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Chapter 9: The Sage and the Kitsune
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
They were going to fail.
"Your pathetic clones won't stop me!"
They were going to die.
"Rasengan!"
When they died, the Kyuubi would break free and no doubt kill everything in the area.
"Rasengan!"
There was nothing they could do to stop it.
Naruto swore as the Kyuubi's super charged Rasengan tore through his own. The Uzumaki switched himself with a clone just in time to escape death. He took off in a sprint, passing Rei who was finishing up a long string of hand seals. The vampire's eyes snapped open and her hair began to rise from the chakra and youkai surrounding her. "Raiton: Burst!"
A large ball of blue lightning, easily the size of a Goukakyuu, raced towards the Kyuubi, it's lightning bolts lashing out in front. The Kyuubi's eyes widened before the attack hit. Rei gasped. The Kyuubi stood unhurt. His hair was maybe a bit more wild and his clothes singed. His eyes were narrowed in a surprised fury. "That was the Rokubi's jutsu. And it hurt!"
Rei felt a small victory at being able to hurt the Bijuu. The feeling didn't last long as the chakra tails rocketed towards her. She fell back, allowing Naruto to take her place. Wielding two chakra-covered kunai, Naruto jumped back into the battle and began combating the tails. He dove under them and came up, slicing into one. All that did was separate the chakra long enough for him to get by, but bit by bit he was getting closer to the Kyuubi.
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Tsukune flipped over the man's shoulder, bringing down a kick onto the man's back. With a grunt the hooded man stumbled forward into Moka's kick. He ended up flying straight into a wall of ice that created cuff like appendages to keep him in place. Kurumu chuckled. "You are going to tell us what the Chairman is planning. Or else."
"Or else what?"
Kurumu's smile became absolutely evil, sending a shiver down the man's spine. "Or else, we are going to start cutting things off."
Without warning three columns of stone rose out of the ground and shot Kurumu into the air. The succubus screamed in rage and flew back down only to find the man gone. A little ways away Mizore looked around franticly for the man. 'Up? Left? Right?'
"Below!"
Mizore gave a yelp as she was dragged underground until only her head remained above the stone. She glared at the man who quickly moved away before repeating the action with everyone else. He sighed in relief once he got everyone immobile.
"Stop struggling. You will only waste energy. Do not worry. The Kyuubi is the only thing that's going to do harm to your friends."
"What the hell do you mean?" Kokoa yelled. The man stayed silent, his eyes on the battle on the other side of the barrier.
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Naruto struggled to win against the Kyuubi in the short knife battle. Well… Naruto was using his chakra-covered kunai's, the Kyuubi was using his chakra covered claws. But those claws were successfully parrying Naruto's jabs and slashes. Naruto growled as both his kunai blades broke. Thinking quickly the blonde ninja created a Rasengan in both his hands and slammed them into the Kyuubi's chest. The jutsu did nothing but force the Kyuubi to step back.
"My turn!"
Naruto felt a tail slap across his face, sending him to the ground AND leaving a chakra burn under his eye. He quickly scrambled away before the Kyuubi could follow up with anything else. He stopped when he reached Rei who was standing on guard. The Uzumaki collapsed, breathing heavily. His eyes wearily watch the Kyuubi who was making no moves to attack. Naruto closed his eyes and grunted, forcing his muscles to work. Slowly he stood, stumbling slightly. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Three other Naruto clones appeared and one of them stepped next to Rei, brandishing two kunai at the Kyuubi. Suddenly the Kyuubi shot forward and launched into a taijutsu battle with Rei and the clone. Naruto felt Rei's youkai slowly fading and quickly began his jutsu. 'Rotation! Shape! Power! Wind!'
Naruto stood to his full height, his hair blowing around violently because of the chakra gathered in his palm. "Rei! Get back!"
The vampire attempted to jumped away from the Kyuubi but a tail caught her in mid-air… and pierced right through her stomach and out the end. She gasped in pain before she slumped over the tail. The Kyuubi began to cackle as the tail receded, dropping Rei to the ground.
