Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto Franchise that belongs solely to Masashi Kishimoto; I do not own Heaven's lost Property, High School DxD or any other Anime I borrow themes from. The only thing I claim is my OC's and original Story Plot.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys I'm back once again and I've got a huge chapter to dump on you. It's crazy and out of control with a touch of heartwarming tender moments between Naruto and Shoko as she opens up to Naruto and reveals a little bit more about her true self and past. This will be a pivotal moment in their relationship as it will firmly define the nature and status of their relationship for the rest of the story.
Things go straight downhill from there as things spiral out of control in a direction no one could have ever predicted. When everything's all said and done things still aren't as peaceful as one would hope. It all comes to an end with an ominous and mysterious ending.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Chapter 53
Summoning a Familiar
"Kenjutsu: Hazard Blade Dance!"
"Kenjutsu: Arctic Blade Dance!"
It's been a week and a half since Hayate was found dead and much has happened. Multiple ANBU squads were mobilized to begin a soft lockdown of the village. They were combing through the entire village doing regular security patrols. Many of the visiting Jōnin squad leaders from the other villages were under secret surveillance from ANBU teams as there was no evidence to implicate anyone in Hayate's murder. The Third Hokage was not happy with the death of one of his most loyal subordinates and he felt especially guilty since he personally sent him on the mission to search for Kabuto. Whatever he discovered while doing his mission must have been huge as he was murdered before he could report what he found.
That very next morning following the discovery of Hayate's body Hiruzen was bombarded with many visits. Danzō spoke to him giving his regular update and small talk which Hiruzen appreciated. It was brought to his attention that the reason Hayate's murder went unnoticed was because angelic sigils that blanket an area and isolate it from its surroundings were found around the obvious battle sight. It was the same kind of sigil found by Kakashi in the hospital room. This concerned the Hokage as this was a security issue that could cause tremendous amounts of problems in the future. Most of the average shinobi aren't trained to comprehend or understand the realm of the supernatural. It's rare for anyone to come across supernatural related phenomenon and so it's not a subject most average ninja are aware of.
Koharu and Homura also visited him looking for answers as to what happened which turned into a lengthy discussion that Hiruzen would rather forget about. His old teammates were such sticklers for the rules, especially Koharu. The next to visit him was Yūago Uzuki herself. Dressed in her full ANBU Captain's gear she pleaded with the Hokage to let her and her platoon take over the investigation of Hayate's death and the search for Kabuto's whereabouts. The Hokage was initially reluctant to assign her to this task as her emotions could get in the way of doing her job.
Hiruzen eventually gave in as he realized that Yūago wasn't going to simply give up on this. Privately in his own thoughts he would freely admit he wouldn't let this go either if it was his wife in that predicament. He felt for the young woman, especially since she was an up and coming shinobi who showed great potential.
With Yūago running the show as far as the investigation was concerned a lot was getting done. The increased presence of ANBU around the village was her doing as well. After hearing about this Shoko decided to get more involved herself as she couldn't let her friend go through this tragedy alone. She did regular beat patrols around the village on her own time to make sure she could be around if needed.
As of now Naruto and Shoko were currently sparring in the training ground going full out. Naruto has been hitting the books in terms of training as Lord Dino made it clear that the mafia was going to get involved with this incident. There was no time for rest or taking it easy.
Loud clanging noises as well as mini shockwaves were reverberating throughout the training ground. A competitive glare was on both of their faces as they swung their swords at each other violently. Buffeting winds and the sounds of combat filled the air as the surrogate mother and son duo tore through the training ground trying to outdo each other. "Kenjutsu: Hazard Slice!" Shoko found an opening to exploit as she swung her sword at high speeds. Perceiving the treat coming his way Naruto retaliated as quickly as he could. "Kenjutsu: X – Scissor!" It was a straight up sword fight as another shockwave rippled through the training ground blowing dirt into the air. The duo was really going at it as their chakra was spiking constantly signifying they were continuously fighting.
Pulsing his chakra to activate his special cloak Naruto purposely tore up the ground beneath his feet to kick up more dirt in order to mask his movements. "Acceleration!" Naruto started to come in at every angle he could possibly manage in order to overwhelm Shoko which wasn't working on the experienced Shinobi who was perfectly placing her sword at every proper angle to block all of Naruto's attacks. "Accel Punch!" Naruto was becoming quicker as time went on when it came to be manipulating his Accel Cloak. Letting his heavy kinetic punch fly Naruto was met with heavy resistance when with a smirk Shoko held her sword up that started to light up with seals. "Fūinjutsu: Concussive Barrier!" A green shield spawned off of her sword that completely blocked Naruto's punch.
A rippling shockwave pushed Naruto away from Shoko as the properties of the special shield came into effect. Skidding across the ground in pain Naruto came to a stop by slamming into a nearby tree. "Ow…" Grimacing in pain Naruto got back to his feet with a chuckle. "I really need to learn that technique one of these days." Naruto joked. Shoko smiled a coy smile as she slid back into her fighting stance. "We've been at this for the last hour already. Aren't you ready to end this?" Shoko asked as she had no problem continuing for more hours with the level of stamina she had but she was sure Naruto wanted to get down to practicing the Summoning Jutsu.
"Yeah, I still want to practice that weird move that's been popping up a lot lately." Naruto insisted as he flared his cloak again. "Ok, come at me." Shoko acknowledged as she prepared herself for Naruto's onslaught. Naruto grinned as he took off from his spot with blistering speed. Shoko could still track him with ease but as always, she had to acknowledge the impressive technique Naruto came up with. He keeps on steadily improving on it and making it better.
Going through the process of making a clone while under the effects of Accel Turn produced the same results as the times before. A light blue translucent clone of Naruto spawned from his cloak. Its speed was impressive but there was a noticeable dip in both it and Naruto's overall speed. The two Naruto's came in with the classic pincer maneuver as Shoko relaxed herself a bit. It was one of their usual routine spars that they've had many times over the years. Blocking the incoming attacks Shoko analyzed the clone and everything about it as it came in contact with her. It was definitely a strange feeling Shoko noted as the clone didn't quite feel like a normal shadow clone.
She could sense the mixed energies inside of the solid clone and more importantly she felt the overwhelming kinetic energy bubbling at the surface of the clone that was vibrating throughout her body. It was an interesting experience for Shoko… especially since while the clone's top speed wasn't to the same extent as Naruto's using a full burst of Accel Turn, it was still quite fast. The clone instead of dispersing in a burst of kinetic energy re-absorbed itself into Naruto's cloak which was a new feature that they discovered over the last week. It worked off of the principals of the shadow clone. If the user decides to dispel the clone then it explodes in shockwave of kinetic energy. On the other end of the spectrum Naruto can re-absorb his chakra back into his cloak since the technique of spawning the clone works on a short-range basis. They aren't like normal shadow clones that can go any distance they want. It's a short-range technique that has a more defined range.
