The Crimson Hunter
A/N: Hello! It's been forever. Boy did I take long or what? Anyway I have a good reason. I suck at thinking up ideas. But here is another chapter of Naruto: TCH. So don't let me stop you from reading. Get to it!
To the Story
Chapter Four: The journey.
Hei sighed and adjusted the strap of his travel pack. It has been three days since he left Kiri and he missed it already. He missed His friends, he missed Zabuza-sensei, and most of all He missed Haku and Mei. Atleast he had the twins with him, he looked back to see his ever faithful wolf familiars trotting behind him. They had been with him for years and that wasn't about to stop anytime soon. He couldn't help but think back to the talk with Mei in his hospital room.
FLASHBACK
"L-leaving?! Why?! We won, you don't need to leave!" Mei shouted in confusion. Hei sighed and took hold of Mei's hand.
"Listen, there are something's I must do. But I can't do them while I'm here. What I must do is for the sake of many and I'll most likely become a criminal." He explained earning a shocked look from Mei. She squeezed his hand as tears flooded her eyes.
"Why? Why must it be you? What do you know that you can't tell me?" The look in her eyes tore at his heart. It wasn't that he couldn't tell her, but her knowing would only make her a target. All he wanted to do was keep her and Haku safe. No matter what.
"Please understand, there are something's I cannot tell you. I had a vision, there was so much death. There are people in this world that will hinder peace and I have to get rid of them before it leads to war." He said solemnly. Mei's eyes widened at that information.
"A War!?" She shouted. Hei nodded and stood. Mei followed his lead and both left the room.
"Yes, that was what I saw in my vision. I don't know who will start it but I do know all the elemental nations will descend into total war. And this war, it won't be against each other. In my vision, all Shinobi stood united against an army of white creatures and a demon but still we will be brought to our knees. I need to do something to ensure this war doesn't come about." He said. Mei frowned as she came to a decision.
"Very well. If you are so set on saving the world, I will allow you to go. But once you return, and you will return, I expect you to marry me." Hei stopped in his tracks, eyes wide as he watched Mei walk away with a sway to her hips.
FLASHBACK END
He sighed with a blush as he walked into a small town. Looking around, he notice very few businesses and mostly homes, but what did catch his eye was a very unique looking store front. He decided that a little exploring wouldn't hurt before he checked into an inn. He approached the store and immediately sweat dropped at the name.
"Antiques and Ramen?" He asked aloud. He entered the store and was assaulted right away by the magnificent aroma of Miso. The restaurant itself had such a homey feeling, it brought him comfort as he sat in one of the ornate booth tables. Looking around he noticed the various knick knacks behind the counter at the back of the store. It seemed that you could indeed purchase antiques as well as dine. He was brought out of his musings by a slender hand tapping his shoulder.
"Sir? Are you alright?" A soft and concerned voice said. He shook his head and looked at the source of the voice. The waitress was beautiful, that was for sure. From her crimson hair that framed her round face, to her hourglass figure, she seemed to represent the epitome of beauty. But her most captivating features were her emerald eyes, that seemingly shimmered with all the stars of the sky. He blinked when the young-he hoped-woman waved her hand in his face.
"Oh.. Um. Yes I'm fine. Thank you." He stammered as the woman smiled and stood to her full height, which was 5'10".
"Ah wonderful, May I get your order sir?" She asked, smile still in place. Hei nodded and swallowed, something about this woman felt so familiar and foreign at the same time. It was all putting his instincts on high alert.
"P-please... May I h-have a bowl of Miso r-ramen with some sweet t-tea." He stammered again, cursing under his breathe for making a fool of himself. The waitress nodded and scribbled down his order.
"I'll be right back with your order. Oh and by the way, my name is Kushina." The now Identified Kushina left his table. Hei sighed in relief as he slumped in his chair. To pass the time before his order came, he pulled out his personal bingo book or hit list. It was comprised of some individuals that were in his vision.
