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Girl (Kind): We would've posted last week but my other cousin is getting married today and since I love moments like this, so I put this chapter on hold. Sorry~
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Chapter – 7
Qrow's P.O.V (Hidden Underground mine - Outskirt of Vale)
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"tsk! Just my luck." This was my favorite shirt. As useful as Aura can be, it doesn't really guard clothes. *sigh* Fighting naked that one time was something I have to really get out of my head.
*tzzt!*
"Qrow, have you yet to entered the tunnels?"
"Yeah, your co-ordinates we're spot on." Even the signal's bad, I can barely hear Oz through this piece of junk. I need to get a new one.
*!* At least the lights somewhat works under this dusty damp hole. Sheesh… how old is this place?
"Grawww!"
"Well, Beowolves; should've expect this much."
These mutts weren't all that hard to beat but there's the problem of this old map he gave me. I can barely make it out.
"Oz, Oz, do you read me."
"Yes, I can hear you. It seems the signal is getting weaker. I do hope the traps I've set in the past weren't too bothersome for you."
"Wait? Traps?!"
*click!*
"Oz!"
"…."
"….."
"…."
"…." Thankfully I'm tough enough to take it. I'm not a professional Huntsman for nothing. But the trap gave me a short sore pain.
"Still… *cough!* what kinds of surprise was that? It felt like a 7ft fall." I can't complain about the dusty place either.
"Technically, it should've been 10ft, if my memories serve me right."
"That's good to know but I would love if you could get me out of this trap!" The fall wasn't the end, grimms suddenly pile in endlessly. The pit fall was bigger than I thought but it just gave more room for them to corner me.
Thank goodness most of them were dumb enough to fight with such predictable patterns. It was too dark to fight properly.
"hmm… does the pit fall have any stone statue?"
"Yeah, I can see two... no three."
"Right, try not to get hit by them."
"That's not helping!" Dammit, now I have to worry about arrows shooting from all directions.
"….." I don't know if this is lucky or not; the constant arrows helped rid of some grimms.
"There's a switch on the back of one of the statues."
"You could've mentioned that earlier!?"
Following his instructions, I jump over some of them before cutting through my way to the nearest statue.
"Found it." Lately, my bad luck has been really tame. The bad karma still there but ever since that kid did whatever glowing thing to me, my bad luck's gotten a little bearable.
Yeah, the kid, How long has it been since I saw his face? Well, I do love the occasionally visits to the casino with him and I rather like to see his overly sincere face and voice. I mean how can anybody be that perfect? The ladies do love that part of him and he was the perfect wingman.
"Graaww!"
*slash!*
"Buzz off!"
He was like my lucky charm. heh! I guess I miss him too. He was a good kid after all.
By now, Ruby might have already forgotten him. Good job Tai, your lame excuse worked on one of your daughters. But Yang… the kid took it pretty hard, always so moody since he got taken. I don't know if Tai's been teaching her but lately that kid has been in fights, and not the safe-ish ones amongst girls but among guys older than her.
Her semblance activated but something needs to be done about her attitude; can't even get the usual, 'Hey, Uncle Qrow.' Her mother was the same at her age-there's no way I let another 'Raven' walk around with a selfish attitude like that.
Well, that's some Uncle points I can happily give to myself. Maybe I should take up Ruby how to use a Scythe, Yang's already got a brawler style.
"Qrow! Qrow!"
"Sorry, kinda doze off."
"….." A rugged stone door opens itself after I flipped the switch.
*!* I jumped to the side and luckily avoided death.
"You gotta be kidding me?"
I maybe a strong huntsman but there are some grimms that just takes time and stamina to beat.
"A Geist."
These guys are just annoying. Taking up inanimate objects like boulders makes them really hard to kill; the only part where they can be hurt is the face.
*Smash!*
*Bam!*
Dodging and evading their hits aren't all that hard-it's how to attack is the main question. These guys maybe slow but it takes a lot to get pass their defenses.
