taiwoeretan1: yes, yes. ghost and some more xD
Full Of Imagination: doesn't it? an nice idea! perhaps I will use the setting later in the future.
Psudocode Samurai: certain goat sister! how can I forget her hahaha xD. Maybe I'll put her in the future chapter/ limit huh? hmmm... I guess the story indeed need to have limiter in what 'kind' of monster I want. so, perhaps... japanese folklore or anything has connection with it?/ and its alright! of course there will be male monsters too in the future as his family figures!
AmletixQ: XD Very great Idea, but perhaps in the future. like I said in above, I kinda want to start with japanese monster for now... sorry for now saying this in the previous chap!
Druss the Legend: Yep Yep! I kinda want to explore that is not always ninja this and ninja that, after all.
bednarczykmiki: probably not xD, unless I can put them in japanese folklore.
leandrobalmaceda.0078: ah... I do know about slit mouthed woman. but no, idk about the one with red eyes and white hair. what anime are you talkin about, I'm curious.
RedRazorFlash: Hhahaha, thanks for the compliment, man! it really made my day.
Kilate T'suna: are you talking about OC?
HereForSmutLemon: japanese people can pry to almost anything, whether it is some evil ghost, mountain, even something like breasts. Hachishaku here is a being like that in this story in that she is a vile ghost that is revered as deity, but not a real deity.
Kreceir: I did!? 0-0... I will look into it then. by the time this chapter is posted, then I will probably also update previous chapter, so you guys would probably gain two notification. thanks for telling me!/Yep, of course they will, I love my girls yandere and having some few screw loose in the head, after all!/would love to put them! but maybe in the future chapter as for the beginning, I would want japanese monsters intead of western.
eternal nothingness: hahaha, thanks as always, man!
kgarz01: nice idea! let see if I can put the ideas sometimes in the future!
anyway!
THANKS FOR THE IDEAS!
I'll think about the idea and look into which that I can implement in the future chapter, of course, do keep me giving ideas of monsters that you want to see (females of course). though I will be grateful if we start with monsters or creatures from japanese cultures, sorry for not saying this early!
that's all from me, happy read~
Chapter 2, Fresh Air
Xxx (Start) xxX
"Eight hundred and four, eight hundred and five"
Still sitting in seiza positions, Dragon and his group look so tired on their faces.
Well, except for Gai who chooses to start his training at the edge of the clearing to make sure he won't disturb any vile ghosts or Deity around Naruto.
"You five are hard-headed, I'll give you that"
Naruto snorted in front of them, amused, though the four merely gave him small stink eyes for his comment.
Yes, he did say that they should come back tomorrow and don't need to wait for him.
Something about spiritual energy in this place is dark and dense enough that it could harm normal humans if they can remember right.
But no.
It wasn't the real problem.
The main problem is that they have been waiting for damn twenty hours!
They thought the boy was joking when he said the time in this place is twice longer than the outside, but now they have experienced this, they choose to accept his explanation about the time.
But still, they would need to wait for another two hours before the moon is high in the sky.
They arrived around one pm.
This mean, they would need to normally wait eleven hours before the late-night could come.
But in this place?
Eleven become twenty-two!
"Shut up… just shut up please"
Kakashi said, panting because he is not used to the so-called thick spiritual energy around him.
Hearing this, Naruto merely let out a small titter.
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..
Clank
Clank
they heard it.
After two torturous hours have passed, Dragon and his squad began to hear it.
No, not only that.
They see it.
Slowly, they see the apparition of a huge, haunting shrine appear behind Naruto.
And seeing this alone, their human instinct began to scream, screaming at them to run as far as possible from this place.
But no… it's not like they don't want to.
They simply can't.
This pressure coming from the shrine is hundred… no, thousand-fold heavier compared to that of Hachishaku-sama.
This is… the pressure of a real deity!
"Oh, you guys can see it then…"
Naruto said as he stand and patted some dust from his pants.
