Rise of the Demogoblin V4
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Naruto/ Demogoblin x Salem x Cinder Fall
Note: My grammar sucks so heads up.
"Normal speech"
'Normal thought'
"Demogoblin speech"
'Demogoblin thought'
Chapter 3
A few hours had passed since the incident with the Root ninjas and we now find Naruto once again tree jumping, now even more determined to find the cave. Demogoblin had woken him up a few hours ago and had told him what transpired the moment he fell asleep. Needless to say Naruto was not pleased.
'I won't go back to Konoha and I sure as hell won't become one of Danzo's weapons.' Naruto thought angrily as he recalled the information he was told from what Demogoblin was able to gather from one of the dying Shinobi. He knows now that Danzo has been watching him for some time now, suspecting there was more to him than what he was letting on.
Back when he was in the academy, he was considered the dead last since he would always fail the exams which unsurprisingly made him the laughing stock of the class while his parents would give him looks of disappointment, thinking that maybe he wasn't cut out to be a Shinobi.
Unknown to them, it was all a lie for he purposely failed the exams. Two important lessons the Demogoblin taught him was that Knowledge is power and how one should never reveal their hand unless absolutely necessary.
What nobody in the academy or the village as a whole ever realized was that he was always watching them, studying them to see what they specialized in and how it can be used against them. To learn more on the clans themselves, he would always go to the library to read on the history of the various clans in Konoha along with any other clans they have come across, always paying close attention to what their abilities were when mentioned and memorized them. Ironically the one clan that really caught his attention was the Uzumaki Clan and how they specialized in fuinjutsu.
Now that he thought about it, he remembered studying one of his "father's" kunai's that he had in his office in the Namikaze compound and how upon closer inspection he had seen some sort of seal on it.
"So that seal is the secret of the Hiraishin" Naruto said with narrowed eyes while inwardly making a note to make a copy of the seal onto paper so he could study it and see if he could find a weakness so when the time came to confront the Yondaime he would be able to counter it.
"I cannot wait to see the look on the Yondaime's face when he realizes his fabled Hiraishin technique is useless against you" Demogoblin couldn't help but say, making Naruto smirk.
Shaking his head and focusing back on the task at hand, Naruto continues on when he suddenly spots a small town up ahead. Dropping down he then sees a small sign near the entrance.
The Land of Waves
As he entered the town he couldn't help but notice how peaceful it was. Everywhere he looked people were smiling while others were simple having idle conversation and laughing afterwards. He could even see children running around playing games. Overall quite a peaceful place.
"The cave is just beyond this town Naruto" Nodding he kept walking while ignoring everyone when he suddenly passes by some random girl. He didn't know why but for some reason he felt like he just missed out on something.
Ignoring the odd feeling he continues on when he arrives at another forest. Right away Naruto could sense there was something off about the forest, mainly since the trees themselves looked like they were dying but figured it had something to do with whatever was inside the cave. Seeing as the Goblin had yet to tell him to change direction he just kept going straight.
Demogoblin seeing Naruto was about to find the cave couldn't help but grin as he imagined the look on Naruto's when they finally meet.
'…And then there's the training he will receive for I refuse to have a weak child as my successor. When I'm done with him he will become Hell incarnate.' He then starts to chuckle which turns into a full blown loud cruel laughter.
A few minutes later:
"Naruto. Where here"
Naruto immediately stops walking and looking ahead he could make out what looks like a small opening which meant it was the cave entrance. Making his way inside he notices that there's nothing out of the ordinary but continues on nonetheless. As he walks deeper inside he is then surprised when he reaches a dead end.
"This is a dead end" Naruto spoke to Demogoblin while looking around to see if he missed anything.
All of a sudden the walls in the cave were set ablaze revealing strange symbols.
"Naruto. Spill some blood on the ground so we can finally meet."
Hearing this Naruto takes out a kunai that he took from one of the dead ROOT ninjas but then hesitates as he starts to think about what he is about to do.
'Do I really want to do this?'