"Sorry, but you caught me on a bad day." Too bad this guy's opponent was only me-I have a trick of my sleeve.
Pushing myself and boosting my jump with aura, I quick transform to my other form to avoid it's bolder like fist. After passing through its defense, I quickly transformed back and with my scythe in hand-I quickly made the finishing blow.
*Sling!*
"….." With its head cut in half, it was good as dead.
"Oz, where too next?" With all the grimms dead inside the pitfall; my escape from the place led me to a fork in the road.
"….." No signal, great, just great. Now I have to rely on this century old map. Not to mention my liquor flask got a hole, this day just got better and better…
Finding my way around the underground mine had to be based on luck since the map I had was good as garbage. Fortunately after the first trap, I was able avoid the others or at least survive them, I can turn into a bird after all.
"Hmm…" After hours of searching and flying around, I came upon a secluded area, a door was hidden at the back of another stone statue fox with the same eight tails. It was a bit hard squeezing in and I tell you, I am not as flexible as I thought I was.
"Finally, found it."
The hidden room was like any other hidden room, meaning it was pitch black. Thankfully, I had my lighter and a torch I picked up along the way.
There wasn't much to look around apart from the dust cover small chest placed on a pestidal.
"….." Okay, I was curious and after all the trouble I went through, I felt I deserve a small peek. Oz never even mentioned that I wasn't allowed to see what was inside anyway.
"huh… okay. Mission accomplished." I was not impressed and this was not what I expected, I don't know why Oz wants it so badly but he's the boss.
Naruto's Mindscape (Normal P.O.V)
We find our young protagonist walking inside a dark place. Things were a lot different here, even though he though there wasn't even a single trace of light, he just knew where he was heading at.
"…" He kept walking as if time wasn't relevant to him.
He was aware that he was inside his mind since he entered by choice. The reason was something he acted upon learning a crucial past from the Fanus girl Blake.
He had listened to the girl's words very carefully when she offered to show him around her home. He learned that humans weren't the only dominant spices, despite being living beings and vastly intelligent, the Fanus were treated as animals for who knows how long.
Upon hearing her words, a number of images appeared in his mind. He felt as if he saw those unjust acts on the Fanus first hand but he couldn't clearly recollect those memories. Still, learning a little bit was enough for him to understand about the world of remnant.
Naruto's stroll around her home town was somewhat both good and bad. He saw and felt that many were happy to finally living in peace without discrimination, yet there was even more who still held great hatred for humans for their situation.
Still, going to the conclusion that all humans and Fanus hated each other was wrong; he already met humans and Fanus that were kind to him.
He knew he couldn't do anything about the hatred since he learned that such conflicts needed to be fixed by themselves. It wasn't that he didn't want to help; it's just that he felt he shouldn't intervene for some reason.
Lastly, he finds it uncomfortable to hear so many dejected and depressing words from a girl that wasn't even an adult. But there was one thing he could do to lessen the tension in the Fanus hearts.
"Kurama?" He finally stops moving after coming on to a huge open gate. It was massive and from its powerful frame, it was a gate that was used to hold something very powerful.
"…."
"….." Inside the open gate was a huge orange fox with eight tails, its mere presence was on the level of something that shouldn't exist in the world of remnant.
"…." Understanding that the fox was asleep, the boy moves closer without any kind of fear normal living being would've have after seeing the fox.
"Kurama." The boy had climb up to the fox back before sliding down to the fox face, he saw the fox sleeping soundly and his slow breathing was enough to push the eight tails boy back on the ground.
"Kurama, wake up." Now he finally made it to the fox's head and this time he avoided a direct path from the sleeping fox's powerful breath.
"Wake up."
"Wake up." He kept calling out while nudging the fox's head.
"Kurama~!"
His last push made him slip backwards on the fox's smooth fur.
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"…." Fortunately, a large hand like claw caught him.