And as if the pressure is nothing for him, they see the boy slowly walking to the shrine until he stands across the door.
"It's me, Naruto… open please"
Clank
Clank
Clank
The door opened, and what comes out of it will be nightmares for the five Jonins every time they go to sleep in the future.
Priestesses.
Yes, priestesses with regal kimonos and holding a stick with bells in their hands.
One, two, four, eight…
Again and again, priestesses started to come out of the door, each donning the same regal-looking kimono and holding the same bells.
Until in the end, the entrance is full of them.
No, this is not enough to make the Jonins shiver in fear.
What scares them is the fact none of those priestesses have faces.
This means, that all of them are ghosts… vile ghosts too nonetheless.
Clank
Clank
The sound of bells being sounded together started to make their hearts drum in fear.
Fear of death to the unknown.
"Okay! Wait a bit guys~ I won't be long~"
In a rather carefree manner, Naruto turned around and waved his hand at them. And after that, he enters the door that shows nothing but darkness to them.
Clank
Clank
*stares*
And the five stiffen in nothing but pure fear when hundreds of faceless priestesses turned their faces at them.
"… I regret my decision to stay"
Very softly, Dragon said that.
Of course, behind him, the four Jonins can only nod, so slow as if their neck will break if they use more force.
Though right now, they don't want to start pointing fingers.
No, they only hope that Naruto comes out from that door.
Fast!
-With Naruto-
"Aoi-chan, I'm here"
The inside of the shrine is huge.
Though instead of calling it a shrine, Naruto would choose to call this place a throne room.
Large, the room is large enough to fits thousands of humans if they stand very close to each other.
Actually…
Left and right, faceless priestesses can be seen, each pointing their blank faces at him as Naruto walks to the throne in the middle.
And yes, they're standing side to side, so close that there is simply no room for air in there.
How did he know?
He slipped and got himself lost there a few years ago.
And let's just say, while it was very nice getting himself flanked left and right by priestesses, it also frustrating after a few days.
What?
He is a healthy, hot-blooded human male.
And it's not like those dolls have consciousness except for Aoi's.
Yes… Aoi's consciousness is inside those human-like bodies. So when he played getting lost inside thousands of faceless women, it was actually him playing with Aoi, you know, like bees with their hive mind or something like that.
Then again, it was also a test of whether he can go upstairs or not.
But let's talk about it next time…
As for the exact number of priestesses Aoi has… they're around five thousand in total, including the few hundreds on the outside.
Those are the number of priestesses Aoi has killed.
"Chiriririn~"
The dark, haunting, and inhuman sound of Aoi then can be heard as Naruto stand right in front of a large throne inside this large room.
And sitting on it, a monster from the humans' nightmare can be seen.
Well, that would be what people say if they see Aoi's appearance.
To Naruto, she's beautiful.
Then again, he's slightly biased when it comes to Aoi and Hachishaku.
Not that it was his fault.
Aoi and Hachishaku have been his friends, his mothers, his sisters, his aunties, his guardians, and of course… his lovers.
So yes, no matter how they look to other humans, to Naruto, they're eternally beautiful.
Large, Aoi's upper body is almost as large as Hachishaku with nothing to cover her large, perking-up breasts.
On her sides, six arms are sewed into her body ( all six were the hands of those she killed) with two pairs being nailed into the rock boulders flanking her throne.
The only pair that is free is her lower arms, the one with more monster-like qualities compared to the other four which has normal woman's qualities.
Aoi's face is human-like, though with jaws that can open as wide as that of a snake and black sclera and yellow orbs for eyes.
Behind her, longer than Hachishaku, black tresses trail down into the floor, and each strand currently slithering toward him like those of snakes that see prey.
As for the last, Aoi's bottom.
From the waist down, Aoi no longer looks human.
Large, long, and thick, her snake-like body is literally circling this large room, hidden by thousands of dead priestesses.
"Yes, yes, I'm coming"
And this monster with the upper body of a human woman is currently glaring at him.
