Chapter 12: Chapter Twelve
Summary:
Naruto gets his camping trip and gets the shock of his life. Kakashi adores his little blond. Tenzō and Genma become rivals. Raidō becomes the referee and mother hen. Sasuke, Kiba, and Shikamaru get to hang out with Kurama, Tenzō, Genma, and Raidō. Sasuke gets to not be alone.
Notes:
Hooooo boy. So... a lot of randomness in this chapter. Uhm, a firm Rated R for this chapter. Not really a trigger warning as more just... Icha Icha Paradise type Rated R. If ya get my drift. ;P
I'd call this chapter filler or omake. But it's not, really? It's part of the plot, so, it matters. But whatever. Haha
ON WITH THE SHOW!
Chapter Text
The sun was beginning to peek over the tops of Konoha's forest, the edges of their tall walls, and Hokage mountain. Birds chirping with the rising sun, fluttering about as they started their morning. It was quiet, peaceful, within Kakashi's small home. The sounds of Pakkun's and Shiba's snores filling the cozy space. Kakashi was lying sprawled on his back, one leg bent at the knee, the other dangling over the edge of his bed, right arm behind his head, his left hand on his shirt covered chest, his mask covering his face still, except it had slid down slightly in the night.
Kakashi's chest rose and fell with his deep slumbering breaths, he was not waking up anytime soon. And with a war cry, a hyperactive blond landed on Kakashi with his full weight. "KASHI-NII!"
Kakashi jerked up with a loud 'oof', groaning as he landed back against his mattress. He looked up at the blond straddling his stomach and smiled. "Ohaiyo, otōto-kun." He wondered if Naruto would keep taking off parts of his name until he became Shi-nii, or Ka-nii.. which he didn't want because Ka-nii sounded like a mother-brother and that was just weird.
"It's Saturday!" Naruto bounced, making Kakashi grunt from the weight on his stomach.
"Indeed it is." He chuckled, eye-smiling up at the boy. Pakkun grumbled from his dog bed on the floor by Kakashi's bed, something about annoying blonds too early in the morning.
Naruto pouted. "I've been good all week... I got good marks in class, I beat everyone every time we did taijutsu and target practice, and I've been taking my medicine."
"Mhm, you've done well." Kakashi gave another chuckle, knowing exactly what the boy wanted, but being the mildly sadistic man he was, he drew it out.
"Kashi-nii!" Naruto whined, flopping against Kakashi. "You promised~!"
"Hm?" He grunted when Naruto flopped on him, laughing softly. "I promised what? Ohh... do you mean... the camping trip?" Naruto's head popped up eagerly, large blue eyes sparkling with hope. "Maa~, I don't know Naruto. Do you think you've earned it?"
"KASHI-NII!" Naruto growled, grabbing the free pillow by Kakashi's head and began beating him with it. "You. Promised. Me. If. I. Did. Good. And. Went. To. School. And. Took. My. Stupid. Medication. You'd. Take. Me. Camping! Bakashi-nii!" Every word he hit the jōnin and delivered a mighty blow when he called the silver-haired man bakashi-nii.
Kakashi was laughing with every hit, trying to block them with his arms until he got pummeled with the last one. A swirl in his eye as he laid there dazed.
"Ah... I broke him.." He pouted, looking over at Shiba who was laughing.
Pakkun was now sitting on the foot on the bed, shaking his head. "How the mighty have fallen."
Kakashi grunted, glaring at Pakkun. "I am still mighty, Pakkun." He grabbed his forehead protector off his nightstand, slipping it on and over his closed eye.
The pug snorted, hopping off the bed and trotting off with Shiba. They could be heard working the door to the backyard open, letting themselves out. Probably to go to the bathroom. Or as Naruto fondly called it, going potty.
Naruto pouted, hugging the pillow he'd beaten Kakashi with, his chin resting on it as he gave big blue puppy eyes. Kakashi smiled, ruffling his hair. "Get packed up. We'll eat breakfast and head out." Naruto cheered, scrambling off the bed and darting to his room, he smacked into the door before flinging it open and stumbling into it. Kakashi shook his head, laughing.
Genma was the first up in the morning, he and Raidō having stayed at Tenzō's the rest of the week to help out with Kurama. They did their normal daily work, but whenever they had free time they were with Tenzō and Kurama. They shared the guest room that was supposed to be Kurama's, but the redhead ended up staying in Tenzō's room with him.
Genma left the shared guest room, padding into the master bedroom to check on Kurama. He frowned, seeing Tenzō in bed alone. He checked the master bathroom, nope. He moved down the hall, checking the guest bathroom, nope again. He frowned deeper, concern flooding him as his steps quickened to the living room. Letting out a sigh of relief, Genma found Kurama sitting outside on the balcony, wrapped up in a blanket, curled up in a lounge chair.
Sliding open the door he stepped out, closing it behind him. "Mornin' Kurama." Genma smiled gently at the redhead but got no response, which he had expected.
Kurama kept staring out over the city, the blanket tugged over the top of his head, the only thing really visible was his face and some of his hair. He hadn't said a word since they found him in the shower a week ago. He didn't willingly move anywhere, sometimes they had to carry him. Tenzō and Genma took turns giving him a bath every day because he wouldn't do it himself.
