Never Too Late

Ichigo rubbed the back of his head as he walked down the stairs. It has been a couple days since his contest with Ishida. He was still a bit sore, but nothing he couldn’t get over. He was still kind of pissed at the Quincy for luring all those hollows into town. Nothing could be down about it now, but it was still irritating. It has also been a few days since he’s seen Naruto. After the family dinner, Naruto never returned back home. His sisters were worried sick, and Ichigo wasn’t getting any better himself. Though they only knew Naruto for a short time, the man easily assimilated himself into their family. Ichigo vaguely wondered where the blonde was as he heard music coming from the kitchen.

Silently making his way through the living to the kitchen, Ichigo also wondered what that delicious smell was. Once within range of the kitchen, his jaw dropped.

Standing over the stove, shaking his ass to the radio was Naruto. The blonde was wearing nothing but a pair of black boxers with orange frogs on them, the blue headband he always wore around his neck, and a pair of socks.

“What the hell….” Ichigo murmured causing Naruto to turn toward him.

Naruto grinned at his descendant and showed him the breakfast that he was making. It was a traditional Western Style breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, and pancakes which is what Naruto was making currently. The ninja waved Ichigo over with a spatula and motioned him to set the table.

Karin and Yuzu both came down sleepily just as Ichigo finished setting the table. When they saw the blonde setting the large plate of pancakes down they were instantly awake.

“Naruto!” Yuzu squealed.

“Naru-nii!” Karin said as they both tackled the man for a hug.

Luckily Naruto kept his balance and hugged both girls back with just as much enthusiasm. He gave them both a kiss on the forward before standing up straight. Yuzu had tears in her eyes while Karin looked a bit upset. Naruto smiled at them as he wiped Yuzu’s tears away.

“Why did you leave us Naru-nii-chan?” Yuzu hiccupped.

“Where did you go?” Karin asked with a frown.

Naruto held up a finger and grabbed the pad and paper he had nearby. He wrote down his responses and showed them to the girls.

‘I had an argument with an old friend about the way I live my life. He made me remember things I would rather not. So I went back to my home to relieve some stress for a few days.’

Yuzu frowned and put a hand on Naruto’s cheek. “Are you better now?”

‘Much!’ There was a smiley face after the comment. ‘Now enough the breakfast I made as an apology for leaving without saying anything. I’ll go get your dad.’

“Speaking of the old man, where is goat-face?” Ichigo asked as he sat down.

‘I think he had a check-up with a patient. I’ll get him, you guys dig in!’ Naruto wrote out before turning up the radio a bit and dancing out toward the clinic.

The three Kurosaki siblings watched him leave with raised eyebrows.

“Shouldn’t one of us remind him that he’s in nothing but his boxers and socks?” Karin asked.

“Nah,” Ichigo replied as he turned to the elaborate breakfast and began to fill his plate. “Let him make a fool of himself in front of dad’s patient.”

“Aw Ichigo, that’s mean.” Yuzu said as Karin also started to fill her plate with the Western food.

“He’s the one prancing off like an idiot.” Ichigo said as he took a bite out of his sausage.

“But he’s having fun, don’t spoil it.” The young chestnut hair girl admonish as she took began to dig in.

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“So how is that eye doing Hiken?” Isshin asked he checked on the information from the man’s previous visit.

“It feels like there a constant ache in my eye. Sometimes it gets really bad to the point that I have a migraine and nearly pass out because of it.” The silver haired man said. “Last time, I nearly stepped on Pakkun.” He looked down at the small pug lying at his feet.

“I see…” Isshin said as he wrote that down on the clipboard. “Let’s check that eye…” He said as he put the clip board aside. He pulled out a penlight and shined it into Hiken’s eye. He did some rudimentary tests and wrote down the results before smiling. “I just want to check it one more time, stare over my right shoulder.” Isshin said as he used the ophthalmoscope.

As Hiken stared over the clinic doctor’s shoulder, his dog lifted its head from the floor and looked toward the door. Pakkun raised an eyebrow as familiar blonde slid into the room. Hiken’s eye was drawn toward the blonde as he shook his boxer clad behind.

Naruto was playing his air-guitar as he slid on his socks into the room. He shook his ass as he could still hear the song from the kitchen. He turned around and wailed on the air guitar. Pakkun barked at the blonde causing Naruto to freeze. Isshin and his patient stared at him, one in amusement the other with….lust? Looking closer at the patient, Naruto’s chest exploded with painful memories.

