The Kinkou of the Yajuu

I don't own Naruto and Animorphs!

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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

-telepathy-

XD Scene change

/ Different point of view

):P Flash back

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Chapter 5

He picks himself up out of a ruined wall, his body aching but he won't rest until he's defeated the Teme. He smirks as he glances to where Sasuke is, the Teme was in worst shape then he is. Blood was coming down from Sasuke's nose; most of Sasuke's cloths had blood on them or what's left of them.

Sasuke's eyes flicker with despair before Sasuke straightens up and attempts to take a defensive stance. Sasuke's body seems to protest, he can tell that Sasuke looks annoyed about that. He can't help but be amazed to have been able to bring the Uchiha down from his high horse.

Sure his body aches and he's beginning to feel his injuries, he bets that he has some ribs that were most likely broken. He might even have a dislocated shoulder; he has various cuts and bruises. Though unlike him, Sasuke doesn't have the opinion of morphing to heal his wounds, to repair his damaged body. 'Or even a demon to help things along.' He muses, a slight grin appears on his face.

"What… are… you… smiling about?" Sasuke tries to demand, it doesn't help that Sasuke had to take rapid shallow breaths. "That all I need to do is transform into some beast and I'll be right as rain." He says in amusement. He notices as a look of annoyance flickers in the Teme's eyes. "It wouldn't be the first time you turned into a beast, Dobe." Sasuke rasps out.

He jerks his head, feeling the sting of the Teme's meaning. "You just wish you had one, Teme. It seems you're grown weak by training with that snake, but then, you've always been weak willed. First following the path that you're brother suggested for you and now you follow a parasitic dead man who should be charged with beings interested in little boys. Hell, I bet he's the one that's on top all of the time, right?" He says and the look of pure fury and spite flash on the Teme's face once he's done saying that. He watches as Sasuke charges him, he notices that Sasuke's eyes were once more red with the Sharingan. He watches as Sasuke stumbles and falls forward, he shakes his head, kind of glad that the Teme fainted from exhaust.

Currently, he doesn't feel the least bit guilty about the things he said about Sasuke's life. He glances around at the destruction that the battle caused. He sighs and he notices some natives moving about the ruins, he shakes his head and as he opens his eyes, he's with the Animorphs and Hinata. He glances around for any signs of Sasuke, but doesn't really see the Teme, just this large cyborg glaring down at them.

"You know, I would be sacred of you, but then, you know." He says, his mind going to the demon within his gut. He notices that the odd looking man seems slightly amused by that, most of others look slightly puzzled while Cassie, Erek, and Hinata seem more worried about his injures. He smiles softly at Hinata as the usual timid girl begins fussing over his injures.

The large guy that's part machine makes a slight sound and once more, everyone looks at the large cyborg. "IT WOULD SEEM THAT YOU WIN BY DEFAULT, SACRAFICE." The thing practically shouted, sighs as he understands that he's the one the cyborg is talking to. "So the world is spared." The old wise looking man that is the Ellimist says.

The large being seems more intent on glaring at Jake then to have a spar with the Ellimist. He stops paying attention, oddly enough, he's more focused on the fact that Hinata is so close to his body, his face reddens as Hinata's hand moves over his injuries, healing them with green chakra.

'She's grown more confident, well, when she's focused on something.' He admits. He can still remember her fight with Neji and how hard she had tried to change herself. 'If she's changed this much, it makes me wonder how much the other's have changed. I wonder if I'm a match for them if we were to meet up once this is all over…' He muses as he comes to relax under Hinata's gentle touch.

He notices Jake morphing into one of the Howlers, he looks puzzled about it though the giant being seems ticked off for some reason, oddly enough, he's reminded about the first few times he met with the fox demon. He can tell that the being sitting in that chair seems to be pissed off; he's kind of surprised that the cyborg didn't attempt to lash out. But a quick look at the Ellimist concluded why the cyborg being couldn't lash out at Jake, but he doubts that the being will forget or forgive what Jake has done.

Once again, the scene changes and they're alone with the Ellimist. He says softly, "Hinata, I think it's time for you to go." Hinata looks startled and then her face turns red, he watches as she glances at the Ellimist. The old looking being nods his head in agreement with his statement. "I'll see you later, Naruto-kun." Hinata stutters out and he smiles as he says, "Tell everyone that I said hey, ok Hinata-chan?" Hinata looks stunned and nods dumbly before she vanishes.

He sighs but he knows that she'll let everyone know he's alright. "So what did Jake do that upset Mr Roboto?" Marco asks in a blunt kind of way. He sighs, but listens as the Ellimist informs them of what the Howlers will do when they attack this other world in a few months time. He snorts in amusement, he smiles slightly at that.

