Hello readers! I have finished chapter 8 of Devils Don't Cry. YAY!
Alright now this chap has new twists that will make you wonder just what the hell is going on in my mind. I also want everyone to know if they have any questions just ask and I'll reply to you as soon as I can. I'm not sure if I'm adding Lucia at all anymore but my muse and me are still going over it. And to the requests for lemons...I would have to work up the nerve to even attempt writing a lemon (as I'm afraid it will suck terribly, I still worry that my fight scenes suck). I'm also hoping to fill in a few plot holes in this chap.
Darkwrite: I tweaked your idea a bit, but the insparation for it still came from you so thanks!
Disclaimer: You know the drill, I do not own the DMC series or Naruto. (Honestly if anyone is actually monitoring this you obviously need a life as its pretty damn obvious I don't own anything but my own ideas.)
Sealing
"998…"
"999…"
"1000…"
"Now I want fifty more for half-assing that set!" The one eyed jounin shouted with his orange book no where to be seen. He had put them through enough to kill some genin and yet they were still training.
The two boys groaned but stayed in position. They both balanced on the razor sharp point of a kunai with their pointer finger while in handstand position about twenty feet from each other. A slight lapse of concentration and that finger would be gone. They began there fifty using that finger to perform pushups, having to constantly adjust the flow of chakra to allow proper movement. That was only part of the grueling exercise.
"Switch!" Kakashi shouted suddenly.
The boys instantly pushed off and switched hands and resumed the fifty. This was the other part, Kakashi would randomly tell them to switch hands to keep them aware, they had done this on each finger already. Added to the thousands of pushups, situps, juggernauts, laps around Konoha, various other chakra exercises, and sparring with each other and you would very quickly come to the conclusion that the two were severely low on chakra and their bodies must nearly be to the point of giving out on them. The only thing keeping them going was their pride.
When the fifty were done the two remained motionless. Kakashi let them stay there for a while.
"Enough!" He said.
The two boys let themselves fall and hit the ground in a rather undignified heap. Their chest heaved for breath, every muscle burned, and sweat poured off of them while they fought off the stars in their vision. An object hit the ground next to each of them with a loud clatter.
"An ANBU training katana is next to both of you. You two will spar once more, feel free to use any attack you can muster."
Kakashi had showed both the basics sword fighting used in ANBU along with his own family's basics. The two soaked it up like sponges. Naruto mixed it into his style combining it with what he already learned from Gekkou Hayate. While Sasuke memorized each and every move exactly, preparing himself should he ever have to use or defend against a sword.
The two boys stood up shakily while grabbing the katana next to them. Their legs trembled, struggling to hold them up. Naruto held his sword in a reverse grip in his human hand. Since he was crouching it rested slightly above the ground. Sasuke held his normally in front of him with both hands on the hilt. He stood straight and proud as oppose to Naruto's crouched stance.
The two charged at each other with everything they had left, as the blades traveled they left a trail of chakra in their wake. Naruto's blade glowed a gentle blue before taking in the water and air surrounding it turning into a swirling maelstrom. Sasuke's sword turned a violent yellow before flames and its cold blooded brother lightning crackled around the sword making it a storm of fire.
'They shouldn't have enough chakra left to bring out that kind of reaction! At most Sasuke's sword should have only made sparks while Naruto's would have produced a small wind blade.'
The swords Kakashi gave them were made from a cheap metal that taught ninja to harnessed elemental chakra. The only downside were that the metal itself was extremely weak, making it useless in actual combat, it would break easily under heavy force.
It took a gifted blacksmith to forge useful blades from this metal. One would have to balance the metals to where the blade could channel chakra and still be deadly efficient in close combat. Some used one's own chakra nature increasing the weapon's power such as the blades use by Kiri's Seven Swordsmen of Mist. Some blades were infused with a certain element no matter who the wielded it, like the lost Sword of the Thunder Spirit used by the Second Hokage. Both types were rare and extremely powerful in the right hands.
