Daughter of the Kitsune Chapter 3: Encounters
In this chapter we will be showing a small fight scene between the Konoha ninja, several Oto grunts and an Akatsuki member. After that we will be zooming in on Naruko's group and have them run into the Konoha team in a resort. That's all for now.
The pairing is Naruko x Minato Reincarnation; Tenten x Juugo; Oc Touko x Undecided
I do not own Naruto.
One week after meeting in Hokage's Office; Southern Area of the Land of Hot Springs
Naruko sighed happily with a look of relief covering her face as she sank into the hot spring of the hotel she and her adopted sisters had decided to stay at, the foxy teenager always wondering how she had never heard of this before on the mountain… forgetting that her mother had often times tried to shelter her from the outside world…
Sitting in the pool at her side with a relaxed smile on her face was Tenten, who had her brown locks resting on her shoulders.
"I can't believe Kaa-chan never told me about this before…" Naruko muttered getting a smirk from Tenten since her father used to take her to the Konoha hot springs after a hard day in the forge all the time before they left to go live with the Uzumaki clan members.
"She probably didn't want to make you wonder about the outside world too much Naruko-nee," Touko's voice echoed in their heads. "After all Kushina-Okaachan was very protective of you."
The foxy girl merely groaned as she felt the heat soak into her soft skin and muscles, while she loved the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero with everything she had, the young woman hated it that the older redhead had chosen to protect her from almost everything of the outside world… The proof being how Tenten and Touko often had to correct her when she was speaking or looking at things that caught her interest, as well as the fact that it wasn't ok to strip out in public like she used to do with her 'sisters' when they ran around the mountain… those dirty old men certainly loved that sight back in the first town they had entered…
Just as much as Tenten loved beating the hell out of them for one lewd comment too many being sent in the direction of her adopted sister…
Despite the situation that had caused however, she had loved the immediate blush that flared on Tenten's face when everyone turned to look at her and her comrades.
"Meh," Naruko muttered as she leaned down further into the pool. "I know she loved me and all, but she didn't need to shelter me that much…"
Tenten shrugged as she rubbed her hands over her sore thighs from all the walking they had done for the past few days to reach this area. "Well, at least now you know what to do and what not to do in public Naru-chan," she groaned out as she remembered the same stripping scene as her 'sister' that had transpired in the first town they had encountered.
The redhead grunted again as she blushed an atomic red that would make a certain Hyuuga back in Konoha proud while sinking into the water further much to her 'sister's amusement.
"So what are we planning on doing once we leave, Tenten-chan?" Touko asked as she looked at a blonde haired woman with a hime haircut entering the hot spring, a blush growing on her face at the sight of the woman's massive breasts that would make many a girl look down in shame…
The woman being followed by a younger darker skinned, redhead that looked to have a billboard for a chest and ironically sending envious looks to the blonde.
"Hmm," the brunette muttered as she ran a hand over her large, yet modest chest with an envious glare at the buxom women surrounding her, much to Naruko and Touko's amusement. "Maybe we could head towards the Land of Waves, I heard they have become very prosperous after they were saved from some tyrant businessman named Gabo or something like that, the only other options would be the Lands of Fire or Rice right now, and I would rather stay out of the Land of Rice since apparently they are in the middle of a civil war right now after their shinobi village's leader was killed by some famous Konoha team."
"Why not visit Wave?" Naruko asked as she turned to look at her 'sister', "I heard from one of the hotel waiters last night that they have the best sushi that you can get in the Elemental Nations."
Touko immediately perked up at the mention of her favorite food and looked almost expectantly at Tenten, who groaned since she knew that the bluenette wouldn't budge an inch without being enticed by something else that she liked, just like if ramen had been mentioned, Naruko wouldn't let her live peacefully until she got a hold of the 'Divine Gift from the Gods', it was truly an addiction ingrained in the DNA of the Uzumaki clan members. "Fine we'll go to the Land of Waves," she said as she glared at the blue haired girl. "Though I still don't know how you eat so much and yet stay so thin."
Naruko snorted as she poked and prodded Touko's large breasts with an amused smile at the blush forming on her shy 'sister's face. "It all goes to her tits Tenten-chan, how else would they be so big."
