SevenKings here with another chapter. So one of the author's who I read from had created a one-shot about Naruto and Makoto and asked if I wanted to see it which got me thinking. How about creating a story with one-shots from other people who submitted them to me. So here's how it's going to go...
1:The one-shot must be spelled correctly and grammatical correct as possible. I'm not picky but I have limits on how grammatically off it can get.
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I know this isn't fair to the Guests but I don't want my review section to be overflowing with one-shots leaving out comments that may help me become a better writer. So any suggestion as to how guests can submit their one-shots will be appreciated, until then Guests who do leave their one-shots in the review must be less than 2500 words.
Chapter 9: Round 1 and Blake's Memories
Kenichi and Makoto were walked into the dojo sweating after they had performed their muscle strengthening exercises along with Apachai and Sakaki. As the Hundred-Dan Street Fighter opened the door, they were shocked at the tension-filled air that made them choke a little. However, what took the lead was the fact that Miu and Fenrir was standing in the middle of the room.
Miu didn't have the warm smile that Kenichi and Makoto remember seeing on the girl always while Fenrir's cocky smile was non-existent right now. Sitting by the side was the other Masters of Ryozanpaku without them being quirky or making fun of anything. This was a side Makoto hadn't seen and Kenichi had only seen with Sifu Ma. The Elder, seeing the remaining members beckoned to come over and sit,"Ah, come and sit down; we are about to witness something very important."
The members sat down, Apachai and Sakaki who knew about the conftation, could guess what was happening. The disciples on the other hand, not so much,"What's going on?" Kenichi asked,"And why is Fenrir here?" While he trust the Masters, Fenrir was not someone he would want around him even if he was a Master at Martial Arts.
"Yes, I don't trust him..." Makoto started to say before Miu interrupted her,"Will you stopped that? I know what it is like to be judged without being understood. I know the loneliness that come with it."
"Enough," Fenrir finally spoke as his head was tilted down, his hair covering his eyes,"I'm already used to it..." He can hear those damning words of his childhood...
"Remember kids, stay away from the demon child..."
"How can it still be alive? I was sure Hokage-sama would have it killed."
"Stay from the park, demon. You're not welcome anywhere in Konoha."
"Why don't you just do us a favor and die already? No one cares for you, no one wants you."
Miu was shocked that Fenrir would say this. From the moments she met him, he was not the type to say such things while Kenichi was guilty about the fact that he had become a bully especially since he himself was bullied hard. Makoto was still firm on her anti-Fenrir stance but it had taken a hit when Fenrir's next words came,"But I don't care what they have to say about me," He shifted his head allowing hardened eyes to be seen by all,"They are just people who don't know; there are worse things in life than death."
The male then took a stance, his left hand was ahead of his right and both hands had their fingers curled. The pinky and rings fingers were touching the palm while the index and middle were curved at the proximal phalangeal joint. Fenrir's left leg was forward while the right leg was behind supporting him while he was getting ready to charge forward,"Now is the time for a fight..."
The Elder raised his hand and brought it down,"Hajime!"
Fenrir,wasting no time, shot forward before his right was ahead as he drove a vicious uppercut. Miu, seeing this, dodged backwards by back-flipping while aiming her toes into Fenrir's chin. In an instant, Fenrir's left hand caught the lower leg while his right hand elbowed the other leg shooting it down before taking his left leg and stomp into Miu's stomach.
Kenichi and Makoto was about to get up and helped if it wasn't for the masters stopping them. Kensei had his hands close to Makoto's breast while Sakaki was close to grab her by the neck. Kenichi had Shigure aiming her sword at his neck while Akisame had Kenichi by the neck. Apachai had them both by the head,"Apa, Kenichi and Makoto cannot interfere in match. This belong to Miu only, Apapapa."
Kenichi, being really still so as to not get cut asked,"But why is it Miu's fight then?"
Akisame was the one to respond,"It was a minor disagreement and since they are both fighters, we thought this was the best way for settle things." Sakaki continued,"We know you want to be strong to protect Miu and we all laughed at it. Do you know the reason why?" Kenichi was silent and that was all that was needed,"It's because martial arts and fighting is in Miu's blood, quite literally I might add than to say you who was an ordinary student or Makoto here who is a sportsman."
Shigure felt it was necessary to comment on that,"Still... can't get her... to drop...honor... or wear loincloth."
