Original Posted On July 30, 2021
Beta Read by: Heckelman88, Crowfeast
Review Response:
SolSparda369: Already came up with the abilities of the Rasenring, so that is covered. Love the ideas for Yasaka's exploits.
Md Alf: Already have one in mind. And yes, Hermit time.
Redlox2: No, it's not a bad question. I have 3-4 women planned, and one of them is from DXD. Same here, but remember, Yasaka and Naruto bath together, so they are pretty use to being naked around each other. This time, however, they are outside the hot spring, so that is why Yasaka wore the fundoshi and the chest bindings during her training.
Al's Gray Ghost: Why do you feel cringe?
Calderoneric758: So far, yeah, but this time, since Naruto did put an end to the faction war peacefully, they are willing to talk.
Dzerx: Oh, that will be lots of fun to write the shocked expressions on everyone's faces when Ophis reveals Naruto is her son.
Xemenon: Thank you.
Habu2010: Be prepared, a lot of time skips are about to happen.
Heaven34: I sort of want it to be OP but not that OP. So, I thought about it and came up with an idea that I like for the Rasenring.
OgihcI IkasoruK: Thank you. I am glad I was able to give you a new pairing to like.
Thor94: Essentially yes.
Rosaurocunanan16: thank you, I am quite proud of the reception of NarutoXLucoa. The Faction Meeting, oh boy that was fun to write in the original, but this time it is going to be better. Naruto with a sacred gear is not possible, he has the tailed beasts. Naruto and Azazel, you will have to wait and see how they interact with each other.
NarutoKurai: I will see what I can do to add characters from RosVamp. Well, yes, Naruto will write the Icha-Icha series, he needs to make cash somehow.
Dlowe2651: Thank you.
Tysne: I hope I can live up to your expectations.
Atchoum35: I will continue.
D-Na25: What are your ideas for Hilda? I would like to hear them. For Yasaka, I am a bit confused with what you mean.
Children:
Yasaka
Partners:
Tamamo (Wife, Deceased), Lucoa (Girlfriend)
OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HIGHSCHOOL DXD!
"Hey" = Speaking
'Hey' = Thinking
'Hey' = Memory
"Hey"= Sacred Gear/ Communication link/ Tailed Beast
Chapter 39: Start of our Travels
February, 1483…
Yasaka leaned into her chair, holding a cup of hot tea, the steam of it wisping out from it due to the temperature difference.
"It has been two years." Yasaka mumbled to herself as she looked out at her window, watching snow drop.
"Yes, it has been." Lucoa said as she drank her own tea. "But he has come back. On your birthday, the days of Emperor Iroh and Empress Tamamo's passing, and his own birthday."
Yasaka stayed silent as she drank her tea.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Come in." Yasaka called out, putting her tea down and picked up her ink brush as the door opened to reveal Zuko and Harribel.
Both holding large stacks of paperwork.
"Lady Yasaka, we have the papers you requested." Zuko stated, Hiramekarei strapped onto his back.
He hadn't changed much, though his goatee got a bit longer.
Harribel, due to her shark genetics, had grown greatly during the last two years.
She no longer looked like a child, but a thirteen-year-old girl, with budding hips and breasts. She wore a white jacket with a high collar, which covers the lower part of her face downward, while baring a good portion of the lower half of her growing breasts. The jacket has a zipper running along its entire length, which is opened from the bottom upwards. She wore white shihakusho pants and sandals on her feet.
Strapped to her back was Samehada, wrapped tightly in bandages, thinning the blade to make it look smaller.
"Thank you, Zuko, Harribel." Yasaka thanked as she tapped her desk.
Harribel and Zuko put the paperwork down, however Zuko walked behind the desk and the two started to talk about the paperwork.
Harribel, meanwhile, kept a neutral face under her high collar as her inner thoughts were screaming. Her heart clenched up at the sight and longing ran in her bloodstream.
'Lucky bastard, he gets to be so close to her!' Harribel mentally screamed in agony as her heart felt like it was being ripped out.
Lucoa cracked an eye open at Harribel, seeing she was staring at Zuko and Yasaka before she left with Zuko.
'Hm, maybe I should tell Yasaka.' Lucoa briefly thought before shaking her head. 'No, it isn't my place to tell her, plus she is an adult, she can figure it out.' "Yasaka, I see you sneaking off."
Yasaka stopped in her tracks.
'Damn, she noticed me switching with a clone after all.' Yasaka mentally grumbled as she returned to her desk, the Shadow Clone disappearing.
Training Grounds…
"Come on, is THAT all you have?" Kenpachi shouted as he swung Shibuki against Samehada, making the sentient sword whimpering from the intense heat of the explosion.
