A Naruto x Sekirei story that has been in development for the last few months (I know it's crazy that I could come up with anything remotely related to fanfiction, but you'd be surprised with how much downtime I had when I wasn't training) Anyways, this is going to be a full story (Of what I come up with) posting that I'll get to finishing up when I complete any other projects that are posted as regular stories. Please enjoy and leave a review of what you thought of this story.
10,680 Years ago (Give or take a decade or century)
Space, a unexplored, unreachable dream for mankind, for now at least. None could ever hope to reach the stars, not with their current technology and knowledge. Many had theorized that their gods were from distant planets, how ironic they would be right, others spoke of beings that came from heaven or even hell, but none could ever prove the existence of their gods. Many had tried and failed to prove such fallacies, but humans were a stubborn and prideful race, and they were foolhardy to a point that the words stop or even quit never really meant anything to them, but there were some instances that they heeded their call, but not always.
Currently, in the hyper-dimensional corridor of space (meaning a wormhole for those who never studied the school given lessons of thermonuclear astrophysics) a sleek golden vessel was finally nearing its destination after almost 5000+ Geks (That'd be 10,000 years for a human) of travel. Thousands of years traveling through space, traveling through the wormholes that would pop up every now and again to provide shorter travel times, never stopping to let the engines recover their lost crystalline energies that the humans could never hope to recreate on their own. It was all or nothing, to save their people from the brink of annihilation, and maybe, just maybe revive their fallen people.
Shooting out of the galactic highway, the golden vessel finally locates the planet it had been tasked with reaching thousands of years ago.
The vessel measures 722 meters long and is best described as 'dagger shaped,' though this hardly begins to describe the vessel's appearance. The forward hull tapers out like the front two-thirds of a surfboard and resembles the chine hull-form configuration of a A-12 HABU (Blackbird) style spy plane. The 'Hilt' starts out as a pronounced sphere, with large bulbous twin nacelle-like structures that end in triangular vanes that enclose twin multi-chambered exhausts located along the stern of the vessel. Smaller transverse thruster exhausts are located along the belly. The star-ship is configured to 'surf' an atmosphere or even a hydrosphere similar to a wave-rider aerospace vehicle but on a much larger scale. The star-ships enormous size will easily rival old dreadnought class warships of the twentieth century, but is more advanced.
The keel is pronounced along the belly and is reminiscent of a Celtic warriors ribbed axe blade. The vessels outer plating is described as a shimmering mirror-like golden metal, composed of ultra-hard material superior to diamond laced tritanium carbon metals. It is resistant to heat and friction, and smooth to the touch that it defies description. Multiple panels can be distinguished as semi translucent banks of solar cells, the hull in fact appears to be constructed as a solitary unit. The vessels hull can function as a magnetoaerlectric propulsion and levitation system by tapping into the gravity well of a planet.
The indigenous magnetic field of Earth, or rather any planet with a heavy iron core would be sufficient to power such a mode of atmospheric propulsion. Located just beyond the dagger shaped bow is a aerodynamic ring and four conjoined nacelles. This functions acts as a stabilizing structure during warp speed travel and control of quantum gravity tunnels (Wormholes) for faster means of transportation.
With no conscious crew to man the landing, to control the designated landing controls, the starship races through the atmosphere at incredible velocities, barely slowing down when it smashes into the sea with the force of a meteor, burying itself into the seafloor with the force of a supernova, but thankfully not unleashing any natural disasters upon crashing. The ship is damaged beyond any modern day form of repair, and would take a miracle to become functional enough to provide power to the ships propulsion and power systems. As it stands, the only working form of power the ship can provide to its passengers, is life support that allows them to sleep peacefully and comfortably until they are discovered in the far future when they will awaken.
-Underground, beneath the starships crash landing-
Deep underground, a cavern devoid of both life and light, holds a hidden secret, one far more ancient than any other. The only illumination is a purple crystal that glows brightly through the darkness, a sense of calm filling the air as the crystal's sole occupant sleeps on undisturbed by the rumbling of the crashing space vehicle up above. The crystal's sole occupant has blonde spiky hair that is long enough to reach his mid-back, pulled into a tight ponytail, and has two long bangs that cup both his cheeks much like his fathers did when he was alive. On his cheeks lie three whisker-like birthmarks. However, for a single instant, bright blue eyes snapped open, glowing with power, showing that he was still very much alive.
-1990, June 17-
Kamikura Island was an anomaly in geography. It shouldn't have been raised to the surface of the ocean around it but it had been raised anyway somehow. And now Minaka Hiroto had explored the Island finding the 108 life forms, now called Sekirei, and at the moment only five were awake, with a purple goddess at the head destroying gigantic ships with only a swing of her sword.
