DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Tenchi Muyo!
PROLOGUE
In a forest, within the mountains, lays a shrine. Just a simple shrine to many who travel to see it. Many who stay for the day hear of the legend. A legend about a great demon that fell from the skies one day; in one step, it could cross three mountains; in one strike, it could flatten the biggest mountain. It destroyed villages, burned everything. The people suffered greatly because of it evil powers.
But just what happened to the demon itself? Well, as all legends have with great evil demons, there must always be a hero sent from the heavens themselves. This hero appeared from the skies with a ship shaped like a dragon. On its back, rode a mighty warrior named Yosho. Some say the warrior was a samurai, others say he was Ninja; considering the power the hero wielded and the power of the Ninjas held in this world, it wouldn't be too far off. This warrior fought the demon using a sword with great spiritual powers. He finally defeated the demon after a long and dangerous struggle, and sealed it within a cave near the shrine. Even now, the demon sleeps within that cave, held prisoner. With the sword itself planted in the ground, keeping watch over it.
Many who had come from the Fire country compared the power of the demon with the demon that attacked their village sixteen years ago, the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The fox demon that attacked Konoha had killed many of their shinobis that fateful night. Every jutsu, every slash, every kind of attack was negated by the fox's might and regenerative powers to heal within seconds. All seemed lost to the ninjas of Konoha when the Kyuubi almost made it to their village. But their dark despair turned into the light of hope when they saw their village's leader, the Yondaime, otherwise known as Namikaze Minato. In a final act as their leader, he fought the demon and defeated it, at the cost of his own life. Many don't know the specifics of the defeat, but other countries knew the kitsune was defeated nonetheless.
But enough about legends and historic moments of the past; let us get back to the story at hand.
Going up the steps up to the shrine, was an old man. No one that would bat an eye really, just your everyday old man; he had long grey hair that was tied into a low ponytail, wrinkly skin, wire framed glasses with purple eyes, very tanned, with a grey bushy mustache to boot. He wore what a Shinto priest would, a kimono white top and blue pants (sorry, don't know what the names for the kimono parts are, but you get the idea). But the one thing that would raise an eyebrow at, if one had an eye of a trained fighter, was that the old mans walking held hidden power. It was subtle, but it was there nonetheless.
Once the old man made it up to the steps and onto the shrine grounds, he looked left and right for someone. He breathed in and called out," NARUTO?" he called out to the area. He looked for any movement around and turned to other direction," NARUTO?" he called out again. Seeing no reaction, he sighed in exasperation. He looked over to the well nearby and saw a broom left behind, along with a bucket of water and it washing towel on the steps nearby," now where did that boy go?" spreading out his senses, he felt where the boy's aura was. When he found where he was, he smirked and closed one eye, his face one of small mischief.
In the office of the old man, was none other than Uzumaki Naruto himself. Still the brash young man who wanted to become Hokage, Naruto remembered back to when he left Konoha. The promise of a life time he made to his teammate and former crush, Haruno Sakura. The promise to bring back Uchiha Sasuke to her; now many might wonder who these three people are, ne? Well, if you're asking that now, you might as well not read this at all.
Anyhow, Naruto thought back to the day he got here to this shrine. At first, he thought that old Ero-Sennin just left him here so he could get back to his damned peeping. But he later found out that it was actually his mother's home area. That shocked him, but what shocked him more was the fact his Oji-chan, his ACTUAL Oji-chan, was here, attending the shrine grounds. The old man had no idea of his existence either, which hit Naruto pretty hard in the heart. But Jiraiya had explained to the boy that his existence to anyone outside the village was to be kept to the village itself. But Naruto knew what the hidden meaning to that was, that the village didn't want anybody knowing about him since he was a Jinchuuriki, the jailor for the Kyuubi no Kitsune.
One thing Naruto did note was that the old man had already sensed he was his grandson. When he asked how he already knew, he replied,' you act just like my little Kushina, plus, I can sense it in your aura my boy,' that had gotten Naruto's attention. Being without parents, he always wondered if he was abandoned, or if his parents died because of the fox. He heard the Jiraiya sigh and told him his parent names, Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato, and that his mother had died to birth problems when he gave birth to him, while his father went fight the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Though sad about the news, Naruto pressed on who they were exactly, but old Gama-sennin told him that was all he could tell him, but to Naruto's little relief, was that it was only for now.
Another thing that confused him was that his Oji-chan was named Masaki Katsuhito. He asked the old man why his name was different from his mother. The old man answered that it was Kushina's wish to not involve what little family she had left when she made her career as a ninja, lest her surviving enemies comeback and use them against her. Naruto had to at least agree with that, he would have done the same thing in his Kaa-san's shoes.
Since then, Naruto was left behind by Gama-Sannin. What the old sage told him was that his Oji-chan was going to teach him the art of Kenjutsu for the remainder of the training trip. Afterwards, they would set out to get back to Konoha, to keep his promise and to get back to his life and career as a shinobi of Konoha. It had been at least close to a year since that day and since he last saw the old perv, but he knew the day was fast approaching to leave.
Since that was the case, he felt his should have a little exploring time to take care of. Ever since he heard of the legend around this area, he wondered if the demon was real and if it was as powerful as it was claimed to be. Of course, if it came down to it, he could always reseal it. Hey, you don't train with a Sannin that specialized in Fuuinjutsu and not learn anything about it. He wasn't a master, but he was confident he could do it.
