Rising upon the Frosted Heavens
By: Andoryu-sama
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters
Special thanks to Holyknight5 for all his support!
Chapter 9: Into the Rolling Mist, Part II
Tobikuma pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose, a dull glare presenting in them as he stared at the two younger members of his team. "So what you're saying is that you're going to attempt to bring her abilities under control somehow…"
Naruto nodded. "Yea…"
"You do realize the risks involved with…"
"Yes, I've been given a rundown of her abilities."
Tobikuma gave him a disapproving stare. "Naruto, it's not that I don't approve…"
"Actually Tobikuma-san, it was a special request by Miyuki herself…" Naruto interrupted as he turned to face the blind girl beside him. "Besides…I already promised to help her and I don't want to go back on my word."
Tobikuma stared at the both of them for quite awhile, noting the determined expressions on both of their faces. "I see…" The inept strategist resigned, taking off his glasses to fully regard the two. "How much time are you asking for?" He asked as he folded his glasses and tucked them in his jacket.
"It shouldn't take long…just about a couple of hours."
"Then you can do it tomorrow." Tobikuma said sternly. "Leaving the village in the middle of the night is more than likely to raise suspicion towards you. You can do whatever preliminary checks you feel is necessary right now, if only to minimize the time you'd be gone for tomorrow. I'll take your shift for tonight…"
"Hai…Thank you, Tobikuma-san."
"Hn…" Tobikuma grunted uncharacteristically as he walked away.
Naruto turned towards Miyuki, already beginning to formulate exactly how he was going to go about the sealing process when he began to stagger slightly on his feet.
"Brat, take it easy. You haven't been meditating lately and it's starting to show." Kyūbi said, showing slight concern in voice.
"I know but I can't rest now…Miyuki's counting on me."
The vixen merely rolled her eyes at the statement.
A lone figure sat on the edge of a roof holding a pair of binoculars just opposite of the inn the Reido team were staying in, his open white vest billowing in the wind behind him.
He smiled, those jagged, shark like teeth glinting like highly polished steel even within the mist. How stupid could these people be? Letting their guards down like that within one of the Great 5, he was almost tempted to go inside and give them a thorough manhandling.
But it was his luck though…
That boy recognized him from somewhere and he needed to know exactly how.
"Could you lay flat for me Miyuki-chan?" He asked her gently and she obliged, going as rigid as a board before lying down before him. It was like watching someone drop a wooden plank.
Yes…the truly funny things in life were just horrible to laugh at.
It didn't stop Kyouko from giving him a headache though…
Naruto made a few hand seals, covering his hand in a pale white before lowering it over Miyuki's abdomen. "Umm…You said that there were others before me…was Yukio-ojisan one of them?"
"Yes…it was him and a few others including Izumi-sama."
"And not even seals worked?"
"No, his…equipment would freeze the moment they made contact. He was unable to successfully complete any seals on my body."
Naruto rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "I see…it's not that seals can't be used but more like they couldn't be used. The normal, conventional ink/brush and ink/paper seals couldn't be used since she couldn't be touched with them but…I can touch her. Blood based seals with direct contact isn't beyond me…" He thought. The problem with blood based seals however was that they could only be removed by someone who was identical to the original caster by blood. He had no offspring and his parents were gone so should he die, Miyuki would have no way of developing her bloodline naturally.
Well…he would just have to survive for her sake, or at least until he found someone with a Doujutsu to dish out some pointers.
"Well…seeing as how it was just a simple obstacle of not being able to touch her by any means, I should be able to do this." He thought with a sigh of relief.
But now that that problem was out of the way he could focus on what really mattered. He had never met someone like Miyuki before; she was similar to him in many ways and her body contained man secrets. He couldn't explain what he was feeling really. It was giddy, a kid who had just received a brand new toy. He wanted to…
His hand was mere inches from the swell of her chest, eyes glazed over in a feral lust. He knew he was drooling, he could feel the slick substance making its way down his pale chin so he wiped it off with his sleeve, amazed at the amount he had produced. He enjoyed her yelp of surprise as he tore through the impeding fabric, blocking him from what was soon to be his. He loved it when she cried as he penetrated. He loved it when she moaned as he gained pace. He loved it when she screamed out 'Naruto-sama' as he spilled his seed into her.
He loved it all…because it was his now.
"N-Naruto-sama…?" Came a soft voice from below him and he flinched in shock, reeling his hand back immediately from its dangerous position above the girl's breasts. His chakra was still flowing outwards albeit erratically and from the proximity of his hand and the way her chest was heaving…
"I think you should go cool down…" Tobikuma growled in a low voice.
If Naruto as pale before he was now ghastly white. The team leader hadn't even left yet…he had been caught with his hand dangerously close to the cookie jar so to speak. He rose quickly, both embarrassed and relieved that he was aroused and Miyuki wasn't able to see it, before moving picking up a scroll from the table and moving towards the bathroom.
A hand gripped his shoulder firmly before he made it to the sliding doors.
"I don't suppose I would have to warn you about doing things that may impact negatively on this mission's outcome, do I?" Tobikuma warned.
"N-No…Tobikuma-san." The man's hand was beginning to feel more and more like a vice with each passing second. Suddenly he released and Naruto turned slightly to see him form a hand seal. Vapor began to roll off his body and an arm made of ice emerged from his shoulder. Soon, a fully functional Hyou Bunshin stood beside him, carrying the same look of contempt the original was wearing.
"It's not that I don't trust you…" He began as he pulled out a headset to give to his clone. "…But I have yet to hear the words to refute this picture. Don't disappoint me…"
Naruto watched as he left the room and slid the bathroom door shut silently. Taking out the scroll, he unsealed his belongings and undressed slowly before sitting on a stool and turning the cold water on full. "What the hell was that just now…"
"Brat…think about what you're doing! DO NOT UNSEAL THE…!"
"Don't unseal what?" Fuyuki asked curiously from behind her. The Hyouden had just been unsealed from its storage scroll and Fuyuki now regained her connection to him.
"Nothing you stupid Ookami…go back to the Hyouden now before…"
It was too late howeveras scenes from their host's latest episode flooded into wolf's mind.
