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TheFoxSummonerClan-Head: Rip Van Winkle?
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OKAY, LETS READ THIS SHIT! I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR HAZBIN HOTEL!
"Hey" = Speaking
'Hey' = Thinking
'Hey' = Memory
"Hey" = To be Determined
Chapter 18: Conviction Unwavering
A third gun shot rang.
"HERE IT COMES!" Naruto exclaimed, knowing the bullet is coming.
Bordering Skyscraper…
A female imp stood on the top.
In her hands was an antique jezail musket, which had smoke emitting from the barrel.
She was tall and lanky, with glowing blue eyes behind circular glasses and freckled cheeks. She had long black hair that reached down to her knees. A few bangs tended to stick up from her head, including a particularly long lock of hair that ended in a curl.
She was wearing a black suit, a white dress shirt, and a red tie. She also wore glasses and white gloves.
Her eyes narrowed as she stared down at her target.
"Thus, the hunting ground becomes the hunter's." She quoted as her eyes narrowed. "And my warhead will punish all without distinction."
Her eyes narrowed more when she saw Naruto expose his back to the path of her shot.
Her eyebrow quirked when Kubikiribocho appeared, taking the hit and shattering upon contact.
'So, he is able to summon weapons from a subspace.' She thought as she reached into her pocket, holding many Minié ball rounds.
A small portal appeared before her hand, which she inserted her hand and pulled it out, revealing the Minié ball rounds were replaced with conical spitzer rounds.
'He could be a problem, like Master informed me.' She thought as she reloaded her musket. 'So, I need to go for the kill, instead of maiming.'
She took aim.
Flashback…
Earlier that Morning…
"Rip Van Winkle, today is the day you are going to complete your purpose."
"Yes, Master." The Imp replied in a dead tone, her expression dull and lifeless.
Aside from her glasses, she was naked before her master, her body covered in healed scars.
Across her back was the emblem of her master's family.
"You better not disappoint me, after these last three years of training, you best not." Her master emphasizing failure. "You know the price…" he looked at her scarred flesh. "Of failure."
"Yes, Master."
"You have your mission, don't return until you have completed it."
Her expression twitched ever so subtly.
"Yes…" She bowed. "Master…"
She turned, walking away.
'I hope you die, you pathetic piece of pig shit!' Rip thought as she prepared for her mission.
Flashback End…
Rip took aim as Naruto and Mirko were looking around, clearly on edge, worrying for her next shot.
She watched them run into an alley.
'Hiding will not save you.' She thought as she lowered her weapon, backing up a few feet before taking a running leap over to another building. 'For my Warhead shall punish all without distinction!'
Alley Way…
"We should at least be safe in here." Naruto said as he, Mirko, and Charlie hid between the dumpsters, checking the damage to his sword, the blade being cracked. "It will be difficult for them to make those trick shots…"
"You couldn't have picked… I don't know… a BETTER spot?" Mirko asked with attitude as she held her nose closed.
The stench was putrid, rotten, and overwhelming to Naruto and Mirko, making them want to vomit, but they tolerated it.
"Oh, suck it up!" Naruto replied as he focused on Charlie.
She was out.
'Oh, shock must have made her past out.' Naruto thought as he observed Charlie.
She was pale.
Well, paler than normal.
Thankfully, the wires that Naruto used to close the wound were stemming the bleeding.
The downside… Naruto's left wire glove was missing a percentage of the total length.
Back to Charlie.
She was breathing steadily, her pulse stable, if slightly slow, but nothing worth worrying over.
Naruto looked around the alleyway, trying to find something that could potentially help him protect Charlie.
"Naruto…" Mirko whispered as she looked at one end of the alley before the other, which was closed off.
"Not now, Mirko."
"Naruto, we should…" Mirko paused, looking at him intensely.
Her eyes held fear and worry.
"It is very clear that this person isn't after us." Mirko said as she grabbed Naruto's shoulders, making him look her in the eyes.
"What does that mean?"
"It means we should…" Mirko hinted in her voice, her hands making a 'Drop off' gesture.
Naruto quirked an eyebrow.
"You aren't suggesting…"
"Dump the princess and run." Mirko bluntly stated. "Come on, this attacker isn't after us. They want the princess, so we can make an escape…"
"No."
"Naruto, listen…"
Naruto smacked Mirko's hand off of him.
"I will NOT abandon my master." He stated, his expression and tone not leaving any room for argument.
"But they aren't targeting us!" Mirko reiterated.
The teens heard another gunshot went off, both hearing the 'Zip' and the 'Zag' of the bullet.
