Kitsune Guardian, a Naruto and Princess Resurrection Crossover
Author's Note: Hey I know that it has been a while since I updated this story but I am trying to get back into my writing more. I was worried that I had written myself into a corner when I had Naruto be the one to kill Lobo instead of Hime, because I wanted Riza to be with Naruto, or at the least be on friendly terms. But I had a thought, "Why?"
By that I mean why not let her dislike him and then over time I will fix the relationship or I could let it split completely and make them acquaintances only. I am sure that I can fix the relationship while not making it seem to be too quick of a fix, but it will take some time. But that was the only real relationship that was affected by my changing it from Hiro to Naruto, so the rest of the story should come more naturally.
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DragonPony022: Well technically he is not a servant but more of an on the premises butler, and the OC will be fully revealed in probably the sixth to seventh chapter.
Banjo the Fox: Sorry that I made Naruto pathetic, I guess I should have followed the Naruto script more and made him an S-Rank ninja at the start of the story like he was in the second chapter of the manga. Oh wait he wasn't was he? I guess maybe you should let the story develop before you say that I made him pathetic, all I did was make him human with weaknesses. Also I read all your stories and I…Wait you haven't written anything? Well I guess you opinion holds about as much weight as a paper bag in a flood huh?
Crazyman5005: I am hoping to get more out, especially after I got over my hump with "I just realized I had Naruto kill Riza's brother, how do I fix this?" So be on the lookout for more from this story.
Nick Tanico: I am following the manga. No, the anime, no manga. I guess I am following both, and mixing my own stuff in with it. Honestly I will be following both until I get to the point where the anime stops and then I will be following the manga only. Which is obvious I know, "Well the anime is over, I guess I will keep following the anime."
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Princess Resurrection, and I am not receiving any money from the work that I have posted here, these stories are done entirely for fun.
Chapter 3: A Fight that Never Stopped
'It's gonna be one of those days,' Naruto thought to himself, and the reasoning that he had for this sort of thought this early in the day was a smug prick by the name Satoshi. 'I wish I could just rip his arms off and burn the holes shut so that he couldn't bleed out.'
Obviously he did not mean that, but he was really annoyed at the young delinquent that had begun making his life difficult. Two days ago he had shown up at class and found that someone had poured rotten milk onto his desk, more than likely over the weekend because the smell was very strong and lingering. This would not have been such an annoyance except for the fact that as a kitsune his nose was far more sensitive that a humans, and to irritate him even more he saw that Hasani was not faring with the smell any better than he was. She actually looked to be worse off than him, and that again had him curious as to who and/or what she was.
He had talked to the teacher and gotten permission to move the desk, but due to the fact that they were assigned to certain desk and that they were the only ones in this class, the teacher held him responsible for the 'damage' done to the desk. This landed him in an after school detention where he was forced to help the teacher clean the room and help grade the papers from a previous test. This would not have been a big deal to him a week ago, he would have just played a prank on the teacher and whoever had decided to mess with his desk, but now with him supposed to be protecting Hime he was truly angry. Those two hours after school could have the reason that he was late to Hime's mansion and why he was not there when the next assassin showed up and killed her, so yes he was royally pissed at whoever had done that.
As a kitsune he could understand a good prank every once in a while, but he would never put someone's life in danger, and while he knew that the one messing with him did not know about Hime but that was semantics. It did not take long for him to learn that it was Satoshi who was messing with him, the second and third pranks were all the evidence that he needed. The next day he was walking into the schoolyard and he noticed that almost all of the girls were looking at him kind of fearfully, and while some of them had always looked at him fearfully, his first day's falling over himself had relieved some of their fear. But now almost every single girl in the school was looking at him as if he had been on the news as a serial rapist or a mass murderer.
Ignoring it for now, he had more concerning matters to deal with concerning the rebuilding of Hime's mansion, he continued on his way to class. At least he tried to, but even as he got into the school and made his way down the halls he could see the groups of female students huddled together to get away from him in the hallways, he could even see that some of them were crying lightly. Confused and concerned by what this could mean for him he tried to be casual as he made his way to his classroom and his hopefully clean desk.
