Disclaimer: I forgot to say this the last couple of Times so I'll make up for it now
I don't own Naruto.
I don't own Naruto.
I don't own Naruto.
First of all I want to thank everyone who submitted an OC for me to choose from. Originally I was only going to pick 3 but all of them were so good that I decided to use all of them. All 4 of them scored higher than I expected. When I say score, I mean how many points your OC earned out of 40 based on the four things I was looking for in an OC. The four categories that I judged the OC's on was
Creativity (how original I thought your OC to be),
Description (how well you described your OC, everyone scored really high in this category),
Flexibility (how easy I believed it would be to work with the OC),
and finally Potential (How far I thought I could go in my story without having to kill off the OC).
However, in no way shape or form will the amount of points decide who gets what position, I will decide that based on which role each character will best be able to fill, and how easy I will be able to use them.
When I first actually started typing up this Chapter, I only had received 4 OC submissions and halfway through it I suddenly received like 10! So I apologize once again to everyone who had submitted an OC, but I only will be able to use a few, and I don't plan on using anymore any time soon.
Thanks for your time, now let's get down to business!
Chapter 12: Team Demon, Form Up!
(Picking up from last time)
Fukushin was still dragging Naruto, who had long since given up trying to escape from the bonds and was now busy plotting revenge on his otousan. Needless to say, every plan he came up with was either gory, grotesque, or in every sense of the word, gruesome (I like words that begin with G, can you tell). All of them however somehow ended up with Fukushin, bound up by ropes, seals surprising his demonic chakra, and dangling over a pit of rabid fan girls. A little harsh, I know, but you have to remember, Naruto was really pissed off at him.
Eventually they found themselves inside a small room, somewhere in the same building that the Demon Lords were having their meeting. After setting Naruto down on a nearby bench, he locked the door leading out, and placed a seal on it for extra security. "Now you wait here while I go get your teammates, and the person who will be posing as your Jounin Instructor," he said with a smile as he walked out a different door.
Just before he closed it he turned back and threw a piece of paper at Naruto, "Look over that form and adjust your appearance and clothing based on the photo, and memorize the description as accurately as possible," he explained, "Oh and when you're done, eat the paper."
The door closed with a click and the light binding Naruto faded away. Needless to say, Naruto immediately dashed for the door and tried to open it. Just as he thought, it was locked from the outside, and it wouldn't budge. Sighing, Naruto walked over to the piece of paper that was lying on the floor and picked it up. On one side it had a picture of a demon and on the other side it had a written description.
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Name: Nemar (First Name Unknown)
Species: Fox
Weapons: A variety of Scrolls with various effects and the standard shinobi equipment.
Chakra Type: Wind and Fire
Jutsu: ones revolving around making animate and inanimate objects using pure chakra. Will only resort to elemental ninjutsu under extreme circumstances.
Fighting Style: Incorporates the above mentioned jutsu into his taijutsu. Tries to trap or otherwise disable his opponents. Only goes for the kill when it is absolutely necessary, and only after he has successfully disarmed or trapped his opponent.
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'That doesn't sound too hard,' thought Naruto as he placed the piece of paper in a propped up position against the wall, with the picture facing towards him. After getting a good look at the picture, Naruto made a hand sign and with a flare of chakra, he began to change. First off he worked on changing his physical appearance. He made himself a bit taller, a half an inch or so. Changed his red and blond hair to just a crimson red. And his crimson eyes turned a hard shade of dark blue. His whisker marks also faded into nonexistence.
After he got the physical appearance down to the last letter, he began to change his clothing as well. First off, his black and orange pants and jacket changed to a dark blue, almost back, ninja tunic and pants. His sandals remained the same but the socks that he previously wore faded out. The red and black cloak also vanished, something that he really wasn't too fond of but he needed to eliminate any trace of his old appearance. What he did like was how he got two bandoliers, one across each shoulder that crossed in the middle of his chest to form an X, with each holding a variety of different scrolls. He kept his side pouch though, because it really wasn't all that uncommon for shinobi to have. Finally, he replaced his green bandanna with a Shinobi Headband, with the symbol for the Village Hidden in the Void on it, and added a long off-white scarf that covered the lower half of his face by wrapping around his head and dangled down behind him like some sort of cape. Overall, he thought he looked pretty good.
