The Fox and The Weasel at Red Dawn: rewrite!

Chapter 24: Trouble, trouble, boiling double

Chapter 24: Trouble, trouble, boiling double

It had been a pretty mellow week after the first day they had entered Konoha. Naruto and the others mostly stayed inside the house, while they still had visits from Iruka, Kakashi and especially Gaara. Gaara would be with them most of the time because they knew how it felt to have a life like his, especially Naruto. Naruto and Gaara had grown really close since they had saw each other, and they considered each other's as brothers now. The Akatsuki members were fine with him around since he kept Naruto happy. They'd do anything to be able to keep Naruto happy, especially with his mood swings. He's been quite down since they had reached Konoha, surprising everyone, since they would have expected him to be prancing around the whole town being happy. Whenever he was called fatty by Tobi didn't mean much to him since he was in Konoha, his nightmare when he was a child, and he had thought he would have been away for much more time than the seven months that he had been.

"Naruto," Gaara called, as he had seen his closest companion space out again. It was just them in Naruto and Itachi's room, since Itachi was discussing strategies with the others. Naruto had kept up his mask for most of the time, but Gaara was one of the ones that saw through it, the other was Itachi. Itachi wasn't really paying attention though since he was worried about being so close to his brother, and he had no clue when they were to meet again. That's the only reason Naruto had slipped past Itachi with his emotional hold. "Naruto!"

"What," Naruto questioned, as he turned towards his 'brother'.

"What is going on?" Naruto just shook his head, but it seemed to be the wrong decision. It only made Gaara start to glare.

"I'm just worried, alright," Naruto admitted. Gaara's glare said it all: explain. "I'm worried that one of my loved ones will die, while I'll be stuck here, in this room, until the invasion was over. I mean, what would happen if Iruka would get hurt? He's one of my only connections to this village, or Sarutobi? He's the person that I see as my Grandfather. He's the oldest one, and I see that he has the most chance of dying. What if Tobi dies because of his stupidity? He's not stupid or anything, but he just doesn't think! I mean, that could just take one wrong move, and he'd be dead. What about Konan though? She's the only one that I am close to of the opposite sex. She's like my sister, and she's going to be out there. And what if Itachi were—"

"Naruto," Gaara interrupted him. "You are thinking too much. Don't get too stressed out; it can hurt the baby." Naruto sighed and nodded before he rested his head against the pillows once more. "I'm sure that they appreciate your concern, but the people out there are S-class nin. And Iruka is a chuunin that doesn't want to advance to jounin. Hokage-sama is just that, the Hokage. No need to panic."

"Who's panicking," the question came from someone in the door way. They turned to look and saw it was Itachi. Itachi stepped forward as he came and slipped onto the bed. Then he proceeded to wrap his arm around Naruto's stomach, causing a kick. Naruto smiled as he rested his head onto the pillow and closed his eyes with joy. Gaara was right; he shouldn't be worrying about them as they could all handle themselves.

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"Be careful," Naruto whispered to Itachi as they embraced one more time before Itachi would have to go to the invasion spot he was assigned. Itachi nodded before giving him a quick kiss before fleeing out of the door. He wished he would have just been able to stay with Naruto, but he knew that if he did, he wouldn't have gone. He knew that Naruto were in good hands though; Tobi was to stay here and look after him. Tobi had been going through many successful missions before, so he was able to trust him to look out for Naruto.

"Hey," Konan smiled as she entered Naruto's room. There were some tears that had escaped Naruto's tear ducked and they were rolling down his cheeks. "Hey, don't worry. We'll all come back to you; I promise." He nodded and started wiping away the tears. "Now, if you have any trouble at all, you have to—"

"Inform Tobi straight away," Naruto said as he mimicked her tone of voice. Konan couldn't help but smile when she hit the back of his head.

"I just wanted to remind you because we don't want anything to happen to either of you," Konan smiled. "Tobi knows where I'm going to be, so I can come and help you whenever. I have a pretty light area, as I'm just looking over those who go into the bunkers, just in case something does happen to you during the invasion." Naruto nodded. "Tobi's going to be around whenever you need him." Naruto nodded, and Konan kissed his forehead before she walked out of the room.

"Stay out of trouble, un," Diedara called before he exited the house. He heard the others exit the premises also, and it didn't take long before there was only Tobi and Naruto in the house. Everything stayed quiet in the house, but it only took an hour before they heard the sounds of the invasion starting. Naruto had fallen asleep in that time, but he jolted awake when he heard that noise. He got up before he walked to the window and looked out. The stadium was already becoming a war zone, and Naruto saw a purple looking box around one of the buildings. Naruto started hearing Tobi starting to pace.

"What's wrong, Tobi," he questioned.

"Tobi want to fight; Tobi don't want to sit around anymore," he answered as he came pacing in the room. Naruto bit his lip, knowing the others wouldn't approve of his next action.

"Tobi, why don't you go fight," he replied.

"Pein ordered me to stay here, unless fatty commands otherwise," Tobi replied.

"Well then, I say that you go fight," Naruto said as he turned towards him with a sad smile. "That is, if you would want to."

"Oh, yes, Tobi wants, Tobi wants," Tobi yelled as he started running out of the room, wanting to go to fight. Naruto didn't have to wait long before the door slammed shut, leaving Naruto alone. Naruto sighed before he laid down on the bed, expecting there to be no danger to him.

Those words came back to bite him because fifteen minutes after Tobi left, Naruto felt pain start ricocheting from his stomach. He gasped and clung to his stomach.

What is going on? He couldn't say it outloud as the pain was so violent and foreign to him as he had never felt pain start from the inside.

It's your kit; it's ready to be born, Kyuu replied.

"Oh, Kami," Naruto yelled after it finally came to him, along with another round of pain.