First part is mostly the same as what I had before till I revised it but with a different ending to reflect the changed events.
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Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage, a man far too old to carry the title carefully inspected the seal on Naruto’s stomach while trusting the ninja of his village to handle matters outside. Having studied the seal in depth it was easy to see that something had tweaked it. The eight trigrams seal, a combination seal forming a spiral in the center with eight characters spaced around it had gained two more characters as well as a dashed circle around the original seal. He had expected the seal keeping the Kyuubi to be weakened by releasing a piece of itself, but he could find no evidence of this.
Satisfied that Naruto was not in any immediate danger and that the full force of the Kyuubi would not be awaked this day, he turned to a nearby ANBU member wearing a dog mask. “Where is it now?â€
“Squads three through eight are engaging it at training ground twelve. Evacuation of civilians in the nearby area is almost complete with Jounin preparing to assist in the Kyuubi’s destruction.†The ANBU member answered with a brief nod of his head.
“I’ll be there momentarily, inform the squad commanders that it is to be captured, intact if possible.†Sarutobi narrowed his eyes at Naruto’s sleeping form. He needed to know the purpose of this change to the seal.
“Hokage-sama.†The ANBU sounded uncertain but left without questioning him.
Following at a slower pace over the rooftops of Konoha, he carefully drew the new seal that had been placed on Naruto for further study later. Even without knowing the location, he could feel the Kyuubi’s weakening presence as the Bijuu in human form struggled against Konoha’s forces. Something about it was off though. The Kyuubi was a creature of pure malice, a living element of destruction. But the avatar fighting lacked that, even in the midst of combat, the majority of the destruction he was passing had been caused by Sarutobi’s own forces.
Arriving at training ground twelve, a quarry that had been converted for the purpose of training Doton techniques, the heavy stone making excellent practice material for earthen manipulations. Another ANBU with a hawk mask approached him as soon as he had appeared.
“Casualties?†Sarutobi asked gravely.
“None Hokage-sama.†The ANBU answered with surprise in his tone. “A great deal of broken bones and some injuries that could be life threatening without treatment but no deaths. She isn’t using any ninjutsu or genjutsu, only physical attacks.â€
Raising an eyebrow in surprise, he had expected there to be a long list of families he would have to send death notices to. He had not yet seen the Kyuubi’s avatar but he had been expecting a frightening visage when instead he found an innocent looking young girl with long unbound red hair. Surrounding her like a forest were hundreds of kunai, shuriken, and other more exotic throwing weapons.
She was hunched over, arms hanging limply with a kunai barely held in her left hand. Since her clothing consisted of just a modified martial arts gi, he could see bloodied cuts covering her bare arms and legs. The blade slipped from her fingers and she fell to her knees before collapsing onto her side unconscious.
“Get her stabilized and restrained.†He commanded. “There are a lot of questions I want answered as soon as possible.â€
zx
A cell deep beneath the Konoha Intelligence Division building
Sarutobi watched as a trio of female medic-nin cleaned the cuts on the Kyuubi avatar. Around him, nearly a dozen of highly specialized shinobi waited to respond if she awoke. He kept his focus off the fact that the redhead was currently nude, remembering that he too needed to stay ready in order to put her down if the need arose. Even though special jutsu were being used to make sure she remained unconscious. All three of the medic-nin were visibly nervous, their hands shaking as they washed away dirt and blood.
“Hokage-sama-- would you take a look at this?†One of them asked and he approached the short distance.
“What is it?†He asked, his eyes watching intently as she cleaned a spot of skin where a line of blood indicated there was a cut. Only instead of seeing an injury, only smooth skin was revealed. Looking closely, he could see only the tiniest hint of lighter skin indicating where it had been slashed.
“Rapid healing with no overt chakra usage?†He wondered out loud. Even being nearly depleted, the girl’s chakra did feel very potent which could explain the rapid healing, but more tests would need to be run to see if it was due to that or a kitsune trait. No detail could be missed.
“The only serious injury we’ve found is that her right arm is dislocated and will need to be reset.†The lead medic-nin explained. “Should we?â€
“No.†He shook his head. His decision wasn’t meant to be cruel or punish the avatar but to stop her from using any hand seals to mold chakra.
