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Avade is back, and he's brought you another chapter of Incubus Naruto: Ascendance to Makai, so get your banners and flags out and wave in the name of the glory that I have brought forth to you!
In all honesty, I am rather surprised at the positive feedback I've received over this amount of time, and it does my heart good to see so many of you guys liking my work.
This chapter doesn't contain much on the direct interaction between Naruto and Morrigan, that will be next chapter, which will involve the arrangements that Morrigan will make to accommodate Naruto into her life, this chapter will explore a little bit into what Naruto is, and yet it will leave you purposely unsatisfied, it will leave you guessing, it will leave you hungry to learn more, and you will continue on, because just like myself, my stories do not like to have set limits.
I will tell you now, that I will delve a great deal into the development of the relationship between Naruto and Morrigan, because it would be just criminal of me to just put them together without any effort or attempt to make their relationship seem anything close to two or one dimensional. Even if it will be a harem, Naruto will have to spend time and get to know all the other potential females that he might add to said harem, and this will develop in similar stages to the relationship that monogamous individuals pair up.
Naruto and his future harem females will meet, they will be introduced, they will have first impressions of one another, they will interact and try to learn more about the other, they will find things about them that they like, they will find things about them they don't like, they will have insecurities about themselves and about each other, and they will grow emotionally attached to one another.
This won't be just another harem fic that only serves to satisfy the smut in this fic, and yes, there will be smut, but it won't be every friggin chapter, the harem itself is not the focus of this story. That doesn't mean you won't enjoy the smut too, because smut is the usual cure to any exposure to Yaoi… if you aren't a Yaoi fan girl or - God forbid - a Yaoi fan boy.
And Naruto won't necessarily be the only character of his generation that comes into the story, most of those characters will be male, and they will have their own harems, to keep everyone else from thinking that Naruto is getting all the luck, and to make things a little more balanced. If one character showboats too much, it ruins the story for everyone, and nobody likes a showoff that doesn't have a rival or comparable equal!
I might also consider putting in OC's, but you know my policy about OC's: they can't be paired with main characters unless everyone agrees in a general consensus, and even then, it will only happen if it doesn't throw off my storyline too much.
I'll put up an OC profile skeleton for this story if I do in fact decide to include them, you will find the profile skeleton on my profile if this becomes the case, and please message them to me, reviews should be for reviewing, profiles should be used for announcing.
Well, I'd say more here, but I want to get to the actual story, so I'll get to the reviews, and then the story!
Oh!
And by the way, look towards the end of this chapter to see my new brainchild story, one that I believe will revolutionize Fanfiction… forever.
Now onto reviews!
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warriorx559: Thank you, I think it's pretty cool too, and I was hoping people would enjoy the thing I did with Bonnie. And here is your new chapter, as requested!
inuboy86: I'm glad I have a fan out of you, and I will continue to work hard to keep up the humor!
Storylover213: Holy shit I am awesome! Thanks!
Bahumat knight: Well thank you and here is the update, I hope you enjoy it!
Dark Vizard447: This will be a Naruto/Morrigan/Harem with Naruto, Morrigan, and a couple of other females, and some of the other characters from Naruto that are in Naruto's generation will also be featured living in Makai soon via special circumstances. They will get harems too, if only to be fair and to give Naruto some companionship from people of his age and background.
ScorpionKing12: Well I always said that age was but a number, and as I told warriorx559, the bit with Bonnie was something I enjoyed immensely myself, even more so Raptor's reaction. I wonder, can you or anyone else figure out where Lord Raptor's reaction was quoted from?
Werewolf2300: Well I'm sure you'd also think the exact polar opposite if the situation were reversed, I mean NaruHina has lost it's appeal that it had during my initial Fanfic reader years, simply because it became so common as to become stale. So appreciate the rarity of this pairing, as this means less chance of someone butchering the English language in a sad attempt to make themselves seem literate.
Kyukon: It's alright, you don't really have to be too familiar, seeing as I myself am pretty much winging it, and making up the character's personalities myself, with some influence from the actual series itself.
[Unsigned] {No Name}: Too bad you are unsigned, but I thank you anyways, and I'm glad that you think so highly of me. I have a lot to learn, but to hear support like this from you inspires me to keep going!
HolyKnight5: …how'd you know that? As for Lilith, hm, that is an idea worth looking into, and it's funny you mention Jiraiya, I'm thinking of giving him a little mercy compared to other authors…
Sha8ad8ow: Well here is the update that you wanted, and I hope to keep a fan out of you!
KuroYuro: Well I'm surprised that you acknowledged my Wrath of the Dragon God story, and I will actually put some effort into the next chapter, it won't seem as rushed… maybe I'll update Duelists in the Pokegirl Universe too…
[Unsigned] Eduardo: Well anyone would be jealous of having Morrigan as your significant other, but that's besides the point. Anyways thanks, although I might just stick to wiki's and such, and just let the rest complete itself!
ragnrock kyuubi: Thanks, and here is the new chapter, so enjoy!
fanofmany: I'm glad you appreciate my work, and I'm proud that people appreciate my sense of humor.
GingitsuneRaposo: I hope to have you seeing more soon… but that may be due to the fact that implies I continue to work on this story… but I digress! Thank you and I hope to have you review more in the future!
[Unsigned] UMMX: No worries unsigned, here is your chapter, rejoice!
Skelo: Thank you, and please keep up your work on Fellow Artists, I'm digging the exotic, meaning rare, pairing of Yakumo and Naruto!
