Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Druid, The Shinobi, and The Container ❯ The Black Fae and Training ( Chapter 3 )

The Druid, the Shinobi, and the Container

 

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Part Three: The Black Fae and Training

 

“Forever is the darkness.” Murmured a tall figure in shadow.

 

“Truly, brother?” Called out another figure, also shrouded in shadow.

 

“Yes… do you question me?”

 

“The Druids are growing restless, brother. They sense us and like last time they will rise against us.”

 

“FOOL!! DO NOT DOUBT!!”

 

“Brother….”

 

“What?” The first figure growled.

 

“Just as I should not doubt, a similar saying I give to you. Do not underestimate the modern day druids.” The first snorted in contempt of the second's warning.

 

“These druids of new are weaker than their predecessors. They have grown complacent and doddering.” Again he snorted. “They are ants beneath my boot.”

 

“As you wish to believe, brother.” The second said softly. The first let out a sharp bark that could be defined as a laugh and left the shadowed room. “A thousand years have passed….” Murmured the second figure. “And the druids have only gotten stronger while we have stayed the same in our castle that is our prison.” The second crossed his arms and sighed. “I think that this time, like last, we will fail. But…” He growled in frustration.

 

“I do not have enough power to completely betray my brother. Or do I?” He paced in the chamber then walked up to the basin that his brother had been looking into. “Completely? No, but indirectly and partially.” An image swirled as he concentrated his power into the upraised basin. His face was then illuminated. He had eyes blacker than midnight and he had long blond hair. His face held an impossible, masculine beauty. This was the face of a Fae, or fairy was a more common word. But not like the little winged people that were cute and cuddly. No, he was a true Fae, immortal and soulless. After all, an immortal soul could not inhabit an immortal body and an immortal body could not house an immortal soul.

 

“Her. She is the one who will receive my message.” And the image that had appeared in the basin of light was one of Lillias McGregor, with hair of flame and eyes of emerald. “Druidess, heed my warning when it comes.” And the Fae touched the image in the basin with a forefinger and the water rippled, distorting Lillias' picture. He then waved his hand to erase what he had done as he heard his brother call out to him.

 

“Daegan, come!” His brother bellowed.

 

“May Danu forgive me.” The fae, now identified as Daegan, whispered. “I have betrayed my brother, the Black Fae.” And he melded into the shadows, answering his brother's summons.

 

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“Lillias-neechan, are you even listening?” Naruto whined as he, Lillias, and, annoyingly enough, Kakashi, were eating dinner.

 

“I'm sorry, Naruto-kun. I could have sworn I sensed something.”

 

“Oh?” Kakashi queried. He quickly pulled up his mask as Naruto whipped his head toward him to try and see his face. Naruto pouted when he failed his self-appointed mission again.

 

“It's nothing. Naruto, finish your dinner.”

 

“But Neechan, why does Kakashi-sensei have to stay with us again? Doesn't he have other friends or what?” The container asked, glaring hotly at the jounin. Kakashi heartily returned the glare.

 

“Naruto…”

 

“It's been two months and the lazy bum still hasn't found a new apartment.” He finished drinking the last of the broth from his ramen. “Come on, Kakashi-sensei, stop being so damn lazy.”

 

“Maybe I like here instead.” Kakashi countered, looking at the container slyly. “I don't have to cook for myself.” Naruto snorted in contempt at his sensei's words.

 

“Yeah, since cooking got you here in the first place.” That earned him a glare. Lillias only sighed and tuned out the two as they yapped at each other back and forth.

 

`A warning, perhaps…'

 

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Yamanaka Ino blinked as her noodles moved in a suspicious fashion and made the picture of a face in her ramen.

 

“Ino, eat your food!”

 

“Hai, okaasan.” `That was totally weird.'

 

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The sun was shining. The birds were singing. And their sensei was actually on time even after moving in with Naruto…. Wait a minute….

 

“Ohayo!” Naruto greeted his teammates. Sasuke and Sakura gaped at the sight of their sensei mopping as he walked behind his blonde genin student.

 

“How?” Sakura asked as she stared at Kakashi.

 

“How what?” The older shinobi grumbled.

