Charmed Kitsune

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NarutoxPhoebex Prue x Piper x ?

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''Normal Speech''

Inner Thoughts, Dialogue, or reading passages from books and scrolls

(Quick Notes and Messages or Echoes.)

(Dark over lapping echoes)

''Boss Summons, Demons, Dark beings speaking, Demonic/Angry characters Speaking as well as extremely Dark spells and Magic.''

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Author's Note

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Another chapter by yours truly. Enjoy.

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Story Start

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At an establishment known as Pop's Gym there was a match going on. Two boxers were in the ring when one of them brutally punched the other to the ground. Instead of letting up, the winning man continued to punch the wounded man until the referee ran up and forced him back. "Hold up, man, you're gonna kill him!" The referee yelled. From the far end of the gym, another man watched the exchange with cool interest.

The harsh boxer, an African American ex-professional boxer in his thirties threw his equipment into his duffle bag after the practice. He only looked up when the man that had watched the fight from afar, stopped in the doorway.

"Luther Stubbs?" He asked.

Luther narrowed his eyes before continuing to pack his things. "Yeah, who wants to know?" Luther demanded, showing little interest in the man.

the man smiled and advanced several steps. "I'm a fan. I saw your bout in St. Louis three years ago. Bloodiest fight I've ever seen. The other boxer didn't even make it to the hospital died in the ring." He recalled, appearing impressed.

"Yeah, well, you know. Everybody gotta go sometime." Luther replied without a hint of remorse. He grabbed his bag and stepped up to the other man that was blocking the door.

"I wanna know what it felt like to take another life with your own hands." He continued stepping in Luther's way as the boxer tried to step around him.

Luther laughed mirthlessly. "The guy didn't even cut me, man, now move."

The man pushed Luther back as the boxer again tried to leave. "Not until I get what I came for." the man returned coolly.

"And what might that be?" Luther snapped, narrowing his eyes dangerously at the man.

"Your killer instinct." the man answered throwing his jacket open and grabbing the crystal sword that was fastened around his waist. Before Luther even had time to react, the man thrust his sword into Luther and watched as the light faded from the boxer's eyes the man let Luther fall to the ground and placed the tip of his sword against the dead man's chest. His sword glowed for several moments before it stopped and the man walked away from the scene.

That night at the Halliwell manor. "…And since it's time for Quake's yearly inventory, I have to count everything in the restaurant down to the last swizzle stick. It's going to take days." Piper ranted as she threw the front door open and she and Prue stepped into the house.

"I guess that's why you get paid the medium-sized bucks." Prue quipped, flashing Piper a cheerful smile.

Piper rolled her eyes and stopped next to Prue as she suddenly halted. "And which bucks would those be exactly?" She returned without a thought to Prue's stop.

"Okay, okay, what is wrong with this picture?" Prue asked, her attention falling on statue of a woman that was sitting in the middle of the room.

"Aside from me not getting paid enough?" Piper joked.

Prue cast Piper a quick glare before transferring it back to the statue. "No. What is Grams' statue still doing in the living room?" Prue clarified.

Piper blinked. "We talked about it last night, remember?"

"Yes, I do remember and I thought that we agreed she was an eyesore and she was going back to storage." Prue replied matter-of-factly.

"That is before I learned that storage downtown is now ninety bucks a month and storage here is… free." Piper answered with another shrug. "So, I called Phoebe and Paige and we decided that she could stay here and last I checked we were still living in a democracy." She went on with teasing look at her older sister.

Prue nodded in silent agreement, but still looked at the statue in disgust. "Okay, but Piper, she's ugly." Prue pleaded.

"Majority rules, Sis, unless you can move her." Piper challenged.

Prue's eyes lit with realization and she turned eagerly back to the statue. She squinted and the statue rocked but otherwise didn't move. Her face fell slightly and she crossed her arms before staring at it and blinking once. The statue disappeared but reappeared in almost the same spot it had been before. "Ooh!" Prue exclaimed, her eyes still narrowed in irritation. "Okay, that didn't work." She stated the obvious.

