If you're wondering who cooro is or whatever, he is an anima. It's a whole other series where some people have animal powers. He is a kid with Crow wings, like a black winged angel. However, he can hide his wings whenever he wants. If you want a picture, there's one in my profile.
Now that you know a little about his history, onward!
Chapter 2: Shaman fight in Tokyo
"You're a shaman!" Two voices rang out at the same time.
Naruto and Yoh both just sat back down and stared at each other, Cooro decided to break the silence. "Since you're a shaman, where's your spirit?"
Yoh looked at Cooro for a moment, "Amidamaru!"
The samurai appeared next to Yoh, scaring Naruto out of his trance. "EH?!"
"Master yoh, you called?"
"We're going to have to fight Naruto over there for the second round of the shaman fight"
"Hmm?" Amidamaru looked over at Naruto. "Then where's your spirit?"
Naruto pointed at cooro, who was staring hungrily at an apple on the table. (His fav food) This seemed to catch everyone off guard. "NANI?!"
"Hm?" Cooro looked up to see everyone staring at him. "What? I can look at the apple can't I?"
"How can you be Naruto's spirit? You don't look like you can fight. And you're a kid too!" Manta spoke up.
"Hey, I resent that!" Cooro closed his eyes for a second as black wings grew out of his back. Cooro hovered there, flapping his wings out of habit, his crow feathers in his hair fell over his eyes for a moment. Giving him a darker look that lasted for a second. Everyone was staring at him.
"You have wings!"
"So? I am the spirit known as the black angel"
"I've heard of you"
everyone turned to look at Amidamaru when he said that. " The black angel is known as one of the oldest spirits still on earth. He is from ancient times, when Samurai groups were a mere idea about to be presented. He was known as a wandering soul, forever seeking a home."
"You pretty much got it, still think I'm a kid who can't fight?"
"If what he said is true, then you're even older than Amidamaru!" Manta was acting like an idiot. Naruto was eating and not paying any attention. Yoh fell asleep on the table. Anna was sipping her tea, listening quietly. Cooro got done bragging after a while though, he and Naruto went to their rooms and went to sleep. Manta and the others followed suit. Leaving only Anna and Yoh.
"You might have to push yourself pretty hard tomorrow, Yoh"
"Yeah, if even half of what Cooro said was true, I'll have my work cut out for me"
"Naruto was lying about Cooro"
"Hm?"
"He has more than one spirit"
"How do you know?"
"As a spiritual medium, I could sense it. It was an animal spirit, but it's essence was diluted somehow"
"Hm"
"Just be careful tomorrow"
"You don't need to worry so much, I'll be fine"
"As your fiancé, it's my job to worry about you"
"Heh, well good night then"
"Good night"
The next day, a strange tensness filled the air as Naruto and Yoh got ready for the day. When Naruto saw his first spirit, he was a little freaked since she said she was his mother. Kushina had explained everything to him about his heritage and that he did actually have a bloodline. The Uzumakis were the remains of a once legendary Shaman family, a branch, separated at the base of the tree, of the Asakura family. While Naruto knew this, the Asakuras were not considered blood relatives since the closest one would be something like your aunt's husbend's sister's son's wife's great-great grandmother's sister was married to an Asakura. That would have been as close as you would get, if you were lucky. After explaining everything to him, Kushina had vanished in a pillar of light and went to heaven.
It took a couple months for Naruto to get completely used to seeing spirits, but then he met Cooro. They quickly became friends and Naruto decided to experiment with his shaman powers in secret. He had learned Hyoi Gattai and Oversoul. He learned that he could also use Kyuubi like a spirit since it was sealed inside him, but he was a lot harder to control since oversoul would allow him to be outside of Naruto's body. Though, the seal still forced Kyuubi to do what he said, it was more comfortable to use Cooro. Using Kyuubi, Naruto could successfully perform Giant Oversoul, but when he actually used Kyuubi's chakra, he could hold Giant Oversoul for several hours, but he hadn't tested his complete limits yet.
Naruto grabbed the iron rods in his pack and stuck them together, forming a staff. Naruto then tied a string of beads with a single crow feather around the top. He also tucked one of the many crow feathers he had started keeping around, into his hair and tied it in using special knots. Similar to the ones Cooro had in his hair, except this one hung down next to his eyes and contrasted with his bright blond hair. He changed out of his usual jumpsuit and into a dark blue jumpsuit of similar design, only this one was very light but very warm. He also dyed his hair a quick wash out black. He often wore this outfit when he was fighting at night, gave him an advantage. At the day, his usual outfit was one of the better things to wear. He checked on the necklace the old lady had given to him that the string wasn't frayed or anything. Even the tiniest mistake could be dangerous if he channeled Kyuubi.
Since all spirits need a channeling object related to them, Cooro could use apples or crow feathers. Obviously crow feathers would be much easier than an apple to use in a fight. Naruto could use either fox hair or the old lady's necklace to channel Kyuubi. Using the necklace caused less stress since the necklace was used to control demons.
Naruto was finally ready to fight. He just had to wait another hour, so Naruto desided to meditate. Cooro stared longingly at an apple sitting on the table, wishing he could just pick it up and eat it like he used to be able to. How he missed being able to sit with his friends and eat apples. He remembered when the Bat anime that he thought of as a sister, Nana, wandered into some apple orchard and they all almost started living there before Husky decided that they should get going.
Finally an hour passed and Naruto left the estate, going to the graveyard where his fight was to take place. He saw Yoh coming too and they walked there together in silence. Amidamaru and Cooro were coming along behind them. When they reached the graveyard, Naruto whispered to Yoh.
"Good luck"
"You too" They turned and face each other as their Oracle bells started ticking.
beep, beep, BEEP!