Disclaimer: I've recently been thinking about things. Important things. Like, what am I doing with my life, where am I going, and why the hell don't I own Naruto or Yu Yu Hakusho. I don't have an answer to that last one yet. But rest assured oh faithful readers that I will.
Oh yes, soon I will.
Chapter 4: Can't Keep a Demon Down
As soon as Naruto exited Konoha, he made his way into the thicket of trees that surrounded the hidden village, traveling through them via tree hopping until he felt they were sufficiently far enough away that no one would detect what they were doing.
"So what do we do now?" Naruto asked, despite the fact that no one could be seen. Were any hypothetical witness watching they would have sweat dropped before declaring the blond clinically insane.
Kyuubi uncurled herself from his neck and hopped out from underneath his cloak, transforming into her Hanyou form in mid air. She landed on the ground and turned to Naruto, "well I figured the first thing we need to do is get you accustomed to your new body and powers. To do that, we're going to go to the cursed planes in Makai. We'll get you some battle experience against some of the lesser demons."
"So how are we going to get to Makai?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow. While everyone had heard the many myths that surrounded the supposed underworld, a world in which demons roamed free and only the strongest survived. At least that was the information he had grown up on. No human had ever been to Makai, so no one actually knew anything about it.
"We'll perform the ritual to open a gate to Makai," Kyuubi replied matter of factly. "The first thing we need is demon blood to draw out the seals needed to open the gate. After that, it's just a simple matter of summoning enough youki to open the gate."
Naruto nodded and was about to take out a kunai when Kyuubi used her claws to cut into herself. Blood flowed from the wound that was quite deep. Despite that, the red-haired beauty didn't even flinch.
Naruto, however, did.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Naruto asked, shocked that she would so callously injure herself.
Kyuubi looked at him and blinked in a confused fashion, "I'm using my blood to write the ritual. Is that a problem, Naruto-Sama?"
"Well…" Naruto watched as Kyuubi began writing a complex seal on the trees. "I suppose not, I just thought we were going to use my blood…"
"Don't be silly, Naruto-sama," Kyuubi said chidingly as she cut her palms again as they had already healed over, dipping her finger into her blood and writing some more. "I am also a demon, so my blood will work just fine. Besides, I am your servant. It would be improper of me to let you use your blood, when I am perfectly capable of doing this myself."
Kyuubi let out a squeak of surprise as a pair of arms wrapped around her from behind, pulling her against a well muscled chest. She let out a shiver when she felt Naruto breath into her ear, his breath was hot and the red-haired demoness could begin to feel herself melt into him. If the blond kept this up, Kyuubi was sure it would only take a matter of seconds before she turned into a puddle of goo.
"You know that seal on your neck says otherwise," Naruto said, his voice was deeper then normal and carried a slight growl to it. Kyuubi was mortified when she let a moan escape her throat at the sound of his voice. Even worse, she could feel her sex getting wet and her love juices beginning to run down her thighs. And he was just talking to her! "That is not the seal of a servant, Kyuu-chan."
Kyuubi's breath came out in pants as all of her demonic instincts were screaming at her to claim the male behind her. To rip off their clothes and let him mount her. To let him claim her as they rutted like Kitsune in heat. She did her best to quell those treasonous thoughts, however, as she spoke, "I- I am still your servant Naruto-Sama. Even if this seal says otherwise, this the only way to repay you for my sins."
Naruto sighed as he let go of her, his voice returning to normal. "You know it's not your fault, Kyuu. I don't particularly care that you were sealed into my mom, or that you had done your best to escape the seal. You just wanted freedom. Were our positions reversed, I have no doubt I would have been trying to break free as well. As for the rest... it doesn't really matter. It's not like you wished to destroy Konoha, I doubt it's destruction was even important to you."
"That's kind of you to say Naruto-sama," Kyuubi said, glad she was facing away from Naruto so that he would not see her tears of gratitude. She quickly raised her left hand to wipe them away, not wanting him to see her show of weakness. "However, it is my fault, if I had been more cautious this would not have happened."
Naruto frowned, he couldn't really understand why this woman was being so damn obstinate. If anyone should be angry and unforgiving at her, then it should be Naruto himself. Yet he didn't blame her for what happened, he knew she was involved in his parents death, but he also knew while she may have been part of the problem, she had not been the catalyst for his parents death. And really, how could he blame someone for attempting to be free? No sentient being wanted to be locked away. Even if he wanted to, Naruto found he couldn't blame the woman for what happened.
So why couldn't she just accept that he didn't care and move on?
He sighed. Shikamaru was right, women were troublesome.
Having decided to just let her work, Kyuubi managed to finish the seals shortly after and began to channel her youki into them. A large black cloud filled with crackling red energy inside formed in front of the tree she was using. It reminded Naruto of the thunderclouds he had occasionally watched when Konoha had it's rare storms. Only those were blueish gray, with yellow lightning. Not black with red lightning. The cloud began to take shape, shifting and hardening until it looked like a mirror with swirling red energy trapped inside.
"Follow me, Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi said as she walked towards the mirror. As her body touched the hard looking surface, a ripple spread out across it, making the surface look more like a liquid then a solid.
Naruto watched as Kyuubi disappeared inside of the mirror and shrugged. A few moments later he walked through the mirror himself, not concerned about what he may find on the other side.
Birth of the New Demon King
"What do you mean you let him leave the village!" a disgruntled Jiraiya practically yelled at the top of his lungs as he paced Sarutobi's office. Jiraiya was a tall man with waist-length, spiky white hair usually tied back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for 'Oil'. The only other physical feature worth noting, aside from his tall and imposing physique, was the single wart on the right side of his nose.
Unlike most ninja, Jiraiya's clothing consisted of a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armour that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, traditional Japanese geta (wooden sandals), a red cloak with two simple yellow circles, and a large scroll that was tied to ninja wire around his left shoulder and rested securely on his back.
Sarutobi gave his most loyal student a flat look, "I mean exactly what I said. Naruto has left Konoha to train in his new Kekkei Genkei, he will likely not be back until it's time for the Chunin Exams."
"I meant why did you let him leave?" Jiraiya asked in an annoyed tone. "How am I suppose to train Naruto if he's not even here?"
