A/N) This will probably be Naruto/Mizore. Besides there's too little of them. Although I do feel bad about leaving Moka … I'll just see where this story goes.

By the way, I know my folklore so I'll tell you guys now that phoenixes in my story don't exactly follow folklore. I changed many things…

Disclaimer: I hereby claim that I the author of the fanfic below do not in any shape or form own Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Rosario + Vampire and Rosario + Vampire capu2. However the ideas and storyline are mine.

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Chapter 2: Monsters can be humane

"..the most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another."
― Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas.

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Tsurara Shirayuki and Mizore Shirayuki sat together on a simple blue mat as they slowly ate shaved ice. They watched the horizon quietly enjoying the peace they had. The mountain range in front of them made for a very nice landscape, on one of the mountains was the village they lived in. They themselves were on a mountain, near the peak on a wide expanse of flattish land. Despite the snow-capped mountain they both only wore simple white kimonos. Tsurara's kimono which had a violet-blue line running through the collar was held together with a violet obiage[2], a Byzantium[1] obi[3] and an indigo obi-jime[4]. Mizore's kimono only extended to her knees and had a red-violet collar with a similar coloured simple obi holding it together. The temperature was rather comfortable to them actually. They were having a mother daughter day together and this was how they often liked to spend their time. They were rather content to simply sit there and watch. Their minds relaxed and cleared of negative things.

Until what appeared to be tear simply appeared in front of them twenty metres away. Shocked they got up quickly as their muscles tensed and after glancing at each other for a moment decided to cautiously approach the 'tear'.

'If there's even the slightest chance this might be a danger to our village then I'll have to deal with it.' Thought Tsurara as they approached in positions that would let them counter if something happened. Walking slowly toward the 'tear' with stoic faces they were suddenly hit by a wave of energy that exploded from the 'tear'. Then the area around the 'tear' started to warm up. The snow around it was starting to melt. Tsurara being more resistant to heat controlled her breathing then quickly took out a sucker, put it in her mouth and her body temperature cooled. Unfortunately her daughter, Mizore, was not as resistant to heat as she was and fell onto her hands and knees.

'Hot!' Mizore started to sweat and she was feeling weaker by the second. Her vision started to blur and she started to breathe heavily. 'It's too hot' her limbs were starting to feel heavy. Tsurara quickly acted though, she chilled the area around Mizore with her control over ice and unwrapping another sucker she placed it into her daughter's mouth.

"Better now dear?" asked Tsurara to her daughter stoically.

"Yes. Arigato haha." Replied Mizore similarly stoically as she slowly got up, wary of her body's state, while controlling her breathing.

With that both Yuki-onna once more approached the 'tear' again but with their cryokinesis[5] abilities ready this time.

As they got closer they noticed that the snow around the 'tear' had completely melted and there was a huge puddle under the 'tear', about the size of a huge pond. More shockingly, the water immediately below the 'tear' was starting to boil. Signalling her daughter to stay where she was for her safety. Tsurara continued towards the edge of the pond and after observing the 'tear' for a few seconds decided to use her abilities to cool the area down. It wasn't working, in fact the area seemed to get hotter. All of a sudden Tsurara could feel a large build-up of demonic energy. Her eyes widened 'What is this!' a scared expression overtaking her usual stoic one. Seeing that her daughter also lost her stoic expression for one of fear.

"Musume brace yourself!" shouted Tsurara in a panicked voice as her leg muscles worked overtime.

Building up as much youkai as she could she ran and the second she reached her daughter she pushed all of her built-up energy into raising an ice barrier separating them from the 'tear'. The ice making up the barrier was the densest Tsurara could make and the barrier itself was about 3 metres thick. Merely a second later a huge explosion of energy and fire came from the 'tear'. Tsurara had both her hands on the ice barrier and exerted the rest of her energy into maintaining the barrier against the onslaught of fiery energy. 'A bit more, a bit more!' repeated Tsurara in her mind. Her hands were shaking from the stress of the task and her breathing became laboured as beads of sweat came rolling down her face.