Phibriglex: I will be showing the trained and such, because there is so much potential for me to work with in doing the whole thing out, and besides, people appreciate patience in writing because it gives them more to read and more to enjoy. After all, it'd be much too simple to just do a time skip, few have the ability to play it all out, and even fewer can do it right. I hope to be one of those few who can.
OBSERVER01: Yes, Naruto really is a lucky S.O.B., but then again, aren't we all for being able to see it?
And to all my fans, I'd appreciate getting a couple more reviews, if not because of the fact that I enjoy all the positive reinforcement, but the fact of the matter is, I am constantly trying out new techniques in writing and also, in addition to my constant additions and revisions in the future, I am also looking to you people for helping me to figure out what my best style of writing should be, as I'm still rather in the experimental stage.
I'm trying to get a balance between action, description, and dialogue, and at the same time trying to develop characters in a way that I can understand and which can't be misunderstood unless purposely intended… but I digress… anyways, I will quit my ranting, and hope you do review more often or at least spread the word, and please watch out for my next story, because that will be my crowning jewel, even above this story!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Darkstalkers, they are owned by their respective owners, and I'm not making any money off this, let's be honest, because if I could make money of this story, I'd be rich, filthy rich, and people would pay me to keep writing, not because I have to, but because they want me to! Yeah! But that is a pipe dream, and we can all dream…
Private Disclaimer: I promise not to leave you guys here on this site without some sort of Yaoi repellant, because apparently there is more Sasuke and Naruto pairing stories than there are Naruto and Hinata as well as Naruto and Sakura… COMBINED! The inhumanity! Seriously, do these Yaoi fan girls have any concern for the characters themselves, or maybe even their fellow readers?
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"So Doctor, what is the diagnosis? Will he live, nya?"
"Oh ha-ha, very funny! So funny, in fact, that my license to laugh expired early!"
"…dude, that made absolutely no sens-"
"Raptor, do us all a favor and quit stating the obvious! Jon, sarcasm really isn't your thing, so I suggest you avoid it's use in the future. Felicia, I'd tell you to stop being an airhead, but I can already tell that's too much to ask of you."
"No problem, L.L.B.A.!"
"I apologize, your highness, it won't happen again."
"…meanie…"
"You three are more trouble than you are worth… sigh, Richtofen, what do the scanners say about Naruto-kun?"
We find ourselves observing Morrigan and her party, consisting of Lord Raptor (whom had come out of sheer boredom), Felicia (whom also had nothing better to do, that and she couldn't help but stare at the individual lying on the table in the middle of this setting), the Revenant known as Dr. Edward Richtofen (whom despite having never ever ventured out of Makai, had the look and feel of a German mad scientist), Baby Bonnie Hood (whom alternated between glaring at every other being around her with the intent to kill, and then glancing at the same figure as Felicia, blushing like a Japanese schoolgirl in front of her secondary school crush), and these were some of the ones whom were the most interested in whom was apparently the center of attention.
While the others - like Jon Talbain and Hsien-Ko - were interested - along with a choice few other individuals - none were more interested than the previous listed individuals, whom all were currently in a facility reminiscent of modern-day laboratories - complete with high-tech gismos and gadgets whirring and beeping and generally confusing anyone whom tried to figure out what they were for - that served as a private research center for the benefit of the Empress herself.
As it stood, Dr. Richtofen was in fact the leading researcher at this facility, and he was currently running tests and scans on the individual lying on the flat table in the next room, whom could not see the others through the one-way mirror glass placed in the wall dividing these two rooms.
The individual that was being studied was none other than Uzumaki Naruto, the newly discovered 'last Incubus' and ergo, the direct descendant of the line of Emperors, which made him also the heir apparent for the role of Emperor; and with the plan that he and Morrigan had planned together (or rather, Morrigan had devised on her own, and then convinced him to go along with, and Naruto had simply edited certain parts of the plan, all for the benefit of attaining the maximum amount of effect) the newly announced fiancé of Morrigan herself.
At this moment, he was being examined by Dr. Richtofen to validate his status as an Incubus, as while he looked the part of the Incubus, the fact that he also had the traits of Kitsune, not to mention the irregularities in hi sown Incubian traits, made it pretty easy for many individuals to be skeptical that Naruto was indeed the long lost Incubus.
And in just a few hours, Dr. Richtofen was going to find the results of his analysis…
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"Ja! It is finished!", Dr. Richtofen exclaimed, once the strange machine near the left corner of the room farthest from the door started to beep, and then a detailed analysis report began to appear on the computer screen that Dr. Richtofen had been anxiously staring at for the past twenty minutes.
Morrigan was the first to react, and asked, with a slight bit of uncertainty (which made sense, seeing as this analysis could either make her of break her, on the off chance that Naruto wasn't the legendary Incubus), "So Richtofen, what does the analysis say?"
And of course, Lord Raptor had to add his own two scents in, "Is he or is he not the Chosen One of the Prophecy, that will bring balance to the Force… of Guff?"
That earned him a few looks that clearly questioned just what exactly he was referencing to, which was once again moot, seeing as Lord Raptor was essentially, the Deadpool of the Makai community…
The response given by Dr. Richtofen showed that he was - at the moment - all business, completely ignoring Lord Raptor's attempt to convert others to his own religion of insanity, and instead looked at Morrigan with an amused eye, that hinted at how he somehow knew the turmoil going through his Empress's head, which only made her more aggravated instead of calmed.
When the Revenant had finally decided that enough suspense had been built, he replied, "The DNA magi-computer confirms the genetic relation between the blood samples of all the previous Incubian Emperors… down to the missing Ikigami himself, and the prince, young Lord Naruto: he is, without a doubt, their descendant."