Just to test out his new body he picked up the piece of paper and threw into the air. Then with a quick flick of his wrist he produced a kunai which he used to promptly shred the paper to bits. 'Not bad,' Naruto thought with a grin, 'I might decide to use this form more often.'
Just then the door swung open and in walked Fukushin who asked happily, "Alright Nemar! Are you ready to meet-", but stopped suddenly when he saw the shredded up piece of paper in the middle of the floor. He gave his son a long, harsh look before suddenly, faster than the eye can blink; he had Naruto in a head lock, "I TOLD YOU TO EAT THE PAPER WHEN YOU WERE DONE WITH IT!"
"I don't want to eat the paper," Naruto cried out as he struggled to break free (boy, I sure made Naruto and his family violent… but that's what makes them so fun to write).
"STOP RESISTING AND EAT IT," Fukushin ordered as he tried stuffing the paper into his sons face.
"I SAID NO!"
"Umm… is this a bad time?"
The two stopped wrestling and looked towards the doorway to see three demons standing there. Two girls and a boy (the fourth OC will be shown later on in the chapter). The boy had short black hair and red eyes, which was typical for a demon. What was weird about him was his choice of clothing. Instead of the usual choice of ninja garbs, traveling clothes, or upper class apparel, he had on a rather odd looking maroon jumpsuit that had a gold stripe going down each side. Instead of your every day ninja gear he instead had a sword strapped to his back, which had the kanji for badger and seven on it. The Void Village headband strapped to his head completed the look.
The girls on the other hand, had much more practical appearances. The one closest to Naruto had straight, shoulder length black hair with her bangs framing her face, her amber eyes giving out a rather harsh stare. All of her clothing was in natural colors. Her pants, which stopped just above the ankles, were a sort of earthy brown color. Her shirt, with sleeves that stopped just at the elbow, was muted green. The only thing that would really give her away in a forest setting was the gold sash she wore around her waist. She could have easily passed as a martial artist but the ninja supplies pouch strapped to her thigh and the ninja headband around her neck clearly identified her as a ninja.
Finally, the last member of the trio, a tall women, standing nearly at 6 feet in height, had skin as white as snow, and her long white hair tied back in a ponytail complimented it very nicely. She had blue, cat like eyes that had both a serious and soft look in them, two things that rarely go hand in hand. Out of the three, she had the most ninja like appearance. Starting from the bottom up, her sandals was just like that any other ninja would wear, except that they were white. Netting covered her legs starting at the ankles all the way up to and probably past the white and black battle skirt. She wore a halter that was obviously custom made to fit her just right, or it was just a lucky fit. On both hands she wore black gloves with steel plates sewn into them, and from the plates extended tiger like claws. On her left arm she wore a silver arm guard, while her right was left bare so as to show off a vicious looking tiger tattoo on the shoulder blade. Her weaponry, judging by first appearance consisted of the standard shinobi equipment, stored neatly in a waist pouch, and two tiger hook blades strapped to her back.
Fukushin dropped Naruto and grinned at them, "No, no. Actually, you're right on time! Nemar, I want you to meet your teammates, Raven and Daisuke, and your temporary Jounin Instructor, Amaya. Now stand up and introduce yourself. You know, name, species, number of tails, hobbies, specialty as a ninja, that sort of thing."
Picking himself up, Naruto looked at the three of them who were each eyeing him with varying levels of curiosity. He bowed o them, hoping they didn't notice the rather strained smile on his face, and said, "Konnichiwa (1), my name is Nemar. My species as a demon is a fox, and I currently have 3 tails. My hobbies including pulling pranks, learning new jutsu, and spending time with people I like. My specialty as a ninja would be ninjutsu and combat in general."