Piper laughed softly, ignoring the glare Prue sent back in response. "It's solid marble. It took eight of Phoebe's bouncer friends to move it. It's too heavy for you."

"You know, my powers are still growing and one day…" Prue started in response to the continuing tease.

"… You can move it into the basement, but until then… suffer." Piper returned.

At that moment Naruto walked in from the other room. ''So how are my favori-ooh!'' he cried out, interrupting himself and flinching upon seeing the statue. ''Scary.'' he remarked.

Prue then smiled triumphantly. ''Naruto.'' she said, walking over to him with a sexy sway. ''Would you like to do me favor?''

He was about to ask what when Piper called out to him in a warning tone. The blond then looked down at Prue who was giving him the look. ''Uugh. Leave me out of this.'' he cried out, leaning back against the wall. ''As a wise man once told me, never get in-between an argument between sisters and especially don't pick sides. No matter who wins you lose.'' his answer resulted in Piper grinning triumphantly and Prue scowling.

A shout and a loud "Eeyah!" came from the Solarium.

"Phoebe." Prue decided, after sharing a look with Piper who made some sort of confirmation noise and Naruto who welcomed the distraction. They went into the room where Phoebe had just finished beating up a dummy.

Phoebe spun around with wide eyes and stared at her sisters and boyfriend a little guiltily. "Oh, hi, I, um… I was just, uh…" She stammered, hastily pulling off the boxing gloves.

''You were beating up that training dummy something fierce.'' Naruto finished with a smile of amusement.

''And aren't you supposed to be resting?'' Phoebe's encounter with her other left her a little worse for wear. Her face was still bandaged from a rather nasty bruise and bandages adorned her arms.

''I'm fine. Besides since I can't always count on you to be ready to train me I thought I take some self-defense classes and some other things. After all, you said it's always good to broaden one's horizons.'' she said, gesturing to the human size light blue dummy.

''What is that anyway?'' Naruto found himself asking.

Phoebe affectionately tapped the dummy with her hand. "Oh, that's Slam-man. I got him off an infomercial."

"Great, another eyesore." Prue quipped.

"It's a total and complete martial arts training system, and with their easy installment payment plan…" Phoebe started.

''...which I'm guessing you used your new credit card for?'' the blond noted.

''H-Hey. He's gonna pay for himself, the extra practice I'll get in won't hurt.'' Phoebe countered and then put her hands up defensively.

''Is it to late to mention I have wooden dummies that can come to life that mimicked your moves or with pre-made moves and that you didn't need to spend your money for?'' he asked as Phoebe groaned.

''Now you tell me.'' she remarked as she bit her bottom lip. ''Anyone wanna see some moves?''

she asked as Piper slipped the boxing gloves on her hands but shook her head. "No."

Phoebe shrugged and turned to Prue, undeterred. "Come on. Come on." She challenged hopefully. Prue laughed and squinted at Slam-man, moving him into Phoebe and knocking her off-balance. "You know that is so unfair!" She accused.

"Hey, demons do not play fair." Prue pointed out, trying to pull away as Phoebe put her in an arm lock and pulled her down.

"Gotcha!" Phoebe announced triumphantly.

Prue attempted to pull her arm free again. "Okay, okay, okay, okay…"

"I didn't hear you say it." Phoebe laughed, attempting to hold both Prue and herself up.

"Pheebs, let go." Prue ordered lightly, swiping at Piper as she tapped Prue on the head with the boxing glove while Naruto roared with laughter.

Phoebe jerked as she was pulled into a premonition.

It was a man, in his thirties or forties, Phoebe couldn't quite tell. He was Caucasian and with dark hair and he had a sword. With the sword drawn he plunged it into Prue's stomach.

Prue froze, immediately realizing what had happened and reached out to steady Phoebe as Phoebe was no longer supporting her.

"Phoebe, what is it?" Piper asked gently.

''What happened?'' Naruto added.

"What did you see?" Prue demanded.

Phoebe slowly turned her gaze on Prue. "I saw you die." She whispered.

