Tales of Tails and Feathers

Chapter 12: Dark and Light... Revelations of a distant past

Shinta laid on the hospital bed... he had gone uncouncious after hearing the news of the old man's death...but it was not the news that shock him to that state... it was the fact that Darkness called upon him

"Hello boya... is good to have you here" said Darkness with an evil voice

"What do you want...Darkness? I defeated you once... and with Shinta and Sakuya at my side I will not loose to you" Shinta said

"That is just it... you depend to much on them... while I grew strong... you became weak... but because you are weak... I became weak... something is wrong... we are suppose to either go up together or down... but now the system got screwed because of the last attack I did... you also must thank that pink haired bitch for your sanity... I was only mere inches from total possesioin till she reklinged the spark of life in you with her constant wails..." Darkness said

He laughted evily

"I think I should have killed her first... after all her blood seams so delicious... I want to see your face when your body kills the person you most care about..." (Cue in a sadistic smile and laughter)

Darkness went flying towards a wall

"Ughgn!!!"

"NEVER!! EVER!! EVER EVEN THINK ON TRYING TO HARM THEM!!!" Shinta yelled as he held Darkness by it's throught

"Seee?... give in to your anger... it fells good uh? This is you... the real you... or have you perhaps forgotten whom you where after all those experiments?"

"What are you talking about?" Shinta snarled... his eyes where with malice...

"You... you really don't remember don't you? (cue in manaical laughter) no wonder you are...incomplete..." Darkness said to Shinta

"Answer me damn you!!" Shinta yelled as he pushed Darkness unto the wall

"You really don't remember... I lied when I said I was your darkness... I AM DARKNESS!!!!" With that said...Darkness melted... and re-emerged...

"This... BEHOLD!!!! My true form!!!"

How he really looked was beyond mortal words...

He turned unto a huge kitsune youkai... a lot larger than Shinta no kitsune... his eyes where red and dark veins could be seen in those eyes... malice erupted from them

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t's fur was dark as night...with spots of dark purple on his paws and ears... from said paws dark falmes where emerging... if possible that thing was by far more evil than the kiubii in Naruto...

Shinta no kiubii felt that precence... he was startle by it... he rushed to Shinta's aid...

"Shinta?! How did you get here so fast?... never mind... who is this guy?" Shinta (human) said

"Meet Dai Youko the kitsune taicho... and also... my father" Shinta no kiubii said adding the last part with venom

"Is that any way to speak to your father you little kit!?" Dai Youko said to his kit

" You heartless bastard... you tried to kill my love and tried to bring heaven down... and you... you ... because of you, Sakuya has to endure imprisonment in the body of a child...whom their own people deserted... because of you the child was marked to exist as a lonely being... never being able to be loved... then you... when you heard that god was going to imprison us... you got an idea on what to do... since you can't fight god... because of a demon clause... and I won't because I love Sakuya... you wanted to use Shinta... to drive him mad... did you not? You bastard!!" With that... Shinta no Kiubii attacked his father with a long spear...

Dai Youko simply brushed the spear off... and broke it in fragments

"INSOLENT WELP!!! YOU ARE A DEMON!!! BEHAVE LIKE ONE!!!" Dai Youko said as he slapped his son over and over and then trew him unto the ground

Shinta could not hear what was going on... someone had placed a sound barrirer around him... he had missed the last revelation

Dai Youko kicked his son out of his way and walked over to Shinta...

"Come with me... I will show you your past..." Dai Youko said

"Shinta-kun!!! NO!!! RUN... DON'T GIVE IN!!!" Shinta no kiubii shouted

"SILENCE WELP!!!" Dai Youko launched another attack to Shinta no kiubii... he soon pased out from pain

Dai Youko opened a drift and showed Shinta's past

He showed his mom commiting suicide after labor (courtesy of Daiyoko but Shinta did not know)

His father becoming an alcoholic and blaming little Shinta for his wive's suicide

The little girl's death

His failed attempts of suicide

The way teachers and other students treated him... by shunning him and going as far as trying to kill
him

The war...

