Hey Everyone! My name is TheOneWhoWritesBadly, and this will be my very first story! Now I will tell you all now that updates will be sparse, I am a college student so the weeks of breaks, and long weekends, are when I write most, then another week for rereads and rewrites. I have no intention of ever abandoning this story so I will complete it, but for now here is the prologue.
"Hello"-God or Godlike being speaking
"Hello"-Demon or other being speaking
"Hello"-Human speaking, italicized thoughts
Konoha. Hokage Tower. Sundown.
"Ahhhh, I`m almost done with the paperwork for today. Hopefully, I get back before Hina-chan, and the others go to bed, and I`ll pick up some ramen on the way back!" Naruto slapped his cheeks. "Let`s go!" Naruto, with renewed vigor, began to finish his paperwork. All of a sudden he froze. "Kit, I`m assuming you felt that?" "Yeah Kurama, that power...It`s on the outskirts of the village, and it's familiar, but I can't place it…" "Let`s go to it, make sure it's no threat." "Right." Naruto then used Hiraishin to a familiar location. "It`s been awhile since I`ve been here, maybe I`ll go see Iruka-sensei tomorrow." "I`m sorry Naruto, but you won`t have time to see many you know for a long time." Naruto turned to regard the source of the ethereal glow coming from behind him, and promptly passed out, awakening in his mindscape. "Six-Paths Ojichan why are you here? I thought you disappeared after we defeated Kaguya?" "Yes, I thought I was gone from the world, to be able to see my loved ones once more now that the reincarnation ended. However, it seems the world needs us once more. So, as I said, you won`t have time to see many of those you know." "Father please explain." "Yes my son, I received a message from the Primordials themselves, asking me to task our strongest guardian to assist another dimension, and of course, I asked you. Of course, I have granted permission by the gods for you to bring three others along to assist you." "Okay, so long story short, me and three friends are being asked to leave our world to help another. What is so wrong with that dimension where I have to help it?"
"Well, to explain this I will have to explain the history of that world. Long ago, two gods existed in the Void. The elder was the god of Creation, creator of the sun and all plants and animals. The younger was the god of Destruction, creator of the moon and ender of living things. The two were brothers, and they existed in a constant cycle of creation and destruction for eternity. Eventually, the Brother of Creation was sick of his brother destroying everything he created, and so he struck a deal. They together would create something capable of creation and destruction. That thing was humanity. They gifted humanity with four relics, physical manifestations of the four gifts of humanity they were Knowledge, Choice, Creation, and Destruction. Both brothers agreed to leave humanity to their devices. As the years passed, humanity tended more towards creation, and this angered the younger brother. He, behind his brother`s back, created something that would hunt humanity, these creatures would come to be called Grimm. The elder brother, angered by the youngers actions, took action to help save humanity. First, he instilled the land with his powers, which crystallized and was named Dust. Second, he put a power known as Aura in humanity."
"This kinda sounds like what happened with you Six-Paths Ojichan, with the dark entity and special inner power thing." Naruto remarked, Let him finish Naruto!" Kurama shouted from Naruto`s mind, obviously invested in the tale. "Sorry!"
However, he only gave one man the power to unlock it for them. This man traveled the world and unlocked the aura of a few people in each village. Eventually, once he reached old age the man secluded himself from humanity, finally he was visited by four sisters, one appeared every three months. These four women improved the man`s life, and he granted them each a fraction of his power, each sister having different skills based on their personalities. These sisters would then be known as the Maidens of the Four Seasons. These maidens split up, and went to the four corners of the land, driving the Grimm back, and humanity was left to flourish. But now the younger brother has returned and birthed his avatar into the world. Her name is Salem; only a few people know that she exists, so it will be up to you and those you bring to prepare the eight warriors chosen not only by the god of light but also the man who granted the maidens their powers, for their coming trials. Naruto I need you and the three others you bring to have them ready for war within a year of your arrival in that world.
"Six-Paths Ojichan...I understand that their world needs help, and I am willing to, but I have one question. How can the man who granted the maidens their power still be alive today?" The six paths sage chuckled, a wry smile forming on his old wrinkled face. "You will meet a man named Ozpin eventually, ask him any more questions you have. He will answer any questions you have if you can prove to him that you know the truth. Naruto, I know you have a lot of questions, but we don` have a lot of time, we only have tonight for the barrier between worlds to stay thin enough to get you there, who do you want to bring? Kurama stays with you regardless." Naruto sat cross-legged, face pointed down in his mindscape thinking carefully on who could come with him. Eventually, his face rose with his response. "I want Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata, those are the three I trust to have my back the most, especially if we`re going into war." "I see, they will be fine choices. Each of you will have your abilities translated into the terms of that world, and you will have weapons that suit your fighting styles and personalities and some new things on top of that. Naruto I am granting you the rinnegan, but only with 3 of its abilities. "Alright then, when do we leave?" "Now." The sage chanted in a tongue neither Naruto nor Kurama could understand, then a searing bright white light, starting from the sage, encompassed the entire village.
As this was occurring, Salem herself was taking warriors from Naruto`s realm to fight for her. "If another realm`s gods think they can interfere with my plans, they will learn that as all things rise, they must fall." As Hagoromo`s white light began to fade from Konoha taking a third of the Konoha twelve with it, Salem used her own magic to revive six people, some long dead at this point, and fused them with a Grimm that fit their skills and personalities, but would also force them under her control as servants to the Grimm Queen.
Please, read, review, give me criticism, constructive only, please! I want to improve as both a storyteller and as a writer, and if no one tells me what`s wrong I can`t fix it! See you all next time!