475Well, well. What do we have here? Who would Dare to trespass on Private Yukaza land?"
Naruto closed his eyes, of all the rotten timing, now couldn't have been worse. Turning around he managed a semi-juanty grin.
Hello Kisame, fancy meeting you here
Kisame grinned, he always loved to intimidate the few people that would adventure into the park in the center of town. The yakuza really didn't much care whether or not people came, but the place had developed a reputation as being 'Haunted' Probably the screams of the rare torture victims from the underground chamber that was hidden in the center, but Kisame really didn't much care one way or another.
"Do I know you little fox?"
Naruto was thinking as quickly as he could
Obviously he doesn't recognize meOf course not! You're half transformed, and suppressing your chakra, he's got you pegged as another couple trying to find a spot to…
ENOUGHNaruto blushed a little at the fox's implications, and unbidden an image of a half dressed Hinata with her shirt over her head flashed though his mind.
What should I do?
Well, I would suggest that you forcefully subdue her and then…
I MEANT ABOUT KISAME!
Kyuubi grinned to himself, he had known EXACTLY what Naruto meant, but it was so fun to watch the kid squirm
Act cowed, sometimes the best offence is to hide your strength"Who hasn't heard of the Mighty Kisame?"
Kisame himself preened a little bit under the flattery, It was pretty obvious to him that the kid was scared shitless and was trying to hide it. Hinata of course was currently hiding behind Naruto and was hoping not to be seen
"Is it true that you are actually the brains behind the Akatsuki? I mean you're obviously the most terrifying!"
Oh man! I am laying it on way to thick, there is no way he isn't going to see though that!"Well you're right, I AM rather terrifying, in fact I…"
"KISAME! Leave the foolish worms alone and follow me, we have a snake to visit!"
Grumbling under his breath about pig-headed fools with stupid eyes, and no fashion sense Kisame took off though the trees behind Itachi, stopping only long enough to say
"Be glad that I am feeling merciful today!"
In his most threatening tone of voice, of course he did a remarkably poor job of being threatening, and ended up looking more foolish than anything, but he did leave, and that was all Naruto wanted.
"T… Tenkichi-kun?"
"Hmm? Yes Hinata-chan?
"C…can we go back to the celebration?"
Naruto sighed
So much for that plan… ah well. There will always be another day"Sure Hinata-chan, but lets walk OK? I just want to enjoy your presence for a while."
Hinata blushed prettily again and took Naruto's offered arm, the two of them walking back toward the party lost in thought.
Kono was nervous. Something was going to happen. Her eyes swept across the crowd, back and forth. Nothing… there was nothing. No one with above average chakra levels, no one with any ability, nothing. Looking back to her right, she was again filled with rage over her sister's absence. Now if something were to happen, she would be without her partner. Then again, of the two she was the strongest. As she swept the crowd again, her eyes passed over one individual in particular, he stood towering over a group of children… that was when she sensed it, his chakra levels were suppressed, but still, his chakra was monstrous, more then she had ever felt coming from one person. He wore simple fighting robes, displaying multiple symbols, many of which she new nothing of. However, her "resident" did.
'You must watch out for him young one; he wears the symbol for a cursed killer… a murderer.'
'Are you sure Moeru-sama?'
'Positive… I would never forget those symbols. I have burned them into the skin of to many to forget. You must wait for him to strike however. If you strike first, you will be killed.'
With that, she severed the link. She could not allow herself to become to withdrawn, or the man would seize the opportunity and attack. For now, she would just have to wait.
"Leave me alone!"
"Never!"
Looking toward the voices, many were confused at what they saw. A white, wolf like, dog was running down the street as fast as it could, yelling at, at least what appeared to be, a brown, dog like, wolf. That was answering back to every shout. Kiba couldn't believe it. He had tried everything to get rid of the girl, and no matter what he did she just kept coming. He would move through water, erase his scent, and when he looked back, where she had not been a moment before, now she was right back on his tail… literally. Kiba was, to say the least, impressed with her. So impressed that he would consider sparing with her, and would have stopped to tell her this, if it weren't for the unfortunate after effects of what him stopping would entail… namely, her jumping him again. Even as she attempted to tackle him again, he dodged at the last second, and again wished that he were somewhere else, somewhere far, far away. Moving quickly he jumped left as the ground exploded where she landed. And again he was thrown into the air to admire another crater that she had made with her landing.
Dear Kami, don't let her catch me! If she does there wont be anything left of me to be had!
