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"Naruto" human thoughts

"Naruto" human speaking

"Naruto" demon or deity thoughts

"Naruto" demon or deity speaking (or someone really pissed)

The Fox

Team seven, my senseis, Zabuza, Haku and I slowly made our way across The Great Naruto bridge. We needed to go back to Konoha since the mission was now over. Yamato-sensei seemed quite wary of Zabuza but I think the trip back should be okay.

The only thing that I was really worried about was that there was a chance that Zabuza would be kicked out of Konoha or even executed if Jiji didn't allow his enlistment. Kakashi-sensei had said that he would take all responsibility but I knew that he wouldn't be able to in the end if hokage-jiji really didn't want Zabuza in Konoha.

We were over half way across the bridge when I heard footsteps running up from behind me. I turned around to see Inari running towards me with tears in his eyes.

He jumped into me for a hug and started rubbing his face all over my shirt. Inari continued to cry and I could only just barely hear out what he was saying because of him speaking into my shirt. "N-Naru-nii, sob, I don't want you to leave. It's going to be so boring without you here. S-sob."

I grabbed his shoulders and gently lifted him away from me. I made him look into my eyes. I then gave him my best eye smile and patted his head.

I continued to ruffle his hair and comfort him, "Don't cry Inari, strong guys don't cry for such small things like this. If you stop crying now, I'll give you a wonderful deal."

As soon as I mentioned a deal for him, his crying toned down by a bit.

I saw that the deal was the best thing to comfort him so I continued on telling him my proposal. "If you can finish all the training scrolls I gave you and can successfully stand on water for even three minutes, then you can make your way to Konoha and join me in becoming a ninja. How about that?"

He stopped crying and tilted his head in a thought filled manner. It seemed like he was thinking the deal over but I knew that he was just thinking which was more beneficial for him, either to beg me to take him to Konoha now or to go with the deal.

After a minute of thinking, he finally looked towards me and smiled. "I'm going to train, Naru-nii! I'm going to surprise you with my training as fast as I can. Just believe it!"

I smiled at him and stook out my fist, he gave me a fist bump in response. "Let's meet soon in Konoha. I'll be waiting for you Inari."

I turned around and continued on my way across the bridge. If I had turned back, I would have saw Inari waving at me the whole time.

Time skip: Konoha

After a few days of walking in the woods, we finally saw the main gates of Konoha.

The trip back had been quite awkward and silent. None of the people in team seven would talk to either Zabuza or Haku and Sasuke would always be glaring at me.

I do feel slightly guilty about knocking him out but if he had pushed himself anymore then he had with his sharingan, he would have been comatosed for at least a week and a month at most. Even I could tell that he was pushing his chakra way past his limits at that point.

Kakashi-sensei was always reading his Icha-Icha book at all times and Itachi-sensei would just keep quiet in all situations.

We were just about to pass through the gates when a group of anbu dropped in front of us.

The anbu that stood directly in front of us, wearing a bear mask, walked towards Kakashi-sensei and started to speak in a monotone voice.

"Zabuza momochi and Haku momochi are to be escorted to the Hokage's office immediately. Team seven and Uzumaki Naruto are to be on standby while all jonin senseis must report to the Hokage's office."

The anbu team grabbed Zabuza and Haku and vanished. It appeared that Kakashi-sensei or Itachi-sensei had already sent a report back to the Hokage while we were at wave.

I was glad yet at the same time, slightly sad that I was to be on standby and that I couldn't be there to convince Jiji for Zabuza and Haku.

Yamato-sensei, Kakashi-sensei and Itachi-sensei looked at eachother then looked at us. Kakashi-sensei was the one who addressed us in the end. "Go back and rest. You guys will be on standby. Be ready to be called just in case Hokage-sama wants to see you."

Then then vanished from our sight. We all looked at each other in bewilderment but just went our separate ways after we entered Konoha.

I made my way back to my apartment. As soon as I was back home, I unpacked all my things and flung myself onto my bed. I closed my eyes and recalled all that had happened on the mission.

