The Beast Brotherhood

In response to Ino, I could have sworn she was the second Hokage’s granddaughter!

SPOILERS:

In the manga, the first Hokage was actually a member of a super clan who’s abilities rivaled or even surpassed the Uchiha, however Madara Uchiha managed to slaughter most of them, thus leaving the First Hokage as the last member. So if she was his descendant, that would mean that she would have a possibility to use wooden jutsu as well…

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“You can’t possibly be serious? This place is a total dump!” said Tashida as they stood inside the cheap four room apartment. Despite it’s size, the apartment was pretty crappy. It had a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen all of which were directly connected with the Living room in the middle of it all.

“For somebody who’s supposed to be a higher rank than me, you sure do bitch a lot… Now this is all we can afford to buy at the moment, we need to get to work!” retorted Kisuke as they turned to leave back into the village, only to have Tashida hold up a hand to stop while having a devious smile on his face.


“I believe they’ve sent a few subjects directly to us! The spies are far younger than I expected…” said Tashida while his ears twitched and his nose flared. Kisuke growled a bit at having the spies already approach but when Tashida explained how young they were, he calmed down slightly and began to use his beast-like senses to pinpoint them.


“Alright, I’ll take the one outside the window, you take the one by the door” said Kisuke as they slowly began to head for their indicated targets. They had no intention of fighting them in such a closed in space, especially directly in the village, they would pretend it was normal and lead them away from civilization, seemingly oblivious to their presence until the time to strike was perfect…


Meanwhile, outside of their apartment…


Hyuga Neji waited outside by the window, using his Byakugan to spy on the new arrivals. He could tell by reading their gestures that they knew full well they were being followed, but he took no action against them. If they were truly here in peace, they would not do anything hostile. He radioed on his communicator to his partner who was outside by the door waiting for them to make a move.


“Shikamaru, they’re preparing to split up and leave the apartment, prepare to follow the ANBU member, he’s heading for you now…” said Neji quietly as he watched Kisuke leap from the window and began to follow in pursuit.


Shikamaru confirmed the order on the radio and hid himself lazily as Tashida left the apartment and began to head for the training complex in a calm and casual manner, or at least he was starting to until he crossed right past the hidden camouflage that Shikamaru was wearing to blend in with the wall.


“Oh give me a break, that’s the most half assed disguise I’ve ever seen!” said Tashida in disbelief as he looked right at the wall and seemed to be speaking to himself, “If you’re that lazy, I guess I don’t need to play around, I’ll just end it right now…” Tashida added as he swung his fist towards the wall and instantly, a sheet of paper colored exactly like the wall fell away to reveal Shikamaru hiding beneath it.


“Damn, he’s good!” cursed the shadow user as he prepared to radio to Neji that the targets were hostile, yet upon reaching for his earpiece, he noticed that it was missing! Tashida gave a laugh as he held up one hand, holding the crushed earpiece in the hand he had swung with.


“Now now, can’t have you alerting everyone, can we?” asked Tashida as he vanished from sight and appeared right behind Shikamaru to deliver a smack to the back of his head, only to have Shikamaru transform vanish at the last second.


“Shadow Strangle Jutsu!” shouted Shikamaru as he appeared behind Tashida and manipulated his shadow to connect with his enemy and begin to wrap him up in shadowy arms from the legs up to his chest, “I got you now, you phony!” laughed Shikamaru as he prepared to complete the technique and choke his victim to death. Sadly, however, when the hands gripped his enemy’s neck, Tashida exploded into a fountain of water, catching Shikamaru completely off guard.


“Water Clone Jutsu, a personal favorite of mine…” said Tashida’s voice in a sadistic murdering tone which caused Shikamaru to turn around and see his enemy glaring him right in the eyes. “Secret Art, Beast Snare Jutsu!” he shouted as Shikamaru looked down to see that his enemy had already performed the hand seals and from the ground shot up what appeared to be bear traps made entirely out of chakra!


The snares clamped onto his legs, completely immobilizing him as he screamed in pain, yet because they are chakra and not true bear traps, his physical body was left unharmed. However he felt every single bit of pain as if he had actually stepped on the damn things they were mimicking.