Thinking back to how his life has been so far, he tightens his hold on the kunai and cuts his hand letting the blood fall on the floor. The moment his blood hit the flaming floor everything turned bright and Naruto was engulfed in a red light.
Meanwhile…
The Dimension between Dimensions:
Pure darkness. That was all that could be seen. It was a place devoid of life. Floating in the endless darkness was a small square shaped metallic device that suddenly powered on, creating a black vortex which the device disappears into with the vortex closing afterwards.
With Naruto:
Naruto finally regaining his sight immediately looks around only to find that he was no longer in the cavern.
"Where am I?"
"Welcome Naruto!"
Naruto quickly turns to the source of the voice only to come face to face with a demonic creature with pale yellow skin, red slitted eyes and razor sharp teeth that was wearing a tattered dark blue robe and armor while sitting on a throne of sorts.
"Demogoblin" he said with wide eyes as the Goblin nods in confirmation, all the while the goblin was inwardly laughing at the child's reaction.
"Tell me, Naruto. Are you ready to change your life forever?" the Demon asked.
This was it. There was no turning back, not that he ever planned to. Seeing the Goblin getting up from his throne he knew things were about to change but he didn't care for he will embrace the changes and deal with all challenges head on.
13 years later/3 years in the Elemental Nations:
Thirteen years had passed since Naruto's arrival in the dimension known as Otherplace or as the other Demon's called it, Limbo and had since become his new home. While in Otherplace Naruto quickly learned how time moved differently in Otherplace than in the Elemental Nations and more importantly he learned about 'The Demogoblin' and his origin.
FLASHBACK:
Naruto was astonished when the world they were in had turned into some sort of an advanced looking "town" with really tall buildings and metal contraptions with wheels moving around which he soon found out were called cars and that the town was called a city known as New York. Next he saw what appeared to be some guy in a red and blue spider themed costume shooting what seemed to be webs from his wrists at buildings to move around. The Goblin had said that his name was Spiderman, causing him chuckle at the name.
What really caught his attention though was the individual Spiderman was fighting. The individual was wearing an orange hooded robe and vest with a blue suit underneath. He even had a pale yellow face with red eyes that closely resembled Demogoblin's. Here he learned that the individual went by the name Hobgoblin and that their close resemblance was no coincidence, something he would explain later on.
Having accepted the answer he then noticed that the Hobgoblin was flying on some strange purple metal creature which Demogoblin explained was called a glider.
He watched how the Hobgoblin was dominating every fight against the web slinger by shooting some sort of projectiles from the glider at the web slinger, cutting all the webs he shot at the buildings while throwing pumpkin bombs from atop of the glider.
The scene then changed to Spiderman who had finally turned the tables on the Hobgoblin who had been toying with the web head instead of killing him which ultimately lead to his defeat. At that point he made a mental note to avoid doing what the Hobgoblin did which was to never underestimate your opponent.
When the fight was over, the scene had changed once again to a later time where a man named Norman Osborne was working on a serum when an accident occurred that resulted in an explosion that "ended" his life.
Later a new Goblin had appeared who called himself the Green Goblin. The Green Goblin began kidnapping those who he claimed were responsible for Norman's "demise". From what he could tell, this Green Goblin was somewhat similar to The Hobgoblin except this one had super strength, had better weapons including a secondary much larger glider and was a lot more cunning.
After witnessing the first fight between Spiderman and the Green Goblin, it then changed to where the Green Goblin was chasing after the Hobgoblin which ultimately lead to the Hobgoblin's defeat and his identity being revealed. During their fight there was one thing that really caught his attention which was that metal "box" that was able to open black vortexes which allowed the user the ability to go anywhere they wanted.
'I wonder if he has it' Naruto questioned seeing as these were just visions of the past.
The scene changing again he was not surprised when the web slinger once again crossed paths with the Green Goblin. From the looks of things, the goblin had grown tired of Spiderman always getting in his way which is when he decided to start targeting the web head's loved ones, mainly the red head which pushed the hero over the edge.
