Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing the aftermath of the fight against Mistress Three-Eyes, and Towa reuniting with Setsuna though not in the way she wanted to. So, without further ado.
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No one said or did anything as Setsuna pointed her naginata at Naruto and Towa, much to the whiskered blondes annoyance. Not only at the weapon being pointed at him and his friend, but that she had also upset Towa as well. Leading Naruto to walk up and grab the naginata, before shoving it away from them.
"Why don't you put that thing away before you hurt yourself. And second, why don't you also explain what the hell is going on?! And why you were even pointing that at us to begin with?!" Naruto demanded glaring at Setsuna, who narrowed her eyes at him, worrying Towa and her family that a fight may break out between them.
Thankfully, the tension was broken when Moroha held up the skull of Mistress Three-Eyes.
"Hey! You don't care if I keep the head, do ya?" Moroha asked, given she didn't make the kill, she wanted to make sure they didn't mind her keeping it to collect the bounty for Mistress Three-Eyes.
"No. Just take it." Said Setsuna, not caring if she took the head or not, with Naruto looking at the skull, remembering what the demon said about him having demonic energy.
"What did that thing mean anyway? About me having Demonic Energy. That can't be true…can it?" Naruto said, given he doubted he could have Demonic Energy or any kind of power like that, only for Moroha to get close to him and sniff him.
"Actually you do have some. I can smell it on you now that my strength's back. But it's pretty faint, so it's not likely you're a Hanyō. But I won't be surprised if you turn into one later on, once you properly unlock and start using your Demonic Energy that is." Said Moroha, now being able to sense Naruto did possess some latent Demonic Energy inside of him.
"Could that actually happen?" Naruto asked, honestly not sure on how to feel about that, learning he could potentially turn into a Hanyō.
"There have been cases of humans that are of Demon Descent, being able to awaken their own latent Demonic Powers. But it usually doesn't happen for a century or two. For yours to begin awakening after this many centuries, you must have had a powerful ancestor for their power to still linger inside of you." Revealed Setsuna, while Moroha sniffed Naruto again and grinned.
"Oh yeah! While it's faint, the power inside you is still pretty potent and intense! I bet that you have to be descended from a Daiyōkai, for you to start awakening your power." Moroha stated, with Naruto nodding slowly in acceptance at this, before looking back at Setsuna with narrowed eyes.
"And you still haven't answered me? Why did you point your weapon at me and Towa? Cause if you're really the same Setsuna that Towa told me about, you two were as close as sisters could be. Now you're acting like you were going to kill her!" Said Naruto, still angry at Setsuna for acting hostile to Towa, with the silverette putting a hand on his shoulder before stepping forward, looking at her sister in sadness.
"Setsuna, I'm so sorry. Because this is my fault, isn't it? You're angry because I let go of you that day. That's why you're acting cold, treating me like a stranger? I don't blame you though, but we are sisters, we grew up together, played together in the forest, and you always called me Sis. The day we were separated, there was a fire, I let go of your hand, but I went back for you. Then you pushed me away from a tree that was falling towards us, and then we lost each other. That's the truth, Setsuna." Towa said, stepping forward, only for Setsuna to jump back.
"Setsuna?" Said Towa, only to see her sister still looking at her with narrowed eyes.
"I already told you, I don't know who you are nor do I have a sister. And if you value your life, then don't take another step." Setsuna threatened.
"Towa, I think she may be telling the truth, that she really doesn't remember. With how you two were separated and how long it's been, she must have lost her memories due to the trauma of just how you were both separated." Said Grandpa Higurashi, getting everyone's attention before they began thinking about it, knowing that may be the most likely reason why Setsuna doesn't remember.
"That…does make the most sense." Naruto stated, given if Setsuna was just acting cold to Towa, then she'd probably wouldn't go as far as to threaten to kill her.
"Probably. I mean, if that happened to me, I'd wanna forget everything too." Said Moroha with a shrug.
Towa and Setsuna didn't say anything, as they continued looking at each other, the silverette's guilt and self-loathing only increasing at hearing this. Knowing it's her fault that Setsuna doesn't remember anything, now only seeing her as a stranger. While for Setsuna, it didn't really matter to her, having never been concerned on why she couldn't remember her childhood.
'I…I have to try and fix things.' Towa thought, walking towards her twin, wanting to do something to try and help her, with the ravenette narrowing her eyes at her.
"I warned, now you're dead!" Setsuna said as her eye glowed gold before she swung her naginata at Towa, only for her to lean back and avoid her strike, before jumping back to dodge all her other strikes as well.
"Stop running!" Demanded Setsuna.
"Not a chance! You're acting like you really wanna kill me!" Towa retorted, not believing that even without her memories, her sister would really try to kill her.
"Because I am!" Setsuna said, like it was obvious and would have tried to attack again, only to feel something holding her weapon, before looking to see Naruto glaring at her while holding her naginata.
"You aren't killing anyone! And I thought I said to put this thing away before you hurt yourself." Said Naruto, with Setsuna glaring at him.
