I am extremely sorry for not having this story updated sooner. I have been rather busy lately with schoolwork, work and such things. Well anyway, here is the next chapter in Moonlit Space Fox.

Moonlit Space Fox

Team Placements, Chapter 4

I awoke from my slumber due to the stern calling of my name.

"Naruto." Again. Slowly opening my eyes allowing them to adjust to the light, I looked up from my position. What I saw caused my eyes to widen in panic and fear. Standing above me and Krystal was the Sandaime, who held a stern look on his face. Without even knowing it, I tightened my hold around Krystal with my arms as if to protect her from some oncoming danger. "Naruto. I think we need to talk." His gaze shifted from me to the sleeping vixen on my chest, who has yet to awaken.

"O-Old man." I stuttered out of fear. I felt movement on my chest and looked down to see Krystal looking at me with half-lidded eyes. For whatever reason it was, looking into her eyes gave me confidence. "I can explain." I said, looking up at the old man with a determined eyes. Krystal, now more awake, looked from me to where I was looking. Her eyes widened greatly in fear. She jerked violently in my arms, so I further tightened my grip on her preventing her from leaving my grip, and looked into her eyes. "Shh. It's going to be alright. I promise, I wont let you get hurt." I whispered into her ear, while rubbing her back with my hands. She stopped, and looked back into my eyes for a second before burying her head into my neck.

"O-ok." She whispered back in a muffle voice.

I looked back up at the old man, who's face softened considerably from his previous expression. He looked at me for a few moments as if considering what to do next, which probably wasn't far from the truth. "Please do. I think it would be rather interesting to hear this explanation of yours." He looked around for a second, before pulling a ragged chair that was across the room to the front of the couch. He sat down and motioned for me to star with a wave of his hand. With a sigh of resentment, I began my explanation.

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And so, for a short period of time, maybe an hour, I explained the all of the events that transpired during the previous day. It didn't take long, for there wasn't that much to explain. I was roaming the village thinking about the scroll incident, I came upon an abandoned training ground, fell asleep, saw Krystal, chased Krystal, and brought her back to my apartment, and then fell asleep. Sure it there was more, but that's the basic outline of what happened. Throughout the explanation Krystal kept her face hidden within the crook of my neck. I continuously stroked her back with one hand, and with the other I held the back of her head in comfort. When I finished the Sandaime closed his eyes and immersed himself in his thoughts, while slowly smoking his pipe, which was brought out during my story.

While he was thinking, I looked down onto Krystal with soft, caring eyes. I found it extremely odd; over such a short period of time, I felt an attachment, and was attracted to the vixen, who I actually knew little of. Throughout my short life I only felt attracted to one person. That was Haruna Sakura. Although, I think it was what she represent in my eyes, that attracted me. To me, she was beautiful…..actually come to think of it, that's all I was really attracted to. Sure at first, I might have thought she was a nice, friendly girl, but those thoughts were literally beaten from me, ironically by her. Even it if it would seem obvious I like her, I really didn't. I only gave her praise, or at least tried to, and was ignored and abused. Whatever liking I had for her in the beginning slowly withered away. Yet, in the span of only one day, I felt closer to the fox-girl than most people I know in the entire village.

"Naruto." I faintly heard some speak my name, but ignored it. "Naruto." I was taken away from my thoughts abruptly. I looked up at the face of the Sandaime, whose left eye was twitching in annoyance I think.

"Oh…sorry old man. What did you say?" I'm pretty sure I heard a faint giggle from Krystal. I blushed in embarrassment. The old man's face gained a smile due to my antics.

The old man began to talk again now that I was paying attention. "I said, that might have an idea of how to keep her protected as you wanted." He sighed while his eyes gained a glint of sadness. "You now know why you are basically a pariah throughout Konoha, so you should also know that this will not sit well with the villagers and ninja. However, I think that this can be avoided mostly." He shifted his gaze to the still hiding Krystal before going into, what I like to call 'lecture mode'. "Bloodlines, or Kekkei genkai, have been known to give extraordinary powers and physical qualities. It is not unheard of for a bloodline to grant other worldly physical attributes. A great example is the now extinct Kaguya clan, who possess the ability to control their bones to do what they will them to do. There are many others we do not know of or are undiscovered."