In the end during their scuffle the girl was accidently sucked into one of those vortexes never to be seen again while the device itself began to malfunction and the Goblin not thinking straight decided to use it anyway which of course resulted in him also being sucked into one of those vortexes and was now trapped inside between dimensions forever.
Overall like the Hobgoblin, the Green Goblin had lots of chances to kill Spiderman but decided to torment the man, believing he could end his nemesis anytime he pleased. Here he made another note to himself to never get overconfident. Giving your enemies a chance is the stupidest thing anyone can ever do.
After Norman's defeat the scene then changed to the Hobgoblin again which Demogoblin explained that this was the moment were he would finally appear. Looking on he wasn't surprised that Machendale aka the Hobgoblin refused to change his ways and with the Green Goblin gone it wasn't long until he returned to the life of crime. Though every time he would attempt to steal something he would be stopped by the web slinger.
His surroundings then changed to that of a war with various demons which the Demogoblin called the "Inferno Crisis". He is then shown the Hobgoblin following some demons where he then comes across some demonic lord who then offers him the power of a Demon in exchange for his soul, not knowing the Demon would be in full control of his body.
Since the deal was made, several interesting events had transpired. The first being the Demon taking over Machendale's body who wasted no time in causing havoc followed by separating into two separate entities with the demon half retaining all the memories of Machendale/ Hobgoblin leading to the Birth of Demogoblin.
Next the Demogoblin went on a personal holy crusade to punish sinners which eventually lead to him joining a group of deranged psychopaths consisting of a serial killer/Symbiote host known as Carnage, an insane woman known as Shriek, a four armed creature with the web slingers abilities which the group called Doppleganger, and finally a man with the power of the Carrion virus who went by the name Carrion. Eventually Demogoblin had grown tired of the group and had gone on his own again. It wasn't long before both Demogblin and Hobgoblin crossed paths again which then lead to a fight to the death.
After fighting for some time, even though both were severely wounded it was quite clear that Demogoblin still had the upper hand which made the Hobgoblin desperate.
The Hobgoblin knowing he couldn't beat his Demon counterpart in a fair fight had decided to use other tactics. Knowing of Demogoblin's obsession with sinners while knowing that only the children were spared his wrath since they were the only ones he didn't consider sinners he then threw a pumpkin bomb at an unsuspecting mother and child resulting in the mother hitting her head on a nearby pillar and going unconscious while the child cried for his mother, unaware that the same pillar had been damaged by the explosion and was about to crush them.
Knowing he would die, using what little strength he had left, Demogoblin had let the Hobgoblin go so he could hold the crumbling pillar in place long enough for the now arriving Spiderman to save the mother and child.
Unfortunately his strength had eventually given out after taking so much damage and was ultimately crushed by the pillar.
At this he made yet another note to himself that not everyone deserves to die seeing as the Demogoblin thought that only the children were innocent while the rest were sinners. Of course should he ever come across anyone who resorted to cowardly tactics, then he would kill them in the most painful way imaginable.
"I had the potential to become one of the most powerful, if not the most powerfulest had I focused on training in my powers. Instead I chose to hunt sinners which lead to all those defeats. Do not make the same mistakes me and my predecessors made Naruto. As my successor I promise you I will train you to the ground to ensure you become a being of unimaginable power." Demogoblin spoke in a serious tone.
"Yes. I will not make the same mistakes that you three made which was underestimating your opponent, being overconfident and to declare everyone an enemy while neglecting my training. It would be foolish to do so and I bow to you that I will succeed were all three of you failed" Naruto said to the Goblin understanding why he was shown this and to not fall like the other three.
5 years later:
Five years had passed since then and now we find Naruto dodging explosive pumpkin bombs being thrown at him by Demogoblin while countering with his own. Demogoblin was on his glider while Naruto was on foot since the Demogoblin had yet to teach him how to summon the glider. Though this was done on purpose.