He blinks as the others vanish, leaving him alone with the Ellimist. He shifts his weight around, wondering what the being wants to talk about with him. "Sasuke and I weren't meant to kill each other, just fight, right?" He asks. "Correct, I also must add that I'm proud that you hadn't resorted to using your guess's chakra." The Ellimist says. "So the bet was more on how I'd fight then on who'd win. An odd bet, but I guess you have to spice things up where you can." He says.

He blinks as a bunch of scrolls appear at his feet. "It was part of the bet." Ellimist says and he nods, he picks them up. "Nice doing business with you, I guess." He says and the Ellimist nods in agreement, he soon finds himself back at his apartment building. He glances at the scrolls thoughtfully, he sighs and decides that the first thing he should do is have a shower as well as change out of the cloths that he's wearing.

He heads up stairs, once he's in his room; he places the bundle of scrolls on the dresser. He takes off what cloths he can; some times he has to peel them off of his body. He shakes his head and throws out what's damaged beyond repair. His muscles protest all of the stretching; he sighs and closes his eyes. He morphs partially into a coyote; he stops in when he looks like a kind of werewolf, looking practically like a coyote with some human modifications. He then reverses the morph and his injures have vanished, he sighs before he heads out of his room to take a shower.

XD

He looks at the four teens that were sitting around the clearing. Currently, the Animorphs had left to check out this factory that's said to have some kind of chemical that will take away free will which leaves him with time to try some recruiting. Though he had brought it up a few times, it was usually shoot down by the group, though he can tell that privately, Ax and Tobias seem to share his thoughts about them needing more members.

So he decided to take matter into his own hands, since they only forbid him using the blue cube, it didn't really stop him from finding suitable candidates. So, with some help from the Chee, he had located the four before him. "Ok, let's do some introductions by stating names, interests, and such. I'll begin to show how it's done. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, my interests are anime, training, and hanging out with my friends. I dislike traitors and closed minded people that prefer putting labels on people instead of take time out to get to know people. My dream for the future is to get home in one piece."

The four blink at his dreams and he points to one of the two teenage girls to begin. "My name is Danielle Hayes. I'm a science fiction buff; my preferred readings are about aliens and about other world explorations. I like my two pet cats, Mill and Tira. I dislike bullies. My goal in life is to become an astronaut." Danielle says. He nods and glances at the guy to her right.

The guy looks slight nervous, but does introduces himself. "My name is Nathanial Dodson. My interests are in Zoology and I'm part of my schools track team. I dislike idiots and bullies. My goal in life is to be a biologist." Nathanial says.

Without prompting the last guy begins introducing himself. "My name's Claud Hogan, my nick name is Blue. I prefer being out doors, I love gym, video games, and I'm into aliens. Dislike loud mouths who trash people and eating meat, I'm a vegetarian. Don't have any real plans for the future." Blue says.

Soon they're waiting on the remaining member of the group to introduce herself. "Lydia Donovan is my name, nick name is Kit. My interests are skateboarding, blading, and anime. I dislike people who think they can control people by threats or by finical means. My dreams are to be a successful actress." Kit says.

He's relieved to hear such blunt introductions, it also helps that most of them seem to have something against people trying to force their views onto others, since in a way, that's what the Yeerks are trying to do. He nods and then continues on with getting to why they're here. "Ok, you all most likely wondering why you're here and the simple fact it, it's to see if you're made of sterner stuff then most. First off, I got these three bells," He holds them up for the four to see. "Now, I know it's been a hard trek to arrive here and therefore, if you get a bell, you all get eat the snacks I brought. But if you don't, you don't get any." He says, he puts the bells onto his belt lop on his jeans.

As if on cue, the teens' stomachs growls and the four teens glance at each other. "Also, like the bells, there are only three snacks, so someone will go hungry even if you do get a bell." He says, he notices the glares that they're sending him. 'Let's hope they can see the reason for that.' He thinks to himself.

"Is there a time limit?" Blue asks, he nods as he replies, "You have until sun set to get one." Before him, the four look defeated at the mention of evening. "Ok, everyone ready?" He asks and the four clear their faces as they nod. "Ok, then its go time." He says, once that's said; he turns and races off into the forest. "That's not fair!" Danielle shouts. "Come and find me, if you can!" He shouts back, vanishing into the tree tops to observe what they do next.

/ Blue/

He searches around for any tracks from Naruto's runners. He groans and not for the first time does he wonder why he agreed to come here, sure it sounded strange but he was eager to find out what it's about. Sure he had found the part about not bringing any food with them a bit odd, but he hadn't expected that it was part of some kind of test!

"Find anything?" Nath asks, he shakes his head and Nath sighs. "It's like he disappeared, he's either really good or we suck at tracking." He says. Nath shrugs and they walk through the forest together. "You think either of the girls have found anything?" Nath asks, he shrugs as he says, "We can always check with them."