Makoto was blushing at the mention of what her master tried to get her to wear,"It's because I prefer my modesty and... watch those hands, hentai-sensei." It turns out that Kensei's hands were getting real close to their object of fondling. Kensei backed off a little with a slight shifty chuckle,"My bad, the urge was getting to be too much."
Sakaki shook his head,"Look point is, you can't protect her from not fighting. No matter how hard she tries to live a normal life, it's out of her reach just as it is for us masters."
"But that doesn't answer my question, why is this Miu's fight?"
"Because this fight will determine if Fenrir will stay as a member of Ryozanpaku," the disciple's eyes turned to the Elder,"I had created a identity for Fenrir so that he may stay here in Japan instead of being deported or being adopted. Fenrir didn't like to have his true name changed and I suggested an age-old tradition that all fighters know of, MORTAL KOMBAT!"
The theme song for the original Mortal Kombat game then began to play as the Elder then pressed a button on the CD player he had to shut it off,"You have no idea how long I wanted to learn how to do that," the Elder chuckled,"In all honestly through, a match has been used to settle agreements since time immemorial. It just has merely changed to fit the times and we are no different; the rules stated that anything goes so long as it doesn't kill their opponent."
"Wow," Kenichi stammered as the Elder rubbed his beard,"Surprised at how I throw a good speech?" Makoto replied,"No, I'm surprised you knew a word like immemorial, I thought that most of you were all muscle-bound idiots." The masters shared a good laugh at the expense of the Elder before they realized the joke,"HEY!"
Makoto managed to stem the anger by saying,"Hey, look at that..."
Back to the Fight, (Left off where Fenrir stomped Miu)
Miu gasped as the foot stomped on her, she was really out-of-shape then if this much was wearing her out this early. Later on, she would have to train again perhaps getting her brother to spar with her again. She had already accepted Fenrir was part of her family, so why can't he see that? No longer does he have to be alone, no longer does he have to fear.
She would show Fenrir that he doesn't have to be scared to trust again. Miu grabbed the offending leg with one hand on the lower-leg as she palm-strike into the ankle. Seeing that Fenrir flinched a little as he let up, she twisted her body and aimed a kick into Fenrir's neck as she used his leg as leverage. Seeing Fenrir fall to the ground, she continued the pressure by using her arms to push herself into the air and flip herself as she aimed a flying kick into Fenrir's lower body.
She didn't see Fenrir's smirk as he pushed himself into the air by using his arms and aimed a flying kick upwards to meet Miu's own. The attacks met each other and Miu jumped backwards as Fenrir twisted his body into standing position. Miu had a large grin on her face, it's been years since she was able to just cut loose against somebody,"Not bad, it's been awhile since I had a good fight with someone."
"Do you really have the time to compliment the enemy?" A familiar voice behind Miu shocked her as she dodged by jumping forward, her sense telling her to dodge again proved true when Fenrir was in front of her with a knife strike aimed at her head. The girl was forced to dodge more attacks as Fenrir kept it up the assault.
Or he kept it up until Miu's iris's started to glow red, then she caught Fenrir's knife-hand as well as his other hand before pulling him forward as she lowered her body before she kicked multiple times into the Fenrir's chest before twisting her body so that she was behind him before kicking him downwards,"Feza Senpu Tenpuesuto! (Feather Whirlwind Tempest)"
Fenrir's body hit the ground before he skidded across the ground, Miu was gasping quite heavily as she looked at Fenrir. It was official, she was out of practice, perhaps she should get a maid but they cost money and Ryozanpaku can't afford them. Miu was heavily confilcted as Fenrir stood up, she had to wonder what was his determination,"Why are you getting up? Don't you want to have the life you never had as a child? A life with a family?
Insert Berserk Song "Forces" if you want...
"That was something I always dreamed about, a family that will welcome me home; a mother to smother me, a father to say that he is proud of me, a place I can call home" Naruto said as he gritted his teeth as he spat out blood,"An animal pet to play with, siblings to tease and get into trouble with...
But not at the expense of who I am, to do so will insult all who placed their faith in me," memories of the Old Man Hokage, Inari from Nami no Kuni, his fellow Jinchuriki Gaara, Kakashi-sensei along with countless others," to those who I have killed and cursed or pleaded with me in their final breathes." Images from Tokugawa Shogo and his bodyguards along with those innocent girls as the fear that they may die was realized," to those who gave their lives changing me from an idealistic child to what I am now." The images of Saya as she accepted her fate and as she mouthed him to live for her was now prevalent in his mind.
