"Naruto" Normal Speech
'Zeref' People's thoughts
"Acnologia" Summons/Gods/Monsters/Other beings speech
'Kurama'Summons/Gods/Monsters/Other beings thoughts
"Rasengan" Techniques/Spells/Jutsu/Terms
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Chapter 1
Human Nature
6 years later. Year x774
"Yaryu no Hōkō(Darkness Dragon's Roar)!" yelled a ten year old blonde kid just before releasing a black energy beam from his mouth towards the resting form of the boy's teacher
Said teacher was clearly not human and was right not laying on the ground, his paws resting just bellow his head and his white eyes looking at the spell that his apprentice released with something akin to boredom. This being was none other than the king of dragons, Acnologia.
Said dragon simply moved one of his paws to block the attack from hitting his face, making the attack exploding in his claw, although if said attack actually harmed the dragon then it didn't look like it
It actually tickled, would have been Acnologia's answer if someone asked him if it hurts
"Weak as always..." grumbled the powerful dragon, his white eyes going from the spot in which the spell hit his paw to the panting and tired form of his young student
Said student was a ten year old boy, with spiky golden blonde hair and sky-blue eyes. This boy's outfit was quite simply. Just a simply black shirt and some black pants and black shoes. Besides that he was also wearing a small circle-shaped necklace around his neck. This boy was none other than Naruto Uzumaki, apprentice of Acnologia and only user of the lost magic known as Yami no Metsuryu Maho (Darkness Dragon Slayer Magic)
"Sh-shut up..." said Naruto between breaths, sweat pouring down from his forehead. It was not surprise to see the young blonde in this state; after all it was normal for him to train until he was completely exhausted and then some
"Yaryu no Hōkō (Darkness Dragon's Roar)!"exclaimed the young blonde before suing the same spell from before, only that this time it was visibly smaller and Acnologia could easily feel the lack of power.
One again the great black dragon simply put his paw in front of his face, shielding him from the attack. A smaller explosion occurred when the attack hit Acnologia's paw just before Naruto actually collapsed, falling backwards in the ground, obviously exhausted from the training he had today
"Oh yes, that definitely hurt, I'm even bleeding"Said Acnologia, sarcasm dripping from his words and his eyes looking at his young apprentice with nothing but boredom.
Said apprentice decided to ignore the dragon's words and instead he simply looked at the blue sky and clouds that passed through. It was something that Naruto found himself doing every time he trained like this, which was almost every day, and he found it truly relaxing.
It has been already six years since Naruto had started training with Acnologia. Of course the first time the two had met was when Naruto had woken up in a weird cave with Acnologia looking intently at him, like he was a puzzle that the dragon needed to figure out.
Of course what happened next was a series of confused babbling from the young blonde and angry remarks from the powerful dragon. Said dragon had actually thought of simply eating the boy because of his annoying question. The king of dragons was a little surprised though since the young blonde didn't seam scared at all of him.
Yes, that was a funny first talk
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Acnologia was angry. No, scratch that, Acnologia was enraged. Why? Simple. The powerful dragon was someone who's pride resided in his power, and not only that but also the reputation he had gained through the years as the most powerful dragon and as an herald of destruction and chaos. A being that made everyone shiver in fear by his simple presence
Yes, Acnologia was definitely proud of himself
And of course it was a heavy blow to his pride that when the little gaki Zeref had gave him to train, something that still left a sour taste on Acnologia's mouth since the last thing he wanted to do was train a human, had woken up and instead of the fear the black dragon expected in the boys eyes the only thing he found was mere curiosity.
Right now the both of them were located in a gigantic cave. The only thing illuminating this place was the little sun light that penetrated from some holes the cave had. Acnologia decided to come to this place first since he wanted to see exactly was kind of weak sack of flesh he would have to train as soon as possible
"Are you a dragon...?" asked young Naruto, looking at the laying form of Acnologia with no little amount of both curiosity and awe. Expressions that the king of dragons found himself wanting to wipe of. He should be looked with nothing but fear dammit!
"Of course I am ningen, what else could I be?"answered Acnologia with no little amount of sarcasm and contempt in his voice. Sure he would do the task Zeref asked him to do, but it did not mean he had to like it!
