AN-1: Hello Good people and welcome to the next chapter of Vortex Hunter and we continue as our group leaves Uzushio and begin their journey for the next three years until their return to Konoha or some of them going to Konoha. Now I have question to gauge people's opinion. Do you wish Satsuki to remain as the last member of the harem or someone else in Konoha or even from another place. Review with your choices. I won't have Naruto and company arrive in Konoha until chapter six, so if there is a big push to move Satsuki out. I can make those changes accordingly. Thank you to everyone for their continued support and Let's start the Ruckus.
"Speaking"
シーンブレイク(Scene Break)
[..Pause ...Long Pause]
Flashback
Biju
Summons
Addendum 11/29/2022: Fixing mistakes like missing words or misspellings.
-Chapter Four-
*Island of Uzushio*
Naruto stares at the ceiling of his old room with a groan escaping his lips as someone is sitting on his chest, "Can I help you Aria" he asks. It has been a week since his escapade in nami and news is spreading of the heroic vortex heart and his cadre as the general public were unaware of gato's actions. Aria stares into naruto's azure-blue with a stuffed slug in her arms and wearing a pink and white dress, "You know Magic like my Dad did" she asks.
"I do but you need to be bigger to learn" naruto replies, beating her to the punch. Aria puffs her cheeks and slides off his chest but naruto raises his right hand to create a small flame to aria's enjoyment, "Magic is not too different from Chakra.. Learn that first then maybe I can help with Magic" he says. The door opens and karin pokes her head in with kushina, "Lunch is ready" kushina says.
"Mom made cheesesteak sandwiches" karin says. Aria hops off naruto's bed and the blond sits to get off as well, "Extra cheese on mine" he says and karin nods, as he ruffles her hair a little. The two teens and toddlers make their way to the dining room, where rebecca and kaguya were seated with tsunade and tonton.
"Where's Shizune and Konan" naruto asks.
"Konan still working at the hospital" tsunade says. Konan Atsuko is one of the prisoners found at gato's compound and the man planned to sell her in a slave auction. She decided to follow naruto and his cadre as they had saved her from such a horrid fate.
"Thanks for the food" everyone says and start eating. Naruto picks up half his cheesesteak as the extra cheese oozes from it, "You are going be backed up from all that cheese" veldora comments.
"You're thinking about my bowel movements" naruto thought, continuing to eat with happy noises.
"Naruto.. Do you know where you and the others will head to train" tsunade says, after a sip of tea.
"I want to learn to fully control Veldora's chakra but also gain experience" naruto replies.
"If that is the case.. You would need to head to Kumogakure" asakura says, cutting karin's sandwich.
"Why Kumo" kaguya asks.
"Of all the nations with Jinchuriki.. Kumo has a track record of creating Perfect Jinchuriki.. Unlike the Unstable Mizukage of Kirigakure who many call the Perfect Jinchuriki.. Kumo has two True Perfect Jinchuriki.. Yugito Nii and holder of the Nibi and Killer-B holder of the Hachibi but he's also the Raikage's brother" asakura says.
"Minato tangled a lot with Ei and Bee during the war" tsunade adds.
"To think Gyuki would get along with his Host.. Heh the world might end soon" veldora comments.
"Gyuki is that bad" naruto thought, as asakura explains what perfect jinchuriki were.
"Gyuki is pretty Bull-headed.. Bad experiences when we were smaller" veldora says.
"So to become a Perfect Jinchuriki.. Naruto would need to go to Kumogakure" kushina says.
"Wouldn't the Raikage recognize Naruto as the Hokage's son" rebecca says and asakura nods.
"Ei recognizes strength but also Family" asakura says. Lunch soon finishes and naruto heads out to the back grounds to work off his sandwich with rebecca and kaguya watching from the deck. Naruto summons bren and kaiser to watch him but also give tips as he brings out vortex gaze and a clone, that brings out vortex pain as both stare each other down.
"You possess affinities for Water and Air.. Both can be gentle but both can be very violent" bren says. Naruto moves forward with a flurry of strikes as his clones blocks, parries or even counters.
"From a Gentle Breeze to a Raging Hurricane or a Serene Lake to a Powerful Maelstrom.. Such is the power of Wind and Water" kaiser adds. Gaze gains a sharpness as naruto add his fūton and wind elemancy to the sword. The clone counters with pain glowing a light blue and the blade seemingly flowing like water. The clash ramps up more as both pick up their speed as the swords become a flurry of movement, clangs and sparks as both circle each other. Naruto manages to disarm his clone into a spinning and upward slice to dispel the clone, before dispelling the sword with a roll of his neck. He then shifts into a stance of standing on his toes with his left outstretched and his right close to his chin.
"I wonder who he'll shadow box this time" rebecca says. Naruto slowly close his eyes as the sea wind washes over his body, before his left arm start move like piston on an imaginary opponent. His head moves on a swivel as he dodging punches as his left moves from right to left but right crashes forward. Rebecca and kaguya focus and can barely out the form of a stocky fighter's head flying back from naruto's right.
"It's like Naruto is conjuring an opponent from the Ether" a voice says and both look to see konan. She has fair skin with amber eyes and shoulder length blue hair, wearing a white blouse and black pants with a red scarf around her neck.
"It is known as Image Training" bren says, landing on the deck fence.
"So like Konan said.. Conjuring an opponent from his mind" rebecca says and bren nods her head. The three turn their attention back to naruto as his moves become more focused as the image's fist move faster and harder.
"His footwork.. His movements.. The image he created is strong" asakura says, standing behind the three girls with kushina.
"What is the image based on" kaguya asks. Asakura watches naruto's movements as he seems to be bracing for punches from right to left but sending a vague outline of moves, "Naruto was a bit of bookworm in his younger days.. Something I believe you two know" she says and both nod, confusing konan.
