Disclaimer: This story contains characters that belong to Rumiko Takahasi. Under no means money is made, or the TM characters are harmed.
Note: This is the sequel to my previous fic Nodoka's premonition. I have the intention to start a series of books starting with this tale. The main theme will be a cross of sci-fi and Fantasy.
Warning: Strong language and dark situations ahead.
Chapter 4 – Revelation
"Aiyah! The Konoha Red death and the Yondime Hokage! Y-You two... You two must be their reincarnation." Xian Pu exclaimed
"Hun? What are you talking about?" Akane asked much to Ku Lon shock
"Why didn't I see it sooner, the semblance is uncanny. Though the color of the eyes have been switched." Ku Lon said.
"Elder not to be or sound disrespectful, but could you explain to us what the hell are you talking about?" Akane asked
"First of all do you two believe in reincarnation?" Ku Lon asked
"After all the crap that has been avoided thanks to mom's dreams, plus the Buddhism teachings, yes we do." Ranma explained
"I'm a woman warrior that has been blessed with the ability to keep my whole memories each time I died and then reborn, in simple terms, every time that I do reincarnate I do keep my whole memories of my previous lives. Its a bit of a pain in the ass, after each birth I need to wait at last four whole years before my body can relearn my thechniques, and get back in shape."
"Whoa! That really must suck. I my self spent the last ten years getting my body back in shape after birthing Ranma. How did you managed it" Nodoka asked after recovering her senses.
"It wasn't easy. And I did pass through a few lifetimes that I gave in the urge to not train at all, only to repent deeply later on, when I found my self in a situation that I could've avoided or got out of it if I didn't gave in. **shudder** My last death was thanks to it." Ku Lon started her tale
"Anyway the first lifetime that I do remember and it was in that life, that I received this blessing. I lived on a country called Fire Country, in a city called Konoha. It was a time were the Shinobi ruled, violence existed in far more excess, and every life did have a set price over it. Shortly after I did born on that time two renowned shinobi lost their lives fighting the greatest of all tailed demons the Kyuubi no Yoko. The first one was our village leader The Yondime Hokage, his name was Minato Namikaze, the second one was his wife Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze." after Ku Lon said the last part she noticed a brief spark appearing on the young ones eyes, granting a knowing and brief smile to grace her lips.
"They both left behind a small orphaned boy named Naruto Uzumaki. Many years later and after countless troubles and prejudice from bigoted people, he finally was acknowledge and received his long overdue inheritance. Among it on the time there was a rule to help clans that were near extinction to be restored. It was called CRA or Clan Restoration Act, which in essence allowed the practice of polygamy." Ku Lon kept telling
"That's how I and my main rival for Naruto's heart settled our score. But to me I still got in first place at the end, since I was the first one that he allowed to share his bed. **chuckles** She wasn't a bed person, only misguided in her priorities and a blind fool when she was a kid." Ku Lon at this point has a smile on her face and a faraway look
"Though I still think that she got one over me when she took her sweet time when she helped me giving birth to my first child, with her being the top medic of the village and my midwife." Ku Lon related
"So you do think that we may be the reincarnations of those two ninjas... Hmm... Might be possible, but what happened to my mother in law, and why all the sudden weird acts of all of you?" Akane asked
"That Akane was the legendary goddess Athena. She spoke through Nodoka-san to warn us about dire times that await us. Tough Great grandmother I must ask who's Dohko and what is Misopheta Menos?" Xian Pu asked
"He is a warrior of Athena like me. A few centuries ago there was a war against Hades were only three warriors survived. Two of them were elites and the only ones able to walk out of there, one of them was Dohko. He and Shion of Aries would've left me there on the battlefield for dead when in the nick of time I did manage to rise my voice loud enough to request their help. About the Misopheta Menos its a technique that they taught me and allow me to only age three days per year since then." Ku Lon said shocking the three teens, Nodoka, Mu Tse that was still in his duck form and the Junseikyo guide that approached to see what all the commotion was about.
"T-then your 300 years would be roughly one year and a half to your body" Nodoka exclaimed.
"Precisely. But its a technique that can only be used once as it require a huge amount of energy and concentration. Anyway we all should head back and get ready." Ku Lon said
"Ready for what honored elder?" Akane asked
"We'll be heading to Japan in a few days. Ranma, Akane I'll teach you both how to tap an powerful long forgotten energy by almost everyone. This energy is way more powerful then just ki." Ku Lon explained
"B-but great-grandmother they're too old to develop their chakra and their coils won't bend as they should. That's why shinobi start their chakra training at a young age" Xian Pu argued
"That would be the case if they didn't received the cursed body in the Junseikyo waters. Can't you feel it great-granddaughter" Ku Lon asked
Akane, Ranma and Nodoka looked at each other before closing their eyes and expanded their senses.