Danzo Shimura Nationality: Konohagakure no Sato. Status: Retired Shinobi/Leader of Root. Family: None Rank: A-S Description: Wrapped nearly totally in bandages, usually wearing council robes. Black hair, brown eyes. Zetzu Nationality: Unknown Status: Shinobi/Akatsuki member. Family: Unknown. Rank: S Description: Half white, half black, literally. Wears what appears to be a Venus fly trap and black robes adorned with red clouds. Obito Uchiha Nationality: Konohagakure no Sato(Former) Status: Shinobi/Akatsuki member. Family: Deceased. Rank: S. Description: Wearing an orange spiral mask with single hole for the left eye. Wearing Akatsuki robes. Nagato Uzumaki Nationality: Amegakure no Sato. Status: Shinobi/Akatsuki member. Family: Deceased. Description: Crimson hair. Appears as though Anorexic. Usually stationary, but can control six separate bodies to battle for him. Caution is advised for these Shinobi. All are extremely dangerous.
And many more, mostly belonging to Konoha's council and those on their payroll.
(End of book)
Hei sighed as he closed the bingo book. He contemplated sending the info to all of the hidden villages before deciding that it would benefit his plan tremendously. With that in mind, Hei closed his eyes and began to meditate to pass the time. After a minute or two, the silence was broken by shouts from the kitchen.
"Kushina! What have I told you about taking breaks whenever you want?! Knock it off or you're fired!" That feminine voice obviously belonged to Kushina's boss. The reply was swift as Kushina came around the counter with a tray of food.
"Oh Haruka, you know you love me too much to put me out on the street! What will I do for money, or rather 'Who' will I do for money?" She said lowly resulting in a scream of rage and frustration from the kitchen. Kushina giggled as she set the tray down on the table.
"Here's your order sir." Hei nodded as he watched the woman sit across from him and begin to eat her lunch. Kushina paused in her meal when she felt the intense stare of the teen. Hei's eyes were wide and disbelieving. Seeing this, Kushina giggled and waved off his surprise.
"Oh, relax. I decided to take my break early and you seemed like an interesting guy." Hei starred awhile longer until a small chuckle left his mouth. It soon became wild laughter, causing many patrons to turn and for Kushina to begin to doubt her decision. Hei calmed down and waved off the people staring.
"Sorry, sorry. I just couldn't help it. You are one strange woman, I'll give you that. The name's Hei Arisawa. It's nice to meet you, Kushina-San." He said as he reached his hand across the table to shake. Kushina smiled in relief that her customer wasn't insane and took his hand in hers.
"Pleasure to meet you as well. By any chance, you wouldn't happen to be a Shinobi, would you?" She asked. Hei stiffened unnoticeably. He debated whether or not to tell her or lie and just leave town. After eating of course. In the end he decided to throw caution to the wind and see what happens.
"As a matter of fact, I am. And not to brag or anything, one of the strongest around." Hei boasted as it wouldn't hurt to get into the good graces of this attractive young-He hoped-woman. Kushina giggled.
"Well Mr. Strongest. I don't suppose you would be interested in a spar to get the blood flowing, No?" Hei blinked in surprise at her words. Was she implying she was a...? No, she was too cute for a life of assassination and espionage and... Oh god. She is a Konuichi, only a Konuichi as adorable as her could ever hope to almost seduce him. Almost, he wasn't the best for nothing. Yeah she totally didn't have him hooked on her every word, not even for a second...? What was he doing? Oh, right.
"Hmm? Are you implying that you are a Konoichi? Miss waitress?" Hei starred into her eyes as she smirked, her ruby red lips twitching upward in an alluring way that totally didn't affect him at all. Kushina looked around to make sure no one was looking and quickly grabbed Hei's wrist and bolted out the store leaving none the wiser.
Clearing somewhere unknown
Two figures appeared in a swirl of leaves before the taller figure leaped away quite a distance from the other before taking up a fighting stance.
"Whoa, either your very eager to get it on or you're really high strung there, Mr. Arisawa." Kushina giggled as Hei blushed at some of her words until regaining his composure. Putting on his 'Gameface' Hei slowly relaxed out of his stance.
"Sorry, I'm just not used to strangers dragging me around as they please, I get that enough from my girlfriends." Kushina's eyes hardened at the use of the plural. She despised cheaters, almost as much as rapists.
"You have two girlfriends?" She asked through gritted teeth. Hei immediately noticed and waved his hands in pseudo-panic.
"Please don't jump to conclusions, they know about each other and they know that I love them equally. I'm the second last male of my clan so the council wanted me to take five wives, but I fought against it. Please believe me!" He said hurriedly before slumping in relief as Kushina seemed to calm down.
"Oh I see, then forgive my rudeness. I at first thought you were a womanizer. But still, you better treat those girls right or you'll be hearing from me." Kushina warned as Hei chuckled at her threatening face, which seemed to be cuter than her mischievous face.