"When he was here.. He did the same between his training.. He read about many fighters and that built the image he is fighting by using a Genjutsu" asakura says.
"Genjutsu" rebecca says.
"It is a self-inflicted one of sort" asakura says, seeing naruto's guard break open. The blond suddenly creates a gap into a full power right to his imagined opponent, sending him crashing back into the sand. Naruto releases a deep breath and falls on his rear with a sigh with a rub of his arms, "A little better" veldora says and naruto chuckles. He kips up and bring out a bo-staff from his armiger, before spinning around in right hand and closes his eyes once again. Naruto slowly starts move the staff around in what appears to an intricate dance, striking at invisible foes with precise thrusts of staff like a spear.
"Your weapons are extension of your limbs.. No matter the weapon" kaiser says. Naruto leaps with a burst of chakra into a spear thrust, landing in a front-flip to a crouch but springs up into a series of twirls of the staff and spins to bring the staff down to disturb the sand. He pulls back into another spin with staff to cut the air as if he was cutting a drop of water. Naruto halts and dispels the staff but just as quickly brings out vortex abandon to pull it taut, firing a burst of wind to create a small split of the water.
"Uncle Ravus... Mom... I will continue to grow stronger and perhaps someday.. I'll find the ones who took you away from me" naruto thought.
シーンブレイク
It would be a month later when naruto and company would leave uzushio for the land of lightning and kumogakure. To get the five into the village asakura would have kushina and by extension naruto broker a treaty between kumo and uzushio. The terms were fair of trade between the two nations with uzushio possibly providing fuinjutsu seals of various varieties for a price. Kushina would say goodbye to her mother and baby sister but also aria, tsunade, shizune and tonton as naruto did the same.
There would two routes for the group to take with one being by sea and moving through frost country or travel by land. Naruto and compnay chose the latter as way to further train themselves but also incorporate konan into their group, teaching her some the skills they learned in the kingsglaive and crownguard. Konan would also learn their life stories of naruto's life in konoha until five, leaving with his uncle and traveling south to niflheim with kushina. Kaguya's life that her mother was assaulted by a hyuga clan member, to how her village was wiped by people working for the slave auction. To rebecca's family being killed and her being sold into slavery by a former friend of the family.
Konan told her own story of how she grew in the country of Amegakure, a place of perpetual battles and rain. How family attempted to escape Hanzo the Salamander's isolationist actions at the cost of her father but slavers would kill her mother and would sell her to gato. This talk about their lives further joined the group but also added konan to their merry band of misfits. The group would skirt along the coast of fire country up towards hot-water country, dealing with bandits and helping small villages. Each time naruto would use the name vortex heart, something the others adopted as well with kushina taking the name Vortex Spade. Kaguya taking Vortex Club, rebecca going for Vortex Diamond and konan going with Vortex Ace. The hoods of their frock coats hid their faces with kaguya and konan buying hooded cloaks.
*Hot Water Country*
Naruto and company could barely hold their stomachs at the sight before them of several people killed in a variety of ways, "So you don't know who is killing the people" he says, his hood hiding his face. The man behind them shakes his head with a frightened look on his face, "N-no.. W-we thought it was a man called Hidan from the now defunct Yugakure no Sato but he left country some two years ago" he says.
"Why did you think was him" konan asks and the man points to the symbol carved into a woman's forehead of upside-down triangle in a circle.
"The Symbol of Jashin" naruto says and the man nods rapidly, "I read about Hidan.. That he practices the way of Jashin and is immortal" the blond adds.
"I read that too but how is he immortal" kushina says but naruto shrugs.
"Will you help us" the man says.
"We'll investigate.. I'm Vortex Heart.. They are Spade.. Club.. Diamond and Ace" naruto says.
"Thank you for helping us.. I am Mukage... Follow me and we'll get you a place to stay" the man says. Naruto gives the bodies one last look and follows the others with mukage into a small town, which has hot spring inn after hot spring inn. Mukage got them two conjoined room in one of the best inns in town as a down payment for dealing with the person responsible. Naruto would remain in his section of the room as the girls decided to check out the hot springs of the inn.
"This will delay us getting to Kumo" kaguya says, sinking into the hot spring surrounded by a stones with tall bamboo walls around them.
"Ahhh.. Maybe but it allows up to gain some notoriety" kushina says, liking the feel of the water as rebecca and konan follow suit.
"Can I ask something" konan asks and the three nod, "What is Naruto to you.. Comrades or something more" she adds.
"He's our boyfriend" kushina says, glancing to rebecca and kaguya with both nodding.
"Before we left Insomnia.. We agreed to share Naruto.. We may still be young but we love Naruto" rebecca adds.
"He saved us and deserves all the happiness he can get" kaguya says. Konan looks down at the steaming water and could see her reflection, "I see" she says but kushina and rebecca could see that konan may have a crush on their blond.
"To change the subject but do you we think we'll find the person doing the killing" rebecca says.
"You saw the bodies.. I doubt someone who did such a thing would keep a low profile" kushina says, as konan and kaguya cover their mouths. Footsteps echo and all four girls look to see a gorgeous woman approaching the spring. She has a breathtaking figure with a slender waist, wide hips and large breasts with cascading raven hair to the middle of her back, her eyes were also a haunting jade green.
"Ara.. Hello Ladies and here I thought this spring was empty" the woman says, stepping into the water and removing her towel.
"Hello Ms..." kushina says.
"You can call me Mihime" the woman says, as the others introduce themselves.
"You seem a little young to be on your own.. There is a killer on the loose" mihime says.
"We're trained" kushina says and mihime's green eyes widen slightly.
"Kunoichi... Interesting" mihime says and runs her smaller towel along her forehead, "Tell me Girls.. Have you heard of the Hot Spring where you can see those who have died" she adds.
"People who have died?!" rebecca says.