Though since Nodoka did learn some ninjitsu and the Samurai arts when she was young, she was the first that noticed.
"By the Kami, they are overflowing with the shinobi ancestral power! But how is it possible? The last person that used it was my mother." Nodoka asked
"Who was your mother Nodoka-san?" Ku Lon
"Her name was Airi; she was a powerful shinobi able to do amazing feats. She was also an amazing healer and she was the one that nursed my father back to health. And to me her most amazing technique was the ability to summon slugs." Nodoka said with a small smile
"S-SLUGS! There's only one person that I know of with such ability. My rival for Naruto's heart ... And my shield-sister Sakura Haruno Namikaze. She and I were the only ones blessed by Naruto-kun with the ability to keep our memories each time that we reincarnate." Ku Lon explained shocking everyone. But then Nodoka remember a bit of story of her family
"Elder how long ago did you mentioned that you lost the feeling of this Naruto's power?"
"About 20 to 30 years ago. It shocked me to the core, and one of the motives that made me head to Japan in a frantic search for his last know place. Though it sad me to say that I didn't find neither him nor Sakura-Chan incarnation of this era." Ku Lon sadly replied
"Mom did pass on a few years ago after. Though she often told me that her sensei in the ninja arts sacrificed him self in helping my father sealing off a demon in our family sacred tree. I often saw her talking to said tree, and I often saw her sobbing and crying her heart out in front of it. But what puzzles me is that after she cried her self to sleep I heard this voice telling me to always be there for her and to take to heart her teachings... Though there is one technique that this voice taught me." Nodoka said, right before extending her right hand and concentrate deeply.
Ku Lon and Xian Pu senses went haywire as they felt a massive amount of chakra started to concentrate on Nodoka's hand.
Few by few a blue sphere started to form, gaining power and density.
"THE RASENGAN!" Akane suddenly yelled shocked by both the events and her self, even though she's on her male form she did a very female action in squealing and covering her mouth. Everyone eyes were on her surprised that she knew the name of said technique.
'Naruto-kun... You still managed to keep your legacy alive... I wonder...'Ku Lon thought before sending chakra to her eyes like she did when she was still Hinata and did have the byakugan.
'Kami-sama please let it work, let me have my Hyuuga inheritance once more' Ku Lon prayed and redoubled her efforts. Suddenly her eyes started to hurt and pain flared from them. But she kept her resolve and kept the flow of chakra in her eyes.
Then as time went on her vision started to lose colors and expand, circling around her. When Xian Pu saw her great-grandmother eyes started to become fully white and veins started to become more stressed as well as more pronounced a spark of memory come to the front of her mind.
'THE BYAKUGAN! But how? How is it possible? Unless... Could it be? ...could it be that great-grandmother and I are descendants of the Hyuuga clan? But if that's true why only now did she awake her byakugan? It can't be just a question of chakra, since if it was it, she and I would already have it. Then how... Hmmm lets see she mentioned that for a few lifetimes she did possessed it...' Xian Pu thought, before glancing around before taking notice of her swing tails.
'Wait a minute, I remember that long ago she told me a story about the shinobi era, were the Biju roamed around when not sealed inside a human being... And now I am a Hanyou and my body has both chakra and ...YOKI! That must be it, my Yoki must be the key. Only one way to find out'
Xian Pu focused all her senses on her great-grandmother, after a few seconds he noticed that her great-grandmother chakra strongest emanations were coming from the eyes. After getting the feel of it she decided to try and emulate it.
At the beginning nothing happened, but as the seconds passed by, she noticed an increasing pain on the eyes, as well as the environment expand and lose its colors. Then energy lines started to appear on her great-grandmother's body.
Surprised by the lines apparition, she almost lost her focus. But then as the pain subsided, she shifted her focus to Ranma, then Akane and for last Nodoka. In all of then she saw the energy lines. Though in each person the lines did have a slightly different path.
When she glanced at her self she noticed a purple color in her own energy lines, then she also noticed it on Ranma and Nodoka. Tough hers were a lot more shining.
"Great-grandmother why can I see a mix of chakra and yoki running through both Ranma and his mother? Though Nodoka's is a lot more bright then Ranma, but not as much as my own"
"I don't know how you did manage to awake your byakugan, but I can answer you. The purple chakra that you can see is the result of the mix of Yoki with chakra,that means that both Ranma and Nodoka descend directly from a Hanyou like you or from a Jinchuriki. I ... I ... I'm sorry to be the bearer of it, but I'm afraid that the one you known as Katsuhito Masaki is in reality your adopted father, and not your true father." Ku Lon said.
"No it can't be... Impossible... My mother would've told me... It can't be..." Nodoka started to deny it, while shaking her head side to side before tears started to run down and her knees lose their strength and she fell to the ground sobbing.
To be continued...