Original Posted On: Nov. 25, 2020
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"Hey" = Speaking
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'Hey' = Memory
"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link/ Tailed Beast
Chapter 6: Night of Rain and Fire
Ine Village, Jasmine Dragon…
It was raining heavily and there was thunder, so the tea shop was closed, and thus it was vacant except the two owners of the shop.
"Come on, gramps." Naruto whined as he and Iroh played a game of pai sho.
Iroh didn't verbally respond, just smiled as he sipped his tea and ate one of his sweets.
He looked over the board for a few more minutes before making his move.
'Finally.' Naruto thought as he moved one of his pieces, taking two of Iroh's.
'He is getting better, but…' Iroh thought with a smirk as he moved his final piece. "I win, grandson."
Naruto blinked and looked at the board.
*Sigh* "That you did gramps." Naruto said in defeat as he shook Iroh's hand. "One more game?"
"Of course, I'll take every challenge so I can defeat you." Iroh laughed as they reset the game.
(KNOCK, KNOCK)
"We are closed, please come back tomorrow." Iroh called out as he set up his pieces.
"Grandpa, its me, Tamamo!" Said kitsune called through the door.
"I got it." Naruto said as he bolted towards the door, making Iroh smile.
Naruto had a vibrant smile on his face as he opened the door enough to let a soaking wet Tamamo in.
"Please, go take a shower to warm up, we will make you something to eat." Naruto said after he gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
"I… I will. But…." Tamamo said nervously as she avoided Naruto's gaze.
"Tamamo, what is wrong?" Iroh asked as he stood up and checked his granddaughter over. "You aren't sick, are you?"
Tamamo shook her head.
"No, I'm… I'm not sick…" She stammered as she shook from fear and the cold.
"Then what is going on?" Naruto asked with worry.
Tamamo teared up as she bit her lip, cupping her hands tightly.
"I'm pregnant." She stated, eyes tightly closed, her ears flat against her head with her tails between her legs shivering.
She weakly opened her eye, and then opened the other when she saw the look of surprise and absolute joy in Iroh and Naruto's eyes.
"I'm… I'm going to be a daddy." Naruto said as he knelt down. "Tamamo, will you marry me?"
Tamamo gasped as she watched him pull out a ring.
It was a simple European wedding ring, with a small gemstone on a silver band.
"Yes, yes…" Tamamo cried as she allowed him to put it on her finger before she hugged his head into her breast.
"Congratulations you two." Iroh said as he hugged his grandchildren.
"Thank you, grandfather." Tamamo replied as she cried tears of joy while Naruto stood up and joined in the hug, both men ignoring the fact they were getting wet from the rain water still on Tamamo.
"Okay, before we celebrate, you need to go warm up, young lady, especially now." Iroh urged as he pushed Tamamo towards the bath.
"Okay, grandfather, I will." Tamamo replied as she wiped away her tears before heading upstairs.
Iroh felt pride beat in his chest before he looked at Naruto.
"I can't believe it." Naruto said with his smile still present on his face as he pressed his hands together as he sat down. "I'm going to be a dad, and I'm getting married soon."
Iroh patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"It's all a part of life my dear grandson." Iroh stated with a wide smile. "It is now about taking each step one at a time and being there for your partner and child."
Iroh's smile lost some of his brightness.
"I know I failed as a father, because I left my daughter alone when I should have been there for her." Iroh muttered, guilt wrecking his heart.
"But, if you did, then I would not have been the person I am today, gramps." Naruto said as he hugged Iroh. "Without you, I would have never met Tamamo or lived long enough to have this chance."
"You're right." Iroh said as he hugged Naruto. "You are right."
"Love you, old man." Naruto said as he separated from Iroh.
"Love you too, but I am still going to destroy you in pai sho." Iroh mocked as he reminded Naruto of their game.
"Oh, those are fighting words!" Naruto stated.
Next day…
Naruto woke up, Tamamo on top of him, both naked in his room.
Carefully, Naruto shifted his arms to hold Tamamo, his hand going up and down her back, making her three tails wag from the sensations.
He smiled as he heard her purr in his arms.
'I'll go back to sleep.' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes again.
Dream…
I looked on with envy, everyone with their friends and family as I sat alone at the swing.
