HELLO PEOPLE OF THE WOOOORRRRLLLLD!
This is TonicShadow, just here to tell you that I am NOT DEAD! I just took off some time for myself so that I can focus on making stories that don't follow like a film/TV script.
It took while I can tell you that…
Any-who here is the first in hopefully many stores that you will be seeing in the near future, so enjoy!
Oh and one more thing, I do not own Naruto, Tenchi Muyo or Tenchi Universe ot all. They belong to the creators…that is all.
Naruto Uzumaki: Ninja of Jurai.
Chapter 1:
Ryoko Resurrected.
In a forest, within the mountains, lays a shrine. Just a simple shrine too many who travel to see it. Many who stay for the day hear of the legend. A legend about a great demon that fell from the skies one day; in one step, it could cross three mountains; in one strike, it could flatten the biggest mountain. It destroyed villages, burned everything. The people suffered greatly because of it evil powers.
But just what happened to the demon itself? Well, as all legends have with great evil demons, there must always be a hero sent from the heavens themselves. This hero appeared from the skies with a ship shaped like a dragon. On its back, rode a mighty warrior named Yosho. Some say the warrior was a samurai, others say he was Ninja; considering the power the hero wielded and the power of the Ninjas held in this world, it wouldn't be too far off. This warrior fought the demon using a sword with great spiritual powers. He finally defeated the demon after a long and dangerous struggle, and sealed it within a cave near the shrine. Even now, the demon sleeps within that cave, held prisoner. With the sword it-self planted in the ground, keeping watch over it.
Many who had come from the Fire country compared the power of the demon with the demon that attacked their village sixteen years ago, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The fox demon that attacked Konoha had killed many of their shinobi's that fateful night. Every Jutsu, every slash, every kind of attack was negated by the fox's might and regenerative powers to heal within seconds. All seemed lost to the ninjas of Konoha when the Kyuubi almost made it to their village. But their dark despair turned into the light of hope when they saw their village's leader, the Yondaime, otherwise known as Namikaze Minato. In a final act as their leader, he fought the demon and defeated it sealing it away, at the cost of his own life. Many don't know the specifics of the defeat, but other countries knew the kitsune was defeated nonetheless.
~:Konoha Forest:~
The events after the sealing is a story for another time, so let us turn out attention into the not so distant future, 12 years after the sealing of the Kyuubi we find ourselves looking on a small boy walking through the woods of Konoha. The one on the left had wild spiky blond hair, three thick whisker marks on each cheek and sky-blue eyes. He wore an orange jumpsuit with a whole over the right side of his chest; he had on blue shinobi sandals and orange goggles tied around his forehead. His name was Naruto Uzumaki, the Fourth sealed the Kyuubi into him but at the moment that was unknown to him. Naruto sighed as he remembered about cleaning the paint off the Hokage monument all by himself after the prank he pulled, and tomorrow was the final exam for him to become a Shinobi. Since he already failed twice already…
'Why did Iruka-sensei had to make me clean the whole thing, my hands are almost numb from cleaning all the paint off.' He thought rubbing his hands from the aces and pains. 'All I was trying to do get everyone to see how easy it was to do that kind of job and not get caught, but do they even notice? No. They just tell me to stop doing those annoying pranks and focus on my ninja skills…that is if they let me.'
Naruto sighed again before seeing a shrine nearby…then blinked not knowing that there was one in the Konoha Forest.
'Hm, I never knew there was a shrine in the forest before.' He thought before an idea came to him. 'Hey, maybe if I prayed for good luck in the exam tomorrow I'll pass for sure.' He thought with a grin.
Walking up to a well he rung the bell on top of it before he began to pray. Unknown to him nearby was an old man watching him. No one that would bat an eye really, just your everyday old man; he had long grey hair that was tied into a low ponytail, wrinkly skin, wire framed glasses with purple eyes, very tanned, with a grey bushy mustache to boot. He wore what a Shinto priest would, a kimono white top and blue pants. But the one thing that would raise an eyebrow at, if one had an eye of a trained fighter, was that the old mans walking held hidden power. It was subtle, but it was there nonetheless.
The old man knew who the boy was, but he of course couldn't tell Naruto of his relation to the boy because he never had the nerve to tell his own daughter…or his granddaughter in fact.
He couldn't help but smile sadly at the boy. 'Naruto, my dear great grandson. I wish I could help you…but right now at least I can speak to you.' He thought before walking up behind Naruto.
"Lovely evening isn't it?" He said.