As Naruto searched through the desk of his Oji-chan, he kept his ears open for any kind of sound that his Oji-chan was nearby,' so far so good,' he thought as he kept on looking,' come one, where is it?!' he angrily thought as he rummaged through the books in one of the drawers and other items in the short desk. Just as he was about to go through another drawer on the desk, the door slammed open, making Naruto jump back and spin around to see who was at the door. Naruto let out a sigh of relief when no one but the sleeping cat was at the door.
"Did you finish cleaning, Naruto?" he heard the firm voice behind, freezing him place at being caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Turned around slowly and backed up a bit with a sheepish foxy grin on his face, rubbing the back of his head and chuckling nervously as he did so. He saw the old man dig into his kimono and pull out a set of old fashion keys," I bet your were looking for these," old Katsuhito said his grandson with a smug grin on his face.
"So that's where they were," Naruto slipped out, which he caught and clamped his mouth shut. But it was too late as the old man's grin widened a bit more.
Katsuhito then held the keys up a bit," trying to sneak in there while I was out, were you?" he asked in a tone that meant a bit of mischief as he put the keys back inside his kimono.
Naruto just sat down cross legged, with his arms crossed and pouted like a little kid and turned his head away from the old man," no, I wasn't," he said in tone that meant otherwise.
"It's been the forbidden area of the Masaki Shrine since the time of our ancestors. You are no exception to this rule," old Katsuhito lectured, but seeing his grandson's pouting face, he opted for a little challenge to the boy," but you want to see what's in there, don't you?" he baited.
In an instant, Naruto's face lit up with eye smiles and big toothy smile that rivaled the Green Beast's of Konoha," uh-huh," he nodded enthusiastically.
"Here they are," his Oji-chan said as he patted the area around where he held the keys at in his kimono," they are yours if you can take them away from me," he challenged as his purple eyes twinkled with mischief within them," let us see how your training up to now has improved your skills, Naruto."
Stepping up a bit, Naruto face was blank of any expression, only a face of determination. This was the look that Katsuhito had come to see since his Kenjutsu training. It was always seemed to give a sense that even though Naruto was not truly a prodigy, he was a genius of on the fly plans in battle. Sure, the boy could plan out before any battle, but he would mess that plan up before it even started. No, it was his ability to adapt and think on the fly that his true genius shone through. He really felt that Konoha was not giving his grandson what was due to him.
Not a second later, Naruto dashed forward and made a lightning quick jab to the old man's face. But the old man saw the move a mile away, which made him raise a confused eyebrow at. He knew the boy could punch faster and stronger than that as he caught the boy's fist calmly. But he shook the thoughts out of his mind and simply sweeped the boys feet from under him, making him fly right into the paper thin closet door. His heading lodging itself into the otherside, it was a bit of an embarrassing scene.
"Work harder," old Katsuhito said to his grandson with a firm face, since he now had his bit of fun," and remember, you chores are part of your training," just as he left, he popped his head back," and expect for your weight clothing to be increased."
As the old man finally left the room, Naruto got up with the closet door stuck around his neck. He turned his head a bit. The surprising thing was that he had a set of keys, the keys that are, or were, in Katsuhito's kimono, in his mouth," sorry old man, but a ninja always has to see the underneath the underneath. Too bad for you, hehehehe," he chuckled as he spat out the keys and put them in his hands.
As Naruto made his way to the cave shrine that the sealed demon, who he remembered was named Ryoko, odd that since it sounded like a feminine name. Anyhow, he remembered how he would come up here and relax at night, looking up into the star that shone bright in the sky. Despite the warnings he got from his Oji-chan about the area around here, Naruto felt at peace here. When he first got here, he felt that someone was watching from somewhere. He felt the person let a sort of animosity towards him for intruding the area, he first guessed it was the demon, Ryoko, scorning those who visited this cave nearby. But Naruto paid it no mind since he felt such killing intent almost everyday of his life in Konoha, so he just ignored it. Sometime later, he started to recount the times of life to the wind, reminiscing about his childhood, his team, his friends, his career, the entirety of his life to it. Naruto didn't know what brought this on, but it felt good to let it off is chest. And just as he did so, the animosity he felt turned to understanding and something else he couldn't really describe, but he felt it was projecting some type of warm feeling.
Naruto shook his head, now was not the time to be reminiscing his relaxing times. When he made it to the gate, he gazed into the darkness in wonder. He could just imagine the sword, majestic and powerful in nature, keeping the evil demonic creature at bay with its power alone on a pedestal fit for a divine blade.
Spreading out his senses, he made sure that his gramps wasn't nearby. Sensing that he wasn't, Naruto chuckled as he pulled out the keys,' curiosity may have killed the cat, but it won't kill a curious fox,' loathe he had to admit, he always did resemble and act like one himself. Once he got the right key, he opened the gate and made his way through the dark cavern.
