An old Hero
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He had walked both the light and dark paths in life, seen both the human world and the world of gods. This man was known by many tittles. He was a hero, demon, shinobi, child of prophecy and sage. But one look into his eyes and you would see nothing. He was not what he used to be.
Ever since that final battle with the ancient god known as Kaguya the man known as Naruto began to slowly disappear. No one escapes war unharmed. After absorbing all of the tailed beast and sealing away Kaguya Naruto lived a good life. He was reunited with best friend Sasuke and even fell in love with a certain Hyuga. He eventually saw his dream come true when he became Hokage.
But as others grew old and aged around him he stayed the same. He was unchanging to time itself. The tailed beast told him of his ascension to a god like life span but he didn't want to believe it. He watched one by one as his friends and their families died off around him. With each death his vibrant blue eyes became duller and devoid of life. He watched in pain as the last shinobi and his way of life died before him.
He wondered for centuries after that just watching how humanity forgot his people's knowledge and sacrifices. He himself became a legend, the legend of the man who became a god standing guard over the world. He didn't really care for the legend. Every thing he had cared about had become nothing more than dust. Naruto tried to distance himself from the world once new beings came into existence, angels, devils and their respected leaders what a laugh. They thought they were the first to claim the tittles they held. Still he thought humans seem to be better off since the last of the shinobi died.
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In a Park
Naruto having decided to hide from the angels and devils concealed his power. However in recent years he had felt a strangely familiar feeling in the world. This compelled Naruto to once again walk among the humans if only observing and waiting for something to happen. Naruto was enjoying the park at night taking in all the surroundings and feeling the energy from nature when he sensed the presence of a fallen angel. He had become aware of them after the angel devil war. The fallen angels felt like normal angels but their life source was tainted by darkness. But he also felt something else another person with the fallen but his energy felt familiar to Naruto. He quickly moved to where he sensed them. He concealed himself in the bushes as he saw the two individuals by the park's fountain.
"Could you do something for me Issei?" Asked the girl.
"Sure Yumma what is it? "Asked the now named Issei.
Yumma leaned in close to Issei's ear.
"Could you die for me?" asked the girl.
And with that the girl Yumma transformed into a very well endowed taller version of herself with nothing but a leather thong and strip of leather covering her breasts and two large black wings sprouted from here back. She then materialized a spear of light in her right hand and stabbed the boy in front of her through his chest.
Naruto could careless but was still upset over the sudden loss of life. As the fallen angel fled the scene Naruto went over to the boy.
'What is this feeling? I mean its not as if he was a…no way' thought Naruto. He then checked the boy's vitals and found he's barely alive. He took the boys limp hand and made it into a fist and then bumped his fist with it.
Issei's mind
Naruto stood in an empty black void staring at a giant red dragon.
"Well this is unexpected who are you human?" Said the dragon
"You first big guy." Stated Naruto
"Very Well I am the Red Dragon Emperor," said the dragon.
"Huh I never would have guessed this kid was your jinchūriki."
"jinchūriki? That's an ancient word. Just who are you?" asked the dragon
"When the time comes you will know."
"You're a very interesting individual. You are neither angel or devil and you smell of human but no human can enter someone else's mind and speak to me. Why are you here?" Said the dragon.
"I'm just acting on a gut feeling. This child doesn't know that you are sealed inside him does he?" Stated Naruto
"You are correct in your assumption" stated the dragon
"Huh just like me when I was his age." Mumbled Naruto.
"You once held a dragon within you?"
"Not quite a dragon something else. But I do believe I should be going those devils are almost here." Said Naruto
Back in the Park
Naruto saw the red magic circle on the ground and quickly took off among the trees. 'A jinchūriki after some many years this can't be good. But that kid he is just like me when I was young. Not knowing the power locked inside you just waiting to go out of control. Maybe this will be fun.' With these thoughts going through Naruto's head if one looked carefully they could see Naruto's dull blue eyes were a little less dull.
