The Ancient Claymore...

Rating: M for gore, blood, language, and death
Author: Soul Teller
A/N: I killed both the disclaimer and the summary... because they wanted a pay raise... seriously...

If you had the power to destroy the evil tormenting your family and neighbors, would you?
Akumetsu...

Chapter 4, Part 3
The Holy City

Clare was once again kneeling in front of Father Vincent, Raki standing behind her, as he pretended to give her a blessing. "2 Guards were killed last night... It happened inside the cathedral like the other times."

"Did both of them... have their insides eaten?" She asked calmly.

"Yes... there are more victims every day. This week alone there have been 5." Clare opened her eye's slightly.

"It seems... to have a voracious appetite." Clare said in a low and grave tone.

"Vo... Voracious appetite?" Father Vincent a look of worry passing his face. Clare paused.

"Usually Yoma don't eat that much, it's enough for them to eat the gut's of humans once every week or two. But longer a monster lives, the more it's appetite grows. They get more cunning and stronger. We call them 'Voracious Eaters.'" Though this was not the complete truth this was the only explanation for them. She turned her eye's to the priest. "I'm afraid one of them is hiding in the cathedral. It knows that my kind can't come here... and that we're the only one's who can see it." Clair said, it was probably useless to explain this but she wanted to make sure that he understood why the monster would nest here of all places.

"Will... will we be all right... against a creature like that?" Clare lowered her head and closed her eye's again.

"I need facts... the names of everyone who came and went from the Cathedral last night." She said.

"No one could come or go. After the killings started, the Cathedral has been completely sealed off at night. Only the priests and monks were here and a few soldiers chosen for guard duty." Clare opened her eye's slightly at this.

'Those two guards from yesterday showed how hard it is to sneak in and out unnoticed... which can only mean that it's inside not out.' Clare looked at the Father Vincent. "I need to know who was here last night."

"Of course." And Father Vincent began to list off the priests, monks and bishop. Clare listened carefully trying to figure which one could be the Yoma, though it would be easier to meet them in person when the suppressant wore off. With that plan in mind she stood when he had finished.

"Be careful around those people when you see them." She said and she turned to walk away, Father Vincent looked surprised at this.

"B-But... you're not saying it's one of them? They're all people I trust..." He said.

"Abandon your notions. A Yoma can fool even family members." Clare said, while Vincent was unable to see Clare's eye's darted toward Raki when she said this. Raki however didn't seem to be affected by this statement whatsoever, he just looked at Clare questioningly. It seemed that Raki had put his rather traumatizing past behind him, it was also in that sense that Clare envied him. Turning her sights from Raki she began to walk forward, though as she walked something bothered her. 'I still don't understand why it stays inside the cathedral.' She knew how most Yoma worked once they had settled in a village or town they would then go and pick off the civilians one by one. 'Once it sneaked into the Holy City, it could roam outside the cathedral freely. Why would it limit itself to such a confined place? How can it be so confident that it won't be found out?' She thought indeed it was a mystery. 'That's the question. It feels like I've forgotten something... important...' she thought as she walked out of the cathedral.

Night fell, Sid and Galk were standing near the alleys, looking up at the rooftops. It was then they saw a blur.

"Something moved." Galk said.

"It must be that woman. Let's go!" Sid said leaping on some crates and then onto the rooftop Galk quickly following despite his heavy armor.

"She's headed for the Cathedral." Galk said when he noticed her travel direction and the two headed another direction which would cut her off.

Clare kept leaping from roof to roof with blinding speed. It was then that she skid to a halt in front of her were the two guards from before the pumpkin head and Galk.

"Heh heh... Leaping across rooftops isn't as fast as running on the ground." The pumpkin head said. While it was true she was forced to take this route to avoid the other guards, it was pointless to fight them when she could just easily maneuver using the rooftops. The pumpkin head pulled out some knives, while Galk held up his sword. "All right no more excuses kind and gentle sister." The pumpkin head said, the wind blew off Clares hood revealing her in her deadly beauty. Her eye's flashed silvery blue. "Ho ho, this time your eye's flashed silver... your face looks different from this afternoon." Pumpkin Head said. Clare didn't listen and pulled out two single edge short swords.