"Kurama?" It wasn't like he would sustain any injury from a fall within his mind but the boy still wondered and looked up to the fox that finally woke up from a deep slumber.
"*sigh*" The fox had a tired expression while looking down at the little boy who had so many affect on it.
It had a lot on its mind and it resulted to a slumber for many years
"Why are you here?" The fox was not only threatening in size but also in a tone only those of unnatural being could have.
"oh!" The boy dusted his clothes that Khali made him wear and clean himself up to be formal in front of the fox.
"I wanted to see you again."
"And?" The fox knew the boy was planning to see again eventually after their meeting last year but now, after seeing the boy's constant attempts to wake it made things a little different in its eyes.
"I have a request." The boy kneels down and gently bows his head.
"If you want to know more about your past, than it's still a no." The fox would've loved to tell the boy but there were reasons that made it a waste of time.
"No, it's not that…" The boy wore a sad expression but whole-heartily accepted the fox's words.
He had met the fox a year ago when he was travelling to Vale with Qrow. He thought at first it was a dream but in the end learned that there was someone inside him. He spoke and had a long chat with the eight tail fox. Even thought, the fox said he and it had know each other for a long time, the fox still refuse to tell him anything other than his existence does not belongs in the mortal realm.
"Kid?"
"I need your help." The boy looks down at the pitch black ground that suddenly got distorted to show a window view of Menagerie.
"…" The view shows them the life of the Fanus and many more of what was really going on. They saw the people smiling but at the same time living in an edgy state.
Showing different parts of their home, one could see that space wasn't something they could enjoy. Their population wasn't all that large but with the increasing of more arrivals, things did not seem to be good for a prosperous future. In conclusion, Menagerie was too crowded.
"I know I have all this power," The boy stares at his palms with a solemn look. "Yet, I feel like I shouldn't do anything."
He wasn't kind; he knew that since it never occur to him to feel any kind of emotion on seeing people suffer but for some reason those blank feelings felt wrong to him that's why he like seeing people smile.
He helped others in the short time he had been away from home, though all those acts were because of curiosity and confusion.
"But I want to do something…"
"In my dreams I saw them and I saw them crying and suffering for too long."
"…." Turning his gaze back to the humongous fox, the boy stood up to asked again.
"I can't fix their problem but I can at least change something."
Take a step closer to the fox's fur, the boy gentle touch it's paw, "And I need your help to do it."
"So please, please Kurama, help me help them."
"..." The fox knew the boy had power, power greater than its own but such powers could not be fully utilized under a mortal body. The fox understand why the little boy asked for help.
"..." The fox didn't answer and just turn away to fall back to sleep. It felt the request was an easy one yet it was a bother. Its existence was not to help mortals, so the fox didn't bother to accept.
"..." Unknown to the sleeping fox, the boy with eight tails like its own sat down with a patient expression. It seems he wasn't going anywhere. He wanted an answer even if the word was no.
Menagerie (Three days later)
The sudden appearance of the huge transparent golden fox shook not only the people of Menagerie but the nearby kingdom Vale. Such event led to a number of scouts and informants to be send to the independent island but only at a small number upon the request of the chieftain of Fanus.
"Ghiera, how was the venturing?"
"Not much Chieftain. Apart from its sheer size, I can safely say that it doesn't possess any threat."
"Is that all?"
Back inside the home of the Chieftain of Menagerie, Ghiera who had just returned from his exploring of the huge enigma had a complex expression about their findings.
"No, but whatever it is, it seems to draw away Grimms. I haven't even seen a nevermore flying about in days."
"*sigh* On another matter, I wonder if what your daughter said was true. If it is, I would very much like to see this child."
"…." Ghiera had to stop all of his group's activities to fully emerge themselves in protecting their home from the unknown being that stood at the edge of their land. But that was not all the trouble he had to face, his daughter had stubbornly asked to get the little boy back.
