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NU: Legend Reborn…
Chapter 10: Akumagakure…
By: 26 Lord Pain
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"Human Speech…"
'Human Thoughts…'
[Radio In Use…]
"Jutsu In Use…"
"Demon Speech…"
'Demon Thoughts…'
"Inner Spirit Talking…"
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(Akumagakure no Sato…)
The city was hustling and bustling as numerous caravans from the other Shinobi Villages were allowed into Akumagakure for the first Chunin Exams held in the powerful city in over forty long years. "Are you sure your okay with this?" A shadowed figure asked as he looked to his side, his companion snorting once.
"Does it really matter?" He questioned crisply and the first figure sighed.
"Yes it matters. Can you handle being around them without losing it?" He questioned of his companion and the shadowed warrior chuckled lightly.
"You forget Cousin, you're the one who has a habit of losing his cool." He said simply and the other figure scoffed at the barb while the numerous groups walked into the city well below them. One of the figures then turned his eyes to the Konoha group and frowned upon seeing all of the "Rookie Nine" was there, of course save two…
"Tsunade-Sama, why are they glaring at us?" Umino Iruka asked Tsunade who noticed a few people glaring or giving disgusted looks towards them as they passed by. Iruka is dressed in his average Chunin gear, having come to keep an eye on the kids in the group, his hair still in the same spiky pineapple shape as ever.
"Not sure…" Tsunade admitted while looking around while Jiraiya walked behind her with a frown over his face.
"I still don't like that neither the Akatsuki nor Orochimaru have made a Move in the passed three and a half years Tsunade. And just dragging so many of our most powerful Ninja here is a bad idea. What if someone were to attack while we're all gone?" Jiraiya questioned and Tsunade gave him an annoyed glare.
"Because, the strongest Nin of all the OTHER villages are here also…" She stated flatly and Jiraiya actually looked around. He saw Sabaku no Gaara with his brother Kankuro and his Sister Temari, Nii Yugito and Kirabi from Kumo with a few of Kumogakure's other powerful nin, numerous Iwagakure nin, several nin from Kusagakure, and even some from Amegakure. Of course they all had Genin with them as well, but they were looking to be the students of the powerful Jounin…
"It's a fucking whose who of ninja…" Jiraiya commented though noted no one from Kiri was around, and given how few Shinobi they had to spare it wasn't really all that surprising.
"Yeah, Akumagakure is so isolated it's never attacked, however, they have technology that far surpasses anything seen even in Snow or Rain Country. No doubt most of these countries want to set up trade with them…" Tsunade commented and Jiraiya nodded his head slowly, easily remembering the amazing technologies he had seen when they were last here…
"Wow! Kurenai Sensei how did they make all the buildings so big?" Inuzuka Kiba questioned while looking around to the thirty story buildings dotting the village. Kiba has grown since he was younger, he is dressed in a black leather coat and pants with black Shinobi-sandals, a mesh shirt, and his Hittai-ate has a black cloth while making his dark brown hair spike up slightly, his feral eyes haven't changed however and neither have the red fang marks on his cheeks. Behind him is a horse sized cream-colored dog with squinted eyes, and brown ears, it's fur spiking on its head.
Behind him is Shino, the boy still wears sunglasses but now wears a black high collared shirt that reaches down his legs with a hooded gray trench coat over that, with a pair of black Shinobi-pants with a Kunai case at his right thigh, the ankles of his pants are then taped down into a pair of black Shinobi-Sandals, last his Hittai-ate is placed over his forehead, concealing almost all of him.
Last was a girl with a bluish hue to her long hair, and light lavender eyes, she wore a baggy purple and white jacket that barely hid he well endowed chest, a mesh shirt visible where it was left slightly open, a headband around her neck instead of on her head, her pants were a bluish color and her sandals were different than the rest of the groups, and had a Kunai case on her right thigh like them.