And if they left him in the bath, he just sat there, staring at the milky water. They tried to sit on the edge of the tub and wash him, but that was pointless. They ended up having to literally get into the bath with him and properly bathe him. Tenzō was happy to do it, always ready to be close with the redhead. Genma was happy to do it because he was a little pervert and took his time with it, touching almost every inch of Kurama. So they traded days.
Raidō cooked everything, being the better cook out of the three. Though they were all in agreement that Kurama's breakfast that one morning was better than any of them could pull off. Raidō had the task of trying to get Kurama to eat, sometimes having to force feed the other male. And that was never fun, he usually ended up clawed and bitten.
The trio was getting increasingly worried. It had been a week and Kurama was doing no better than the day they found him all blue and frozen. Except for this morning. This was the first morning Kurama had gotten up himself and was elsewhere in the house aside from Tenzō's bed. Genma saw this as an improvement.
"I need a training ground can that can handle a lot of destruction, or won't be used by anyone other than me." Kurama's soft voice cut through the cool morning like a whip. Genma hadn't heard his voice for days, it was like a harsh slap to suddenly hear it again. It was rough, from lack of use, but still harmonious to hear.
Genma looked at Kurama, swallowing some. "Planning on training?" He decided to act like this entire week hadn't happened and that they hadn't been essentially taking care of a catatonic Kurama.
Kurama gave one slight nod. "Mn." He closed his eyes. "I only have two weeks until my testing." He had finally come around that morning, snapping out of whatever numb filled, apathetic world he had slipped into. Honestly, he didn't remember the last weak, at all, having completely dissociated the entire time. The only reason he knew it had been a week was when he'd gone into the kitchen for a glass of water and saw the calendar. He'd almost dropped the glass.
Now he was focusing his brain back onto his mission. He had to get formally accepted into Konoha, get into the Anbu as either the black ops or Hunter-nin. He preferred hunter-nin because he would be able to work alone and take care of everything else he needed to do. Once he got accepted and achieved the ranks he desired, he could go out and talk to his brothers and sisters. He could meet with Orochimaru, Obito, and Kabuto, go and see the Akatsuki. He even planned to stop in Kiri, one for Isobu, and two for Zabuza and Haku, if they were still there, otherwise he'd have to hunt them down.
Kurama opened his eyes and looked at Genma when he realized the other was talking to him. "I'm sorry...what? I didn't hear any of that."
Genma blinked then laughed. "Ahh.. I was just saying if you need sparring partners with different styles and specialties, Raidō and I would be happy to help. And I'm sure there are other jōnin who would love to go up against you."
"Ah, I see." Kurama looked forward again. "Perhaps. I need to build up my stamina, endurance, and strength. I can't use my chakra for everything, my body is too weak and my chakra too strong."
Genma lifted a brow. "Hm, usually it's the other way around."
"I was forced to be a jinchuuriki later in life. I was not an infant or child when it happened." Kurama zoned out, staring at nothing.
Whoa, Genma had suspected the other to be jinchuuriki but hadn't landed on a firm decision one way or the other. He licked his lips. "I can help you train... I'm sure Tenzō and Raidō would be happy to help as well. Konoha has interesting training routines for stamina, endurance, and strength."
"Mm.." Kurama nodded before smoothly standing up, the blanket falling from his head and over his shoulders.
Genma's breath caught, the rising sun's bright yellow-orange glow making Kurama's eyes and hair look like liquid fire. His skin looked like it glowed from within. Genma swallowed, licking his lips quickly. Kurama had taken his braids out, and his hair was gorgeous. It slowly slipped over the blanket that pooled around Kurama's elbows, falling like a waterfall down to his knees. Fucking breathtaking...
"I'll make breakfast..." Kurama slipped back into the apartment, leaving a stunned and possibly lovestruck Genma out on the balcony, staring at the empty spot that had been filled with radiant beauty just moments ago.
Dropping the blanket on the couch Kurama moved into the kitchen, gathering ingredients for a healthy breakfast tailored for training.
"Na..ruto.." A deep groan filled the bedroom with hot breaths. "Fuck..." Sasuke gripped himself tighter, his hand pumping his aching length fast as he buried his face in his pillow. His hips rutting him against his bed. "Ah... haa..." He shuddered, growling into the pillow. "Mmn..." Moving his hand faster and faster he lifted his head to suck in a lungful of air easier. "Ah-ha...so..so close." He moaned, clenching his eyes closed, digging his knees into the bed to get more friction.
He felt chakra cover his hand like a glove and he gasped, moaning loudly as he pumped his hand along his weeping erection. Within a few chakra fast strokes, he was thrown over the edge, crying out loudly. "NARUTO!" His seed coated his hand and his bed sheet where he'd been grinding against. Slowly he sagged against his bed, catching his breath.
"You're welcome." Chortled Madara.
Sasuke flinched. "...what...?" A bad taste hit the back of his throat.
"The chakra. If used right, makes it feel like you're in someone. You're welcome."
"...th-that was you...?"
"Indeed."
Sasuke paled, feeling sick. "...oh Sage..." He gagged a little, shoving himself away from the bed and the stain, looking at his sticky hand. "...I just masturbated with an old dead guy..."
