From the west to the east
"Uh… I think she had enough already, Marisa…"
He nudge the fallen and twitching woman with a pitied stare, it's truly amazing that she's still in one piece after seeing her getting hit straight in the body with Master Spark… something tells him that she's used to it already. If that's the case, then it's so sad.
The witch, who's currently grinning like an academy student who'll have her ninja career, let out a prideful snort. "Hmph, had enough? She last longer than this, normally. I wonder what made China to be like this today?" she hummed in thought. "I think Sakuya's overworking her…"
Meiling, who's beaten in both pride and skills, managed to raise a shaky hand in the midst of her pain and aches. "I-…I am not-"
"Yeah anyway, can we go in now?" Naruto heard someone talking before… weird that he can't figure out who is it. And he's asking the witch by the way. "And are you sure that we'll be fine entering this mansion? I mean you did beat the gatekeeper and all but…"
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Nice one Meiling.
Marisa shrugged and gave him a huge grin. She waved the boy's doubt by saying. "Kid, remember what did I tell you about the rules here in Gensokyo?"
Raising an eyebrow, he answered. "All things are solved through the use of spell card battle?"
She motioned for the boy. "Aaand…?"
"Losers are… losers?"
"Bingo." She nodded. "When someone lost, the only thing they could do is to just suck it up."
This girl is really proud… shaking his head; Naruto could only bear with the logic that he has faced right now. "Haah… just let's get this over with. The sooner we're done with this mansion, the sooner I can sleep better tonight."
The two blondes left the gate and a fallen Meiling behind; it's now just a walk inside the devil's lair to get the treasure. By lair, they meant the mansion and by treasure they meant things that'll be useful for their enjoyment. So Naruto's view of Gensokyo has gotten much better after the first few days. In honesty, he seemed to be enjoying this place more than he enjoys his own home. It's kind of wrong for him to say that but it's what he's feeling right now.
So far, Gensokyo is peaceful. The past few days in Marisa's house are mostly spent in doing treasure hunts, fairy shooting and little misadventures somewhere in the Forest of Magic. It was an interesting day, especially when that time where he got to meet this particular fairy who's a freaking idiot.
"Coughthesamecough"
… Ignoring that, he's really interested in what he's going to do now. Marisa said nothing about the owner or mistress of this house, not a single speck of dirt. But she promised that he'll react differently, which caused him to get even more edgy. Is this owner, or Remilia, person a bad character? Is she like a certain prick back home? Is she old? Never mind the later, almost everyone in Gensokyo is old and he learned that the hard way... seriously just how old are turtles anyway?
The boy sighed, something that Marisa caught. From the matter of view, she says that he's thinking hard about something. What is that something? She doesn't know. But it's best not to pry when an outsider is spirited away here. She can't imagine what it's like to be on their shoes, and by 'they' she meant outsiders. It's just… unthinkable. What if they have families out there who still care for them?
But after hearing Naruto's statues of being an orphan, she somehow felt even more understanding. He had no family to return to and he's alone in a place he had known nothing of. If something's playing game, it has to be someone up there and a certain thing that starts with the letter F. Deep inside, she kind of knew that Naruto's not a person who likes to be pitied. But still… it's tough watching a kid like him to be so far away from home.
"What're you staring at?" the witch's reaction is at an instant. She was caught staring at the kid, and she, herself, didn't know that she's been staring at the boy. Crossing his arms, he gave the witch a confused stare. It's not an annoyed nor is it an irritated one, it's just a pure and honest confusion. Almost blushing, the witch hides her embarrassment by looking forward again.
"Nah, just thinking that's all." The boy's not buying that. She's clearly staring at him. For what reason? He didn't know and don't want to find out. The front yard is actually big; it's huge for that matter. It's probably perfect. There are a large number of roses and orchids planted just by the sidelines, the shrubs are growing a healthy green color and the trees are way off towards the far corner. Probably for decoration purpose. But the view… it's almost as if he's looking straight into a very excellent painting. It's ridiculous.
There're a couple of ponds here and there, and it's amazing to see that the waters are so clear. He could see some fishes swimming about. Like an entranced hobo, the Uzumaki's eyes wandered from the garden scenery to the clock tower that stood tall and rectangle-like. Eyes squinted; he swore that he saw someone standing just on top of the tower. And are those wings that he saw? Repeatedly blinking his eyes, he shook his delusion in the third blink of an eye.
He's tired that's for sure…
After the short walk on the courtyard, the witch and the boy finally reached the front huge double door that no doubt leads into the mansion. He felt himself gulping down air, hard. He's nervous for some reason. But don't know why, maybe he's not in his days right now. Sensing its host's anxiety, the fox made his opinion known. "Just why on earth are you nervous? Grow a tail, and just go in already."
'Easy for you to say you fuzzball… this place is downright creepy on the inside, and who knows what kind of person lived in a mansion as large as this.' He's getting the vibrations, and he's still standing on the front door.
Without further ado, the witch finally opened the door. She's doing it so casually that the thought of her having the chance of robbing this place blind comes to his mind. Following the witch, he entered the mansion. The interior isn't so bad… but that vibe is still there. Marisa's going for the hallway already? Wow, she has been here after all. Not that he doubts the witch or anything but something tells him that if he gets into whatsoever business that the witch's have with the owner of this place, he'll get killed in the most gruesome ways possible.
The fox rolled its eyes. "Like I'll let that happen. Remember, you die, I die?"
'Yeah yeah… but it's still a bad idea though, coming here… anyway, you sense something down there?' Kyuubi's been telling him that he needs chakra to send them back to Konoha or the Elemental nation for that fact. This place reeks of anything other than chakra, almost like chakra is a foreign substance here. But if there's something here, it's powerful. Scary and powerful.
"Aside from the sheer magical power this place is radiating? No."
Naruto did a double take. 'Wait, you can sense magic?'
The fox rolled its eyes. "I am a being of chakra brat. When we're here for the first two days, I can easily adapt and familiarize what this magic is. It's like chakra, or should I say me, but a little bit less complex."
It appears that this hallway is too long. He hated it when he's supposed to wait and do nothing. Naruto Uzumaki is not person who likes to wait, people. Let that message be known. But still, he's got to walk and it's better than running into something bad in this freaky ass mansion. And since the witch is familiar with this place, it's better to stick close to her other than himself.
Their walk has finally come to an end when another huge door, just like the rest, comes to their view. Marisa casually opened the door, revealing…
"Oh… my… gawd…" Naruto gasped out.
Marisa smiled, as if she's the one who owned the place. "Uhm… awesome right?"
"So… so many… SO MANY BOOKS!"
Let it be said that Naruto's trauma over books are increasing.
"I can't believe that you're getting sick of books!"
"…Ugh… says the girl who prefers practical things…"
Sarcasm is intended.
In his life, he has never been into a library that is this huge. Well, mainly because he avoids such places. Books here, there… there's book everywhere! It's like this place is the catalog of the world, just what kind of library has a twelve storey bookshelves anyway? It's ridiculous. Groaning, he feels bored already. Every time he tried to look up, his eyes will go sore because of the books. And he's not even reading them.
