Fox, Crow and a Vampire
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Rosario + Vampire, or any of its characters, they are property of Masashi Kishimoto and Akihisa Ikeda.
Chapter 2: Feathers and tails
Ramen; that was honestly all he could think about right now.
Cerulean eyes watched in irritation as a man in white hood read calmly through the pages of a large book, sitting comfortably on a chair that allowed him to slide and retrieve documents and notebooks out of his reach in the fairly large desk.
He had been there for about ten minutes after being brought by the man with sunglasses, who was now standing behind the rather irksome figure who kept reading as if he wasn't even there.
Apparently they were waiting for another guest who was going to be taking part in the conversation the white robed figure wanted to have with him.
So he kept seated in what he would consider to be a very comfy piece of furniture.
He turned his gaze with nothing better to do, noticing the strange way in which the office was organized.
Library stands filled with books surrounded the room, showing how much dedication the covered man had with his studies.
Files and vials containing colored liquids were lying around everywhere, giving him more of an idea of what kind of man this person was.
And yet he couldn't help but go back to his favorite thing in the world, ramen.
His body was completely destroyed, bruising all over and making it difficult to move too quickly, his muscled arms and broad back were covered with black spots courtesy of a certain rabbit goddess.
But worst of all, he felt like he hadn't eaten in weeks, it was slowly but surely killing him, and his stomach had growled probably around twenty three times already.
Of course the figure in front of him was completely unperturbed, and he was wishing for the god damn bastard who was to be present to be here already god dammit.
As if hearing his words and the heavens granting his wish, the door to the room opened widely.
A black, tall man with the same formal attire that had brought him here was standing in the threshold, walking slowly to the other side behind the white robed man.
At the entrance another figure intruded inside closing the door without giving it much thought.
Obsidian eyes went through the four figures in the room, midnight blue hair swaying as the man kept walking.
Naruto stared at the half-naked figure of Sasuke Uchiha, his muscled arms sporting the same black bruises as his, a trace of dry blood going down the end of his lip.
His chest rising and falling with difficulty, the blond jinchiuriki was able to notice the state of the last Uchiha.
The raven haired boy nodded at him before getting closer and sitting on a chair parallel to the one he was sitting in.
"So you finally arrive Mr." he paused as the Black man from before whispered something in his ear "Sasuke Uchiha" he continued smirking and closing the book he had been reading until now.
The blue eyed boy grumbled silently at the fact that he had to wait for a while, and his more childish side made him feel competitive to the boy sitting beside him.
"Yeah, what do you want" asked the raven bluntly, looking blankly at the man addrasing him.
"My, my, what an attitude" he said his smile widening further, he then turned to the blond beside him "My apologies Mr. Uzumaki, It was not my intention to make you wait this long, as for your appetite, please just tell me what it is you want to eat, in fact Shiki, Jin, please bring Mr. Uzumaki whatever it is he pleases, we might be here for a little while" he continued without dropping his smile, and then turned back to the other boy "Mr. Uchiha you too, feel free to ask for anything" he finished with his hands intertwined in front of him.
"Really?" exclaimed ecstatic the whiskered blond, his blue eyes suddenly gaining a unique gleam that somewhat surprised the man in the white robes "then I want ten bowls of miso ramen, seven of pork ramen, and ten of chicken, also nine of beef ramen, and finally five bowls of shrimp ramen" he said drooling slightly at the mental image of his order.
The men in black looked at him oddly before turning to the other boy expectantly
"Bring as many rice balls as you can and a large portion of beef and tomatoes" he said trying to hide his own appetite yet failing miserably.
Without further ado the men in sunglasses left the room to the task at hand.
"Now while we wait for them to get back, how about you tell me what brings you to Youkai Academy?" he asked not letting go of his smirk. The blond boy grinned widely whereas the dark haired kid looked without a care in the world.
