I don't own Naruto, if I did Sasuke would not be an asshole, Pein would have fought Naruto in a battle of pure awesome, and Danzo would be crushed beneath Kyuubi's paws.
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"Ugh, I hate it when guys forget I'm inside Naruko's head," muttered Naruto as the group walked towards the Saotome dojo. The last few days had been full of Naruko and Naruto expressing their affection for Hinata and most of the boys in Furinkan appeared to have lost all blood flow to their brain in favor of their lower head. Hotaru and her class had been busy with a constant stream of perverts with broken bones and bruises. Even worse had been Hinata having to deal with a bunch of shallow girls who wanted the intimate details about Naruto. It had taken, Ranko, Kimiko, Miyuki, and Ryeka working together to hold the kunoichi back from slaughtering the girls who lewdly asked how long Naruto was and how his stamina held out. Said girls found that annoying a girl whose fiancé could prank a whole village full of ninja and not be caught by the most experienced ones was a bad idea when all their clothes ended up bearing labels like 'slut', 'whore', and 'bitch' that wouldn't come out no matter what they tried.
"Yeah, dad says his friends acted similar to that," said Akira.
"At least my fiancé doesn't hit me with a mallet when I make a mistake or upset her," said Naruto, only to collapse as a slightly annoyed Hinata had poked him in a pressure point to disable his legs. "She just does things like this," he muttered into the ground.
The rest of the group chuckled as Akira helped Naruto up and the blond used puppy dog eyes to get Hinata to restore his legs. "Dude, never piss off your girlfriend when she's behind you and can kill you with a poke," stated Akira.
"How was I to know that would make her mad?" whined Naruto.
Akira smirked as he ruffled the younger boy's head and answered, "Naruko and the fact she's being compared to another woman."
"Noted," grumbled Naruto before his ears and nose twitched. "Something on the wind… smells kind of like a phoenix mixed with something else…."
"I haven't summoned any phoenix tribe members," said Hinata, activating her Byakugan. "It's not a phoenix, it's a girl… running from two men!" she yelled.
"I could use some stress relief," said Naruto as he dashed in the direction Hinata and his senses indicated with the rest of the group following him.
Rounding the corner was the source of the scent, a girl with flame like hair wearing a red cheongsam with green leather armor boots and gloves. She was followed by a slightly older girl in a good quality but simple Chinese tunic and pants that kept looking back over her shoulder. Chasing them were two men in matching Chinese tunics, each armed with a sheathed jian (Chinese double edged straight sword). Both men moved with the grace of seasoned fighters, but they were not expecting to have a blond kitsune dart between them and do a handstand before spinning on his hands to send the men crashing in different directions. The one on the left found himself assaulted by Akira, Hinata, and Ranko, while Naruto, Kimiko, and Miyuki leapt towards the other. Ryeka swooped in and grabbed the flame haired girl under one arm and the older girl under the other, carrying them to the top of a nearby building. "Stay here, you'll be okay!" she said before diving back down to join her friends in the budding brawl, only to find the two sword wielders knocked out and Naruto scratching his head.
"I guess I hit them harder than I thought," he said.
At that moment, the slightly older girl dropped down, a halberd in her hands aimed at the teens. "Do you have any idea what you've done?" she asked as the flame haired girl dropped down behind her.
The teens all shared a look before Miyuki said, "Ano, we saved you from these psychos?"
"These psychos are the princess's own bodyguards!" yelled the older girl.
"A princess, we had no idea!" gasped Naruto sarcastically. "Lady, when two guys with swords and matching clothes are chasing someone through the streets it looks like a bunch of cultists looking for a virgin sacrifice to me!"
"Sit!" hissed Hinata, causing Naruto to face fault into the ground. "Please forgive my fiancé, he's had a rough day," she said while bowing.
"Quite alright," said the flame haired princess before bowing. "I'm Cinnamon, princess of the Phoenix tribe and this is my maid Lavender, pleased to meet you." At this greeting, Akira, Miyuki, and Ranko's faces all turned pale.
"Phoenix tribe… from Jusenkyo?" asked Ranko quietly.
"Why yes, have you heard of us?" asked Cinnamon, only to have Ranko and the twins bolt off like bats out of hell.
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Ranko actually leapt over the wall of the Saotome house with her niece and nephew right behind her. Barely stopping to remove their shoes, the trio sped into the house and Ranko slammed open the door to the living room. "Nii-san, bad news, I think Saffron is here…" yelled Ranko, only to trail off as she saw Ranma and Akane turn to face her instead of the three people seated on the couch across from them. Ranko could immediately name two from her brother's stories. "And in your living room with Herb?" she finished weakly as she stared at the humanoid phoenix resting on one side of the couch. Next to him was a man with white, blue, and pink hair who had his arm wrapped around a beautiful woman with golden hair whose face had a mischievous expression. All three wore Chinese style armor, though Saffron's had a flame motif as opposed to the dragon scale armor of the couple.
"Did you manage to split your curse off into her own body Saotome?" asked Herb as he looked at Ranko.
"No, my mom was so excited when I finally married Akane that she dragged pop off on a second honeymoon and nine months later Ranko popped out," explained Ranma, splashing himself with some of his water to prove he was telling the truth.
"What about the little tiger girl?" asked the woman next to Herb.
"My daughter Miyuki, Happosai made a mixture of spring of drowned girl and drowned cat with more of the girl water that she got soaked in," said Akane.
At that moment, the door opened and a younger version of Herb with gold instead of white hair entered after removing his shoes. "Father, Cinnamon hasn't come back yet?" he asked.
"No, your sister is still out seeing the sights," said Herb, only to have Akira cough and point behind the newcomer to show Cinnamon, Lavender, Naruto, Hinata, Kimiko, and Ryeka staring at the gathering.
"I think we need to move to the dojo to have more room," said Ranma with a chuckle.
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Once everyone was seated in the dojo, with the Saotome clan, the Chinese visitors, and Furinkan students forming a sort of triangle arrangements, the introductions began.
"I am Prince Herb of the Musk Dynasty," said Herb with a seated bow. "This is my wife Cassia and this young man is my son Thyme."
"I am Saffron, lord of Phoenix Mountain and this is my daughter Cinnamon and her maid Lavender," said Saffron, while inclining his head.
