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An Amasogi.
It was like a Tsugumogami, but unlike a tsugumogami that gained it's intelligent over a lifetime of being cared for, an amasogi gained power in a very short amount of time due to a large buildup of curse energy and human desires. They were masses of curse energy, power, and desire all balled up in one need to take care of package.
They needed to be taken care of, because they caused problems.
Thankfully, killing them just caused a backlash to the human who made them in most cases, and the backlash was usually just in response to the desire in the first place. A Hair Amasogi would cause Baldness as a backlash towards the creator when killed, and only temporary baldness until the hair grew back. There would be no backlash at all if the item was destroyed by the creator themselves, but sometimes that just wasn't an option either.
Thus came the Exorcists.
They were trained and took over the extermination of amasogi in a city, normally only a single exorcist per city unless more were needed. They were sent on their jobs by the God of the Land, or would tackle the problem on their own if they found it before the god had noticed it was around.
"Fucking OW!"
"Naruto, this Amasogi is stronger than we thought it was."
"No, it isn't stronger, it just has freaking painful powers." Naruto, now 15 years old, disagreed when he heard the comment that his trusted Shinobu stated. It was Naruto's 6th amasogi that he was being sent to take care of, and as an exorcist he had no city to call his own. He was just sent to live with whatever local god needed something taken care of. Typically involving an area where an exorcist had recently died.
Like this one.
A Hairdryer Amasogi, and it had both Electrical Powers and Heat Powers that made it particularly troubling to take care of. The last Exorcist and Tsugumomo pair to face off against this thing were killed by the electrical powers, and they died without passing that information onto anyone at all.
Naruto had grown.
He still wasn't the tallest around, but he was around average, a comfortable size that didn't have him shorter than most, or taller than most. His muscles had developed and become more toned from just being a very fit person.
Shinobu never changed.
*SWING*
The Amasogi was sliced to pieces when it fell right into a trap that Naruto had laid out for it with strings, and when it fell into the trap, a simple yank of the strings caused it's death. The curse energy started to be released into it's surroundings since it had nowhere to escape to, and while that would cause problems, it wasn't problems that the new exorcist of the area wouldn't be able to handle.
Shinobu turned back to normal.
Several years passed, and she still hadn't aged a day or changed her outfit up. Unlike Naruto who had taken to wearing an orange hoodie with dark blue jeans... and flip flops.
"6th Amasogi, and other than a nasty shock, it wasn't exactly strong." Naruto looked at the burn marks around his hand, where the electricity had travel up his strings and shocked his hand. Naruto took his healing salve out of the pocket of his hoodie and started to spread it across his burns. "I can see why the other guys died though, that was a nasty, nasty shock. Getting surprised by that would leave anyone wide open... did it seem to hate me more than you?" Naruto asked Shinobu.
That amasogi was attacking him like it meant business.
Shinobu just reached up and stroked his hair... his super messy hair.
"It's related to hair, and the hair you have is... any hair related amasogi would hate you." Shinobu could make that guess.
"Should we go back to Kukuri and report we finished another mission?"
-Days Later-
The Shirahagi Shrine, the Shrine that contained the most revered body of Kukuri-Hime-no-Mikoto... she was one of many Kukuri who were scattered through the lands.
She was also the Kukuri with the biggest tits of them all.
The biggest, as in they were large enough that if you found a large watermelon, each of her tits would be bigger than a large watermelon. It was actually somewhat hidden when she was fully dressed in her goddess attire, but in any casual clothes, you could see the sheer bulk of them. It was hard not to stare at her, and very few exorcists ever got to see her in person.
Naruto had been staying with her for several years.
She was the "God of the Land" he worked for, and because there were never any amasogi in her land, she loaned him out to any area that had an amasogi that needed slaying. He lived at the same shrine as her whenever he wasn't out somewhere taking care of problems.
"Naruto... her eyes."
"You first."
"I am looking at her eyes." Shinobu deadpanned to Naruto, since his eyes were just magically drawn to her boobs. Kukuri was patient and smiled, her eyes having the symbol of her shrine in them. As the most revered Kukuri, she was the most powerful Kukuri there was, and she exuded power beyond what most could compete with. "... Naruto... she's waiting..."
"It's okay, he's a young man, as long as he still listens to his next assignment, I am okay with him staring." Kukuri stated patiently. "Now, Naruto... as of late, you've seemed to have reached the limit of your current strength... do you know why that is?" Kukuri asked Naruto.
That snapped him out of staring at her tits.
He didn't answer.
The fact was that he reached 5th Sigil in rank and was stuck there. He could use Ascension and Ascension Level 2, but the cost of using those techniques made them not something he could easily rely on. The simple fact was something he was never going to admit out loud, even though he knew the answer.
"Naruto?"
"Because, your motivation to get stronger just as strong as it was before. Your Tsugumomo also isn't strong enough to keep up with you anymore." Kukuri laid the facts out. "You need a proper weapon, a tsugumomo with potential as sharp as yours is. That is why I have considered gifting you a new partner-"
"Shinobu is my partner." Naruto wasn't going to have it.
