Ah! And I'm back with another chapter. Sorry for the wait, my dumbass got into some real stupid shit. Technically I finished this chapter like a month ago but wasn't able to upload it. *shrugs* Whoops.
Anyway, here it is.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Stronger demon talking"
'Stronger demon thinking'
Justu/Attacks
-(Transition)-
Rebirth
Fire swirled Naruto's fist angrily and the demon's black eyes narrowed before he grabbed the giant wrist of Rakasha and threw him to the side. The tiger demon landed easily on his feet, his burned stomach was slowly healing. The demon shot Naruto a grin. "Now that packed a punch." He said with a deep chuckle before crouching down and unsheathing his sword.
Naruto gritted his teeth as the fire surrounded his body again in a fiery armor. His black eyes bore into Rakasha's yellow ones with hate before he rushed at the tiger demon. A stream of fire trailed his form. "HAH!" Naruto yelled as he sent a punch out. Rakasha jumped over the strike and swung his sword at him. Naruto growled as he crossed his arms and pushed them out, sending Rakasha back by a blast of fire. The tiger demon quickly flipped himself over and ran back at Naruto with his sword.
The tiger demon thrusted his sword forward and Naruto easily sidestepped the attack but not the kick that followed. Naruto took a few steps back before waving his hand forward. Rakasha frowned as stone spikes sprouted under him and the demon flipped back to avoid them. Suddenly Naruto was back in front of him with a hand covered in green energy that went straight into his shoulder. "Argh!" Rakasha yelled out in pain before grabbing the wrist and brought Naruto's head forward, delivering a skull-crushing headbutt.
Naruto staggered back and Rakasha used this opportunity to reach forward through Naruto's remaining fire armor to grab the demon's neck. With a yell he lifted Naruto up and slammed him back down on the ground. The ground caved in under the demon's strength and Rakasha grinned before running and dragging Naruto's body through the ground. He then launched the demon forward leaving a trench. Rakasha laughed as blood slowly flowed down his wound. "Come on, I killed people you cared for and this is what I get in return? Mwhahaha! Seems like giving your powers to a ningen wasn't the brightest idea!"
"Don't forget about us!"
Rakasha turned around and ducked under Kurenai's lightning encased fist. Yugito hopped over her rival and delivered a fiery axe kick to the tiger demon. Rakasha grinned as he caught her leg and swung her to Kurenai. The two girls crashed on the floor and Rakasha roared in laughter. "I came to this world for entertainment! Now where is it?!"
"Yoroi: Raiton!" In a flash of light Rakasha was kicked in the air. A crack of thunder echoed around the area and Rakasha was grabbed by his tail and launched into the ground. Naruto appeared briefly floating into the air before he vanished into a lightning strike aimed at the down tiger demon. "Inazuma!"
BOOOM
Yugito and Kurenai covered their eyes from the flying debris until the wind died down. "Jeez, talk about a way to come down." Yugito muttered. "Did the asshole get him?"
Kurenai narrowed her eyes. 'I know Naruto-kun hit him with that attack but his energy seemed to be untouched.' Her eyes then widened. "Yugito! Move!"
The blonde jinchuuriki and hanyou quickly jumped back, just in time as Rakasha drilled out of the earth holding his sword. The demon chuckled and wiped the dirt of his shoulders. "Ahh so you can sense energy levels now?"
"RAKASHA!" Naruto yelled out as a large hand made out of magma emerged from the ground. The tiger demon jumped back from the hands' lunge and swiped his sword at the fingers making Naruto growl loudly. Rakasha grinned as he took a few steps back before running straight at the hand. He pushed demonic energy into his feet, jumping over the hand and towards the kneeling and bloody Naruto.
Naruto growled as he pulled his hands from the earth, gathering some of it in his hands to from an armor. Rakasha's sword came down against the armor with a clash and Rakasha grinned at the power struggle. "Face it! You are not as strong as you use to be." Naruto only gritted his teeth as he was beginning to be pushed back. "You're not a high Demon Lord anymore!" Rakasha broke the hold to deliver a knee to Naruto stomach. The demon doubled over and Rakasha grinned before diving his sword into Naruto's chest, pinning the demon to the ground. "YOU'RE WEAK!" Rakasha picked up his sword and Naruto took this time to quickly get up a delivered a metal incased fist to Rakasha's face.
"I may have given a human part of my power. But I will not allow you to walk out of here alive!" Naruto panted out as bloody dripped from his forehead and from the corners of his mouth. His chest wound was slowly healing and the demon incased his other hand in metal before lightning surrounded his from. "AHH!" Naruto yelled out as he charged forward.
