It had been one week since the group of teens successfully summoned and bound the demon Kyuubi. Tonight, they were finally going to try and use the demon's power. There were no words to describe how anxious they were, their nerves were enough to make them almost regurgitate their supper.
Over the past week Minato could think of only one way to try and coax the power out, just talk to the demon, sounds easy enough, right? As the group of boy's weave through the trash riddled alleyways on their way to the abandoned factory district they start to wonder if this is actually going to work, after all how can something make your dreams come true just like that? Seven O'clock rolls around and the group arrives at the same factory they summoned the demon known to them as Kyuubi.
Upon entering the empty factory warehouse the group zero in on the spot they left untouched a week ago, but it felt like forever, had it really only been a week? Since the day of the summoning the boys felt themselves change, not physically but mentally. The thought of this possible power was doing things to their minds, they spent every spare moment looking through what they were referring to as "the demon manual" trying to see if there was anything they could make sense of, which they couldn't.
They decided unanimously that if they can actually get the demon to respond to Minato that they will ask for the power to understand the text within the book. If they managed to summon a powerful demon without knowing what they were doing imagine what they could do being able to actually read the old decrepit book.
Gathering around the previously drawn circle they all took a seat this time awaiting Minato to take the crystallised lotus. Slipping off the straps of his backpack he reaches around behind him and brings the backpack around and places it on top of his lap. Feeling from left to right searching the zipper for the pesky slider, he finally finds it on the opposite side he began his search. Slowly lifting and dragging the zipper up and around he reaches into his bag searching for the item that feels smooth yet sharp around the edges. Once locating the crystal, he gently lifts it out then lifts his bag with his other hand and discarding it gently behind himself.
"So, Minato, what exactly are you going to do to get this demon to communicate with you?" His best friend Nadire asked.
"If I'm being honest my only thought is to hold the crystal and start talking to myself inside my mind, if that doesn't work then maybe verbally talk to it?" says Minato.
"Hmm, I guess it's worth a shot, not like any of us have any better ideas" says Raiga. Minato suggested that everyone sit in the same place they were standing during the summoning.
Starting at Minato and working their way right was Nadire, Minato's best friend, he's a tall thin teen with pale skin, long dark chestnut and eyes the colour of cobalt. In the third spot sat Raiga, a tall well built teen that had charcoal coloured hair and lavender coloured eyes. Dosu sat in the fourth spot, a short hunched over teen who was in a large house fire when he was a child and was badly burnt so he keeps all of his face except his lone black eye wrapped in bandages. The fifth spot sits Gengko, a teen who is of average build and height but possesses plum coloured hair, a matching goatee and eyes the colour of milk chocolate. Ryuki was in the sixth spot, he's a tall thin teen who had short spiky hair the colour of ash and eyes the colour of amethyst. The seventh spot sat a teen named Kongo. He was a short robust teen with long spiky coffee coloured hair worn in a low ponytail and eyes the colour of the night sky. Spot eight, the final spot sat Iishi probably the most annoying of the group, he was a short, slender teen with toffee coloured skin, platinum blonde hair with eyes that dazzled like emeralds.
With all boys sitting tall and proud in their respective spots, Minato began to speak to the Kyuubi demon within his mind. Nothing, absolutely nothing happened.
''Give it one more shot before moving on, maybe it's sleeping?" says Iishi.
"Do you think demons need to sleep Iishi?" asks Ryuki.
"Well how am I supposed to know huh? I'm no fucking demon dick weed" shouts Iishi.
"Come on, we just got here, can you guys not get at each other's throats already, please?" pleads Nadire.
"Yeah whatever" the two culprits' mumble.
"Seems the hairless apes are all a bunch of idiotic morons I see" bellows out the mighty Kyuubi.
The booming sound pounding against the inside of Minato's skull is enough to make him keel over in mind nauseating pain.
"Weak, you're all so weak and pathetic, you crumble by me merely speaking through you. Now that my enslaver has beckoned me, what is it you want? I'd rather get this done with and not get you disgusting greed all over me" snarls the bound demon.
"Guys can you hear it?" Minato asks with his shaky pain infused voice.
They all solemnly look at his distressed face and shake their heads 'no'. Leaning forward Minato allows his forehead to rest on the cool, concrete floor of the warehouse to try and ease the burning his brain and eye sockets are currently experiencing.
He asks, "Can you let them hear you as well?"
Inside his mind an evil chuckle echoes throughout like a large empty hallway "each time you ask for my power you get one request. Each request will cause one crack in the crystal. I'm far more powerful than any demon men have experienced before, you can't be sure to know how many chances you have at my power before I shatter your precious crystal and exude my wrath upon you disgusting humans. So, if I were you, I'd make sure not to waste my powers on something so trivial as allowing the other hairless apes to hear me, but by all mean waste my power, it just gets me one step closer to showing you what true terror and pain really is."