"Naru-chan…" Touko whined as she tried to get away from the fox girl's prodding finger and revealed her perfect body as she stood up making the dark skinned girl on the other side of the pool twitch in annoyance at the sight of more people with breasts that were much bigger than her (non-existent) own.
"We'll stay here for a bit first though," Tenten said as she looked at the two frolicking girls while trying to ignore their bouncing breasts that were clearly bigger than hers, inwardly glad she wasn't flat like a board like the dark skinned girl, unknowingly making the kunoichi's twitch get worse. "I haven't been to a hot spring in so long…"
Seven miles south of team Uzumaki's position; three hours later
Minato Senju, son of the Godaime Hokage and heir of Konoha's prestigious Senju clan, growled angrily as he dodged yet another strike from the camo covered Oto ninja that he was currently fighting. Everything had been going so well when he and Tenzo had subdued the enraged Yonbi with their Mokuton and they had been prepared to seal it into a small pot for the trip back to Konoha where they would put it into a new Jinchuuriki of Jiraiya's choosing. When they were suddenly attacked by several Oto shinobi that wanted the beast for the Civil War that was consuming their country and to top it all off, an Akatsuki member that seemed to have a fetish for black tentacles came in shortly after the fight began in an attempt to capture the beast for his own organization.
Looking at his current assailant that was falling towards him with a tanto in his hand, the Senju clasped his hands together and said, "Mokuton: Cutting Sprigs Technique!"
His opponent gave a gargled scream before his body was riddled with branches upon being impaled by a shaft of wood that appeared from behind Minato, his body erupting in an explosion of blood and viscera as well as tree roots shortly thereafter as the Senju heir jumped to aid his pink haired teammate in fending off three enemy shinobi.
His other teammate, Sasuke, was fighting side by side with Seto against the Akatsuki member that they had found out was named Kakuzu, one of the most dangerous missing ninja ever reported from Takigakure and supposedly the Banker for the Akatsuki if his moans and groans about his comrades Diedara and Kisame wasting money was any indication.
Leaping forward, Minato removed the head of one of the shinobi attacking Sakura and smiled at his teammate, "You alright Sakura-chan?"
All he received was a nod from the pinkette just before she sprayed the surrounding area with another man's brains as she slammed her fist into his skull, once she landed she turned her jade green eyes towards her younger teammate.
"As good as I can be during an ambush," the spunky medic said sarcastically as she pounded her other fist into the ground to knock the other Oto ninja off balance.
He immediately saw Hiyori capitalize on her chance by slitting the enemy ninja's throat while Miyuki proceeded to disembowel another with a swipe of her medical chakra covered hand.
"Mokuton: Iron Tree Spike!" The descendant of Hashirama Senju exclaimed as he clasped his hands together and impaled the enemy sneaking up on his former sensei, where the man stood by the four tailed Biju, using a large amount of chakra to just contain the semi-conscious Biju with his Mokuton while Miyuki and Hiyori moved to deal with the final Oto ninja.
Nodding to Sakura, they exchanged a silent conversation before rushing over to join their final teammate and his comrade in the battle against the S-rank missing ninja.
"Mokuton: Tree Pillar Technique!" Minato shouted as he came to stand beside Sasuke and his attack forced the man back towards the trees.
"What took you baka's so long?" Sasuke snapped in annoyance as he looked over at his blond teammate, glad to finally have a break because apparently even if you have been proclaimed as a borderline S-rank ninja with the title of Black Lion, fighting an actual S-rank shinobi with over a century of experience was extremely tiring.
"Hehe, sorry about that teme," Minato chuckled and sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "I was startled by the ambush and the one that attacked me was surprisingly strong for a member of that boy loving hentai's former village."
"Hn," the Uchiha grunted as he turned back to face the Akatsuki member. "Well Seto and I have managed to destroy two of the hearts his Kinjutsu allows him to use. Other than that, he is still able to use Fire, Wind and Earth jutsu."
Minato nodded as he formulated a plan with Sakura and Sasuke, having learned about this particular jutsu from his clan archives of when the man before them had fought with his great grandfather Hashirama, the Shodaime Hokage.
Straightening up as Kakuzu came back to where he had been standing in his fight with the Uchiha and the Fire Daimyo's nephew; they got into their team's first formation.
