AN* Well here we are again. This chapter underwent a lot of revisions and alterations as I wrote it, but I hope that you all like what I decided was the best version of the bunch.
Akua Shuzen
The sound of fighting reached the group quickly and Fangfang and Lingling both tensed as Yukari stood up as well.
"It's started." Jubi noted "Depending on who they sent your family might be able to wipe them out before they can make it here. If not, best to be prepared."
"Yeah." Fangfang nodded, his own hands shaking a bit as they moved near the doors.
"Remember, stay nearby this place. The moment that this idiot is out of the seal he's going to likely do something large and flashy. Further you are the less likely you will be able to benefit from this." Jubi warned "Keep it confined to outside of this place, but not into the main estate itself."
"Got it." Yukari smiled as she readied her wand.
It was a tense few minutes as the three kept hidden and peeked out the doorway of Touhou Fuhai's mansion into the courtyard til they finally saw the Miu family beginning to arrive.
"Leave them to me." Fangfang said as he stepped out, shocking Yukari.
"Fangfang?! What are you doing?!"
"Though I may not look like much, I am the heir to the Wong Family. There's no way a few small fry goons will be able to hurt me." Fangfang replied as he stepped down the into the courtyard and brought out his coin sword "Oh my ancestors dwelling in the shadows, become my sword and destroy me enemy." As he said the chant his youki spiked to an impressive level as the Miu family soldiers traded looks of concern for a moment.
"No! This is crazy Fangfang, stop!" Lingling shouted, trying to get her brother to come back.
"Come to me phoenix. Scorch all those living before me." Fangfang continued, his third eye opening as his power reached it's peak, and the summoning fell flat as a giant panda appeared instead.
"See, I told you so." Lingling sighed as she and Yukari stared at the panda sitting behind Fangfang "Fangfang's summoning technique works on a whim. He rarely gets the creature he is aiming for. And that panda is like drawing the short straw. Once you call it out, it won't go back. And as long as it's still here he can't summon another creature. This guy is useless."
The Miu family now traded looks as they raised their sub-machine guns and started to open fire as Yukari grabbed Fangfang and pulled him back into the mansion.
"You really are an unreliable heir!" Yukari screamed.
"I agree." Lingling stated as she hopped back inside as well.
The bullets continued to slam into the walls for a few moments as Lingling peeked out, noting their positions and the fact that they weren't aiming to kill them right now, but keep them pinned.
"So in short, we're trapped now, and Fangfang's summoning is completely scrapped." Jubi noted with a sigh "Remind me to have Naruto smack this idiot when he wakes up."
"Noted." Lingling nodded "At any rate we are completely surrounded. What happened to Mum and Dad..."
"It doesn't matter who it is, we need some backup." Yukari muttered.
"Hmm. That's too bad. No matter how long you wait, no help is coming." A woman's voice said from behind them, causing the three able bodied youkai to turn and see the rippling like pattern on the ceiling as someone began to enter "The duo called the Wong Family's "Ultimate Power" has already fallen. After they lost their heads, the rest were just like an angry mob." Lowering herself down head first the woman revealed herself to be a dark haired girl dressed in black with the type of dead eyes that sent chills down the spines of almost all of the people in the room "The only ones left, are you." With that she landed in a crouch as she stood and seemed to ignore them as she moved to stand over Moka, a smile splitting her face "I'm so happy. So happy, so happy, so happy, so happy." her eyes began to water in joy as she looked down on the unconscious vampire "You broke your seal didn't you? We finally meet, my beautiful Moka."
"What did you say just now?" Fangfang asked quietly as he moved towards the woman in black "After they lost their heads, they were just an angry mob? What did you do to my parents and comrades?"
"Right now, I am absorbed in the seven year reunion with my little sister. Don't bother me." she said as her right hand began to emanate a terrible power that caused Lingling to tense as she seemed to recognize it.
