still, nothing to say about anything right now, apart from the simple fact that I am going to write the first chapter of a new story immediately after I finish this chapter, NEXT CHAPTER!
The Fox, The Raven, and The Cat Raise Hell
ch 14 - Namikaze
Naruto's apartment, one week later, 5 A.M
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
"argh! damnit! I was actually having a good dream this time!" Naruto said to himself, getting up and putting on some pants before answering the door. "what could you possibly need this early?!"
"Rikou wants us to go over to his house for something, he says it's urgent." Itachi said in his ANBU voice, alerting Naruto of the true level of urgency. he had to get there in five minutes or something bad could end up happening.
"I'll only be a minute, head on over." Naruto said, Itachi vanishing with a nod.
Rikou's home, 2.5 minutes later
"I'm here!" Naruto shouted, bursting through the door.
"good, now we can tell you guys exactly why we needed you here so early." Rika said, gesturing towards Rikou, signaling him to begin.
"I have asked you all here because we have gained intelligence from my spy ravens and Itachi's reconassaince falcons. there are two people heading towards the village at a walking pace. they are roughly ten miles away, and will probably take a good few hours to reach konoha. however, our intelligence tells us that the two strangers are both female, one in her mid-to-late thirties, the other 15-16 years old. the elder woman bares red waist-length hair, red and white priestess robes, and a 6-foot katana tied to her back. she stands at 6'1", an unusual height for an average woman, especially of her age. the teen also has red hair, half the elder woman's length, black and white samurai robes, and a 5'11" zanbatou on her back, the scabbard baring a fox design. she stands at 5'10". normally these are simply the descriptions of a mother-and-daughter team of traveling samurai from whirlpool, however, the problem with this is, whirlpool country was destroyed during the third great ninja war by Iwa in order to gain more land for bases. what else is odd, upon the backs of both of their upper-kimonos, is the symbol of a fox wielding a katana with its teeth. this symbol, is also known as the Namikaze clan crest. the namikaze clan was destroyed during the Kyuubi's attack, however two bodies were never found. the bodies of Minato Namikaze's, a.k.a. the fourth Hokage's, Wife and Daughter. however, a couple of hours ago when I sent out Kiba's clan's spy dogs, all they could report were two females that had a smell similar to Naruto's." Rikou explained, turning all eyes to Naruto. these eyes belonged to Shino, Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, Rikou, Rika, Anko, Kurenai, Kakashi, Shikamaru, Kisame, and Itachi. "Shikamaru and I have deduced that they are either imposters that have found a way to learn the kotachi koutai jutsu, or, Naruto is the son of the fourth, and they are the remainder of his family. Naruto, Hinata, Kisame and I will be confronting them, all others wait for the word from my ravens. if the word is call, you get out there and capture them, but if the word is peck, then tell the hokage that we have confirmed their identities as Kushina and Reina Namikaze. Kisame, when we leave is your call, I'm not the squad leader."
"we leave now. here's how we're gonna do this, we run full speed through the forest and once we find them, I want Naruto and Rikou in front, Zangetsu and Zansatsu at the ready. you'll be wearing ANBU masks through this ordeal, and they will be given according to species. Naruto, fox, Hinata, cat, Rikou, raven, Rika, phoenix. agreed?" Kisame asked, the four in question nodding. they were given their masks, they grabbed their swords, and they set off towards the last reported position of the two women.
9 miles north of konoha, 2 minutes later
"mom, do you know why there are so many ravens around here? it's kinda creepy." the afore mentioned teenager asked the older woman she was traveling with, confirmed as her mother.
"not a clue, last time I walked this path there wasn't a single bird in the sky." the taller woman said, noticing a presence approaching. "get behind me, I sense 5 incredibly powerful beings approaching at high speeds."
"wha-
"hello," Rikou said, he and Naruto standing at the ready with Zangetsu and Zansatsu in an offensive stance. "tell me, who are you, and why do you bare the appearance of whirlpool country samurai? furthermore, why do you bare konoha's Namikaze clan crest?"
