Tsuchigumo Harvest

As Shiki considered his possible ways to succeed in his goal, he started formulating a plan.

'Hotaru has a fascination for shinobi and it should be easy to win her over by offering to teach her, the problem is the old man . . .'

'I don't need to kill him though, he took care of my next disciple and possible future wife for years, even though I don't need him around, I also have no reason to just kill him either, in fact, I have a much better idea to make Hotaru much more willing to come over to my side . . . Heheheh~'

And so, the plan was set in motion.

A few days later, the old man by the name of Tonbee, approached Hotaru and after greeting her he told her of his wish.

"Hotaru-sama."

"What is it Tombee?" SHe asked confused.

"I'm afraid that in my old age, as my time approaches, my thoughts turn to our home village and the rest of our Tsuchigumo clan." The old man continued.

Confused and a bit fearful of what might come next Hotaru asked.

"W-What do you mean by that Tombee?"

"You've grown capable of taking care of the mountain in place of your grandfather and both you and our clan's kinjutsu will be safe here . . . But I can't just leave and abandon my duty . . ."

"T-T-Tombee . . ."

"As I've sworn to serve you grandfather, only Hotaru-sama, as his last living relative can release me from my duty. Please grant this old servant's wish." The old man finally said.

The young girl broke into tears. She too loved her grandfather and was a proud member of the tsuchigumo clan but she didn't want to remain trapped in this mountain her whole life.

Tombee was the only one left to accompany her but now, he wanted to leave and return to the village, leaving her to bear this burden alone.

Being the sensible young girl who volunteered to have her clan's kinjutsu implanted on her so as to try and fulfil her grandfather's dreams, she didn't want to deny the heartfelt wish of this old caretaker of hers that had accompanied her since she was but a small baby.

"V-Very well T-Tombee . . . I-I release you from your duties . . ." She declared, even as tears fell from her face.

"Thank you Hotaru-sama! I'll never forget the grace I received from you or your grandfather."

And with this line, the old man left, leaving a brokenhearted Hotaru behind.

'Wow! I'm almost feeling bad for doing this . . .' SHiki thought to himself as he watched.

He had used his Kotoamatsukami on the old man but not to change his mind completely. Up until now, his sense of duty towards En no Gyoja and Hotaru trumped over his desire to return to the Tsuchigumo clan, Shiki just tipped the balance in the other direction.

Hotaru knew Tombee longed for the clan village as well and that's why even though it broke her heart, she didn't find the request strange. It was in fact one of her many fears that this day would come to pass.

Now she was all alone, the burden left by her grandfather, to big for her to carry alone.

'Even though it pains me to not just go in there and hug her as my playboy instincts demand, it would be far to suspicious. I'll have to wait a few days at least.'

Shiki then swore to himself out loud.

"I have made you cry and be sad . . . But in return, I will let you have a life more fulfilling than you ever thought possible for yourself!"

What Shiki didn't expect though, was just how great an impact those few days had.

From just a slightly lonely but still happy young girl, proud of her clan and loving to her family, Hotaru had become someone completely different. The experience, far more traumatic than Shiki expected, making m«him feel even worse for doing it.

Her sadness turned to resentment towards her clan and her grandfather for leaving her alone in this place with such a heavy burden.

All she wanted was to not care anymore and leave but she knew nothing of the outside world and had no one to help her, not to mention how dangerous it would be with the kinjutsu on her back.

But just as she was at breaking point and about to just leave without any preparation, Shiki finally went and met her.

'I'm really a bastard but . . . I have to admit this turn of events ended up benefiting me . . .' He quietly thought as he strolled through the mountain, avoiding all the traps with ease.

Out of nowhere, Hotaru appeared before him.

"Who are you stranger?"

'To have passed the barrier and avoid all the traps, he must be an extremely skilled shinobi.' Hotaru thought.

"The name's Shiki, Uzumaki Shiki." He calmly answered.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

'Time for some random bullshit . . .'

"I'm a really good sensor, I was travelling around and detected the barrier surrounding this place. I thought there might be something interesting inside so I decide to check!" Shiki answered once again.

"There's nothing interesting here, go back!" Hotaru shouted.

'Hmm, it seems her change in personality was not all good for me . . . Let's see how she reacts to this . . .'

"Isn't there something, or should I say someone interesting in front of me?" Shiki asked.

On guard, Hotaru asked back.

"What so interesting about me?"

"Well, a beauty hidden from the world, living a solitary life in a secret mountain seems pretty interesting to me!" Shiki flirted.

"Ah! Uhm! . . ." Hotaru wasn't sure on how to respond. Never in her life had someone flirted with her, hell, everyone she ever knew up until now were her relatives or clan servants.

In the end, Shiki convinced the girl to let him in and a few hours later, she was already quite attached to her surprise visitor.

Hotaru was a young girl at her lowest. Lonely beyond measure, when suddenly, a stranger appeared out of nowhere, praised her, told her entertaining stories and acted caring to her, of course she would become enamored.

She cried when Shiki left at the end of the day and seemed as if her entire world lit up once he returned a day or two later.

It wasn't long before she had given up everything she once held dear to follow Shiki in his endeavours, she even told him about her clan's kinjutsu, not knowing he already had it. And soon Shiki had another lover, all he had to do was introduce her to the rest.

With a great amount of automata, Shiki started remodeling Mount Katsuragi into an impenetrable fortress.

A secondary core for Aion was placed in the hollowed out mountain, whose rock was strengthened with seals, the barriers were reinforced and the traps enhanced, many of the desert fortresses defence systems were reproduced as well.

There was only one problem, the Desert Fortress had the Ryumyaku to power all of its features but how would Shiki gather enough energy to power Mount Katsuragi?

The answer laid in the supplementary jutsu needed to activate the Tsuchigumo kinjutsu Dohatsuten also known as Fury.

This jutsu, Tsuchigumo Style: Forbidden Life Technique Release: Creation of Heaven and Earth, had the purpose of gathering huge amounts of nature energy to perform the Fury jutsu, it could also be considered a fuinjutsu so, in other words, Shiki's specialty.

Modifying the seal and making it much more efficient and fast working, Shiki created a large scale version that could continuously gather nature energy to supply Mount Katsuragi's needs. While not nearly close to the infinite energy of the Ryumyaku, it was more than enough.

Next up was to start implementing the two new jutsu Shiki had acquired into his other creations. He already had a few ideas for improvements to the curse marks but those would wait until he visited Ryuchi Cave.

Shiki then created various Fury based weapons both in large scale artillery and handheld devices. Some like cannons that focused Fury's energy, others were strategic bombs and missiles and well as grenades that exploded with varying degrees of power.

The improved Shiki Style: Forbidden Life Technique Release: Creation of Heaven and Earth, was also applied to the Mugetsu Chakra Armor.

It enhanced it another step and allowed for the further integration of weapons that would be powered be it. These would be contained in integrated storage seals.

Hotaru was properly introduce to everyone as well and unlike Shiki had expected, there was no shuraba at all, making him highly suspicious.

He later learned, this was in fact the result of Tsunade's management. She had taken perfectly to her position as Shiki's number one and managed his harem so the girls would properly behave themselves as his lovers and future wives.

'Tsuna-nee! My greatest blessing in this world was to be with you!'

Those were Shiki's truest thoughts when he learned what was going on, and pleased that her efforts were so greatly recognised, the two spent an entire night tangled away with each other. The last step in their sexual relationship in sight.

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