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Chapter 9 : Setting into Motion - Part 3
By the next morning the marriage arrangement and betrothal bond between the two Hyuga heiresses and the Kazama clan heir was quite well known. Of course the more ignorant souls of Konoha were calling out for Naruto's blood since he had somehow bewitched the Hyuga clan. The elders of the Hyuga clan were none to pleased by this new development but they were also scared...after all who wanted to try to fight a guy that killed a five tailed demon scorpion?
The more sensible people in the village were quite happy with this. Though some of his fan base had been upset that he was taken...thankfully it wasn't very common knowledge of just how many wives he could have. There were three certain girls though that had interesting reactions. They were happy, depressed and worried all at the same time. Ino, Sakura and Tenten were happy that Hinata got her chance, depressed that it wasn't them and worried that it might never be them either.
Naruto however had gone, in private, to a special jeweler that Sarutobi had told him of the previous night when he went to sign his part of the marriage arrangement and betrothal bond. The shop carried some of the finest jewelry in all of the elemental countries and the owned was a kindly old man who had been making master works for more than six decades named Hiro Yamada.
Sarutobi's story had been true. Naruto, with a letter from the Hokage, went to the shop early in the morning intent on getting poper symbols for Hinata and Hanabi...hers would be given to her in the future. However the man had such an interesting collection that Naruto bought rings for the other girls in case things went well with them...if not he could always figure out something later. He even bought a piece for himself that was a dragon wrapped around a ying-yang symbol in form of a medallion. He also got gold chains for each of the girls so their rings could be placed on them. He knew he might be jumping the gun with three of the rings but his instincts told him to buy them.
For Hinata he got a platinum ring carved to look like vines and on the top a purple amethyst was fixed in the shape of a lotus bloom. Hanabi got a similar one only the bloom was an orchid and made of sapphire. For Ino he found a ring with various types of gold made to look like roses in the shape of a ring and in the center was a blue topaz that looked like her eyes. For Sakura he found a ring with her namesake tree carved into each side in gold and on the top was a setting for three pink tourmaline stones going from small to large in the shape of cherry blossom petals. Tenten was a bit harder to find one for but he did find one that fit her. It was a simple platinum band with three gold kanji etched into it for Beauty, Courage and Wisdom. After acquiring the specified items and paying the proper amount of Ryo Naruto promised the elderly jeweler that he would bring any future business he had to him.
Later that morning saw Hinata proudly walking to meet her team with her ring on a gold chain around her neck, her face still flushed from thanking him for nearly ten minutes. She had giggled when he left mumbling about cold showers and girls more mature for their age than they should be.
Ino sat in her families shop completely board out of her mind and slightly fussing in her mind about the new situation with Naruto. To this day she could still remember him as a little kid running around in orange shorts and a white tee-shirt chasing bullies away from her and Sakura. She idly wondered if he remembered those times. She and Sakura had never forgotten him.
They had been six years old when they first met. Naruto had protected Sakura from a Genin bully...and got the crap beaten out of him in the process. They had tried to make fun of Ino too and Naruto had defended her as well. After that they became friends and played a couple of times until a group of villagers chased him off throwing stones at him and calling him a demon...Sakura's mom had been included at that time...something the woman still regretted to this day.
After that Naruto seemed to change, he dropped his usual kind and brave self and turned into an annoying idiot. He always played pranks, took nothing seriously and let his grades slip at the academy. Sakura had been forbidden to ever speak to him unless forced to citing that he was a bad kid who would hurt her and Ino. As the years passed the two girls went on with their lives, never forgetting the Naruto they met but hating the one he turned into...Ino had been the most disappointed...she had a crush on him when they first met.
Now that they knew the truth behind Naruto and his secrets they knew he did what he did to protect them. Naruto had learned early on in his rather dismal life that having friends was something he would never gain; as such he spent an entire childhood alone, no friends, no family and a lot of hate, anger and resentment. It made Ino sick that she had nearly followed down that path...had Naruto not dropped the act that one day and showed everyone just what kind of person he was...she shuddered to think where she might have ended up...still a damn fan girl most likely.
