Really sorry for the wait, i really appreciate your reviews for the story. Though there's some that i can't reply too cause of them reviewing as guests.
So a reply to Riverdog : Yes it is a Skrill actually. I think that's pretty obvious, also about the pairings, it's really up to the votes if it's Naruto X Astrid, or Naruto X Heather (My original idea xD)
A bit of a Warning~ this is a Filler chapter, with bits of fight scenes, and Naruto being slightly stupid.
As for my update schedules, i might update this once again, in a few days, just so because School's back. That will definitely put up my 1 update a week thing.
"My biggest fear when i was a child, was growing up. The thought of losing my innocence was so terrifying i had nightmares."
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[XxxxX]
Son of the Storm
(Chapter 1: Growing Up)
(Berk)
Ahh it was a peacful and sunny day on Berk. The citizens walked about doing their daily routines, of work. Which was what most adults did, or playing which was what the children were currently doing. Only a handful of vikings trained, most being the soldiers that made up the military force of the island. Not the citizens, but THE soldiers. While the viking populace, trained, or untrained,
liked to fight. The soldiers were just the ones truly trained to fight dragons, or in rare cases raiders.
One particular person training was a little 5 year old child with a light skin color, a messy mop of spiky blonde hair, and 3 whisker marks on each of his cheeks. The boy was known as Naruto, the boy hailed as a 'demigod' by the populace of Berk, and the adoptive brother of Hiccup.
Although he was training, he was doing it. . . Differently, as evident by him chased by an angry chef, and a guard, getting himself amused looks from the people he passed, as he ran past them. . . .
On the roofs of the houses.
Yep! Some might say he was crazy to do such a thing, but not them. The civilians had gotten used to him running along rooftops enough that they did'nt worry about him falling to his death! Much.
Well anyways, he had just eaten most of the chef's ingredients, when he found the storage room to his restaurant. To then which he ended up being found out by the chef when the man was going towards the storage room to grab some supplies. But instead got a noticeably fatter Naruto, who flashed the man with a cheeky smile then set off running going underneath his legs.
As you can guess the chef called a nearby guard to help him catch Naruto.
And here they were, panting and sweating like crazy. The two looking like they had just ran a 20 mile track.
While Naruto only had a thin bead of sweat sliding down from his forehead to his chin, where it then fell into the ground.
Yep this was Naruto's kind of training, running away from angry adults. It was strangely effective too, from now he was currently the fastest child (Not surprising) in the village, which made him train much harder to preserve his title.
He grinned at the two, before tossing the chef and the guard two pieces of pennig/penny which his father had given him. (Huge shout to OC Specialist, for providing the info)
"Thanks for the training!" He said cheerfully to them, before he turned his back and began walking away from the two, leaving two frustrated citizens of Berk.
[XxxxX]
Naruto was walking along the road. his hands behind his back, as he thought about his next training session. All he really cared about was training, since he had to protect his village, and himself from the dragons, and the occasional raiders.
He had seen many things in his relatively short life as a child. He had seen dragon raids with his own blue, and black eye. He had seen his people get sliced into pieces by giant claws, eaten alive by giant dragons, burned alive by infernos of flames. You name it. He had seen it a lot, and even to this day he still was'nt used to it.
Of course his father, did try to keep him away from the carnage, but he escaped every time.
Unlike his brother who always tried to stop him from escaping, saying things like "You'll die out there, you'll get caught, you'll get punished, blah, blah, blah, blah." He did'nt care.
Every time a dragon raid happened, he was always there. Staying far away enough to not be caught, but close enough so that he would then observe the fights.
For a kid his age, he was already quite smart, even more so than his brother Hiccup. He had a mind of a strategist, and a knack to train, while his brother had one of an inventor, and a goal to take down a dragon. They were the ultimate combo.
Now only if Naruto could shake Hiccup out of his frail, and sickly body.
Speaking of his brother, there he was waiting at the door to his home. Waving at him with a nervous smile, their father, right by his side, looking quite serious.
He gulped, 'Brother you traitor.' He was not looking forward to this
[XxxxX]
Now a 8 year old, our blonde protagonist, had quite a noticable change, for one he now had developing muscles, which was quite an improvement from back when he was still a child loaded with baby fat. And he had gotten taller, taller than most of the kids his age.
And with him was Hiccup who also had gotten a small change, one being he was now looking more like a healthy boy, and not a walking, talking, stick.
A result of Naruto, FINALLY convincing him to train with him, which really helped Naruto out, since now he had a sparring partner.
The two children were huddled up togethere atop a roof, barely containing their giggles, as they waited.
"This is a really stupid idea brat. Do you seriously think that a trained soldier like him will fall for this pathetic trap?" The great Kyuubi said inside his head, mocking their little plan.