The sigh of relief that Morrigan let out was overshadowed by the few gasps made by the party members present whom had originally doubted the validity of Morrigan's claim, as this was essentially stating that their disbelief was but mere delusion, and thus it solidified the realization that Morrigan was going to stay in her role as Empress, only that his time, the claims made against her would become invalidated now that she was also engaged to marry the heir apparent for the throne of Makai.
And had the nonbelievers not demanded that a thorough scan be given to Naruto to validate his claim to the ruling position, they might have been in a better position to challenge Morrigan's authority; however, by erasing all doubt of Naruto's status, they had essentially erased all chances to keep Morrigan from staying as Empress, as by being engaged to the heir apparent of Makai, Morrigan had accomplished a rather underhanded maneuver… the very intention that she and her newly to-be-husband had both planned on.
For you see, up until Morrigan's [rather sudden and unexpected] engagement to Naruto, she had always had trouble gaining the support needed to implement many of the policies she should have been able to, due to her questionable status as Empress.
You see, while the Emperor or Empress of Makai had the final say and authority over the big decisions regarding the Empire, the Emperor or Empress could not be reasonably expected to see to the individualized need of each and every citizen on a regular basis.
During the original uniting of Makai, Genzai put into place, in addition to his own role of Emperor, the concept of the 'Tree of Order', which was essentially a more democratic approach to ruling the individual people of Makai.
As a whole, Makai was considered an Empire, composed of seven Kingdoms, and each of those Kingdoms had it's own 'Tree of Order', that is… a three-branch government system (yes, that meant a that went from the Kingdom-wide level, to the Country-wide level, to the State-wide level, and finally to the City-wide level (seeing as the Division-System of levels of regional rule stated that the Empire of Makai was divided into Kingdoms, which are further divided into Countries, which then are divided into States, and are finally then divided into Cities).
Now, the 'Tree of Order' concept worked for allowing each Kingdom to function by itself essentially, but as an Empire composed of Kingdoms, the Tree of Order served as a sort of 'support' to the rulers of the various Kingdoms, meaning that the Kings and Queens of the Kingdoms had final say over what happened in their Kingdom, which allowed them if necessary to override the decisions made via that Kingdom's Tree of Order, so in essence, it wasn't truly a democracy, which was never it's intended purpose to begin with.
There was not really a 'Tree of Order' for the Empire as a whole, instead the Emperor or Empress's 'support' came from the entity known as the Council of Thirteen, which was composed of the rulers of the Seven Kingdoms (or, in some cases, a representative sent to act in their place), as well as the leading individual representatives of the Six Aspects of the Empire: the Martial (Military) Aspect, the Financial (Economy) Aspect, the Intellectual (Education) Aspect, the Social (Culture) Aspect, the Spiritual (Religion) Aspect, and finally the Medical (Health) Aspect.
The Council of Thirteen was at first created by Gokai, when he found that his father, Genzai, had become overworked due to having to be aware of every single thing going on within each of the Kingdoms, and Gokai sought to correct it by making the Council of Thirteen the go-between that divided the Emperor and Empress from the individual Kingdoms.
But when Morrigan had taken the role of Empress, the Council of Thirteen often worked less than adequately to make Morrigan aware of the things that were going wrong, all due to their own views of tradition and how Morrigan's very existence seemed to threaten the stability of the Empire in their points of view: to them, Morrigan was essentially the same as rapid and uncontrolled change; the Empire of Makai had held together for so long only because the citizens held the traditions practiced by and enforced by the original Incubian Emperors above their own race-bound traditions.
To the traditionalists, Morrigan's blood adoption, inheritance, and then ascension as Empress, made them believe that she would eventually doom Makai to collapse in it's unity by destroying all the very traditions that kept the Empire itself from slitting apart, and it's citizens return to their individual warring Kingdoms and an uncertain future.
Unlike the Council of Konoha, whose main flaw lied in the selfish desire to obtain more power and wealth, that made them corrupt, the Council of Thirteen made things difficult for Morrigan, simply because they truly believed that as long as they kept making things difficult for Morrigan, she would have to put effort into doing her job, and by making her put effort they hoped to instill into her some respect for the traditions that she abhorred so much, if not for her own benefit, then for the benefit of her Empire.
The fact that Morrigan was rather lazy and detested any work relating to her duties as Empress, only made things harder for her, and so long as the Council of Thirteen held the recurring debate of how questionable was Morrigan's position as Empress, not to mention whether or not she truly deserved her position after all her negligence.
Yet, with Naruto now in the picture, the Council of Thirteen finally realize just what this means exactly for their supposed political weapon that was Morrigan's shakable claim to the throne.
No longer was Morrigan just the adopted daughter of a 'false' Emperor from a line of 'false' Emperors whom inherited the throne by luck, she was now the intended partner of marriage for Uzumaki Naruto, the true heir of the throne, and by proxy: Morrigan would become an Empress in the traditional sense via marrying the Emperor… or in this case, Emperor-to-be.
Which meant that the Council of Thirteen no longer had any way to challenge Morrigan on the grounds of her lack of credible claim to the ruling position of Makai, because Morrigan was 'the real deal' now.
So while the members of the Council of Thirteen simply gawked in utter shock with the sudden realization that Morrigan was now politically immune to any of their usual interference, Morrigan chuckled silently to herself, once again thanking whatever deity was listening to her prayers for setting her up to meet that blond-haired underage fiancée of hers.