"An oversized lizard?" was Naruto comeback, and if it wasn't because of the mischievous glint he had in his eyes it would have seen like he was asking something in honest curiosity.
Of course Acnologia had to use all of his for of will to NOT eat the human where his standing. He was the strongest dragon! No one called him an oversized lizard and leaved to tale the tale!
It also helped that he recounted in his minds the different ways that Zeref could destroy him if he were to kill this little cockroach.
"You have death wish ningen? I could easily eat you for that comment!"growled the gigantic dragon with his equivalent to a glare directed towards the young blonde. Of course this would have made almost anyone to shrink in bare fear
Sadly for Acnologia Naruto was not just any human, even if he was just a child
"Yeah, I guess you could... but you won't" said Naruto with an innocent smile, since apparently he found funny to mess with someone like Acnologia of all being. Said blonde was right now sitting cross-legged in front of the massive dragon. The young boy's clothes were nothing especial, just a simple white shirt with a weird logo that looked like a spiral on its back and some blue pants. Besides him there was the orange blanket he had when he woke up and the estrange kunai Zeref had given to Acnologia. It was also important to note that Naruto was wearing Zeref's necklace
"Oh? And do pray tell why wouldn't I just eat you and be done with you?" asked Acnologia, both amused and annoyed at the blonde
"Because if you wanted to eat me you would have already done so" answered Naruto cheekily, his head tilted to a side and an innocent smile on his face.
That answer actually surprised the powerful dragon a little bit, and his gaze from threatening to a calculating one, almost like he was judging Naruto's worth
Meanwhile the young blonde was, of course, expecting to see what the black dragon would say to that. He understood that being afraid was something that a lot of people would be in this situation, but for some reason the young blonde did not feel afraid from this dragon, almost like he knew that Acnologia would not harm him...
...that much
"Maybe you're right..."started Acnologia slowly, which made Naruto's smile grow a bit "...Or maybe I'm the kind of dragon that likes to play with his food before eating it"and as soon as he finished his sentence Naruto's smile disappeared from his face and his widened. Apparently the young blonde has not thought of that
"Luckily for you I'm not that type of dragon"decided to say Acnologia, not wanting to see the human peeing right here just because of fear. Meanwhile Naruto released a relieved sigh, feeling more at calm since a few minutes ago he thought his big mouth had put him in problem
After that both human and dragon simply stared at each other for a while, blue eyes looking directly at white empty ones. It wasn't until Naruto asked a question that simply made Acnologia think that whatever had happened with Zeref in this boy, it was really mess up
"Who am I?"
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After discovering that, in fact, Naruto did not remember anything, not even his name, Acnologia came to the conclusion that, for some reason, Zeref had wiped out Naruto's memory or something like that. The black dragon had to improvise and told Naruto that he had found him abandoned in a forest, alone and that he simply had decided to grab him. Of course Acnologia didn't know if Naruto had actually believed him, considering the weird looks he received, but he didn't really care, after all it's not like he could just tell him about Zeref like that since there had to be a reason for said dark mage to wipe the memories of the boy
Of course Naruto did in fact not believe Acnologia completely, but he literally could not remember anything. Not even his name or who were his parents. So the young blonde had no choice but to accept what Acnologia said, hoping that sooner or later his memories would come back
It was after that explanation that Acnologia had actually gave the boy a choice. That he could either leave and go do shit in the world without even a clue of who or where he was, or he could accept Acnologia as his sensei and learn everything the king of dragon had to offer. Acnologia did this just to see exactly what would the boy do, after all it was a lot easier to train a willing apprentice that someone who didn't want to learn
Of course considering the circumstances Naruto had no other choice but to say yes.
It had already been six years since that day and to say that Naruto had been working hard would be an understatement. After that day Acnologia had flied with him to another completely different place, which was the place they were right not
Said location was to say at least a gigantic forest. Said forest was completely covered with big trees; with the exception of some clearings like the one the two of them were right now. It was this type of places that Acnologia used for training. Other place that both Acnologia and Naruto used for training was a small river that was in another part of the forest. Naruto did not wandered in the forest that much though, unless it was for survival training, something that Acnologia had forced Naruto to do besides his physical training and magical training.
The forest itself was well hidden, or at least that what it looked like since Naruto could count with his hand the number of times someone had actually appeared in this place. When it came to food Naruto normally ate whatever Acnologia brought after in the morning, which of course was a type of dead animal, although some times Naruto was forced to search for his own food in the forest.
