Original Posted On Aug 29, 2021

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Rosaurocunan16: Yeah, it could have been much more brutal, but I was working on fumes, so it wasn't my best work. But with this chapter, next chapter should be brutal.

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Guest: I will.

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 45: Ancient Decayed Power

Western Continent…

Naruto put more wood on the fire before sitting down next to Lucoa, both of them outside his small residence portable in an unknown forest.

"How are you holding up?" Naruto asked weakly as he reached out to put his left hand on her shoulder, only for him to be reminded his left hand was currently reforming.

"I am doing fine, Naruto." Lucoa replied as she pulled a large bear pelt closer to her.

"Would you prefer that I summon the Jasmine Dragon so we can take residence there?" Naruto asked as he could see how cold Lucoa was.

"No, I don't." Lucoa said as she leaned down and propped herself onto his shoulder, caressing his arm stub. "But how about you? Your arm…"

"A sacrifice to make sure the sealing went perfectly." Naruto said with a chuckle as he leaned into her, Lucoa's hair tickling his nose as the sky darkened. "But when do you want to go back home?"

"Until your arm is back." Lucoa replied with a smile, happy to be with the one she loved.

They stayed silent as the moon shined through the cloudy sky.

R'lyeh…

"The Sage of Creation and Destruction is weakened and the Sixth Dragon King Quetzalcoatl is injured." Cthulu muttered as he watched them through an orb of magic. "I guess now would be the best time to get some… prime entertainment."

The orb dispersed, allowing the area around the Elder God to vanish, but was still illuminated by the murky green glow of the underwater city from its watery depths.

"But I must prepare, for the morrow, decay shall once again reign down on the humans, and insanity will consume the minds of all who see it." Cthulu declared as he thrust his arms outward.

Tendrils of dark magic oozed from his body before they shot for the surface, the city of R'lyeh shaking.

The foundation of the ancient city was pushed upward, the sea floor shifting to make the top most part of the city stick outside the waves surface, visible to all who may lay eyes upon it.

Next Day, Kyoto…

Harribel groaned, her green eyes struggling to open as she felt a weight on her body.

'What… where…' She thought as she finally cracked an eye open, seeing Samehada was resting on top of her.

"Harribel?"

Said woman turned her head, recognizing she was in the hospital, an IV in her arm and an Oxygen Seal on her throat to help her breath, and Zuko standing up in surprise and relief.

"Harribel, you're awake!" He shouted as he shot up and grabbed her hand, making Harribel wince. "I'll be right back, Yasaka ordered us to let her know when you woke up."

Harribel watched her teammate run out of the room in a mad dash, leaving her alone.

Samehada gargled in sadness, prompting Harribel to reach out and pet it with a weak smile.

"I'm okay…" She whispered with her exhaustion still present.

Samehada gargled a gain before it shuffled a bit, placing its handle on her hand.

Upon contact, Harribel gasped as she felt her body start to rapidly heal, her wounds sealing shut and her exhaustion vanishing.

'So, this is what Master Domamaru meant when he wrote down 'Near instant regeneration to non-vital wounds.'?' Harribel thought as she sat up, ripping out the IV and removing the Oxygen seal.

"You should not move to quickly."

Harribel grabbed Samehada and nearly took Kenpachi's head with her swing of the Great Sword.

"Kenpachi? Shit, don't scare me." Harribel stated as she got off the bed, wearing a hospital gown. "I could have…"

"No, you couldn't." Kenpachi interrupted with a chuckle, Shibuki and his chipped katana at his side. "Besides, you probably could put up a better fight now that you are able to synchronize with your sword."

"Synchronize?" Harribel questioned, before looking at her arm to see no shark scales and her eyes widened as she remembered the moments where she synched with her weapon when Tezcatlipoca attacked Kyoto.

Harribel then went red when she remembered her confession.

'Hopefully, Yasaka didn't hear that.' Harribel prayed as she attempted to leave, only to open the door to see Yasaka, Yoruichi, and Zuko.

"Oh, you're up now?" Yasaka said with a happy smile.

Yoruichi pushed past the Empress and hugged Harribel.