‘Kakashi…’

“Well, I see our little blondie came back home.” Isshin said as he crossed his arms. “Not that I care, but are you going to disappear like that again anytime soon?”

‘Maybe…’ Naruto signed to Isshin, his eyes on Kakashi’s reincarnation. ‘Who’s the gawker?’

“Hiken, this is Namikaze Naruto, he is a distant cousin on my wife’s side. Naruto this is Noroshi Hiken.”

Naruto bowed in greetings to the young man before signing again to Isshin. ‘You really need a sign that says you have patients in. I would have dressed more appropriately.’

“Knowing you, it would have probably been with just your socks on. We are lucky you have boxers.” The clinic doctor commented.

“I wouldn’t mind,” Hiken said with a leer. “From what I see now Namikaze-san has kept fit.”

The blonde’s face went from shocked that he knew sign language to red as he looked down at his body. Sure, he had kept up with his training these last few centuries, but he didn’t think it was that much. Scratching his cheek, Naruto smiled nervously before signing.

‘I suppose. But what I came in to ask is if, well…are either of you hungry?’

“Is that what that delicious smell was? You cooking?” Isshin asked as he checked some thing on Hiken’s chart. “I suppose I am, what about you Hiken?”

The silver haired man raised an eyebrow and looked at Naruto as he put his eye patch back on. ‘Though I would prefer something…well someone else…’ “I suppose I can stay to eat something.”

Naruto grinned. ‘The younglings are already eating.’

“Ichigo’s up?” Isshin perked up before vanishing out the door.

Hiken and Naruto turned to the door as they heard Ichigo shout at Isshin as he attacked his son.

“ARE YOU CRAZY GOAT FACE!”

“ICHIGO! HOW CAN YOU TREAT YOUR FATHER LIKE THAT!”

The blonde haired man chuckled as he turned back to Hiken to see the man watching him with a lustful gaze. Naruto’s attitude immediately snapped to attention and frowned.

‘Kyuubi…is it possible for him to know?’ Naruto thought to his tenant.

‘From everything that we have seen before, he shouldn’t. I think he is just attracted to your sexy body.’ Kyuubi replied with a saucy tone. ‘I mean who wouldn’t after a couple hundred years of nothing but training and running around. Not to mention having a sexy fox such as myself put in with the package…’

“Namikaze-kun,” Hiken said softly. Naruto’s blue eyes focused and realized that the man was standing right in front of him with a hand on his arm. The blonde jerked back in surprise at the distance that was lacking between them. When did the man get so close to him without him knowing? “Are you alright?”

Naruto nodded his head vigorously as he turned pink a bit in his cheeks and leaned away. Memories of his Kakashi ran though his head. The last time they were in a medical room like this, the tools were being used in very….creative ways.

Hiken leaned back and raised an eyebrow at the man’s behavior. “Are you sure?”

‘Positive!’ Naruto signed quickly. ‘Go get some food, I need to get dress.’

“Maybe I don’t you to get dressed.” The silver haired man leaned in.

Alarm bells went off in Naruto’s head. He ducked away from Kakashi’s reincarnation and moved further into the clinic. ‘I think it you better get some food before Isshin and the kids eat it all.’

Hiken looked at the blonde, who was currently kneeling down petting Pakkun. “Funny, Pakkun normally doesn’t take kindly to strangers.” He said causing Naruto to look up at him. Shrugging, Hiken left the clinic to head to the kitchen.

“I still don’t understand why you won’t unlock his memories pup,” Pakkun spoke quietly as Kakashi’s reincarnation stepped out of hearing distance.

‘Pakkun, I am not going over this again.’ Naruto signed with a glare. ‘I am letting him live the normal life he is suppose to have. No ninjas, no wars, no killing. A normal life!’

The pug walked to the kneeling man and put his two front paws on his knee. “Have you ever thought that maybe he is suppose to have a not normal life? That he is supposed to be with you? Why else would he have been a general in one of his reincarnation and an assassin in another?” Pakkun said. “It’s in his blood Naruto. He is a warrior…no matter what he is doing. You are not going to be able to give him a normal life with his luck.”

‘I can try…’ Naruto signed with a weary expression.