For the physical part Acnologia made Naruto start every day with different exercises. From running until his legs gave up to doing sit-ups and push-ups until Acnologia told him to rest, which only happened once Naruto's body was completely in pain
After that the black dragon would let Naruto rest for a while before starting the training in magic. Of course Acnologia being a dragon had taught Naruto Metsuryū Mahō(Dragon Slayer Magic),or to be more precise Yami noMetsuryū Mahō(Darkness Dragon Slayer Magic). Acnologia made Naruto learn a spell and then use it repeatedly until he rounded out of magic, this was so that Naruto could both masteries a spell and also raise the amount of magic his body could had
Of course Acnologia knew that he was pushing Naruto a lot more than what other dragons did with their sons, but he didn't care. He had told the boy that his training would be hellish but he had still accepted. So Acnologia was going to do his best to ensure that Naruto became as strong a he could
He had no choice after all
"I wonder if one of this day you'll stop being so weak" grumbled Acnologia, trying to get a raise from his apprentice, after all since he could not kill him he could at least have fun at the boys expenses
Sadly for him said boy did not even bother to say anything, knowing what the black dragon was trying to do. Naruto was already used to his relationship with Acnologia. Since the start of the training the black dragon had treated Naruto like he was a load he could not get rid off or just something bothersome that the black dragon simply couldn't eat or just kill. Of course Naruto had tried to bond somehow with the powerful beast for the first year of training since he was possibly the closed thing to a family he would ever have for a time, but it didn't took a genius to notice that Acnologia didn't want to have any sort of relationship with Naruto besides that of master and apprentice, and that was barely.
Of course this left Naruto yearning for something to call a family. He always wondered what had happened to his. He knew he had a father and a mother somewhere since he was he had not grow in a tree from one day to another, and he always wondered who and where were they? Did they abandon them? Or did Acnologia do something to them and he simply didn't want to tell Naruto about it? The only thing the young blonde knew was that every time he started thinking of his lost family a great sense of loss and sadness appeared in his hearth.
The young blonde always hoped for a lot of stuff. For his memories to come back. For his family to appear. Heck he also hoped that one day Acnologia would stop treating him like an annoyance knew though. He knew that those things would probably never happen.
That didn't stop him from hoping though
Naruto was taken out of his thought by the sound of wings flipping. The young blonde stood of in time to see his sensei preparing to take fly, which meant that it was resting time
"I'll come back later and you better be ready to continue or tomorrow is going to be worse" said Acnologia before taking fly, leaving Naruto alone in the clearing. This was something normal for the dragon to do since he only spent time here when he was training Naruto. Besides that Acnologia normally stayed somewhere else and he had never told Naruto when it was
"One of this days you oversized gecko, one of this day" whispered Naruto, once again vowing to himself that one day he would be strong enough to defeat his sensei in a fight. That way he would have no other choice but to accept the fact that Naruto was not a dead weight ad he normally calls him
Yes, he would get strong and show Acnologia, even if it was the last thing he did in his life!
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Some weeks later
Naruto Uzumaki was excited. This was one of the days Acnologia would let him go to a little village in which Naruto would spend a few days before being picked up by the powerful dragon.
For this said dragon would take Naruto travel for a while towards a little village that was practically at the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature and with few people actually living in it in compression with any big city. Acnologia made sure to drop Naruto away from the village so that no one would see him and as always Naruto would spend normally one or maybe even two days there before having to go back to the spot Acnologia left him so that the dragon could pick him up and return to the forest that was their home. Normally Acnologia would let Naruto do this once a month, which was the reason the young blonde always, got exited about it, since it was one of the few thing he truly enjoyed
The reason for this travel was because there was stuff that Acnologia wanted to make sure Naruto learned, but that the dragon himself couldn't teach easily. Like writing and reading or the simply act of socializing. Another reason for doing this was for the young blonde to get clothes once the ones he used were too small for him.
Acnologia promised that he would train the boy and he would be damned in he did it halfway!
Naruto had never asked from where Acnologia had even gotten the jewels for Naruto to buy clothes, specially since the first time he did Acnologia simply gave him what he thought was a predatory smile.
