Dark Revelations
Kushina was a happy woman. Her boy had managed to get himself a couple of beautiful women as partners and would give her the grand babies that she wanted. The fact that he was a mamas boy and exceedingly strong only made things better in her eyes.
Naruto's classmates and friends were still embarrassed due to some of the scenes that had happened before the break. Whilst it was true that shinobi and kunoichi were trained to do seduction missions, none of them had done them as there were few who were actually willing to do them as someone who did tended to gain a less than favourable reputation. Then again in the shinobi world it was hard for someone to gain a favourable reputation. It was after all the nature of the occupation.
"He is so different" whispered Ino. She was still having to come to terms what they had discovered about the Uzumaki. There was also the fact that he had become an exceedingly powerful hunk.
"I cannot help but wonder what he will do now" said Tsunade whilst pointedly ignoring the sound of scribbling as a certain toad sage was trying his hardest to write down all of the "research" material that he could from the viewing.
"What do you mean Tsunade-sama?" asked ten ten. Wondering what the woman was getting at. The other kage had some sort of idea however. It was however sarutobi who answered the girl.
" Naruto has declared that he was now involving himself, since he has a knack for doing things that should not be possible we can only imagine what he will do now" this got nods from those in the room as he had the out of the box genius that came with being an Uzumaki to make such things a reality.
Chapter 6
Kyoto, Japan
"So you ran like a coward to Japan…" said Lady Kurami sarcastically. "I have to hand it to you Kraven; you are truly a master of fleeing from a threat."
"No truer words have ever been said" grumbled the raikage, The aristocratic vampire having gotten on his nerves with his ability to avoid threats. The kage knew that there would always be some like that. The most famous being orochimaru, at least he was prepared to fight despite his tendency to flee at the first sign of things going wrong.
"You have to admit that the woman is stunning" said Kushina, her husband sighing at the fact that the new generation were snickering at the dynamic between him and his wife. The fact that he agreed with her went unsaid for obvious reasons.
Kraven was incensed but said nothing. The beautiful vixen glanced over the reports on her tablet. "So three of your men are in Hungary still and doing their best to turn vampires against Naruto-sama. More importantly your right hand man Soren is in the hands of Naruto-sama…He's a write-off."
"Soren has a will of steel Lady Kurami." said Kraven. "He won't speak a word I assure you."
Kurami laughed scornfully. "Are you kidding me?! Uzumaki Naruto-sama could break the will of a god during an interrogation. The pain he will inflict on your little friend Soren will make your cohort beg for death. It's beyond the comprehension of your tiny mind Kraven. What few survivors I've seen of the Blood Red Tide's methods were so broken that they took their own lives in shame and despair afterwards. Naruto-sama is the definition of cruelty when he wants to be. To be honest with you he let Shǒuwèi off lightly when he slew him. I suppose Naruto-sama was in a rush." Then the beautiful kitsune snickered. "Naruto-sama toyed with Shǒuwèi for centuries. The very idea that Shǒuwèi could face down Naruto-sama is laughable."
"Yeh, that is an apt description of an Uzumaki" said Hashirama with a flinch as he remembered his wife. "Some of the most loving and loyal people any where but when they are angered or the people they care about are threatened... run." this got a series of nods from the kage and older shinobi. This was a shock to the younger shinobi as they had never even heard of the clan until this. It did help explain things however.
The only exception to this interaction was anko who was practically bouncing on her seat in excitement.
"But Shǒuwèi said that Uzumaki Naruto was a half breed and a weakling…." said Kraven.
"Shǒuwèi was also an arrogant idiot." countered Lady Kurami. "It's true that Naruto-sama was the product of a union between the nine tailed kitsune Uzumaki Kushina and the immortal human Alexander Corvinus but due to hybrid vigour he's even stronger than either of them combined. He has the blood of Kurama-sama flowing in his veins who is the most powerful kitsune that ever lived and answered only to Inari-sama."
This peaked the interest of those in the room. They knew very little of the kitsune so it was filling in the blanks that had been frustrating them.
Kraven snarled, "If this Naruto is so damned powerful then why isn't he running Japan himself then?"
Kurami smiled. "That's simple my dear vampire. He doesn'twant it. Kurama-sama could have ruled as a god but chose not to. Likewise, Naruto-sama who has been in military positions of power and simply vanished whenever someone tried to pull him into politics or governance. Like Kurama-sama, he has no interest in ruling over anything or anyone."
