Chapter 8
Holy Mission,
Dark Purpose
Naruto sat on the side line of the Dojo as he watched Akaoni sit, crossed legged and eyes shut with his hands on his knees. Across the Room Ryofu and Chinkyuu laid against the wall to observe their friend's first day of training.
"Tell me again, how this is suppose to help me." Akaoni asked, slightly irritated in his current position.
"It's not. I just need you to concentrate on a few things I'm about to speak of. Some will involve your dragon, others, will involve your own life." Naruto explained his nearing discussion.
"What is there to discuss." Akaoni asked, questioning the actions of his teacher "I just need to find out how to control my dragon, and I'll deal with what ever comes at me."
"That's the thing." Naruto spoke to the overconfident fighter "You dragon is not pure raw power. It more then just life and Power mixed into an Ultimate form."
"Then What is it?" Akaoni asked, getting a little irritated by the Narrator's indirect explanation.
"That's what you have to figure out." Naruto spoke. "There are only four other dragon holders now that Hakufu's alive and with Sousou and Ryuubi under developed, Your dragon will be easily provoked just by even the most dormant being."
"How could my Dragon be threatened by other dragons?" Akaoni asked.
"Your dragon's temper is can easily snap at anything. Now that it's fully developed it will have an easier time possessing you to kill anything that even moves." Naruto continued to speak of the being lurking inside the former demon of Rakuyou..
Akaoni began to absorb the warning his friend, but still asked a question that bothered him. "You said that I need to find out what my Dragon was, but you haven't shown me what my Dragon is capable of."
"That's because I don't know." Naruto answered the question. "Knowing the basic of a dragon is as far as I can go in understanding the nature of it. Knowing the Dragon itself is an very different matter."
Akaoni stayed quiet, while his appointed teacher continued. "To those who wield Dragons, the said Dragon is different in not only in power, but personality as well." Naruto continued to speak. "As you know, our magatamas reflect a soul of an ancient Warrior. Those who are stronger then normal souls are not just at a higher level of power, but the power manifest itself into a living form."
Akaoni nodded in confirmation of his understanding. "There's one thing." The silver haired fighter spoke "You said there were four other dragon holder now, but who do I really need to worry about?"
"There's probable only three dragons you need to be concerned with at the moment." Naruto answered "Hakufu Sonsaku, Sousou Moutoku and Ryuubi Gentoku."
"Those three? "Akaoni asked, more confused about the three people that could be a threat "I don't know anything about Sousou, Hakufu-San I get, but Ryuubi-San?"
"I know you think that Ryuubi is weak, and you wouldn't be to far from the truth." Naruto spoke up, confirming Akaoni's thoughts. "Although her normal self is weak, the dragon on the other hand is a complete berserker."
"I'll take you word for it." Akaoni spoke, only half believing his new mentor.
Before Naruto could speak another word, everyone heard a "AHHHHHH!" and then a crash.
Naruto sighed as said "Excuse me for a sec, I gotta go see what's happening with Ryuubi." Naruto pardoned himself and left for the source of the scream.
Ryofu and Chinkyuu turned to their friend, who was getting up and Ryofu spoke "Thinking of following him Akaoni." she spoke, not taking much of a guess at her friends course of action.
"Yeah, I still find it hard to believe that Ryuubi-San is suppose to be a Dragon holder." Akaoni spoke "So I'm just going to see for myself."
Ryofu sighed as she thought 'He was always a hard one to convince.' and began to follow her friend with Chinkyuu copying both of her friend's action.
Soon enough, Naruto arrived at the Dojo to see Ryuubi flat on the ground with exhausting evident on her face, with multiple bumps visible on her head. Overshadowing her was none of other then an irritated Chouhi.
"You got to be kidding me!" Chouhi yelled out the fallen leader. "We been working out for three weeks straight, and you still can't throw a decent punch?"
Ryuubi took the sigh to crawl away to the door, not noticing Naruto. Chouhi was not oblivious to this feeble attempt of Ryuubi's and grabbed the collar of her dojo uniform. "Where do you think your going?" Chouhi growled as she intended to pull Ryuubi to her feet, instead pulled the clothing to slip off its wearer.
Ryuubi looked down to reveal her chest binding, that were ripped off with her cloths, leaving just enough to cover the nipples of her breast. The Girl cried out at her misfortune as she covered her chest from everyone's line of sight.
Chouhi Groaned as she followed by shouting "Don't Start Crying!"
Naruto Hastily turned around out of the doorway and stopped The former Rakuyou gang from Approaching. "Hold it there guys, Ryuubi needs a little privacy." Naruto ordered the three to halt.
"What happened?" Chinkyuu asked curious as the rest of her friends about the abnormal events.
"Chouhi's training Ryuubi, and things got messy to say the least." Naruto explained. Everyone then heard footsteps calking on the patio and turned to see Kan'u approaching the group.
"Afternoon Kan'u." Naruto greeted his superior.
Kan'u nodded and said "Naruto, have you seen Chouhi?"
Before Naruto could answer, a voice spoke out "Ok you idiot, Lets take it from the top."
"Actually Chouhi-san…" Another voice spoke "I was wondering if I could…You know head to the library and study up on fighting."
A couple minutes of eerie silences past before a "AAAHHHHHHHH!" was spoken and thud was heard against the wall.
Kan'u and Naruto quickly entered the room to see Ryuubi once more trying to make a desperate escape. Chouhi once more caught the girl and held her up off the ground with her hand around her neck. "Oh No you don't!" Chouhi spoke out.
"Okay Chouhi, let her take five." Naruto requested his short tempered friend before things got ugly. "Beside, Kan'u wants to see you." Naruto spoke.
Chouhi nodded and turned to her leader "Okay Ryuubi, you can take a break." she commanded to Ryuubi's delight.
Chouhi then turned around to face her friend. "So What's up?" She asked.
"The recent News that Kyoshou managed to overthrow Youshuu." Kan'u informed both Naruto and Chouhi.
"That means only our School and Nanyou is left, Seeing as the other Schools have already fallen under Kyoshou jurisdiction." Chouhi summed up the disastrous situation.
"With the Hakufu now the official leader of Nanyou…" Naruto began to speak " I have no doubt that Kyoshou would be a little heisting in attacking Nanyou, Even with the Rumors that Ryomou had disappeared." Naruto spoke his thoughts on the enemy school's choice of tactics.
"In the end…" Kan'u began to speak "Their main target will be Ryuubi."
Chouhi then turned her head to glance at Ryuubi, who was quietly reading one of her books that she managed to slip into the dojo. "That would be the most obvious choice of action…" she mumbled as she later groaned "It still irritating that the one we're suppose to follow is such a baby."
Kan'u and Naruto both glanced at Ryuubi as well to see their friend's point. "That's why…" Kan'u spoke sternly "We'll be there to protect her." she spoke the resolve of herself and Naruto to perform their duty.
"I guess…"Chouhi groaned in agitation of guarding her still undiscovered leader. The Same fighter then got up and turned to see Ryuubi making one final attempt to flee.
"Hey! Where do you think Your going!" Chouhi Spoke saintly at her leader's escape. "I don't remember saying you lessons were done." She garbed the collar of Ryuubi's uniform as a way to prevent her escape.
"Well…I…" Ryuubi stuttered as she magically slipped out of her uniform and ran down the in her sweat pants and chest bindings "I have to go to the restroom!" She yelled out her explanation.
