Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing Naruto and Moroha locating their targets while also getting some very foreboding news. With Towa and Setsuna getting their own bad news back in Kaede's village. Before then a shocking appearance at the end of the chapter. So, without further ado.
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"Hahahaha! What fun this is! Look at them all run!" Said a young woman, smiling eagerly as she conjured Temari balls in her hands before either throwing or kicking them at the fleeing villagers.
The woman had pale skin, bright yellow eyes with cat-like slits and white horizontal slats, and black hair with orange-colored ends along with stylized bangs. With her wearing a pair of long silver earrings and an orange kimono that matched her hair. She had a black haori on top but took them both off when she entered her battle, revealing a small black sarashi that covers her chest and upper abdomen.
Her smile only growing bigger and darker whenever one of her balls hit one of the humans, with the impact zone bursting the moment the ball made contact. With some of the humans dying immediately depending on where the ball hit them. While others were on the ground screaming in agony as parts of their bodies had been ripped apart from the balls.
"Come on, why are you all running away?! We just wanna play some more! Try and catch these ones!" The woman said, throwing another barrage of Temari balls, with the humans all scattering to avoid being killed or maimed.
But the moment they tried running, some of the humans felt themselves be thrown through the air by an invisible force, sending them back in the path of the Temari balls. Or the Temari balls seemed to chased after them, suddenly changing paths and following the humans and tearing through their bodies.
"As enjoyable as it is to slaughter these humans, don't forget our objective Susamaru." A young man said beside Susamaru.
He was a young man with an average build, pale, gray-tinted skin and very short black hair, while his eyes were kept shut he had another pair of pale-ringed orange eyes on the palms of his hands, which had a red upward-pointing arrow marked on each of the irises with sclera of glowing dark green color. While his attire consisted of a plain olive-green kimono with a brown obi and a dark gray haori, decorated by a strip of green that ran down his arms from his shoulders to his wrists. He also sported white tabi-socks and a pair of brown zōri with black straps, along with a akoya necklace of large blue pearls.
"I know that Yahaba, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun and complete our mission. Just watch!" Said Susamaru before creating two Temari balls in her hands.
Before the female demon then began spinning around, rapidly throwing Temari balls all around her that tore through buildings and villagers alike. With the eyes on Yahaba's hands blinking as he redirected any balls that were coming towards him, sending them either at the buildings or the remaining villagers.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are! We know you're here~!" Susamaru said in a sing-song tone while spinning around and throwing her balls.
"We know you abominations are hiding here! Your very existence is already an insult to all true demons, but now you're stooping so low as to hide among humans?! It's disgusting!" Sneered Yahaba, feeling disgust that their targets would be hiding among humans.
"Who's hiding bastards?! Decapitating Airwaves!" Someone shouted, before one of the buildings exploded open from a blast of airwaves heading straight for Yahaba and Susamaru.
Only for the two demons to jump out of the way of the blast, before they heard the sound of numerous bells ringing through the air. With the sound disorienting them, making their vision begin blurring as they began seeing doubles of their surroundings.
"Perhaps you two should have considered hiding from us." Said another person from behind that duo, with them soon hearing a loud ringing in their ears further disorienting them.
Before Yahaba grunted in pain when something heavy slammed into his back, sending him crashing into Susamaru as they were both sent towards the ground. Though they recovered quickly enough, they stumbled slightly as they stood, still feeling their heads ringing.
"Th-that wasn't very fun…not fun at all…" Susamaru said, holding her head to try and steady herself.
"Really? Cause it looked pretty fun from where we're standing." A third person said, with Susamaru and Yahaba being to just hear the smirk in their voice.
"So, the fakes have finally decided to show themselves, good. It saves us the trouble of simply destroying this entire village." Said Yahaba, looking up once the ringing in his head subsided, seeing their targets standing in front of them, two boys and a girl, all three being Yōkai.
The first boy had fair skin, black spiky hair and dark eyes. With him wearing a long beige shirt that went down to his legs with black stripes around his arms and three prints of the kanji for "death" going down the front, snake-patterned pants and black sandals, as well as a snake-patterned scarf.
The second boy had bandages wrapped around his entire head, leaving just his left eye exposed along with a pair of horns sprouting from his forehead, he also had claws and a long, metallic-looking tail with several holes in it and a large club-like head at the end. While his attire consisted of a large poncho with long sleeves which were pulled up showing what looked like large metal bracers on his arms with holes in them like his tail, a snake-patterned scarf like his teammate which also had a straw raincoat protruding from the back of it, snake-patterned pants that were rolled up exposing the same bracers on his legs as his arms and black sandals.
And the girl had fair skin, incredibly long black hair that nearly reached her calves with a violet ribbon near the end keeping it tied together and dark black eyes. With her wearing a pale green vest, snake-patterned pants with a matching skirt over them along with a snake-patterned scarf like her teammates, and black sandals. The girl also had numerous needles seemingly growing out of her arms, with a few having bells attached to them.
"You three, you're vassals of the White Snake Clan, Dosu Kinuta, Zaku Abumi and Kin Tsuchi. You're also three of the insulting creatures that dare call yourselves Yōkai." Yahaba said, looking at the trio in disgust, knowing they aren't true Yōkai or demons, only artificial ones created by the leader of the White Snake Clan.
"I'd say we're better than Yōkai, new and improved ones that'll crush everyone that stands against the White Snake Clan!" Said Zaku with a wicked smirk.
"Awwww, does that mean we can't play? Too bad, I was hoping we could have some fun before killing you three." Susamaru said, smiling darkly while creating two Temari balls.
"Yes, quite a shame. You three should've simply crawled under a rock to save your pathetic lives. Instead, we'll kill you in the name of Muzan-sama! The one who shall rule over these lands!" Declared Yahaba while aiming his hands at the trio.
"No, there's only person who'll rule and it will be Orochimaru-sama!" Kin said before swinging her arms at the demons, shooting out a barrage of needles at them.
With the barrage including needles with bells attached to them, which rang as they flew through the air, causing Yahaba and Susamaru to stumble slightly as their vision blurred from the sound.
"I-I don't like this game…let's try playing mine!" Said Susamaru as she threw her balls at needles, shattering them to pieces, with her throwing even more to destroy the bells while the balls continued towards the artificial Yōkai.
"Oh please! Like your toys can do anything to us! Decapitating Airwaves!" Zaku said as he aimed his hands at the balls, showing the tubes in his palms, firing a blast of airwaves that ripped the balls apart.
Only for Zaku to suddenly find himself thrown straight up into the air by one of Yahaba's Koketsu Arrows, with Kin soon following him as she was hit with one as well. While Dosu managed to jump out of the way in time, not knowing what launched his teammates up, only that it seemed to come from Yahaba's hands.
"Try destroying my toys now!" Susamaru said, creating a Temari ball which she kicked right at Zaku.
"Ha! Thanks to the power from Orochimaru-sama, you'll never touch me! Decapitating Airwaves!" Zaku said while holding his arms out just as his shirt was ripped apart from multiple airwaves, revealing tubes embedded along the rest of his arms, his chest and his abdomen.
