Master of the Spectrum
By Intimidator1323
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the DC Comics Universe.
I've been reading a lot of DC Comics and have been looking into the entities of the Emotional Spectrum and I find myself intrigued. Each entity has near limitless power and is nearly unstoppable. Such power…and then I thought what would happen if all of these entities were sealed into everyone's favorite ninja? What if he had been betrayed by (almost) everyone he had ever trusted? Let's find out…after the prologue.
Prologue: Let There Be (Emotional) Light!
Emotions.
They have existed in the universe almost as long as life itself has.
Some have existed just as long.
Yet we understand so little about them.
Most people, of all races and worlds, acknowledge their existence.
What most do not realize is, is that some emotions have taken on lives of their own.
What's more? They have developed sentience.
These beings are known the "Emotional Embodiments". Each possesses powers that are nearly god-like (one of them is a god, in fact). Certain factions across the universe have even found ways to capture and utilize the entities powers for themselves in the form of energy projecting power rings, some for good and others for evil.
There are nine of these entities in total and each has a different color and personality based on it's place in the "Emotional Spectrum", a band of energy that shows emotions as spectrums of visible light.
Ion is the embodiment of Willpower and is perhaps the most well known of the entire "pantheon" (the group is almost god-like). Willpower shows up as green on the Emotional Spectrum and appears at the center of the spectrum itself. Ion manifests itself as a cetacean-like creature. Ion is a passive creature by nature and was born when the first sentient creature in the universe willed itself to move.
A race of ancient beings, known as the Guardians of The Universe, chose to use Ion's power for their 3,600 member corps known as the Green Lantern Corps, who serve as galactic peacekeepers.
Parallax is the embodiment of Fear. Fear shows up as yellow on the Emotional Spectrum and is the weakness of Willpower (though will can overcome fear). Because of this Ion and Parallax are naturally opposed to one another. Parallax manifests itself as a malevolent lizard-like creature with insectoid wings that once traveled from world to world, infecting each planet with fear and paranoia causing entire civilizations to destroy themselves. Eventually, Parallax was imprisoned inside the Green Lantern Central Power Battery by the Guardians of The Universe. This introduced the so called "Yellow Impurity" which caused all Green Lantern Power Rings to be useless against anything yellow. Parallax was born when the first fish crawled out of the sea and began to hunt the insects on land. The first insect hunted felt fear and became Parallax.
A former Green Lantern named Thaal Sinestro allied himself with Parallax who then gave Sinestro the ability to harness the power of fear into yellow rings. Sinestro then created his own corps called the Sinestro Corps, in order to wage war against the Guardians and the Green Lanterns Corps. He even managed to get the robotic Manhunters (see The Butcher's paragraph below) to join his war.
Adara is the embodiment of Hope. Hope shows up as blue on the emotional spectrum. Hope is said to be the strongest emotion in existence, capable of conquering fear among others. However, hope cannot achieve it's full potential without the willpower to back it up. Because of this, Adara and Ion are very compatible with one another, with Ion unlocking Adara's potential, while Adara also strengthens Ion. Adara manifests itself as a large avian and was born by the first act of prayer by a sentient being (who happened to be caught in a fierce storm).
Two exiled Guardians, Ganthet and Sayd, used Adara's power to form the Blue Lantern Corps to bring hope to a desperate universe. The Blue Rings, however, are practically useless without a Green Lantern Power Ring nearby.
The Butcher is the embodiment of Rage. Rage shows up as red on the Emotional Spectrum and shows up on the edge of the spectrum, making it's power difficult to control. The Butcher manifests itself as a bull-like creature with tusks and was born when Cain slew his brother Abel, the first murder in the known universe.
