Well here it is chapter 7, I know i said i wouldn't update this and focus on my other stories, but i was struck by idea so i figured why not. Also i came back from visiting my family up in Illinois. Is it just me or do people so weird when they meet their family that they hadn't seen in two years one in some cases.
Ultima Owner- Yes he is
Agato Wesker - The Black Fox= He's a kid. It was his first human kill there were bound to be consequences to it and besides i'm having get stronger at a over time rate. He will defintley be stronger then his Canon self i'll tell you that.
Mo1- Hope yu like
Guest- That was already done in two fics. I wanted to be original.
Guest-Sounds interesting.
Prince0Dragon-Eventually.
hex shadowwolf- I was actually thinking about putting her in since i got Brutal Legend (Good game by the way for 5 bucks)
LelouchXKallen- He borrowed Caim's guns and Nero gave it for him to be able to protect himself.
Jebest4781- Thanks for the idead, glad you like hope still love it later on.
Chapter 7 Return of a old Profession
It had been two weeks since they left Kazuma's village and were now currently moving on to another village in Iron Country. Kazuma had loved traveling, even though he missed Goro he had gotten to see so many things that he wouldn't be able to see back if he didn't leave the village.
Nero and Caim were interesting people to say the least, they both had fought demons since they were younger and had more experience then he did. They both had given him some tips about how to deal with some demons and about some of the demons they encountered.
Kazuma would listen to them with rapt attention, hanging on to every detail. He had screamed when Kurama had introduced himself to him, causing the two half-breeds and Kitsune to laugh at his reaction, which he responded by calling them assholes, but that only made them laugh harder.
"How far are we away from the nearest village again?" Kazuma asked.
"The nearest village is Okido, we should be there it a hour at the most," Caim answered.
"Wait, Okido," Kazuma said, surprised by the answer.
"Yeah, why do you sound so surprised, do you know some people in this village?" Caim questioned.
"Just the guy who owns the smithy here, he would visit me and Goro once in a while to do some business or work together to get some help for some big jobs and would let his apprentice run the shop for a while. He also told us that it had some pretty good hot springs."
"Think he might let you use his forge?" Nero said.
"I think he would he's a pretty cool guy and he knows me and no offense Guardian isn't for me," Kazuma answered motioning toward Nero's gun that was on his thigh in its holster."
"None taken."
As they walked along the road they soon came upon the village of Okido. Okido seemed like a good place to live and seemed well protected since it had a wooden palisade wall to keep out the forest animals and village militia to deal with bandit attacks.
They had also saw the hot springs and had thought about going to them before they left for a chance to relax since they had good deals.
"There it is," Kazuma said, pointing to a smithy as he dragged Nero and Caim. When they entered the shop they saw a teenager with broad shoulders and messy black hair. He was wearing a green short sleeved shirt and brown pants.
He turned around when he heard the door opened and said. "Hello is there something you need?"
"Yeah, can I borrow your forge?" Kazuma asked bluntly.
"You expect me to let a brat like you use my boss's forge?" The teenager replied rhetorically.
"Look I'm a paying customer dammit and the customer is always right!" Kazuma rebutted.
"You maybe a customer, but there's no way in hell that I'm going to let a brat like you use my boss's forge," he replied.
"Well, well if it isn't Goro's little apprentice. What are you doing here Kazuma?" A old voice said, getting both of their attention. They turned to the doorway and saw a man standing in the doorway. Like most blacksmiths he was rather muscular, but that was to be expected due to his profession. He was wearing a smith's apron and was wearing a old grey shirt and brown pants along with a pair of boots. He had a hard face filled with wrinkles and grey eyes.
"Hey Nagahide long time no see. As to why I'm here I left the blacksmithing business to travel around with these guys," Kazuma said, gesturing to Nero and Caim.
"Really I'm surprised that you would do that, but it's your call. Now then if I heard right you want to use my forge," Nagahide said.
"There interesting people…and I'll never get bored being around them," Kazuma said, the last bit being a afterthought that he said out loud. Nagahide quirked a brow at that while Nero and Caim weren't sure how to take that.