Rakasha frowned as he blocked one strike but get a kick to the chest. Lightning traveled over his form and the demon grunted in pain before he side stepped another kick and ducked under Naruto's punch but the ground shook as a pillar of stone shot out and uppercut the demon. Rakasha back-flipped and wiped the blood that escaped his lips. Naruto held out a finger as lightning and fire surrounded it and Rakasha immediately recognized the attack.
Rakasha let out harsh growl. 'I will not repeat last time!'
He then charged forward with his sword up high and Naruto thrust his other hand out at him. Rakasha narrowed his eyes before channeling demon energy into his sword, making the blade glow a dull red. "Not again!" Rakasha roared before he sliced through the blast of wind and swiped his sword at Naruto.
Naruto raised an armored arm, hoping to block Rakasha swipe. However he didn't account the demonic energy that the tiger sent through the sword and so well…
"ARGHH!" Naruto yelled out as Rakasha completely cut through his arm. Unfortunately the tiger demon wasn't done as he sent an upwards swipe at Naruto's unprotected chest, splattering blood around their area. He then kicked Naruto forward into the few remained buildings that then collapsed on the demon.
"NARUTO!"
Rakasha grinned before jumping over version two Yugito's elongated arms. Kurenai appeared above him with a lightning incased fist. Rakasha grunted as the attack connected with his face, sending the demon flying away. "Yugito! Try to distract him!" Kurenai called out and Yugito growled before her form shifted and got bigger and Matatabi roared in anger.
"I'LL SLICE YOU INTO SHREDS!" Matatabi roared out and Rakasha chuckled as he got up, blood seeping through his mouth.
"If it isn't a great feline bitch herself!"
-(With Kurenai)-
Kurenai thanked Kami for her impressive strength as she threw away the debris and fallen wood that covered Naruto. "Naruto-kun?" Kurenai called out worryingly as she sat him up against a wooden beam. The demon had blood seemingly everywhere, from his forehead to his newly made stump.
"I'm fine." Naruto gasped out his blue eyes looking back at Kurenai's purple ones. "Gah!" He grabbed his stump before chuckling. "I sense irony here."
"Here." Kurenai said softly as her hand was covered in fire and she gripped Naruto's stump. The demon growled roughly as she cauterized his wound. "There, you shouldn't bleed out at least."
"I told you I'm fine." Naruto growled softly as he made to get up but flinched in pain and sat back down. He looked to se his chest flowling with blood. "That feline bastard!" Naruto said with a grunt as he held his chest.
In his head Kushina looked upon him in worry. 'Please Naruto-kun! Save your strength!' She pleaded and Naruto grunted harshly in his head.
'I'M FINE!'
Kurenai shook her head. "Healing your wounds in gonna take most of your energy." She said as if hearing their conversation. "Me and Yugito will deal with Rakasha." She said softly and Naruto growled before attempting to get up again.
"No! He's my kill. He'll pay for what he did to Rana-chan and Kira!" He then gazed at Kurenai's face. "Stop looking at me in pity!" He yelled out. "You and Yugito can't defeat Rakasha! He's…stronger than the last time we fought…or…maybe I've gotten a bit weak."
Kurenai pushed Naruto back down. Her purple eyes pulsed brightly and Naruto felt entranced by her gaze. "Give me and Yugito some credit. I have your power Naruto-kun! If you defeated Rakasha, then I surely can." She then stood up. "Or at least die trying. Isn't that how we demons deal with things?" She said with a small smile and Naruto looked to the side before sighing.
"I guess you got my stubbornness as well." The demon said with his own small smile. "Don't die Kurenai…please." The hanyou only grinned and left Naruto to heal.
'You don't believe she'll win?' Kushina asked and Naruto sighed before grunting in pain.
'It's not the matter of 'if I believe' but if she can.' Naruto then closed his eyes and he appeared in his mindscape. He clenched both his fist before sitting down next to Kushina. "Me and Rakasha have history that goes as far back as my predecessors. He's strong…he always has been." Naruto said before he laid back down and looked up at the sunless sky.
"You need to believe in faith Naruto-kun." Kushina said softly as she placed a hand on his chest. "It may just save their lives."
Naruto sighed deeply. "I don't believe in faith, I believe in facts. If Kurenai and Yugito fall to Rakasha's sword, we're all dead."
-(With Matatabi)-
The large cat growled as she sent another large fireball at the dodging demon. "You fight like a newborn kitten!" Rakasha laughed at out as he sliced through the fireball with his energy enhanced sword. "Weak enough to allow ningens to capture your power." The tiger demon sneered out before he charged straight at the snarling Biju.
