Disclaimer: once again, I don't own Naruto, Karas: The Prophecy, or Karas: The Revelation. Wish I did, but I don't. It would be extremely sweet if I did though, wouldn't it? But then again, many people wished they owned Naruto so that Kishy wouldn't have created a god mode Sasuke, but we can't all get what we want, can we?
Author Notes:
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Children of all ages.
(Always wanted to say that!)
I present to you, chapter Three of Naruto: the Guardian Karas of Konoha.
Yeah. Go me. Whatever.
Sorry it took, awhile, but, I had to get part of my other story out. If you haven't read Yin and Yang yet. Go read it after reading this chapter. I think many of you will like it. I think. If you've already read it,
Congratulations!
Anyway, leave a review if you want, I don't care. Flame if you want, but those who flame better dam well have a reason other than they don't like the pairings or crossover stories.
So then, as an announcement.
Sorry, to all those who have remained dedicated to this story, and have given me reviews that help with my writing work, or those that have voted for the poll. I know it's been awhile, but I haven't had a lot of time to write. What time I've had, has been used to either update this, or Yin and Yang.
To azurelong, you guessed correctly about the former Karas. And I present to you, a huge, chocolate chip, COOKIE!
So, any way, this is the Current poll.
Tayuya-13
Kin-9
Ayame Ichiruka-38
Haku (Female in this fic)-23
Princess Yuki-38
Tsunade-11
Shizune-16
Anko-22
Yugito-(Jinchuriki of the Niibi-No-Nekomata)-38
Tsunami-23
Female Kyuubi-12
Female Niibi-11
Also, I got a request for Temari to be added, but unfortunately, there's almost too many girls as it is, so, she won't be added.
However, do not fear, DragonTamerx, for I have another story in the works, Yin and Yang, which will feature Temari as harem member, along with a multitude of other women, and not only from the Naruto universe, as you can request(and they will be considered) women from other Series to choose from. If people want them, anyway.
Also, as a special note, if Yugito is one of his top girls by the time the poll ends around chapter six or seven, as this thing could still go in any direction, I might just include the Niibi with her, as it may make things a bit easier to write.
Also, Dear Anon, I have read your review, and their actually was a flashback written so that all of you readers can understand why Yurine and Naruto are so close. Also, just so you know, Yurine isn't actually an o.c. She's the same Yurine is the Karas Movies. I just, "modified" her personality a bit,(a.k.a., crumpled up the real personality and imputed my own.) I'm not butchering your review, just trying to give you some insight. Hope that helps. Also, yes, it is kind of cliche to have her as his Yurine, but I like her character. So there.
On with the story. Or something like that.
Konohagakure: Godaime's office
Tsunade sat at her larger, oriental desk, stacked high with papers and official documents, patiently waiting for her ANBU commander to show. Unfortunately, her day was just getting worse, as not only did she have migraine coming on, but she couldn't skip out on her duties or have any Sake! It was an unholy torture that she had to be sober in her own office, and even if it was a meeting. Her guests identities were helping matters, either. Four individuals, one male and three females, sat across from her, and she drummed her fingers nervously on her desk, and small cracks appeared around where her fingers touched, showing her stress.
Her assistant Shizune stood a foot behind her to her right, waiting patiently just like her, though she smiled nervously as she prayed her master wouldn't let loose her infamous temper since while the commandeer was supposed to be here today, they hadn't given him a time that he should have arrived. She was sweating as she hoped the guest Kage's wouldn't get irritated because a ANBU was arriving "Late." Behind Tsunade's shoulder on her left stood her other apprentice, Haruno Sakura, whom she had taken as a student after being brought back to Konoha by Jiraiya and Naruto.
Speaking of the blond brat, she hadn't gotten a visit from him in several years, and had only seen him occasionally around Konoha, and the last time she'd seen him for a mission was for the second Sasuke retrieval mission. After that, he'd practical dropped off the map!
'Though, I guess it isn't really his fault if we never see him. I'm so busy that I can't get away to relax and visit, I allowed him to leave his team because they started up doing the exact same shit as when they were first a team, and none of his friends come looking to request him for a mission, or just to get together. Hell, I don't even know where he lives anymore...'Tsunade thought to herself in self-disgust as a pained grimace made its way across her features.
She was nearly his mother figure, and she'd basically all but abandoned him because she was too busy. Some mother she was, she thought to herself in depression. Shaking her head of her depressing thoughts, Tsunade focused on the meeting at hand. She could worry about her surrogate son later.