With all of them releasing airwaves that ripped the ball apart and continued traveling towards Yahaba and Susamaru, forcing them to get out of the way to avoid being hit as well. But as they moved, they covered their ears when Dosu rushed passed them. With every step he took causing the bracers on his legs to emit soundwaves through the air.
As he ran past them, Dosu swung his arms right next to the demons heads, making it feel like their heads were going to explode from how much they were ringing.
"Orochimaru-sama gave me my own gift, every step I take, every movement of my arms, I can release soundwaves that directly target your inner hearing, making it impossible for you to even stand still. And that's not all I can do." Said Dosu before spinning around and swinging his tail as he did so, which released more soundwaves through the air.
Before the artificial Yōkai slammed his tail into the ground, sending the vibrations through the ground towards Yahaba and Susamaru. Knocking them off balance as they fell to their hands and knees, feeling like they were going to throw up any moment from the pounding in their heads.
"Y-you a-ar-ar-are…a-al-all…so…annoying!" Yahaba said through gritted teeth, lifting his hand enough for his eye to look at Dosu, creating one of his Koketsu Arrows that sent him crashing into a building.
Not stopping there, Yahaba aimed his other hand at the building, having one of his Koketsu Arrows drop down on the roof, bringing the entire thing crashing down on top of Dosu.
"I really hate this game, now." Muttered Susamaru as they began standing up, now that the shaking has stopped.
"Then you'll really hate this one! Let's see how many needles I can hit you with before you stay down!" Kin said while swinging her arms at the duo, shooting out dozens of needles at them.
"No…I wanna play my game!" Susamaru said before creating two Temari balls and launched them straight at Kin, tearing through her needles.
The ravenette's eyes widened at the sight of the balls speeding towards her, before she quickly jumped out of the way. Only to scream in agony when one of the balls changed course and ripping right through her arm.
"No more playing, it's time you abominations died." Said Yahaba while he sent the other Temari rushing towards Zaku.
"I couldn't agree more! Time for you to see who's really superior! Extreme Decapitating Airwaves!" Shouted Zaku, emitting a high-pressured mix of airwaves and soundwaves from the tubes in his body.
Blinding everyone for a moment as the blast traveled through the air, carving up the ground as it rushed towards Yahaba and Susamaru, reducing everything it touched to dust. The sight of the attack made the duo quickly get out of the way, only for the ground to begin shaking underneath them.
"There's no escape for you two!" Dosu said as he blasted the debris off of him with his gauntlets, showing his bandages had been ripped, showing his pale white right eye and his scarred flesh which seem to be centered around his eye and extending across his body.
Before he slammed his tail into the ground again, releasing soundwaves that knocked Yahaba and Susamaru off balance. Leaving them unable to get out of the way of Zaku's blast as it crashed right into them.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes! I turned them into nothing, but dust!" Zaku laughed when the airwaves and soundwaves faded, revealing nothing left of Yahaba and Susamaru/
"You bastard! I was going to kill them! Look at what that bitch did to my arm!" Said Kin, glaring at Zaku while holding what was left of her right arm.
"Calm down Kin, what matters is they're dead now. Orochimaru-sama will be able to give you a ne-" Dosu said, only to stop as his eyes widened when he heard something whistling through the air.
"Zaku! Behind yo-" Yelled Dosu upon noticing something heading straight for Zaku, only to be too late when a Temari ball smashed straight through Zaku's chest.
"Wh-wh-wha…" Zaku muttered as blood dripped out of his mouth, looking down at the large hole in his chest in shock before he collapsed to the ground.
"You know the problem with attacks that leave nothing behind?" Yahaba asked rhetorically while pointing his hands at Dosu and Kin, conjuring his Koketsu Arrows that launched them up into the air before they could react.
"You can never be sure you actually killed someone, if you don't see the body." Said Yahaba, having used his Koketsu Arrows on himself and Susamaru, getting them out of the way at the last second.
"Now, it's time to have some fun again!" Susamaru said wickedly, creating a Temari ball which began spinning around in her hand, before tossing it up and kicking it straight towards Kin.
With the spinning Temari cutting through the air until crashed into the ravenette, hitting Kin with enough force to rip her body in half at the waist with both halves falling to the ground.
Turning their attention to Dosu, Yahaba had his Koketsu Arrows throw him higher and higher into the air, while Susamaru's grin grew even bigger as she created two balls.
"It's even better when we use our powers together! We can show what we can really do!" Said Susamaru, throwing the balls into the air before creating two more which she threw as well, making a final fifth one that joined the others.
But rather than throw the Temari right at Dosu, Susamaru threw them so they were around the artificial Yōkai, with Yahaba aiming his hands at them. Making multiple Koketsu Arrows, Yahaba directed the Temari towards Dosu, having them blast right through his arms, legs and tail. Much to Dosu's agony at the loss of all his limbs.
"Take this message with you to the underworld, abomination. The only one who has the right to rule these lands, is Muzan-sama." Stated Yahaba before creating one last Koketsu Arrow, sending Dosu crashing into the ground.
Shattering what was left of his body as blood began pooling out underneath him.
"Yay! That was much more fun than going after the humans! Muzan-sama will be so happy!" Susamaru cheered, eager to inform their master at their success.
"Yes, I suppose this was rather entertaining. But we aren't done yet, there's still time before the sun comes up and we haven't dealt with all of the survivors." Yahaba said, wanting to make sure they killed everyone here.
"Then it just means we'll get to have even more fun!" Said Susamaru as she created two Temari balls, happy that the fun isn't over just yet.
*Timeskip-One Day*
*With Towa and Setsuna*
After waking up and getting ready, Towa and Setsuna had continued their training, working on improving their new unarmed attacks along with developing others they thought of.
Though Towa couldn't stop her mind from drifting towards Naruto, unable to help but worry if something will happen on his and Moroha's mission. With her worry only growing when her thoughts then turned back to her nightmare, what that dragon had said.
"Let him go? What an intoxicating innocence you have, the boy has been mine since the day he was born. It is by my will he exists at all, and it's through him my resurrection shall be fulfilled! I bore the humiliation of mixing my blood with that of a human, all for this moment. When my descendant could fulfill his purpose."
The silverette couldn't help but shake at remembering the dragons words, how assured and confident it sounded, as if it's already been decided that was Naruto's only purpose. That he only existed just to be used as some vessel to revive that dragon.
'I can't…I won't let that happen! I won't!' Towa thought while shaking her head, refusing to lose her best friend or let him be used by anyone.
"Towa." Said Setsuna, putting a hand on her twins shoulder, pulling Towa from her thoughts as she looked at the demon slayer.
"You're still worried, aren't you." Setsuna stated, having noticed how she suddenly stopped and the way she was acting.
"Yes. I…I just can't help but be worried, that something is going to happen to Naruto. And then…then the nightmare, what that dragon said. It…it didn't just feel like a trick my mind was playing on me, it felt too real for that." Said Towa, making Setsuna sigh at her words.
