WELCOM BACK!
This train just keeps picking up steam.
I decide on the pairing, it's gonna be NarutoXTenten/Anko/Hitome/Hinata. Please no complaining people, the poll was clear, and I think the idea of NaruotXKyuubi is kinda neat, I mean who would understand our blond hero better than the being sealed in his gut?
Now then, ON TO THE STORY!
Chapter 4: First fight, and explanations
Momochi Zabuza stared at the blond before him in awe, 'He must have taken the deception lesson to heart.' The ex-Kiri ninja thought, dodging the shuriken, only to have to block a swipe from the polearm. He grunted as he felt a tingle in his arm.
"Like that? I'm channeling excess lightning Mako into the blade, giving it a slight electric charge." The blond states, as the shuriken returns to hover behind his head.
"Naruto! Be careful, that's Momochi Zabuza, an ex member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist!" Kakashi shouts, as the man smirks under his camo facemask.
"Ah, so I am known to you…"
"What? You mean to tell me that this is one of the legendary Seven Swordsmen? He's nothing compared to Genesis!" Naruto shouts, as his black as night wings appear and he leaps into the air "But, seeing as he's got your attention sensei, how bout I demonstrate a little more of my power?" he asks as he begins to glow a faint gold "Run through the woods in your endless hunt, feast on your fallen prey, and slay the week and insignificant. Hunt, Fenrir!" the bond shouts as he lofts his hand towards the sky, and a blue portal appears above his head. The portal slowly shift until it is vertical, and a large wolf leaps from the portal.
The wolf is massive, easily taller than the blond who summoned it, and was in fact a few inches taller than Kakashi. Its fur is a soft grey color, and out of the fur on its head, ten feathers sprouted, each longer than Naruto's arm, and white with a purple tip. On the beast's left shoulder is a caldron, which is a dark grey in color with bright blue glyphs on it. The bests growls at Zabuza and speaks, "So, you finally summon me Uzumaki?"
"Yup, thought I'd give no brows there a demonstration as to why he should give up on trying to kill the bridge builder."
"And you've convinced me… that you are nuts." Zabuza deadpans, making Naruto growl and the others chuckle at their blond teammate's expense.
"Shall I kill him?" the large wolf asks, lowering it head, and fixing Zabuza with a hungry stare, "I have not eaten a proper warrior in ages."
"Not today!" Zabuza roars, swing his Kubukiri Hocho in an over handed chop, only for the wolf to leap backwards much faster than its large form would suggest he was capable of doing.
The large wolf grinned evilly before leaping forward, its maw open wide.
The entire group gasped as Zabuza suddenly fell limp and a masked androgynous person appeared kneeling before the large wolf as it stopped its charge. "I thank you for helping me to capture the missing ninja, Momochi Zabuza, and will take my leave."
And before anyone could respond, the masked person disappeared in a poof of smoke, taking Zabuza and his massive blade with him.
"Well, that was…. Interesting…." Kakashi mutters, looking the large wolf over. "I see you finally got a Summons Naruto, though I thought the Inuzuka would not turn over their…"
"Foolish Ningen. I am not one of the Inuzuka's mutts; I am a much more powerful being. I am, a Scion!" The large wolf then howls out to the sky, before it dissolves in purple flames.
"As he stated, he's a part of a race known as Scions. I have three so far. Ifrit, Fenrir, and Shiva. Ifrit is the Scion for earth and fire, where I learned the quake spell from. Fenrir is simply an aid, mostly battle/ tracking. And Shiva is the Scion of Darkness and Ice."
"What?" Is Sakura's question as she stares at the blond in confusion. "What's a Scion?"
"They are, in essence, a force of nature given a form of flesh. I'm in the process of gaining Bahamut, the Dragon King." Naruto replies.
"As if." Sasuke states with a scoff, "Like some second rate loser could…" Anything he would have said after that is cut off as two portals appear on either side of Naruto, and out step two very different people, or beings.
The first looks like a large ape crossed with a dog, with fire for a mane, and a pair of horns on the top if its head. Its skin is a dull brown flecked with red. And it growls at Sasuke.
The second is a woman, though unlike any seen before by those in attendance. She is a soft pale blue with clothing that seemed to flutter around in an unseen wind, and to change upon a whim from an ancient robe, to battle armor, all made of snow and ice.
"The large ape/dog thing is Ifrit." At Naruto's words, the newly dubbed Ifrit snarls at the blond.
"I told you I am NOT an ape/ dog thing, I am the element fire turned flesh and bone!"
"And yet, you still look like something the cat dragged in." the second being speaks, with a smirk on her face as the large beast snarls at her.
"Yea, well at least I don't look like a popsicle, Shiva." Ifrit retorts.