The boy demon jumped forward, jumping up and down excitedly, "Wow, we have so much in common Nemar! The name's Daisuke Yagani (Original idea and concept for the character belongs to sco23)! I'm a chameleon demon and I just earned my third tail recently. I'm glad I did or else I wouldn't have been able to participate in Fukushin-sama's project," Naruto gave his otousan a glare at this, but he stealthy evaded it, "I too enjoy pulling pranks. No, I love pulling pranks! I also like jokes or just anything funny in general. Being a chameleon demon I am naturally suited for stealth and espionage, but I also can be a decent interrogator if the situation ever calls for it."
Naruto simply gave him a nod, and turned towards the second person, the girl with dark hair and the serious expression, and only after a couple of seconds passed before she decided to speak up, "…My name is Raven (Original idea and concept for the character belongs to iscreamdrizzle). It is not my first name nor do I have any intention of telling you what my first name is. My species, like my name, is raven, and I am ranked at three tails. If you really must know what my hobbies are then you can find out for yourself. As for my specialty as a ninja… I wouldn't actually say I specialize in any one thing. I have a fairly varied skill set so I am suited to handle most situations with little difficulty."
'Well isn't she Ms. Personality,' Naruto thought as he turned to the last person in the room who had almost immediately started talking to cover up for the awkwardness left by Raven's introduction. "Hello there Nemar. My name is Amaya Tora (Original idea and concept for the character belongs to KaliAnn), but you can call me Amaya. I am a tiger demon with 6 tails, and I will be posing as your jounin instructor for the Chunin Exams. My hobbies include hunting, swimming, running, basically anything that involves being outside and active. I do enjoy sitting down and reading a good book once in awhile. Since I am supposed to be a jounin I really shouldn't specialize in any one thing, but if I had to pick something I guess it would be combat."
Fukushin nodded, clapped his hand once and spoke with surprising authority, "Alright troops! Line up!"
All four demons quickly fell into line before him. "Now that you have been properly introduced, it is time for me to explain your mission in more detail."
He snapped his fingers and the lights dimmed. With another snap of his fingers a picture lit up on the side of the wall, showing a detailed map of the elemental countries. "Your mission itself is relatively simple. You are to infiltrate the Chunin Exams being hosted in Konoha, posing as a team from the Village Hidden in the Void, a village that in reality does not exist, but for the sake of completing this mission I have already gone out of my way to ensure enough evidence was available that such a village does in fact exist. You are to submerge yourselves into the genin ranks, while maintaining the appearance of mere genin yourselves, and report back to me at convenient times on everything you can learn about the human's military strength. Like I said before, this mission is simple on the outside, but the truth is that executing it is far more difficult than it sounds. Normally I would send older, more experienced demons on this sort of mission but because of the delicate nature of the exam itself, sending demons with more than 4, even sending demons with more than 3 is highly risky, as the humans have proven highly adapt at sensing the chakra levels of other humans. So you can see why we must send as low of ranked demons as we possibly can to this exam. It is so that we can avoid suspicion. You are not, I repeat, NOT to reveal your demon nature under any circumstances. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir," all four demons saluted respectively, while the thought going through all of their heads was, 'You mean this mission actually has some significance? I just thought it was another one of his eccentric plots that really served no purpose in the long run.'
Fukushin gave them all a long, hard look before he started to soften up. "I know what you all must be thinking. This is just another one of my eccentric plots, but I assure you this mission serves a deeper purpose. That purpose is normally classified but because of certain circumstances, I believe it to be in all of our interests that you know the reason. The simple explanation is that I crisis is coming upon us demons, a crisis that I believe we will not be able to divert by ourselves. As such, I want to see if the humans are capable, strong, and willing enough to aid us in our time of need. I am counting on all of you. Now everyone except Amaya, who I need to have a word with, is dismissed to prepare for the mission. You are to regroup at twelve hundred hours tomorrow at the southern exit to the Demon Festival."
All three genins (as they will be called from now on) left in a hurry. Amaya waited patiently for them to leave before asking, "Kyuubi-sama, what is it you wished to speak with me about?"
Fukushin turned to her with a grin and replied, "Now Amaya, there is no need to call me by my formal title when we are alone. Just call me Fukushin."