Fuyuki watched every scene as it unfolded into her subconscious and she couldn't help but shudder at every moan that escaped their lips, every lustful gaze that was thrown; assaulting her continuously with images of their backwater performance that only the strong of heart were permitted to view. Her knees buckled and she fell to the ground clutching at her head, willing it to stop but it wouldn't; it was sneering at her, poking at her innocence, purposefully replaying the part where he claimed that girl as his. She wanted to do it to; it was there, her drive and instinct just as powerful, but who was she to do it with?
It was overbearing now, cutting her deeply and exposing things she never wanted to be released. Her mind was spiraling out of control, it wasn't fair…
Why did it have to be him?
Who was that girl? Wait…she recognized her from somewhere…Naruto had just met her…
It didn't make sense…
Why would he have such feelings for someone he had just met?
Why was she so far beyond his reach?
Why?
It wasn't fair…
"Fuyuki-hime?" Naruto called out to her. She was just standing there staring out into space.
Fuyuki blinked, finding herself as the object of everyone's stares. She looked down, unable to bring herself to meet his inquisitive stare.
"Naruto…" Fuyuki treaded carefully.
"You know what's going on don't you?"
"I haven't been quite honest with you…" Fuyuki admitted softly.
"What?"
"Those minor instances where you experience those 'urges', no, we can no longer write them off as mere urges. Your body is progressing much faster than I am able to comprehend…"
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"Those strong impulses you have been experiencing are merely the beginning of what is to come. Those experiences are not those of another being residing in you, they are your thoughts on a more…primitive level. If you had not been stopped before…You would have most likely claimed that girl in that very same fashion." Fuyuki explained.
"So what you're saying is that the brat's developing 'instinct'…this is certainly getting interesting." Kyouko mused. Even though she was a little irked she wasn't able to notice those particular changes, she was still pleased. There were so many upsides to developing instinct and it would no doubt be a semi-positive influence on him.
Fuyuki nodded. "Yes…but the main problem lies within deciphering whether or not this instinct derives from your genes or mine…"
"Or something else entirely…"Kyouko finished for her.
"You mean…"
"Yes…" Kyouko stated. "It could be a combination of ours…"
"Or…it could mutate into something that can't be defined. You could develop your own habits entirely unique of ours but if that happens, we wouldn't be able to guide you until we get a definite picture of what's happening." Fuyuki finished.
Naruto slumped, breaking the connection with his mind deftly as he was not willing to listen any longer but having no choice in the matter as they continued to discuss what was happening to him. This wasn't doing any good for him, the bloodline was going out of control and he could do nothing but sit idly as it destroyed his life bit by bit. If he had known this was what was going to happen he would have never agreed to…
He stopped that train of thought when he realized exactly where it was going, and from the silence in his mind it was obvious that the others had heard it as well.
"Wait…I didn't mean that. That was…"
"We know…get some rest brat, you're starting to get delirious." Kyouko said as she rose and moved towards where her memories were kept in his mind.
"Please re-seal the Hyouden…I wish for some time alone to think." Fuyuki said as she returned to the Hyouden's domain through the link.
"Fuyuki…"
Miyuki watched with subdued interest as the Yukikage's nephew worked intricately on his intended seal's design.
From his position on the large bed several feet away from her.
It seemed as if he had the necessary amount of data needed already despite his earlier words.
Then there was the way he would always look at her and she would feel his gaze on him, seeing it sometimes when her eyes pulsed occasionally and she would perk up, wanting herself to be of more use to the cause (or to him). He would turn away quickly however once he saw this, returning his attention to the seal before him with a fervor that confused her.
Did he not want her help? Was she not supposed to be forefront about it?
She couldn't help it; he was the first person she knew of who was willing to help her (and her family by extension) and had the ability to do so. Just the mere thought of being near someone so capable was sending her senses right over the very edge. She couldn't even explain what exactly she was feeling at the moment.
And then there were those incidents where she had been touched by him.
The first time was like a dream; it was unbelievable on so many levels. The warmth she felt that accompanied that unhinged kindness was like none she had felt before. It was even more appealing to know it had been directed solely at her.
The second time however had left her with a feeling she had a hard time placing. It was sharp like pain, but different somehow. She felt uneasy and her chest still throbbed like there was an actual abrasion there but she found that after it registered in her mind she felt…satisfied somewhat, content even, but she found that it left her an…unfulfilled type of feeling.
It was like an itch but she didn't know exactly where to scratch to relieve it.
So she was sitting there, back against the wall, 'watching' as her 'Naruto-sama' continued his work alone.
Just imagining how the feeling was and how inviting he felt was intensifying the 'itch' by folds of ten and now she could feel the areas on her body where the feeling were making itself most known. She moved one of her hands slowly across her body and flinched when it came across one of the hardened nubs of flesh sitting high on the swell of her chest that were pressing firmly into her shirt.
She couldn't even stop the loud moan that escaped her lips.
It was an intense reaction, but it wasn't giving the relief she needed. In fact, in only sparked more of a need to extinguish that burning desire within her. She continued though, finding the sensation a pleasant distraction from the irritation she was feeling earlier. She gritted her teeth and rubbed the sensitive nub again, making a loud hissing noise as she drew in air sharply through her mouth.
Naruto sat there with his eyes bugged out of his skull as he watched the bloodline-impaired work herself over, cursing the heavens for his poor luck. The girl just didn't know what kind of position she was putting him in. I mean, touching herself while in the same room just defeats the purpose of distancing himself from her doesn't it?
He looked towards the clone for assistance, ready to plead with it to get Miyuki to stop whatever the hell she was doing but found it was just as appalled as he was. In fact, it had already started calling for assistance from its creator.
She wasn't blind, that she was at least sure of, but even behind the darkness of the blind fold, her eyes would send her blurred images and she would find that if she concentrated hard enough, the images would increase in clarity and she could sometimes make out the things around her.
So she concentrated…very hard.
It was to the point where her head was beginning to spin.
She wanted to see clearly, just once, the face of the person who was going through such lengths for her…the person who left her wanting so much more.
"I want to see…" She pleaded with her eyes as she poured more chakra into them.
"I want to feel…" She begged her body as she continued to stimulate herself, tears of blood flowing freely from her eyes and soaking into the fabric of her blindfold from over exertion.
"Naruto-sama!"
Naruto, who was in the process of pulling out his hair, looked over when he heard something heavy hitting the hard wood floor. His eyes widened and he rushed over to her quickly, trying to ignore the ever intensifying smell of her arousal. He pulled the bloodied cloth covering her eyes slowly, making sure to move with extreme caution since he had no idea what he was facing and when it finally came off there was a large spike of chakra and his breath hitched in his throat.