"WHAAA!" Naruto cried out in surprise by the old voice and quickly turns to see an amused old man standing there. He sighs in relief. "Kami old man you nearly gave me a heart attack!" He replied making the old man chuckle. "Where did you come from anyway?"
"Why here in the shrine of course, I do live here." He smiled making Naruto blush in embarrassment.
"Oh."
The old man chuckles as he waves his hand. "Not to worry, you're not the first person and you'll certainly won't be the last either." He replied. "But other then that, it's good to know that youngsters like you still find the time to pray to the shine's in Konoha, especially this dedicated to Yosho."
That got a confused look on Naruto before he asked. "Who's Yosho?"
The old man smiles at that before saying. "I'll tell you the tale then. You see 700 years ago…an evil demon came here from the sky. With one step, it could cross three mountains. With one blow, it could flatten the biggest mountain, just the Kyuubi no Kitsune did 12 years ago."
Naruto gulps at that but still listens to the story.
"It destroyed villages, burned everything. Our people suffered greatly because of its evil powers."
"Wh-what happened to the demon? What was it called?" Naruto asked.
"The demon was known as Ryoko, and as for what happened to it?" The old man asked getting a nod from the boy. "One day, a dragon appeared in the sky. On its back rode a mighty samurai. He fought the demon…using a sword with great spiritual powers. He finally defeated the demon…and sealed it inside a cave."
"Really?"
"Yes, in-fact this shrine is in fact the one that is guarding the cave that keeps the sleeping demon as its prisoner." He replied getting a surprised look from Naruto.
"R-r-really? It's here?" He asked.
"Yes, and if you don't believe me the cave is just up there." The old man replied pointing to the path going up hill further in the forest. "And the sword known as Tenchi-ken, that Yosho used is planted in the ground…keeps watch over it."
Naruto blinks in surprise hearing that before looking to the path that goes to the cave. "Whoa…" He muttered. 'That Yosho guy almost sounds like the Fourth Hokage when he fought the Kyuubi, except he killed the fox instead of sealing it like Yosho did.' He was about to ask as he turned to the old man only to find him gone making him blink in surprise. 'Man that old man sure is a sneaky one.' He thought before turning to the path again as he thinks back to the legend he was just told…before an idea hit him. 'Wait a minute, if the cave is up that path then so is the sword! And if the sword of legend is there, that means if I use that sword in the exams, I'll be a ninja for sure and be one step closer to becoming Hokage!' He grinned before he rushed off up the path to find the cave and hopefully the legendary sword Tenchi.
Naruto made his way to the cave they held the sealed demon named Ryoko. 'Odd name for a demon though. Then again I don't know anything about demons.' He thought to himself as he runs toward the cave opening but then stops as he realizes that this was the same cave he visited several times over the years. 'That's strange…if this was the cave the demon was sealed in, then why did it make feel safe all those years ago?' It was an odd thing out of all the places it was the cave entrance of a demon that he felt most at ease, as if someone was there with him.
He remembered in the early days of when he arrived and he was told everything this was the place he went to think and/or cry. While he did he found himself recounting the events of his life to from his childhood. The funny thing was when he did talk he often felt a warm sensation go through him too.
'Snap out of it Naruto, no need to remember that stuff, its time to see this so called magic sword that holds the demon at bay.' He thought pulling out his ninja kit and picks the lock opening the gate and entering the dark cavern.
When he felt he got to the end of it, he came upon an open area. There was what he assumed a rock being held back up by ropes, the ropes themselves having sutras placed upon them. As he looked around more, he started to get more disappointed. This was the cave that sealed the great demon, Ryoko?
Naruto blinks at the suspended rock before muttering to himself. "Wired, I wonder why it's hanging like that?"
His eyes then happened upon a small shrine nearby. "Hey, maybe that's where that sword is!" He said as he made his way to it. He opened it and blinked in surprise as he saw it, the hilt standing straight up, sheathed, the sword pointing downwards to the ground. The bottom of the hilt looked it was carved of pale wood with three ruby red gems place on each side. Naruto then took it out and saw that that sheath itself was brown in color.
"Cooool…" He relied before ginning like a fox before taking the sword out of the shrine. "I wonder what it looks like after all these years…?" He said in excitement. He then starts pulling out the blade with some effort. When it was revealed…Naruto couldn't help but frown, the metal was dulled and weak. Its metal turned brown from no usage for ages.