"You can't tell me what I can or can't do! And I've been trained to use the Kanemitsu no Tomoe since I was a child! The only ones who get hurt are those that I'm aiming to hurt!" Setsuna retorted.
"Awww how cute, you named your toy. Do you name all your toys, or is this one just special?" Naruto taunted, much to Setsuna's growing anger.
"It's not a toy! It is an ancient weapon used to slay demons and complete fools, like you!" Yelled Setsuna, getting angrier than she's ever been before.
"Yeah, you're really intimidating, so intimidating that you haven't even taken it back yet." Replied Naruto, the ravenette growling as she tried taking her weapon back from Naruto, only for him to refuse to let go.
"Let go, right now!" Setsuna demanded, with the Uzumaki shrugging in response before he smirked.
"Okay." Naruto said, letting go, with the resulting momentum causing Setsuna to fall flat on her back, making the Hanyō glare murderously at him as she stood up.
"You did that on purpose!" Shouted Setsuna.
"Hey, you said let go and I did. Or maybe you hit your head a little hard there and got amnesia again." Naruto stated tauntingly, with Setsuna shaking in rage, before Moroha got between the two with Mistress Three-Eyes skull.
"Come on guys, let's be friendly here! Especially you, Setsuna!" Said Moroha while using the skull as a puppet.
"What's the harm in letting her near you? And Whiskers there is right, you gotta relax Setsu." Moroha said.
"Silence!" Setsuna yelled, refusing to deal with both of them at the same time, with the quarter-demon simply looking at Naruto and Towa.
"I'm Moroha, by the way. My bounty hunter buddies call me Moroha the Demon Killer. It's nice to meet you both. So, what're your names?" Questioned Moroha since they hadn't gotten to learn their names.
"Towa Higurashi." Towa introduced.
"Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm glad to know one of you has polite manners." Said Naruto, directing the last part to Setsuna, who merely glared at him in pure annoyance.
"Towa, huh?! Okay Towa, are you really Setsuna's sister?" Moroha asked.
"Of course I am! I'm her older twin, but we got separated in a forest fire ten years ago!" Answered Towa, refusing to have anyone doubt that she and Setsuna are sisters.
"Well, there you go." Moroha stated while looking at Setsuna, seeing that Towa was telling the truth, along with feeling their Demonic Energy was similar enough for them to really be twins.
"I've been alone ever since I can remember." Retorted Setsuna, still not believing this claim of them being sisters.
"Can't imagine why, you have such a sunny disposition." Naruto said sarcastically.
"I will kill you!" Setsuna hissed, swearing she'll make him suffer.
"Aaaaah, and here I thought we were just starting to get along Setsu." Replied Naruto as he smirked at her, the ravenette merely growling.
"Yeah, but both of you are Hanyō…" Moroha said while raising her sword to block Setsuna's strike.
"And when you're as good as I am, you can tell just from the feel of your Demon Energy. See?! Setsuna, you're a Hanyō! I mean how else can you explain a Rainbow Pearl being in your eye. Which makes you a Hanyō too, Towa." Said Moroha, while looking at the silverette.
"I'm a what?" Towa asked, never hearing that term before until just now.
"A Hanyō is someone who has the blood of both a demon and a human. Naruto here isn't a Hanyō, not yet anyway, only Demon Descendant at the moment. You and Setsuna though have much more recent demon blood, going by how strong it is, and you both have really similar Demon Energy, which only further proves that you're both sisters." Said Moroha before sniffing Towa again.
"And if I'm not mistaken, which my nose never is, your dad's the Daiyōkai Sesshomaru! Am I right?!" Said Moroha in excitement that she's meeting the daughters of Sesshomaru.
"Who's Sesshomaru?" Towa asked, having no idea who that is.
"Setsu?" Moroha asked, looking at the Demon Slayer, who merely looked at them with narrowed eyes and remained silent, making Moroha shrug.
"Well either way, even if Sesshomaru is your dad, having human blood means you'd still only inherit half his power. And something tells me, that's the main reason Setsu is always so edgy." Stated Moroha, making Setsuna's eye twitch in annoyance, which Naruto took notice of, making him smirk.
"Is that why you chose such a big weapon? You're hoping it'll make you look as strong as your big sister and daddy dearest?" Naruto asked teasingly, as Setsuna looked at him warningly while clenching her fists.
"Shut. Up." Setsuna said through gritted teeth.
"Don't worry Setsu, I'm sure big sister Towa can keep you safe with her cooler and more useful Demon Sword." Naruto assured, while Setsuna was doing her best at restraining her temper.
"I. Told. You. To. Shut. Up." Setsuna said slowly.
"You alright Setsuna? Your face is looking a little red, maybe you need to lie down." Said Naruto, smirking, as the Hanyō's eye twitched rapidly.
'You stupid, arrogant, annoying, smug, stupid…HOW IS HE DOING THIS!?' Setsuna mentally screamed, wondering how he's able to get under her skin so easily when she's usually able to keep her composure, no matter what the situation is.