The distance between Naruto and Sasuke closed rapidly. Naruto's maelstrom dragged along the ground tearing up the earth underneath it. Sasuke's storm of fire cut through the air beside him. Naruto pivoted on one foot, giving himself a spin, attacking with a downward vertical slash while Sasuke went with a horizontal swing. The blades met in an explosion of nature chakra.
Electrically charged water and huge bursts of flames jumped from the locked swords. Both boys pushed with all their strength trying to overcome the other. The swords suddenly shattered under the stress, unable to handle the clash. The boys fell to their knees in front of each other. Blood red slitted eyes met red eyes with two tomoe spinning wildly, both refusing to lose to the other out of sheer willpower.
"You had enough yet Teme/Dobe?" They asked simultaneously.
"You…" They said. Sasuke's fist flew to be caught in Naruto's devil bringer. Naruto's human hand lashed out only for Sasuke to block the punch and grab Naruto's wrist.
"Wish!" Their heads collided in a desperate finishing move. Their blood mingled and dripped to the ground. Both gritted their teeth in pain, trying to fight off the darkness in the edges of their vision.
After a few seconds Kakashi decided to intervene. "That's enough, we'll call it a draw." When neither boy responded he walked over to take a closer look.
What he saw shocked him. 'Even when their both unconscious they refuse to lose to the other.'
They kneeled in front of each other, the muscles in their arms still trembling, straining to overcome the other. Lifeless blue eyes clashed with equally lifeless black. Kakashi squeezed a pressure point in their shoulders causing them to both fall to the side.
'Two geniuses in their own way and with so much power and potential. Their so alike and yet so different at the same time. It is amazing how well they balance each other out.'
He made two shadow clones. They each grabbed a student and a Chunin Exam paper then jumped off to return them home, leaving Kakashi to his thoughts.
'Naruto's bloodline of the body and Sasuke's of the mind. Constantly challenging each other to become stronger. Even their natures feed off of each other, the water charged with electricity and the fire fed by wind.' Kakashi let out a heavy sigh. 'Well at least my hair is already silver it'll save me some trouble in the long run.'
Devils Don't Cry…
Ninja and civilian alike busily walked through the crowded market district of Konoha. Honest merchants and crooked scoundrels advertised their goods. No matter what your profession you could find what you needed here, whether it be weapons, tools, clothing, food, or even trinkets for the tourists.
We find a blonde haired woman walking with a blue haired woman towards a ramen stand. The two were both beautiful specimens of the fairer sex. Men who stole glances at them could not work up the nerve to do more than look. The aura that rolled off the two women scared any man who happened to get to close to them.
"Why are we here again?" The blue haired girl asked as they walked in the booth.
"I have decided to surprise Master with two bowls of ramen since he is going to participate in the chunin exams. He should be nearly recovered from his training by the time we get back." The blonde spoke.
"I don't know how devil boy can eat so much of this stuff, if you didn't limit him he would probably eat it every day."
"Oh, you seem concerned for Master. Has seeing him so beat up from training brought this out or maybe it was his recent marking of you?"
"Hey! He surprised me alright!" Lady said annoyed.
Trish smiled and thanked Ayame and her father for the ramen before walking out with Lady following. "If I remember correctly after he limped into the house with that kage bunshin you walked over to him and offered to help. Instead of him accepting he kissed you. You didn't put up much of a fight when he marked you either. In fact, you seemed to rather enjoy it. Then he passed out in your arms.
Lady's face was burning crimson, contrasting with her dark blue hair. Her embarrassment vanished as she sensed something strange. "Do you feel that?"
Trish nodded while scanning the crowd for the source of the familiar aura. 'So I finally get to see her?' She soon caught sight of a brown haired girl with fang like marks on her cheeks.
As if feeling her gaze Hana looked up from her to do list. Her eyes locked on Trish's as the world around them disappeared. Only Trish, Lady, and Hana remained as everything around them faded away. Hana found herself unable to move as she was analyzed, her body just wouldn't respond.
'I approve…' Hana heard a voice whisper.
