Chapter 5- Calcifer

Years have passed now since I had my first taste of the surface. The devil thought I needed much more training before I could start going up again but all I could think of was how close I was…I was almost right back home with Tsunade, all of my friends, Sarutobi, the villagers that kindly welcomed me and helped me after my father's death…and of course, Kakashi. Then I thought about what happened when I saw my mother for the first time since that night…was she forced to do what she did? This whole dilemma is what keeps me motivated to become stronger and I plan on becoming the best so I could do all that I can to save my family and friends.

"Miss Akamine?" I heard a frightful crackly voice say behind me.

It ruined my train of thought to turn and see Daichi, a large and very scary looking demon behind me. For 2 years now, he has been my assistant…or as far as I know, he is the devil's spy until he learns to trust me.

"Yes Daichi, what is it?" I asked in a bored tone.

"Well, his almighty great one is away on business and has asked me to give you this." He said as he handed me a scroll.

I opened it and noticed right away that this is a summoning contract.

"What am I to summon?"

"Come with me." He said as he walked through the cave towards a large room surrounded by lava.

"How is this showing me what I am to summon?" I asked with impatience.

"Look mistress, over there on that island." He said as he pointed into a direction that I followed with my eyes.

I couldn't really see anything and quite frankly, I wanted to smack Daichi for making me feel old and blind.

"Water style, giant vortex jutsu!" I said loudly as I summoned water from one of the holes in the cave and a giant wave came crashing into the lava.

The steam felt nice on my skin but I was too curious to really enjoy the giant sauna I created. I jumped down and landed hard on the solid molten lava that cooled from my jutsu and walked closer to the direction that Daichi pointed to earlier. I suddenly came close to a large object that looked to be some sort of animal. It raised its head in my direction and that's when I saw that it was a giant wolf. This wolf was 100 times bigger than the wolves in the Inuzuka clan and much more fierce looking. It was white with black markings around its face and chest with a tale made of fire to complete its look. It seemed to have noticed my presence and whimpered a bit.

"This is Chiya. She is blind but she feels your strength." Daichi said as he stopped next to me.

It was kind hurting my neck to look so far up to see her face since she sat up straight with poise.

"This is your summon. Chiya's blindness will not affect you or her once she is summoned. Her fighting and tracking skills make her the most feared wolf to ever roam hell. Her pack counts over 184 wolves at your disposal and the devil expects that you help to train her pup and use him as another one of your summons." He said with a jealous hiss.

"Alright, I'll bite. Why is he giving them to me?" I asked with my arms crossed as I kept my eyes locked on Chiya's.

"Because of your heritage, your gifts from your father…" He said.

"My Kekki Genkai? The Wolf sight?"

"Yes! The devil thought it would be good if you could use the wolf sight after you run out of chakra for reaper sight. These would be your comrades to help you through tough missions against very powerful ninja and maybe even jinchurikis. So, do we have an agreement?" He asked with a crackle to his voice as his disgusting figure leaped a bit for joy at pleasing his master.

I looked at the mother and saw she had many scars from being trained or punished…

"If I agree to this, I train them and treat them the way I want and no one else is allowed to but only me." I said seriously to him.

"Well aren't we territorial. Fine, just sign here with your blood." He said as he kept his creepy smile pasted on his ugly mug.

I did what was needed and smiled as he left.

"Oh my good lady…what have they done to you?" I said with a bit of sorrow as I inched closer to her.

She growled at me a bit as a small warning and the pup hit behind her.

"I hold your safety now. I'm not going to harm you." I said as I inched closer.

She looked right at me as if she wasn't blind. I reached out my hand part way in respect to her and waited for her to move closer to touch my hand in approval. It took her a moment and then she slowly inched her face the rest of the way until her soft muzzle touched my hand.

"You can never really trust anyone down here…but I feel something different in you..." She said as she closed her eyes to my touch.

"All I ever wanted was to be good and accepted…" I whispered to her.

I felt like she was my mother too. The way she comforted me and trusted me so easily as a mother would do her own child…I've never felt something like that before…

"Hush now child. Don't let them see your emotions. Down here, you are emotionless…a monster. I respect you for your good soul and kind heart but they will do everything in their power to destroy your will. To show even the slightest disrespect for you is an instant death sentence so please…act as though you have no heart and it will make it easier for all of us to fear you."

