Mi'Kael-No-Fuzei: I thought I was putting Succubi. Apparently my auto-correct kept changing that and I never noticed. It's fixed now though. Thanks for pointing that out. And the reason Naruto got over the aphrodisiac quickly is because he got only a very quick whiff of it and he did have a while to get over it before Kokoa confronted him about acting stupid.
wolf191000: Yeah Kalua is a cry-baby. Yet at the same time I think of her 'tears of regret' as a very creative and unique idea. Most other series with a pacifist killer just have them turn off all emotion during a fight and then fall to pieces over it afterwards. That Kalua cries during the killing is a very different take on it that I think is kind of neat.
Fenrir of the North: Like Inuyasha? In other words; energy attacks(the Iron Reaver and Blades of Blood), sharpened claws, super strength, advanced healing and a demonic overload that powers up all of the above? Well replace the energy attacks with fire and tone down both the strength and healing and he does have powers like Inuyasha. To be honest, if you go be the Japanese legends, Inuyasha had a very basic skill set for demons. Kitsune have more so Naruto will have more.
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"Today all of you are now women of age among our people…" An older Yuki-onna started as all the girls all had flowers in hand and were standing in a grand hall waiting for the portion of the ceremony where the Snow Priestess would come out and tell them their futures. However three girls happened to walk over to one of the attendants to the side and with slightly embarrassed grins asked to use the restroom.
"Honestly, couldn't you girls hold it until afterwards?" The attendant muttered as Moka looked down.
"I'm truly sorry abut this."
"Just finish up so we can return." Moka however shook her head.
"That's not what I meant. We're not really here for the ceremony." The woman turned to see that Moka, Kokoa and Ruby had all pulled out guns, Moka and Ruby looking slightly guilty but determined to go through with their plans while Kokoa had a huge grin on her face. "We came to rescue Mizore!"
Chapter 4: Regretful Tears, Unstable Power!
An explosion got the attention of all the girls and women in the main hall as guards rushed towards the disturbance. "Please remain calm!" The old woman shouted out. "We'll have this taken care of in just a moment!"
"I guess they started huh?" Yukari commented as Kurumu nodded next to her.
"Right, time for our part of the plan." The succubus replied while they headed out of the room unnoticed, two other girls following, one with blonde hair and the other with brown. As soon as they were far enough from the room the blond stopped.
"Finally, time to drop the illusions." She muttered before her form and the brunettes shimmered and revealed Naruto and Tsukune, though the blond had a small gas mask on. "Thankfully Tsurara-san had this so I didn't lose it around those flowers." He commented before tossing it to the side as the four continued on.
"Moka and the others should have their attention so we should go unnoticed." Yukari spoke up as they froze and ducked behind a wall when some more Yuki-onna women came running by with more snow guns. They were avoided so the group grinned and started to run through.
"You know, now that we're here I can see it's all pretty much ice and stone here. The only metal is the pipes insulating the running water and the electrical wires. I could probably burn a path through the walls for us." The blond spoke up but Tsukune shook his head.
"You'd draw attention to us." The younger boy pouted before shaking his head.
"I should've went with the distraction team." He muttered getting them to chuckle. "It's just, with the track record you told Kokoa and I about, I figured going with you guys was more of a fight guarantee than the actual fighting group was." He explained as the other three nervously chuckled. He had a point technically. Last year things had never gone as planned, even at the best of times. So sadly the blond had every right to expect a battle now even though they weren't meant to attack anyone.
"Well, hopefully, you won't get one."
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"Nee-san duck!" Kokoa shouted before jumping up and shooting a couple Yuki-onna women away. The pink haired girl spared her sister a smile before attacking herself. In the background Ruby smiled before contacting Tsukune via the wireless head sets they both wear wearing.
"We've got their attention. Get Mizore and go. Hurry!" She chirped before spinning around from her hiding spot to shoot off a few snowy rounds. Upon seeing Kokoa happily charging into the battle with a grin she caught up to Moka and nudged the older vampire. "Looks like your sister is happiest in a fight huh?
