InuYasha Fan Fiction / Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Embracing the Kitsune ❯ Creation vs Destruction ( Chapter 15 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

~ Ch. 15 - Creation vs Destruction ~


“I don’t want to fight you, you battle crazed weirdo.” She huffed.

“As I thought. Pathetic.”

He started to turn away from her once more, but she wasn’t about to be ignored again. ‘Why that...’ She took one of the seeds she had stashed in her pocket and flicked it at his forehead.

He caught it just before it hit him and frowned. ‘A waste of my time. Shukaku was wrong to want to fight her.’ he was about to toss the seed aside when he saw her smirk. She held out her hand and as it started to glow red so did the seed. Suddenly she clenched her fist and vines shot forth intent on wrapping around him. Sand quickly slid between the plant and his body, enveloping him. After a second of struggle the sand burst the vines and the broken vegetation scattered around the area. ‘I may have been wrong.’ He cast a deadly smile in her direction. “You don’t want to excite me, I might have trouble... controlling myself.”

The sand rose in front of him and rushed forward, slamming Kagome into the wall Gaara had been sitting on. She coughed and reached into her pocket as she tried to catch her breath. She tossed a seed half way in between them and made the symbol for snake followed by the ram sign with her hands. She had found that combining ninjutsu hand sighs with her power made it easier to manipulate her chakra in the desired fashion. Thus a more powerful attack was born. “ Deadly Nightshade.” She said calmly and confidently. The seed seemed to explode into a giant serpent shaped plant with fangs and all.

He stood unmoving with his arms crossed as the thing lunged at him with gapping jaws. Just before it hit him a wall of sand sprung up before him. The monstrous abomination of nature slammed into the sand and crumpled in on its self. The sand was unmoved by the force of the blow. As the thing backed away it made, what one might think, was a whimper and came to Kagome’s side. She patted its “head” as Gaara lowered his shield. “Sand Shuriken!”

Kagome was just barely able to jump out of the way, but her creation was not so lucky. The sand tore it to shreds and when the attack was finished she looked down from atop the wall. There was nothing, but mulch left. She looked sad for a moment and then focused on her opponent. “You could really hurt someone like that.” She mocked.

Gaara’s eyes were more wild now. His lust for battle was overflowing and he couldn’t be happier. ‘Finally a worthy opponent. It has been to long.’ He willed his sand up to her to try and grab her, but she jumped out of the way.

“I don’t think so. Not this time.” She jumped to the ground and dodged a couple more of his attempts.

“You forget. The very ground you walk on is my weapon.” The sand beneath Kagome’s feet softened and she quickly found her self up to her waist in the sand.

‘That’s fine. I don’t need to move to take him down.’ She threw another seed at his head which he deflected with no problem.

“You’ll have to do better than that Ka-go-me.” By saying her name he was acknowledging her as a worthy adversary.

She smirked. “My pleasure.” She made the rat sign with her hands as he watched her intently. “Poisoned Ivy!”

A single spiked, purple vine wrapped it’s self around Gaara’s neck from seemingly out of no where. The sand armor had managed to protect him for the most part, but a single thorn had managed to penetrate his defenses. His eye’s widened at the pain he felt and a darkness came over his face. He ripped the offending plant off and threw it at her.

She smirked as he went down to one knee with a sudden flinch of pain. “While you were concentrating on the first seed I threw, you failed to notice the second one that landed at your feet.”

Gaara flinched again and grabbed his stomach. His face was strained with pain and he looked at her through one hateful eye which he forced open to see his opponent.

“That would be the toxins you feel coursing through your veins. Don’t worry, I didn’t make them deadly, but it sure dose smart doesn’t it?” She smiled thinking she had gained the upper hand, if not won.

He sneered at her as another shockwave of pain racked his body. “I’ll bury you!” the sand she was currently trapped up to the waist in began to suck her under.

‘Oh, that’s not good!’ She thought as the sand came over her head. Kagome started to panic. She couldn’t breath or fight it as she felt herself sink farther. The pressure was crushing her. ‘I don’t want to die. Not now!’ her thoughts began to go dark as her oxygen supply ran out. ‘No....’

Gaara stood as the pain slowly ebbed away. Shukaku’s energy, just as Kyuubi’s, had the benefit of accelerated healing and made quick work of the poison in his system. Gaara’s face was emotionless again as he watched the spot where she had sank below the surface. He turned to walk away, but he stopped as he felt the ground quake. Looking back to the same spot he furrowed his brow. “Why doesn’t anyone just stay in their grave!?”

