Contingency Plan
It was the hell that was Hozukijo, or so Naruto thought. It was a place with many names that would terrify even the most seasoned of shinobi: the demon's castle, the shinobi graveyard, shimigami's temple, but the best name was the blood prison and it was under fire.
Within its walls, for all different reasons, were the most monstrous shinobi and hidden weapons and among the guards and prisoners was Naruto Uzumaki, who was struggling for his life.
Naruto glared wildly at the red, chain like seal on his torso. A horrific fuinjustu, Fire Release: Heavenly Prison was only meant to keep prisoners in line, any chakra usage and the shinobi would burst into flames.
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Ryuuzetsu was still having trouble with the stupid jutsu and it didn't help that Muku was laughing at her. The embarrassment would have been enough, but the fact that Muku was a genius who got it on his first try irked her to no end.
And the worse, the absolute worse part was that he knew that it irked her, but it just made him laugh harder. A quick glance at her befallen expression Muku stopped his laughing, though he still wore a small grin, "Awe come Ryuuzetsu, you're so close, maybe it's your chakra input that's the problem…"
"THE PROBLEM IS I'M NOT A GENIUS!" She yelled at the top of her lungs, "I can't… I'm not as good as you." She quickly turned away so Muku couldn't see her blush.
Muku rolled his eyes, "Well duh." Ryuuzetsu turned on him with fury in her eyes, "Wa-Wait, what I'm trying to say is that you're Ryuuzetsu, the girl with the killer clan techniques and the silver hair. Genius is the wrong word to describe me and…" He held his hands up before Ryuuzetsu could interrupt, "And it's just one technique, I'm not a genius, I'm… just me," He smiled softly at her.
Now it was Ryuuzetsu to roll her eyes, "Hum, whatever just Muku, show me how to do the dam jutsu already," Muku raised an eyebrow, "ugh, please show me the jutsu?" She added. Muku shrugged, a goofy grin on his face, "Sure…"
The next few hours went be incredibly quick for Ryuuzetsu, with Muku only making minimal corrections; her stance was off and her chakra flow was a little shaky, but she had nailed the jutsu down flat. "Again," Muku said with a stern look gracing his face, not unlike his father Mui, "One more time, Ryuuzetsu."
"Slave driver," Ryuuzetsu mumbled under her breath, "Fine." She stood up, getting in the stance Muku had shown her and gathering her chakra together in the tora seal, she yelled, "Katon: Onidoro!"
Fire sprung from the ground, levitating into the air between Ryuuzetsu and Muku. As the fire continue to float, Muku tensed, "Wait… Now Ryuuzetsu!" he commanded.
"Right," Ryuuzetsu surged her chakra, "KATON: ONIDORO!" She shouted. The floating fire picked up speed and began to change, taking on a ghostly expression. These newly formed demon lanterns charged forward, quickly gaining velocity. Taking flight, the fireballs whizzed around forming miniature comets in the field.
Ryuuzetsu sweated in the hot summer sun while holding the jutsu longer than ever, until finally, "Kai!" The demon lanterns exploded in the sky, leaving a giant plume of smoke.
Ryuuzetsu and Muku looked up in surprise and awe, but it was Ryuuzetsu who broke the short lived silence, "Hell Yeah! Muku did you see that, now who's awesome," she danced around, enjoying her victory and Muku just laughed...
Ryuuzetsu and Muku sat alone at their training ground enjoying the sunset. She couldn't be happier, she now had Onidoro, the technique that was the pride of the country of Kusagakure and its once great hidden village, and now her's and Muku's…...
Ryuuzetsu sat silently, her anbu armor, scratched and dirty, was clamped to her skin. She had her mission, destroy the Box of Eternal Bliss, and she'd complete it even at the cost of her own life. But when she had found the cave that held the box, what she saw stopped her.
Mui, Muku's father was there, along with others she didn't recognize, but what stopped her in her tracks was Muku himself, bound and gagged. "Now, Mui," one of the cloaked figures commanded, "Do it, for the rebirth of our village," another hissed. Mui looked down at his son with an expressionless face.
Wordlessly, Mui gathered his chakra, "Open," he all but whispered. The black, dusty box ripped open, a blank inky substance leaking from its many stone faces quickly struck Muku. Muku screamed in agony, "Father, Please!" Mui face was blank as the box continued to eat away at his only son.
The Box opened further and the black chakra dragged and pulled the kicking and screaming remains of Muku and his chakra deeper into its gut. With a whirlwind of purple and black chakra, Muku was sucked into the box and with a tight snap, the box was sealed once again.
The room was utter silence, Mui just stood there looking at the box in front of him. Ryuuzetsu shook from her shock, tears silently falling from her face. The cloaked figures were in an outrage, "The dam thing didn't open!"
"Even with all that chakra, it still wasn't enough for the box."
"It should have, mabe if it..."
"Enough!" Mui, for the first time raised his voice. It quieted the arguing figures. "The box has shown that it requires a vast amount of chakra to even budge," he brushed himself off and started to past the others. "Mui! Where are you going?" Mui stopped and looked to the corner, right where Ryuuzetsu was hiding. She tensed, Mui wasn't a fool but she wasn't either, they both knew he saw her.
Ryuuzetsu locked eyes with him and for a brief moment a look of sadness graced Mui's face, but was gone as quickly as it had come. Turning back to the figures, who where obliviously huddled together mumbling something, Mui called out to them, "Fear not elders, if the box requires a vast chakra, then we will get such a chakra."
Mui once again turned to leave, "But how Mui?" They called back. Mui continued to walk and without looking back he whispered darkly, "By any means necessary."