PA: I didn't notice how long it had been since I updated this, truth be told I nearly forgot about it. It only really came up again when I cam across I really nice Rosario + Vampire amv, and well here is the next chapter.
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The one that has been talked about the most is just what kind of AyakashiNaruto is, baring in mind that it was part of the question from the end of last chapter. There were a few people that were able to guess the father really well, I feel that these were those that have read the manga. But there were a couple that hit it right on the money, they were able to guess who Naruto's dad was but then said 'Well until we know what his mother is, we still have no idea'. They're pretty much spot on.
Wow, what is with all the Sasuke haters, I mean in most of my fics he is a villain that gets killed so I kinda understand it. But he just shows up here and people are already dissing him.
0 Jordinio 0: urgh. For starters there is hours of difference between those two scenes, the Monstrels are known for being sturdy and quick healing, and Naruto even stated that he healed faster than he thought. Please understand the main story before critiquing on fanfiction.
deathmailrock: Naruto sees the last name Uzumaki as strange. That's pretty much what the summary means.
InflatedChimp: Though I think we can both agree that Akasha is a pretty badass mum, like in the same league as Kushina... okay, maybe not at that level. Stopping a rampaging ball of chakra that was just ripped out of you, as you're dying and having just given birth still continues to give her large amounts of Badass points.
SuperSageNaruto: Yeah, I wanted to give them a strong connection (Inner Moka and Naruto), while leaving the Outer Moka to kinda figure out what was really going on and why she was feeling all these strange things for a guy she hardly knows.
Dreaming of the Phoenix: Well in Tsukune's defense, I would be shit scared of Naruto, he did rip off someone's arm for threatening Tsukune. Plus that has to earn some favor marks. Plus Tsukune met Naruto before Moka (Yes it was at the same time but Moka was uh 'busy') and they already seemed to sorta have something going there.
Disclaimer: I own none of this.
A smile stretched across Naruto's face as Tsukune stood across from him, covered in sweat with his large blade present. The clearing around them was incredibly cut up, looking like someone was just hacking away at the ground and trees for dear life. Naruto raised a hand up to his hair, brushing it as the wind blew between them.
"Can you feel it Tsukune? The trees are asking you to continue!" His tone rapidly changing in his sentence, from one of question to a direct order.
The brown-haired teen gave a tired groan as he lifted up his hand again, positioning it in front of him like it was a katana, something that Naruto frowned at. Raising his right leg, Naruto stomped it into the ground, launching up a slab of earth, quickly spinning around he used his left leg to send it at Tsukune, who took a deep breath and cut through the earth, having it fly off to either side of him.
Tsukune started to think just what kind of life Naruto had to live to train so hard and not even break a sweat. This was all because he had followed the blonde out to try and catch him improving his skills, and for a while it seemed to work, then, as it looked like Naruto had grown bored he turned and face Tsukune, calling him out of the nearby shrubs.
Now, the young teen was using the gloves that he was given last night, to a point where they might actually be useful in combat.
Naruto craned his head to the side, pressing his lips tightly before giving a sigh, "Now we are going to increase it a little, you are to stab me, if you can not before I grow tired of this, I am going to hit you."
Tsukune stiffened, remembering how easily the blonde had ripped off someone's arm just yesterday, slowly he gave a small nod, obviously Naruto was tough, otherwise he wouldn't ask him to do something like this, still, it felt so wrong. Shaking his head to rid himself of those thoughts, he narrowed his eyes forward, concentrating on stabbing the blonde in a spot where it wouldn't cause too much damage.
"You can start when you're ready." Naruto rolled his shoulders forward, placing his hands into his pockets. If it were someone else, Tsukune would think that the blonde was making fun of him, though after seeing him hurl boulders with those legs earlier, he was not going to think for a moment, that Naruto needed his hands to beat him.
Twisted on his back foot, Naruto shot forward, appearing next to Tsukune, who widened his eyes in shock, taking a step to the side, away from the risen leg and swung out with his blade, only to watch the blonde change his leg's direction in mid air, crashing it against the blade and sending Tsukune tumbling across the ground.
"I thought I had until you got bored of this until you were going to attack?" He question as he stood to his feet again, trying to settle his racing heart.
"No, I just said that I was going to hit you if I got bored. Not that I wouldn't if I wasn't. Now Dodge!" Naruto appeared in front of him, his foot already raised to strike, Tsukune jumped to the side, standing to the open side of Naruto, he thrust forward, watching as the blonde impossibly twisted his body, kicking his weapon to the side with the foot that had been planted on the ground.
Tsukune looked at the blonde, blinked a few times, shook his head and stared at him again. Naruto was there, standing sideways in the air, a blank expression on his face, "That is just impossible, I don't even care what kind of monster you are," He raised his still normal hand and pointed at Naruto with it, "That defies the laws of the universe!"
"I know, how can you stand on the side like that? Shouldn't you be falling off the earth?"
"Are you seriously trying to make a joke about this?!"
"Is it working?"
"No."
Naruto seemed to think on his answer for a moment, "Then I guess I am not trying to make a joke?"
"B-b-b-but you're standing in air?!"
"Yep." Quipped the blonde in a cheery tone.
Tsukune shook his head to the side, "How?"
"Magic." The blonde answered plainly, with a perfectly straight face.
"No, I am not accepting that. Magic isn't real."
Naruto laughed at the teen, "Tell that to witches."
"Witches aren't real!"
"Tell that to witches."
Tsukune just shook his head, watching as Naruto pulled a cigarette out of his pocket, lighting it with a small flame, that went sideways instead of up, his jaw dropping, "No... This isn't real!"
"Totally real," Naruto paused for a moment before smiling, "Like witches."
"WITCHES AREN'T REAL!"
Naruto tilted his head upwards, which to him was sideways, "So you accept Vampires, the fact that I am some super demon, and that Sasuke is an angel. But witches... Like the most simple of monsters, can't be real?"