“Marvelous, isn’t it? Our clan is famous for special jutsu like this, those snares attacked your chakra directly, so even if you did manage to escape from this jutsu, your legs would be paralyzed for several hours…” said Tashida as Shikamaru cringed in pain as his legs began to lose their feeling.

“Now I just have to wait until Kisuke finishes with your partner, then we can begin the plan we came here for…” said Tashida as he began to form his hand seals again, “Secret Art, Beast Cage Jutsu!” he exclaimed as pillars of pure chakra began to rise up around Shikamaru while the snares vanished, leaving him to slump to the ground in pain. The pillars soon formed a cube around their captive and then thicken in density until nobody could seen inside, then the cage vanished along with Shikamaru at the same time!


“Hey, Kisuke, I captured one, waiting for your prisoner… shall I go help you?” Tashida said into a wrist communicator to his partner as he headed inside the apartment again while turning to look at the hallway they had just fought in, “Hmm, only a puddle from my water clone, pretty clean fight I’d say…” he added while waking inside to get a mop and bucket.


“No, I can handle this, my grandfather taught me a great deal about the Hyuga clan, besides, I’m already too far from your position, this guy travels fast enough to catch up with me!” said Kisuke’s voice on the communicator as Kisuke stopped his traveling near the training area used for Jounin which currently was unoccupied.

“Alright, just don’t let him get within close range, and I can beat him…” said Kisuke to himself as he whipped around and hurled a kunai directly at his pursuer as Neji quickly sidestepped the attack and leapt from his hiding spot. Neji was already a step ahead and hurled a Kunai which was wrapped in an exploding tag at the enemy. The weapon sailed right towards Kisuke and would have pierced his head if he hadn’t used his Time Space jutsu to warp out of the way at the last moment and appear directly behind the Hyuga boy.


Neji reacted instantly without even seeing or hearing his enemy behind him as his Byakugan gave him a full 360 degree radius of vision and proceeded to unleash his clan’s Taijutsu. However, no sooner had his landed the first strike out of the 64 he was intending, than the body of his enemy exploded with Neji caught directly in the blast due to the close range. The explosion wracked Neji’s body and sent him spiraling backwards and crashing into a tree where he slumped to the ground limply and wondered what had just happened.


“Like it? It’s called the Kamikaze Shadow Clone. Just like a regular shadow clone, except they detonate upon destruction!” said Kisuke as he appeared in the tree above Neji with a beaming smile on his face. He then leapt from the tree to reveal he was holding the Kunai that Neji had hurled earlier, except he had removed and disabled the scroll on it.


“Damn… I didn’t think anybody was this powerful… Even those Sound Four put up less of a fight…” said Neji as he stumbled to his feet, ears still buzzing from the close ranged explosion. He was determined to report back to the Fifth that even he was not skilled enough to take these guys on, and he hadn’t heard anything from Shikamaru for several minutes now…


“Secret Art, Beast Cage Jutsu!” shouted Kisuke as he summoned the same cage around Neji as Tashida had with Shikamaru. Neji gasped at the sight and tried to use his Taijutsu to sever the chakra, but only resulted in disrupting it before the cage instantly healed itself and continued to thicken, despite the fact he was going all out and unleashing combo after combo.


Soon he was exhausted and the cage finally sealed him up and vanished along with it’s prisoner while Kisuke smiled and began heading back to the apartment. But as he did so, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad at the battle, he had heard so many great things about the Hyuga clan, and this seemed like far too easy a fight. He was suspicious over whether or not there were other spies in the area, but he couldn’t smell them out, so he didn’t bother looking.


The trip back to the apartment was much faster now that he didn’t have a spy following him, Kisuke was free to move at his maximum, blasting across the skies of Konoha so fast, that he was barely a blur. Although his Time Space jutsu would have been faster, it wasted a great deal of chakra, and he needed all the chakra he could get for the new technique he and Tashida were planning.


