Title: The Codex of Champions
Category: Anime/Manga » Naruto
Author: Fellgrave
Language: English, Rating: Rated: T
Genre: Adventure/General
Published: 01-24-12, Updated: 06-12-12
Chapters: 2, Words: 11,708
Chapter 1: Prologue
A/N: Here ya go, my take on MrWriterWriter's "What Else Was In The Scroll" challenge. This was an idea I was kickin around for a while, ever since Ahri came out really. Thanks to Psudocode Samurai though for his help in refining it a bit as well as doin the beta for it.
(Space for Beta)
Basically its a fusion of one my favorite games and one of my favorite mangas. Pairings is up for suggestions, though I am leaning towards Ahri at the moment, as well as what traits he might take on.
And yes before you ask, I am working on getting out the next chapter of Ranma No Kitsune.
Somewhere in the Forest outside Konoha
Naruto took the large scroll off his back and set it down on the ground. His body quickly followed, it was one heck of a workout to evade all those ninja and get in and out of the Hokage's Mansion like that, plus he was working with practically no sleep for the last couple while he had crammed for the exam.
Naruto looked down at the scroll, a sudden mischeivous glimmer in his eye. 'Well Mizuki-sensei didn't say that I couldn't look inside the scroll. Who knows maybe there's something good in it that I can use to get me promoted to chuunin right away!' Unrolling it he quickly went to work finding something useful.
"Lets see here, shadow clones? Pass, kunai shadow clones, nope. Lets skip the techniques, maybe there's some kinda magical sword or something in here." Unrolling the scroll further he peered at it intently until he found the section he was looking for
"Ah here we go. Goshiki Zankantou?(1) Nah, sounds way to hard to handle. Some kind of bone-mask-thingy? (2)Weird, who the heck would ever use that...? Henshin Rod? Nope not a girl, thank the Kamis. Magical and sarcastic sword,with no other abilities. Well thats lame, sides who wants something with a weird name like Derflinger(3) anyway. Next... Helloooo what have we here?" Naruto had been about to skip past this, but suddenly felt a strange pull towards a certain spot on the scroll.
"Hmm, the Codex of Champions? Sounds kinda cool, now how do I get it out of the scroll?" Naruto looked all over the scroll for the seal that would release the item before taking a closer look at the actual text. He smacked himself with his palm when he noticed that the words and letters were arranged to form an interconnected seal. Berating himself he pushed some of his chakra into it and winced when something was propelled into his gut with a small flash.
Blinking his eyes clear of the twinkling lightspots, he had smacked his head against the tree when whatever it was hit him, he looked down to see what he was cradling in his hands. Holding it out revealed a large book, the cover decorated with metal in some ornate design. Something about it was off though, yet he couldn't quite figure out what it was. It had a cover for both the front and back, the pages were bound to the spine like some of the other books he had seen when spying on the library. What was it?
"That's it! There's only one page!" Indeed there was only a single page, sandwhiched between two thin pieces of leather. Opening it Naruto tried to read the archaic text on the page, failing to notice as the letters, for lack of a better word, squiggled, changing shape and rearranging themselves on the page.
#To All Who Attempt To Read This Great Work, Know This. Until The Last Of The Legends Is Found, The Secrets Within Shall Stay Sealed From The World. We Failed In Our Creation Of This Grand Endeavor. But In Our Failure Will Be He Whoever Completes This Work's Greatest Acheivement. Until That Day We Of The League Shall Wait.#
"Ah man. I can't even find something that works." Naruto whined. He looked back to the scroll, maybe he could find something else in it before Mizuki-sensei arrived. Still holding the book he walked over to the scroll and bent over to pick it up. He nearly jumped out his skin when he heard the sound of someone landing behind him. As he spun around rapidly, he let loose with a kick at chest height as he dropped into a crouch. His eyes widened when he realized the person who had landed behind him was Iruka, and that when he landed he had had to bend his knees in order to reduce the impact of landing. This meant that when Naruto had kicked out he hit Iruka dead straigth to the head, sending him reeling onto the ground.
Jaw dropped, Naruto started to run over to check if his sensei was okay. After he had taken only a couple of steps though, he stopped when he heard a noise. Trying to locate it he turned to find several kunai whistling through the air towards him. Using the only thing he could think of he raised the Codex in front of him in attempt to block the flying knives.
A couple of the kunai bounced off the metal on the cover, but one didn't. That one kunai went straight through the book like a hot knife through butter, and continued right on through Naruto's chest before embedding into the tree. There was a flash of light and a brief sensation of pain and then Naruto knew only darkness.
Within Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto woke up with a start, the last thing he remembered was the pain of having a kunai enter his chest. Looking around he found himself in a massive cavern, lying on a section of flat stone. Turning his jaw dropped at what his eyes beheld. In front of him was a massive building, a temple of indeterminate age and majesty. His eyes widened at the sight of massive crystals suspended midair above two columns to either side of the stairs to the entrance.
Shoving aside his awe he felt a strange sensation, like something was tugging at him. Deciding he had nothing else to do he let himself be led up the stairs and into the massive building. As he walked down the marble halls he noticed what looked like statues every once in a while. They were placed with no rhyme nor reason and each seemed to be different. One was of a man who looked similar to some of the ninja he had seen, two katanas strapped to his back and another looked like what he imagined the werewolves of fairy-tales to look like.
The pulling sensation led to him to a set of massive steel doors. He pushed at them with all his might but they refused to budge. He even to a running start and tried to shoulder slam them open. When that failed he stepped back and took a better look at the doors, noticing a small piece of paper taped to one of them. Blinking he walked closer and pulled the slip of paper off the door and read it. After reading it he read it second time and then a third time before proceeding to slam his head against the wall repeatedly. The piece of paper slowly floated to the floor as it landed text side up.
#Note: Pull on doors to open.#
After his bout of self punishment Naruto tugged on the door with all of his strength, dragging it slowly open. Once there was enoguh room for him to enter he slipped between the two doors and into the darkened room beyond. Though he couldn't see very much, the only light being provided by the gap from the opened doors, he made his way to center of the room without incidence. Once he reached the center of the room the doors closed with a slam, sealing him within and removing all light. As he spun around looking for anything he heard a voice speak to him, it sounded as though the voice was coming from every direction at once and it frightened him, not that he would admit it.
"Ye who seeks admittance to the League must Pass Judgement. Be Warned This Trial Shall Test The Limits Of Your Very Soul. Are Ye Willing?"
"Hell yeah I'm willing! Naruto Uzumaki ain't afraid of anything! Believe it!"