Their reactions were far from what he expected, normally any student, or anyone for that matter in their position would have fidgeted nervously, or at least shown some kind of acknowledgement that they were discovered, but it was like they could care less whatever he had to say. Another smile made way to his face as the blond boy moved closer to him and started narrating the tale of how they got lost in the forest of Youkai Academy.
Unknowingly to him, obsidian orbs seemingly spaced out observed everything with incredible detail and accuracy, analyzing their situation and predicting the next possible outcomes of every move they might make in the future. His gaze unnoticeably turned to the talkative blond, his talent at talking his way in and out of everything was second to none, and as a shinobi that was his strongest weapon.
As Sasuke continued to observe Naruto lying through his teeth he couldn't help but smirk internally; that cunning fox never ceased to amaze him.
"…and that's how we ended up being separated" reclining his back as if to emphasize the end of his story "but now that we've made sure we're alright we can go back" he finished wiping some dry blood on his forearm.
The figure in white then started chuckling darkly, as if trying to intimidate them.
Their reactions unchanging
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you leave just like that" he continued once more putting his intertwined hands before him "you see this academy, is a school for monsters" his smile getting bigger if that was possible.
Naruto felt like he was about to choke, however he contained himself and remembered they were actually on a mission, they were trained ninja, and even if he was not very good in stealth of infiltration, he knew the basic rules of being a shinobi. Quickly recomposing himself he let his smile adorn his face without flinching.
"This academy is protected by a barrier that separates the human world from the monster world, as of right now humans and monsters are not capable of coexisting, and so the barrier has been put to protect both species, any humans who trespass the barrier are to be exterminated as soon as possible" he finished smiling at them
He observed the individuals in front of him calmly, as if waiting for them to do something.
Finally the raven haired male stood up, his face showing no emotion whatsoever; if he was being honest the figure in white was very impressed, he was completely unreadable and for some reason it made him feel uneasy.
Sasuke gazed at the man studying him, he clearly wasn't about to kill them, that much he knew, if he was he probably would have tried by now, he also didn't know if they were humans, which was definitely an advantage to them, for what he could conclude he was only checking up their sudden appearance, he probably had a way of monitoring the area around the school.
"If we show you our monster form, will you let us leave then?" he asked with the same almost bored tone.
Naruto glanced at him from the corner of his eye "what the hell is he planning? Monster form?"
"Of course, that is if you truly are monsters" he said expecting a different reaction this time; instead the attractive dark haired male nodded and turned to his companion.
"You go first, show him what's inside the cage" he said moving to stand against a wall with his arms closed.
The blue-eyed boy immediately understood the message and stood up, moving the furniture to the side, trying to avoid breaking anything.
He joined his hands together in a sign the white robed figure wasn't able to understand, and suddenly his spiritual energy spiked.
"Transformation Jutsu" He chanted in his head, a puff of smoke covering his entire form.
What came out of the smoke screen was something that almost made him flinch.
An orange fox with nine tails growling dangerously stood in the middle of the room.
The temperature increasing as the energy became denser; enough to push back objects close to it.
Soon sheets and other objects around the room started moving frenetically, the demonic energy of the fox enough to start shredding or breaking random objects around the room.
Suddenly the figure in white started chuckling loudly, clapping his hands in approval "how interesting" he couldn't hide his own elation at the discovery he had just made, a Yoko (Demon Fox) but not just any Yoko, the Kyuubi no Yoko (the Nine Tailed Demon Fox) he quickly put a hand up signaling for him to return to normal.
With another poof of smoke, the Fox was gone and the blonde boy was once again standing in front of him.
"What a marvelous presentation, It's an honor to have the Kyuubi here at Youkai" he said rather excited.
The blond started scratching the back of his head and turned to look at his companion, the boy nodded to him and they exchanged sides.
Now standing in the center of the room was the quiet boy with black gaze.
The robed man observed attentively, for he was sure he wouldn't be disappointed.
The boy lifted his left hand's index and middle finger in a strange and sign and then there was another puff of smoke.
In an instant the temperature dropped enormously, almost to the point it was freezing cold, a gust of wind blew the smoke away and the man behind the desk was faced with a winged man.
