Ordeals of a Yokai ch 3

Before you go on to the story. If you are on who read the original chapters before reading this, please go back to the first chapter. They have been re-written and, in my opinion, are better. The second chapter as well. So please read them first.

Introduce the Others

Naruto glared down Kuroda as he somehow brought a bag of confetti out of nowhere and started to prance around the house, throwing the paper with reckless abandon. Naruto had only told the man that he would be leaving the apartment. He didn't say more than that. The man acted as if he had just been granted a desired wish. Naruto thought on the subject, that might have been true.

"Kuroda-san, can you-," Naruto started before he had to rub out the confetti that was accumulating in his hair. Naruto clenched his teeth as tried to get the man's attention again. "I am only leaving the house for a few hours," he said glaring down the man.

Naruto was taken back when the grown man squealed like a school girl. Naruto was even more startled when the man came up to him and lifted him off the ground by his arms. "Thank god you met someone brat! I feared that when you failed yesterday, you would be back here sitting on my couch!" the older man said. Naruto let go of the fact that the man said 'when' instead of 'if'. "What is the big deal, you catching up on 'private time' while I am gone?" the blonde mocked.

Naruto quickly found himself face first on the ground with a lump on his head. A foot pressed itself against his back. "You brat! What I do on my own time is my own business," the older man said, then immediately regretted. Kuroda didn't fully know what Naruto said with his voice muffled against the floor, but is sounded very much like 'so you are'. Kuroda pushed his foot more into the blonde's back. "No, because I finally get some peace and quiet for a change! And the house will finally stay clean."

Naruto lifted up his head, spitting out a piece of confetti that was on the floor out of his mouth. He glared up as the older man and said, "You know you keep me pinned down like this and I won't-." The foot on Naruto's back was swiftly removed. Naruto inwardly grinned, he knew how to have his way with the man now. Threats here and there about not leaving the house, and he can have whatever he wanted. To him, that meant enough ramen to kill a buffalo with.

Naruto got up on his feet and looked at the man. "You're an ass," the blonde said simply before walking past the man to the door. He was about to leave when he heard the man call out, "Naruto, wait!" The blonde turned to the man, waiting for him to say something. When the man said, "Let me savor the moment," Naruto stuck out his tongue and flipped the man off.

The man let out a content sigh after the door closed. He turned away from it, letting out another sigh before a grin was found on his face. Finally Naruto was gone, he had the house to himself. That would finally allow him enough time to watch T.V. and paint. Not only that but he finally had a clean floor that would stay clean.

Kuroda looked at the floor, wanting to revel in the cleanliness. Kuroda didn't see his floor, in its place though, was piles of confetti.

Naruto arrived at Ino's and Shikamaru's school on his bike/ scooter(A/N I want to say moped, but I don't think that is what it is) just as the final bell rang. Naruto congratulated himself on the minor achievement. He got off his bike and stood just on the sidewalk where the main door led to, waiting to sight them. As the other kids walked and pushed passed him, Naruto felt very much like a boat on the sea during the storm. One kid even kneed him while walking past, and was gone before Naruto could get any revenge.

It was lucky of the boy as Naruto's idea of revenge might have been too much for him. Also, he wasn't sure how he could hide a pit in the middle of a sidewalk, as covering it with leaves would only rouse the kid's suspicions. While Naruto contemplated revenge, he thought he heard his name get called. He looked around to still see a swarm of kids around him and brushed it off as his imagination. He continued to contemplate revenge as someone snuck upon him.

"Naruto! How are you!" there was a pause. "Uh," the voice began, "what is with the serious face?" Naruto looked up to see Ino in front of him, with Shikamaru and others he didn't know behind her. He looked back at her and started to scratch the back of his head. Thinking on his feet, he came up with a scapegoat. "I got ripped off earlier by this old dude."

One of the two he didn't know spoke up, "Was it that guy who says he is giving you some ero-manga only to give you some random manga from the book store?" Naruto looked at the boy who said it. The boy was considerably big for his age. Not only that but wore something on his head that looked like panties. In the boy's hand was a bag of chips. Naruto looked the boy straight in the eye and said, "No, nothing like that."

The big boy flushed in embarrassment as the girl next to him chastised him. "God, Choji, you pervert." Naruto got a look at the girl, finding her hair pink. Naruto chuckled to himself in remembrance. He knew this was the girl from yesterday, and he wanted to make sure he got at least a chill down her spine.

"No, that wasn't it." Naruto said nonchalantly. "He was going to let me get a peek at this rare species of lizard, for just the money in my pocket. I give him some, get a peek, and then all there is in there is a spider. Then he runs off laughing."

Naruto took a peek of the girl reaction, hoping to at least see her shiver. He saw a different reaction, anger. Naruto was a little confused about what was going on and was about to ask when she said, "God dammit! I am tired of hearing about spiders! That is all I heard about yesterday from my mom! Giant spider this, giant spider that! Spider, spider, spider! Now she doesn't even want to go outside!"