"Smart" muttered Ohnoki, as whilst the paperwork was a pain to deal with the majority of it came from civilians and other such things. If they were able to focus solely upon the military aspect of the job they would only have about a tenth of the forms to deal with.
"Then where is this almighty Kurama now?" asked Kraven hotly.
"He's asleep." answered the lady kitsune. "His power wasn't necessary so he fell into slumber centuries ago. His daughter Kushina-sama ruled in his stead for a long time but after she bore a half breed son then the other zenko turned upon her and she was never heard from again. No one knows what happened to her. However, as celestial foxes they could not blame Naruto-sama for what he was and simply ostracized him from their society. No one knows how Naruto-sama gained such a magnificent mastery over his kitsune powers as he had no one to instruct him."
This caused a growl to be heard in the room along with a dark and rage filled aura to manifest. It did not take long for them to find the source as the angry red haired woman was practically glowing in her rage. No one could blame her though as they had just heard that her alternate had been betrayed due to having her son, by her own people none the less. No none of them could blame the woman.
"Then why didn't you dark Kitsunes take him in?" asked Kraven.
Kurami answered, "There were several reasons we yako never took him in. We feared the zenko might attack and more importantly we feared Kurama-sama might awaken. There were also many that foolishly hated him for his half breed status like that idiot Shǒuwèi did. Once the yako came to the realization that Naruto-sama was anything but weak he had already grown too powerful and too cunning to manipulate or force into submission. That was back in the 1600's when I met him and he's only grown stronger since then. Make no mistake; your little friend Soren will be broken physically, mentally and spiritually beyond hope. Death will be his only release from his misery…"
Kraven shivered in fear. 'What kind of a monster am I facing?' he wondered.
…
This caused a slight chuckle to break out in the room at seeing the vampire begin to realize just what he had provoked. The shinobi however were both amazed and worried, what would the boy have been like if he had been raised properly as in this he was beyond powerful. It truly showed the differences.
Ördögház Mansion
Marcus and Lucien did something unprecedented because of Naruto's help. They called a temporary truce until they could meet each other in a neutral place and try to negotiate something. It was a very fragile peace but it was a start. There were still a lot of lycans and vampires that wanted blood though. Worst of all Soren's three men were still running loose trying to stir up trouble. Two they could track. Kristóf and Istavan had kept their cell phones and could easily be tracked using the technology available to the vampires at Ördögház but the last one Reinhardt left his phone behind by accident or design so his trail was lost to them.
Marcus growled, "Damn; these three have to die or they will disrupt everything." It was still daylight out and the vampires couldn't move out yet. Of course, theoretically their prey couldn't either….
That's when Naruto made an interesting suggestion on tracking the elusive Reinhardt….
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"Excellent" said Hashirama with a smile at the quick work that was already being done. Ohnoki nodded in agreement. The raikage however growled as he remembered the alliance that was supposed to happen between Kumo and konoha only to be derailed by the attempt upon the hyuga princess. A totally unauthorized mission.
Budapest, Hungary
Bad news travelled fast. Night had come down and Ildi's hunting instincts were running wild. Even though there was a sort of cease fire between the lycans and the vampires because of Naruto both sides were actively patrolling for one of the rogue vampires named Reinhardt that vanished. Why? He was actively attempting to upset the delicate peace that Lucien was trying to negotiate with Marcus. At Naruto's suggestion Ildi met up with a very dangerous Death Dealer named Kahn at nightfall and got the scent of Reinhardt from his clothing. Kahn didn't like her and she didn't like him but they had a job to do. Reinhardt had been trying to take out members of both sides using guerilla tactics and because he was one of Kraven's best men he had access to both silver nitrate and UV ammunition. It was the easiest thing to do to try and frame one side or the other….
"at least they are professional enough to work together." said Minato They were not surprised that there was a deep distrust but this would be a step to ending the long war. The fact that Naruto had chosen people that he could rely on to be professional was a good sign
Reinhardt was a sneaky bastard too, Ildi would grant him that. There were a lot of places to hide but he chose the slum areas that hadn't been renovated where gangs were known to run as well as other criminal activities such as drug dealing and prostitution. It wasn't a pretty area and Reinhardt set himself up there precisely because you couldn't really trust anybody. Ildi had already been approached a couple of times being as attractive as she was but the situations diffused themselves without violence. Kahn had been sceptical about coming down here because Reinhardt was a notorious upper class snob that wouldn't be seen dead in such an area. However, Ildi's nose led them to a ramshackle hotel were the rogue vampire was staying. They forced the door but Reinhardt wasn't there. However, his belongings were….
