Naruto Scifo
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tales of Vesperia
Chapter 2
Naruto was currently sitting down on a stump taking a rest from his journey. "Hmm going through a checkpoint sounds boring" Naruto said staring in the direction of Deidon Hold. "Go through the safe way or the dangerous way"
"Deidon Hold" Naruto said raising his left hand. "Or Quoi Woods" He then lower his left hand as he raised the other. "Hold or Cursed Woods?"
Getting off the stump and picking up his sword he started to walk away from Deidon Hold. "To the Cursed Woods we go"
Naruto walked into the woods as he looked around. "Seems peaceful for a place that is 'cursed'" The mercenary said as he drew his sword. Three plant like creatures emerged in front of the blonde.
Reaching into his pocket he grabbed a Magic Lens. "Mandragora, weak to fire" He said as the three Mandragora started to attack. Naruto pointed Claiomh Solais at the monsters. "I have been waiting for this"
Naruto went forward and slashed the first Mandragora three times before using an arte. "Whirling Assault" The blonde called out as he slashed the Mandragora multiple times in quick succession killing the monster.
Naruto jumped back as the second Mandragora attacked. "Demon Fang" Naruto's sword went along the ground sending a blast of mana at the Mandragora before following up with a basic three hit combo.
Turning to the last Mandragora that attacked him he got a far distance before he held up his left hand as he pointed his palm at the enemy. "Flames come forth, Fireball" He chanted as a red appeared before his hand as a large fireball came out and engulfed the Mandragora.
"So those are artes huh" He looked over his opponents before looking at his two Bodhi blastia. The one on his right wrist was a more physical blastia for artes such as Whirling Assault or Demon Fang while the one on the left was more for magic casting like the Fireball spell.
Naruto grabbed his spoils and continued through the forest. Naruto pasted by a fallen blastia and was almost out of the forest. "That's a big monster" Naruto said as he looked at possibly was the biggest monster he has ever seen so far. "Better not fight it just yet" He turned and walked away. "But I will come back and fight you later"
Naruto stopped to set up camp for a while as he made a sandwich. "I don't know why Yuri says he cooks sandwiches" As he ate the sandwich his head shot up as he heard a wail in the distance. Naruto grabbed his things as he headed in the direction of the noise.
When Naruto arrived he saw an injured creature with somewhat yellow fur, a long tail, a pair of wings and what appears to be a pair of horns. When Naruto looked in the creatures eyes he saw that it held both immense wisdom yet fear.
Naruto went to the creature's side and looked at its injuries. "Damn it! I'm still not able to cast First Aid onto others yet" He thought, Naruto had no idea why he was helping it but something about it was telling him to help it.
Naruto brought out some medicine and bandages he brought from some travelling merchants and from a few unlucky bandits. As he patched the creature up the same creature's eyes widened while it looked at the human.
"Open up" Naruto said as he brought out an apple gel. The beast looked at the gel and back to Naruto. "If you think I am going to kill you with this then what was the point of using my medical supplies"
The creature stared at him before eating the gel and found that its energy was coming back. Turns out the gels were both an energy restoring and food source for humans. The elegant creature stood up and did Naruto.
Naruto looked into the eyes of the beast and saw that the beast held a thankful look in its eyes. "Well… see you later" The blonde said as he turned and walked away. The creature looked at him leave before walking in the same direction following him.
As the two left a white haired figure behind a tree watched him walk away. "He went out of his way to heal an Entelexeia" The white haired figure said.
"What should we do?" The white haired figure's partner asked.
"Nothing for now Khroma" The white haired person told Khroma. "He is a figure worth watching… he is interesting. No doubt the Entelexeia will reveal himself to the boy and then depending on his actions we will act accordingly"
The Krityan with long blue hair pulled into a ponytail nodded as her partner turned to the fallen blastia. "It's weird the aer here was going out of control but it seemed to disappear with that boy's presence"
Khroma looked at her partner. "Do you think he is an Entelexeia?" She asked as her partner.
