Chapter 12 everyone enjoy

After watching Konohamaru and his friends for about 10 more minutes complaining about him.

He decided to cut them some slack, he jumped off the branch, landing in front of them.

This frightened them for a few moments.

"Hey, how did you do that?"

"What, hiding in the tree?"

"Yeah, how were you able to do that?"

"Simple, I used my chakra!"

"You gotta show us how to do that!"

"I'm not sure that's a good idea."

"Come on, you gotta show us, please!"

"You could seriously hurt yourself if you mess up."

"What do we have to do for you to show us!"

"Well, for one, you need more chakra. You don't have enough to hold it for more than a few minutes if you're lucky."

Konohamaru's response was to do pushups to increase his chakra reserves.

He wasn't alone; his two friends mirrored him.

Naruto just stares at them, dumbfounded by their sudden determination to get stronger.

"I suppose I can help train them as long as they don't pull any more pranks."

He continued to watch them for a few more minutes before they all gave up.

His response was a simple hand clapping "bravo. Even I have to admit your sudden drive to get stronger is a good thing."

"Really!"

"Yes, and I suppose and can come up with something to help with your chakra development," he said with his hand on his chin.

"Awesome will be a great ninja in no time!"

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch Konohamaru."

This brought his head out of the clouds.

They all noticed the setting sun on the horizon.

"Looks I'm done for the day, guys. And if you want to increase your chakra. If you already have it, make it a habit to do basic exercises whenever the chance presents itself."

"No problem here, Naruto," he said before waving him off.

Hokage tower

After waiting three days, Ebisu finally got the chance to ask why the fox brat became a ninja.

He knocked on the door three times before hearing his voice, letting him know he can enter.

"Is there something you need, Ebisu?"

"It has come to my attention the fox brat is a ninja."

"He has a name you!"

"Sorry, I'm just wondering why you allowed Naruto to become a ninja." He said in a slightly urgent tone.

"The reason is simple. Naruto needs to be able to defend himself if someone wants to get there hands on the nine-tailed fox."

"I see, but what to stop him from turning on the village!"

"I have faith Naruto will never go down that path!"

Ebisu cringed at those words "well that all I wanted to know. I will take my leave, Lord Hokage."

"Very well Ebisu'' with a single hand sign, the jonin disappears in a poof of smoke.

Three days later

Over the past three days, Naruto over saw Konohamaru and friends were giving it their all.

It has only been three days, but he could tell their chakra reserves growing bit by bit.

"Damn I was honestly expecting them to give up after the first day,"

"It doesn't surprise me. When you humans set your mind on a goal. They will tear down any obstacle in their way."

"Where did this come all of a sudden?"

"When you've been around as long as me, you learn a few things."

"Wow, I feel like an idiot now."

"You can say that again," he said with a light chuckle.

Natsu just stayed quiet as he really didn't want to get into an insult war with Kurama.

His punishment from the summoning jutsu is over now.

Now he was around to get back to usual duties.

That assuming they stopped laughing at him.

"I really hope they stop making fun of me."

"I doubt it, but you brought it in yourself!"

"I know just hope it doesn't last long."

"I personally loved seeing you in misery, haha."

"Would it kill you to drop it."

"I take my comedy when I can get it, your misery is all I can get!"

"If you say so…."

When he finally made it home for the day, he looked at his calendar.

His birthday was tomorrow.

"I can't believe I almost forgot my birthday!"

"Time sure flies when you with the anbu kit."

"I know, and I've grown in strength faster then I thought possible."

"To be expected kit that reminds me, think you can convince the pervert to give you the key, then its sweet freedom for me HAHAHA."

"Somehow, I doubt that will happen anytime soon unless I can learn a jutsu to give me the edge against you!"

"Gaki thinks he strong enough to control my power. How cute."

"Would you rather stay behind bars for the rest of my life!"

All he got in response was dead silence from the fox,

"That's what I thought!"

He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard a knock on the window.

He looks to see the Pervy sage sitting on his window frame.

"What do you want, pervy sage!"

"Since your birthday is tomorrow, I figured I would teach you a jutsu to help with chakra form interested?"

"You bet, so when do we start!"

"Three days from now, as I'm sure there are others who want to celebrate your birthday squirt."

The next day

When Naruto finally woke up, he had a massive smile on his face as of today he is 11 years old, and it's been one year since he first joined the anbu.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a letter held on by his sliding window.

He grabs it, taking the folded paper out.

He read it silently before a massive smirk took its place on his face.

The letter in question was a happy birthday card from the Hokage.

And many of his fellow anbu and a handful of jonin.

This was evident by the group picture everyone took when Kukiko's birthday happened last month.

That's not all. It was an S-class ranked mission pay from he assumed from everyone.

