Bakegitsune

[Minaru]

As the silver vortex rippled, spiraling through the vast abyss that was his Kamui's own dimension, the group would step forth into the vision of the fractured tablet. The scribbles running up and down still legible. He sighed as he held his eye. 

"Viola, sweetheart." he said in a soft voice that held child like grace. "You are going to need to okay this and contemplate as we rest." he held an arm over her shoulder and snugged her into him tightly. "Tsuk, be as you will. There is plenty of room to run and practice your abilities. I need to speak with Viola for a moment. Okay?" he turned instantly back to look at his pink-haired lady.

"Viola... I am not sure how much you know about the Tailed-Beasts, but they are creatures originated from one entity. They hold great power and pull in the world and the Ninth of Nine is the most dangerous. If not properly controlled by someone with the right heart, madness could over take the world. I think it would be beneficial that we acquire him, Kurama. And I truly believe that you are the one who should hold this beast. You have the kindest heart I know and your selflessness to help people was bright and warm enough to change my cold broken heart." he whispered softly.

"I want to seal the Beast within you. Making you the keeper of this beast." his right eye showed concern. He worried for her reaction.

[Viola]

Viola could feel herself being hurled into the empty dimension. The worlds' infinite emptiness would never settle with her. Her eyes wandered to the new kid before being called back to Minaru. She watched him closely as he asked for her attention.

She sat as she listened to some mythical story of beasts...it felt like something old Kages of the Leaf spoke of but she never quite got interested. The fairytale that followed something similar to this never interested her as well. But, for this story to be true, too? Viola began to question what had been truth or fantasy in her childhood. The orphanage had always delivered stories before bed, the tailed beast tail most famous. She hadn't a clue they existed or even if they were going to become more or less in the past.

She bit her lip at what Minaru had been suggesting. Her becoming a beast holder? She barely knew how to fight! She shook her head internally. What did heart have to do with sealing a beast? How would her body keeping this thing retain peace within the nation.

Viola began to slide onto his lap if he allowed, leaning her head onto his forehead. She peered deep in his eyes. Still not giving an answer, she was still searching for his resolve in this decision. Why her, why not crazy ice boy?

"I am still not sure why I should be the one. Having a kind heart must not be the first thing on the tally list when obtaining one of these...beasts. I feel that the beast may use it to his or her advantage to kill me so they can be freed again. Have you met this beast before? And what exactly is this ninth beast? From the stories I heard as I child, they were different animals...at least what some old stories. I never seen an actual picture or words or even names for these beasts." Viola spoke gently to him, in a low enough voice that the Ice boy could not hear. She felt insecure at this point. She hadn't been strong enough to be of much help back in Konoha and taking on the beast would require much more strength--or at least as far as Viola knew.

"Besides, I don't feel trustworthy of my combat skills to have a beast within me...how am I going to control it?" Viola added on a few seconds after, showing her sensitive stance on the situation. Her eyes would peer back at Minaru, searching for resolve and an answer for this beast she was going to have sealed.

[Minaru]

"Kurama is a fox." he said with a hopeful smile, "I was keeping tabs on him in my year away. He is cold, and a very negative Beast. I know you can do this. With that, you need to know that I want all of the Shadows to be balanced. The boy has his own purpose as do I." Minaru reached for her hand slowly, interlocking his fingers with hers.

"If anything, this is my proposal to keep you as safe as possible. The biggest thing with Tailed Beasts is, they share your life. If you pass, so do they; meaning if you were ever in danger and I was incapacitated or worse... the Beast would protect you to protect it's self." He held her closer now, keeping her warm against his skin.

"I have always said you don't give yourself enough credit, trust me and believe in yourself." he placed his palm to her chest; Minaru rest his hand over her sternum.

[Viola]

Viola still felt a bit insecure about this option. She was not sure of how to control the beast or if she will be able to survive whatever process one needs to go through in order to get the beast inside of them. She tugged gently at his fingers as they were interlaced, looking down at his head.

She began to stare at him, thinking. These beasts sounded quite powerful and would definately be of use to those idiot nations for more idiotic spats over nothing. Her free hand began to curl up from her body to his, dragging the nub of her fingers against his flesh. Something about his warmth was comforting, but the proposal at hand still scared her the slightest bit.

"Minaru, this beast fox thing sounds so strong...would you even be able to handle it--to control it if it tries to take over at a bad time? If its best to keep us safe, I will do it. But if this thing takes over on a whim, it scares me that I could lay injure to you or him," Viola nudged over to Tsu. She now began to wonder of this beast...his or her personality, attitude, and small things to consider.

