The Orange Flash and the White Dog

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto, Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakushou, and King of Hell. Their respective creators do. I do own all the original characters though. If you wish to use them, please ask.

Summary: Naruto is banished by the council after his failing to retrieve Sasuke and return him to the village. On leaving, things happen between him and the Kyuubi and he ends up meeting Taishio Yaone. A powerful Inuyoukai who is the daughter of Taishio Sesshoumaru, the ruler of the Western Lands of the Makai and the Shikon Miko, Kagome. Together they become the legendary Orange Flash and White Dog.

Warnings: This is a yaoi/slash fic. The eventual main pairing will be Shino/Naru with mentions of Shino/Kiba, Majeh/Naru, and Majeh/Naru/Samhuk
If you don’t like slash, don’t read, don’t flame.

Author’s Notes:Any grammatical errors that I may have missed please let me know. Thanks, The Lady of Shadows.

Chapter VI

“Who are they,” Naruto whispered softly.

“The four Lords of the Makai,” she breathed. “Lord Shippo of the East,” she said.

Naruto looked at the youkai she was pointing at. He was an elegant man with long red hair held up in a high ponytail with green eyes, gently pointed ears and a bushy reddish brown tail. He was dressed in a simple baby blue silk haori and a plain black hakama and obi. Naruto had a feeling of kinship with the elegant youkai in front of him. When he looked at him what came to his mind was the words mischievous elegance.

Yaone pointed to the next youkai and said, “Lord Kouga of the North.”

Lord Kouga had long black hair also held back in a high ponytail with blue eyes, gently pointed ears and a sleek brown tail. He was wearing a black silk kimono with silver wolves frolicking upon it, tied with a silver obi. Kouga gave Naruto the impression of feral roughness for all his elegant clothing. Naruto had a feeling Kiba and him would get along smashingly well.

Yaone pointed to the next lord saying, “Lord Kamuro of the South.”

The next youkai had waist length, pale green hair that floated loose around him with purple eyes and pointed ears. Unlike the previous two lords, he did not have a tail. He was garbed in an emerald green, silk kimono with gold seals scattered across the fabric tied with a gold obi. Kamuro gave Naruto the impression of cool restrained elegance that reminded him a little of bit of quite a number of people. Kamuro particularly reminded him of the Uchiha brothers and Neji.

“Finally, my father, Lord Sesshoumaru of the West,” Yaone concluded pointing to the final figure.

Yaone’s father looked like her except without the forehead wrap and mask. He was wearing a haori and obi that reminded him of the kimono and obi that Yaone had purchased yesterday and a plain white hakama that was tucked into a pair of black leather boots that went up just above the ankle. He also was wearing armor over his haori unlike the other three. Of the four, Naruto thought that he felt to be the strongest and his presence was a little overwhelming. Sesshoumaru had a cool elegance that his daughter also possessed in a smaller way. Naruto finished his brief examination of the four lords, followed Yaone’s example, and bowed to the approaching youkai.

Yaone stepped forward, greeted them, and then introduced them to Naruto. Naruto politely greeted them and watched as the four lords created thrones from the earth. Yaone then created a pair of chairs for the two of them once the four lords had seated themselves and given permission for them to sit. Yaone and Naruto sat down and the four lords explained why all four of them had come.

“Really, Yaone, what it comes down to is that we were all very curious and we wanted to satisfy that curiosity.” Shippou smiled gently at Naruto and asked, “Can you please show us your seal, Naruto-kun?”

Naruto pulled up his shirt and channeled his chakra. The seal appeared and the four lords studied it intently. Lord Sesshoumaru’s golden eyes filled with respect as he examined the seal and said, “Your father was a brilliant man. A man worthy of even our respect.”

The other three lords nodded their heads in agreement and told Naruto that they were done looking at the seal for now. Kamuro spoke up, “The seal your father created was absolutely beautiful. It is currently turning Kyuubi’s youki into human chakra and only in times of great need or stress do you ever call on his youki. The way the seal is designed, it will eventually transform all of Kyuubi’s youki into chakra and then he will die. Unfortunately, every time you use his youki his power is able to breach his cage and he is able to regenerate his lost youki. Naruto,” Kamuro said grimly, “You need to stop using his youki. Not only is it giving him a chance to breach the seal his youki is destroying the cells of your body. If you did not have that healing bloodline your body would be deteriorating at an alarming rate right now.”