"No… He is a human"
Khroma's eyes widened. "Human? How can a human calm aer without Dein Nomos?" Her partner looked at the sword Dein Nomos before looking back at her.
"I do not know but for now we should continue on. Eventually we will figure out the reason behind how he is able to do that" Khroma nodded at her partner's words and both of them left the forest.
Naruto walked to the forest's exit but stopped as he saw the creature behind him. Naruto blinked in confusion as the creature walked towards him.
"I'd like to thank you for healing my injuries human" The creature said. Naruto blinked again but in surprise at the creature that could talk. "If you are wondering why I can talk it's because I am an Entelexeia"
"Entelexeia?"
The Entelexeia nodded. "Yes I am a being known as an Entelexeia surely you have heard of us as the beings in the Great War"
Naruto shook his head. "This is the first time I am hearing about you Entelexeia"
The Entelexeia looked a bit shocked the story of the Great War, after the Great War the Entelexeia became known as monsters as the soldiers who were in the war told stories about them making them appear as monsters.
"I guess I should tell you" The Entelexeia said. "We Entelexeia have the ability to absorb aer over time and when it goes out of control when large quantities of aer gather in a single space"
"Is that why you were in Quoi Woods?"
"Yes but I was injured on the way here however when I came here with my injuries and saw you I noticed the aer here was already back to normal" The Entelexeia said as he looked at the blonde.
"What about the war?"
"We Entelexeia wanted to stop you humans when you made a new blastia"
"A new blastia…"
The Entelexeia nodded. "Yes, the Hermes Blastia"
"Hermes…blastia" Naruto then looked into the eyes of the Entelexeia. "What is a Hermes Blastia?"
"Hermes blastia are blastia humans never should have ever used. They create an unbalance with aer making it very harmful and dangerous to all living beings"
Naruto looked in shock at what he heard as he looked at his own blastia. While they weren't Hermes blastia he just could help but think of how dangerous blastia could be to the planet.
"Now you know of the threat of Hermes blastia, what you do with this knowledge is up to you"
What's your name?" Naruto asked the Entelexeia.
"What?"
"Your name" Naruto pulled his hood and mask down showing his mouth and hair. "My name is Naruto Scifo" He said with a smile.
The Entelexeia looked at Naruto, something about his smile made the Entelexeia want to smile. "My name is Astal"
"Astal huh that's a nice name"
"You are a strange human Naruto Scifo" Astal said as Naruto just smiled.
"What are you going to do now?" Naruto asked with his hands behind his head as he watched the Entelexeia close his eyes.
"I shall follow you for a while Naruto Scifo"
"Are you sure that is wise?" Naruto asked Astal.
"Yes it has been quite some time since I had company" Astal said.
"What about when I need to enter towns? You said the stories from the war made you monsters in the stories"
"While that is true some Entelexeia have the ability to shapeshift" Astal was then basked in a bright light that made Naruto cover his eyes and when the light was gone he saw a Krityan in front of him.
The Krityan had short spiky blonde hair like his own but slightly longer and two long antenna like appendages coming from the head that looked like hair. Naruto didn't really know what they were but they were there. The Krityan wore a white shirt with golden trimmings and sleeves that went just past the elbows with the collar going down to the chest like one of Yuri's shirts Naruto saw he wear and dark grey pants that went past the knees with a pair of white yellow trimmed boots.
"Astal is that you?" Naruto said as the Krityan nodded. "Is that your human form?"
"I do not have a human form so I used you as a basis" Astal said as Naruto blinked. It did look like an older Naruto but as a Krityan.
"That's amazing!" Naruto said as he looked at Astal's Krityan form.
"I shall only use this form when we a nearing, entering and exiting human towns and cities" Astal said as Naruto nodded and pulled his hood and mask back up.