Viola had never considered her of anything special or invovled in politics enough to catch wind of being a tailed beast holder or what it entailed.

She continued to pull the fingers Minaru had laced with her own. She had been pulling him closer to her body although he had already laid on her. Her free hand continued to stroke the small bit of exposed skin between his lower back and butt. Viola truly hoped Minaru would aid her in this beast situation, or at least be able to guide her to become stronger. What she needed now was a bit more explaination and reassurance on his part.

[Minaru]

"I don't believe it will lead to that. I know you can do it, it not simply something someone can put into words. It's nothing that is a physical manifestation; more rather an aura about you. You have a strong will, but if you break... if that is at all possible. I can control the Beast; it's not a problem for me."

Minaru walked over to the tablet. "The top half of this tablet, it reads and tells of the powers the Uchiha have to control the Nine-Tails. Our Genjustu is powerful enough to subdue the Beast and allow you to take over control if you wish. It will take time and train, but someone gifted enough to handle chakra with impeccable control such as yourself would have no problem mastering the Beasts. And I guess, I also fear for your saftey, and having this as a safeguard would keep y heart at rest." The man's eyes welled up for a moment, tearing a bit.

"I worry about you."

[Viola]

Viola brought her eyes over to the tablet as Minaru made his way over to it. Unable to understand its language she would need to rely on Minarus' instinct. Over the past few instances, she felt like she could trust what he could do. She gave a nod every now and then as he spoke, sitting down where she once stood. This was a lot to take down at once.

She kept her eyes steady on Minaru. Would he truly risk his own life to capture a beast of this magnitude if he had no control? She tapped her fingers against her legs, still thinking it over. How bad could this be? At worst, she could lose herself she thought. But the mission could still live on. Besides the surgery had been a long time coming with swapping his eye back. Her use could be up now, or extended with the insertion of this fox of sorts?

"I worry about you too Minaru. I do not want you getting hurt with this attempt, and with me having to accept this beast into my body you will be without a healer. I really hope your abilities will show then as well. I will accept this fox into my body." Viola spoke, sitting where she had been. She moved her gaze from the tablet to Minaru at this point. She kept the stare for at least fifteen seconds, searching his teary eyes for a response.

[Minaru]

"Then it's game on; Tsuk. Come here would you?" he called to his sociopathic nuke.

[Tsukiaddo]

Tsukiaddo sat a dozen or so meters away from the two, only able to make out a few words of the conversation. What ever he was trying to convince Viola of, the Yuki was sure it would be of great use to them. The boy had more important things on his mind anyway, like eternal flames that Minaru has mentioned at the Naka shrine. Concentrating his chakra, the boy began channeling it into his clenched fist, focusing it into a single point in his hand.

By the time Minaru called him over the boy had created a small black icicle about 7 cm long. He responded to the Uchiha's command by bounding over a few seconds later, stowing the black ice on his person.

[Minaru]

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Minaru took a pill from his pocket, two in fact; the Uchiha tossed Tsuk a pill and gave another to Viola. "Take these. They will replenish the majority of your chakra pool. If you don't feel ready, in the morning you should. While this pill tends to replenish a good amount of chakra of the start; it also boost your regeneration for a short time. I stole this a long time ago from a crooked merchant." he chuckled and grabbed himself a pill. Crushing it in his teeth and swallowing.

"We are preparing to take on a creature of gigantic proportions. Our object is to subdue and seal this Beast in order to keep the power hungry villages from using it as a weapon of war and a bargain of power. We should rest now, because in the morning, we depart. I am taking us to my last know location of Kurama. Somewhere within Tsuchi no Kuni... now rest up and be ready."

Minaru fixed up himself a set of kunai and other blades, he took a single scroll out and placed it near his adamantine armor plate. Light and durable, perfect for war. He quickly jumped into bed to rest for the night.

The next morning...

Minaru grabbed his remaining gear he needed and ripped open a Kamui portal using his left eye to Tsuchi no Kuni. "Get up, it's time to go."

The Uchiha stepped through the portal and appeared within Tsuchi no Kuni, a canyon was where he last knew of Kurama being. "Can you sense anything Viola..?"

[Viola]

Viola accepted the pill Minaru had thrown to her. Chewing it slowly she began to think about the next day. She had a high probability of dying at this point. One wrong move could led to death, or even worse, their mission being laid to ruins. She nodded as Minaru spoke. Viola had many of this same pills as she had collected them during the year she had not seen him. She had a variety of them in fact, packed nicely with some other things placed somewhere in her huge travel backpack.