As soon as the explosion subsided Tsurara collapsed onto the now rocky ground as she struggled to regain her breath. 'That was…was to close.'

Mizore instantly broke out of her shocked state and rushed to her mother's side. Using her own control over ice she froze the immediate surrounding area around both of them to help her mother recover faster. 5 minutes later with her daughter's help Tsurara managed to stand on shaky legs. They slowly walked around the ice barrier which was only about 10cm thick now. The area in front of them was now a crater. However the rock that made up the mountain was rather hard, so while the area around them was free of snow and dry, the crater was rather small in size compared to if the explosion happened on normal soil. At the bottom of the crater which was only about a metre deep was a young boy.

'It's a…a boy and he's nu..nude!' thought Mizore as she for the first time saw a boy not from her village, and nude.

They carefully made their way down the crater and upon closer inspection could see that the boy had spiky blonde hair and was likely about the same age as Mizore. The boy looked perfectly fine, he had no visible wounds. However Tsurara and Mizore could both feel the residual energy around the boy and the higher than normal temperature from the boy.

'Did the boy cause that large explosion of energy? He feels human, so how?' Tsurara narrowed her eyes. 'No matter, we can't simply leave him here lest he die.'

"Mizore, we're bring the boy with us." Stated Tsurara. Complying Mizore formed a simple ice craft with her abilities and they hauled the boy onto the craft. Then the ice melted…from contact with the boy.

'What in the world just happened? No human should be able to melt our ice, from skin contact no less.' Tsurara felt her suspicions grow. 'Even if residual youkai tainted his body.'

"Mizore, use denser and more resistant ice." Instructed Tsurara.

Focusing her mind, with controlled breathing, Mizore repaired the human shaped hole in the craft with denser ice. Once more getting the boy onto the craft as both Tsurara and Mizore too got into the craft. The craft itself rather simple. The base was rectangle joined by a triangle in front forming a tip, flat and held up by a pair of ice skis on each side. The sides of the craft were curved and the back was slightly higher. The gunwale of the craft was rounded. Setting the boy against a side and her mother on an opposite side Mizore stood at the back. She bent her knees and spread her legs slightly. Clearing her mind, she pictured what she would do. With her cryokinesis she raised a thin layer of ice near the back of the skis' supporting the craft. With that gravity did the rest and the craft started to move forward. Repeating this with short flicks of her wrists the craft gained speed. The only doctor they knew was in their village. 5 minutes later they encountered problems.

"haha, blizzards don't usually form this quickly, so how come?" asked Mizore as she slowed the craft down and started to look around.

"The energy just now, the explosion might have caused it." Replied Tsurara, also answering her own question, who had recovered enough to stand comfortably on her own. "Find somewhere for us to take shelter Mususme. Even if we can stand the cold he might not be able to. Not to mention you'll have a hard time steering through the blizzard."

"Hai" replied Mizore who had just spotted a cave nearby, altering their course with subtle twists of her torso. They soon reached the cave just as the blizzard started to hit them. Mizore relaxed her breathing and loosened her posture as the craft came to a stop, resuming a more comfortable standing posture. The two yuki-onna went to the boy's sides and both lift an arm putting it around their shoulders. Slowly they walk into the cave. Once they're fully inside they place the boy against the wall of the cave and Tsurara formed an ice barrier to cover the entrance of the cave. Shielded from the elements they both sit down and rest. Every ten minutes Tsurara or Mizore would check on the boy who was on an ice table, more often Mizore, while Mizore would chill the cave as they found out some time ago that Naruto's body produced enough heat to make the icy walls slightly melt. It would not be good if the cave collapsed on them. Tsurara still had not recovered enough energy so she depended on her daughter. The sounds of the blizzard still echoed throughout the cave.

'Hundreds, thousands, millions of boy even, and the first one not from the village my musume meets is one that just 'popped' out of nowhere. Though even in the village she has no friends her age.' Thought Tsurara to herself with a bit of humour and sadness.

