Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto I would be Japanese, I am not Japanese therefore I do not own Naruto…
Sorry, Logic classes really messed with my head.
I have hit a little bit of road block in my writing so I have decided to use some suggestions from my reviewers and create a bit a of filler chapter… just until I manage to get over my writers block.
Chapter: The Secrets Out
Time passed by swiftly for Naruto. It had already been three months since Hime had entered the ninja academy and she was certainly all the better for it. She was slowly but surely opening up to the world, something that didn't go unnoticed by her family. Everyone wondered what the real cause of her change was. Was it her friends, her friends, or her pet fox Naruto that always was by her side unless it was Wednesday or Thursday, Naruto had to stay home on those days. No one knew but no one dug too deep lest Hime withdrew back into her shell.
On the demon front, Naruto had almost perfected his human form; he just was waiting on his third tail to emerge. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't seem to get the darn thing to appear. 'Maybe I'm doing something wrong,' he thought o himself.
Anyways, enough about that lets head on over to the ninja academy where Hime was having a dilemma.
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Hinata sighed for what had to be the hundredth time that morning. "What's wrong Hinata," a rather loud voice asked.
Turning towards the source of the voice she saw a blond haired girl, her hair tied up in twin ponytails, sparkling blue eyes and a toothy grin. "Oh Naoko(1)," Hinata stuttered (I suck at writing out Hinata's stutter so just imagine that it's there), "I am just worried about Naruto. We have that week long field trip coming up and my family is going to be in Suna for a diplomatic mission. Also, everyone else's families are busy so I am having a little bit of trouble finding someone to look after him while I'm away."
Naoko tilted her head to the side and asked, "But don't you, like, have a ton of servants?"
"Yes," Hinata replied, "But he doesn't really get along with them for some reason."
At that moment Naruto was trying to escape said servants as they chased him all over the compound in order to give him a bath. Normally he liked bath time, because Hime would always be the one to bathe him, but when she wasn't around, the task fell to the servants and they were fairly rough with him, acting like he was some sort of little plush toy that needed to be squeezed and petted 24/7.
"Well in that case," Naoko grinned, "I could always ask my family to look after him for you."
"You don't have to go to so much trouble," Hinata started to say before Naoko cut her off.
"Nonsense! My family will love him, and I am sure he will get along just fine with my Ototo."
"Thanks Naoko," Hinata said as she smiled softly.
"No problem. After all, what are friends for," Naoko responded.
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'NO! DON'T LEAVE ME HIME,' Naruto mentally cried as Hime walked away from him, trying to escape the clutches of a fiery haired woman. "Don't you worry about a thing Hinata-chan," the woman said as she restrained the hysteretic ball of fluff, "We'll take good care of him!"
With that she walked through the door behind her and closed it with a click, making sure she locked it.
Sobbing, Naruto thought, 'How could she just leave me like that?! Why would she leave me?! Why?! WH-Wait a moment… Why does this place smell so familiar?"
He looked around the room where the women had deposited him. It was much more brightly furnished than the Hyuuga household that's for sure, and for some reason it smelled heavenly… but still not as good smelling as Hime however. "Fox," a quiet voice came before him. Turning to look, Naruto spotted a red haired little boy, probably no older than the Brat. The child just looked at him with eyes full of curiosity, and then, the boy picked up a small rubber ball nearby and turned to him and said, "Wanna play?"
"Rikuto(2)," the woman said from the other room, "make sure you play nice with Naruto, ok?"
"Hai okaasan," Rikuto called back then once again asked Naruto if he wanted to play.
Sighing, Naruto nodded his head slightly and thought, 'Might as well play along. At least until I figure out why this scent is so familiar."
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"Honey I'm home," a voice called out from the front door.
"Oh good your back," Spitfire, because of her fiery attitude, called back, "That son of yours has been driving me up the walls ever since he got a new playmate."
"A new playmate," the voice asked, "Who would that be?"
"Why, Hinata-chan's pet fox, Naruto remember? We promised to look after him while she and her family were away," she answered.
"Oh yes, now I remember," the voice responded, and finally we see who it was. It was Alpha!
'So that's why this place smelled so familiar,' Naruto thought as he gazed at the only human that he could honestly say that he respected… other then Hime of course but that was more of an affectionate feeling rather than respect.
"Why hello there Naruto," Alpha said with a stunning smile, "Have you been playing nice with my little Rikuto?"
"Hai otousan," Rikuto, or as Naruto decided to call him, Chibi-Alpha, responded with what would have been an equally stunning smile if it wasn't for the fact that he was missing one of his front teeth. That kind of ruined the effect.
"Say otousan, could you summon Gamakichi to play with us too," Chibi-Alpha asked innocently.
'NOT GOOD,' Naruto thought as he saw Alpha nod, bite his thumb, run through hand signs, then with a slam of his hand to the floor, a puff of smoke appeared and in the center of it was a small orange toad.
"Yo," the toad said with a wave of one webbed foot, "How ya doi-WHY IS THERE A DEMON HERE?!?" He pointed accusingly at Naruto.
'Deffinetly not good,' Naruto thought as both Alpha and Spitfire turned on him.
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"Now I want you to answer me truthfully," Alpha said from the outside of a large diagram that had Naruto bound in the middle by chains imbued with chakra, "And don't act dumb. I know you understand me and can reply. So tell me, what reason does a demon have to be reduced to being the pet of the Hyuuga heiress?"
Sighing Naruto responded, "Because she was the one who named me." His mouth didn't move but sound still came out.
"What do you mean 'Named you,'" Alpha asked fingering a kunai.
"You may want to sit down for this," Naruto replied, "It's a long story.
With that, Naruto began the long and dreary process of explaining all about demon custom, the naming process, and just how he came to be in the care of Hime.
"Alright," Alpha said, "But tell me, who is this Hime you keep referring too? And while you're at it, who are Clone One, Clone two, Angel and Brat.
"Hime is Hime," Naruto said like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "She is the daughter of Clone One and Angel, older sister to the Brat. As for Clone Two, he's the brother of Clone One.
"Ok so if Hinata is Hime then that would make Hiashi…," Alpha suddenly started to chuckle. Spitfire, who had been observing from the sidelines, however had fallen to the floor, holding her sides in pain as she laughed her lungs out.
After what seemed like forever, Spitfire calmed down long enough for Naruto to continue, he said, "So now that you know my intentions, Alpha, would you kindly free me. My tail has been stuck in the most uncomfortable position for the past twenty minutes.
"Alpha huh," Alpha grinned at the sound of his nickname, "I could live with that." With that he freed Naruto and Spitfire walked up to him and gave him an evil grin, "Now you better not try anything funny while you are living with us."
"I wouldn't dream of it Spitfire," Naruto replied calmly.
Spitfire lunged angrily at him and Alpha had to restrain her, "KUSHINA! STOP! WE PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF HIM NOT KILL HIM REMEMBER!" Although secretly he found the name fitting, but didn't say so out loud because doing so would be hazardous to his health.
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(1) Naoko means "Honest, Straight, and Child"
(2) Rikuto means "Land, and Person"
Not as long as I would have hoped but I promise that the next chapter will be better and longer. It's just a temporary set back so please continue to be patient with me.
I hope you enjoyed this update of Son of Kyuubi. Next time we will take a look at how Naruto interacts with the Namikaze family now that his secret is out.