Nath pauses and he glances at the other teen. "Don't you think it a little odd, about the number of bells and snacks?" Nath asks slowly. He blinks, and then his stomach growls and he chuckles nervously. "Well, yea, but then, maybe its some kind of survival exercise." He says.

"Kit thinks it might be the old divide and conquer trick, well that's what she thought last time I talked with her." Nath says thoughtfully. He's about to dismiss it, only to jerk his head as a scream breaks through the usual noise of the forest. He takes off towards the noise without a second thought.

On arriving at the scene, he finds Danielle in the center of the river with a black bear attempting to maul Kit. He grabs what he can and charges the bear, he hits the brute on the head and the bear roars at him. He's soon on the ground and shoves the branch into the bear's jaws. "Blue!" Nath shouts, he yells, "Get out of here! I'll keep the bear distracted! Go, Now!"

As the bear's jaws bite through the branch, something hits the bear on the side of the head. "Get away from him!" He hears Danielle shout. He manages to roll out from under the bear and glare at the girl, but before he can say anything, Kit joins in by throwing sticks at the bear. Nath grabs him from the back and jerks him backwards, Nath had pulled a little too hard and he falls on top of Nath.

The bear stands and roars at Kit before falling on all fours and advancing towards him and Nath. He closes his eyes, tense about the attack that's about to descend on him. He hears a large gasp coming from Danielle and a cheer from Kit. He gathers up his courage and finds Naruto standing over the bear, the bear clearly knocked out.

"You four, pass." Naruto says and he blinks owlishly at the blond. "Sorry, but I kind of took a nap or else I would have dealt with the bear before you guys got into this kind of position. Anyways, you four were very brave and you valued each more then your own lives. You should be proud of your selves, you four have what it takes to be a great team. Now, lets eat, and yes, I do have something for vegetarians." Naruto then motions for them to follow him, he's not the only one to glance from Naruto to the black bear and back at the blond who knocked out said bear.

"What the hell?" Nath says and he just nods, once he stands up, he helps Nath up and soon, they join the girls into following the blond teen that's about a year older then they were. "Did he really?" He asks Danielle and she just nods, clearly stunned about it. "Just one blow to the head." Kit mutters. Nath whistles and says, "I wonder if that's why we're here, to learn how to do that."

He nods in agreement, a slight smile appearing on his face. 'That's not something that happens every day. I knew this is going to be interesting!' He thinks to himself, excited despite the fact that he's starving and tired.

/ Naruto/

He sighs, he hadn't expected the black bear to do what it did, but then, he didn't really expect to have fallen asleep in that tree. He smiles slightly, he had also noticed how Blue had shown the marking of a leader, he only hopes that they'll be able to find it, find the Hork-Bajir valley by the end of this weekend, for if they do, then the Animorphs couldn't help but allow them to join. Sure he feels guilty for wanting to force their hand, but he knows that the pressure was getting to them, things were just speeding up and they needed others to help fight.

'Well, it was do this or begin faking their families death and I do believe this is the lesser of two evils. I wonder if the Chee approve of this? Sure they pointed these guys out to me, but that really doesn't mean they approve.' He locates the camp and he replies, "The one with the leaf is the vegetarian snack."

"You lied! You said there would only be three snacks!" Nath says, he smiles and picks up the one with the red swirl. "This ones mine." He says and he notices that Kit and Danielle look amused with that. Nath just sighs and glances at the two girls. "We'll share." Kit says and Danielle nods in agreement, Nath says, "Thanks." Nath picks up the one that matches Blue's snack box, leaving the larger one for the two girls, he silently approves of that since that's what the large one was for.

"So, are we here for you to teach us how to fight?" Kit asks. He blinks and then looks thoughtful. "I guess that's the end goal, but in the end, I'm just one of a group. I also should mention that none of them knows I'm doing this so if you do pass this whole thing, then you'll be taught about things you only thought were fictional. So I suggest you keep an open mind to all of this, since you four might be the only ones to be accepted at this point. I know that they're going to be beyond pissed since I'm attempting to force their hand at this, but I truly thing that we need more members and I think you four have the potential to handle the responsibility of becoming part of the group." He says and he could tell that the four had mixed emotions about this, but excitement and the knowledge that they might be part of something like this also boosts their ego.

He once more focuses in on eating; already hoping that Toby is ready for the next phase of his plan. Sure, he knows it's going to be difficult to get them to the right spot since it would take them whole day of walking to get to the correct spot, but he thinks he knows a way to speed things up. He mentally winches as he imagines the kind of looks he's going to be getting tomorrow, but it has to be done. 'Let's just hope their desire to discover what lies ahead is larger then their desire to quit and leave.' He thinks to himself, mentally sighing as he prays to whatever god there was that this would work out in the end.

To be continued …