A/N: I am finally getting a break from homework but I'm sorry if I took to long. I meant to have had the last chapter up Tuesday but then somebody threw a monkey wrench (takes out Shotgun) Where are you (Saw someone run out the building) There you are (gives chase)

Blood and SteelChapter 7

It's been a few hours since their little mission was completed in protecting the cargo and Gunther. After thanking them the little mole left them saying he was heading back to Warfang the next day by train. Leaving the ten warriors with plenty of time to rest. Deciding to look for a place to sleep they went around the valley only to find that all the inns were full. That left everyone with one choice to sleep outside in the woods.

2hours later

Having gathered all the supplies needed for two large tents that could fit six people in the tent with no problem. Everyone was outside sitting around the fire in silence until

Kurama eyes started to bleed again. No one noticed it until Kushina looked at the kitsune and gasped. After Kushina did that everyone there turned his or her head to what she was looking at.

"Dude your eyes, they're bleeding." Exclaimed Flame while pointing.

"I'll be okay. I just used the Sharingan to much today that's all." Kurama reassured his friends.

"Oh Really you how are you bleeding when you used it only once today? Tell me that fox boy." Said Kushina who saw him bleed earlier today at the cliff without his…Sharingan today so she knew something was up.

"Yeah man you were bleeding a lot so what's up with your eyes? It looks fine one second then its bleeding the other." Said Rastaban who looked at Kurama that said, "don't lie to me" look.

"Okay look among my bloodline the Sharingan would always do this to get stronger." Pausing to make sure he had everyone's attention he continued " The Sharingan would bleed at a certain point in time depending on its user if used in battle it will make the process speed up, but with others who don't use it In battle theirs will happen a lot slower." Explained Kurama.

Spyro who had listened wanted to know the process of the Sharingan said in an serious voice "What are the stages to it becoming stronger." He asked.

" The first stage Of the Sharingan as Kushina saw earlier today I've been through the first stage and now they're going through second stage as we speak." Pausing to let the information sink in Kurama looked through his bleeding eyes could see the very thoughtful looks on his comrades faces even Cynder had one.

"So what's the third stage?" asked Leiks to the bleeding kitsune looking at his active Sharingan.

"The last one will be that when the eye is through with this stage it unlocks something called the Susano." (Please let me know if that Is spelled correctly) said Kurama

looking at all of them.

As they sat in silence Kurama got up and left the campsite to wash his face as drops of blood followed him to the river. Flame got up to follow but was stopped by Spyro who had grabbed his hand and shook his head and pointed to the direction of where Kurama went.

Flame looked and saw Kushina follow after the kitsune to the river.

As Kurama walked to the river and kneeled down on one knee and took off his mask and began to clean it. He dipped his head in the water letting it flow threw his fur as it washed the blood away. Bringing his head up into the cool night air Kurama looked at the moon in deep thought "Dad if you can hear me I promise you I will avenge our family for what that bastard did to you guys I'm sorry I couldn't help you guys I was weak and pathetic…but now that is going to change very soon."

As Kurama was about to take a sip of the water he heard the bushes rustle and in record time put his mask on and took a kunai from his pouch and was going to throw it until a chain blade wrapped around his wrist. Letting go of the kunai he quickly grabbed the chain and pulled. Having pulled on the chain Kushina popped out of the bushes and tackled Kurama into the river. After a few seconds both of the vixen and the kitsune resurfaced and swam back to land.

After a few seconds to regain his breathe Kurama looked at Kushina and said, "Why did you do that we could have killed each other."

"Because it wouldn't do if an enemy were to catch you off guard and kill you." Kushina replied

"Aww you do care for me." Kurama said with a smirk on his face, which Kushina to her annoyance could tell from behind his mask.

"Shut up you over grown plushy." Kushina growled at him with her teeth bared.

Seeing this Kurama had thought to have a little fun with her turning his head to face her he said with a smile " You know unlike most people that would have scared me but instead…" He leaned in to her ear and whispered "but it excites me."

After already in Kushinas personal space caused a light blush to cover her face but when Kurama whispered the last part of his sentence in her ear she became a stuttering mess. Until Kurama burst out laughing rolling around on his back that is when Kushina realized that she had been played by the kitsune. Quickly she thought of a way to pay him back Kushina rolled on top of him and straddled his waist making him stop laughing immediately.

"You want to know a little secret my fluffy plushy?" Kushina whispered in Kurama's ear "I too can play this game." With that she grabbed hold of the kitsune by the shoulders and rolled forward and in the arc of the roll pushed Kurama into the air with her legs back into the river.

