Hi everyone. It's been three months since I posted this. I suffered a lot of energy being consumed from work and I got a bit of writer's block for my current stories. I know everyone's been dealing with what is happening with the world since the start of 2020. The fire in Australia. The concorvirus. Kobe Byrant. Right now, the new year is starting off low with these events. I've been watching some anime other than My Hero Academia and Boruto; at the start of February, I watched Fire Force. Let me just it's an amazing show. I can't wait for season two this summer! And this week I watched a short anime series called My First Girlfriend is a Gal. Long story short, it's ok, but not good. Actually, it was pretty stupid. After I was done, I started watching the first episode of the original Yugioh but in Japanese dub. Also, we don't have Spectrum anymore. That means I can't watch my favorite shows or catch up on new episodes on Loud House and Casagrande. I'll probably watch it on YouTube. But I'm not getting the Nickelodeon app to see it because it requires me to sign in and I have to remember another password! I don't want that! Anyways, I responded to your followers and favorites on my stories, and left reviews. Thank you very much. Now on to the chapter!
Chapter 52: Meeting Shukaku! Reunion!
A vast darkness flows over the atmosphere. The state of one's mind indicates the individual is sleeping and is now in a dream. Lynn Loud Jr looked around the darkness with no clue how she got in here or where she was. She figures she was in Lucy's dream somehow but she couldn't find her roommate.
"Hello?" Lynn said to the empty void, as if she was calling out to someone who can hear her voice. She walked around to check her surroundings more. Her brown eyes pause to see somebody who appears out of nowhere. The second guest had his back turned but is wearing an orange polo shirt, blue pants and a familiar white hair with a small turkey tail on top. Eyes widen, Lynn found her brother.
"Lincoln!" Lynn ran to her little brother. A smile appeared on her face. "Am I glad to see you! Do you know what's happening?" She got no response from her distant brother. Her smile immediately dies. "Lincoln, it's me," Lincoln was standing like a statue with his head hung down and shoulders slump.
"Why are you talking to me?" Lincoln asked, his mood is stoic like Lucy. It threw Lynn off guard. "I'm bad luck, remember?"
An arrow pierced Lynn's heart as a reminder of how all of this had led to where Lincoln was being ignored by his family and Lynn causing him so much pain he was removed to another home.
"Lincoln, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for calling you bad luck. It was wrong for me to blame you for my failure. I should've taken responsibility rather than blaming you," Lynn utter the words that she wanted to do when she came to terms of why this happened. That is until Lincoln scoff.
"Sorry? Is that all you had to say?" Lincoln turned around to face his ex-sister. Suddenly, Lynn saw her brother's right arm being missing from the result of her beating him with her baseball bat. "Look at me! Look at what you did to me!" Lincoln's voice rose up to scare Lynn. Blood drips from his right sleeveless shirt. "You treated me like scum. You made the entire family turn on me," Lynn's ears hurt as Lincoln's voice increases. "You made my life a living hell, and you broke my arm till it was ALL SMASH UP! AND YOU HAVE THE GALL TO SAY I'M SORRY?!" Lincoln utter a cry and cover his face with his single hand. From the looks of Lynn's view, Lincoln has a major headache.
"Lincoln?!" Lynn moves to help her brother who was in pain all of a sudden. Lincoln shot Lynn a cold, evil glare; his normal eyes replaced with pupiless yellow eyes. Half of his face was morphing into a monster-like face. Sand covers his right torso and left leg; the missing right arm turns into a giant sand claw. Lynn froze in horror. The image of Lincoln turning into the sand beast she saw back at the museum. Seeing how he was looking with the most sinister grin, Lynn ran but sand covered her entire left leg. The sand moved like Lincoln was controlling it back to where he caught those Uchihas. Lynn can feel her body immobilize.
A cackle escaped from the boy that used to be her little brother. "AND NOW I HAVE POWER IN ME, I CAN USED TO EXTRACT REVENGE ON THE PEOPLE WHO TORMENTED ME! AND I THINK I'LL START WITH YOU!" As Lynn couldn't get more scare, Lincoln had his giant right claw to capture her; now comes the part where all five fingers closed together. The sand also prevented Lynn from shutting her pitiful pleas as Lincoln utter the phrase.