"Hmm, Konoha's infamous Team Seven; the Black Lion of the Uchiha, the Earthshaking Cherry Blossom and Minato of the Great Forest," the black/green eyed man said with a greedy smirk covering his grotesque lips. "All three of you have rather high bounties on your heads, especially if turned in together…"
"Hn, like you could actually cash in on that check when facing all three of us, let alone two if your performance against me was any indication…" Sasuke said with his traditional Uchiha smirk. "Are you two ready?"
"Yes Sasuke-kun/Whenever you are Teme," Sakura and Minato said with smirks on their faces while Seto moved back in order to get out of the way of the four remarkably powerful shinobi. Quickly running through several hand signs, Sasuke gave a loud shout, "Lightning Style: Thunder God Bow."
Then he made another sign.
"Lightning Style: Arrow of Heaven!"
Reaching forward, the Uchiha grasped the air, forming an arc of lightning chakra in front of him and acting like he was pulling a bowstring back, an arrow of a slightly different color formed on the string and it was launched towards the multi-element user after he got it to a certain length.
Said Akatsuki member dodged out of the way, his undead eyes widening slightly when the lightning tore through the thick trees behind him like toilet paper for what seemed like half a mile before running through his own hand signs. "Wind Style: Air Press-"
Whatever he was going to say was interrupted when Sakura slammed her fist into the ground, throwing him off balance as a miniature earthquake ensued with slabs of earth uprooting and Minato raced forwards with his favorite katana in hand while performing one handed seals with his left hand. "Mokuton: Ankle Spike Technique!"
Wooden spikes shot out of the ground at Kakuzu's feet and made the near century old man exclaim loudly in pain at the feeling of the spikes of wood cutting right through his earth skin defense at his ankles.
Growling in anger at the constant abuse he had been getting on what was supposed to be a simple mission, the S-ranked shinobi smashed the wood holding him by the feet and jumped away to check his bleeding calves.
"Hn…" He muttered as his Kinjutsu sealed up the wound and he glared over at the Mokuton-using Tokubetsu Jounin. "You are going to have to do better than that Senju-san."
Minato smirked and used both hands to point off to his sides make the man look in both directions before his eyes widened when he noticed that the Haruno and Uchiha of the team had disappeared from their spots behind the boy. He immediately bent forward to dodge the punch coming towards his back from the pink haired Haruno, only to be impaled when a Chokuto covered in lightning chakra slammed into his chest, cutting through his personal heart and ending his Earth chakra manipulation. "Gahh…!"
Their individual attacks done, Minato's teammates jumped away from the man when the tentacle beast wearing the wind mask swiped at them and blood poured from the abomination's mouth at the loss of his heart.
"Water Style: Underwater Spike Trap Technique!" Minato shouted as he finished making hand signs while the man and his constructs were distracted. They paid for it as a large spike of water flew out of the ground beneath the Fire mask construct and slammed into its mask, shattering the porcelain and forcing it to fall in its death throes.
Unfortunately he wasn't able to get the wind mask with the other spikes…
"Dammit…" Kakuzu snarled as he immediately called his only remaining heart back into his body. 'I need to get out of here and get more hearts…'
He then jumped away from the battle to escape from his opponents, only for them to immediately follow as he stumbled slightly from his earlier wounds to his ankles.
"Wind Style: Serial Air Blades!" The Akatsuki banker roared, hurling blades of wind from his uncovered mouth as he attempted to keep them away from him.
Sakura merely grunted in pain when a blade cut into her shoulder along with many of the trees and the ground around the squad, before her hand became covered in medical chakra and she sealed the wound before making signs for her own jutsu. "Earth Style: Boulder Rush!"
While it wasn't a particularly strong jutsu, it did manage to distract the man and throw him away from them down the side of the hill they had come upon in their chase while getting closer and closer to a nearby village.
The Akatsuki banker snarled at the kunoichi and lashed out with his arm, making it detach and launch towards the pinkette where it proceeded to grab her by the neck before she could react and slammed her into her approaching Uchiha teammate.
"Crap!" Sakura exclaimed as she was caught by Sasuke and Minato slashed downward with his katana, severing the threads connecting the hand to the man's body.
