Steve: And here we are with part two! I can only hope that people enjoy this chapter since I introduce several new creatures.
Yui: Eh, they're not that impressive.
Hinata: I don't know about that... the final foe IS really impressive.
Pen-pen: Warrk wark. Wa rk waaarrrkkk. (That's true. It is impressive.)
Steve: Why thanks. Anyways, if you would Pen-pen? Hinata?
Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)
Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.
Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura
'Who?' Thoughts
-YO!- Animal speech
Occurs between Chapter 22 (Elements and New/Old faces) And Chapter 23 (Of cats, puddles, and drunks). Epilogue occurs after the return from Wave.
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Waking up from a short nap, Anko feels a weight on her chest that feels like another body. She's about to hit the pervert when she realizes who it is as she remembers what's occurred. 'Crap… I hope that he's okay. A quick glance shows her that he's sleeping between her "Pillows". Normally, she would kill any guy that even tried to look at her breasts, but she makes an exception in this case. Her eyes soften as she notices the bandages on his body as well as the peaceful look on his face. 'Heh… I must be going soft. But he does look… Kawaii I guess.' Feeling a rock digging into her back, she shifts a little causing Naruto to wake from his healing sleep.
"Eh… Anko-chan…?" Realizing where he is positioned, he nearly jumps off her only for Anko to grab him with a serious look. "Oh shit, I'm sorry Anko-chan! I did-" She cuts him off by putting her finger on his lips.
"You don't have anything to be sorry about. Did you do it on purpose?" Naruto shakes his head no. "Then you have nothing to worry about Naruto. Besides you and Harry are the least perverted guys I know… Besides…" She points to the side he was going to jump on, which happens to be right above a crevasse with what looks like a red glow at the bottom. "It's a long way down." Naruto sweatdrops at her grin.
"Heh… Um thanks, I forgot where we were for a second there…" Anko just snorts at this as he looks anywhere but where he is at the moment causing her to roll her eyes.
"I'm not going to bite you know Naruto… Well, not on the first date anyway." Now it's Naruto's turn to roll his eyes before he grabs hold of a jutting rock and lifts himself off her allowing her to sit up. Letting go of it, he sits down beside her before looking her over. "You okay? Feeling any better?" She nods at him.
"I was feeling something awful for a while there but those magical antibiotics did the trick. I may not be at a hundred but I can still kick ass." Looking up at the ledge above her, she nods before jerking her thumb up. "Let's get out of here." Naruto nods but before he can grab a handhold, Anko sweeps him up in a bridal carry and jumps up to the top by using the protuberances as foot holds. Setting him down, she smirks. "There, way better then waiting for you to haul your ass up." Naruto sighs while trying to get rid of the redness in his face.
"Thanks I guess… Lumos!" As the light fills their vicinity, Anko points out a stone bridge across the crevasse to him causing him to nod as the two ninja head towards it. Gaining a thoughtful look, Naruto looks at Anko. "You know what? It just occurred to me that you know more about me Anko-chan then I know about you." She stiffens before turning to Naruto and pointing at herself.
You actually WANT to know more about me? That's a first." Naruto's about to say something when she cuts him off. "I'm not saying that I don't want to tell you anything… but my past is a bit of a sore subject as you no doubt guessed. Do you still want to know about it?" Naruto nods before looking away.
"I know that I have no right to ask you, but I want to get the story from you and not from hearsay. Besides, If you tell me, I'll tell you more about me since you did save my life back there with all the Dire Rats." She flinches a little as she remembers why he wasn't in a position to protect himself. She nods at him while smiling.
"Well… I guess it begins with my mother, Mitarashi Tsuki. She was a beautiful woman and…" She continues to talk as they make their way through the maze of caverns for the next couple of hours before she finally finishes. "… And that's when I met you." She looks at Naruto and is surprised as he looks at her with misty eyes containing understanding but no pity, a fact that she's thankful for. She's shocked however when he goes and places a hand on her shoulder.
"If you ever need help when you face your ex-sensei, all you got to do is ask and I'll help you kick his ass so hard that his Ojii-san and Obaa-san will feel it." She looks at him before nodding with tears gathering in her eyes. Wiping them away, she goes and gives him a hug.
"Thanks… I'll keep that in mind." Pulling away, she notices that the chamber they've now entered is full of large pieces of rubble, giving anything in there a place to hide. Frowning, she's unprepared when something leaps on her back knocking her to the ground. "Oomph!" Twisting around, she comes face to muzzle with a very large and hungry pure white lizard that's twice the size she is. It lunges for her but is knocked off by Naruto giving it a kick . Getting up, she points at it. "What in the hell is that thing!" Naruto shakes his head only to go wide-eyed as it tunnels into the rubble and disappears.
