Yo! I'm back! Still looking for a beta and well... so far nada... all well!
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Night: Obviously you haven't been paying attention to a lot of her AN's at the opening or ending of a story... She threatens to do something if they don't review or she scares them into reviewing.
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No thanks! I got that area covered, besides everyone likes this one! Now onto the disclaimer and warnings!
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, then there would be Yaoi, a lot of it, and certain characters *coughs* Sakura *Coughs* would be used as target practice. But sadly I do not... *sighs*
Warnings: Yaoi, Mpreg, Violence, Language, Lemons, Character Bashing, mentions of rape, Non-con (not sure when) and Character Death (later on)
Warning 2: Seriously disturbed content towards the end. Those of feint heart avert thy eyes!
Chapter Volcab!
Mira- Uke, female, woman, beta. (The one who plays the submissive of the relationship.)
Kozu- Seme, male, man, alpha. (The one who plays the dominant of the relationship.)
Alpha- This should be obvious, but just in case; the Alpha is the dominant male of the pack, no one tops him(her). The alpha's job is to protect and provide for their pack as well as siring offspring to continue their bloodline.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
/Flashback/
\Dreams\
"Kyuubi Talking"
'Mind link'
"Demon language"
Enjoy!
Chapter Five: Secrets and Lies
Earth; Fernalis
Kyuubi nodded as he sat on the edge of the bed, his hand still lazily petting Naruto's head, he sighed and finally turned to Gaara.
"I left because..." He paused, this was really going to sound stupid, but hey it was the truth. "Because I was afraid that I'd spend the rest of my life alone... Your father, my brother, had asked me to step down and let him rule for a while so I can have time to meet the women our councilors had lined up to be my mate."
"That didn't sit well with you." Gaara stated rather than asked.
"Needless to say I blew up in his face and we got into an argument. Goza, by rite, had me banished because I wasn't mated nor did I sire any children, I would have lost the throne anyway. By that time, your mother, Yashamaru, was pregnant with Temari so he was allowed to take over without any problems and the people were fine with that."
Gaara nodded.
"Out of spite and anger, I left. Your father caught up to me and said if I left, I was never to come back home... that he wouldn't be waiting for me and that I can do as I please til death claimed me. And out of anger I told him I hoped he'd die as well seeing as he would wish it on his own twin." A wry laugh fell from his lips then, his face twisting into ill amusement.
Gaara stared at him, his face blank, but the gears were grinding on full speed. His mind trying to find truth and lie in what he had heard so far. What disturbed the young raccoon was the fact that his uncle was indeed sitting before him and he was indeed telling the truth.
"What happened after that?"
"I left Suna and came here... the north had always fascinated me and I wandered here for about 5 years, 6 at most... I fell in love with a mortal woman and sired a child with her." His whole being changed then, his face soft as his smile became loving and his eyes glassy like he wasn't even here in this room, but rather in her arms. "She was a beauty, Gaara, you would have loved to see her then... But sadly the night she gave birth, she was murdered."
"Uncle-"
"No, don't." He said, holding up a hand. He knew his nephew would try to apologize for something that happened a very long time ago. "It was a long time ago and I wish for it to remain a memory."
Gaara nodded, looking down at his lap. His uncle was truly a frightening demon. Not man could bare to lose their mates and remain sane, let alone have one with child ripped from your arms. But now he had an itch to know why his uncle was so calm now, no demon would be so sane, in fact he should have committed suicide a long time ago.
"Uncle? Not to sound disbelieving, but why haven't you gone insane?"
"Ohh I'm very much insane, Gaara... But you see, a goddess appeared before me and she allowed me to come to heaven. I thought it had to be joke until she told me that her own daughter was giving birth to a child and though they wouldn't replace MY mate and kitten, I would at least have a semblance of the family I never had. So I agreed, for the last 18 years, our time, I have been this boy's shadow."
Gaara looked at the blonde boy still dozing beside him. He examined the child before him, no not a child, but a maturing adult. He could smell it the boy was of age, but was still in the early stages of becoming a full fledged god. The boy as innocent, still child like in so many ways.
"This child?"
"Yes. My charge... He fled to Earth to escape an arranged marriage." Kyuubi said.
"Who was he going to marry?"
"Danzo." Kyuubi said getting a growl and then laughter.
"The poor bastard must be so embarrassed! No wonder the hunters have been roaming these parts heavily."
Kyuubi growled at that. Ora had his men there to make sure that he did his job and captured Naruto to bring him back to heaven. Then he smirked, he couldn't forget the other gods, angels and saints whispering, rather loudly no less, about Danzo's runaway bride and grinned impishly as he thought of what would happen to that fool if he stepped down from heaven to come after the boy.
"Hmm.. I think I might like being home for a lot longer than a fortnight..." Kyuubi purred, betting Naruto's head. "Though it would only upset his mother..."
Gaara nodded, his own fox like grin dying down to a cold smirk before it softened when Naruto began to wake. The boy was truly adorable. Naruto blinked open his eyes and looked up at Kyuubi first then Gaara before he blushed and sat up straight.
"Gomen..."