His response for that action was another growl of anger before the man performed one handed signs, "Wind Style: Wind Bullet!"
Minato was forced to move out of the way and barreled into his teammates just as they were getting up to avoid being added to the crater the bullet formed. The blond Senju proceeded to groan as he sat up and watched as their adversary got further and further away.
"Dammit come on!" He exclaimed, "We can't let him get away!"
Further up ahead while Team Seven were getting back to their feet, Kakuzu smirked as his severed hand reattached itself via the tendrils of his earth grudge. He soon came to a stop and hid behind one of the larger trees just outside the civilian village.
This was the only time he wished that he hadn't killed his last partner… that way he could throw the blood-sucking cannibal at them while he escaped.
'Hmm,' the zombie of Akatsuki thought as he placed a hand over the stab wound where his original heart would be that had been inflicted upon him by the Uchiha. 'It's been about twenty-five years since I was this low on hearts… I should locate some high ranking shinobi soon so I can collect more and maybe add a few rarities in… Suna's Scorch Release has always fascinated me.'
His black and green eyes immediately widened before he leapt away from the tree he was hiding behind when it began to move unnaturally in an attempt to ensnare him and he knew without having to look up that his opponents had found him.
"Ya know it is kind of stupid to hide from a Mokuton-user in a forest…" Minato said as he looked at the zombie man with a raised eyebrow when team Seven finally came into view.
"I guess so…" Kakuzu said before he once again smirked. "However you are going to have to do better than that, little Senju."
With that said, the man immediately ran through hand signs as Sasuke and Sakura rushed him before puffing out his cheeks. "Wind Style: Concussion Air Cannon Technique!"
The two shinobi were immediately thrown back only for their teammate to catch them with the trees surrounding them. They looked back up to see the stitch clad man running towards the town in yet another bid to escape.
"Shit, we can't fight to our fullest with all the civilians around… Mokuton: Iron Thorns Technique!" Minato shouted, forming a barrier of wooden thorns before the man, though Kakuzu immediately formed a blade of wind around his hand to cut through it.
"Fire Style: Grand Fireball technique!" Sasuke shouted, only for his attack to miss as the red cloud covered man moved behind a building and headed further into the town. "Shit…"
Minato quickly walked into the village with his teammates at his back while creating several shadow clones. "Spread out and keep an eye on all exits."
Many of his clones gave him a salute before rushing off to secure their posts. Turning to his teammates his face turned completely serious. "Now then, keep an eye out, we can't let him harm any of the civilians."
"Yes sir!"
Front of Juhi Mizu Inn; Five Minutes later
Naruko sighed happily with content lacing her voice as she stretched while she along with Tenten and Touko walked out of the inn they had been staying at. "So what do you guys want to do now?"
"How about we go see that Princess Gale movie thing that one of the other guests was talking about," Touko said inside the other two's heads. "It sounds like fun…"
Tenten nodded as she looked at her fellow teenage girls, "Sounds like a good idea and we can grab a bite to eat before we come back to pack for our trip to Wave."
Naruko nodded along with Touko before she started walking towards the movie theater their fellow guest had told them about. Unfortunately their first ever movie would have to wait as she was immediately thrown into the side of a cart when something covered in red clouds and moving fast barreled into her from the alley she was walking in front of.
"Well, well what do we have here?"
"What the…?"
"Well, well what do we have here?" Kakuzu asked as he stared down at the girl with fox ears and a bushy white tail sticking out the back of her skirt that he had just run into, hearing a loud noise he turned to see Minato bursting out the alley he had just been in with his teammate's right behind him.
"Crap…" He said as the three Konoha shinobi moved towards him, he quickly grabbed hold of the fox girl's throat and held her up before him while his other arm wrapped around her stomach under her ample breasts with a kunai in his hand much to the startled cries of the girl's friends and the uncertainty of Team Seven.
"Don't come any closer or I'll kill the girl," he snarled as several tendrils came out of his left arm with sharpened tips coming to a rest just above the girl's jugular vein, while the hand holding the kunai pointed the blade at the point where it would slide through her ribs into her lung if pushed.
"Shit…" Minato cursed as he tried to think of a way past the way he was holding the girl as a shield.
