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 8
He sniffs the two bodies and then says softly, -Ax?- -Naruto?- Ax asks. He pushes the bodies off the Andalite. –This isn't my war…- Ax says softly. –Not mine either, but that's not why we're here. We need to get out of here before they send people in to search for captives.- He replies.
-Have you been part of this kind of war?- Ax asks once he's done getting the bodies off. –No, where I come from, we don't have guns like these and after witnessing this, I will never support their use. This is just plain madness, just mindless slaughter.- He says softly. He moves back to give Ax some room; his ears scan the surroundings though he does keep his eyes on the bird that is Ax's primary flying morph.
-Let's go find the others.- Ax says and then asks, -Where are Blue and the others?- -Around in their battle morphs. I figured it was just plain common sense to do our battle morphs since there does seem to be a war going on around us and cats are knowing for their ability to move unseen.- He says. Ax ruffles his feathers before the alien replies, -I think I can locate Cassie and them.- Then Ax adds, -Stay safe.- He smiles slightly, he's already been shot twice and already the fox has healed the injuries and he licked the blood off his coat. –I'm hard to kill Ax, I've lived through a ball of lightning going through my lung, I think I can survive a few bullets.- He replies.
Ax blinks before shaking his head, he watches as the alien turned bird leaps into the air. He sighs mentally and glances down at the two bodies that had been lying on top of Ax. He shakes his head, not at all liking the way their lives had ended, he turns and leaves the site. He decides to head to where the tanks were, he figures he could be some help over there.
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He watches the two people walk away, not even glancing at each other. He glances over to where Danielle is and finds that she, too, had noticed the pair. A slight sigh escapes from her and once more the scene changes, confirming his guess about who those two were.
"Why are we here?" Jake asks. He grins at the looks the others give the leader of the Animorphs. "Jake?" Two thought speakers and six voices say at the same time, Danielle and himself remain silent, leaving it to the others to voice their feelings.
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He glances around the base that Toby and himself have spent time creating. His use of shadow clones and Toby's ideas of what they would need made them a great team. Now he's here with the Chee called Loren for her opinion on if the base would suitable for their purposes.
"So, is this a suitable base?" He asks after spending the whole day with her. Loren nods her head and says, "So you want us to do?" "I want you to give this base access to the internet and maybe help out with making it more secure, I don't think either goes against your programming, right?" He says and Loren nods. "You'll understand if the measure will only stun those that make it into the base." Loren states. "Of course, it would also help if they take over the base as well, since it would take them time to change the security measures which would give us time to retake the base." He says and Loren studies him a bit before nodding.
"You both thought this out, didn't you?" Loren says. "Of course! Toby isn't a Seer for nothing. So no real concerns about us actually asking for you help then?" He asks. "None really, just as long as it's understood that we're not going to help you make weapons. I'll start upgrading your equipment now if you don't mind." Loren says and he waves that off. "Sure, go ahead. If you need anything, just ask." He says and makes a clone, Loren just sighs and motions for the clone to follow her to the main computer.
He heads off to inform Toby of Loren's decision, knowing that the Hork-Bajir Seer will be happy to know that their efforts had paid off. He makes it outside after Loren and him parted ways, he finds Toby reading an advance text book about engineering. Toby glances up from the book on his arrival and he says, "Loren's agreed to connect us up to the internet as well as to make the place secure." Toby smiles and says, "Now we just need to focus on supplying the base with food and water." He nods and is more then a little glad that the odd generator that Toby invented was satisfactory power source.
"So she's connecting the base to the internet?" Toby asks. "She mentioned about upgrading, but yea, she's working on it today." He says. Then Toby looks thoughtful for a moment and says, "My parents are expecting and I believe they want to name the child in your honour." His mouth moves but nothing comes out. Toby chuckles at his reaction and he scratches the back of his head as he blushes from embarrassment as well as closing his mouth.
"What wording have they chosen?" He asks weakly after a few minutes. "Well they've come up with Maki from your last name and from your first name, Naru. I'm kind of leaning towards Naru myself." Toby informs him. He sighs; kind of overwhelmed by the fact that someone is going to name a kid after him. "Well, I guess your parents are really set on this, huh?" He asks and Toby nods. "I'm just overwhelmed, first a bridge builder puts my name on a bridge and now there's going to be a Hork-Bajir named Naru or Maki after me. You'd think this would boost my ego…" He admits, not sure if he deserves the honour of people using him name.
