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Stitched Kitsune: Chapter 9

Snow country, 3 weeks after Naruto and company arrived: In the country side

"Please, please no! You don't have to do this; you- Gaah" Naruto kicked the stool from out of the man as he fell down and stopped a foot off the ground. The man had one of Naruto's threads around his neck tied to a tree branch; the tree was on the side of a road and this is where the execution was happening.

Naruto looked up as the man struggled for breath as he hung from the tree; after a minute the man stopped struggling as he stopped fighting. The man was now dead swinging from a tree and Naruto let out a breath.

"Ok that's the last of them" Naruto said as he turned around; all up and down the road there were the dead bodies of a group of rebels totaling about 20 in all. Fu wearing winter clothing flew down and landed next to Naruto retracting her wings.

"Finally," Fu said stretching "I was getting bored; these guys are getting easier and easier to find and kill" she said.

"That's because the more experienced members have been killed or fled the country already" Roga said hopping down from a tree where he hung another body "I have to say I was a little skeptical about you helping us; but I must say you are a lot more skilled that I gave you credit for" he said.

"Thanks, Roga" Naruto said with a smile; over the past 3 weeks he has grown a lot closer to Roga, Mizore and Fubuki. Doto ordered his 3 most skilled shinobi to exterminate the partisans along with Naruto and his group; and so far, he has enjoyed their company.

"And I have to say Squirt" Fubuki said landing behind Naruto "you have been pretty fun to hang out with" she said as she grabbed him from behind and pulled him into her. The back of Naruto's head went into Fubuki's breasts and Naruto began to blush and fidget.

"Fubuki! Stop doing that" Naruto whined and Fubuki laughed as she let go.

"Still so shy around me" Fubuki said "does wittle Nawuto have a cwush on me" she said using baby talk and making Naruto blush even more.

"Sis stop bullying Naruto" Fu said to Fubuki; Fubuki however grabbed Fu and began to give her a noogie.

"Oh, little sis… so much to learn" Fubuki said; Fu and Fubuki have grown close over the past few weeks. They both bonded over their love of flying and since then Fubuki has been training Fu in aerial combat; Fu sees Fubuki as a big sister and Fubuki sees as little sister in Fu.

"Ok enough horse play" Mizore said walking up to the group "Roga are we ready to go back" he asked and Roga nodded.

"Yes; lets report back to lord Doto" Roga said as he looked over to Naruto and Fu "and let's make sure to mention the stellar work of our 2 allies" he said and both Naruto and Fu smiled at that.

Naruto, Fu and the 3-snow ninja began their journey back to Doto's castle leaving the bodies of the hanging rebels from the tree to act as a warning to any other who dare challenge Doto's rule.

Doto's castle, 1 day later: a training room inside the castle

"Ok Karin focus; just like I taught you" Sasori said as he looked on as Karin.

"You can do it honey" Mie said.

Karin nodded as she formed a chakra chain from her right palm and sent it forward; the chain went to a training puppet supplied by Sasori that was laying on the ground. The chain made contact with the puppet and Karin began her technique.

"Ok here it goes" Karin said; Karin began to manipulate her hand like she was pulling strings and the puppet began to move. Karin moved her index finger and the puppet sat up, she pulled her middle and ring finger down and the puppet stood up "oh my god it's up" Karin said excitedly.

"Ok now try to make it walk" Sasori said and Karin nodded; Karin used her thumb and pinky to move the legs as made the puppet walk around. The movements were stiff and wobbly but it was going good "your doing good keep it up for as long as you can" Sasori said.

"Ok Sasori sensei" Karin said as she walked around with her puppet; Mie smiled at this and looked over to Sasori.

"I appreciate you training her Sasori" Mie said "Mr. Kakuzu isn't exactly the teaching type… or the kindest" she said and Sasori nodded.

"Karin is a smart girl; if she was born in Suna she would've been a great puppet user" Sasori said "I'm just merely working on her present skills" he said. Sasori then felt something touch his shoulder and he looked over; Mie put her hand on his shoulder and was smiling.

"Well, I'm glad that we found someone like you Sasori" Mie said "you're a good man" she said; Sasori looked at her and her hand. Mie then realized what she did and blushed "my apologies; I shouldn't have done that" she said but Sasori only chuckled.

"It's quite fine Mie" Sasori said with a smile "I'm glad to have met you too" he said and Mie blushed harder. Their moment was interrupted when the doors to the training room and Fu walked in.

"Hey guys we're back" Fu said; Karin looked over and began to walk over with her puppet in tow.

"Hey minty" Karin said using her nickname for Fu "where is Naruto" she said; Fu got a tick mark and glared at Karin.

