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Youkai.

Koneko honestly, honestly, thought that she would have had trouble finding the youkai who were attending the anime convention. That wasn't anywhere near the case though, so far every cat girl or fox girl in cosplay... well most of them, were actually cat and fox girls. She saw a tentacle monster with a badge on it's chest that had it's human form, and it was pretending that it's tentacles were fake. She saw several other types of youkai as well, but so far she didn't feel the aura of a sage coming from anyone... also she refused to go to a tentacle plant to get training.

"I'm surprised... I look really good in this." Naruto, dressed as "Arthur Pendragon" spoke as he held up a sword made out of his own power, wind shaped to vaguely look like a sword. Everyone just raved when they saw him holding a sword made out of air. He just said it was a special effect, naturally, and most people seemed to believe that he was holding a glass sword with a projector in the handle or something. His costume wasn't revealing in the slightest, and he only had to change his hairstyle a small amount to fit into character.

"I'll have you know that Arthur Pendragon doesn't-"

"These whisker marks are part of my face, they aren't cosplay." Naruto glared at the person who had the gall to say that. He couldn't help the fact that he had trouble cosplaying thanks to his distinct features. He wasn't wearing makeup to cover them up, and he refused to do that. He refused to dye his hair, wear contacts, or use make-up... he had pride in his natural looks and how unique they were. Unlike a lot of the Japanese people he saw that were wearing blond or brightly colored wigs, or had dyed hair, his hair was all natural. "This is kind of fun... lets get something for Rias, she seems like a dork for this kind of thing." Naruto looked at a table that had some figurines for sale.

...

'Is that...' Koneko grabbed Naruto's arm.

She was dressed more revealing, but not dramatically. She just had her belly and part of her thighs revealed, the rest of her was pretty well covered. She held onto Naruto's arm and pulled him, forcing him to look right at a booth.

"No way..." Naruto said with a growing grin when he saw a figurine of him sitting on a table, several versions of the same figure. It was a booth that had a white flag, with a red spiral on it. Sitting, running the stand, were two muscular men and a woman... who was also running the stall next to this one. They were wearing cosplay of his school outfit, and had blond wigs... and they even drew whisker marks on their cheeks. They were decked out in complete cosplay of him, and while it was super creepy, at a convention it was really flattering. "... Wow, this is really impressive... these clothes are real too." Naruto picked up a figure and moved it around.

The three gang members stood up and bowed the second they saw his I.D. badge hanging from his neck.

"Naruto-sama, please, take whatever you want! General-sama is having us scout future members here!"

"I'm good, I'm not really interested in getting a figure of myself... but these are really well done. Scout all you want, doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm not an anime character though, so good luck-"

They passed him a DVD.

'The Animated Adventures of Uzumaki Naruto'.

"They turned your conquest for power into an anime... with special interviews with the people you saved in the past." Koneko deadpanned when she looked at the back of the DVD. She got her wallet out, and paid for one of the DVD box sets... since apparently it was 25 episodes long... with close to 10 hours of bonus content. She was interested in seeing where this went. They gave her a free cloth bag, with Naruto's symbol on it, to carry around the DVD set that she got. With that said and done, she grabbed Naruto's arm with her free hand, and pulled him away from the 'him' featured booth. "Also, yes, we need to get Buchou something... she likes this stuff more than I do." Koneko grimaced when she saw a super scantily-clad woman.

She looked at Naruto, and saw him not even paying attention, instead looking at all of the stalls and booths with eyes filled with wonder. He might not be a big anime person, but she could tell he was already having fun. He wasn't paying attention to the sexy cosplay all around him, but then again... almost none of the women were on the level of those he had seen butt naked before. She would be surprised if he even paid them any mind other than sparring some glances at them.

"I'm going to get this for Sera-"

"What do you mean I'm too exposed, a ripped costume is the sign of a hard fighting magical girl, fanservice is normal for magical girls!"