Madara cackled. "I'm not that old, not in my original body anyways. And not necessarily dead."
"Shut up... shut up..." Sasuke shook his head, running into his bathroom to scrub his hands clean, whimpering as he felt shame course through him.
"No reason to be ashamed, Sasuke. You are going to need some experience if you want to have Naruto writhing under your fingers as he does for me. "
Sasuke growled, sneering at the reflection in the mirror. "You're never going to touch him again. He's MINE! You got that!?"
Madara looked back at Sasuke through the mirror with a bored expression. "You know nothing about him. Do you even know when his birthday is?" He lifted a slender black brow.
Sasuke paused in his hand washing, staring at Madara. "I...he..he was born a couple months after me..." He looked down at his soapy hands. "Sep-september...or...October maybe?"
"October 10th," Madara stated flatly.
Sasuke's head jerked up. "The...day of the Kyūbi attack..." The gears quickly started spinning his head. He gasped as it clicked. "Holy Sage... he's the Kyūbi Jinchūriki!"
"Give the boy a gold star." Drawled Madara.
"Fucking shut up already!" He popped his neck, growling at the reflection.
"So much anger." Madara leaned close in the reflection. "Now if we can direct that anger constructively... you could have that boy a mewling hot mess under you in months. Completely obedient, willing, and begging."
"Naruto..." Sasuke's eyes blackened with lust and darkness. He blinked it away and pushed away from the sink, leaving the bathroom after drying his hands off.
Going into his room he stripped his bed, tugging his boxers off and adding them to the growing pile of laundry. He pulled on new boxers and carried the armful of laundry to his washing room. Shoving it into the washing machine and starting it.
Sasuke moved to the kitchen. "I wonder if Naruto would want to do a sleepover tonight..."
"He mentioned going camping with Kakashi this weekend. They are likely already gone. He seemed quite excited by it. And if I know that little cutie, which I do, he likely woke Kakashi up at first light."
"Hn...right...forgot about that..." He sighed, staring at the contents of his fridge. "Maybe I'll meet up with Shikamaru and Kiba, the three of us can plan something for Naruto's birthday.." He looked up at the calendar on his well, it was the middle of August right now. "We've got time to plan something really big..." Sasuke smiled to himself.
Kiba and Shikamaru sneezed, rubbing their noses. They looked at each other then out at the redhead training in ground 10. They had come out to practice their taijutsu. Naruto had flattened them in a second flat. They were determined to be stronger than the blond, to be able to protect him.
But, when they arrived around noon, there was someone already training there. They were going to leave but the other was like a wild storm in the training ground and they couldn't help but stare.
Kurama was currently sparring with Genma and it was like watching a fight to the death. But they were just sparring! The boys had decided to sit down and watch, hoping they would get to talk to the redhead when they were done.
Sliding back, clawed hands and feet digging into the ground to slow Kurama to a stop. He crouched low, growling low at Genma who winked at him. His red eyes narrowed and he launched forward, getting a senbon to the shoulder before he slammed into Genma and the two of them took out a couple trees and landed in the river just beyond the treeline.
Laughter came from the river, "What's wrong Genma? I thought you could use a bath!" Kurama laughed loudly until there was the sound of splashing, struggling and then silence. The boys looked at each other and then back at the direction the two had broken through the trees.
Kurama flashed into the middle of the grounds, sopping wet but laughing. He looked at his clothing, peeling off his shirt and tossing the wet mass aside. He wrung out his hair, grinning when Genma shunshinned in front of him, grumbling. He unceremoniously yanked his senbon out of Kurama's shoulder, grinning sadistically when he got a yelp from the other. But muttered when the wound sizzled and healed immediately.
"You know that's not fair. I can't heal." Genma grunted.
"Life isn't fair," Kurama smirked, turning and flipping his wet hair straight into Genma's face with a wet SMACK .
Genma stumbled back, sputtering, trying to get the hair off his face and out of his mouth. Kurama just laughed, stepping right into Genma's space, his bare chest pressing to Genma's clothed one.
"I thought you said you needed training and were too weak.." Genma grunted, gesturing to the destroyed trees. "That's not weak." He swallowed, feeling the heat radiating from the body pressing against him.
"Hmm." Kurama smiled, his eyes lidding themselves. "Maybe you should stop holding back." He purred out, the double-meaning there slamming a hot iron poker through Genma's nerves, setting his skin on fire.
"You couldn't handle me going all out." He murmured back, letting the double-meaning weave through his words as well. He let one hand trail along Kurama's side, his cool fingers smoothing over unblemished skin to his hip, gripping it tightly. Genma smirked, leaning down slowly, his mouth nearing Kurama's before he flashed behind the redhead and kicked his legs out from under him.
Kurama's eyes burned with desire as Genma touched his side, his breath hitching as the other man's mouth neared his own. He'd started moving to the balls of his feet to meet Genma halfway before he suddenly found himself on his back on the ground, groaning. "...fucker..." He breathed painfully.
"Never let your guard down, beautiful!" It'd become Genma's nickname for Kurama and he wasn't stopping anytime soon.
Kiba looked at Shikamaru. "Adults are weird."