"Oh, he's probably sleeping after our make out session" Fu said making Karin growl "why are you jealous he spending more time with me you cabbage head" she said and Karin dropped her puppet.

"You did not make out with him you grinch" Karin shouted; Fu began to grow red from both embarrassment and anger and got into Karin's face.

"You want to fight red; well bring it" Fu shouted back; both Karin and Fu got into a taijutsu battle punching and kicking at each other.

"Well, I guess we can skip taijutsu for today" Sasori said and Mie sighed.

"Kami above those girls" Mie said shaking her head "fighting over a boy whose as dense as a concrete" she said. "Bless Naruto's heart, he's a sweet boy; but he's… just…. not that bright" she said "is that mean because I don't want to sound mean" Mie said to Sasori who just sweat dropped.

With Naruto, Fubuki and Mizure: in a briefing room

"Achoo" Naruto sneezed into his arm.

"Bless you" Fubuki said handing Naruto a tissue; Naruto wiped his nose "you better not be getting sick squirt" she said.

"I'm fine" Naruto said; just as he said that Kakuzu, Doto and Roga walked in and closed the door putting a privacy seal on it.

"You're all here good" Doto said as he walked to a chair at the head of the room "Roga told me about your success in taking out another group of dissidents; good work" he said and everyone nodded. "But now it's time for us to play our next hand; we have another group for you to take out" he said; Naruto raised up his hand "yes Naruto" Doto said and Naruto stood up.

"We have another group of rebels already" Naruto asked "I mean when we started out nearly a month ago it was mission after mission; but things have been pretty slow lately" he said and Doto nodded. "So, what will taking out another group do" he asked; Doto chuckled at this.

"Because all those other groups were nothing more than unorganized rabble; this group is different" Doto said as looked over to Kakuzu.

"My sources on the main land have been keeping tabs for anything of interest" Kakuzu said "and as of yesterday I was informed of something big" he said. "Naruto do you remember when you assassinated Princess Koyuki" Kakuzu said and Naruto scowled.

"Yeah, I remember even though I don't want to" Naruto said; Naruto was till sore about that mission and hasn't completely forgiven Kakuzu for it.

"Well do you remember her assistant" Kakuzu said and Naruto thought hard.

"Oh yeah the old guy she treated like shit; yeah, I remember, why" Naruto asked confused; Roga came up and pulled out a picture of the guy they were talking about.

"This is Sandayu Asama; former advisor to the daimyo and leader of the rebels" Roga said making Naruto go wide eyed "from what Kakuzu sources told him; Sandayu and a large group of exiled rebels will be launching an attack on the coast of Snow country" he said.

"Sandayu has asked for assistance from Kumo in exchange of an alliance and the sharing of Snow country technology" Doto said "as far as we can tell there will be over 300 rebels along with 100 Kumo 'defectors' launching an attack" he said. "However, what he doesn't know is that there is a mole in their group who leaked the plans to us" Doto said "so we will attack them in force when they land" Doto said.

"So, what is the plan my lord" Fubuki said; Roga stepped up and began to speak.

"Lord Doto, us 3 and over 200 snow ninjas will assault the rebels when they land" Roga said and they nodded "we will be assisted by Kakuzu and anyone else who wishes to join in the battle" he said.

"Wait 'wishes to join'; what does that mean" Naruto said and Kakuzu looked at him.

"I was given an offer to fight" Kakuzu said "however I will not speak for you, Sasori, Fu or Karin; that decision will be made by you and you alone" he said. Naruto looked at him wide eyed; Kakuzu didn't voluntold anyone.

'He's giving us a choice' Naruto thought.

"The attack will be happening in a week; so make up your minds by then" Kakuzu said as he walked out of the room; Doto looked at the others and spoke.

"Prepare for battle; dismissed" Doto said as he walked out.

2 Hours later: With Naruto, Sasori, Fu and Karin

Naruto, Sasori, Karin and Fu were all sitting in a lounge area away from Mie; they were all talking about what Kakuzu and Doto had told them.

"I don't know how I feel about this" Karin said "I haven't been in battle like you guys have; I don't think I'm ready" she said sadly.

"It's not mandatory Karin" Naruto said.

"Well, what about you; are you going to fight" Fu asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, I am" Naruto said "the money Doto is offering is too good to pass up; but I will share it with you guys if you don't fight" Naruto said.

"I think I will fight also" Sasori said "I already fought in a war; this will be nothing new to me" he said.

"Ok so me, Sasori and Kakuzu" Naruto said "Doto will be pleased with that; after all we 3 are the heavy hitters of the group, more or less" he said.

