I'm really sorry for being so late, but I just haven't known what to write! I've had some time to think though, so here's the next chapter!

"Talk" 'Think' (Translation/AN) "Speaking telepathically" (Or putting emphasis on something)

DISCLAIMER: As usual: NO, I DON'T OWN NARUTO, MORON!

Raised by demons

Chapter 10

"Oh Toooraaa! Come now, or do you want to see what foxes do with bad cats?" A young, 11 years old blonde grinned sadistically as he shouted after a brown cat.

Now, many people would look at him in wonder, seeing as the blonde that did genin missions…only seemed like an 8 year old.

"Naru-nii! Get that chew toy, before I decide to unleash Ira!" A pink-haired girl yelled into a microphone. The third member of their squad had dark blue hair and red eyes. "Quit scaring the damn thing away!" She demanded.

Now, these three were of course Konoha's resident Kitsune trio, Naruto, Sakura and Hinata. The reason they all looked so small would be because of them being Kitsune, which are somewhat smaller than wolves and dogs. Of course, they would grow to normal size eventually…but not before around they were 15.

Quite some time had passed since Gaara and his siblings had been in Konoha, and with some hard work, and lots of pranks and fun, all the half-demon children had now graduated. Minato had taken a single look at the council's idea for teams and ripped them apart, before simply putting the siblings in teams.

Neji, Tenten and Lee had graduated about half a year before them, to the nine younger children's annoyance. Currently, the older team had gotten their first C-rank, while the three younger teams …D-ranks. Hell on earth. Minato was just waiting for them to blow up, and the senseis were even betting on each other teams.

Speaking of senseis, the teams had gotten some strange ones.

Team 7, also known as team Kitsune, had a sensei named Yuhi Kurenai, a genjutsu mistress with a passion for genjutsu, and quite some loyalty to her comrades. Minato had chosen her because of the three kitsune's illusionary abilities.

Team 8, or team Inu, had a sensei going by the name of Sarutobi Asuma. He was a combat specialist that was once one of the twelve guardians for the daimyo. He was quite lazy, but stronger than one would think. Minato had chosen him because he could teach the inu's how to properly utilize their destructive strength and techniques.

Team 10, or team Ookami's sensei was Minato's former pupil, Hatake Kakashi, the copy ninja. He had one sharinghan eye, and had copied thousands of jutsu. Minato had placed him with the Ookami's because of Sasuke's sharinghan and he felt that Kakashi would be able to teach them all subtlety and conveying their strength without waste.

Last was Team 9, or team Gai, as they were known as. Their sensei was a strange man named Maito Gai. He wore a green jumpsuit, had a shining bowl cut, and was always talking about youthfulness. But he was the village's taijutsu master, well suited for Lee, Neji and Tenten to learn.

All in all, Minato truly believed they would be the best teams seen in ages.

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"Capturing Tora has been accomplished. Now, Tousan… you know very well…that I'm tired sick of these academy student tasks!" Naruto snarled. Kurenai frowned at him, but she had already figured out that her three students were quite a handful.

"Be respectful, Naruto. He is the Hokage!" She chided. Naruto rolled his eyes. "And he is my father as well. Now, Tousan, as I was saying…" The blonde drifted off. Minato chuckled. "I know, I know. All of you agree, I take it?" He asked. Sakura and Hinata nodded vehemently.

"Very much so! Give us a better mission, or we call kaasan!" The two yelled in perfect unison. Minato got a temporary panicked look, and laughed nervously. "Just wait a sec, the other two teams are coming soon!" He waved his hands.

Kurenai looked curious at Minato's reaction at the three's mother, and she still hadn't figured out how the three was related when they all had different parents.

"…Why…" "Are…" "The other…" "Teams…" "Coming?" The three spoke after each other, synching it to sound like a complete, un-broken sentence. Kurenai still marveled at their illusionary skills, and found it quite funny how they could hear someone's voice once and then copy it.

Minato sweatdropped. "Talk normal, will you? Anyway, I've arranged for a triple-team mission. It's a C-mission, but the client is lying about something. I have a feeling you would all be perfect for this mission." He grinned. The three gave each other high-fives, while Kurenai looked kind of confused.

Someone knocked on the door, and Minato yelled at them to come in. The door opened to show teams 8 and 10. "Yo, sensei." A silver-haired man, Kakashi, waved lazily.