''Are you sure? Absolutely sure that you saw Prue being killed?'' Naruto pressed as Phoebe shaken up looked up at him.

''I saw some psycho stab her with a sword.'' she clarified.

''I'll get some supplies so you can draw out what you saw.'' he remarked as he got up and left.

''And I'll go get the book.'' Piper volunteered. Some time passed and Phoebe was drawing the images she saw while she flipped through the pages of the Book of Shadows. Naruto was contacting some of his allies by phone as they began tracking down anyone that fit Phoebe's description and seeing as they were in San Francisco the search was going a little too well.

It was silent in the kitchen other than the turn of the pages and the occasional short description.

It was only broken when Piper came into the kitchen and began pouring four cups of coffee.

"We're gonna need a lot more of this." She mumbled, rubbing her hand against her eyes in an attempt to straighten her vision.

"You couldn't sleep either, huh?" Phoebe guessed without looking away from the book.

"No, I was up all night. I couldn't get the thought of Prue being killed out of my head." Piper replied with a roll of her eyes at the thought of the night's conversation. "Is that the sword?" she asked, noticing the drawing on Phoebe's notebook.

"Yeah, I drew it from memory." Phoebe answered, yawning again. "Unfortunately I can't find it from the Book of Shadows yet. I wish that thing had an index." She threw in with a sigh.

''I wish you had a closer look at the Killer's face.'' Piper lamented.

"Well, if someone tries to impale my sister, they're gonna have to get through me." Phoebe returned determinedly.

"Oh good. Coffee!" Prue observed, heading straight for the coffee pot.

Phoebe's eyes widened as she took in Prue's outfit. "Uh, why are you dressed up?" She demanded, jumping off her stool.

"Because they don't have casual day at Bucklands." Prue replied as if it was obvious.

''Wait you promised you would stay home until we figure this out.'' Piper reminded her.

"That was before Claire called saying she has a client that wants to put a major collection on the block and if we get this account it would be a serious coup for Bucklands." Prue explained.

"Can't Claire get somebody else to do it?'' Piper suggested.

"Piper, I have worked so hard for Claire to trust me with something like this, why should someone else get all the glory?" Prue argued with a shrug.

"I'll take the nasty demon that wants you dead for a hundred, Bob." Phoebe joked though her eyes were serious. Prue shot her a look and Phoebe shot her right back.

"I can't believe you would risk your life to impress your boss. You cannot leave the house…" Piper insisted with clasped hands in disbelief.

Prue smiled, appearing amused by the debate. "Okay, look, relax. Phoebe's had premonitions before and we've affected the outcome, right?" Prue prompted, glancing over her shoulder at Phoebe for confirmation.

Phoebe reluctantly nodded. "That's true, but…"

"And in your premonition, it was man who killed me, well, I'm going to Bucklands to meet a female client and Claire will be with me every step of the way, besides are we forgetting our self-pointed guardian? Some nut-job with a sword won't be able to come within a hundred feet of me.'' She insisted confidently.

"Only if you come straight home after work." Piper bargained stubbornly.

Prue's smile widened as she observed her sisters. "Will it stop you from worrying?" She asked. Both of her sisters gave her an a-little-bit gesture. She nodded, silently agreeing before taking her coffee and heading for work.

''I kind of agree with them. I'm not worried about an inability to protect you, but should you really be taking this kind of risk?'' he asked, having just finished a call.

''I can't go run and hide every time a demon shows up. And if he proves too much I have you as back-up.'' Prue decided. Naruto followed Prue upstairs as she finished getting her things together.

''And what if he's not a demon or a warlock? There are other beings out there who are enemy to witches, like other magic users, let's just be careful.'' Naruto told her as he left the room, going on ahead to scout out Prue's usual route to keep an eye out for sword bearers or people with large magical signatures.

At Bucklands Auction House Claire led the way down the hallway toward her office. "The client's in my office. Now remember what I told you on the phone?"

"This woman's family has more money than God and if we land this account, it could put Bucklands in the black for years." Prue quoted, stopping just outside the door of Claire's office and smiling expectantly.

