The Door

Akura Honta: Master's POV:

'Oh, Little Kuro….How you have grown….I'm very disappointed in you.' I couldn't help but think as I watched through my creatures eyes. He was almost near perfection, if only he wasn't raised by those annoying kitsunes. Those infernal, children of The Mother. It was such a waste. He had so much potential, laying dormant deep inside him. He was coming to me, and he would stay with me. Like he should have in the beginning. I wouldn't have it any other way. He was such a good little demon. I would make sure to change that tonight, and finish what we started, together.

The little kit I was currently holding was so full of fear and hope, that it was just deliciously sweet. Fear was always sweeter when it came from a younger soul. I could only imagine how it would taste when Koi, sees me holding her little lost kit. Oh, the look of her face. I grinned, just thinking about it. She was so predictable, that I still couldn't believe that Inari-sama; Our mother, had chosen Koi over me to govern the Kitsune Clan. To share in her power. Power, that was rightfully mine. I was the first to be created. This little kit and Kuro were my key to taking what was rightfully mine. I would destroy Koi, and the Kitsune Clan. A message to my dear mother, that I was coming for her next. I would destroy her and inherit her powers, and ascend to a God.

Smiling, as I came to the border of Kitsune land, I petted the frighten kit, but not to comfort her. Mother's power was faintly radiating from here. She only opened this door, every two hundred years, but always in a different spot somewhere on Kitsune Territory.. And here is where the door would open. 'How fitting….' This was the border to Kitsune Territory and mine; The Mazoku Clan. It has changed though. There was a waterfall and a river that separated our territories, accompanied by two statues, of two human's facing each other. I didn't really care for that little touch. 'Tch, pesky human's.'

The Kitsune Clan no longer had claim over their territory, but that did not give these worthless creature the right to try and claim my territory, as well. It didn't matter. After tonight, I would claim all that should have been mine in the beginning. Including Kuro.

"Tell me little kit …." I mused, out of mild curiosity. "What do you remember of that night, the night of your birth? The night I raged war, upon all you pitiful Kitsunes." I let my power surge, at the memory of that night. The memory of kitsune blood, dripping off me. The rush, I felt that night.

She whimpered, and coward at the show of my power and strength.

"Answer!" I demanded, growing impatient.

"B-black Kitsune…."

I chuckled at her answer. "You remember correctly, little kit. A creature of my creation. One that should not exist. A magnificent beast." I told her.

I looked through the eyes of my creation again. I watched fondly as Kuro; No. that wasn't correct. He calls himself Daku, now. 'Hmm...' I don't know how I feel about the name.

"Why did you save such a worthless creature?….She's only caused you suffering since the day of her creation…." I said, grinning. "….Maybe you chose the wrong side…."

Daku's POV:

These abominations wouldn't stop switching positions. They were rotating, making it hard to keep track of all three of them, especially with these eyes; With these senses. Kakashi was keeping up very well, for a human, but then, I guess that was to expected of a shinobi of his calibrator. We chased them out of the village and through the forest surrounding the village walls. They were heading in a specific direction. I worried slightly about passing through the wall knowing full well, the village had a detection barrier up. I could slip through, but not Kakashi. When we passed through, nothing happened, but then why anything happen. A few shinobi in animal masks did appear, but I notice Kakashi giving them a signal, and they backed off. Guess I was worrying for no reason. After we were a couple of miles from the village wall I was beginning to get agitated by this chase. This was getting ridiculous with, all that moving around the demon wolves were doing were making me nauseous. I needed to start thinning their pack now. I would take out the slowest one first. The omega.

"Which one are we targeting first?" Kakashi asked, attention focused on the three figures up ahead of us.

I glanced over at him, seeing he was only slightly behind me, following my lead as I had earlier instructed him to do. 'Good.' He was already in mission mode. He might last longer that way. "The slowest one." I said.

"How long have you been running from these guys?" He asked.

I was silent, as we chased after the three demons, masquerading as their Master. "A long time…." I said, not willing to tell Kakashi the entire truth just yet, even though he would soon see my truth, before this night was over.

I turned my attention back to my intended targets; my intended prey. The melted in and out of the shadows, maneuvering through the trees, with calculated movements, so that me and Kakashi would not lose them. The kept adjusting their speed, playing around with us. Slowing down then speeding up. Playing with us, as they led us to their Master. Playing with me. Taunting me. Always taunting me! I wouldn't let them; No, I wouldn't let Him get to me. I couldn't let Him win. I should have thinned out their pack that night, that was so long ago. But I didn't. Instead, I saved Mun, and left the rest of the Clan to suffer from my mistake. To get slaughter and chased from this plain.

'Why did you save such a worthless creature?….She's only caused you suffering since the day of her creation….'

That's right, I have been suffering. Mun wasn't obedient, she was mischievous like any normal kitsune kit would be. Already she had almost gotten me and her exorcised from this plain, from existence. I had lost my only family the day she was born. And here I was trying to deliver her the Other Plain, to live in peace and harmony with the family that no longer wanted me. The family who abandoned me.