Harribel grunted and spun around, slamming Samehada against Kenpachi, not even scratching the Oni's body, but knocking off his eyepatch as she swung upward diagonally with one of the fins.
Harribel felt Kenpachi's unrestrained power bellow out from him and hit her.
"You are getting better, but you are not taking advantage of Samehada." Kenpachi stated as he jabbed Harribel in the chest with a bone breaking jab of Shibuki, not detonating it.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Harribel gasped, her chest feeling like it was about to collapse from how hard Kenpachi struck her, dropping Samehada and clutching her chest, not being able to breathe.
"That's enough Kenpachi!" Yoruichi shouted as she approached Harribel. "It's okay, just breathe!"
Harribel gasped, taking a breath of air, continuing to gasp as her body calmed down and recovered.
"Hmph, not my fault she knocked off my eyepatch." Kenpachi grunted as he picked up his eyepatch and put it back on, his power instantly withdrawing as he left Yoruichi and Harribel.
"He's a monster…" Harribel stated in pain, her olive skin started to bruise on the exposed under boob she showed.
"Yeah, he is." Yoruichi stated as she helped Harribel stand.
"I'm sorry, Yoruichi." Harribel apologized in self anger. "I am weak, I can't even take advantage of the powers Samehada provides me."
"Domamaru was able to master it, and did write it down, did he not?" Yoruichi asked.
"Yes, master did. But its not as simple as that." Harribel stated as she gripped her left elbow. "All the techniques he wrote down all require me and Samehada to be in synch."
Yoruichi sighed in sadness as she took notice of the sound made from the fabric against Harribel's skin.
"Just take your time." Yoruichi said in a caring tone, putting her hands on Harribel's shoulders. "You will get it. I know you can."
Harribel smiled under her high collar.
"Thank you, but I think I would like to train by myself for a while." Harribel said calmly.
"Okay, just call me if you need my help." Yoruichi said unsurely, but respected Harribel's wish and left the teen alone.
Harribel lifted up her sleeve to see what she hid from everyone.
Deep blue scales unnatural to her human skin.
Samehada gargled as it moved toward her and tapped her hand with the handle.
Harribel took the handle in her hand and closed her eyes.
'Master once said that I should meditate with Samehada, bond with it.' She reminded herself as she sat down.
Samehada snacked on her chakra, giving her its own chakra.
Harribel relaxed as their chakras mixed and began to fuse together.
Harribel's concentration was broken when she grunted in pain as more shark scales painfully forced themselves out of her skin, taking more of her arm.
'Is this what master talked about?' Harribel questioned as she released Samehada. 'Master told me he had to master Samehada with force, but that ate away at his body. How can I avoid this and become one with Samehada?'
Samehada gargled again, its grunting and growls sounding sad and apologetic.
Harribel smiled and 'petted' the sword.
"I do believe Yoruichi is correct, I just need to take my time." She said, getting a happy gargle from Samehada. "Now, let me test out these jutsu Master left behind for me."
Harribel pulled out a scroll, full of multiple jutsu, one of them being the Hidden Mist Jutsu.
Mid-Afternoon, School…
"Sensei, I don't understand what I am doing wrong?" a student said in a panic and scared tone as he sat up from falling off of a tree, which had several parts of the bark blown off.
Hilda, who was helping with the physical education program, stepped up and knelt next to the boy.
"What are you struggling with?" Hilda asked in concern, wanting to help this child.
"I want to improve my chakra control for jutsu, but I don't understand what to do for tree walking." He said in embarrassment.
A few of the older children laughed at him, but were silenced as Hilda, who is the principal, glared at them.
"May I see a demonstration?" Hilda asked the boy, who weakly nodded.
Hilda watched as he focused his chakra into his feet.
She could feel he was putting to much into it.
"I see." She said as she put her hand on his shoulder. "You are putting too much chakra into your feet thus it is pushing you off."
"But how do I put less?" he asked weakly.
Hilda smiled as she helped him, explaining how to adjust the output.
"Now, let's try it again." Hilda said after several minutes of helping him.
"O-okay…" he replied shakily as he put his foot against the tree, and then put his other foot on it.
Eyes wide in surprise, he walked up the entire tree, nearly falling off at some points, but he was able to safely walk down.
"Wow, thank you sensei!" He thanked, a bright smile on his face as he hugged her. "I am going to keep doing this."
"Okay dear, be safe while you train."
The boy nodded before he returned to his tree climbing exorcises.
Hilda walked through the students, giving aid when she could, and ended the day in her office, signing paperwork for the school budget.
On her desk was a small painting of herself, Adrian, Lisa, and Vlad when she was pregnant with Akasha.
Beside it was a picture with herself, Akasha, and Vlad.
Hilda smiled sadly as she looked at them.
'I do wish Adrian was here.' She thought as she felt her heart ache at the thought of her husband.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Yes, come in." Hilda called out.
