Naruto the Demon Prince Chapter 9
Hello everyone, Here is the eighth chapter in the Demon Prince series.
"Normal speech"
'Normal thought'
"Demon speech"
'Demon thought'
"Zanpakuto speech"
'Zanpakuto thought'
Now with that out of the way let us get on with the story.
(Previously)
"Hey are you awake… come on Tatsuki," an angelic voice echo's through Tatsuki's mind. 'Where am I… whose calling me' Tatsuki thought.
"Tatsuki-sama it's time for you to awaken now," the voice tells her. Opening her eyes, Tatsuki found that she was no longer in the Dead zone but was apparently lying outside under the light of a blood red moon.
Sitting up, Tatsuki realized that she was not only outside but she was no longer in Karakura town.
"Oh great so I have descended to hell," Tatsuki mumbles to herself. "You are not in hell, you are currently within your own mind," a booming voice says, as a giant firebird flew over her.
"What the hell," Tatsuki shouts in shook as the bird lands before her in all its' fiery glory.
"So we finally meet after along time… my mistress," The Phoenix says as it stares directly into Tatsuki's eyes piercing her soul.
Rise form the Ashes
Tatsuki was in awe as she stared at the mythical firebird that now stood before her. The phoenix was truly a magnificent creature to behold.
The phoenix was a demon that was literally the size of a mountain, with wings that where literally on fire. Its eyes were yellow with red pupils and it had a large beak.
The phoenix's body seemed feminine-like and its feathers were a golden just like the flames on its wings. "Do you know the reason why you have appeared before me," She asked Tatsuki
"The last thing I can remember is Lady Amaterasu engulfed me in her flames," Tatsuki said as she checked her body for any signs of attempted cremation.
"Because of the emotions that were raging within this space," the great demon bird told his mistress.
"However that's not the reason why I have call you here… what I want to know is how come you allowed yourself to be controlled by that hollow when you could have easily over powered her control," The great demon asked the teen.
Tatsuki winced as she remembered her little encounter. She had failed to protect Orihime and had almost gotten them killed, because she had hesitated and allowed the thing gain control of her body.
"If it had not been or that girl, there is no telling what could have happen to you or that red head whose eyes were filled with lust," The demon states.
'She's right… I did hesitate, just because Chizuru was being controlled and that could have gotten both Orihime and her killed, had Orihime not awaked her own powers' Tatsuki thought.
"I… I want to get stronger, I need to get stronger so that I can protect me friends," Tatsuki said as she clinched her fists.
"If power is what you desire my mistress, than I offer you my own to you," the great beast told her.
"You would give me your power willingly," Tatsuki, asked the phoenix who stared at her without saying anything.
"What's in it for you if I was to agree ask for your power," Tatsuki asked getting a chuckle out of the demon.
"There are two things that you will need to learn and do in order to use the power I will bestow upon you Tatsuki-sama," the great phoenix told her.
Suddenly the flames on the phoenix's wings began to move as if they had a life of there own. The flame then merged becoming a human sized ball of fire.
"When you are ready, you have to create a weapon out of these flames, which ever one you choose shall be entirely your own creation," the Phoenix explained.
Tatsuki stared at the flames in wonder as she moved her left hand a few inches towards the flame.
'This is strange, while I can feel the heat radiating from the fire, my hand only feels slightly warmer than it usually is… almost as if the fire itself is choosing not to burn me and instead is inviting me into its warm embrace' Tatsuki thought as she got closer to the flames.
'It seems she realized that my flames won't harm her, now I'm interested in the weapon she will create, from my flames' the demon thought.
'Well here goes nothing' and with that last thought Tatsuki thrusts both of her hands in to the flames letting it engulf her entire body.
The phoenix let out a loud screech as Tatsuki and the flames suddenly vanished from view.
'So, that's what you have chosen as your weapon's… fitting weapons from the container of a phoenix spirit.'
