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Ave Sanguinius.
Earth-1. DC Universe.
It wasn't for the first time when he was sent to the other Universe. Go-Emperor surely had a twisted sense of humor. Oh, Naruto was pretty sure, that the large man, clad in golden armor, who sat on his throne, was smiling, looking at him now.
Naruto sighed, he was flying in the sky, his white-feathered wings opened widely behind him. He looked at the night Gotham and continued to question himself, why the Emperor had sent him here?
Here, the Champion of Humanity was krytonian, a fucking alien for His sake!
Okay, he was in some universe, where the Humanity was allied, friendly and tolerant to aliens, but surely, they haven't them as champions, to protect their own homeworld. However…
He slowly flew to the earth and started to change his shape. Seconds later, young man dressed as priest stepped from his place. His face remained the same, but the height, armor and weapons disappeared, giving place to the robes he was clad in, now.
He walked down the night streets of Gotham, a high figure clad in dark robes and many bandits, who lacked the common sense and sense of self-preservation, lost much more than teeth at that night. He stopped just at the outskirts of Gotham, before the half-destroyed, abandoned church.
He entered the building, greeted only by the claps of the bats' wings.
He raised his hand and in the flames appeared the smaller Redeemer. He stabbed the sword in the ground and from the cracks in the floor hit the light.
Rebuilding of the church and changing it to the dedication of the Emperor didn't took a lot of his powers or efforts. He made even more remarkable feats before. His powers hid the church so only those pure of heart may enter it. Gotham was a dark and grim city, filled with sinful and deranged people, but there weren't many demons nearby. So basically he just waited till the Emperor will give him a sign.
And it came. Knocking into his door in the middle of the rainy.
She lied on the stone doorstep of the church, soaked down to the last nit of her clothes, when he opened the doors, judging by her pose, she desperately searched for the shelter and fainted right a step away from it. He took her bridal style and carried her inside, to treat her wounds and warm her near the fireplace.
The girl returned to her senses pretty quickly, Rachel, that was her name, was a bit shy, but still very clever and what's more important, he felt the talent to different magical arts in her, also there was a hint of demonic presence. But he will not dig into something like this, no. He will wait… and he will help her, as far as he could.
Rachel was a good girl, she run away from home, as she told him, and decided to search for the better life, that surely was a bunch of bullshit because such a logical girl as her would have never run away unprepared. He was certain that something forced her hand, but he respected the girl's privacy.
Rachel helped with the work in the church and never asked why instead of a cross there was a statue of a man clad in armor. Soon to their company was added another odd girl.
When Rachel brought her friend, clad in the ancient Greek armor, to the church, at first he hoped that she was just some sort of a cosplayer.
Unfortunately, he dealt with young amazon, by the name Donna, youngest princess of the amazons and the second daughter of Hippolyta, their queen. Rebellious in her young age, as all children are, she fled the sacred isle of amazons, hoping to discover the wonders of the outside world.
Unfortunately, her boat appeared from the mists near the shores of night Gotham, where a lot of scumbags wanted to teach a weird cosplayer a lesson, but quickly fell to her sword. Later she was found by Raven and the rest was history.
Both Naruto and Raven decided that the girl should better learn blend in, before she will start her meeting with outside world. For a while that's how they lived, in peace and harmony, but that's the little thing about the peace: it never lasts forever.
And one night they came…
Naruto looked around the church trying to understand what set him off. Everything was as it was, except the fact that the girls were buying groceries in the store…
They were running. He sensed it, they were running his way.
The doors of the church burst open letting the girls inside. Raven was breathing heavily, Donna was huffing a little, but her eyes certainly tried to find her sword, which was given to her by Naruto, who went to fetch her weapons and armor, when he sensed that the girls were returning, running away from someone.
"Who it was?" asked he.
"We don't know, that guy in armor and red cape, armed with sword just appeared before us, we did nothing, I swear! He called himself Azrael, knight of the Order of Saint Duma, also he called Raven a demon spawn and witch and said that pagans and heathens don't deserve to live, looking my way. What kind of whacko he is?" asked she, changing the robes she was given, to the familiar armor of the Amazons.
"Hmm… a paladin… That will be problematic. The power that protects these walls keeps only those whose hearts are impure out of them, however, paladin's heart must be as pure as the light of the sun…" He turned to the girls. "Behind the altar there is a secret passage. Use it."
"And what about you… father?" since he was very young, at least he appeared so, Amazon never called him this official title, moreover that word itself was alien on her tongue, but right now… she felt that it was needed.
"I will see that 'paladin' of yours." Answered he. "And no priest shall abandon the church under his care."