'I was lucky… Yatashi and I fell in love later in our marriage. So many of us forced into loveless marriages to ensure our survival. Tsurara's arms were relaxed and her shoulders hung loosely while her legs were together and bent at the knees. 'I remember our first date, we were so nervous then…hehe…' In a few more years Mizore will also be forced to marry unless she finds love before then. Maybe she'll bond to that boy. She does seem worried over the boy and she has checked on him tirelessly every ten minutes since I did the first few times… Now I just have to make sure that boy is worthy of my musume.' Finished Tsurara with a mental chuckle as a gentle smile appeared on her face replacing the slight frown she had. 'We used to watch the sunset quit often…holding hands…just enjoying each other's presence' Tsurara's relaxed gaze fell on her daughter and the boy. Her daughter was by his side looking over him with a slightly worried expression.

Mizore gently put her hand on the boy's head before withdrawing it after a short while.

'He feels very warm though…I'm not sure this is normal even if he is a human…' Her daughter gently adjusted the boy into a more comfortable position.

"Ahh!" quiet moans of agony came from the boy's lips. His face became scrounged up.

'Is he having bad dreams? Maybe if I' Mizore put her hand in a comforting manner on the boy's face. The boy's face leaned into her hand and almost like it never happened his face slowly relaxed. Mizore leaned in to study in his face better. Suddenly the boy's eyes opened slightly. "Tenshi[6]…" then his eyes closed once more.

'Now that I actually think about it, he's actually quite cute, especially those whisker marks.' Thought Mizore resisting the urge to stroke his 'whiskers'.

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Two small red birds circled around what used to be a third of Konoha. They weren't ordinary birds, far from it. The crater was huge, it expanded at least 10 metres down. Surrounding the crater on one side was forest, on the other Konoha. Apparently the edge of the crater was a mere 5 metres from the Hokage tower. On the side of the village though it appeared that the village had erected a stone wall to form a temporary perimeter for what was left of the village. Done looking around they slowly neared the centre of the explosion. Where the residual energy that was strongest. Off course being slightly over 1.8 millennium years old had its advantages, such as a vast expanse of knowledge.

'This energy is similar yet different at the same time.'

'Looks like the huge release of energy also ripped a hole between two dimensions, I can feel the distorted nature energy.' as they spotted signs that a dimensional rift had appeared there. After memorising the residual energy of the dimensional rift they flew off. To a location that would be safer for what they were about to do.

Back at their home to prepare, in their humanoid forms, for their little trip. Going to the lowest level they entered an ordinary looking room. Although on closer inspection one would find invisible seals on the walls of the room. Reinforcing the room beyond what materials alone could do. Before they started though they went to another room, also similarly reinforced. Together they looked longingly. "We'll be back soon musume." Then they left the room which contained an egg, their daughter. It would be a few more years before she was reborn. With that they entered and sealed off the room that they were about to open a stable dimensional rift in. A massive energy surge flooded the room, but the seals did their job and contained the surge. Soon a stable rift was in front of them, framed by a wooden door. With that they entered the rift and the door closed behind them.

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A wooden door appeared on snowy ground in the middle of a blizzard. As the door opened two humanoid beings stepped out. When the two were clear of the door it closed once more before disappearing.

"Even after so many years and despite our strength the cold still gets us unless we consciously control our body's temperature." Said the man, who was replied with a shiver from his female companion. 'If one of our own is here we'll have to find him or her fast. Without proper training and control this is a very bad environment for our kind.'

A quick moment later they proceeded with what they were doing, oblivious to the effects of the blizzard. Every bit of snow and ice that hit them just turned to steam the moment it did. The blizzard would have probably removed any physical tracks which they could follow. Luckily for them they were tracking a specific energy source.

"Got it, his energy signature is sticking out like a sore thumb. Looks like their two other weaker signature around him."

"Yeah, their energy feels cold too." Added her companion.

