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eleanor-devil · 3 years

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Boruto: Sacrifices [Remade] | Chap.1 - The Attack

Written by: Eleanor-Devil & @mirage-05

Prologue | Chap.1 - You’re here

Seventy-Two Hours Before... Blood-chilling screams filled Konoha's still and warm air as the unmistakable power of an explosion shook the ground. It was supposed to be a peaceful night for the Hokage. His duties for the day didn't involve anything that demanded his immediate attention, so he actually wanted to spend a normal, stress-free night with his family. His relaxed mind immediately snapped to business mode as he sprinted from the place he sat next to his wife in their cozy living room. Vaguely registering his son asking him whether he could help or not, he stepped out of the house. And was immediately rushed to by a jounin. "Where?" he asked curtly in form of greeting as the two of them started running side by side. "The orphanage," the ninja gasped out, at which Naruto increased his speed. The kids... There were kids under attack. Kids, who were under his protection... Kids, who are the future of the villages... "Kurama!" he shouted through gritted teeth, and felt the presence of the giant fox materializing right beside him. "About damn time." he hard him growl as a blood-thirsty smile flashed a set of pointy teeth. "Not now," Naruto hissed as their chakras merged. A familiar surge of power engulfed him and he hastened his pace as houses, nature, everything flew past him. With the added speed, he was able to reach the outskirts of the town in mere minutes. What he saw, however, made him come to a sudden stop just a couple of kilometers away from his destination. The whole building was in flames. The black, choking smoke rose high into the air, which was full of panicked, terrified screams, and a horrid smell. Among the flames and smoke, he could just barely make out the heads of one, two... three snakes, snapping around the air at what was undoubtedly attack after attack sent to them from every direction, their tails swirling around. "Snakes...?" he mumbled in shock, as it only brought one person to his mind, and he felt his hands curling into fists unconsciously.

"Are you gonna just stand there and stare all night, boy?" Kurama hissed. "Let's go make some snacks out of those creepers!" And just like that, they were off, joining in on the chaos. Naruto let Kurama go, he needed him to hold off the snakes as he barged into the institution to save those he could. It was not easy. First, the institution was really quite big, he would be confused if he didn't come in an emergency, too. He could use a water release, but it was too hot here, so he wasn't sure if that would help. An air release might make things even worse, spreading the fire. And, strategically speaking, he didn't know if any of the children were evacuated, either. None of that mattered then, though. Calling forth his shield, he raised his voice above the crackling flames, hoping against hope that someone would hear him - and answer. "Is anyone here? Can you hear me?" ... Kurama rose high above the sky with a mighty roar. Hearing this, all the snakes turned their heads at him, one by one. They hissed when they saw the giant beast. "Oooh, look, brothers," said one of them, baring his fangs. "The Hokage's pet comes out to play." "It should be a shame, really," the other one hissed. "Was it really you who once terrorized this pathetic village?" "Bet you get rusted without all the action." teased the last one, the red light of the fire glinting off his glassy eyes. Kurama grinned maliciously as he bared his claws. "Talk all you want. We will see whose head goes down first." With that, he attacked. ... That... was a close one. Just when he was headed to the stairs to go up, he had seen movement out of the corner of his eye, and found a group of children hiding under the stairs, shivering in fear, too afraid to move. Naruto ran to them, just as a rubble fell from above. He did a quick count. There were... ten children here, four of them the Shin clones who were brought here a little more than a year ago. Them and the other kids were huddled up, eyes huge, and he saw tears shining on some of their faces. His expression softened, and his voice took a gentle quality. "You can run out to the front door. The shield will provide you safety." The children feebly mumbled thank you before they turned away. Naruto caught the arm of one of them gently. "Is there anyone upstairs? Do you know?" The boy was one of the Shin brothers. He tried not to gulp when saw tears brimming the edge of the scarlet sharingan eyes. He was no different than the other kids. Scared. In need of an assurance that everything will be okay. "Yes," the boy whispered, and avoided his eyes. "My brothers... Most of us stay there." Feeling as though his heart had just skipped a beat, Naruto nodded. "Go." As Shin made his way towards the door, Naruto turned and ran up towards the stairs, as fast as he could through the black smoke that shortened his sight. ... Kurama quickly stepped aside as one of the snakes snapped at him, and grabbed the snake's head, crushing on it with all his might. The snake sputtered and tried to take a bite, but to no effect. The fox lifted him high above the ground and threw it as far away as he could. He felt something collide to his back and without looking, he spun around and kicked. The second snake dodged his attack, coiled on the ground and struck once again. The five-inch long fangs that would have been deadly in another situation embedded themselves into the outstretched arm of the fox, who just shook it to get rid of the snake. Both of the snakes then rose to their full height on either side of him, baring their fangs, and then... Kurama saw, out of the corner of his eye, a yellow flash momentarily, through the landscape, far away from the eastern border of Konoha. Something the humans on the ground possibly can't see. If he wouldn't know better, his best guess would be a lightning bolt, but it seemed unlikely. More like this was meant to be seen by... The snake on his right drew his head back in, suddenly wary. "Here is the signal. Let's draw back." "Let's." the other hissed. "You're not going anywhere!" the fox roared and leapt forward, but the snakes easily slithered away from his crushing grasp. "That was easy. Maybe you should practice a little bit more." one of the snakes shouted back tauntingly. "You..." the fox began, ready to follow after them, but a deafening rumble caught his attention. ... Naruto was just escorting a third group out of the building when it happened. "Naruto!" he heard Kurama yell. "The ceiling is coming down, get out of there!" But there were still kids inside! Naruto left the kids with the ninjas outside and immediately turned back, about to rush in once more, when the whole building collapsed and he was pushed back by Kurama. And then... there was nothing but dead silence. Naruto jumped to his feet once again, and even the scene of the orphanage's ruins didn't stop him from running towards the rubbles, searching, in vain, for someone who might still be alive. ... The toll was greater than they imagined. "Thir... ty?" Naruto whispered, unable to believe his ears. The ninja who was in charge of the operation until he came nodded sadly. "My lord, the upper floor... It was as if they knowingly targeted there. And the children, they were sleeping..." The Hokage closed his eyes for a moment, as if to wish all these didn't really happen, all these innocent children didn't just die. When he opened his eyes once more to the bitter reality, the sad look in his eyes had hardened into a determined, grave look. "Do we have any leads for the culprit?" "Do we need leads?" a kunoichi spoke from the gathered group. "Lord Seventh... we only know one person who uses snakes who will attack Konoha. Orochimaru." Orochimaru. The legendary Sannin that everyone in Konoha feared, if not so openly, so much so that his name had been a taboo for years. The name he had first come up with when he saw the snakes. The one... former enemy, that they haven't heard from in a long time. Why now...? "We need more evidence to jump to that conclusion," he said at last, also implying that he's not completely disregarding the theory. "That won't be necessary." From the back of the crowd, Kabuto, the director of the orphanage, came forward in his wheelchair. One look at his face, and Naruto couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Kabuto really, truly loved the kids here, and such a huge loss had taken its toll on him. He seemed to have aged during this short period of time. Before Naruto could say anything, Kabuto looked up with a fierce expression in his eyes. "I saw the man behind this attack just minutes before the explosion. And he wore the curse mark on his neck."