It had not been long since Jiraiya had come here looking for Naruto. After two weeks of 'waiting' for the boy to just apparently show up at his feet, the white-haired man had come to Sarutobi, asking where 'Minato's brat' was.
The man had obviously not been happy by Sarutobi's explanation.
Not that the old man cared in the least. If anything, Jiraiya was to blame for the mess he was in.
Sarutobi shrugged, "perhaps if you had met with him before now this wouldn't have happened."
"Don't try to guilt trip me, Sarutobi-sensei," Jiraiya said, looking disgruntled at the older man's words. "I have too many duties that keep me away from the village, you know that. My spy network is important, there are too many dangers out there that we are only aware of because of my network, I couldn't leave it unattended."
"I am not saying what you did was wrong," the aging Hokage said, placating his student. He took a puff of his pipe and blew out a ring of smoke. "I am merely stating that you probably should have tried to apprentice him sooner, or at the very least, visited him when he was younger."
Jiraiya gave an exasperated sigh, he should have known Sarutobi would bring that up. It was true that Jiraiya had been in Konoha several times before now, and had even seen Naruto running around causing havoc when he was six. Though he had never introduced himself to the kid. What would he say? 'Nice to meet you, gaki! By the way I'm your godfather but I wasn't even there for you when you were younger! Hope you can forgive me.'
Yeah, that would go over well.
"So where is he now?" asked Jiraiya, grumbling and mentally complaining about old coots who should keep out of other peoples business.
"He told me that he was going to head south," Sarutobi stated, completely unhelpfully. It's not like knowing the general direction of where the boy went would help Jiraiya find him. "I do not know anything else other then that."
"Damn it," Jiraiya mumbled.
"You only have yourself to blame for this Jiraiya-kun," the old Hokage chided.
Jiraiya glared at Sarutobi as he left, deciding to spend some time researching in order to cool down. He would begin searching for the blond after he had some time to think.
Birth of the New Demon King
Naruto looked around with a blank expression. The cursed planes looked in many ways, exactly how Naruto thought it would look. The ground was desolate with no life to be seen for miles, there were several large cracks around the surface. The sky was a blood red, and as Naruto looked off in the distance he could see a large mountain range and several forests that looked as dead as the plane he was in.
There was no signs of life for miles around.
"So how are we going to find some demons to fight?" asked Naruto.
"We will just walk around the plane until some demons come to us,"Kyuubi answered as she began walking. It didn't look like she had any destination in mind. "Lower levels demons won't appear until after you step into their territory, so we'll walk around the plane until we find them."
"That sounds kind of boring," Naruto said as he ran to catch up to her.
"Are you complaining, Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi said as a dangerous gleam crossed her eyes. It was a look that all females gained when annoyed, something they knew how to do instinctively. Even a civilian woman could gain that look and it was enough to freeze any man in his tracks, all powerful demon or not.
"Nope, no complaining," Naruto said hurriedly, instinctively recognizing that look as a bad look. It brought all of his preservation instincts, honed from generation to generation of males who had suffered that look.
"Good," Kyuubi chirped as the look faded from her eyes.
"So… what exactly are you going to be teaching me?" asked Naruto, after having not found any demons for nearly 15 minutes.
"Well, to start, I'll teach you how to use your youki to create a physical attack," Kyuubi answered.
"Physical?" Naruto mumbled, "you mean like shape manipulation?"
"It is similar, but that is a human's version of manipulation," Kyuubi said derisively. It was clear that she did not hold humanity or their abilities in high regard. "I'm going to show you how demons manipulate their Youki. It is far more advanced then anything a human can do."
"So then you must be pretty good at that sort of thing," Naruto said.
Kyuubi managed to give Naruto a smirk, "Youki manipulation is my specialty, as the Kyuubi my ultimate ability is complete mastery over my own Youki."
"So the bijuu have specialties then?" asked Naruto.
"Bijuu is simply the name humans gave us as a means of placing a label on that which they don't understand," Kyuubi scoffed. "Our actual title is Demon Lord. There are nine of us in total. Each of us have enough power to rule much of Makai if we wanted. Though only Hachibi and myself have enough Youki to rival the two Demon Kings." She didn't include Raizen in that category, he could beat all nine Demon Lords with his hands tied behind his back.
"So what are the specialties of the other Demon Lords?" asked Naruto, honestly he was quite curious to hear what she had to say. After all, the very little was known about the Bijuu.
Kyuubi tapped her chin a few times, "Well the Ichibi is a master of wind, and has a decent earth manipulation."
"That's how he can use sand, isn't it," Naruto realized, understanding how Gaara was now able to use sand as a form of defense and attack. Ever since seeing the ability, he had wondered how someone could manipulate sand like that.
Kyuubi nodded, "Yes he combines wind and earth to form sand. Then you have the Nibi, who has control over fire and life and death, she works closely with the Shinigami to ferry the souls of the dead to the netherworld. The Sanbi has a mastery over water that makes your Nidaime Hokage look like an academy student. Yonbi has the ability to use earth and fire, as well as the ability to combine them to form lava. The Gobi uses fire and water and can combines them to make steam. The Rokubi is a master at creating bubbles attacks through the combination of water, wind and fire. The Nanabi is a master of earth and can use bugs to attack. And the Hachibi is a master of lightning, physical combat and swordplay."
"And yours is mastery over your Youki," Naruto said.
"Actually I can do a little of everything," Kyuubi admitted. "I just specialize in Youki manipulation and Kitsune Illusions." She paused here, before adding, "and like all Kitsune I can use plant based attacks."
Naruto blinked at that piece of knowledge. "You mean like the Shodaime's Mokuton?"
"No," Kyuubi shook her head. "Mokuton is wood attacks, it's limited to trees and the like. I can use plants, from creating basic poisons to growing large plants that feast on flesh."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. He would be lying if he said he wasn't interested in learning more about her plant ability. However, he put thoughts on that to the side as he moved on, "so can you use the elements then?"
"Of course," Kyuubi said, "I may not be as proficient as the other Bijuu are in there specific element, but I'm good enough that no human can hope to be better then me."