While the others contemplated the short and long-term impacts that the revelation of Naruto's existence would have, Dr. Richtofen seemed to hum in thought as he noticed a strange anomaly within the data analysis of Naruto, and suddenly he began to type frantically with an inexplicable vigor, and then he began moving back and forth between different computer stations, moving and observing and detailing with disturbing ferociousness, and everyone whom had been entranced by the news that Naruto [without a doubt] truly was the long-lost heir shifted their attention to the strange behavior of the doctor.
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It became even more interesting when Dr. Richtofen apparently found something so surprising that he had actually called in his entire team, and the guests that accompanied Morrigan were all witness to the bizarre sight of literally dozens of researchers of various races moving back and forth between this room, the room Naruto was in, and various rooms throughout the facility, when not less than five minutes before, the place had been comparable to a ghost town.
And what the researchers were trying to confirm or deny escaped the guests, all of whom could only catch snippets of individual conversations among the myriad of words, both exchanged and exclaimed…
"None of this makes any sense!"
"It would explain why we're picking up so many energy signatures from him..."
"But that doesn't explain how this could even happen."
"Are you sure that these results are not a simple typo or mistake of sorts?"
"Yes! I reran the test five times already!"
"This is unprecedented!"
"What could this mean…?"
Apparently, Baby Bonnie Hood had finally had enough of seeing so many demons running around (it might have also been the various female demon researchers ogling, checking, and even petting Naruto, whom was sedated at the moment and unable to respond to any of them), and grabbed Dr. Richtofen the next time he passed by the door, and pulled him from the hallway, before slamming him against the nearest wall, and demanding to know, "What the HELL is going on?"
"Pandemonium City, is what everything looks like… I've never seen so many Onna in one place, our princely Incubus is going to get rap-", was what Lord Raptor managed to get out, before getting an empty shotgun lugged at his head, courtesy of the free hand of the blonde-haired girl that was keeping Dr. Richtofen held to the wall by her other arm.
Visibly unshaken (and we ought to mention that she was pressing her forearm directly against his neck, making him even more uncomfortable than he might have been normally in this position, were the forearm placed anywhere else) Dr. Richtofen seemed to only slightly struggle, before sweating heavily upon seeing the gun being pointed at his face by Bonnie, and because he had a sense of self-preservation, it didn't take long before the doctor began to spill the beans, so to speak.
"The boy… he is not just an Incubus… nor just a Kitsune."
That statement alone caused some audible reactions among the guests present, as gasps and even more cries of 'WHAT?' were heard, and even Bonnie was so shocked that she unintentionally loosened her hold against the doctor, whom took his chance to shrug her off, and then get himself settled, before deciding that for his own safety, he had best get to explaining.
"Lord Naruto is… to best describe him: he is an amalgamation of several different races. Not only is he an Incubus, he also carries traces of human, Kitsune, and even dragon in his genotype, but that's not the strangest part…"
Now even Talbain and Hsien-Ko, whom had been only starting to get interested in the situation regarding Naruto, were now trying to absorb the radical revelation that the boy in front of them could use the abilities of humans, Kitsune, Incubus, and dragons!
And Richtofen did not even seem finished in the surprises, if the look in his eyes indicated anything.
Indeed, Richtofen brought down upon them another earth-shattering revelation, "While his genes show these four being prominent, his energetic phenotype is simply impossible to pin down in it's entirety…", and after receiving a look of confusion from the other's, Richtofen sighed and dulled the 'techno babble', "…in easy to understand terms, we've detected readings characteristic of various races and sub-races showing up randomly from his energy reserves."
"In terms of energy, Lord Naruto comes up as everything you can think of, from Angels to Zombies, he qualifies as them energy-wise, and this only accounts for less than 1% of all the readings we could detect, the majority of the readings we can't even identify what race or sub-race that type of energy belongs to. At one point, Lord Naruto even exhibited traces of an ultimately rare form of energy, one that has only been emitted by - and this confirmation comes from their rare recorded interactions with us - the very Gods themselves…"
"What are you saying?", was Morrigan's response, as she beat all the others to the punch in reacting to that bit of news, because either Richtofen was trying to pull their leg, or he was really saying that, if you identified a being's race by their energy alone, then Naruto could be identified as every race known to Makai, and then some…
"You heard right: Lord Naruto, is truly what you might call an amalgamation of life, energy-wise at least. But that's not the strangest part… no, the strangest part lies in the fact that, among the various random energies we pick up, there is one specific energy that… well it's there… and yet not there at the same time… and whenever we try to get a better reading of it… the energy seems to… shift to make it so that we can't observe it… it's almost as if… the energy itself is sentient…"
Before they were even given the opportunity to react to that tidbit, Richtofen laid down the single most disturbing thing that he had observed, and even he himself seemed to drop any amusement he had previously gained by taunting the others with knowledge that could only be understood by centuries of study and diligence and understanding of the incredible complexity of crossing magical energies with machinelike constructions, and then getting the proper programming to work on each and then to make them compatible…
Let's just say that for the moment, it was best to stay out of Richtofen's mind, because only those fluent in technobabble would even be able to attempt to try to understand a tenth of whatever was currently running through the insane river of thoughts inside that Revenant's head…
Anyways…
Richtofen's serious change in demeanor startled Morrigan, because as far as she was aware of. Richtofen was never the kind to get serious over anything, the proof being that, despite being threatened at gunpoint by Bonnie, Richtofen never seemed to truly loose his playful demeanor, and if anyone could handle Bonnie at that position, then chances were they could handle pretty much anything.