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harunoheart · 5 years

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Oneirophrenia C4

Oneiropherenia C4

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Sasuke Uchiha

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Naruto had every right to brag about his house, it was very impressive. It was brand new, modern architecture with a very refined classic look. At first glance I couldn’t fathom how they afforded a house so big but I had forgotten he married the Hyuuga princess. No doubt a sizable portion of the property was paid off by her family.

Hinata greeted us at the door, her dark, pin straight hair perfectly contrasting Naruto’s wild blonde.

“I’m so glad you made it!” She said smiling. “Sasuke-kun, welcome to our home,” she bowed politely. I lowered my head in a small bow back.

Naruto jumped up the stairs into the foyer and kissed Hinata on the cheek before tossing his shoes onto the bench by the door. “Come on in guys! I’ll get some sake ready! I still have the fancy bottle Tsunade Obaa-chan gave us for our wedding!”

Sakura and I followed him into the house, with Sakura offering to help Hinata in the kitchen. I followed them to the living room area which was much more spacious than I anticipated. Definitely Hyuuga money.

The back of the house sat on a hill just high enough to see a view of the Hokage monument on the mountain. Kakashi’s face carved stoic and protective next to the others. It was strange, thinking about my teacher as Hokage. Kakashi never really struck me as the type.

He seemed to be doing alright, though. Despite all the chaos and the recent ANBU captain being exposed for illegal drugs and treason.

I pushed the thought aside and tried to focus on the scene in the kitchen instead. Hinata was mixing up some kind of sauce in a pan while Sakura chopped up the vegetables and put them in a colander beside the sink. I watched her rinse everything, smiling and chatting with Hinata about how her clinic was doing. Naruto pulled a large fancy bottle of sake out from the very top shelf and began to set up the water to boil.

Then a knock came at the door.

“Ah! Sai’s here!” Naruto exclaimed and ran to the door.

“Oh look you remembered to answer the door this time.” I heard a male voice say sarcastically.

“Shut up, asshole.” Naruto groaned, “Hey, Ino!”

Oh no...

Yamanaka Ino?

I just had a flashback from the ninja academy of her pressing herself against me way too often. She’s with Sai? How the hell did that happen? So many questions raced through my mind before I caught Sakura’s panicked expression a couple seconds before she shifted it into a polite excitement.

“Ino! It’s so good to see you!” She rinsed off her hands in the sink and ran to hug the blonde. Ino bounced into the room, blonde hair practically dragging on the floor and Sai came walking around the corner with Naruto right behind him.

“Oh! Sasuke-kun is here.” He said.

It’s so weird that he says my name like that. But at the mention of it, Ino whips her hair around and goes “Ehh?! Sasuke-kun you’re here?!” She ran over and I prepared myself for the inevitable embrace. Her arms squeezed around me and I just stayed still and all I could do was hope it would end soon.

“It’s been forever you jerk! You look so good it’s unfair!”

Naruto was losing it in the background, sticking his tongue out at Sakura. Reading her lips I saw her Sakura whispering “Why did you invite them?” Naruto shrugs and whispers “Sai is family too.” Sakura turns her head to look at Ino who thankfully has let go at this point.

“I can’t believe you haven’t stopped by to say hi or anything, where have you been hiding hmm?” She said coyly. Her blonde hair brushed my arm as she turned towards the kitchen.

“Is Kakashi-sensei gonna show up too?” She asked Sakura, who just shrugged and said “If he does he’ll be characteristically late at usual” and went back to chopping up the veggies. Ino just laughed and grabbed Sai’s hand as she led him to the loveseat on the other side of the coffee table.

“In the meantime,” Naruto said eagerly, “We have sake and a comfy couch!” He set down a small ceramic cup in front of each of us and poured. He lifted his cup in the air and looked over at Sakura and Hinata who already had cups in their hands.

“Alright I wanna make a toast!” He said grinning ear to ear. I grabbed my cup and Ino got extra excited, handing a cup to Sai before picking the last one up for herself.

“Sasuke and Sakura are leaving tomorrow on a mission without me!” He began, pouting, “I hope you guys have a boring time and find nothing interesting and-OW!” A wooden spoon bounced off his skull and landed on the floor. I didn’t even need to look over to know where that came from.

Ino chimes in, “What?! You’re leaving and you didn’t tell me?!”

Sakura raises her glass in the air and took over the toast, “To getting out of the village for once!” And downed the whole glass of sake in one go. The rest of us raised our glasses and took a drink.

Ino just casually sipped her sake and cuddled up with Sai, practically sitting in his lap at that point. Naruto refilled our glasses and sat down next to me.

“Sasuke hows staying at Sakura-Chan’s place been?” He asked casually. I noticed Ino suddenly turn her attention towards our conversation, but she pretended to still be engrossed in Sai’s shoulder.

“It’s been fine. The couch is comfortable.”

This is really a conversation I’d rather not be having right now.

Sakura walked over and took the bottle of Sake from the table and refilled her glass herself.

“Hey! It’s rude to help yourself!” Naruto teased.

“Shove it, you refilled everyone else’s.” She clinked the bottle against his skull before setting it back down onto the coffee table and taking a seat on the arm rest of the couch next to me. Her feet still planted on the floor, not quite committing to sitting down.

Ino chimed in, “Sakura I hear Sasuke-kun is staying at your apartment, hmm?”

Sakura visibly stiffened and forced a smile.

“Yeah, well, he was only going to be in town for a few days anyway. No point in wasting money on a hotel.” She lifted the glass to her lips.

“Aah, of course!” Ino said coyly, “Anything else you’re hiding from me Sa-Ku-Ra? “ she teased.

Sakura looked unfazed, sipping her sake.

“Why are you so nosy, Ino-buta-chan?”

“Dinner is ready!” Came Hinata’s voice from the kitchen.

“Oy!” Ino stuck her tongue out. “You and I will be talking later,” she said, her voice low and slightly threatening.

Sakura just sighed as we all got up from the couch to sit at the table.

Naruto grabbed my shoulder as I stood up. He clinked his sake cup against mine and just whispered “Don’t fuck things up with her.” Before leading me to the dinner table.