"Surely something like that doesn't exist" konan says but mihime smiles, showing her pearly whites.
"Oh but it does" mihime says, before leaving the four girls to their devices.
"Think she is telling the truth" kushina says.
"I got a bad vibe from her" kaguya says, unaware of how right she is. They leave the hot spring and dry off to slip on their blue striped robes and make their way back to their room. Kushina knocks on naruto's door and the blond opens it as the four enter, "Was the hot spring good" he asks, after taking a seat on his bed.
"It was.. You should try it" kushina says.
"We also heard a story that one of the hot spring that can let you see the dead" rebecca says.
"That's odd" naruto says.
"But the person who told us.. Gave off this strange vibe" kaguya adds. Naruto cups his chin in thought, "We'll explore the village more and ask around" he says.
"Well.. We're going to get some food" kushina says and naruto nods.
"I'll check out the hot spring" naruto says, as the four go through the door conjoining their room.
"A hot spring to see the dead" veldora comments. Naruto leaves his room in thought but the dragon could tell the blond was curious, "It may just be stories to get people to check their hot spring" naruto thought. He takes a shower to clean himself up and finally makes his way to the hot spring with a towel around his waist, showing off his tattoos of a silver and blue phoenix around his left arm with a lion-tiger hybrid on his back.
"I doubt such a hot spring would exist" bren comments, as the blond slips into the water and winces a little from the heat.
"You're probably right.. Regardless.. We'll check things out because my instincts are telling me this town is off" naruto thought.
[Music: Hidan Theme - Naruto Ost]
The tearing of flesh and screams fill a large cavern as people were being brutalized by robed figures with a symbol for jashin carved into their foreheads. The cavern is fairly large with two entrances having tree roots surrounding the entrances. The victims were mentally gone from the torture and madness of their captors, "Your deaths are in service Jashin" one howls, stabbing a young woman multiple times. Others were doing the same and screaming about jashin as another two robed figures enter from a path under the roots of a tree. One removes their hood to reveal mihime and other being mukage, "The girls are Kunoichi" she says.
"I don't know which village they are from but they fell for my cover story concerning the sacrifices" mukage says. Mihime shifts her gaze to a long tub on a raised section, "No matter.. These Kunoichi will be fitting sacrifices to Jashin and grant me Immortality" she says, approaching the tub and striping off her robe. She climbs into the tub as a few of her follower drag several girls towards her. A few of the girls are forced to kneel at the edge of the tub, before their throats are slit and their blood floods into the tub. Mihime moans as she feels the blood touch her skin, "Ahh.. Blood always allows me to remain this beautiful and once I gain immortality.. Not even Hidan can stop me" she says. Mihime's followers continue to sacrifice girls for mihime's blood bath until the tub if halfway full of blood.
"What shall we do with one known as Heart" mukage says. Mihime cups some blood and raises it to cover her face with some slipping down her throat, "Leave him a trail to follow and kill him.. Also have some spread the story of the Hot spring" she says and mukage bows at the waist. Mihime continues her blood both and even pleasures herself with the blood but is unaware her dream of eternal life would remain simply a dream.[song ends]
シーンブレイク
Naruto moves through forest on the trail of his quarry after spending a week in this hot spring town, while kushina and the other were chasing the rumor of a hot spring allowing one to see their deceased friends or family. The five were starting to see that the townspeople of this small hot spring town were off. However naruto and his comrade notice some dark machinations among the people, causing the blond to take steps on the matter.
"Up ahead" bren says, flying above naruto at the size of a raven. Naruto sees a person in a black cloak squatting over a visitor of the town, "What are you doing?!" he shouts. The figure slowly rises and turns to naruto with blood dripping from their left hand but a scythe on their right hand. The scythe itself is red and silver with two blades etched in jashin symbols.
"Ohh.. Another Sacrifice to Jashin" the figure says, revealing his gender.
"So you're the culprit" naruto says. The figure removes their cloak and tosses it aside to reveal a sickly-looking man with short blond hair spiked up on the sides, and a couple of strands falling over his forehead. He has red eyes that are deeply sunken in and an earring in his left ear, wearing a long dark coat with a high collar, pants and sandals.
"My name is Ryuki and you will be my Sacrifice" the figure says, a crazed smile and eyes on his face. Naruto narrows his eyes and brings out vortex-pain with a serious look, "Well come and try" he says. Ryuki blitzes with a flurry of strikes and they have no rhythm or reason as naruto parries each, "Come on Bleed for me" ryuki howls. Naruto retreats with a skid and breaks right towards a tree to run but ryuki slices into the tree, causing it fall but naruto comes down with helm break. Ryuki gets his scythe up to block as his boots dig into the dirt but the crazed look doesn't leave his face. Naruto dispels pain and grabs the scythe to monkey-flip ryuki over him. Ryuki crashes to the ground as naruto kips but the crazed man only laughs, "Hahahaha.. I can't wait to sacrifice you to Jashin... Though I would prefer that bunny girl but Mihime will have her and those other girls" ryuki says.
"What?!" naruto says. Ryuki staggers to his feet with a mad giggling, "Those girls with you will be sacrificed to make Mihime Immortal like Hidan" he says.
"So Mihime is the mastermind of this little charade" naruto says.
"Correct and if you were to get past me.. Mihime will have killed them all already" ryuki says, laughing but naruto starts laughing with him to the mad man's shock.
"I think you need to reverse that statement.. Mihime will be killed by them" naruto says. Ryuki's crazed look shifts into a murderous one as he slowly crouches to pick his scythe, "You will pay for besmirching Mihime" he hisses. Naruto brings out the vortex fangs and flips both into a reverse grip with cross-guard stance. Ryuki makes the first moves with a wide swing of his scythe but naruto blocks, before ducking under the scythe to rush towards ryuki. He quickly yanks on the scythe to try and pierce naruto from behind but the blond kawarimi's with a log.
