Naruto Shin Kitsune Tensei

[Yorae Rasante]

Yeah, remember that fic I've been saying for a while I've been planning? Finally got a good idea for a start... and am pretty sure I ruined it with too much exposition.
But anyway, this is what I planned to use as a prologue. Hope it isn't too bad.
And yes, I know it is short...Probably will put it together with the first chapter when I actually post it on ff.net

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Sin Kitsune Tensei

Prologue: A brief visit inside Naruto​

Naruto… stared.

Where was he?

The last thing he remembered, he was going to sleep, in his bed, tired after the whole Mizuki mess. And now he wakes up… here.

He looked all around, trying to see anything he recognized. Is this a sewer? It has walls of stone, pipes running along it and is filled with water and filled with passages. On the other hand, there are no pipes open to drop the sewage, and everything looks a bit too clean.

“It is weird, isn’t it? Being inside your own head?”

Surprised that he wasn’t alone, he spun around to face the voice.

What he saw was a girl older than him, around seventeen years of age. Her hair was long, of a dark blond close but not to the point of brown, kept in place by an orange hairband instead of a bandana, and her eyes were of a silvery blue. She was wearing a white shirt and a stripped blue skirt, making her completely unsuited for being there besides her brown boots that reached near her knees.

“Who are you?” he asked, confused. For some reason, he felt like he knew that girl from somewhere…

She looked at him with a gentle smile. “You can call me Akari.” she said. “And you’re Uzumaki Naruto. You’re a very interesting guy, you know.”

“Uhm, thanks.” He said, blushing a bit. “Wait, did you just say we are… inside my head?”

“Yup.” She answered happily.

Needless to say, Naruto was confused.

“Every person’s self can be accessed through the right channels, and each one is manifested differently. Some show as a familiar place, others as an allegory of their feelings. Yours is… this.”

“So, my mind is a gutter.” he deadpanned.

She ignored the joke, walking past him. Naruto followed, since else he would just stay there without answers. “If I would take a guess, based on what I know about you, the stone walls would be your attempts to protect your feelings from the world by internalizing them, and the water is all the bad feelings you are keeping inside you. If I am right, it’ll probably rise until you reach a point you either drown or break down a wall to throw it at something. Or you could go for a healthy attitude and find an output for it.”

“I always expected my mind to, I don’t know, hold my thoughts or something.”

“It does. But we are in the subconscious. We need to find our way through the labyrinth protecting them to reach anywhere useful like your memories and the conscious one. By the way, it is very dangerous too. I am sort of protecting you now but try not to come here alone, any damage you take to your ego will be reflected outside.”

“My ego?”

“You are inside your own self.” the girl said. “How else are you yourself and not a wall?”

Naruto wacked his mind, trying to make sense of the situation. So he was inside his mind with a girl he probably never met. And the only reason he isn’t in danger is because of her.

“And you? Isn’t this dangerous for you either?”

“Nah, my self is the least of the worries we should have.” It was said with pure confidence, as if completely believing nothing on Naruto’s mind could even graze her. Since she was the specialist, Naruto let it go.

“So…” he tried asking again after a couple seconds of silence, “Where are we going? To my conscious mind?”

“Yes. Well, not there exactly, rather somewhere rather closer to it than you’d like… Sorry for this unconscious bit, but I came through it and you were already on it due to sleeping.”

Before he could lie and say that it’s alright, because as much as she explained he was still as confused as before, they reached their destination… a giant chamber, with big bars splitting it in two, the other side mostly covered in darkness.

Then the darkness opened its giant red eyes.

“Wh… what is this?”

“I thought you already learned about him?” Akari asked, a little confused.

The being inside de darkness walked forward slowly, revealing itself. A giant, red fox-like being, nine gigantic tails swinging behind it, but with hands with opposable thumbs.

The nine-tailed fox that attacked his village twelve years before, and that had been sealed inside him…

“But… you said this was my mind…”

“She never used the word mind, you did.” rumbled the fox’s voice. “Every time she used the word ‘self’.”

