phillyitalian: thanks for the vote!/ but you can't deny rize's sadistic tendecy is rather good for Kyuubi, right? xD/ and no, it's Onikiri, from Omnyoji game.
RedRazorFlash: hahaha, yeah. no one lived for years with creatures that is not humans and come out normal, I tell you xD.
voidprince: hahaha, he will of course xD/yes, I know, but he didn't ask permission as civilian or ninja, but as someone who treat Hiruzen as his own grandfather. if you as grandson want to go out from the village for a week, won't it be rude if you didn't ask for permission? it would as if he doesn't care about his bond/The anbu was stiff, they saw their general lost one of his hand to something invisible and know that Naruto can do the same, so they were quick to act when it came to Naruto. you can think it as them fearing what Naruto will do without needing to move even a finger/No xD Hiruzen didn't force Naruto, it was Naruto who decide to fasten his bath and skip his tea time for Hiruzen sake, after all, it would be alright were he tell the Anbu to wait for about half an hour. he just didn't think about it through because he really thought that Hiruzen really, really want him to be quick/Yes, he will gain another water yokai in wave, as for what it is, it's still a secret xD/THANKS! the list is really helpful!
gaby11: thanks!
Creus: Inari is a human, Naruto won't care about such trivial thing even if Inari decide to be a bitch, fortunately, I kinda tired of same trope of Inari bitching and Naruto explode, so I won't make it in this story. xD Thanks for the vote!
Psudocode Samurai: Yeah! I do read and watched overlord, though haven't do it for a few years haha/I know, right? xD As there's vile yokai, there's of course a good yokai that demand order. and yes, Naruto will be neutral mostly, but he lean toward the evil side a little bit, if only because of his companionships. in the future he would see more of them, monks and deities alike.
A10riddick: haha, I could make him like that, indeed xD. Though, more into a descendant of yokionna or something like that, considering his gender.
Banjo the Fox: fixed! and thanks for the mention! xD I would probably won't notice it had you not.
Zero Arashi Uchiha: haha! yeah, I read yours too. Idk about the last statement (I don't know who write them first) but it probably true. we still have so little Naruto x Hachishaku though xD. Less than ten if I remember right.
leandrobalmaceda.0078: hahaha, thanks! and yeah, I know, right? xD. WOW, you're the only one notice about that single fact... yep, were Naruto die, he won't go to the pure land and will transform into a yokai, a powerful one too at that. as for whether he had die or not, no, he hadn't die in the past.
Kreceir: yep, it will be a running theme between them xD/So true, so true, well, I'll probably write a bit more before I post any of those smut stories, considering writing smut is much harder than normal if I can be honest/ xD nice idea.
Soul-Even: xD, thats the first someone said that. but thanks!
CountOrlok777: xD Of course, how can we forgot the most classic female yokai the long neck xD, as for the other two, I'll think about it for now, thanks!
Fox Boss: I accept any suggestions anyone could give xD. as for putting the suggestion for yokai woman, I'll probably will give Naruto one new yokai per arc. can't keep giving him one per chapter, after all xD/ So yeah, I accept suggestion.
thats all!
thanks for the vote, compliment, and the critiques, guys!
so, as usual...
enjoy!
Chapter 9, Miraculous feat
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"Hmm"
Naruto has two types of fighting styles. Both are strong in their own right and can be incorporated into weapon katas.
Orthodox style, where he would incorporate nature's movement into his fighting style.
And Demonic style, where he would incorporate the concept of negativity into his fighting style.
The first one is to take the concept of nature and the joy of people living on it into his body.
While the second is the desperate claws of those who want to lash at nature itself.
Two clashing ideologies, but two sides of the same coin, really.
Orthodox need him to experience the joy of the living, to feel the joy of receiving kindness, or the small thing like hearing the laughing children as they're playing in the rice field.
Demonic?
Demonic needs him to experience the desperation of the human being, for example, the extreme hunger when someone wanted to eat, but can't do anything except peel on the tree's bark and ate it to fill his stomach.
Orthodox, he merely reached his third verse yesterday, and it was also incomplete because he merely incorporate the sea, not the joy of people of the sea yet.