She would protect her siblings on the ship from these persistent humans not one would make it out alive if she had anything to say about it. Behind her were four other sisters that had been woken up to help protect their little brothers and sisters. They were part of the Disciplinary Squad made for one purpose and one purpose only. Complete protection of their siblings and no one had questioned her about it. The two humans that had found her and her siblings on the ship were still back at the ship adjusting her siblings for life on their planet, they thought the sekirei were too strong to live a normal life. But she knew otherwise, her people were not meant for a normal life. They were meant as advisors and consultants.
She heard giggling behind her and immediately knew who it was. Turning her head she saw her red headed sister giggling at something. "Miya-tan is as strong as ever fufufu silly humans trying to beat Miya-tan." she said adjusting the annoying jacket she had to wear. She was wearing the squads uniform as well. A black shirt and pants with a gray overcoat over her shoulders with black fingerless gloves on her hands.
"Matsu is that the last of them?" the now identified Miya asked the red head, sheathing her sword.
For now.
"One moment, Access search!" she said closing her eyes in concentration. After a few seconds she opened her eyes and nodded at her leader. "Yeah that was the last of them. But I noticed something odd about the side of the island." she said interesting her leader.
"What is it?"
"A cave has opened up on the side of the island. Its strange because no sea water got in when the waves crashed on the opening when I was looking." She said pointing in the direction of the cave.
"Do you know if any soldiers found their way inside it?"
"No I don't think they even found it. If I hadn't been looking for anything odd or spaces for them to escape I would have missed it as well." She told Miya.
"As long as no soldiers are inside it I have no desire to approach it." Miya said before leaving back towards the base with her sisters and Mutsu in tow. Matsu however kept the cave in her mind in case some thing happened that needed her team there.
It had been two weeks since the attempted invasion of the island and Matsu had been watching the cave as normal when her curiosity got the better of her and she requested her leader to search the cave with her or her alone.
"Why do you want to visit this cave so much Matsu? We don't know if anything is even there and there is no threat coming from the cave I see no point going to the cave. But I will give you leave to search the cave If it will make you focus on your duties." Miya told her in the training room. "I will be coming with you to keep you safe since you don't have combat abilities but this is the last excursion ok? Go get the gear we will need, I am going to talk to the researcher."
"Ok Miya-tan." She said grabbing her cloak and the gear they would need to get to the cave.
"Takehito." Miya said getting a scientists attention. He was a skinny man with a white coat on and silver hair. Looking up he gave the disciplinary squad leader his attention, "Me and Matsu are leaving for a moment to investigate a possible threat on the side of the island."
"That's fine your adjustments aren't scheduled for today or tomorrow anyway so go ahead." Takehito said.
Nodding Miya and Matsu left the base and traveled to the side of the island where they could gain access to the cave that Matsu had found. Securing their gear Matsu was grinning at the possibility of searching the cave that had caught her attention for the last couple weeks. "I'm ready Miya-tan." She told her leader grabbing a rope secured to the top of the cliff that dropped to the cave and the sea below it. Hanging on to the rope she jumped off the side of the cliff and started walking backwards to the top of the cave. She had a carabineer on her waist that held the rope going through it. Holding onto the rope she slid herself down to the cave.
Waves were splashing all around the cave but Matsu could see a strange calm spot right below the cave entrance. Like someone put a barrier between that spot and the waves around it so no water could go into the cave.
Miya was astounded that her squad hadn't found this cave before. They had scoured every inch of the island searching for hiding points how had this little cave been missed? Setting down inside the cave Miya could see the walls in every direction filled with writing and pictures. She couldn't read any of it but the pictures spoke of a tale most would attribute to children stories. Surely this planet didn't have any monsters with multiple tails. "Matsu can you read any of the writing?" she asked her red headed companion.
"Partly Miya-tan. It's really old. I was researching languages some time after we were woken up and this just happens to be a really, really, really, really old dialect. Like I'm not sure if I could get it at all. Even if no water had gotten in the cave time itself has weathered the writing so much its amazing its still here at all." Matsu said looking at the walls closely and memorizing the writing for later study. "The writing continues further in the cave. Did you bring any flashlights Miya-tan?" she asked her leader who held up two large flashlights. Grabbing one she started walking further into the cave.
Along the cave walls the pictures were seen of people fighting what looked to be a giant monster with ten tails. The writing got clearer the further they got into the cave but still not clear enough to read. The pictures showed a young boy growing up with no one around him that made the maternal instincts in Matsu kick up and narrow her eyes at the wall, like it had done something wrong to her. Further along the boy had grown and was fighting and training. At the edge of the writing and pictures it showed a standoff between the boy and the monster with ten tails behind it.