Their Sensei Yuuhi Kurenai walked with them, she had wild messy black hair with a pair of crimson eyes with violet eye shadow and pale skin, she wore sarashi bandages with black Shinobi-Sandals, a red sleeve covers her right arm, with thick white bands formed into a dress over her body with black marks over them, a Mesh shirt visible at the nape of her neck, bandages covering each of her hands and forearms and a simple Hittai-Ate over her forehead.
"Why do you even want to know? It's just a building…" Yamanaka Ino commented while frowning. Ino is a pale blond girl, her hair falling over her right eye and then down her back in a high ponytail, she has a very athletic build from her Shinobi lifestyle, while her light blue pupiless eyes are focused forward. She wore a purple button up tank top that left her midriff bare, a purple skirt that had only one button done in the front with a black skirt under it, with mesh covering her elbows, knees, and under her skirt, a pair of black sandals like the rest of them and a Kunai case on her right thigh while it seemed she didn't have the headband that the rest of them wore.
Behind her was Akimichi Choji, his hair now long and spiky reaching to the middle of his back, with his eyes squinted shut, a pair of swirls over his cheeks while he looked more husky than fat now. He wears a red top that covers his arms and reaches passed his waist with armor on his biceps and over his torso and thighs, the Kanji for food on his armor, silver kurokote on each of his arms, and a pair of gray Shinobi-Pants with the ankles taped down into his black Shinobi-Sandals.
The last two members of the group are Sarutobi Asuma, and Nara Shikamaru. Shikamaru is dressed in a Black Chunin wear with his Flack-Jacket over it, a long sleeved mesh shirt under it. His Sensei is dressed the same way, only with a cloth around his waist that has the symbol for the Fire-Daimyo on it, a Hittai-ate around his forehead, and a cigarette in his mouth, he has dark blue hair that is formed into a beard and spiky hair like his father at his age.
"Because I want to know! We don't have anything like this back home but the Hokage tower!" Kiba reminded and a few of the other members of the group conceded his point on the matter.
"Maybe it's because they're the most technologically advanced nation in the known world…" Sakura offered with a frown and Kiba blinked then smacked his face for having forgotten that basic fact of Akumagakure when it was obvious.
Sakura is probably the most different of all of them, having a Lithe build over her formerly scrawny physique, bubblegum pink hair reaching to her shoulders, and bright emerald eyes that shine with intellect. She wears a red headband holding her hair back with a metal plate on it, a red zip up top, gray elbow pads, black leather gloves, tight black shorts, a strange skirt over the shorts that was a light pink color with straps around it and had slits at the sides, and a pair of shin high sandals, with a Kunai case placed on her own right thigh and a "Tanto" placed at her lower back over a large pouch.
Behind the girl is her former sensei Hatake Kakashi, who is the exact same as he was all those years ago. Behind Kakashi however is one Might Gai, who has black hair in a bowl-cut, black eyes, and a muscular physique. He is wearing a green spandex outfit with orange legwarmers, a red Hittai-ate around his waist, blue Shinobi-Sandals, and a Chunin flack jacket left open.
"Kakashi My Eternal Rival! Why won't you stop reading that un-youthful book?" Gai demanded while glaring at Kakashi with "Youthfully" indignant fury and Kakashi gave him a sideways glance.
"Because I don't want too…" He said flatly with Gai saying something about him being far too hip. Behind Gai is a boy with the exact same hairstyle and clothes as Gai; the only difference is his Flak Jacket is closed, and that he has bandages around his hands and forearms.
"Gai-Sensei! Do not despair, for someday I am sure you will defeat your eternal rival!" Rock Lee as he is known called out to his teacher with a burning fire in his eyes while his team shook their heads. First was Hyuuga Neji who has long dark hair with very pale, nearly white eyes and very pale skin with a dancers build. He wore a headband like the others with a white robe like top and pants, a black cloth wrapped around his waist and black sandals like the rest of them.