Not from surprise though…
His breath was literally being frozen in his lungs! It was unreal! And the clone beside him was completely still now, its artificial pathways having been long frozen over despite it being made of ice.
"Brat! Breathe!" Kyuubi screamed at him and he inhaled nearly on reflex.
That woman could be so damn impulsive sometimes.
The crimson-haired vixen snorted. "Don't make me smack you for that comment brat. Next thing you know I'll have to be reminding you to clean up after yourself and to wipe your own ass."
"Not that you wouldn't enjoy wiping it for me…" Naruto shot back.
"So you're into claws eh? I'll take note of that for next time you come to visit."
"Don't bother…I'll make sure to remind you Kyouko-chan."
"Naruto…sama…" Miyuki whispered exhaustedly. "I can see…"
Naruto froze. She went through so much trouble, placing herself in such a state just to be able to catch a glimpse of something. "You…" He choked out in disbelief as he stared at the blindfold, noticing all the seals hidden within the cloth. It was a suppressor, designed to block certain neural pathways from accepting chakra and absorb whatever escaped.
She forced her chakra through however which meant she was probably in pain now.
"I said I was going to help you didn't I? Couldn't you have waited for me?" He asked worriedly as he stared down at the surprisingly normal pale eyes of the girl.
"It seemed as if I was being a bother to Naruto-sama…I didn't want to be a burden. I didn't want Naruto-sama to hate me…"
"Baka…" Naruto whispered as he wiped the blood from her under-eyes with his thumb, not sure exactly just who he was referring to.
-Just outside the Inn-
"Ara ara…what a troublesome girl we have here. Not that I didn't appreciate the free show though…" The giant fish hybrid grinned. That chick had some wicked chakra from what he saw. She'd be a pretty fucked up opponent to run into.
His grin turned feral as it seemed that he wasn't the only one to think so.
"What can I do you for, P-Umans?"
The leader of the group sent to investigate look eyed Arlong with weary look. "Arlong-san…We're here to investigate a disturbance. Please do not interfere."
"What disturbance? That was just me releasing some well built-up tension. Shit, it feels nice to let go once in a while don't you think?"
"A-Arlong-san…"
"Don't you think so?" He repeated darkly, raising his chakra output to a magnitude close to that of what the chick put out earlier, even throwing in some killing intent for good measure. Even though the two chakras were fundamentally different in nature, the scared shit-heads wouldn't be able to do squat about it.
"H-H-Hai!" The leader stuttered.
"Good! Now beat it. Your stench is ruining my mood." Arlong said dismissively, waiting until they had dispersed to return his attention to his subject of interest.
The one that was currently staring at him in subdued shock through the window…
Arlong rose slowly, putting away his binoculars before grasping the hilt of the Jougaku (The Upper Jaw) and hoisting it over his shoulder to hold out in front of him, pointing it straight at his target.
"Come on brat, we've got a lot to discuss after all…"
Naruto stood unmoving, mouth agape, voice lost within the confines of his throat as he gazed upon the cannibalistic grin of one blue skinned giant. "He knows now…he knows we're Shinobi." Then there was the fact that thing seemed to be actively calling him out. "What should I do? Despite the fact the he covered our asses earlier from those approaching scouts…oh shit." He cursed when he heard the stomping of angry footsteps approaching the room. "I have a feeling this isn't going to end well…" He mentally groaned as he rushed over to the window to close the blinds.
"Naruto!" Yemon yelled, slamming the doors to the suite open in a fit of rage with Tobikuma and Toushiro trailing in behind him, their eyes widened when he saw over half the room covered in ice.
"I thought I specifically told you not to begin the procedure until you were out of the village." Tobikuma said calmly as he approached the two in his ever stoic demeanor.
Naruto let out a sigh of relief. At least Tobikuma wasn't going to kill him outright. "I didn't…it was…"
Anything the medic was going to say was cut short after being slammed roughly into the adjacent wall by the team analyst.
The irate spectacle wearing man looked at his frozen clone and his frown deepened even further. "I received a message from my clone telling me to 'return immediately'. Sadly it did not leave me any details so I am going to calmly inquire about the happenings of earlier. And let me warn you Naruto-sama…" Tobikuma said in a low voice whilst removing his glasses. "Choose your words very carefully."
"This is calmly?" Naruto asked himself mentally as he sweat-dropped but jokes aside the guy was clearly not in any mood for nonsense. For Miyuki's sake though he was going to edit a few things. "I honestly don't know what happened. I was on the mattress working on the specs of the seal when she lost control suddenly. Your clone got hit with the chakra full on and froze instantly, I was fortunate to be at a greater distance."
Tobikuma eyed Naruto heavily, weighing every word carefully. "And where did that second chakra signature come from?"
"I don't know…" He responded truthfully. It was true he had an idea of who had done it but he had no idea who the guy was, only that he looked suspiciously like the person that had been after him a little more than a year ago.
Tobikuma released Naruto and pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling the comings of a migraine. It was obvious he was twisting some of his stories and leaving out key facts but there was nothing he could do. Sighing, he looked around the room to assess the damage done by the released chakra, noting almost ¾ of the entire room looked like it had been thrown into a deep freeze. This mission was getting out of hand way too quickly.
"Naruto…take Miyuki and go back to the Daimyo's residence. We don't need you for this part of the operation."
Naruto whirled on the spot at his words. "W-What?"
"Yo…I think you're going a bit too far there Tobikuma. Didn't you say we needed them to assassinate the Kage?"
"The both of you are nothing more than liabilities right now. On one hand we have someone who can't control their presence and on the other, we have someone who can't control themselves." Tobikuma said simply.
"Wait Tobikuma-san…" Naruto called out after him but paused once he realized the man was right. He had no way of understanding much less controlling what was happening to him. He was the biggest liability on the team currently. "You're right…sorry."
"We'll regroup in the Daimyo's mansion before moving to complete the mission. Take that time to sort out Miyuki's problems as well. You need to take her from the village tonight however as they can now recognize her chakra and it would only be a matter of time before they find her and link her to tonight's events."
"You…You're entrusting me with her?" Naruto asked a bit skeptically. Just a little while ago the man had been practically out for blood.
"I have no choice; I need Toushiro and Yemon here. I have no deep bonds with her so I can't say that I care about what happens between you two, but I am trusting you refrain from doing anything that may affect her future performance on this mission."