"Very well young one. Though Shalt be Judged." Naruto was about to respond but was unable to when the world fell away around him. He opened his eyes to see his life flashing before them, even things he could not ever remember seeing.
-A rainy night, lightning flashes illuminating the man holding him, a giant beast coming closer.
-That same night in the hospital, a nurse coming with a scalpel looming over him.
-When he was two and the matron at the orphanage left him locked outside, the mob getting closer and closer.
-When he was four, the mob capturing him, dousing his body in gasoline and lighting him on fire.
-His sixth birthday, his body nailed to a wall by kunai and being used as a target for shuriken.
-His ninth year, his entire apartment destroyed and having to go through the winter with just a worn blanket.
All those and more whirled past his eyes as tears streamed down his face. He felt each blow as if they were happening to him right then, yet he did not flinch. He did not cry out in pain nor move a muscle as he was forced to suffer through each of his memories. Finally after what felt like an enternity the whirling stopped and the voice spoke again. This time though the voice was tinged with regret and sadness.
"It Is Done, The Judgement is complete, young one. We of the League find ourselves hard-pressed to find a better paragon of endurance of hardships than yourself. It is thus our decision that for having completed the Codex and as repayment for the Judgement, we shall allow you access to the Codex, as well as access to the Armory within the Institute of War. However this does not mean all of the Codex's powers are yours to use, you shall have to earn them. We give you one concession though, a guide for your new abilities has been chosen and awaits you outside. Go and use these powers wisely, or not we do not care so long as they are used."
Without another word the doors soundlessly swung open, bathing the room in light. Now that Naruto could see he was suprised, the room he was in was a simple empty room, just four walls and the doors, nothing else. As he left the room he nearly tripped over something outside. Regaining his balance he looked down to find a beautiful woman just lying there asleep. Naruto felt his mouth go dry as he traced the lines of her body enshrouded by her silver fur blanket' What's up with that?'. Stunning long legs gave way to beautiful curves underneath a short white split-skirt for a kimono. Her prodigous bust was covered by a red kimono top that left her shoulders and neck bare. Her long silky black hair ran down her back, her bangs covering what he could see of her face, except for her black fox ears. 'Wait, What?'
Naruto leaped back as the fox-eared girl stirred, stretching her limbs in a way that served to drive his blood pressure through the roof. As she yawned he stunned to see that she had the exact same pattern of whisker like marks on her cheeks, and in her mouth were sharp looking teeth. She blinked open her eyes and Naruto was struck by how beautiful the golden colour was, at least until he noticed the fact that the pupils were slitted like a fox. Naruto stumbled over his feet in attempt to back away from as she stood up and her blanket turned into nine silver fox tails. One thought ran through his head,'Oh dear Kami, I was fantasizing about the Kyuubi! Oh Crap, oh crap, oh crap! You know what, if she's gonna kill I might as well go out with a bang.'
Without any further thinking he leaned forward and gave the semi-asleep girl a kiss, straight on the lips. The girls eyes flew wide open before she let herself go as the sensations filtered into her mind. Opening her mouth she deepened the kiss and used her tails to pull the blond boy closer to her self. After a couple minutes the two seperated due to the need for air. Carefully the Fox-eared girl set the boy down with her tails. She raised an eyebrow at his dazed look before laughing. Naruto snapped out of his trance at the sudden sound and nearly fell into again. 'Wow, her laugh is just as beautiful as she is, and man, that was Some Kiss!'
The fox-eared girl slowly stopped laughing as she remembered what she was doing here, and what had happened. Her voice was light with laughter while at the same time smooth and silky, drawing another glazed look from Naruto as she started speaking.
"I must say that is the best way to wake up in the morning I have ever experienced. But to the task at hand, I am the guide to the Codex. My name is Ahri and I am known as the Nine-tailed Kitsune." She winced a bit as Naruto's face took on an alarmed expression and his body tensed up. Ahri raised a hand in a placating gesture." Do not fear, I am not the Kyuubi, at least any more. Allow me to explain, I was once the Kyuubi, but that was due to a curse. Many many centuries ago I was once a Champion in the League of Legends, a place where the greatest warriors of the world would fight to settle the issues between the great nations instead of wars. During one these great battles I was sent flying into a nexus, a centre of great magical power. Somehow instead of simply being sent into the limbo to await reentering the fight I instead tapped into the flow of magic and started to absorb it. The amount of magic in my body soon ran out of my control and I turned into the monster you know as the Kyuubi No Kitsune. And ever since then I had rampaged all over the world until I was sealed within a newborn infant, thus cutting off my access to the magical currents of the world and returning my body and mind to normal. For all that has happened to you I am deeply sorry."
Naruto stared at her with a stunned look on his face. He searched her face carefully for any hint of trickery but found only a porfound sadness. Ahri looked away, she didn't want to see the disgust and hatred that he was sure to feel for her. She was completely unprepared for the feeling of his arms wrapping around her in a comforting hug, something relatively hard to do considering she was quite a bit taller than him at the moment. Blinking away unshed tears she turned to face Naruto, finding him with a small smile on his face.
"I forgive you, if anything it wasn't your fault so don't worry about it. 'Sides I guess were stuck with each other anyway so it doesn't make any sense to hate you." She nearly broke down completely, of all the things she was expecting, utter and unconditional forgiveness wasn't one of them. Ahri managed a small smile though tears had started to make small tracks down her face. Wiping them away she got back in control of her body and emotions.
"Thank you, thank you so much. I suppose I still need to explain how the Codex works don't I? The Codex is a storehouse for the memories, personalities and souls of the champions of the League. Using the Codex you are able to either summon them out into the world, for however long you desire, or you can temporarily take their abilities to use for yourself. Once you master an ability you can use that ability even if you no longer are using that champion or are using another one. All you have to do is think and the list of available champions will run through your mind. Simply think of picking one and that should be enough to do it."
Naruto face had gone slack with awe and his eyes were closed in concentration. The moment Ahri had finished talking he started thinking about the list in his head. He was somewhat suprised when a selection board with small squares appeared in his mind's eye. Imagining it larger the vision zoomed in, showing that some of the squares were greyed out. Naruto figured those were the locked champions and focused on the ones he could choose. However even though he was looking mainly at the available choices he did notice one glaring omission.
"Hey Ahri how come you aren't here at all? I thought you said you were a champion and stuff."
"Well I can't be chosen because I'm your guide. If was then that would cause problems as this is my physical body sealed within you. All the other champions bodies have long since been rendered unto oblivion." Ahri explained. Suddenly she palmed herself in the face when she remembered what had started the whole thing." Naruto I'm sorry but you must leave for the moment. While time has slowed down since you entered here it is still passing in the outside world and your body is still in danger."