"Hello, mom."
Hilda looked up and saw Akasha.
"Akasha." Hilda said with a bright smile, standing up and hugging her daughter. "How have you been?"
"Ugh, the usual. People wanting me to sign this, people wanting me to sigh that." Akasha joked as she handed Hilda her jacket. "Now come on, let's go get some food."
"Okay, let me finish this and let's go." Hilda said as she finished her work and put her stuff away before taking her jacket and leaving with Akasha.
"Have you seen Uncle Naruto lately?" Akasha asked as they walked through the streets as the sun shined burnt orange across the land as it started to set.
"I haven't seen him since last December, so two months ago-ish." Hilda replied. "It was your and Yasaka's birthday."
"Oh, I see." Akasha replied sadly.
"You still have a crush on him?"
Akasha went red, her mint green eyes wide in surprise.
"W-what? No… I never…"
"It is nothing to be embarrassed about, Akasha." Hilda interrupted, laughing at Akasha's embarrassment.
"Well, no…" Akasha replied as she shook off her embarrassment, cheeks a faint pink. "Uncle was a great example of what I would like in a man, but he himself… he just wasn't attainable."
Hilda stayed silent.
"Then he died and came back, I was very happy, but after so long, the romance I felt was just childish." Akasha stated. "But I guess its just how growing up feels."
"You aren't wrong, but never give up on your romantic pursuits." Hilda advised.
Akasha smirked, eyes narrowed.
"Like how you did when you and uncle got caught when Yasaka and I were fifteen?" She joked.
Hilda went stiff at this jab.
"S-Shut up you brat." Hilda stated in a huff as she walked toward the restaurant they were headed towards, Akasha smiling softly at her mother.
Meanwhile…
Harribel gasped as the water jutsu she did ended, soaking into the earth as she took a knee, smirking proudly.
'Just a few more days of practice and I think I'll be able to use this one in combat safely.' Harribel thought as she stood up, feeling hungry as her stomach growled. 'Guess I'll head home now.'
Picking up Samehada, Harribel returned home, her sword on her back.
Once back at the compound, Harribel entered the dining room, instantly ducking as a sake cup whizzed above her head, shattering against the wall on impact.
"HEY DON'T WASTE BOOZE!" Zuko shouted at Kenpachi, kicking the Oni in the chin, only for Kenpachi grab his leg and slam him into the table.
"You think…" Kenpachi started to say before Zuko punched the air, a torrent of flames shooting out of his fist and engulfing Kenpachi.
Harribel instinctively made four hand signs: Tiger, Ox, Tiger, Rat.
'Water Style: Water Bullet Jutsu!' Harribel thought as her throat expanded before her cheeks puffed out before she spat out a high pressurized Jetstream of water, dowsing both Zuko and Kenpachi, making the two senior members of the Seven look at her, soaking wet.
"Oh, so you got some bite now, Harribel." Kenpachi chuckled as he dropped Zuko and drew his sword.
Not Shibuki, but the sword he used from before he became a member of the seven.
It was a long sword, wrapped in white cloth bandages around its handle and sheathe. The blade itself was far from idealistic. It was battered with deep chips along the edge of the blade.
"Alright, that's enough." Yasaka ordered as she stepped in with Yoruichi and Lucoa, who smiled at the group.
"Lady Yasaka." Harribel and Zuko said as they bowed to their leader, Kenpachi grunted as he sheathed his sword.
"I know we are all getting a little on edge, but fighting among ourselves won't solve anything." Yasaka stated in annoyance as she sat down.
Zuko and Harribel felt intense shame wash over them as Kenpachi sat down as the food was brought in.
"You know, I wonder what Lord Naruto is doing at this moment." Zuko wondered out loud as he ate a shrimp.
"We all do, but we must focus on what is in front of us now." Yasaka stated as she drank some of her miso soup.
"This big ass feast!" Kenpachi shouted as he drunkenly attacked the food on the table.
As the yokai of Kyoto and Lucoa assaulted each other over food, Hilda and Akasha left the restaurant they were eating at.
"Oh, boy I am stuffed." Akasha stated as she rubbed her stomach, feeling bloated from how much food she ate. "Don't talk about food, I might puke."
"I wouldn't, since I… also feel… that way…" Hilda said slightly woozy as she did her best to not blow chunks.
"Mom, can I stay with you tonight, I don't feel too good." Akasha asked as she wobbled to sit down at a bench.
Hilda nodded and the duo made it back to the compound, which was eerily silent as they entered and went to sleep.
Uninhabited Island…
Naruto sat before a large fire with Kurama's Puppet body before him while at a beach, the sounds of the water giving him a sense of comfort.