"We don't know her." Naruto and Koneko said in unison as they saw Serafall, being held up by her arms and pulled out of the convention. She was in a war torn version of her usual outfit, and she had a towel wrapped over her shoulders to cover her. She should have realized that it was Japan, and while mostly nude was perfectly allowed... once the vagina was out, you were out of the convention. Even nipples could be a get out signal if it wasn't an adult themed convention, which this was not, so that was also another strike against Serafall. They saw her booth too, which had a lot of signed photos of her, and her own magical girl DVD sets... she was selling her own merch at the convention.

Why?

'Glad she won't stay and ruin this for me... I don't need the competition.' Koneko looked at Naruto, Serafall had nips out, and he seemed to not pay them much attention. He just returned to looking around at the convention again. When a group of fans of the show that they were cosplaying as asked for some pictures of them, Koneko posed with Naruto. Then she turned red in annoyance when the women got a little too close to Naruto, he lifted both of them up and balanced them on his biceps. She looked at the men, expecting them to ask for personal pictures with her... they stared down at her chest, before sighing and turning to walk away. "Ow... my feminine pride... that stung..." Koneko really didn't like men who had a breast fetish.

More people started to get pictures with Naruto, and a few actually requested some with her... mostly girls though.

She was attracting a lot of girls who thought that she looked cute, and when she was offered some candy by one of them... who was she to say no to them? She turned to Naruto, only to see that he was busy getting some pictures taken of him. She grabbed him by the arm and roughly pulled him away from the gaggle of non-costumed girls, since they had been taking pictures for close to ten minutes now. She wanted to spend some real time with Naruto, seeing as this was her only chance to smell Yuuto... smell Yuuto?

Why could she smell Yuuto?

"Please, consider joining the Red Spiral gym to get that anime protagonist figure you dream about."
*Female Grunt*

Koneko looked and saw two girls standing in front of a stand that had the Brother Grunt holding fliers for it with nodding heads. The two girls, a girl that Koneko didn't recognize, and Female Grunt sibling, were both in maid uniforms. She saw bright blue eyes, blond hair, a slim figure... and a mole under the left eye of the other girl. The other girl also looked like a female Yuuto... but there were boobs in the maid uniform.

"Yuuto?"

The maid flinched when she heard that name, and looked at them with a startled expression. Koneko watched the fake way that the breasts bounced, showing that they weren't real. She knew that Yuuto was a rather feminine male, but she didn't realize he would make such a great girl. Heck, upon closer inspection, she saw that he was using hair extensions to make himself look like he had long hair.

"Oh, you must have me mistaken... my name is Yumi." Yep, this was clearly Yuuto cross-dressing. This would explain what he was doing with the grunts, because Koneko knew that he had been forced to join the gym awhile back. Since he was on the skinny side, and had a beautiful face, it was easier for him to cross-dress than most other men.

Naruto pulled out his phone and snapped a pic.

"... and sent..." Naruto sent the picture to Rias, before he started to tap a message on it. "Guess you have two cross-dressers in your peerage, hashtag, Issei's next..." Naruto even sent a second message, as Yuuto started to pale. Naruto nodded to the various Grunt siblings, and he snapped another picture of Yuuto as the Knight started to try and get his phone from him. Koneko just palmed her face when she realized that Naruto was going to hold this over his head forever, so she grabbed him and started to pull him away.

"Have fun senpai." Koneko didn't use a name, she refused to call Yuuto Yumi, but saying the real name would be troublesome for her friend.

"... Have fun on your date." Yuuto hoped to get some teasing in on Naruto with that sly, usually embarrassing, remark. Koneko blushed a little, but he was disappointed when Naruto offered no response. "Also... please tell Buchou that wasn't me, you just found somebody... and he's not going to do that." Yuuto realized that Naruto wasn't even going to try and pretend that Yuuto wasn't here.

Naruto just cackled.

Eyes closed, Naruto didn't see as he and Koneko passed by a small girl with four spiral hair curls, and bright blue eyes, wearing a purple japanese outfit. She glanced towards Naruto, her blank face filled with a malefic glee for several seconds. She was holding a human stack she found in her hands, and she had a tag around her neck like everyone else at the convention.