When he felt he got to the end of it, he came upon an open area. There was a what he assumed a rock being held back up by ropes, the ropes themselves having sutras placed upon them. As he looked around more, he started to get more disappointed. This was the cave that sealed the great demon, Ryoko? It was a contradiction to what he knew about powerful demons themselves. Unless this demon was a Bijuu like Shukaku or had the power a five tailed demon, than it must not been as powerful as he thought; Naruto himself felt confident he could beat it if that was true, with what he learned so far. Hey, beating Shukaku before he regained all of his power even as a Genin was something no one could claim but him. Well, except the assholes who said it was Sasuke who defeated it and said he was the one in the way.
His eyes then happened upon a small shrine. Still a little disappointed, Naruto just shook his head as he knew some legends tend to be exaggerated," well, mind as well see how it looks," Naruto said as he made his way to it. He opened it and saw that hilt standing straight up, sheathed, the sword pointing downwards to the ground. The bottom of the hilt looked it was carved of pale wood with three ruby red gems place on each side. Naruto then took it out and saw that that sheath itself was brown in color.
But Naruto's eye saw that between the guard and hilt, and that it wasn't really apart of each other. Naruto had been studying the art of Kenjutsu extensively since he got here and had taken it like fish to water like his Fuuinjutsu. He had seen many blades that he could try to work with and got a sort of an eye for seeing a good bladed weapon. Shrugging, he pulled the sword from its sheath. It took a bit of effort since it was old, but he got it out,' just as I thought,' he thought as he looked at the rusted red blade of the sword. Its dulled and weak metal turned brown from no usage for ages," man, this thing is just a rusted piece of junk," commented rudely about the blade," mataku (geez), this is supposed to be the blade that cuts through a rock?"
He swung it around to get a feel for it when he accidentally hit it upon a lone rock with a seal place upon it. The simple weak impact shattering the rusted blade, making Naruto eyes bug out at the remaining hilt of the supposed enchanted sword. His bugged out eyes then turned to the rock with the seal splitting in two,' guess it can cut through rock,' he thought momentarily. He looked at the rock and the seal place upon it when he felt the area rumble. He looked back at the boulder that was being held up by the ropes being lowered down to the ground. He quickly made his towards it and inspected what happened to it. All the while, not seeing the roots that were behind the split rock receding from wall behind it, which then let a crack appear in the middle of it.
"Oh crap, what do I do now?" he asked himself as he started to pull his hair in worry. He then turned back to the split rock, only to see an opening on the wall behind it. It wasn't opened much, just enough for someone of his build to slip through," a passageway?" he asked no one. Curiosity getting a hold of him, he walked towards it with the broken sword's hilt still in his right hand.
As he was about to squeeze his way in, his right foot stepped down into some water," brr, that's cold," he commented he lifted his ninja sandaled foot and shook, once he made it through. He looked down at liquid at his feet," water?" he wondered, since it didn't seem likely that a closed off cave in the mainland would have this amount of water,' maybe an underground water pocket,' he guessed as he stepped forward and bumped his head on the low ceiling," ow," he said as he continued, only to slip and slide down the path. He tried to latch onto the surface with his Chakra, but the surface was too slippery and he was going too fast to latch onto it.
He then hit the bottom in a heap, head first. Not a moment a later, the sword hilt bumped off his head when he lost grip of it along the way," ow, dammit," he said as he rubbed the area in the back of his head," this cave seems to get a kick out of hitting me in the head," he commented to himself as he rubbed the irritated areas of his head.
Seeing that area he was in being illuminated, he blinked his eye and turned towards the source. He then noticed that he was in another open area, this one filled with stepping stones that let water fill the areas around them, forming an intricate pattern around the center, which seemed to be some kind of pond.
He heard something hum for a bit, but didn't see anything,' okay,' he thought warily. He then walked toward the source of light. When he got there, he swallowed a bit in worry of seeing the demon. His demon was permanently sealed within him, but this one may have a chance of getting out because of his idiotic curiosity,' that's a real confidence booster,' he thought sarcastically to himself.
When he gazed down from the edge of the center, all he saw was a glowing ball of light," oh, it just a giant glowing light," though part him was relieved, he did question how that thing was even lit up without any sort of power source.
When he stepped towards further, he finally noticed what was beneath the light and it made him step back in surprise,' oh crap,' he thought as he gulped a bit in fear. He then gazed downwards to see the mummified corpse of the demon, Ryoko. It's bones plain to see, the flesh clinging to it in dehydration, a red oni mask, from what he assumed, placed on its face with it cyan hair still on its head, and it clothes in tatters. All the while, Naruto never noticed the gems on this hilt of the broken sword glowing blue in resonance to the light of above the corpse.
So focused on the dead demon, Naruto let his grip loosen on the hilt. When it left his hand and clattered onto the floor, he jumped in fright. Looking left and right, he let out a tired sigh," that was scary," the blond boy said out loud to no one. He then calmly walked over to the hilt that was near the body of water. Right when he was about to pick it up, a decayed hand latched onto his wrist, making him freeze on the spot; Naruto did the only thing he could do at the moment, he slowly looked up and saw the head of supposedly dead demon raise its head slowly out of the water, never paying attention to the dozens upon dozens of blue glowing orbs hovering around in the open area.
When he finally got his wits, he screamed in irrational terror and started to try to tear his hand away from the dehydrated demon," let me go, dammit!" he called out to it in frustration. But the demon proved the stronger and pulled him down to his knees; it then gripped onto his left shoulder, holding him in place. Naruto saw it use it left hand to touch his face. He expected to try and pull his skin off, but was surprised as it just touched his cheek, in way he saw on one of those sappy love movies. Next thing he knew, his face was closing in it's own, it's head turn to the side to do…something. But was cut off as the hilt sent a discharge of power, separating him from the demon; he then looked back up and saw it's shadowed face. Not a moment later, it's eyes glowed yellow in power.
