Alright, and we have returned. So many reviews liking how things went, several were confused, but I totally get where they come from. Things however, will be explained here in THIS chapter. So without further waiting, enjoy.
Naruto walked up to the silent group with a slight limp, wounds that he had acquired steamed as they shut in silent hisses. Ignoring them, he walked down the hole that led to the creature's prison, and vanished. Of course the Sekirei were quick to follow and left Takami, Takehito and Minaka behind. As Naruto landed on the ground in the underground cavern he slowly limped to where the prison was and stopped as his jaw fell in horror.
The prison was now missing, the clones were dispelled, and the barrier was all but destroyed.
"Naruto-san?" Miya's voice called out from above, "Is there something wrong?" she asked him as Naruto snarled and smashed a hand into the wall with enough force to shake the island, "Naruto-san, please, tell us what's wrong?"
Needless to say as the Sekirei finished their descent they found out what had drawn Naruto's ire, "Naruto-san, what happened here, where's the prison?" Mutsu asked him.
"They had a hidden agent. Either a third Otsutsuki who took the creature as I fought his two allies, or someone we know allowed the them the sneak in prior to the battle and hid it somewhere they alone could reach it." Naruto growled.
"W-What exactly was so dangerous about this creature anyways, all we know are the pictures depict it as some kind of giant." Matsu said shakily.
"Let's go above, there are things I need to do. People that have to be interrogated." he said as he smashed a fist into the wall and crushed a portion of it.
XxX
Naruto had a sealing tag and grunted as he set it down, "So, when this tag is used, it'll act as a lie detector. Any lie will come out as a irritation to the throat and cause you to cough. A secondary measure is that after the lie is detected, it will essentially make you tell the truth. If you simply are just so good at lying that the seal doesn't bother your throat, it'll have a compulsion mechanism used to make you tell the truth." Naruto said as he handed the tag to Matsu, "Set that down somewhere for a moment." he told her as he looked to the group, "Of everyone on the island, the only ones who knew of the creature; are in this very room." he said as he stepped back a bit.
"Minaka, you present a problem to everyone here, always acting like a spoiled brat and boasting a age of gods, news flash, there are no gods here." Naruto said to the man, "Takehito, I can somewhat trust you to be one who does the right thing. Takami, you are always busy up here so you hardly have any form of free time on your hands, and when you do you usually use it to get some rest." he said looking to the humans, "However, the three of you would more than likely be unable to get to the creature despite my abilities to contain it." he told them.
"The Sekirei, well that's simple, they are always training with me, and when they have free time I monitor their activities and know they always spend it doing things they find enjoyable. Miya likes meditating, Matsu likes to read, Kazehana loves watching romance movies, Karasuba is a advent lover of training to kill her enemies, and Mutsu, he stares at the clouds." he said to them, "So, that leaves me, and I know for a fact I left to many restraints on the beast for it to be moved by ordinary means, even to the point it'd take a thousand of my clones to lift it a inch off the ground with Six Paths chakra." he told them.
"So what are you trying to say?" Takami asked.
"The third Otsutsuki was informed of the beasts location before hand. It's the only way they could have gotten to it without me being able to stop them. Two Otsutsuki with the Chakra fruits give me enough hassle that I am forced to fight them in a two on one fight, the third would be free to walk into the cavern, grab the creature and walk way after destroying my barriers and clones." Naruto said as he sat down while telling her his reasons.
"But that doesn't mean any of us told them of the monster's sealing chamber." Miya said in confusion.
"They don't need to be told in a physical manner, they have the ability to read minds as well. They could have studied you from a whole other realm without you ever noticing them being here." he said.
"So, who told them?" Karasuba asked.
"That's what I'd like to know. I mean, you said that the creature was imprisoned so it didn't destroy the world." Matsu agreed.
Sitting down, Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Honestly... I think we're gonna be dead way before that. And you know what? I don't mind. It's an honorable end. But we've gotta shut the ten tails down before it can rise up again. It means that this isn't a game anymore, humans trying to steal nonexistent treasure and secrets and greedy government officials will do that, but not anymore." Naruto said looking to Takami, "You've got no powers, no offense." he told her and then snorted as he waved a hand at Minaka, "This guy might be working for the enemy. We don't know." then looked at Mutsu, "You're tripping over your feet, and mine..." before he paused briefly at Miya, "Whuf, you're gorgeous, and fierce... and strong. I know we haven't spoken all that much outside of training and stuff, but I wouldn't mind doing it now." he said causing Miya to blink a couple times before she coughed a couple times into her hand to block out her embarrassment from his words.