Matatabi roared before rushing towards the demon. She sent out a swipe with her paw which Rakasha easily jumped over and tried to take a swipe at the Biju's eyes. The flaming cat quickly moved her head to the side and allowed her tail to smack into the tiger demon. Rakasha slammed down on the ground with a grunt. Seeing this as a chance, Matatabi summoned her demonic energy into her mouth. "DIE! BIJUDAMA!"
Rakasha pushed himself off the ground and grinned at the attack. He sheathed his sword and crouched down low to the ground. Just at the attack was going to hit the ground, the tiger demon channel his energy into his feet and launched himself into the air.
The Bijudama hit the ground with a loud boom that shook the area. Smoke and debris covered the area and Matatabi growled as she glared at the smoke cloud, not sensing the demon on the ground. Her eyes continued to narrow before they shot open and she looked up in the air and shot a fireball at the quickly descending Rakasha.
BOOOOM
Kurenai arrived at the battle scene to see a bruised and burnt Yugito face down in some debris from the ruined buildings. She ran towards the woman and flipped her over to her back. "Yugito?" Kurenai called out before placing her fingers at the woman's neck. Kurenai sighed in relief and gently placed the woman back on the ground.
"Kukuku."
Kurenai clenched her fists and stood up. She turned and faced a bloody but grinning Rakasha. The tiger demon held his sword tightly in his bloody hand. Blood escaped his grinning mouth and flowed from his forehead. His heaving chest was covered in blood that was a mixture of his own and many others. His yellow eyes stared at Kurenai's purple ones in murderous glee.
"I've decimated that poor excuse of a demon and defeated that blasted kitty." Rakasha said as he pointed his sword at Kurenai. "I'm 2 for 1 and you're my next victim."
Kurenai glared at the demon before lightning covered her body. "Raiton: Yoroi!" She then rushed at the demon with a crack of thunder behind her.
Rakasha grinned as the hanyou appeared in front of him with her leg in mid swing. He blocked her strike with his free hand and swung at her with his sword. The hanyou twisted her body, barely missing the blade before a kick sent her flying back. She landed on her feet and clenched her fist. 'Shit, he faced Naruto-kun and Yugito and he doesn't even look winded! Just how powerful is this guy?'
Rakasha laughed again. "Never fought a demon before hmm?" Her answer was shooting a fireball at him and Rakasha just smirk as he ran through the fireball, singeing some parts of his fur. He sent a punch to a surprised Kurenai but the hanyou ducked under the strike and let out her own punch. Rakasha sidestepped the attack and landed a knee to her exposed midsection.
"Gah!" Kurenai grunted out before a large foot connected with her cheek. She flew back, bouncing on the ground multiple times before skidding to a stop. Kurenai moved to her hand and knees as blood dripped down her head and out of her mouth. She felt a sensation at the back of her head and the hanyou quickly rolled away from Rakasha's sword. However she couldn't stop the kick to the stomach that sent her away again.
"What did you expect to get out of this?" Rakasha laughed out as he walked up to the down woman. Kurenai panted in exhaustion and pain before sending a small fireball at him. Rakasha easily swatted the attack to the ground. "To kill me? An archdemon? Hahaha! You're weak! Just like your little master over there. You dare take our name and yet here you are practically begging for mercy."
Kurenai shot up with a yell and aimed a fiery fist at the tiger demon's face. Rakasha grinned as he caught her fist. "I will never beg for mercy." She grounded out through clenched teeth.
"Not yet."
CRACK
"Ahh!" Kurenai screamed out as her hand was crushed in Rakasha's grip before she found a sword in her stomach. She was then kicked on her back as a large foot pressed against her chest.
"Your beauty must've been the only reason that he chose you." Kurenai spat blood out to the side and glared back at the demon. "Such a shame and waste of power. No matter. Your master's heart will give me the power that I need." Kurenai felt herself getting weaker by the second. She looked briefly to the side to see Yugito still unconscious and she knew Naruto was out of the count. That's when sliver hair flashed in her vision.
'Sakuya?'
"As for you," Kurenai heard Rakasha say and turned her attention back to him. "Your pathetic heart will rot in this graveyard!" Rakasha held his sword high and grinned.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Sakuya screamed out as she smashed a piece of wood at the demon's side.
Rakasha only grunted as the wood exploded upon impact. "Annoying pest!" He punched her to the ground and focused back on Kurenai only to find the woman in front of him with two hands on his chest.