Hana felt her limbs respond as reality returned. The blonde woman was calmly walking away as if nothing had happened. Her hand went up to touch the mark showing she belonged to Naruto.
'He already has a mate, and she approves of me?!' She dismissed the strange encounter, she would think over it later, for now she needed to finish getting supplies.
When Trish walked away Lady rushed to catch up. "What happened and who was that?"
"She, like us, is marked by Master. I merely approved of her, although, she will still have to prove herself."
"Oh, do you approve of me?"
"I have seen how you make Master happy. I accepted you a few days after you started living with us, all that was needed was for him to mark you."
"Okay…" A strange thought ran though Lady's head. "What would have happened if you wouldn't have accepted us?"
"If you posed a threat to Master I would have killed you like any other enemy, its as simple as that." The brilliant gold aura of her devil trigger flared for emphasis.
Lady had no doubt Trish would be a dangerous opponent. The training the two had been doing together gave Lady a taste of Trish's mastery over lightning as well as her advanced taijutsu. The only one that could possible control her was Naruto himself.
Devils Don't Cry…
"Why are we doing this again, Temari?" Kankuro asked nervously.
Temari sighed. "I told you I'm worried about her, she's been so quiet lately. She hasn't even shown any bloodlust." She said to her brother.
"You say that like it's a bad thing!" Kankuro almost whimpered.
Temari fought the urge to strangle her brother. Steeling her nerves she turned to door and knocked, expecting an angry reply, instead she received none.
"See she's not even-"
"Nyu?"
"Damnit, I just had to say something." Don't get Kankuro wrong, he really did care for Gaara and especially Nyu its just that the sand that could crush you effortlessly scared him and he liked living. Yea, living is nice.
Temari open the door enough for both of them to see Nyu sitting on the bed hugging her knees close. Before Kankuro could run Temari pulled him in with her. They carefully approached not to scare her. Temari sat next to her.
"Nyu, is Gaara resting?" The red head gave a slight twitch of a nod.
Three presences shared one body. The one-tailed demon Shukaku, Gaara, and Nyu. Nyu seemed to represent all of the kindness and innocence of a child but it was hidden by her shy nature. Gaara represented all the hatred and anger from the challenges of being the container of Shukaku. And Shukaku was just a demon of immense bloodlust and absolutely no mercy.
It was often required for Gaara or Nyu to go dormant or 'sleep' while the other maintained the body. That way Shukaku was kept at bay as it could not break free unless the body and mind were both asleep. The body still went into a stasis akin to sleep which allowed little to no movement for the persona in control.
If one had to describe it, it would be similar to sleeping with your eyes open. The awareness was there just not the function. It kept the body from giving out from lack of sleep at random. It also gave everyone in Suna a sense of security known that the demon could not be released by accident.
Nyu squeeze her eyes shut and suddenly went limp. Kankuro took a cautious step back and Temari tensed. When the girl reopened her eyes the innocence was gone, in its place was hatred and anger.
"Gaara?" Temari asked carefully.
"What do you want?" Gaara didn't move, but she kept them in sight.
"We were just wondering if anything was bothering you lately." Temari glanced to Kankuro for help but he pointed to the sand on the floor that hadn't been there when they entered. Any sudden movements could be lead to their deaths.
"Uzumaki Naruto…" Gaara murmured.
"That silver haired genin we met? I'm so gonna kill him-" Gaara's hand lashed out and Kankuro was instantly covered in sand. He was thrown against the wall so hard the apartment seemed to shake from the force. Another wave of sand slammed into him pinning him to the wall.
"ONLY I WILL KILL HIM!" Gaara's demonic voice shouted as the sand began to crush the life out of her brother.
"Gaara stop it he didn't know!" Temari was also covered in sand that prevented her from moving to help.
"I sorry Gaara!" Kankuro managed to rasp out. Just when it seemed as if she was going to kill him all the sand fell to the floor dropping Kankuro with it. Temari rushed to Kankuro huddled in the corner feeling helpless without his puppet.