After all, it wasn't everyday that a pair of hostile villages sent out peace envoys. Both the villages of Kumogakure and Kirigakure had decide that the best course of action to help them recover and stabilize themselves was through an alliance, and had sent their own Kage's and a small contingent of their ANBU as escorts for a treaty meeting with them. The Mizukage wore a white knee length cloak and Kage hat, though hers was outlined in blue, with the Kanji for 'water' engraved into its front, and a black face mask covered her features, though her green eyes were easily visible.
Next to her sat a young, but incredibly attractive women, with black hair that reached mid-back, with part of it done up into an oriental bun, and was held together by a pais of senbon needles. She had such pale skin that she was nearly as white as a porcelain doll, and had warm, chocolate eyes that glowed with kindness. Wrapped around her body was a dark blue Kimono, stretching teasingly over her larger than average bust and small waist, and the clothing itself was one that Tsunade was sure cost more than all of her debts combined. Beside her, an enormous Zanbatou rested in a small sling harness that she'd had attached to her back before the young women had laid it against the side of her chair, with the Kanji for (Kubikiri Hocho)Beheading knife/Head chopping cleaver engraved into its side. The name itself gave Tsunade chills. The Mizukage's name was Rin, and the kimono-clad ice princess next to her was simply named Haku, no family or clan surname. Tsunade didn't recognize the name, but her apprentice Sakura furrowed her brow as she vaguely recognized it, but couldn't remember anyone she met that had such a name.
The Raikage sat on the Mizukage's left, and while he held the same white robe and hat, his wore the Kanji for 'lightning' on his helm. He was old, almost as old as the Sandaime used to be before his death, and was accompanied by a younger, though older looking women than the Haku girl. She had light blond hair, similar to one Yamanaka Ino, with short cropped hair in the front, and a long, thin ponytail that reached past her waist, and ended in a tuft like tail, similar to a cats. She was clad in signature Kumo ANBU armor, but carried a sheathed katana at her side instead of the typical strapped to her back one's. It's sheath was blood red in color, while the handle and guard were black. A string of pink beads, similar to that of Buddhist prayer beads, ran from a section at the top of the handle down to the sheath, tethering it together, and making it impossible to draw.
What had Tsunade on edge about her was not her ANBU status, but that she was also a Jinchuriki. Just like Naruto, she too held a demon sealed inside of her, the Niibi-no-Nekomata, (two tailed cat demon) though hers was much weaker this his own. Her identify trait, just like Naruto's whisker marks and elongated eyes that gave him a Kitsune-ish look ,was her slanted, green eyes with vertically slit pupils, similar to that of a Neko's. Her Name was Nii Yugito. Though Tsunade knew that Naruto was stronger than her, she wasn't looking forward to a confrontation between the two of them, since Naruto had a habit of letting his mouth get going before his mind caught up.(A.K.A., his foot-in-the-mouth-disease.)
Hearing a knock at her door, Tsunade allowed herself to smile in relief that her ANBU commander had shown up early, and she bid him to enter. The Captain did easily as he opened and shut the door quietly, before her commander approached quickly and saluted professionally, before standing at attention with his arms behind him as he waited for her. Giving him a nod to speak, he proceeded.
"What are your orders, or what duties do you need me to perform? If there are no missions, Hokage-sama, what did you need me for?" He questioned lightly in a dead and neutral tone.
Sakura was surprised however at just how attractive the ANBU commander was, and she had yet to even see his face! A form fitting black, muscle shirt clung tightly to his upper body, while form fitting white back and chest plates for his chest armor decorated his upper frame, but left his shoulders bare, revealing the pitch black, intricate spiral tattoo symbolizing a shinobi's status as an ANBU member on his right shoulder. Form fitting leather gauntlets with black, fingerless gloves cut off at the knuckle and adorned with a steel plate at the back of the hand showed of his forearm muscles, and white ANBU style gauntlets encased his forearms for further protection. His biceps were bare, and rippled muscle showed his dedication he put into his shinobi training.
Black baggy pants with several pockets covered his lower body, and the ends were stuffed into a pair of black combat boots, and steel shin guards protected his lower legs, and held a similar appearance to Anko's leg armor. A tight belt wound its way around his waist, with a pair of supply pouches at his hips, and a chakra knife was strapped to his upper left shoulder near the shoulder strap of his armor. A pair of shuriken and kunai holster were strapped to both of his thighs, and he wore a black and red mask with a kitsune motif. Behind it spilled dark blond hair, to his mid-back, tied into a thin ponytail. The rest of his hair was spiked up every which way around his head, though it seemed to have some semblance of order. What bothered the guests the most, however, was the mask design, and the strange katana that was strapped to his back.