In response, Naruto merely smiled happily at her, knowing the reason for her anger.
And after he said this, Naruto jump onto the throne. His body caught in her embrace almost instantly, though her lower arms are currently hugging him a little bit too tight than usual.
Feeling this, Naruto's smile become a little bit softer as he let his face rest on her wide neck.
He smells jasmine ( not surprising, since her diet consists of jasmine and some medium animals ever since she been sealed here).
"Chiriririn…"
"I know…"
Unlike Hachishaku, Aoi can't talk.
Nonetheless, Naruto can understand her. And when he heard the sadness in her voice, Naruto wraps his arms around her neck and looked up.
The woman herself looked down with her normal, monster-like grin.
However, he sees sadness in her eyes.
And it really breaks his heart when he sees her like this.
"… But I can't keep staying here. It's been ten years since we met, but I only success to unseal one of your hands"
"Chiriririn~…"
"I know you're thankful and don't mind waiting for forty more years… but I do, I don't want you to be sealed for that long"
It's been hundreds of years since Aoi is sealed.
He doesn't want to prolong her suffering.
He wants to go out and search for any way to fasten her unsealing.
"Chirin…"
I will miss you
Is what she said.
And hearing this, Naruto place one of his hands on the back of her head to make her lean down even more until their forehead is touching each other.
"I will miss you too…"
Closing his eyes, Naruto let his lips touch Aoi's nose in a loving peck.
Of course, the female monster in front of him isn't satisfied by this…
Hundreds of black, silky strands then leap at Naruto, winding around his feet, body, and even arms.
The only one that is free, is his face.
Said face is staring at Aoi with nothing but love.
-With Dragon and his squad-
"How long have we been waiting?"
"Twelve hours, sir"
"Well, look at the bright side, those faceless priestesses are no longer around except those two"
Dragon and his squad still can't move a muscle.
About eleven hours ago, the faceless priestesses had gained some pink on their cheeks, as if blushing.
And one by one, they began to enter the room through the door once again, leaving nothing but two apparitions to guard the door in question.
Yes, it's only two.
But their pressure is still so dark and heavy that they can't move anything except their necks.
It makes them feel powerless.
And in a way, they're indeed powerless.
"Yo, guys, did you all wait long~?"
Fortunately for them, at last Naruto comes out of the door with nothing covering his body.
And as he walked toward them, a jump was in each of his steps.
Behind him, the large, haunting shrine slowly disappear as if it was nothing but an illusion, though the last faceless priestesses that were guarding the door a few seconds ago now flanked Naruto as if becoming his guards.
"Must you come out nude like that, Naruto-san?"
Kurenai said with a slight twinge of blush on her cheeks.
Yes, the boy's height is like that of twelve years old boy.
But he already said it himself.
He is eighteen, and it's showing on his body.
Muscles.
Lean they are, muscles still can be seen in some parts of Naruto's body.
Muscles that lean toward speed instead of strength, and Kurenai know that those muscles can only appear after years and years of hard training.
Fortunately for the group, Naruto's waist area is blurring, as if something is currently covering it so that none of them can see the 'thing'.
"YOSH! Naruto-san! I see you have great muscles like those of Kakashi's!"
Gai is happy.
Kurenai is shyly peeking while throwing her face.
Asuma that seeing this sucking his teeth in jealousy.
Kakashi and Dragon are impressed. Though nonetheless, they don't seem to care that much.
"Thanks, guys, Aoi destroyed my clothes a few days ago… come here, you two"
After the boy said that, he stretches his hand to the two priestesses behind him.
One stepped forward, and to the human's eyes, she blurred so suddenly, and in her place, now Naruto is using a black bodysuit for the top and jet black hakama for the bottom, complete with white socks and geta sandals.
Another one stepped forward, and after she did the same as the previous one, now Naruto is using a large, loose white regal haori above the black bodysuit.
(Onikiri reforged, Onmyoji)
Seeing this, none of the jonins can understand what happen and choose to keep silent.