"I think that was a cave lizard…" at Anko's question of what that is, he looks at her out of the corner of his eyes as they circle with their backs to the other. "Remember how Greater Dragons could live for hundreds of years?" She nods while still trying to locate the creature. "Well with that amount of time they would spend it doing things like breeding deadly creatures to protect their lairs with." Anko just scowls at him.
"Gee, thanks for telling me SOONER. I swear if you didn't know more about- EEP!" She falls to the ground as Naruto sweeps her legs out from under her as Something flies through the space she was just in. Getting up, she stares at a small flying creature that looks like a cross between a REALLY big mosquito and a bat. "Okay… like that doesn't look odd… what the hell is it?" Naruto nods towards it.
"It's something me and nii-san call a Skeeter. It's a un-natural chimera of bat, mosquito, and pixie. The damn things feed on blood and a swarm can suck a cow dry in a matter of minutes… and they always travel in swarms." Anko turns to him in disbelief only to yank him back as the lizard leaps at him from behind and nearly bites him in half. "Thanks… Look out! Incenerous!" The stream of fire shoots out and turns a group of Skeeter that were flying towards Anko to ash. Scowling, Anko turns to Naruto.
"This fucking sucks. We can't attack just one because then the other will attack. In fact, I'm willing to bet that those things have some kind of symbiosis in that since I doubt that the Skeeter can penetrate the lizards hide, the Skeeter drains the blood of the prey and then the Cave Lizard just eats it." Naruto nods in agreement.
"You're probably right. I think that we should split apart and attack the different opponents." Anko looks at him I shock.
"Are you insane! If we split up we don't stand a chance." Naruto snorts while avoiding another lunge from the Cave Lizard.
"I never said that. I said: 'I think that we should split apart and attack the different opponents.' I other words you go after the lizard since my spells don't affect it and I'll take out the Skeeter with area effect spells since your area effect Jutsu take too much out of you. Meanwhile you watch my back and I'll watch yours." Anko chews her lip while thinking it over and nods.
"Sounds good, glad I thought of it." Naruto rolls his eyes before ducking under the lizard at which Anko then throws several kunai at, of which a number hit it causing it to screech in pain. As another group of Skeeter dive at her, Naruto appears and hits them with another Incenerous. "Thanks." Naruto nods before throwing several shuriken with explosive tags on them into a approaching swarm disintegrating it in several explosions.
"No problem." The lizard strikes at Anko only to find Naruto on it's back swiping with one of his knives creating a long gash along it's spiky spine. As eight Skeeters try to take advantage of Naruto's distraction, Anko fries them with a Katon: Goukyaku no jutsu before dodging a swipe of the lizards tail with a grin.
"Awww. Look at that, it wants to play. Shall we?" Naruto snorts in amusement while wing at another group of Skeeter with a Glacious before hitting the lizard with one slowing it down enough that one of Anko's snake summons can hit it with a bite before being dispelled as some of Naruto's blow darts score a hit in a open wound slowing it even more due to the poison on them. Finally, it charges at her only for Naruto to appear in front of it before shoving his Nodachi down it's throat killing it. As it falls Anko uses Naruto's shoulders as a spring board before using several handsigns. "Ninpou: Doku giri!" As the purple misty hits the last of the Skeeters, killing them, Anko lands with a large smirk. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" Naruto nods before setting down his backpack.
"Yup! Now to seal the Cave Lizard since it's hide should make for some great leather. The Skeeter might also have some usefulness, don't quite know." Anko nods at him with a happy smile.
"Awesome! I need some new boots. Well, that was easy." Naruto turns to her and is about to say something when they both hear the boulders shifting. Looking up, they see several LARGER Cave Lizards including one the size of a rhino causing Anko to sweatdrop, which increases at Naruto's next words.
"You just had to go and open your big mouth, didn't you Anko-chan. I don't have words to say how much I hate you right now…" Later after the remaining Cave Lizards are killed and their corpses sealed into scrolls, our intrepid duo finds themselves in front of a sealed door with several buttons with strange writing under each one. "Hmm." Naruto examines each one as Anko stands behind him with a annoyed look.
"Well? What do they say?" Naruto looks back at her and tells her in a serious voice:
"I have no idea." She face-faults before leaping up and punching him in the head. But fear not dear readers, Thanks to the author you can know what they say.
