#he has a stubby pseudo-tail too

[acecasinova]

I love Laz but his *checks reference* SIX visible different skin tones are such a pain in the butt sometimes

But that's what happens when you build a vampire out of body parts, eh? (If you can't make progeny by Turning someone, ritual made is fine!)

[carrion-carry-on]

Whumptober No.2

Nowhere to run - Cornered

Here’s day #2! This one has to do with Colm - a half-vampyre, who gets stuck out in the Wilder lands being chased by a bunch of... somethings. If you want more information regarding the character and/or the world, I have a few posts that talk about them.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42099969

Colm cursed under his breath as he sat, panting, beneath a rocky outcropping. He could climb, had been climbing for the better part of an hour, yet he was now too weak to continue. The things that were following him never seemed to tire. This chase had lasted for so long now, and every part of his body was screaming for rest. But it was either rest and die or run and fight. He didn’t much like the first option.

So as one ofthe creature’s heads (flat, with beady eyes and wicked pseudo-smile) peaked up onto his ledge, Colm forced himself to his knees to swipe at it. The thing ducked back under just before his claws made contact with its armored skin. Maybe not as protected as he’d first thought. Maybe he could get out of this. And maybe he’ll fly while he’s at it.

Not for the first time since this chase, Colm glared down at his wings. Arms and wings in one, index and thumb free, but remaining fingers joined in membranous leather. Not for the first time in his life, Colm found himself damned by his own existence. A real vampyre could make it out of this. A real vampyre wouldn’t have allowed themself to be caught off-guard. A real vampyre had made it clear that that was what he was not.

Another head slipped over the rocks, held aloft by a long neck which met at shoulders with two stubby forelimbs. The rest of its body was much stockier, a somewhat barrel chest, powerful hind legs and a thick tail for counterbalance, and, he was half-sure, intimidating. As if the thing’s nasty attitude couldn’t do enough of that already. It was a mismatched creature, a sight not all uncommon in the irradiated wastes that made up a good part of the Wilder Lands.

It snarled at him, a sound that started high pitched but traveled low as it resonated within the hollow structures along its throat. Colm stood to his full height, raised his arms, bared his teeth, and hissed. He put as much of his feeling into the expression as he could. He was frightened and tired and angry and he wanted to be left alone. He just wasn’t sure if he could do anything if the thing decided to push past his warning. Instead of backing off, like he’d foolishly hoped it would, the thing only growled and made one step closer. Colm instinctively backed up at the same time and his logical side cursed again. Now it knew he wouldn’t stand.

When the thing lunged, Colm was unprepared. He went to intercept the head at its apparent destination, only for its long winding neck to snake opposite of that. It had been a feint; he fell for it. Smooth fangs, dozens of needles, sank deep into his left arm. He howled his agony to the col, unforgiving sky. It’s dark out, hidden behind cloud cover, not even the sun would stand by him.

Colm wrenched himself free - admittedly maybe not the best choice - and the thing pulled away with hair in its mouth. It spat and snarled again. Colm hissed, showing his teeth again and more fear leaking through. There was fear and pain on him now. That would no doubt encourage the others. And just like that, more of the beasts hopped their way up to, clumsily, stand by the first.

He could try to run again. But that still hadn’t worked out so well. Maybe try to get past them and jump? But then what... Colm tried to come up with another plan as he slowly backed away from the growing pack of slavering animals.

His back hit the hard wall behind him and his gaze snatched momentarily from stone to beast. The pain in his arm was increasing and, though he kept steady pressure to the wound, the bloodflow did not show signs of stopping. With his luck, these things were venomous and had an anticoagulation property.

The creature with his blood on its maw made a barking wheeze, which the other returned. Then they were closing in tighter, cinching up the noose. What would his squad - his friends - think when or if they found him? Would they discover bones? A gory mess of blood smear and hair? Maybe there’d be nothing left at all.

[sonicasura]

Heir of Ink Ch 2

Chapter 2: To Kidnap a Hyuuga

A month had passed since Hariken had sent that package to Hinata. Over that time, he was busy training with his new form and powers under the tutelage of Bendy. Apparently being reborn as an Inkuhato had a lot of advantages not just the familiars or creating toons and Inkbourne. His body was a living storage for ink. He can consume and hold as much of it as he liked and look completely normal! He could also form weapons with it by manipulating the ink into any shape, form, density and sharpness at will. As long as he had ink, he could create endless amount of items and weapons with ease.

He could also transform his body into pure ink and move around easily slipping through doors, grates to hiding in paper or anything that absorbed ink. He could also manipulate outside sources of ink whether in its purest form or already used for writing so he can copy and sabotage documents to spying enemy bases when they least suspect it. He also realized what Bendy meant about not always bailing him out of trouble. Since half of Bendy’s soul existed within Hariken, he can create a Pseudo-Bendy to help him in battle and can link himself to the demon’s mind but the Pseudo-Bendy was only going to be as strong as he was or how much ink he pumped into it.

