The Legacy of the Most Unpredictable Ninja

33 Part 1

"Naruto~ Wake up!"

"...Why?"

Kunou huffed as the sleepy teen tried to stall for time, trying to get more rest. "Cause it's morning of course! Come on, let's go and play!"

Naruto groaned in agony. This child was going to be the death of him if she kept waking him up at obscene hours...

"Alright, alright...I'm up. Just give me a minute to change my clothes, I'll be out after that." he managed to say, words slurred as he moved to get up.

Immediately following her orders, the little kyuubi scrambled away from her fellow blond and ran out of the room. Beaming as she did so.

As soon as she ran out of the room however, the shinobi felt the strength leave his arms and tumbled back onto the bed that he was sleeping on. Moving the covers over himself in an attempt to fall back asleep.

He lied. There was no way that he'd sacrifice his beauty sleep, damn it.

With that determination in hand, the blond let himself slowly drift to blissful unconsciousness.

At least until he heard the pitter-patter of little feet approaching.

"...Son of a..."

"Naruto!"

Kunou jumped through the door-

"GAAAAAH!"

-and landed right on him.

Naruto's eyes were wide open, bulged, as the air was knocked out of his stomach by the sudden blow.

"You're not going back to sleep, I won't let you!" the little girl declared, crossing her arms as she glared petulantly at the groaning young man under her.

He didn't even respond, as he was too busy trying to trying not to strangle the brat that was sitting on his stomach.

"Kunou~ Where are you~?" Yasaka called out lightly as she entered the room, before looking taken aback when she saw her daughter laying on top of their powerful guest. "Oh my. You woke Naruto-sama already hm?"

This time the shinobi managed a groan in complaint, which was completely ignored by the little girl that had too much energy in the morning. "Yep! I was hoping that he could play with me before he came to eat with us though..."

Yasaka shook her head, motherly tone light but firm. "Sorry Kunou, eat first, play later. You know the rules."

Kunou pouted, getting up from the teen below her with reluctance. "Oh, but kaa-chan..."

"Don't 'oh, but kaa-chan' me young lady." the kyuubi mother reprimanded. "Breakfast first."

"...Fine." the small blond relented sadly, moving away from the still-prone teen and back out the hallway. Her shoulders hunched.

Yasaka watched her daughter go, making sure that she didn't try anything funny, then turned her attention back at the young man who was still laying in his bed.

He hasn't recovered from her daughter's surprise attack yet.

"Sorry about that Naruto-sama." the yokai faction leader apologized, smiling softly. "Kunou's just excited that you decided to stay behind and rest for a little bit. You know...I have never actually seen her act so familiar with someone before, besides myself of course."

A grunt was her only response, followed by a pathetic attempt to get up, before falling down on the bed under him.

Seeing this, the powerful yokai chuckled good-naturedly. "Well, I'm sure that you want a little bit more rest before you eat. Come join us whenever you find the energy."