"Heh"
Naruto heard in his head. "Kurama?" Naruto asked. Nothing, of course nothing the tailed beasts haven't been there in some time.
(Flashback)
"Naruto. I am sorry but you must endure. We will not awake again until you truly need us." Said Kurama.
Naruto just stared with his lifeless eyes.
"So until then goodbye kid."
(Flashback End)
Back with Issei
"Rias some one else was also here." Said a slender girl with long raven black hair.
"I feel it too Akeno. It almost like an echo." said Rias.
"Could it have been another fallen angel?" asked Akeno.
"No. Fallen angels' energy doesn't feel like that. Nothing should feel like that. And at the same time it feels…Human but not." Stated Rias.
The two girls then fell silent to attend to Issei and ponder just who was this mystery person and what trouble he would cause.
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KOH Academy a few days later
'Well that wasn't hard' Naruto thought after all forging transfer documents was easy for a shinobi. Naruto had attended his morning classes and found them pretty normal. However he found a certain girl in his class not so normal. Sure on the out side she was but Naruto knew a hybrid of a devil and angel when he sensed one. The girls name was Akeno and she sat right behind Naruto. She was no doubt studying him after all a sudden transfer from nowhere with out any question and the devils didn't know about raises a lot of questions. Naruto decided to play it safe and not reveal himself and to watch the kid called Issei from a distance for now.
The bell rang and all the students gathered their things and headed off to enjoy their lunches. Naruto was about to go explore when Akeno spoke to him.
"Your name is Naruto correct?"
"Yes it is miss…"
"Ara ara you can call me Akeno." She said with a mischievous smile.
"Alright miss Akeno. But be careful with that kind of smile. I've seen it before. Don't want anybody thinking a beautiful girl like you is into those kinds of things."
"My my there is more to you than meets the eye." Said a shocked Akeno.
"Oh I think there is more to you that meets the eye as well." Retorted Naruto.
Naruto then stood up and left Akeno to her thoughts. 'What a strange man, surly he can't tell I'm devil... right?'
The Old School Building
"Is that so Akeno?"
"Yes Rias. He feels like a normal human but I feel he knows that I'm a devil." Said Akeno as she poured Rias a cup of tea.
"Could it be he was just flirting with you?" Asked Rias.
"While I would love for him to flirt with me the look in his eyes say he wasn't."
"And what look is that." Rias Asked as she moved to an open window over looking the school's courtyard.
"His eyes…they looked devoid of all emotion. Like the eyes of the devil soldiers who fought in the Great War"
"We should keep watching him for the rest of the day and try to find out if he knows of the supernatural" Said Rias.
Back in Class
Naruto was walking to his next class. He was strolling down memory lane from his time back in the academy not paying attention to where he was going. At the same time a certain red haired devil had her nose buried in her favorite book, about an ancient hero who slayed a god. The two of course collided with each other in the hall.
"I'm sorry I wasn't really paying attention." Said Naruto as he reached down to pick up the book Rias dropped.
"No it was my fault. You're the new student Naruto right? My names Rias."
"Its nice to meet you Rias." Naruto could tell she was a devil.
"Would you like to hang out after school I would like to get to know you more." Said Rias in hope of being able to fish for information.
Naruto look at the book in his hand and gave a sad smile. "That depends do you like this book?"
"It's my favorite."
"Then Rias I think you already know me more than you know. I have no doubt we will meet later."
Old School Building
"The hero of the world was then cursed to walk this earth until the day the ancient evil awakens and once more the child of prophecy must fight his foe and reconcile with his ghosts."
The End.
Rias closed her favorite book and sat back in her Victorian style chair. She pondered just who is Naruto. What did he mean by she already knew him more than she realized. She also thought back to his eyes. They were just as Akeno said… just lifeless and somewhat older than the rest of the boy.
AN: Just wrote this because of some writers block. If anybody wants to continue it just tell me because I would love to read it.