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Spectral Ninja	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto Crossovers > General Views: 15262 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Kakashi watched in interest and fascination, an wide-eyed Sakura by his side, what was happening.

The day before during the late lunch they had discussed how to possibly work out exactly what Kakashi needed to teach them and what they already had experience in.

The boys couldn't exactly tell them everything since other than the Academy training they didn't know exactly what to tell him.

That's when Naruto struck on the idea of Kakashi joining one of their spar sessions and actually SEEING what he wanted, that maybe if Sakura joined in as well she could gain actual physical experience and stamina-like they had over the years-and learn how to fight along side and with them.

Sakura had seemed excited by it, but Kakashi told her to wait until he had evaluated them first.

So here they stood, watching the group of eight (Ino had decided to join them today) fight each other, defend themselves or even each other from each other in mock battles.

There was nothing mock about the way they were fighting though, just short of seriously killing each other and Kakashi saw a couple of times they COULD have killed each other.

Kakashi was shocked, they were at least ANBU level in their prowess.

But it also helped that he could see flaws here and there, realizing that while their experience with different types of weapons-including their own-and defense against them, was at least ANBU level, they seemed to only have knowledge of Academy taught jutsu's and their own clan-based sort.

Meaning they were completely open to them.

Naruto seemed to know his godfathers signature attack but had trouble using it, using the forbidden jutsu Shadow Clone to help him control and use it, Sasuke had his families fire attacks and Kakashi was surprised to find nearly every member of Naruto and Sasuke's adopted family had an summons.

HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE!? Some of those contracts either were missing centuries or he had never even heard of them before.

The one's he witnessed was Naruto with-of all things-a tiger, Sasuke his families crows and cats, Hinata with fox, Shikamaru had owl, Kiba didn't seem to have one-as did Shino then the Amachi heir had boars.

And none hesitated to use them in battle, obviously learning to fight along side them as well.

Afterwards the three students and teacher moved off for an vacant training ground to talk while Naruto explained how the contracts were found in his father's sanctuary along with at least twenty others. He explained how some were family contracts and some were general and his father's lawyers were tracking down previous owners to return them, but any either unsuccessful or that had died out long ago were given to Naruto to do with as he pleased.

He saw Sakura about to open her mouth, but at that moment they reached the grounds.

Apparently the two boys had something to show them. Without pause Naruto dissolved his disguise and revealed his true looks, apparently the boys the night before had had an deep discussion about why he should not hide them, that it would be easier training and fighting along side him if they weren't worried about extra appendages being in the way or hurt, and with them out in the open they might even be able to scare lesser enemy.

Add to that that showing them was a trust issue, Naruto may not trust the other two yet, but how could THEY trust HIM if he's hiding things, least of all his true looks.

So once there he took a deep breath and let the disguise drop.

Kakashi was shocked, he could no longer see his sensei in this boy. Instead he looked like an combination of an dark angel and the Kyuubi, this was the effect of both souls merging with his body?! What else was going to change as the merge progressed? Would he appear less human and more animal?

Sakura squealed and moved to the bird like wing behind him, reaching out to touch it, absolutely fascinated by it and smitten by the thing, going on about the various parts and how she had never seen one on a person and how accurate the limb was, laughing when it flexed, gently buffing her in the face.

"I never knew you knew so much about wings, let alone birds ones" Naruto said to her.

"I love birds!" she squealed in excitement, then looked dejected "but mom and dad never let me have one."

Naruto looked calculated for a minute. "You know" he started, almost conversationally "I have a few different bird contracts. If you were to 'forget' your fan-girl behavior and buckle down and become an REAL ninja, I might see my way to letting you choose one to sign."

Sakura's squeal this time made the other three wince in volume "really??!!" but then she calmed and looked dejected again "but mom and dad won't let me keep it."

"They won't have a choice" Sasuke said "once you sign it's for the life of the summoner. Besides, summons are considered Ninja Weapons, like an kunai or smoke bomb, they legally are not allowed to take it from you."

"And what they don't know, won't hurt him them, hmmm?" Naruto said with an conspirators grin, the pink haired girl couldn't help but grin back.

Kakashi joined in but more seriously "once you graduate the Academy and join a team you are officially classed as an adult, meaning they have no say in your behavior or what you want or can have anymore. Signing an summons contract is rare and considered privileged, the fact you have one will mean you're one of a few."

"Do YOU have one, sensei?" She asked curiously.

He nodded, an family summons once belonging to his father and his father before that. When she asked what sort he answered truthfully, dogs.