Shikamaru nodded. "Troublesome."
"That is how adult shinobi flirt, boys." Raidō murmured, making them both screech, jump up and away. The jōnin laughed, grinning at them.
Tenzō scowled. "You guys could have told us you were leaving!" He yelled at them, pissed.
Right after breakfast Raidō and Tenzō took showers, Kurama and Genma having done it before cooking breakfast for them all. While the other two were in the shower Kurama said he was going to training ground 10 with or without Genma. So...Genma happily followed the fiery young man. When Tenzō had come out of his room, he had gone down the hall to find just Raidō standing in the living room like he was lost. They both realized the two had run off together somewhere and spent the better part of the morning looking for them, only to find them sparring. Only a shinobi would think training and sparring was a fun way to spend a Saturday.
Kurama looked over at the four on the sidelines and grinned. "Not my fault you two slept in so late and wasted the morning."
Genma barked a laugh, propping an arm on Kurama's shoulder, grinning at the two adults. "Snooze ya lose." He winked at Tenzō as he leaned in and kissed the corner of Kurama's mouth. If looks could kill... Raidō sidestepped away from Tenzō and over to the two Academy kids.
Kurama spun around as Genma backed away, getting a painful kick to the gut. Genma flew back from the force before jumping up and flipping to a land. Sticking the landing Genma lifted his arms like a gymnast and Kurama rolled his eyes. Darting forward Kurama moved fast enough that Genma couldn't keep up with him and panicked, he flashed to the right and ran for a boulder off by the treeline. Kurama shunshinned on the boulder just as Genma reached it. The older male cried out, sliding to try and stop himself only to get tackled to the ground by the fox.
Pressing his hands on either side of Genma's head Kurama smirked, he was straddling the older male's hips. "What is that now? 5 to 4?" Kurama leaned down as he rolled his hips slowly, murmuring a breadth away from Genma's lips. "You need to up your game before I get bored."
Genma flipped them with a growl, looking down at Kurama, their bodies flush, his elbows on either side of Kurama's upper torso, just under his armpits. "You are a little tease, you know that?"
Purring quietly, Kurama leaned up, licking the senbon in Genma's mouth suggestively, sucking the tip of it. Genma went stupid instantly, his eyes widening a fraction as his breath lodged itself in his throat. Heat flooded his body immediately and he felt himself harden almost completely. If there was one way to get Genma riled, it was that. And... no one had ever done that to his senbon. He was going to taste Kurama whether or not Tenzō liked it. He was going to devour the redhead and make him scream his name in pure ecstasy.
"Mm..seems someone's happy to see me." Kurama purred, letting the needle point of the senbon trail from the middle of his tongue to the tip, a thin line of blood rising in its wake. His hips rolled up, emphasizing exactly what he meant as he rolled their hips together, grinding against Genma's growing arousal.
Genma's eyes bled from his warm, orange toned amber to a deep, lust-filled umber. He growled low, spitting the senbon into the soil by Kurama's head, he dipped down fast to lick the blood from Kurama's tongue before sucking on it softly.
Kiba and Shikamaru were staring at the two adults that had once been fighting and were now kissing heatedly. They slowly looked at each other, then back to the two men, mentally taking notes. Raidō was gaping. He knew Genma preferred men while he was fine with either or. But he'd never seen Genma get that worked up that fast by someone. What the hell had Kurama done? Genma was practically attacking the poor redhead's mouth, licking the flavor from the confines of his mouth.
The only one not stunned into silence and immobilization was Tenzō. His mokuton shot out, knocking Genma from Kurama in a flash of fury. He stalked over to the tokubetsu jōnin that was now ten feet from Kurama. He leaned down, grabbing Genma up by his collar, snarling. "Stay the FUCK away from him. Got it?"
Genma felt himself violently struck from the kiss as he flew ten feet and landed harshly in the dirt. Soon he was face to face with an enraged Tenzō gripping him up by his collar. He lifted a brow. "Remember your place, Tenzō. I'm older than you." He pulled the weakening grip on his shirt off, standing up and dusting himself off. "And I will do no such thing unless Kurama, himself, tells me to back off." He looked into furious coal eyes. "You don't own him, Tenzō." Tenzō scowled, forcing himself to take a step back, doing his best to not punch the smug Elite Bodyguard right in his stupid fucking face.
Genma brushed past the Anbu, his shoulder knocking into the others as he did. He moved over to Kurama who was standing alone with both brows raised. He smirked at the equally dirty male, slipping an arm around his waist. "I say we either go get some grub, or go take a long bath...maybe at the hot springs?" He grinned at Kurama.
Kurama looked up at Genma when the other male came over and wrapped an arm around his waist. He had Genma's senbon in his mouth, much like the jōnin usually did. It clicked against a canine as he shifted it in his mouth, looking over Genma's shoulder at a pissed, yet also sulking, Tenzō. He was causing issues again. Fuck being human was difficult. He didn't know how to control his urges, he was acting before he noticed what he was doing and it kept happening.