Tamamo no Mae

Koneko froze when she felt the malice, and it was only Naruto walking forwards that kept her moving.

No, it wasn't just her, it was every single supernatural species that was at the convention. Everyone who was aware of the supernatural, who felt that feeling, froze in their tracks as a nervous sweat broke out. Koneko gulped, too afraid to look for the source of the malice. It was like she was standing next to a being with an aura that felt just like Naruto's aura... but twisted, dark, and filled with a bottomless hunger. The aura was all consuming in it's might, and though it only flashed for a brief moment... Koneko would not soon forget about it. She looked around, and she saw that all of the negative energy in the air started to form into a dark power and move towards two people. The negative power that escaped the youkai who were frightened started to fuel... Naruto, and Koneko could feel the fear in the air making Naruto stronger.

'Strange... suddenly, I feel way more energetic... I'm having a lot of fun here... the atmosphere just feels so nice.' Naruto took a deep breath in, and puffed his chest out. Koneko, and even the nearby Yuuto who had also frozen, watched him become even more relaxed while the negative energy of those around him was absorbed into his body.

Then... there was the second person that the energy flooded to.

A girl who reached out, her hand grabbing a hold onto Naruto's sleeve.

Koneko actually flinched from fear when she saw Naruto turn around.

"Sup... you need something?" Naruto asked the familiar. "Do I know you, you seem very familiar to me... I've seen your face somewhere... but I feel like you had longer hair or something." Naruto recognized her for some reason. He knew her eyes and hair from somewhere, traits so similar to his own. The girl just looked him up and down, before she stared into his eyes. Her face was split by a fox-like grin, showing extended canines, before she was stopped when a tall, black haired, fair skinned man in a black business suit placed a hand on her shoulder. He had an ID tag as well.

Shuten Douji

"I'm sorry Demon Slayer-dono, but Tama and I were just curious... is it okay for a Demon Slayer such as yourself to be surrounded by ayakashi and not attack them? Surely, this place is very uncomfortable for you."

Tamamo no Mae and Shuten Douji.

Koneko saw Yuuto prepare for a fight, and she violently shook her head. If they fought, they were going to die, and as much as she hated it. They were going to have to rely on Naruto's ability to talk to get them out of this. Naruto seemed to finally be aware that he was speaking with supernatural beings, but he seemed unbothered by it... no, it would seem that he didn't understand the scope of the two he was speaking with. He just rubbed the back of his head, and laughed. The fear in the area, the fact that the Shuten Douji was making no efforts to hide his powerful presence from anyone anymore, was just ramping up the fear. Naruto seemed completely unaffected by it though, and Koneko realized something.

Naruto carried in his blood, the power of the Tamamo no Mae.

The only youkai who was capable of endlessly eating and absorbing the power/negative emotions of other creatures, without any negative sides effects. Naruto wasn't immune to the feelings that were in the air. They were making him stronger as he was bathed in the immense negativity he was surrounded by. He drank Shizuku's blood for days, and suddenly he had become stronger. Even some of her blood had gotten into his body, and he had grown stronger for it. Naruto, in his body, had the same power as the Tamamo no Mae... he could endlessly grow stronger by the consuming of other creatures... and he was stronger when surrounded by negative emotions.

"I'm not bothered by them, thanks for the concern, but I'll be fine. Hope you two have fun." Naruto just turned around with a grin, waving goodbye to them. "That was a really respectful dude, called me with dono... now that is some respect there ya know." Naruto was really happy that somebody finally properly addressed him as a stranger. Tama looked like she was going to follow Naruto, but Shuten put a hand on the girl's shoulder and shook his head.

She glanced up at him.

"... If you kill him, your powers will be lost to you forever... and it will take hundreds of years to regain what you lost by eating. We now know that a human with your full powers inside of him exists. You've waited a long time, a little bit longer won't kill you." He whispered to her.

She just frowned, and he sighed.

Well, it would seem that he needed to prepare a feast of a dozen or so ayakashi for her to feed on, to appease her.

Chapter End!
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