Mirko and Naruto grabbed two bins of trash, throwing them in the air.
The garbage within them being struck by the bullet, but it pierced through them with ease, correcting its course.
Specifically, Charlie.
Naruto couldn't move his body in time, and took the bullet, which hit his forearm.
Mirko watched blood spew from Naruto's wound.
Naruto propped Charlie carefully, and bit down hard on his teeth before pulling the bullet out.
'A new bullet type?' Naruto thought, seeing the cone type of bullet, which he dropped to use his left hand to patch the wound, purposely letting the blood that was shed fall on his sword, which allowed the blade to fix itself.
"See!" Mirko said in full on panic. "Just drop the princess so we can leave!"
"I don't care!" Naruto snapped at Mirko, unable to keep himself calm from the pain in his arm. "If you aren't going to help me, then you can leave!"
Mirko stood up, her mouth tightly clenched, eyes watering as she stared down at Naruto, who defiantly stared back at her.
She turned and walked away.
Her lips trembled as the tears began to fall from her cheeks.
'Stupid…' She thought as Naruto watched her exit the alley and turn the corner.
Naruto bit his lip.
An intense weight in his chest began to weigh him down, but he pushed this and many negative thoughts aside.
'Okay,' he glanced down at the bullet. 'They changed up their artillery. And that shot was too accurate for a normal trick shot. It has to be magic.'
Naruto glanced around, seeing a drainage pipe.
"Sorry, Charlie. I know it smells bad, but it should keep you safe." Naruto whispered as he carefully put Charlie into it before moving a dumpster to cover it, fully covering Charlie from view.
Naruto took a few deep breathes, closed his eyes.
He rolled his head, popping his neck.
"Releasing Control Art Restriction System Level 4 to Level 3…" Naruto stated calmly as he hopped back and forth.
Black rings began to appear around Naruto's eyes. His pupils gained a thick horizontal line, making it look like a plus sign. His tail, which swayed calmly, split into three.
"Ability restrictions lifted for limited use…" Naruto continued as he crouched, grabbing his sword as he felt the restriction loosen and his physical prowess become enhanced. "Until the enemy is rendered… Silent."
Rooftop…
"So… He needs to die first if I am to succeed." Rip whispered in annoyance, jumping to a new building, taking aim again.
Rip didn't blink as she pulled the trigger.
With her magic, Rip controlled it to through the air with the intent of popping his head open like a watermelon.
Only to be sliced in half with Kubikiribocho.
"Impossible…" She said in surprise. "No, no… he is an exceptional individual… so this shouldn't…"
A small splash of panic spread through Rip's body when she saw Naruto turn, facing her specific direction, and then take off.
'He found me? How?' Rip thought as she grabbed a new bullet, jumping to a new roof top.
She took aim, watching Naruto run to her previous position.
'Three… Two… One…'
She fired another bullet.
No enhancement, just pure skill.
It was a head shot.
Only for Naruto to pivot and lunge in the bullet's trajectory, cutting it with his sword.
'He is able to split second deduce my position?' Rip analyzed, maneuvering a few buildings over, grabbing three bullets. 'Well, then let's see how he does with this.'
Rip took aim, fired, jumped.
Halfway across the jump, Rip fired a second shot.
She landed, fired a third shot.
Meanwhile…
Naruto heard three shots, with barely any time between each of them, and each one came from a different location.
Naruto swung Kubikiribocho, hitting one, only for the second to slip through his defense.
Meanwhile…
'Bullseye.' Rip thought as she watched Naruto get hit… only for her reassurance to be destroyed when Naruto took the third bullet, but didn't stop. 'Wait, what? What is that!'
Meanwhile…
Naruto staggered slightly as the bullets were pushed out of his body.
His left hand flexed, his fingers moving in a way that restitched the wires that were wrapped around his body.
'Good thing I wove this before I started running.' Naruto thought.
The wires were woven in a very tight net, acting like a bullet proof vest.
'Upside, I can defend myself from the bullets… downside…' Naruto stopped, looking around since he couldn't pin point the shooter's location. 'I can't use my left hand or my wires for offense…'
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BANG*
Naruto was able to deflect/hit the bullets.
*BANG*
Naruto grimaced as a fourth bullet hit him in the stomach.
'FUCK… still hurts…' Naruto thought as his wires absorbed and pushed the bullet out. 'Gonna be sore tomorrow.'
Naruto's sword lowered.
'I can't be reactionary anymore.' He thought as he gathered his breathing, lowering his guard.
A wind slowly picked up as naruto's power skyrocketed.