He no longer had chakra points in his body since he wasn’t human anymore so his body can absorb chakra but he had a small intake though due to his old body’s chakra reserves however he could still perform jutsu but he needed to boost his reserves if he wanted to do high level jutsu not involving ink. Since he was made out of ink, he was immune to poison so that was one less thing to worry about in battle and his form could change depending on how much ink he was using to change it. So far, he only had his Monster form mastered along with his Toon form and Stealth form.

He wasn’t close to the level where he could manage Nightmare for longer than 3 minutes and he always blacked out when attempting Infernal but he made a lot of progress on not just the transformation but also his Ink Jutsus as well. He was able to modify the Shadow Clone just to create his Ink Clone Jutsu and was working on an Ink affinity Rasengan. He also happened to create some toons to help with the village’s reconstruction alongside 3 toons that Bendy had made. A wolf toon named Boris, an angel toon named Alice and a demon toon named Mina were assisted by Hariken’s toons Tora the Tiger, Kitsune the Fox and Niwatori the Rooster.

He taught Izuku some basic commands before sending him out hunting. This time he had Izuku hunting bandits also. Bendy told him that if Izuku ate human like beings mainly corrupt ones then he would evolved into a better form faster not just hunting rabbit and deer. He told the young Inkbourne to return after a month had passed so he could spend a week with a more evolved Izuku on teamwork. It was about time his partner should return. Hariken was currently meditating in one of the rooms of an estate that they had recently repaired when the door slammed open courtesy of Niwatori. Niwatori was a toon anthropomorphic rooster with an white ink made feathers, feather like hands, black tail feathers, black crown and wore a black butler like outfit with red highlights. Hariken was still new to Ink so he could only give his toons a certain amount of color for now.

Niwatori was known to be quick in going into action when something happened, he was also a good messenger and quick-footed strategist. “Master Hariken! It’s Izuku! He’s returned and he grew much more than we’ve predicted. So much more.” Niwatori had explained as he closed the door almost as if he was keeping something from getting in as the window to the room had turned black. “Niwatori, I think you should get over here before you get flattened like a pancake! I don’t think Izuku wants to stay outside!” Hariken shouted as the rooster toon ran over to the other side of the room with Hariken.

The two watch the door come apart as a big flood of ink washed into the room which was around a good 25 X 25 in size due to the expansion seals while also serving as the living room. The ink had washed in before beginning to conjoin and reform itself into a more suitable form. “Holy crap!” Hariken cried out as the ink blob took shape of Izuku. He had to be at least 50 ft in size right now! The newly grown Izuku was more bulky and built with appearance cross between a beast and a demon.

His eyes were no longer cartoonish or cute but had narrowed and become beast like, his arms were longer than his stubby legs and his fists were huge with spiked knuckles and massive clawed fingers, his hooves had now turned into sharp claw like talons that looked to be used for grabbing things, he had grown a long mane that wrapped around his neck going all the way down his back while cover his shoulder blades to the top part of his chest were his abs had begun, his four horns had grew longer arching down his head before going back up to a point with an extra pair forming a V on the top of his head, two row of spike like blades went down his back to his tail which ended like a mace and his face was now white and morphed slightly into a muzzle holding lots of sharp teeth. He also had a pair of black wings growing on his back too!

Next thing Hariken knew, he was grabbed by a massive hand then lifted to Izuku’s face. “Hey Izuku… You’ve sure gotten big! Don’t eat me!” Hariken spoke nervously before getting licked by a massive black tongue and nuzzled by a purring 50 ft Inkbourne. Bendy had arrived through the back door and merely whistled at the big Inkbourne. “Damn! He must had eaten an entire Bandit Camp if he got this big! I’m glad I added some Expansion Seals into this house or you would have been suffocated! He sure did a good job hunting to come back like this.”  Bendy stated as Hariken shot a little glare at the demon.

“Yeah but he’s too big! If we go to Konohana with him like this, then they’ll call out every ninja like it’s the Nine Tailed Fox attack all over again! I still remember you telling me that I could store my Inkbournes inside of me since they're made out of ink but he’ll still grab a lot of attention!” Hariken explained as Izuku had finally put him down after he drenched Hariken in ink drool. “Maybe you should give him the shrink command. He’s clearly evolved enough to shrink into a smaller and more manageable form.” Niwatori stated as Hariken had hit himself muttering stupid.

“Izuku! Shrink!” Hariken claimed as Izuku nodded as his form melted into pieces before reforming into a much smaller state. He now stood around 3 ft in height and looked very much slimmed down and less beast like than his new form being a good resemblance to Bendy yet Hariken at the same time as he resembled a miniature cute cartoon Bendy with Hariken’s hair and similar clothing. “I swear if any girl sees him, they scream KAWAII and hug him to death! He looks like an adorable mini-you Bendy!” Hariken stated as Izuku held onto his hand like a lost child.