"Ugh… Marisa, can we find this Patchouli person and leave? I swear that I'm losing vitality at the moment I entered this place…" the witch's reply is a silent one. she is checking on the bookshelves, probably 'borrowing' some of the books. He's got huge problems with literature. No matter what kind it is, math, science, geography, and even training manuals, he'll get sick by the time he read the introduction letter.
"Wait for a while kid… just wait and maybe you'll get something useful from here or Patche." The boy made a silent gesture by mocking her words, he chose to just let the witch do whatever she's doing and the sooner she finished the sooner they'll leave. His eyes wandered from the floor that is covered by a red carpet up to the dark red ceiling. This place has contrast issues. This place is sure is big… it's even larger than the Hokage Office combined with the hospital back in Konoha. Imagine the time they'd took to build place…
Not that he has a problem with it but it's getting even… darker here. Not the view or his view mind you, but the aura and feeling this place is radiating. He knew a couple of thing about his tenant and one of them is that the fox's is sensitive to negative or killing intent. While he's not detecting and killing intent or negativity around here, the air is thick with the atmosphere of dread and eeriness.
He hates scary things. He hates it a lot. Why? It's… well, he doesn't know why but it's just scary. Kyuubi peeked through one eye, and commented. "It's in your human nature to fear the unknown. See me for example. When the first time I make my appearance in your pathetic village, I could see countless men wetting their pants in the blink of an eye. They're so pitiful, you humans."
Replying with a flat look, he commented mentally. 'Gee, thanks furball. It's seems like I'm learning a lot from you every time you speak.' He heard an inner snort. 'But really though… I've been meaning to ask, what… what does it feels like to be not able to, well, not to be able to feel fear?'
The fox was silent. Naruto noticed this, this is the first time the fox has grown silent from one of his questions. Normally he would reply with such sarcasm or even half assed replies, but now it's silent. To the boy's attention, the fox finally spoke. "Who said that I'm not able to feel fear? Even demons have fears kid, remember that. And if there's something scarier than us 'demons'…"
The Kyuubi said in a cold tone. "It's you, humans."
…
Naruto didn't know why… why his eyes landed on Marisa when the Fox finished speaking. He knows that she's human, along with Reimu. But for a human like Marisa, who the fox said could be his exact carbon copy in opposite gender, to be able to defeat a being that is higher than her, a youkai, it's amazing. He's not jealous. No he's not. He's… he's just incredulous. Look at him. Still thirteen year of age, not yet a ninja, but he's already talking to the fox like second head.
Amazing isn't it? People said that he's just a deadlast. A failure. But can a failure talk to mountain sized huge fox of doom without pissing his pants? Hah, there's the laugh. His fists tightened unconsciously. And see people like that Uchiha… people would kiss the ground that he walked at without hesitation, it's annoying seeing that. Just, why?
Why do some people get to be genius? Why is there a genius in the first place? He always believed that great power can only be achieved through hard work… some are even achieved to sacrifice.
Kyuubi.
He never asked to be the host of the nine tailed demon fox. He never asked to be ostracized or being treated as a pariah. He never asked to carry such a heavy burden on his shoulder. But he still has to admit, having a fox that could destroy mountains, cause tsunamis, and make deadly winds in the swing of its tail at your disposal is a pretty damn awesome thing.
The thing is, even if he's born through sacrifice, even if he has to build his way from ground to up, Naruto Uzumaki won't ever let up. He won't. Because the time when Naruto Uzumaki lets up, it's the time where he'll throw away his dignity and pride.
"There… all done." Snapped out of his inner thoughts, the boy saw the witch carrying a large sack filled with freshly stolen loots. She has a satisfied look on her face, a look that a customer would have when they got what they wanted. "Hey, let's go and meet Patche now, she might know on how to send you back."
Sighing loudly, he followed the witch. "Yeah…I guess you're right. So… where is she?"
His question is answered.
"Right here."
By another woman.
He turned his head. A girl wearing an overgrown purple pajama like clothing came out from the corner of a bookshelf. She wears a rather silly hat with a crescent moon pin placed on the front. She's definitely attracted to the color purple. She has purple hair, purple eyes and all of her clothing is colored in purple or violet. Hell even her book is purple. Her looks are not so bad though, almost similar to the quiet and cute types.
Patchouli walked over to the two blondes, and she gave the witch a hard glare. "Marisa… how many times should I tell you not to steal my books? And don't say things like you'll borrow them till the day you die already. I'm getting sick. Cough, cough…" the boy looked at her with a certain stare. Patchouli noticed this and gestured towards the boy. "So, who's the boy?"
Marisa grinned and hugs the boy in a friendly one armed hug. "This boy here is my bro, Naruto. Be nice to him, kay?" she said so with a grin, something that Naruto doesn't share. So she's lying… she's making him playing the role of her little brother, well this could be fun.
But still, he's not going to be a little brother to a thieving witch. The boy made an annoyed expression, and forcibly let the witch's arm off from his back. "Like hell you witch! I ain't anybody's brother, nor do I have a sister."
Patchouli remained unexpressive. She knew that the witch is lying. So instead of doing anything, she pinched her temples and let out a lengthy sigh. First thing in the morning and all she got is a duo of noisy blondes… her eyes trailed from the girl to the boy. Then again, if you look at them closely… they do look similar.
Marisa grinned shamelessly, rubbing the back of her head with her right hand. She laughed the lie off, just like what she would do. "Hahaha! You should've played along kid; it'd be fun seeing Patche's face thinking that I have a long lost sibling or something."
Naruto gave her an annoyed glare and he can respect Patchouli for doing the same. Seriously, he's being compared to this girl? They're obviously different in some ways. Patchouli waved her not so fellow magician attitude off, the best way to avoid a nosy person is to ignore them after all. While the witch is laughing like she's the happiest girl on earth, Naruto is thinking.
Surprised? Well don't be. He needs to know a way to return home or something, like right now. And this purple lady here is a magician right? Maybe she spells that could make him teleport from here and back to Konoha or something. Or maybe she has a dragon that he'll ride on to fly back home. That would be so awesome…
As the boy is lost in his own delusion, the Fox looked disappointed on his host's childishness. It's truly a shame, Jinchurikis these days… he sure pity his other brothers and sisters who's stuck with an even dumber host than his. Annoyance aside, the fox's plans on getting back home to Konoha is still not over. Speaking, he said to his host. "Kid, summon me."
Snapped out from his delusion, the boy looked shocked. 'What?!- eh, why?' he demanded lamely.
Kyuubi facepalmed. "Just do it."
"Fine…" he muttered. Turning his head so that he's facing the witch, he shouted. "Hey Marisa! Give me my scroll!"
"Which one?"
"You know, the one that summons a small furball of doom?" he replied in a sarcastic manner.