Naruto turned to the exit of Quoi Woods. "I guess we better get going then"
"What is your current destination?"
"I'm going to stop by Halure and see if they have any jobs as well as the tree then I'm thinking of going to Aspio"
"What is your purpose for going to Aspio?" Astal asked as the two walked through the plains.
"Aspio is known as the city of scholars so they must have a lot of books and since the city is also known for its mages and blastia research we may be able to learn more about them"
Astal nodded after all knowledge is power and he was curious of what type of research the blonde would do once they get there.
The two entered Halure as Naruto looked at the large blossom tree. "It sure is beautiful" Naruto said as he looked on in awe.
Astal folded his arms and smiled. "I suppose it is"
Naruto saw children playing, men and women going about their daily lives all smiling, having fun, and enjoying their lives. "This is it"
Astal looked towards Naruto. "This is what?"
"This is what I want to protect" Naruto waved his hand in front of them pointing out both humans and krityans going through their peaceful days. "I wish to protect this and if what you say about the Hermes blastia is true… then I will destroy them to ensure nothing horrible happens to this people" He declared.
Astal's eyes widened in surprise before he closed them and smiled. He was indeed different from other humans.
"I'm going to look for a job board feel free to look around" The blonde told the other blonde. Naruto walked through the tranquil village as he found what he was looking for, he scanned the board looking for good paying jobs that also fell under his own skills.
He picked three jobs off the board that caught his interest. The first was a simply request to eliminate some monsters nearby a group of Rhinossus that seemed to be getting aggressive towards travellers. The second was a job to retrieve some small bird feathers and the last job was an escort.
The escort job stated that he should go to the inn where the employer would be when he was ready. Compared to the other job flyers on the board this one seemed to be the newest on there.
Naruto headed out of Halure when Astal appeared beside him. "Where did you come from?" He said as he jumped back.
"I see you got some jobs then?" He asked which Naruto nodded.
"Three of them the first is the take out some Rhinossus"
Naruto and Astal walked around the plains when a few bird like monsters appeared. Naruto pulling out a Magic Lens looked at the monsters. "Chirpee, no known weaknesses, drops small bird feathers"
"I assume you need the bird feathers?"
"That I do" Naruto charged the Chirpee who flew at him. Dodging the Chirpee's attack he spun around with his sword to slash the monster successfully hitting it.
Astal watched as Naruto fought the monster but he wondered why he wasn't going for the kill. Naruto then grabbed the Chirpee that struggled in his grip. "Calm down, everything will be okay"
The monster seemed to calm down in the blonde's arms. "I just need to get a few feathers alright?" Naruto said as his hands moved along the bird's wings grabbing a few feathers. "Alright I think that is enough" He then released the Chirpee that flew away.
"Was that a beast taming arte?" Astal thought as he walked over to Naruto. "What made you spare that monster?"
"I only needed the feathers right?" He asked holding them up. "Also if I killed her then her children would starve"
"How do you know this?"
Naruto held up a Magic Lens. "While most people use this for knowing opponents weaknesses and strengths it also has another function that not many people know of" The masked blonde said. "On a monster it gives off general information about the monsters like what type of habitat, gender, diet etc. Chirpees usually attack in groups of either two or three and higher. A single Chirpee would be searching for food for its young"
Naruto walked around searching for the group of Rhinossus. "Since it told me it was a female and the fact it was alone it was easy to deduce that it was searching for food. When Chirpee's have their young the mother goes out to find food like bugs while the male stays at the nest to keep the young warm and fend off any predator looking for an easy meal"
"Even for all my wisdom even I am learning something new" Astal said as even he didn't know about the monsters life. "But you do know that you can't let every monster live right?"
"Of course I know that I can't just let them all live" Naruto said. "I just didn't want the hatchlings to grow up without a mother"
Astal could tell by his tone that it also held a personal matter and decided not to question further. They eventually found the group of Rhinossus and Naruto drawing his sword prepared for the charging monsters.