'Why can't I have that?' I thought as I saw the joy my classmates had when seeing their parents. 'Why am I all alone?'
The scene changed and I stood before an old man who were a white robe with a square hat that was red and white with the kanji for 'Fire' on it.
"Old man," I asked desperately with tears in my eyes, looking him dead in his. "Why don't I have any parents? Why am I not loved?"
The pain in his eyes. I could… see it, but I couldn't.
I could see that he knew why and could have told me.
I could not see it, nor could I have thought he knew anything.
"Your parents died the night the kyubi attacked." The old man said with a slight crack in his voice as he turned around, making it so I could no longer see his face. "But I can say that they did love you, Naruto."
The scene changed again, I was older, and I was wearing an orange jumpsuit and I wore green goggles on my head as a man with silverish blue hair stood above me while I held a giant scroll.
"YOU ARE THE KYUBI WHO ATTACKED THE VILLAGE!" he shouted at me.
I could feel my heart break, tears staining my eyes as I ran, wiping them away, only for them to come back when a man with a scar across his nose fought him.
"Naruto, is an excellent shinobi." He said as the traitor went to kill him, before I stepped in.
Once again, the scene changed, and I stood on a bridge, my body filled with pain as needles were puncturing my flesh as I was enclosed in a dome of reflective ice.
In my arms was the same person I fought at the waterfall, but he was younger, and he too, had needles riddling his body.
"I am sorry, but he is dead." My opponent said from within the ice.
I felt sadness and anger bubble in my gut as I let out a roar.
"NARUTO!"
End Dream…
Naruto opened his eyes, Tamamo next to him with a look of concern.
"Baby, what's wrong?" She asked in concern.
"Yeah…" Naruto said as he sat up, feeling his heart racing. 'It has been a while since this happened, but… I know them.
"You were muttering names in your sleep again." Tamamo replied in concern, the blanket covering her body.
Naruto looked at his fiancé.
"I don't know, but I had a dream… I think, and I saw people and events play out with my eyes." Naruto said in confusion. "I don't know what these are, but I don't like it."
Tamamo took his hand and leaned into him, comforting him.
"It's okay, sweetheart." Tamamo whispered. "You can talk to me or grandpa."
Naruto leaned into Tamamo's breasts, feeling at ease with her.
"Okay…" Naruto said as he recounted his dreams, including the one with the mysterious Sasuke.
Meanwhile…
Miko paced in her throne room.
'Where is she?' Miko thought with worry. 'Tamamo should have been back by now.'
Miko sensed someone approaching, and regained her composure.
"Lady Miko." The yokai said, one of Tamamo's guards. "I have some bad news."
"What is it?" Miko asked.
The man was afraid.
His body shook slightly while he swallowed the lump in his throat.
"Your daughter is pregnant, and the father is Naruto." He said.
He was drowned in the flood of Miko's power as she stared at the wall, in sage mode, still as a board.
"Get Dr. Izo in here, now." Miko ordered darkly to the guard.
"y-Yes, Ma'am." He said, bowing before he rushed out.
Miko's eyes became cold as she crossed her arms before her.
'I have to protect my people.' Miko thought as she looked out the window, seeing the land of Kyoto. 'I must protect my family.'
Several minutes passed in silence before Izo entered the throne room.
"You wanted to see me, Lady Miko?" Izo asked, nervousness shown on his face.
"My daughter is pregnant." Miko stated bluntly. "And the child is the offspring of that human father picked up. I need you to get rid of the child when Tamamo returns."
Izo's eyes were wide.
He, as a horse yokai and a doctor, had heard and done many things one could think of as unethical, but after he became a doctor, he chose to never kill another being.
And now, at this moment, his empress was ordering to kill an unborn child.
"But… We haven't done enough testing in this type of procedure. Your daughter will go through intense pain and agony." Izo stuttered, trying to talk Miko out of it. "There is a forty-five percent chance of her living, and a sixty percent chance of permanent internal damage, making her infertile."
"You refusing my orders?" Miko asked, shadow casted over her face, her monocle reflecting light.
Izo bit his lip.
"I am." Izo said as he turned his back. "I won't kill a child."
Miko sighed.
"So be it." She muttered.