The next morning. . . .

For preparations for the fight Viola packed various medic supplies that could be used by a normal ninja. This included a basic medic kit, chakra restoration pills, binds for wounds, and other miniscule things. She would strap a smaller bag on her back before they would exit.

The night before Viola kept turning in nightmares of all the things that could go wrong. This fox, he must be strong...powerful...large...deadly. She only woke in a cold sweat from her own screams in her dreams. This would led to Viola ensuring there was every means possible for the two to do any make shift healing themselves in her bag.

As they would leave the empty dimension she would feel an overbearing level of chakra. It felt concentration about a mile north from where they were. Large bits of rock were taken out of the sides of rock formations. Crumbs of the rocks were thrown about. This meant the fox had been in close quarters of where this had been.


"Just a mile north of here...I sense something powerful. I never sensed something this massive in my life," Viola gasped. This thing was going to be forced inside of her? It had to be the size of a village at least. Logistics wise, there was no way something of that mass was going to fit inside of her.

Minarus words from the day before did ring back into her. It was more or less of mental seal, perhaps? Mental with a stronger tie to her physique? She thought through this, a confused look on her face.

[Tsukiaddo]

As soon as the pill down slid his throat the boy immediately felt it's effects. He had never felt this this kind of power before. While other two gather their supplies, the Yuki was concentrating on condensing more of his chakra into the black ice spike. By the time they went to sleep the spike has been transformed from a 7 cm icicle into moderately well formed 30 cm dagger. Harder than steel, containing a massive amount of his frigid charka the blade would never melt,no matter the heat applied to it, and would freeze anything unfortunate enough to feel it's icy bite. The boy would call it true ice; a fitting name for an eternal frost.

The next morning. . . .

The boy felt completely refreshed, despite the large amount of chakra he compressed into the blade. The waited for the two to be ready spinning his new "toy" between his fingers. Immediately after their landing the boy could feel the presence of the Biju, but the with overwhelming pressure the Nine Tails had, the boy could not sense the correct direction, let alone a precise location.

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Kurama had made his rest upon the cliffside, his body stretching a good length along the canyon walls. His multiple tails added to his length as they flicked from side to side, to and fro. A single eyelid opened slightly as he felt the emergence of three chakra signatures, foreign from those he usually terrorized in this land of Clouds.

A baritone rumble resounded deep within his chest as he bared his fangs, hackles rising while his body rose from his perch. His tails thrashed about behind him, causing the ground to tremble underneath his weight.

"How dare these pathetic weaklings disturb my rest. To even think they'd even get the chance to inflict damage upon me is almost laughable. Begone from this place, humans."

Upon his last words, Kurama let loose and ear shattering bellow, it echoing and bouncing off the canyon walls before charging towards the unfortunate souls that entered the Nine-Tails' domain.

[Minaru]

"Sekai no Kage, on me." he announced out loud. Taking in what Viola said about the distance of the Beast, he focused in with his eyes as his allies grew closer to him. He could hear the echo's boom fro the Nine-Tails closing in. "This is it, and I have a plan. We don't have much time." The Uchiha wore a wicked smile, overflowing with confidence and joy. His demeanor was upbeat as if he knew what he was doing regardless of the seriousness of this fight.

Minaru knew full well that death may follow this fight; and was mentally prepared, and though he felt it would be best to address this fact... he feared scarring his troops. As long as he kept his wits and mind calm and about him, they should be able to persevere over Kurama. A cool sweat began to work over Minaru, his palms became clammy as he spoke to his group. He placed his left palm on Tsuk's right shoulder and matched his right yo Viola's left shoulder, he addressed them in a very serious manner.

"Now, Kenkō," he said, his eyes locked with Viola's, getting a feel for her chakra flow. She seemed a bit timid at the moment, which lead him to initiate this pep talk. "as you know, remain close. I will need you in a moments notice, however; if it comes down to taking a hit and staying next to me... please evade and save yourself. The same goes for you Kaku." his eyes shifted to the Yuki, checking his chakra as he did. The boy seemed to be overflowing with power from the pill he took, and based on his expression, he was more eager then any of them.

"Now, I can see this monsters manifestation in the distance, it a glorious sight if you had eyes such as mine. We need not waste a moment of time, so here it is. Kaku, Ice Mirrors as a distraction; these are need to abstract his gaze. Other then making sure we have them set up, you are free to attack as you see fit. Do not go overboard, I do not wish to cut the creature in half to rescue you." Even though Minaru's words came with a sting, his tone was light and non-aggressive. Things were going to be very serious shortly.