"Not a bad idea but also not a good one." said Tobirama to the agreement of the others. "why is that lord second" ask choji seeing as he was an Akamichi stealth was not really his thing.
"Well young one,the target being of the upper crust means that few would think to look for him there this is good for him, however the area being an unruly place causes there to be danger from unrelated factors. True him being a vampire mitigates this but it could cause enough of a stir to attract attention." explained the older shinobi. This got a nod of agreement from the others in the room.
"He must have left his jewellery here to avoid attracting attention." said Kahn as he picked up a gold watch. "Your nose led us right to him. I never thought I'd ever be complimenting a lycan but you are good."
Ildi nodded as she sniffed around. "You're not too bad yourself man. You're almost invisibly stealthy. He was here only about an hour ago."
Kahn chuckled. "The idea of that prim on proper 'gentleman' staying here is hilarious. I couldn't think of a more suitable place for that bastard."
"He's here!" hissed Ildi. She could smell the liquor on Reinhardt as he kicked open the door looking for interlopers. The rogue had his gun drawn but saw nothing. Ildi had slipped behind the bed and Kahn was in the shadows out of Reinhardt's line of sight. Time seemed to slow down as Reinhardt saw that his belongings had been gone through. He immediately opened fire into the darkness in panic and ran. Ildi's head popped up from behind the bed. There had been some near misses but other than a graze that added a scuff to her torn up, spiked leather jacket there was no harm done.
"well it looks like not everyone are idiots whilst running, if not for the girl it would have taken them much longer to find the man." huffed out Ohnoki. There was silence in the room as it showed the scene and they could not help but be impressed by how hidden the vampire khan was, he was practically invisible in the shadows. It was quite unnerving.
"Now the hunt truly begins" Growled out Tsume the primal side of her basically vibrating with excitement.
Ildi and Kahn nodded at each other and shot out after Reinhardt. The rogue was already running down the opposite side of street when the pursuing pair hit the pavement. Ildi's eyes lit up red and slitted as she rapidly skipped across the slow moving cars in pursuit. Seeing the cars had screeched to a halt from the lycan girl hopping across their roofs and hoods Kahn bolted across the street in pursuit as well. Reinhardt looked over his shoulder and saw Ildi's glowing red eyes as she closed on him. The rogue dived into a crowded side street and shoved his way through the crowd. He lost track of Ildi but then saw Kahn and opened fire in fear of the master hunter of the Death Dealers.
"It would appear that this Khan has a bit of a reputation" kakashi noted in a dull voice. If you were to go by his tone you would think he did not care but the twinkle within his visible eye showed nothing but pride and interest.
"Indeed" Garra agreed he had been silent through most of the talks as he was interested in his friends development.
Kahn hit the ground and avoided the gunfire. The crowd panicked and several were injured. All the noise and confusion allowed Reinhardt to slip away…temporarily.
….Reinhardt ran hard for several minutes and finally stopped to catch his breath. He saw his breath condensing in the humid air. Taking a deep breath; he willed himself to calm down and reloaded his weapons. The rogue looked up into the inky black sky when he felt rain start coming down and it lowered the visibility in the area. Reinhardt walked along a wrought iron fence along the street taking care to stay out of the sight of the street lights. Ildi appeared from a roof above and smashed his shoulder with her boot and he was partially impaled in the chest on the wrought iron fence. Reinhardt bellowed in pain as Ildi sprang off of him from her momentum and he drew his pistol. He mistook her for another Death Dealer and opened up with UV rounds.
The wound that this Reinhardt suffered caused those within the room to flinch but were confused by what significance using a type of weapon would have. Shikamaru wrote a question onto the scroll and sighed out the signature 'troublesome' of his clan.
Turning round he saw everyone looking at him for the explanation. Being to lazy he handed it to Minato and sat down. Kushina could only chuckle at the face her husband made when he was thrown under the bus by the Nara. Thus it was that the namikaze sighed and read from the note.
"due to their advanced durability and healing, It is immensely difficult to kill either a lycan or a vampire with conventional means without causing catastrophic damage. Both however are highly allergic on an almost fatal level to certain things. For lycans this would be silver causing severe pain. The older the lycan the better they could resist being hit with silver weaponry" this got looks of interest from those in the room along with the medics. "this problem of bullets, arrows and other silver weapons simply being pulled out has been resolved with the invention of a liquid silver which would invade the blood system when used."