Black feathers raining down the room everywhere, black wings connected to the back of the raven hared boy, his hands no longer human became sharp claws, and his hair previously spiked up hair grew long enough to reach his mid back.
The hooded man smirked widely, and his eyes hidden by the veil of darkness widened excitedly, "an angel of death" he almost couldn't hold the laughter trying to come out of his throat "A Tengu" (Demon Crow) "Well, well, I certainly did not expect that"
With another puff of smoke the temperature rose once more and the intense pressure disappeared.
The two boys were now standing near him awaiting judgment; one with the hands on his pockets the other with his arms behind his head.
"Very well, you may leave, though I would like to make you to a proposition" said the man offering for them to take a seat once more.
They reluctantly did it out of having no rush.
"First things first, I'm the Headmaster of this academy, I apologize for not introducing myself sooner but now that we have dealt with that onto my proposition" he said becoming suddenly very serious.
"How would you boys like to attend Youkai Academy" he said tilting his head in curiosity.
The young teenagers thought hard about the question, Naruto first and foremost being that he was still alive wanted to return to his world, and meet everyone again now that they had already freed them from Infinite Tsukuyomi, but he had no idea how to go back, and then there was the issue of the strange new seal that kept him from linking his chakra with Kurama's or the other tailed beasts
Sasuke was however more anxious to return, he still had the final phase of his plan so that itachi's dream could live on, he couldn't afford wasting precious time. Nevertheless he was extremely injured, for some reason his near-instant high speed regeneration wasn't working on his body, he felt like he had been completely stripped off his chakra, and to top it all off, he was sure he'd drop unconscious very soon.
"If you stay, you will be able to learn to control your demonic powers, as well as learn to coexist with humans, and you will have your own room and will meet many people like you" he finished with a more empathetic smile.
Those last words though were able to affect Naruto; it was true he had always been called a monster, even though he knew he was not. All his life he had been an outcast until Iruka sensei became his pillar for support, and then later of course Sasuke.
But to be with other outcasts like himself; what would it be like, he was not sure of what could actually happen, maybe things would even go the same as before,
"Why do you want us to enroll in this academy?" the young raven asked with his elbow in the armrest and his cheek pressed against his closed fist, bored gaze studying the figure before him.
Cerulean eyes immediately landed on the boy beside him, was Sasuke seriously considering the man's offer?
"Monsters like you are definitely not common, this could be a learning experience for all of us" Said the headmaster, forming once more that annoying smirk.
"Hmph, very well" said the dark eyed boy surprising the other two "What about you?" he continued turning to the Uzumaki.
Naruto knew that the Uchiha had not given up on returning home, but he was still curious about what was going inside his head, in any case they would probably talk strategy after leaving the office of the Headmaster.
Turning to the hooded man he flashed one of his foxy grins and nodded "Fine, Count me in".
The smile in the man's face grew and for the first time stood up from the desk "splendid, now your food has arrived, Shiki, Jin, you can enter now" he said, the door opening to reveal the two men from before with carts filled with the specific indications of the two teenagers. "Please, help yourselves" getting back to his desk.
Without giving it much thought the two boys approached the carts and took out some food before sitting down on the empty floor, and as if they hadn't eaten in their entire life, they took the food and started eating like starved animals.
Naruto kept gulping down his ramen, bowl for bowl, at ridiculous speeds, as if his stomach didn't have a bottom.
Sasuke munched the rice balls frenetically mixing it up with pieces of beef and tomatoes.
All in all it made the other three men in the room observe incredulously, the image greatly contrasting with the previous mood of the teenage boys.
After finishing up his last bowls, Naruto sighed contently and rubbed his stomach, it had been a while since he had tasted such good food.
Swallowing the last of his rice balls, the young Uchiha's eyebrows stared twitching in annoyance, it seemed that the more time he spent with the blond the more relaxed he became, and it was extremely irritating the fact that he could not control his hunger like before, even if the conditions were different this time around.
