Remnant of the fox – Chapter 3
Takashi was disturbed.
In front of him, hung on a wall, was the symbol of the Village hidden in the Sand, Sunagakure. Kurama had spent the last twenty minutes trying to explain the intricacies of the relations between the Uzumaki clan and the residents of Suna. As of now, everything sounded pretty good, but this was thousands of years ago. Kurama could not, for the love of god, tell Takashi a single rumor, much less a fact, about the descendants of the village's main clans. After the formation of Japan, the sand nins had just…disappeared.
But as it stood, the warriors of suna had no love for Konoha nin, except for the Uzumaki clan. Mostly because the Uzumaki clan had been exiled from the village when their leader had opposed the decision of making the last Uchiha a Hokage. Now, Takashi had no idea what a Hokage was, but if Uchihas were anything like what Kurama made them out to be, Takashi could understand why the leader of the Uzumaki clan opposed the Konoha council's decision.
While the Uzumaki clan was well known for kindness, hard work and dedication. The Uchihas were borderline extremists. People say that both the Uzumakis and the Uchihas fought with their emotions on their sleeves. Except these emotions were exact opposites of each other. An Uzumaki would never dare go as far as an Uchiha in order to complete his mission.
And this was what made the Uchihas popular. Efficiency.
Takashi shook his head, the politics of a world long dead were of no consequence to him, at least not currently.
Currently, he had bigger fish to fry.
He kept his hand on his summoning scroll as he heard Tohno exit his bedroom. He looked up to see Tohno wearing a loose, cyan Gi. On his back was an oversized fan. Takashi took this as a confirmation that Tohno did indeed know of the Elemental nations. Trying to get the upper edge, Takashi drew his sword from his scroll, dashing towards Tohno.
To his surprise, though, Tohno did not retaliate. Instead, he simply raised his hands in an expression of surrender.
Perplexed, Takashi took a second to realize that Tohno had no will or incentive to battle him. Tohno looked at Takashi's sword and sighed.
"An Uchiha, aren't you?"
Takashi shook his head. "An Uzumaki. I simply prefer to use good weapons whenever I can."
Tohno nodded "Fair enough. Your chakra signatures and fighting style check out. Though full body chakra reinforcement isn't a skill that any master can teach you these days."
Takashi's eyes widened, "How do you know I can do that?"
Tohno snickered, "Well, you just told me."
Takashi grimaced, this wasn't going good.
Don't beat yourself up over it, Kit. I believe he's on to something here.
"Considering that, I don't believe I'm wrong when I say that you too have a voice in your head." Tohno spoke, prying Takashi's attention away from Kurama.
Well, what do we have here?
Realizing the fact that there was no point lying, Takashi decided to simply turn the question around "A voice in my head, I'm not even going to comment on how absurd that sounds. What gave you the idea?"
Tohno snickered "Well, I have one in my head, and he says that he feels one in you as well. So, considering the fact that you would rather not tell me about it, I'll tell you about mine. I am the container of Shukaku, the one tailed beast"
Well, that makes sense. He might not be good in a fight, that one. But he's good with defense and was the best sensor among us. I myself can't sense worth shit.
Deciding to act in good faith, Takashi sheathed his sword. "I house Kurama, the nine tailed beast."
After a moment of silence, Tohno's eyes widened. "Ah, in that case, I believe that I'm lucky you didn't go through with your attack. Shukaku says he can't hold a candle to the sheer offensive power your bijuu possesses."
Takashi simply nodded. Tohno wouldn't attack him, that he was sure of. That's just how fear worked. Considering how Tohno reacted once he said Kurama's name, Tohno was already hesitant to speak, fearing for his life.
"I have an offer for you" Tohno spoke, getting over his initial hesitance. "You help me guard my baby and I'll support you and whoever else needs assistance with my medical and long range jutsu. To sweeten the pot, I even have an old Uzumaki artifact that was passed down to me. "
Takashi realized that he had the upper hand in this deal. Not only did he have much to lose, considering the fact that Tohno's car was more of an asset than a liability, he would get a good healer and some…relic…out of the deal.
"So, do you have an accord?" Tohno questioned. In response, Takashi merely nodded. Tohno's serious facial expression faded, and with a sigh of relief, his usual smile resurfaced.
"Fantastic!" He yelled "Wait here and I'll get the relic I promised you."
As Tohno ran into his room, Takashi wondered what this relic could possibly be. The sword he had on him was something that the original Uzumaki patriarch was given when he defeated the Uchiha patriarch, beginning an era of friendly rivalry between the two clans. The Uzumaki clan was known to not attach themselves to any weapons personally, choosing to hone their skills instead.
So what could the relic be?
Beats me, kit. I'm as clueless as you about all this.
It took ten minutes for Tohno to return with the relic, which turned out to be a sandalwood box. The fact that it hadn't decayed surprised Takashi, till he noticed a very familiar seal on it.
AN Uzumaki blood seal.
"As you probably can tell, I do not have any idea what this box holds. Only Uzumaki blood can open this box." Tohno spoke, walking back and sitting down on his sofa.
Takashi nodded. He took the box into one hand and drew his sword with the other. Cutting his thumb lightly with the blade, he let the blood trickle onto the seal, which promptly disappeared, leaving behind trace amounts of Chakra.
As he opened the box, he made sure to double check if the box had something malicious inside it. There were faint chakra signatures inside, but nothing malicious.
Opening the box, Takashi found ten kunai, all tri pronged.
As Takashi picked one up. He noticed the runes on it. He simply could not fathom what these runes meant though.
Takashi, if those Kunai are what I believe they are, you might have found something priceless.
Takashi wondered how simple Kunai could be considered priceless. While he could appreciate having new kunai, he couldn't see anything special about the blades except the indecipherable seals.
If those really are what they appear to be, I could, in time, teach you a very useful Jutsu.
Takashi's eyes widened as he realized what this meant. He then replaced the kunai and decided to turn in for the night.
As he passed, Tohno snickered. He had found another warrior.
His baby was safe.