Behind him and carrying a massive scroll over her shoulder was their friend Higorashi Tenten, she has brown hair tied up into a pair of buns on the top of her head and bright chocolate brown eyes with her Hittai-Ate over her forehead with a black cloth her bangs half covering the metal plate, with a strong build from her years of training with weapons. She wears a white Chinese style shirt with sleeves that reach to her elbows and has a crimson trim, a pair of fingerless black gloves, a pair of crimson pants with slits at each hip showing wrappings underneath and a pair of simple black sandals.
"Yes Lee! I should not despair while we are here in this most Youthful Village! For now I can find the legendary martial arts master, Zangen himself!!" Gai said with stars in his eyes while even Lee looked at the man with confusion.
"Who?" Inuzuka Hana, Kiba's older sister, questioned while looking at the man with a raised brow. She had long brown hair pulled into a low ponytail with some of her bangs hanging into her face, a pair of bright golden amber eyes with two red fang marks on her cheeks and a different mark on her right arm with tanned skin. She wore a Chunin Flack Jacket that was partly unzipped to show some of her cleavage, a pair of tight black shorts, bandages over her right bicep, a wristband on her left arm, with more bandages around her right wrist with blue Shinobi-sandals over her feet. Behind her were also three ash colored dogs with white undersides, all three following her like Akamaru did Kiba.
And beyond them was her Genin Team, which had Hyuuga Hanabi among them, a boy named Doryuu Karasu who specialized in swords, and another girl named Miterashi Satsuki who primarily used Ninjutsu. Behind those three were Ebisu, he wore sunglasses with his Hittai-ate tied like a bandana over his head, Typical Jounin attire with a Jounin Flack Jacket over it and had his arms crossed. Behind him was his team, which consisted of Sarutobi Konohamaru, and his two friends Moegi and Udon.
"How can this be? You have not heard of the legendary master Zangen!" Gai cried out loudly while starting to tell obviously exaggerated stories about this Zangen guy while Miterashi Anko walked beside of Tsunade and Shizune while happily munching on some dango. Anko has purplish hair that is pulled into a spiky bun with her Hittai-ate over her forehead; her violet eyes are currently closed as she munches on dango. The woman wears a mesh suit with an open tan trench coat over it, an orange colored skirt with a black y shaped belt around her waist, a fang necklace hanging down into her impressive bust, a pair of black Shinobi-Sandals, and some AnBu issue shin guards.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Senju Tsunade of the Sannin, and Jiraiya too. How have you two been?" Someone asked and the Konoha Nin stopped only for Tsunade and Jiraiya to squint upon seeing a man in black clothes with black hair that had red stripes and a Akumagakure Hittai-ate.
"Do I know you?" Tsunade questioned and the man chuckled.
"Abel Negrado, Onikage of Akumagakure, we meet while I was still a Genin." He said then explained and Tsunade gawked at the man before her, Jiraiya muttering about the brat growing up.
"You look… completely different Abel, last time I saw you, you were still trying to get your families Jutsu right… and now your Onikage?!" She said, making Abel twitch, then demanded loudly before the man nodded his head. "What happened to Dante?" She then asked and Abel flinched.
"He… died a long time ago…" Abel offered and Tsunad's eyes widened in disbelief that the seemingly invincible knucklehead had finally died… Sakura then pulled on the busty blonds coat and Tsunade blinked before she looked to her.
"Why are you calling him Abel? I though Negrado was his name?" Sakura questioned and Tsunade chuckled lightly to herself.
"In Akumagakure Surnames come last." She explained simply and Sakura scrunched her nose up.
"That's weird…" She stated and Abel would have commented had a young man not walked over to him and tapped on his shoulder.
The Teen had long spiky silver hair that was pulled into a low ponytail with some of his hair covering his left eye and more of his tanned skin, an Akumagakure Hittai-Ate half covered by his hair while his right ice blue eye looked over the Konoha nin. He wore black bandages around his lower face and neck, a sleeveless black shirt over his upper body, with a pair of black gloves over his hands with fingerless red gloves over those that had metal plates at the backs, a pair of black Shinobi-Pants with gray kneepads, and a pair of black boots with leather combat bands over them like a SOLDIER.