Naruto gave another nod and then remained silent as he digested the information given to him. He wondered if he could gain Kyuubi's proficiency in all of the elements like her. Was she capable of that simply because she was the Kyuubi? Or did it just require power and time to master? He wondered if Raizen-ojisan knew how to manipulate the elements.
The silence was broken fifteen minutes later by Naruto's scream of frustration, "Gah! What the hell! Why aren't there any demons to fight!"
"I'm not sure, Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi replied just as confused. She looked around at the desolate plane, as if expecting a demon to pop up at any moment. "There are always demons running around these planes, that we haven't run into any is odd. The only reason we wouldn't is if…" Kyuubi's eyes widened as she realized what was wrong, and resisted the urge to smack herself.
"Naruto-Sama, the reason we haven't run into any demons is because there afraid of you," Kyuubi said.
"Afraid of me?" Naruto asked in confusion before he scowled, "if there afraid of me then what's the point of even bothering to fight them?"
"Simple, I should be able to teach you some of the basic techniques by using them as target practice," Kyuubi stated, as if her reasoning should be obvious. "It's best to learn your powers in a controlled environment. If we were to seek out the stronger opponents, it could be dangerous without a decent grasp of your power."
Naruto sighed, knowing she had a point. "So then how do we get them to come out?"
"You need to learn how to mask your presence," Kyuubi answered as if it was the simplest answer in the world. "No demon, even a lower ranking one that acts purely on instinct will fight against a demon that has enough Youki to crush both the current Demon Kings at the same time with ease."
"So how do I mask my presence?" asked Naruto.
"It's a fairly easy ability, you must think of your youki as a ball within the center of your chest. That is your core. When you find your core, your task is to make it smaller by compressing it. Sit down, I shall help you in this endeavor."
The next hour was spent with Naruto compressing his youki to what Kyuubi said was an 'acceptable' level. She would eventually work on his control until he could mask himself perfectly, but that would take a long time and right now she wanted him to focus on his combat techniques more then stealth.
It seemed to work as five minutes later the two were forced to jump out of the way when several demons shot out from the ground.
"Blades," Kyuubi said as she and Naruto landed on the ground, eying the reptilian demons. The things looked like some kind of miniature dragons, or giant lizards. They were all wearing gladiator armor, had armor colored claws and shields on their left arms. "They like to travel underground and attack you then. So long as your fast enough to dodge there first attack you should be fine."
"What ever," Naruto said as the six creatures dug back under ground at came at him. A smirk made it's way on his face, "let's rock!"
Birth of the New Demon King
"So how'd I do?" asked Naruto as he did some stretches after killing off the last demon. Kyuubi stood on the side-lines to see how well he fought. The blades didn't actually provide much of a challenge, but they were good enough that Kyuubi had been able to study her new masters fighting style.
"Truthfully, Naruto-Sama, you suck."
Naruto face faulted. Getting up he rubbed his nose and glared at his companion. "What? Why?"
Kyuubi tapped a finger against her chin as a thoughtful look crossed her face. "Well, let's see. Your taijutsu is awful, you don't even seem to have any kind of style when it comes to fighting. It's like you just do whatever the hell pops up in your head. You have no control over your youki, and your chakra control is... well, I would say it was awful but that would really be understating things. You lack technique, you lack finesse, you basically lack any kind of substantial skill."
Naruto crouched down and began playing with the dirt as a rain cloud poured over his head. "Yeah, well. It's not like anyone bothered to teach me, and since Mizuki was the one who taught taijutsu..."
Kyuubi winced, guilt welling up inside of her at hurting the one she was supposed to serve. "I'm sorry, Naruto-Sama. I did not mean to imply this was through any fault of your own. I may not have been fully conscious of what went on outside of the seal, but I saw how Jinchurikki were treated in other countries. Given what you've told me, I can you see your time in Konoha has been just as bad, if not worse then others. I merely wanted to give you an accurate dissertation of your skills."
"S'ok," Naruto smiled as the rain cloud that had been matting his hair to his face disappeared. He stood back up, looking as chipper as ever.
"But not to worry!" Kyuubi said cheerfully. "That's why we're here! I'm going to help you train. With your power it should be easy to gain more then enough strength to defeat a kage during this month period."
"Really?" asked Naruto, blinking. Kage's were the strongest ninja in the entire world. It took years if not decades to reach that level, and even then, very few were ever capable of reaching the prestigious S-rank, which was the level of a kage.
"Really," Kyuubi said with an enthusiastic nod. "By the time we're done, you will be more then a match for any kage level ninja."
"Alright!" Naruto shouted as he hopped onto his feet with renewed energy. "So what are we working on first?"
"Youki control, and chakra control."
Naruto face faulted. He had always had horrible control, and now he had two types of energy to control? Naruto concluded right then and their that his entire experience this month was going to suck.
Birth of the New Demon King
"You've gotten a lot better you said, why don't we go find an Arch Fiend for you to fight you said. It will be fine, Naruto-Sama, nothing to worry about," Naruto said, mimicking Kyuubi's tone of voice to show how thoroughly disgruntled he was. "That is the last time I ever listen to you."
It had only been a few days since Naruto had begun his training. And in that time Naruto had truly come into his own, without the seal blocking his potential the blond was learning far more quickly then even Kyuubi had thought possible. After he had mastered the few youki control exercises she had given him, the vixen had taught him how to properly apply his new power to increase his speed and strength, and how to form basic energy attacks using his Youki. Kyuubi had to admit to being impressed with the blond's ability to learn. While he could not stand listening to lectures, so long as you showed him what you wanted him to learn, he would get the technique down in under an hour.
Of course, the fact that Naruto had learned the secrets behind the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu had meant what would normally take days or weeks to master, took far less time, depending on the amount of clones Naruto made.
Kyuubi rolled her eyes as her master continued complain as they made their way down the busy street in one of the demon villages within Makai. She sighed as she noticed the many looks of lust being sent her way by the men that she and Naruto walked past. It bothered her to receive those looks, especially since she only needed to display her tails to get them to stop. However, it had been decided by her – and seconded by Naruto – that she should hide them so that rumor of her continued existence didn't get out to the two Demon Kings.
That still didn't mean she wasn't annoyed.