Before the Guardians created the Green Lantern Corps, they first developed the robotic Manhunters as peacekeepers, believing machines that lacked emotions would be able to make the tough decisions that came with the job. But something went terribly wrong; the machines could not differentiate good and evil. Eventually, the Manhunters came to believe that the best way to preserve order in the universe was to exterminate all life within it. The Manhunters traveled from world to world, eradicating trillions of life forms in their quest to complete their programming. This event was known as the Massacre of Sector 666. Though the Guardians stopped and exiled the Manhunters, the damage had already been done. Out of trillions, only five survived the slaughter. These five swore bloody retribution against the Guardians for what their creations had done. Led by the demonic Atrocitus, they used dark magic to extend their lifespans in order to find a power strong enough to destroy the Guardians. Eventually, they found it. By beating one of his fellow survivors to death with a lantern and coating it with blood, Atrocitus was able to form the Red Lantern Corps and even captured The Butcher to use as a power source. He then declared war against the Green Lantern Corps.
Being a Red Lantern requires a heavy sacrifice from the ring wielder. When it is placed upon the users finger, the ring drives them mad with rage and bloodlust (only Atrocitus can retain his mind) and immediately replaces the user's heart and blood with the ring's energy. While it makes them nearly unkillable, if the ring is ever separated from it's user, the person will die. Only a Blue Lantern Power Ring can reverse this.
The Predator, also known as the "Body of Love", is the embodiment of Love. Love shows up as violet on the Emotional Spectrum and, like rage, also shows up on the edge of the spectrum, making it difficult to control. Despite being love incarnate, The Predator is actually quite wicked. It increases the aggressive nature in people, bringing out the worst of love in it's victims, including paranoia and obsession, and is responsible for untold heartache. How The Predator was born is currently unknown but it was discovered, along with two embracing lovers, encased in violet crystal on the planet Zamaron. The Predator manifests itself as a reptilian creature made of, what seems to be, crystal. The Predator is also the only known embodiment that can take physical form.
The Zamarons learned how to use love as a power source from the Guardians of The Universe and formed the Star Sapphire Corps, composed entirely of females.
Proselyte is the embodiment of Compassion. Compassion shows up as indigo on the Emotional Spectrum. Proselyte is unique among it "siblings" because it can use the abilities of the entire spectrum, assuming that respective emotion is nearby, making it compatible with all of the embodiments. The specific event that created Proselyte is unknown. However, it was born during a time of great suffering to help alleviate said suffering. To accomplish this, it "reached out" to those who were suffering. Because it needed to "reach" so many, it needed more arms, so Proselyte manifests itself as an octopus-like creature.
Proselyte's power is utilized by the mysterious Indigo Tribe. They are criminals who are forced to feel compassion and seek to spread goodwill across the universe.
Ophidian, also known as "the Tempter", is the embodiment of Avarice (Greed). Avarice shows up as orange on the Emotional Spectrum. Ophidian was born in the Garden of Eden, when a serpent consumed more than it needed. By taking what it did not need the serpent committed the first known act of greed and became Ophidian. Ophidian has retained it's serpent appearance.
Billions of years ago, a group of thieves raided the planet Maltus (which was once home to the Guardians of the Universe). Among the many treasures they were able to steal was what seemed to be a treasure map. The map led the thieves to the world of Okaara in the Vega System, where they discovered the treasure that the map promised; The Orange Power Battery. It was revealed that only one person could posses the battery. Consumed by the greed of the Orange Light, the thieves fought amongst themselves until only one remained. His name was Larfleeze. The Guardians allowed the greedy alien to keep the battery as long as it stayed on Okaara and, in return, the Guardians vowed to stay away from the Vega System. Larfleeze agreed and remained on Okaara for billions of years (the Orange Light extending his lifespan), coveting the power battery and killing anyone who entered the system (whom he believed where there to steal "his battery"). Each time he killed someone with his power, the power battery would convert the life essence of the victim and convert them into avatars of orange light, transforming them into Orange Lanterns. The Guardians kept their vow all those years; until one fateful day. A group of Green Lanterns were pursuing a member of the Sinestro Corps when they were attacked by an orange construct. It turned out that the Lanterns had entered the Vega System, and thus, broke the Guardians vow. Infuriated by this, Larfleeze rechristened himself Agent Orange and declared war on the Guardians of the Universe and, by extension, the Green Lantern Corps with his Orange Lantern Corps. Sometime before this Larfleeze managed to seal Ophidian into the Orange Power Battery in a way he described as "a bit tricky".
