Naruto felt his power rising, he felt the wind swirling around him in a protective barrier, though he could feel it starting to sharpen around him so that if the demon would dare try to lay a hand on Hinata or himself it would slice up the Oni's flesh. The young demon felt more powerful, more so than he's ever felt before in his entire life. Not even before he was sealed, had he felt such power… not even when he had been turned evil, he had never felt so much power.
Inhaling softly, Naruto's crimson eyes started to glow as he started to feel the elemental power of fire surging through his body. The young man looked up at the Oni once more before he felt a small tug at his right. Staring at Hinata, her lavender coloured eyes shined with worry and concern. Giving her a soft smile, he held her hand gently as he said "I will protect you Hinata. I won't allow the demon to hurt you… I promise." With that said, Naruto looked back up at the Oni before gently getting Hinata to let go of him and jumped up into the air, allowing the air to carry him over to the Oni.
Rushing through the sky, the Oni threw his arm toward Naruto, hoping to stop the fox demon's ascent into the sky. Though, Naruto twisted his body around enough to dodge the attack and started to run along the Oni's arm. Pulling out his sword, he focused his powers over fire and air into the blade. He could feel it pulse with power…
"Take this!" shouted Naruto as he sliced through the Oni's shoulder, leaving a deep gash gushing with blood. The young man never knew that he could cause such wounds but he wasn't complaining. He could still feel his power increasing and he wasn't going to complain about it. Using the air to push him back, Naruto's tails spread before he sent them to impale the Oni. The sound of a horrible scream echoed through Naruto's fox ears though he smirked. At least this Oni could be harmed… The Oni growled at Naruto before reaching out and grabbed a hold of the fox demon.
"You will die… and I shall take that girl's heart." The Oni said with a grin.
Naruto's head was bent forward, his bangs hiding his eyes before he smirked. "Is that so? I think that Hinata is going to stay where she is no matter what you do or say, I will protect her!" With that, Naruto built up his energy within his body, his body heating up, wind starting to form around him as it started to form blades slicing up the Oni's palm. Suddenly, Naruto felt the grip around him loosened enough for him to drop. Curling up in a ball, Naruto spun around before landing on his feet and looking up at the Oni.
Tightening his hold on the hilt of his sword, Naruto knew that he had to use this move… This Oni was big, and it would take a lot of power for him to take it down. Narrowing his red eyes, He held the sword up high above his head before shouting "Youkai Slash!" Then he slammed the blade downward onto the ground, sending a shock wave of flames toward the Oni. The waves of flames made their way and snaked up the Oni's body causing him to scream out in pain.
Placing his sword back into its sheath, Naruto jumped back up and made sure to out run any of the Oni's attempts to shake him off. Such as the beast trying to swat him off like a fly or to crush him. That was something that he wouldn't allow to happen though he knew that it showed just how slow the beast was and it, in fact, made Naruto smile. Once he made it back to the Oni's head, Naruto's fist had burst into flames as he shouted out "Kitsune-Ken!" and then he slammed his fist into the flesh of the Oni, then twisted his body around and wind focused on his leg and slammed it into the Oni's head screaming out "Kyōfū kikku!"
Screaming, the Oni fell backward causing Naruto to land back on the ground and breathe heavily. Man, he didn't think that it would take this much power to try to take down the Oni but at least he had the power to take it down. Looking back at Hinata, Naruto grinned as he said "don't worry Hinata, I have everything under control." Then he blinked when he felt something wrap around his waist and that was when he was like "oh shit…" As soon as he said that, the Oni threw Naruto in the air and started to throw some rocks at him.
Shaking his head, the young man wrapped his tails around his body, creating another barrier made from fire and wind. The rocks that got too close would be sliced up but the tinier pieces that got through would burn up into nothing. Naruto was thankful for that ability though knew that it would still be difficult for him to get through. Spreading his tails out behind him, Naruto was ready to take this thing down, he knew that it wouldn't have been much of a fight but at least it was a real fight that he could enjoy, something he hadn't had a chance to in who knows how long.
Holding his tails outward in front of him to act like a spear, Naruto spun his body around fast enough so he could literally drill himself through the Oni's flesh. The young man could feel his tails pierce through the Oni's flesh, could feel blood staining his fur and staining his clothes. Feeling just a little sick to his stomach, Naruto kept on drilling himself through the Oni's flesh right up until he had made his way through the other side. Tails unwrapping themselves from his body, Naruto turned around as his feet planted themselves
"You son of a bitch!" shouted the Oni.