The dark and lonely appartment where he hoped to never wake up... to die

His shattered dreams and hopes

(Cue in a shattered mirror with Shinta's reflection)

(A/N:if you don't get this you should read evangelion)

"Who are you?"

"I am you"

"But I am me"

"Did you deserve any of this?"

"Does anyone?"

"What is it that you love?"

"Love?"

"What do you hold dear..."

"My friends"

"friends come and go like the wind... friends also die"

"I don't want them to die"

"Their lifestyle will ensure of that"

"Is there anything I can do?"

"You can't do anything... you are just a little boy now... you only have the intelect of a 30 year old... but you lived 18 in your world... you lived 12 in here... you are only 12"

"They will die?"

"Yes"

"NO!!!!"

(cue in manaical laughter)

The second Shinta pells his face off (Orochimaru style) Revealing half his face made of living shadow with glowing golden eye

"I will make sure of it"

"I will not let you"

" Who ever said you got a choice in the matter?"

(feathers begin to fall down)

"Damn that angel.. we will meet again Shinta-kun" Dai Yoko said after departing to his hideout

Shinta was in the floor... his pupils were small... tears where coming out of his eyes

"it was all my fault... because of what I am... whom am... they... they they tried to kill me... I never done anything.. .i am a good person... why? Why? WHY!!!!!? DAMN YOU WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!? WHY!!?" he screamed at the heavens...

Sakuya enveloped her arms around Shinta... he was crying and Sakuya felt she had to do something

"Shinta-kun is sad for what he saw right? You are not to blame yourself"

"How can I not? All this... my memories from the past that I forgot... all filled with pain..."

Sakuya stood up... and faced the other way

"We fail... but a failure will stay a failure unless he tries to stand up... mistakes where made... we learn from the past... now is time to stand and walk once more... so turn your sadness into kindness... and your uniqueness into your strenght...It doesn't matter if you get lost in the process, begin to walk again Shinta... stand up!" Sakuya said to Shinta...

"I need to do some light reading... I need to rest...Sakuya... can I borrow some of your tomes you have in your residence?" Shinta asked

She noded with a smile on her face

Shinta walked unto Sakuya's "Cage"

It looked like a medival castle made of white marbel... he walked inside... he went into her reading room...

He picked up a tome about magic... he decided to read it...

The book was 3000 pages long...after reading the book he fell asleep

He dreamed nothing...

he woke up (on his mind realm) and found a blanket covering him

and a note

"Dear Shinta-kun, I left you a galss of warm milk and some cookies I made... you looked real tired so I decided to not disturb you... i also left a little something for you... take care and return to your body... your surrogate little brother is anxious about your situation

love, Sakuya

he found a silver ring attached and a music baton (the little stick the director of an orchestra uses to direct the band?) and a small note...

"use them to control the wind"

He returned to his body... he slowly opened his eyes... he knew there was going to be much light after he opened his eyes

There was no light...

He found himself on a dark room...

A voice from nowhere spoke

"You Who weilds the power of dark and light... the one who balances the scales... come worth"

"So much to do, so little time... Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut. Now, step forward. Can you do it?" Shinta steped forward. Then 3 stones with a sword, a shield, and a staff appeared. "If you give it form... It will give you strength. Choose well."

Shinta picked the Shield

"The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all. Is this the power you seek?"

Shinta nodded

"Your path is set."

The shield disappeared from Shinta's arm.

"Now, what will you give up in exchange?"

Shinta choose none

"You wish to keep them all?"

Shinta noded...

"You've chosen the power of the guardian. Is this the form you choose?"

Shinta noded

The stones disappeared. The floor shatters and Shinta falls down. Shinta then lands on the circular floor with a portrait of an angel. A shield appeared on Shinta's arm.

"You gained the power to fight"

Shinta tried his shield to attack... it was flawless

"All right! You've got it. Use this power to protect yourselfand others."

Suddenly, Shadows appeared.

"There will be times you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong and repel the darkness."

Shinta fights against the shadows... destroying them swiftly and efortlessly More shadows appear from behind him

" Behind you!"