"Wow." Is Anko's response, "Any chance I could get a Scion Naru-kun?" Anko asks excitedly.
"Depends on if any of them see something they admire in you. Shiva picked me because I refuse to give in, and never let up. Ifrit, I simply proved that I'm strong enough to deserve him in a series of tests. And as for Bahamut, I have to earn his respect by fulfilling a quest."
"Which is?" Kakashi asks interestedly, his little orange book nowhere to be seen.
"I got to find his blade, then return it to him. It looks like this." Here Naruto pulls out a small scroll, with a drawing depicting a rather massive blade.
"HEY! That's the blade of the man who protects Gato! The bastard kills anyone who gets to close to the midget!" Tazuna shouts, staring at the blade in slight fear.
"Huh, that was simpler than old Hard-scales made it sound, huh kid?" Ifrit asks, looking at a frowning Naruto.
"Indeed, but apparently in order to claim it, ill have to defeat the man who stole it… lovely…."
*Later that day*
Naruto and company, sans a pair of bickering Scions, arrive at Tazuna's house incident free.
"So, what now?" Sakura asks.
"Well, for starters, training. You two," Kakashi points at the raven and pinkette, "Are seriously lacking in the skills department."
"And what about the dead last?" Sasuke asks, "Gonna give him some special attention so he can one day hope to…"
"Nope. I'm gonna train in perfecting my control over my weapons, as well as try to perfect my spells." Naruto says with a shrug, "I can't do Ninjutsu because my chakra reserves are so large, that I'd overpower almost any jutsu. So I'm learning how to change my Chakra into Mako, which is much more potent and powerful, though the spells I cast with it only use a required amount, its useful to have the ability to use more than a few spells at a time."
As he talks Cloud and Company appear behind him, "And, its time he learned how to do the stronger spells." Sephiroth says.
"Huh?" Anko asks.
"I can only use the weakest spells at the moment, but I'm just about to the point where I can learn the slightly stronger versions."
"Whoa, whoa. You mean that quake spell you used was the weakest you can use?" Tazuna questions as Kakashi sweat-dropped.
"Yup." Here Naruto draws his blade. "This ninjato is special, as I get stronger, it will grow alongside me. When it becomes a full sized Katana, I'll be at my full power, and all my Chakra will turn into Mako energy, meaning I'll be able to tap into the Lifestream much easier."
"What does the Lifestream allow you to do?" Tazuna asks, as his daughter and grandson look at the blond in awe.
"Well for starters, I will be much stronger and faster than even my dad. And as far as special abilities, my healing factor; which isn't from Hitome, will become almost instantaneous. I'll be impervious to poison and most low level demons and monsters will steer clear of me."
"Monsters?" Tsunami asks, slightly shocked. At her words, the nearby ground begins to rumble and fracture.
"Yup, such as these guys." Naruto says, turning around to face the opening fissure.
Out crawl several dozen skeletal beings, with golden armor and odd circular shields, which have four curved points on them. They each carry a blade in their left hand, which is held in a reverse grip. "Wow…. Didn't think this place was so heavily infested." Cid says, his unlit cigarette nearly falling from his lips.
"Feh, show those punks what your capable of Naruto!" Yuffie shouts, as she and all the others glow white then disappear.
"With Pleasure." Naruto says with a smirk, as Yuffie's shuriken form appears in his hand, "Lets party, Kisarigi!" Naruto then leaps forward and throws the shuriken, and smirks as Tsuurugi appears in his hands.
Team seven, Anko, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari stare at the blond in awe as he seems to dance among the throng of odd creature, switching from one weapon to the other seamlessly, and dispatching the demons with ease.
"How about some music?" Cat Sith says, appearing on Anko's shoulder, a boom box in hand. He hits the play button, and a very fast paced, aggressive song begins to play.
*Cue Song 'Sent to Destroy' By Combichrist*
Naruto laughs loudly as one of them come up behind him, only for Kisarigi to fly into its back and rotate at high speeds. "Gotta be faster than that!" Naruto says in odd joy, ducking under a thrust from one of the demons, and leaping upward, catching the demon's chin with his fist. Highwind appears in his hand, and he proceeds to deliver multiple vicious hits to the demon in the air, before switching to Tsuurugi and smashing the demonic skeleton into the ground.
"What are those things?" Sakura asks in horror, and screams as a pair turns and advances on the group.
"Death Knights." A new voice says, as a flash of silver bisects one of the newly dubbed Death Knights, and it falls to the ground in two. The man is tall, nearly six foot, with long black hair that is streaked with blood-red. He wears a simple outfit that is similar to Naruto's. A black as night cloak over a blood-red t-shirt, with a pair of black hamakas and black combat boots with a quarter inch thick metal plates on the toes and heels. "OI GAKI! You missed a few!" The man shouts, turning and driving his nodachi into the second Death Knight's helm, then lifts it skyward and laughs as black blood rains onto him.