“I can easily see that. He does have our essence in him so it’s natural to take a toon form like yours truly but that’s not what I came here to tell you about. Plans changed. Kumo has moved their meeting date to be in 5 days due to issues involving Konohana Nin and a shared mission objective. We now have less time to prepare.” Bendy explained as Hariken’s eyes widened. “Damn idiots! Is our plan scrapped to hell or can we salvage it?” Hariken asked conflicted by this new info.

“Nope. I wanted you to go through teamwork exercises with Izuku but that’s been shot to hell so we’re going to take a bit of different approach. You and Izuku will do an advanced art known as Soul Exchange. You will share bits of your soul between each other so Izuku should become linked to your mind but he will witness a lot of your memories. I usually don’t have an Inkuhato do this unless they are ready but since you are skilled in my arts I can do it for you without much of an issue. It just depends on how Izuku can handle your worst memories blow to blow.” Bendy explained as Hariken thought about it.

He was putting Izuku in danger and he didn’t like it one bit but Hinata would be in danger as well if he didn’t succeed. Either way he was screwed. He looked at Izuku who somehow understanding the predicament nodded as if accepting the use of the advanced jutsu. “We’ll do it.” Hariken stated as Bendy nodded before walking towards them placing his clawed hands on their heads. “This is going to sting.” Bendy answered as sharp pain went through their heads while they felt and experienced each other’s memories.

It was intense as their forms slightly melted a bit but then retained their composure. Hariken experienced every one of Izuku’s kills while Izuku experienced every painful memory Hariken had as Naruto. Then as fast as it started, it had finished. Hariken’s iris had gained an animalistic feel to it while Izuku’s turned a shade of royal blue. Next thing the former blonde felt was a bone crushing hug from a demonic copy of himself which turned out to be Izuku. “I won’t let them take you brother!” Izuku shouted with a combination of Hariken’s and Bendy’s voice.

“They won’t take me Izuku! Will you please let go? You are kinda breaking my spine here.” Hariken squeaked as Izuku let go allowing Hariken to fix his broken spine. “I dub you two brothers now. As funny as it is, we’ve got stuff to do. I’ve sent Tora to set up a Warp Point near the village via Warp Cartoon. I’ve also set a warp point here since once we get Hinata, the whole Leaf Village will be on high alert so make it to the Warp Cartoon and warp back here. Don’t use it just to go to the village first or they’ll suspect something is coming and this Warp Cartoon has only one use in it. After all, we don’t want the Leaf getting any funny ideas with our techniques and jutsu.” Bendy explained as he straightened his bowtie.

“Do you have your disguise ready, Master Hariken?” Niwatori asked as he knew Hariken couldn’t go as he was looking now for it would raise suspicion later. “Yeah. Watch this.” Hariken spoke as his figure melted becoming unrecognizable until he reformed into an older looking man with black hair wearing a cloak with white clouds and an eboshi hat. “Nice. Very close to the Akatsuki look so you’ll be playing them as well. I’ll even paint red on those clouds to complete the look. Hehehehehe! I’m going to love all the panic you’ll cause!” Bendy replied giddy with all the mischief that was going to be caused as a massive grin was etched on Hariken’s face.

This was going to be good. 5 days later… Hariken had arrived to the Hidden Leaf Village in his disguise while Izuku had taken the form of a black and white cat that was close to his location just to be sure if things were going to be shot to hell but also to alert Hinata’s Inkbourne to make sure it’s at her side and ready to fight when needed. The mission objective was simple. To find and escape with Hinata with the results being distility between Kumo, the Hyuga and the Leaf and Hinata being safe from any breeding plans plus there’s a good chance of a better Raikage being appointed with this sort of mishap kicking the old one to the curb.

Hariken was so lost in thought he almost didn’t notice his target walking into the village. The Raikage’s ambassador who was also his brother. Raikage’s had a habit of their brothers being high up in the food chain when appointed whether as an ambassador to a Jinchuriki. They also tended to be strong physically and tend to hit hard unless your body is made out of liquid or in this case ink. Hariken sent the signal to Izuku who went off in a mad dash to the compound.

Izuku’s Perspective-Inkbourne Search Begins!

Brother Hariken gave me the signal! I dashed towards Hyuga Compound with fast speed! Have to get there before kidnapper does! Warn Hinata’s Inkbourne to be at the ready! Can’t let brother Hariken down. Spots Hariken’s former tormentors, Uzumaki Namikaze family at the Ichiraku Ramen. They seem to be enjoying ramen! Me going to change that. Runs on counter and knock food on them! Little girls scream as noodles cover their head! Minato shocked and Kushina makes mad face! Outta there before ignorant redhead gives chase.