"Oh!" she made a knowing face. Taking off her hat, she rummages inside, seemingly trying to find the item the boy's requesting for. Patchouli eyed the two blondes with a confused yet curious stare, interested in what's both blondes going to do. After finding what she's searching for, she pulled out said item from her hat. She throws it to the boy. "Here, catch!"
Naruto skillfully caught the scroll, giving Marisa a small thank you. Setting the scroll on the ground, he then turned towards the owner of the library with an apologetic look. "Uhm, Patchouli right?" he asked for confirmation.
"Yes?" Patchouli answered.
"Do you mind me summoning an entity that is of pure evil and hatred inside your library?"
Just like that, he's got the whole mansion onto him.
"…Remind me again Marisa, why are we inside a mansion which houses a vampire, a badass maid, a magician and a Chinese girl?"
"I AM NOT-"
"Well, I brought you here, you met Patche, you asked her if you could summon the fox and long story short, we're now having tea with the vampire brat."
Four pairs of eyes glared back at the two blondes. Naruto looked away for some reason, finding himself guilty in this situation. Wait a second… "LIKE HELL I'M GUILTY!" wow, he shouted. Pinching the bridge of his nose in major irritation, he sighs loud enough for everyone in the room to hear. "This is what I get for asking permission?"
"Actually, you came here without one." the owner of the house commented from the sidelines.
"And I know who to blame for that…" if glare could kill, then Marisa would be ashes. With a pointed finger, he pointed accusingly at the witch. "When you say that we're going to meet someone, I expected that we're guests at their place, not trespassers!"
"Whoa, whoa… calm down kid, it's not like they're going to do anything to us, right?"
"…" Four pairs of eyes glared harder.
Marisa gulped hard. "Eh… can you let this pass, we have a kid here?" she gestured to the shorter blonde. "He's… he's my brother?" she tried lamely.
"Like hell I am!"
Well, she tried.
The glare from the four people lessened as soon as situation got calmer. Naruto bitterly enjoys his tea, taking constant sip and never stopping on glaring at Marisa. Seriously, he thought that they're invited here, not trespassing. And the gatekeeper earlier, he thought that they had to beat her in order to get into the mansion. But the librarian was kind of weird though, she knew that they were trespassing, but still she talked to them. The scariest out of the four has got to be the vampire looking kid and the maid; they reek of blood and death.
"Well duh, she's a vampire after all. Really brat, you used to be louder and braver than this. Maybe this place is too much for you to handle?" Naruto twitched mentally upon hearing the fox's comment. That reaction from Naruto made the fox grinned in satisfaction.
'Shut up! Who knows what can this child looking vampire do?! She can suck my blood dry in the blink of an eye for all I care, and remember how did that maid handle those knives? She's freaking scary!' keeping a barely exploding expression on the front, he's screaming his hearts out in the inside.
"Yeah right. Let them know of my presence, and fear will surely invade them. I've faced monsters before too brat. You'd be surprised how many of this, monsters, roamed the elemental nations… but all in all, they all are afraid of me. I can't see why this little girl can't." grinning with a hidden intention, the fox sends his chakra leaking through Naruto's body.
The affect of the fox's action was instant. The boy felt instant pain stinging his entire body, it lasts for only a second but there's more to come. He shakily placed the tea back on the table, to avoid suspicions. However, he's struggling to keep a straight face. He's leaking chakra so fast that it's a surprise that they can't sense anything. The pain is getting harsher and harsher, it's like having fire all over your body while electricity is running through it. 'What the heck you're doing?!'
"Just making my presence known. And kid, perform these seals when I say so." With that final note, the fox closed all mental connection with the boy.
He can't take it. This level of pain is a whole new experience for him. He did get beaten regularly but that's just about it. His palms are clenched into tight fists, unknown to him. And his teeth are gritted together; he can feel them getting longer and sharper. Wincing, he swore that he just bit his tongue. It looks like that the chakra that fox gave out is so powerful that it instantly heals all wounds that is happening to him.
Marisa watched the boy closely. Something is strange… no, something IS strange. Tapping the boy on the shoulder, she quickly retracts her hand back when she felt his body burning her like crazy. "YEWOUCH! What the heck kid?!" jumping in surprise, the witch screamed out. Her hand was hot a minute ago, almost like she's directly touching a fire on its ashes.
After clearing her pain, she gasped when she saw the boy. There sitting, with a pained expression, is Naruto covered in orange reddish bubbles. He's… boiling? His whisker marks grew thicker, nails and teeth growing bigger and shaking in what appears to be rage. The other occupants to the room noticed this and were unable to react. Slowly, all of them began to feel a heavy presence in the atmosphere; something seemed to be keeping from breathing. It's no doubt that the boy is the source to this feeling.
Naruto continued to be enveloped in the Kyuubi's chakra. The longer he stays in this form, the more chances that he'll lose control. And he can't have that. Clutching his face with one hand, he desperately tries to hurt himself hoping that it would somehow stop the transformation. But instead of stopping, all he got was a glass window breaking nearby.
Marisa nearly jumped from the sudden breaking of windows. She wanted to approach the boy, but this haze or aura around him is slowly burning her the more she tries to draw closer. So she turned towards the vampire. "Hey Remilia, do something!?"
Instead of an answer, all she got was a shush. "Silence. I am curious… what is he?"
"He's human! At least I thought he was…." Naruto's human right? Well, he did have that fox- her eyes widen in realization. "Of course! That freaking fox!" grabbing her broom, she tries to get closer to the boy. A small nudge will work, hopefully. Inching closer to the boiling boy, she used her broom as tool to reach and touch his shoulder. "Hey kid, wake up! Don't let that stupid fox do anything to you, you bastard fox let'm go!"
The atmosphere is getting heavier, even Sakuya is sweating. She might be experienced but she's still human. Naruto's transformation continues, now he's sporting a tail on his back, much to all of the girl's surprise. The moment the first tail grew, Marisa was blown off back towards the crowds. "Gah!" thankfully, Meiling was there to catch her. "Oof! Thanks… China…"
Amazingly, even through all this whole commotion, the room isn't badly destroyed. Just a few broken windows, some books scattered to the ground. Aside from a small mess, nothing more.
The boy stands from his place, then he turns his direction towards the ladies and let the hand that was covering his face go.
"Now!"
His hands moved faster than the eye could see, then with a cry, he slammed his palm down to the ground. "Summoning!" black ink seeped out from the boy's palm in arrange of Kanjis. It grew wider in characters, expanding. Then smoke filled the room in a huge smokescreen, even Remilia and Marisa are blinded by the sheer thickness of the smoke. But even if she can't see anything, she still can sense the strong and overwhelming presence ominous darkness and hatred.
Then, all of that feelings disappeared, replaced by a normal one.
The smoke cleared and everyone holds their breath. When cleared, something short, puffy and orange greeted them. There in all of its glory, the Kyuubi no Yoko is present in all of its chibified glory. Despite the being chibified, Kyuubi still looks like its normal form but smaller and less fearful looking. The fox's appearance is different than normal fox, since it looks more like a plushy crouching on all four while having traits that are similar to a demonic fox. And a small human at that.