When Kurama resurfaced Kushina was walking away back to the camp before she could leave his sight Kurama yelled out a quick "Hey" catching her attention once again as he climbed out of the river soaking wet. "Why did you really come out here for anyway? I doubt you came to play that little prank of kicking me into a lake." He said jogging her memory.

"Well what I really came here to do was to make sure you are alright. I mean don't get me wrong it's not every day you see a comrade bleed out his eyes. It just worries me seeing someone like that and you can't do nothing about it." Kushina said a little worried for the Kitsune in front of her. Seeing such a nice person like him suffer like this made her feel helpless.

"I'm sorry if my endeavors make you uncomfortable." Kurama said looking away from the vixen in front of him.

Seeing that he apologized for something he had no control over Kushina put her hand on his shoulder and turned his head toward her " Its not your fault I know that what's happening to you now is just the stage of the sharing-gun." She said with a smile on her face as the night air brushed against her orange fur as it swayed with the wind.

Looking at Kushina's bright red eyes seeing them looking right back at him with concern

Kurama gave her a reassuring nod. "Thank you for your concern it truly helps to know someone is always there for me. Now lets get back to the camp before the other start to worry." He said having done washing his face free of blood. Getting a nod from Kushina they started off back to the camp and to both of their annoyance teasing from the group.

Location Unknown: time Unknown

In a dark lit room full of torches that burned a sinister green on the walls sat a dragon with a serrated edge Katana the blade it self blacker than the shadows around it. The owner of said sword was just as menacing. A dark purple dragon with yellow eyes with slitted pupils his chest the color of a rusted metal with a little orange in it. He had three horns that curved backwards a little two on the sides and one on top of his head and to complete the dragon were two dark orange wings on his back with multiple holes in the membrane.

Sitting on a throne in the dark room watching through a dark purple crystal that floated over his outstretched hand as it showed images of Spyro, Fury, Kurama, Flame, and Rastaban. "So these are the whelps who caused my forces this much trouble over the past three years eh. Well let's see how well they fair with against Executioner." Turning to an ape that was in the corner. "Send me the Executioner I want him here in the next thirty minutes or I will personally make your death incredibly slow and painful." He said as his voice took a menacing voice that promised to fulfill what he said to the ape.

The ape quickly and also panicky voice said "Yes Malefor" and set off to fetch the Deadly warrior in 29 minutes or less causing the dragon to laugh as the ape hauled ass like his life depended on it which it did.

Next day

Everyone woke up and began to pack up everything preparing to leave Leiks having picked up everything looked up to see something spinning at very high speeds until it got closer her eyes widened in realization " Everybody duck." And dropped to the ground.

As a speeding object flew over their heads and embedded itself in a tree they could see that it was a double-sided axe. Looking to where it came from they said "Aw Shit"

In the distance was a thirteen-foot giant that had a black Spartan helmet with black flames for hair. It had skulls on the shin guards that were black like the rest of the armor and it had red eyes that stared unblinkingly. And to finish it had gauntlets with the tips of the fingers were claws to fulfill the creature.

Pointing one of its fingers it said in raspy voice "You will DIE!" with that it charged forward and aimed a punch at Rastaban. Rastaban jumped onto its arm and ran up it and kicked it in the head hearing a sickening "crunch" the Executioners head was in an unnatural position as it was completely side ways and stumbled back and fell as Rastaban landed on his feet.

Turning his back on the downed killer he said, "He wasn't so tough." As soon as he said that he heard the sound of something cracking itself back into place looking back he saw the Executioner take its head placed it back with a sickening "pop". "Aw man that is so wrong." Groaned Rastaban. Getting back into his stance the monster in front of him reached out with its right hand with Rastaban wondering what it was doing.

"Rastaban behind you!" Flame said as he tackled the brown dragon to the ground away from the axe that was flying through the air at high speeds back into the monsters hand. Flame and Rastaban stood up and drew their swords and got ready to strike for any openings in its defenses. Executioner being the one to attack charged forward roaring an unholy roar as it did and swung the axe vertically thinking quickly Rastaban and Flame dodged it by jumping back a few feet. When Rastaban landed Executioner was already upon him with a vertical swing of its axe. Having no choice but to block Rastaban crossed his wazakashi and took the swing resulting in him being thrown back and through a tree which left Rastaban stunned on the ground. Fury came from the side with his ninjatas out aiming for its neck only for it to catch the deadly swords with the pole of the axe and to lash out with its free hand to punch the gold dragon in the face, but before it could reach his face Kushina sent out her chain blade to wrap around its arm and stop it before it reached Fury's face. Pulling on the chain Kushina managed to throw it off balance just enough for Fury to dish out a rock covered fist to its face. Stumbling backwards the Executioner was heading straight toward a waiting Flame who slashed at its back making a diagonal cut in the armor only for it to turn around so fast Flame couldn't react in time. The Executioner caught Flame by grabbing his entire head and began to slowly squeeze the dragon's head making him give a pained shout as he struggled to get free. Ember seeing Flame in trouble, she quickly shot a fireball into the Executioners face making it release Flame from its armored grasp. Falling back down to the ground Flame was regaining his bearings from having his head squeezed to death.

