Life as A Fox
Chapter 85
NSW- The Forsaken Author.
She stopped as she overlooked the battle before her. Once again her kin charged in reckless and uncaring of their own lives as they threw themselves before their enemy. Taking the full brute of the battle. While the humans waited on the edge of the field.
Her nostrils flared as a sudden emotion filled her, like a lot of things this one was new to her, but one that had been happening to her for a while. She growled as a heat built-in her chest and a cold built-in her stomach. How dare the humans use them as shields! We are more than that! We may not have a place in this world, but that didn't mean they must live to die like this!
She had figured out that they Lumenion were not like any creature she had come to see. Nothing looked like them, they were different, so very different and strange, they did not have body shapes like others that looked so...natural, so right...so...balanced?
She turned from battle, tearing her eyes away from it. She must find the answers her heart and mind were looking for. As she walked away the three others followed her. She turned gazing at them, they stopped and looked to her. Something clicked in her head, a language that was hidden but came to life inside her.
"What are you doing?" she asked. Realization hit them and filtered across their features as well. The male closest to her, one whose eyes she found strangely mesmerizing and who's voice she liked to hear spoke next. "We follow you" he said simply "Why?" she asked them.
He glanced to the others "Because you are the only one willing to lead." She stood there looking into his eyes then after a bit she nodded "Very well, we must go ask the human that our ancestors made a pact with, ask him why we do this for him, why we serve, why we must die."
They nodded and followed after her. Inside her bosom she felt a small feeling of confidence grow. A sense of instillment and power, the feeling of having the veneration of others. She walked up the hill towards the humans who waited.
There were some murmurings among some of them as they walked through their numbers. Till at last they came into view of the man they served, the man they swore to and the man they died for. She cast her eyes down as her and her followers stopped in front of him.
He turned to them as if just noticing. "Ah, the creations, why are you here? Your duty is to the line" She cast her eyes upwards. Few Lumenion of the new generations spoke to the humans. So the humans were surprised to hear her. She spoke only because the same sense of knowing had come upon her.
She didn't know how to explain it, she just knew the language, and it fell easy from her lips as she spoke. "We are uneasy great prophet." The man, whose face had the exact impression of a human hand scarred on one side of his face. He stood silent for a moment, his eyes widening only little as she spoke.
He with a grunt turned to them, giving his full attention. "We?" he simply stated. Asking for further explanation. She turned her head to the others then back. "We are a different generation from our ancestors, they have all passed and did not tell us the reasons why we join with you, why we fight, and why we die, we wish to know...why is it that we must sacrifice ourselves so much?"
The prophet glanced about to his generals and others, she followed him with her eyes, he was greatly unsettled about something. "Is this the entire thought of your race, or just certain few?" She hesitated before answering, "It is us few, the others...their minds still race with thought of blood and war."
There was a deafening silence, she could feel it weigh heavy on the air around them. He spoke once more "And you...you do not?" she shook her head. Her ears picked up the whispered murmurings as humans grumbled and spoke to one another.
She felt an unease shift through her once more. She glanced to her followers. The prophet spoke "Interesting, I wonder what brought this...thinking...hnmmm" But a chilly voice swept through the area, and the men parted to reveal a woman. Her nostrils curled at the scent of this woman, something was not right, something was unsafe about this woman.
The woman stepped forward, all around her the men bowed their heads in respect or was it fear? She commanded much of it either way. A horn blare went up and there was a sudden sea of movement as the men went out to battle. The generals barked orders and the sounds of weapons being pulled from sheaths and armor being clipped into proper place as well as the many foot falls of them as they walked to what could be their own deaths.
But without fear and without emotion they walked, they were stead fast in their decision, for even fools have courage. When all had passed and gone the woman looked to them. "You speak now?" she asked, which was odd, they had spoken before didn't they?" she nodded "yes, lady" she said bowing her head slightly.
The woman hummed "interesting, they have made progress...small...but progress, but how?" Then she widened her eyes as an idea came to her head "Of course...asexual reproduction, they grow so fast, it is only know their minds have started to catch up...almost as if evolving, could it be?"
The woman spoke "Come here" she commanded. Stepping forward she did so. The woman stepped forward "When did you start understanding us humans?" She glanced away "Always we have, otherwise commands, how would we follow?" The woman nodded, her nostrils pinching slightly.