Ino then got in on it, "Sakura you're one to talk. Who was calling my house off the hook yesterday, only to complain about your mom complaining about spiders." Sakura put her head down slightly. Then Ino added, "And you're not making a good impression on Naruto." Sakura picked her head up quickly and waved nervously at Naruto, he waved back. Ino stepped back and introduced her. "Naruto, this is Sakura aka forehead aka bubble gum hair." Naruto scratched the top of his head, "Why do you call her forehead?" Ino pointed to Sakura's forehead, much to the distain of the pink-haired girl. Naruto pulled his goggles off his head and pointed to his forehead. Ino's expression deadpanned, "Can't you see, it is huge!" Naruto just shook his head and said, "I really don't see it."

Ino sighed and looked to Sakura, "Forehead this is Naruto." Sakura waved again, with a smile on her face. Shikamaru walked up to the round boy and said, "Naruto, this is Choji, Choji this is Naruto."

"Now that introductions are done, it is time to tell you the story of how Naruto save-" Ino started before Sakura interrupted her. "Ino, I already heard that story a thousand times already. You told the entire school by now."

Choji pointed to himself, "I don't think I heard it yet." Sakura dropped her head as Ino dived into her story.

White-eyes watched Naruto from the distance. Their owner stood, unmoving as she stared at the kitsune. The aura was unmistakable; it was the son of the great king. The girl felt her legs shake as she stared. She was slowly going limp as she seen the ghost in front of her. The linage of the Kyūbi was thought to have been long gone. The great king only had one child before the nine forsaken ones came and ended his reign. The most powerful of kitsune, his line was thought to be gone from the face of the earth. Now here was the one person that could officially take over for the king. Her heart quaked. Her superior would reward her greatly for finding him.

"Hinata, what happened? You going to give me that sandwich you were talking about?" came a voice to her side. She turned to the black hair youth before her. "Kiba, I might be wrong, so, I want you to catch the scent of that boy over there." She asked as she pointed to Naruto. Kiba to a sniff of the air, "Yeah, that is the smell of a kitsune. I thought you were the only one posted here." Hinata held a critical look and said simply, "I am."

"Ah," Kiba started, "It is a turf war then? Alright, 2nd rank inu yokai, Kiba, will muscle the intruder out." Hinata blinked for a second, then from behind her came another voice. "And 2nd rank konchuu [1] yokai, Shino, will assist." With that, another black haired youth walked passed Hinata and headed toward Naruto.

Hinata quickly grabbed the hands of the two and retreated. "Stupid dog and bug! Do you know who that is?" Kiba, still being dragged by Hinata, said, "An intruder, right? By the way you're viciously pulling me away, or my arm off, a powerful one at that."

Hinata started flailing her arms at her sides, "Yes, powerful, but that isn't that! If I am sensing this right, he is also royalty! You don't go and attack royalty!" Kiba looked at her for a second and said, "Do you have to go through one of those systems to attack them? You kitsune are really bad when it comes to permission." Hinata stamped her foot on the ground, "Stupid dog! No, you never attack royalty. Especially when that royalty is supposedly dead!"

"If he is supposed to be dead, then why is he standing right there, talking to those people?" Kiba retorted. Hinata shook her head, "No! We thought he was dead, but I guess we were wrong!" Kiba plugged his ears, "Alright, I get it, so what about him?"

Hinata looked at Kiba with intent in her eyes. "We have to follow him."

"Who was that girl yelling?" Naruto asked with his hands over his ears. "Oh, that is a new student, Hinata. She came here almost a week ago. We don't know her." Said Shikamaru. Naruto scratched the top of his head, "Oh, okay… so who isn't dead?" Naruto asked. Everyone else shrugged. After a second though, Shikamaru said, "Must have been one heck of a funeral."

A moment of silence passed over the group, before Sakura spoke up. "Hey Naruto, where are you from, I never seen you here before." Naruto looked up at her and scratched the back of his head. "I am from the Oinari mountains."

"Really?" Choji began, "I heard that that place is haunted by spirits. You know, like oni and all that." Naruto shook his head, it being a half truth, there weren't any oni in the Oinari mountains. Although, he might count as a haunting spirit, he knew the whole village would agree.

"Yeah, Choji, jeez, you're as superstitious as Ino. There is no such thing as oni. They are only fairy tales that are told by bored parents." Sakura scolded the boy, though her tone was light. Choji scratched the back of his head as Naruto shook his head again. "No, the place does have spirits." Naruto said, with Sakura giving him an incredulous look. "I, well, I've never seen it. But several of the children and adults around there have fallen into the traps of this thing. It would dig pit out of nowhere, or maybe appear before some people with a horridly grotesque form, or maybe even light your house on fire a couple of times." Naruto inwardly smirked at some of his earlier pranks. "A few villagers have gotten to call it monster." He noticed that he had the attention of the children in front of him.