"Now that you have created your weapon, my second request is very simple…. you must call out my name the great Phoenix …," the phoenix screeches.
(Dead Zone)
"Amaterasu-sama, why would you kill the girl, if she was weak couldn't you have just erased her memories of us and sent her back home," Mizuki asked her mistress.
After they had, all witness the brutal cremation of Tatsuki. Mizuki was the most shocked out of everyone, as she believed once that her mistress would never willingly murder a human in cold blood especially after she took in Naruto who was once human.
Then there was the fact that Naruto and Tenko both had yet to say anything and instead were carefully watching the black flame burn Tatsuki to ash.
"Mizuki, I can assure you that everything is fine and Tatsuki-chan is not dead," Tenko tells her best friend.
"What are you saying Tenko, she is within the black flames of Amaterasu, no human can survive those flames especially when the goddess herself," the demon fox exclaim.
"That is not the black flames of the sun goddess those were Phoenix Sacred Fire," Naruto said as the flame became gold. "Wait… what," was Mizuki's intelligent reply.
Suddenly a powerful spiritual pressure descended upon them. "This spiritual pressure," Yoruichi said as she raised her left eyebrow in wonder.
"I see so that's why," Naruto said as he watched the flame explode outward. 'So she has awakened the phoenix that lived within her soul, and she's already this powerful' Ammy though as a smile spread across her face.
"Destroy my enemies with your sacred flames... Suzaku," Tatsuki exclaimed as the sacred flame that had engulfed her began to morph into the visage of a phoenix behind her.
Tatsuki stood without any burns on her skin; however, her clothes were all gone except for charred remands of chest binding that she wore and black panties.
"So those are the weapons she chose, fitting for a phoenix," Ammy thought as she steadied Tatsuki's weapons.
Tatsuki had two red and gold gauntlets on both her arms that had five claw blades extending from them. They were also decorated with the feathers of a phoenix.
Suddenly Tatsuki began to fall as the stress of the days training had finally gotten to her. Before she could hit the ground, Naruto had caught her and lifted her up bridal style.
I will place her in my room and watch over her while she sleeps until she awakens," Naruto states.
"That is acceptable, Tenko I want you to go with him and find her some clothes to wear," the sun goddess told the nine tailed girl, who began to follow the prince.
"So you knew that there was a phoenix that lived within her soul," Yoruichi asked the ten tailed wolf.
"Did you know that it was I who had once created the phoenix race with a bird's soul and the sacred fire that you've seen," Amaterasu said.
"Kisuke once told me that you and the spirit king where both at the beginning of time," Yoruichi said.
"Kisuke Urahara believe it or not knows a lot about my brother however, even though I am a customer of his, he only knows thing about me that I allow him to learn," Amaterasu states as the Dead zone vanished and they found themselves back at Ammy's Dojo.
"Yes he could me that he really only knew that much and nothing else," the flash goddess states.
"The only beings in existence that truly know me are Naruto, Tenko, my brother and Mizuki although Tenko and Mizuki don't know everything… which is why I understand why she freaked out when she witness me killing Tatsuki."
'Did they forget that I am here' Mizuki thought. "Mizuki, be a dear and bring us some tea," Ammy said as she moved closer to Yoruichi, her eyes holding lust with in them.
"Yes milady, I will get your tea at once," Mizuki said before she left the room.
"Alone at last," Ammy said as she wrapped her arms around Yoruichi's waist.
"Ammy-sama I thought Naruto was the one you wanted, I never knew you wanted me as well," Yoruichi states as Ammy grinned at her.
"Correction, Naruto is the only man I want and have… before I even created the world Naruto was born in; I had hundred of women after me in Makai," Ammy tells her.
"Interesting Ammy-dono, can you tell me more about Makai and how it was before you created Naruto's dimension," Yoruichi asked Ammy.
"How about we talk more about this over lunch, there's this new sushi restaurant I would like to try," Amaterasu suggests.