"Arghh" ryuki screams, as one of the vortex fangs pierces his right shoulder. Naruto holds vortex abandon with the other vortex fang as an arrow, before releasing and the force behind it sheers off ryuki's left arm at the shoulder. Ryuki clutches his stump with wide eyes to point of being bloodshot, "Y-you.. O-only give me pleasure" he says. Naruto pulls on his bow with a blank look, "Then allow me to give you the Little Death" he says, firing a few wind arrows. They pierce ryuki in the chest, stomach and forehead as the crazed man falls with a look of pleasure etched on his face.
"What a disgusting man" bren says. Naruto stares at ryuki's corpse and points his left hand, "Abolishing Flame" he utters, as a blue flame erupts from his hand to incinerate ryuki's body.
"I wonder if the others are finished" naruto says, before heading back to town.
シーンブレイク
Mihime stares in horror as her carefully crafted plan for eternal life goes up in flames at the hands of four teen girls. The plan was simple as she would preform the ritual of immortality with twenty girls and she had already sacrificed sixteen for it, using various travelers and spreading the story of the hot spring capable of showing one's deceased loved ones. The town is filled with her followers so no one was the wiser if tourists were killed, it would be easily to blame bandits or missing-nin and the town would profit by using the tourists' belongings by selling them.
"T-they were supposed to be weak girls" mihime thought. Rebecca is blowing out kneecaps and limbs with her quicksilvers, while kushina is tearing through mihime's followers with her chain-sword. Konan is using the hot spring as a water source for various suiton jutsu and paper shuriken, that are as lethal as metal ones and kaguya uses her magic to stop mihime's followers. Mihime grabs a spear with a crazed look on her face and charges towards kaguya to perform a cursed technique on her but she cries out as right knee cap explodes with blood.
"You little Bitch" mihime shrieks, now on the ground with her right leg now useless.
"You're the Bitch.. Killing innocent people for your stupid ritual" kushina says.
"How Dare you besmirch Lord Jashin" mihime hisses. Rebecca points her quicksilvers at mihime, "We Dare because your God doesn't deserve respect" rebecca says. Mihime struggles to moves but her eyelids become heavy as kaguya uses a spell on her.
"You Girls have finished" kaiser says, his teeth and claws stained with blood. Kushina creates a few clones to lead the survivors out as she picks up mihime and lays her on kaiser, "Has Naruto made it back to the town" kushina says. Kaguya closes her eyes and looks through her swallows of air, "Yes.. He's in the center of the town with Mukage" she says.
"Can you teleport us" kushina says. Kaguya holds her staff with both hands as the others group up as kaguya channels her magic as the surrounding blur and shift from the cavern to the town square. Kaiser dispels and drops mihime on her stomach as the others see naruto with a sword pointed as mukage but also see villagers approaching.
"M-mukage.. K-kill them" mihime sputters, now awake. Naruto glances back to the crippled woman, "There we have confirmation you belong to her Cult" he says.
"S-she forced me" mukage whispers. Naruto narrows his eyes and looks over the villagers, "So she forced you All to perpetrate her and her cults murders.. Yet you wear expensive jewelry or possess trinkets from travelers" he says but two clones pop to life, before henging into a mother and daughter to the horror of the crowd.
"When Kushina and the others told me about the spring.. I wanted to test theory.. Something I saw in the past" naruto says and all but konan frown, confusing her.
"W-we killed them" mihime hisses but screams as rebecca blows out her other kneecap.
"Yes you did.. That girl over there has the doll of the child... You people are accessories to their crimes for your own greed" naruto says and the villagers try to defend themselves. Declaring the springs were starting to dry up and other towns were prospering, when mihime offered them the wares of the dead they took it.
"You killed Innocent People" kushina shouts and they continue to defend their actions. Mihime tries to crawl pass naruto and his group but the blond manifests a silver great sword to drive it into mihime's back, causing her to scream in pain and pleasure mixed in.
"You people are Vile and have taught your children such actions... However that will be your undoing.. The moment you killed those two.. I sent messages to Every village around this town.. They will know Every One of your crimes.. That will be your Judgement and I pray to God.. That you relive Every Craven.. Selfish and Vile act you've committed" naruto says.
"W-who are you to Judge us?!" mihime says but kushina twists the blade in her back.
"We may be children but we have seen the horrors people can commit... However I hope Every One of you feel the same pain you brought upon those who's deaths you profited upon" kushina says, before ripping out the sword and slicing off mihime's head. The teens give one last look at the people and leave the town but the country itself. Their enjoyment of hot springs nearly irreparably damaged as they leave hot water country, each of them trying to come to terms with what they witnessed and nightmares haunting them for a few weeks. They pass through frost country and the name was sort of ironic as frost was nowhere to be found until they reached near the border of lightning.
The land of lightning is country of mountain ranges and rivers heading towards the ocean itself with a crooked coastline. They continued to make a name for themselves by dealing with bandits, a few missing-nin that were weaker than juzo and gaining a little notoriety with the country that might reach kumogakure before them. They also had to endure numerous lightning storms and monsoon like weather in some areas. This would inundate them in a few times but for konan and kaguya it was a chance to enjoy the rain and play in it, something they dragged naruto and the others into. The journey continued and they pass through the many mountain ranges towards kumogakure, finding the village literally hidden among the clouds itself.
*Kumogakure no Sato*
The Yondaime Raikage Ei Yotsuki sits at his desk with a pen in his right hand and a fifty pound dumbbell in his left. He has dark skin with a large muscular build, white hair combed back, a small moustache and goatee. His face has pronounced cheekbones and tear troughs under his eyes, and a prominent crease across his forehead. He wears a white haori without a shirt and large, golden vambraces on his wrists. He also wears a gold belt around his waist with a boar's face engraved in the center, black pants with kumo style shin guards, and shinobi sandals. The door opens and ei looks up to see his secretary Mabui, "Ei-sama.. We have a small group from Uzushio" she says.
