Naruto Lost Journeys: sanctuary
This is a work of Fan fiction. All of the original characters, organizations, techniques, summon animals and events portrayed in this fictional literature are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictionally. Though the majority of the events and most characters take place in and are a part of manga artist Kishimoto's Naruto and Blizzard entertainment's Diablo.
Normal speech: I hate paperwork. I bet Minato died just to escape this.
Flashback Begins: ***
Flashback Ends:
Scroll/Book/Author notes/Event/ Titles: Village Hidden in the Mist's: Bloodline Limit Purge
Demon/Summon or Fusion speech: Finally, I am free. In your face Minato!
Human Thinking: 'Oh, Shit.'
Demon/Summon or Fusion Thinking: 'Oh, Shit is right! You are royally screwed bitch!'
Jutsu/ Magic/ ability: Wind Style • Silent Wind [Fūton • Kaze no Sairento]
Song start-} {
Song ends-} {
Chapter 1: Deckard Cain and Ocular Destruction
Seconds turned to Minutes,
Minutes turned to Hours,
Hours to Days,
Days to Weeks and Weeks to Months…Yet time hadn't lessened the intrigue Deckard Cain had for the Blonde haired boy.
Torture received had him bleeding like any other but come morn and he hardly had a scar to show, yet it didn't appear to lessen the pain if the moans of agony are any proof.
The demons seemed to enjoy his presence…why wouldn't they, after all the boy was a toy that wouldn't break. Deckard along with the people had come to admire the boy's fortitude and bravery…the very fact that he took their torture and protected the children was enough for everyone to trust him.
But Deckard had a sense of foreboding whenever he saw the boy, prophetic visions struck him like lightning bolts but they were quick and jumbled. He could hardly make out a few details from any except one, which was very clear and hard to describe.
What question tugged at his guts was 'Where did he come from?' It was clear that he wasn't a local boy and he had only seen that shade of blonde hair in the city Caldeum but the boy most certainly was not from there…he speaks a language Deckard had never even heard and he had heard plenty indeed.
'Is he from across the sea? The Far East beyond the Swamplands and the Sea of Light or does he hail from the Far West beyond the Great Ocean. Bah, it matters not if we don't escape and I hardly think the boy can last forever.' The Last Horadrim pondered about the boy, he seemed unaffected by the horrors imprisoning them almost bored by the look on his face, and Deckard of course knew this was just a façade of the boy.
Deckard Cain wasn't blind, he witnessed the crimson energy seeping in his wounds healing them, and he saw the faint blue light the boy emitted at times. And also the feat of sitting still for hours at a time, most males of his age would've driven mad by the stillness, even someone as old as himself couldn't sit still as long as the boy. It was heartening to know that at least the boy knew patience is a virtue.
"Who are you child?" Deckard asked the boy, who only tilted his head inquisitively "Nani jiji?"
All Cain could do was sigh; not understanding anything the boy said and any communication done by gesture alone isn't very informative. They attempted to teach him a few words but the demons kept interrupting just out of spite and amusement.
But what had Deckard Cain perplexed most of all was the wing shaped tattoos on the boy's back, 'Is he an angel cast out of heaven? Or is he like Lord Tyrael an Angel who sides with man…an angel of mortal flesh just to help us…'
Meanwhile unaware of the old man's thoughts, Naruto continued the attempt to go into Sage Mode but to no avail…he felt the Nature chakra enter his body but it immediately was drawn into the tattoos. He just couldn't understand how he couldn't enter Sage mode…hell the amount of Nature chakra he absorbed should have turned him into a Toad statue but even that wasn't happening.
But something good was happening from sitting still, while he had no idea how but listening to the conversations of the people imprisoned with him. He slowly but surely was beginning to understand their language.
It's been seven months now, it has been way too long…he had to escape and find Hinata and Ryūzetsu, but he couldn't just leave these people to their fates. So he waited and bided his time just as Kyūbi told him to.
Speaking of Kyūbi, the fox has been quiet for some time now, and all he had told Naruto was to 'endure' and he did when the tortures began, the first month was the most excruciating. Naruto remembered each and every moment of that torture as his body was yet to forget, something happened to Kyūbi Naruto knew it in his gut in a manner of speaking, because his wounds that month didn't heal as they should and scarred.