'No. That's not right.' I corrected myself, ignoring the bad thoughts that were plaguing me tonight. 'Everything that has happened to me, I had brought upon myself.' Since the day, I was told of her upcoming arrival to this world, I became jealous and started acting foolishly.

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"Kuro, we need to clean the den out today." Koi said, picking up one of my trophies I had hunted down. A dead bird, those were very hard and nearly impossible to catch, and I had caught it before anyone around my age. Over the recent months, Koi had gotten bigger, especially around the stomach. She has also been sleeping and lazing around a lot, but she really shouldn't be this big.

"Why?" I running, and saving my trophy, from her before she throw it out. She has been prepping and cleaning our den every since she came back from a conference with The Mother from the Other Plain.

She turned and smiled at me. I was just happy she stopped clearing out my treasures. I looked at my part of the den, almost all my stuff was cleared out. "I guess, it time I tell you the news." She said, beaming.

I smiled back, my tails wagging in eager excitement. What was the news? Was it something big, a present on getting my fifth tail at such a young age? For mastering my shifting in all three forms? With the help of my secret Master on the Mazoku clan territory, I had been able to master my chakra and shifting with ease. Most kitsunes get their tails every several hundred years. I was the youngest to reach five tails, so early. It was all thanks to my secret Master. He knew all about me and my chakra that it was easy to earn my tails. Koi always gave me a present every time I obtain a new tail. I really wanted to know what it was this time, since it had her making room in our den. What was it?! What was it? Was I finally going to see the Mother.

"What is it?!" I asking smiling big. "Am I finally going to see the Mother?!" I asked excitedly.

.She chuckled at my excitement fondly. "No, Kuro. I'm going to become a mother soon." She said, placing her hand on her bulging stomach. "That's why we have to make room. Its crowded, and the kit will need room. Oh, I have waited for this day, for a very long time. To be able to hold my own little kit. She's going to be the New Moon Kitsune, like how I am the Sun Kitsune. Isn't that wonderful Kuro"

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I remember all the awful words I said, out of jealously, before running away from our den. If only I hadn't let myself get blinded from it. I was afraid that she wouldn't want me anymore, if she had her own kit. That I, would no longer be her kit. I was foolish back then. I ran straight in to the Mazoku Clan, and into His arms. He had stroked my ego, and assured me I was in the right. I had let him use me to interrupt the celebration on the New Moon Kitsune and provided him a way to hurt Koi. Even if I did manage to pull this off and deliver Mun to the Other Plain, I deserved no mercy.

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"I understand how you feel, little Kuro, I too, was tossed away from the one I called Mother. It would not do, for me to sit by and allow the same thing to happen to you. Maybe….No, it's a silly notion…."

My ear pricked up at at that. "What a silly notion?" I would try anything to make it so Koi would not abandon me.

"What if you obtained your last four tails, on the day the little kit is birthed. We would of course need to be there when the ritual for her to meet the Mother is performed." Master said, lovingly petting Alpha, the most loyalist and strongest of his pack of three wolves. "We will use both our pendants. To obtain your last four tails." He said, showing me his birth pendant.

"Will I be able to see the Mother then?" I asked, a hopeful smile forming on my face.

"Yes, my little demon" He answered, petting my just between my ears. "Yes, you will meet the Mother."…..

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I shook my head to clear it of the memories. I had though so little of the meaning of the real symbolism to our birth pendants until after I made my grave mistake. No use thinking on the past now.I couldn't afford to be distracted.

'Maybe you chose the wrong side….'

I growled, disagreeing with my own thoughts. No, didn't choose wrong, in the end I chose right.

We were right on their tail now. We were getting closer to their Master, now. They started letting their masquerade drop, revealing their true form to Kakashi. I heard, him mumble something in disbelief, at what he was seeing. 'That's right Kakashi….Their not human. I'm not human.' He was a capable human, he would figure out a way to accept these facts. Right now, I notice Omega was tiring.

"Now!" I signaled. Kakashi launch himself at Omega, driving the demon wolf closer to me.

I pounced, landing on Omega's back sending us both crashing to the ground. I latched on to his throat with my teeth. So what, if I didn't have my fangs, human teeth can be just as deadly. I dug my fingers into fur gripping both fur and skin, holding on as me and Omega landed in water. We struggled. Omega wiggling and trying to free himself of my hold, snapping his sharp teeth, and yelping as I began chomping my blunt teeth deeper, drawing blood. His claws kicked out at me, scratching me. I moved on of my hand to capture one, channeling my chakra, to enhance my strength. I was going to dismember him. Then the others would be next.

Arms wrapped around me, pulling me off my prey, and I growled in annoyance. Its been so long since I had the taste of blood in my mouth. A powerful surge of chakra, ripped me from my prey, and I instantly recognized the chakra. Turned out Kakashi was the one trying to pull me away form the demon wolf, his reason for doing so, well, the wolves Master was walking toward us. Thankfully he stopped at the edge of his territory. The Maō of the Mazoku clan. He wore a white rode and pants, but his true nature was not to be trusted, a wolf in sheep's clothing; as they say. His hair was the same color as mine, but without the blue. We had the same yellow eyes too, only he did not hide his demon eyes, the unnatural slit that did not match his human like body. I dropped the limb and wiped the blood that had splattered of the parts of my face that was not hidden by my mask, I had ripped from Omega's body, when The Maō had let loose a power surge of chakra. Omega now laid at his feet, whimpering from pain.