“What’s the difference?”

Akari was opening her mouth to try to explain, but the fox interrupted: “Don’t bother. If he really wants to know, he can always ask his Yamanaka classmate to explain to him.”

The girl just nodded and, standing between the two, took a deep breath and said with confidence:

“Uzumaki Naruto, Otsutsuki Kurama, I have a proposition for you two.”

 

[seitora]

Interesting. Continue!

 

[Cooltony101neo]

Why isnt Kurama trying to kill her

 

[Yorae Rasante]

The reason would be clear if you knew a bit of the Shin Megami Tensei series, I think. Besides, she had already said that they had no need to worry about her self, and Kurama had said that she never used the word mind, I thought I had made it show that he knew he wouldn't scare her.
I was a bit more worried that she sounds a bit too talkative, but the one who had close to the same function in SMTIV was very afable too, different from the politely distant (from my point of view) from the others.

 

[Cooltony101neo]

Okay, continue with the story

 

[Yorae Rasante]

Ok, so I think that scene in the ending looked a bit too emotionally charged for no reason visible to the reader, so I changed it.
Tell me what you think

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Naruto just stared at the… being in the mirror. With a sigh, he moved his hand through his hair, doing his best to avoid them. Despite their looks, they were sharp.

With a look of disgust at his reflection, he put on the necklace with the magatama-like pendant, and the lines quickly receded to his navel, taking the shape of his old seal as if nothing had happened.

Then he took the forehead protector in his hand. He should use it in his forehead, despite others using in other places from what he saw, but… He didn’t want to cut it if the disguise failed by accident. As was already said, they are sharp.

That decided, he put it around his neck, like a scarf. At least it would still protect somewhere vital.

Liking the effect, he decided to leave his jacket open, leaving his shirt underneath visible.

He liked what he saw, he really did, but something was wrong…

Oh right, the expression on his face.

“Stop that!” he said angrily to himself. “Nothing has changed. You are still Uzumaki Naruto, future Hokage. Now go there and be awesome, or else I’ll punch some sense in you again, dattebayo!”

He faced the angry scowl on the mirror, determination firing in his eyes. He would go through that, and come back even stronger!
The scowl turned into a confident grin, and he could hear a voice in his head:

‘That’s right! Now go there and show them who’s boss!’

“Allright! Time to go to orientation and show everyone else how awesome I really am!”

He turned and went on his way. He was so worried about the orientation under his current circumstances that he even forgot to have breakfast.

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“What the hell are you doing here?” asked Shikamaru calmly as soon as Naruto sat down. “This is only for those of us who passed.”

“Hey, I passed too! See, see?” was his answer, pointing to his throat.

The other boy nodded without really caring much, but then started staring at Naruto with an scrutinizing eye.

“…You look different, but I can’t tell why.”

“Probably the lack of googles.” he answered nervously. “Oh, or maybe it’s because my jacket is open!”

“Nah, it’s not the clothes.” was the answer. “…have you been sick this week or something? You look a bit weaker.” Was that a bit of worry in his voice?

Damn, damn, damn. He noticed. Wait, that was the perfect excuse!

“I’m not weaker, you asshole! I can still kick your ass no problem ‘tebayo!”

“Tsk, troublesome. Calm down Naruto, there’s no shame in being sick sometimes.”

The talk turning too troublesome for him, the Nara turned and walked away…

…Just in time to be on the way of two running girls and be thrown aside like a rag doll.

“Good morning Sakura-chan!” he said happily to his pink-haired crush as he stood up, completely ignoring the other girl. On the other hand, both ignored him and pushed him aside so they could talk to the boy that was sitting at the same table as him.

Sasuke Uchiha. The brooding asshole.

Naruto couldn’t stand the guy.

Soon, the bickering about who deserved to sit there with him covered all the girls in class. Naruto was feeling angry. Everyone was ignoring him to gush over the other boy like always!

And he just sat there like if nothing was happening, it was just so irritating!

No, Naruto never thought the situation was just as irritating for the other guy.