Every event flashed by in my mind as I thought through the past few weeks. As soon as I was at the point where I had annihilated Gato and his thugs, I found that I had already gotten over all the death. I couldn't understand why I was okay with all the death now and I couldn't find a reason. I tried to remember the disgust that I had felt after the fight but I could not find anything but a calm and apathetic mind.

I bolted off of my bed and rushed to the washroom. I looked into the mirror and tried to see if I had anything wrong with me physically. I couldn't find anything even after a full minute of searching.

I tried to reason with myself that it was a good thing that I had gotten over it but I could find no happiness in that thought. It scared me that I had gotten over it so quickly. The more calm I felt, the less humane I started to think that I was. I had killed over two hundred people and yet I felt nothing now. It truly scared me.

I was about to try and get in contact with Kurama when I heard a knock on my apartment door.

"Hey Naruto, team meeting at training ground 11." I heard Kakashi's voice behind the door and he didn't sound quite happy.

I tried my best to push my current thoughts to the back of my head and as soon as I was ready, I headed out the door and made my way to the training ground.

It didn't take long for me to reach my destination. When I got there I saw that both Kakashi-sensei and Itachi-sensei were already there and were waiting for me. I landed in front of them and waited for them to tell me the result of what had happened at Jiji's office.

Kakashi-sensei and Itachi-sensei looked at each other and then at me. The silence was broken with Kakashi-sensei sighing heavily.

He looked towards me and I saw that his eyes didn't carry much happiness. He sighed once again before he started to speak. "Zabuza and Haku were placed on standby for questioning at T&I. They also must take a few missions under anbu surveillance for security purposes for a quarter of an year. Overall, it was an okay outcome. The bad news that we were told after is some news that concerns you. Hokage-sama has stated that you shall be punished for your actions on our last mission."

I could only flinch at his words. I had known that there was a large possibility that I would have gotten punished but I had still hoped that Kakashi-sensei could somehow convince Hokage-jiji to take away my punishment. I had apparently hoped for too much.

I slowly nodded my head to show that I understood. I could only hope that the punishment was a small one. "Did Hokage-sama tell you what my punishment was or should I go to his office to find out?"

This time it was Itachi-sensei that noded. "Hokage-sama has stated that you are not to take any missions aside from D-ranks and you are not allowed to use your shadow clones. You must also do a minimum of 15 D-ranks a week for the next month. If you can not finish this then Hokage-sama has stated that you are to be prohibited from the Chunin exams that are coming up next month."

I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry. I was happy that I could enter into the chunin exams but I first had to go through about 60 D-ranks this month. I was happy that I had time to train before the chunin exams but I had to do all the D-ranks with no clones. There were both ups and downs in this punishment. The one thing that I did know was that Hokage-jiji was actually doing his best to make this punishment be as easy for me as possible while the council also thought that it was a good enough punishment.

After a minute of going through my thoughts, I finally nodded to tell them that I understood what they were saying. I bowed at the two of them and shunshinned away to get back to my apartment and train. I also had to go and receive my D-ranks to start my punishment.

It was going to be a long month.

Time skip: one month

The month of D-rank torture had finally passed and the chunin exams were now just five days away. I had focussed most of my time doing D-ranks and spending my time training my chakra control. I had finished over 65 missions and all of them were as boring as the last. I had been bossed around by cranky old women and had been ordered to babysit young snobby kids. Only one word was enough to describe my month, Torture. In the end, all that I could gain from D-rank missions were a better mission record and better babysitting experience.

I was currently in front of Iruka-sensei inside of the Hokage tower. I had just finished another one of the D-rank missions and now my count was up to 67 this month.

I was watching the final touch of the contract and payment between the client and Iruka-sensei when I heard the door slide open behind me. I looked behind me to see who it was and to my surprise, it was Kakashi-sensei with Sasuke in front of him.

In the past month, I had only seen Itachi-sensei occasionally and for some reason, I had never seen Kakashi-sensei anywhere. But now I found him here with Sasuke in tow.

My jaw unconsciously dropped down and Kakashi-sensei's one visible eye widened greatly. Sasuke looked towards but just 'hmph' ed and looked away like I was unimportant.