This went on for a few minutes before the duo stopped their spar. "That technique of yours is starting to come along really well. It's so interesting…" Shoko said in a conversational banter as she elbowed Naruto's shoulder. She was in her simple t shirt and shorts while Naruto had on a simple tank top and pants. His jacket was tied by the sleeves around his waist and his kunai pouch was still tied around his leg. With the season of summer in full affect many of the shinobi were switching to lighter clothes to offset the blistering heat. Naruto could only imagine what it was like the Land of Wind and the Hidden Sand Village. He dramatically thought he'd die if he were to go there. He's more used to the colder temperatures.
"Yeah, I might get it down by the time the month is over. But the summoning Jutsu is still really annoying." Naruto said with an annoyed huff as he spectated Aria and Eva sparing with Iris and Chaos. He was still having difficulty in performing the simple technique. For the last week, he's been trying his hardest to separate the different energies within his chakra network to get the technique to work. This task was met with a lot of slow progress.
The surrogate mother and son duo spent the next 30 minutes speaking about ideas on how to handle the Summoning Jutsu. While they talked they watched on as Iris and Chaos trained with Aria and Eva who was overseeing the girls practice with their powers. Aria's psychic powers were very useful in aiding her with guiding the girls in their studies.
After a while the conversation tapered off with Shoko starting to act a little skittish. "Shoko what's wrong?" Naruto questioned as he's become a pro at reading the older woman's mannerisms and emotions. They've been together for so long that it's to be expected. "We'll it's about what happened the other week. It's been eating away at me for a while since we never got around to talking about it." Shoko admitted as she scooted closer to Naruto who was sitting next to her. Seeing Shoko getting into her self-conscious state again that happens from time to time Naruto who was feeling the embarrassment from remembering what happened sighed as he wrapped his arm around the older woman's waist. Pulling her close Naruto rested his head against the powerhouse kunoichi's shoulder.
"We can talk about it… tell me what you wanted to say." Naruto knew this was eating away at the purple haired woman. She wore her heart on her sleeve for him and the family. She couldn't let something she felt was significant be swept under the rug.
Nodding her head in thanks Shoko sighed as she collected her innermost thoughts. "Well, for starters… what Anko and I did back then was completely normal… I want you to know that." Shoko began as she twiddled her thumbs. This was embarrassing for her to talk about with one of the most important individuals in her life. Nodding his head in understanding to ease Shoko's mind Naruto was patiently waiting for the retired kunoichi to continue. "You see not every person has to be attracted to the opposite sex when they like someone. For me I lean more towards females…" Shoko awkwardly stated which caused Naruto's eyebrows to raise. He was just getting into puberty and he was chalking this conversation that he was having with Shoko up to be the dreaded and traumatizing [Talk] that all preteens get by their parents or guardians. In his opinion, it wasn't as bad as he was first lead to believe. But he could definitely say it was eye opening and very informative.
"So… you like girls? You're more attracted to girls than boys?" Naruto questioned as he tried to wrap his brain around what was being told to him. This was all new territory for his growing mind. "Yes. You see I'm actually bisexual. I've liked a few guys in my lifetime but in the end… I've felt a stronger connection towards females." Shoko revealed as Naruto gave her his full and undivided attention. Not even the little explosions in the background from the intense sparring match between Aria, Eva, Iris, and Chaos could shake him nor the rapid fluctuations in his chakra network because of the fight could drag Naruto's attention away from what Shoko was telling him now.
He's never had this type of conversation with Shoko in all the years that they've known each other. This was the very first time this has come up and at such a time in his biological development too. He was determined to give the older woman his full attention and nothing less.
"So… wouldn't that make you more lesbian than anything else…?" Naruto inquired hesitantly in uncertainty to which Shoko chuckled a bit with a sheepish smile. "I guess you're right. That could also very well be the case… it's funny really. I'm 36 years old and I still haven't figured out these important attributes of my life. It just goes to show you that no matter how old or experienced you get the world will always remind you that you still have a lot to learn." Shoko joked in a melancholic way as she was amused more than anything else that after all these years she herself still wasn't entirely sure of her own sexuality. It hasn't been a major concern for her for more than a decade so she's forgotten all about it. It stopped being as significant as it should have been.
"So, you and Anko had…" Naruto implored into the root of the conversation. He was still trying to wrap his head around that revelation. "Yeah, I've known Anko since she was a little girl. I was like a big sister to her in many ways. That day we posed in that magazine she got me extremely drunk. I was just barely coherent enough to be aware of what I was doing so that nothing bad could happen but past that point my actions weren't exactly my own. I thought it would be very fun. It's actually a popular thing for kunoichi's and civilian women to do. There's nothing shameful about it but then again having someone as young as the girls looking at it could cause a lot of problems." Shoko stated with a wry smile cracking her face. Two six-year-old impressionable girls shouldn't be looking at something so adult themed.
"Yeah, I agree. I've kind of skimmed around talking to them about what they saw in the book. Mostly because I didn't even know how to process it myself." Naruto explained with an embarrassed chuckle. "It's ok. Not every parent will have the exact answer for their kids. That statement is especially true for a single father raising two girls. But hopefully now after this you'll find the right words to say… you should talk to them tonight about it. It will definitely help clear the elephant in the room." Shoko said as she gently rocked from side to side.
"I'm sure I will. Thanks." Naruto quietly responded back as he chose to enjoy the moment with the soft-spoken woman. "Was that the only time you've done something like this? Also, how does Anko feel about all this?" Naruto asked after a few moments of peaceful silence. "Uh… no… we've had intercourse quite a few times over the years. I know it's quite the shock to you, especially since I never outwardly displayed such a personality but Anko has been somewhat of a steady partner for me for a long time." Shoko revealed with a small embarrassed stutter towards the beginning. Even though she felt a weight lifted off her shoulders it was still an embarrassing subject to talk about. Naruto was somewhat surprised by this but chose not to say anything about it. He delved deep into his memories over the years and recalled that Shoko and Anko were in fact pretty close. Their mannerisms were subtle but you could easily tell that if nothing else they were extremely comfortable around each other.
"As for how Anko feels about all this… well this will come as a shock to you but Anko is actually pansexual." Shoko revealed which garnered all of Naruto's attention. "Pansexual… what is that?" He's never heard of the term before. He only started to learn about the differences of being straight, lesbian, and bisexual back towards the beginning of this year. "It's a term for a person who has no specific attraction or connection to any particular gender or sex. You don't know this but Anko has never once in her lifetime had a steady boyfriend or girlfriend. She's experimented with both genders but has never once had either a boyfriend or girlfriend." Shoko explained which was a shock to Naruto as this was definitely not something he knew about.
"She only had one strong connection to someone and that was her master Orochimaru. She adored him and worshipped him. She was even starting to fall for him but he soon revealed his true colors. He was nothing more than a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. She was devastated after that. Soon after, I took her under my wing a bit and got her out of her depression. Ever since then me and her have been inseparable. Years later one thing led to another and we kind of hooked up one night. It was awkward afterward for her because of the nature of our relationship but we soon pushed passed that point. We only do it for fun and comfort and nothing else." Shoko concluded which brought a small content smile to Naruto's face.
