Rising Hero, By Legends
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Chapter 3. Heart is like a glass.
Our favorite blonde hero is currently drowned in thick Ancient Roman era literature books. "Naru – chan, one more time please. Recite the line." 'Momo – tan' or Momo Toshiro chirped in perfect British accent. "Nero one?" Ask Naruto in American accent, which Momo – tan replied with a nod. 3 years learning with these people, they taught him many useful things, not only in subjects, but also in strength, battle strategies, weapons, bows, everything.
"You philosophers and critics,
You've stuffed fair poesy,
Sucked her dry
Of mystery – Solemn necrophiliacs.
But shit! You're only symptoms.
The corps was cold
Long before you lot nobbled her.
Perhaps you even pumped some lives back.
(Shit! My pitiless self – awareness,
Without even the solace of invective!)
How could the muse lives in this garbage dump?
In big cities we're rootless,
That's what killed her!
But I'll find a new poetry of the refuse dumps
And concrete channels mossed with sewage.
PROPAGATE THE SALVATION OF MY FRIENZIES
BRANDISH STAFFS TIPPED WITH PINE – CONES, O MY MAENADS, TEETH BLACKENED BY THE WINE STAINED, PREACH MY MESSAGE TO EGYPT, LIBYA AND REJOICING ASIA.
EVEN TO RAGGED CHILDREN
PLAYING AMONGS CINDERS,
THE MESSAGE OF KING DIONYIUS THE SECOND.
It's all beginning to happen
Right here in this wine – bar."
Naruto recited in his imitation of British accent as Momo – tan closed his Ancient Roman era literature book. "Well… We're done with literature" Momo – tan cheerily gave them his huge trademark grin. Ayato smile gingerly while Naruto only nodded. Momo – tan caught his once bright blue eyes 'I guess the situation did affect him by a certain degree' Momo – tan scratch his short pink hair.
Flashback
October 10th 2 years ago. It was raining hard as everyone huddled up in the living room watching movie 'Hansel and Gretel the Witch Hunter' that has just release earlier that year. "AAAAH!" Momo – tan shrieked and cling to Aora who're seating besides him as the woman turned into broken faced witch and start to attack Gretel. "Nononononononononononononononononononono" Momo – tan keeps muttering as he buried his head in Aora's chest forcefully, while Aora looks petrified by the action. "I think Aora is more scared at Kinana than at the witch." Ayato tilt his head as Jirou let out a chuckle "Well, he is Momo Toshiro, A.K.A Kinana. He sure is creepy." Jirou shakes his head.
In the middle of the movie when Gretel finally found the her old house when the front door slammed opened making all of us jumped, with the exception of Ada and Samuel. "AAAAH!" Momo – tan climbed on Aora, clinging for his dear life "WHAT IS IT?! WHO IS IT?!" He shrieked in panic, burying his head on Aora's neck. The rest except both cousins starts to slip to their defensive mode when they feel negative energy running freely. Jirou was about to dash to the front door when Samuel put a hand on his metal shield covered shoulder "Don't" He said shortly. "Jirou and the other was about to protest when they saw his eyes. It is glowing blood red crimson, unreadable and void "Naruto." Ada stood up from the couch she was seating from, heading to the front door. Soon everyone slip out of their defensive stance and trailed to the front door, not expecting to see Ada comforting a breaking down Naruto, crying defenselessly in her arms. Ada took Naruto to his room in the caste as he poured his heart to her that night, crying himself to sleep.
She told the rest what happen when she comeback to the living room as they promised to make him more cheerful, yet he distance himself for a few while, only hanging out with Ayato, Ada and Samuel, only with the rest during lesson and practice. Jirou confront him and he soon to start opening to them once more, but only them. That day was a tragic day for them, the day they lost their once cheery ball of sunshine and replace it to calm and collective void form.