"I'm so happy you're okay." Yoruichi cried, tightly squeezing the aquatic yokai. "When Tezcatlipoca attacked, Zuko, Kenpachi, and I had to help the citizens evacuate. If only we were there, we could have probably avoided all the damage."

"It's okay, Yoruichi." Harribel replied, it being muffled by the nekoshou's breasts in her face.

"But it is still no excuse." Yoruichi said on the verge of tears.

"Yoru," Zuko said as he put his hand on her shoulder. "If we were there, many civilians could have died, so either way, someone was going to be hurt."

"And to me, my people's lives are more important than my own." Yasaka stated clearly, remembering the day Naruto died before her eyes, his willingness to protect Zuko that allowed Azula to strike and incinerate his body. "Any injury I suffer is miniscule to damage done to my people and their homes."

"Empress…" The three swordsmen said weepy-eyed while Kenpachi rolled his eyes, not one for sappiness even though he agreed.

"How about we hold a party… for Harribel's recovery?" Zuko suggested when it went silent.

"Oh, that sounds wonderful." Yasaka stated, clapping her hands together. "I can contact Akasha and her family. I'd ask Papa, but he is off the grid in the Western Continent with Lucoa."

"How about Ophis?" Yoruichi asked, since all the Swordsmen knew that the Infinite Dragon God was close to Yasaka and Naruto.

"I don't know anyway to contact her either…" Yasaka replied before she went to call Akasha via Communication Mirror. "Harribel, mind accompanying me?"

"Of course, Lady Yasaka." Harribel said before Yoruichi pushed a fresh set of clothing into her hand. "Oh, I need to change…"

After she changed, Yasaka and Harribel walked in silence as Kenpachi, Zuko, and Yoruichi went to get ready for the party, which Yasaka already knew what she wanted to do.

"So, you feeling all better now?" Yasaka asked slightly awkwardly.

"Yes, Lady Yasaka." Harribel replied as she rotated her arms to demonstrate she felt no pain. "Thanks to Samehada, I was able to recover much faster."

"Good." Yasaka said as they reached her office. "Harribel, I wanted to ask you a personal question."

"Go ahead." Harribel said after the briefest amount of silence as she closed the office door.

"Do you… like me… romantically?" Yasaka asked with a blush, her tails behind her, pressing against her legs with a slight quiver.

Harribel's eyes widened as she felt like her heart had stopped.

'She… she heard me… after all…' Harribel thought as she mentally shut down.

Harribel attempted to speak, trying to come up with a lie, but every thought ended with 'She can sense negative emotions so she will tell you're lying'.

Sighing in defeat, Harribel took a knee, her eyes starting to water as she prepared for the worse.

"Lady Yasaka, I have… ever since… Master Domamaru's funeral… I have had these feelings dwelling in my heart." Harribel said as she touched the place where her heart resided. "I thought it was just familial love, due to you taking me in after Master's passing, but it did not stop growing. Every day I felt it swell. Every time you would talk to me, I felt my heart race…"

Harribel bit her lip, her heart beating with aggression as plain as day to Yasaka, who felt a sense of dread.

"But then, you started your relationship with Lady Akasha." Harribel spoke with slight disdain, showing how hard she took this revelation, an arrow with the word 'Stupid' metaphorically striking Yasaka in the chest. "I felt like my feelings were just something that were not meant to be received, so I closed myself off and focused on my work. But when I was fighting, I was nearly consumed by the enemies overwhelming power. Samehada tried to protect me by forcing a fusion, but that would have been it controlling me. I needed to be the one in control, but I couldn't synchronize before, each failure making me more sharklike than before."

Yasaka nodded, remembering the now missing shark scales on Harribel's arm.

"But when I admitted that I needed to fight for you, the one I loved…" Harribel lifted her head, watery eyes nearly spilling. "I was able to fight with all I had, because I had you."

There was an awkward silence, neither woman saying anything as they stared at each other.

"I'm sorry…" Harribel said frantically, standing up and turning to the door. "Forget everything…"

She felt Yasaka stop her, spin her around and hold her still.

They were both blushing, nervousness in their guts as Yasaka took a deep breath.

"I am willing… if you give me your feelings…" She said awkwardly as she moved her hands down to take Harribel's hands in hers. "I will do my best… to return them with my own. If you are willing."