Kurama nodded his head inside Nero's mind. He could honestly say that so far Nero's life was already far more interesting then Mito's and Kushina's, having already fought demon's and the like.
Not only that, but he was allowed to act, he was no longer bound and unable to move and act. He could move, he could talk, but most of all he had a choice, while his choice ended with him working with Nero, it was better then his imprisonment inside Kushina and Mito, both of which taking all the freedom that they could. Minato would've killed him if it wasn't for Nero's blood awakening.
The seal that Minato used to imprison him inside Nero was made to absorb his chakra and add it to Nero's. When he died he would go with him, but that no longer the case since he became Nero's primary Devil Arm and was allowed several freedoms one of which was the fox form that he could take.
It was either live on working with a descendent of Sparda or die.
When he made the deal all those years ago it was out of self preservation, but now that was no longer the case.
He enjoyed his time with the young half-breed, in a way seeing him as his own kit. His own son.
"Only you would do something like this Kazuma, only you," Nagahide sighed, quite familiar and honestly not that surprised by Kazuma's actions.
"You know me so well," Kazuma smirked.
"No, I just know your brand of crazy," Nagahide replied, getting a glare from Kazuma and chuckles from Nero, Caim, and Taigen.
"Haha very funny," Kazuma said sarcastically. "Now can I use your forge or not."
"Yo can use it, but if you break something or use any of the materials here then I'm charging you."
"Deal," Kazuma said, holding his hand out for Nagahide to shake. Nagahide grabbed Kazuma's hand and shook it tightly.
Well then now that that's outta the way you guys find us a place to stay, while I work on my guns," Kazuma said, making Nagahide and Taigen quirk a eyebrow at the unfamiliar term.
"Alright then see you later," Caim said, making his toward the door to leave the shop.
"Later," Nero said, following Caim as he lifted his concealed Devil Bringer and did a brief wave.
After Nero and Caim left the smithy they went about finding a place for them to stay at and they soon found it. The place was a large three story building and prices were good and came with a free breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Kazuma worked almost day and night on his guns, wanting to get them done as fast as possible, with short breaks in between. At one point the three went to the hot springs in the village to relax after a good meal. Kurama not wanting to be left out joined the three in his fox form and also enjoyed the nice change and the cool water and when they got out he shook his body like a dog's getting water on them and causing them to laugh.
They had stayed at the village of Okido for about week and half when Kazuma finished making his guns. He had more experience then when he first started to make them and because of that he was able to get them done quicker and make less mistakes that he made before.
"So Kazuma what was that you wanted to tell us?" Nero asked.
"Finally finished them," Kazuma said, smiling at his accomplishment.
"So you finished your guns," Nero stated. He had talked to him sometimes about the progress that he had made with his guns and so he knew that he would finish them sooner or later today.
"Yup, take a look," Kazuma said, showing them his finished guns that he held in his hands.
The first gun was slimmer then Angel and Reaper, being half as big as the barrel on it, but just as long.
The second was exactly the same as the first gun in design, but instead of being black it was silver with brown around the grip of the gun. They were very large for a person there age, showing that e had done the same thing for them that he had did for Caim's guns. Ensuring that he would be able to still use them, even though he got older like he did with Caim's guns as well.
"I call this one Jackal, and this one Casull," Kazuma said, grinning from ear to ear as he waved the two guns in his hands, revealing that the guns were engraved with their names on them on the other side of them.
"They remind of my guns," Caim said, noticing the similarities between his guns and Kazuma's.
"Yeah, there similar to yours and have some similarities to yours, but as you can see there different, and mine have more seals on them then yours because there is no way in hell that I would be able to build my reserves up to anywhere near either of you guys anytime soon. Got to even the playing field you know," Kazuma said, getting nods of agreement from the two half demons.
To them Kazuma's chakra reserves would be like comparing the reserves between a Academy Student and a Jonin's reserves, but Kazuma's reserves are actually Mid-Chunin at the least, having grown from all of the Sealing Techniques that he uses.