"When did you begin to speak our language?" This was when she was unsure of what to say. "Words...words were lost from the ancient ones, only they who swore loyalty first, the first of our kinds, they knew the language, lost it was in speaking until now." The woman narrowed her eyes, trying to understand her.
"So you are saying, that the ones who knew how to speak our language were the first Lumenion, and until now you have only been able to understand us, but not speak with us is that correct?" She nodded it was mostly correct. "What do you think of it?" The prophet asked.
"They are learning...evolving even, they are starting to form their own thoughts, at least these few are." Said the woman turning to the prophet. "What does this mean?" he asked her. "I would ask you the same, this is somewhat of a problem, they swore to obey without question, but now...they know how to question, these are not the same."
Then the two humans stepped away so none of the waiting Lumenion could hear them. After a few lines shared back and forth between the two of them, the woman turned back to the Lumenion. "You four, come with me." The Lumenion exchanged puzzled looks but did so.
She was un-easy, something felt wrong, something bad was going to happen, but she ignored it. They were led to the woman's tent, where her offspring was in the corner doing some strange human thing. Marking bright colors upon a flat blank sheet. The woman turned to them.
"So your question from before, 'why do you fight?' it is simple, you fight in a noble and just cause, you were created for only one purpose on this world...to destroy demons." The woman held an icy gaze with them, the others bowed their heads unable to stand up to such a piercing gaze.
But she, she was different. "But it is not us who is destroying them, they are destroying us, we can not stand up to their numbers, their diversity, or skills, we are unable to combat them!" The woman snorted in anger. She quickly crossed the span between them. She saw the small blade in time to flinch.
The blade cut her along the side of her head, just left of her eye. She stared up in bewilderment. "You will not speak with such insolence to me! Your ancestors swore to fight without question and obey us humans! You were built for this sole purpose! This is all you will ever be for! So stop complaining and get out there and fight!"
The words came out of her mouth before she could stop them "But we are not our ancestors! They were not born into this! They did not live it day in and out! This is...this is not right! An entire species should not be used to wipe out another! An entire species should not be under the command of another! We are but slaves before you! We die in place of you, you do not respect us or give us any help, you treat us as creatures that do not belong!"
At first she was sure the human would stab her again, the way the nostrils flared, they eyes burned and body shook in anger, but then she calmed. unnerving she laughed. "Well, well, this really is interesting, apparently you think you do have a place in this world." She turned and walked over to her offspring, stroking the soft cheek as she spoke.
"You are wrong, that is exactly what you are, you were given to us by the god of humans, to serve humans, and to vanquish demons, that is what you were created and commanded to do, and yet the stupidity of your race can't even follow that simple order, pathetic." She shook her head, no this could not be?
She glanced to the others, they too were fighting inside emotions, why did they have to live such cursed lives? Their only goal in life was to kill? To serve? To be slaves? What god would condemn his creations to this? After some while she glanced up "If we were to not do as ordered, if we were to question, what would become of us?"
The woman looked to her "Create a rebellion? Interesting enough, but at the moment something we cannot have done, it is simple, I will dispose of you." She shook her head "You...would kill us?" The woman nodded "You are but four, there are many enough who seem to not share your ideas, I must cut your rebellious lineage off before you bear fruit to more pathetic Lumenion who have no idea what to do, a race of lost idiots, would be amusing to watch, but not something we could afford."
Anger tore up through her. She bared her fangs, her ears laying back, the only time she felt this way was in battle, but this time something more was inside her, she felt the need to protect something, to keep it safe, to make sure nothing or no body took it from her or harmed it.
The woman stepped back surprised, the child whimpered and clutched at her. "You will not kill us! We are not a race of idiots neither are we a lost race! There are few of us who question now, but give it time and soon all of us will question, all of us will ask why it is you we serve! You are the humans who are fighting other humans! Tell me why is it you are killing your own kind!? It is unnatural!"
She continued her anger rising, her voice building. "We Lumenion whose thoughts are still muddled may kill our own kind, but we whose minds have been cleared know this is not right, yet you, who say have clearer minds then we, still kill each other! Tell me then who is the better race? If you ask me you are the ones who are lost! You are the one who is an idiot! If it is a rebellion you want...well a rebellion you will get!"
With that she turned and raced out of the tent, her followers running steadily behind her. She felt so..strong right now, her veins were singing with an unknown strength, humming and alive she ran. As if only know she was aware of her heart beating, and her limbs falling upon the earth.