Using this opportunity, he quickly dived into a nearby rain barrel. Peeking out, he wasn't surprised to see her walking out of the crater calling out,
"Oh Kiiiiba? where are you?" Only for her turn and look directly at his hiding spot, where he had already ducked under the water again. However, he knew something was wrong almost instantly and used Kawarimi, replacing himself with a block of stone from a roof. As he arrived at the roof he winced, seeing her slam into the barrel, spring off the block and shoot toward him! Again he was off with her closely on his tail, dashing across the rooftops. Just as he thought it couldn't get any worse, the building below him exploded, courtesy of his pursuer, sending him into the air.
Can't I catch a break?
Kiba thought grimly as he watched the ground approach his face at an incredibly fast pace. Knowing that he had insufficient time to right himself he braced himself for the impact he knew was going to hurt.
"Gotcha!"
Slowly Kiba opened his eyes, someone had grabbed him by the back of the neck, THAT was certain, and the question now however was who?
"Hey! Hands off Foxy! I saw him first!"
Kiba stopped squirming and closed his eyes again
Damn it! Even when I fall off a roof she finds me.
Kiba listened for a moment to the sound of his pursuers voice ranting about he was 'Hers' and how she had spotted him first. There was a brief pause in the tirade as though Rin was waiting for an answer.
"I d…don't think that I can D…do that."
Kiba watched in fascination as Rin's face morphed slowly from anger into… something else.
"Well, I suppose you ARE the one that caught him… Tell you what. You give him to me and I'll loan him out to you whenever you feel the 'itch'."
Kiba was stunned to say the least
L…Loan me out! That'd mean… She just… She…Shocked as Kiba was. Hinata was even more shocked. Rin of course just sat there with a grin on her face as though she had answered everyone's problems with that simple statement.
"A…ano but I didn't catch your name."
"Rin, and that's all you need to know"
"Anno Rin-chan B…but Kiba-kun is my team-mate… I Don't Th…think that…"
"Oh fine, you can come and visit on weekends too, I'll even trade cooking duties with you. Perhaps I'll even let you watch us a couple of times."
Hinata blushed her customary shade of red and Kiba began mentally chanting
Not a Hentai… Not a Hentai…"Oh, I don't think that would be necessary."
At the sound of the newcomer's voice Rin spun around with a Kunai drawn and Hinata nearly fainted in relief. The cavalry had arrived!
"If she wanted those kinds of tips, she could ask me, after all the perverted books my sensei made me read I'm something of an expert."
Hinata's blush deepened even further. Of all the possible answers he could have given, that one was one she had never considered.
"Of course neither of us has experience but…"
'Tenkichi' didn't get any further however before he was tackled by a blue blur. He staggered for a moment, but managed to keep his feet, he even managed to return Rin's rather enthusiastic hug to some degree. Hinata's face had gone from a bright red to pale white, and Kiba dropped from her nerveless fingers. Kiba was to stunned to even yelp when he hit the ground, his Henge disappearing as he lost the little focus to took to maintain the transformation. His mouth hanging open in shock stared at the laughing couple in complete confusion.
"When did you get in? How long have you been here? Why didn't you find me? Ototo has been asking after you! Why don't you write? What's up with the new look? How…"
He questions where cut off by Naruto's laugh however.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, let me see now. This morning, a couple of hours, I didn't know you had left cloud, I intended to but I haven't found time yet, and I'm not allowed to say."
Naruto searched his mind for a moment before smiling at her again.
"I think that covers it all."
Rin was about to make a smart remark when Hinata spoke up
"Tenkichi? I… is this an old G…girlfriend?"
Naruto and Rin started at Hinata for a moment as though she were insane, looked at each other, and then promptly collapsed with laughter. Hinata was a little bit miffed at the display, obviously there was something she was missing, but she couldn't figure out what she said that was so funny, after a minute she risked a glance at Kiba, but he was still stunned. Looking back up she noticed that 'Tenkichi' was now holding his sides as though they ached, and Rin was pounding one fist against her thigh and was using the other hand to wipe tears out of her eyes.
"I D…don't see what's s… so funny!" Hinata snapped
After another moment, the two of them managed to compose themselves and stood back up, either letting out a stray giggle now and then and neither one looking at the other.
"I'm sorry Hinata-chan, it's just that the thought of us dating… -Snicker-… well, let's say the chances are as good as nothing and leave it at that."
"Ya, if you had any clue how we met… -Giggle-"
- Flashback-
"ERO-SENNIN! Would you quit peeking at the bathers and train me already!"