"SAND COFFIN!"
Lynn raised her head with a loud gasp. Beads of sweat cover her face from the shrill terror she witnessed. Her little brother killed her in an act of vengeance. The Loud family returned home after their cover in the mission of preventing the Uchiha clan from acquiring the coffin that can lead to the destruction of Royal Woods and the world. During the failed mission, the family observed their former brother and only son being transformed into a sand beast and Lynn saw Lincoln murdered three Uchiha members by his sand abilities. At home, Tsuande revealed the origin behind Lincoln's power where he host a tailed beast called the One-Tail and is a half-blood Senji. Despite being relieved Lincoln is ok, it doesn't suit the ninja in training from what she learned. Lincoln chose to be a host to a monterious entity for the sake of his family and everyone in town. The question is, why? Why would Lincoln offered himself as sacrifice to a beast? Lynn lifted her body from bed and put her legs close to her chest with concern spelled in her face. From what the Senju family told about people being a vessel to a tailed beast and being seen as a weapon rather than humans. It made Lynn feel disgusted at how people treat the Jinchuriki. And Lincoln is one of them. She doesn't know how a tailed beast works when being sealed inside a host or how a host controls the chakra. From what she saw at Lincoln, it's likely he can't control it. The family, plus Ronnie Anne, Bobby, and Clyde (who caught the fight as part of a skateout), will be back tomorrow to figure out the problem. The family wants to help Lincoln, even after what they learned about him. Lynn felt the entire world is being weighed against her, toppling at where she wants to make things right with Lincoln.
"And that's just it," Lynn consult with a frown, a mixture of fear and sadness. "How can I say I'm sorry to him?" The dream Lynn encountered felt real; would apologizing to Lincoln wouldn't change a thing? Would he want to kill her? He's a powerful ninja and he can take anyone out with no sweat. A soft scoff escaped her lips.
"Don't be stupid, Lynn," She berated herself. Her hand touched her dry brunette hair. "Lincoln is your brother. And he's one of the nicest guys. He would never kill me, at least taking revenge," Narrowing her eyes in determination, her hand clutching her bed sheet. "Lincoln, I'm gonna help you fight this. You don't have to face this alone. Your family is going to help you!" Whatever fear she had over Lincoln using his power for revenge was gone. Lynn had the need to sleep to help her little brother control the tailed beast inside of him.
In the morning, the Loud family are in the kitchen for breakfast made by the patriarchy household. Despite the new day being upon them, all minds in each member regard a certain Loud boy.
"What do we do about Lincoln?" Lori, the eldest, addresses the situation like she does with every sister or sibling meetings.
"You mean talk about the massive secret the Senju family kept from us?" Luna asked, her tone is peeved that Lincoln's adopted family failed to tell them about her bro.
"We are upset, dear," Rita said, her finger lace together. "But we need to help Lincoln. He needs us," Turning to her prodigy daughter, she asked "Lisa, did you find a way to control Lincoln's problem?"
"Frankly no, mother unit," Lisa answered monotonically. Her tone, however, didn't match as it was a hint of doubt. "By the time we returned home, I stayed up passive my usual REM cycle to figure out the problem lies inside our brother. But no ideas came to mind," The family prayed Lisa could find an answer to stop Lincoln from losing control but their prayers went out. That's why she wasn't tired like she does when she stayed up all night for an answer to a complicated solution.
"I've been looking over the book Mr. Senju gave me," Lucy acknowledges the family. A book of Fuinjutsu appeared in her hand. "Right before I went to bed, I snuck into the bathroom and read a couple of pages. The Uzuzmaki Clan were masters in Fuinjutsu. They're capable of creating advanced sealing than other villages. Sealing involves preventing a tailed beast from taking over its host," A sigh escapes her lips. "If only I could learn Fuinjutsu to help my brother."