The last two embodiments are more like concepts than emotions, but each are equally as important as the others.
These two are also more powerful than the rest and are at constant war with one another.
They are Life and Death.
The embodiment of Death is…a complex matter at best. The first embodiment of death was once a petty criminal named William Hand, better known by his criminal moniker Black Hand. He was a mentally troubled man born into the Black family and followed the tradition of working his family's business; Hand Mortuary. Because of his less-than-sane mind and his job, William became obsessed with death and corpses. His mental illness afflicted his mind to a point that, when his mother asked him why he couldn't be "a good Christian boy like his brothers", William answered "I don't know" as if acknowledging his ill mind.
As a costumed criminal, he was a minor villain at best. Hand met constant defeat at the hands of Hal Jordan, better known as the Green Lantern of Sector 2814 (in which Earth resides). After one particular defeat, Black Hand was taken into police custody when a sudden surge of energy freed Hand, killed his guards and brought him to the distant planet Ryut, all while Hand heard the call of a mysterious voice.
It turned out the voice belonged to a Guardian of the Universe named "Scar".
After an encounter with the mad god-like entity called the Anti-Monitor (who was aiding the Sinesto Corps in their war against the Green Lantern Corps), she was burned severely (giving the scars of her namesake) and was corrupted by it's power. The experience proved too much, even for an advanced being like herself, and she descended into madness.
Back to what I was saying, it turned out that Scar needed Hand for a rather dark purpose. Sometime in the past the Guardians had read from a tome called the "Book of Black" which foretold an event called "Blackest Night", the coming of a black energy that would erase all life in the universe. Scar, in her madness, intended to see this prophecy come to pass. To do this though, she needed a person who was "death incarnate" to be sacrificed in order to kick off the event and Hand was the sacrifice needed. Black Hand agreed willingly to this and even offered the rest of his family as further sacrifices in death's name.
Scar agreed.
Hand was sent back to Earth, where he slaughtered his entire family, as he had promised. After this Hand then killed himself and was reborn as the universe's first Black Lantern. Scar then labeled him the Embodiment of Death and began creating Black Power Rings that were spread across the universe, resurrecting the dead as near unstoppable soldiers in the war against all life in the universe.
In a small manner of revenge, Scar even sealed the corpse of the Anti-Monitor (who had been killed in battle) inside the Black Lantern Central Power Battery to use as a limitless power source.
Now then, you may be wondering "if Black Hand was death incarnate, who or what was death?"
The true embodiment of death and the harbinger for Blackest Night was far more terrifying than even Hand could have ever imagined.
Nekron.
Nekron was a vastly powerful demonic creature that once ruled over a realm that bordered Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. In this realm, all dead souls wait until they are brought to the afterlife they are meant for. Because Nekron gains power for each soul in his realm, Nekron constantly desired more.
Nekron was born in reponse to the light of the emotional spectrum penetrating the darkness of existence.
Despite ruling over his vast realm, it wasn't enough. Nekron had desired something more. What Nekron desired more than anything, was the universe too be a calm, quiet place by eradicating all emotion. Since emotion exists in all living things, the only way to destroy it is to destroy all life in the universe.
And Nekron knew exactly how to accomplish this.
Nekron escaped his realm when Black Hand killed himself. Nekron then used Hand as an "anchor" to this universe from his and would remain here and gain strength as long as Hand remained bound to him.
As the Black Lanterns swept across the universe, they tore out the hearts of the living, transforming them into Black Lanterns themselves. The more Lanterns there were the stronger Nekron became.
But it still wasn't enough.
Using the Black Lantern Corps to exterminate all life would take far too long.
There was a quicker way.
A simpler way.
All Nekron had to do was find the Embodiment of Life and kill it.
Nekron was hunting for the source of all creation, the source of the White Light of Life.
The Entity.
The Entity goes by many names across the universe, existing in some form or another in all religions. God and the Presence are just two of the names that it has been given.
The Entity is the light that brought life into the endless black void that was the universe. It takes the form of a large humanoid enveloped completely in white light.