"Did you enjoy your food?" asked the headmaster standing up once more, Shiki and Jin immediately going for the empty plates.
"Yeah, it was delicious thank you gramps" said the Uzumaki standing up and stretching his still aching muscles.
The boy at his side doing the same "Yeah, it was…good" he said going back to his relaxed façade.
"Good, now since you will be studying in this school I'd like to give you the keys to your rooms" he said taking out two keys from his pocket, and handing them to the kids standing before him. "The number of your rooms is marked in the key, so just follow the other students to the dorm, you'll find your way around" he said amiably.
"You clearly don't know Naruto, that guy could get lost in his own house" Said the raven pointing to the boy beside him.
A vein throbbed on the blond boy's forehead before he turned to the last Uchiha "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY, BASTARD?" He yelled making a pose in indignation.
The dark haired boy just smirked in return before tilting his head to the side "are you going to tell me it's not true?"
"And what about you, you have been lost since you were thirteen, what did nobody tell you to not follow strangers who offer you candy, you big baby?" Said the blue eyed shinobi, pointing an accusing finger to the half-naked man.
Eyebrow twitching in annoyance, he faced the blond with narrowed eyes "Shut it loser, at least I gained something from that experience, you on the other hand only became a better peeping tom" he said crossing his bruised arms over his chest.
The headmaster observed the teenagers completely dumbfounded; a minute ago they were the epitome of maturity, now they looked like little children, and then he remembered that they were actually just kids, he smiled a sincere smile before taking a step towards them.
"Calm down kids, it doesn't really matter, if you have trouble finding your way to your rooms, you can always ask the teachers for help" he said moving around them to the door of a closet.
Opening it and taking something from inside, he turned around and handed them a complete set of clothes.
"These are your uniforms, you are required to have them on throughout the school day, in your rooms there are spare clothes given that you have none to actually wear" he moved to stand beside the door.
"Shiki will accompany you to the infirmary to check up on your wounds, and after that lead you right to your classroom" he said smiling once more "I hope you enjoy your stay here in Youkai, it was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Uzumaki, Mr. Uchiha" he finished signaling them to the door.
Naruto observed the Uniform given to him, with a somewhat disgusted face, as if the fact that it wasn't orange made him completely unable to wear it.
The Raven observed his Uniform with a face similar to his companion's, though he brushed it aside and took a small blank paper from the headmaster's desk.
Shiki, a man around their stature with long brown hair and sunglasses, stood patiently outside the door, ready to move onto his task.
"Yeah, thanks again gramps" said the blond holding his uniform over his shoulder and proceed to walk to the door "I hope we see you around later" he said with a big grin, that somewhat surprised the hooded man, who in return only smiled pleasantly.
The Uchiha followed his companion without any rush, his gaze bored as when he first entered the room "I'm expecting for this to be entertaining you know?" he said leaving the room, and somewhat confusing the man in white, before realization downed on him and an amusing smirk plastered itself on his face.
He couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next.
"What do you think sensei?" asked the serious black man standing near him
"Oh, I think we hit jackpot with those boys Jin" he said before he started chuckling excitedly, yes those kids were something else.
He took a seat once more in his large desk, before returning to his book.
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Naruto saw his best friend come out of the room and Shiki immediately told them to follow him. The blond carrier of the nine tails stood petrified when the Uchiha started walking ahead of him, and he noticed something that made his hands start shaking.
The Uchiha sensing his companion's sudden stop turned to look questioningly at him, with a raised eyebrow he waited for the Uzumaki to break out of his trance.
Quickly regaining his senses Naruto kept looking at the thing that made him stop in his tracks; there had to be an explanation, could it be it was somewhat connected to the seal that prevented him from making a connection with Kurama's Chakra?
He took a look at his stomach and his eyes widened once more. The eight tetragram seal he had had for most of his life had somehow transformed, and it was now a Ten tetragram seal. At first glance it didn't seem really different, but he who had studied the seal when training with Kurama, knew that those two new markings changed the configuration and functionality of the whole system completely.