"Does anyone in that family know about sealing things?" Leni said, not bothering to say the actual term. This triggers Lynn to remember something back at the museum when Jiriaya slam a paper at Lincoln's forehead to stop the tailed beast's power.
"That paper the old man had back at the museum," Lynn said. "I think that was a sealing tag. And he said he's got a seal to erase any memories if either of us blabs about their secret ninja life. He can help with controlling the beast."
"I felt the family hasn't told us anything about the other tailed beasts or what kind of beast we're dealing with," Luan pondered. The family is on the same subject. As if the secret took an emotional blow at them, it still wasn't enough. There were still unanswered questions left behind the mystery of Lincoln's status as a weapon vessel.
"Don't worry, Luan," Lynn Sr said, drinking his coffee. "We'll find out when we get there. Lori, have you called Bobby?" Lori nodded her head and added she invited Ronnie Anne and Clyde. After breakfast, the gang formed a line to the bathroom without each other's throat. As Lori took her shower, Lucy was behind Lynn who was in front of Luan.
"Hey Lynn," The brunette tomboy heard her name from the rock star sister. "You think Lincoln's pop can help him?" Lynn didn't sense some malice from Luna's tone.
"Or his mother or Ms. DiMartino or anyone who knows sealing," Lynn answered with hope in her voice.
"Oh, I hope either of them can fix Lincy," Leni whimpered in concern of her little brother. That can be said to the other sisters, especially both Lucy and Lisa, who are taking an interest in Fuinjutsu that can prevent Lincoln from losing control.
The white haired boy's eyes slowly open to feel the daylight shining through the window. Smacking his lips, Lincoln shifted his body around his bed. His memory was a tricking mistress. All he remembered was his mission, his family acting as backup and facing Sasuke Uchiha out of all people. Before he can push forward to any thoughts, another figure moved around while moving his sheets. Turning his head to his right, Lincoln saw his substitute teacher/ adopted sister/ adopted aunt sleeping. Lincoln smiled warmly, feeling touched as she was sleeping by his side. A soft moan entered his ear from his back; turning to the other side there was his guardian Kurenai, also sleeping. While Lincoln is glad both of them are sleeping to make sure he wasn't having a nightmare, the question he had is his mind is what was the real reason.
Alyssa DiMartino-Senju yawned cutely, raising her arms up to pop bones. Facing her adorable white haired fellow, she said "Buenas dias, Lincoln-kun," Lincoln turned to her to greet her back. A pair of creamy white arms wrapped around Lincoln's shoulders. Kurenai plants a kiss on the back of his head.
"Morning Lincoln-kun," She cooed, pressing her head at the top of his white turkey tail.
"Good morning, Kure-" Lincoln turned around to say good morning back, only to stop in mid-sentence when he got a full sight of Kurenai's naked breast. "Nee-chan, you're naked!" He exclaimed loudly.
"That's all you have to say to me?" Kurenai said mockingly. "Not a good morning to your nee-chan?" Lincoln's cheeks turn red as she starts giggling. Same goes with Alyssa who lure Lincoln to rest his head back on his pillow. There, the boy saw Alyssa was also without clothes. The Hispanic woman joined in laughing with her sister to tease their little brother/ potential lover.
"That's a good way to start the day," Lincoln remarked, his cheeks are still red. Pushing any embarrassing thoughts away, he asked "But I gotta ask why," Lincoln's question seized the laughter from both his older sisters. Now replace it with an unsettling expression. They both didn't want to tell Lincoln what happened, but he has to know. It was Kurenai who broke the news.
"Lincoln-kun, it happened," It was then the question Lincoln had was finally answered and a logical conclusion is also answered. Shaking his head sideways, Lincoln covered his face to not let them see his grief-sickened face.
"No. No!" Both women held their hand at Lincoln to ease his panic attack. The memories of the museum came back to haunt Lincoln. He lost control of the One-Tail and he murdered three Uchiha members. And he almost killed his family. His eyes widened in shock as he also remembered his old family was there. "Is my family ok?!" He asked. Alyssa answered they're fine. This ease Lincoln a bit before she added something else.