A blood-red aura surrounded Fenrir along with a dark shadow was behind him as he shouted,"But most of all, I would insult myself; to change my name of Naruto Uzumaki is to cast away everything that made me who I am to this very day! I will never forget and carry the burdens of my sins until the day I die!" A large animal then revealed itself, it was a creature of terrifying proportions, it was a four legged creature that had two heads with one of a wolf and the other of a fox with long rabbit ears but both of them had the mane of a lion with large wings on it's back. It's tail was actually the head of a snake that had it's tongue slither out of it's mouth.
Countless scars riddled it's body and it was obvious that the creature was in pain from the subtle tone as it roared. Miu could also hear loneliness in it's roar as well, bringing tears into her eyes. How can someone lived like this, she didn't know but a yellowish red aura surrounded her body surrounded her as a one-winged eagle stood behind her,"I knew you were hurting badly inside but I didn't know it was this bad. You must be so tired carrying those burdens."
Fenrir's eyes shifted into a glowing red eye color," This isn't something that can be shared by anyone, someone could asked me what it's like to kill someone. Do you know how I will answer them? Nothing...
They can't understand what's like it to take a life in order to survive, they don't know how lucky they are truly are until it is taken from them. Sure, they may act all considerate but in truth, they simply cannot comprehend it. I will never forget every life I have taken as penance for my actions, I remember every one I cared for that died for one reason or another. This is who I AM!" With that said, both Miu and Naruto charged at each other.
End the Song or not; it's a really good song...
Sideline
The two teens were in tears after the speech made by Fenrir or Naruto as they now knew. Kenichi was forced to reevaluate his beliefs that the reason he studied martial arts was to defend the weak and powerless against those who abused them. As he did so, he realized that he didn't, he studied them just to get closer to Miu. He also acknowledge that he truly had a good life despite the bullying he faced in school, he had a mother and a father along with a little sister while Fenrir carried the burdens of watching those he cared for die. He wasn't worthy of dating Miu nor was he worthy of being this dojo's disciple.
Makoto was forced to see her entire world crumbled at the declaration. In her eyes, she only saw black and white, the good and the evil but now she saw a little shade of grey. To hear that she was judging him without really truly knowing him hurt her inside since she prided herself in being non-prejudiced but she had judged too quickly without truly knowing him.
To also hear that she will never really understand him made her heart ached for some reason. She wanted to know him, to know what had turned him into this. But if Fe-Naruto was right, she will never have that chance ever.
The masters of Ryozanpaku were calm on the outside but the inside was another matter. Sakaki wanted to find whoever took the kid and make them wish that their mothers never gave birth to them. Kensei was reminded of his own brother and how he was cast out by his own family because of his killing tendencies and intimidating presence. Apachai was reminded of his own past and lowered his head in respect for the teen while actually holding back his childish tendencies. Shigure was reminded of how her best friend was killed in her childhood and her older brother who was still out there somewhere. Akisame was devising various torture methods and machines while keeping said people alive while the Elder was all the more determined to at least get the boy to come here regularly in order to heal the scars that marked him for who-knows-how-long.
He drew the line at using the Shock-wave of Forgetfulness to honor the determination of the child. Truly, children who lived in the battlefield matured and hardened faster than children who do not. But the price was that they lost their innocence at an early age and to the Elder, that was a price too heavy to pay.
After that heart-wrenching moment, Kenichi pointed to the animal behind Naruto,"What is that?" Makoto pointed to the eagle behind Miu,"And why does Miu have one as well?"
The Elder answered,"That is a Ki animal manifestation, a high-level technique which materializes one's energy into an animal that best fits their personality and abilities. I don't know what could have caused Naruto's but I do know that Miu has always felt that she was above normal people so she tried to lower herself but couldn't do it fully. It's the reason why she has the eagle as her KI animal and the one wing on the creature."
Akisame interrupted,"The multiple animals parts could represent the different styles he has implemented into his own." This earned a nod from the other masters but from the disciples, a head tilt," From that exchange, I saw so many different basics from so many branches of martial arts. Judo,Karate, Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Capoeira,Boxing to name a few. It's as if he took the basic principles and added what suited his body while also getting rid of what isn't."
