Kitsune Legends
I'm really sorry but I had to change the key a little bit to better suit the fan fiction. I kind of messed up. I made it so that the demons can't think to themselves without being heard by their vessels. -sweat drops- Whoops. Also, remember that when talking to the demon directly (like when in its seal world) they don't need to "think" to them. They talk.
And I'm sorry for not updating earlier. Science project and community service. The teachers always seem to jump new stuff on you when you least expect it...heh.
-glares at all the pop-ups and waves them away- Geeze. There's like 2x as much pop-- -another one appears- Bah. 2x more pop-ups than usual. Is anyone else noticing this, or is it just me? Nothing has changed from the last 2 weeks to make this happen, -groans-.
Anyways, on with the story!
Key: "Talking"
'Thinking'
'Demons thinking to themselves'
"Demons talking/Demon language"
'Demons talking to their vessels telepathically'
EDITED!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I own the OCs so no touchy! Rofl.
Village Hidden in the Leaves
The first part of the mission was for Riku and Mikiko, accompanied by two ANBU. They were to deliver the first scrolls, containing information about kitsune and demons in general. After they return, Tsuki and Katsu will go, accompanied by only one ANBU. This group will give them information about the ceremony. If the Rokudaime likes what he's seeing, they were to perform it for him at a later time.
At the break of dawn, Mikiko arrived first at the village gates sporting her full black ninja gear and a backpack in tow. Looking at the dark sky, she noticed that she had gotten there early. Sighing, she sat down and meditated while waiting, legs crossed and hands on her knees.
Twitching her genjutsu hidden wolf ears, she tested them out some more. They seemed to give her the ability to hear farther away and more accurately. Turning her white ears this way and that, she heard Riku jumping on the rooftops a block away, carrying the scroll on his back.
He landed next to her, yawning widely. She opened her grape colored eyes to observe him silently. His brown spiky hair that seemed to be weighed down by gravity hung around his face. Those usually mischievous looking blood red eyes were now a dull.
Riku was not a morning person.
"Ohayo...Mikiko-chan." Even his greeting sounded tired. She raised a brow in response and nodded, now concentrating on looking for the ANBU. When they appeared out of the shadows without her knowing, she sighed inwardly. 'I need more practice...'
They all left without a word in a straight line; ANBU, Riku, Mikiko, ANBU. The ANBU in front, who seemed to be female judging by her long, black, waist long hair, set a moderately fast pace.
Behind Mikiko, the ANBU seemed to notice the genjutsu around her head and her abdomen. He raised a silent brow, but said nothing. He remembered the other mission he was given. 'Observe the Hakumei and report back anything strange that happens.'
When they reached the ocean and were about to climb into a boat, Mikiko suddenly stopped walking, her eyes glazing over with a dull sheen. Riku looked at her in confusion, waving his hand in front of her face.
Nothing.
"Mikiko...chan?"
Her breathing slowed until it made Riku nervous. He looked back at the ANBU and they both shrugged. The kunoichi picked Mikiko up bridal style and put her in the small rowing boat.
She didn't wake up.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
A few minutes later Mikiko found herself trapped in the blackness of her own mind, with Yurei accompanying her. She sighed.
"Gah, those visions always leave me out of control of my own body...is there any way we can not leave my physical self so...defenseless?" she hissed out the last word. She never liked to say that word, especially when talking about herself. Yurei merely cocked her grand white head, thinking.
"I suppose I can take control of your body when this happens. Remember, two souls inhabit this body."
She nodded in response as the wolf disappeared from view. Outside the confines of her mind, 'Mikiko' opened her eyes, the same emotionless mask on as before.
"Mikiko-chan? You alright?"
She sat up and looked to her right, finding Riku looking at her with anxiousness in his red eyes. 'So this is the notorious Riku-san.' Yurei felt Mikiko shrug in her mind.
The demon focused her attention back on what was in front of her. Nodding, Yurei rubbed her temples a little before sensing someone observing her.
"Please do not stare at me like that, ANBU-san. It is rude," she stated, startling the man slightly. He never thought that a mere Genin can sense someone's gaze like that.
