Fallen God

Chapter 6

The adventure of the mystic horseman begins

As naruto turned to the terror he knew, a crow flew right over his head.

"Phew, that was close. For a second there I thought that was someone else." Naruto wiped the sweat off his forehead. And headed towards the greens again, finding some sense of direction. He looked all over for what seemed like hours on end. Naruto was tired, hungry, and cold. He wished he was at home with his master, or with the winged man…… NO! He's trying to kill naruto, but in a sense he wanted to go. As far as he's gotten, he might as well finish the adventure.

"Crack." What made that sound? Naruto wondered. Then his question was answered when he saw a pair of big yellow eyes staring at him. They started to move towards him. It frightened naruto and he ran as fast as he could. Once again naruto heard the flapping sound. He turned, hoping to be another crow. Instead of seeing black, he saw red… and he ran.

"There you are! You're mine now!!!" the winged man flew towards naruto and lifted him from under his arms.

"Please let me go! Leave me alone!!" naruto cried, but the harpie didn't listen.

"I've had enough of you!! You won't listen to me! You tortured me with your LIES!! Now Die!!!! As those words were spoken, the harpie pulled out his fangs and sank them into naruto's exposed neck.

"Ah!! Stop it that hurts!!" as the harpie began to suck naruto's blood and soul out a big pair of familiar yellow eyes was up in the air. The big yellow eyes belonged to a lioness. The lioness came down with her enormous claw, and impaled the harpie's black wing.

"Oww!" the harpie yelled and dropped naruto, and then he himself fell afterwards. The harpie landed hard on the ground with a snapping sound ending it. "Damn you beast!! You broke my arm!! ARRRGGG!!!" the harpie screamed in horrible agony. And he painfully flapped his wings back to his dreadful castle.

"Thank you for saving me lioness." The lioness disappeared in a thick of smoke. Then the lioness transformed into a young woman. She had long blonde hair, kept in to pig tails. She also had amber colored eyes but fixated with anger. And at the center of her forehead was a purple diamond.

"You're welcome, Blondie. Tell me; what brings you to this dump, the aqua-marine terrain?"

"I'm here to find the mystic horseman or at least I think that's what the poem is saying." Naruto handed the lion-woman the poem that was etched into the scroll.

"Oh, so do you know that bastard red head?"

"Yeah, he kidnapped me to make some kimonos for his… husbands and w-wives." Naruto heavily breathed. He hated saying that. Since he got there he hated saying that. Those marriages didn't count, so wouldn't make him the harpie available?

"Husbands and wives! Boy, tell me how many he currently has." The lion-woman snapped.

"6 wives and 5 husbands."

"Damn, 6 and 5. Shit he's close to transformation."

"Uh what transformation are you talking about?

"Ok listen up Blondie, there are 9 vampire harpies. They start out as winged man. As soon as he, the red head collects 12 pure souls he can become a full fledged vampire."

"Ms. Lioness-"

"No, call me Tsunade."

"Listen boy, you're lucky to be alive. He should've killed you. But for some reason he won't do it."

"But why, why won't he kill me?"

"He must be busy finding a bride to marry."

"Why is it important to have this bride?" 'And not pay attention to me.'

"Because the marriage is the only way to bond two souls so he can absorb the souls." Naruto thought for a while.

'So Neji's soul is bonded with the harpies. I wish it was me and not him. Of course we would want it that way. W-what! Who said that? Me, which is you. You're me? Of course, why don't you quit while you're ahead. And you can still have the red head. No! I want to cure him not hurt him. And you don't think that you're hurting him now. What do you mean? I don't get it? The harpie loves you, but having a heart of iron he can't love so it's painful. And when he's close to you makes up for that empty spot in his cold heart. And when you left him, you hurt him bad. So give up and go back to him, make him happy. Never, you lie he tried to kill me! He's not well, and I'm going to save him. Then I'll be with him, but for the moment I want to help him.'

"Hey kid, you ok?"

"Yeah."

"Does the harpie have the last bride?"

"N-no, he didn't say."

"Damn! He might be well on his way to catch one."

"But you injured him, so he can't fly that well."

"True Blondie, but for how long will he?" Naruto thought hard and long. The harpie was injured, yes? But the Harpie can't heal himself. So he would need his servant. But naruto was right here, so the harpie could replace him with a much younger, and cuter…. No! He was going to save the harpie no matter what happened to him.

", I need your help. I need to find the mystic horseman to get a magical item from him." Naruto bravely requested. He needed the item in order to save the winged man. Tsunade nodded and turned back to the greens leading him to a long trail to nowhere. "We must go this way; it's the only route to the mystic horseman."

"What do you mean the only route?" Naruto asked. Tsunade kept walking in the one direction she knew. She would answer his question later now she needed silence. She needed to protect naruto from the harpie; he very well may be the next bride of the harpie….

TBC