"But your family knows. Mama told them everything," Fear trapped Lincoln like a statue. The last thing he wanted his family to know about his new statue as a Jinchuriki. "But they still love you, Lincoln-kun. They hold no judgement against you," Thanking Alyssa-chan, Lincoln is left pondering at what he's going to tell his old family about harboring a tailed beast inside of him.
"Our family is behind you, Lincoln-kun," Kurenai reminded him with a loving tone. Alyssa kisses his forehead in addition. The touch of both his adopted sisters lift Lincoln's fears away. Despite that his family knows his secret, it was time to face them.
Lincoln, Kurenai, and Alyssa all appear in the living room with their casual dress. The rest of the Senju clan are there. Moegi and Hana rush to give their big brother a hug. Lincoln felt their bodies shivering. They must have known what happened to him last night. Just then, the front door opens to reveal the Loud family, Bobby, Ronnie Anne, and Clyde. Lincoln utter a greeting right as two blond blurs hug chest
"Lincoln, are you ok?!" The twins asked with fear in their voice. Their blue eyes shivering in tears. Lincoln hugged them back and kissed their heads. He faced his old family, surrogate brother and his two closest friends.
"Hi everyone," He castically greeted them. This got some waves and greeting back in a friendly tone.
"Hey little bro," Lori smiled. "How you're feeling?"
"I'm good, thank you. Where do you guys want to talk?" He asked.
"We're ok with anyplace, son," Lynn Sr said.
"We'll talk in my room. Come with me," Lincoln ordered them. Noticing the Senju family are following him, he glanced at his mother, "Kaa-chan, will it be ok if I talk to them alone?" This got everyone in surprise, including the Loud family. "I can tell them; they already know."
"I understand, Lincoln-kun," The buxom woman nodded to her son's pleas. The family stayed behind as everyone went to Lincoln's room. Akamaru follows as well. Once everyone was inside his room, Lincoln locked the door. Akamaru moves to Lily who proceeds to carry him. His biological parents are sitting in his bed, with Bobby, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan and Lynn taking the space. Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, Lily, Ronnie Anne and Clyde are sitting in the ground.
Clyde commented "I like your room, Lincoln," Ronnie Anne rolled her eyes and elbowed her friend on the shoulder.
"How much do all of you know?" Lincoln asked, ignoring what his best friend had said.
"A lot, sweetheart," Rita answered.
"And how do you all feel?" Lincoln asked, being scared in how they react.
"We literally have no idea what we have to feel," Lori answered with a wide eye. "The fact you're a ninja and your adopted family are ninjas or you have a beast living inside you?"
"And you're half Senju," Lucy added, bringing up her big brother's heritage as part of a noble clan.
"I don't understand. Why didn't you tell us about this? We thought you can trust us," Luna said, feeling a bit betrayed Lincoln kept secrets from his old family.
"I don't think telling you guys I have a tailed beast inside in me is a proper way," Lincoln nonchalantly said, rubbing his white hair. "You won't handle it. But first, I want to apologize to Bobby, Ronnie Anne and Clyde for not telling you guys sooner."
"It's fine you wanna to apologize but I must share some of the blame since it's my fault we're being targeted," Ronnie Anne addresses the matter of her plan. As Lincoln forgives her, he asked the group any questions they wanted to ask. It was Lynn who raised her hand.
"Why did you do it?" She asked. Lincoln knows what she is referring to.
"I didn't have a choice."
"That's not an logical answer, Lincoln," Lisa said. "Why would you offer yourself as a host to an entity of spiritual energy?"
Walking a bit, Lincoln started, "When dad delivered the bad news of the One-Tail, the family were left pondering who will be the new host. Kaa-chan and Tou-san both told me about the life of a Jinchuriki. It's not a happy life. But they told me to see them as heroes, not weapons. If a tailed beast got out, it would have destroyed a village and killed many people. And if the seal from that Uchiha member was destroyed, we knew that we couldn't kill a tailed beast. Everyone; you, my friends, everyone I know will be at risk. The only choice was for one of us to be the new host. I couldn't bear the thought of my older sisters or Hana-chan or Moegi-chan being a vessel. I did what I thought was the right thing."