'Hey,' sounded the voice in his head, breaking him from his anger, 'I have an idea!'

It took only a few seconds for some of the girls to notice something had happened, and some more for the center of the bickering to notice too. Sakura, the one who dealt with Naruto the most, was the first one to put her thoughts into words…

“What the fuck?”

For in Naruto’s place was… Naruto.

And between him and Sasuke was… another Naruto, in his prank female form – although wearing clothes this time, his pants and shirt, no jacket, leaving clearly visible her female assets.

“But you, and her… you and him… what… blurg…”

“Sorry girls. I sat here first.” Said the female Naruto with a wink, rubbing salt in the wound.

…

“I think you broke them.” said Sasuke, trying to resist letting escape a smirk. But he couldn't help being a bit surprised. Who’d have thought someone who couldn’t even use the Bunshin in class right could use the Kage Bunshin?

“Quiet, all of you! And sit down!” screamed the teacher, every one of the girls scambling to find a seat.

Almost lazily, the chunin threw two pieces of chalk at hight speed at the head of the Narutos, making the one in the middle dispel and the other to get a red mark on his forehead.

“Now, everyone, I have something very important to say…” and then he began a rehearsed spiel to lower their egos that yes they were now real ninjas but still only of the lower category, and reminded them of how they would be separated in teams of three balanced according to their skills to train and do missions under a jounin.

‘Uhm, I wonder who I will end up with… Sakura-chan may be a bit angry because of the prank, but she will calm down eventually, right? Right!’ a quick look around showed no girl seemed close to forgiving him. Maybe the white-eyed one, she seemed more staring than glaring, but it was hard to tell. ‘I’ll save that as a “maybe”. Then next is… Ok, I can’t think of anyone else I’d like being on a team with. Just anyone but Sasuke.’

“Next, Team Seven.” announced the chunnin. “Uzumaki Naruto,” this caught the blonde’s attention, “Haruno Sakura,” at this point he normally be jumping in happiness, but the sound of cracked knuckles told him the feeling wasn’t mutual, at least not for any reason he would like, “and Sasuke Uchiha.” And at this point he visibly deflated. So ok, Sakura wasn’t looking at him wishing him bloody murder anymore, and seemed really happy… on the other hand…

‘Damn it, why Sasuke of all people? This is so unfair! I mean, I beat Mizuki damnit! All he did is do well in tests! Did they find out about it? …Nah, they would have done something if they did.’

‘Well, that was unexpected…’ Iruka thought as he finished telling the teams and nothing happened. ‘I was sure Naruto would say something about his teammates. Either of them.’ “Well, later today you will be introduced to your jounin senseis. But for now, a lunch break.”

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Naruto was annoyed. Even now that they were on the same team Sakura-chan didn’t even want to talk to him.

‘I bet she would love to talk if I was Sasuke, that bastard…
Hey, there’s an idea! If I can—’

His thought process was cut by a loud growl from his belly.

“Oh man, didn’t notice I’m so hungry… Better go to have some ramen first before… uh… whatever I was going to do.”

Unknown to him, something was following him to the ramen stand… Not that almost anyone could notice anything.

[hr]

Meanwhile, Sakura was sitting on a bench, trying and failing to psych herself up about her crush. She would have plenty of time to spend with him, but wasn’t as pretty as the other girls, she had bellow-average proportions but for a big forehead… the only one that seemed to like her was Naruto… and for some reason her hair is braided! It wasn’t braided a second ago!

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“Out of the way!” sounded a female voice from behind him as Naruto was on his way to Ichiraku Ramen.

“Uhm?”

That was all he could say before being almost run over by a laughing red-haired girl. Luckily, she jumped over him.

And what a great jump it was, it was almost like she was flying, he could feel the wind blowing through his hair…

Wait a—

Then, he noticed the people she was running from running his way. Recognizing the faces the people were making as the “pissed off from a prank” face, he instinctively started running away full-speed the opposite direction.

“Aah! I didn’t do anything this time!”