With that they bent their knees slightly and jumped into the high into air. Then they turned back into small birds and took off, except this time the birds were mostly white and camouflaged with the environment. They flew in the direction of their target at speeds that should not have been possible for normal birds. A bystander wouldn't even see anything unless the birds fly right in front of one's face. Halfway down the mountain they stopped, their target was under the snow. The birds dived, their beaks slightly glowing. When they impacted the snow the snow just simply melted away and they continued on with their dive underground.

That was until they hit a solid layer of ice. Apparently the ice was reinforced with demonic energy. This could turn out bad, for ice and water was still their natural weakness, although it would take someone who was very powerful due to the sheer power the two had. At this both their eyes narrowed.

"A thin layer of ice, everything below is tainted snow."

Sparing a glance at each other, they turned back into their humanoid forms and both placed both their hands on the ground. With controlled breathing they readied their arms. With a bit of focus and some demonic energy they started to melt through the ice and the tainted snow.

In the cave Mizore grew worried as she felt her reinforcements to the cave start to melt. "haha, something or someone is melting the snow and ice above us." This quickly drew Tsurara's attention. She quickly spread her senses into her daughter's ice and confirmed what her daughter felt.

'Youkai? Whoever or whatever they are their definitely associated with fire. Let's see how powerful they are.' Getting up she focused and with her own energy she reinforced the ice that still stood. When it became clear that the ice was still melting mother and daughter both got in front of where the thing or people melting the ice would be when the ice was finally broken through. Together they formed a thick transparent cylindrical wall of ice surrounding where the hole would form. Soon the water started to drip from the top of the cylinder as in a few seconds two figures dropped down from the ceiling. The two figures faced them and spread out their sensory abilities. Fortunately for the two the yuki-onna in front of them were not even remotely near the power they possessed. So they decided to simply walk through the ice towards them.

'This is not good, their very powerful that's for sure.' then Tsurara attempted to freeze them in the barrier but no matter how much energy she used the two would just keep walking, never speeding up nor slowing down. The two beings then simply stopped when they were clear of the ice.

'While we have the advantage here I don't think it's going to make much of a difference to these two.' Tsurara motioned her daughter behind her with a short wave of her hand. Tensing her muscles and spreading her legs a bit she released her youkai. Her hair slowly became frozen and her hands were replaced with ice claws. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her muscles tensed as she bent her back slightly. Positioning her hands in front of her she was as ready as she would ever be in such a situation.

"We're not here to fight you Yuki-onna." spoke the male in a voice that carried wisdom beyond what his physical age would imply. He had short red hair. He wore a simple grey-black shirt with white rims and silver strips running down the sides. The collar was yellow and there was a phoenix emblem on the front of his shirt. The ends of the sleeves were orange. He wore a black pair of pants that had red rings spaced out evenly on each side. His companion wore a dress that went down to her ankles. The dress had slits on both sides that ran up to mid-thigh to facilitate easier movement. The dress was a dull red and had phoenixes emblems sewn into it. The collar of the dress was silver. The ends of the dress and the ends of the sleeves were tipped black. Underneath she wore black biker shorts.

"I'm Kazeshi Uzumaki and beside me my wife, Miyuki Uzumaki. We're here for that boy behind you." Stated Kazeshi. Tsurara despite knowing that she would probably lose to people who could melt her ice so effortlessly still felt an urge to protect the boy, who knows what the two wanted with the boy. Her posture never changed.

'Besides he is the first boy from outside the village that Mizore has met, and it's so obvious Mizore is already starting to connect to the boy.' Thought Tsurara as she remembers her village's traditions. In her village where they had to wed early, true love was hard to find. She would protect both the boy and her daughter even if it meant protecting just one chance that her daughter would find love.

"Why do you want with the boy?" asked Tsurara in a stoic voice, but if one was experienced he or she would be able to hear underlying fear tinging her voice.

"What we want is to check something that is personal, besides what are you doing with the boy?" replied the man again. His companion had already started walking towards the boy.

