Beasts Within
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Prince of Tennis. I do not own anything besides the original characters that are included in the fanfic.
All the Jinchuuriki are around 12-15 years old to stay within the middle school category along with the rest of the PoT cast. I know that the ages are wrong; I'm just making them fit into the storyline. All of the canon characters will most likely be OOC considering I can't stay to a certain personality of a canon character no matter what I do. The Jinchuuriki have total control of their Bijuu but can still talk to them whenever. When they release the chakra of their Bijuu they become stronger of course and their voices are a mixture of their voice and the bijuu they contain, therefore 'Demon Enhanced Speaking' when they do activate their powers.
"Chat" Normal talking
'Chat' Thinking
'Chat' Telepathy between Jinchuuriki
"Chat" Demon enhanced speaking
Special thanks to demoncat13 for all your support for the fanfiction!
Tail 29: Storms Can Be A Good Thing
The next morning Rose's eyes fluttered open, and she noticed that her neck was a bit sore. Lifting her head up a bit, she looked through hazy eyes at what was under her neck. She widened her eyes once she noticed it was an arm. Tracing the arm all the way to its owner, Rose blushed before quickly get out of the bed and over to the other side of the room. She lifted her hand to her cheek and felt her cheeks burning…
"What happened?" Rose wondered out loud before what happened the day before made its way into her head.
Rose's face was shocked, and she fell to her knees on the ground. She kept staring into space as she thought out loud, "I broke down…again…not again…" Her eyes clouded over in pain as she remembered more and more memories…
The girl was starting to remember more of her memories before she met the Jinchuuriki when she was around six years old. Standing back up, Rose transformed back into Yuki and jumped onto the window sill. Turning back a moment, she drew up the blanket over Marui and then opened the window. After jumping out, she used her chakra to close it and headed out towards the forest once more…
With eyes fluttering open, Marui rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand to only stop a few seconds later. He realized that he was able to move his arm, and because of that, he realized that Rose was nowhere nearby…
Rushing outside of the room, Marui went over to the other dorms to tell everyone. Bursting into the cafeteria, Marui noticed that everyone was staring at him with confused faces. Panting heavily, Marui was able to get out, "Rose…she…she's gone!"
The others in the cafeteria immediately stood up in their seat with shocked faces before they started to head out to find the girl.
Every one of the students met at the entrance to the forest. Rikkaidai was supposed to search the North portion of the forest, Seigaku was supposed to search the West, Hyotei to the East, and everyone else to the South and camp considering they were smaller groups.
Everyone nodded in agreement before running towards their search area.
"Where do you think she is Yukimura-buchou?" Kirihara asked pushing away another tree branch away from him and the group.
"Wait!" Sanada said quietly. The others heard him though and stopped walking. They looked towards the vice-captain and waited for him to say something. "Don't you hear that?"
Everyone closed their eyes and concentrated on their hearing. They were able to hear the sound of splashing water. They quietly moved toward the source of the sound and went into a clearing. They looked around and saw the waterfall that was hidden by all the trees.
Hearing the sound of another splash, they all quickly turned their heads toward the side. They all saw Rose on the water…just a bit differently…
Rose had her white hair tied up in a high ponytail and was wearing a white bikini set. She wasn't much to look at, but it was the most skin she had ever shown to the team.
The Rikkaidai regulars saw Rose dive into the water and saw her pop out of the water near the waterfall. They decided to keep watching what the girl would do.
Looking up at the top of the waterfall, Rose concentrated chakra in her hands and then placed one onto the falling water. She watched as her hand wasn't affected by the rushing water and put the other hand onto it to witness the same.
Rose was starting to work on her flips in battle, so she figured this way would be best. Taking a deep breath, Rose closed her eyes to concentrate.
A few minutes passed in silence until Rose snapped her eyes open and jumped off her feet, keeping her hands on the waterfall. Her hands stayed there until she flipped over, and her feet touched the waterfall. She switched her concentration of chakra quickly to her feet and flipped again to get her hands back. She kept switching her concentration of chakra between her hands and feet as she kept climbing the waterfall until she reached the top.
Once she reached the top, Rose looked over the edge and saw a bit of the roofs of the camp buildings. Looking down, she widened her eyes in surprise when she saw the surprised faces in the bushes. When her eyes landed on one specific person however, she blushed crimson. She quickly looked away but accidently slipped because of the water and started falling.
She could hear the gasps of the Rikkaidai regulars who finally came out of hiding. Turning herself around, Rose positioned her fall to enter the water feet first to avoid too much damage. Keeping her body straight, Rose braced herself for the impact with the water.
Rose, however, didn't count on the fact that it would have still hurt immensely because of the height she had fallen from. When the girl hit the water, she couldn't move very well because of the pain shooting up her legs. She quickly lost her breath because of it and tried to open her eyes. She was able to see someone moving towards her. Concentrating once more, she focused her chakra into the water around her and got herself to float to the top of the water along with the person that was heading for her and any other people.
Reaching the surface, Rose took a deep breath once was able to and looked around to see that Marui, Kirihara, Jackal, and Niou had been in the water. Rose gave them a small smile in appreciation for what they tried to do to help her. Looking towards the sky, Rose noticed something with the clouds. They were starting to darken and give off small rumbling sounds that she could barely hear. She quickly motioned everyone to get out of the water and onto the shoreline.