"These are my students Naruto, Hinata, Kimiko, and Ryeka" said Ranma as he pointed to each in turn, "And these are my twin children Akira and Miyuki, while you already met Ranko. Now mind telling me why you came to see me? I really don't think Nerima can stand up to a rematch between me and the two of you."
"We are here because of a matter concerning my daughter," said Herb, trailing off as he received puzzled looks from everyone without advanced senses, who had already put the pieces of the puzzle together.
"But the only girl here that looks anything like you is…" said Akane before trailing off and staring at Cinnamon, now noting the blue and pink forelocks that resembled kindling to her flaming mane.
Seeing Hinata glancing at him, Naruto nodded. "Yeah, Cinnamon smells like a combination of Herb-sama and Saffron-sama!" whispered the kitsune, while Kimiko nodded.
"You actually gave birth?" gasped Ranma, staring at the man who shared his Jusenkyo curse.
"It was the end of a long day and Cassia apparently slipped something into the wine to get me in the mood for the evening," said a red faced Herb.
"And since I was there to negotiate a treaty with Prince Herb we shared the same cup to seal the deal…" continued Saffron, his own face red.
"Best night ever!" chirped Cassia with a smirk that made both men blush.
"You weren't the one who had to carry a giant egg in their body for a month and then push it out!" growled Herb.
Cassia simply smiled at her angry husband and said, "But you looked so happy when you were tucking Cinnamon's egg into the heated nest we built for it! You would constantly slip out of bed to check on her until she hatched! I've seen you look at that nest several times, maybe you want another child?" Sufficiently cowed, Herb ducked his head down while Saffron gave him a sympathetic glance before taking over the explanation. It was clear that while he ruled the Musk Dynasty, Cassia was a true power behind Herb's throne and could manipulate him easily.
"Recently, we became aware of an evil mage who needs the blood of a dragon and a phoenix to summon a hideous monster called the Tarrasque. From what we can glean from ancient scrolls, the beast is largely invulnerable due to its high regeneration. Herb and I speculate it would take both of us working together to even come close to defeating the beast, thus we came to the only person we know who has ever defeated either of us, you!" explained Saffron as he gestured to Ranma.
"So you want me to help fight an ancient evil if this psycho gets a hold of Cinnamon?" asked Ranma. Seeing his former adversaries nod, the Wild Horse of Nerima groaned. "I'll do it, but we'd better make it hard for the nut job to get Cinnamon!"
"Then you need to hire specialists," said a new voice, though there was nobody else visible in the dojo.
"Show yourself!" demanded Thyme, a blade of ki forming on his hand.
Jiraiya slowly rose up from a shadowy corner of the room in full Sennin mode. "I'm Jiraiya of the Densatsu no Sannin from Konohagakure no Sato in Hi no Kuni. I'm Naruto and Hinata's primary caretaker and sensei in ninjutsu. If you need body guards, Naruto and Hinata are a good choice," said the white haired man.
"Your skills are impressive, but what about theirs?" asked Herb as he regarded Naruto and Hinata, only to feel a tap on his shoulder. Turning, he saw a smirking Naruto holding the spiked ring that kept his hair in its long ponytail, which now settled down around his shoulders. 'I never even sensed him move…' thought Herb, only to see the Naruto seated by Hinata disappear in a puff of smoke.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu, one of my most useful jutsu, it allows me to create a solid duplicate of myself," explained Naruto as he handed Herb the hair piece. "In addition to my clones I can summon kitsune and toads, various ninjutsu, kitsune style taijutsu and kenjutsu, and the traditional ninja skills."
"Most impressive, and what can you do young lady?" Cassia asked Hinata with interest.
Hinata activated her Doujutsu and said, "My Byakugan is the perfect surveillance aid, I can also disable enemies with attacks to their body's chakra network and even attack the inner organs. I also know some ninjutsu and have a summon contract with the phoenix clan." This last item caused Saffron to stiffen.
"Show me!" ordered the phoenix king.
Hinata quickly flashed through the hand seals and slammed her hands to the ground with a cry of, "Kuchiyose no jutsu!" Instantly the room was obscured by a giant smoke cloud, only to reveal a woman who appeared like an older female version of Saffron.
"Hinata-chan, why have you summoned me?" she asked before noticing the other Phoenix in the room. "Saffron? What are you doing here my chick?"
"Well mother, Hinata-san said she had a contract with our clan, but I hadn't heard anything about a summoner. I asked her to prove her claim and she summoned you!" said Saffron.
"Is this true Hinata-chan?" asked the female phoenix.
"Hai Suzaku-sama!" said Hinata with a bow.
"Well, it seems like my daughter has a good set of potential protectors," Saffron started to say, only to be slammed against the wall by his mother.
"You have a hatchling and never sent a letter to me telling me this?" she said in a deceptively calm voice. "Do you know how long I've despaired of you finding a good woman who could carry your children to hatching???? How many years of spoiling have I missed out on????"
Cinnamon giggled at the panic in her father's eyes and stepped into his defense by hugging Suzaku tightly. "Grandmother, please let father down?" she softly requested. Suzaku complied and swept the phoenix dragon hybrid up in a hug.
"Oh you're just so cute, I wish I could have been there for your birth! Where is your mother, I have to see the baby photos!" gushed the phoenix queen before tilting her head slightly. "But why do you have the scent of dragon on you?"
"That's because my husband is the sometimes mother of your grandchild," said Cassia. Seeing Suzuka staring at her in confusion, the dragoness dumped a glass of cold water on Herb, turning him female. Unlike Ranma, Herb's basic appearance stayed the same except for the obvious gender differences and a slightly smaller and thinner build in female form.
"There's an interesting story here, please tell it," said Suzaku as she sat down with Cinnamon in her lap.
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"I see, and this mage wants to sacrifice my grand hatchling?" demanded Suzaku once Cassia had finished telling the story and showing Cinnamon and Thyme's baby photos, much to the dragon boy's embarrassment.
Cassia nodded, her usually playful face deadly serious. "Yes, and even if I didn't view her as my own daughter I would give my life to protect her," said the dragoness as she laid a hand on Cinnamon's shoulder.
"Could you explain one thing first?" asked Hinata. Seeing everyone's attention on her, the Heiress blushed slightly but continued, "What did you mean about carrying Saffron-sama's children to hatching Suzaku-sama?"