Next thing Izo knew, he was tackled to the ground, Miko over powering him with her senjutsu enhanced body.
Once he was pinned and struggling, Miko raised her hand, brimming with chakra.
"NO!" Izo shouted as Miko grabbed his face, her chakra entering Izo's body, making him scream in pain.
'This is the strongest genjutsu I have.' Miko thought as Izo calmed down, his eyes glazed over. "Now, will you do as I told?"
"Yes, Lady Miko." Izo replied in a dull response.
Miko removed herself from Izo, ending her sage mode as she sat down.
"Go prepare for the procedure." Miko ordered.
Izo bowed and walked away.
Internally, he was screaming at his body to stop moving, attempting to fight against Miko's genjutsu, but he couldn't stop it.
Next day…
Tamamo rode in her carriage, seeing the border to Kyoto.
'Please, let this work.' She mentally prayed as she touched the bangle on her wrist.
Flashback…
"Wearing this shall conceal the scent of your pregnancy to your Mother." Iroh said as he placed a bangle on his granddaughter's wrist as she prepared to leave.
"Thank you, grandpa." Tamamo said as she hugged him goodbye.
End Flashback…
Tamamo touched her stomach, anxiety bubbling next to her child the closer she got to the capitol.
"We will be in the capitol in twenty minutes, Lady Tamamo." One of the guards with her carriage informed her.
"Thank you." Tamamo replied with a soft smile.
The next twenty minutes were spent in fear as Tamamo drew closer to home.
The compound was eerily silent as Tamamo exited the carriage.
Tamamo entered and walked to the throne room, where Miko was most likely going to be.
"Mama?" Tamamo called out as she cracked open the door to peer in.
"Enter." Miko replied.
Tamamo entered.
"Mama, I am home." Tamamo said as she bowed.
Miko didn't respond.
Tamamo was overcome with fear at the silence.
"So, it is true then." Miko said as she sensed said fear. "You have been tainted by that human."
Tamamo snapped straight up in disbelief.
'How did she know?' Tamamo thought as she took a step back.
Miko didn't move at all, but her piercing gaze as she held a pipe in her hand.
"I can't allow this." She said as she tapped the pipe, emptying the tobacco from the bowl.
"Mama, please, listen…" Tamamo started to say before she was grabbed by two yokai.
"I'm sorry, Princess Tamamo, but you have to come with us." One of them said.
"HEY!" Tamamo shouted as she struggled against the guards as they pulled her out of the room. "MAMA!"
Miko lit the new set of tobacco in her pipe, taking a deep inhale of smoke, holding it, before she exhaled as she ignored her daughter's cries.
Tamamo was pulled into the medical wing of the compound, making her eyes widen.
'No…' She thought as she struggled more as she was lifted up and strapped to the table.
"Keep her still."
Tamamo gasped as she saw Izo, the family doctor, loomed over her.
"Izo, please, don't." Tamamo begged with tears in her eyes.
"Preparing anesthetic." Izo said, ignoring her.
Internally, Izo was crying.
'Please, forgive me!' Izo thought as his eyes teared up, which Tamamo saw. 'I don't want to do this! BODY DON'T DO IT!'
Tamamo felt someone touch her head, feeling warm and fuzzy as she fell asleep.
"Procedure: Start." Izo said as his hands, covered in healing chakra, touched her stomach before sinking into her flesh.
Two days later…
"Hey!" Someone shouted as they entered the Jasmine Dragon. "Iroh!"
"What is it?" Iroh asked, getting Naruto's attention as he took a customer's order.
"There is some drunk ranting and causing trouble in the plaza." The yokai stated out of breath. "Please, can you and Naruto deal with it?"
"We will look into it. Naruto make some clones because we are going out." Iroh called out as he took off his apron.
"Alright grandpa." Naruto called back as he gave the order to the other workers in the kitchen before taking off his own apron.
"So, what is going on?" Naruto asked as he and Iroh made their way to the plaza.
"There is someone causing trouble in a drunk state." Iroh told him. "They want us to deal with them."
"Hm, sucks we don't have any law enforcement." Naruto stated sarcastically.
Iroh rolled his eyes as they entered the plaza, hearing the drunk man's ranting.