Yet she hasn't even known Naruto for an hour and already wants to simply beat his annoying face in!
"Regardless of heritage, blood, or power, if you're truly my older sister, then you can prove it to me with your strength." Setsuna stated, aiming her naginata at Towa, wanting proof that she's her sister by seeing how strong she is.
"I don't need to prove anything, because I'm not lying!" Retorted Towa, refusing to fight her sister or prove anything, when it's the truth.
"Empty words mean nothing to me." Said Setsuna, preferring actions over words.
"Sister of the year people, sister of the year." Naruto said sarcastically.
"You stay out of this! And you stay out of it too!" Said Setsuna, glaring at him before turning to glare at Moroha, when she moved to try and speak as well.
None of the girls noticing something burrowing underground, before jumping out towards Towa to bite her.
"Towa!" Naruto said, seeing the creature jumping towards her, leading to him pushing her out of the way, grunting in pain when the demon instead bit him.
"Naruto!" Shouted Towa in shock and worry for her friend, getting Setsuna and Moroha's attention at seeing the demon vanishing while purple scar-like markings appeared around his left eye.
"Is that a…" Setsuna said, readying her naginata, while not expecting to see another demon in this era.
"Hitōkon?! And looks like it just made him its host. And it…seems to be waking up more of his Demon Energy." Said Moroha, adding the last part at sensing Naruto's Demon Energy began growing.
"Well, isn't that just great." Stated Setsuna in annoyance.
"See! This is what we get for letting our guard down!" Moroha said, just as annoyed that they let down their guard and couldn't sense the Hitōkon.
"Forget that! Is there a way to get it out of him?!" Towa asked in worry for her friend, while drawing her Demon Energy Blade.
"Yeah, cut it out!" Said Setsuna before rushing forward, eager for the chance to knock around the whiskered blonde.
Only to be shocked when "Naruto" appeared in front of her, before gasping in pain when he slammed his foot into her stomach, sending her flying back.
"Setsuna! Are you alright?!" Said Towa, grabbing her sister before she could hit the ground.
"I'm fine! The Hitōkon's begun awakening more of his power and it knows how to use the power of whosever body it's in." Setsuna said, standing up while rubbing her stomach at the impact.
"What's going on?! Why is Naruto attacking you three?" Mrs. Higurashi asked in worry.
"Stop it! What're you doing?!" Said Mei, not liking what she was seeing.
"That's not Naruto, he's being possessed by a demon! You three, just stay back!" Towa said, not wanting her family to get caught in the fighting.
"Beating the Hitōkon isn't the problem, it's that it can use the powers of whoever it's inside, and we have no idea what kind of powers he has! This is so damn annoying!" Said Moroha, before jumping out of the way to dodge a blast of blue and black Demonic Energy from "Naruto".
"Naruto" then grabbed Towa's energy blade, surprising Setsuna and Moroha that he could hold it without being injured.
"Naruto, please! I know you're in there, somewhere! Are you really going to let some parasite demon control you?!" Towa demanded, hoping to get through to her friend.
Only to cry out, when the Hitōkon jumped out of Naruto and bit her, before vanishing as the same purple markings appeared over her eye.
"Ugh, what the…Towa?!" Naruto said in worry for his friend, when he saw the markings going through her eye, before he was pulled back by Moroha.
"And now the Hitōkon's inside her, wonderful!" Moroha said sarcastically, before seeing "Towa" turn her attention towards Setsuna, jumping at her and swinging her energy sword, which extended towards the ravenette.
Setsuna jumped out of the way and onto the roof, surprised at seeing the blade grow and extend like that.
"I see, interesting. That's your Demon Energy's true potential. Then perhaps I'll treat you as a worthy opponent." Said Setsuna, running and jumping onto the training area for more space.
"Hey! I already told you, you aren't going to hurt her!" Naruto said while running up to where Setsuna and the possessed Towa were fighting, along with Moroha.
"Yeah, you aren't seriously gonna kill your sister, are you?!" Questioned Moroha, with Setsuna not wavering at their words.
"Anyone standing against me is my enemy. Cyclone Burst!" Setsuna said, spinning her naginata around and creating a large cyclone that began sucking everything In, with Naruto and Moroha holding onto the railing to avoid being pulled in.
While "Towa" looked at it before jumping right into the cyclone, before swinging her blade and cutting it in half, causing it to disperse.
"What?! Impossible!" Said Setsuna, not believing she'd be able to dispel her cyclone, before seeing "Towa" diving down towards her.
"Crimson Dragon Wave!" Shouted Moroha swinging her sword, releasing a crimson energy dragon, forcing Towa back before she or Setsuna could attack each other.
"That was uncalled for, this is my fight." Setsuna said.
"Yo, Setsuna! You're a Demon Slayer aren't you; shouldn't you have like a potion or something to weaken the Hitōkon?" Moroha asked, preferring if she didn't jump straight to killing Towa.