"The hell…?" He commented rudely as he saw the blade. "This is the sword of legend? It's just a piece of junk! I bet it wouldn't even cut a rock!" Swinging it around before hitting a nearby rock…shattering the blade like glass. Naruto freezes with wide eyes at this. 'Uh oh.' He thought in panic.
Just then the rock he hit broke in two pieces surprising him before noticing paper seals on it. 'Huh, guess it can cut though a rock.' He thought.
CRASH
Startled by the noise he turns around to find the suspended rock on the ground breaking the floor.
"Oh man…" He said in worry as he starts to sweat. 'I'm in so much trouble.'
He quickly runs to it and looks around it as he tries to find a solution to fix this. Meanwhile behind him the roots behind him began to recede before a crack appeared in the wall creating a passageway.
"Oh man how am I gonna fix this?" He said panicking looking at the rock. "If the old man at the temple finds out about this I'm dead for sure!" He turns around to find anything to help fix this but notices the opening in the wall. Naruto blinks at this. "What the…? Where'd that come from?" He said confused walking over to it the broken sword's hilt in his hand. Squeezing through the opening his foot stepped in something cold. "Water? How'd that get in here?" He muttered pulling himself out the opening and seeing a slide going down into the earth and piers down it. "I know I shouldn't go down there…but I've already come this far so there's no backing down now." He said to himself stepping forward to slide down but not noticing the low ceiling and banging his head. "Ow!" That in-turn made him slip down the slide.
"WHAAA!" He yelled out sliding down to the bottom before hitting the ground.
BAM!
…head first.
"…ouch…why is it always my head?" He wined picking himself up and rubbing the back of his head.
Seeing that area he was in being illuminated, he blinked his eye and turned towards the source. He then noticed that he was in another open area, this one filled with stepping stones that let water fill the areas around them, forming an intricate pattern around the center, which seemed to be some kind of pond.
He heard something hum for a bit, but didn't see anything around him. 'Okay, now this is starting to get creepy.' He thought warily. He then walked toward the source of light all the while Naruto never noticed the gems on this hilt of the broken sword glowing blue as he got closer. When he got there, he swallowed a bit in worry of seeing the demon.
When he gazed down from the edge of the center, all he saw was a glowing ball of light. "That's it? Just a giant ball of glowing light?" He said to himself in disappointment but inside he was relieved, although he did question how that thing was even lit up without any sort of power source.
When he stepped towards further, he finally noticed what was beneath the light and it made him step back in surprise. 'Ooooh crap.' He thought as he gulped a bit in fear. He then gazed downwards to see the mummified corpse of the demon, Ryoko. Its bones plain to see, the flesh clinging to it in dehydration, a red oni mask, from what he assumed, placed on its face with it cyan hair still on its head, and it clothes in tatters.
So focused on the dead demon, Naruto let his grip loosen on the hilt. When it left his hand and clattered onto the floor.
CLANG
"AAAHHH!" He cried out as he jumped in fright. Looking left and right before noticing the hilt on the floor, he let out a tired sigh. "Oh man, that was scary. I'm jumping at shadows…haven't down that for a long time." The blond boy said out loud to no one. He then calmly walked over to the hilt that was near the body of water. Right when he was about to pick it up, a decayed hand latched onto his wrist, making him freeze on the spot; Naruto did the only thing he could do at the moment, he slowly looked up and saw the head of supposedly dead demon raise its head slowly out of the water, never paying attention to the dozens upon dozens of blue glowing orbs hovering around in the open area.
When he finally got his wits, he screamed in irrational terror. "AAAAAAHHHHHH!" And started to try to tear his hand away from the dehydrated demon. "L-let go! Let go on me, dammit!" He called out to it in frustration. But the demon proved the stronger and pulled him down to his knees; it then gripped onto his left shoulder, holding him in place. Naruto saw it use it left hand to touch his face.
'I'm gonna be killed by a demon corpse? What a way to go.' He thought as he expected to try and pull his skin off, but was surprised as it just touched his cheek, in way he saw on one of those sappy love movies. Next thing he knew, his face was closing in its own, its head turn to the side to do…something. But was cut off as the hilt sent a discharge of power, separating him from the demon. He quickly looks back up and saw its shadowed face. Not a moment later, its eyes glowed yellow in power.
Naruto eyes widen in fear. 'I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE!' He yelled in his head. Turning on his heel, he made a mad dash for the path upwards. As he made his way up, he could feel the power growing from the demon as it continued to moan. Which made Naruto slip before quickly getting up push more chakra into his legs to speed up; once he made to the top, he jumped through the opening and quickly went to work to putting the two pieces of rock back together and using the elastic roots to hold it in place.