"Dr. Izo?" Naruto asked as he recognized the horse yokai with a bottle of sake rapidly draining into Izo's throat.
"Hmm?" Izo mumbled as he heard his name, seeing Iroh and Naruto.
The bottle shattered as he dropped it.
"Nar… Ir…" He slurred as he teared up, swaying as he walked towards them before he face-planted into the dirt.
He gripped the ground as he let out a howl of emotional loathing.
"I'm sorry!" he shouted as he tearfully and snottily looked up at Iroh and Naruto, who were trying to help Izo up. "I didn't want to do it!"
"Izo, get it together." Iroh said in irritation.
Izo pushed off of Iroh and Naruto, shakily walking before he slammed into a cart.
"No, I can't…" He muttered as he stood back up. "I don't deserve forgiveness."
"Izo?" Iroh asked as he kept Naruto from getting closer.
"Iroh…" Izo said as he brokenly looked at Iroh. "Tamamo, her baby… I… Miko made me do it…"
Naruto grabbed Izo.
"WHAT ABOUT THE BABY!" Naruto shouted angrily.
"Naruto, let him go!" Iroh ordered.
Izo hit the ground again, sprawled out.
"She made me do it…" he repeated. "She made me kill the child inside her womb…"
The world metaphorically froze over for Iroh and Naruto as those words hit their ears.
"Izo, it's okay." Iroh said calmly as he reached out to his friend. "You just need to rest."
Izo choked up, eyes tightly closed.
"No…" he said as he held up his hand, glowing with green chakra. "I have taken to many lives."
"Wait!" Iroh shouted as Izo slashed his own throat.
The plaza went silent as everyone watched this.
"Okay, that is enough. This isn't a show!" Naruto shouted, making everyone to get back to their own business as law enforcement arrived and picked up Izo's body.
"Grandpa." Naruto said as he followed Iroh. "I am going to Kyoto."
"I know, but you won't go alone." Iroh said as he and Naruto returned to the Jasmine Dragon. "But first, we need to get an ally."
That Evening, Kyoto…
Tamamo sat in the corner of her cell in the fetal position, arms hugging her legs into her as her tails were wrapped around her arms.
"You will understand." Miko said from the other side of the cell. "I know you will, dear."
Tamamo's death stare didn't change nor did she respond to her mother's words.
Her eyes had lost the light that had shown any sign of life.
Miko sighed.
"I'll be back tomorrow with breakfast." Miko stated as she left.
"Lady Miko!" a bird yokai shouted through the window. "BAD NEWS! LORD IROH AND TWO OTHERS ARE AT THE BORDER!"
'Father is here?' Miko thought in surprise, eyes wide before they narrowed. "Who are the other two?"
"One is a blonde-haired human, and the other is apparently a vampire with a long sword." The yokai stated.
'Naruto and Vlad's brat.' Miko thought. "Tell the guards to let them in. We don't want any civilian casualties, but when they get to the compound, we shall ambush them."
"Of course, my Lady." The yokai said as he took off to inform his comrades.
'So, it is finally time.' Miko thought as she headed toward the throne room. 'I will correct my mistake.'
Outside the compound…
"You know this is a trap, right?" Adrian said as he followed Iroh and Naruto approached the compound. "If no one has attacked us yet, that is the only thing that makes sense."
"It is." Naruto said as he used his senjutsu sensing. "There is a large cluster of yokai in the compound."
"It doesn't matter." Iroh stated as he was ready for battle.
He wore the armor he wore during his time as emperor.
Naruto wore his light armor, similar to Iroh's, just not as ornate.
Adrian, meanwhile, wore his casual leather clothing.
"We aren't planning on fighting." Iroh continued. "We are going to break in, grab Tamamo, and run. That's it."
Adrian smirked.
"Fine with me." He said as he mentally prepared himself for battle while they entered the building.
The doors closed behind them.
"So, you came."
Iroh frowned as he saw the captain of the guard standing before them.
"Adrian, Naruto, you two go ahead. I'll take care of him." Iroh stated as he entered his sage mode.
Adrian and Naruto didn't verbally acknowledge Iroh, but obeyed him.
The man smirked.
"As if you think I would let you go." He said as he swung his arms around him, lightning crackling to life at his finger tips and then pointed them at Naruto.