'I've got to seal this place off before it gets out,' Naruto thought frantically in his terrified mind. Turning on his heel, he made a mad dash for the path upwards. As he made his way up, he could feel the power growing from the demon as it continued to moan. Which made Naruto push more chakra into his legs to speed up; once he made to the top, he started doing handseals, once he finished, he called out," Doton: Doryuuheki (Earth Element: Earth Rising Wall)," he then spat out what looked like mud in between the opening. The mud then sprung up and solidified into hard rock to seal the passageway. He then quickly took out a piece of paper and an ink covered brush and quickly made a seal. As he did so, he could feel the demon getting ready to be set loose, which made him writer even faster. Once done, he slapped the seal on the wall and called out," Fuuin! (Seal)."
The Seal flashed a moment before settling down. Naruto slumped to the ground in exhaustion. The Doton: Doryuuheki was not a jutsu he used much. For some reason, the jutsu took more out of him than it should. He had asked Ero-sennin about it, but the old perv said it must have been because it must be his most weakened element in his element alignment, which made Naruto look at him in a questioning manner, but the perv just said it was a lesson for another time. The sealing too made was also to be accounted for, the chakra needed to feed the writing and the activation took just as much. It was a good thing he had such high Chakra reserves.
Just to be sure, Naruto went over to the split rock and put it back together and wrapped the seemingly elastic roots to hold it in place. Once he did that, he slumped against the wall that he had sealed, never noticing once again the blue glowing gems on the hilt,' well, better get back to Oji-chan,' Naruto thought tiredly.
As he made his way down, he took out the hilt and looked at one more time. Now that the blade was cut off, he could see where the blade met the hilt. two purple looking little horns on both sides jutted out from it sides. He looked on the inside and noted that there seemed something that should eject from it,' a sword that may shoot its blade, so it could catch in opponent off-guard?' he wondered. Though it seemed like a good idea, the blade that would be situated on it would fall right off at the impact against another blade, seeing as the ejection wasn't deep enough, and the hilt itself wasn't thick enough and didn't have any sort of trigger for anything of the sort,' just what are you supposed to be?' he asked himself in wonder.
This sword hilt was a real mystery, but not one he would want to ask Oji-chan,' I'd be cleaning the stairs of shrine from top to bottom, without the use of my Kage Bunshins,' he thought in worry. He really hoped that his grandpa wouldn't find out what happened.
Later that night, a large lone tree lying within a small pond in an area near Konoha, reacted. One by one, slowly, each of it leaves emitted a small strand of rainbow light. When all of them touched the water, it reflected upwards to the night sky. In show of utter beauty, it shone through night sky in a rainbow of colors. But what this meant, we will find out soon. (Next Chap. of course)
The Next day found Naruto getting supplies from the village nearby. As he walked back towards the shrine, he took out the sword he kept from yesterday from his hip pouch. He eyed it with great interest, wondering what it was made for," Oi, Naruto, what you got there?" Naruto blinked and looked at his side and saw it was Ibiki Idate, the little brother to the leader of the Anbu Interrogation Squad, Ibiki Morino.
"Oh, hey Idate," he greeted as he got a big grin on his face. Naruto remembered the mission he had with this guy and never thought he'd meet him again, let alone anywhere near his grandpa's shrine. Since he met him about half a year ago, they've gotten a bit more buddy like since," nothing really, just an old sword hilt," Naruto said as he gazed back down at it.
Idate looked at it and raised an eyebrow," doesn't look old to me, but it doesn't look new either," he commented. He then looked at it more and notice the designs," you think it could be like the Raijin," he commented to Naruto.
That made Naruto stop for a bit. He remembered the fight with Aoi when he was on that mission with Idate. That sword was wicked and sliced right through his Rasengan the first time, but eventually, he came out on top and beat him in the end. Now that he thought about the blade itself and looked back at that sword hilt, it kinda made since.
"I think you might be right," Naruto said softly, as if he just discovered something truly great. He then handed Idate the groceries he was carrying," stand back a bit, buddy," he said as he shooed him away a bit.
Idate did as he said and waited for anything to happen. He saw Naruto get into a sword stance and felt the Chakra surging off from his friend. When he looked back at the sword hilts bottom, he saw the three ruby red gems glow blue. Next thing he knew, a blade of blue pure energy bursts from the opening of the sword.
Naruto looked stunned at the glowing blade. From he could tell, it was taking little of his Chakra at the moment. It was as if the sword was reacting in tune with his own energy, making an extension of himself," woah," he commented with wide eyes.
"Man, you have got some luck to happen upon such a blade, Naruto," Idate said with wide eyes. Thinking back to the mission with Naruto, he shuddered as he remembered the power of the Raijin sword in Aoi hands. The man was way too sadistic for his own good. The good thing was that he was dead too.
"I sure am," Naruto replied as he swung the blade of energy around with his level of skill. It felt just right to him as he swung the blade in an intricate kata of slashes. Once he was done, Naruto stopped feeding it his Chakra and smiled at it," this is a good blade."
