A/N Hey there my friends here is my latest chapter and for fans of Maelstrom of Alageasia that chapter will be out soon it's in the works I wanna do right by the book's quality so i'm going a little bit slower on that. I just finished this so let me know what you think ya'll I need your reviews to know if im doing right by you.
Today was just not her day. To start with, the moment Tsunade entered the hospital she was swarmed by nurses asking for assistance and needing this or that. Anyone that knew her knew Tsunade hated to be bombarded with work upon entering a building. To further the shit storm that her day was several ninja's died under her care due to the nature of their wounds. Wounds the likes of which she'd never seen. Those same Shinobi had all been babbling about seeing some form of demon, from the description and the similar wounds it seemed to be just one being, demon or otherwise, herself believing it to be a high level Ninja. They all sported deep slash marks on their person all over. What was strange about them was that they were festering and oozing small amounts of black liquid that she could not identify them. The other strange fact was that they were all stationed far apart from one another in remote areas of the forest that were literally many many leagues apart. They had all come back around the same time and it seemed simply impossible for just one person to have done this and covered that amount of ground in such a short time. Which led her to believe it was some sort of group or force of Shinobi. Which begged the question of who would be stupid enough to launch an attack against Konoha the strongest of the five great shinobi villages?
As if that wasn't bad enough her sensei and his team had come back with Anko, and she had only just finished working to stabilize the woman. It had taken many hours and a lot of chakra, she had suffered internal wounds that only a chakra scalpel could cause and the seal on her neck was still attacking her life force. She couldn't heal that, it was impossible and only a seal master of Minato's caliber could ever hope to repair that. If something wasn't done soon than Anko would die, which put her in her current predicament, having to tell this to her Hokage. With a deep breath she walked into the waiting room, all five Shinobi standing those Shinobi being Hiruzen, Yugao, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Tenten. All of them wearing pensive faces wondering the same thing, she truly hated these moments. In these moments she was the Harbinger of death letting them know that anything they could do was ultimately useless. With a heavy sigh she shook her head. "I've done all I can and she's stable but if something isn't done she will die. The seal is attacking her very soul in the absence of Orochimaru's soul fragment. That sick freak really knew how to design a truly wicked seal. Only someone with knowledge of seals that hasn't been seen since Minato could hope to save her now."
Dead silence followed her statement. All of their eyes were sent towards the floor, all except Naruto who had proceeded to pull out his ever present black book and started flipping through the pages of his black book. She shrugged everyone had their ways to cope she supposed. As she turned to leave she was stopped by what the blonde shinobi stated next. "I can do it. I know how to save her" he said calmly his eyes currently holding a sense of awe about them. Probably due to the fact that he realized that he could indeed save the woman's life. She had felt something similar before, that pivotal moment when your brain searches desperately for an answer only to find you already have it in front of you. She knew that look and knew he was speaking the truth. "I will need Jiraiya's help of course, but trust me when I say this will work." The conviction in his voice loud and clear everyone in the room had their eyes on him with a look that seemed to convey a shaky trust. Almost as if an answer this fast was almost too good to be true.
"Naruto, are saying that you are on par with Minato Namekaze when it comes to seals?" Sarutobi asked not quite ready to believe Naruto's proclamation. There simply no way that a Gennin could decipher, break, and repair the seal currently affixing the tokubetsu jounin currently in the ICU.
At this point a small blush appeared on the blondes face and he scratched the back of his head, Tsunade read his body language to see that he was nervous and embarrassed, like a kid with his hand caught in a cookie jar. "Remember how I graduated old man? Well I learned more than the Kage Bunshin no jutsu; I also acquired this book on seals. It was way too advanced for me to read at the time but after studying from the beginning and learning from there I can now read this book with ease." He admitted sheepishly, his right foot swiveling on his toes back and forth and his eyes cast on the ground.
Sarutobi was in shock, he realized he knew that book. It was the book of seals Minato had sealed in to the forbidden scroll as his contribution. It was one of the most coveted literary pieces across the elemental Nations and Naruto had it all along and shoving it in his face the entire time. Not only that but he had hid this knowledge from everyone. He was damn proud of the boy, not that he was going to say that of course he was pissed at not having caught it sooner. "Do you know what that book actually is Naruto?"