"Towa, I swear that it was just a nightmare and nothing more. There's no possible way for you to somehow have a dream of Naruto's Yōkai ancestor, it could've easily been something else entirely. You likely only saw a dragon because that's what you'd see as the most dangerous creature. That's all it was, you only imagining the worst happening to Naruto and nothing more. Everything will be fine." Said Setsuna, only for Towa to shake her head.
"You don't know that! The first thing that happened when we got the Feudal Era is have to fight one of Kirinmaru's followers, then having to fight a Bakeneko that nearly killed Naruto! And they weren't even the strongest nor most dangerous Yōkai around! It just…it just doesn't feel like a normal nightmare, I don't know how or why, but I know something terrible is going to happen and I need to make sure it doesn't. And I can't do that if I'm here and Naruto is off on a mission." Towa said, with the ravenette only able to sigh again.
"Well even if you really feel that way, it's too late to regret not going with Moroha and Naruto when you had the chance." Setsuna stated, while Towa glared at her.
"You're the one that held me back from going with them in the first place!" Retorted Towa, with Setsuna not reacting to her words.
"And if you were really serious about wanting to go and make sure Naruto is safe, why didn't you try harder to go? Instead you just accepted that I stopped you and there was nothing you could've done, rather than try harder." Said Setsuna while crossing her arms, which made Towa clench her fists tightly.
"I know!" Towa snapped, only to frown and look down at her behavior.
"I'm sorry." Said Towa, not wanting to take her annoyance out on Setsuna, knowing she's only trying to help her.
"Don't worry about it. But perhaps it'd be better to end the training early for today, so that you can try relaxing." Setsuna said, making the older Hanyō sigh but nod in agreement as they headed back to the village.
It didn't take long before the twins arrived back at the village, with them soon spotting Kohaku, Hisui and Kaede, all of them seeming to be discussing something. This made Towa and Setsuna look at each other curiously before moving closer to hear what they were saying.
"This does seem most unusual. You're sure the Yōkai hadn't been looking for something?" Kaede asked while looking at Hisui, who nodded in response.
"I'm positive. When we got to the town, we saw the Yōkai fighting each other. We made sure to get everyone to safety but it didn't even seem like the Yōkai cared about attacking us or the villagers, they only kept fighting each other. By the time everyone was evacuated, we started clearing the remaining Yōkai." Replied Hisui, making the twins frown at hearing this as they approached the three.
"What's this about Yōkai fighting each other?" Setsuna asked getting their attention.
"Ah, Towa, Setsuna. I thought you two were out training." Said Kohaku, not expecting to see them back so soon.
"We decided to take a break. But what do you mean there were Yōkai fighting each other?" Questioned Towa while looking between them.
"It's just like you heard. Me and some of the other Demon Slayers returned from a mission to deal with some Yōkai that had been attacking a town, but when we arrived the Yōkai seemed to be fighting each other more than attacking anyone else. I don't even think they noticed or cared when we arrived and began evacuating the people." Hisui said, confusing Towa and Setsuna, before the latter frowned in remembrance.
"Weren't there other missions like that, Kohaku? Before we went after Moroha and Mistress Three Eyes, there were other missions the Demon Slayers were sent on involving Yōkai fighting each other, with some villages being caught in the middle of it." Said Setsuna, with Kohaku nodding at this.
"That's right. We didn't think much of it at the time since it's not uncommon for Yōkai to fight amongst themselves, but that's usually over grudges or something both sides want." Said Kohaku, knowing that Yōkai are known to fight each other occasionally.
"Indeed. However, from what they've told me, this seems different than previous battles between Yōkai. They aren't simply attacking out of anger or seeking something, instead they're fighting until one side is completely eliminated or have been forced into submission." Kaede said, which only made the twins frown, with Towa also feeling concerned.
"That doesn't sound like they're just fighting, it sounds like…they're at war with each other." Towa stated, unsure what to think a war among Yōkai would be like.
"If that's the case, then we don't know what they would be at war over, only that whatever it is, it's something that a lot of Yōkai want to claim for themselves. And with the way things are going right now, then we can likely expect some ancient Yōkai Clans to be returning." Kohaku said, sighing at the kind of danger that would be unleashed from those kind of Yōkai coming out of the shadows.
"Any idea what we should be prepared for?" Setsuna asked, wanting to know what to expect should they encounter more Yōkai fighting each other while out on missions.
"We aren't sure of any specific clans that might be rising up. But I can think of one, the White Snake Clan." Replied Kohaku, with Kaede frowning gravely at hearing the name.
"The White Snake Clan?" Towa asked, wondering what that one was like.
"The White Snake Clan is a clan of powerful and dangerous Snake Yōkai, being directly descended from the Yamata no Orochi." Kaede revealed, much to the silverette's shock.
"The Yamata no Orochi?! The same one that was defeated by the god, Susanoo?!" Said Towa, not expecting to learn a creature like that had been real as well, on top of everything else.
"The same, and even then Susanoo-sama could only kill it while it was drunk, so it wasn't something to be trifled with. And all those descended from it are the same, being far more dangerous than the average Yōkai. So, I want all of you to make sure to watch yourselves while on missions, and make sure to tell Naruto and Moroha when they get back. We'll all need to be more careful, moving forward." Kohaku said while looking at Towa, Setsuna and Hisui seriously, with all three nodding in response.
Though the twins also couldn't help but feel worried at the new threats that could rising up, with Naruto and Moroha out there right now with no idea. Making them hope that nothing bad happens on their mission and they make it back safely.
*With Naruto and Moroha*
Meanwhile, Naruto and Moroha had followed the directions Jyūbei had given them to where the two demons had been last seen. Only stopping for a short break and nap at night, before they continued on their way.
"Do you smell that?" Moroha asked while sniffing the air as they walked, with the whiskered blonde doing the same to try and see what she smelled.
"Is it…Yōkai?" Said Naruto, being able to catch a strange scent beyond the smell of nature around them, while the female Shihanyō grinned at him.
"Yep! You're starting to get the hang of sniffing them out, and this means we're getting close if we can smell Yōkai." Said Moroha, making Naruto nod as they began walking faster to see if they could catch their targets, if they are close by.
Though it wasn't long before they saw what looked like the remains of a village, with the two Shihanyō running faster to get a closer look. But once they arrived, they saw everything was in ruins with bodies that looked like they had been ripped apart by something scattered across the ground. The sight making them frown sadly and curse at seeing the aftermath of their targets' attack.
"Let's see if we can find any survivors." Naruto said, wanting to see if anyone managed to escape or hide themselves, with Moroha nodded in agreement as they began searching through the debris and destroyed buildings.
Moving around the destroyed village, the two looked inside the destroyed buildings trying to find anyone that could be hiding in them. Before they started checking outside among the bodies, the ones that were either still or mostly intact, only to find everyone dead.
With them even checking around the village in the forest to see if anyone had gotten away and hid themselves nearby, but they couldn't find anyone.
"Did you find anyone, Moroha?" Questioned Naruto after he checked everywhere he could before finding Moroha near three bodies, with the bounty hunter shaking her head.