Even worse for her were the looks her master was getting. So far, every single female they had passed by had stopped upon seeing Naruto. Their faces would go red, eyes would widen, mouths would gape open and produce vast amounts of drool. Not only was it disgusting to watch woman debase themselves by being so blatant in their staring, but it irritated Kyuubi to no end.
None of these girls were even worthy of looking at her master!
Getting her mind back on track, Kyuubi rolled her eyes, and when Naruto paused for breath asked, "you weren't injured Naruto-Sama, why are you complaining?"
"It's not a matter of getting hurt," Naruto said in an annoyed tone. "Those clothes were some of the only pair I had, now there gone," he gestured to himself. Like when he had gone through his transformation from human to demon, Naruto was completely shirtless and his pants were ripped in multiple places, showing off parts of his boxers.
"Which is why were going to get new clothes for you," Kyuubi said as if speaking to a child. Really, sometimes her master could be so immature. "Besides, human clothes are far inferior to the clothes that you'll find here. Now stop being such a child."
"I don't sound like a child do I?" Naruto asked, an innocent look on his face.
Kyuubi rolled her eyes, despite his new personality every now and then the old Naruto would come out. She would never admit it out loud, but it was somewhat endearing.
Not that she would ever tell him that.
"At the moment you do. Really, Naruto-Sama, you need to learn to be more mature."
Naruto grinned and before Kyuubi knew what was happening, he disappeared from where he was and reappeared behind her. A pair of arms wrapped themselves around her waist, pulling her flush against a well-defined chest and six-pack. Despite her best efforts, Kyuubi's face took on the same hue as her hair as blood rushed to her cheeks.
"Now don't be like that Kyuu-chan," Naruto whispered in a husky voice, "I can be plenty mature. Perhaps you would like me to show you how... mature I can be."
Kyuubi shuddered and just barely managed to keep her arousal down so none of the demons near them could smell her musk. Even then, she could not stop herself from leaking a small amount of love juice that ran down her thighs. The combination of Naruto's musky scent filling her nose, his hard and well muscled body pressing against her back, his voice a husky growl in her ear, his hot breath hitting said ear and the absolutely dominating demonic aura that screamed alpha was nearly too much for the fox woman's libido.
"N-Naruto-… Sama… w-we should get you… your clothes," Kyuubi said, her voice haggard. It took a concerted effort of the most supreme will power to rid herself of the lust her master's presence had caused. Taking a deep gulp of air she removed his hands from around her waist, stepping out of his hold she began moving again, putting some distance between her and her master so she would not jump him in the streets. She could not give into her temptations, someone like her, who had made her masters life miserable did not deserve to be with a person like Naruto.
Getting herself back under control, Kyuubi began walking again.
"Come on, Naruto-Sama, the store is just a short distance away."
Naruto sighed as he followed Kyuubi, he was a little disappointed that she had turned him away... again and could not understand her reasoning. He had been rather straight forward in his desire to be with her. Yet, no matter how many times he would flirt with her, compliment her, or use physical intimacy to fluster her, nothing ever happened.
'I don't get it,is there something about me that she does not find attractive?' He shook his head of the thoughts as the two entered a shop.
Naruto took a moment too look around, the shop itself looked like many of the ones in the human world. The floor was made of wooden tile, a red wood of some kind that he did not recognize but assumed that was because the material for construction came from Makai. The walls were a light gray and looked to be made of rock or some kind of sediment. Not that it mattered, since most of the wall was covered by what they had on display. Likewise, the ceiling was made of the same material, and had two fans and four light fixtures hanging from it.
The only difference he could discern between human shops and this one was that, in the human realm, all the clothes that they were selling was displayed for the customers. Here, it seemed that the different kinds of fabric used to make the clothes were displayed. There were several dozen racks running the length of the walls with various materials hanging from them. Set up in six isle-like rows in the middle of the store were cubbyholes containing more fabric.
Curious, Naruto walked up to the wall and grabbed the first piece of fabric he saw, a thin red material of some kind. Rubbing it between his fingers he was surprised by how sturdy it was, especially since it was also ridiculously soft to the touch, like a combination between silk and wool.
Ignoring her master perusing some of the fabrics, Kyuubi walked up to the clerk, an old kitsune sitting behind the desk, pouring over an old scroll.
"Hekesi-san!" Kyuubi shouted in surprise as she sped up to the old Kitsune clerk. Hearing his name called, the old looking kitsune looked up with a startled expression, before gasping in surprise as he laid eyes on the red-haired beauty.
"Kyuubi-Sama!" The four tailed kitsune stood up and rushed around the counter, dropping down in front of Kyuubi he got on his hands and knees to bow before the nine-tailed female. "You're a sight for sore eyes! Our entire clan has been worried sick when you had disappeared!" He looked up and Naruto – who had stopped looking at the materials when he heard Kyuubi call out to the man – could see the shear joy shining in his eyes. "Wait until I inform the others of your return!"
"You mean others survived?" asked Kyuubi, her voice a mere whisper. Naruto looked over at the vixen and was surprised to see that the woman looked close to tears. "I can't believe it. How many of our clan live?"
"Not as much as I would like, Kyuubi-Sama," Hekesi said, his face taking on a look of depression. "All totaled there are probably about fifty kitsune left, and they are scattered across Makai. The only reason the Demon Kings have not hunted us is they deemed us not worth the effort after you disappeared." He perked up a second later, "but with you back that can change. We can once again rise to greatness."
"Hey Kyuu-chan, who's the old guy?" asked Naruto. He had been patiently listening to their conversation, but he was getting annoyed at not being introduced.
Hekesi's eyes widened before they narrowed and he growled at the blond, "How dare you disrespect Kyuubi-Sama with such familiarity! You should be getting down on your knees and begging forgiveness for showing such disrespect!"
Kyuubi's eyes widened and was about to turn and apologize on behalf of her friend when Naruto's killing intent washed over not only the store, but the whole village as well.
"Now you listen here you worm!"Naruto said, his eyes alight with power, and his voice now a deep regal and demonic tone. Kyuubi was on the floor gasping for breath and trembling as she tried with all her might to get back onto her feet. Hekesi was even worse, his eyes wide and some drool escaping his mouth as he lay on the floor in a fetal position. "I do not care if you are Kyuubi's best friend or her former lover! Speak to me like that again and I will make sure that you suffer unimaginable horrors the likes of which will cause all of demon kind to shutter in fear for millennial to come!"
