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The Fox, The Raven, and The Cat raise hell
chapter 2 - hell in the hyuuga compound
konoha, one year later, hinata's birthday
"ha! rikou, I cannot believe you did that!" naruto said as rikou came back from detonating a smoke bomb filled with powdered paint.
"it's not over yet, all the doors have been rigged to activate one of my karasu gihou, and soak everyone in the room once one of them is opened, in short, if they try to leave, the paint will get wet, and activate the normal properties, covering them in acryllic paint." rikou said with a grin.
"isn't acryllic paint totally permanent?" hinata asked.
"yes, and?" rikou asked his grin getting wider.
"rikou, you really are a master at these pranks, I think this friendship is gonna be a really interesting one." naruto said watching paint covered civilians walking out of the building.
"hey, naruto," rikou said, "you wanna know why pranks are good ninja training?" rikou asked earning a nod from a curious naruto. "because, you can practice stealth, and speed." rikou said as the civilians got closer.
"wha?"
"it was him!" rikou yelled pointing at naruto as he and hinata turned tail and ran like hell.
"oh! why you little! get back here!!!" naruto yelled chasing after him.
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the hyuuga estates, 6:00 p.m., same day
"hey there mr. hyuuga, thanks for getting rid of that mob for us!" rikou said gratefully to hinata's father, hiashi hyuuga.
"you're just lucky your karasu gihou can make it look like I somehow gave you a beating, even though you managed to murder everyone who's ever tried." hiashi said.
"hey, hinata," naruto whispered, "I have a bad feeling about tonight, who did you guys just make a treaty with?"
"um, kumo, why?" hinata asked before her whisker marks started to tingle suspiciously. they noticed the black lines in rikou's hair were now silver, and his eyes seemed sharper, more alert, more suspicious.
"do you think we could stay the night? I don't think we can afford to leave you here alone tonight." naruto said seriously, a rare trait for any of the three of them, being konoha's three number one jokers.
"well, if we explain the situation to father, he's more than likely to agree." hinata said. "excuse me, father?" hinata asked getting her father's attention. "naruto and I have an odd feeling that something bad is going to happen, my whisker marks are tingling in an odd way, just like they were when I came home and you yelled at me after my first prank, I think it means trouble's near, and naruto wants to know if he and rikou can stay over tonight, just in case something goes wrong." hinata said to her father, knowing he wouldn't be too keen about the request to allow two boys her age stay the nivht for a reason he had no physical proof of, at least, he didn't know there was any physical proof.
"I have to agree sir, the stripes in my hair only turn silver when danger is just around the corner, and my eyes have always sharpened whenever my instincts felt something bad on the way." rikou said seriously.
"rikou? serious? okay hinata, I believe you, they can stay, but rikou, make sure you cards are always within your reach!" hiashi said as if he was issuing an S-rank mission to the ANBU black ops, and considering their skill level, there wasn't much difference, even though they were only four years old.
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hinata's room, 6:45 p.m., same day
"naruto, hinata, it's time you gained your first tail, the manefestation of your demonic power, each tail has 53 tenketsu points, so jyuuken isn't anywhere near useful against us. I don't get tails, but wings, however to gain them I have to work twice as hard, since I can only gain wings in pairs. now, meditate and speak with the bijuu sealed inside of you. once you have established the mental link, your first tail will automatically materialize. we don't have much time, I'm sure you can feel their presence here now, we must begin, they're going to wait until most of us are asleep, so make sure you only look asleep, and be sure you're ready soon, I'm going to work on realeasing my first pair of wings. begin!" rikou said as naruto and hinata slipped into the lotus position and began to conciously enter their sub-concience.
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naruto's sub-conscience
when naruto woke up, he was in a dank, murky sewer, pipes angry red with chakra, flowing towards a different part of the sewer. naruto began walking in the direction the pipes were flowing and came across a large gate with a piece of paper holding a colossal gate shut, the paper bearing the kanji meaning 'seal'.
"hello?" naruto asked, feeling a presence behind the gate.
"huh? well, well, well, what do you know, welcome kit, I was wondering when you were gonna decide to pay me a visit. what is it that you want, youki, physical strength, height-
"my first tail." naruto cut in causing the eyes visible behind the cage to widen in surprise.