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"This way." Tsukune muttered as he led them through the halls. The four teens had been running through the palace for a few minutes now, hiding themselves whenever people ran by and were nearing the rooms Tsurara had told them would have Mizore. "Right up there…" The boy muttered before a voice called out from behind them.
"So, that battle downstairs is a distraction huh? Your four are the real plan, aren't you?" The group spun around to see a man in a business suit with a cigarette in his mouth walking up calmly as they narrowed their eyes at him. Naruto was especially worried, despite the strong smell of cigarettes he could now smell, he hadn't caught a single whiff of anything from the man until he brought attention to himself. That instantly made him dangerous to the young Hanyou.
"Where's Mizore?"
"Ah, so she's what you came for. This is supposed to be some sort of rescue operation then?" The man responded to the succubus's shouted question. "She's up ahead true, but you really don't know what's going on." The man started as he began to explain. "You see, the Yuki-onna are dying out, something I'm sure you know. So in return from assistance from a certain organization, they agreed to give one of their stronger youths to them for her to be a bride. But in reality, bride isn't the right term. It would be more appropriate to say she's becoming a hostage for the organization." The man finished as Yukari and Kurumu gasped in shock. Naruto's fists were shaking next to him as Tsukune walked towards the man.
"Tsukune-kun, what are you doing? We need to hurry to Mizore!" Yukari shouted out as the brunette teen glared at the man.
"Yukari-san, Kurumu-san; how would this man know this about Mizore?!" He shouted making them realize what he was getting at. "He's with that organization!" The man nodded his head as he took a drag from his cigarette calmly.
"I am. And if you four will agree to leave with your friends down below, I promise you no harm will come to you or Mizore." He offered as Tsukune growled and tried to punch him. However Miyabi lazily sidestepped the sloppy punch and backhanded the boy to the far wall. "Keep trying this and you'll be destroyed." Naruto growled and was about to run at him when Kurumu's voice got his attention.
"Mizore!" They all turned towards where she was looking to see the young Yuki-onna walking down the stairs with a sad look on her face. "Mizore! We're here to rescue you!"
"You can't." Her voice was shaky, as were her movements as Tsukune dug himself out of the wall he had been smashed into and came up towards Mizore. Upon seeing him though the girl stopped coming down the stairs and stayed up where she was. "I've been defiled… I'm not good enough to be with you guys anymore… to be with Tsukune anymore."
"What are you talking about?" Tsukune started as he walked up the stairs towards the girl. "We came all this way just to save you." The girl shook her head.
"I only came here to say good bye."
"But Mizore-!" Tsukune started as he reached for the girl but before he could touch her she turned to ice and shattered revealing she was one of the girl's ice dolls. The group stared in silence as Miyabi started laughing behind them.
"Defiled?! It was just a kiss!" He laughed as Tsukune growled again and stalked towards him. "She overreacts that much over a simple kiss? How childish!" He was so caught up in his laughter the man didn't notice that Tsukune had gotten right next to him, the chains of the holy lock on his arm cracking slightly.
"Shut up!" The boy shouted as he used his ghoul enhanced strength to punch Miyabi away. The other three looked on in shock before he turned around and started running up the stairs. "Come on! We have to hurry!" The group ran and only paused to check the doors they came upon for their friend before the continued on to the next before they opened one door to see Mizore standing in the window, smiling sadly at them with tears in their eyes.
"You came…"
"Mizore!" The girl just closed her eyes as she leaned back and fell out of the window, the group knowing the palace was surrounded by large and deadly spike of ice on all sides. "MIZORE!" The rushed to the window but Kurumu shoved them out of the way before bringing out her wings and tail before leaping out after her. Since Mizore had her eyes closed she didn't see how Kurumu was flying after her and opened them in shock when she felt the girl's arms wrap around her. With a strong flap of her wings Kurumu changed their course so that they wouldn't crash into the ground. The three back in the room breathed out a sigh of relief as Yukari and Tsukune collapsed and Naruto kept an eye on them for when they came back.