Under the surface Kagome’s body pulsed as tribal quickly wrapped around half of her body and face. The plants in her pockets began to grow, seemingly, on their own accord. They wrapped around her lowed body in a mass of jumbled vegetation and pushed her to the surface.

Gaara watched as she was lifted out of the ground and into the air. Her head was uncovered and bowed as the plants tenderly brought her to the ground, leaving her ears in full view. Lush green grass seemed to spring up from the desolate soil beneath her feet as she touched down. Her right ear twitched as the vines aloud her to support her own weight. When Kagome lifted her eyes to meet Gaara’s the eye surrounded by the strange markings was red and violet. Her expression radiated malevolence. ‘I’ve seen this before.’

As Kagome began to walk toward him the grass moved with her, sprouting before her foot touched down and dying away from the spot she had just stepped. She lazily razed a hand and a wave of flora rushed past her causing its own breeze and rustling her hair.

His sand sprung up in time to stop the massive attack, but he was forced to take a step back as her vines pried through his shield and she effortlessly walked through the gap. His surprise turned to anger and he sent his sand hurling at her, intent on crushing the cursed female, but before it reached her someone deflected the sand. A memory of a ninja with a bowl cut doing the same sprang to the forefront of his mind, but when the sand cleared it was a rather miffed Naruo.

“Stop it!” He yelled at Gaara, then turned to Kagome. “Both of you!.”

Kagome didn’t even spare him a glance. Her eyes were focused on the sand shinobi alone. Kagome raised her right hand and the humongous conglomeration of multicolored vines on the corresponding side mimicked her action. She suddenly flung her arm to the side as if smacking some insignificant fly out of her way and that’s exactly what happened. The vegetation smashed into Naruto like a tone of bricks, knocking him unconscious and slamming him through a nearby wall.

The commotion was heard almost half way across the village and guards began racing toward the impromptu battle field.

Kagome was just about to attack Gaara, but as she lifted her arm again a certain blond ninja flew at her from the rubble of the destroyed wall. This time she did turn to look at him and willed her plants to stop him. He dodged them however and made it to her. When he reached striking distance he tilted his head back and swung it forward as hard as he could. A sickening thud sounded when their heads collided. Naruto caught Kagome as she fell back into unconsciousness. As he turned a bloodied face to Gaara the vines that surrounded them seemed to be vacuumed back into their original seed form and for a moment seed fell around the three like rain.

“Do not interfere or I will take you down as well, Naruto Uzumaki.”

Fiery red eyes pierced Gaara’s own ice blue orbs as he spoke in a deep, rich voice. “Sorry, Naruto is indisposed at the moment. Try again later.” He looked back down to the girl in his arms and adjusted her to a possessive carrying position.

From where he stood Gaara could see a thick red chakra surrounding Naruto. It seemed to form long ears and a tale. “Kyuubi...” came an blood thirsty voice from the depths of his mind. “Rrrraaa...” growled Gaara as he grabed his head. ‘Shut up!’

Naruto saw the sand rise from the corner of his eye. “This battle is over. I’m taking her away and you will not follow.” His statement sounded more like a demand. “Know this, Vessel of Shukaku,” He turned a deadly serious look on Gaara. “I am not as weak as my human counterpart and should you try to interfere or follow me... I promise, a slow and painful death lies in your near future.” With that said he disappeared from sight leaving Gaara to deal with the guards who were just now arriving.

They saw only Gaara standing alone in the middle of the destruction. “Is there a problem here?”

“Leave.” his voice was dark and the men could tell he was in a foul mood. “That’s an order!”

The men backed away slowly. The ninja of his village had seen what he was capable of and no one wanted to bring his wrath upon them.

Kyuubi carried Kagome to the roof of their inn and laid her down. He sat next to her and brushed a stray lock of hair from her face as the red chakra disipated from sight. Though his body was that of his other human half, the tell tail signs that Kyuubi was the dominant personality were evident. The usually wild and edgy appearance of a demon charged Naruto was some what subdued. The animalistic traits were still there of course, but this persona wore them with ease, like they belonged on him. His hair had lengthened slightly making it shaggier. The most telling attributes, however, were his eyes. They were no longer wide and youthful, but sharper, with the underlying wisdom of years far beyond the owners age.