"So in a way they are a step up from mine in the sealing department," Caim said, summing up what Kazuma said.
"Pretty much yeah," Kazuma replied. "I also had another idea for a weapon based off of them, but I won't be able to finish it anytime soon. There are going to be a lot of parts that need to be tested and made before I can use it."
"That's not going to be cheap," Nero said, reading the notes next to it. It would be a larger form of a gun and he wanted to be able to do more then just fire a blast when he pulled the trigger.
"Yeah I know, but hey you guys got Kurama and Vendetta, not to mention your own guns. I need something for me as a signature weapon you know," Kazuma said, taking the plans that he had for his gun and rolled them up and placed them inside a sealing scroll for safe keeping.
They were brought of their musings when they heard screaming and ran out of the forge. On their way out they saw that Taigen and Nagahide had grabbed a katana on their way out. While certainly not master it was better to have a weapon and not need it then to need it and not have it.
When they came out side they saw a large group of monkey-like demons that had smoke coming off of them, killing people that were close to them. Kazuma pulled out Jackal and Casull while Caim pulled out Angel and Reaper.
(Play Dynasty Warriors 7 OST Crush'em All.)
'Kurama what the hell are these guys?' Nero asked as he looked at the monkey like demons.
"They are called Msria. They are the avatars of savagery and greed. They may look timid, but do not be fooled by that. They are very strong and savage and never act alone, always in groups," Kurama answered.
'So we're basically fighting demon monkeys.'
"Pretty much."
'That's all I needed to know,' Nero thought, smirking.
Kurama then appeared in his Devil Bringer as he pulled Guardian out of its holster and ran at them as he started shooting at the Msrias' and when he was close enough swung Kurama at the demons, killing several of them with a single swing. He quickly holstered Guardian and jumped into the air, wanting to have some space from Caim and Kazuma.
Nero grabbed the chain on Kurama and swung the chain at a Msria, the blade embedding itself into its shoulder. Nero quickly pulled it back, causing the demon to fly toward him and when it was close enough he ripped the demon of off Kurama and held its head in its neck.
Before he hit the ground he tiled the demon in his hand so that its head would be the first thing to hit the ground and when it did Nero could hear its skull shatter when it did.
Nero threw Kurama into his human arm and swung his Devil Bringer, causing the ethereal arm to appear and send the demons coming in front of him into a wall. Nero then grabbed the chain on Kurama again and started spinning it over his head, the chain growing longer as he spun it. The blade killing the demons around him as it slashed across their chests and heads.
Caim was shooting at them as he calmly walked toward them and when one lunged at him he moved his body to the side and placed Angel in its holster and summoned Vendetta and stabbed it into the demons body it.
He then spun himself on the heel of his foot and killed the demons that had tried to surround him and fired chakra blast after chakra blast at the demons in front of him, killing them when the blasts hit their bodies.
Caim quickly turned around and swung Vendetta as hard as he could and killed several Msria's that had tried to sneak up on him and then stabbed it into the stomach of the one behind them.
Kazuma aimed his guns as several Msria came at him from multiple sides he moved Jackal that he toward another group, killing several them. Kazuma could tell that he needed to kill a lot of them now or he would soon be overrun and began thinking of a way that he could turn things around, when suddenly a idea came to him. He began to channel chakra into his legs and jumped as high as he could into the air.
When he was at the highpoint he turned himself upside down and spun himself as he began to quickly pull the trigger, killing multiple demons around where he was.
When Kazuma he quickly had to kick one away and shoot it in the head, killing it instantly and turned around to see what was left of the Msria's and saw that there were none left.
"You think that's all of them?" Kazuma asked.
"No," Caim answered as he placed Vendetta on his back and pulled out Angel, his eyes darted from place.
"You sure?"
"It's us, we attract trouble like horse shirt to fly's," Nero deadpanned.
