Tittle: Spirit Child of Demon Eyes
Author: Kuroten
Anime: Naruto
Couples: NaruSasu / KakaIru / Saku?
Warnings: Shounen ai, Future AUish and OC ((Bad Spelling for some things))
Genres: Action / Drama & Angst / but also Humor and slight Romance (pairings)
Summary: Naruto's the Hokage, and finds he's not the only demon child via a 'gift' from a newly known Hidden Village.
A/N: More reviews, Yay! This chapter should be posted on a Wendsday, the next on a Sunday. ' I'm trying to keep up with my seld-made schedule.
Chapter Three: Embarassment's End
'..."I am called Chison," answered the girl in a crack-with-little-use, quiet but carrying voice.
Before Naruto could ask anymore questions or the now-named girl -Chison- could continued, the door behind the blond burst open. In stumbled the Hokage's interest, black hair unkept and clearly in pain, slumping to the floor after giving his Lord a small smile of seeming reasurence....'
Naruto rushed to his collapased subject's side, worry plain on his handsome face and beautiful eyes. But before he could blink, a blur of black ran past him, causing dust and clothe to billow in her wake. The blonde watched as the girl he now knew was named Chison (an interesting use-name) exbertly checked the unconscious young male for internal inguries.
Blinking out of his astonished state, the Hokage stepped past the silent girl and picked his interest up with little difficulty. Carrying the warm, limp form from living room to front bathroom, Naruto reluctantly set Sasuke onto the unusually cleared dressing table. Smiling softly down at the sleeping figure of mustle and warmth, the kitsune ran steady fingures through loose raven locks.
'Mmmmm...So nice...soft...warm..,' he thought absently, forgetting his comrade's injuries for a few blissful moments. He couldn't deny everytihng his body wanted.
Silent laugher jolted him back to reality, startling the man slightly. Glancing around, he noticed the shadow-like presence of his stalker. Couldn't have come from her...
Of course not, kit,the Kyuubi said in his head, chuckling again. You forget the immeadiate problem,came the gentle reminder. It was quite odd, having the demon everyone feared be his most trusted constant companion.
Jerking back the real world, he felt a strong warmth sheathing his wrist, stopping him from tangling the silky hair already twinded around his fingers more. Raising soulful blue eyes to the offender, his gaze was met by cool, icy crystal. Surrpressing a shiver, Naruto glared at the girl until she released him and backed away, kneeling in the corner.
Knowing he couldn't get rid of the girl even he told her to jump off a cliff (which she probably would obey), Hokage-sama hestitantly ran shaky hands over his friend's warm body, checking for unnoticable injuries. Chison's presence, and the consciousness of Kyuubi, helped the blonde restrain himself from putting thoughts into action. Nice, healthy, X-rated thoughts...
Zoning out for a moment, Naurto didn't notice Sasuke waking until the dark-colored male groaned in time to the kitsune's fantasies. Slight preasure on his shoulder, and his senses, informed the blonde of his servent's silent interference.
He glanced at the girl; dark sapphire bangs sheilded the upper half of her face, again-amber eyes glowing slightly. Though gloved, the hand was warm, the rest of her body tense. He knew she most likely expected punishment, as before, from him for intruding in the affairs of her master. Later, somehow, and with the help of some friends, he'd have to find a way to reassure the girl. Words just didn't seem to fit, for her.
He awoke to pain. Pain filled his mind, body, and seemingly his soul; all he could do was groan. He remembered the shining face of his Lord, but nothing more. Oh, the pain! It hurt more than anything he'd expreienced before. Stupid...stupid...
Don't be weak, he chidded himself. Only the weak show pain. If you can't endure it, how will you protect those presious to you!
Opening his eyes was an effort. Too birght! Atomaticly he closed them again, awaited a moment, then opened his eyes a second time.
Something was blocking the light. Good.
Wider he forced them open, wanting to know what ir was. Blurry vision. Sun gold hair and tanned skin. Who did that face belong to?