Flashback End
"Naruto, go home. You're free for the rest of the day. Ayato, you need to go to your father." Momo – tan smiled at both youngsters as Ayato walks out of the room "Can I just stay here? You guys are free for training right?" He asks only to be disappointed by Momo – tan's shakes head "No, you can't. Ada's order. She wants you to relax for the rest of the day and don't want you to study or train in your relax day. We can't train you either today, due to Ada's order and we have a mission to go on. Here, Ada ask me to give this to you. Bye." Momo – tan pat him on the back before walking out of the room leaving Naruto on his stupor.
Naruto henge himself in a form of a man in his mid – 20 covered in grey hooded jacket. The squeaks of his rubber sandals erupted in the quiet library. He quickly go to the ninja section, taking some scrolls to be learned. He report to the desk – lady before he walk out of the library. He snuck into an alley walking along the path before arriving in another street on the end of the path. He walks passing a few stores and buildings, arriving infront of a light gray building. He walks up the stairs, arriving at the 3rd floor, passing through 5 doors until arriving on the last door. Naruto rummage his grey hood pocket, taking out silver keys, slipping it into the keyhole of the single light brown door, unlocking the lock before quickly opening the door and went inside the apartment and dispelled the henge.
It has been half – a – year since Naruto move out of the attic. He move all of his stuff to the apartment before dispelling the spell, turning it back to the once broken and nails filled attic. He comeback home twice a week to not trigger any suspicion from his family. The apartment is the present for his birthday from Ada a year ago. He was so touched since no one ever gave him a birthday present to the point where he broke his emotionless mask, crying in joy and hugging the poor older female. Naruto go to the kitchen, setting the scrolls on the table. "Better make my self a coffee so I don't fall a sleep" He mutters silently as he proceeds his work. He reads until around 7 pm 'Today I have to go to their house, huh?' He sighed, going to his room, putting the scroll on the stacks of the other scrolls he borrowed separated from the stacks of scrolls he owned.
He shunshined, arriving a few blocks from his house so he will not create any suspicion if his siblings are around, thought he doubt it. He walk inside his house expecting to see his 'family' eating happily in the dining room, only to find a dark living room. He was about to walk to the attic when he heard a familiar voice, "Where were you?" He turn around to see a familiar face like his 'mother' with his 'father's' striking blue eyes and long red tresses cascading down her back 'Oh, now you care about me, Mito.' He internally rolled his eyes "Library." He answered shortly before quickly goes up stairs.
He walked inside the attic, locking the door and wave his hand, making furniture he needs for the rest of the day appeared. He walks to the small window of the attic and stared at the moon for a while. "I should go to sleep." He sighed, running a hand through his blonde locks and change into his sleeping attire and rest for the rest of the night.
The academy is boring. Even for people in the modern world, school is boring. LITERALLY BORING especially if what the teacher was talking about is all about the same person. 'Ughh… If you want to teach, teach us something useful and not repeat topic about the same person all over again.' Naruto grumbles inside his mind. 'I rather be stuck in Mamoru – san's block. At least its useful.' He run a hand through his blonde tresses. He eyed the teacher as he still babbles about how great the shodaime and his mokuton is while putting insults to Madara once in a while. He took out a thick spell book he received from Jun when the mana transplant is successful.
Flashback
It was 4 months after Naruto's breakdown. He was training in combat, facing Aora as his opponent. He was breathing hard, his heart thumping fast and his adrenaline pumping. Sweat was dripping from his chin as his now cold and stern striking blue eyes watching his prey calculatingly. "Done already, Naruto?" Aora ask, smirking annoyingly at the sweating blonde. Aora's powerful, that's one thing Naruto learn from time to time sparring with him. He doesn't even sweat for goodness sake! But his question strikes a nerve inside of him. Naruto growled dangerously "Now, Now, don't give me that Naru – ch—" He never get to finish his sentence as Naruto charge at him head on, swinging his fist, Aora dodge effortlessly, catching his wrist and throwing him to the side of the training room. Aora's stretch out his palm to the direction where Naruto was thrown, green flickers starts to form infront of his hand and about to create a blast when someone shouted "N'DAH!" The blast was deflected as something is forming, protecting Naruto from getting hit by the blast "Awhh, Ada. You just can't take it when your apprentice gets hurt. If you baby him to much, they'll not grow up." Aora gave her a dirty looks before he was lifted off the ground "O – OI! I – I WAS JUST JOKING ABOUT IT!" Aora's dark blue eyes meeting Ada's glaring purple – violet eyes glistened with golden flickers "You watch your words, you dirty hunter. Or I'll kill you." She sneer at him with a frown marred on her pale face as Aora nodded feverishly before he was set down.