"Ah, you made it. And brought a human with you as an offering. How loyal of you." He said, clapping, ignoring his creation laying at his feet. He had Mun in the crook of his arm. She looked so frightened. "And early. The Mother hasn't even open the door yet." He smiled.

"Daku, who is this?" Kakashi demanded.

"Someone who just needs to die." I said, a growl in my voice. "Give her back." I demanded.

"Yes, tell him. He should know who's hands he is going to doe by."

"We're demons…." I said, answering Kakashi. He did have a right to know. "There aren't many of us left on this plain, but we exist." From the corner of my eye, I noticed Kakashi, trying to wrap his head around this fact. "We are not like Kurama." I said, but then thought about who we were about to fight. "Some of us are not like Kurama." I corrected myself.

"You look human." Kakashi said.

"Don't believe a facade, Kakashi -Sensei. Look underneath the underneath, as you like to say." Was all I could say to that. I didn't have time to give him a crash lesson on the many forms of demons.

"Yes, Human….Especially his facade." The Maō, chuckled.

"You have the key don't you -Daku-? Interesting name, you call yourself….." He said, ignoring me. "But you'll always be my little Kuro."

"I'm not your anything." I spat, flinging a throwing start at him.

It stopped midair, black chakra forming around it. The metal disintegrated into fine dust. "Tsk, tsk….So much energy, but I really am not in the mood to play." He tsked. "Children, entertain each other for a bit, and feast upon the human if you like." He glanced down at Omega, who wasn't getting up anytime soon. "And put that out of it misery." He smiled.

Alpha and Beta, approached from their spot. As always, got to take out the pwns beforei can take out the king.

Kakashi's POV:

I had followed Daku thinking he was on the run from another Clan, or he might be a spy, but not this. Demons, he had said. This human looking boy had said he was a demon. That the man before us was a demon. Those wolves and that fox were definitely demons. The mysterious man before us did have some weird and creepy eyes. Like the ninetailed foxes eyes twelve years ago, only yellow like Daku's. And he help the little fox, Daku had been searching for. He had surprised me, being able to rip a limb from a body; a demon wolf's body but a body just the same. Now, me and Daku stood back to back holding off the other two wolves, attacked, following their Masters order.

"You fight very well for a human." The mysterious man mused, watching us fight his pets. "Daku rarely take a liking to humans. I wonder what draws him to you…..To be able to fight beside you…..Very amusing…."

"Shut up!…." Daku growled, moving his head back, escaping the snapping growl of his wolf.

The man tilted his head, ignoring Daku, and grinned.

These wolves were bigger that normal, the size of a grown man. I had tried using a chidori earlier. But the beast just shook it off as if nothing. Why did I feel like all this was way bigger than Daku was letting on.

That man, the way he stood, the chakra he radiated. He seemed to know more about Daku than I did, even after training him for about two months now. He had called him Kuro. Daku had changed his name, somewhere in his past. Daku seemed wary of the man. Was he scared of him? I had so many question now, but no time to ask them. I did know this though, I felt it in my gut. This man had something to do with Daku, and his missing Clan members.

Without warning a blinding flash of light blinded us, for a few seconds. The giant wolves yelped and backed away from us, going back to their master. Daku, pushed me behind him, mumbling cursed. A gold door appeared in front of the waterfall, decorated with images of kitsunes and image of a woman on itt looking upon all the kitsunes engraves on the door.

"The door finally appears." The man chuckled. "Time for all truth to be revealed. Daku, time to come back to the darkness. Where you belong…..and make this Plain and the next, my kingdom…..Give me the key…..Give me her birth pendant." The man held his hand out towards Daku.

I looked between Daku and him. Daku gritted his teeth, defiance clear in his eyes. Daku turned to me, holding his hand out. "The pendant, please."

I hesitated slightly, before pulling out the gold pendant he had given me, to hold. I was still trying to process the door that appeared out of no where. I didn't understand fully what was going on. I definitely didn't think it was a good idea to give this guy the pendant if it was the key to open that door.

As he took it from my hand he leaned in slightly. "Kakashi, you have no reason to be here. I do not wish to make you part of this or the village. Just stay back and if I don't survive, just make sure Mun goes through that door….Please.." He said, quietly to me, so the man wouldn't hear him.

I nodded my understanding.

We all had our demons, I guess even demons themselves. Daku, seemed like a good kid. He tried very hard, In ways he reminded me of Naruto. I may not have known him for too long, but if he didn't make it, for his soul to rest I would do what he asked.

TBC

A/N: We are getting so close to the end now. I'm so excited that I am going to start writing, as soon as this is posted. XD

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