"Let me try it," Idate said as he snatched. Although not an official shinobi himself, Idate always did want to use some of the cool stuff that ninjas did. Ignoring Naruto protests, he started to charge it with his Chakra. When nothing happened, he charged more into. Nothing again. Now he was started to using a quarter of his chakra. Still nothing happened," what gives," he said as he wiped his brow from the sweat that was building up on it.
"Huh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow at it. It was strange since he didn't even use the amount of Chakra Idate just used. He just feed it some and it just popped out.
"How much Chakra were you using?" Idate asked incredulously.
"Not that much, really," Naruto answered. He then held his hand out to Idate," here, give to me," the other boy gave it without another thought. Naruto charged it with his energy again and it popped right out," weird," he muttered. He was only using the minimal amount right now, but Idate was giving his all to get the blade out," maybe it's in the family blood, I don't know," Naruto said as he shrugged a bit.
"Well that sucks," Idate said as he crossed his arms and almost pouted. And he so wanted to look cool for the village girls, sigh, another time maybe.
"Can't do nothing about it," Naruto said with his usual foxy grin. He then took the groceries that were on the ground," well, I gotta go buddy, see ya," Naruto said cheerfully as he dashed off back to the shrine.
As Naruto was about mile away from the shrine, he happened upon a stream. He looked around and looked up to the sun and noted it was at least noon. Thinking about what would happen if he got back so soon, he knew his Oji-chan would put him to work right away. But after finding out he had gotten a sword just like the Raijin, he wanted to just relax and be happy with the thought of having it,' as long as I keep it hidden from Oji-chan,' Naruto hoped.
Making a quick decision, he landed near the stream and set the groceries aside. He then laid down and looked up to the sky. This was one of the times he understood Shikamaru when he looked up to the clouds. The feeling of relaxing and seeing the world slowly pass you by bit by bit. It was calming in a way.
But as Naruto eyes grew heavy, he remembered back to the cave. The time he saw the great demon, Ryoko, as it looked at him with those yellow glowing orbs. He wondered if he had known about the swords ability, would he have had a chance to stand up to it? It would have helped if he did know. As his eyes closed at being caught relaxing too much, he dreamt about using the glowing energy sword and coming out the victor in the end against all his enemies.
Hours later, Naruto woke up groggily. He could've sworn he heard bells when he woke up. Oh well. He then wiped the drool from his mouth and looked up to see the moon hanging in the sky, the sun barely over the horizon,' it's already beginning to be night time, damn, I'm beginning to become like Shikamaru,' that was the last thing he needed. It would be as the lazy ninja would say, troublesome.
He got up and looked around for the groceries. Once he saw them he picked them up and started to the shrine, but stopped when he heard the jingle of bells. He looked back and saw the same little cat that stayed at the shrine," hey furball, what the hell you doing here?" he insulted the little cat. Not that he really hated it, it was just after that missions back in Konoha to find the cat named Tora for the Fire Daimyo's wife, he started to dislike cats in general. But, eh, can't blame all them for the action of one, ne?
The Cat meowed in response to him. It then started to run towards him. When Naruto saw it was about to get close, he kneeled down to pick it up. He had to admit the cat was too cute for its own good. Just as he was about to pick it up, it vanished off like a ghost out of thin air. Naruto stared wide eyed at the area where he saw the cat,' g-g-g-ghost?' he thought fearfully at first, but then the ninja part of his banished that thought and came to the rational conclusion,' genjutsu,' he thought as he looked for the subtle signs for it.
He remembered his training for it. Ero-sennin had taught him a method to break such jutsus. Just lower you chakra to a nil and then burst out with as much as you could. He didn't remember the hand signs to release one, and he didn't have anyone near by to send their own Chakra into him to disrupt it. So that was the only option for him. He was about to do the method when he heard another jingle. Hearing it, he looked behind and upwards to the boulder behind him, where he saw a woman sitting on top.
But she wasn't just any woman, he could tell. She had power, a lot of it, and that kinda scared him. But then he looked past that and saw a woman that blew Sakura out of the park, hell, the damn whole stadium and beyond. She wore a pink dress that was over a green kimono top. In a way, it resembled something he saw that Tenten girl wore. He could tell it was a dress that was for battle as well as everyday uses. But what got him was her unique hair, spiked backwards, cyan in color. Her ears almost like an elf, if he remembered the description of their ears, only it was rounded at the end. Her face was really beautiful and her eyes yellow in color. When he squinted his eyes to look closer, he saw they were slitted, much like a cats.
He then caught the movement in her hands and saw that she was the one making the jingles as she juggled a bell in her left hand. She then caught it one last time and held it up to her face with her eyes closed. She then tossed it to Naruto, its bell jingling in the wind. Naruto deftly caught, but didn't keep eyes off the woman. Whether it was caution or sure awe of her beauty, he didn't know.
"Ryoko," she said softly, but had been loud enough to spread around the area before. That made Naruto wide eye for a bit, he had a feeling he knew what she was going to say next," that's my name," there, she said it! Shimatta! Further proof was shown to him when she opened her eye and showed her eyes glowing like twin rising suns.