After twenty minutes of walking the women found an entrance to a giant room with only two things in it. The largest boulder Matsu had ever seen and something else she wasn't interested in at the moment. Around the boulder were three-twisted green, blue, and white ropes going around its bottom middle and top respectively. Approaching the boulder Matsu saw white pieces of paper hanging from the ropes with writing on them the same as the walls only a lot clearer, as if time itself stayed away from the writing. In front of the boulder a small plaque that had more familiar writing on it stood out to the red head. It read:
Be wary for you are stepping on corrupt ground. The beast trapped here holds no love for anything and will destroy you in a heartbeat. Only the lonely guardian has enough power to stall the destruction of humanity.
"Well that's an odd warning for something so old. You think that the beast or the guardian are still here?" Matsu asked her commander not hearing a response she looked back. Looking back she could see Miya examining a glowing crystal, and within this crystal, was the guardian himself.
He was perfectly preserved, and he looked like he was sleeping if anything.
How did she miss that? It was right there and not small either.
The man was around 6'2'' with blonde spiky hair that is long enough to reach his mid-back, pulled into a tight ponytail, and has two long bangs that cup both his cheeks. He has a coat that is orange with black flame embroideries stitched in the lower portions of the sleeves and the bottom of the coat. He had a sword at his hip and on his back. The sword at his hip was a katana approximately 23 inches long. The broadsword on his back was at least a foot and a half wide and 5 feet long. Odd writing was on both handles that she couldn't identify.
"It's a mystery!" Matsu said disturbing her commander's silence in examining the crystalline structure.
"What is?" Miya asked looking at Matsu.
"That writing on the hilts of the swords and the tags are the same as the walls but I could easily read the writing on the hilts. Why can I read the hilts and tags so easily when everything else in the cave is so blurry?" pouting she stared at the crystal like it would give her answers.
After a few minutes of silence Miya spoke "We've stayed too long, lets go Matsu."
They left the cave the same way as they came and left feeling a little sad like the cave was a happier place than outside it, even with the warning given.
Returning to the ship Miya went and reported to Takehito while Matsu went back to her room of computers to search what she had found in the cave.
Miya was wondering what Takehito's reaction would be if she told him of the warning given in the cave. She knew that if the pictures were true than that beast the walls spoke of wouldn't care if it killed her people and not remorse it at all. She had to report what she had found. Walking to the researchers office she knocked and waited until a soft "enter" was heard beyond the door. Opening the door Miya saw Takehito behind a computer reading something. "Ah, Miya your back. Good to see you. What can I do for you?"
"Takehito. Matsu and I found something in the cave and I was hoping you would be able to make sense of. She found a dialect that she couldn't read and a warning written in a different language I could not read. Matsu could but from what I saw in there I am not sure that we could beat it if it was released." She reported to the researcher. That was until she heard the crazy voice of one of the humans that had found them speak up.
"Really? An age-old cave hidden by stone and weathered by time, given a warning for humanity's destruction. We now have the power of the gods I must say we investigate this cave at once!" turning around Miya saw the man with an insane grin on his face. He stood rather tall about 6'2'' with a white suit, white gloves, a white shirt, white pants and had glasses with a white cape on. His shoes were also white only they were elevator shoes about 5-6 inches off the ground.
He was walking out of the office only to be smacked in the back of the head by the other human that found them, Takami Sahashi. "You idiot! If there is a warning that has been there for who knows how long we don't want to disturb it. Who knows what kind of diseases and traps could be down there?" She yelled at the man in white.
"But Takami-chan we have the power of the gods we should not fear some simple warning."
"We're not going Minaka and that's final." Takami said walking away.
"Well fine then you don't have to come then." The crazy man said after she was out of hearing range, "Takehito-kun are you going to come?" he said grinning madly.
"I suppose I will have to as here has to be someone to keep you in line." Takehito replied sighing.
"Well that's great then. Miya-chan do you still have all your gear ready?" he asked the sekirei commander.
"Yes Me and Matsu are ready to go whenever. Should I get the others?"
"No you and Matsu should suffice against whatever may come against us." With that he walked out the door letting the others get ready. Oh how he would regret that statement if he was a sane man.
Travelling back to the cave in a truck driven by Takehito they were silent while Matsu still had a small laptop to record things while she was in the cave. When they were at the cliff face they situated all the ropes and rock climbing gear to go down into the cave. They knew it was the same cave by the small calm spot right before the cave entrance like something was blocking the waves.
Minaka was ecstatic "Imagine what we could find here that could stop nature itself from imposing on it."
Takehito was worried though, what kind of people had the technology to keep the waves out of a cave merely to keep it secret. What happened to them that they disappeared? How long ago was this place built, for he could see the markings along the walls and knew that this cave didn't come naturally?