Gaara got up from the bed and walked towards the window.
"Where are you going?" Temari asked from her spot over her brother.
"To kill him." Was her short reply.
"Please Gaara just wait for the Chunin Exams, you don't know what he's capable of. You saw how easily he could have killed Kankuro."
"I am not Kankuro…" She said jumping out the window.
"We have to follow her! She could get killed!" Worry was evident in her voice.
"I doubt it, but let me grab Karasu."
Devils Don't Cry…
"Curious…" The elegant feminine voice said.
"Huh!?" Naruto awoke to a hand gently caressing his face while the other played in his silver hair.
"I said curious. You've turned out so curious under my influence." Naruto opened his eyes to a beautiful woman with his head in her lap. They were in the middle of the sewer on a patch of blood red grass surrounded by roses.
Smooth pale skin with gentle features, her long blood red hair pooled around her. The only thing keeping her modest was the nine tails and her hair covering her delicate but full curves in an exotic way. Her crimson slitted eyes stared into his blue. A necklace with the kanji for seal on it hung right above her bosom.
As soon as he realized who it was he jumped away landing on water without even causing a ripple. His hand flew to his side to find Yamato, which had not been there before. "Kyuubi…What do you mean influence?"
The woman's crimson hued lips quirked into a smile. "You do not know, Descendant of Sparda? How do you think the legacy in your blood became so strong? It is because of me that you power grows as it does."
"But something like that-"
"I am the Kyuubi, a demon lord powerful enough to battle The Dark Knight Sparda and come out alive. It was a simple matter to feed the legacy in your blood to become strong enough to balance with the human blood. The results so far are rather interesting and I must say…satisfactory." She eyed him like a piece of meat.
"But why help me? What's the point?"
"Hmm…why shouldn't I? After all, I picked you to be my vassal."
"You picked me? You were sealed in me because you attacked Konoha!" Naruto's mind was working in overdrive. None of her answers made any sense.
"Why of course, how else would I have gotten your foolish father to seal me into my chosen pawn?"
"M-my f-father was the Fourth? The old man said-"
"That you were an orphan. Your dear mother, Kushina, having died during childbirth and your father, the Legendary Fourth, being unknown."
"Why should I believe you? How would you know?" She stood gracefully on the mound of blood grass. She started walking toward him, grass appearing where she stepped as if rolling out a carpet.
"I know everything about you Naruto, your desire to protect what you love, your will to become stronger, even your fear of losing what you have gained...like what happened to Kyrie."
Yamato stopped inches away from her neck, a slight line of blood made its way down her flawless pale skin, but there was no cut as it had healed almost instantly. "Shut up! Tell me why I shouldn't kill you?"
Unfazed she pushed Yamato away to bend down to look in his eyes and give him a wonder full view of cleavage. She caressed the side of his face and lean close to his ear.
"Because I could help you…" She whispered huskily into his ear. "I could make you a full blooded devil…stronger than the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda himself. All you have to do is devote yourself to me as I will to you." She gave him a gentle kiss than quickly became more passionate and hungry.
Naruto's eyes glowed red like hers as he pulled her closer, his instinct telling him to mark her as his. She moaned into the kiss as his hands caressed her body and their tongues battled. She pulled away licking her lips, enjoying his taste.
"Well?" She asked.
"No." Naruto said his eyes losing their red glow. She surprised him by laughing, walking away with a sway in her hips and taking a seat on the blood grass.
"Good, I was afraid for a moment you were weak. We'll meet again soon, my vassal, but for now you must show the container of Shukaku her place. I will not lose to Shukaku and he is arrogant and stupid for challenging me."
"Just who's side are you on?"
"I am on no one's side but my own Naruto-kun. You are merely one of the many pieces in this game. Do not disappoint me, my vassal."