Side stepping two of the total of four monsters he swung his blade at the third monster as he performed an arte. "Whirling Assault" He slashed the monster at incredible speeds as he then followed up with another arte, "Demon Fang" The two artes in succession where more than enough to kill the beast.
Jumping upwards he landed on a charging Rhinossus and using his body made it slam into one of the other Rhinossus. Jumping off and swinging his sword to the side he took out the monsters. Naruto felt something slam into him from behind.
The last monster managed to land a hit on him and ran past and turned around for another charge. Naruto hopping back up looked at the Rhinossus charging at him he held up his sword waiting for it to get closer. When the beast was close he swung and watched as the monster fell to the ground dead.
"Well that takes care of that" Naruto said as he rubbed his back as he threw an apple gel into his mouth. "Man that really hurt"
"Of course it did it was trying to kill you" Astal said with a smirk.
"Why didn't you tell me or even better help me?"
"I said I would accompany you I never said anything about helping you fight"
Naruto inwardly cursed at that but it was true. "Well I'm going to turn this two in"
"What about the third job?"
"It's an escort job"
Astal's head quickly shot over to Naruto. "What?"
"It's an escort job"
"I heard that but why an escort job?"
"For one it pays well and secondly it gives us access to Aspio"
Astal raised an eyebrow. "Grants us access?"
"Yes, the only way into Aspio is with a passport something we both don't have"
"I see so this job allows you to not only get paid a hefty sum but also access to the city so you can study their books"
Naruto nodded. "That's the plan"
The two returned to Halure where Naruto handed in his two jobs getting the correct payment for both jobs. Naruto and the Krityan entered the inn to see a scholar from Aspio.
"Excuse me" Naruto said getting the attention from the scholar. "Are you the one who posted this job?"
The scholar smiled as he stood up. "Why yes I was indeed the one who posted that request" He held out his hand as Naruto shook it. "I assume that you two of mercenaries?"
"Yes we are" Naruto said as watched the scholar pack his things.
"It's a good thing you two came as you did" The scholar said. "I just came with a few mages that were passing through Halure however it seems that they didn't plan on heading back to Aspio just yet"
"I see how long ago did this happen?"
The scholar laughed. "A few hours ago actually"
"If you don't mind me asking what were you doing here?" Astal asked the scholar.
"I was researching Halure's barrier blastia" The scholar said. "If you didn't know the tree's barrier is the tree itself"
"How is that possible" Naruto asked the scholar who had a sheepish look.
"To be honest I don't have the slightest idea that's why I was researching it" The scholar said.
"We better head out" Naruto said which the scholar nodded in agreement.
Astal turned to Naruto. "Aren't scholars from Aspio also mages?"
"Some are but not all the scholars are mages" Naruto said as the two followed the scholar.
"You ready?" Naruto asked the scholar who nodded. "Then let's go"
As the three walked to Aspio the scholar gave his knowledge of Aspio and some theories of Halure's tree being a tree that grew around a blastia or a tree that couldn't get enough sustenance from the earth adapted to get nourishment from aer.
The group of three stopped to eat a meal Naruto made for them three bowls of curry with the ingredients he bought before they left Halure. Naruto didn't know if Astal required food but it wouldn't hurt to offer.
"This is probably the best curry I have ever eaten" The scholar said. "You must be a high class chef"
"Nah it's nothing that great there is even better food out there"
Astal took a bite of the curry and after the first bite began eating even more frequently. Naruto had to learn how to cook after his father passed away and it was either him or Flynn and he was glad he was the one to cook most of their meals.
Flynn was… just bad at cooking. Naruto didn't know how Flynn could turn a simple sandwich into a bowl of black muck Naruto didn't even think it was possible.
After the three finished their meals with Astal having seconds, they continued to Aspio.
(Skit: The Amazing Wonderful Taste of Food)
Astal in his krityan form and Naruto are present.