"Raiton: Ransu!" Kurenai yelled out as lightning covered both her arms and impaled the tiger demon. The tiger demon growled in pain and brought his sword down to slice her head off. Kurenai only smirked as fire swirled between them. "Boom!"
An explosion knocked them back and Kurenai gasped in pain as she landed hard on her stomach. Her eye lids felt heavy and there was blood everywhere on her body. "Tch." Kurenai said as she slowly rose to her feet. Her legs shook heavily and gave out when she took a step forward. She looked up and found Rakasha's sword stuck into the ground.
Kurenai panted but reached forward and grabbed the sword, feeling the energy that remained in it. She got back to her feet and slowly made her way to the down demon, using the sword as a crutch. 'Come on. Don't pass out yet. COME ON' She yelled to herself as she felt her body getting weaker, the sword finishing up it own reserves.
Rakasha coughed out blood as he looked down to see the twin holes in his chest and his burnt lower body. He knew his healing factor was gonna have a field day but he needed the energy to do it. He blindly reached out to the side, searching for his sword. He then looked up to see a gasping and panting Kurenai looking down at him with his sword in her hands.
"Kukuku." The demon laughed out. "Do-Do you even know h-how to use it?" He chuckled again before grunting in pain as the sword went through the center of his chest.
"I-I do!" Kurenai gasped out.
"You caught me by surprised little hanyou." Rakasha said with a glare before he broke out laughing. "I'll be back and I'll kill everyone you love before tearing your heart out!"
Kurenai growled before driving her hand through his chest and pulling out his heart. Rakasha stopped moving but Kurenai was focused on the bleeding heart in her hand. She wanted to drop it and check up on Naruto but her body didn't want to move.
'Become one of us.'
-(With Sakuya)-
The silver haired woman opened her eyes and slowly sat up, rubbing her cheek before flinching in pain. She looked around at her destroyed village, hearing nothing but silence. She slowly got up as tears came to her eyes. She was alone. Her father and best friend were killed and the love of her life was crawling out of a destroyed building.
Wait.
Sakuya's eyes snapped opened as she saw Naruto crawling and cursing his way out of a building. "Naruto-kun!" She called out and the demon froze before turning his head. Sakuya ran forward and helped the demon into a sitting position before she hugged him, not caring for the blood that covered her. "You're alive!" She cried out as the tears came down her face.
"Feeling a few pounds lighter but I'll be fine." Naruto said as he reached up with his good hand to wipe away her tears. "Mind helping a guy out?" He said with a smile and Sakuya wiped away her remaining tears and nodded to him. She hooked his good arm around her neck and helped the demon up. Naruto grunted in pain and closed his eyes. "Kami, this pain is going to kill me."
"Please don't joke like that, stud." The woman said as they slowly walked forward. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he looked down Yugito's body. "She's alive. I checked her." Sakuya said softly and she felt Naruto relax a bit in her grip. He bent down and ran a thumb across the down jinchuuriki cheek.
"Yugito." Naruto said as a soft smile came to his face. "You were wrong. She a lot more powerful than we thought."
Sakuya looked down at Naruto in worry and helped the injured demon to his feet. "Um who are you referring to?"
"Can you help me get to Kurenai?" Naruto asked her, the smile still remained on his face. Sakuya returned the smile and aided Naruto is his walking. The two eventually made it over to were a down Kurenai was. She was on her back, bloody and injured, with a partially eaten and quickly rotting heart in her hand. A small smirk came to Naruto's face as he lifted up a single finger. 'Hmph, what changed about you, Kurenai?'
Kushina looked through the demon's eyes. "Is she suppose to get physical attibutes or something." The woman asked and Naruto shrugged mentally.
'Who knows? It's best to think of it like a guessing game, you don't know what you could get. From the feel of her energy, her reserves defiantly grew.' Naruto thought back and Kushina nodded in understanding.
A small ball appeared in front of his finger and Sakuya gave him another look. "You sure you wanna be doing that? You're already too injured! I don't want you to further hurt yourself!" Sakuya said disapprovingly and Naruto chuckled as he set Rakasha's corpse and his heart on fire.
"I already got a mother in my head, I don't need one in reality." He said with a grin and Sakuya pouted.
"Sorry that I'm trying to look after you."
"Asshole." Kushina said.
Naruto looked at the receding sun and sighed. 'It's beginning to be night time. I'm too fucked to take us back to Konoha.' He then sighed. 'Well I guess we gotta rely on our healing factors for the night.' Naruto turned to look at Sakuya. "We need a place to rest." He then took a look around his surroundings. Most of the buildings were either on fire, destroyed, or both. "This place seemed to have gone to shit." He mumbled.