Sakaki grunted,"So he's a free-flow then?"
As Akisame nodded, Sakaki decided to explained,"Listen up you two, there are three types of fighters you'll meet. The first is the most common, the disciple. These guys are the most common seeing as how they learn from a master even if they have no talent, examples being us except for the Old Man." Sakaki laughed at his own joke,"The second type are the prodigies, these guys are rare due to the fact that without a master to teach them, they stagnate and become normal people but if they do have one, watch out. Finally, the rarest of all, the free-flowers; these guys are seriously bad news to people like you two. They are so good that they can mix-and-match other techniques along with their martial arts style. Some are even to say to create their own styles after witnessing fights in motion. In fact, Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris are said to be part of the the third category and that it was unfortunate that they didn't manage to find the real martial arts world."
Makoto widened her eyes, and was going to respond if it wasn't for Apachai,"Shushhh, the second round has begun." Sakaki nodded,"Apachai is right,this is the reason why we had you come, to witness what will you be able to do one day soon. This is a high-class disciple battle..."
Ishiyama High
A student of Ishiyama was running back towards the school building when a wire along with a sheathed blade wrapped around him before dragging him back to Blake who immediately punched him in the face until he was unconscious. She looked off into the distance when she was done,"Oh, is your boss detector ringing alarm bells?" She turned her head to see that Karma was sitting on a pile of Ishiyama students while Jin was looting through them. "I'm guessing that he's with some other girl right now, probably with..." Karma ducked as Gambol Shroud was aimed right at him with the intention to actually kill him, he dodged more incoming strikes as Blake moved in closer when Karma was off-balance.
She was going to strike the final blow if it wasn't for Jin's bokken slicing downwards in-between them. Blake jumped backwards and hissed at the missed opportunity, but there was a reason where Jin was around. He was the only one who knew how to use KI even better than her Master. "Oi,oi,oi," Blake turned to see two teens walking out.
One of them had pale blonde hair that didn't have the same shine as the Master along with a chain on his mouth that connected to his ear along with a scar. The other one was a white-haired pompadour with an opened Hawaiian shirt along with green pair of shades. Each walked with an condescending attitude that Blake didn't like.
The one with chain walked like a weakling who had too much power and it had gone to his head. The other walked like he owned the place, Blake could tell he had earned his spot through money. Blake really hated those types of guys, they reminded her too much of HIM...
"I don't care too much about the other but the pompadour is mine..." she stated as Karma cracked a joke,"Ouch, looks like the boss has just been replaced. I'll be sure too..." A pressure happened upon him and he turned to see Jin as he gave a sweet smile,"Please stop cracking jokes when it's time to work."
A dark miasma then surronded Jin as a Hanya mask appeared, Karma raised his hands,"Okay Okay, jeez, I guess I'll take the other one then." Karma walked up to the one with the chain as Blake walked in front of the the pompadour...
Blake Belladona vs Tatsuya Himekawa
The man smiled,"Name's Tatsuya Himekawa, what's your name?" When Blake didn't answered, he just continued,"I saw you defeated a whole bunch of Ishiyama students. That's gotta take some skills so how much?"
"How much what?"
"How much money does it take to buy your servicessss..." Himekawa gasped as Blake punched him in the face hard enough to drop him to the ground but Blake wasn't finished as she continued to kick him in the face and balls for daring to insulate that...
Flashback
In a private room, Blake was dressed in skimpy clothing along with natural cat ears as she was being watched by hungry male eyes. She knew what they all wanted and she didn't have the power to stop them unless she wanted to be subject to 'his' punishments like she had in the beginning of her 'career' .
There was a time where she loved him, he made her feel as she had never felt before, opened her eyes to new things she had never tried before. But like the story of Adam and Eve that her mother, a devout Catholic, would read to her always; the serpent tempted Eve and God was forced to cast her and Adam away from the Garden of Paradise. This was what happened to her, underneath the kind facade was a serpent who had already sunken his fangs into her.
She was subject to dehumanization and brainwashing turning her into a sex doll for 'his' whims. If he needed some extra cash that wasn't from his family yakuza vault, he would sell her to the highest bidder for a single night. From what she can understand, he had done this to other girls already but they bored him so he threw them to his gang members as 'incentives' to do their jobs right.