They then heard a large crash behind and their eyes widened at the demon before them that broke through the palisade wall. The demon resembled a large orange orangutan with a brown tail and looked like a larger versions of the Msria's from before and the demon that Nero and Caim had encountered. It had large sharp jagged teeth and had a large mane of dark blue hair around its neck. It body was much more muscled and had thicker brownish-green skin then the ones from before and had large patches of dark blue hair on its arms and legs.
The large orangutan-like demon looked at the three for a moment and then howled at them. When it was done it lunged at them, surprising them that despite its size and muscles it was able to move so quickly.
Before they could react the demon swatted Nero and Kazuma away with one of its large arms, as Caim quickly started shooting chakra blasts at it. As Nero and Kazuma flew through the air they crashed into the wall of a nearby building, causing them to groan in pain and land on the ground.
"Okay…that hurt," Kazuma groaned, thinking that the demon must've broken several of his ribs when his ribs and sent him flying into the tree.
"No shit," Nero groaned.
As Caim's shots connected with the demon's body he realized that it was only doing minor damage to it so he quickly holstered them and grabbed Vendetta. It was then that several Msria appeared in front of him, almost as if they jumped off of the large demons body.
Nero and Kazuma changed their targets from the massive demon to the smaller Msria, killing them in one shot as Caim dodged the demons attacks. Caim slashed at one Msria, killing it one blow, however before he could react the demon grabbed him in ones of its arms and howled as it tried to crush him.
Caim tried to make the demon let go, but he could reach his guns, or the knife that Tezuka gave him. It was in that moment that his body began to catch on fire, causing it to drop him. Caim balled his hand into a fist and then punched the air. A vortex of fire flew from his arm and soared toward the demon. The demon raised one of its arms to block the fire and when it collided with the demon it screamed out in pain as the fur on its arm caught on fire.
The demon glared at him angrily and howled as it swung its burning arm at him. Caim rolled under the burning appendage and grabbed Vendetta's grip and swung at its stomach, causing a large cut to appear as blood poured out of its wound.
"Okay that was just plain cool," Kazuma said tiredly, getting a nod of agreement from Nero.
Nero seeing that his friend was too tired to continue ran at the demon with both gun and Devil Arm in hand, firing shot after shot at the demon.
When he was close enough he swung Kurama onto its back, making it howl and quickly turn to attack him as he fired several shots onto its body. Caim taking advantage of the opportunity attacked its back next, forcing it to quickly turn to attack him. It went on like this for several minutes, almost as if it were a dance until the point that it attacked Nero again and this time several Msria appeared of its back and attacked Caim, and he quickly swung his sword and killed two of them and stabbed it into another. The last one lunged at him as he pulled out his knife and stabbed it in the head.
Nero kept dodging its large arms and quickly moved out of the way when it tried to grab, but when it attacked him he was to slow to react when its large arm connected with Nero's body, sending him flying as he lost his grip on Guardian, the gun falling onto the ground. Nero looked up the demon's foot stepping onto Guardian, crushing it beneath its weight. Nero glared at the demon as he growled at it angrily for destroying Guardian.
To others it might've been seen as a weapon that could be replaced, but to him it was a piece of him. Guardian had been with him since almost the very beginning of his journey, but was now destroyed. It almost felt as if a piece of him had been hurt with its destruction.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Nero exclaimed as several puffs of smoke appeared and soon dissipated and revealed several shadow clones of Nero.
Nero ran at the demon and was followed by the clones. When he was close enough he lunged at the demon with his Devil Bringer the large ethereal silhouette of a demonic arm appearing over it, the clones mimicking him as he did.
The ethereal arm slammed into the demon's head knocking it back and was followed up by the clones as their demonic arm slammed into the demon's face, making fall on its back. The clones quickly moved around the demon's body as they grabbed its arms and held it down.
Nero poured chakra into Kurama, causing the blade to catch on fire. Nero then rushed toward it and let a yell as he ran toward it and jumped into the air, holding Kurama high up into the air and when he could he plunged it deep into its chest, causing the demon to howl in pain and then for its body to go limp.
(End Song)
Nero realizing that the demon was dead spat on its dead body as the Shadow Clones popped.