Spending time and getting to know him over the past couple of weeks had been bliss for the young Yamanaka. It didn't take long for her old crush to reignite and grow from there. They always talked a lot when he came by to train or help around the shop. Like her he had quite the green thumb and a appreciation of plants. He did go beyond that though as he had a lot of knowledge concerning medicinal herbs, poisonous plants and eatable plant life as well...he was practically a walking, talking herbology guide. Idly...she wondered if he would stop by today.
As if summoned by her thoughts, said Hanyou walked into the shop dressed in his casuals, blue jeans, black sneakers, his belt with the utility pouches on them and a black tank top. His tail and thick braid of hair swaying behind him and in his hand a bag holding a thermos and some food.
"Naruto-kun! What brings you by here!" Ino asked excitedly.
"Everyone else was busy today so I thought I'd drop by for lunch." Naruto said holding up the bag. "Nothing fancy though...just some rice balls, dango, egg rolls and a few pot stickers with some green tea."
Ino let out a playful pout. "Aw...I was hoping you were going to give me a gift like you did Hinata."
Naruto chuckled. "News sure gets around fast in this village. So...you're not mad?"
"Not really...just a little disappointed, I wanted to date you too." Ino answered.
Naruto sighed. "Ino-chan, you know my circumstances, just because I'm engaged to Hinata-chan and betrothed to Hanabi-chan doesn't mean we can't date." Naruto said placing the bag on the counter only to get tackled by Ino a second later.
"Do you mean it?" She asked hopefully. "I...know I used to be mean to you and all but I was..." She was silence by Naruto putting his finger on her lips.
"It's in the past and I don't hold a grudge unless there is a damn good reason for it and being teased because of immaturity is not one of those reasons. If you want to date officially then I would be honored and in time if you still want to be with me...I would be happy to accept you as part of my clan and future." Naruto said.
Ino's aqua blue eyes looked into Naruto's icy sapphire blue and saw that he spoke only the truth and that he had feelings for her...perhaps not as strong as what he felt for Hinata or maybe Sakura but definitely for more than a friend. She found herself quite transfixed as she looked into his eyes, amazed at how expressive they could be when he let them show it.
As if on instinct alone she tilted her head up, her face nearing his almost if drawn to it. Naruto took notice, a small smile on his lips and closed the distance to give her what she seemed to want so badly. As soon as their lips touched Ino felt a thrilling shock surge through her body. Opening her mouth slightly to deepen the kiss caught Naruto slightly off guard but he reciprocated anyways idly noticing that she tasted of apples and cinnamon.
Ino let out a moan, she had expected Naruto to taste of Ramen but got mint and tea instead...that and he was making her toes curl rather nicely. This wasn't her first kiss, she had kissed Shikamaru once and to her embarrassment, Sakura, as a dare...kissing Naruto however was a whole different level of an experience and she honestly doubted anyone else could compare.
The kiss broke for the need of fresh air. Ino was flushed pink in the cheeks with a glazed, half lidded look in her eyes. Naruto almost laughed...Hinata looked the same way the previous day, maybe he wasn't so bad at this romance thing after all.
"And to think, I just came here for lunch." Naruto chuckled.
"Oh if I could I'd give you more then lunch...bad Ino...not the time to have perverted thoughts...at least not yet anyways...hehehehe." Ino giggled in her mind.
"So...does this mean I can be your girlfriend Whiskers?" Ino asked playfully.
"I would think that the answer was kinda obvious, Ino-chan." Naruto said with a half smile.
"Nice to see you two getting along so well, so when's the date set?" A feminine voice asked from behind them with a snicker.
Ino flushed beetroot. "MOM!" She cried out at being caught. Ino reluctantly pulled herself away from Naruto.
The woman was Amame Yamanaka. She looked like a slightly older version of Ino with the same color eyes but with sandy blonde hair in contrast to the platinum blonde hair that her husband and daughter sported. She also had the same personality as Ino but with a more maternal side to it...and a Sakura-like temper if pissed off, thankfully Naruto had never seen it.