"Oh believe me, I treat them better than that. Not many men can say they've fought an entire village and its Jinchuuriki Kage for their girlfriends." Kushina's jaw dropped at that statement. She had heard about that, in Kiri, some unknown man had just walked into Kirigakure no Sato and proceeded to hand them their asses and blow up a mountain, then kill their Mizukage. Stories were circulating about a demon in a mans body, roaming the earth to kill and devour the souls of wicked men. But to think, that man was the same teenager before her, it was unbelievable.
"Ha! There's no-way you could be that man. I've heard the story, that guy radiated absolute power and dominance. You're just a child." She boasted hoping beyond hope she was right and she hadn't just insulted the man reported to have cracked and destroyed the Sanbi's impenetrable shell. Hei smirked and took up a stance, one that had Kushina pale.
'No-way, he knows the Weynon* fighting style, that style is supposed to be extinct!' She thought in panic. That style was said to be one of the most deadly style in existence. It relies heavily on countering and slowly building up power-the opponent's power-before delivering one massively critical strike to incapacitate or sometimes kill the target. A true master of the style is said to be able to counter multiple attacks at once before releasing that energy into an almost ethereal attack.
There was no-way she could fight him on even ground without an advantage. She quickly thought of a plan before sprinting at the teen.
They met in a clash of fists and blocks. As soon as Hei began the first sequence of counters, Kushina jumped over Hei and tapped his shoulder. She quickly leaped away as Hei's fist flew past where her head had previously been. Still Kushina felt the strong flow of air as his fist passed.
'Even without absorbing a lot of attacks his counter is still to strong to take head on. I must be quick about this.' She thought as she withdrew two Kunai from beneath her blouse. She threw the first and tossed the other into the air. As Hei deflected the Kunai, Kushina appeared inside his defenses. Too surprised by her speed, Hei was kicked into the air.
His flight was short lived as Kushina appeared above and grabbed the Kunai that she had previously thrown. Hei barely managed to block her slash before being kicked toward the ground.
'Incredible, her speed and strength are immense. If I were using any other style I'd have died by now. Guess it's time to get serious.' Hei narrowed his eyes and righted himself in midair. Hei landed deftly on the ground, only dust lifting around him to prove his existence. Suddenly, the dust was blown away and the earth cracked and trembled before Hei disappeared in a blur of movement. The ground imploded as Hei appeared behind Kushina aiming an axe kick to her back, causing her eyes to widen and for her to freeze up.
'I-impossible... I can't dodge, it will still hit me. I have no choice, I've got to use it.' As Hei's attack was to make contact, Kushina vanished in a flash of red and reappeared with a Rasengan in hand behind him. Hei's eyes widened as the ball of condensed chakra made contact. But it didn't, because he was already behind Kushina. A mighty kick sent her spiraling into the ground, kicking up smoke and debris. As it cleared, she found herself pinned as Hei straddled her stomach with a katana to her throat. She trembled at the look in his eyes, remembering that this boy-Man-slew the three-tailed demon.
"Tell me. How do you know that technique?" His cold amber eyes seemed to glow, backed by the setting sun as dusk descended on the land. She briefly entertained the thought of lying, but something told her that he would know. With a sigh of defeat, she told him.
"My husband was the Yondaime Hokage." Those words seemed to freeze Hei in place as his grip went slack on the sword. Kushina took that opportunity to flip Hei over her and pin his hands above his head. Hei's eyes widened as Kushina growled at him.
"Why are you so interested with my husband's techniques? Are you a spy?" Hei was internally panicking as Kushina pressed down hard on his chest. He had been told all the details of his birth and the events afterwards by the Kyūbi. But he couldn't afford to straight out tell her he was her son, it would complicate his plans, his only choice was to improvise.
"I-I know everything. The Kyūbi, the sealing, the masked man. All of it. I hail from Konoha and I knew your son, Naruto, we were friends." The shock of his declaration was on Kushina's face for nigh two seconds before being replaced by unbridled rage. She punched him hard enough to break his nose and screamed in his face.
"HOW DARE YOU CLAIM TO KNOW MY SON! HE'S DEAD, YOU HEAR ME?! DO YOU THINK I'M STUPID TO FALL FOR THAT?! YOU DON'T KNOW MY SON! I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO KNOW HIM!" She soon broke into sobs and wails of disparity. Her grip loosened on his collar and Hei leaned up to envelope her in a hug. His nose already half way to healed.
