Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry for it belongs to Capcom. Sadly I also don't own Naruto or its characters for it too belongs to its rightful owner *glares at him*. And sadly I finally do not own any obscure references I may make in these fics. However, I do claim ownership to the OC and any new demons that will be mention in later chapters. If you wish to use Koora Senshi or any of theses said demons for future fics, please ask nicely first. Thank You.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Demon Speaking"

'Demon Thinking'

"Jutsu"

Location and Time Transition

Chapter 4: The First Hunt Begins

Koora stood alone in the field as his eye glanced around, scanning for any sign of movement. Inwardly he sighed deeply, wondering why his Senpai has made him to agree with this.

'Surely he must know how much I hate fighting...' He thought to himself as he spun behind him at a bush rustling, 'They're good at hiding, I'll give them that…and they are doing a good job and screwing with me. Now then…where will they hit from first…Behind, my sides. Above?'

He looks in front of him to see the Orange-clad Blonde Gennin, Uzumaki Naruto, standing right in front of him. He sweat dropped as he looked at the shinobi curiously.

"Uzumaki-San is it?" he asked.

"Believe it!" Naruto shouted out, causing Koora's dead panned look to grow.

"You know….you really are a strange one. To attack from the front, very un-shinobi like If I had to guess…" He commented.

The blonde grinned as he brought his hands together, making a cross with his fingers. Koora braced himself as he remembered that hand sign.

"Ninpou: Kage Bushin-no-Jutsu!" Naruto yelled.

He poured as much chakra into the jutsu as a large cloud of smoke exploded outward. Koora squint his eye as he tried to see through the smoke. The smoke quickly cleared the one-eyed Senshi was greeted by several Narutos staring at him. He grabbed a sword hilt behind him and unsheathed his blade. The sword was a katana in length. The edge extended just past its back, making a slight barb. The blade itself seems to glimmer in the light, as if not really metal. Its guard was simple, but had a reaper under a tree engraved in it. The hilt length was wrapped in a deep crimson cloth, secured by a dull grey pommel. What stood out the most was the tassel coming out of the pommel, a length of white cloth, floating oddly in the air, like snow. The tassel was secured by a bead, similar to the ones Koora wore in that braid of his. Naruto and the other gennin looked at the blade in amazement.

'Wow…that's sword…it...it's pretty.' Sakura thought, entrapped by the odd glimmer the blade gave off in the light.

'That sword…I want it, I should be using it, not him. I shall demand him after this is over' Sasuke thought this in a usual brooding and arrogant way.

"K-Koora-Sensei…that blade..its..its" Naruto stuttered slightly.

"You like Naruto? Her name is Shimoyaki, and has been a good friend to me" Koora told him, flipping the blade around to its reversed side, "now come at me Naruto, let us see how your clones can fare."

Naruto grinned widely a she shouted out, his clones all charging at the older kid. Koora got ready as he bent his knees, his sole brown eye darting to keep everything focused in.

He sprung into action as the clones got closers, leaping at them. His surprised actions scared the first line of clone, giving the desired reaction Koora needed. His feet landed on the shoulders of the first clone as he ran along the shoulders of the clones, before landing in the back of the group, bringing a leg out to sweep three clones behind him. The clones fell to the ground and dissipated into plums of smoke. The clones turned around and lunged at him. Koora moves to the side as one flew past him, smacking the back of his blade into the stomach of another incoming clone, sending it into two more clones before turning to smoke. The remaining Narutos leaped at him from all sides, causing Koora to dodge and weave quickly past the many clones that tried to dive bomb him.

'He's good, that's to say. He maybe just using cannon fodder, but he's making me move for sure…what is this unpredictable ninja up too' Koora thought to himself as his blade smacked several clones into smoke.

The other clones grinned slyly before disappearing suddenly, leaving a lone Senshi confused. Koora looked around for any sign of the original. His eyes suddenly widened as he heard the ground crack below him. He looked down just as a fist broke through to greet him. The fist collided with Koora's chin and uppercut him in to the air, sending his crashing to the ground on his back. Koora looked to see who hit him and saw a dirtied Naruto, holding a bleeding fist.

"Got you, Koora-Sensei…." He beamed smiling wit ha foxy grin.

The other two gennin stepped out of the bushes, stunned looks on their faces. They couldn't believe what just happened.

'When did that dobe/baka get to be so damn smart?' the two thought respectfully.

Koora got back up, nursing his chin as he grinned at Naruto, "Not bad Uzumaki-San, you did well. I didn't know you were capable of such feats, but I suppose a shinobi must keep an ace, no?"

"Um…sure…yeah lets go with that, believe it"

They all turned suddenly to a clapping applaud. The origin to the clapping was their other teacher, Dante. He grinned to show his approval at them. Koora tilted his head slightly in confusion.

"So Dante-Senpai, how long were you standing there watching?" Koora asked, getting a lazy shrug from the elder Devil hunter.

"Senseis, you still never asked our question from the first day?" Sakura asked suddenly, her voice surprisingly not at its banshee screeching volumes.