Chouhi watched with dumbfounded amazement as her leader made a successful retreat. "Slipped right out of her shirt Again. She like a snake or something." she spoke as she watched her leader galloped away.
Naruto approached the doorway and continued to walk past the bewildered Chouhi. Naruto then said "I'll go fetch Ryuubi before she realizes she's half naked."
The blond continued to walk before he head a soft scrapping on the ground. He glanced down to see fresh green leafs on the patio floor and thought 'Leafs? It's the middle of Summer…' Naruto's eyes widened as he realized the situation. "Chouhi, Kan'u…!" Naruto shouted to gain his superior's immediate attention "Meet out front! Kyoshou's Shown itself!" At that Naruto sped off to intercept the enemy from their intended target.
(Seito Shrine)
Ryuubi sat on the stairs to the shrine, breathing heavily at her apparent successful escape.
'Well, I'm safe from Chouhi for now.' Ryuubi thought were then drawn to her half naked upper body. 'I need to find a something to wear before someone sees me.'
As Ryuubi scanned the parameter, she failed to noticed several pairs of eye gazing at her in various spots, hidden from her view.
'There She is. Ryuubi Gentoku of Seito Private School.' the four masked fighters thought as they grinned with man filled with sinful desires.
Just as Ryuubi was about to turn around The four masked assailant jumped at her with The leader finally noticing and was about to scream.
Two slashes were heard by Ryuubi before she opened her eyes to see her blond friend in front of her with his Houjoufu out.
The four fighter halted their advancement in mid-air, but abided by the law of gravity and fell to the ground. When the four hit the floor, their mask split in half and a vertical wound was discovered on their foreheads with blood gushing out.
Ryuubi continued to scream when she saw the blood and then screeched in horror "You just Killed someone!"
Naruto turned to the girl with an outline of a playful grin showing through his mask and eyes shut. "Don't worry, I just knocked them out." He spoke, assuring the girl that no lives were taken.
Ryuubi stilled looked shocked and shaken by the event, that her mind still hadn't deciphered the logic.
Naruto then turned away from his leader. "Ok You can quit playing hide and seek." He called out in a threatening tone to the hidden figure.
Naruto stared off in the distance, waiting for the finally invader to make his move, Then He made it.
Naruto noticed a swift object flying through the air, aiming for the only male fighter in sight. The blond fighter only flicked his leg at the incoming projectile and deflected it back at original location.
The staff was stopped by a hand that shot out from behind a statue, and a figure staggered out from behind while holding the same and an identical staff. The figure was clearly a male, dressed in the same fashion as the four other fighters minus the mask. His face was as narrow as his leering eyes with a lusted filled grin to add to his disgusting feature.
"Well…" the bald fighter averted his eyes away from his target at to the one that interfered, and began to speak "Rumors were true about you Naruto, Your as strong as they say you are."
Naruto ignored the comment that the fighter blabbered out and took a single glance at his hand 'A three section Staff.'
"But…" the fighter continued, finally gaining Naruto's full attention "If we're talking about great bodies, the Girl with the glasses wins Hands down." He said with massive of lust pouring out of his mouth.
Ryuubi immediately noticed what the stranger was referring to and quickly covered her nearly exposed chest.
Naruto on the other hand glared furiously at the Kyoshou Fighter and was ready to teach him a lesson about being polite at any moment.
The fighter then brought his arms up and started to swing the staffs around, causing the two sections of the weapons to twirl and create a mild gust of wind.
"I am Ukin Bunsoku…" The fighter spoke, finally revealing his name "An A-Rank Fighter, and Third Year student of Kyoshou Academy!"
"I care about being informed from wannabe perverted excuse of a lapdog Fighter, Why?" Naruto mockingly spoke to the intruder.
"What Did You Just Call ME!" Ukin Shouted in fury as he jumped and aimed his staff to strike his offender "Take this Bitch!"
Naruto merely stabbed his drawn sword into the ground, brought his hands to intercept the incoming clubs and Backhanded them, sustaining no damaged to either himself or his master.
Ukin was dumbfound that his duel attack was stopped, but even more stupefied when the parts of the staff that was held began to shatter into splinters.
The blond fighter relaxed his hands as the staff fell to pieces and continued his glare at the wannabe before him.
"How…How…" Ukin began to stutter "How in the World…!" He then let out a small scream when Naruto dug out his Houjoufu from the ground and began to bring it up to his Shoulder.
"Let me ask you something…" Naruto spoke in a casual tone "Do you enjoy being a perverted idiot, or do you just have a death wish?" as he ended his rhetorical question a white Aura began to surround his blade and part of the arm that held it.
(The Seito's Main Entrance)
A group of various low grade fighter stood in front and were preparing to move in, but the two comrades of Seito stood between them.
"Hey, How long are you two dumbass going to stand there?" one of the fighter yelled out to the two blocking their path.
"Didn't you mother ever teach you the polite way to greet a lady." Chouhi opened mocked the groups attempt to break through their gates.
The group sneered, but before any of them could say anything, a powerful Aura began to radiant off. Both Chouhi, Kan'u and the group turned to the left to see the Rakuyou tenants with Akaoni in the lead.
"You need something?" Kan'u questioned the three approaching fighter, trying to get answers to their march.
Ryofu then answered "Just here to lend a helping hand." as she moved into front of her friends and spoke "Consider this as a way for us to pay our rent." Just as she was about to Provoke the mob of Kyoshou soldier, another voice stopped her.
"Ryofu, I'll take these guys." Akaoni suggested as he began to move towards intruders, before anyone could protest, one of the Kyoshou Fighter ran at the silver haired man with a Swiss army knifed in his and lunged it into Akaoni's abdominals.
Akaoni glanced down at the fighter, before running his fist into the guy's gut, causing his to fly out of the boundaries of the entrance.
The other Kyoshou troops stood with their mouths hung lower and eyes widened when they saw their comrade tossed like a rag doll. "What the hell is this guy?" one of the boys shouted.
Akaoni turned to the group and cracked his knuckles "The guy who beat you motherfuckers." he spoke as he walked towards them "Nice to meet cha."
(Seito Shrine)
Naruto continued to star down his perverted minded fighter as he allowed his energy to stop growing in his sword, but it still gave off an intense radiant light.
"Wha…What a second!" Ukin began to speak, nervous about the intense power he felt from the fighter in front of him, "You not going to hurt an unarmed guy like me, Aren't ya?" the man seemed to beg.
"Normally I wouldn't, but for a pervert like you…" Naruto responded to the cries of mercy. "I'm willing to Forgive myself this once." The blond raised his radiant blade into the air as he spoke.
"Naruto…!" Ryuubi cried out, but it was too late.
The blonde swung his blade in the air to unleash a white arc that flew right at it's masters enemy.
Ukin only glared at the incoming attack with a face that turned from terrified cowardice, to a face that belonged to a warrior full of arrogance. The fighter then unveiled his hidden staff and intercepted the approaching energy.
"Take THIS!" Ukin shouted as he swung his staff to disperse the arc of dangerous light and jumped towards the man that his leader took great interest in.
"Just think! The reward I'll get for killing…!" Ukin was cut off when Naruto delivered a direct punch dead in his head that resulted in his flight down the stairs.
"I'll consider letting a wannabe kill me, the day You Finally Shut Up." Naruto informed the fallen Kyoshou opponent. He then turned to his non-forgotten leader "Ryuubi, I need you to go back to Seito and find Kouchuu, He'll protect you." Naruto ordered his leader for her own safety
Ryuubi immediate heisted at that order. "What, What about…" she spoke, only to be cut off.
