Fox In The Leaf

Time for a change

Naruto opened his eyes with a smile. He had his reunion with Kurama, who he hasn't seen in four years. Getting up from his pillow, he stretched his legs but still walked groggily to the door. He was so out of it that he just walked onto the door and with his full weight, the ground beneath Naruto disappeared and he fell into his bedroom, landing on his back with all four of his legs twitching in the air much to his displeasure. Finally awake, he flopped to the side and just stayed laying there 'ow maybe I shouldn't have stood on the door…..and I think I hurt my tails…...still weird to think that'. After getting back on his feet he shook himself and began to walk to the bathroom to get clean.

After he turned on the shower, he jumped into the shower, just to freeze feeling that the water was ice cold 'AAAhhhh damn it! Why don't I just jump into the lake! At least it's warmer than this!'. After getting used to the cold water, he stood on his hind legs to grab the shampoo with his hand/paw but paused when he saw his paw 'it looks more like my hand just got covered in fur'. After he grabbed the shampoo bottle and soap, he sat back down on his haunches and put some shampoo on his paw but stopped after looking at his arm 'I don't have enough to even get half of me, heck I might not even have enough for one of my tails' he thought as he looked at his tails …. His four tails. 'WHY DO I HAVE FOUR TAILS. I ONLY HAD THREE YESTERDAY!' he screamed in his head and jumped out of the tub and stumbled into his room still wet and began to run in circles. This kept up for a minute until he tripped on his feet and landed on his chin with his butt and tails in the air. With a groan, Naruto began to think 'why do I have four tails now? Mmmm'.

After he got to his feet, he shook himself dry and went to turn off the shower and went back into his bedroom, grabbed a pair of beige shorts, a white shirt and got dressed. He decided that he was going to go pick up his flower order from the Yamanaka flower shop.

~Konoha street~

Naruto had picked up his order but much to his dismay Ino was out doing a delivery but Inoichi was there to give him his and much to his shock. He liked Inoichi. The man was always nice to him when he met the man four years ago (after the incident). Lifting the potted plant in front of him, he began to wonder "where will I put you? Hmm, maybe I should put you in the kitchen? I need more in there." He was so into his thoughts that he didn't watch where he was going and bumped into someone, falling on his butt still holding the pot. On reflex, he jumped to his feet and backed up "sorry, sorry, sorry! I wasn't looking where I was going!" he said with his eyes closed and ready to run.

The person who he bumped into just looked at him and just shook her head with how the boy responded "Naruto, it's me"

Naruto opened his eyes and looked up and realized it was Hana Inuzuka. "Hana-Onee-chan!"

He met her when she came one day to pick up Kiba just to see that he and Kiba were in the middle of a race they started. She called Kiba over causing the two boys to stop and walk up to her. They were introduced to each other and her three Ninken. All three dogs had grey fur with white undersides with short pointed ears, they looked like big Huskies. Her three canine companions stared at him for a few seconds before one of them pounced and started to lick him. It was this action that was the start of his close friendship with Hana and her Ninken. So much so that Hana became another older sister figure.

Hana was out buying some groceries for her mother and was on her way home when Naruto had bumped into her. She was deep in thought about the boy in front of her, still trying to wrap her head around the fact that the boy was a fox but she also felt bad for him hearing about what led to it "Naruto, you need to look at where you are going so you don't bump into people. It's both rude and hazardous to do that." she said as she patted his head but paused when she noticed something about his hair but held her tongue for now.