AN: As for the people wondering about the introductions, Princess Koyuki has already met Naruto before he left for his training. Once the introduction to the story has finished I will have a time skip from the current time line to episode #141. The girls will be travelling to Konoha in hopes of helping Naruto with his little problem of a Clan Restoration Act. I will try to speed up their arrival as the story is based around the severely underrated trio.
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Chapter 4: Differently the Same
"How is he alive if the Fox was release? Furthermore how the HELL DID HE JUST TURN INTO A NINE TAILED FOX!!" screamed the Hokage. She wasn't asking anyone in particular, she just felt confused at all the events that just happened and had no answers for them. Having a family like member turn into a demon form gets you a little agitated.
The group was still standing in the forest in front of the wall surrounding the village hidden in the leaves. The shock was slowly wearing off but it was a lot to take in. To be honest, seeing the beautiful demon and them turning into a fox wasn't the big shock they received. The biggest had to be the fact that in two and a half years their dead last teammate just dominated a legendary Sannin.
"Forget that! Did you see his body?" giggled out Tenten and Hinata's face was a dark shade of red. Hinata obviously noticed before anyone else as she turned away, trying to hide the blush. She wasn't the only one who noticed as Ino was covering her nose trying to hide a nosebleed, still standing there with her eyes as wide as they could humanly be.
Neji gave Tenten a look that she just shrugged off. "Common Neji, you can't stand there and pretend that you didn't give that girl the up-down." In response the Hyuga just looked away. Not wanting to lie or admit to doing something as shameless as that. Tenten just sighed. Neji wasn't the easiest person to read and he wasn't even blushing.
"Wait, I thought you said that hotty hanging off of the dead last is the Kyuubi demon? The one that attacked the village all those years ago?" Kiba asked as he turned towards his sensei. Lee on the other hand was jumping up and down. "Naruto's flames of youth still burn brightly after the years of intensive training under the great Sannin Jiraiya!" His comment just made the Hokage and the Jonin's stare at him. Thank god the Guy wasn't here or he would be jumping with Lee, shouting even louder.
Kakashi was the first to reply to the situation. "That is classified. The only way you can get details on that is if you ask Naruto himself or become Hokage." He pulled out a little notepad and began scribbling down the events that just happened to report to his favourite author. It's not everyday that a human and demon get together. This had forbidden love written all over it.
Lady Tsunade looked at Kakashi and just sighed. She knew exactly what he was doing and it sure wasn't his mission report. "Anyways before we get into any detail, it's time to get some information. Now where is that perverted teacher of his..." She took a quick glance around to see if she could locate him. Before she was able to order a search of the area for him, a huge explosion shook the ground around Konoha. The explosion originated from the path the fleeing Sannin and his fox pursuers took. 'They said they were going stealthy! If I knew they were going to attack them again I wouldn't sent help even if the brat denied it!'
"What are you all standing around for? Naruto might need some help. All of you go check the explosion out. If there is nothing there, start a search of the forests in that area for any shinobi that might need help." said the Hokage and she and her assistant turned towards the village and started walking to the Hokage tower where her sake was hidden. There was going to be a god like amount of paperwork for this.
They all nodded at they jumped into the trees and sprinted full speed towards the large dust cloud. As the leaf ninja reach the blast zone they seen a small fight broke out. A dozen sound shinobi lay dead on the ground scattered around and Naruto was engaging Orochimaru as the demon was fighting Kabuto. Before any of the leaf ninja went to jump in Kakashi held up his hand forming the sign which signalled stop.
"How come we aren't helping them Kakashi sensei?" questioned Sakura who was worried about the blonde knucklehead she apparently loathed so much. All of the others looked at Kakashi for an explanation. Even the other Jonin gave him a glance but they didn't question his decision.
"Take a look for yourself. We would probably only get in the way of this fight." The leaf ninja all turned back towards the fight to try to see the reason for holding back.
Naruto just finished blowing away a large snake and he turned his back to the two opponents which caused the Konoha ninja to gasp. All but Kakashi seemed to be shocked at the opening the blonde just made for the enemy. It was a fundamental fact that it was a mistake for a ninja to turn his back to his enemy, one that ninja often didn't get to make twice. The Sannin and his medic-nin both charged Naruto's back smiling. As they got five meters away from the blonde, he leaned backwards revealing his hidden partner. Naruto threw himself backwards as the female jumped over him towards the medic-nin. As she was in the air over her partner, he reached out and put his hands on the bottom of her boots and gave her a huge push towards her target.