As for demonic, he has already reached his ninth verse for years.
The contrast difference between the two showed just how 'good' his life was.
And yes…
Such styles are very different from the ones used by ninjas.
But he isn't a ninja.
Ninjas fight while concealing their intent, and martial artists fight using their intent to class their 'belief'.
It's just a difference in culture, he guesses.
Anyway…
Naruto is currently staring at the corpse in front of him.
Gato's corpse.
The man's blood is drained to nothing else in his veins, so he doesn't need to be afraid to stain Tazuna's house's floor.
Now, why he's staring at the corpse.
Well…
Because the head is destroyed.
And behind him, his adorable Hachishaku is staring at the ground with a face of a kicked puppy.
She had lost control.
And in such a state, she killed the man without leaving his head intact.
Oh well…
"Its alright Hachi, next time, be careful, okay?"
"Po Po~"
Right after Naruto gave his girlfriend a reassuring smile, she stopped her upset face and happily nuzzled her face on his hair.
In which, he gave her a soft kiss on the nose.
Alright…
Let's bring the corpse to everyone, for now.
"…"
Dragging the corpse by the scruff of his neck, Naruto walks down to the first floor.
Hopefully, everyone is already back from their work and training.
It would be bad if he show this corpse to Tsunami and her child without everyone around, after all.
.
.
..
"Kakashi, sorry, but my shikigami lost control a little bit"
This is what Naruto said after he threw the bloodless corpse into the floor in front of Kakashi.
And right after he did this, everyone's eyes becomes as if in trance, though Tazuna's family more so than the ninjas.
"I-Is this, really Gato?"
Sakura asked, face as green as a vegetable. And seeing this alone makes Naruto sure that a one, tiny push alone can make her puke out everything in her stomach.
Such a weak-willed girl, she is.
"… Yeah, I… I can't believe my eyes. But, you my sir, is the Hero of wave country"
Tazuna said with eyes full of revere when he was staring in Naruto's direction.
Though Naruto himself merely shrugged his shoulders.
"It's not me, but Hachishaku. If you want to pray, go pray to her, I don't have any intention to becomes a god of humans"
He only wants to be together with all of his lovers. If this fulfilled, his next wish would be to fight any strong yokai.
From the bosses of yokai to the gods themselves.
Ah…
Thinking about it alone makes his heart tremble with excitement.
"Hahahaha! Yes, yes, I'll make two shrines for Hachishaku-sama and you, Naruto-sama. After that, I'll tell everyone to pray to you both!"
As if didn't hear what Naruto have said just now, Tazuna laughed loudly and happily, his hand grabbing Gato's corpse by the neck, and from his grip alone, everyone could see how angry he is at the corpse that was once a living human.
What is his plan with that?
"For now, I'll tell everyone of the good news, Tsunami, makes a feast for our saviors!"
"Y-Yes dad"
Right after the old man said that he ran to the village, dragging Gato's corpse like a champion.
And Kakashi wasted no time to tell his three students to follow and guard their team client.
Naruto?
Naruto is rubbing his forehead that aches a little bit.
Oh well…
"Shiro, search some water spirits and tells them to give us some batches of fresh fishes. I will give them some positive beads if they do"
"Nyaaa~"
From Naruto's shoulder, everyone could see a pure white cat with blue eyes suddenly appear, purring happily as it nuzzled the boy's hair.
And after the cat did this, it jumped in the direction of the sea, passing through the wall as if it wasn't a physical being in the first place.
Oh, who're they kidding?
When it comes to Naruto, he never called on physical beings, only the opposite.
"You don't have to do that, Naruto-sama"
Tsunami said after she heard what was his order to his spirit, a few meters from her, Kakashi merely continue his relaxing time, drinking a cup of tea with his mask on.
Inari?
Inari ran to his bedroom. And Naruto honestly doesn't care enough about what is on his mind.
"Nah, it's okay, really. And I would like to trouble you to share those fishes later for the other peoples. After all, they probably would like to feast too"
"O-Of course, Naruto-sama"
If just now she was looking at him as if he were a benevolent god incarnate, now she's looking at him as if he is some kind of ultra benevolent god himself, blessing her with his presence.