Naruto’s blue eyes widened and he nodded his head. “Now Naruto, show me your seal again,” Kamuro commanded. Once the seal was visible Kamuro said, “Now the seal the Yaone used earlier was only a temporary measure. She is an adequate seal student but not a true master. I, on the other hand, am a master.” On saying that he stood up and gracefully strode forward and when he arrived at Naruto’s position, he slammed his fingers into Naruto’s stomach. Naruto winced at the slight pain and before his eyes the seal changed and Kamuro said, “With this addition to the seal your father created you will not be able to use Kyuubi’s youki and it will speed up the transformation process as well.”

Naruto smiled at Kamuro and said, “Thank-you.”

“You are welcome, child,” Kamuro replied.

He sat back down and the discussion moved to Naruto’s training. Kouga smirked, “Well, Yaone, we four have decided to aide you in training the cub.”

Sesshoumaru continued, “In a way we Lords owe him for taking car of Kyuubi for us.”

Shippou smiled at Naruto and added, “We put out a huge reward on him when he killed the lords under us and fled here.”

“To be more specific, we said the person or group that dealt with the bastard would receive a reward of their choice,” Kamuro murmured.

“Within reason,” Sesshoumaru added.

“Since the cub and his father were the one’s who dealt with the bastard,” Kouga stated.

“Naruto gets the reward since his father died dealing with him,” Shippou finished.

“And since, my daughter, told Shippou that your goal was to become the strongest shinobi in the Hidden Realm,” Sesshoumaru stated coolly.

“We would make sure he reached that goal,” concluded Kamuro.

Naruto blinked at the four lords and then Yaone said, “You four practiced that didn’t you?”

Shippou and Kouga just smirked at her while her father raised an elegant white brow as if saying why would I impinge on my dignity by doing such a thing and Kamuro said, “Of course we did.”

Yaone burst out laughing, shook her head, and said, “Ok, what will you four be teaching him.”

“I will be the first to start training him,” Shippou said. “I will train him in Kitsune-Wu as well as some other kitsune techniques due to Kyuubi’s influence on Naruto’s chakra. I think Naruto would be able to use them,” Shippou stated.

“I will be working on two things with you, cub.” Kouga growled, “First I am going to force your body to rapidly gain high levels of speed. I am an expert at this as I am the fastest of the four of us. Expect to do a lot of sprinting under increased gravity and resistance seals. The other thing I will be training you in, is knife work and how to use your Fuuton affinity in conjunction with knives and other bladed weapons. I will start working with you once Shippou and Yaone say you are ready to begin work with me.”

“You will be working with me next,” Sesshoumaru stated coldly. “I warn you now that I am not an easy task master. I will put you through the wringer and I will expect perfection. I will be teaching you kenjutsu. I will begin training you when my daughter says you are ready.”

“Finally, I will be working with you on helping you achieve seal mastery. From me you will learn seals and seal knowledge that has been lost to mankind. Not only that, Yaone informed Shippou that your family sent scythes with you. I will help you master the art of using a scythe in battle.” Kamuro concluded, “I will begin training you after you have mastered the basics of seal and kenjutsu.”

Naruto gulped and smiled happily at the four lords. When he was banished, he never saw this in his future even in his wildest dreams. He would fulfill his dreams with these four youkai’s aide. Shippou stood up and said, “We will start Kitsune-Wu today. First Yaone and I must work on your revised training schedule that will eventually include all five of us training you at the same time. Meanwhile continue working on that chakra control exercise that you were doing before we arrived.”

Naruto nodded and went back to what he was doing before they arrived. The five youkai huddled up and began a quick discussion. It ended when three of the Lords said their farewells and left. Yaone and Shippou left Naruto in the clearing while they went to the house to plan his schedule more thoroughly.

******

After lunch, Shippou took Naruto to the clearing where they first met. “Now Naruto, Kitsune-Wu focuses on speed, agility, surprise and deception not brute strength. We kitsune’s love genjutsu and it is incorporated into our style.”

Naruto furrowed his eyebrows and said, “I suck at genjutsu.”

