PA-DOMF!
"AAAA! RUN AWAY!" screamed the little boy as he fled.
Kuromaru's ears flipped up and he raised his head, the one-eyed dog going alert in an instant.
"AAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled the little boy as he ran out the door, followed a moment later by...
"Those are some BIG cows," said Choza Akimichi.
"They're just slightly larger than usual," argued Kuromaru.
"Barbeque!" replied Choza.
One of the dogs not able to speak yet growled something about the Akimichi getting involved when the Inuzuka clan already had this situation handled.
"Enough of that," answered Kuromaru. "They're big enough to do some damage. Bring them down before they do."
The Akimichi had been joined by some ANBU. The Inuzuka hounds had been accompanied by their human partners after the fight actually began in earnest.
It was after the fight that things had gotten... weird.
Hiruzen Sarutobi moved through the area, which had gotten churned up and a few buildings collapsed in the unused section of Uchiha property. The mood was not, however, somber.
No, this was a party. There were no bones about it, metaphorically at least. There was in reality a big pile of bones over there to the side.
"They'll grind those up later for use in medicines, and to fertilize the ground," said the ANBU whose mask resembled something out of a Kabuki play. "Those that the Inuzuka hounds haven't grabbed for chewing on later, that is."
Hiruzen nodded as reply to the comment.
Long tables had been set up. with piles of steaming beef, with the barbeques going off and roasting the sections of meat that had been obtained.
Choza looked up as he slathered a reddish sauce onto a slab of meat grilling away. "Oi. Hokage-sama! Saved you some."
"Oh, well, I suppose I should check this out," admitted the Hokage. "Are those... carrots?"
"He got all the ingredients for the ramen he was trying for," said Choza. "It's just that he ended up with more of them and they're all big. The cows were only slightly bigger, but he also got carrots the length of my arm. Onions and such too."
"How is Naruto anyway?" asked Hiruzen.
"Apparently it took a lot out of him," said Choza, jerking a thumb in a particular direction.
Hiruzen smirked at the sight. If any of the attending civilians would have been hostile to the boy, they certainly wouldn't disturb him from where he was. Sleeping while flanked by two of the larger Inuzuka hounds who were busy splintering bones to get at the marrow.
"They didn't care for his scent that much to begin with," said Choza, "but the past few days they've kind of warmed to him."
One of the hounds looked up, ears flicking as it carefully considered that. "Friendly little pup. Not as bad as he sometimes smells."
"Oh? You'll protect him then?" asked Hiruzen.
"I don't have any other particular duties," said Kiiromaru. "I'm not the fastest of the pack, and my human partner died a few years back."
"Oh? Died in battle?" asked Hiruzen, not immediately recognizing the dog despite the butter-yellow coloration.
"Knifed in a bar fight by an exotic dancer," said Kiiromaru. "Right after passing the chunin exams."
"Oh, that one," said the Hokage, remembering it now.
"I'm going to have to do a few extra patrols to work this off," said Kiiromaru, eyeing the bone. His ears flicked a few times. "Eh. It's worth it."
"Well, that explains why I get along with the Inuzuka clan better now," said Naruto as the scene changed to one that was obviously much later. "But who's that girl?"
"That's the one you summoned when you were twelve," said Toltiir. "Her name is:"
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