Despite being considered a god, the Entity did not reside in any form of afterlife. No kingdom in the clouds, no fiery pit, no river of souls, no hall of fallen warriors, no light at the end of a tunnel, no garden paradise, and no void of lost souls.
Nor did it exist in any holy place. No church, chapel, temple, shrine, or mosque.
The truth is the Entity was much closer to home than anyone expected. The Entity sealed itself away so no one would find it and try to harm it. It sealed itself deep within the world where life in the universe first began.
Earth.
The Entity chose our world to hide in.
No one, save the Guardians of the Universe, knew of this. The Guardians had kept this information as their closest guarded secret, because if anything happened to the Entity, life as we know it would end. In fact it was the true reason they formed the Green Lantern Corps, to protect the White Light, not the universe, claiming the universe "was never theirs to protect."
They kept this secret for billions of years and Nekron would never have known where to look. But one small detail revealed the truth to him.
Scar.
As a former Guardian herself, Scar knew this information and told Nekron exactly where the Entity was hiding and began helping him and Black Hand coax it out into the open so they could kill it.
The other Lantern Corps united with Earth's Heroes (the ones still alive anyway) to stop them.
The battle was immense. The Lanterns fought bravely with the heroes but the Black Lanterns were too numerous and too powerful.
Just when all hope seemed lost; The Entity decided that things had gone far enough. Appearing on the battlefield, Nekron attempted to slay it and complete his goal.
But the Entity had other ideas.
Using it's power over life, the Entity first overrode several black lantern rings and restored the wearers to life as White Lanterns.
It then used it's power to bring William Hand back to life, crippling Nekron's power source and severing his bond with Hand.
Finally, the Entity restored the Anti-Monitor to life who rose from within the Black Power Battery and destroyed it.
With those three simple actions, Nekron lost everything.
The remaining Black Lanterns were crumbling into dust around him, Scar had been destroyed during the battle, and, without Hand and the Power Battery, Nekron was broken and powerless, his hopes shattered.
Before departing, the Entity tore the still defiant Nekron to shreds with a swarm of White Power Rings.
The Blackest Night was over and the prophecy did not come to pass.
But, despite this, a new conflict rose from the ruins of Blackest Night.
After Blackest Night came Brightest Day.
Across the universe, a few weeks after Blackest Night, the Emotional Embodiments were being targeted and captured. The first to be abducted was Parallax who possessed Hal Jordan during the Blackest Night finale in an effort to stop the Black Lanterns. Parallax was suddenly removed from Jordan in the middle of the fight and it was unknown what had happened.
(Quick A/N: I'm not going to get into the relationship between Hal Jordan and Parallax. If you want to know more go to and look up either character)
Next, Ion was ripped from his Green Lantern host Sodam Yat, and soon after all the other entities were targeted.
The other lantern corps searched frantically for the embodiments and found out exactly who was behind the abduction.
Krona.
About 10 billion years ago, the Guardians of the Universe were once an alien race called the Maltusians. A race of immortals nearly as old as life itself, the Maltusians were a blue-skinned humanoid race that desired only peace throughout the universe. Krona was once a brilliant Maltusian scientist that accomplished miraculous achievements.
Krona was responsible for creating the map that led Larfleeze to the Orange Power Battery and also created a gauntlet that could channel Ion's Green Light of Willpower, which would eventually lead to the development of the Green Lantern Power Rings.
Unfortunately, Krona had little to no good moral character.
Krona would go to any lengths to prove a point. He caused the "malfunction" that caused the Manhunters to slaughter the inhabitants' of Sector 666 stating that he wanted to show his fellows the folly of using mechanical beings as peace keepers. It worked and led to the creation of the Green Lantern Corps. This also led to Atrocitus to create the Red Lantern Corps to seek revenge against the Guardians.
Krona was always a bit of an outcast from the rest of his race. He showed contempt towards his fellows for their disdain of emotions and that they should have none.
Krona was also directly, and inadvertently, responsible for the idea of creating peacekeepers to begin with.
