Mitsuki Pov:
"How much longer do you reckon it will take to get to the Kingdom of Konoha, Log?" I ask my brother.
"Not to much longer now, I'd imagine." He replies.
Up ahead our Father beckons us. We close in quickly.
"What is it?" Log asks. Our father points across the valley. Log gasps at whatever he sees. It takes me a minute before I can make out the creature they have spotted.
"Father, what is that?" I ask curiously. It doesn't look like anything natural.
"The reason why we are headed to Konoha." He says not taking his eyes of the disfigured creature.
I pause to consider his words. From what I know of my Fathers' work, he sends information to the general of Konoha. I don't know what the information is on, but I know it is deadly serious. Anyone willing to barter with snake mage of the valley is in need of serious information.
"Do we follow it?" Log asks. Father nods.
"Be prepared for anything." He warns.
I coat myself in the aura of a snake. This will make travelling quicker and stealthier.
We slither around the creatures trail. At odd spots there are dead shrubs and plants. A thick black goo surrounds the fallen areas. I greatly suspect that it has something to do with the creature blood.
Our pace becomes quicker as we hear the agonising shrieks it makes.
"I think it's encountered some soldiers." I call out.
They way the beast screams it suggests heavy damage. My father nods.
"We need it intact." He says. Log and I nod our understanding even if we don't know what it means.
We pick up the pace we're now approximately four hundred metres away. The trail becomes easier to navigate and then we're on the outskirts of the battle.
There's two individuals fighting beneath the creatures legs and the other people around are launching volleys of distractions. It's a clever tactic until one of the boys gets distracted.
From approximately two hundred metres away seven figures step out and start calling to the kids.
It must be their parents.
A boy with spiky hair who I believe to be the Nara heir is about to get taken out by a leg of the creature, the second figure knocks him out of the way, taking the blow himself.
I can't tell if it's male, female or other but something about it intrigues me.
A snowy owl dives after the unconscious figure to try and protect it. The Nara tries to make his way to it but gets pummeled by an incoming leg.
His father attends to him and the other children rush to his side. It appears the Nara is more important than the thing that saved him.
King Naruto come into the scene and hurls a giant ball of energy at the creature while a pink haired lady- Lady Sakura I presume- starts to heal the Nara heir.
The other men and woman make a defensive line around the creature. A white dog and his human dart across the line to the thing lying at the base of a tree.
My interest is piqued and I run in against my training.
"Mitsuki, no!" Log shouts. He follows me into the battle regardless. I don't know where my father is nor do I care. My interest is devoted to the creature that crashed into a tree to defend his comrade.
We close in while weaving between the legs of the beast. I skid the last few metres on my knees to see what has happened.
The shifter barely gives me a glance as I inspect the creature. It appears as a human boy. I can't smell or see any magic emitting from him. His face is bleeding and pale.
"Can you do anything?" I ask my brother.
He gives me a blank look and starts to inspect the boy. He closes his eyes and focuses his attention on the boy. After a moment he pulls away.
"I can't get a read on him." He says frustrated.
"Me neither." The shifter confesses.
Something is clutched in his palm and I try to examine it. I grab his palm and try to open it but if anything, the boy tightens his grip around the object. I let it go for now and check out the battle scene.
The soldiers aren't able to do much. Anything that gets cut just regrows and all the attacks look like it's helping the beast regenerate. They soldiers work on damage control while the king hurls balls of energy from multiple illusions. It keeps the thing busy while he charges up he proper attack.
The only apparent thing that has done damage is a dagger that is wedged in its' chest cavity.
For some reason I feel as if the boy has done that.
The dog licks his tongue all over the boys' face. He wakes groggily.
"Who the fuck are you lot?" He asks defensively.
"Doesn't matter. Do you know how to get rid of that thing?" Log interrupts.
"No fucking clue." He stands up shakily with the shifters' support.
"HEY BEAUTIFUL! GIVE ME A KISS!" The boy yells. The creature turns in our direction and let's out a sonic boom. I cover my ears as best I can to avoid becoming deaf.
The creature runs at us, but the boy charges straight for the thing. He throws a dagger. From the design I can tell it's Logs'. How did he get that?
I shake my head. A small smile plays along my lips. The creature backs off and the boy goes straight for the king.
He tackles him down before a leg can strike them both. They roll on the ground for a moment before the kid starts running at the creature again.
"SMILE!" He yells as he climbs up the legs. I watch in fascination. A small scroll is clenched in his palm he makes it to the midsection and jumps. The creature grabs him with its bony arms and brings him closer to its face. Something inside me snaps and I take a running leap for the thing.
The creature brings its massive jaws down and bites the kid. There's a sickening snap and I summon all the power at my disposal into a lightening technique.
My attack breaks three legs but it still maintains its hold on the boy.
The boy in question brings up the scroll in his hand and plants it on the monsters' face.
With quick movements his shoves a finger in the creatures' eye. In utter pain the creatures drops him and I run to the spot where the kid is dropped. I grab him and with the grace of an elf pull him to the safety of the adults.
He pulls away from my hold and grins.
"Now the party's started. Y'know." He stares at the creatures' head.
"What do you mean child?" A man with a theme of black to his clothing asks.
"Just wait and see y'know." The kid smirks.
We don't have to wait long as a second later the head of the creature blows up.
"Your welcome." He nods and faints.
The king catches him and I see my father walk over to inspect the body.
"What a way to enter a kingdom." Log stares at me irritated.
I simply smile at my older brother.
Yes indeed it is.
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The Missing Prince
FanfictionAfter winning the war Naruto Uzumaki has been crowned king. In this new era of peace he and his elven wife, Hinata have a child. But all is not peaceful and happy. After just two years the little prince is kidnapped. But what happens when the kidnap...