Naruto took a seat next to Hinata, sitting at the head of the table. Ino sat next to Hinata with Sai sitting the the other end of the table opposite Naruto. Sakura grabber the seat across from Ino and next to Sai while I took the final spot in between her and Naruto.

Naruto grinned from ear to ear as he looked around at his guests and said,

“Itadakimasu!”

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Sakura Haruno

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Dinner was delicious, empty dishes scattered the table and the chatter had started to slowly return to fill the space left after everyone’s chopsticks were laid to rest on their plates.

“How’s your leg?” I whispered over to Sasuke.

He just acknowledged me with his eyes, but didn’t fully turn his head. A very Sasuke move.

“Still a little sore but,” he lifted his same glass, “this is helping.” He said as he took a sip.

I couldn’t help but giggle a little bit. He raised an eyebrow at me.

“What?”

“Oh I’ve just never seen you drink is all. You look very relaxed.” I said.

Sasuke just made a short tsk sound with an exhale and bumped his knee into mine under the table as he took a sip of sake. I hit his knee back playfully with mine before getting embarrassed and reached for my own sake glass.

I blushed and turned my attention towards Naruto who was helping Hinata clear the dishes from the table. Everyone started to get up and clear their plates to help.

“I invited Konohamaru but he said he didn’t wanna babysit a bunch of drunk adults” Naruto said, picking up Ino’s barely touched plate.

“Maybe you should pace yourself more?” Hinata suggested. Naruto just laughed.

“Nah, Kurama makes it difficult to feel the alcohol, plus I’m at home! I can pass out here if I wanna” he said, pulling out a bottle of red wine from the pantry.

“Whose with me?”

Ino excitedly raised her hand and I followed suit. I was gonna have to be drunk to handle her prying anyway. Sai followed with Ino’s lifting of his arm in the air.

“Sasuke-teme I’m pouring you a glass too!” He said pouring the wine glass VERY full. Hinata brought out the glasses to Ino and Sai first and then Naruto brought ones for Sasuke and I.

“Naruto we have a mission tomorrow,” Sasuke said, his hand resting on his forehead in exasperation.

“Just fucking drink it you asshole.” He said teasingly. “See? Sakura-Chan can handle her liquor better than even Tsunade! I can never tell when you’re drunk”

I took a sip and tried to be coy, “Good, that’s how I like it.” The wine was good, dry and not too sweet. A merlot, maybe? Sasuke should be able to tolerate it. I looked over and was surprised to see him looking straight at me.

We held each other’s gaze for just a moment before Naruto shoved a glass full of wine at Sasuke, who took it without much persuading. He met my gaze for another moment and I raise my eyebrow at him and gave him a look.

Pick your battles, Sasuke.

He took a sip and didn’t break eye contact with me.

Suddenly a hand grabbed my elbow and pulled me to another room. A flash of a blonde ponytail rounded another corner and I heard the soft ‘click’ of a door closing behind us.

“Alright, forehead. Spill. He’s sleeping at your fucking apartment?!” She hissed, audibly pissed at having this valuable gossip withheld. “I’m genuinely offended you didn’t tell me immediately. Does he sleep in only his boxers? Does he snore?”

“Ino it’s not like that he’s just staying on the couch,” I offered.

“Does he speak?” She asked, bewildered. “Does he actually consume food anymore or does he suck all the chakra from a room like a vampire for sustenance,” she joked. I laughed. At this point I could tell that Ino was totally drunk. I could smell it on her breath but I could also hear it in her banter. She can be pretty hilarious when she’s wasted.

“Ino we just had dinner with him, I don’t think he’s a vampire.” I said, taking a sip of the wine that thankfully survived the trip down the hallway.

I looked around and it seemed like we ended up inside of a spare room, filled with boxes that had yet to be unpacked from their move.

I pushed past Ino and looked around at the random things strewn about the room.

“Come on, girl you gotta give me something,” she begged. “Has He said anything to you? Does he talk in his sleep?” She asked.

“He does look damn good coming out of the shower,” I offered, stocking my tongue out at her. I thought back to our training session this morning and felt the head rise to my cheeks. “Get out of it.” Rang in my ears like an echo. I decided to keep that to myself.

She groaned and pouted, “I don’t fucking doubt it, that man is shredded. And massive! When did he get so tall? And his shoulders are so broad; it’s gotta be the kenjutsu. One handed sword wielding? Slay me.” She said grabbing a seat on a box marked “Naruto’s Living Room”.

“So tell me, what’s your game plan? What lingerie are you bringing with you? Are you going to sleep with him?”

“Woah there, Ino. This is a mission, not a honeymoon. Besides, I have no idea what he wants. I’m just going to figure it out as we go,” I sighed. “He isn’t exactly straightforward about his feelings. I’m trying to learn how to understand him all over again.”

“You’ve always had a knack for understanding his weird pseudo-language. You’re the only person I know who can make him look predictable.” Ino touched her wine glass to mine in a toast and took a sip. “If he wants you, Make him work for it. You’ve already done the waiting.”

I laughed at her bluntness. “This mission is gonna be interesting,” I smiled.

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Sasuke Uchiha

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Naruto pulled a tipsy Hinata into his lap and kissed her on the cheek. She giggled and blushed but never broke eye contact with him. Naruto had the biggest grin on his face and I saw him mouth the words “I love you”.

I felt like I was intruding on something private, watching those two.

They were so in love.

I heard giggling and turned my head towards the hallway to see Ino and Sakura walking around the corner. They have been away for quite a while.

Sakura’s cheeks were flushed and she was smiling and hugging her friend around her waist.

“Are you going to tell her you love her?” Sai deadpanned.

I nearly spit out my wine.

Naruto howled with laugher. “Yeah teme, just tell her already.” Hinata jumped off his lap and ran towards the girls with the premise of needing help with dessert.

Interception.

Nice teamwork.

Ino and Sakura more than happily jumped to help her in the kitchen and left the three of us alone to talk.

“I say you should just kiss her.”

“Really? Ino says he should shove Sakura onto a hotel mattress...”

“You are both idiots.” I said.

“Oh come on, Sasuke.” Naruto rolled his eyes in exasperation. “You two are going to be alone together every night. I can feel your sexual tension from here.”

“He’s right. You guys stand weirdly close together. But never touching. It’s very strange”

“Sai, what the fuck are you talking about...” Naruto shook his head and poured himself another glass.

“Well,” he started,”You guys stand next to each other very closely. Like just a hairsbreadth away from touching. When you sat down for food you sat just far away enough not to bump elbows or knees but you kept muttering under your breath to each other during other conversations at the table. And when Sakura came over here and sat next to you on the arm of the couch instead of in the open seat next to mine.”