Before Setsuna could respond, "Towa" rushed towards her before slashing her sword at her repeatedly, the ravenette blocking her strikes with her naginata before the silverette began pushing her back. Luckily, Setsuna was able to push her energy blade aside and swipe at her, only for "Towa" to jump away and kick off a railing to take another swing at her. With Setsuna deflecting the attack, sending Towa skidding back across the area.
"Scourge of Swallows!" Said Setsuna, swinging her naginata up, releasing numerous green energy shaped swallows at "Towa", who channeled more power into her sword and swung it, creating a shield that blocked the swallows.
Setsuna taking the chance to jump up and attack her from above, with "Towa" flipping out of the way and dodging the attack.
"Towa! Towa, you have to stop!" Mei cried out, having escaped her grandmother and great-grandfather to try and help her sister, not wanting to see her fight.
"Mei, get out of here now!" Said Naruto, not wanting her to get hurt, knowing Towa would never forgive herself if she hurt Mei.
"Mei!" Mrs. Higurashi said, running to get her granddaughter away from the fighting, with Grandpas Higurashi following after her.
"Towa" looked at Mei before the Hitōkon emerged again and lunged at the little girl, biting her eye with Mei crying out in pain.
"Mei!" Said Mrs. Higurashi, only to gasp when "Mei" looked at them, showing the markings going through her eye.
"Damn, that bastard! It transferred over to the kid!" Moroha said, angry at the Hitōkon possessing a kid now.
"Mei, oh no." Said Towa as she got up, seeing her adoptive sister picking up a rock.
"Mei, what're you doing?" Mrs. Higurashi said in worry.
"Is she being controlled? Wake up Mei!" Said Grandpa Higurashi, in an attempt to try and get through to her, only for "Mei" to keep approaching them.
"Hold it right there. You figured a small child would be easier to control. How foolish." Setsuna stated, knowing that now the demon didn't have access to any power and was helpless inside Mei's body.
"What're you planning to do?" Grandpa Higurashi said.
"Don't worry, I'm going to cut out the Hitōkon." Revealed Setsuna, much to their shock and horror.
"You can't!" Towa shouted, jumping over Setsuna, refusing to see her twin sister hurt her adoptive little sister.
"Don't touch her! I won't let you scar her face! I've already troubled to this family, and I won't trouble them even more than I already have." Said Towa, since they wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for her fighting those thugs, not wanting to put them in any more danger than she already has.
"Tsk, such naivety." Setsuna muttered, not believing she'd stop her from dealing with the demon.
"What did you say?!" Demanded Towa, not believing her twin would say that, only to feel something hitting her, before looking down sadly at "Mei" hitting her with the rock.
"Mei, this is my fault. I'm so sorry." Towa said, hugging her adoptive sister, not caring about being hit by the rock.
"As long as you're alive, you will always trouble someone, whether you mean to or not." Stated Setsuna annoyed, at her naïve personality.
"Hey, stop that!" Grandpa Higurashi said.
"That's your sister!" Said Mrs. Higurashi.
"It's fine, it's alright. It'll be alright, I promise." Towa said, not letting go of her sister.
Setsuna looked at the scene for a moment, before closing her eyes and spinning her naginata around.
"Moon of the Resting Moth." Setsuna said, summoning a swarm of moths that released a golden powder over the Higurashi Family, causing them to fall to the ground unconscious.
When the moths vanished, Setsuna went to walk over to them, only for Naruto to grab her by the collar.
"What did you do to them?!" Naruto demanded, glaring at her, while wanting to know what Setsuna did to his friend and her family.
"Did you kill them?" Questioned Moroha, jumping down, with her question only angering Naruto further.
"Did you just kill them?!" Said Naruto, swearing to make her pay if she did, not caring if she's Towa's twin or not.
"A resting moth's powder only makes you fall asleep. They're far from dead." Setsuna revealed, before pushing Naruto's hand off her, with the Hanyō then opening up her elbow guard while looking at Mei, seeing a spiritual version of her appear.
"You saved us! Thank you!"
"Just this once." Stated Setsuna, pulling out a green packet before dropping it over Mei, sprinkling a green powder, causing the purple markings to vanish as the Hitōkon appeared screeching in pain as it tried slithering away, only to shrivel up and die.
Looking at the Hitōkon for a moment, Naruto suddenly bashed Setsuna on the back of her head, sending the Hanyō crashing to the ground.
"AH! What the hell was that for?!" Demanded Setsuna, angry at the sudden attack while Naruto glared at her in annoyance.
"Why the hell didn't you do that to me and Towa when we were possessed?! Instead, you just went straight to trying to kill us! And why did you threaten to cut Mei's face open, when you could have just done that?!" Naruto retorted, as Setsuna got up and got in his face.
"Hey, I got rid of the damn thing, didn't I?! That's more than you did, getting possessed like you did! Why don't you try saying thank you!" Shouted Setsuna, with the two glaring at each other.
"At least I saw the thing coming and refused to let Towa be possessed!" Yelled Naruto.