"I'm happy for you Shoko. Both you and Anko. I had no idea all of that went on for all these years and I didn't know about it." Naruto commented with a chuckle. He felt totally oblivious. "It's ok. It was something I felt didn't need to be said. Besides, I'm a ninja remember. I can guard a secret." Shoko teased which got a chuckle out of Naruto.
After a few moments of silence Naruto decided to ask one more question from Shoko. "Have you ever thought about having children?" It was an innocent enough question but one Naruto immediately knew he shouldn't have asked as Shoko gasped and tensed within his embrace. Her eyes started to mist over with tears as she withdrew into herself. "Shoko, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…" Naruto was cursing his stupidity right now as mentioning kids around Shoko always got her like this. She had certain subjects that would trigger this response in her and he just pulled one.
"It's ok sweetie. I did think of having children at one point in time but it didn't go so well. Having children are out of the question for me." Shoko admitted with a choked-up sniffle. She was trying to hold her composure. "Besides… you're the only child I need sweetie." Shoko whispered out softly which caused Naruto's eyes to mist over as well. Shoko just indirectly called him her son. That meant more to him than anything else he could think of. To have a family has always been his biggest dream as an orphan. Everytime he is reminded of the fact he is steadily gaining one and growing closer to one it always hits him directly in his heart. The sentiment has always been appreciated by him the most.
"And I'm glad to have you as a mother…" Naruto returned which caused actual tears to squeeze out of Shoko's eyes as she forced herself to reign in what little composure she had left. "Thank you, sweetie." That statement meant more to her as well.
"Is it too much of me to ask you if you ever plan to settle down with a husband or something?" Naruto asked a few moments later with a humorous undertone. Catching on Shoko chuckled as she hugged Naruto tighter. "That's funny… I've already been settled down for quite some time. I thought you made it clear a long time ago that you were the only man allowed in my life?" Shoko questioned with a teasing tone as she snuggled further into Naruto's embrace. The Uzumaki blushed a bashful red as he playfully puffed out his chest. "Oh… yeah, I almost forgot. No one can take care of you and make you as happy as I can ya know. Believe it." Naruto said in a flustered state as he tried to flex his muscles which caused to much older woman to laugh out loud. 'You have no idea just how right you are sweetheart.'
"Yeah. I'm happiest with you and everyone else by my side sweetie. As long as I have that then everything is ok." Shoko admitted in a soft and tender tone as she playfully scratched Naruto's hair. It was extremely comfortable as Naruto leaned into her touch. "I love you sweetie." Shoko said as she kissed the side of Naruto's head. Moments like these were the ones she treasured the most in her life. "I love you to Shoko." If Naruto had ever had any doubt on his feelings and relationship with Shoko then they could be squashed right here. He loved her more than he could have ever thought possible.
The moment between the two lasted for a little while longer before it was ended when Aria, Eva, and the girls approached after the ending of their training.
"Master, I have an idea on how we can practice the Summoning Jutsu." Aria suggested after watching Naruto practice with the technique for close to an hour. "Really, Aria? How?" Naruto was willing to try anything at this point. He never knew just how short his patience was with something so frustrating.
"What if we try the magic version of it. What if we try to create and summon a familiar for you. If you can get this down then using the Summoning Jutsu should come natural to you." Aria explained as she thought it would be the easiest thing for the Uzumaki to do. Shoko placed a contemplative look on her face as she thought of the possibility for this to work. It was possible the more she thought about it.
"How would we go about it then?" Naruto inquired as he was willing to try a new suggestion after continuously summoning tadpoles all week long. "There are two ways to go about this master. One is to create a familiar for yourself through your own power. The second is to travel to the underworld and find a familiar that you can bind yourself to… obviously the second option is a little out of our reach." Aria explained in her soft voice as she had Chaos sitting in her lap. The intense spar got the tiny terror riled up as a megawatt smile on her face. This was nothing new as the bringer of her namesake was practically bouncing around in the older girl's lap.
"Travel to the underworld…?" Naruto asked incredulously as he nearly did a double take. That seemed quite ludicrous to him. Aria chuckled with a sheepish smile worming its way across the witch's face. "Yeah… there is a magical forest located in the underworld where creatures of all shapes, sizes, and species live. When you go there you seek out a creature that you form a bond with. You can then be bound to them." Aria explained while combing through Chaos's thigh length blonde hair with her hand. Iris crawled her way over to Naruto's lap where she simply sat down as if she owned it. She grabbed Naruto's arms and wrapped it around her waist so she could get comfortable.
"That's crazy…" Naruto's mind was blown by this revelation but Aria decided to steer the confused boy away from the topic. "Do you want to try it out master?" Aria asked as she didn't see the harm in trying. "Ok let do it." Naruto was all in. He wanted to get back to progressing in strength. He wasn't opposed to trying new things.
"Ok summon a magic circle." Aria instructed as she herself held out her hands. Naruto and Eva synced up for this process as they concentrate on producing Yōki for this technique. On the ground in front of everyone a white and blue magic circle appeared. Naruto didn't have the refined control to summon a magic circle in the middle of a battle or for any other practical uses. "You need to imagine the attributes you want to imbue within the creature. The creature will mirror your inner soul." Aria explained as she helped stabilize the glyph.
Naruto decided to delve deep into his subconscious as he poured his energy into the glyph. He was imagining a being in mind to be his familiar and because of how long he's been with Eva he was starting to visualize a small humanoid creature as his companion. At least that was supposed to be how he wanted it to stay. Naruto's deep meditative status was bringing up the deepest attributes of his soul as the shape in his mind was transforming to be more animal like. The size of it remained relatively small but the shape was no longer humanoid like he first wanted it.
The next to come was his overwhelming affinity to Ice Style and cold temperatures. The clearing was noticeably getting colder as this was the part of the ritual where Naruto and Eva's attributes would be accounted for the most. A large dosage of Naruto's potent chakra flooded into the glyph as well as more and more features were being added. A small cyan colored sphere of light was floating above the glyph and it was the physical manifestation of all of the attributes being poured into it.
'My chakra is being depleted so fast. I used up quite a lot during my spar with Shoko and now this thing is sucking up a huge ton of it.' Naruto complained in his mind as his reserves were draining and an alarming rate. "The drain on your energy is going to be pretty noticeable master, but it should be ok. Next add your blood to the mix so that you can permanently bind this creature to you." Aria instructed over the loud wail of rushing wind. Doing as instructed Naruto cut open his palm to which a noticeable trail of blood poured into the circle dying it a cherry red.
The sphere in the middle of the glyph started to mutate in response to Naruto's blood as an animalistic silhouette could be seen deep within the sphere taking shape. "Alright Master! It's working!" Aria cheered as she both read about and witnessed this ceremony take place in the past before she met Naruto. She was confident he could pull it off once he got older and she was happy that she ended up being right.