"Oh shit thats right! Double shit, I forgot about Sensei!" Naruto shouted as he started to run around in circles panickedly. Ahri watched him with an amused expression on her face. After a few moments she put her hand on his shoulder, stopping him from moving and making him turn his head to face her.
"As I said, Time moves differently within here. Now when you get out of here, you should be prepared, however attacked you is most likely going to try and finish the job. Now I have the perfect suggestion as to which champion you should use first. You see his name is..." With that the two trailed off into conspirational whispers.
Back Outside Naruto's Mind
Mizuki was ecstatic at the moment. First he had gotten the idiot of a demon to break in and steal the Forbidden scroll for, then he had managed to get nearly the entire ninja force in a panic looking for him. He had more than enough time to get to the meeting place, as he wasn't expecting the fool to be able to steal it and get away so quickly, that he had time to watch the boy as he looked through the scroll. After all if there were any booby traps in it better the demon activated them than he did. But the absolute best part was watching his fool of a teaching partner get his butt handed to him via kick to the head from his favorite student.
Taking care to keep quiet, he quickly let loose with a barrage of kunai at the demon brat. There was no need for a distraction as he was distracted enough by his injured teacher. Mizuki's eyes lit up with joy as he watched his kunai embed itself in the demon brat, he reveled in the spray of blood that erupted as it exited out his back. He sat back on his heels as when both the item the brat had retrieved from the scroll and the brat itself lit up with a blindingly bright glow.
When he reopened his eyes his jaw dropped in shock. Where the ridiculously dressed brat was before was a much more intimidating figure. Dark green armor and black cloak lined with yellow covered him. He wore large metal boots and strapped to his legs were two swords. In his hand was a large single-edged sword, two rings attached via holes near the end of the blade. The oddest thing though, was the set of green goggles he was wearing, as there were seven lenses instead of the normal. The figure looked around for a moment before finding Mizuki's position Mizuki let out a low growl as he noticed the whisker marks on the figure, no, Naruto's face.
Quickly drawing more kunai from his pouches he began tossing them at the brat. So angry that his first attack had failed and intent of the demon brats death he failed to notice the boys mouth begin to move. He never heard the words that came out, nor the strangely older and slightly raspy voice in which they were spoken.
'I... Am become one(4). I... shall show you the path... to the end."
As Mizuki leapt off his the tree branch he had beeen observing things from he let loose with yet another barrage of kunai, before drawing one of the giant fuma shuriken off of his back. Instead of dodging or blocking, Naruto headed straight into the kunai storm, before he suddenly blurred with speed. he dissappeared from sight, reappearing for only a breif moment several feet away from where he last was before dissappearing again. Miuzki had to roll quickly to the side in order to dodge the blade strike that suddenly came out of nowhere. Getting back to his feet he drew another kunai and held the hand opposite the one holding the fuma shuriken.
Mizuki was quite a bit put off by the way the goggles the brat was wearing were whirring as they tracked his movements. He hurled the fuma shuriken like a discus and as soon as he let go he was moving right behind it. Naruto merely leaned backwards and let the fuma shuriken pass right overtop of him. Springing back he unleashed a wuick overhead strike that Mizuki blocked with his kunai. The two quickly started exchanging blows at a breakneck pace, dancing across the clearing to the music of ringing another resounding blow the two seperated from each other, Mizuki heaving in breaths while his opponent stood seemingly unaffected by the fight. Once again the boy spoke, no hint of even the slightest bit of exertion in his voice.
"My blade is your... defeat. Behold... Wuju Style."
Mizuki shuddered, the voice had all the cold finality of the grave, with the weight of the Shinigami to carry it through. As he palmed a second kunai, the boy raised his sword until it was pointed right at him. Mizuki was quite confused by the action, right up until the blade suddenly ignited with chakra. Backpeddling rapidly he nearly tripped over a tree root, forcing his arms to windmill frantically in an effort to keep his balance. He was just about to let out a sigh of relief when he noticed that the brat had dissappeared from right in front of him. Looking around he heard sound, not one easily noticable most of the time, but due to the quiet of the forest and the adreneline in his veins in rang out loud and clear. The whisper tickled the hairs on the back of his neck.
"Do not fear the unknown... fear me."
Mizuki opened his mouth to respond but all that came out was a choking gurgle as blood gushed out his mouth. Looking down at his chest he saw that at some point he gained two massive slashes across his chest that were fountaining his life sustaining fluids into the air. He turned his head and stared into the reflective goggles of the brat, barely managing to raise his hand in an empty attempt to strike back at his killer before he fell to ground, his body already cooling in the night air.
Looking over the body breifly Naruto remembered about the other person still in the clearing. Hurriedly he made his way over to Iruka, dropping the form of the assumed champion with another small flash of light. He sighed in relief as Iruka sat up and shook his head to clear away the cobwebs. Iurka looked around the clearing, his eyes widening at the sight of Mizuki's corpse lying on the ground. Jaw dropped he turned back to face the concerned look in his students eyes. He chuckled a little, same old Naruto, always worried about everyone else.
"I'm fine Naruto, you can relax. I must say I'm incredibly suprised that you managed to beat Miuzki like that, he was a chuunin after all." Iruka paused for a moment in thought. "Hey Naruto, close your eyes for a moment. I have a gift for you."
The Hokage's Office.
Sarutobi smiled as he watched the young blond tackle his teacher to the ground after receiving his hitai-ate, via his crystal ball. It was definately an interesting night, of that there was no doubt. Naruto stealing the scroll was a bit unexpected, he had been waiting for the blond to show and ask for a means of doing the clones differently well before this point, but not an entirely unwanted event. Mizuki's obvious betrayal however, was definately troubling, with him dead they would have a hard time finding out who he worked for now. And that object Naruto had found, according to village records it had belonged to the village since it was founded, and had been passed down the Senju line for generations before that.
Looking away from the crystal ball he stared at his desk for a moment before realization hit him. With Naruto passing that meant he had to reorder the team structure and fill out the forms for him become a genin. Pulling out a small orang book from his desk drawer he sat back with a small sigh, he could do all that later, for now he needed to work on fixing that weakness of his that Naruto had exploited.
1. Goshiki Zankantou, can be translated to both Crown Cleaving Sword, or to Colossal Blade Type-5. The weapon of choice for Princess Kaguya Nanbu, google images for her and check out the badassness of that blade.