"Me?" Naruto began "I'll be helping Kan'u and Chouhi deal with everyone else out front." he explained.
"But…But…" Ryuubi began to speak, but fear began to overtake her voice.
"Ryuubi…" Naruto spoke "I know that you don't want to…"
"No!" Ryuubi spoke with tears on the verge of being unleash "I hate fighting, but … I don't want everyone to die, because of me."
Naruto's eyes softened at this, finally seeing the girl's pain. 'Just like a little sister, only more caring and less selfish.'
"Alright." Naruto spoke, decided to compromise with his leader "You can come with me, but stay close, and if I tell you to run and hide you will, Ok." he then started down the stairs with Ryuubi following as she was told.
(Seito's Entrance)
Both Chouhi and Kan'u stood on the sidelines as their self proclaimed tenant beat the advancing forces with little effort as they observed.
Akaoni stood in the single spot as each fighter tried to take him on with either bravery, or foolish actions.
After kicking another guy out of the ground, another fighter tried his luck by swinging a crowbar like a wild animal. Sadly, the crowbar bounced off of Akaoni's chest and clapped against it's owners head.
"Who the hell is this Guy!" One of the four remaining fighter shouted to the lone survivors.
Akaoni choose not to answer the gang and then changed his tactics to hit the remaining force dead on instead of waiting for them. Akaoni curled his arms inward and then lashed them out to demolish the intruders.
The silvered haired fighter then brushed his hands off and turned back to everyone. "Is that everyone?" Akaoni asked his friends and others.
"That should be all…" Kan'u spoke, and then everyone heard two pairs of foot steps approaching the group, causing them all to look up to see the Leader of Seito and her body guard with his cloak overlapping Ryuubi's half naked body.
"You guys cleaned up alright." Naruto commented on the lack of foreign enemies.
Chouhi laughed with pride as she followed with "Yeah, Those guys were wusses, so I let Akaoni-Chan handle them."
Naruto shook his head at his friends prideful spirit, but choose not to comment. "Well if that's it, Let…" Naruto's suggestion was cut off when he felt a pulse of familiar energy that lightly surge throughout the atmosphere.
The others felt the energy as well, but Only Naruto, Akaoni and Ryuubi felt a negative feeling from it.
Instantly, Naruto snapped "Ryuubi Run Now!"
Everyone was shocked by the sudden command The Blond Fighter shouted. Before any of them could deduce the reason for his everyone heard one pair of foot steps. Everyone focused on the stairs to see a lone figure, revealed to be none other then the thought to be missing Ryomou Shimei.
While everyone was wondering what one of Nanyou's Elite Four wanted with the Warriors of Seito. Naruto on the other hand focused on the bag that Ryomou held in her right hand.
What other could sense as an extreme power when they saw her, Naruto sensed three powers, One was from Ryomou, and the other two that dwarf hers was in her hand.
"What are you doing here Ryomou Shimei?" Kan'u question the once thought missing fighter.
Before she could answer, or most likely she wanted to answer, another voice called out "And what's in the bag?"
Everyone else seemed stunned about his question, but clearly more confused then anything else.
Ryomou once more refused to answer any questions as her eyes darted to the leader that hid behind Naruto's back.
"Ryomou…" Akaoni called out as he began to walk towards her. Suddenly, before The Silvered haired fighter was five feet from Ryomou, His eyes shot up and clenched his main body as if he was in excruciating pain.
"Akaoni!" Ryofu and Chinkyuu cried out as their friend suddenly collapsed. They were running to him, even when they heard "No, Don't…!" Naruto cries reached them to late.
Akaoni urgently lashed his back into and arch with his Face aiming towards the sky as he let out a louder howl on pain and misery. As his cries continued, the earth and clay began to crack all around him.
Ryofu and Chinkyuu were toppled over as one of the slates of the sidewalk crumbed. Naruto quickly shouted to his leader "Ryuubi, Run NOW!" At last, Ryuubi did as she was instructed and retreated up the stair. Naruto turned his attention back to the disaster in progress scene before him.
Akaoni's eyes opened up briefly, but Naruto could tell they were going from their normal red to a glowing brown. Naruto jumped towards him and charged up his right hand with his chi energy, intending to put his friend to sleep before his dragon spiraled out of control.
Naruto made contact With Akaoni's Shoulder and began to move his energy to calm the dragon down, Only for The silver haired fighter to swing his arm and sent Naruto crushing though two trees.
Kan'u and Chouhi saw the events and almost reacted by going to lend Naruto a hand, but Akaoni managed to get up and began to lash his body around like a raging bull, uncaring about his present location.
Kan'u and Chouhi were caught in this sort of crossfire and ended up being slammed against the stairs and forest.
Ryofu and Chinkyuu were shook out of their shock stasis long enough to dodge and untamed swipe with Akaoni's Left and with Chinkyuu falling back into the forest with her friends while Ryofu grabbed Kan'u from the stairs and retreated to her comrades.
"What happened to him?" Ryofu asked the crowd, trying to get a grip on what happened.
Naruto then answered "His dragons responding to some sort of danger that came from what ever Ryomou was holding." Everyone, satisfied with that answer turned their attention back to Akaoni, but Naruto looked towards where Ryomou Stood. The Blue haired fighter held an transparent golden orb with what looked like a serpent model of a dragon in the dead center.
The blonds' Eyes widened, which no one noticed, as he recognized the object. 'Where the hell did she find That Thing?' his thoughts were then distracted with Kan'u making her move to restrain Akaoni.
The Silver haired Fighter caught the actions intending against him and recoiled his arm to block the attempt to harm him. Kan'u shield herself the blade of her spear. She was pushed back, but she only skidded across the ground.
Naruto was about to make his move, Naruto ran at Ryomou, who was aiming herself at the Akaoni with the orb, and the blond Crashed into Ryomou and made an attempt to garb the orb.
Only Ryomou managed to prevent her possession from being stolen and Kneed Naruto in the gut to send him flying. The Blond quickly recovered and landed on the ground before dashing off to meet the intruder once more to grab the orb.
Ryomou tried to react by flinging her hand the incoming fighter, Only for a small Fissure to open under her and resulted in her losing her balance, dropping the orb in the process.
Naruto saw this rack of fortune and ran to grab the golden ball, only to end up tripping on another newly created fissure and trip, pushing the oh so close Golden orb towards the stairs.
Naruto managed to lift his head up to check for the glowing orb, unfortunately he spotted Ryuubi, who was galloping down the stair with a worried expression evident on her face.
"Ryuubi…" Naruto shouted to his leader "What the hell are you doing here?"
Ryuubi was about to answer, but Akaoni lashed his foot on the ground, letting loose a small earthquake that shook everyone off their feet, and sending her crumbling down the stairs.
Ryuubi finally landed at the bottom of the stair way, only for the rolling orb to come in close to her and stopped right next to her.
The Surge of energy was felt once more with most reacting in horror at the Familiar, some acting in confusion, and one saw this as a wild animal about to charge at a raging bull.
Ryuubi slouched inwards as she grasped her head in searing pain, before shooting her back upward while letting loose her own scream.
Naruto immediately sensed the presence's of Ryuubi's own Dragon and thoughts were racing. 'Just great. Now Ryuubi's gone insane because of that thing.' Naruto was thinking as he got up to intercept Ryuubi from unintentionally intoxicating herself with her untamed power.
