Crying for the Moon Chapter 115: The Call, a Naruto + Helluva Boss Crossover fanfic

Original Posted On July 19, 2024

Beta Read by: Crowfeast, Darlord331

Review Responses:

ShadowBloodedge9396: Yeah, Gaara's start is good, but his range is the current issue he needs to work on. Kurama is the one you see, but can't gauge how bad it is from how she acts all happy and playful. It isn't until you glimpse through the doors you can see how much of a bad person she is.

DireWolf1412: Kurama will. Don't worry.

MichaelTheFox: Answers will be given in time.

Dktv9: Very far away… like Godzilla.

Yami Luna Kitsune: I wanted a better name for Shukaku's epitaph, BUT, I felt going for a dumb one was funnier. Shukaku grabbed her ass because he knows he can get away with it. Bunta is best dad. Queen Bee gifted it to humans. Kurama in a Maid Costume… who wants me and Boo to draw it? Yes, Shukaku is that childish. Kurama wasn't taking Tamamo seriously, even told her child to be serious, and she paid the price for her lax attitude by getting that scar on her breast. Yes, it is very weird seeing Kurama be happy.

Jebest4781: Oh, I look forward to that so much.

StrongGuy159: We shall see.

Gamelover41592: No worries.

Bednarczykmiki: There are 8 idividuals heading toward Fox's Den, can you guess who it is? Why, do you want Kiba and Hinata to be a threat? I can do that if you want?

Animecollecter: I have popcorn. You mean with FFN? Apparently they were changing something and it shut down the website for a good day.

MEATBICYCLE: OH, no, this found family tolerates each other at best. They have fun/good times with each other, but with each one having a business/family of their own, they prefer that over each other, but it doesn't mean they stopped caring. A found family is STILL a family.

Guest: I know, I can't wait for the next lemon.

DaftMerc39: I wanna draw all the female characters doing the Marilyn Monroe Pose. I wanna draw Kurama as a sexy maid. You'll see why Matatabi hates Kurama. Yes, that is how Shippo died, by the exorcists. I'll look into them. I know… the art of Kurama during her pregnancy shows a completely different person, compared to the woman who actively bites off her own child's ear.

SniperBro1998: You think the toads lived?

Ice: Nice.

Fenris Silverblood: Everyone wants Tamamo to run away.

Nicholas: Shukaku wants to be a good uncle.

R'ley: It is not to make you like Kurama. It's to show why she is fucked up. Yes, Kurama is the type of person to blame others for her problems… even if she is why they happened.

Ravage88atlas: Shukaku didn't want unnecessary bloodshed, but if he continued the fight, none of them would have been left alive, except Bunta, Hiro, and Ken, who are strong enough to withstand Shukaku. I'm glad you like Karen being Tamamo's mother. Yep, we are getting closer to Naruto getting his new arm.

MisterWriter1994: Thank you.

Marshman101: His powers will be better with more training.

Reggad the Knife: You're right… they got off too easy.

OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HELLUVA BOSS!

"Hey" = Speaking

'Hey' = Thinking

'Hey' = Memory

"Hey" = To be Determined

Chapter 115: The Call

Fox's Den…

Tamamo was in her mother's office.

She was all alone.

With her mother's sealed body.

Tamamo walked up, standing as if she was staring into the sealed woman's eyes.

Tamamo's hands reached up as tears began to form, her lip quivering as she began to strangle her mother.

'You fucking lied to me!' Tamamo thought as she continued to choke Kurama. 'You lied to me about… everything…'

Tears began to stream down her cheeks, her grip going back and forth between tight and firm to weak and pathetic.

'I… I…'

Flashback…

"Do you really want to kill me for that woman?" Gamabunta asked, making Tamamo tilt her head. "I can see it… every time we clash blades."

"See what?" Tamamo demanded.

"I see your soul." Gamabunta answered, touching his wound, applying simple healing magic he knew to stem the bleeding. "You don't want to do this… you know it is wrong."