2. A send up to the master writer Psudocode Samurai and his story Shards.
3. Familiar of Zero. Couldn't think of something actually cool.
4. In chinese Yi means One. It punny.
Yo, FG here. What do you think? I know what you might be saying, "Oh Fellgrave you started yet another story, whatever were you thinking?" Well its just that sometime I get these wicked ideas that I just feel like I have to write. That doesn't mean I've stopped work on my other stories, I will not let any of them end up unfinished, it just means I have something new and interesting to share with you guys.
Speaking of which, I was reading a story by the name of "Dracula's Daughter" by Shritristrang, in which Usagi, instead of being the reincarnation of Sailor Moon, is the reincarnation of Dracula's daughter. Anyway as I was reading it I came up with my own version, kinda. You see my idea is that before Beryl could be banished she was able to use her magic to curse all of the Sailor Senshi, turning them into what they faught hardest against. So each Senshi is cursed into becoming a monster, Usagi becomes a demon queen, Rei is a Kitsune, Ami is...not sure yet, Minako is a succubus, Makoto...again not sure yet, Hotaru=vampire, Michiru is a siren, Setsuna becomes a dragon, and once again I'm not sure about what Haruka becomes. Any ideas would be nice, but this is an idea I probably won't touch for a while, so you can all breath easy about that. Oh yes and the best thing would be that the mooncats and Endymion wouldn't be cursed, just to screw with their heads. Oh yeah and they wouldn't be all goody goody like in Shritistrangs story, they be a lot more vicious and evil. Wee what fun.
Chapter 2: Chapter 1
A/N: Here ya go, another chapter of Codex of Champions. Sorry it took so long, but I've been busy with school. As for the pairings... Well one is kind of obvious from last chapter, but how I'll get it to work will be a twist for you., and there is one other one that will be made apparent in this chapter. Oh, and lastly all the genin in this story are Sixteen. Why? Because I say so, and because it gives a bit of working room for backstory with a couple of the characters. Enjoy!
And dammit, between the one backstory in this chapter, and the prologue for Mahora One Half, I swear I need get my head checked. Writing stuff like that shouldn't be this easy.
Heh, I don't just play with fire babe,
I soak my matches in gasoline.
Fellgrave
Naruto's Apartment:
/Naruto! Wake up Naruto!/ The addressed blonde grumbled in his sleep as he pulled his pillow over his head to block out the voice. Which, considering the source of the voice, didn't do much. /Come on, we need to get you ready to meet your new team!/
Groaning at the insistent voice, Naruto rolled out of bed, sitting on the edge of it as he rubbed his eyes. Looking around the room blearily for the person who had rudely awoken him, His eyes fell on the the hitai-ate he had recieved from Iruka the night before. Grabbing it off the bed post, he stared down at it, his thoughts whirling.'Then, if that part happened...' His hopeful thoughts trailed off.
/Yes Naruto, I'm here./ Came Ahri's mental response. Naruto's face brightened up immensely when he heard her voice. Of course it was at that point that he noticed the time on his clock, sending him panickedly towards his closet in search of clothes.
Dammit! I'm gonna be late, and I still need to get dressed!' He paused in front of his closet as he pulled out various pieces of clothing.'Nope, too small. Too big. Nope too damaged. Nope... Why the Hell do I have a pink shirt with a chibi white cat on it in my closet? Naruto tossed that piece of clothing over his shoulder into the trash, making a mental note to burn the thing later. With that done he looked over the few remaining pieces of undamaged clothing he possesed.
He frowned as he looked over his rather limited wardrobe. Laid out next to each other were three versions of his trademark orange jumpsuit, and a white, semistained, shirt and a pair of threadbare pants. Nothing truly suited for a ninja. 'Man,' He sighed mentally, ' If only I had some money, then maybe I could get some real clothes instead of this crap.'
/Maybe I could help with that./ Ahri suggested. Naruto smiled before a thought occurred to him.
'Really? How, since you can't get out of my mindscape?' He asked. Ahri chuckled at his confusion.
/I can't get out because I am a soul, and I don't have a physical body to hold me. That's how the Codex works, by allowing your body to temporarily host the soul of one of the Champions. Items though, have no soul and can easily be recreated outside of your mind. It's nearly impossible to create a living, fully functional body, and there are spells built into the Codex to aid in creating items already. There is a way for champions to leave the seal but that can wait for later./
Naruto's eyes widened, this meant he could have an unlimited supply of weapons, and good ones at that. No more having to scrounge around the training grounds for kunai and shuriken that people forgot. Even better, he could create stuff and sell it. If he sold enough maybe he could get a better apartment. 'So how do I get started?' He asked Ahri eagerly.
/Simple, all you need to do is concentrate on the place you were at last night and that should be it. Oh, and we need to go over some more information on the Codex once you're here./
Nodding rapidly, Naruto assumed a cross-legged position on floor. Closing his eyes he focused his thoughts on the immense halls that he remembered seeing last time he was in his mindscape. He felt a tugging sensation, that distracted him slightly. Making sure to focus on Ahri's words, he incidentally pictured her in the halls. He felt one last tug, and the world around him dissolved into a sea of colours.
The world eventually reformed and Naruto found himself, to his dismay, several metres off the ground within the halls of his mindscape. Having closed his eyes the moment he had seen where he had appeared he had failed to notice the person underneath him. Well he had right up until they collided. Having his eyes closed due to his fear of hitting the ground, its not the fall thats frightening, its the sudden stop at the end, he might be considered not at fault for his current location. You see as he was thinking about Ahri while entering his mindscape, he was brought to her and because he had lost concentration he ended up in the middle of the air instead of on the floor.
And so he found himself, once again, in a position many men would trade for in heartbeat, of course a heartbeat after that they'd be killed by a furious Kitsune, but still it was quite an enviable position. His lips were on hers in what could loosely be termed a kiss, while one of his hands, which had been placed underneath him to cushion his impact, was grasping something soft. Confused, as he was expecting the cold floor, and also due to the fact he hadn't registered what his lips were pressed up against, he gave the soft object a little squeeze.
He was rewarded for his curiousity by the object giving a shudder and a soft moan into his lips. His eyes snapped open and he found himself staring into Ahri's own golden ones, a twinkle of amusement hiding at the edges of them. As Naruto tried to pull himself away, one of Ahri's tails wrapped itself around his chest and pulled him back down into another kiss, this one far softer than the accidental one they had shared moments earlier. Naruto relaxed and let himself melt into the kiss as Ahri's tails wrapped around the pair, forming a bubble to keep out the outside world.