"...Busted..." Naruto thought slightly amused. "Good afternoon, Amame-san, how are you today?" Naruto asked politely.
The older woman smiled at the two. "I'm doing just fine, Naruto-kun, congratulations on your engagement to the Hyuga heiress...would my daughter perhaps be the next one for your harem?" She teased.
Naruto's face twisted in a slight scowl. "I dislike that word...I'm not building a harem...I'm making a family. Harems usually consist of a group of women that serve a master, I loath that. I refuse to play favorites and all the women I will be with will eventually be married to me and will be treated with the respect they are due."
Amame smiled, so did Inoichi, who was sitting on the top of the stairs. They had thought highly of the boy before but now he had their full approval. Ino had another glazed look covering her face, which was amusing considering Sauske never had this much of an effect on her.
"That's nice to know, we can't be too careful with our little girl now." Amame said.
Naruto nodded in understanding, if he had a daughter he'd probably kill any male that came within ten feet of her unless he approved of them. Ino snapped out of her mental bliss as something she had been wanting to ask Naruto suddenly crossed her mind.
"Hey, Naruto-kun, I heard from Sakura that you've been teaching her elemental jutsu and manipulations. Do you think you could teach me some?" Ino asked using her patented big eyed pout jutsu.
Naruto chuckled. "That won't work on me, Ino-chan, but I did plan on seeing what your element was anyways..." He pulled out a card from his belt pouch. "...pump a little of your chakra into this card and we'll find out."
Half of the card burst into flames while the other half crinkled up.
"Huh...well damn...first Sakura-chan is a Water-Earth type with the possibility of learning Wood elements in the future, Hinata-chan was a Water-Wind type...meaning she might be able to learn Ice element jutsu and now Ino-chan is both Fire and Lightning...I might be able to teach her a few fire/lightning fusion jutsu when she gets strong enough. The strange thing is...the girls seem more powerful this time around...hmm...oh well, I'll just help them best as I can." Naruto thought as he studied the card.
"Well, Ino-chan, you have fire and lightning affinities. I know quite a few jutsu for each and I have made a few fusion jutsu I can teach you once you get your reserves and strength up higher." Naruto said.
Inoichi walked down the stairs with a confused look on his features. "Fusion Jutsu?" He asked.
Naruto nodded. "Hello, Inoichi-san, and yes, Fusion Jutsu." He started. "I discovered that if you have more than one element and if you can meet the right conditions you can make sub-element jutsu which is basically a fusion of two of the five main elements. Wood Element jutsu is a combination of Water and Earth elements with a high level of manipulation and control abilities. The First Hokage was gifted with this as part of his blood line but it can be re-created...Sakura-chan should be able to do Wood jutsu once she gains a mastery over her elements."
"How many fusions are there?" Amame asked.
Naruto looked thoughtful. "Hmm...Ice for Water/Wind users, Magma for Fire/Earth users, Wood or as I prefer Plant for Water/Earth users and Shadow for Light/Dark users. There is also a rare Tri-Element fusion called Metal consisting of Fire/Water/Earth users but it is very rare for anyone to have more than two elements. I'm an exception to that rule because being a Hanyou gave me an affinity to all the elements, the price being that I'm only part human." He paused for a moment. "Then there are fusions of elements that boost over all power like lightning/fire or fire/wind. To be honest creating new jutsu isn't too hard if you know what you're doing and have good element manipulation and chakra control, all it takes is a bit of experimentation and a good imagination."
"Damn...and I thought our clans mind jutsu were something special." Inoichi mumbled.
"Don't knock your own techniques, they are very good. The only mind jutsu I know is the memory copy jutsu. However the Yamanaka clan was once known for its Psionics and that gift still resides within anyone of Yamanaka blood. All you need to do is try deep meditation and find the thread of chakra that links your core to your mind and try to find out what it is that has blocked the flow of mental or Psi energy."
"Psi...energy?" Ino asked confused.