Naruto shot awake from his slumber, nearly jumping out of his bed. 'She thinks this is a game?!' Not even stopping to get his cloak he grabbed Yamato and froze as another thought hit him. 'The Fourth is my father? Why didn't anyone tell me? He leaned gainst the wall to steady himself. 'Why me? No, I'm not going to feel sorry for myself! I can't blame them for not being here for me, but that doesn't mean I can't be angry at them for not telling me.' Sorrow and confusion were quickly replaced by anger, he nearly ran into Trish and Lady while walking out.
"I have ramen for you young Master." Trish said cheerfully. Her happy mood disappeared when she saw the red seeping in Naruto's eyes.
"It can wait." The boy said walking out.
Trish put away the ramen and hurriedly followed. Lady ran next to her with confusion in her eyes. "What's going on? Must be important to ignore ramen."
"Someone challenges Master." Was Trish's short reply.
Devils Don't Cry…
Temari and Kankuro stumbled upon Gaara standing calmly in the middle of an empty training ground. They didn't have to wait long before Naruto appeared in front of her along with Trish and Lady. He stood there with his coat missing, devil bringer bare, and Yamato at his waist.
"Make sure they don't interfere." He said over his shoulder to the two women. They nodded and jumped away.
Neither Naruto nor Gaara moved or said anything. The time for talk was over, this was a battle of dominance. A single leaf fluttered to the ground between the two of them.
As soon as the leaf touched the ground Naruto's ethereal devil bringer shot out, closing the distance between them in moments, but was blocked and knocked off course by a wall of sand. Naruto jumped high to avoid the stream of sand that nearly engulfed him.
A blue shockwave erupted from his sword, crashing against the sand that protected Gaara. More streams of sand shot out at the airborne Naruto. He blurred out, disappearing completely.
Temari and Kankuro moved to help but were blocked by Trish and Lady. "This is not your battle." Lady said, red lightning already crackling around her.
Temari reached for her fan distracting the two women long enough for Kankuro to switch himself with his puppet. They tensed to attack but was stopped by Lady. "Don't even try it. We saw puppet boy switch himself. Move another inch and Trish will fry you, and my spear isn't just for show. "
The two siblings where helpless to do anything but watch.
'He's fast!' Gaara looked around frantically trying to spot him. As soon as the boy would appear he'd only disappear again.
'Left? Right? Above?' The sand stopped a blade a hair's width from stabbing her between the eyes.
"I'm right in front of you. Like it? I call it Air Trick, think of it as a more offensive oriented kawarimi." He blurred again and began to circle the red head, after images appearing all around her. It seemed like twenty of him were circling her all at once. Another crescent arc of blue energy came from her left. The sand moved to block it.
Naruto attacked from the opposite side, trying to take her head off. His blade was stopped once more by sand. He strained to break through, but more sand pushed him back. He blurred out before the sand could capture him. Naruto, however, was quickly tiring. His body was struggling to respond to his commands. His attacks were becoming sluggish and forced. He had to finish this.
'He's everywhere!' Gaara thought frantically. The sand was struggling to keep up with him, if she didn't do something he was going to break her defense. Stream after stream of sand shot out at Naruto chasing him around the field. Each one was dodged but she managed to force him into the air.
"Got you!" She cried out triumphantly.
The sand had missed but swirled around him to trap him in a cage, all the sand converged on him and he couldn't escape without getting caught. The sand closed in and wrapped around his body. The boy struggled to break free but it was to late the sand covered him completely, turning him into a cocoon in the air.
"Sabaku Kyu!" The girll shouted.
'Damnit I'm too weak from training...I can't, I won't lose.'
Demonic energy seeped into Gaara making her eyes became like Shukaku's. "SABAKU SOSO!"
'IFRIT!'
Before the cocoon of sand could implode it exploded outward sending flames, smoke, sand, and shards of glass out everywhere. A figure fell to the ground hidden by a smokescreen.
'That's impossible no one has ever escaped!' Gaara looked on in fear at the monster that revealed itself.