"Leave my mother outta this! Plus, I'm a fox you idiot!" Naruto shouted, his eyes burning red with rage and the sharp desire to kill. There would be no way that he would allow anyone to insult his family, to allow anyone to harm Hinata. He may not fully understand the feelings that swirl within his heart but what he did know was that he wanted to protect Hinata. No matter the cost. The Oni growled and reached out for Naruto, hoping that he could grab a hold of the fox demon.
Naruto though was easily able to dodge without a problem. He was able to jump out of the way, doing cartwheels and back flips. His tails would also slap away the demon's grabbing hand and, of course that itself was an insult to the Oni. Naruto looked over his shoulder and saw that Gaara had taken Hinata away to be safe, that was good. Though the Oni was still far too close for him to be able to truly finish off the monster. Turning back, the young man noticed that the Oni was quicker this time with trying to grab a hold of him. Growling, he shouted "Moeru uzu!" With that said, a burst of flaming hot wind and burning hot flames surrounded his body, creating a hurricane so to speak around his body. The Oni screamed and pulled his hand back from the pain as he let out a growl.
"How are you this powerful!? I was told you lost most of your power!" shouted the Oni.
Naruto could only smirk… they still believed his powers to have faded? Sure, they had faded a bit since he had been sealed away, and hadn't returned to him for some reason that had remained unknown to him… until now. Looking up at the monster that stood before him, Naruto calmly said "because I was filled with guilt of my past, wondering what had happened to a little girl I had protected and it became worse when I found out what had happened to her." He crossed his arms and had a smirk on his face. With his fangs poking out from his lips, it almost made him look a little cooler than usual.
"When I spoke to her spirit, she reassured me that I had nothing to feel guilty about her death or the cause of her death. I have no regrets and I will protect Hinata with my life. I won't allow petty demons or Oni's like you take her away from me…" Naruto narrowed his eyes into slits as he felt his energy building once more. Turning back, he could faintly see that Gaara was still rushing away from the temple with the way the Oni was attacking though he still had to buy them some time before he could finish off the Oni. Even with his powers back completely, he couldn't take down the Oni in the proper manor…
"If that is the case, then why haven't you turned into your true form?" Said the Oni.
Shit, he was on to him. Oh well, not like he could at the moment anyway… there was just no way that he would be able to transform in the first place because of Hinata still remaining too close, if she was too close when he would turn into his true form, there was no way of knowing what could happen. "Or maybe, you can't transform because you no longer have the power to transform." Or maybe this guy was just stupid…
Breathing heavily, Naruto looked around a little as he tried to find a place he could go for him to transform though it seemed that no matter where he went, nothing would turn out well for him unless… Eyes widening, Naruto ran toward the forest that would be far away enough for Gaara to take Hinata away… Hell, he was thankful that he didn't even have to tell Gaara to take Hinata away though he must know how bad a battle with demons could get.
Transforming was always painful for him, so he never transformed unless he needed to or the need arose for him… and now, the time had arose for Naruto to transform. "Come back here you coward!" shouted the Oni, causing Naruto to grit his teeth. Oh how he wanted to beat the shit outta that guy but knew that he couldn't do it. Not yet anyway, he started to build the power within him… Knowing fully well that he would have to be careful so he could prepare himself for the transformation, it always made the pain easier to deal with.
"Once I have that girl maybe I'll keep her to myself and use her power for my own personal gain!" shouted the Oni, which only made Naruto angry. He wanted to turn right around and kill the bastard but knew that right now he had to keep focus and allow himself to transform. Breathing heavily, the fox demon could feel his skin starting to crawl… literally. His body was starting to get itself ready for its transformation.
The Oni kept trying to get a hold of Naruto, though the fox demon was easily able to avoid the demon's grasps. Breathing deeply, Naruto managed to find an open area as he started to allow his transformation to take place. His skin was crawling, bones breaking and reforming themselves. It was amazing that he was able to tolerate most of the pain… okay, not most but nearly half. Breathing deeply, Naruto could feel his skin stretching and his limbs and bones stretching, growing. It was painful and almost made him want to cry out in pain but knew that he couldn't. Not without the Oni finding out where he was.
His face stretched out to allow a muzzle to form, his nose turned cold and wet. His nails and fangs grew and lengthened. Letting out a strangled gasp of pain, the young man almost fell to his knees as his body kept on shifting and changing. Naruto threw his head back, unable to hold back the scream that ripped through his throat. Body growing larger, growing reddish orange fur as he soon finished his transformation into a giant fox. His nine tails swaying side to side angrily. His crimson eyes looked deadly and his mind, just barely clinging to the humanity within him. The only thing that kept him sane, that kept him from going on a rampage, and that was Hinata. Her bright and cheerful smile appeared in his mind, the only thing that kept him sane enough to know that he had to keep her safe.
