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Chapter 2: The Trials
Naruto stood in front of rows and rows of crystals. Queen Umeka walked over and stood beside the over excited boy. "Naruto while most of our young here are inserted with the crystal that comes from their family's crystal fields, but since you are a new addition to the Clan you may walk through my family's fields and see which crystal calls to you." The Queen of the Dragon Clan told the excited child. With that Naruto walked through the royal's crystal field, as he walked through the crystals he examined each one thoroughly. A glint out of the corner of his eyes caught his, looking over Naruto saw a violet and red colored crystal. This crystal that caught our blond hero's attention ended up being more than one crystal. The crystals seemed to be calling to Naruto, his feet moved in an automatic motion until they brought him to the crystals.
Naruto picked the two crystals up and he instantly felt a connection to the two crystals. "Congratulations Naruto. It seems that both the Amethyst and the Ruby crystal have called to you. Having two crystals choose you is quite a rare feat but it is not unheard of. Now we need to get those two put into your body." Queen Umeka told Naruto. The two walked from the crystal fields and through the palace and into another room. "Hanzo!" Queen Umeka hollered into the room. A sound came from deep within the room, and a young man about the same age as the Queen appeared within Naruto's sight. "What is it that you need Umeka?" the man known as Hanzo asked the Queen.
Naruto expected the Queen to get upset at how unformal this man was with her, but all she did was laugh at him. "Oh Hanzo!" laughed the Queen before she continued speaking "I have brought a young boy who needs you to insert two crystals." At the mention of there being two crystals Hanzo's eyes raised. "Naruto this is my brother Hanzo he will be the one who puts the crystals in you." Queen Umeka told the boy. Cautiously Naruto walked into the room. "Nice to meet you Naruto. Now Naruto I need to know where you want the stones placed?" Hanzo spoke to the young blond. A look of confusion spread across Naruto's face as he was trying to figure out what the man meant.
The Queen noticed this she cleared her throat which caused both Hanzo and Naruto to look towards Umeka. "He wants you to choose the location of where the crystals will be placed. You want them to be in a spot where you can pull or push the energy that is held within them with ease." The Queen told the blond. To prove her point the Queen pulled the long sleeve of her gown up and showed her own Emerald crystal in the top of her hand. Naruto seemed to understand and walked into the room. The Queen pulled the door shut as she followed behind him. All you could hear throughout the Palace was screaming.
Kushina was sitting in the hospital room that housed her youngest twin son. She was bathing his upper body when he started to convulse and scream. The Doctors and Nurses that heard the screams came pouring into the room. As one of the Doctors touched Naruto to check his vitals started to scream himself as his hand began to burn, just before he passed out a blast pushed out of Naruto's body and threw the Doctor across the room. Kushina rushed towards her son but was stopped by a horde of medical staff who did not want her to suffer the same face as their colleague. All through this ordeal Naruto continued to scream as his body physically changed in front of their eyes.
On his right hand was a Ruby crystal and in the middle of his forehead was the Amethyst. The screams that were coming from Naruto slowly started to die down. Kushina approached her son with caution as he body seemed to calm down. She put her hand gingerly on her son's shoulder, everyone in the room expected her to start screaming herself but nothing happened. As the day wore on the rooms occupants began to thin and kept on thinning until it was just Naruto and his family. Days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months and the visits from his family began to become less frequent. As the months turned into a full year of time Naruto was in his state of coma the visits turned to once every month or two, then that full year turned into another two years with the visits barely happening at all.
Three years later
Naruto stood in front of a coral that housed the Clans Unclaimed Dragonlings. Today was the day that he would officially become a Dragon Mage and claim a Dragon of his own. "Morning Naruto. Are you excited at getting a Dragon of your own?" the voice of Queen Umeka spoke to the excited blond. "Yes! Yes I am. I can feel them calling to me already even from here." Naruto told the Queen. The Queen hummed in acknowledgement as she listened to her young apprentice. "After you tame one of these creatures we will need to talk about you going back to your own world." Informed the Queen. With that the Queen opened the gate of the Dragonling Coral and ushered him in. Hearing the noise the young Dragons turned towards Naruto, puffs of smoke escaped one of the Dragons.