Were we really standing that close together?

“Holy shit you’re right.” Naruto said, impressed with the logic. “Let me guess, you don’t want to make the first move. You’re hoping she does, because that would make it easier. Right?”

...Since when was Naruto that perceptive?

“Look, you’re both my best friends. But I have dealt with Sakura for a lot longer than you have. And I’m gonna tell you right now, she’s not going to be making any moves. Her ‘move’ was to ask you to go with her. It’s your move, buddy.”

“Ah, like chess? Is that how it is normally?” Sai asked.

“I don’t know how to play chess...” Naruto said scratching his head.

“Ino just tells me what she wants me to do, like she’ll say “you should kiss me” or “you should hold my hand” and then I just do what she says.”

“You two are perfect for each other.” I said jokingly, taking another sip of wine.

The girls started to walk back towards the living room and Naruto goes “Just kiss her” under his breath as he gets up from the chair to pull Hinata into his lap again.

Ino went over to Sai and kissed him on the cheek before taking a seat next to him and leaning her head on his shoulder.

Sakura took the spot on the armrest of the couch again and clinked her almost empty wine glass against mine.

“You ready to go?” She asked.

I thought she’d never ask.

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The walk home felt a little warped, the alcohol in my system was definitely making my perspective skewed. I felt like time was moving faster with every step I took. Like I was crossing distances without much grasp on the passage of time.

Sakura was always next to me. Every time I could grasp my focus I would be sure to focus on her, so I would make sure I was headed in the right direction.

She let me through the door and I felt her arms wrap around my waist.

“Sasuke? Sasuke are you ok?” I heard her say. Her voice felt like it was underwater as my knees weakened underneath me. I felt her catch me with worry and promptly blacked out.

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Sakura….

I opened my eyes to see her silhouette stand up from the side of the bed and begin to walk away from me towards the door. I felt trapped under the blankets and the room still felt tilted.

I reach my arm out and grab her wrist before she turned around completely.

“Stay.” I finally say out loud.

Sakura froze and I pulled her hand towards me.

“Please.”

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As always, Thank you for reading! -BBFX

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yyh-revival · 6 years

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Alot of people draw parallels between Kurama and Kurapika, Hiei and Killua, Yusuke and Gon, Kuwabara and Leorio But no one comments on how Karasu is this weird hybrid of Ilumi and Hisoka. ( Also Sensui and Chrollo)

Wish I could help you there, but I only saw I think two seasons? Maybe one season. *shrugs* I could never get into Hunter x Hunter. I have a few theories for why, I think, but it’s all super subjective. One of my friends is the exact opposite, obsessed with HxH and unable to enjoy Yu Yu Hakusho.

If you are a fan of HxH, I strongly advise you don’t read this. These are my personal opinions on why I cannot stand the show, not a detailed analysis of the show itself or objective view of its merit. Will be under cut.

Also I am sleep deprived and potentially tipsy so this will likely not be coherent. *finger guns*

Anyway, for me, HxH always felt… too on the nose? Too Naruto-like, in a way? Here, meet Gon, he’s a super nice and friendly dude, but oh no, he has a tragic past because his dad is missing… And now he wants to be just like his dad, who is missing, so why is he emulating a dude he doesn’t know? And here, meet Killua, he’s a psychopath and he’s like 10. Instead of getting this kid a therapist the older characters around him are going to encourage him to go kill people. Oh yes, these children are also murderers. Meet Kurapika, the Kurama of the group, who is also a bishie, is low-key scary, intelligent, caring, and also has a tragic past! Yay… And Leorio… I confess I don’t know shit about him. But he probably has a tragic past.

Okay, I am probably being too harsh on this show. I know it’s beloved by many people. But the constant pushing of “tragic!! So sad!!” and “child murder! Yay!” Is just not my cup of tea.

YYH did this way better, in my opinion. The tragedy is there, but it’s layered on slowly. Hiei, who arguably has one of the most tragic childhoods a shonen character ever experienced, doesn’t actually tell us what happened to him until the show is almost over. We get to learn who he is, what makes him tick, we get to love him, ponder about his past, get invested. Then we are given the sad. But HxH is like Naruto in the fact that it just shoves it into our face, as if to say, “hey, this character had a bad childhood, you should feel sorry for them and love them.” I just hate that.

And Gon… that friendly optimism is just… weird? He feels 2-d to me, not like a real child. Whereas the imperfect Yusuke acts exactly as you’d expect a child in his position to act. He has daddy issues because he never had a father. He has issues with authority because his mother was awful and he never felt safe or comforted by the adults around him. He gravitates towards male role models and at the same time rejects them. He respects only one authority, Genkai, because she is the first adult who taught him what he found useful. His kindness, his empathy, all that is earned. When Yusuke tells Genkai he cares about her, when he cries over her death, we believe it and we feel it, because we saw what he was like when he didn’t care, when he didn’t have an adult to turn to. It’s like a child that had been neglected all his life who was suddenly thrust into a foster home or an orphanage where one cranky lady is done with life, so she’s honest and raw and doesn’t throw platitudes into his face, and he respects that. He gravitates to it the same way 9th grade students do to the teacher who uses swear words in class and isn’t afraid to show the Romeo and Juliet movie that has the *gasp* boobie in it. His relationship with Genkai is realistic and earned, and genuine like crazy, and when he mourns her, the first and only adult he respected, loved, and felt safe with, we all mourn with him…

But Gon? I don’t know. He just put me off from the start. He doesn’t seem to have a reason for being so damn friendly. He doesn’t seem to act like a normal human being at all. He’s just this weird 2-d cartoon that tries to kill with kindness and be just like his missing dad instead of, ya know, doing the realistic thing and having a complicated relationship with him. Like, Yusuke doesn’t hate Atsuko. But he sure does blame her for lots of things. I can interject my own childhood here, because my feelings toward family are also complicated. I know the “missing parent” thing really well because my parents lived in a different county for half of my childhood, and I can tell you, while I understood why they did it, and loved them, and appreciated with all my heart the sacrifices they made… I still did, and still do, blame them for robbing me of a normal childhood. Of robbing me of a relationship with them. Of robbing me of that mother-daughter best friend dynamic, of being able to tell them all my secrets and feel like they’re part of my life and not just distant parental figures I respect and love the way the religious love and respect their gods. And Yusuke is the same. His relationships with all the adults in his life, even some of the other kids, are complicated and layered and realistic. He knows his mother had a raw dealing having him at what, 15? But he also blames her for not doing more… Hiei, how does he feel, knowing that his mother died, instead of leaving the Glacier Village during her pregnancy or right after birth to go look for him? How does he feel knowing she stayed there, and died there? It wasn’t her fault. She was heartbroken, she was exhausted from giving birth, and she was weak and scared and alone… it’s even implied she committed suicide. And if she did, don’t you think Hiei might still feel complicated about it? Don’t you think he might feel like she should have been stronger, for him, for this small child that didn’t deserve his fate? She should have lived and left the village and searched for him! She should have looked even if she knew he was dead, if nothing else then to bury him! That’s the sort of thoughts I bet once ran through his mind…

But Gon? Nothing. Just… love for mom and idealizing dad. It’s boring, unrealistic, and I hate it.