"The Chakra wood works, but it isn't taking much more chakra and it is still difficult to move in." Naruto repeated the two common complains from the tailed beasts. "Okay, but how am I supposed to adjust it to make absorbing their chakra and mobility easier?"
"You think of using those Black Receivers?" Ophis asked as she floated above Naruto. "It is what that Nagato person did with his Six Paths."
Naruto blinked as he remembered Nagato's Six Paths of Pain.
Their bodies were corpses, unlike the puppets, but they moved and were connected through their eyes and chakra because of the Black Receiver's in their bodies.
Naruto pinched his nose.
"I am so stupid. How did I forget about that?" He verbally berated as he opened his Rinne-Sharingan and held out his palm.
A dull gray rod poked through his palm, forming above the Sun mark on his right hand.
"Woah." Naruto said in amusement as it separated from his hand, picking it up. "That is amazing. But now to see if it will actually work. Thanks, Ophis."
"No problem, Ashura." Ophis said as she landed in his lap. "Now be a good boy and pet my head as a reward."
Naruto sighed, smiling a bit as he proceeded to pet Ophis as he broke a Black Receiver rod into multiple pieces.
With a small amount of force, Naruto put a piece in the center of the forehead, one at the base of the chin, one in each forearm, arm, and hand. Naruto then placed pieces along its legs at the thighs, knees, shins and feet.
"Okay, let's give this a try." Naruto said as he stood up, putting the puppet down, running through the hand signs before pressing his hand against it. "Summoning Jutsu."
The Summoning Seal matrix appeared and wrapped around the puppet body, a puff of smoke enveloping Naruto, Ophis, and the puppet.
Kurama appeared as a handsome, tall and slender young man. He has fair skin with pointed ears, slanted red eyes with slit pupils, and knee-length red hair with short bangs. He had three whisker marks on each cheek, and a black stripe on each eyelid. His canines are fangs and his fingers are tipped with claws, with nine red tails bellowing behind him.
Kurama wore a kimono with battle armor that included a spiked pauldron that covered his left shoulder attached to the upper section of his cuirass and "lotus petal" faulds. Both his armor and his long flowing sash had a Chinese influence, as opposed to the customary Japanese armor and obi. His kimono was mostly white with a red and white cherry blossom flower crest at the collar and sleeves. He wore sashinuki hakama which were gathered at the ankles, producing a "ballooning" effect. His footwear consisted of black ankle-high boots, also reminiscent of Chinese influence. (1)
"Hm, the Black Receivers really do make a difference, Naruto." Kurama said as he walked around a bit, flexing his fingers and squatting down.
He jumped around a few times, punching and kicking the air before he turned to the ocean.
Kurama opened his mouth as red and blue chakra orbs merged into a tailed beast bomb, which he promptly released.
The bomb soared through the air, dozens of miles off the island before it detonated, causing a massive ripple, sending violent waves outward and toward the island.
"Did you really have to test that out, Kurama?" Naruto asked in annoyance as he had to move further up the shore to avoid getting wet, his fire being dowsed in the process.
"No, but I wanted to." Kurama stated as he stretched, testing out his flexibility before he was pushed into the ground when Naruto tackled him.
Ophis giggled at Naruto and Kurama's antics as they rolled across the sand, trying to get the upper hand.
'Boys will be boys.' She thought as she pulled them apart. "That's enough you two."
"He started it." Both Naruto and Kurama shouted in synch, pointing at the other.
"I don't care, stop it. Now." Ophis stated coldly as she threatened the two.
"Yes Ophis." Naruto and Kurama said in unison.
Ophis smiled at their cooperation.
"Naruto," Kurama said as he looked at his friend. "My siblings and I have been thinking, and we decided: We are going to train you in our own styles. You know how, but have no real mastery over them."
"Okay, fine." Naruto shrugged as he moved toward the grassy area. "I am going to bed."
Kurama popped out of existence, the puppet body returning to the scroll.
Naruto lay on the grass, putting his hands behind his head as he looked up at the stars.
Ophis lay next to him, her head on his arm, following his gaze skyward as the sun set completely, leaving the stars as the only light.
The sounds of the waves were lulling and soft, stimulating Naruto's drowsiness.
"Night, Ashura." Ophis said as she turned to face him, cupping his right cheek and kissing his left cheek before snuggling up to him, closing her eyes.
"Night, Ophis." Naruto mumbled as his eyes closed, thinking of Yasaka.
Chapter 39, DONE!
1 Kurama's male form is Sesshomaru from Inuyasha.
Sadly, another chapter that is all over the place, but it is good to establish what people are doing while Naruto is away.
However, thanks to the new format (Being more episodic for now) doing time skips will be much easier now.
Nothing much to say today, but I do hope you all enjoy the chapter and leave a review if you enjoyed/disliked it.