"Kurumu I-" Mizore tried to start before the succubus kissed her, her eyes widening in shock. She pulled back for a second as Mizore tried to realize what just happened before Kurumu kissed her again. And again. And once even using her tongue for good measure. Finally she pulled back as Mizore was utterly confused as to what the hell the succubus was doing with her. "What the hell Kurumu?!" She screamed before quietly mumbling something about learning to use her tongue in that manner.
(Author's Note: This scene in the manga was, and still is, hot as hell. As well as unexpected. I mean, she jumps out to save her life and then kisses her? Both a 'what the fuck?' and a 'damn that's hot!' at the same time.)
"See?" The succubus started as Mizore saw the tears rolling down her face. "What's so bad about a kiss? Do you really have to leave us over something like that?" Mizore just looked down as the girl pointed out how foolish she had just been acting while flying back to the room where the others were waiting. Tsukune and Yukari perked up and smiled as Kurumu set Mizore down and rushed over to her while Naruto walked over to Kurumu, a large blush on his face.
"So… I uh, I thought Succubi were only into men." He commented quietly as the girl gained a blush of her own as the innocent comment showed that he had seen her kissing the Yuki-onna. She turned to see that he was slightly grinning despite his blush. "I wonder if I should share this with everyone? I mean, Gin-senpei especially will go nuts over this piece of news…" He trialed off as the girls' blush went past her entire face by now and was even working on heating up her upper body. She quickly grabbed Naruto by the shoulders and pulled him close so that she could whisper in his ear.
"You tell anybody about it and I. Will. Castrate you!" She hissed in his ear as he shivered and nodded. He had his fun, he knew when to stop. Before anymore comments or threats could be given out Tsukune tried to contact the other team to let them know they had rescued Mizore but all he go in return was a small blip of Kokoa calling out a 'Kalua-nee-san'.
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"Kalua-nee-san!" Both Moka and Kokoa called out as a tall dark skinned blond girl in a white formal dress walked into the room with poise, elegance and grace. She looked every bit the refined and sophisticated woman the vampire race like to present to the public about themselves. Even the subtle youki coming off the girl screamed her deadliness to anyone that would sense it. While Moka and Kokoa were somewhat happy to see their sister, they were also scared. What was she doing here? Was she going to attack them? Ruby was standing next to the youngest two of the four Shuzen sisters wondering how dangerous the newcomer would be until the unexpected happened.
Kalua tripped and fell flat on her face.
"Owie…" She moaned childishly as she got up rubbing her nose.
"K-Kalua-nee-san?" Moka asked, shocked that her sister would fall over so easily. The girl perked up and looked over to the three as if noticing them for the first time before smiling brightly.
"Moka-chan!" She cried before rushing over to the pink haired vampire and hugging her. "Oh it's so good to see you again! You look so beautiful now!" She cheered as Moka nervously laughed and the girl started asking her younger sister questions about how she's been or her life and friends now. Meanwhile Ruby timidly walked over to introduce herself since it didn't look like she was going to fight them while Kokoa stood rooted to the spot, staring at Kalua as if she was about to kill them all for one wrong move.
'Kalua-nee-san is here?!' She thought before going over everything she knew about her sister in her head. 'Kalua-nee-san is the Shuzen families top assassin! No matter how much she'd smile or act like nothing was wrong whenever I spent time with her it always felt like nothing was right. Like everything about her smile and ditzy attitude was wrong! Like it was hiding something. It wasn't until I learned what she worked as that it all fell into place. Nee-san can't be here for a visit! She wouldn't have even known we were here!' She thought before walking up. "Kalua-nee-san!" She called getting the older sisters attention.