He also has a coat on that covers most of his body, made of thick black leather with a red collar, red padding at his left elbow, a strap placed over his chest to connect the two sides, a belt made into it is closed around his waist with a pair of gun holsters at his lower back and a loop for his sword between his shoulder blades, while the right arm is made up of numerous black straps bolted together for greater movement. At the moment he is carrying Rebellion and Ebony and Ivory.
"Dante?" Tsunade questions upon seeing the Teen's weapons of choice and Dirge looks at her with a raised brow.
"That's my old man lady, my name is Dirge! Dirge Sparda!" Dirge says proudly while crossing his arms and Tsunade winces inwardly… 'He must be Naruto's cousin… and they'll probably never meet…' She thought sadly while Dirge then looks to the Onikage with an annoyed frown obvious in his single visible eye. "The Council needs to speak with you Onikage-Sama, they have most of the Genin showing our guests where they can stay. I'm supposed to show the Konoha group to the family castle…" Dirge said and Abel noted how much he obviously didn't want them staying at his place and gave him a sympathetic look.
"I'll go check in with them then. And please be social if not accommodating to our guests from Konoha, Dirge." Abel said then pleaded and Dirge snorted before crossing his arms and nodding his head to the man. "Sorry Tsunade, the Village needs me…" Abel commented and Tsunade gave a nod as he then sank into the ground like a shadow, Shikamaru visibly growling.
"I hate Negrado's…" He said confusing his friends greatly.
"The Nara's and Negrado's have had a kind of feud with one another since before Konoha was founded. Supposedly one of the two clans came from the other and abandoned them for their own ways. Neither one is sure which however…" Dirge offered and the Konoha group were kind of surprised by that, who knew someone as lazy as a Nara could hold a grudge for that long…
"So, you have a castle?" Ino asked the older boy and Dirge looked her up then down and inwardly grinned to himself.
"Yep, my family is one of the oldest clans in the Shinobi World after all!" Dirge said proudly and Neji snorted.
"I've never heard of a Sparda clan…" He said and Dirge gave him a look.
"Was I talking to you pretty boy? No. I was talking to the cute blond here so back off." He asked then stated simply and Neji scowled while Ino snickered.
"Alright, enough pleasantries, I'd like a tour of places we can eat and train before we head to your castle." Tsunade stated and Dirge looked at her, and then tilted his head to one side and Tsunade narrowed her eyes. 'He can't be that much like Dante… Can he?' She wondered and was answered when Dirge pointed at her.
"What are you an F-cup?! Damn lady what are you eating?" Dirge asked and Tsunade cracked her knuckles angrily while Jiraiya snickered.
"He's just like Dante…" He said to himself before snickering once more as Tsunade lunged at Dirge throwing her fist the silver haired Teen quickly rolled out of the way and pulled Rebellion out to point it at her throat.
"Calm down… I wasn't going to grab 'em or anything…" Dirge offered and saw an annoyed Tsunade glaring at him with Jiraiya AND Anko snickering at their antics. "Now then, my Clan's castle has a VERY large training field, so you guys can use that for whatever training you do." Dirge then said before throwing his massive sword into the air then tilted his body and allowed it to sheath itself.
"Whoa…" Tenten said while looking at the sword with stars in her eyes.
"She's into sharp pointy things isn't she…" Dirge stated while pointing to Tenten and got several nods. "She'll get along with my family just fine, we are primarily Weapon Specialists after all." Dirge commented and Tenten was beside him in a flash.
"Really? What kind?!" She asked with a smile and Dirge chuckled.
"All kinds, I myself can use Nunchoku, Scythes, Broadswords, Katana, Guns, Gauntlets, Grieves, and all kinds of other weapons." Dirge offered and Tenten smiled before blinking to herself.