Basically, that meant that this bit of news was freaky enough to make the eternally playful Richtofen actually lose his grin, which meant that whatever he had to say, was something you did not want to miss.
"We've done various scans of his energy output, and up until before that strange energy began to act up and avoid all our attempts to study it, we managed to scan the extent to it's power… and every time we tried to measure that strange energy, the scale exploded, or overloaded to be more precise.", and upon their looks that begged a deeper explanation, Richtofen elaborated, "The usual scales we have extend from a massive range, and normally our normal range's maximum is equivalent to the total recorded of energy of Genzai himself at his max."
"…wait, you mean that this energy surpasses Genzai's energy at his max?", was the question Jon Talbain managed to ask before anyone else could.
Richtofen nodded his head, but wasn't finished just yet, "We were very surprised , and continually brought in new scanners with extended ranged, going from ten times Genzai's max, to a hundred times Genzai's max, all the way up to a million times Genzai's max energy output!" Richtofen then added ominously, "And no matter how high we raised it, the scanners broke from an energy overload, the scanners… simply could not even get headway in measuring the extent of this energy's output… this was not all the different exhibited energies, this was just one single source of energy, of which we could barely even get a scan on, and still that bare bit that we scanned destroyed all our scanners due to it's intensity!"
"Imagine: we - quite literally - barely scratched the surface of this energy, and even that little bit overwhelmed anything we could use to measure it… just imagine what the full extent of it could do… wait, you can't, because you simply can't comprehend a energy akin to a googolplex…"
That alone was enough to bring everyone to an immediate halt in any thoughts they had running through their head, and for good reason: Genzai was so powerful that even at his young age, he had power comparable to a God (even his regular - meaning non-combatant - power output was on the same tier as the God's when they came to this realm for anything beyond needing to use their power), and then to hear this…
For a power to exist that exceeded the power of a God's by over a million-fold…
And even still, it was but a drop of water that did not even compare to the full ocean itself…
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"…Morrigan, just where did you find this boy?", was the curious question Richtofen had to ask, because he had the time needed to process and comprehend all of this, while the others did not, and furthermore, if Richtofen had information as to the origins of this… phenom was too much an understatement to be anything more than an insult to Naruto's status, then there was a chance that Richtofen could shed some light on this impossibility.
After all, Richtofen had a vested interest in Naruto, not just because of his status as an Incubus, but the fact that Naruto also possessed a book written in what was believed to be an ancient hierarchic text that no mortal or God had any familiarity with, and even as he thought upon this very subject, Richtofen had a multitude of researchers - not of his department exactly, but code-breakers and archaeologists whom would have the best chance of figuring out just what Naruto's special book was written in - working on the clock to figure out what purpose it served.
The reason it held so much interest to Richtofen specifically, was because, unknown to the others, the book exuded an energy of the exact same properties as the one that Naruto possessed, the one with an output that exceeded the maximum range of their most advanced scanners.
And Richtofen had no desire to reveal any information on that subject… at least, not until he himself had some better understanding of the situation.
So it was almost startling to Richtofen when Morrigan seemed to regain her bearings and interrupted his train of thoughts by answering his question, "I found him in a place known as Konoha, a ninja village within the 'Fire Country', part of the Elemental Nations, you're familiar with the place, are you not?"
Surprisingly to all, it was the normally quiet Hsien-Ko whom responded to Morrigan's question, "Are those not the lands where the humans possess control over their life-energies and manipulate the elements using their energy, the one they refer to as 'chakra?'"
Morrigan's reply was blunt and to the point, "The very same."
"My question is…", the inquisitive Jon Talbain asked, "…why was the Incubian Prince living among humans?", to which Lord Raptor inquired on his own behalf, "Probably that ties in with the question of why does he have human heritage?"
Even more disturbing was that instead of an answer to either of those questions, yet another question was proposed, by Bonnie of all potential speakers, "More importantly, why does he seem to be some sort of Incubus-Kitsune hybrid?"
The others present in the room seemed to once again grow uncomfortable with the reaffirmation that they were sharing the room with a renown Demon-hunter who abhorred their kind, and this seemed to aggravate her further, but luckily Felicia managed to dissipate any building animosity by adding onto the stream of questions, "And where does the bit about Dragon come in, nya?"
"I believe I can answer that.", a new voice announced from the doorway, and the people present turned to face one Doctor Ludvig Maxis, an even more infamous Ghoul Doctor than Richtofen, whom coincidentally happened to be his brother-in-law; along with Dr. Maxis was his six-year old daughter Samantha Maxis, whom squealed with joy as she ran to hug Richtofen while exclaiming, "Uncle Ed!", to which Richtofen chuckled and replied, "Und wie ist meine Lieblings-Nichte?(1)", while affectionately ruffling her hair to both his amusement and her annoyance.
"Sehr gut, danke!", Samantha replied, while her pet Hellhound Fluffy walked over to get her own head patted, much to everyone's amusement, seeing as far as they could tell, Richtofen did not seem like the family-type, or the affectionate type for that matter, appearances be damned.
"Yes, she had been practicing her German, seeing as her mother decided that you were a good influence on her' and wanted her to get more familiar with the work environment, seeing as she does want to follow in your footsteps, Schwager.", Dr. Maxis replied venomously to an unspoken question, which only caused Richtofen to leer at the husband of his younger sister.
Unaware of the history between these two, Lord Raptor stealthily (or as stealthily as he deluded himself into believing he was) made his way next to Morrigan, and whispered his question, "What's the deal between these two?"