Naruto tilted his head and stared directly into the Hokage's eyes a fiery determination in them that reminded him all too much of his father. "Yes, I know exactly what and whose book this was. That's why I took it. It belongs to me." the challenging tone in his voice dared anyone in the room to defy that statement.
A pregnant pause followed his statement, meanwhile Sensei and student never broke eye contact. Simply by stating what he did he knew Sarutobi had caught the implications of what he said. He knew who is father was, and while Minato had told him that it was a book of seals but it's exact contents he did not know. Somehow the blonde had figured that much out on his own and he never uttered a word to anyone about it. This was not Hiruzen's day he was going to be having a long conversation with the blonde after this was done.
Shikamaru for his part was wracking his brain trying to figure out just what the hell was going on. Naruto had been holding out on a lot of knowledge that the Hokage was unaware he had. That much was clear to the boy. Apparently that book was not a piece of ordinary literature nor was it written by some nobody. No this book apparently had weight and importance right up there with what seemed to be S ranked secrets if he had to guess. That begged the question of who the hell owned and wrote the book. It was a seal master and they were somehow related to Naruto somehow. Yet that didn't make sense seeing as how Naruto was an orphan and he had always said he never knew of any family growing up. Well that made sense as he seemed to have only recently acquired the info. So who wrote that book, maybe he could find out. "Hey Naruto mind if I have a look at that book?"
Naruto smiled and looked over at his teammate "Sure bud." And tossed the book his way. This action had Sarutobi wide eyed and those who knew body language could tell a slow fiery anger started to build in the Hokage. It seemed as though Naruto was bandying about Information that he should have never known or been privy to and he was flaunting it about with reckless abandon. However Shikamaru looked confused.
"I thought you said this was a book of seals? All I see are blank pages. Did you put some sort seal on it or something?" The Nara asked tossing the book back to Naruto who sported a grin.
"Blood seal actually, one that I didn't put there. It prevents anyone not meant to read it from viewing its contents. Luckily I'm a person who was meant to read it. Regardless with the help of this book Jiraiya sensei's oversight and my ingenuity I have figured out a way to save our favorite snake lady." Naruto proclaimed with gusto posing and thrusting his fist in the air like an impromptu captain thrusting his sword in the air signaling a charge.
The Hokage almost chuckled, almost. He was still going to have words with the young shit head blonde that dare to not reveal such information to him. He was right however there were more pressing matters and he best focus on the task at hand than ghosts of the past coming back to bitch slap him. "I have already sent a message to Jiraiya via Anbu knowing his expertise would be needed before you piped up, but humor an old man and tell us your idea." He asked contritely.
"Sorry but I wanna check a few things with Jiraiya first, just as a failsafe before I go ahead and just spout it out." Naruto retorted. Obviously enjoying the fact that he was the one with all the cards in his hand. If Naruto ever gambled world beware because he would be a mean card shark.
"I'm already here brat, so let's hear this already." Jiraiya announced casually from the window behind them. "I've been here since your little revealing and I must say you got some balls to do what you did. You're lucky I don't kick the shit out of you right now for being so pompously arrogant. Regardless I'm curious and if it's actually feasible will rescind my earlier statement." With his piece said he climbed in fully and walked over to the blonde.
Naruto seemed unfazed by the threat and simply beckoned that tall man to bend over so he could whisper in his ear. Doing so Naruto started sharing with the toad hermit exactly what his plan was, the room watched as Jiraiya's eyes got bigger, and bigger, and bigger, finally they looked to be about to pop out of his eye sockets. Backing away Naruto asked "So do I have everything correct? Think it will work?" Despite being so confident it was clear that even he realized it was a good idea to call in the resident expert to make sure what he was proposing wasn't in the land of ludicrous.