This Dragon had crimson red scales that shone beautifully in the light of the day. Another Dragon, this one black as the midnight sky also seemed to be paying attention to the blond Mage. Both Dragons were approaching the blond at a slow pace each one seemed to want to sink their teeth into the boy. Naruto stood there frozen, afraid to move a muscle lest the creatures decide that he would be a tasty meal. Umeka noticed the boys state and called out to him, "Naruto you have to use your magic to tame them! They will devour you otherwise!" This broke Naruto out of his frozen state, he pulled the energy from the Ruby crystal and shot it at the midnight black beast. The Dragon roared in pain as the fire engulfed its left side, while Naruto was distracted by the roar of the hurt beast, the Crimson Dragon dashed at the blond.
Before the beast could snap its jaws onto Naruto's arm it was blasted back by a wave of psychic energy. The Amethyst that is embedded into Naruto's forehead was glowing from the recent use. Another shot of fire followed the blast, it connected straight into the face of the crimson beast. The scales of this Dragon absorbed the flames, the beast shot a blast of fire of its own straight at our young hero. Rolling into a crouch Naruto faced the Crimson Dragon, he could see the Midnight Black Dragon approaching him from the side. I should decide which one would be the best to tame before I get cornered by them both Naruto thought to himself. He went to move but his legs would not work, looking down Naruto saw that a dark shadow was connected to his body keeping him in place.
Following the shadow back to its owner he saw the Midnight Dragon was holding him captive. Both Dragons were still encroaching on his position, and if Naruto didn't do something he would soon be Dragon chow. Focusing all his might on his Amethyst crystal Naruto pushed the energy out through his hands and into the ground, just as the Dragons were about to reach him the ground came flying up. These pieces cut off the hold that the Midnight Black Dragon had over his body. Jumping back Naruto readied his next attack, just as the pieces of earth got eye level with the creatures Naruto pushed a wave of energy at the earth causing it to collide with the Dragons. The Dragons fell exhausted to the ground. "Now Naruto you need to bind the Dragon that you want to your body. This will bind the Dragon to you." Queen Umeka's voice echoed over the fields.
Naruto approached the Dragons. They both started to whine in pain, which caused the other Dragons in the area to turn towards them. These beasts crouched and waited for Naruto's choice to be made. "Umeka what happens to the Dragon that I do not choose?" Naruto asked his friend and teacher. She gave Naruto and both the Dragons sad looks before she answered, "Nature will take its course. If they aren't strong enough to keep the others off them then they will become their meal. It is the way of the wild." Umeka told the boy. Umeka could see that this news troubled the blond boy, just as she thought he was going to choose the Crimson Dragon and leave the Black one to face its fate he did the most unexpected thing. Naruto brought both his hands to his mouth, he sung his canine teeth into the left one and then the right one.
Naruto fed the Crimson Dragon his blood from his right hand, and then fed the Midnight Dragon the blood from his left hand. Some of the Dragons roared in frustration at being denied a chance at a meal and started picking fights amongst themselves. A sparkling Green Dragon emerged from behind Umeka and roared something to the Dragonlings. This caused them to instantly settle down. With that Queen Umeka walked through the gate of the coral and over to her charge. "Well Naruto it seems you surprise me more every day, most Mages would have just chosen the one that matched their crystal, but not you. At least I know you will be safe now that you have two guardians going back to your home with you. Now you should name both of your companions, this way they will gain a better attachment to you." Umeka told Naruto.
Naruto looked between his two new friends, pointing at the Black Dragon he spoke "Shroud" then pointing to the Red Dragon he spoke "Sunset". Nodding her acceptance at the names he chose. She then showed him how to call Sunset into his Ruby Crystal and then he was shown how to call Shroud into his body since he didn't have to right colored crystal for him to reside in. "Now that, that part is over we can get you ready to return to your body. I want you to take these scrolls so that you can read up on the different breeds of Dragons that our out in the world, and how to get back and forth from your world to ours. Those scrolls will also teach you the secrets of our Clan so keep them safe." Queen Umeka told the boy she has watched over for the last three years. The door that brought Naruto into this world now reappeared. Naruto started to walk towards the door and then turned around and ran back towards Umeka. He threw his arms around her and grasped her in a big hug, he then opened the door and walked in.
Naruto was walking through the Gate Keepers door and the next thing he saw was a blinding white flash. As his eyes went white in this realm his eyes were opening in his own world. Naruto sat up in a flash and looked around the room that has been his home for the past three years.
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