"But father, this will be your doom, you are untrained and unprepared and this zealous fanatic is a skilled killer!" cried she, holding Rachel tightly. "You will die for nothing!"
"I will die for my faith, Donna. I will die because someone needs to take a stand, I will die because it will buy you some time. I will die so the good deeds that I did, will not be forgotten. And in my mind this is worth dying for."
She didn't argue with him after this, she just quickly grabbed the crying and protesting Rachel in one hand and some supplies and money given to her by the priest into the other and walked to the altar.
When Donna and Rachel passed the secret passageway and the wall closed behind them, Naruto turned to the statue of the Emperor. He started to pray, and prayed till the doors once again were opened, pushed by the warriors of the Order Saint Duma.
They were led by the man, clad in armor, with a large sword behind his back, clad in armor of the crusader, red cape with a hood, his face was also hidden by the metal mask, he, as Naruto presumed, was Azrael.
"Where are they, Heretic?" asked he as he came closer.
"Heretic? I was not aware that helping two girls can make me Heretic, Azrael." Answered the young priest.
"One of the is a demon spawn, another one is a worshiper of pagan gods!" Naruto was sure that he was nearly chocking on his spite in his fury. "A good Christian in his rightful mind should have burned them or killed them the moment he met them!"
"It is fortunate then…" doors behind them closed, and bright light filled the chapel. "…that I'm not a Christian."
Finally revealing his true form after so long felt… refreshing for Naruto. He shook his shoulders, moved the wings behind his back and finally returned his gaze to the armed people in front of them. Sword, with blood-red blade, covered by flames, appeared in his hand.
"Now… where were we gentlemen?" asked he making a step forward…
At the chapel's cemetery.
One of the gravestones slowly moved to the left, showing the dark passageway, from where stepped the beautiful, black-haired girl, clad in ancient Greek armor, who carried another girl, in dark blue cloak in her arms.
She gently put her on earth and looked in the direction of the chapel.
Her eyes widened in horror.
The chapel was burning. Place where she lived with her friends, place, that she called her home for a while… destroyed by the zealous fanatics, who wanted to kill her and Rachel. She fell to her knees, angry tears fell from her eyes, she felt how small hand of her remaining friend tightly grasped her left shoulder.
Then there was only darkness.
Meanwhile.
Azrael thrown by Naruto, broke the roof of the chapel, he managed to make a salt in the air and land on his lags, but it was clear that the battle was lost. His bones were broken, his comrades were dead and he was all alone against the Angel of Wrath, because there wasn't anyone else, who that man could be.
Large form of the angel landed on the other side of the building.
"Are you proud of yourself, Azrael?" asked he. "You destroyed the holy place, tried to kill two innocent girls, lost each of your warriors in the process and here you are bloody and beaten… in front of me. Now I ask you, are you proud of what you did? Or maybe there is at least a slightest hint of a doubt in you?"
"I…" started he. "I will kill you! I will hunt down you and everyone you hold dear, you heretic! And when there will be no one who corrupts this earth, created by God, then I will break my sword."
"Your sword will be broken tonight." Said the angel raising the flaming blade and charging forward.
Later, when the firemen had finally arrived, they had found the left overs of the chapel several burned bodies inside, and miraculously clear statue of the angel, without even the smallest burn mark on it. With a body burned to crisp, pierced by the stone spear in his hand.
Later, Naruto had found that the girls joined the team of the young superheroes called Teen Titans, he decided to not appear in their lives again… yet. But his chapel was always open to the ones in need. While he was human, he was mercy incarnate, after all.
But deep inside him, howled the Angel of Wrath.
And soon, the power he had, found the wicked ones to punish. Unlike Gotham Jump City was much more appealing to the dark wizards and demons. Moreover, here he got in contact with one of the most disgusting Heroes he ever met before.
How he hated him… there were no words to tell…
Blonde man, dressed in old coat came to the church at midnight. Since he didn't need to sleep… at least not as much as other mortals, young priest spent nearly twenty-four hours at work, stopping only for quick meditation to get himself in shape.
The man slowly got into the cabin for confessions, several minutes later, Naruto entered it too.
"Please, forgive me, father." Started he with the standard phrase, said with British accent. "For I have sinned."
"What is your sin, my son?" asked young priest.
"Murder." Answered the blonde. "I killed the priest, father. Such a kind man, he tried to help me."
"What? When?" asked Naruto.
"Right now, father…"
The blonde made nearly unnoticed move taking something from his pocket. It elongated and the steel pierced the wooden wall between them. Man felt how his word reached something, but then the explosion of bright light, hit his eyes.
And he was thrown out of the cabin, breaking the wooden door with his back.