Once he got into the room he saw that all the females were on one side of the room, the side opposite of his desk, and were just staring at him as he entered. Well that was not true there was one female who was in her regular seat and was not paying him any attention whatsoever; she was just sitting there reading her book as usual. Walking to his seat he sat down and while trying to keep his voice down and his head turned away from her he asked, "Hey Hanasi, do you know what is going on with all girls at this school?"
"Please don't talk to me," she replied while not looking at him, but he could see that she was uncomfortable while he was next to her, "I never thought that even a pervert like you would stoop this low."
"What are you talking about?" he responded while trying to keep his voice low, but in the back of his mind he could not help but be afraid of what he was going to learn. "Come on I know that you don't like me and all but I swear I have no idea what you are talking about."
*Slam*
Hasani slammed her book shut and inadvertently drew the attention of all of the room's occupants towards the two of them. She was now facing him fully and he could see the unbridled fury in her eyes, yet at the same time he thought that she was searching him for something. Finally she broke eye contact and stood up, without saying a thing she turned and walked to the door before turning to look at him, "Follow me." As he watched her leave he slowly got up to follow her, but he was not able to block out the whispers that followed him out of the room.
"What could he have said to her for her to react like that?"
"Do you think that he is blackmailing her?
"What does he have on her?"
"Could he tell it was her cause of her skin color?"
"What is he going to make her do?"
With all of these sorts of comments he was starting to get extremely nervous about what the rumors might be about, and at one point he even thought that maybe someone had found out about him and Hime but he realized that they would not have let him in the school. That and the fact that it only seems to be females that are afraid of him; it even seems that some of the guys smile when he walked by them. None of this was boding well for him and he could only come up with a few reasons as to why all of the female populace would distrust him like this, but he hoped that Hasani could provide him with the last clue that he needed to solve this puzzle.
A moment later the two of them were going up the stairs to the roof, and finally the moment that he had been hoping for/dreading was upon finally here. He honestly did not expect for the day to go this way but ever since he had arrived he had wanted the day to be over, so finally finding out what had caused him so much grief was the best thing that happened to him all day.
"So are you finally gonna tell me what has got everybody acting so strange today?" Naruto asked as the two of them closed the door to the roof and checked to make sure that they were alone. "I mean that is why you had me come all the way here right?"
"Shut up." Hasani was pacing the roof and would occasionally look at him and mumble to herself before she would begin to pace again. "Alright," after a few more rounds of her pacing she finally stopped and addressed him directly, "the reason that everyone is so 'strange' today is because there are rumors about you going around the school."
"What kind of rumors?"
"The kind that have you in the middle of a perverted picture scandal that has the girl's locker room, bathrooms and swimming clubs changing room as your studio. And all of your models are posing either without consent or against their wills because of blackmail that you have on them." Hasani told him as she glared at him with an untrustworthy look, showing that she still did not believe that he was innocent.
Naruto was silent as he took in the information that he was just given, that would cover all that he had seen except for the guys looks. "I am also being accused of distributing the pictures aren't I?"
Hasani did not say anything but her silence told him that he was correct; sighing internally he was now half wishing that he had not come to school today.
"So now the question is how do I prove that I didn't do it?"
Hasani did not say anything but just kept looking at him as he pondered what he could do to prove his innocence, but after a moment she finally stood up and started to walk to the door.
"Where are you going?" Naruto was not really surprised that she did not want to remain alone with him for long but at the same time he figured that she would have told him something before she left.
"Whether or not you are guilty of these accusations does not change the fact that I came here today to attend school. No actions are being taken against you as of this moment, so if you are not the one doing this then I don't see why you should worry too much. However if it turns out that you are doing something as despicable as peeping and blackmailing then I will have no pity for you and I hope you receive no mercy." With her piece said she turned and continued out the door without so much as a backwards glance to see if he was following her or not.
'Well she is not wrong about that; however I feel that this will not be as easy as innocent until proven guilty. My life has not been that simple since I met Hime.' Naruto thought to himself as he too made his way to class and figured that he would figure out what to do about this later.
Thankfully there were no further problems that arose that day; other than the fact that none of the people wanted to talk to him other than a few of the more perverted guys asking him for pictures. The end of the day could not come quick enough for him, but he could not help but wonder who it was that had gotten him accused to begin with.
He was almost all the way back to Hime's house/mansion when he saw a small puppy walking up the road; it could not have been much older than two months old. He was thinking of taking it back to Hime's mansion, but he was concerned with what Hime would do to the poor little thing. He decided that the smarter thing to do would be walking it back down the hill and leaving it at one of the vets.