Tsukune stared blankly at the blonde for a few seconds before shrugging, "When you put it like that, I guess they could be real?"
The blonde gave a nod and dropped down to the ground, landing on his feet like nothing had happened, before walking up and slogging Tsukune in the face, the brown-haired teen going down like a sack of flour, "You probably should have dodged that..." He looked at the boy for a while, only to see that he wasn't getting a response, "Oh... You knocked yourself out. Quite the defensive technique."
Moka looked around, a blush staining her face. She had the dirty dream last night, and her blonde friend was the main part of it. Though neither of them seemed surprised at it. When she woke up she felt incredibly good, and not in the, she had a good dinner the last night followed by even better sleep.
Actually now that she thought of it, did she have dinner last night? Outside of the dream that is, and secondly, how did she get back to her apartment? Though in the dream, Naruto gave her his vest. It would kind of explain why she found it in her room though wouldn't it? The shirt was staying though... She could just say that she lost it somewhere.
Holding her handbag up his vest was lightly tossed over her arms, it also explained part of the reason why she was waiting for him at the gates. Her head snapped up into the sky as she heard something fluttering and the rattling of chains followed by the sound of someone screaming. There was topless blonde whose chest was wrapped up with chains, a body she had seen quiet closely last night landing in front of her, as Tsukune seemed to be trying his hardest not to throw up.
The blonde dropped Tsukune to the ground as he laughed at the teen's appearance, said teen gave a glare back, "We are never traveling like that again Naruto-san!"
Though the blonde gave a chuckle and picked Tsukune off of thee ground, placing him up on his feet, "Then don't pass out again while we're training," Stretching his body out Naruto felt some of his joints crack back into place from his quick stop. Reaching into his back pocket he pulled out his shirt, quickly throwing it over his shoulder and doing up the buttons, much to the protest of some fans that had gathered when he landed.
He was standing in front of the school gate, so technically he wasn't on school ground yet. So pulling out a silver case from his pocket he opened it up, showing a long line of his cigarettes inside. Taking on into his mouth he quickly flicked his fingers in front of it, sparking a flame before inhaling a large amount of smoke.
"Ummm Naruto-san?" Moka questioned nervously as she shifted on her feet, the blonde turning around to face her with a large smile.
"Hey Moka, what's up?"
The pinkette looked down at the vest in her hands before looking back up at him, "I found this in my room this morning and it smells like you do. I guess I am trying to return it."
Naruto looked at her for a moment, he had remembered leaving her in his clothes when he left. Though he smiled and took it from her, "Thanks for returning it to me Moka. Felt kinda strange without it," Without a second though he put it on over his head and gave her a thumbs up, "Oh, are you hungry?" He offered his neck only to see her stiffen and shake her head quickly.
"N-no I think I'm good for the moment!" She got out quickly.
The blonde found it strange but merely shrugged it off while Tsukune seemed to adjust himself to his surroundings and find that they were at the school, "Even though that was much faster than walking... We are still never doing that again Naruto-san, my legs feel like jelly!"
"Eh? That wasn't meant to happen..." Naruto ran a hand through his air before blowing out a plume of smoke, "You didn't even do any of the running?"
"Oh no, I was trying to run, I was trying to run as fast as I could hoping that it would somehow allow me to break free and fall to the ground."
"You wanted to fall? Why didn't you just ask me to drop you then?" Naruto questioned somewhat mystified by the young teen.
"I DID!" Tsukune roared only to watch the blonde back up a little in shock, "You told me that we were going to be late if you did that though!"
The bell run just after Tsukune finished speaking causing Naruto to point towards the school, "How right was I? You wanted to walk. Now hurry up and get to class, I'll be up on the roof afterwards if you guys need me, I have some people to talk to." The blonde gave a smile to the duo as he started to walk into the school grounds heading straight towards the building before scaling the wall as he continued to walk.
This left both Moka and Tsukune more confused than when the day started, "Do we really still have no leads on what kind of Ayakashihe is?" The pinkette questioned quietly.
Tsukune though back to the previous night, "I only know people who know what he is, that being that Sasuke guy and the bus driver. Also that he can defy the laws of gravity, earlier this morning he was standing sideways in the air."
Moka though laughed at that, "Don't be silly Tsukune, that's impossible."
The brown-haired male nervously chuckled, "Yeah... That's what I thought too."
They seemed to fall into a lull in their conversation, that was until a strange looking silver-haired male wearing a mask that covered the bottom half of his face appeared. He was dressed in what looked like a very expensive suit. Though his gravity defying hair was the most defining feature, or maybe it was the eye patch, they weren't really sure, he fished around in his pocket and pulled out a photo. Their eyes went wide as they saw it. It was of Naruto, though he looked a little different.
His eyes were sharper and slitted while his fangs were longer and more pronounced, though it was the hair that got them. Small streaks of red were running through it, the silver-haired man walked up to them and held up the picture, "I am looking for this man, have you two scene him?"
They could easily say no, they hadn't even seen Naruto look like that. Though the Rosario around her neck heated up, she didn't understand what it was doing, "Umm I'm not sure Sir?" She answered, something about the situation felt off, really off.
The man narrowed his eyes on her before sniffing at the air, "So, I am going to ask you again, considering I can smell him all over you little girl."
That comment caused Moka to stiffen as her face turned red, "I'm not sure I should be talking to you about him Sir," She tried to reason.
Moka wasn't sure, but it almost seemed like he smiled at that, "It is nice to see that he has people that would try to defend him. Though Naruto's mother told me to check up on him, it is really best that I do this otherwise she could become irritated, and just believe me on this one... None of you want that."
That was something that they could kind of agree on, plus he knew Naruto's mother if he was telling the truth, she was about to respond only for Sasuke to stop next to them, "Kakashi... He's up on the roof."
The now known Kakashi gave Sasuke am eye-smile, if such a thing were even possible, "Thank you Sasuke. Also your father wanted you to call."
The young Uchiha rose a brow before huffing and turning away, "I am not speaking to him at the moment."