"Sorry... but I don't have time... I won't hold back if you get in my way." She turned her head and looked at one then the other. "If you're going to come at me go ahead." she said. Galk gave a snort.

"Heh Heh... so you've shown your true colors. You have the aura of a monster, witch, even though your only a half breed. Sorry but the law says anything here unholy must be eliminated. NOW!" He leaped forward and threw his knives. Clare didn't have to look as she blocked the knives coming at her back, Galk came at her roaring a battle cry and swung his sword which Clare blocked using both of her swords to trap his in between. She then twisted the sword slightly and jabbed her sword horizontally forward at Galk. Galk raised an armored arm to block the attack before it took off his head. He then knocked it aside and using his sword arm he swung downward at Clare who blocked with her short swords. "Take this," Pumpkin head had thrown some more knives at her back, and Clare blocked them yet again using one sword.

"Damn!" Galk gave a powerful left swing at Clare who flipped back, she flipped again and landed on the center tiles of the rooftop.

"Damn her swords! Can't we do something?"

"I know! Leave it to me!" Galk charged at Clare and swung powerfully with one hand. Clare smirked slightly as she blocked it and she flicked one sword up at his head to get him off of her but to her surprise he grabbed the blade with his hand. Blood spurted from the soft leather. "Okay now!" Clare glanced behind her to see the Pumpkin Head slide and throw his knives. Clare tried to pull her sword out of Galks grasp but his grip was unbelievably strong. Unable to get her swords she gave a slight jump, causing her cloak to fly up and bat away the knive.

"What!?"

"Did she just block the knives using her cape?" Galk wouldn't have time to ponder this as Clare kicked him squarely in the gut causing him to release the sword and slide back slightly. His hand still spouting blood Galk glared at Clare.

"You!" Pumpkin ran forward his hand reaching for something at his back. Clare leaped once then twice and landed on a spire top. The could only stare at this deadly beauty, who's blood flowed with that of humans and monsters.

"So that's... a silver-eyed witch. A Claymore..." Pumpkin head said.

"AAAGH!!" The three turned their eye's to the scream which came from the Cathedral. Clare jumped and landed on the ground, where she sped towards the Cathedral door which was open a crack.

"Damn! After her!" The guards were standing in front of the door mumbling. Clare sped past them visible as only a blur.

Clare continued running until she came into the center hall, she stopped. 'It's here! I can sense it's aura,' her eye's glowed the demonic gold. 'But because of the pills side effects I can't tell exactly where it is.' she walked forward, slowly, measuring where to step. She heard a small splish and looked down to see the corpse of a shoulder, she gave a sniff and knew. 'His insides were eaten.' "It's just like I thought it's a Voracious Eater." It was then that a monstrous form appeared behind Clare and struck.

Hiruma was standing outside the gate of the Holy City Rabona his eye's shut, his arms folded. He opened his eye's and looked to his left, Sena was standing right where he was looking even though he wasn't there earlier. Hiruma then stamped one foot hard into the ground submerging it into the earth.

"Well?" Hiruma asked he could feel the powerful wind coming 54 seconds.

"They said they might consider it but you know what that means." 46 seconds.

"Heh, of course I do fucking shrimp, they're not gonna say yes and they'll order someone to look for us they'll look for you since your Yoki is the most active out all us." 29 seconds, a large boom and an enormous cloud of dust was seen in the distance. It was then a voice was heard.

"This isn't good! The other's won't like this! Well it was a good plan I don't see how they could refuse but..." Hiruma raised an eyebrow at the sheepishly smiling Sena.

"Your right fucking chibi... Did you find out who the new Eye was?" Sena just shook his head. Hiruma frowned. BOOM! A large wall of sound, dust, and wind blasted forward cracking the foundations and blasting through the gates into the city blowing through houses and tipping and cracking their foundations. Hiruma still rooted from where he stood looked at the city. "You seriously go too damn fast, Shin's not here anymore remember? You killed him if I remember correctly after you had awakened." Hiruma said. Sena frowned and lowered his head his eye's shadowing his face.

"I still... need to be faster..." Sena mumbled then he looked at Hiruma his eye's shining with a fire. Hiruma looked at the wind that was now starting rise into the air and listened to the screams of confused humans. Hiruma's hood fell and his pointed ears twitched. His small eye's contracted and he looked at Sena pulling his leg out of the dirt in the process. "Let's go fucking chibi. Fucking foxy needs to hear about this.