Monstrous hooves stepped out of the smoke carrying a dark blue skinned beast in burnt shorts with it. Its skin resembled a full body version of the devil bringer. The creature was at least seven feet tall with blue flames burning on its body. Every inch of it was built with muscle with long spikey silver hair that fell to the middle of its back. Hooves replaced feet, hands now had vicious looking claws on them, two long horns jutted from the side of its head over pointed ears, and long, sharp teeth filled its mouth. (AN: cookie to who can tell me which game series I got this from, double chocolate chip if you specify which game)
"What is that thing!? What happened to the kid!?" Kankuro asked in terror. That thing was scarier than Gaara. All three of them turned to Trish.
"That is Master's Ifrit form." Trish said, her eyes not leaving the battle.
"That thing looks like a demon, I've never seen a jutsu like that!" Temari shouted.
Lady turned back to watch the flaming beast regain its bearings. "Not a demon, a devil."
The beast snorted out a large cloud of smoke. It took a deep breath and when it breathed again instead of smoke small bursts of flame jumped from its nostrils. Looking up into the sky it let out a guttural roar with flames shooting from its mouth.
Gaara watched in awed terror. 'What is he?'
The creature's burning red eyes locked on to Gaara. The beast started a slow stomp toward the girl that soon became a full out rush. It roared as the flames on its body along with the speed of its charge increased. The darkened whisker marks made the creature even more menacing.
Gaara let out a terrified scream and focused all her sand into forming a dome around her. This was the first time she felt fear this great. The creature even terrified mother!
The flaming creature slammed into the orb of sand, but it didn't slow down, continuing to push the sand barrier into a tree that splintered from the impact. When the orb hit the tree a clawed hand covered in flames reared back and pierced through the orb and a muffled scream was heard.
The sand lost its form and trickled to the ground leaving Gaara suspended by the clawed hand around her neck, otherwise unharmed. Gaara squeezed her eyes shut waiting for her death. The creature flexed its claws preparing to kill her but stopped when tears started to fall from the girl's eyes.
'What am I doing?' Naruto's thoughts began to surface.
"Aren't you going to kill her? She challenged you and lost, her life is now yours." Kyuubi's calm voice went through his head.
'But why? I-I-I don't w-want to kill.' Thoughts of Haku flashed through Naruto's mind as he fought to control his body.
"Why fight it? Kill her.' Her voice prodded.
'No, Ifrit... listen to me. I am in control.'
'Kill Her...'
'No. Ifrit...Listen. To. Me!'
"KILL HER!" Kyuubi screamed.
"NO!" Naruto's demonic form dropped Gaara and backed away. It let out a monstrous roar as it was engulfed in flames. The roar faded to a howl that became more human. The flames died down revealing Naruto's human form. 'I'm in control.'
A now human Naruto walked up to the fearful girl, looking at her with gentle blue eyes. His thumb brushed away a tear, strangly the sand did block the contact, his lips then met hers. Still in shock from the kiss she didn't realize when he pulled away. A sharp pain came from her neck.
Both of them felt the pull on their minds. Naruto was now in a vast desert. Wind howled as sand buffed him. A distant rumble was follow by a scream of rage.
"Not here, not here, anywhere but here… I'm sorry mother don't hurt us…"
"Nyu…"
He looked behind him to see two identical girls hugging each other. Both cried in each other's arms. He turned back when he heard another scream of outrage, closer this time.
A giant tanuki rose from the sand in front of them. Gaara's and Nyu's cries became louder. Shukaku roared once more.
"I WON'T LOSE TO YOU! I WON'T!" The creature lifted its arms and slammed them down. Naruto brought up his devil bringer to block the blow.
Nine tails came from behind him to stop the attack. The clawed arms slammed into the tails, straining to overpower them. It was useless, the tails flexed and the tanuki was thrown back effortlessly.
"You are such a sore loser, Shukaku." The Kyuubi walked out from behind Naruto in all her glory.
"YOU CHEATED KYUUBI!" Shukaku stomach expanded before firing a concentrated blast of wind and chakra.
"I won fairly, you are merely too stupid to accept that." Kyuubi inspected her nails while using a delicate hand to bat away the blast lazily.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!" Wind exploded from the tanuki's mouth in a blast larger than the last.