Right now the blonde boy was walking through a little road that ended in the village he had been visiting from some years already, thinking about what he'll do once he gets there. The first thing that came into mind was of course reading some books that the local library had. Reading was definitely one of Naruto's favorite hobbies, besides training of course. It really helped that he already knew how to read when Acnologia found him, something that actually surprised the dragon a little bit considering how young Naruto was in the first place
Not that Acnologia ever told him that, the mighty dragon believed in tough love after all, or how he likes to call it, soft hate
It was after walking for some time that Naruto finally got close enough to see the village itself. The village by far a small one, with a lot of houses and other buildings that were made with either wood or stones. There were a few buildings that were bigger than the others, but the majorities were two-store houses. One of the most eye-catching things that the little village had was that in the middle of it there was a little park, filled with some trees, grass and of course a small lake that children normally used to play.
Naruto entered the small town, waving hello to the poor guy whose job was to watch out for the village entrance. It was still quite early so there weren't that much people in the streets yet except for some early people and other ones who were opening their shops already. Naruto waved and some of them while walking by, his legs moving him towards his wished destination
The Library
The place itself was nothing really special. Just a big building made of stone, Naruto guessed. Of course since the village itself was small the variety of books this place had was not overly extensive, but Naruto didn't really care about that anyway, considering the fact that he liked almost everything that was in a book. From history to theory of magic to fantasy novels.
Except trashy romance novels, that was something not even Naruto liked, specially those books that made grow man giggle like little girls with blush on their faces
"Ohayo Kurenai-san" greeted Naruto once he got to the reception desk, looking at the women in charge of the library with a smile on his face. Said woman was reading a book at the moment, but as soon as she heard the greeting her eyes focused on the blonde boy and she couldn't stop the kind smile that appeared on her face
"Ohayo Naruto-kun" replied the woman known as Kurenai. Kurenai is a fairly tall and light-skinned woman of slender build. She has long, black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and very unique eyes that are red in color, with an additional ring in them. She wears make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her outfit consists of a red mesh armor blouse with only the right sleeve visible. Over that there is this is very broad material which resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs were also wrapped in bandages.
"I knew I was forgetting something important, although I'm sure Hinata-chan didn't forget about you coming today. That explain why she was so happy yesterday" said Kurenai after rounding her desk and hugging Naruto quite tightly, making the blond boy release a chuckle and start scratching his head in embarrassment
"Where's Hinata-chan?" asked Naruto while looking around, expecting to see his shy friend
"She had to do some errands, but I'm sure she will be here shortly, you can go and read meanwhile if you want, Naruto-kun" replied the red eyed woman, knowing the answer already, after all she knew how much Naruto liked to read
Said blonde nodded happily before going to one of the many bookshelves there were and picking a specific book. Said was quite thick, with a brown cover and its title written in golden letters. 'Magic: A Gift'was the name of the book. The young blonde grabbed the book and, after sitting in the lone couch the library had he started reading the book
Just as it title suggested the book talked about magic itself. About how magic worked in the world and how were people able to use it. It also touched the theme about the different types of magic that existed and how they were either Holder Magic or Caster Magic.
One of the things Naruto found more interesting about the book was the theme of Lost Magic. Of course it was not surprising considering that Naruto itself was a user of a Lost Magic. According to the book one of the most powerful and dangerous type of magic was those that messes with time and space, followed only by the dark magic that dealt with life and death itself
Of course the user of those type of magic where almost none existent. In fact the only known user of that kind of dark magic was the one known as Zeref. Naruto had read about the actions of said dark mage 400 years ago and even though almost anyone concluded that Zeref was by far the most evil mage that had ever existed Naruto could not help but feel that something was wrong when it came to what the books knew about the man
Sadly the young boy would never be able to meet someone that dies 400 years ago or at least that what he believed
"O-Ohayo, Naruto-kun" said a soft voice that took Naruto out of his reading after almost half an hour of it. When Naruto looked up from his book he was greeted by the presence of one of his friends in this village, Hinata Hyuga
Hinata was a young girl, probably a few years younger than Naruto with dark blue hair and fair skin. Her eyes were quite peculiar, being completely white with a touch of lavender. Her hair was in a short, leveled hime-cut style just above her forehead, with chin-length bangs framing her face. She was wearing a simple outfit: a long-sleeved, light blue blouse with a high collar, and dark blue pants and blue sandals.
