here guys is my attempt at a warhammer 40'000 and Naruto cross-over I got the idea from re-reading path of the archon by Andy Chambers just so you know Kheradruakh is a Mandrake or most probably one of the oldest ones as in Path of the Archon it makes a reference to this fact stating that he had been a normal eldar originally. don't forget to use my poll on the Tenth company in Azeroth as I am waiting for some feedback before I continue.
The 'decapitator' walked through the streets of this human town, cursing his ill fortune at being stuck in a world filled with prey. This town was seemingly buzzing with festivity, much to Kheradruakh's disgust. To the legendary killer revered and feared by all of Aelindrach and those who were wise in Commorragh all this fuss seemed to be pointless. Not to mention the cheery atmosphere the place exhumed any one of the Dark Kin would feel sick in such a place.
Though some things did perk the untraceable killers interest. Namely the figures that normally no one would notice on the tops of the buildings that shadowed through the village as if patrolling. Needless to say Kheradruakh was ever so slightly amused by how good the prey played at being hunters. After all to him they were still just prey to be hunted and killed no matter how differently they thought.
Kheradruakh was interrupted from his musings by a familiar sensation of misplaced hatred, anger and fear coming from a group down one of the side alleys. Upon coming closer he saw that there were several of the humans beating a small figure while hurling names and insults at it
"demon brat"
"Kyubi"
"monster"
"murderer" The last name and the venom that was dripping from the prey's words was delicious.
Upon coming closer the decapitator found the object of the humans hatred, a whelp of their own who most probably had only been around for less that five solar cycles (years). While Kheradruakh was not a kind nor merciful soul (for those of you who do not know like all of the first Mandrakes he sold his soul to a dark entity to escape being devoured by the Daemon Goddess Slanesh) the Legendary killer felt somewhat repulsed at the actions of these humans.
While Kheradruakh would not general care about anyone or anything in particular, other than hunting prey and completing his 'collection'. The decapitator felt a strange kinship with the prey that was seemingly being beaten to death for no apparent immediate reason. Shrugging inwardly to himself the decapitator decided to intervene. Not one for theatrics Kheradruakh decided to to finish this quickly and efficiently. Abandoning the cloak that his his features the decapitator ghosted over towards the mob. They never knew what hit them.
All the bystanders that saw what happened, namely the prey that thought that they weren't prey that where on the roof tops. All they could see was what looked like a shadow slip through the mob while its members seemed to have their necks relieved of their heads. In short they were 'decapitated', all in a seemingly impossible perfect cuts to the human eye.
After he was done with his handiwork Kheradruakh turned his attention to the whelp that lay on the ground in a mess. Why do this for mere prey? He was asking himself, it is not a brood-mate or a rival to 'interact' with so why? These questions spun in that mind of his while he walked towards the boy. Upon reaching he asked in a very dry and hoarse voice that he had not used in who knows how many millennia.
"what is your name?"
now to the blonde it seemed as though he was talking to something out of a nightmare or considering that this 'thing' had just saved him from one of the annual 'fox' hunts something out of a fairy-tail (no not the fucking anime named 'Fairy Tail' about wizards and Guilds and a guy with naturally pink hair guys a fucking story although I do have nothing against the anime when I watched it quite good for laughs just wanted to make sure you knew what this crossover was about).
"uh my name" the blonde stuttered out
"yes" Kheradruakh answered. "or do you not have one of those in that case you are extremely lucky"
"uh its just that isn't in normally polite to give your own name first before you ask for someone else's name?" the blonde asked.
Kheradruakh suppressed a sigh while he really didn't care for any culture other than his 'own' it wouldn't hurt him to play along. "fine while I do not remember my original name I am know to some others as Kheradruakh, the decapitator, He who hunts heads, The Legendary killer, the untraceable killer and I am sure there are many other names others use for me some of them might be less savoury"
"what's savoury?" the blonde asked.
"hmm never mind you'll understand when you're older"
"thats what Jiji always says"
"what's a Jiji?"