"FUTON: RASENSHURIKEN!"
The Kyuubi never saw the jutsu coming until it collided with his chest. His eyes widen in surprise as the wind chakra began to tear through his chakra cloak. "What the hell?" The Rasenshuriken exploded.
"Rei!" Naruto yelled, sprinting over to her prone form. He saw her eyes closed and a small almost peaceful look on her grabbed her wrist in desperation, tears streaming down his eyes. "Rei!"
"N-Naruto," the reply was so quiet Naruto almost didn't hear it.
"Rei!" Naruto slipped her hand into his and squeezed. "Come on, Rei! Don't die on me!"
"N-Naruto-kun," she whispered. Her red eyes gazed over his face. She smiled softly. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything bad I did to you."
Naruto forced down a sob and nodded. "I know. I forgive y-you."
Rei gave a small sigh. "Th-thank you." Her eyes closed again and her breathing slowed until finally her body went limp.
"REI! REI! REI-CHAN!"
"God damn that hurt like a bitch!"
Naruto's head snapped around, his eyes narrowing in rage. The Kyuubi stepped out of a decent sized crater, eight-tails swirling around him. The Bijuu chuckled.
"So the vampire is finally dead. Good riddance," he spotted the angry look on Naruto's face and laughed. "Don't tell me you actually cared for the whore? If you did, you'll be joining her soon!" The Kyuubi's mad cackles filled the cavern as he gathered more chakra to form the ninth tail. His eyes opened in shock when he found he could. "So, we are still connected, afterall."
His red eyes snapped over to Naruto who was standing slowly and his eyes widened when they met Naruto's. Two brilliantly orange eyes stared into crimson ones, two plus like pupils in each. "I'm going to kill you!" And the demonic chakra cloak formed around Naruto, a deep orange in color. The Jinchuuriki disappeared in a burst of speed, leaving nothing more than an orange flash of light before his fist buried itself into the Kyuubi's shocked face.
A loud crack split the air as a section of the barrier collapsed and the hooded man appeared in front of Rei's body. Instantly he grabbed her body and disappeared outside the barrier as it reformed itself. Neither Naruto nor the Kyuubi noticed.
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The man placed Rei's body gently on the ground in front of Moka and the others, all of them looked on in horror. Suddenly they all rose out of the ground. Not sparing a second thought Moka and Kokoa ran towards their older sister. Without thinking Moka bit down into Rei's neck. 'Please let this work!'
"I'm going to see if Sun is done so we can get her some medical help," the man said before disappearing into the ground.
Kurumu looked over towards the fighting pair and was forced onto the ground by the sheer amount of youkai in the cavern. "H-how can he still fight?"
No one had an answer. All they knew was they definitely wanted to get to know Uzumaki Naruto better. That is if they survived.
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"Sun! Please tell me you are almost done!" the man said, his voice strained as he appeared in the small room he had made for Sun a few hundred feet under the larger cavern. The dark haired woman nodded and held up her hand. A small gem hung there, suspended over her hand. All around her were hundreds of identical gems, all silver in color. A large, triumphant grin was on her face. The man nodded in relief. "Good let's put the last phase into action!"
Sun nodded happily as the man lifted her up and the stone around them parted as the rocketed up.
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Moka pulled away from her sister. "I've done all I can. Her vampire blood must do the rest."
"How is she, one-sama?" Kokoa asked in worry. Her hand was currently squeezing Rei's hand.
"She will live for now. At least the wound has closed up and hopefully the internal bleeding has stopped. We won't know unless we see a doctor for her," Moka fell back onto her butt and watched the battle. "If we make it out of here."
The ground next to her suddenly shook and Sun and the man suddenly appeared.
"You!" Moka growled and saw Sun was holding the Lilith mirror in her left hand. She moved to attack the woman but a small column of stone stopped her.