Killua, my friend’s favorite shonen character (if not favorite anime character) of all time is literally one of my least favorite, and the only character I might have liked, Kurapika, was clearly ripping off of Kurama, whip and all included. So I just could never finish the show.

As for the Karasu question, technically, he came first, so those other characters are based on him. But from what I did actually see of Hisoka… he’s like an evil pedo (right?? I heard something like that??) clown. That’s what he is. How is he threatening? This isn’t even a rhetorical question. Creepy, maybe. But I’d just feel slightly uneased by him and then call the police if he came near me. If Karasu had his eyes on me like he did on Kurama, I’d probably shit my pants, let’s be real.

Karasu was a sadist. He was thrilled by the “intimacy between murderer and victim.” And the scariest shit of all? You can sorta understand him. When you murder someone, you are the only person in the world to see what happens to them. You have complete control over that person. You are their god, deciding if they are worthy of life or death. It’s an urge you can theorize about, can talk about, can even understand to a degree. But Hisoka? He uh, wears clown clothes and chases Gon? Or something? He makes scary faces? Karasu doesn’t have to even show his face to be terrifying. He just has to talk about his hobbies and his beliefs. Hell, the moment she shows up you feel something is up. I saw Hisoka like, at least 10 times and I still don’t know shit bout him. Karasu had like, 3-4 speaking scenes and they all made him fucking scarier with each one. I felt like each scene with Hisoka added absolutely zero to the show. Not to mention how fucking slow it was…

I feel like having a character target your young protagonist and make creepy faces at them is just lazy. Dude is, and I know Naruto came after, but that’s the show I saw first and actually know a thing or two about (till whenever shippuden started). So dude is just like Orochimaru. Now I was never scared of that guy, I just thought he was a total creeper. To me, there were way scarier moments. Hell, even Gaara’s brother, when he like, trapped a guy inside a puppet and then blood dripped out? Was that him? Anyway, that moment was way freakier than anything Orochimaru did. Karasu’s like 3 scenes were way more psychologically scary than all of Orochimaru’s scenes put together. And I got the same vibe from Hisoka as Orochimaru. The, he’s creepy and these kids should definitely find an adult asap, and not “holy fuck that’s a mass kidnapper/rapist/torturer/murderer and holy hell I am fascinated and also terrified and holy shit Kurama run run run!”

*shrugs* Karasu is honestly probably the scariest villain in YYH, too. Only because he enjoys torture and murder, and he explains why. And the explanation makes fucking sense and its so terrifying that I can’t

and he also doesn’t look like a clown. That’s a major plus. I’m not and never will be scared of clowns. Like… its a clown. Its colorful and does weird shit. How is that scary? No, demonic looking motherfuckers with long ass ink black hair and eyes that glow purple with glee at the thought of ripping blood curling screams out of someone in front of a giant ass audience, and lamenting that they wish they could fucking keep him and I dont know fucking fuck his corpse is that what he meant cause holy fuck!??!

Anyway, Karasu gives me nightmares and I love him and I don’t care for HxH and I need sleep and love you all very much please don’t hate me for disliking this show I really did give it like, three separate chances. *shrugs*

- Mod Lola

#ask #anon #mod talk #analysis #please dont hate me #karasu #yusuke #mod needs to sleep and not answer asks #direct all anger toward sleepy mod #or tipsy mod #theyre both jerks #sober and rested mod is not responsible for them #hhd

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blacinfinity1289 · 3 years

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Yo,

"Normal speech" people talking.

'Normal thought' people thinking.

"Kurama/Dragons" Kurama or Dragons speaking.

'Kurama/Dragon thought' Kurama or Dragons thinking.

"Jutsu/ Magic" being used.

Disclaimer: I don't own Highschool dxd or Naruto. They belong their owners.

This is my first story and english is not my first language. I hope you can understand if there are some mistakes somewhere. Thanks in advance.

Hello all. Welcome to Shadow Light.

Hope you all enjoy the chapter. Enjoy.

Shadow Light

Chapter 1

Beginning with a Bang

After the conclusion of the fourth great shinobi war, Uzumaki Naruto has proceeded with his life and was made the seventh Hokage of the leaf village after some years. In those years he married Hinata Hyuuga and had 2 children. Boruto Uzumaki and Himawari Uzumaki. After achieving his dream of becoming the Hokage of the leaf village and maintaining peace and passing the hat to the next generation, Uzumaki Naruto lived a peaceful life with his family. He had become the jinchuuriki of the new Juubi, Kurama. All the bijuu merged with the Kyuubi and created the new Juubi. Kurama already regaining his other half of chakra after the fourth great shinobi war was colossal. But now merging with other Bijuu simply made him a gigantic beast. Keeping his original features of orange fur and red eyes with black slits in them he also had a third eye with a 6 tomoe Rinne-Sharingan in it. That eye will always be closed unless it is required. During his remaining time after retiring from his hokage duties, Naruto mastered all his new abilities because becoming the Juubi jinchuuriki like his dōjutsu, increased physical strength and other skills. He got all the 3 legendary dōjutsu, Byakugan, Sharingan and Rinnegan and his Rinnegan was special. Just like Sasuke's, his Rinnegan also had 6 tomoes in them and because of his limitless chakra, he can activate and deactivate his tomoes in the Rinnegan. He mastered them in his free time after retirement. One of the most important thing he attained by being the Juubi jinchuuriki was 'eternal youth'. Which in other words means he is immortal now. He won't age. But to keep things moving he used genjutsu like Tsunade to appear like an old man.

When he told about this to his wife Hinata that he was immortal and can't die she smiled and said "That's fine Naruto-kun. I got my wish of being with you. If I die I ask you to move on and find love in others. I know how lonely you felt in your childhood without your loved one's around, I know that you can't live alone without anyone. So, please Naruto-kun move on. If you like someone then express your love to them how you did to me for the first time. Promise me Naruto-kun, you will move on from this life." He promised to her that he will move on with his life. That brings us to the present day, where Hyuuga Hinata is being buried. She passed away a few days ago due to old age as they were 100 years old. He tried to prolong her life as much as he could but in the end, they reached her limit and she passed away. He stood on the Hokage monument looking at his home village for the last time before his departure.