"You're a good person, Naruto. You're destined to do great things." Toby says and he sighs. After a bit, Toby changes the subject, "So, when do you think we should inform the others about the base being completed?" "I think once Loren finishes the installations." He answers. "I wonder how they're going to react to the news." Toby muses. "Don't know, but I remember mentioning it a few times to them, though they might have dismissed it." He tells Toby and she sighs. "They really limiting their options, aren't they?" Toby says. "It's like Tobias said, it's easier to embrace an illusion then the harsh reality. Though I think we should start off with either Marco's dad or Jake's brother, it's only a matter of time before they're found out." He says, feeling slightly depressed at the fact that he might have to go against the Animorphs on this, for now Blue and the newer member's families were safe since the four have rarely done more then help spy on known controller and help Tobias find new entrances into the Yeerk pool.
'Is it really that hard to them to think they can protect their families in that war zone? Is it really a hard concept to understand? It's better that they hate me then for them to live with regrets. I'll tell Loren to pass along the word, we'll start once the base is up and running. I hope that the Chee can make sure that the finical ties go into fake accounts so that once this war is done they can continue on without worrying about their lack of money. I think Homer can be looked after by the Chee and their furniture can be put into storage, hell, I can store it in scrolls if it comes down to it.' He goes through the plans that he's worked out with Toby and with Erek. He notices that Toby goes back to reading her text book, he lies down on the ground, staring up into the sky as he muses over the plans that he's about to put into motion in the up-coming week.
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He was in the library when Erek arrived. He glances up and cocks his head in confusion since he figured that Loren would be his connect with the Chee on matters, but then he remembers that Loren's busy installing security measures for the base. He motions for Erek to approach and the android does so.
"The Yeerks think they torched the Hork-Bajir valley." Erek says and he nods. "Loren, right?" He asks and the robotic dog nods. "And?" He asks. "Other then the Animorphs being upset about losing the valley, the Yeerks now know that the ranks of the 'Andalite' bandits have increased. I think we should begin with Rachel's dad, since at the moment the Yeerks are keeping their eyes on Marco's father and it would only arouse questions if Tom vanishes so soon after the incident with the Hork-Bajir." Erek says and he nods. "So he's arriving when?" He asks. Erek smiles slightly as the metal dog replies, "He's already here, one of ours thought we can't trust any other forms of transportation." "Alright. I'll head off thirty minutes after you leave." He says and Erek nods.
He slips out when he said he would and slips into an alley. He morphs into his crow morph and heads out of the city, making sure he doesn't fly in a straight line. It would take two days before Rachel's 'father' is killed; it'll happen once the finishing touches are done. How Rachel's dad will be killed is under-debate, but hopefully it will be in a way that won't leave a 'body.'
It also means that they'll have to move fast with the other parents before the Animorphs learn of these plans and attempt to stop them. He sighs; it seems that they'll have to speed up their plans to do the same for Blue and the others' family. 'I wonder if Ax and Tobias are up to distracting them enough so that we pull this off.' He thinks to himself. 'Maybe a trip out of town is in order…' He thinks, wondering how that can be arranged.
/ Nath/
He finishes acquiring the pine martin that's in his hand. He puts the mammal down before it begins to struggle and bite him once more. Kit's done with her lesser-tail weasel and mimics what he did. He glances to where Dani is standing with Naruto and Blue, those three had gotten their new morphs from the zoo or the rescue center that's run by Cassie's dad.
Naruto can now morph into a river otter, Blue can morph into a badger, and Danielle's new morph is a wolverine. While they still don't have any underwater morphs, but they'll find one, though they were still trying to decide between a killer whale or a bottom-nose dolphins. He wonders if they'll have time to pick out birds of prey for their third aerial morphs, he's kind of envious about the fact that the others can become hawks, an eagle, and a falcon. Sure, he has nothing against crows, it's just that the bird was eerily intelligent and is very much aware of its surroundings. 'But then, I'm guessing a dolphin or a whale will be just as aware of its surroundings as well…' He thinks privately to himself as they morph into crows to head back to the city since they were done in the forest.
It's not long before they're close to Naruto's apartment building. They land with thirty minutes to spare; it took them an hour and thirty minutes to fly to this point. Once they're done de-morphing, they follow Naruto to the front door and enter in behind them.
They head straight to the living room, he notices that Naruto had rearranged the furniture and has added a large couch over by the window. Blue and Kit heads into the kitchen to get drinks while Naruto puts on a DVD, the fact that Naruto actually has a DVD player is what makes this one of his favourite hang outs since they're really expensive since they're new technology.
He sits with Danielle on the couch; he notices that Naruto put in Water World. Blue and Kit return with some cans of cola. Naruto settles on one of the two lazy boys with the remote in his hand. Once Blue and Kit finish passing out the cans, Kit joins them on the couch while Blue sits on the other lazy boy.