"Shh… quiet down kid! Cloud Kunoichi are some of the hottest women on the planet!"
Grumbling Naruto sat down, Jirayia of course heard him muttering
"You said that about Grass and Sand Kunoichi too..."
Jiraiya stopped his peeping for a moment (Or rather he only used one eye) and seemed to consider something.
"You want training kid?"
"YES!"
Naruto jumped up, both fists high in the air, ready to yell for the sheer joy of FINALLY training, Jirayia nodded to himself and suddenly reached out and grabbed Naruto by the front of his shirt.
So the brat refuses to peep with me huh? Well, I'll have to introduce him the hard way.
"Good, time for survival training"
"Huh? Wait!"
With a flick of the wrist Jirayia sent him over the bathhouse wall and into one of the largest bathing pools.
That should take care of THAT little problem.
What happened next however caused Jirayia to first freeze, and then Panic. Instead of an orange clad Naruto sputtering to the surface and getting beat up, a Beautiful blonde girl dressed in Naruto's jumpsuit came sputtering to the surface. The other women of course immediately started toward the 'Poor girl' to lend a hand when 'she' suddenly stood up, pointed at him, and screamed
"PERVERT!"
Naruto chuckled to himself a little bit as Jirayia fled, chased by over two-dozen half naked women.
"I'll never get sick of doing that do him."
"Oh good."
Naruto whirled around and immediately dropped his gaze to his feet. Sitting no more than five feet away was a young woman wrapped in a towel with a wolf growling at him over her shoulder.
"I would have had to neuter you if you had been in on his little peeping escapade."
-End flashback-
Naruto and Rin shared a knowing look, apologizing profusely Naruto had quickly exited the bathhouse, but she had caught up rather quickly and, after getting the full story, had been more than happy to help him with a little additional retribution on the old pervert. It had been the start of a month long friendship, but nothing more. The two of them had been kindred souls yes, but they found each other a little to flamboyant for dating. By the time he had left Naruto and Rin had adopted each other as siblings though an old but rather simple ceremony. In fact, Naruto was now one of the few leaf Nins that could walk into cloud village with absolutely nothing and still receive a warm welcome and as much aid as he could ask for.
"Yes… our meeting was… eventful. Let's leave it at that."
"So you two were never…"
Naruto filled in the silence with the word 'dating' at the same moment that Rin supplied 'Lovers'. In an eerie synchronization they turned and looked at each other again. Before both replied
"Nah, to much of a hassle"
"Besides" added Naruto "We adopted each other. Hinata, Meet Rin. Rin, My… um… friend, Hinata."
Hinata and Rin both made short bows while sizing each other up.
"Now Rin, what's this about Hinata borrowing someone?"
"Oh, that… well I found my future mate today."
On the ground Kiba made a strangled sound which was silenced with a single look from Rin
"And I had nearly caught him when she snatched him out of the air, obviously she was just trying to help a friend since I could faintly smell his companion on her, but they were just such easy targets that I decided to have a little harmless fun before explaining."
Naruto looked briefly at the torn and muddied Kiba before looking back at Rin.
"And you're sure that you want that mongrel for your mate?"
Rin laughed gently at the question before she reached down and pulled an unresisting Kiba to his feet.
"Well… mate may be a little pre-mature, but I wanted to make sure he wasn't some kind of predator first, and you know as well as I do that the only way to check that is to…"
"Act first and forcefully and see how he responds, yes you've told me that many times, and your conclusion?"
Rin shrugged
"It just reconfirmed what his scent said, he's still a virgin, and therefore is acceptable. You know dad's rule"
"Anyone so long as they are pure, ya, I know. Well, there is this really nice bar I noticed down the street, so here…"
Naruto pulled out a leather wallet and extracted a few bills
"First one is on me. Have fun you two!"
Waving goodbye to a smiling Rin and a shocked Kiba Naruto turned back to Hinata
"Well, Shall we milady?"
Hinata gave him a long and searching look, he had just exhibited a side she didn't know he had. After a moment however she smiled back.