"Oh, Kokoa-chan! It's good to see you!" The younger girl just shook her head and growled.
"Enough Nee-san! What are you here for?!" She shouted as Kalua was silent. "Who're you here to kill?!" Ruby took a step back as Kalua shook her head.
"Nobody." She answered before walking off to the side as a man rolled out a wheelchair with a bound and gagged Snow Priestess in it. "I was hired to make sure the hostage is collected safely for the organization I work for." She explained as she walked over to the bound leader of the Yuki-onna. "Fairy Tale… that's the organizations name. Right now, your friends above are likely being apprehended as we speak." Kalua told them with a sad look on her face. Despite her position as the Shuzen families top assassin, she never liked to fight or kill. In fact she never liked anything violent. But she would do as she was told in order to make her mother proud. Everything was to make her mother proud. "So please give up… I really don't want to have to fight you two Moka-chan, Kokoa-chan." She finished before the window off to the side shattered and Kurumu flew in with Mizore as the two used their powers to eliminate the men within the hall and knock Kalua aside. As they landed Tsukune, Naruto and Yukari climbed in through the window as well and ran over to the group.
"Mizore!" Moka and Ruby cheered as they all regrouped, only Kokoa not joining in their happiness as she instead stared at her fallen sister. Naruto noticed and walked over to her before tapping her on the shoulder to get her attention.
"You alright?" He asked as Mizore went over to the Snow Priestess to free her from her bindings .Kokoa kept her gaze on her elder sister and shook her head before walking over to the group.
"I'm fine Namikaze-san. I'm just worried." Naruto shrugged and followed her over to the group.
"About what?"
"My sister does not go down that easily." She replied so he looked over to Moka and shrugged again.
"I heard she was pretty strong but doesn't the Rosario need to be removed first?" He asked and Kokoa shook her head.
"I wasn't talking about that sister." Kokoa muttered as a strange white spirit dressed like a clown had come out of the Snow Priestess's mouth. The spirit explained it was Jack Frost and it was the manifestation of the woman's power to predict the future. It explained that it was the one that really saw the future and told the Priestess about it. It had predicted that unless the alliance with Fairy Tale was made their village and race was doomed to a bloody death. Now that they had not only taken Mizore back but attacked their members, it was assured the group would retaliate and destroy the village.
"We won't let them!" Tsukune shouted before being backhanded away. Before anyone else could react Ruby, Mizore, Kurumu and Yukari had all been batted aside just as easily as the last three looked to see Kalua standing with her head down.
"Holy shit!" Naruto shouted. He had been so focused on Jack Frost he hadn't even noticed the girl get up. However his thoughts changed as the girl raised her head and began crying at the top of her lungs. "What… what's going on?" He asked. The boy had never heard of anyone crying in the middle of a fight like this.
"Kalua-nee-san hates fighting. So she cries tears of regret as she shuts everything else about herself down and focuses on killing her target!" Kokoa explained before Kalua rushed her and struck her down with a powerful punch to the face. She tried to do the same to Naruto but the boy ducked under the hit and grabbed her arm before throwing the dark skinned vampire over his shoulder and tossing her aside.
"Since she's your sister, I'll try not to kill her." He muttered as he stood up straight and got ready. Moka had rushed over to her friends and her sister as Kokoa shook her head.
"Don't even try! You're just a Hanyou! Kalua-nee-san is an S-class vampire! You can't win!" She shouted while Naruto flared his youki as his human transformation came undone. His human ears vanished to be replaced by two fox ears on top of his head that were just as blonde as the rest of his hair only with red tips. His hair also gained a few small red highlights as his whiskers thickened and his eyes were no longer blue but had become red with vertical slit pupils. His fangs had lengthened as well while from the base of his spine four golden blond fox tails with red tips grew out. The older members of the Newspaper club gasped. Four was the number of tails Kuyou had last year and they had barely beaten him. Naruto was both only half-Kitsune as well as younger than him and yet he had the same level of power already?