A sudden Jolts of lighting being produced by Ryuubi herself, and striking everyone who was daring to being around her. While Ryofu, Chinkyuu and Rymou were sent flying, which they recovered, Kan'u, Chouhi and Kan'u managed to restrain themselves against the force.
Akaoni also withstood the voltage, even charged straight through the wave of Lighting and collided with Ryuubi.
The Girl, on the other hand seem to have taken the collision unhindered, or at least Ryuubi biting into Akaoni's Ribcage was evident to her status.
The Silver haired Earth wilder let out a load grunt as sharp teeth penetrated his chest, he lashed his right hand to the Animalistic leader and ripped her off his body, literally, Ryuubi was sent flying with a small portion of her friends Skin and flesh trapped in her mouth.
Ryuubi crashed against the several tree before finally landing. Soon she managed to get back up, only to reveal her terrorizing form's merciless grin.
Akaoni also faced his deranged opponent, ignoring the fact the his wound that was showing a bit of his bones, and crashed his fisted onto the ground to unleash a wave of dirt and gravel to clash against Ryuubi. The Demon posses girl only let loose a spider web of Electricity throughout the ground and strike right through the Silver haired fighter's body.
The rolling earth however was not hindered in the very least as it collided with Ryuubi. The shockwave sent her flying into the air and crashing harshly onto the ground while Akaoni fell to his knees for a few short moments before regaining his posture and resuming his attack.
Ryuubi also started to get up, but at a much slower pace, and everyone could see the reason way. Aside from the damage she took from the easily infuriated Akaoni, Her own power was beginning to break her physical body down.
Akaoni rammed into her with no problem with the collision. The girl had no choice but take the hit and ride the force of the tackle into several trees before Akaoni finally stopped himself. Ryuubi fell to the ground, more banged up with her body producing little explosions that was slowly destroying her flesh.
Akaoni glared down at his fallen challenger and raised his fist into the air, with everyone already noting that he intended to bring them down on Ryuubi.
The Demonized Ryuubi did not hastate in her next action by grabbing a hold of Akaoni's left leg and sending a massive amount of voltage though out the equality demonized Akaoni. The attack's volume of power was no different then before, but the range made the damage much more serve.
Before Akaoni could continue his own action, the electrifying pain that plunged into his form shot that action and he collapsed backwards. The Silver haired fighter body began to shake uncontrollable as he responded to the surging energy
Ryuubi on the other hand began to crawl back up to her hand and onto her victim's chest. Her clawed hand intentionally puncturing Akaoni's body as she traveled up though the boy's legs, chest and finally the neck. The Demonized girl lifted her own head and opened her mouth and launched down, aiming for the paralyzed fighter's neck.
This situation was aborted by a hand grasping Ryuubi's neck and throwing her towards a tree.
The figure revealed to be none other then Naruto, who removed his left hand from his leader's neck and transported it to the crown of the forehead, while the right to the center of her chest. The hands began to glow as they molded around Ryuubi's Head and chest and the girl began to let out a roar, before it quickly died down.
Ryuubi then fell forward and Naruto caught her in time, he turned to the other and said "Kan'u, Chouhi…" Both then paid attention to his next statement "Take Ryuubi to the underground chambers and get her restrained before she comes back around!"
Both Kan'u and Chouhi nodded and snatched the dazed, demonized Ryuubi to the said location. The Blond on the other hand quickly turned to his other horrible wounded friend, to find Ryofu and Chinkyuu already surrounding him.
The Blond had already gathered his chi into his hand and kneeled down to Akaoni, placing the same hand on his friend's chest, healing him into perfect health.
Akaoni's wounds shut up and the missing flesh regenerated as well, as for the interior damage done, Naruto concluded that Akaoni only needed a rest to heal up from the rest.
Naruto then turned away fro Akaoni and glanced around, although this effort to find the golden orb and Ryomou had proven futile. 'Must have gotten away when I was trying to calm Ryuubi Down.' He concluded as he turned back to Akaoni and then to Ryofu.
"Ryofu…" Naruto spoke to the said girl "Think you can help me?" he asked.
"Sure." Ryofu Confirmed and got Akaoni's arms wrapped around her shoulder, With Naruto following such actions as well.
All Three Fighters, managed to get to the Former Rakuyou's living space with no trouble and laid down the knocked out fighter. Naruto was departing to check up on his master when he heard "Naruto, Will Akaoni-kun be alright?" Ryofu asked.
The blond turned around and said "Just let him sleep and calm down, He'll be back on his feet in no time." he rest assured them and resumed his journey to the safe house.
Naruto managed to find the quarters with a large number of Seito's students huddling around. He managed to walk through the crowd, finally getting to the front and walked into the prison chamber.
The Sight was not pretty to say the least. With the blood soaked air from Ryuubi's wounds and while the power of the dragon was suppressed, the bloodlust the girl held in her eyes could not and she stared with such eyes at everyone that stood before her.
The group that did do suck thing was none other then Kan'u, Chouhi, and Naruto. All stared at her with oblivious concern for her state. One question rang in two of the presents mind in the dungeon. "What happened that caused her to lose herself again?" she asked more the herself then the others.
"If your looking for an answer…" A voice called out in the chambers. Everyone turned to see Suikyo appearing out of the shadow.
"Suikyo-Sensei." Kan'u spoke, acknowledging her master's presence.
"The Spirit of Gentoku was touched by the Ryuuhisui (Japanese:Dragon Jade), and reacted." Suikyo explained.
"The Ryuuhisui?" Kan'u questioned the existence of such an item.
"I'm not surprised by your answer." Suikyo commented "After all, they aren't suppose to exist in this time."
Chouhi approached her master and spoke "What's it suppose to do, exactly?"
"What they do is what every desperate fighter wants." Suikyo spoke in a riddle-like tone "Change the fate of all fighters."
"What?" both Kan'u and Chouhi questioned the sanity of such a story.
Suikyo then turned to Ryuubi and spoke "Yes, I doubted such a power was possible as well. While I don't know how it power works, I do know that a very in particular power in the only way for it to fully awaken."
Naruto chose not to speak on the subject, instead he walked towards the exit. He just grabbed the door's handle when he heard "Where are you going Naruto?"
"I'm going to find the Ryuuhisui, before someone end up using that thing, or worse." Naruto answered as he was about to open the door and walk out "I suggest we keep quiet about this." he finished as he walked out and journeyed out of the school.
Chouhi and Kan'u sighed at Seito's Houdini. "Why is it that guy just can't stay still for one second." Chouhi complained about her friend's antics.
Kan'u didn't speak, but her face expressed the same attitude towards Naruto behavior.
(Kyoshou Middle School)
A lone figured Sat in the deserted graveyard of the Christian School. The Figure was none other then Ryomou, with her prize, that was in a bag, still in hands, staring at it.
'What happened back there?' Ryomou thought as she though about the event back at Seito. 'The Monk said that the Ryuuhisui reacts in the power of a dragon.'
Ryomou cut out of her thoughts as she got up and resumed walking out of the graveyard. As she strolled she glanced back at the bag and thought 'If I can figure out how this works, I can save Hakufu from her own Fate.'
"The only problem is the very thing that suppose to help me." Ryomou blurted out the last part of her thoughts.
Suddenly, Ryomou stopped dead in her tracks when she sensed a murderous presence in her mist. Spiraling her head around to catch a sight of the source, her eyes quickly caught the site of a young girl fitted with a Victorian dress, with an oversized guitar case over her shoulder.
'A child?' The Nanyou fighter thought as she finally discovered the source of the eerie Presence.