"The body consists of three separate types of energies. Chi for body, Ki for soul and Psi for mind. Chi and Ki when combined form a more potent and versatile energy called Chakra, for most this happens automatically as they grow, hence chakra cores and coils. But since the discovery of Chakra and its versatile uses people have forgotten how to tap into pure Chi, Ki and Psi energies. But if one were to connect their Chakra to their Psi they would gain a much stronger and useful Chakra making a harmony of Mind, Body and Soul. I also learned to do that and gained a few modest Psi skills such as Teleportation, Telekinesis and Telepathy, though I still have to obey all the practical limits. I can't teleport to places I haven't been or anywhere beyond a ten mile radius, and even that can be a strain sometimes. I can't use telekinesis to lift anything above two times my own body weight and I can't use telepathy with another person unless they willingly allow me to create a telepathic link with them. All of this is made easier though by adding chakra. My Yooso-Shunshin techniques are actually a modified Teleport and Shunshin Jutsu with element chakra and Psi energy added into it." Naruto lectured.
"The Yamanaka clan still uses a bit of Psi energy in their clan jutsu since standard Chakra wouldn't cut it and the Yamanaka clan has a history of Psionics. Your jutsu's however specialize in invading the mind, controlling it, gathering information from it or causing anything from intense confusion to waking nightmares." Naruto finished.
"How do you know all of this?" Inoichi asked.
Naruto decided a half-truth was better than a full blown lie. "When I absorbed Kyuubi's powers and abilities I gained most of its knowledge as well as a few memories. It was actually kind of painful...think of having several millennia of information suddenly crammed into your mind all at once and then your mind automatically taking the task of sorting the information. If the human mind didn't work so fast there was no telling just how long I would have had that migraine, thankfully I only had one for about a week straight. Though not being able to move really sucked too since my body was also making its adjustments at that time. What I got didn't come without a painful price...just remember that." Naruto stated.
Inoichi cringed at the thought of that kind of headache, it would be likening to a slow torture to insanity. Meaning that Naruto not only had a diamond hard will but an intensely high tolerance to pain. Amame looked a little confused, she wasn't a Kunoichi so she didn't know much about how Chakra and all those other things worked but she had enough sense to know that Naruto had paid with allot of pain to get the power he now had...an amazing feat considering how poorly he had been treated most of his life. Ino was just awed, not only was her boyfriend hot, strong and could kick major ass but he was incredibly intelligent...she couldn't discount his other nice features either, after all, kindness, gentleness and attentiveness went a long way with a girl too.
"I'll write of some scrolls on meditation and send them over with a Shadow clone so you can work on strengthening your family jutsu. If you don't mind though I'll train Ino-chan in that myself, who knows...she might even come up with a few new jutsu of her own." Naruto offered and was promptly glomped by said teen girl.
"So much for our simple little lunch huh?" Naruto chuckled.
Ino pouted. "It's still early; we can still have some lunch."
Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment; his tail actually came up and rubbed the side of his head in a scratching motions causing Ino and her mother to giggle at how cute the young Hanyou could be without realizing it.
"Hmm...we could go to the park and make it a picnic if you want." Naruto offered.
Amame smiled. "That is a good idea, I will watch things here at the shop, Ino, go enjoy yourself with your new boyfriend."
Ino blushed a bit but smiled and hugged her parents before dragging Naruto out of the door with the bag of goodies in tow.
Their picnic date ended up being a wonderful experience for Ino and she would look forward to future dates with her new boyfriend.
Six loud clangs rang through the air as six kunai fell at Naruto's feet in two pieces. Letting out a breath he settled back onto his favorite stance. One of his katana resting on his right shoulder while the other was poised in front of him ready to block or attack at a moments notice.
His opponent let a smirk cross her lips; no one gave her this kind of challenge in Kenjutsu but him. It was invigoration, it was fun...it was a freaking turn on. Pulling out six Shuriken and channeling some chakra into them she began preparing for one of the new Jutsu he had taught her.
"Shadow Clone Shuriken Jutsu!" She called out as six bladed stars became sixty.