The passageway then closes trapping the demon inside which made Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. 'That's it, when someone tells you about demons and seals, do NOT get involved! I'm just glad there's no more surprises now…' He thought to himself still not noticing the sword's gems glowing and didn't see as they stopped glowing too.
~:Outside Konoha Forest:~
Later that night, a large lone tree lying within a small pond in an area near Konoha forest, reacted. One by one, slowly, each of it leaves emitted a small strand of rainbow light. When all of them touched the water, it reflected upwards to the night sky. In show of utter beauty, it shone through night sky in a rainbow of colors. But what this meant, we will find out soon.
~:Konoha, The Next Day:~
It was night time in Konoha and almost everyone was fast asleep, except for the blond ninja who was sitting on one of the roofs on the building looking at the stars in the sky. "Me and my big mouth." He mumbled to himself.
You see earlier in the day he failed his shinobi exam because he failed doing the Bunshin technique. When the class was over he was approached by Mizuki and was told about a 'special exam'. All he had to do was steal the valuable forbidden scroll in an effort to become a shinobi after.
That was when everything went upside down. After stealing the scroll he went to the meeting place and started learning the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu from the scroll. After a while Iruka-sensei appeared and started yelling why he stole the school, when he explained the reason they where interrupted by Mizuki who demanded the scroll, when they didn't listen he reveled the true reason why Naruto was hated saying that he contained the Kyuubi no Kitsune shocking him to the core.
There was a battle and Iruka-sansei told Mizuki that he may contain the fox but he wasn't the fox at all, he was Naruto Uzumaki. After hearing that Naruto was filled with determination and helped defeat Mizuki by using the Kage Bunshin making hundreds on himself. When Mizuki was defeated Iruka-sensei told him to close his eyes and when he was told to open them again he noticed that he was wearing a ninja headband, thus making him an honorary shinobi of Konoha.
After returning the scroll back to the Hokage and explained about the events that happened. Naruto then saying he wanted some time for himself and started walking around Konoha going thought about what had happened that night before ending up on one of the roofs looking out to the village.
Naruto sighs as he closes his eyes. 'Just when I thought there couldn't be anymore surprises, I find out that the reason why everyone hated me was because of the stupid fox sealed inside me.' He thought before looking back out to the village with a sad look. 'Why is it always me that gets the bad stuff in life?' He then sighs again before getting up. "Can't do anything about that now." He said putting his hands in his pockets before feeling something. "Hm?"
Pulling the object out he realizes it was the hilt. "Oh yeah, I totally forgot about this thing." He said to himself as he looks over the hilt seeing the detail. After looking over the hilt he notices that there wasn't a hint of rust on it making him blink. "Strange, how come this thing isn't like the blade? I mean it's hundreds of years old, it should have rusted like the blade did, right?" He asked himself looking over the hilt with a confused expression.
'This is both strange and confusing…just like that demon last night…' He thought before remembering those glowing yellow eyes but was curious of it's actions when it caressed his face, the action seemed to be an action of…caring, he'd seen it with couples at times.
Shaking out of his thoughts he looks of the hilt again before putting it back in his pocket. "Oh well, at least I'm a ninja now, and that's the important thing!" He said to himself with a grin. "And soon I'll become Hokage in no time; just you wait Konoha, Naruto Uzumaki is one step closer!" He called out to the night.
He was bout to head off but stopped when he heard a sound of a bell. Blinking at the sound he turns around to notice a brown cat with a bell on it collar, before smiling at it. "Hey there little guy, where'd you come from?" He replied.
The Cat meowed in response to him. It then started to run towards him. When Naruto saw it was about to get close, he kneeled down to pick it up. He had to admit the cat was too cute for its own good. Just as he was about to pick it up, it vanished off like a ghost out of thin air. Naruto stared wide eyed at the area where he saw the cat. "O-kay…that's a first…" He said before hearing the bell sound again. Hearing it, he looked behind and upwards to the fence at the edge of the roof behind him, where he saw a woman sitting on top.
But she wasn't just any woman, he could tell. She had power, a lot of it, and that kinda scared him. But then he looked past that and saw a woman that blew Sakura out of the park, hell, the damn whole stadium and beyond. She wore a pink dress that was over a green kimono top. He could tell it was a dress that was for battle as well as everyday uses. But what got him was her unique hair, spiked backwards, cyan in color. Her ears almost like an elf, if he remembered the description of their ears, only it was rounded at the end. Her face was really beautiful and her eyes yellow in color. When he squinted his eyes to look closer, he saw they were slitted, much like a cats.