"N-Naruto… Sama…" Kyuubi gasped out, one hand reaching out and touching his foot.
Naruto looked down at her, his eyes still glowing, but as he saw Kyuubi struggling to even breath the glowing stopped. His eyes softened and grew concerned as his killing intent and power lessened, dwindling down until it was all gone. Naruto reached down and helped Kyuubi stand, wrapping one of his arms securely around her waist while he brought the other up to her head and began to run it through the trembling woman's hair. He pressed her head closer to his and nuzzled their cheeks together in a sign of affection.
"Gomen," Naruto whispered, his voice laden with regret at the troubles his actions had caused. "I lost control for a moment there, I shouldn't have gotten so angry. Forgive me?"
"Please do not apologize, Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi said, for once not resisting the intimate action. Indeed, where she might have pushed him away a few seconds ago, right now she cherished the feeling of being close to him like this. Especially after feeling his power and killing intent. She needed to reassure herself that this was still Naruto. "This was my fault, I should have let him know that you are of higher status then myself."
Naruto's face left hers with a sigh. Kyuubi would always take the blame for something that was his fault, she had done it several times already. Naruto was not sure what it was about, but was surprised at how… submissive and accommodating Kyuubi was. Of course, he knew that there was much about the woman that he didn't know. Hell, he hadn't even known she was a woman until they met!
He tightened his grip when Kyuubi tried to pull away, "don't, I can tell from how your legs are wobbling that standing on your own is out of the question."
Kyuubi looked like she was about to start struggling again but Naruto brought his other hand up to her cheek. The feel of his warm and calloused hand delicately touching her cheek brought an unusual amount of comfort, so much that Kyuubi didn't even notice when she started leaning into the hand. A thumb lightly ran across one of her whisker marks, causing her to suck in a breath.
Opening her eyes – and wondering when she had closed them in the first place – Kyuubi noticed a pair of Rinnegan orbs staring back at her.
'The genjutsu must have dispelled when he released his power,' she thought absently, before her mind was taken away from the small observation by the sound of Naruto's voice.
"Despite what you say this is my fault," Naruto let his thumb run along Kyuubi's cheek, caressing her whisker marks a bit more. Kyuubi blushed a bit as a low moan/purr escaped her throat. "If I have to I will make it an order."
Kyuubi sighed, knowing that with her masters stubborn nature he would. She wouldn't admit it, even to herself, but she was thankful for his compassionate nature. Demons rarely every showed compassion, many even felt that it was a weakness. Even Raizen-Sama had rarely ever showed compassion, though he had on rare occasion.
"Very well. Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi said.
Naruto nodded before they turned to look at Hekesi, who was just now coming out of his stupor. "Looks like we've got some explaining to do…" Naruto muttered with a loud sigh.
Kyuubi just nodded in agreement.
Birth of the New Demon King
Naruto jumped back just as the Oranggueura smashed into the ground he had previously been on. Chunks of dirt were launched into the air as the large creature's fist struck the ground. The large ape like creature howled as it missed, beating it's massive fist against its chest. Naruto smirked, while the Oranggueura was fairly powerful. In fact, it's power was easily on par with that of a B rank demon, it was slow and stupid, which lowered it's classification to that of a C rank.
The blond thrust out his hand, a giant black claw made of his Youki extending from it. The claw latched onto the giant ape, pinning it's arms to it's chest. With a roar worthy of any demon king, Naruto lifted the demon off it's feet and flung it into the air. He watched as the creature flew higher and higher, waiting until the large ape reached the apex of it's flight before striking.
Jumping up after it. Naruto created another claw and used the Orangguera's weight and the worlds gravity against it, throwing it back down to the earth. The creature was smashed into the ground, creating a large crater as dirt and gravel was kicked up. The ground under it cracked and large fissures spread out from the center of the creatures impact. From where Naruto was almost floating in the sky, the entire crater looked like a large spiderweb.
Naruto landed on the ground just as the creature was getting back up. It moved on wobbly legs, looking for all the world like it had just gone three hundred rounds with a world class boxer and lost, badly. It took a while, but eventually, the beast managed to regain whatever wits it had. The blond grinned as the beast let out a roar, ready for round two, and charged at him, attempting to smash into him with its body.
However, Naruto had no intention of letting the lumbering creature hit him and nimbly leapt out of the way, much to the apes frustration. Soon the blond demon began to play a game of weaving in between the creatures attacks, always making sure to stay out of the creatures reach. This seemed to make ape-demon increasingly frustrated, and eventually, it seemed to lose whatever composure it had.
The Orangguera's let out a loud roar, it's hands smashed into the ground hard enough that it managed to bury the two appendages several feet into the coarse earth. With a great heave, it lifted a large chunk of rocky gravel, then hurled it straight towards Naruto with the intent of having the earthen projectile smack into him.
Naruto held out his hand. The appendage had taken on an L shape, with his middle, ring, and pinky fingers were curled as if making a fist; and his index finger was pointed at the ape-demon with his thumb sticking up in the air. A small black ball of energy began forming on the tip of his finger, crackling and sparking with barely suppressed power.
"Bang."
The energy ball tore into the chunk of earth, ripping it asunder and continuing on to the Orranguera, blasting a chunk through it too.
The giant ape roared, this time in pain as the demonic energy from Naruto not only tore a hole straight through it's chest, but also began burning around at the edges. The hole hissed and steamed as layers of skin continued melting off the Orrangura like someone had sprayed acid on the wound.
Naruto knew the truth about what was happening. Kyuubi had informed him early on that Naruto's youki was poisonous to those who weren't strong enough to withstand it, and the blond demon-shinobi had used that to his advantage. Several of the times he had battled the demons on this plane he had merely killed them via poisoning there system with his power.
Naruto used a quick Shundo - the speed technique Kyuubi had taught to him – to appear on the creatures head with a loud boom, one hand pointed palm down at the large Gorilla's head, the other holding onto the pointed hands wrist.