"Um…" Sakuya started as she looked down solemnly and Naruto heard her mumble something.
The demon nodded slowly. "Ok, we'll stay there for the night." He said softly. "Let's get these two knuckleheads there. There's something else we must do."
-(In the Outskirts of Ame)-
Ebony eyes slowly opened as the dim light of the moon hit its view. "Ugh." Sasuke groaned out as he slowly sat up in his makeshift bed. "What…the?" The Uchiha said as he raised a hand to his forehead. Feeling nothing touch his head, his eyes snapped opened. He looked down at his arm to see his left hand gone.
"Yep. Kyuubi-san blew that right off!" Sasuke's shocked gazed looked towards Tobi who was leaning on a wall some ways away from him. Suddenly red hair came into Sasuke's vison.
"Sasuke-kun!" Karin cried out as she said as she placed her hand on his forehead. "How are you feeling? You almost died in that fight!" Sasuke was lost for words as his only fist clenched in fury. Karin's hands glowed green as she touched his unclothed chest. "That was Uzumaki Naruto, wasn't it? The guy you wanted to kill right after you killed your brother?" Sasuke gritted his teeth tightly as his eyes narrowed.
Laughter ranged in the Uchiha's head.
"His power was so dense, it was almost hard to breathe."
Blood started to leek from Sasuke's hand as he clenched his fist even harder.
"We were lucky. I mean he killed Jugo like he was nothing and who knows what happened to Suigetsu."
Sasuke felt his eyes change into the Mangekyō Sharingan as his anger increased. 'Damn him. Damn him. DAMN YOU NARUTO!'
"CURSE YOU UZUMAKI!" Sasuke screamed out as his body was covered in black flames. The flames swirled around him before it destroyed the wall next to his bed.
Karin gasped as she found herself at Tobi's side. "Wha-" The kunoichi started.
"Now why did you have to go and get him riled up, hmm?" Tobi said with boredom. "Oi, Sasuke blowing up a wall isn't going to do anything."
Sasuke stood up from the bed and glared angry red eyes at the Akatsuki member. "Where is he!?"
Tobi tilted his head. "Hmm? I hope you don't mean Kyuubi-san. You practically faced death that day had I not intervened." Tobi then looked down at the Uchiha's missing appendage. "You barely survived against Kyuubi-san with two hands. What make you think you can do anything with one?"
Sasuke growled and took a step forward. "Shut up! I'll kill him just like I did nii-san! No one thought I would kill him but I did!"
Tobi held up one finger. "Itachi was dying always so naturally he was weakened when you guys fought."
"Nii-san was fine!" Sasuke yelled out and Tobi chuckled.
"How cute. However denial will only get you killed. The last thing I need is for you to die. I got some plans for you, young Uchiha." Tobi said before he used a hand to block Sasuke's Chidori powered punch. "Plans that involve you alive." He continued and Sasuke glared at him as he struggled against the Akatsuki member's hand.
"Uzumaki will die and if you get in my way, you'll join him!" The young Uchiha threatened and Tobi chuckled again.
"Really now?" Tobi said before landing a hard and quick kick to Sasuke's face, sending the Uchiha through the broken wall and through a tree. The masked man placed his foot down and sighed behind his mask. "Karin will you go patch him up…again." The frighten girl hesitantly nodded her head and quickly ran after Sasuke. Tobi's lone eye narrowed. 'He's beginning to be a bother. It'd be easy just to kill him now.'
"I don't see why you can't just kill the brat now." A voice called out and Tobi chuckled.
"I was actually thinking of the same thing." He then turned around to see Zetsu looking over his shoulder in annoyance. "So what have you got for me?"
The white half smirked. "Well he was easily persuaded with our plan. Said there's something he gotta show you." The white half said with enthusiasm and the black half rolled his eyes. "Anyways, it seems like Nagato is launching some invasion at Konoha to retrieve the Kyuubi and Nibi jinchuuriki."
Tobi raised an eyebrow. "He's going by himself?" Zetsu nodded and Tobi smirked. "Ahh that's wonderful!" 'If there's anybody that can get the job done, it's Nagato. Though…' Tobi thought with a frown. 'with an opportunity like this, I can gain another piece for my puzzle.' He was then broken out of his thoughts by Zestu.
"Mai, what should we do now?" The white half asked and Tobi closed his eyes.
"Well I'll leave Kyuubi-san to Nagato. Let's see what this little snake has for us."