"Uzushio" ei says and mabui nods. She has mocha skin with green eyes and light grey hair pulled back into a bun with two bangs that fall on either side of her face. She wears a dark long-sleeve, high-collar dress shirt-skirt combo, along with a pair of long earrings and high-heel sandals.
"Yes.. One of them is daughter of Asakura Uzumaki and another to me resembles Minato Namikaze" mabui says and ei places his dumbbell down.
"Where are they" ei says.
"They are in one of the meeting rooms and had a scroll with details of a possible alliance" mabui says, handing ei the scroll. He opens it and reads the details about uzushio willing to sell various fuinjutsu based items, even offering to teach their ninja iryojutsu through tsunade senju.
"Interesting.. Bring me Asakura's daughter and Minato's supposed son" ei says and mabui bows at the waist. Ei sits to await the pair but someone decided to involve themselves, "Yo Brotha" shouts one Killer-B and his younger brother.
"What are you doing here Bee" ei says. Bee has dark skin having a muscular build with white hair and a goatee, oval-shape sunglasses and a white hitai-ate. He wears a one-strap-over-one-shoulder flak jacket, and a long, red rope belt tied around his waist, the standard kumo hand and shin guards, shinobi sandals, and a white scarf around his neck with seven swords.
"Mista Eight sensed Mista Nine in the village" bee says and raps a little.
"Shut up Bee.. Prepare yourself" the Hachibi or Gyuki says. The door opens as mabui enters with naruto and kushina as ei narrows his eyes towards the blond.
"Hello Yondaime-sama.. My name is Kushina Uzumaki and this my friend Naruto Nox Fleuret" kushina says.
"Nox Fleuret" ei questions and naruto slowly nods, "Why not Namikaze" he adds, shocking bee.
"He's the Yellow Flash's.. Little Flash" bee says. Ei leans forward on his desk with his eyes on naruto, "Well.. Why are you Uzushio and not Konoha" he says.
"It's a complicated matter Yondaime-sama" naruto says but sees bee staring at him.
"Gyuki must have sensed me" veldora says.
"I see.. So why does the Whirlpool Maiden want to align with Kumo.. Aren't they Konoha's allies" ei says.
"Our alliance with Konoha is almost nonexistent.. So mom wants to look for greener acres.. Everything written iin the scroll is what Uzushio is offering" kushina says. Ei taps the scroll a few times with a nod, "I can see that but my curiosity on why the Kiiroi Senko's son is here in Kumo... So sate my curiosity and I may accept an alliance between Kumo and Uzushio" he says. Kushina glances to naruto with a soft look on her face but before she could tell him he didn't have to, the blond raises his hands to stop her.
"I'm sure every major nation has heard about the Kyubi incident" naruto says and ei nods, "Well... My mother Lunafreya Nox Fleuret sealed the Kyubi inside me.. Mere hours after I was born by invoking the Shinigami and using a seal made by the Uzumaki" he continues.
"Lunafreya Nox Fleuret was your mother.. I've heard about the Oracle Healer" mabui says and naruto nods, "My condolences" she adds, causing naruto to nod once again.
"So Konoha got their hands on the Strongest Biju and its Jinchuriki is the Kiiroi Senko's own son" ei says.
"Son would be a loose term in Minato's mind.. To him I am a Bastard from his southern fling... He married the Fire Lord's Grandniece and she gave him two daughters... In his eyes They could do No wrong and I could Only do wrong" naruto says, clenching his fist tightly.
"His fears of Jinchuriki pushed me away and at five I left Konoha for Niflheim with my uncle" naruto adds.
"So he let the Jinchuriki of the Strongest Biju.. Leave with no fuss" ei questions and naruto nods, looking the kage in his eyes.
"Konoha is a superstitious place and the villagers but also ninja have preconceived notion when it concerns Jinchuriki.. The Mad Mizukage comes to mind" naruto says.
"I thought Minato Namikaze was a noble man but to abandon his own son in such a manner" mabui comments.
"So why did you come with Little Red.. Little Nine" bee asks.
"Lady Asakura told me that Kumo has trained Perfect Jinchuriki and I want to do the same and become a Perfect Jinchuriki as well to use Veldora's power" naruto says and ei stares at the young blond before him.
"Why should Kumo train you to become a Perfect Jinchuriki.. Are you going to become a ninja of Kumogakure" ei says.
"No but you can say to the world that you trained Minato Namikaze's son better than he Ever could" naruto says. Ei leans back in chair and pushes it back to rise to his feet, before rounding the desk to loom over naruto in thought.
"Bee... Take him and his little group to the Unraikyō.. Test his mettle" ei says.
"You got it Brotha.. Follow me Little Nine.. It's time I shine" bee says.
シーンブレイク
Naruto and his group look around in wonder the unraikyō or Valley of Clouds and Lightning as it was a large water-filled valley covered in clouds. They were walking down a very long length of steps that were adorned with eastern dragons as bee is rapping nonstop, something that was annoying to both kushina and rebecca. The group of six soon reach the bottom of the stairs to a large area but naruto sees four people already they.
"Raiton: Shiro Raikyū" one shouts. She is a girl around naruto's age with blonde hair cut in an asymmetrical bob and has ice-blue eyes, wearing a grey outfit with fingerless white gloves on.
"Samui is shining with her White Lightning" bee comments.
"Looks we get to meet the Hellcat herself" veldora comments. Naruto sees another woman with long, straight, blonde, hair bound with taut bandages, dark eyes and red lipstick. She wears a short-sleeve black and purple blouse and black pants, both of which have a design similar to clouds on them, purple fingerless gloves and a chain of blue beads wound around her left hand.