"I think I would like that Ten-kun… I think I just might like that…"
They were almost there, just a little bit further and he would be able to strike. Yukio did not like to wait. The fact was that, while many believed he was the most patient man in the world, and that if getting one of the tailed beasts required him to sit for a thousand years on a single stone, and not move a inch, he would do it, and would actually have fun doing it. However, the truth was that he was not a patient man at all. And at the moment, he was waiting for his real target to show himself. Just how blatantly obvious could they be… truly, no yakuza boss would actually be that fat, or flamboyant. In fact, if there were one, he wouldn't be a boss for long. As a result, he had been forced to search for his target. And while rumors of talking dogs that could create craters when they jumped and landed seemed a good enough place to start, it had turned up nothing by the time he arrived. As a result, he was forced to make a move on the fake boss, and hope that it would draw out the real one.
It was that simple. And in a few minutes, they would pass over where he had planted a few explosive notes and one of his favorite seals, the seal of the iron forest (an extremely complicated and complex technique. The seal is the main reactor and actually causes iron to grow and become like a forest if incredibly deadly spikes and spires.). When they passed over, the explosive notes would activate and blow the main dock entrance apart, thus scattering everyone, and if he was lucky, kill the man. Even if it didn't, no one stood much of a chance against the iron forest, with its random nature, it was likely the man, and everyone else within 100 meters would be killed by the iron spines.
So now, all he had to do was wait.
Damn do I hate waiting.
Damn, I need to lay off the special stock.
"Come on, I'll bet I can drink you under the table."
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
He sensed something was wrong. Then again, he was a fisherman, and the fish knew when thing were about to happen. Kawaro, he had been named because he was one with the waters of the world. His name meant 'river son', and there was a reason for it, he was one with the river that was the world's waters. He knew exactly when and where to fish to get the best catch. And he knew that the best fishing only happened during the festival. With the incredible amount of noise out in the cove, most of the fish fled to where it was quieter, under the main dock line. The city was in a valley, surrounded by mountains, except for a small, quarter mile wide opening, that opened into a cove that was similarly surrounded, with an opening a mile wide to the open sea. However, tonight, when there should have been hundreds of fish, he hadn't caught a single one.
Looking around, he noticed something above him. Pulling his lantern off of its hanging holder on the front of the small boat, he held it up, to illuminate what he was trying to see. As the light pierced through the darkness, he saw them… four explosive notes. However, before he could react, the notes caught fire, then, a moment later, exploded.
Suddenly, Kono was thrown into the air, along with the other guards and the man posing as the cloud yakuza boss. Luckily the line had stalled and they hadn't been over the blast, but the blast had been under the carriage that had been just in front of them. As a result, they weren't scattered. However, she took back the statement of them being lucky, when thin iron spines sprung out of the smoke, moving randomly, within seconds, 20 people were nearly shredded as the ever expanding and randomly forming iron spines. As they approached, she knew that they only had one chance to survive.
Grabbing her target shed reached down within herself and grasped the thin line connecting her with her resident, and then released the seal holding back the demon's power. Instantly, her eyes flew open, and she released all of the power within her into a massive, disk like, sphere. Just as she did this, the iron spines consumed them, covering everything from view of the outside world.
Yukio couldn't believe his eyes. The sections of the city closest to the dock entrance could only be described as one place… hell. People ran everywhere screaming, pillars of flame, caused by ruptures in the gas lines that were a result of the iron spines that crisscrossed the entire area. To many, they would call the scene a living nightmare. Yukio on the other hand, called it beautiful. To him, the area was a living testament to his knowledge and power. Not only that, but it would carve his legacy into this city. That way, even if he failed to accomplish his true goal, he would still have left behind this Memory.
"Yes, today is truly a good day."
Reaching inside he smiled to himself as he felt the malevolent presence that lurked just below the surface of his thoughts
Rise and shine Beautiful! It's time to play!Kiba couldn't believe it. One minute Rin was all over him, the next, he was laying on a table a few feet away. Looking around, a majority of the patrons were laying in similar states, though most had landed on the ground, and most of the windows were blown in.
"Fuck! What the hell was that?"
Was Rin's articulate question to the situation. Looking out the window that they had been sitting by, she shouted at one of the passing festivalgoers.
"You! what the hell was that?"
The man, stopped, catching his breath, he spoke in a panting whisper.
"The entrance… to the… dock… explosions… don't… know… what is… happening…"
At this point, as if to emphasize what he said, a pillar of flame 50 feet tall shot up into the air, clearly emanating from the dock section. Rin looked at the man who was next to her… she nodded. Then, she looked at Kiba. He could tell what she wanted to do, and nodded in response. One moment all three were there, the next they were traveling across the rooftops of the city, heading toward the docks.
Damn does this night suck
was Kiba's only thought.