Stepping away from Genma as he placed the senbon in the other's mouth, he smiled, patting his chest. "I think we all should go to lunch. And I'll shower later." His voice cracked a little towards the end, he turned to grab up his slightly damp shirt and pulling it on as he walked over to the two boys with flushed cheeks and pure hormonal interest in their eager eyes. He smiled at them. "You're friends of Naruto, right?" Both boys nodded dumbly and he chuckled. "Wanna go to lunch with us? You look like you guys have questions."
Shikamaru looked at Kiba, they communicated silently before nodding again at Kurama. "Lots," Shikamaru said.
Raidō snapped from his daze when the boys began talking to Kurama. He headed over to a confused looking Genma that was staring after Kurama like what he did should have worked and he couldn't understand why Kurama wasn't still in his arms. Raidō patted Genma's back. "Win some, lose some buddy."
Genma's face went from smooth confusion to a knitted brow and glare of determination. "It's not over until it's over, Raidō. He hasn't said no." He glanced at his partner. "You don't get it... he licked it..." He pulled the senbon from his mouth, pointing it at Raidō. " LICKED IT, Raidō. Then did this thing with his tongue.." He groaned, shivering. "I gotta have him..."
"...licked it..." Raidō echoed, staring at the senbon pointing at him. He knew his partner maybe a little too well. Too many drunken nights together talking about their fetishes and kinks. And one of Genma's had a lot to do with his favored tool, senbon. No one had ever shown an equal interest to use senbon in bedroom play. Not until today. He lifted a brow, looking over at Kurama. Who the hell was this guy? Not only did he have Tenzō chasing after him, but now Genma.
"Are you guys coming? Otherwise, I'm just going to enjoy my afternoon with these two handsome boys." Kurama smirked, holding Kiba and Shikamaru's hands, their fingers weaved together. Both boys blushed.
Could Raidō include two pre-teen crushes to the list of hearts Kurama was collecting? No, no, there were rumors those two were very interested in a certain blond. Draping an arm around Genma's shoulders he moved them forward. "We're coming, Kurama-kun." He called out.
Tenzō shunshinned behind Kurama nearly pressed to the smaller man's back. "Kurama." He said huskily.
"Sage!" Kurama breathed, shaking his head at the mokuton user. "Stop doing that!"
The two boys snickered and Tenzō smirked. "I'll stop when it stops startling you."
Raidō felt himself being hurried as Genma tried to pull ahead to get to Kurama because Tenzō was already with him. He shook his head, these two were officially rivals in love. Raidō was going to have to keep an eye on how many men and women, or just men, Kurama gets to fall for him.
With Kurama leading the way, the two clan boys on either side still holding his hands, they headed for the market district where all the restaurants were.
"Who's paying for us all? I'm broke and can't make money." Kurama stated bluntly as they wandered the street, trying to decide on where to eat.
"I'll pay." Everyone turned their attention to a black-haired boy and Kurama went rigid. Sasuke. Kurama's hackles instantly ruffled.
Sasuke gave the trademark Uchiha smirk and stepped up, bowing to Kurama. "I don't think we've officially met. I'm Sasuke Uchiha." His voice smooth, even. He looked up at Kurama.
"Kurama Uzumaki." He grunted. He hated this kid and everything he'd become. Lying, destructive, evil bastard. Mini-Madara he had personally coined the boy. And oh how accurate that was right now.
Sasuke looked into Kurama's eyes, stepping up closer to the other. "It would be an honor to treat you and your friends to lunch." His head twitched slightly like his neck was bothering him.
Kurama lifted a brow at the physical tick and how formal the Uchiha was being. Something was off, but he couldn't place it. But he felt like he should be able to. Kiba leaned behind Kurama, Shikamaru did the same, they looked at each other, wincing in pain at how tightly Kurama's hands were clenching theirs.
"Kurama-san.. your..grip..." Kiba whimpered some, trying to pull his hand away.
Kurama blinked a couple times and looked down, instantly letting go of the boys. "Shit... I'm sorry boys..." He frowned, seeing pinpricks of blood where each of his claws had punctured the boys' hands.
Shikamaru muttered. "It's okay..." He shook his hand out, blinking at the blood. "I'll be fine.."
Kiba nodded, eyeing the little drops of blood. "It's nothing. Naruto's kicked our asses harder than this."
Kurama laughed softly. "Oh? That's good to hear."
Kiba scoffed. "GOOD TO HEAR!?"
Shikamaru huffed indignantly. "That's part of why we wanted to talk to you... You're really strong." He looked up at the redhead. "We wanna get stronger."
Kurama looked at Sasuke. "What about you?"
"We're evenly matched, I'm not having an issue." Sasuke shrugged.
Kurama looked skeptical of this information. "You're...evenly matched..." He narrowed his eyes. No fucking way was Sasuke evenly matched with Naruto. Maybe in the original timeline, Sasuke could pummel a young Naruto. But now? There was no fucking way they were on equal ground. Which meant Naruto was holding back from squishing this flea. Naruto was going to get a talking to when he came back from camping.
"Hn." Was all Sasuke said.
The three other adults just watched the interaction with mild amusement. Kurama was rather cute with kids. They flocked to him it seemed. Even on the way to this street kids would stop him to ask about his three-toned hair, or his claws, or why his eyes were SO red.
To distract himself Kurama messed with his loose hair, pulling half of it up and into a ponytail, securing it with a leather tie that the twins had given him.
