Jumping Fox

Chapter 5: What

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Chapter Critiqued by: Snipa

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What?

In the semi arid countryside a dust cloud had kicked up. When the wind blew it away a strange sight would have been revealed if anyone other than an apathetic lizard was there to see it. A human was hunched over, its head stuck in the ground like an ostrich. The remnants of burned dark purple barely covered a black shirt and battered green flak jacket and similarly beat up dark blue pants. The only thing that seemed in good order was the pack on her back and the pouches on her belt. If she had been wearing shoes they were long gone.

"Crap, that hurt like a bit*h," Naru groaned as she pulled her head out of the ground.

"Ah man now I'll have to wash my hair!" the shinobi griped as she pulled herself into a kneeling position brushing dirt from her shoulder length blonde hair. Slitting her eyes she glanced at the arid terrain in growing puzzlement.

"What just happened?" she wondered rising to her feet. She remembered the chakra explosion and some kind falling which reminded her of when she ate that hash hesh ball on a bet. Frankly despite her infamous never say die credo she had expected that last one to do her in.

"If this is the afterlife, I demand I refund," Naru pouted crossing her arms. It was at this point she noticed her shadow cast to her side, and more importantly the shape of the shadow. Something was sticking a good way out from her butt. Whirling around she saw, arid landscape, and realizing the mistake reached around her back and her slitted eyes bugged out.

The Most Explosive Kunoichi of the Leaf was struck silent as she took in the purple fox tail sticking out of her pants.

"Oh no you don't!" Naru yelled yanking on the enemy. Only to cry out in pain as she span on the spot in a circle trying to pull the tail off as pain surged up her spine and had a party in her head she wasn't invited too. Eventually she realized this wasn't working and fell to the ground gritting her teeth as the tail twitched spastically.

"Best two out of three," Naru declared; though she waited another two minutes, before actually getting up to resume the 'battle'.

This time when Naru got to her feet she took her time selecting a kunai from her pouch with care. Drawing the most versatile of a shinobi's tools she inspected it with care. As a final test she ran it along the tip of her right middle finger leaving a tiny cut blooming red for a second before healing over. Nodding in satisfaction she pulled her tail around in front of her and with a war cry began sawing on it.

It hurt like heck but hell if she was going to parade around like some damn fox. Bad enough to have one inside her. The bleeding appendage slipped through her grip in a vicious tug that threw her off balance. Reaching behind herself she was surprised to find no tail, but frowned on feeling the hard bump with a shallow depression just above her 'glorious' bum.

"Did that that thing just retreat? Come out you coward and die like an appendage!" Naru tried to yell at her ass. She naturally received no response and started to pout. Her mood was soured when after a few minutes of pouting she felt a relief like taking a well needed dump and actually felt the tail; waving behind.

"Ah nuggets," Naru cursed when inspection revealed the tail was now uninjured. Maybe if she sat on some explosive tags it would die before it could retreat? Nah, might alert enemies to her-

"What a second just where am I?" Naru asked returning her thoughts to the situation. It looked like the borderlands between Wind and Fire, but that still didn't explain how she got here. She decided she could wait a while to blow herself up, she would see if there any ramen around her and get some directions first.