"Well brat I have to hand it to you, it's definitely seems to be insane enough to be on par with my old student." Turning to everyone at this point he delved into the finer workings of the plan. "The kid plans to use a high level summoning seal to grab a soul from a different dimension to replace Orochimaru's missing fragment, of course that's not all no he intends to modify much like a jinchuuriki only housing a creature that is not a Bijuu and in such a way that Anko would have full control of it and there wouldn't be any pain from using the chakra as he's going to apply a fusion seal to merge the two chakra's. This will stabilize her, on top of that we're going to dissemble and re-write the existing seal on her so that way it will boost her capabilities instead of constricting them. It's insane and brilliant, crazy but sound, beautiful in its design. Something that even I can't do, for it requires blood seals and a vast amount of chakra. I'm handling the blood seals and Naruto's supplying the chakra. He was right he found the answer and only he can do it." Jiraiya laughed boisterously. This kid was out of his rocker in the best way possible. He wasn't as good as Minato or himself in all areas of the art but he was their equal in theory and understanding. He had a long way to go to become master, something he was going to help cultivate.
Everyone had their jaws on their floor, everyone except Yugao though only Jiraiya noticed which sparked an interest, she seemed to understand and accept exactly what they were going to try to do. She knew more than she let on about seals, or was a really damn good poker player. Having played poker with her before he was going with the latter. Which led him to wonder where she got such training without him? He knew damn near everything that was worth knowing across the elemental nations due to his spy network and his natural charisma and travelling ways. If there was a seal master on par with him under his nose he should damn well know about it. "However with the level of seals were talking about we're going to need more than just ink, blood, and chakra, we're going to need certain ingredients luckily I have most of them except for some of the rarer plants. Those are going to be bit harder to obtain-"
"Actually, I already have all of those rare plants at my house. I grew them." Naruto chimed in, his sheepish look returning at stealing Jiraiya's thunder.
"Kid..." Jiraiya growled. "Learn when to shut the fuck up! That's not cool; first lesson, seal apprentice" He announced standing ramrod straight and putting his left arm behind his back and raising his right extending his index finger to the sky and continuing in a slow, lecturing tone of utmost seriousness. "Always ALWAYS let the master have the thunder." Then swiftly knocked the blonde upside the head with a swift right hook.
"OW! You're not a master of anything besides perverseness!" Naruto shot back rubbing his now bruised head.
Yugao giggled and chimed in her two cents for the first time. "He's right about that last part ya know."
Jiraiya shot her a hurt look while holding on to his chest. "You would say such awful things about a great man such as me?"
She grinned nodding she replied. "Definitely."
The banter caused the tension in the room to disappear, but duty returned full force and all shinobi went about their respective duties. Anko would be saved Naruto wouldn't let it be any other way. He even dared the Shinigami to try and stop him. Shikamaru and Tenten left the hospital with him because he was going to help harvesting what they needed. "So what the hell was with keeping all these secrets from us? Who the hell wrote that book anyway? And why the hell did you take on that opponent alone! Deceiving us as you did! I thought we we're supposed to be a team!" Tenten demanded speaking up for the first time since returning to Konoha. Shikamaru looked towards Naruto as well wanting to know those very things himself.
Naruto knew he was going to have to come clean eventually and while they would want finer details they didn't have the time. Anko's life still hung in the balance. "I'll explain everything later I promise, I'll tell you the same time I tell sensei. To keep you from exploding on me the book was written by Minato Namekaze, the fourth Hokage. The reason I have it was because when I didn't graduate I was lied to and long story short ended up stealing the forbidden scroll and ended up routing out a traitor in the process. The reason I stayed behind was because there was not time to devise a plan and I knew someone had to stall for time. I was the best choice out of all us I can fight the longest. I'm the meat shield I know that. I didn't expect that another bastard would show up and fight you guys. I'm sorry alright?"
"Baka." Shikamaru called from behind in a bored voice. "We're you're teammates, yeah you can fight the longest but tactically you're the dumbest except for extreme cases where you manage to pull something brilliant out of your ass. Not only that we're a TEAM damnit. Don't be that stupid again or I'll hold you down with my Kagemane no jutsu and shove thousands of volts of lighting through your body while I let Tenten here beat the living piss out of you."
Tenten nodded. "Right what he said!" fully comfortable with Shikamaru's increased sadistic tendencies. At least he wasn't lazy anymore and she felt sorry for any idiot dumb enough to fight the Nara. He could obviously control the blood lust that the sentient weapon had because he was still the same Shikamaru just with a slightly more sarcastic and brutal vocabulary.
