Byakuya
Chapter 18
Character Profile:
Name: Bafuku no Yuki (Yuki of Waterfall)
Age: 16 (male)
Status: Missing nin from the waterfall country was a chuunin before he left.
Jinchuuriki: Hosts the demon Rokubi no Raijuu, the six tailed demon that takes the form of a weasel.
Looks: Pink hair, average height and dark purple eyes.
Whereabouts right now: At the Coven taking care of Drake (Minoru).
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"What do you mean, you don't know! You started screaming for no apparent reason, brat!" Tsunade huffed, trying to smooth out the fabric of her kimono as Naruto started to slide off the hokage's desk. Naruto pulled up the end of his black tank top, an action that was not missed by the Hokage. Kakashi cleared his throat and left the room, leaving behind him an uncomfortable silence.
The door closed with a silent click and Naruto let the hem of his top fall to cover his stomach partially, happy that the seal wasn't showing. Tsunade walked behind her desk and slouched on her chair, sighing.
"Listen… if this has something to do with the Kyuubi—"Tsunade began when Naruto waved his hand impatiently and cut her off.
"—I don't think it has…" Naruto started, and seeing the Gondaime's skeptical look, hurried to explain. "I mean! I don't think it has to do with the demon itself…"
Tsunade looked confused for a moment before ordering Naruto to explain. Naruto backed a bit so that he was standing in the middle of the round room so that he could pace easier. His blond brows furrowed slightly as he started to try to remember what some of the scrolls he had earlier read at the Coven had said.
"You know of the voting system, right? Where the Hokage has 8 points, each clan-head and council member one; along with outside points, right? Of course you know; you're the Hokage…" Naruto rambled while walking around the office. He was silent for a moment before he stopped in front of the Yondaime's picture.
And then he said the last thing Tsunade had ever expected to hear him say; it came out of the blue, completely catching her off guard.
"I know Yondaime is my father."
Tsunade's eyes widened and her elbow slipped off the table where it had been, resulting in her hitting her jaw on the desk. She flinched.
"A little warning before you came with statements like that." She huffed, though her eyes couldn't meet his, and Naruto knew it was true. It warmed his heart on some level, because it was so much easier to see someone acknowledge it, than just read it off an old scroll.
"There's a reason to this explanation. You know of outside votes. Small allied nations that have four independent votes, and which one can over throw the council with. I stayed at the Coven a few years back, near the southern border. They have three out of four of these votes, and Kisho was making some plans to take over even the fourth vote so that the council can have some political power."
"Who is Kisho?"
"He is a Jinchuuriki. Like me." Naruto answer, no humor left in his voice. "Kisho is… no one's really talked about which country he came from… But he's always been at the coven, or at least since he was really small. He's in charge of it now. He is the host of Gobi no Houkou, the five tailed dog demon."
"…"
"..There are others too, of course. I know of six other Jinchuuriki's, but I'm afraid I can't tell you about their whereabouts or anything of the sort. It's safer so, what with the Akatsuki after us."
"So what you are saying is… that you Jinchuuriki's have met with each other and… allied?" Tsunade asked, shocked, some distaste in her voice at the thought of a possible superpower; after all the Jinchuuriki's were known to be powerful.
"Regrouped. It…it's not like…-I'm still a Konoha ninja, baa-chan." Naruto said, his voice slightly hurt that Tsunade would ever doubt his loyalty.
"I'm sorry, Naruto, I never meant it like that…"
"Yes you did. That's exactly what you meant." Naruto answered his voice hard, but not cold. For a moment Tsunade was shocked. Naruto had… grown up.
Tsunade stayed silent, and after a moment Naruto continued.
"The thing about the Coven is… I mean, It's huge… Not… There aren't many people there, it isn't a village, and yet… This thing is ancient, baa-chan. In a way you could never believe. There are… basements, temples, sacred places in there, for—..." Naruto's voice broke off, his voice full of pain.
"For?"
"For us. The Jinchuuriki. There are scrolls, about the demons, our seals, about everything. The Yondaime came from the Coven. There are records, there are journals…memories. It's a... place where the death lingers, you know?"
"I've been to places like that, yes."
"There…" Naruto cracked, on the verge of telling how it had affected him to learn what his fathers name was off a musty old scroll, but then thought better of it. He needed to stay on the subject. "…the seal doesn't allow to Kyuubi to affect me unless I allow it, like when I am mad, but… there are records about demon chakra affecting people. Humans…-Humans Aren't meant for this shit! Our bodies can't take it… I'm surprised that Yei and Kisho even made it over their awakening…" Naruto muttered near the end.
"Yei?"
"Ano, she's the host of-…" Naruto started to explain before he noticed that he had almost given off important information. "—Oy! Stop trying to trick information out of me!" Naruto protested while sending a weak glare at Tsunade.
"Sorry Naruto, but you know it's for the protection of the village…" Tsunade started again, trying to sway Naruto on her side. Naruto cut her off again, surprising her.
"Bullshit!" Naruto exclaimed while slamming a kunai into the hard wooden floor in front of Tsunade's desk. Tsunade flinched when she saw the expensive wooden floor crack slightly, the kunai imbedded deep into the floor. "That's bullshit, and you know it!" Naruto took off his black boots, kicking the heavy leather things under Sandaime's portrait. He flexed his toes, apparently happy with the freedom. Naruto drew a deep breath before setting his serious eyes on the Hokage.
"Look, baa-chan, I'd much rather have you with me, than against me. I think the question here is; do you trust me to be able to handle this?" Naruto finally asked, waiting an answer from the woman he had in his mind named as his grand-mother. Tsunade swallowed, hesitation filling her eyes.