Tamamo flinched.

Her body felt hot, for a moment, and then instantly cold as her hands became numb.

"She abuses you." Gamabunta continued.

"Shut up." Tamamo voiced in a dry, choked tone, trying to ignore how sharp his words cut.

"She uses you as a weapon."

"Be quiet." Tamamo said loudly as her chest compressed tightly as if her muscles were trying to kill her.

Skip…

"Just stop." Bunta said in a much softer tone. "You don't need to fight for Kurama. If you have anyone that can take care of you, you can go to them."

Tamamo's vision blurred as she looked at Gamabunta.

Flashback End…

Tamamo choked out her breathing.

The being of her abuse was in her hands.

Yet…

She couldn't do it, her hands releasing her mother's throat, running out of the room, down the stairs, right into Karen's body, wrapping her arms around her.

"Tamamo?"

Seeing the fox child's distress, Karen dropped what she was doing to take care of her.

As this happened, eight individuals encroached upon Fox's Den.

Next Morning, Pride Ring, Dry Fuck Studios…

"Two more days until I get my arm." Naruto mumbled randomly as he ate his cereal with Millie and Moxxie.

"That's…"

Millie stopped when her son raised his stump, attempting to 'Scoop' his cereal into his mouth… when his spoon was in his left hand.

A vein bulged on Naruto's forehead in annoyance.

Meanwhile…

Loona stood in front of her mirror, standing in her underwear, a concerned look on her face.

"What's going on?" Verosika asked, walking behind Loona wearing shorts and a sports bra.

"I think I need a new bra…" Loona said as she unhooked it, letting it fall. "I think my boobs have gotten bigger."

"From breast milk?" Verosika asked as she looked at Loona's breasts, getting a little aroused.

"No, I think in general." Loona said as she turned to Verosika fully. "DO they feel heavier to you?"

Verosika put her hands under Loona's breasts, testing their weight.

"I think they are bigger."

"Fuck… I need to get more support… what are you doing?"

Verosika had moved behind her wife, a playful smirk on her lips, as she Aphrodite'd Loona.

"I'm your support." She giggled.

Loona snickered.

"What does that make you? My Bra?"

"I'm a Ver-bra."

Both women laughed before they got dressed, heading downstairs.

Meanwhile, Fox's Den…

"You are all dismissed." Tamamo finished her announcement, turning from all the workers of Fox's Den.

Confused murmurs and concerns echoed through out the whore house as the men and women slowly but surely funneled out, returning to their respective homes.

This left Tamamo, Arnold, Karen, Shukaku and Gaara alone in the building.

Melani, Karasuba, Crimson, Hinata, and Kiba were elsewhere, the first three on active duty while the later two were being waterboarded with candle wax.

Tamamo watched the last worker leave, sighing in relief.

'I'm so fucking tired.' She thought as she face palmed.

Pulling herself from her thoughts, Tamamo helped Arnold and Karen prepare and clean the meeting room.

It was a rectangular room with a table and chairs, mostly ignored by everyone, but in special occasions, Kurama would use it to host meetings.

Once the room was cleaned sufficiently, Tamamo sat down, leaning into Arnold, who put his hand on her head.

A soft smile graced Tamamo's lips as she enjoyed her head pats while Karen prepared some tea.

"Can I help?" Gaara asked the Cat Sinner.

"Thank you, can you carry this to the meeting room?" Karen asked, gesturing to where said room was.

Gaara took the tray, which had the tea pot, several cups, and some snacks on it.

He made his way up and entered the room, placing the tray on the table.

Gaara's attention landed on the being on said table.

Kurama was standing on the table, looking like a hung corpse.

Gaara's heart picked up some pace.

Her beauty was not lost to him, but his heart was set on another.

Gaara left the room, the scent of the tea wafting from the pot, the hot tea beginning to very slowly cool as we drift back into Kurama's sealed mind.

Within Kurama's Mind…

Kurama, Shukaku, and Matatabi were looking through the junkyard of Greed, looking for materials and items they could use.