But that was when things took a noticeable nose dive. 'Wait a minute. This chakra that's being pulled out…! It's the Nine Tails!' Naruto started to panic once his chakra reserves depleted. Instead of its flow to the circle being cut off like he thought it would it kept going and this time it wasn't his chakra feeding into the glyph anymore. It was his Tailed Beast's.
Iris suddenly bolted up from Naruto's lap in panic as her eyes turned a radiating emerald green. "Daddy! Cut the flow of energy now! It's the Nine Tails!" Iris yelled as she tried to pull Naruto away from the magic circle. It would seem once his chakra was depleted the glyph required another source of energy to continue powering it. It wasn't yet complete like Aria first thought. As soon as Iris shouted out her warning Shoko was up in an instant. She grabbed onto Naruto's shoulders and immediately started to pull but Naruto was magically being grounded to the magic circle on the ground.
"I can't move! Eva take the girls and get back now!" Naruto shouted before he started to scream in pain. Red chakra started to pour out of his body before solidifying into a solid cloak. Bubbles started to appear on the surface of the cloak as well as an evil aura filled the air. A large bubbly tail sprouted from Naruto's tailbone while on top of his head two long rabbit like ears of chakra flailed in the air. 'He's already progressed to a Version 1 state! This is bad! What's going on?!' Shoko panicked as her skin was starting to burn from being in contact with the corrosive and poisonous chakra.
"NARU!" Eva was blown away when the solid cloak took form as she couldn't correct herself against the powerful winds with her tiny wings. Iris was blown off her feet while Chaos skidded across the ground trying to hold her ground. The tiny terror was launched off her feet when a second tail sprouted from Naruto's back. Iris seeing her sister in trouble jumped in the way of Chaos's path and caught her before she could hit a large boulder near the edge of the clearing. "Aria seal the area off!" Shoko shouted as she was starting to struggle with holding Naruto down. The power rolling off of him was intense. 'It's the magic circle. Naruto's chakra system is so diverse that the Nine Tails can simply slip its chakra passed the 8 trigram seals protection and escape into the glyph. It's piggybacking off of the fact Naruto's seal is only designed to be powered by chakra. It wasn't designed to be powered by other energy types.' Coming to this conclusion Shoko realized she would need to be far more careful in the future with Naruto's training. 'Of all the times for Master Jiraiya not to be here!'
"Barrier!" Aria was feeling extremely guilty right now as she felt this situation was her entire fault. Releasing her power, a light blue transparent shield rose up into the air surrounding the entire area in a protective dome. 'I need to seal off this power.' Aria was determined to correct her mistake as she charged up her power even more. "Imprison!" A small white outline appeared around Naruto's body which started to cause the Nine Tails chakra to recede. 'I think it's working.' Aria hoped as she was pouring a lot of energy into suppressing the evil chakra leaking out of Naruto's body.
"Why is so much chakra leaking out?!" Naruto growled as this was not something he was expecting to happen. It's incredibly rare for him to run out of chakra to the point he would reach exhaustion. The only times the Nine Tail's Chakra has come out was under extreme situations of anger and stress. He's never been able to call upon the strongest tailed beast chakra on his own. "It's the magic circle. The Nine Tails is trying to escape through the glyph. I've got to get you to break that connection." Shoko yelled as she used her deceptive strength to pull Naruto back away from the glyph that was absorbing all of the corrosive red chakra pouring out of the Uzumaki's body.
Shoko was silently berating herself as she should have foreseen this. The drain on a person's reserves is immense when they go through the process of either creating or binding themselves for the very first time. She should have anticipated the consequences. Shoko's heart nearly stopped when a third tail sprouted from Naruto's back. 'NO! If I don't stop this right now then Naruto will die. I can't let any more of its chakra leak out.' Shoko panicked as this was the worst-case scenario. The chakra was leaking out at a rapid pace for one simple reason. Naruto didn't have any of his own chakra left to power his Jinchūriki seal. Shoko was going to end this right here and now. She couldn't let this continue, especially after the heartfelt conversation she just shared with Naruto.
"THIS ENDS NOW!" Shoko yelled as the entire training ground felt the crushing presence of Shoko's chakra explode from her body. It was an unprecedented amount of power rolling off of the older woman in waves as she slammed her hands down onto Naruto's shoulders. The ground beneath his feet caved in under the immense force of Shoko's raw power. 'I can barely think… but this chakra. It's Shoko's and its enormous. It skyrocketed higher than mines right now.' Naruto thought in a shocked manner as even though he was barely conscious of his own actions at the moment he still had some awareness of his surroundings to note the fact that Shoko's chakra spiked to levels she's never displayed around him before.
A light purple aura of chakra was surrounding Shoko's body as she brute forced Naruto to lay down on the ground against his will. The three tails of solid chakra waving around his body were slapping into Shoko's body but the woman didn't care as she gritted her teeth through the pain. 'I have to use that seal. If I can get it on him then this will all be over.' Shoko thought as she took one hand off of Naruto to concentrate chakra into that one palm. She was holding Naruto down with one hand alone.
"Chaos get ready to disrupt that thing." Iris called out as she poured her energy into her sister. Chaos looked back in surprise at her sister who had a look of seriousness on her face. The immense power rolling off of both Naruto and Shoko right now was causing Aria's barrier to fail as cracks could be seen on the constantly vibrating surface due to the pulsating waves of energy crashing into it every few seconds. Knowing Aria's barrier was going to fail and let the two powerful Shinobi's chakra tear up the area Iris placed her hand on the surface of the containment barrier. Channeling her power into it Iris enhanced the barrier causing it to turn from a translucent blue to a radiating golden hue.
Grabbing Chaos's arm Iris wound back as she was going to throw her twin through the opening in the shield she just created so that the magic circle could be destroyed. "You know what to do." Iris said as her eyes flashed a powerful emerald color. Sōkyoku had her own plan in mind.
At the same time as this Shoko was preparing her own technique as she slammed her hand into the ground right besides Naruto causing a large sealing array to spread out across the ground. No one especially Naruto could hear the name of the technique Shoko just used due to the loud howling of the gale force winds rippling off of Naruto's body but the others could see what affect it had. The sealing array was unlike anything those present had ever seen before as it spiraled out from underneath Shoko's palm in the overarching shape of a large spiral.
Inside the thick bands of ink creating the spirals were individual kanji and symbols that made up the sealing array and they were all densely packed themselves together to arranged themselves in the form of the rapidly growing spiral. It was at this moment that Iris threw her sister through the barrier as Chaos unfurled her wings. The moment that Shoko's mysterious seal was complete was the same second that not only was the summoning glyph nearing completion but also the very second Chaos grabbed a hold of the sphere floating above the magic circle.
Chaos pumped her energy and that of Iris's into the sphere completely overriding the glyph below them with the immensely potent energy from the two supernatural beings. Shoko's seal took an immediate effect as the chakra leaking out of Naruto's body came to a screeching halt. All of the chakra escaping from Naruto's body as well as the magic glyph itself converted into pure energy as it was sucked down into the spiral like design of the sealing array. The sphere within Chaos's hands began to distort as if space and time itself was breaking.