Button one: For trap technical support please call 1-800...
Button two: To be eaten by a giant scary monster, please press.
Button three: To be squashed by a giant boulder, press this one.
Button four: To open door, press this one.
Button five: To be sucked into a dimensional vorticy, please press.
Button six: To release a sealed Succubus, press this one.
(AN: Author sweatdrops himself before shrugging)
Looking over the buttons, Anko pulls back her fist and hits number four. "Pikachu, I choose you!" As the door opens Anko turns to Naruto with a victorious smirk only for it to disappear as she notices Naruto looking at her with disbelief. "What?" Naruto just stares at her.
"'Pikachu, I choose you!' What the fuck was that about?" She sheepishly smiles before shrugging.
"I thought that it sounded good…" Clearing her throat, she points dramatically ahead. "Now my minion! Onwards to our future!" As she walks off Naruto places his head in his hands as he shakes it side to side.
"I honestly can't believe this crap… Me? A 'minion'…" Shaking his head, he too disappears into the darkness beyond. He continues to walk until he bumps into Anko's back knocking him to the floor. "Hey! What's the… big… deal… Whoa!" Anko nods in agreement with the sentiment as they find themselves in front of a large river of lava running through a cavern. Noticing the crack in the roof, Anko summons a Kage Bushin before throwing it over the river so that it can see what's in the crack. After it dispels she whistles. "Hey Naruto, remember that crevasse we were resting in… what, about a day ago?" Naruto shrugs as neither knows how much time has passed. "Anyways, turns out that crack there is the bottom of it." He blinks a little before wincing remembering how he nearly fell down it… right into the lava here.
"Yeah… good thing that we didn't fall down it." Anko winces as the same thought occurs to her. "Yeah, what a way to go." Looking around, Naruto soon spots a group of stepping stones causing him to wince again before pointing at them. "Shit, looks like the only way across is there." Anko looks before nodding.
"Shit is right. We'll have to be quick so that we don't die just from the heat." Naruto nods and is about to say something more when he sees motion out of the corner of his eye. Anko looks and relaxes some seeing a woman there in the glow, not noticing how Naruto's nostrils are flaring or the disturbed look that grows on his face. "Hey! How are you doing? And how did you survive to get this far?" Anko becomes more guarded as the woman doesn't answer and starts shambling towards her and she's soon joined by several more until at least thirty people are walking towards them not answering her calls. Naruto then grabs her elbow causing her to turn. "What?" Her anger fades seeing the frightened look on Naruto's face. "Naruto? What's wrong?" Naruto gulps before pointing at the group that's now within twenty feet and moaning.
"Anko-chan… You won't get an answer out of them." Anko blinks before looking back at the group now getting a sinking feeling in her stomach from the way they're moving.
"Um… why is that… and what's that smell? Smells… like… rotting flesh?" She gulps before looking at Naruto now that she can see visible wounds on their bodies… fatal wounds. "Please tell me that those aren't what they look like…" Naruto nods slowly making her curse.
"Yeah… They're Inferi, or what you would call zombies." she pales as they get even closer.
"Zo… Zombies! You have got to be shitting me!" Naruto just shakes his head before looking at the freaking out Anko. "I thought that they didn't exist…" Naruto just gives her a weird look.
"What's the matter with you…?" Suddenly realization comes making him grin as he points at her. "Your scared! HA! You mean to tell me that your scared? Of Inferi?" His face then takes a thoughtful look as another group of sixty appear behind them. "… Then again maybe you have a reason to be scared…" Anko gulps as she looks one way and then another.
"Yeah, Nai'-chan once took me to see a horror movie with them in it… it really freaked me out. Hopefully we don't get bitten and turn into one… or eaten." Naruto just snorts causing Anko's attention to turn to him.
"You cant turn into an Inferi by being bitten by one, that's a urban myth. Neither do they eat the living." Anko sighs in relief only to stiffen at his next words. "All they do is tear you to shreds or limb from limb… not a problem." Anko just yells at him sarcastically.
"Oh nice! That makes me feel SO much better asshole!" Naruto just shrugs before grinning.
"Oh… And fire is their weakness, not head shots." Anko snarls but before she can say anything the Inferi attack. As she dodges their claws she curses again and again while using several fire jutsu to drive them off, she also observes several of Naruto's Kage Bushin using fire spells to great effect. As she dodges, she remembers the lava river and a plan starts to form.