"It's true, we grew up together on the streets. We had to survive off of minute amounts of money the Hokage gave us before allowing us an apartment. One day, before the academy began, Naruto disappeared. I went looking for him in the only place I knew he'd go if he was in trouble. But when I reached the Hokage tower, there was no one there, so naturally I went snooping around his office and found the most horrible things. Files, dossiers, evidence and records of what happened that night, what they said and did to you, and what they were planning for Naruto. They wanted the perfect weapon and to do that, they needed to condition him, but he never stopped resisting. His will was steel." Kushina was shaking violently in his embrace and with great effort, she managed to ask.
"What happened to him?" Her tone suggested that she may have known already what happened. Hei pressed on as he tightened his grip.
"They deemed him a lost cause. A new child was selected to contain the Kyūbi and Naruto was to be disposed of. I tried to get there in time, but the sealing was already in progress. Though what happened next was devastating. The Kyūbi refused to be sealed again and in the midst of the sealing, release all its chakra in one massive concentrated wave. It killed many of the rooms occupants. I was too late, Kushina-San. Naruto was lost." Kushina broke into more hysterical crying. Hei sighed and managed to get them both up and carried Kushina bridal style to an inn as he didn't know where she lived.
CHASHU INN
Chashu inn. That was the name. Chashu. It now just began to dawn on him that all the establishments had ramen related names. Ajitama market. Wakame shipping company. Memna tattoos. That last one made Hei raise a brow but didn't question it further. He entered the inn with a now sleeping Kushina in his arms, but didn't get far as two large burly men and the thin clerk at the counter stopped him, all looking rather displeased with Hei.
"What have you done to Kushina-Sama? If you intend to harm her in some way, we will not just stop you." The thin man spoke calmly but his barely veiled threat showed his intent clearly. Hei narrowed his eyes but restrained from any action, opting to speak rather that hurt.
"Kushina-Dono has received some rather unsavory news today and has merely tired herself out. I am a very close family friend but as I was unaware of her living arrangements, I decided that I'd rent a room and take her home tomorrow." The clerk leered at Hei, clearly not believing a word. He was about to motion the giants to forcefully remove Kushina from Hei's grasp when a slender hand delicately caught his wrist. The smooth and pale arm lead to the now awake Kushina. Though, her half lidded eyes suggested it wouldn't last long.
"Please calm down... Rokuro. Hei-tan just wants to take care of me, please let us have a room. I'm so tired." She yawned cutely and snuggled deeper into Hei's chest. Rokuro sighed as he would at least put faith in Kushina-Sama's choice and handed over a key.
"You can pay for the room in the morning. And don't you dare try anything." Hei ignored the threat and carried Kushina to the room. Once they were safely inside Hei put Kushina in the bed and pulled the blanket over her. He turned around, intent on preparing his place on the floor when Kushina grabbed his arm. Looking back to meet her stare, neither spoke but Hei did climb into the bed. Immediately he was seized up by Kushina who wrapped her arms around his neck and tangled her legs with his. Shoving her face between the bed and the crook of his neck, she lightly pecked his neck, whispering a faint 'thank you' and fell asleep rather quickly. From exhaustion or embarrassment, Hei could not tell, that did not stop his smile as he fell into slumber within Kushina's embrace.
Next morning
Kushina groaned as the curtains were suddenly drawn, blazing the room-and her face-with intense rays of light, as the window was facing the dawning sun. She turned to face away from the sun, only for a more intense light to blind her. She yelped and fell out of bed from the surprise. Hei chuckled from his place by the mirror, which he had set up, and tossed some fresh clothes on the bed.
"Kushina-Dono, please get dressed. I would like to get to know you better and to do so, I would like to invite you on a day out." Hei only received a glare from the red head as she hid behind the bed. Hei continued mulling around the room, almost as if looking for something. But then it dawned on her that he was shirtless and boy was he ripped. Not too muscular but also not thin, the perfect swimmers body or rather a body trained for speeds only they two could reach. She blushed and averted her gaze to the clothes on the bed.
'Where did he get those?' She thought as she held up the dress, a beautiful blue low cut dress that would no doubt show off her slender legs and a smooth black fur jacket. Turning to Hei-who continued the search for his shirt-and asked the question on her mind.
"Where did you get these clothes?" Hei stopped for a moment, as if debating to tell her the truth or not. After a few seconds, he shrugged and told her the truth.