"Ohayo Hinata-chan!" replied Naruto with a big smile on his face, getting a small one from the shy girl, who also had a book in her hands, only that this one was quite smaller if you compared it with Naruto's
The two of them had become friend shortly after Naruto's second visit at the village. Naruto had found some other kids making fun of Hinata at the park because of her eyes and decided to intervene, which included hitting one of the kids that seemed to not get the message. Naruto had never liked bullies, probably because of the fact that he spent almost all of his time with Acnologia, who in Naruto's opinion was nothing but a big bully
A big, powerful and annoying bully
After that Naruto spent a good part of the day simply spending time with the pale-eyed girl, playing a little bit before going to the library to read. It was that same day when he was formally introduced to Hinata's adoptive mother, Kurenai Yuhi, and to say that the woman was pissed when Naruto told her how she had helped Hinata would have been an understatement
Just at that moment Naruto actually felt pity for those kids
After that day Naruto became good friends with both daughter and mother, so it was really no surprise to find both Naruto and Hinata reading books together in the library, playing in the park or simply walking around the village.
Of course Naruto could never tell them the real reason for him to just stay in the village for nothing more than two days. Acnologia made that part quite clear, since the last thing he wanted was some annoying humans poking in his business. So the young blonde boy had no choice but simply tell them that he liked to travel a lot, so he really couldn't stay in just once place
Of course Kurenai hadn't believed him at all, but she didn't press the subject again, something that the blue eyed boy was fortunate for. He could not blame her though, after all Naruto was still young, so for him to be travelling around alone could be quite dangerous, or so she believed
"W-what are you reading, Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata after seating besides Naruto in the couch. To answer that Naruto simply raised his book, showing Hinata the title of it, making the young girl nod in confirmation
"And you?" asked Naruto with a raised eyebrow. Hinata did the same as Naruto and simply raised her white book and Naruto could easily read the title of it: Dragons: a Magical Tale
"A book of dragons?"
"H-Hai, it's a fantasy book a-about a dragon that protects a p-princess" said Hinata with a little smile, making Naruto think of Acnologia protecting a princess
'Like that would ever happen' deadpanned Naruto in his mind, knowing that his teacher would probably prefer to kill himself before protecting any human
After that both kids simply stayed in a comfortable silence, reading peacefully their own books. Of course Naruto shot some funny looks towards Hinata every time the girl giggled because of something she was reading, and after that the girl would blush a little bit, making Naruto chuckle. Of course neither of them noted the warm smile Kurenai directed at them from her desk, quite happy about how her daughter in all but blood was able to enjoy herself with a friend
Yep, it was just a normal day like any other
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"I-I'm sorry Naruto-kun" Apologized Hinata once again, looking at her friend with a worried expression
"I already told you Hinata-chan, is fine" replied Naruto, who was right now holding a couple of boxed in his weren't that heavy, at least not for the young dragon slayer
"But still, I-I should be helping and..."
"Nonsense Hinata-chan, stop worrying about it, I'm glad I can be of help"
"B-but" started Hinata once again, making Naruto sweat drop at his friend attitude. Sure she might not be as shy as she was when they met but she was still quite the meek girl.
Just behind the two of them was Kurenai, who couldn't contain the chuckle that escaped her lips at seeing the interaction of those two. The red eyed beauty was also carrying some boxed, and right now her, and both Naruto and Hinata, where walking towards her house.
It was after a few hours that Kurenai had to go on an errand at the house of the local fisher, Tazuna. Of course Naruto being who he is volunteered to help, even though Kurenai had said that she could do it on its own.
The trio, consisted of Naruto, Kurenai and Hinata, reached Tazuna's house in which they were greeted by the man itself, who was obviously drunk, or at least that what it seemed. They were there to simply grab some things that Tazuna's daughter has used before getting married and that she didn't used anymore, so the old man had decided to give them to Kurenai, since he didn't had any use for them
Naruto's opinion of the man was that he was quite funny, and even if he could be quite annoying sometimes you could easily tell that he was a good man, even if he spent a good part of his day drinking and flirting with younger women
"Kurenai-san, how's Asuma-san doing?" asked Naruto, trying to change the subject so that Hinata could stop apologizing. As soon as he asked the question a small blush appeared on her face
"He's fine, I don't know how's that any of your business though" answered Kurenai with a huff, making Naruto chuckle and Hinata giggle. It was no secret how the man known as Asuman was attracted to the red-eyed beauty. It was really easy to notice considering the multiple attempts the man had done to woo Kurenai.