Naruto couldn't even feel mad at them. Instead all he felt was overwhelming warmth spread in his heart. It was a good thing he was leading them because a lone tear escaped his face. It was damn good to have friends. He relished that feeling and treasured it more than any monetary object. So long as he could have bonds as strong as this he would be more than happy to weather whatever shit storm his life was going to throw at him. Arriving at his apartment rather quickly the two teens went to search around his home they quickly found that there seemed to be no plants what so ever. "Umm Naruto there are no plants of any sort in your apartment." Tenten announced as she and Shikamaru came back to the living room area after searching different sections.
Naruto smiled all the while, having patiently waited for them to come back telling him just such a thing. "Well I said there at my home but this apartment is really just a front, has been for a long time." With that he smiled and kneeled down on the hardwood floor. If one looked close enough they would notice one board out of the many thousands that his floor was made up of, was sticking up about a few centimeters. Naruto pulled on this revealing a hole that went down farther than the eye could see. There was a strong rope ladder going down seemingly all the way. Grinning like a fool and hopping down and climbing down with practiced ease he quickly descended past their view. Both Gennin shared a look, this one day they were learning so much about their teammate. What else was he hiding? The only way to find out was to follow him thus they descended too. It wasn't just a short descent either they continued their descent for what seemed like forever. Finally as they were descending they saw a small beacon of light. Naruto had already disappeared down the ladder taking the rungs eight at a time, by bending his back so far he grabbed the fourth lower rung and then flipped his legs backwards down the other four and continued that pattern looking for all the world like a blonde headed human monkey. The other two had shaken their heads at that. When they finally broke through the bright light Tenten gasped.
Below them was a giant cave with a large river running through the eastern half of the cave, coming out in a waterfall on the north side cascading down and flowing through a tunnel on the south side. On the western side, the side they were descending on, a grassy field spread below them rising several feet above the water, the water having already carved downwards over the period of many years. They saw wooden posts set up in a tight grid to the north and a small tent shortly beside it, apparently Naruto had done a little remodeling from the first time he had visited the cave. Shortly south on the wall was the strangest natural rock shelf she had ever seen. Small depressions that slowly dripped water into the plants Naruto housed in them, for a light source they saw giant crystalline stalactites glowing and even providing a moderate amount of warmth. Indeed it felt like a fine spring day down there and was as bright as one too via the natural but odd light source. Further south Naruto had set up what seemed to be an obstacle course consisting a climbing wall, several steep ramps some hurdles, pit falls with swinging ropes, monkey bars over a rather large pit, several metal barbed wire crawling pits and at the very end a rather intriguing work of ingenuity, a raised circle that had giant wooden flaps that with a strong enough gust of wind wood would easily rotate. They were thin enough to rotate at optimal speeds but thick enough to smack a human body around with ease. This is where Naruto trained? It looked like a freaking boot camp. The results seemed to show though as Naruto had been progressing at rather scary speeds.
When they finally reached solid ground Naruto led them to the shelf of plants and he picked out the ones he needed, he then had them remove the rare and sometimes beautiful plants and crush them into a fine powder, producing wooden bowls and crusher pieces. Explaining how to do such a process and showing them at the same time. After working for a few minutes chatter once more started again. "So Naruto since when did you become an expert on plants?" Tenten asked blown away by the depth of knowledge Naruto had begun to show.
He chuckled at the question. "I've always loved plants; after I found this place I started buying various plants I saw that I thought looked cool or were unique in some way. To my surprise I found that this place is the perfect cultivator for almost any sort of plant, given that I set things up right. It has a moderate amount of moisture but not enough to drown some plants and enough to satisfy the plants that need a fair amount of it. At first I took care of them because it passed the time after I got done at the academy, then after finding this book I began to stock some of the rarer plants because I knew I might have need of them in the future. Such as now, it really spurred my growth of knowledge in that area." This book really had been a godsend, having discovered it and now able to fully understand everything written in it truly lit a fire in his veins, that and the message at the beginning of the book. His father had loved him and was proud of him. He now knew that and now knew who his father was something he had wished for with all his heart. To find out it was the Yondaime Hokage was a shock to his system that he still hadn't quite gotten over.
"So… You're the son of the Yondaime Hokage and that book is your inheritance. Damn who would've thought it? It makes sense though I mean look at you; you're practically his clone aside from the fact that you're loud and obnoxious and from what I understand he was a cool and collected individual." Shikamaru stated humorously though a little shocked.