"You know what? I don't wanna die. I'm young, physically speaking. There's shit that I wanna do. I just feel like... I didn't really embrace the whole teacher student thing. I've been a loner my whole life. But being part of something bigger, like this... maybe I'm scared because... I'm meant to..." he paused as he looked at the smirking Takami as she gestures as something where he looks down and realizes he's sitting on the interrogation seal he made earlier. Irritably, he pulls it out from under his butt and burns it.
Ok, that tag was a fail. A lie detector bilt into a truth compulsion tag... he takes it back, that was so not happening.
Miya looks at him kindly with a blush though she was clearly trying not to laugh, "I think that was beautiful."
Naruto gets up and walks away with a blush and stops as Mutsu starts to speak, "You say a word about this, you'll be subjected to every embarrassing jutsu I know dead fish." he warns the earth user as he trudges down the hallway.
Mutsu pauses as Naruto walks past him, "...I honestly didn't hear anything after 'we're all gonna die'."
XxX
Back in his room, Naruto grunted as he slammed a fist into the wall. He coughed, harshly. His hand went to his mouth to stop anything from expelling. As he managed to calm the coughing fit he lowered his hand and sighed, blood covering a small portion of his palm.
How long did he have left before his own biology ripped him apart?
XxX
Naruto was alone in the training ground with Mutsu, the remaining Sekirei were above ground doing who knew what, but right now, he was going to help improve Mutsu's control as he had promised. Turning he looked to the male earth user, "Alright then, for your training, things are going to be vastly different to the things you know. First off, get rid of the blade, your training won't need it, and by the time I'm finished, you'll be ready for the one weapon that would suit you best." he said motioning to the sword. Mutsu raised a brow, but tossed Naruto the sword where he sealed it away.
"Tell me dead fish, what do you know about your powers, your ability to control the earth?" Naruto asked him.
Mutsu shrugged, "My specialties are in Swordsmanship similar to Miya and Karasuba. And when I place the edge of my scabbard touches the ground, it causes a small-scale earthquake to occur, tearing apart the ground in front of me." he said.
"Yes, those are the basics of your powers." Naruto told him, "But that's far from your true potential. Geokinesis is more than that, it's feeling the earth without touching it, seeing the world through the senses of the land around you, molding it to your every wish and desire. Seeing without having to see anything." Naruto told him as he pulled out a slip of cloth and quickly wrapped it around his eyes before pulling his shoes off and sealing them away, "What I'm about to teach you, is something that might just elevate you to being able to rival Miya for a few seconds, nothing you have ever seen, ever done or attempted before now will seem like a child throwing a fit." he told Mutsu, "Because now, I will teach you, the true strength of geokinesis."
"And, how do you plan to do that? I channel the energy of my Tama through the blade and into the earth to trigger some of my attacks." Mutsu pointed out.
Naruto merely chuckled, "And that is merely what you think, now attack me." he said, "Channel the power of your Tama through your body and command it to obey you wish, you are the weapon, you are the channel, command your power to obey you." Naruto told Mutsu.
Mutsu breathed in, then exhaled deeply and thrust his hand forward, only for nothing to happen, "Nothing happened." he pointed out.
"I know that, I can clearly see." Naruto said.
"Uh, you're blindfolded, how can you see?" Mutsu questioned.
Naruto chuckled, "Yup, and now I teach you how I learnt to use the power of geokinesis." he said. The blond clasped his hands behind his back, "The earth is the strongest of the five basic elements. Of all the elements, it is the sturdiest. Water flows and weaves itself around its obstacles, the wind can push or slice anything it comes into contact with, fire sears and burns anything it touches but illuminates the darkness, lightning pierces anything it sees and can sometimes be molded from fire if done correctly. But the earth, it can hold anything, push anything, hide anything from sight among many other things. That is why I say it is the strongest. Even metal is just a form of earth that has been taken and refined or purified." he told Mutsu.
