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Chapter 2

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Minato ran a hand through his hair as he looked out the window of the Hokage tower wondering where his plans all went wrong as he watched the people of the village go about their daily lives. One year had passed since his youngest son vanished from the village and they were called back from the urgent message sent by Sarutobi. One year since everything started falling apart with his family to where he can't even be in the same room as his wife Kushina for more than a few minutes before a fight breaks out between them.

Kushina blamed him for even getting her to agree to his plan. She blamed herself for not fighting against it when they could have thought of something else instead of leaving Naruto behind at the villages mercy. The kids didn't know about Naruto so they were stuck watching their parents fight about someone they didn't even know and when they tried asking around the village he made sure an Anbu was nearby to interrupt them before they could learn what he did.

Turning back to his desk Minato saw the three thick files holding all the information about his youngest son that the village had and couldn't help but feel sick after just the first few pages. The only thing he had as a consolation was that his plan worked and from Jiraiya's reports the other villages and the Akatsuki were wasting time searching the Elemental Nations for Naruto thinking he was the villages real jinchuuriki. While they wasted time searching it would give him enough time to get his children trained up for whatever the prophecy had in store for them and hopefully Jiraiya could find Naruto before anyone else did. If not then he'd be remembered for his sacrifice given for the greater good of everyone else in the Elemental Nations.

"Sensei!" Kakashi shouted coming through the window with a worried look on his face. "Something big is heading towards Konoha!" He looked close to panicking when he reported that seconds before a loud roar was heard as Minato grabs his student and uses his signature jutsu to transport them to the top of the tower. Another roar was heard but this time even louder causing him to look up towards the skies to see a gargantuan black dragon with blue tribal markings heading towards them. "From what the border patrols could report that thing was spotted flying through Oto no Kuni devastating everything in its path on the way here." They both watched the dragon coming closer while every jutsu that was fired at it couldn't even slow the thing down.

"What kind of hell has come to the Elemental Nations." Minato muttered under his breath staring at the gargantuan dragon in shock. 'Is this the great enemy the prophecy spoke about that my children needed to rally the other villages against or something worse.' His mind was going over the prophecy wondering if he read it wrong while he ordered his men to get ready for combat. Even if this was apart of their destiny he needed to get them out of the village for now since they were to young to handle a monster like that. With the Anbu behind him the Fourth Hokage prepared for the coming battle knowing what was at stake if they couldn't drive the gargantuan dragon away from the village.

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"But dad history lessons are so boring." A childish voice whined slumping against the small table he was using while trying to ignore his father's laughter coming from behind him.

"It's your own fault for asking about the veil and how it worked." Ryujin responded with a small laugh. "Now if you prove you remembered today's lessons I'll let you have a small break for the rest of the morning."

Asura perked up at hearing that before biting the inside of his cheek in concentration. "Um... the veil was put up by some guy with the last name Otsutsuki to keep the eastern continent separated from the rest of the world." Watching his son stick the tip of his tongue out Ryujin smiled slightly seeing him rack his brain for the information he needed. "He feared the Black Wizard guy stepping foot on the lands that were once under his father's protection because the demons like the Kyubi might join his side and leave for the outer lands. So the older brother used a form of Lost Magic behind his little brother's back to put the veil up while the rest of the world was distracted during the Dragon Civil War."

"And what else." Ryujin urged on trying to make Asura learn something besides the dozens of odd skills he already knew. "After a while it started falling apart without someone supplying it with power causing some of its runes to fade away." Asura couldn't remember the rest of the lesson so Ryujin finished it for him.

"So for now only beings that have a draconic feeling to their magic like Dragons or their Dragon Slayers and humans that have more than twice the power of a regular S-Class Mages can pass through the veil safely without being affected by its harmful magic." Ryujin lectured seeing he had his son's attention solely on him during the lesson. He was glad Asura already knew how to do most of the things any child of his needed to know like reading and counting giving him more time to teach him about their history along with some of the other things he would have never learned growing up by himself.

