29 Tanuki VS Fox

[Naruto... Im going to inform you of something you really won't like.]

The blondes fox ear twitched.

(Not now, tell me later.)

The fox stayed uncharacteristically quiet. He squashed his suspicions for now. He had the battle to deal with.

His ears folding flat on his head, he charged forward, blades at the ready.

"Sand Shuriken!" a

Ignoring the feeling of utter disappointment at his fellow container. lowering his centre of gravity, he tried to aim for the Tanuki's weak spot, his legs, because there was no sand there.

The sand shield now being gone, Gaara had to block his attacks.

Tightening his grip on the handle, red chains burst out of his wrist.

(Red?)

[That's me.]

Storing that for later, he yanked his hand upwards, bringing his opponent's appendage with him.

Bringing up his right arm, he seals his dagger and creates a spiralling sphere of chakra in his hand.

...

BOOM!

-Satsuki POV-

BOOM!

"What the hell?"

That was Ouka, Satsuki was still Coughing to say anything.

What was that? There was no Jutsu like that that she knew of. Did he come up with that on his own?

As the smoke clears, she looked to see The sand kid... in a wall... unconscious.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...Holy crap..."

Ouka whispered, watching the scene in awe. This was the one sand Genin that no one could hurt.

None of them succeeded. Yet here he was, unconscious in front of their blonde teammate.

"I swear if Madara comes back just to be beaten by him, I will... get a tattoo in his honour."

Satsuki looked over to the idiot who said that.

"You jinxed it."

Ouka just stood there for a second, then-

"Goddamn it."

_

"What did you do?"

Naruto stayed silent.

"Tell me."

Naruto was still silent.

"talk."

If he was honest, she was as intimidating as a kitten right now.

"what was that red cloak?"

Nope, he definitely couldn't tell her that, not yet anyway.

"Why are there still ears on your head?"

... What?

"What?"

his arms came up to his head, The damn ears were still there... HOW?!

[Thats the bad news I was talking about.]

(Explain furball, before I come in there and put "My little pony on repeat".)

[I may have flooded your chakra network accidentally, but I managed to save you from the worst. Since your chakra network thought that the Ears are supposed to be there, it just "Healed" them... and if they get cut off, they just grow back and the cut-off part dissipates...]

(What!?)

[H-hey now, you gained a better hearing than an Inuzuka and an ability to sense Nature chakra, And... You got a boost of your reserves. Look at the Bright side!]

(...My Chakra Control! it's shit again, isn't it?)

[Not... Yet. it's still growing and I don't think it will stop till tomorrow.]

(...Damn you.)

[Im working on it, the chakra network is delicate, I might need a month to fix it, maybe less.]

His female teammate looked thoughtful for a moment, before narrowing her eyes and reaching out.

He pushed her hands away gently.

"Let me touch them, at least."

With a sigh, he bent his head and let her scratch them... that was... oh god this was heaven.

Realizing what he was doing he quickly straightened and pushed the magic hands away. He would not be tempted again.

Nope!

"...that's enough, you don't get to touch them anymore."

_

Looking at the final pair before the final free for all, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

This wasn't what he was expecting from child soldiers... why were they so damn... sloppy?

It was like they cared about showing off rather than efficiently finishing off their opponent.

They were Shinobi for god's sake, not street performers.

With a sigh, he focused on one of the things the fox in his gut pointed out. The nature energy.

Closing his eyes he focused...

(Hey fox, how do I feel out the Nature energy?)

[...Spread out your chakra outside your body and keep it there, you will start feeling it if you focus.]

Naruto did so, as he spread his chakra out of his body, he questioned mentally.

(This is how the original Naruto did it with the toads?)

The fox scoffed before replying with amusement in his voice.

[No, those wannabes absorb it, the closes thing that came to true Sage mode is that kid...The Orochimaru's kid in Boruto. The old man may have learned from the toads but we, the Tailed beasts, are more attuned with Nature chakra...]

(That's because you are the Nature chakra.)

[Shut up and concentrate. you will feel weird at first, I will flush out any Nature chakra you absorb, just in case.]

(...Thanks, Kurama.)

[No problem, Kit.]

On the other side of the arena, two Sannin Narrowed their eyes at the blonde, The nature energy around him was reacting... very weirdly.