Kakashi ran a hand through his hair before sighing, "Your mother thought that was the case. She asked if you could, for her sake, she wants to speak to you herself."
"Fine... I'll do it for Kaa-san," Sasuke growled out before walking away towards the school grounds, he was already late enough as it was.
"Umm, shouldn't you two be in class?" Kakashi mused to the two students still standing there. Both looked at one another before nodding and running into the school. Once all the students had entered the building, Kakashi looked up to the roof and let out a tired sigh, bending his knees and giving a massive jump sending him up to the roof with his feet making a soft tapping sound as he landed.
Looking around the roof he saw the man he was looking for with a wide smile on his face, "I take it you heard all of that?"
"Of course I did," The blonde spoke before letting out a large cloud of smoke, "I picked this area for that very reason," He reached into his pocket and held out an envelope, "This is for Kaa-chan. It's what she is looking for."
"Have I simply become an errand boy for you and Sasuke?" He spoke tiredly as he leaned against the metal fence of the rooftop.
Naruto rose a brow but didn't make any more effort to move, "I'm pretty sure you're the one that signed up for it Kakashi, though you could always ask Kaa-chan about the situation if you want?"
With his silver hair still defying gravity he let out a groan, fishing around the inside of his suit to find and pull out an orange book, "I think I'll be fine."
"I thought you already read that bundle of smut?" The blonde shrugged though, not really interested in it at all to be honest.
"The new book is coming out soon, so I just wanted to refresh myself."
"How soon is soon?"
"Oh... Sometime in the next five or six years."
Moka was confused. Tsukune never showed up to class, he had been called away by someone on their way and said that he would catch up, but now he was acting strangely. Standing really close to this blue-haired girl who was saying really weird things about taking over the school with her looks, and that somehow Moka had gotten in her way with her naturally good looks.
Then He started saying really weird things, like how he would never be able to be friends with someone who just used people for food. Moka had stuttered to try and find something to say to that, only to draw a blank and run away hiding herself away on the school grounds.
Drawing her legs up she tried to hide the small tears that formed in the corners of her eyes, "He's being controlled you know?"
Startled at the sudden voice her head shot up and she looked around, but there wasn't anyone there, "Down here..." Trailed the voice causing her to look down at the Rosary around her neck.
"Y-you can talk?"
"Due to... certain events... I have been much more awake. But really that human, he is in trouble. That woman was a succubus. Their kiss isn't that toxic to an Ayakashilike us or Naruto... In fact I don't think that even their most powerful illusion would really effect us, but, to a human it could be incredibly dangerous."
Moka frowned at what the cross had said, "You know kind of AyakashiNaruto-san is?"
"You know what he is, deep down you do. But enough of that. Naruto seems to have taken an interest in this human, so lets at least not let him die when we could avoid it," The Rosary stated with certainty, though it caused Moka to worry a little at how confident she could be.
Though she still stood up and nodded, "I'll do my best, but isn't Naruto-san the one that can remove the Rosary?"
"*tch* What about the honor of being a Vampire? Have you really become so dependent on someone after a single day Moka?!"
Slowly she shook her head and clenched her fists tight, "I'll figure it out when we get there, where are they?"
"The nurse's office, at least that is where the scent of human is the strongest."
With her goal now in mind Moka set off to find the nurse's office. It was really easy to find actually, there were large arrows pointing to it. Did the students here get hurt that often? Well from what she had seen so far, then yes, yes they did.
Kicking open the door to the office she caught the succubus trying to force herself on Tsukune, at least that was what it looked like, maybe it was the other way around and she needn't worry? "Tsukune-san... Do you need help?"
His eyes went wide and his head nodded frantically into the chest that was close to the point of suffocating the male, Running forward Moka used some of the super strength she had and pushed the succubus off of Tsukune and carried her out of the nearby window ending in them plummeting down to the grounds below, being that they were on the third level of the academy it was still quite the fall.
The succubus was able to get out of Moka's grasp and kick her towards the ground while she spread her own wings and flew away. Gritting her teeth Moka prepared to hit the ground, only to feel a pair of arms wrap around her as her angle of decent changed and she came to a skidding stop along the ground instead of a face first drop.
"You could have at least given me some warning you were going to do that Moka," A familiar voice called out, looking up she saw the blonde teen she came to know yesterday holding her.
'I'll be up on the roof if you need me,' The words from this morning played in her head and inwardly she gave a smile, had the Rosary known that? "Sorry I just wanted to help Tsukune-san."
Naruto nodded and placed her back on her feet, standing up he dusted himself off and gave a cocky grin, "You want to handle this one, or should I?"
Moka looked between the floating succubus and where she had broken out of the school, if the Rosary was released she could easily fight and win this, though she hadn't seen Naruto fight, well properly anyway. Maybe if she saw him fight she would be able to tell what he was? "A Succubus is a pretty high class monster, will you be able to fight it if you stay sealed?"
The blonde paused in his movements before turning to face her, his grin stretching wide, "I know, I'll do a partial release," lightly grabbing onto the collar of his vest he pulled it and his shirt off in one fluid motion, stretching his right hand out in front he gave a short 'ha' before he literally exploded in red and blue fire-like energy.
The Succubus was pushed back into the air while Moka grabbed tightly onto a nearby tree, digging her fingers in tightly as she clung for dear life, then as suddenly as the force appeared it started to diminish, seemingly folding back on itself and rushing towards the center where Naruto stood. No longer were violent winds tossing everyone about, and they were able to focus on what was happening. That is when he stepped forward.
His hair was longer coming down to the middle of his back and swept backwards in mattered locks, a few of them had turned red, while slits formed in his deep blue eyes. His fangs became longer and his already impressive muscles seemed to bulged under his skin, his nails became longer and grew darker in color as his school pants looked ready to burst before the energy quickly surrounded them and turned them into tattered robe bottoms, while wisps that were left over formed into tight golden frames that clung tightly to the top of his ears, forming long spikes that trailed out behind him.