"Anyway, I'm not here for that. Noda managed to go to the past and got it." Ada curled a finger around a rainbow locks. Aora's dark blue eyes widen "They managed?" Ada nods her head at his shocked expression. "A – Are you… Going too… You know…" Aora looks unsure for a while "Ayato doesn't need it anymore because of his father, but Naruto need it so he'll be able to do what we can do." Ada walk toward an unconscious Naruto, lifting him by his forearms "I'm going to bring him to the infirmary." Ada nodded at Aora as he nodded back.
A few hours later then Naruto woke up seeing a blinding light, he squinted his eyes as he staggered to sit "Are you okay?" He looked toward the door seeing his male mentor, Jun, wearing his working attire as a doctor, a pure long white doctor coat. "You were knocked out by Aora throwing you to a wall." He looks at Naruto with emotionless eyes "Here;" He hand Naruto a glass of water. He watch Naruto with his crimson eyes calculatingly "Naruto," He started "Ada has found out that your chakra will not help you learn what we can do… So we want to offer you some… things… but you can reject of course." The tension was heavy, Naruto starts fiddling with the rim of the glass "We want to offer you to do a Mana transplant and to boost it up, to be a 3rd generation dragon slayer." Naruto was speechless at the effort. He have not see what his mentors can do, but from the stories tell by his teachers, both of his mentors is really powerful thought Ada is slightly more powerful than Jun even thought Jun is the leader and he want to be able to do what his mentors could! No way he's backing out of this, so he nods his head "Yeah, Uh… Sure, of course" He mumbles still in daze. For once he saw a smile creeps into Jun's face "Good. I'll just tell Ada that you're ready and we'll began the transplants" With that Jun left the room, leaving the still speechless Naruto on his wake.
Flashback End.
The transplants were rather a very very painful experience for Naruto, which he doesn't want to repeat. He shivered at the thought of it as he continue reading the book about God Slayer magic, which he want to master as he already master dragon slayer with the help of Ada, Rei and Kei, not noticing a pair of black charcoal eyes watching him.
'He's once again not listening to the teacher. Of course his grades will only his the minimum' The owner of the charcoal black eyes rolled her eyes, swiftly tucking her raven black hair behind her ear as it cascades down her shoulder 'What's he reading anyway?' The thought pondered her for the rest of the lesson.
A young raven haired girl grumbles as she walks toward the forest 'Stupid ANBU leader, have to call Itachi – nii to go along with him, making him cancel his promise of training with me!' She protested inside his mind as she strolled along the forest before she saw something that makes her widen her eyes. One of the academy's weakest students is actually training! She watched as he flipped to a tree, avoiding his clone's attack before he leaped, landing behind his clone's. He flicked his fore and thumb fingers as huge fire suddenly charged on his clone, burning him head on, dispelling it. 'W – What?' The female flabbergasted 'H – How?!' She gawked as she continue watching him. The blonde's other clones start charging at him as he pull out a white gloves out of black trouser, putting it in his other hand. He cupped his gloved hand infront of his mouth before blowing it, ice starts to formed, coating the clone's legs making them freeze. The clones starts to protest as the blonde smirks at them. He circled them as they tried to escape. Stuffing his hand on his pocket his shadows starts to get darker. He stuffs his hand inside his pocket for a while before taking out a midnight black daggers as he throws it to them. Hitting them straight in the forehead, dispelling them. The blonde give a glance at the scattering daggers before he stretch his hand out as the black daggers starts to levitated. He flipped his hand so him palm is above as the daggers starts to stacks on his palm. The blonde put the daggers inside his pocket. He sighed, closing his eyes before leaned on the tree he was hopping before and slides down.
