I own nothing 'cept this plot and the Ocs.
And from this chappie on, this is going to be a Bleach cross over, but a minor one. And I'm only using one or two characters.
Chapter 7- The Plan and Hitsugaya.
Naruto was greeted by an unusual sight the very next day. He had suspected something when Kyuubi never returned into him that night, but had shrugged it off. So, when he stumbled sleepily into the living room, he nearly tripped over himself when he saw Kyuubi laying on the couch with Scythe's head resting on her back, and a paw on her neck, a very content look on both of their faces. Smiling, he continued on into the kitchen and started making himself some breakfast, concisting of scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast with butter and jelly.
The blonde was wearing a dark gray, near body tight shirt with black, and comfortably tight pants and his sandals, having yet to put his head band on. His smile grew even wider when Kyuubi unconsciencly transmitted some of her inner thoughts to him through their link.
'I didn't know Sasuke had a heated bed... Maybe, its one of those fancy ones that obsorbes your body heat... Then what's that sound, it sounds like snorring, and breathing... And what's that tickling my nose.' that was followed by a lound sneeze and a yelp of surprise, from both Kyuubi and Scythe.
"You!" Scythe yelled. "Why are you sleeping with me?!" Naruto peered out the kitchen door to find Scythe backed up to the opposite side of the couch and Kyuubi blinking with confusion. Scythe had one paw raised and was pointing accusingly at the kitsune, his eyes comicly wide.
"Huh...? What do you mean sleeping with you?"
"Don't play dumb with me! You planned this didn't you!?"
"OI! KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN OUT THERE!! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!!" Sasuke bellowed from his room. "Scythe! Don't make me use my Katon jutsu on you... again!"
"Ah can it Uchiha! I'm too tired for your empty threats and emoness today!" the brown wolf shot back, glaring down the hall. There were a few crashes, thumps, and curses, and Sasuke burst out of his room, still clad in only his boxers, and sprinted at Scythe, succesfuly knocking him off the couch, and onto the ground. Grasping the wolf's neck in his hands, the raven haired genin started to strangle the living crap out of poor poor Scythe.
"I'm. Not. Emo. You. Egotistical. Wolf. With. A. God. Complex." he said, banging the wolf's head against the floor with each world.
"I dun have a... gasp... God complex." Scythe gasped. "And yes you are emo...gasp..." he kicked Sasuke right where it hurts and rolled away, darting behind Naruto. He knew, pride be damned, that Naruto was his only safe guard from the seathing Uchiha, and that said Uchiha would make sure that the very next time that he caught Scythe alone, he would make him suffer. And, boy do I mean suffer.
Kyuubi had finaly snapped out of her daze, shaking her furry head stiffly, her pelt heating up with a deep blush as Scythe's words took full effect. 'Did I really sleep with him?' she thought.
'Well, sort of, but not in the way you think.' Naruto replied to her mentaly. He could see the fox relax and grinned. Then, she thought back to the previous night when the light brown wolf had reveiled his plan to her.
Flashback...
"So, what's your game plan?" the crimson fox asked Scythe. He thought for a second before shuddering and looking at her.
"I have a friend in the Soul Society who could help us. I don't want to drag Naruto or any other humans into this flaming piece of animal shit so I'm sticking with demons and immortals and such."
"Who is your friend?"
"Hitsugaya Toushiro. He's the taicho of the tenth division of the Gotei 13. He's extremly powerful, but, it's going to take some convincing to get him to come here and help me settle my affairs." he replied with a sigh. He really didn't want to drag the snowy-haired capitan into this, but he had no other choice. "It'll me him, you, me, and any other demons that we can gather. As well as the alliance that is."
"Ok. But if he's in the Soul Society, how are you going to get him here, in the living world." Kyuubi asked, a bit confused about all this.
"Dunno. I'll just have to pop in randomly and drag him here by force, getting the shit beaten out of me in the process." Scythe said, grimancing at the memory of the last time Hitsugaya had decided to use him as his personal punching bag.
"So when are you going to go get him?"