One of the most sacred taboos of the Maltusian's was simple; no being may witness how the universe was created. Ignoring this law, Krona became obsessed with the creation of the universe and built a machine that would allow the scientist to witness it. Despite the constant warnings from his fellows, Krona finished the machine and watched. Witnessing the beginning of creation proved too much for the machine and caused it to explode in a massive blast of anti-matter that moved time forward billions of years and created evil throughout the entire universe.
Were it not for Krona's immortality, he would have been killed.
This action also created an anti-matter universe, where the Anti-Monitor hailed from, and the Multiverse, where a limitless number of realities were held (though he would not realize until billions of years later).
That was just the beginning of the outcome, what happened next was far worse.
The Maltusians have long known the universe would one day contract upon itself to be reborn by a new "Big Bang". Due to the anti-matter unleashed by Krona, the universe was deprived of sufficient matter necessary to ignite a new "Big Bang". As a result of the actions of one of their own, the universe and all existence would one day simply die out, never to be reborn.
That was the last straw. The Maltusians punished Krona by transforming him into a harmless being of pure energy and sent him to wander the multiverse forever. Krona has since sworn revenge against his entire race and vowed to return.
To atone for what Krona had done, the Maltusians vowed to form peacekeeping force to protect the universe in the name of justice. The Maltusians soon evolved into smaller beings that retained their blue skin and developed vast mental and cosmic powers. They renamed themselves the Guardians of the Universe and formed the Green Lantern Corps.
Krona returned billions of years later in physical from to take his revenge but was stopped by Hal Jordan and, once again, turned into an energy being.
Now, somehow, someway, Krona returned again and used his scientific mind to create a way for him to hyper-evolve into a Guardian; along with all the power it brings. Krona had once studied the Emotional Embodiments and knew how to capture and control them.
Despite their efforts the Lantern Corps failed to stop Krona from gathering the embodiments save for Life and Death who were beyond anyone's reach.
Krona now possessed all of these beings and full control of them. He then set his master plan into motion.
Krona then attacked the Guardians of the Universe's headquarters on the planet Oa, located at the center of the universe, with his new "pets". Despite their powers, the Guardians were overwhelmed by Krona and "his" Embodiments and were captured. Krona first placed all of the embodiments, besides Parallax, into each of the Guardians putting them under his control. Krona then proceeded to place Parallax back into the Green Lantern Central Power Battery, thus causing the power rings to once again become useless against the color yellow. Krona then went one step further and used the "Yellow Impurity" to take mental control of nearly all the Green Lanterns in the universe and cause them to attack each other out of fear, making them Krona's slaves. The living planet Green Lantern, Mogo (who was in charge of deciding who becomes a Green Lantern), then sends hundreds of power rings across the galaxy to unworthy wielders, creating an army of mindless slaves.
The only lanterns to escape were the humans Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart who had overcome the "yellow impurity" by mastering their fear. Hal and Guy were then captured by Mogo and Krona, who planned to hyper-evolve into advanced beings like himself. John Stewart escaped Mogo and managed to destroy the living planet.
Mogo's death freed Jordan and Gardner who manage to force Parallax out of the central battery, removing Krona's control over the other Green Lanterns.
(Another quick A/N: I am so fucking tired of DC not producing more comics on what happens next and I can't wait any longer. From here on out, I'm making up the rest of the prologue as I go. Blame DC if it doesn't look good, but I may go back and edit the story once DC gets going again.)
Enraged, Krona sends the possessed Guardians against the Lanterns. Though the two were quickly losing, the now freed remainder of the Green Lantern Corps arrived to assist in the fight. With a great loss of life from the Lanterns and a lot effort, the Lanterns forced the Embodiments out of the Guardians who then began fighting Krona as well. Despite having the embodiments still under his control, Krona found himself outmatched by the Guardians and Lanterns, enslaved the freed Parallax once more, and fleed to the planet Ryut, the sight of the tragedy the Manhunters caused because of him and home to a hidden base he had built before his exile.