A massive explosion of energy rippled out from this amalgamation of events that nearly tore through the enhanced shield Iris and Aria put up. The young princess was blown off her feet by the backlash of the explosion but otherwise remained ok. It took a while but the dust eventually settled with the Uzumaki family coming back into focus. Naruto was completely and utterly unconscious deep within the crater the explosion caused with Shoko being shown to be knocked back towards the perimeter of the crater with Aria in the same predicament on the opposite side. Both women were banged up and bruised with Shoko fairing a little better due to her superior durability and the fact she had herself amped up by the release of her potent chakra. Aria on the other hand was also knocked out and in worst shape as the witch isn't known for her great durability.
Chaos was laying down near Naruto's prone form also knocked out while somehow letting out her perpetual giggles in a soft tone. How that was possible is unknown but was in plain sight of Iris and Eva who were the only two fully conscious and heavily alert members of the family still standing. Shoko was also conscious but you could easily see she was disoriented and would need a minute to recover, but to her credit that minute would be over quickly. The two blond haired supernatural girls of the family were about to render aid to their downed family members but that moment wouldn't come as Yūago's full ANBU Platoon showed up at the perimeter of the crater with Jiraiya and Hiruzen himself dressed in his combat attire standing at the front of the crowd being accompanied by the ever stoic and intimidating ANBU Commander himself with his special chrome covered silver mask reflecting off of the sun that was only now starting to peek through the storm clouds summoned earlier by Naruto's errant power.
"Uh oh." That was all Iris could say as the look on the grownups faces were not pleasant in the slightest.
Village Hidden in the Tree Leaves Shinobi Hospital and Psychiatric/Rehabilitation Center
"You just had to end up in the hospital, didn't you?" Eva's heavily concerned voice growled out as it was being overshadowed by her annoyance and dissatisfaction with their current predicament. Naruto was gazing back at her with an equal amount of worry and shame as he had chakra burns across most of his body. The corrosive chakra from the Nine Tails within him was burning his skin by the time he started to reach the third tail in the same manner as Shoko's hands when she touched him.
"I'm sorry Eva, I already said that the last 10 times since waking up." Naruto replied back with the same amount as sincerity as the first time he said it but an inflection of exhaustion could be detected within this latest apology. Eva let out an aggravated huff as she flew circles around her partner's head. "Well sorry isn't good enough for the heart attack you gave me. How is it that we were just simply training and you almost die in a catastrophic way?" Eva berated in anger as she sent a scathing glare to her other half who looked away in shame. What was worst being the fact Naruto could see that there was no real anger within Eva's eyes. Deep down within them he could easily see the fear and sadness swimming in tandem. She was truly worried about him. Nothing as crazy as this has ever happened to them before, especially within such a safe and controlled environment.
"If you get checked out tonight you're sleeping on the couch!" Eva huffed as she whipped her body around to face Aria who was in a hospital bed next to Naruto's. "As for you Aria you're grounded for life! I don't even know where to begin with how quickly this situation spiraled out of control." Eva raged as she was especially angry with Aria for suggesting this method of practice. She wasn't truly angry with the witch as she knew that the physic couldn't possibly know this would happen and she most certainly didn't plan it but that didn't mean Eva couldn't direct her fluctuating emotions at her.
Aria didn't dare look up as she knew she was in the wrong. Even if it wasn't necessarily her fault and the training exercise was seemingly harmless in application that didn't mean the witch still shouldn't have used caution. Naruto's ability to conjure up and use magic in any applicable form has been very limited over the years. His overreliance on his Chakra and Yōki and the tremulous balance of multiple energies within his body made it a very difficult branch of techniques to grasp.
"Eva, I'll make this up to you I promise… look the most important thing right now is that everyone is ok and not seriously hurt. Old man Third already banned us from messing around with magic anymore so we don't have to worry about something like this happening again. We already got into enough trouble with him to last us a lifetime." Naruto said as he tried to reach out and grab Eva to hold her. Seeing this the little fairy stayed just out of his reach. "Whatever, I'm out of here. Since we're in the hospital I might as well go visit Hinata." Eva dismissed as she flew out of the window to their room. Going through the hallways were a sure-fire way to being seen. The security system for the hospital was keyed into her existence since the duo end up within the hospital on numerous occasions and ANBU Captain Shark likes to cut the Uzumaki team a break.
"Ouch… it looks like you're in the dog house." Shoko winced from her bed across from Naruto. She would be fully healed in a few hours as she was taking her time slowly healing all of her injuries by herself. She chose to stay within the hospital with Naruto and the others since she had nothing better to do. She was already chewed out by Jiraiya and Hiruzen for letting that incident happen under her watch; and the older woman had no intention of venturing outside the safety of her hospital room to deal with the two old men again in a potential round two scenario.
Naruto grimaced as he knew Eva was angry at him. He would need to talk to her later tonight. He was going to get chewed out by her more later and he wasn't looking forward to it. As for Eva, she flew a level up to the third story of the building where she knew Hinata's room window to be. She just wanted to relax and see how the Hyūga heiress was doing.
Hinata's Room
"… I think you'll make a full recovery soon at this pace. Then we can go shopping and hangout." Henrietta's voice could be heard as she had a fashion magazine in her hand opened to the latest trends. "Yeah, I'd like that as well. We could go to that new store that just opened up a few weeks ago." Hinata replied back with a smile as she pointed out some of the beautiful dresses in the book. Hinata's health was steadily improving physically wise but emotionally she was still hurt very deeply by what her cousin did and said to her.
It hurt a lot. She hasn't seen Neji since her match with him and from what her father told her Neji received harsh punishment from Hiashi himself and a select few elders. Harming the Hyūga Heiress in such a way is more harmful to the clan regardless of how some of the elders feel about her and her skills. She wanted nothing more than for her family to be complete and for her to have a strong relationship with her very own cousin but he was dead set against it.
"I hear Sasuke was released from the hospital a while ago. He began training with mister Kakashi." Henrietta conversed as she heard that from the hospital staff. "He'll probably get real strong by the time the finals roll around. I hope I get better enough to see them." Hinata hoped as she really wanted to attend the finals and cheer on all of her friends. "I hope so too. How are you feeling health wise?" Henrietta asked as she leaned back in her chair. This was by far the easiest mission she was ever given. Just watch over Hinata and make sure she was ok. It had all of the perks she could ever want. She was just hanging out with her friend in a more casual sense.
"I'm feeling a lot better these days but my heart is still feeling pretty heavy. It also feels a little strange." Hinata said with a frown as she placed a hand over her heart. It's heart beat was stronger than she could ever remember it being and she also felt an unknown presence in it. It was completely faint and she often argued that it was just simply a figment of her imagination, but she also couldn't help the feeling that something was different about her.