Naruto's lips turned black, some parts of his whiskers darkened enough to be visible as two more tails sprouted, giving him a total of five.
'C.A.R.S… Level Two…' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes.
He could feel it.
It was like a radar display grid.
Everyone in a five-hundred-meter range, Naruto could sense them
Their anger.
Their hate.
Their murderous intent.
'Ignore them.' Naruto thought as he focused. 'Find them.'
He knelt down, leaning forward, hand propping him up like Spiderman.
'Feel the murderous intent.' He thought.
It was like wading through a swamp.
So much, all at once, unable to pin point anything specific.
Its fucking Hell, what did Naruto expect.
*BING*
A surge of concentrated murder intent bloomed, specifically targeting him.
'THERE!' Naruto thought, his eyes snapping open as he jumped from his standing position.
Meanwhile…
Rip felt fear and panic bubbling in her stomach as Naruto was quickly closing the distance.
'He found me!' she thought in said fear/panic, stumbling backwards as she took the shot, further messing her steps.
Rip watched as Naruto batted the bullet aside.
'No… no…' Rip thought as her panic continued. 'No, I can't… my conviction. My conviction… it is unwavering!'
Her attempts to regain control felt fruitless as the distance between swordsman and marksman was closing.
'I can't fail…'
Flashback…
"YOU UTTER FAILURE!" her master screamed, his foot on her back, pulling a chain around her throat, choking her as he struck her back with a flog, tearing strips of her back off.
"I-IHM SHORRY…" She gasped out, her hand trying to pull against the chain.
"SORRY ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH!" He screamed, releasing the chains.
With his foot on her back, Rip was sent into the ground, hitting her head hard enough to spill blood.
'All of this…' Rip thought as she began to pass out. 'For missing one target…'
Flashback End…
Rip grit her teeth.
"I WILL WIN, WITH MY UNWAVERING CONVICTION, I SHALL PREVAIL, FOR MY WARHEAD WILL PUNISH ALL WITHOUT DISTINCTION!" She screamed as Naruto landed on the roof she was on. "HOUND OF HADES!"
She took aim.
Naruto cut her musket barrel.
Her body rippled with an icy sensation as she pulled the trigger.
Naruto didn't hesitate as he kicked the musket aside and out of Rip's hands before using the back of Kubikiribocho to strike her.
A sickening crack emitted from Rip's body, her arm broken from the strike.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" she screamed, grabbing her broken arm.
"You missed." Naruto said as he stood above Rip.
Only to be disturbed at Rip's smile.
"Oh, you think I missed?" She asked with a smile so curved it looked like a crescent moon.
Naruto gasped, turning, eyes widening.
"CHARLIE!" He screamed as he saw the bullet vanish from his view, but knew where it was heading.
He went to jump down the building, only to get his thigh penetrated.
"It works… like a sawed-off shotgun?" Naruto gasped in pain, collapsing, dropping his weapon.
Dropping her weapon, Rip fell to her knees, unable to contain her laughter.
'I did it. I am going to complete…'
Rip took a very sharp inhale of breath when she felt the magic in her bullet fade, not hitting flesh.
"Impossible!" she screeched in disbelief.
Meanwhile…
"Good fucking grief."
Charlie opened her eyes, having been awoken by the jostling.
"m-Mirko…" Charlie whispered.
"You are such a fucking hassle." Mirko said, carrying Charlie bridal style, running from the alley way, cloaked in her Lightning Armor.
Meanwhile…
Rip was ready to pull her hair out.
'HOW, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!' she internally screamed.
She was gasping for air as her target was taken out of her range.
'I need to catch up…' Rip thought, reaching for her musket… only for a foot to step on her hand once she grabbed it.
She looked up, seeing Naruto stare down at her.
"But… your leg…"
"I heal quickly." Naruto answered, which led to Rip to look at the injury, seeing steam emit from it as it was closing up.
"For attacking Princess Charlie Morningstar…" Naruto flexed his fingers, bearing his claws. "Death, is your sentence."
Rip's head lowered, her shoulders shuddering.
She lifted her head.
Naruto nearly took a step back.
She was silently crying with a relieved smile on her face.
"Thank you…"
Disgust and disturbance flooded Naruto's being as he sliced her throat open.
'Finally…' She thought as her blood spewed from her open neck. 'My torment…' her vision began to blur… an image of her master before her. 'Is over…'
Rip collapsed, dead.
Naruto staggered, hands on his knees to keep himself up.
Naruto's tails returned to a singular tail, his eyes returned to normal, his lips/whiskers lightened up.