"But it still doesn't tell us why," Lola ponder, feeling slightly aggressive at Lincoln for not explaining more.
"The Uchiha clan was planning to use one of their own to become a vessel for the One-Tail," Lincoln continued. "Too bad they weren't smart about sealing. If it did, they would've taken us out already. I became a Jinchuriki to protect my family and my home. Everyone tries to talk to me out of it," He rubbed his forehead making everyone think he has a headache. "I thought I could control its power without having to influence me. I was wrong the first time."
"Mind telling us what happened that night, Lincoln?" Bobby asked. The family were on board on what occurred the night Lincoln was under the One-Tail's influence.
"Three weeks after tou-san seal the beast, I begin to feel sleepy. I was drowsy in the morning and I couldn't focus in class. My head started to hurt. I heard a voice in my head. That night," Lincoln said before stopping out of fear. He resumed speaking, "That night, I tried staying awake to finish my homework. My eyes wouldn't open. When I closed them, I attacked. I couldn't remember much after that fight, except giving that scar on my dad's chest," Some of them flich upon seeing the gross scar their brother/ friend gave to his adopted father. "Tou-san took a look at the seal and discovered it was corrupted."
"Sealing can get corrupted?" Lana repeated in confusion.
"Only if it doesn't properly work. The Uchiha clan aren't masters in Fuinjutsu," Lincoln continued. He pressed his hands together to reveal the seal on his forehead for a moment. "Tou-san tried to get it fixed, but he only got seventy-five percent fixed. To prevent the Tanuki from taking over, kaa-chan, karin-nee chan, and Shizune-neechan created these pills," He took out the pills from his pocket, the ones the family saw him taking. "These pills make me stay awake but let me sleep well without the Tanuki taking over. They work but I can hear him."
"The beast talked to you?" Luan said in alarm.
"I tried ignoring him, but he's quite the talker. You have no idea what it was like the past three years. I couldn't get a good night's sleep, even with these pills. This is the only side effect from not sleeping well," Lincoln utter the word "Release" with a ram sign. While Bobby, Clyde and Ronnie Anne were the ones to witness a genjutsu being released, the family also witnessed a sight in Lincoln's eyes. Black rings around the boy's eyes, resembling him of a tanuki.
"Oh my god," Rita utter a gasp.
"Bro, you got these from not sleeping for three years?" Bobby said in shock.
"The result of insomnia," Lisa added, also started at the fact in Lincoln's eyes.
"I hid these from everyone under a Genjutsu," Lincoln said, putting the genjutsu back on his eyes. "Why do you think I couldn't stay before the night set? Not once will the Tanuki let me have a good night's sleep. The pills help me control my sleep, but now it's not working like it used to," He threw the bottle at Bobby who caught it. "I never let him control me. I stay awake and talk with him. Tried to have a conversation before he stopped."
"You seem to talk a lot to the beast, Lincoln," Lucy said, addressing how her brother is castically talking to the beast like it was nothing.
"He's annoying at first, but he likes to talk," Lincoln shrug, unknowingly drawing surprise looks from Lynn, his ex-parents, and Clyde and Ronnie Anne.
"You keep saying he," Ronnie Anne said, an eyebrow raise. "How would you know he's a he?"
"He's a he. Well, Tailed Beasts have no gender but Shukaku prefers to be called a he."
"Who's Shukaku?" Lily asked.
"The One-Tail."
"He has a name?" Leni said with slight surprise. Lincoln hiss through his teeth as he felt a headache. "Linky, are you ok?"
"I'm fine. That was him. He doesn't like me telling others his name."
"You're speaking to the beast through your mind?" Lucy gasped. Lincoln nods his head.
"And why doesn't he want you to say your name?" Lana asked.
"It's a Tailed Beast thing, so he says."