Moka felt the Rosary heat up immensely as if it were trying to tell her something she held it tight, as if doing so would allow them to speak through their emotions, though nothing changed as the blonde flexed his hand and looked around, "What is your name Succubus?" He questioned slowly.
"K-K-Kurono Kurumu..." She struggled to breath out feeling his intense gaze on her form as her wings maintained her height.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders and lightly pushed off the ground, his form hovering into the air and freezing everyone around him in shock, "I think I'll just call you Succubus. I also don't like you," He vanished only to appear again behind her his arm already drawn back, "Goodbye Succubus."
Kurumu went to turn around at his voice only to feel a crushing pain strike into her back and send her hurtling towards the ground at full pace. She was able to thank another force in the universe that she didn't go splat when she landed, looking up she saw the dark bangs of the boy from her class that hadn't spoken a word to anyone, and only gave her a bored glare when she tried to charm him, "U-Uchiha-san?" She stuttered out, not knowing his first name.
Though his eyes were looking at the blonde whom had yet to float back down to the earth, "It was necessary to fight a Succubus?" He questioned with a small amount of venom, he gently placed Kurumu on the ground before stepping in front of her, "If you can move, get out of here. This is above your level."
While she felt beyond insulted at that, after taking a step and nearly falling back down from the damage that had been caused in one strike, she noticed that it may have been a lost hope to fight against the mysterious blonde, who was now stretching his legs out with his movements, throwing out limber kicks and quick punches that Kurumu knew were capable of large amounts of pain.
"What level are you at?" Sasuke commented as he grew large wings from his back and let a flaming chain fall down from inside of his shirt.
Naruto rose a brow at that before flipping through the air and using his hands to spring himself back, "Blood, now let me stretch Sasuke, do you know how many years it had been since I have released at all?"
Oh yes, Sasuke knew how many years it had been, he was there the last time that the blonde let parts of his true power out, everyone around them should just be thankful that 'Blood' was only the first seal. If it had of been 'Bone' then Sasuke would be needing some serious backup... The final one though, nothing short of one of the Dark Lords would be putting Naruto back to sleep, "No I remember, you gave me a nice scar the last time you released Naruto... Now why don't you just go back to sleep now?"
The blonde tilted his head to the side, "I really don't feel like it. Why don't you make me?"
Sasuke started to twirl the chain he had around in circles, preparing it to lash out at the blonde the moment he moved, "Come on now Naruto, do you really want to keep scaring people like this?"
Naruto let a wide smile spread across his lips as he pointed a clawed finger down towards Moka, "Moka already understands what I am, as for the Succubus, I don't like her."
"Yes we know you're not a fan of Kurono-san, though Moka-san doesn't seem to know this you," Sasuke tried, he had seen Itachi manage to talk most of his power away, and while there was a chance that he could win at this point, Sasuke would rather not get into an all out brawl with the blonde on the second day.
"Bah!" Sasuke widened his eyes as Naruto appeared in front of him, barely able to use his chains as a shield before thee blonde's fist sunk deeply into them, still nearly hitting the young Uchiha, "Let me have some fun Sasuke, it is so boring inside of this head."
Sasuke let out a grunt as chains shot out of the ground and wrapped around the blonde's arms, holding him in place, "Moka-san, Kurono-san, you should both get out of here. I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to hold him here with me."
"I'm noting leaving Uchiha-san, Naruto-san is my friend, I know he doesn't want to hurt us, he is just a little confused right now," Moka tried to reason only to hear a loud laugh from inside of her head.
"A little confused? No this is Naruto, you are mistaking him for his sealed personality, here he doesn't really care so much about what happens to everyone around him. He just wants to fight. Let me out, I'll put that fool back in place," Her inner voice spoke out to her which caused Moka to shake her head from side to side.
"I can't, Naruto is the only one that can remove you," She reasoned.
Meanwhile Kurumu tried to take another step before falling to the ground again, "It doesn't look like I am able to move Uchiha-san."
Sasuke kissed his teeth, forming a large lance out of his chains while keeping the shield up and trying to hold Naruto in place, "I guess that I'll just have to end this quickly then, and because of your shitty nature you asshole, this is going to hurt me more than it does you."
As Sasuke thrust forward to where he figured the blonde to be he felt a strange impact. It wasn't that of piercing flesh, but rather that like he tried to break through his brothers shield. Sparing a glance around his chains he saw that the blonde caught it with an open palm. A tongue slipped from Naruto's mouth and trailed along his lips, "This really hurts your pride doesn't it?"
The Uchiha growled as he tried to pierce the flesh of Naruto, "At times like this I understand why your father locked you away," Pushing a large amount of energy into his equipment he felt sparks fly across his skin and into the chains, though even as the lightning danced onto Naruto and started to sap his strength, the blonde didn't budge, "Has he become this strong in our time apart?" Sasuke wondered he knew that Itachi was able to make great leaps when he went off on those excursions of his. But was Naruto really the same as his brother in that respect?
"Sasuke... I'm tired of playing with you," There was a sickening crack from behind the shield as Sasuke dispelled it and released the chains on Naruto, jumping away just in time to see the blonde crush his lance with a single hand. The two looked at one another, and the Uchiha was quickly trying to think of something to do, only Moka took a step in front of him and stretched her arms out wide.
"Remove the Rosary from me, and I'll fight you Naruto... Isn't that what you're after anyway?" She questioned in a confused manner, merely repeating the words her vampire self, or at least that was the conclusion she came to so far, had told her to.
It seemed to work as she gained the attention of the blonde, and he appeared in front of her in an instant, reaching up and running a thumb over the seal. Curling his fingers around it he gave a light tug and jumped backwards as her energy quickly took over warping Moka's shape and color, he tossed the Rosary into the air which she caught and placed in her skirt pocket before stepping out and flicking her long silver hair. Her blood-red eyes locked on to the blue ones of Naruto.