“As you wish, we’ll finish up so that she can be properly restrained.†The medic-nin bowed her head before turning from him. As soon as the avatar was cleaned, she was dressed in a simple white dress, and a team went to work to finish binding her in the center of the room. Sarutobi didn’t leave until he was satisfied there would be no way for the Kyuubi avatar to escape, leaving orders to be alerted as soon as she awoke, he needed to check on Naruto.
zx
“Hey hey, old man, what’s with the free ramen?†Uzumaki Naruto asked, greedily slurping up his noodles with the Hokage waiting patiently nearby. He had a sneaking suspicion it had to do with that hot redhead that had been in his bed earlier. Not that he was going to volunteer that. If the old man had his secrets than Naruto could have his.
“Just something to lighten the mood.†Sarutobi answered and finally sat down at the small table in Naruto’s apartment.
“You’re not gonna tell me I have to pay for repairs, are you?†He squinted his eyes suspiciously.
“No that will be coming out of some overly enthusiastic ANBU’s salary.†The elderly man folded his hands together. “This is a serious matter though.â€
“Oh?†Naruto finished his ramen with a loud burp.
Sarutobi nodded his head with an affirmative grunt. “Your special tenant-- have you noticed anything different lately?â€
“Should I have?†He asked in confusion. Naruto had found out about the Kyuubi being sealed within him barely a week ago and had never noticed anything special from knowing about it. “This have something to do with that girl?â€
“Yes actually. What was she doing before she knocked you out?â€
“Sleeping.†He shrugged before crossing his arms angrily. “In my bed of all places, when I tried to wake her up she kicked me in the face.â€
“Have you ever seen her before?â€
“I would have remembered if I had.†Naruto giggled absently in a moment of remembrance at how hot she had been.
“This is serious!†Sarutobi snapped, breaking him out of his daydream. “Have you ever met anyone like her before?â€
“Nobody like that talks to me and they definitely don’t sleep in my bed.†He remarked irritably and pouted. “What is she supposed to be the fox or something?†When the Hokage failed to respond immediately he raised an eyebrow. “Aww! You mean I’ve been thinking about the fox? Like that?â€
“You’re too young to be thinking like that.†Sarutobi sighed. “Did she say anything at all?â€
“Morning-- with her foot.†He joked, trying to get his mind off the fact that he had found a fox attractive. “Wait-- does that mean it’s out of me?â€
“Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, no. She appears to be merely a very small part of the Kyuubi. If you notice anything out of the ordinary I want you to tell me immediately, understand?â€
“What does that mean?†He asked, trying to mask his fear. “That something--got out?â€
“That’s what we’re going to find out.â€
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Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage, a man far too old to carry the title carefully inspected the seal on Naruto’s stomach while trusting the ninja of his village to handle matters outside. Having studied the seal in depth it was easy to see that something had tweaked it. The eight trigrams seal, a combination seal forming a spiral in the center with eight characters spaced around it had gained two more characters as well as a dashed circle around the original seal. He had expected the seal keeping the Kyuubi to be weakened by releasing a piece of itself, but he could find no evidence of this.
Satisfied that Naruto was not in any immediate danger and that the full force of the Kyuubi would not be awaked this day, he turned to a nearby ANBU member wearing a dog mask. “Where is it now?â€
“Squads three through eight are engaging it at training ground twelve. Evacuation of civilians in the nearby area is almost complete with Jounin preparing to assist in the Kyuubi’s destruction.†The ANBU member answered with a brief nod of his head.
“I’ll be there momentarily, inform the squad commanders that it is to be captured, intact if possible.†Sarutobi narrowed his eyes at Naruto’s sleeping form. He needed to know the purpose of this change to the seal.
“Hokage-sama.†The ANBU sounded uncertain but left without questioning him.
Following at a slower pace over the rooftops of Konoha, he carefully drew the new seal that had been placed on Naruto for further study later. Even without knowing the location, he could feel the Kyuubi’s weakening presence as the Bijuu in human form struggled against Konoha’s forces. Something about it was off though. The Kyuubi was a creature of pure malice, a living element of destruction. But the avatar fighting lacked that, even in the midst of combat, the majority of the destruction he was passing had been caused by Sarutobi’s own forces.
Arriving at training ground twelve, a quarry that had been converted for the purpose of training Doton techniques, the heavy stone making excellent practice material for earthen manipulations. Another ANBU with a hawk mask approached him as soon as he had appeared.
“Casualties?†Sarutobi asked gravely.
“None Hokage-sama.†The ANBU answered with surprise in his tone. “A great deal of broken bones and some injuries that could be life threatening without treatment but no deaths. She isn’t using any ninjutsu or genjutsu, only physical attacks.â€
Raising an eyebrow in surprise, he had expected there to be a long list of families he would have to send death notices to. He had not yet seen the Kyuubi’s avatar but he had been expecting a frightening visage when instead he found an innocent looking young girl with long unbound red hair. Surrounding her like a forest were hundreds of kunai, shuriken, and other more exotic throwing weapons.