"What did you plan Naruto," asked his friend and partner Kurama.

"I plan to leave this world Kurama. As the world is at peace, there is no more requirement of me or you here Kurama. We shall move to a world where peace is necessary and shall attain it there. With the techniques, we have with the Rinne-Sharingan I can positively say that we can go to a world where we are required. What is your opinion on this, Kurama?" asked Naruto as he stood on his head on the hokage monument.

"It's your wish Naruto. As Hinata said it is time to move on as this world is in peace and there is no requirement of you or me. Where shall we go Naruto?" asked Kurama curious as he wants to know what Naruto's plan to go.

"I don't know where we will go Kurama. But I'm certain that we will go to a world full of adventure" said Naruto with excitement. As he wants to go to this new world and explore it and if need be he will bring peace to that world as well.

"Are you ready for our departure Kurama? Hold tight. We're going" said Naruto with excitement practically dripping from his words.

"You got it Naruto," said Naruto and prepared himself.

They both channelled their chakra into their third eye and a black portal opened in front of them. Naruto stepped into it and behind him, it closed. And so Uzumaki Naruto, The Nanadaime Hokage(Seventh Fire Shadow), Hero, Father, Husband and most of all, a man who saved so many lives and remembered as the strongest shinobi to ever grace the elemental nations was gone.

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Dimensional Gap

The Dimensional Gap is the gap that exists between the three worlds (Earth, Heaven, and the Underworld) and is considered a void world.

Nothing can survive within the Dimensional Gap without magical, demonic power or other protection. Anyone without such protection dies within a matter of seconds after being exposed to the "nothingness" within the Gap.

The Dimensional Gap is an endless void, wherein in every direction, there is a mix of iridescent colours.

As Naruto came through a portal to this empty void he felt it's immediate effects. He felt like his skin is being burnt from inside. Without any hesitation, he opened another portal and jumped into it.

Somewhere in Tokyo

It is night time in the city of Tokyo, Capital of Japan and most of the city is decorated in the colourful lights of the night. In a dark ally on the outskirts of the city a black portal opened and came a man. He was thrown on the grass and rolled on the ground before stopping by bumping into a tree.

"Ouch." Naruto groaned. He didn't expect that he will come to a place where the instant he was ejected from the portal he would be burned. Though he knew that nothing would happen to his body because of his healing and regeneration abilities he didn't want to risk it. So, he immediately came to this place. As he slowly rolled on the ground and straightened himself with the support of the tree he saw a man in front of him. This man is tall, appearing to be in his twenties with an average build, black hair, golden bangs and black goatee. Looking at him curiously.

"Hello there. Are you the one that opened a portal and came of out nowhere" asked Azazel with curiosity oozing in his tone? Naruto couldn't answer as his body is still recovering from that place and nodded.

Azazel looked at him curiously. In front of him was a young blond man looking like in his late teens maybe 17 or 18 and on his face were 6 lines like whisker marks and has fair skin and is at least 6 feet tall. He is looking like suffering from some kind of pain and is likely to die because of whatever he went through. Azazel got an idea. He searched through his goatee and took out a ball. Which is half black and half white. He kept it on the blonde's chest and waited for any reaction and it worked like a charm. With a blinding light, the said ball merged into his body and the blonde kid immediately healed.

"You okay there kid. It seems that my device worked" said Azazel with barely hidden amusement. The blonde looked at him incredulously.

"What did you do now. I'm going to heal from it soon you know. That black thingy is not required. If you didn't see I'm healing myself before you put whatever that ball on me." Said the blonde kid exasperated.

"Woah woah. Calm down kid. I didn't kick your puppy. I just helped you recover fast that's all. But, you should be thanking me because without my help I'm sure you would have dead soon. Anyway, leave about it and tell, do you feel any change in your body. Like light-headed or drowsiness or any other changes. Tell me" asked Azazel with excitement. If his research was successful then this kid is going to be one of them.

"What now. No I don't...feel an..y..ch..an..ge." suddenly to both of their surprise Naruto's body lit up, and orange, white and black colours glowed simultaneously like a light bulb and dimmed down slowly.

"Woah. What was that? I feel lighter now. Hey old geyser what did you do to me?" asked Naruto with tick marks appearing on his face. Azazel scratched his left cheek sheepishly and replied.

"You see. I'm a scientist and I experiment on sacred gears and in some cases create some. The ball I kept on you is one of them which contains two different elements which are light and shadow/darkness. I used the holy light used by angels and the fallen angels and combined it with the soul essence and power of a powerful shadow dragon named Skiadrum on his last wish before death. Which in turn should give you the power to use both light and shadows. And by the looks of it, my experiment was successful. Congratulations kid, you now possess a sacred gear which is on par with the mid-tier Longinus and a dragon type one to boot. Your sacred gear's name is Shadow Light." Said Azazel with his chest puffing out in pride. With this result he can proceed to add this in his list of successful experiments and work on his own with Fafnir.

For Naruto, it is like listening to a math class. Which means he didn't understand anything. But he could feel more lighter and his awareness about his surroundings had increased. While this old geyser was talking about himself Naruto asked his trusty partner about this.

"Kurama, you can feel it right. That ball gave us something related to light and darkness like this old guy told and you can sense his power right. He is strong. Though he is surrounded by something dark his intentions and personality is good. What do you say Kurama, shall we go with him and learn about this world or venture on our own" asked Naruto eyeing the guy in front him waiting for his partner's reply.

Kurama thought about it for some time. He can sense Azazel's power and he is strong and he can also say that something did happen when that ball merged with Naruto as he is currently getting information on soo many things. He can say that consciousness of someone is being transferred to him currently. 'Maybe these belong to that Skiadrum that this guy told about' thought Kurama. And he seems to be a good person. So he made his decision.

"Go with him Naruto. He looks like a knowledgeable person and we also should know more about this 'Sacred Gear' thing and this guy seems to be our best option." Said Kurama in a matter of fact tone. Naruto gave a mental nod.

"Hey, old geyser. What now. Sacred what" asked Naruto playing the role of a dumb idiot maintaining his expression in a feign ignorance. And it seems like it worked.

"Ah. I'm sorry, kid. I forgot about you. If you want more you can come with me and I'll explain more about this" said Azazel confidently. Naruto nodded and they both left to where Azazel lives in Tokyo.

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Azazel's House, Tokyo

After Naruto and Azazel settled down in Azazel's house Azazel began.

"To tell you from the beginning about the history of this world I need to tell you about the supernatural world's history first" said Azazel in an all business tone. To which Naruto nodded.