Now it was time to head to HQ, he put on his anbu gear before leaving.

When he set one foot in, he jumped by several older Anbu before being dragged to the meeting hall.

When he finally got his wits together, he was surrounded on all sides.

They gave him a happy birthday party that points to several hours later.

It went like a normal part and went well as far as the anbu is concerned.

Besides the massive check, the Hokage him for his birthday, they gave some stuff he might actually use.

One is various scrolls on the sealing art other in wind nature and, of course, plenty of spare kunai and shuriken and senbon.

A closer inspection of the shuriken and kunai reveal they were used.

He can't fault them on that ninja equipment, in general, is expensive.

Fresh ninjas are given a basic set of ninja gear.

If they want more, they have to buy it themselves or more often recover any you find after a battle.

These seem to be the latter of the two.

But he was really excited about the senbon.

His mind started hatching evil ideas on how to use them.

Many had concerned looks in their eyes when they saw the grin on his face.

Some speculated it was Kurama's influence on him, but they'd be wrong.

"These could be useful to me!" Kurama did an audible gulp at that.

It was no secret the two would be at each other's throats from time to time.

And thanks to the cage, Kurama made the perfect Guinea pig.

But enough about that for the time being.

Naruto started making his way home as the night sky greeted him.

Then his stomach rumbled "great, I'm hungry guess I can stop Ichiraku before bed."

He changed course to the ramen shop.

And just his luck they were still open, he quickly found his seat ordering his usual.

He eats his ramen in peace and just as he was about to pay.

"It's on the house, Naruto, as a birthday gift."

"Really!"

"Yes, but next time you have to pay, ok!"

"No problems here" with those words, he headed home.

It wasn't long before he passed out looking forward to his day off.

Kurama was in the same boat, and just as he was about to go to sleep, a new but familiar present came over him.

He looks across from him past the cage doors to see the girl Yukino if he remembers correctly.

Ever since she unwittingly entered Naruto's mind the first time he's been wondering about this jutsu, she unlocked.

He stayed silent, wanting to know more but kept an eye on her as she looked around the room.

"Woah, I didn't think I'd be back in here?" she asked herself.

She continued to look around the room before her eyes settled on the massive gate door with a note that said seal.

Then her eyes landed on the all familiar red eyes from her protection job over a year ago.

She unconsciously took a step back as their first encounter was still fresh in her mind.

Out of human instinct, she brought her arms up, still retaining the scared look.

"Hmm, you have nothing to fear as long as this seal is up," he tapped the bars with his claw.

"Wh-who are you?"

Kurama didn't respond for a few minutes before saying, "Kurama, that's my name," he said with no emotion. He needs to choose his words carefully from this point on.

"Ok, Kurama, where am I the last thing I remember was going to sleep after entering the village an hour ago."

"What village?"

"The hidden leaf!" Kurama silently groaned at this.

"Why did you come to the village?" he forced himself to not show emotion.

"I was on my way back from a party with other noble girls, and we had to stay the night here. If memory serves, my Naruto lives here!"

Kurama had to double-take at her words "crap! I hope he didn't hear that"

"You never answered my question, where am I?"

"You don't need to know now, go!" he said with authority.

Yukino just pouted before leaving.

"Naruto is not going to be happy about this"he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

Yukino suddenly shot up, letting out a sigh before looking to see the moon high above the sky before going back to sleep.

Kurama abruptly woke Naruto to land in front of the cage.

"What do you want, Kurama!" he said with slight irritation.

Kurama was well aware of what the mornings are like when his body is sleeping while they chat.

"We have a problem."

"Yeah, it's called you waking me up in the middle of the night," he said blankly.

"No, it's more important!"

"Please tell me no one is sneaking into my apartment."

"That isn't the issue, and no one is doing it right now."

"Then what is it?"

"Remember that first job you did as a ninja?"

"Yes," Kurama went into detail about what happened on his end of that conflict.

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" he yells at the top of his lungs, "and you didn't tell me till now!"

"I didn't think we would run into her again!" he said, looking away.

Pinching the bridge of his nose Naruto looks him dead in the eyes, "so what do you propose we do!"

"That's not the worse part!"

"Humor me!"

"She referred to you as hers!" Naruto's face went red at that.

When you have someone like Cat as an older sister figure and training under kakashi, you learn a few things.

"Moving on, what do we do now!"

"I know you, and the higher up want to keep us a secret from power in the land of fire and beyond, but it's only a matter time before she figures it out."

"I can't believe it, but you might be right for once," Kurama scoffed at the last part.

"Do you have any idea how to contact her, Kurama?"

"No, unless you want the whole village to sense me," he said in a smug tone.

Naruto could only let out a sigh in frustration as Kurama was still gunning to be set free.