Suddenly he was pulled as discretely as possible in a side street. As the people passed through him and his savior without even looking their way, Naruto felt something tingling on his skin…

Problem passed, he looked to the side, coming face-to-face with the girl that jumped over him earlier.

“Sorry for that. Didn’t expect people to be so good hunting after pranksters here. My name is Crystal.” The red-hair said, giving him a hand. She was shorter than him, but her face seemed to be his age. Her hair was cut short, almost boyish, and her dark blue eyes the same color of her dress.

“Uzumaki Naruto.” he replied, shaking it. …Or so it felt, but he felt that tingling sensation all over where his hand touched hers.

It must have shown on his face, because the girl suddenly paled.

“Oh shit, you noticed it.”

“Noticed what?” Naruto asked, confused. Instinctivelly, he started checking his hand.

“N-nothing. Don’t mind me, I’m just talking to myself.”

Now, Naruto has few things on his favor. But one of the things he does have is instinct.

Quickly, he moved his hand through Crystal’s chest and grabbed something.

Something that was not a chest.

“Ah! What the hell is wrong with you? Let me go!”

Naruto obeyed reflexively, surprised by the foot-sized leotard-dressed little girl in his hand.

“What are you ‘tebayo?”

Cleaning herself, the girl proclaimed proudly:

“I am a pixie.”

“…what.”

Puffing her cheeks, the girl continued:

“You never heard of us? The best pranksters, illusion weavers, and most beautiful demons in the whole demonkind?”

“Demonkind?” He quickly let go of the girl, as if he had been burned.

“Wh-wha? What’s wrong?” she said quietly, as if his change of attitude had hurt her.

“You’re a demon?”

“Y-yeah! Something wrong with it?” she replied angrily.

“Oh, uhm, I’m sorry. I just had a hard time with one demon recently.”

“That’s like saying I could be excused from treating you badly because I had a hard time with a human.” she said insulted. “We are not all the same!”

“I’m sorry.” Naruto rubbed his head, embarrassed.

“Don’t worry about it. But hey, how did you notice I wasn’t what I looked like?”

“Not sure,” he replied truthfully, “it just felt… tingling, like if something was wrong…”

“Wow…” the girl said, looking surprised.

“What?”

“I’ve heard of people who are good at illusions, but this is the first time I met one.”

“What?” Naruto said, surprised. “But I’m terrible with genjutsu!”

“Are you sure?” she asked surprised, “People who are good with illusion magic are usually good with your ninja techniques.”

Well, he used to be terrible…

“Well, it’s not like I ever trained much on it… I mean, what good can they be in a fight?

That was the wrong thing to say.

Suddenly, the very air got heavy, and all the light on his surroundings disappeared. He was basically blind.

Then his vision came back, and a gigantic Crystal was holding him in her hand.

“Fool! Illusions are only held back by your imagination! With enough of it, you can make others see and feel anything!”

“I get it, I get it! Don’t kill me!”

“Good.” said a very serious, normal-sized pixie in front of his eyes.

“That. Was. Awesome! Datebayo!”

“I know, I know, I am just the best.” she answered with a smile.

“Is that a demon thing? Or could I learn it too?”

“Pretty much, but as long as I teach you doubt you’d have any problem using it, would you?” she answered with a knowing smirk.

“Oh, you noticed.”

“Of course. It is a pretty strong item you have there hiding it, but it only fully works on humans. Especially against an illusion specialist like me.”

Naruto nodded, understandingly.

“So, uhm, could you plese not tell anyone about this?”

“Sure. As long as you keep my secret, I’ll keep yours.”

“Your… secret?”

“That I’m a pixie. I’m proud of my illusions, so unless someone like you sees through them I’m pretty sure I can stay in town without anyone noticing for a while.”

“Sure, no problem. …So, about you teaching me that illusion thinguie…”

“I can teach you a weak one and you work upwards from it…” she said calmly, before her smile turned predatory: “for a price”

With an audible gulp, Naruto looked deeply into her eyes and asked: “and what’s the price?”