"It's fine Kit... Though I am very upset with you." Kyuubi scolded, twisting is face into a scowl and pinching Naruto's ears as the blonde whined and whimpered.
"Gomen!"
Kyuubi pinched his ears one last time before he pulled the blonde into a hug, cuddling him as he whined and whimpered still. Gaara wanted to say that his uncle was spoiling the child, but said nothing seeing the look in his uncles eyes. This blonde was a replacement for the child his uncle had lost.
"Uncle... I think I should go."
"Stay right there, brat. It's to dangerous with those hunters around. Ora's men at the top demon hunters in the known world. Even I have trouble killing them." He admitted, though he didn't like to, but it was better that his nephew didn't go wandering around out there and getting himself either killed or captured.
Gaara nodded, not arguing with his uncle, he simply laid back down in the bed as Naruto smiled and climbed in beside him when Kyuubi told the blonde to sleep. Gaara moved away from Naruto, but the blonde cuddled up against him, sharing body heat and making the redhead sleepy and finally drop off into sleep. Kyuubi smirked softly as he got himself comfy on the chair that Naruto had been sitting in.
Letting his body relax so nine majestic tails lazily moved behind him, two fox ears twitching every which way as his red eyes turned gold, looking fierce and far more insane than their usual red color...
Earth; Fernalis
Five Days Later
Kyuubi looked up from tanning a few wolf pelts at Gaara who was coming down the road, a dead buck on his shoulders as Naruto walked behind him, a large basket in his arms.
"Welcome back."
"Hi Kyuu..." Naruto greeted him as he set the basket down. 'Kyuubi, there was a man asking me to join him for sake... what's sake?'
'Stay the hell away from him, Kit! That bastard... I should talk with him.'
"Uncle!"
"WHAT!" Kyuubi bellowed, glaring up at Gaara, before the sound of ripping filled the following silence. He looked down to see he tore the pelt he was scrubbing and growled as he ran a bloody hand through over his face, counting slowly to ten before he looked back down at it and got an idea.
"Uncle?" Gaara asked.
"I'm fine... Kit take the food in and stay AWAY from strange men." Kyuubi said, as he began tearing the pelt and then began to sew it so it made a baby carrier.
Naruto bowed his head and went into the house as Gaara blinked and looked from the blonde's back to his uncle.
"Okay, what the hell was that about?"
"What was what?" Kyuubi asked, looking at the pelt before he nodded in satisfaction and tossed it with the others that he had finished with in a bucket of hot water and soap.
"What pissed you off and what strange men are you talking about!" Gaara demanded, getting hot headed.
"Great... all the men in this family had hot heads..." Kyuubi groaned as he picked up a white pelt and blinked. "Hmm... Kit might like this one..."
Gaara glared a hole in the older redhead's head, but sighed as he plopped down and began to cut and carve the buck up, carefully pealing off the hide for his uncle to tan and make into either a blanket or even clothes. They sat their for a while, silence filling the area, minus Naruto coming in and out of the house to finish cleaning out the home.
"... You've never been bonded before?" Kyuubi suddenly asked.
"... No." Gaara looked up from where he was salting the meat they weren't going to be eating any time soon and wrapping them up in little hide pouches that Kyuubi had made.
"Then you wouldn't understand... But I can hear, feel and sense Naruto's thoughts."
"Oh?" Gaara looked down at the carcass and then up at Kyuubi. "You mean like I can pick up what Temari and Kankuro are thinking?"
"Do you hear exact thoughts or get impressions?"
"Impressions."
"Then no." Kyuubi said. "It's rather hard to explain, but I can hear both Naruto and even his mother's thoughts. In fact, she's worried sick about Naruto... I better finish these and take them to her temple so I can tell her that he's fine..."
"... Uncle?"
"What, Gaara?"
"Was this the house you stayed in with your mate?" Gaara asked.
Kyuubi froze, his hand twitching a bit before he looked up from where he was brushing the white pelt. Looking back at the house where Naruto was currently cleaning, he sighed.
"Yes... She lived her for as long as she and I could remember... She had amnesia and well, neither one of us wanted to know of her past nor did we care to know. We only needed one another, though in the beginning she was rather reluctant."
"She didn't take kindly to a demon?"
"She didn't take kindly to a temple thief." Kyuubi corrected, laughing a bit as he recalled her calling him a thief and then a beast. How she complained about his passion and how much it was too great for her poor mortal body. But in the end his passion proved to pup her and help her carry full term, though he lost her.
"At least she didn't kick you in the nuts."
"No... She punched me though." Kyuubi laughed, rubbing his left cheek as if recalling the harsh sting of her left hook. "A mortal who could bruise me... I loved her, she made me wild and yet tame... Trust me Gaara, when you find your mate. You will know because you feel as if you are dreaming and are afraid to open your eyes to realize that you are still alone and empty inside."
Gaara nodded. He finished with the buck, taking what was left into the house and helping Naruto get it on the spit to slowly roast over the fire. Kyuubi went back to his tanning, but looked up and growled as he saw someone walking up the path. Taking a breath in, the man smelt of women and wine.
"What do you want?" He demanded, as soon as the man was with in human eye sight.