"YOU!" Fangfang roared as he swung his coin sword down towards her, causing the girl to last out with the hand, clearly planning on killing Fangfang. What she didn't expect was her hand to be met by another hand, using the exact same technique to counter her as Lingling had moved in between Fangfang and their assailant.
"You... How can you stop my Jigen-Tou, which can cut through anything?" the woman in black asked in shock.
"The Jigen-Tou was a technique developed by Touhou Fuhai-sama. You aren't the only one to have learned it." Lingling stated simply "I am Lingling Wong, a zombie created by Touhou Fuhai-sama. I shall be your opponent."
The pair stared at each other for a moment before they both struck again, their right hands crashing against each other again, causing shockwaves to ripple out with enough concussive force to push Fangfang and Yukari back.
"Unless you intend to kill everyone in this room with your reality warping attacks I suggest you take this outside!" Jubi shouted in annoyance.
Lingling only smirked at this remark as the woman raised an eyebrow at the voice calling out.
"If you have so much to say then stand and fight." she said simply.
"Believe me child, I would if I was able to." Jubi seethed.
"Child?!" she growled before focusing on Lingling again, managing to push the taller girl back into one of the support columns as she swung her left hand down now, intending on cutting the girl in two only to have the zombie flip through the air in a dodge as the support column was cut into five pieces that fell to the ground in a heap between them.
"Amazing... How can they do that with just their hands?" Yukari asked in shock.
"Aiya." the girl grinned "I'm surprised. To think that someone other than me could use the Jigen-Tou. As expected of Touhou Fuhai's direct disciple, Wong Lingling."
"Hm... You've heard of me. I'm honored." Lingling smiled, revealing that she hadn't escaped the clash between them unscathed as the cut along the side of face seeped blood, and her right hand trickled blood down her pinky finger "But I've also remembered something. Your appearance, and your fighting style that slices everything into pieces. You are the vampire that at the young age of 13, became the Miu family's greatest assassin and was known and feared as the "Jet Black Devil". Rumor has it that your methods were far to inhumane and that you made an enemy out of everyone within the underworld, eventually being forced to flee China. If I'm right you are Akua Shuzen."
"Shuzen... No way..." Yukari muttered in shock as even Fangfang tensed up "Then don't tell me that this girl is the oldest of the four sisters of the Shuzen Family?!"
Akua only smiled a killer's smile before speaking "I'm sorry, but I didn't come here to chat. My target, is to take my sister Moka, who is sleeping over there, and leave." Akua paused as she stared at her sleeping sister before she blushed and held her hands to her face before happily saying the younger vampire's name.
"I would advise against moving her, if you want her to be alive at the end of this." Jubi called out, getting the vampire to stop and stare at him.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, her voice taking a tone that caused Yukari and Fangfang to shake in fear "What has happened to Moka?"
"Nothing too bad, just a fail safe in the seal." Jubi remarked "If you try and move her, she might remain asleep forever, along with all those within her seal as well. And if my host dies... Well I hope that dimension sword of yours has infinite uses, because once I am free from this seal I will kill you myself." As he said these words the killer intent began to radiate out of Naruto causing Akua to cock her head at the strength of the will to kill her.
Akua stated for a moment before looking back at Lingling and then again to Moka before shrugging.
"I am willing to take that gamble. Moka will be coming with me." Akua said firmly as she lashed out at Lingling again who matched her blow and was sent skidding backwards.
Within the seal the four were drawing closer to the exit with Naruto's frown growing as he began sensing something was wrong.
"Guys... We've got a problem."
"Oh no. What now?" Kurumu asked.
"I'm sensing someone... Someone that could be a problem." Naruto said, his eyes widening a bit.
"You too?" Touhou Fuhai remarked as he glanced at Naruto.
"Yeah."
"Who?" Mizore asked with a hint of worry herself as she began to feel a sense of dread.
"Akua." Naruto said quietly "She's there in the real world."