The raven observed him confused, and Shiki wondered what had made the boys stop.
Naruto recomposed himself and decided that It was best if he discussed it with his friend, he knew Sasuke had learn a great variety of sealing jutsu, but something about his Ten tetragram seal made him feel uneasy.
Quickly catching up with the Uchiha, they started walking at a steady pace behind the brown haired man.
Sasuke waited patiently for his partner to come out with whatever it was that made him stop.
"In your back, the markings of the six paths are engraved in black" Naruto said a little louder than a whisper.
Widened eyes, the raven imitated the blond stopping dead in his tracks.
Those marks "No way, there's just no way that's true, those are the markings of the Senjutsu of six paths and the ten tails jinchuriki" he raised his hand and tried feeling his chakra; his eyes widened once more when he discovered how much chakra he actually had.
After resting and eating, his chakra reserves should have been already at thirty percent minimum.
But as he raised his shaking hand closer to his face, he noticed, his chakra wasn't even one percent of total reserves.
Something was terribly wrong, what had happened to his chakra? He tried activating his Sharingan and surprised marred itself on his face when he couldn't turn it on.
But even with less than one percent of his chakra, he should've been able to activate his Sharingan, it was the same amount he had when he and Naruto had fought in the valley of the end the first time.
Even if it wasn't a speck of what his total reserves where, they were enough to bring his mythical red eyes to life.
His hand continued shaking and he started questioning what had happened in that explosion. And now the markings of the six paths were engraved on his back.
He took a deep breath and calmed down, there was no use in panicking; turning his gaze ahead he noticed the worried look his friend was giving him, and the expectant look of their guide.
The raven started walking forward and took a step beside the blond. Soon they started walking again at a normal pace.
"Something Happened after I transported us here with Kamui, we need to figure out what, or at least how to revert its effects" the dark eyed boy whispered to the blond at his side
Naruto nodded affirmatively "yeah, I was marked with a seal too, or more like the seal that was holding Kurama and the other tailed beasts inside me has changed, I can't borrow any of their power, and it seems they are more trapped than before" he said with the same volume as his friend.
Obsidian eyes took a quick glance at the carrier's belly, and immediately noticed the difference; it seems they were more or less in the same predicament.
"The amount of chakra I have is about the same as when we fought the first time, I think the seal of the six paths is suppressing my chakra, and I can't even activate my sharingan" said Sasuke truthfully, they needed all the information to pile up and look for solutions to this problem of theirs.
"That must be why our wounds haven't healed yet" said the Uzumaki, surprised that they were so crippled.
"Yeah, probably" said the Uchiha putting his hands in his pockets, he had to come up with something to remove that seal.
"So what are we going to do?" asked Naruto to his best friend
"For now, I guess it's better to play along with these monsters, I'll be looking into other ways to go back to the shinobi nations, a portal or something of the sort from knowledge around here, we should have more chance of getting rid of these seals In konoha" said the raven with a bored tone, somewhat contrasting with his inner emotions. He was nervous; those markings were making him feel very anxious.
"You're right, I guess I'll be training, maybe I might be able to break the seal on my own, we don't lose anything by trying right?" said the blue eyed boy, receiving a nod from his partner. "You should do the same, maybe you'll learn something new" he continued putting his hands behind his head.
"You don't have to tell me that, loser" said the raven a little more relaxed.
Naruto smiled contently; at least some things hadn't changed "Fine bastard if you don't want my advice that is your damn business for being so stupid" he said turning his face from him in mock anger.
The raven couldn't help but smirk at the loud mouthed blond "Tch, look who's talking, dumbass"
They continued their way and reached the infirmary in little time.
After that they were bandaged by the nurse, who was somewhat terrified that these kids were even conscious, with such severe wounds on their bodies.
With bandages all over their bodies they put their uniform and quickly got out of the infirmary.