"Are you asking me on a date Amaterasu-sama," Yoruichi said as she place her index finger to her lips and blushed.
"What if I am Yoruichi Shihoin," Ammy seductively whispers into Yoruichi's ear as she kisses the flash goddess on the cheek.
"I guess I can't refuse maladies offer… especially if it I'm being treated to sushi now can I," Yoruichi said.
"Amy-sama I have brought your tea… huh where did she and lady Yoruichi go," Mizuki asks as she finds the Dojo empty.
(With Naruto)
Naruto was currently walking through the hallway with Tatsuki passed out in his arms heading towards his room when he ran into Orihime who apparently got lost down the halls of the mansion.
"I see that you have awakened Hime, however it seems that you have gotten yourself lost," Naruto states with an amused smirk on his face.
"Oh Uzumaki-kun, thank the heavens that I was able to find you," Orihime states dramatically much to Naruto's amusement.
"Well it's more like I stumbled upon you before you found yourself lost while roaming the mansion alone," Naruto said much to Orihime's embarrassment.
"Thank you so much Uzumaki-kun," Orihime said as see gave him the brightest smile she could muster. Naruto just chuckled at the girl, finding her personality adorable.
"Your hopeless, well why don't you follow me, I'm taking Tatsuki to my room so she could rest until she awakes," Naruto suggests to the girl. "What happened to Tatsuki's clothes," Orihime asked as she noticed that her friend was only wearing charred remands of her underclothes.
"Lets just say that she finally gain control of her powers to some degree and leave it at that," Naruto said.
'There is no way I will tell her that the girl was lit on fire by the goddess of the sun' he thought.
"Oh that's amazing, now Tatsuki-chan will be able to fight when we go to the soul society, and help rescue Rukia-chan," Orihime said in excitement.
Suddenly the beautiful smile that was spread across Orihime's face slowly disappeared, which succeeded in surprised the demon prince.
"To tell you the truth I'm a little worried about how this will all play out, I wonder will we all make it back alive along with Rukia," Orihime states to Naruto, showing the prince that she knew that they may not succeed in this battle.
"You've thought about this ever since you began training under Yoruichi, unlike Ichigo who is ready to rush in without planning ahead, you actually think about the consequences of this mission and what could happen to us," Naruto said, getting a blush from the girl.
"I can also tell that Tatsuki has been thinking the same and has been a little apprehensive as of late," Naruto said to Orihime.
"Ever since the hollow incident and has been focusing on getting as strong as she could before the battle," Naruto explains.
'I can see it in her eyes as she trained with Ammy, even when she couldn't fight back, the will to get stronger was always there… although she was getting discouraged by the training' Naruto thought as they made it to his room.
Once inside, Naruto used one of his tails to pull the blankets back and laid Tatsuki on the bed, then pulled the blanket over her.
"You done well today Tatsuki, now get some rest," Naruto whispered to the sleeping phoenix incarnation.
"Now then, there is something I wish to give you," Naruto tells Orihime. "What is it Uzumaki-kun," she asked.
"What you are about to receive will put you on par with most soul reapers and will let me know your location incase we get separated from each other," Naruto explained.
"Oh, well that sure sounds useful," Orihime, said as her curiosity increase at the explanation.
"Listen Orihime, once you except this gift, your training from then onward will be by me and it will be a hard six days for you, so if you want to back out, now is the time," Naruto tells her as he places his left hand to the girls forehead.
The look in her eyes was one of determination; she had chosen to move forward in order to be of some use of her friends and to Naruto.
"Yes I except your gift if it was allow me to be less of a burden to my friends," Orihime said, getting a smile from Naruto.
"You've made the right choice Hime," Naruto said to the girl as his yokai enter Orihime. Orihime gasped as Naruto's energy spread through out her body, which surprisingly wasn't a painful experience.
As the feeling began to disappear, Orihime started to loose consciousness and fall into Narutos' awaiting hands.