"You're…," Naruto gulped a bit in fear, but he had to confirm this. He then saw a bunch of orange red ball of energy appear around her. They then spun around and spread out to the area around them," you're that demon that was sealed in that cave, aren't you?" he flinched as a nearby energy ball popped right beside his face.
The demon, Ryoko, hugged in herself in memory of that," it was so dark and cold in there," her voice and eyes showing how much it hurt her to be in such a place," 700 years have pass since I was trapped in that cave…but you know how much that kind of pain is to suffer yourself," the last part she said so quietly for herself, Naruto didn't catch it.
"So…"Naruto started as he looked back at the demon before, a look of utter determination etched on his face," you came back for some kind of revenge?" Naruto asked as he checked his equipment,' I've got my sealing equipment, 30 shuriken, 15 kunais, some ninja wire, and a set of explosion tags,' cursing for not having anymore in his head, he nodded to himself mentally,' it'll have to do.'
"Right," she answered him with straight face.
"You're looking at the wrong guy, you wanting that Yosho guy," Naruto said as he hoped he could buy sometime and get his gramps to help him out here.
"I don't care," Ryoko insisted to him, staring back at his unwavering gaze. She then held up her hand and gathered all the balls of energy into her hand, forming a bigger ball into it. Naruto watched in amazement as she gripped it and saw it turn into a blade of energy in her hand, separating from the top and bottom of her clenched hand, as if holding the hilt of the beam sword, " I just need to let out my anger now!"
"Shit," Naruto muttered as he jumped away as Ryoko quickly came down with an overhead slash. What made his eye bug out was when she came down, a crater was made,' she may not have Baa-chan's strength, but I am not going to be hit with sword just to find out how she compares to her,' he thought as he flipped out of the way as she threw the beam sword towards him, making area he was in explode,' there explosive too! She's her own exploding tag, damn!' he thought frantically as he cartwheel to the side of another tossed energy ball that exploded the ground.
As he ran on the side of the stream, he suddenly felt her beside him," what's the matter, Naruto?" she asked tauntingly as she slashed at him with another beam blade, which Naruto ducked just in time under. He looked back and saw she cut right through a tree right behind him, the tree sliding off easily on its own weight. Naruto jumped away from her and got a good distance.
'Okay, let's probe her defenses,' he thought as he brought his hand into a familiar seal," TAJUU KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU," he called out as the whole area boomed into a puff of smoke. When it cleared, there was at least a thousand Naruto's within area," LET'S GO," the main Naruto called out to them, all them cheering in agreement.
"Ha, it doesn't matter if there's an army worth at least half a planet to a full planet army if you go against me," Ryoko boasted to them as she started to throw energy balls left and right, decimating Naruto's army in half already.
'Damn, those energy balls of hers are really explosive, they've at least taken twenty of my Kage Bunshins at a time. With that, she's good at long range. But that doesn't mean she's a slouch at close quarters either,' Naruto thought as he looked at the tree she cut down in half,' if that sword touches me, I'm going to be nothing but sliced up meat, unless...,' he then felt for the sword hilt he had made a discovery earlier that day. It was his only chance, a plain out Kenjutsu battle. But that isn't to say he won't try other things before then.
Giving a mental command, Naruto had his clone surround her. Just as he expected, Ryoko spun around with her blade and dice all eight of them down," you going have to do better than that gaki," she called out to Naruto, but got surprised as four blurs slid fast into her position.
"U-Zu-Ma-Ki," each Naruto clone saying a syllable of his surname as they hit the surprised Ryoko into the air. She then opened her eyes to see the Original Naruto coming down with a heel drop kick," Naruto Rendan," the Original Naruto called out as he sent crashing toward the ground. But what he didn't expect was for her to phase right through the ground.
Naruto landed with his other clones, who were looking left and right with him to find the demoness. But he was too late as four blast from the ground took out the four clones," say goodnight, Naruto," Ryoko taunted as she plunged her beam sword from behind, only to be surprised that he too turned to smoke,' another copy, I was for sure that was the real one,' she thought as she looked backed at the remaining horde of black and orange clothed blonds.
'Wooh, man, that was close,' Naruto thought as he looked from behind a nearby tree and saw how she trying to decimate the rest of his clones, but since they were less of them and were just about as good as him, they were spreading out and making it hard for her to hit. This was a good thing as he saw another ability she used as she seemingly teleported behind one his clones like a ghost of sort. Naruto shivered at the thought of it.
'Okay, let's see, she can shoot balls of energy that explode, makes beam swords that are even better than the Raijin, phases and teleports through things like a ghost,' he recited her abilities. He then looked back at the first crater she made,' let's not forget she's unnaturally strong,' basically, she had him hands down on a lot of things. The only thing he could come up with was skill in a battle of Kenjutsu, and he knew that wasn't going to go good. She is at least 700 years old, so that added for a lot of experience.
"But," he muttered quietly, as he looked at her laughing madly as she destroyed the area around her and the clones as well," I have to do what I can."
"Naruto," called out an ethereal voice that belonged to Ryoko, which made Naruto flinch. Checking the link that was with his clones, he noted she already defeated them.
"Where is she?" he asked himself quietly. He subtly spread his senses to find her, but it was hard since it seemed she was masking her presence well.