Claire nodded. "Exactly. You ready?" She asked.

Prue grinned and reached for the door knob. "Of course I am." Prue replied cheerfully before pushing the door open and preceding Claire into the room.

"Helena Statler. I would like you to meet Prue Halliwell one of our best and brightest young specialists." Claire announced while Prue stepped forward and politely shook hands with Helena.

Helena turned her gaze from Claire and regarded Prue curiously. "Best and brightest that's quite an introduction." She commented.

"Yes, it is. Maybe I should get a raise." Prue joked, glancing pointedly in Claire's direction.

Claire narrowed her eyes slightly but smiled nonetheless. "Let's have a seat, shall we?" Claire suggested, slipping into a seat next Helena while Prue took the one on the other side of the client.

Helena wasted no time getting to the point. "Ms. Halliwell, my brother and I hold an extensive collection of antiquities. If we were to retain your firm, you'd be cataloging and praising and selling the finest pieces you'd seen in your career. Maybe your life." She began.

"Just what kind of collection are we talking about exactly?" Prue curiously asked.

"The kind that occupies three buildings at Warehouse Flats. We have art and artifacts from every period and movement in history from Egyptian mummies to Jasper Johns." Helena elaborated before turning to Claire behind her. "We would want a sample appraisal of course." Helena added.

"Oh, Prue will be there today if you like." Claire replied immediately.

Prue's smile faded. "At the Warehouse Flats?" She repeated nervously.

"Is that a problem?" Helena questioned, noting her change in expression.

Prue met Claire's gaze and she quickly forced her smile back. "No. No, I'm sure that I can handle it." Prue answered.

Phoebe ran through the hallways of Quake as workers were going back and forth handling the new supplies being delivered to the restaurant. Piper was instructing one of them when Phoebe ran up.

"I just called Bucklands and they said that Prue left the office for a meeting." Phoebe explained quickly.

''Why am I getting the feeling you have more bad news?''

''I finally found out about that sword I saw...'' she paused, grabbing Piper's arm and pulling her away out of earshot. ''...in the Book of Shadows. It's the symbol of the Lords of War. They're a clan of supernatural warriors. They've been around since time began." Phoebe answered.

''And what do they want?''

"They want to start war. They've started most of the major wars in history and once they're done in one place they get reincarnated in some other part of the world and they start all over again."

''So is he flesh and blood?'' Piper wondered.

"Yes, but the book says as long as they have their sword they're not only protected, their immune to the weapons of man." Phoebe explained. ''And unfortunately we don't know what that means. One of our ancestors' perspectives could have been limited. There's no telling what they're immune against magical wise. I mean if this entry indicates no weapon of man can harm them, but why not mention if magic is effective against them or not?''

''Less musings and more focus on the invulnerable guy with a sword trying to start a war.''

''Well the Lords may be invulnerable but they do have a code of honor and when one of them is disgraced, he has to steal his abilities back."

''So what does this have to deal with Prue?' Piper pointed out.

"One of the things he has to steal back is the magic of a first born witch. They're supposed to be the strongest." Phoebe continued.

'Of course,' Piper thought with a roll of her eyes. ''I'll call he night shift manager and she if he'll cover for me. Try to call Prue or Naruto on their cellphones.'' she said as the two o them headed for the door.

Prue parked her car next to Ms. Statler's car and walked through the entrance into the dark building. Leaving the door open behind her to let some light flood in, she hesitantly went down one of the aisles of artifacts. 'Just relax. No one will harm you as long as I'm around.' he informed her as Prue paused and settled her breathing.

"Ms. Statler?" She called out. The door was blown closed behind her, causing her to jump and descending Prue into further darkness. Naruto's calming touch on her shoulder caused her to relax. "Ms. Statler?" Prue tried again, her eyes scouring the area for any movement. The lights suddenly flickered on and Prue spun around to see Ms. Helena Statler step from a particularly dark corner.

