Underverse
Demon Graveyard
"Where the hell are we?" Naruto asked. "Its so dark I can't see my hand in front of my face."
"My bad. Emmisehyda!"
The darkness suddenly was pealed back as globes of light slowly sprang to life. Naruto could feel it with his vunla enhanced senses. "Whoa." He uttered. The power and energy flowing around the place made Naruto think of being lost in the ocean.
"Welcome to the bone yard kit." Kyu said.
Naruto realized there were millions of pillars, each had etchings on them.
"What are they?" He asked looking at one. It had the image of a hawk-man on it.
"Each pillar contains the several bones and liquids from a demon. That one you are looking at is the tomb of Horace, a half-man half-bird demon. They passed on from the realm long ago during the great wars."
"Great wars?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. Underverse once was racked by war, as factions fought. Solet Anu is the result of peace. Some species of demon died out during the war, others mutated and became fiends. While others thrived."
"Like the Kitsune?" Naruto asked.
"Yes. The Dragon's two thrived, but they are mostly in hiding, and only a few half-breeds come out now. The Great Dragons prefer to slumber till they are needed once more."
"Micahamaru's ancestors? But why?"
"The Dragons are forces of nature themselves. Life and death. When I was young, I'd say about a century or two, there was a flight of dragons. The end result was the Estersands, which once had been a rich jungle became the wasteland it is even today." Kyu said as he floated past pillars.
"Come on. We have to reach the Fox section. There we will get the materials to make you the weapon of a Zate."
Naruto followed and his eyes looking upwards. "This place is huge."
"(heh) The Graveyard is in its own pocket dimension. The only way in is thru the tomb."
Kyuubi paused. "Here is Shukaku. My remains are here too, well my bodily remains."
"You mean your spirits?"
"What? Oh, no. our chakra is crystallized into Demacite. The only thing here are our bones and crystallized chakra, and some organs and such."
Naruto looked at the pillar of one of the demonic sand raccoons. "So, will one of his people get his position since Gaara can't?" Naruto asked as they started walking again.
"It is up to Kami to decide. Now kit, listen to me. When we reach the Kitsune section, I am going to have to explain some things to you before we begin. You will need to pay attention this time, no fooling around. This is life or death matters." Kyu spoke making sure he had the blonds attention.
They continued to walk and Naruto took in the pillars. Each one had information about the demon.
"Not a lot of information." The blond muttered.
"Each pillar contains a rumulnuh, a type of memory crystal." Kyu stopped before one pillar and waved a hand using vunla to activate it.
An image of a demon fire crab appeared and many words in a language that Naruto figured was y'mprat. Really need to learn about this. Sucks having to ask for translations all the time. the blond thought as he looked at it as it seemed to scroll on and on with history of the demon.
"Older demons like myself and Shukaku you could spend years reading everything we've ever done." Kyu said with a smirk using vunla to deactivate the pillar and continued on with Naruto.
After what felt like hours, they reached the Kitsune burial ground. Naruto noticed there were less pillars here.
"Kitsune are crafty by nature and we tend to live longer than other demon races by escaping and continuing on another day." Kyu said noticing his look.
Kyu drifted around, and Naruto saw him pause before a set of pillars, a sad look came over the shade's face.
"Kyu?" Naruto asked softly.
"This is my mothers grave." Kyu said. "She was killed during the Great Demon War. She was seduced and then betrayed by one we thought was ally."
Naruto stepped back and allowed Kyu to mourn at his mothers grave.
"Kit. Pay attention. Sit in a meditation position."
Naruto did as the Kyuubi ordered.
"Close your eyes, center in. feel your connection with the vunla deep within." Kyu continued. His eyes still on the marker of his mother.
"Clear your mind of fear and doubt. Feel the vunla reaching out."
Naruto calmed his breathing slower and slower, he did as Kyu ordered, his mind eased and the tension he'd felt since they'd arrived at the tomb seemed to flow out of him.
"Vunla ever seeking. Feeling, touching seeping." Kyu watched as Naruto in lotus position rose off the ground. He watched silently now as Naruto deep in a vunla trance drifted away and soon found himself in front of a grave that Kyuubi wished he'd never see.
"You had to pick her." He muttered. He looked up at the ceiling. "Kami, I know your laughing." Kyuubi sighed. "The only vixen that ever truly captured my heart. I swear Kami, you and the Elemental Empress are out to mess with me." The former Fox demon muttered under his breath, hoping Naruto didn't hear him.
"Alright kit. Now that you've made a connection…"
Kyuubi didn't get to finish as the pillar grave glowed with a faint red light.
Oh, this isn't right. The demon thought as he watched the pillar glow brighter and he looked at his apprentice and saw he two was glowing. The red youkai and Naruto's own blue chakra were merging, forming a royal purple.
"What in Kami's panties?"
Mica dodged and avoided the ball and chain. Damned lizard men. He thought. They'd burrowed under the snow and tried to surprise him, but his connection to the wind told him of the change and he'd used his limited vunla abilities to sense them. He stood out in the snow, the Hanzo sword drawn and he had a stance with the blade positioned pointing to the sky like he'd seen Master Kwai do before.