"Naruto," her voice echoing once again. Naruto noted she might be trying to scare, much like how Zabuza did when had his voice booming in the mist, as if he was everywhere. That made his eyes widen as he remembered how he always seemed to..." hello there," said a voice behind. He turned and looked at the eye smiling Ryoko looking like a cat that ate the canary. Naruto stumbled back in surprise and fell on his butt. He was about to get up when a Kunai nearly hit his crotch," I really like you, you've got great energy, Naruto" Ryoko said with a sultry smirk as she formed another sword, making Naruto blush a bit at her innuendo.
"Crap, crap, crap," Naruto muttered as he berated himself for getting to caught in the moment of trying to plan in any other way than his normal way. Opting to stall for time, Naruto stood up and gave a foxy grin to counter her cat like one. He then pointed dramatically in the air," hey, what's that?" he asked dumbly. In his head, Naruto was bereating himself,' STUPID FREAKIN IDIOT, SHE'LL NEVER FALL FOR THAT?!'
But to his Immense surprise, her face lit up, looking up to where he pointed," huh? What's what? What is it?" she asked in a chirpy mood.
Naruto couldn't believe it actually worked,' of course, she's 700 years old, she probably hadn't even heard of the old joke then,' Naruto thought as he quickly replaced himself with a clone," oh never mind, come over here, I'd like tell you a big secret," the clone said with big secret smile
"Ooh, what is it? What is it?" she always did like getting some blackmail on somebody.
"Well, that secret is..." Naruto trailed off as he got her attention and motion for to come closer for him to whisper to her..
"The secret is," she said as she cocked her head to the side in a cute manner as she leaned in closely to listen.
"Bunshin Daibakuha (Clone Great Explosion)," he said as his body glowed in preparation.
Ryoko processed all this in a second and said one thing,"...crap."
Naruto held onto the tree with all he could as the blast from the clone ripped through the wind like a miniature typhoon,' I think I put too much Chakra into that guy,' Naruto thought as the blast settled down. He looked into the inferno that was there and almost paled at the sight.
There in the middle of the fire was Ryoko, walking, more like stomping, out of the fire with a pissed off look he saw on many women when he did his Oiroke no Jutsu," HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY," she called out in righteous fury and blasted off towards his current position.
"Shit," Naruto cursed as he rummaged through what he could.
Just as she was about to get to him, she saw a flash of something. When she looked back, she noted it was the river nearby. She looked at and saw her singed and dirtied state," look at me, my hair is mess, and my clothes..." she whined as she looked at her reflection.
'Saved,' Naruto thought as he dashed off, while the demoness took care of her dirtied state.
Moments Naruto was in a clearing by himself. One thing he knew, she wasn't going to stop until he was dead or he incapacitated her. Even though she was a demon, she was a girl nonetheless, and Naruto just couldn't bring himself to kill her really. But more importantly, there was just something about her. Something so familiar. As he reexamined what he saw about her, he noted one thing. The gems on her wrists, they were the same color as the one on his borrowed sword. They seemed to be the focus point to her power and if he could cut that focus point..." I can do it, the legend said something about 'Three Gems of Power'. So if it was her focus point to her power, or better yet, the source of it, I can beat her."
"Beat me, huh?" a familiar voice said. Naruto looked up and saw Ryoko standing in the middle of the field with him," you done running, sweetie-pie?" she asked to him with a wink.
Fighting down the blush that rushed to his face at being called that from beautiful woman, he also noted a demon as well, he stood up from his cross legged position and dug into his pouch.
"There's nothing you can use that will be able to beat me," Ryoko said smugly as she pulled another beam sword into her hand.
"You're right, but there's one thing that will, and I'm sure you've seen it before," Naruto retorted with his own grin on his face.
"Right," she said unbelievingly as she quickly rushed in with and overhead strike," say goodnight!" she called out as she swung, just as Naruto pulled out an object from his pouch," too late," Ryoko said in certainty.
Next thing she knew, he blocked with his own beam blade. But this was one she recognized, the Tenchi-ken. The blade that sealed her away into the cave," you were saying," Naruto said with foxy grin on his face.
"That's not fair playing, Naruto," Ryoko said in dismay. She knew his skill with a sword were as good as hers, since she watched him practice one time.
"Yeah right," Naruto said incredulously as he pushed her off. He slashed left and right, before he stabbed into the ground. Ryoko just twirled he beam sword leisurely, nodding her in gesture to come at her.
Naruto complied as he ran at her, but then flipped over just before meeting. They both then circled each other, both of them waiting for one them to make the first move. Naruto rolled his neck and rotated his shoulders in ready while Ryoko had a playful smirk on her face.
Naruto then looked at dead in the eye made a slash for her, which Ryoko blocked. She retaliated in kind for his midsection, but that was blocked by Naruto. Naruto himself then went for her left shoulder, but was stopped once again. The two slashing and blocking each other blades. A minute of that later, the two clashed into a power hold, their blades trying to push against each other in a test of strength. Naruto was pumping Chakra into his arms to hold against Ryoko's unnatural strength.
As that happened, Naruto took a chance to see her face. A saying goes that ones person eye's are the windows to one's soul and emotion. Naruto had seen a lot things since his childhood. One has to have had it hard to even see such a thing, and Naruto has had the hard times in spades. So now seeing her as she is, Naruto noted one thing,' she's just like me,' his startling revelation was broken as the two parted.