Harribel's eyes widened, tears of happiness streaking down her cheeks as a bright smile stretched across her tan skin as she squeezed Yasaka's hands.

"Yes… I am willing." She said with a tearful laugh.

Yasaka smile, her tails no longer behind her as they wagged in happiness.

?...

Ophis sat alone amongst nature, subtly syphoning power to restore a decent amount of her power, as was her job that was given to her by the True Ophis.

'I should not have given all of it to Ashura.' Ophis thought as the process of gathering back her magic safely took time. 'But it was to help him, so I know I'll understand.'

She continued to sit still, animals that came across her not even acknowledging her as she was one with nature.

And she was the GODDAMN INFINITE DRAGON LOLI!

Castle Dracula…

"A recovery party, sign us up." Akasha replied as she looked at a moderately sized mirror, seeing Yasaka's face on its shiny surface. "Wait, what? You two are a couple now? When did this happen?"

As Yasaka replied, Hilda made her way to the living room with her parasol in hand, acting like a cane.

Her wounds had healed, but her lack of depth perception due to her left eye being burned and still bandaged had her on edge.

'An enemy could attack… anywhere…' Hilda thought as she looked under the coffee table as she sat down. 'And anytime.'

"Hilda…"

Hilda turned to see Vlad, his body completely healed up, though his age was starting to show more, with the new amount of gray in his goatee and hair.

"Your injuries all healed up?" Vlad asked as he sat down, noticing her look under the couch he sat on. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, Vlad. I am." Hilda replied meekly as she looked at him before lifting up her hand and pulled off the bandages and then pushing her bangs aside to reveal her left eye.

There was pink scarring and her left eye was currently mending itself. The partially healed sphere didn't move nor react to any movement, due to it being blinded during the healing process.

"I don't know when it will be fully healed, but it is a work in progress." Hilda said as she reapplied the bandages. "Though I am upset that it was a pathetic Belmont who wounded me like this."

Vlad chuckled.

"Something funny?"

"Yes, actually." Vlad admitted much to Hilda's dismay.

"Well, care to share?" Hilda asked as she leaned into the couch.

"It's nothing, just something that reminded me of something." Vlad said in a fond tone as he looked at his daughter-in-law. "Just remembering my youth with my dear Lisa."

Hilda went silent and became melancholic.

The Lady of the Castle: Lisa Tepes.

Hilda looked behind Vlad at the old family portrait.

It held her (When she was heavily pregnant), Adrian, Lisa, and Vlad.

Hilda touched her womb, where her ovaries were currently tied.

"You thought of finding another?" Vlad asked as he knew where her gaze was and from the act of touching her stomach.

"I have… at one point in time." Hilda admitted, knowing it better to be honest, while in the background Akasha was still talking to Yasaka.

"Was it Naruto?" Vlad asked in mild amusement, leaning into his hand with a cheeky smile.

Hilda's cheeks became red as she nodded.

"He is an excellent man, very goofy at times, but serious. He has his quirks and he isn't always perfect, but he is Naruto." Hilda said fondly as she looked into her bank of memories. "He isn't a copy of Adrian, but I can say he holds a special place in my heart as the second man I have ever loved."

Vlad smiled with pride.

"Have you considered going after him?" Vlad asked softly. "And if you do, would you want to have a child?"

Hilda couldn't answer, not knowing it herself.

"If I can… I will admit my feelings, but children, I don't think I can, with the procedure I underwent, after so long, I might be baren." Hilda said nervously. "And with Lucoa, I think Naruto would have enough to deal with if they had children."

Vlad chuckled.

"Stubborn, like Adrian and Lisa." Vlad stated, making Hilda scowl.

"Now that's not…"

"MOM, GRANDPA, we have a party to go to!" Akasha shouted, having wrapped up her conversation with Yasaka, barging between her mom and grandfather.

"What party?" Vlad asked in curiosity.

Meanwhile…

"I'm turning in." Lucoa said as she stood up, taking the bear pelt with her into the tepee, leaving Naruto alone as the night moved on.

Naruto gazed up to the stars, honestly in awe from their beauty all the way down to where he was sitting.

He absentmindedly added wood to the fire every so often as he watched them.