"I'll think I'll fight too" Fu said making Naruto look at her "I can see if I can fight in the air with Fubuki; I could help out" she said.

"Ok sounds good" Naruto said; Naruto turned to Karin who looked nervous "Karin" Naruto said.

Karin fidgeted for a moment and spoke "I'll think about it" she said and Naruto nodded.

"Ok no pressure" Naruto said as he got up "I'm gonna go; catch you guys later" Naruto said as he walked off.

A few hours later: outside in a garden

Naruto was sitting by a fire pit in a garden looking into the flames; Naruto was thinking about how everything came to this. He remembered Konoha, Hinata, his torture, meeting Fu, then Karin and Mie, working with Gato and Sasori and now here.

Naruto's mind was racing so much didn't hear the footsteps until they were right behind him "if I was the enemy, you would be dead" Kakuzu said as Naruto turned to look at him. Without saying a word Kakuzu sat next to Naruto and looked into the fire; Naruto felt awkward sitting next to Kakuzu, ever since the assassination he did they hardly spoke unless it was training or for business.

"You're not cut out for this type of work Naruto" Kakuzu said making Naruto look at him "you're to kind hearted, you have hopes, dreams and people who care about you" Kakuzu said before looking at him. "Me… I'm perfect for this job" Kakuzu said "I have no family, no home, no ambitions for the future; I can live far beyond a normal life span but I cannot live a life" Kakuzu said.

"Then why do you do it" Naruto asked.

"Money" Kakuzu said "a ninja's true loyalty is money; there isn't a ninja alive that has done a mission without some kind of payment involved" he said. "I could not control my fate; I could not control my banishment, but I could control my bank account" Kakuzu said "I know you hate me Naruto; but you have to heed these words I'm about to tell you" he said looking at Naruto. "Don't become me" Kakuzu said before standing up and turning around "once you lose everything you love and cherish… you will become another monster" he said before he started walking away.

"I don't hate you Kakuzu" Naruto said stopping Kakuzu; Kakuzu stood there for a second before he began walking away once again. Naruto turned around and looked back into the fire again as he soaked in Kakuzu's words 'Fu, Karin, Mie' Naruto thought 'I won't lose you… any of you' he thought.

With Sasori: In his room

Sasori was sitting at a table fixing the puppet he took from Kato; he replaced several joints and bolts and refilled the fuel tanks.

"What's that" Mie said walking into the room.

"Oh, it's an old model of puppet Suna used to use" Sasori said "it's a flame puppet; it shoots fire from these nozzles" Sasori said showing it to Mie. "I'm fixing this for Karin to use; I'm also leaving instructions in order for her to repair and maintain it" Sasori said.

"Y-You don't think you're going to die are you" Mie said worriedly; Sasori sighed as he kept working on the puppet.

"You never know Mie" Sasori said "I could die in battle or die 60 years from now from old age; you never know" he said.

"S-Sasori" Mie said softly making Sasori flinch; Sasori turned around and saw Mie crying "please don't talk like that… I-I" she stuttered out. "My husband died a long time ago when Karin was young" Mie said "and since then our lives have been hard" she said raising up her sleeve showing hundreds of bite marks. "I wasn't even a person to them, just a medical tool; and I don't even want to know what would've happened if I died and left Karin alone" she said sobbing out "but when I met Naruto and he showed me kindness; it felt like all the misery and pain vanished" she said. "And when we met you and you started teaching Karin- "she began but Sasori stood up.

"Mie" Sasori said walking up to her "I'm not a good man, I killed people, betrayed my village; I'm not even fully human anymore" Sasori said opening his shirt and showing his puppet side. "I'm not a good man; you should find someone else" Sasori said with sad eyes.

"I don't want anyone else" Mie said touching Sasori's cheek "I know you're not a perfect man… but you are better than the one's I've met before" she said. Sasori felt the warmth of Mie's touch and reached up with his human hand and grabbed it; Sasori and Mie looked into each other's eyes for what felt like eternity.

Mie then leaned in and planted a kiss on Sasori's lips; Sasori's eyes widened but quickly leaned into the kiss. Sasori and Mie kissed for a few seconds as she wrapped her arms around Sasori neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. Upon breaking the kiss, they both looked at each other.

"Are you sure" Sasori asked and Mie nodded.

"Yes, I'm sure" Mie said "please Sasori… give this a chance" she said.

"Ok Mie" Sasori said as raised his hand and sent some chakra strings towards the door; he closed the door and locked it in order to give him and Mie some privacy.

The next morning

Sasori woke up and looked to his side; Mie laid in bed completely naked wrapped up in the blankets. Sasori smiled as he got out of bed trying not to make too much noise; his human left foot hit the ground first followed by his puppet right foot.