Naruto struck on two ideas. One that the two join them on their spars with the group from then on-first to help Sakura with her battle prowess and second so since Itachi was on a mission they could learn against someone skilled in jutsu. The second idea was they each bring their summons out so they could not only get to know them, but they each other. It would help in certain situations if they could identify each others and the summons could one another.

Kakashi agreed and the three summoned their main animals.

The fact that the three team members each had what any person outside them might see as their mortal enemy (cats to bird, dog to cats. Hell, the tiger would eat ANY of those) didn't seem to matter. However Kakashi noticed pretty quickly how the main summons Naruto used was an female called Reitekina Hikari, or Rei for short, was very protective and guiding of her summoner, almost like an mother figure.

She seemed fond of Sasuke but barely tolerated the crow summons and often treated Naruto like a cub, not an human or summoner. In fact Naruto seemed to be oddly cat-like in her presence.

Whether he was doing it because of her presence or it was just more obvious in her presence, he didn't know.

When the winged boy explained what was going on the tiger nodded her great head and lopped over to thoroughly sniff Sakura who giggled at the huge nose snuffling her all over before it made an strange sneeze and wondered over to sniff Kakashi after an strange chafting noise and half-purr in the Uchiha's direction who smiled sardonically at her and gave an half-wave back.

She thoroughly sniffed Kakashi, who froze to let her, knowing that she was not only memorizing his sent, but examining him for threat or malice to her summoner.

Once done she sneezed violently and loud.

"Rei? What is it?" Naruto frowned in concern, obviously knowing what the behavior meant.

"He smells of canine" she said in her deep feline voice "he smells so like canine I wouldn't be surprised if he actually sleeps in an pile with his summons" she sneezed again.

Kakashi looked at the huge cat open mouthed, how did she....

"Pfft!" Naruto scoffed "of course he does Rei! I mean it's obvious why. He said that they were his chichi's summons and HIS chichi before that, he would have grown up with them, the only constant in his life. I can imagine an child, all alone while his chichi is on an mission, sleeping curled up in an doggy pile to no longer feel alone. I know how loneliness can feel. I imagine he still does it whenever being an big-bad ninja gets too much."

Before Kakashi could speak either way, Naruto had continued with an intensely pointed look at her "I remind you that ever since I signed the contract there are nights that 'nata and I do the same thing with you and your mate, or is THAT something to be ashamed of too?"

Kakashi opened his mouth to tell Naruto he didn't need him to defend himself, when something occurred to him. Naruto may no longer resemble his sensei physically, but he had just been handed proof he was still his sensei's son.

Naruto had just defended someone he didn't really know to an allie for no gain or reason other than it was the right thing to do. Despite all the physical changes he had gone through, the influence of the man who raised him and the two powerful beings inside him, he was still the son of Minato, The Yellow Flash, HIS sensei.

It gave him an intense wave of hope for the future and excitement to see it through-whatever the outcome-and determination to do his part in molding this young man into the shinobi his mother and father would be proud of.

The big cat grumbled something but Naruto comforted her, looping his arms around her neck and whispering in her ear.

'Now he was comforting his own summons', Kakashi thought 'he treats his summons like one of his precious friends and family, NOT a tool to use. This gets better.'

He saw so much potential in this group, despite their rawness, so much he could influence and mold into his ideal image of an ninja-taught not by what the Academy set out, but his own experience and the influence of HIS previous special people.

For the first time since Jiriaya-sensei and Sarutobi-san asked him to take the team on he was glad he had, pleased with his decision.

This was going to be one interesting ride.

Soon they settled into a routine. Mornings or afternoons (whenever were required by the contract specifications) were D-rank missions. Depending on when the mission and availability of the others, the other time was set for training in jutsu's and against and helping Sakura improve, with a few hours of Naruto's nights to Jiriaya.

While they found general D-rank missions easy, there was one in particular they excelled at.

Tora hunting.

It seemed the cat liked Naruto, a LOT. No sooner they entered the area where the animal was, it was in his lap, purring away, rubbing happily against him.

In fact in many occasions, the cat would actively seek him out, even when they weren't on missions for her.

At first Kakashi thought it was because of the boy's summons being cat, perhaps he smelled like one to the feline and it made him more approachable to the wild house cat.

But one day the boy explained as he sat in their tree perch on the training grounds 7, stroking the purring feline who lay in his lap, content and lazy.

"Religions in the past worshiped house cats" he explained "they saw cats as emissaries from the land of the dead. They said their eyes could see through the veil of the worlds into the next and cats could guide their owners souls there after death."