"Yo Darui.. Shee.. Yugito and Samui.. I brought some new friends to meet Thee" bee shouts, getting their attention.
"Seems Bee brought Veldora's host here" a voice says, within yugito's mind.
"He's Veldora's Jinchuriki Matatabi" yugito thought but glances to see samui has a little pink on her cheeks, "Fufufufu.. Seems Samui instantly likes him" she thought.
"Who are they Lord Bee" shee says. He has dark eyes and short, blond hair parted in the front. He wears a sleeveless, black shirt with a one-strap-over-one-shoulder white flak jacket, black hitai-ate, black, elbow-length arm-guards, and the red and white shin-guards along with a pair of sandals.
"This is Naruto Nox Fleuret.. Kushina Uzumaki.. Rebecca Victoria.. Kaguya Otsuki and Konan Atsuko" bee says and the five wave, "They are Darui.. Shee.. Samui and Yugito" bee adds.
"Are those real" samui asks, pointing to kaguya's ears.
"They are.. I am from Niflheim and I am a Demihuman" kaguya says.
"They are pretty rare this far north" darui says. He is a fairly tall and dark-skinned with a slightly bulbous nose, black eyes, and shaggy, white hair that covers his left eye. He wears a high-collar, sleeveless uniform with loose fitting pants, bandages on his wrists and the one-strap-over-one-shoulder flak jacket.
"Why are they here" yugito asks. Bee places a hand on naruto's right shoulder, "Little Nine want to Fully shine" bee says.
"Little Nine" darui says but his breath hitches with a oh face.
"Brotha wants me to spar with him.. Sorry to interrupt your party" bee says.
"Spar" yugito comments.
"To think the Boss would allow this" darui says.
"Perhaps it is because my father is Minato Namikaze" naruto comments, shocking the four kumo ninja.
"You're the Yellow Flash's Son?!" yugito says. Naruto unzips his frock coat and hands it to kushina, "Unfortunately but he fears me instead of caring for me" he says.
"Ready Little Nine" bee shouts. Naruto pops his joints with a roll of his neck as everyone moves back, while bee starts writing in a small notebook but puts it away and tosses his seven swords into the air. Bee allows the swords to fall and he holds the seven blades in between his left armpit, both elbows, right leg, stomach, the right side of his neck, and in his mouth.
"Seven swords" naruto thought, bring out vortex pain.
"He manifested a sword from thin air" samui says.
"A summon" yugito questions.
"More along the lines of a Bloodline" kushina says.
[Music: Naruto OST : Killer Bee Theme]
A small stand-off starts as naruto shifts into a gatotsu stance as bee stands motionless but the hachibi host leaps into a front spin as naruto parries his furious strikes. He parries and counters but bee's moves are nonsensical with no discernible pattern. Bee dances around with multiple strikes from his swords and manages to send naruto flying with a mule kick. Bee launches after naruto with a furious rush of strikes as the blond lands but he has to sidestep and dodge bee's swords as he lands, picking them up as he goes. Naruto continues to try and force his way through bee's defense but the kumo ninja parries each attack, cutting naruto in various places on his body.
"He's good with Seven swords" veldora comments, as naruto skids to a halt and shoots forward with a stinger but bee dodges. Naruto narrowly dodges bee's downward boot and manages to get his sword up to block the downward sword strike but it leaves him open for bee to send him crashing to the ground with several rolls, losing vortex pain in the process.
"I'm impressed he's lasted this long with against Bee's Seven-sword Style" yugito comments.
"What is up with his moves.. I can even predict where he's going to strike" kushina says.
"That's what makes Lord Bee dangerous" darui says but his eyes widen, as naruto weaves signs and links his hands together.
"Ranton: Laser Circus" naruto shouts, firing several light blue lasers.
"He's knows the Ranton?!" shee says.
"I see.. So that's another reason he came to Kumo.. As we are known for our Ranton users" yugito says.
"How can he know the Ranton" samui says, seeing bee dodge naruto's attack.
"Jinchuriki can gain a pseudo Kekkei Genkai from their Biju.. You've seen my flames" yugito says and samui nods.
"Well the Kyubi is known as the Storm Dragon.. So he's gained the Storm Release" yugito explains. Naruto rushes forward and brings out vortex gaze as he channels raiton through the sword but bee smirks as he channels raiton as well. Their blades meet as naruto fails to overpower bee, "Float like Butterfly" bee says, raising his right arm and leg. Bee parries naruto's blade and skewers the blond with five of his blades, "Stinging like a Killer Bee" bee says, to kushina and the others shock.
"Naruto!" they shout, as naruto crashes to the ground and bee rushes him. However the hachibi jinchuriki halts in his tracks as this time it is the kumo group in shock as twenty blades were pointed at bee.
"Whoa Little Nine.. No need turn me into a porcupine" bee says.[song end]
シーンブレイク
Naruto has his right hand raised with one eye open due to the pain and his breath heavy but falls on his back as his swords fade into dust. Kushina and the other rush to naruto's side to pull the swords as kaguya starts to heal him.
"Little Nine really did Shine" bee says but sees kushina glaring at him, causing him to back off. Yugito stares at the young blond in thought but was impressed with the skills he showed, "He can become quite the ninja" she thought. Naruto slowly get to his feet with a groan, "I can see why you were a contemporary to my father" he says.
"Yellow Flash is a powerful guy and makes his opponents cry" bee says.
"So will you teach me to fully use Veldora's chakra" naruto says.