Amaya let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding, "That's a relief Fukushin. I can keep up formalities around others but it's such a pain to do it all the time."
Letting out a hearty laugh Fukushin says, "I know what you mean. But this really isn't the time to be relaxing. I'm sure you've heard by now, just who it is I sent in the first team to the Chunin Exams?"
She nods and asks, "Of course I've heard! Rumors have been spreading about those three long before they could even transform into humans. Why in the world would you send them of all people?"
Fukushin lets out a sigh and sits down on the bench, "The truth of the matter, they were the only ones to volunteer. No sane demon would willingly put themselves in a situation where that had to interact with humans, let alone one where they had to actually pretend to be human. If only Daisuke had gotten his third tail a little sooner, I could have sent just this team. But, unfortunately things just don't always turn out the way you expect them to."
Nodding at his statement, Amaya then asks, "Sir, just what is it you wanted to talk to me about? It clearly wasn't about why you sent those three, so what is it?"
Fukushin just looks at her for a long two or three seconds before he responds, "Amaya, I have received reports that there is to be an invasion on Konoha, sometime during the third exam. I need you to contact all the local demons in the area in and around Konoha, who have not already left for the Demon Festival, and try and convince them to aid the humans of Konoha in any way they can without revealing their nature. I also want you to relay this change in assignment to the jounin of the other team, Shiro (Original idea and concept for the character belongs to Oracle for Hire), and also to warn him to be extra careful with those three, so that they don't add to the casualties of Konoha."
She gave him a questioning look and asked, "Sir, why in the world would you want to help Konoha? I thought the purpose of this mission was to measure the military strength of the hidden villages. Helping one side so clearly would not be-"
"AMAYA I KNOW WHAT IT WOULD NOT BE," Fukushin practically shouted at her. He took a moment to calm down before he explains, "My reason is simple. I owe someone a great debt, one I could not possibly pay back in my lifetime, and he lived in Konoha."
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With Daisuke
"Hey owner," Daisuke calls out as he pounds the counter of a food stall, "Can I get another round of dango?"
"Comin' right up," replies the owner of the stall, a Horse demon, amidst a bunch of steam.
As he happily munches on the sweet treat, Daisuke couldn't help but think, 'I can't believe that I actually received such an important assignment from Fukushin-Sama, my idol, himself! It's not easy for orphans like me to get such important jobs in demon society, but because of Fukushin-sama even guys like me can feel important. I can hardly wait to get started tomorrow!'
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With Raven
Raven is sitting formally before an older looking demon inside of a large, dark tent. The older demon gives her a long harsh stare before talking, "Raven… Normally I would prefer to send a more… reliable member of our clan to handle such an assignment… but you were requested specifically by Kyuubi-sama himself," he lets out a long sigh, "Looks like we have no choice. Raven, if you do anything to further lower our clans reputation, there will be severe consequences. Do you understand?"
"Hai, Jouchou (2)-sama," raven says respectively, bowing her head.
"Very good, you are dismissed."
Raven stands up and turns to leave, as she exits the tent and waves farewell to the two guards on duty, she thinks to herself, 'There is no way you're going to bin any more of the clan's bad reputation on me this time jijii (3). After this mission, you won't be able to look down on me.'
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With Naruto
"Can you believe this," Naruto complained to his mother in his new Nemar form, "Fukushin-san having the gall to actually use the Chunin Exams for something as simple as information gathering! If he needed to gather information, he could have just asked me to do it since I was already living in Konoha already!"
Rena looks at him as they continued to walk thru the festival, "Now now Shisoku, your father had a very good reason to do so. And besides, this is a great way for you to get stronger; I thought you would be happy about that."
Sighing, Naruto gives her an apologetic look and says, "I know Okaasan, it's just, I'm worried about my human is all."
Looking down sadly, Rena murmurs softly, "You really do like humans don't you? I can't tell if it's because you're Fukushin's son, or because of that…"
"That? What's that," Naruto asks looking at her curiously.