Working with the other Lantern Corps (reluctantly), they track Krona to Ryut to begin the final battle. Despite being outnumbered (again), Krona had another trick up his sleeve; when he had caused the Manhunters to massacre Sector 666, Krona also placed another program within the Manhunters that spread to all the Manhunters in the universe. Activating this program, every Manhunter in the universe, including those remaining under Sinestro's control, rushed to Krona's side and became his slaves.
Thus began the final battle. Despite the numbers of the Lantern Corps, they were outmatched by Krona's embodiments and Manhunter slaves.
When all hope seemed lost, something appeared in a flash of white light. It was the only remaining White Lantern in the universe, Boston Brand, aka Deadman. Using the White Light of Life, Brand severed Krona's control over the embodiments.
The embodiments, whether because it was the right thing to do or because they were enraged at being enslaved, attacked Krona's Manhunter horde and annihilated them.
With his prize "possessions" freed and his army devastated, Krona was forced to bring out his trump card; a Black Lantern Ring.
You see, a group of Black Lanterns had survived Blackest Night and were planning to once more add more people to their corps in an effort to restore Nekron. Before they could accomplish much, Krona appeared before them and used the embodiments to destroy the undead lanterns. Keeping the last member intact (Deathstorm), Krona then used his powers to force the Black Power Ring to obey him and then destroyed the final lantern.
Back to the story, Krona placed the ring upon his finger, instantly making him a Black Lantern.
"With Death itself on my side, not even my traitorous pets can stand against me!" Krona had cried out as he used his ring to incapacitate the embodiments. Before he could boast further he was forced to defend himself from Boston Brand, who attacked him with his white ring.
The other onlookers could only watch as the two lanterns slugged it out.
At the brink of losing, Krona used what was left of his mental and cosmic powers to remove Brand's white ring, which he then claimed for himself.
Boston and the others could only gaze in horror as the mad Krona laughed manically before placing the white ring on his other finger.
That turned out to be his undoing.
The combined energies of life and death proved too unstable for Krona and destroyed to horrified exile and teared open a wormhole around him. The embodiments, freed during Krona's loss of control, leapt at the fallen Guardian in an attempt to destroy him for good, only to be pulled into the wormhole with him.
The last thing the onlookers heard was Krona's cry of agony as he ripped to shreds by the wormhole just before it closed.
While the Guardians and the Lanterns figured that Krona had been destroyed, no one knew what happened to the Emotional Embodiments.
Did the wormhole destroy them as it did Krona? Unlikely if the embodiments were destroyed, emotional chaos would engulf the universe and everything would be destroyed. But the universe was at peace. Nothing had happened. Besides the lantern power batteries still worked perfectly!
This could only mean the embodiments were still somewhere in the universe. Each lantern corps combed the galaxy trying to find their respective embodiment, only to find…nothing.
Absolutely nothing! Not even a spark of their power was felt anywhere in the universe.
This had to mean that they were somewhere in the other 51 alternate realities created from the Crisis on Infinite Earths. The Guardians searched using their power to find…nothing. Again!
This made no sense! The embodiments were not destroyed, yet they were nowhere to be found.
They were somewhere but nowhere at the same time and that just didn't seem possible!
After months of searching the Guardians decided to give up. Perhaps it was best that the embodiments had disappeared. Perhaps it was best that they were gone and no one could use them for dark purposes like Krona had.
It didn't really matter; Brightest Day was over.
The Guardians and the Green Lanterns agreed on one thing though; wherever the embodiments were, they hoped they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands.
Though no one in the universe would ever know this; they hadn't.
That's the end of the Prologue. It was just made to explain the embodiments themselves, how they came to be, and how they will end up in the Naruto Universe. I hope the parts I made up will be acceptable. It took me less than five minutes to come up with it and more than thirty minutes to write it down!
I realize a skipped a great deal of explanation on several characters and I don't care. I just wanted to get the main facts down so we could continue the story, so don't bother complaining.
If any of you want to learn more about the characters mentioned; go to .
Anyway, hope you all like it and leave reviews or whatnot. Next chapter is (hopefully) coming soon!
One more thing: how awesome was the fight between Parallax and the Spectre during Blackest Night?