"Guns?" She questioned and Dirge reached back and held up Ebony and Ivory.
"These, their called guns and work to fire pellets of steel or Chakra out faster and more accurately than a Kunai." Dirge said then held Ebony and fired the gun hitting the chain of a sign and knocking it down.
"Cool!" Tenten said and the other Ninja just gawked at the capabilities of that simple looking weapon.
"Maybe I'll get you one of your own later Panda-Chan." Dirge offered and Tenten then glared at the boy for the crack making him laugh to himself.
"Alright, now that you've shown off your toys could you PLEASE show us some of the restaurants in town?" Tsunade questioned while rubbing her temples and Dirge shrugged before turning on his heel and walking into town with them following after him shortly after…
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(Akumagakure Council Chambers…)
The Chambers for Akumagakure's Council are different than those for Konohagakure. First off is that the room is circular with seats all around it so that they could more easily see one another, a single row of seats circling the area allowing all of the clan heads to be seated comfortably and without having to strain to look behind them to another speaker. Above them is a stained class cover to a skylight for better lighting, numerous columns standing behind the row of seats with stained glass windows between all of them for even greater lighting of the area. The Kage's seat was in the center of all of this so that he could hear and look to any of the other Council members, allowing all to be equal in this place.
Also, as a rule only members of clans were allowed to be part of the council, and the council itself was only for an advisory roll and to allow the Clans to converse with one another in a peaceful setting. Since there wasn't really any war in Akuma, just bandits, they never had need of a wartime council. Also, the current Onikage couldn't also take up the spot for his or her clan in the council, thus Abel's sister Melody was currently the spokeswoman for their clan.
Abel walked into the council chambers with a mental groan; sure they only called a meeting for real reasons thankfully. The only reason he didn't like meeting with them was because of the fact he hated having to dress in his Kage Robes for the meetings. Then again his daughter Shadow did always say that he needed to dress up more often and that it made him look more like a Kage should. "Lord Onikage, it's nice to see you again." One of the Clan heads said with a smile and Abel nodded while taking a seat at the head of the council seats.
All in all the clans consisted of the Negrado's current spokeswoman his sister who went by "Razor", the Kisaragi Clan had sent the head of family Godo, the Megun Tenshin Clan sent Hayate, the Hayabusa Clan sent Ryu, the Angelo Clan had sent Will, the current head of the Sagara Clan was known as Sanosuke, the Himura Clan head Kenshin, the Onizuka Clan head and one of the only remaining members Crow or Iyoku if one got to know him, Anima of the Garandou Clan, Rachel Roth of the "Azarath" clan as she was the only remaining member after the death of her people, the "unnamed" Clan's head Yami or just Dusk seeing as he was the only remaining member and was currently draped in a black cloak to hide his form, and of course the Sparda Clan with Naruto sitting back in his seat next to Rachel.
Something ELSE that Abel appreciated was that you could only be a member of the council till your current heir turned eighteen or were Onikage. Thus they never had to deal with a person who had gained too much power trying to keep it forever, their power only lasted a short time for most after all… Well, that wasn't entirely true, Anima was allowed to keep his seat ever since he first took it, but in their defense he was a Fallen Angel of Death. Thus trying to TAKE much of anything from him would be akin to gaining Kami's fury on their Asses.
"To what do I owe the pleasure of this meeting my old friends?" Abel asked pleasantly and with a strained smile as everyone looked to one another.
"Konoha." They said in unison and Abel nodded his head while leaning back with a sigh, rubbing his temples as he did so.
"And what is it that troubles you?" Abel questioned and Ryu spoke up.
"We believe it would be unwise to allow them to stay with the Sparda's." He stated simply and Abel was slightly surprised that they decided to start with THAT before moving onto the rest of the argument.
"How So?" Abel questioned and the normally silent, Will spoke up.