-(In the outskirts of Testuushi: A day later)-
Sakuya and Naruto stood on a hill on the outskirts of the village. The rising sun shone brightly behind them, illuminating the two graves in front of them. A huge cheery rested behind the graves, guarding them from the elements. Naruto looked down at his slowly healing arm that was covered in black flames. He then felt soft hands wrap around his good arm before it was pressed between clothed breasts.
"I know stuff like this isn't your cup of tea, Naruto-kun." Sakuya started as tears fell down her face. "I get that being a demon, means that most of your passive emotions or either gone or suppressed, but," She tried to say as she gripped his arm tighter. "But please say something! Tou-san and Rana-chan never got to say good bye to you! Please! It's not fair to them!" Sakuya cried out.
"Hehe." Naruto chuckled as his hair covered his eyes. Sakuya looked up and was surprise to see a single tear go down his face. Never had she seen Naruto cry, to be honest she didn't even think he could produce tears anymore. "It's not fair for me too ya, know." Naruto said quietly. "Kira was more than a friend to me. He saved me, brought me back to full health. And Rana-chan…she was…we all were a happy family." Naruto clenched his hand as more tears came down his face. "The only thing I ever wanted in life…the thing that stopped me from ending myself when I was child…was taken from me! You say it's not fair to them! Well it's not fair to me! I couldn't even kill the demon that murdered them!" The area shook violently as Naruto let out some calming breath.
'Naruto-kun.' Kushina thought to herself as she let out a few tears of her own. While he forgave her, the redhead will never forgive herself for leaving him alone.
Sakuya lifted a hand up to place it on the demon's cheek. "You still have a family Naruto-kun. Those two women laid their life down for you. Isn't that was families do? Protect and love each other? I promise, I'll never leave your side and I will always love and protect you." She then smirked. "That's my nindo, my ninja way."
Naruto chuckled as the tears quickly evaporated from his face. "Okay for one, you're not a ninja and two, you don't gotta bring my younger ways into this." Naruto brought the silver haired girl closer to his chest and Sakuya wasted no time to snuggle into it. "If you break your promise, I'm going to be so fucking piss." Naruto said against her hair and Sakuya giggled.
"Aww I like a pissed-of Stud, it's so hot."
-(Back at the Den)-
"Owww." Yugito groaned in pain as she slowly opened her eyes. "The hell?" She groaned out again as she held her head. Suddenly she shot up from her down position. "Naruto!" She cried out before looking around the some-what destroyed bar. She heard steady breathing and quickly turned around to see a healing Kurenai next to her. Both women were on a futon and covered with a blanket.
"Well at least we're alive." Matatabi called out from Yugito's head.
'Jeez, I don't remember anything after I let you have control. Did you kill that guy? You seemed pretty pissed at him.' Yugito asked and Matatabi grew quiet. 'Matatabi?'
"Rakasha was an archdemon from the Cat clan, known throughout the Eastern Realms as the Rakasha the Prideful. He stamina was known to be unmatched and that the more powerful the opponent, the stronger he got. He stormed through the Eastern Realms trying to find the strongest demon he could, killing, maiming, and destroying anyone that got in his way. Even if that person was his best friend and…my brother." Matatabi explained and Yugito's eyes widened.
'You have a brother?! I didn't know that about you!'
Matatabi laughed softly at her jinchuuriki. "Well you never asked. And I…had a brother." She whispered at the end and Yugito sighed.
'I'm sorry about your brother Matatabi.' Yugito thought back softly.
"I am to."
"Ahh kitty-chan! You're awake." Naruto's voice echoed in Yugito's mind. The jinchuuriki flashed her Biju a smile and focused back into reality.
"Feeling like shit but I can see you're faring a bit worse than me." She said and pointed at his growing stump. "I knew your healing ability was outrageous but I didn't think you could grow back limbs? Can demons even do that?"
Naruto looked down at his arm and shrugged. "Certain demons have that natural ability of regeneration. Lucky that I managed to consume one eh?" He said with a grin and scratched the side of his cheek. "I know what you're thinking and no, I can't regenerate anything and everything. For one, it takes a huge chunk out of my reserves. Secondly, I can't regrow a new head or heart."
Yugito raised an eyebrow. "What about that time where you were literally impaled through the chest?"
Naruto rubbed his chest unconsciously. "It scratched by my heart so I was able to heal it. Honestly the only way around my near invincibility is my stamina." He then turned his head to the sleeping hanyou. "Has she woken up yet?" He asked and Yugito shrugged before getting up to stretch.
Sakuya bent down and placed a hand to the hanyou's forehead. "Kami, she's burning up!" Sakuya exclaimed before quickly getting back up. "I'll get some cold water and a towel."