Ryoko took that chance and changed her beam sword into a energy ball and sent a barrage of balls at him. Naruto flipped away from the blasts, barely getting out of their blasts range. He then took one quick jump into the air and sent a barrage of kunai with exploding tags attached onto some ninja wire. Ryoko saw this though. Though she may not know what the tags do, she certainly wasn't going to stick around in that area to find out. So she teleported away from that area, as the area itself blew up into a series of explosions.
She was surprised to see Naruto, though, to try and slash at her where she was going to be. She ducked under the slash just in time. When she was that opening, she went for it and was about to get his midsection. But his free hand stopped her and pushed it back hard. He then went for a high kick, but leaned back to let it pass over her head, but stumbled forward as Naruto had used that position to kick her backside.
With growl, she clashed blades with him again. She then went for the legs quickly to catch him off guard, but he jumped right over the strike and went in for the another attack. She responded in kind as she and Naruto started to do a flurry of strikes at each other. Soon, it was just a series a speed slashes that any normal person couldn't pick up on. Their eyes so intent on one another, that the two had nothing else but that battle at where they were now. But then Ryoko faltered for one second and Naruto took that chance, as he went under her guard and slashed at the right wrist holding the beam blade. Cutting just below gem and the rest of her arm, he cut her hand right off, as if her hand was that of a doll. Just as the gem and hand landed on the ground, did an explosion occur.
Standing up, Naruto deactivate his borrowed sword and stuffed back into his pouch. Their was a silence between the two before Ryoko sigh sadly and said," oh well, another battle lost," she said to herself," my miserable lot," muttered quietely. She sighed once again before lifting her right hand to hold her face, only to remember it was cut off," ara?" she blinked at the stump. The stump wasn't even bleeding like any cut off hand would either.
"Ehehehe, sorry about the hand," Naruto said as chuckled nervously as he scratched back of his head in the same manner, while also not noticing what was supposed to be a profusely bleeding hand stump.
She just smiled her cat like smile and eye smiles as she charged energy into her remaining hands index finger. She then covered the stump and sweeped along with energy in her finger. When she had the stump against her remaining palm, the stump grew a hand as she pulled it way, as if by magic," see?" she smiled as she showed both perfectly healthy hands. Naruto was just amazed now, she had a healing ability that could rival his own. So he gave his appluase to her," farewell," she said dramatically in showman's bow, sinking into the ground, leaving Naruto behind in the forest they fought in.
Moments later, after getting the groceries again since they were destroyed in the fight with Ryoko, Naruto entered the clan house that was at the foot of the shrine. Kicking off his shoes, he announced that he was home. Not hearing his Oji-chan, Naruto just went up to his room. His room was relatively spartan to everything else he lived in. He had a desk, a cabinet, and a single person bed.
He sighed as he took off his jacket to reveal his black tank top and put it on the chair nearby. He didn't even bat an eyebrow when the chair broke into pieces right when he put the jacket on it,' right, forgot that thing was weighted,' he sighed as he put it off to get another chair later. He then sat on the bed and took out the sword hilt and examined it," this blade is powerful, I gotta say," he then remembered the fight he had not too long ago. Even though most of the time it seemed like she was trying to kill him, the way she laughed, the expressions on her face when they fought, the cute way she asked about that fake secret when he unleashed his explosive clone on her. She seemed so innocent compared to the legends, despite how destructive she was in the fight.
But the one thing that got him was the look of utter loneliness and sadness when she spoke about being in that cave. It made him feel just how bad she had it, and he could relate to that loneliness," she and I are alike, I can see that," he then played with the hilt a bit as he continued to think about her," I wonder if we'll meet again."
Shaking his head, he focused on one thing now," time for some sleep," he said groggily as he yawned. He really got into that fight and used a lot of his Chakra. Though thanks to the Kyuubi that was already recovering and the battle fatigue he got from the fight was already being recovered. He then carelessly dropped his body onto the bed. But then he hit something. He felt that something squirm under his sheets.
"Only one person could be in my room, and I know it's not Oji-chan," he muttered to himself warily. He gulped as he slowly started to uncover the person under his bed sheets. The cyan spikey hair, the cute face, the elf like ears, and the same pink and green dress. Yup, it was Ryoko alright, sleeping in his bed. But what made him almost get a nose bleed was when she turned over, her dress was unbuttoned and partly showed her right breast. Coincidently, she was wearing no bra.
Hearing him trying to cover his nosebleed, Ryoko woke up from her nap and gave a sultry gaze to him," Okairi, Naruto (welcome home, Naruto)," she said in a lovingly way.
Naruto just stood up and clapped his hands twice before praying.
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A/N: Hello, guys, not so new here, just wanted to note. Anyhow, I've always wondered, what would it be like if Naruto was in Tenchi's shoes. I mean, he can be like Tenchi, but you know our blond hero woudn't take no crap from anyone, especially the Shipuuden one. Oh, if your wondering what Naruto looks like, it's the Shipuuden Naruto. This fic will follow the Naruto story from that point, but first Naruto has to meet some Tenchi characters. Well, a certain Jurian group first, the rest will meet him in Konoha. Anyway, I might mix some other thing from other anime's and movies here and there to keep it interesting (and with Washuu, there is nothing but interesting things when it comes to her experiments). Anyhow, review or just PM, ja ne.
NeroSparda