"How much of your power are you using Naruto?" Moka questioned without tact.
The man in question gave a light chuckle, "A quarter. You're not scared are you Moka?"
His answer at first just seemed to be a cocky smirk, but it was shortly followed by a sultry voice, "Will that be enough to entertain me?" To answer her Naruto vanished, appearing upside down in the air above her, his leg raised high to strike, he quickly brought it down, blowing apart the ground that had been beneath him while Moka jumped out of the way to keep herself safe, "You've grown faster. I hope that doesn't count for everything."
Kurumu gave a confused look at the two as Sasuke walked over to her, making sure she was okay and spreading some ointment on her wound, "Thanks Uchiha-san, though is it really okay to let those two fight?"
Sasuke spared the duo a glance as Moka destroyed a large row of trees trying to hit Naruto, "Yeah, they're fine. They used to do this all the time if what I was told is correct."
"So they know each other well?"
"Very. Also we should give them some privacy."
"Wait they're not going to you know?"
Sasuke rose a brow before shaking his head, "No... at least I don't think so. I mean it wouldn't be surprising if they did, but I don't think that they will."
Kurumu let out a sigh, "I'm not really sure I want to leave anymore."
"Fine Kurono-san, but just so you know, I am an S-rank yet I am not a match for either of those two out there. They're way above the normal ranking, plus I am sure you in your weakened condition will be able to run away from them when they catch you peeping on them," Sasuke growled out turning his back on the woman.
"You mean if right?"
Sasuke rose a hand to his temple, "I know what Naruto is, you'll be caught in a second. He could have ended you with that punch, I think it was just a warning."
"A warning?!"
"Yeah, like stay away from Tsukune, or change your act. Let's just get you to the nurses office and away form the super monsters," Sasuke swept an arm under her legs and pulled her up close to his chest, carrying her bridal style, "Remove the thought from your head. I don't let anyone ride on my back. I'm not some kind of animal."
With that the two flew away leaving Moka and Naruto standing across from one another in a now destroyed clearing. The former feeling rather out of breath, "Waking me up and working me so hard already, such a taskmaster."
"You know you like it," Naruto remarked cracking his knuckles before craning his neck to the side and striking out at a bat that flew to close to him.
Running a hand through her hair she flicked it behind her and nibbled on her bottom lip, "I never said that I didn't, but come here. I'm feeling a little tired. Unlike some I can not keep fighting at this level forever, my inner self doesn't train this body at all."
The larger male crossed his arms over his chest and let out a small grunt before walking forward, the chains around his chest rattling with his movements, "You've gotten weaker Moka," He stopped in front of her, while they were fighting she never really was able to take in the difference of height, but now, she was only up to his chest, his body had expanded during his transformation.
"The pink me barely uses her energy at all, letting it shrink over time. While you get to constantly use yours because of the different seals... Of course I'm going to grow weaker... But that doesn't matter right?" She walked forward now inches from his chest as she looked up at him, waiting to hear his words.
Naruto showed a feral grin as he wrapped an arm around her waist, lifting her up to eye level as her legs tied themselves behind his back to keep her in place, "I'll protect you Moka, now get your strength back."
The silverete narrowed her eyes on the blonde, "Don't tell me what to do fool," Though that didn't stop her from sinking her fangs into his well presented neck and letting out a small moan as his fiery blood raced down her tongue. Energy was flowing back into her at a rate she didn't think possible from just drinking blood.
It was far from the first time she had drunk his blood, but never had she done it while he had been using his powers before, finding some level of control over herself, Moka pulled away from the delectable neck and stared at the blue eyes that were watching her fondly, "Something about your blood is different..."
"With all the seals in place my blood is divided, once the first seal is removed they slowly start to join, at second release my blood is still partially divided making it less effective. Only when I release all three stages do I get the full strength behind my blood. Which means until then, you will just have to suffer with this impure concoction," Naruto answered without so much as batting an eyelid.
Leaning up Moka brushed her soft lips over his cracked ones, feeling the roughness of even one of his softer parts against her was exhilarating, like tasting a forbidden fruit, "I'll manage, for now at least. But I think we both know that I deserve a taste of your true form when you have it under control."
"Oh? And why do you deserve that?"
Moka smiled as she felt his warm breath rush over her lips, sending tingles through her body as she struggled not to claim what was hers while they were speaking, "Because I put up with a brash and brutish man like yourself."
"However do you manage?" The sarcasm was heavy enough to nearly be visible.
"Believe it or not my dear Naruto, but I was graced with more than just my good looks and charm. Thankfully patience and understanding are such things," She whispered back before deciding that they had spoken enough and covered his lips, feeling his arm wrap tighter around her waist and drawing her closer in.
She took in his scent as her tongue vigorously explored his mouth, running its slender muscle along his pointed fangs. The taste of stale smoke and raw meat dripping into her senses, at a time it would have put her off, though after spending all those years with him when they were younger, she had grown to like it. It was relaxing in its strange combination. A hint of coffee piqued her interest, now knowing what he had been drinking when he was up on the roof doing god knows what.
The blonde's free hand reached up and cupped the side of her face, she could feel the heat flowing out of his hand and pressing against her pale skin. She broke away, leaving a small trail between their mouths as she rested her forehead against his, closing her eyes in thought, "I have decided that we need to spend more time together, like this," She ran a hand through his hair and placed a kiss on his forehead, "The pink me doesn't understand us."
Moka felt Naruto chuckle through her hips, "Well she does not know me, nor you," He leaned forward and nibbled gently on her neck, taking in the herbs that she used to clean herself with this morning, she moaned as he sunk his fangs in a little deeper, nearly piercing the skin.
Letting out a small hiss she pulled away and placed a finger against his lips before wiggling it from side to side, "Naughty," though she leaned back in and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, "We should part here before you lose control of yourself."
"I don't think I have any issue of that Moka," Naruto teased feeling her tighten her grip around him as a silent warning, "Though I think you still have homework to do, and need to catch up on some sleep."
