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 9
"So you forced the Yeerk out of Tom?" Jake repeats, most likely still trying to accept that fact while it looks like Ax and Tobias seem more concerned about the fact that Elfangor's wife and Tobias's mother was alive and blind. The others were of various opinions concerning what he and the Chee have done.
Marco seems to be lost in thought, Cassie looks thoughtful, and Blue and the others seem to be together, watching Tobias. The parents and siblings were spread out, each in shock over not only getting confirmation that the story he told them was true, but they're kids seem to be all grown up without them even noticing. Toby's over by the door, he nods slightly to her and she heads out of the doorway, she'll start making dinner for them. 'Well, this has grown interesting, hasn't it?' He muses to himself.
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He sits on a large branch that's located on an oak by the base; he had used a shadow clone in order to escape the pursuers that were after him. He really hadn't liked the way they were determined to put him into solitary confinement for a week as punishment for going behind their backs and faking their families' deaths along with their own. It didn't help matters that Toby had joined in with their attempts of capturing him.
'The last thing I need is to being forced into a room and being left alone with only Kyuubi for company. Sure, I want to know what he means by 'our' body but I'm more then a little relocate to try and get answers from him, it's easier when it's in a live and death struggle, but he'll just be intolerable if I spend more then a few minutes with him. Why couldn't they think of some other form of punishment?' He wonders, his thoughts circling through other punishments that would be better then spending a whole week inside of room without anything to entertain himself.
He doubts that Cassie approves of that as his punishment; she knows what lurks within him since it's hard to forget a giant blood red fox with nine-tails coming out of the beast's behind. 'And the fox's killing intent.' He adds silently to himself.
He pauses and he uses chakra to increase his senses. He switches out with a log as a large primate attempts to ambush him. –How did he?- Rachel wonders and he ducks a punch aimed for his head. He twists and a quick kick sends the chimp a few feet from where the chimp had previous been standing. He blinks as something drop from over head, he leaps back and then drops to the ground, rolling as he evades Ax's hooves.
He once more switches out with a log as Ax's tail blade is brought into action. –He can't keep this up! He's got to grow tired of evading us.- Marco says, forgetting to exclude him from the conversation. He rolls his eyes slightly; a slight glint appears in his blue eyes as a slight smile appears on his face. He relaxes slightly, deciding to enjoy this since he knows he can out last the whole lot of them without resorting to his shadow clones.
/ Kit/
-Doesn't he ever get tired?- She wonders as she lunges at the human Naruto, Naruto moves quickly to the right at the last minute, she turns slightly so that she lands close to the tree instead of ramming into it. They've currently been doing this for about four hours now and Naruto has only a slight sweat going on while they've lost energy about an hour into this.
-Ug! I can't take this! Stand still!- Rachel bellows and rears onto her back legs and lets loose a large roar. -I think this match goes to him.- Cassie says with amusement lacing her tone. –I agree, he's just has too much staying power.- Ax admits. She glances to where Cassie is watching them, the daughter of the pair of vets had objected to their punishment of locking him in a room for a week, claiming it to be too inhumane a punishment for Naruto, they don't know why Cassie thinks it inhumane since she explains that it's up to Naruto to tell them about it.
"So, you guys tired yet?" Naruto asks, taking what appears to be a relax position. They weren't fooled though; he's still able to switch with inanimate objects in any stance. Rachel growls but begins to de-morph. –Fine, you win.- Rachel snarls. Naruto chuckles and says, "You know, you kind of remind me of Neji or maybe Sasuke when you do that."
She's heard of Sasuke, the older Animorphs talked about the human that was on the side of Howlers and that Naruto had fought while destroying a bunch of locate buildings. "Neji is?" Marco asks. "Hinata's cousin. His considered a genius even if he does come from the branch side of the family." Naruto says.
Cassie speaks up before anyone can ask anymore question. "How about this, instead of having him spend a whole week in solitary confinement, he tells us about his life from the moment he became a genin?" Cassie says and almost everyone blinks at that. –We really don't know too much about him, it seems like a fair exchange.- Ax muses and in the end, they all more or less agree to the replacement punishment. Naruto sighs and soon the blond leads the way back to the base, it still ekes her that Naruto doesn't seem any worst for wear from the battle they had just had. 'Where does he get all of his energy from?' She wonders as she follows the whiskered marked blond through the forest.
/ Naruto/
They're all seated in the cafeteria, he glances at everyone, all the parents, siblings, even a few Hork-Bajir that were with Toby, Loren and Erek were also among the crowd seated around the large room. The Animorphs were sitting with their parents, though not Blue, Danielle, Kit, and Nath since their parents weren't here.