How could he forget!
Naruto, the loudmouth dobe now Hokage by some miracle, was leaning over him, eyes closed, a small smile playing on oh-so-kissable lips. Eyes closed? He wanted to see those beautiful sea-crystal jewels...
Wait, kissable! Where had that come from!
Think another time, the informative part of his brain gave warning. Someone now gripped the blonde's shoulder. No one was aloud to touch his Naru-chan in any way but him!
...his NARU-CHAN!
Trying to sit up, the only thing he accomplished was gaining the attention of the Hokage and unknown offending-his-Naru-chan person.
...There it was again!...Stupid mind, stop thinking like that!
He felt the intense stare of a presence he did not know, and looked up to glowing amber orbs that invaded into his very soul.
She stared at the person she knew as Uchiha Sasuke, the supposed last of the shiringa-carrying clan. The one belonging to that Akatsuki group would be his brother, then. She'd leanered of them long ago...
No, no. No thoughts of the past. Now she served a new master, one that would need her even if he didn't know it yet.
Letting her serving-mind take control, she backed away from the two young men and knelt in one of her stature's position. It won't do to think anything was different now. Nothing but the one she served had changed.
Naruto stared at the now-kneeling girl, then at Sasuke. He was using his shiringa without thought, showing the blonde his seal had once again come undone. Something had passed between the shadow-in-shadows and his special interest. He would ask the girl later, if she would talk again. It would be no use speaking with the onix eyed man lying before him, being in the state the mission had caused.
'Pretty...' his mind thought absently as he turned his attention back to his old rival. Though tangled, the raven locks framed a near-perfect face, contrasting with pale skin now unmarred by black spirals. Onix eyes stared up at him, cloudy and darker than usual, a thing to fule the kitsune's fantasies even more. Closer the face tried to come, Naruto leaning forward slightly, only stopping as his intrest grimpsted in pain.
Blinking out of his dream-like state yet again, the Hokage gentlely but definately pushed the Uchiha on his back yet again, smiling as reassuringly as he could having seen his patient winced again. Examining Sasuke with renewed vigor, Naruto's skilled hands found no broken bones. Under the silent but pressured supervision, to him and anyone else with a high sixth sense, of the shadow-among-shadows, the kitsune didn't dare try anything...'funnny'.
'Internal bleeding in the chest area...blood's starting to clot...' He muttered to himself as Spirit's Shadow's peace-gift handed him all he needed to tend the pained man, his friend and companion over the years, supervising yet again with worthwhile expertise.
Bandaging Sasuke's most prominate surface-wound, a nasty gash from left armpit to right hip, gushing enough blood to stain his anbu uniform beyond repair, a strange thing happened. A silvery substance flowed from Chison's unconvered fingertips, glowing slightly even in the well-lit room, and into the Uchiha's sealed wound. Though just wrappped, the gash had opened a bit as Naruto had finished bandaging it, staining the white clothe. Now no more blood flowed forth to soak the clothe, Sasuke's pained expression receding slightly.
Both men stared at the girl in shock, the injured one still not thinking raitonally. It was unusual to meeting someone able to preform a healing jutsu without first preforming any seals. Or was it as ancient stories said: There where those with narutal powers, able to heal with a touch or talk with unintellegent animals. Impossible! ...Right?...
You never know, kit,Kyuubi spoke on Naruto's doughts. You've met your share of my old friends and enemies alike. Do you really think anything is impossible?
After a moment's concideration, Naruto replied silently, Maybe not... I'm still not used to that idea, even with all the things that've happened.
He could hear the smile in Kyuubi's voice, I understand, young one.
How is that?Naruto asked definately.
You are unsure of things. I understand that.
OK...The Hokage was slightly confused, but let the subject drop.
Back in reality, Sasuke was staring up at him, the girl having returned to the safety of her shadowed corner. Sighing mentally (he still didn't quite understand that girl), Naruto checked Sasuke over one last time. He hadn't missed anything, but there was still minor flesh wounds to take care of. Nothing serious, just a cuts and bruises that needed treatment.