As he was going to pick the puppy up he heard something from higher up the hill, turning to see what it was he saw a van rolling down the hill. Seeing that the puppy was in danger of being crushed by the van, he quickly ran in the path of the van and grabbed the puppy up with one arm. Once he had the puppy safe and secured he jumped as quickly as he could and tried to clear the van, and he nearly succeeded.
He was attempting to jump the back of the van and was not quiet fast enough causing the top of the van to hit his leg above his ankle and sending him stumbling up and over the top of the van. He tucked himself into a ball and did his best to keep the puppy in the very center of his mass, yet he knew that it could only handle so much bumping around before there could be brain damage. When he finally came to a stop he slowly unfurled himself so that he wouldn't hurt the puppy too much. When he was finally able to fully see the puppy he couldn't help but sweatdrop as the puppy was curled into a ball and snoozing away in the warm ball that he had formed. As he got a closer look he realized that poor thing was malnourished and seemed to possibly be even younger than he thought.
"Ya poor little thing," he said mostly to himself as he held the dog up to his chest, "I really do need to get you to the vet."
He tried to get up but he immediately fell back to the ground when he put pressure on his leg, and when he looked down at it he could see the redness and swelling already beginning to start. It didn't feel broken but it would take some time for his healing factor to repair the damage enough that he could walk properly. Not wanting for Hime to get upset at him for being late he pulled out the cellphone that he had talked Hime into buying for him in this situation and started to call Flandre.
*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ri- *Click*
"Naruto where are you?" Hime said as soon as the phone was picked up. "I understand your customs of Kitsune graduation, but I need you here as my guard in case there is an attempt made on my life."
"Hime I was on my way when I got sidetracked by something." Naruto said as he looked at the sleeping puppy in his arms, "And to make a long story short I got hit by a van, can you and Flandre come and pick me up? I am only just down the hill somewhat."
"What did you get sidetracked by?"
"There was a little puppy that looked ready to die and I was gonna walk it to the vet when the van came rolling down the hill and almost crushed him."
"Is it still alive?"
"Yea it...hold on a minute," Naruto used his shoulder to hold the phone and gently pulled the tail away from the dog's curled up form, "she's fine, just sick and tired I think."
"Then no we will not be making the trip."
"WHAT?"
"If you were able to get hit by the van and the puppy is fine then you may need to reevaluate your priorities. If it had been me then I would have allowed and even congratulated your actions, but if you are so easily distracted from you responsibilities that you would allow a van to harm you then I believe you should take this time to think about how that could endanger me."
*Click*
Naruto was left staring at the phone after Hime hung up on him and was left wondering what was so wrong with him wanting to do something good for someone. Looking back at the young dog in his lap he couldn't, although he did not actually try to, feel like he had done something wrong. And he was now starting to wonder what kind of dog this puppy was going to grow into, and if maybe it would be worth keeping.
"If I am thinking about keeping you then I guess you need a name huh?" Naruto said as he looked over the young puppy, it was all white and had the cute folded floppy ears that mad all puppies adorable. Because of its young age it would be hard to tell anymore details about the dog until it had time to develop. "What about...Lily?"
There was no response from the puppy other than tightening of the ball that it had curled up into and since there was only a slim chance that he would keep her he decided that calling her Lily would be better than 'dog' or 'puppy' for now. With that taken care of for the moment he again tried to stand on his bad leg and while he was able to stand there was definitely still some pain and it would take him a long time to hobble down the hill to the vet. Just thinking about something he pulled his phone out again and looked at the time on the screen and saw that it was already 4:45 p.m., since the vet closes at 5:00 p.m. and it would take him about twice as long to walk to the vet as it would normally it guessed he would get there about 5:15 or so.
"Well there is nothing else to do but start on to Hime's place huh?"
Not getting or expecting a response he began to limp up the hill, after all Hime was right he was supposed to be guarding her. Not to mention that Sawawa was probably the best person to ask to help him take care of Lily. Once he got to the house he would be able to relax and let his healing factor take care of the pain, but it was going to be awhile before he got to the house and could relax.