He then caught the movement in her hands and saw that she was the one making the jingles as she juggled a bell in her left hand. She then caught it one last time and held it up to her face with her eyes closed. She then tossed it to Naruto, its bell jingling in the wind. Naruto deftly caught, but didn't keep eyes off the woman. Whether it was caution or sure awe of her beauty, he didn't know.
"Ryoko." She said softly, but had been loud enough to spread around the area before. That made Naruto wide eyed in shock, he had a feeling he knew what she was going to say next. "That's my name." She added before opening her eyes showing him when she opened them showed her eyes glowing like twin rising suns.
'Oh crap, this is NOT good! I'm gonna die by the hands of a demon…a surprisingly beautiful one too…' He thought in panic. "Y-you're…" Naruto gulped a bit in fear, but he had to confirm this. He then saw a bunch of orange red ball of energy appear around her. They then spun around and spread out to the area around them. "You're that demon that was sealed in that cave, aren't you?" He flinched as a nearby energy ball popped right beside his face.
The demon, Ryoko, hugged in herself in memory of that. "It was so dark and cold in there." Her voice and eyes showing how much it hurt her to be in such a place. "700 years have passed since I was trapped in that cave…" Her face then softens more and an understanding look appears on her face. "…but you know how much that kind of pain is to suffer yourself, don't you Naruto." The last part she said so quietly for herself, Naruto didn't catch it.
"So…" Naruto started to say taking a step back but also ready to fight. "You came back for some kind of revenge?" He asked cursing in his head for not having his ninja tools with him.
"Right." She answered him with straight face.
"Then you're looking at the wrong guy here, you want that Yosho guy." Naruto said as he hoped he could buy sometime to hopefully get help.
"I don't care." Ryoko insisted to him, staring back at his unwavering gaze. She then held up her hand and gathered all the balls of energy into her hand, forming a bigger ball into it. Naruto watched in amazement as she gripped it and saw it turn into a blade of energy in her hand, separating from the top and bottom of her clenched hand, as if holding the hilt of the beam sword. "I just need to let out my anger now!"
"Fuck." Naruto muttered with wide eyes as he jumped away as Ryoko quickly came down with an overhead slash. What made his eye bug out was when she came down, a crater was made breaking the roof. 'Holy crap! That's some strength!' He thought as he flipped out of the way as she threw the beam sword towards him, making the area he was in explode. 'They explode too? She's her own exploding tag!' He thought frantically as he jumped off the roof to the side as another tossed energy ball that exploded hitting the area where he was.
When he got to the ground he quickly rushed down the street while Ryoko watches with a smirk. "And the chase is on." She said before jumping off the roof and flew after him.
As he ran past the houses he realizes that he was in the old district where old houses where old and abandoned. Suddenly he felt her beside him. "What's the matter, Naruto? Aren't you having any fun?" She asked tauntingly as she slashed at him with another beam blade, which Naruto ducked just in time under. He looked back and saw she cut right through a tree right behind him, the tree sliding off easily on its own weight.
Naruto couldn't help but gulp with wide eyes at that before shaking it off before he glared at Ryoko with determination. 'There's no way I'm gonna lose here!' He thought before he jumped away from her and got a good distance.
Making a hand sigh he called out. "Taju Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" And in a poof of smoke hundreds of shadow clones of himself papered ready to fight surrounding Ryoko.
"Ha! It doesn't matter if there's an army worth at least half a planet Naruto, it won't be enough to stop me." Ryoko boasted to them with a grin.
"We'll see about that!" Naruto called out before pointing at her. "CHARGE!"
The clones charged in with there battle cry at Ryoko, all the while Ryoko's smirk grew larger.
"Wanna bet?" She asked as she started to throw energy balls left and right, decimating the clones in half already.
Seeing this Naruto starts to sweat. 'She's blasting them away without a sweat, if she keeps this up my clones will be gone in a couple on minutes!' He thought before he turns to run away. 'Hopefully it'll give me some time to get away!'
After finishing the off the clones Ryoko turns and sees Naruto running off before creating another energy sword. "Say goodnight Naruto." She said throwing the sword which pieced him…before disappearing in a poof of smoke surprising him. 'Another clone, I was sure that was the real one.' She thought before grinning like a fox. "You can run Naruto, but you can't hide!" She said before vanishing to carry on the hunt.