Not wanting to scare the girl off again, he left her be, getting the herbal cream himself. Unforintately the container happened to be one the highest shelf above the sink and the kitsune was just tall enough for his fingers to reach the top. Jumping once, the Hokage could just reach the countainer's side. Hopping to push it just enough for to knock it off the self and catch it with his self-proclaimed awesome reflects, he didn't notice Sasuke watching him.
The third jump...almost there...He hit the container's side again, successfully lawnching the pot off the shelf and over his head.
"Need some help, dobe?" the Uchiha's chuckling voice distracted him.
Turning quickly to face his old disrespectful rival, the pot momentarily forgotten, Naruto stuck his tougne out childishly. Down came the herbal container, straight at the distracted Lord's head. It would have hit, too, if several kitchen knives hadn't broken the pewter container upon contact. Instead, the creamy substence it held now covered Naruto's shirt and upper body, a surprised face dripping with the gew.
Having almost successfully defended her new master, Chison stepped passed an insanely laughing Sasuke (who was holding his stomach, ravened hair flying around him as he almost cried from the hilarity of it) armed with a water container and serval towels. The master in questions surrendered to her scrubbing grumpily, coming out of her fuss all the cleaner for it.
Dirty towels, empty bucket, and soked shirt in hand, Naruto's third shadow (the second being the demon inside him) left the room to who-knows-where. As in everything she did, the silence she left behind was only interupted by a few final chuckles-bordering-on-giggles from Sasuke.
Glaring blue met still-cloudy black filled with mirth as the Hokage glanced at his well missed anbu guard. He was upset, but only a little, glad to see the dark haired one laughing after a hard mission. He then remembered the black marks that had dared marr Sasuke's smooth, pale... (stay on topic!) skin.
Wiping stray tears of good-humor from his eyes, the Uchiha sombered slightly at the look on his Lord's face. 'He must know about the seal, then,' Sasuke guessed, mentally sighing. He knew Naruto worried about him and had tried time and time again, going to demons even, to releave him of that snake-bastard's curse. The only thing he'd found, the kitsune had told him, was a counter seil that would let the power flow without any damage to Sasuke's body or mind. The only thing that could brake it: too much use without renewal.
The worry was evident in those beautiful jeweled eyes of his as Hokage-sama advanced on him, hands glowing with orangish-red chakra.
Advanced...His mind repeated it's self. Pushing those kind of thoughts away with difficulty, Sasuke closed onyx eyes against the pain that he knew would come.
Mind occupied, the pain was fainter than the times before but still there. He could handle this type of pain, the filling-the-senses one, not the never-ending-iritation kind. He'd had to live with it the last few days, that eternal itch in the back of his mind the released curse brought. Now it was sealed, filtering controlable power, and he was glad to be rid of it.
Opening dark eyes, he was met with full veiw of a well-mustled chest, tanned skin covering every inch. Surpressing the erge to grab Naruto right there and do...things...to him, the dark loner gulped. He became conscious of the warm hand on his neck, hot breathe tickling his ear. All his senses focussed on just where the blonde was touching him. Nothing else mattered at the moment.
Breathe shortening, he tried helplessly to calm himself and resist the temtation of it. What if Naruto didn't think of him in 'that' way and he jeopardized their easy friendship? Or if he did, which was a million to one chance in the Seven Hells, what about reviving his Clan and killing his thrice cursed aniki!
These thoughts were pushed to the back of his mind as his Lord whispered into his ear, breath a little too warm. ((Did I mention that Sasuke has sensitive ears? Hehe!)) "Are you alright now?" After a seeming pause, and as Naruto withdrew his face, "Sasuke-kun?"
"Y-yeah," the questioned breathed, stammering. Naruto still had a grip on him, so that he was half sitting and half laying...in the blonde's lap. "Naruto?"