 

“HOW ARE YOU ON TIME?” She shouted.

 

“Che, first you complain when he's late then you complain when he's on time. Make up your mind.” Sasuke said, glaring.

 

“Be still my heart. You just said two whole sentences, Uchiha-kun.” Sasuke whirled around at the sound of Lillias' voice that came from behind him. The Druidess waved cheerfully. “Ohayo!”

 

“She's how.” Kakashi muttered darkly, pointing at Lillias. “She made me early today.”

 

“Kakashi, you can visit them later.” He stiffened at Lillias' words. “You have genin to teach.” One could cut the tension with a butter knife.

 

“But…”

 

“Kakashi, you have to let them rest at least for a little. Please. Do you want them,” She gestured toward the confused genin, “to be hurt in the end?”

 

“Sensei?” Naruto asked quietly. Kakashi closed his eye and exhaled.

 

“No, Lillias-san. I don't.” And the tension seemed to leave.

 

“Tomorrow you can be late…”

 

“And you'll buy me more Icha Icha Paradise.”

 

“HELL NO!!”

 

“Aw come on, just one volume to help me to replace the others… Please!”

 

“PERVERT!! I SAID NO!!”

 

“Naruto, do they always argue like that?” Sakura asked as she pointed at the two adults over her shoulder as the genin huddled in a trio away from the shinobi and Druidess. The trio tuned them out so well that all they heard were `yap yap yap' and `bark bark bark'.

 

“Huh? Uh, yeah why?”

 

“Because they're being annoying.” Sasuke muttered, glancing over at the two bickering adults. Naruto snorted.

 

“Try living with them!” And the other two sweat dropped as Naruto started to complain on how the two would always argue about Kakashi's extremely questionable choice of reading material and whether or not he was allowed to bring it into the house, guest or not.

 

“DAMMIT!! I SAID NO, YOU PERVERTED PIECE OF SHINOBI SHIT!!”

 

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“MAY YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY, LEE-KUN!!” Maito Gai shouted.

 

“HAI SENSEI!!” And Rock Lee continued his laps around Konoha, Gai by his side. Hyuuga Neji and Taketori Tenten were a few paces behind them; the former was breathing harshly while the latter was just outright panting.

 

“Oh God, is it over yet?!” Tenten asked in horror.

 

“Not by a long shot.”

 

“Well shit.”

 

“Shut up and keep running.”

 

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“Sensei, it's been four hours of nonstop sparring. Can we train with Lillias-neechan now?” Naruto asked, hands braced his knees as he glared hotly at his sensei. His sensei that happened to be reading his only volume of Icha Icha Paradise that has survived since it had been in his pouch. Naruto glanced over at Lillias, who was meditating at the far corner of the training ground. “SENSEI!!”

 

“I don't think he's listening, dobe.” Sasuke said, sitting down by a tree. Sakura couldn't even talk, she had been unconscious for the past three hours. Hell, with her lack of stamina and charka stores, she barely lasted forty minutes against the boys. It had been twenty minutes after that when she finally gave in and collapsed at the edge of the training ground.

 

FLAMES OF YOUTH!!” Two green blurs rushed past Naruto, who stumbled from the backwind of the two. He quickly caught himself and stared in horror as the two green `things' kept running until they were out of sight. Kakashi had actually looked up and sighed in relief. Then two more figures barged into the training ground. One was a girl with two buns on her head and mouse brown eyes and the other was a white-eyed boy with long, girlish hair. The girl fell to her knees then slumped forward, her shoulders pressing against the ground and her face turned to the right. She presented quite the comical picture that Sasuke couldn't help but snort at. The boy braced his hands against his knees, much like Naruto had earlier before he was nearly capsized.

 

“Get up Tenten.”

 

“Don't wanna!!”

 

“NOW!!” The girl grumbled at his command and awkwardly stood. “Hurry before Gai-sensei comes back for us.” The boy stated wearily. The girl squeaked and took off running, the dark haired boy following.

 

“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?” Naruto shouted.

 

“The hell if I know.” Sasuke replied.

 

“Get back to your sparring for another hour.” Kakashi piped up then went back to his book. The two boys groaned.