"Hey Naruto! Drive them in my direction!" Naruto nods as his fire spells slowly but surely drive them towards Anko. Once enough of them are grouped, Anko performs a jutsu she was preparing for. "Doton: Tsuchi otoshiana no Jutsu (Earth Pitfall Technique)!(AN: Yes, I know that this isn't the actual name in Japanese, but I couldn't find the name on the net and had to trasnlate each word separetly)" As the group fall into the large pit, Anko fires off several kunai with explosive tags which all detonate against one wall of the pit. The wall then falls inwards allowing the lava to flow in and incinerate the Inferi within it with Naruto and Anko knocking the remaining ones into it. The last one that Anko knocks in is a woman wearing bloody wizarding robes that creepily looks quite a bit like her making her shiver as it finally sinks beneath the surface with a moan. Looking around, Anko notices that there's no more in the area. Sighing in relief, she looks at Naruto. "Well, looks like that is the last of them." Naruto nods.
"Yeah… seems like it. Anyways let's head out." Naruto uses a Glacius spell to solidify the part of the lava river by the stepping stones to make for a easier crossing. Getting across, they stop at a group of bones that belonged to the half giant from the legend. Bowing to both the bones and the now lava filled pit, they give a prayer for the souls of those people before heading through the door. A few minutes after they leave, a patter of small feet enter the chamber before a single word is said by a childish voice.
"Mommy…?"
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As they walk, they come across a pair of doors. Opening then, they're greeted with a large chamber filled with piles of metal ingots. Gold, silver, red ones, shiny gray ones, it just goes on. As they reach the center of the chamber they find what looks like a mummified corpse of a massive slate gray dragon with massive spikes sticking out of it's head and spine. Naruto whispers the name of the dragon. "Merlin… It's a Great Horned Dragon!" Suddenly the room is filled with paper-like chuckles as the "Corpse" rises.
"Ah! Finally my visitors have arrived!" He chuckles at the two humans before him. 'Most interesting…the boy seems to be radiating tremendous power, but the woman… Intriguing.' He laughs again as Naruto places himself between Anko and the dragon. "No need to worry yourself human, I won't hurt your mate there." The two of them sputter before shouting the same thing.
"He's/She's not my mate!" The dragon just waves them off with an amused air.
"Ah, so you say." He shrugs before continuing. "So you two have made it through all my traps and protections huh? Such interesting humans you are." the dragon notices Naruto looking at him with an interested look causing it to raise an eyebrow. "Yes?" Naruto's eyes narrow.
"There's something deeply wrong here. You don't feel… alive. Also I can see several wounds on your flank but they aren't bleeding or scabbed over." Anko looks her self and starts as she notices them. "You not breathing either. But you not any type of undead I've ever heard of since your not attacking us.' The dragon grins showing a mouth full of several rows of teeth.
"Excellent! You truly are a magnificent specimen of a human. You are quite right that I'm not alive… but technically I'm not undead either. You see the last blasted wizard" here he points at a pile of ash in a nearby corner with a scowl on his face. "Cast a curse on me before we both died. He turned me into a Revenant. I assume you know what that means?" Naruto slowly nods as Anko looks between the two.
"A Revenant? What the hell is that?" The dragon just looks at her with a half amused/ half scandalized look.
"My… how far your kind have fallen… And I don't mean humans either." Noticing the confusion on her face, the dragon grins before laughing. "Incredible! Simply incredible! You mean to tell me that you don't know of the power that flows through your blood? What you really are? Well then, far be it for me to tell you." He smirks at the KI coming off Anko before pointing at Naruto. "As to what a Revenant is… perhaps your young mate can tell you hatchling." Now utterly confused by the conversation, Anko turns to Naruto to find that he's looking at her with a intrigued look which causes the dragon's smirk to grow. 'Ah! Seems that the boy has an idea as to the truth… most impressive.' Looking back at the dragon, Naruto begins his explanation.
"A Revenant is a cursed being. They are stuck between the worlds of the living and dead. They are unable to pass on as they're technically immortal. The real kicker is that they're in constant pain as their souls try in vain to cross over but are unable to do so. Also, any wounds inflicted prior to their 'Death' stay on during their un-life, unable to heal thus making giving them physical pain. They're created when someone uses a very specific Necromantic curse just as the person's, or being's in this case, heart stops preventing them from crossing over. Often times they serve the one who cursed them since they're the only ones who can free them… usually." He looks back at the smug dragon as he finally realizes why it's so happy. "Sometimes however… certain conditions must be met in order for the curse to be lifted… like I suspect in this case." The dragon's eyes light up with an unholy life as it starts bellowing in mirth.