I was just about to ask Kakashi-sensei what the situation was when he lifted his hand towards me to signal that I should stop. "Not now Naruto. Meet me at Ichiraku in five minutes and I'll tell you all about my past month."

With that said, he walked towards Iruka-sensei with Sasuke following behind him. I left the room and made my way to Ichiraku hoping that Kakashi-sensei would finish talking soon so that he could explain to me why it looked like he was teaching Sasuke.

After five minutes had passed, I heard Kakashi-sensei walk in to Ichiraku. He sat down beside me and ordered two miso ramens. He then looked towards me and started to speak. "Okay Naruto, do you remember the battle against Haku and Sasuke on the bridge in Nami?"

I nodded my head slightly. Of course I remembered. It was kinda hard to forget with it being the fight that I had dropped into at the start. I could still remember their startled jolts when I had appeared before them.

After I nodded, Kakashi-sensei continued speaking. "Apparently Sasuke had unlocked the sharingan when he was fighting Haku and as soon as we got back to Konoha, he demanded the council to make me his mentor. I obviously refused but they still forced me to train him until the chunin exams."

I was slightly surprised when what he said entered my mind. I had known that Sasuke had unlocked the sharingan but I hadn't thought that that was the reason for Kakashi-sensei's absence. One thing I didn't understand was why he asked Kakashi-sensei instead of Itachi-sensei. No matter how I put it through my head, I couldn't find a reasonable answer. I would only know if I asked.

I raised my hand into the air like I used to in school to ask my question. "Why is it that you were asked instead of Itachi-sensei? I know that you have the sharingan too but doesn't Itachi-sensei have more knowledge on it?"

Kakashi-sensei first gave me an eye smile before responding. "There me might be a few reasons but the only one I am sure of is that Itachi is currently not in Konoha so even if he was asked for, it would be impossible. The only thing is, I don't know if Sasuke asked for him because I wasn't there at the time."

What he said made sense and it also explained why I hadn't seen Itachi-sensei very much in the past month. Even if Itachi-sensei had been here, I would still not be learning with him either way. I turned towards Kakashi-sensei to tell him goodbye when I saw that he was now gone. In his place were two slips of paper. One was the chunin exams application form and the other was a message telling me that I would be placed on a team with two genins and that I should bring the form to room 303 in the academy in 5 days time. There was also a P.S. telling me that I would have to pay the bill for the ramen.

I picked up the form and ate the rest of my ramen, paid the bill, and left Ichiraku. I made my way around Konoha looking for something to do. I felt like I had been way too busy in the past month and that I hadn't been doing anything relaxing for a long time.

I continued to stroll around Konoha. After a few minutes, I found myself in front of the main gates of Konoha.

I looked towards the gates and saw that the eternal gatekeepers, Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane, were currently talking to a group of four people who were wearing foreign clothes.

It was a group of 2 males and 2 females. By the looks of it, it seemed like they were ninjas from Kusagakure no sato. It appeared to be that they were here early for the chunin exams.

There was one female jounin teacher looking person and the group of genins looked to be around 12 or 13 years old. They didn't look that strong but I chose to check their levels first to make sure.

Kawashima Shu

Genin of Kusagakure no sato

Age: 13 Male

Lv: 21

Kawashima Yuu

Genin of Kusagakure no sato

Age: 13 Female

Lv: 19

Shinsuke Hiru

Genin of Kusagakure no sato

Age: 12 Male

Lv: 20

The genins weren't that strong overall and were only about half my level. It also seemed like the the two Kawashima's were twins. I wonder if they have some kind of synchro or fusion technique. It would be quite interesting if they did. I then turned towards the jonin to see how strong she was.

Ito Hitomi

Jonin of Kusagakure no sato

Age: 29 Female

LV: 42

She was two levels higher than me and yet she was a full jonin. I didn't know if I was the strong one or if she was the weak one. I had only ever bothered to check Kakashi-sensei and Itachi-sensei and all I got were question marks last time I checked. It would seem that I would only know if I continued to observe the other jonins.