It's ruby red eyes glazed upon the occupants, staring intently. It can hear Naruto's pained gasp and breathing at the background, not that it mind him. After a moment of observation, it spoke. "Tell me. Which one of you knows how dimensional travelling work?"
The room's only source of noise is the blonde boy's panting and cursing at the background, aside from that, Marisa looks as if she's about to blow from the sheer suspense. Giving a disappointed look from the lack of answers that he got, the fox muttered. "Huh, I guess we're in the wrong place then."
Kyuubi turned towards its host who is having the time of his life experiencing chakra overload. With a bored tone, it said. "Hey kid, just forget getting home… stay here and be smarter or something."
"You… hah… You fuzzy… you think it's… huff… that simple?" through pained gasp, the boy managed to comment. "Screw you to the nine hells…"
With a trademarked fox smirk Kyuubi replied. "Trust me. Nine hells meant nothing if you're always coming in and out of it."
Later…
"Interesting… so you think that a dimensional tear happened and it transported you here?"
"Maybe. I may not be as skilled as a certain hermit in theories, but yes, that is possible."
"I see… then tell me, what was the last thing you remembered before getting here?"
"Hm, how should I know? I leave that job to my useless host over there."
"Hey!"
Being regarded as useless by a lazy as fox is not something he appreciated. Nu uh. Glaring at the fox, which is currently talking to the magician Patchouli, Naruto swear that he'll put a leash on the fox's collar someday. And he'll laugh at it until his stomach's hurt. Through annoyed eyes, he could see the fox giving him a mocking grin as it lies down lazily on the table that is Patchouli's workplace.
The purple magician placed a knowing look on her face, possibly concentrating on a certain matter. She remembered reading a book about dimensional travel, but can't remember where she placed it. And there is always a high chance that Marisa stole it. "If that is the case then… I'm afraid I can't help you that much. All I need to know is what was the last thing you remembered. Or if a certain blonde haired woman did something."
Naruto perks up at the mention of a blonde woman. "Hey, Reimu and Marisa's been talking about this blonde woman… who's she anyway?"
Patchouli gave the boy a surprised look, but managed to lessen it to fit her type. "Really? Reimu hasn't told you about the Gap Youkai? Yukari Yakumo? The Youkai of boundaries?"
Scratching a confused head, the boy looked lost. "Nah… I'm afraid not. Reimu or Marisa hasn't told me about who this Yukari woman is… but what does she has to do with anything?"
"As her title stated, she has the ability to manipulate boundaries, gaps or even border. She could even manipulate the boundaries between different dimensions, and I see that you're starting to follow." She saw the realization on Naruto's face, seeing the kid raising his eyes and has the look of someone who had just have their biggest realization in their life.
"Oh… I get it, so what you're trying to say is that this Yukari person might be involved with me being here?"
"Yes."
Kyuubi is honestly impressed that his host is able to keep up with the conversation. It's quite amazing to see the brat getting smarter by each second he's breathing the air in this place. That or this library is starting to have an effect on him. So a third party is possibly involved eh…? And if this Yukari woman is as iconic as the magician stated, she might be dangerous or just plain dumb. But no matter that. He's the nine tailed beast of a God's chakra, and he's going to take pride in that title.
"I still don't get it though…" the boy muttered, looking confused. "Why did she do this in the first place anyway? And even if she has a reason for it, won't someone else be a better choice?"
Patchouli gave Naruto a look. "Then you should her other name. 'The youkai of Trolls'."
Naruto is now lost. "She's a troll youkai?" wow, she must be ugly.
Patchouli sweatdrops. "Eh, no. Trolls, as in someone who loves to cause mischief and situation to others' dismay."
Naruto made a sour look. "Then I'm avoiding her at all cost." He heard the fox snickering for some reason. Great, another jackass that could be worse than the Kyuubi at making someone's life miserable…
"Tough luck then. She's your only way out of Gensokyo. And that if she's not hibernating."
"She hibernates?"
"Just like any other Youkais." Patchouli answered smoothly.
The silence filled the grand library, giving Kyuubi a chance to speak. "Well you know what kid, no matter where you go, you're always in shit situation."
"Shut your yap! There are approximately 91.34% chances that you are the reason to all of this… and don't get me started on how have you made my life a living hell." Naruto huffed in his place.
Kyuubi raised an interested eyebrow. "Since when did you know how to round off a number in approximation values?"
"Since I learned that I have a fuzzy ass fox in my stomach." Naruto counters angrily. "Now hurry up, let's go find Marisa. Oh and thank you Patchouli." He bowed to the librarian.
"Hm. Don't mention it." she waved it off, since she prefers to read her book.
Without any other word, the fox jumps from its place to Naruto's neck, where it looked like a fancy decoration except it's not and it's technically alive.
Before the boy could exit the library, Patchouli stops him. "Ah, Naruto?"
The boy looked back. "Yeah?"
With a stern look, she said. "Don't ever go into the basement."
Naruto sweatdrops. "What makes you think I will?" after a silent reply from the magician, he exits the room. He's now back into the ridiculously large red hallway, where the source of light is only the candles lit barely enough to keep him from falling. It's seriously dark in here, and it's still in the day, he can't believe what this mansion would look like if it's night.
Marisa and the other ladies are probably in the living room, something tells him that he should not go there first. But since that he's a guest in this house, he can't really do much aside from proceeding towards his witch friend. Slumping down, he starts his walk towards the living room which is about two or three hallways further into the east wing.
"Haah… if boredom is a fun thing… then I would be the happiest boy in the world…" Naruto muttered to himself. The Kyuubi heard what the boy said and snickered loudly. That causes the boy to glare at his furry and not so friend. "Being back home is so much better, at least I'll get to do something…"
"Please… like you do anything back at home… other than causing pranks of course. but really kid, I would trade this place over Konoha any other day you offered it to me. I can't see why you do not want to stay here."
Naruto shook his head unknowingly. "It's just… how should I say it… it's just wrong. I mean, I was born in Konoha, I grew up there and the thought of living in some other place where demons and vampires are common isn't the exactly the type of dream house I ever wanted it to be." He explained honestly.
Kyuubi took the boy's words carefully, this boy is somewhat surprising… "Then what kind of 'dream house' are you planning to have on later?"
Naruto paused. He stopped any sort of action he's doing right now. He can't really answer the fox's question for some reason. What type of home would he like to have…? That's… hard. Konoha is a nice pace, ignoring how they treat their local Jinchuriki. He can't really blame the people there for treating him the way they did, after all it's only normal for humans to fear what they don't understand.
Still, what kind of dream house does he want?
Doubt clouds his mind. Shrugging his shoulders, he answered. "Meh, guess we'll just have to see for late-GAAAAAH!"
"WATCH OUT KID!"
"TOO LATE YOU WOMAN!"
"Hahahaha! Marisa~ Come on, let's play danmaku!"