"I stole them from the nobles across the hall. They are leaving today and I decided they could be generous enough to donate a dress. Aha!" He exclaimed as he finally located his shirt under the table. She stared at the dress before she looked back at Hei.
"You... Stole it? And why were you shirtless?" Hei plopped onto the bed and looked at Kushina. With a raised brow, he asked her in an amused tone.
"You mean you don't remember? Well, sometime in the night I went to the restroom and when I came back you were sitting up. I asked if you were awake, you only responded by lifting your arms as if asking for a hug so I did. Then you flipped me over, pinned me, and stole my shirt then you went to sleep and I couldn't find my shirt so I went to sleep as well." She blushed and Hei laughed. She put her hands on her face to cover her embarrassment and mumbled out an apology. Hei merely waved off the apology.
"Meh. Just get ready for tonight; I made reservations at that club down the road. What was it called again? Ah, never-mind, be ready when I get back." He said as he got up to leave the room. Kushina perked up at that, she had wanted to go to that club since it opened but a reservation was needed and they didn't come cheap.
"Wait. Where are you going?" Hei smirked at her question and chuckled. Kushina pouted at being laughed at and crossed her arms with a huff.
"Well I simply need to go get my pack from the store since I was so rudely abducted before I could snatch it. Hmm, now come to think about it; where are the twins?" He ended, muttering to himself. It was true, as Kushina had so adamantly dragged him away from the restaurant he had failed to notice the two horse sized wolves run off to who knows where. It wasn't as if they hadn't done this before, as soon as he would be distracted they'd go and cause some kind of trouble, usually they would hunt... Down... Uh Oh.
Random Alley
The man tripped as he tried to escape the demons chasing him. The sounds of growling made him turn around and crawl away in terror, the shadowed forms of the two demons stepped closer before lunging. The man shrieked in fright as the twin demons flew clear over him followed by the deathly howl of something he couldn't see. The two-now revealed-wolves latched onto some invisible being, biting, ripping and tearing at what ever it was. Seeing his opportunity to escape, the man hightailed it out of there as fast as possible. The howls and roars to haunt his dreams for many years.
Hotel Room
Kushina blushed at her own folly as Hei ran out of the room. How could she be so narrow minded? Of course he wouldn't get the chance to grab his bag. She blinked as she realized she was now alone. Pouting once more she decided to just get ready for tonight.
A Stereotypical Club (Legitimately named that)
There she stood, in front of one of the most popular clubs of the time. She was fidgeting as all the young couples starred at her attire, either in fascination or contempt, she could not tell. Hearing the tell-tell signs of a body landing on the ground, she turned to find Hei in his full Shinobi gear. Her question died in her throat as Hei grabbed her hand and took into the club, totally bypassing the bouncer. Kushina was in awe of the club, the neon strobe lights, the loud music, and the young bodies grinding against each other in fervor. She blushed as she saw some of the more 'Eager' couples go at it. Soon however, her confusion grew as they passed the bar and dance floor, climbing the stairs to the second floor. Hei eventually found an empty room and closed the door, locking it. He turned to Kushina and bowed deeply.
"My deepest apologies Kushina-Dono. I have deceived you." As soon as those words left his mouth, Kushina felt multiple presences in the room with them. She moved into her fighting stance only to discover the dress he had given her was too constricting to fight in. Not only that, but she had forgone bringing any weapons. He tricked her, used her! Angry tears welled up within her eyes; she should have never trusted him. But how could she not, he comforted her when she was broken, held her, She believed him to be her friend. Hei frowned at the hate radiating off the woman and faster than she could follow; he was within her space, hands on her cheeks wiping away her unshed tears.
"Please don't misunderstand. They are only here to protect me, nothing more. Please listen to me, I have a rather unsavory associate coming to meet here, unfortunately they are under the impression we are an organized military force. We might as well go along with it, the thing is, I've lead them for so long that it no longer appeals to me. That being said, well you lead us, Kushina-Sama?" The shock on her face must have been priceless to him. Yet still one thing nagged on her mind.
"Why? Why me?" She asked. Hei simply tilted is head before ushering her too a seat. After doing so he spoke.