"They are not to be trusted because of their hate for Demons. All of us are at least partly supernatural. But only Rachel and Naruto understand what it's like to be shunned for what makes us all unique." Will explained simply with one eye closed with the rest of the clan heads Nodding. Will is a brunette his messy hair covering his right eye and reaching down to his shoulders, his eyes are a bluish white with obvious blindness, with tanned skin and a small mark on his right cheek bone. He wears a NELO issue sleeveless shirt with a mask over his lower face, an Akumagakure type Chunin Vest, a pair of forearm covering fingerless gloves with white bands over them, a black utility belt, black Shinobi-pants, and a pair of calf high black Shinobi-Sandals with white bands over them.
"I agree with Will, how can we trust them in one of our homes when they could turn on us at any second if they found out about what we are?" Anima questioned with a frown over his lips as he sat leaned forward and his eyes narrowed on the Onikage. Anima has deathly pale skin, with tired green eyes with dark circles around them, his hair is shoulder length and covers most of his face, with a muscular build gained from his past battles and training.
He wears a pair of black leather buckled manacles over his wrists and ankles, with a black leather buckled choker collar around his neck, a pair of black leather bands fastened around his left bicep, with white bandages wrapped around both his hands and forearms, on his right shoulder is a short black sleeve made from black leather with a single silver pauldron placed over his shoulder and bicep, more wrappings placed around his waist with a black hooded cloak over his shoulders, only reaching down to cover his upper torso, a bloodstained sash is tied around his waist with numerous black tassels hanging down from the sides and back of it, a pair of black pants with a pair of knee high armored sandals over his feet with two bands around his knees.
"I know you both mean well but we don't have anywhere else to put them unless you'd rather move one of the OTHER nations ninja into a place where they'll no doubt try to either impregnate a woman with one of the Sparda's seed or just plain kidnap them or even steal their Devil-Arms…" Abel reminded and saw Naruto shudder as he leaned back into the shadows.
"I agree with lord Onikage. He is correct in saying that we cannot put the Konoha Nin somewhere else without further endangering the Sparda's. At least with the Konoha nin we know they won't be ravaged in their sleep." The "Voices" of Dusk came the first voice being a young mans, then a Demonic Growl, and finally an angelic voice all overlapping one another into the strange amalgam that was his voice.
Dusk was shrouded in a tattered old black cloak with jagged red edges over the hood and half way down the cloak and had a pair of thin blood red eyes that glowed darkly, a jagged glowing red Glasgow grin spread over his face. The teen also had pure obsidian skin with a long tail with spikes at the base and a sharp arrow at the end, a hole in the arrow allowing a silver ring to look into it, his hands were sharp talons, his feet having two talons on the front a single barb at the back while it stood on its toes, short barbs on his knees and elbows, and spikes growing upward from its biceps and shoulders.
He wore a pair of fingerless red forearm covering gloves with metal plates at the back of each fist and white bands around his wrist and the middle of his forearms. A tattered red loincloth like skirt identical to something the ancient Egyptians wore with a white trim, black leather metal tipped tassels falling down from the back of it with a thick leather belt allowed to tilt over his hips. He also had a pair of leather toe/heel-less red socks on his feet that reached just below his knees with a white band around his ankles and the middle of his shins. Last of his outfit were the black bandages wrapped around his waist that stopped just before reaching his ribs, with more around his thighs.
"Pardon me but maybe we should try and make peace with them, we are supposed to be allies as Dusk as said. And our inter-village relations have been poor at best, that they have…" Kenshin offered while nodding his head and got an eye roll from most of the other Clan heads.
"Kenshin's right, we can't just instantly push them into a group just because most of their village is filled with bigots. We should at least be hospitable… then kick their asses when they make a wrong move." Sanosuke said then offered while cracking his knuckles, Kenshin sighing and shaking his head as a few of the Clan Heads grinned at the thought of that idea.
