School is out! :D Okay, so now that I have time on my hands, I should be able to continue this! This chapter focuses more on Sakura than Naruto, he will be more in the next chapter, but I wanted to get some facts out about the Ninetailed Fox and their medical knowledge, how things work, etc. before I get on with the action. So, Enjoy!

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~Kaito

I do not own Naruto! If I did, I would revise some of the medical facts...wait...I just did that! :)

"Why haven't you killed that man already? You know how much of a threat he is!" Kyuubi growled.

The girl let her head drop, "It's more complicated than that."

"It's your position to remove all threats to our kind and if-"

"I know that!" she barked. "What you don't understand is that my seal has weakened considerably. If the boy sees me, the seal will break and our village will be compromised. I'm not willing to risk the safety of this village to kill my uncle!"

Naruto sat in his seat patting his stomach with a contented smile while Sakura shook her head at the sixty now empty ramen bowls. "Naruto-san, are you finally done?" their vixen guide asked.

"Hai Ari-san. It was amazing!" he replied rubbing his belly.

The fox shook her head at the act, "Glad you enjoyed it. Now, Sakura-san and I shall be leaving you here. Silvy-chan will come get you shortly, I do advise that you do not leave this room. With Kyuubi-san removed from you for the time, there are many fox here that would not hesitate to kill you." Both Naruto and Sakura froze. "We have been betrayed by humans in the past and seeing as we live much longer than yourself, mistrust lasts longer." The fox then turned from the pair and headed toward the door, "Come along Sakura-san."

Shaking out of her stupor at the gravity of the situation they were in, she jumped to her feet and followed the fox out. "Ari-shi, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?"

The vixen chuckled a bit, "I assumed your curious mind would have you asking many things, but I had thought you might already know a bit about us. I, myself, am nearing the age of 278 in your human years, yet I equivalate to roughly that of 38. My kind generally lives to the age of 1,000 years, or the loss of our tails, whichever comes first."

"Your tails?" the pinkette was highly confused now as she studied her new sensei and noticed that she only had six tails. "Do you lose your tails if you die?"

"In a way, it's more of the concept of if we suffer an injury that will kill us, we lose a tail and all the chakra stored within that tail moves to heal the injury. Our tails store chakra independently of our own network simply for that purpose."

Sakura stared at the fox wondering how it was even possible to have a limb that was independent of the chakra network. She had always learned that the chakra network helped even with simple tasks such as walking, which is why even civilians has a chakra network. This concept went against everything she had ever learned. "How?"

"I will teach you many things during your five years here. Some of which will make you question your own knowledge and skill. We shall start with the independent chakra network." The fox replied as they neared the white doors to what looked like a medical building.

Once inside, the girl was immediately greeted by the sound of "Good Morning Ari-senpai!"

"Good morning, my fellow fox." the vixen replied, "I would like to introduce my new kohai, this is Sakura Haruno. She is here as part of an exchange with the Hidden Leaf Village, by order of the Hime, she is not to harmed. She also asks that you do not challenge her as she wishes to return the girl safely to Tsunade-san and we all know Silvy-chan's views towards Tsunade-san."

"Hai, Hai." came the reply from the group as they went back to work.

"Ari-shi, would you rather I call you sensei?" Sakura questioned the fox.

Green eyes sparkled, "So long as your manners remain in tact, you may call me whatever you wish." The pinkette nodded as she followed the fox to a door. "Stay close to me at all times, the staff will do as I ask, the patients, may try to kill you." The vixen, took this moment to change forms, now standing before her was a slim red head with green eyes and a small smile wearing a green vest that showed her white bindings and a black skirt with tall black boots. "You're still wearing the bell Silvy-chan gave you." it was more of a statement than a question."

"Hai, Ari-sensei."

It seemed that overnight, the girl had adapted to her situation, she was no longer afraid of the fox, nor the many things they were capable of doing, the red head smiled, she was liking this human already. "Good, never take it off. Silver's chakra will keep you safe from most here." And with that said, they walked through the door to see their first patient and begin the pinkette's internship.

Well? What do you think? Let me know! I'll try to get the next chapter out sometime in June, but got some stuff going on first, so we shall see.

Honorifics:

-shi is used when speaking to an authority that you do not know.

-senpai as you may recognize, is used when refering to your senior.

kohai is used when refering to a junior

-sama is in reference to someone with a much higher rank than yourself.

sensei of course is teacher.