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A/N: My other fics went through a lot of revisions and I have a lot of different drafts written, each with a different plotline. I thought I'd post it instead of just deleting it. Should I continue? I a rough draft of the next chapter, so yeah :)
Chapter 1: Poofs and Oops
Poof!
Naruto grumbled petulantly and tried again. He crossed his fingers in the familiar handsign, yet slightly altered, and shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: Butsuri-teki henkan!"
Soft, lavender eyes watched the boy from a safe distance.
Naruto eagerly waved the smoke away and frowned at what he saw. His identical clone gave himself a once-over.
"Gee, Boss." The bunshin pinched his clothes. "Couldn't even change the color? C'mon already!"
The real Naruto dispelled the clone and slumped down onto the soft grass. He looked up at the sky and sighed, all his anger drained out of him.
"Man, that's, like what, the thousandth failed clone? Why can't I get this right?" The genin flopped onto his back in exhaustion. "Stupid clones," he muttered quietly. Just when he thought he had gotten the stupid jutsu down it had to go and betray him like this. He'd been training all day, testing out this new idea for a jutsu. He figured if he could physically transform his body when he did his Oiroke no Jutsu why couldn't he transform his clones too? Think of all the pranks he could pull on Kakashi-sensei or, or the Hokage, even!
Naruto cackled to himself.
But he'd never be able to enact his glorious plan if the stupid jutsu didn't work!
"GAH! Why does this have to be so hard? Guess I just try even HARDER! Yeah, ttebayo!"
Naruto, never one to quit (passing out didn't count), got up and tried again with renewed vigor.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: Butsuri-teki henkan!"
Another identical Naruto walked out of the smoke, looked down at himself, snickered.
"Nice try, Boss. You're gonna have to try better-"
Naruto dispelled the clone with a left hook to the face, "ARGH! I GET IT, ALRIGHT!?" The bunshin went flying and popped in midair. Panting, the blonde rubbed his face as the shadow clone's memories trickled in.
"Itai, that really hurt!" He exclaimed. A small giggle went unheard.
But hey! He had to admit, he had a real wicked left hook. Maybe he'd try it on the teme the next time he got a chance. Naruto nodded his head happily.
The Kyuubi, from within the genin's mindscape, couldn't help but chuckle at the blonde's idiocy. His container was quite amusing. The great fox spirit closed his eyes. The boy's chakra reserves were dangerously low. He could feel the young teen searching for chakra that wasn't there. The Kyuubi's black lips peeled back in a predatory smile, leaking his chakra into the boy's system. He'd corrupt the boy one way or another. He just had to take the bait and then he'd be free from this prison. Free to feel the sunshine on his back and fresh grass between his paws. And maybe he'd destroy a village or two as a bonus.
Naruto wiped the sweat from his brow, ignoring his shaking legs and how blurry everything looked. "I'll show you, stupid clone, '
"I'll show you! I'll show everybody, 'ttebayo! KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU: BUTSURI-TEKI HENKAN!" Naruto felt deep within himself and pulled out the necessary chakra needed for the A-rank jutsu. He grit his teeth as his chakra burned through him and into the jutsu. That, that wasn't...normal...was it?
The nine-tailed fox smirked in satisfaction. Hook, line, and sinker.
Hinata, who'd been discreetly watching her crush from the treetop above him, gasped at the sudden loud exclamation, the force of volume startling her. Her charka fluctuated for a moment before stilling. But that moment was all it took to for feet and hands to unstick to the tree. The girl cried out, falling too fast to correct herself. Hinata's eyes widened in horror as she looked down. She was heading straight towards Naruto. Her chakra signature spiked wildly in her panic.
"W-What!?" The jinchuuriki shouted in surprise, looking for the source of the commotion around him.
"NARUTO!" Hinata shrieked, closing her eyes.
"Huh? Hinata?" Naruto had no time to react as bluenette's head connected with his, her chakra mingling with the Kyuubi's and Naruto's. Naruto's eyes rolled back into his head and they both dropped to the floor in a pile of limbs. A still silence followed, disrupted only by the clear, "POOF!" of a jutsu.