*Rumble*
Hearing something behind him he grabbed the railing with one hand and turned his head to see that coming up the road behind him was a motorcycle really tearing up the pavement. As they got closer he was able to say that he was wrong and it was not so much a motorcycle as a dirt bike. He could not who the driver was or even the gender at this distance, but he could tell that they had skill on the bike, considering that they did not have to slow down at all on the hills ridiculously curvy road.
Finally he was able to see the shape of the driver's body and he could say without a doubt that it was certainly the body of a female, a young and if he may say so very sexy looking female. Stupid hormones. Regardless of whether his hormones were in over drive or not the mystery driver was indeed sexy, and as she got closer he was able to make out more details about her. She wore a red helmet and a short cut black shirt, the wind made it hard to tell but it seemed that the shirt was almost skin tight, and her lower body was covered by a pair of green pants and again the wind made it hard to tell but they seemed very baggy.
Hoping that she would give him a lift he leaned on the railing and began to wave one arm to get her attention, while the other arm was held tight to the puppy that was still curled to his chest. He was not sure how he would arrange the puppy and himself on the bike safely but he was at the point of not thinking rationally and instead just wanting the results. When the bike and rider came around the last bend he saw that the bike was most definitely slowing down, and thankfully she did pull over right next to him.
"'Cuse me but can you give me a ride to the top of the hill, I hurt my leg a little earlier." Naruto started to say as the girl used her leg to prop the bike up and removed her helmet. Just as he thought she was a looker, and even with the tomboy look that she had going on she was still one of the sexiest girls that he had seen. "I would be willing to offer you compensation for the gas spent but I need to get her to the house."
With that said he held Lily out to the now revealed red haired girl, and hoped that she was a dog lover. But as the helmet came off fully and he got a whiff of her scent he could tell almost right away that she was not a normal girl, and even worse he could only compare the scent to one other. Lobo Wildman.
"Huh, a white Shepard, they are pretty rare around here." She did not seem to notice his tensing nor did she react to his scent, but that could be a ploy to catch him off guard and with an injured leg and holding Lily he was already at too much of a disadvantage. In a colder tone than the one she used before she continued her analysis of Lily, "But it looks like you have not been taking care of her very well, how old is she and when is the last time she ate anything?"
"Hey she is not mine I was walking home when I saw a van almost run over her and I got hurt getting her out of the way." Naruto responded while doing his best to lift his pants leg showing the still red and swollen area where the van had hit him. "I was planning on taking her to the vet but when the van hit me I figured that I wouldn't make it before they closed so I was gonna watch her tonight and drop her off tomorrow before school."
"Oh so you are still a school kid huh?" She turned her attention from Lily to him and he saw the faint twitching of her nose as she smelled him and he saw her eyes get just a little wider as she got his scent. She took another smell and he saw her eyes narrow slightly before relaxing. "Yeah sure I can give you a ride, you said the house was at the top of the hill right?"
"Yeah and I will be happy to repay you for the ga-"
"Don't worry about it, I was heading to the top anyway," Naruto tensed hearing that but relaxed when she continued, "I was looking for a place to ride around and this seemed like one of the least traveled areas in the city."
"Yea not too many people come out this way since the only thing on this hill is my house, the mail got upset and we had to install a box at the bottom of the hill or pay extra for them coming all the way up here for one house."
"Well come on and let's go." With that she put her helmet back on and scooted forward a little offering him the spot behind her to sit. His leg was healing well and he was able to limp over with little to no trouble though he had to move slowly or he risked falling. "And watch where you put your hands understand?"
"Of course." He was already worried that she knew what he was but her saying things like that made him even more worried even if it was just a statement said to try and embarrass him.
He had made it to the bike and was trying to come up with a good way to carry Lily, but he was not able to think of anything for a minute, but he finally had come up with an idea. He held Lily with one arm while he slipped his bag off his other arm and then swapped Lily to the other hand and finally got the bag all the way off. He opened it up and moved things around until he had made a little bed for Lily in the large part of the bag and then he pulled it back on with it in front of him. With his good leg on the ground he threw the other one over the back of the bike and making sure not to crush or rattle Lily too much he slid up behind the girl that was giving him a ride...
"I just realized that I never asked your name or gave you mine. I am Naruto Uzumaki, it is a pleasure to meet you and I am grateful for the ride."