The mask was pitch black, with the face of a grinning Kitsune painted on to it. It was terrifying, as while its grin showed fangs, the paint was the color of fresh blood, and the image was nearly identical to that of the Kyuubi's face, save that it's eyes were a solid red instead of slitted, and a small pair of horizontal slits in them allowed for Naruto see out of them. Three thick, black slash marks decorated each of its cheeks, starting at the muzzle as tips, before widening as they traveled backwards until they reached the rim of the mask, before seemingly fusing with the black border. It was absolutely horrifying mask to anyone that had seen or heard of the Kyuubi, and especially scared most Konoha shinobi witless, but Tsunade knew of the psychological advantages it could provide the commander in battle. After all, who the hell in their right mind would want to fight a shinobi wearing the Kyuubi's face?
The sword strapped to his back was also of interest. It was pitch black in color, but it appeared almost bone-like, and was about sixty inches in length. It had a hand guard, though it was shaped similar to a yin and yang symbol, without the inner circles, and its handle held a ridge edge, instead of a normal smooth or wrapped grip. Running along the first foot of the sheath, an elegant design of a pair of spread wings lay, and a large circle lay between the two wings, though it appeared to look like a closed, rock eye. Sakura wasn't sure what to make of it, but it seemed mostly like a normal sword.
Tsunade smirked slightly at her students gobsmacked look, but quickly assumed her own neural face, but grinned like the Cheshire cat on the inside at all the possible black-mail she could possibly get on her student's reactions.
"I called you here for a mission, commander-san. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, it to escort and protect our two guest Kage's, as they will be residing here in our village until a treaty can be reached for the both of them. Each of them has their own personal escort, but I don't want to take any chances, or, one of our shinobi decided to be stupid and attack one of them."
"Hai, Tsunade-sama. I will accept this mission. What are my specifications?" the blond replied in his slightly distorted voice, due to his mask.
Straitening slightly in her chair, Tsunade steeped her hands in front of her face, before replying in an authorities tone.
"You are authorized to use deadly force, wither it be villager or shinobi, enemy or otherwise, and that attack, or threaten, our guests. Unfortunately, I'm going to need you to be in plain sight of them. Hopefully, people will get the message to leave them alone if they've got an ANBU escort. Those our your orders."
Giving a sharp nod in return, Naruto spun on his heel and stood stiffly in front of both Kage's, and waited quietly for them. Both of them rose stiffly from their chairs, nodded and gave their thanks to Tsunade, and carefully scrutinized the ANBU commander in front of them, unsure if he was really as powerful as she believed him to be, but kept their concerns to themselves. Yugito, however, voiced her own concerns, though less diplomatically than they would have.
"ANBU commander, huh? He doesn't seem that strong. Why would we need such a weakling to protect us?" she replied in a condensing tone, and would of continued slandering the shinobi, before she was violently cut off by a massive killing intent that flooded the room. Her eyes widened and her pupils dilated in fear, and even as she trembled, he thoughts took a wild turn as her own primal instincts screamed at her to run. Even as she dropped to her knees, she hesitantly looked up at the commander, and her shaking increased as the man turned his masked face towards her slowly, and she felt the pressure on herself grow heavier as the killing intent increased as they made eye contact.
What was scaring Yugito the most, however, was not her own fear, but that of the demon inside of her, screaming bloody murder at her to run away. The Niibi-no-Nekomata, the eight strongest tailed-demon, was screaming in mortal terror at her to run away and not make the monster in front of her any more angry than he already was. It was insane! Just what kind of person was he, that his killing intent alone was causing her demon to be afraid?! Terrified, even!
'I-I, I don't want to die! Please, Kami, I don't want die like this!' were Yugito's frantic thoughts as the blond ANBU stalked closer to her, his killing intent increasing with each step.
It should also be noted, however, that Yugito was not the only one affected by the killing intent, and the Kage's, as well as Haku and Sakura were having difficulty breathing, but at least the Kage's were still on their feet. Stalking closer to the scared shitless Kumo kunoichi, Naruto increased his killing intent with each step he took towards her, before stopping a foot away from her. He peered down into her terrified eyes, before abruptly cutting his killing intent off as he noticed tears were gathering in the corners of her eyes.
Regaining her breath in deep pants, Yugito meekly looked back up at the blond as he turned his back on her, and watching in shock as her bowed to both her Kage, and then the Mizukage, and then the Godaime. Regaining her own breathing, Tsunade sent a small glare towards the blond ANBU, before demanding an explanation.
"To show them I am competent, Tsunade-sama. If I can bring three Kage's nearly to their knees with only my killing intent alone, what do you think would happen if I actually fought them as well?"
Tsunade let it slide, as she watched from the corner of her eye as the other Kage appraised him, a new respect in their eyes that was not there previously. Also, while the Kumo nin now seemed afraid of him, the Kiri nin was shooting him calculating glances, and she seemed to have a great deal of unanswered questions in them, as well. Haku's own thoughts were very different, however, than what Tsunade thought they were.