“But trying and failing might be more painful than not trying at all.” Pakkun pulled away from Naruto. “You keep trying to stay out of his life, but maybe you are supposed to be in it.” The pug looked up at the man that had summoned him to watch over all of Kakashi’s reincarnation. After the reincarnation would die, Pakkun would go back to where hid brothers are and tell them all about how their master is doing. The process repeated continuously and each time Pakkun see could Naruto loosing a piece of his self each time. “You’ve been alone all this time Naruto, never moving outside the rules you had set up. You are a wraith walking through time watching over those you lost in your early years. Maybe it is time to give in and have a life among them again….”

Naruto didn’t look at Pakkun as he stood up. He didn’t want to admit to the pug that he has thought about it many times. He longed to maneuver his way back into his lover’s life and hold him in his arms again. But he made the rules and guides for a reason. He will not let himself feel the heartache as a result of them. It was for the better if no one remembered Konoha except for Jiraiya and Neji, his only confidants.

“Think about it pup…” Pakkun urged before ran out the door toward the smell of bacon.

No, Naruto looked after the dog. This is how things are. This is how things would stay for as long as Naruto could keep them that way.


Ichigo raised an eyebrow as the patient’s pug came into the room. Hiken leaned back and allowed his dog to jump up into his lap. Looking back to where the pug came from, he saw Naruto standing there with clothes on. He was dressed a bit darker today, reflecting his face. A pair of dark blue jeans with a black form fitted button up shirt. Over the shirt Naruto wore a forest green vest that he had left opened. His hair hung down, low over his left eye as he looked at the table.

“That was fast,” Isshin said.

Naruto forced a smile and signed to Isshin. ‘I will be going for a walk, enjoy the breakfast.’ Ichigo stood up staring into the endless blue eyes of his cousin.

“Naruto…” He said causing the blonde to pause in his escape. It didn’t last long and the older man continued out of the house. “Damn,” Ichigo said wiping his mouth and following him.

He didn’t bother to say bye to his family or the guest as he raced after Naruto. He paused to see the blonde waiting for him at the end of the street. Naruto smile warily at Ichigo and raised his cell phone to the teen.

‘I think it is time I tell you the secret your mother knew before she died.’ It said.

“What secret?” Ichigo blinked.

A voice echoed in the orange haired-teen’s head. ‘Suzu: Yume…’

Ichigo stumbled as he suddenly became exhausted. His vision of Naruto began to blur. Arms wrapped themselves around him, lifting him from the ground. He struggled to stay awake, wanting to know what happened to him. ‘Sleep kit, you will see all you need to see and when you wake, we will talk. ’ The same husky baritone said in his head. The heat from the chest he was being held against plus the comfort of the voice soon lulled Ichigo to sleep.

Naruto looked down at his descendant. ‘Are you sure about this Kyuu?’ Naruto questioned as he adjusted the young man so he sat in the crook of Naruto’s left arm with his head on his shoulder.

‘We know his secret as a Shinigami…he should know ours.’ Kyuubi said. ‘He will be able to distract you from your past when Jiraiya and the others cannot. It is for the best aibou…’

The blonde nodded and quickly made a hand seal with his right hand, teleporting them both out of the area with a small poof of smoke.

Pakkun’s head shot up when he felt Naruto perform a genjutsu. ‘What is that pup doing?’ He frowned as his master put a hand to his head as the chakra hit him.

Isshin raised an eyebrow. “Are you alright Hiken?”

“I’m fine, just got a bit dizzy.” The silver haired man said. Putting his hand down, he continued eating while talking to Isshin. “So Isshin-san, how’d you end up with Namikaze-san in your household?”

Karin raised an eyebrow at the question. Why would he care about their distant cousin? Taking another bite of the delicious breakfast, she began to wonder why Ichigo ran out after Naruto. It wasn’t like Naruto-nii wasn’t coming back…

Yuzu on the other hand was looking at Pakkun with a peculiar expression. She looked up at the door where her brother and cousin left through and frowned. She felt a bit dizzy also at the same time as Noroshi-san. Looking back at Pakkun, she frowned. Yuzu couldn’t explain it, but she also felt the same feeling from Noroshi-san’s dog.

“Namikaze-kun is wanderer.” Isshin explained. “I met him when Masaki was still alive. He wandered in, introduced himself and was always around if we needed him.”

