Everyone already realizes this, but I don't own Naruto or the characters within the Naruto series. If by some odd twist of fate I own some character i make up, then anyone is more than welcome to use them. and thanks for the reviews everyone :) it's nice to know people actually read it.

A word from the author: Hey everyone. Sorry to do that to everyone but i was just wanting people to make sure they got their thoughts in since once the name's down it's staying. ALSO i don't recall who called me out on it but they were right. I did use the word ki instead of chakra. They get a cookie. :) I believe i fixed the ki/chakra problem and that was worth fixing cuz this aint dbz^_^; Also the r rating is because when i finally get into a REAL fight(this chapter barely counts as a fight) i plan on cussing whenever i feel like it as well as being as bloody as i want. better overstated than under. without further ado... the rest of the chappy that i promised.

Chapter 4

The young kit’s ears folded back against its head as it realized her presence and quickly faced the new presence. “A human… trying to sneak up on me, eh? The big fox won’t let you touch me. You’ll never get us!” The fox gave a little yip to make sure his protector knew about her sneaking up on them.

Hinata gasped as she realized that she had been busted. Naruto looked as she started to fidget with her hands and approach them. “Hello… Naruto… I… You came…” She cleared her throat and collected herself for a second. “You came to see me, Naruto?” She tried hard not to blush as she looked at him without his jacket on (which was a rare sight). She failed and blushed looking at him.

Naruto had never really been completely comfortable in front of her. “She always acts so weird.” He looked at her actually wondering if she could help. “I don’t really know anything about medicine… annnnd this little kit was stuck in a trap sooo… You know anything about animal medicine? Its leg is hurt but I can’t tell how badly.”

She blushed as she started approaching the young kit. She looked at it curiously as it began growling louder at her the closer she got. She opened her Byakugen and could tell that it wasn’t broken, but the bone was slightly crushed.

“HOLY CRAP!! HER EYES JUST EXPLODED!!” The fox hid its head under the jacket not even pretending to be able to fight the human anymore.

Hinata giggled at the kit’s antics, not even realizing it was afraid of her. “What is its….” She blushed furiously as she took a glance to find out what Naruto probably hadn’t thought to find out. “…his name?”

Naruto stared blankly at the kit for a second and scratched his head a little. “err… right… his name…. I haven’t really—“ Hinata whispered to herself but Naruto heard it. “—err… I haven’t really told anybody yet…” He smiled to himself because he liked what he had heard. “…Amane"

Hinata couldn't stop her face from blushing further. "I.... I am sorry Naruto... if it were only chipped or broken... i know how to fix those but... I... err... you will need to find another." Hinata looked at the floor feeling guilty for not being able to do anything more. "I'm so worthless that I ca--"

Naruto gave her a small hug. "Thank you Hinata. You've done what you could. And I know where to go from here." He gave her a smile to reassure her. "You'll show them Hinata. You already showed me. You'll become a great ninja."

"Naruto..." "Thank you Naruto." Hinata helped bundle up the kit for yet another walk, despite its unamused attitude.

"Well, let's go... Amane." Naruto took Amane into his arms, noticing it was starting to shiver a little as the temperature began to drop. "Only a few hours left till dark and we still haven't gotten you fixed up. Don't worry though, not much longer now. There's nothing the old hag can't fix." The duo began maneuvering their way through the streets to what they both knew was the last stop.

The fox looked unhappily at his bigger brother. "I'm getting sick of this... I mean sure i'm glad he helped... Meeting the fake humans was nice... but that doesn't fill up my stomach, help my leg, OR get me outta being carted around in this friggin... fur... pouchy... thingy." The fox looked at Naruto the whole time, making sure his 'big brother' knew that this had better end soon.

They quickly found themselves at the entrance to the village's office building for ninja missions(i dont know what to call it other than that). Naruto didn't even acknowledge the guards as he entered and headed straight to the Hokage's office. "If you just walk in they think you're coming about a job, hehehe." He made it to the entrance but this time the guards stopped him.

"What do you want? The Hokage can't be seen talking to the likes of you..." The other guard chimed in his two cents as well. "Yeah! Don't you know that the Hokage is a very busy woman? She can't stop just to play with your new pet. You're not even worth being seen by... someone... like--" The guards looked at the boy noticing that he had clenched his fists. They also saw his eyes slowly narrowing into small slits where his pupils were. "TSUNADE!!" The young looking woman flinched knowing that this would quickly become very painful for the latest pair of guards.

"Not worth being seen... is that how it is?" The young boy's chakra began to twist around him. "I won't let you get away with those words... I'll kill you!!" Naruto charged forward at the two guards.

"Hmph. Blind rage? You may very well be the worst ninja i've ever seen, boy." The first guard met Naruto head on. He punched Naruto in the temple trying to make it a one shot win. His hand went through Naruto's illusion and suddenly there was a tightening vice grip around his throat. Naruto was dragging the man down to his eye level by the guard's throat.

"I'll kill you you parentless bastard!" The other guard had sneaked behind him and started to slice into Naruto's back as the Hokage opened the door.

"NARUTO STOP RIGHT NOW!!" A kunai stopped right at the second guard's throat. Amane's growl could easily be heard as Naruto slid the kunai over the guard's throat making a sharp then cut that didn't even break through the skin. The guard's eyes widened as the naruto he was about to stab disappeared in a small puff of smoke and the first guard crumpled onto the ground.

"Jesus. If he keeps getting this much better i'll have to start keeping my jounins in town just to keep him and that noisy trio of kids away from here." Tsunade sighed to herself and gestured for him to follow her into the room. "fine, fine. come in. Look Naruto, I've already told you. I'm not going to teach you new techniques no matter how many times you-- what's that growling?"

Naruto pulled out his new friend and placed him on the table. He registered the widening of Tsunade's eyes and noticed her retreating to think about everything that might result from his interesting choice of companion. After a few unnerving moments she broke the silence.

"Naruto... you know how this village views foxes ever since... then. You can barely take care of yourself. What makes you think--"

Naruto interrupted her. "What makes you think I'm asking for permission? I needed a healer... not a Hokage... not a friend... not a mother. Hinata and Kiba can't help. I came to you because I had to." He looked at Amane and she could see the determination that the boy was slowly becoming acknowledged for.

She tapped young Amane on the neck and the injured creature went to sleep. "Well, that takes care of the growling..." She looked at Naruto and couldnt help herself as she started examing Amane, quickly finding the slightly crushed leg. "I see... Where did you--" More growling, but louder was heard this time and she checked the fox to make sure it was still asleep.

Naruto grumbled a little at his stomach and blushed a little as she noticed. Tsunade sighed again and rolled her eyes as she pointed her at her small hidden stach of snacks in the drawer. she was pretty much finished with her thorough examination when she noticed Naruto hadn't gotten any snacks from her stash. He merely answered her confused look with, "One favor is enough for today."

"His ninja skills aren't the only skills that are growing..." "It'll take a while. Why don't you go on home... I'll have fix him up tonight and drop him off tomorrow, ok?" She saw Naruto's look of distrust and realized her mistake "I guess I wouldn't trust anyone to deliver the fox either... except maybe Kakashi... maybe." "Just wait here then... I'll be a while but just stay here until it's done." She saw his nod and wondered if he would really be able to take care of the fox. The answer she gave herself? "He's Naruto... of course he can."

I can't believe that little hanger got me that many reviews! i didn't think that many people would actually notice within a day. And the Amane's have it because i dont care to put forth the effort of properly modifying keori. Sorry everyone. but me fixed it.