Ember on the other hand kept a steady stream of fire on the armored monstrosity until Cynder and Luna appeared by her side and shot out two powerful gusts of continuing wind making Embers flame larger covering its entire black armored body. After ten seconds passed by they were confident that the flames incinerated the Executioner until the sound of laughing could be heard through the smoke. When the smoke cleared the Executioner was still there with only steaming armor to show that the attack actually touched him. Raising its hand it began to form a black orb no bigger than its head and tossed too the three that tried to incinerate him.

Cynder, Ember and Luna jumped out of the orbs way but not far enough to escape the blast it caused, blowing each of them in different directions. Cynder hit a tree and slid down unable to move because of the force she hit the tree. Luna hit the ground and bounced a couple of times and landed on her back trying to stay conscious. Ember flew through the air to a recovering Flame who had looked up and saw Ember a little to late to react she hit Flame and they both hit the stone wall of cliff with Flame taking the brunt of the hit feeling something crack as he hit the wall while Ember on the other hand was trying to stand but found it difficult to.

Fury angered by this charged Executioner with both his swords drawn and tried to slash an x into the armor. Blocking the attack Executioner didn't notice Spyro coming from behind it with lightning in his right hand, using the element of surprise Spyro jumped on its heavily armored back and sent high voltage electricity through its body causing it to roar in pain. Taking advantage of the situation Fury slashed at its neck hearing the sound of the blade meet bone as the head rolled off its shoulders. Spyro, seeing his enemy finished stopped sending high voltage shocks through Executioners body and tried to climb down off its body not noticing an armored gauntlet coming straight for him until it had Spyro by the tail and swung him off his back and into Fury like a rag doll.

Fury landed on top of Spyro as they came to a rolling stop thirty feet away and Fury being the first to say " How can it still be alive after I cut off its head and its still moving like I didn't." Fury said coughing up a little blood after finishing his sentence.

Kurama, Kushina, and Leiks were the only ones standing against the Executioner watching its headless body pick up its still helmet covered head off the ground and forced it back into place with a sickening "crack". Leiks then took this time to rush in with Kurama and Kushina behind her. Leiks jumped high in the air using her wings to stay a float shot ice spikes at the Executioner only to… miss every shot. Putting his attention on the ice dragoness Executioner threw another energy ball at her. As the black ball of death came toward Leiks at high speeds She managed to make a very thick ice shield to take most of the impact. When the orb hit the shield it exploded and shattered the shield and shot Leiks down into the ground where Rastaban stood up and got hit by Leiks unconscious form knocking him out…again.

Looking down to see Kurama and Kushina charging him Executioner tried to move out of the way but his legs weren't responding to its demands looking down to see it covered in ice. At this time Kurama and Kushina were upon Executioner with both their legs extended and kicked the monster with enough force to break it free from its icy prison and thirty yards back through the air and slide another twenty before it stopped.

Looking at each other in surprise Kurama and Kushina at the same time said "Nice Kick!" looking up to see the executioner back on its feet to their annoyance.

"Why won't you stay down and die already?" yelled a frustrated Kushina.

Her response was a ball of black energy thrown directly at Kushina and Kurama. Dodging the orb and the explosion from the orb. Trying to close the distance Executioner charged forward with its unnaturally black axe in its hand going for a vertical slash. Kushina and Kurama dodged the attack by jumping over their armored enemy and land behind him with a roll. Kushina sent out her chain blade straight for its back cutting into the hole in its armor that Flame inflicted with his katana causing the Executioner to roar in pain. Retracting her blade Kushina caught it with her right hand and spun around throwing it back toward its head only to miss it as it moved to the left and was rewarded with a kick to the face from Kurama.

Now Executioner was starting to get annoyed with the two foxes in front of him Using its axe to block a slash from Kurama's bladed sheathe he threw out his left hand to catch the annoying furball by the throat only for said furball to move out of the way and slash at its armored fingers making Executioner retract his hand quick.

As Soon as Kurama did this he decided to finish it with an amaterasu activating the Mangekyou Sharingan Kurama had forgotten one thing…the third stage of the Sharingan. Before he could use the black fire He felt intense pain come from his eyes making him fall to his knees as the pain intensified. Kurama could feel the blood pouring from his eyes as they adapted to his body, but the problem is that it was happening at the wrong time.