Her body flexed and surged, pounding into the earth and she knew, she knew that she was no longer a slave. She was a... Rebel, no, she was Rebel, the first Lumenion to question, and she would not be done asking.
They paused in the trees, looking out at the lost ones of their kind, still sacrificing themselves for the humans. Rebel glanced to the male beside her. They glanced to each other. "What now?" asked the male. She turned to him. "I do not know, but we must keep moving." He nodded. "But to where?" "That I am unsure of, but there must be somewhere in this world for us."
But then again, what if the woman was right, what if they really had no place other than where they had been. Already the strength she had found was waning, now she was uncertain and she must admit afraid. Could they find somewhere to live? Would they make it? Where they even allowed to live on this earth in the first place?
She shook herself, she had to get a hold of herself, the others looked to her to lead them. The others would follow her. Right now she had to think small, plan ahead only enough to survive, that was what they must do survive. She spoke, "First we must find a place to be safe, somewhere away from this fighting."
They nodded and followed her, after sometime when the din and noise of the fighting had long been swept away she paused. Looking to the three followers she spoke. "It is time we make names for ourselves, I choose the name Rebel, for that is who I am." The others confusedly glanced to each other, never had they thought about naming themselves, they had no need for names, at least they didn't need to before, but now they would.
Still, no Lumenion ever thought about themselves as a single entity, and if they did it was a very new way of thinking and one not yet exercised to its proper ability. The male who she found striking spoke next. "Names, for ourselves, why?" he asked. She spoke softly "So then if I were to speak only to you, I would know what to call you."
He paused and then he was silent as he thought. "I followed you first, my name should be One-who-Follows" She nodded it was a good name, at least from what she could judge. "What about you?" she said turning to the others, the female spoke. "My name shall be One-who-Vanquishs, for I am a very strong Lumenion and have beaten many."
Rebel nodded this was good, she turned to the last male. He spoke slowly "Free-one, for I am free." Rebel shivered, that was right, they were free. They did not follow no one's commands. "What next Rebel?" asked One-Who-Follow's she paused. "There are some questions that I still have, many of them, like why humans are fighting humans, and what really are these demons, why were we created to destroy them, is their reasoning more than hate?"
They nodded, Free-one spoke up "I too would like to know this, but...how would we get these answered?" She turned her head "What if, we could talk to one of them?" "One of who?" asked One-Who-Vanquishs. "One of the demons, perhaps, if we come to them in unthreatening ways they will not harm us?"
The others were unsure, "But what if they don't want to answer our questions, what if they kill us on sight?" She weighed these around in her mind, these were possibilities, possibilities that she wouldn't blame for happening. They had valid support for such things, but something told her to risk it, to try it, they had to do at least that.
She spoke "I will go alone then, if I do not return, run and find a place to live, somewhere safe a place of haven for those like us." They nodded even though she noticed that One-Who-Follows looked pained at such thought. She turned and headed back towards the humans, but this time she headed for the humans that lived with demons.
It wasn't long though, she heard the padded falls of those behind her, she turned. She stopped "I told you to stay!" They shook their heads "We follow you, we too what these questions answered, we are...we are...clan, Clan-of-those-who-wish-to-be-Free" She paused staring at Free-one. Then she felt a small happiness build inside her.
"Thank-you, for not letting me go alone." One-Who-Follows stepped up next to her. "You never will be, I am One-Who-Follows, with me, you will never be alone." She couldn't describe it, but a feeling shot through her, she felt a closer kinship to him more than any other. A bond of trust, a bond of...what ever it was she knew that strong, scary strong, but she also knew it was good.
The Clan-of-those-who-wish-to-be-Free waited, and waited, until darkness started to take the land once more. A group of humans was bringing in some wounded, their fellows leaning on others shoulders for support. They all looked tired and weary but still strong, a vibrance shining through them. Still hidden by the pile of downed trees Rebel spoke in human.
"Please stop, I wish to speak." The humans jolted and froze, they looked about, some bringing weapons to hand. Rebel shuddered maybe this wasn't a good idea? She shook her head, no it was, she had to have...faith, believe in herself. "I mean you no harm, though I will admit, I am one who you would call an enemy, but an enemy I do not wish to remain."