Toushiro definitely felt something amiss with the situation. "Did something occur here that you are not telling us about?"
"No…it's nothing that you have to concern yourself with, Toushiro." Tobikuma said dismissively before turning to former Konoha-nin. "Please get moving before she recovers from her exhaustion."
Naruto said nothing as he moved to pack his things, his thoughts dwelling on the real reason for him being excluded from the mission at this stage. It was crazy, being excluded from a mission like this because of some mishap that wasn't even his fault to begin with! Though it wasn't like he was going to shift the blame to Miyuki either and he would rather have himself be blamed in her place, but he was afraid of how he would look in front of Yukio when the time came.
He changed out of his civilian clothes back into his Shinobi ones, opting for mobility over disguise. It would be weird enough for civilians, especially with one of them unconscious and riding on the other's back, to be travelling during the night anyway.
He unsealed the Hyouden and his Reido cloak, fixing the sword horizontally on his lower back before taking out one of his larger blank scrolls and sealing both of their packs into it. He then flipped his Reido cloak over Miyuki's shoulders and fastened it with a quick snap at the collar hoping that the thick material would at least make sure she had some form of protection if they were suddenly ambushed.
"I'll assist you…" Toushiro said softly when he saw his relative struggling to get the exhausted girl on his back. "What's going on Naruto?" He whispered in a hushed voice.
"It's just a big misunderstanding. I lost control of myself earlier and Tobikuma saw…"
"I see…" Toushiro said as he altered the position of the Hyouden on his back. "What exactly did you do…?"
"I…I kinda made a move on Miyuki, but it wasn't like that! It was an honest mistake! They said it's getting worse…"
"I see…" Toushiro acknowledged, knowing exactly who he was referring to. "There's nothing we can do now. Just sit tight with the Daimyo and we'll come when it's time. Make sure you get some meditation in as well." Toushiro replied, raising an eyebrow when he noticed that Naruto had stopped moving. "You have been meditating haven't you?"
Naruto averted his eyes and rubbed his forearm sheepishly. "Well…we've been on the move and everything so…"
"Those aren't excuses Naruto! You know how dangerous you can get when you lose control!" Toushiro whispered harshly causing the two other occupants in the room to look up.
"Sorry…I'll be more careful from now on." He promised. "We won't be returning to the castle though…"
"What?"
"There's an abandoned house in the settlement we stopped in before coming here. The town's folk are afraid of the place so it'd be safer for now."
"Naruto…" Toushiro said warningly.
"Don't worry…we'll be back at the Daimyo's place before you get there. Later…" Naruto waved as he hoped out of the open window into the mist.
"I can only hope so for your sake." Toushiro whispered before closing the window and moving to help the others remove the ice from the room.
Naruto moved swiftly through the fog-laden marshlands of Mizu no Kuni, occasionally stopping when he felt like someone was approaching. Once he had gotten a good ways away from Kiri, he stopped next to one of the many brooks to check on the condition Miyuki's eyes which he had neglected to do before due to the circumstances. Taking out a cloth, he dampened it and wiped the underside of her eyes and cheeks that were still stained with blood before washing it clean and using it to wipe the cold sweat that was forming on his forehead. His eyes were beginning to get heavier and heavier as he cared for her and now he was sure that he would collapse if he neglected his mental training any longer.
"There doesn't seem to be any damage to her retina…probably ran out of chakra before she could do any serious damage." He said, panting slightly from his oncoming fever. "I need to hurry and get out of here before I get worse." He groaned, packing away his things and fixing the unconscious girl on his back before setting off again.
He hadn't even moved a few steps before he had to drop Miyuki in a hurried rush to brandish his sword to block the offending weapon.
"Heh…seems I was right in following you brat."
Naruto grunted when he felt one of the large teeth of the large weapon dig into his shoulder. "Damnit…I don't have time for this!"
"Well make time!" The man bellowed as he savagely kicked the medic clear across the clearing and into a boulder. "Really…I go out of my way to help you guys and this is the thanks I get?" Arlong muttered as he started making his way over to the Shimo-nin. "Come on, get up…I've got some questions I want to ask…"
"SHUT UP! Tsukishiro no Akari!" Naruto yelled as he slid past the fish-man's form, surrounding him in a circle of white light. "Hyouketsu!!"
"Shit!" Arlong growled as the light solidified, forming a massive pillar of ice extending towards the sky that was glistening from the light of the crescent moon above.
Naruto began walking over to where Miyuki was, clutching his still throbbing mid-section. "Soushitsu…" He said as he straightened and re-sheathed the Hyouden, causing the huge pillar to crack and break down, taking whoever it was he was fighting with it.
Kyouko sighed from within his head. "A bit flashy don'tcha think?"
"Shut up…It doesn't matter; I don't have time to waste fighting this guy. Protecting Miyuki is my number one priority." Naruto murmured.
"You're hardly in any position to be proclaiming any acts of love, you shit. With my chakra eating away at your body as it is, you'd die "protecting" her from the countless patrols you've just signaled." Kyouko growled.
Naruto huffed in response and began making his way back to where he left the exhausted assassin
"My Mizu Bunshin didn't deserve that, you demon scented P-Uman. Show some restraint…"
Naruto gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly. "I'll show you 'restraint'…I 'aint about to get captured by the likes of you!" Naruto declared, his words slurring slightly from his slight disorientation.
"Calm down brat, my chakra is making you irrational. Stop to think about what you're doing for a second!"
"Oi! Who said anything about capturing you?! I just want to ask you a few shitty questions!"
Naruto's eyes flashed red which sent Arlong into offense. With surprising speed he flickered into Naruto's guard and knocked the sheathed Hyouden out of grasp before using his superior upper body strength to pin him against the tree, 3ft above the ground.
"Damnit! Let me go!" Naruto screamed as he struggled futilely against his captor's grip, all prior Shinobi training thrown out the window.
"Shit…" Arlong muttered as he dodged a wild swing. "Stop moving around so much!" He grimaced at a well placed kick to the groin. "Why you dirty mother…" He was about to pummel the upstart white-headed bastard when he caught sight of the boy's flushed face. "What the hell…the kid's…got a fever?"
"It came from around this area! Fan out and find the ones responsible!" One of the patrol leaders shouted as they approached.
"Shit! Yo brat…we gotta move."