"My name is Riza Wildman and I don't need thanks or nothing I just don't want that little pup to get worse."
While he didn't doubt that Lily was a large part of the reason that she had not tried to attack him at the moment, he didn't believe that she would care one way or another when she found out that he was the one to kill Lobo.
The drive to Hime's house was for the most part uneventful or at least that is what he wanted to say, the truth is that with one arm keeping his bag from rocking he had to wrap his other arm tightly around Riza's stomach. This was a little awkward at first but he was soon able to get over his embarrassment, especially since when going around one of the curves his hand slid up Riza's well-toned and sweat slicked abs until his had was resting on one of her breast. That may not have been so bad except for what happened afterwards, when you are trying to hold on and lose your grip the most logical thing to do when you get a second grip is to well grip, and unfortunately Riza was not willing to forgive the accidental grope. He received a strong elbow to his stomach for this transgression, but he was sure that she made it much lighter than it could have been and more than likely so that he and Lily would not fall of the bike.
"If you do something like that again" Riza said over the rush of wind blowing past his ears, "I will stop this bike and make your hurt leg your good leg."
"Yes Ma'am."
The rest of the ride really was uneventful, although Naruto had to make sure to lock his hands around Riza's stomach when they went around the curves, but at the same time he noticed that she was slowing down around the curves now. Finally they arrived at the top of the hill and Naruto was trying to get off the bike without hurting either himself or Lily, so it was taking him a while and that may be what led to Hime stepping outside at the same time that Riza was helping him get off the bike. When Riza saw her she stopped what she was doing and as a result her bike fell onto Naruto, who had thankfully been holding Lily in his arms outside of his backpack so she was protected; he on the other hand was now pinned under the bike.
"There you are." Riza spoke as she began pacing towards Hime, and from the way that she moved it was easy to see the predator that was lurking just under her skin. "The one who killed my brother, your own servant!"
Turning to him she told him, "You are an okay kid, a little bit of a perv but okay, stay there until I have finished with this." With that being said she turned her back on him leaving him weighted down with her bike.
Riza's arms suddenly transformed, they grew to be easily three times their original size with claws tipping the fingers and the last change to them was the thick coat of white hair that started just below her shirt's sleeves. The transformation was almost instantaneous and from the look on her face it did not bother Risa at all, but he was confused as to why only her arms had transformed. He never saw Lobo transform but he knew that werewolves were known for changing their form from that of a human to a wolf/human hybrid.
"So it is true what I heard," Naruto looked at Hime who was watching Riza with barely any readable emotion in her eyes, "I thought that Lobo was lying when he said that his sister was a half breed."
"Don't you dare mention his name!" Riza was rushing at Hime as soon as she had finished speaking and it was only due to the timely intervention of Flandre that spared Hime the partial werewolf's wrath. "Damn it! So this is one of the Royals androids?"
"Hmm such a rude girl to attack someone in their own home without justifiable cause." Hime spoke as though she was a teacher telling a student why they had received a poor grade on an assignment. "You should work on that temper of yours and learn to listen to others."
"SHUT UP!"
Riza charged at Hime again and tried to work her way around Flandre who was using a tree to keep Riza away, and she was getting closer than he wanted to see. Setting Lily on the ground he was able to push the bike off of his leg and stand, but he was still not at a hundred percent and it was obvious when he limped to the three female warriors. Hime was standing behind Flandre and from the look on her face she was not too concerned with what Riza was trying.
"You do realize that you are proving my point about your temper correct?"
"I said shut up."
"Do you want to know the story of Lobo's death? Would you like to know why he died? How he died?"
"I don't want to hear your lies about my brother, and I won't listen to anything you say."
Riza's anger was building this whole time and it seems that she finally lost control for a second; for instead of dodging the tree that Flandre was swinging she punched it with one of her large fist and smashed through the tree. Flandre, while being an android and able to process information quicker than a human, werewolf and kitsune, was designed to look and function like a human thus when the weight that she was counter balancing was removed she toppled over. With the android gone Riza was quickly upon Hime who was just as surprised as Flandre by the half werewolf breaking her servant's weapon and was only barely able to dodge the swipe of the claws.