"I'll be honest I never intended to find you here, let alone alive. So when I did, it was like a blessing. Back in the Mist, after the invasion, I had a vision. I knew then what must be done, I spoke with the Mizukage and she agreed that what was/is to come must be stopped at all costs. I staged a false coup with me Omnitsukido forces and fled the village as a criminal. Now I need it to appear as though I was under the orders of a third party. Then you came along and I found the perfect woman for the job. So will you do this with me?" His hopeful expression made her sigh in exasperation. If she was going to join this idiotic plot then she would know the truth. She decided.
"Fine, but I want you to tell me everything, that includes who you really are." Hei sighed deeply. He nodded toward a random shadow and Kushina felt the presences leave. Hei face suddenly aged many years, it worried Kushina for the boy. What secrets could he be hiding?
"Promise you won't be mad at me?" She nodded and Hei decided to just Drop the bomb.
"I was Naruto Uzumaki, I was your son." Kushina's eyes nearly popped out of her head. Her son lived, He sat before her, ALIVE, He lied to her, He hurt her feelings. Her anger got the better off her and her hair soon formed nine individual tails of fury. She loomed over the boy, fists shaking in righteous fury. As Hei coward, she screamed.
"You lied to your own mother?! Do you know how worried I have been?! Sixteen years I thought you were dead! Please tell me why." Her shoulders sagged and tears spilled forth. Hei shook his head. Why must he always have a soft spot for crying woman?
So he proceeded to tell her everything. By the time he was done she was weeping on his shoulder. Soon after she calmed enough to talk to him, asking how his life was. After an hour of talking and bonding, they were interrupted by one of Hei's agents.
"Hei-Sama, the contact has arrived." Hei nodded and soon the contact entered the room. At first he appeared to just be a scrawny businessman, but one look into his eyes told Hei more than he needed to know. By now Kushina had composed herself enough to appear emotionless.
'I see, despite being a civilian this man has killed just as many man as I. I better tread lightly.' The man merely took a seat and crossed his legs. Hei instantly disliked this man; he didn't even believe them worth his time. The nerve!
"Mr. Hyokou. We thank you for your time, as for the matter of our purchase of your supplies and services. I have acquired the agreed upon amount, I simply wish to get our agreement here on paper." Mr. Hyokou nodded and smiled a vulpine smile.
"Actually, my employer has decided on a new agreement. Your terms have not changed; we will provide support and supplies whatever they may by. However, seeing as we are providing all of this and you already seem to be an organized and formidable force, we would like to 'employ' your services as our own personal ninja force, for a time." Hei narrowed his eyes at the offer, he wanted to refuse but doing so would void the contract. If they lost their support, they would not have the necessary resources to begin recruiting and training new members. Hei was backed into a corner and he knew it and Mr. Hyokou knew it. With a resigned sigh, Hei accepted the terms of the contract.
"Very well, I will send you the finalized paperwork vie messenger hawk. If I may inquire, who is your leader?" Hei looked to Kushina to which she nodded. Looking Mr. Hyokou in the eyes, Hei spoke ominously.
"Kushina Uzumaki, Aka no Shi (Red death). And we are the Aka no Kishi. (Red knights)" Hyokou's eyes narrowed briefly before becoming vulpine again. As he left Kushina looked at Hei with a confused expression.
"Why Aka no Kishi?" Kushina rose a pretty red brow as Hei began to chuckle.
"Well simple, Akatsuki wishes to bring peace through oppression and fear. Aka no Kishi however, will bring peace through justice and honor. As they are the Dawn, we are the Knight." Hei said dramatically. Kushina giggled at his play on words; still she would admit it is a rather fetching idea. They could all be the heroes they dreamt of being as children, as naïve as that sounded.
"Does that make me a Queen then?" Hei nodded eagerly and took her hands. He then kneeled along with his nineteen remaining agents of the Omnitsukido, bowing low they all spoke in unison.
"And we are you humble knights. We live to serve Kushina-Sama." Evidently her grand display of emotion before the meeting had somehow garnered their loyalty and affections. Kushina grinned in what can only be elation and exclaimed.
"Then as your Queen I dub thee 20, my knights of the round!" Their cheers roared over the music of the club and Kushina could feel their excitement. This was the beginning of a new era.
END
A/N: Whew! Done! Review if you enjoyed. Also quick announcement, I will soon put a one-shot that I collaborated with an author named Etroxic. Thing is, it won't be on my profile, it will be on Kitsune inc. A shared profile between me and Etroxic. So check it out if you'd like, But be warned, Etroxic is less productive they me.
That said, Ja Ne~!