"I grow weary of your immaturity." Her eyes flashed red and the wind reversed itself. It shot back at Shukaku, swirling around him and kicking up sand. The sand kept spinning reaching high above the demon. Once it reached the top it hardened trapping Shukaku inside. The kanji for seal then appeared on the tanuki's forehead. His screams of rage became distant before disappearing entirely, even though he was right there.
"That should keep him in check. You did well Naruto-kun." Her red hued lips met his. He quickly pulled away.
"Why are you toying with our lives? I almost killed her because of you!"She looked thoughtful, considering the answer to his question.
"But you didn't did you Naruto-kun?" She said caressing his cheek.
"What?"
"Yes, you almost killed her, but you didn't. You were strong enough to stay in control. I am glad I chose you for this game." He slapped the hand away in anger and pointed to Gaara and Nyu who were still in a state of shock.
"Look at them! This isn't a game! Their like that because of that damn raccoon toying with their lives!"
Kyuubi looked at him like he was a rare animal. "Why do you care?"
"WHY SHOULDN'T I? Pain…death… terror…there is never a reason to cause it, nothing justifies it."
"But you want power don't you? You caused her terror and pain when you struggled to control Ifrit. And you are going to cause more pain more terror even death if you choose to continue on the path to power whether intentional or not. Don't you want the power to crush the ones who oppose you?"
"NO! I want power to protect the ones I love!" She looked at him for a long time before finally smiling.
"Good... Your heart is, by far, your greatest source of power as you walk your path." She began to fade. "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you…Remember my words Naruto-kun." She faded completely and Naruto found himself back in the training ground. Before he could question Kyuubi's words Gaara lunged at him and hugged him.
To the shock of Temari and Kankuro she began to cry in Naruto's arms. Tears of pain, sorrow, and most of all happiness the voice was gone, mother was quiet. Naruto merely sat down and held her as she wept into his neck. His Ifrit gauntlets glowed and were replace by Yamato clattering to the ground next to him.
Trish and Lady relaxed their stances and walked over to Naruto. He'll most likely be needing help getting home after devil triggering. Kankuro watched Gaara cry before turning to his sister. "So any idea what happened?" He asked.
"All I know is that guy is extremely dangerous to beat Gaara. It would be best if we stayed clear of him during the Chunin Exams and you know…" Kankuro caught the subtle message easy. When the invasion happened fighting this guy was suicide.
"That and Gaara and Nyu like him. Hopefully, for their sake, she won't have to fight him."
Devils Don't Cry…
A man busted into a room with three occupants. "H-he s-s-s-sealed her demon I don't know how, but I'm sure of it. What are we going to do now? We need her for the invasion."
The oldest man spoke up. "Calm yourself."
"The invasion will still happen she just may need a little 'motivation' to release Shukaku. Ku ku ku ku…After all I need the Sharingan and the boy's devil blood. I won't let this little setback stop me."
"And his sword, Yamato, is our only hope with Force Edge gone." The older man spoke up.
"Yes, you will get your sword as long as I get the boy to experiment on, maybe with the help of one of your followers to compare notes."
The four men went over their final plans for the Chunin Exams as Naruto went home to find those two bowls of ramen with his name on them.
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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE RAMEN IS GONE!?"
End Chapter 8.
I decided to break the norm with Kyuubi by making her neutral. If you don't like Kyuubi taking a female form well... deal with it, folklore says Kitsune appear often as women. Harem interaction and development will go into more detail after the preliminaries. Yes I gave Naruto Dark Slayer Style! Oh and I be posting a link to a pic of Ifrit's Devil Trigger for those who don't feel like guessing.
Tell me what you think, I'm open to ideas.
Next chap I'll finally get to the chunin exams. Might also start on a new story soon as well ( i'm bored).
New Moves:
Air Trick- Short ranged speed burst technique. (I know its actual teleportation in the game but Naruto hasn't gotten that far with it yet.) Uses blue flames in Devil Trigger no matter what Devil Arm is being used.