Nero jumped off of the demon's corpse and made his way to where Guardian once was and stood over the shattered remains of what was once Guardian. Nero stared sadly at the parts and then sighed as he began to pick up the pieces.
Caim and Kazuma took several breathes and then made their way to him, ignoring the pain from their injuries. When they were next to him they both began to pick up pieces of the broken gun as well.
"Don't worry man I can fix it, hell I can make it better then it was before," Kazuma said, trying to cheer Nero up.
"Yeah, I know you can make it better," Nero replied.
"Don't worry I'll make some changes, but it will still have the feel of the old one."
Nero was quiet for a moment and then a small smile started to form on his face. If they payed attention to their surroundings then they would've noticed that people were starting to come out of their homes while others came out of there hiding places and stared at the boys and large demon's corpse behind them.
"They did it, those kids actually killed those monsters," a man said, staring at the kids in awe.
They turned around and saw to their surprise people gathering around them, looking at them in awe.
As they stayed there the people treated them better then before, almost as if they were nobles. Some people had came up to them and had gave them money, grateful for what they had done.
Caim had asked Kurama about what had happened earlier when he fought the large demon, which Kurama told him was a demon called a Oranguerra. He had told him that his father Modeus was a fire demon and because of it he could create fire to appear around his body and had a very strong affinity fire attacks.
While there they also looked around the village and made sure that there weren't any more demons and when they were sure that their weren't anymore demons lying in wait around the village, they found no more demons around the village and when they were done they made the their way back to the and they bought any supplies that they would need and left.
After they left word soon spread of their accomplishment, gaining many people's attention. People had asked if they were ninja and they were told that the three boys weren't ninja and instead told them a profession that was not heard of for several millennia's that had been brought back.
Devil Hunters.
Omake: Never get Food from a Rest Stop
Two Years Later
The group was making their way to the next village when they saw not too far away from them was a large rest stop with multiple carts and horses in front of it.
"Looks like we won't have to cook tonight," Kazuma said, grinning as he looked at the restaurant.
"You mean I won't have to cook," Nero said, crossing his arms.
"Hey I'll help with the cooking. I gather all of the ingredients for you guys to cook, that counts as cooking," Kazuma replied.
"You keep telling yourself that Kazuma," Caim said dryly, causing Kazuma to grumble.
They both had agreed that Kazuma was to never have cooking duty with them when they found out the hard way just how bad his cooking was. They both were puking their guts out and even Kurama puked while Kazuma continued to eat his cooking.
When they entered they saw a bunch of people sitting at tables eating chili, sandwiches and other foods, happily talking to one another.
As they made their way to the counter a busty brown haired waitress wearing a brown kimono that was opened at the front, giving the customers a good view of her cleavage. Seeing them she came up to them and said. "Hello boys what can I get for you to eat?"
"I'll take the soup," Nero answered.
"I'll take the special," Caim said.
"Huh, oh yeah…I'll take the soup to," Kazuma said, being drawn out of staring at her large cleavage.
"Alright that will be done soon," she said as she wrote their orders down and went around the counter, as she did Kazuma turned around and he grinned as he looked down at her large rear.
"Hey is he alright?" A middle aged woman said, motioning toward a middle aged man that was groaning and spat out his food.
"What's wrong with this guy?" The man next to him said.
"Quick get some water," one said.
"Screw the water get the doctor and a frying pan," another said, making everyone quirk a eyebrow or look at him strangely for that last bit.
"Waitress what did he order?" Caim asked, wondering what he ate to cause him to react like that.
"Oh he had the special," she answered.
"The special! That's what I ordered! I change my order to the soup," Caim said quickly.
"Yeah I think that for the best," Nero commented.
They were brought out of their musings when they heard the man scream out in pain and saw something pushing out of his stomach and when it did they saw a reptilian-like demon with a rounded head, red eyes and sharp teeth hissing at them. The man then looked down and saw the demon out of his stomach as he gasped for air.
"Oh no, not again," the man said as his head hit the table. The demon hissed at them and quickly jumped onto the counter.