"God Forgives all." the girl spoke in a deep, neutral tone as she unraveled the case to the ground. "Our Crimes that we commit in the presence of our god is what determine of place in his glory." She unzipped the bag and pulled out a case that held a great number of arrows and slag it over her shoulder
"The sins we part take in to satisfy our own souls, are the lives deemed unfit to bath in the light of out lord." The Girl took out another object from the same case, revealing to be a folded archery bow, that she uncurled.
"The sin commented in the glory of our lord, shall never feel the light, but their dedication to the lord is enough to feel his love, even when the his servant feel he doesn't deserver Such kindness." The girl spoke once more as she recovered an arrow from it's casket and used it to armed her bow.
"My Actions are to protect the one that serves god himself, and his light that shines through her." She pointed her weapon at the cautious Ryomou "I am Ten'i of Kyoshou Academy. Now, where's the Ryuuhisui?" Ten'i asked, with a threatening tone in her voice.
Ryomou instantly jumped to the side as she narrowly dodged the single arrow launched at her. Even after she landed, she had to lean away from another arrow that collided with a gravestone she stood and exploded.
Ryomou had to run through the graveyard dodging the sharp projectiles, as she ran, she threw herself over a cluster of Gravestones and began to run through the area, using the slabs of stone as cover from the arrows.
Ryomou managed to crouched down, punch the ground, stirred up the dust and dashed off in a new direction. Before she got a five feet into her new course Ten'i shot another arrow at the one she assaulted. The Nanyou fighter Jumped off the ground and curled her body around the arrow and landed on her hand to flip back to her feet. She wasn't able to move in time as three arrows were lunging at her faster then the previous once. She slugged her hands to deflect two of the arrows, but the third managed to strike her hand and pinned her to the tombstone behind her.
Ryomou Gritted her teeth to avoid scream out in pain, her breathing was ragged, but she managed to lift her head up to see the girl that had previously attacked her walk over to the spot she switched directions.
Only for the girl to stop at the spot and eye it with irritated frustration. Ten'i walked over to the pinned Ryomou and aimed her armed arrow at her lower body. "Where did you hide the Ryuuhisui?" she asked with the same death threaten tone as she fired an arrow into her leg.
"Who Sent you?" Ryomou asked as she gritted her teeth at Ten'i. "Was it Sousou?"
Ten'i didn't answer the questioned, immediately anyway. Instead she fired another arrow into the same leg, while speaking "You will not speak, any other words then the one I want to hear." She retracted her arm to the casket of Arrows and pulled a fresh one out. "Now where is the Ryuuhisui?"
Ryomou only continued to glare at the girl, refusing to answer the whereabouts of the object in question.
Ten'i eyes narrowed even further as the Delayed Interrogation. She fired her arrow that aimed at the knee cap, intending to drive more pain into her target.
Ryomou saw the latest arrow fired and made her move. She ripped her hand from the tombstone, along with the arrow and tackled her offender to the ground. She managed to spin her body around to punch Ten'i straight in the gut and maneuvered her other hand to disarmed the archery Bow from it's owner.
Ryomou then grabbed her attacker's head in a full nelson, curled her legs around the abdominals and leaded backwards to lock Ten'i down. The Nanyou girl started to gently strangle her captive fighter in order to knock her out.
As Ryomou continued to squeeze the girl, unaware that Ten'i's hand was reaching for a segment of her archery Bow that was cut off from her opponent's earlier Counter attack.
As Ten'i's hand finally reached the section of her decapitated weapon and gripped it, causing a three foot section blade to spring out in plain site and stabbed her captor in the shoulder.
Ryomou gasped at the pain and released her hold as she grasped her wound.
Ten'i managed to slip of the clutches of the Submission user and took a minute to catch her breath. After that she reclaimed her standing post and pointed her sword to her target.
"I tried to ease your Pain." Ten'i speaks with a low growl "All I needed was the Ryuuhisui, and what do you Do?" she spoke her mind over the recent frustration.
"Now…" She spoke through her gritting teeth, while her arm stuck down on the left side of Ryomou's "Where the fuck is the Ryuuhisui?" She asked with her smooth turned rigged voice as she Made her point clear by drawing the sword out of the Nanyou and Running the blade of her sword along Ryomou's body, pressing just enough to draw blood.
Ryomou refused to answer, or to be more precise, couldn't. The pain the smothered her body, Along with a small percent of her spirit, refusing to give into to the demands.
Ten'i continued to stroke the flesh of her wounded opponent, occasionally sinking the sword in a little deeper to remind Ryomou wait she was capable of. Her sword ran along The Nanyou's limbs, Main body, and finally her face, cutting into her face and removing the eye patch she wore.
Finally her patience had expired beyond her Fragile limits. "Then, if you refuse to answer…" She began to curled her armed limb around her neck "I'll finish you off." She informed as her cold, infuriated eye looked prepared to swing her weapon.
Which she did, but not at Ryomou.
Ten'i reacted as swiftly as her swing and sliced through several tombstone until she final came in contact with steel. The figure was none other then the Fighter for Seito Private School, Naruto Uzamaki.
The Same Blond Fighter had drawn his Houjoufu to intercept the appendage of the archery bow, which caused a stalemate between the two. Naruto glanced at the arc path the offending Sword owner took before glancing back at the owner herself.
"Impressive…" Naruto commented the handy work the Kyoshou girl displayed "I should've expected to come across weapons expert." In a flash of shining silver, The Blond drew the blade away from the opposing sword and Ten'i's Sword shattered.
"I'm Naruto Uzamaki of Seito Private School." The blond identified himself "I'm here to recover the Ryuuhisui and Ryomou Shimei of Nanyou Academy."
Ten'i toke in this information and in the worst possible way. She dropped the handle of her damaged sword and launched her other hand like a spear into Naruto abdominals.
The Blond reacted by grappling the wrist with his unused hand and spun himself around to throw Ten'i twenty feet away from him. Naruto witnessed his enemy land against several tombstones, before attending to the heavily Wounded Ryomou.
Naruto reseal his sword kneeled down and placed his glowing hand on her abdominals. 'I better hurry and close her wounds up, before she bleeds to death.' He thought as he noticed that all of Ryomou's cuts began to seal up, but the punctured wounds demanded much more attention.
All the While Naruto used his senses to find the Ryuuhisui. Which was difficult, even with the number spirit. Something saturated the air other then the Ryuuhisui, and the individual energy signature. Two unknown pulse interfered with his senses.
The Blond Seito then sensed Ten'i giving a stronger killer intent and turned his head in the young fighter's direction. Naruto saw the young Girl crawling on all fours to her guitar case. "Listen, I don't Have time to deal with you…" Naruto began to try and reason with the girl, only to cut himself off as the said girl pulled out her guitar and gripped the tip of the handle.
Then Naruto's eyes widened as he figured out what the second pulse of energy was coming from. Ten'i unveiled a sword from the Guitar with a smooth double edge, and an image what appeared as a dragon on the tip of the blade.
"A Hyakuhekitou!" Naruto confirmed his thoughts out loud as the Ten'i swung the legendary evil infested sword once and a grave stone spit into several pieces. "Where did she find that thing, or better yet, how is she able to hold it?"
"Anyone foolish to oppose My Marie-Sama, will perish!" Ten'i shouted as she charged and swung the devil made blade.
Naruto leaned away from being decapitated by the sword. He flipped backwards to avoid another swipe and drew his elongated sword whip, Tenraizamaru. The blonde maneuvered the sword the grasp the enemy sword.