"Hello, Ms. Halliwell." Helena greeted politely, taking a few steps toward Prue. Prue sighed in relief just as her phone jingle went off. She pulled the cell out and rejected the call before slipping it back into her bag. "I hope I didn't scare you." Helena continued apologetically.

Prue smiled at the apology. "No, I don't really scare easily." She assured Helena.

Helena didn't respond but instead turned her attention to the artifacts settled throughout the building. "So what do you think of our collection?" She asked, glancing over her shoulder at Prue.

"I think that you have exquisite taste." Prue remarked, her eyes widening over the many antiques. She caught sight of a Roman Vessel on one of the tables and couldn't resist a better look.

"My brother and I have been collecting our entire lives. It's our binding passion." Ms. Statler went on as she knowingly followed Prue's gaze to the Roman Vessel. She led Prue toward it, a silent go-ahead for Prue to have a closer look.

Prue didn't appear to have heard Helena's last explanation as she inspected the artifact in front of her. "Is this a Roman Vessel?" She asked in surprise.

"Why don't you tell me?" Helena countered.

"I've never seen one in such good condition." Prue explained. "The handles represent Venus and the relief details scenes of Roman baths in Caracalla. It probably dates back to 210 BC. It's very rare and priceless." She continued.

"Wow, Claire was right, you really are something." Helena complimented, appearing thoughtful as she glanced around her and then back to Prue. Prue smiled faintly but otherwise didn't respond. Helena waved her hand in the direction of another artifact. "What can you tell me about this item?"

Prue recognized it almost immediately. "It's a pillory." She answered. "The markings are Castilian, so I'd say it dates back to the inquisition." She offered, pushing the sleeves of her jacket up slightly so her wrists would better fit in the indentions. "But it's missing a piece." Prue mumbled, speaking of the restraints that would imprison a person.

"The victim's arms were held in place by a bolted restraint." Helena explained matter-of-factly. As she spoke, steel rods shot across the top trapping Prue's wrists in the pillory. "Prue Halliwell my brother Gabriel." Helena announced, waving her hand in the direction where Gabriel had just entered from.

Gabriel stopped just behind Prue, a wicked grin on his face. "I'd shake your hand, but it's otherwise engaged."

Prue bit her lip slightly and turned back to Helena. "What are you doing?" She demanded, nervously glancing from Helena to Gabriel and back again.

"Killing a witch." Helena replied shortly.

"Your ancestor's power emanated from her hands. No doubt yours does too." Gabriel began, watching as Prue struggled to slide her hands out of the pillory to no avail.

"My ancestor?" Prue repeated in confusion.

"A witch named Brianna." Helena offered, receiving a look of surprise from Prue. "You're not the only one who has done a little research." She responded to Prue's look.

Prue glared at Helena before transferring it to the pillory. With a squint of her eyes the steel rods released her. She turned on Helena and sent her back into the wall while Gabriel struggled to recover from his surprise and unsheathe his sword. Before he could attack he was surprised as Naruto made his presence known. A chakra burst Haymaker sent the man flying into the wall as his sword dropped to the ground.

''What took you so long?''

''Villains just love to talk. Quite honestly the fact they needlessly told you their connection to you or better yet I should say the reason they're attacking you is a great help. Anyway time to dispose of golden boy.'' Naruto stated as he walked over to the recovering man.

''No man shall keep me from my vengeance.'' he said as he attempted to swing the door only for Naruto to catch it. When he did something strange happened. The sword glowed brightly and a bright flash erupted sending the both of them flying.

''Naruto!'' Prue ran over to the stun blond and picked him up. Her eyes widened in horror when Gabriel seemed to be quickly recovering. Without waiting for the next move, Prue helped the dazed Naruto to his feet and bolted for the door. Gabriel threw his sword after her and it slammed into the wall beside the door, missing Prue and Naruto by inches. Prue dumped Naruto into the passenger's seat and got into the driver's seat, starting the car and quickly taking off before Gabriel or Helena could catch up to them.

Gabriel and Helena came out in time to see Prue speeding out of the parking lot. "How did she do that?" Helena demanded, crossing her arms angrily.