As the lighting shot towards Naruto, Iroh appeared, fingers pointed as the lightning struck it like a lightning rod, entering Iroh's body as he moved his arms across his body, channeling it through him, avoiding his heart before redirecting it at the captain, who avoided it.
"Go." Iroh repeated, making Naruto and Adrian leave. "That was a low blow, even for you, Ozai."
Ozai smirked as he discarded his uniform, leaving him bare chested.
"I know, but I don't care, Dragon of the East." Ozai stated as he punched fire at Iroh, who used his own fire to block it.
"You have always been a hot head." Iroh said as he and Ozai faced off.
As this was going on, Adrian and Naruto ran through the compound.
"The cells are this way." Naruto said as he felt Tamamo's chakra signature amongst the many guards.
Adrian sighed as he pushed Naruto out of the way as four yokai impaled the ground with their spears.
"You can keep going, Naruto." Adrian said as he drew his sword, letting it hover around him with magic. "I won't be long."
"Fine." Naruto said as he kept going. 'I need to be more aware now.'
"You won't get…" One of the guards said before his throat was slit open by Adrian's sword.
"Focus on me, because I am your opponent." Adrian said as he caught his sword, opting to be somewhat fair against them.
One guard thrust his spear forward, Adrian parried, before spinning around and pushing back the second attacker.
"Hm, is this your best?" Adrian asked as he evaded the third guard who attacked from above by turning into a white wolf, sword in his mouth.
He jumped up and off the third guard, his head turning to the side, forcing his blade through the first guard's throat.
'Hm, reinforcements.' He thought as he pulled out his sword and reverted back to human form, sword in hand as many more guards appeared. 'I guess I need the work out.'
Meanwhile…
Tamamo leaned against the wall.
Her cheeks were stained with dried tears as she looked on, only a blanket covering her as her ears lay flat against her head.
"Ta…"
Tamamo internally felt dirty.
She felt incomplete.
She felt lost.
"Tama…"
'What am I going to do?' She thought in defeat as she hugged her legs tighter.
"TAMAMO!"
She slowly tilted her head towards the bars.
"Na… Naru?" She asked weakly, her eyes regaining some life as she saw Naruto.
"Tamamo, what happened?" Naruto asked, shaking his head. "Never mind, tell me later, first we need to get you out of here."
He stepped back with his hand extended behind him.
"Rasengan!" he stated as he slammed the jutsu into the lock, the metal rending it before it was destroyed. "Come on, let's go!"
Tamamo shook her head, pulling the blanket over her tighter.
"No, I can't." She said in defeat.
"Tama, I know what happened." Naruto said as he walked into the cell, slowly making his way to her, seeing her attempt to shrink into the shadows more. "Izo told gramps and I before he killed himself."
Tamamo bit her lower lip as fresh tears swelled up in her eyes.
Naruto watched her stand up, dropping the blanket to reveal her nude form to him.
Across her stomach were surgical scarring, turning her once cream tone flesh into horrid shades of red, due to them still healing though the flesh had sealed over.
"Do you think you could still love me?" She asked him in anger and fear. "Do you want me after what he did? Izo may have not been doing it of his own accord, but he still… he still… he killed our baby! I might not… I can't have children anymore!"
Naruto hugged her.
"I love you." He said as he reached up and ran his hand through her golden hair. "I know it's painful, but I am here for you. Whatever is burdening you, I shall take it on my shoulders and bear it with you."
Tamamo hugged Naruto back, her legs feeling weak after everything as she cried into her fiancés' body.
"Now, let's get…" Naruto started to say before he went quiet, his eyes narrowing. "What do you want, Miko?"
Tamamo gasped as she saw her mother standing outside the bars, no emotion expressed on her face as she smoked while Naruto gently picked her up and placed her on the bed.
"I sensed someone disturbing my daughter after her surgery." Miko replied as she exhaled, a bellow of smoke filling the air. "I didn't expect it to be you, but this just shows me that I was mistaken in letting you go with just a banishment. Means I was soft, I won't repeat myself this time."
"Naru, you have to run!" Tamamo panicked as she gripped his hand. "Please, forget…"
She stopped when Naruto patted her head.