"Shaddup…" Naruto slurred as he rubbed his sore throat. "I 'aint goin no-"
"Fuckin' annoying son-of-a…" Arlong grumbled as he scooped up the unconscious girl, the now unconscious boy and the discarded sword before getting the hell out of there.
-Kazahana Castle, Yukiguni-
Azumi shifted herself around on the large queen sized mattress so that she was now lying on her back, hugging her rather large pillow. She was trying to make sense of the thoughts that were plaguing her mind for the past couple of days.
"Essentially, it was Naruto…but yet at the same time it was not. I mean, he was fine for the first part I guess when he touched my lips and promised me he would be fine…" She paused at that particular thought when she felt the beginnings of a blush burning its way across her cheeks. That particular part had upset her at the time, but now, as she recalled the event she found it rather…charming if anything.
Then again, maybe it was a gift; he always knew exactly what it was that would make her feel content.
"And that's another point! He would always, always go out of his way to please me. Does that not count for something?!" She asked herself in the empty room, easily finding herself becoming frustrated. Taking a deep breath, she calmed down. It would be best if she did not lose her rational thought on this venture.
After all their time together, she could easily say, with little hesitation, that she had feelings for the former Konoha-nin. However, she knew nothing about his standing on the topic. Although she was sure he had some sort of affection towards her, she was confused about whether it was affection towards her as a relative or as something more.
Also, there was the matter of their ages. He was a teen of only 14, an adult only in the eyes of the Shinobi population (because of his status as a Jōnin) while she was a young woman of 19. That crucial 5 year distance between them posed no particular problems with her, but how does he see it?
Then there was the fact that they were bonded by blood, their parents having being siblings. Could that particular piece of relevant information have deterred him away from harboring feelings for her?
Coupled with the fact that she had no prior experiences with love of any sort…
Azumi hugged her pillow and turned over onto her side as she mulled about her depressing thoughts.
"I need someone to consult…this is too much for me to handle on my own and putting myself down like this isn't…"
"Talking to yourself again Azumi-chan?" The snow princess sweat-dropped slightly, looking at the looming mass of dark energy hovering about her friend.
Azumi sprang up when she heard the familiar giggle from the doorway, surprised to see the smiling face of the current queen. "Geez…you are supposed to knock first you know…"
Koyuki slid the paper thin door shut with a click. "There's nothing I haven't seen on your body already Azumi-chan."
"Don't say such embarrassing things!" Azumi shrieked, throwing a pillow in Koyuki's direction who caught it with surprising ease. "And besides, it has been ages since we last took a bath together…there is much about my body now that you don't know of now…" She huffed, folding her arms under her large appendages as if to emphasize a well noticed point.
"You're right Azumi-chan…" She smirked as she sidled her way towards the retreating form of the white-haired Kunoichi. "Let's find out what else has changed on that body of yours…"
Needless to say, Yukio had to change rooms because of the verbal content that was permeating through his walls. There was no way he was going to imagine his daughter doing any of the things that were mentioned.
The two lay sprawled upon the large mattress, breathing heavily with their clothes and hair in disarray.
"You didn't have to squeeze that hard you know Koyuki. I'm sure you were able to see how genuine they were after molesting me the first few times." Azumi said, fixing her clothes back into their proper state.
"Anomalies such as those need a more thorough check Azumi-chan." Koyuki laughed as she fixed her appearance also. "Anyways, I thought it would have been nice to see you get rid of that dark foreboding cloud hanging over your head…you've had it ever since you've arrived."
And just like that Azumi was back to lying on her side with a pillow clutched tightly in an embrace, her dark thoughts rolling off of her in waves.
Koyuki chuckled nervously. "Umm…is everything alright?"
"What am I supposed to do…?" Azumi groaned into her pillow.
Koyuki giggled at the muffled sounds coming from the pillow. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say that you were having boy troubles but…"
Somehow the dark cloud grew even more ominous.
"You're not serious…are you?"
Azumi lunged at the poor unsuspecting princess, grabbing the front of her robe. "I'm so confused! What am I supposed to do?!" Azumi cried as she shook Koyuki senseless.
"It would help if you told me what the problem was, while my brain is still lodged firmly in my head!"
The distressed girl calmed down somewhat and released the thoroughly shaken princess who immediately begun to re-fix her undone robe. "Gomen…"
"So who's the lucky guy to escape Yukio-ojisan's grip? Does Ojisan even know?"
"Well…no, not exactly…He knows the person but he doesn't know how I feel about him exactly."
"Well that explains why he's still alive." Koyuki joked but was only met with a frown in response. "Come on…I was just kidding…"
"It's not a joke…I don't even know how he would react to this." Azumi sighed.
"We both know Yukio isn't like that…"
"But this one's special…he's…well…he's my…" Azumi motioned for her companion to come closer and leaned in mutter some words in her ears. When she was finished she averted her eyes and awaited the expected response of…
"WHAT?!"
"Shhhhhhh!" Azumi shushed her frantically with an embarrassed blush.
"B-But your cousin?" Koyuki emphasized more softly this time.
"There's nothing wrong with it…It's a common practice among wealthy clans you know."
"B-But…" The princess stuttered unsurely. It was true that inter-clan unions were common in this day and age but she still wasn't so sure about the idea. She herself could never imagine getting into that kind of relationship with a close relative.
"Koyuki-sama!" The head of the royal guard shouted as he forced the door open to the room, coming onto the robe clad forms of the two ladies. "Are you alright?! We heard a scream and…"
"Kyaaa!" Koyuki screamed as she pulled up the covers to keep her modesty in tact. "Get out!"
"B-But…"
"GET OUT ALREADY!" Azumi shouted as she threw a chakra-enhanced pillow, sending him flying out through the open door and into the opposite one as if he had been hit by a ton of bricks.
A deep silence fell over the room as the two recovered from the unexpected intrusion.
Koyuki burst out laughing, eliciting only a growl from her Shinobi friend.
"Barging into a girl's room unannounced, what was he thinking?!" Azumi growled, moving to retrieve her forgotten pillow from the knocked out guard before locking her door.
"Well…he is my captain. I would have been more surprised if he didn't respond to my scream." Koyuki managed to get out between her giggles.
"But still…" Azumi muttered as she climbed back on the luxurious bed. "Even the other two Shinobi were smart enough to stay outside…"
"Getting back on track here…" The esteemed princess began after she calmed down somewhat. "It's not like I have a problem with you dating your cousin, but why does it have to be him? Wasn't there any other guy in Shimo you could have gotten together with?"