"No no no not now." Thought Kurama as he gave another shout of pain grabbing at his face trying to make the pain go away.

Seeing its chance Executioner raised its right hand to backhand the kitsune while he was preoccupied with his bleeding eyes. Kushina to her horror watched as the hand connected with Kurama sending him hurtling through the air and before he could hit the ground Executioner was there before the kitsune and slammed the handle into Kurama's stomach causing him to cough up blood. It didn't stop there as Executioner grabbed the kitsune's face and lifted him up off the ground blood getting between its gauntlets running down the back of his hand he threw Kurama up and aimed to kick him like a soccer ball. By some miracle Kurama managed to move his body in way for the kick to barely miss him by centimeters. Watching this Kushina finally snapped out of her fear filled gaze about Kurama and dashed to help him before Executioner killed him.

Executioner had enough of playing with his toy that it decided to finish Kurama holding its opened gauntlet hand toward Kurama's head ready to blow him into oblivion by creating a familiar black orb of destruction aimed for Kurama's head. Everything slowed down as the orb flew from the Executioners hand and straight for Kurama prone figure on the ground. Until an orange blur pushed Kurama out of the way of the death ball before it exploded. Looking through the blood in his eyes Kurama saw the one thing he regretted making him wish he hadn't looked. There on the ground next to him was Kushina who had a black scorch mark on her back that tore through her shirt and to add on to the list of injuries her head was bleeding with blood flowing down the right side. The one thing that made Kurama's rage rise at himself and at the Executioner was she as still as tree not showing any signs of movement whatsoever.

Everyone that watched this had a look of horror on their faces Ember have seeing the whole thing transpire yelled out "KUSHINA" in vain as she tried to go and aid her long time friend.

After all this this hit none harder than Kurama picking her up bridle style and carried her back a little ways away from Executioner as it watched smiling in the shadows of its helmet. As Kurama walked with Kushina in his arms A blood red aura began to take shape around his form as he walked to deep in thought to notice "I failed another person because I was to weak to do anything about it. First my father and now Kushina how many more do I have to watch die because I WAS TO WEAK TO DO NOTHING."

As his thoughts grew angrier the aura around him started to take shape into that of a fox on all fours with the same number of tails he had but the fox's eyes were a bright yellow. Looking at the aura around Kurama Their was one thing that came to mind When Fury and Spyro saw the energy. "Susano"

Taking Kushina in his arms Kurama set her down right next to Spyro and Fury to be taken care of While from The corner of his eye he saw every one was watching him but not caring at all right now he felt like releasing his pent up rage and he had lots of it. Rushing over to Kushina was Luna, Cynder, Ember, and Rastaban with a barely conscious Leiks in his arms looking at Kushina on the ground barely breathing but still alive.

"Take care of her." Kurama said to Spyro who nodded his head and began tending to her wounds.

Turning around to look at the Executioner his new and improved Mangekyou Sharingan began to spin showing his rage to the armored being in front of him. Like his spectral guardian Kurama crouched to all fours with his nine tails raised up and waving around erratically reflecting their owners rage. "You have made the mistake of hurting my comrades and now you attempted to take ones life with out being provoked. For that YOU WILL DIE!" Said Kurama as he released a synchronized roar with his Susano that copied his actions perfectly.

Three Days Grace-Animal I have become

After giving out the roar Kurama and his Susano dashed off so fast that they did not see Kurama move until he was right in the Executioners face and swung his left paw hitting the Executioners helmeted head and sent him flying to its left cart wheeling but before it got three feet away A spectral tail wrapped around its armored leg and slammed it down on the ground creating a crater in the ground. Trying to get back up Executioner used his ax as a staff to help regain his balance but before it could a spectral tail uppercut the crap out of his chin and into the air. As Executioner was launched twenty feet in the air Kurama jumped out of the crater faster than Executioner was launched past him and when he stopped his ascension Kurama inside his Susano did a front flip with all of his tails wrapped into one brought them down on to the Executioners face and sent back down to earth with the speed of a comet. Hitting the ground Executioner created deep trench in the ground about forty two yards long before he stopped.

Climbing out of the trench Executioner saw his chance to attack before Kurama could land it threw an orb directly at the feet of the spectral kitsune before he could react it exploded hiding the kitsune from view thinking it had won he turned to finish off the others. However before Executioner could take a few steps a roar that sounded from within the smoke turning back around to see Kurama lunging at him from the smoke looking into the kitsune's eyes Executioner could see the bloodlust in it crying out to spill the blood of those who wronged him and his family he could see pain and anguish ready to be released on the thing responsible for it and that thing was the Executioner himself.

