Naruto: The Rabbit Prince.
This Fanfiction is a crossover with The Naruto series, Darkstalkers, Summer Wars featuring: King Kazma, with elements of Watership Down.
Rated: M for violence, blood, swearing, physical combat, mentions of sexual content, murder, and death.
Fair warning, this fanfiction contains the following tags/clichés: Competent Naruto, Fuinjutsu (not master level) Naruto, Kekkei Genkai (with conditions) Naruto, Potent Chakra Naruto, Rabbit Summons Naruto, Animalistic Naruto, and Good Kaguya. Antagonist Sasuke and Sakura within.
Pairings: None unless they are adults because the plot doesn't revolve around romance.
Summary: What if Kaguya wasn't as evil as everyone perceived her to be the Chakra Fruit drove her mad? What if she had another son that turned out to be her official firstborn that was to be the King of the Rabbit Summons? What if her son adopted Naruto and cared for him as if he was one of their own? And what If Naruto had another Godfather? As Naruto grows into a fine shinobi, he must face the many trials that come with his growth.
Disclaimer: I do not own the following Anime, Books, and Games. Naruto is rightfully owned by Masashi Kishimoto. Darkstalkers is rightfully owned by Capcom. Summer Wars and King Kazma are rightfully owned by Madhouse. Watership Down is rightfully owned by Richard Adams.
Chapter 26: Mysterious Beauty.
It was afternoon, and the inhabitants of Konoha went about their day; not one thing was out of place, and it all seemed peaceful.
The green-haired demoness was now walking down one of the village's main roads, looking for the person of her interest. She was now dressed in a white button-up long-sleeve blouse, black pants, and still donned her boots from the night before. She had her bat appendages hidden away; it would be chaos if the residents of this village knew what she really looked like.
She looked all over. Her sources couldn't have been wrong. Talbain Jon should have resided here in this settlement. And this village's military system was that of ninja trained in the art of ninjutsu. Knowing her target, this would be the perfect place to live.
She couldn't help but think to herself. I should ask for help; I won't be getting anywhere looking around like a bumbling fool—
She was cut out of her thoughts as someone bumped into her. The demoness stopped to see a young boy with spiky brown hair, red fang markings, and a small white dog with a blonde kid his age with whisker markings. They both wore the headband to show their affiliation with their village. This made her curious.
Meanwhile, Kiba, realizing his mistake, immediately apologized for bumping into the mysterious woman. "Oh, I'm sorry!"
"It's okay, love," she responded in an accent that was unknown to the boys while giving a gentle smile. She reached her right hand out to pat the brunette on the head playfully, making him blush at the gesture.
With the apology accepted, Naruto and Kiba stepped to the side and walked off. However, they didn't get far as the demoness they bumped into called out to them, "Hey, you're ninja, aren't you?"
"Y-Yeah," Kiba answered in a stutter as they turned around.
"You cute boys wouldn't mind telling me where your leader of this village is, right?" the disguised demoness asked sweetly, putting her hand on her hip.
Naruto eagerly jumped up a bit and cheerfully answered for them, "Oh, well, Sandaime-sama normally does his work from the Hokage tower. We'll take you to him." The Human Prince motioned with his hand to follow.
The green-haired woman smirked as the boys led the way. Finally. I can find Jon much faster. If he's a ninja, then he's more likely to work under the leader of this village. Better yet, he would be the leader.
Ten minutes later... at the Hokage tower...
It wasn't long until the demoness and the boys now found themselves at the entrance of the red building known as the Hokage tower.
The woman hummed in content as she turned to Kiba and Naruto and put her hands on their shoulders. "Thank you, boys. I'm actually here to request a mission from your Hokage, and you just helped me a ton to find this place."
"You're welcome..." Naruto started only to realize he didn't know who the woman was. "I-I'm sorry, I don't know your name."
"My name's Morrigan, love," the demoness introduced herself. "May we meet again."
With her hands still on the boys' shoulders, she leaned in to give them each a kiss on their cheeks, making them blush severely. She pulled away and went off to enter the building, leaving Kiba in a stupor and Naruto skeptic.
The Human Prince raised his hand to his left cheek as the woman walked away. A pit in his stomach formed, and he didn't like it. Morrigan? Another name from the old world? Something's wrong here...
Kiba got out of his bewilderment and turned to his friend to find him deep in thought. "Hey, Naruto, you alright?"
"...I don't know," Naruto replied with a bit of concern as he saw the woman walk out of sight and to head to the Hokage's office.