"Oh, Naruto, you know I trust you, but this is different. This is about the Kyuubi! About demons! I just can't… let our personal affairs get on the way of the safety of the village." She said her voice full of regret. Naruto nodded, sighing.
"All right then. Then you can trust me to tell you what you need to know, to insure the villages safety, and nothing else was ever spoken of…right?" Naruto then stepped on top of the kunai he had struck into the floor earlier, setting the smooth ring at the end of the kunai between his toes and the ball of his feet.
"Agreed. Now would you please tell me more about why you started screaming suddenly?"
"Well… This isn't the first time this has happened. I was with Gaara earlier today, and suddenly I could sense every chakra…everywhere, I think." Naruto explained, noticing how Tsunade's eyes widened comically.
"Are you serious! Can you tell differences between chakras?" Tsunade asked fast, her voice exited; just as Naruto craned his back to lean back on the kunai so that he had both his feet and fingers on the kunai, with his stomach facing towards the ceiling.
"Yep… I could sense all the Jinchuuriki's last time… I could sense a strange yellow and a turquoise chakra, but I got my suspicions about the rest, especially the lilac chakra. The rest of them were just these blue flares of energy, so to say. This time, at the gate though, I could feel a difference between people chakra's, like how Neji's chakra stood out really well, and I could kind of sense this connection between him and Hinata…" Naruto said, leaving out the fact that he had almost been consumed by the pain radiating off Drake.
"You realize what this means!" Tsunade asked exited. "This means if you can fine-tune this ability, you may be able to track down missing-nin for us, and even sense attacking forces before they arrive in Konoha!" She was almost yelling at the end, her brown eyes looking unnaturally bright as they glowed with excitement.
Naruto froze. No, he definitely hadn't thought about that.
"With this we could double our profits and complete recovery missions in half the time they usually take!" Tsunade continued, and Naruto started to feel a bit pressed. Sure, the ability would be good, but Naruto wasn't sure if he could actually tune it so good, especially if it never happened again.
"Don't you ever think about anything, but money, baa-chan!" Naruto snapped just as he twisted to the side slightly so that his spine cracked in several places along with his shoulders and neck. Tsunade rolled her eyes.
"I order you to try to work on this ability of yours. It could be a valuable asset to Konoha."
"Just like I'm to Konoha as our Fuketsu Koodori expert?" Naruto glared his voice only slightly sarcastic.
"But don't you see? You're only doing the S-A missions to get on the good side of the council so that you can advance to chuunin, jounin, and eventually to Hokage. But if you could start to track ninjas like that…then you wouldn't be required to do S-A missions anymore, because you would be too valuable asset to lose!" Tsunade hurried to explain, and Naruto's eyes glimmered with suppressed rage. He stepped down from the kunai before walking to stand in front of the hokage's desk. He placed his palms on the edge of the wooden table, setting his arms straight before leaning over and glaring at Tsunade.
"I don't do S-A missions just becauseI want to get on the good side of the council. I do it because Konoha needs it. Don't you ever dare to take away my intentions and turned them into a way to suck up to the council." Naruto said his eyes flashing red, and Tsunade was reminded that she was, indeed, talking to a Jinchuuriki of a tremendous power.
"I'm sorry. I don't seem to mean a lot of things today." Tsunade sighted before throwing a look at the window which showed that the streets of Konoha were rapidly darkening. "It's late. Let's finish this up as soon as possible. I'll arrange a meeting with the council tomorrow, at noon, and we'll have your hearing. Try to figure out something to show them about this ability of yours. It would give you plus points, so to speak." She said and he nodded.
"I'll work on it and see what I'll be able to accomplish. Now, I have a favor to ask from you. You see, I met this streetwalker in wave country, called Koichi…" Naruto started his tale, being careful to point out many sympathy points so that he could sway the Hokage on his side. Finally Tsunade receded.
"Fine, you can have him over until you can deliver him to this Council. But are you sure you need to spend so much time there? Three weeks is a long time and the missions are starting to pile up." She sighed. Naruto gathered his boots and slipped the black shoes onto his feet. Naruto walked to the door, in his intention to let his chuunin friends inside so that they could make their own reports about their missions, as Naruto had already given his to the Hokage. Naruto had almost stepped out when he turned to answer the Hokage.
"I'm cutting it close with three weeks, it's the least I'll need. Drake is sick and he's Pakku, Family; Part of my pack. I can't just turn my back on him when he needs me."
Tsunade nodded, her eyes void of emotion this time. She knew the value of family.
"All right! Sasuke-bastard, Neji-chan, Sakura-chan, Ten-Ten-bitch, Lee-kun and Kakashi-sensei! Come and make your reports so that we can leave this hellhole!" Naruto yelled into the hallway, his voice shrill and hyper. Ten-Ten glared at the nickname along with Neji and Sasuke, but then again, Sasuke glared at everything.
Naruto hid his sigh.
Meeting with the council tomorrow; which hates me and wants me dead and actually has the power to decide of it. Yay fucking yay.
Lucky me.
And in his hidden broodiness Naruto never noticed the intrigued look Sasuke threw at him.
He did, however, notice Kakashi glance at his stomach; his eyes gleaming, and Neji with his gaze surprised.
Perverts, the lot of them.
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A/N: Wow, I can't believe chapter 18 is here already! I really am trying to work in making even the slowest people understand this story, so I'll just put a character profile in front of some of the following chapters so you can stay on date with who and what which-ever jinchuuriki is.
And Kyaaaaaaaaah! I just noticed I have gotten over a hundred reviews, so you guys definitely deserve this chapter earlier than planned…
Oh, and the info about the demons names etc, are taken from Naruto HQ.
--Dark
And review! I'm starting to lose the inspiration gasp so I really need your encouragement.