"Can we talk to him?" Lucy asked, shocking everyone. Lincoln is nervous to do so.
"I wouldn't," Lincoln said. He grunt again from a pulse inside his head. "But I can't. Kaa-chan told me-!" More grunt escaped his lips. "Alright, alright. Don't need to get moody," With everyone watching, Lincoln closed his eyes to release some chakra. Everyone was on edge to see the beast that lies inside Lincoln's forehead. A few minutes have passed and no sign of the One Tail. Heads look over at the room for the beast to appear.
"Where is it?" Lola asked, crossing her arms. Her other twin pointed something on top of Lincoln's white hair. Two short ears pop out through it. To the family and his friend's shock, the head of a sandy-brown tanuki came out. He dragged his entire round body out of his head and sat on Lincoln's left shoulder. Its appearance is dark blue sealing around the body, face and tail. It stared at the gang with its black and yellow eyes and the pupil took the appearance of a black four-pointed star with four black dots. Its tail wagged around to give the group its namesake as One Tail.
"Everyone, this is Shukaku," Lincoln addresses. The Tanuki only growl in response.
"That's the beast?" Lynn said in deadpanned.
"It looks kinda small," Ronnie Anne added.
"And scary," Lola pointed at how menacing it looked and not like it's actual picture from what Lucy showed them.
"Aww, it's kinda cute!" Leni gushes at the little creature resting on Lincoln's shoulder. Suddenly taking an interest in the creature, Lana raises up and extends her hand like it wants the beast to sniff her hand. She starts clicking her tongue to get it to do so and walking at the same time
Then Shukaku started speaking, stopping the tomboy and shocking everyone minus Lincoln "Oi, stop with that blasting clicking! It's damn irritating!"
"Blimey, it talks!" Luna exclaimed.
"Shows some damn respect!" Shukaku growl, his eyes narrow at the humans in his host's room.
"Calm down, Shukaku. These are my family and my friends," Lincoln reassured him. The One-Tail lower his growling but kept staring at them like he has ill-will toward them.
"I know who they are; the humans who turn their backs on the brat," He said, getting some surprise expression from his ex-parents, Lori, Bobby and Clyde. "I lived inside of the brat for three years. I saw through his memories, even the ones I find both pitiful and amusing," The tailed beast chuckled evilly; the little ones, minus Lucy, huddle back at the creature's laugh.
"Shukaku," Lincoln said as if by pleading to the tailed beast. "Let's not fight. I brought you out to meet them."
"Brat, how can you stand being in the same room with the very people that hated you? All because of her," He pointed at Lynn with his claw. The brunette frowned in response, not wanting to recall why Lincoln was here in the first place. The atmosphere became thick once the tailed beast showed animosity toward Lynn. Even if Lynn is to blame, the family frowns as well.
"Listen beast, if I were you, I keep my gross mouth shut," Luan warned, to which Shukaku scoffed at the so-called threat.
"You humans don't scare me. You're all talk and play games but when it comes with a tailed beast, you just coward at your mercy," He spat.
"I am not so sure if that beast can conquer the entire city," Ronnie Anne utter, finding that this puny beast is scary.
"I used some of my chakra to let a part of Shukaku's spirit out," Lincoln explained why he was short instead of being massive in his mindscape. He is wacked in the cheek by his tail.
"Don't tell them my name; they're not worthy," He scolded.
"Not worthy?" Leni said what the cute, but scary, beast said. "Why?"
"I don't trust humans. Seeing us nothing but weapons to be used against enemies. It sicken me just to be sealed into a host and kept guard by the very village who don't see you as one of them. But seeing how you are related to my brat, I won't show any ill-manners toward you. Not a whole lot. By now, the rest of you will call me One-Tail."
"Don't you think it's literally rude to call Lincoln a brat?" Lori frown, not liking how this beast is referring to Lincoln.
"Said the blond human who called my brat a, what was the word, a twerp?" Lori turned her head away in shame.
"Can we hurry this up? I don't like being outside of your mind. Your family didn't take well to my peasant the first time I met them. I suppose you humans have questions about me."