The two were rudely brought out of the moment they were sharing by the sound of laughter. To their credit neither so much as flinched, the both of them continuing to share their embrace until they heard some none-to-discreet coughing. The tails that surrounded the pair slipped off to reveal them giving their interrupter twin glares. Said interrupter simply snorted and crossed her arms beneath her breasts as she gave Ahri a look of her own.
"Oh please, I highly doubt you two could do anything to me." Turning to Naruto she gave him a toothy grin. "Well its nice to finally meet our dear host. The name's Shyvana, at your service." Shyvana gave a shallow bow, her long red-hair falling over her face. Straightening up she brushed it past her ear with a gauntleted hand. She was about to say something more, but stopped and turned to Ahri as she remembered something.
"Oh yeah the reason why I was looking for you. I did that headcount like you asked and we have a couple missing." That was enough to snap Ahri out of her annoyance at the black armored redhead as she gave her a look of suprise. Naruto simply looked on with an expression of confusion. Shyvana continued on, ticking off the names on her fingers. "Letsee, Annie, Rammus, Maokai and Wukong are all missing."
Getting to her feet, Ahri frowned as she thought the dilemma over, after all the only way they could have gotten out was if "they found their current incarntations." She didn't even register that she said that last part out loud until Naruto entered the conversation.
"Umm, what do you mean 'incarnations'?" Ahri blinked and turned to face Naruto. He was staring up at her with a look of confusion.
"Well I wasn't going to tell you until later, but there is a way for us champions to leave the confines of the Codex." Ahri would have said more but she was engulfed in a back-breaking embrace from the whiskered blonde. She was barely able to speak through Naruto's crushing grip."Can't... Breathe..."
Realizing what he was doing Naruto quickly let her go and took a step back with a sheepish expression on his face. Ahri heaved in massive gulps of air as she tried to bring life back to her starved lungs. Once she had gotten her wind back, and sent a meaningful glare to a near-hysterical Shyvana, she continued.
"As I was saying, a Champion can leave the Codex, but only under the right circumstances. The creators of the League realized that in the course of our career, something might happen that would either cripple or kill a champion and they wanted a way to allow us to keep competeing. And so they cast a great ritual that bound the souls of all the champions not just to the Codex, but also to the entire world. The ritual made it so that in every generation a person would be born who was our incarnation, and if we died we would be able to merge if our souls were brought together."
Naruto was practically bouncing off the walls as Ahri finished speaking. He was so worried that his one of his few friends would be trapped inside him for good. He stopped as a thought crossed his mind. Turning to Ahri he cocked his head as he considered how to phrase his question.
"Ahri, what happens to the incarnation when you merge?" His voice had a slightly worried tone to it. Ahri's forehead furrowed in thought.
"Well, it usually takes a while to fully merge, but everything that made the person who they were is still there, their memories and the like. The League deemed a way of allowing us to gain knowledge outside of merely training, as various incarnations may have learned different things, such as one being a farmer or such. So every time a champion merges they become slightly different, a combination of the original and their incarnations."
Shyvana nodded her head at Ahri's explanation but decided to add a point of her own. "That means everytime we come back to the codex after our merge we still have all the knowledge and skill from our merge. In fact I believe yo-" Shyvana was cut-off as a furry tail wrapped itself around her mouth. Ahri stood staring at her with a warning glare. Shyvana gave a reluctant nod, to which Ahri responded to by releasing Shyvana. Naruto had, for the most part been too focused on the fact that Ahri could get out to notice the byplay between the two.
Shyvana spat out the last few hairs that had settled on her tongue and gave Ahri a scathing look. Ahri rolled her eyes before turning back to Naruto, who was practically bouncing off the walls at the knowledge that Ahri wouldn't be always be stuck inside his head.
"Now Naruto, there was a reason you were coming in here, correct?" Naruto froze for a moment before his expression brightened, a feat that most would deem near impossible considering his usual attitude towards life.
"Oh yeah, we were gonna get me some awesome new clothes and stuff!"Ahri sighed, but nodded while Shyvana stifled a snort.
"Yes 'awesome clothes' indeed. We should hurry up though, you don't want to miss your team assignment do you?" Ahri asked rhetorically, though it had the intended effect of galvanizing Naruto, sending him running down the hall. Ahri and Shyvana stared as he walked back with a sheepish smile on his face.
"Uh, so where are we going?" At Naruto's honest question Ahri face-palmed while Shyvana burst out laughing.
After a while the trio had managed to navigate their way through the maze that made up the Institute, stopping outside a set of large iron doors devoid of ornamentation. The doors were far smaller than the ones Naruto went through to be judged, those being well over six times his own height and these being only about three times his height.
Even though these doors didn't look as intimidating as the other gates, Naruto still felt some apprehension towards entering them. Swallowing his nerves he pushed them aside and cautiously entered the room, before his jaw dropped in awe at what he found within.
The room stretched on for what seemed like infinity to Naruto, with every inch of the walls covered in pieces of armour or weapons. There were spears, swords, scythes, sickles, and thousand other weapons of every possible shape and size. Naruto was stunned, having never seen so many weapons before in his life, even when the villagers used to band together on his birthday.
Feeling a tap on his shoulder he turned to face a smirking Shyvana, how gestured towards a larged desk and set of doors off the side. "Come on kid, we don't want to keep ol' Doran waiting." Naruto was about to ask who this 'Doran' guy was, but then he saw the person standing behind the desk.
The man, though that probably wasn't accurate, was a giant mass of... mass. His face was dominated by a bulbous nose and his skin possesed a pinkish tinge to it. When he opened his mouth to speak Naruto could see his teeth were all large and sharp. The man, thing, clutched its belly and gave a boisterous laugh.
"So, this is our little host eh? Not much to look at now is he now?" Shyvana and Ahri snickered at the put-out look on Naruto's face. Doran himself gave a brief chuckle but continued on before Naruto could retort. "But I suppose that's what you came here for. From what Ahri tells me you seem to be sorely lacking in personal vestements, a lack that I will take great pleasure in rectifying."
Stepping out from behind the desk Doran grabbed a reluctant Naruto by the arm and dragged him off behind one of the doors set in the wall. Naruto let out a small sigh of relief when he found himself in a mostly empty room, empty save for a pedestal in the middle of the floor that was semi-surrounded by mirrors. With an absent gesture Naruto found himself standing on the pedestal while Doran rumaged around in a small trunk next to the door.
Finding what he was looking for, Doran drew out of the chest a small black rectangular box bedecked with small glowing lights. Frowning to himself he pressed one of the lights and Naruto found himself dressed in his usual orange jumpsuit. Doran leapt into action as he fussed over Naruto, pulling at his limbs as he looked over his choice in clothes.
