IbukIkubI
By: PurpleCobra247
Rated M for adult language, sexual content, sci-fi violence as well as regular violence, and minor blood and gore
(I got inspired by Rolento and Ibuki's ending in Street Fighter X Tekken and the idea of this just sparked my brain. Ya'll enjoy now, ya hear? LOL)
Chapter 1: Pandora's Surprise
Being forced to help Rolento on his journey to the South Pole to find and destroy Pandora wasn't the worst that happened to Ibuki. She's been through so many harsh fights and was literally getting tired of hearing the strong solider call her by something other than her name. She couldn't wait to get to the South Pole and finish the job, so she could finally go back home with the biggest sigh of relief she's ever exhaled in her life.
When they both finally got there, they had to fight Ogre, if they wanted to get their hands on the box. The battle was long, dangerous, and even the power of teamwork seemed useless against the powerful humanoid creature, but finally, after about an hour of the fight, Ogre was finally defeated and Rolento and Ibuki could get to the box without any problems.
Ibuki immediately got excited when Pandora started opening shortly after Ogre was defeated, emitting a light of pure energy. She was anxious to see what was inside, but unfortunately for her, Rolento had other plans. He had a feeling that this was a trap and he ordered the young kunoichi to "HIT THE DIRT!", making her become annoyed. She reluctantly obeyed and crawled with him, but when they got there…
"Ah, empty!" Ibuki exclaimed with disappointment as she looked inside the dark box. Rolento was also shocked and surprised to see this outcome as he peeked into the box as well.
"It's empty?" He started with anger. "How is that possible?" He started looking around for any sign of anyone around them, but found nothing as he continued. "I would have noticed if something had breached our perimeter! What the hell could have happened?" Ibuki was looking around with him, but again, she found nothing as well. She started showing a look of attitude, mentally blaming him for the slow crawling trip towards the box, as she spoke.
"I suppose we'll never know." She replied. "If we'd just walked like normal people-"
"ZIP IT, SERGEANT! If we want our mission to be a success, we can't let a single adversary slip through our fingers. Now, prepare to pursue the enemy… SERGEANT!" Hearing that last outburst, Ibuki was finally fed up with his commands and was pissed even more.
"The name is IBUKI! AAAH! THAT'S IT! I DON'T WANT TO PLAY ARMY ANYMORE!" She ran after him after that was said, but it seemed like he wasn't even fazed by her words and voice as they continued on their way back home.
When they both disappeared into the mist, somehow the light shined on again and, within it, a pure black anthromorphic creature at the short height of approximately a foot and six inches tall slowly crawled out of the box. It had pure black fur that was as soft as a teddy bear, the biggest pair of glowing purple eyes, appeared to have a pretty decent muscular build, and had distinctive markings, which were identical to some of the markings on the box, that glowed a white color on his short, cute, and chubby arms and legs. It was absent of ears, but it had five antennae that ironically looked like Ibuki's signature hairstyle, minus the headband and having the two in the 'invisible' topknot being as long as his body. When he stood on top of the box, the light retreated back inside and his two foot long fox-like tail swayed aimlessly in the blistering cold breeze with his five antennae and his long, but thick fur. Overall, it was an adorable alien that just emerged from Pandora.
It stood perfectly still on top of the dull looking box and stared at the path Rolento and Ibuki disappeared into. It purred like the typical alien should and its blank stare never left its face for the next three minutes before it squealed with, what sounded like, happiness before he gracefully hopped off the box and, while in mid-air, sprouted out a pair of glowing white bird wings at a wingspan of four feet from his back before it flew off in the same exact direction as Ibuki and Rolento.
Back in Kyoto, Japan…
Ibuki just arrived back at the Glade before she reached the main meeting room to meet up with her family. When she got there, Yuta was the first to greet her as the rest of the meditating ninjas were just minding their own business.
"Hey, Ibuki." Yuta greeted with a smile. "How was your mission? Did you get to Pandora?"
"Yeah, but it turned out to a total waste of time." Ibuki replied as she sat on her knees with a look of total disappointment. Yuta slowly sat on his knees with her and listened carefully to her story. "We got there and the box started opening. I wanted to see what was inside, but Major Asshole here wanted to crawl towards the box instead. Personally, I think he was a little too protective."
"I've heard from Cammy that the contents of the box only react to conflict. Wasn't it harmless towards you?"
"Yeah, but still… Rolento ruined it. I'd be damned, if I happen to rejoin him again."
"That seems to be too bad for you, Ibuki." Enjo came in as he opened his eyes from his meditation. "Rolento wants you to return to him next Saturday. He wants to search for the missing contents of the box."
"WHAT? No way, man! You can forget it! He never calls me by my name and he's just… UGH!"
"I'm sorry, Ibuki, but you have to go back. He was pretty upset about finding the box to be empty and he wants to risk life and limb to search for the contents."