"OH YES!" He looks down with a look of hunger. "You see, in my case only when a wizard with as much power as the wizard that cursed me, if not more, arrived in my lair would I finally be able to die. So I must thank you." He sweeps his arm around. "And for you reward I shall give you my hoard since I have no farther need for it where I'm going." He then looks down at Anko. "And I will even give you a gift hatchling." And before anyone can react one of his claws strike out and touches Anko on her forehead. She moans as her body is covered in a glowing golden aura before it seeps into her. As she falls to the ground, Naruto catches the dazed Anko before glaring at the glaring at the dragon who looks on in amusement.
"What the hell did you just do to her you bastard!?" The dragon simply tuts while waving around a claw in a 'Uh-uh' fashion.
"Nothing bad I assure you. Merely ensuring a… legacy you could call it." He then looks down at Anko with almost… caring. "She carries a great power in her blood human. Besides, thanks to the curse I am unable to harm a human." Naruto just continues to glare at him.
"Then what about all the traps and creatures? Some of those Inferi look modern. And why haven't you left your lair?" The dragon scowls at the pile of ash again.
"I am unable to leave my lair due to the curse. I created the creatures and traps because I had to make sure that anyone who made it this far would be able to break the curse with their presence. As to the Inferi… Yes, some are what you would call modern. The most recent is only four years old." He grins at that as if he knows something they don't. Now fully out of her daze, Anko looks at him in growing horror.
"You… You MONSTER! HOW DARE YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU BEAST! THEY WERE HUMAN!" The dragon merely snorts at her, knocking her over.
"Don't judge me by your morals hatchling. I am above such things as that. They are merely tools to be used as I see fit. If I want to turn a human corpse into an Inferi I'll do it. If I want to save a baby, I'll do it. To me human morals are insignificant nothings… something to be amused by, nothing more, nothing less." A shudder runs through him causing him to close his eyes in almost-pleasure. "Ah! It's begun. I can feel the curse lifting. Soon I'll be free of this life and join the great fathers of my race in the Halls of the Ancestors." He looks down at Anko and Naruto who's staring at him in confusion. "You're probably wondering why I want to die so badly right?" Seeing them nod, he sadly smiles. "I know that my kind are nearly gone, those that remain do so from hiding… there simply no place left for us. As a race we have maybe one last great fight in us but that's it. The world no longer needs us, and I have seen that it hasn't needed us for centuries. Maybe one day we'll return but for now? Now is the 'Age Of Humans' and as such it's time for us to slowly fade away." He closes his eyes as a patter of feet causes him to look towards the opening that his two visitors came through. "Ah, it seems my pet has arrived to see her master's demise." As one the two turn to the opening to see what appears to be a four year old girl in a patchwork dress walk in.
"What the…" Anko looks closer only to draw back at seeing the foggy eyes that are identical to those Inferi they just destroyed. Snarling, Anko whips around to yell at the dragon. "You complete bas-" She's cut off as the girl runs over and hugs her legs before she looks up at her with a smile.
"Mommy!" Anko stares down at the girl in shock before Naruto gasps in utter surprise. She turns to Naruto to see a look of amazement on his face.
"What's wrong Naruto? It's just one of those Inferi… Right?" Naruto looks up at her before shaking his head.
"Anko-chan, Inferi HAVE no intelligence… let alone the ability to speak." Anko starts at this. "Also… She's breathing." Anko just looks down at the girl hugging her legs and saying "Mommy" over and over again. The dragon chuckles drawing their attention.
"Quite right human. Inferi can't speak… but then again who said that she's a FULL Inferi?" At the looks shot him, he chuckles again. "Remember how I said that the last Inferi I made was about five years ago? You see in order to get the bodies needed I summon them at their moment of death and create the Inferi on the spot. Five years ago I summoned a body of a woman… a pregnant woman and them made her into an Inferi. What I didn't give thought to was how that might effect her unborn child. And, less then a month later, she gave birth to my pet here… a half-Inferi!" Now Naruto gives him a look of disgust making him wag his finger again. "Now what did I tell you? I DON'T care if it's immoral to you humans, I just don't care." Naruto glares at him.
"I would say that I hoped that you suffered but somehow I don't think that it's possible for you to ever suffered enough to make up for this." The dragon just snorts again.
"Why? I found it interesting." He looks down at the little girl much the same way a scientist might look at a favoured lab rat. "Her… mother fed her for about eight months before shuffling off and then I took her under my wing." He spreads his arms out with an amused expression. "I believe that was what you humans would call a good deed, yes? I could have let her die, but I didn't. She was far too interesting to me to do so… So I taught her a few words and created her dress out of several rags I had laying around as well as fed her." Naruto looks between the slightly out of it Anko and the girl around her legs before turning back to the dragon.