"Yeah I still don't know exactly what to think of that one. You have to keep quiet about it though. It's apparently an S ranked secret to protect me. How effective that will be with how I look I don't know. I just thought you should know in case enemies come after me." He answered honestly. Being shinobi meant when you were told information that was extremely sensitive you knew to keep your mouth shut. Besides being a clan Ninja himself Shikamaru understood perfectly. "Alright seems as though we're done here." He announced producing containers for the now powdered foliage. "We should hurry back don't want snake lady berating me for taking too long." He chuckled smoothly changing the subject. While they might have a right to know he wasn't quite sure he was ready to openly talk about it or his subsequent feeling about the subject. Not yet, he still had to come to terms with it himself. After all though he loved his father the same individual also stuck the worlds' most dangerous natural force right into his belly and shoved the responsibility of learning to control and harness its power on to his shoulders. Meanwhile also ensuring that his life would never be an easy one, though even if he didn't have the fur ball in his stomach he would still be a ninja and their lives were never easy.
While the teens had run off to Naruto's apartment the adults were doing their own job, Jiraiya's job being drawing the seals. Meanwhile Tsunade returned to the tower to get some paperwork done, a rather relaxing prospect after the hellish day she had, meanwhile the other two helped Jiraiya set up the necessary seals. Paving the way for the seal specialist to do a little digging, "So Yugao-san tell me how is it you weren't shocked about the insanity of what we're trying to do? Sorry but even our lord Hokage was shocked even I was." He inquired politely, and Yugao gave him a calculating gaze, seeming to try and decipher just how persistent he was going to be. She must have realized that he was in fact quite stubborn.
"Well knowing the power of seals I delved into it myself and have reached a point on my own that I fully realize the power of sealing, unlike you blundering males." She bluffed, feigning an ice cold bitchy approach. As if she thought herself above men. While she was nice and caring to her friends and her those things she thought precious, such as her boyfriend. However anything or anyone she thought of as an annoyance would get her brutal and wrathful side. Much like the animal her Anbu name portrayed. After all cats held grudges for seven years.
"You can't bull shit a bull shitter my dear, and you my dear are so full of shit it's up to your eyes, look at them their shit brown!" He shot back grinning madly at his ingenuous come back. He knew when someone was lying, cheating, or being only half truth. It came with being a spy and having traveled almost the entirety of the Elemental Nations, having to go undercover retrieving vital information and having to deal in a world of masks, illusions, lies and misleads coming from you at all angles you learn to pick out when ones being swindled. Unlucky for her Jiraiya happened to be a master at it. It came with being a legendary ninja after all.
She smirked, not responding to the rise. "I will say no more on the subject. Let's continue with the task at hand. This conversation is over." she returned to her work. Focusing on the task at hand and ignoring Jiraiya's indignant aura. The truth of course could never be revealed. Not yet the timing wasn't right. There was still much to be done before the truth could even begin to come to light. Not even the Hokage could know. Until that time she would due her duty and watch over the blonde no matter what her personal feelings were for him.
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at the conscious purple haired Kunoichi in the room. He would find out one way or another. Jiraiya was a damn good spy for a reason and she had just landed herself the ire of the undisputed master of espionage. While he wasn't the strongest shinobi alive he was pretty damn close, due to his variety of skills, he would have his answers, one way or another.
Hiruzen had decided to amusedly watch the two go back and forth, knowing just how stubborn his student was he knew that with such a blunt and forceful stop to the conversation he would now go to know ends to discover her secrets. Then he would of course tell them to his lord Hokage. He was a very good student in that way, while he had made many mistakes in his teams teachings he had instilled some sense of loyalty into Jiraiya. He truly appreciated the man. Knowing his student would do the job for him Sarutobi had no need to press the girl for information that he too was curious about. All things in good time as they say, speaking of they were just about finished and they could all sense the teens returning. Knowing just how destructive this could turn out they had moved Anko to the Hokage tower, specifically the med room hidden behind his bookcase in the office. Meant for emergencies, in this case it was for privacy. No one that didn't already know needed to know what was going down. Instructing the kids where to return to they had quickly changed locales and proceeded to get to work on the large amount of seals that were going to be needed along with Jiraiya storing some blood in a mixing bowl adding in a plethora of different vegetation.