"It's okay, I won't leave." He said with confidence.
"Naru… no don't…" Tamamo said before Naruto walked out of the cell and faced Miko.
"That is rude." Miko said as she glared at Naruto. "Making such a declaration of false hope when you know it will hurt her more when I kill you."
Naruto smirked as he refilled his sage mode.
"You know, Miko. There is just one thing I want to know." Naruto said as he glared back. "What the fuck is wrong with you? Sure, humans have hunted demons and yokai, and in turn this created a cycle of vengeance and hatred, but I never did anything to you for you to do what you did to your daughter!"
Miko didn't immediately respond before she laughed maliciously, her hand on her forehead as she laughed as if she was told the funniest joke.
She did this for a minute before calming down, her smile still on her face.
"You'd never understand." Miko stated as she took another hit from her pipe. "You know our history with humans, and accurately guessed why, but the day I lost Yoshimaru…"
Her smile vanished as she dropped her pipe, which clattered to the ground, while she entered sage mode, dwarfing Naruto's power with her connection to the Leigh Lines.
"I lost my sanity." She stated as her tribal markings finished appearing, a maniacle grin on her face showing her fangs. "I'm bat shit insane kid, now die."
Naruto felt her hand engulf his face as she thrust him through the walls and out of the compound.
'Strong!' he thought as he felt her stop before she threw him into several trees.
"Can't beat me, human!" Miko cackled. "As long as we are in Kyoto, my power will never cease to grow thanks to the Leigh Lines put here by the Sage of Six Paths!"
Naruto blinked.
'Sage… of Six Paths…" he thought as he got up.
An image of an old man, white skin, long gray beard, with horns and ripple pattern eyes appeared in his head.
Naruto shook his head, summoning a few clones to hide and gather nature energy for his sage mode.
"Oh, you can still stand even after that, human?" Miko taunted as she stepped up to him.
Naruto spat blood out of his mouth and a few teeth.
"Of course, I've been in brawls much worse that that." Naruto replied as he confronted her.
Miko grinned harder.
"Good, I want to make you suffer!" Miko stated as she charged at Naruto, who reacted faster than she thought he could and caught her extending arm, twisted it, and flipped her over, his right hand above forming his jutsu.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto shouted as he slammed it into the ground, Miko having vanished.
"Not bad. What a technique you got there." Miko exclaimed from the trees. "I wonder where you learned that from? Surely, my dear father didn't teach you, not his style."
She looked towards the compound, a small frown on her face.
"Seems Ozai and father are fighting." She said, knowing it was true due to the fact a chunk of her home was burning to the ground.
She returned her gaze to Naruto, to see him and several shadow clones closing in.
She grinned.
"Useless." She said as she expelled a dome of chakra, destroying all his clones and pushing Naruto away.
'Damn it!' Naruto thought as he latched onto the tree. 'I can barely get close now. She has seen the Rasengan, and won't let me get in to use it. What can I do?'
"Hm, I think I'll use that as it has been a while." Miko said as she jumped to the ground gracefully, clapping her hands together. "Be grateful, Naruto. Only those deserving have seen this!"
Naruto gasped as he watched Miko transform into her fox form, though she was not the size of a large fox, it was gigantic.
She was the size of a small mountain, senjutsu oozing from her body as her golden fur shined in the evening light, which was nearing it end as darkness consumed the land.
Iroh, meanwhile, restrained Ozai with the help of Adrian.
"Thank you, but we must hurry." Iroh stated as he sensed Miko using the Leigh Lines to strengthen herself even more.
"Of course, General Iroh." Adrian replied with slight sarcasm. 'I have never seen him like this before. But I am also worried about Naruto.'
They dowsed the fired as fast as possible before taking off into the woods.
'Naruto!' Iroh thought as he ran as fast as his old body allowed. 'Please, I can't lose you too!'
Adrian ran as fast as he could and stopped, eyes wide as he saw Naruto get impaled with one of Miko's claws.
"Oh, you are here, father?" Miko chortled in her fox form. "Sorry for the mess, but you know me…" She flicked Naruto off her claw. "I always make a mess."
Naruto hit the ground, his clones popping as he did, his chakra disrupted as he started to bleed out and was gasping.
"NARUTO!" Iroh shouted in anger.