"Then why is she calling Anko-chan 'Mommy'? Was the Inferi who looked like Anko-chan… her mother?" The dragon nods as another shiver runs through him.
"Why yes. And before you ask, yes her mother was a witch, but the girl would have been born a Squib I believe you call such people now?" The dragon shivers again before bringing up his arm to watch as dust starts falling away as the flesh there disintegrates and exposes bone. "It seems that our conversation has come to an end Human. Use my hoard as you see fit… Take my pet with you if that's what you wish. I no longer care anymore… Oh! And the dimensional wards here? They will fade so that you can teleport out." The dragon starts insanely laughing as the process speeds up as it's almost a skeleton now. "Ah! Sweet freedom at last! Until we meet in the next world human! Until the next world!" And with that the malicious lights in it's eyes finally dim before going out completely as the dragon's skeleton collapses into a fine dust leaving nothing behind except the various crossbow bolts that had been imbedded in it's body for all these years. Naruto just scowls at the pile.
"You better hope that we never meet there… Because trust me that if we do I'll make damn sure that you suffer for all eternity." He looks back to see Anko standing there with the girl looking at the pile in confusion. Walking over, he bends down to look the girl in the eye. "Why hello there. My names Naruto, what's your's?" She gives him a shy smile before answering in a quiet voice.
"I'm Pet." Anko scowls at this before bending down her self.
"You need a better name then that… How about Tsuki? Because your beautiful eyes remind me of the moon on a overcast night... And it was my Okaa-san's name. You like?" The girl nods before hugging Anko.
"It sounds pretty mommy. Are… are you going to leave me again mommy?" Anko's face seems to soften as she shakes her head making the girl squeal.
"No… no I'm not. I'll never leave you again my Little Moon." She ruffles the girls hair a little as she hugs her close. "Now mommy's going to take you to her home in Konoha. But call me Okaa-san, okay?" The girl nods before repeating it several times. "Good. Now, it's time for you to go to sleep, Okaa-san will be there when you awake." And with just a few handsigns, Anko uses a forced sleep jutsu make fall asleep. Laying her down, she notices Naruto picking up the bolts in the dragon's remains and examine them. "Got something Naruto?" Naruto nods before walking over and showing them to her.
"The bolts are made of Adamantium Anko-chan. And there's at least enough to forge a sword at least. And with how long they were imbedded, there's no telling what properties they might have picked up." Anko nods before looking down at the newly named Tsuki with a soft look, Hearing a chuckle, she looks up to see Naruto giving her a smile. "I wouldn't worry about her. If you ever need anything, just ask." She nods gratefully.
"Yeah… thanks."
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Anko's leaning back in her chair at Kurenai's place drinking some sweet bean soup from a can when Tsuki in a blue sundress comes up to her. Smiling, she bends over to her. "Hello Tsuki. Did you want something?" Tsuki nods with a happy smile before holding out several flowers to her. "Aww! Are these for me Tsuki?" She nods again.
"Yup! I found them Okaa-san! So I wanted to give them to you… Do you like them?" Anko smiles as she pats her on the head.
"Of course I do my Little Moon. Tell you what, I'll seal them away in a scroll I have on me and when we get home we can find some place to put them. How does that sound?" Tsuki nods quickly with such a large smile on her face that Anko's heart just melts before Tsuki gives her a kiss on the cheek and runs off, giggling the whole while. Doing as she said, she hears a chuckle and turned to see Kurenai smirking at her as does her other friend Yugao. "What?" Kurenai just once again chuckles before setting down her tea.
"Nothing. It's just weird seeing you be so… motherly I guess." She shrugs as she smiles at the shocked Anko. "You really do love her like a daughter don't you Anko?" Anko almost denies this, but stops and sighs.
"I do Nai'-chan. I really do." Anko chuckles while shaking her head. "It's weird really. Somehow the runt has wormed her way into my heart… And I like being a Okaa-san." A snort is heard behind her. Turning, she's greeted to the sight of Naruto there carrying a wrapped package.
"I told you that you would make a great Okaa-san, but noooo! You didn't believe me." He hops down as Kurenai rolls her eyes.
"Doesn't anyone use the door anymore? I swear you're as bad as Anko, Naruto." He just shrugs before turning to Anko.