Kurumu looked a bit confused by this as she looked at Mizore who looked terrified by this and Touhou Fuhai who had a look of seriousness on his own features while Naruto had a look of worry.
"We will indeed need to hit the ground running." Touhou Fuhai stated "You have seen what she can do, and understand that she has had seven years to hone her skills further. Do you think you can best her?"
"On my own, no." Naruto said simply "Best bet would be to blind side her, but that won't be easy. Mizore, remember my nightmare last year?"
"Ah." Mizore nodded in understanding "Overwhelm her and keep her off balance. Except we cannot afford to make a single mistake."
"Always liked to live on the edge." Naruto chuckled "Looks like I'm playing Russian Roulette with only one bullet missing."
The battle between the vampire and the zombie had continued for several more minutes but it was obvious that Lingling was outclassed as she dodged another attack, ducking underneath the slash as Akua stared her down for a moment with her cold eyes.
"The Jigen-Tou allows the user to postpone the dimension in which they exist, and enables them to go through all matter and create the ultimate blade. However, a blade in the end is just a blade. It's nothing more than a "mere" weapon." Akua stated as she continued to stare down Lingling who was clearly exhausted but refusing to back down "It's value changes depending on the person weilding it. Even if we hold the same weapon, your stamina is nothing compared to mine. This is as far as you go Lingling Wong." Stepping forward Akua intended to finish off the zombie with the next blow, but Lingling had other ideas as she reached behind her back with her right hand and pulled out her own sub-machine gun, aiming the weapon at Akua.
"Really?" she asked with a smirk as Akua's eyes widened in surprise "If you want to talk about weapons, then this is also a weapon. And besides, my stamina has always been poor. I am the Wong family's officer Lingling Wong. I will win by any means necessary." With that she pulled back the trigger and proceeded to shoot the entire clip into the vampire, forcing her back out of the room and out into the courtyard as the smoke soon covered where she should be.
"Nee-san." Fangfang began.
"Stay back Fangfang. I can't hold her off any longer." Lingling said, getting Fangfang to blink in surprise "As long as that monster isn't here you can do something, right? I leave the rest to you Fangfang."
Nee-san? What do you mean?" Fangfang asked quietly before he stopped as they heard a familiar voice.
"Aiya. I guess I can't really dodge when everything is so split-second." Akua complained as the smoke cleared and she was dusting herself off "Now my coat is full of holes. And I liked this one too." Once finished Akua began stepping forward again "I can't forgive you now."
"What is she?!" Yukari exclaimed in shock.
"How can she still be fine after being shot?!" Fangfang shouted as well.
"Hmph. A dodging technique using the principle behind the Jigen-Tou huh?" Lingling remared as she leapt up above Akua "You can postpone the dimension of your entire body, which allows you to pass through walls and negate your opponent's attacks. I guess the only way to defeat you, is to cut you with my own Jigen-Tou." Spinning to bring her hand towards Akua again, Lingling seemed ready to try and finish the fight in a single instant, and Akua was of a similar mind.
"This is meaningless." Akua sighed as she readied her left hand "It looks like you just don't get what I said before. You are not my target." Stepping forward in a flash she cut Lingling in four pieces as she prepared to continue on towards Moka "Farewell Lingling Wong."
"NEE-SAN!" Fangfang screamed in horror as he saw his sister's body start to fall, with a sadistic smirk on her face as her torso turned and wrapped an arm around Akua's neck.
"Didn't I say so?" She began as she tightened her grip "That I would win by any means necessary." Once her grip was secure a spell circle appeared underneath the two, with it centered perfectly on Lingling.
"You purposely?!" Akua exclaimed in shock.
"Youjutsu: Engokujin(Ayashi Arts: Hell Fire Circle)." Lingling grinned "Soon the area inside this circle will explode and the temperature will rise up to several thousand degrees. It's a magic circle with me at the center. You can't get away."
"Shit." Akua cursed as she prepared to use her ability to slip out of the dimension to dodge the flames.
