Battling The Goddess Pt.1 [Closed/]

After the short meeting with the new Kuro, Yaju had summoned himself to the world of the Kitsune, high above the Mystic Kitsune Mountains. In his moments of appearing there he stared up into the one he had a date so to speak with, the large fox staring down into his red eyes. There were no words between the two only an occasional glance before the large being finally spoke aloud in the temple,” Why have you stepped foot into my sanctuary without consulting the Sage himself below the caves of the mountains? You have some nerve coming into the realm of the Goddess Inari,” once the name of the fox was spoken, the room lit up in a blaze of gold and silver causing Yaju to flinch for a moment before chuckling. It was the first meeting of him and the fox goddess, Inari, sometimes he wondered if she had actually existed but as the mother and goddess of all the Kitsune it was inevitable that they had met.

Slowly he would bow and look down to the ground to show the proper respect to a being of such high renown, even he had to obey the laws of the Kitsune or risk garnering their wrath. Amused by his humbled yet slow show of respect, her tails would dart back and forth slowly before shrinking her body into that of a female form to better accommodate her company,” Tell me Sage why have you come to visit me on this day? I have not called for you nor have I wanted to see your presence…it is troublesome to have company you do not want,” her long silver hair swayed behind her as she straightened out her Kimono and yawned, her boredom with him was already starting to set, but he would be leaving until his mission had been completed.
Looking up to her she appeared to be a normal human save for the red marking on her face and of course the yellow eyes that had looked down to him, her body had been…well filled but he knew not to think anything of this. Standing up he would dust himself off slowly in order to finally speaking seeing as she would finally allow him too, he would take a deep breath before speaking,” I’ve come here to acquire the Goddess’ help and…to further my knowledge in Nature Chakra. I’ve learned what has been required of me from the Old ones down below and also through my own training, but in order to fully understand the power in which I was given…I came to the one who had ordained me to have it, in a sense I need you to teach me,” for once his eyes would avoid hers, knowing that if he did she would be able to tell he was either lying partially or actually considering the negatives of this meeting.

Raising her sleeved hand to her mouth slowly, the Goddess would laugh almost as if he had said some form of joke and she was amused by it,” You think your mortal form can comprehend the complications that come from harnessing Nature Chakra, but I can see that your body has been taking it in rather nicely…and you have also been imbued with another fine element…hmmm,” she mused to herself as one of her tails darted out and rubbed against Yaju’s face before pulling it back and looking away to think. He did not know what the action was for but he could only assume she was looking over something deeper within him instead of simply asking for the cause.  After a moment she would have smiled and wrapped her tails around him and motioned him to follow,” Come with me young sage and I will see if you are worthy of being trained by me…if so then you will be able to fully master your transformation, but if not…then I guess making you into a Kitsune that will serve me for all time will do as well,” of course at the sound of a test he would crack his neck and follow behind her, only smirking to himself as he anticipated that he would actually have to fight her although he didn’t know in what way this fight would go.
Following closely behind her, the temple that she lived in would only grow bigger and bigger until they reached the inner sanctum which looked akin to a simple, yet elegant sub space. A quiet, yet beautiful grassland covered the field as he could look into the distance and actually see mountains span the horizon. He would have actually enjoyed the area a bit more if he wasn’t snapped out of his trance by the Goddess’ words,” Do not get too accustomed to my realm boy, you will be fighting me with only what you know of Nature and a single choice of your own weapons. Anything else…is off-limits and to make sure you keep ahold of this challenge,” he was curious as to what she meant, but he would find out as three of her tails jabbed him and in an instant and he could feel his chakra or rather his natural source of chakra become blocked.