Further in the cave they spotted the cavern entrance with the statue still there staring impassively at the boulder. Waiting, watching, nothing would escape its gaze. Minaka was looking at the boulder like a boy in a candy shop while Takehito was looking at the statue.
"Matsu-chan can you please read the warning?" Minaka asked the red head.
Be wary for you are stepping on corrupt ground. The beast trapped here holds no love for anything and will destroy you in a heartbeat. Only the lonely guardian has enough power to stall the destruction of humanity.
After reading the text and finding nothing else to interpret Minaka saw the tags and attempted to rip one off. Right as his hand touched the tag a incredible pressure exploded into existence, the sheer intensity of it shaking the entire island to its core. Suddenly, the amount of pressure of unknown energy spiked. Those who present went to their knees, unable to stand the powerful presence around them. Again, it spiked, even more so than the first. It became hard to breathe, and somehow, it wasn't done yet.
The people above them at the Sekirei spaceship, soldier and civilian alike dropped to their knees, the brightest, warmest, and largest presence bringing them down, like it was demanding the mere mortals to obey. And they did, they obeyed, kneeling. It was frightening, reassuring, and beautiful all at the same time. The weaker civilians weren't sure how they hadn't lost consciousness yet. It was like the presence, the godly entity, wouldn't let them pass out. It was commanding them to witness its awesome power, commanding them to recognize it.
The presence had a will of its own, and that will wanted to be heard!
They listened, truly listened.
They obeyed.
Takami felt herself hit the ground, meeting the rocky earth. Her entire body screamed at her, begging to turn around, to go home.
She didn't know what the hell this was. It was like something not human was screaming, screaming to be heard, screaming to protect, to save. W-What was this power?
She looked over her shoulder, her eyes widening when she saw it.
The entire contingency of Sekirei and the human soldiers were in the same position as her. They were brought to their knees.
They obeyed.
Kazehana looked on in fear, something even she hadn't truly felt in all her life, as she and her comrades were brought to their knees, unable to breathe, to move, to think. All they could do was shake in fear and obey. They obeyed the screaming energy, because that's all that they could do.
The presence commanded obedience, and that's exactly what it got.
They obeyed.
Not many people, if any, can claim to have heard the voice of God. Even fewer, however, could claim to have heard the will of God demand their immediate obedience. Whatever it was they were feeling surely must have been important, because the power that the crystal was unleashing was tearing the island apart.
Entire buildings were lifted into the sky, along with cars and rocks, all gravitating towards the sky because of the power one man was using. Thunderclouds were birthed into existence, the cry of the heavens exploding as lightning surged across the sky in a multitude of colors ranging from red to green, blue to purple, yellow to orange, white to silver. The heavens, were rejoicing in the return of their savior.
And just as suddenly as it came, it vanished.
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A explosion of glass forced them to cover their eyes as a hand grabbed his wrist stopping him from removing the tag. Looking at the arm that held his he noticed it wasn't one of his associates that had grabbed him. The same hand that was once trapped inside of a crystalline structure, now gripped his wrist. Grinning at the phenomenon and thinking quickly he almost missed the words come from somewhere in the cave.
"Who dares disturbs the creatures sleep?"
Silence met the voice.
"Well? Surely you noticed the warning I had to put up because of idiots like you?"
This time giggling was heard answering the voice. "Ano… Guardian-tan you are speaking a really old language considered dead by most the world. I don't think they can understand you."
"And how is it you can then if it is dead too most the world?" the voice said while the blonde turned its head to look at the redhead. Matsu could see the eyes of the man looking almost through her to her very soul. Judging her words and person.
Squirming under his gaze Matsu replied, "I can because I have dedicated a lot of time in information, languages being one of them. This particular language was very hard to find anywhere. It's almost an ancestor of common Japanese. The man whose hand you hold wants you to let go though" Matsu said holding her giggles in at the tugging motions Minaka was making on the statues grip.
Miya was stunned. They come in here and find the things and now that Minaka is here he almost does something stupid, not that they didn't guess he would cuz they knew he was bound to do it, and now he is held captive by a man that had once been trapped in a crystal for who knows how long. That is not supposed to happen.
Takehito was more curious than anything and relayed this to Matsu, "Hey Matsu, can you ask him a question for me?"
"Sure thing Take-tan."
"Can you ask him why he is guarding this boulder?"
Nodding Matsu turned back to the statue and repeated the question.
"I am not guarding this boulder. More like I am its warden to make sure it stays inside a prison. Keeping it from humanity. Keeping humanity safe."
Translating for Takehito Matsu noticed the blonde's eyes were actually a stunning, almost endless, blue.
Takehito was still curious though and asked another question, ignoring Minaka's pleas for help, "How is it that you can move when you were trapped inside of that crystal for so long?"