"The doctors couldn't figure out anything that's wrong with you so maybe you should ask Naruto the next time he stops by." Henrietta suggested as she thought of all the possibilities that could be wrong with her best friend. Henrietta was a smart girl so she was thinking more along the lines that during the fight between Hinata and Neji there was something more going on behind the scenes. There was more than meets the eye to Hinata's injury. Hinata agreed to this as she herself had small little theories brewing in the back of her mind, but she'd rather speak with her friend and confirm it then go off of pure speculation. That wouldn't bring her the answers she wants.
Before anything else could be said between the girls a knock on the door resonated throughout the room. The two 12-year-olds looked at each other in confusion before announcing for the person to walk in. The person to walk through the door nearly caused Hinata's heart to stop as the beeping of the heart monitor next to her bed could attest to.
"Neji!" Hinata wasn't expecting the boy she was just thinking about to step through the door. Her cousin had his scowl well in place as he turned to spot Henrietta getting up from her chair. "What are you doing here Neji?" Hinata asked in a slight tone of nervousness. She felt extremely vulnerable right now being constricted to her hospital bed with tubes and monitors attached to her body. If any situation were to occur she wouldn't be able to defend herself at all.
"I just came to inform you dear cousin that our feud isn't over. I don't know how you achieved the skill that you displayed in our fight but I want you to know that it was nothing more than a fluke. I'm still far more powerful than you." Neji sneered as he glared a hole into Hinata's skull. The heiress pulled away from this glare as it was just as potent as ever. "I also wanted to let you know that as punishment for what I did to you the elders saw fit to repeatedly activate the curse mark on my head. They said it was to remind me of my place compared to you." Neji seethed as Hinata could see the tell-tale signs of repeated use of the curse mark on Neji's face. Around his eyes and the little that she could see of his forehead was red and his veins were much more noticeable. Not to the degree it would look like if his Byakugan was active but it was close.
"Oh Neji… I never wanted any of that…" Hinata began to say as she did not know any of this. All her father told her was that he would receive an appropriate punishment. In retrospect, she should have known the elders would resort to using the mark on him. It made her sick to her stomach to know that they would use it so freely even if technically the circumstances were justified.
"Shut it! I don't want to hear any of your apologies. You'll learn one of these days that we can't escape our destinies. I've resigned myself to the fact I'll forever be burdened to serve you and the wretched main house and yet here you are always preaching about how you want to improve and better yourself. Everytime you seemingly advance, and you display this sickening act of progression it only causes me more grieve!" Neji snarled as he didn't want to hear any of Hinata's apologies. They meant nothing to him.
"Are you done, was that all you came here to say?" Henrietta butted in as she sent her own glare to Neji who looked as if he was only now just noticing her presence. "And who are you supposed to be?" Neji's question was blunt and very straight to the point. Henrietta narrowed her eyes at this clear lack of respect but she moved passed it. "I'm Hinata's best friend and quite frankly I'm already tired of your presence here. I want you to leave." The honey brown haired girl dismissed with a firm tone as she wouldn't just stand by and let Neji talk down to Hinata in this way. Form the way she saw it he only came here to brag and complain. It was distasteful behavior in her opinion.
"You'll do well to watch your tongue girl." Neji retorted with an edge to his voice as he sent a scathing glare towards Henrietta who didn't back down. "Leave." Henrietta was direct and to the point as she felt nothing else needed to be said. She's used to dealing with belligerent individuals all her life since she works at the casino and sometimes have to throw people out. Despite her shy demeanor she was never afraid of any confrontation, it was bred into her through her intense life as a mafia agent. Neji narrowed his eyes at the chestnut colored girl who stepped protectively in front of Hinata's bed. "Neji just go. I don't want any trouble." Hinata said as her heart was beating out of her chest in nervousness. It was actually quite painful since her heart was in a weaken state right now. She would need an aspirin after this. The heart monitor sitting next to her bed was beeping louder and in quicker repetitions as evidence of this fact.
"All I see when I look at you is a privileged and spoiled little brat. Even when you're in the hospital you feel the need to surround yourself with others to protect you. You're pathetically weak it's sickening." Neji ranted in a clearly disgusted voice as he could barely even look at Hinata without feeling disgruntled.
Hinata felt a huge pang of both emotional and physical pain in her heart from what Neji just told her as Hinata subtly grimaced in pain. "Neji it's not a weakness to be surrounded by those who love and care for you. It only means you were strong enough to gain those bonds." Hinata fired back in a brief surge of defiance. The pain that flared in her chest reminded her of how she ended up in the hospital in the first place and the unprecedented level of courage and strength she showed back then. She willed herself to snatch a glimpse of that previous strength to defend herself against Neji's verbal onslaught.
Neji felt it again. That pain that stabs him in the chest whenever Hinata fires back with her words. He never wants to admit it but her words sting him and hits him in his philosophies. "I don't want to hear that coming from you!" Neji growled as he involuntarily took a step forward menacingly. He raised his palm which was bursting with his chakra up with rage clearly illuminating his eyes as his killing intent spiked out unrestrained.
Henrietta moved in seconds as she grabbed Neji's hand before even he could react, she wrenched his arm behind his back as she got him in a classic yet highly effective submission lock. 'What!? Such strength and speed!' Neji was shocked that this random girl was able to react and move faster than him within the such a short span of time. The strength surprised him most of all since he couldn't see any muscles on her. "How dare you! Let go of me!" Neji raged as his Byakugan came on automatically in response to him being put into a combat situation.
With his Byakugan on Neji gasped as he took a look at Henrietta with his x-ray vision. He saw that not every part of her was organic. He saw metallic materials in numerous parts of her body and mainly in her bone structures. "What are you?" Neji couldn't help but ask as he's never seen anything like this before. Henrietta couldn't help but flinch at this as her self-consciousness came back with a vengeance. Seeing any opportunity to reverse his situation now that his sudden opponent was distracted the Hyūga prodigy pushed up with all his strength throwing Henrietta off of her balance. In seconds Neji managed to get back to his feet with his oppressor now stumbling over her feet.
Growling in anger Neji went to attack Henrietta with a full powered Gentle Fist strike which would certainly kill her if it hit her since she has a detrimental weakness to internal chakra based attacks. This would have happened until Neji's palm started to freeze almost instantly. "What's going on here?" A very familiar voice spoke up with an extremely territorial and dark edge to its tone. Everyone turned their heads to the window to see Eva floating in the air with an extremely pissed off look on her face. "It's you… I've been meaning to find out what you are?" Neji spoke while subtlety looking at his hand. It was frigid cold and the Hyūga prodigy could honestly say he's never felt anything quite like this.
"Stay away from them." Eva growled in a defensive manner as frost started to build up around the room. "It would appear that Naruto Uzumaki surrounds himself with strange individuals. How typical of him." Neji sneered as he examined Eva with his Byakugan. He was secretly amazed at what he saw in her. He couldn't properly describe it but a strange power source was centered around her navel and he was surprised he could see it since it reminded him of the strange phenomenon that Hinata was displaying.