None of the humans wouldn't dare to say or raise their hands in the peasant of a tailed beast resting on Lincoln's left shoulder. Shukaku waited for one brave soul to ask a question about said tailed beast or the place he lived before being captured by the Uchiha clan.
"Tell us about the village you lived in," Lisa asked. The question was pleasing to the One-Tail.
"The village I lived in was Sunagakure, or The Village Hidden in the Sand. It was founded by the First Kazekage after the Warring State Periods. After the village was created, I was captured and taken to a temple. I was used as leverage for greed to the other villages. I was sealed to my first host, a priest named Bunpuku. He was eventually kept in a dungeon, which was the shape of a giant tea kettle, and being treated with such contempt. Me and my host were kept like animals while humans lived freely and spat at us," Shukaku growled at the people of his former village's treatment against him and Bunpuku. "By the time he passed away, I was sealed again to another host. And when he was gone, I was sealed into a tea kettle waiting to be another vessel for a human. All I wanted was to be free and get away from them. I got my wish ironically."
"And that's when the Uchiha Clan got you?" Lucy said, getting a nod from the One-Tail.
"Some of Uchihas disguised themselves as Suna guards and took me away while I was inside the tea kettle. They had plans to turn one of their men into a Jinchuriki. But on the night when the Senju clan found me, the host was an unfortunate fool. He couldn't control me, even if I was the weak tailed beast."
"You, a weak tailed beast?" Lynn Sr is astonished by what he was saying.
"Our power is measured by our tail. I have only one tail. The strongest of all tailed beasts was the Nine-Tails. But choosing a host is slim. Their chakra isn't a match against a tailed beasts' chakra. In the end, this brat became my host," He pointed his tail at Lincoln.
"It wouldn't hurt to say thank you," Lincoln scowled a little.
"Ha! I don't owe you anything, you Senju brat!"
"But Lincoln saved you from being the Uchiha clan, Mr. One-Tail," Lily said. Akamaru growled at the disrespect the One-Tail gave to his master.
"The little one is so native," Shukaku chuckled. Rita, Lori and Leni scowl at the beast for mocking Lily. "Listen kid," He told Lily. "Tailed Beasts like us served as nothing but vessels for humans to conquer and used as leverage. Humans don't say thank you, not even the people who choose the host. We are nothing more than tools!"
"That's not true. Lincoln doesn't see you as a tool!" Lana spoke in defense.
'Than why hasn't he used my power to kill the Uchiha clan?" Shukaku question.
"Because it's not right. I told you, I don't want to use your power till I control it!" Lincoln argue.
"So you're just gonna use your Senju bloodline instead?" Shukaku glared at his host. Lincoln turned his head at him. "Face it, brat. You're gonna use my power one way or another. You can't resist it. I know what you're thinking. Like all humans, you're gonna fall under my power! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have that fake arm in the first place!"
"Alright pal, that's enough!" Ronnie Anne march at the beast and point her index finger at his mouth. "Get back inside or things are gonna get ugly!"
"Ha! I ain't scared of you, girly! My host can rip that finger off! Or I'll do him a favor and chow at it!" Shukaku threatened. Lincoln quickly formed a ram sign and Shukaku's body vanishes in front of the Latina's eyes.
"He's back inside my mind," Lincoln reassured Ronnie Anne.
"What a rude beast!" Lola spat.
"It's not his fault, Lola," Lucy said, easing the diva princess's temper. "He's been subjected to being used as a weapon by living inside a host for years."
"You see what I had to put up with," Lincoln said, feeling a headache coming. Leni and Luna both escort Lincoln to his bed. "Tou-san and Yamato-niisan told me to control Shukaku's power if I didn't want him to take over. Even my Senju bloodline has the power to submit any tailed beast, it can still take over," Lincoln felt his stress wash away from Luan's hands messaging his shoulders.
"Can Mr. Senju fix your seal?" Clyde asked. Lincoln reminded the seal was corrupted and Jiraiya can't fix it further. There's nothing his adopted dad can do.
