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kitsune- fox gaki- brat Hi no Kuni- The Land of Fire iie- no hontou- really Taichou- captain inu- dog 'thoughts' "speech"

*Note-This chapter is updated

Meeting The Rookies

Hatred

A young boy seen only as a demon kitsune heard words like "monster!", and "kitsune gaki"! He hated those words, he detested them, wondered why they wouldn't just see the good in him, and the fact that if it weren't for him, they'd be killed by the real Kyuubi.

Kyuubi no Yoko

The small child, who could barely pass as a four year old due to malnourishment, ran through the streets, searching desperately for help from his "Jiji", but alas, he was far from the Hokage Tower to get help from someone, more or less someone actually pitying him.

Kyuubi no Kitsune

All they would see would be that kitsune, not Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto, an orphan who left the orphanage far too early to be considered legal and safe. But Naruto did not know his father, only the fact that his mother was an Uzumaki, courtesy of the Sandaime giving him tidbits of information.

Naruto raced past the marketplace, keeping a watchful eye on the mob behind him. Few villagers had given up, thus making the run longer to lose them all or at least enough for him to leave.

Why did he have to be born smart? Why did the Yondaime choose him to seal the Kyuubi in? Oh, you thought he didn't know? Well think again! How was he supposed to live when every second of his life he's called things like "it", or "the Kyuubi monster" without knowing about his tenant? He knew every word they said to him, courtesy of inheriting Uzumaki Kushina's way of soaking up information like a sponge, and Namikaze Minato's way of fast learning.

Naruto just wished that someone could take him in. The Sandaime obviously couldn't due to the fact of the council preventing him, especially the three elders. Shimura Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu, the coldest people in Hi no Kuni. Danzo, always the war hawk, had offered Naruto a place in ROOT, to which Sarutobi quickly refused. Would anyone even try to offer him a place to call home? He knew that Inu loved taking care of him, and often said they were like brothers, he even told Naruto stories about his sensei, but not revealing his heritage to him. Naruto wondered about the other ANBU that loved watching, playing, and eating with the ball of sunshine when they had the chance.

This made Naruto ponder. Would the ANBU take him in like Jiji had thought about, especially when Inu suggested that he would take care of him in ANBU Headquarters, and would even train him a bit for self defense?

This made Naruto pause in his running, he noticed he actually made it to the Hokage Tower, away from the watchful eyes of the villagers. Would he be able to join the Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai? The elite of the elite? Even higher than the elite jounin?

'Well.' Naruto thought as he passed the secretary, ignoring her hateful glare and stopping in front of the Sandaime's office door. 'It's worth a shot.' He thought as he opened the door.

Naruto's Point of View

"It depends on what Naruto thinks, Kakashi." "Hai, Hokage-sama." Kakashi? Is that Inu's real name? And why are they talking about me? I opened the door. "Ah, just the person we were looking for." Jiji seemed in a very good mood today, but I decided to wait before asking. "Hai, Jiji?"
"I'd like you to meet Inu, under the mask." All I saw was Inu, in another mask.

"Inu?"

"Hai?"

"What's with you and masks?"

"...Hah?"

"You don't have to answer, Inu!"

"Kakashi. It's Hatake Kakashi."

"So that's who Jiji was talking to!"

"Ahem!" Kakashi and I turned to Hokage-Jiji. "As I was saying, we were going to ask you to join Kakashi." This made me start to bounce on my feet. "Wait! Does that mean?" "That depends, what were you thinking?" That made me sheepish, which made me scratch the back of my head. "Well, uh, I kinda wanted to ask to join the ANBU." Jiji smiled at me. "Hmph, well, it's your lucky day, you're going to live, train, and work as an ANBU!" "Eh! Hontou?" I exclaimed. "Ah, hontou. Here's your uniform." My breath hitched. I recieved the standard uniform Kakashi got, but in a smaller size, but big enough to grow into. But that wasn't what caught my breath.