"Mm-mm. It looks like those that attacked were thorough in making sure everyone was dead before leaving. But look at these three." Moroha said, motioning to the bodies, making Naruto look at them.
Frowning as he looked at them, seeing two guys and a girl, all of them with inhuman feature. With the girl having needles emerging from her remaining arm, one of the guys having what looked like metal tubes in his arms and abdomen as well as a few around the giant hole in his chest. And the third one had horns, along with having lost what looked like a tail.
"Yōkai." Naruto stated as Moroha nodded in response while frowning in confusion.
"Yeah, and their scent shows they only died recently; I'd say last night at the longest. And from the look of their injuries, I'd say the ones we're after are responsible, which means we're getting close." Said Moroha while looking at the bodies in confusion.
"But…" Said Naruto before trailing off, feeling like there's more she wanted to say.
"But…there's something strange about their scent. They don't smell like normal Yōkai, they smell…human too. And not like us or Towa and Setsuna. While Hanyō's smell like Yōkai and humans too, their scent is more blended together. But these three…I don't know, the Yōkai scent doesn't really smell natural on them, like it's not their own." Moroha explained, confusing the male Shihanyō as he looked at the bodies.
"Are they like humans that were turned into Yōkai then?" Naruto asked, making Moroha shrug in response.
"I don't know. But they're still Yōkai, which means they can be turned in for bounties." Said Moroha before drawing her sword and cutting off their heads, not intending to pass up on free bounties to collect.
"You sure that's a good idea? The last time you took credit for bounties you didn't kill yourself, we had to deal with Tōkotsu and his son coming back for revenge." Said Naruto, only for the ravenette to wave it off.
"Relax, Tōkotsu was one of the Shikyō and had someone that wanted to bring him back. I doubt these three have the same kind of status and influence he did. Besides, this time I'm taking the heads." Moroha replied, making Naruto sigh, but he couldn't argue as she had a point.
Though Moroha then looked at Naruto in confusion when he began going around and gathering the rest of the bodies, laying them all in a line together.
"Uh, Naruto, what're you doing?" Questioned Moroha, wondering why he's gathering the bodies.
"These people didn't ask or deserve to be attacked by Yōkai, let alone be caught in the middle of a fight between them. The least we can do is make sure they get a proper burial." Naruto said, wanting to make sure the villagers got a proper burial rather than just be left out to rot, something that caught Moroha off-guard.
"A-are…are you sure about that? I don't think we really have time to waste if we want to catch up to our targets." Said Moroha, not wanting to stay here any longer and risk their targets getting away.
"Then go on ahead, if you want, but I'm not leaving until everyone has been buried." Said Naruto having no intention of leaving or stopping until he was done.
"We could always come back once we're done and then bury them." Moroha offered, being willing to help him bury the villagers after dealing with their targets.
"By the time we found them and killed them, who knows what could happen. Animals could show up and start eating the bodies or birds would begin picking at them. And the sooner they're buried, the less likely they'll spread any disease from being left out in the open like this." Naruto said, setting another body down before looking at Moroha.
"You can either start helping or go ahead after the demons, Moroha. But I'm not leaving until everyone's been buried." Said Naruto, making the female Shihanyō sigh at how adamant he was about burying the villagers.
"…Fine, I'll help, at least it'll go faster with two of us working together. But if this ends up making us lose track of our targets, I'm blaming you." Said Moroha as she began helping gathering the bodies and putting them together.
"I'll accept that, and thanks." Naruto replied while smiling at the ravenette, which she returned before they got to work.
*Later*
It took some time for them to gather all the bodies, including the parts that had been removed, but Naruto and Moroha had finished gathering them all together. Before they worked on digging graves for all of them and then burying the villagers once they were placed in the ground. Finishing everything just as the sun was starting to set, with them on their knees saying a little prayer to the fresh graves.
"I didn't take you for the religious-type." Moroha stated while glancing at the Uzumaki, not expecting him to start praying with her once they were done.
"I'm not, I'm more spiritual if anything. I don't really care for religion, but the more spiritual aspect of things. Deities, demons, spirits, the afterlife, anything about the supernatural I always found interesting. Then finding out I'm descended from a demon and Towa is a Hanyō, it was honestly a dream come true to learn that and then getting the chance to go to the Feudal Era. What's better is that I got to meet you and Setsuna, too." Said Naruto while smiling at Moroha, making the female Shihanyō become flustered at his words before she punched him in the arm.
"M-mo-moron." Muttered Moroha with a blush, before she covered it up and smirked teasingly at him.
"Does that mean you were only interested in me because I'm part Yōkai? You didn't find anything else about me that you liked?" Moroha asked teasingly.
"I-I didn't say that. There's a lot about you I like, Moroha. You being a Shihanyō is really just a bonus." Naruto said, which only made her smirk grow as she leaned in closer to him.
"Oh really? And just what about me do you like? Unless you want me to share what I like about you?" Said Moroha, with the male Shihanyō gulping at how close she was leaning in.
Before their eyes widened when they suddenly felt something coming at them, forcing the Shihanyō to quickly jump out of the way. Doing so just in time as a Temari ball came flying at them, which would've smashed right through heads if they hadn't moved. Though they didn't have time to relax as they saw more Temari balls coming at them, with Naruto and Moroha moving out of the way again. Only to be shocked when the balls suddenly changed course and continued chasing after them.
"Bala!" Naruto said, thrusting his fists forward, launching several Balas at the balls and destroying them before they got close.
"Okay! This isn't fair, having these things chase after us! Crimson Dragon Wave!" Said Moroha, drawing her sword and swinging it before releasing a red dragon at the Temari balls chasing her, blowing them apart just in time.
"Hey! Wherever the hell you're hiding, why don't you demons come out! We know what you can do, so we know you're here somewhere!" Moroha yelled as she and Naruto looked around for where their attackers were hiding.
"Okay, then we can play even more!" Said Susamaru as she and Yahaba appeared from one of the ruined buildings, with the female demon creating two more Temari balls in her hands.
"Let's see you try and stop these ones!" Susamaru said before throwing both balls at Naruto and Moroha.
Getting ready to destroy the balls again, only to see Yahaba hold his hands out revealing the eyes on his palms before the Temari's suddenly changed course. Curving around the Shihanyō and coming at them from behind, forcing them to turn around.
"Spirit Gun!" Naruto said, shooting two Spirit Gun blasts that destroyed the balls.
"Behind you! Blades of Blood!" Said Moroha, digging her claws into her hand and swinging them, releasing crescent shaped blood blades, stopping two more Temari's Susamaru threw at them.
"Yay! You two are much more fun to play with than those other Yōkai we had to deal with! Let's play some more!" Said Susamaru before she began creating multiple Temari balls and threw them at the whiskered blonde and ravenette.
"You wanna play?! Then let's play! Getsuga Tenshō!" Naruto said, drawing one of his swords and swinging it at the Temari's, only for Yahaba to redirect them up into the air and then back down towards the Shihanyō.