"Do you know what it is?" said Sakura, her eyes going against what she had said earlier. Naruto smirked at being the center of attention. "Well despite what the villagers call it, it isn't an oni. You can ask our village elder for that information. What we have in our village is something different. Not oni, not tanuki, but instead, a kitsune!"

Sakura and Choji shared surprised expressions. Ino wasn't surprised because she knew who Naruto was talking about, she was at least that smart. Shikamaru really didn't care.

A young boy with a glaring expression wandered up behind a girl with white eyes. He was sick of her scent around his turf. He was around these parts before the kitsune decided to take up shop. All in all he didn't care all that much that she was there, but it was her scent coupled with the inu and the konchuu that made it unbearable.

"Kitsune," the boy started with a monotone voice, "I told you to haunt somewhere else. I chose this place and you won't make me leave." Hinata spun around to meet the boy face to face. "I walk where I want oni, and where I want is here. You cannot move my team out of here, it is crucial to us kitsune," Hinata finished with a glare and a dangerous tone.

The boy just stepped up closer to the girl and said with a glare, "Then cover up your scent. Not only that but the scent of the rest of your team. Also, I couldn't care less about what your society wants as long as it doesn't get in the way of mine." With that the boy stepped back and was about to walk away when Kiba decided to act.

Slowly he started to let his power give away, allowing the boy to know just how much power he had. But he was careful to not alert the other kitsune just off in the distance. He wasn't that hotheaded. The boy stopped and seemed to consider Kiba's power. Kiba had to admit that despite not giving off his full power, he had a substantial amount of it.

The boy turned around and glared at Kiba. He didn't let off any power, he didn't bare his teeth, and he didn't even wrinkle his nose. He just glared. And though the boy was only doing that, Kiba fell to the ground like a floating rock caught by gravity.

The boy walked up to Kiba and grabbed him by the collar. "Inu, if I were you, I wouldn't go about doing that. I can get an idea of your power just by smelling you. And it smells like," the boy paused to sniff the air, trying to make a point. But his nose got caught on something. He tuned around and sniffed the air again. The smell it was that of a kitsune. But it wasn't Hinata, this one was far above her limit on power. He sniffed again, this time to locate it. The smell came from the boy in the orange track suit with goggles on his head.

The boy glared, this was the kitsune that must have subdued his sister's subordinates yesterday. It was this kisune's fault that he had to put up bail for those idiots. He lost a major portion of his rainy day savings because of that. But more importantly, it was this kitsune's fault that his sister wouldn't stop yelling yesterday. He didn't get a wink of sleep because of this idiot. He didn't think as he walked up to the boy.

"You, what is your name?" a voice came to Naruto's ears. From behind the others he saw a boy with black hair and beady eyes glare at him. Immediately Sakura's expression seemed to light up. Ino's seemed to darken. "Sasuke!" Sakura almost screamed out. Naruto's expression changed to confusion as he seen the girls' expressions change.

"Goggles, I asked for your name." The boy, Sasuke, commanded. Naruto scratched the back of his head and said, "Uh, Naruto. Why does that matter?" Sasuke stared at Naruto for a while, before looking around to his company. His eyes resting on Naruto again, he spoke, "I challenge you."

Naruto and the rest immediately exhibited shocked faces. Naruto glared at the boy and asked simply, "Why?" The boy seemed to just relax his muscles to Shikamaru, Sakura, and Choji. Although, Naruto and Ino felt something different. The boy suddenly reeked of oni and the very aura around him was like that of fog. Then the boy answered, though it might have only been to the benefit to the three who didn't feel what Sasuke released. "You made my sister mad yesterday, I want revenge on her behalf," came from the boy's lips.

Naruto heard Choji whisper, "Naruto, you dog." He would clear it up with the boy later. "I don't know what you're talking about, but, fine, where and when?" Naruto didn't want to back down on a challenge, it didn't fair well with him in his mind. In any event, the boy was strong, stronger than those oni he had beat up yesterday.

"Three hours from now, as for the location, I think you can find me," Sasuke said as he allowed his aura to spike again. With his point followed through, the boy turned and left, leaving behind three confused children, a disgusted psychic, and one on-edge kitsune.

"N-Naruto?" came to the kitsune's ears. He turned to find that Sakura was the one who addressed him. She looked somewhat cross as she looked in a different direction. "How do you know Sasuke?" she asked. Naruto shook his head, "I don't."

"You're not actually going to accept? Are you?" came Ino's enraged voice. Naruto turned to her and scratched the back of his head. "I have to, I was challenged," he said simply. Before anyone could say anything else, Naruto wedged in a diversion. "Hey, you guys know anything around here to pass the time?"