"Oh, and you can't avoid it with your technique either. The moment you initiate the move I'll just send you back here." Lingling continued "I'm gonna blow you into a million pieces with me Akua Shuzen."
"Nee-san! Stop!" Fangfang shouted as he tried to get to his sister, right as the power of the circle intensified, signaling that it was about to activate.
"Don't cry Fangfang. From now on, the entire Wong Family rests on your shoulders. I hope you become a man stronger and more perfect than anyone else." Lingling said with a sad smile as she looked at her brother "And no words of farewell either. Because I am already dead."
The explosion created by the seal was massive, the superheated air pushing Fangfang and Yukari back just as much as the concussive force. The flames shot up over 20 feet into the sky, and forced the Miu family members back a step as well as they shielded their eyes from the blast and potential debris. As Fangfang and Yukari began to sit back up they saw the bell that Lingling wore bounce over to them as the smoke cleared, revealing the circle of charred ground with not even so much as a single body left within it. Shakily picking up the bell Fangfang moved to the center of the circle, falling to his knees as he screamed, not seeing the figure slowly rising out of the ground between him and Yukari.
"NO! Fangfang, behind you!" The young witch screamed as Akua Shuzen appeared, with not even a scratch on her as she swung her Jigen-Tou through Fangfang's shoulder as the young man stood to face her, blood flying from her fingertips as he stumbled backwards.
"Lingling Wong. That was a fine sacrificial technique." Akua nodded as she brought her bloody hand up towards her mouth "Even I was scared for a moment. But, I was able to dodge the attack by hiding underground, and seeing as Lingling can't use the same technique she can't follow me underground, correct?" As Fangfang fell to the ground the vampire cleaned the blood off her hand, walking slowly towards the mansion as Yukari moved to block her path.
"Can you move out of the way?" Akua ased with her head tilted to the side, clearly not seeing Yukari as anything even close to being a threat.
"NO!" Yukari shouted "You heard what Jubi said! If you move them carelessly they may never awaken again!"
"What are you talking about? They're not even there." Akua remarked as she pointed towards the destroyed room, getting the witch to glance over and see that Akua was telling the truth "Look, there's no one in the room."
"AH! Where did Moka go?! She was sleeping just a moment ago!"
"You're right. Don't tell me everyone woke up..." Akua trailed off as she glanced at Yukari.
"Wait no! I don't know! I don't know anything!" Yukari exclaimed.
"Hahaha. I'm sorry but I've hidden them. I've hidden them somewhere you'll never reach." A man's voice laughed, getting the two girls to turn in shock.
"Who's there?!" Akua shouted.
Sitting on the roof to the left of the room sat a young man with long black hair holding the severed torso of Lingling, speaking now to the unconscious zombie "Seriously... You're so reckless. If I had woken up a minute later you would've turned to ash. But this is as far you go Akua Shuzen." he said as started to stand up now "I can't let you go now after what you've done to my dear grandchildren."
"Lingling-san?!" Yukari exclaimed in shock "Who are you?!"
"I don't blame you if you don't recognize me. My old self was just a temporary form for me to hide my energy. This is what I really look like."
"Yes. You're finally here. The world's greatest Youjutsu user, one of the Three Demon Lords, Touhou Fuhai!" Akua declared as the older yokai removed the dark glasses that he wore before leaping down.
"No way... That's Touhou Fuhai-sama?" Yukari muttered in shock "He was just a perverted old man with a fetish for 2D objects not so long ago... To think that his true for would be like this."
"Hey, hey. How rude of you young lady." Touhou Fuhai chided as he moved with enough speed and grace that he was in Akua's zone before the vampire could react properly "Who are you calling a pervert? That's now way to treat a gentleman like me."