"Sasuke," the Hokage breathed back, seemingly unaware of the question in the one he'd name's tone. His face drifted closer to Sasuke's, and all thought stopped in the smaller one's mind as he sat, frozen, in his secret love's lap.
Their faces inches apart, Sasuke waited.
'What are they doing?' a shadow asked herself, standing in the doorway all but unnoticed.
'Something Mother and Father did often enough, I think,' another part of her answered. Not the Remembering part, that one having been pushed to the darkest reccesses of her mind, but the one of Knowledge and Wisdom. KW, as Chison called it, not wanting to get confused, liked to console her and explain everything, whether she asked or not.
'I see. But those two are both male. How will the dark one revive his family if he chooses the Sun as his mate?'
The KW was at a loss for words, so the Mysterious part of her mind stepped into their conversation. Mystery, a shortened name it called itself, was connected with the Remembering one and only spoke when it had something to say. 'Notice the Light one's stomach.'
Chison looked, eyes hidden by dark bangs, with demonotic eyes. The Kyuubi's seil was visible, and she understood. 'But the dark one is not one of his kind, or a demon himself. How will they mate?'
The KW and Mystery chuckled together, amused by her chosen thinking's ignorence. They were a part of her, of course, but had seperate areas of advise and knowledge. The KW chose to answer this one, with the laughing encouragement of Mystery. 'The same as Matae and his assistent, dear. As humans do, I suppose.'
Chison blushed slightly at the memory, the pinkness quite visable against her extremely pale skin. Thankful to the clothe that hid the lower half of her face, the one called chanta once turned to leave her master and his lover (?) in privacy.
They took this moment to notice her presence, springing appart at alarming speed, the dark one blushing crimson and her master calm. Only a slight rose tint to his cheeks proclaimed that anything had happened, and his thoughts.
Two sets of eyes stared at her as she entered, checked Sasuke over with light use of chakra and returned to her corner. She just ignored them, knowing the conversation she's had with herself had only lasted a few seconds of physical time.
"Who is she?" Chison heard the darker one ask her new master shakily. He would heal faster, thanks to her help, and have not a scar of any injury inflicked upon within the next week. She... 'No, don't think about it. It is in Master's best interest his lover (?) has no physical scars while I am in his service.'
She saw the blonde smile wryly as he answered, "Just another shadow." Sasuke arched a fine eyebrow but didn't question him further. Likely as not he'd ask when she wasn't there. Though, for him, that she could only stay away on master's dirrect orders would be an inconvience. The joys of being soul-bound. (Sarcasism, if you hadn't noticed.)
"Rest." Both Hokage and the anbu captain started as the shadow spoke, the dark haired one unnerved somewhat. Naruto, who had heard her speak once before, stared at the girl in unconcealed surprise and confusion. "Master's friend needs to rest," she explained, seeing his confusion.
'MASTER!' Not that it was much of a surprise, but unsettling all the same. No one had ever called him master save in jest, and to have a real servent call him master! He'd need to change that, and soon. But first...
"We have not finished talking," the Hokage stated formally, directing his attention to Chison. The girl just nodded, still in the corner, waiting.
Stridding to the laying Sasuke, Naruto swiftly grabbing his friend and carried the smaller male bridle-style to his living room. Sasuke began to protest, but stopped midword as he caught sight of the following amber eyes. He quickly shut his mouth as the girl smiled under her mask, eyes changing back to blue.
Laying Sasuke on his wraparound couch, the blonde walked to the scroll cabinate behind it and removed a seiled one from the back. Taking it tp the kneeling girl by the resting nin, he handed it out to her. Startled, she took it, not touching to seil.
Naruto just nodded, understanding something, and sat in the chair across from both of them. Suddenly serious, the Hokage leaned forward, hands on knees, not remembering he had no shirt on. Focussed sapphire-jewel orbs on the dark haired girl, he asked, "Who are you?"
Chison just blinked in surprise, clearly not sure how to answer.