Chuckling could be heard this time before an answer. "I wasn't always in the crystal. I'm sure you noticed the pictures on the walls?" At their nods the voice continued, "I started out as an outcast. I was a painful reminder of a tragedy that happened at my birth. So I was alone at the start only the people high up in power helped me and still most only did it to control me." Shaking his head the blonde then dragged Minaka's hand away from the tag it was touching keeping the tag in place. "But my tale is not for here or now. Now tell me why did this idiot want to disturb the creature?"
"I don't want to disturb it only study it! We need a kind of guardian/enforcer for the age of the gods." The crazy man said.
"Minaka-san do you really want to test the patience of something that I can't beat?" Miya said. All the while it was speaking Matsu was translating except for the crazy's words. She had sensed its power and could tell she would be annihilated should it come to blows.
"An entity that not even the disciplinary squad captain can beat? Incredible!" so says the crazy president still grinning at the prospect.
"You never told me who is it that whishes to disturb the creature." The voice said looking at Matsu.
"Sorry guardian-tan I am Matsu the technical genius, and the guy you were holding is Minaka Hiroto-tan." Matsu said pointing to herself then to Minaka.
"Please ask him to cut his finger for a moment. I wish to do something."
Relaying the instruction Minaka rushed to do it to see what a mere human could do with just a little bit of blood. Kneeling down to touch the blood the blond quickly forms strange hand signs before slamming his hand down on the blood. Writing starts forming around the boulder and Minaka could feel him being pushed away from the thing he wanted to inspect. Takehito could also feel a push but it was much smaller considering he was farther away from the writing than the president who was thrown back.
Drawing her blade Miya rushed the blonde and demanded, "What did you just do?"
After relaying the question the man turned towards the sword wielder and then told Matsu, "I only used his blood as a medium to keep him away from the boulder. Underneath it I based the seal on his blood so it absorbed a little of human characteristics that might be pushing the other man away a little more. I set the seal to keep him to the edge of the cave while others are kept at least 10 feet from the beast. I do not want anyone releasing the creature. To do so, would be to court annihilation" After saying that the blond walked to Takehito and put his arm on the man's shoulder.
Takehito could feel the pressure lessen by a fair amount once the unknown man put its arm on his shoulder. "Why is the pressure lessened?" he asked looking at the statue.
"Do you wish to release the creature?"
"No, if what your warning says is true than I would gladly stay away from this place if that kept it locked up."
"Good to hear that humanity isn't a lost cause. I am keyed into every seal written and engraved into and onto this cavern, reducing the repellent to you so you are more comfortable is an easy thing to do. If it is to keep the creature locked up I will keep allies close and enemies to my cause far away from here." The blonde said removing its hand from Takehito's shoulder. As the blonde was walking back to the boulder a loud, pissed yell could be heard throughout the cave.
"MINAKA HIROTO! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU THERE WON'T BE ANYTHING LEFT THIS TIME!"
Turning back around the group could see an enraged woman enter the cavern and was looking for Minaka when it saw him huddled up right next to the entrance to the cavern.
Looking at Takami, Minaka could only sweat in fear at what was coming his way before he was dragged out of the cavern.
When they were gone, the blond suddenly hunched over, almost as if in extreme exhaustion, "Guardian-tan?" she asked quietly to the man before her, in the language he had been speaking yesterday.
"It has been a long time since I have actually breathed, and bravado can only carry one so far." He wheezed out still struggling. "Help me get the swords off of my back and hip for a moment." He asked moving for a clasp on his chest that held the massive sword to his back. Matsu hurried to help the struggling man while Miya and Takehito just watched him struggle silently still a little shocked at what just happened. After the swords were off of him the guardian moved to a nearby wall and still wheezing asked, "Do you have some water and food I can have by chance?"
Quickly removing a bottled water from his pack, Takehito handed it to the blond who greedily swallowed the liquid while he snatched a protein bar from Miya to stave off his relentless appetite for the moment.
After giving his thanks there was about an hour of random chitchat everyone had moved into the tunnel that led to the cavern. Miya was now standing near Takehito in case the strange human would do anything to him. Matsu was by the blond conversing with it for some time before he turned back to the others.
"I would ask you to bury this cave. Make it so no one else can get in here. Can you close the entrance?" the man said pointing to the entrance.
"Do you want us to make it a natural close or a metal shield over the cave entrance?" Takehito asked after Matsu had translated the question.
"Preferably natural. If you can't then I will have to get creative since I haven't used some of my techniques in millennia."
"Ano… guardian-tan how old are you?" Matsu asked the man.