Azumi pulled her knees up to her chest like she had done before and took on a downcast expression. "I didn't really have any friends because of my private tutoring in the castle…'Guys' didn't want to court me because I was the Yukikage's daughter, untouchable for fear of my father's wrath…All I had was my Medic duties and the many hyacinths I've cultured over the years that reminded me so dearly of you. Before he showed up one year ago, I was so lonely." She said, her voice getting softer after each sentence. "You knew what it was like didn't you?"
"Azumi…" Kyouko said softly as she moved to draw the girl into a warm embrace. Of course she knew what it felt like but she wasn't about to make this about her. She had her own problems and she would not burden an already burdened person.
The two continued to revel in the silence for sometime, neither saying anything as they mulled over their own thoughts.
-Unknown Location in Mizu no Kuni-
Arlong landed roughly on the cold, damp soil, sliding a couple of feet before coming to an easy stop.
"Geez…just where in the hell am I now?" He said gruffly as he glanced around at the unfamiliar grounds. "Stupid woman…making her place so bloody hard to find…"
The fish hybrid stuck his pointed nose into the air and took a few sniffs, changing the direction he was facing every few intakes. Suddenly his foul expression changed for the better, showing his fearsome saw-like teeth and he formed a half-seal, causing water to pool about his feet before launching him high into the air and towards the direction the familiar scent came.
-Kirigakure-
She was pacing back and forth in the large room allocated to the one known as the strongest Shinobi within the Bloody Mist.
She wasn't worried…oh no…worry was far from the correct description of the feeling she was feeling at the moment. She had just learnt of the
"What troubles you dear?" A deep voice rumbled from behind the large mahogany desk on the opposite side of the room. "If that hole under your feet gets any deeper I'll have to hire some Genin to scrape your remains off of the floor below."
Not really enjoying the mental image she had just been granted, Ren flopped down into the nearest chair with a slight huff. "It's nothing Ojisan…I'm just a little irked is all…"
"Oh I see…that time of the month huh?" The Mizukage said with a straight face, not looking up from the papers he was glancing at and only breaking his facial expression with a smile when the familiar scream of "SHUT UP YOU ERO-KAGE!!" filled his ears and probably the entire building.
Ren sat back down, truly at the upper limits of her boiling point as she watched the ever carefree Mizukage wave his ANBU guards away with a chuckle. Not too long ago, a report was brought in by a Jōnin about an altercation between Arlong and squad of patrols. Apparently her big blue lap dog had helped cover up a suspicious burst of chakra and was seen leaving the village under the cover of the mist.
"Arlong…I hope you haven't decided to turn on me now. I need you…" She thought desperately as she nibbled on her thumb's nail. She looked back to the current Mizukage who was still blissfully unaware of what his future held.
Her stupid uncle, who only assumed the position mere weeks after her father had died from some "mysterious" cause. Everyone in the Shinobi world knew exactly what that had meant…the man had been assassinated.
Said uncle glanced up from his papers when he felt eyes upon him and gave her that same old, retarded, cheery smile he always had which she had to forcibly return. It wasn't like she had a deeply- rooted hatred for him or anything along those lines, but his pacifist ways were quickly becoming annoying like the eerie whine of a mosquito. Changing the Academy programs to involve less violence, cancelling all her father's upcoming plans for domination, it annoyed her to no end! Kirigakure was a village filled with Shinobi trained to be blood thirsty killers and she herself had already come to fall in love with the constant war and bloodshed her late father and those before him presented them. For heaven's sake the place was revered as the Bloody Mist! She would be damned if she would let that sunshine-and-puppy lovin' bastard change it!
However…she knew he had not been given the position for mere show. The man was undoubtedly qualified to lead a village filled with the most skilled assassins found throughout the five Elemental Nations which was where Arlong came in. She needed the strength of someone who fathered the renowned 'Daimyo Killer' and was not about to let him slip through her delicate fingers. But time was running out…She needed to kill her uncle before he left for the capital to officially announce his claim on the Mizukage chair at the end of the week.
"I'll be taking my leave uncle…" She said blandly as she rose from her seat to begin her even strides out of the room.
"That's fine dear. Enjoy your evening!" The man decked in grey colored robes responded a little too cheerfully as his niece closed the door behind her.
Ren clenched her fist, that last response being her last straw. He was too incompetent to lead this village despite his skills and she would not stand for it.
She would kill him herself…with or without Arlong's support.
-Inside Naruto's mind-
Kyouko stretched lazily, figuring it was about time she got around to searching for the boy before his body…
The usual overcast sky was gone, leaving only the overbearing glare of a furious sun. The pools around her that once contained crystal clear water were now filled with something of a sinister purple color and bubbles could occasionally be seen escaping as if it were in a cauldron. It would always happen, on those few occasions where he would lose control and sad to say it was still as much of a mystery back then as it was now.
Why was his mind physically reminding her of the happenings of his body? Did his body actually recognize her as its caretaker of sorts?
The most she could assume was that it had changed to better accept her as part of the 'whole'. She had been in there so long so it was trying to make as much use of her as it could.
She dipped her hand into one of the pools and pulled it out, watching as the red chakra danced about her palm while leaving a patch of blue behind. It was the first time she had really tried something like that really, but now it was evident that she could affect and control his keirakukei directly from here.
But still, regardless of what that place actually was, she had no intentions of babysitting the brat's body for him.
"You know…" Kyouko said as she sauntered her way up to his prone form that was lying more than a few feet away from her next to one of the large pools of water. His conscious had been sent there after the weird fish-looking man had knocked him out in his feverous haze.
"I should kill you and take over your body right now." She paused in her movements right before him, taking the time to give his pathetic form a once over. "I mean there's nothing stopping me, since you've made Fuyuki jealous and all." She stooped down in front of his face and poked his whisker marked cheeks with one sharp fingernail. "And at the rate you're going, this body may well be destroyed before any of my plans can be achieved."
She rounded him and straddled his waist, placing her slender legs on either side of his body. "But why is it though…" She slid up his body slowly, melding her voluptuous figure against his. "…that when I see you like this, all helpless…"
Kyouko paused, sighing deeply and cursing softly. She was getting distracted from her objective.
