Story Fandom: Naruto & Highschool DxD
Story Title: Metempsychosis
Story Genre: Adventure, Humor, Romance, Action, Drama
Story Rating: Rated M – because it's DxD bruh
Story Ship/Pairing: Uzumaki Naruto x Rias Gremory and maybe/and/or Kiyome Abe
Story Author: AdVictoriamCustodes
Story Theme Song(s):
- Nano: Sable
"I'll kick your ass, believe it!" - Speech
"Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere)" - Technique Name
'Ware annei chitsujo o nasu mono.' - Thoughts, Mental conversations, Highlighted words
Story Summary:
Trouble seemed to adore Uzumaki Naruto, promising an extra-ordinary life. First, Naruto was a Jinchuriki. Then he died. Then, he was a human. He died again. Now he's become a devil. Possibly dragon too, if he can come to terms with his nature and the fact he's housing a massive beast of destruction in his body.
Metempsychosis
Chapter 01: The End, The Prologue
"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment.
A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment.
There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.
Live being true to the single purpose of the moment."
― Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Published: 26. 03. 2019.
Rewritten: 01. 04. 2019.
-~「Metempsychosis」-
RWWWWAAAAAAR!
The mightiest bijū roared, nine red tails of colossal proportions trashing about and ruining the landscape, free!
Free at last from its centuries-long imprisonment of Uzumaki machinations.
The world shook.
The very air trembled.
The ground splintered, cracking with each slam of its tails.
The earth fissured, bits and pieces of dirt floating up against the pull of gravity.
A nearby shrine crumbled like a burnt-down house, its holy adornments shattering from the overpowering malevolence of fox's aura.
And, beneath the shrine, lying in a quickly growing pool of his own blood, Jiraiya of the Densetsu no Sannin stared blankly ahead, the entirety of his torso a caved-in mulch.
His stare was a hollow one, mindlessly unfocused and utterly defeated.
Jiraiya… He had thought he planned for everything…
He thought he could deal with any complications that might arise when he loosened the Hakke no Fūin inscribed on Naruto's stomach…
He thought the younger blond would be that much stronger for it, that Naruto would need the great power sealed inside him in order to fight and survive against the Akatsuki. With foes like Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame in their employ, wouldn't he need every scrap of power he could get his hands on.
But now Naruto was dead and he was the one to blame.
As Jiraiya watched the lava-like bubbling mass of tissue, muscle sinew and orange-red fur finish growing out of the still warm corpse of his student, he coughed, hacking blood and laughing bitterly.
What a ridiculous end to his miserable life this was.
He had ended Minato's legacy, unleashing the most powerful and hateful demon into this world and killing his own godson in the process.
What a failure he was.
Those were the last thoughts Jiraiya the Gallant, Toad Sage of Mt Myobokou and writer of Icha Icha had as the fully resurrected Kyūbi no Yōko smashed its enormous paw down on him.
-「Metempsychosis」-
Deep within one of the countless Otogakure no Sato subterranean hideouts dotting the Elemental Nations, Uchiha Sasuke – lone survivor and avenger of the Uchiha clan – was fighting, sparring against another ninja.
Sasuke was like a wild hurricane.
She chained her strikes in an endless dance of punches and kicks.
She never let her foe come close to hitting her.
But then, when the Kyuubi no Kitsune was unleashed from Naruto's carcass, thousands of miles away, Sasuke momentarily hesitated.
Her opponent, a former wandering nin now serving Orochimaru, made vicious use of this opening to land a quick jab against the raven-haired teen's throat, followed by a crippling punch to her kidneys.
Gurgling, trying to gasp in pain, Sasuke stumbled backwards.
Regaining her footing, Sasuke raised her left hand and covered her throat.
Her Sharingan spun in her eye sockets, glowing an intensive red...
Then, clapping, coming from the shadows surrounding the dimly lit cave.
CLAP CLAP CLAP
"Ceassse."
The unnamed Oto ninja halted at the slithering command, immediately crumbling into a respectful kneel.
Knowing better than to relax in the snake's presence, Sasuke gave the obedient shinobi a sneer of distaste before focusing her Sharingan on Orochimaru as the Sannin stepped out of the shadows, arms crossed leisurely over each other.
Running a sliver of chakra up and down her aching esophagus, Sasuke spoke as soon as she was sure she wouldn't be left a hacking mess.
"Why-" she coughed, looking visibly annoyed, "-did you tell him to stop, Orochimaru?"
"You stumbled." he snake sannin criticized, snake-like eyes shining gleefully.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed in annoyance.
"It won't happen again."
Orochimaru chuckled.
"No, it won't."
"Then leave and we will continue."
"No, you won't."
"Why?"
"Because, dear Sasuke-kun, there's nothing more this particular ninja can teach you. I won't have you wasting time needlessly. This already should've been a firm lesson, my softhearted little Uchiha." Orochimaru said, his lip quirked up.
His answer didn't sit right the self-proclaimed Avenger.
"I haven't beaten him yet." it was a point of pride for Sasuke, to always win every fight Orochimaru threw her in.
"That doesn't matter. I'm sure you would've done so soon enough… Leave us." Orochimaru said, the last part intended for the kneeling ninja.