"Boom."
A large blast of black energy launched out of Naruto's hand, bathing the creature in it's light, or lack there of, as it were. In a few seconds the entire Orranguera was obliterated, not even ashes of the creature were left.
Naruto grinned as he put his hands and his pockets and made his way towards Kyuubi, who was overseeing the training his Kage Bunshin were doing.
"So how was that?" asked Naruto, his voice changing from its regal demonic tone to a normal voice as his youki left his system.
"Not bad," Kyuubi replied, a small smirk on her face as she stopped watching and helping the clones to face him. "You're a little cocky when you fight and tend to make a game out of it, but I suppose considering who you are it can't be helped."
Naruto pouted, "yeah well, when I fight an opponent who requires me to take them seriously I will…" A sly grin crossed his face as he saddled up to Kyuubi, an arm snaking around her waist. "Besides with all these awesome techniques and powers your teaching me, I doubt there is any demon alive who could put up a decent fight."
Kyuubi blushed a bit, but quickly frowned and stepped out of Naruto's grasp.
Naruto, frustrated from being snubbed so many times by now that he had lost count, barely managed to restrain his growl. "why do you keep resisting, Kyuubi?" he asked, despite his voice being calm, there was a hint of frustration.
"I… I don't know what your talking about," Kyuubi replied, turning away so he couldn't see her face.
This time Naruto did growl, "don't give me that! You know very well what I'm talking about! Is there something wrong with me! Am I not attractive enough for you! Or do you not like me because I was once human!"
"NO!" Kyuubi shouted as she turned to him, her eyes wide in shock. "no," she repeated her voice softer, "there's nothing wrong with you… I just…"
"Then what it is?" Naruto asked as he closed the distance between them, "have I done something wrong? I know we haven't known each other that long…" Naruto paused here, "well, I guess you've known me for a while now, huh?"
He stopped when he heard Kyuubi sob, he moved to comfort her but she quickly moved away, taking several steps from the blond, before whirling on him.
"That's just it," she said, tears leaking out of her eyes. "I've known you for a long time, longer then anyone else, I was sealed into you the moment you were born for Kami's sake! I know of almost everything that happened to you! I…" she stifled another sob, "I watched as you went your entire life without anyone but a few people caring about you, and even they were only passing by, never staying long enough to truly help. I – saw all the beatings you've ever gone through, like watching a movie. Every time you went to the hospital in critical condition I was there… I saw…" she paused, unsure whether she should continue or not but plunged on anyway. "I saw when you tried to end it…"
Naruto stiffened. He was not surprised that she knew about his beatings. While they had been rare, only happening once in a blue moon, they had happened. Usually he would get beaten while running afoul of a drunken villager, he lived in the red light district so there were quite a few of them wandering around late at night. He had learned early on not to stay out after dark when he was younger. But to hear that she had seen him in his greatness moment of weakness was shocking, even though he knew it shouldn't have been.
It had been when he was 6 years old, he had just started the academy and couldn't have been happier, since he felt he would finally get to prove to everyone just how awesome he was. Several people had not liked the thought of the demon getting stronger, and he had received his first true beating that day, the kind where he was sent to the hospital half dead and forced on life support for several days despite Kyuubi healing him.
It had been after he had left the academy when it happened. The blond had reached the red light district where a group of disgruntled villagers had been waiting. They had muffled him and taken him into an alley where they proceeded to beat the life out of him. He didn't know how long the beating had last, or even who had been doing the beating. Consciousness had faded in and out before the pain had become too much and he had passed out all together. He hadn't known what happened after that, but did remember waking up in the hospital attached to a life support system.
A month after that he had lost it, not being able to stand the glares, the new and harsher beatings when drunks caught him. Naruto had attempted to commit suicide, he had taken a kunai knife and slit his throat. Only for his throat to heal nearly instantaneously, he had tried his wrists and ended up getting the same thing. As a desperate last gamble Naruto had pierced his heart, he was not sure how he had survived that…
"It was you wasn't it?" Naruto asked in a low voice, "you were the one who had kept me from dying that day."
Kyuubi nodded her head, "I… all these things that had happened to you were because of me, because I was sealed inside you!" She turned away again. "But that's not even the worst part, the worst was that I didn't save you out of some noble desire to keep you alive. I saved you so that you would suffer, so that I could get some form of revenge on you. Even though, like me, you had no choice in being my host. Someone like me, someone who has caused you so much pain and relished in it, doesn't deserve to have you…"
Naruto closed his eyes and sighed. Opening them again Naruto walked over to the sobbing vixen, wrapping her up in his arms. Kyuubi struggled a bit, but with her waning strength and Naruto's immense physical condition there was no contest between them. Eventually her body gave out and sagged into him, tears coming out of her anew.
"Baka," Naruto said, one of his hands reaching out and caressing her hair. "That was years ago. And while I don't like hearing that you wanted me to suffer, I can understand how you were feeling. I can't say if I would have done the same or not, but who can unless their placed in a similar situation? Everyone would like to say things like 'I would never do that' and 'what a horrible thing to do' but in truth, no one could ever truly know how they'd react until their put in a similar situation."
"W-what about before you… met me?" Kyuubi asked with a slight hic up. It was very odd seeing the most powerful of the nine demon lords break down like this. Naruto may have only known her for a time, but he knew enough to know that crying like this would be seen as a sign of weakness, and one that Kyuubi herself was likely to scorn were anyone else doing so. He wondered if she would still cry for him if he were still human?
Probably not.
"Kyuu, I didn't even know about you until three months ago," Naruto said in an amused voice. "Sure I may have placed a slight blame on you when I first learned about the sealing… but that was overshadowed by my desire to prove I wasn't you. I never really took the time to place blame on anyone, not my parents, and certainly not you."
Kyuubi sniffled a bit as she buried herself deeper in his chest, reassured by Naruto's words. She still felt horrible, and in some ways, her master's forgiveness made her feel even worse. She had watched and relished in his suffering, drinking in the agony that a six year old child had gone through like a fine wine all for the sake of her misguided hatred. Yet Naruto had forgiven her, the person who had caused his suffering and enjoyed it. His forgiveness of her just made her feel even more guilty.
