I got a review mentioning that foxes being hunted 'cuz of the Kyuubi attack wasn't believable. Kid, if you're readin' this, then think about how the villagers act towards Naruto: an innocent boy, ostracized because he holds a demon in his body and he had no clue, then tell me how far fetched the villagers killing foxes is. Kyuubi's a fox, 'therefore' all foxes must be servants to the demon that destroyed Konoha. That's the villagers' mindset, because they don't understand shit 'bout shinobi goin's on. Also, Kirigakure's Mizukage was a jinchuuriki, if the people made even an indirect offense towards him, they'd be dead. And slugs are every-fuckin'-where, killing them wouldn't 'ave made a difference. They were in the middle of a civil war to boot. Plus, in Konoha, where are the foxes? That village's environment is paradise for foxes to thrive in, and yet...There are none, put 2 and 2 together yourself, how unbelievable is it now?

Sorry 'bout that, I use logic behind my stories as much as possible. So someone questionin' my work makes me somewhat pissy. If I made the reader who mentioned that mad, I'm sorry, but ye questioned my work and seemed to get the impression that I'm not makin' my story as believable as possible! That gets me agitated easily. Rant aside, enjoy!

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'Quoting for character(s') perception'

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Naruto was, quite literally, between a rock and a hard place. Since Shino lost and they had only three competitors left, the finals continued. Naruto, Fuu, and Gaara moved up through the competitors like they were nothing. Now, they were having a three-way battle. And was it painful for all of them; Fuu was getting cut and bashed by the boys, Gaara couldn't keep up with Naruto and he was unable to crush Fuu, Naruto had to keep running from sand trying to crush him and an angry Fuu's brute force.

At the moment, he was being flattened by sand against the wall. That is, until the sand moved out of the way to throw a mid-punching Fuu at him. "SHIT!" Just before her fist landed in his face, he pushed himself into the fist's direction and grabbed it then used the momentum and confusion to slam Fuu to the ground. The genjutsu was in place and it was playing a tune thy'd never heard. (Cue: FMAB opening 1-Again) That played for about thirty minutes as the three of them just got warmed up and screwed around. Then it was a song from the 90s. (Cue: Eiffel 65-Move your body)

That's when shit got real. Fuu's armor as well as wings and singular-true tail came came into existence, Gaara's sand became a sphere that turned into his tanuki sand cloak, while Naruto's body glowed orange as he turned into his single-tailed fox with fiery fur. It was calm for a few moments, like thy were waiting for a signal, and then they charged! Naruto's four legs were a blur, Fuu's wings could only be seen in instances and those were shorter than a second, and Gaara ran on four legs as the cloak completely covered his body while the rest of the sand was converging on the other two of them. Before the match started, the three of them made sure to reinforce the barrier Naruto created by using what they had. Fuu's beetles were charged with the Nanabi's chakra, Gaara's sand was minutely-possessed by Shukaku and the sand was in the shape of tanuki. The manifestations of power joined the foxes on top of the walls, some of the tanuki were carried by the beetles and others ran up the walls.

Time slowed down around the stadium; this was a battle of the ages, three jinchuuriki in the same village and they were about to fight for the rank of chuunin as well as their respective village's honor. The audience was now very scared of the demon joining forces with its kin and turning on them, after it had been lying in wait for so long. The world returned to normal with Gaara's sand creating a field of spikes that were crushed ran around. With each dodge, break or bulldoze through the spikes were larger and sharper ones taking the originals' place. Then Fuu's armor seemed to change as it glowed a blindingly-bright green.

The beetles still in her cylinder swarmed around her, making a cyclone of her power and the Nanabi's. Any and all insects outside the barrier were buzzing and trying to enter the dome where their lord and master was, getting everyone on edge. Gaara's loping stopped suddenly as his tail lengthened and hit his opponents. The large tail of sand hit Naruto, before he burst through it and Fuu just flew over it. Before the other two knew what hit them, Fuu exhaled a large quantity of a fine powder into the arena and called out "Hiden: Rinpungakure no Jutsu!" Out of the blue, there was a blinding light for the two male jinchuuriki while outside of the barrier it was just a weak camera flash.