Dante smirked, "oh yeah, I guess we did, I suppose we have some time to kill to explain, Koora, care to explain, you have a better way of explaining things than I do"

"Ok then Senpai, I'll do it then…" He sighed as he turned to them, "Basically Senpai and myself are what are known as Devil Hunters, we make a living investigating and eliminating demons and devils occasionally. In essence we are kind of what you would call…bounty hunters I suppose?"

Sasuke raised a brow, "Why are Devil hunters then training shinobi then? It seems this is a waste of our time to be trained by weaklings like yourselves."

Koora moved slightly to Sasuke before stopped by Dante's hand. , "Well to answer your question, kid its quite simple. It's because we aren't training you to be shinobi or whatever the hell you calls yourselves. We are training you four to be Devil hunters. Its fun, you go places, the danger factor is still there, only much higher." He explained lazily.

"Then what's a Devil Arm then?" Naruto piped in.

"Good question Uzumaki-San. A Devil arm is a weapon, a supernatural weapon created from the soul of a fallen demon." He answered, sighing as he saw their blank faces, "In other words, when a demon of significant strength and power is killed, their soul is sometimes left behind. If this soul is claimed by the one who defeated the demon, the soul becomes what is known as a Devil Arm, a weapon. Take Cerberus for example, you saw how he looked and you saw him in his Devil Arm form, the three ice nunchuka."

Dante finally coughed getting Koora's attention, "the target arrived" the older Devil hunter stated simply.

Koora's eyes widened, "it did, when, where?"

"What are you tw-", the three tried to ask before hearing an explosion behind them.

Four canvas bags with wooden appendages leaped out, landing as the tilted from leg to leg, a bladed pendulum replacing one of their arms. The demons cackled madly as they hobbled around mindlessly. In the center of the crater a larger scythe stood in the ground, sand lying around it. The sand rippled as it rose up, taking form. The demon was human in shape, covered in white rags as it wore a blind fold over its eyes. It grabbed the scythe and split it in two, making two scythes. Koora readied Shimoyaki again, flipping the blade so its edge was in front this time. Dante smirked as he spun his guns out and pointed them and the scythed demon.

"Ready to Rock, Koora?" He asked his friend.

"When it comes to demons, always…." Koora stated simply, "you three take care of the Scarecrows, they should be simple for you guys to take out, just avoid the blades they have for an arm and you should be fine. The target is ours."

"Kekekekeke…What Luck do I have….To find The son of Sparda…and the Reaper of Ice all at once!", The blind demon chuckled darkly as it spun its scythes in his hands into blurs., "I'll have fun carving you two up. I, Scarecrow, Demon of Sloth shall be your grave!" With that the demon raced at the two devil hunters.

The two fell back, trying to get as much distance from their fight from the Genin. Scarecrow laughed darkly as he quickly ordered the lesser demons to kill the humans. With that he spun his scythes as gave chase after the Devil Hunters, a mad grin on his corpse-like face.

The three stared at the demented scarecrows hobbling lopsidedly around them. Sakura threw a kunai at the head of one of them, the knife making its mark. The scarecrow paused as it tried to ponder what hit its head, the other three stopped and turned at the three. They got ready as they heard the dark chuckles again. They canvassed heads stretched into dark smiles as they leaped at them suddenly, spinning around as their bladed arms came into focus, ready to take easy lives they four assumed. The four blades crashed into the ground as smoke flew past from the force. The scarecrows cackled maniacally as they silenced quickly as the dust cleared, seeing nothing but sliced up logs around their blades. Their heads tilted from side to side in confusion as one turned around to be greeted by a giant fireball. The burning scarecrow screamed as the flames quickly engulfed its entire beings, causing it to explode into burning canvas and insect guts. The other three turned quickly to see their dead compatriot and the three gennin unharmed.

"We can take them, but we will have to take one alone though" Sasuke proposed, inwardly wanting to actually take all three of them alone.

The two nodded as the turned to see the remaining scarecrows, bouncing on their legs in fury. The one with a kunai in its head turned its attention to Sakura, as if remembering who threw the knife in its head. It cackled madly as it leaped, barreling into Sakura as she and the scarecrow disappeared into the tree line. The other members of Team seven looked quickly before returning their focus to the incoming scarecrows bounding at them. The leaped to the sides as the twin demons landed, turning to one of the kids and jumped after them, spinning in mid-air in hopes their bladed arms would shred them to pieces. They leaped back at the last moment as the blades crashed nito the ground slightly. The momentum caused the blades to slice through the ground, causing the controlled bags to land on their feet. The tilted lopsided as everyone knew that the fight was about to begin.

'Hijutsu: Cliffhanger-no-Jutsu!"

Join us next time as Team Seven, Dante and Koora begin their fights with Scarecrow, Demon of Sloth and the lesser scarecrows. Will they triumph over this demon? Will Team Seven be able to survive the assault of the insane scarecrows? Why do I ask these questions you say? I DON'T KNOW! Find out in the next Chapter of Ice Reaper Shall Cry: Scarecrow, Demon of Sloth.

Till then

Mata Ne

~Orochi-no-Tsukiyomi