36 Arc 3: New Friend Part 1 (1/2)

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Arc 3:

(Earlier That Day)

\”That good for nothing fox stole my fish again! Stop It!\”

Yells and curses can be heard throughout a public wet market as chaos abruptly took over the usual business of the market's vendors and customers. Apart from the common noisy and chaotic atmosphere of the place, Stall owners found themselves staring at their products in shock as majority of them were scattered all over the ground because of a certain furry fox.

\”Somebody catch that fox! It ransacked my stall!\”

The yells didn't stop from there, some of the vendors had already banded together on catching a certain red-orange furry nine-tailed fox, which ran around the wet market for its life and also for the means to escape.

Kurama observed his current surroundings as He looked for a way out of this place. He was also carrying his fish, which he stole a little while ago, through his mouth. He really had to admit that this was the biggest fish that he had yet so far.

Meanwhile, the band of vendors continued to attract members and the group eventually grew into a small mob. Kurama who had expected this, finally thought of plan to finally get away from them. His plan was just simple, try to confused and elude the small mob of vendors chasing him.

The good thing about the plan is that He still has a little bit of chakra inside of him, which he immediately tapped in to create an exact shadow clone of himself that appeared in a puff of smoke beside him.

Meanwhile, the small mob of vendors were taken by surprised as they suddenly found themselves looking at two foxes in front of them. Some of the members of the mob were overtaken by confusion or some were just dumbfounded to assumed that the fox had an accomplice.

\”They are two of them!\” One of the members from the mob exclaimed.

Kurama could only smirked as his plan finally worked. He then instructed his clone to head to another direction and thus they split. On the other hand, the small mob of vendors split up to catch the other one while the main group stayed and focused on catching the main one.

After a few moments, The crimson fox finally found himself at the exit, and while still being chase by the mob, He then finally decided to go full speed as he finally escaped the mob of angry vendors that were chasing him.

\”Idiots.\” Kurama gave a smirked as He dispelled the clone that he summoned just now.

(LATER ON)

It was a very peaceful and sunny day throughout village of the hidden leaves. The shops were in their usual business as the customers continued to flocked them. Families and couples were also happily spending time together.

Kurama's crimson eyes observed the current crowd as He headed towards his destination, which was his home. Temporary home to be exact. Besides the occasional looks from curious children, He wondered on why the people here of this time wasn't taking noticed of him despite the fact that he was the Kyuubi No Youku himself and He was carrying a fish on his mouth.

It was a thing that Kurama couldn't even explain even to himself. He knew that the Kyuubi incident was still fresh in most of the villagers mind even though 15 years had already passed since. He just didn't knew on whether He should be confused or amused but it was a good thing that He was invisible from the villagers' eyes.

Kurama really had to admit that He wasn't the one that intentionally attacked the village. In fact, it was that damn Uchiha crooked that made him do it. Even though, He had a resentment towards humans before, He would never attacked a village for no reason. He wasn't that stupid.

After several distances of travelling, Kurama finally reached his destination. It was an alleyway that stretched long towards the other side. However, It wasn't the alleyway itself that he was exactly going to but it was a rooftop of a building which was situated in the very area. There was this set of mettalic stairs that was attached on the building and that led him to his exact destination, which was his safe place.

Kurama wasted no time as He jumped from his former position towards the metallic stairs. It didn't took him a long time as he finally reached the rooftop of the said building and once he got there,

He was greeted by the silent and peaceful windy atmosphere that he was expecting.

Kurama sat down at his usual preferred spot which was located near the end of rooftop, which was had an entire view of the long alleyway. He heard rumours that this alleyway was considered dangerous for passers by and anyone that would go in here, will be attacked by angry animals.

\”Oh you mean the stray dogs.\” Kurama thought. He knew the real truth about this place. Those animals that were attacking people here were just a group of stray dogs from every place in the village that eventually found itselves in this alleyway thus a community of them was formed.

Kurama shook his head. He really had no time to think about this right now. All He had on his mind was about the fish that He was going to eat to fill in his empty stomach. He wasn't going to let any thoughts prevent him from doing anything.

Not even Kami himself.

He knew that He was going to live the rest of his life like just one of the stray animals in the village. He was not the powerful Kyuubi No Youku anymore and since he was stripped from his power and was unexpectedly sent here had no choice but moved on.

However, as He was about to open his mouth to take a bite on the fish, Fate would intervene as He was suddenly interrupted by a certain group of winged feathery creatures that landed in front of the fox.

Kurama looked up to see a a group of fish-eating birds that arrived near his spot. He narrowed his eyes as he examined the group of birds that were directly staring at his breakfast and they seemed to be all hungry.

Kurama narrowed his eyes in annoyance.\” Hey fellas, If you wanna eat some fish, got get yourselves somewhere, this is not for you.\” He told the group of birds who were just there and continued to stare.

He then shook his head as he then proceeded back to take his first bite on the fish. Although, He was suddenly interrupted yet again.

\”Meow!\”

Kurama stopped himself from taking his first bite as he then looked up from his left to see a couple of cats that were also looking and watching him directly eat the fish. The two cats had a looked of hunger on their faces.