“Hm…?” Hiken blinked as he ate.

Pakkun barked causing Yuzu to look up at the clock and gasp. “Karin we’re going to be late!”

“Late?” Karin blinked.

“Yeah!” Yuzu said. “You promised me you were going to go to the fabric store for those good deals today!” She paused as she got up and bowed to Hiken. “Excuse us!” Yuzu put hers and Karin’s dishes in the sink and dragged her twin outside the door ignoring her protests.

Isshin shook his head. “That girl…” He murmured as he took another bite of his breakfast. “As I was saying, after Masaki died he took it pretty hard. He blamed himself for her death as he considered it his duty to watch over her.”

Pakkun looked up at this. This was the first time he was hearing about this. He looked down. Masaki must have been a part of his mother’s bloodline that he was watching over. The pug frowned. That must be why he feels attached to this family. He blames himself for what happened under his watch.

“I see…” Hiken said as he fed Pakkun a piece of bacon. “And he just came wandering back recently?”

“I’m sure he has his reasons.” Isshin said. “All I know is that he owns a lot of land close by and frequently takes his employees and friends there to visit.”

Hiken looked up and raised an eyebrow. “He pays for all the expenses?”

“Naruto has his way.” Isshin said as he stood up picking up his plate. “Anyway, I think it’s time for you to go Hiken, wouldn’t want you to stay here all day.”

“Yea…” The silver haired man said. The mystery of this Namikaze character just keeps getting more interesting with each piece of information he gets.

He watched as his cousin’s younger self struggled with his dead lover’s body. The blonde rocked the man back and forth crying. “No…I’m sorry. I’m so sorry! I should have been here. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” The blonde cried burying his face into the dead man’s silver hair. He wanted to do something to help him, but he had tried times before and all that happened was that he went right through the people he tried to help.

“Naruto…” He murmured.

“Kakashi…” His blonde’s younger self murmured tightening his hold on the body. He jumped when violent sobs turned into a mournful shriek. “KAKASHI!”

Ichigo’s body jerked up, his eyes shooting open. He felt as though he was being put back into his body by another force. Getting his bearings, Ichigo looked around only to see a dog with bandages around its head sitting on a chair staring at him. Getting a little unnerved he growled.

“What are you staring at furball?” He said as he threw his legs over the side of the bed, sitting up properly. Putting a hand to his head, he tried to get rid of the headache pounding in his head.

“Who are you calling furball, strawberry?” A male voice asked. Ichigo’s head looked up and around with a frown. There was no one but the dog in the room. “No, you were right, I can talk.” Ichigo looked at the dog, his eyes blinking. “I didn’t think you’d be slow Kurosaki-kun.”

“Holy crap!” Ichigo scrambled back from the dog with the bandages his eyes wide. “Since when do dogs talk!”

The said dog sighed and shook his head. “My name is Uhei,” He introduced. “I was assigned to watch over you until the genjutsu finished.”

“Genjutsu?” The orange haired young man asked, forgetting this was a dog talking. “I saw…” He put a hand to his head. “That was an illusion?”

“Naruto used it to show you his past and the secret your mother held before you.” Uhei explained.

“My mother knew about Naruto?” Ichigo asked looking at Uhei.

“Your mother was a very caring woman,” The dog said slipping out of the chair. He walked to the window and jumped up so his front paws were on the window sill. “She was the only descendant of Naruto’s blood to come to Konoha just to see him.”

Ichigo stood up shakily and walked to the window. Looking out, he saw the vast city of Konoha, like in the memories, preserved in time. His eyes widened as he took in the mountain and the forest. “It can’t be…” He said. “But this place is nearly a thousand years…”

“More than a thousand pup,” Uhei said as he turned from the window sill heading to the door. “Naruto put a ninja spell, similar to what you know as kidou, over the entire land to keep it as it was after he rebuilt it after the destruction.”

“He rebuilt it himself?” Ichigo asked looking down at Uhei, who was by the open door.

“Yes,” The dog answered. “Follow me.” The young man followed the talking dog with interest.

Uhei led Ichigo out of the tower that he knew from Naruto’s memories was the Hokage’s Tower. Looking around, he saw foxes of all shapes, colors and sizes running around the city. There were humans with fox attributes there tending to plants and cleaning the buildings. Ichigo’s eyebrows went up as he followed Uhei through village outside of the gates. His gaze kept wandering around, taking up the vast landscape as the dog guided him through it.