A large grin threatened to split Naruto's face as he stopped the silver haired woman. "There's no need she'll be waking up soon."
Yugito eyes widened. "Wait! That large buildup of energy wasn't from you?" She asked the one-armed demon. Naruto chuckled and shook his head. "Geez, it's practically flooding the damn bar!" A thought then crossed her mind. "Should we be this close to her?"
"What? Is Kurenai-san ok?" Sakuya asked, completely confused at the currently situation.
Naruto shrugged. "No doubt when she wakes up, she'll be running on full demonic instinct." Naruto said as he began to see the down hanyou twitch. "Hell, she might fight the strongest one of us three and since most of my power is going into my arm…" He trailed off.
Yugito narrowed her eyes before they shot open. "OH HELL NO! I'M BARELY FUNCTIONAL AS IT IS, YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"
A low growl was heard and they all turned to see Kurenai's eyes slowly flutter open. Yugito's face paled as she took a couple steps back. The hanyou rose into a seated position as she blinked several times. Naruto and the others stood with bated breaths as Kurenai looked around the room before settling her black eyes on them.
It was quiet for a few seconds and Yugito stared at the hanyou in fear and slight confusion. "Um..."
"MINE!"
"Wait wha-" Suddenly Yugito was pushed into the wall by a force and groan heavily as her body slumped down to the ground. Not a second later Sakuya landed right on her and both females let out a loud groan of pain. "The hell?" Yugito said as she placed a hand on her stomach.
"Girls." Naruto squeaked out and both female looked up to see Kurenai straddling Naruto with a grin that was a mixture of sultry and bloodthirsty. Kurenai then purred as she licked the demon's cheek and raked a claw down his chest. "I'm not asking for help but…help." The paled face demon said.
Yugito huffed. "The things I do for you." She muttered before standing up and getting Kurenai attention. "Oi! Snap out of it you crazed bitch!" Yugito said sternly to the growling demon.
"Um?" Sakuya whispered out. "You think insulting her is the smartest option?"
Yugito looked down at the silvered haired woman. "I mean what's the worst she can do-" Quickly Kurenai was in front of Yugito in mid strike. "Ah fuck." Yugito said before she was sent out of the building through a wall.
Seeing as how the blonde female wasn't going to get up anytime soon, Kurenai grunted in satisfaction before turning her gaze to a frightened Sakuya. "You will not touch him!" The hanyou growled possessively as she raised a clawed hand. Sakuya shook in fear as she closed her eyes, waiting for the pain.
"Oh no you don't!" Naruto said as he appeared in front of Sakuya and delivered a bone breaking punch to Kurenai's midsection. The hanyou hunched over in pain, allowing Naruto to grab her by the throat and throw her across the bar. "For fuck sake, you're worse than me." Naruto muttered.
Sakuya opened her eye and let out a breath of relief. "Thank you, Stud." She said and Naruto let out a wide grin.
"How dare you!" Kurenai cried out and bared her fangs at him. "You're mine!"
Naruto raised an eyebrow at her. "There's a few women that also have claim to me." Naruto said simply and Kurenai's growl deepened and she couched down. Seeing her brace for an attack, Naruto closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. "You won't be hurting them." He then opened his eyes showing his pitch-black orbs as his claws and fangs grew. "So calm the fuck down!" He commanded demonically
Kurenai gritted her teeth as she felt her body fighting against itself. She collapsed on her hand and knees as her demonic energy swirled in her. 'What's happening to me!' She thought to herself. 'He's mine!'A demonic echoed in her head. "All mine!" She then banged her head on the wood floor. "Stop it! Get out of my head!" She cried out normally.
She then felt a hand cradle her face and looked up, showing Naruto her pitch black right eye and purple left eye. "Fight it." Naruto said normally. "Take control of your urges." However unknowingly he sent his energy into her to calm her raging mind.
Kurenai placed a hand on his and slowly her right eye brighten to its unnatural purple color. Naruto gave her a soft smile which she returned before collapsing in his embrace. "I'm sorry." She mumbled out and Naruto chuckled.
"When I first consumed Kyuubi, I went on a mad frenzy in hell for like a week. Luckily those around me were nothing but lower class demons." He said before getting up and bringing the woman with him. "I felt powerful at first but then it started to eat me away and I thought my clear mind was gonna disappear, so I learned to control my demonic tendencies."
Kurenai looked down at the floor. "It's weird, almost like I have another-"
"Voice in your head whispering shit to you?" Naruto said and the hanyou turned demon nodded. "Eh, you get used to it to the point where it sort of disappears to the back of your mind and only comes out during times of great distress." He then smiled widely at her. "It just one of the downsides of being a demon."