"already? you're gonna have to fill me in here kit, I've been asleep for roughly four years, all I remember is making a deal to see to it that you befriend eitouingu's heir-
"that;s been done, he's really alot of fun to be around." naruto said, cutting the kyuubi off again, "so, kyuubi, about my tail,"
"okay, first, we're gonna have to clear up this kyuubi business, kyuubi no kitsune is merely my title, my name is Kurui, of fire country, the original kyuubi no kitsune was my predecessor, and I have been kyuubi no kitsune for 3,500 years, now, you're first tail will materialise once you return to your world, and I will be able to speak with you through your thoughts once you leave, when you return to your world you will also be able assume your kitsune form, in which event you become, mugen junjou, now, return to your friends, we will continue this after you dispose of the intruder that you pointed out earlier to nibi's heir."
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hinata's sub-conscience
hinata sat up in a grassy field, with many flowers, but no trees, it was very easy to see what stood out. which is how she noticed the 100-foot cage in the middle of the field. she walked to the front of the stone cage, where there was a gate held closed by a piece of paper with the kanji meaning 'seal' written on it.
"um, hello, is there anyone there?" hinata asked politely as two large fierce yet gentle blue eyes opened and look gently at hinata.
"why, hello kitten, it's about time you came to see me, how may I help you?" a voice asked as the eyes donned a cheerful look.
"um, I h-have come to request my f-f-first tail, please." hinata said politely with a very nervous stutter.
"hmm, very well kitten, but, there are a couple things I feel the need to inform you about, first off, my name is keisei, my title is the nibi no neko, now, if you work hard to achieve your second tail, and you succeed in acquiring it before you reach the age of thirteen, then you will be able to obtain as many tails as kyuubi's heir, nine, however this will be no simple task, you must complete a great feat in order to obtain your second tail, essentialy, it is like how the uchiha must work to achieve the next level of their sharingan, however, depending on what you did to release your second tail, the effect of your second tail will be different. for example, if you use strength to defeat a powerful opponent, your physical strength will increase tenfold, that is all we have time to discuss, return to your friends and defeat the intruder sent to capture you, and remember, opponents who have seen your tail, must be killed, lest your secret be revealed to the world. farewell, kitten, we can speak as though you were merely thinking to yourself, so, take your fist fight, and make it a good one." keisei said to hinata as the field faded.
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hinata's room, 11:46, same day
"almost, almost!" rikou said as his power was almost high enough to release his wings. "come on... come on! more chakra! if I can, ergh, push through, ugh, my, breaking point.. I... can.. release.. my... power!" rikou said strongly as two purple raven's wings made of chakra sprouted from his back on top of his shoulder blades, each about two feet long. "excellent! now I can channel youki instead of just chakra!" rikou said as naruto began to wake from the trance, as did hinata. however one thing was different about them, naruto had a red fox tail made from chakra sprouting from the tail bone, and hinata had a blue cat's tail made of chakra sprouting from the tail bone as well. "I see you got your tails, good, I managed to realease my first set of wings." rikou said flexing his wings.
"cool! now we can take down this no good kumo-nin!" naruto said confidently, his tail whipping about excitedly.
"yes, now we can win!" hinata said her tail swaying happily, but no as enthusiastically as naruto's.
"yes we can, but we need to capture him so as not to be in violation of the treaty you guys made, so, let your tails fade, they will still be there, and you will still feel them, they just won't be visible." rikou said as his wings folded around his shoulders and vanished from sight. naruto and hinata tried to focus on their tails becoming invisible, and their tails vanished. "good." rikou said turning his head to look at the door.
crash
"not today!" rikou said throwing one of his spinning cards like a razor blade at the kumo-nin that should have been too quick for them too see, but his eyes were even sharper than before, and he could've seen him before.
"argh!" the kumo-nin grunted as his legs were sliced off by the raven-hanyou's guillotine-esque card.
"well, well, well, looks like I could've beaten you before I gained my new power." rikou said dissapointed in his opponent. "come on, let's take him to your dad hinata, we need to show him kumo's violation of the treaty."
"god dammit!" the kumo-nin yelled, never having been defeated by children before.
"blah, blah, blah, you do know that four year olds aren't supposed to hear swear words, don't you?" the hyuuga heir teased.
"no way! beaten by a four year old with a couple cards, unbelievable!"