Naruto made Griever's fire element burst to life and performed one of his simpler special attacks. "Flame Cutter!"
Several white hot and burning blades of energy shot out as Naruto slashed his sword at the incoming threats. Most of them were incinerated as he dodged the rest. His opponent drew two swords of her own a pair of scimitars and dashed at him.
Naruto pumped a bit of chakra into Beowulf causing the blade to separate and fall limp before he lashed it out like a whip. The young woman parried and blocked the attack and struck with her free blade.
The training ground was filled with the sounds of blades clashing as the two combatants continued to exchange blows in an amazing, beautiful but deadly dance of fluid movements and percise strikes.
Naruto smiled, his opponent was good, very good for her age, but he was better due to have years more experience from his previous time line. With a deft twist of his wrist from his left hand and a quick tug from his right his opponent was disarmed, Griever, now back to normal, pointed at her throat signaling the winner.
Tenten huffed as she looked at the slightly smug look on her newly appointed boyfriend's features and pouted a bit. She hated losing a spar but she also knew that Naruto was much better at swordsmanship than she was, she preferred distance attacks. She was no slouch with melee weapons either but trying to out fight Naruto with swords was damn near impossible.
Naruto re-sheathed his swords and smiled at Tenten. She, like Ino, expressed her desire to date him and he had no intentions of denying her. Though her idea of a sparring match to celebrate had been a little on the odd side but Tenten was a bit of a tomboy.
"Your getting better, Tenten-chan, if you keep increasing your skills at this rate you'll catch up to my level in no time." Naruto said proudly.
Tenten blushed a bit at the praise. "Thank you, Naruto-kun, but I doubt I could ever reach your level anytime soon."
"Perhaps, but you are very good in your own right and I've been training with swords for a long time." Naruto replied.
Tenten tilted her head slightly in confusion.
"You're only one year younger than me and I've been training most of my life, I'm not saying that it's impossible for someone to gain your kind of skill in such a time frame...just highly improbable. But that still wouldn't explain your level of mastery." She said.
Naruto frowned slightly. "Tenten-chan...in time I will tell you, all of you, just how I became so powerful and skilled. A few already know but that was because they needed to...otherwise it would have brought up to many questions."
"Don't...don't you trust me enough to tell me?" Tenten asked sounding a bit hurt.
"No...that's not it at all. The other girls don't know either. I...just don't think you'd believe me if I told you...it's not something I like to talk about to be honest." Naruto said with a sigh.
"I-I understand..." Tenten said feeling a bit down.
"Damn...now she looks depressed...should I tell her...or show her? Would she hate me?" Naruto wondered.
"Please don't be upset...when the time comes I will tell all of you. I do trust you and I care about you deeply but I'm just not ready to tell each of you that part about me yet...though it is my final secret. Can you wait until then?" Naruto asked.
Tenten gave him a small smile and hugged him; he readily returned the embrace as she nuzzled his neck.
"I can wait, Naruto-kun, I'm sorry if I pulled up bad memories." She said softly.
"Don't worry about it. I will likely have to explain soon enough anyways so just be patient a little longer okay?" He asked.
Her response was to kiss him; much like Ino had done earlier. His eyes widened slightly before he returned the kiss. He wasn't quite sure just what he was doing to make so many wonderful girls love him but who was he to argue? After breaking the kiss the two sat down a cuddled for a moment, Tenten sporting a light pink flush across her cheeks. Naruto also began blushing a bit as Tenten began stroking his tail...it felt good...perhaps a little too good.
Glancing down he noticed a growing bulge in his pants...crap. Thankfully, Tenten remained blissfully unaware of his condition and Naruto was able to will it back down to a normal level of comfort.