 

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“Well guys, missions with me tomorrow. I'll just carry Sakura home, bye!” And Kakashi took off, Sakura slumped on his back. The boys, covered in grass stains, dirt, and bruises, glared at his retreating back. Then Lillias snapped her fingers, making the stains and dirt disappear, though the bruises and aches remained. The two turned wearily toward her and flinched at her slightly maniacal grin. Naruto groaned in despair and slumped his shoulders. Sasuke looked at him curiously.

 

“You guys ready for the beginning of your magic training?” The Uchiha perked up at her question. Magic? Maybe this will help him to defeat Itachi….

 

“LILLIAS-NEECHAN!!! I'm tired!!” Naruto whined.

 

“Not caring. Let's go!! Woohoo!!” And Lillias ran off toward the apartment, Naruto and Sasuke tiredly on her heels.

 

`Now I know where the dobe gets it from.'

 

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Sasuke glared at the apple that refused to budge. Though at least his wasn't blowing up like Naruto's. He glanced over as Lillias bonked Naruto with… a paper fan?

 

“Sasuke, have you moved the apple an inch like I asked?”

 

“No.” He growled. Lillias sighed.

 

“You need to access your core.”

 

“I'm trying.”

 

“Let me see what you're doing.” Sasuke sighed and held out his right hand. His forefinger and middle were together and pointing vertically straight toward the apple while his other two fingers and his thumb were tucked into his palm. Then he concentrated, trying to command his core to move the apple. The apple, well, it didn't move. All of the sudden, the apple then proceeded to blow up. Naruto cackled as Sasuke was then covered in apple pulp and bits. Sasuke glared at him.

 

“Nihihihi, not so superior now, huh Sasuke-teme?”

 

“Naruto, go back to your fourth apple!” Lillias shouted. Sasuke smirked at Naruto. “And you, stop smirking!” And he erased his smirk hastily. “Now then, like Naruto in the beginning, you're using chakra. Now he's just blowing up the apple with magic. Anyway, you need to access your magic core, not your chakra core. You need to learn how to differentiate between the two. They are similar after all.”

 

“How so?”

 

“You know how chakra is a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy?” Sasuke nodded. “Magic is purely spiritual and mental and is a separate core. Because you started training in chakra before magic, your magic pathways are underdeveloped but are still intertwined with your chakra pathways. Since you haven't hit puberty yet, your magic pathways haven't disintegrated so now is the time to access them in order for them not to disintegrate from disuse.” Lillias said, still keeping an eye on Naruto as well.

 

“But chakra pathways don't disintegrate…”

 

“I said chakra and magic are similar, not identical! Chakra is physical and spiritual. Magic is spiritual and mental.”

 

“Oh.”

 

“Anyway, if you combine chakra and magic in a jutsu, you'll get one hell of a result. That is, once you learn to actually access and completely control your magic core.”

 

“What do I look for then?” Sasuke asked, glancing over at his teammate as Naruto blew up another apple.

 

“Chakra, proper chakra, is blue, correct?” Sasuke nodded. “Every person has a different shade of blue unless that person completely corrupts their system. Now then, close your eyes and look at your pathways. Do you see them?”

 

“No. I'm not a Hyuuga.” Lillias made a noise of frustration at his comment.

 

“Baka, a Hyuuga has the ability to see others' pathways but not their own. That is a weakness on their part. But everyone else has the ability to at least see his or her own chakra and magic pathways. How do you think the Hyuuga came up with their blood-limit? But by training themselves to see others', they have now evolved to the point to where they cannot see their own. And they can't use magic either because in order to use magic you need to be able to see your own pathways, chakra and magic. Here,” Lillias placed her fingertips on Sasuke's temples. “I will guide you to see. And hopefully you'll do better than Naruto, who had already had this lesson but still hasn't fully learned it. Let's start again.” And the two concentrated. And in the background Naruto swore vividly as his seventh apple erupted into a spray of pulp.

 

“GODDAMMIT TO HELL AND BACK!!!”

 

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End of Part Three

 

Pairings? Hmm, let's see. I really don't know right now. It might be NaruHina but don't count anything out. Hell, there might not even been pairings for a long, long time. We'll see. Anyway, gotta go. Later!

 

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