"Hey Anko-chan! I got something for you." Anko looks on in interest as he hands her the package. Weighing it, she's about to say something when Naruto nods. "Yes, it's a sword before you ask, but not one you've ever seen before I think." Now with a glint in her eyes, Anko opens the package and gasps as there's a strange curved sword with a flared tip (imagine the swords from Sinbad). Picking it up and out of it's wrapping, she examines it before looking at Naruto.
"You made this… for me?" He nods pointingly ignoring her slightly misty eyes. Wiping them, she smiles. "Thanks Naruto. But what kind of sword is it?" Naruto grins at her.
"It's a sword called a Kiliji. The flange is designed to open grievous wounds when you use it so I figured that it would be a useful blade for your… image. And before you ask I used the bolts I found in the dragon's remains to make it as well as tempering it in dragon blood… So tell me if it has any special abilities that appear later on. " He shrugs as Anko nods before she looks down at the blade and gasps as something else becomes apparent.
"What… what the heck?!" She traces her fingers along the design of a winged serpent etched into the metal of the blade along it's length. She then flips it to see it's also on the other side as well. Looking up, she gives him a puzzled look. "Um… not to sound unthankful or anything, but won't the etching weaken the blade?" Naruto shakes his head at this.
"Nah. I used acid to make them and besides the blade has strengthening charms on it to make it far stronger then a comparable blade so they won't effect it. Besides, I thought that the designs suited your title of Konoha's Snake Mistress." Anko sets it down before she gets up and walks over and gives Naruto a hug.
"Thank you Naruto." He shrugs before giving her a smirk.
"Now, now Anko-chan. We don't want the others here to think that you're going soft now do we?" She smirks before giving him a punch to the shoulder.
"Heh! No worries about that!" At that moment Tsuki runs in and, seeing Naruto, rushes over and gives him a hug before blackmailing him with the Puppy-dog eyes no jutsu to stay and play with her. A few hours later finds Anko walking through the streets with Naruto and carrying a sleeping Tsuki with her new sword strapped to a belt around her waist. Naruto ends the companionable silence with a cough.
"So Anko-chan… How's things working out with Tsuki? Any problems? And also have you figured out what the dragon did to you?" She shakes her head.
"None so far… well except for my apartment not exactly being large enough for the two of us… but that's not a real problem as she climbs into my bed every night so as to make sure that I'm not going to disappear on her. As to the dragon's 'gift'… no sign of what it did yet." She notices Naruto giving her a sheepish look. "Okay Naruto, what is it?" He sighs as he looks up.
"You know now that the clan compound for me and nii-san has been built there's plenty of room there for you and Tsuki if you want it." When Anko asks what about rent, he shakes his head. "Nah! You wouldn't have to pay a cent except for food and whatever else you use and that's it." Anko's about to tell him off saying that she doesn't accept charity when Tsuki stirs a little before falling back to sleep. Anko looks down at her and sighs before looking back at Naruto.
"I'll… think about it. But no more then that, got it?!" Naruto holds his hands up and nods. "Good. And the only reason I'm even considering it is for Tsuki's sake, got it?" Naruto nods again as Anko looks up at the cloud enshrouded moon with a smile before looking back at her "Daughter". 'Yes, things are looking up for the both of us… aren't they my Little Moon?'
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Steve: And there we go! The last chapter of the first up-load is now complete.
Yui: Thankfully. But not a bad start though.
Steve: Thanks.
Hinata: Any info on the creatures revealed?
Steve: Yup! Look below.
Beastiary:
Name: Dire Rat
Rank:XX (Single) XXXX (Swarm)
Type: Vermin
Info:Dire Rats are a very viscous creature. Basically a prehistoric version of today's rats, they are MUCH larger then their descendants and FAR more nasty. They have a length between three and five feet. They were more common during the last Ice Age but now a days are found only in very remote areas such as very deep cave systems... thankfully.
Very carnivorous, they actively hunt prey in large swarms totaling anywhere between twenty and several hundred and anything caught in their path are stripped clean of any flesh. The real danger is their bite: it's diseased in much the way that a Komodo dragon's is. Anything bitten will suffer from a infection which can kill in a matter of hours from fever and other effects. Thus, even if someone escapes they might still die if they have gotten bit by one.
Name: Cave Lizard
Rank: XXXX
Type: Magical reptile
Info:A powerful guardian, Cave Lizards were originally bred from Monitor Lizard stock to be guardians of a Greater Dragon's hoard. They resemble nothing more then albino Kimono dragons anywhere from six feet to up to twenty feet with larger claws and teeth then a normal one as well as having a magic resistant hide (equal to a normal "Dragon"). Unlike a normal monitor lizard they have a poisonous bite like that of the Gila monster.