Huh…
From eyes full of fear, now they revere him.
Such strange beings, these humans are.
After he thought like this, Naruto sat across from Kakashi, then requested a cup of tea from the woman of the house, to which she comply with a large smile on her face.
Then again, in her eyes, he's the savior of her whole village, what a cup of tea for it, right?
Oh well, let's stop thinking about this for now.
After he has his fill of tea, he then should find the demon of the mist and his partner.
After all, it would be bad if the man come to kill Tazuna just because he is yet to know about Gato's death.
-Later-
Yawn~
Maybe of his lack of sleep, Naruto found himself yawning a little bit as he walked through the rather dense forest outside the wave country.
Well, not really dense compared to the forest of death.
But then again, there's no way a simple forest can defeat the infamous forest which has killed so many people.
He got some of his training equipment from those corpses, after all.
… After he sprayed their vile souls with holy water.
"…"
Looking left and right, Naruto took the left side when he sensed a tiny amount of a living being's energy remnant.
Zabuza?
His accomplish?
Or just a civilian?
Sad, but his ability cannot be used to track a living being with such precision.
Send out his shikigami?
Nah, he has sent out Hachishaku and Majo to find Kakashi, and the two are currently using their time to snuggle against his body, it would upset them if he order them to search for Zabuza.
Plus, unlike his mentor that uses his shikigami for mundane things, Naruto prefers to do the deed by himself, whatever it is.
To his mentor, his shikigami is his underlings.
To Naruto?
His shikigami is his lovers and companions.
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.
..
It takes Naruto a few minutes of searching, but not long after, he found a male teen, dressed in a woman's attire.
And as their eyes locked with each other, Naruto's eyes showed disgust.
"You're not a gay, are you?"
"W-W-Wha? I-I-I, no…"
Probably because his cover was blown just like that, the teen suddenly widen his eyes and dropped his jaw in shock, doesn't know what to say for an answer.
And seeing this, Naruto narrowed his eyes for a small second.
Let's just hope this boy is not gay.
"Have you see a man about this tall? Carrying a large sword on his back?"
As Naruto explained to the teen the description of Zabuza, he took notice of the boy's finger flinching a little bit, though he tried to hide it as best as he can.
And after this, he smiled a little, kindly if Naruto may add.
"No, I haven't. Is he a criminal or something?"
"I see, if you do, please tell him that Gato is dead, so go and look for other jobs, preferably one that doesn't clash with me, excuse me"
After Naruto said his piece, ignoring the teen's question, he turned around and walks back to Tazuna's house.
The teen must be Zabuza's accomplish.
If so, there's no need to look for the man, as he could just speak to the right hand and be done with it, which he did just a second ago.
And with his job done, Naruto let out a small hum as he walked, happy that it have went so smoothly.
A job well done, Naruto Uzumaki.
-Later-
"What are you doing here?"
When Naruto is back, he is greeted by the surprising sight of the sole daughter of the Fire Daimyo.
And she herself looks surprised when she saw him.
Beside her, Kakashi is still sitting while reading his book, probably the one letting her inside because he knows of her status and whose daughter she is.
"Well, I heard wave country was suppressed by a tyrant, so I come to help. I didn't know you're already helping them, Naruto-san"
"Well, aren't you active"
Despite the words said being somewhat mocking, Naruto simply stated the truth and actually complimented the teen as he took a seat beside Kakashi and across from Okita Soji.
And sensing the compliment, Okita nodded softly.
"Thank you for your kind words, at the very least, you didn't leave this one alive"
"Well, what can I say? I have a soft spot for a beautiful women"
For a small second, Okita's eyes went to his side, where the yokai she almost killed in their first meeting is clinging to Naruto's arm, glaring at her hatefully.
A glare of hate from mid-rank yokai hardly troubles her, however. And thus, her gaze's attention returned to Naruto.
At the very least, the infamous Hachishaku is uncaring about her presence.
Not that she can see the vile ghost, being far below her in power.