Demogoblin knew that ninja fought much differently than what he was used to. A ninja would go from using kunai's and swords to Jutsu and Taijutsu and knew he had to first train Naruto in being able to dodge and counter anything that was thrown at him. Unlike the other two Goblins, Demogoblin never used technology to create weapons. No he had what was called magic. With it he could not only summon his glider but summon weapons at will. He had given Naruto some of this power so he could begin training him in conjuring weapons or in this case pumpkin bombs.
Demogoblin seeing a pumpkin bomb heading his way quickly throws one of his own at the incoming bomb having both explode from the impact.
'Not bad Naruto, not bad at all. Those meat bags won't know what hit them' Demogoblin thought while chuckling inwardly.
Another 5 years later:
We now see Naruto fighting other Demons hand to hand. He knew he couldn't just rely on the pumpkin bombs so he started training in hand to hand combat to ensure he wasn't defenseless should he find himself surrounded and unable to use his bombs.
'Though I could always burn them alive' he thought to himself.
As he was fighting them he couldn't help but think back to how he learned Taijutsu with the help of the one called Might Guy. A year before he left the village, his mentor had told him to seek a teacher who specialized in Taijutsu and see if they would be willing to teach him which of course led him to the training grounds since he knew just the person to teach him.
He remembered hiding on top of a tree branch while watching a man who was considered a Taijutsu specialist train using numerous training logs. To some they might think the man looked ridiculous and his so called training methods were off but not him. No, he knew everything this man did was effective and deadly. Might Guy was the one.
After waiting for the man to finish his training he had then jumped off the tree branch and then approached him to see if he would train him and funny enough it turned out the man had been waiting for him to approach him.
He had wasted no time in learning everything he could from the man for a year before his defection. He may have only trained for a year, however he did learn a lot when it came to close quarter combat. He was by no means a master… yet but he was very proficient.
Now combining his training that he learned from Might Gai with the powers Demogoblin had given him which granted him super strength, agility, and stamina, Well… it's easy to say those poor Demons never stood a chance.
3 years later/now 13 years in Otherplace:
'You'll have to do better than that Demogoblin" Naruto spoke while grinning. At this point Naruto had grown quite a bit.
No longer was he some small child who was considered the "dead last". Now he stood as a twenty three year old who is six foot five with spiky somewhat faded blond hair with red tips and had a semi muscular build. Right now he was wearing an exact replica of the Demogoblin's clothing minus the demon form for he had yet earn it.
At the moment Naruto was sticking to the walls of a nearby building by focusing Chakra in the soles of his feet, having just dodged a flaming missile from the Demogoblin's glider.
Seeing the Goblin approaching and thinking quickly he throws three pumpkin bombs with one being a smoke bomb which he then detonated, having the smoke bomb blind the goblin who was wondering why the other two didn't go off. While Demogoblin was distracted Naruto eyes glowed red which caused the other two "pumpkin bombs" to glow and scatter which then revealed to be razor bats.
Demogoblin seeing the silhouette of the razor bats was about to dodge when Naruto suddenly appears behind him and shoots a lightning bolt from one of his fingertips at his back.
"GAAAAH!" The Goblin screams in pain from the lightning bolt along with the razor bats impaling themselves in his flesh resulting in him falling off his glider and hitting the ground face first.
After laying on the ground for a few seconds the Goblin turns around only to see his student standing over him with a wicked grin and a flaming pumpkin bomb in hand.
Seeing this the Demogoblin can't help but laugh.
FLASHBACK END:
Shaking his head at the memories Naruto can't help but feel excited seeing as he was finally going to learn the most crucial ability in the Demogoblin's arsenal.
The ability to summon the glider and learning how to use its weapons.
"Naruto. To summon the glider you must…" The Goblin was then interrupted by the appearance of a black vortex.
Unknown Location/Minutes Prior:
"A prisoner. This is the life I am destined to live. All because my father believes I will destroy the world."
The one speaking was a beautiful young woman who looked to be in her early twenties.