"She's not like her ancestor; she channels her power through her eyes, not her hands. I won't make that mistake again." Gabriel answered, looking his sword. ''I don't know who that stranger was, but when he touched my Crystal Sword I felt a great increase of power. After we kill the witch we shall hunt down the man as well. I want that power.'' as far as Gabriel and other Lords of Wars were concerned their swords were an extension of themselves tools that grant them power and longevity. Even now he had faint memories of being inducted into the clan and being bestowed this mystery blade. Though now it appeared that mysterious blond man had some sort of link to it.

''It won't be so easy. The Halliwell knows about us. We have to move fast, attack her at home before worrying about that other." Helena pointed out.

Gabriel shook his head, staring at the place where Prue's car had disappeared. "No, home is where she has the power of three to protect her. We'll think of another way."

Back at the Manor Naruto was slowly recovering. ''It was...it was as if the power was being sucked out of me.'' the blond explained as he slowly sat up in the house. ''To think his weapon would have such an effect I wasn't expecting it."

''You aren't the only one.'' Prue admitted. ''I was so confident we could deal with whoever was coming after me I didn't even consider them a threat. You, I, we both could have been killed.''

''As much as I want to commence with I told you so we should focus more on the threat.'' Piper pointed out as Phoebe came down the steps.

"Okay, I found our ancestor Brianna." she announced, dropping down into the seat next to Piper while dropping the Book of Shadows on the table in front of Prue.

"She was our Great, Great, Great Aunt. She could move things with her mind like Prue." Phoebe continued. "Now, she disgraced Gabriel during the Crimean War. She used her power to take away his sword." She went on slowly. ''He must be trying to get his abilities back.''

Prue frowned the more they spoke. "Great, so some guy couldn't keep it in his sheathe and now I'm marked for death." She simplified, appearing none-too-pleased with the situation.

Piper smirked and couldn't resist a joke. "Well, some men are very sensitive about their weapons."

Phoebe ignored Piper and the resulting smirk and head shake from Prue when Naruto interrupted them. ''Wait a minute. Great, Great, Great Aunt? Crimean War? No that doesn't make sense...'' he said as he got up and went to another direction of the house before shouting he would be right back. Moments later he returned with the family tree and began reading the passage.

''No...something is not right. This can't be accurate. Someone's made a mistake!''

''What do you mean?'' Phoebe curiosly asked.

''Piper when did this Crimean War began?'' he asked as Piper puzzled look at him for a moment before stopping and thinking about it.

''The fall in mid eighteen-hundreds I think. I know it only lasted a few years. It was a conflict between the Russian Empite and an alliance with the French and British Empires. I think the Ottoman Empire was involved.''

''This Brianna Warren is supposed to be your ancestor yet she embarrassed this man during the Crimean war? Time Travel has to be involved.'' he said as he his fingers ran along the family tree. ''On here there is only one sibling link, yet a few weeks ago I did a search on every Warren/Halliwell member of your family after the incident with Melinda. As your great aunt she had to have had a sibling to come to America to be your sister yet we have to assume that this showdown took place in the Ukraine. The birth certificates I was able to find points this maternal ancestor puts all of your relatives within the past few centuries in America. Now you would believe her leaving to Ukraine to fight this Lord of War would make sense of everything, but the records indicate a Brianna Warren working at the Nation Art Museum in Sevastopol at this time with little to no mention of strange incidents surrounding her like other members of your family.

Now that I think about it, trying to keep up the masquerade and balancing a normal life for over three-hundred years should have eventually caught the eye or interest of anyone who has had some connection to your family line. So the only two possibilities that makes sense of what I learned is reality warping or time travel and if that's the case that explains now why that man's sword infected me in such a way. Brianna Warren could have been one of the members of your family I interacted with and can no longer recall because of my amnesia. Possibly having an encounter with me once can explain why his weapon affected me like it did today. It's some sort enhancement that was probably placed for when we would next time fight, this time being now.''

''If that's the case then why wouldn't he remember you?'' Prue pointed out. ''He and his sister seem to know enough about the Warren family history to plan an ambush so shouldn't they have known about you as well?''