Naruto awoke when he felt the building shift as a powerful gust of wind and sound blasted through the building. He knew instantly who it was there was only one person alive he knew with the speed to make that other than himself. 'Sena...' Naruto thought and he stood up. He stretched slightly to get his muscles working again and when he was sure they were all in working order he ran to the door which had opened slightly and slipped through. Just in time cause Raki had woken up from falling out of his bed.

"Wah! Owwww! What the heck was that?" he said rubbing his head disgruntled. It was then that he realized that Naruto was gone. "! Naruto!" Raki began to look around the room then he saw the open door. He ran to the door, and slammed it open he looked at the empty hall to see the owner of the inn come out in pajamas with a candle in his hand. "What's going on?" Raki asked, the old owner shook his head.

"No idea! This has never happened before!" the owner said bewildered. Raki just shook his head it was then that the shaking and shifting stopped though the wood creaked. It was then that Raki looked at the floor, it had cracks running along the whole frame. Raki took a step and the wood gave a snap, he froze, one wrong move could leave to either a painful fall, even death. He slowly removed his foot from the wood and took a step back, and quietly walked back into his room which was oddly enough secure. Raki would stay there for the remainder of the night.

Naruto had long reverted back to his normal form, grabbing some clothes that were lying in the inn as he left. He flashed past confused humans and slid to a stop in front of the large inn where everybody else had been. The whole top half of the inn where they had been staying was demolished by Sena's sonic boom. The owner would think they were dead but of course a falling building didn't destroy they're kind so easily. Naruto looked up into the sky and leaped up landing inside the destroyed room. He then leaped again landing on a spire, he looked down to see Gwendolyn, Oswald, Inuyasha, Hiruma, and Sena on various rooftops below him. He looked at Sena.

"Did you really have to use that much force?" Sena flushed slightly.

"I guess I didn't but it wouldn't of caused as much confusion if I went a little softer." Naruto nodded.

"Report." Sena saluted.

"Yes, I have told Rimuto of your plans to be a private Awakened Beings hunting party in compensation to be left alone in peace and maps to the outside world. He has replied that he will think about it." Naruto sighed.

"That bastard... Did you get the material." Sena nodded and from inside his robe he threw something at Naruto which he caught. Naruto looked at it, in the moonlight was 4 vials. Naruto nodded and tossed them to Oswald. "Oswald, Gwendolyn head back to the lab and tell Shikimaru to cross-exam it with the other samples to see if their's any similarties. Understood?" the couple nodded. "Inuyasha I need you to go find your brother and I want both of you to head to the docks and find the ferry used by the organization. When you do report whatever they've been shipping." Inuyasha nodded but there was a hesitancy. "What?" Naruto asked.

"I still can't believe everything you said... It just doesn't seem possible I mean how do you even know there's an outside world? I've been on ships myself that have gone out to sea and I've seen it myself there's nothing out there!" He said. Naruto stayed silent.

"Inuyasha I want you to come with me when we're through and I will show you what I know." Naruto said quietly. Inuyasha looked shocked but nodded. "Hiruma, I want you and Sena to go and get Kiba, I then want you to track down the one's called Isley, Riful, and Luciela. Tell them to not attack each other, if they do..." He gave a sadistic smirk that seemed to fit one such as him perfectly. "That Naruto... the King of the Abyss, the Wild Warrior, will show no mercy." Hiruma smirked, and even Sena grinned. "GO!" Naruto said and they all save Naruto and Inuyasha vanished. Naruto looked at Inuyasha, then he leaped down to him. "All right now come with me." and Naruto grabbed Inuyasha and flickered out of existence.

I've Read the recent Claymore chapter and it contains a lot of stuff that got me thinking. Anyways... If you read the chapter then you'll know about it if you haven't then it's spoilers. However I will not release the information from the chapter until a later date. A MUCH later date... also I will be replacing the Teresa arc with Naruto and his comrades but I'm only going to due the first part of the arc, and skip the second. So I can get to the slayers. Also I will be crossing over soon, directly with an anime. Which one it is you'll have to guess. Also is it just me or have their been a rise of Claymore stories ever since I wrote this story? Please Review...

Soul Teller, the Corrupt Soul Weaver...