"And look how great that turned out, she got possessed immediately after you! I guess the Hitōkon didn't want to stay trapped in that fat head of yours!" Setsuna retorted.
"It also didn't try possessing you! I guess that possessing a kid would have been less annoying!" Naruto said.
"You would know! You probably have the mentality of a toddler, when compared to her!" Yelled Setsuna, while pointing at Mei.
"At least I don't try to cut a kid's face open!" Naruto retorted.
"At least I actually did something smart and didn't let myself get possessed!" Shouted Setsuna, the two glared at each other with lightning sparking between them.
"Hey, while you guys are having your lovers quarrel, is it fine if I take the Hitōkon?" Moroha asked, smirking in amusement, while Naruto and Setsuna snapped out of their arguing, blushing at her words while realizing just how close they were, making the two hastily step away from each other.
"Sh-shut up." Naruto and Setsuna muttered, before glaring at each other again, while Moroha snickered to herself at the sight.
*Later-Higurashi Condo*
"Did Towa already go to bed?" Asked Moe Higurashi, Sōta's wife and Mei's mother.
"Yeah, she said she was really tired." Sōta replied, knowing their adopted daughter would be tired after everything that's happened.
"I bet. Things sure have taken an interesting turn." Moe stated, looking over the broken Kikujūmonji, along with the skull of Mistress Three-Eyes and the Hitōkon's body, while Sōta laughed sheepishly.
"I mentioned it before, didn't I, that demons were real?" Said Sōta, having told his wife about demons being real, which she thankfully believed rather than thinking he was crazy.
"Yes, you did. I've always believed you, so that's not an issue. Although this Kikujūmonji, on the other hand, I had been holding on to this for the museum for safekeeping. But that's life! We've had it this long, so we'll just keep holding on to it." Said Moe, not that concerned about the sword, simply glad that everyone was safe.
*Towa's Room*
Meanwhile, Naruto and Setsuna were inside Towa's room, with the Demon Slayer looking out the window, and Naruto sitting at the desk under Towa's bed. With there simply being an awkward silence between the two, only occasionally glancing at each other before quickly looking away.
'I really wish Towa was awake.' Thought Naruto, glancing up at his friend's sleeping form, wishing she was awake to help ease some of the awkwardness.
*Living Room*
"Mommy listen! We need to talk about Towa, right now! You're not gonna believe this! Towa's powers are so cool, you should have seen it! And Naruto's too, they both moved really fast and jumped really high! Towa had a cool sword, that looked like a lightsaber, and Naruto could use energy attacks, like an anime character!" Mei said, excited at the powers Naruto and Towa had.
"Yeah. I have to admit, I already knew she could do extraordinary things. But I wasn't expecting Naruto to have powers too or have demon blood at that." Said Sōta, since he always believed that Naruto was human, so it was surprising to learn he's descended from a demon.
"Oh, I'm not too worried about Towa and Naruto. Those have been troublemaker's for years now, so I'm used to it. Besides, at least I know they'll be able to take care of each other." Moe said, with Sōta nodding in agreement with his wife.
"I guess you're right. What we really need to talk about, are those girls from the other era." Sōta stated, given one wasn't only Towa's missing twin sister, but the other, if his mother and grandfather were correct, was his niece, Kagome's and Inuyasha's daughter.
"Whoo! That felt awesome!" Moroha said, exiting the bathroom after taking a hot bath, having never experienced something like that.
With the quarter-demon coming out completely naked, with only a towel around her shoulder, causing Moe to cover Sōta's eye, while she and Mei were blushing at the sight.
"You wanna know what? I've never splashed around in hot water, like that!" Said Moroha, grinning, while not seeing the problem with her current nakedness.
"Oh, how nice for you! Well, it's getting late, what do you think? You ready to turn in?" Moe asked quickly.
"Good idea, I think I will. Thank you! But damn! That was really amazing!" Said Moroha as she headed for Towa's room.
*Towa's Room*
"By the way, my mother, grandfather and I have a theory about that girl. We thinks it's possible she's the daughter of my big sister, Kagome, and Inuyasha." Said Sōta, with Naruto and Setsuna over hearing them through the walls.
"Oh! That would mean we have a new relative on our hands!" Moe said.
"If we're right, then yeah." Sōta stated.
"Well, letting the girls stay a while shouldn't be a problem in that case." Replied Moe.
"Yay! Now I don't have just have an older sister and older brother to play with, now I have two more older sisters as well!" Mei cheered, causing Naruto to chuckle at the girl's excitement, before smirking at Setsuna.
"So Setsu, how's it feel knowing you and Towa are Moroha's cousins?" Said Naruto, making the ravenette narrow her eyes at him.
"What're you talking about?" Setsuna demanded, not knowing how they could be cousins.
"Just that your dads are half-brothers. Towa and I heard stories from the Higurashi Family about Kagome's trips to the past, along with meeting Inuyasha, and the sibling rivalry between him and Sesshomaru. Meaning, that you and Towa are Moroha's cousins." Naruto said, with him and Towa having initially believed the stories were made up but seeing that there might have been some truth to them.