Minato grinned. "You're all here, that's good. You see, I've decided that all of the three rookie teams are going on a C-rank together. It's probably higher though…" He said, and explained the details.

"Finally, we'll be doing something else than weeding someone's garden!" Ino exclaimed. Sakura nodded. "Or catch Tora. That …thing…is DEAD next time I see it." She deadpanned. Sasuke chuckled. "At least we never did that. Though now we get a better mission. It'll be lots more fun, I bet." He smirked.

Naruto shrugged. "And dangerous, don't forget that. Maybe we'll meet missing ninja, even. Tousan says the client is lying." He explained. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "Troublesome. Let's do our best, I suppose." He sighed.

Hinata smiled and giggled at Kiba's attempt to launch himself at Naruto, the blonde fox simply stepped out of the way. Shino was currently staying silent, though Sakura tried to get him to say something. Choji was eating chips, and offering some to others, though he kept most for himself.

"The client will be sent to the gate in about an hours time. Get ready and pack whatever you need. Nothing you don't need, okay?" Kurenai said to her own team. The trio looked dryly at each other and nodded. "We're ready then! We don't need anything, cuz I have extra weapons and emergency food in my storage pocket!" Naruto patted the pocket on his right side, and Kurenai frowned.

"What about tents, and sleeping bags?" She asked. Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Do we need that? We usually sleep in trees while outside." She said. Hinata nodded. "Besides, we're warm." She added. Kurenai frowned again. "How so? Naruto's pants are still ripped, and your clothes don't look to well either." She demanded.

They shrugged. "We're good." They decided, to Kurenai's ire.

Kakashi told the wolf boys to pack extra weapons, food, and what they needed, though he knew they wouldn't really take a lot. Asuma followed the other senseis examples, while puffing out a cloud of smoke.

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"Huh? I ask for protection and all I get is brats?" An old man with a bottle of sake or something complained.

Naruto blinked, and smiled all too sweetly. "Saku-nee…don't you think he makes for a perfect target to train our fire manipulation on…?" He suggested. The old man scoffed at the threat, until Hinata snapped her fingers and his hat was put on fire.

"Whoa! Ok, ok! I get it!" He yelled, waving his hat around. The trio grinned innocently as their senseis appeared, Kurenai with an exasperated look.

"Please do NOT harass the client!" She chided. The three fox children just grinned innocently. "We're not harassing him…simply…teaching him a lesson! Underestimation can get you killed!" They said in unison.

The other two teams grinned somewhat at Team Kitsune's actions. Shikamaru walked over to the old client. "You should REALLY listen to them, and us. We're prone to confuse the hell out of people, and when we work together about it…" He chuckled.

The old man huffed and looked away. Asuma chuckled and looked at him with a lazy smile. "They're just like that. Now you all, this is our client, Tazuna. Treat him UNLIKE anyone else." He said.

The teams all nodded, though the glint in their eyes told how much they intended to follow that.

Sasuke scratched his cheek with a clawed hand and locked eyes with Tazuna. "Let's go, shall we? We'll take good care of you…" He smirked. Tazuna gulped and began walking as fast as possible without looking half-panicked.

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The three senseis looked at their students with amusement and curiosity. Currently, Tazuna was sleeping in a tent. Team Ookami was sleeping with their backs against a tree, Team Inu lied around a small fire, and Team Kitsune lied on a branch each, sleeping steadily.

"They 're quite unique." Asuma smiled. Kurenai nodded. "Very much so. I've never seen anyone with that much energy and teamwork instinct. Not to forget why my team is so small." She blinked. Kakashi shrugged. "I asked sensei…he laughed at me, actually. Said they'd tell us if they wanted to, or needed it." He explained.

Kurenai looked thoughtful. "Not to forget, earlier today. They mentioned their mother, and Hokage-sama looked like right before Kushina beat him up." She smiled at the memory. Asuma looked confused. "Oh? But they have separate mothers?" He recalled. Kurenai nodded.

Kakashi blinked when he suddenly looked right at a pair of cerulean blue eyes and a big, fanged grin. "You shouldn't speak of others behind their backs!" Naruto said. Kurenai gaped. "N-Naruto! How did you come this close without us noticing!" She demanded.

Naruto made an hm-sound and flipped down from the three he hang upside-down from. "Being silent, mostly. It's easy; you simply walk like a predator, an animal. While most ninja can hear animals normally, the predators have a simple technique of not being there." He explained.