As both doctors seemed to stare down one another, Morrigan quietly explained, " There exists a strange relationship between Dr. Maxis and Dr. Richtofen. See, Maxis and Richtofen were part of some secret project that I can't tell you about -seeing as I don't know anything about it, having been run under my father and kept absolutely hush-hush. Richtofen was always trying to outdo Maxis, without much luck, seeing as my father and Maxis were rather 'buddy-buddy', and thus people usually sided with Maxis on any important decisions for that alone.
Add that Richtofen's younger sister seemed to have taken a liking to Maxis, and that this particular sister was the one that Richtofen had fully exhibited the 'older-brother/guard-dog mentality' towards, and you have a recipe for disaster."
"When the project was finally dismissed, and the need for the participants to dedicate all their time to the project ended as well, both Maxis and Richtofen's younger sister Valeria started the whole 'falling-in-love' phase, and nothing Richtofen could do managed to stop it; a few years later Valeria and Maxis are married, and sweet little Samantha is born."
"Richtofen doesn't take kindly to defeat, and finds a strange form of 'revenge', if you could call it such."
"Richtofen tries time and time again to be a bigger influence in Samantha's life than either Maxis or Valeria, in the hopes of taunting Maxis with the idolization of his daughter. Already he's managed to convince his sister to let him hire tutors for Samantha to learn all sorts of advanced learning subjects - including German - and not to mention getting Samantha hooked into Richtofen's kind of work."
A questioning glance accompanied Raptor's askance, "So what's wrong with Richtofen's job?"
The knowing look in Morrigan's eyes said all that needed to be known, but she elaborate nonetheless, "Richtofen's line of work is supposedly a great deal more… unethical you could say, at least compared to Maxis's work."
That information was all Raptor needed to know, and the "Ah! I see…", while unnecessary, only added to the image of Raptor's overdramatic nodding and crossing of his arms, despite not truly understanding all the semantics of the situation, he understood very well the concept of 'payback', and for Richtofen, whom seemed to genuinely like his niece, this was the best way to get said revenge on Maxis without really hurting her.
There was also the fact that most fathers hate other men trying to impress their daughter, no matter what the circumstance, due to their natural overprotective drive, not that anything of that sort would ever develop, Morrigan noted, as Richtofen was rather asexual to begin with, seeing as he had never seemed to be romantically or sexually interested in anyone, even she seemed to escape his eye.
"So, you were going to tell us about…?", Bonnie managed to get out, seeming strangely calmed and composed whenever the subject of the Incubian prince seemed to cross her mind, something that Lord Raptor had noticed and, if things became even more surreal, he would be sure to use this as teasing material down the road.
"Yes, I was getting to that.", Dr. Maxis managed to say before looking at Richtofen and then saying, "I had some friends of mine assist me in my own research alongside Edward's here, and I came up with a startling discovery: the reason we could never find the Incubian heir over the years, and the reason we only discovered Lord Naruto as of recent, is due to an illusion that hid him from demons, that was placed on his genes."
"His what?", a random member of the Council of Thirteen shouted, and for good reason: as far as anyone knew, an illusion of any kind could only be placed onto a person themselves, and it was rather difficult to actually affect only a small portion of a person with an illusion, and nobody had ever heard of an illusion placed on someone's genetic makeup, much less what that would even mean.
Dr. Maxis was well aware of that kind of thinking, and answered in detail, "There were traces of an extremely powerful illusion, which could be traced through his very genetics themselves. Further investigation revealed that this illusion was paternal-based, meaning that the father was the one whom passed it down, and yes, that meant the Incubian portion of his genetic makeup was directly tied in with this illusion."
"This illusion hid all traces of demonic heritage and even our energy, and only allowed a portion of the demonic abilities to manifest, essentially making the bearers of the illusion to appear… human. For further inquiry, we went up the tree of paternal grandfathers to find the very first individual with this illusion placed, and low and behold, we confirmed it: Ikigami never died."
"He was brought to the human world, and had this genetic illusion placed on him to make him appear human, and left there to rot essentially…", Maxis finished with no small amount of distaste, as he knew very well how… insulting it would be for Makai's own heir to be reduced to a mere human.
Before the others could even process this information, Jon begged to ask the question that seemed to be bothering him for quite some time, "But how does that explain his… other characteristics?", which drew a look of sympathy from others, as they knew he himself had his issues with his heritage before, and to see this possible difficulty in the life of this… child, it would only seem appropriate for Jon to want to help his proverbial brother in suffering.
After all, both Jon and Naruto knew what it was like to be reviled by human society.
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"Ah yes, the Kitsune characteristics… they're strangely a cross between artificial and naturally present…", Maxis explained, drawing a look of shock from Richtofen and surprisingly Samantha, whom seemed to be the only ones whom understood what exactly that entailed, and it was Samantha that replied, "Father, you don't mean…"
"Indeed I do, Samantha, and I am… proud, to see you are very able in this field, and loathe am I to admit it… my brother-in-law seems to be a good teacher for you…", Maxis relented in admitting, complete with sigh and lowered head, which caused Richtofen to gain a shit-eating grin and for Samantha to gain a kilowatt smile, and Richtofen even decided, "Well, we've done a lot of talking, why not let Samantha explain for this once?"
Morrigan had to admit, the entire situation seemed rather cute, and were Morrigan not the touchy-feely type (Naruto notwithstanding), she would have found the look on Samantha's face as worthy of a fan-girlish hug. Instead, she settled for a chuckle, not even letting the possibility of giggling to occur despite the situation, as seemingly only Naruto had the ability to make her giggle despite all her best efforts to avoid doing so.