Akua responded in shock as she flipped backwards, giving herself some distance between herself and Touhou Fuhai, who was still carrying Lingling. As she came up in her fighting stance Touhou Fuhai blinked before speaking "Oh? Sorry, did I get too close to you?" he paused for a second before he started laughing while rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment "This isn't good! Even though I look younger my vision is still as poor as ever!"
"Aiya, how careless of me. You could've killed me in an instant just then." Akua remarked as Touhou Fuhai turned to Yukari.
"And you young lady! 2D isn't perversion, it's romance! It's romance! That is important so I'm saying it twice!" he shouted as he pointed at the young witch who looked too stunned to counter.
"Is it too much to ask to stay on topic here?"
Akua turned her head in shock a Naruto stood next to her, his presence completely erased to her senses, causing her to again flip back away from him, keeping both the Demon Lord and the blond within her sights "When did you"
"After you jumped away from Touhou Fuhai." Naruto replied as he met her gaze calmly, his body language showing confidence but not hostility "It's a pleasure to meet you Akua, I do enjoy meeting Moka's family."
"You know who I am?" Akua blinked in shock, her body still tense at the void she felt from the blond "You aren't the same person that was talking earlier."
"Nope. That was my partner taking the wheel while I was stuck in Moka's seal. He mentioned you talked." Naruto nodded as he held her gaze "He said you were here for Moka. And that you attacked the Wong Family."
"They got in my way."
"And that makes it alright to attack them?" Naruto countered.
"Of course it is! They wouldn't let me see my sister!" Akua exclaimed as Naruto just shook his head.
"Given that I nearly killed a few people that kidnapped her at one point, I don't have much of a leg to stand on when I say this however, did you think that talking could have solved this a lot better than violence?"
"I took the fastest route to get to Moka." Akua said firmly "Are you going to get in my way as well?"
"Not sure yet." Naruto held her gaze for a moment as he spoke "Really depends on what you want with her, and what she wants to do."
"I just want to protect her! Because I love her, because I like her, because I want to protect her with my own two hands! I had to wait until the seal broke before I could keep my promise, these past seven years..."
"What Akasha was whispering to you before the end." he nodded "But that still leaves us here, you say you want to protect Moka but you attacked the people that are helping her." Naruto remarked as Akua started to glare at him "You can understand then why I am wary of letting you near her. She is important to me too."
"If she is important to you then you will let me take her." Akua pressed "I can protect her."
"Protect her from what? You keep saying that but you aren't saying what the danger is that she needs to be protected from." Naruto shook his head "And Moka isn't some porcelain doll that needs to be put on a shelf. She's a warrior in her own right, did you consider that she doesn't want to be protected?"
Akua blinked at the counter and seemed silent for a moment before she spoke up "You don't understand. I am doing what is best for her. I am protecting her from everything that would do her harm."
Naruto sighed as he shook his head "We're going in circles here."
"You are too stubborn. Just like those fools that tried to attack me earlier." Those words got a exclamation of anger from Fangfang as Yukari had managed to pull him to the side near where Touhou Fuhai had set Lingling "Are you going to make me go through you as well?"
Naruto's face slowly split into a grin as he tapped his wrists and entered a fighting stance "You couldn't if you tried. I already know your tricks. You on the other hand have no idea what I can do."
"Is that ri-" Akua began as she was suddenly sent flying backwards from a blow that she had never seen coming. Flipping backwards and landing next to the wall she saw Naruto staring at her with the smirk still on his face as she took a step forward and blinked as she felt the massive bruise that had already formed from the sheer concussive force. Swinging her hand out in a Jigen-Tou she rushed Naruto only to feel shock as he side stepped her strikes with ease, moving only a few steps to avoid the strikes as his grin faded and his face grew serious when he disappeared from sight again, and this time the force came from her left, knocking her into a wall as she used her phasing technique to avoid the followup as she moved out of the way, returning to the center of the courtyard where she stared at Naruto.
"I see. You are fast." Akua noted with a grin "I am curious, what did you do to attain such speed without using so much as a drop of youki?"