'You again? Thought you were sleeping, whatever just watch and learn furry nobody escapes my wrath.' The blonde thought in defiance, his happy mood lowered just a little. Someone got on their bad side. He was'nt going to let that pass.
And everybody KNOWS not to mess with Naruto. . .
Speaking of that someone.
He had arrived, wearing an orange helmet, orange armor, and was holding an orange sword. Yep he was all orange, go figure. The man was currently searching for the two pranksters, following them into the gap between two houses. Looking all around the 'alley' made by the two houses, he was confused to see neither of the two children, and wait was that a giggle? he swore he heard someth-
Crack!*
The Kyuubi, inside Naruto merely raised an eyebrow from the man's stupidity, and this man was supposed to be trained, it growled as it realized, Naruto just figuratively just made it eat it's own words.
The man touched his head, feeling for his helmet, only to feel something else instead, grabbing it his eyes widened in fear as he saw it.
It was a dragon egg! (Stolen prize) A cracked one at that, the slimy shell in his hand, as the contents inside it rolled down his hair.
Just then a roar could be heard over the distance, annnndddd that would be momma dragon.
The man gulped. This was not good.
He ran as the laugh of two children echoed throughout Berk.
[XxxxX]
Now we see 12 year old Hiccup and Naruto sparring with each other, using wooden swords. Although, they were not alone, some of their friends had shown up to watch as well the spectators gazing in awe at the sight before them.
The two brothers were in the middle of clashing their blades together, their wooden blades shaking from the pressure. But it was obvious that Naruto was the winner, for he had superior strength, quickly overpowering Hiccup, he put extra strength into his sword as he pushed Hiccup away from him just a little, before making a horizontal slash towards him, which he barely blocked, not letting up Naruto continued his assault, as their swords clashed again and again, the sound of wood hitting wood heared by their spectators.
On one strike Hiccup managed to surprise Naruto by putting less strength in it, causing the blonde to stumble forward, but he quickly recovered by using his free arm, to hold himself aloof while his other one blocked an incoming strike.
Pushing hard on the ground Naruto sprung up from his position, catching his brother off guard, as he brought his sword down towards him, making the boy frantically bring his sword up to block it, in which he did, but he got kicked in the stomach, by Naruto who had now landed on the ground, knocking him back, and recieved another kick towards his leg, knocking him off balance, as he fell face first onto the dirt, with Naruto pointing his sword down at him.
"Do you yield brother?" He asked, with a grin.
He merely got a thumbs up from the downed boy. From which he chuckled at the reply, and helped his brother up.
Clapping could be heard from their friends, with them muttering things like.
"Cool!", "Wow!", and even a "I gotta learn how to that."
They both chuckled at their display, and mock bowed. They then stood up, with Hiccup dusting himself off.
"You okay bro?" Asked Naruto,
"Yeah, i'm fine. But boy do you not know how to hold back." He replied shakily, wincing in pain as he tried to walk, but only managed to drag his other leg behind. "Ow." He accidentally thought out loud.
"Your brother is still weak and soft, if an opportunity were to come to prove himself, i would not be surprised if he does'nt do it." The Kyuubi, said as if it were a fact.
'You don't know that Kyuubi, don't underestimate my brother.' The blonde said, narrowing his imaginary eye at the Kyuubi.
"We will see "Demigod"." It mocked, as it closed it's eyes it's mouth still in a foxy grin.
"Ehehe, you know me, when it comes to training i'm always serious." Naruto replied with a cheeky grin, "And besides, you've gone through worse than this!" He continued giving Hiccup's shoulder a pat, making the boy slightly lose balance for a second. "I mean remember that time when we fell off a roof?"
"You mean when I fell of a roof, because YOU pushed ME." Hiccup corrected his brother's statement, emphasizing on the You, and me part.
You see Naruto thought it would be fun to prank Hiccup at that time. But what turned out to be a harmless joke turned into a painful fall. Thankfully they were'nt on the tall houses in the village when it happened. Naruto made sure of that (for safety reasons) before he did his 'prank'. Which consisted of him mock holding on for dear life, on the side of the roof. Screaming for Hiccup to save him, in which case Hiccup would run to his rescue, completely forgetting about Naruto's abnormal strength. And Naruto would then haul himself up, and push Hiccup off the roof. "Lightly".
He had planned to catch Hiccup's hand when he fell, but was not fast enough and only managed to grab a hold of his fingers. Resulting in Hiccup dangling on the side of a roof, while screaming for help as his body unconciously started to thrash around, responding to his fear. Which in turn caused his hand to slip from Naruto's hand. And for him to fall off.
Yeah that was'nt a good memory to remember.
"Yeah, hehe sorry about that." Naruto laughed sheepishly in response. Seeing that Hiccup was done cleaning himself up, they decided to go home, seeing as now it was currently night, with the moon out.