He stopped when the forest opened up and turned just in time to see the dog run up to Naruto, who was knelt in front of a stone. The Memorial Stone, Ichigo realized, where the names of the dead are engraved to mourn them. He noticed that there were two more stones, engraved with numerous names on them. He also noticed six other various dogs strewn about, just lounging around him.

Naruto stood up from petting Uhei and looked at Ichigo with a sad smile. He beckoned the young man forward. Ichigo moved carefully around the dogs until he was by Naruto’s side. He looked down at the stone and immediately saw what Naruto wanted him to see. On the stone the name Kakashi Hatake was written on it. His eyes widened when he saw next to the dead man’s name was also his cousin’s name. But it wasn’t the same, it read: Naruto Hatake.

“You…” Ichigo paused when Naruto began to sign, Uhei interrupting for him.

“The day the village died, the day Kakashi died is the day I was suppose to die.” Ichigo glanced down at the dog, before looking at Naruto again. The blonde continued to sign explaining to Ichigo, not minding the dog that was using personal pronouns. “Every generation I reveal my secret to the people who are descended from my mother’s bloodline. Depending on how they take the news, I either erase their memories of me or I become a part of their life. Your mother was one of the very few who accepted me for who and what I was.”

“You’ve kept a low profile…” Ichigo said. “I hardly remember you.”

Naruto paused and shrugged before continuing. “I exist outside of normal human laws. I don’t want to disturb what is supposed to happen just because I want to save someone a bit of heartache.”

“And what about my mother?” Ichigo hissed. The other dogs stood up with warning growls, but Naruto silenced them with a wave of his hand.

“That was bad timing,” Uhei said as Naruto explained. “Each year if I am not hibernating, I come to Konoha and I mourn the village for a week. The week Masaki died happened to be the week I was gone. When I had felt something shift back in Karakura, I was in the middle of mourning, I tried to come back as fast as I could…but Masaki was saving you and couldn’t use my gift that would allow me that speed.”

Ichigo tilted his head. “Gift?”

Naruto looked up at Ichigo and held up his hand, his palm even with the ground. Hanging from his middle finger was a three-pronged kunai with scriptures engraved on the blades. Ichigo stared at it. The handle was wrapped in red, with dark blue and green string hanging from it with beads. Shakily reaching out, he caressed the pink, blue and red beads on the navy blue strong.

“I remember this…” Ichigo murmured. “Mom always had this with her. I remember when she asked Karin, Yuzu and I to decorate the beads to give to her so she could put on it.” The blonde nodded and grabbed Ichigo’s hand. He carefully laid the weapon in Ichigo’s palm.

“Throw it at a tree,” Uhei said. Without another thought, Ichigo did as the dog commanded. He blinked as Naruto was suddenly in front of the tree catch the weapon before it got an inch within the bark. “The weapon has a special ninjutsu on it to allow Naruto to appear where it is thrown. It has taken him many years, but he has made it so he can be anywhere and appear where it is thrown.”

“Amazing…” Ichigo murmured as Naruto walked back and handed him the weapon. “You’re giving it to me?”

“It was your mother’s, it’s rightfully yours.” Uhei said. “Only use it in life or death situations, not in a middle of a fight that you could win.”

Ichigo snorted. “I’m being instructed by a dog…”

“Watch it kid,” Uhei growled. Naruto smiled and waved to the other dogs, they all got up and came closer. He motioned them to introduce themselves. “You know who I am, Naruto wants you to know the others.”

A white dog stepped forward and gave a small growl. “I’m Urushi.”

“Guruko’s the name!” The smallest dog with the headband said.

“Bisuke,” Another light brown one yawned as he allowed his droopy eyes to close. Ichigo saw the kanji for shinobi on his forehead.

“I’m Shiba,” The dark brown dog with the black crest of hair said as he scratched his ear with his hind leg.

“Akino,” The one with glasses said, he was standing beside Naruto. “And that’s Bull,” He said nodding to the large bulldog on the other side of Naruto. “He doesn’t speak much.”

Ichigo looked at all of them. “All yours?”

Naruto shook his head.

“I assume you remember what a summons is from Naruto’s memories?” Akino asked.