His answer was a small smile, before the girl started whispering in his ear. He would have been a bit embarrassed, if not for what was being whispered. As it was, he was just confused for a while, before a look of understanding filed his face.

She then started giggling and ran away.

“Let’s meet again later, Naruto! We’ll talk about it then. You seem to be fun enough to use it well until then!”

Naruto could just wave back, his mind consumed by the knowledge he had whispered in his ear.

Unknown to him, that small spell would give him a big headache in the future.

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I changed the final part, tell me what you guys think.

 

[Trilonias]

Ok, first, how would any but Iruka know of Naruto learning the clone technique? Sasuke should be just as surprised as the girls... The 2nd conversation with the girl... shouldn't he be surprised at her being out in the real world?

 

[Yorae Rasante]

Sasuke does mention Naruto knowing shadow clone when he is attacked by Naruto with it the first time on episode three of the anime, it's the reason I made him not be surprised. I would have made him wonder what just happened f not for that scene.
It was a different girl. In fact, I thought I had given enough tips anyone with knowledge of MegaTen would recognize her as a pixie, but guess I was wrong...

 

[Trilonias]

Ah, well, I hadn't watched Naruto at all and it's been a few years for the manga at that early chapter... but eh. I'll give you that. As for the pixie thing... I'm not actually familiar with that series, but still, you pretty much described her as a normal(ish for Naruto) person, nothing that hinted that she was off... excepting from before the scene break. Thanks for clearing it up. I can spot some spelling mistakes as well, but I've forgotten what the correct spelling for 'incredule' is... I -think- it's incredulous, but I'm not sure.

I am still enjoying this story though, so keep going! Please!

 

[Yorae Rasante]

“I came to see the monkey.” Naruto said, entering the classroom all serious in a business suit and carrying a briefcase.

“No.” was Iruka’s short answer, to everyone’s further confusion.

“I get it!” said a boy in the class with shades and a shiny medal.

“The monkey goes to Team Ten. You got the scarecrow.”

“Ok, I’m lost now!”

“Silence, you. Naruto, go to your seat.”

Naruto eyes the seat he was sitting at earlier, on the right side of the desk looking from the door while Sasuke sat on the left. And saw Sakura sitting in the middle.

“I don’t think it’d be healthy if I went back to my seat.”

“Don’t worry, I doubt she will break anything until you three are left alone.” Iruka said dismissively.

Sakura blushed embarrassed, not knowing if she should deny it or not.

That said, under the uncaring gaze of his most-liked teacher, he sat down silently besides his crush, adjusted his suit a bit, put the briefcase on top of the desk and waited.

And waited.

And waited some more.

Fifteen minutes after Iruka himself left, he tired of waiting. Making a clone, he watched as he wedged a chalkboard eraser in the top of the door…

And then felt a poke on his side.

“What? Both are real?” said Sakura, surprised.

“Uh, yeah, it’s a technique called Kage Bunshin. It makes solid clones.”

“It is a high-level jutsu. I was surprised you can use it.” added Sasuke remembering… someone else using that in front of him. Maybe being in this team wouldn’t be such a waste of time. “It’s also supposed to be chakra-costly.”

“A bit. I can still only use five at once without feeling tired ‘tebayo.”

He used to be able to make lots more, but ever since the deal with Akari…

No! Stop thinking like that again. It’s too late now to turn back anyway.

“But he is a jounin. He won’t fall for it.” Sasuke added, not noticing the path Naruto’s thoughts were going.

“Maybe. But it helps pass the time.”

All Sasuke could do was nod.

“So, now that you did it, what are you going to do?”

“Well, my clone is going to do more things, all I could thing was wax the corridor’s floor to make it slippery but I let him be creative. But me… well, I got a free magazine some time ago, I guess I could give it a read.

“Hn.” Sasuke acknowledged, going back to waiting himself, while Naruto got his free copy of Ayakashi Monthly. Sakura looked a bit confused by the exchange, but soon went back to what she was doing earlier herself.