He slipped back into the window to see his partner smiling at him and having already set the preparations for the new jutsu up in the living room by having cleared out practically everything from the couch, the TV, and even the carpeting! The room’s floor had a giant seal painted on it which marked looked to be a circle inside a circle, and in between the two was written the names of all the classifications of animals, from Avian, to Mamal, and even Crustacean! Apparently the jutsu relied upon the power of the entire animal kingdom, but it’s purpose was still a mystery.

“Alright, I’ll take care of things first, since I caught my subject, and he’s already unconscious…” said Tashida as he approached the circle and began to form a series of hand gestures which summoned the chakra cage into the middle of the sealing circle.


“Forbidden Art, Man Beast Chimera Jutsu!” shouted Tashida as he finished his hand gestures and caused the seal to glow bright pink in color. The cage surrounding Shikamaru also began to glow pink along with the seal and then it shifted it’s form and expanded to completely shield the inner circle with it’s cage of light. Inside the seal could be heard Shikamaru gasping and screaming as if he was in great pain, but both Tashida and Kisuke smiled to each other as they knew the jutsu was taking effect.


Soon, Shikamaru would become a man/beast hybrid just like them! However, his transformation was going to be a permanent one and he would be entirely under their control. Soon the seal’s light began to vanish as Shikamaru could be seen while the Jutsu was deactivating, except Shikamaru had gone through a radical transformation. Physically, his build was practically identical to his original form, having the samurai-ponytail styled haircut and his muscles forming the same toned state as his human form, except now his species was an anthropomorphic black panther!


His Chuunin outfit was for the most part undamaged, except that now he had a forcefully made hole in the pants for his feline tail which swished around in the air. He also seemed to be fully awake now and looking around in utter shock at what had happened to him.


“Quick, before he attacks!” said Tashida as he and Kisuke began to form a series of hand seals and then simultaneously shouted “Forbidden Art, Beast Collar Jutsu!” and then rushed forward and grasped Shikamaru firmly as the jutsu activated. A leash made entirely out of chakra wrapped itself around Shikamaru’s neck and had two strands of chakra connecting the collar to the right hands of Kisuke and Tashida. After they were formed for a few seconds, the leash and collar vanished from sight as the two smiled at their new slave.


“Although it’s invisible, this is our clan’s version of the Puppet Jutsu technique, making living sentient beings into our minions…” said Kisuke with a grin as Shikamaru looked up at him in submission. “Alright, time for the Hyuga, but we have to act fast, he’s still conscious and ready to fight…” Kisuke added as they lead Shikamaru outside of the seal and began to summon forth Neji for the ritual.


Surprisingly, Neji was transformed into an anthro beaver which had completely caught both Tashida and Kisuke off guard.. His broad tail had completely ruined his pants and undergarments, leaving him naked from the waist down to his ankles, but Tashida and Kisuke still applied to collar instantly without letting that bother them.

When it was done, both Shikamaru and Neji were standing sitting in the bedroom on the twin sized bed. Although still completely having their personalities, they were acting as if nothing had been wrong with the fact they were animal hybrids and enslaved to their captives. They watched as Tashida and Kisuke were scanning out the windows for any future subjects to use the jutsu on.


“So Tashida… is there any particular reason why you wanted us to take the mission at this specific date?” asked Kisuke as he looked over at the bed and back at Tashida with a questioning glance. Although definitely higher in rank than his older partner, Tashida had a streak for acting just like his age, immature even in the face of a mission.

“Of course!” replied Tashida as he leaned up from the window with a very suggestive grin on his face, “It’s the start of our clan’s mating season, so I figured I’d get in a little fun with this mission while we’re here…” he finished while looking at the bed of their prisoners who were looking back at him in question.


“Ah yes, your perversion streak… well good thing you’re bisexual, because we’ve only got males so far…” said Kisuke with a devious grin while leaning up against the bed, “I’m all about the boobies, myself though…” he added.


“Oh don’t worry, I’ve got a perfect female candidates already picked out….” said Tashida as he pointed out the window to Ino and Sakura who were once again in the middle of a squabbled rivalry between the two of them.


To be continued…