They were teens.

Kurama, with her fox-like appearance, had only two tails. She lacked her mature beauty, being very flat chested. Her red hair was cut short, giving her a very boyish appearance.

Matatabi, was similar to Karen, being fully cat. She had one tail, and was beginning too physically mature.

Shukaku had long shaggy hair, looking much like a long haired dog, was still very short compared to his sisters.

It had been over a month since they ran away from the orphanage where they were raised.

"I think that's enough scavenging for today." Kurama said as she wiped her forehead as the sun beat down on her and her family. "We should get going…"

Kurama, Shukaku, and Matatabi's heads turned when they head the sounds of someone crying out for help.

Grabbing a lead pipe, Kurama took off without hesitation.

She ran briskly, and came upon a group of demons circling a single demon.

They had white fur with a horse head, huddled as rocks were thrown at them.

"JUST DIE YOU FREAK!" the leader stated, going to smash this demon's head in, only to get Kurama's foot to his face, his closest lacky getting sent to the ground via pipe to the head.

"BOSS!" the demons screamed as Kurama landed on the ground, not sticking the landing, hitting her knees, which hurt.

"You okay?" Kurama asked as the demons checked on their leader while Shukaku and Matatabi, armed with a wrench and baseball bat, arrived, surrounding the victim.

Kurama didn't get a response as the leader recovered enough.

"YOU ARE DEAD!" he roared, leading a charge toward the found family.

Several Minutes Later…

Blood coated the pipe, wrench, and baseball bat as the three teens gasped for air, dropping said weapons to turn to the victim of the attack.

They had bruises and blood covering their bodies, which was hard to see due to their fur covering them.

"You okay…" Kurama gasped out, kneeling.

The white demon was no older than ten… or eleven.

'She's a girl.' Kurama noted when the female demon calmed down enough to sit up.

"Why…"

"What?" Shukaku snapped, being grumpy from his injuries, being hit by Matatabi.

"Why save me… you don't know me?"

"What's your name?"

"Kokuo…"

Kurama extended her hand.

"Come, join our family…"

Skip…

"What do they call you?" Kurama asked the person as they stood on a corner in the Lust Ring.

"Chomei…"

"Tell your pimp to fuck off, because…" Kurama put her arm around the male prostitute's shoulders. "You're my family now."

"HUH?"

Skip…

"Do you two have names?"

"I'm Isobu…" the young turtle demon said, keeping the slug child behind him. "He is Saiken."

Kurama knelt down, smiling as she reached out to the boy, who didn't trust her.

Being from the Envy Ring, you learned to distrust others.

"Why don't you two come with us, we can give you a home… as family." Kurama offered.

Skip…

It was a hot Wrath Ring summer day, and Kurama was boxing one of her toughest opponents.

"Son…" Kurama called out to Son Goku, who had his left eye completely swollen shut, bruised and bloodied. "Join my family…"

Skip…

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" everyone screamed at Killer B… as Kurama laughed.

"You're funny." Kurama said as they all sat in a casino in Greed. "Hey, why don't you become our brother?"

Skip…

The Family were sitting around a funeral pyre, illuminated by its green light, the bodies of children burning within.

"I swear…" Kurama swore. "I'll take charge of this place, and change it so no little kid has to go through what we did…" Tears streamed violently down her face. "Or what they did."

The Family agreed.

"We shall get stronger…"

"Stronger than anyone…"

"When the time comes…"

"We shall band together…"

"Confront Lucifer…"

"Take his crown…"

"Slit his throat…"

"Take charge…"

"And change Hell for the better."

Skip…

"What's your name?" Kurama asked the person before her.

Her heart was racing.

Sure, she had sex with Shukaku, then dumped him for Matatabi, but the man before her made her feel different than the way they did.

"I'm Shippo."

We return to the Present…

Kurama couldn't express the nostalgia physically, but if she could, she'd be smiling brightly.

However, she was sealed, and couldn't move, sealed within her memories.