"Your name, Chison, translated, means spirit damage. Young as you are, you are more advanced than a jounin, and can heal with a touch. Not to mention your eyes are far from human. What are you?" Naruto said this as gently as he could, not wanting to scare her away again, but was frim all the same. He wanted to know.
Hiding crystaline eyes under deep sapphire bangs, Chison answered. "As my Lord commands." Taking a deep breathe, "You do not really wish to know, now. Sometime, mayhap, but not now." Her voice, though cracked from little use and soft, had a carrying and musical quality all it's own.
Unsatified with her answer, Naruto opened his mouth to speak. The girl held up a gloved hand to stop him, then pointed to his stomach. "Ask your kitsune what I am. He shall know. After all, he is one reason I became what I am." The clothe covering her mouth moved as she smirked, ironic as it was to her.
Sasuke let out a straggled gasp as he struggled to stand, wanting to hit the girl for her insolence. Naruto held up his hand as the girl had done, stopping his anbu guard. He stared at Chison, intreged by what she had said.
Is it true?Naruto asked the seiled demon. Do you know what she is?This was very interesting. He'd always loved to solve mysteries, if he could; without bothering anyone, usually.
Not what,replied Kyuubi, who is the question. And the answer is of no use to you now, kit. I'll tell you when the time comes.If the time ever comes, he added silently, sure the kit would not hear it. He knew her alright, though she had changed considerably in the last hundred years or so. The pitiful soul had gone through much when he'd last seen her, and now even worse had befallen her. Immortal cruelty, in a way, doesn't even compare to Mortal.
Frustralted, Naurto growled, baring newly grown fangs. Sasuke started and Chison just sighed. "Rest," she repeated from earilier.
The Uchiha was startled to say the least as Naruto's shadow picked him up as if he weighed no more than a feather and carried him to her master's room. A perfectly made futon was her destination, and she set him upon it gently.
Turning to go, he stopped her. "Don't harm him," Sasuke warned, covering himself with a blanket.
The light filtering through the door and into the Hokage's bedroom surrounded her as she smiled gently, the outline of her mouth the only indication to the laying man that she'd done so. "He is your light, isn't he?" That startled him. Her eyes glowed warm amber, smiling at him. "Even if I wanted to, which I don't, I cannot harm him. As for that, you and all he holds dear are under my protection."
The dark man glared at her defiantly. "I don't need your protection."
Her face hardened, though her eyes didn't loose any of the warmth. "As I do not need yours. Protect him, then, and I shall when you cannot." With that she was gone, leaving Sasuke to fall into slumber with too many thoughts.
Standing outside the wooden door, a figure stared into the darkness, the only illumination moon and stars. Amber eyes glowed faintly in the dim light, a red glow returning her stare. The red light rose from a still figure spralled across the bed, taking the shape of a demon fox's head. Basic details only could be made out by the human observer, but the watching shadow was anything but.
It has been a long time. What is it you are called now? Chison? Has your name been taken as well, then?asked the glowing figure, shifting to a more human shape. Eyes of blood stared into those of amber stone, not glaring or cold but speaking all the same.
Yes, it has. Long before I met you, so do not blame yourself for my suffering. For what I am and have done, it is still not enough.Kyuubi felt rather than saw the girl's sadness, a sorrow running deeper than anyone, even an Immortal of his standers, could really understand.
I see. I will not pretend to understand or sympathize, something the Mortals I have met have done often enough. But it is quite ironic that you should be soul-bound to my kit, don't you think? Or is it another punishment you have convinsed your old master to inflict upon you?He was curious, if nothing else. Though he had watched the standing figure long ago, something had changed, and he wondered if she was broken in mind. He dismissed that thought almost instently, since he know he couldn't happen. After all, she was...
He was interupted by Chison's reply. No. I am here for many reasons, the least dealing with you, though I did know you were in this village somewhere. You must understand, Spirit's Shadow has changed in the last 200 years, as I have seen first hand. They want to follow that baka-teme's plans, Father's old advisor. He still lives, and started a group that wants you for your past.