Eyes widening, I began to understand where he was going. "So Krystal could have a bloodline? Err…I mean Krystal could have a fake bloodline?" The Sandaime nodded in response with a smile of understanding on his face.

"Yes Naruto. That was my plan, but there will still be unease within the village due the common hatred for foxes." At that part Krystal flinched, due to obvious reasons. I whispered words of comfort, while the old man waited patiently to continue. "But, I think this idea will appear valid, and of course the council will be willing to accept another bloodline into the village." His eyes grew serious before he continued. "However, in order for this plan to actually succeed Krystal here will have to become a part of Konoha's shinobi force."

At that statement my mind began to churn with all of that could happen in the near future. "But…..what will happen to her? W-where will she go? Who will protect her? She can't live by her self!" Immediately after I said that, I actually realized what I just implied causing me to blush in extreme embarrassment. I slowly looked down at Krystal, who was now staring at me with tear filled eyes. I awkwardly smiled down at her, while sheepishly rubbing the back of my head. She just wrapped her arms around me tightly and continued saying, 'Thank you' over and over while crying into my neck. "Your welcome." Was the only reply I could think of at the moment.

I looked up toward the old man, silently asking for help only to see him smiling warmly down at the two of us with soft eyes. "I think that that answers most of your questions doesn't it?" He spoke in a jovial tone. I could only blink in response, before blushing once more. "Now onto what will happen to her." This time he gave a great sigh, as if he was admitting something he didn't want to. "I…can arrange you two to be together, but…" He paused.

Confused, I asked him what he meant. "But? But what? If we can be together than what's the problem?" The old man flinched at this.

"Well, in order for you two to be on the same team you would have to separate sensei from those who graduated out of the academy. In other words, you two would be the only ones on the team." Unknowingly, I smiled at that. I could also feel Krystal tighten her arms around me. This caused me smile more. "However, the only sensei I could think of that would teach you two isn't very…orthodox."

Orthodox? Ninja being orthodox in the first place is unheard of. For him to actually call one unorthodox sounds pretty unusual, or bad, or both. "It can't be that bad can it?" he flinched again. Ok, now I'm started to get worried, but if Krystal and I are together than I can deal with it. I've deal with worse shit in my life to get something I wanted. Like going through the agonizing experience of the academy to become a ninja.

"Yes. Yes, it can be that bad. 'She' is the only one that would train you both though. But, as I said she is rather different from any other ninja you've seen. Mainly her eccentrics are the reason though. So, what do you say?"

I looked down to Krystal, who was now looking back at me with hope in her eyes, along with still moist tear stains. "What do you say Krystal? Do you want to stay with me even if we have a crazy sensei?" She lightly giggled causing me to smile.

"Please. I don't want to be alone." She softly asked me.

I wiped the tears from here eyes and hugged her tightly. "Of course. Thank you Krystal." I whispered softly. I looked back to the old man. "But wasn't I assigned to a team today?" The Hokage gave me a sly smile.

"Being Hokage allows some benefits Naruto. This is only one of them. I can easily take care of that. I think you'll be happy too." I looked at him with a quizzical expression. "You were on the same team as Sasuke." I sighed in relief. Thank god, I really hate that guy. I gave him a grateful smile and thanked him. He only smiled in response. "Now. Since this is a rather new devolvement, you and Krystal will have to wait for things to play out. Your new sensei will be Anko Mitarashi, and you will start you career as a ninja in a few days. Until then, rest and get to know each other better. I will have to tell the council of this, and make preparations so I will be rather busy." He smiled down at the two of us. "I will take my leave now Naruto."

With that he stood up, move the chair to its original position, and left us with a wave of his hand. When the door closed I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. I looked down at Krystal, who was now staring at me. "Well, that turned out better than expected didn't it?" She gave a small smile before lying her head on my chest.

"Thank you Naruto." She spoke in a whisper. A comfortable silence loomed over the two of us as we lay there. It was broken by Krystal. "U-um. Naruto?" I looked down at her and saw that her face was slightly flushed. "What did you mean when you said, 'Thank you'?"

I stared at her in confusion trying to think of what she was talking about. Of course it came to me after a little bit, which caused me to blush at what she was talking about. I averted my eyes from her, attempting to hide my embarrassment. "W-well…maybe, over the past day I've come to like you I guess." I sort of mumble the last part, but I'm pretty sure she still heard it. I sighed as I continued. "And I enjoy your company, so I guess I was happy you decided to stay." After each word I spoke I became more and more embarrassed.