In any case, Naruto had become numb to the pain…the chain tattoos helped. How he didn't know but they had begun to numb his nervous system during the torture so he didn't feel as much pain as he would have normally. But it didn't last forever and as soon as he was thrown into the cage he'd feel the pain in full as his wounds began to knit themselves back.
Naruto despite the pain had valiantly protected the people in the cage from being killed but it worried him that Griswold had allowed it to continue as such. The people were untouched when he was taken for torture and they didn't throw him into a separate cage to stop his attempts. It only meant that they had a more sinister plot in mind.
Naruto knew from the mutterings of Griswold that he had something planned but all he could glean was the words 'Monastery', 'return' and 'Butcher'.
Naruto really didn't like the sound of that last one, Griswold…every time Naruto saw the undead he noticed the increase of foul energy and a slight increase in size of the man.
And Naruto knew that tonight was when the crazed undead would make his move, so Naruto had to enter Sage Mode…if he had to survive the night and protect everyone he had to.
Naruto turned to the old man and whispered "Es-cape to-night…"
Deckard's eyes widened "You think that is wise."
"No c-choice, to-night B-Butcher…" Naruto spoke garbled, as if he was a baby speaking for the first time and it was god damn annoying. 'I wish there was something to fix this language problem.'
The old man gave a gasp as he realized what was going to happen, tonight they were gonna resurrect the demon that Archbishop Lazarus led so many too, the Butcher. The boy was right there was no choice but escape, if they were successful in this and survive to reach the Rogue's then he'll question the boy over some nice tea.
Naruto suddenly felt a pulse ripple through him and a burning sensation flow across his eyes, his head felt like it was splitting open and soon his world went black.
.
Naruto awoke in the familiar surroundings of the seal and growled "Kyūbi! Did you have to give me a headache! I have enough problems as it…is…"
The words died in his mouth as he neared the seal and got a better look at Kyūbi, his hands were stabbed through with a giant black stake reminiscent of the one Pain stabbed through Naruto's own. Black chains wrapped around the large fox, the barbs tearing into it and it seemed to be continuing but Naruto noticed that some parts of the chain eroded away due to Kyūbi's chakra.
"What cat got your tongue? Don't tell you're concerned about my predicament, don't be for once I'm free of this then I'll rip apart this seal and rip you to shreds!" Kyūbi exclaimed enraged at Naruto.
"What happened?"
"You got dragged into the box that's what, that last attack of yours threw us into a world I don't know where but I can feel the chaotic energies, I lost much chakra trying to protect you and your females!"
"You…" Naruto asked in shock.
"Yes me! And I didn't do it out of some notion of kindness but out of the need for survival, wherever we are you'll be far more cautious if you have your precious people to protect and I for one don't want you to die and leave in this Kami forsaken land to fight against who knows what! So I guess we are allies for now… but know this once we return to our world I'm going to destroy your village and then the rest of the villages!" Kyūbi howled in agony as the stake dug deeper.
Naruto for the most part ignored whatever Kyūbi said cause he was truly concerned for him and was grateful that Hinata and Ryūzetsu lived due to his actions "I just wish there was some way to help you…"
As soon as those words left Naruto's mouth, he felt a pulse ripple through him again and this time his hand rose up palm facing outward against Naruto's control and to their shock the chains and the stakes disappeared but Kyūbi's wounds remained grievous all the same, Kyūbi just stared at Naruto "That was interesting…"
"You're telling me…" Naruto said completely dumbfounded as he stared at his hand which he flexed to see if it responded.
Before Kyūbi could speak Naruto collapsed, as he regained consciousness.
.
"Boy! Wake up! For the sake of the Ancients wake up! Griswold completed a sinister ritual…he turned himself into the Butcher and as I speak prepares to kill us all!"
Naruto blinked as he saw the blurred outline of the old man, shouting at him…strange he could understand him so clearly now but shook the grogginess and the thoughts away as he heard an otherworldly cry and saw at least fifty of the things coming towards him and the civilians, who were all assembled in the town square. In the midst of the imps was a large hulking figure…Griswold but he had morphed into a large beast with tusks, ram like horns, large belly adorned with skulls and severed hands and a chain around his waist and tattered clothes, true to the name he held a curved hook attached to the chain in one hand and a large cleaver covered in dried blood.