"Wait."
Sun held up her right hand to reveal a small silver gem that strangely resembled a crystal in shape. Suddenly Moka felt all of the youkai being given off by the Kyuubi and Naruto begin to move towards the gem. Her eyes widened in fascination as the youkai began to spin around the gem, creating orange and red rings. "What in the world?"
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Naruto took a punch in the throat from the demon fox and simply brushed it off and punched the fox in the face. The kitsune roared in pain and all eight of his tail's converged on Naruto. The orange-eyed ninja dodge what he could and ignored all other wounds. They would all heal extremely fast anyway. He charged up a super Rasengan in his hand and drove into the tails, shredding them until the Kyuubi counteracted with his own. They lunged towards each other and growled as each fist was caught.
"You can't beat me, little human!" the Kyuubi roared and pure chakra forced Naruto away from the fox.
"You god damn fox!" Naruto yelled. He slammed his hand into the ground and watched as the tremor unseated the Kyuubi. "TAJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
Over a thousand Naruto's appeared in the cavern and all of them charged the Kyuubi. The demon fox merely swore and dove into the clone's ranks, attempting to get to the original.
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"Tell me when I can cover the mirror!" the man yelled as a screeching sound filled the air.
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The Kyuubi turned sharply as all of the clones around him disappeared.
"FUTON: RASENSHURIKEN!" The Kyuubi could only stare at the super charged Rasenshuriken that cut into him at incredible speeds. 'Son of a bitch!' The jutsu exploded and the Kyuubi had a view of a barely standing Naruto looking towards him with a look of pure and unadulterated rage.
The Kyuubi coughed and pushed himself from the ground. His arm was severed and most likely just gone. He was bleeding heavily but he felt his chakra closing the wounds quickly. His gaze traveled over the blonde again who was kneeling, the chakra gone. "You look half-dead."
Naruto raised his hand and flicked the fox off, earning a chuckled from the Bijuu.
"You even fight until the very end," the fox stepped forward, wincing as pain shot up his leg. 'No one, not even the other Bijuu have ever hurt me so much.' He took another step. "I must admit human. You are strong."
His eyes were locked with Naruto's for every step. The blondes blue eyes showed no fear, only weariness. The Kyuubi reached the Uzumaki and stared down at him.
"Goodbye, Uzumaki Naruto," he brought his clawed hand down.
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"Now?"
Sun nodded and the Lilith mirror disappeared into the bag.
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A millimeter above Naruto's head, the Kyuubi's arm disappeared with his entire body, right back into the seal. Naruto fell onto his side, and he let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. "Holy shit. I-I-I'm alive. I'm actually alive!" His eyelids began to droop. "Rei!"
A loud crack split the air, signaling the barrier breaking. He pushed himself to his feet and began to limp towards the others.
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"Moka?" The silver-haired vampires head snapped towards Rei who was struggling to get to her feet.
"Nee-chan! You shouldn't stand!"
"Naruto-kun? How is he?" Rei asked, ignoring Moka's concern.
"He's alive, a bit worse for wear but alive," Moka said softly.
Rei smiled and pulled herself up, using Moka's arm as a support. "That's good."
Her head turned to see Naruto limping towards them. He walked past Sun and the man, ignored Kurumu and Yukari's questions, brushed away Tsukune's hand that tried to get him to sit down. He walked right up to Rei. All rational though was gone from his mind as his blue eyes gazed into her red ones. Without thinking he reached out and pulled her towards him, his lips smashing down onto hers.
Without hesitation Rei returned the kiss.
After a few seconds the two pulled apart, still embraced and smiled at each other… before promptly falling to the ground in a tangled, unconscious heap.
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Chapter End!
Author's Notes: HELL YEAH! That was my favorite/longest chapter by far! As for the rest of the Chairman's plan, that'll be explained next chapter. And now the main pairing is revealed, I highly doubt anyone thought that it wasn't going to happen. Read and Review. See you next time!