And yet, beyond that guilt, Kyuubi felt the stirrings of hope. That maybe, just maybe, if she helped Naruto and did all in her power to protect him, then she would be able to earn the forgiveness he had given her. Forgiveness that she didn't deserve.
"What about the villagers?" she asked after several seconds of silence.
Naruto chuckled, "I may not blame them for the sealing, after all there was nothing they could do about it one way or the other." Naruto sighed as he placed his chin on top of Kyuubi's head, letting it rest there as he continued. "That doesn't mean I don't blame them for how my life has been because of them. They abused an innocent child for crimes he did not commit, for something beyond his control. They didn't even take the time to get to know me, simply believing that I was a demon given human form."
Naruto chuckled at the irony of that statement. In some ways, he guessed the villagers had been right. They had just mixed him up with the wrong demon.
"And while I'm not going to stoop to their level and go out of my way to make their lives miserable, I'm not going to put up with their crap anymore either. They want to try something with me, they better be prepared for the consequences and the pain of me breaking my foot off in their ass."
Kyuubi gave a small giggle that was somewhat stifled by her face being buried in Naruto's well developed pectorals. "That's good, I don't think I could have put up with another minute of that simpering and submissive attitude you used to have."
"Ouch," Naruto said, mocking a wince. "You could have put that a little more nicely." He grinned, "in any case, I'm just glad I'm not an overly conscious bleeding heart like a certain vixen I know. Who would have thought the Great Kyuubi No Yoko was such a cry baby?"
Naruto winced a bit as Kyuubi's nails elongated into claws and dug into his back, but for the most part ignored the slight pain. He pushed her back a bit, looking at her tear stained face, bringing a hand up and wiping off the few remaining tears.
"So are we gonna cry and moan about things that aren't true and don't matter anymore?" Naruto asked.
Kyuubi shook her head and smiled, "you'd better be careful with that attitude around me…"
"Oooh a threat?" Naruto said in mock fear before smirking, "I'll take that as a yes. And in that case, we need some way to seal your promise not to cry about things you can't control."
Kyuubi blinked at him and tilted her head curiously, "what do you me – Mmmph!"
Kyuubi was cut off as Naruto smashed his lips against hers. The red head's eyes went wide for all of one second before they fluttered closed. Acting almost on instinct Kyuubi pressed her lips against the blond's even harder, eliciting a slight grunt from the blond. One of her hands ended up going to the back of Naruto's neck while the other buried itself in his hair.
"Mmmmm," Kyuubi moaned at the feeling of Naruto's lips against hers. They were surprisingly soft, not something she would have expected from the blond. Soft and moist and in Kyuubi's humble opinion, perfect. Opening her mouth the vixen allowed Naruto to slip his tongue in between her teeth and deepen the kiss. Kyuubi's tongue came out to meet his as they began to duel and danced around each other, Kyuubi's experience won out and Naruto let her explore the inside of his mouth. Her tongue ran over his teeth, feeling the increased length of his canines, it went to his roof, licked along his inner cheeks,. The red haired demoness left no part of the blond's mouth unexplored. Eventually, Kyuubi's tongue retracted, allowing Naruto to the same to her.
When breathing became a must the two broke away.
"W-what was that for?" asked a completely dazed Kyuubi, her eyes half lidded with lust.
Naruto grinned at her expression, "why we were sealing our promise of course! You're not going to feel guilty about what happened to me anymore, remember?"
Kyuubi looked up at him with a cute expression of confusion on her face. She shook her head and gave a sly smile. "I think we need to try again, just so I remember our promise more clearly."
Naruto chuckled before leaning back down and capturing Kyuubi's lips again.
Birth of the New Demon King
Loud explosions and the sound of battle filled one of the dead forests of Makai. The feeling of raw power emanating from the forest was enough to drive off even some of the bravest, or dumbest of demons.
It was a very smart thing for them to do all things considered.
After all, getting in between a battle between the most powerful of the nine Demon Lords and the heir and descendant of the greatest demon king to ever exist was not a wise move.
Naruto grunted as he jumped away from another of Kyuubi's energy blasts, this one hitting close enough to sing his clothes. There was a slight pull on his youki as they repaired themselves a moment later. He had never been so thankful that his clothes had the ability to repair themselves, just thinking about the amount of money had would save from having to get new clothes each time he destroyed another pair – which he could feel was going to be a very frequent occurrence – was enough to make him smile.
He would have to thank Hekesi for them later.
Looking up Naruto saw another energy blast heading his way. He charged all the energy he could into one of his fists and, as the ball of red Youki got closer, smashed his fist into it. For a moment the ball of energy and Naruto's own power struggled in a battle for dominance. With a loud roar Naruto shoved more power into his hand and pushed. The ball of youki caved in where Naruto's fist was for a moment, before getting launched into the air. When it was several thousand meters high, Naruto sent an energy blast at it, creating a large explosion that could no doubt be seen for miles.
The blond had no time to celebrate, however, as Naruto's instincts began screaming at him. Acting on them, he jumped to the side just in time to dodge a giant claw of Youki. Creating his own youki claw, Naruto grabbed onto the red claw of energy and yanked. He was rewarded when Kyuubi came flying out of the forest, head first and towards him.
He jumped up to meet her, his fist already charged with Youki, the black energy making it impossible to see said appendage. Just as he brought his fist down Kyuubi phased out of existence with nothing more then a sonic boom to signify her moving, having used the demon speed technique Shundo to get away. Naruto's fist ended up hitting a tree, destroying it and the seven behind it as well as creating a large trench in the ground.
Landing on the ground Naruto went into a roll, dodging the red beam of energy that Kyuubi shot from one of her tails. He had learned early on that Kyuubi's tails were actually the most dangerous part of her body. With them she could launch energy blasts anywhere she wanted, and was not limited by not being able to see where she sent them. That, and the fact that she had nine of them meant she could send a near continuous stream of energy when she wanted to.