Hime quickly went on the defensive and began to retreat as far as she could from the homicidal werewolf half breed. She was trying to keep her distance and when Riza would get close she would duck behind something, such as a tree or pillar on the house; she would wait for an opening until she could work her way back to Flandre who was struggling to lift her own massive weight. But she turned her back on Riza too quickly and received a hard blow to her back sending her reeling and tumbling to the ground.
"You're...You're weak." Riza said with an air of complete disbelief and bewilderment, "I had heard that the Royal family were as weak as humans until they matured but this..."
Riza once more seemed to be over whelmed with rage, and Naruto was not sure if he or the just now standing Flandre would be able to get to her in time. Thankfully Riza was wrong about Hime who while not as strong as a werewolf she was much stronger and faster than the average human. Hime rolled to the side and swung a kick out that caught the raging Riza in the back of the knee and sent her tumbling to the ground not unlike Hime herself had been a moment ago.
"T..l m. .ow." Riza mumbled something while her face was in the ground, but it was not there long as she jumped to her feet and shouted at the now standing Hime, "Tell me how you killed my brother. Did you shoot him, trick him, have your android crush him?"
Hime did not allow her face to betray any of the emotions that she might have been feeling, instead she simply watched as Riza continued to work herself into a fit while pounding the ground with her large fists. Flandre was now back at Hime's side and she had a new tree in her arms, Naruto was standing next to Hime and was feeling horrible about the whole situation. Not only had he been the one to kill Riza's brother, but now Hime was taking the blame for him. Add to the fact that it was his actions that had forced Riza to suffer, and he was not happy that he had made this beautiful young fertile woman cry.
'Dammit, even when I am feeling guilty I can't control my hormones.' Naruto bitterly thought to himself, but he did not have time to beat himself of-up because at that moment Riza had gotten to her feet and was giving Hime the closest thing to a killing stare that he had ever seen. 'This will most definitely not end well.'
"I did not trick him, nor did I ask for any of my servants to attack him." Hime said while staring Riza in her eyes, and Naruto saw Riza's glare wither for a moment before it returned and her face hardened into a mask of denial. "He attacked me of his own choice and I defended myself, he chased me here and Flandre and I defended ourselves."
Naruto was surprised that Hime was not telling how he was the one that had killed Lobo, and he was even more surprised that he himself had not told Riza how he was involved with the incident in the first place. But he could not in good conscious let Hime shoulder all of the blame on her shoulders, and with during the ride, Hime's fight and the talking back and forth his leg had been given time to heal somewhat. It was not at 100 percent he was sure of that, but he was also sure that if it came down to it he could hold Riza off for several minutes until one of them made a mistake.
"Riza." She turned in his direction while at the same time Hime's eyes wandered over to him although she did not turn her face or change her expression. "Hime did not kill your brother. I killed Lobo."
He allowed the statement to wash over Riza and from the way her eyes widened again he was sure that his declaration had really stunned her. He took the opportunity to step in front of Hime and to begin getting closer to Riza as she appeared to be frozen with shock, but when he got within fifteen feet of her she snapped out of it and jumped back from him.
"You're lying, she told you to tell me that, I-I was told that it was a royal that killed him." The desperation in her voice was reaching its peak and he was honestly worried what was going to happen if she was not calmed down soon. "Why, why did you do it? What possible reason could you have for killing him?"
"I didn't have one." Naruto said and he once again was treated to Riza's surprised look, and he capitalized on it by trying to tell her what had happened, "I saw a werewolf attacking a girl in her home and I told him to stop he informed me that he was not going to stop until Hime was dead. I did not know what his reasons were but I understood that his pride would not allow him to stop."
"You killed my brother, and just because he was defending himself from her?"
"You are not listening, he was the one chasing them. Riza as much as you don't want to hear it your brother was not attacked BY his master, he was the one that was ATTACKING Hime."
"Lies." Riza's head was lowered and he saw two red pointed ears appear on top of her head, the same color as her hair, and when she raised her head he could see her fangs as she gritted her teeth together. "You are all lying. My brother wouldn't HAVE DONE THAT!"
And with her last statement turning into a mix of a yell and a battle cry Naruto got ready to defend himself against yet another werewolf. Unfortunately this fight was going to be tougher than the one when he fought Lobo for three reasons. The first was that Riza was a female and his Kitsune hormones would not allow him to kill a female, or at least a fertile female, not to mention that he was the reason for her pain and he wanted to help her and not kill her. The second reason was obviously that he was going into this fight with an injury and was going to have to hold back to avoid accidentally killing Riza. The third and final reason was that Riza seemed to have lost herself to her instincts and thus would not be reasoned with nor would she care for her own safety.