"Is something wrong?"
Naruto groaned a bit in frustration as he put his hand towards his face. "I don't know, Kiba, but there's something... off here."
The brunette's eyebrows furrowed. "Really? What's that?"
"That woman's name..." The Human Prince tensed up and crossed his arms. "That sounds like a name that hasn't been used in a long, long time. And I don't like it."
"Ehh, you're just being paranoid, bunny-boy," Kiba playfully dismissed with Akamaru agreeing with a yip. He put a hand on the blond's shoulder to draw him in close as whimsical eyes met serious ones. "You rabbits can get so nervous."
"Kibbles, please, this is serious," Naruto returned fire as he tried to pull away, but the Inuzuka heir had a firm grip. "I have a bad feeling something is going to happen."
Kiba just sighed as he then tried to pull Naruto along. "C'mon, the compound's not far. Why don't you talk about it there?"
The blonde signed as he put his hand on Kiba's and shrugged his shoulders. "Sure."
Meanwhile, in the other part of Konoha... in the Inuzuka compound...
At the moment, Talbain Jon was in the kitchen sitting across the table from Hana. He was helping her plan out her birthday, which was coming in two weeks. Sunlight beautifully peered through the window, so the room didn't require the light to be on.
"I really want Naruto to come over and bake some of those cookies of his," Hana voiced, a little excited. "I kind of wonder what else he can bake. Kiba told me Naruto can make a lot more than that."
Jon chuckled at this. "Just be sure not to go overboard with the requests, pumpkin. Naruto can only handle so much in his own kitchen."
"Right," Hana said with wonder still evident in her voice. "It's just... I've never heard of those sweets before."
"They were an old recipe from a land that's lost to the world," explained Jon.
His daughter's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Yes, I'm one of the only people that know it."
"Tou-san, that's amazing." Hana leaned in interest. "You gotta have a few stories with that."
"In due time, Hana, in due time," Jon happily replied as he changed the subject. "C'mon, let's focus on your birthday here."
Then, the front door opened to reveal Kiba and Naruto. As they came to the kitchen, Kiba to tell his father about the woman they just met. "Tou-san, you're not going to believe the person we just bumped into."
"Who was it?" the eldest sibling asked.
"Some lady with a weird voice and a name to match," answered Kiba as he scratched his head. "She told us her name was Morrigan."
Jon's eyes widened as he abruptly stood from his chair, startling everyone. He had not heard that name in a long time. "Morrigan? Please tell me you're joking, Kiba."
"It's true," Naruto urgently interjected as he took a step forward, getting everyone's' attention. "The woman's name was Morrigan."
"What did she look like?" Jon demanded without a moment's delay. His hands gripped the edge of the table while his claws carved into the woodwork. "I need to know what she looks like."
The Human Prince was scared. He had never seen his friend's father so... troubled over one person. "S-S-She—"
The silver-haired man's eyes turned into slits as he slammed his hand on the table. "NOW!"
The Jinchūriki jumped back and cowered under the man's intense gaze. His own eyes turned red, and his instincts began to tell him to run. Despite it being just a month since he met Jon, his prey instincts still told him to be cautious of the man before him.
Hana then slammed her hands on the table, enraged that her father would do such a thing, and screamed, "TOU-SAN!"
Jon turned to Hana, and looking at her made him realize what he had done. As he turned back towards Naruto, he found the horrific sight of his godson now hiding behind Kiba. "N-Naruto?"
There was no response from the boy; he was too scared to make a reply, much less overcome his prey instincts. All he could do was let go of Kiba and slowly back away towards the entrance; it was his only chance to escape.
"Naruto, please," Jon pleaded in shame of what he had done. He slowly began to approach the boy who was now backing into the living room. "I'm sorry. Please, come back. I won't hurt you, I promise."
Naruto began to tense as he said that, his now red eyes locked onto the man as if he was going to kill him at any second. He couldn't help himself. Whatever this man was hiding, it was something powerful and primal; it was the kind of thing that could set the blonde's instincts into a frenzy and drive him close to a fear-filled madness.
When the silver-haired man got close enough, he gingerly grabbed Naruto by his shoulders and bent down to his level. "Naruto, I'm so sorry I screamed at you. I have no excuse for my actions."
"Gee, Tou-san, what's so bad about a woman's name being Morrigan?" Kiba questioned as he walked closer towards his father and friend. "A name can't be that scary."