Closing its eyes the blond leaned back a little and thought for a moment. "Right now I would say somewhere between 12,456 years or 12,684. I can tell because of the drain the seal is having on the beast. I am only a catalyst for the absorption. Right now its power is maybe oh…" turning the statue looked at Miya before walking over and saying "May I see your hand for a moment?" nodding Miya put her hand in the blondes. After a minute the man looked up and spoke again. "I would say the beast is about only a couple hundred times as powerful as she is, putting it around a eighth of its true strength." he spoke casually not noticing that his words spooked both Matsu and Takehito. "What?" he asked after noticing Matsu and Takehito's fright.
"Guardian-tan, Miya is probably the strongest person this world will ever see if the beast stays in here." Matsu said surprising the man.
"Has humanity fallen that far? She is about as strong as a Kage when I was growing up. Going up the power ladder we started as academy strength, or E-rank, one up is genin, the lowest active shinobi, D-rank, then chunin the most common and the major fighting force of the village, C-rank, after that is jonin, the elite fighters capable of taking down multiple chunin, B-rank, then the elite jonin or ANBU class, they were the top of the village aside from the Kage and an A-rank above that is only Kage-level or S-rank in strength. Above that are the SS-ranks and SSS-ranks which were and few between as few generations have one of those. Miya is about S-rank in power, while Matsu is about a solid C-rank by the feeling her chakra reserves." After the lecture the room was silent at how powerful the people in its time were.
"Going off of Miya how strong are you?" Takehito asked.
"Judging myself I would say I have maybe oh I don't know twice as powerful as the beasts current reserves." he said looking at his stunned audience. "Hey, don't look at me like that. I was brought up in the knowledge that more chakra was better. Too bad they didn't tell me that it took control as well. But I was the last of a great clan that was known for its supersized chakra reserves."
"You have said chakra a few times guardian-san, you would mind telling me what that is?" Takehito spoke after getting over his shock.
"It is the energy that she" the blond said as he points to Miya, "and her" he said before he proceeds to point to Matsu, "Use to control their powers. Chakra is the essence of life itself, energy made from the spiritual aspect of the mind and soul, combined with the energy produced from every cell in the body. You" the blonde says as he points to Takehito, "don't really have much, less than the common civilian in my day. Thinking on that, are they normal?" the statue said pointing to Matsu and Miya.
Looking at each other Miya started to explain to the guardian. "We are what you would call aliens to this planet. We came because our race was dying, even now only 108 of us are left. We left our planet because it was dying so we took a spaceship and came here. The man and woman you saw earlier found our ship not even twenty years ago. They call us Sekirei."
"Hmm… You said that your race was dying out. What did you mean? Like disease dying out or population dying out?" he asked the woman in front of him.
"Matsu could you please come translate?" after Matsu's nod and translation she started to explain, "Well, our population was dying out and we couldn't find our right Ashikabi, or destined one. Sekirei of our planet were the ruling people but none of the rulers had Ashikabi's so our government collapsed after some time because of the lack of offspring. Our Ashikabi's are the ones that are destined to fill us with love. With only the unloved sekirei left on the council the Ashikabi's of our planet were treated like slaves only designed to work hard and do the Sekirei's bidding. *Sigh* if only it weren't so. Because of that the potential Ashikabi went down in number because of the lack of love between the two. Once the council realized their mistake it was too late. The rest of the people were killed making our planet desolate. What few Ashikabi were left were then treated as baby makers, as our technology was much more advanced then yours we were able to scan our Ashikabi to see what our offspring would be and we learned to eventually manage what traits our offspring would take because of the need for a stable community. Changing the DNA of our children was… difficult. We had to change and manipulate who our children would grow up to be instead of letting them choose what they wanted to do." As she was explaining this the man and Matsu could see a speck of tears gather in her eyes. "But it wasn't enough, the council in their infinite wisdom decided that the sekirei were supposed to rule the Ashikabi's like servants or trash. It was bad. Three uprisings and so many Ashikabi were killed because of their foolishness… it was only after we decided that we should start over that a couple of the elders forced our decided to put down any sekirei that thought the Ashikabi's were equal. So we did what we had to we stole the ship that brought us here and were going to use it to start anew but we never got the chance as we were soon under attack by unknown forces." She then stated how they came about to find the cave because of chance and Matsu's scanning.
Staying silent for a while the man thought about what it was that they didn't do on their home world, 'How come it's at the peak of civilization that people are always corrupt? I wake up after twelve-and-a-half millennia and I am still dealing with the aftermath of a stupid council.' After thinking that the blonde looked at her straight in the eyes and watched her for a moment before speaking again, "And what will you do with the people in this world when you have repopulated again?"
"I will lead my people to work aside along human kind as guardians of a kind and live peacefully alongside them." she answered, getting a nod in return the man then looked into her eyes with the most intense gaze she had ever felt.