Throwing its large ax at the charging Kurama and his Susano hoping to cut him in half only for Kurama's Susano to catch it with his mouth and with a great deal of strength broke the metal ax in two. As it fell to the ground Kurama used his Susano to kick the bladed end of the ax making it spin like a buzzsaw through the air right for Executioners head. Ducking out of the way of the broken ax it cut through sixteen trees nonstop before it hit the side of a cliff on the outside of the forest.

Executioner never in his life had faced something like this but now being in the presence of a nine tailed fox with a spectral energy that looks like him surrounding him with an unholy rage all directed at the Executioner himself felt one thing he only felt around Malefor…fear. Taking a step back Executioner was going to make a run for it before he could take another step Kurama's Susano was already upon him with the pole of the ax in between his hands and rammed the end of it through Executioner armored body into a stone behind him. While impaling the armored monster into the stone he used his Susano's claws bend the end of it into a hook to make sure it could not escape.

"Uhh what hit me? Oh yeah, a death ball." Kushina said waking up from her slumber surprising the others.

"Kushina but how that exploding ball of energy should have killed you? How in the world did you survive that?" A happy but confused Luna questioned

Wincing a bit Kushina pulled out some type of padding from under her shirt it had a little softness to it but also a hard but flexible covering upon looking at the part that took most of the damage was a gel like substance oozing out between the material. "This little guy right here saved my life if I hadn't bought this thing I would have been in two pieces." Until a worried look came across her face "Where's Kurama the last thing I saw was him bleeding from the eyes again but in pain." Kushina said worried for the Kitsune.

"You don't have to worry about him now." Rastaban responded to the vixen

"Why should I not worry about your teammate?" Kushina asked only for Rastaban to point to Kurama with his Susano and a banged up Executioner stuck to a wall. "Never mind." Said a surprised Kushina.

Walking a few feet away from his soon to be victim Kurama turned around and faced the armored giant stuck to the wall. As if by instinct Kurama felt a need to raise his tails over his head with his Susano copying his movement a condensed sphere of Amaterasu appeared in front of the spectral kitsune's maw. A moment later the sphere began to have a white glow on the outside while the inside of the sphere stayed black. The Spectral Kitsune then swallowed the ball of black fire and faced the struggling Executioner who was trying to free himself from the rock in vain.

Kurama and his Susano facing Executioner opened his mouth with the Susano doing the same shot out a black beam with white outlined around it shot forward and hit Executioner impaled form and kept going until it hit the side of the mountain disintegrating anything in its path. Upon hitting the mountain it exploded creating a dome of black fire on the side of said mountain. When it cleared Spyro and the other would have broke their jaws had it dropped any lower.

Song end

Looking at what used to be a whole mountain it was now half a mountain that looked like a giant cookie cutter cut a humongous c into the side of it and looking back at what was left of their armored enemy was the left twitching gauntlet on the ground. As Kurama made his back to the group standing on two feet while his Susano slowly faded out of existence. Kurama was so distraught thinking about Kushina that he was surprised when Kushina somehow found the strength to tackle him to the ground and hugged him.

Relieved that she was alive Kurama was going to ask how she survived. Knowing he was going to ask that question Kushina pointed to the useless vest on the ground. " Before you start questioning how I survived the blast that little vest right there saved my life but, it didn't save me from getting scorched." Kushina said only for Kurama to hug her back and not let go as a response to his unasked question.

"I thought you were dead when that ball hit you. I thought that was going to be another failed person I promised to protect added to my list of failure." Kurama said in the crook of her neck. But before he could say anything else. Kurama's eyes rolled into the back of his head and fell backwards.

Before he could hit the ground Fury caught him and lowered him gently to the ground. Getting concerned looks from everyone Fury calmed them down by saying he was exhausted and passed out due to the strain he put on his body. Leaving to get the medical supply from the bag for Kurama, Flame, and Kushina. Fury and the rest did not notice the smile on Kushina's face as she bent down and kissed the unconscious Kitsune on the cheek.

"Thank you my foxy protector" Kushina thought before She went to go and tend to her wounds knowing that Kurama would go through so much pain for the vixen.

(A/N: aw man now that was freaking epic. Hope I didn't take to long but I kind of hope it wasn't to cheesy but hey as long as I'm still writing chapters I'm good oh and if you are mad about the Sharingan thing Please role with it I hate to kill off some bodies best friend for power that's just plain stupid but any way rate and review. Cause I'm out of here. PEACE)