"Wh-what?" The man wa stunned, but quickly shook it off and walked over. "I'm the headman's son, Kikono... Who are you and do you know that you are trespassing?"
"Tsk, a spoiled rich brat. Lovely." Kyuubi rolled his eyes and went back to mending the pelt now tat he was done brushing it. "I am the owner of this house..."
"You? The owner! Don't make me laugh! You don't have nearly enough money to buy the dirt under your nails!" The man laughed arrogantly.
Kyuubi looked up at him through his red bangs, red eyes flashing gold for a moment. The man looked at him, sneering at the peasant then looking at the house.
"Now then, either you pay me everything you owe me or I will have to have you thrown in jail."
"Why would I pay you for my own house?" Kyuubi asked, looking up at him with dull eyes. "Obviously you don't know who I am."
"Why would I care about who you-"
"Kyuu- Ohh... I didn't know we had a guest."
"He's not a guest, Kit. I'll be inside soon... You and Gaara go ahead and eat." Kyuubi told Naruto, narrowing his eyes at the man before him who seemed to be eying his Kit with hungry eyes.
"Hai." Naruto turned into the house, nervously closing the door. 'Kyuu that's the man who offered me sake...'
'Got it... Tell Gaara to keep guard.'
Getting up from his work, having finished the pelt for Naruto and setting it in the bucket, to clean later. He began to wash the blood off his face, hands and upper body, all the while ignoring the human who was growing angry.
"You want something?" Kyuubi asked, glaring just as coldly at him, if not more because he knew what the bastard wanted.
"Who's that darling boy?"
"My ward... He's not to come to harm nor be tainted. He's to marry." Kyuubi growled as he walked over to the man. "And I will not let men like you corrupt him. This is his first time away from home and I refuse to let him be corrupted. You will not offer him Sake again, and you will not approach him or so help me the devil gods of hell I will gut you and eat you."
With every word that Kyuubi breathed he approached the man and his face got feral and demonic, twisting into a frightening sneer as Kikono gasped and fled, screaming in terror. Kyuubi hissed before he smirked, now to go eat...
Heaven; Fehra
A few days later
Ora snarled as he looked into the pool of water at one of his top hunters.
"You fools! He has my son!" he yelled at them for their stupidity for trusting Kyuubi. "He's a demon! And because he broke his bond with heaven he can do as he sees fit! And that means that he wants to keep my child for himself!"
He growled out an order to find and take Naruto even if they have to kill the demon to do so before he turned from the pool of water and walked away from it. He stormed from his study to his room where Kushina was sitting on their duvet under the window, staring out with blank blue eyes at nothing.
He poured himself some strong honey wine and drank it with gusto before throwing the glass at the wall and grabbing the pitcher and guzzling it down. The strong smell of wine hit Kushina's nose and she glared coldly at him, holding her hand over her nose.
"Must you continuously drink! Our son-?"
"Enough, woman! That brat of yours is causing me enough trouble! Running away like that, how could he embarrass me like that!" Ora yelled, grabbing her by the arms and shaking her like a doll.
Kushina snapped and growled, yanking her arms free of his hold and slapping him.
"Unhand me, you brute!You are a god! Yet you act like you are no better than a mortal damning the gods for his misfortunes!" She hissed, glaring at him.
"And I have a right! Your mother told me to marry you and I did! I married you, gave you a child, and yet that child is not mine! Who did you sleep with you slut!" He demanded. "Who is it that you are sleeping with now? Do not play dumb with me! I know you are sharing another's bed!"
"And what if I am! You do nothing but show me off like one of your kills, a pretty little bird trapped in a gaudy cage!" She yelled.
"You're a married woman!"
"Only in name! I do not bare your crest! I do not have your ring and I most certainly never cried out your name in passion!" She snapped, eyes a lite with fury, her red hair looking like a blazing fire as her eyes sparkled with blue flames, threatening to fire from her eyes and burn the fool to ashes.
"You slut!" Ora bellowed, smacking the woman in the face, sending her back and crashing into and over the duvet.
Kushina laid their stunned, her face burning from the strike as her back and shoulders moaned in pain from hitting the duvet and then the angle she had fallen on the floor. Ora took that time to quickly pounce on her, ripping her gown in half. That brought her back to awareness as she screamed and clawed at him.
"Let me go! Let go of me this instant!" She screamed, but was punched in the face this time.
"You will be silent, whore, and you will spread your legs to me!" Ora roared.
He struggled with her, Kushina screaming and hitting him for ever time he struck her, but sadly in the end he subdued her and pierced her body with his rod, not stopping even as she bled and begged him to stop. Outside the room, servants and guards alike, pressed hands over their mouths and sobbed. They were sure their lord would kill his wife for her supposed unfaithfulness, but who would blame her?
The man was corrupt and black hearted. Only using his family as means to gain higher standings in the courts of Heaven. They listened as the screams continued before finally silence met their ears. A guard braved Ora's wrath as he opened the door. He steeled his nerves and schooled his face as he saw Ora holding a hand over his scarred face where Kushina had scratched him, glaring down at the motionless body before him.
"Lord Ora..."
"Remove the corpse."