"Fuinjutsu seals that amplify gravity by 80 times." Naruto answered "I might not be able to hit you as hard as I would like in this state, but I know that the moment you can start sensing my youki this fight is over."
"Now that I know your secret though, I can just dodge every strike you try to make." Akua countered as she stepped towards him "You lost your edge. You should have killed me the moment I first lost sight of you."
"Not a fan of taking lives." Naruto shrugged "And who said that this was my best?"
Akua blinked as she saw his eyes change from cerulean orbs to a golden color with a horizontal slit and orange pigmentation around the eyes. Before she could even try to react she felt the blow of a fist in her chest again and could feel some of her rips cracking as she was launched backward with enough force to slam her into a wall before she was able to fully react. Standing she let out a gasp of shock as she saw that the blond was gone from sight, forcing her to start using her defensive technique to displace her existence as she tried to spot the blond. A jet stream of air rushed through her as she saw him appear for a moment before he was gone again, faster than he had been before and leaving her no chance to counter him. Scowling now she tried to lash out where her instincts told her he would be only to find empty air and feeling the jet stream again from a completely different direction.
"You aren't going to win." She said simply "As long as I can keep up my defense you won't touch me."
"Maybe." Naruto's voice came from several different directions at once as he continued to move around her "But you have to reappear in reality to use the Jigen-Tou. And the moment you do all I have to do is be faster than your attack to land a blow. You might be playing it tough but we both know that you are feeling the damage from that last punch. How many more do you think you can take?"
Akua frowned now as she swung both her arms around in a twirl, hoping to catch him with the attack as she did so, only to feel a foot slam into her head and sending her tumbling as she sank through the tiles in the courtyard to avoid the next attack as Naruto landed.
"Hm. Impressive." Touhou Fuhai noted with a nod "I don't see why he was worried about fighting her."
"Because he can't keep that up forever." Yukari answered shaking her head "The longest he can do that is about five minutes. After that his body goes into sensory overload and he can barely fight."
"What?" Fangfang blinked "Then why use that power?!"
"Because he knows he can't win otherwise." Touhou Fuhai nodded now in understanding "He is powerful, but he has recognized that her technique is far too deadly to clash against in his usual way. He is trying to overcome her by keeping her off balance long enough to land a decisive blow, but Akua is too powerful an opponent to be defeated by a few blows."
This time Akua reappeared on the roof as she looked down at Naruto who had stopped moving as he looked up at her with a frown on his face as his eyes started moving over the rooftops, seeming to sense something.
"You are strong." Akua admitted freely, a small smile on her face "I'm happy Moka had someone like you around, but now you are in my way. Since you revealed your trump card, allow me to reveal mine."
As those words left her mouth two members of the Miu family stepped up, setting down a tied up Fei-Hung Wong and Tim-Tim Wong, with one member pointing a submachine gun at them while the other had a scimitar at the ready.
"Father! Mother!" Fangfang shouted in shock.
"If either of you move I'll turn them into a beehive." Akua warned as she stared down at the two she deemed the greatest threats "Fei-Hung Wong and Tim-Tim Wong, they're on the verge of death. In other words they're still clinging to life. I did that on purpose, leaving them clinging to life. Why do you think I did that?"
"You coward!" Fangfang spat.
"Coward? I'm just here to take back my own sister. They're the ones who laid their hands on me first even after I told them my business here. In order to prevent any more blood from being spilt, isn't this the most effective way?" Akua pressed "Now hurry up and over Moka! Or these two will die!"
"No they won't." Naruto said simply as his youki flared to life, shocking Akua for a moment as she turned to order the attack and saw the shadows underneath the two rise up around them in a protective bubble.
"Shoot!" she snapped as the man pulled the trigger, only to have the bullets come flying back out of the shadow into the two men, sending them falling "What?!"