Surprised by the sudden boost of speed towards him and his own speed heading towards him, Kabuto was only able to raise his kunai in time to block one of her kunai's, leaving the other one free to do all sorts of fun things to his insides. As the orange haired girl collided him his, she took a stab at his neck. The medic was only able to turn a small amount was the kunai came down, burying it into his shoulder. The girl used his body to stop herself as the other was thrown back and went through a thick tree, luckily able to be stopped by another think tree that was behind the one he just used his body to break through.
As his partner was thrown back, the snake Sannin turned to strike the girl that just stopped a meter away from him. As he raised his arms to summon a venomous snake to attack her, the demon bent forward as the blonde rolled over her back and landed another spinning kick to the Sannin's shoulder.
Being one to recover the quickest, the Sannin swung his fist at the blonde only to have to revert to defence as his partner twisted beside him trying to land a hit. The two kept swing in separate intervals, using each other to cover the others openings, allowing them to wined up for a big attack without having to worry about getting hit in the process. The Sannin was bombarded with attacks as he was forced backwards from the onslaught of heavy strikes.
Without many options left, the white skinned Sannin summoned a small snake to shoot forth from his sleeve. He wasn't about to concentrate long enough to summon anything bigger than an average snake. The snake wrapped itself around the girls arm and dug its fangs into her. Even though it was a small snake, it wasn't any less venomless. The Sannin's smile was short lived as Naruto's fist was buried into his cheek, sending the Sannin flying back.
Standing up smirking as he watched the girl pulled the snake off her, killing it and throw it off to the side. The Sannin glanced over at his lackey who was struggling to stay on his feet. Unfortunately the fight was over but he was still able to poison one of them.
The leaf spectators were shocked once again by their friend's abilities. Not only was he fast and strong but he was more intelligent as well. "They work better than any team I've ever seen, and I work with the ANBU, those guys are damn near telepathic. This puts even them to shame." stated a wide mouthed Anko. The rest of the leaf ninja could only nod as they kept their eyes glued to the fight.
"Hmm, smart of you two to use your bodies to hide the other, almost like having a sneak attack in the middle of a fight. You've became strong since the last time we've met." grinned Orochimaru as he bit his thumb, thrusting it towards the ground. "Summoning jutsu!" As expected a huge snake the size of a 5 story building appeared. It was the same one he used to fight both Tsunade and Jiraiya sensei with at once. Orochimaru and Kabuto vanished leaving Naruto and the Kyuubi panting while staring at the new opponent.
Naruto turned his head towards the Kyuubi and gave her a smile "You know what to do." The girls only reply was "Of course." in a happy voice. She didn't seem fazed one bit but the snake.
The two grasped each others hand as they shifted into their fox forms again as the giant snake tried to swallow them. The two darted away one each side of the snake. A chakra trail followed in the wake of the two as they twisted around the body of the colossal snake. After spinning around it a few times and dodging its swinging tail, they ran back together, shifting out back into human form. As they pulled on the chakra rope they had wrapped around the snake, it tightened into a sharp wire and cut into the snake, causing it to poof away.
Naruto fell to the ground on his back breathing hard as the Kyuubi followed suit. She rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes and smiled. "You did that on purpose because their watching didn't you?" Naruto shrugged and grinned. "I have no idea what you're talking about."
The leaf ninja jumped to the ground and slowly approached the two lying on the ground. As they got closer Ino couldn't help herself and she screamed. "Oh my god! That's sooo cute! Can I touch it?!"
Naruto looked up at this friends and back down towards the girl next to him. "Ohhh, that's what you meant. I guess I forgot to remove my tails when I transformed back." He could only grin as the Kyuubi and most of the male shinobi rolled their eyes. Still lying on the ground, Naruto put his arms under his head to prop it up. "Sure you can touch it." He waved six of his tails in the direction of Ino and she jumped forward and started playing with them. Watching Ino giggle prompted the other females to touch them as well. Even Anko couldn't resist and joined in on the fun.
"Hey be gentle, they're really sensitive you know." winked Naruto to the females crowded around him. They all immediately blushed and Hinata passed out from loss of blood from her nose. Kakashi chuckled as he guessed at what the Hyuga heiress was thinking about.
The two stood up and Naruto shifted back fully into human form much to the dismay of the females. The group started walking back to the village as the Konoha 11 started bombarding Naruto with questions about his training; surprisingly none of them involved the Kyuubi who was walking closely beside the blonde.
As soon as they group hit the gates of Konoha Naruto suddenly froze. "What's wrong Naruto?" questioned a concerned Sakura. "Granny Tsunade is going to murder pervy sage since he's not with us. We need to think up a cover story and quick!"
"Why exactly is he not with you?" asked Kurenai as she turned to face the duo. "I'm not sure, well you see he kinda left us a year ago and we haven't heard from him since." Naruto gave her a sheepish smile. They all replied at the same time.
"Yea, he's a dead man." Kakashi let out a little cry. So much for more of his favourite books.