"Naruto!" They heard a female voice call out coming from the woods, making Naruto turn his head towards the voice, to see his friend, and fellow training addict Astrid, Astrid was a blonde haired girl, wearing a cloth shirt for her top, with iron pauldrons on her shoulders, and an iron studded skirt with skulls adorning the top. She also wears a kransen around her head which was a symbol of her virginity.
All in all she looked like a viking that was ready to cut off a dragon's head.
"So you up for a last minute spar?" She asked with a smile, her axe at her side.
Naruto grinned at the challenge. He had been itching for a decent fight. Sure there was Hiccup, but he had'nt been satisfied by their spars, seeing as he could defeat him with a simple plan, and the fact that he knew how his brother fought.
He threw the wooden sword at Hiccup, which he barely caught, and Naruto brought out his own sword, that was given to him by his father's friend, Gobber. It was said that his sword was undeniably the best weapon Gobber had ever forged, taking him months of forging and reforging, until it was finished to the blacksmith's liking.
A sword worthy of a Demigod, he had planned to name it, but he was pretty torn between: The Tidebringer, or The Maelstrom (The decision affects Naruto's future. Specifically his element ;) )
So he decided to hold it off for later, as he took a stance.
"You know me. I'm always up for a fight." He said with a smile, his mind already working out strategies for the fight.
Already knowing what was going to happen, Hiccup already ran to the side, as to not get in the way, for he might get accidentally mutilated.
With Naruto, he had already come up with 2 strategies to win a fight with someone like Astrid. He knew she mostly charged in at a fight, and just hacked away, hoping for the best. And while she did have skill, she did'nt really use battle strategy much. In short she was blunt. Plain and simple.
This was proven true, as Astrid ran straight at him axe raised up in the air, ready to bring it down on him, and she did, Naruto retaliated by also raising his sword, and dodged a kick from Astrid, then he knocked her axe away from him, before following it up by charging at her, he slashed with extreme precision, neck, chest, leg, arm, you name it. With Astrid barely blocking the strikes, he was strong, stronger than her actually, but that's why she liked him, he could beat her, he could give her a challenge, that's why she became interested in training with him.
Having had enough of blocking, she instead countered his next strike, putting every ounce of her strength into her axe, seeing an opening, she took it, headbutting the blonde. Before pulling back a fist she sent it towards the blonde's face. It impacted sending the blonde back, with a roar she swung her axe towards him. Naruto's eye widened at the axehead coming for his head. With no time to block it, Naruto quickly dove to the ground, the axe missing by just a few inches, chopping off a few strands of blonde hair.
She smiled at Naruto, thinking that she had this one in the bag. Feeling confident in herself, she charged at him once again, her axe already swinging towards him, he met her axe swing for swing, the sound of steel reaching Hiccup's ears, as well as occasional sparks popping up whenever their weapons clashed.
Astrid having enough, put more strength into her strikes to quicken them, now moving like a berserker, Naruto adjusted the speed of his swings to match hers.
Their clash now more deadly continued on, Naruto smiled at Astrid mocking her. "Is that all you've got?" He said in a mocking tone, angering the girl, as she roared and swung her axe at him using all of her strength, aiming to cut him into two.
Naruto merely grinned, he had been waiting for this. "Time to end this!" And with a roar, Naruto showed them a glimpse of his full strength, as a blue aura appeared over his sword, as he then swung it towards her axe.
Astrid, and Hiccup's eyes widened, not just because of the strange aura, but because Naruto's sword, was cutting through Astrid's axe.
And not long before the aura appeared, the sword went through Astrid's axe like a knife through hot butter, the axehead cut cleanly in half.
Using Astrid's surprise to his advantage, Naruto knocked her down, and pointed his sword towards her, his grin still intact.
"Do you yield?" He asked.
"What the hell was that?!" Astrid asked, completely ignoring his question.
"I said do you yield Astrid." He said, his grin never leaving his face.
"Of course i yield! You cut my damned axe in half!" She said disbelief still in her voice, while picking up the pieces of her axe.
"Sorry 'bout that, hehe and as for your question, that was my power, at least that's what father said when i first discovered it." Naruto replied sheepishly, offering a apologetic smile. "I mean they do call me a demigod for a reason Astrid." He reminded the girl.
Offering a hand towards the girl, he pulled her up, just as she was about to say something.
Hiccup interrupted an urgent look on his face."Ummm Naruto, we better go now, father's probably sent a search party by now."
"Oh. Yeah, would'nt want to be one on the recieving end of his wrath, bye Astrid! Thanks for the spar, it was fun!" He yelled out as he and Hiccup walked away, leaving a still shellshocked Astrid left to think of she saw.
She sighed, rubbing her temples, that boy was a literal headache.
'So the rumors of him being a demigod is true. His interesting indeed, not to mention strong.' She mused, he had definitely caught her attention.
