Chapter 8 – Ice of Horrors

Field: /Stares off into space/

Naruto: Field… field!!

Field: Huh?

Naruto: you were staring off into space again

Field: oh, sorry…


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Chapter 8 – Ice of Horrors

Naruto sat close to the fireplace in Kinoko's house trying to warm up. In the meantime kita was speaking with Kinoko about the mystery behind her powers "What you must understand is that your ancestors were completely sick of fighting. That is all that people saw in them at the time, was their ability to fight. They decided to stop helping out other nations but as soon as they did a strange illness swept through the clan. It was unlike any illness they knew of because it wasn't an illness. Also the fox clan were very fast healers, making it hard for them to die easily."

Kita tilted her head slightly in curiosity "What was it then?" The old man pulled out a book with a strange symbol on the cover "It was a genjutsu, it made then truly believe that they were ill and the people's bodies did the rest." He opened the book and set it down in front of her "In every clan member there is unbelievable power that could most likely rival the Kyuubi, some there is less, others there is more."

"That's where you come in child, There is a tunnel on the outskirts of the village that leads to the hidden secret that your clan left behind. If you wish to find out your true identity you must make it through the tunnel to what the legend calls the Ice cavern. Although only a true fox demon may enter because of all of the protection that was sealed there. I will send my nephew with you as a guide"

Almost on cue a Teenager with orange red hair walked into the room and bowed "I am Nyuki and it is an honor to guide you." Kita stood up and gave him a slight nod "I am Kita"

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A half hour later Naruto, Nyuki and Kita are walking through the snow again but this time headed towards a tunnel. Not liking the cold naruto complained slightly "Why do we have to be out in the snow again?! It's so cold!" Nyuki gave Naruto an odd look "stop your whining! It's not that cold!" At that naruto kicked his foot out of the snow and showed the red head his ninja sandals "I'm wearing sandals!! So stop being such an asshole!!"

Nyuki couldn't help but to chuckle at that as he listened to Naruto complain. Once the three got to the tunnel kita and Nyuki were first inside because naruto was falling behind.

As soon as Naruto stepped into the cave like tunnel all of the sudden he felt extremely cold. The cold overcame his body causing him to collapse; he lay there on the ground losing all of the heat from his body. Darkness overcame him as he lost consciousness, Kita looked behind her seeing naruto on the ground.

Running to his side she knelt down next to him "Naruto!! Naruto!!" She touched his skin to find it seemed frozen "no… N-naruto…" Warm tears rolled down her cheeks as she looked at naruto's pale face "Naruto… Don't leave me… I can't do this without you…"

The guide looked back at her and Naruto with a soft expression, the prophecy was coming true. This girl was definitely the one they had been searching for all this time. He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder "You need to move on without him, he's now frozen solid"

With a slight nod she leaned down to Naruto's ice cold face and pressed her lips against his. She stayed there for a moment, as a few of her tears fell onto his face. She sat back up straight taking one last look at her frozen friend before standing and following the guide slowly.

Going further down the tunnel the guide suddenly stopped and turned to Kita "From here on you are on your own. If I go any further I will share the same fate as your friend."

Kita looked at Nyuki with a confused expression not understanding "but… Where do I go from here?" The guide shrugged slightly as he turned back "Follow your instincts, but remember that if you don't hurry in finding what you need then you might lose Naruto to the Ice" With that he left Kita alone as he walked back to the tunnel entrance.

Arriving there he checked on Naruto to find that his lips had slight color back in them as well as where the tears fell. Glancing down the passageway he looked off into the darkness of the tunnel "Good luck, Kitsuna." He said out loud to no one before looking back at naruto.

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Kita made her way through the icy tunnel quietly trying to focus on her task. She didn't even notice that the walls were becoming thicker with ice the deeper she got. Soon the path came to a dead end where ice was frozen solid over the passageway so think that it would take forever to break.

Her thoughts went to Naruto as she remembered him at the entrance "I don't want to lose naruto as well… He's all that I've got left…" Tears welled up in her eyes as she put her hands on the Ice "You can't… Take him from me!!" As soon as she spoke the last part she felt a warm wet feelings where her hands are.

Removing her hands she found that she was melting the ice, with sudden hope she put her hands back on and concentrated on getting through the ice. The ice melted away revealing a cavern filled with ice crystals sticking up everywhere.

In the middle was a spot where there was a frozen over spring like area. Walking closer she walked to the side and knelt down next to it. Placing her hands on it the ice began to rapidly melt before the large pool of water was steaming like a hot spring. She ran out of the room back to the entrance of the tunnel. Running up to Nyuki she looked to Naruto "How is he?" He looked up at her sadly shaking his head "He's gone… I'm… I'm so sorry…"

"Not if I can help it!" She knelt down next to naruto picking him up in her arms before she began to head back towards the cavern room. She began slow but her pace soon turned into a full run with tears streaming down her face.

Getting to the Cavern she jumped down into the spring trying to warm Naruto's lifeless body up "come on!! Wake up Naruto!!" She splashed some of the water onto his face trying to think of what to do to save him "please…"

She laid him down on the edge of the spring before getting out and sitting next to him "What do I do?" Just then she remembered the part about her being a fast healer. Grabbing a chunk of ice she cut open Naruto's arm before then cutting open her own and mixed her blood into his.

As her wound healed she leaned down to naruto's face and kissed him deeply hoping that he would wake up. Naruto's wound began to heal as she kissed him, his body slowly became warm again. She sat up looking at the wound on his arm to see that it healed, joy spread across her face as she looked back at his face to see his eyes open.

He looked up at Kita with confusion on his face "Why are you… crying? I'm not dead am I?" At that Kita shook her head "No, you're alive. I thought that I lost you for a second there."

End of Chapter 8


Next time – The same clan

Taking the tray out he replaced it with a tray of newer blood "This blood is after the two came back. Take a look at how the foreign blood cells are latching to the originals and changing them. The fox cells are changing the normal cells causing the fox cells to multiply."

Looking back at Naruto the old man smiled lightly "within a week he will be a pure blood Sinopa." Hearing this Nyuki looked at Naruto as well "but… that's not possible!! He wasn't born into the Sinopa Clan!!"

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