Made it to Hyuga Compound! Guards just changed shift. Seem not to care about animals coming that aren’t rats or roaches. Passes guard who think me as pet cat. Sees kids are getting ready for dinner with ambassador. Found Hinata’s window. Combine and turn body to ink and slip through. No sign of Inkbourne. Where’s Inkbourne? Drip drop drip. Ink dripping to floor… Above! Look up to see Inkbourne emerging from drawing state on wall. What Hinata been feeding Inkbourne? Inkbourne has to be 14 ft in size. Definitely looks female almost like Hinata in looks.

“Your scent is of my kind… Are you of Hariken’s?” Inkbourne seems happy and a bit strange. Sense traces of Soul Exchange. Ask about Soul Exchange. “Yes we have. Dear Hinata shared part of her soul with me. She is a sweet girl. Her daddy doesn’t want to be mean to her but elders force her. I don’t like the elders. Want to get Hinata away from here. Branch members wish her to be free! Elders plan to place Caged Bird Seal on her tonight! Don’t want Hinata to be hurt. Ochako won’t let them!” Inkbourne or Ochako seems protective of Hinata. I tell about plan.

“That will work. Ochako agrees to help. Been learning about clan techniques and helping Hinata. Their stance not for Hinata! Hinata’s stance is like ink! Flows gentle but deadly! Needs everflowing strokes. Hinata be here soon. Attach myself to Hinata like tattoo. Hinata will be safe. Tell Hariken to free Hinata! Let her be free as birds in sky!” Agrees and ask why so big. “Assassin snuck in to hurt Branch Members. Hinata was there and was about to be attacked. Ate Assassin. Rest from treats Hinata and kind Branch Members gives Ochako! Good luck!” Return to Hariken.

Mission complete! Returning to Hariken!

Hariken was currently standing by a fence to notice Izuku had made it back. Hariken reached towards and touched the Inkbourne’s head seeing the new memories he had acquired and smiled. “Thank you Hariken. Now let’s prepare for our time to strike.” Hariken stated. An hour later… the streets seemed empty as a shadow figure carrying something ran past. It was the Kumo Ambassador carrying a sack on his back big enough to hide a child in it. There was no doubt that Hinata was locked inside of it. “These Leaf Shinobi are so damn cocky! This mission will be a breeze and Kumo will have the Byakugan!” The ambassador snickered to himself not noticing something oozing from the bottom of the bag. “Hehehehehe!!!” A feminine laugh echoed as the man paused in confusion and fright.

Then he felt the bag getting heavier before something from inside the bag grabbed the man. It was a black arm with razor sharp claws connected to something in the bag. The man watched in terror as the bag began to grow in size before ripping apart revealing a demon instead of a child. The demon was humanoid and female in appearance and figure with grayish lavender eyes, deer like horns, dark lavender hair, blades on her arms, curvaceous figure, ribbon like protrusions on her thighs, a long tail with moon shaped blade at the end, long sharp claws and there was a white ribbon wrapped around her neck. It was Ochako.

“Sorry but you aren’t going anywhere… Got plans for you after you try to steal what is mine! Now be a good human… and hold still!” Ochako laughed as the next thing the man saw was black while Hariken and Izuku had appeared on the scene. “Ochako? Do you got Hinata?”  Hariken asked as the Inbourne nodded and her chest split open revealing Hinata as Ochako shrank and merged into the girl’s skin forming a tattoo on Hinata’s body. “I’m glad to see you again Hinata. It’s been awhile.” Hariken spoke as he lifted his hat up some showing his face to Hinata.

“Naruto-kun… I’m just glad to see you are okay. I missed you so much and I thought I’d never see you again after you disappeared 3 months ago. I asked everyone who was close to you to help look for you. Then I got your letter and you gave me Ochako. I’m happy to see you alive and well.” Hinata answered as Hariken smiled. “Thanks Hinata-chan. When I was still in my cocoon, I always thought of you and the others. You guys helped me survive my old life and the pain that came with it. Just know that I’m back and I’ll keep my promise to protect you.” Hariken spoke as Hinata smiled and hugged the former blonde.

“Even if you changed, you are still the sweet kind Naruto I knew.” Hinata answered. “Are you ready to depart Hinata? We won’t be coming back here for a very long time. There is much to be done and I don’t want to do it without you by my side. You deserve to be free not caged with a death switch on your forehead.” Hariken explained. Hinata looked back at the village she called home for 6 years before looking back at Hariken.

“I’m ready Hariken-kun. I won’t come back until I’m stronger. Plus I want to stay by your side always.” Hinata answered as Hariken smiled. “Then let us depart. A new life awaits us all.” Hariken spoke as the 4 left the village and not to be seen for years to come.