There was even a poll going on in the village about when were the two of them to finally become a couple.
It was after a few minutes of walking that the trio finally reached both Kurenai and Hinata's home. Said home was a normal two store-house, nothing really special about it just like the other houses in the village
The three of them entered the house, and after putting the boxes in the closet Kurenai decided that it was time for dinner. Now normally Naruto would have say that he didn't to take advantage of their hospitality, but after the first times Kurenai practically forced him to stay, saying that he was no bother and that he could stay anytime he wanted
This of course brought a smile to Naruto's face when he heard it. He was so happy that he hugged Kurenai who simply giggled and then Hinata, whose face became as red as a tomato when he did that. So now it was normal for Naruto to stay here every time he came to this village instead of his normal plan of seeping in the woods nearby
Yes, it was just a normal day in the village of Konoha
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A few months later
Naruto found himself doing one of the things he most did after training, and that was to sort the different dreams he had been having for a while
Normally Naruto would not being doing this if they were normal dreams, but of course they weren't. The dreams Naruto was having felt so real that calling them a dream was wrong in Naruto's opinion. The dreams were blurs though, since he could barely understand what happened in them. The only thing he could see clearly was a red-headed woman, a blond man that looked just like him and a black haired man with black eyes.
Every since Naruto started having dreams about this people he always wondered about who were they? Of course his first guess was that they were his family, or at least that they were related to him somehow. It was really easy to get to that conclusion considering how the blond man looked exactly like him, only that he was an adult.
The young boy tried to talk to Acnologia about it, but the powerful dragon didn't have any comments about it. Well he had a few, but they were nothing but annoying comments about stupid humans and their stupid dreams
'Stupid lizard' thought Naruto with a frown. He had always wondered why Acnologia seemed to hate humans with so much passion. He had wanted to ask but he knew better than that. He was sure that the black dragon would never tell him anything. Of course this also made Naruto think about the reason for Acnologia to train him. The dragon didn't like humans that was for sure, so why losing his time training one? Specially considering that he didn't even like Naruto at all, so why?
Of course the young blonde had no idea, but that was one of the mystery he so desperately wanted to figure out.
Another mystery of those was about that kunai that Naruto was holding in his hand. According to Acnologia this was the only thing Naruto had with himself, besides his clothes of course, when the dragon found him. One of the things that Naruto tried to investigate in the library was the markings that the weird triple bladed kunai had, but he could not find anything about it.
His second guess was to ask Kurenai, but the black-haired woman didn't know anything about it. The only thing she could tell him was that it was probably related to some type of magic, but what type no one knew
Not even Acnologia could tell him anything. And even though a part of him thought it was simply because the dragon didn't want to tell him what it did he finally reached to the conclusion that the dragon itself didn't know anything about the kunai
After all more than once Naruto had caught Acnologia looking at the weapon with a measuring gaze, before simply grunting and ignoring all together
So in the end Naruto still didn't know what did those marks mean, but that didn't stop him from always carrying the weapons everywhere he went. For some reason he felt safer when he had it, like he knew it would protect him somehow. That and the weird sense of nostalgic that the kunai gave him made him think that it was definitely related to his forgotten past.
It was just another one of those mysteries that surrounded Naruto's life, but the blonde promised himself that somehow he would figure this out
After all it was something that probably connected him to his past, and everything that did that important to Naruto
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A Few Days later
"W-what happened here?!" were the first words Naruto said as soon as he entered the village that he had come to call home
Today what the normal day for Acnologia to leave Naruto close to the village of Konoha. Even though Naruto always waited for this day with anticipation he felt that something was wrong as soon as he woke up. Besides that Acnologia was completely silent for some reason, not making any comments about Naruto's strength or any general comments about how humans where nothing but insects
Nothing
Of course the young blonde was not going so say anything and ruin the break he had from the normal behavior of the black dragon, so he simply accepted the fact that today, for some reason, Acnologia had acted different before leaving him in the outskirts on the village.