The blond glanced over his shoulder at his friends behind him before turning back to the crying Kalua. "Well I don't know how to lose." Without another word Naruto charged in as Kalua tried to kick him. The boy ducked under the kick and clawed at Kalua's side but the vampire caught his wrist and stopped the attack before trying to punch him in the side. The boy's tails wrapped around the girls outstretched fist and pulled it to the side as he knew that trying to stop it would be useless. Vampires were the Youkai of power, in terms of sheer physical strength they had no equal. Which was why he wasn't going to stop Kalua's attacks. He was going to dodge and deflect them. "Let go!" The boy shouted before jumping up with his wrist still in her grip and drop kicked the girl in her face.
Kalua lost her grip on Naruto's wrist as she was sent back and crashed into the wall. The boy grit his teeth as he flipped back to his feet and made some fire in his hands. "Naruto stop! The Palace is mostly ice! If you use your fire you could melt the supports and bring it down on us!" Mizore shouted from the side as the boy glanced back before scowling and dismissing his fire.
"Plan B then…" He muttered before waiting for Kalua to rush him again. He wasn't disappointed as the girl came in and tried to punch him. Naruto twisted to the side before leaping over the follow-up kick and dropping down with a punch to the girls' temple. Once his feet touched the ground he struck again by punching her in the face before jumping into a spin kick to send her back again. With a grin he held his hands out to his sides as he channeled his youki. "Hey Kurumu! Watch an illusionist at work!" He shouted before clapping his hands together and vanishing. Instantly Kalua was surrounded by multiple copies of Naruto that all rushed in for their own attacks. Kalua would lash out at one only for her attacks to go right through the fakes, even as their own attacks would go through her. Without warning though the girl doubled over from a strong blow to her stomach. The clones continued to rush her even though they didn't do anything before it looked like one clone actually punched her as she spun to the side from the fist colliding with her cheek.
"What's he doing? I thought they were just fake copies?" Yukari asked as Kurumu nodded. She could see what was happening though since her race could see through most illusions. A perk to being able to cast them themselves.
"He used one illusion to make himself invisible and another to swarm her with fakes. But to make sure she doesn't ignore the fakes he's lining up the occasional attack with them. It's actually really smart. Since she doesn't know where he is, she can't hit him but he can hit her. And since she can't tell when he's lining himself up with a fake, she has to focus on all of them just in case." The girl explained, getting some ideas about how to use her own illusions the next time she fought. To be able to use illusions at such a high level was something only the most skilled of Succubi and Kitsune were capable of and truly showed Naruto's skill.
Kalua tried swinging at a group of clones as the attack passed through them. The girl wasn't given a chance to react when she was kicked into the air as three clones followed after her. While two clones passed through her the third seemed to land a vicious combo that slammed her down into the ground. "You should give up! I don't want to hurt you cause you're related to my friends but if wanna hurt them then I'll keep kicking your ass!" The boy shouted as Kalua got up.
"You're so strong… I'm sorry." The girl muttered before reaching up and pulling off the cross earring she had on her right ear. Naruto was confused as to why she did so until her youki blasted out and she began to scream. The boy knew what had just happened and was not liking it. She was wearing a seal and fighting with a handicap. The boy braced himself and kept his focus on keeping his illusions active as Kalua's right arm began to split apart and change shape until it looked like three bat wings growing out of her shoulder.
"What the hell?!" The boy shouted as she rushed in and slashed with her winged arm as if it were sharp claws at a few of his fakes. While a few moved to keep up the illusion he may have been one or near it, a couple were cut through, as well as the floor behind them.