“I have been told,” Shippou replied and gave him a quick smile. “Do not worry, Naruto, by the time I am done with you, you will not suck anymore, I guarantee it. I will bring you up to par with me.” Shippou smiled wickedly at Naruto and continued, “Due to your mastery of the kage bunshin and your two bloodlines we four lords believe you will master what we teach you with a little hard work,” he paused and then said, “Well not a little but a lot of hard work and your knack of learning new things when you truly focus your attention on them.”

Shippo walked out onto the spring and started stretching. Naruto followed his example and Shippou continued, “Now remember Naruto, if you focus on our tutelage and give it your all no matter how hard we are on you, you will be the strongest and best shinobi in the Hidden Realms and the Konoha council will deeply regret ever setting you free. Especially when you start taking away their business.

Naruto smiled and then laughed at the mischievous look Shippou shot at him during his last sentence. “Ok, Shippou-sensei, what are we going to do first?”

“Watch carefully, my student; this is the first kata of Kitsune-Wu.”

Naruto watched carefully marveling at the speed and smoothness of the kata. Then Shippou gestured to him and he proceeded to copy what he had been shown. Shippou stopped him to correct a few minor corrections. After a half and hour Naruto was able to finish the first kata with very few errors. “That is good, Naruto.” Shippou praised him and said, “Now create twenty-five kage bunshins and have them go practice that kata you have just learned over and over again.”

Naruto did what Shippou had asked and the kage bunshins dispersed and found areas to practice in out of the road. Shippou then proceeded to show him the second basic kata. Like the first kata, Naruto caught on to it quickly and after a few minor corrections, Shippou decided he was ready for the next kata. He then had Naruto create and disperse twenty-five more kage bunshins to practice the second kata. The quality that Naruto possessed in being able to pick up things quickly if trained properly had Shippou quickly teaching him the third and fourth basic kata of Kitsune-Wu soon after the first two. The kage bunshins were created and dispersed throughout the forest and Shippou had Naruto go through the four kata’s repeatedly for couple of hours.

Shippou then stopped Naruto, put his hand on the ground, and called up an earthen post. He tossed Naruto four small rolls of Shinobi bandage. “Wrap those around your knuckles and forearms and your lower legs. It is time to practice your strikes and kicks. I will show you the proper way to hit and kick and then you will practice these for the next two hours while I observe.” He created his own kage bunshins and they ran around and created twenty-five more earthen posts. After Shippou showed Naruto, the proper movements he had Naruto send out twenty-five kage bunshins to join him in striking the post. Shippou created more kage bunshins and they joined the kage bunshins that Naruto had created for each kata. Two hours later Naruto’s arms and legs felt sore and bruised and Shippou decided to send Naruto back to his chakra control exercise while he and his kage bunshins kept watch over Naruto’s kage bunshins.

By the end of the day, Naruto was exhausted. He forced himself to eat supper, have a bath and climb into bed. After he was comfortably situated, he slowly dispelled all of his kage bunshins. The information the day slammed into him and he was out like a light.

*****

For the next two weeks, Naruto had a new routine. He was now up at four am for his morning workout. He was now creating more kage bunshins for the day. He had twenty-five kage bunshins working on each of the kata’s Shippou had shown them for a total of one hundred kage bunshins working on Kitsune-Wu. Each group of twenty-five kage bunshins was working on different bodies of water to work on chakra control at the same time. Shippou and his kage bunshins were watching over the four groups and guiding them when necessary.

Naruto had twenty-five kage bunshins working on mastering the basic Academy jutsu. By mastering, Yaone told him meant that he could perform them without using hand seals at all. He still had twenty-five kage bunshins on perfecting his use of the Rasengan and he felt that he was almost there. Another group of twenty-five kage bunshins was in the trees doing pull-ups, push-up, sit-ups and squats using chakra to stick to the trees. Twenty-five kage bunshins were continuing to read the scrolls on seals. He now had a group of two hundred clones active during the day and Yaone assured him it would get larger as time went on.

He had breakfast and was off to work with Yaone. Watanuki had started to teach them how to forge kunai and shuriken and to aide them in learning both Yaone and Naruto created five kage bunshins each to help out. They had huge mess ups but both were determined to master this. After the workday was finished, they went home and did another light work out. Naruto then moved onto taijutsu training for two hours and after that, he joined his kage bunshins in reading scrolls. He had decided to start learning the basic Katon jutsus provided by Kakashi. Yaone meanwhile was out practicing her sword kata’s knowing that if she did not her father would be displeased with her. At the end of the day, Shippou left to return to the Makai and they had supper and went to bed. This routine continued unchanged and uninterrupted for the next two weeks but that was soon to change.