"I want meat. We're doing Yakiniku." Kurama decided, heading for Yakiniku Q.
Kiba grinned big. "YES!" Akamaru barked in equal enthusiasm. Shikamaru rolled his eyes. He'd just eaten there the other day with Chōji.
Sasuke somehow slipped between Shikamaru and Kurama, walking close to the other male. Shikamaru made a face, wondering how Sasuke did that. He did it with Naruto too, either to him or Kiba. And he did it before they even realized he had.
Raidō had to walk between Genma and Tenzō otherwise the two bickered at each other and shoved one another like teen rivals. So, he led the two rivals in love after the others, following them into the BBQ place.
As they were walking to their table Kurama stopped, looking at a henge'd Orochimaru, Obito, and Kabuto. Seriously? They were back? Why were they risking getting caught? Just to be in the Village? Saps.
He lifted a brow at the colorful trio. "Didn't I see you three with Naruto when I first arrived in Konoha?"
Orochimaru looked up from sipping sake. "Hmmm? Ah, yes." He smiled, clearly buzzed.
Kurama eyed the sake. "It's..the middle of the afternoon, should you be drinking?"
Obito hiccuped a laugh and grinned. "Shhhhh." He held up a finger to his lips.
Kabuto rolled his eyes. "I tried to stop them. I failed, obviously." He muttered, shoving a piece of beef tongue in his mouth, munching quietly.
"Hmm" Orochimaru purred, refilling his glass. "S'fine...s'fine... Right, Orito?" He grinned, nudging his 'younger brother' in the side.
Obito's head bobbled with the nudging and he giggled much like he would when he was pretending to be Tobi. "Mhm! S'totally...fine!" He hiccuped.
Kiba was instantly in Kabuto's face. "You." He glared.
Kabuto looked at Kiba and smiled. "Me."
"You can't have him, ya know. You're not marrying him." Kiba grumbled.
Kabuto snorted, munching on another bite of beef tongue. "We'll see about that."
"No, we won't." Shikamaru cut in. "We won't lose to you. He's gonna be ours."
Lifting a denim-blue eyebrow Kabuto looked at the two boys. "Yours? As in...plural?"
They nodded, crossing their arms over their chests at the same time. "We've decided, instead of being rivals in love, we'll share him," Kiba stated firmly. Shikamaru nodded in approval.
Kurama looked at the two boys and couldn't help the snicker that slipped through. Ohhh he was so tormenting Naruto with this! The boys had decided they were going to form a threeway relationship with the blond!
Sasuke squinted, shaking his head. "You're all wrong." Three heads turned to the Uchiha. "He'll be mine by the end of the month." He shrugged, turning away and going to their table, leaving three stunned boys. Kurama followed Sasuke, boring holes into the back of the Uchiha's head.
Raidō looked at Tenzō and Genma who were glaring at each other. Were they contemplating sharing Kurama? He lifted a brow, he couldn't picture either of them being willing to share the redhead. They were too possessive.
"Never," Genma snorted, shoving past Tenzō. "I'll never share him with you."
"Over your dead body." Tenzō threatened in return, stalking after Genma.
Ah, that answered that then. Raidō shrugged, following the group to the table.
Kabuto stared after them, then regarded his two drunk partners. "...not that you guys will remember this... But both Kurama and Naruto have people pining for them." He grinned wide. "So much material to tease them with."
Orochimaru let out a small burp. "Hm... I'm pretty sure Kurama's already fucked Tenzō."
Obito nodded in agreement. "He totally reads like a man who's had a taste and wants more. While Genma looks like he's gotten just a brief nibble and is starving for more." He hiccuped, eyes lidded so deeply that he has to lean his head back to look through the thin slits.
"You guys are plastered." Kabuto snorted.
"Shuddap ya little shit." Orochimaru polished off his glass, refilling it again. "I'm too old for this shit. Gotta drown out the insanity somehow." He burped again, making a face as though he refused to acknowledge that that had come out of him.
"Mhm mhm! What he said. We're too old!" Obito whined, shaking his empty glass at Orochimaru who tried to line the bottle up with the glass then filled it. "KAMPAI!" Obito hiccuped, downing the glass before his face met the tabletop with a thump.
"Welp... there's one down." Kabuto looked at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru smirked, petting Obito's magenta hair. "It's gonna take more than this to knock me out, little shit." He sipped at his glass.
When Raidō reached the table he stared at the scene before him. Tenzō was on Kurama's right, Genma on his left, Sasuke directly across from him looking irritated. Shikamaru was on the left of Sasuke, Kiba on the right, both looking unhappy. Apparently, everyone had fought over who got to sit with Kurama. Shaking his head, he sat down at the 'head' of the table.
"Are we there yet!?" Naruto whined, dragging his feet behind Kakashi. Pakkun flopped over his head like Akamaru with Kiba and Shiba dragging himself next to Naruto.
Kakashi eye-smiled, looking back at them. "Maa~! My summons are so out of shape!" He chuckled. "Yes, we're almost there. It's just beyond those trees." He pointed ahead of them, the trees he was referring to roughly 30 yards away.