"Okay, that's a really annoying power! Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Moroha said before swiping her claws through the air, launching energy claws up at the balls with Yahaba redirecting them again.
"Perhaps you two simply aren't fast enough to react." Yahaba said tauntingly, much to Naruto's and Moroha's annoyance.
"Then let's see how fast you can react! Bala!" Said Naruto, thrusting his fist at Susamaru and Yahaba, firing a blast of Reiryoku at them.
"Ooooh, so we're playing this now?! Okay!" Susamaru said, creating another Temari and threw it at the Bala, with both colliding together and exploding.
Only for Naruto to keep thrusting his fists and firing more Balas at the demons, with Susamaru creating more Temari's which she threw at them.
"Now try saving your stupid toys! Heavenly Arrow Barrage!" Moroha said, taking the chance to fire an arrow at the Temari's Yahaba was manipulating, with the arrow splitting into multiple ones aimed at the balls.
"Oh please." Yahaba scoffed as he changed the course of the balls again, saving them from being destroyed, before having them home in on Naruto while he was firing Balas.
"Crimson Dragon Wave!" Said Moroha after getting in front of Naruto and swinging her sword, releasing a red dragon that charged towards Yahaba and Susamaru, ripping through the Temari's the latter was throwing, forcing both demons to get out of the way.
"My turn now! Spirit Shotgun!" Naruto said, focusing Reiryoku into his fist before throwing it forward, shooting out multiple projectiles up at the remaining Temari balls, blasting through each one of them until they were all destroyed.
"Yay! That was really fun, you were able to destroy all my Temari's!" Susamaru cheered, excited at how they took out her balls before Naruto and Moroha pointed their swords at them.
"We aren't here to play any games! Why did you attack this village?! Why are you going around attacking other villages too?!" Demanded Naruto, wanting to know what their goal was in attacking villages and killing everyone.
"It is the will of our lord, Muzan Kibutsuji, an A-Class Yōkai that will soon be reaching the rank of S-Class. And soon enough, he will be an Upper S-Class Apparition to become the most powerful Yōkai in the world. As well as the one who will rule these lands." Yahaba revealed, making the Shihanyō be put on the guard at this.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Moroha demanded, having never heard of this Muzan guy before or anyone trying to conquer the land.
"It's because with the death of the Inu no Daiyōkai, the western lands no longer have a ruler. You can blame Sesshomaru for that, he renounced his title to rule these lands and now there are those that seek to claim them for themselves. Yōkai everywhere have been battling for it, even foreign demons and factions seek to claim the land of the Inu no Taishō for themselves." Explained Yahaba, shocking Naruto and Moroha at learning Yōkai have been fighting each other to claim the western lands.
"That's right! And Muzan-sama is going to be the one that claims them before anyone else! That's why he sent us out, eliminating all human settlements and any other Yōkai that try getting in our way. It gets even more fun when we find anyone that shows up, after we're finished in one spot! Giving us more time to play!" Susamaru said with Naruto and Moroha scowling at her words, not liking how they'd stick around just on the chance they could kill more people.
"Well I hate to disappoint, but playtime is over." Said Naruto, refusing to let them kill anyone else.
"Yeah, cause we won't be so easy to kill. But don't worry, if we ever run into your boss, we'll be sure to send him to join you." Moroha said with a smirk, much to Yahaba's and Susamaru's anger.
"You half-breeds dare believe that you could hope to stand a chance against Muzan-sama? You…will regret such insolence!" Yahaba said, angered that the female Shihanyō dared to believe they'd even be challenge to Muzan.
"It's time for the real fun to begin!" Said Susamaru, smiling eagerly as she grew four more arms long with her body growing more muscular, surprising Naruto and Moroha at the sudden transformation.
Only to tense when Susamaru created six Temari balls in her hands and launched them at the Shihanyō, with them being thrown much harder and faster than the previous ones. Leaving Naruto and Moroha barely any time to dodge them. With Moroha quickly swinging her sword, deflecting one that would've ripped through her chest, moved in time as one flew past his head.
"Haven't you learned dodging is useless!" Said Yahaba, holding his hands out, causing the Temari's to be redirected right back at the Shihanyō's.
"Have you learned you'll have to try harder to hit us! Blades of Blood!" Moroha said, releasing blades of blood at the Temari's, with Yahaba redirecting them again.
"There's still more where that came from!" Susamaru said, creating six more balls she launched up into the air with Yahaba directing them back down.
"I guess you haven't learned then! Spirit Shotgun!" Naruto said, gathering Reiryoku in his fist before thrusting it forward, shooting out multiple projectiles at the Temari's.
"The same tricks won't work again!" Yahaba stated as his Koketsu Arrows moved the balls out of the way, before they could be destroyed.
Before he then began directing them to spin around Naruto and Moroha, forcing them apart as the balls were speeding around them. With the Shihanyō doing their best to dodge or deflect them, only for it to get harder as more balls were thrown at them.
'These things really hit hard!' Moroha thought while gritting her teeth as she blocked a Temari with her sword, feeling her arms vibrate from the impact, before she managed to deflect it into another ball, destroying them both.
"Bala!" Said Naruto, thrusting his fists out, shooting multiple blasts at the balls, managing to destroy a few of them before he quickly jumped into the air.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Said Naruto, holding his sword up and bringing it down, unleashing a wave of Reiryoku at the remaining Temari's coming after him.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Said Moroha, swinging her hands out, releasing energy claws around her that sliced through the last of the Temari Balls.
"You're both really fun to play with! But can you handle one with an added spin to it?!" Susamaru said, creating a single Temari ball which she began rapidly spinning in her hand, making it go faster and faster until it even began releasing a whistling sound with how fast it was spinning.
"Try stopping this one!" Susamaru exclaimed before throwing the ball straight at Naruto, with the Uzumaki bringing his sword up and blocking it.
Though the moment the ball hit his sword, Naruto grit his teeth at the power behind it, with the rapid spinning only adding to the force. Making it difficult for him to hold it back as it he kept adjusting his sword to avoid the ball moving past it. Until the whiskered blonde succeeded in pushing it aside, sending the Temari flying off behind him.
Only for Yahaba to stop it with his Koketsu Arrows, sending the ball up into the air and back down towards Naruto's back, changing the rotation of its spinning as he did so.
"Naruto, behind you! Crimson Dra-" Moroha said, drawing her sword and held it up.
"No! You can't interfere when others are having fun!" Said Susamaru, creating three more Temari's and launched them at Moroha, stopping the ravenette from helping Naruto.
Seeing the Temari's coming at her, Moroha quickly jumped back and deflected them with her blade, only for Yahaba to bring them all back at her.
While Naruto turned, raising his sword and blocked the spinning Temari again, only to be thrown off-balance when it suddenly was launched off to the side. With it then coming right back at him, the Uzumaki seeing how it seemed like it was constantly struck by invisible forces. Causing it to begin rapidly spinning in different directions and moving even faster towards him.
Naruto only had a moment to raise his sword to block it, gritting his teeth as he felt it begin pushing him back while grinding against his sword. With it only getting worse when he saw it changing the direction it was spinning in.