In an empty house not to far was Naruto lent agent the wall panting as he. 'That was TOO close!' He thought as he looked out the window to see if she was around but then flinches as he saw hear appear nearby like a ghost looking around for him before disappearing again…like a ghost.
After she disappeared Naruto sighed in relief before slumping to the ground. 'Okay, she's gone. But not for long…okay Naruto just remember what you saw her do.' He thought remembering her techniques. 'She can shoot ball of energy that explode, makes energy swords that can cut thought anything, she also teleports just like a ghost.' He then remembered the damaged she did back on the roof and shivered. 'Not forgetting her unnatural strength.'
He crosses his arms as he tries to think of a way to stop her. 'Right, I know what she can do now, so…how do I fight her?' He thought before he sniffed the air realizing it was off for some reason. "What's that smell?" He looks around and sniffs before noticing the kitchen gas pipe was leaking. "Oh it's just gas…" He said…before yelling. "GAS? I've got to get out of here before it explodes!"
He quickly got up as was about to run before…
"Naruto~" Called out an ethereal voice that belonged to Ryoko, which made Naruto flinch.
"W-wh-where is she?" He asked himself quietly looking around for her.
"Naruto~" Her voice echoing once again making him freeze in fear.
Slowing backing up to the wall behind him he gulps wondering where she is until…
"Hello there." Said a voice behind. He blinked before he turned and looked at the eye smiling Ryoko looking like a cat that ate the canary.
"WHAAA!" He cried out as he stumbled back in surprise and fell on his butt and looked up he see her head coming from the wall, before his eyes widen as she phased through the wall. 'SHE PHASES THOUGH WALLS TOO?'
"I really like you Naruto-kun, you've got a lot of stamina." Ryoko said with a sultry smirk as she formed another sword, making Naruto blush a bit at her innuendo before his eyes widen realizing about the gas.
"NO WAIT, YOU'LL SET OFF THE GAS!" He cried out waving his hands about making her stop.
She blinked in confusion before asking. "'Gas'? What is…'gas'?"
Naruto sweat-drops at that before realizing he needed to find a way out and fast, doing the first thing that came into his head he quickly got up and then pointed dramatically to the side. "Hey, what's that?" He asked dumbly. In his head, Naruto was berating himself. 'YOU STUPID FREAKIN IDIOT, SHE'LL NEVER FALL FOR THAT!'
But to his immense surprise, her face lit up, looking up to where he pointed. "Huh? What's what? What is it?" She asked in a chirpy mood.
Naruto blinked as he couldn't believe it actually worked. 'Wow, that's a first…of course, she's 700 years old, she probably hadn't even heard of the old joke then.' Naruto thought as he quickly got out of the house.
"So you gonna tell me what I'm looking for?" Ryoko asked as she turned back before noticing that he wasn't there at all. "Huh?" She blinked before realizing that she had been tricked. "While that sneaky little brat!" Lightning cracked around her causing the gas to ignite, the result?
KA-BOOM!
…a big explosion.
When the house exploded it knocked Naruto to the ground by the shockwave before he quickly covered his head as piece of the house went over his head. When it was over Naruto opened his eyes and turned to what was left of the house to see a fire blazing house. "Holy crap…" He muttered out.
~:The Top of the Roofs Nearby:~
At the same time looking at the blazing house from the nearby roofs was the Hokage in his battle gear and a large group of ANBU had been watching since the beginning but did not interfere as they knew even as a group they stood no chance. Many wondered what the blond did to piss her off but wrote it off as a hate for being the demon container.
"She's a terrifying opponent." The Third Hokage said with a scowl on his face, wishing to help the boy he saw as a grandson. He knew he couldn't as the women seemed even stronger than all four Hokage's combined plus with her strange abilities they wouldn't even scratch her. 'But I've got to wonder why she was just playing around with Naruto? Most people would just try and kill him straight away no fun intended…so why was she?' He thought trying to figure the women out.
"Indeed Hokage-sama, most Jonin wouldn't have lasted half this long." The female ANBU with the cat mask replied. "I'm more surprised that Uzumaki-san was able to find a way into tricking her into killing herself. Perhaps he should receive a field promotion?" She asked getting a few nods from the other had done very well, to the point they would say he lasted longer then they could have with her abilities, despite their years of training and missions, they doubted they had instincts of that level and the way he used his shadow clones to keep her busy and keep him alive was very well done.
The Hokage narrows his eyes at the burning house. "Yes, we will discuss about that later…but for right now I don't think this is over yet." He replied getting a few odd looks from his ANBU.