"Tsk, tsk, stay out of this!" Miko stated as she tapped the ground with one of her tails.
The earth pulsed and instantly, a thick wall of stone appeared around Miko and Naruto, encasing them in a barricade.
'Tamamo…' Naruto thought as he coughed up blood. 'Grampa… Adrian…'
His eyes became heavy as they started to close, seeing Miko step into his vision.
"So long, Naruto." She said as she raised her paw, intending to smash him into paste.
She brought her hand down, only for her paw to be stopped.
'Sand?' She thought as a dome of sand covered Naruto, protecting him. 'What did he do?'
Naruto, meanwhile, felt the sand fall lifeless against his body.
'God, can't I die in peace?' He thought as he gripped his stomach, blood seeping through his fingers as he felt himself slipping further into death.
Naruto was surrounded by three clones.
He was the core.
One spun the chakra to create the rotation and power.
The second added wind.
Once he got the balance, he formed his Rasengan into a new jutsu.
'Wind.' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes.
"No matter." Miko said as she sensed no chakra within the sand. "Enjoy the afterlife, Naruto."
Naruto evaded, jumping on the wall and up to the rim.
'What is he doing?' Miko thought as she watched him. 'He can't have anything left.'
Naruto raised his hand, summoning two clones as he did.
'He is going for that again?' Miko thought as she watched him create the Rasengan. 'No matter, it is of little consequence.'
Her eyes got wide as her ears were assaulted by a high pitch sound.
'What is making that sound!' Miko thought, gasping when she saw the Rasengan become a massive shuriken.
"SHIT!" Miko shouted as she realized she was boxed in due to her own stone walls, thus was not going to be able to dodge.
Naruto threw the shuriken, draining the last of his sage mode as it left his palm.
It struck Miko's back, and imploded into a dome of wind chakra, violently spinning as Miko screamed in pain, reverting to human form as the walls she created were destroyed.
"NARUTO!" Iroh shouted as he saw Naruto fall, jumping up and catching him.
Adrian, meanwhile, used his sword to cut the giant chunks of debris heading towards him as Miko was still under attack.
But soon, it slowly came to an end, the dome vanishing to show a beaten Miko, her body covered in small lacerations and in much pain.
'She… her chakra network has been destroyed.' Iroh thought as he could barely feel any chakra inside his daughter as she clung to life. "Adrian, take Naruto back. I'll deal with her."
"Of course, Iroh." Adrian said as he took his best friend from Iroh and left.
Iroh walked towards Miko.
"Father…" She gasped, clutching something in her hand tightly and reaching toward him.
"Yes, dear…" Iroh said as he teared up a bit as he took her outstretched hand. "I am right here."
Miko relaxed a bit as the adrenaline kicked in, her pain lessening.
"Tell Tamamo…" Miko coughed as she placed the object that she held in Iroh's hand. "She is… my… successor."
Her hand hit the ground as her body went limp.
In Iroh's hand was the White Lotus pin that symbolized leadership of Kyoto.
Iroh touched her wrist.
'No pulse.' Iroh thought as he sat down.
A silent wind pushed through the woods.
"Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow, Like fragile tiny shells." Iroh sang softly as he looked at his now dead daughter. "Drifting in the foam. Little soldier Boy, Come marching home. Brave Soldier boy…"
Iroh choked a bit.
"Comes Marching Home…" He finished as he held the White Lotus pin in his hand, unable to hold back his tears. "My little Soldier boy."
Chapter 6, DONE!
Okay, this chapter really hurt me.
I killed a baby in Ghoul of Gremory and I hated it, and now I am killing another one.
Face Palm and sigh.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
Miko is finally out and is proven to be bat shit crazy for making Izo abort the baby, and in turn kills himself.
I feel like I could have done more with Iroh and Adrian with their fights, but I didn't. I could do more, if it's wanted, I'll go back and add to them.
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Hm... Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention, I am in the middle of drawing all the 'leaders' of Kyoto and their families. Meaning four leaders (Iroh, Miko, Tamamo, Naruto) so please, look forward to it going up on Boo1194's deviantart page.
Hm, I can't think of anything else to say besides saying, Happy Thanksgiving and please leave a review, even if you hated it.