"Ok, the history sounds cool and all, but I don't see how that can improve my ability to control the earth." Mutsu pointed out.
"The history of the elements has everything to do with your lesson kid." Naruto pointed out to him, "However, before I truly begin your training in Geokinesis, I have to break down all your skills and bring you up from scratch, literally everything you know about the earth and manipulating it, forget it all. That is mere childsplay compared to what I have in store for you." Naruto pointed at Mutsu.
"Uh, sure, why not." Mutsu sighed.
"Ok, lesson one, see without sight." Naruto said, "The earth provides a way to see your surroundings without even having to see anything. I can feel the vibrations of the world around me even with this blindfold over my face. I can see you, the smug face you have and the crossed arms across your chest." Naruto said surprising Mutsu, "I can see Miya and Karasuba drinking tea together, Kazehana and Matsu swimming in the sea. Takami and Takehito running analysis in the labs. Minaka playing with those little action figures in his office." Naruto said, "I am more connected to this world than you've ever been or ever will be. However, with knowledge comes experience, and with experience comes learning." Naruto told him.
"H-How is such a thing possible?" Mutsu asked.
"I'll teach you." Naruto said before motioning for Mutsu to charge him, "Now attack me." he ordered.
Mutsu sighed, "How can I, you took my sword." he pointed out.
"I told you, the sword is irrelevant here, attack me." Naruto said again.
Mutsu sighed and charged forward. However, what Mutsu didn't expect was for Naruto to simply raise his hands into the air, the rumbling of rocks and earth sounding off garnering his attention long before he saw what had happened. With a slice of his arms downwards, Naruto lifted a foot and smashed it into the ground causing a explosion of rock and dust to fill the air as the land shot up and threw the Earth Sekirei away. When Mutsu landed he groaned as he pushed some rocks off his body, "Again." Naruto told him, "This time, avoid the rockslide. That was the basics of the basics for Geokinesis." he told Mutsu.
"You call that the basics?" Mutsu asked in shock, "You literally just threw me fifty feet with a stomp of your foot without ever moving from where you stand right now." he said.
Naruto nodded, "Yup, I did indeed. Now attack me again." he said waving Mutsu to attack.
Mutsu once more charged ahead to attack, but Naruto sighed as he simply twisted his toes to the right and small protrusions of rocks twisted and snaked up before Mutsu stepped on the rocks and was suddenly forced into a very painful split as he slipped to the ground, his eyes crossing and his voice squeaking out in pain, "OOOHHHH~" Mutsu cried out as he planted his hands down on the ground, Naruto winced internally, but in all reality-he'd experienced worse.
Not done yet, Naruto sliced his hand through the air diagonally and a large rock popped out the ground and smacked Mutsu in the side and through the air where he smacked into a wall nearby. Mutsu slid to the ground and growled, "Take this serious Naruto, train me and stop throwing me around." he called out as he recovered and hurled a rock at the blond.
However to Mutsu's shock, Naruto simply turned his whole body to the left where the rock slipped passed him without so much as scratching him. Naruto smirked as he retaliated by thrusting his palm towards Mutsu where a plate plate of stone jutted up from the ground and flew at Mutsu where he was once again thrown back.
Naruto shook his head, "I am training you seriously. Now attack me properly." he commanded.
XxX
Naruto sat on the beach watching the sun set. The waves crashed across the rocks beneath him and the air brushed against his skin. This was what he always envision when he was at peace, silence and tranquility.
However, even he knew he didn't have long before another wave of enemies approached the island once more. He had spent hours setting himself up for one last fight, to end it all. He hadn't explained his plan to the Sekirei nor Takehito, Minaka or Takami, but this would ensure that nobody else came after Kamikura island. It was going to be one for the history books. They were days away, that much he knew, but even he knew he had to prepare himself both physically and mentally for the battle. He had managed to get Mutsu to learn how to manipulate the ground without having to use his sword, basic twists and gestures allowed him a somewhat better grasp over the geokinesis he controlled but he still had much to learn.
He still looked like a dead fish every time he fell from exhaustion though.
Oh well, time to get back to Mutsu's training. He wondered if those wolves he asked Minaka to get him to track the earth user down yet?