Pacing around her mind, Mikiko thought about her vision just now. Stopping at a halt, she grimaced. Pacing wouldn't solve anything. She was annoying even herself. Sitting down, she went over her vision yet again.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Mikiko found herself standing in front of another village's gates. It looked like it was summer, though it was currently autumn. The village was deserted; except for the occasional rustle of the dying leaves, there were no sounds.
None at all.
Sighing, she walked through the village until she came to a large building with a big kanji sign for 'Lightning'. 'It must be the Village Hidden in the Cloud,' thought Mikiko as she walked into the building, completely fazing through the door.
In the world of her visions, everything and anyone there cannot see, hear, touch, or sense her in any way. Also, she cannot alter anything, meaning no touching and interfering.
Walking down the stairway, she found herself surrounded by many other doors. Something was calling out to her from here. A pull at her being. Walking slowly, she looked from left to right, until the feeling in the depths of her soul overwhelmed her.
"This door." And she walked in.
The Cloud Village Council had been called together for an important meeting it seemed. The Raikage looked happy as he announced something that utterly shocked Mikiko.
"In one month, we will attack the Mist with Kane and Yonbi."
"Yonbi? But that's...!"
She felt a tug at her soul again and the council room started to fade away.
Her vision was ending.
Taking one last look at the room, she found a young red-head with blue eyes, twinkling with amusement. 'That must be him...'
And she was thrust from this vision of the so-called future.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Mikiko clenched her fists in frustration. The Cloud had managed to obtain Yonbi, the four tailed demon. Sighing, she fell silent, mulling this information over in her head. She lay down and slept, not wishing to take control of her body yet.
When she awoke, the day had gone by. She sat up again and watched Yurei shift in her seat to look at the sky. It looked like the sun had just set, a little bit of pink still in the night sky.
Apparently the team of ANBU and the two Genin had arrived on the shore of an island just off the coast of the mainland.
"We'll set up camp here until daybreak tomorrow. Get comfy," muttered the female ANBU before they both disappeared into the shadows. Riku shrugged and looked at 'Mikiko' again in slight worry. Yurei caught that glance out of the corner of her eyes, but did nothing to indicate that she did.
'He suspects something. Am I not acting the way you would?' At this the other soul just chuckled a little. 'I don't know. He might just be worried about me looking dead like I did this morning...'
'Either way I should be more careful around him...' Both silently agreed on this. No one was to know about Yurei being inside Mikiko's body except the Kages. Said girl took back her control of her body and blinked. The feeling was, to say the least, surprising. The rush of taking control of her body again was overwhelming. Inside, Yurei just chuckled, but said nothing.
Riku was still staring at her. Raising a brow, Mikiko waved off his unspoken question.
"I'm all right Riku, really." He hesitated, but nodded. They both took off their backpacks and rolled out their sleeping bags. The campfire was crackling happily. Mikiko stood up abruptly.
"I'll go get something for us to eat...fish sound okay?" Riku just nodded, not feeling up to arguing. He preferred to eat real meat, but whatever.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Carefully picking her way through the forest by the beach, she found a small river filled with fish. Standing by the riverside, she took out some kunai and closed her eyes. Her hidden wolf ears twisted this way and that, trying to locate a fish jumping out of the water.
To her right, a moderately large fish made a little splash as it jumped out. Mikiko flicked her wrist and sent a kunai to pin it to a tree. Her eyes still closed, she was satisfied to hear a thud along with the futile efforts of the fish to free itself.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Half an hour later, she walked back with 5 fish, slightly wet, and the two of them chowed down on fresh fish. The ANBU were still nowhere to be seen; not that the Genin cared.
"Neh, Mikiko-chan," Riku chewed thoughtfully on his fish, "What's with that blank look you had this morning?"
"Oh. I was thinking about how I should tell Kazama-san the info. It's not exactly something you can just casually announce," she lied flawlessly. Inwardly, she grinned at how perfectly executed that lie was. Practice makes perfect, and Riku fell for the lie.
"I guess so." Mikiko eyed Riku, who had gone silent and was staring into space. He seemed to be distracted, but if Riku was anything like her sister, he was going to tell her eventually, so there's no use wasting breath by asking. Shrugging, Mikiko finished off her fish, crawled into her sleeping bag, and waited for sleep to claim her.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
The next three days had passed uneventfully, for the most part. On the third day while Mikiko was taking a bath in a small lake, she just happened to catch Riku peeping on her. When Riku went missing for a few hours, the ANBU started to get worried and asked the young Hakumei about it. Shrugging, she replied with a casual "Around." They found him about half an hour later, floating down a river half naked, a very red hand print on his face. And his arm. And his chest.