Hearing the blatant insult to her other half Eva growled as her instincts which were normally domesticated were starting to revert back to their more demonic influences. "Who or what are you?" Neji questioned in morbid curiosity as he's never seen anything like her. He caught his first glimpse of her back in the arena at the end of his fight with Hinata but it was to hectic for him to say anything about it.
"I'm Hinata's girlfriend!" Eva shouted back which threw Neji for a loop. Out of all the possible responses in the world he was expecting to hear; then what Eva just shouted was definitely not one of them. Hinata's face erupted into a massive blush that threatened to burn her face off. She wasn't expecting her tiny quote on quote girlfriend to shout something so embarrassing out like that in the middle of such a serious situation, but that was what Eva was banking on. It was all meant as a distraction as the tiny experienced Winter Fairy made her move that was being fueled and amped by her more demonic instincts. In an instant Eva had Neji slammed against the wall with a powerful blast of water that quickly transitioned to ice.
"I'm only going to say this to you once human. Stay away from Hinata and the rest of my family. She's mine and belongs to me…" Eva growled out in a more possessive and defensive manner as her normally expressive blue eyes turned a demonic scarlet red. Her wings which were normally golden were turning a sickly charcoal black. A new phenomenon to occur was the fact a single streak in her hair was starting to turn a stark snow white. This has never happened before but now a single small lock of hair was now white instead of blond.
Neji felt a well of fear creep into his heart as he was feeling the full brunt of Eva's potent killing intent. She's had enough of Neji's attitude. He may not have known it but she was right there hiding in plain sight for all these years as Neji would constantly berate and talk down to both Naruto and Hinata and it would always take every ounce of self-control and restraint she had not to just simply lash out at him. Now was a different story. She was clearly unhinged today due to the crazy incident that occurred earlier. She wasn't in the mood to have anyone cross her.
"… if you come anywhere near her again I will kill you. Are we clear?" Eva threatened with her voice deepening to a darker tone as she lowered the temperature of the ice surrounding Neji's body to the point hypothermia would certainly set in very soon. Neji's eyes showed a look of defiance in them but he didn't come here to start a fight or get into one. Fighting of any kind within the hospital was strictly forbidden and the ANBU would certainly get wind of it if he were to escalate the situation any further.
"I understand…" Neji said slowly between his teeth as he struggled to even say those words. It was a bitter pill for him to swallow. Seeing this, Eva released her hold on Neji's body as the boy pried himself off of the cold wall. Backing away slowly while still maintaining his glare Neji headed for the door. He knew this wasn't the time or place to have such a confrontation. Especially against two unknown opponents with strange abilities. The coldness he was feeling all across his body wasn't helping matters either as he was finding it extremely difficult to move his limbs. The amount of frost built up on them was ridiculous.
"This isn't over between us Hinata…" Neji seethed as he had nothing else he could possibly say. In his eyes Hinata just kept on getting more and more protection and special treatment. It bothered him down to the depths of his soul. A lightning fast icicle shard blew past his cheek while cutting off a lock of his hair before burying itself into the wall behind Neji's head. The culprit was obviously Eva but the look on her face was anything but pleasant. "Trust me, it's over alright." Eva insisted as she watched Neji deliver one final glare before quickly sliding out of the room.
The entire room grew quiet for nearly a minute as no one said a word or moved. The weight of the entire ordeal finally hit Eva as she slowly teetered out of the air, the fairy aimed her descent until she crashed landed onto Hinata's chest who was worried for her pseudo girlfriend. "Eva are you ok?" The winter fairy groaned in mental exhaustion as she also let out a sigh. "I'm fine I guess. Today's been one hectic day. I'm just glad you guys are ok." Eva said as she sprawled out her body across the surface area of Hinata's chest. The Hyūga heiress was growing to be well endowed compared to all the other girls of her age group as the hospital gown she was wearing had a small but noticeable stretch mark in the area of her chest.
"I've never seen you that angry before Eva, what was that back there?" Henrietta noted as she sat down next to Hinata's bed once again. "I don't know… maybe it's my time of the month or something." Eva shot back with a crass response which caused mortified blushes to spread across both Hinata's and Henrietta's faces. "Eva! You can't say such things so freely. It's unlady like." Hinata reprimanded with embarrassment written in big bold letters painted across her face. Her voice had a tremor in it as she couldn't even properly speak.
"I don't care… sue me." Eva mumbled while pressing her face down into the fabric of Hinata's shirt. "Eva, what happened today. You don't seem to be in a good mood?" Henrietta pointed out as she could tell that Eva wasn't ok even before she intervened with Neji. "Ugh… what didn't happen today. Stupid Naru and Aria tried to do something stupid and now he's in the hospital a floor below us for being stupid and…" Eva began to rant as she kept repeating the word stupid in emphasis for how she currently felt.
Hearing this the two girls grilled Eva on what she knew which the little fairy slowly revealed as she thought it would be a great way to release the stress she was currently under. It took nearly thirty minutes to explain as many questions and answers were mixed into the retelling of the earlier incident. By the time it was all over the girls had fully digested everything and was just sitting around relaxing. They even spoke about Neji to which Eva quickly wanted a change in subject. She didn't want to break anything by accident in anger if she heard anything about that boy.
It was during this peace and quiet that Hinata took a look at Eva and noticed something for the first time.
"Eva, you have a white streak in your hair… how did that happen?" Evangeline perked up at this as she pulled on the massive bundle she calls her hair. Pulling on a thick lock the fairy brought it up in front of her face and sure enough it was a beautiful glossy white compared to the rich golden blonde color the rest of her hair is. The white color even reached down to the roots. "Holy crap… I don't know how… wait a minute. Could it be…?" Eva began in shock as she was going to quickly dismiss the notion of knowing how this strange phenomenon came to be but in the very back of her mind a stray memory came to mind that caused her to take a drastic pause. She remembered something. Something extremely important.
"Eva, what is it. Do you know what's going on?" Hinata asked once she saw the expression on Evangeline's face take a dramatic change. The girls face went slightly pale. The winter fairy looked up into the lavender colored eyes of her best friend with a variable bottle of emotions mixing together in a melting pot. It was a look of deep seeded emotional pain and turmoil.
"I need to speak to Naru about this as soon as possible."
Unknown Location
It was a land unseen before by the eyes of our main characters in an entirely different land. Its climate was extremely cold and barren of most modern civilization. The closest one was miles away to the north. It was a land with its own rich history and secrets that would surely be revealed in time. All was normal except for one tiny anomaly.
The entire area was covered in hills and forests filled with snow as a stormed raged out of control above. In a small alcove underneath a large hill a rippling distortion breached the air above the ground disturbing the surrounding area and the nature within it. The power rolling out of the ripple was immense as it kicked up the snow and pushed back the winds from the snowstorm around it. A bright cyan colored like illuminated the world around it as an energy sphere dropped out of the distortion in the air and plummeted nearly 20 feet to the snow-covered ground below. The world soon settled down after this as the distortion disappeared leaving the area in the state it was in before with just the snow storm raging overhead as the only source of nature's disturbance.