He listened and understood, though it didn't surprise him. Why should it, when her Father wasn't supposed to have died the way he did and the advisor she refered to was half taiyoukai? He wouldn't die from natural causes within the next thousand years or so, maybe more. With the demon leaders, you could never be sure.
My past? I understand. Shall he come after Naruto anytime soon, or does he need us to join more?The kit's and his chakra was almost one and the same, now, and thanks to Naruto's insistence, the trapped kitsune would never loose a sense of self.
The girl's eyes flashed blue for a moment, and her struggle was obvious. She was surpressing her serving self, letting past memories and knowing surface so she could have a desent conversation with him. An honor, he was sure, since she didn't seem to like to remember anything.
She collected herself and answered acordingly, This winter, at the soonest. Their favorite assain is a snow demon, though I dought she shall come willingly this far South of her home without a direct order from her Master.
The glowing figure raised an eyebrow, You know her?
Amber eyes filled with overflowing sadness and the Kyuubi forced himself to return her gaze, though he could feel the deep hurt within her as sharp as any knife. She has come near my old home quite frequently, stopping only of late, though I know she shall return. Aunt to my old keeper that she was, I served her when she came. Quite found of her nephiew as she was, the Lady prefered her company to those of her waiting-servents.
The fox head nodded, smiling crooked to himself. Anything to be worried about, then? I shall need to warn Naruto-kun of this lady's attacks when the time comes.
The black clothe covering half her face shifted as she smiled, eyes still shining with past pain. Kyuubi finally noticed something her bangs hid, besides her eyes sometime. A forhead protector similair to Naruto's, glinting silver in the dim light, the engraving black as pitch. An oldly shapped almost-cresent moon, pointing in a crooked circle, the ends almost touching, surrounding a deeper-formed full moon.
Since you and your kit favor fire and water spells, you should be fine. Though be'ware the tempt of cold beauty. But, as I have seen, the Sun and Night like each other very much, so you or I needn't be worried.She chuckled outloud, surprising the kitsune. He hadn't seen her as such since long ago, through a crystal far away. I shall remind my serving side to try and not interupt their next such incounter as she did this morning. Quite rude and embarrassing for both Master and his lover, don't you think?
A flash of shining white against glowing red was her answer and she smiled in return.
She turned, knowing the conversation was over, no matter how pleseant it had been, only to be stopped when the kitsune's presence shifted beside her. Amber met blood once again, this time in warning.
A presence comes that is familair to me, and one not unknown to you. A male taiyoukai, his full powers still not yet restored. You may know of him. If he really is who I think he is, you had better be careful. It would be troublesome if he came at an inconviniate time.
Chison just nodded, and Kyuubi could see in her now-crystaline eyes a trace of rememberence for the one she had left behind.
A/N: I really am sorry this took so long. How long, really? Two monthes! Gomen nasai x infinity! But atleast I updated, didn't I? I'll try and have the next chanpter up within the next two weeks. Please review, if you like the story. Corrective crisism (SP?) is welcome.
Credits:
Polka Dot: Chison is around 15 or 16 in looks, but much older. And I'm sorry if she comes off as a bit too angsty or something of the sort. She's just been through a lot. ' Thank you for reveiwing, though!
Ghostninja85: Thank you for your comments. I'm glad you like my OC. happy
Tenshi Kaitou: Yes, I do need a beta-reader or editor. ' Glad you find my story interesting, though. Please tell me how you like this chapter. As to what Chison is, the next chapter or two might explain a few things about her personality and relationships with other people, as well as some NaruSasu, KakaIru, and maybe SasuNaru?
: I appreciate the encouragement, thank you. It's ok to have to witty comment, too.
Blue Leafy: Hope you find this chapter interesting. And enjoy the upcoming NaruSasu goodness, as well as a few surprises from Chison's past.
Later, then.
Kuroten