"Tomorrow would be best, because tomorrow night, you and me are going to go and spy on the Shinnigami-Ookami Tribe's palace. Shade, Eon's advisor, is a good friend of mine, and he hangs around with the teme all the time. He may be able to tell me something that my other inside sources can't. And I want some heavy back-up if things get bad." Kyuubi was flattered that Scythe would choose her as one most trusted friends, concidering that he pretty much resented her up until a week ago. If only she knew just how much Scythe admirred her... no, admire isn't the right word. More like loved her. But the light brown wolf was too proud and stubborn to let himself admit that he felt that way.
Flashback End...
Kyuubi didn't really understand much about all this, except that there was a good chance that there would be something horribly bad happening very soon. She looked at Scythe sheepishly, grinning a little, and muttering a quick appology.
"Yeah, yeah. Now knock Uchiha out or something! Anything! I'd like to win this little war with my fur in tact."
"War?" Sasuke and Naruto asked at the same time. Scythe sighed and explained everything, down to the last margin. "And why aren't we part of this?" Naruto growled. Though in Scythe's ears, it sounded more like a whine.
"Oh quit acting like such a girl. Do you have any idea what Splash would do to me if anything happened to you? She would rip me to shreads! Again!" Scythe snapped. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go pick up a certain moody short kid." he added before stepping out from behind Naruto.
Scythe, not having his vest on at the moment, folded his Reaper-claws in an X shape in front of himself, and slashed outwards, forming a portal to SeiReiTei, leaping through it. He landed heavily outside the main area, searching for Hitsugaya's presence (dun know how to spell the real word). He smirked when he located it, among several others, all almost as strong as Scythe's own. 'He's in a capitan's meeting. This'll be fun.' the wolf thought, smirking. He blurred out of sight, reappearing in the room that was used for the capitan's meetings, making all conversation and arguing stop.
"I'm not interupting am I?" he asked 'innocently' receiving no answer. "Good. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to borrow the short white haired one for a few... months..." Scythe said, padding over to a bewildered Hitsugaya. They both vanished, and not five seconds later, everyone heard an ear splitting screech, that could be heard across dementions—Scythe had taken them both back to the living world.
"I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!!" a certain white-haired taicho bellowed. In the complete silence, one could hear a very calm and very soft retort of:
"Yeah, I'd like to see you try." from Scythe followed by another yell of: "FINE!! I FUCKING WILL!!" followed by another screech and complete silence. And this was heard across dementions people! Do you have any idea how loud Hitsugaya had to be to do that? Very, very, loud.
With the other capitans... crickets chirpped in the the silence, before Ukitake broke the silence by saying, "What just happened?" everyone turned to him, and Yamamoto shrugged, dismissing the taichos to go do whatever they deemed worthy of their time.
--Back with our favorite, and very badly beaten, wolf--
"Did you really have to whack me with a piece of plywood? That fuckin hurt!" Scythe complained, rubbing a growing bump on his head as he limped next to the snowy-haired boy.
"Yes! I did. And be lucky that I didn't dish out the beating that I gave you last time!" Hitsugaya snapped.
"Fine, fine. Geeze, you sound like my mother. And that's a bad thing!" Scythe winced as he put preasure on a wrenched joint, and nearly cryed out in pain when it popped back into place.
"So why am I here again?" the light brown wolf sighed and launched himself into the explenation of why Hitsugaya was here and such. "So basicly, you want me to help you get rid of Eon? Who has become a self-centered tyrranical bastard with a god complex?"
"Yup, that pretty much sums it up. Tonight, I'm going to infiltrate the Shinnigami-Ookami palace and try to get more info than I already have. My sources can only find out so much with out getting caught. So I'm going to ask Shade, Eon's advisor. He'll be able to tell me more so I'll be at least a step ahead of the bastard."
"Where do I come into this?"
"You, my friend, are going to help me get into the palace and then, help me and the alliance, as well as any other demons and or immortals that I can drag into this, win this war. But first, we need to get you temporarily instated as a ninja of this village. And get you some regular clothes." Scythe explained.
Hitsugaya looked at him skepticaly, as though the thought of being a ninja repulsed him. Scythe snorted and said: "Don't look at me like that. Originaly, Kyuubi was going to be the third wheel on our team, but seeing as you're here for now, it'll have to be you until you can go back to the Soul Society. C'mon, I need to get something before we get to the bridge."