"So you're saying..." Kakashi-lazing on the branch above him with his face buried in an Icha Icha Paradise book-said slowly "...that we could use a cat, perhaps one of Sasuke's Summons, to track you in the Spectral Realm. That since they can see inside they should be able to see you too."

"That's the theory, although we've never tried it out" Naruto said, the feline in his lap changing tempo in her purring as she shifted so Naruto could gently scratch her on her stomach.

"We could try it out later" the silver haired cyclops stated, shifting to get more comfortable on his perch.

"I could ask one of the girls to try later" Sasuke said from his spot just slightly below and to the left of his Sulk brother, referring to the three 'sisters' that tended to hang around the Uchiha younger, treating him like their personal and favorite summoner.

Kakashi nodded to this "so the cat is attracted to you due to your connection to the Spectral Realm. It senses your similarities."

Naruto nodded "we are both creatures with one foot in, one foot out of the land of the dead."

Kakashi understood.

"Is that why you choose Rei and the Tiger summons?" Sasuke asked him "because they are felines? I noticed you gave Kyuubi's fox summons to 'Nata."

"THAT...." he said "...was THEY'RE choice."

"What do you mean?"

"Rei and the others choose me, not the other way around. They said I was more tiger than fox, despite Kyuubi.

As for the foxes, they aren't like a normal summons. They live on an higher plane than the normal summons and besides, have you noticed by now each has more than one tail, but none have more than five?"

When the Uchhiha nodded he explained "that's because they are Kyuubi's kits."

Stunned silence.

"How?" Sasuke stuttered "Kyuubi had CHILDREN!!?"

The other snorted "what, you think after thousands of years she wouldn't go into heat and mate like a normal fox?! Apparently the Uzumaki's have always had a thing with foxes. Just before all that shit she encountered an male fox summons and went into heat. They had something like twenty kits together-even though some have died since then-but then Madara got control of her and then she was forced into Maito.

I don't know if she intended to stay with the male and her kits, she won't talk about it, but when that summons found out what had happened, he insisted since 'Nata was his.....sister-in-law now, that their kits protect her since I have Kyuubi."

This they understood if not believed fully, but next time would check out the foxes, CAREFULLY.

Kakashi looked to Sasuke for a change of subject "have you heard anything from your brother yet?"

"Kain-san said he's succeeded in infiltrating the group and is working on their trust right now. Once that's done he'll investigate the others motivation and getting some if not all of them to his side. Apparently he already has his eyes on two possibilities."

"Good" the sensei nodded, knowing the sound barrier he had put up around the area would prevent anyone else hearing.

Tora in Naruto's lap suddenly stood and stretched, looking to Naruto and meowing softly.

"She's ready to go back" Naruto reported, also standing. The rest of the group nodded and also stood, following the winged boy to the ground were he caught the cat as she landed daintily for such a large cat into his open arms.

The feline purred and rubbed the top of her head (between the ears) against the boy's underside of his chin, almost in an mix of affection and appreciation and they headed for the mission office.

After returning the cat to have it's owner squeeze the stuffing out of it, the three received their pay and left for some late afternoon sparing.

Sakura was steadily improving, she seemed to have a gift for both strength jutsu's and speed. In fact, Naruto-much to the girls excitement, had persuaded Tsunade to train her with it on the side. It seemed that while Hinata had an medical gift and could easily become an highly skilled healer in time and with practice, She couldn't get the hang of the strength, the opposite of Sakura.

Sakura excelled at the strength technique, even learning some basic healing, but past that, her chakra seemed too wild but not as strong for any serious healing.

However Naruto seemed to also excel at that like his mate. It seemed his almost endless chakra allowed him the ability to maintain an healing longer than an normal healer or Doctor could-where they needed the aid of others to maintain.

In fact it seemed that once discovering this both Shizune and Tsunade would often call on the boy when an urgent case came out.

It also meant the group had their own healer.

Kakashi had spoken to Tsunade once about it. He had mentioned how the boy had told him about the fact the Original Vampires were healers and asked if it was possible that Naruto had somehow inherited the ability from Kain through Razeil’s vampire side.

The woman had confirmed it, stating it was also HER suspicion, how she thought that as the three were becoming merged the boy had gained not only the healing ability through Razeil, but because of Kyuubi’s chakra fueling it and Naruto’s healing ability through the Buji only manipulated and turned due to the boy’s various other gifts and abilities. Also there was the vampire ability to heal themselves added to it as well.
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