Asuma raised an eyebrow. "Not being there? What do you mean, Naruto?" He wondered. Naruto smirked. "Not being there is not being there. It's so simple! Now, you're actively focusing on me, but if you focus somewhere else, I can stay here, and you wouldn't notice me." He boasted.

Kurenai smiled. "We'll see." She said, and looked at the other still sleeping genin. Asuma and Kakashi followed her example, and when they focused on something else, they were surprised to notice that they simply couldn't feel Naruto. A jonin is always aware of his or her surroundings, so when they couldn't feel Naruto around, they were quite astonished, and turned back, only to see him in the same place.

"I give up. You guys are brilliant. But one question…who is your mother?" Kurenai sighed.

Naruto tilted his head. "To tell or not to tell…" He mused. "I think we should tell. They're our senseis, and deserve to know." A certain pink-head said matter-of-factly. "Yeah, but then again, what if they'll hate us?" A certain doggish boy argued.

"Don't be ridiculous, Kiba." Pineapple haired boy, smirking at the grown-ups.

"… Tell me just how you guys keep popping up?" Kakashi twitched, as he noticed everyone being awake and around the three jonin. Everyone turned to Naruto. "You're leader, you decide." Sasuke smirked and bowed somewhat mockingly.

Naruto grinned. "Hinata, put a genjutsu on Tazuna. This is nothing for him to wake up to. Senseis get ready for a crazy tale."

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"…I can't believe it." A dazed Kakashi blinked as he looked at the nine hanyou students, all in their original forms. Naruto's tail swished back and forth while he grinned. "Well, you can't be a good ninja if you don't believe what you see." He taunted.

Kurenai and Asuma was just as dazed, though they didn't really think it to be that strange…oh, whom are they kidding; they couldn't even speak after hearing their small tale.

Ino flicked her bushy tail in Asuma's face. "Geez, we're on a mission! You can't zone out now, even though your students come with life-changing info!" She exclaimed. Asuma blinked. "I think that's a very good reason to zone out." He said thoughtfully.

Shikamaru stretched, his ears twitching slightly. "Indeed." He murmured. Kiba laughed. "Mom reacted better than you guys! Though she just stared at me, before trying to hug the life out of me!" He winced. Choji ate some chips and wagged his tail. "Mom and dad were surprised, but they didn't really react all that much, other than give me a good hug and a super meal!" He smiled.

Sasuke blinked. "Mother was kind of tired, emotionally and all…and Itachi was the one who freaked out, until Naruto and Sakura beat some sense into him. And then we lied to Hokage-sama…err, forget the last part." He chuckled sheepishly.

Sakura blinked. "Kurenai-sensei? I do understand that it is quite a shock to discover, but…get it together woman!" She said forcefully, her slender tail swishing into Kurenai's face.

Kurenai blinked. "Do you have multiple personality disorder, Sakura?" She asked the 8-year-old-looking girl. Said pinkette blinked and nodded. "Yeah, of course! Didn't you know?"

"…Quit confusing the hell out of me!"

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The next morning came with great weather…making everyone suspicious when they saw a puddle in the road. Shikamaru tilted his head, Ino lifted her head ever so slightly, and Kiba narrowed his eyes.

Naruto, Sakura and Hinata all smirked, and Sasuke, Shino and Choji acted as if nothing happened. The senseis also ignored the puddle.

Tazuna grimaced at the looks on the kid's faces. After they had gone about 10 meters away from the puddle, two men with black hair and a Kiri headband with one and two horns respectively rose up slowly. They silently dashed forwards and wrapped a spiked chain coming from a gauntlet each had around all three senseis.

"Three down, ten to go!" They yelled, and pulled, ripping the senseis apart. Naruto blinked as they charged. "That was unexpected…not! Team Inu, watch the client! Team Ookami, take care of one-horn! Team Kitsune, let's go!" He commanded.

The dog demons instantly dashed to stand around the client, scanning the surroundings for any other dangers. The wolves quickly attacked with Sasuke charging up a demon chakra ball in his hand. "Choji, Shino! Dodge!" He yelled, and pushed his hand forward. Choji and Shino leapt away, and the ex-kiri ninja's eyes widened, but he dodged, except that his gauntlet was hit, and nearly exploded.