It was hard to believe but at the same time it make sort of sense since the eight tail fox boy was someone that did not felt like a child or anything he could think of. His instinct as a Fanus was sharp and it never betray him.
"I too felt the same thing Chieftain, the child never felt a child when we saw him drifting through the ocean. His sudden absence also proves some points but now I can't fantom what he actually is."
"I know it's always good to be cautious and leaders like you do need the excessive steps to fulfill your roles," The old fanus looked out to his window and stares at the giant being, "But from my experience, I believe it's better to sometimes accept things when it feels enough."
"Excuse me; is this Menagerie Chieftain's house?"
Both Fanus knew it was the agents from Vale coming for the Chieftain request for support about the sudden crisis.
Though none of them knew the giant fox being was about to finally act after standing still for three days.
"Chieftain! Chieftain! The creature is moving!" Someone barged in and everyone inside the room quickly moves outside to see for themselves.
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"…." No one did anything but stare at the enormous moving golden fox. The ground shook as the being took one step at a time in its movement.
"…." The small aircrafts that came from Vale hovers around the creature awaiting their officer in command for any order.
No one did anything since it did not move towards their home but instead turned around and started moving over the hills towards the desert where there was no inhabitants of life.
No one, maybe apart from the pilots in the sky noticed that wherever the giant eight tail fox stepped on plants grew. They grew as if the huge being was sharing life to the very land.
"It's moving towards the desert."
"What is it trying to do?"
"Why do we always get the short end?!"
Many had doubts about their safety even when the creature moved elsewhere. They were people who had been driven away but only to come here with nothing changing for their fates.
"….." The golden fox started glowing and this somehow calmed the minds of the many doubts within the Fanus. Little by little, their doubts slowly fade as they all kept staring at the huge being that moves towards the desert and away from their home.
"Report."
"Sir, the creature is moving toward the desert… No, it stopped. It seems to be looking into space."
The pilot suddenly stopped as his eyes could not believe what he was seeing.
"Private, what is your status? Private!"
"Sir! I don't know if this is possible but the fox creature is changing the desert."
"Changing? Give me more detail."
"I can't sir. I don't know how to explain more of it."
True to the pilot's word, the desert was indeed changing at a very good pace.
The eight golden tail fox had bend down on its knees and quickly sinks its large hands deep into the desert.
And with a powerful roar that could create a huge gust of wind, golden color energy started seeping into the desert from the fox. It looks so natural, yet no natural or any other means could do something like it was doing.
The desert landscape started changing creating small but constant tremors across the land. Each pulse of energy coming from the fox shook the wasteland with natural life. The wasteland then started to seep out some sort of energy with a gentle pace.
Slowly, the desert that was supposed to be uninhabitable naturally started changing from the harsh environment to what could be call a rich plain land. The sands that filled the landscape turned to fertile soil before slowly various green vegetation started to appear in a small amount like patches over the land.
Underground water also started to seep out from the huge and tall hills that stood on the once wasteland, thus creating streams of rivers.
The small continent or large island that was once 2/3 Desert now was 1/3 Desert. This was also done intentionally by the golden fox; it could've turned the entire land into a vast rich natural world but decided this was enough.
"Private! Private! Report!"
"…" The man could not believe but his eyes indeed saw the miracle that had turned the wasteland into a fertile plain.
"…" Pulling back it limbs from the now transform land, the fox stood lazily back on its hinge legs. After a moment of silence, the creature's transparent body started to fade away into the horizon leaving nothing of its presence beside the miracle that it had created.
"…" And below where it stood, vines and branches quickly grew out from the ground. These vines caught a little boy with eight golden fox tails, though the boy was sleeping with a soothing tone unknown that his request had been granted.
And done!
I'm not changing my mind about BlakexSun but Weiss has a chance on joining the harem which will depend on our writing skills and plot making.
And yes, Naruto is the younger of the brother gods.
See yaa…