Naruto and Hinata were not surprised when they arrived at the harbor sections of the city, only to find Shino and Kurenai already there. Just as they were about to call out to them, a shockwave came out of nowhere. Parting the flames that stood in front of them, a stream of dark violet energy flew at them at a speed that no one but Kurenai could dodge. And that is just what she did, leaving Shino with only his shield of Kikai bugs.
The two met… The stream of energy seemed to part around the living black shield… but only for a second. Just as everyone thought Shino was safe, the stream of energy, cut into the insects, slammed into his chest, and propelled him back 20 feet into a solid stone wall. The wall formed a spider web of cracks, emanating from where Shino had met with it, and then gave way. The boy finally came to rest another 50 feet away in a pile of rubble.
Hinata was by Shino's side almost instantly, while Kurenai and Naruto took up defensive positions in front of them. With a whisper of 'Bykuggan', the veins beside Hinata's eyes bulged. However what she saw caused her to let out a shocked cry. Kurenai's question was the obvious one.
"What's wrong Hinata?"
"I don't know. That… attack, must have been pure chakra. However, it isn't… normal."
At this, both shinobi turned to look at her.
"Not normal?" Questioned Tenkichi.
"Normally, chakra looks blue. But this chakra looks… black."
"Anything else," was Kurenai's response.
Before Hinata could respond, the wall of fire that stood between them and their target began to dissipate.
What it revealed to them could only be described as horrific. Hundreds of people, dead people, were everywhere. Some lay in the streets, many of which had been trampled. Others were suspended in the air by iron spines, and still others were burned beyond recognition by the flames. On top of all of this, a pile of nearly 50 people lay in the middle of all of the carnage. All of the people were torn apart, and blood was everywhere. And in the middle of it all, a man sat on a throne of iron.
His simple fighting robes were stained in blood, the clouds on them shimmering in a macabre and mocking manner as they absorbed the dark rivulets running down the robe. The man's eyes, were pitch black, reminding everyone there of a reverse of the Bykuggan. No pupil, no color, just pure black spheres that seemed to cause the very air to stand still. His voice cut through the air, and made all of their hearts skip a beat, but for Naruto, it was even more frightening.
"Hello, looks like I have an obstacle to go through before I can continue with my mission."
Kyuubi, he sounds like you…
He would kid, that's Yoma, the wolf. I don't know what his mission is, but he's the lord of the earth, iron is his specialty. To me he wouldn't pose that much of a problem although he is rather viscous, to you… I'm sorry kid, I don't know if you're quite in his league yet. In terms of sheer power you top him by quite a bit. In terms of controlling that power… your screwed.
Thanks, That's REAL re-assuring.
This entire conversation had only taken a brief moment in real time, a fraction of a second, but it was still too long to stop Kurenai from responding.
"Just Stay the FUCK back and you won't be hurt!"
Oh shitNaruto didn't have time to ask, but instead responded on instinct, moving swiftly he pushed Kurenai out of the way of the blast of black chakra and summoned pure Youki to encase himself in, as he stood alone in front of Hinata and Shino weathering the blast to keep it from reaching them.
"Hmm… Impressive kid, I haven't seen someone do that since Hikari got caught in the crossfire between…"
The man trailed off for a moment before his eyes widened
"K… Kyuubi?"Naruto had of course immediately begun to succumb to the effects of Pure Youki, His eyes had changed from their customary blue to Kyuubi's red, and the light fur around the ruff of his neck had stood on end. All of his senses had heightened, and his mind had simplified. Sniffing the air Naruto kept one eye on the wolf demon and turned his head slightly to glance at Hinata, Kurenai, and Shino. Shino was still unconscious, and Hinata was cradling his head in her lap. Her scent was strongly of fear, but it also had a very distinguishable vein of determination running though it. Kurenai was looking up from where she lay, her eyes wide and troubled, but her scent, though tinged with fear, was almost purely determined.
Mate, Pack mates, … Protect the pack.
Careful kit. If you let your instincts go to far you could lose yourself.
Alpha mentor… Yes Kyuubi-sama, I will be careful, I have no hope if I stay fully in control however. I must trust my instincts.
Good. Just do not let them control you. Finish the shift if you need more maneuverability, but keep the partial form as long as possible.
Yes Mentor, Now trust me to protect your pack.
Your pack kit, mine no longer.
Ours?
Ours.
Turning back to Yoma, Naruto's instincts allowed more of his coherent mind to the surface
"No… Yes… I/we are here. He is the mentor, He has stepped down. You threaten my pack."