"you don't know who Jiji is he's like the most powerful one there is" the blonde replied
"I highly doubt that" Kheradruak thought before speaking "I didn't ask who Jiji was I asked what a Jiji is"
"oh its a Grandpa doesn't every one know that?"
"apparently not" Kheradruakh responded dryly before turning his head and saying "you know you can come out your attempts at stealth while amusing is quite abusive to my ears"
Slowly several figures appeared from the shadows, to Kheradruakh it was quite ironic indeed. They seemed to where the same gear a uniform he guessed and they all wore bizarrely shaped masks to conceal their identities.
"well it looks like I have found something that looks similar to the followers of Cegorach. I highly doubt that any troupe of harlequins will be as amused by this as I am" Kheradruak thought amused by the consequences of such an occurrence.
The one who was closest to the two spoke "on behalf of our Hokage we thank you for intervening and helping Naruto here out of his predicament, although I have to ask did you have to kill the civilians?"
"While he speaks with an authoritative voice it is clear he answers to another. I wonder who this is smart enough to lead but not strong enough to do so openly" Kheradruakh thought before answering "while it was not necessary to kill them I have to say that I never actually learnt how to kill or maim only how to kill"
"Will please come with us" although the masked figure made this seam like a request Kheradruakh knew that they would employ force if he resisted. While he was a killer and hunter beyond compare one of the best if not the best at what he did he still was no warrior. While he could probably kill most of them if not all of the prey he was not foolish enough to think that they would not have sent for backup in case of his resistance not to mention there were others who still not had revealed themselves. Although hiding in the shadows from one such as a mandrake could be considered relatively foolish if not downright idiotic. He held no illusions that while he may escape the 'boy he had just saved fate would be unsure.
After musing on this for a few moments Kheradruakh said "what of the whelp?" gesturing at Naruto.
"we will take him with us so he is safe"
"fine I will go with you to see this Hokage of yours"
"yes we get to see Jiji" Naruto squealed excited at the prospect of getting to see the Hokage.
While Hiruzen Sarutobi was a well experienced man who had survived of all the Shinobi wars and was one of the oldest Kage still living he never expected to see his ANBU escort Naruto to his office accompanied by what looked like a walking shadow.
"Jiji" Naruto yelled when he saw him despite the situation the five year old still was able to bounce back with a smile.
Inside Kheradruakh's mind he realised that the this 'Hokage' that the masked prey refered to was the same person who the whelp named Naruto referred to as Jiji.
"I assume there is a reason you had to bring young Naruto here to me?" The old Hokage questioned
"Hai Hokage-sama he was being attacked during this years fox hunt by a group of civilians when this person over here" The ANBU gesture to Kheradruakh who smiled revealing his yellow fangs than put everyone one edge "intervened and killed all of them I have never seen anything like it before"
The Hokage raised an eyebrow at that well it was not everyday that something like this happened "so who are you and why did you help Naruto over here not that I am ungrateful for you helping him its just that killing civilians is something pretty serious act and I am going to need some details."
Kheradruakh sighed internally at this to him it seemed that prey liked to complicate things "well to be precise I come from the sub-realm of Aelindrach of the eternal city of Commorragh recently I discovered that I was unable to leave it. While I usually don't leave my home I have to every once in a while exit it to refine and keep my skills good. While attempting to leave my sanctuary I discovered that all the paths were blocked, I immediately looked into the shadow-skein the place where all secrets are kept and it led me to discover that there was one world that I could access. Upon locating it I came here mainly your village to find it in the midst of a celebration. Now while I am able to survive without having to feed off emotions too much of positive emotions will make irritate me. I was able to find and follow a trail of hatred, grief and other more savoury ones that led to a mob of prey that was seemingly venting their emotions out on this whelp you called Naruto and your masked friends can tell you the rest also tell the ones that are trying to conceal themselves that their attempts at stealth are abusing my ears." Kheradruakh finished believing it would be best just to give the truth because no one would really believe it.
Now the Sandiame Hokage was surprised at these revelations whether they were true or not it seemed that his life had just become a whole lot more complicated. "so when you say that you refine and maintain your skills what skills are those" Hiruzen asked not liking the smile that spread across this Kheradruakh's face.