I hadn't bothered to check their levels at all because I had gotten completely used to the words above people's heads and now I actually need to focus a bit to see the words at all times. I haven't checked Kakashi-sensei and Itachi-sensei's levels for a month or two now. I wonder if I can see their levels now.

I continued to observe them for a bit since I didn't have anything else to do. After it seemed like they had finished up with the verifications at the gate with Izumo and Kotetsu, they started to walk towards me. Since I had no intentions of causing trouble or even getting to know them, I went into an alleyway to hide myself.

As they were passing by, I heard one of the genins, Hiru, mutter something to his jounin sensei, Hitomi. "Sensei, do you think Oro-."

Before he could finish his sentence, I felt his jounin sensei release some KI and send a glare his way. The level of KI she had released would have no effect on me but to her low leveled students, it must of felt like they had entered into hell.

Hitomi looked around and before she would look towards my position, I used presence isolation to make sure that she wouldn't know that I was here and eavesdropping on their team.

As soon as she seemed satisfied and thought that no one was listening in on them, she glared towards Hiru again. "Do not mention his name here. You never know when someone might be listening in. If we let slip any information whatsoever, he will kill us. If you value your life, keep your mouth shut."

She then turned around and started walking again. The genin team looked at each other in fear and hurried to follow their sensei.

As soon as I was sure that they were gone, I made my way out of hiding and continued with my walk. I was sure that I had heard something important from the way the jounin acted but I didn't have anything else but 'Oro'. There wasn't anything for me to report about so I could only try and forget about what happened just now.

I walked around Konoha until I found myself in front of my own apartment. Nothing interesting had happened after the incident with the Kusa shinobi.

I opened my door to my apartment and saw that the place was slightly dirtier than the way that I had left it.

I suddenly heard a sound from the direction of where my kitchen was. It sounded like my cupboard opening and someone was rummaging around inside it.

I took out a kunai out of my inventory and readied it in my hand. I slowly inched my way forwards until I was at the kitchen doorway.

I brought my breathing to a halt and peeked slightly into the kitchen. I made sure to prepare to appraise the intruder before I jumped in just in case it was someone completely out of my league.

As soon as I peeked in to the kitchen, I was surprised to find a fox rummaging through my instant cup ramens. Although I was surprised to find our that it was a fox that had intruded into my home, I was more surprised by the words above its head.

Flame fox

"Fox spirit"

Age: 5 months Sex: Male

Lv: 15

The fox was apparently not even a regular fox. The fox was apparently a spirit of some sort. Since it had flame in his name, it most likely meant that he was a flame spirit.

The fox still didn't seem to notice me peeking on him and he just continued to chew through my stash of cup ramens.

As I watched him eat through what I thought was his second cup, I finally stepped into the doorway and cleared my throat to get his attention.

The fox jumped into the air and spun around to look towards me and started to slightly whimper. He slowly edged his way behind the garbage can which was close by and only occasionally peeked his head out to look at me.

I tried to walk closer to him but he would constantly move backwards bit by bit the more I got closer to him.

After a few minutes of trying, I could only sigh at the very little progress I had made in getting closer to him.

I shrugged my shoulders and tried to act as uninterested as possible. I went over to the pile of cup ramens and started to put away the scattered items.

As I was picking up an unopened cup, I saw the fox starting to slowly inch towards my direction out of the corner of my eye.

I turned around to look towards him but he rushed back behind the garbage can as soon as he saw that I was looking at him.

I once again turned around and continued to clean up.

The fox started to make his way towards me again and this time, I didn't turn around until he was only half a meter away.

I placed my hands down onto the ground to try and show that I wasn't going to do anything to him. I slowly turned my whole body around and waited until he stopped trembling and would calm down.

As soon as he had calmed down, I slowly got up and made my way to one of my cupboards. I opened it up and took out some bread to feed him.

I ripped the bread into small pieces and placed then onto the ground in front of him.

I edged away bit by bit to give him some space and to allow him to eat in comfort.

At first, he was eating slowly while keeping an eye on me but after a minute of slow eating, he wolfed down the rest of the bread and looked up at me in expectations.

He looked like he wanted more but it still didn't seem like he would come to me by himself. I ripped the bread again and left a piece on the ground and backed away by a bit. He came up to the piece and ate it again. I repeated the process and shortened the distance between us each time.