''I wish I knew the answers.'' he answered with a sigh. ''All I know is if I go anywhere near that damn sword I lose my strength.''

Phoebe reread the passage and interjected something in the conversation. ''The Lords of War and their weapons are supposed to be inseparable like Thor and his hammer and I guess Brianna was able to send his sword hundreds of miles away." She read thoughtfully.

"Alright… a sword I can move, but hundreds of miles? I'm not that powerful." Prue admitted if rather grudgingly.

"I thought about that and I found this incantation." Phoebe began, flipping the pages of the book until she found it. "To multiply your strength, recite these words at length." She turned the book around and passed it to Prue while Piper and Naruto quickly gathered around as well.

Prue took a moment to read over the page. "Alright, so all I have to do is say this incantation and I'll be stronger?"

Phoebe nodded quickly. "Hopefully strong enough to separate Gabriel and his sword." She agreed.

Piper's eyes widened slightly in horror. "Uh, no, time out bad idea." Piper argued hastily.

"Why? Because it's mine?" Phoebe guessed with narrowed eyes at her older sister.

"No, because there might be a Power of Three solution to this." Piper answered shortly.

"Yeah, but the Book of Shadows doesn't say that. And besides, it's me he's after not you, or Phoebe." Prue countered.

Piper frowned and shook her head quickly. "Okay, okay, maybe we should just lay low for a few days. You know, use up our sick days." She offered instead.

"And wait for Gabriel to find us?" Prue returned, obviously not about to let it happen. Piper fell silent and Prue went on. "And he might hurt one of you to get to me and I will not take that risk." Prue carefully stood up and grabbed the book, preparing to head up to the attic to say the incantation.

"Okay, Prue, but wait, okay wait!" Piper ordered and Prue reluctantly stopped and faced the younger Halliwell. "At least let us vote on this."

Prue smiled and nodded. "Alright. All in favor or me saying the incantation raise their hands." Prue called, immediately raising her own. Piper's gaze turned on Phoebe who was very reluctantly raising her hand despite Piper's glare.

''Allies!'' Piper argued. ''Naruto you have friends. Maybe they can help?''

''I don't know if I know any who can just up against a Warlord like that. None that are nearby anyway you're right in a matter of speaking, I think as sisters you should work together on this, but if this incantation can help protect Prue in anyway then I'm all for it. I'm not saying everything in the Book of Shadows is rifled with human error, but those words are the blessing and warnings of witches, your family that wanted you, the next generation to be prepared for what's next to come. Whoever wrote that incantation felt it was important for a reason so I think we should at least give it a try.''

Prue nodded and quickly dismissed Piper's argument and glad that Naruto had thought thinks through and supported the decision. "Sorry, Sis. Majority rules." She reminded Piper before taking the book and walking up the stairs.

"But, Prue…" Piper sighed, turning an angry glare on Phoebe and Naruto as Prue disappeared up the stairs reading to herself the incantation. ''I can't believe you're going to let her do this. She's putting herself at risk.''

"Take my powers blessed be

Multiply their strength by three…"

''I know Piper...'' Naruto softly admitted, ''I don't like the thought of Prue in danger anymore then you do, but I have faith in your sister."

Before anything else could be said a thundering sound from the attic echoed. The trio shot up the stairs and came a stop of the doorway. The sight they saw was Prue being surrounded by white orbs where they were kneeling down next to the book. "Oh my God!" Piper exclaimed, grabbing onto Phoebe.

"Oh my God!" Phoebe repeated and her mouth dropped as Prue suddenly multiplied. Now there were three. "Uh, Prue?" Phoebe asked softly.

"What?" All three Prue's responded.

''Oh hell...'' Naruto murmured. ''That wasn't a power enhancement spell but a multiplication spell.'' The real Prue finally seemed to realize their other two counterparts and their own jaws dropped in surprise.

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Trivia

What I pointed out is indeed one of the plot holes in the show. Canonically Brianna can not be a great aunt because of age/conflicting backstory.)