"But I don't want you to fear me…" I said sadly as I looked at her.

"We are bonded now. We know that your good but outside this bond, everyone else sees you different now. Act tough and heartless and it will bring great trust and respect." She said before licking her pup to calm him down.

He suddenly moved closer to greet me and I knelt down to pick him up. I couldn't get over the fact that he had the softest fur in the world!

"See I have no desire to ever harm you young one." I said as I stroked his head and ears.

He licked my cheek in approval and I smiled before letting him down to run around.

"Where are the rest of you?" I asked.

"Our strongest warriors sleep deeper in the caves but I keep my pup and I up here to protect him until he grows bigger." She says as she lies down but keeps her head held high.

"What's his name?" I asked.

"I have not named him yet…I haven't been able to come up with anything." She said.

"Well let's think…" I said as I sat down on the large rock we were on and began to think.

She got up and moved to where I was and curled herself around me protectively to give my back something to sort of lay on. She too was just as soft and warm as her pup.

"What about Calcifer?" I asked as I looked at the pup whom played with the lava bubbled that spat out of a crack.

"No puppy no! That's hot! ('o')"

I launched a bit towards the pup only to receive a bit of a giggle from the mother.

"It's alright. We demon wolves are immune to fire and extreme heat." She said as she licked my arm.

o_O;; I should have known…Man I can be a real blonde sometimes…

"Calcifer huh? I like it." She then said.

"Good. I like it too. I think it suites him. So since you're immune to fire, water must damage you greatly…" I said as I looked up at her.

"Presisely."

"Well I will do the best I can during battle to protect you." I said as I got up.

"No, it is us whom will protect you. Someone like you really doesn't fit down here. But before you go, I must introduce you to someone." She said.

Suddenly she let out a bit of a howl.

I heard some howls and suddenly a few wolves came out from one side of the cave and ran playfully towards the mother wolf.

"Until Calcifer is a bit bigger and old enough to be on his own, I must stay down here to guide him. These will be my replacement summons for you. This is ShadowStalker, Ulva, Mayumi, and Hina. These are Calcifer's older sisters and one of the strongest female wolf warriors. They will track for you and protect you." She said as the wolves sat by my side and looked at me with respect before licking my hands.

"They are beautiful. Does each of them have abilities?" I asked as I kneeled down to stroke their necks.

"I have the ability to capture shadows using my teeth; this allows me to also swing objects just by their shadows...like trees and giant boulders for example." Shadowstalker spoke to me with a bubbly personality and a goofy wolf smile.

"I can absorb chakra from the enemy by biting them and then transfer it into your chakra stream. I have also been well known to strategize and plan fast." Ulva said.

"Hina and I team up as medical wolves to help heal the injured and attack in combos. Hina however, has the strongest nose out of us all." Mayumi said as she playfully pounced on Hina.

"Impressive! I didn't think wolves could have abilities like these!" I said in amazement.

"Down here, the devil has granted us chakra that allows us to do the unthinkable. His chakra is the strongest out of anything on the surface…it can only be matched by all of the jinchurikis put together. Those are the beasts that have found ways to escape from being down here." The mother said.

"So I take it that we were traded off mother?" Hina said.

"Yes. We no longer belong to the devil. We now belong to Tsukiko." The wolf said wisely.

"Don't think of it as me owning you. I don't know how he has trapped you guys like this but normal summons usually find their ninja companion to summon them like the wise frogs whom found and trained Jiraiya, a legendary Sanin. I was given you by someone who has trapped you and has now forced you to work with me. I will find a way to free all of you too so you can find your own worthy ninja companions to be your comrades." I said with a smile.

They all looked at me in shock and I suddenly laughed.

"Well nothing is going to get done if I just dilly dally down here! I must go train and become stronger!" I said again before running off.

"I'm glad you were forced onto me! I think we will make a great team!" I then shouted before leaving the large room to find my own personal training space.

Once I was out of reach to hear, I whispered something to myself.

"You don't belong down here either."

Yay hell is more bearable now that Kiki has friends! I have to say, I added wolves because in my life, I grew up around wolves and I have a half wolf half malamute dog and I think he and other wolves understand me. I always feel safest around them. SO thanks for reading and I'm glad I was able to publish before midnight since the world is suppose to end and all lol. Thanks for reading and let me know how I'm doing pretty please!

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