Besides their posonous bite and sheer physical strength they also have other abilities. One of these is their ability to burrow through even rock and to do so speedilly like a niffler does through normal soil. They also have a form of sonor to see when burrowing through rock in order to hunt and will often leap from under a target and drag it to the ground before tearing them to pieces.
Name: Skeeter
Rank:X (Single) XXXX (Swarm)
Type: Magical vermin Chimera
Info:A Chimera created ages ago from Pixies, Mosquitoes, and bats, they are considered as bad as any other type of vermin. They hunt through infrared sight as well as sensing the CO2 given off by warm blooded creatures. Once they catch something (or one) they bite them and then drain so much blood that sometimes they can no longer fly. While a single one doing this is more of an annoyance, a whole swarm can drain enough for a person to die from blood loss in a matter of minutes. They are also known to sometimes enter into a symbiotic relationship with a predator that's immune to their bite.
Name: Great Horned Dragon (AN: Don't own it, Great Horned Dragons are owned by Palladium Games)
Rank:XXXXXX (Can kill a group of wizards easily)
Type: Greater Dragon (Sub-type: Ancient Dragon)
Info:A powerful dragon, the Great Horned Dragon is easily one of the most powerful to ever walk the earth. Considered by most Wizards now a days as nothing more then a myth, they were at one point feared by all. Besides their ability to shrug off almost all spells known, they are also known as powerful spell castors on par with any wizard. It is stated in myth that a Great Horned Dragon was the one who first taught Merlin how to use magic... Which is a little known myth as the various ministries have tried to erase all evidence of their existence as well as all other Greater Dragons (believing that doing so will stop anyone from seeking any remaining ones out).
Along with the above abilities, Great Horned Dragons breath out a flame hot enough to kill just by being close to it as well as melt rock. They can also take a human form which is actually as physically strong as their natural one and they were known for taking human form and then walking into town before transforming back in a crowd and laughing at it's "Prank" as the people ran screaming from it. As well, a large number demonstrated various psychic abilities including Telekinesis and telepathy.
They were also known for their extremly large size (Easilly dwarfing the Iron Belly of today), intellignce (Human genis level) and cunning (they lived for hundreds of years and thus could spend a LOT of time on a plan).
Name: Revenant
Rank: Depends on the original creature, but ALWAYS DANGEROUS.
Type: Undead (Cursed)
Info:A unique form of undeath, the Revenant actually suffers through it's undeath as they are created by a powerful necromantic curse cast on something right at it's moment of death. Thankfully, this curse has been lost to the sands of time since it's considered to be an evil act on par with creating a Horcrux. A Revenant suffers since it's soul is continually trying to leave for the afterlife and is unable to thus making it feel like it's forever being torn in two. Add this to the pain from the wounds it died from (which never heal unlike some undead) and it's no wonder that most will go insane after a while of being in such a state.
A Revenant always looks like a mummified version of what it appeared like when alive. They are unable to attack their creator and will often serve them in hopes of the curse being lifted. Along with their enhanced strength (like that of most undead) they also retain all the abilities they had in life as well as all mental facilities (until they go insane that is). Unlike Vampires, a Revenant is able to walk into holy places, through running water as well as in sunlight without any ill effects. They are also unable to be destroyed since even if turned into dust they will just reform within a matter of days unless their curse is lifted (hence why evil wizards used them as unstoppable assassins). Once the curse is lifted however they will smile and thank the person who did it before their body disintegrates into a fine dust as they move on to the afterlife.
Yui: Wow! You introduced a lot of creatures this time around didn't you?
Pen-pen: A waarrk war warrkk waarks. (I think the dragon rocks.)
Steve: Thanks you guys. I liked the dragon myself and added it since I always thought that the ones that JK Rowling used were pathetic. They were stupid, weak when ccompared to their mythological counterparts, and just weren't powerful foes when ccompared to other creatures. Heck! Dementors were easily more nasty then the dragons since they could actually THINK.
Hinata: True... I quite liked this chapter. It had action and I thought that the ending with Tsuki was... sweet. Who knew that Anko could act like that?
Steve: I did. Me and other people around Fanfiction hate when Anko's character is shown as either a true sadist or some sex crazed scarlet woman, so I showed her as I see her: A woman who shows the world a mask so as to not be hurt. Only those she considers to be her friends and those she trusts are the only ones to she her true self... And Naruto and Harry are two of these since she's known them for several years. Anyways, until next time! Have a good day/night!
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