The action had made him drop for a moment before being filled with nothing but Nature Chakra which almost sent his body into a state of shock, but after regulating it he would be able to keep it in check. Standing up he would nod and crack his knuckles, throwing his scythe into the ground and sat his Haori on its pole keeping only his Black vest, black shirt and black pants on and nothing else. Besides his wires, he would be fighting her with only his skills and the few taijutsu techniques that he knew. Stepping forward he would look into the eyes of his opponent, knowing full well that this would be….a very one sided fight if she had gotten the best of him, but he knew that he could over power her if need be. She would begin the battle by clapping her hands, shifting the surroundings to a forest before pulling out a single fan,” Alright my little sage come at me and show me what you can do…do not hold back because I will not show you the courtesy,” to show that she had meant this, she would unfold her fan and flick her wrist causing a golden flame to shoot out towards him although in retaliation he would quickly hold up his right palm and shoot his own fox fire out towards it, causing the two to envelope and explode. Of course this small display caused her to smile a bit, she would continue to release small balls of fire towards him while shifting between trees, following the same suit he would flick his left arm out and make his wires latch onto a near by tree in order to swing away from her while returning fire.

While his chakra was still locked, he knew of one thing that would disown his theory of this…she knew of his chakra natures but what if he had made something new…something that she would never expect. Remembering the studies on the Terumi and his new chakra, he tried to break the barrier or rather seal that she had placed on him. Jumping back a total of fifteen meters of her he would create a clone of himself via the Nature chakra around him and forced it to go fight her while he tried to break the curse she had put on him. Moving back to where he could meditate he would focus on the areas in which she had sealed his chakra, the major areas of his stomach where chakra or rather normal chakra had manifested and released itself. Clapping his hands together he would flush the Nature chakra within his body down into those area’s and attempt to jerry rig the seal in an attempt to break it albeit on a smaller scale.

It was this small assumption that lead him to believe that this also was a test that had been placed to see how much he had grown since his first time here. The seal at first would begin to reject and fight against the nature chakra that had been attacking the seal himself, but with a small tweak he would use his mastery of Fuuinjutsu itself to record the formula in which the seal was written. It was with this general study that he could find out that she had made it dual layered with two different signatures, one of hers and one she randomly made with her own chakra. Through this small development he would be able to crack the first seal that she had placed onto him, a small smile appearing on his face as he grinned and nodded,” One down and on more to go…now let’s see if I can crack this second one,” meanwhile his clone would be doing its best to hold her back, dodging and weaving through her tails while placing precise yet erratic attacks on her to leave her guessing. By now he had figured she would have found out his ruse, in which he was correct in thinking, but what he didn’t know was that she had no idea that he was breaking the seal bit by bit until he released himself from her bonds. With the last seal making its way to the surface he would continue to press more and more of the nature chakra into it until at last it had snapped and he could feel his regular and natural chakra flowing through his body.

With a grin he would clap his hands together, knowing that now was the hard part…now he had to figure out how to combine the two elements and not muck up. It was Earth and Fire that made up Lava, the decision to blend these two together would no doubt assist him In this battle, but if he had messed up then it would spell disaster for himself. He first thought of spreading the two unique chakras within his body and combining them, seeing Earth as the body and fire as the power which powered the body he would begin to fuse them together slowly before sighing. As he pushed the two of them together, he would find that it wasn’t as simple as it first thought. Lava in itself was something hot…yet solid, it could burn yet harden and also be both at the same time. Only inhibited by fire itself, he wondered if there was a better way to do it.

In his mind he continued to pursue a newer cause while his clone distracted Inari, the fox slowly began to close in on the clone and deliver a blow which would have dispersed it until he had moved out of the way and disappeared into the trees,” Shit….she is starting to be a pain in the ass….i need to hurry up,” the clone spoke to itself as he continued to play cat and mouse with her. In the back of his mind he continued to put together a process in which he could make this easier, but the only way would be to actually mesh the two elements while also binding them before they left his body. Standing up he would clap his hands together as if he was meditating, forming the two elements within the depths of his stomach before taking in a deep breath and relaxing. He could feel the heat of the fire chakra building inside of his stomach while feeling the strong bond of the earth fill his body with strength. Soon he could feel the two elements merging into something new, all he had to do now was use his own chakra to build the two together and expel it. With this in mind he began to head to the direction of the battle, but not before alerting his clone that he was coming. With a small smile on his face he would jump from tree to tree hoping that his sudden development would hold and be able to spawn into life onto the unsuspecting woman.
With their destinations closing in he would clap his hands together and make the predominate seal for fire, Dragon, and one of Earth’s famous seals, Rabbit. The two combined would create a fusion of both earth and fire within his chakra and send it upwards and through his mouth, raining down on the unsuspecting foe and clone, the clone knowing that this was going to happen dispersed itself before it could be doused in the molten rock. With the new element raining down on her fast, she propelled her tails upward and coated them in an immense amount of fox fire, enough to make a physical shield if she needed to. The lava would begin to float and harden around her as he stopped and panted for a moment before noticing…the seal had came back during his expulsion of the chakra. Seeing that he had finally learned how to use it, he smiled and looked to her,” Looks like I’m the hot one now,” wondering if it would piss her off, he would only hope that later he could mess with the element to discover jutsu for it.