"Wonderful." Muttered Setsuna, releasing a huff of annoyance at the idea of being related to Moroha.
"And tell me, just how long do you plan to try and provoke me?" Setsuna asked, with Naruto merely smirking at her.
"As soon as you learn to lighten up and develop a sense of humor. And who's trying Setsu? From where I'm standing, it seems like I'm pretty successful at getting under your skin." Naruto replied, making the Hanyō glare murderously at him.
"I swear I will-" Setsuna shouted, only to be cut off by the door opening and in walked a naked Moroha.
The sight catching both Setsuna and Naruto off-guard, both of them blushing at the sight, with the latter also getting a nosebleed. Something that made Moroha gain a teasing smirk before she began posing provocatively in front of Naruto.
"Like what you see~?" Moroha asked slyly, before turning around and sticking her butt out in front of Naruto, the whiskered blonde's face glowing red at the sight, though he didn't try to look away.
"You're just a pervert and you're just shameless." Stated Setsuna, unamused at the sight.
"Hey! She's the one that just walked in here naked and started posing! What else am I supposed to do, it's a natural reaction to something like that!" Naruto said in his defense.
"Speaking of natural reactions." Said Moroha, pointing at Naruto's pants, where there was a bit of a bulge at the crotch, causing Setsuna to look at the Uzumaki with an unamused expression.
"I can't control it! What else did you expect, after she walked in here like that?! It's a natural reaction for teenage boys!" Said Naruto in his defense, while trying to hide his embarrassment.
"Would you all shut up!" Towa shouted, having been woken up by the ruckus while looking at them all in annoyance, only to take notice of what's going on, with the naked Moroha and Naruto's reaction to her.
Causing the silverette to give them both a dry glare of jealousy and annoyance, with Moroha simply smirking and Naruto looking at her with wide eyes.
"I swear, it's not what it looks like!" Naruto said quickly.
*Living Room*
While back in the living room, Sōta, Moe, and Mei all heard what was going on, with the three gaining deadpan expressions and sweatdrops.
"Well, it's good to know they're getting along." Sōta stated.
*Later-Towa's Room*
After everyone had calmed down, with Moroha now wearing the white robe she wears under her Robe of the Fire-rat. With them now making small talk to try and get to know each other better.
"Setsuna, I-" Towa said to try and speak with her sister, only for Setsuna to interrupt her.
"Stop. Even if what you've said is true and we are twin sisters, this is not something I can so readily accept." Said Setsuna, still having her doubts that they're sisters.
"Come on, just accept it already. You saw how much demon power she had, along with both of you having similar Demon Energy. The way I see it, she can't be lying." Moroha stated, knowing they were twins.
"Their power shouldn't prove anything, the fact that they're sisters and grew up together should, and the fact they're twins. Along with how Towa's spent the past ten years trying to find you, blaming herself for not being able to hold on to you." Said Naruto, narrowing his eyes at Setsuna.
"Naruto, Moroha, it's fine, as far as she believes, we're complete strangers that just happen to have similar Demon Energy, and some similar features. Especially if Setsuna did lose her memories from the trauma of the fire and our separation." Towa said, not blaming her sister for not believing her.
"It has nothing to do with any of that. It's the fact that there's no way that someone who indulges in idle slumber, like you do, can be related to me by blood." Stated Setsuna, making Towa flinch in hurt and feeling disheartened that the reason her sister doesn't believe her is because she sleeps.
"Oh, we're so sorry, we didn't know people from the Feudal Era were paranoid to the point of insomnia. Sorry that we like to relax here, in the Modern Era. No offense to you two." Naruto said sarcastically, before adding the last part at remembering that Towa and Moroha were from the Feudal Era, even if the former hasn't been there for ten years.
"It's fine, but thanks for revealing that new information Setsu. You've never slept have you. No, it's not that you haven't slept, it's that you can't." Moroha said, smirking, while having had her suspicions, much to Towa's surprise.
"But…she slept all the time when we were kids." Said Towa.
"Maybe, but she can't anymore. Her dreams were eaten by the Dream Butterfly. You're under a nasty curse, a butterfly in the dream world managed to escape over into ours. And because of that, you can never fall asleep, let alone have any dreams, ever again." Revealed Moroha, much to Naruto and Towa's shock, with the former now feeling like a dick at what he said.
"I'm sorry that happened, and for what I said. I didn't know you couldn't fall asleep at all." Naruto said, now feeling bad that Setsuna couldn't sleep or dream.
"It doesn't matter, I wasn't even aware of this to begin with, and it changes nothing. The inability to sleep is a benefit, if anything, allowing me to always be vigilant and on guard." Stated Setsuna, not caring if she couldn't sleep or dream.
"But that's not all, the reason you don't have memories of your childhood is because they were also stolen by the Dream Butterfly. That's why you can't remember." Moroha said, knowing that's why Setsuna showed no care for her sister
While Towa was shocked and devastated at this.