At this it showed a scene of Khan showing Selene the new ammunition. Shooting a bust only for there to be streaks of silver running from the wounds. This interested and horrified the shinobi at the implications.
"Vampires however are allergic to ultraviolet radiation, this lead to myths of them not being able sunlight due to UV being a part of the suns ray, The lycans were able to develop a bullet that upon impact created a small burst of UV. Again like the lycans the older the vampire the stronger their regeneration thus more able to withstand such weapons."
This confused some of those in the room but not others. It was ten ten who finally spoke up.
"So this vampire shot Ildi with the anti vampire weapon making it do very little against her?" receiving a nod from the older generation as they have exploited such things before on missions.
As it turned out Reinhardt not only was using the wrong ammunition but he couldn't hit the target. Between him being in great pain from the stab wounds in his chest and sloppy aim his shots went wide. On top of that Ildi's speed and agility had been increased to the degree that she easily dodged his gunfire. Her red eyes were beginning to cause the rogue to panic as he continued to fire into the night. That's when a bullet hit him square in the back of the head from Kahn's superb shooting. The entry wound blew a hole in Reinhardt's traitorous skull but the exit wound blew his face and gray matter everywhere. Reinhardt was history…
One down…
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"I must admit" Tsume started "They work very well together." the clan head was used to creating such hunter killer teams and this was giving her ideas on how to improve them.
Highway M1, Hungary
The Death Dealers Selene and Mason set out as a team to hunt down Istavan. Amelia had been hesitant to let Selene go out but the younger vampiress was bound and determined to prove she was fully recovered. Istavan was travelling by Highway M1 towards the Austrian border. 130kmh was the normal speed and he was hovering around that speed in his silver Audi A4. What he didn't know was Selene was speeding after him in her Black Jaguar XJR at 200kmh. "Isn't this hard on the engine?" asked Mason fearing the speed they were moving at.
The shinobi were watching the screen with anticipation. True some of the faster amongst them could out run a train but that was a very old machine compared to this and from what they had been told these vehicle could travel in hours what would take days for a shinobi.
Selene never took her eyes off the road. "This is an XJR with the sports package. It can do 250 kilometres per hour. 200 is nothing." Somehow Mason didn't feel any better as they shot by other cars as if they were standing still but Selene seemed to glide through the nighttime traffic with the speed and precision of a racing driver. An hour later Selene spotted the Audi that they was targeting. The rain was coming down on the wet pavement and she matched the license plates with what she had written down. Mason matched the cell phone signal from Istavan's phone being a hundred meters ahead of them.
Apparently Istavan's danger instincts went off when he saw the big black Jaguar bearing down on him because he rapidly accelerated to get away. Selene said, "Well, what are you waiting for Mason? Roll down the window and start shooting!" Mason wondered if Selene was serious but he saw her eyes flash red when she glanced at him. Selene said coldly, 'He's the one that put those UV bullets in me. I'll have his head on a pike."
This caused most of the men to shiver at the grudge of a dangerous woman. Kushina was grinning and bouncing in her seat. This was just making her like her sons mate more.
Mason shivered in fear and rolled his window down. His first shot went wide but the next two hit the back window of the Audi and Istavan immediately started swerving and pushed the accelerator pedal to the floor. Selene decelerated slightly and stuck to the Audi like glue.
Istavan was panicking. His back window was shattered and his wind shield had a crack in it that distorted his vision ahead of him. Not seeing another choice he punched the wind shield out using his vampiric strength to clear his field of vision. Unfortunately between the rain and being buffeted by the winds from travelling at high speed he wondered if that wasn't a mistake. Istavan heard another bullet hit the metal of his car and glanced into his driver's side mirror. "That's Selene's car….didn't I kill her? The Jaguar whipped smoothly up beside the Audi and Istavan saw Mason pointing a gun at him. Even more frightening was Selene's red, slitted ice cold glare. Istavan screamed "SSHHIITT!" as Mason shot him in the forearm and blood went everywhere. Istavan nearly lost control of his Audi. Istavan got the Audi back under control despite his injury. 'I'll ram them off the road!' the rogue thought desperately as he swerved towards the Jaguar.
Mason looked like a deer in the headlights at the Audi swerving towards them as Selene smoothly tapped the brakes to avoid a collision. They were a few car lengths behind the Audi as it careened into the guard rail a ricocheted of back across the highway. Istavan's Audi swerved back and forth a few times before he got the car back under control again. Selene said to Mason, "Well, don't stop firing now!" and Mason fired another three rounds into the already mangled Audi. Istavan apparently gave up on ramming them and pushed his damaged Audi to 175kmh to try to lose the relentless Selene in her Jaguar. The vampiress simply settled in to drift behind the Audi before she let off the gas and slowed down slightly.