Samantha seemed rather reluctant, however, replying, "I don't know…", before looking down.
The fear that she had of messing up, above all Jon seemed to notice it, and decisively mentioned, "It's okay pup, just try your best; if anything, your explanation will be actually much better than either of the two maniacs in white coats: at least your explanation won't contain unnecessary technobabble."
The response drew laughs from those around, even Bonnie seemed to appreciate the mood… or she seemed to be more lax in the presence of the young Samantha, although Lord Raptor's falling over and rolling on the floor drew the ire of both Maxis and Richtofen, whom did not appreciate his apparent enjoyment at their expense, and it took Hsien-Ko kicking him in the ribs to get him to calm down.
With a small amount of encouragement from her pet Fluffy, and with the ease brought on by Jon's joke and Raptor's humorous reaction, Samantha felt invigorated enough to explain to the best of her ability. "Sorry if this isn't as fancy an explanation, but my father meant by 'artificial and naturally present', that Lord Naruto's Kitsune traits weren't there when he was born, but something happened to make them natural, meaning any kids that Lord Naruto has will also inherit these characteristics."
The explanation itself was both intelligent and yet simple, and as Jon had mentioned, free of any unnecessarily complicated words or terms that would otherwise draw attention away from the actual point, which everyone including Jon liked, and he even admitted it, "You know, if we had more people like you Samantha working in the science department, I think everyone could understand science that much more easily."
The compliment caused Samantha to blush, not used to such excellent praise from anyone not of her family.
Once again, Lord Raptor needed to add his own thoughts, "I myself think that there's a conspiracy with scientists and their needing to use big wordy terms to hide what they're really doing!"
The general consensus reaction from everyone, even Naruto - whom was in the other room and unable to know anything going on in the other room due to soundproofing - was a sweatdrop, and a look of utter embarrassment from being in the same room as Lord Raptor. That was followed by a unanimous denial of whatever point that Raptor had, and that they were to avoid listening to anything he said if they wanted to retain their sanity.
Both Richtofen and Maxis in particular looked rather pleased, as despite their own reservations against each other, their efforts in teaching Samantha seemed to have paid off, as not only had she explained everything without error, but she had done so in a way that nobody could misunderstand what was being said.
'Maybe I ought to do what Richtofen has been doing after all, and let Samantha sit down at my meetings and lectures. If anything, she could explain some of the rather complex details of my work to my colleagues and trainees…', Maxis idly thought, although he would rather die than admit that to Richtofen, as he had already given acknowledgement to Richtofen once today, any more and he might as well give up this rivalry and admit defeat…
Samantha herself seemed to brighten up with all the praise, especially that of her father and uncle, she looked just about ready to burst with happiness. Fluffy, while not understanding what was happening, was able to detect that Samantha was feeling proud of herself, as well as excited at being able to do scientific explanations like her father and uncle, so Fluffy too seemed to radiate the mood of happiness, if her attempts to drown Samantha's face in drool were any indication, much to her own chagrin and to everyone else's amusement.
However, the fun had to end sometimes, and Richtofen decided to do it as smoothly as possible, "So Maxis… if what Samantha says is correct, then what are the circumstances that could make Lord Naruto acquire them in the first place?"
That was, in everyone's opinion, the million-dollar question of the moment.
And Maxis answered without a hitch, "There are several cases that could explain this: one, a Kitsune attempted a blood ritual on Lord Naruto to grant him these traits; two, a Kitsune was going to die or was dead and sealed it's soul and energy into Lord Naruto to survive; three, a Kitsune named Naruto it's heir." After saying that, Maxis added, "However, each of these three presents a problem in application."
"Blood rituals, such as the blood adoption ritual that Empress Morrigan underwent, are very tricky and difficult, and the farther the difference in both genetic relation and overall species separation between the adopter and adoptee, the greater the chances of failure: Empress Morrigan's success rate for her adoption ritual by Lord Belial was about one-in-fifty-four thousand!"
"Even if we were to factor the Incubian heritage of Lord Naruto, the illusion made him, for all accounts, a human, and thus successfully undergoing a blood ritual - when applied at birth, mind you, as doing so is statistically the safest to do this - the chances of actual success would be… about one-in-thirty-eight billion!"
Complete and utter silence followed that statement.
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But Maxis, like Richtofen earlier, seemed to be starting a chain of surprises for them, and they already sensed that they were in for a heck of another explanation.
"The blood ritual is, ironically enough, the most accurate and likely way to explain this phenomena. The chances for a successful anchoring of the soul and energy, a soul-seal anchor if you will, of any being to another being also take into account the difference in their genetics, via family or species, or if they have a spiritual connection. A Kitsune trying to anchor it's soul to a human boy - once again, at birth, as this is when it is safest to do - are more than twice as unlikely as blood rituals: a one-in-eighty-three billion chance of success!", Maxis exclaimed, to the widening shock of everyone, and no… he was not yet finished.
Without even giving them a reprieve from the last example, Maxis exclaimed once more, "And the unknown forces behind claimed and then accepting an heir, factor in whether the selected heir is of blood, spiritual, or same-species relation to the claimer, same as the previous two, but the heir selection also takes into consideration other things, like their personality and talents, whether they be present or future, and a myriad of other things that nobody really has any true understanding of, and do you know, for a Kitsune to do the same thing, in the previous two cases I mentioned… do you know the chances of success?"
Nobody said a word, even Lord Raptor and Bonnie were quiet and anxious to hear the answer.