"All darkness is mine." Naruto said simply as Akua's shadow shot up, nearly striking the girl as she flipped back away from it. Akua grinned now as she let the shadows shoot through her as she walked towards him.
"Ah. So this is your power. You knew that I could overcome it if I sensed the power that you had coming."
"You were a force to be reckoned with seven years ago. I'd have to be an idiot to assume that your skills wouldn't have grown stronger in that time." Naruto agreed "I knew that there was nothing in my usual arsenal that could take you down so I had to get creative. But now that you don't have any more hostages, I can focus on stopping you permanently."
Akua rushed forward flickering from sight as she tried to slash him open only for Naruto to drop into his own shadow to avoid the strike, getting a frustrated growl from the girl as she lashed out at any shadow that she sensed to have his youki within it. The courtyard was soon covered with slash marks as she tried to find the the blond and could only spit out curse after curse as she finally stopped as Naruto rose up a few feet away from her, his hand holding a bleeding wound on his left shoulder.
"You're tricky." Akua said finally as she started to grin "But it's clear that you can't beat me now."
"Won't know til we try." Naruto replied as his youki spiked again and a red aura appeared around him, the wound sealing itself shut "Moka is one of my precious people. Even if you are her sister, I won't let you take her away."
Akua shook her head as she swung her Jigen-Tou at him again and saw him roll to the side as the aura solidified into a bestial form with eight tails, and a triangular like head shape around him. Akua only shook her head as two of the tails shot through her and then frowned as she could feel them ever so slightly in her body.
"Odd. What is this?" she asked "If you were hoping this would hurt me you are gravely mistaken."
"I'm surprised you feel them at all." Naruto admitted now with a blink of his own "Those are pure chakra mixed with youki. You shouldn't be able to feel them if you are displacing your existence."
"Chakra?" Akua asked with a tilted head "You are just full of surprises."
"I excel at that." Naruto laughed as Akua smiled now before dropping through the ground and causing Naruto to tense as she shot back up behind him her Jigen-Tou slashing into his back as he had just barely managed to start dodging. Skidding on the ground his tails lashed out angrily but Akua was just letting them pass through her as she moved towards him.
"How many times can you regenerate? How long until your body begins to collapse from the sheer number of wounds?"
"As many as it takes." Naruto growled out as his skin started to peel off of him "For Moka... I will do whatever it takes."
Akua sighed as she lashed out again only to find nothing there and seeing a new form of monster in her peripheral as a red arm shot towards her. The arm went through her as the tails had before and she made a small shuddering motion as it did. Turning she saw the number of tails had dropped down to six now, but instead the blond was now consumed by a red and black creature with a triangular head, though it looked incomplete, as though someone had skinned him and that was what lay underneath. The one thing that drew her attention the most was the sheer power of the youki pouring off him, enough to raise he hair on her arms as she looked at him and felt the urge to fight him increase.
"So is this your true form?"
"No." he hissed out, getting Akua to smile more "This is an incomplete state, much like the one you saw before. Call it Stage 2 if you will."
Rushing forward he slammed an attack at her again, only to have her doding around the attacks, keeping her displacement going as much as she could as she slashed into his sides and back again and again as he lashed out at her.
"No." Yukari said in shock as she saw Naruto trying so hard to fight the vampire but losing.
"I believe that is enough." Touhou Fuhai agreed as he struck now, sending his own Jigen-Tou out at Akua, his taking the form of a powerful ranged attack that forced the girl to sink into the floor to dodge it before she reappeared on the wall as Naruto crouched on the ground panting in pain.
"Aiya. To think that you could project the tear in dimensions to cut things from a distance. And with such force too, as expected of Touhou Fuhai. That was very useful." Akua nodded as she looked at the two "Fighting both of you like this will likely end badly, but even if I have to cut you both down I will get Moka. You are already half dead." the last comment aimed at Naruto who was panting as he glared up at her "You were far stronger than I could have expected, but you are not strong enough. Now, unless you wish to die, I suggest you give Moka to me. Now."