Naruto was wearing his green jacket unbuttoned, and his tie loose around his neck, with the first two buttons of his shirt undone.
Sasuke on the other hand had opted for transporting his Jacket to a pocket dimension sealing it in the blank piece of paper he had gotten in the headmaster's office. And like the blond had his tie loose around his neck and the first three buttons of his shit undone, with a black undershirt covering his bandages.
They didn't like their uniforms very much but it was manageable, the only thing was that they were not suited for fighting.
Their guide suddenly stopped at a wooden door.
Noises could be heard from inside and Shiki signaled them to enter.
They did so without giving it much thought; the room suddenly silent taking in their presence.
A woman who weirdly resembled a cat, and fairly attractive approached them.
"Hi I'm Ms. Nekonome, I'm the homeroom teacher, Are you new students of my class?" she asked smiling at them, she quickly noticed the radiance that seemed to come from the blue-eyed boy, it was a very good feeling in her opinion
Naruto turned to her and gave her a big smile "Yeah, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, it's nice to meet you everyone" he said turning to the rest of the class.
Suddenly the girl's started squealing with heart shaped eyes, the boys in the background groaning aloud.
Naruto turned to his friend with a questioning look, receiving only a shrug in response,
"And what about you young man?" said the teacher turning to the Dark haired boy, she noticed how handsome he was, ridiculously so, how lucky of her to receive such kind of students this year, she smiled kindly at them.
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha" he said his voice deep and cool, that made the girls squeal like before.
The teacher gestured for them to take a seat in the back next to the window.
They made their way there avoiding the adoring looks of the female population, hateful glares in the background not making them even flinch.
As Ms. Nekomone resumed her class, a knock on the door was heard. "Please come in" she said to the person outside the classroom.
The wooden doors opened and in came a girl with pink hair and green eyes, with a rosary hanging from her neck "I'm sorry I'm late, I didn't know my way around" she said bowing to the teacher, who brushed it off and asked her for her name.
"I'm Moka Akashiya, it's nice to meet everyone" she said smiling sweetly at the class.
Suddenly the males started complementing her, making her a little confused.
Naruto stared wide eyed at the girl; her resemblance to Sakura catching him off guard, though it was only her pink hair and green eyes, her face was more refined and aristocratic.
Suddenly catching a familiar face, she noticed the dark haired male seating in the back looking at the window, she couldn't help but rush and tackle him with a hug "Sasuke, it's you, I'm so glad we are in the same class" she said excitedly
Sasuke groaned in pain the girl was stronger than she looked, and his body was completely damaged, he caught her shoulders and tried to pry her away "Hey, let go, I'm glad too but you can let go now" he said eyebrow twitching in annoyance, despite the fact that she only said she wanted to be his friend, she was awfully clingy.
Naruto had his eyes bulging out of his head "So fast, we haven't been a day here and the bastard already has a girlfriend" he regained his composure and smirked slyly, he could use this information to tease the bastard and getting back for the thing in the headmaster's office, yes he definitely was going to have fun with this.
As the blond kept scheming his evil idiotic plans, the entire class had their Jaw-slackened in surprise. How dare that guy who just came in steal such a beautiful girl without even trying?
Moka was feeling extremely happy, she had wanted to see him since the moment they parted, after all he was her first friend, and seeing him in her class was just too much for her, maybe this year was actually going to be a good one, she thought smiling.
They had yet to even start the day and it was already turning interesting; who knew what other surprises awaited the crow and the fox, though whatever this world decided to throw at them, they would face everything head on with feathers and tails.
A/N: greetings readers, I'd like to thank you all for giving a chance to this story. I am currently writing other works for Naruto crossovers, but I somehow got writer's block, and since I had this Idea, I decided that it would be useful to write it down, and hopefully regain my senses.
I think I might have made this chapter a little too long, what do you guys think? Would it be easier to post a higher number of chapters by shortening them? Or chapters of this length are better? I'd like your opinions on this matter if it makes it harder to read. Thanks again and enjoy your readings.