Then Shino swiped after the ninja with his claws, missing, but managing to plant some kikai bugs on him. Choji came after him and whispered. "Bubun baika no jutsu (Partial expansion jutsu)" Making his arm enlarge a lot and punched the ninja into a tree. Shino then put more bugs on him, knocking him out by taking his chakra.

The foxes leapt away from the one with two horns and he laughed at them, though it sounded twisted due to the mask in front of his face. "Kids like you shouldn't be ninja!" He yelled. Sakura twitched. "Kids…Naru-nii? May I unleash …Ira?" She asked.

Naruto nodded. "Sure thing!" He said nervously. The missing ninja attacked, leaving them no time to do anything, and then stopped in confusion. Sakura's bubblegum pink hair darkened to almost red and lengthened to her lower back. Her emerald green eyes got a slight red tint, and it seemed as if there was a slight disturbance in the air around her, caused by her demonic chakra.

"Oh my, it's been some time since I was let out…and here I see a prey, already?" Sakura, or rather Ira chuckled darkly. The missing ninja scoffed, and attacked with his gauntlet again. Ira fisted her hand and punched him in the stomach. At first, it seemed nothing happened, and then he was blasted off, into another tree.

Ira was about to go after him, when Naruto stepped in front of her, and Hinata pinned the ninja to the tree with her arrows, and knocked him unconscious by tapping his forehead with a chakra glowing finger.

"Out of the way. I'm going to kill him." Ira said impatiently. Naruto sighed. "Ira, we need the info he can give. Give control back to Sakura before she wrestles it back, you know that hurts." He explained. Ira grimaced. "Fine, fine. See ya some other time then." She huffed, before her eyes and hair went back to normal.

"Thanks, Naru-nii. She was being a little stubborn." Sakura smirked. Naruto chuckled. "I saw that. Hey senseis! We're done now! You can come out!" He yelled.

The three senseis all appeared from the trees. "Well, you handled that pretty well, I'd say." Kakashi smiled. Sasuke scoffed. "They were weak. You could have taken them out in the blink of an eye." He looked pointedly at his sensei.

"Ma, ma, I have to talk to Tazuna…" Kakashi looked away from Sasuke's burning glare.

Asuma was telling his team how proud he was, which was somewhat down-toned due to Shikamaru's pointing out that they didn't do anything other than follow orders.

Kurenai was looking calculatingly at Sakura. "That was strange…your other person?" She wondered. Sakura nodded. "Yup, that's Ira. She's not that bad…but not that good either." She admitted with a sheepish smile.

Kurenai turned towards her other two students. "And you two have other personas too?" She asked. They nodded. "Musei Umi and Haran. But we have less control over them, and they're more destructive than Ira." Naruto explained.

Just then, Kakashi called for them all to come over with him and a frightened Tazuna.

"Tazuna has something to tell you all…"

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"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you…" Tazuna was profusely thanking the young children that took the decision to continue the mission even though he had lied about the danger level. Naruto was honestly getting quite tired of it.

"Hina-nee? Anything come up yet?" He asked. The dark-haired girl shook her head. "Nothing. I don't look very far right now though, preferring to keep watch all around." She explained. Naruto nodded. "That's good. Kiba? You and Akamaru got anything?" He asked the dog boy in front of the traveling teams.

"Nope. Nothing but animals that is."

"I see. Well, continue holding watch, everyone! I'm almost certain something will happen soon!" Naruto said, eyes shining with determination if anything should happen.

The three senseis were amazed at Naruto's leadership skills, and also at how much he looked like his father when he was like that.

"How did he come to be your leader, Sakura?" Kurenai asked. The pink-haired girl shrugged. "Haven't you seen it for yourself just now? He's a natural at being leader. Also, he is the strongest one of all of us. That means he's at the top of the pack, and leader." She explained. Kurenai nodded. "I see…"

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After having traveled for a while, and crossing some water with Tazuna and team Inu in a boat, while the rest water-walked, something finally happened. Hinata discovered a white rabbit, which must've been kept inside, since t had yet to change into summer coat.

Naruto's eyes widened, as did everyone else's. "Down!" He commanded, pushing Tazuna away from a spinning object coming from the forest.

Everyone rose slowly, the senseis already being up and with weapons ready. Shikamaru blinked at the figure standing on top of the now-not-spinning object, which was a sword. "Err, Naruto? We've got trouble. That's Momochi Zabuza."

"…Well damn."

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