'I need to do something fast!' Thought Naruto as he shakily reached behind him and grabbed his other sword to help block the ball, managing to hold it back more easily with both blades.
But the longer he tried blocking it, Naruto saw the ball grinding against his swords and began chipping away at them, knowing he couldn't block it forever before his swords broke.
"Twin Getsuga…Tenshō!" Naruto said through gritted teeth, channeling Reiryoku through his swords before slashing them diagonally, succeeding in knocking the Temari back before releasing two blue and white energy waves that obliterated it.
"Hey, glad you were able to handle that, sorry I was held back." Said Moroha, jumping beside Naruto after dealing with the other Temari's thrown at her.
"Glad to see you handled yours. But at this rate, we're either going to tire ourselves out or they'll get lucky and hit us with one of those balls." Said Naruto, with Moroha nodding in agreement as they looked at the two demons warily.
"Yeah. I think if we want to take them out, we need to separate them. I'll deal with the eye guy if you deal with ball girl." Moroha said, figuring he'd have an easier time defeating Susamaru than Yahaba.
"Works for me." Naruto replied before looking at Susamaru.
"Hey! You like playing games?! Then here's a new one, tag you're it! Spirit Gun!" Said Naruto, firing a blast at the Temari Demon.
"A new game?! Sounds fun!" Susamaru said before throwing a Temari that collided against the Spirit Gun, only to see Naruto running away.
"Then catch me if you can!" Naruto said, making Susamaru grin eagerly before chasing after him.
"Wait, Susamaru!" Yahaba said, seeing what the Shihanyō were doing, before cursing when she didn't listen and went after the Uzumaki.
"Looks like it's just you and me, now. Let's see how good you are without your friend and her toys. Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Moroha said, swinging her hand at Yahaba, unleashing her energy claws at him which the Arrow Demon jumped out of the way of.
"I don't need help to kill a half-breed, like you!" Retorted Yahaba before he took off running into the forest, with Moroha smirking at this.
"Says the guy currently running away! Blades of Blood!" Said Moroha, shooting a barrage of blood blades after Yahaba as she went after him.
Before her blades could hit him though, Yahaba aimed one of his hand at some debris and threw it into the path of them, causing her attack to hit the debris instead.
"Okay, try blocking this! Heavenly Arrow Barrage!" Moroha said, grabbing her bow and nocking an arrow, charging it full of Reiryoku before firing it up into the air above Yahaba.
Once the arrow reached its peak, it split into a barrage of arrows that rained down onto Yahaba, only for him to manipulate more debris to block the arrow before they could reach him.
"I said it before, that power is so annoy-woah!" Said Moroha, only to cry out when she found herself propelled into the air by an unseen force before grunting in pain when the same force sent her crashing into the ground.
"It's that same power I'll be using to kill you, half-breed!" Yahaba said with a smirk, conjuring another Koketsu Arrow that sent Moroha crashing into a tree.
"We'll see about that! Iron Reaver Soul Ste-" Moroha said, charging her claws with Yōki, but before she could launch her attack she was thrown up into the air again.
"Still so slow!" Taunted Yahaba as he had his arrows begin throwing Moroha around the air, leaving her unable to focus long enough to attack.
'Come on! He can't just be grabbing me and throwing me around somehow! I know he seems to use the eyes on his hands for his attacks, aiming them at whatever he's targeting! So if I deal with those, then he won't be able to do whatever the hell he's doing, but I can't do that if I can't get close!' Moroha thought while trying to focus, even as she was being thrown around through the air.
Only for the bounty hunter to frown and sniff the air, catching the scent of Yōki all around her before sensing bursts of it appearing before they hit her. With Moroha's eyes widening at realizing that must be whatever Yahaba's using to hit her with.
'I might not be able to see them, but I can sense them! And if they're made out of Yōki, then let's see how they handle my Sacred Arrows!' Thought Moroha, waiting for the right moment to fire an arrow.
"Time to die!" Yahaba yelled once he saw Moroha was high enough in the air and moving fast enough, before bringing a Koketsu Arrow down on top of her.
"Got you! Sacred Arrow!" Moroha said before firing an arrow right up at her, smirking when she saw it collide against and dispel something.
"What?! My Koketsu Arrow!" Yahaba yelled in shock at seeing she somehow managed to destroy one of his arrows.
"My turn now! Sacred Arrow!" Said Moroha, aiming an arrow at Yahaba now, only to quickly fire it at another Koketsu Arrow when she sensed it appear and dispelled it.
Seeing Moroha now descending down towards him, Yahaba began conjuring multiple Koketsu Arrows to knock her away. Only for Moroha to now be prepared and began firing multiple arrows around her, dispelling each arrow that got too close to her..
"What was that about me being slow?! Heavenly Arrow Barrage!" Moroha said, firing an arrow up into the sky with it splitting into multiple arrows that descended down, dispelling all of the Koketsu Arrows around her all at once.
Once all the arrows were dispelled, Moroha switched to her Kurikaramaru as she dived down at Yahaba, much to his slowly growing panic.
"Stay ba-" Yahaba said, aiming his hands at her to knock her away.
"Don't even think about it! Crimson Dragon Wave!" Moroha said, swinging her sword, unleashing her red dragon at Yahaba before he could conjure any more arrows.
With Yahaba being forced to jump out of the way to avoid being hit by the dragon, only to scream in pain when Moroha landed on the ground and lunged at him. Swinging Kurikaramaru right at his hands, cutting straight through the eyes on them.
"N-n-no-no! M-my-m-my hands! I can't see without them!" Yahaba said, unable to see anything with his eyes now gone.
"Then it's a good thing this is over! Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Said Moroha, swinging her claws at him, with the energy blades slicing right through his body and his neck, sending his head flying off.
The sight making Moroha grin at seeing how much stronger her Iron Reaver Soul Stealer has gotten, before she picked up Yahaba's head.
'Awesome! One down, one to go! Let's see if Naruto's handle his or needs some help.' Moroha thought before she took off back to where Naruto was fighting Susamaru.
*With Naruto*
Meanwhile, Naruto had soon stopped running once Moroha and Yahaba were out of the sight, before turning to face Susamaru. Only for him to have to get out of the way of a barrage of Temari balls she threw at him, drawing his swords after they flew by him.
"No way for you to have those come back at me now! Getsuga Tenshō!" Naruto said, swinging one of his swords at the demon, unleashing a wave of Reiryoku at her.
"That just makes it more fun! I need to try harder if I wanna get you!" Susamaru said with a grin as she threw three more Temari's at the Reiryoku wave, only to be surprised when it destroyed her balls and kept coming at her, forcing the Temari Demon to jump out of the way.
"Too bad for you, I don't have that problem! Bala!" Said Naruto, throwing his fists towards Susamaru firing blasts of Reiryoku as she began moving around him.
"Yay! This us way more fun now! Let's see which of us gets hit first!" Susamaru said, conjuring six Temari's in her hands and began throwing them at from different sides.