Every since he started walking towards the small village of Konoha the weird feeling Naruto had when he woke up had become worse, so after half the walking the young blonde decided to run just to get there fast. He didn't knew what was making him feel like this, but he definitely didn't like it, so the only thing he wanted to do was reach the village, go to the library and read some books and play with Hinata-chan
If only life was that simple
The first thing that got him was the smell. A powerful smell of decay that Naruto had never felt before. The second thing that got him was the sight he got as soon as he reached the towns entrance.
The small yet beautiful and simply village that became something like a home to Naruto was no more. No, what was left instead could only be describes as some ruins. The multiple houses and building were now nothing but destroyed ruble.
As soon at Naruto saw this a sense of dread made itself present on his heart. What happened here? Who did this? Where's everyone? Those were the questions that plagued Naruto's mind. After getting ridden of the initial shock the young blonde ran as fast as he legs could carry him towards Kurenai and Hinata's house. He had to make sure they were ok!
That's when his mind started going a mile per hour. What if something happened to them? Naruto quickly shock his head trying to get rid of those thoughts. They have to be fine after all
Or at least that what Naruto wanted to believe
The young blond ran until he got to the little park that was at the middle of the village. He had to go in this direction to reach his friend house after all. Sadly for him what he saw just made this day the worst of his life
The park that was once so full of life was now, to make it simple, dead. The grass and the threes were completely burned and the small fountain was tinted in a crimson red. That wasn't what got Naruto's completely attention though. No, what really got him shacked up was the unmoving form of a young man, probably in his twenties, simply lying there in the grass, a pool of a crimson liquid that Naruto guessed was blood under him.
Naruto's eyes widened in horror at this sight, after all he had never seen a corpse. It was kind of hard for that to happen since he spent almost all of his time in a forest when there were no one but some animals and the rest of his time he spent it in this village that used to be a safe place
But now it looked like hell had made it through here
It was after seeing the death body that Naruto's attention when to his surrounding, something that in his hurry he had ignored. And what he saw was definitely something that no ten year old kid should ever see.
More death bodies were lying there on the ground. Some of them face down, but others were in the ground on their back, so Naruto could easily see the expression of horror that was imprinted in their faces. Some of the bodies where even missing some limbs, while others looked like they had been burned to dead.
Naruto brought a hand to his mouth, his eyes completely open in horror and his whole body shaking. The young blonde could not believe what he was seeing; it looked like something that got out from some horror story or something. How could this happen? Who could have done something as horrible at this? Those were the questions that plagued the boys mind
Naruto had to use all of his force of will to get out of his horror induced estate before he started running, prying to whatever god that existed that both Hinata and Kurenai were ok. That they had somehow escaped this horror. That they were fine
Another part of him prayed for this to be nothing but a nightmare. Sadly what he was experiencing was very much real, and it was something that would mark him for ever
After running some more Naruto finally reached his friend's house. And for his utter horror said house was too destroyed completely just like the others. The boy had still hope though; after all he truly wanted to believe that they were safe
"Kurenai-san! Hinata-chan!" yelled Naruto while moving the rubles of their house, hoping that he would hear something, anything that suggested that they were fine. It was after moving one of the biggest pieces of wood that Naruto saw something that almost made him yell in despair
The body of the woman known as Kurenai Yuhi was lying there under the ruins if her house, her face pale and her eyes open wide. A trail of blood already dry present from her lips to her chin. The young blonde touched her left arm, which was the only other part of her body that could be seen beside her face, and his face once again adopted a horrified expression at feeling just how cold she was.
Naruto gasped and started walking backwards, her eyes wide and his whole body trembling even more than before. This time though there actual tears falling from the young boys face. He wasn't an expert but he could easily tell. She was dead. One of the few people that he cared the more was death.