She panted slightly due to the heat that was radiating off his body, finding it even harder to concentrate on her task. Her menacing chakra was pulsating through his body and resonating in time with hers, 'tuning' her body to match perfectly with his…two completely different notes playing as one. When they were completely in sync, she carefully began the extraction of her chakra from his keirakukei back into hers, making sure to remove the chakra that was currently trying to bond with his cells.
All around their forms the red chakra was separating itself from the chakra pools in the form of large bubbles and was now accumulating into one large mass above their heads. She sat up on his lap and with a wave of her hand the large mass of crimson chakra disappeared, going back to her coils. The Kitsune cringed when she felt it's presence within her
"Ungh…I shouldn't get too used to that. It feels horrible after it's used…" The 9-tailed vixen groaned as she looked back down at her victim…
Who was staring up, right back at her…
"What did you do?" Naruto said, clenching and unclenching his fist. "I feel much better…"
"I took back what was mine." She said weakly, trying miserably to rise and failing each time. From anyone else's point of view it would have seemed as if they were partaking in some sexual bout. "Your seal got weaker…again."
"What?"
"It isn't filtering my chakra. What I removed from your body was…" She paused to cough up a few more drops of the black goo. "Geez…what the hell is this…stuff?"
Naruto sat up, meeting his unofficial caretaker in an embrace to gently rub small circles in her back.
She pushed him away weakly and tried to stand again, this time by using Naruto's shoulders as a brace but her legs gave out once more and she was sent plummeting back onto her charge's lap. Ignoring his strangled cry, Kyouko let out a tired sigh. "Take me back to where my memories are…I can't seem to move my body." She said as she rolled off of him lazily.
Naruto stared (in pain) at the voluptuous vixen spread eagle next to him, unable to keep thoughts of a perfect opportunity from coursing through his mind. In the end however, he settled for letting out defeated sigh. "I couldn't even if I wanted to…" He groaned inwardly as he tried to regain some feeling to his nether region.
"Hmm?" She hummed, quirking one neatly trimmed eyebrow at his averted gaze before letting loose a long, drawn out sigh as if she had read his mind. "How disappointing…"
It was Naruto's turn to raise an eyebrow at her total unresponsiveness to his thoughts. "You seem a little…mellow Kyouko-chan."
"…"
"Come on…" Naruto offered as he knelt with his back to her. "Climb up and I'll carry you on my back."
"Pick me up…Naruto-chan…" Kyouko cooed sweetly causing a tick to appear on Naruto's brow but he forced it back. He owed her after all…
The whole way back the Kitsune was draped lifelessly over his arms like a wet curtain with her long, luxurious tails dragging behind her in the same soulless manner. It was troublesome really, since she was only doubling the load he was given and he was truly tempted to drop the freeloading Kitsune into the nearest pool of chakra.
He was curious though, about the sudden change in the Kitsune's demeanor. Usually she was overbearing and downright impossible form a coherent thought without receiving a snide retort of some kind. Now…it was like she didn't care. She was being completely and passive and open to suggestion, more so than he ever thought was possible. Unknowingly, he began to project his interest onto her which the Kitsune in his arms squirm somewhat from the unwanted attention.
"Brat…that's far enough…" Kyouko said after a moment of discomfort, apparently returning to her former self as the effects from taking in the toxic chakra gradually wore off. She frowned lightly as she left the comfort of Naruto's arms. "I think it's about time you woke up. You've been in here for too long and I'm beginning to get worried about the current state of your body.
Naruto nodded and began to make his way out of the confines of his mind when he remembered something. "Kyouko…are you going to check on Fuyuki? I'm worried about her…"
"And whose fault do you think that is, idiot?" She answered rather harshly which only made him feel guiltier. "Let her figure things out by herself…she's not a snot nosed brat like others I know…"
Naruto glared halfheartedly at her, not possessing the will to do anything more. "Well, thanks for…well…nothing."
After watching him leave Kyouko let out a deep sigh of relief. "I wasn't sure how much longer I was going to last with him projecting his feeling onto me like that…" She thought to herself. Although it was what she wanted in the end eventually she felt guilty, in a way, for having gained Naruto's attention while Fuyuki was still left in the dark.
"Well…" She started as she looked up at the giant representation of the Yondaime's seal that was suspended high into the air. "If this seal doesn't get fixed there won't be anything to look forward to."
-Somewhere in Mizu no Kuni-
Arlong grumbled as he dumped his loads onto the damp soil. After another half an hour of searching he had finally stumbled upon the lake where his target was located. "I just hope she's in a good mood…" He said to himself as he moved closer to the edge of the edge of the lake. "Oi! I've brought you something interesting!" He bellowed into the thick mist.
Time passed by painstakingly slowly as he awaited her response with a nervous twitch. Not that he was afraid of her mind you, it was just that he was afraid of meeting her. He had always known the woman to be on edge as they had been the target of unbridled hatred before. "Meh…I doubt she's ever truly relaxed since that time…" He wandered aloud as he awaited the person in mind to present herself. He didn't have to wait long however as soon enough, the silhouette of an elegant woman could be seen making its way gradually across the water's surface.
"Is that you Arlong? You have not been to see me for many moons…I have missed your company dearly."
"Yea…that couldn't have been helped." The large man said somewhat sheepishly, unable to meet her eyes as she came into view, the sight almost making him cringe. Her once beautiful sky blue hair was streaked with different shades of grey. Her skin was even paler than he remembered and now held a few wrinkles here and there and the voice she spoke with…so tired and lacking the strength and elegance it once held.
It was enough anyone who knew her former self cringe in agony.
"Ummm…" He began again, looking for the words he had rehearsed for the occasion. "I was sorta detained…for my uh…association with…wait, no, that's not right…" He caught himself before he finished the rest of his statement but he knew it was already too late. He could already feel her anger growing from his position as old wounds from the past began to surface and tear open.
"Those accursed humans…" She began in a low growl, the water below her beginning to move under the growing influence of her chakra. "They have already robbed me of many of my kind, stole my offspring from me and now they wish to take you, the only thing I have left, away from me once more." He eyes glowed a fierce cerulean as three massive scale-covered tails sprouted from behind her, waving in the same homicidal manner her chakra was projecting. "Will my suffering know no end?! How long must they continue to torment me before I…!"
"Oh shit…" Arlong panicked. There was no way he could show her the two lying on the shore behind him now, especially since he still needed them alive for his information. "Calm down…I'm still here aren't I? Those lowly humans can't kill me so easily." He managed to get out somewhat steadily as he reached out to pat her shoulder awkwardly.