"Things have changed so much...sometimes I wonder if it is all real or if I am merely having some sort of dream. I never would have dreamed that any of these girls liked me and yet now that I've gotten to know them better I...get an oddly complete feeling. When Kyu-chan resurrects...then I will truly be complete. I've never really felt anything like this before...It's nice but scary at the same time. But now more than ever...I must prevent the future from happening...I can't lose what I've gained here. I have my precious people back and I am finally able to experience love more freely. For these girls...I will do all in my power to protect them, my Kami have mercy on anyone who tries to hurt them...because I will not and even Shinigami-sama will not hide them from my wraith." Naruto thought and vowed silently as he unconsciously hugged Tenten a little firmer.
Tenten looked at the boy who had captured her heart and smiled at his gentle yet protective gesture.
"I can't believe how strong he is...yet he is so gentle. And his eyes...I could lose myself in them. I had always thought it was Neji that I loved but, Naruto-kun, is really the one. I've only known him for a short while, yet it feels like a lifetime. He even treats me like a lady...unlike the other guys I've known or have in my life. The really strange thing is...I don't mind sharing him with the others...he has such a big heart I doubt that just one of us would be enough to fill it anyways." Tenten thought blissfully as she rested against Naruto. She had always been one of the guys but Naruto made her feel like a woman.
Naruto stood by himself on top of his favorite perch on the Hokage monument. It was late at night now and he had come up not to enjoy the view but to test out his Reaper powers and form. Something he had been meaning to do for a few days now. He idly wondered if turning into his Reaper form would hurt as much as turning into his Werefox form did. Not that a little pain bothered him, but changing your whole physical form was far from a little pain...thankfully he had an insane tolerance for pain.
This only thing that bothered him was that to turn into a Reaper he had to deal with a whole different level of Chakra. Human Chakra was a combination of Chi and Ki, Body and Spirit, and as such considered a Divine Energy much like what Kami uses...just not is such a pure form. Kyuubi's Chakra was Demon Chakra, though he had purified it of the evil taint it once had it was still volatile to humans if not used properly and far too powerful for humans to handle in large amounts. Reaper Chakra however was a whole different type...it was considered Devil Chakra because Shinigami was technically a Devil or what could be considered a rank above Demon. Devil Chakra was more chaotic than Demon Chakra was due to the fact that it focused solely on three elements Darkness, Light and their fusion element Shadow. As a Reaper he also gained control of powers unique to Shinigami and some Devils, those being Life and Death energies, though limited and things like Hell Fire, which was an element all it own since there were various types of it identified mainly by colors. Demon Chakra and Human Chakra were focused on the five main elements and sometimes the sub elements, they were easier to handle, depending on the creature or power levels though some rules didn't apply. Kyuubi had been one of them because her power was so immense that she could have technically been ranked a Devil and not a Demon. But she was one of the Biju, a Tailed Demon Beast, where as Devils are almost always humanoid in their base forms, where as Demons usually had to assume a human form.
"Well...here goes nothing..." Naruto muttered and held out his right arm. "Reap through all, Soul Edge!"
A burst of black fire hinted with silver and gold ripped out of the seal on his arm and formed a small ball of energy in the palm of Naruto's hand. He gripped it and the flames lengthened and flared out until Soul Edge appeared from them in all its glory. The weapon pulsed a greeting to its master, Naruto smiled at it. He then let it go and the weapon hovered in place waiting for Naruto to re-claim it.
Naruto then began gathering the Devil Chakra within him, his body surrounded by an aura of purple and black flames with surges of gold and silver arcing across his body. As the energy hit its crescendo he realized how glad he was that he placed an anti-chakra seal barrier so no one could sense this. The energy was so potent that it was causing the stone beneath his feet to melt.
"Soul Release - Avatar of Shinigami...Demonic Reaper Ascend!" Naruto barked out through gritted teeth.