"Vampires have the power to transform! We just don't like the ability since many feel it makes us look ugly and for a race that prides itself on appearances that's tantamount to sin!" Kokoa shouted out to explain her elder sisters arm. "Be careful! Those wings are sharper than steel!" She warned, inwardly very impressed that not only was Naruto doing well enough to force her sister to unleash her full strength but also because he was fighting for them. He barely even knew them and if she was honest with herself her treatment of him had been as close to rude as possible without being called out on it. She didn't want to socialize with him much because of his race and yet he still counted her as a friend to fight for with the rest of the club. Silently she vowed to be nicer to the blond if they survived this. It would be the least she could do.
Naruto silently nodded to Kokoa's warning before leaping to the side as Kalua swung her bat winged arm where the boy was, even as more fakes moved around to hide his real position. Deciding to lash out the boy launched a kick that struck the girl in her midsection. However unlike before she barely budged from the attack and instead swung her arm in the direction the attack came from. Naruto jumped back as his illusions dispelled, revealing him to the crying girl. Above his left eye was a small gash that was bleeding and leaking his life's fluids down his face, making him shut the eye to avoid getting blood into it. He dodged a couple more swings before kicking her in the face and then using the girl herself as a springboard to jump further away.
"Damn… I still can't control this but it's the only shot I've got here." The boy muttered before his tails spread out behind him before curving back around to where he was holding his hands in front of his chest a few inches apart. A small fire formed but unlike his previous flames which were blue this one was a dark red. Raw youki began to spiral around the fire to form a ball as Naruto charged his attack. However Kalua wasn't going to let Naruto use something so obviously deadly and charged him, the boy to preoccupied making sure it didn't blow up in his face to dodge her.
"Naruto!" The club shouted as he looked up and shoved his hands forward to launch his attack. Kalua swung her arm down as there was a bright flash and the girl was behind him and Naruto was breathing heavily.
"D-damn…" He groaned as he dropped his arms to his sides and his eyes rolled back into his head, multiple cuts opening up all over his body. The collapsed to his knees before falling flat on his face while Kalua stood straight from behind him and turned her tearful eyes on the other members of the club. By this time the club members had gathered together during the fight and Moka glanced at Tsukune as the boy nodded and grabbed her Rosario. With a sharp tug the cross was ripped off of the choker the girl wore and her youki flared out. Her light pink hair changed to a pale silver as her eyes became red with slit pupils like Naruto's had. Her bust and hips also grew slightly, straining a little against her clothes.
"Kalua-nee-san…" The now released inner Moka started as she walked forward to confront her sister. She spared a small glance at Naruto's bleeding form to see his body moving very slightly to signify he was still breath. "Help him!" She ordered as she pointed off to him and continued to walk towards her elder sister. Kurumu and Yukari rushed over to him and Kalua was about to attack when Moka charged in and kicked her back. "You're not going to hurt them anymore nee-san."
"Moka-chan…" The girl muttered pitifully. She hated fighting and killing and loved her family above all else. To be in a situation like this were she had to fight against her sister was torture to the girl. Kalua readied herself to charge her sister as Moka herself got ready to fight back when Miyabi's voice cut in.
"Kalua, that's enough!" Everyone turned to look at the man as he calmly walked forward and stopped next to the dark skinned vampire. "I hired you for this, not her. You can stop now. It's alright." The girl looked relieved before her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she collapsed. Miyabi caught her before she hit the ground and cradled her slightly as he looked over to the Newspaper Club. "You all can relax. We're done here."
"What are you talking about?" Moka growled as she kept herself readied to fight. Miyabi glanced at her before instead looking to the unconscious Naruto.
"You know, for a Hanyou he's very powerful. To be able to injure Kalua like this he must be. I'd be surprised but considering who his mother is… it's almost expected of him." The man mused as the club narrowed their eyes at the man. He ignored their looks and adjusted his grip on Kalua so that he was carrying her bridal style before he turned and started walking away. He headed out without a word as a helicopter was waiting for him.
"Wait!" Tsukune called out as the man set Kalua down in a chair on the chopper before glancing back. "That's it? After all that trouble to get Mizore-san, you're just going to leave?" Don't get him wrong, the boy would like nothing more than for them to leave. It was just that it seemed far too easy in his mind. Miyabi kept his gaze on Tsukune for a few seconds as he stole a quick glance at the holy lock on his arm. With a chuckle the man turned back to the chopper.