"You're all here to listen to my life before I arrive here. Some of you know I'm not from this reality and to most of you this might be news. My military rank where I come from is that of genin, and that is a rookie. I graduated from the academe in the spring when I was twelve years old." He says, he pauses as he collects his thoughts before he continues. "I actually failed the official graduation the day before Iruka-sensei passed me. You see, my worst jutsu was creating a simple bunshin, or clone jutsu that they taught at the academe…"
It took him hours to tell them everything; he didn't attempt to hide the fact that he's a demon container to a nine-tailed fox. He went on to tell them of his genin team, of the mission to Wave country and of how he came relate to Haku, of how the country named their bridge after him. He then paused as he came to the chuunin examine, it took him about five minutes before he began the events that lead through the examination, of the true purpose of the written test, of how he got swallowed by a really big snake, he spoke bitterly of the events that lead up to Orochimaru placing a curse seal on Sasuke. He spoke of how the traitor Kabuto had been so damn helpful in helping them get to the tower, of what the two scrolls were and how they summoned Iruka.
He then narrates the preliminary fights, telling them of Sasuke's fight to keep the curse seal from taking him over during his fight, of his fight with Kiba and Akamaru, and especially about Hinata's fight with her cousin, Neji which lead to him promising not to lose to Neji. He got around to the confutation between Gaara and Lee, of how even though Lee was unconscious he still stood up, even though his arm and leg were broken beyond repair.
He noticed how moved many were when he told them that, all of them were riveted to his story. He told them about the month break before the third part began, of how when he asked Kakashi, his jonin instructor pushed his request aside and how he got Ero-sennin to take over his training. He noticed the looks most of the female population had when he told them about the old man's peeping habits. He told them how Ero-sennin pushed him into a steep chasm and how he confronted the Kyuubi to give him chakra to summon the boss toad, Gamabunta.
He reported the incident between Gaara, Shikamaru, and himself in Lee's hospital room. Of how Gai-sensei's appearance makes Gaara leave the room without a fight. He then skips to the tournament.
He informs the group of how Sasuke hadn't appeared at the beginning of the tournament. He spoke of his fight with Neji, of the conversation going on during the fight, and how he won the fight. Then he continues on to how Shino's fight never happened since Kankurou forfeit before the fight even began. He smirks a bit as he tells how he pushed Shikamaru over the side of the balcony so he can have his match against Temari.
Then he spoke of how Sasuke appears about the time he's about to be disqualified. He even tells them of the encounter between Gaara and a pair of ninja that wanted him to forfeit. He spoke of how they races up the stair to find Kakashi so he can stop the fight, he informs them of his teacher's relaxed state on hearing their report.
He pauses slight before he describes the fight between Sasuke and Gaara. He shivers slightly at the very memory of Sasuke using a chidori. He continues on, determine to tell them everything of what happened in that match and about what happened later, when he confronted Gaara in order to save Sakura from being crushed to death by a hand made out of sand.
He then admits that he could see himself in Gaara since they both were containers of demons and they both were hated by their respective villages. He told them of how Gaara used a jutsu to force himself to sleep to allow the demon that dwelled within him to surface, he told of how the sand created a frickin' huge raccoon dog and how he managed to summon Gamabunta again.
Once he finished telling them of the Third's funeral, he spoke of how Ero-sennin took him away from the village in order to find the old man's remaining loyal team mate, Tsunade who looked in her twenties was actually in her fifties. He mentions how Sasuke ended in a coma after confronting his murderous elder brother, of how Gai-sensei took Sasuke back to the village. He talked about the three steps of mastering the Rasengan and how he made a bet with Tsunade that if he mastered the final step in a week that she would not only return to Hidden Leaf, but give him the necklace that belonged to the Firth Hokage.
He even brought out the necklace from under his shirt for them to see it, as he proudly spoke of the battle between them and their two enemies, Orochimaru and Kabuto. He admitted that he almost died from a critical injury that Kabuto inflicted on him. He then told them of what Shizune told him what happened when Tsunade finished saving his life.
He notices the startled looks when he tells them about Tsunade summoning the slug boss to help Gamabunta battle Manda, the snake boss. He tells them about what happened the next day, of how Tsunade put the necklace around his neck and kissed him on the forehead.
He got around to telling them about their mission to Snow country. He mentions about the race where they encountered Ibiki's younger brother and how they had to take a ship back to Hidden Leaf because of Sasuke's injuries. He takes a few minutes before he started on the battle on the hospital's roof. How easily Sasuke decided to use chidori in that battle, so he can see which was stronger.
He spoke how Kakashi interrupted their fight, sending them flying into water towers. He bitterly mentioned how he got scowled by Kakashi while Sasuke left. He then tells them what Sasuke did between the time he last saw the Teme and the next time they met, of how Sasuke betrayed Hidden Leaf to get revenge on his elder brother.