"One spar with Bee doesn't mean we'll teach you.. You have to earn it" yugito says and naruto narrows his eyes. Six months would pass before naruto would be allowed to even attempt to become a perfect jinchuriki. Naruto and company were allowed to remain in kumogakure but they would have to perform missions for ei in exchange. The missions were not diabolical but tests to see naruto's skills in action, from fighting missing-nin, bandits and even sneaking into other countries. Naruto and company would spar or train with darui, yugito, samui and bee with the blondes getting to know one another. Samui is the adopted sister of yugito and possesses a mutation of the raiton affinity, which produces white lightning and compared to darui's black lightning is faster. What neither knew is that yugito is pushing her adopted sister towards naruto and his group as she feels that certain elements in kumo would use samui for dark purposes.
Naruto's natural charisma drew in samui and they became fast friends, something kushina and her fellow girls noticed but like konan let samui into their circle. Speaking of konan the origami user would confess on naruto's fourteenth birthday that she had feelings for him, something naruto accepted and kushina said his harem was growing. This would spur samui to do the same about two months later, declaring she had feelings for him and wanted to explore those feelings. Again naruto accepted or had no choice and despite the group growing to five he was attentive to their various needs, something each girl appreciated and were attentive to his needs as well. During their various missions the group continued with the names naruto came up with in hot-water country with samui getting the name joker and her coming up with the name of their group being the Vortex Royals. Soon the day would come when bee declared naruto was ready to venture to Turtle Island and become a perfect jinchuriki.
*Genbu or Turtle Island*
"So... What's Turtle Island" naruto says, standing the deck of a boat with kushina. Yugito stands with her arms folded as bee is scribbling in his notebook but it is their guide Motoi who answers, "Genbu serves as Lord Bee's personal training ground and place where he and Lady Yugito trained to become perfect jinchuriki" motoi says. He has dark-brown, spiky hair and dark eyes with dark green mark that runs down the bridge of his nose, wearing the standard kumo attire and adds a gray scarf. Naruto looks out the ocean as the boat continues on through heavy mist, "So Genbu is a giant turtle" he asks. He's wearing black pants with gold trim with boots, a form-fitting long sleeve shirt with no right sleeve and the left sleeve having an attached glove, and a sleeveless hoodie also with gold trim.
"Yes.. Genbu has been in the care of Kumogakure since its creation and he allows certain shinobi to train on his back" yugito says and glances to bee, "There are also many dangerous animals as well but Bee has tamed them" she adds.
"How dangerous" kushina asks, wearing a similar outfit to naruto but has two fingerless gloves.
"Genbu ahead.. Prepare your head" bee shouts. Naruto and kushina focus their attention as spikes start to appear from the mist but the blond sees numerous skulls, corpses as a bellowing noise echoes.
"Wow" kushina says.
"Looks like lovely place" naruto says, looking away and making a face. The group soon make their way onto genbu's shell and naruto sees there is forest on the supermassive turtle's back. A large gorilla with several scars tried to impede their way but bee calms him down and he lets them pass.
"I see what you mean by Bee taming the animals" kushina says.
"Indeed.. Lord Bee stands atop the hierarchy of the wildlife" motoi comments. The gorilla named King lets them pass and they continue on until they reach a large building in the shape of a muscular ushi-oni with four long horns on its head.
"Pfttt.. Hahahaha" veldora cries, seeing the building but naruto says nothing as motoi leads them inside.
"This will be your room" motoi says, pointing to the door on the third floor.
"So when do we start training" naruto says.
"If you wish to start now.. We can" yugito says, glancing to see bee strolling off to do who knows what.
"That's fine" naruto says.
"Then put your things away and I'll take you to where Lord Bee trained" motoi says. Naruto and kushina enters the room and put their backpacks away to follow motoi but also yugito as she drags bee along. They leave the ushi-oni theme building and pass through the forest with bee greeting several large animals like an armadillo, wolves, large bears and an anteater. The five soon reach a waterfall with a pool of water and a small piece of land in the center.
"This is the Waterfall of Truth and it is the First step in fully controlling a Biju" motoi says.
"I did the same to control Matatabi's chakra.. Sit there and close your eyes" yugito says.
"Then the truth will be revealed to you.. Bakayarō! Konoyarō!" bee says.
"The waterfall will reveal your true self" motoi adds. Naruto stares at the waterfall but then to the small piece of land and slowly nods as he walks on the water towards the land. He slowly takes a seat and crosses his legs as he closes his eyes to focus, before long the blond hears sniffling and crying.
"B-but I want to stay with you.. I-I'll be a Good boy.. P-please let me stay... Why would Dad send me away.. I'm not a bad boy" a voice says. Naruto slowly opens his eyes as the area is misty but his eyes widen as a small figure emerges from the waterfall.
"Why would Dad send me away" the little figure says but naruto recognizes him immediately as himself at five.
"It seems my true self is the me from then.. Wondering why my dad decided to push me away" naruto says. Little naruto continues to sniffle and cry as naruto sees his eyes were puffy but also bloodshot from his crying.
"I remember crying myself to sleep that day.. How can a father break his son's heart in such a manner" naruto says, as little naruto continues to cry and mumble the same thing.
"Because he's a coward" veldora says and naruto grips his knees, "He chose the many over his family.. His own son.. He chose preconceived notions over his son" veldora adds. Little naruto is now inches from naruto with tears in his big blue eyes, "Why" his little self says as azure blue stares into azure blue.
"You're right.. To him I was just a kid from his dead fiancée.. He moved on from Mom with ease.. All to remain Hokage" naruto says and pulls his younger self into his chest.
"Just you wait Minato Namikaze.. I'll show you.. Cersei.. Azula and Asuka how strong I am.. I'll be someone you Can't ignore" naruto says and his younger self stops sniffling and crying as he fades away. Naruto slowly opens his eyes and rises to his feet as bee approaches, "Shall we control the Kyubi's power now" bee says and naruto nods. Bee leads them through the waterfall to reveal a temple with engraving and murals of the nibi and hachibi with headless bodhisattva-like sculptures.
"These are past Jinchuriki who failed to pass" bee says.