Ten'i as the segments of opposing blade wrapped around her own and to rip her Hyakuhekitou out of it's grip, she lashed out her arm to send an arc of energy at Naruto.
The blond acted by retracting his sword and leading himself to the side. Naruto then thought 'Maybe Houjoufu could handle that thing better.' as he pulled out his other sword and stood back up. Just in time to intercept a slash. 'Lets see how Houjoufu takes a on the legendary Hyakuhekitou.'
Naruto pushed Ten'i with his sword and charged at her with Houjoufu preparing to slash down. The Black haired girl intercepted the blade with her own slice and knocked the custom sword off course. She managed to recover from her move in time to pull her sword inward and thrust it into her opponent.
Naruto poured to his left from the attack, but couldn't avoid getting stabbed in his side. The momentum of his fall caused the sword to rip out of his body, leaving a deep wound in his right abdominal.
Naruto grasped the wound with his free hand, but relentlessly swung Houjoufu upward to block the devil sword from taking another bite out of him.
Ten'i gritted her prized sword with the foolish owner of the opposing sword, trying to gain an upper hand.
Naruto easy read the intention of the Kyoshou's fighter, and kicked his leg up to strike Ten'i in the gut, sending her skidding across the ground. She quickly recovered her footing and swung her sword in a wide arc.
The Blond Fighter had no chose, but to swing his own sword to collide with the dark purple arc and the energy seemed to follow Houjoufu movements. In an instance Naruto lashed out his own attack with the stolen energy embezzled.
Ten'i, refusing to allow her defeat to fall on her, she swung the her Hyakuhekito in multiple slices. She was cut down with easy against the hurling blade of energy.
Tragically, For her, the Chi was only slightly weakened, and crashed right at her.
Ten'I crashed against a gravestone and broke through it. She laid on the floor panting heavily for a chance to resume her assault.
Naruto walked over to the fallen fighter, not allowing himself to reseal his sword. As he final stood before her, he spoke "I'll ask one very simply question kid. Who sent you?"
Ten'i didn't seemed to respond to the question with words, instead she flung her arm up and pointed the sword at her intruding fighter. Her mind began to flash with visions of her past, scenes about her perverted, lust seeking father, the sadistic students, and finally the one person her granted her light, comfort, and love that she longed for.
"Maria-Sama…" Ten'I wheezed, and Naruto cocked his eyes at the name. "Give…me your Strength."
Suddenly, the Hyakuhekito propelled itself out of the guitar handle and stabbed right through Naruto's rib cage, narrowing missing any of his vitals.
The Blond grunted deeply to muffle out his scream of pain and kneeled down. 'Dammit! I got careless.' he scolded himself for not foreseeing his current position.
Ten'i managed to regain some of her strength and reached for a standing gravestone. "You Dare…" she began to speak "Trifle with the will of my Maria-sama, Shiba Chuutatsu!"
'Shiba!" Naruto thought, shocked by the identity of Ten'i's master. 'She knows that the Ryuuhisui is out in the open!'
"Nothing, but death awaits you!" Ten'i cried out as she gripped the tip piece of her pervious sword and prepared to stab the blond fighter.
Naruto tried to get up, by having the cursed sword in his body began to take a toll on him. He felt his body tense and began to feel like a force overflowing his being, trying to suck the life out of him. Naruto gripped the blade and shoved it out of his body, but still grasped his wound.
Ten'i raised her hand above her head and gripped her sword fragment so tight it was drawing her blood, which she ignored.
Before death could come upon the blonde, a sinister force was felt by all those presence. Naruto was the only one able to recognize the signature of the power.
'That's a Dragon's power…' Naruto thought 'Not only a Dragon's, but…' The blondes eyes, as well as Ten'I's traveled to the source of the presence, to see Ryomou Shimei standing up, with cold, dead eyes.
Both fighters got a closer look on saw that Ryomou's left eye look yellow with a dark slit.
"That's Ryuubi's energy signature!" Naruto finally admitting the familiarity of the signals. "How is Ryomou…" Naruto couldn't finish his thought the dragon posses Nanyou fighter seemed to blur out of reality and reappeared in front of Ten'i. She delivered a swift punch to the chest, sending the girl half way across the graveyard, with not even the gravestone muffling her flight.
When the girl finally landed, but not in fair condition. Her body was banged up and bruised so much, that no one would doubt she was dead, or at least with everyone of her bones broken.
In another flash, Ryomou appeared before the Kyoshou girl and jabbed her right hand into Ten'i's abdominals, ultimately puncturing her through her body.
Ten'I let out a cry of agony and tried to clutch the wound from bleeding out any further, only for the hand of Ryomou not relinquishing her hold.
As the demonized Ryomou began to twist her hand that was within Ten'I, She brought her other hand up and aimed for her victim's throat.
Naruto would Not stand for such actions of cold murder. He leaped up from his spot and tackled Ryomou to the ground. The blonde grasped the Girls throat with his left hand and Ryomou's left eye with his right. Naruto began to focus as he thought 'I don't know how she has Ryuubi's dragon, but it only manifested in her right eye.'
A white Aura began to manifest over Naruto's hands and inserted in the areas that grasped Ryomou.
Naruto mind dived into Ryomou's and once there he saw a befuddling site. The dragon thrashed in the space, but the color pattern was black and yellow. The odd thing was the color pattern shifted between each other, like oil and water mixing together.
Naruto's power struck the dragon and soothed it into it's slumber once more, leaving its host to lose her strength and fall into a deep slumber.
Naruto on the other hand released his hands and stumbled to the ground, catching his breath. The blond didn't wait long and pressed his hand on his earlier would, while focusing on destroying the curse that was close to barring root in his body. Afterwards he lifted himself off the ground and glanced to see the Fallen Kyoshou fighter, still awakened, even after the whole ordeal she has been through.
Naruto limped to her and kneeled down, placing his hand on her body. Ten'i's own hand grabbed the approaching hand and dug her nails into the wrist.
The Blond Fighter slightly winced at the action, but neither the less didn't discourage her actions. Instead, his hand pressed onto the body and began to allow his energy to flow into her body, healing all the wounds in the process. After that Naruto began to remove his hand, but Ten'i didn't let go.
"It's plain as day…" Naruto spoke to the girl "That you hate me, or even possible the whole world. I can see it in your eyes after all."
"Ten'i couldn't speak, but she looked confused about the choice of words her adversary spoke.
"I don't know exactly what snapped you into what you are, but it obvious that you were a victim of the world's idea of enjoyment. You lash out at everything, but the source of your happiness."
Naruto got up and the hand that entangled his wrist was forced to uncurl do to increasing exhausting.
"I will not hate you for what you done." Naruto spoke and left the girl.
The Blond strolled over to Ryomou and slang her over his shoulder. The blonde then returned to his original duty and located the Ryuuhisui. He found it bare behind a gravestone about ten to fifthteen feet away from the battle ground. With his free hand he grabbed the golden orb and placed it into his pocket within his cloak. He then walked over and picked up the blade of the Hyakuhekito.
Naruto began to walk away from the area before more came to investigate the incident.
(Seito Private School)
Kan'u sat alone in a luminous garden. The area was covered with random spices of flowers and complete with a lone tree and a bench that was the center piece of the small area.
Kan'u observed the handily work that Naruto had worked on a couple months after he came to Seito.
Before she could reminisce any further, she heard the sound of steady foot steps approaching her.