"Thank you Naruto." I heard her speak, but the tone of her voice was happier than I've ever heard before. I looked back at her and saw that she was smiling and actual smile. I smiled back at her and chuckled lightly.

"Your perfectly welcome Krystal." At that moment I heard a grumbling sound, so I looked around confused. I looked at Krystal, who had a furious blush on her cheeks. I laughed out loud. "So, your hungry are you?" She just looked away, muttering a yes. "Hmm…so am I. I guess we should eat then shouldn't we?" I began to slowly sit up, making sure Krystal didn't fall off of me. She got the hint and got off to sit beside me on the couch.

I got up and walked towards the kitchen, and was closely following me. Suddenly I stopped causing her to bump into me. Turning around I saw her rubbing her nose. "I'm sorry. But, you need some clothes don't you?" She was wearing the same thing she had on when I found her with my jacket over that. "Stay here. I'll be back." I quickly took a detour to my room and quickly shuffled into my closet looking for appropriate clothing for her. Soon after I came back with pair of black sweat pants, and a white t-shirt. I simply handed them to her and asked her to try them on. I navigated her toward my bedroom and closed the door behind her to give her some privacy.

While she was changing I went into the kitchen to look for something to eat. Ramen sounded good, but I'm not completely sure she would enjoy it as much as I would, so I continued looking. Eventually I found enough eggs and bacon for the both of us. Fitting, since neither of us had breakfast this morning. Getting the ingredients out, I turned on the stove and started preparing the meal. A lot of people would think that since I eat ramen all of the time, I wouldn't be able to cook, but living alone sort of forces you learn certain things. Such as cooking.

I faintly heard footsteps behind me so I turned around and immediately blushed. It may have been that I found her attractive, or because she was wearing my clothes. She shyly looked away from my wandering eyes. The white shirt hung loosely on her form, but firmly held onto her shoulders. Her breasts seem to stick out due to the missing article of clothing, but I don't mind. Not that I'm a pervert either, I just don't care. The sweat pants molded to her upper legs, and were baggy in her lower leg area. It looked like she ripped a whole in the pants for her tail by the looks of it.

"Do they fit?" Her shy voice broke me out of my thoughts of her appearance. I blushed even more and went back to cooking.

"Ya, they fit fine." I mumbled while trying to pay attention to the cooking.

She slowly walked up beside me, observing my actions. She seemed look with amazed eyes at the sizzling bacon, and already finished eggs. "What is that?" She asked perplexed.

I looked at her as if she were crazy. Who didn't know eggs and bacon when they saw them? My eyes softened as I realized she lived outside of civilization. She was unaware of my facial expressions, still amazed at the food. "This, is eggs and bacon." I pointed each one out respectively. "It's almost done, so why don't you go and sit down at the table while I finish it, hmm?" She averted her eyes from the food to me and nodded dumbly, apparently still amazed at my cooking.

When I finished a minute or two later, I walked to the table in the other room with two plates of food. Krystal was sitting down in of the two chair that were opposite of each other at the small, square table. I vaguely noticed her tail swishing back and forth between the back rest and seat of the chair. I gently set her plate and silverware in front of her and smiled. It felt good to have company while eating.

I sat down with my food in front of me and began to eat. I looked from my food to Krystal, who was holding her fork as if it was foreign object. She watched me eat for a couple of seconds before mimicking how I ate. I lightly laughed at her as she awkwardly used her fork to put the food into her mouth. After she took her first bite, eyes saw her eyes widen.

"Thsh ish good." She spoke while also chewing. I laughed out loud, because I did the same thing all of time. She blushed, swallowed her food, and look down at her plate. "I'm sorry. This is really good. Thank you." She spoke softly.

I gave her a big foxy-like grin. "It's no problem." After a few more bites, I thought of something to talk about. "Krystal." She looked up at me, giving me her attention. "Well, since your going to be living here and your going to be a ninja, I'm going to tell you about all you need to know."

And so throughout our late breakfast I explained to her all that I thought she should know. Ninja ranks, chakra, ninja techniques, fighting, and all of the other things I knew about ninjas and other thing that I thought was important.