'Setsuna can't fall asleep? And she's unable to dream? She had her memories stolen from her? All of this, everything she's had to endure happened, because I let go of her hand. It was all my fault.' Towa thought with tears in her eyes, as her guilt and self-loathing became even worse at seeing just how much her sister's unknowingly suffered, all because she couldn't hold onto her hand.
"Towa, you couldn't have known this would happen, don't blame yourself." Said Naruto, putting a hand on the silverette's shoulder, not wanting her to blame herself for something she couldn't have known would happen.
"Setsuna!" Towa said, getting Setsuna and Moroha's attention.
"What can I do to make Setsuna sleep again?! There has to be a way for us to lift the curse, so she can go back to having dreams!" Said Towa, refusing to believe there wasn't a way she could help her sister.
"Yeah, there is. The answer's pretty obvious, we gotta capture the Dream Butterfly." Moroha replied, as that'd be the only way to restore her dreams and memories.
"So where do we find this butterfly?" Questioned Towa.
"No idea. But one thing I do know, is that it's not in the world we're in right now." Said Moroha.
"We must return to our own timeline, with haste." Setsuna stated, though not for the reasons they wanted to go back.
"Yep, first we gotta get back to the Feudal Era, and then we can capture the Butterfly. Easy as that!" Moroha declared, not seeing any problems with the plan.
"What do you mean easy?! How do you plan on getting back to the Feudal Era?!" Towa asked, since none of them even knew how they ended up here to begin with.
"Oh yeah. Well I'm sure the problem will sort itself out." Moroha replied, since if they could end up in the Modern Era, then there's likely a way back to the Feudal Era.
"Well, if there is a way…then I'm going with you! I'll help find the Dream Butterfly and recover Setsuna's dreams and her memories!" Said Towa, knowing she had to do everything she can to help her sister.
"I'll go too." Naruto said, much to Towa's shock as she looked at him.
"Naruto no! You can't go to the Feudal Era, it'll be dangerous! Especially if there are other demons there, ones that could be even stronger than Mistress Three-Eyes and the Hitōkon!" Towa said, not wanting her friend/crush be put in danger.
"And I'm not going to let my rival and friend leave me in the Modern Era, while she's going off to the Feudal Era. I told you before, I'm always going to have your back, no matter what, that's not going to change in this era or a different one. Whether you like it or not, Towa, I am going with you and will help you in any way I can." Said Naruto, determined to follow his friend and help her no matter what, with the silverette looking at him in surprise.
'Wow. I…I've never seen Naruto this serious and determined before. He…looks pretty cool, actually.' Towa thought gaining a light blush, while touched at how much he wants to help her.
Before the moment was ruined at his next words.
"Besides, if the people and demons in the Feudal Era are as strong as you, Setsuna, Moroha, and Mistress Three-Eyes Then there's no way I'm passing on the chance to fight them and get even stronger!" Naruto added, smirking eagerly at the chance to fight other people and demons like the three Hanyō, while Towa immediately face faulted at his words.
"You damn idiot, are you crazy?! We don't know what we'll encounter, there will probably be demons much stronger than us! And you're gonna just to fight them?!" Towa shouted, glaring at him in annoyance, with Naruto returning the glare.
"Oh like you wouldn't do the same, if you didn't have to go butterfly hunting!" Retorted Naruto, making Towa growl at him.
"That's not the point! It's that it'll be dangerous, and you clearly aren't thinking about the dangers that we'll encounter there!" Said Towa.
"HA! So you admit that you would fight the demons and people there!" Naruto said while smirking.
"I admit that you're a dumbass, who couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag!" Towa yelled.
"And I admit that you couldn't beat a three-legged, blind poodle!" Naruto shouted as they glared at each other.
"Says the idiot who'd lose a fight against a brick wall!" Retorted Towa.
As the two argued, Moroha and Setsuna looked on in amusement at the scene, the latter being pleased to see she wasn't the only one that got annoyed by the whiskered blonde.
"So, Setsu, how do you like having even more proof that you two are sisters? You both get annoyed by the same guy." Moroha stated, while leaning on the Demon Slayer, with Setsuna's amusement being replaced by annoyance.
"Speaking of, with the way they buttheads, I think they may actually like each other. Does that mean you like Naruto too, Setsuna?" Moroha asked teasingly, making the twins and Naruto all freeze, while blushing in embarrassment.
"I'd sooner throw myself into a volcano than liking this fool!" Setsuna denied, embarrassed and annoyed at the very notion she'd like someone that annoying.
"Of course not! He drives me insane, of course I'd never like him!" Towa said quickly.
"She'd be more likely to kill me! And she's crazy and always attacking me!" Naruto said, denying liking either sister.
Only to be further embarrassed, as well as annoyed in Towa's case, when Moroha grabbed his arm and held it against her chest.
"So, you're single then? Lucky me~." Moroha said while smiling slyly.
"Wh-what?" Stuttered Naruto as Moroha leaned in closely.
"And lucky you big boy, you already got to see me naked once. And maybe if you ask nicely, you'll get an even better show." Stated Moroha.