"If I didn't think you were like that, I would say that you were waiting for prince Charming himself." The voice called that was no other then Chou'un.
Kan'u turned to her allied fighter, but quickly shook her away from her line of sight. "Your right to assume that Chou'un."
Chou'un only smiled as she sat down beside her friend. All the while, even with her eyes closed, she observed the garden that The blonde created when he wasn't training or going out.
"It's a nice scenery that Naruto created." Chou'un spoke up. "To think it such a brash boy could find pleasantry through such a patience Hobby."
Kan'u smiled at the irony of such a combination. "Yes, but I think he found a way to overcome his behavior, if only a little." she spoke as she remembered that Naruto took up an interest in wielding as well. "I often wonder was he indulges himself in random habits."
"I suppose it just a wonder of life that we would like to know about Naruto." Chou'un commented.
That quote stuck a nerve on Kan'u, and she became slightly down. The silver haired fighter noted as such. "My apologize, I was careless in thinking…"
"No need to say such things…" Kan'u countered "It nothing important."
Before Chou'un could speak, both Seito Fighter sensed the presence of the very man they were talking about. Kan'u and Chou'un raised themselves to their feet and walked over to Naruto's current position.
When both arrived, they saw Naruto with his hands full, literally. With a Girl over his shoulder, his cloak ripped, and a blade to a sword in his hand. Kan'u walked over to him and said "Need a hand?"
Naruto nodded "Yeah, Take this, but careful." He held out his arm and exposed the Hyakuhekito.
Kan'u eyes widened as she recognized the blade and grasped the end. "Where did you get this?" She questioned.
"I won it in a fight, against one of Kyoshou's fighter." Naruto answer "By the way, How's Ryuubi?"
Chou'un answered "She's fine, just resting in her room at the moment."
Naruto nodded "Could you ask The old man to drop by the dinning room, he may want to know about this." Naruto order his friend and he walked to the spar room to drop Ryomou off.
(Dining Hall, Fifthteen Minutes Later.)
Naruto, Kan'u, Chouhi, Chou'un, and Suikyo all gathered as instructed and the blond presented the Ryuuhisui and the Hyakuhekito.
"Well, this is an impressive collection." Suikyo spoke as he observed the Ancient and supposal non-existing treasure.
Suikyo hands roamed to the blade and picked it up by the stud. "There's no doubt in my mind that this is a genuine article." he spoke "It as the aura of it's eight hundred year old creator, Sousou Moutaku. What I'm curious about is how did such a child managed to handle a sword like this, even with indirect contact."
Naruto then spoke "It was her spirit. The evil that was within that girls heart was enough to shield her from the Hyakuhekito wrath." he explained "There is something more baffling. It's Ryomou, She somehow managed to use a faction of Ryuubi's dragon."
The other were shocked at this note, all but Suikyo. "Well, that isn't too much of a surprise, considering the history between Ryomou and Ryuubi."
"You mean when Nanyou's leader tricked Teifu into attacking Ryuubi and Ryomou and Ouin defended him." Naruto questioned if such event was the correct one.
"Yes, the very one." Suikyo confirmed the event. "When both Ryomou and the Ryuubi fought against one another, Ryuubi's dragon managed to leak it's way into Ryomou's system, but instead of killing her like it should, Ryomou adapted to it and in combination with her own strength, managed to get reborn as a new dragon."
'That explains the discoloration.' Naruto thought as he remembered seeing the dragon.
"Which is why Mou-chan a highly respected member of Nanyou Academy." a voice called with everyone turning to see none other then Ouin Shishi at the front of the door.
"I assume you're here for one of your girlfriends?" Chouhi spoke up.
Ouin casually smirked at the remark "Oh, I did realized that Mou-Chan had company over." He walked into the room and then spoke "But I'm just after Ryomou."
"You can take her." Naruto spoke "After all, she isn't ours to keep."
Kan'u and Chouhi were shocked at this. "What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Chouhi shouted "She attacked our leader and your saying we should let her go like that?"
"Yes, she did…" Naruto confirmed "But we got what we needed…" his hand motioned "Beside, the enemy of my enemy is my friend after all."
"Oh, Your suggesting an alliance between our schools." Ouin spoke, Figuring out what the blonde meant.
"Exactly." Naruto proving the thought "Unless anyone here objects." he motioned the room of Seito's representatives.
All present consider this as an oblivious choice "This is acceptable." Kan'u spoke confirming her approval.
"Alright." Chouhi spoke "Seito can team up with Nanyou."
"Then it settled." Suikyo spoke up "Nanyou Academy and Seito Private school will join forces in order to stop Kyoshou Academy."
"Amen to that." Ouin spoke. "Now if one of your lovely ladies could direct me to where Mou-Chan is I'll be on my way to deliver the good news to Booby bombs."
The female side of the room were tempted to punch the womanizer dead in the Man's most sensitive area, but they decided to let it slide. Naruto got up "I'll take you there, just follow me."
Ouin let a playful pout to form on her face, but followed the command like a gentlemen. They both arrived to the spare room that housed Ryomou and Ouin bent over to pick her up bridal style. "Thanks for saving her Naru-Chan." Ouin turned to the Blonde Fighter.
"It was nothing." Naruto spoke "I believe that it would be in your best interest not to lose anymore precious friend."
"I'll keep that in mind." Ouin spoke "I'll assume the next time we meet will be on the battlefield." With that Ouin walked away and disappeared from Naruto's line of view.
Naruto turned himself around to join everyone back at the dinning hall. One his way there he past his leaders room. After staring at it the door for a moment, debating whether or not to enter, he entered and saw Ryuubi sleeping peacefully in her bed, despite being slightly bruised.
Naruto kneeled down to her and placed his hand on her abdominals. Focusing his energy and allowing it to flow smoothly into her body, eliminating all the bruises and scars from her previous transformation. As Naruto stood up once more, his sharp as caught Ryuubi's own eyes opening slightly.
"Hiryuu…" Ryuubi spoke in a wheeze before falling back to sleep.
"Naruto was shocked, but he muffled the emotion quickly and left the room. 'Her Magatama recognized the signature, that's all it was.' he thought as he returned to the dinning hall.
Naruto the witnessed an empty room with the exception of Suikyo with a piece of paper on the table with the Hyakuhekito and the Ryuuhisui. The Blond Seito student eyed the paper closely and it read "End of Summer Festival of July Twenty fifth, From Dusk to Midnight."
"I thinks a good way to stretch out the aching bones everyone's been having since this morning, So I suggested everyone go to the festival." Suikyo explained the current situation.
Naruto nodded "The festival is in three days. That should enough time for everyone to rest."
The Blond turned away from his master and walked out of the room
(Summer Festival, Three Days later)
The Seito gang appeared before the festival's grand entrance and eyed the stands.
Each one of the girls, with the exception of Chou'un and Kan'u, who weren't present, wore different color Kimonos, with Ryuubi wearing a bright Orange with yellow flowers and her hair was tied in a single ponytail. Koumei wore a purple with red lining, Chouhi wore a plain blue one, while Naruto choose to wear his usual uniform.
They all walk from stand to stand, eating small amounts of various dishes, enjoy the party. The group stopped by a stand with untold amount of goldfishes.
"Hey Kids…" The stall managers spoke, gaining their attention "Wanna try you luck with these little guys.
"Sure!" Ryuubi spoke eagerly as she grasped net and bowl, and kneeled down. She placed her net in the water and started the game.
Naruto and the other observed their leader testing her luck out. Meanwhile, Koumei observed Ryuubi closer then the other.