His stomach crashed into a familiar looking broom, and then he was dragged up into the air by a certain witch while a blonde haired little girl is chasing them right on their tails.
Wait, blonde haired little girl?
"Ugh…" Marisa grabbed the boy and placed him on her passenger seat. With a pained face, he commented. "What… the heck you crazy wi-WOAH!" Marisa did a 180 flip upwards, no doubt an evasive maneuver. As he was being lifted into the air, he can see an array of red and pink bullets flying through where they were at before Marisa did her evasive action. "What the fuck did you do to make this girl angry!?"
"Nothing!" answering rather forcedly, the witch continued dodging while carrying her male passenger behind. Naruto is forced to grip the witch's hips, since height is his biggest enemy right now. Feeling a pair of small arms wrapping her hips, Marisa squeaked nearly causing both blondes to fall. "H-Hey! Watch where you're touchin'!"
"Just shut up and keep dodging woman!" the boy is definitely afraid of falling right now, since he's hugging her tighter. But still, Marisa's hardened dodging skill prevents her from getting both shot and falling. It's like dodging while having something holding you back. Naruto ducked when a stray bullet nearly hit him on the head. "WHOA! That was close!"
Seeing that there is no end to this madness, Marisa called out the girl's name. "Flandre! Stop, I'm not having fun here!" but it's useless. The other female blonde is still shooting more bullets than ever. It came to the point where Marisa is forced to return fire. This makes Naruto even more anxious and nervous. "If that's how you're going to play then fine! Love sign: Master Spark!" the hakkero burst its natural and trademark ray of blue magical fueled laser of doom.
But to the boy's dismay and the witch's annoyance, the little girl dispersed into a flock of bats, evading the attack. The bats transform into Flandre again, and she grinned. "Aww… what's wrong Marisa? You'll play with me right?" she then draws out this sword-wand like thing from fire. "Taboo: Four of a kind!"
Naruto's eyes grew wide. This loli kid knows how to make clones?! Madness!
Kyuubi, who was at Naruto's neck this whole time, decided to end this foolishness. Speaking, he said to his host. "Kid, remember that technique?"
"Which one?"
"That one?"
"Oh…" a spark of realization flashed in his eyes, then the boy grinned as wide as he can. He may be a dobe, he may have a very bad chakra control but with being the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi…
"I'm an ultimate powerhouse!" he grabbed the witch's shoulders. "Marisa, trust me in this one! I have a plan!" Marisa took note of the sheer determination on the boy's tone, but the bullets coming her way are getting harder and harder to dodge causing her to doubt.
"Are you sure? What're you planning to do!?"
Grinning, Naruto crossed his index and middle fingers with both hand together to perform a handseal that is new to him. He can do this! He must. This technique is his pride and joy, even if he's new to it. this is the only technique that won't fail his massive chakra reserve. Chakra began spiking up, and he can feel something inside of him. "I'll do this! Mass shadow clone technique!"
Then, lots of and lots of smoke began to appear all around the three people. Maybe even half the number of bullets that are wasted here. Marisa blinked; she could not belief her eyes. There, flying with her in the air, are identical replicas of her and Naruto riding on a broom that is similar to hers. What is this, magic? No, it felt different.
Even the four Flans are surprised. Someone able to do the same thing as her, only this time they can produce a larger number of copies? This is… is interesting! With a signature grin, four Flans raised their wands. "Q.E.D: Ripples of 495 years!" the number of bullets produced is ridiculous. It's ridiculous.
But, since there are more copies, the original pair of blondes are being covered from the bullets that are aiming for them. Marisa saw his plan here, and she knows not to waste it. Looking back to a group of copies behind her, she commanded. "Oi, you four, follow me!"
"Fine, da ze!" there are now five pairs of blondes riding on brooms, the witches and the original fast paced to approach the rampaging little girl. They're still dodging the bullets that managed to come their way. One of the pair fires their own danmakus, but the little sister of the devil managed to whisk her way through them. Gritting her teeth, the original witch is frustrated. "This is useless… oi, everyone! Master spark in one… two…"
"THREE! LOVE SIGN: MASTER SPARK!"
Five giant laser of spark flew towards Flandre. Flandre and her copies are immediately engulfed in the lasers, causing a white scene and forcing all clones as well as originals present to cover their eyes.
And to make things short, everyone was sparked.
Yes, even the originals.
Shortly later…
"Ow…"
"I'm sorry, does it hurt?"
"…Not really… but I know who's going to get hurt after this." He sent a certain blonde haired witch a death glare.
"Hey! Don't blame me!" Marisa sprung up from her seat. "GAH! MY FEET!"… and only to hurt herself.
He'd laugh at her situation if it weren't for the fact that he's in a similar situation as hers. He stared silently at the maid who is currently tending to his wounds, and he has to admit, it feels awkward to be tended by someone he barely knew. All he knew is that her name is Sakuya and she's this mansion's head maid. He'd never seen s real maid before, sure he'd seen one in one of those magazines under Old man Hokage's table but they're different. She's… like, elegant, even more than her mistress if he's right.
He blinked when Sakuya stopped dressing his wounds, looks like she's done. He felt a familiar pelt of fur draping into his neck and collar, causing his eyes to twitch. "Where the hell you've been furball?" he asked, annoyed at the fox's sudden appearance. At the same time, Sakuya left the scene.
Kyuubi gave him its signature grin. "Away from trouble… you and that witch." Kyuubi snickered at the reaction he got from the boy. "Anyway kid, what happened to you? You look like dog shit, only shittier."
"Ha ha ha. Very funny fuzzy…" Naruto rolled his eyes, feeling the uneasiness escaping. Stretching his small limbs, he find it harder to move than before, probably because of the fall that he and Marisa took when they fought that little blonde girl. " Just fought with anther and only smaller vampire. And no, seriously, where have you been?"
The fox used its tails to point at Naruto's stomach. "Back at the seal. Need to make some adjustments here and there." He explained uncaringly.
Raising an eyebrow, Naruto asked. "Since when were you able to do that?"
"Since you sold your soul to me three years ago." It said with a rather off-looking smirk.
Naruto flinched. And his reaction caused the smirk on Kyuubi's face to grow wider and wider. Sensing what its host will probably do, the fox jumped out towards the carpet floor. Landing on four feet, it dismissed its host's anger with a wave of a tail. "Speaking of seals… you really need to practice your control over chakra." The topic caught the interest of one witch.
"Why?" Naruto asked, losing his earlier emotion.
Giving its host a flat look, it said. "To tell you honestly, it sucks. The only thing you're going to do with that control over chakra are making storage seals and shadow clones." It turns it back on Naruto. "I don't care how you're going to do that, but make sure that you train and don't die." It added with no hint of pity in the end.
POOF
The fox bursts into a cloud of red smoke, much to Naruto's annoyance. "Damned fox…" he grumbled to himself.
"Hey kid, so what's this practice you're talking with the fox?" Marisa, who is now off of her seat, asked the shorter blonde. She was returned with a rather displeased expression, causing her to sweatdrop. She must have pissed him off so bad.