The Oni stared at Naruto with wide eyes, not able to comprehend that the small fox demon had managed to obtain his true form. Stories had been told about how powerful the nine tailed foxes were when they went into their true form at the risk of their sanity. It was very rare for them to keep the sanity though it was clear that Naruto had retained some of his sanity even when he was in this form. There was nothing that would stop him now that he had transformed and now, the desire to kill was surging through his very body, his essence, his soul but not to shed blood, no, it was to protect someone very dear to him.
"So you have transformed at long last…" said the Oni before rushing forward.
Naruto growled before running toward the demon. His fangs revealed as he looked ready to rip the Oni to shreds. His tails ignited in flames, the markings that normally resided on his human appearance, started to glow, revealing that he still had control over wind and fire even in this form… when normally, demons that lose their sanity to their transformation do not relay on any kind of power other than their claws and fangs. The Oni, in short was surprised that Naruto would even use that power in the first place.
"But how?!"
"Protect… Naruto… protect…" growled out Naruto, sounding more like a wild animal than human or even remotely human. Soon, his claws ignited in flames before he rushed forward and held out his left paw and dug his paw right through the Oni's side, causing him to scream out in pain. Landing on the ground, skidding a bit as he turned around, Naruto grabbed a tree from the ground with his tail and threw it at the Oni before rushing forward again and digging his fangs into the Oni's shoulder.
Screaming once more in pain, Naruto jumped up into the air before landing far away from the Oni and growled deadly. "Naruto!" shouted a voice, causing the transformed Naruto to turn and stare at Hinata. Deep within his mind, he was screaming for Hinata to get away from here, and that he was going to hurt Gaara for letting her get this far. He was supposed to get Hinata away from danger, not get her involved!
"Hinata stay away, fox demons have no sanity when they transform into their true forms!" shouted Gaara as he tried to get Hinata. A part of Naruto wanted to rip Gaara to pieces for touching Hinata, but he knew that he was only trying to keep the blue haired teen safe.
"He won't hurt me, I know he won't!" shouted Hinata.
"Grrr…. Go… go… go!" growled out Naruto, the only words he could say to Hinata was to go, to get the hell away from here or else she was going to get hurt. Looking over, he saw the Oni about to grab Hinata with his teeth. Not thinking about anything else, Naruto rushed in only to scream and roar out in pain as the Oni bit into his side.
"Naruto!" shouted Hinata with fear and concern.
The fox demon felt his legs shaking as he tried to get himself to stand up straight. He had to keep fighting, fight to protect Hinata. That was the only thing he had left to do for her… He… he had to keep fighting. Had to keep fighting to protect her. Letting out a loud roar, Naruto's body ignited in flames, causing the Oni to scream and pull back and growl at the fox demon. Naruto turned his body, standing in front of Hinata as he let out a growl of hate and rage. This Oni… dares to attack Hinata… he dares to attack his Hinata?! The fucker is going to die here and now!
Letting out a blood thirsty roar, Naruto allowed his mind to fade away to the desire to kill, though kept the small part of him that cared about Hinata there, just so he wouldn't hurt her. Jumping forward, Naruto dug his fangs into the demon, allowing his power of fire to flow into the Oni's veins. He was going to make sure that this Oni, this monster never hurt anyone again.
Screaming in pain, the Oni staggered back after getting Naruto off of him. It was amazing that Naruto could even place fire through someone's blood stream but it made him want to kill Naruto all the more and to get him to stop the fire. Before he could say anything though, Naruto lunged toward him and started to pull off his arms and then started to use the wind to slice up the torso. Naruto wanted this guy to suffer for trying to hurt Hinata.
"Stop! Please! I beg of you!" shouted the Oni after Naruto ripped off his limbs. Though Naruto didn't show any mercy… no, far from it. He was going to create more pain, allow the wind to slice up the Oni then burn the remains so he couldn't reform himself. It was the only way to do it, the only way to make sure that this bastard stayed down once and for all.
Growling, the fox said "no… mercy…" With that, he jumped up, dug his fangs into the monster's neck and twisted his body around and ripping off the Oni's head in the process. Allowing the body to lay on the ground, the fox dropped the head and placed his nine tails over the body before igniting it in flames. The Oni was no more… and he could rest and relax now…
"Naruto…"
Turning his head to stare at Hinata, Naruto allowed himself to lay down on the ground, it would take him a while to gather the strength to change back but it would be enough to just lay down here with Hinata… Letting out a soft whine, Naruto stared at Hinata, his crimson eyes turning a soft blue showing that his humanity returned to him. "You… you're adorable!" Wait she thought he was adorable? Blinking his blue eyes in confusion, Hinata started to nuzzle the fur of his left paw and giggled… Hinata is a weird girl but well, he wasn't complaining.