Their small skirmish started out with fire before the two ran towards each other and clashed, Inari using an advanced form of Kitsune Rumble mixed with her tails which threw Yaju off guard for a moment, but he refused to go into Sage Mode yet…he needed an opportunity to show what he could actually do before actually going at full power,” This isn’t you at full power is it? I figured in a human form you could pack more of a punch, but the Goddess has no fluency,” of course he lived and breathed taijutsu, but he had to admit with the tails incorporated it made it a bit harder to actually counter her moves. Jumping back he would twist his arm which would cause the wires along it would tighten and stay in place softly amongst the sleeves of his shirts,” Why don’t you show me a bit more of what you can do almighty Goddess? If not then I guess we are going to be fighting all day,” not a complete truth seeing as he could only muster up a bit more energy before having to rest from her, and the extent of her sensory In this area was unknown to him.

The fox smiled and stepped back before surrounding herself in fire and laughing,” you are an amusing opponent young Kit, but you aren’t ready for my true power yet if you want to become one of my slaves then I shall allow you to bask in my true form!!,” the flames scattered to show herself in her true form, her fur becoming a glowing yellow color with three jewels sitting above her back.  He…didn’t expect her to actually go into her full form, but this was now a battle in which he was going to have fun with now. He wanted a match in which he would need to pull out all of stops before letting out some odd yet weird mega jutsu that he had been hiding down his sleeves. Smiling he would crack his knuckles and coat himself in a tall plume of silver fire before waving his left arm and dismissing it, his eyes becoming a glowing red  while his clothing began to have small white streaks about it and a long tunic covered over his body. The red marks that were over the Goddess’ face in her human form adorned his face and arms and finally his nine tails flowed forth as he smiled and slammed his hands together,” Now we have a real match going on here!!! Let’s settle this now Goddess and see if my power is not worthy of your praise,” the booming laugh of Inari shook the trees as she arched one of her tails and struck like a scorpion, quick and precise but her target would all but be in that area. To the side he had stepped looking at the tail in marvel before running up to head towards her main body, of course his plan was to simply annoy her or even get her to drop her guard before letting loose a flurry of punches.

Of course this would be one of the things he did not see coming, the tail flicking upwards and from that six more came out of nowhere stabbing into him but not into his flesh. He could feel each strengthened tail ripping into his body, but luckily he punched one of them away in order to stop her from hitting his arm and almost ripping into him. Landing in a nearby tree he would smile and roll his shoulders, patching the small holes in his body with the nature chakra, maybe thinking he could even use this application later on. Now he had one problem, all nine tails were coming down on him during his momentary lapse in thought and he only had one option…go hard or go home. With a smile he would jump from the tree quickly, dodging the first tail and began to run swiftly only to pick up speed as he dodged and weaved through the tails. He would finally try to end this, his last actions being the ones he would use to win.
A faint silver glow would over take his hands and he began to strike the tails as he missed, his mind blurring as he grinned,” You might have the ability to block my chakra but you should have just taken my abilities…now you will see what I can do without it,” sliding into the position he so desired, he would press his palm into her undercarriage, smiling as he forced a large amount of nature chakra out of his hands to push the large summon back. With a smile he would dash forward pressing his hands faster into her sides, activating a technique he had yet to fully develop but soon he would be able to use it as he wished. The last attack would propel his body with such force that he would find himself on the other side of her, a smile on his face as she digressed into that of her human form,” Agh…well it would seem that you have a grasp on your Nature Chakra but,” as she said this she would stab Yaju in the stomach three times with a wicked grin,” never underestimate the one who allowed you to learn from her children, just like that I can take you out and kill you but-,” her words being stopped as Yaju grabbed her tails, two of them, and lifted her into the air with a smile,” Thanks for falling for my trap missy…now we can have a fair fight. The moment you left your true form this fight was mine. You see,” pulling her forcefully closer to him he would grin as he kicked her into a nearby tree,” That technique of mine shuts down and destroys chakra points, well it was supposed to but I haven’t perfected it. For now it just shuts down all the receptors that allow you to absorb your power, now I have the upper hand,” smiling he would pull the remaining tails out of him and stumble a bit, the blow from the tails themselves had…hurt him a bit.