"Was it really ok to gift that girl with that ability Naruto-sama, will Amy-sama approve," Mizuki asked as she and Tenko entered the room with clothes for the girls to wear.
"She will be a force to be reckoned with in no time with is ability, even if she won't have complete access to all of its techniques," Naruto said to the nine tails, as he place her in his bed next to Tatsuki.
"Well I have faith in your judgment Naruto-sama, she will do just fine on this mission, especially when you will be able to help her no matter how far away she might get," Tenko states must to Mizuki's annoyance.
"Thank you Tenko," Naruto said as the two demons left the room. As Naruto also starts to leave the room, he looks back at the two girls in his bed.
Naruto smiled at them as he silently closed the door so as to not disturb the two girls.
(Soul Society holding cell)
Byakuya Kuckiki had just come from a captains meeting that was discussing the consequences that Rukia would be facing that central forty-six had decided.
Their decision was something that he knew was coming, Rukia would be executed within a weeks time and it would be curried out by the Sōkyoku.
As the squad six captain entered the prison, he noticed that Renji was there and it appeared that he and Rukia where arguing again.
Seeing them now, Byakuya was dreading this moment.
"Ah there you are Captain, what was the decision that central forty-six has chosen for the prisoner," Renji asked his captain.
Byakuya could read Renji like an open book, the boy though that Byakuya had come to tell Rukia that she would be let off the hook after spending some months imprisoned or some other minor consequence.
'Sadly Renji… that's not what was decided and because of the promise I had placed on my parents grave, I will not acted against this decision, no matter how much it pains me' he thought as he told them the news.
"Rukia Kuchiki is hereby found guilty of all charges against her, twenty-five days from now she will go to the central execution ground to suffer the ultimate punishment," Byakuya said emotionlessly.
"That is the final decision of the soul society," Byakuya states as he turns to leave the two ex-bestfriends to their thoughts.
As he leaves, an image of his wife appears within his mind and he has only one thing he wishes to tell her at this time.
'I'm sorry Hisana.'
(A week later)
It was the day before the invasion and the group was all taking their last day off before the invasion.
Ichigo, his family, Keigo and Mizurio all of them attending the last fireworks festival.
Ichigo had asked Tatsuki and Orihime to come, to which they replied that they would, however when they did they somehow had Naruto to come as well.
However, before they had met Ichigo and his family at the festival, Naruto had taken the girls out on a date.
They had gone out to breakfast early along with Yoruichi to a restaurant that Tatsuki had recommended.
As they ate, Naruto told the girls about his life as a ninja and working for Konoha. Tatsuki and Orihime was fascinated by his tales, Tatsuki about his many battles in different villages and Hime in the many different people he met in his life.
After breakfast, Yoruichi had departed with them and headed to help Kisuke with the final preparations.
Naruto then took the girls home so they could get anything that they would need before they left as they decided to stay at the mansion their last night in the human world.
After that they met Ichigo and his family by the river close to where the festival would take place.
"When asked who he was by Ichigo's little sister, Naruto had to introduce himself to them.
"Naruto Namikaze, I am Tatsuki's and Orihime's martial arts master and a friend of Ichigo's as well, it's good to meet you all," Naruto told them.
Of course, Keigo freaked out about learning this as to him, Naruto was a male who didn't even go to there school but was already closer to Orihime than he could ever get.
"What is this, who the heck are you and why are you so close to Orihime," Keigo exclaimed in jealous rage.
"Are you deaf, I already told you who I am, I am Orihime and Tatsuki's master and a friend of Ichigo's," Naruto said in annoyance.
Isshin Kurosaki was oddly quiet and the moment, which unnerved Karin. Well I don't care for your answer, what I would like to no is why you are here hanging all over Orihime," Keigo states, acting like a dumbass.
"Let me tell you something, I've known Orihime, Tatsuki, Ichigo, and his family a lot longer then you have mister Johnny come lately."