“Yeah…”

“We are and will always be Kakashi Hatake’s ninken.” The light colored dog answered. “Naruto takes care of us and all the summons he is able to get a contract with.”

Ichigo knelt down and put a hand on Uhei’s head. “Is that why I felt weird energy from you guys?”

“Yep,” Uhei said. “We gave Naruto the contract in order to be able to help him watch over those who are reincarnated…”

“Reincarn…” Ichigo paused, realization slamming into him. “Noroshi-san! He’s Kakashi’s reincarnation.” Naruto smiled sadly and nodded.

“One of many,” Guruko said. “We’ve been doing this for generations. Lately we haven’t been needed so we stay either here in Konoha, with Naruto or go back to the summons world.”

Bull walked up to Ichigo and butted his head again the young man’s leg. It proved to be too much and Ichigo fell back onto his butt. The large black bulldog was suddenly over him licking his face.

“Hey stop it!” Ichigo tried to push the large dog off of him but couldn’t. The other dogs were laughing while Naruto was smiling. “Hey come on! I’m drowning in slobber!”

A short whistle got Bull moving away from Ichigo and back to Naruto.

“That was unsettling…” Ichigo said. Naruto shrugged. As the dogs all calmed down he noticed a headband on each and every one of them. “Do I get one since I’m related?” Ichigo asked pointing at the headbands.

“These are signs of ninja kid,” Guruko answered. “You are a shinigami with demon chakra in you.”

“What?” Ichigo straightened up not understanding.

The other dogs growled at Guruko. The smaller dog whimpered and ducked down. “Sorry…”

Naruto walked to Ichigo and put a hand to his temple. Suddenly, Ichigo found himself staring at a man with red hair and red eyes. He had sharp features and felt very powerfully.

“Kyuubi?” Ichigo questioned remembering the fox from the genjutsu. Naruto pulled his hand away and the over-image faded. “You used Kyuubi’s energy on me?”

“No,” Shiba said. “That would have killed you.”

Ichigo looked at the dark colored dog.

“What he means is that you were ill when you were younger,” Akino explained. “Masaki-chan told Naruto that you had anemia and that neither her nor Isshin-san’s blood were compatible.” He walked forward so he was beside Naruto who was staring at Ichigo, still kneeling in front of him. “Naruto became your donor.”

“You…were the one who saved me?” Ichigo whispered looking into Naruto’s blue eyes.

Naruto nodded.

“But…how do I have chakra in me then?”

“Kyuubi,” Uhei answered. “His power was laced so deeply into Naruto’s blood that it was transferred into you. So you have a bit of demon chakra in you. Why do you think you’ve rarely gotten sick unless it was really bad?” The dog questioned. “No human is that lucky.”

“So…what know? I mean you told me your secret, but what of Karin and Yuzu?”

“They are still a bit young for Naruto to tell them,” Bisuke said as he walked up to them. “But there is another reason he brought you here.”

Ichigo blinked and tilted his head. Naruto stood up and backed away from Ichigo a bit. He pulled out a small scroll and opened it. Biting it into his thumb, he ran the bloody appendage down the scroll causing whatever was sealed in there to appear. A larger more elegant scroll appeared. Naruto lifted the scroll and opened it in front of Ichigo. The younger man could see Kakashi’s name and Naruto’s name on the scroll with five finger prints under it.

“Wait…is that blood?” Ichigo asked.

“This is a summoning contract for us ninken,” Urushi said. “You’ve seen the memories, you know what to do.”

“Why are you showing me this?”

“Naruto wants you to be able to summon us, if he can’t reach you in time.” Akino answered. “The only one that will not answer will be Pakkun.”

“He’s with Noroshi-san…” Ichigo nodded.

Akino nodded. “We will do everything you ask unless Naruto tells us not to. Again this is only as a last resort.”

“Like if your sisters or friends are in trouble,” Guruko said.

Ichigo nodded and stood up. He walked over to the scroll and looked down at it. Taking the kunai that Naruto had just given him, he cut his thumb like he saw in the memory when Naruto first got the toad summons. He knelt down and signed his name carefully on the contract. He then pressed his other fingers to his thumb and pressed all five fingers to the contract under his name.

When he pulled away all six dogs howled. They barked and howled for the new contractor. Naruto grinned as he looked down at Ichigo. He signed to Ichigo as the dogs cheered.

‘Now, it’s time for the fun part.’