Hinata and Kurenai exchanged a look. Obviously they didn't have anything to fear from Tenkichi, but neither knew quite what to do. Shino was doing poorly, and they didn't dare move him until they could stabilize him more. Kurenai was about to attempt an attack against the man in black when Naruto spoke up again.
"Kurenai, Help Hinata-Chan and Shino. This is not your conflict, and it might not even be mine. Take them and leave as soon as possible."
Kurenai was about to respond when Naruto shifted his gaze back to Yoma obviously removing her from his mind. This of course put her off a little as he had basically just dismissed her. She was a senior Jounin after all. She was about to respond again when Yoma's gaze shifted to her and his eyes narrowed. A second later another stream of pure black was flying at her. Moments before it hit a red stream of chakra from 'Tenkichi' intercepted it blowing it straight up in the air and transforming into a pillar of flame almost 50 feet high. Shutting her mouth she decided that discretion was a better part of valor and moved to help Hinata. It was then that Yoma spoke up. "The Ugly child hasn't been taught proper manners. She should not challenge her betters." Kurenai stopped and stiffened, Naruto didn't even glance at her however before replying"She is but a foolish kit, no more than a score of years old. You do not kill the young for their foolishness."
Yoma leaned back and scoffed however before responding
"She is ancient by the figuring of her kind, well past the age when she should know better. You are younger than she by their standards, and a newborn by ours. Tell me why I should not kill her and then teach you a lesson for your impertinence?"
Naruto's more sentient mind had been quickly going over everything Kyuubi's memories could impart while trusting his instincts to warn him if Yoma was about to attack. When he saw Yoma lean back in his chair Naruto allowed his guard to drop slightly, and his sentient mind took control a little more. Yoma was obviously amused, and seemed to find Naruto intriguing. According to Kyuubi's memories, this meant he likely wouldn't attack… not immediately anyway. Cautiously standing straighter, Naruto looked him in the eye before responding.
"Age in Physical years is nothing, Mountains have turned to dust and great nations have raised themselves and fallen only to be raised again. We are the only true constants. We slumbered for years before the last great fall, and even in the very end we did not interfere except to protect our own when the Eagle's children at last fell to corruption. Even now they live on, as we both know. We also know they will rise again. I repeat, Physical age is nothing; I have all of Kyuubi's memories, and all of his Chakra, plus all of my own. I may be newborn, but I am NOT ignorant. A child perhaps, but not so foolish as to welcome conflict."
Yoma leaned foreword again looking intrigued
"You are wise for your years youngling. Why do you interrupt my sport? If you have the Kyuubi's knowledge then you should know not to interrupt another lord at sport."
Naruto knew that he was on slightly dangerous ground. The wrong thing said or done right now could escalate into a battle he was ill equipped to fight.
"I am simply protecting my own, one of whom you have attacked. We came to see what the commotion was, something I would still like to know, and apparently walked into your domain without realizing it."
Yoma's eyes glowed for a moment as he stood, and Naruto could feel him preparing to attack.
"My Business is my own take your pack and leave. NOW."
Hearing this Naruto panicked a little as Kyuubi pushed memories of what the black chakra did to the front of his mind. Gesturing to Shino he responded
"But you are the only one who can stop the spread! And you have given me no reason to leave! Why are you doing this?"
Naruto braced himself as Yoma's Aura suddenly flared into existence, a whirling black inferno that enveloped his body.
Oh shit.
Oh shit indeed, Why the Hell is he so worked up over this?
"I SAID LEAVE! MY BUSINESS IS…"
Yuma never finished the sentence however, for a moment the steel spines behind him seemed to glow with an Unearthly Blue before bursting outward in a dazzling flash of light and shrapnel.
"Your Business is trying to KILL me and the man I am guarding."
Yuma spun around and growled deep in his throat as Naruto and the others looked on slightly confused. Standing in the new opening was a young women molten metal flowing around her ankles as she stepped foreward carrying an elderly gentleman who appeared to be unconscious. Surrounded by Fire, much like Yuma, the only difference being that her's were deep blue in color, and seemed to be nearly white at the tips, she made quite an imposing sight. In his mind Naruto could hear Kyuubi give a resigned sigh.
Ahh that explains it… Kokan Moeru, Lord… well I guess lady now… of the flame.
A/N:Told you we were still working on it! Now you all get to deal with this wonderful little cliffy till the next one .
Sincerly,
KyuubiContiner & Manatheron