The wolf lead Hitsugaya around the outer edge of the village to Sasuke's apartment to get his vest, then they went to the Hokage's office so Scythe could change who the next team mate on Team 7 was going to be. He had to argue with Sarutobi for a while, but finally, the old man caved and changed the name on the paper that had to be submitted so that Hitsugaya could be that team mate. The Third then tossed the snowy-haired boy a head band, and told him to get some wepons and clothes that were appropriate and dismissed them.
Scythe lead the young taicho to the weapons shop and bought him some kunai and shuriken, as well as some scrolls and weapon pouches. A gray bladed sword caught the wolf's eyes, and he padded over to it. The blade itself was a simple gray color, as was the hand guard. In the center of said guard was a turquoise stone that shone with a strange light, and the hilt was wrapped in brown leather. He thought for a moment, and decided to purchase it for himself. Tenten, who was working at the shop at the moment, thought it was strange that a wolf would want to use a sword, but Scythe calmly explained that he couldn't use anything else—aka his reaper-claws—so he would have to use that. So, strapping the sword to his back, the wolf lead Hitsugaya out of the shop and down the street to a clothing shop, selling specifically ninja wear.
The shop owner didn't like the fact that an animal was coming into her shop, but Scythe said that Hitsugaya didn't have any money, and that he would be paying for whatever the white-haired boy bought. The owner grumbled something about getting fleas in everything she sold, but permitted Scythe to follow Hitsugaya inside.
Soon they where heading to the bridge, Hitsugaya now clad in a body tight, dark blue shirt that had a dragon sewn onto the left shoulder, and black pants with the Konoha symbol on the back right pocket, his head band tied loosely around his neck. His weapons pouches were strapped in their appropriate places as well, and he wore fingerless gloves with metal plates on the back part, providing protection for his hands in case he had to deflect any pointy objects. And his zanpakto was strapped to his back like it always was.
"You know, for someone who's a bitchy short kid, you have some pretty good taste in clothes. OWW!!" Scythe yelped when Hitsugaya konked him over the head with his fist.
"I'm not short and I'm not a kid!" he snapped.
"Oh really? Then explain why you look like a twelve year old and why I come up to your shoulder. You're actually shorter than Naruto and that's pretty bad." the wolf laughed, jumping out of the way to avoid another strike. That lead to Hitsugaya chasing Scythe the rest of the way to the bridge, ranting about he wasn't short and that he wasn't a kid, and Scythe yelling something about the boy being in denial.
When they reached the bridge, Scythe stopped abruptly, making Hitsugaya trip over his great bulk and come skidding to a stop at Kakashi's feet. The copy ninja had received word from Sarutobi that he would be having a different person, other than Kyuubi joining them to be their team mate, so Kyuubi remained in her fox form at Naruto's feet. The silver haired jonin peered down at the white-haired boy with amusement, his single visible eye twinkling.
Scythe meanwhile had calmly padded up to Naruto and sat down beside Kyuubi. He snickered when Hitsugaya picked himself up, a small blush dusting his face. The white-haired boy glared at Scythe, promising a slow and painful demise for him, and the wolf just smirked, knowing it was an empty threat.
Anyway, Hitsugaya introduced himself, and explaied why it was him and not Kyuubi that was going to be the third party in Team 7.
"So, what'll happen to me?" the crimson fox asked worridly.
"Well, you can be a nin animal for either Sasuke or Toushiro here, or you could go back into Naruto." Kakashi said, scratching his chin in thought.
"Eh, I'll stick with Sasuke. I know more about him than I do shorty here, and I know how to work with him too. Besides, I really, really don't want to go back into that sewer of a mind that Naru-baka has." Hitsugaya twitched at being called short, but settled for a low growl. Kyuubi snorted and walked over to Sasuke, sitting down next to him. The young Uchiha smirked at the quirked eyebrows that Naruto and Scythe were exhibiting at the kitsune's reaction to Hitsugaya joining their team.