~:With Naruto:~
Getting off the ground Naruto keeps staring at the house before saying. "Aw man, I really hope I'm not gonna have to pay for that…at least she's defeated now." He muttered the last bit and sighed in relief before squinting his eyes and paling with wide eyes.
There in the middle of the fire was Ryoko, walking, more like stomping, out of the fire with a pissed off look he saw on many women when he did his Oiroke no Jutsu. "HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY!" She called out in righteous fury and blasted off towards his current position.
"Crap!" Naruto cursed frozen in fear. 'Is she immortal or something?'
Just as she was about to get to him, she saw a flash of something. When she looked back, she noted it was a nearby window. She looked at and saw her singed and dirtied state. "Look at me, my hair is mess, and my clothes..." She whined as she looked at her reflection.
'Safe!' Naruto thought as he dashed off, while the demon took care of her dirtied state.
Many female ANBU sweat-dropped seeing such a powerful women care so much about her appearance during a battle. But given her power they couldn't say it was stupid due to the fact she seemed un-killable.
"If she wasn't trying to kill the kid, I would've said she was Anko's sister." The ANBU with the bear mask said to the one with the dog.
The dog ANBU shivers at that thought. "Please don't say that, it's bad enough there's one Anko in the village. Now TWO of them? May Kami help us all." He replied getting nods from everyone knowingly.
~:With Naruto:~
As he kept running, Naruto was thinking of what the hell he could do to stop Ryoko…but nothing came up!
'How the hell can I stop something like that? I don't even think not even Hokage-Jiji can even stop her, not after that!' He thought remembering how she survived the explosion before shaking that thought away. 'No, there HAS to be a way! Everyone has a weakness, so what am I missing?' He tries to remember what he knew so far, she's super strong, has abilities like a ghost, can make energy ball and swords that explode, all the while wearing the outfit and wearing that gem on her-…
His eyes widen realizing something. "That's it!" He said remembering that every time she made and energy ball or sword that gem glowed. 'The gem on her right hand is the souse of her fire power! If I take that out I still have a chance!' He thought before realizing something else about the gem. "Wait a minute…!" He said as he took out the hilt of the sword he had and looked at the gems on it. "It's the same gem as the one's on the hilt…maybe that's how that Yosho guy defeated her!"He said before running into something soft knocking him onto his but and looked up to see Ryoko.
"You done running, Sweetie-pie?" She asked him with a wink, smirking as she saw the blush on his face.
"There's nothing you can use now that will be able to beat me." Ryoko said forming another beam sword making his eyes widen in panic. "And don't worry, it won't hurt too much!" She said swinging down.
However just before the sword could hit him the hilt he was holding suddenly came to life and moved to block the strike with an energy sword of it's own except being blue surprising them both.
"Th-the hell?" Naruto said in surprise.
"Hey, that's not fair playing, Naruto." Ryoko said in dismay before she was pushed off.
Looking at the energy sword in awe he suddenly realized that he now had an advantage and grins holding the sword tight before he faces Ryoko. "Didn't you know, ninja's don't play fair!" He replied before he engaged her in a small sword fight with a battle cry.
Ryoko struggling against Naruto's unpredictable style as she usually went for a brute strength approach. Naruto himself was feeling the pain of her strikes in his arms from when they clashed, but at the same time wondered how he knew how to fight like this. A minute of that later, the two clashed into a power hold, their blades trying to push against each other in a test of strength. Naruto was pumping Chakra into his arms to hold against Ryoko's unnatural strength.
As that happened, Naruto took a chance to see her face. A saying goes that ones person eyes are the windows to one's soul and emotion. Naruto had seen a lot of things since his childhood. One has to have had it hard to even see such a thing, and Naruto has had the hard times in spades. But now seeing her as she is, Naruto noted one thing. 'She's just like me.' His startling revelation was broken as the two parted.
Just then his sword acted on his own surprising him and attacked her straight on surprising her. She tried to dodge but was one second too slow as he appeared under her guard and slashed at the right wrist holding the beam blade. Cutting just below gem and the rest of her arm, he cut her hand right off, as if her hand was that of a doll. Just as the gem and hand landed on the ground and exploded and the two were left staring at what had just happened in surprise.
Eventually Naruto's sword powered down getting his attention as he looked at it in awe before looking up to Ryoko.
Ryoko then sighed sadly and said. "Oh well, another battle lost." She said to herself. "My miserable lot." Muttered quietly. She sighed once again before lifting her right hand to hold her face, only to remember it was cut off. "Huh?" She blinked at the stump. The stump wasn't even bleeding like any cut off hand would either.