Now that the ball was in his court he would begin his assault, moving in to strike her in the stomach, dodging her counter with her tail and flipping her over him. This was done by him grabbing her tail and flipping her with its own momentum, his hand digging into her chest more and making her lose her breath. The fight between the two was finally in his favor, but like all things it was soon to be interrupted as his own summons, those that helped him train appeared between the two as he tightened his fist for the final attack. Kouen, Kanbaru, Koan and Kagura each appeared on each side of the Goddess with two in between him, holding him back in their respective human forms. The first to speak was the oldest, Kouen, who was by far not too happy about him laying the smack down on their mother and deity,” You’ve really fucked up man… why did you have to openly challenge her when you could have,” he couldn’t even hold a straight face as he looked back to Inari and laughed in which case she would slap him with her tail. Of course they were only here to stop the two from either killing each other or shaking the very mountains they were above, the old fox sensing the two of them sent the four brothers  to stop the fighting and see what was going on. Of course Yaju chuckled and offered a hand to the Goddess in which she would scoff and stand up,” you aren’t as bad as I thought but you have not won yet my little one…you still have a way to go before you can compete with me in full power, but for now I grant you passage to learn more about the ways of our kind. If you need anything else come back to me and we shall begin. However…,” she paused and stared at him,” The next time you come to my sanctuary I am going to beat you down and show you the true power of the Goddess of Fox’s,” in which he could only smirk and nod,” Yes Goddess Inari, although next time I am not going to allow you to take my chakra and we will fight on a more even playing field,” of course the rest simply laughed at him and continued to assist Inari in getting bandaged and clean. Kouen of course would run over to Yaju and look over his injuries, in which he would simply playfully push the young fox away before moving to pick him up and hug him,” I’ll be fine little one now go take care of your old lady over there so I can get going."

As for Yaju, he would throw on his Haori and attach his scythe to his back, dusting off the clothing and smiling to the foxes,” I’ll see you all later then…I need to go take care of some things before I get to work in the Raikage building,” of course before he could go Inari interjected and stepped in front of him,” No you are not leaving yet…I am not done with you,” shuffling forward she would place an object into his hands and nod,” this will allow you to grow in your role as a Sage and as my vassal, when you are ready for the next lesson come forth and face me again,” with that the jewel was sat in his hand and he was returned to Kumo, albeit a little rougher than he had hoped. Appearing in the Black forest he would land face first in a small tree, groaning as the parts of his body that were hurt had begun to bleed again,” Dammit you fucked up old hag…do that again and I’ll really filet your ass…fucking Goddess my ass,” he murmured to himself as he began to patch himself up. Looking at the jewel he would wonder what this would do to his abilities as a Sage, although her words depicted it as something that would power up his abilities or maybe make it easier to control the chakra?  Either way he would first focus on fixing himself up before anyone could see him, the questions of why he had holes in his clothing and body and also why he smelled like fire also came up,” Looks like a I have a bit more to do before I can tame that wild lady….next time though she will be put under my control,” the thought of having the strongest Summon of his Fox’s in his disposal meant that he would be able to further his developments as well as grow to become one of the greatest sages….but making sure this place was good always came first.


4035 words

+2000 towards learning Lava

+2035 towards S rank summon (Inari)

+20 AP

Approved