The answer that Maxis gave rocked them to their very core, "If we assume a perfect scenario where everything does match up, around one-in-one-and-three-quarters trillion chance… and this is assuming everything is perfect, the Kitsune and human are essentially identical in personality and other non-blood, spiritual, and species-related traits that would appear in life, and the human infant was just born."
"And neither of any of these guarantee that he would adopt all the physical characteristics of the Kitsune."
Once again, the only one whom seemed unconcerned about the details was Fluffy, being the only one unable to understand what had been revealed.
Dr. Maxis looked at everyone in the room, slowly turning to see into the eyes of each and every face, and not even the glare of Bonnie could break his expression, and finally he stated what he had been itching to say this entire time, "Do you know what tests showed? The tests showed that the boy underwent the first, second, and third possible explanation for his status, all within the first day he was born… Lord Naruto is quite literally, a practical walking implausibility, if not an impossibility."
Everyone there suddenly looked at Naruto, wondering, 'What the hell are you?'
The only exception was Richtofen, whom was the least surprised, having had his own suspicions given the circumstances, and then he decided to speak upon something he had on his mind, "So, assuming he is this 'walking implausibility', then tell me: how does he exhibit the dominant physical characteristics of both Kitsune and Incubus, when genetically speaking, it cannot happen."
Looking around at the others, Richtofen elaborated for those whom were unaware of this case, "When demons of different species or sub-species mate and produce offspring, the child is a hybrid, and possesses the chance of expressing species-restricted traits and abilities of both parents. However, the gender of the child determines what their species-related physical phenotype, that is… what species they look mostly like. If an inter-species couple conceives children, all males will express the phenotype of their father, and all females will express the phenotype of their mother."
"This is an obvious thing that everyone here knows, it's the entire basis behind the patriarchal - or matriarchal, in the case of the Yuki-Onna - biased system of importance amongst members of the Seven Kingdoms of Makai."
While ranting, Richtofen paced back and forth, catching the eye of everyone as he seemed very sure of whatever is was that he was trying to say, and not everyone was patient enough to wait out to hear the actual point of this information that everyone here - save Bonnie, due to her very nature as a human - was expected and even to a certain extent required - in the case of the rulers and/or representatives of the Seven Kingdoms - though fortunately for them, Richtofen was finally getting around to his point, stopping for the sake of dramatic flair and to gain a more significant response to his next few words.
What Richtofen wanted to say was this, "There are only two possible scenarios where this phenomena does not happen between two hybrid demons. The first is when the existence of a majority non-expressed genotype within the child's parent's replaces the usual gender-specific phenotype of either parent."
"Thus, if a male Kage-onna that had a vampire mother mates and conceives with a female Yuki-Onna with a vampire father, the child - regardless of gender - has a distinct chance at possibly turning out to have a vampire phenotype, basically: being a vampire, thus breaking away from the norm of adopting the phenotype of the parent of the same gender."
"The only other scenario that prevents this from happening, is if a certain inherited gene from the genetics of one parent are so dominant that if inherited, they overrule all other possible expressible phenotypes. There is only one such recorded case of a race bearing genetic super-dominance, and do you know what that is? Let me tell you: the Incubian gene!"
"So how is it, that the boy can express the phenotype of both a Kitsune, and an Incubus?"
Once again, silence permeated the room, which was slowly becoming less of a research station and more of a drama stage, with everyone listening being the audience, and everyone directly involved in conversation being the actors.
And like an actor, Maxis reacted without seeming to need a cue, and replied without giving Richtofen the time needed to question everything further, "But that's just it! The traits aren't Kitsune at all!"
The reaction of everyone besides Maxis, even Fluffy herself seemed incredulous, was as expected…
"WHAT?"
Almost knocked back by the verbal explosion of everyone in the room, whom looked rather… close to forming a hate mob, Maxis decided another explanation was needed, as they seemed furious with being led on somehow about Naruto's status, and Morrigan herself looked like she was seconds away from throttling the life out of Maxis.
"Kitsune, as you are well aware of, do not use youkai like most other demons do, they use their magic and magical energies, and they all possess a Hoshi no Tama. Tell me, Edward, did you find anything strange about the 'Kitsune' portion of Lord Naruto's energies?"
Almost as if Maxis was psychic, Richtofen indeed looked surprised, and then contemplative, and mentioned, "Well… yes, the energies weren't just magical, they also consisted of youkai and… you could say, a demonic form of the chakra that the humans that Lord Naruto lived amongst used."
The response that Maxis had was expectant, and the wisdom that his years had produced seemed to show itself now, and boy did he look impressive, "The boy's feature are not Kitsune, they are Youko… and they are not the normal kind of Youko… however what exactly is so unusual about the nature of this Youko, I have yet to determine."
And before Richtofen could even say his next piece, as if in possession of the ability to see into the future, Maxis interrupted Richtofen's attempt to open his mouth and offered his preemptive rebuttal, "And no, Edward, the Youko is not in any way connected with the other bizarre energy you have been observing, the one that cost us all of our energy readers… whatever that is, not even the Youko compares…"
Morrigan, having remained silent and observant of this contest of intelligence between Maxis and Richtofen, decided to ask her final piece, "And what of Naruto's unusual Incubuian traits, the extra pair of wings, the abnormally large horns, the fact that even at his age: his allure exceeds mine by leaps and bounds - despite me having over several millennia of life of development over him - Incubus or not."
For once, all that Maxis could say was, "Your guess, your highness, is as good as mine."
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