"Because of our fire nature, only another phoenix or a creature with incredible magical reserves can create a baby phoenix. However, most of the phoenix tribe is either much older than my son or much younger, making them uninterested except for a power grab, which I won't tolerate. Princess Herb's Dragon heritage allowed her to carry Cinnamon's egg and lay it safely," explained Suzaku.
"I do have a suggestion on how to protect Cinnamon," said Jiraiya. "Our house is protected by seals, something this mage probably has no experience with. Cinnamon can share a room with Hinata while Thyme can bunk in Naruto's room. Both of them can have the cover of transfer students at Furinkan to make them not stick out like a prince and a princess would. That way Cinnamon will be close to her protectors at all times."
"I'm in!" declared Cinnamon before her parents could say anything. "I would rather go to public school than have to deal with those boring tutors back home!"
Thyme winced at his sister's declaration and said, "Now sister, they are only trying to do their jobs," only to be interrupted as Cinnamon turned to him with a determined look in her eyes.
"Brother, you don't want to live a normal life for a little bit? Just think, no more having to listen to those court flunkies, no having to go to those fancy balls you hate, free to wear clothes that don't itch everywhere and make us sweat gallons away, and most of all: no prissy princesses coming to court you!"
"When do we leave?" asked Thyme.
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The two new transfer students turned out to be a minor sensation in the typical Nerima view point. Cinnamon was targeted by Shugo, only to have Thyme show the kendoist that a ki sword beats a bokken any day. Both of the siblings quickly gained their own fan clubs, but Thyme's fan club died moments after being formed as he managed to convince Ranko to act as his girlfriend to keep the horde of fan girls at bay by the start of class. Like Haku's pretend romance with Sasuke when she first entered Konoha, it was easy to see it quickly became more and more real as the two ate meals together. It helped that Ranko was very down to earth and practical, something Thyme valued in a woman.
Cinnamon was turning heads as she walked down the halls of the school, numerous boys crashing into classmates, walls, and in one case, the girls' bathroom. Naruto and Akira seemed to be the only boys totally unaffected by her charms, as Naruto noticed even Jason and Zenith would blush when Cinnamon smiled at them. Shugo was heard ranting about he had three lovelies to choose from, Miyuki, Hinata, and Cinnamon, which earned him a beating from Akira, Naruto, and Thyme that left him in bandages for the next few days.
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"So how are you two enjoying public school?" asked Naruto as the group walked home a few days after Thyme and Cinnamon started attending Furinkan.
"Better than tutors," declared Cinnamon while winking at a boy walking by the group and giggling as he tried to keep watching her so much he tripped and fell flat on his face.
Miyuki scowled slightly and asked, "Do you ever stop flirting?"
"Blame Auntie, I know I inherited my mischievous nature from her being the constant female parental figure," said the phoenix dragon hybrid.
"Kind of like how it seems whatever Naruko is wearing makes her look sexy?" asked Akira, only to get a bop on the head from Naruto.
"Naruko can't help it, kitsune vixens are inherently sexy, even the shy ones can turn heads in full kimono!" exclaimed Naruto, only to get hit by the local ladle lady and pout. "We're Chunnin, how could we not dodge that?" asked Naruko as she shook some water off her head.
Ranko chuckled as she explained, "No harmful intent, she gets Ranma-ni-san every time he comes by her place, just like her mother did before her. There is always a little old ladle lady in Nerima who hits any Jusenkyo curse victim as she's washing the side walk in front of her yard."
"Great for her," muttered Naruko before a light bulb sprung up above her head. Creating a single Kage Bunshin, the fox girl sent it off to Kitsune Sō (Fox house) to set her plan into motion.
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"Sensei, I need some help," said the Naruko clone once she found Jiraiya meditating in the house's upstairs dojo.
"I am not giving you Icha Icha for inspiration for things to do with Hinata, your mother would kill me," said the super pervert as he opened his eyes.
"You mean this?" asked the clone as she held up a copy of Icha Icha. "All I had to do was walk into your room looking for you and snag it! But that's not what I'm asking about! I need to create some seals that will shoot out elemental blasts so the boss and Hinata-chan can practice dodging ninjutsu more easily!"
"Sounds interesting, and since you're a clone this is a good thing to work on," said Jiraiya as he started looking through the scrolls on sealing that were in his scroll library. "We'll need the basic elemental seals and some of the type used in launching kunai traps…"
(0o0o0)
Naruko sighed as she caught a bowl of ramen tossed from the kitchen by Cologne. "This is pure torture Cologne-sensei! You let everyone else have a free bowl but keep me working?" she wailed.
"You admitted to being caught off guard by an enemy, an Amazon should know better," stated the Joketsu elder as she tossed five more bowls that were each caught by Naruko's tails.
"I'm not a poison expert!" countered Naruko, delivering her bowls to the tables that ordered them and glaring at Cologne.
"Naruko does have a point," said Hinata as she finished her bowl of miso ramen and stood up to help her fiancé with the orders. "The academy doesn't cover more than basic poison and it would have to be specifically tailored to a kitsune to have the full effect on Naruto or Naruko."
Cologne nodded to show she got the point before saying, "Be that as it may, we're going to be studying herbs, you're all well along the way to physical skills, so we'll delve into some other skills." With that, she sent bowls of ramen whizzing through the air, all of her servers scrambling to catch all the flying dishes.
(0o0o0)
"Well, you're certainly good at this," said Jiraiya as he examined the special seal Naruko's clone had created by merging a seal to store heat and one to store water. "I guess the blonde hair and blue eyes aren't the only things my apprentice passed down to you."
"Well, after learning the Hiraishin formula, this is kind of easy," said the clone as she started working on another new seal. This one appeared to be the same as the one in Jiraiya's hand, only with the heat seal inverted.
"You know the formula?" asked Jiraiya, raising one eye brow.
"Duh, Tou-san wanted to make sure I knew exactly how it worked. Plus, mine have a slightly different signal so I don't accidentally use the same kunai dad is using at the same moment," explained Naruko's clone before resuming her work.
"Where are you going to put these seals?" asked Jiraiya.
The clone pointed out the nearby window, where the underground lair Naruko had made a few nights ago still stood out amongst the grass of the yard. "Chakra in the earth can be stored inside the seals to keep them strong and allow for instant recharging," explained the clone.