"I can see that"
She said softly in agreement.
Hachishaku, Kankandara, and the witch of the forest.
All three of them are female yokai, and she's yet to see any male one under Naruto.
Well, except for Onikiri.
But being a sword, the gender cannot be seen as male despite the sword being a male yokai.
"So, what's your plan? You comes here alone, didn't you?"
Once she heard what Naruto have said, Okita Soji took a small slurp of her tea, eyes closing briefly.
And when she opened her eyes, they were giving out serious light.
"Show me your swordsmanship"
"… that's rude"
Naruto chimed after a brief second of silence. And from the trembling hands of Okita, he knows that the teen also knows how rude her request is.
And yes, it is rude.
After all, swordsmen lived by their swords. To them, Their swordsmanship is something sacred and they won't show it to anyone except for their enemies or their apprentice.
And no, when she asked 'show me your swordsmanship' it is not only the move but also his desire, his hidden feelings, and the intent behind said move.
Not just moves, but the very essence of the move itself.
So Okita's request is basically something like this to Naruto's ears…
Show me your dick's size
"I know…"
The teen sighed a little with trembling lips, not from sadness, but from the fact that she know how rude she is by requesting something like this.
However…
"One move, I'll show you my move, and you show me yours"
"Ah… now that would be alright"
Now, Naruto smiled, happy from the request.
If he is going to basically show Okita his dick, she will show hers too.
Basically, said?
It's a dick's size competition.
"Oh, if you two are going to fight, mind if me bring my students along? It would be great learning material for them to see someone with the caliber of you two going at it"
"Well, we're not exactly 'going at it' and just an exchange between one move. But, sure, it's not like stupid red eyes can copy intent behind a strike"
Naruto shrugged off his shoulders from Kakashi's request.
Most of his moves are simple, so simple that you don't have to have a pair of Sharingan to copy their movements.
But, even if someone can copy the movements, they won't be able to copy the intent behind it, nor they can see the depth meaning of such a thing.
They're ninjas, after all.
"Oh my, thank you, Naruto-san"
And thus, one cyclops eye-smiled.
-Later-
"So, what are we going to see here, exactly?"
"I told you already Sasuke, it will be a single clash between two strong martial artists"
A bit far away from the beach, Kakashi is standing with his three students, watching the two people currently having a classic stare-down a few meters away from them.
Of course, he also has sent some Kage-bunshin to protect Tazuna while his students are here.
"Just one? And, are they even being serious? They're using wooden sword for fuck sake!"
"Sasuke, just be silent. I also beaten you up with book and you don't seem to surprised"
"B-B-Bu-"
In the end, the Uchiha heir merely huffed and return his gaze to the two facing down swordsmen.
Really, it's just so stupid in his eyes.
There's no chakra buildup, no movement, and nothing something as glamorous as the ground under them being destroyed.
For all intent, it is just a stare-down.
But not after a few minutes, in the end, the female teen moved, such a burning glare can be seen in her eyes.
Sasuke sees it then.
A stab.
A normal-looking stab, without any chakra at all.
But the blade split at the same time right before it can touch Naruto.
For that single second, three wooden blades existed at the same time, striking Naruto.
Of course, what is the most impressive is Naruto that was able to block two of them, deflecting the two strikes that destroyed the beach behind him with such clean cuts.
Unfortunately for the blond, the last strike hit him on the left shoulder, cracking the bone like a heavy hammer hitting a normal floor.
Not like Naruto seems to care for such a thing though, as he calmly spun his sword in his right palm.
Gulp
Curious, Sasuke's eyes went to Kakashi, and opened his mouth.
But, before he can ask something, he in the end decides to turn back his attention to the 'clash' between Naruto and Okita.
He can ask later.
For now, there's no way he's going to miss Naruto's strike.
He wants to see the power of the Onmyoji who has purged all of the vile ghosts inside the Uchiha's district.
-With Naruto-
"That was very sublime, Okita. I didn't know you'd have it in you"
Naruto said, complimenting the teen about his age, and getting a small bow of gratitude from her.
Though, her face looks complicated.