The room now looked like the room of a patient in a mental instate. Full of strange runic designs that all seemed too surreal to actually do anything, yet here was Fuuin jutsu, a lost art, saving the life of woman whose life hung the balance due to Fuuin jutsu in the first place. There was an old saying that Fuuin jutsu was the first and oldest Ninja art descended from Kami and the gods alike. It was mostly folk lore but the versatility and insane power of Fuuin jutsu definitely made him wonder at times.
The door opened and the three walked in wearing varied looks. Naruto seemed to range from being happy one moment to being aloof the next. Tenten looked to be slightly hurt, angry, yet somehow understood whatever was making her feel that way. Shikamaru though looking bored seemed to have an irate posture something all three noticed. The kids must have had a heart to heart Jiraiya thought. After all his team had to have had questions for Naruto after what had just transpired. Just what he told them he could guess but not the depth of what their conversation was. "Alright now to mix the ingredients, at this point everyone but Naruto can go. There are more important things you should be doing right now anyway." While his statement was certainly true Jiraiya had said it mostly because he wanted to talk to the blonde in private. Understanding dismissal the teens an Yugao left immediately, Sarutobi however stopped and stared pointedly at Jiraiya, obviously leaving only out of courtesy, he was not dismissed by any one and it was his choice to leave. Yeah message read loud and clear. The over bearing jack ass, though he cared about his sensei he really wanted to punch him in the jaw sometimes. "So kid you really sure about this? Once I'm done mixing these ingredients and putting the finishing touches its just gonna be you in here. What you're about to do is take everything you know about reality and smash your beliefs into a thousand pieces. What we're attempting here is on par with the Shiki Fuuin. Without a doubt, beyond that who knows what you're going to end up summoning, are you absolutely sure?" He had to make sure the kid had no reservations about going into this. It was highly risky and not assured but it was the best they had. If Naruto even hesitated for an instant, not even a millisecond everything could go horribly wrong. Resulting in both their deaths and possibly worse unleashing something that would doom them all. Finished with the mixing he started spreading the mixture in only the necessary seals. Making sure not to make a single miss stroke, if he was even a centimeter off everything would blow up in their faces.
His activity gave Naruto who was already seated in the position he was to be in looked on calmly as he thought about his answer. It was true, what he was doing was stretching the very bounds of reality, time, dimension, and everything the logic of Nature decreed. Laws that weren't made to be broken, yet here they were about to break them. Was he capable of accepting such a fact, casting aside the shackles of the earthly realm and delve into the unknown with absolute resoluteness. "Yes, I know what must be done and I know I can do it. Anko is a comrade and I don't abandon anyone, that's part of my nindo, my Ninja code of honor." He replied evenly making eye contact with the old sage; said sage seeing the confidence and the fiery will that only truly great ninja's ever have shone brightly in his eyes.
"Heh alright kid, kick some ass then. I'm done here. Good luck. I'll see you on the flip side." He grinned and winked before exiting the room, shutting the door, and sealing the room completely behind him. No chakra could escape this room. Explosions could happen in here and the outside world would be none the wiser. He truly was all on his own right now. His resolve hardened and his focus sharpened. He could do this. With a deep breath he searched inwardly for his chakra. Feeling the warmth that made up the empowering substance, he placed his hands upon the seal and ushered it forth. Around him a bright blue light came to life and sped across the seal as if devouring the ink growing rapidly in size. When the chakra trail reached the blood seals it changed from blue to purple and then back to blue. The room became brighter once all the seals lit up. Naruto started feeling his chakra rush rapidly out of him, there was no stopping it. like a rushing waterfall that couldn't be stunted it sped from his body making him start to sweat yet he started feeling colder for some reason, his hearing became dulled and his vision started to blur. He saw some sort of distortion happening in the center of the room, right where the rift should open. Taking a few deep breaths and blinking cleared the fog around his senses.
