" Ok, so you three have a safe trip, I expect you to be back in three months" Tsunade started, she then looked to Tenten and said, " Tenten, please take care of yourself and make sure Naruto dosen't do anything stupid, he can be very dense." Tenten giggled and nodded to her idol. They were about to leave when Tsunade gave both Naruto and Tenten a hug and a warning of peeping to Jiraiya. Then the three left to Kirigakure.
It had been a week since the three shinobi had left Konoha. They were just now starting to see the outskirts of Kiri, when they heard shouting.
" Kisame! Why did you leave us? You weren't even here for your sister's funeral. Please, come back to us to atleast pay respects to Umi." the voice of an old woman said. Naruto, at the sound of Kisame and his mothers voice, jumped into action. He drew his sword and stood between Kisame and an old lady with green hair and blue eyes, and suprisingly, two wisker marks on each side of her cheeks. Kisame grinned when he saw who it was and said,
" Move it brat, this is between me, and the old lady. If your lucky, I might go after you too."
But Naruto didn't move, he looked Kisame in the eyes and said " answer her question, then I'll move."
Kisame growled, he did not want to go into the past anymore.
" Why do you care brat? You have no business in this situation." he said hotly. Naruto just snorted and said,
" If this concerns Hoshigaki Umi, then it is my concern." The woman gasped at what she heard, ' how does he know about Umi?' she thought.
But Kisame just frowned.
" Fine brat, tell your teamates to get out here, if you beat me in a dual, then I will tell you what you want to know. But if I win, you have to answer why it concerns you. And don't worry, this will have nothing to do with Akatsuki, now begin!" and Kisame charged Naruto with the Samehada. Naruto barely had any time to block the blow when he told Jiraiya not to interfere.
" Ero-sennin," he started, " don't interfere, this is a match between two swordsmen!" and the Sannin nodded reluctantly.
Kisame smirked and brought Samehadad down onto Naruto only to cut through a cloud of smoke.
' Shit, Kage Bunshin' the shark man thought. He was then kicked in the stomach by Naruto, yelling "U". Another Naruto slashed at Kisame's sword, trying to get the man to loosen his grip on it. A third Naruto punched Kisame in the face as antoer Naruto clone attacked the sword, both yelling " ZU". Suddenly, Kisame lost his grip on Samehada when he was kneed in the back with such force, they could here the knee make contact. The clone yelled, " MA" and another grabbed Kismae's feet and swung him up into the air yelling, " KI" and then, the real Naruto showed himself, with the back of his sword meeting Kisame's side, yelling. " Takai Shuuha!" he then jumped away waiting for the man to get up. He was suprised when the Kisame in front of him laughed and turned into a puddle.
' What the hell? Mizu Bunshin?' was all Naruto could think when he felt a sword tip on the back of his neck. Kisame grinned and said, " I win, brat." but stopped when Naruto smirked,
" No you don't Kisame, look be hind you."
Kisame laughed at that. " Do you think I'm as stupid as you to look behind me so you could attack me? Hah! That was pointless..." he stopped when he felt three blade behind him, each one at an angle that could kill him. Naruto smirked again and said,
" Kata, Yaiba no Sanjuu Getsuei(1). Looks like I win. Now tell me, why won't you go back to your family to visit your sister."
Kisame growled and said, " Because, I couldn't protect her. She was my little sister and she died in a fight. Do you want to know why I'm in the Akatsuki? It's to find my sister's killer. That's why, are you happy now, Kaa-san?" he said to the old woman.
' Whoa, so I still have a family after all.' Naruto thought. His thoughts were interupted by the woman saying something.
" Kisame, I don't care why you didn't visit your sisters grave, but because you didn't visit her." she said, but then she turned to Naruto with a serious face.
" Boy, tell me, how do you know about my daughter?" she asked, and that got Kisame's attention as well.
" Ummm, well," Naruto started, he looked over to Jiraiya and Tenten when Tenten walked up to them.
" Naruto-kun, you have to tell them sooner or later, might as well sooner." Tenten said. Naruto sighed and nodded. He then looked to Kisame and the old lady and started.
" Well, I just learned about her, I know who killed her, it was Orochimaru, as for why I know about her, well, she'smyKaa-san." he said speedily, mixing the three words together. He looked to the two infront of her and saw that their eyes were as huge as saucers. Kisame was the first to regain his composure, but soon lost it when he yelled,
" WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?"
(1) Uzumaki Kata, Yaiba no Sanjuu Getsuei- Uzumaki Style, Blade of the Triple Moon
Well, this is the final chapter of Power Of Foxes, part 1. The first chapter of the sequel will be posted in about late June-early July. Thank you for reading and reviewing, I have only Two Flames for this story!
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