"Thank you, Naruto-san… though, I can see you should be able to block that last strike too if you were serious enough"
Ohooo…
She notices that?
Her swordsmanship may not be much. But she has a great perception.
Let's not make it so it won't look as if he was playing around with her then.
"Well, yes I could. But I really wanted to see how heavy your strike were, and it didn't disappoint"
Naruto said with a small, but an honest smile on his face.
It may be easy for him to block or dodge all of her three sharp strikes, but it would be literally impossible for most humans because each strike happens at the same time as the other.
Something like that is basically a miracle if you haven't trained with a sword long enough.
And yeah, he also wanted to see just how heavy her strikes were, so he's not really trying to deceit her.
"I see, then I'm ready… please attack me whenever you're ready, Naruto-san"
"Okay, that strike you did is verse one of Orthodox, verse of the sky, right?"
Naruto questioned with a small smile while doing a lax and normal kata.
His eyes focused on one point, and one point alone.
Her chest. Right, where her heart is.
"Yes, my first verse of the sky is called lightless, three-stage thrust"
Oh, a fancy name.
Naruto nodded outwardly.
When he blocked her strikes just now, the intent behind it is pure.
Three kindness.
Her father, her mother, and her teachers.
Her three miraculous thrusts are her tribute to the people who raised her, who loved her, and who taught her.
Without those three people, Okita Soji won't be Okita Soji.
And Okita Soji has proved her existence in this world by creating that thrusting technique.
"Then, I'll show you… my sky verse"
The orthodox fighting style is based on someone's positive experience.
Of their happiness.
Their dream for the future.
Or just something as simple as their friendship with someone else.
Naruto?
His eyes become sharp and cold the moment he dashed toward Okita, the tip of his sword poised toward her chest, the point that he had locked on since a few seconds ago.
"This is!?"
Okita looks angry for a small second, in her eyes, a telltale of someone who's annoyed after they got pranked.
And thus, she blocked his 'normal' stab.
"!"
And she lose when Naruto raised his blade upward, throwing her blade away from her hand.
Thud
"My first verse of the sky is called stretching hand, haha, don't think much about it. It's just a normal thrust, I tell you"
Right after Okita's sword fell a few meters away from the two, Naruto laughed out loud in a carefree manner, as if doesn't have any problem in the world.
However, in front of him, Okita's hands are trembling and her eyes widen so much, as if terrified.
"Well… I'm sure you will snap out of it soon, probably"
As the only daughter of the Daimyo trembling, Naruto in the end merely shrugged his shoulders and walk away.
There's Kakashi around, after all.
The man could keep his eyes on Okita until she broke free from her trance.
Why does she seem so fearful?
Meh, how should he know?
Probably because she has realized just how big his dick is, haha.
Oh well…
-With Kakashi and his team-
"I… I don't understand"
Sasuke said after Naruto walked away from Okita.
His mind is reeling and he even keeps repeating the scene he saw just now several times inside his mind.
But, he still doesn't understand…
"What do you not understand, my adorable student?"
Kakashi said with an eye smile, his hands holding his porn book once again now that the two battlers have finished their 'exchange'.
"That was just a normal feint stab followed by upward strike, right? So, why's that woman look so… scared?"
The heir of the Uchiha said hesitantly.
Well, the female teen isn't that scared looking, Sasuke corrected inside his mind. Nonetheless, she looks so shaken after Naruto's normal-looking stab.
And hearing what Sasuke said, Kakashi patted him on the shoulder a few times…
"Well, guess you've got no talent when it come to swordsmanship then Sasuke, glad we found this out so early. I mean, even Sai noticed what's so special about Naruto's strike just now"
"Duck-head are just too slow in the head, sensei. We can't fault him"
Anger.
Anger slowly consumes Sasuke as his face turns red from his feeling.
Seeing this, Sakura gave him a worried look. Though, Sai and Kakashi merely widen their stupid grins toward the Uchiha's heir.
Something that made Sasuke's anger went to the former almost instantly.
"Bastard! I will show you my fists!"