"Ehehehe, sorry about that." Naruto said as chuckled nervously as he scratched back of his head in the same manner, while also not noticing what was supposed to be a profusely bleeding hand stump. "I-I didn't know that would happen honest!"
She just smiled her cat like smile and eye smiles as she charged energy into her remaining hands index finger. She then covered the stump and sweeped along with energy in her finger. When she had the stump against her remaining palm, the stump grew a hand as she pulled it way, as if by magic. "See?" She smiled as she showed both perfectly healthy hands.
Naruto couldn't help but gap at that, she had a healing ability that could rival his own. "Whoa…" He said in amazement.
"Farewell." She said dramatically in showman's bow, sinking into the ground, leaving Naruto behind in the empty streets they fought in.
After she left Naruto couldn't help but blink before he slumped to the ground in relief. "What a hell of a night…" He mumbled out.
~:With the Hokage and the ANBU:~
The Hokage couldn't help to smile at Naruto's success after fighting the women before turning to the AMBU. "You're not needed now, go back to your posts, but make sure the damage is quickly repaired." He told them.
"Hai!" They replied before they disappeared in a swirl of leafs.
Looking back down from the roof he sees Naruto now making his way back home couldn't help but smile. 'I'm proud of you my boy, you've grown a lot after all these years…lets just hope you'll be ready for the future your on.' He thought before heads back to his office and also to his long time enemy…paperwork.
~:Naruto's House:~
Naruto entered his house, which he got as a birthday present from the Hokage two years and kicked off his shoes. Naruto then went straight up to his room. His room was relatively big to everything else he lived in. He had a desk, a cabinet, and a single person bed.
He sighed as he took off his jacket to reveal his black tank top and put it on the chair nearby. He then sat on the bed. "Man, what a night, I hope I don't have anything like that again." He said to himself before he took out the sword hilt and examined it again. "This sword…it sure is powerful. I just wish to know how to use it properly." He then remembered the fight he had not too long ago. Even though most of the time it seemed like she was trying to kill him, the way she laughed, the expressions on her face when they fought. She seemed so innocent compared to the legend the old man told his yesterday, despite how destructive she was in the fight.
But the one thing that got him was the look of utter loneliness and sadness when she spoke about being in that cave. It made him feel just how bad she had it, and he could relate to that loneliness. "She and I are alike…" He then played with the hilt a bit as he continued to think about her. "I wonder if I'll see her again?"
Shaking his head, he focused on one thing now. "Oh well, time for some shut-eye." He said groggily as he yawned. He really got into that fight and used a lot of his Chakra. Though thanks to the Kyuubi that was already recovering and the battle fatigue he got from the fight was already being recovered. 'I guess that'll be the only good thing that I know about the fox.' He thought before carelessly dropped his body onto the bed. But then he hit something. He felt that something squirm under his sheets that made his eyes popped wide open and quickly got off the bed.
"That better be not who I think it is." He muttered to himself warily. He gulped as he slowly started to uncover the person under his bed sheets. The cyan spiky hair, the cute face, the elf like ears, and the same pink and green dress. Yup, it was Ryoko alright, sleeping in his bed. 'I hate it what I'm right.' He thought as a blush creeps on his face seeing her like that. But what made him almost get a nose bleed and make him hit the wall behind him was when she turned over, her dress was unbuttoned and partly showed her right breast. Coincidently, she was wearing no bra.
Hearing him trying to cover his nosebleed, Ryoko woke up from her nap and gave a sultry gaze to him. "Welcome home, Naruto." She said in a lovingly way.
Naruto couldn't help but gap at the scene before he did the one thing he could do…
THUMP
…faint.
~:To Be Continued:~
That's Chapter 1 done, what will happen next? Find out till next time on NARUTO UZUMAKI: NINJA OF JURAI!
"SAY WHAT? YOU CAN'T END IT THERE!" Naruto cried out appearing right next to him startling him.
Wh-what? Naruto? How did-…?
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HERE ALL BY MYSELF WITH THIS CRAZY WOMEN!" He begged.
"Oh Naruto-kun~" Ryoko called making said person still and pale.
"Eeep." He squeaked before Ryoko phased behind him.
"Where are you going Naruto-kun, where just getting started." She grinned before grabbing him before phasing away.
"HELP MEEeee…" He cried out before he disappeared.
…wow…that's never happened before…oh well his problem now, not mine.
This is TonicShadow sighing off!