Naruto's eyesight gone, he was relying on his other senses. Smell: I caught Fuu's scent! It smells like insect pheromones and a waterfall...Okay then! Gaara's scent is blood and sand, no surprise. Fuu almost had the fox-boy, had he not sidestepped and kept running at an equally blinded Gaara. It's a good thing my Bijuu's techincally an apex predator huh Kyuubi? "Indeed it is Ningen, Shukaku always was in the desert where eyesight and hearing were essential or you'd die. And he was never subtle in his ways, this seems to have passed onto his vessel. C-Nanabi! On the other hand has always lived in and around the waterfall village where he could 'get lucky' during mating season. This means that his vessel's sense of smell will be a dominant feature in her fighting style, so stay on your toes. I won't have any vessel of mine lose to my brethren and sister!"

If I didn't know any better, I'd think you cared a little bit! "Focus on the fight, you insolent brat!" There's the Kyuubi I know and live with! Hey, how can the Nanabi mate with other insects? You guys are enormous animals! "Will your questions never end?! We're able to temporarily posses one of our mortal species and through them produce our children, that answer your incessant questions!" Thank you Kyuubi! The chipper 'tone' in his 'voice' made the large fox growl irritably, when Naruto came back to reality and ran headfirst into Gaara. Naruto's body changed again, this time he was his human self, but his cloak had physical qualities as well. The fox's teeth were in front of his mouth and the hair on his head grew longer to reach the tail. (Like with Hollow masks acting as a shield and not moving with each word, so too is this cloak version's teeth.)

Fuu and Gaara, as well as all those gathered to watch, were confused. Why'd his form change again? What does this accomplish? These questions pestered everyone, and then, he attacked. Naruto disappeared from sight and reappeared next to Gaara, whom he kicked into the west wall of the arena. "I feel amazing! Our strengths are two and one, let's go! We're not one and the same, we are two and different beings! VERSION 1, POWER FUSION/FUSION!" Naruto's voice was intertwined with Kyuubi's, not that the majority of the younger generation knew this, and his jutsu of sorts surprised everyone.

The two jinchuuriki and their tenants thought the same thing, He's found a way to merge its power/ with his own/own! (I'm not good with overlappin' dialogue, sorry) Naruto turned his attention to the hovering Fuu, and the ground underneath his feet cracked and made a crater then he leaped and knocked her out of the sky! Landing while making another crater, he looked to the two reasserting jinchuuriki to which he charged. He appeared next to Fuu with a small orb f chakra in his fox teeth, he widened his mouth and held it in his mouth before firing at point blank range.

Naruto's attack hit Fuu, and oh did it hurt. Her armor looked like it was starting to fade and her body was scratched up all over. The Kyuubi jnchuuriki turned to a startled Gaara and did the same before he could try to escape. When neither of the other two moved, Naruto ran over to the two demon vessels to find they were indeed fine and just unconscious. Lowering the enormous fox tails and returning the false-kitsune to the scrolls in his sleeves, he ushered the sand-tanuki and the beetles to their respective master.

After that was through, Genma called it, "WINNER, UZUMAKI NARUTO!" Naruto shook his head and whispered something in Genma's ear, "CORRECTION! WINNERS, THE JINCHUURIKI!" The crowd was silent, getting Naruto to frown in a depressed manner, when an explosion shook the stadium. The other two jinchuuriki awoke as more explosions erupted throughout the village, "WHAT'S HAPPENING!" Fuu's frightened shout was answered by Gaara's monotone and apathetic voice.

"It has begun..." Naruto turned to him with a glare, demanding answers as he leaked killer intent. "My father agreed to help the Otokage invade Konoha." Naruto turned to the Kage box and saw, Orochimaru wearing the Kazekage's robes. The other two followed his stare and in synchronization, all three of them released a shit ton of killer intent. The chakra they released was visible, and as they stood in a triangle, the shape of a three magatama circling each other was formed.

Orochimaru and the Hokage appeared on the roof of the Kage box and a barrier formed around them, a battle ensuing shortly after. Naruto looked to his friends with a stern face on, an aura of commander about him as he gave them instructions. "Fuu, gather the civilians and get them to a safe place, if they argue carry them there! Gaara, help her out and if you run into any Oto-nin, have your bloody-way with them!" They nodded before running off to do as he said, while he transformed into his fusion form and loped to help his friends and surrogate family.