"So, where are the others?" He asks. Naruto replies, "Out trying to keep Jake's dad from becoming a Yeerk host. It seems that Rachel's and Jake's grandfather passed away and that they're going to be out of town for a good three days. You can guess how happy 'Tom' is about that." They all just shake their heads, he wouldn't mind helping out, but then, he's slightly glad on having a break, especially since the incident that happened at the Hork-Bajir valley was the first time any of them, them being the new members, fought and killed controls, other living beings. "I hope they succeed." Danielle says and he joins in the collective nodding in agreement. "I know they will." Naruto says with confidence.
/ Naruto/
He studies the teen sitting before him, it's been about two days since the Chee switched out with the human and now he's here to get the Yeerk out of Tom's head without harming Tom what's so ever. The eyes show how furious the Yeerk was with all of this.
He steps into the room and 'Tom' smears at him. "Andalite scum!" The control snarls. "Human scum, technology, but then, it's not going to matter in the long run, Yeerk. I'm here to get you out of Tom's head and trust me, you'll be coming out whether you like it or not." He says lightly as he moves towards the front of the controller. "Like you can do anything but wait for me to come out and I don't feel like it." The controller says smirking at him.
He grins at the Yeerk, his eyes flashing in amusement. "I'm an energy manipulator, parasite. I feel your host's energy and you yourself's energy. I think a few jolts targeted at your energy will have the desired effect of getting you out of there without your cooperation." He explains and a flash of uncertainty flickers on the controller's face before the Yeerk decides to smirk at him, clearly not believing that he can do what he says he can.
A shadow clone appears, this startles the controller but the clone has already moved behind 'Tom' so that the clone can catch the Yeerk when it comes out of it's host. He places the palm on the controller's forehead, he focuses on the Yeerk's energy signature, slowly he sends out probes in order to see the fine line between Tom's chakra and the Yeerk's chakra. Once he finds it after an hour of probing patiently, he begins to pore his chakra in-between the two chakras, he knows it's making Tom slightly uncomfortable, but he figures a little discomfort was better then waiting for the Yeerk to starve to death.
Once he has totally separated the two, he then begins sending large amounts of chakra through the Yeerk's chakra. It takes about eight shocks before the Yeerk comes crawling out of Tom's ear. His clone now holds the Yeerk and his chakra leaves Tom's body, he takes his hand away from Tom's forehead.
It takes a while but Tom begins to move his head. "He's gone…" Tom's voice says in awe, it makes him wonder what kind of effects that shield had on Tom. "Yea, it exited out of your head. My clone grabbed him once he came out." He says gently.
He moves behind Tom and undoes the ropes keeping Tom tied to the chair. Once Tom's standing up, the older teen is rubbing his wrists and seems to be enjoying having control of his own body again. "So, what do you want done with the Yeerk? You decide, since you're the victim." He says. Tom looks surprise and his clone shows the helpless Yeerk in his hand.
"Let him starve, it's what he fears the most. I don't feel like getting my hands dirty." Tom replies after looking at the slug like alien. He nods and the clone drops the Yeerk into a container of water that the Chee had put inside of the room when they brought Tom in.
"Want to go talk with your parents? We have them here." He says. Tom's eyes flash and he asks, "Why are they here?"
"Jake's one of the Andalite Bandits, it's only a matter of time before the Yeerks stop believing that fact and begin looking for the true bandits. That city is a war zone whether they like to admit it or not. It's better to kidnap them and fake their deaths then to wait too long and have them captured by the enemy. Right now, the Yeerks still think that they're Andalites so we're having an easier time switching them out and bringing them here." He says and then he adds, "Jake and the other bandits don't know about this yet, if they had, they would most likely be trying to stop us from doing this. But I prefer that they hate me for doing this then regret not doing this when they had the time to do it."
Tom nods and says, "Tough choices all around. Though I think you're idea is less traumatising." He nods as he opens the door leading out of the room, his clone had already vanished. Tom glances towards the water container before the older teen follows him out of the room. He closes and locks the door.
Not long afterwards, Tom is reunited with his parents. He leaves the family to catch up on what's going on; he has to check up on the other residents. He knows that the jig is up and that by the end of tomorrow the Animorphs will know what the Chee and him have been doing behind their backs. He's heart aches about being so deceitful, but he truly believes that he's doing them a favour by doing all of this.
"It seems we got someone to add." Loren says as he draws near the room Cassie's parents were. "How so?" He asks and Loren hands him a file. He skims through it and he chokes, his eyes widen and he just stares at the picture that came with the file. "Oh." He says and then begins to actually read the file, he can't help but wonder about Tobias's reaction to this news…
To be continued …