The man vanished without a word, like a dog obeying his master.
Now alone in the dark, Sasuke and Orochimaru stared at each other.
It didn't take long for Sasuke to grow impatient.
"What is it?"
Orochimaru actually blinked, as if hearing Sasuke speak to him was a surprise.
Then he chuckled, bringing a hand up to his face and pushing a lock of hair behind his ear.
"Oh nothing…. Just wondering how long it'll be before dear Konoha is a smocking ruin."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't know you could tell jokes." she said tersely.
Sasuke, of course, still planned on repopulating her clan after killing Itachi. A task that would be much more annoying to pull of if her home village ceased to exist.
Orochimaru smiled widely, happily.
Sasuke clamped down on her shudder.
There was something utterly wrong about that vile smile.
-「Metempsychosis」-
By chance – random, perhaps – or by fateful coincidence – as time ought to do – a doorway between worlds opened in the colorful emptiness of the primordial gap; an endless, depthless, timeless expanse bridging all that existed apart. The space in-between universes, the Dimensional Gap – that which was before all there was – was their womb, their birthplace and their graveyard.
A glowing yellow light, feeble and small, slipped through said portal.
It floated in place for a moment, as if confused about the sudden change of scenery, before darting around, zipping from direction to direction, like some sort of a hummingbird.
Or a very passionate firefly.
Seconds after it entered the Dimensional Gap, a thin, bony, purple-clothed skeletal hand reached through the portal and moved to grab the light, intent on reclaiming that which belonged to it... before a much larger claw belonging to an infinitely stronger creature – one so powerful it called the chaotic void its home – grabbed it.
"You're intruding on my turf, Death."
Visibly panicked, the death-dealing cursed limb of the Shinobi Shinigami struggled, jerking around wildly in the creature's grasp, trying one last time to seize the yellow firefly before giving it up and withdrawing back through the portal in obvious hurry.
The glowing doorway closed behind it with a silent 'whoosh'.
Snorting, the clawed creature, a massive, nay, a titanic red dragon, turned its attention to the soft glow which was by now slowing down, sluggish and dimming.
A stark contrast to its energetic entrance.
Amused, the dragon picked it up between the sharp tips of its claws, the action surprisingly gentle for a creature of its size.
"How interesting... Aren't you the mischievous trickster, hatchling, to give a Death the slip." The Dragon of Infinity (1) muttered in a deep bass growl, watching as the light's glow slowly faded.
Slowly.
Slowly...
It's amusement rose.
"How very interesting." it chuckled.
In the background of the void, there was a flash, like a tiny bang, and another universe was spawned, entirely uneventful.
Great Red appeared thoughtful.
This small, miniscule soul, so young and so laughably pure, was somehow able to withstand the immense pressure of the ruinous powers governing the Dimensional Gap. It wouldn't exist for much longer – that much was clear – but the fact it did for so long fascinated the Infinity. And, after becoming the most powerful existence in all of existence and wrestling Eternity out of her home, not a lot of things could relieve Great Red's nigh-endless boredom.
Oh the woes of ultimate power.
Maybe, if given another chance, this little soul's immense fortitude and determination would one day present an amusing challenge for him, the Infinity. After-all, he too had started out as a powerless-yet-determined speck of flesh once upon a time.
Speaking to the dying light, a massive shit-eating grin split the Infinity Dragon's jaws.
"I shall grant you your dreams, hatchling. I hope you will not disappoint."
And then, Great Red's eyes glowed with Power.
The dragon ripped open a tear in the fabric between universes and tossed the speck of light through, infusing a portion of its will in it and setting countless events in motion.
For now, Great Red went back to being bored.
-「Metempsychosis」-
Eons later, across the currents of time, space and probability, in the land known as Japan, where the Sun rose and the Heavens ruled benevolently over the land, there existed a hospital. Inside this hospital, on the tenth of October, a red haired and short tempered young woman was giving birth to a newborn holding a particular, oh-so-very special, soul.
A soul blessed by the Infinite Existence.
In the realm above, on a higher plane of existence, the deceased God Almighty's malfunctioning System of Miracles, a machine built to ensure mankind's survival, ascertained there was something great, something, or some things... powerful... and missing... from the infant-to-be's soul.
A touch of the Infinite existence.
The trace remnants of the Strongest Biju.
The runes of a death-binding seal.
And so, the Miracle awarded unto the soul a Sacred Gear fated for another, causing uncountable ripples in the tapestry weaved by this universe's Fates.
This baby's name would be Uzumaki Naruto and it would be the next Red Dragon Emperor.
Believe it!
-「Author's Notes and Responses」-
(Rewritte Add-on) Female Sasuke?
Sure. I prefer Sasuke that way. And, I figured, might as well, considering the cross-reference with my AU. Will Sasuke reappear in the future? Maybe aye. Maybe nay. Don't hold your breath.
(1,2)
Within the AU Metempsychosis (and future DxD stories) is set in, things are different. And I mean different. Here's your first tease. I do wonder what you guys think this could mean.
* Great Red, Infinity Dragon God, Super Dragon.
Power incarnate, Univ. X Singularity
* Ophis, Eternity Dragon God, Void Dragon Snake.
True Primordial existence, Void Singularity