One thing perked their interest though.
"Few days?"
Kakashi asks as in the end, he and the others can stand up after the two faceless priestesses can no longer be seen.
"Yep, I can manipulate the time seals inside Aoi's shrine as long as I'm inside… though the limit for the ratio is one to twelve"
The boy looks uncaring, but as he straightens his attires, everyone starts to calculate the ratio the boy just said.
"We waited for twelve hours… so you were there for six days?"
"Yes"
Not the tiniest hint of lies on his face.
If nothing else, the boy's face looks like someone who is saying.
Is there any problem with that?
No… there's not a problem with that, really.
But…
"I thought you said you were just saying your farewell?"
This time, Asuma is the one who asks that, a hint of disbelief on his face.
How can a few words of farewell can last for whole six days!?
"Well…"
Here, Naruto had a small nervousness on his face as he turned around and lead them toward the exit.
His next answer, though, is one that made them surprised, albeit more confused than before.
"Divine yokai has so much stamina… that's all I can say"
What did he mean by that now?
-Later-
"Oh, the scent of fresh airs, how I have missed you"
Was the words said by Naruto once he and the others came out of the forest of death.
His eyes are starry.
Like a person who never smells air in the first place.
Well, now that the five came out too, they also took notice of the difference.
The air in Naruto's previous place… is thick with an aura of strangeness and death.
It is as if his previous place is a place where a great massacre once happened in the past.
"So, where are you guys going now?"
"Firstly first, it's not you guys, but us, so, let us go to the Hokage office, I need to report the successful mission to Hokage-sama"
Here, Naruto let a small, but kind smile and shook his head.
He has something more important to do instead of meeting someone. Even if that someone were to be his Hokage-Jiji.
"You guys better do report without me… I'm going to the shrine near the red-light district"
Seeing the kind smile the boy has, but seriousness in his tone, Dragon dares himself to step forward and ask…
"May I ask why, Uzumaki-san?"
"Well… it's simple really"
The boy once again turned around, giving them the sight of his back.
And then, he says it…
"The civilians I'll meet in the way will probably draw out my ire… if that were to happen, the tragedy that happened a years ago will probably repeat itself"
Dread.
That's what they feel when they heard such seriousness come from Naruto's lips.
The tragedy that happened a few years ago…
Dragon and his squad gain grim looks on their faces when they remember said incident.
It was something that came out of nightmare-inducing.
Something that can even make people who saw Uchiha's massacre trembles in fear.
Yes, it was just that scary.
"Alright, then I hope you may be kind enough to open your door if Hokage-sama decides to visit"
"Hahaha~"
Already a few meters away from them, Naruto heard Dragon's word and laughed.
And his laugh is rather pleasant to hear.
Like the beautiful chimes of bells that soothe their weary hearts.
"Of course~ there's no way I would close my door for my Jiji!"
And with that as Naruto's last words, Dragon nodded, pleased.
"Alright team, let's make our report"
"Yes sir"
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After some minutes of walking, Naruto's smile lower a little bit, seeing the state of the red-light district that may look better from the outside perceptive.
Naruto?
He lived here years ago.
He can see some new prostitutes looking beautiful on the face, but behind those thick make-up is faces that look so weary because they're yet to gain rest time.
He can see more beggars filling the street.
And he can even see some people laying in the small alleys, dead.
The state of this place is becoming worse than the state from years ago.
And Naruto just knows the very root of this problem.
'Yokai… if you were to do this to Konoha, I wouldn't mind. But, the red-light district is my turf. I won't let you keep tarnishing this place'
"Po… po… po… PO!~"
Sensing the building anger in Naruto's heart, behind him, his very first friend and Shikigami, Hachishaku starts to cackle in her way.
Her hair also starts to hover threateningly as her grin becomes wider and wider.
Blood… she wants BLOOD!
Thus, as Naruto walks to a single large building, on the ground where he stepped, large trenches can be seen.
It was as if large sharp weapons were dragging themselves behind Naruto.