*******

Almost a month had past since Naruto had been banished from Konoha, met Yaone and had come to Wave to train. He was starting his third week working and training under the gravity and resistance seal. That morning as he finished his workout Yaone and Shippou smiled evilly at him and said that it was time to increase his morning and evening workouts. Shippou laughed evilly and declared, “Tomorrow, kit, everything is going to be increased.”

Yaone and Naruto had then headed off to work and at lunch, they decided to eat the bentos that Tsunami had provided them at the Great Naruto Bridge. They sat down and ate in silence, enjoying their meal until both looked up and across the bridge. Two powerful chakra sources were swiftly headed there way. “Naruto, focus your chakra into your eyes and nose it will help enhance your senses enough t o tell if you know the two individuals headed this way,” Yaone ordered.

Naruto obediently did as he was told. He smelled old blood and leashed power first and then he saw the flicker of a black cloak with red clouds floating across the fabric. He focused more chakra on his eyes but he was unable to see their faces due to the bamboo hats with strips of paper with bells hanging on the ends that covered their faces. “Akatsuki,” he hissed.

“This is not a good place to fight, Naruto. Follow me, we will move this battle away from the village,” Yaone stated.

They stood up and swiftly sped away from the village and the two Akatsuki members followed them. They soon arrived at a clearing outside of the village. “Naruto, create and dispel a kage bunshin. We are going to need Uncle Shippou. You are not ready to really go head to head with either of those two. I can take care of one of them attempting to take on two individuals with their power levels are currently beyond me. You just have to defend yourself against the other member until Shippou arrives, got it?” Yaone stated tersely and unbuckled her gloves, pulled them off and flexed her fingers her claws glinting slightly in the sunlight.

“Yes,” Naruto replied and he created and dispelled a kage bunshin.

They waited for the two Akatsuki members to come into the clearing. Naruto blinked and said, “Shippou-sensei is on his way.”

“Good,” came the terse response.

The two Akatsuki members stepped into the clearing. They reached up and pulled off their bamboo hats, letting them fall to the ground beside them. “Itachi and Kisame,” Naruto breathed but was unsurprised that it was those two who had come after him.

“Alright, Naruto, I will handle Itachi. I have a few aces up my sleeves that will allow me to handle his eyes. I think you can handle Kisame until Shippou arrives. Remember no jutsu and keep your cool. Do not let Kisame goad you into losing your temper. You will lose the fight if you loose your temper,” she stated.

Naruto nodded his head grimly and with out a word from Yaone he stopped channeling chakra into his gravity and resistance seals. He was going to need all the speed he could muster for this encounter. Yaone stepped in front of Itachi. She cracked her fingers until her poison was dripping from her claws and smoothly moved into her taijutsu stance. Naruto moved in front of Kisame and went into the opening stance of Kitsune-Wu.

No words were exchanged between the four. Yaone and Naruto preparing for battle was all Itachi and Kisame needed to know that Naruto was not going to just give in to their demands. Silence settled into the clearing and the four of them stared at each other from across the clearing. No one was moving and everything silent waiting for some unheard signal. A bird hesitantly chirped, breaking the silence. The four warriors took that as their signal to begin.

Yaone and Naruto charged forward. They decided to make the first move. Yaone reached her opponent first and Naruto a second later and they struck. Itachi and Kisame defended themselves and the fight was on.

Yaone viciously swiped at Itachi with an underhand strike. Itachi dodged it but the sizzling sound and the smell of something sickly sweet informed him that it had been too close. Only a few inches closer and the strands of hair that he lost would have been something more important then his hair. Itachi’s red eyes widened as he caught sight of the fallen strands of hair that were rapidly dissolving. Yaone struck again and again. Itachi was barely able to keep out of the way. With a flick of the wrist, he sent multiple shuriken flying toward her. She danced around them and they struck the trees and bushes behind her. She quickly slashed his torso and he used kawarmi to escape her deadly claws. She leaped toward him and in desperation, he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and caught her golden eyes with his red ones. “Tsukuyomi,” he whispered.