She was hunched over, arms hanging limply with a kunai barely held in her left hand. Since her clothing consisted of just a modified martial arts gi, he could see bloodied cuts covering her bare arms and legs. The blade slipped from her fingers and she fell to her knees before collapsing onto her side unconscious.
“Get her stabilized and restrained.†He commanded. “There are a lot of questions I want answered as soon as possible.â€
zx
A cell deep beneath the Konoha Intelligence Division building
Sarutobi watched as a trio of female medic-nin cleaned the cuts on the Kyuubi avatar. Around him, nearly a dozen of highly specialized shinobi waited to respond if she awoke. He kept his focus off the fact that the redhead was currently nude, remembering that he too needed to stay ready in order to put her down if the need arose. Even though special jutsu were being used to make sure she remained unconscious. All three of the medic-nin were visibly nervous, their hands shaking as they washed away dirt and blood.
“Hokage-sama-- would you take a look at this?†One of them asked and he approached the short distance.
“What is it?†He asked, his eyes watching intently as she cleaned a spot of skin where a line of blood indicated there was a cut. Only instead of seeing an injury, only smooth skin was revealed. Looking closely, he could see only the tiniest hint of lighter skin indicating where it had been slashed.
“Rapid healing with no overt chakra usage?†He wondered out loud. Even being nearly depleted, the girl’s chakra did feel very potent which could explain the rapid healing, but more tests would need to be run to see if it was due to that or a kitsune trait. No detail could be missed.
“The only serious injury we’ve found is that her right arm is dislocated and will need to be reset.†The lead medic-nin explained. “Should we?â€
“No.†He shook his head. His decision wasn’t meant to be cruel or punish the avatar but to stop her from using any hand seals to mold chakra.
“As you wish, we’ll finish up so that she can be properly restrained.†The medic-nin bowed her head before turning from him. As soon as the avatar was cleaned, she was dressed in a simple white dress, and a team went to work to finish binding her in the center of the room. Sarutobi didn’t leave until he was satisfied there would be no way for the Kyuubi avatar to escape, leaving orders to be alerted as soon as she awoke, he needed to check on Naruto.
zx
“Hey hey, old man, what’s with the free ramen?†Uzumaki Naruto asked, greedily slurping up his noodles with the Hokage waiting patiently nearby. He had a sneaking suspicion it had to do with that hot redhead that had been in his bed earlier. Not that he was going to volunteer that. If the old man had his secrets than Naruto could have his.
“Just something to lighten the mood.†Sarutobi answered and finally sat down at the small table in Naruto’s apartment.
“You’re not gonna tell me I have to pay for repairs, are you?†He squinted his eyes suspiciously.
“No that will be coming out of some overly enthusiastic ANBU’s salary.†The elderly man folded his hands together. “This is a serious matter though.â€
“Oh?†Naruto finished his ramen with a loud burp.
Sarutobi nodded his head with an affirmative grunt. “Your special tenant-- have you noticed anything different lately?â€
“Should I have?†He asked in confusion. Naruto had found out about the Kyuubi being sealed within him barely a week ago and had never noticed anything special from knowing about it. “This have something to do with that girl?â€
“Yes actually. What was she doing before she knocked you out?â€
“Sleeping.†He shrugged before crossing his arms angrily. “In my bed of all places, when I tried to wake her up she kicked me in the face.â€
“Have you ever seen her before?â€
“I would have remembered if I had.†Naruto giggled absently in a moment of remembrance at how hot she had been.
“This is serious!†Sarutobi snapped, breaking him out of his daydream. “Have you ever met anyone like her before?â€
“Nobody like that talks to me and they definitely don’t sleep in my bed.†He remarked irritably and pouted. “What is she supposed to be the fox or something?†When the Hokage failed to respond immediately he raised an eyebrow. “Aww! You mean I’ve been thinking about the fox? Like that?â€
“You’re too young to be thinking like that.†Sarutobi sighed. “Did she say anything at all?â€
“Morning-- with her foot.†He joked, trying to get his mind off the fact that he had found a fox attractive. “Wait-- does that mean it’s out of me?â€
“Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, no. She appears to be merely a very small part of the Kyuubi. If you notice anything out of the ordinary I want you to tell me immediately, understand?â€
“What does that mean?†He asked, trying to mask his fear. “That something--got out?â€
“That’s what we’re going to find out.â€