A door appears... Shinta tries to open it...

he found himself on a beach... he goes around and finds Naruto sitting on the bench "What are you afraid of?" Asked Naruto

"Of the darkness" Shinta replied

"Really? Is darkness that scary?" Naruto said

Shinta walks over and sees Sasuke over on a tree sitting down contemplating the ocean "What do you want out of your life?" Sasuke asked

"To broaden my horizons... to be married... have a familly and friends" Shinta answered Sasuke

"Is that so?" said Sasuke

He walked over to Sakura... who was on the ocean "What is most important for you?" asked Sakura

"My friends and my familly" Shinta said

"are they such a big deal?" asked Sakura

"To me... yes" answered Shinta

"You're afraid of the darkness in you. You want to see rare sights and stablish a familly and friendships.You want to protect your familly and friends. As long as the sun is shining, your journey should be a pleasant one."

Shinta then appeared in a circular floor with a portrait of Shinta no kiubii. Shinta approaches a light and group of shadows appears. Shinta manages to defeat them all. After that, Shinta approaches and the light revealed stairs to the next area. In the next area...

"The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes..."

The shadow of Shinta rises and turned into Darkness

"But don't be afraid. And don't forget..."

Shinta almost fell off the floor when he tried to escape. Shinta had no choice but to fight Darkness.

"But don't be afraid. You hold the mightiest weapon of all."

Shinta and Darkness fought each other for over an hour... neither giving an inch... Shinta blocking and parrying each blow... after a few more minutes Shinta defeated Darkness... a light enveloped Shinta and found himself on the hospital bed...

Sakura was sleeping with her head rested on Shinta's bed... Naruto was on the chair on the room as well... he saw some needles and IV infusions going on his body... Shinta pulled them all off... and rose from his bed... Shinta changed his clothign unto something new...he changed unto a short sleeve shirt and thight jean pants... his hair was covering half of his eyes...

He gently nudged Sakura... "Sakura-chan... wake up" Shinta said in a whisper

Sakura slowly opened her eyes... she saw blurry... "Naruto? No Naruto has blond hair..."Sakura said as she came more into focus

"Sakura-chan?" Shinta said again

Sakura now got out of her graoginess

"SHINTA-KUN!!!! YOU ARE AWAKE!!!" Sakura screamed

Naruto fell off his chair after hearing her scream "ANIKI!!!" Naruto screamed as he jumped to hug him "You are allright"

Shinta said with a smile on his face "How long have I been out?"

"a week" Sakura said wile she dried her tears...

"The old man... he is dead for real isn't he?" Shinta asked... to confirm his death

Naruto hung his head "I am to be going with Jiraiya tommorow as well as a mission to find someone... a women he said... but for what I don't know yet..." Naruto said...

"I am coming with then" Shinta said as he took his covers He jumped out of bed and streched a bit... "and I won't take a no for an answer" Shinta said as he saw Naruto and Sakura about to complain

Shinta then shadow-ported to his room on the Hyuuga state... he packed his nesesities... money, and among other things his art book and utensils and some books that he brought from Sayuka's castle he then put on the rings Sakuya gave him on his pinky

He shadow-ported to Naruto's side as he was about to leave the village

"You are not leaving without me are you?" Shinta said "What took you so long?" Naruto asked

"Just doing here and that" Shinta said

(A few minutes back)

"Sakura-chan" Shinta called for her

Sakura opened her door and greeted Shinta...

"You can take the mask out... I know you are scared... you can't fool me... and to be frank... I want you to... I don't think I even deserve to be your friend... what you saw... I only ask you this as a last personal favor... please... tell none about it... not even you own familly or to Naruto... please I beg of you" Shinta pleaded to the young pink haired kunoichi

"Just tell me... what was that about..." Sakura pleaded

"After I tell you...if you hate me I will understand... I just hope... you can take this" Shinta said... "for the second time" he said the last part in a whisper

"My body acts as the host of an angel and a demon... sealed in my body both of them live their "lives" in there... the angel and said deamon love each other... unfortunately the father of said deamon dispissed the idea of that and decided to kill his sons love... in order to bring his son into a dark path like the Kiubii that ravaged this village about 13 years ago... my body was used to seal both the demon and his angel love to both protect them and me... unfortunately his father was very cuning and sealed himself alongside... now... since I posses both...the power of the angel and of his son... he wants to take over my body... and use me against the god... and destroy all of existance... how you saw me... it was the father trying to save me... in order to use me on his final plot..." Shinta said "I hope you don't think any less of me... or see me for a monster"

he heard a thud... Sakura had fainted and just now she had fallen to the floor...