"What?!" Towa growled while gritting her teeth, not seeing Moroha's smirk at her anger.
'This is just too good.' Thought Moroha, given she didn't actually have feelings for Naruto, not yet at least.
Since she wouldn't deny he is quite the catch, given how good looking he is, along with being a strong fighter and having a good personality. Along with knowing that Naruto and Setsuna don't have feelings for each other either but felt that may change with how easily he can shatter her Ice Queen persona.
'But those two, ooooh, they definitely like each other! They just won't admit it, and probably aren't even aware that the other likes them as well.' Moroha thought, seeing that Naruto and Towa did like each other.
Though Moroha knew one thing for sure, she had no intentions of losing when they reached that point.
Once everyone began calming down and had cooler heads, the two Hanyō and one Quarter-Demon looked at Naruto.
"Naruto, I meant what I said, this is going to be dangerous. If Mistress Three-Eyes was just a weak demon before getting those Rainbow Pearls, then who knows how powerful other demons are without them and how powerful they'd be with them." Said Towa, wanting him to understand just how dangerous the Feudal Era will be.
"She's right, these aren't like the street punks you're use to deal with, they won't hesitate to rip you apart, or worse, if they see an opening." Moroha stated, knowing firsthand how dangerous the Feudal Era is.
"Agreed. And it's no place for mercy, if you fight, then it's going to be to the death. You cannot hesitate, as your enemies certainly will not." Setsuna said, making Towa frown in worry at her sister, before looking back at Naruto.
"And I already I said I know, and I am prepared to face the dangers. Also, in case you three have forgotten, I'm not helpless myself." Replied Naruto, before holding up his arm as it glowed with Demonic Energy as sparks of demonic power dancing around his hand.
"We're aware. But don't forget, that the more you use your power, the closer you'll be to turning into a Hanyō." Setsuna warned, with Naruto nodding as he lowered his arm.
"I haven't forgotten, but I'm still going. If I become a Hanyō or a even demon, or whatever, I don't care. As long as it means I get to help my friend." Naruto said, only caring about being able to help Towa.
"Naruto…" Said Towa, feeling touched at how far he's willing to go to help her, even willing to put his own humanity on the line.
"Huh…you're really something else, aren't you Whiskers." Moroha stated, grinning at Naruto, seeing how far he's willing to go for those he cares about.
"Yes. I…suppose you aren't as annoying as I initially believed." Added Setsuna, feeling her respect for the Uzumaki go up.
"But don't think, that just because you have access to your Demonic Energy, that you know how to use it. For the time being, while we're here and look for a way back to the Feudal Era, you'll need to be trained in using and refining your power. The same goes for you." Setsuna said, looking at Naruto and Towa, knowing if they'll be going with them back to the Feudal Era, they'll need training in refining their demonic powers.
"And I can help with that! I can even teach you how to use Spiritual Power as well, since for the time being, you're still human and can use it like me." Added Moroha, while looking at Naruto, who nodded in thanks.
"Thanks, I appreciate the help." Naruto replied, with Towa nodding as well.
"So do I." Said Towa while smiling at her twin sister, hoping this would give them a chance to try and bond again, until they can find the Dream Butterfly.
The group then began making their plans for when they go to the Feudal Era, knowing they'll have a lot to do for when they get there.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see Naruto isn't too happy about him and Towa being threatened or that Setsuna upset her, before they learn about Setsuna's amnesia and that she doesn't remember Towa. Leading to her trying to fight/kill her sister before Naruto intervenes and surprisingly breaks through her Ice Queen persona, before Moroha helps break up any potential fighting while revealing they must be the daughters of Sesshomaru from their scents and power, along how they'd only inherit half his power which Naruto teases Setsuna about. Before the Hitōkon emerges and tries to possess Towa, only to possess Naruto when he pushes her out of the way, which also awakens more of his Demonic Energy. With the Hitōkon soon switching to Towa and then finally Mei, where Setsuna tries to cut it out only to put the Higurashi Family to sleep and kill it with her potion, resulting in Naruto hitting her and getting in another fight over why she didn't do that sooner. Then back at the condo Sōta and his family live at, they discuss what's happened along with the possibility of Moroha being Kagome and Inuyasha's daughter, with Naruto revealing to Setsuna that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru are half-brothers, making Moroha hers and Towa's cousin. Before Moroha comes into the room, naked from her bath, and teases Naruto much to the newly awakened Towa's jealousy. Finally they learn the real reason Setsuna doesn't remember her childhood is due to the Dream Butterfly, with Towa swearing to find it and restore her memories and dreams, by going to the Feudal Era with them, with Naruto offering to go and help his friend, along with fighting the other people and demons there, making Towa and Naruto start arguing, leading to Moroha teasing her and Setsuna about liking him, before she starts flirting with him to Towa's annoyance and jealousy. Then we see Setsuna and Moroha planning to train Naruto and Towa to better use their powers, to be able to better defend themselves in the Feudal Era. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't.
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