With one arm wrapped around his neck so she didn't drop straight down to the ground, Moka tapped his supporting arm with her other, letting him know to put her down. With reluctance he did watching her take a step away before smirking and dusting herself off, "Don't make me wait so long next time okay?" It was a smile, not the cocky one that she normally held, but a true one. With a swift movement she pulled the Rosary from her skirt pocket and clipped it back onto the chain, letting the other Moka take over.
Naruto took a step forward and caught her so that she wouldn't dirty herself from falling the ground. Smiling down at the Rosary, "I'm the one that's still waiting Moka..." Letting out a small sigh he picked her up bridal style and turned on his feet, heading towards the nurse's office.
Sasuke let out a small growl as he once again forced Kurumu down onto the bed. The succubus was quite adamant that she needed to repay him for saving her life... sexually... Even going so far as to say that it would bring shame to her family if she didn't. Though Sasuke knew better, in reality it was because she was trying to use his power to help her heal, or at least that is what he put it up to.
He wasn't even really surprised when she started to complain about the heat and took off her sweater, even airing out her barely done up shirt. Thankfully this stopped as the doors were pushed open and Naruto walked in, still in his partial release.
Kurumu froze in place, as if thinking that if she stayed still he would forget that she was in the same room, and her plan seemed to be working as he walked right by her and placed the now pink-haired Moka onto one of the beds and sent a questioning brow to Tsukune who gave a sheepish laugh at what had happened.
"Sasuke... Have you made a verdict?" He questioned calmly without even looking towards the Uchiha.
Said teen gave a smirk, trust in the blonde to relinquish all responsibility for the somewhat attack that Kurumu tried, "She's decided that she wants to make it up to us by looking after Tsukune and Moka if the both of us are ever called away for something."
The Succubus wasn't stupid enough to miss that they were speaking about her, though she widened her eyes in shock when Sasuke said that, it was though, at this point that Naruto turned around and eyed her with caution, "Is that so?"
Her shock quickly turned to fear as she nodded her head quickly, "O-of course, I understand that what I did was wrong."
Naruto gave a small nod as he moved over to a nearby chair and played with the chains around his chest for a few moments before his body started to shrink and his hair grow shorter, the whole process only took a few seconds for him to return to normal. Well, as much as possible, a single red streak was left in his hair, hanging down near his left eye, "Good," He rubbed at the bite marks on his neck as they vanished, "I would hate to have to kick your ass again Kurono-san," The Succubus seemed at a loss about how casually he spoke about her recent abysmal defeat even as he donned his shirt and vest, hiding his impressive build.
Pulling out a silver case he pulled a stick out and placed it on the edge of his lips, walking towards the broken window and taking a step outside before lighting the cigarette. It would be that moment that Naruto's homeroom teacher walked into the office, letting out a tired sigh at the blonde. Technically he wasn't breaking any rules. It was clearly stated that they were not allowed to smoke inside the halls of the school. Seeing as he was levitating outside of a window... He was safe.
Holding up an envelope in her right hand she placed her left on her hip, "I have a letter for you Uzumaki-san. Flipping it around she showed him an ink sealing that he hadn't seen in quite some time. One that even caused Sasuke's eyes to shoot out wide in shock, "Well it seems you boys have an idea of what is already inside... Should I just leave it on the table here?"
Naruto closed his eyes in thought, "Sasuke, please fetch the letter from Nekonome-sensei."
If it were anything else the younger Uchiha would have spoken back against being bossed around by the blonde. But even he knew this was a big deal, he hesitantly reached out for the letter which Nekonome now seemed scared to be holding. If only she knew. And promptly took it over to Naruto who eyed it cautiously for a few moments before ripping open the seal and scanning its contents with his eyes. His brows twitching as his lips pressed into a thin line the further down he read.
Finishing he held it up in the air and burnt the parchment with a click of his fingers, "It appears that I need to leave the school for a few days."
"Uzumaki-san, you can't just up and say that you need to leave for a few days, there are rules and re-"
"No Sensei, you can chew me out when I get back. But I will be leaving school in a few hours, this isn't exactly a discussion. I am merely telling you so that you can prepare to mark me as absent for a time," Taking a long drag of his cigarette Naruto exhaled it in a drawn out sigh, "This is going to be beyond troublesome."
Sasuke picked up the cue and frowned, "Just make sure you don't get your head stuck up in the clouds Naruto, or I'll have to beat some sense into you when you get back."
Taking another long drag Naruto finished off his cigarette before making it vanish, exhaling a much larger cloud than one would expect before he walked inside the room picking up a scalpel and making a cut along his wrist, picking up a nearby cup he drained a fair bit of blood into it before wrapping it and putting it into the fridge, sending a knowing look to Sasuke as he turned on his heels, "I'll be back in a week or so."
With that the blonde jumped out of the window and vanished towards the portal that left the school grounds, Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and let out a sigh, "It seems like there is no rest for you is there Naruto?"
Though his statement caused a confused look from the others that were still conscious, namely all sans Moka, "Why does Naruto-san have to leave?" Tsukune asked in confusion.
The raven-haired teen pressed his lips together in thought, "His job calls. Ayakashi like myself and Naruto have been working for years already, coming to this school is just a luxury where we can pretend to have a normal life for a few years... Though the sad truth is, we have pretty much already had our lives planed for us."
His words kind of drilled into those around him, if he were more attentive he may have noticed the frown that crossed Moka's lips as he spoke, "It is best if we aren't questioned about it."
Kurumu though managed to link some things together, "You have the same job as Uzumaki-san don't you Sasuke-kun?" She didn't get an answer, which was all she needed. Her face fell and she looked down at her hands in her lap that fumbled around, "Don't worry Sasuke-kun. When we get married you can stay at home in the valley while I work for us!" She cheered trying to lighten the room which had quickly turned somber.