Miya felt like a small child in front of those eyes. They were experienced, not cold per say but… passionate? As if they were looking into her soul for answers that would not come out in word form. After a minute he stopped looking and nodded apparently satisfied. Relief spread over her whole being at the thought of the eyes leaving her alone.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze Senju, and I pledge to be a guardian for your race. Be it internal or external I will light the path keeping the light in your hearts safe. Should you need me you only need to call me." He said looking as if he was probably the strongest person in the world. Which was probably true considering what his world had deteriorated to.
Miya and Matsu felt a small pulse of something from the man as he said it. It was old, powerful, and still somehow kind after experiencing life at its worst and best.
Takehito froze at the pulse. It was strong. Like Kazehana spinning the wind around her but with no effects it was just pure power, no purpose to it. After it passed he seemed to melt to the floor shocked by the amount of power casually tossed around.
Miya noticed Takehito falling and was there in an instant by his side and holding him up. Thinking back she wondered when she cared so much for the skinny scientist so much that she would be by his side than the one who said she would guard her race, "Are you alright Takehito?" she asked after a few seconds.
"Yeah I'm fine just shocked by the pulse. What was that?" he asked Matsu who translated again.
"That was my vow being recorded I have put so much chakra into the atmosphere in the past thousand years or so that it recognizes my feelings. And me saying that I would practically defend their race from threats made the atmosphere respond to my feelings sending a small pulse. Though I have to say, it feels like the air is… excited almost at my vow. Huh… who would have thought that the air would be my ally again." He said smiling softly in remembrance, "Though now that the boring stuff is over can I ask to have some food?" he asked just before his stomach demanded sustenance in an angry roar.
"ufufufu" Matsu giggled at the mans reaction to the prospect of food. 'Maybe this body of mine can be of use to our new human guardian. After all we should be thankful that someone of his strength is protecting us. Ufufufufu.' She thought perversely as her thoughts went MA rated and would give Jiraiya the bloodiest nose ever seen and the most popular Icha Icha book ever sold by him.
Hearing the laugh Naruto turned his head and saw the look in Matsu's eyes before his eyes widened to comic proportions and shouted at the ceiling "JIRAIYA! I KNOW YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS! TSUNADE PLEASE PULVERISE HIM! ONE DAY I WILL UNDERSTAND JUST HOW YOU TURNED ME INTO A PERVERT MAGNET!" all while pointing at the ceiling and running away from Matsu.
Seeing and hearing this Matsu giggled perversely and thought 'Well well, a pervert magnet? Oh I am no pervert Naru-tan… I am a super pervert!' She thought proudly while puffing her chest out which showed just how well endowed she really was.
Takehito and Miya just stared at what just transpired. Neither knew what exactly was said since Matsu didn't interpret it but they were sure it had something to do with the look on her face.
After a few more minutes of running around yelling at something while pointing to the stone ceiling, Naruto calmed down enough (read fell down) to realize again that he needed food… badly. Rushing over with some rice and soup Miya and Takehito started to feed the stick of a man. And that's what he really was right now. Almost comically skin and bones, only if this kept up he would probably die from starvation. Feeding the young man Miya and Takehito could see something in his eyes as he started to be more active after his fall. He was gaining strength.
Of course, Takehito was admittedly very concerned for the blondes health. This man clearly hadn't done anything for himself in a long, long time, and it showed on his body. His hair hung almost limp while his eyes sagged and limbs could barely move. He was very concerned if this was to be the guardian of the sekirei then he might just hand them over to Takami. At least she would keep them safe politically.
After a few minutes of just feeding him, Matsu had come back from pervy land and come over to help him, her face of compassion calmed him and she came behind him and helped him move to a nearby wall so he could sit up properly, 'Besides if he does become an Ashikabi (which is very likely from this feeling I am getting from him.) then he would be able to experiment all he wants. And maybe I could join in. After all a fair maiden needs her wonderful guardian.' She thought before shaking her head uncharacteristically and just letting the man relax against her.
After about two hours of resting and eating Naruto could move again.
He reached to his hip and produced a scroll which he laid down next to his leg and pushed it where it unrolled completely. A small pulse of energy later and surprisingly a tub and several bottles of ink appeared from thin air. Naruto ignored their surprised looks as he forced his body to stand. Matsu was behind him when he fell and caught him before any damage could be done to him. "Are you sure you are well enough to do this right now, Naruto-tan?" she asked worried.
"I'm fine Matsu, I mean its not like I haven't moved in a couple millennia… oh wait, well if I counted that, no I was still sealed in the crystal… hmm…. Ok so I guess it has been a few millennia since I last moved. But I'm okay. I just need some more food. The chakra requirement for the sealing I used is insane. I haven't been able to get my full chakra capacity since that one time where it was almost released. Some nut job decided that it would be a good idea to wake the beast up since he was technically a god. Lets just say it didn't end well and the seal leaked only a tiny sliver of his chakra… the guy that tried releasing the beast instantly disintegrated from the chakra pressure alone. But then again this was about 10,750 years ago. So it had much more chakra than it does now. The requirement for the next few weeks is already paid but I intend to have it secure way before then and to do that I need food, Ink and paper, and something to hold a liquid, thus this here tub."