He spoke of the fights that Choji, Neji, Shikamaru, Kiba and his canine partner Akamaru had as he added Lee to their number when the jumper clad genin appeared to take on the guy with a bone manipulation jutsu so he can pursue Sasuke who was getting away. It took him about ten minutes before he found his voice to tell them of the battle between them at Valley of the End. He got emotional as he repeats Sasuke's and his words during the fight.
He told them of how Sasuke was willing to kill him to get the final version of the Sharingan. He told them bitterly of how many times the Kyuubi saved him during the battle by healing his injures. He even mentions that it's the first time he summons a tail of power from the great beast. And how Sasuke was able to activate level two of his cursed seal, of what Sasuke looked like when he had.
He pauses after he finishes what happened at Valley of the End, how he woke at the hospital. He wipes the tears from his face with the back of his sleeve, trying to regain control over his emotions. He can tell that there wasn't a dry eye in the audience, even the Chee's holographic faces were crying.
It's not long before he's done telling them of how he spent time with the other teams, doing missions with them and just hanging out with them. He then tells them of how Ero-sennin took him away from the village so that the old man can train him while the old man could check up on his spy network. He also mentioned what he had been doing before he found himself in this world that's so totally different then what he's use to.
Silence hangs between them once he's done telling them about his life before he arrived. He blinks as he notices a few empty boxes of Puffs plus on the tables, of the trash cans that were spread out around the room. He swallows nervously, not sure what's going to happen now.
-You lived through all of that?- Tobias asks, he detects a hint of awe and respect in Tobias's tone. "I didn't see any reason to lie; you guys do deserve to know who I am and where I come from." He says honestly. "I think we should head off to bed, it's a bit pass midnight and we can all use a good night sleep after hearing such a long tale." Loren says.
Soon they're heading off to bed; he glances over to where Toby is and watches as she leads the small group of Hork-Bajir out of the room. He sighs and gets off the table he's been sitting on, he find that he's stiff but he manages to walk out of the room under his own power. He notes the distant look on Erek's face, he wonders if the two Chee broadcast the whole tale over their collective network. He shakes his head, too tired at the moment to think beyond his need to sleep.
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He yawns as he wakes, he glances about the room, he realises that he's not in his usual bedroom. It takes him a few minutes before he remembers where he is and why he's sleeping at the base. He sighs and sits up, he notices that Ax is also resting in the same room as he is.
He yawns and stretches his arms, he watches as Ax goes from sleeping to full alert; he puts it down to the fact that Ax's ancestors were prey beasts. It takes Ax about two minutes before Ax fully wakes; he's sitting at the edge of the bed with his legs hanging over the side.
They study each other for a few moments before he gets off the bed and heads to the door, he heads to the cafeteria in hopes of getting something to eat. His stomach complains about being empty, he remembers how they missed supper since they were busy listening to his tale. His nose registers the smell of bacon; his mouth begins to water and his stomach growls loudly, protesting that nothing has yet to be coming down his throat.
He encounters others heading towards the cafeteria for breakfast. He nods to Rachel's younger siblings and holds the door open for them, they look thankful as they enter into the mess hall. He notices Loren and Cassie's mom serving food. He sits down and soon enough, a plate filled with two pancakes and a few stripes of bacon.
He sighs once he's done with eating what's on the plate; it took the edge off his hunger. He glances around, noticing that Tom's sitting with Marco and his dad. Rachel's siblings were sitting not that far from them and a human Tobias enters into the room. Tobias scans around and on spotting him, the dirty blond teen walks towards his spot.
"Hey." Tobias says and he returns the greeting. Soon enough, Cassie's mom appears with a plate of pancakes and stripes of bacon. Tobias thanks her and digs in. He notices a juice pitcher with come glasses; he gets up and pours Tobias and himself a glass each. On returning, he puts a glass by Tobias and drinks from his glass. He notices that it's peach drink, he shrugs it off, though he makes a note to buy more drink mixes so they have a wider selection.
"Naruto, do you mind if I ask you to do something?" Tobias asks. He perks up and looks at Tobias with questioning eyes. "Do you know if it's possible to extend morphing time?" Tobias asks. He blinks and replies, "I've never had to worry about the limit since in a way, since it's kind of like another form of chakra control. I didn't want to make you guys feel inadequate by that fact." Tobias looks relieved and interreges about that. "I think you guys can learn chakra control since you guys do use chakra when you morph. It's just a matter of concentration and a lot of practice." He says thoughtfully. "But then, this would be so much easier if we had Hinata or Neji with us so they can help see what we're doing when we morph." He adds. "But you're willing to teach us then?" Tobias asks and he nods. "Might as well, I could use the practice for when I get my own genin team." He muses and Tobias just looks relieved that he's willing to teach them.
To be continued …