It was deep into the night, the moonlight only served to heighten the fearsome appearances of the demons, especially the Goat-men and Skeletons with their gleaming weapons and armor.
Naruto prepared his chakra for battle but the chain tattoos glowed crimson, Naruto lit up like a lamp and once the glow ended Naruto had clarity, he could sense the life force of everything around him and so he realized he had entered Sage Mode. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Naruto formed the seal for his signature "Kage Bunshin! [Shadow Clone]"
Clones of him appeared in puffs of white smoke and charged headlong into demons group, the super strength of Sage Mode letting Naruto cut down the demons with just Taijutsu. Deckard Cain shook himself out of his shock "Everyone to the river! I hid a Town Portal there that'll take us to safety! Boy help us!"
"The name's Naruto Uzumaki, old man." Naruto shouted at him while grabbing an arrow aimed at his face without even looking.
Deckard nodded "Deckard Cain, if I may ask when did you learn our language?"
"I listened!" Naruto grinned which lightened everyone's feelings, after all he was helping them and by the looks of it they'll survive.
The entire group was led to a pile of corpses of cows and by one corpse laid a decaying arrow littered body of a one-legged man barely in his mid twenties. Cain kneeled before the body "Forgive me for this Wirt and I hope you've found peace in heaven, and know that your memory or your words will never be forgotten…so shall you forever more be immortal."
Saying his piece Deckard pulled open the wooden peg and from inside the hollow he pulled out a crumpled and faded scroll, sensing something amiss Naruto told everyone to be quiet.
"What's wrong?" asked one woman nervously to Naruto.
"Do you hear anything?" Getting negative responses, Naruto said "Exactly it's too quiet, my clones have been defeated. Deckard-jiji better get this Town Portal thing going now!"
"I'll need a few minutes!" Deckard responded to Naruto, a multitude of demonic cries lit the night sky. Naruto could feel numerous numbers pour out of the ruined Monastery on the other side of town and he could even see them in the moonlight getting closer, Naruto spoke his voice sarcastic "Please take your time, there's no rush at all."
Naruto could create a thousand more clones but he knew he'd need more than that to protect everyone, he knew he needed a devastating technique if he had to protect everyone. Even if he sent his clones a few of those demons were bound to come close or they could unleash arrows and Naruto was sure many townsfolk would die.
Naruto suddenly felt a pulse ripple through him again but his was far stronger than the ones before and his eyes felt seared as his vision seemed to change, suddenly becoming sharper as he could see the demons energies and saw Griswold-Butcher at the head of them, injured but very much alive.
Naruto felt power pulse through his hands, which lifted robotically palms pointed at the demons, Naruto felt himself blank out "Brace yourselves!"
That was all the warning the townsfolk had, it was good that they heeded. Naruto's voice robotically intoned "Shinra Tensei [Heavenly Subjugation of the Omnipresent God]."
The destruction the technique caused was staggering, the shockwave that released from Naruto's hands overturned the very ground before him and threw the demons as if leafs caught in a gale, Griswold was shredded as he attempted to steady himself against the technique, so was the fate of any demon that attempted the same.
Weapons thrown and arrows fired were thrown back at speeds that caused them to pierce through hundreds before stopping.
Fires were put out and the ruins of Tristram were flattened along with a kilometer of the surrounding forest. The Monastery collapsed in on itself sealing whatever inhabitants it had forever, who wouldn't survive long for the shockwave caused numerous tunnels to collapse as well.
Deckard had activated the scroll created a bright blue portal to appear, and he ran to Naruto who was quickly losing consciousness.
But just as he was welcomed back into the darkness, he heard a faint but clear whisper from Kyūbi.
"Rinnegan"
Yo,
New chapter, hope I did a good job though
Come on people review
I'd like to hear your opinions on how it was y'know…
I'm going on a vacation and I'll probably be back by the 28th so I'll continue the fic once I'm back…
And a pulse as in y'know that dub-dub sound that you'll hear in Inuyasha,
A cookie for those who can tell which movie that language response Naruto gave "I listened!" came from…