"What!" some in the room shouted in confusion, she had the target but she was slowing down? He could escape! It did not make sense. However some of the more experienced realised that something was up. She must have a good reason for what she was doing, something they did not know or understand due to the gulf between the two worlds.
"What are you doing Selene?!" asked Mason.
Selene said calmly, "He'll never make that right hand turn coming up. We could because of the Jag's sports package but there's no way he can in a regular Audi A4."
Istavan watched through the remnants of the wind shield and the pouring rain as he took the right hand turn at top speed and the Audi quickly spun out. The already crushed driver's side impacted the guard rail and sparks and metal flew as the Audi bounced, spun and finally went completely over the guard rail end over end leaving a trail of smoke and debris. There wasn't much recognizable when the Audi rolled to a stop upon the cement median on its roof….
The shinobi in the room watched in fascination as it happened. The start of the turn followed by the machine fighting for grip which was only made worse as the rain pounded the ground only for it to give and start its spin leading to a jaw dropping crash. It was something they had never seen before and they could not take their eyes off of it.
Selene brought the Jaguar to a halt and turned on the blinkers to make sure no would one hit them in the dark. Stepping out in the rain she said to Mason, "Roll up the window and watch the Jag." The dark haired beauty hopped easily over the guard rail and walked down to the demolished Audi with her wet black coat swaying in the wind behind her. When Selene got down to the Audi she saw what was left of Istavan. His left arm was ground or torn off at the shoulder and his head was somehow under the steering wheel. Apparently the airbags didn't deploy. Selene figured the electronics were shot out but truthfully she didn't give a damn. Looking at Istavan's obviously broken neck and terrified eyes she calmly drew her pistol said coldly, "Rot in hell." Then Selene unloaded a full clip into his face for good measure. Putting her pistol away she turned on her heel and walked back to her car.
Everyone in the room shivered at the slightly insane gleeful cackle that a certain red head let out. No one would admit it but this sadism was definitely one of the reasons why they had made the alliance back then.
When Mason saw her come back to the car Selene's eyes were no longer glowing red. Selene got in and said, "We're done here." She put the car in gear and turned the blinkers off before turning them around at the next off ramp. Mason and Selene drove back to Ördögház at a more civilized speed much to Mason's relief.
Two down…
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Budapest, Hungary
Kristóf was talking to Kraven on his cell phone in a warehouse he was hiding in. "It's worse than we believed sir. Marcus and Naruto Corvinus are half-brothers. Istavan, Reinhardt and I are the only ones that made it out. Soren and the rest are dead for all I know… no, I seriously doubt this line could be traced. No, Lucien and Marcus are actually calling a truce. That was the last thing I found out before our contact cut me off. This is a disaster sir! What do you want me to do? Istavan made for Austria and Reinhardt went underground. I've completely lost contact with Reinhardt and I can't reach Istavan on the phone. They may be dead; I'm not sure…I am sure the Death Dealers are after us but there's no reason that the lycans would be involved. Just because they declared a truce doesn't mean they are allied. There are also many small vampire covens here and there that would have no reason to settle for peace with the damned lycans…Surely you could stir them up to our cause with your influence…I need a secure place to lay low."
"Not bad idea and evaluation" said sarutobi, "the only problem with it is that it was made on very limited information. The other kage nodded in agreement. Lack of intelligence had cost them many men over the years.
Suddenly Kristóf's phone vanished. "What the hell…?" asked the startled vampire.
A golden fox was sitting on a stack of crates above him. It had nine tails lazily waving behind it. Kristóf's eyes locked with the red, slitted ones of the small fox. It gave him a vulpine smile and said, "Your group of Kraven followers are quite the bunch of schemers aren't you little vampire?"
This caused the room to start laughing. They could not help it but just the sight of a small fox grinning at the vampire was amusing.
Kristóf gasped and said "W-what the hell? What are you?"
"You'd better run little Kristóf. Give me an entertaining hunt and I might kill you quickly…or then again maybe not. I don't know. This warehouse is the place you will die…"
This got Anko grinning and bouncing in her seat like a school girl. The konoha shinobi frowned at this as this was a side of the boy that they had never seen. It would be interesting to see what he was like.