"Can I go look around the beach and see if anything new is in the waters today." Asura pleaded giving his father the tearful puppy dog eyes with a trembling bottom lip. Ryujin smirked knowing Asura's little game by know but relented anyway.

"Fine you can go Asura but I'm only giving you an hour before we get back to training." Ryujin called out watching the six-year-old running off for his almost daily swims.

Outside Asura raced down the path jumping into the freezing cold waters that didn't affect him since he spent a year getting used to the cold climate and was training to be a Water Dragon Slayer. Underneath the water he plunges swimming deeper and deeper knowing he could hold his breath longer than anyone else in the world thanks to his training. He barely needed to come up for air that much and Ryujin explained that when he mastered Water Dragon Slayer Magic he wouldn't need to anymore since water was their domain.

Feeling the water all around him Asura moves toward his favorite spot where a small beam of the sun's light hits the ocean's floor below him letting him see everything. Asura hasn't tested if he could handle the deeper waters of the ocean yet always staying close enough to keep the island in sight but is tempted to go a little deeper each time he gets a chance to swim in between his lessons.

The bigger fish and creatures stay away from Asura as he swims feeling his fathers magic and instinctively knowing what would happen if he ever got hurt. He spends most of his free time searching through the wreckage of the few ships he could reach picking up anything that looked interesting and could fit in the pockets of his swimming trunks.

After awhile he started feeling the need to get some air and started to swim back to the island breaking the surface with a smile to see his father waiting near the shore for him. Quickly swimming towards the shore Asura was about to run over to him when he caught a strange scent in the air that had him glancing over towards a couple of rocks in the shallow water.

"What did you find." Ryujin asked seeing Asura suddenly running over towards some rocks getting hammered by the waves. He smelt a small amount of blood but just passed it off as a dead fish or something until Asura bolted over to the area it came from.

"It's a key pouch that has some dried blood on it." Asura answered waving the ragged looking key pouch in his hands for his father to see. He scrunched up his nose getting another whiff of the dried blood as he opened it up seeing a silver key inside. The key's bow is circular and bears the crest of the Chisel on its center colored green while the blade of the key ends in a simple looking design.

"That's one of those Celestial Spirit Gate Keys and its a silver one their pretty common if I remember right." Ryujin explained to his son after seeing the key in Asura's hands. "They're a type of summons that you make contracts with for their help with things from battle to smaller task like directions or music. Don't know much about them other than that." He admitted seeing Asura looking the key over with the same curious look he gives his journal or that large scroll from the demon.

"So I could summon some kick ass dragon like you to train with when your busy?" Asura asked getting an excited look in his eyes just thinking about it until Ryujin smacked him upside the head with his tail.

"There isn't a dragon summon you idiot and even if one did exist you don't have anywhere near enough magic for them to stay in this world for more than a minute before you pass out. I don't even think you can summon the weakest one before dropping from exhaustion at the level your at."

"I'll show you dad." Asura got up from the blow pointing a finger up at him. "I'll grow strong enough that I'll master Water Dragon Slayer magic in no time. I won't stop there I'll keep going until I've mastered over a thousand different spells and then you'll have no choice but to admit I'm better than you. That's a promise of a lifetime old man." After saying that he ran off to train leaving behind a smirking dragon holding back a laugh after hearing his son's declaration.

"I can't wait for the day you do kid." Ryujin muttered a small laugh escaping until he heard Asura yelling for him to hurry up.

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A now eight year old Asura looked around as they landed wondering why his father brought him here of all places until he heard the loud footsteps of something big coming closer. "So you finally have a kid of your own Ryujin." A voice called out as another dragon entered the clearing they landed in moments ago.

The dragon coming closer was slightly bigger than Ryujin with dark red scales and the inner portions of his long tail and legs colored beige. Asura just noticed all the scars running down his body before he caught a glimpse of a pink haired boy riding on the other dragon's head.

"Yea I got a kid of my own to look after just like you and others did." Ryujin replied with a grin on his face matching the other dragons.