"Yes…you are correct. You are the strongest of your kind. You will not die like the others before you…You will not leave as the others have." She chanted to herself as a form of comfort. "Now…what is it that you have brought to show me?"She asked curiously as she tried to look beyond him to see what was lying on the shore only to have her vision obscured by the man's large frame once more.
"Uh, don't worry about that anymore…It's not worth the trouble." Her companion said dismissively as he moved to block her vision again.
The blue haired woman looked disheartened for a second,before she smiled and dissolved into a white vapor, only to reappear in front of the two her company was shielding.
"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…What the hell am I going to do now?!" Arlong screamed mentally as he silently begged the brat to get up and get the hell out of there.The large hybrid of fish and man raised his hands in defensive manner as he moved to block her way once again. "L-Listen…before you blow your top again, don't you notice anything peculiar about those two?"
"I most certainly do…" She whispered with a dark tone as she continued to take even, calculated steps towards the boy lying before her. With no indications of her actions she plunged all three of her tails directly into his abdomen where the Yondaime's seal was located, screaming for all to hear.
"Return Kyouko to this world this instant!"
Expecting to see a broken boy and a freed companion, she was disturbed to see that she had been blocked by a familiar looking weapon. "Arlong, what are you doing?!" She cried out in clear frustration at being denied her revenge and pleasure.
"I can't let you kill him! He still has some information I need!"
"If you don't move…" She growled in that menacing voice of hers, leaving the threat hanging.
"Don't worry about me Arlong…" Naruto said as he climbed to a stand with his still recovering body. "I'm not planning on falling to Ran here."
Ran trembled in unbridled rage. "You lowly human…How dare you address one such as I in such a manner?!"
Thrusting her pointed tails at him again, Naruto pushed the large blue Fishman out of the way and drew the Hyouden, blocking the piercing attack by a close shave. The attack lifted him off the ground and sent him skidding on his back up the shore and into the grass.
"It is about time you humans paid for your transgressions against my kind…" The enraged Sanbi started as she made her way closer to him. "I shall begin the reckoning with you, child."
"Kyouko…I could use some advice please!" Naruto shouted desperately into his mind but it seemed as if the Kitsune was too appalled by the happenings to respond. "Crap!"
Naruto grasped the hilt of the Hyouden, preparing to release the first few seals when he noticed a glass shard falling from the area of impact on the blade to the damp forest floor. Soon more shards followed, each one getting progressively bigger than the next until the entire first half of the blade fell to the ground with a dull "clang".
"W-W-What?"
"Die…"
Naruto swallowed hard, hoping for some sort of miracle to occur. However, he had to settle for Arlong jumping in once more to block the path of the enraged Sanbi.
"Brat, grab the chick and get the hell out of here…I'll hold her off." Arlong said firmly as he stood with his two weapons crossed in front of him. "Ran…I'm going to stop you now…"
Naruto stood helplessly as the two squared off before him and he cursed his helplessness. He was too exhausted to do anything and with Kyouko so out of it he had no choice to do what the man said. As fast as his wounded body could take him, he rushed over to the forgotten Miyuki and struggled to pick her up.
"Shit…I'm too tired…I can't even save myself…"
"Drop the sword…" Kyouko said suddenly, apparently snapping out of her stupor.
"Kyouko?"
"Brat! Drop the damn sword, NOW!" Kyouko screamed.
"Wha-AH!" Naruto screamed as his was suddenly pierced through with a spire made of ice. He looked down at the discarded remnant of the Hyouden and was about to pick it back up when another spire shot out from the hilt. Naruto stepped back slowly when the spires began to materialize faster, each growing larger than the last.
"MOVE!" Kyouko alerted him again only this time he didn't hesitate as he mustered up the last of his strength to pick up the still sleeping Miyuki and escaped further away from the erupting ice using a mirror. Arlong, who only noticed what was going on, grabbed onto the still fuming Ran and dived into the lake, going down to the deepest depths.
The spires of ice continued to grow with each explosion and were soon growing past the canopy of the surrounding forest and well into the night sky.
"W-What the hell was that Kyouko?" Naruto let out a little shakily as he viewed the damage from the relative safety of his mirror.
"So that was what she was planning…" Kyouko said to herself.
"What? This was Fuyuki's doing?" Naruto asked skeptically but received no response.A huge drill of water broke through the now frozen surface of the lake, breaking some of the massive spikes. Soon the forms of Arlong and Ran could be seen breaking the surface of the water.
Now all that was left was the thing that created the massive forms of ice that were beginning to crack and fall back to earth, causing tremors with each landing. The thing whose eight tails could be seen waving about wildly despite the thick shroud of dust, whose long flowing white hair and piercing blue eyes stood out amongst all others and whose entrance made it seem like it was the end of the world as we knew it…
"Fuyuki…"
Keirakukei - The network of energy lines through which chakra flows
A/N: Well…thank the last anonymous dude since because of him I was irritated enough to finish the last 2000+ words in this chapter in one night. I'm not sure if it was worth it so I'll let you be the judge of that.
The story is in the 'M' section now. I was thinking of including a lemon sometime but I'll have to seriously consider it. Right now, all this does is give me permission to curse as much as I want...
What happened to Kyouko? Kyouko's chakra is supposed to be neutral, meaning, she is neither supposed to be good nor bad. That is her body's established norm. This also means that her body cannot stray too far from it's norm or that would result in undesired effects. All now her chakra is still trying to correct itself so when Kyouko took in the unfiltered chakra from Naruto, her body took what it could and rejected the rest, hence the 'black goo'. The 'mellow' phase she went through was just her chakra's way of correcting itself. When the separation took place and the unfiltered chakra was removed, what was left behind was purified form of that chakra her soul produced. Of course, that was just a small percentage of the whole so eventually her chakra filled the spaces that were uncovered (think Diffusion...) I hope that explanation was sufficient.
If you're going to ask about how Fuyuki escaped the seal, it's really quite simple. When the sword broke, the medium holding the seal and her "soul" together was weakened. She was able to then overpower the seal. Also, the medium linking her "soul" to the seal was an inanimate object, not a living thing. There was no price to pay for destroying the seal on the Hyouden.
Anyways…that's all…any questions, just review and I'll get to you like always.
Thank you for taking the time to read as always and I'll see you at the next update.
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