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"You look exhausted," said Thyme as he lent Naruto a shoulder to help the fox boy make it back to Kitsune Sō. Cologne had kept Naruko on edge all evening, shooting mildly irritating poisoned darts at the fox girl to spice up the training. Apparently the Matriarch knew how to make poisons to effect kitsune, much to Naruko's annoyance.
"The old ghoul is a slave driver!" growled Naruto.
"I think she's cool," said Cinnamon with a grin.
Hinata tried to defuse an impending argument by saying, "Naruto-kun, if you calm down I'll give you a massage before bed!" Naruto blinked before grinning and giving Hinata the nice guy pose Gai and Lee used so often.
"You've got a deal Hinata-chan!" declared the kitsune as they reached the house and entered to find Naruko's clone still there and looking over a seal. "You're still here?" asked Naruto, causing the clone to blink in surprise.
"I guess I lost track of time," said Naruko with a chuckle.
Hinata, Thyme, and Cinnamon looked from one kitsune hanyou to the other before Thyme started rubbing his head and muttered, "This is confusing."
Naruko suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke, while Naruto grabbed his head and growled, "Damn, it's like I'm seeing everything from two perspectives, like I'm Naruko and someone watching her!"
Hinata ran a glowing green hand over Naruto's head before saying, "Is Naruko-chan okay to?"
"Yeah, but she got the same two viewpoints. It appears if I am the active one when her clones dismiss themselves or she is active when my clones cease to exist then we get a double viewpoint to account for our two personalities. However, I was able to see some mistakes she made before I sorted through her viewpoint and she spotted several things I missed on the way home," said Naruto.
"I think a good soak is in order," said Thyme as he helped Naruto to the furo, leaving Cinnamon and Hinata to have some girl talk together.
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"Ready for your massage Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked as she opened the door to the dojo, only to find a slightly blushing Naruto and Naruko waiting for her and a second massage table beside the one she had set up before going to get some massage oils and muscle balms she had forgotten from her supplies. Both kitsune were wearing swimsuits, Naruto having a pair of whirlpool swirl patterned trunks and Naruko a modest flame patterned bikini. "Just what is going on here?" asked Hinata, carefully hiding her amusement.
"Well, I figured since Naruko had to endure most of the hard stuff today I'd let her have some fun too. I temporarily used Okaa-san's Kitsune Rei Wakedori (Fox spirit sharing/division) to split us apart with real bodies so we'd both get the full benefit of the massage."
"I don't really mind, I do get some more time with Naruko-chan," said Hinata before she formed a familiar cross hand seal. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" with a puff of smoke, there were now two Hinata standing side by side. Both joined hands and twirled around quickly so the two kitsune wouldn't know which Hinata was the real one and then split up the supplies Hinata had brought. At the Hyuuga girls' instructions, both kitsune lay face down on the tables, allowing Hinata and her clone to start rubbing massage oil into their backs. The twins immediately started groaning in delight as Hinata's nimble fingers combined with her Byakugan allowed her to massage Tenketsu and pressure points all at once. Hinata soon had her patients go from tired kitsune to very content kitsune. It was really no surprise to Hinata when Naruto spun himself around and pulled her onto his lap for some cuddle time. Naruko was the surprise, as Hinata realized that every time she came near one of the fox girl's sensitive spots she would moan lightly. "Are you okay Naruko-chan?" asked Hinata in concern.
"I think that aphrodisiac Old Hag Kuroten used on me plus her attempts to break me had a more lasting effect than I thought," replied the female Kitsune, causing her brother and Hinata to stare at her with worried looks on their faces. "I think it made me submissive," continued the blonde. Naruto's face instantly gained a look of understanding while both Hinata and her clone looked confused.
"And since Hinata was the one to take care of you and made you submit to her because of your inexperience, you've accepted her, right?" asked Naruto, getting a nod from his twin.
"Accepted me as what?" asked the Hinata by Naruko.
"Her/my mistress," said the two kitsune at the same time.
The result of this comment was the Hinata next to Naruto giving an "Eep!" as her face turned into a tomato before she exploded in a cloud of smoke and the Hinata with her hand on Naruko's back had a similar expression. "Mistress?" she demanded. "I don't want a slave! I hate how the branch family in enslaved by the main family and you want me to have Naruko as my slave?"
Hinata's anger was cut off as Naruko wrapped her arms around the fuming heiress and nuzzled against her. "Not slave Hinata-ojou-sama, but your pet!" she declared before her tongue darted out and licked Hinata's neck.
"Ah, Naruko-chan!" gasped Hinata, unprepared for the sudden assault.
"I'm not going to be some tame little fox Hinata-ojou-sama, I'm going to be a feisty little vixen and if you don't keep me under control I'll start to run wild!" declared Naruko with a mischievous grin, only to be bowled over as Hinata used some of the Tai Chi moves Ranma had taught her to floor the vixen and subdue her.
"Bad Naruko-chan!" said Hinata, grabbing a nearby towel and rolling it up. She gave the kitsune a few light whaps on the head with her impromptu weapon, which earned her a few startled yaps and a moan with the last one, only to hear the sound of feet running out of the room and looking up to find Naruto was gone. However, Hinata was forced to fend off a suddenly fierce Naruko and apply her temporary weapon to the fox girl's recently massaged bottom to keep Naruko from jumping her and keeping her up all night.
(0o0o0)
'Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts!' Naruto yelled inside his head as he poured a bucket of cold water on his head. He hadn't expected Naruko to go so far with her act. 'I'm going to have a long talk with sis soon!' he thought with a shudder.
"Something wrong?" asked a voice behind Naruto that set warning bells off in his head. Slowly turning his head slightly, the fox boy found Cinnamon looking at him over the edge of the furo. The dragon/phoenix girl's head and arms were the only parts of her he could see, which made him grateful, since he doubted Thyme would kill him for seeing that much.
"Sorry Cinnamon, I was so panicked I forgot to check that the bathroom was unoccupied," explained Naruto.
"That's ok, I can see you've got a problem," said Cinnamon with a smirk as her eyes flicked down Naruto's body. "Maybe I could help you with it?" Naruto glanced down and the next moment there was a Naruto shaped hole in the wall as Naruto got out of the bathroom without using the door. "Hmmm, never had that reaction from a boy before," said Cinnamon as she leaned back in the furo.
(0o0o0)
"Poor kid," said Jiraiya as he restrained Thyme from castrating Naruto. "He's really got it tough. His sister and girlfriend can get closer than he can at the moment, that's got to be rough on him. I'm going to have to have a talk with him!"