Shinta took her inside her house and left A few minutes, after she woke up... and could not remember the conversation (A/N: Thank God for Deus ex Machina) she only remembered that something important had happened... but had no clue whatsoever and discarded the thoughts

(Back to Naruto and Shinta)

Jiraiya appeared shortly... after all was said and done we all left towards looking for a certain woman... All we knew is that her name was Tsunade and she was adicted to gambling like there was no tommorow

They reached a small town a few miles from Konoha village It was a big town... before we reached the town Jiraiya decided to teach Naruto the steps to the rasengan...

Shinta respectfully declined learning it... After constant naging from his little surrogate borther he decided to learn it... sudendly... he realized something... and the words from his dreams came to mind "There will be times you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong and repel the darkness." repel...darkness... could it be? That there is something I can do against the Dai Yoko"Shinta thought

Shinta decided to learn the resengan

two hours 39 minutes and 49 seconds later

"ARGG!!!!!!" Naruto and Shinta growled in frustation... "This is too hard... there must be a trick to it... hey ero-senin..." Naruto and Shinta where asking for him.. .but he dissapeared...

twenty minutes later they found him doing a little "research"

Neadless to say Shinta and Naruto where very pissed aboout it...

Shinta punished Jiraya in the most horrible way He used Shadow to blind him undefinetely

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM BLIND!!!!!" Jiraiya screamed Naruto and Shinta snikered at the pervert's temporal dilema

After telling him if he doesn't teach them decently he wouldn't remove Shadow, yiraiya reluctanlty agreed and told them it needs concentration and power...

He made a demostration He made lacerations to the tree bark... very deep... Shinta and Naruto where impressed... but then Yiraija showed them what happened when you put power and control on it Needless to say the next tree was not as lucky as the first one Shinta decided to calm his mind... he begun swirling his chakra like a typhoon Both Naruto and he had some trouble for the next 2 days

They decided to head back to the inn...

The next day a beautifull woman appear in front and flirted with Jiraiya... Jiraiya like the pervert he is just told Shinta and Naruto to stay on the room and practice

Shinta felt an unfamiliar aura... it was evil... but it did not belong to Orochimaru...

a knock on the door was heard Naruto opened the door a man who looked like Sasuke (but way older) was there... he looked down at Naruto... This was the time all went right to hell

Naruto was startled by them... they tried to catch him...

Shinta woke up from all the ruckus "Quiet down! I AM TRYING TO SLEEP" Shinta yelled

"Shinta!!! Help!!" Naruto screamed...

Shinta shadow-ported Naruto at his side this startled the second guy who looked like a shark...and the second one "You can't be an Uchiha... are you?" Shinta asked the man

"Does it matter?" the man simply said Shinta charged at him The man that resembled Sasuke just grabed his hand and trew him unto the wall... Shinta was hurting all over... he was pinned by the wall "Right... I forgot to put on my "Kekei-genkai"" Shinta thought

His eyes changed again into azure and crimson... the azure having the three golden tome signs and the crimson like Naruto's eyes when he goes kiubii This caught the man's attention... Shinta begun attacking the man... The man sudendly felt that the kid was faster... and decided to be a bit more serious... He pinned Shinta to the wall... and slammed a punch into the gut Then... Sasuke appeared on the scene

"YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted as he charged to the man "I WILL KILL YOU ITACHI!!!!!!!" he was received by Itachi by a few blows...

"you are still weak you hold no interest to me" Itachi said Sasuke was blown into a wall...