The rogue vampire pulled his pistol and fired into the strange fox's face only for the bullets to pass though it like a mirage. Kristóf heard laughter echo around him as the fox faded out of existence. "You missed. Looks like you just wasted three rounds Kristóf." The voice came from behind the vampire where the fox reappeared. "Tell you what. If you get out of the warehouse alive then I'll let you go. Of course the odds of that are practically zero but it will be amusing to see you try."
Kushina was grinning whilst watching her boy toy with the vampire glad to see that he had gained her sense of mischief. Those around her though were shivering in memory of the boys pranks. Kurenai whilst happy that he was showcasing the power of illusions was also annoyed at the way he was using them.
Kristóf felt a cold chill up his spine and fired again with no results. "You just wasted two more rounds Kristóf. Didn't you learn the first time?" chuckled the fox from beside Kristóf. "I have to say you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer."
"What the hell are you?" asked Kristóf.
The fox's eyes gleamed. "Well, it should be obvious by now. I'm a predator and you are my prey. Shouldn't you be…Oh, I don't know; running or something?"
Kristóf said, "You're just a hologram or something fox. I-I'm not afraid of you." stammered the frightened vampire.
The fox looked less than impressed as his paw ignited with blue fox fire. "Really? Let's put that hologram theory to the test." said the fox as he ripped a burning chunk of flesh out of Kristóf's thigh.
The rogue vampire screamed in agony and rolled around in the floor as he tried to put out the blue fox fire that went out on its own. The fox yawned, "You're quite boring you know. At this rate your death is going to be slow and painful."
"W-why are you doing this?" whimpered the vampire.
The fox said, "You and your friends hurt my mate Selene. I'm afraid that didn't sit well with me. She sends her regards by the way as she's fully healed now."
The Inuzuka nodded in agreement that someone attacking their mate was a big no no. So they were not surprised to see this side of this Naruto come out at such an action taken against his pack.
"You're N-Naruto Corvinus?" asked Kristóf fearfully.
"You figured it out." said Naruto. "Well done. Here's your prize." Naruto vanished and a pack of lycans emerged from behind a line of crates.
Kristóf fled in terror but was eventually torn limb from limb. Then the lycans vanished and Kristóf found he was intact. His teeth were chattering in fear. "T-that was an illusion?"
"But it felt real didn't it?" asked Naruto a few paces away. "I could kill you a dozen times. The human mind is a terribly fragile thing I'm afraid. Judging by you being so unhinged you'll break in no time. How boring."
"YOU ARE A MONSTER!" screamed Kristóf in terror.
Anko started cackling with a note book in her hands, the speed in which she was scribbling showing that she was noting down the whole interaction. Inoichi however could not help but agree with the boy, mans statement about the human mind being a fragile thing.
The rogue vampire found his throat in the iron grip of a man in blood red armour with a snarling fox mask. "I've been called much worse than that." said the Blood Red Tide. "This boring game is over. BURN!"
Kristóf screamed bloody murder as blue fox fire consumed him from his toes and gradually up his body until nothing was left to burn….
Naruto resumed his usual appearance in his suit and trench coat. "What a pathetic little man. I suppose I should return to Ördögház Mansion and tell Marcus I took care of his little problem…" The kitsune vanished in a swirl of fox fire leaving no signs he'd ever been there….
End game…
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Kyoto, Japan
Lady Kurami looked rather bored and said to Kraven, "That was Naruto-sama's voice that you heard over the phone in the background when you were talking to your friend. You might as well accept the fact that your little servant Kristóf is dead and gone. Naruto-sama has probably already traced your phone signal here to Kyoto."
"Kristóf is very resourceful." said Kraven to Lady Kurami. ""Don't count him out yet."
"Comparing your man Kristóf to Naruto-sama is like comparing an ant to a dragon." said Lady Kurami to Kraven. "If Kristóf is still alive it's only because Naruto-sama is toying with him. Your man has already been erased by my reckoning."
A while later Kraven's phone rang. He smiled triumphantly and answered the phone. "This is Kraven, I take it you ditched that annoying Naruto Corvinus, Kristóf?"
Naruto's voice answered, "Actually, Kristóf is quite unavailable right now. I just thought I'd call you since you keep running away from me Kraven. I would have been willing to negotiate with you at first but now I'm afraid that I want your head on a silver platter. Just for your information, you friend Soren was quite cooperative once I broke him. Sadly I doubt he'll ever be the same. Sleep with one eye open Kraven. Lady Kurami can't protect you from me. If you believe in a deity then pray to it because you are marked for death little man." Naruto ended the call at that point leaving a sweating and shivering Kraven on the other end of the line.