Once everyone followed the girl's orders, she quickly used a small fire jutsu to dry everyone's clothes as well as dry their wet skin from jumping into the water.
"Let's go already," Rose said jogging over to the group while occasionally glancing back towards the sky.
Everyone smiled at the girl before nodding their heads and making their way to the camp grounds once more. They were about a two-hour jog from the area, so they decided to walk just to save their energy.
Walking along with the regulars was fun for Rose…until she heard it…
Thunder rumbled throughout the sky once more. She jumped slightly but not enough for the others to notice. She kept the smile plastered on her face to make it seem as if she was fine.
The rain started, and the regulars quickly ran to try and find cover. They couldn't find any after running for five minutes. Hearing panting behind them, they saw Rose trying to say something to them.
Shaking her head, Rose instead just concentrated chakra into the ground below them and made it come up to surround them like a dome as well as crown the sides of the ground around the dome to allow the water to move away from them while also making sure that everyone had air by creating a space between the bottom edge of the dome and the ground.
"Thanks," Marui sighed in relief.
"No problem," Rose said turning her stare towards the ground. She lay down onto the ground so that she could watch the rain. She didn't mind the rain…she just didn't like the thunder that went along with it. She made enough room in the dorm for everyone to lay down flat on the ground.
The rain kept pouring and rushed down harder.
"Will this thing hold out until the storm is over?" a voice asked breaking the silence.
Rose turned her head towards the source and saw Kirihara with his eyes full of worry. Smiling, Rose got up from her position and went over to him. Once she reached him, she hugged the boy close to her and reassured him by saying, "It'll hold for however long we need Akaya-kun. It runs off of my chakra after all."
That seemed to reassure most of the team as they sighed and finally lay down on the ground to get some rest. The only one not going to sleep was Marui. He was just watching the rain from his position on the ground.
Rose went back to her spot in the dome which happened to be by Marui. She sat down and lay against the dome wall. She listened to the pitter patter of the rain falling onto the earth dome as she looked at the others. She smiled as she looked at their peaceful faces…
A thunder clapped, and she jumped. Marui sat up once he saw and looked over at Rose. He saw her give a small smile in reassurance as he heard her say, "I was just surprised Marui-senpai." That didn't convince him however when another thunder clapped soon after, and he noticed her flinch. He shrugged and lay back down. He pretended to go to sleep but kept his eyes barely open to watch Rose.
Another thunder clapped once more, and Rose let herself flinch more since she thought that everyone was asleep. She tucked her legs closer to her chest and put her hands over her ears. She could still hear the thunder and whimpered a bit, not too loudly to wake up the others of course. "I hate this…"
Marui was wondering whether Rose was scared of thunder and got his answer when Rose jumped once again when another thunder clapped. He saw her tuck her legs even closer to her chest and practically squeeze her head between her hands. Her eyes were closed from fear, and he could see a few brave tears make it down her face.
Quietly getting up, Marui went over to Rose. As soon as he was in reach, he gripped Rose's arms gently before pulling her flush into his chest. He noticed Rose tense up before relaxing in his grip.
That's when he noticed it though. He blushed and quickly turned his head away. He completely forgot that Rose was only in her bikini set. He pulled away from Rose a bit to take off his jacket and get Rose to put it on. Once she did, he pulled her into a hug again to comfort her.
He was a little better at it this time as he started to gently rub the girl's back with one hand and smooth her hair with the other. Marui lay against the dome wall and kept the girl within his embrace. He never noticed the girl's blush on her face.
Rose on the other hand was confused… 'Why does this keep happening? Why is it that I can only truly relax with him around? Why do I keep blushing around him? This is sooo confusing…' she thought as she snuggled further into Marui's chest.
The two stayed in that position until the rain started to let up. When the rain fully stopped, Rose stood up from her position. She quickly leaned back towards Marui to give him a peck on the forehead and a wink as thanks for comforting her during the storm. She quickly made an opening in the dome and checked outside to see that the storm had lasted until lunch considering the position of the sun.
"Let's wake everyone up Marui-senpai," Rose said with a true smile at the boy.
Marui nodded in response before waking up the others along with Rose.
Once everyone was up, they stretched their stiff limbs from their rest on the ground and looked up to see that it was nearly lunch time.
Rose smiled at them all before inclining her head towards one direction. They all looked to see that they were closer to the campgrounds than they were before. Looking confused, they all stared at Rose who just smiled and winked at them.
Shaking their heads, they all decided to get back to the dorms and actually get Rose into something other than the bikini and…Marui's jacket? 'When did that happen?' they all thought except for Marui and Rose who glanced at each other. They all started walking towards the dorms while Rose decided to stick near Marui.
Once they reached the dorms, everyone came out and sighed in relief when they saw that everyone was alright. Then the boys started to blush once they saw that all Rose was wearing was the bikini set and Marui's jacket. The girls just chuckled in amusement before they rushed over to Rose to bring her inside of her room to get changed.
Rose just shook her head 'no' before she took a deep breath. Her body transformed once again but not into the little white fox that everyone knew. She transformed into a snow leopard cub. Looking at all the stunned faces, she stuck her tongue out of her mouth and quietly said, "Call me Yuki in this form as well since my fur is white." This got even more shocked looks as the crowd yelled, "You can talk in that form!"
"I guess storms were a good thing after all," Rose said as she looked up at the sky with a small smile on her face…
