a/n: there will be P.O.V switches in this chapter, oh and i have my reasons for why the first part of this chapter has terrible capitalization and puncuation, but it'll get better at the line break
Line Break 1st person Kyra's dream
"your not done yet"
hm?
"are you afraid of dying?"
afraid of dying? death is an inevitability, no one can stop it, the champion has struck me down, i have fallen, what does it matter at this point
"you didnt answer me"
no, I'm not afraid of death, and I'm sure every soul who has died because of my actions are waiting for me in a very special corner of hell
"who said anything about going to hell?"
what? who are you?
"not important, Kyra"
wait, how do you-
"thats not important either, listen, i have an offer for you"
...i'm listening
"there is another world out there, a world almost completely governed by what you would call 'Wolves,' its constantly at war, even during times of peace, if that makes any sense"
what does this world have to do with me?
"right now? absolutely nothing"
then why bring it up?
"im offering you a second chance at life in this world"
an enticing offer, but to receive, one must give, whats the catch in all this?
"guide the prophecy"
guide the prophecy? whats that supposed to mean?
"you'll figure it out eventually, oh and there's one more thing, sooner or later, you'll have to shed your skin, Apollyon wont survive in this world of wolves, the wolves will see her as too great a threat to continue living, and if you are killed too soon, it'll make this whole ordeal a waste of time"
your asking me to become a sheep? i think i would rather accept death and die a wolf
"i never said you had to become a sheep Kyra"
don't call me that
"why not? its your real name after all"
it's not my name
"yes it is"
Kyra died years ago
"shut up Apollyon...its time to wake up"
...why?
"why?"
why do you want me to do this?
"change is needed, and i figured this is a good a way as any"
who are you to decide something like tha-
"WAKE UP!"
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Some nights are better than others. Sometimes I dream about Blackstone, sometimes I dream about my son. Most nights however, I can only dream about that one fateful day, the day the emperor's champion cut me down, the day it sent me to this world. Nights like that, I don't go back to sleep.
"Kaa-san! Can we go to Ichiraku Ramen for breakfast?"
"You know the rule, Naruto." Ramen, Naruto's favorite food. He calls it the food of gods. I call it cheap flavored noodles.
"Aw but Kaa-san-"
"No buts, Naruto, go practice your reading while I make breakfast, and maybe we will stop for ramen on our way home from the training grounds." His eyes light up at the sound of that.
"Yes Kaa-san." With that Naruto sets off to practice his reading while I go into the kitchen to start breakfast. Sometimes I wonder what the others would think of me if they saw me now. They probably wouldn't believe it even if they saw it. The once feared warlord Apollyon, a demon who would bring war to all lands on a whim, now, a kunoichi raising a child who has a real demon imprisoned within him.
I honestly don't know which is harder to believe, me becoming a mother, or me going from a warlord of the knights to a kunoichi in a shinobi world. No, I think the most unbelievable part of it all was casting off my demon name. I had almost forgotten my real name, until that day. The day I was given my second chance, but I shouldn't be thinking too much about the past. Right now, I have breakfast to make.
Line Break 3rd person
Later that morning at the one of the open field training grounds, both Naruto and Kyra were hard at work. Naruto was practicing basic taijutsu combos against a training dummy. Kyra however, was practicing three hit slash combos with a simple silver longsword, her whole body glowing white on the initial slashes, and her shoulders and sword igniting into flame on the third slash. Her efforts on mastering the art of unblockables and uninterruptables was draining on her stamina, but if fully mastered, will be well worth the effort, and with every combo, the strain gets just the slightest bit easier to take. Naruto pauses for a moment when he see's Kyra stop and flash yellow.
"Kaa-san?"
Her only response, is to raise her sword in the air, let out a cry, and practacly explode with yellow light before going on an unrelenting assault on an imaginary opponent. The biggest difference is the slashes are coming faster and heavier, and every strike comes with an uninterruptible stance and unblockable swings. She keeps up the assault for a solid fifteen seconds before ending it with a white flame overhead slam that sends out a stream of burning flame on the ground extending over thirty feet.
"Kaa-san that was awso-huh?" Kyra falls down to one knee breathing heavily. "Kaa-san!" Naruto runs over to Kyra, worried for her. "Kaa-san are you ok?"
"I'll be alright Naruto, I just need to rest."
"So does this mean we're done training?"
"For now yes."
"Ramen time!"
"Who said anything about getting ramen?"
"But you said-"
"I said maybe we will get ramen."
"Oh please can we get ramen, please, please, pleeease?" Naruto give his best puppy eyes.
"You know those don't work on me Naruto," she said while getting up.
"Why can't we get Ramen?"
"I didn't say we weren't getting ramen either."
"Kaa-san your confusing me." Kyra just smirks as she leaves with Naruto. She enjoys teasing her son.
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a/n: so something about the dream sequence is important, a subtle, or not subtle, idk, spoiler about Kyra, shoot me a pm if you figure it out before i reveal it in a later chapter