This made the whiskered blonde quickly move to avoid being hit, with them now running around launching their attacks to try and hit the other. Until Susamaru jumped high up into the air and created two Temari balls which she began rapidly spinning in her hands
"You really liked this one before! Now try handling two spinners!" Said Susamaru before launching the high-speed spinning balls straight at Naruto.
Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of the balls coming at him faster than he'd be able to dodge, making him quickly channel as much Reiryoku as he could into his fist.
"Bala!" Naruto said, firing a powerful Bala up at the Temari Balls to destroy them, only for him and Susamaru to be surprised when rather than simply being destroyed, they instead burst into particles of light quickly dispelled.
"H-how di-did you…" Susamaru said, not expecting to see her Temari's be dispelled like that, while Naruto looked at his hand in surprised before smirking.
"I just got the perfect way to finish you off. Purifying Bala!" Naruto said, thrusting his fists at Susamaru before firing several blasts of Purifying Reiryoku, causing the Temari Demon to panic at the sight.
"N-no, this isn't fun anymore!" Said Susamaru, conjuring several Temari's she launched at the Bala's, only for them all to be dispelled by Reiryoku.
Moving out of the way before the blasts could hit her, Susamaru began conjuring multiple balls and rapidly throwing them at Naruto as hard as she could. While the Uzumaki began running straight at her, gathering Purifying Reiryoku in his hand.
"Maybe not for you, but I'm starting to have fun! Purifying Shotgun!" Said Naruto, throwing his fist forward, unleashing dozens of energy projectiles that collided against the Temari's, dispelling each one they hit much to Susamaru's growing panic.
Before she cried out when the purifying projectiles slammed into her, throwing her back and skidding across the ground. Though as she quickly scrambled to get up, Susamaru's eyes widened in panic and fear at seeing Naruto closing the distance between them, aiming a finger right at her.
"Purifying Spirit Gun!" Naruto said before firing a blast of Purifying Reiryoku directly at Susamaru, blasting her head right off of her body and into the air.
With the head flying up before coming down right into the hands of Moroha, making the ravenette grin at seeing both their targets were now dealt with.
"Way to go, Naruto! Taking out the second demon and unlocking Purifying Reiryoku! I'm sure you can already tell it's way more effective against Yōkai than regular Reiryoku, isn't it." Said Moroha, with the whiskered blonde smiling and nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it really is." Stated Naruto, knowing before his Spirit Gun would have just shot through a Yōkai or wounded them, rather than being strong enough to blow their head off.
"But now that you've unlocked it, now we need to train you to focus it and use it for more than just taking out Yōkai. So it looked we'll be spending a lot more quality time together. And just so you know, I might start getting rougher with you during training." Moroha said with a teasing smirk, only for Naruto to return it.
"I don't mind, I'm sure that's when you'll be really fun. So feel free to be as rough as you like." Naruto replied, making Moroha's smirk grow.
"Someone sounds eager, maybe for something besides training?" Questioned Moroha leaning in closely.
"Depends on what else we would be doing when we're together." Said Naruto, with the bounty hunter now smiling slyly at him.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see, won't we." Moroha said before pulling back.
"But first, let's get back to Mr. Jyūbei and collect on these bounties!" Added Moroha eagerly, excited at being able to collect five bounties rather than just two.
Making Naruto laugh lightly but nod in agreement as they began making their way back to Jyūbei's shop and home.
*Timeskip-One Day*
After returning to Jyūbei's shop, Naruto and Moroha turned in the heads of Yahaba, Susamaru and the three Yōkai they found dead in the village. With the ravenette being annoyed when they didn't get as much as she was hoping for, again, but did at least get more with the additional bounties.
Once they had their bounties they returned to Kaede's village to meet up with Towa and Setsuna, finding the Hanyō twins training together when they arrived.
"Yo! Towa, Setsuna, we're back and got more money than we were hoping for!" Moroha said while grinning at her cousins, getting Towa's and Setsuna's attention, with the silverette immediately looking at Naruto.
"You're back! Are you alright?!" Towa asked, wanting to make sure nothing bad happened.
"We're both fine, while we had some trouble with the demons we went after, we managed to handle them in the end. Even better I can do this now. Purifying Spirit Gun!" Naruto said, shooting a blast of Purifying Reiryoku at a tree, surprising the twins at seeing how much stronger it is and feeling the more intense Reiryoku it use.
"That's amazing Naruto! Now you'll be able to handle Yōkai much better." Said Towa while smiling at him, happy and relieved he had something else to use against Yōkai now.
"Indeed, it'll be good that both of you will now be capable of purifying Yōkai." Setsuna added with a nod.
"What about you guys? How's your training going?" Moroha asked, curious of how their training has been going.
This made Towa and Setsuna look at each other, the silverette smirking with the ravenette having a small smirk of her own.
"Watch this. Cero!" Towa said, aiming two fingers at a large boulder before firing a blue beam that blasted straight through the boulder, much to Naruto's amazement.
"You learned to use the Cero?! That's awesome!" Naruto said while grinning at the older Hanyō, which Towa returned.
"I knew you'd like it, and wait until you see when I learn the other variations of it." Said Towa, making the Uzumaki eager to see her use the different versions of Cero.
"I have my own new attack as well. Beast Wave Palm!" Said Setsuna before swinging her hand through the air, unleashing a razor-sharp wind wave that sliced through a boulder.
"Woah! Nice attack, Setsu!" Moroha said, smiling in amazement at the attack.
"Yeah, that one's really cool too!" Said Naruto while smiling at the demon slayer, impressed at the attack she made.
"Thank you, though I'm hoping to create a stronger version of it as well." Setsuna replied, knowing while her Beast Wave Palm is strong, she believed it could be made even stronger.
"Nice, I'm sure it'll be even better." Naruto said, making Setsuna smile slightly at the praise
"So, besides training, did anything else happen while we were gone?" Questioned Moroha, causing the twins to suddenly turn serious.
"Nothing happened here, but we have learned that there's been a lot more Yōkai activity recently and not the usual kind of them simply attacking people. Instead, it's Yōkai fighting amongst each other." Setsuna revealed, with Towa nodding in agreement.
"Yeah. Kohaku and Kaede told us how there've been Yōkai that are fighting each other, with them either wiping out the other side or forcing them into submission. Like they seem to be going to war over something, we just don't know what." Added Towa, only to see Naruto and Moroha frowning in concern.
"What is it?" Towa asked as she and Setsuna looked at them.
"We…think we know what Yōkai are fighting over. The two demons we went after, they're working for someone called Muzan Kibutsuji, an A-Class Yōkai that's apparently close to being S-Class and intends to take over these lands." Naruto said, shocking the twins at this information.
"And he's not the only one. There are supposed to be others that have been showing up, all of them wanting to take over grandfather's lands since Sesshomaru renounced his title." Said Moroha, making Towa and Setsuna frown at the mention of their father.
With all of them being concerned at the knowledge of various Yōkai, and who knows what else, coming here to try and claim the western lands for themselves.
