Nine-Tails! Do you want to dance too?

In the end, the lesson slowly passed with Izuna nursing a headache and Little Nine-Tails contemplating his fox life.

After school.

"Dave, where did you find that little fox?" Hiruzen walked over to Dave and asked the question that had bothered him all afternoon.

Kagami, Torifu, and Danzo gathered around too.

"Oh, his name's Kurama. Hmm... just think of him as my pet!" Dave thought it over and decided not to tell them about Nine-Tails just yet.

"Brat! Who are you calling your pet?!" Little Nine-Tails had already spent an entire lesson being force-fed their lovey-dovey antics, leaving him seething with resentment. Now this guy was calling him a pet?

Could he stand for that? Hell no!

"Huh? He can talk too!" Hiruzen said, his eyes sparkling.

"Yep, of course. You can also think of him as a Summoning Beast! He's really powerful!" Dave nodded with a smile.

"Um... D-Dave... c-can I pet him...?" Just then, a timid little blond girl approached and asked Dave.

Her name was Utatane Koharu. She was just a commoner who had been lucky enough to get into the Ninja Academy... Aside from that bookworm Homura, almost everyone at the academy came from a major clan. She was usually shy around strangers and hardly ever wanted to speak... But when she saw how adorable Nine-Tails looked, she simply couldn't resist wanting to pet him. Only then had she worked up the courage to come over and ask.

"Another little girl! Little girls, stay away from me!" Seeing yet another little girl wanting to pet him, Little Nine-Tails immediately bristled with fury. He still hadn't recovered from the trauma that little girl Tsukimi had inflicted on him...

"Let her pet you, and I'll buy you some more pastries when we get home tonight," Dave whispered to the Nine-Tails inside him.

"I want ten! No! Thirty! I want thirty pastries! Otherwise, no deal!!" Nine-Tails thought for a moment, then declared with his mouth stretched wide.

Dave almost laughed. He remembered a saying from his previous life... Orcs would never be slaves, unless room and board were included. It fit Nine-Tails' current situation perfectly.

"Of course you can." Dave smiled and handed Little Nine-Tails to her.

"Wow... his fur is so soft! Thank you, Dave!" Utatane Koharu said, her eyes sparkling as she held Nine-Tails and stroked his fur, which felt as though it had been washed with Rejoice.

Meanwhile, Little Nine-Tails looked as miserable as if his mom had died, his face alternating between pale and red in Utatane Koharu's arms... Th-this... this little girl... This little girl was even scarier than Tsukimi... Utatane Koharu was hugging him so tightly that he could barely breathe...

Kagami and Hiruzen's eyes lit up at the sight! Some strange ideas suddenly sprang into their minds.

Unlike everyone else, Tsukimi watched Koharu warily as the girl suddenly appeared before her, holding Nine-Tails. Then she looked at Koharu's sparkling eyes.

She sensed a hint of danger... Things had been fine before. Dave was often with her, and no girls dared approach him... But this girl's sudden appearance made her feel threatened.

"Dave, aren't we going to watch the clan heads' dance battle?" Tsukimi turned to Dave and Export asked.

"Huh? Right, right! Uncle Madara and Uncle Hashirama's dance battle is about to start. Well, we'll be going now!" Dave paused, took out his phone, and checked the time. It should be starting about now. He hurriedly apologized to his classmates and left with Little Nine-Tails and Tsukimi.

Dave... is really nice... Koharu thought to herself... (This is just a one-sided extension of a comedy bit! This story has only one female lead! Don't worry!)

That night, Hiruzen returned home.

"Father, I want a Summoning Beast!" Hiruzen asked his father, his eyes shining.

"Are you sure?" Sasuke Sarutobi paused, then asked solemnly.

"I'm sure!" Hiruzen nodded with a serious expression.

"Good. Sign this!" Sasuke Sarutobi took an enormous scroll from a drawer and handed it to Hiruzen.

A little while later.

"I don't want a Summoning Beast anymore, Father! I don't want one! He's so ugly! Boo-hoo! I don't want him!" Hiruzen was startled by Enma, the big black ape he had summoned. He clung to his father's leg and cried.

This was his Summoning Beast? He scared himself just summoning him! And he was supposed to go meet girls with him? Like hell! What little girl wouldn't be frightened by this thing? He had wanted to pick up girls, but who wouldn't be dumbfounded at the sight of this guy?

"..." Dark lines slowly appeared over Sasuke Sarutobi's and Enma's heads...

"Sasuke, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Enma closed his eyes, struggling to suppress the urge to beat up the brat who had summoned him...

"Uh... Enma, don't take it personally. Kids don't know any better," Sasuke Sarutobi hurriedly said.

"Mm." Enma grunted, then vanished in a puff of white smoke.

Then Hiruzen received a thoroughly one-sided beating from his father... Sasuke declared that Hiruzen didn't know quality when he saw it, and that he would have plenty to regret later...

West Konoha.

"Hashirama!!!"

"Madara!!!"

"Tobirama Senju!!!"

"Uchiha Izuna!!!"

After a round of roaring at one another, the dancing began.

Dave had already gone numb at the sight. He didn't want to say anything or do anything. He simply leaned silently against Tsukimi's shoulder. He was tired...

"Dave, what's wrong?" Seeing Dave close his eyes and lean against her shoulder, Tsukimi asked in worried confusion.

"Nothing. I'm just a little tired." A tear silently trickled from Dave's eye. He didn't want to admit that he knew these people...

Seeing Dave cry made Tsukimi's heart ache. She reached out and wiped the tears from his face. Dave opened his eyes, and they gazed silently at each other... They smiled and held hands...

It's fine. Even if Uncle Madara and Uncle Hashirama turned into women, everything here would still be wonderful as long as you, Tsukimi, were here... Dave thought to himself...

Madara: ???

Hashirama: ???

Nine-Tails couldn't take being in their arms anymore... He hurriedly jumped out...

"This looks pretty interesting. I'll give it a try too!!" Watching the four of them dancing enthusiastically, Nine-Tails felt tempted. Then, swishing his nine tails, he slowly danced his way into their midst.

A little while later.

"Nine-Tails! Do you fucking want to dance too?!"

"Madara!!! Hashirama!!! Let me show you what real dancing looks like!"

"Waaah, waaah, waaah..." Seeing even Nine-Tails join in the fun, Dave broke down... It had changed, it had changed... Everything had changed... The Naruto world was completely unrecognizable now...

Dave suddenly buried himself in Tsukimi's arms and burst into loud sobs... This was no longer the Naruto world he knew...

Tsukimi held Dave, her heart aching for him, and kept softly comforting him...