Letting out a gasp, Rena quickly stammers out, "N-Nothing Shisoku! Ahh, I think your Otousan is calling me! BYE BYE!"
She then disappeared in a dust cloud as she ran at top speed in the opposite direction.
'What the heck was that all about,' Naruto thought, 'No matter. I must focus on the task at hand. I will not let Hime suffer any ill fate!'
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Several Days Later
Outside of Konoha
"Alright," says the Chunin at the registration desk, "Looks like everything is in order. I must say, I never expected a team to show up so late for the Exams."
Amaya chuckles slightly and replies, "Yeah well, we were kind of lazy getting here and now were paying for it. Anyways, can you point my team in the direction of the Exams for me? I have some business I have to take care of."
"Sure thing, the exams are taking place in a large school house looking building right over there," the Chunin says as he points in one direction.
"Thank you very much," Amaya says with a bow then turns towards her team, "Now you guys behave yourselves and do your best alright?"
"Hai, Sensei," all three genin replies as they run off.
After they are far enough away, Amaya walks in the opposite direction. Eventually she comes to a small section of woods where nobody else was around. Or at least that's what one would think…
"Code Name: Wolf 7," Amaya says out loud as if to no one.
"Code Name: Tiger 6," someone says back, and suddenly a man who appears to be in his late twenties appears behind her. The man has snow white hair and amber yellow eyes. His clothes consisted of dark underclothing, and overtop of it he had a white trench coat that covers most of his body, and the collar covers the lower half of his face. On his back was a large zweihander (a large German broadsword) with the tip curving back slightly, sort of like a crescent moon. The man looks over Amaya quickly before asking, "What news from Kyuubi-sama?"
"There has been a change in plans Shiro."
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On the way to the School
All three of them were running as fast as they could, and because of that they accidently ran straight into-
"OUCH," cries out Naoko as she and Daisuke knock each other to the ground, "Watch were your going you jerk!"
Naruto starts to sweat seeing just who it was they ran into. Raven on the hand snaps back wittily, "If you were a real ninja you would have dodged that."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY," Naoko cried out angrily, her fist shaking in the air.
"Yeah," Daisuke agrees as he stands up and points at them, "If you were really ninja you would ha-"
Naruto quickly claps his hands over his team mate's mouths and cries out, "Please excuse my team mates, they can be a bit irritable at times. Now if you'll excuse us." He then promptly began to drag the two of them as fast as he possibly can away from team 8.
"…That was rather odd," Shino says. The two girls could only nod. Naoko notices the confused look on Hinata's face and asks, "What's the matter Hinata?"
"I can't help but feel I've met that boy before."
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Inside the Chunin Exams
"Hey Nemar," Daisuke asked as he and the rest of his team sat down in some chairs in a far corner, "What was the deal with you and those humans earlier?"
Naruto look away in frustration and replies, "That's really none of your business. Anyhow you shouldn't go and start provoking people needlessly Raven."
Raven just sits there quietly for a minute before saying anything, "My comment earlier was not directed at any of the humans, but at Daisuke here. If we are to accomplish our mission successfully then he needs to be more careful."
Daisuke glares at her but says nothing. "Anyways," Naruto adds, "We need to be on the lookout for Falkner's team."
Both of his team mates nod their heads, but before they could actually start looking for the other team, a man with a bandanna over his head appears in a puff of smoke. "Sit down and shut up," the man calls out with much authority, "My name is Morino Ibiki, and I will be the proctor of the first part of the Chunin Exam."
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Author Note
I started to get a little lazy towards the end of this chapter, and I apologize. Also, I hope everyone who's OC I have included so far likes the way I have portrayed them. Lastly, I need to say that I do not need any more OC's for awhile. You can still send me some if you want but I must warn you that the chance of me actually including it into the story at this point is rather low. People who have sent me OC's already should note that I have already started setting up my story to try and include more into it.
And as always, thanks for reading "Son of Kyuubi"
(1) Konnichiwa / Good Evening
(2) Jouchou / one's superior
(3) Jijii / Can mean grandfather, but in this case she's calling the elder an Old Man