"Who are they dad!" Both kids asked at the same time pointing at the other interrupting their fathers stare down. "Stop copying me." Both kids grew tick marks over their eyes as they glared at each other. "I said stop it!" They had already climbed down from their parents heads while yelling at each other to stop copying whatever they other said. "Stop it!" Both of them were butting heads growling at each other while both dragons watched on amused at their actions.

With a shout of anger the pink haired boy jumps Asura both of them rolling around in the dirt throwing punches at each other. "They seem just as energetic as we were Igneel."

"Natsu always did love a good fight." The now named Igneel told him with a smirk watching Asura pin Natsu for a brief second before getting kicked off of him. "How did the kid find you when you never leave that island of yours?" Igneel gave him a curious look knowing any ships that tried in the past would be crushed by the whirlpools Ryujin uses to defend the island he calls home.

"An old drinking buddy found him in the eastern continent and sent him my way." Igneel raised an eyebrow at hearing Ryujin's kid came from there of all places and was curious about his drinking buddy since most of the others besides Grandeeney didn't get along with him that much. But he kept quiet for now judging by the look in Ryujin's eyes that it was something he didn't want to talk about.

"Pinned ya!" A grinning Natsu yelled seating on top of a thrashing Asura while keeping his arms pinned behind his back.

"I'm not done yet." Asura wiggled around until he could get an arm free and knocked Natsu off of him before taking a deep breath that his opponent copied.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!

"Water Dragon's Roar!

They both yelled at the same time sending a blast of water and fire at each other. Neither dragon bothered moving knowing their sons weren't strong enough yet to do any serious damage during their fight. Both attacks slammed into each other causing a small amount of steam to build up in the area until a gust from Igneel's wings got rid of it.

"Are the two of you finished fighting yet?" An amused Igneel asked watching the two kids breathing heavy as they stared each other down.

"No!" Both of them yelled at the same time before glaring at each other harder. "I told you to quit copying me!" A blast of water stopped them before they could start fighting again getting the both of them drenched in the coldest water Ryujin could make.

A few minutes later after they dried off both kids were sitting next to each other covered in bruises while their fathers talked. Natsu was grinning having had a fun time fighting somebody while Asura was rubbing the spot on his neck where Natsu bit him hard. "Come on you had fun didn't you?" Natsu slapped him on the back still grinning at Asura.

"Yea but you didn't have to bite me so hard." Asura grinned back taking a drink of water from the canteen his father told him to always have on him.

"That's because I'm the better Dragon Slayer." Natsu said pulling Asura into a headlock while both dragons stopped talking to see them play fighting again.

"They're back at it again." Ryujin laughed out seeing them back at it not even minutes after they stopped.

"Let them fight till they wear themselves out." Igneel spoke up stopping Ryujin when he moved to break them up again. "Besides it'll do the both of them some good being around each other even if it's only for a little bit." Igneel told his old friend taking the large drink when it was handed to him. "We don't have much time left before it happens."

"I know and I'm training him to master my style of magic as fast as I can." Ryujin replied taking a big gulp of the alcohol he brought with them.

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A ten-year old Asura was barely able to stand in the clearing they were using for training as his father stood in front of him waiting for him to catch his breath. "You've done a good job Asura." Ryujin spoke up when Asura looked up at him.

"You learned every skill I could teach you and almost every lesson I taught." Asura scratched the side of his cheek looking away feeling slightly embarrassed. "I've taught you everything I know about Water Dragon Slayer Magic, the basics of Water Magic and Requip. You've even got a contract with the Celestial Spirit Caelum that can turn into different weapons." Ryujin smiled down at him making Asura's face heat up even more embarrassed at all the praise. "I'm proud at the rate you've learned but there's still the scroll from the Kyubi that contains knowledge about Illusion, Clone, Sleep and Shikigami Magic along with whatever else that demon knew. So you'll need to train hard if you want to master over a thousand spells and prove your better than me like you said you would Asura." Ryujin was still smiling a proud look in his eyes when Asura grinned up at him.