Lady Kurami laughed and said, "I take it that was Naruto-sama? How I adore that kitsune. He has such a wonderful way with people."
Silence. Pure silence. This was a side of Naruto that only one of them had ever seen. That person was Jiraiya and he had forcefully repressed it. Naruto was not an angry person but when he was all you could do was pray.
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The Frigate Sancta Helena
Did you get a trace? asked Naruto to a computer tech that worked for the cleaners.
The tech nodded, "Yes Mister Corvinus. It was out of the Kyoto area in Japan just as you predicted. We'll narrow our search to that area."
Alexander said to Naruto, "I told you my people are quite capable my son."
"For once I'm in total agreement with you old man." said Naruto. "How is Michael doing?"
"He's quite a talented young man and has excelled in our medical program. He's an outstanding surgeon." said Alexander.
"I'm glad to hear it. I hope he's happy." said Naruto. "Is he adjusting to this whole hidden identity business alright?" asked the blonde kitsune.
Alexander answered, "It's been difficult but he's feeling fulfilled because he's saving lives which is what he's always wanted to do. Things a turning around for him."
Naruto nodded. "I'm glad to hear it. It's a shame he's asleep or I'd visit him. Tell him I said hello. I have other places to be." Naruto vanished in a swirl of fox fire.
The first immortal shook his head. 'So much like Kushina-chan. I hope we can fully reconcile some day. At least we are on civil speaking terms now. Perhaps there is a chance he will forgive me.'
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Ördögház Mansion
Marcus looked in the mirror. He was almost fully rejuvenated from his hibernation. 'At least Naruto will stop calling me sleeping beauty now.'
Tsunade sighed in annoyance even whilst the others in the room snickered. It seemed that his habit of appointing nick names was still hardwired. Well he did inherit it from his mother so their should be no surprise about it.
He and Amelia went over the reports submitted by Kahn, Selene and Mason. Mason was quite convinced that Selene was far more powerful than she was previous though obviously she had the same attitude. The only difference was she hated Viktor with a passion and in Marcus' opinion she had every right to. As it was, Marcus knew she was Naruto's lover but Marcus didn't pry. Both Marcus and Amelia were very in favour of Selene's relationship with Naruto as it meant he had a solid link with the vampires aside of the fact Naruto and Marcus were siblings…
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Selene's room
"I just can't get over how relaxed you seem Selene." said Erika. "It seems Naruto has helped you in more ways than one. I'm very happy for you."
Selene gave a minimal smile. "Naruto saved my life and saved me from despair. I…I love him."
Erika practically squealed. "Best of all he's handsome too."
Selene sweat dropped at Erika's superficial view on Naruto. Still; Selene's lover was quite a mystery. She knew from Naruto's blood memories that he had a lycan girl as well. Selene wasn't sure how she felt about that. The idea of sharing a man with this Ildi girl wasn't all that appealing but like Ildi; Selene was now a hybrid. She got a full physical and the vampires found she was much faster, stronger and her regeneration from injuries was off the charts. She also was immune to UV rays which meant she could walk out in the sunlight.
Naruto indicated she might have gained other abilities but the hunt for Kraven's little band had taken precedence. Selene knew that Istavan was history because she finished him off herself. She'd also spoken to Kahn who said that Ildi was an amazing tracker and in the end Kahn blew Reinhardt's head off. That only left Kristóf which Naruto phoned in that he had erased. Selene was looking forward to seeing her lover today but he had some business with tracing Kraven and said he'd return at sunset if not sooner.
Naruto pulled up to Ördögház that evening in his BMW and went in to see Selene. He hadn't had the time to see what his lover was capable of now and wondered if she could turn into a vixen as well. Naruto was also worried about the possibility of Ildi and Selene getting in some kind of death match. He didn't want to see either of them hurt. 'They are like opposite sides of a coin. Ildi is wild and willing and Selene is cool and remote. Between the two of them I think I have the perfect woman.'
Straightening himself up Naruto knocked on Selene's door and heard her bid him to enter. She was working on her laptop and looked up at him. Seeing Naruto; Selene gave him the smile that she reserved for only him before she came over and gave him a passionate kiss. When the two came up for air Naruto held Selene close to him and relished the feeling of her body against his. "I heard you got your target." said Naruto.