Naruto peered around Kakashi, huffing as he started climbing up Kakashi's back. "Oi! What are you doing munchkin?" Kakashi laughed, trying to pluck Naruto from him.
"Maa~! Kashi-nii is gonna carry me." Naruto giggled, flopping against the man's back, arms around his neck, legs tucked around his sides.
It was fucking adorable that Naruto would copy him or even mock him with his own verbal tick. It made him go all goopy and mushy inside, being teased by his now younger adopted brother. He was considering actually making it official and going to the Hokage to adopt Naruto. He was going to talk to the boy about on the camping trip.
Giving into the adorable blond, Kakashi gripped Naruto's thighs, keeping him hoisted up on his back, he wondered momentarily if it was hard to hang onto his back with his pack strapped there. Pakkun still flopped over Naruto's head.
Shiba caught up next to Kakashi. "Our training doesn't normally consist of hiking up a mountain to a campsite, Kakashi." He looked up at the silver-haired jōnin.
"Hm.. maybe we'll start including it then." Kakashi eye-smiled, then yelped with Shiba bit him in the thigh.
"Good boy." Naruto giggled. Shiba lifted his head proudly, tail wagging.
Kakashi shook his head. "No respect." He sighed sadly, stepping through the trees to a small clearing with the river flowing by it to the north of them.
"Hell no. I respect my Naruto-sama." Shiba spoke up, trotting over to the river to get a drink. Pakkun hopped down to join Shiba.
"Naruto...sama?" Kakashi blinked.
Naruto giggled. "Yes?"
With a huff Kakashi shook his head, setting Naruto down. "Otōto-kun, you're stealing my ninken."
"Not my fault Shiba likes me more than you." Naruto hopped off, snickering as he dodged Kakashi grabbing for him. He ran off towards the trees. "Gotta pee~!" He disappearing just beyond the trees.
Kakashi shook his head, moving over to an old fire spot, fixing up the rocks around it and beginning to set up camp. He glanced at his dogs, they were now in the river, he smiled some, happy Pakkun and Shiba liked Naruto so much. He had already spoken to them about adopting Naruto and they looked at him blankly before saying they thought he'd already done it. Then they demanded that Naruto be adopted posthaste, if not sooner.
Naruto finished up, zipping his pants up and turning. He blinked, staring at Great Dane sized Marble Fox with stunning topaz colored eyes, pure gold like a starburst from the pupil. He swallowed, afraid to move his eyes from the fox that had colors resembling a Siberian Husky in colors. But instead of big grey patches, there were dark circles around the eyes, making the topaz eyes pop in color, dark grey markings on the outside of their eyes that wrapped up along their eyes to their forehead before streaking down its spine, tapering to a points at the tips of its six tails, and a black nose. Everything else was white.
"Naruto Uzumaki." A deep, rumble of a voice left the fox and Naruto stumbled back a step.
"Ye-yes...?" Naruto said quietly.
"I am Hibiki of Mount Inari." The fox sat, his tails curling around his feet.
"Oh...okay...?" Naruto blinked, staring at the fox.
Hibiki tilted his head, smiling slightly. "I am a fox summons."
"HAH!? Fox summons exist?!" Naruto gawked at the fox.
Chuckling quietly Hibiki nodded. "We do. We have not signed a contract with anyone. Ever."
Blinking Naruto made a little 'O' with his mouth. "How...how come?"
"We follow our deity, Kurama Ōkami," Hibiki stated simply. "And he has hated humans since our creation."
"...so...why are you away from Mount Inari, then?" Naruto mimicked the fox's tilted head, though his was more in confusion and inquiry.
"We felt a space-time jutsu happen about a month and a half ago. We felt our Kurama Ōkami land in this world, free and unsealed once again. We began investigating and discovered you had traveled back with him. One of my younger siblings had been following him once we found him. We were shocked to see him in human form." Hibiki blinked at that, spacing out for a breath as he thought on their god being in any form other than a fox. He shook his head and continued. "After my sibling followed him to Konoha, we found you and saw your initial greeting." His eyes shifted to stare at Naruto's stomach. "You were his most recent Jinchūriki. Yet he seems quite fond of you and even calls you kit."
Naruto nodded here and there as Hibiki talked, trying to absorb all this information. He licked his lips quickly, blushing bashfully when Hibiki talked about how close he and Kurama were. "Uhn...he...he's my best friend. I'd die for him without hesitation."
That seemed to shock the fox as his head jerked back slightly. "I see. This confirms what Kosuke no Shinsen had theorized and solidifies our decision."
"Decision...?" Naruto blinked, then looked horrified, backing up until his back hit a tree. "I...please don't kill me!"
Hibiki blinked, staring at the blond boy in confusion. "Excuse me? Ah..." He started laughing, shaking his head. "No, child, we do not intend to kill you. We wish to sign a summoning contract with you." A giant scroll hit the ground, seemingly coming from nowhere. It unraveled, revealing a blank scroll with places for names to be added. They really had never signed with anyone.
Naruto gaped like a fish, mouth opening and closing in shock as he just stood there. He lifted his gaze from the blank scroll to Hibiki. "I'm 31, by the way." He motioned to his body. "My casing is just 11..." He laughed some, talking about his body like an outfit or sausage casing to slip on.