Evening…

*Thump*

"Can you stop doing that." Tamamo mumbled toward Shukaku as she looked at the seal over Kurama.

Both Tamamo and Shukaku were in the meeting hall, the tanuki with his arms crossed, an irritated face, while he thumped his foot on the ground impatiently.

"Excuse me, princess." Shukaku sarcastically replied. "Sorry that I am agitated our family is taking forever to get here. I mean, come on, I was very specific. 'Be here tomorrow'. And guess what… tomorrow is almost over!"

Tamamo sighed and returned her attention to the seal.

'I think I can get it off…' Tamamo thought, cautiously taking the corner of the seal in her hand.

As she was about to remove it, Shukaku's hand stopped her.

"I think we should leave that where it is for now." He said in a warning tone.

"Why? Didn't you call the others to get this off my mother?" Tamamo asked as she let go of the seal.

"Eh.. ye.. no… maybe. I just need to talk to the others, after all…" Shukaku sent the sealed Kurama a death glare. "She has a lot of things to answer, and we need to make a list."

Tamamo didn't make any gestures of understanding Shukaku at this moment.

She just knew it was the correct call.

*KNOCK, KNOCK*

"I got it…" Karen called from the hallway.

Karen jumped over the stair railing, landing safely on her feet, like any cat, and walked toward the door, opening it.

"Hello, can I help you?"

"Yes, I'm here because I was called, now let me in because I stand in the cold." Killer B rapped.

Karen sweat dropped.

Meanwhile, Pride Ring, Dry Fuck Studios…

Naruto was meditating outside with Fuu.

He was wearing shorts, and that's it.

Fuu wore shorts and a sports bra.

Naruto's small horn nubs and tiny wings were present, as was his tail partially becoming a snake.

'Make it natural.' Naruto thought, doing his best not to force his transformation. 'I am a demon, a Lycan-turned. I have the form of Marchosias.'

A clear image of what Marchosias looked like, from what Naruto was able to find on google, was in his mind.

'I am a demon, a Lycan-turned. I have the form of Marchosias.'

Naruto continued his best to be relaxed, calm, neutral.

Subtle twitches in his wings alerted him that they had grown, along with his horns.

Naruto took a deep breath, his body completely relaxing.

His horns, wings, and the snake tail vanished as Naruto opened his eyes.

"Damn…" Naruto mumbled as he looked several feet away to see Fuu meditating.

She was in the zone.

But no transformation, no subtle hints of one.

Fuu opened her eyes.

"I don't know what I am doing." She bluntly stated, standing up. "How did you do this?"

"Well, the first time…" Naruto handed Fuu some water. "I lost my arm, and wanted to protect Verosika."

Naruto looked at his left hand.

"I felt intense desire to keep her safe from our attackers, that it just sprung forth. But then the second time… I saw Shino and Gaara die." Naruto said in a darker, softer tone.

"I see." Fuu said as she finished the water. "So… you think I need to see someone die too?"

"Probably not… HOPEFULLY not." Naruto reiterated, seeing how horrible that would be.

Fuu snickered.

"I hope not too." She said as the two of them turned to go back into the house. "Wonder what is for dinner?"

"Maybe something simple. I don't feel like eating anything heavy." Naruto said in response. "What do you want?"

"Hm… I don't know."

The two friends laughed at each other's indecisiveness.

Lust Ring, Fox's Den…

"Oh my god, you're Tamamo~" Matatabi squealed as she lifted her fifteen-year-old niece into the air with a strength Tamamo didn't expect. "You are so cute~"

Tamamo's eyes were wide as her aunt hugged her, pressing their cheeks together in a familiar way.

'Is this why mother does this?' Tamamo thought as she was put back down on the ground.

"You look just like Kurama back in the day." Matatabi said as she used her hands to measure how tall Tamamo was, not seeing the disturbed look on Tamamo's face. "How many of us have arrived.

"You are the fifth to arrive, we are waiting for Chomei, Son, and Kokuo." Tamamo replied as she gestured to Matatabi to follow her.