"Nonono, this simply will not do." Doran muttered quietly to himself as he let go of Naruto and went back to the trunk. Digging around in it again this time he pulled out a small magazine. He paged through it while giving Naruto an occaisonal glance in comparison and consideration. Once he finished going through the magazine he picked up the box again and pressed a different light.
Naruto blinked as his orange jumpsuit dissapeared and he was left standing in a pair of plain brown cargo pants. He opened his mouth to say something but instead let out a indignant shout as he collapsed under the weight of the suit of large spiked armor that had suddenly appeared on him. Unable to move under the heavy metal he cast Doran a scathing glare, which was returned with a shrug and another press of the button.
Not even looking at his clothes, and failing to notice Doran's wide eyes and blush, Naruto stood up and stretched. The sound of a wolf whistle sent his head snapping around to find Shyvana's head poking through the doorway with a look of amusement. Her eyes gave him a studious look up and down before a smirk set itself on her face.
"Heh, you fill that out quite nicely stud." Still smirking she dissapeared before Naruto could think of a comeback. Wondering at what she meant Naruto looked down and he bit off a scream that threatened to tear through his throat at finding himself in a long flowing violet dress. Face darkening in anger he turned to Doran and took a shaking step forwards. Doran quickly pressed another button and sighed in relief when Naruto ended up in a better set of clothes, it would have been just too much if he had ended up in something like say, Evelynn's straps and strips outfit.
Naruto looked down at his current clothes and gave them a once over in the mirrors. It wasn't bad he had to admit. He had on the same cargo pants from earlier, though they were now a dark camouflage pattern of blacks and dark greys. He had on a grey shirt in a style that reminded him of the style one of the graduates of the year previously wore, Tenten her name was, at least that's what he remembered. Over top of the shirt was a deep red leather jacket that was nearly black. One the back of the jacket was a swirling pattern that greatly resembled a curling fox-tail.
Naruto smiled and leapt over towards Doran, giving him a tight hug. Letting go, he stepped back and gave the shopkeep a face-splitting smile. "Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" His words ran together as he sped out the door to show Ahri and Shyvana, leaving a bemused and smiling Doran behind. Once again in the Hall of Arms, Naruto searched around before finding Ahri and Shyvana admiring some dresses that were hung up on the wall. Still smiling, he quietly snuck up behind the pair, before wrapping them both in crushing embrace.
Releasing them he gave them their first good look at his new clothes. Ahri had to consciously remind herself not to drool at the delicious figure Naruto cut. Shyvana herself was impressed, the boy actually looked halfway decent now that he wasn't dressed in that eyesore he called clothing, just seeing it once was enough for her.
"Well what do you think? Though I wish there was something orange it doesn't look too bad right?" Naruto asked as he tugged on his jacket self-consciously. His suggestion was met with rapidly assurances to the negative from Ahri.
"No, I think you look perfect just like this." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "By the way, what time is your team arrangement at?" Naruto's eyes widened explosively as he started cursing. Shyvana smirked and took note of a couple of the more colourful phrases for later use. Ahri gave a light chuckle. "Relax Naruto, time moves slower within your mind so you shouldn't be too late if you leave now. Just focus your mind on waking in your room and let your mind follow the feeling."
Naruto gave her a strange look but did as she asked, closing his eyes so that he could picture his room more easily. He was mildly suprised when the mental image arrived so clearly, as if he was staring at his body from the corner of the ceiling. Feeling a strange tugging sensation on the edge of his senses, he instinctively started to resist it, before he remembered Ahri's words from a moments earlier. Giving in to the tugging sensation he felt a moment of dissasociated feelings from his body and the feeling of movement without moving, before his perspective shifted and he felt his consciousness flow into his body.
Naruto opened his eyes and put out a hand to steady himself as the world seemed to swirl around. Shaking his head, he blinked his eyes a couple times and was relieved to find that his sight had gone back to normal. He took a moment to look at his new clothes in wonder before searching his room for his clock. He let out a loud sigh when he found that he still had at least fifteen minutes to make it to class, which he could make easily if he left immediately.
As ran towards the door he grabbed the hitai-ate the Iruka had given him the night before, and tied it loosely onto his arm. He cast one last look back into his apartment, looking to see if he was missing anything. He nearly jumped when Ahri's voice suddenly spoke in his mind.
/Don't worry and get going already. You don't want to be late do you?/ Naruto gave a rapid shake of the head as he responded mentally.
'No way! Who the heck would be late for something as important as team meetings?' Hearing something that sounded suspiciously like a sneeze Naruto gave his apartment a strange look before shrugging and closing the dooor. At the sound of the bolt slamming into place, a pair of forms detached themselves from the shadows in the corner of the room. The older of the two gave the younger a humour filled look.
"You know Kakashi, your quite lucky he was late or else he may have decided to stay and look around for whoever sneezed." The Third Hokage gave a chuckle at the wounded look he recieved. Turning serious the smile dropped from his face as he took a seat at Naruto's table, Kakashi remaining where he was.
"So, what do you think of him?" Kakashi raised a brow at the the sudden change of pace and subject. He sighed and gave a shrug.
"I'm not sure yet. That little trick he did with the change of clothes was interesting, but other than that he seems to be just a plain overbearing kid. Besides, I'm not even his teacher so why are you asking me?" Sarutobi gave another chuckle.
"That 'trick' as you so lightly put it was a power of an artifact made ages before the village was ever founded, and likely from the ages before the Rikudo Sennin as well." Sarutobi smirked at Kakashi's shocked look. "I'm not sure how, but Naruto was able to accidentally tap into it's powers last night to defeat Mizuki. Somehow he managed to absorb the artifact into his own body, not even a deep scan from our medic-nins revealed it anywhere within his body or chakra network. Whatever the artifact is truly capable of is a mystery, even to me."
Kakashi looked somewhat shaken by the fact that The Professor had admitted a lack of knowledge on a subject. "But still, why tell me this?" Sarutobi puffed on his pipe while he contemplated Kakashi's question.
"I need someone who knows in case something happens, either to me or to Naruto." He chuckled at the look on Kakashi's face. "Ah don't give that, even I can get old, and the older I get the less I can do for those I care for. One day I'll have to step down as Hokage and I want to make sure everything is ready before that day comes." With a grunt he pushed himself to his feet. "Now then, I have an appointment with some paperwork and I believe you have a meeting to go to." With that he vanished in a flurry of leaves.