"huh, so, you know that we are wearing the crest yet you haven't seen our backs?" the older woman asked, the younger one drawing her zanbatou.
"I say we take these wannabes down, they don't look so tough to me." the teen girl said, making Rikou laugh.
"I see you have a blatant disregard for current events. I recently used this blade to liberate wave country by slaying a thousand men almost simultaneously. I believe the saying goes, 'looks can be deceiving'." Rikou said causing the elder woman to take up a stance drawing her own blade.
"so you are the one who did that? how did you do it so quickly? there was only one man quick enough to do that." the elder woman said, her eyes narrowing. she had green eyes, piercing green eyes that could almost compare to Rikou's own silver eyes.
"my apologies but I must correct you, doing more than one thing in half a second is considered simmultaneous." Naruto said, making the woman tense slightly.
"how did you know I was talking about the yellow flash?!" the woman asked in slight fear of this mere boy's mental abilities.
"you just told me." Naruto said simply.
"so, you're a trickster, that's rather suspicious given your hair color." the woman said. Rikou took the next question.
"so, you are Kushina Namikaze then?" Rikou asked, nearly making the woman drop her sword.
"how did you know?!" Kushina asked, amazed at this boy's intelligence.
"how many times do we have to say it, you just told me. you aren't very good at spotting a trick." Rikou said tauntingly.
"y'know mom, he does make a good point." the younger girl said only a little less tauntingly.
"and that makes you Reina Namikaze. you were actually a small bit wiser than your mother in this instance." Rikou said confusing the two women.
"how so?" Reina asked, making Rikou smirk beneath his mask.
"you actually noticed my ravens following you from above." Rikou said as Kushina eyed him suspiciously.
"how did you come into possession of the raven contract, last I checked there wasn't one in existence." Kushina said, ready to lunge at any moment. Rikou noticed this.
"heh, go ahead and try to kill me, even if you are the swordmaster you're rumored to be, you won't get past Zansatsu." Rikou said, pulling zansatsu into a defensive position.
"really, who's zansatsu, the boss raven? please, there's no way one of those ruddy birds can beat a trained swordmaster like myself." Kushina said mockingly, making Rikou put Zansatsu into a lowered position. everyone who knew him backed off a few feet.
"so, you think, th-that Ravens, are some kind of, s-scum?" Rikou said, barely keeping a handle on his anger.
"well, they aren't really the most honest creatures, they're never around when anyone could use their help, that shows uncaringness. a phoenix would heal a wounded person with its tears." Kushina said, making Rikou return Zansatsu to his back.
"would you like to know, just who, you insulted?" Rikou nearly shouted, holding off the urge to release his wings.
"humor me." Kushina said with a smirk. everyone saw Zansatsu's soul form appear and do the last thing you would expect him to.
"hey, calm down, they might deserve death wherever you're concerned, but if it's out of anger, what's the point? there's no enjoyment, just less pain, and what's the point there?" Zansatsu asked, putting his hand on Rikou's shoulder.
"who the hell is that?!" Reina asked. Naruto answered.
"Zansatsu." Naruto said, looking at Rikou's face as his mask fell off. "and that's our cue, RUN!!" Naruto shouted, grabbing Hinata and vanishing. Kisame grabbed Rika and took off as power began to leak off. Zansatsu regained his insane grin.
"oh well, can't say I didn't try, but if you two just stand there you'll die!" Zansatsu said as he faded out, laughing insanely.
"m-mom, why am I having trouble b-breathing?" Reina asked, staring at Rikou's enraged face in terror.
"I'll tell you why..." Rikou said, his voice turned demonic, "because, the person she insulted ravens in front of, me, was the second-worst person to ever do such a thing in front of."
"w-well who's the worst?!" Kushina asked shivering in terror.
"my mother, the Eitouingu no Karasu." Rikou said, releasing all six of his wings. he drew Zansatsu and prepared to strike. when he did, lightning struck Zansatsu. when Rikou looked again, he was amazed at what he saw. "... Lord Hokage..."