few people in cloaks and what looked like anbu masks.

"Looks like ROOT really needs to get outa here!" one of the nine kids yelled out while running behind a tree to avoid another kunai aiming for her throat.

"Hurry up!" a blonde-haired male yelled out before he dragged the others with him towards a small cave that he had discovered a while back during one of their runs throughout the forest.

All nine kids ran inside the cave and hid there from the ROOT members.

"Looks like they aren't here," one of the ROOT members said walking past the cave. The nine kids held in their breath quietly to make sure that the ROOT members didn't hear them. "Little brats got away again," they all heard the member yell.

"Calm down," another ROOT member said walking towards the first. "We'll get them next time around," he said putting his hand on the first's shoulder. "Right now, we have to give our report to Danzo," he said before turning the first back towards the Hidden Leaf village.

As soon as the two ROOT members had left the area by a good…five miles, the nine kids started breathing normally. They were breathing so quietly before that they couldn't really breathe all that well. They all walked out of the cave and started walking towards the lake to depart towards their own respective villages.

"That was close," one of them said walking ahead of the group with his hands behind his head.

"Sure was Naruto," the green-haired female said nodding her head in agreement.

Naruto turned around and looked around the area they were in to make sure that they would be remotely safe if they were attacked again. The group of kids knew the forest area inside and out, so they would be able to find any shortcuts to get out just in case.

They were glad that they played often in the forest so that they knew every inch of the areas around them.

"Do you think we will ever get a break from them?" the green-haired girl said again.

Naruto shrugged before saying, "I have no idea Fu, but I sure hope so."

The other seven kids in the group nodded their heads in agreement before they started talking to one another about several topics on their way to the lake. They talked about different weapons, food, clothing, activities, etc.

It wasn't long until the group of nine finally made it to the lake they always played at whenever they were all together.

Once the group got there however, they didn't expect that another person would already be there standing in the middle of the lake with a far off look in their eyes. The green-haired female accidently stepped on a branch snapping it which caused the person in the lake to turn towards them quickly.

They could all see the golden-colored eyes stare at them with a blank look as the kid's white hair flowed with the breeze. The girl was wearing a light blue dress that made it to her knees and white slippers.

After a few minutes of silence, the person smiled before saying in a cute voice, "Hello. Name's Rose. How may I help you all?"

They all were a bit shocked at the girl. They all started introducing themselves one by one.

The blonde-haired male with three whiskers on each of his cheeks stepped up first. He was wearing an orange t-shirt along with black shorts that made it to his thighs. He wore blue ninja sandals and a Hidden Leaf village headband on his forehead. "The name's Naruto. Nice to meet you," he said walking up towards the lake shoreline.

Another boy showed walked up to the shoreline. He had a darker tan skin tone, and his eyes were covered by the shades he wore. He had a white scarf around his neck and white gloves on his hands. He also wore white shorts that went up to his knees as well as black sandals with a Hidden Cloud village headband on his forehead. "Name's Killer Bee. Nice to meet ya!" the boy yelled as he made it to the shoreline.

The next person was a green-haired female girl. She wore a white halter top with a fishnet shirt underneath. She also wore a white plaited skirt with fishnet leggings covering her legs. She had a red wrapping around her shoulders and chest over to her back to wrap around what the girl in the lake assumed to be a weapon. She had her village headband around her upper arm above the armlets she wore. "Fu," was all that the girl said as she walked over to the other two.

A black-haired man with pale skin walked up to the shoreline with a flute in his hands. He wore a blue kimono tied with a red sash at the waist to hide the sandals he wore as well as the green casing for his flute. "They call me Utakata. It's very nice to meet you," he said politely standing next to Fu.

Next up was a male that wore all red and black. He wore red armor over his body and had a red mask covering the bottom half of his face. All the girl could make out were the somewhat red eyes on his face. He had on black gloves as well as black sashes that were wound into his clothes and armor. "My name is Han," the male said with a polite bow as he stood next to Utakata.

Wearing dark pink and brown armor, another male showed up. He wore grey gloves on his hands and the armor covered most of his body. The girl could tell that he trained a lot thanks to the weapon pouches that she could make out under the armor. "Roshi is what they call me," he said jumping towards the shoreline and landing next to Han.

A boy with grayish hair and a purple line from his left eye to his chin walked up next shaking his head at the previous one's actions. He wore a black shirt as well as shorts with a belt to keep his katana. He wore a green scarf around his neck and wore his headband around his waist like a belt. "You may call me Yagura," he said nodding his head in acknowledgement which was reciprocated by the girl.

A dark blonde-haired girl walked up. She wore a purple tank top along with a black plaited skirt. She had black armlets along with bandages around her legs. Her headband was around her forehead as well and she walked up with a stern look as she said, "Yugito."

The last one to walk up was a red-haired boy with the kanji for love on his forehead. He was wearing a red t-shirt as well as red shorts. He wore a brown belt along with a few bags of what she thought was sand if she was hearing the sound of the sand swishing around correctly. He quickly walked over to Yugito hiding behind her leg before peeping out and saying, "Gaara."

The girl smiled before walking over to them all quickly which made the nine back up just as quick. The girl stopped a few feet in front of them with a confused look. Then her face lit up in realization at what she had done in order to scare them off. Rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, she said, "Sorry about that. I'm always excited when I meet a new friend. Like I said my name is Rose. It's nice to meet you all…Jinchuuriki."

The nine tensed up before pulling starting to run away from the lake back to their respective villages leaving behind a girl with a confused look on her face. They didn't hear her say, "I was just going to help…"

Author's Note: On my profile is a poll for whichever story you people want me to work on. Included on the poll are six of the stories I'm currenty working on including: Dragon's Master, Half-Breed, and four other new stories whose summaries are on my profile page. Please vote and I'll get started on writing those when summer vacation comes around. I wil start posting them as soon as I finish posting up Beasts Within. The poll will be up for however long until all those stories are good to be posted. Please vote and hope you enjoyed the chapter~