Grabbing his katana he sliced his hand open and dropped the blood into the tub. The sekirei and Takehito were worried when he started cutting himself and tried to stop him but he started speaking again. "Don't worry, I have done this before, not in a tub but I have done it. It's gonna take at least six hours before I finish so you can return to where you came from. I'll probably be done and resting by the time you return." Naruto told the group who reluctantly left as Naruto continued to fill the tub with his own blood, something that he probably should have held in until he had recovered enough in their personal opinion.
After bleeding quite a bit into the tub Naruto decided he had enough in the tub for one clone and a little extra. Smiling he put his hand over the tub and poured his chakra into the blood, shaping it, molding it. After a few seconds it started to congeal and move together. The red blood started to change color into the same color as his skin. A torso formed and next the head then arms and legs with hands, feet and hair being the last to form.
Looking up the clone could see the original panting next to the tub, "That's one made." He said after a minute of panting.
"So you decided to make the elemental guardians?" the clone asked.
"That's the only way that we can make sure the beast is always contained. You are almost a perfect twin of me; the only difference between us is that you didn't get the nine tails stuck in your stomach." Chuckling Naruto looked at his clone that was already perfectly formed. Smiling a bit he asked to bring some more food over. The clone did so and helped the original get up to the wall. "The seal should last just over a few weeks so I have that long to get reacquainted with my chakra to make the other clones. Now I just have to get the seal down that I'm thinking of and we can make a few more elemental blood clones." Moving over to the paper and ink he dipped his finger in the ink and started to write on the paper.
"Your going to do a replication seal?"
"Yeah. That way I can make as many blood clones as I want and not truly have to bleed eternally. Mixing blood with the ink to make it respond better to the blood will only make the seal more powerful."
After three hours of working the clones almost had the second steps for each element down with no leaves for stage one they had started moving directly onto stage two for each element or any that they counted as exercise. Wind was moving chakra around them to get a breeze going to make shapes, the two had circles and ovals down they were now working on getting hearts and boxes down. Fire was heating the air around them up and down using fire chakra only not moving any so air movement or friction wouldn't disturb the chakra; needless to say they and wind were very far away from each other. Water was working by the entrance and was swirling the ocean water around their shoulders.
Lightning had sparks going up and down their arms, they were standing a foot apart with their hands outstretched once in a while a quick burst of yellow could be seen shooting from one clone to the other. Earth were making shapes on the ground and were trying to one up each other, one had made a chair so the other made a couch with a leg rest, the first then made a figurine of the Bijuu the second seemed a little shocked by the one up and was determined to beat it. But going back to the blood clone, it could feel the pure chakra in the cave, sending his chakra out into the air it vibrated a little before adapting to the new usage and the clone could of sworn the air itself seemed happy. Dismissing that thought the clone adjusted the chakra and sent a sliver of chakra in the air into him.
He nearly blacked out as the result.
"WE HAVE THAT MUCH CHAKRA IN THE AIR?! I thought it dispersed after a few seconds?" he screamed in his mind, "I have to tell the original." He muttered before going to the cavern and saw the original was still by the tub sleeping, "Hey wake up. Something isn't right."
"ungh… what is it?"
"Take a feel of how much chakra is in the air."
Doing this Naruto was shocked by the amount, "I thought chakra in the air dispersed after a while?"
"Apparently not here. Do you have any idea what is going on?"
Closing his eyes and breathing a bit Naruto could feel the air charged with the chakra and… moving? Yes it was moving somewhere. Closing his eyes and following the chakra flow Naruto almost fell out of the entrance of the cave if it wasn't for the water-training clones he would have fallen down for sure. He wouldn't have died. No that was much to short of a drop to kill him. But it would have stung a bit and been annoying for a while, "Oh. That's where it's going. It's going out of the cave. We have had it closed for a couple millennia and the chakra hasn't had anywhere to go but to stay put so it stacked for a really, really, really long time."
"Hey boss, why not just use the chakra in the air to recover?"
Thinking a bit he reached out and beckoned to the chakra in the air.
It responded.
Naruto was shocked at how much chakra answered his call.
His body filled out, muscles once more filled in where they had atrophied, his bulk increased almost instantly as his chakra repaired the 12,000 years of damage he had acquired from being sealed in his crystalline prison. Soon enough, he was back at the prime of his strength, with additional power to do what he needed to do.
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