'A comet.' He thought as he saw a streak across the sky.

It was barely visible before the vast Milky Way galaxy, but with his trained eyes, he could see it.

He held out his right hand, reaching towards the sky and made a grabbing motion, sheepishly chuckling at his useless gesture.

'I guess there are still many things still out of my reach.' Naruto thought as he put his right hand to the log and pushed off, dowsing the fire before he entered the tepee with Lucoa.

She had her hair down as she opened the 'blankets' Naruto had, inviting him in with her, her nude form covered by the moonlight that shined in through the top of the tepee.

Naruto smiled and undressed before laying next to Lucoa, his head in her chest to listen to her heartbeat instead of her listening to his.

"Good night, my love." Lucoa whispered before kissing his head.

Naruto nodded as he closed his eyes, sleep taking over nearly instantly.

Above them, dark birds tracked across the sky, their forms decayed with their feathers falling to the ground, spreading decay to the flora they touched.

Meanwhile, Kyoto…

"Okay, everyone, listen up." Yasaka called out as she, Harribel, Yoruichi, Zuko, Kenpachi, Vlad, Akasha, and Hilda sat at a long table in the middle of a meadow.

They had a large spread of dishes that was just waiting to be eaten.

"I'd like to thank all of you for coming, especially on such short notice." Yasaka said, sending an apologetic look toward Hilda and Vlad, who smiled to say it was okay. "But we are here to celebrate the recovery of Harribel."

Everyone clapped as Harribel blushed, smiling in embarrassment as they did, avoiding their gazes.

"Don't make a big deal…"

"And now you two are a couple~" Akasha purposely blurted out with a cocky attitude to add insult to injury as Harribel and Yasaka blushed hard, but they stood tall as everyone 'oohed' and 'awed'.

"And let's not forget…" Akasha started before two dead looking birds swooped down and landed on her shoulders.

"Okay…" Akasha said as she pushed them off her.

They took off, leaving cuts in her shoulders before they flapped their wings a few times before falling to the ground, dead.

"Now that is very weir…" Akasha started before she stopped.

She looked down at the table, eyes wide as her skin started to sweat profusely, turning her skin a paler shade.

"Akasha… what is wrong?" Hilda asked as she stood up, reaching out to help Akasha.

"I… I don't…" Akasha gasped as she nearly fell, gripping the table tightly, splintering it in her grasp.

She coughed violently, a black ooze splashing against the grass as a decayed magic swelled inside of her body, her blood, now black, seeped from the wounds on her shoulders before they sealed shut.

"AKASHA!" Everyone shouted as Akasha's power spiked, the same black liquid squirting from her eyes, the sclera becoming black with the irises becoming yellow.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Akasha cackled before she flipped the table, spinning in the air four times, the food flying everywhere before the table shattered upon the ground.

The Swordsmen, Yasaka, Hilda, and Vlad reacted defensively, preparing to fight as Akasha continued to laugh maniacally, falling to the ground as her power continued to grow, her skin so pale and sweaty that she looked like a corpse.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!" Yoruichi shouted as the sky started to darken, the calling of crows begot more crows.

The Murders grew bigger as Akasha's spine bent backwards farther than it should normally bend, her dress tearing apart in places.

She looked like she had been crying, with the black streaks down her face and the dribble down her lips looking like tentacles.

"I HAVE A BODY!" Akasha… no, Cthulu cried out in happiness as the flesh on her shoulder blades started to shift and liquify before crude wings sprouted from her back. "NOW THE WORLD SHALL KNOW! THEY WILL BECOME BELIEVERS!"

Chapter 45, DONE!

Yeah, another chapter is out. SO FAST!

I was just inspired so much with the last few chapters, that my creativity and writing senses were overwhelming me.

Hopefully I was able to give some good character development to the characters, especially Hilda as I know many wanted to see her shipped with Naruto.

Now Yasaka and Harribel are now a couple and they will be going slow. Not going to rush it.

And finally, Akasha is now possessed by Cthulu, I hope I was able to describe her looks well. if you want an idea, think of Black Clover's devil users when they use the devil power.

Besides that, nothing else comes to mind.

I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and if you did, please review, even if you disliked it as it does help me become a better writer.