A distortion really was being created and he could feel something coming through, but it was fighting, and fiercely, if the drain on his chakra was any indication. He had heard about what happened when one ran out of chakra but he had never seemed to feel drained before, besides in his previous battle after Orochimaru showed up. This was likely to be a time as difficult as that he surmised. "COME ON YOU PUNY GODS! THIS ALL YOU GOT! I CAN DO THIS SHIT ALL DAY!" He roared being stubbornly defiant. Pouring more and more chakra actually increasing the drain on his tank, the rift grew in size and suddenly grew chaotic whipping about and lashing outwards, lightning lancing around one even striking Naruto.
As the volts hit him Naruto grit his teeth. "Mother fucker that the best you got! Some puny sparks! Let's dance!" He couldn't fail Anko's life depended on him. Slowly a form started coming out, it was covered in bright light so he couldn't make out the features but it was there. With newfound strength he dug deeper into his chakra pool and pushed even more outwards. With a deafening boom the rift closed and a gust of wind slammed into him as smoke drifted about the room from the closing. He could sense the presence of what he had summoned, it was powerful. VERY powerful by what he could sense. It had a vast amount of power residing within it. Now came the hard part, sealing it's soul into Anko and hopefully doing it amicably. That thought was shattered when out of the smoke a clawed hand grasped his neck and had enough forward momentum to propel them forwards slamming Naruto into the wall. He saw the form of a what looked to be a human female. Only her claws had punctured his neck but not his jugular, he counted himself lucky for that, her eyes were the next feature to signify she was no human for her eyes were slit like a feline. Then there was the animalistic growl coupled with the fangs. Her mahogany colored skin rippled with muscle and she was covered in leather making her look like an ancient hunter. This thought was supported by the necklaces of teeth that hung around her neck framed by her wild, mane like, brown hair. "Who dares to summon the Goddess of the hunt, Ayane?!" The now identified Ayane hissed flexing her grip on Naruto's neck causing him too seethe in pain.
"Naruto Uzu-fucking-maki bitch. Now step off!" he growled and double heel stomped her in the chest causing her to go flying though not before leaving a nice little gash across the teens neck. Naruto dropped to the floor but rolled onto his feet immediately. Blood freely flowed down his form. He had royally fucked up, there was now a loose creature that he had to somehow contain. 'YO FUZZ BALL! If there was ever a time I needed you now would be it! Don't be a bloody coward help me out here!' He saw Ayane leap forward changing mid air into a giant white tiger roaring loudly and by the look in her eye about to have dinner and Naruto was the main course. The world suddenly became grey around him as everything froze, than in front of his eyes everything melted away to engulf him in utter darkness. Something about her chakra had stirred Naruto's more primal side and awoken a certain red eyed friend of his. A deep hateful chuckle rang out as Naruto fell eternally before landing in a sewer splashing down in the water flowing through it.
Popping back up and standing on top of the water he surveyed his new surroundings, somehow his injuries were gone and now he was in a sewer? Pipes ran along the very straight sewer with doors appearing every so often. Yet a small red light at the edge of his vision drew him closer. With his course set he started forward, 'Come boy face me if you have the guts! I would like to see you call me a coward to my face' a deep malevolent voice echoed causing all the pipes to shudder and the water to splash around violently.
The red light grew larger and brighter as he walked forward until finally it engulfed him and he found himself in front a large wooden gate that went onward and upward eternally, caging what looked to be infinite darkness. As he approached a massive claw clashed out one giant claw stopping just inches from his face. A pair of giant red eyes glared hatefully down at the boy. "I would spill your blood across this entire sewer if I could. Lucky for you this damn seal prevents me from doing just that.'
"Tch that's all you have to say. No wonder you were so easily captured you're nothing but a hateful creature full of malice and spite. Regardless I need your help fox. I cannot defeat this enemy alone and if I die you die. So what's it going to be?" He shot back not intimidated in the least. He knew where he was now. he was in his own mind so to speak though it was strange he thought his subconscious would look different.
"Heh you're bold kid. I like that. Fine I'll help you but just remember you're nothing without me! Now get out of here I tire of our conversation'
For some reason Naruto thought his first meeting with the beast would be different but it was done now and the sewer and cage melted around him as he came to reality once more. Naruto's form was engulfed in blood red chakra a two tails shooting out and grasping around the tiger pulling it forward towards a snarling Naruto whose wounds had healed, his hand reared back as he struck forward a giant chakra hand shooting forward and smashing the creature in the face sending it sprawling across the floor. Naruto's tails shot forward once more and drug the tiger towards the center once more. This power was amazing, his veins were on fire with untamed energy and he could easily lose himself in the glorious rush of power he was granted. He thought it would hurt drawing upon the foxes energy instead it was like being gifted with immortality and the promise of unmatched power. He felt as if he could do anything conquer anyone and he wanted to prove it.