All was quiet until the snow where the energy sphere had landed started to shift and move as if something was underneath the surface trying to break free. It was nearly impossible to see with the amount of snow covering the area but a head popped out of the snow with a pair of eyes soon opening up for the first time to the new world around it. Two pure white vertically slit pupils took in everything around it as the dark blue sclera of its eyes contrasted the white snow around it.
The unknown creature let out a low predatory like growl. A new creature never before seen in this world's history was just born.
To be continued...
Jutsu Library
1.) Kenjutsu: Hazard Blade Dance - Shoko's signature technique. Shoko's sword gains a purplish hue to it as she performs an intricate and complex sequence of maneuvers that allows the user to rapidly slice an opponent or object at great speed. Another thing to note is the fact Shoko's blade is vibrating at a low but powerful frequency that expels a jarring force whenever it comes into contact with any object.
2.) Kenjutsu: Arctic Blade Dance - Naruto's own version of Shoko's Hazard Blade Dance. By using his twin swords made of ice Naruto reenacts the same attack as Shoko but the difference is that crescent waves made of ice are launched from his swords with each swing and they will flash freeze anything they come in contact with.
3.) Kenjutsu: Hazard Slice - An upgrade and advanced form of the One Slice technique the user swings their sword at such a high rate of speed that a shockwave forms and blows back anything in the vicinity. In addition, clean razor-sharp cuts appear on anything caught in the swing of the sword. This technique is actually the follow up combo technique to Shoko's Hazard Blade Dance hence the similarity in name.
4.) Kenjutsu: X - Scissor - A technique that Naruto created that allows Naruto to cut an opponent in an X formation leaving an x-shaped scar across the user's body. For ease of use it works best when duel wielding. Naruto can also launch pure shockwaves or chakra enhanced shockwaves using this technique to its full potential. He can also launch blades of chakra or other forms of elemental chakra at an opponent as well. The technique is a good platform for Naruto to unleash supplementary attacks.
5.) Acceleration - Accelerating Turn works by storing Kinetic energy in one's own body, reinforced by their own internal energy (Chakra, Yōki, etc.), and then releasing that kinetic energy through an opening in the shielding their internal energy is creating at the bottom of their feet allowing the user to reach and utilize explosive high-speed movements.
6.) Accel Punch - The only known technique of Acceleration. By molding all of the chakra in the cloak to his fist Naruto can discharge a massive burst of both chakra and kinetic energy that can demolish at this point in time almost anything. However, at this attack can be canceled out by an attack of equal force of makeup.
7.) Fūinjutsu: Concussive Barrier - A sealing technique that creates a green translucent barrier that as the name suggest will bounce attacks back in a concussive wave or take attacks that have concussive properties. However, it can be said that this is not the strongest barrier that Shoko can create. It was destroyed by the little witch Aria with relative ease.
8.) Barrier - A technique Aria uses that creates a translucent blue barrier that can block basic attacks. The barrier itself isn't a very powerful one at its base level. At its weakest, it can only stop a full powered attack from a C or B rank shinobi or roughly a Chūnin level, to very low level Jōnin ninja. In order for it to be truly powerful Aria must focus her will and psychic powers into the barrier to power it up to a higher level. Its maximum strength is predetermined by Aria's will and the amount of psychic energy she has left.
9.) Imprison - Imprison is a special move of Aria's that allows her to seal away the ability for her target to use a specific attack, attribute, energy source, or basic bodily function. Also, Aria can block any move made against her but the drawback is that if she seals away the ability for her enemy to use that technique against her she can no longer use Imprison until after her enemy is dead or defeated and she can safely remove her seal along with the fact that she will constantly have to supply a small portion of her energy to powering the technique constantly.
Author's Note (A/N): Hey guys so how was that? This chapter was huge and a very important one. Hiruzen and the government are on the move with Dino firmly backing them as a massive manhunt ensues for Kabuto while the rest of the village has it's security beefed up.
Shoko and Naruto continue to spar and train as Naruto works hard to develop this new variant on his signature ability. It comes to an end when Shoko brings Naruto in close to discuss what happened when the girls brought home those explicit magazines. She opens up to Naruto and reveals her sexuality as well as some of her history, with a specific focus on the dynamic relationship she shares with Anko. This was the scene to bring resolution and closure to the abrupt and definitely shocking reveal two chapters ago. This scene also served the purpose of bringing Shoko and Naruto firmly together and solidifying the nature of their relationship. They now know how they view each other.
Aria brings up a new training method to help Naruto with his struggles in the Summoning Jutsu. Having a familiar. If anyone has watched High School DxD then the whole lore explanation that I had Aria give Naruto should not be lost on you as this world is connected to the High School DxD universe. It is a part of the crossover. It also harkens back to the actual name of the story. [War of the World's Trilogy]. Of course I tweaked it a bit and added to the information given but that's to be expected.
It all takes a nosedive however when the Nine Tails chakra leaks out and escapes into the glyph. The glyph needs a tremendous amounts of energy to function so that it can completely scan the user's soul and all attributes associated with it so that it can make the perfect familiar for the user that properly reflects its soul. The problem came when the Nine Tails chakra started to escape into the glyph. Aria immediately tries to fix her mistake in this as she goes to suppress Naruto while Shoko for the very first time displays almost her full power as she completely dominates a three tailed cloak Naruto and holds him down with one hand.
Iris has other plans as she literally throws Chaos into the mix where the tiny terror disrupts the connection between Naruto and the magic circle long enough for Shoko's mysterious and unknown seal to do its work.
It's easy to see that Naruto and the others end up in the hospital with Naruto himself ending up in the dog house with Eva as she was hysterical at the fact he could have died. We also get an update to Hinata's condition as she notes some bizarre feelings regarding her health. Sasuke is out of the hospital and is training with Kakashi so expect to see the fruits of his labor at the finals just like in the manga/anime.
It again takes a turn for the worst when Neji shows up to Hinata's room to show her the results of his punishment in regards to what he did to her in their match. The clan elders tortured him by repeatedly using the curse mark on his forehead and judging by his attitude he was not happy in the least.
Henrietta makes it known that she won't sit back and let Neji do as he pleases as she demonstrates a small dosage of her skills and strength by being able to outmatch Neji for a brief moment just long enough to subdue him. A full powered Gentle Fist strike to Henrietta or any of the other girls from section 2 would currently kill them due to their unique and fragile physiology.
The chapter comes to a close as Eva makes her appearance and dominates Neji in a matter of seconds with her instincts acting up. Eva displays her more possessive and demonic side which shows a new physical feature. A lock of Eva's hair has turned snow white. What could this possibly mean? Only time will tell.
The chapter ends with the birth of something new. A mysterious and unknown creature. The future will feel the ramifications off all of these events in the weeks, months, and years to come.
Next Chapter: Chapter 54 (The Chief Toad)
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Published: 8/5/2017