The Uchiha merely stood up and shook his head as he walked away, "Moka-san, you should take that blood he left before it gets too cold," Sprouting his large black feathers from his back Sasuke reached the window and tightly gripped the wall, crushing it with his strength, "A fools dream to play pretend, what a nice thought though."
With a great flap he vanished up into the skies high above as Moka sat up now that her cover was blown. She like Kurumu had put the pieces together, her blonde friend was a hit-man, that plus she had another strange dream with Naruto, at least she thought it was him, it looked kinda like the man in the picture earlier.
"How long have you been awake Moka-san?" Kurumu questioned, there wasn't any hostility in her voice, though she wasn't exactly pleased with what had happened.
And although she felt a little childish about the answer she still stated it, "I uh, woke up when Naruto-san poured his blood for me," The smell of it in the air had nearly caused her to jump up and instantly start feeding. It actually took all of her strength to keep feigning to be asleep, though now it all seemed to be for naught.
"Okay, well we are allies now of sorts, and I'm not going to make a harem anymore, and Sensei do you really still have to be in here?" Kurumu questioned Nekonome who was still in the room.
Said cat lady tilted her head to the side in confusion before realizing that she was being spoken to, "Well it is more interesting than listening to the staff meetings."
The moon had already risen high into the night sky as a well dressed blonde stood outside a well established hotel. His black suit was cleaned and pressed from the last time he wore it, his shades were covering his deep blue eyes while his wild blonde spikes were still uncontrollable, it would appear that the red tussle was following their trend. An umbrella was held up above the man as rain started to fall down around him.
A growl slipped from his lips as he placed a cigarette on their tips and lit it, waiting for the arrival of his ride, then, as if the person coming to pick him up was waiting for Naruto to start getting irritated with the wait, they arrived.
A long black car pulled to a stop in front of him, at the bottom of the stairs. Naruto walked down with the doorman following him to keep them both dry. As they approached the limousine the suicide door swung open and Naruto nodded his head to the elderly man, "Thank you Jiles," He grumbled out.
The old man knew it wasn't at him and gave a kind smile to the teen, "It was no problem Naruto-sama," With that Naruto jumped into the car and Jiles stepped away giving a small bow to the blonde as the door closed shut. Naruto was not surprised with who he saw seated across from him.
Her dark blue-black hair was almost as part of her look as her childish appearance. It was hard for people to believe that the woman across from him, that looked as old as sixteen was really twenty. Though it was not incredibly important.
Her hollow red eyes tried to show some mirth though they could both tell it was strained, "Dearest Brother, I thought that your mother would have taught her son better than to smoke in the vicinity of a lady."
"When one arrives I will put it out. Until then Sister Dearest I believe I will continue as I always do," Naruto replied calmly to the finely dressed woman seated across from him. Her form held by an elegant black evening dress with a long cut down the back reaching to just above her behind. Under her bust was a white belt which was used to make her assets pop out a bit more to the eye. Her ruby red lips went nicely with those cold eyes of hers.
"How cold?" The woman feigned to be hurt by his words, "Surely you don't mean to assault me such?"
Naruto rose a brow at the woman as he ashed his cigarette in the tray between them, "My deal was with Lord Shuzen, and while you share the same name, I am not yours to command for such petty things."
"Now that was just rude," Sighing to herself the woman shook her head, "You should not beat away an offered hand Brother."
"Be thankful that I only batted it away. My mother did always teach me to bite off the heads of those that offend me," A feral grin stretched across his lips, "And I feel quite offended... The message said that the family wanted to speak with me, I do hope you had something better planned than to exchange pointless banter, because quite frankly my dear, you're wasting my time."
Red eyes narrowed onto Naruto, "I wonder if you have given any thought to my proposition Brother?"
"Your proposition... You mean to fall in love with you dearest sister?" The blonde mused allowed to which the woman nodded sternly, "I still harbor no interest in your games. My reasons for doing these things have been clear since the day that I started," The blonde calmly answered without missing a beat as he left out a large cloud of smoke directly at the woman who merely frowned at him.
"Your scent is stronger," The woman spoke softly, her tongue slipped from her mouth an trailing along her bottom lip in a sadistic manner, "Has someone been feeding from you?"
"Only Moka, I have not forgone the rules. I play to them ever so sharply sister, no one outside of the Shuzen family is to taste me," Naruto rubbed at where Moka fed from him, it was the same spot each time, and though it had long since healed it was still easy to feel, for him at least, "Does this matter?"
"Father would be pleased to have you as his son, though I would like for my husband to be delectable. So much so that I find it hard to separate myself to attend work," Baring her fangs a little she moved forward only to have the blonde stop her by placing a finger in front of her head, "Hougetsu Jigen-Tou? (Moon Crushing Dimensional Sword)" She questioned through gritted teeth.
"Would you like to test the theory, or will you be willing to sit down calmly," He noticed her shiver slightly as he growled out his words.
Sitting herself back into her seat a delicate smile spread across her face, "I can see you like to take the charge. I shall remember that for the bedroom brother."
"I won't take orders from you sister, I thought I made that clear last time?"
Any conversation that may have been about to occur died as the car rolled to a stop, the now silent duo opened up the doors and the woman came to seat herself beside the blonde. Naruto calmly placed his hand atop his lap while his other held the cigarette near the tray, ashing it as two more people filtered into the car.
"Son, Daughter. It is so nice to see you getting along despite the time apart," Came an even voice from across the duo. It was the male, dressed much like Naruto, only he had a higher collar. His hair was short and black while he maintained a neat amount of stubble on his face while his red eyes loomed over the two. As the doors closed and the car started to drive once more.
"Father," The two replied without pause before both turning to look at who he walked into the care with, "Lady Gyokuro, it is nice to see you both so well," The lines that were rehearsed as they were spoken at the start of nearly every meeting, came out nearly automatically to the two.
Gyokuro was wearing a short sleeveless black dress that came down just short of mid thigh. Her light blonde hair was held up by a Rosary hair clip letting everyone see her violet colored eyes that looked almost displeased to be seen with the two across from her, "Don't you think it is a bit too early to be calling him 'Son' dear?" She nearly spat the word out, like it tasted foul to her.