After 20 minutes of us going around in circles around my apartment, I was finally able to make him eat out of my hand. He also allowed me to pet him gently on his back.

It finally seemed like he trusted me fully. He started to cuddle closer to me and curled around me leg like a cat. He opened his mouth wide and yawned. It seemed like he was tired now.

I picked him up and brought him onto my bed for him to sleep comfortably. I looked at my clock and saw that it was nearing dinner time so after I made sure that he was sleeping soundly before I cooked up some ramen for myself and ate it.

As soon as I was done eating, I sat on my couch and started to read some books on strategies since I had some time to spare.

I had barely got through one chapter in the book when I was suddenly pulled into my mindscape by Kurama. Getting pulled into ones mindscape was never a pleasant experience. Even through I was somewhat used to it from all the times she had forcefully summoned me to my mindscape, it still caused my stomach to churn as soon as I regain my bearings.

I found myself in front of Kurama, who was sitting in her chair in the dining room with a very serious face. There was no joking atmosphere like usual or the graceful smile that was always on her face. I could tell that something was weighing heavily on her mind.

I didn't have to wait long for her to start speaking what was on her mind.

"That elemental spirit is dangerous. No matter how cute and weak it looks now, it will get deadlier as time goes on. Get rid of it as soon as you can."

Her words were short, hard and brutal. None of the things she had said made sense to me. I couldn't help but go slack jawed as her words kept repeating itself in my head.

My question could not be contained and just burst out of my mouth in rapid fire.

"What do you mean dangerous?! Why did you call him an elemental? Isn't he supposed to be called a flame fox? Why do I need to kill him? Can't I keep him?"

I was slightly out of breath after my outburst. Although I was unstable with my thoughts, Kurama looked like she expected that I would ask all the questions that I had just asked. She also seemed like she didn't want to answer my questions now either. Sadly for her, I wasn't going to leave until I got my answers.

She opened her mouth and it seemed like she was going to refuse but she stopped as soon as she saw me standing there with my arms crossed and determination showing in my eyes.

She sighed and nodded her head in defeat. "That fox comes from a race that should have gone extinct in the ancient war."

Just her first sentence in her explanation and I was already lost. Extinct? Ancient war? This was going to be one long conversation.

Kurama looked like she saw my confusion and I could tell that she really wanted to sigh in disappointment.

She continued to speak after she got over my uselessness. "The elemental fox spirit, the Flame fox, is from a race that was under the command of the gods of this realm. Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, Tsukuyomi, the God of the moon and Susano'o, the God of the sea and storms were created into being from Izanagi and Izanami, the God and goddess of both creation and death. Izanami had been killed and brought down to the yomi-no-kuni and Izanagi wished to revive her but there was no way to revive a deity without large consequences. He, Izanagi, made a trip to the yomi-no-kuni to try and revive his wife, Izanami, but came back after he saw her body in the yomi. He bathed in a nearby river to clean his body of the grim from the yomi and the his right eye became Tsukuyomi, his left became Amaterasu and his nose became Susano'o. After he had finished bathing his body and saw his three creations, it is said that he told them a message and left to hide away in grief. That was the last of any confirmed news of Izanagi's whereabouts."

I stuck up my hand in front of her face to make her stop talking for a bit. Suddenly learning of the creations of the gods was a huge headache inciting event. I need a few minutes to digest it all so that I don't forget any of this and so that I can make sure that I can have have a clear mind for more information later.

I sat down and closed my eyes to start sorting out some of the information that Kurama had given me. Thankfully, Kurama waited patiently for me to absorb all of the previously given information.

After a few minutes, I was ready. I opened my eyes and looked over at Kurama. She nodded her head and started to talk again.