(0o0o0)
"What the hell am I going to do?" moaned Naruto as he sat beneath the branches of a tall tree watching the full moon in the Feudal era. He had managed to slip past the Kamiya family having dinner and enter the well without being caught and was far from the well. "Seeing Hinata and Naruko like that… like something out of Ero-Sennin's books… if I hadn't gotten out of there I might have done something I'd regret! If I got Hinata pregnant our parents would kill me and she'd lose her clan's respect!"
The rustling of some bushes had Naruto on his feet in a second, hands armed with kunai in case a stupid youkai decided kitsune hanyou would make a tasty midnight snack. His fears were put to rest when Kasei and Mia stepped out of the bushes. The little human girl was now dressed in a set of soft leathers that let her move freely through the trees and bushes while making her harder to spot with her dark hair. She also carried a set of daggers Rin had given her, and the fact she had her hands hovering near the handles had Naruto smiling. "Hello Naruto, what are you doing out here with such a negative aura?" asked Kasei as she looked her future kit over worriedly. Mai was much more direct, running up to Naruto and hugging him before gripping one of his tails.
"Well… it's kind of like this," said Naruto as he carefully explained what had happened.
"My poor kit," said Kasei, pulling Naruto into a hug. "Matters of the heart and instinct are never easy. Youkai will always be torn between their instincts and their common sense when dealing with humans. Even after so many years they still confuse me and I doubt I'll ever fully understand them."
"Why can't you just kiss Hinata-nee-chan?" asked Mai, from where she was perched in Naruto's lap.
Naruto sighed, ruffling the little girl's hair, as he said, "The problem is I want to mate with her… but my mind knows we aren't ready for that. My instincts don't care and it's tearing me apart."
Kasei gave Naruto a knowing look and asked, "And it doesn't help that Naruko is able to make love to Hinata when you can't, right?" Naruto simply nodded.
"What's making love?" asked Mai, only to have both kitsune blush.
"I'll tell you when you're older and ready for it," said Kasei before she pulled some herbs, a mortar, and a pestle from seals within her robe. "I think I can help you in one regard Naruto, removing the worry of accidental impregnation when you finally take Hinata to bed. This elixir will neutralize your sperm and Naruko's eggs, making sure you can't pass on anything to Hinata in either form. It's good for about five years, so when you get back home to my future self, remind me you need the antidote."
(0o0o0)
The next day Hinata came down to breakfast to find a cheerful Naruto reading the comics and greeting her with a hug and a kiss. Even as she searched his face for any signs of resentment about Naruko being able to be intimate with her, Hinata couldn't find any, even with her Byakugan. With Cinnamon and Thyme staying at Kitsune-Sō, meals were much livelier as Cinnamon seemed to relish not having to eat 'fancy gourmet food' but had been told firmly by Hoshiko that pizza, hamburgers, and ice cream were not appropriate as her sole source of food. Thyme was more restrained, but even he appreciated the simple meals over the grandiose displays he was subject to at home. While the royal cook was definitely skilled, he had more of an eye for appearance than taste with some of his dishes. Thyme still shuddered at the display that had resulted when the cook had sent out a roast ostrich the last time Saffron had visited. Serving a giant bird to the Phoenix Lord was a bad idea and Saffron was furious. He acknowledged that Cinnamon could eat chicken, turkey, and other bird based dishes if she wanted to, but to suggest he turn cannibal was a grievous insult. The cook had barely escaped being skewered on the giant spit meant for roasting five oxen at once when Cassia and Cinnamon turned on their best pouty faces and made him calm down.
As soon as breakfast was over, the kids rushed off to Furinkan, quickly being joined by Akira, Miyuki, and Ranko. Ryeka usually simply teleported to the school yard while Kimiko came to the school from the opposite direction of the rest of the group. Just as everyone met up and before Naruto and Kimiko could rush to Li Na's ramen stand for a fresh hot morning bowl of ramen, a giant crack in the ground opened up in the middle of the school courtyard and a horde of small humanoids poured out. "Goblins?" asked Kimiko in shock, a similar expression on the faces of many fantasy and RPG fans as one of the most common monsters in the genre was now attacking them. Luckily for the more normal, at least in Nerima terms, students, the horde had to get through the tougher students first. Kunai and shuriken filled the air, while weapons were pulled out from packs or subspace. Claws tore through goblin throats and energy blasts flew through the air. The Kendo club, armed with shinai and bokken, formed a defensive screen between the entrance to the school and the goblin horde. Kimiko led a group of students in the archery club in firing volleys of arrows into the mass of targets, the normal students having run to the second story of the school and firing from windows, while the hanyou girl was using the courtyard's trees as sniping spots. Keiichi, who had been tinkering with his motorcycle in the school's parking lot, roared around the courtyard armed with a spear he grabbed from a careless goblin and looking like a modern day knight. Lightning bolts started raining down from the sky accompanied by gusts of wind while some of the engineering club's flying robots helped defend the front of the school.
Just when it seemed the Goblins would retreat, reinforcements arrived, a second horde of goblins, riding on fearsome worgs and lead by the goblins' larger hobgoblin relatives. Taller than the smaller goblins, better armed and disciplined, the hobgoblins were more than a match for the Furinkan defenders. It was at this point that a horde of Naruto clones were summoned, and the battle was truly on.
"Where the heck are these things coming from?" demanded Kimiko as she jabbed a goblin in the eye with an arrow before yanking the projectile out and shooting it into a hobgoblin's neck.
"Don't know, just keep killing them!" yelled a Naruto before unleashing a giant fox fire ball that engulfed a group of goblins on worgs.
Amidst the confusion, a giant black horse with a flaming mane and hooves appeared out of a dark portal in mid air bearing a rider clad in ebony plate armor with a bone motif. The only features of the rider that could be seen was a face pale from lack of sunlight. Trampling over Goblins, worgs, and students, the rider snatched up Cinnamon as she blasted a Hobgoblin away from a fallen student and spun about. Cinnamon's shriek as she attempted to break free but found she couldn't escape alerted the rest of her friends, only to have the horse and rider gallop back towards the portal they had come from while the goblins, worgs, and hobgoblins formed a screen to protect him. Naruto, Thyme, and Hinata managed to leap over the enemies and almost had the rider in their grasp before he suddenly released the reins of his mount and fired a blast of arcane energy that sent all three flying. As the flaming horse and rider entered the portal from which they came, it started to close.