Minato's eyes widened in fear, was it really serious? Can it actually break free?
'Better not waste a chance in case it's speaking the truth' Minato thought to himself.
Deciding to speak up Minato says, "you guys will not be able to hear it, but from what I hear I can use his power one for one, in other words I don't think I'll be able to make all of us learn to read the text of the demon book."
"Even if you can only use the power for one thing at a time, why can't you just use the power over and over again until we all learn?" asked Riaga.
Quickly thinking of what to tell his group of friends so as not to raise suspicion Minato says "well you see, the thing is the demon says I can't overuse it's power or I may greatly injure myself. Just having the Kyuubi speak to me is excruciating, I hate to think how much it will hurt actually using its power."
" Well shit. I guess that makes sense, we wouldn't want you hurting that pretty little head of yours now, would we?" teases Dosu and even with the bandages you can hear the smirk behind his wrapped face.
Trying his best to chuckle and not seem suspicious of lying to his friends, Minato adds "I guess the only thing to figure out is who we want to learn the text."
Looking around the circle for any clues as to who may be the best suited for acquiring this new peculiar skill set, Nadire speaks up and says, "I vote Minato."
"Honestly Nadire, it should be someone else, I'm already the only one who can hear the damn thing" says Minato.
"That's exactly my point, who better to learn the language than the one who can communicate with the creature the text summoned" Nadire retorts.
With a heavy sigh, Minato asks "does anybody have any objections to this?"
Immediately after asking, Iishi goes to speak up but receives a rather aggressive elbow jab to his side from Kongo.
"Ow! The fuck was that for fatty?" Iishi yells.
"First, I'm not fat, I'm just a little plump you insolent fucker! Second, just shut your loud fucking trap, we all know Minato is the best choice here, just except it and move on" says Kongo.
"Well look who learned to open his mouth, honestly didn't know you could string together more than 3 words together tubby!" mocks Iishi.
"I may not talk much but at least I don't need a dictionary to know the meaning of the word 'replicate'!" says Kongo.
"Oh, come on, that was one time! It was an honest mistake anyone could have made FATTY!" Iishi screams well violently, swinging his body around and jabbing Kongo in the chest.
After jabbing Kongo in the chest Iishi starts laughing and saying "you have bigger titties than your sister!"
Having completely lost his cool, Kongo cocks his right arm back then drives it forward with enough force to send Iishi flying backwards onto his back.
"THE FUCK MAN?" screams Iishi.
"First, no one calls me fat! Second, don't you ever talk about my sister, do you understand me? Do it again and you won't live long enough to know the feeling of fucking a woman!" Kongo screams loud enough you can practically hear his elevated blood pressure pumping through his protruding forehead veins.
All that can be heard is the cussing and scuffling of two teen boys trying to best each other. Minato, still under the effects of Kyuubi's powerful voice just sits there massaging his throbbing temples while looking over at Nadire as if silently asking 'help'.
Getting the hint Nadire twists his body around to look behind him where the two morons are currently rolling around exchanging blows and yells "ENOUGH!"
Getting the hint, they stand up, brush themselves off and walk back over to their previously occupied spots. "Do we need to separate you too like a couple of kindergarteners?" ask Nadire.
A muffled mumble is heard from both teens as they respond with a simple "no."
"Getting back on track, should I give this power exchange a whirl?" Minato nervously asks.
The group all give a body and with that Minato sets about preparing himself for the on slot of pain to come from talking to the Kyuubi.
'How bad is the pain of using its power going to be?' he thinks to himself.
Speaking inside his mind he begins to ask "Kyuubi, give me your power so I can learn the text in the demon book you were summoned from."
A menacing laugh reverberated off the walls of Minato's inner mind and all he heard was "as you wish, Minato. Hahaha."
Feeling like he was being struck by lightning while simultaneously being burnt alive he collapses unconscious on the floor from more pain then should be humanly possible. The crystal that sat atop his palm toppled to the cold hard floor and began to vibrate and glow a vibrant orangish red hue. What seemed to be coloured air was pulsing out of the crystal in slow uneven bursts until a huge surge exploded from the crystal sending the boys flying backwards, skidding along the rough concrete flooring until the orange energy seemed to vanish.
Hearing something that sounded like ice cubes being added to a warm drink, Minato begins to stir and open his eyes. Upon opening his eyes his heart almost stops. Sitting there a few inches in front of him was the crystalized lotus, but what was alarming was that now running through the centre was an ever-present crack.
"Fuck" is the only thing muttered before he once again loses consciousness.