After going back to the street and out of the rubble Naruto legs finally gave up and the boy and the boy felt to his knees, His gaze focused on the destroyed house that once held so much happiness, his eyes releasing fresh tears every second and his breath shallow. The young dragon slayer was even more afraid of searching and finding the dead body of his first friend, Hinata. He didn't know what he would do if he found her like that. A part of him wanted to believe that she might still be alive, but the more realistic part of him had to accept the fact that it was almost impossible for that to be the truth
So big was Naruto's feelings in this moment that he almost ignored the feeling of the powerful gust of wind, the flap of wings and the small temblor that were signature of the landing of the last being he wanted to face now
Acnologia
Of course the black dragon didn't have any problem in landing in top of some destroyed buildings; he was too big to simply land on the streets after all. The king of dragons focused his gaze in the trembling form of his apprentice, but there was no compassion in those white eyes, no, there was nothing more but annoyance and a glint of something that Naruto could not figure out
"Weak"started Acnologia, his deep voice resounding everywhere "You humans are nothing but fragile creatures... Not only you die easily, but you can feel hurt by nothing but feelings. Humans die all the time ningen, some of them die by natural means, while others... Let's just say that you humans truly enjoy killing each other. So I see no reason for you to shed tears by the death of a few"
At hearing this Naruto's eyes finally went from the former house if his friend to the dragon that had been training him since he was four.
"You... you knew... you knew what had happened here" Whispered Naruto, saying like it was a fact, which pretty much was. After all for what other reason would Acnologia appear here out of nowhere after dumping Naruto if he didn't know this place was already like this.
"Yes, I did" confirmed the black dragon like it was nothing, almost like he was discussing the weather. Of course this answer did nothing but made Naruto's sadness turn into nothing but pure rage.
"Then why!? Why the hell didn't you tell me!? Why the hell didn't you help them!?" asked Naruto enraged. Of course he knew that Acnologia would never help humans, but he was too upset to care about that at this moment
"And miss that priceless expression of despair on your face? I don't think so... After all you have to live for the simplest things, don't you?" replied the dragon darkly, making Naruto eyes to widen before his face turned into a snarl, his feeling towards his sensei going to annoyance to pure and simply hate
"You... You BASTARD!" yelled Naruto more than ready to attack Acnologia even though it would probably do nothing. The black dragon seemed to know this though, since as soon as Naruto got up Acnologia stomped the ground with his paw, hard, making a temblor that made Naruto fall on his but. After this the powerful dragon closed the distance between his face and Naruto's body, more than ready to teach the little insect a lesson
"And what are you going to do about it? Attack me? Kill me? You can't... want to know why? Because you are weak. Humans are nothing but a race that think too highly of themselves... and you are no different. You should feel glad I haven't killed you yet ningen" growled Acnologia, meeting Naruto's heated glare with one of his own. The powerful dragon retreated his head to give the blond boy some space. After that Acnologia saw how Naruto's eyes went from a glare to a lost expression just before he curled himself in a ball and started sobbing. He cried, he cried for his dead friends. He cried for everyone that died here. He cried for he was once again alone
"Consider this a lesson ningen... humans die all the time, and you must learn to deal with it. I won't have an apprentice that cried every time he sees the dead ones. I won't have such a weak human like that under my wing"announced Acnologia, his white eyes looking at the sobbing form of his apprentice with nothing short of disdain.
Zeref had said so himself, he didn't have to care about the little runt, just train him, and that he did. If it meant having to traumatize the boy a little bit then he was fine by that. His training was no joke after all; he would make the boy as strong as he could, even if it meant breaking him a little bit.
After all what didn't kill you make you stronger, right?
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Well this is the start of the fic and I believe the chapter itself answers the question about if I was going to make a fluffy Acnologia or not. While I could have made that work I thought it would be better to have a dark/evil Acnologia training Naruto. It seemed more interesting that way
Now I know that some of you reader might have some issues with the time travel mentioned in the prologue, so I want to confirm that it will be explained completely in future chapters. Of course I know that touching time travel in any way might make a mess out of any story (I'm still wrapping my head around the time travel in Fairy Tail to be honest), so I'll make sure to explain it in a way that won't ruin the fic for anyone, or at least that's what I hope
Now I know some people (probably a lot) won't like what I did to Kurenai. Heck I didn't really like but it had to be done for the sake of the plot. And for those that are fan of Hinata (and for those that aren't) I suggest you to wait until next chapter before flaming me for "killing her", which I didn't… Or did I?
As always thanks you everyone that read this chapter and of course thanks to everyone that followed, favorite or reviewed this fic. Especially those with suggestions and constructive criticism that might help to make this fic better
Next Chapter: the dragon leaves and Naruto meets certain daughter of the Sky Dragon