Sakura stands rooted to the spot at the way he simply slew the demons, almost as if he had done it before.
Kakashi and Anko pale as they look at the newcomer.
"Yea, yea, like it matters. Sensei and Anko-chan could have handled those two!" Naruto shouts, as he ducks under a thrust from one Death Knight and stabs another through the chest with Masamune.
"Tsk, tsk boy. What have I told you about over, or under, estimating your opponent/allies?" He questions before he snaps his fingers and a Death Knight is turned into a pin cushion for hundreds of long needle thin shadow tendrils.
"That either could cost you your life or your allies their own." Naruto chimes off, spinning around a Death Knight's over the head chop, and slicing it in half via a horizontal slash with Tsuurugi.
*A few moments later*
"Well, that was fun." Naruto says, smiling at everyone sans the newcomer, who simply sighed and shot Naruto a look.
"You know, you are still a knucklehead… an I have no idea how to remedie it… at all…" The man says, making Kakashi and Anko laugh lightly as Naruto simply smiles bigger and 'cheeses'.
"So… who are you exactly?"
"Well… I have no name that I remember, but most call me Sensei, Master, Teacher, or in the case of my enemies, Kazeshini (Wind Death)." The man says with a smirk.
"What the hell kind of name is that?" Sakura questions, then screams when the man disappears and reappears right behind her, holding a kunai to her throat.
"It's a moniker Sakura. Like how Zabuza's is 'The Demon of the Bloody Mist' and mine is 'Sharingan no Kakashi' or 'Copy-cat Ninja'." Kakashi says, as Kazeshini moves away from the pink banshee.
"You forgot Anko's sensei, it's 'Konoha's Snake Mistress'." Naruto says as he sits down outside in a meditative pose.
"Dobe, teach me how to access this 'Lifestream'. If a dobe like can do it, then I should be able to use it far more effectively." Sasuke says arrogantly, while looking down his nose at the blonde.
"No can do Sasuke." Is Naruto's reply which makes Anko and Kazeshini smirk. Kakashi gives a perverted giggle that causes Sakura to inch away from him as Anko and Kazeshini struggle to keep from laughing at the scene in front of them.
Sasuke is demanding Naruto teach him to use the Lifestream, while Naruto simply ignores him.
""Who do you think you are, ignoring an Uchiha like this? You should be doing as I tell you, I am your better Uzumaki."
"No."
"What?"
"You are not my better Sasuke, you are a spoiled brat playing at being a Ninja. When those two 'Demon' Brothers, Miezu and Gozu attacked, you and Sakura froze up, forcing me to take them both on. Though if I do say so myself, which I do, I took care of them easily enough."
There is a cough behind the blond as Cloud and Vincent appear on either side of the blond and scowl at him. "You did have help, Uzumaki."
"Oh…. Eh-eh… thanks again for all the help you guys give me…." The blond chuckles nervously as Vincent sighs and shakes his head before both he and Cloud vanish.
"Why would I not be able to use the Lifestream?"
"Right there. You're talking about it like its some weapon, but it's not. It is the very heart of life. Every animal and person that has ever lived or ever will live is in there. Some, such as myself, can commune with the spirits there. One day… you, me and everyone here will be nothing more than glittering lights in its depths. Some who die are allowed back out, if they did not complete their mission in life… and…" Suddenly the blond began to tear up and looked away from Sasuke with a muttered, 'Kaa-san'.
"Naruto, you ok?" Anko asks, nealing down beside him even as Kazeshini moves Sasuke away from the blone and sits before him and puts a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Not really… The other day when I was training by myself, I decided to try and call a spirit from the Lifestream to talk to, maybe learn something interesting from a time long gone… and the spirit that answered… was my mom's…"
Kakashi's single visible eye widened and his book dropped with a thud, and Anko gasped in shock.
"Had a feeling it would happen sooner or later… what did she say?" Sephiroth's deep voice rumbles out as the others appear beside him.
"She told me she was watching me at all times, and was so proud of the young man I am…. I just can't believe she and Tou-san did what they did… they had the best interests of everyone at heart…"
"That they did kit." Hitome's voice rings out, as she appears in the blonde's lap as a small three tailed fox. "I knew your mom personally Naruto-kun, I mean she was my Jinchuriki before you."
"Yea… and she told me about your 'experiments' with her and Tou-san… it was… awkward to say the least…" The blond says with a straight face, making everyone sans Sakura and Sasuke laugh.
*Until Next TIME!*