The raven – haired girl are still gawking at the blonde. 'H – How did that happen? Him of all the people!' She raged inside her mind for not knowing about the blonde. 'He – He doesn't have the affinity of ice and FIRE out of all! What's with the… The… Weapons anyway?! What is that?! And – And –' Her train of thoughts were interrupt by a calm voice "You know… If you want to watch, then come closer, Satsuki Uchiha – san. Spying is rude you know, and that's included as stalking.' The blonde stated quietly in a monotonous voice. His eyes are still closed, hiding his striking blue cerulean eyes. The raven's eyes widen, her body stay still, not moving. She looked at him to see his impassive blue eyes staring at her with empty gaze as she tries to search for any expression. "H – How?" The blonde's raised a brow at the question "How do you know I'm here. I hide myself well. And – And, what's with all the stunts you did just now?" The raven continues her questions. The blonde only looks at her impassively, shrugging his shoulders. This makes the raven's face red in anger "And – And it's YOU of all the people. You! Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze! One of the academy's weakest student!" She spat at him in distaste. Naruto didn't react at the insult thrown at him. He just shrugged and stood up. He collects all of his scattering mess, about to walk away from her "The way other people judge me is none of my business." He stated as he walk past her "Namikaze!" She call out for him. She heard him stop on his tracks "Fight me." She stated in the calmest way she could muster. "Pardon?" Both still backing at each other, Not looking at one another. "You heard me. I want to judge you." Satsuki eyes filled with determination as she faced him. He stared at her determined onyx eyes before finding himself nodding.
"Taijutsu only, okay? No weapons, no jutsus, no fancy moves you did just now." Naruto nods at the rules. "Hajime;" They started to get into their defensive stances, but none of them create a move. Only staring at each other. Few minutes have past until Satsuki starts to feel rage forming inside of her. Without thinking, she launched herself at him, throwing a punch as he easily side step and caught her incoming fist. He pulled her forward in a speed of light and elbowed her in the ribs. She chocked on her own spit. Not giving the girl a chance to recover herself, he knead her on the back of her knees, catching her off guards and knee her in the stomach, letting her fall before leaping few meters away.
Satsuki felt a few bruises forming around her stomach and ribs, and the voice of the annoying blond didn't help either "Are you done judging me, Uchiha – san?" The raven growled inside her throat at the blonde's impassive tone, as she staggers to stand up and throw him a bone – chilling death glare. She lunged at him once more, aiming for his head as she do a round house kick which he blocks before leaping back few meters. She tried to punch him only to have him caught her wrist, trying her luck with her other hand only to have him caught it for the 2nd time. Trapped, she twisted her body before leaping, freeing herself, and landing behind the blonde. She gave him no time to move, directly lunging at him with her fist prepared. He once again evades it swiftly. This continues for more than 20 minutes as the raven starts to get sweaty and irritated, while the blonde still stay composed not even breaking a sweat. Sensing her tiredness, he decided to end this by catching her punch and twisting it behind her back and pushing her down by his leg, making her fall flat to the ground, face first.
Being beaten by the academy's weakest student is already bad enough, not to mention her position of being held on the ground and she really don't need to hear his annoying voice asking his annoying question with his impassive voice. "Do you yield?" He ask once more making her growl and grumbles. He puts on more pressure on his foot making her yelp and grumbles something under her breath "What is it?" He cocks his head "I SAID I YIELD, YOU IDIOT! NOW GET OFF ME!" Naruto quickly unlatch his foot that's been restraining her. She stood up quickly glaring at him "This is not over, Namikaze" She whispered lowly before storming off. 'What was that about?' He scratch his head, watching her stormed off.