All in all he determined that his day would have gone a lot better if he had just allowed the bus to hit him.
As Riza attempted to hit him with her large paw/fist he was doing his best to avoid them and for the moment he was not countering her attacks at all. He was still trying to come up with a non-lethal way to retaliate, but he was also not going to let himself get killed either. He rolled under a wild slash from Riza who was beginning to use her fist less and less for punching and more and more for trying to slice his face off with her claws. As he stopped rolling he did a mule kick with his good leg and connected with the back of Riza's leg and knocked her to the ground.
"Riza you need to calm down and listen to me." Naruto attempted to speak with her, but as she jumped back up and began to attack him again he continued to dodge and with one really wild swing he grabbed her just past where the furred arm turned human and threw her away from him. "It seems that you disagree."
Not having much other choice he decided that he would need to fight Riza and after he was no longer in danger then he would find a way to help her. Riza it seemed did not care one way or the other, as she recovered from his throw she rolled over onto her hands/paws and knees before charging at him again. Not having much other choice Naruto began to rub his hands together in preparation for his 3F Punch.
He would have to do something in order to not kill Riza with it, but considering that at the moment this was the only Foxfire move that he could use it was most likely going to be necessary. Not to mention that even with the training that he had been doing since his fight with Lobo there was still only a fifty-fifty percent chance of it working. But considering that he was once more having to dodge all of Riza's berserker swings and stabs maybe he ought to worry about hurting her after he was ready to use the 3F Punch.
Waiting until her barrage of swings had slowed and left an opening for him he jumped up and with a strong kick to the stomach knocked Riza back and onto the ground. Turning away from the down werewolf hybrid he ran into the woods, as fast as his injured leg would allow and judging by the sounds that he heard behind him Riza was chasing him and gaining. Not wanting to risk an attack to his back he stopped in a thick wooded area and began to weave between the trees while looking for Riza.
*THUD*
*CRACK*
*SMASH*
As he was running around between the trees something happened in quick succession. He saw something black and red to his left and ducked his head just in time for a large limb to slam into a tree, and the force of the punch gouged out a portion of the tree. The next thing to happen was the tree began to creak and finally fall until it fell all the way to the ground.
Feeling the heat in his hands he was going to be ready soon, or to be more exact the move would be ready but he still had no idea how to use it without risk killing Riza. The 3F Punch was a simple move, he summoned flames to his fist through the use of friction and his own, as of right now, limited ability with foxfire which is how the move got its name. Friction, FoxFire, those two concepts are the very base of his 3F Punch.
Once he had summoned the fire he held it in his fist, and the excess that leaked out made it appear that his fist was burning, and he throws it like a regular punch. The only difference was that when he hit his target he had to force the fire that he was holding forward at his target. The simple solution to using it on Riza without killing her would be to not force the fire out as he hit her, but all that would do is be a regular punch with some second degree burns. And considering the fact that it is taking him about a minute to get the first one ready he needed to do more with it than a second degree burn.
Finally he could feel the fire ready to form; turning to face Riza he couldn't help but remember the almost exact same scenario when he fought against Lobo. The only difference was that he was the reason that she was standing in front of him with the wild and crazed look in her eyes, and he knew that if the 3F Punch connected properly then she would die. Not knowing what else to do he allowed the fire to form in his hand and decided to try and reach her one more time.
"Riza you need to calm down because if you don't I will have to use this," Naruto made a point to raise the burning fist towards her, "I can't control it but if it hits you will die."
Riza did not heed his warning, if she even heard it, and started to charge at him again; not having another option he got ready to deliver the attack. Just as Riza got close enough that he was in range of her fist he had a thought, what would happen if the fire was release before the punch connected? In theory it would still burn her and hit her with a strong force of pure fire, plus he would hit her with a strong punch but other than that he did not know what would happen. And that was all in theory, but he figured that it was better than the alternative of Riza dying.