The first person he ran into was his sensei and teammates, "What's the situation?" They looked shocked at his serious demeanor but shook it off, focusing on the problem at hand, "There are Oto-nin everywhere and they just keep coming! What are you going to do that countless Konoha-nin can't?!" Naruto just looked at him with empty eyes, as if he was on autopilot, "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to be me..."

He turned away from them, crouched and began to run quadrupedal throughout the stadium like a force of nature; unstoppable. Then, to top it all of, Naruto placed his genjutsu everywhere he could and it played a song that boosted the Konoha-nin and their allies' moral. (Cue: Attack on Titan theme song!) His speed seemed to burst throughout his body as he became a blur for the naked eye. Every Otogakure he came across became nothing more than a bloody mess on whatever surface they were near. I'm going to kill them all! This is my home, and they ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!

Fuu and Gaara

"Do you think he'll be okay?" Gaara's question was emotionless, but there was just the barest glimpse of concern in his voice. Fuu's thoughts were the same, but she decided to give her best guess. "I...I'm sure he'll be fine! He beat us didn't he? He'll be fine emotionally as well as physically, he's stronger than the two of us combined, as we've seen ourselves."

Gaara looked to her and nodded, focusing once more at the task at hand. The music startled them, but it then made their adrenaline run like a stampede. The music changed and stayed on a different song this time, getting them even more pumped. (Skillet-Rise) They ran for a couple more minutes before finding a burning building, where they heard the cries of a child. Their eyes widened, they knew that sound all too well, they turned to the building and ran in with urgency in their steps. The fires roared, Gaara flooded the flames with sand every time it got too close to them and Fuu was breaking through the building's support beams with 'Screw the consequences' vibe running off of her.

What they found, was an Oto-nin holding a family hostage with a baby in his arms and (I hate myself right now, but I have to give them a better reason) with his pants down. The implications weren't lost to the two jinchuuriki and their killer intent was so oppressive that the man dropped the baby, right into Gaara's sand where it would be safe. "HEY! THAT'S MY T-!" He wasn't allowed to finish, as some of Gaara's sand and Fuu's furious fists murdered him into Hell itself.

The family looked both grateful and terrified at the same time, as Gaara handed them the infant. The mother ran to him and took the crying baby from him in an act of hatred towards them, although they didn't care. "Alright, let's go get you somewhere safer." "Like Hell we're goi-Woah!" Fuu picked up the mother and child while Gaara's sand picked up the father and son. The Ichibi jinchuuriki spoke in an almost irritated voice, "There's no time to argue..."

The argument over, the two heroes ran out of the house with the family and to find any other people in danger. While they did this, the jinchuuriki had similar thoughts, Is this what it means to...Care for someone other than myself? Fuu's thoughts were correlated to that train of thought, This is what it feels like to help and be a hero? I like it, I can see why Naruto-kun does these good things now...He want's to help, and he won't take no for an answer.

Naruto

Naruto ran to the infirmary with Team 7, they needed all the help they could get and the injured were in danger. When they reached the infirmary, they found Kankuro out of bed with Temari fighting Oto-nin. Naruto ran at the enemy shinobi, hatred in his eyes as he tore them apart. The rest of Team 7 went around getting the injured somewhere safer. Turning to the siblings, Naruto made his dominance clear.

"Get the civilians and injured out of here, get back here as soon as you can! GO!" Kankuro nodded and made to help Team 7, Temari lingered with Naruto and made it clear she wasn't leaving when he looked to her. "I'm not leaving you to fight on your own, I owe you for helping my brother and I can't just do nothing when you're in combat after what you've done! I'm going with you." Naruto looked at her with a critical eye for a second, before turning into a two-tailed fox and getting her on his back. He touched a tail to her forehead and to her heart, and she heard his thoughts.

I go fast, so hold on tight and don't you dare let go! Nodding to him once, he removed his tails from her head and heart and he ran...

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I'm...an evil bastard, I know and I'm not ashamed of this. Cliffies are fun, 'cuz writers can keep readers hooked, not the point though. I'm feelin' a little shitty, and I probably won't update for a few days. Sorry for the short chapter, but I couldn't keep writin' without forcin' it. SEE YA!