Issa didn't look at his wide as he studied Naruto for a time longer, "I do not see why, he was able to obtain my permission and trust, not to mention he will be married into the family once Moka reaches eighteen," The way that he stated it so calmly irked Naruto somewhat. Though it was true, but it had been something that all parties had agreed on. Though at the time Naruto had no idea what it would take to earn the trust of his 'father'.
"All I am saying my dear is that there are still three years between now and then. What if something were to happen, we should not get his hopes up, nor become too comfortable to such an idea," Gyokuro answered smoothly.
"I do not believe that to be an issue," Stated the one seated next to Naruto.
This caused the brow of Issa to raise ever so slightly in interest, "Oh, and why is that Akua?"
The now named Akua gently moved her hand to rest on Naruto's lap, "If some kind of falling out happens between them, I will cure the ill heart of my Brother by showering him with love Father. As you have expressed, the only way Brother could have been made any better were if he were a Vampire. Though he is a combination of two breeds of Ayashi, they are both incredibly strong in their own right. It would be my honor as a Shuzen to make sure he becomes your son by making him fall for me."
A faint smile spread across the lips of Issa, "Thank you for the thought Akua, but I do not believe that to be needed. Naruto here wouldn't let anything happen to Moka."
Naruto extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray between the two groups, "I would sooner see the world burn than let any harm or foul come to your daughter's head Sir."
Issa nodded at those words while Gyokuro frowned, "I was under the impression that Moka-chan left because she wanted to be able to live with humans. If you were to as you say 'see the world burn', wouldn't that cause an issue between the two of you?"
His dry lips were pressed into a thin line, "I believe you misunderstood Lady Gyokuro, I never stated which world I would destroy. Though if we go with your trail of thought, if it would come down to it I have no hesitation in being cast from her heart to secure her safety."
Gyokuro gritted her teeth while Akua and Issa nodded in appreciation of Naruto's words, "It would seem that the hands that shield my daughter are as strong as I remember them."
"Your words do me great honor Sir," Naruto reached into his jacket pocket and fished out a packet of finely made cigars, "Would you smoke one with me father?"
"Cuban?"
"I wouldn't offer you anything less."
Issa took one from the packet and chopped off the tail before placing it in his mouth and having Gyokuro light it for him, the same happening on Naruto's side of the car only with Akua smirking at the blonde's clever play. Naruto knew just how much Akua and Gyokuro hated the smell of smoke, thus it was only natural for him to use every opportunity he could find to blow as much of it out as he could. Bringing Issa into his play was a very tidy move, as neither woman would dare say a word against him.
Issa breathed in and rolled the taste around in his mouth, his brows giving a confused expression, "It tastes a little different. Good but different."
"I am glad you are enjoying it father. I had the supplier soak the leaves in human blood before drying them to hopefully enhance their flavor for you," Naruto closed his eyes and rolled the smoke around in his mouth, feeling Akua wrap her arm around his own as he did, "Though you are a busy man father, and not that I do not appreciate you coming all this way to see me, but you must have other things to do. So I would like to inquire as to what the job is?"
"That is true," Issa sighed out as he pulled a folder out of his suit, "This task is for you and Akua to undertake tonight. It would seem that some... Undesirables are starting to move about. I need them to vanish," He handed the folder over to Naruto to which the blonde took gratefully, opening it up on his lap as the woman beside him peered over his shoulder to read its contents, "I do remember our agreement Naruto, though these movements were not in the plans of either of us, I do hope you can understand what this would mean for us?"
Naruto looked at the paper in front of him with thin lips, "They don't learn," He passed the folder off to Akua who pouted a little at not being able to lean on him while she was reading now, "I can not see why Akua will be joining me, or is that to as not to attract attention towards me at this 'dance' we shall be attending?"
"That is correct. Using your normal partner may have dragged attention towards yourselves," Issa stated firmly. His tone relaxing as he seemed to enjoy the taste of the cigar, while Naruto really just enjoyed the disgusted look Gyokuro was giving them all.
"This does seem to be interesting, I can see why you would partner us together father, "Akua spoke gaining everyone's attention, "Though are you sure that we can't just drop Brother in and have him release his true form?" Upon seeing the dead stare she got from everyone in the car Akua gave a slight chuckle, "I was jesting. That would draw much to much attention to us."
Naruto closed his eyes in thought, "No... that actually isn't such a bad idea," Upon seeing the shocked faces of the others he corrected himself, "The drawing attention part, not the transforming part. While one of us gets the attention of the party, the other will deal with the guards and lock the doors tight. A simple distraction that should make things easier in the long run."
Issa nodded as the car rolled to a stop, "This is our stop. I look forward to your report... Also the cigar is nice, would I be able to get the name of whom you acquired it from?"
"It will be added to the report Sir," The door creaked open and the two sitting across from Naruto shifted out of the car into the awaiting umbrella, "Have a nice night Sir."
"You to my children," Issa replied as Gyokuro took his arm and they walked up to the somewhat imposing manor. After that the doors closed shut behind them Naruto dragged an eye over to Akua who beamed him a cheeky smile.
"There is still three hours before we approach the hall, I can think of manner more entertaining things we could be doing to pass the time brother."
Naruto closed his eyes as if he were ignoring her, taking the cigar from his lips he pulled out a silver tube and dropped it inside, closing the lid tightly to cut off the oxygen, "Wake me when we arrived."
PA: So yeah, Naruto and Sasuke work for the Shuzen family. Plus we got a small taste of Naruto's power, to explain the level of seals on Naruto is simple, the first two each give him back 25% of his power while the final one is 50%, that pretty much means that the jump between each seal is doubling his strength. As for Kurumu fans, do not worry, I am sure Naruto won't dislike her for long anyway.
P.S a quick thanks to CadisNoblesse's quick point out of mistakes.