Avoiding the first swipe of the clawed hand he watched for an opening, and he saw it as soon as she attempted to deliver a double fisted downward smash. He side-stepped her and aimed for her side with his burning fist, and delivered a strong punch attempting his newly formed technique. The fire flared up before he hit her and she instinctively began to turn her body to dodge it, but he was too close and she was too slow to fully avoid it.
There was a small explosion as his fist connected with Riza's side and both he and Riza were sent back from the point of impact. Riza had received the worst end of the explosion, she had been sent back almost ten feet with a large angry red mark on her side. Her shirt had been singed and a small section had been burned away, and her pants were in the same condition, except they looked like they were ready to fall off of her frame.
Naruto had only been sent back about three feet and he had escaped damage from the explosion, partly from being a kitsune and partly from the fact that he had directed the flames away from him. However due to being thrown back unexpectedly he had landed poorly on his injured leg but thankfully he had healed enough that he didn't think it would cause him a problem.
"Well," a voice came from behind him and turning he saw Hime and Flandre standing at the edge of the trees, "I see that this has worked out for the best."
"How is this for the best?"
"You could have easily killed her, especially with the way she was fighting. But you chose to do what you could to save her."
"Really so hitting her with a super-heated fist and knocking her unconscious is what you call saving her?"
"Fuga."
"Exactly. You were not obligated to try and save her but you felt that you owed her brother that much."
"So that makes me a hero? I kill someone and then don't kill his sister because I felt sorry for him." Naruto looked at Hime. "Hime, why did Lobo betray you?"
"He had a valid reason, and while I do understand his reasons I couldn't allow him to do as he wished."
"But that doesn't explain to me why he attacked you, and chased you to the human world and even attempted to kill me when I didn't back down."
"Because there is one thing that he holds more precious that even his werewolf pride." Hime said as she subtly glanced over at the downed form of Riza.
"Riza?" Naruto asked with concern, "Do you know who it was?"
"I have my suspicions but I lack any proof to back up what I belief and thoughts and theories do not equal fact and evidence."
"But it was a royal wasn't it?"
"What makes you believe that my dear butler?"
"I can only think of so many people or monsters that would attempt to threaten a werewolf and have the strength to back up the threat. And even fewer that would gain anything by having said werewolf kill you."
*Fu Fu* "Well it seems that we have come to the same conclusion, so why didn't you tell her?"
"Like you said I had no proof."
What neither of them could see was that Riza had one eye open and had tears streaming down her face as she listened to the reason for Lobo's betrayal. She couldn't believe that her brother had attempted to kill his master so that she would be safe. And as the thought floated in her head she realized that in was because of her weakness and naivety she had inadvertently placed her brother in harm's way.
More tears streamed down her face as she realized that it was her fault that her brother had died. But also she had just noticed that off to the side of the clearing she was in there was something in a patch of sunlight. There was a headstone almost two feet tall and made of white marble. And across the front of it in a decorative yet serious font there was the name of her brother, and she felt her vision beginning to fade to black as she continued to look at the headstone.
'Brother…I'm sorry…I was…too…weak…'
END
AN: I know that this fight was not the best, but that was partly the point. Riza gave into her anger and was acting on instincts and Naruto was injured, so while one was constantly rushing the other was constantly deflecting. And the other thing to remember is that Naruto is faster than that of a werewolf, so even injured and losing momentum he had the maneuverability advantage.
I tried to go a bit more in debt with what Riza was feeling when she found out that she was the cause of her brother's death. And the other thing is that I did not have them try to explain what Lobo's reason were because there was no proof that what they were saying was true, but after the fight and while Riza was listening to them talk while thinking she was unconscious she was much more open to listening.
The move that Naruto used on Lobo was like that of an arrow with extending blades, once the hit connected then the blades come out and cause more damage. Well the only difference was that when he used it on Riza he forced the blades to come out earlier, thus they did not penetrate or at least not as deep and it actually slowed the 'arrow' down some. I am planning on calling it the 4F punch, the False FoxFire Friction Punch, but if you come up with a better name let me know.
I think I tried to get away from Hime a little this chapter since she is the main female character there will be plenty of time and scenes with her so I focused more on Riza and Hasani to an extent. Speaking of I will be revealing the mystery behind Hasani in the chapter after the mermen, then I will move on to the next part of the cannon story.
So remember to read and review and if you have a question for me feel free to send me a PM and I will get back to you as soon as I can. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and I can't wait to hear what you think.