The humans glanced at each other, they had figured out where she was, they faced her direction. She spoke, "I will reveal myself, but ask you do not attack, can you promise this?" After some hesitation one spoke up "How can we know this isn't a trick?" She paused she couldn't promise it wasn't. She sighed "I can't, I can only give you my word, take it for what you will."
After some muttering one spoke up "I will not attack unless you give me reason." She sighed "Very well" She rose slowly. The men's eyes widened and stared at her in dismay as they saw her. Even in the dying light it was easy to tell what she was, a Lumenion. But once more she spoke "I know I am an enemy, but I must speak with you."
It was just the weirdness of her talking that halted them from attacking. "I am what you call a Lumenion, I will not lie, I have fought you before, but in my own defense, I wish to say it was not by my choice." The men glanced at each other, so...frank she was with them. She continued "My name is Rebel, I am...the leader of the Clan-of-those-who-wish-to-be-free."
They stared at each other. She waited for them to speak next. One spoke "so...Rebel..it was, what do you wish to speak about?" She paused, she didn't think it would work so well. She actually was unsure of how to ask what she wanted. "I...well, it is hard for me to say, but I shall just say what is on my mind...some of us Lumenion...have doubts."
The men glanced to each other "Doubts...about what?" one asked finally. "Doubts, about our place in this world, doubts about the humans we served, we are four who escaped them." "Wait...escaped?" One asked suddenly. She hesitated then nodded "Yes, when we questioned the woman and the prophet...they were going to kill us."
She turned her head to reveal the scar the woman gave her. "All of you? All of the Lumenion?" She shook her head "no...no, not all os us, it is only us few who doubt, the others...they are...exactly what those humans want, they do not question or think, they only do as commanded."
There was a silence then the humans turned and talked with one another, casting glanced over to her. "You said 'we' where is the others" Then with that, One-Who-Follows, One-Who-Vanquishs, and Free-One revealed themselves. "This is One-Who-Follows" she said nodding to him, he gave a curt nod as he stood tense next to her.
Rebel turned her head to One-Who-Vanquishs, "This is One-Who-Vanquishs" She did nothing, she only kept her calm stare at the humans. "Finally, this is Free-One." Free-One bowed his head and wagged his tail slightly. The men glanced at each other. This was strange and confusing and of course unprecedented.
One spoke finally, "So, all you wish is to speak?" she nodded "We have questions, and we need answers" the human male nodded "Very well...would you be willing to surrender yourselves?" Rebel flicked her ears, she was uncertain of this new word, what did it mean? "What does that mean for us?" "It means, you would...well...give up to us, we would take you into Konoha, under guard of course."
She looked to the others uncertain, it was a risk, to leave themselves open and unprotected to their once enemy, there was no telling what could happen. But she put her faith in it. She took a deep breath "No harm would come to us?" The men shuffled about "We can't promise to protect you from a demon with a grudge or anything, but we would not harm you unless you harm us first."
She nodded this seemed fair. "You went at a risk to speak to me, I will go at a risk to speak to you, I surrender myself to you." The men nodded and stepped forward, she turned to the others. With hesitance and some stiffness in their form they nodded and stood next to her, they too followed her into surrendering, though they did not like it.
The men formed a circle around them and they walked in the dimming light towards the high walls of the place called Konoha. She felt a sense of dread, it seemed ominous and foreboding to be walking nearer and nearer to such a place. But she placed trust in these humans, she needed her questions answered, and only inside those walls would she find them.
At first glance, it looked like a group of wolf demons were traveling with a group of men, one of the last ones to be coming off the field, but on closer inspection they noticed that it was not so. Sentries gave alert and warning ahead of time by the time the group of men and the curious Lumenion were at the front gate, Naruto, Kakashi, Bee, Gaara and other generals both demon and human were lined up, as well as any other interested soul.
The group of men spanned out, in a protective ring about the Lumenion, who looked out with the peculiar look of...fear and submission. It was because of this that no demon attacked out right. It was in their primitive nature to not attack something that was submissive. Their long ragged tails tucked between there long ungainly limbs, their slight frames hunched, sharp muzzles cast towards the ground.
The men spoke "Four Lumenion have surrendered." Kakashi spoke after a loud murmuring went through all gathered. "What is your name?" he said to the man. "Sati sir" Kakashi nodded "Well then Sati, tell me when did we start taking prisoners?" Sati paused, unsure. "I didn't...I.." He went silent, unable to answer for his actions.