She had fair skin, light blue eyes and pale blonde hair which she currently had down with only a small section being tied into a bun along with a large lock that framed her face to the left.
For clothing she wore a white sleeveless shirt with a raised pale blue collar and a blue rhombus-shaped crystal on the upper chest. She also wore a long white high-waisted skirt that had a faint purple tint along with a purple sash around the waist.
For accessories she wore fray circular earrings and a pair of dull brown bracers. Her long fingernails were also painted a pale lilac.
As she walked towards the only opening in her room which was of course barred so she couldn't escape, she then spots several birds flying by and couldn't help but look at them in jealousy.
To be able to go anywhere you wanted. If only she had the means to escape.
Looking back at her 'bookshelf', unfortunately for her the only books she had that had anything to do with magic manipulation were about healing. Of course she had tried to learn other things on her own by just randomly manipulating magic and seeing if she could create something useful but had no luck and without any kind of help all her efforts were pretty much pointless.
"Of course father refuses to give me anymore books on magic manipulation seeing as he intends for me to stay here until the day I die"
Raising her hand, a small green orb manifests in her hand. This particular magic was used for healing minor wounds. Of course while it was useful should she ever get hurt, it was beyond useless should she ever wish to use it to escape.
To think this was all she knew how to do.
*Sigh*
"Will I ever be free?"
Suddenly out of nowhere a large black vortex appears before her followed by a small square object falling out of the vortex. Blinking she then walks towards the small object and picks it up.
"What's this?"
Inspecting the weird metallic object she then notices a round button of sorts and curiosity getting the better of her she then presses it which then creates another vortex.
*Gasp*
Startled at seeing another vortex she accidently drops the device on the floor which then begins to shoot sparks. She was about to pick it up again when the vortex began to act strange and started pulling her in.
Seeing this happen she quickly grabs on to the bedpost and holds on. As she's holding on for dear life since the pull was getting stronger, as she looks back at the vortex it was then that she sensed something foul. Whatever was on the other side of the vortex was pure evil.
Oddly enough, she didn't know why but she suddenly had this feeling of wanting to let go, like everything was going to be alright.
Seeing as her fingers were slipping and knowing it was inevitable, steeling her nerves she closes her eyes and let's go and is quickly sucked in along with the device with the vortex itself closing afterwards with Salem's last thoughts being that whatever was on the other side hopefully isn't hostile.
Otherplace at that exact moment:
While Naruto was shocked at seeing one of those black vortexes appear out of nowhere, Demogoblin was instantly on guard.
'Did Norman actually find the portal device?'
If it was Norman then he needed to be dealt with quickly. Looking back at Naruto he tells him to be ready for anything.
Seeing the silhouette of a person getting closer both conjure several pumpkin bombs to deal with the threat.
Just as they were about to use their bombs to their shock they see a young woman being tossed out of the vortex who then crashes into Naruto followed by the Portal device dropping near Demogoblin.
With Salem/Moments Prior:
She didn't know where she was or where she was being taken seeing as she was being spun around uncontrollably which made it difficult to see anything. The only thing she could make out of was darkness.
"WHERE IS IT TAKING ME?" Salem yelled in fright while inwardly praying that the pull didn't suddenly stop and leaving her stranded in the darkness
Suddenly the invisible force that was pulling her became even stronger and it was then that she noticed a bright light up ahead. Just as she's about to reach it she is then blinded by the light followed by crashing into something hard.
'Ow~'
Rubbing her head and trying to regain her bearings while inwardly cursing the device for tossing her out like that, she couldn't help but wonder where the vortex had taken her.
"Well isn't this interesting"
Startled at hearing an unknown voice it was then that Salem noticed she was on top of tall figure in a pointy robe who was looking right at her with his red slitted eyes.
"So you're the one who opened the vortex"
That's it.
I'm well aware Salem knows A LOT more than just healing but I just decided to change things.
Oh and in case anyone is wondering, the device is the Time Dilation Accelerator from Spiderman TAS.
Also does anyone know what Remnant was called before being called Remnant?