'Wait again,' the three demon hunters thought, wondering how the hell he survived the first time as he pulled out Jackal and was prepared to shoot it.
They saw the little reptilian hiss at them and them and pull out a small cane and a small little boater hat out of nowhere and placed the hat on its head and then began to sing as it kicked its legs as high up into the air that it could.
Hello, my baby
Hello, my honey
Hello, my ragtime gal
The two men quickly moved their plates out of the way as they stared at the demon made its way across the counter, completely wierded out by its actions. Kazuma's jaw dropped as he watched the demon sing and dance and just like the other two men he was completely wierded out and as much as he wanted to at the moment he couldn't pull the trigger.
Send me a kiss by wire
Baby, my hearts on fire
Caim could only stare wide eyed at the demon as it kicked its legs in front of him as it moved across the counter. He unconsciously placed his hand on his stomach and gulped. He was so close to having a demon baby stuck in his stomach and burst out of it wasn't for some poor bastard to order it first.
Nero just stared at the demon as it danced and couldn't decide whether to laugh or use Kurama on it or just grab its head with his Devil Bringer and then crush its head like a grape in his demonic hand.
If you refuse me
Honey, you'll lose me
Then you'll be left alone
Inside Nero's mind Kurama could only stare at the demon as it made its way to the open window, dumbfounded by what it just did. While demons came in many forms and possessed a wide variety of power and minds this was the first time that he had seen a demon do something like this.
He strongly remembered the times Nibi tried to have her way with him, even though he wasn't in the mood. He had to run as fast as he could at times to get away from that horny demon cat that was always right on his tail.
Oh baby, telephone
And tell me I'm your own
Before the demon could jump out the window Kazuma pulled the trigger on Jackal, causing the demon to fly into the wall and crash onto the ground.
"Everybody's a critic," the demon said as it raised its hand and stuck its up middle finger and flipped them off. At that moment nobody moved as they stared at the dead demon.
Nero, Caim, and Kazuma being the first to recover stood up from their seats and raised their hands and said in complete unison. "Check please."
Omake 2: Screw the fourth Wall
"That's not going to be cheap," Nero said, reading the notes next to it. It would be a larger form of a gun and he wanted to be able to do more then just fire a blast when he pulled the trigger.
"Yeah I know, but hey you guys got Kurama and Vendetta, not to mention your own guns. I need something for me as a signature weapon you know. Besides the AUTHOR hasn't given me my own demonic weapon of badassery yet," Kazuma said glaring at the author as he took the plans that he had for his gun and rolled them up and placed them inside a sealing scroll for safe keeping.
"You know this chapter could've had you getting a devil arm, but instead he had us fighting demon monkeys," Nero said.
"Really that bastard cheated me outta a Devil Arm! That Bastard!" Kazuma said throwing his arms up into the air.
"You mean you didn't know? He was gonna have us fight the flying turkey boss from the first DMC and have you get a sword, but then he felt that there would be too much swordish weapons."
"Do I wanna know he didn't have us do that?" Kazuma groaned.
Hey author man seriously I don't think it would'da hurt to give me a sword, but you better give me a demonic weapon soon or I'm gonna live up to Alucard's reputation and beat you and then shoot you, you hear me!" Kazuma threatened pointing his guns into the air.
To me this chapter is okay. A few more chapter and then the return to Konoha.
Ain't gonna spoil to much, but i'll say this
Caim or Kazuma going to get a Devil Arm depend on you. ( I have a poll on my profile for you to pick.)
Grimore Weiss will join.
And Nero will get one of the swords. (PS I have something special for the Sparda Force Edge for him.)
I decided on the lengh of the story for this. This will be a trilogy, Well five stories if you include Caim and Kazuma. They will break up for awhile and do there own thing to get stronger for the time skip.
Anyway updates for all of my stories might slow down because i go back to school on the 19th, (Sucks how quick it went by.)
I will try to update a story before i go back or on the day, Key word being TRY.
Anyway hope you like this and let me know what you think.