Hibiki grinned. "I'm six hundred years old."
"Oh...yeah... Nevermind!" He laughed, scratching the back of his head.
"Not a problem." Hibiki stood up, nodding his head to the scroll. "Will you sign, Naruto Uzumaki?"
Naruto looked down at the scroll again, slowly stepping up to it. "You guys...really want... me ... as your first contract?"
"Yes." Stated Hibiki bluntly.
A rush of air left Naruto and he plopped on his butt. "Wow..." He thought about the toads and felt an ache in his chest. Chewing on his bottom lip he knew Sasuke ended up having two summoning contracts. So...it was feasible that Naruto could have both the Kitsune and Toad contracts. If the Toads agreed by that point. But it was such an honor to the Kitsune's first contract signer. Possibly the first and only, unless they let him pass it on to another generation.
Naruto swallowed thickly and decided. Biting into his thumb harshly, he leaned over, scrawling his name down the designated slot. Then, making sure each fingertip hand blood he put his hand over the blank spot, the limb hovering there. For Kurama... He pressed his hand to the parchment. He lifted his hand, licking the blood from his fingers and looking up at Hibiki.
Hibiki looked relieved and smiled, the contract rolling itself closed, sealing itself, then shrinking to the size of a calligraphy brush. "That is now yours to hold onto." Hibiki bowed his head deeply. "On behalf of Kosuke no Shinsen and Mount Inari, we thank you for honoring us with your signature and joining our contract."
Naruto couldn't the blush that rose to his cheeks and he smiled. "Thank you for the honor of being the first to sign the contract. I promise to honor our contract." He bowed deeply to the fox.
Hibiki smiled, nodding. "I believe we have made the right choice." Shaking his fur out he dipped his head towards Naruto. "I look forward to being summoned in the future. Be well, Naruto Uzumaki." With that, the fox disappeared with a pop and puff of smoke.
"Holy shit..." Breathed Naruto. "I can't believe that just happened..." He stumbled through the trees. He definitely had a story for Kurama when he got home. He slipped out of the trees, gaping at the campsite. "..wow Kashi-nii...you're fast..."
Kakashi looked up from where he was reading his little orange book. "Maa~ I had everything already prepared, just stuck it in a sealing scroll." He eye-smiled.
Naruto rolled his eyes, moving over to plop onto a log that had been pulled by the fire to be used as a bench. "Lazy Kashi-nii."
"Or efficient," Kakashi suggested, tucking the book away. "Are you hungry for lunch? It's a bit late, we could have an early dinner?"
"Mm... how about we just eat and decided later if we wanna eat again?" Naruto grinned big, snickering.
"Aha.." Kakashi chuckled. "I can live with that."
After lunch at Yakiniku Q Kurama had decided he wanted to check out the shops in the market. Everyone decided to go with him, no one willing to part from the group. Kiba and Shikamaru asked questions about Kurama's wild style of fighting and he never used weapons except for his hands and feet. Sasuke somehow got Kurama to hold his hand throughout the rest of the day.
An Anbu popped up next to Tenzō. "The Hokage has summoned you."
Tenzō sighed and nodded. "Alright. On my way." He turned to Raidō. "Watch him for me." He nodded towards Genma before shunshinning with the Anbu. He figured the Hokage just wanted an update on Kurama, it had been a bit over a week since he had arrived in Konoha.
The moment Tenzō was gone Genma stepped up to Kurama's left side, sliding an arm around his waist. "Hello, beautiful."
Kurama rolled his eyes. "Genma." He continued walking hand in hand with Sasuke, the Uchiha on his right. The sun was setting now.
"We gotta head home now. Our moms' will get pissed if we miss dinner." Kiba piped up, Shikamaru nodded.
"Thanks for today though, Kurama-san." Shikamaru bowed his head a little. "I hope we can talk again soon." He smiled up at the redhead.
"Mhm!" Kiba added, nodding in agreement with his friend. "See ya later guys!" The boys waved as they took off towards their homes, their clan compounds in the same direction.
Kurama looked down at Sasuke. "Do you need to head home as well?" He smiled gently, the Uchiha had grown on him a little throughout the day. He still hated the kid, but...he was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He hadn't betrayed Naruto yet, and he hadn't done any of his future crimes.
"Mm...not really... Not like anyone's waiting for me." Sasuke shrugged, his hand squeezing Kurama's some.
Ah, that's right, he's alone. Kurama shifted before lowering to Sasuke's level. "Want to spend the night with us?" He motioned to Genma, Raidō, and himself. "We can make Tenzō take a futon or the couch." He winked at the dark-haired boy.
Sasuke's whole being lit up with a hopeful glow and it broke Kurama's heart. "Really? I can?"
Fuck... "Absolutely." Kurama purred happily. "Do we need to stop at your place for anything? Change of clothes maybe?" He stood up.
"Oh..right." Sasuke grinned sheepishly. "Yeah, I guess so." He nodded, tugging Kurama towards the Uchiha compound.
Naruto was going to laugh his ass off when Kurama told him about this.
A/N: If you don't know what a Marble Fox looks like:
Marble Fox - Hibiki Colors
They're fucking adorable and I love them. XD
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