Choji's and Shikamaru's eyes lit up. Choji quickly grabbed Naruto's sleeve and pulled him away from the prying eyes of the girls. "Naruto, I bet they don't have arcades up in the mountains. Or manga. Or pizza!" Choji shouted as he pulled Naruto along with Shikamaru close behind, and the girls trying to catch up.

Naruto patted his stomach as he ate the last bit of pizza slice he had. He stuffed his hand into his pocket and sorted through the money that was left from what he had borrowed from Kuroda earlier. The term borrowed used loosely. He had enough from buying that manga to continue playing at the arcades.

He vowed to himself that he would beat that shooting game that had taken away five bucks from him. He could swear it was cheating. The enemies only shot him once to kill him and with them it took multiple hits. The gun had an oblong shape that was not fit for human hands, and the sensor must have been broken because, even though his aim was right on, the shots always veered off onto a different direction.

It didn't help his case that Shikamaru didn't have one problem with the game and only spent one credit to beat it.

Naruto was about to take the second shot at the game when a moment later Choji came upon him. "Naruto look at the clock." The blond looked up to find that it was only thirty minutes until that Sasuke character expected him. Naruto let out a sigh, looks like he had to wait another time to beat the crap out of that game.

"So what did you do to his sister?" came to Naruto's ears. Naruto turned to see Choji giving him the 'do not spare any of the juicy details' look. Naruto let out another sigh, he knew his explanation wouldn't be accepted by the plump boy. "I have not the slightest idea."

Choji's face slipped into disappointment, as Naruto guessed, and the boy tried to prod further. "Now Naruto, we might have only met today, but you can tell me. Did you feel her up?" Choji's face faulted when Naruto shook his head. "Did you break her heart on a date?" Choji continued. Naruto shook his head again and Choji's face somehow found a way to contort into further disappointment. "At least tell me that you kissed her in front of him." Choji seemed to have found a way to make to most depressing face on earth when Naruto shook his head for what he hoped was the final time.

Naruto turned to walk away, the appointment with the oni only drawing closer. Naruto heard a gasp behind him that sounded as if someone made an important discovery. "You got her pregnant!"

"No Choji! I told you I don't know!" Naruto yelled out. Naruto looked back to see that Choji was gone, and that a woman and a young man had taken his place. He stared at them for a bit while his face went slightly red in embarrassment. "What are you looking at brat?" said the woman. She sounded remarkably like Choji.

Naruto continued on walking, much to the confusion to the two.

Naruto walked two blocks down from the shopping arcade that held the book shop, pizzaria, and arcade; to find his bike in front of the school still. Naruto was almost araid for his bike when they had left it earlier. Finally, he had made his way to his bike when a shrill voice came to his ears. "Naruto! You're not actually planning to fight that oni, are you?" Naruto turned to see that it was Ino who had called him out. As she walked up to him, all he could say was that he was challenged. "So what, this is one whole testosterone filled, lack brained, fight for honor?" she said, her tone seething.

"So what am I supposed to do, back down, let think he won without even humoring the idea that I might come out on top? Besides, honor is dead in this day and age." Naruto countered her. Ino pinched the bridge of her nose, "You're not making sense to me." Naruto sat on his bike and revved it after turning his key. "Nor are you to me." He began, "Besides, I won't die, I am a Kyūbi no Kitsune."

Ino tensed up, she knew he was a yokai but not one that powerful. "Of course I don't have all my powers, being born one, but I would hardly die." He gave her a big grin as another voice called him out, this time it was the pink-haired girl. "You're not actually going to fight Sasuke-kun are you?" Naruto thought honorifics among the young were dead, since he never heard anyone among his age group use it to anyone among them. This Sasuke must have a reputation at their school. That was the only reason that came to his mind that she would use an honorific.

"I was called out Sakura-chan," he decided to use the honorific that shows respect to girls his age, "and I can't just sit idly by, making him think I am too frightened to even show up."

"Then can I go with you?" she pleaded. Naruto considered letting her before he got an idea as to what the fight might devolve into. A giant ogre fighting a fox with nine tails. That would be hard to explain after it was over.

"No," he said simply, with a little finality to make sure she didn't try to get more out of him. As soon as she started to open her mouth, another pleading question on her tongue, Naruto revved his bike again and yelled, "Later Sakura-chan, Ino-chan!"

With that he drove off.

Chapter End

Chapter three of Ordeals of a Yokai is done. I feel much better about the series now that I did this. Make sure that if you read chapters one and two when it was first printed that you re-read them now that they are re-written.

[1] Konchuu - bug. Nothing really more.

Again I will list the choice for pairings, because I am indecisive.

NaruIno

NaruSaku

NaruTayu

Review the story. Later.