Kakashi spent a moment staring at the spot where his Hokage had stood before speaking to himself. "Why the heck does that always make a pile of leaves, even when indoors? I must find out why, to the library!" And with a smirk Kakashi vanished with his own pile of leaves. Later, when Naruto came back to his room, he'd wonder why there was such a mess when he had made sure that he'd closed his windows.
The Academy:
Naruto ran full tilt down the hallways, grabbing onto the corners and using the walls as springboards to control where he was going. He barely managed to avoid the various obstructions in his path, composed of teachers and their aides, various carts of teaching or janitorial supplies, and the occaison student who was either being punished or was late as , Naruto reached a hand out to open the door to his classroom, momentarily forgetting his current rate of travel.
This period of time, from the moment his hand gained a grip on the door, resulted in the door being pulled open, and Naruto continuing straight past it and down the hallway in a blur. The sound of the door slamming open gained the attention of all those in the classroom and prompted a shared confusion as to what had just occured. Well, almost all of them. For one duo it was just another day at the Academy with Naruto.
Speaking of whom, Naruto had managed to recover from his, miscalculation, and had quickly entered the classroom. To those who knew Naruto, the change in his appearance came as quite a suprise, as it seemed that he would wear that jumpsuit of his until the day the world came to its sad end. Even more suprising was his new attitude, the accident with the door notwithstanding, as he didn't bother to rise to Kiba's usual taunting, instead he chose to ignore him for the most part, other than giving a lazy gesture to the Hitai-ate wrapped around his arm. Naruto scanned the classroom, letting himself smile as he found what he was looking for.
In a blink Naruto vanished from where he had been standing, leaving Kiba staring open-mouthed in mid taunt. A moment later Naruto reappeared sitting in the middle of a large section of empty seats near the back. Considering how many students had actually managed to pass the test and the size of the classroom, the fact that there was a large section of empty seats would be considered quite suspect, save for the pair who had been sitting in the middle, the empty seat between them filled with their boisterous blonde friend.
It wasn't too hard to see the reason for the distance that was kept between the three and the rest of the class, since the names Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuuhi, and Naruto Uzumaki were considered synonymous with "bad influence" or "the devil's own children" by most in Konoha. This was not due to any fault of their own, save being victims of unfortunate timing. Naruto had been born at just the right time to be the one chosen as the container for what had at the time appeared to be a rampaging demon of incredible power. Anko had lost her parents in the desperate fight to delay the 'demon' until it could be sealed away, and then had been stumbled upon by a young Orochimaru who saw the oppurtunity to train his own heir and was probably adopted by the man. His dark descent into madness had been precipitated by self-experimentation in a search for the eternally elusive immortality.
Kurenai's past was no less painful than either of her friends, though she had lived with the love of her parents for a little while at the least. The assault of the 'Kyuubi' had left more than just physical scars on its victims and one of those who had suffered such an unseen wound was Kurenai's father. For a period all seemed normal with him, but as time wore on he became more agressive, as well as seeking escape from the nightmares of the 'Kyuubi' attack that plagued both his sleep and waking hours with the bottle. Kurenai's mother had been a simple civilian woman, one who had been proud to have married one of Konoha's great defenders. That pride had waned as she was forced to start wearing long-sleeved clothing, to cover the bruises from her husband's attentions.
It was on the night of Kurenai's Eighth birthday that her father finally went over the edge. Kurenai had quickly and quietly retreated to her bedroom after a quiet and peaceful dinner with her mother, her father out on work as was usual, Kurenai having learned years before this point that she had no desire to watch her Kaa-san get beat by her father for some imagined slight, or worse, the loud arguements that the two had, most often over her and her future. Kurenai, instead of trying to go immediately to sleep as she would most days, was huddled under her blankets with her desk lamp turned on low next to her, the light illuminating the present her mother had gotten her for her birthday, a copy of 'How the fox stole the Sun' lying open in front of her.
The sound of the front door slamming open and closed startled Kurenai, causing her to nearly jump out of her bed in suprise. Carefully, she closed and put down the book on her bedside table, making sure not to make a sound as she wanted her parents, her father especially, to believe that she was already asleep. Flicking off her light, she dove back under the covers just as the first sounds of one of her parents arguements reached her ears. Shaking, she cried silent tears as the fight got louder and louder, before it suddenly became quiet with a knife-edge suddeness. Kurenai froze, straining her ears for a sound. In the quiet she could hear her father's slow methodical footsteps as he climbed the stairs. The light that shined from under the bottom of her door was blocked, before the door was slowly pushed open.
Her father stood there, the light from the hallway casting his face into dark shadows, though they weren't dark enough to cover the crazed smile that split his face, nor the twisted expression that dominated the rest of his face. As he took a step forwards Kurenai began shaking with renewed intensity, the only sounds in the room being that of her and her father breathing, and the slow drip drop sound of her mother's blood flowing from her father's hands. Walking until he stood by the side of her bed, her father sat himelf down on the edge, his hand reaching out to stroke Kurenai's hair, unmindful of the blood that began to stain her raven locks.
Her father quickly got tired of merely sitting there and running his hands through Kurenai's hair, his hands, still slick and sticky with her mother's blood, roughly grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled out from under the cover's. Terrified, Kurenai stared wide-eyed into her father's, looking for any trace of the loving man she could remember glimpses of him being, only to find a sick and twisted madness. She tried her best to escape her father's grasp as he began to slowly remove her night clothes, her struggles only seeming to enflame the sick lust that had taken hold of his mind.
Leaning closer, Kurenai's father whispered sweetly into her ears, his words chilling herself to the core of her soul. "Don't worry. Daddy has the perfect present for you. Daddy is going to make you feel real good, it won't hurt a bit." Even after so many years her father's last words made Kurenai sick to the pit of her stomach.
She wasn't entirely sure what happened next, as the terror made everything blur. She was aware of her father reaching out to pull away her pajama bottoms, and then she felt something within herself shatter. The next thing she knew her father had been thrown bodily across the room, his face frozen into an expression of absolute terror as he stared at something beyond the walls of the room. The last thing Kurenai remembered of that night was the sight of her terrified father gouging out his eyes and ripping out his own throat with his bare hands, the spray of blood soaking everything in the room.
She was found the next morning by a member of the Village Police who had been called in to investigate a report about domestic violence by one of the neighbours. After the investigation into what was, publicly, called a murder-suicide by an over-worked and over-stressed ninja, Kurenai was deemed too much of a risk to put with other orphaned children, and so she ended up in the apartment neighbouring Naruto's, which led to their eventual friendship.