She paused for a nanosecond and then smirked dangerously beneath her mask at him. He took a step back as he realized that his Tsukuyomi had failed miserably. “Your little eye tricks do not work against me, Uchiha,” She growled.

The tips of her claws glowed green and she formed two youki whips. She lashed out and he was just able to use Kawarmi in time to get away from the deadly whips. The log he used disintegrated under the whips. Yaone youki whips sizzled through the air and caught the edge of his cloak as he leaped desperately out of the road. He quickly threw his cloak to the ground as the realized that the poison from her whip was completely dissolving the fabric. “You are fast Itachi-kun, “Yaone whispered mockingly, “But you will not be able to dodge me forever.”

Itachi frowned because he knew what she said was true. The way things were going she would be able to kill him. His strongest mental attack had no effect against her. She was easily fast enough to avoid his use of Amateratsu. Itachi hoped Kisame would be able to quickly subdue the Kyuubi Vessel so they would be able to escape with what they came for.

****

Naruto’s battle was not going as well as Yaone’s. Kisame was easily able to dodge his attacks and keep him at bay. Naruto hoped Shippou would arrive soon. Naruto leapt up, did an axe kick toward the blue-skinned freaks head, and Kisame easily dodged out of the road. The kick hit the tree behind him and bark flew from the trunk. Kisame arched a brow that kick would have hurt if it had connected. Naruto agilely landed on his feet and prepared to attack Kisame again. The blue-skinned man bared his teeth in a sharp-toothed smile and said, “Having a few problems, brat?”


Naruto ignored him and kept up his attacks. He leaped to the left to avoid the swipe of Kisame’s sword. “You are weak, brat. There is no way you can beat me. Just give it up and you will not be hurt badly,” Kisame taunted.

Naruto said nothing, remembering what Yaone had told him. He continued to avoid Kisame’s strikes with Samehada. He knew that he just had to hold on until help arrived. He leaped over another sword swipe and tried to kick Kisame in the face. Kisame brought his sword up to parry the kick and pushed Naruto away. Naruto landed on his feet and then jumped onto a nearby tree. Leaping from tree to tree, he tried to maneuver around Kisame to attack him from behind. He leapt on top of Kisame but Kisame dodged out of the road and countered with his sword, catching Naruto in the back of the leg causing him to tumble down to the ground. A flash of red caught his eye and he whispered, “Shippou-sensei.”

Shippou sped forward and slammed his fist into an unsuspecting Kisame’s stomach. Kisame flew back and slammed into a tree. A sharp crack filled the clearing. Kisame woozily stood up and shook his head. He glared angrily at Shippou and yelled, “Who the fuck are you?”

Shippou smirked evilly at the blue-skinned freak before him and said, “The name is Shippou and I am one of Naruto-kun’s new sensei’s.”

Shippou darted forward to continue his attack. Kisame quickly realized that the battle had turned completely around and he was against a far more superior opponent then before. Kisame was barely able to dodge Shippou’s attack. Kisame hissed in pain as claws scored a path along his side. He winced; this was not going to well. Shippou continued to swiftly and viciously shred his defenses and his skin.

Naruto watched both his sensei’s completely dominate their individual battles. He knew if he tried to help that he would just get in the road. One day he hoped that he too would be that good and he would not always stand uselessly at the sidelines. He sighed and kept his senses open in case new members of Akatsuki showed up.

“Itachi, this is not going well,” Kisame screamed as he went flying by Itachi and into a nearby tree.

Itachi murmured, “I agree, it is time we left. Kisame, let’s go.”

Itachi and Kisame quickly ran out of the clearing and way from those they had been fighting. Shippou and Yaone let them go. “Why did you let them go?” Naruto asked.

Shippou smiled and said, “I think that defeating the members of Akatsuki will be a test of your abilities and how well we taught you. By defeating nine S-class nuke-nins you will prove to everyone that you are the best.”

Naruto smiled, nodded his head and said, “I understand Shippou-sensei.”

Shippou turned and left the two alone in the clearing. Yaone grinned and picked up her gloves and said, “Well there went lunch.”

Naruto chuckled and reapplied his chakra to his seal. They sighed in unison, mourning the loss of Tsunami’s wonderful bentos. “By the way, Naruto, good job at holding Kisame off until Shippou came,” Yaone said. Naruto smiled happily at her but said nothing and they returned to work.