"I lived my whole life for this day now you die!!!" Sasuke charged the chidori as he run to Itachi to kill him with the technique Itachi just stood there... and explotion was heard and smoke cleared... Itachi had redirected Sasuke's attack... and as soon as Sasuke tried to attack with his free hand Itachi broke his wrist

Jiraiya entered the scene with the woman that was flirting with him earlier "I Jiraiya will not be fooled by a womans femenine wiles!! for I am the awsome Jiraiya of the lengendary sanin" he said as the sark faced man was about to swing his sword... that was blocked by a froag wearing a samurai armor (obiously summoned by Jiraiya himself)

" 'bout time you got here you old fart... what took you so long? To break the genjutsu or to realise she was under one?" Shinta said with a lot of pain...I

tachi was really strong and if what he read about him was right he was only toying with Shinta Shinta decided to attack with his new using what Sakuya had given him

"TAIKIO!! SHYMPHONY NO KANADEO!!" Shinta yelled as he used his music baton A gust of wind blew over trowing Itachi unto the wall The shark guy was taken back... none had been able to land ablow to Itachi... and this kid just used some weird jutsu

Shinta charged his own version of chidori "Raiton!!! Futon no rasengan!!" his chidori glowed white instead of pale blue

"interesting... he is using wind manipulation with lighting manipulation... but why is he using wind when wind is lighting's weaknesses"

Shinta missed by mere inches from Itachi... Then Shinta smirked

Itachi felt the effects of the chidori on his body

"But how... it did not conect!!!" Itachi and Jiraiya thoght

"I used the wind to carry the electricity unto you... the attack was a two part... the first was to make you think it was safe... the second was to actually hit you" Shinta said

Itachi grabbed Shinta by his neck... and shoved him unto the wall

"Tsukoyomi"

Shinta then found himself hangin from a woden cross... a thousand Itachi's appeared

"for the next 72 hours you will experience pain and torment" Itachi said in his cold unemotional voice

He stuck his sword to Shinta's sides over and over... Shinta felt the pain... he knew this was genjutsu but it felt so real... Shinta was trying to double in pain... in the real world his body was trying to cry in pain

He refused to let the bastard hear his screams of pain he stood over and over... until he finished with the technique

He felt over the floor... uncouncious...

Itachi turned to Naruto... Jiraiya then fought the two of them and managed to scare them away...

Shinta was moved unto Naruto's room... but really carefully... he was begening to be surounded by shadows that where swirling around him...

Jiraiya tried to move him but was rejected as the shadows attacked him... only Naruto could carry him back to the room he sleep for a whole day...

after he woke up he felt sick... and decided to go to the bathroom... he heard a shout of joy coming from the room next door (Naruto made it past the third hurdle of the rasengan training)

He decided to take a tour of the city and left a note to Jiraiya and Naruto

Then sudendly something caught Shinta's attention It was a fairly attractive woman... she had dark short hair and a little pig was following her... he decided to follow her

He followed them to a big Casino on town... in there an overly large breasted woman was playing dice... and losing badly too "Holy crap... those are the bigest melons I seen in my life!!!! THEY CAN'T BE NATURAL!!! NO WAY!!!" Shinta's eyes whent wide after seing those breasts

He walked next to the lady... "excuse me... is she your friend?" Shinta asked to the lady with short dark hair She sweatdroped "Yes... she is also my mentor... she teaches me medical jutsu..." the woman said "I see... what is her name?" Shinta asked

Before she could answer her overly breated companion shouted about her loses "Let's go Shisune" said the overly chested one to her companion "Hai Tsunade-shishio" said Shizune

Shinta then stopped for a second after realising who the overly chest one was "Tsunade-dono!! Wait!!!"

As Shinta ran after her he acidentally tripped... he wobled and wobled until he fell over Tsunade on a very compromising position (he had his hands on her breasts)

the people over on the street where either furious or indignated about it

"craddle robber" and "Lucky bastard" where few of the things he heard...