After this horrifying experience (Riku didn't seem to give the full explanation, but anyone can tell it was scary), he never peeped on her again, much to her satisfaction.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
The dense forest opened itself up to a very used path towards Konohagakure's large gates. The chuunin guarding the gate looked at the group with wary eyes after noticing the Mist symbol. He stopped them.
"State your business."
The female ANBU stepped forward.
"We are delivering an important message to your Hokage. Please let us through." She handed him some papers. After re-reading them multiple times (Who would trust ninja from the Bloody Mist village?), he signaled for the doors to open. A Leaf ANBU with a crane mask guided them towards the Hokage Tower.
This village was, different than theirs, to say the least. It had taken them all a while to get used to the hot weather. As they walked through the main street, Mikiko attracted some stairs towards her, and she kept her eyes forward, trying to ignore them. She couldn't help but hear their whispers with her new wolf ears.
"Look at that silver haired girl. Isn't that the Mist symbol?"
"What do they want here?"
"I hope they don't start something..."
"Of course not. At least not anything Hokage-sama couldn't handle."
They had confidence in their strong Hokage. Ironic, really, since just over 15 years ago, their feelings were the opposite, and they would have treated Naruto the way they're treating them now. With suspicion.
Riku however, wasn't handling the stares as well as Mikiko. Once or twice, she had to put her hand on his shoulder to stop him from talking back to them. Fortunately, they made it to the Rokudaime's office without any incidents.
The Leaf ANBU directed them towards his office, knocking on the wooden door.
"Hokage-sama, the Mist-nin are here."
"It's open."
They walked in to fine a towering pile of scrolls and papers on the Fire Country leader's desk. It seems that he had the same trouble as their Mizukage (Mikiko distinctly remembered nearly being buried alive under them when she was talking with him one day and they fell). Her gaze went towards the infamous Kazama Uzumaki Naruto, leader of the newly re-instated Kazama Clan and the country itself. His shining blue eyes had kindness in them, and he had a smile that matched it. Underneath the Hokage hat was a mop of bright yellow hair. The statue head of him outside on Hokage Mountain didn't do him justice. It didn't capture that expression and the aura of power that radiated off of him. Bowing, the genin introduced themselves to the higher ranking ninja.
"Welcome to Konoha. Please sit down." He waved towards the 4 chairs in front of him and they obliged after Riku took the big scroll off of his back and placed it in his lap. Naruto eyed it with interest.
"I guess that this scroll has the information you wanted to give us?" Mikiko nodded.
"I have one request though, Hokage-sama." He raised a brow and his smile became wider, beckoning her to continue. "Instead of just reading the information off of the scroll and showing it to your village council, I would like to personally tell them in a meeting. I expect that you know about my...tenant?" He nodded, recalling being told about the other jinchuuriki. Personally, he wanted to meet her and her sister because they were just like him and Gaara.
"I'll see what I can do, Hakumei-san. It might take a day or two to decide whether or not we'll fulfill that request. Until then, please enjoy Konoha's hospitality and relax."
Once they exited, another figure revealed itself from the shadows, wearing pitch black robes over a dark blue kimono. The Uchiha fan was stitched on his back. Uchiha Sasuke, proud leader of the newly revived Uchiha clan. His three-wheeled Sharingan deactivated when he was addressed by his former teammate and fellow new Sannin.
"Anything weird about them, Sasuke-teme?" Ignoring the insult, he shrugged.
"That girl had a genjutsu on her. But for some reason I couldn't see through it, even with the Sharingan. I couldn't risk using the Mangekyou Sharingan without being noticed by the two ANBU." Naruto rubbed his chin in thought, smirking. He was thinking about what the girl could be hiding under such a strong illusion.
"We can ask her about that once we get the council together for her meeting, neh?"
"Hn."
End Chapter
Heh, sorry for the cliff-hanger people, but I need to go work on my science fair project (and no, it's not optional...unfortunately). If any of you have any questions, please ask with a review. If not...well, review anyways, xD. Rofl.