Landing in Tayuya's stomach, Naruto felt a burning sensation on his right wrist. Fearing it was stomach acid, he jerked away and saw that, on his wrist, there suddenly was an odd, intricately wrought, sliver bracelet with tribal-like markings etched into its surface and it was bejeweled with a single yellow eye-like jewel in the center on it.

Seeing it, Naruto's eyes widened in surprise and then he grinned.

The strange band on his arm pulsed, warming ever slightly, the jewel glowing yellow light. The metal uncoiled, stretching and wrapping around his hand in the form of a gauntlet, then going all the way up to his shoulder. Experimentally flexing his hand, he marveled at this…transformation every time it happened.

It didn't stop there.

There was a sudden, brief swell of energy before he was clad in rustic, silver and calming pale blue-white armor that had glowing lines and runes covered its surface in some unknown, yet entrancing pattern. The armor spread over his body. Interlocking plates cascaded down his chest and abdomen, moderately covering his crotch so as not to hinder movement, and down his legs. His back was less armored, but a metallic spine provided a good deal of protection. Creeping up his neck, feeling more like cloth than metal, it ended just barely covering his jaw line up to his ears, a portion covering the back of his skull. The last of the process was when, above his eyes and below, on either side, matching plates came across to meet in a modest helm hugging his head and face.

Blue eyes glowed a ghostly silver, heightening the effect with black surrounding them while two tribal-like red lines replacing his whisker marks.

His eyes suddenly widened and he grinned. SHE WAS STILL ALIVE?! YES! THIS WAS WONDERFUL!

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Grumbling to herself about how she found herself in this feudal Japan-looking placed called "Konoha", she suddenly froze. On her wrist, the bejeweled silver bracelet pulsed. It could sense it. The Witchblade's equal was here. The bracelet hummed in excitement. As it did, There was a sudden, brief swell of energy and she was enveloped in red light. As as it faded,black metallic armor was wrapped around her arms, legs and shoulders. The armor wrapped around most of her left hand, a red gem imbedded in it's center, the black metal making her hands more like claws. The armor on her legs ended in bladed high heels at her feet. The armor also weaved around the rest of her body covering the essentials while leaving little to the imagination. Her hair turned blood red and her eyes turned gold as the sclera turned pitch black. Two crecent shaped maroon tribal markings appeared on her face along her cheeks.

She'd found him!

With an Anko-like grin, Masane Amaha leapt onto the roof-tops of the buildings of Konoha. "I can feel you...you're calling out to me...wait for me, my king. We'll be reunited soon!"

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Tayuya pat her stomach with a smirk at having eaten the surprisingly tasty bug when suddenly the wall to her left blew apart and she was knocked over.

With a snarl, Tayuya entered her Curse Seal's second level, her skin turned to a dark brown color. In addition to this, her hair grew to an oddly longer length, eventually reaching the point where it stretchesdalmost halfway down her back. On her head, five horns grew. Two were on the side, eventually curling towards her forehead. Two more sat behind those, pointing up in a slightly curved position. The final horn sat on the top of her head, pointing upward. Together, these horns resemble a crown in shape.

"Were is he?" a new voice said and Tayuya stood. Only to gawk at the woman who was scantily clad in what looked like pitch-black metal. A blade shot out of her wrist, something which brought Kimimaro to mind, before the woman lunged at Tayuya, who just managed to leap away and pull out her flute while a thin line of blood trailed down her cheek.

"Oh my. I've cut you...what a shame." Masane cooed with bloodlust.

"You're looking for your boyfriend, then why the fuck are you picking a fight with me?" Tayuya spat, using the blood to preform a summoning to call the Doki trio to aid her, knowing she'd need the help in this fight.

"You ATE the one I'm looking for. So no choice but to spill your guts. Enough stalling, Let's dance!" the Witchblade-possessed and transformed Masane said.