"The Three Factions were created from the power of the biblical God or God of Bible a religious God on this planet. When first created everything was good going, all the angels were following his orders and living peacefully but one day Lucifer one of the first angels to be created had a disagreement with the God and took his followers and left heaven to raise war against the God to take the thrown of heaven from him. He shed his angel wings and replaced them with the wings of a bat and at the same time some of the angels of heaven committed one of the seven deadly sins of lust, sloth, greed, envy, wrath, gluttony and pride and fell from grace from heaven and became fallen angels with the wings as black as night signifying their fall from grace. Most of the fallen angels under the leadership of me formed an organisation called Grigori and inhabited in the underworld otherwise called as hell and had a conflict with devils on the territory. And so began what now called as the The Great War. During the war all the three factions of Bible fought each other for so many things. Devils fought to capture heaven and dethrown God under the leadership of the four great satan's, fallen angels fought with devils to get in the good grace of the God under my leadership and get back to their position back in the heaven and angels fought under God's orders to save humanity from the supernatural world and to maintain peace in the world. The Great War lasted for several millennia resulting in the drastic losses to all the three factions. First we, the fallen retreated as I saw no point in continuing the war any further after that both devils and angels also retreated creating a temporary truece. But the damage already done. Because of the injuries suffered during the war the original four satan's Lucifer, Leviathan, Beelzebub and Asmodeous succumb to their injuries and died. And even the God of Bible died because of his injuries making Michael new leader of Angels and the protector heaven. This is a classified information. So, I suggest you, not to tell this to anyone as it's impact will be devastating on the three factions. And to my faction we suffered great losses in our number and are recovering from our losses.

There used to be 72 pillars of the devil clans which came into existence after Lucifer made creatures which are opposite to Angels in every way of speaking literally and figuratively. He created a new race who are oppossit to light and named them devils the opposite to angels. He with 3 others became the first 4 leaders of the underworld went by the name Maou or satan. All devil's are in a way his children with his wife lilith but because of different people having different powers, they had formed into clans based on abilities. There were 72 at the beginning but because of their participation in the great war it was declined to 39 clans and even the death of the original satans didn't deter their children from making plans to go to on other factions. And when they were making plans on how to make their attack all the other pillar clans opposed to the idea as they feared that this may lead to devils as a race's extinction and so formed into an anti satan faction and so the civil rahed for some years resulting in the victory of the anti satan faction and exiting the children of original satan's to the outskirts of underworld. The four strong devils who played a great role in victory were made the new satans of the underworld and led to a peaceful time in the underworld. Now let me explain you about the surviving pillar clans which were again declined to 27 if I remember correctly. The first and foremost clan is the Bael clan which holds the rank of 'Great King'. Famous for their poser of destruction which erases everything from existence if mastered, they are a fearsome clan" And the list went about all other clans which are Agares, Bellial, Phenex and so on. But Azazel didn't say about 4 specific clans and he continued.

"And this concludes about the explanation of all devil clans expect 4 clans whose former heir's became the 4 great satan's of the under world. Those are Gremory, Sitri, Astorath and Glasya-Labolas. The current strongest devil known as super devil and the Maou Lucifer Sirzechs Lucifer is from the Gremory clan with Venelana Gremory(neé bael) as his mother from whom he got the Power of destruction. Serafall Leviathan formerly sitri, the maou leviathan who is responsible for foreign affairs uses ice magic. Ajuka Beelzebub a former member of the branch family of the Astaroth clan is genius who invented the evil piece system and another super devil. He has created the famous Kankara formula which was said to bend the reality and finally Falbium Asmodeus from the Glasya- Labolas clan who is the physically strong enough plough through buildings reinforced with magic. These are the satan's and the strongest devils said to surpass even the original 4 satan's. The evil piece system created by Ajuka Beelzebub helps devils to reincarnate other races into devils. This system is based on a chess game. So the pure blooded high-class devils can reincarnate humans into reincarnated devils to bolster their numbers. Angels also have same type of system but, it is in the form of Deck of cards. All the seraphs has their own decks. We fallen angels doesn't have any such system as angels fall from heaven and we can have 'our' children to our ranks to increase our numbers and my effort of creating artificial sacred gears is one such attempt to improve our strength" said Azazel. Though it was a lot of information to take in, Naruto took it well but he had one question for this man.

"Why are you telling all this to me. I'm new here, but you didn't need to tell me all this as I can say that it consists some important facts like death of the Biblical God and some other things. For all you know about me I'm a stranger came out of nowhere and may use this information against you or something" asked Naruto incredulously. He can't understand why Azazel is saying all this to him a stranger who came out of nowhere. Azazel simply smiled and replied.

"You are correct. I don't know anything about you. But I'm telling you this as a way me, myself, reminding all the past that happened and I can tell that you, don't know about this world by the way your entrance. As it serves 2 purposes of giving a detailed explanation of history of this world and remainding myself my goal to achieve peace to this world and I can say that you are powerful from the power I can feel coming from you. If I can make you an ally that will be good for everyone in the future." Said Azazel with a neutral tone. During all his explanation Naruto didn't feel any kind of malice or animosity towards any other faction or any disrespect neither disdain towards the man who casted him out of heaven nor any pride in his achievements in his life or his position as a leader of fallen angels. He can say that this man is powerful and intelligent and if he is telling all this to him and deduced that he is going to be an valuable ally for future Naruto knew that he had some kind of plan in mind to use him in future. He can't help but appreciate Azazel's straightforwardness. He was used to being respected and admired as a war hero and leader of the village during his reign as Hokage and after war in Elemental Nations. As a fellow leader he can appreciated a fellow leaders attempt to gain an ally by being straight forward and so Naruto came to a conclusion. Azazel is good with wordplay and his intentions are pure that means he is doing this for everyone not for any personal gain.

"Yes. I can use a person like you as an ally as you know more about this world than me." Naruto said smiling and continued.

"For giving me that sacred gear and 'reviving' me as you thought, I'll give 2 favours. As for my allegiance, I'll wait for a while to accept that proposal. I want to explore this world and know how it works for myself and speaking of my sacred gear, can I conclude that you have a plan to train me how to use it yourself as you are very interested in making and using them" asked Naruto innocently.

Azazel smirked at this development. He thought Naruto would be intelligent but he didn't think his intelligence to be this sharp but he can conclude that the man in front of him was indeed powerful and with the addition of his new sacred gear he is going to be monster in future which just a added bonus for his allegiance if he decides to ally himself with them and as for other way around if he didn't ally himself with them, he should think some thing about it in the future but from the looks of it Naruto is good person and he concluded he will decide for the best. Azazel nodded his head to Naruto.

"Yes, I personally intent to train you in the use of your sacred gear Shadow Light. I'll agree to your terms, Naruto and hope for the best" said Azazel in a calm tone and extended his hand as a gesture to finalize their agreement Naruto also extended his hand and both men shared their hands coming to an agreement. They both nodded their heads to each other entering they has a consensus.