As Naruto sat between his two rare friends, soundlessly accepting their quiet congratulations on passing, he couldn't help but hope that they ended up on a team together. After all, considering the fact that they were such good friends it seemed pretty obvious that they would work well together. Naruto's thoughts on the matter were interrupted by Ahri's mental voice, which sounded somewhat dazed.
/Naruto, can you do something for me?/ Blinking, Naruto nevertheless gave Ahri the mental version of a nod, as he didn't want to physically do the act, as it might attract unwarranted attention. /I need you to look at your friend, Kurenai was it? Okay, good. Now, can you superimpose your whisker marks on her face? Alright, now how about giving her a pair of fox ears?/
'... the hell?' Putting aside the variation in clothing, with the mental additions to Kurenai's form she looked startlingly similar to Ahri. In fact, given a few years and Ahri's fox like additions, they could be twins. His eye twitching, he turned away so it wouldn't look like he was staring while he communicated with Ahri.
'So let me guess, she's your current incarnation?' Naruto could feel the satisfaction in Ahri's response.
/Yes, and I must say I wasn't expecting you to have met, let alone befriended, my incarnation so soon. It will take some time for me to have complete my duty as your teacher, but once that is done I should be able to merge at any time./
Naruto was about to say something in response, but stopped as Iruka entered the classroom. Iruka strode over to his desk and shuffled a sheaf of papers while he waited for the class to quiet. Taking a moment to clear his throat, Iruka gave the class a long sweeping look, meeting as many of his student's eyes as possible.
"Well, I can't say that I won't miss you, but it was definitely interesting teaching all of you. In years past I would give my student's a speech on what to expect and how impressed I've been, but then I remembered how boring and tedious it was to listen to an old guy talk like my old teacher back when I was in the Academy. So today I'll skip that and go right to the team assignments. Team One..."
Naruto zoned out, listening to the voice of one of the champions instruct him in the fine art of Shogi. Aparrently this Swain fellow didn't mind using his knowledge and skills to help Naruto deliver a cruel prank. Naruto refocused on Iruka though when he heard a familiar name being called.
"...and Team Seven will be Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sai Shimura. Your Jounin teacher is Kakashi Hatake." There was a moment of cheering from Sakura when she found out she was on her crush's team, and some confusion for her and the rest of the class as they tried to place Sai's name, before the odd teen, who seemed to easily sink into the background, pointed himself out. Iruka changed sheats and continued on. "Team Eight, Kiba Inazuka, Hinata Hyuuga, and Shino Aburame. Your Jounin teacher is..." Iruka trailed off as he stared at the name on the page, a creepy smile edging its way onto his face.
"Hana Inazuka." For a moment all was silent and if one listened hard enough, they could hear the blood draining from Kiba's face. And deciding that he had had enough of the morning already, Kiba decided to take an unplanned nap. In other words, he fainted like a certain Hyuuga getting hugged by a certain blonde. Iruka chuckled quietly to himself, clearly enjoying the small amount of payback for some of the pranks he had been forced to endure over the time he'd taught this class. Still smiling he read out the next group of names, skipping Team Nine as they were still in service.
"Team Ten is composed of Ino Yamanaka, Chouji Akamichi, and Shikamaru Nara. Asuma Sarutobi is your Jounin teacher." Naruto noticed out of the corner of his eye how Kurenai seemed to straighten up at the mention of the team's Jounin teacher. Both he and Anko shared a look, Kurenai had been crushing on one of the older ninja for some time now, specifically the one who had been by her bedside when she awoke in the hospital the morning after her birthday. Now at least they knew his name, though him being the Hokage's son was a bit suprising.
"Ehmm. Team Eleven is Haruka Tenoh, Michiru Kaioh and Hotaru Tomoe. Your Team leader is Setsuna Meiou. Continuing on, Team Twelve is Urd Odinsdottir, Belldandy Odinsdottir, and Skuld Odinsdottir. Your Jounin Leader is Hild Eilíftmyrkur." Iruka changed sheets again while the teams gathered together, though most of them were already sitting next to each other.
With a smile turned over the page and read out the last set of names. "Team Thirteen is Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuuhi, and Naruto Uzumaki." He waited a moment for the cheers of the three friends to quiet before continuing.
"Your Team's Jounin Leader is..." He trailed off as he actually registered the name that was written on the page, before turning over the sheet and searching in vain for a different name. He took a gulp of air before he decided to bite the kunai and read out the last name.
"Your Jounin Leader is..."
... You'll have to wait till next chapter to find out. Sorry it took so long for me to update but I've been busy with school.
Couple things, first off Kurenai and Anko: Now I wanted to have a way for Ahri to get out of the seal without Naruto having to become some super skilled sealsmaster or such, and I also felt the need to touch upon how similar Kurenai and Ahri appear, at least with Ahri's original skin. And I wanted a way for the champions to have developed various skills outside of those displayed in the game, so this serves for multiple purposes. Also, it gives me a way to have fun later on. How? Go back and reread the section where Shyvana and Ahri are first discussing the incarnations for a clue.
Second, yes that is Shyvana's second alternate skin. Third, Hild's last name is a translation from google translate that should read as 'Eternal Darkness'.
And lastly, don't ya just love cliffies?
OMAKE Lost Legend #1 :
Hanabi was hiding in her room, shivering. Ever since her sister had found that stupid little plush teddy bear on the side of the street she had become terrifying. Their spars had become much worse, at least for Hanabi, as Hinata had seemingly developed overnight a twisted sadistic streak that pushed her further than even her infantile crush on the outcast boy had.
The Hyuuga Elders still withheld approval for the elder of Hiashi's daughters, as she also taken up the use of techniques more commonly used by those of the Uchiha clan, namely fire techniques, with a vicious ease. She had also managed to meld elemental chakra with her use of the Hyuuga's Jyuuken style, causing her strikes to not only close off the tenketsu in a person's body, but with enough chakra her strikes could actually destroy the targeted tenketsu entirely.
Hanabi had taken to hiding in her room whenever Hinata was in the compound, only leaving when Hinata left to follow *read stalk* her crush, or to go to school. It was getting to the point that even hearing those six dreaded words would cause her to shiver uncontrollably.
Her blood ran cold as she heard the screen door to her room slide open and her sister's light steps across her floor. Gently lowering the book that was held in front of her face, Hanabi stared into her sister's eyes while trying to ignore the vicious smile that had no right existing on her sister's face. Her sister opened her mouth to speak and Hanabi had already begun to shake before the second syllable was uttered.
"Have you seen my bear Tibbers?"
Too much I'm doing right now. Spoiler, the Jounin leader was supposed to be Uzuki Yuugao.