Title: The Legend
Author: Dragonscales
Inuyasha/Naruto Crossover AU
Warnings: Fairly mild violence, some profanity, and disruption of Naruto storyline.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Inuyasha they belong to their respective creators.
Summary: While on his three-year training trip with Jiraiya they learn of an old legend about a mysterious woman and her demon companion. Akatsuki are on the move and the woman may have information on how to defeat them, it becomes a race to see who can find her first.
Author's Note: First off yes this is a short chapter. It is also more of an interlude to give some more background to the story that will become more important later on. Once again this is an AU as well as a crossover so things are going to be different from the Naruto storyline. I know a lot of background has been revealed in the series now and it will conflict with this story so please do not tell me that it does. Once again I appreciate constructive criticism and nice reviews, I don't have a beta so the grammar will be rough maybe when I am done with the story I will have a beta look over it and repost with a betaed version. Hope you enjoy the story.
Chapter Three
When Jiraiya had first begun to travel and establish his spy network he had a few simple goals. He wanted to find out any information that would help the leaf against the other villages and he wanted to gather 'research' for his fledgling book series Icha Icha Paradise. After about six months of travel and spying Jiraiya added a new goal to that list, he wanted to find out how clan blood limits were created. Through his travels he had observed an amazing amount of different kinds of blood limits each one as unique as the next and was intrigued. Each bloodline limit manifested in different ways some were physical, some eye related, and others energy related. Some could even be compared to various animals, like the Inuzuka of the leaf.
So along with his regular spying Jiraiya made it a point to find out whatever he could on the bloodline limits he happened to come across. After several more years and more traveling he began to develop a theory but could find little evidence to support it. From what he gathered most clans with blood limits had either forgotten where they came from or their histories had been destroyed. The most information he could find was in various temples in the elemental countries. Clans with blood limits began to appear as the demons of the world began to disappear. Jiraiya's gut was telling him this was the connection he was looking for however that was the extent of the information he was able to dig up. The only way to learn more was to ask someone who had been around that time period and unfortunately the only ones left were the bijuu. Jiraiya didn't think they would be inclined to help and he didn't want to risk his life for nothing, so he put his theory on the back burner and concentrated on the next volume of his now best selling series.
Now however many years later he was finally getting a clue to the mystery that had plagued him for years. The Kyuubi would definitely have the information he needed to validate his theory. As Naruto repeated what the fox had told him Jiraiya had to restrain his excitement finally he would have another piece of his puzzle. Not to mention if they could find this woman they would have a huge advantage over the Akatsuki. Jiraiya's mind was racing with ideas and his attention only half on what Naruto was saying until he heard 'youkai blood' and the woman's ability to completely destroy a bloodline clan.
Jiraiya's theory was actually pretty simple; from the various temple records he had gone through he knew bloodline limit clans started appearing as the minor demons began to disappear. Jiraiya believed the bloodline limits were from humans mixing with demons whether voluntary or not. As humans became more powerful and began to use chakra and make more efficient weapons demons were being driven out. The half demons that were the result of mixing with humans had more children with regular humans. Slowly as the demons were driven from the world and the 'youkai blood' flowing through the half demons and the quarter demons began to dilute even further. The abilities that came along with 'youkai blood' also began to dwindle until only one dominant trait was left. Through that process certain clans ended up with what was now called a bloodline limit. Once the clans realized the abilities they had were passed down through their blood they began to ensure the continuation of the bloodline through careful and selective breeding. Eventually the clans forgot how they had obtained the bloodline limits or just didn't want to remember due to the matter in which they had come into being.
New bloodlines were developed when a person with an obvious bloodline trait reproduced with someone that had demonic blood running through their veins but didn't manifest their abilities. The Uchiha were originally part of the Hyuuga until such a thing happened and the Sharingan was formed making a new bloodline and a new clan. Nowadays the clans are so obsessed with making sure their bloodline limit stays within the clans that new bloodline limits are almost non-existent and if one does develop then it does completely by accident.
If Jiraiya's theory was right they would have a whole new insight into bloodline limits and their possible weaknesses once they traced the traits back to what demon they came from. Not to mention if the woman from the legend was real -and she had some sort of power that was able to destroy bloodline limits- and they could convince her to side with Konoha or even just to help destroy Akatsuki they would be much better off than they were right now. As it was they still didn't know why Akatsuki was collecting the bijuu, and if it had something to do with the origins of their bloodline limits Jiraiya had a feeling the shinobi world was screwed.
Naruto had finished speaking and was looking at him expectantly so Jiraiya absentmindedly patted him on the head and told him he needed to think about everything and they would talk again in the morning, it was time to go to bed. Naruto grumbled about pervy sages never telling him anything and reluctantly crawled into bed, and as Jiraiya undressed and climbed into his own bedroll the toad sage resolved to send a messenger toad to Tsunade in the morning. She needed to be brought up to speed and he wanted to know if she had ever heard about this mysterious woman. With that last thought Jiraiya slipped into sleep where he dreamed of demons and beautiful women with glowing eyes.