Chakra circulating through his body, Sasuke ran toward the pale boy to beat him up, though his sensei merely took him by the scruff of his shirt and lift him, rendering him hanging in the air.
"Now, now, my student. Aren't you curious about what so special about Naruto's strike?"
"Tell me without any cryptic words"
Sasuke said to his sensei with a childish glare on his face.
Though seeing this, Kakashi merely eye smiled and let Sasuke's body faces in the direction of Okita Soji.
The teen has broken free from her trance, and now merely stares at the sea after she turned her body around.
"I still don't understand…"
"Look where she's looking, and no… it's not the sea, Sasuke"
"What are you ta-… oh"
The boy was almost angry once again, but when he look seriously… Sasuke then sees it.
The sea is calm.
The wind is soothing.
But above all of those?
.
.
The sky has split.
-With Okita-
"So… this is how big our difference, huh?"
Okita whispered softly as she stares at the clouds that slowly returned to normal.
It was impressive.
It gave her another goal.
And most of all, it was humbling.
Abe no Seimei. The man is legendary Onmyoji second to none, even bards sang praises for the man every single day.
Nonetheless… he wasn't a swordsman.
"…"
Looking down, Okita stares at her still trembling palm with eyes akin to that of sadness.
Just as he probably saw a glimpse of her memory, she too saw his.
A boy lived alone in a forest and bet his life every single day to searching for food.
No human interaction, just ghost friends that every single day let out an aura heavy enough to make most normal people become crazy from exposure.
The boy fell sick.
Every single week, he would fell sick and had seizures from such exposure.
He lived through it with nothing except his will alone.
And then, one day a man appeared, intent to harm his friends and seal his dearest.
He fought.
His friends fought.
But the man still won.
In his defeat, the boy cried… he begged the man to not harm any of his friends.
The man is the strongest Onmyoji, Abe no Seimei.
The boy faced many hardships in his life. So, despite his begging, his heart screamed that there's no way a human of all things would hear him out.
The man surprised him.
With a calm smile, the man answered him.
"Okay"
A kind smile and a stretching hand of help, something that he never felt even for once thorough his life.
A kindness.
.
"Sky verse… stretching hand"
Such a simple name.
Such a simple move.
But the intent behind it?
It's enough to make Okita trembles as tears gather in her eyes.
What has she done all these years?
She's the sole daughter of the Fire Daimyo. But here, she found out that the teen she thought was a foolish person that accept a vile yokai of all things actually had a story behind his action.
She thought he was full of himself for being the apprentice of the great Abe no Seimei.
"I understand, master Seimei…"
Okita said as she bowed gratefully to the direction of the capital for a second.
She understands now.
Her swordsmanship is far below Naruto's, it is something she cannot deny now.
She's grateful for this fated meeting between her and Naruto.
She saw a glimpse of the peak. And now, she must go back to the capital to train herself, even more, to try her best to reach the same point.
She took her status as the only daughter of the Fire Daimyo for granted.
No longer.
She will become strong.
And when she does… she will challenge Naruto once again.
-With Naruto-
"Hmm… do you feel it, Hachi?"
Naruto's question met with a shaking head from Hachishaku, her face nuzzling onto his nape affectionately.
From his right side, Majo is doing the same to his shoulder blade while sending the maiden of murder jealous-filled eyes.
Huh… none of them sensed it?
"How curious… this energy is comparable to that of deity"
He said softly while staring in the direction of the forest across the bridge.
There's someone there… watching him.
So funny.
And so dangerous.
He is not ready to face a deity-level opponent, no matter how much his heart trembles from excitement from imagining it alone.
Oh well…
Let's hope the deity in question won't challenge him to a fight or something like that.
Summon:
Renamon and her evolutions: 14
Normal looking foxes, but big: 0
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Kyuubi female form:
Rize Kamishiro (Tokyo ghoul): 6
Uruma Satsuki (Urasekai picnic): 1
Akagi (Azur Lane): 10
alright!
that's a wrap for the ninth chapter!
Naruto is able to cut the sky!?
how strong is he? will we see the depth of his power? will he even need to use chakra in the first place?
who know...
anyway!
that's all!
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