Astal: Who knew humans had such amazing food!
Naruto: I take it you like it then?
Astal: Like it? I love it! It's one of the best things I have ever eaten!
Naruto: Astal… calm down…
Astal: Do you perhaps have seconds?
Naruto: I do…
Astal: Please sir can I have some more?
Naruto: More!
Astal: Please…
Naruto: Okay you can have more just please let go of my leg.
A drooling Astal then left Naruto to go have more food.
Naruto, Astal and the scholar reached the entrance to Aspio. The scholar turned to the blonde. "Thank you for protecting me on the way here"
"No problems" Naruto said the trip to Aspio was pretty much uneventful except for a couple of Rhinossus and Chirpees.
The scholar showed his passport to the knights and the three entered the city.
"So this is the city of scholars" Astal said as he looked around. The scholar led them his house and he brought out a bag of money.
Naruto counted the money to see if he wasn't being ripped off and it seemed he wasn't then the scholar gave a passport.
"If you ever need to come back to Aspio here is a passport for you"
"Why thank you are you sure we can take this?"
The scholar just laughed. "Of course, besides some mages here do have a few requests that need to be done" Naruto nodded as he waved and he and Astal left.
"I take it you are going to go look through their books?" Astal asked.
"What about you? You could learn about humans this way"
Astal rubbed his chin. "That is true"
(Skit: Missing the Skies)
Astal in his krityan form and Naruto with his hood and mask down are present.
Astal: I never… noticed… how tired walking is… I pity you humans…
Naruto: Come on walking isn't that bad
Astal: I miss being able to fly through the skies… walking is so… so…
Naruto: Troublesome?
Astal: Yeah… Troublesome
Naruto: Do you want to take a break?
Astal: No, no… I'll be fine. I just have to get used to walking in this form that's all.
Naruto: If you say so.
In the library Naruto and Astal both looked at different books. Naruto was looking into blastia and artes as well as synthesising and monsters. Astal was looking at books involving humans, food and a few other things humans do in daily activities.
Naruto looked over to see what Astal was reading and he noticed he had a red face. "Astal are you okay? Did you manage to catch a fever?" From what Naruto read in the books about Entelexeia they shouldn't be able to catch human diseases but since he was in krityan form he had to ask.
Astal shook his head which made Naruto wondered. "What are you reading?"
Astal didn't turn to him. "It's called men and women beneath the sheets…" Astal said in a low quiet tone that Naruto managed to hear.
"Oh… is it any good?" Naruto said which the Entelexeia nodded. "Might have to read it later" Naruto read through the books on blastia how they work, made etc. He also read that he could create artes but it would take some time before he could finish a created arte it was also the reason why not many people created artes these days.
He also read of Giganto Monsters, monsters that are very large and powerful that could take out people very easily. He then remembered the giant monster in Quoi Woods was that a Giganto Monster?
After closing the books he stood up and went over to a shelf leaving a red faced Astal in his own little world. As he looked over the shelf he saw a girl around the age of 11 looking up at a book she couldn't reach.
Grabbing the book he brought it down for the girl. The girl snatched the book from his hands. "Thanks" she muttered.
"She clearly not use to others helping" Naruto thought as he smiled behind his mask. "No problem" He pulled his mask down and his hood as well. "The names Naruto"
The girl looked at the blonde who smiled at her. "Rita, Rita Mordio"
For those wondering what the pairing is for this I was thinking Naruto x Judith or maybe another. The pairings are decided yet so there could be changes.
Also to those thinking about Astal and asking 'Is he an OC Entelexeia?' Nope! To those who can't remember Astal he was the Entelexeia seen twice in the whole game the first time flying around dodging cannon fire and the next scene dead. It's strange I remember Astal the most of the lot besides Ba'ul and the others. Astal was the first Entelexeia to come to my mind when I think of the Entelexeia.