Kurenai eyes widened and she whipped her head up. "What? So I'm a-"
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Thanks for the help asshole!" Yugito grunted out as she jumped through the hole in the wall. "Could've totally used your help at that moment!"
Naruto rolled his eyes. "You seemed fine to me and you were conscious." He said and ducked under a slow kick. He sidestepped her punch and tripped the jinchuuriki. Yugito fell on her stomach and Naruto quickly took the time to sit on her back. "Even with one hand, I can still kick your ass." He taunted out and Yugito growled as she struggled underneath him.
"Oi! I'm still recovering you dick!"
Naruto pointed at his healing stump. "And I'm one-handed, what's your point?" Yugito just pouted and Naruto grinned victoriously at her when a drink was handed to him. He gave Sakuya a smile. "Thank you." The silver haired female gave him smirk and laid a kiss on his lips. The demon then turned towards Kurenai. "So consuming demon allows you to involuntarily gain some of their traits. That's where I got most of my elemental and black magic abilities. Do you feel any different?"
Kurenai sighed heavily. "I feel like a bundle of energy. Like I want to fight and keep on fighting." She said and Naruto hummed as he got off of Yugito.
"Well Rakasha was known for his stamina and bloodthirstiness so I guess that's what you're feeling." Naruto said as he walked around her examining her body. "And I don't see any physical changes like when you took some of my blood."
Yugito huffed as she crossed her arms. "Well she defiantly gotten stronger I can tell you that." Yugito admitted even though she wanted to run her head against a wall.
Kurenai raised an eyebrow. "In fact, I really didn't mean to hit you that hard."
Yugito glared at her. "That hard!? You could've killed me had I not sent energy into my bones!" The jinchuuriki cried out at her.
Kurenai shrugged. "Oh come on it wasn't that bad, you baby."
"Why you little sl-Mmph!" Naruto quickly covered Yugito's mouth making the jinchuuriki glare at him.
"So you got his strength and bloodthirstiness, I'll take a mentally note of that. For now, we'll rest here for another day and tomorrow morning, head back to Konoha. No doubt Tsunade-chan is going to lay into my ass." He the look back between both females. "Until then, can we keep the fighting down to minimum?" Kurenai nodded and Yugito just rolled her eyes. "Good." He then lifted his hand off Yugito's mouth.
"Dickhead." The jinchuuriki said.
-(In Iwa)-
"It's been awhile since we had a meeting Raikage-sama." The Tsuchikage said as he leaned his head lazily on his hand. "I was beginning to think you were absolutely upset over your little traitorous problem."
A growled but the Raikage held up a hand to stop him. "I appreciated if you didn't talk about my shinobis like we are friends." The big man said sternly and the Tsuchikage waved him off. "What happened at the summit just showed we have way bigger things to worry ourselves with."
The Tsuchikage chuckled. "Oh you mean the Akatsuki and their little 'declaration of war'? Hmph, I'm not worried about them in the slightest. In fact, them being part of the war makes it easier for us."
A stepped forward. "They are after the jinchuurikis! How does that make it easier!?"
"Simple, they are going to go for Konoha first." Shen said. "They believe if they can get the Kyuubi and Nibi, and Sanbi, the others will come easy."
"By that time we could hopefully have weakened Konoha's allies." Duru said with grunt.
The Tsuchikage chuckled. "And that's why I'm not so worried about this little organization. They mean no harm to me for now. So we decided to move forward with our plan." He then got up from his chair and faced the large Kage. "And I only hope you have your shinobis ready."
A looked towards his Kage. "Sir, Bee is not-"
"We are ready." The Raikage said ignoring the equally big male. "If our sources are right, Konoha is going to be busy with something else in the coming future."
The Tsuchikage grinned. "Good, then I hope your men are ready to get wet."
Annnnnnnd it's completed. A bit shorter than the usual chapters but I knew you guys were excited to see the outcome. Naruto does seem a bit sappy in this chapter but, as stated in multiple chapters, he still has part of his humanity. As for why he didn't kick ass...well he was bound to lose a fight so I made it this one.
Kurenai- What I did to her is not for shits and giggles and it's actual relevant to the plot. And for some who may be thinking...no...she is not stronger than Naruto. Also there's another ability that I'm saving for next chapter and I'm pretty sure most of you will be half-and-half on it. Eh, we'll see.
Sakuya- Shes going to be with us for a short period of time *devil face*. Oh, you're going to like what I'm going to do to her
But until next time