'Such killing intent! The last time I felt something like this was back when I was with Zabuza-sama, and I was fighting Naruto-kun, and then he got angry after he thought I killed his friend, and then he...' At this train of though, she blushed slightly in remembrance.
She'd always had a thing for powerful, commanding men. It was the reason she fallowed Zabuza, and her own hesitation fighting Naruto that day when he transformed wasn't only caused by fear, but by a fair bit of lust and attraction as well. He was so terrifying, so powerful, so, desirably. She let herself freeze up during the battle as her thoughts turned, less than innocent, as was promptly decimated by the enraged, Kyuubi-fied Naruto. Not only that, but even as he'd rushed her and went for the death-blow, she had a small blush on her face and glazed over eyes at his actions.
Shaking herself from her thoughts, she promptly thought back to the killing intent produced by the commander, and at how closely it felt like that of Naruto's all those years ago.
'Is it, possible? Could commander-san actually be, Naruto-kun?' she thought quietly to herself.
Tsunade was curious herself as to why the Kiri Kunoichi had all of a sudden gone red in the face, and her eyes had glazed over slightly.
'Hm? This is interesting. I wonder why she's blushing? Wait. Is it possible that she's interested in our resident commander? Hehehe, man oh man do I have black mail material now!'
Throwing her victorious thoughts into a box for now, Tsunade regained her composure and addressed her guests.
"I hope this slight, incident, meets your approval that Commander-san is an excellent escort?"
Both Kage nodded, and Tsunade nodded towards the commander again, and he bowed to her in return, before making his way towards the door.
"Shall we begin, Raikage-sama? Mizukage-sama?" the commander intoned politely, and received another pair of nods, before escorting them out.
Outside the Hokage tower.
The village of Konohagakure was peaceful, and, though the villages populous had seen many strange things, ranging from rampaging demons to short blonds that defaced monuments, they still stared in awe, and some of them lust, as a pair of previously enemy Kage walked down the street with larger grins on their faces, fallowed by a pair of extremely attractive kunoichi, and were being lead by powerful looking blond ANBU.
"So, where to first, commander-san?" questioned the Raikage.
"Wherever you wish, Raikage-sama." intoned the blond at his question.
"I'm a bit famished, and it would be great if I could get something to eat. What about you, Mizukage-sama?"
"That's fine Raikage-sama."
Smiling slightly, a jovial, "lead the way" was given, and the blond commander walked them towards a modest, but small ramen shop. When he stopped in mid-step, however, they grew concerned. Just as the Mizukage was about to ask what was the matter, she was cutoff in shock, as the commander rabidly made seals with his hands, and a hastily erected Daton wall sprung up in front of him, only for it, and the commander, to be blow away in a massive explosion. The commander was sent rocketing into a building a block away, and it promptly collapsed on top of him, even as the Kage's and their escorts covered their eyes from the dust and debree kicked up.
Looking up, Yugito felt fear once more again that day, as she watched as a group of ten people wearing black cloaks appear from the smoke a dust kicked up. These cloaks would never normally invoke such a reaction from her, save for one, crucial, difference.
These cloaks had clouds on them. Red clouds.
Akatsuki had come to Konoha.
Final thoughts:
Don't cha just Hate cliffhangers? Although, I can say that the next chapters going to epic in the scale of the battle. I also introduced Haku and Yugito a bit more, and Haku seems to have a fetish for strong men. Wonder what she'll do when she learns just how powerful Naruto has become over the years? I feel sorry for the blond, but, oh well, we all have to make sacrifices for fanfiction.
Naruto- "You suck."
Author- "Really? Why would that be? I gave you Yurine-chan, and your going to have several other women join the two of you? What's wrong with that?"
Naruto- "You pimped me out, you bastard!"
Author- "...and your point, is?"
Naruto- "...I hate you."
Author- "Get over it. Or, would you rather me tell Yurine that you don't like having sex with her?"
Naruto- "...Never mind."
Author- "I though so...Is she really that good?" Insert evil grin
Naruto- "...Turns and leaves with a blush on his face, muttering about insatiable catgirl's'
Author- "...Dam. Lucky son of a bitch."
...Yo. Like the arguments I can get into with my characters?
Yes? No? Maby? Don't really care because were all lazy people?
That's fine, but I think I might begin adding these little talks at the end of my chapters. I've found some authors can make really good arguments that are funny, so, I'm going to try it, as well.
Also, I know its been slow since I last updated, but my other story, Yin and Yang, should have another chapter out in the next 1-3 weeks. You've got my hypocritical oath on it!(...guess that isn't worth much, is it?)
See ya next chapter. ( Or update, as the case may be.)