Wait... didn't he seal off Mutsu's abilities before he let them out...
Oooh this wasn't good.
Time to go.
Back at the training ground, Mutsu ran like his life depended on it, which it kind of did. However, he stopped running when he realized he had run to a cliff. He was cornered at a ledge with roughly six wolves baring their fangs at him, and could only shiver in slight fear. He had no weapon and Naruto had sealed his powers off to turn him basically human til the training was over, and now he was frightened out of his mind. However, what he least expected was for a certain blond to come swinging down a vine yelling like a gorilla. Mutsu couldn't help but feel glad Naruto had come to help him. However, he didn't think the blond had planned it all through as he swung past him and the wolf pack as they simply leaned out of the way as he tried kicking a couple of them where their eyes followed him as he continued swinging on by.
Mutsu felt himself scowl as a eye twitched in annoyance. That was his plan?! HOW THE HELL WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO WORK, NOW HE WAS MOST CERTAINLY GONNA DIE!
The wolves all seemed to care less as they turned back to their meal and Mutsu couldn't help but gulp nervously. However, on the return swing, Naruto actually got lucky an managed to grab the Sekirei as he rescued him from certain death, "Don't worry, you'll be alright now." Naruto smirked.
However, that smirk died when the two smacked into a tree and quickly found themselves spinning like yarn before they themselves were tied to the tree. Mutsu couldn't help the blank look he had on his face, "Maybe I'm just new to this whole rescue thing, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to work out. If anything, this might be considered a step backwards, don't you think." he pointed out to his sensei.
Seriously, it was one problem after the other.
Naruto chuckled, "Eh it's fine. Got away from the wolves at least." he told Mutsu, "But it's okay, we can figure this out." he told the Sekirei of Earth. And then, a loud crack as heard as the limb they were tied to gave way under their weight.
Mutsu felt his face get a duller look, "I hate you." he said before the limb fell off and the two screamed as the fell to the river below screaming only to bounce off a couple rocks and then proceeded to roll down a hill and off a ledge and then successfully landed in the river before their heads somehow popped up out of the water so they wouldn't drown and die like lambs at the slaughter.
One disaster down, a million to go...
And if that wasn't enough, the river they were in just so happened to have a series of rapids they had to go down, and also slammed the both of them into a multiple series of jagged rocks as they cried out in pain each time they smashed into one before they reached a calm area, "Glad that's over. At least things can't get any worse." Naruto sighed out in relief.
Mutsu sighed, "Now I don't about you, but I'm getting all funned out." he said annoyed.
Naruto looked ahead and felt his eyes widen, damn... he had jinxed them both, "Uh oh." he said.
Mutsu sighed, "Don't tell me. We're about to go over a huge waterfall?" he asked.
"Yep."
"Sharp rocks at the bottom?"
"Most likely."
Mutsu nodded, "...bring it on." he said. And with that, the two fell over the edge, "BOO-YEAH-HAH AHA-WHOO-HOO!~" and then they crashed into the river below alive and well as well as alive.
XxX
Karasuba blinked as her Ashikabi entered the room with a torn and shredded outfit, "W-What the hell! What happened?" she asked.
"I had to save Mutsu from a pack of wolves. Don't ask, but let's just say that will not be happening again. Next time, I'll shove him off the cliff and let him fend for himself." he grumbled as he ripped the remnants of the shirt off and laid next to her, "What are you doing?" he asked her.
"Watching a movie." she responded.
"Which one, we didn't have very many back in my era, but the ones we did I managed to keep, old VHS ones." he said.
"Scarface." she answered.
"I need a beer, that sounds like it's a movie to watch while drunk." the blond grumbled.
Karasuba blinked, "Since when did you drink?"
"Since I had to save Mutsu from being eaten alive." he said walking away.
Karasuba giggled, "The kitchen should have some Sake in stock for Kazehana's habits. Do me a favor and don't tell the staff that I told you about it, they might not take to kindly to you raiding the stash." she said as he left the room.
"Thanks Karasuba, remind me to give you a massage after this. he said slipping away from her.
"Make it a full body massage and you got yourself a deal." she called back.
"Fair enough!" Naruto called back.
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