He focused on the thought of saving Anko, that was all that mattered this moment. That was what he had come here to do, if he crushed this being all this preparation would be useless. "You will submit and merge with Anko! I have to save her!" Naruto roared his voice deeper and more gravely. The roaring tiger than shifted to a bear out growing it's bonds and steaming forward only to run smack dab into the sealing circle that Naruto needed her at. Wasting no time his tails once more tangled the bear up as the seals now glowed orange and red lightning cackled around the circle. "YOU WILL YIELD!" Naruto roared his voice sending out a shockwave and once more the woman shape shifted into a viper and struck out at the circle only to be electrified. She morphed into her human like form once again and a golden energy surrounded her.
"BOY I AM THE GODDESS AYANE YOU CANNOT HOLD ME!" She screeched before rushing forward turning into a golden dragon serpentine dragon, the kind that snaked through the air and came in a rainbow of colors. Naruto dug deeper into the Kyuubi's chakra submersing himself even deeper into the tainted power. A third tail bubbled to life and the ground beneath him cracked as the seals turned red and the red lightning barely constraining the goddess bled too black and blasted her back. She roared and golden ball of energy shot forth from her jaws breaking the seal and blasting Naruto in the chest shooting him outside of his circle and his chakra shroud.
He slammed against the wall and fell to the floor. In that moment his connection to the Kyuubi had been cut off. He was now severely at a disadvantage as he could hear the growling dragon above him. he had to do something, foolish though it was Naruto sprung upwards with an upper cut just as the dragons maw opened to engulf him. Naruto's spring propelled him forward in time to strike home in the back of the creatures' throat making it recoil rapidly, choking stumbling back into position. Naruto quickly leapt back into his circle ushering his chakra into it once more, ignoring his now heavily bleeding body. Dragon's teeth were fucking sharp! The seal grew brighter once more and once more chakra constrained the roaring self proclaimed goddess. He could tell he didn't have much left in the tank.
This had to work, it HAD too. Once more the world grew still and he saw the same woman he had seen only hours before. She smiled "Naruto you forget the power within you once more. Awaken yourself to the force of nature and tame this creature of nature. You have it within you." She strode forward and bent down pressing her lips against Naruto's forehead. The seal that had been etched there by her long ago blazed to life and a glowing green ring appeared outlining his black pupils. Chakra poured into Naruto at an unbelievable rate. Revitalizing him and strengthening his resolve.
The seals changed color once more from blue to a deep emerald green. Glowing white chains of chakra reached up and bound the dragon completely and when it tried to morph into other creatures to try and escape they changed with her until finally she returned once more to her original form. It was then Naruto, with the power of nature coursing through him and sensing her thoughts smiled at her. "Do not worry child of nature. It will be alright. Somehow I think you'll get along with Anko." His voice was calm and soothing something that was a wonder even to him.
The Goddess leveled a piercing gaze on him. "You have won human, no you are touched by several forces of nature. You are no longer truly human." She smirked "But a force of Naruto and a handsome one at that. Very well Naruto Uzu-fucking-maki, I will save this woman precious to you, she who you would go to such bounds for. One who you feel a kinship with due to somewhat similar troubled pasts. Hmph, I will be watching you fierce one." Her form began to glow golden until it became ethereal and drifted into the seal merging with the green and creating a spectacular surge of energy. The very tip of the seal, at the base of Anko's neck, began to glow brightly before the entire seal lifted off the ground and coiled inward. Anko's form, tied down just in case, began to writhe and shake as the seal was compressed itself. It was over quickly however leaving a golden seal in the shape of spiral, an exact copy to the spiral that found itself on Naruto's outfit. With his job complete Naruto's chakra faded and with the vast amount of power that had danced across his palms gone it left a very drained teenager who wearily got up to push open the door only to stumble backwards somehow spinning and tripping on Anko's bed. The teen passed out crashed forward his head landing face first right between her legs.