Sasori got up and got dressed as he had to train Karin with her new puppet; Sasori sealed up the puppet and began to walk out. He stopped for a moment and looked at Mie; Sasori smiled and opened the door and stepped out letting Mie sleep in.

With Fu and Fubuki

Fu and Fubuki were both flying around the castle doing aerial maneuvers and circling each other trying to land a blow; Fu spun around clockwise going under Fubuki until she was chest to chest with her with only 3 or 4 inches between them.

Fu cocked back her fist and sent a punch towards Fubuki; however, Fubuki used her air brakes to reduce her speed to a point where Fu's punch missed. "Ha missed me" Fubuki said as she leaned down and began to descend "catch me if you can minty" Fubuki said.

"You won't get away" Fu shouted as she began to chase after Fubuki; Fubuki decided to fly low until she flew into the woods. Fubuki stayed just a few feet below the tree line as to not be slowed down by the thick foliage; Fu began to chase after her as both girls flew between the trees.

Fu flew in between the trees trying to keep up with Fubuki; Fu tried keeping track of her as the trees blurred her vision. As she went around another tree Fu lost sight of Fubuki 'what' Fu thought; the next moment Fu was attacked from underneath.

Fubuki flew down nearly touching the forest floor; when she saw Fu flew above her she flew up at max speed in order to attack Fu. Fubuki slapped Fu across the face making her see stars; Fubuki closed her wings and landed on a tree branch.

Fu flew to the side and landed on a tree branch "oww… you jerk; that hurt" Fu whined as there was a throbbing red imprint of Fubuki's hand on her face. Fubuki began to laugh at Fu's pain.

"Oh, trust me I was thinking of kicking you in the gut" Fubuki said "you should be glad all you got was a little love tap" Fubuki said. Fu huffed and crossed her arms.

"Whatever" Fu said as she got back up "just you watch, next time I'll beat you" she said and Fubuki smiled.

"I'll keep that in mind" Fubuki said "c'mon lets go and get some food" Fubuki said and Fu nodded; both girls took to the air once again as they headed back to the castle.

The next week

Naruto, Kakuzu, Sasori and Fu all readied their gear as they were about to head to the coast where the rebels were going to land; Naruto clicked his chest plate on and put his winter coat on. Doto offered Naruto and Fu chakra armor; Naruto's was a medium grade that was well rounded while Fu's was a light weight model so it won't hinder her flying.

"Alright let's go" Kakuzu said as Naruto and the other began their journey to the coast.

"Wait hold up" came the voice of Karin; everyone turned and saw Karin running up with her puppet and wearing medium chakra armor similar to Naruto "sorry I had a hard time putting my armor on; my mom had to help me" she said.

Fu smirked and spoke "so looks like you decided to join us" Fu said "and here I thought you were too chicken to join us" she said and Karin stuck her tongue out.

"Bite me grinch" Karin said; Naruto walked up and gave Karin a hug.

"I'm glad you're here Karin; you can do this, I believe in you" Naruto said as Karin smiled and hugged him back.

"Ok then" Kakuzu said breaking up the moment "lets get moving; they land in 6 hours" he said as he began to lead his group to the coast.

At the coast: 5 hours later

Naruto was with Doto, Roga and Mizure along with 75 snow ninja making up the center of the attack force; Karin and Sasori were with 75 other snow ninja on the right flank. Fu and Fubuki were on the cliffs on the left flank with 50 snow ninjas; however, these snow ninja were not the standard ninja as they were all outfitted in chakra armor similar to Fubuki giving them the ability to fly.

Naruto was hiding with Kakuzu and the others as they waited for the enemy to arrive; currently he was laying down under a white snow blanket that kept him warm and camouflaged. As Naruto let out a yawn as dawn approached and nothing has happened; the next second however Naruto's ear piece came to life.

"Lord Doto; this is the Sea Hawk 1; come in" came the voice of the aerial scout.

"This is Doto; report" Doto said.

"Enemy fleet spotted approaching the shore; ETA 10 minutes" the scout said.

"Good; everyone prepare for battle, wait for my command" Doto said.

Naruto clenched his fists as he tried to calm his nerves; Naruto looked towards the sea and saw 10 ships come into view. 'Ok Naruto; get ready' Naruto thought to himself 'time to earn the kings shilling' he thought.

Ok another chapter done; if any of you are wondering I'm basing the upcoming battle on the 'Bay of Pigs Invasion' if you're not American look it up it was a shit show. Ok then if you enjoyed this chapter, please like, comment and share with your friends. And until next time bye.