Not long after, the door opened, getting them the view of their new instructor… and his new chalkboard eraser hat, chalk dust flying everywhere.

‘Is that really a jounin?’ Sasuke thought, surprised.

‘I had nothing to do with it, I swear!’ Sakura tried to save face while secretly enjoying it.

And Naruto… apparently just looked from behind his magazine with narrowed eyes.

“My first impression of you,” said the teacher… before stopping in the middle of his speech.

He wore a mask and his hitai-ate as an eyepatch, but his visible eye widened as he looked at his hand. He then slapped the side of his head a couple times, before resuming his earlier bored expression.

“…shows that first impressions aren’t everything, apparently. Meet me on the roof you three.”

And so he left, leaving two wide-eyed and one smiling genins behind.

“What… just happened?” asked Sakura, confused.

“Not sure, maybe there was a small dose of contact hallucinogen mixed with the chalk?” said a smiling blond as he put the magazine back in his briefcase.

That answer made Sasuke be even less impressed by their jounin-sensei, but at least Naruto seemed not to be as much of an idiot as he thought he was.

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“Well, why don’t we begin by introducing ourselves?” asked the teacher, his hair back to its grafity-defying shape and showing that yes, his hair was supposed to be white thank you very much.

“Oh, that’s easy. I’m Uzumaki Naruto, she is Haruno Sakura and he is Uchiha Sasuke.”

“Uh. I was expecting something more… informative.”

“What are we supposed to say?” asked Sakura.

“Oh you know, likes, dislikes, hobbies, dreams for the future… things like that.”

“Could you… show us how it’s done?” she added.

“Very well. I am Hatake Kakashi. Things I like and dislike… don’t feel like telling you. Dreams for the future, uh… I have many hobbies.”

“So all he told us was his name too…?” Sakura whispered to the others.

“Alright! I have no idea of my likes and dislikes anymore, and am working on new hobbies. I’m keeping the same dream for the future though!”

“Naruto! You’re supposed to say what they are! And what do you mean you have no idea—”

“But I replied with just as much as he did, so he can’t complain!” Naruto interrupted before she brought that particular tidbit up.

“Fair is fair.” Kakashi himself said, looking intensely at the genin for a while before looking to Sakura with an eye-smile. “Well, why don’t you show us how you think we should have done, pinky?”

“What? Uh, I mean… My name is Haruno Sakura. The think I like… I mean the person I like is…” the trailed off, looking at Sasuke. The boy tried to ignore it. “Dream for the future… hehe…” what I dislike is Naruto!”

“Don’t hate me just because I’m beautiful.” answered the boy – or right now, girl, in his sexy form but still dressed in a tight and form-fitting suit.

Resisting the urge to hit him in front of his teacher, the girl (the real girl) continued: “My hobby is…” then she trailed off, once more looking at Sasuke.”

‘So, girls nowadays think more about romance, uh?’

“You did notice you didn’t really say anything but your dislikes either, right?” the still-female Naruto pointed out, making Sakura have to hold back her fist that was visibly shaking to hit him… her…

“Whatever. Last one.”

“I have many things I dislike, and not many I like. My dream for the future… no, my ambition, is restore my clan and kill a certain man.”

“Well, good thing I’m a woman right now, ‘tebayo.”

Everyone chose wisely not to say anything to that weird comment.

“Well, now that we were all introduced, we’ll start our duties tomorrow.”

“Really? Cool! What will we do?” Naruto asked excitedly.

“A task the four of us will do together.”

“Cool! What kind of task will it be? Don’t tease us like that sensei!”

“Survival training.” Kakashi answered seriously.

“Oh. That’s… nice.” Naruto said, half-heartedly.

“Didn’t we have enough in the academy? I thought we were supposed to have a real mission, not more practice.” Sakura added her two cents.

“Meh, makes sense.” Naruto said. “I mean, someone may work different in the classroom than in the field for real.”

“That is part of the reason, yes.” Kakashi agreed.

“Part of?” Naruto parroted.