He knew she was right, that he had reached the peak of what Shinobu could do as a partner at the moment. She was holding him back, but even so, he wasn't going to abandon her.
"Shirane." Kukuri stated.
A woman dropped from the ceiling and landed behind Naruto, holding a white short sword to his throat, and while he glanced back at her, he didn't make any movements to stop her. She was a white, wild haired woman with sharp eyes and a petite body that came with years of training herself to her limits. There was barely any fat on her at all, and she was wearing combat clothes befitting her role.
She was a Sacred White Sword, a Tsugumogami that had formed from a white sword with divine power.
"My Lady tells me that I am to partner with you, so partner with you I shall. I have watched your training and your skills grow for years now... and even I admit that you are skilled, and have potential." Shirane stated as she looked towards Shinobu, who was grabbing her knees in frustration.
'I know I'm weak... I know I'm holding him back... but I don't want to lose him. It still makes me happy that he calls me his partner.' Shinobu had such conflicting emotions in herself. She had only been with Naruto for 6 fights with amasogi, but even she could see that she was holding him back.
Naruto looked at her.
"Shinobu isn't weak. I'm her Master. She's my belonging, and that means if I'm not growing stronger, it's my fault. Shinobu is only holding me back, because I haven't been able to surpass myself using her." Naruto knew he had reached his limits with Shinobu, and that she was holding him back. "... even if she holds me back, that just means I'm doing something wrong." Naruto looked at Shinobu.
Shirane looked at Kukuri, who just closed an eye while tilting her head. The sword in her hand vanished into thin air, and she sat next to Naruto.
"You were injured in your last battle with an amasogi that should have been simple for you."
"I'm not abandoning Shinobu. She's my friend, my partner, and has been with me all my life. I'm not giving up on her. She belongs to me, and we can work together to overcome any obstacle." Naruto was arguing with the goddess in front of him. For all her patience and grace, she allowed his arguments with a smile. She showed she wasn't even angry that he didn't agree with her.
...
Still, she was a god.
"I'm giving you Shirahabane Shirane, and even if you don't use her, you will become her owner. Even with the seal limiting your spiritual power, you still have enough for a second partner." Kukuri stated a demand, not a question or a request. She was giving a strong tsugumomo to Naruto, because she had taken a liking to him. "You are my personal exorcist, and I don't want to send you to your death."
"Shirane." Shinobu stated as she looked at the white haired girl, and her single blue bang.
"Shinobu." Shirane looked at the dark haired counterpart.
Naruto was silent.
"... but... providing energy to 2 tsugumomo will weaken me, shouldn't I just stick to 1 partner?"
"Yes, you will get a little weaker, but I'm sure you can surpass this handicap. Kamioka to live at the Hakusan Shrine with the Kukuri who is the God of the Land there. They have not had a proper exorcist for years, and Kukuri's power is weakened... and great amounts of curse are building." Kukuri was hiding something, Naruto could tell. He didn't question it, but there was more to the story.
"... Kamioka?"
"... Yes, last time I checked, you lived there for many years with the goddess Taguri... infact, I believe she would be very pleased to see how you have grown." Kukuri smiled to him. Shinobu just shivered in fear when she remembered all the times that she had been molested by that woman, and how many times she had to use her own body to prevent the young Naruto from being touched.
"Why me?" Naruto asked that.
Kukuri dropped the smile for a second.
"It's simple... it is one of the best places to gather your strength. The amasogi that develop from the curse in that area can be strong, but they are less dangerous and more... well... a less lethal kind of dangerous... a great chance for you and Shirane to bond and learn to work together... or a good chance for you to overcome your issues with Shinobu."
"I don't have issues with Shinobu. It's not her fault I'm not getting stronger, it's my fault. I'm never going to abandon my bond with her." Naruto stated plainly. He would say it as many times as he had to. No matter who said it, he would not allow anyone to talk about Shinobu like that without giving them some words.
Or fists, but he wasn't about to punch Kukuri.
She spanked him last time he did.
Well, he might punch her and just accept the spanking as punishment... he wasn't the smartest person around when it came to not backing down.
"Then this will be a great chance for you to grow stronger... of course, don't be afraid to rely on Shirane when you need to." Kukuri looked at Shirane when she spoke, who nodded her head in acceptance. She would loyally follow any instructions given to her by Kukuri after all, and that included having her ownership transferred to a new person.
Shinobu was beet red.
'... Even when everyone is telling him to abandon me, he still stands by my side. Still, even I know I'm holding you back... I know you would get so much stronger if you just used a stronger partner.' Shinobu couldn't help it. She had never been used as a fighting tool by most of the previous incarnations of her owner, who was strong enough to do all his fighting by himself. It was only recently that she was seeing her own lack of strength, and how it held Naruto back.
'Kukuri has found him fit to be my owner, and she has spent years training him and letting him live here... Shinobu, you are holding back My Lady's exorcist... I will prove to him I am a better partner than you, so that he can grow even stronger, and be even more useful to Kukuri.' Shirane could barely hide the disrespect on her face directed at Shinobu.
She would do anything Kukuri asked of her after all.
Chapter End!
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