"Nothing to worry about. Apparently, I have a stingy and bitchy fox who lives in my stomach demanding for me to practice my chakra control exercise." He shook his head. "I know that my control suck but hell, he doesn't have to say it that bad."
"Control? Why would you want to control this chakra thing?" asked the witch.
Sitting back to his place before, he explained. "Basically, you can't perform spells without good control over your magic right? That's basically the problem I'm having right now. And all I know is to balance a needle on my nose is the way how I could practice my chakra control."
"Weird much?" Marisa commented, asking. "Balancing a needle? What's that going to do?"
"I maybe an idiot but I know that chakra and this magic of yours is different. Look. You can't make a fresh water fish to swim in the sea. That just doesn't make sense." He said, trying to end the conversation.
"Oh…" so she got what he's trying to say. He's having the same problem that she used to have when she's younger. It took a lot of practice and training to get to where she's at right now, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see that the boy is having a hard time. Thinking, she could probably help him with whatever she's doing… but what?
Then something clicked inside her head. "Aha! That's it, I know!" she excitedly reach for her broom, seeing that Sakuya left before she's technically free to fly around the house. "If we're inside this mansion and there's book in it…"
Naruto didn't need to hear the rest of it. he face palmed. "Oh God…"
"Then it's off to the library!"
"Fuck!"
"Now hold on a moment!"
The two blondes', or Marisa's, plan on getting to the library was halted by a voice. Looking at the doorway, they saw the maid once again, this time she's her master with her. Remilia stared at the two blondes, or Naruto more specifically. Her staring is slowly growing stern, something that Naruto can definitely sense. The boy in the room gulped hard, feeling the vampire's staring to be a bit… intimidating.
"Psh, I can do better than that." Kyuubi commented from inside the seal.
'Shut it!' Naruto mentally shouted. He's not in the position to scream or even act right now, since Remilia is giving him the look. Looking at Marisa, he could see her as calm as ever, in fact, she's even leaning on her broom right now.
"You, boy." Remilia is now glaring at him. He flinched when he saw her making a gesture to come forward. "Have a battle with me." She finished, giving him her charismatic looking smirk.
Marisa blinked.
Sakuya followed.
Naruto fainted.
"Uh… will somebody tell me what's going on here?"
"Let's see: I brought the kid here, played with China, met Patche, the fox appeared, went back to library again, fox disappeared, played with Flandre, got hurt, got patched up, vamp brat showed up and… here we are." Marisa gave the shrine maiden the details.
Reimu pinched the bridge of her nose. "Can this get any worse…? And thanks for being concise."
"You're welcome." Marisa replied.
"Hmm…" an owner of purple eyes gazed vigilantly over the arena, or garden. Her other hand which is not busy carrying her book, scratched the edge of her chin. "Remi… she's really going to do it huh?"
Knowing her best friend, she knows that no one can do anything to stop this whole thing. Even the two incident solver of Gensokyo are only able to watch and not intervene with the fight. Well, that's if it's going to be a fight. A human versus a vampire, two different beings with the other weak and the other strong. It should be obvious, but living up to her code, she must not judge a book by its cover. And after seeing what sheer power the boy possess, it leaves doubt hanging on the ceiling.
The little sister of the devil, Flandre took her seat on the edge of the gazebo, accompanied by the red haired gatekeeper. Giving he gatekeeper a look, her innocent childlike face turned into a questioning look. "Hey, Meiling. Why is Onee-sama going to fight with that Onii-chan over there?" she pointed towards the boy who is uncontrollably pacing around the field. "He's going to die right? If he is, then can I have his blood?"
Meiling sweatdrops. "Ah… I'm afraid that you have to ask Sakuya-san for that, Imouto-sama. But yes, the mistress is going to fight Naruto-san."
Flandre made a thinking face. "Will they play danmaku?"
Meling shook her head in uncertainty. "I guess… not? I do not know if Naruto-san can do danmaku or not." Well, he better hope that he can. Battling her mistress in pure fight is practically a death wish of some sort.
"Ah…" Flandre opened her mouth in realization. Then she giggled. "It's fine then."
The bleachers seemed calm and all, but with a certain contestant…
"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck…"
"Calm down kid… just don't lose your head when shit hasn't even started yet. At least if you're going to lose, do it with pride." Kyuubi gave a not so helpful comment.
"And bring said pride down? Hell no you fuzzy!" he retorted angrily. Sighing, he tried to calm his bearings down. Panicking won't do much here, it'll only kill him faster. What should he do? He didn't know any jutsus that will prove useful in a fight, aside from the Shadow clones but he get the feeling that he'll lose a lot of them when battling this vampire.
"Remember? You die I die? I quoted you on your previous words. I gave you full permission to tap into my raw chakra, use it to do something and beat that child for me." Kyuubi reminded. He didn't expect the fox to just let him use its power like that, honestly, he's expecting another dirty deal from it. But seeing the situation, he's only a beggar in this case. An beggar can't choose.
"Fine. Thanks… guess I have something in mind but it'll take a lot of chakra." He told the fox, receiving a grunt of affirmative from it.
"What're you gonna do?"
"Nothing, just making something big enough to blow this mansion sky hi-AAAAAAAAH Marisa! Don't do that woman! I nearly fall!" the witch gave him a sheepish smile, something like a form of apology.
Then she caught what he's going to say before. "Sky high? Whew… I'll be looking forward to that, but I'm sure that the vampire brat won't be too happy if she saw her mansion flying up high to heaven though."
He gave her a sour look. "You think I'm happy right now? Think again woman…" he shook his head, before looking a Marisa again. "Anyway, I need my scrolls. Like all of them here, along with my paper tags." He said with his arms outstretched.
"…"
He then twitched. "Marisa. You do realize that I can detonate them remotely from here, right? And unlike your danmakus these things hurt and will tear you to pieces." He was given his stuffs instantly when he said that last information. The witch left, back to the bleachers. He checked his gear, or weapons. Some exploding tags, storage seals, and even a small restriction seal. It might look appealing but it's useless if he can't even get two feet closer to his opponent.
But he's not called the prank king of Konoha for nothing. Looking around, he began to scan the area for any potential prank spot. There are trees, flowers, clearing and a small pond. Not his type of field, but he has to make do of everything. Those two trees over there are a good spot to rest on… but he's not going to use them for resting. Checking his pocket, he's relieved when he felt a familiar feeling touched his hand. It's a good thing to carry around ninja wire around after all.
It seems that he's going to have to do some… extra measures around the field…
Later…
"The match will start with Naruto Uzumaki and Remilia Scarlet." Sakuya, who is officiating the match, declared towards the small group of audience. She is standing in the middle of the field, standing in between the two fighters who are going to battle. She looked towards both contestant, each of them giving them the okay. Clearing her throat, she resumed talking. "The match will when either both contestant will surrender or to be deeply injured. Thus, the term to this battle. Is there any objection?" she asked.