"HUUUUUHh…." He sounded, exhaustion and pain settling in. 'God, fucking, whore…'
He picked up Kubikiribocho, intending to leave… yet he turned to the dead corpse.
He facepalmed.
'Why am I doing this?' he thought as he picked Rip up, not minding her blood soaking into his clothing as he jumped off of the building.
Evening…
"She should be fine, just needing to have this on to help her bones heal correctly." Dr. Riser explained to Naruto and Mirko.
The two sighed.
Naruto had bandaged on his wounds, which had been partially healed.
Mirko sighed in relief.
"Thank you, Dr. Riser." Naruto thanked as he signed some paperwork and handed it back to Riser.
"No worries." Riser said with a smile.
Naruto scratched one ear, his face tinted pink.
"So, about the other one." Riser said as he looked at Naruto. "What do you want done with the body?"
"Cremated, preferably, but before that, I want to look it over." Naruto told Riser.
"Why?" Riser asked as it was an unusual request.
"I want to see if there is any kind of evidence of an employer." Naruto replied.
"Oh, right~" Mirko said sarcastically.
Naruto's eye twitched.
"Yes… I don't think the attacker did this because she wanted to do it." Naruto calmly explained, even though he really wanted to react to Mirko's comment.
"Okay, follow me." Riser said, gesturing for Naruto to follow him.
Mirko watched as Naruto and the doctor leave the room, leaving her and Charlie alone.
The door closed, and Mirko immediately shuddered.
'Why did I do that?' She thought, thinking about earlier. 'Why'd I think that was a good idea…'
She felt guilt tighten in her chest, her throat beginning to dry from the intense emotional response she was going through.
She got up and walked to Charlie, taking her good hand and squeezing it tightly.
'Charlie… I'm sorry…' She thought, choking up.
Morgue…
"Name, Unknown. Gender: Female." Riser read off the report as he and Naruto walked into the freezer. "Age: Approximately twenty-five to thirty. Dental Records: We are trying to find them so we can notify any family if there is any."
"Good, they deserve to know." Naruto said as Riser and he entered the freezer. "Anything else?"
"From the scarring, she must have either had a horrible upbringing, or had an intense sex drive that drove her to intense BDSM acts." Riser continued as he opened the specific fridge holding the body.
"Hm…" Naruto said as the body was pulled out.
It had only been over an hour since they arrived at the hospital, and the body was starting to freeze.
"Nice clean cut, by the way." Riser praised, looking at the neck wound.
"Thanks." Naruto thanked as he looked Rip's body over.
It made his stomach churn.
Her body seemed to be a pin cushion for torture judging from the numerous white scar tissue.
"Here." Riser said as he handed over a pair of gloves.
Naruto accepted and put them on as Riser put some on himself.
"Alright, let's turn her over." Naruto said with some feelings of guilt.
The doctor and butler flipped her over.
"Well…" Naruto said as he saw her back. "That explains everything…"
Riser felt anger dripping off of Naruto.
"Thank you, Doctor. You can now cremate her…" Naruto said as he flipped Rip onto her back. "And please, try to find her family."
"Yes…" Riser said as he watched Naruto leave. "Where are you… and he is gone."
Naruto walked through the halls, back to Charlie's room.
"Mirko…"
Said rabbit shot from her seat, her hands wiping her tears away.
"Yes… Yes… what?" she asked, trying to keep herself looking presentable and calm.
"I need your help with something…" Naruto said as he got closer, whispering what he wanted to do.
Mirko's eyes widened, a devious smile appearing on her face.
"Oh, fuck yeah, I'll help." She said with a lot of excitement.
Naruto smirked.
"Alright, let's get to it… oh, wait…"
Mirko watched Naruto walk up to Charlie, who was still sleeping.
"Sleep well, my Master." He softly whispered to her, kissing her hand.
Mirko's excitement was dampened.
She fought a pout, keeping her smile bright.
"Okay, let's go." Mirko said, taking Naruto's arm, pressing herself into him.
"M-Mirko?"
"HM?"
"Uh… a bit close, aren't you?" Naruto asked a bit nervously.
"Am I?" She asked cutely with hints of seductiveness.
Naruto blushed deeply.
He looked away, trying not to smile.
Mirko sincerely smiled, hugging his arm as they left the hospital.
Chapter 18, DONE!
Well, Naruto and Mirko are up to something, I wonder what it is?
Yep, it was Hellsing's Rip Van Winkle who was the attacker.
Who is the Mastermind?
What are Mirko and Naruto going to do?
New art on deviantart, a good one that is tied into this story.
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