"Centuries had passed since the birth of the 3 deities. They passed their time by creating animals, plants, insects and finally, there were the humans. As soon as the humans were created, so we're religions. As more religions popped up, more gods started to appear. Some were like Tsukuyomi and the other two. Created from the clothes or body parts of Izanagi. Many of the gods were lesser gods, not even close to as powerful as the deities created by Izanagi. Some humans worshipped and praised the gods while others refused to believe in beings that were said to have created them. This view was despised by the religious humans and both went to war. With the help of the gods, the religious won and the non-religious were cast away from society. The humans praised the gods even higher. It was then that things started to go down hill. Problems started to appear in the lesser gods first. Many were getting drunk on the praises and powers gained by their increase in worshippers. It was Amaterasu who first noticed these changes. She brought up this problem to Tsukuyomi and Susano'o but all of their solutions were conflicting with each others. Amaterasu wished to follow their fathers lead and hide away from society. Tsukuyomi wished to let nature run its course. Susano'o wished to rule over the humans and make them continue to worship the gods. Opposing interests sparked hatred between the siblings and war was on the horizon. The lesser gods divided themselves and had chosen one of the three sides. War was inevitable. The Flame fox, was one of the troops created by Amaterasu. They were few in number but strong enough to rival a lesser god. The war started fast and brutal. Amaterasu flew into battle on the Yatagarasu, the three legged crow and fought a bloody battle against Susano'o. All creations made by the two gods battled on the lands and reshaped the lands. The war lasted for years until the battle was finished. The result ended in Amaterasu victory but at against cost of a shortened life. Tsukuyomi came out of hiding after the war was over and went to Amaterasu to scold her on her actions, only to find her on her deathbed with only minutes to spare. Amaterasu asked Tsukuyomi to carry her outside so that her last moments would be bathed in the sunlight. A she was dying, she used the last of her powers to change her body into the God tree. Her soul departed to heaven and Tsukuyomi was alone. As days passed and Tsukuyomi continued to watch over the tree, Izanagi appeared and gave the God tree the chakra fruit. Before he left once again, he told Tsukuyomi to only allow the one who only wishes for peace to eat the fruit. Otherwise, the world would fall into war once again."

It took me awhile to notice that Kurama had finished talking. She had stopped at such a weird place that I thought that she had just taken a break and that she wasn't done but even after a few minutes of waiting, she still wouldn't talk anymore. I still wanted some more information.

"... Is that it? What happens next? What's the chakra fruit and what happens to the God tree and why haven't I heard of it before?"

Kurama looked at me and sighed. "That's all you need to know for now. The Flame fox will become incredibly strong when it gets older and with one wrong move, all of Konoha could be destroyed. Thankfully the one you have is not even one year old so it's fairly weak. If you wish wish to keep it, you must always take good care of it and treat it very nicely. Luckily it seems to have trusted you very easily so it doesn't seem to be too much of a problem. Sadly, if it's you, you might completely forget about it while training so it might not be the best idea to raise it."

I violently shook my head in denial. "I would never forget about him! I'll make sure to raise it properly so can I please keep him. Pretty please?"

Kurama smiled in response but for some reason, it wasn't a nice smile. "If you really wish to keep it then you can but just remember that if he goes out of control, all your loved ones will die. You better raise him nicely."

I was kicked out of my mindscape after her message. I couldn't get her last smile out of my mind. It was kinda like an evil grin but it was also a smile that was making fun if me at the same time.

I woke up on my couch and saw that it was four in in the morning. I felt a weight on my lap and saw that the fox was curled onto my lap and sleeping soundly. It seemed like he had gotten off my bed and came to sleep with me. He really did seem to trust me completely now.

Since I didn't want to wake him, I went back to sleep.

2 hours later

I woke up to the sound of an animal whining and scratching on what I would assume to be my door. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around the living room.

The early morning light was seeping in from the window and illuminating the flame fox in all his glory. He was sitting in front of my door shaking and seemingly wanting to be let out. He kept whimpering and scratching at the door that even an idiot would know that he wanted to be let out.

I got up from the couch and went to the door. I found him pacing back and forth in front of my door. I rushed forward to open the door as fast as I could since it kinda seemed like he really needed to go piss.

As soon as I opened the door, he rushed outside and left the apartment complex at a speed that even I had trouble following. It was too late to even think of following him. I was slightly worried since I didn't know if he was okay on making his way back here but there was nothing for me to do then to hope and pray that nothing bad were to happen to him.