…
Silence greeted her. "Very well. Then, let the match…"
Naruto narrowed his eyes, he can see Remilia doing the same. Every hair in his body is tense, and his muscles are doing the same thing. It's going to be painful and tiring fight, but he has to bear with it.
"Start!"
He jumped backwards, taking a defensive maneuver. Creating a clone that managed to gain Remilia's interest, said clone transformed into a kunai. He grabbed the clone turned kunai and launched it towards Remilia. Such things are no trouble for the vampire, she can take a straight hit and not be hurt. But she'll entertain the audience by dodging to the left.
Naruto grinned."Katsu!"
BANG BOOM
With the audience…
"Go kid! Now I see what you meant by a big bang!" Marisa cheered, raising from her spot. She's having a rather bright and vibrant smile on her face, something that she only possess when she's fighting.
Reimu was not as impressed as Marisa. "You think Remilia will go off just from that?" she pointed her finger towards the fighting. "Look."
With the fighters…
The smoke of dust and dirt cleared, and a purple blur zoomed out of the smoke. Naruto yelped when he saw the vampire coming at him with such speed that he can't ever match. He's not planning on being grabbed or even touched by her, nu uh, he'll die if that happen. Using whatever skill he possess, he dodge Remilia's swipe a neck's length, nearly striking his head. But her strike does not stop there, up high on the sky, her dangerous scarlet wings are shown fully as if to mock his pride. Her mouth stretched into a full grown vexing and prideful smirk.
"You will have to try harder than that to beat me, human." Her tone holding an intent that is of pure mockery, she gazed down upon the boy. He's getting annoyed by the second she looked at him. He gripped his clone turned kunai and launched it once again. The blade flies straight to Remilia, but she merely moved her head sideways to avoid the flimsy blade. She looked down on the boy, and was surprised to see him gone.
"Behind you!" she reacted upon reflex. Behind her is Naruto, with Kunai in ready. He cast the kunai off, then crossed his fingers into a familiar handseal. "Shadow kunai technique!" the kunai multiply in numbers, from one to ten, from tens to hundreds and from hundreds to thousands. She's forced to cover her being from the incoming barrage of kunai by using her wings as shields, it looks like that these daggers of his are weak. She acted immediately as soon as the boy hit the ground, she's not going to use her spell card anytime soon, maybe she'll use them and maybe she won't.
But small danmaku can't hurt. Magic circles appeared behind her back, shooting a barrage of what seems to be endless bullet colored in red and purple. Naruto cursed, now he's going to have an even harder time on defeating this hag for kid. He hit the deck instantly, summoning clones to be used as meat shields to cover his retreat. But it's useless, not even a minute, all the clones are vaporized into smoke courtesy of Remilia's attack. And she's coming for him.
Guess he's going to need a little help from someone…
"Oi fox, now." He said to his tenant inside, eyes still focused at the vampire that is currently soaring at him at high speed.
"Sure thing." He felt it in an instant. The ever so vile and painful chakra of the Kyuubi, he clenched his teeth holding the pain in, he'll let the chakra to flush through his own chakra reserves, tainting it with raw and tailed beast chakra. He felt stronger and lighter, as if he could run straight to a mountain and not get hurt. Eyes flashing red, he disappeared from his place.
With the audience…
"Did you see that?!" Marisa exclaimed, can't believe what she's seeing. "The kid, he's gone!"
"No, look. He's… going to Remilia!?" Reimu can't help but to raise her voice, not believing what she's seeing with her own two eyes right now. Someone matched Remilia in speed? And a kid nonetheless? It has got to be that fox's doing but whatever it is, it's helping the kid and she hopes that the kid knows what he's doing.
Patchouli was observing the fight with a semi interested look and a mixed between impressed and surprised. Placing her book away from her being, she observed closer. The boy's fighting pattern is… none. Nothing, nada. It's as if he's just barging straight into Remilia without any plan, he's a… a fool. A fool that charges blindly into battle without any plans or strategy at all. But it's ridiculous that he managed to keep up with Remilia. Shw can see her friend doing well, constantly attacking and taking the offense, but it appears that the boy is not only taking the defense…
Her eyes widen.
So…. That's his plan… interesting… to be able to play a mind trick her is no small feat. She saw it now, the boy's plan. Her grinning face was unfortunately caught by the shrine maiden, who does not hesitate to ask about that. "What are you smiling on about?" Reimu asked the librarian, who shook her head.
"Nothing… just… interested, yes, interested would be the proper term. And… interesting…" Patchouli admitted before saying. "Did he tell you what he was back at his home?"
Confused at the magician's question, Reimu started to recall. "He was a prankster if I'm not mistaken, why?" all she received was only a small smile from the purple haired magician. "Okay, now you're creeping me out, what the heck's going on?"
Not losing her small smile that is sporting on her face, she merely said. "You'll see…"
With the fighters….
All he's been doing was dodging and countering, not that it's a bad thing. The vampire's won him over all fields. Strength, speed, endurance and even stamina… in his current state he's gotten access to the fox's chakra but it's useless if he doesn't know on how to use it properly. Hell all it does is just making him stronger and faster… that also explains the reason as to why he's still alive and not six feet deep underground right now, all of the girl's attack has been mostly near misses.
He needs to do something and get his plan on action…
Well, here goes nothing.
Taking out his storage scrolls, he bit his thumb and swiped the blood over the scroll as he unveiled it. In burst of smoke, two ninja bombs appeared still in their pristine condition. He grabbed onto both of the bombs, gripping them hard. Now, just to lure the vampire in. "Oh no! I'm bleeding. Mommy, save me from the big bad vampire!" if Naruto had a talent, it would be the talent to piss other people off in an instant as soon as he opens his mouth. He got the reaction he wanted, but not sure if he could return it.
Remilia was this close on shouting and throwing verbal atrocities to the boy, but she chose to act instead of speaking. She lunged forward, her hands ready to grab the little insolence and make him regret the mockery that he stated earlier. Remilia was on him in an instant, due to the rage fueling her. She was about a meter away from him, but her short stature needs her to get closer to even touch him. But that never happen.
BOOF
The Naruto that she was aiming for bursts into a hug cloud of orange smoke. She has no time to even to try to cover her face from the incoming smokescreen, now she can't see anything except for orange. "GAHCK!" She felt something hit her from the back. He turned with her hand ready to crush whoever's behind her, but found no one was waiting. "GUH!" something that is familiar to a knee was planted into her gut, causing her to spit out saliva and a little bit of blood. She kneeled on the ground, feeling the pain on her body. But she's not given any time to heal. A kick hit to her chin, sending her outside of the smoke.
She managed to open her eyes, and they widen instantly.
Orange… her entire self… is… orange…
That's it. The brat's going to die.
With the audiences…
Marisa, Reimu and even Patchouli can't believe what they're seeing. Remilia, fallen? And it looks like that she's having a new set of clothes. Marisa was -the first one to react. "Dibs on helping the bra-
"None." Reimu and Patchouli said as one.
"Dammit."