"HOLD PORTAL!" yelled a voice as what looked like a ring of transparent bars appeared to keep the portal from closing. Gosunkugi had arrived just in time to cast the spell and give Naruto, Thyme, and Hinata time to recover and jump through the portal before it crushed the bars. Ryeka barely managed to toss a softball sized orb through the closing portal before it winked out of existence.
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On the other side of the portal, Naruto, Thyme, and Hinata found themselves facing another horde of goblins with wargs. Backing up this one was a larger group of hobgoblins and some even larger creatures whose faces slightly resembled bears. Naruto recognized them from Gosunkugi's lesson on the goblinoid monsters as bugbears. Both sides stared each other down, neither one moving until a loud PING sounded from the orb Ryeka had tossed through the portal. Then the goblins roared and charged the three intruders in their realm.
(0o0o0)
"Got 'em," said Ryeka as the global map on her holographic laptop gained a blinking dot. "Looks like is an undocumented island off the coast of Africa…"
"How is that possible?" asked Kimiko, double checking the arrow she had just pulled from a goblin corpse.
"Probably magic or a barrier like the one Naruto said surrounds the elemental countries," replied the cyan haired girl. "Looks like a fairly big place, but whatever is protecting it is messing up my sensors just enough that I can't pinpoint their exact location. I also don't want to see what would happen if I try to transport us there. And if the meteorological data I'm getting is accurate, flying us there would be very difficult. There seems to be a hurricane surrounding the island, but it's stationary and not effecting much beyond a mile out from the island shore."
"Let me see," said Gosunkugi as he walked up to the girls, Akira, Ranko, and Miyuki following behind him. The Saotome kids were quiet, not enjoying having to put their talents to use in killing living creatures, but knowing that it was life or death with innocent lives riding on the line. "Ah, that effect would be from a Lair Ward. It's an ancient draconic device used by dragons to protect their layer. This one in particular is called Hurricane's Eye. It's basically a spell set into a five foot wide crystal orb that controls the winds. I'd have to say there are at least ten of the wards surrounding the island to keep the whole island covered and protected within the eye of the hurricane."
"Great, that means flying in would be difficult, even in a space ship," muttered Ryeka.
Natasha glided over to the group and held up a small crystal ball that rested in the palm of her hand. "Don't worry Ryeka, while Gos kept the portal open for those three to go through I cast Analyze Portal on it and we can set up a duplicate portal to take us there!"
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"How many of these things are there?" yelled Naruto as he sliced off a goblin's arm. Neither Hinata or Thyme answered him as they were busy fighting their own enemies. The Musk prince had taken to the air with his father's Ryu Sei Hisho (Soaring Dragon Spirit) and dive bombing the horde for a single physical attack. However, the giant ki blasts he dropped behind him as he dived sent goblins and hobgoblins flying. Hinata was leaving a trail of toppled wargs, goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears behind her as she struck each enemy once over the heart. However, even with Naruto creating hordes of Kage Bunshin, the goblinoids kept on swarming the three. Things changed when a new portal opened up and a futuristic dark blue hover craft shot through it, sending goblinoids flying as it rammed into them. Then Akira opened up with the laser turret on the back of the craft, sending plasma bolts into the horde that burned through their crude mail like a hot knife through butter. Two smaller plasma cannons on the front of the tank like craft added their sweeping fire to his, decimating the horde. Kimiko and Miyuki entered the fray riding on the back of Kudora with Hiryuu, only for the cat girl to jump from the nekomata and start using her ki claws on the goblins around her. Ranko waded into the fray seconds later, wielding a shinai with a ki aura around it that made it as sharp as a masterwork katana.
"You three are crazy!" yelled Kimiko as she unleashed a youki infused arrow to decimate the goblinoids after figuring out her spiritual powers weren't effective enough against them.
"They have my sister!" yelled Thyme, slicing off a bugbear's left hand before decapitating the giant goblinoid. "I don't know what their sick leader could do to her besides taking her blood, but that's enough to tell me he has to die!!!"
"Less talking, more fighting!" yelled Hinata as she ducked under an axe swipe before using a kunai to stab the hobgoblin wielding it in the thigh. The hobgoblin went down to one knee then fell over on its face as Hinata preformed a Jyuuken kick to the head to turn its brain to mush.
Hiryuu had started chanting as soon as he saw the horde of goblinoids and now threw down ofuda around his friends so they had a circle of the talismans around them. "Everyone get behind the talismans!" yelled the taijiya monk as a protective circle appeared from the pieces of paper. His friends hurried to comply, only for Miyuki to cry out as a goblin sword got her in the right side as she spun to leap into the circle.
"Miyuki!" yelled everyone, before their voices were drowned out by a cry of rage from Akira as a red aura erupted around him before he disappeared. The next thing everyone heard was the sound of bone and meat parting as Akira reappeared next to the goblin that hurt his sister and ripped the goblin's arm off. The Saotome boy then proceeded to beat the goblin and several others around him to death with said arm, while his friends and the horde looked on in horror. Akira followed this up by releasing a beam of pure hatred in the form of red ki that he swept across the horde, vaporizing half of the remaining goblins and leaving about fifty that were slowly backing away from the personification of brotherly retribution.
There was a red blur as Ranko swept through the rest of the horde, her ki sharpened shinai sending arms, legs, and heads flying as she let loose her righteous older sister/aunt anger on the demoralized goblins.
Everyone eyes the two panting Saotome aside from Hinata, who was working to heal Miyuki's wound. "Scary," muttered Naruto.
"You'd probably do the same thing if someone hurt Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, Akemi, Haruki, or Haruko," said Hinata as she helped Miyuki climb to her feet. "The wound isn't too deep, but be careful once we get home and take it easy for a few days," she told the cat girl, who nodded.
"Well, we've gotten rid of the minion horde, now we storm the castle, right?" asked Ryeka as she temporarily opened the hatch of her Wraith.
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At the castle in question, well, more like a giant evil tower that looked like it was ripped out of the Earth by evil forces of darkness, Cinnamon was currently stuck with magic bindings keeping her suspended in mid air inside a vertical stone circle. "So bored!" muttered the phoenix dragon hybrid. Beyond her kidnapper dragging her up to this room, she hadn't seen anyone else in the castle. Her eyes actually lit up as the door to the chamber started to open. "Finally, can we get going with the sacrificial bit or whatever you're going to be doing to me?" she asked.