Naruto had a cutting response on his tongue as the sound of movement caused all of them to glance at what was supposed to be the empty room and Akua's eyes widened in shock as she realized the truth of the matter, sending a long range Jigen-Tou flying right at the doorway to reveal the barrier that Touhou Fuhai had created to hide the occupants within the room.
"When did Touhou Fuhai set up a barrier there?" Akua asked herself "Because of that none of us could see you inside there. In other words, you haven't moved an inch from that room, have you?"
The barrier completely shattered apart revealing Moka standing there, looking up towards her eldest sister, getting said sister to smile.
"Nee-san. I never thought we would meet in a place like this." Moka said "But why have you gone so far to find me?"
Naruto moved in a flash, standing between Moka and Akua as Mizore and Kurumu moved to help their friend too.
"Moka..." Naruto said quietly as he kept his eyes locked on Akua "You don't need to do this. I can handle this."
"Aiya. Looks like you made a lot of friends at school. I'm a little jealous." Akua laughed "You don't want to see those friends get hurt, do you?"
Moka's eyes glanced over to Lingling and into the room where Fei-Hung and Tim-Time were laying and then finally to Naruto, who despite not being in his normal form looked worse for the wear than she had ever seen him.
"If I go with you, you won't hurt anyone else right?" Moka asked.
"Of course." Akua smiled "It's not like I want to see blood either."
"Moka." Naruto growled "You don't have to do this."
Moka smiled as she placed a hand on Naruto's head, looking into the white eyes as she held his gaze.
"I do. I can't lose you too."
Naruto tensed, ready to grab Moka and stop her when she suddenly slammed a fist into his stomach, hitting him hard enough to create a small shockwave to knock Mizore and Kurumu off balance as Naruto fell to the ground, his Tailed Beast Cloak disappearing as he knelt there in his human form, his body covered in sweat as he gasped for air. Turning Moka moved towards her sister as a blinding light was shone down on them, stunning the onlookers as Moka jumped up to the wall where Akua was waiting. As Moka took Akua's hand the light shifted to reveal a giant zeppelin flying down towards them as small dragons circled around it, with one landing down near Akua.
"Welcome Moka. Welcome to our Fairy Tale." Akua smiled as the dragon settled long enough for the two to climb on and let the youkai fly them up to the giant craft.
"Dammit." Naruto growled as he managed to stand shakily.
"Easy now." Touhou Fuhai stated as he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder to steady him "You took a lot of damage in that fight. Are you going to be able to keep fighting?"
"They just took my girlfriend. I am not sitting back." Naruto stated as he looked towards the ship disappearing into the darkness "They aren't getting away from me that easily."
"Good. I will handle Akua Shuzen myself." Touhou Fuhai stated with his own youki pouring off of him at a level that was almost comparable to Naruto at full power "She will regret that she made me seriously angry."
"Amazing." a familiar voice laughed from the gap in the wall that Touhou Fuhai had made earlier "Such an extraordinarily fierce energy. As expected of one of the Three Demon Lords." Touhou Fuhai and Naruto both turned towards the voice, with only the former tensing for a fight "But there's no need to rush that much. We know where that airship is heading. And there's no threat to Moka's immediate well being either."
"Who's there?!" Touhou Fuhai snapped.
From the destroyed wall two people appeared, with one having silver hair, dressed in a suit with a long black coat while his red eye and green eye still bore the same mischievous antagonism that they had before, though tempered with something new. The other sat in a wheelchair though dressed just as nicely as his colleague, his brown eyes set behind his glasses with an all too familiar determination,
"It's been a long time, Naruto." the one in the wheelchair remarked.
"That it has been." The blond grinned "So what brings you two back? Hokuto Kaneshiro, Kiria Yoshii?"
"You want to save Moka, right?" Kiria smirked.
"For old time's sake. Shall we lend you our strength?" Hokuto added, his face deadly serious.