"But, he's such a stuck-up, motherfuckin' son-of-a-bitch… geez…"
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Might as well meet up with him then, since I have no choice. If we can get the mission to find the box to go by fast, then we can get the contents of it just as fast. I'll make sure of it, too."
"Atta girl. He mailed me the directions to his base." Enjo handed the young kunoichi the paper with the directions written on it. Ibuki took it and tucked it away between her breasts. "He wants you there at 8 AM sharp next Saturday."
"8 AM? Is he serious?"
"Yes, Ibuki… and I don't want you to be late."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know the consequences." After that was said, Ibuki headed for her room and was happy to see Don being a good tanuki, laying in his giant bed pillow on her far left side before she dropped her bags and approached him before she kneeled down to pet him between his ears. "Hey, Don-chan. Looks like you've been good while I was gone. I'm gonna have to leave you again next weekend, though. Sergeant Bastard extended my contract somehow and he wants me to join him in searching for whatever was in the box. I wish you could come with me."
"Eh, I could bite him the balls for ya, if ya want." Don agreed in a comedic toddler's voice. Ibuki giggled as she shook her head in response and went to her bed before she sat down.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I'd appreciate it, though, but I'll cut 'em off for you instead. How's that?"
"Sounds good to me. I've always wanted to taste some juicy dumplings for once."
"Tee, hee… gross."
Later, on that same night at around 10:30…
Most of the Glade was pretty much asleep, including Ibuki and Don. While they were taking a snooze, the same creature that crawled out of Pandora just landed perfectly on a tree branch right next to the entrance to the Glade and, again, it stood perfectly still while its wings were flapping in the breeze. Its intimidating glowing purple eyes appeared in a blank stare as he was scanning the area for Ibuki. Once it did find her, it flapped its wings and headed for her open room window, landing on the windowsill like a cat and remained sitting there for the next two minutes before it slowly and quietly retracted the wings back into its back before leaping off the window and headed for Ibuki's closet, which was closed. It wasted no time in walking right through the door with ease and it decided to sleep in there for the rest of the night… on top of a pretty big shoebox.
The next morning…
The sun's rays shot through Ibuki's window with the word 'peaceful' written all over it and it woke her up slowly. She opened her eyes with a smile before she sat up, stretched her arms, and yawned herself awake before she looked at Don still sleeping on his back with his tongue hanging out with drool staining his pillow as he continued to snore. Seeing this made the young kunoichi giggle before she pulled off the covers and headed for her closet to find a pair of shorts to put on. When she opened it…
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" She saw the sleeping alien on top of a shoebox on her closet floor, waking it up before it squealed with just as much fright, due to her loud scream. This woke up Don and he nearly freaked out at what he saw before his big sister. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?"
"It… kinda looks like you." Don came in with partial shock as he got out of his bed and got under Ibuki's legs to take a closer look at the creature, who just stared at the two of them with curiosity. "It looks pretty cool, but what does it want and how did it get here?"
"Miigavichi oko." The creature spoke in an adorable high-pitched alien voice. Ibuki translated it… amazingly… and smiled as her response.
"Really?" Ibuki asked as she calmed down and kneeled down towards him as he sat up, but remained seated on the shoebox. "You came outta that Pandora box?"
"You can understand him?" Don asked with shock.
"Yeah… this is kinda strange, because I've never heard this language before. Anyway, so… wait! If you came out of Pandora, then… (gasp)… no way! You're the source of the power." The creature nodded. Ibuki nearly fell backwards, but she caught herself as she continued. "Won't Rolento be riveted? Did you exit the box before or after we arrived?"
"Biifyestii." The cute alien replied.
"Before, huh? That explains why it was empty. You seem pretty harmless to me. Let's see what the rest of the Glade thinks of you first before you meet my Street Fighter buddies. I have a feeling that they'll all be surprised to see you."
"Don't ya need to name it first?" Don asked with concern. Ibuki nodded with a sweet smile, picking up the light-as-a-feather alien, which surprised her by how quickly she picked him up. "Whoa! He's pretty light, huh?"
"A little too light, yeah… Anyway, first we need to figure out what you are." Ibuki then started to inspect its body and nearly laughed when she saw what she didn't expect to find on a mysterious creature. "Aww. I just found his little wee wee."
"Ta, ha! He has a dick, huh?"
"Shockingly. Well, we know it's a boy, so… hmmm… I can't name you Pandoro. Rolento will figure it out a little too quickly. I want him to figure it out for himself once he meets him."
"Ikubi." The creature suggested. This made the young ninja look at him with confusion.
"Ikubi?"
"Yiish."
"…hey! That's my name… spelled… backwards." Ikubi nodded in response to that statement and she hugged him in celebration. Seeing this made Don shake his head in disbelief and humor all at once.