"While I don't want to give us something else to worry about, if there are so many Yōkai fighting each other over claiming the Inu no Daiyōkai's territory. Then who else could be trying to claim it?" Said Naruto looking at the girls, worrying them even more at what other factions could be trying to conquer the land.
*Ogigayatsu Castle*
Meanwhile, the Kanrei of Kanto Region, Ogigayatsu Hiiragi Danjo, his daughter Aiya and his advisor Sōkyu stood outside of the formers castle. Before they bowed as several horses rode in through the gates.
"We are honored to welcome you into our home, the Demon King of the Seventh Heaven. We are at your service, Oda Nobunaga-sama." Said Ogigayatsu while bowing lowly to the lead rider.
With the rider being an adult woman with fair, pale skin, long crimson red hair and matching crimson red eyes. Her attire consisted of a skin-tight dark black bodysuit with crimson red trimming decorating it, a black belt with a gold buckle and katana sheathed on her left side, dark red boots that went up to her knees, burgundy red gloves and a long red cape with a high collar and golden ornament on the left side, and held closed by a chain connected to both sides.
This is Oda Nobunaga, known as the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven.
"I thank you for such a gracious welcome, Kanrei Ogigayatsu." Nobunaga said with a smirk, while glancing at Sōkyu and mentally scoffed.
'Only a fool would believe such a pathetic disguise.' Thought Nobunaga while grabbing her katana.
"However, it seems you need to be more careful as to who you allow into your clan." Stated Nobunaga before quickly drawing her sword and slashing at Sōkyu, shocking those in the castle at her sudden action.
Only for Ogigayatsu and his daughter to be further shocked when Sōkyu's headdress was destroyed, revealing a second set of eyes.
"A Yōkai?!" Aiya screamed in panic and horror at seeing he was a Yōkai.
While Sōkyu panicked seeing his disguise was ruined before shedding his human form, revealing Yotsume as he prepared to fly, only for someone to grab his leg.
"Ah, ah, ah. Where do you think you're going?" Nobunaga asked as her smirk gained a dark edge, swinging her katana and slicing Yotsume straight down the middle.
Ogigayatsu and Aiya looked at the remains in shock and horror, not believing a Yōkai had managed to infiltrate their home, even worse that no one had noticed.
"You have my deepest apologies Oda-sama! I swear that I had no idea that Sōkyu was a Yōkai in disguise!" Ogigayatsu said while bowing deeply, knowing one wrong move could lead to the destruction of his entire clan if they angered Nobunaga.
"I'd honestly be surprised if anyone here had known. Monkey!" Nobunaga said, waving off the apology, before motioning one of her soldiers forward.
With the soldier being a young man with tanned skin, spiky golden blonde hair held up in a fanned out ponytail and golden eyes. With his attire consisting of an open golden brown vest with brown trimming and a large golden wheel attached to the back while below it was a sword strapped across his lower back, a long tattered red scarf, bandages wrapped around his wrists and waist, red fur wristbands, golden brown pants with a match rope tassel belt, red shin guards with brown trimming and tabi socks with zori sandals.
This was Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Nobunaga's higher ranking subordinates.
"What do you need, Nobunaga-sama?" Hideyoshi asked with a grin.
"Go out and see what you can find, return if you locate anything or anyone worth my attention." Ordered Nobunaga, with Hideyoshi nodding in response.
"Right! I'll head out immediately and be back before you know it!" Said Hideyoshi before he rode out of the castle, while Ogigayatsu looking at Nobunaga in wary confusion.
"Oda-sama, if I may asked, what is it exactly you are planning to do?" Questioned Ogigayatsu, only to bow his head when Nobunaga looked at him.
"You may not be aware, but that Owl Yōkai is simply one of many that has been found here. In fact our territory had become the interest of various supernatural entities in recent years." Nobunaga revealed, much to the shock of Ogigayatsu and Aiya, not expecting to hear of supernatural entities being interested in the Kanto Region.
"And I wish to see for myself what is happening." Said Nobunaga with a fierce smirk before she suddenly began transforming.
It wasn't long before Nobunaga now resembled a teenage girl, with her crimson hair turning night black, while her bodysuit turned into a military uniform with double-button jacket, baggy hakama pants, dark grey armored boots, black gloves and a black military cap with a gold ornament on the front.
Jumping off her horse, Nobunaga stabbed her sword into the ground and placed her hands on it while her smirk turned into an eager grin.
"Yet from what I know already, there's going to be so much fun and action! And I can't wait for it!" Nobunaga said, eager to see what supernatural beings would dare to challenge her authority.
So, what did you think, good. Yep we see a village being attacked by Yahaba and Susamaru (demons from Demon Slayer), hunting their targets Dosu, Zaku and Kin, artificial Yōkai created by the White Snake Clan. With the two sides fighting, only for Yahaba and Susamaru to win in the end, declaring that the only one who will rule these lands is Muzan.
Then we see Towa and Setsuna training, only for Towa to still be distracted and worried over Naruto, along with thinking over the dragons words from her nightmare. Something Setsuna notices and tries getting her to relax, only for Towa to be unable to shake the feeling that something bad will happen, leading to Setsuna ending their training early so she could get Towa to relax and calm down.
Only for them to meet with Kohaku, Kaede and Hisui, learning of some recent missions the demon slayers have taken where they've had to deal with Yōkai fighting each other, either to wipe out the other side or make them submit. Concerning the twins at what was happening, even more so at the chance more ancient Yōkai could appear, even more so that Naruto and Moroha are out there right now.
We then see Naruto and Moroha arriving at the village Yahaba and Susamaru destroyed, find everyone dead including Dosu, Zaku and Kin, who Moroha notices smell like Yōkai but not natural ones or even Hanyō, but still claims their heads to turn in. Before she and Naruto begin burying the deceased, at Naruto's insistence, leading to some bonding and light flirting/teasing.
Though the moments ruined when Yahaba and Susamaru attack, with Naruto and Moroha getting some information on why they're attacking villages, that they're following the orders of their master, Muzan Kibutsuji. With them fighting, until Naruto and Moroha separate the demons, allowing Moroha to take out Yahaba and Naruto to take out Susamaru.
Finally, we then have a small timeskip of them returning to Kaede's village reuniting with Towa and Setsuna, with Naruto showing he can now use Purifying Reiryoku, while the twins show their new attacks. Before they all share what they've learned, much to their concern of Yōkai and other outside factions appearing to clam Tōga's territory. Not knowing who else may be trying to lay claim to them as well.
Before we see the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, Oda Nobunaga (based on her Fate counterpart) arriving at Ogigayatsu's castle, meeting with him, Aiya and the disguised Yotsume. Only for Nobunaga to see through the disguise and kill him, before she sends out Toyotomi Hideyoshi (also based on his Fate counterpart) to investigate the surrounding land and see what he can find. While revealing the growing supernatural presence in the land and that she plans to see for herself what's going on, feeling excited to crush anyone that intends to challenge her authority. So, for those that like the story, thanks for your support. For those that don't or at least don't like the direction taken, you're more than welcomed to drop the story. But thanks for giving the story a chance anyway.
Storm out