Tsurara quickly revaluated the situation again. Kazeshi seemed rather relaxed with his hands by his sides and his slow breathing but she could see that he would be able to react in an instant if he had to. Glancing over to the other woman she could see that her steps were short and held purpose while her arms were held loosely by her sides. Such a posture would allow her to quickly change her body's direction and defend herself. Then she froze up while her eyes widened and conveyed fear and worry. She could feel beads of sweat forming on her face as she suppressed her first instinct to run over and protect.

Mizore was front of Miyuki with her hands tensed and spread out blocking her path. Mizore's eyes were squeezed shut and her whole body rigid.

"Mizore! What are you doing!" shouted Tsurara with more than a bit of worry and fear at her daughter's recklessness.

How the two women reacted definitely didn't go unnoticed to both of them.

'These two are certainly something, probably haven't even had him for more than a day and their already protecting him. Either that or our lost family members works fast even when asleep.' Thought Kazeshi as he suppressed a perverted chuckle.

"Relax, we're not going to harm him, besides we think we know what he is and how to help him." Spoke Kazeshi in a softer and warmer but as clear voice.

Upon reaching the smaller yuki-onna Miyuki had a warm smile. Lifting up the young girl's chin she subtly convinced Mizore to open her eyes.

"Clam down, I won't do anything bad okay?" whispered Miyuki softly.

"Okay…"Placing a comforting hand on the yuki-onna's shoulder she gently guided her into a more relaxed posture beside the boy. Seeing this Tsurara managed to calm her nerves enough for her to regain most control of her body. Lowering her arms and regaining a stoic expression she kept a slightly more relaxed posture. Miyuki put her free hand on the boy's forehead and while to bystanders looked like just that. She was sending very small packets of her youkai into the boy to check his health. After a few seconds she removed her hands and spoke.

'Just as we suspected, he is a phoenix though a rather young one. He even has an energy signature similar to ours. He's definitely part of our family.' Thought Miyuki. "He's fine. His body is just exhausted, he just needs to rest a bit more and he should be up by tomorrow." Her voice, rich and melodious, filled the cave. "Do you know where we could find a comfortable place for him to rest?"

"Our village is just …" Mizore shot her mother a curious and dirty look as Tsurara clamped her hand over Mizore's mouth. Kazeshi seemed to realise her intentions well enough.

"It is fine, you don't want to tell the location of your people to outsiders much less strangers you just met. We understand." Kazeshi then walked over to a wall and tapped the wall once with the tip of his fingers while focusing some energy. Just like how it had disappeared the wooden door that brought them here appeared in the wall. Miyuki gently lifted the boy up and carried him towards the door. Tsurara was a bit confused at the man's action, until he opened the door. What was behind the door was similar to the 'tear' she and her daughter saw earlier today except it seemed more stable.

'For him to so casually create something like that…what kind of power do these two have?' thought Tsurara with some shock whole maintaining stoic.

Mizore however was a bit more oblivious as her eyes were stuck to the boy the whole time, she had to consciously stop her body from following. Once again this didn't go unnoticed by Kazeshi who could clearly see the stress in the younger girl's body.

"You're welcome to come with us if you want." Kazeshi said to the two yuki-onna. 'For taking care of our family member even in unknowingly. Besides it's not like they can really do anything bad without us noticing.' Although the question was directed more towards Tsurara could see that Mizore really wanted to go with the boy. Another second of her daughter's pleading gaze she conceded.

'Well if they wanted us dead they could have killed as anytime. Might as well.' Thought Tsurara as she nudged her daughter along. Daughter and mother made their way to the door and without so much as hesitation, their faces stoic the whole time, they stepped into the rift. Kazeshi soon followed, but not before marking the location for future reference, and the door once again disappeared as soon as it closed.

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A/N) It was painful…labelling the stuff and matching the colours…

[1]: Byzantium: This is a shade of violet.

[2]: 'obiage'. It's a bustle sash above the obi holding the kimono together.

[3]: 'obi'. It's the main sash holding the kimono together. That big one.

[4]: 'obi-jime'. It's a small string knotted at the front that holds the 'obi' together.

[5]: cryokinesis means control over ice.

[6]: 'tenshi' means angel in Japanese.