"the closest profession others liken it to is assassination" immediately all the ANBU in the room where with their weapons posed at him. Shrugging at this Kheradruakh simply smiled again "now it isn't in my way of things to tell people I am going to kill them that is counter-productive and wasteful"
One of the ANBU asked "when you answered Tora you said that you never learnt how to were you by chance referring to your skills?" The only reply he got was a nod from Kheradruakh.
The Sandaime spoke again "now that you have told us who you are and what you do we come to the difficult part of deciding what course of action we should take"
"I take it that simply letting a dangerous individual like myself is out of the question"
"unfortunately so do you have any idea on what course of action I should take"
"given the fact that I am many millennia old I might have several to thousands but since I have little to no knowledge on your culture I think it best that I stay here. Of course you could feel free to make use of my particular skills considering all of the prey I have hunted never have lived to tell the tale"
Now this caught the Hokage's attention given from the way it was spoken he could most probably tell that Kheradruakh was not boasting but just stating a fact. "that is quite a claim have you prove it?"
"only that I stand before you now after countless millennia of doing so and that all those who know of me only do so by my exploits." Kheradruakh stated.
"well that could work though are you capable of changing your appearance most people will be suspicious if Konoha has a Shinobi that looks put the Shinigami to shame" The Sandaime asked.
"what is Konoha, Shinobi and a Shinigami?" Kheradruak asked more interested in what is so feared that he would look even more terrifying than.
Hiruzen sighed gracing the question with a response "well Konoha is short for Konohakage which is the villiage hidden in the Leaves that is where we currently are in, Shinobi are ninjas who are the
the military force of the hidden villages. And finally the Shinigami is our God of death"
Kheradruakh nodded in thanks "for the matter of my appearance I can change it right now" as he spoke his skin colour changed to a very light shade of brown and his pupils reduced in size so that they were the normal size for a human he still kept his long white hair, the fact that he lacked any iris's and his pointed ears along with his eldritch tattoos that had ceased to glow. "is this better as it is the most that I can do"
The Sandaime nodded "thank you it is enough but now for the matter of your name as it is too unique what to call you"
Kheradruakh smiled "get me a list of names and I will choose from them I believe though you can come up with a good back story for me though"
A moment Later another ANBU appeared with sheets of paper containing a list of names the Hokage nodded as the ANBU gave the files to Kheradruakh to look over before speaking "I believe that I can come up with one sufficient enough"
"Kira Drachetsu" Kheradruakh responded
Hiruzen mere looked puzzled. "oh is that the name you decided to go by? It sounds familiar to your actual one".
"That isn't my actual name I have forgotten what that was I am called Kheradruakh because of what I do it can be translated as decapitator or he who hunts heads. Also I like things that sound and feel familiar."
Hiruzen nodded before responding "is there anything else that I can do for you Kira Drachetsu?"
Kheraduakh now known as Kira thought before he responded "yes I would like custody of the boy named Naruto"
The Sandaime was taken aback by this "why do you want to take care of Naruto?" he asked
"where I come from he would be a wanted soul, many factions would commit large atrocities just to get potential bleeds from him like a black aura ready to bloom. I wish to enhance his growth so that situations like the one he was in a less than an hour ago. Also his purity interests me" Kira explained.
"very well then I will leave Naruto in your care but please take good care of him" the Sandaime responded after some thought.
"yay I'm getting a tou-san" an overenthusiastic five-year-old squealed.
"what is a tou-san?" Kira asked
The Sandaime coughed politely before responding "it means father"
"where will I stay?"
"for now you can stay at Naruto's apartment I will arrange your residence later" Hiruzen replied.
"you here that tou-san you get to live at my place" Naruto yelled estatic at this outcome.
Kira made an effort to smile kindly at the whelp before taking his hand and walking out of the room. "you'll have to show me the way kid" he said
"sure just leave everything to me we will have a great time tou-san" Naruto yelled happily
"I sure hope I know what I have gotten myself into" Kira thought as he let the blond lead him into the night.
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