"Now, one last thin, pay close attention to these kata I am about to preform." he formed and held Dog. "This is to activate Uramiame. This technique will give us the playing field. You see, together we bring about a large storm which will flood the lands around us; this not only allows us to drain the chakra of the Beast, but allows us to create large masses of water without time or to much energy. However, it takes at least two in order to create the giant storm, but after that... Kaku." he turned his head again to look at his Yuki. "Make it cold after that. Freezing Rain will impair the creature and constantly drain his chakra unless he can manage to melt or pull each pin out. As for the gathering flood, I will need that possibly for a technique. Just know, if I call out Uramiame, be ready to follow in sync with my hands. One last thing, I will need to get eye contact with the Beast. Just keep all of this in mind."

Minaru smiled as he finished is small little lesson, "Now come, he is close and I feel as though... he already knows we are here... I can see his mass growing in the horizon at exponential rates." The Uchiha cursed under his breathe in thought, "Fuck it." The man formed the hand sign, 'Dog' and called out, "Uramiame!" as ominous grey clouds began to gather and rapidly darken before moisture began to fall. Hoping his companions would follow in suit, he began to walk, holding his hands in Dog as he went. "Let's prepare the field now, he already has size on us." he called back as the growing down pour grew in volume. Water began to puddle only with Minaru focusing on the technique, the Uchiha took note and made a few calculations as they covered the distance before getting within 1/4 of a mile of the large enraged Beast.

Minaru's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan gave of a vicious crimson glow as he called out through the down pour. "KURAMA, THE TIME HAS COME." he said with a harsh tone that reminded himself of his Father. His hands were poised and held Dog, though he waited for the Beast to respond...

[Viola]

Viola could feel her heart pumping out of her chest. With such a large fox running toward them, she was beginning to have doubts in her own mind. Its massive streak and appearance made her want to step back and run away. She could feel herself starting to shake. Her eyes crawled toward Minaru in hopes for guidance.

She gave a slow nod to each sentence he relayed to the group. She felt very anxious to see what trick Minaru would use to subdue the beast. This would be the first instance which he would exert force against an entity. From what he was telling her, she would need to stay close to him unless things got more dangerous than they already were.

She would continue to run along his side as they charged toward the fox. She began to have her hand shimmer as it did with the Yuki, with a similar nerve-stunning jutsu. However, Viola knew this was not for the foxes use...if the end were to come to her, she would not want to feel pain. She didn't even want to see her end from such a terrifying beast. For all she knew he wanted her for lunch and not a house.

"KURAMA, THE TIME HAS COME." Viola heard Minaru belt, which caused her to jump slightly. This type of battle hungry Minaru was unheard of from her ears. She could nearly feel her heart flutter at this as well. What could she do to avoid this? Her lips quivered quite a bit. Her hand continued to charge the nerve-stunning jutsu. For all she knew now was to follow Minaru, as he would hopefully have a trick. Anything really; just not running to her death would be nice.

Something in Viola became more sassy when it came toward death, or rather a dark humor that come over her subconscious. Her eyes would quickly glance over to the ice boy in hopes he would be able to execute his role properly as well.

[Tsukiaddo]

The earth shattering roar rushed past the young Yuki, the sound shaking him to his very core. At that moment all the doubts the boy had about his choice to follow Minaru completely vanished. Fights like this were Tsukiaddo's entire reason for existing. The excitement the boy had for the upcoming battle was almost more than he could contain. A cruel smirk formed on the boys's face as he listened to Minaru's plan. The boy followed obediently as the move toward the oncoming fox. 'Uramiame!' the command echoed through his mind as he mimics the seals Minaru had showed them.

All three of their chakra molded together forming large dark rain clouds in a large area around them, the dark rain began pouring all around the battle field. Now that storm had started, the boy released his seal, and impaled the true ice dagger into the ground at his feet. "Ice Release: Winter's Cruel Corruption," the boys vioce remained clam. despite the raging storm and oncoming monster, as he cycle threw the new kata. The Yuki channeled his chakra through the dagger into the ground. The frigid chakra began creeping out from the point rapidly along the wet surface, and also more steadily in the depths as the ice grew and consumed more of the earth that formed the canyon. The boy remained motionless as he continued to channel his chakra into the ground, as he waited for Kurama's response.