"Now that is out of the way, let me explain you about your sacred gear. Your sacred gear Shadow Light as I said earlier is made from two elements or rather sources. One being the soul and conscious of the Shadow Dragon Skiadrum who in his last moments asked to use his remaining conscious and energy to make a sacred gear to remind the world of his existence and other being the pure light energy which angels and fallen angels use. As I was making it I got an idea of mixing both elements one being made of pure light and other being made of shadows, darkness and void. And the result is that of the sacred gear you have know and as there are no backlash on you I can conclude that it is a success. As for you using it l, even without any training you should feel familiar towards all the shadows and light particles in the environment." To which Naruto nodded as he can sense a familiar feeling towards everything around even more so, as it is night time from his connection with shadows. Azazel continued.

"Shadows can be used in a number of ways and I can tell me some but there are special techniques belonging to the shadow dragon himself if you search with in your self you can find his conscious with you giving you all the knowledge and you can train with that knowledge yourself. I can help in training you with the use of light energy. As I'm one of the best to use light energy and as for the strength of the light items you make it will depend your heart. If you are pure enough it will be strong but none the less it will be as strong as that of fallen angels. The purity comes into play if you want make your strongest. Your strongest light spear will be as strong as that of a 12 winged angel or fallen angel. If you don't have any questions then we can begin your training immediately." Said Azazel curiousity and excitement brimming in his voice as he his pretty much excited to test his newest creation. Naruto can understand Azazel's curiosity and nodded to begin.

And so began his training in the use of his new sacred gear Shadow light.

And Cut.

That's it for this chapter folks. I hope you all enjoyed it.

Suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you for reading.

Black Infinity 1289.

Ja Ne.

#naruto #high school dxd #azazel #lavinia #fanfic #grayfia lucifuge #kurama

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carnelianwings · 6 years

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Kurama

(For this ask meme!)

You, my friend, you … okay, because you know me, I know you mean Kurama from Yuu Yuu Hakusho, and not Naruto, and okay, let’s just step back.

Like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the fuck back.

Like back to 2000 when I was 15 and discovering anime for the first time. And my high school friends had fansub VHS tapes I’d borrow. And I got recommended Yuu Yuu Hakusho because my friends were like “you’ll love Kurama in this show. Here’s all the story you’ll need to get to his introduction.” And then I watched them all.

If Gundam Wing was the first time 15-year-old me got introduced to the concept of fandom, then Yuu Yuu Hakusho and Kurama was the first time I got the idea into my head to write my own damn fanfics. Also the start of my long-held desire to write for a character POV that lets me purple prose the hell out of their lover because, damn, have you seen Kurama? And it only took me another 13 years before Sorey came along and I could properly do it without being borderline OOC. Because I’m sorry, Hiei doesn’t strike me as the type to wax poetic purple over how pretty Kurama is. And if you thought my Mikagami rant was long, well, you better strap in. Because, let me tell you, Kurama’s the reason I have my Type.

First off, that gorgeous wavy red hair that goes into this equally gorgeous straight silver hair is just perfect. Not only does it serve as an absolutely beautiful distraction, it can also serve as means for him to use his rose whip. Then there’s the fact he’s the party Smart Guy, and will actually try to fight smart … even when he takes a cut to the abs in every fight he’s in. (It’s to the point where I headcanon it’s a part of his Wounded Gazelle Gambit fighting style as Minamino Shuuichi, as opposed to his “I’m just going to fucking murder you now” fighting style as Youko Kurama.) Speaking of his fighting style, aside from his insistence on taking shallow cuts to the abs every fight, it’s a really elegant agility/evasion-centric fighting style that (you guessed it) mixes in plant magic alongside his whip-based melee/close range fighting moves. And his clothes, oh my god those clothes do amazing things to him.

My favorite that he wears between official art/canon material has got to be this one in black. Just the fact it’s a sleeveless outfit, and it shows off those muscles when he’s usually the one who’s covered from the neck down is just amazing, plus the sharp contrast between the black and the white sash and his red hair and those pretty pretty emerald green eyes is just made of SOMEONE HOLD ME I NEED A MOMENT. My second favorite, though, is the green one that Kotobukiya picked for his figure. (I want to say that one’s from either the Sensui arc or the Demon World Tournament arc. I’m forgetting, which means that’s probably my cue to marathon the show since I have the FUNimation DVD box sets lol.) His other outfits are nice, and he’s got to be the only character I can think of that can pull of that shade of magenta/pink with that shade of red and not make my eyes bleed. Oh and of course, when he goes furry as Youko Kurama … no lie, I still dig him. What can I say? Pretty fox boys with pretty golden eyes and long silver hair is kind of my jam. Especially when it flutters so prettily around him as he runs and fights.

Oh and that’s not even getting into the one scene where he’s shown shirtless in the movie. It was so worth sitting through that dub just for it. Because that lean build, and those shoulders and … mmmmm yeah.

And we’re not even getting into how his tunic just trails and flutters behind/around him in the prettiest of ways when he fights, or how elegantly he evades enemy attacks, and just how fucking shrewd and cutthroat he really is when he wants to be. Aside from that, though, he’s arguably one of the nicer guys of Team Urameshi. That said, he’s also behind some of the Nightmare Fuel (like what he did to Toguro Ani) in the show, and some of the more gruesome deaths too, but I dunno, man, I’m just like “Yeah, pick a fave that’ll do both the nice guy thing and the ‘I’m going to rip you a new one now’ thing with all the cold, calculated, reasoning he can muster.”

Oh and then there’s the voice. I was so shocked when I read that Kurama was actually Ogata Megumi’s debut role because damn that voice she uses is just off the freaking charts for smooth and I just love how she pitches her voice so differently even for his “human” persona (they used a different seiyuu for Youko Kurama). And for that reason alone, Ogata’s my favorite female seiyuu. I’m actually a bit sad her Tales role was Ioder in Vesperia; I wish she could have voiced a playable character so I could go and Be Awesome with them. XD

And fun fact - my main AO3 pseudonym is actually meant to be a reference to him. So if anyone ever wondered “Did she ever …?” the answer is, yes. And just like Mikagami, Kurama’s basically one of my Forever Faves. XD

#soymilkheaven answers an ask #ask meme #there you have it guys #the start of my foray into fandom and fanfic #also YYH fic was the reason i learned/practiced writing fight scenes #probably also why writing fight scenes is easier to me than writing smut #sorry not sorry for this huge wall of text #talesofgay #had to edit in the lord have mercy factor because kurama's beyond just a single level of lord have mercy

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