The first lizard creature had exploded out of the snow and found itself cut in half, its blood staining the snow. Three more exploded up out of the snow just out of reach.
Mica was dodging the chain weapons and his wind shield was stopping the lizard men's arrows and spears from getting to him.
Damn it. Since that initial strike I've been on the defensive. Mica was hating this, but the fact that two would engage and the other two would burrow back into the snow and pop up to attack was annoying.
I can't remain like this for long. Mica thought as his wind shield destroyed another pair of arrows, while the two he'd been fighting dove back into the snow.
I see why they are dangerous. Master Kyu will be pissed at me for letting myself get into this situation.
Mica leapt straight into the air to avoid the spear that would have impaled him from below.
"WIND STYLE: SNOW HURRICANE!" he yelled and his wind attack whipped snow around with gale force, and slammed it into one of the lizard men, he smiled hearing a nice CRACK indicating something important in it had broken.
Mica's joy was short lived as another two sprang up from the snow. "How many are there?" he muttered using the air and snow to create a platform up above.
Several arrows slammed into his hovering perch and he glared at the damn creatures. "Okay you walking suitcases. You want to pick a fight. Come on, I need to relieve tension."
Mica sheathed the Hanzo sword and his hands went thru several jutsu seals.
"Eat this suitcase." He said and concentrated. "FIRE STYLE: WIND STYLE: COMBINATION BURING WIND BLADE!"
The large blade of flame cut down and impacted. Two of the lizard men weren't fast enough and were burnt to crisp where they stood. The others managed to burrow deep even as the fire-wind attack slammed into the ground and melting snow and ice to reveal charred dirt.
Mica's hands were already in motion. "WATER STYLE: WATER MISSILE!"
With all the moisture in the air, Mica found the water element easy to call upon and the javelin like water spikes rained down on the ground as he tried to pin down the lizard men.
This is not getting me anywhere. I need to do something…That's it!
His hands flew through the hand signs. "EARTH STYLE: ROCK SPIKES!"
Mica focused his chakra and instead of the spikes forming up out of the ground they formed aiming into the ground.
An eruption of blood told Mica he'd gotten another one. But he swore as seven lizard men rose from the ground and he was forced to dodge arrows, and spears.
Master Kyu said they would return, and in greater numbers, but this is becoming ridiculous.
Mica landed and leapt again.
His wind shield caught more arrows and he used them as his wind spun them around and sent the barrage back at the lizard men archers.
He was hovering in the air when he saw something big pushing up from the snow. Oh, this can't be good. Seconds before the ground erupted and monstrous war filled the air.
Naruto was surround by swirling purple chakra. Kyuubi looked on in shock. "Not something I was expecting." He muttered.
The pillar pulsed and Kyuubi saw its glow was synching with Naruto's.
Oh Takhisis. Kyu thought watching the pillar of the one vixen he'd thought would have been his mate.
Kyu watched as the two signatures seemed to stretch out and connect. Hm, this isn't what I thought would happen…Takhisis, what are you up to from beyond the grave?
Kyu thought as he watched the vortex spin about and Naruto limply hover in the air. The chakra in and around the boy surged and Kyu was shocked by this. She's merging her chakra…and ours…what in the name of Kami?
He watched as Takhisis's grave seemed to shimmer and two bones about fourteen inches drifted out. Kyu watched as two vials floated out as well and then two shards of Demacite.
Two? Oh Takhisis, you're being far too generous here. What are you up to you naughty vixen? Kyuubi thought watching as the items spun in the purple vortex of chakra with Naruto hanging there in his vunla enhanced trance.
"Kit?" Kyu asked. Naruto made no response and Kyuubi could only watch as the items spun around to halt before the blond. The bone seemed to shimmer and take shape and they glowed a orange-ish tinge.
Kyu watched as the vials dissolved, and the organs in there seeped into the bones.
Takhisis's heartstrings…amazing.
Next came the demacite shards. Neither was longer than a finger, and Kyu took note of their color.
Strange…their changing color to match…interesting. Never knew that could happen. Always thought it was the demon that determined the color.
He watched as the demacite merged with the heartstrings and then the bones. Naruto's chakra engulfed them.
Kit's a natural. Didn't even need to read the scrolls. This is all instinct. I knew he'd do well. Kyuubi thought proudly as he watched as the bone's were shaped by the chakra. Runes were traced in by invisible fingers, and Kyu would bet that Takhisis's spirit was guiding Naruto.
Kyu watched as Naruto drifted back to the ground, his feet touching down. The blonds hands reached out and there was flash as his hands touched the bone handles.
"Well I'll be son of a Toad." Kyu muttered seeing two energy blade crackling with raw power. One was the same purple as Naruto's new blended chakra. The other however was the same sickening orange that the blond used to wear.
"Kit, you keep surprising the hell out of me." Kyu muttered and used the vunla to cushion Naruto as he slumped to the ground unconscious, the two blades deactivating, the jinchuriki never letting go of his new weapons.
AN: Some things have come to mind that will be changed. You'll see in coming chapters. I also swear that there is planned Hinata-Naruto meeting coming. PATIENCE!