"Guess I'll have to talk to her tomorrow, but I should talk to the Hokage first, so I don't have to deal with his punishment again." Kurama let out a frustrated sigh of his own.

Those 40 days of Naruto punishment weren't fun for him either.

"I'm gonna get me some sleep then."

Morning

When Naruto woke up, it was the early hours of the morning.

"I assume it was you who woke me up this early?"

"Yes, I don't know when they leave, and it best to get this over with as quickly as possible."

Naruto, in record time, got into his anbu gear before jumping out his window.

He can only do this in the early mornings when everyone is asleep or bearly awake.

The third Hokage had just entered his office still a little tired.

His age was catching up, or Naruto skills improved as he didn't notice him outside his office window.

"Good morning Lord Hokage!" he said with a mocking voice from his perch on the window frame as he twirled a kunai around his finger.

It spooked him slightly as he faced Naruto "what are you doing up this early, Kitsune?"

"A little fox told me about a certain noble of the land of fire!" he still held that tone of voice.

Hiruzen cringed at his words as that could only be one person, and he was alerted she was staying in the village yesterday.

"I take it, Kurama told you?"

"Yes, he did!"

There was a moment of silence between the two ninjas for about a minute. Hiruzen struggled to find the word as Naruto Kept twirling his kunai.

"I didn't tell you because it was newly awakened at the time, and the chances of you two interacting again were slim if I had anything to say about it!"

"That's good to hear Jiji" that brought a small smile to both of them.

"Take a seat," he pointed to the nearby chair.

"I take it the others were in on this too," he points to the hidden anbu in the rafters as he puts the kunai away.

"Yes, I notified them shortly after she entered the village."

"I have no idea what to do from this point."

"I took it, she entered your mind last night?"

"Yes, while I was sleeping, I didn't find out till after she left."

With a sigh "as much as I don't want to, we might as well tell her now."

"I was afraid of that!"

"This is an S-class secret, so I can't blame you."

"That's not the reason," he said with a hint of unease.

"Hmm," was the collective response.

With massive sigh "from what Kurama said, she referred to me as hers."

Everyone in the room struggled to hold in their laughter from Naruto's statement.

"Well, no use putting it off might as well tell her as she will find out eventually."

"Are you sure that's ok, Jiji!"

"She has been a noble for over a year. I'm sure she knows how to keep a secret as big as this. Besides, I'll have some anbu on guard for the time being to make sure it stays a secret."

"Which hotel is she is staying at," he said with his head down in shame.

"She is staying near the Anbu HQ for protection."

"The hot spring hotel?"

"Yes"

With those words, he left.

Everyone broke out in hysterical laughter, after all, it's not every day a girl would stake their claim on Naruto.

Didn't take Naruto long to find the place and the hard part which room was she in.

And the fact there's a hot spring didn't help.

"Kurama, have you got any ideas?"

"Give me a minute…..found her"

He now stood outside her room window before taking his mask off and flak jacket and arms.

He sealed them in a scroll before tapping on her window.

He let out a sigh when he saw movement.

Yukino sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eye before looking to her window, seeing the leaf village head banned.

She walks over, opening the window before being greeted with a familiar head of blond hair.

"NARUTO!" his response with a finger to his lips telling her tone it down.

"Sorry"

"It's fine."

"So what brings you here" she had a massive smile graced her face.

"The Hokage told me about that jutsu of your"

"Yep, I unlock it what he calls a Kekkei Genkai."

"Yeah, I know, and certain Fox chimed in as well as well."

"What?"

"No use beating around the bush, what do you know about the nine-tailed fox?"

"Just that he wrecked this village and was stopped by the fourth Hokage."

"The fox wasn't defeated in the traditional sense."

"What do you mean?"

"The fox spirit was sealed inside a newborn baby. That baby was me," she had a look of shock grace her face." his name is Kurama, and exposure to his chakra unlocked your Kekkei Genkai."

Yukino didn't know what to say as she was still processing his words.

"That's all I wanted to tell you since you decided to visit while I was asleep," he tapped his head with a finger.

Yukino just blushed as she looked away.

"it's fine. You're still learning, but you have to keep this a secret for the time being, ok!"

"No issue, Naruto-kun," Naruto internally sighs at this.

"Well, that all I got ninja duties to do."

"I hope I see you soon," she said before going back to bed.

Naruto took his leave heading back home, intending to get a few more Z's.

By the time he woke up, it was noon.

He did his morning routine and was looking forward to tomorrow since he will learn a new jutsu from the pervy sage.

But that was for another time, today he was gonna take it slow.

Until an anbu agent paid him a visit, he didn't even make it to his apartment door.

"Oh, come on today's my day!"

"We know, but something came up that requires your attention," the anbu agent turned out to be Tenzo.

"What is it?"

"A jonin request your attention to help train his students."