"I'll master every spell out there old man you better believe it because I never break a promise I make." Asura told him with the same look in his eyes when he first told him that four years ago.

"I know you will my boy but there's another lesson I need to teach you about Water Dragon Slayers." With the smallest movement of his hand the snow vanished and all the plants around Ryujin withered and died as the water was soaked out of them. "You'll need to learn the most dangerous secret of Water Magic that only Water Dragons and their Slayers can learn and why most of us have never raised a child to be a Water Dragon Slayer." 'It's because most humans would abuse what I'm about to teach you.'

Hours later under the light of the moon Ryujin landed near the cost of Fiore carrying an exhausted Asura in his hand. Walking towards a small cave near the water's edge he had a sad look in his eyes when he glanced down at his son fast asleep using his duffle bag as a pillow. 'That's good the magic will keep him asleep until tomorrow morning.' Ryujin thought placing him down in the back of the cave along with the gift he made for him.

"I need you to know something Asura." Ryujin whispered trying to keep his voice down. "No matter what happens or what you do with your life I hope you remember one thing. I'm proud of you my son no matter what you do and hope that you grow into a strong man with the right set of morals to guide him." Turning around he walked to the cave's entrance glancing back one last time. "Goodbye Asura U. Waterfang."

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Asura hears the sound of waves crashing against when he rolls over watching his father walking away. He tries getting up but his body just feels so tired when Asura suddenly hears Ryujin saying he's proud of him. Asura smiles at hearing that before closing his eyes drifting back off to sleep.

Hours later with the sun shining bright in the sky he wakes up to find Ryujin still gone. Another three hours passed and there was still no sign of his father anywhere as he looked around the new cave he woke up in. Ignoring his things for now Asura runs outside ignoring the sand beneath his feet or the strange new smells in the air around him. "Dad!" "Dad!" "Where are you Dad!" "This isn't funny anymore come on out!" Asura screamed at the top of his lungs for hours tears rolling down his face when he couldn't even find his fathers scent in the air.

"Did I do something wrong?" Asura questions himself curled up in the cave still crying as flashes of his old life alone and another father leaving him because he wasn't good enough plague his thoughts. 'I'm proud of you my son.' His fathers voice breaks through his darker thoughts replacing them with the times he spent training or swimming in the ocean holding onto his father's tail.

Getting up he wipes the tears from his eyes before going over to his things resting his eyes on the greatsword made from his father's claw stabbed into the ground. It took him a minute but he finally got the large greatsword into his pocket dimension using Requip since the thing weighed a ton before turning to the rest of his things. He picked up the light blue scale patterned scarf Ryujin gave him a few days ago wrapping it around his waist and the duffle bag filled with the things he found exploring along with Naelon's journal. Sending the Kyubi's scroll into his pocket dimension Asura made his way back outside looking up at the sky. "I'll find you dad and kick your ass for leaving me behind no matter what excuse you come up with."

Author's Notes -

Someone sent me a compliant saying if I changed his first name I needed to keep Uzumaki in there. So I changed it around slightly adding the Uzumaki part as the U in his name as a compromise. I'm not forcing anyone to read my stories so if this doesn't work I don't know what to tell you. Read Return From Darkness by Dog of Man or Messenger of Hope by sakurademonalchemist and you'll see I'm not the first one to change his full name.

Like Kakashi with his thousand jutsu Asura will learn a thousand spells. It won't be at a snap of his fingers and he's instantly undefeatable but a few at a time as the story goes. I'm still sticking with Dragon Slayer Magic as his main fighting style but a few things I had in mind will help him out with a some of the things that happen in the future.

I'll give you a glimpse of the Elemental Nations every few chapters but nothing big is going to happen with them for some time.

I got a few things suggested for him to learn along with a weapon or two for him to use so thanks for your ideas everybody.

Response - (Thanks for your reviews.)

swordsmanwielder: Asura will be seventeen when it gets to X784 and he'll join Fairy Tail.

ShadowWolf: The best I could give you right now is maybe since I only planned on it being Natsu. If enough people want it I might add someone else but for now its just Natsu.