And they want blood!
-With Dragon and his squad-
"I see, I'm glad to hear that, thank you so much, you five"
As Dragon finished his report, Hiruzen is left smiling happily, and on his face, a serene look can be seen.
"Hiruzen… about this Aoi"
"Yes, I remember about that too in my book"
"Is she dangerous?"
"…"
Instead of answering, Hiruzen merely took out his thick book and flipped some pages until he reached the page that he wanted.
And with a sad smile, he let the five read the information by themselves.
Of course, they do it without further ado.
" !"
"This… this is disgusting"
Kurenai, as a woman herself, can't help but comment after she finished her reading.
As for the other four, they merely keep silent, not knowing what to say.
Yes, humans have been vile creatures since the dawn of time, but to stab their protector and fed her to the snake is just…
Disgusting.
"Doesn't it? Even I wonder what our ancestors thought when they did such a thing…"
Hiruzen said calmly after he received his book from Dragon and once again place it on his shelf.
It took him a few years to gather information about ghosts, yokai, and any other things, then gather them all in one book.
The book is very precious, something that would be Naruto's once he died.
For now, he will keep searching for more information to add to the book.
And yes.
The name of his book of supernatural is [the book].
Simple is sometimes the best.
"But… while I agree that she had a rough past, she is still classified as an evil deity, are we really going to let her be?"
Asuma said while scratching the back of his head.
And yes, this Aoi had a rough and puke-inducing past, nonetheless, right now she is a deity cursed by her hate to kill.
Are they really going to let her be?
"And do tell me, what can us do to a deity that has killed thousands of holy maidens, son?"
Hiruzen asked with amusing eyes.
The snake deity of death has slain more than thousands of holy maidens, and holy maidens themselves are supposedly her counter.
If someone who supposedly can hurt an evil deity is dead, what can the ninjas like them do?
"… Right, I think I'll choose to fight humans instead"
Thus, Hiruzen laughed a little bit after he heard that from the lips of his son.
Of course, on his mind, he's thinking about another thing.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow he is going to visit the boy.
For now, he is going to let the boy have some time to clean his house.
-With Naruto-
Walking out of the prostitution house, Naruto is holding a small purple ball in his right hand.
And said ball, is dripping with blood.
"Hachi-chan"
"Po~"
Not even waiting for long, the bloodied ball in his right hand was suddenly gone, eaten by the vile ghost dwelling on him.
And those humans that saw him holding a ball dripping with blood are now rubbing their eyes and in the end, chalking this up as their imagination.
And thus, Naruto continues his walk to the shrine where he slept years ago before he was driven out to the forest of death.
'Home sweet home… here I come'
Despite thinking like this, Naruto's smile is slightly bitter.
Let's just hope nothing was vandalized by some barbarians.
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..
"Alright, I think this looks pretty good"
Small it is, Naruto smiled.
When he finished climbing the rather long stairs, Naruto arrived at his house.
Well, more like a place where he slept and take cover ( from rain and snow) years ago, but you should know this already.
"Shikigami, rise… do your job now"
As a rather powerful burst of spiritual energy come out from Naruto's body, the fallen leaves around him start to gain bodies in a shape of white, almost translucent bubbling energy.
And one by one, they start to clean the shrine and the large clearing in front of the said shrine.
As for Naruto, he let himself sit in the vestibule of the shrine, watching his created shikigami doing their jobs.
This is never getting old.
Fortunately, he bought some tea on the way here.
"…"
Another burst of energy came out of Naruto's body, and this time, the one gaining a chibi body is the small leaf floating on the small lake.
And without any order, the cute shikigami uses its power to make some water float in front of it.
Another burst, fire shikigami is created, and it quickly summons a fire under the small floating ball of water.
"Shironya, get me a small glass please"
From Naruto's fingertip, a spirit in the shape of a white cat appears, and with a few meows from it, the ground in front of Naruto rise, and glass made of clay appear.