"So we're screw," Lynn Jr remarked, getting up from the bed. She scan through the window with a complicated expression. "We're sitting ducks. The Uchiha are one step ahead of us now that they got that coffin and Lincoln can't control his other power!"
"Don't lose hope, Lynn. The Senju family knows what to do," Clyde cheers her up.
"Lincoln, the book your father gave me, it said The Uzumaki clan were masters in sealing," Lucy asked, bringing up the topic of the book in Fuinjutsu. "Are any of your family related?"
"The Senju clan and Uzumaki clan are cousins. Only kaa-chan and Karin-chan are the only ones left in the blood clan, but none of them are masters in sealing," Lincoln answered. "Me? I'm nowhere near their skill levels."
"Great," Lori huffed in dismay. A few knocks on the door interrupted their moody. Lincoln goes over to unlock it and let the person in.
"Hello everyone," Shizune greeted with a smile. "Is everyone ok?"
"We're fine, Shizune-neechan," Lincoln said to the nurse/ adopted sister. "I finished explaining."
"Lincoln-kun, tou-san wants you in the living room."
"Wait, what?!"
"It's true, Lincoln. We found a way to help you control the One-Tail," Jiraiya spoke with confidence. Lincoln, his old family, and his friends were in the living room when Shizune went to him. The Senju family are here as well. Lincoln is blown away by what his adopted father told him of a solution to his other chakra problem.
"We finally receive word from someone who survived Konoha's destruction," Tsunade said with a grin. "We asked to bring somebody here to help contrail The One Tail, and they're coming here."
"That's awesome!" Luna cheered before stopping what the buxom blonde woman had said. "They?"
"Two people," Anko translated, holding two fingers up. "They didn't explain further before the radio was cut off. But In no time, Lincoln-kun will be able to master the power of the One Tail," It made everyone's spirits lift up as well as Lincoln and the rest of the Senju Clan.
"Wait, how long will they be here?" Lisa asked. "It's impossible for anyone to travel from Japan to reach the states."
"Impossible? I don't know the meaning of that world," A voice spook the entire gang in the living room. It was coming from outside of the room behind closed doors. This got the Loud family to huddle behind the ninja family while Lynn stood next to Lincoln, getting ready to attack.
"Are you gonna open the door, baa-chan or do I have to appear in front you?" The voice said again. It had a joly tone. The rest of the Senju family, minus Ms. DiMartino Lincoln, Hana, and Moegi, all gasped like they recognized the voice. Jiraiya went over to unlock the doors. When the slide doors open, two people stand in front of them. One was a large muscular man with dark skin, blond hair and a goatee. On his right shoulder was a tatoo of the kanji for Iron and a tattoo of a bull's horn on his left cheek. He wears oval shaped sunglasses and a white-colored forehead protector with the symbol of a cloud. His attire was a one-strap-over-one-shoulder flak jacket and a long, red rope belt tied around the waist, hand and shin guards, open-toe sandals, and white scarf around his neck. From his back and left torso are two swords for each. The other figure was a boy with yellow-blonde and spiky hair at Lincoln's age. With his blue eyes, he also has three whisker marks on each cheek. His attire was an orange and blue jumpsuit with white collar. A shuriken holster on his right knee, blue sandals and a blue forehead protector.
Tsuande covers her mouth in shock while Jiraiya stands like a statue of the fourteen year old boy.
"N...Naruto?" The white haired old man opened his mouth. The boy known as Naruto gave him a fox-like smirk.
"Hiya Pervy Sage. Hiya Baa-chan. Sounds like you guys need help controlling a tailed beast."
"And we're here, yo!" The muscular man spoke with a peace sign.
And here they are! Naruto Uzumaki and Killer Bee are here to help Lincoln control the One-Tail! I'm gonna need help getting the rhyme done for Killer Bee's character since he's a rapper. I need tips as well. Know anyone with who knows how to rap? Send me a message. Till then I'll see you all later in the next chapter in one of my current stories. NiteOwl18 out!