"Anyway." Kakashi said. "The Chunin exams are coming up shortly, and I have nominated you for them. Here are some entrance forms, fill them out and turn them in at the acadamy two days from now." the silver haired jonin passed out some forms to the genin and shinnigami, knowing that Naruto and Sasuke would enter right away. Hitsugaya he wasn't sure of. After all, he didn't know if the boy had any ninja skills and such. Kakashi said that they had the rest of the day off and poofed away, startling Hitsugaya, making the white-haired boy back up a couple of steps.
Sasuke and Naruto, along with Kyuubi stared at him for a second, before turning away to discuss the Chunin exams. Scythe padded over to Hitsugaya and sat down, glancing at him.
"What?"
"Nothing. Its just that you're going to have to enter the exams if we want those three, and myself to go. You may not have ninja skills, but you have swordsmanship and skill with stratagies. The Chunin exams are team exams, so an entire genin team must enter to be able to take them. Kakashi didn't mention that because he didn't want to pressure anyone into entering." Scythe replied. Hitsugaya nodded, and decided to change the subject.
"Hey, did you see that fat kid with the strange marking on his face on the way here?"
"Who Choji? Yeah. And he not fat, he's fluffy."
"Fluffy?"
"Yeah. There are five levels of fat: big, healthy, husky, fluffy, and DAMN!! Hahah!" both of them started cracking up, drawing the attention of Naruto, Sasuke, and Kyuubi.
"You know?" Hitsugaya said between laughs. "You'd make one kick ass comidian."
"I was a kick ass comidian. When I was first exiled, I took up a job as an entertainer for a fudal lord. I could even make Sasuke over there laugh, and that's a hard task." Scythe replied gasping for air.
"I'm sure you could." Sasuke said dryly.
"Oh don't be like that Uchiha. Heh, you know it's true." the wolf laughed. "Besides, I know every point on your body that's ticklish." Sasuke's eyes widened and he backed up.
"You wouldn't... would you?" he said hesitently. Scythe smirked and disappeared, reappearing behind the Uchiha and running his tail across the back of the raven's neck, making him shiver. Then, he attacked Sasuke's underarms, and the stoic boy colapsed in a fit of laughter, cursing Scythe at the same time. The wolf just smirked and sat comfortably on the boy's back, his tail flicking with mischief. "Get off!" the raven demanded, trying to push the wolf's great bulk off him.
"No. I'm good." everyone else started laughing at the boy's expense. They laughed even harder when said boy started blushing furiously. He was going to kill Scythe the very moment the wolf decided to get off his back.
As if reading his thoughts, Scythe leaped off Sasuke, flipping the raven into the air with his paws, and whacking him away with a mule kick. Sasuke let out an undignified scream as he went sailing through the air and crashing through the roof of his fifth floor apartment.
"Good aim." Kyuubi said.
"Yeah, but I had wanted him to land in the lake." Scythe muttered. There was a small lake in a park near the apartment complex they lived in. "Oh well. From where he landed on the roof, I'd say that he landed head first in the toilet." the wolf smirked.
"SCYTHE!! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!!" Sasuke bellowed. Aformentioned wolf blinked and took this as a signal to head for the hills if he valued his good health. So, bidding a farewell to Naruto, Kyuubi, and Hitsugaya, he blurred out of sight, reappearing on top of the Hokage Mountain, masking his chakra signal.
Sasuke meanwhile stomped up to the bridge, in new clothes and still dripping hair. Naruto blinked at the raven and said: "Land in the toilet?" Sasuke glared and stormed off saying in an overly sweet tone:
"Scythe. Here Scythe. I'm not gonna hurt you. Come on out." Hitsugaya looked from the Uchiha to Naruto and Kyuubi and blinked.
"Is he always like that?" the white-haired boy asked.
"Only every time Scythe annoyes him." Naruto said.
"Which is every bloody chance he gets." Kyuubi finished. Hitsugaya gulped and tried to picture Scythe pulling pranks on the poor Uchiha every other second. He shuddered involentarily when he heard the wolf yell for mercy from Sasuke and a shout of "NOT A FUCKING CHANCE!!" from the raven. He really hoped, for the sake of his own health, that he was never on the receiving end of Sasuke's anger.