"This won't be the last you see of Fairy Tale, I can promise that much. And we didn't really need this village, we just wanted to get it peacefully for our goals. Violently is such a mess and waste of resources." He commented as the chopper took off. The club all relaxed as the man finally left before turning back to the still bound Priestess and the unconscious and bleeding Naruto.
"Will he be alright?" Moka asked as she walked up. Mizore had run over to her people's leader to free her from her restraints while Yukari was doing what she could to bandage Naruto's wounds.
"He'll be okay with lots of rest. I don't know any healing spells though so I don't know how long it will take." The vampire nodded her head at the little witch's explanation before looking to the boy as Yukari kept working on him.
"Onee-sama?" The elder vampire turned her head to the younger vampire as she walked up. "You… you saw all that right?" She asked and Moka nodded. She could see and hear everything the outer, pink haired Moka saw. "What…" Kokoa started as she looked down. "What do you think of him?" She asked as Moka turned back to looking at Naruto.
"When he was first introduced as a Hanyou, I'll admit my reaction was similar to yours. I didn't like it. But because of what Kaa-sama said a long time ago I was willing to give him a chance. From what little interaction he had with the group before this I was thinking he'd be alright, just likely very weak because of his race. But now?" The girl mused before smirking. "Now I'm actually interested in seeing how strong he really is. I'm also relieved to know that the club won't have to defend him all the time like we did with Tsukune last year. If you look past his race he's actually seems like a loyal and strong young man." The girl finished before looking back to Kokoa to see her looking at Naruto.
"I… I guess." Moka just smiled and patted her sister on the head before walking over to Tsukune to get her Rosario placed back on. As much as this Moka like being released, doing so for too long would damage the seal. She may not like the seal much at all but knew her mother placed it on her for a reason so she accepted it willingly. Now if only she could remember that reason.
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"So, you failed to get the girl." Miyabi chuckled in his seat as Kalua slept next him.
"Maybe so, but I've gotten so much more." The man mused. "You know, I met a few people from that school you went to last year." The man told the pilot as he tilted his head back to glance at his superior for a moment revealing his mismatched eyes, one with a pupil extended to a horizontal slit and the other a vertical.
"Really now? Youkai Academy students? Interesting…"
"That's not all." The boy glanced back again before turning back to pilot the chopper. "I've also found the Hanyou Uzumaki. I can think of many people that would want his location… can't you?" Miyabi asked before laughing, Kiria joining in right after.
"Interesting…"
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It was two days later that everything had settled down and returned to normal. Or at least what passed for normal with the Newspaper Club. Tsurara still tried getting Tsukune and Mizore together every chance she got, the older Club girls still fought over Tsukune over every tiny issue and the newer two agreed they were being idiots. While the girls and Tsukune only needed a couple small bandages for the small but powerful single hits Kalua had managed to get them with, Naruto had spent most of the first day impersonating a mummy thanks to all the cuts he had received. They had been removed towards the end of the first day since all Youkai races possessed an advanced healing rate compared to humans, a few having even better healing than that. The boy was still tender and had a couple bandages but was overall fine now.
The group said their goodbyes to the Yuki-onna village when the school bus had returned to come pick them up, even getting a personal send off from the Snow Priestess. Though she had spoken to Mizore a bit before they left. The club was in mostly high spirits back on the bus before Kokoa decided to ask a couple questions that had been bugging her for a bit. "Hey Naruto." She called out as the boy looked at her with a raised brow.
"'Naruto'? What happened to 'Namikaze-san'?" He asked as she shrugged.
"After how you fought against Kalua-nee-san, you've earned my respect." The girl answered before getting back to why she started the conversation in the first place. "Anyways, I wanted to ask you a couple things. Like what was that youki ball you tried to use against her right at the end of the fight."