He watched her peaceful face as she slept. The designs had slid away and the only mark that remained now was where he had head but her. He thought about what he had done and shook his head. Never in all his years had he used such a ogreish technique. His fighting style of choice was harsh yet elegant. “I’ve spent to much time inside of this human child.” The sound of his voice caused Kagome to stir, but not awaken. He gently wiped the blood from her brow with Naruto’s sleeve and then removed the offending red liquid from his own face. The gentle breeze caught his attention and he turned his face into it, letting it wrap around him and caress his skin. He inhaled deeply. “Ah, to live... how I miss it so.” He placed a hand on Kagome’s as he looked into the night sky full of twinkling stars. “But I’m afraid my time grows short and you have not yet awakened.” He looked at her one last time through his own eyes. “Until next we meet my silver vixen.”

His eyes slid shut for a moment and when they opened again they were a vibrant blue. After he blinked a couple of times he jumped up ready to fight. Realizing he wasn’t in the same spot he had just been in he scanned the area and saw an unconscious Kagome lying beside him. “What the...” He took another look around and lowered his fists, going to Kagome’s side. ‘Kyuubi, what happened?’ “I took your body by force when you were knocked unconscious...” he sounded exhausted. “I rendered her harmless... She will be fine, but I must rest now.” the amount of energy he expended to take over Naruto’s body had drained him. Had Gaara decided to take him up on his bluff, he wouldn’t have had the strength to back it up. “That’s good... I think.” he wanted to know more, but he knew he wouldn’t find out untill Kyuubi was ready to talk to him again. He picked up Kagome. “Guess I had better put you back in your room before anyone notices we’re missing.”

*Flashback ~ two months prior


Kagome placed a hand on his cheek and looked into his eye’s. A look of realization overcame her. “It is really you isn’t it?”

“Yes.”

“But how?” She was so excited for him. “ I thought you were forever sealed away inside Naruto’s body.”

“As had I, but it seems fate smiles upon me at least once more. If Naruto and I work in cooperation together I can have brief periods on the outside. A nice reprieve from my dungeon to say the least.” He placed his hand over hers and grasped it from his cheek. “How nice it is...” He brought her hand to his lips and inhaled deeply. “ to finally meet you in person.” He kissed her hand and she blushed.

“But, we’ve already met.” She said a little confused.

He smirked at her and pulled her close. “The dream world does not hold a candle to touching true flesh and blood.” He leaned in close to her lips with lustful eyes.

Kagome’s breath hitched in her throat. For a moment she was paralyzed, but she gained back her mobility and pulled away, batting at him playfully. “Kyuubi.” She giggled. She was pretty sure Naruto could probably see what Kyuubi did if it worked the same the other way around. This was fine except for the fact that he didn’t know how close Kyuubi and her had become. She didn’t know how he’d take watching another male touch her. Even if it was his other half.

Kyuubi took a slow breath and ran a clawed hand through golden hair. She was always shy about their physical contact in their meetings, but he was sure her behavior had more to do with a certain human boy than with modesty. “Is something the matter?” He asked smoothly.

“No... well, I don’t understand.” She stated a little flustered.

“What do you not understand?”

“It’s just that... you still look pretty much the same. I mean, like Naruto. There’s some difference, but not really. You know what I mean?” She never failed to pale in comparison to Kyuubi’s gracefully worded speech. ‘Stupid smooth demons.’ Se grumbled in her mind at the slight embarrassment from her articulation... or lack there of.

“Yes,” he answered with a rick chuckle at the flustered look on her face. “It is true I retain most of the physical attributes of my human host, but you can’t really expect the entire molecular structure of his body to reconfigure it’s self because of me, can you?”

She shook her head. “I guess not.” He watched her with crimson orbs that seem to look through your soul and read your every thought. Even though those eyes lay on Naruto’s face, when she looked into them she saw purely Kyuubi.

He leaned in closer. “ Besides, it is merely my energy and consciousness, that has slipped through the cracks.” His eyes then flashed something reminiscent of resentment. “My physical body has been lost to me. I am unsure if I will ever gain access to it again.”

“That’s awful?” She said sympathetically.

“Such is the fate of someone sealed as I have been.” Naruto had kept quiet until now to give him some privacy, but his worry got the better of him and he couldn’t wait any longer. “Kyuubi, are sure this won’t effect the bonding.” ‘I have already told you so. This is a result of the boding. We have merely switched rolls for a short time. So long as you willingly step aside, no strain should be put on the bond.’

Kagome watched as he seemed to go far away for a moment. She smiled. “Talking to Naruto?”

He focused back into the present. “Yes.”

“Harder than it looks to concentrate on a conversation with someone when there’s a voice in your head isn’t it?”

“You may be correct.” he didn’t want to directly admit he had even the slightest trouble... with anything.