The son of the Godaime immediately lowered his blade while motioning for Sasuke and Sakura to do the same. "Ok, don't hurt her."
He then slowly laid his sword on the ground and held his hands apart to show that he wasn't going to perform any jutsu.
"Back up to the wall behind you," Kakuzu growled, his mood rather spoiled, he just wanted this day to end and hopefully have a couple new hearts to replace the ones he lost, was that too much to fucking ask for!?
Team Seven immediately complied while Tenten and Touko stood off to the side with looks of terror on their faces while they watched their 'sister' be held captive by the strange man, the older of the two barely stopping herself from summoning the sword given to her by Kushina to try and defend her 'sister'.
"Now I am going to slowly move towards the gates of this stupid village and leave," Kakuzu said as he glared at the team that had cost him four hearts in a single battle. "If you follow me I will kill this little bitch; however if you leave me be, I will leave her on the hill just outside the village-grrk!"
Whatever else he was about to say was interrupted as a sword of sharpened wood pierced through the right side of his torso, just barely missing the shocked Naruko's bare shoulder. "Wh-What…?"
The Immortal of the Akatsuki spat blood out as he turned his head towards the person that stabbed him to find Tenzo standing behind him with a wooden blade in his hand, the black tendrils of the Earth Grudge Fear spasming from where they were next to Naruko's neck as his final heart was destroyed in the attack.
"My apologies, but we of the Hidden Leaf don't negotiate with missing ninja and members of terrorist organizations," Yamato said neutrally as the Akatsuki member fell to the ground with a few spasms before his last heart finally stopped and the man finally died after a long century of life.
"What took you so long Yamato-sensei?" Minato asked just as Miyuki, Hiyori and Seto came into view, all three bandaged up from their fights.
"Oh, I am so sorry that I was late," the elder wood user deadpanned with a sarcastic tone as he looked at his former student. "But I had to seal the Biju into the pot we brought by myself and it was kind of hard to do since our resident Fuinjutsu user decided to run off…"
Minato chuckled sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Sorry about that Yamato-sensei…"
He then sighed, before he turned to look at the girl that had been held captive. "Sorry about all tha-"
His words stopped immediately as he took in the sight of the red haired beauty sitting before him and he found himself staring for a minute before he caught himself much to the amusement of his teammates and former sensei.
"Ah, um… My name Minato Senju," Minato said shyly as he tried to gain control of himself as he extended a hand to help the girl up, a deep blush blossoming over his face as she looked up at him with her beautiful violet eyes and took his hand in her own. "Might I ask what your name is?"
"Naruko Uzumaki," Naruko said almost as shyly as she had a similar experience as Minato was having with a faint blush as she looked at the boy's forest green eyes.
What the two blushing teenagers didn't notice however was that Tenzo had perked up immediately at the mention of the girl's name and he took in the sight of her whisker marks, fox ears and bushy tail, having missed those details earlier when disposing of the nuke-nin that held her hostage.
Unfortunately for the man, Sasuke and Tenten did notice and the raven haired Jounin moved over to his current team leader to ask what was wrong while Tenten watched the older man with veiled wariness for what he had planned for her naïve sister.
Tapping her 'sister's shoulder and getting the blushing girl to jump slightly with an 'eep', she caught the redhead's attention. "C'mon Naruko-chan, we have to go if we want to catch that movie."
Naruko immediately nodded as she tried to hide her blushing face when she became aware of the people watching along with Minato as he took in the sight of the knowing smirks on Sasuke and Sakura's faces, just knowing that he was going to be the topic of a lot of teasing in the near future from the two.
"Um… it was nice to meet… you…" Naruko said as she fought down her blush. "Minato-san…"
With that she turned away and walked towards the movie theater once again with Tenten and Touko just behind her while Tenzo motioned for his team to follow him to the roof tops after the three girls got of sight. "Seto, Miyuki and Hiyori I want you three to return to the camp and keep guard over the pot." He said, adding his draconian face when the three began arguing with his orders, he was definitely turning in that report now since the Daimyo's nephew had been questioning every order given to him ever since they had arrived. "Sasuke, Sakura and Minato, you three are to stay here with me and I will fill you in on your orders."