"Why should I? It's my day off!."

"The Hokage's approved another S-class mission pay."

"Fine where is he"

"Training field three, oh you need this to" he hands him a mask identical to the one Kakashi got him.

"What's this for?"

"You find out when you get there."

"I'll be there shortly."

"Hai," and he was off.

Naruto quickly got into his Anbu gear with the new mask before his Kitsune mask.

He landed in the middle of the field, trying to sense where this jonin and his students are.

Then he notices something out of the corner of his eye coming fast.

They couldn't see it, but horror graced his face as he dodged out of the way.

A massive creator was formed where he was a moment ago.

Before he stood, the caterpillar man might Gai himself.

"I see you made it Kitsune ready to bask in the glory YOUTH!"

Naruto cringed at that word as horrible memories came back to him.

"What do you want, Gai!"

"My students want to see what an Anbu is capable of, so I asked you here to help train them," he said with a sparkling smile.

"Why me?"

He kneeled down and whispered into his ear, "one of them didn't think too highly of you when they saw you in your anbu gear a few weeks ago for your age. this was after I told him you weren't a kid playing dress-up."

"I see, but what exactly do you have in mind?" he wore an evil smirk.

"Just a little sparring session with them."

"Besides showing them the errors of there ways, what else do I get out of this?"

Gai took a thinking pose, trying to come up with some kind of reward.

"I'm sure you'll come up with something later, I really want to put this student of your in his place," he said with a slightly cruel tone.

"I'll go get them," and he was off.

30 seconds later, he returned with three students.

One looked like a mini version of him, one was a girl with a pink sleeveless jacket if he had to guess with her hair in two buns.

The last one put him on edge. He has the all too familiar Hyuga eye with a look of disinterest and arrogance in his eyes.

"Good afternoon, my youthful students. This is anbu agent kitsune. He may look small, but he earned the right to wear that mask."

The mini Gai who's name is Lee greeted him with the utmost respect.

The girl named Tenten was the same as Lee.

The last one, however, just gave a wave of the hand.

"Gai sensei, why did you call him out here?" Lee asked.

"I brought him out here for you to spar against him. This is to see how you far you've come against one of Konoha elites" both Gai and Naruto eyes lingered on Neji, who met Naruto's glare.

"So, what are the rules of this spar?" Naruto asked

"just don't ruff them up too much."

"Fine!" was Naruto's response before pointing on Neji," you're first!"

"Fine by me, now let's see who's under that mask," he activates his Byakugan.

Gai was visibly agitated before looking to Naruto "those eyes of your won't see through this mask teme."

"Doesn't matter, but I'll see you no matter why angle you come at me."

"Fine, have it your way," he said casually.

Naruto charged at him with kunai in hand.

Neji took the gentle fist stance prepared for whatever came his way.

Just he was about to strike Naruto clone disappeared in a pop of smoke.

"Shadow clone," Gai thought.

Neji, with the help of his Kekkei Kengai, was able to dispose of multiple clones sent his way.

"Is that the best you can do!" he said as he dispelled another clone.

"No!" a split second later, he landed on his outstretched arm before moving behind him, kicking his leg out.

Then with his fist punched him in the gut knock flat against the ground.

He pulled out a kunai rest the sharp edge lightly against the skin of his neck as one foot kept him firmly against the ground.

"Do you yield!"

Neji's pride just took a massive blow.

All he could do was look away.

"Hyuga pride as always," he increased the force on his foot before looking to the other two.

"Who's next?" he said with a hint of sarcasm.

The remaining two shared a look of fear in their eyes.

The was increased as Naruto other slammed down Neji's free hand in an attempt to nail his other foot.

He slowly pulls his kunai away before disappearing in a poof of smoke.

"Shadow clone," they all thought.

Neji finally stood up, holding onto his arm Naruto stepped on.

"Neji! This was the main reason I asked him out here the same for you two."

"To keep our pride in check, Gai sensei," Lee stated.

"Yes," he looks to Neji,

"Never underestimate your opponent, otherwise the next time you do, you might not make it home," he said sternly.

"He's right!" Naruto said behind them, scaring the three genins slightly.

"How are you able to block me, Byakugan?"

"That's a secret, is that everything Gai?"

"No, I want you to spar with Lee and help him with Tai-Jutsu while I teach Tenten and Neji."

"Ok, then."

"Gai sensei!"

"Yes, Lee?"

Lee looks to Naruto "what do I call you, Kitsune Sensi, Anbu Sensei or-"

"Just kitsune will do Lee" was Naruto's response.

that's it for this chapter I have to say I really want to tackle cannon but there a few things to have to cover first

Funny story I lost track of the timeline when I was writing this chapter so I had to do some rereading

As always make sure to fav follow and leave a chapter review