\”Am I that Famous?\” He commented. Everybody was just here to watch him.

Kurama sensed that He was really being targeted here, especially his fish. He really wanted to eat his breakfast right now and He was being prevented to do so. After a few moments, the group of birds and the two cats surprisingly left, leaving him alone again.

Kurama widened his eyes in surprised. He never expected this to happened but the good thing was that he can finally eat his breakfast in peace once again.

The silence had came back. It was only him, his breakfast, and the wind that was left. Kurama wasted no time as he opened his mouth wide to take his long awaited first bite.

As He was about to take this first bite, He was suddenly interrupted yet again. This time it was someone yelling for help. Kurama widened his eyes as He realized that it was some kid's voice that was yelling for help, and it was followed by the loud barking of dogs.

Kurama then decided to leave his breakfast for awhile to take a good look to see what was really going on. He then headed to the viewing spot of the rooftop to discover that there's a kid being chased by the group of angry dogs, living in the area.

Kurama raised an eyebrow, To him, the kid really looked familiar but He just can't seemed to figure it out yet. He then continued to observed for a few short while to see what was gonna happen next. He was already thinking of helping the kid if anything bad happens.

However there was suddenly another commotion happening from behind. Kurama then turned around only to see the group of birds and two cats having a tug of war. \”You've got to be kidding me!\” He yelled in shocked.

Apparently, His only breakfast was now being devoured by them. Kurama could only sighed and shook his head.\” Oh whatever!\” He said to himself.

He then turned back to the main commotion to see that boy had tripped and was now on the ground while the group of angry dogs were nearing him. Realizing that his breakfast was gone, Kurama then decided to choose the other path and jumped down from the rooftop to help the boy.

Before that, He suddenly felt pain on his back. Kurama cringed.\” Damn, I must be getting old!\” He commented. He had been experiencing back problems since he had arrived here and He doesn't know why.

By the time the pain faded away, Kurama then made his move and jumped from the rooftop. He safely landed on the ground betweem the boy and the group of angry dogs.

(PRESENT)

Konohamaru could only closed his eyed as he waited for whats to come to him. But suddenly another presence had unknowingly entered the scene.

The sounds of the barking turned into frightful noises. The boy then opened his eyes only to be greeted by a new presence in front of him.

Konohamaru widened his eyes to see some kind of furry animal in about the size of the dogs. It had nine long swiping tails. It has red-orange fur with black fur around its eyes that stretches to its ears, red irises with black slits for pupils and the upper-body structure of a human, complete with opposable thumbs on its clawed hands. Its overall appearance was leaner and softer while less-defined in shape with a rounder face, akin to a some kind of cub.

He then began to realized that animal itself was some kind of fox. But He wasn't on what kind of breed was it. Meanwhile, the dogs scrammed away from the scene. In fact, they were all instantly scared or even afraid of the fox.

Konohamaru then slowly moved and grabbed his bag, by the time he stood up, the fox had turned around to face him. The boy was shaking in fear. He really hoped that this fox won't bite him.

There was a brief silence between the boy and the fox. Konohamaru observed the cute animal as it appeared to be weary and exhausted from everything.

He was about to open his mouth to thank the fox when it suddenly spoke.

\”Are you alright kid?\” The fox spoke which really freaked the boy out.

Konohamaru was taken over by surprised.\” Yeah I'm fine and...Wait You can talk!?\” He exclaimed. He was freaking out right now.

The fox, which appeared to have male raspy voice spoke.\” Of course I can talk, never heard or seen a talking fox before?\” He sarcastically asked.

\”No not really.\” The boy replied back as he then began to observed his surroundings and realized something.

His eyes widened in surprised. \”Cool! is this where you really lived?\” He asked.

The talking fox sighed.\” Well, not necessarily because I prefer moving from place to place.\” He explained as he proceeded to leave the area.

\”Hey, where are you going?\” Konohamaru asked.

\”To somehwere where I can fill my empty stomach.\” The fox replied.

\”You can come with me to my house, There's a lot of food there you can eat!\” The boy replied back.

The fox's ears lit up and He stopped its tracks as He turned around to face the boy again with an eyebrow raised.\” Tell me, What's your name kid?\” He asked.

\”It's Konohamaru, what about yours?\” The boy replied back.

There was a brief moment of silence yet again. The fox closed his eyes for a short while before opening it and giving the boy a smirked.

\”You can call me Kurama.\”

(WITH JIRAIYA)

As the day continued on its way towards the afternoon. A certain long spiky white haired man with a purpose walked through the streets of the village. His dark brown eyes observed a small note that contained detailed address to the time travelling trio's home.

\”Hmmm, Where is this Evergreen Street?\”

Jiraiya scratched the back of his head as he attempted to figure out the location of this street. He had to admit that this street was very difficult to find. In truth, He really didn't knew every place in the village, except for common ones such as the Hokage building and the public hot spring that he would always go to for research purposes.

He already spent a couple of hours traversing every street that he knew just to find that apartment that the trio lived in.