Matatabi followed her niece upstairs, entering the meeting hall.

From the bottom of the stairs, she could tell it was already loud, hearing the commotion upstairs, now she was right in the center of it.

Shukaku, Killer B, Saiken, and Isobu were laughing their asses off as they repostioned Kurama, making it look like she was straining herself to use the bathroom.

"… taking a MEAN shit…"

The men hollered again, B turning to see Matatabi.

"Yo, Sis, you came late, you almost…"

Matatabi held up a hand, her claws having elongated into RAZOR sharp weapons, accompanied with a smile that on the surface looked pleasant, but held a sinister promise.

"Okay, the rap is out the window." B said, understanding the threat as he spoke normally.

"It has been a while. Not since our phone call several months ago, right?" Matatabi asked, her claws returning to normal.

Tamamo watched as her aunt and uncles interacted.

'They all have animal shapes, unlike mother.' Tamamo thought as she took notice of this.

Indeed.

Shukaku looked like a tanuki.

B looked like a bull/octopus hybrid.

Isobu was like a turtle.

Saiken was very much a slug.

Matatabi, while having a more humanoid face, had many more cat features than human.

Kurama, on the flip side, was almost completely humanoid, sans her ears and tails.

'I wonder… why does mother choose this form, over her animal characteristics?' Tamamo thought as her ear twitched, earing someone approaching the door.

"Excuse me." She dismissed herself to the door.

She walked past the kitchen on her way to the door, hearing Karen, Arnold, and Gaara working hard on preparing meals.

Pride swelled in Tamamo's chest, making her smile as she opened the door.

She expected three people, but not four.

"Hello, is Shukaku here?"

"Yes, I am Tamamo…"

"You're Tamamo?" Chomei exclaimed as he lunged forward, his hands grabbing her shoulders. "You look just like Kurama when she was your age."

"How old are you?" Kokuo asked, shoving Chomei to the side, wanting to get a good look at her niece.

"Where's your bathroom?" Son asked, looking around for said restroom.

"Down the hall, take a right, first door on the left." Tamamo pointed, Son running past her. "I'm fifteen, almost sixteen."

"You are?" Kokuo asked as her hands touched Tamamo's arms and torso. "Such defined muscles. Kurama is training you very well it seems."

"Please… follow me…" Tamamo said, pulling out of Kokuo's grasp as Chomei got up. "Who are you, if I may ask?"

"He is Shino, my apprentice." Chomei grunted, cracking his back. "Don't worry. He won't interrupt any of our business."

"It is nice to meet you." Shino said politely, bowing and shaking Tamamo's hand.

Tamamo was slightly thrown off at this greeting.

Eight times today had she been grabbed and compared to Kurama, so this was… off… but in a good way.

"AAAAH… much better." Son exclaimed as he rejoined the group.

He stared at Tamamo.

"You look just like Kurama when she was that big."

Tamamo's good mood soured once again.

"Please follow me, everyone is upstairs." She responded, guiding them upstairs.

Her aunt, uncles, and guest, followed her.

The sounds of laughter died the moment the door opened.

All nine family members were now present, with Kurama being sealed… and positioned into a hand stance.

"Alright, we are here…" Shukaku said as Karen, Arnold, and Gaara entered with food. "We can begin. Gaara, wait outside with the others..."

"Gaara?"

"… Shino?"

Chapter 115, DONE!

I had a lot of fun this chapter.

Getting to delve deeper into Kurama's past, showing how she met all of her family, and now we have all nine of them in one room.

Gaara and Shino are reunited, so that plot point can now move forward.

Naruto and Fuu training to master their TDF together, with Naruto's progress being further along than Fuu's due to her only having been recently killed/sent to Hell.

I especially enjoyed Loona/Verosika's scene in the beginning. I was tempted to make a lemon, but felt it would ruin/distract from what is important.

If you enjoyed the chapter, leave a review, even if you hated it because it helps me become a better author.