I started my morning like every other day, I got dressed into my training clothe and started my daily training. I was going through my chakra exercises when I saw the Flame fox running towards me from a distances.

At first I was glad to see that he was nice and safe but as he kept getting closer, I saw a huge crowd of animals chasing him. There were dogs, cats, crows, birds and even racoons and weasels. I didn't even want to guess how he managed to piss them all off at the same time.

As I was going through the shock of the huge animal riot, the flame fox made it to my position and he climbed up my leg and scrambled up all the way up to my shoulders.

He seemed to gain a lot of confidence as soon as he was by my side. He bared his baby fangs at the crowd of animals rushing towards us and for a second, I thought I saw a spark fly out of his gritted fangs.

I didn't have time to look into it because the animals were now closing in and it didn't seem like they were going to stop anytime soon.

I released a bit of KI to try and stop them in their tracks but not even half of them stopped from it. I kept trying and trying to stop them in their tracks but after a few tries, I was out of time and I could only sprint away and try to lose them.

I ran as fast as I could but I could only run so fast with the Flame fox on my shoulder. Him being on my shoulder wasn't the problem, the problem was that he was starting to heat up for some reason. His body temperature seemed to increase as more time passed.

I finally made it to the edge if the residential area in Konoha. If I went to my left, i would be able to go to training ground 11 but since it was a place with not many good hiding spots, it wasn't a place that I would want to go now. If I went to right, I would reach training ground 44, also known as the forest of death.

I hesitated for a second but as soon as I heard the rumbling caused by the approaching animals, I went right.

Although the forest of death was a scary place that lived up to its name, with many chunins dying in there every year, it was a humongous place that contained many places for me to hide.

It only took me a minute to reach there but it felt like an eternity to me for some reason. As soon as I had gotten there, I was met with a huge surprise.

A part of the forest near one of the gates was burned to a crisp and only a black clearing was left. For some reason that even I didn't know, I turned to look at the flame fox. The Flame fox looked away in a hurry and I instantly knew that he was guilty. I also figured out why all the animals were chasing him in anger. The only thing that I didn't know was how he had done it. I doubt he has control over his powers yet since he's not even an year old. It didn't make sense now, but I was sure that I would figure it out soon enough.

I put all of my thoughts to the back of my mind and started to run again, this time, I went into the forest.

I was running as fast as I could but the burning pain on my shoulder just continued to heighten. I had to stop and hide behind a tree so that I could let the flame fox drop down and to let me rest.

The Flame fox was now completely bright red and glowing with power and heat. It didn't seem like he was in pain or anything but he did look really confused.

I was only able to rest for a minute or so when I heard the animals getting closer to our position.

I was just about to pick him up and start running again when suddenly, the rumbling caused by the animals stopped.

I sneaked a peek towards the animals from behind the tree that I was hiding behind. They were all trembling in their place in fear. Some of them were even running away. At first, it seemed like they were staring at me in fear but I soon figured out that they were staring at the Flame fox in my arms.

I looked down at him and saw that he was glowing even brighter now and it seemed like he was just about to sneeze. He tilted his head back and sneezed. My vision went pure white, then I was hit with an explosion.

I woke up to what seemed to only be a few seconds later. I opened my eyes to see the sun right above my head in clear view. At first, I didn't find anything wrong with the situation around me but it soon dawned on me that I had been in a forest and that I should be seeing trees, no the sun. I got up and started to dust off my clothes when I let out a scream in surprise. All my clothes were gone except for my pants which were no better than underwear now. My pants looked like they had been burned off by a katon jutsu of some kind.

I looked around to see if there was anything for me to cover myself with when I was once again met with an odd sight. I was still in the forest but I was at the edge of a 50 meter radius clearing that was completely burned flat. It was the exact same sight as the one near the gate. I now knew exactly how the Flame fox had burned the entrance of the forest.

I closely studied my surroundings to see if he was near and speak of the devil, he was in a hole at the center of the clearing, sleeping. I was going to make my way to his position when I was violently pulled into my mindscape by Kurama again.