"That name holds a lot of significance to my past, Kiba," Jon retorted. His head snapped up so he could look at his son while he kept his hands on Naruto's shoulders. "It's something I put behind me."
"W-What do y-you mean, Talbain-san?" Naruto stuttered as he tried to calm down from his instinctual desire to run.
This time, Hana interluded. "Naruto-kun, I think it's best if you don't know. Tou-san has a lot of things he wouldn't share with anyone, not even with us until we come of age."
The Human Prince sighed in disappointment and then went on to tell Jon of Morrigan's appearance. He didn't know what was going on. And he still couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to happen.
Meanwhile, In the Hokage tower...
Morrigan was ready to enter the Hokage's office with her goal in mind. She stood outside the door, expecting the person she was looking for to be inside.
Taking a deep breath in, Morrigan opened the door. As she walked in, she soon discovered that the person she was looking for wasn't the Hokage, but a middle-aged man in his early fifties.
Hiruzen noticed the woman as he stamped away at his paperwork. He gave a warm smile of utmost hospitality. "Hello, there."
"Hello," the demoness returned, a little surprised at the fact that Jon wasn't the Hokage. "My name is Aensland Morrigan. I'm looking for a man you may have in your military, and I wish to employ him for an important mission that requires him."
The Sandaime's eyes squinted in suspicion. "And what kind of mission would this be? Surely you know that I cannot go without that information if one of my shinobi is sent out into the field to never return because of a faulty source."
Morrigan couldn't help but giggle, letting her playful nature out a bit more as she strutted towards the desk. "I know this man from long ago. We fought each other at one point and once fought alongside one another."
"And just who is he?" Sarutobi inquired, his eyes never changing in demeanor.
"His name is Talbain Jon," Morrigan answered, hoping to get some reaction out of the Sandaime.
This answer set off alarms in Hiruzen's mind. He warned me that if a woman by that name ever came looking for him, to alert him immediately. I have to tell Jon right away.
"We haven't gotten to the point of your request, Morrigan-san: why do you need my shinobi, especially that one in particular?" Sarutobi asked slyly. Sweat dripped down his face. The thought of being near a demoness was horrifying yet angering because he felt that this woman was playing with him.
"Is there any way I could give the summary of the mission to Jon?" she asked cutely, trying to avoid the question.
This did not sit well with the Sandaime. He soon became irritated and raised his voice, "Now listen here! I know who and what you are, Succubus!"
The demoness looked down, her hair covering her eyes. It all seemed pretty unorthodox for Jon to trust the village leader with his secrets, especially about his past. Looks like Jon made a new life for himself. I'm actually proud he managed to do such a thing. Felicia always told me that he would rather live in the woods for the rest of eternity, away from humans in general.
What happened next was quite shocking. Shadows appeared and enveloped Morrigan in their dark embrace. Her white blouse, black pants, and boots all melted away into the umbrae and shifted into her dark, scandalous attire while revealing the bat wings on her head and back.
She opened her golden eyes to see the Sandaime looking at her with nothing but disgust and discontent, much to her irritation. "I mean you no harm, Hokage, but I need to find Jon as fast as possible."
"And why should I trust a demon—"
"Darkstalker," Morrigan corrected in a deadpan tone, the tension in the room was so thick that it could be cut with a knife.
"What?"
"Many of us dark ones prefer not to be called demons anymore since we have the same capabilities as humans when it comes to emotions like love. Ever since our advent in the old world, we prefer to be called Darkstalkers. Jon would favor being called that instead of a demon," the Succubus explained as she strutted forward towards the desk. "I'm guessing you know Jon's secret as well?"
Hiruzen nodded, his glare so sharp it could have killed the demoness where she stood. "He only chose a few he trusted with his secret."
"And I'm guessing that he managed to create a new life for himself here?" the Darkstalker asked, but she received no reaction from the Sandaime. This made Morrigan smile warmly, but it was short-lived.
"Alright, enough of this!" Hiruzen bellowed as he slammed his hands on the table, having enough of the Succubus despite her not being a threat. "Why do you want Jon of all people?! What could drive you to come back and require his assistance after all this time?!"
"Simple: a powerful Darkstalker Jon, a few others, and I have faced long ago is here on Earth," the Succubus answered blatantly, unaffected by the Sandaime's gaze. "And Jon is the only one that knows of us and who we are. As the Queen of Makai, it is my job to protect my kingdom, and that involves protecting the human world as well."