Kakashi shook his head then glanced to the Lumenion. "What are we to do with them? What were you thinking? How can you tell if they were surrendering or not? Did they speak to you?" "We did" said one in the front, a female voice, sharp and harsh, a voice that would fit perfectly in a nightmarish dream, whispering in a dull roar.
Kakashi froze he glanced to where the eerie voice had emanated from, with their elongated throats, their vocal cords were stretched and thin, so their voices were sharper and higher, and their words had an effect of a bird's voice. Blending into each other and flowing in a melodious way. However the melody that sang from their lips was a strange one, an offset and sharp pitch, which enhanced to the eeriness of the voice.
"My name is Rebel, I lead the Clan-of-those-who-wish-to-be-free." There was a stunned silence as the Lumenion continued to speak, blowing away everyone's train of thought for a second, it was surreal, exotic and strange, and yet none could fathom how it happened. Finally Kakashi recovered from the shock.
"Can all Lumenion speak?" Rebel shook her head. "No, we are the first, We four stand apart from the rest of our kin." A silence descended once more, as demons and humans looked to Kakashi. Kakashi glanced around him, all were waiting for him. He took his time, he finally spoke. "Why have you come here?"
Rebel cocked her head "What do you mean?" she asked. "I mean, why have you four come here? Why not stay with the rest of your kind?" She shook her head "Welcome, we are not, forced to flee, because we questioned." Kakashi glanced to Naruto. Naruto spoke quietly to him "If I may?" he asked.
Kakashi nodded. Naruto stepped forward "My name is Wolfheart, I have many names, and hold many positions in this village, since you came here peacefully I will speak with you, although I will say I still house a disdain for your kind." Rebel nodded "Understanding is what we share then Wolfheart."
Naruto nodded he stepped forward "Why were you forced to flee? Does this mean you are no longer one of them?" Rebel stood, confusion on her features. "We are still Lumenion, but not of those you could count as your enemy, we no longer wish to fight if that is what you mean."
Naruto paused it was hard to understand exactly what she meant. "So, you are saying, you have left them?" She nodded "We had no choice, they would kill us if we stayed." Naruto stood unsure of what to do, he felt pity for them, but then again they were enemy, and there still was the slim chance that this could be a trap.
He closed his eyes, "Answer this question, depending on the answer I will either trust you or I will give you a head start on running for your life, why have you come here?" There was a long pregnant silence, that hovered and suspended in the air for who knows how long, until finally Rebel spoke, "We had nowhere else to go."
Naruto looked into those strange eyes, pure white, he didn't know how he could tell but he could, she was not lying, she spoke the truth, this fragile, delicate creature, so strange and unnatural looking, appealed to him. In a way she was like any other demon, misunderstood and met with hatred. He felt a sickness grow in his stomach, in a way he had become just like other hateful humans, he judged them without thinking, he did not think that any Lumenion could be good, that they could not feel or have emotion, that they were mindless murderers.
But these four, they were different, and even though the whole of their race was tainted and lost, these four...they could be saved, they could be trusted. He relaxed and pulled himself from his thoughts. "Well, I don't know about others here, but you do not have to fear harm from me." Rebel nodded "Thank-you, your words provide comfort."
She turned her head "I know what our kind has done to you all, I know what you must feel, I do not blame you for housing such feelings for us, but do not judge us four on the whole of our kind, we are...we are a young race, new to this world, and it's ways, we have much to learn, we have made mistakes and will keep making them, but I wish to learn from my own."
This put many at ease, hearing this very simple yet powerful sentence from her. She spoke truthfully and in a way, that made you feel her regret, her confusion, and the lost feeling she felt. Gaara spoke next. "What are your names?" Rebel turned to the slightly taller Lumenion beside her, "This is One-Who-Follows"
The Lumenion nodded "Thank-you for listening to Rebel" he said revealing that he was in fact a male. "My name is One-Who-Vanguishs" said the other female stepping forward, her eyes sharper than Rebels. "I am Free-One" said the last, a male that had a softer voice and was shorter than One-Who-Vanquishs.
Gaara nodded "Those...are very nice names" he commented. Rebel nodded "We named ourselves, we are the only Lumenion who have names to each other." Gaara glanced to Kakashi. There was a silence, no one knew what to do. Then a creature shoved his way to the front, it was Gomeg. He turned his head to Naruto.