Tsunade then pushed Shinta off her... Now... Tsunade was very angry (not as angry as if you where to catch her PMSing but...very close) she was going to obliberate the little shit out of Shinta "Come over here you pervert!!!" Tsunade said as she was about to hit him

Shinta dodged the punch... which landed on the floor... what hapened allmost made Shinta wet his pants She made a huuuuuuuuuuge crater on the floor... that could have been Shinta Shinta was not about to let himself killed over a stupid misunderstanding

He skillfully dodged Tsunade over and over (which in retrospective was only making her angrier)

Until Tsunade had him cornered Shinta had no choice but to shadow-port Tsunade was looking for him and punched right in the floor... The crater was now bigger than the first one Shinta was on the shadow-zone free from harm... he used the time to think... he drew blanks...the woman was obiously waaay stronger than him... so he decided to just take the blow... and go home... if he was lucky

He then shadow-ported behind Tsunade and tapped her shoulder lightly "What do you want I am busy" Tsunade said

"Uhmmm Tsunade-dono... I am right here" Shinta said with a serious face Tsunade took a step back"This kid was able to sneack behind me without being detected?! Who the hell is he?" Shinta just sat on the floor...

"Go on... hit me... I know it was an accident but if you really want to do this... well go on and do it allready" Shinta said...

The blow never came

"Tsunade-shishio... this man... it was all an accident I saw it" Shisune said "Uhmmph you are lucky kid..." Tsunade said and pulled Shinta up Shinta then stood up and talked to Tsunade

"Tsunade-dono... I am here to talk to you... perhaps over some sake?" Shinta said

"You can't drink sake" Tsunade said

"No... that is true, but I can still pay for your drinks right?" Shinta said

"Who am I to pass a free drink?"Tsunade said as we headed towards a bar

Jiraiya came as by miracle... he greeted Tsunade(they where old teammates...and I stress the word old) after a few ( about 20) bottles of sake (and almost emptying my wallet) Jiraiya asked Tsunade to become the next hokage "I refuse" Tsunade said

Shizune contemplated her for a moment... Jiraiya looked as he was expecting that Naruto's reaction however where more... "energetic" (Or rather moronicly stupid)

"What! This old lady is to be the next Hokage!!?" Tsunade had a vein poping out of her forehead... she did not like it when she was called old (dosen't age with grace I guess)

"Why would i be hokage? Only a fool wants to be hokage..." Tsunade said... Naruto was really furious... "life isn't something you can gamble so easily... life can't be gained back..." Tsunade said... Naruto was tired of hearing her talk like that Naruto stood on the table

"DONT EVER DISRESPECT THE NAME OF THE HOKAGE LIKE THAT IN FRONT OF ME!!! EVEN IF YOU ARE A WOMAN I WILL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!!!" Tsunade then justr raised her face "Oh really? You better not take those words back boya"

"I never take my words back That is my nindo" Naruto said

"Let'd get this outside" Tsunade said Naruto charged at her but she easily dodged all of his attacks... The fight was getting nowhere... it was onesided

"Yeesh... you are acting awfully childlike Tsunade"Jiraiya thought to himself

Naruto decided to go against her with his kunai... at doing that Tsunade poked his hand and it a reation he realeased the kunai... tasunade put her finger on the kunai ring and fling it up while he flicked Naruto on the forehead Naruto then used his unperfected rasengan... at seeing the technique Tsunade kicked the ground and made a crack to trip Naruto... his rasengan exploted on the ground...

"That was the rasengan just now... why are you making the kid think you are his teacher" Tsunade said as Naruto fell on the ground 10-20 feet away from his original posittion

Naruto dragged himself to Tsunade's feet... "This... I.. am not over ...yet... I will not let you go disrespecting the name of hokage" She stared at Naruto "is the name Hokage that important to you?"

"Yah...because my dream is to become hokage!" Naruto said

"Ok kid... if you can master the rasengan in a week I will give you this necklace and take place as the next Hokage" said Tsunade naruto then said...

"I will do it in three days"

"a man never takes back his word kid" Tsunade said After saying farewells Shizune stayed with Naruto and Shinta she offered to heal Naruto but Shinta said it was not sessesary "thank you tought... you are one of the few that sincerely wanted to help my little brother" Shizune left after Tsunade a few seconds...

"Naruto... tomorrow we are training in hell...literally"

End chapter 12