"Yes, he had a little auto accident." explained Selene. "Shame about the car though. He had a nice Audi but it's scrap metal now. What about you Naruto?"
Naruto looked thoughtful and said, "I toyed with him a bit and got bored so I burned him alive with fox fire."
Selene's eyes lit up slightly. "He was a traitor and deserved no less. I wish I could do that."
The blonde kitsune smiled. "Who says you can't? I wanted to see if you gained any other powers anyway. Want to try?" Selene smiled and nodded.
"Well this should be interesting"muttered Tobirama getting nods of agreement from those surrounding him.
"First we'll try shape shifting." said Naruto as he placed his hand on top of Selene's head. Selene got a warm sensation but nothing happened." Hmmm…." said Naruto. "That didn't work. Let's try something else." Selene once again felt a warm sensation go through her body. That's when she noticed her clothing had changed!
"W-what is this Naruto? asked the vampiress as she looked in the mirror at some sort of classical kimono on her.
Naruto smiled from behind her in the mirror. "It seems you are a natural at casting illusions Selene. With this ability you could look like anyone anywhere. You could also turn invisible. Of course it will take practice to change your voice as well." Selene looked in the mirror amazed as she turned back to her normal appearance.
"Can we try fox fire?" asked Selene. It was obvious the idea excited her.
Naruto smiled. "I don't see why not. Hold out your hand." Naruto channelled power through Selene again and a small plume of blue flame ignited in her hand. She gasped and said, "I can do it!" The excitement in her tone was evident and Naruto kissed her cheek.
'It seems Ildi and Selene inherited different facets of a Kitsunes powers.' thought Naruto to himself. "I'll have to train them both carefully.' "This is excellent Selene. With this ability you'll eventually be able to teleport yourself and others as well."
Selene played with the fire burning in her hand and watched fascinated as it danced from fingertip to fingertip at her will. She extinguished it at turned around and kissed Naruto. She hugged him close and said, "This is amazing Naruto; thank you!"
Naruto squeezed her gently as they shared another kiss and said, "Anything for my mate. I love you Selene. I promise I'll train you well so you can use your new powers skilfully. We'll start by setting Soren's eyebrows on fire; what do you say?"
For the first time in decades Selene had an honest to goodness laugh at the visuals going through her head at Soren frantically trying to put his eyebrows out.
'It's nice being in love…' thought Selene as she hugged Naruto once again.
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Lycan Den
Naruto came to the den after the sun rose. He was on cloud nine after last night. He and Selene made love for hours before they finally fell asleep. As it was Naruto came to see Lucien and more importantly Ildi. The lycan girl was more than happy to see him and kissed 'her future mate' passionately. Naruto was happy to see Ildi as well and wanted to know how the mission with Kahn went.
"It worked out great Naruto!" said Ildi enthusiastically. "It was kind of difficult to get along at first but once the action began the Death Dealer Kahn and I moved like clockwork. He's earned my respect as a warrior. Kahn hated that Reinhardt jerk even more than I did and that's saying a lot. Of course, in his case it was personal."
"I'm glad things worked out Ildi. I'm proud of you." said Naruto.
Ildi asked, "Have you talked to your vampiress mate about me?"
Naruto nodded. "Selene isn't too thrilled about sharing but she also feels that she owes you her life. I never would have thought of giving her my blood if you hadn't come up with the idea."
"So is she a were-fox hybrid too now?" asked Ildi. "It would be cool if we could become friends."
"Selene inherited different kitsune powers than you like illusions." explained Naruto. "She can't shape shift like you can but she can use fox fire. I think it has something to do with you originally being a pure lycan and her being a pure vampire."
"That is a reasonable assumption" nodded Tsunade "with the lycans already having a transformation ability and the vampires being more clinical it would not be surprising if that was the reason for the different aspects.
Ildi kissed Naruto again and hugged him. "I can't wait to be friends with her and become a pack."
"A pack?" asked Naruto.
"A family." said Ildi. "All our kids would grow up together you know. They'd all be brothers and sisters after all."
Naruto hugged Ildi close. "I hope everything works out the way you want it to Ildi." said Naruto. "You and Selene are polar opposites so I hope you can become friends."
Ildi gave him a bright smile. "You worry too much Naruto. She and I are of the same kind now. It's only natural we'd become friends."
Looking at the optimistic girl with a smile; Naruto thought, 'I sure hope you're right Ildi. I want you to be my mate too.'
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The lights turned on and the door to the dining room opened as the event had finished for today. And they could not help but wonder what was coming next.