"I suggest we move somewhere else? The injured would like to get fixed, un less you want them to bleed to death?" Gomegs statement snapped everyone out of their daze and everyone began to move out-of-the-way for the injuries to limp or be dragged through. Naruto turned to the Lumenion. "Follow us, we will take you to a place to speak."
In silence they moved forward, an area opened up around them, no one wanted to get to close to them. Even though they probably would not harm anyone, they still were strange-looking and intimidating. Naruto, Kakashi, Bee, Gaara and the other generals led the Lumenion into a building. The humans sat in chairs behind a table, while the demons and Lumenion stood waiting.
"Rebel is was right?" Kakashi asked. She nodded "What do you plan on doing?" She looked to her kin. Then back to him "I am unsure, we will try to find a place to live in safety, where no humans would try to command us and control us, but I came here first to ask questions, for I have many, and they need answering."
Kakashi glanced to Naruto and the others "Depending on the question we can answer them" Rebel nodded "Then answer this, what are demons, and why do we fight them?" Naruto stared at her. "You..mean...you don't know?" She glanced to him "To many things have been told to me, that I can no longer make sense of it all."
Naruto nodded that seemed reasonable. "Well tell me what you thing we are?" She hesitated. "But...I do not want to...make you angry, my words could do so." Naruto smirked "You won't offend me, please I want to know." Rebel hesitated then spoke "The prophet told us, that demons were bad, and unnatural, but...I have had my doubts about such words."
Kakashi interrupted "Why?" Rebel turned to him "I had noticed, out on the battle field, that...we are the ones unnatural, demons...you Wolfheart, you were built for this world, your limbs and abilities flow with it, we...we do not, we stand out from it, we are strange to this world and we do not flow with it, I have come to think that we are the unnatural ones."
One-Who-Follows gasped. "Rebel..is that true? Do you think that you are the bad one?" She nodded "It has to be, have you seen any others of our kind on this world? We are the only ones, have you seen others built and shaped like us? Who act like us? No, you do not." Free-One spoke "But we are not like the other kin, we are different from them, so if our kin are bad, and we are different from them, then we must be good right?"
One-Who-Vanquish spoke next "Or, is it possible we are neither?" "Can we be that, between both? Neither good or bad?" Naruto spoke before they could continue "Yes, it is possible, in fact that is how most things in this world are, everything has goodness in them and everything has badness, it's how you act upon it that dictates who you are."
Rebel nodded "thank-you for making our thoughts...not as muddled." Rebel spoke "So if all have good and bad in them, how do we know if we are fighting for whats good and whats bad?" Kakashi spoke "For a primitive race you sure have deep questions, even we don't always know, we just go by what our heart tells us."
One-Who-Follows spoke "Heart...that is the thump-thump here right?" he said bringing up one of his long limbs to his chest. Kakashi nodded "yes it is, but not the physical heart, your inner heart." Rebel and the others stared at him blankly. "That one might be above them" Gaara muttered to him. Kakashi nodded in agreement, it was so hard!
They were both smart...and not so smart at the same time, very vexing for anyone to talk to. "We then wish to ask, why do some humans fight with demons and others do not?" Kakashi sighed "It goes back to the good and bad thing, some humans like us, like demons, we trust them and build bonds with them, cherish them even, and other humans, well...they do not."
Rebel nodded "I understand then, I do not have the answers I had originally thought I would get, but I do have something, I thank-you for your words, I am sorry that we did not give any in return." Naruto shook his head "no, it's fine, we are happy though, you revealed to us that not all Lumenion are bad, that you...have a chance, as a species to not be lost."
Rebel stared at him for a long while, then she nodded, "Thank-you, my fear was that we would never belong, but now you give me hope, that someday we will find a place where we will and we will prosper." She turned away "We will go now and find such place." Kakashi spoke "Wait, please we have some questions of our own, we...well, I don't know how to ask, but could we use you for a bit?"
Rebel glanced to him "Use us how?" "We wanted to know if you could help us, you see...your saliva, it...well has undesirable affects, we thought if we had a sample, we could somehow come up with a cure for it." Rebel looked to the others, "if we did this would help undo some of the wrongs we have done?"
Kakashi nodded "It would help a lot, only if you want to of course." Rebel after a long moment spoke "If you want us, we will stay." Kakashi sighed relief, "Very well, come let us go to the medical tents." So with that humans and demons and Lumenion alike walked the streets of Konoha together.
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