I saw my mask and katana. "Welcome to the Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai, Kitsune." Hokage-Jiji, iie, Hokage-sama smiled at me as he said this. My mask had 3 red whisker marks on the sides and ears on top with the face of a kitsune. The katana was a sleek white handle, with golden foxes on the blade, and was sharp to the touch.

I smiled knowingly about my future as Kitsune the youngest ANBU in history.

Eight Years Later, 12 Years Old (Before The Academy)

"So, as I've been saying for the past few hours, the Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai are the elite of the elite, and you should remember this all because it is im-" As Kuma, a certain T&I interrogator spoke. (Ibiki's mask, Bear, suits him PERFECTLY)

"BOR-RING!" A short ANBU jumped beside the podium. "Oi! Someone get that gaki out of here!" "Yeah! "Take that impostor out of here! He should be tried for pretending to be an ANBU!" 'Tch. Always the greenies thinking that they're all smart.'

"Hm..." The blonde ANBU pouted, but no one could really see it from under his kitsune mask with pointed ears. "To think that someone doesn't believe me...Inu! Itachi! (Just so you know, Itachi is Weasel in Japanese, so Itachi's ANBU name is a pun) There's another non-believer in the crowd!"

"Why must you always do this Tai-" Kuma began. "Ah, ah, ah. No need to tell them my ranking status" Naruto wanted to get a kick out of this, anyway. "Hai, ANBU-san" "Perfect!" Naruto beamed.

"You called, Kitsu-" Inu approached Naruto with Itachi. "Up, up, up! Don't say my name in front of the rookies, we've been over this" He interrupted.

"We have? When?" This left even Itachi dumbfounded.

"Oh, when we went drinking after that mission, and I drank the most sake, yet I didn't pass out like you lightweights!" At this Naruto laughed while reminiscing that night.

"Hey, gaki! Don't disrespect Inu- and Itachi-sama! You have no right!" Rookie 1 from earlier had shouted out again. '*sigh* Why do I do this anyway?'
Naruto inwardly complained.

"Pffff, no right, I do so, however, YOU have no right to disrespect the ANBU Taichou!" Said Taichou retorted in response.

"What! You can't be a prodigy! Only people from respectful clans can be, like those two!" Thus causing Killer Intent from three certain ANBU-*cough* Inu, Itachi, Kitsune *cough*.

"So, you say and truly believe that only clan members can be prodigies?" A silky voice began from the blonde. "Need I REMIND you about certain people that didn't have clan training? Namikaze Minato the Yondaime, was a war orphan from the Second Shinobi War! Jiraiya of the Sannin, was as people believe to be, HOPELESS! But look how HE turned out, he's the master of senjutsu (Sage Techniques)! And don't get me started on other important people! Next time, rethink what you say before speaking to your superiors."

And with that said, Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto left a dumbfounded ANBU in anger and no respect for people that never 'looked underneath the underneath', as Kakashi would quote to all his failed genin.

"Hm, Inu-san, it seems that Kitsune-taichou is not pleased about the words exchanged." Itachi murmured.

"Well you know how Kitsune-san is when it comes to things like that." Kakashi replied.

"To think that he'd run off in the middle of the argument." Kuma cut in.

"Yes, but he left before he did something he would regret, Ibiki-san." Itachi chimed.

"True, true." Ibiki agreed.

"Taichou is an enigma in an enigma, and only he can understand himself. Any one who would dare try would be applauded for their efforts, but I doubt anything would work to crack the case." Kakashi threw into the conversation.

"Yeah, but I wonder how he can be frightening but calm at the same time, how does he do that?" Ibiki muttered out loud.

"The world may never know..." The three ANBU said simultaneously.

Thus causing a pissed blonde to sneeze, making him actually look like a 12 year old, and not a war hardened captain, which also made him trip on the branch he jumped on. Which made Kyuubi mock him for 'sleeping on the job' and sneezing inside his ANBU mask.