Naruto's body and muscle mass began to grow but only slightly compared to his Werefox form topping off at about 6' 9". His skin darkened to a charcoal grey color and was littered with gold and silver tribal and celtic runes. His tail lengthened and burst into black and purple fire. Blood spurted from a sudden slit on his forehead as a golden colored eye opened with a silver pupil, it was a devil eye called the Jagan, giving him the ability to see into souls, judge them and torture them if he so wishes it. It held a number of nasty little things that it could do...such as its Doom Gaze. A pair of horns sprouted out from the sides of his head and curved back as his hair turned a metallic silver color. Four bursts of black and purple flames shot out from his back incinerating the blood spattering and was followed by a flurry of black feathers with silver highlights and gold feathers with crimson highlights. A pair of black feathered wings hooped out from his upper back while the golden feathered wings stretched out from his mid to lover back. Finally he opened his eyes. Black had replaced the whites of his eyes, his retina now deep purple and his slit pupils pulsing crimson. The whisker marks became solid gold slash marks, his fangs grew making him appear like a vampire and the claws on his hands turned silver but still as razor sharp as ever.
His attire had changed as well. He wore no shirt to give his wings free reign to move. A long set of chains was criss-crossed across his torso, looped around his neck and as a belt around his waist. His jeans had been replaced with studded black leather pants and spiked boots, spikes set in on the boots toes and a larger one on the back, the rest was otherwise studded to match his pants. On his arms was a pair of spiked gauntlets that led to fingerless black gloves with spiked knuckles. A black chain was wrapped around his neck in the form of a choker or collar...he didn't know which, though he did know that he could manipulate the chains on his body to act as he pleased as the ends of the chains were armed with barbed spikes. As it was he decided that this form was a delightful mix of bad-ass and fearsome...a form that would make any being, human or demon, shake in fear.
"Hnn...perhaps I should test my wings." Naruto said, his voice holding a demonic timber to it once again.
Holding out his hand, Soul Edge hovered to its masters waiting grasp and gave out a few seemingly happy pulses at its master's new form. Naruto let a predatory grin cross his features...which would have made Shukaku shit himself if he saw it.
Leaping up into the air he began to flap his massive wings, he was surprised that he could do it on such an instinctual level but credited it to Shinigami for adding such instincts to his mindset when in this form. As such he found staying aloft to be not only easy but not tiring either. And thanks to his near limitless chakra levels he felt no strain and very little depletion in this form. Though he was sure the strain would be worse if he was in battle...everything had their practical limits...even him.
Deciding that now was a good time, Naruto took flight at a high rate of speed towards a destination fifty miles south of Konoha. Thirty minutes later he landed in front of a large mountain cave, a cave that had a single lost treasure within it...the Fox Summoning Contract.
Naruto walked into the cave and about a mile back he came to a large stone chest. The cave itself was fairly barren since Kyuubi only used this place to hide the summoning scroll and to even a observant eye the stone chest looked to be just a bolder. Naruto placed his hand on the stone and pumped some of his demonic chakra into it. Red glowing demonic runes flickered for a moment before the chest opened to reveal a large red and gold trimmed scroll resting within it. After removing the scroll the stone chest crumbled into rubble, its purpose having been served.
Naruto quickly left the cave and took flight once again with the scroll safely tucked under his left arm. He flew straight for his compound and once he landed he released his Reaper form so he didn't attract any attention. Feeling a bit sleepy from having such a long day he quickly opened the scroll once he was in his bedroom, signed it with his blood and then closed it...he would summon a fox later to inform them and bring them up to speed of his status.
Stripping to his boxers he crawled into his bed and fell asleep within moments...it had been a long day.
Several hours later a glowing orb of light appeared hovering next to Naruto's sleeping form. The orb began growing and glowing red and gold as it began forming into a female form. The form was laid down next to him as the glow faded. The woman that appeared had blazing crimson locks that flowed like silk to her hips and six bushy and furry crimson furred tails with black tips. She had fox-like ears the same color as her hair and small black tips. Six whisker marks covered her cheeks. Her shining emerald green eyes shown with delight and happiness as she wrapped her arms and tails around Naruto, a few tears leaking from her eyes and not caring that she was nude as the day she was born.
Naruto shifted in his sleep and cuddled up to her, a small smile on his face. She smiled back and gave him a peck on his forehead.
"Naruto-kun...I'm back...and this time I won't leave you...I promise...I love you." She whispered and closed her eyes to join him in sleep; resurrection was after all very tiring.