"Oh that… Well, you know how a human's body will naturally reject youki right?" He asked as the girl nodded. The rest of the club did as well as they had started listening in, curious about their new members' abilities. "Well, as a Hanyou, half my body is human, meaning my own body is partially trying to reject itself. This means my power is unstable. Do any of you know what happens when someone's youki is unstable?" He asked as Yukari perked up.
"When someone's youki is unstable it will either weaken itself eventually to the point of eliminating itself in an effort to remove the instability, increase itself in the hopes that more power will stabilize it or turn on itself and kill the user, sometimes in a dangerous explosion." The girl explained and Naruto nodded.
"Well, I'm the second one. My youki has increased in both levels and potency in its attempts to stabilize. As such, even though I'm only a four tailed Kitsune, according to my mom I'm already as powerful as most six tails and the weaker seven tails. Plus since my youki is unstable and always growing to try and stabilize itself, my body always has an excess of youki. What I did was I channeled that extra power into an attack of pure energy to either slam into my enemies or fire off as a beam. The problem is it takes a second to charge and if I don't balance the youki correctly it will blow up in my face." The boy explained with a grimace. "Trust me on this, a pure youki explosion is not something you want to be caught it. I use the flame as a focus point and a way to help mold the ball to the correct shape, though it does weaken the attack."
The rest of the club nodded their heads as it all made sense before Kokoa asked her second question. "Before he left with nee-san, that man said something about your power was expected of her son. He even mentioned your mother. We know you said the Kitsune hate you and her, but just how far has that gone? Would the other races know about it?" She asked and Naruto slumped down with a sad look. He really didn't want to answer that but considering what they had been through he had a feeling his past was going to catch up with him soon and it would be better to explain it.
"First off, I'm actually not that well known outside of the Kitsune. A few know about me, but they all mostly learn about me through the Kitsune that hate me. The entire Kitsune race knows about me pretty easily. But my mom? She's actually pretty big worldwide. Kind of comes with being the first Kyuubi in over seventy years."
"Your mom's a Kyuubi?! A full fledged nine-tailed Kitsune?!" Kurumu shouted and Naruto nodded while the rest hushed the succubus.
"Yeah, she's the first one in decades, which is why the Kitsune were really pressuring her to have more Kitsune children and why they hate her for mating with a human. She's bee exiled from the Kitsune clans and declared a traitor to all of Youkai-kind over this. Not everyone cares obviously but enough do that our life has been hell at times. The only way mom could regain her standing in the Youkai world and with the Kitsune clans would be if she were to murder me and submit to a Kitsune as a concubine." He explained as they all either gasped or grimaced at his mothers' position. Either be an outcast or kill your only child and become a sex-slave? Neither were good options. "The only reason she doesn't have a death sentence on her head is because she's a Kyuubi. They'd rather kill me and force her into the position rather than kill her. Like I said before, it's believed that strong parents sire strong children. I may be hated, but my power hasn't been proving them wrong either."
"That's horrible." Moka started. "What about her family in the Kitsune? Don't they care?" Naruto shook his head.
"They aren't alive anymore. Mom's mother apparently died when she was my age and her father died in some honor bond duel with a werewolf. The rest of that side of the family is too distant to care for their blood ties or too old and weak to do anything about it. I've never met anybody from my Kitsune side. Every Kitsune I've ever met outside of my mother has tried to kill me too so I don't really care." The boy finished before shaking his head. "I'm gonna take a nap alright? Wake me when we reach the school." He muttered before shifting in his seat and closing his eyes to try and fall asleep. The club all recognized that he did so not because he was tired but because the subject had started bothering him so they didn't pursue it. They didn't even keep talking about it and instead changed subjects so that he wouldn't be bothered even if he was actually asleep.
It had already been established but when new info came to light about their newer member it really would hit him with them. Naruto had a rough life.