The Sandaime grunted in disbelief, much to the so-called Queen's chagrin. It really looked like she wasn't in any position to bargain or request help from an old associate, but this was a dire situation.
"I may not look it, but I am the Queen of Makai and the head of what you would call a clan," Morrigan declared in controlled irritation as she crossed her arms. "Now, let's talk business because I've wasted enough time quarreling with a stubborn old man that can't listen to reason. This Darkstalker is much more powerful and older than me; he has the power to devastate these lands if given the opportunity."
The Sandaime was left in shock. Jon had told him about his past involving these... Darkstalkers, but he had never expected them to be as strong as what a stereotypical demon would be. He had his hands tied this time, and there was no avoiding it: he had to inform Jon right away.
She took a moment to let it sink in, her golden eyes filled with a cold patience that only a Queen could create. "Now, unless you want the deaths of every human here on Earth, I suggest you listen to me." Morrigan wasn't going to take this lying down; she was getting Jon's help whether he liked it or not.
For the moment, Hiruzen closed his eyes in deep thought. Jon has a family and a new life here, what good would I be doing if I just told him his past has come back to haunt him?
He inwardly lamented for one of his strongest as he knew that one day, Jon would have to face his past once more and put an end to that chapter in his life.
A few hours later... in the marketplace of Konoha...
It was the afternoon, and the sun shining as brightly as ever. Jon, Kiba, Hana, and Naruto had just exited one of the many marketplaces and were now walking down a dirt road back to the Inuzuka compound.
As they walked, Jon was still caught up from what was said earlier about the woman's appearance. He seemed quiet and deep in thought as he carried a few groceries in hand. Morrigan's here, I know it. She must have used a portal from Makai to get here, but where? The graveyard? It would make sense; paths to Makai can be made because of the high concentrations of spiritual energy. But how come she's here? What could she want with me?
Jon was knocked out of his thoughts as he saw his son reach through one of the grocery bags to pull out a carrot. The boy then waved the orange vegetable in front of his godson's face.
"Kiba, what are you doing?" the Jinchūriki asked in annoyance as he tried to proceed forward with the group.
"Well, c'mon, don't you like carrots, Naruto?" Kiba replied with a cheeky grin. "I thought all rabbits liked carrots."
Naruto grunted as he rolled his eyes. "Those are stereotypes, Kibbles."
"Oh, come on, they're not that bad," the feral boy inferred optimistically.
"Kiba, I grew up around the rabbit summons all my life; I think I'd know the stereotype regarding rabbits since it's been around for thousands of years."
"Alright, boys, calm down," Jon mediated. He couldn't help but grin at their antics. "I swear, you two are like brothers."
"It's almost scary since Naruto feels like he's my little brother as well," Hana added with an amused smile.
Despite earlier events, everything seemed alright. However, the winds of coincidence kicked up a strange foreboding vortex of remembrance. Jon couldn't help but be wary of what was going to come.
They continued their walk back towards the compound until they heard a male voice call out, "Talbain Jon."
Everyone turned to see an Anbu with a lion mask. And just like that, Jon knew that this call would be the start of a new battle that had to be fought.
The lion-masked Anbu continued after getting his attention, "The Hokage needs you at his office, Gallon. He said it was urgent regarding a woman named Morrigan."
Kiba, Hana, and Naruto's eyes widened in shock, remembering the silver-haired man's outburst from earlier in regard to that name. Both the feral boy and the Human Prince's eyes darted back and forth towards each other in suspicion, and Hana looked on with concern.
Jon turned to Naruto and his kids with a grave look. "Head back to the compound. I have some business to take care of."
Hana was the first to speak out, "Tou-san, does this have to do with the woman from earlier—"
"Hana, take the boys and head home," Jon ordered, cutting his daughter off. He handed his bags to Naruto, who created a Shadow Clone to take it. "I'm about to find out what's behind all of this."
With that said, the lion Anbu left, and Jon then jumped from one green rooftop to another red one on his way to the Hokage tower. He was going to see if that Succubus returned after all this time. After he got far enough, he couldn't help but wonder what the hell was going on.
Alright, here it is. We have Morrigan's name and her human attire.
Now, if you had to guess Morrigan's chakra elements, what would they be? I want to hear your thoughts.
Morrigan's name comes from the crow goddess of Celtic religion, roughly translating to Phantom Queen.
I was busy making a chapter further up ahead and needed the extra time to finish it until the next update.
I'd like to thank my Beta for all her help, guidance, and oversight.