"We know we can't trust the other Nin either, we just think it might be a good idea to move them into a Hotel away from Lord Sparda." Crow said while motioning to Naruto who grumbled under his breath. Crow is extremely pale, with bi-colored eyes, the right one being red, the left yellow with slit like pupils, purple tribal tattoos around them, black claws at the ends of his fingers and toes and his black hair is formed to frame his face and then spike backwards and down.
He wears an Akumagakure Hittai-ate with a pair of plates coming down from them over his cheeks and a steel gas mask over his lower face, a black NELO sleeveless shirt its mask rolled up under the gasmask, a blue vest over his shirt with padded shoulders and collar with metal plates coming over his biceps with black straps around them, black leather armor around his waist and falling down over his hips, thighs, ass, in four plates with blue leather placed at the trim, a simple red sash tied around his waist, a pair of fingerless black leather gloves that are padded with blue leather at the trim and reach his elbows, last is a pair of black leather calf high sandals made identical to the gloves and waist armor he wears, having blue soles and no instep.
"True, but even if we move them away it may raise some suspicion amongst the Konoha Nin. We are supposed to be allies after all…" Hayate said then reminded with a frown while Godo nodded his head at his side with a frown as well.
"Allies? Those guys have pretty much abandoned us for the past forty years and you call them our allies?!" Sanosuke demanded incredulously while Rachel reached up to rub her temples, her black hair having been changed to it's original violet hue as she was told not to disguise it for Council meetings.
"The Onizuka speaks the truth, while they have thrived we have been left to rot away…" Anima said darkly his voice coming out as a whispery rasp while crossing his arms and several nin shivered as they began to see the telltale signs of him loosing control of the power and curse given to him so many years ago.
"Anima, please calm down. We don't need your… powers… going crazy at the moment…" Abel pleaded and Anima frowned before nodding, taking several deep breaths in order to calm himself down. "Alright. I've heard you all argue over these facts, we can't trust Konoha, and they haven't honored our alliance to them…" Abel said and Naruto finally leaned forward and decided it was his turn to speak on this matter.
"Lord Onikage, I believe that I should have final say in this mater. It IS my home after all…" He reminded and several clan heads had the decency to look sheepish even though they were only looking out for him.
"Then what do you believe should be done?" Abel questioned and Naruto rubbed his chin while looking to the roof for a few moments.
"Allow them to stay with me, that way I'll be able to watch them. I know all their tricks after all…" Naruto reminded and saw the other clan heads giving a grudging nod to their assent. "As for whether we should remain allied to them or not, I leave that to the rest of you… I'm too biased…" Naruto said then explained and the others gave a curt nod to their fellow clan head before returning to their arguments as Naruto looked to Rachel, who was currently trying to stay awake…
"Why do you wear those?" Naruto asked while pointing to her glasses and Rachel reached up and put a finger through the frame of the glasses.
"Their to make me less extraordinary looking while in the village…" She offered simply then turned her head back to the current debate with Naruto crossing his arms behind his head and closing his eyes, deep in thought…
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TBC…
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AN: Hayate, Ryu Hayausa, Kenshin Himura, Sasnosuke Sagara, and Godo Kisaragi are based after the characters from Dead or Alive, Samurai-X, Rurouni Kenshi, and Final Fantasy Seven respectively. Their outfits can be any of the ones you like them wearing from those series, I just felt it would be better to leave them to your imagination seeing as they are pretty well known on their own while the rest of the clan heads are my own, save Rachel Angela Roth, who is based after and may actually be Raven from Teen Titans.
Naruto's current Devil Arms:
Devil Arm: Weapon Type: Demons Original Name: Element(s)…
Yamato: O-Katana: Yama of the Mountains: Steel/Wind…
Kyuubi: Gauntlets and Greaves: Kyuubi no Youko: Earth/Fire…
Gilver: Katana: Vergil Sparda: Steel/Spectral (Ghost)…
Luce & Umbra: Chain Blades: Aubrey: Light / Dark…
Death Penalty: Tri-barreled Handgun: Chaos: Darkness