"Somehow, I had a feeling he would come up with something like that, but I didn't say anything. Since he's rockin' the same signature hairdo you got there with his five antennae, I just knew he would come up with something totally obvious."
"I like it." Ibuki commented as she released the embrace and continued to hold her newest little friend. "You do kinda look like me in the style department, but since you're… uh… showing all of your business down there, let me help you out before you meet everyone."
Five minutes later…
Ibuki just exited her room with Don her left shoulder and Ikubi on her right by her feet. He was dressed in a pair of the smallest baggy jeans anyone's ever seen. Don looked down at him and chuckled at his waddling walk for his short height. Ibuki slightly looked down at Ikubi as well and she giggled at how much effort he was putting into just simply walking.
"Tee, hee. Awww, look at him waddle. Already, I'm in love with him." She started, keeping her adorable smile. "He's so cute! Ikubi, one quick question…"
"Afoota zii swaxx ichos." Ikubi replied with an expert tone, still keeping his cute high pitched alien voice. Ibuki jumped at that response and stared at him with a partial attitude. Don chuckled at it before he spoke.
"Damn. Either he answered it for you already or he just didn't wanna share." The tanuki quoted with humor. Ibuki rolled her eyes.
"He answered it for me. He said that he's a foot and six inches tall." She protested softly. "No wonder he struggling to walk. Either way, though, I don't mind because it's just too cute."
"Obviously… but uh… did you ever take a good look at those markings on his pretty buff arms?" Ibuki stopped in her tracks for a moment to look at the arms on Ikubi, who stopped with her and looked up at her like a good boy. The young kunoichi gasped when she did take a good look. "See? Rolento will surely know that he came from Pandora for sure. Aren't those the same markings that show on the box?"
"Yeah… and they're glowing in the brightest white I've ever seen! Well, I'm pretty sure you can hide them manually… right?"
"Yiish." Ikubi replied with a nod. Ibuki sighed with relief.
"Whew, good… because when we meet Rolento, I need you to hide 'em. I said I wanted him to figure it out… and he will."
"Gotii itsh."
"Awesome! Well, here we go." The three of them just arrived at the meeting room of the Glade and everyone was there enjoying a breakfast buffet. Ibuki wasted no time in casually heading over to the buffet table and grabbing a plate before she went to get whatever she wanted. When Ikubi got to the same table, he sprouted out his wings and flew up to the stack of plates before he grabbed one and started serving himself as well. Ibuki saw this from a side-glance and was surprised to see that nobody said a thing about him yet. She kept quiet and continued to pile on a good breakfast on her plate.
Finally, after about five minutes, Genda was the first to notice Ikubi and gasped as he reached for a plate.
"What the…?" He exclaimed. "Ibuki, what is that thing?"
"He's a Pandorix." Ibuki replied casually as she kept her focus on preparing her meal. "I named him Ikubi."
"Whoa… a Pandorix."
"Ibuki, where exactly did you get this creature?" Enjo came up to her with a strict look in his eyes. Ibuki looked up at him with just as much seriousness.
"He found me, Master Enjo." She replied as she turned towards her eldest master with her breakfast in her hands. "Apparently, he's the source of the Pandora. Why he found me is the biggest mystery right now."
"Hmmm… does Rolento know about this?"
"No… and he never will unless he has the brain of a genius."
"I see… and you're about to be on a mission to find the missing contents of the box in a matter of six days."
"Well, the mission's already complete because Ikubi's right here… and I'm not letting Rolento get a hold on him."
"Why not? You can stay here and forget all about the mission!" Yuta exclaimed in the distance. Ibuki heard that and she bowed her head with a calm look of disagreement on her face.
"I know, but that's how I roll. I wanna keep that bastard guessing for as long as he can."
"So, even though you have the source right here next to you, you're still going on the mission?" Sanjou came in from behind the young kunoichi.
"I have to. It's the only way to shut his embarrassing ass up."
"I guess. You do be very careful, then. I don't know exactly how long you can keep up with this charade, but I hope it's long enough to maintain your ground and keep Ikubi's origin a secret until the right time."
"Thanks, everybody. If I can keep my ninja background a secret, then I can keep Ikubi's secret, too. I promise…" Ibuki trailed away as she turned towards cute little Ikubi, who smiled upon seeing her sincerity on her face. "…I'll never… ever… let Rolento even touch a strand of your fur. I love you, Ikubi."
"Yii loveto ooo, jwai." Ikubi repeated with just as much love before he gently placed down his plate and gave Ibuki the sweetest hug in her life, making her cry happy tears all over his fur as she slowly handed Sanjou her plate before returning the warm embrace. Everyone else watched this with smiles, knowing that Ibuki will indeed do everything in her power to protect her nearly identical Pandorix twin from getting in Rolento's hands…
…especially since she never forgot the fact that the only reason to obtain Pandora…
…was to DESTROY it.
To be continued…