"For Real?!" kushina says.
"Stop joking.. They are simply broken" yugito says and bee chuckles. He leads to a sculpture of the matatabi's head, "Only the chosen can pass through.. Stick your head inside and be judged" bee says. Naruto looks between bee, kushina and yugito but slowly approaches to kneel, before sticking his head inside to a see a small switch and he pushes. The wall groans and the door slowly opens to a myriad of colors, "Go inside and do exactly like you did at the Waterfall of Truth" yugito says, as the four enter.
"What sort of seal was used to seal the Kyubi" bee asks.
"A Tetragram seal" kushina replies.
"That is a seal more solid than mine or Bee's seal.. Does it need a key" yugito asks but naruto shakes his head.
"The seal filters Veldora's chakra into mine own.. Because of this my charka grows with each passing year" naruto says.
"Then that makes things easier" bee says, as the door closes and he takes a seat. Yugito and kushina stands off to the side as naruto takes a seat as bee holds out his fist, "Grab the Kyubi's chakra with your own chakra.. Take his chakra and become number one.. Whee" bee says.
[Music: Fairy Tail OST - Dragon Raid]
Naruto enters his mindscape and stares at the purple lake which has grown over the years, before making his way towards veldora's chamber. The dragon is waiting for the blond with a gleam in his eye, "We don't have to fight for you to gain my chakra.. Because we're friends" veldora says, holding out one of his claws. Naruto smiles and holds out his fist to touch the dragon's claw, "Best friends" he says, causing a glowing effect. Outside yugito's eyes widen slightly as she sees black steel scales forming on naruto's bare right arm and kushina prepares her chains in case.
"Seems Veldora has formed a connection with young Naruto" matatabi says.
"It would seem so" yugito thought. The scales move down the arm and she sees it slowly creep up naruto's neck to his face and over his closed eyes. The chakra cloak forms next with three tails of red chakra, slowly four then five and last six tails were now visible. Yugito could see that naruto was now struggling, "He's still too young to bring all of Veldora's chakra but to get to six tails at his age" she thought.
"That's enough Little Nine.. No need to bring all Nine" bee says, as red-orange tails emerge from his body to ensnare naruto as his eyes open to reveal reptilian azure blue eyes. Naruto releases a slow breath as his draconic features slowly fade, "So what happens now" he says.
"We go to the Shared Mindscape" bee says, beckoning for yugito.
"Won't take long Little Red" bee says. Yugito sits next to naruto as bee holds out both his fist and both bump fists with him. Naruto gasps as he finds himself in a large expanse with an orange hue to the ground, "Where are we" he says.
"This a place where we Biju can meet but rarely" veldora says. The massive dragon is standing behind him but leans down to let naruto on to his snout, "Matatabi and Gyuki should arrive soon" veldora says. Soon naruto sees two large animals slowly appearing with bee and yugito. One is a large bakeneko with two tails but completely engulfed in cobalt blue and black flames, like a Kasha but the flames are more animated. It also has heterochromatic eyes, the right being yellow and the left being green, similar to an odd-eyed cat without pupils. The other is an ushi-oni with four long horns on its head but one of the lower horns is missing, a muscular upper-body structure, with a hunched back and spiked protrusions on the elbows, and hands with opposable thumbs. Instead of hind-legs, its lower half consists of its eight tails, which resemble the cephalopod arms of an octopus.
"Meet Matatabi and Gyuki" veldora says.
"Greetings Naruto Nox Flueret" matatabi says with yugito on her head. Gyuki stares but sighs with bee on his head rapping but he flicks him off, "So you were finally sealed away" gyuki says, his tone serious.
"I was under the control of a man with a Sharingan and his mother sealed inside him to keep from killing more people" veldora comments.
"I thought the Uchiha were loyal to Konohagakure" yugito says.
"Perhaps it was a Rouge Uchiha or someone who came into possession of a Sharingan" naruto comments.
"Hmph.. You were weak enough to get controlled.. Now you know what the rest of us felt" gyuki says.
"You wanna dance Calamari" veldora says, before a large puff of smoke erupts and naruto crashes to the ground. Veldora emerges from the smoke in a human of a tan skinned man with blond hair, wearing black pants and knee high-boots with a black cape.
"Hmph.. I'll beat you this time" gyuki says, doing the same as veldora. His human form resembles bee but has two long horns, dark skin with a black striped pants having a gray stripe. A form-fitting tank top of a dark color and a bomber jacket tied around his waist.
"Don't start fighting you two" matatabi shouts, as yugito leaps down to check on naruto as matatabi takes a human form as well. She is a young-looking woman in her twenties with cobalt and black hair, wearing a white and blue sweater dress with black tights.
"Biju can take human forms" naruto says, rubbing his head. The mindscape is suddenly rocked by rumbling and explosions as the older brothers did battle, "Yes.. Now let's put some distance from that" matatabi says, as yugito sees bee trying to get involved and sighs as she follows naruto and her biju.
つづく
AN-2: I'll end it here with naruto and company reaching kumogakure but also gaining more of his chakra mode. He and his party also encountered highs but also lows in their journey towards kumo. Also we get meet the last member of the harem outside of konoha. Konan being someone brought by gato and Samui possessing a mutation that creates her white lightning, which you don't see much of but will see some next chapter.
I know this will disappoint people but most the romance will happen off-screen, because I am not to good at writing it but it will be similar to insert super long title. The next chapter will skip ahead about three months to naruto and samui heading to bear country to get their hands on a special metal for sword that will be made for samui. Also eventually naruto will meet a very powerful ally for him but I'll keep that a secret for now. By the end of the next chapter we should be heading to konoha with maybe how konoha has gotten on without naruto. Thank you to Everyone for their support and would you kindly review. It really helps inspire me to continue writing. As always Stay Frosty!. Bye!.