"Already been shot down this morning have we," Mizurio states only to be ignored by the dumbass.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF HER YOU PERVERT, SHE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T LIKE IT," Keigo demands.
Um, Keigo I am the one who invited Naruto-kun here and I am holding on to him," Orihime said with a blush on her face.
"I'm wonder why she's holding onto his arm as well," Ichigo whispered to Tatsuki. "Orihime dragged him here about have way until he stop resisting," She told Ichigo surprising him.
What kind of training did she go through for her to be able to drag someone as powerful as Naruto," Ichigo asked only for Tatsuki to shiver in fear, making Ichigo drop the subject.
Suddenly, a pissed off Naruto grabs Keigo by the collar of his shirt, and then Naruto lifted the boy off the ground with one hand, showing that he was indeed as strong as he claimed to be.
"Listen to me you little shit-stain, whatever Orihime does with me is our business and ours alone, do you understand me," Naruto growled out as Keigo started to shake in fear of what might happen if he crossed this person.
After Keigo began to beg for his life, Naruto dropped the idiot on the ground and watch him scurry away, along with Ichigo's family.
"What an Idiot… oh well I guess I'll should follow them as well," Ichigo said in annoyance.
"Sorry about that Naruto, it's always like this… you, Orihime, and Tatsuki don't have to come if you don't want to," the soul reaper tells them.
"It's cool, don't sorry about it Ichigo," Naruto said. "Don't worry about us Ichigo, well probably catch up with everyone later," Tatsuki tells Ichigo who then leaves.
"They're also energetic," Orihime, points out while still holding on to Naruto.
"I'll say, I'm exhausted just by watching them," Tatsuki said as she places her hands on her hips.
"You two have been training hard, so it would make since for you to feel that way Tatsuki-chan," Naruto said.
"Oh and why did you lie and tell Ichigo that she had to drag me here," Naruto asked the phoenix incarnation.
"She couldn't tell them that we were out on a date before coming here," Orihime said much to Tatsuki's embarrassment.
"Oh really, but it wasn't all that embarrassing that you are holding my arm, hime," Naruto asked in amusement causing the girl to blush.
After letting go of Naruto's arm, Orihime and Tatsuki sat at the riverbank, watching the sunset on there final day of summer, before the invasion.
Ah, this is one of my favorite places to relax," Orihime said as Naruto sat down between the two girls and laid his head on the grass.
"We haven't been here since last year about this time," Tatsuki said. "Hey Tatsuki did I ever tell you about, the time I came here with my brother," Orihime said shocking Tatsuki and Naruto.
She then began to tell them about that time and how her brother use to catch dragonflies.
However, what Tatsuki and Naruto had on their minds was the time that Orihime had awoken her powers.
"Orihime remember what you told me on that day," Tatsuki asked the girl referring to when she was under the control of the hollow.
"It was your strength, which help save me that day and made me want to get stronger, Tatsuki told the girl.
It was then that I realized that you wasn't that same girl who always needed to be protected, and you where strong enough to protect me," Tatsuki said shocking Orihime.
"Just promise me that no matter what happens from now on, that we will make it back to each other," Tatsuki said as Orihime held her hand.
As they stared into each-other's eyes, the night sky was filled with light of the festivals fireworks.
As the two girls turned to watch the fireworks while leaning against Naruto who had sat up to watch as well, the prince look at both girls and made promise to himself.
'No matter what happens on this mission I promise you two this… I plan to bring all of you back alive even if I have to unleash all of my power and destroy the soul society in order to do it.'
(End)
Naruto is on planet destroying status. Yes people, his power is after all on par with that captain commander if you go by what Byakuya thought two chapters ago.
The date has been sent peoples and the invasion is coming. Will they be ready for this battle and what of Madara and the person who broke the reaper law to help him escape hell?
Find out next time.
Read and review and hope to see you all again.
Juubi out