The Anbu smiled as the three legends in the making nodded to their heads and stood silently while the other three grumbled as they ran off towards camp with the sealing pot safe inside Miyuki's pouch.
"What's this about Yamato-taicho?" Sasuke asked as he turned his onyx black eyes to their commander after making sure none of the three others had stayed behind. "Why did you react when you heard that girl's name?"
That last question peeked Minato's immediate interest and he along with Sakura turned the attention directly to their commander.
Yamato gave a sigh and rubbed his temples at his Uchiha subordinate's question that made it slightly harder to inform the three shinobi of their mission, especially given Minato's newly infatuated state with the redhead in question… if he didn't know any better, he'd say that the boy was actually a reincarnation of his namesake due to the Yondaime's own fascination of redheads.
"Alright then," Tenzo said as he sent a small glare at the team's Uchiha who for some reason had a look so innocent that he had a halo over his raven hair… he didn't believe that for an instant. "Due to a report from the Hokage, along with her features and the name she gave us. I believe that the girl that Minato-kun is infatuated with," he got an annoyed groan from said Senju. "At the moment might be the missing daughter of Kushina Uzumaki and the man you are named for, Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage."
His words got immediate looks of shock from the three teenagers and Sakura decided to speak up, "If she is the daughter of the Yondaime, then why isn't she living in Konoha with the rest of us!?"
Tenzo sighed again, wishing that he was back on guard duty since he was always awkward with explanations and theories, something his unit captain, Itachi, was so much better at… Plus Sasuke would be so much more respectful around his older brother, lest the older Uchiha humiliate him in some way in front of all their comrades via a prank he had learned from his godmother before she fled the village. "From what I was told by Godaime-sama, her mother Kushina took her away from the village after Yondaime-sama died sealing the demon fox into the girl and she overheard the former councils demanding that she either be made into a weapon or executed…"
That got the three shinobi to gasp, the three of them had always wondered why the civilian and original elder councils had been abruptly disbanded when they were barely out of their training diapers and now they knew.
"In the report, Godaime-sama tried to stop her from leaving after he felt her chakra signature outside the doors of the council chambers, but was unable to find her after she entered the forests around Konoha," Tenzo continued as he surveyed the surrounding area. "Before we left for this mission, Godaime-sama informed me that the informant that had sighted the Yonbi had also sighted a young red haired girl with fox ears, whisker marks and a tail that correspond with images of the missing infant. Our orders are to try and convince her and her companions to return to Konoha with us peacefully."
"And if she doesn't want to come with us?" Sasuke asked as he raised a black eyebrow, "Her mother may have taught her to not trust Leaf shinobi or any shinobi for that matter? I know I wouldn't after hearing what they wanted to do to a child of mine."
"I thought of that as well," Tenzo said as he gave a nod to his teammate's words. "But if she had been told about that I am sure she would have reacted a much more aversive way towards the symbol on our hitai-ites when she was being held captive or before she left."
"True," Sakura said as her jade green eyes turned to her Senju teammate to see how he was faring with the news. "But I believe that I've heard about Kushina Uzumaki in the Academy, she was an S-rank kunoichi that was once considered for the position of Yondaime, so wouldn't she have taught her daughter to hide her emotions?"
Sasuke shook his head at his former fangirl as he looked off in the direction the three girls had gone. "If that were true, she would have been able to evade Kakuzu much more easily."
"Yes," Tenzo said. "Now for the plan, we are going to wait for her and her friends to finish this movie they were talking about before we try to talk to them, I'm not sure, but I am almost positive that the brunette noticed my reaction to Naruko's name and is wary about what we might want with her friend."
The three of them nodded before he ordered them to watch the movie theater from different vantage points and they jumped off in different directions, the elder wood user almost face palming as his student landed next to the column a few feet before the doors and leaned against the stones to wait for his newly found crush.
Hey guys, here is another chapter of the Daughter of the Kitsune idea that I had. I hope ya'll give me good reviews and be honest.
As you could all see, in this chapter we have had Naru-chan and her lovely companions meet Konoha for the first time on what was a mission to secure a new Jinchuuriki for Konoha. No I haven't decided who will have the Yonbi just yet so don't ask.
That's all for now, I have to get to work in a couple of minutes.
Please review.
Iskander Mandoraekon signing off, Ja Ne.