"I'm afraid if you're expecting my master, you're in for a disappointment," said a female voice as a succubus is a maid uniform entered the room, a small pile of fabric in her hands. "He's recovering from opening the portal used to bring you here, so you have another hour of life remaining. I'm just here to fit your sacrificial dress. The name's Toshi, sorry we couldn't meet under better circumstances."
"Cinnamon of the Musk tribe," replied the hybrid princess. "Don't suppose I get a last meal, especially considering he should want me in the best quality for his sacrifice?"
"I'll see what I can whip up, but the douchebag doesn't have much taste for oriental cuisine, so I don't have much practice cooking the things you are most familiar with," said Toshi as she held the mostly see through fabric up to Cinnamon with a critical eye. "Don't suppose you're willing to tell me your sizes?" she asked, pen poised in her prehensile tail to take notes on a piece of paper. "The other girls he's captured for rituals rarely do and struggle so much I end up wasting tons of this stuff."
"Promise to give me a good last meal and I'll even throw in a kiss with tongue plus a full body grope so I get some fun before I die," countered Cinnamon with the flirty grin she used to charm boys to doing her bidding.
"I like the way you think," said the succubus with her own grin of delight before she started writing down the numbers Cinnamon rattled off.
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"It's going to take even Hinata and me hours to get through this," said Naruto as he stared at the primeval forest surrounding the dark tower. "Not to mention that tower is pretty big if we can see it clearly from a mile away and it still looks big."
"It's practically a small skyscraper," agreed Ryeka as she typed some commands on her holographic laptop. Ten small metal orbs floated out of a small hole in reality, each one having a group of sensors placed around its surface. All ten shot towards the tower and Ryeka grinned as she watched her laptop. "Okay, my remotes are scanning the area and will tell us the best way to get there," she said before blinking. "Huh, the geological sensors are picking up a pretty deep down bedrock layer, the soil here is practically virgin and not very dense… why are you grinning Naruto?"
"Everyone gather round!" yelled the blond as he formed hand seals rapidly. "Doton: Dochū Senkō (Earth Style: Underground Submarine Voyage) no Jutsu!" With the final seal, the group sank into the ground.
(0o0o0)
Cinnamon had to fight to keep from drooling as Toshi brought in a large covered plate. When the succubus set it down and lifted the cover to reveal a large juicy steak, a baked potato, and grilled zucchini all freshly cooked, the princess lost the battle and a small line of drool escaped as she licked her lips. "Oh man, that looks good!" she said.
Toshi smiled and proceeded to cut bits of the food for Cinnamon, feeding each bite to her one at a time. Thanks to some runes on the plate, the food stayed hot the whole way through the meal. "Did you enjoy that?" asked Toshi as she gently used a napkin to clean Cinnamon's face.
"Very much, but what's for desert?" asked the princess. Toshi smirked and started to remove Cinnamon's school uniform.
"I'll be taking my part of the deal now, then cleaning and dressing you after I'm done," replied the Succubus as she leaned in and kissed Cinnamon. True to her word, the princess returned the kiss with plenty of tongue.
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In the basement of the dark tower, there was a miserable dungeon. The only inhabitants were several orcs in a guard room currently enjoying a round of beer, and a lone human in a cell inscribed with runes of great power to keep him there. The man in question was idly tossing a single curved kunai up and down, while a series of tick marks on the black stone walls showed how long he had been in the room. The current tally was a hundred days, and his clothing certainly looked like it, the light purple yukata he was wearing bore many stains while his red hair and beard were noticeably shaggy. "I hope those bastards remember to bring me some grub, what I wouldn't give for a decent bowl of ramen," muttered the man before blinking at a growing bulge in the ground at the other side of the cell. His eyes widened as a katana blade surrounded by an energy field popped up and started cutting a circular hole in the cell's stone floor. The man watched with interest as a hand pushed the chunk of floor out of its place and onto the rest of the floor, though whomever it was that was doing the pushing was careful to set it down so softly no sound reached the carousing guards. The arm was revealed to belong to a blonde haired youth that had the man gasping and the boy looking at him. "Ken? No, you're too young to be old lightning hair," said the man as he surveyed Naruto. "You've got his hair and eyes, but those whisker marks…"
"You obviously know my dad, but I don't think I've ever met you," said Naruto as his friends slowly climbed out of the tunnel he had made to get them into the tower dungeons.
"Yeah, our villages aren't allies. But I'm sure you've seen that small crescent moon scar on his right arm at some point, right?" asked the man. When Naruto nodded, the man grinned and held up his curved kunai. "I gave him that with this, in exchange he sliced my nose so badly I need to wear this bit of metal to keep it from flopping off!"
"Holy shit, you're Iwa no Kuro Kazan (Iwa's Black Volcano), Rōshi!" gasped Naruto. "Dad's always said you were the only one in Iwa who could stand up to him in one on one combat!"
"Yeah, I heard he had a little clone running around, but I never thought I'd get to meet you. I met your mom once when your parents happened to be staying at the same inn I chose for my night's lodging and saw some pictures of you your dad was carrying," said Rōshi. "But I'm afraid we're stuck in here, this cell is enchanted to keep my chakra restricted and I can't pick a magical lock."
Akira had been examining the door and now poked it, causing it to explode out into the rest of the prison. "Got to love the Baketsu Tensai," he said as Kimiko stepped out of the cell with and arrow at the string. By this point, the guards had heard the commotion and were running towards her, small axes in hand to take advantage of the narrow dungeon corridor.
Kimiko simply raised her bow chanted, "Hayate (Strong Gale)!" before she filled the corridor with a storm of arrows that left no doubt that all the guards were dead.
"Whoa, couldn't have done it better with Kunai Kage Bunshin myself," said Naruto as he saw a few arrows had punched through the orcs and pierced the walls. Any further banter was interrupted by Thyme storming up the stairs. An unfortunate goblin that had apparently been sent down to investigate the noise of combat from the dungeons found itself looking backwards as the dragon prince twisted its neck without breaking his pace. Naruto turned to the former prisoner, who was now doing a few stretches to get his body used to moving. "You going to be okay, Rōshi-san?" he asked.