I was met with a sight of Kurama pacing back and forth almost exactly as the Flame fox had done in front of my door this morning.

As soon as I was fully 'there' in my mindscape, she grabbed my shoulders and started shaking me back and forth. She also started to half scream half speak in a hurried tone.

"THAT, is what I meant by dangerous! Do you know how long it took for me to heal you?! A full 4 hours! So many burns to heal and your left hand was almost burned to almost stub! YOU WERE LIKE A RED AND BLACK ZOMBIE FOR KAMI'S SAKE!"

I stuck my hand over her mouth to shut her up before she could continue with her rant about how dangerous he was or about how I should get rid of him.

I waited until she calmed down before I dropped my hand from her mouth. I took her hands off of my shoulders and breathed heavily in exhaustion. She could be quite tiring when she goes into her overprotective moments. I don't even recall when she started being so overprotective about me.

After a minute of silence between us, I sat down a but to the side and started to ask her some questions.

"Do you know what's happening to the Flame fox right now? If there is a way to fix this problem and you know how to do it, I want you to tell me since I don't plan to get rid of him. Please tell me how."

For a few seconds, I got nothing but silence. After about 10 seconds, I finally got a sigh and an answer from her.

"Your flame fox is currently going through a problem where he is naturally producing chakra but he has no way to properly release it. As a result, his coils get filled with chakra and it explode out all at once. The only reason why he is safe is because he is still technically a spirit and he instinctively makes himself intangible right before he explodes. The way for him to fix this problem it to learn chakra control and to regularly use chakra as much as possible. This way, the flame fox can be saved and should be safe enough to keep."

I was amazed. I knew that Kurama was smart but I didn't think that she was this smart. If I could do this well, she would have no excuse on trying to make me get rid of the fox.

I bowed my head slightly to show my thanks to her. She answered with a hmph and waved me away.

"You better get going soon. His next explosion would occur in four days at the earliest and seven at the longest. Teach him to control it as best as he can. Now go."

I was sent out of my mindscape at her command.

I opened my eyes at again and found myself on the forest floor once again, but this time, I had the flame fox curled up next to me. I was going to have to start planning on how I was going to teach him so that he wouldn't explode anymore.

It was going to be a tiring and worrisome next four days.

End of chap 7

Start of bonus

I was running as fast as I could towards the forest of death to find a place that could hide from all the angry animals.

When I reached the forest, I was surprised to find that a part of the forest entrance had been greatly changed. It was splashed over and completely covered in pink. It was almost so bright that I want could burn my eyes out.

For some reason that even I didn't know, I turned to look at the flame fox. The Flame fox looked away in a hurry and I instantly knew that he was guilty. I also figured out why all the animals were chasing him in anger. The only thing that I didn't know was how he had done it. I doubt he could have just bought all of this pink paint since it would be an impossible situation from no matter what angle you looked it at.

I heard the animals coming up from behind me and I had no choice but run into the forest.

I found myself hiding behind angt tree near the east side of the forest. The animals had kept chasing me the whole time and this was the first time in a hour that I was able to rest for even even a minute.

I heard the animals getting closer and closer to our hiding place.

I was just about to pick up the flame fox and start running again when suddenly, the rumbling caused by the animals stopped.

I sneaked a peek towards the animals from behind the tree that I was hiding behind. They were all trembling in their place in fear. Some of them were even running away. At first, it seemed like they were staring at me in fear but I soon figured out that they were staring at the Flame fox in my arms.

I looked down at him and saw that he was glowing even brighter now and it seemed like he was just about to sneeze. He tilted his head back and sneezed a really loud sneeze. My vision went bright pink, then I was hit with an explosion.

I knew that when I was going to wake up, I was going going to be completely pink. I just hope it washes off easily.

End of bonus.

Well that's the end of chapter 7. I hope it was good enough.

I once again apologize for the long wait for this chapter and it hope that you will forgive me.

Anyways, give me a review if the lore anything you think I need to fix. I would greatly appreciate them.

I truthfully don't know when that next chapter will be out but I'm hoping to update in late December or early January since that would would be my winter break and I would have more time to work.

Thanks for reading and see you later.