Kipping up on the balls of his feet, Naruto spun around and held out his hand, palm pointed towards the sky. Several reddish black discs appeared above his hand. They looked like a spinning hacksaw, with razor sharp, jagged edges that looked like they would be incredibly painful if they cut into your flesh. Naruto placed his hand on the top one and began throwing them at Kyuubi, one after the other in quick succession. Before they could hit the red-haired vixen, Kyuubi began to weave her tails in a complex pattern as she charged them with Youkai, creating an energy shield that caused the attacks to explode harmlessly in front of her.
However, Naruto used the distraction it afforded him and Shundo'd right in front of her, his leg crackling with an ominous black glow as it descended on her. Kyuubi merely sidestepped the kick, using her arm and youki to redirect the blast away from her and knock Naruto off balance.
Naruto stumbled and Kyuubi capitalized on his momentary weakness, smashing a Youki covered fist into his face.
Naruto went flying backwards for nearly a hundred feet, smashing through multiple trees before rolling to a stop just a few feet from a small lake. He blinked several times as he tried to get the spots out of his eyes, all the while wondering why his head was ringing.
As he lay there panting Kyuubi came up and leaned over him with a victorious smirk.
"Yeah, go on gloat as much as you can now," Naruto panted, trying his best to give her a glare. Considering how much his head hurt, it was less effective then it could have. "It would be a good idea to take what bragging rights you can before its out of your reach…"
Kyuubi just shook her head,her smirk still in place, "do you think I would be so cruel as to brag about how I kicked your ass six ways to Sunday?"
"Yes, yes I do," Naruto said with a grunt as he felt the last of his wounds and burns heal. Sitting up the blond shook his head to clear it. He could distinctly here ringing in his ear.
"Who would I brag to?" Kyuubi asked as she held out a hand to help Naruto up, "after all, until you have the strength to claim your throne, I'm basically sworn to secrecy."
Naruto looked at the hand and grabbed onto it, but instead of letting Kyuubi pull him up, he yanked on it and pulled her down. He watched with amusement as her eyes widened and just as she crashed into him, Naruto wrapped his arms around her waist. Rolling over Naruto grinned victoriously as he looked down at the red haired vixen he was now straddling.
"I suppose that's true," Naruto mused, "though it will probably worse if you bragged after I took Raizen-Ojisan's place."
"Well then, I suppose you'll just have to convince me to stay quiet," Kyuubi replied in a purring voice.
Naruto grinned and began to lean in when…
"GRAAAAG!"
Both Naruto and Kyuubi were forced to roll off each other and jump out of the way as several globs of acid splashed against where they had been laying.
"Oi! Who the hell do you assholes think you are! I was just about to..." Naruto trailed off and eyed the odd looking creatures warily. The things were bent down on all fours and had a large pair of arms coming out of their backs. They had black leathery looking skin covering most of their bodies except for a few parts that were red and showed off muscle, and their face, which was an off-white color. A few of them had masks on and while Naruto was not sure, he had a hunch that they increased the creatures size since the ones with the mask were at least twice as large as the ones without.
All in all they were some of the ugliest things he had ever seen.
There were fifty in all.
"Nobodies," Kyuubi commented as she made eye contact with him.
Naruto dodged another stream of acid before grabbing one of the creatures with a youki claw and crushing it like it was made of clay. He tossed the corpse into several of the others, knocking them down with how hard he threw it.
"Nobodies?" Naruto asked, curiosity in his tone. "Is that what these things are called?"
Kyuubi nodded as one of the masked Nobodies leapt at her, she jumped to the side, before shooting a red beam of Youki into it, destroying the mask along with most of its head. The beast continued sailing through the air in a slow arch, before hitting the ground a meter away and skidding for several more feet before coming to a stop.
It was dead before it hit the ground.
"Yep," Kyuubi answered, "no one could ever figure out a name for these things, so that's what we called them. they're fairly easy to kill, but can be annoying since they have the ability to suck out your demonic energy with a dance."
"A dance?" Naruto nearly laughed as an image of these things starting to break dance came to his mind. It was honestly the stupidest thing he had ever seen and amused him to no end. Maybe he should keep one as a pet to amuse him...
"Don't underestimate them," Kyuubi warned Naruto as her tails shot out, red Youki extending from them and impaling four of the Nobodies. "They may not be hard to kill, but they are still annoying and persistent."
Naruto grunted non comically, "yeah I got ya." Naruto smirked as one of the creatures lunged at him, he dodged the side and grabbed it's head, releasing an energy blast in one go that destroyed the entire creature. "Still it shouldn't be too hard to kill them," Naruto said, "with the two of us it shouldn't take more then a few minutes at the most."
Kyuubi caught Naruto's eye and smirked, "the one who destroys the most wins?"
Naruto's grin said it all, "that's right, the wages are one of us spending the entire week devoting themselves to the other."
"Awww, but I'm already devoted to you, Naruto-Sama," Kyuubi said as she wiped out a few more with several swipes of her now clawed hands.
Naruto hummed in thought, "well then, how about I devote myself to you for a week if I lose, and you will have to wear a naughty maid outfit whenever we're at home."
Kyuubi blushed at the thought of wearing something like that in front of her Naruto-Sama. It sounded kinky, "Deal!"
"Alright then," Naruto said as he really cut his energy loose, the black Youkai exploding out of him. "Let's rock!"
I'm actually kind of surprised by the amount of hits, reviews, etc that this story is getting. Considering I only have a very basic idea of my plot it's doing pretty well. Not as well as some of my other's, but that's to be expected. Anyways, some people may have noticed my 'Negi' problem. That was actually because of my Negima story. The word Negi is in my spell checker. So when I write 'Neji' it automatically changes it. It's a pain in the ass because I don't notice it until after I finish my chapter, and finding and correcting them all is harder then it looks.
Now then, I am going to look online and apply for more jobs. I saw a few for Bioware and Activision that I am qualified for, so I'll try there. You guys go do... whatever the hell it is you were doing before reading this chapter.
Narutoverse harem has been finalized! New poll opening soon!
Harem:
Kyuubi (default pairing), Mei Terumi (132 votes), Yugito Nii (120 votes), Anko Mitarashi (104 votes), Konan (102 votes), Samui (95 vote), Kurenai Yuhi (85 votes).
Also, I don't know how many of you have watched or read Yu Yu Hakusho. But if you have, I would appreciate a list of female characters, cuz I don't think I can remember all of them.