Ryuubi on the other hand skimmed the waster with her net until she finally caught the fish she was after. She hastily lifted the net and moved it in sync with the fishes thrashing movement. Ryuubi panicking over keeping allowed the goldfish to escape back into the water.
"Awww." Ryuubi moaned at her lost.
"Want me to give it a whirl." A voice called out that made everyone turn to see. Eyeing not only Ryofu wearing a dark green and red kimono, but Chinkyuu, wearing a yellow kimono, and Akaoni, wearing his normal red jacket with his hood cast over his head..
Ryuubi registered the offer and handed her net to her friend saying "Sure." with a smile.
Ryofu took the net and bowl and knelt down. In an instant, a goldfish was caught and she stuck it in the bowl before it made an attempt to escape. "And that's how it done Folks." Ryofu rightfully gloated to everyone.
"She was always the best when it came to things like agile and agility." Akaoni informed the group.
"Aw how cute." the stands manager spoke up "A guy complimenting his girlfriend."
Akaoni, even Ryofu blushed at that unexpected comment, but Akaoni blushed deeper. When Ryofu saw this, She let an evil smile on her face.
"Aw look Chinkyuu, Akaoni-Chan is blushing." She spoke to her friend, but her eyes never leaving Akaoni.
"Well…I…I…Just…" Akaoni tried to explain himself, but was stuttering to find the right words.
Ryofu still held her evil, playful smile and said "Aw, he even stuttering too." she approached him and whispered in his ear "So what do you say, Wanna be my boyfriend?"
With that, Akaoni face turned red with blood gathering to his face and fainted.
Everyone observed the action with great shock, even Ryofu looked a bit dumbfounded at the pressure that took Akaoni out.
"To think…" Koumei spoke "The Demon of Rakuyou, and Toutaku Chuuei's killer would be defeated by a simple act like flirting."
"The world does work in such extravagate ways" Naruto spoke as he dropped down to lift his friend off the ground with Ryofu's help. They laid him on the nearest bench and allowed him to rest.
"Think I over did it on him?" Ryofu asked the other.
"Probably." Chouhi spoke up, confirming Ryofu's overkill.
Ryofu only shock her head, "I don't mean to knock him out, but he so much fun to tease sometimes." she justified her actions.
"Better stay with him until he wakes up." Naruto instructed Ryofu.
"Can do." Ryofu agreed with the idea, and sat beside her friend.
Naruto then turned to around and spotted two familiar people. The first was Chou'un, wearing a silver kimono with a few blue butterflies design, and the second was Kan'u with a black Kimono with a golden pinwheels images on her.
"Glad to see we made it." Chou'un spoke as she fallowed straight through to her friends. "Everyone's been enjoying the festival no doubt."
"We're just getting started." Chouhi informed her friend.
"Maybe we should split up into three groups and explore the area." Chinkyuu offered.
"Sounds like a plan." Naruto spoke, approving of such action.
"Alright." Chouhi spoke up "How about Chinkyuu and Ryofu stay with Akaoni, While me, Ryuubi and Koumei go off."
"But that leaves…" Naruto was about to speak, only for Chouhi to cut him off.
"This is not up for you." Chouhi ordered "Now move!" Chouhi quickly grabbed Ryuubi and Koumei's hand and ran off.
Naruto cursed at his friend idea, but had no choice but to go along with it since he already set himself up.
"I guess I'll be walking with you two." Naruto turned to his companions. Both Kan'u and Chou'un remain slightly impassive on the outside, but both were already enjoying the thought of being with Naruto.
Both then grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him over to another stand that was selling homemade ice cream. They all ordered Chocolate and tasted the rich creamy treat, Naruto, of course, let him mask down to lick the treat.
They both traveled to another stale selling fireworks and with Naruto's money, bought a couple boxes of color flares sticks. Afterwards they stopped at a nearby bench to rest up on before journeying over to another stand.
"This place is really a hit this year." Kan'u commented on the size of the crowd.
Both Naruto and Chou'un nodded and the latter stood up "I'm going to get something to drink, I'll be right back."
"You can sit Chou'un I'll get it for you." Naruto insisted and disappeared to another stand.
Chou'un sat back down beside her friend. "Such a gentleman isn't he." she spoke.
Kan'u heard the comment, choose not to respond.
"Something troubling you Kan'u?" Chou'un asked noting the silence.
Kan'u shock her head "It's nothing important." she informed the silver haired fighter.
"It's about Naruto isn't it?" Chou'un took a wild guess at what troubled her friend emotional.
Kan'u sighed as she knew that she was that easy to read. "Is it that obvious?"
"Sadly, it is." Chou'un spoke "But what the reason that trouble isn't easy to read."
Kan'u once more sighed "It just lately I only just began to notice how everyone, Suikyo-Sensei, Chouhi, Ryuubi, and Even Akaoni seemed to know him better then me."
Chou'un nodded "It would seemed that it would be painfully to think someone you love, is someone you know very little about, despite the length of time you spent with him." she spoke her thought on such a subject.
Kan'u lightly blushed as the accessions. "I'm not in love with Naruto!" she spoke, denying such emotion existing for friend.
"It's nothing to be ashamed about." She consoled her friends emotional outburst "After all, who wouldn't fall for such a person."
That Statement instantly caught Kan'u's attention "Chou'un, Are you saying…" Before she could say anything else, Naruto appeared with three bottle of water in his hands.
"I got you guys some water, is that alright?" Naruto asked his friends.
"That's perfect." Chou'un spoke and accepted the water, with Kan'u doing the same with the other bottle. All three fighters took a quick drink and caped their bottle for later.
Both raised themselves up from the bench and Naruto spoke "Chouhi just called and said she wanted to meet us at the beach."
Kan'u and Chou'un nodded. "Then lead the way." Kan'u order her friend and Naruto did.
Once there, they saw the groups they split up with standing along the darkened beach with Ryofu, Akaoni and Chinkyuu.
"So you guys enjoyed you time together?" Ryofu asked the recently arrived gang.
"More or less." Naruto answered and dug into his cloak's pocket to bring out the boxes of flares and a box of matches. "I brought you all a gift." she told everyone.
The gang all took the box from the buyer, and took a stick. Naruto quickly sturck a match and began to light that sticks one by one.
While everyone played with their flares, Chou'un and Kan'u stood on the side lines. "Chou'un…" Kan'u spoke to her fellow fighter "About early…"
"Your wondering if I have feelings for Naruto as well?" Chou'un spoke. "I do admit that it would take a fool not to like Naruto, but as far as caring for him in the respect of love is something that would seem out of the ordinary."
"So your saying that you do care for Naruto like a lover?" Kan'u questioned, trying to get a straight answer.
"I wouldn't know myself about such extremes, but…" Chou'un spoke "He is someone that is worthy in my respect."
"Worthy in your respect?" Kan'u spoke, getting more confused about the series of riddles.
"Naruto is someone who would gladly lay down his life for other without thinking about it." Chou'un stated "It's a rare and admirable quality that very few have in themselves."
"Not caring about his own death, but afraid of other's death?" Kan'u spoke finally understanding he root of Chou'un's feeling for Naruto. "That is something to like about him."
Chou'un began to walk away from the scene, but not before saying "You can figure out your own feeling at your own pace Kan'u, after all, we have time." she left the raven haired girl to join the flock.
'Maybe I do.' Kan'u thought to herself, then she remembered the fate of her Magatama. 'On the other hand though, Fate always seems to have other plans.'