With the fighters…
"You…" Remilia uttered in obvious anger and fury at the blonde who is now standing opposite of her with a large grin on his face. How dare he… he's gone too far, forget on holding back, this brat's going down…
"Don't you know vampire-san? Orange is the new red." He said, grinning like a fool. A smart fool.
That does it. Raising her hand, a card materialized on it. Placing the card in front of her, she shouted. "Critical: Heartbreak!" a large, red spear that is so big that it's surprising to see someone as small as Remilia can hold it. The spear does not look that it's made out of anything solid, in fact…
Naruto's eyes widen. Danmaku?! Shit this is bad… he pissed her off alright…
"HRAAAAAAGH!" The spear was thrown, so the boy was hurt. No. instead… the boy was hurt, so the spear was launched. Gungir went into the boy, hitting him straight on.
"GAAAAAH!" he was blown back far, far from the arena but still in the audience's view. He's hurt badly, and the tree he crashed on broke into two. He can't feel his back nor can he feel his head, all he can see is the green grass and someone… someone coming at him. He gritted his teeth.
Remilia can't help the smirk forming on her face. That'll show him who is superior. When she reached the blonde, she kneeled down, tapping the boy's head. "Are you dead yet? My, it's truly disappointing that you're so weak that even you can't withstand gungir… but then again, no one can defeat gungir!" she laughed manically. Stopping, she realized that the boy is not responding at all. Out of curiosity, she nudged the boy with her foot. "Oi, you really dead?" she muttered. "Well… Reimu won't like this…"
"Heh." She heard him laugh. "Hehehehe… HAHAHAHAHA!" That small snicker turned into a full grown laughter. The boy laughed with his face still facing the ground. Then he raised his head. "You're the one who won't be liking this."
Remilia tried to figure out what he meant, but she can't react when she felt all her limbs being immobilized by something thin yet strong, it's digging deeper into her flesh. The strings like thing grew tighter and tighter as it binds her in the most impossible hold, and these aren't strings… they're metals?! Before she knew it, she's facing the blond while tied to a web of metallic strings that completely prevents her from moving at all. And she noticed that there are these papers like things attached to the metallic strings.
She saw him getting up slowly, all she could see is him picking up something from inside his pocket. It's… something made from metal due to the shine it emits. He gave her a full grown smirk and a grin, seeing her vulnerable state makes his smirk grew larger and larger. After a lengthy moment, he spoke. "Do you know what they called me back at home Remilia?" he asked with humorous intent.
She can't answer him due to the alien feeling that she's feeling right now.
He opened the metal like box that he's carrying, and a spark flickered when he strike a circular striker. "They called me the prank king of Konoha, and you know what?" he asked her again, this time the lighter he's carrying was already lighted, making Remilia feeling intimidated for some reason.
"I'll be damned if I lose my touch." He turned his back towards Remilia, and threw the lighter at her being.
The alarm in Remilia's body turned off, knowing what would happen. But still, she can't react to avoid what will happen to her. "NOOOOOOO!"
BANG BOOM BANG!
A sky high explosion indeed…
Later…
"Ow! OW OW OW OW OW! Can't you do it gently woman?" he complained, wincing when he felt Marisa's hands touched the wrong side of his cheek. "And why are you the one doing this?" he asked again.
"Well sorry…" Marisa muttered. "And to answer your question, why? Don't like it?" she dressed his wounds with a bandage, covering it.
The boy winced, before saying. "No… I just never expect you to be the one doing this… I thought that it'll be Reimu or someone…" he trailed off. Then he jolt when he felt Marisa purposely touch the pained part of his legs. "YEOUWCH! What's that for?!"
Marisa pouted. "Can't you be more insensitive than this?" she asked with sarcasm, and little tinged of blush.
"What…?" he's seriously confused here, and her blushing? Maybe Remilia hit him too hard before…
Finished on patching him up, she helped him stand by offering him her hand. "Here. Reimu will want to see you." He accepted the outstretched hand, and stood up again, feeling the pain coursing, he winced. "Take it easy kid, you don't wanna hurt yourself again."
"Yeah, yeah…" the two walked towards where the others are waiting, in the gazebo. When arriving, he was greeted by a rather not so familiar sight. Reimu is there sitting while drinking tea, the house occupants are there too and the maid is also present with Remilia giving him a not so friendly look. Staring back at the vampire's eyes, he gave her a smirk. "What's wrong?"
Narrowing her eyes, Remilia held her fury in. "Nothing~… just waiting for a certain someone to arrive and here he is, all in his foolish glory."
Naruto mock bowed. "Thank you, thank you… now, I think that I deserve some answers?" that point made Reimu raised her eyebrow. She saw the boy turning towards her. "Reimu. Who is Yukari Yakumo?"
Hearing that name, Reimu placed the cup she was drinking from back on the table. Giving the boy a stare, she asked. "How did you know that name?"
"I told him." Her head turned towards Patchouli who is reading her book. The magician paused on reading to take a moment to speak. "I don't see what's wrong on telling him about her? After all, if he's here, then the only one that is as close to the suspect is her."
Reimu hummed. "True. But it's almost impossible on finding that woman, you know where she lives."
"I don't." Patchouli answered.
Reimu looked at Naruto. "There you have it, Yukari Yakumo." She said out lamely.
Naruto clicked his tongue, kicking the ground. "Well that sucked… I'm so getting grounded when I returned later… that is if I'll go back home… anyway, can we get going now? I need to take a bath and I don't think I'll be conscious if I stay here any longer." He said to the witch who shrugged.
"Fine by me. Hop on." She gestured to her broom. Naruto sat uncomfortably on the broom. "Well, catch you guys later, need to return the kid back for his evening nap."
Naruto rolled his eyes. Marisa got on her broom and took off to the sky, leaving behind a trail of dust for the others to cover their faces at. Remilia sighed, feeling Reimu's eyes on her. "Yes, I fought him because I was curious about that power of his and no I have no intention of using him as food. That blood of his… no matter how sweet it is, it's vile. Just like a wine, if I drink from him more, I'll get addicted even more." She finished with a flat stare.
Reimu kept on staring for a few seconds, until she shrugged and stood from her seat. "Fair enough. I guess I'll return home." She took off, back to her shrine.
Remilia and the other four of her house's occupants were left alone, and it was Sakuya who broke the silence. "Shall I ready the bath for you, mistress?"
"…No. maybe later, I need to think."
"Of course."
TBC in a newer arc
A/N: I got a review from a certain Element Overlord suggesting that this series to be a full story. Well, I'm sorry to say that I can't. I am planning to make this series a series where there will be only few stories and more drabbles, but I'm more focused on doing stories right now. To those who are expecting drabbles never fear I'll be doing them as soon as possible, but for those who are expecting a new story, feel free to request and state whatever elements you want in it. But one condition, it will be a separate series and it must a Naruto Touhou corssovers.
That's all to be honest…oh and i'm giving this and the other previous series a name. So that I won't have to keep on naming them as As or Bs.