"Yeah, you kids go have fun. I'll grab some of the grub here and catch up to you later," said the Iwa ninja as he walked towards the guard room and started filling a plate.
"Come on, who knows what horrors they're inflicting on my sister right now?" yelled Thyme.
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Toshi pulled back from Cinnamon, a blush darkening her cheeks as she caressed the princess's body. "Cinnamon, you are delicious," she said with a smile. "I haven't felt this good in ages."
Cinnamon smiled at Toshi and sighed happily. "And I haven't felt this good in a long time, you're really good!"
"Thanks," said Toshi, giving Cinnamon a kiss on the cheek. With a gesture, the succubus caused a small cloud to form over the princess. The cloud released a cascade of warm perfumed water that cleaned Cinnamon from head to toe. Toshi then dressed the girl in the sacrificial dress, basically two pieces of fabric held together at the shoulders and kept from billowing by a golden chain belt.
"Man, I'll give the old coot some credit, he has good taste in the skimpy stuff," said Cinnamon, smiling at the cool feeling of the fabric on her skin.
"Yeah, he's a pervert through and through. First thing he did after gaining his mastery was to summon me and bind me to him," said Toshi as she started brushing Cinnamon's hair. "I can't go against him as long as he has the bat winged ring on his hand… Argh!" At that moment, the succubus collapsed to the ground, her body spasming as if an electric current was running through it while Cinnamon looked over her shoulders in horror.
"You know the price of defying me Toshi," said a voice that managed to sound old and powerful at the same time (Think the Emperor from Return of the Jedi), as Toshi screamed in pain. "Your pain is only the first part of your punishment, tonight as I celebrate my victory I'll be merciless as I sate my desires with your body! And as for you girl, your time is up!" With that, Cinnamon found herself suddenly transported to a new containment ring, only this one was outside. She also found herself face to face with her kidnapper, a wrinkled old man with glowing yellow eyes dressed in black robes (Again, Emperor Palpatine, only with crimson pinpoints of evil light for eyes), holding a wooden staff toped by a skull with a black gem in its mouth. "Welcome Princess, I hope your stay in my tower has been pleasant?" he asked.
"Until you freaking tortured Toshi in front of me!" snarled Cinnamon.
"That little slut knew the cost of defying me! Nobody defies Senik, Master of the dark arts and gets away with it!" snarled the mage. "Now behold what will allow me to rule the world!" with that, Senik raised the staff and pointed beneath the cliff they were on. Looking down, Cinnamon saw a large skull with a huge mouth lying on top of a few giant bones. "This is all that's left of the last Tarrasque to walk the planet ages ago, it was slain by an alliance of humans and demons working together to put it down for good and then bury it on the sea floor. I have brought it to the surface so it can be revived with the phoenix blood in your veins and strengthened by the dragon blood you also carry! Now begins the ritual of awakening!" The wizard started to chant, and even though she didn't recognize the language, Cinnamon knew it was evil as the very light around them started to dim. A circle of runes appeared around the giant skeleton, each rune shining with an ominous red, black, purple, or green light.
(0o0o0)
Thyme cursed as he darted up the stairs towards the top of the tower. He could sense his sister's ki at the top of the tower and he intended to rip his way through anything standing between them. Several orcs, hobgoblins, and bugbears had learned this the hard way, including one goblin that found out it couldn't fly when Thyme simply tossed it out a hole in the wall he'd created when blasting a bugbear against the wall. Just as Thyme reached the door to the top floor of the tower, he heard a female voice scream and his sister's Ki fade away. Busting down the door, Thyme found a succubus in a maid outfit collapsed on the floor, the slight twitches she made revealing she was alive. As Thyme cursed, he barely felt the burst of energy that signaled a teleport behind him. The dragon prince spun around, Ki sword blazing from his arm to block the large sword that would have split him in half. Thyme's eyes narrowed as he found himself facing the warrior in the skull motif armor who had kidnapped his sister. The skull warrior suddenly lashed out with a foot, causing Thyme's eyes to widen as the spiked boot snapped up. The dragon prince crashed into the wall from the kick, falling to his knees as he gasped for air. The spots dancing in front of his eyes barely let him see the warrior kick the limp succubus aside as he strode forward to finish Thyme off.
That was when Naruto entered the scene, Rasengan swirling in his hand as he rammed it into the skull warrior's side. As the dark warrior went sailing into and through the wall, his hand shot out and a lasso of black energy snapped out to pull the kitsune after him, sending both of them plummeting towards the ground from the top of the tower. As Thyme staggered to his feet, the rest of the group reached the room and saw shifting lights through the new hole in the wall. Looking out, they could see giant bones levitating towards a nearby cliff.
"I can see Cinnamon over there!" yelled Hinata, staring at the cliff with Byakugan active. "And… this can't be right, but there's a dead body moving around and casting the spell!"
"He's a lich!" gasped Toshi as she struggled to sit up. "You'll have to find his phylactery and destroy it to defeat him!" With that, she collapsed from the strain of her torture.
"You find the thing, I'll save my sister!" growled Thyme before launching himself out of the impromptu window and soaring towards the ritual site.
"Great, we've got to find some stupid artifact!" growled Akira. Kimiko was tending to Toshi, trying to revive the succubus so she could help them, while the rest of the group started searching the room.
(0o0o0)
"Let my sister go!" yelled Thyme as he landed on the cliff above the giant set of bones.
"You'll have to take her!" declared Senik as the orb of his staff sprouted a glowing black blade, turning the magical instrument into a scythe humming with negative energy. Thyme reformed his Ki sword, squaring off against the evil mage.
(0o0o0)
"Talk about your sore losers!" yelled Naruto as he plummeted towards the ground. Strangely, the skull warrior seemed calm and Naruto saw why as the man shifted into a giant bat with an eight foot wing span. "Kuso, a vampire!" moaned Naruto before he noticed the ground getting to close for comfort.
And that's it! I'm cutting this chapter off so the next one can be mostly the awesome fights I've set up. Now, a few requests. 1, I've never fought a Tarrasque in DnD, so if any of my readers have and managed to survive, please give me ideas or send me a PM if you want to talk about it over MSN. 2, I've come up with a writing challenge. I don't have enough time to write another story, but I like the idea and I think it's a good one. So I'm putting it on my profile and asking if anyone wants to have a go at it. All I ask is you stick to the basics in the challenge and PM me when the first chapter is up so I can read it.