And speaking of 'him', there he was; smirking as he knew this would be a big pay-day. After all, it wasn't every-day yet that these guys gets to do whatever their sick fantasies can come up with a neko-girl,"We'll now begin the prize possession, a single night with Blake who's cat ears are all too real. She'll keep you company and do whatever you want or an entire night."
As the people begin the auction, she had to keep control of her tears. Was this supposed to be her life from now on? Was there truly no God watching this world?
As soon as she thought that, the door exploded making many of the weaker-willed screamed as they ducked. 'He' shouted,"Don't be afraid, the guards can handle this." No more than two dozen men ran and created a wall to protect the auctioners. When the smoke cleared out, there were two blonde men standing at the door with one of them having whiskers marks on his cheeks.
Perhaps he was here to free me? No, that couldn't be, more likely that he was here as a late entry.
'He' gave me an order,"Blake dear," he said in that disgusting voice of his," Go and take care of them, won't you?" I couldn't refuse an order of his so I stepped down from my pedestal and jumped over the guards as he told the guests of his that I was also trained as an experienced bodyguard and assassin. I started to attack as the whisker-marked one told the other to stand back, as I can send out attack one after another, he dodged them all."
"Why do you serve someone like Adam? He is nothing more than a pig in human skin," he began to talked to me,"Is it because you were abandoned by your parents, or were you in love with him?" I widened my eyes at the last one quickly before shifting back to my neutral face but he noticed it,"The last one then, I assumed he used and abused you, turn you into a slave." He then disappeared from sights and all I heard was,"Go to sleep," before darkness took me.
When I was awoken, many of the people in the room were dead or just barely breathing. In the middle of the room was 'him' kneeling but he was stripped of his clothes, the mask that he always wore. In front of him was the whiskered blonde who defeated me, he turned his head and gave a warm smile. How long has it been since I've seen a smile like that?"Glad you're up," he said,"I was going to decided his fate but I figured someone like you deserved a chance to. I would offered to the others but their brainwashing seemed to be too good for them." He then pointed to the other girls in the auction, I felt like I should have been revolted at he did but I could feel was if he would turned his dominating power on me instead.
What was I thinking? The blonde who stood back was waving a hand in front of her,"The Boss is talking to you, miss..." "Belladona," I replied. Both of them smiled before the whisker talked again,"At least we know you aren't mute but I was saying before..."
He moved to a pillar and punched it, destroying part of it easily before walking back to 'him', "My fist have been strengthened, my footwork has been perfected, one punch from me can easily shattered his head but it will be you will decide if he lives or dies." 'He' looks at me pleadingly,"Blake, baby, you know I love you right? I was just testing the edge of our relationship..."
Even if he was a monster, I couldn't just ordered his death but to see him beg was so sweet until the man said,"A human chooses, a dog obeys which will you be then?"
I decided to let him live, even what he put me through, I couldn't just have him killed in front of my eyes. He nodded and told 'him' to leave which he did while thanking me profusely. I wonder if I made the right choice as the whiskered blonde carried me in his arms. I widened my eyes as I nuzzled into his neck,"Sleep," he said,"It's going to be awhile before we reached the hospital."
I had decided then and there I wanted to be with him for all eternity, to serve this man until I could do no more. I serve as a sword and sheath to him and him alone.
Flashback End
A hand placed on Blake snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned to see it was Jin,"I think he's had enough," Jin stated as she looked to see that pompous fool's face was nearly kicked in. If Jin hadn't stopped her then she might have actually killed him," Take the day off, Blake, Kami knows that you needed. We'll handle the rest"
The female nodded and ran out of the school yard, unknowing that a motorcycle with that had an emblem of a rose with a flame in the middle of it that was parked some distance away. On it, was a young buxom girl of seventeen with a pair of binoculars who watched the entire thing. She smiled,"Well, I guess he had a 'face full' of surprises and that it really 'knocked' him down."
"GOD DAMMIT YANG!" a voice yelled out causing said to put down the seeing device as she blinked.
Why was there always someone yelling that whenever she made a pun?
Done, KI manifestations are based on personality and ability, this is based off multiple anime and manga where something was used to symbolize the fighter such as Miya's Hanya Mask from Sekirei, Toriko's Appetite Devil from Toriko anime/manga, Zabuza's demon that was seen by Gato from Naruto anime/manga, and the Boris and Kenichi fight where Boris felt a plushy animal feeling from Kenichi which is from History's Strongest Disciple Manga/OVA .
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