“Yes. But when I tell you the other reason… hehehe, you’re not going to like it…”

Everyone looked at their teacher seriously at that.

“Of the 27 graduates, only 9 are going to really become genin. The rest will be sent back to the academy. This training is really an exam with a 66 percent failure rate.”

As Kakashi said, the other two did not like it. Naruto didn’t either, but while the others were voicing their discontentment…

'66 percent, that is two thirds. So only one third of the graduates is going to pass. And divided into teams of three, that means…'

“We aren’t divided in teams. We are divided into groups of competitors.” he said out loud.

“…What?” Kakashi said, sounding… surprised?

You just said that 66 percent of the graduates are going to fail the test. That means only one third will pass. And we are divided in ‘teams’ of three. That means—”

“We aren’t teammates. We are competing for an apprenticeship.” Sasuke finished for him.

Kakashi was almost swearing. His words were supposed to spur them in competing to make it harder for them to pass his teamwork test, but Naruto made it seem like the completely opposite kind of test with simple logic. He never passed a team, but he was proud of the fact that he did it fairly.

“Time for your first ninja lesson, my probably future students. You looked underneath my words and found a very, very likely scenario.” Kakashi said, thinking quickly. “However, that is not the only one. As a ninja, you do well looking underneath, but you have to go further. You have to look underneath the underneath.”

“So, since you went out of your way to correct me, that means that you want us to work together and not compete, which may also mean that one third of the teams pass?”

“It may be either. Or neither. Why don’t you find out during the test? The time and location.” With an eyesmile, and resisting the urges to pat the head and strangle the blond, Kakashi passed them three pieces of paper and left.

“…He wants us to work together.” Sakura said.

“Yup.”

“Hn.”

And so Sasuke left, Sakura going after him trying to ask him for a date.

Meanwhile, Naruto checked the note.

“Goddamnit, he wrote it in kanji. Who writes notes in kanji?”

[hr]

“So the fox—I mean Kurama gets free, and gets immune to being controlled, but can’t hurt Konoha or anywhere else without a good reason, revenge not being one?”

“That’s right!” Akari answers with a smile.

“And since I can’t live without his power I get a part of him that was supposed to be locked forever with the Fourth, but its power will be mine from now on and can’t be extracted by someone else?”

“Pretty much.” She agreed.

“I see no problem with this proposal… yet.” said the fox. “But I heard about your kind of agreement, there is always a catch somewhere.”

“Nothing you can’t live with. With time, you may even learn to profit from it.”

“Well I see a problem with it…” Naruto said almost shyly.

“Well, just say it and we will see what we can do with it.” Akari asked, her smile not dropping in the slightest.

“The power, it is not mine, it is his. Can’t you just make it so I can live without him and he is back to his full self and everything else still counting?”

“I could most of it.” Akari agreed seriously. “But if I do so, I cannot protect him from being controlled again, and his powerfrom being stolen. Kurama needs to be split.

And it’s not like you’re not expected to steal his power sooner or later, this is what the Bijuu are sealed into people for. Kurama himself is not against you keeping it, so why would you be?”

“Not exactly, but… it would have been lost to me otherwise anyway. Your thoughts on the matter have been noted though.”

“Alright. Question number two…” Naruto took a deep breath, before looking at Akari’s face with all the concentration he could do with. “What do you get from doing this?”

Then Akari’s mouth split in a wide smile filled with teeth. It just did not look normal, a bit too wide for a normal human.

“I expect it to be fun to watch, of course.”

A normal person would be unnerved by that smile. A normal person would not not think that is a good enough reason to do something as complicated as what she was proposing to do.

The closest thing to a normal person among the three was Uzumaki Naruto though, and he understood her reasoning completely.

So, with a smile almost as large as hers, he took her extended hand, while Kurama took the other.

Then their world was filled with pain.

 

[Yorae Rasante]

Cahnged the scene with the girl in the last snipped besides posting this new one, hopefully it is better (I know it is still badly written, but at least Naruto should be less OOC)