[XxxxX]
14 year old Naruto, and Hiccup was currently doing strength training, with Naruto lifting big boulders, while Hiccup lifted much smaller ones.
After requesting their father to build them a training ground the two had immediately started using it. Well it was actually Naruto using it, with him dragging along Hiccup to train with him but you get the point.
Naruto trained almost non-stop only stopping for two days each time his muscles felt like mush, and then he would either read books, or help his brother in making, whatever it was that he was making.
And Hiccup would only train for 3 days, and then would take a break for another 3 days to work on his ideas, while also expanding his knowledge.
The same routine replaying over and over again, for months.
On which one of those months, they were assigned to the forge, by their father to help his friend, Gobber, and to also have them gather experience in forging.
Naruto found forging as a great skill, especially since if he got good enough, he could improve his sword if he wanted too.
Hiccup though, was'nt too thrilled, but hey, at least he gets to know more stuff, i mean he does like expanding his knowledge.
Still even with this new development, their training still continued, although now slightly lessened, which Hiccup was thankful for.
But a rather peculiar event did transpire, on the last few weeks.
(Flashback No Jutsu!)
He met with her inside the forest, at a small cliff overlooking the shore of the island, it was nearing dusk at that time, the sun casting orange-ish lights his favorite color! At the forest, In short it was awesome!
And there she was standing beside a tree, waiting for him. Standing there Naruto could'nt help but stare for a second. She looked almost angelic, with the orange light covering her form, her blonde hair merging with the amazing color that was or-
He shook himself out of his thoughts, what was that? Putting it aside for now Naruto neared the girl.
"So what did you call me for, Astrid?." He said with a smile.
(NOTE: Suggest a Nickname. Naruto needs them! Also i'm bad at making them :( .)
"Look, i called you here for a reason, and i'm going to be blunt here." Astrid said, adorning a completely serious face, with just a hint of a pink hue on her cheeks.
"Oh. What is it?" He said going serious as well. By now the Kyuubi, had miraculously woke up, and had began to listen halfheartedly to their conversation, while going through Naruto's memories looking for something interesting.
"I... I-I..." She hesitated for a bit, the blush on his cheeks growing just a little bit. But seemed to gather her courage.
"I like you."
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"Uhhh Astrid what do you mean? I mean of course you like me. I am your friend are'nt I?" The blonde said in a confused tone.
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He was surprised as instead of a reply, all he got was a punch to the gut. A hard one too, the punch being filled with enough feminine fury, that it sent him falling down towards the ground.
He fell with a great thud.
"Ow." the blonde said his eyes wide open, he heard a "Idiot" comment from the clearly angry female as she stormed out of the forest.
The Kyuubi stiffled a laugh, "Hmphh stupid ningen!" even though on the inside he was rolling on the floor laughing at the sheer stupidity of his jailor.
Let it be known that Naruto Uzumaki, is not an Expert in the works of romance and love.
Whatever the case, Naruto would then have to walk to his home on the dead of the night. Thinking about what happened.
(Flashback No Jutsu End.)
[XxxxX]
Profile ( Naruto Uzumaki )
Age : 14
Special Quirks : Chakra, Sharingan, Mangekyou Sharingan, Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Weapons : Unnamed Sword.
Strength : Can crack metal (With chakra enchancing.) And can lift a sheep easily.
Speed : Hella Fast
Stamina : You already know this.
Endurance : Quite high, does'nt get hurt if punching metal in full force.
Chakra Manipulation : Poor
Overall : High Genin/ Low Chuunin
Aaaanndddd Done! This was a bit of a filler chapter, with a little bit of action, hope you did'nt mind.
Please leave your reviews to who Naruto's pair should be.
Originally i planned it to be Heather, then someone suggested Astrid, so choose away!
Also you can choose between the names for Naruto's sword, or leave your own.
Anyways that's all the time i got!
School Brigade (Sort of like Spring Cleaning) is here! Don't expect from me for a bit. Soo uhh enjoy the preview.
Preview:
"Told you he would'nt do it." The fox said smugly.
'Oh shut up.'
That Hiccup, always a troublemaker, he shook his head away from the incoming headache.
Allthewhile staring at his brother, feeding the nightfury he had shot.
[XxxxX]
Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed, as he glared at the dragon
"You wanna fight?" He yelled out in anger, nursing his injured hand, which had began to heal.
The dragon merely roared in response.
The blonde charged, while the dragon swooped down towards him.
"I'll give you a fucking fight! Raagh!" he roared as he swung his sword, the two meeting with a strike of lightning, lighting up the rainy sky.
Preview End
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, although it was small.
Ja Ne
~ DK
Update May/22/2019 at 12:35 AM: Corrected errors, Special thanks to OC Specialist for providing the info.