“Well I’m happy for you.” Kagome watched as his composure grew weak and she could see him tiering. “Are you ok?”

“Yes.” He brushed his fingers through a lock of her hair this time. “My energy is running low and I must retire now.”

“Aw, but you just got here.” she pouted.

He smiled slightly at her disappointment. “I am glad you would have me stay with you, but the possession is not yet perfected and takes a lot of chakra. I will see you in your dreams.” With that he slipped back into the recesses of his vessels mind and Naruto once again took control of his body.

*End flashback

The next morning Kagome awoke with a throbbing head ache. After a moment memories of the night before, up to her being submerged in sand, played through her head. “Was I dreaming?” Sakura was no where to be seen she stood, preparing to go downstairs for some breakfast. The only thing suggesting that the night hadn’t been a fantasy were her sandy desert clothes. After noticing this she shook the cobwebs off a little faster and quickly pulling on her head band she rushed downstairs. There she saw Naruto relaxing at a table. She slowed her pace and walked to the table calmly and sat down.

“Good morning Kagome. How did you sleep?” He greeted cheerfully.


“Not so well.” She ran her fingers under her head band and rubbed a sore spot in the center of her fore head. There was no mark, but an ache was still there. “Naruto, do you have any idea what happened last night?”

“If you mean the rumors of Gaara destroying a playground for no apparent reason, then yes, I have heard about it. How did you know though? I didn’t see you come down yet today.”

He smirked at her and his underlying tone was off. “Do you know what really happened or not?” She asked flatly.

“I’m not sure. Would it have something to do with you having a death wish?” He returned in an equally flat tone.

“What do you mean. I don’t have a... he is just so agitating with his superiority complex. Just like Sesshomaru.” The last part was directed more to herself than to Naruto.

“Shhhh, Keep it down.” He hushed. “No one else knows what really happened.”

They sat in silence for a moment as Kagome tried to remember everything, but for the life of her she couldn’t remember Naruto comming. Finally she spoke up. “I take it you’re the one who saved me then?” She didn’t like the idea of having to be rescued yet again.

Naruto leaned in close to her and in a soft voice he said. “That had been my intention, but it seems Kyuubi was the one to step in this time.”

“Kyuubi?” She whispered.

“Yes, after you knocked me unconcious he took over and got you out of there.”

“I did what!”

“Shhhhhh.” he paused to give her a chance to calm down before he explained the rest. “ Your curse mark was activated.” he informed her. He could see the fear begin to fill her eyes. “You had Gaara on the defensive. Who knows, you could have beat him had you not been stopped.”

“Then why did you, I mean he” she corrected , “stop me?”

“Had the battle ended on it’s own accord... One of you would have been dead.”

Kagome contemplated that fact as the seriousness of the situation hit home. “I guess my near death experience kicked the mark into gear, but I can’t remember anything of the end.” She sighed and relaxed back into her chair. “Do you know what happened to Gaara?”

“He’s fine, I’ve talked to him already for some damage controll.”

“What did he say?” Kagome was fearful of him being turned into an enemy because of her actions.

“Lucky for you, nothing delights him more then a bloody battle. Though, morbid as he is, he doesn’t hold a grudge... He wants a rematch. Or as he said “to finish what was started”. Kagome, I don’t want you fighting him again.” She pouted. “I mean it. Your abilities enabled you to fight on near equal terms with that of Gaara’s for a short time. He has just had more practice with his.”

“This is a bad thing?” She questioned.


“When it comes to you, yes. When he finds an opponent he deems worthy, he goes a little... crazy when he fights them. Besides, what happens if you activate your curse mark again?” He scolded. “It could consume you until nothin’s left.” His eyebrows furrowed in concern.

“Your right,” She conceded. “But it was just so exhilarating.”

“I know, but you’ll have more than your share of fights before you know it.” He smiled at her and tossed his head at the food counter. “You better get some breakfast. Our meeting with the demon guru guy is soon.” Naruto looked at her dirtied clothes. “And I’d change if I were you.” she nodded and took his vice. As he watched her walk away Kyuubi spoke his objection to the meeting. “It is preposterous to think a mere human knows more in the workings of demons than an actual demon.” ‘Yeah, but for one thing they don’t know I communicate with you and for another this curse was created by a human for a demon. You couldn’t figure out what the difference in her mark was for, yet Jiraiya knew it had something to do with manipulating her demon energy. Maybe this guy can help her...’ Naruto slowly placed his hand on the table, moving his fingers up and down in a fluid motion. He watched with a grim expression as his claws made clicking noises on the hard surface......

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