"Thanks"
"Nya~"
After that, the earth's spirit is back into his body to sleep.
Yes, Nya is just lazy like that.
Within a few minutes, in the end, the water is boiled, and after Naruto placed the tea leaves in the glass, he place the glass under the floating, boiling water.
Of course, his small shikigami of water slowly poured the whole water into the glass and start to use its power to stir the water in question.
Once done, Naruto took the glass and take a sip while closing his eyes.
Sigh
Ah.
So peaceful.
"Po!"
"Yes, yes, I will sit on your lap now, Hachi-chan"
A smile appear on Naruto's lips once he heard the telltale of impatient from his best friend.
And thus, he let the tall woman grab him and place him on her lap like usual, where her hands begin to get busy.
Yeah…
This is peaceful to him.
-Flashback-
"You! What are you!?"
Fangs bared, a woman with a beautiful body clad in a beautiful kimono glared at him with such hate-filled eyes.
Of course, all of her teeth are sharp like a vampiric beast while her hair begins to get longer and the tips gain sharp hook-like appendages.
"I am Naruto, madam… it's a pleasure to meet you"
A soft smile appear on Naruto's lips, though whatever expression Hachishaku made behind him only make the yokai woman in front of him backing herself away into the corner.
Fear is definitely on her face.
No, forget fear.
The woman is terrified!
"D-DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP!"
Of course, Naruto ignored this altogether and merely continue his walk toward the yokai woman.
Until in the end, he's right in front of her with both eyes narrowing coldly.
Her hair that just a second ago threatened him?
All of it is now on the floor, they have been cut into very, very tiny pieces.
"HIIII!"
FEAR!
SHE'S SCARED!
Is what can be seen on the woman's face.
"Madam, as I told you, my name is Naruto, and I just want to tell you something about your house…"
Gently, like a touch of that of a lover, Naruto trail his five fingers from the madam's chin, down to her chest, until in the end, all fingers are stopping above her right chest… where a yokai usually has their second heart placed.
"… next time you decide to make humans your foods… don't you dare do it on my turf"
"I-I-I underst- gyaaaaaaa!"
Unfortunately for the woman, Naruto dug his fingers into her chest and pulls out a beating, purple ball from it.
So fast that by the time he turned around, the woman can only scream in pain in a rather inhuman way.
No… Naruto doesn't care at all.
Hell, actually…
"Next time to make mistake like this, I will rip your last heart"
It was a statement.
Not a question, but a statement.
And after Naruto said his statement, he walked out of the room like the gentleman he is.
Of course, before he closes the door, he let out a small smile at the woman rolling on the ground.
"Thanks for giving me some of your precious time, madam, I'm grateful"
hahahahaha!
i was having a blast writing this chapter, especially with the ghost house and aoi!
how about you guys?
love it?
hate it?
tell me in the review section.
as for the madam, she is Kejurou from [monster girl encyclopedia], search her up, I do think her appearance is great for her role as a madam of house of prostitution, what do you all think?
xD
Aoi?
huh... I forgot what is the book being called. pretty sure it is something like [eight horror tale of Hachishaku] if I'm not wrong, and yes, it is a hentai book.
her appearance?
my wording didn't do justice actually.
the woman is monster-like, but of course, she is still somewhat beautiful.
and in this chapter, I explained that Naruto's sense of beauty is a whack because he lived for so long along with yokai and other apparitions in the forest of death.
Human?
I'm going to make him a bit less emphatic toward human, but not as severe as my Naruto from [the cry of the siren].
human love interest?
in the long run? perhaps. but in uncoming chapters? no.
he will be polite to them, but if they offend him, 'tragedy' will happen, that's that.
anyway, the ideas coming from you all are great! I was having so many ideas to explore from those idea alone! so go on and keep giving me some more ideas before anything can be finalized. xD
OH
Forgot to say this in the previous chapter, but please keep the limit to japanese monsters for now, can't drift too far from the timeline, after all. xD
like always, happy days to all of you!
ciao~z